THE PITTSBUKG- DISPATCH, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10,
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PITTSBURG. TUESDAY. FEB. 10, 189L
TI1E LOSS TO THE RAILWAYS.
Our Youngstown special on the iron shut
down in that locality points out the loss in
flicted on various interests. The statement
of loss to labor, to capital, and retail trade
is correctly made; but the point which is
worth enforcing is that the failure of rail
way managers to recognize the necessities of
the case is inflicting an immense loss on the
railway interest itself.
The magnitude of this loss is easily shown
by a few figures. Our correspondent esti
mates the loss of production in the two
valleys by the shutdown to be about a
million tons of pisr iron per annum. Every
ton of pig iron requires the transportation of
about two tons of materials, besides the prod
uct. The lobsof a million tons of pioduction
therefore means the loss ot three million
tons of freight for the railway, and some
where between 52,500.000 and $3,000,000 of
cross revenue. But this gross revenue
is well known to be the most
profitable the railways obtain. It is
based on rates of ?ilc Per ton mile.
At the same time the railways are not only
carrying Southern pig iron at c per ton
mile, tut are hungering for the more expen
sive grain freights at the same rate. It is
safe to say that of the gross revenue which
the iron interests furnish to the railways
more than half is net profit.
While the estimate ot 1,000,000 tons loss
of production may be large for the valleys,
for the restriction of business throughout
"Western Pennsylvania, the total must be
much larger. Tor while the attempt of the
railroads to keep rates up to the level which
the iron and steel interests bore, while they
were prosperous, may not produce a general
suspension outside of the valleys, it must
inevitably produce a restriction ot business.
The only way in which a dull period, with
,'fbe demand falling below supply, can be
met is lowering the cost of production. The
difference between the business which can
be done by lowering freight charges so as to
stimulate production iu Western Pennsyl
vania, and that which will be done by keep
jug rates at a level which burden and dwarf
i production is to be counted by the millions
of tons of traffic and millions of dollars of
revenue for the railways.
The situation is strongly akin to that ex
isting before the Pittsburg and Lake Erie
was built. Then our industries were ham
pered by freight charges whicn the railway
men declared themselves unable to lower.
The result of the period of competition fol
lowing the building of new roads was such
an expansion of traffic that the Pennsylvania
Company did a greater business under com
petition than it did when it had a monopoly
of the traffic The relorm which it opposed
with all its might proved the greatest benefit
to it. The combination of the railroads has
restored the old and semi-monopolistic con
trol over rates, but it is no less clear now
than then that the true prosperity of the
roads as well as of their heaviest patrons
will be secured by a liberal reduction of
rates to meet the exigencies of the present
situation.
These are points which railway managers,
ir they could get outbide their environment,
would be prompt to see. The sooner they
do so the better for all concerned.
A CHANCE NOW TO BEGIN KIGHT.
The Poor Pans question was left in a
muddle yesterday, with the satisfactory
feature, however, that none of the four high
priced farms recommended by the Board of
Awards was accepted. As The Dispatch
lias on several occasions since the subject has
come under discussion, taken the trouble to
point out, the purchase of 600 per acre land
for iarming of any sort is pronounced ex
travagance, while to buy several hundred
acres where less than one hundred would
suffice is an equallv needless waste of money.
Mayor Gonrley was right at the start when
he took the same ground, that a small farm
well located was what was needed. He
should adhere to that position. Uew pro
posals should be asked taking off the speci
fication of large acreage, and doing away
with the ornamental qualification of a river
lront unless the State Beard of Charities is
stupidly obstinate on that point. The vari
ous farms offered should then be given a
careful inspection, in place of running over
half the county in a day, and the favored
one announced long before ratification by
Councils to enable a canvass of its merits.
As for the charges of attempted specula
tion by syndicates and others at the expense
of the city in the recent proposals, the Board
of Awards can avoid the like in the future
by seeing that it recommends the purchase
only of so much land as is actually needed,
and that at a reasonable price. The prires
set before Councils yesterday were unreason-,
able regarded as a basis for a paying trans
action in farming. So far they helped to
give color to the reports that the city's inter
ests were not the only ones in view in the
proceedings.
AN AWFUL EXAMPLE.
That mysterious organization for the pro
duction of remarkable examples of moon
struck legislation, the "Wage "Workers' Polit
ical Alliance of the District of Columbia,
has not put itself very decidedly in evidence
at the present sessions. There were hopes
and fears that it had suspended its function
of manufacturing Awful Examples of legis
lation, and that the shelves in the commit
tee rooms would not be enriched by further
specimens of its statesmanship. But the
"Wage "Workers Political Alliance is still
at work. This is proved by a measure which
it injected into the Senate through the
medium of Senator Call, of .Florida, last
weekj
This measure deals with the disposition of
the gold and silver production of the United
States. Gold or silver, to be used as money,
the Wage Workers' Political Alliance have
no use for; but it asserts that the Government
must purchase all that is mined in this
country, at the fixed rate of 824 per ounce
for gold and 51 50 per ounce for silver. The
use the Government is to make of the pre
cious metals is to melt them up in cubical
blocks, weighing exactly half a ton each,
which are to be stored at an assay office in
the State of Colorado.
If any one should inquire for what purpose
the Government is to do this, we can only
refer them to the concluding provision of
this bill. The gold and silver are to be paid
for by issuing "a sufficiency of the declara
tory, not promissory, full, not partial, legal
tender money of the United States of Amer
ica, to be prepared on silk-threaded paper,
in the highest style of hand roller plate
printing." All the measures of tbeW. W.'
P. A. wind up in an unlimited issue of silk
threaded, declaratory full legal tender
paper money printed by hand roller plate
process. This is t&e ultimate purpose of
them all. Whatever vagaries may be pro
posed the end of getting the silk-threaded
and hand-printed paper money is never lost
sight of.
This leaves us in a dilemma whether to
conclude that the Wage Workers Political
Alliance is interested in the manufacturing
ot silk-threaded paper or in band-roller
printing. That it is one of the two is the
only belief that recognizes any method in
its madness.
INTERNATIONAL QUESTIONS.
