smMmui ' -.WyjSjP? it yiW''tfS?s' "Pw? rv&y T". fjw liJBlJ!wlw9fijf'',' THE- PITTSBUBG DISPATCH, - PBIDAT, FEBRUARY 6, 189L fcriSi Wlje Bigpaftij. ESTABLISHED FEBRUARY 8, 1S46. Vol.45, No. SM Entered at l'Ulsbnrs rostofilce, November 14. lS7, as second-class matter. Business Office Corner Smithfleld and Diamond Streets. News Booms and Publishing House 75, 77 and 79 Diamond Street EACTEKX AMVEKTISG OFFICE. ROOM a, TKIUUNE BUILDING, NEW YOKK. where complete flics of THE DISPATCH can always be Jound. Foreijrn advertisers appreciate the con venience. Home advertisers and friends of THE lilbPATCH. 4ille la New 1'ork, are also made welcome. THE DISPATCH U resrulatty on sate at Jlreiitino's. S Union Square -Kew York, and 17 Aie.de VOpeia, Pans, Fiance, where anyone trfto hat teen disappointed at a hotel noes itand can obtain it. TERMS OF THE DISrATCH. roTAGE rr.iE in the united states. PATLY DUPATCn. One Year S CO Daily DISPATCH, Per Quarter - 00 Daily DIrATCH. One Month.... "0 Daily Dispatch, including bandar, lyear. 10 00 Daily Dispatch, lncludlncbunday.Sin'ths ISO Daily Dispatch, including fcunday, lni'th 90 M'NDAY DIsrATCH, One Year ISO Weekly Dispatch, One Year 115 The Daily Dispatch Is delivered by carriers at ijcentsperwcet, or Including Sunday edition, at It cents per week. PITTSBURG. FRIDAY', FEB. 6, 1S91, ONE-SIDED AI) IMPRACTICABLE. At a time when a succession of terrible mining accidents fixes public attention on the dangers which beset miners, any meas ures for relief obtain a ready hearing. But this should not prevent discrimination be tween those which are practicable and others which are revolutionary. There is no doubt the bill offered by Mr. Davis, putting a special tax upon all the coal output of the State to provide a fund for those who ore injured and in cases of fatality, a pension for their families, is inspired by humane motives. But it is impossible to overlook the fact that to begin this sort oflegislation on behalf of one class of labor implies as a logical necessity its extension to every other class. The employes of the railroads, of the rolling mills, factories, workshops, and every other form of industrial enterprise would, of course, have an equal right to demand a special tax upon their particular form of industry to meet the same contingency. In the end it would amount to each taxing the other by increasing the cost of production and selling price of all products. This is going farther than the most pronounced ad vocate of labor rights has hitherto thought of asking. Should it ever come to pass that such measures are to be thought advisable, they must manifestly be of national rather than of local application, and far broader in their scope than Mr. Davis" bill. One of the worst features of the bill is that it practical ly puts a premium upon the carelessness which results in death or injury. The true method, and the only one which is practicable under the present conditions of our industrial and economic system, is penal regulations of the strictest sort, applicable both to employers and employed, throwing the most stringent safeguards around the operations of mines which expert intelli gence and practical experience can devise. If the employer then becomes negligent he should answer to the State for the injury in life or limb which ensues to his employe; while the courts and juries can further assess civil damages for the benefit of the injured, as the special circumstances of each case might warrant But to put the careful employer upon a par with the careless, and the careless workman on a par with the careful, and to tax or benefit all alike, is a proposition at variance with ordinary good sense. It will not commend itself even to the class whom it is ostensibly designed to benefit, and should be withdrawn. COUNTRY ROAD KErORSI COMING. Country road reform is now well under way. The popular feeling on this subj-ctis so well understood at Harrisburg that the hill of the Road Commission, introduced on "Wednesday, was reported from committee with affirmative recommendation in both Houses yesterday. There is very little doubt about its prompt passage. The Dispatch is glad to see this as it has taken great pains to bring the road question properly to pub lic attention. Good roads in the rural districts mean to the country people just what rapid transit means in the cities. There is less apprecia tion of the proverb "Time is money" among dwellers in the country than among the rushing, hurrying city people, but it is just as true one place as the other. Good coun try roads are great time savers. They save more than halt the time devoted on tbe rivers of mud which afflict the rural districts now, and that means that much wealth to the farmer and teamster. Having assur ance of country road reform what county will be the first to adopt the Contra Costa system of naming and numbering the high wavs? A CHANCE FOR TACTS AND FIGURES. The opening skirmishes over the Burdick bill at Harrisburg, which aims to adjust tbe charges lor storage and transportation of oil on a basis of substantial relief to tbe producers, are indicative of as vigorous con test as attended thefamousBiilingsley meas ure four years ago. Then as now tbe Re publicm party was in a majority in the Legislature. The fact was m ade clear that it vould beheld responsible for its course on the Billingsley bill; but a few of the leaders set the interests of the corporations con cerned above this argument, and the bill, after passing the House, failed in the Senate. How this action made itself felt at the polls waB apparent enough to all who took the trouble to analyze the vote of the "Western and jNorthwcitcrn counties of the State on the morning after last November's election. It would be well for the majority party to consider past results now that the same problem is again presented. Not that any member who honestly believes the Burdick bill does injustice to the Standard Oil Com pany or pipelines should vote for it merely because of his own popularity or the popu larity of the party. Mere demagogery is i ever commendable. But it is the duty of every membei upon the other hand to facil itate the passage of the Burdick bill unless it is clearly and publicly shown that its terms are unfair or inequitable, or would ii.it ueld an adequate and just return to the corporations concerned upon their invested capital. If such a demonstration can be openly and publicly made the question would then resolve itself into settling figures t6 meet the new light upon the case. What it is now timely to note is that so far no such demonstration has been volunteered by the monopofy-. On the contrary, it seems to be pursuing the course adopted in pre vious years of relying upon its influence with individuals. Complaint is made that the reference of the Burdick bill in tbe House to the Corporations Committee in place of tbe Judiciary Committee was thus obtained. The Oil Producers' Protective Association, which is at the back of the Bur dick bill, is ready for and courts a full and open examination of the facts and figures. It claims to be able to show that the present transportation and storage charges are ex tortionate and oppressive, and that those which the association proposes would yield not only a fair but a most handsome return upon much more than the capital invested. If the Standard Company and pipe lines can disprove this, now is their opportunity. But unless they meet the issue in such fair fashion, and it they seek to use private in fluence at Harnsbnrg their efforts should go for nought. The situation is perfectly clear and intelligible to the public. It is hoped it will be equally so to the members. DANGERS OP AERIAL NAVIGATION. Aerial navigation has been an inventors' dream for many years, coequal with that in ventors' will o' the wisp, perpetual motion. Years ago, when most of US' were boys, we heard of "Darius Green and his flying ma chine" and sympathized with his ill-starred flop from the gray shingled barn roof to the unsavory barnyard below. Since then scores of aspiring inventive geniuses have followed in Darius footsteps, or mental steps, in constructing ma chines with which to plow air. Few, or none, have bad as much confidence as Mr. Green had, and this has been lucky for them. The machines have all soared with a strong downward tendency; and had the inventors attempted to fly with them, they -would have had pains for their broken bones. The latest flying machine is the Penning ton airship, a model of which is now on ex hibition in Chicaco. Judging from the tests made this machine differs chiefly frpm its predecessors in the fact that a company is being organized for its manufacture with a capital of 520,000,000. The machine itself refuses to fly. TJp to the present time, at least, it has been a flat failure. Some peo ple say the thing is impossible. But that term was applied to many inventions, now in practical use, when inventors first strove to create them. Some one has said that in the light of experience we should not say anything is impossible, but amend the form to read: "It is improbable in our present condition and knowledge." Admitting, then, that air ships may be constructed which will fulfill the fond ex pectations of the inventors vessels which may be propelled through the ntmosphere with marvelous velocity, 200 or 500 miles an hour; machines which cannot be upset, exploded, or disabled so as to be helplessly at the mercy of the air currents what have we gained? A means of rapid transit, cer tainly. But a transit intensely dangerous and impractical. Imagine 1,000 or 10,000 of these artfully contrived meteors darting athwart the sky and inevitably darting into each otherl Compared with old ocean, the gaseous envelope of the earth called atmosphere is, indeed, "a trackless waste." It has latitude and longitude, but no mark ers. The mariners' compass would become a dizzy, reeling thing propelled at such velocity as the airship dreamers talk of, and a reckoning for longitude would require almost as much time as the trip from Pitts burg to Chicago, if made at such speed. The airship to be safe and useful will have to be a much slower going aflair than it is intended to be by its promoters. HELP THE NEEDT. ONES. The inquest over the death of the Mam moth mine workmen is not yet concluded. The testimony is somewhat conflicting, but in a general way shows that the practices at that mine were the same as are followed throughout the region, loose and negligent as became a generally over-confluent feel ing of safety. It will be some time be fore the investigation is finished and a verdict rendered on -the causes of the poor fellows' death. Meantime the widows and orphans, by far the greatest sufferers from the calamity, need assistance. The company is providing for them tem porarily, but more help will be needed soon. -Contributions to the fund for their relief shonld be liberal and promptly made. Thousands out of their plenty may give a little to the needy. -It is an act of simple humanity called for by the brotherhood of mankind. NO CAUSE FOR ALARM. In the course of a lengthy article on the Farmers' Alliance, Mr. T. C. Crawford, the Washington correspondent, relates some interesting bits of tbe history of the organi zation and of the Kansas campaign. He considers the Alliance movement primarily as a deep-laid plot of some Southern schemers, who started it for the purpose of disrupting the Republican party, and calls attention to the fact that the promoters ot the Alliance in Kansas were Southern men. Of the campaign in Kansas last fall Mr. Crawford says lecturers were sent into eyery township with all kinds of docu ments to disseminate the doctrines of no tariff and cheap money and as the campaign "went on doctrines were advanced which, if carried out to the end, would produce anarchy." Every possible means was used to create discontent among the people. "There were lecturers from tbe Socialist and Anarchist classes of Chicago, people who took part in tbe Anarchist riots and who called the Hay market assassins martyrs, and who cried out through the length and breadth of Kansas for a revenge in their name. Two women representing the Chicago Anarchist press were also permitted to have engagements under the direction of the Alliance. These women came into the canvass with fiery eyes, with wild, loose flying hair and in flamed faces, shouting with fury worse doctrines than were ever uttered by the rep resentatives of the Commune in Paris." And finally tbe writer concludes, in the following language: "It is an interesting development in national politics, because every one now concedes that the success in Kansas practically brings a new national party into the campaign. It is a party which will co-operate with the Democratic party, and if it is to be judged by tbe princi ples advocated in Kansas, will not rest in its onward march until it has established free trade, provided for the printing of fiat money and the wiping out of national banks, tbe repudiation of all debts, public aud private, and the division of property upon a purely communistic basis." This is a very dark picture, but we think it is wholly unwarranted. It is possible the Farmers' Alliance may soon hold the bal ance of power, or even be supreme in poli tics and government. It may also be ad mitted that some of its present leaders bold extreme and even dangerous views. Still, there is no cause for alarm. "We believe that a large majority of the people of this country are conservative and of sound judgment, and that at bottom these are characteristics of the farming classes. For tbe Alliance to gain supremacy long enough to do harm it must have the support of this majority. Just so soon as they might be conlronted with the responsibility of gov ernment they would become quickly aud safely conservative. Extremists may agi tate, but they are only the yeast to leaven the mass. The yeast, of course, is not palata ble, but it bears no resemblance tothe loaf. "We think there is no cause for alarm from the farmers, even thougli some of the ideas so far propounded in their name are crude and impracticable. It is much more likely that their presence in the political arena will operate by 'way ot wholesome check or stimulant upon the two older par ties, upon whom the functions of govern ment promise for a long while yet to mainly rest. A CHINESE JOHN L. STJIXTVAN. Chong Hong, a Chinaman, who learned to read English, has been committed to an insane asylum at San Francisco for calling himself John L. Sullivan and wanting to slug his neighbors. ChoDg got to reading the sporting papers, and then he got into trouble. He refused to talk Chinese any longer, and affected a comical style of Anglo-pug language. Mean time San Francisco, like other cities in this country, is full of white people who put on strange airs, strut and bellow, talk & jargon that might be Chinese, and imagine they are pugilists who only need a trial to prove their mettle. Others who are stark, staring mad throughout the baseball season and so on. They are never confined in asy lums, being passed by as ordinary, everyday cranks. Chong made two mistakes. He should not have been yellow, and should not have learned to read. Indications point