The story told in yesterday's Dispatch
ot an American citizen who, with two others,
was seized by a Bussiau vessel for sealine in
forbidden watersand imprisoned in the mines
of Siberia, suggests several interesting inter
national questions. As against --an empire
of the magnitude of Bnssia these questions
may never go beyond the status of abstrac
tions. But they are nevertheless important,
especially in view of certain diplomatic prin
ciples which have lately received an impres
sive declaration.
This Government has of late been engaged
in strenuous efforts to prevent encroach
ments on the seal fisheries. Possibly the
contention of our Department of State, that
illicit sealers are pirates and outlaws, may
be held to deprive American citizens who
get into similar trouble with Bussia of all
claim to the protection. Nevertheless
our Government has never set up
the right to sentence Canadian
sealers to imprisonment at hard labor
such as generally means death. If we at
tempt to enforce any such claim we would
get into much more serious trouble with
Great Britain than the dispute has yet
threatened. It may be questioned whether
a vigorous foreign policy wonld not appeal
to American susceptibilities much more
strongly when engaging itself in protecting
American citizens from imprisonment in
Siberian mines, than in protecting a sealing
monopoly in our own waters.
This is all the more pertinent on account
of another recent declaration by our admin
istration. It has been declared that an
American merchant vessel lying in the port
of a foreign country was so much protected
by the American flag that the government
of that port could not come ou board the
vessel to arrest one of its own citizens. This
principle has been assertad to be so clear
and vital that a United States naval officer
has been censured because he did not inter
fere in spite of the orders of the American
Minister, and prevent the arrest of Bar
rundia. If this is international law, by
how much more must our Government
assert that the arrest of American citi
zens on board their own vessel, not
in a Bussian port, but on open waters, and
their imprisonment in the mines of Siberia
is an attack on the sancity of our flag. Un
less the story given yesterday from Boston
is greatlv colored, the principle laid down
in the Barrundia will a fortiori require
sharp action in this matter. Will the ad
ministration call the Bussian Government
to account? Or, as nice customs courtesy to
great kings, will the nice international sus
ceptibility so rigorously defended against
Guatemala take ofl' its cap to the might of
the Bussian Empire?'
THE UNBOSLNESS-LIKE CONGRESS.
Speaker Eeed's "business Congress" is
happily nearing its end. And it iB only
fair to say the House is proceeding in the
most unbusiness-like manner on record.
The silver men are trying to tack their free
coinage bill on anything that is likely to
come to a vote and pass, and the force bill
advocates have caught the infection. Mean
time the Coinage Committee retains a firm
grip on the silver bill, and the Speaker
suavely allows everything to "go over un
der the rales" that looks like free silver.
It is a state of affairs calculated to bring a
blush to true American cheeks.
CHARITY AND ENTERPRISE.
"I think," says an eminent financier,
"that a ruin who uses bis means to provide
labor tor a large -number of people is doing
the highest kind of charity." This was in
response to an inquiry as to what the great
financier thought of Mr. Andrew Carnegie's
theory that a rich man should devote his
means to charitable purposes before he dies.
As is usually the case when Mr. Jay Gould
permits himself to speak of social topics, it
contains a mixture of truth which, perverted
to suit Mr. Gould's especial interest, means
obviously that Mr. Gould, like Mr. Car
negie, affords employment to a large number
of men, and is therefore entitled to rank
high as a philanthropist.
The most obvious error in Mr. Gould's
theory of charity is that to give employment
to men in industries out of which the em
ployer gains a profit is not charity at
all. If a wealthy man should employ
his wealth in furnishing honest em
ployment to men out of work, on a
plan which would yield no return to
the capitalist, that would be charity of a
high grade. But that is not what Mr.
Gould refers to. He took the large employ
ment of labor in Carnegie's mills as an ex
ample. It is no derogation to Mr. Car
negie's well-known munificence to say that
if he had not found good returns from the
employmeut of the thousands in his works
he would never have expanded his enterprises
so as to employ so many men. To represent
legitimate business enterprises as philan
tropby is misleading. It would be just as
correct lor the men whom Mr. Carnegie em
ploys to claim that 'they are charitable in
furnishing their labor to keep his mills in
remunerative employment
But the element of truth in Gould's re
marks is that a high service to society is
performed by men who conduct legitimate
business enterprises on the basis of equity
and justice. Whether a man furnishes em
ployment to thousands of men by making
steel rails, or enterprises which famish em
ployment to other thousands; or conducts
mercantile enterprises or transportation,
which enable other thonsands to exchange
the fruits of their labor in grain, pork or
other products for sugar, clothing or tools,
hi business is a public benefit so long as it
is conducted on the principles which make
every transaction in commerce a gain to
both buyers and sellers. The qualification
is essential. Mr. Gould especially if he
desires to attain a correct understanding of
the ethics involved should understand that
if an employer finds a method of making his
employes work for him at less than reasona
ble wages, or of appropriating a share of the
just returns of labor by any of the means so
familiar to our great financiers, the benefit
is converted into an injustice.
There is a furthci element of truth in Mr.
Gould's remark, in the fac,t that the conduct
of business enterprise on the principles of
giving every man, however humble, his full
share of production, is more important than
charity. If every capitalist devoted his
wealth to employing labor at full wages,
and there were no such things as trying to
get wealth by 'condemning labor to stand
idle, or by forcing consumers to pay arbi
trary prices for their supplies, or cheating
the public by stock manipulations and
kindred devices, a greater reform than char
ity could ever secure would be effected. In
that case there could be no poverty except
among the vicious and idle whom the Gov
ernment shonld force to work, and among
the crippled and infirm whom the Govern
ment should support There is a wide
spread idea that if a man has made an immense
fortune by such unjust means, and then
gives a share of it to public benefactions
his character as a philanthropist is estab
lished. But that is the survival of an old
error, which has condoned famous robberies
for giving part of the plunder to the poor,
and at an even later date has considered lot
teries legitimized when a portion of the
funds taken from the public is given to a
library or a hospital.
It is to be further remarked that if the
methods of making money by ppols and
trusts and stock manipulations and all cog
nate methods were wholly abolished, there
would not only be a great diminution of the
objects of charity, but there would also be
very few such fortunes as Mr. Gould's, made
up of appropriating the wealth that should
belong to thousands of the people.
THE POLITICAL ISSUE IN CANADA.