strongly to a, strike in the coke region. The companies have been looking up the condition of their customers' supplies and are of tho opinion they have stock enough to stand a fight for three months. This amounts to-a declaration of war on tho part of tbe operators, and the men have declared their determination to have what they ask or in augurate a prolonged strike. CniCAGO has decided to ask Congress for 15,000,000 for the World's Fair. Should it suc ceed la getting that much it will probably ask for an appropriation of 515,000,000 for Uncle Sam to buy out its $10,000,000 interest. Representatives and Senators at Har risburg have again sworn to "support and obey" tbe Constitution. Tbo Seventeenth article is still a part of that instrument as it has been for sixteen years. By and by, when the anti-discrimination bill comes up for con sideration, tbe legislators mil stand up and be counted as cither violating or keeping their oath. Mt. "Washington people are duly grate fulforthenew engine house provided by tbeFire Department. It is a measure of protection that has long been needed on the Southside bill. COURT circles in Europe profess to detect a warlike tone in Emperor William's remarks in connection with tho appointment of Connt von Waldersee to tbe command of the army. It is just barely possible that William is anxious enough about bis general disarmament scheme to fight tor it. Death treads the mine with the water producing pick and tbe fiery naked lamp. Human life is held lightly where tbe dusky diamonds are found, underneath tbe ground. Four years ago the people's pipe line bill went through tbe House sailing, but was strangled in the Senate. This year the bill fares better in the Senate than In the House. Possibly tbe Senators have been counting noses to see how many of th- memorable 27 are left. In galls announces that he is still a Re publican. He is also still a Senator in Con gress. Over the first fact be has control, over the latter be has not. New York continues to make discoveries in tbo railroad world which The Dispatch an nounced several months ago. Tbe latest East ern agitation Is over tbe connection between the Baltimore ana Ohio and Richmond Terminal system, which is aimed at tbe Pennsylvania. TnEEE will be no rush to elevate Oklahoma Territory to Statehood. The Farm ers' Alliance earned all the elections there on Tuesday. J at Gould is taking a vacation and a jaunt over bis Soutbern railroads, and is said to be a very sick man. After lie gets borne again the chances are some other fellows will take an involuntary vacation feeling much worse than the Wall street wizard. Pollution of streams is one of the great evils civilized society has to contend with. Any reasonable regulation to prevent it will be wel come. A fine story comes from Allegheny, of a big, brawny policeman striking a lady. If tbe charge is proven, something more than a dis charge from the force should be given him. Beasts are not wanted as guardians of the law. PROMINENT PEOPLE. Bill Nye, tbe well-known statistician and philosopher, has taken a house near Asheville, N. C, and will remove thither in the spring. Mr. William J. Lane, the Irish member of Parliament, returned to New York from his wedding tour and sailed yesterday for Liver pool. Ex-attorney General Garland has built up a Urge and lucrative practice in the Supremo Court at Washington, which is now bis home. The engagement is announced at Newport of George Gordon King, of New York, and Miss Annie Coates, daughter of James Coatcs, the thread manufacturer. George Meredith's daughter is said to copy all her father's manuscript for tbe printer. The novelist does his writing in tbe morning in a study cottage built in bis garden. Prof. J. F. Rotheock, of the University of Pennsylvania, has returned to West Chester from a two months' visit to Bermuda, with a valuable collection of botanic, ornithological and other natural specimens. Sir Walter Raleigh's old home at Yougbal is occupied now by Sir John Pope Hennessey, tbe new member of Parliament for North Kilkenny. The bouse contains many old relics of its former owner, including tbe chest in which bo kept bis papers, but bis greatest treasure, bis tobacco pipe, is not there. Senator Faulkner, of West Virginia, is a man of extraordinary endurance. In the last campaign be spent several weeks in traveling at night over rough country roads, and making stump speeches during tbe day, getting little sleep, and more recently he has distinguished himself in the Senate by speaking for 12 hours against the force bill. Mr. Windom, like General Grant and Secre tary Manning, was a great smoker of cigars, and bis excessive use of tobacco is supposed to have aggravated his heart trouble. He was dis inclined to take any physical exercise and dis liked walking. Even in going thesbort distance from the 1 reasury building to the White House he was accustomed to take a carriage. John H. Uttlefield, who recently lect ured in Concord. N. H on "Personal Recol lections of Abraham Lincoln," was told before he began his lecture there not to expect muoh applause, as a Concord audience was proverb ially undemonstrative; but during the lecture the audience cheered so .uproariously at Lin coln's stones and bits at Douglas in tbe great debates of 1SSS that the chairman afterward said that he never saw anything like it. The people never seem to tire of bearing about the great War President. DEATHS OP A DAY. Mrs. D. S. Marquis. Mrs. D. S. Marquis, of Rochester, ia., died yesterday of a complication or diseases. She was a sister of li. 1". Jones, of this city, and leaves a husband and two daughters, both of whom are married. The luncral will tax plsce to-morrow alternoou. SNAP SHOTS IN SEASON. THOSE who imagine thatr-a white lie will not blacken character are laboring under a de lusion. Great weather, this. Who fears the frigid forecasts ot the prophets, tt e croakiugs of the superstitious, tile whoopincs of the white owls, the shadow of the groundhog, the indications of tbe goose bone, anyway? After tbe dark, dismal, betwizt-and-between weather we've been having, a whiff of Arctic air is seasonable and seasoning. While we shiver wo shako the rain off our clothing, at all events. Where clouds bnng, the blue sky arches. Sounds that were mist muffled now ring oat sharp, clear, sonorous. Pink faces peep out over tbe up turned collars and soft, warm furs. And bow fresh they look, and how tbe eyes they carry sparkle, tool Thoro's a swiftness under the lash of tbe sharp wind, a going forward that adds to tbe refreshing, invigorating street pano rama, a new life in all things wbich move over the frost-bitten face of tbe land. Tho sun, too, shines brightly, and, tliough the touch be ten der, tbe glow is life giving and hopeful. It comes earlier and goes later, too, and its length ening shadows tell us that spring is nearly here In tbe woods the sap is creeping through tbe veins in tbe limbs toward tbe buds, wbich will soon open to tbe magic touch of tbe day god and the warmer winds. So wbilo the sign readers predict evil let us wait for tbe leaves and the flowers with that patience which Is pleasant when tbe reward is sure. Spring rides on tbe chin, is the rear guard of the cold wave, will soon be In full blow. No matter if tbe snow and tbe fogs are to come between now and then, remember that sufficient unto the day is tbe evil thereof. The spring signs are securely set in tbo skies and in the forests, and bo who runs may read. So tbe white owls can hoot, tbe weather wise can predict, and tbe sensible section of tbe great human family can take things as they come snatch from the frost roses for the cheeks, from the cool winds fresh energy and new life, from the signs in the air and on the earth hope, for the promise will surely be fulfilled. It tbe statute of limitations could be ap plied to the lawmakers, the country would be better off. Man, like a ball player, has his errors scored against him. Soke folk carry more gold in their teeth than they do in their pocket, Antony met Cleopatra of old, and Anthony Comstock will keep his eye on her namesake. The pearl diver's life Is always In peril. Sailors are allowed more latitude than most folk. The Cleveland-Hill shake seems to have, shook New York like an earthquake. A correspondent F. D. C of Sbarpsbnrg asks space for this pretty little jingle, rind I gladly give it: A Father's Lullaby. Sleep, my little onel That is my prayer, , The bird long ago hid its bead; While Fido 's asleep on tbe easy chair, And the cat is curled up in its bed. The gates to Nodland are opened wide. Thy mamma is there, and to her sido Would welcome her sweetest child. Sleep! Sleep! Sleep! Sleep, you little one. Sleep, I say. Ah me! Tho clock strikes one. At six in the morning I must away. And work till tbe day is done. Work for my creditors many a day The doctor, the butcher, tho grocer, are they Oh, who'll have the music the fiddler must Sleep! Sleep! Sleep! Sleep! Sleep! Sleep, you wide-awake! Sleep! Sleep! Sleep! You could, if you would. I know. Best way to Nodland is in at a leap One, two, thr Ab, there you go. Mamma'U be glad to see you, my dear. Stay there don't dare to come back here; Papa'll be after you, don't you fear. Bleed Sleep! Sleep! Sleep! Sle ! 811 When is a tree like a ballet dancer? 'When it has baro limbs and a small trunk. The bill to regulate telephone tolls is based upon sonnd principles, at all events. The Prince of Wales can play with tbe lion, but as a tiger tamer he's a flat failure. Laws are statutes, but some of them won't stand In court. Those who keep np appearances get more credit than they deserve. What queer dreams must come to tbo women who wear toilet masks aud gloves while they sleep! It costs more to serve birds on plates in, a book tban at a banquet. The original Cleopatra traveled in a barge and ber nineteenth century impersonator landed in the Barge Office. Coeers are not artists, but they can give a painter pointers on drawing ovens. Misfortune has broken more hearts tban any of the other Misses. You cannot judge tbe legislator by thouum. ber or tho texts of the bills he presents. Some times they contain his views, but oftener they are children of other brains and he fathers tbem. Cigars do not increase in size, even when puffed out. When the liver is sluggish the temper is de cidedly active. The Comstock lode has been a heavy load for tbe stockholders to carry. They have blowed in over 35,000,000. "Wht is a wagon wheel like a tramp? Because it is always tired. Possibly the grip exchanged by Cleveland and Hill was a "tight" one. It was a wine party, you know. Before tbe New York critics got through with Bernhardt tbe little snake will assume anaconda-like proportions. You will not bo cbarged with cruelty it you pound a dog. Flying machines come higher than tbey go, up to the present, at least. WHY is politics like a gardener? Because it yields beats. The plumbers sbould petition tho Legisla ture to legalize Ground Hog Day. The fast generally reach the goal or the pen itentiary first. WHEN the blizzard strikes Delaware the peach crop failure fiends will be heard from. Scientists who have been studying sound waves can see them it they visit Long Island. Nature never barks up the wrong tree. The artist who visits Switzerland always draws a Blanc When is a gambler like a highwayman? When he orders you to show your band. IN Paris women of wealth are also women of Worth. THE law has fixed tbe age of majority, but some children think they are men for a' that. People who go.to public balls indulge freely in beer, presumably because there's hops in it. A judge can rest on bis decision after ho tires out. You do not have to bring an action at law to re-cover an umbrella. b TwiNTT-rivE States have enacted laws against tbo cigarette. This proves that tbe dude is of a roving disposition. It Jay Gould had a girl baby she would doubtless be called Little Goldie. Baby McKee seems to be out of sight in Boston. A geeat many statesmen seem to be trotting in tbe wrong class. Willie Wlnele. IB0H OVEEPBODTJCTION. Some Weil-Known Furnace Men Talk of the Low Prices. Newxork Press. Judga H. G. Bond, who has been general manager for several years of the Tennessee Caal aud Iron Company, of which ex-Senator Piatt is President, bas"becomo infatuated with the Northwest as a field of enterprise, and I am told has already made engagements and invest ments in Washington wbich will take bim to that State to live. I was talking with him yes terday aboat tbe iron business, when he said among other things: "Iron is lower than ever beloro in its history in this country. It is so low that many Soutbern furnaces are selling without profit, and only the few that have re duced the cost to a minimum can make any money. The Pennsylvania iron furnaces are suffering terribly. There are 50 furnaces shut down in Pennsylvania and Ohio which I predict will never be fired up again. They cannot make iron in corn-petition with Tennessee and Alabama." "An instance in our own business will Illus trate what mean," said Judge Bond. "We sold iron last year to an Ohio rolling mill which had a f arnace of its own, but could buy our iron cheaper than it could make its own pig, and has now shut down its furnace. There is tho whole situation in one example." Another iron producer with whom I was chr.tting yesterday, and to whom I bad spoken or tho low prices of the product, said to me: The tendency to low prices is a result of over production. We produced last year more than 10.250,000 tons of 2,000 pounds each of pig iron l.i50,000 tons more tban 1B90, or an increase of more than 20 per cent. The increase of 1889 over 188S was 17 perit, so that for three years we have been making a tremendous amount of Iron, and as 1889-90 jfere not years of great rail road building, and there was no extraordinary development in any other iron consuming in dustry, the general industrial prosperity has not Deen sufficient to take up the entire product. So low prices ensue. For the first time in history tbe United States last year sur passed Great Britain in the amount of iron produced." EEWAED AM) PUNISHMENT, Indians. Given tho Idea That to Get Good Things They Must Be Bad. Washington Star. J Our Fine Ridge correspondent calls atten tion to tbe evil results of apparenly rewarding tbe hostile Indians by taking tbem to Washing ton and Chicago to bo clothed, feasted and made mncb of, while tbe friendly, working Indians aro apparently punished for their faith fulness by being left on the reservation in com parative cold and hunger. There is point to this criticism. The Government's justification in taking "bad" Indians East wonld probably be found, however, in the tendency to peace which might be expected to follow from ap preciation by them of tbe numbers and power of the whites. It Is natural, too, that those who rebelled should be viewed as the best in formed concerning tbe reasocs for rebelling, and that tbe authorities here should wish to discuss the causes of tbe outbreak with its leaders. Possibly the most effective disposition of the "bad" Indian leaders, if it were feasible, would be to hold them as hostages at Washington or Chicago all through next spring, when there is danger of an uprising, and to