Sir John MacDonald, in a published ad
dress, practically declares the issue of the
approachine Canadian elections to be
whether Canada shall be annexed to the
United States or not He declares that un
restricted reciprocity, which is advocated by
the Beform party, means discrimination
against the mother conntry in favor of the
United States, and will inevitably lead to
annexation if adopted. He states the position
of the Conservative party to beon. favoring a
great nation on the American continent
which shall be a part of the British
Empire, the greatest empire on earth.
That it desires the Canadian tariffs to be
fixed in Canada and not in Washington.
The people of the Unite 1 States will take
more than ordinary interest in the result of
these elections since the Canadian Premier
has so clearly defined the issue, for with
this utterance of the Government leader as a
battle cry the result will be significant. It
only remains for the opposition to accept the
issue without reservation to get a definite
expression of Canadian sentiment on the
question of annexatiou to the United
States.
THE COKE STRIKE.
The negotiations over the wage scale in
the Conuellsville region terminated yester
day in a general suspension. Over 10,000
men have quit, and the prospeots indicate
a long and bitter strike, with the unfavor
able promise of disorder added by riot
among the Hungarian element on the first
day.
The Dispatch has always considered
the strike as the most wasteful and stupid
method of dealing with wages disputes. The
present one is to an extreme degree an ex
ample of that sort The case was one in
which both parties should have come
together with a desire to conciliate rather
than force the issue. Both have enjoyed a
period of prosperity and good wages; and
both could better afford to concede some
thing in order to keep the industry in oper
ation on the falling market
This was not the course taken, however.
"With the apparent determination to settle
the matter by a trial of strength, a period of
idleness, suffering and possibly of disorder,
appears to be inevitable in the coke regions.
The English aristocraoy is all torn up,
not so much about cheating at cards as about
the fact that it has got noised abroad. In the
meantime nothing bas been heard of any prose
cution against the Prince of Wales and bis as
sociates for violating the English laws against
gambling.
President Harrison is happiest in his
Republican critic;. One of them complains
that after he bad recommended certain men
for office, the President said he would have
their characters inquired into. In view of the
noted cases in which very scaly characters
have been nominated this was exactly what
the President ought to have done. The only
fault to find with what the Republican critic
terms the President's "suspiciousness," is that
it has not been active enough to prevent some
very bad appointments.
WHEN' we find the New York Post ad
vertising its preparation to circulate Sherman's
speech against the free coinage of silver, in
pamphlet lorm, then we realize that the silver
question is producing a new formation of party
lines. -
Chicago's application to Congress for
$5,009,000 aid to the World's Fair, contrary to
ber pledge of a year ago, looks a good deal as
if she were reaching the condition of the man
who got a firm grip on the bear's tail and
asked some one to help him let go. Perhaps
Chicago is getting ready to follow the example
of the South and the Colorado Legislature, by
declaring that it Congress does not grant this
assistance she will also boycott the World's
Fair.
The bellicose Canadian who declares
that if the United States wish to annex Canada,
we must fight for it need not disturb himself.
Canada is a good deal more likely to fight to get
into the Union than we are to fight to take her
in.
AN utterance of Speaker Beed's with re
gard to the silver bill is in effect that, while he
bas a crow to pick with President Harrison, he
"cannot change the rnles of the House in order
to throw a stone at Harrison." As the time is
not long past when the Speaker conld shape
the rnles to serve any political purpose, this
conveys the pleasant assurance that late polit
ical events have worked amendment in Mr.
Reed as well as others.
"Old Hutch's" farewell to speculation
turns out, as intimated by The Dispatch, to
have been modeled on the Gonld and Pattl
plan. He has been squeezing the shorts in
Chicago once more.
Chairman Bingham, of the House
Postal Committee, is reported to have said that
this is not a eood year for penny postage, as the
deficiency In the revenue of the Government
will not permit it But bow long is it since the
organs of Mr.-Bingham's party were denounc
ing the man who said there was going to be a
deficiency, as a malicious and partisan liar?
Sara Bebnhabdt's indignant denial
that she bas got fat is probably called out by a
study of the New York Burii declaration that
fat people cannot command popular strength
in wis country.
A New York lawyer is reported to
have received 400,000 for bis opinion in favor
of the Sngar Trust. This is on the principle of
demand and supply. Favorable opinions to
the trust are so scarce that they command the
highest figures. Opinions unfavorable to the
trust on the other hand, are given without
charge, by the courts.
THE rescue of three of the miners from
that flooded mine in the anthracite regions af
fords an jnfrequont exception from the general
rule of mining disasters.
In two years more the fundamental
patents for the telephones are announced to
run out and visions of cheaper service are con
jured up by some esteemed cotemporaries.
But are our sanguine friends sure that when
the two years are up it will not be found that
subsidiary patents essential to the service are
still held bythe monopoly!
The cold wave rises again in the "West
With this notification let us hope that the gas
companies will make some arrangements to
keep the pressure on.
Mr. Streeter, of the Farmers' Alliance
of Illinois, a candidate for the United States
Senate, gives out tbat be Is in favor of a Fed
eral election law. This is evidently a bid for
Bepublican support The Alliance, if it is to
secure any advantage for tbe farmers, should
steer clear o candidates who trade their prin
ciples for votes.
Still the lightning is hesitating as to
where it will strike with a Treasury portfolio.
Sxanles's donation of all the gifts he
has received from the crowned beads, to aid
General Booth's scheme for relieving the poor
of London, is a princely one, and is only sec
ond in its striking effect to his feats of explora
tion. Bnt is not the valuation of $500 000 on
them a little inflated, not to say watered?
eEOMINEflT PEOPLE.
The Prince of Wales has promised to be
present at the wedding of Miss Garner, of New
York, and tbe Marquis of BreteulL which will
take place at Fan.
Charles Villiers, father of the Brit
ish House of Commons, entered on his iH)th
year last week. He has been a member of Par
liament continuously since 1S30.
All tbe Cleopatras of the stage are
women of mature age. Bernhardt is 46 and
Mrs'. Langtry and Fanny Davenport are each
ill. Mrs. James Brown Potter is the youngest
of them all.