distribute the fiood food, black suits, and high hats among tho faithful, working Indians who deserve re ward. The killing of the fatted calf for tbo prodigal sons among tbe Indians Is seriously overdone, if it is expected that any of them are to remain faithful and industrious. The goodly raiment, white hats and medals, which the Indian views as rewards of merit, sbould at any rate be lavished upon the "good" more pro fusely tban upon the "bad" Indians, even if it be considered wise to make Eastern tourists of the latter. A FEAST AT THE SCH10SSEE. The St, "Vincent Society Observes Its Twenty rifth Anniversary. The twenty-fifth anniversary of the St. Vin cent Literary Association was celebrated by the members and their friends with a ban quet at the Schlosser. The society is com posed of members ot tbe Catholic Church on the Southside, Tne organization has a fine clubhouse ani library on Twelfth street, and has been very successful In Its work. Covers for 160 were laid at the banquet, and It was a noticeable fact that tbe ladles were in the ma jority. In these days of feasting tbe fair Bex are usually prominent by their absence, but in this case the tables were turned, and it was a most agreeable change. After tbe dtnner an address of welcome was delivered by President V. J. Cartus, a promi nent Southside merchant. He also acted as toastmaster and spoke for tbe association. Rev. Father John B. Duffner, of St. Peter's German Catholic Church, eulogized Pope Leo XIII. To Mr. P. W. Lascheid, tho brewer, bad been assigned the pleasant taste of speaking for "Our Country," and be did it well. "Shaken peare" was the subject of A. P. Yochum's toast. Nlc Cartus sang a song, and then Prof. F. W. Immeitus talked about "Das Deutsche Leben." A better man in the assem bly could not have been selected to praise tbe ladles than Joseph F. Erny, cashier of tbe Germans' Saving Bank. G. J. Blelcbner dis cussed "Truth." and August Bulsker talked for "Our Guests," The "Review" was made by W. C. AU1. AMUSEMENT AT THE BH.K. Tho First Regiment, U. A. SI., Gives Its Second Annual Reception. Tbe decorations ot tho Grand Central Rink in honor of the second annual reception of the First Regiment, U. A. M., last evening were in tensely patriotic The rink was1 one glamour of silken flags and national colors entwined in and around tho ratters of tho building and waving from every availablo point of vantage. Ever green and Btnilax were very effectively com bined with tbo red, white and blue that inspire'd even the most negative American with in en thusiastic respect for his country. The orches tra tho First Regiment's own discoursed national hymns, while the company ot nearly 1,000 assembled, and thon sent forth tbe merry dancing strains that soon transformed the ball into a maze of poetic rumlon. No arrangements bad been made for supper, other than an ice cream and lemonade stand, so that the hungry ones, a ia European hotel, dispersed at will to the various -cafes and restaurants, to return again with more zeal tban ever to the dancing. Tbe proceeds of tbe affair, though goodly, were not so larce as to necessitate the use of the Iron safe that occupied a prominent place in tbe hall, and will be nearly consumed in pay ing expenses attendant upoD tbe event, which was more for sociability tban money making. The surplus will increase the regiment's ex chequer. ' J A Brilliant Social Success. The cotillon at tbe Linden club last evening was a brilliant success, as might be expected from tbe names of tbe patronesses, who were tbe following well-known society ladles of tbe East End: Mrs. Henry M. Bailey, Mrs. Georce Singer. Jr.. Mrs. George V. Dilworth, Mrs. J Ernest Schwartz, Mrs. Carter C. Beggs, Mrs. Edward M. Qultnbv, Sirs. George A. Macbeth, Mrs. William N. Frew. Mrs. Christian L Mc Kee. Mrs. James 31. Hchoonmaker, Mrs. William Ross Proctor and Mrs. Charles P. Orr. A DInnor That Was Worth Having. Tbe organ fund of the First M. P. Church is decidedly swelled up, since a dinner was given in its honor yesterday by tbe ladies of tbe church. Tbe same honor repeated to-day will nrobably increase the swellinc until a swell organ will be the result. The dinner was a de- llgntiui concoction or an tnatisueucious and delectable in the eating line, and the service was perfection, with no "tips" demanded. Preparations are in order for enlarged patron age to-day. Hours from 11:30 to 2 o'clock. Won Honors and a Position. The announcement that Miss Mary Watson was tbo successful competitor for the gold medal of the Scbool of Design, made In The Dispatch recently aud read by the Trustees of tbe Conservatory of Mnsic and Art con nected with Allegheny College at Meadvllle, resulted in a pleasant sequel that of her unanimous election as instructor in tho art de partment of tho school, the same being tele graphed to tbe young lady immediately. Recommended to Minor. CircasoNcws.J If tbe airship keeps on soaring in the future as it has been doing iu the past few days it will soon have burrowed a bole in the earth big enough to accomwodstfl tbe entire lake Front THE TOPICAL TALKER. Drove a Bad Bargain. They needed a driver at a certain store down town the other day. One of the clerks sug gested that be knew a man who woald fill tbe place satisfactorily, he thought, and the head of tbe firm told him to go ahead and engage tbe man in question. A few days afterward, Jir. Altch, as we may for convenience call the head of the firm, saw a horse and wagon wblcb he recognized as his coming at a break-neck speed up tbe street. It swung around the corner on two wheels, and the rear of the wagon showed by sundry smashed panels and crashes that it bad been backed into something violently. Mr. Altch was intensely annoyed, for he prides himself on the neatness of his wagons and horses and the strict propriety of bis service. The wagon came to a stop a hundred yards ahead and Mr. Aitch hnrried after it. He reached it just as tbe driver was getting out. Tho driver was a Stranger to Mr. Aitch, and the first thing tho latter said was: "Where in hades did you come from? Who told you to drive a wagon of mine through the streets as if it belonged to tbe police or nre department?" The driver, a stout, nicely built man. coolly looked at Mr. Aitch and said: "It's none o' your d business." Mr. Aitch is hot-tempered and rather fond of using his fists, with wbich he has the reputa tion of being quite skillful. He struck the driver a smart blow for "bis impudence" as bs termed it. The driver replied with a series of body Wows that hardly left an Inch of Mr. Aitch'sribs and chest untouched. The blows were delivered with such science and precision that Mr. Aitch decided instantly that bis case ought to be to get out alive. lie finally re treated, thanking a merciful Providence that tbe driver had spared his face. There was an interesting colloquy a little later at the store between Mr. Altch and tbe clerk who had recommended tbe driver. It came out then that the driver was a Southside puddler out of work, who is well known in Bporting circles as one of tho best pugilists of bis weight In Pennsylvania. The TJniratered Truth. "This milk is very poor, I think," said an Allegheny housewife to tbe honest farmer who filled the Jug for her yesterday. "Poor, ma'am?1' ejaculated the milkman in indignant astonishment, "why, that's milk of tbo first water, ma'aml" BIg-Hearted, Thongh Beaten. They tell a story of the late William H. Cole man which resembles 'somewhat Mr. Aitch's adventure. Mr. Coleman was going through tbe Atlas Iron Works in this city one day when he hap pened to notice a mojder working in a careless and slovenly manner. Mr. Coleman was not dressed stylishly, and be was not, with hts thick-set, stumpy figure, especially impressive in appearance, and when he tapped the work man on the shonlder and told him that that sort of work wouldn't do only he put it in very forcible language the molder resented it at once and told Mr. Coleman to go to a hotter place than the Atlas Works. Mr. Coleman was pugnacious anyhow, and afraid ot no man, and big and powerful as tbe molder was, be struck him as soon as the Insulting words were out of bis mouth. But Mr. Coleman was no match for his employe, and he got a pretty severe drubbing before tbe other men saw what was going on and interfered. While Mr. Coleman was being dusted down in the office, and getting the sand out of his eyes and the blood out ot his month, his antag onist came in, hat in band, with a very, very long and wan face. "I didn't know it was you, Mr. Coleman, or I shouldn't," he began. "Get back to your work," said Mr. Coleman, pulling out a 55 bill and giving it to him. "You're the first man wbo ever licked me get back to your work!" The Perils in Koch's Lymph. "I would not advise any patient of mino to submit to the Injection of Dr. Koch's lymph," said one of the most liberal and learned of Pittsburg's physicians yesterday. "Do yon distrust tbe principle?" was asked. "No, the principle I believe to be correct; it is the naturil outcome of tbe theory and prac tice of modern medicine, aud Dr. Koch's dis covery is simply a step in tbe right direction. It is not a final step, however, and at present I think the lymph and Its administration are In tbe experimental stage. Human beings ought not to be tbe victims ot these experi ments. We have beard ot quite a number of cases, to be sure, where the lymph bas bad, or has appeared to have bad, a beneficial effect; of tbe cases wbere tbe result bas been harm ful and even fatal, very little has been said. In the last few days tbe unpleasant facts as to the lymph's action have been emphatically shown by the reports from tbe New York hos pitals. The case of tbe liellavne Hospital patient to which Prof, Verchow has called at tention is particularly significant. From this case it is apparently clear that the lymph does not entirely destroy bacilli in tuberculosis, but drives tbem from tbe part most affected to other parts of the body. Thus in this case at tho autopsy the microscope showed that the tubercular bacilli were scattered throughout the whole system. In other cases of patients in tbe last stages of consumption, where tbe lymph has been ad ministered, tbe febrile reaction bas bad fatal results on several occasions, and I think It is this which makes it almost criminal to Inject the lymph in any but those wbo aro In tbe early stages of tubercular disease. "I believe that in time a more exact knowl edge of the lymph and its effects upon tbe hu man system will render Dr. Koch's discovery a most valuable remedial agent, but I think that doctors can best serve the public jnst now by restraining tbe enthusiasm which the Koch revelations has aroused. Dr. Koch himself bas repeatedly advised his brethren in medicine and the world at large to be cautious in the use of tbe lymph, aud be would have kept it from everybody bad be been able until further trial bad more clearly demonstrated its properties and powers." The Lawyer's Truthful Slate. ,In a lawyer's office one of tbe most necessary of articles Is a slate or a pad of paper which usually rests on tbe table or hangs upon the wall. Whatever position it takes the lawyer's clients will tell you that it lies. On it the law yer indulges his imagination that faculty which tbe practice of law does not exercise to any extent. Tbe slate or pad of paper is a safety valve for tbe barrister's pent-up fancy. Tbe law is full of fictions in a technical sense, but there are few legal fictions wbich can be compared with the Inscriptions on tbe office slate for pure unadulterated romancing. A lawyer may call this bis memorandum tablet, but in reality it more often contains what be desires, or at least is sure to forget. If you find on this slate tbe announcement: "Shall be back in half an hour," you can de pend upon it that if you desire to spend a quiet afternoon in tbe sanctum of a Diamond or Grant street office tbe opportunity Is before you.. In fact, tho man wbo wants to enjoy per fect peace and repose can usually get it by sit ting down in a lawyer's easy chair andsome of them are really easy these days when tbe slate solemnly announces that its owner will be "Back at onee!" NO TEBBAPIN THERE. Tho Gnshlng St. Louis Maiden Put the Caterer's Flno Effort Oat of Joint. New York Evening gun. A young girl from St. Louis, in a recent visit to this city, was introduced for tbe first time to tbo peculiar charms of terrapin. Not long after her first experiment she sat in the crowded supper room of a private bouse, into wbich the guests were pouring from tbo ballroom. "Ho, 1 believe I won't have any terrapin." she said, as the waiter held It down before her. "What, not cat terrapin?" asked her escort. "Is It pos sible that you don't like terrapin?" "Oh, yes. 1 Ilka it well enough," she ansuered, indifferently, but in a voice so loud that it sounded over all the clink of glass and silver and bum of voices; "yes, I like tbe taste of it well enough, but I don't like to eat it. It's so lull of little bones, I always feel as if I were eating boiled kittens." Instantly tbe clink of forks upon plates was audibly lessened, and the next day tho caterer said to his chef: "What In the world was the matter with that terrapin up at the M s last night?" CIco Didn't Carry Her Own Snakes. Chicago Tribune. 3 Bernhardt is In the (Jolted States acain, with atvardrobe that fills 1M trunks. This is about 103 more than tbe ancient Cleopatra took alone when she traveled unless shp has been greatly lied about. SWEETS OF SOCIETY. Another Brilliant Wedding at Sewlekley Receptions Almost Without Number Afternoon and Evening Parties Past and Coming Events In Social Circles. Again wedding bells, figuratively speaking, chimed merrily in Sewickley at sundown yes terday. Tbe Presbyterian church was filled to the doors, for both bride and bridegroom are among tbe most popular of the valley's young people. Tbe bride was Miss Fanny Campbell, daughter of the late Colonel David Campbell, and Mr. James Crossan Chaplin, wbo led her to tbe altar, is the son ot the late Lieutenant James Chaplin, TJ. S. N. Mr. James Chaplin is well known in Pittsburg as tbe teller of tbe Fidelity Titlo and Trnst Company. The wedding took place at tbe Presbyterian Church. After a musical overture, arranged In excellent taste by Mr. Albrecht. tbe organ ist, tbe strains of tbe familiar wedding march, from "Lohengrin," announced the arrival of the bridal partv. Preceded by the ushers, Messrs. Charles Doyle, Robert Nevln, Jr.. C. T. McComb, J. Bowman Sweitzer, A. S. King and Edward Carpenter, and then by the maid of honor. Miss Clara Campbell, tbe bride's sister, tbe bride, leaning upon tbe arm of her brother, Mr. Charles Campbell, wbo gave her away, came np the aisle and met the bridegroom with his best man, Mr. Frank Richardson, at tbe altar. Tne Rev. W. O. Campbell, D. D.. read the marriage service, and after the simple, but impressive ceromonles, tbe procession passed down the other aisle to the church door as Mr. Albrecht played tbe march from "Tannbauser." Tho bride wore a lovely white dress of moos sella de sole en train, with bouquet of whits roses, which, with tbe long veil, became her charmingly. The maid ef honor's dress was of whlto silk. The bridal