Prof. Budolph Virchow will cele
brate his 70th birthday on October 31. The
medical societies of Germany have begun
preparations already for a proper celebration
of thafcevent
Captain Christoffees, of the steamer
Alter, lately completed bis one hundredth trip
from Bremen to New York and back. In honor
ot the event the Emperor decorated bim with
the Oraer of tbe Crown of the fourth class.
Prof. Txndall, whose critical Illness is
reported from London, is an Irishman by birth,
and his early schooling was of tbe most unpre
tentious kind, bis parents being in the humblest
circumstances. He is now about 70 year I of
age.
Franklin W. Smith, of Boston, is the
projector of an ambitions scheme to build an
immense temple of the arts in "Washington. It
i3 to cost $3,000,000, and occupy ISO acres of
ground. Mr. Smith bas bad tbe plans drawn,
it is said, and hopes to raise enough money in
tbe next five years to begin the work.
Queen Victoria's son-in-law, the Mar
quis of Lome, is writing a novel, called "From
Shadow to Sunlight," with an American girl,
whom be once met as tbe heroine. The prin
cipal scenes of the work are laid in Scotland,
and one of the characters is a monk who falls
in love with tne aforesaid American beauty,
but how tbe good man conld help doing so is
probably left to be explained in a foot-note to
the last chapter.
John E. Parsons, the New York
lawyer, is said to have received a fee ot $400,000
for legal services in organizing the Sngar
Trust. This is believed to be tbe largest fee
ever paid in this country. Mr. Parsons looks
as Ralph Waldo Emerson looked when he was
about 60 years of age: he has the tall, attenu
ated figure of Emerson, his bead is shaped like
the philosopher's, and the contour of his profile
might easily pass for tbat of Emerson.
CTJTHKG DOWN EXPENSES.
The "World's Fair People Letting Go Some
Superfluous Employes.
CHICAGO, Feb. 9. Retrenchment at World's
Fair headquarters has already been begun. Ar
rangements have been made to drop Assistant
Secretary A. B. Hurt, who has been receiving
$3,000 a year, and G. M. Miles, Colonel Davis'
Secretary, at the same salary, and at least four
employes of the Secretary's office. Promoter
General, General Handy, to-day announced the
appointment of R. E. A Dorr as Assistant Pro
moter. president Davis says of the demand of tbe
trade unions tbat union labor will be employed
in the work on the Fair building exclusively,
as far as'possible; that it is not tbe intention to
treat tbe unions unfairly, and tbat he has no
doubt that a satisfactory arrangement will be
arrived at. The matter will be taken up at the
next meeting ot tbe directors.
GEITIHG TOGETHER.
A Press Club Fully Organized at Last at the
National Capital.
'FROM A STAFF COBBESFOIfDEHT.l
"Washington, Feb. 9. The new Press Club,
which will probably at no distant day include
in its membership all of the nearly 200 persons
connected with newspaper writing in this city,
organized this evening by the election of offi
cers, S. H. Kantfman. one of tbe proprietors of
tbe Evening Star, being elected President
Nearly 100 newspaper men paid the initia
tion fee and voted as charter members. This
is tbe first attempt to form a press club here
for many years, and it starts out with great
promise of success.
TO VOTE FOR A SENATOR.
The Idaho Legislature "Will Hold a Joint
Session To-Day.
Boise City, Feb. 9. After a lively squabble
the House, 19 to 17, adopted a resolution to
ballot for United States Senator to succeed
McConnelL A ballot will be taken in each
branch of tbe Legislature to-niorrow, and on
Thursday there will bp a joint session Clagett
it is understood, bas 2S votes, including Demo
crats, which is a bare majority of the Legisla
ture. THERE IS NO ELECTION YET.
Legislators of South Dakota Still Balloting
for Senator.
Pierre, Feb. 9. -f he twenty-ninth ballot for
Senator was taken to-day without material
change. Tbe Senatorial contest is developing
into a farce.
Tbe Republicans and Independents are scat
tering their strength. ManyMeading politicians
express doubt as to any election by this Legis
lature, Tlie Worldly Minded.
Atlanta Constitution.
"Worldly people should bear in mind that
Brer Sam Jones is his own willipus-wallopus.
DEATHS OP A DAY.
Dr. II. H. rhlllips.
Dr. H. H. Phillips, the Penn avenue den
tist "ed yesterday morning In bis 48th year. He
was a young man of great promise, and leaves a
large circle of friends. He was a brother of Mrs.
George A. MacW Ullains. During the Johnstown
flood he had a very thrilling experience. He had
gone home on Decoration Day to see his invalid
mother. He heard the noise of the coming waters
bnd went out on tbe piazza to 6ee what was going
on. As be stepped on the porch a bouso was
thrown against his home and he was pitched on
the root ol another, and saw his mother's bouse
fo to pieces. He clamber d over the roofs of
ouses, ana after 17 hours of exposure was res
cued. He lost 15 members of his family that day.
Goodwin Y. Coulter.
Goodwin Y. Coulter, familiarly known to old
residents as a county treasurer In the,days of auld
lang syne, died at his residence In "iJrldgevllle,
yesterday, in the S7tli year of his age. He' was a
man of large wealth and stood high both in the
business and social world. Mr. Campbell, of
Iowa, prominent latterly as a Democratic poli
tician, was a clerk In Mr. Coulter's office during
his incumbency.
SNAP SHOTS IN SEASON,
The world contains more women than
men, bnt judging from appearances, they will
be about equally divided in heaven.
Did yon ever walk across a great eity
while tbe respectable section of hnmanity
slept? If you have not you scarcely realize how
the upper and tbe lower millstones crnnch and
grind and powder tbe human grist constantly
feeding the hopper. The grinding goes on
while the sun shines, to be sure, but the grist
doesn't reach tbe bolting machine and the
separator until the moon is high and the lamps
stand out like fiery-eyed immortals in the rusty
veil woven by the smoke and the night vapors.