party and near relatives were entertained at dinner at the bride's bouse after the ceremony. Later Mr. and Mrs. Chap lin departed for tbe East on their wedding tour. The wedding presents wero very numerous and beautiful and the cordial good will of Bewick lev in general is not tbe least valuable of tho offerings. THREE GEACES AT A BECEETI0N. A Social Affair That Will Be Remembered as a Season's Success. Three debutantes. Misses Eleanor and Annie Chaltant and Stella Hays, and one bride, Mrs. James Wood, were among the bevy of aids at the Cole reception yesterday afternoon, and naturally lent an additional interest by their presence. The weather was especially propi tious; in fact, 'twas simply delightful, and tbe guests were legion, appearing in tbe most charming costumes. Misses Frances Marshall, Maud Byer Carrie Hays, the Misses Rboads, and Mesdames J. H. Stewart and William Ross Proctor. in tho tea-room, were complementa- rl(S to th lhrp miM " am nnet mtiMan Mas. Hgnated tbe debntantes and the bride. And the two loveiy aauguters ot the nome. Misses Anna H. and Edith G., assisted Mrs. Cole in receiv ing. The already beautiful home was greatly aug mented In lnxurlousness by a profusion of cut flowers that delighted the eye and burdened the air with tbe most delicious perfume. The hostess and her daugbters were attired in aft ernoon toilets that contrasted prettily with each other, and tbe aids were in dlstractingly bewitching creations. AN EXCELLENT ENTERTAINMENT Given by a Y. M. C. A. Branch to Its Friends Lost Evening. The entertainments of the Pennsylvania de partment of the Y. M. C. A. are gaining in pop ularity and excellence with decided rapidity, and the one given in the cozy rooms of the as sociation last evening was a pronounced suc cess over all of its predecessors. Tbe star of the evening was Miss Kitty Hamm, the elocu tionist, who recited "Too Late for the Train" and "Tho Christmas Dinner Party" in a man ner that threatened her listeners with convul sions. Tho other numbers were: Overture, "Niag ara," by an orchestra consisting of W. C. Res, J. C. Phelps, A. L. McCalmont. H. C. Weiur velt and G. H. Robbins; quartet. "Blow on. Ye Winds," H. G. Morgan, John McElvaney, H. C. Westervelt and F. W. Rltchey: recitation, Mr. F. W. Rltchey: vocal solo, "Brjou Waltz Song," Miss Mary J. Kramer; orchestra, "Le Pere Victories' Mr. Leon J. Long, with bis banjo and a few remarks: recitation, Mr. F. W. Rltchey; vocal solo, "Bunch of Wild RoseV Miss Mary J. Kramer; quartet, "Dlckory, Dickory Dockf orchestra, "Surrender." Mrs. Charles Johnston officiated as accompanist. MUSICAL TREAT AT DIXM0NT. The Unfortunates There Given an Evening of Enjoyment. Quite a musical treat was given the inmates of Dixmont last evening. The entertainment was managed by Charles P. Stlnson. The pro gramme included selections by tbe C. V. Lewis Quartet, harmonica and guitar selections by Nick Shank, piano and mandolin duet by WUses Delia and May Dnnlap, a piano solo by Miss Blanche Mitchell, songs by Misses Phil lips and Lelser. a flute solo by MacKenzla Davis, and selections by Mr. Kreppe and J. J. Isensee. also numbers on tbe mandolin and guitar by Mesrs. Stlnson, Duff and St. Clair. At the conclusion of tbe programme the per formers and a few invited guests adjourned to tbe dining ball, wbere an elaborate luncheon was served. AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHY. Interesting Exhibit of Work Now Open at the Thaw Mansion. Tbe Pittsburg Amateur Photographers So ciety held their fifth annual exhibition of lan tern slides photographs and transparencies last evening in their rooms in the Thaw man sion on Fifth street. Following are those who were awarded premiums: J. H. Hunter. C. C Craft, H. W. Beymer. F. M. Rites, Miss Edith Darlington, W. J. Hunter. O. H. Darlington. W. S. Clow, E. E. Anensbnrc. Thomas Ken nedy, W. Becker, Mrs. W. S. Clow. The exhibition continues to-day and will re main open from 10 A. x. to 10 P. ir. Quite a large number were in attendance yesterday. Four Lady Stars for One Play. Interest is on tiptoe for tbe presentation of "Macbeth" by Byron W. King's Shakespeare class this afternoon at tbe Bijou. Tbe cast is a promising one, and the rehearsals bave been matters of serious moment instead of amateur ish larks. Tbe composite character of Lady Macbeth will be an interesting and novel feat ure of the performance. No less tban four young ladies will for an act each become that unlovable woman. Stage scenery and costumes will be elegant and correct. Social Chatter. A school entertainment was given last evening by the pupils of tbe Thirteenth ward public school, in Reinman's HalL Tbe pro gramme included calisthenic exercises, doll drills, a fantasia, fan. tamborlne and parasol drills, spelling bee, songs and recitations. Encampment No. 6, ot tbe Union Veteran Legion, bas arranged a charming programme for its public entertainment to-night at 51 Arch street. Allegheny. Tbe leading feature will be an address from Erasmus Wilson. A "Harvest Home Social" was given by tbo employes of tbe Liberty Express Office, at the new Masonic Hall, on Collins avenue. East End. last evening. Music was furnished by tbe Royals, and Kubn catered. The Old Plautatlon Jubilee Singers will carol negro melodies at Old City Hall to-morrow evening, for tho benefit ot the widows and orpbans made by tbe Mammoth Mine disaster. A cake social, with a musical and literary programme, was given in tbo Fourth ward scboolhouse last evening by Chapman Circle, ladies of the G. A. R. Rev. Geohoe Hodoes, rector of Calvary Episcopal Cburcb, East End, will deliver his lecture on the "Passion PUj" in St. Peter's Church to-night. The ladles of tho Second Presbyterian Cburcb, Allegheny, gave a dinner yesterday for tbe purpose of raising a fund for their pastor. Dr. Fulton. THE Linden Euchre Club will hold its regu lar meeting to-night. The patronesses for the occasion are Mrs. Frank Bell and Mrs. J. K. Cass. The Allegro Club, of Allegheny, gavo a re ception last evening in Cyciorama Hall. Guenther furnished tbe music Mks. Henry Kino, of Barton street, gave a delightful luncheon yesterday. Covers were laid for SO guests. Little folks ran riot at a children's party given yesterday by Mrs. A. E. McCacdless, of Center avenue. A Calvary church sale aud doll loan will be held this afternoon, in the chapel back of tbe cburcb. Me. and Mrs. Humphries Miller bald their first At liuuiu yesterday at their Slue ton avenuo home. Miss LoD Jackson was bosless yesterday to an afternoon tea at ber Penn avenuo home. THE marriage of Miss Annie Huucleman and Michael Ryan was solemnized yesterday. THE Murdocb reception, to-day, CURIOUS C0SDENSATI05S. A military pace is2J feet. The first rotary fire engine was made ia IBM by a Cincinnati firm, but it was many years before tbe firemen would take kindly to tbe in novation. Andrew Douglas, of Pickering,' Ont, a man about 70 years of age, compained of being tired of life, and anticipated fast approaching death by blowing out bis brains. Mrs. Boches, a woman of French-Indian descent, died at Kalkaska, Micb Friday, aged 111 years. She was as spry as many a woman of 50 years np to the time of ber deatb. A Kansas woman who took a prominent part in the last campaign as an Alliance lec turer, first contracted a taste for public Ufa by commanding a broom brigade at Emporia. A man in Burlington, la., has sued a railroad company for S20.000 to compensate him for tbe loss of two fingers. What value ha would place on a full band bas not been dis closed. A minister of Leeds, N. Y., is atypical kleptomaniac. He was taking dinner with one of his parishioners lately and was in the act of saying grace when he pocketed a silver spoon from the table. A young Mexican never pays for the tickets when ha takes a young woman to ths theater. Tbe lady's father attends to that and considers himself insulted if the young man proposes to pay. An estimate sent to Congress yesterday by the Secretary of War to supply a "deficiency in the Quartermaster's Department shows that tbe cost of tbe Indian campaign just closed was about 12,000,000. Docs against sheep was an issue in the North Carolina Legislature a few days ago, and tbe dogs won. A bill was before the House for tbe protection of sheep against dogs, and it was defeated by a vote of 82 to 9. William Bradley, of Barry, 111., went to see his sweetheart Sunday while drunk, but she wouldn't see bim unless ha was sober, so be went to a blacksmith's shop, heated an iron rod till it was red and then ran it through his body. Artists who were in Venice a few weeks ago had a unique opportunity. It snowed there incessantly for five days. Such a storm is not within the memory of tbe oldest inhabi tant. Venice under snow! What a chance for tbe painters! A Columbian memorial, designed by J. Allen Whyte, of Chicago, for the Exposition, would have a star-sbaped building surmounted by a dome 400 feet high and this in turn sur mounted by a tower whose top would ba 1,42 feet from tbe base. The editor of a weekly paper in Kansas bas been shot at twice, assaulted three times. and bad the windows of bis office smashed in tbree times within tbe space of four months, because be declared that the Mayor ought to be impeached for drunkenness. While Germany loses only 110 persons per annum from smallpox, France loses 14.000. Dr. Brouardel attributes tbis astounding differ ence to the rigid way in which vaccination is enforced In Germany, and to tbe carelessness of bis own countrymen In this matter. The Canadian Marine Association has determined to ask the Government to reduce the tolls on grain delivered for the seaboard by way of Kingston and Montreal and wben tran shipped at a Canadian port to 2 cents per ton for passing through the Welland aud St. Law rence canals. A lady missionary in India is reported as saying that tbe boxes of clothing sent from New York last year contained 2,000 pairs of corsets, 700 pairs of rubber garters, and 3,500 dresses ribbed with whalebone and steel. So severe were civilized tortures inflicted by these fashionable garments that the natives refused to wear tbem. The exhibition at Munich was very successful, 232 works being sold and about S3, 000 taken in as profits over and above all ex. peases. Berlin proposes to hold an interna tional exhibition in 1891. so that Munich, deter mined not to bo outdone, will give tbe Crystal Palace to the artists this year. Only tbree pictures by the same bandstwlll be admitted. Queen's College, Oxford, has jast cele brated the 550th anniversary of its foundation. It was on January 18, 1310-'41 that Edward IIL sealed, in the Tower of London, a license to Robert da Eglesfleld, chaplain to Queen Phllicpa, to found In the parish of St, Feter-ln-the-East a collegiate hall of scholars, chaplains and others under the name of tha Queen's Hall ot Oxford. A dispatch from City of Mexico says that W. B. Richardson, the Boston naturalist, wbo is exploring tbe forests ot Central Amer ica for tha British Museum, was, at latest ad vices, at Lako Atitlan, Guatemala. His work In Gaatamala bas been very successful, as be bad discovered four new species of birds. He is now about to start for Honduras, Salvador and Nicaragua. The steamer Gaelic arrived from Hong kong, and brings news of a serious earthquake in Java on December 12. Tha town of Joana suffered most. Tbe Chinese quarter was en tirely wrecked, and tbe Eurdpean's quarter rendered almost uninhabitable. Twelve per sons were killed and 17 Injured. All tbe dis tricts of West and Middle Java suffered more or less, some severely. - A spark from a locomotive on the Southern Pacific Railroad In California caused tha burning of a wheat crop. Tbe company being sued for damages showed that tbe fire was caused by a locomotive of tbe Santa Fe company. lessee of the road, and the lnited States Court sustained tbe position that the lessor was not liable for the acts of tbe lessee an important principle, of wide application. The story that the Governor of Montana eats pie with a knife is hotly resented by ona of his friends, who says: "Our Joe was born In Missouri, and in that State etiquette demands that tbe eater grasp tbe pie firmly but gently with both, bands, extending each thumb and finger along tbe periphery to guard against breaks, and supporting the undercrust with the remaining fingers. The pie is then elevated to the mouth and nature does the rest." A census is being taken in Austria. One of the peculiar conditions of the "number ing of the peonle" there Is the rule that every one must be able to produce a certificate of birth. AnEnelish lady residing not far from Vienna has just been obliged to write home for a copy of ber "Helmatbs-ScheiD." as it is called and states that, falling the receipt of it, she will be subject to a heavy penalty, and even be liable to expulsion from the empire. The era of the wooden sailing vessel, ac cording to tbe captain of an American ship, is passing away. He predicts that within 50 years tbe wooden deep-sea ship will be as rare as the wooden steamship is now. He says tbe steel ship Is lighter, cheaper, and, in proportion to the size of bull, has greater carrying capacity than tbe wooden craft. Freight rates are ei'ht times as low as they wero wben tha Dreadnaugbt made her famous run to Liver pool, and to carry freight profitably tbe hold of tbe modem ship must be capacious and ber crew must work cheaply. Machinery for hoist in" sail bas lightened theworkof tbe sailormaa and cheapened bis labor. Tbe British shin yards are turning ont big steel sailing crait with a rapidity that indicates that theybava come to stay. Within tho last few years a fleet ot about 20 monster four-masters, all measuring more tban 2,000 tons, have been launched. SAID JTJST FOB FUN. Did Shakespeare wish to make Julius Cesar out to be an untruthful man when he lets Marc Antony say: -hut yesterCay, the word of Cssr might Have stood against the world: now lies ha there." HatHingtonStar. Header Your paper is very much better tban it uf ed to be. Mr. Paster. rdltor-Oh, 1 am very triad to bearyou say so. header-Yes. you're clipping to much more. Bziton Courier. "Who is tbis man Scharwenka that is ad vertised to appear at the Metropolitan?" Inquired the lootball and billiard editor. He 1 a pianist," replied the musical crank. Born In America?" No;bornlnrosen." 'Ah. And now he's ro'nMn America." Brooklyn Eagle. She Do yon believe in love at first slsllt? He Vthy, of course. So few people marry at their first meeting, you know. Detroit Ires Prat. He Music is tbe food of love. She-l'osslbly, bnt methlnks much of it ought to be turned over to the Society for tbe Prevention of Adulteration. Sew lork Herald. Sbarpson (grinding out verses) Pwint a suitable rhyme for "chains." 1'hUtz -What's the matter with ' brains!' ' Can't use It. I'm wrltlnjc a poem entitled The Cigarette Smoker." Chicago Tnoune. C.i 11 Roy Mcphlstopheles says he won't go on without a glass of grog, sir. He's allots shake, Manager Well, give tbe devil bis iaw.Judg4. Mr. Mayhem (with his lawyer's bill in hand)-Hlr, this charge is ootrageousl His Lawyer (blandly) Bat so wis the cksrit against which I defended youI-Pucc, in iiMBirri '-rrftir!u-:L!"ii-
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