Vice sows under the bright sky and
reaps under the stars, you know. PloU
are planned m the light and executed in the
dark. Pleasure sips in the day and staggers in
the night Hunger stifles in tbe sun and cries
out under the pale light of tbe moon. It is In
the night that tbe closet doors are open ed and
the skeletons join the procession that marches
along the broad path dotted with red lights,
cut up by deep crevice, washed by the over
flow from the sewers and made slippery by the
slime. Under tbe moon and the yellowish
glare of the lamps tbe tinsel does not glitter
like in tbe sun. Tbe mgbt dews peel off the
thin coating, exposing the shiny seams, the
napless threads. Life is out at elbows, frayed
at tbe edges. Pleasure unmasks and hollow
cheeks, dim eyes and jagged teeth are
exposed. Sorrow haunts the shadows
and sin snatches solace where the glare is
brightest, the song loudest the pace swiftest,
the precipice steepest The revelers embrace
the skeletons and chew the ashes, tbe hungry
seek the garbage heaps and gnaw the crusts,
the sorrowful weep themselves to sleep, and
tbe upper and nether stones go on crnnching,
grinding, powdering. The respectables sleep,
tbe scum simmers; the toilers rest, tbe broilers
revel: the birds poke their heads under their
wing and the owls hoot while the stars blink
and the moon looks cynicaL But when re
spectability wakes up with the sun the skele
tons are re-closeted, pleasure re-masks, vice
retires behind the blinds to bind the wounds
made by the sharp thorns hid in the roses of
revelry, and exorcise the fiend called conscience
by trying to convince it that Sorrow is re
sponsible for Sin.
Cheap money means cheap labor, and
cheap labor means trouble.
If the surplus silver was used to enrich
the table service in tbe homes of the wealthy
instead of debasing tbe coin of the masses the
people would not grumble.
February is the shortest month, and on
account of the weather it is furnishing we are
glad of it.
The obscene is tbe scene that can be dis
pensed with on the stage.
It will soon be a mooted question whether
Columbus or Rudyard Kipling discovered
America.
The higher education of women is what's
making hired girls scarcer every week.
If riders were ruled off the congressional
track the course of business would not be in
terrupted so much.
The Harrisons seem to be reaching out
f or all there's in it. Mrs. H. has made her
niece keeper of the keys at tbe White House.
Society is shocked, bnt housekeeping is put up
a peg or two.
When true lovers kiss it is safe to say
their hearts are in their mouths.
A COUNTER irritant The shopper who
makes tbe clerk haul down a thousand dollars
worth of goods and purchases a spool of twist
If Peffer makes as good a record in Con
gress as bis namesake has on the ball field,
Kansas is safe.
The Boston preachers who have under
taken to make the Spiritualistic ghost wale or
forever hold its peace are planning a scien
tific seance which will be watcbed with in
terest i
Honesty is the bert policy so long as
you're alive and your honse doesn't burn
down. Then the other policy pays better.
Prize fighters who go down to the sea in
ships choose stateropms on the spar deck.
The imported Poles are about as murder
ous as tbe electric wires.
The Congressnian who consulted the
stars instead of Harrison concerning a bill
belongs to the Farmers' Alliance. Next time
he will doubtless introduce bis measures when
tbe moon is full iu the hope of having better
luck.
Canada will soon be holding some bve
elections. They don't cost as much there as
they do here, however.
When houses are scarce it is a sure sign
that work is plentiful.
Home securities bolts, bars, locks and
watch dogs.
Pittsburg seems to be boycotted by
Jack Frost but Jnpiter Pluvius is a constant
caller. ,
Foreigners who do not understand our
ways doubtless imagine that the chief occu
pations of Americans are politics and base
ball.
A JerseymAn has a snake in his
stomach. This must be an error of transmis
sion. He probably has snake-root in his
stomach and a reptile in his eye.
The wisdom of the fathers should be
respected, but if strictly adhered to tbe chil
dren would be none the wiser.
Everything is fair in politics, seeming
ly, including World's Fair boycotts.
Uncle Sam has a splendid opportunity
to join in the cry against Russian barbarity.
The story ot the Boston sailor who has been
hugged and clawed by the cruel bear should
help along tbe crusade against the despotism
of the Czar.
Folk with gimlet eyes are very apt to
bore you.
The theatrical manager is known by the
company he keeps.
About the only thing the early bird
catches now is a cold.
Family affairs should be discussed in
tbe home, and, only your own family's at that
There will be something new under the
sun when New steps into "Windom's shoes.
IF the Nihilists shortened the Czar's
career now America would not shed so many
tears as she might had the horrible narrative
of the Boston seal poacher not been published.
It has been demonstrated in Washington
that gas cannot kill a Plttsburger when taken
internally. "We can stand everything except
cigarettes.
The Presidental timber for 1892 is still
stanuing in tbe woods. ,,
Without doubt most of the air ship
builders are rather flighty.
In some wealthy families the Testament
is not opened until after the death of the head
of the house.
A girl should look fresh, but should not
act fresh. "Willie "Winkle.
Uncle Sam and alias Canada.
New York Herald, 3
Sir John Macdonald seems to be mightily
afraid that Miss Canada and Uncle Sam will
elope some fine night
His fears are well founded, but the old gen
tleman can't keep them from swapping hearts
under the disguise of "reciprocity."
FOR MIRTH MOSTLY.
The Merry Monarch and Wilson Welcomed
O'Neil In a New Part The Crystal
Slipper Again The Week's Offerings at
the Theaters.
Tbe fame of "The Merry Monarch" as a very
funny comic opera reached Pittsburg some
time ago, and tbe Die audience which went to
see it at the Bijou last night was not disap
pointed. "The Merry Monarch" is one of tbe
best of latter-day comic operas; and It is tbe
brightest in dialogue, most ingenions in plot,
which, by the way, is based upon a
deliclously ridiculous and novel idea
worked out with much skill, and generally
the best from a literary and dramatic point of
view tbat we have seen for a long time. In
these days, wrongly or rlghtlv, and probably
wrongly, tbe music is a secondary matter in
comic opera, the score Is subsidiary. So in
"The Merry Monarch" exoentlng three or four
very melodious songs and a chorus or two, the
music Is rather remarkable" for Its absence.
This is apparently a part of the scheme
or plan upon which Messrs. J. Cheever
Gooowin, the librettist Woolson Morse,
the composer and, Francis Wilson, tbe
actor, constructed "The Merry Monarch," and
it is not to be denied that the arrangement
seems to hit tbe popular taste. Mr. Goodwin's
book is exceptionally good; the Wit is clear and
original, and flows sparklingly almost all the
time. There is not a tiresome moth-eaten pun
or stale gag in the whole piece. The songs are
particularly clever; the versification, neat and
tbe wedding of lines to music has been accom
plished very handily. Mr. Morse taust
also be credited with having kept
before him the truth that the people love
melody, and everyone of his numbers possesses
analrthat books on to tbe memory of the
bearer. "When I Was a ChnQ 0f Three." sung
yery prettily by Miss Laura Ji0ore. is perhaps
the best song in the piece, although the rollick
ing humor of music and wor(JS in -The Omnis
cient Ostrich," and tbe qnalnt coatrast of
sentiment and fooling in ?, WII Flno a
iW.tyVi,w'l1 m.akS them the most popular doubt
less. The turtle doTaanet m thefast act hasthe
charm of novelty. The only chorus that is
worth remarking j3 tnat which winds up the
second act to which a most picturesque dance,
suggestive of the Nantch girls, lends a great
charm, Takinc tbe comic opera as a whole, it
is a most entertaining composition.
Of course, in the actine of this broad comedy
set to music. Francis Wilsdn as tbe merry mon
arch, Kiny Anso IV., Is tbe chief figure. He
displays the same characteristics in his comedy
that won him tbe popular favor, and he makes
the most of the intensely funny episodes
in the rioh vein of wbimsic'al humor that the
plot affords. It is no use quarreling with Mr.
WilSOn hflnanfiA 1lA tqllra'M , fA, tirntt'ihfv
theyare more laughable so: and itisworthre-
luamiuKiuatirom me grotesque inciaentwnicn
marks his entrance be falls down a flight of
steps from a lofty palaquln to the curtain
the loudest laughter always followed
those quietly delivered jests, for ut
tering which Mr. "Wilson seems to have
a special faculty. Close behind Mr. Wilson in
the fun-making came Mr. Plunkett as tbe
astrologer. A more amusing scene than that
in which the kin; and the astrologer are in
momentary expectation of death conld hardly
be conceived. Marie Jansen brings to the
rather slender role of Lazuli her peculiarly
piquant charms of manner and person. Miss
Laura Moore, as Lilita, Is a blonde angel, with
a voice of considerable sweetness, which won
enthusiastic recognition in ber songs. Mr. Gil'
Clayton made a great deal of fon
out of tbe ambassador Herrison, and tbe
chorus was sufficiently good looklmrand vocally
strong for tbe occasion. Tbe opera is beauti
fully staged, both as to costumes and scenery.
The Hall of Statues, one of Hovt's best efforts
in scene painting, is the finest thing of its
kind seen here this season. Tbe effect of great
height and massive architecture is obtained bj
novel means, and is extremely beautiful. The
audience could hardlv have marked its ap
proval more forcibly than It did.
Grand Opera House.
In spite of the many drawbacks, always
attendant upon the prodnction of a historical
drama In a provincial theater. "The Dead
Heart" as played in the Grand Opera House
last night wa3 a decided success. The plot ot
"The Dead Heart" is too well known to bear
description. Suffice it, tbat the story deals
with a period very fertile in romance and
tragedy tbe Krench Revolution: and turns
npon the lone sufferings and heroic love of
Robert Landry, a child of the people.
The situations are very powerful, and one
never loses interest in the story from its initia
tion in the cae scene to its close upon the
steps of Mere Guillotine. The stormin? of the
Bastllein tbe first act Is a remarkably effective
representation, and one can well imagine what
a picture it must have made upon the Lvceum
stage and with Lvceum supers. The final tab
leau, in which Robert Landry is reprieved from
a self-ordained doom, is also very fine; and, on
tbe Opera Honse boards. looked to far better
advantage than tbe more ambitions Bastile
scene.
Mr. James O'Neill plays the part of Robert
Landry. To say that this character, created
by Henry Irving, loses nothing in the hands of
its new impersonator, is- a high compliment;
nut snch was certainly the impression carried
away from a careful stndy of Mr. O'Neill's
acting. He is seen at his best in the liberation
scene at the end of the first act; but both In tbe
third and fourth acts his playing maintains a
steady-level of excellence. Miss Grace Raven,
who enicts the fair, but shallow Catherine, is
admirable in tbe lighter parts of the prologue,
but is hardly real enough in the final acts.
That charmingly devil-may-care villain. Baron
Latour. is personally conducted by Mr. Joseph
.E. Whiting, who does tho part fnll justice;
while Mr. N. D. Jones gives a capital bit of
character painting in bis representation of the
rough citizen-soldier, "Bruin" Le Grand. As
Cerisetle Miss Eleanor Carroll is grewsomely
delightful; hut why did she forget her knitting
when she took an alias and stepped ont of "A
Tale of Two Cities"?
To be perfectly staged, "The Dead Heart"
requires plenty of room and an army of supers.
Tbat .the piece went off so well last evening
without these accessories speaks well for the
acting.
The Duquesne.
That no entertainment yet given in this city
has attained to sucb a pinnacle of popular
favor as the extravaganza of the "Crystal
Slipper," was amply demonstrated by the
crowded house which greeted the return visit
of tbat gorgeous production at the Duquesne
last night. Tbat tbe popnlar fancy has been
touched by this class of entertainment amus
ing and mirth provoking to a-degree from first
to last is very evident and added testimony
is forthcoming, if necessary, from the fact that
the parquet circle has been sold for the next
two nights, and one order for 63 seats for a
theater party for Saturday night already sent
in. As Prince Polydore. Miss Montague is as
vivacious and irresistible a wooer and as
charming a desnot as of a month or so azo.and
Miss Mulls as Cinderella, if possible, was more
piqnante and more captivating than usnal.
Eddy Foy is as quietly grotesque and charac
teristically funny as tbe Valet as on bis
last appearance here, and the other characters
were sustained iu such manner as to
leave nothing to be desired. Several new ssnes,
with local illusions, were introduced. Fraulein
Clara Qualita was tbe recipient of an ovation
for ber remarkably fine dancing, and with
Mile. Neumars, introduced a characteristic
dance, "La Ciociara." in Swiss costume. The
flying dancing of Azella was intently regarded,
and SIgnorina Morando and the well-trained
corps of coryphees greeted with warm ap
plause. Harris' Theater.
Good melodrama, with proper scenic accom
paniments, always packs this popnlar house to
the doors. This was the case twice yesterday,
when "Lost ir New York" began a week's
engagement! The play h?s often-been seen
here before, but its present presentation is
nearly equal to any In the pasr. Tbe principal
characters are very well taken, Lottie Alter
being a charming little sonbrette. and Baby
Ricca Cohn "a dear Little Susie. Gus Pixley
divides the honors with these little ladies, and
the entire performance is a smooth one.
Harry "Williams' Academy.
The Hyde Star Specialty Company, on their
retnrn visit to the Academy last night, was
received with a crowded house. Don Latto
had a rcaV trained troupe of monkeys, andLillie
Weston's musical performance was well re
ceived. Helene Mora bas as great a bold on
ponular favor as of old and ber reception was a
warm one. Tbe character uf the Academy for
flrs-tclassjvarlety entertainments is well main
tained and bumper bouses testify to this fact
Harry Davis' Museum.
There is plenty of drawing power left in
"Uncle Tom's Cabin," if the audiences at
Davis' Musenm are any criterion. The produc
tion is on a moderate scale, but good enough In
its way, and Uncle Tom, Little Eva. lopsy and
tbe rest, including a double quartet of jubilee
singers, are very entertaining. The donkev and
bloodhoundsand other picturesque details are
well supplied. The curiosities are interesting,
and tbey iaclude tbe Young Sampson, who can
lift 1,100 pounds with ease, and offers to pull
against 1A men: tbe Fiji prince and princess,
and Clarence Dale, tbe amiable boy with an ab
normally large head.
World's Museum Theater.
Frank S. Davidson's Comedy Company ap
peared in "Hans, the German Detective," at
this theater yesterday. The company and the
piece were productive of a great deal of
laughter. In the curio hall Captain Sidney
Hmman, lately commander of tbe Coney
Island Hf e saving crew, gave a stirring account
ot the perilous life of a life-saver, and Illus
trated his lecture with the actual apparatus
i i
used In life-saving. Captain HInman's boat, in
which he voyaged from Boston to Florida, is
also on exhibition. Prof. Smith and bis edu
cated goat, Sizndf Carlo, tbe Mexican glass
dancer, and Miss Annie Bell, tbe handsomest
and largest lady in the world, are also amonc
the curiosities. In spite of bad weather tbe
attendance yesterday was large.
PLEASURES0F SOCIETY.
The Assembly Ball a Success, Despite In
clement Weather Tho Delsartean Com
ing To-Day Tho Last Social Events
Prior to the Advent of Lent '
Tbe inclement weather and the multiplicity
of smaller events of recent date had a some
what depressing effect upon tbe attendance at
the Assembly ball, given last evening at the
Pittsburg Clubhouse. Nevertheless, the
event wai of considerable brilliancy, and per
haps more enjoyable than it would have leen
with a larger and more crushing attendance.
The decorations of tho clubhouse were of a
nature similar to those of previous
assemblies. Tbe cheery assembly room
was -redolent with the odor of fra
grant flowers and spicy plants. Toerge's
Orchestra divided into two parts occupied re
spectively the nlatfnrm beautifully screened
and the front ball discnursing music alike for
tbe merry dancers and tbe gay dinerx. The
dining hall was unusually protty with its man
tels banked heavily with lovely roses audits
mirrors entwined with the-clinging smilax.
Tbe theater entrance was used by the guests
and tall massive palms outlined the stairway
and greeted the eye at the landings as the
lovely ladies and their manly escorts ascended
to the scene of revelry on the second floor. Tbe
list of patronesses, sever of whom were pres
ent, included tho following society women:
Mrs. B. F. Jones. Mrs. Mark W. Watson. Mrs.
Henry W. Oliver, Jr.. Mrs. William H. Singer,
Mrs. John W- Cbalfant, Mrs. John 8. Dickson,
Mrs. William H. Forsyth, Mrs. John H. Hamp
ton, Mrs. Henry Darlington, Mrs. James A.
Chambers, Mrs. W. J. Moorhead. Mrs. Albert
H. Cnilds and Mrs. John H. DalzelL
AH EHJOYABLE HTJSICALE
Given Last Evening Under the Auspices of
the Carroll Club.
The L'Etotle Dramatic Society, under the
auspices of the Carroll Club, gave a very enjoy
able musicale and dramatic entertainment at
Orpheus Hall last evening. The programme,
replete with interesting numbers, was followed
by a dancing reception.
The Imperials furnished tho music, with
Colonel J. S. White as prompter. The commit
tee to be congratulated on the affair includes
Messrs. H. A. Schanb, John J. Baker. Jobn B.
Nugent, Thoma3 M. Hughes, F. J. Brady, John
B. Kelly, Ed. R. Baker. W. H. Griffin.
A Day .Nursery to Be Enlarged.
The Oakland Day Nursery, started some time
ago by the ladies of the Oakland M. E. Church,
on DeSoto street, is abont to he enlarged with
a temporary home department where tbe wee
ones, if occasion demands, may be cared for
over flight A moderate charge will be made,
and tbe little transients will receive the best of
care and attention from a competent matron in
charge.
Celebrated a Pleasant Event
A large reception, confined entirely to Se
wickley society, was given last evening by Miss
Mary P. Semple and Miss Mary Macrum at
their handsome residence in tbat place. Tbe
entertainment celebrated tbe twelfth anni
versary of tbe meeting of the two ladies, which
was followed almost Immediately by their tak
ing up their residence together.
' Edmund Russell's Tlrst Lecture.
Edmund Rnssell will deliver his first lecture
in the city this morning at the residence of
Mrs. A. E. "W. Painter. Curiosity regarding
this far-famed, much-talked-of Delsartean ad
vocate Is rife, and the ladies are as anxious to
see the gentleman's entirely unconventional
garb as they are to hear the words of wisdom
that will fall from his lips.
Princeton Alumni Banquet.
The evening of tbe 26th of this month has
been decided npon for the Princeton College
alumni banquet and the Duquesne Clubhouse
bas beeb selected as the place. The mag
nificent assembly room will echo with the col
lege songs and stories of about SO members of
tbe alumni.
Preparing for Lent
This IsMardi Gras, tbe last day prior to Lent
to-morrow being Ash Wednesday. As a sign
of tbe coming fast there were 27 marriage li
censes Issued yesterday. This is much more
than is usual on Monday. r
Social Chatter.
"School," which has been in rehearsal by
the Sewickley "Valley Club for several weeks,
will be given in "Choral Hall this evening.
This play was the first effort of tbe club, but
tbe cast which gives it this evening is entirely
changed from tbe first one. Miss "Whiting
being the only one who took part the first
time.
The 31st of March is the date set for the
fancy dress german, to bo given in Choral
Hall, by the committee of the Sewickley
Assemblies, consisting of Mr. Colin McF.
.Reed, Mr. Darwin Wolcott Mr. R. P. Nevin,
Jr., Mr. Charles Doyle, Mr. W. G. Mudle and
Mr. J. M. Tate. Jr.
The concert at Carnegie Hall this evening
will be a great musical event Messrs. Web
ster and Henricks proudly announce the very
best local talent and also M'lle Clementina de
Vere. whose appearance is tbe signal for re
joicing among musicians.
Mb. and Mrs. Gilbert Hayes sailed from
New York Saturday, for Cuba, to be absent
some weeks.
Prof. Albert D. Lbifelt will entertain
his friends at Cyclorama Hall to-night.
, The members of tbe Silvery Leaf Social gave
a dance in Armory Hall last evening.
THE Silvia Circle masquerade reception in
Masonic Hall, Allegheny, to-night
Miss Dean, of Emswortb, gave an afternoon
tea yesterday from 2 till 5 o'clock.
Miss Mart L. Jackson gives a reception
this afternoon.
The fancy dress ball at the Linden Club this
evening. j
THE KANSAS LEGISLATURE.
Twenty More Days Only Before Members
May Go Home.
ToPEKA. Feb. 9. To-day concludes the
fourth week of tbe Legislature's session. Only
20 days will now remain before tbe pay of the
members will cease, or. in other words, before
adlournmenr.
Up to date over 600 bills ha vo been intro
duced and only a few emeigency bills have
been disposed of. None of the bills of im
portance have come to a vote.
Dancer In Swaying: Cars.
Philadelphia Record.,
A British Minister may be expected to nod
sometimes in a street car, like men of ordinary
clay; yet Sir Julian Pauncefote will doubtless
maintain a rigid cloture in fasure against all
plausible, ingratiating strangers who broach
any more compromising topic than the weather
or the whereabouts of the birds tbat tenanted
last year's nests.
With Pittsburg the Great-Center.
Chattanooga Times, j
Iron is King and the United States are the
King's capital, bis palace and throne. We have
passed all rivals as a producer of iron; we long
ago took the lead in' production of steel. At
tbe end of tbe century tbis conntry will make
more iron and steel than all tbe rest of the
world combined.
He Is Trying to Forget It
New York Frees.
Senator Cameron probably wishes now that
he bad not looked on silver when it shown
bright in the Senate. It has bitten like an
adder and stnng like a serpent.
Texas Thouzht of Stage Bobbers.
Dallas News.;
Would it be passing counterfeit money in the
eyes of a Federal judge for" a citizen to carry a
pocketful of pewter dollars and hand them ont
to tbe highwayman?
The Manufacturers of Them.
New York World.
American corn, wheat rye and barley, "and
tbe manufacturers of them," are to enter
Brazil duty free. Does the clause quoted carry
whisky and beer?
The Usual Way.
LcadvIUe Herald Democrat.
Peffer crjed when elected Senator. "We
hope tbat sort of thing will -not become conta
gions among nil constituents before his term
expires. .
CURIOUS C0NDENSATI05S.
The locomotive engine is said to have
a maximum life of about 30 years. The annual
cost of repairs is from 10 to 15 per cent of its
first cost.
The census returns show, that the whole
population of Vienna, including the suburbs
which form the metropolitan area, amounts to
1,320,000.
Two Portuguese pugilists recently en
gaged in a prize fight for L127 rounds. They
fought six hours a day, stopping at noon to eat
and smoke.
A young fellow has been making a liv
ing aronnd Sonoma town by soliciting the loan
of a postage stamp. Se many stamps meant a
square meal.
Charles Jones, brother of Eev. Sam P.
Jones, the evangelist, is on trial at Carters
ville for killing a negro named Jim Young sev
eral months ago.
The London Vegetarian Society reports
a membership of MI, but the movement is said
to have spread throughout England, Europe)
and tbe colonies.
The number of Indians in the United
States who can read English is stated to be
over 23,000: the number who can read Indian
languages is over 10,000. $
XearllBordeaux, France, there is a
buoy in the harbor which is connected with the
main land by. telephone. Ships arriving can
thus communicate with their owners.
The French Ministers have decided to
revive the procession of theBceuf Gras on the
last three days if the carnival. It was abol
ished in 1872 as incompatible with republican
austerity.
The merchants of Sturgeon, Mo., have
entered into an ironclad agreement to enforce
the cash system In that town. "Any one caught
selling goods on credit forfeits all his outstand
ing accounts."
People who are fortunate enough to
possess first editions of Burns will do well to
send them into tbe market while tbe crazs
lasts. A copy which sold for 65 in 1887 sold for
120 last season.
The tramways, omnibuses and under
ground railways which serve tbe area in and
round London within a radius of five miles
leave Utile for the main lines of railway In that
diitrict, and carry each year abont 453,000,000
passengers.
A Maine newspaper announces that S.
A. Rideout of Cumberland Center, that State,
a journeyman carpenter, has made a box. on
the surface of which. In mosaic, are shown all
the States of the Union, in various woods, of
proper relative size and artistically grouped.
Gum arabic, which was once universally
used, bas become very scarce and dear, and a
substitute for it is being made from starch,
which is subjected Under pressure and at a
hitrh temperature to the action of sulphurous
acid. The product, after neutralization, is
soluble and extremely adhesive.
The utility of the microDbone for ob
servation of earth tremors and noises was soon
recognized, and Italy has for some time held a
foremost place among tbe natlom which have
taken advantage of tbe special adaptability of
tbis instrument. It is now found tbat pho
tography possesses admirable capabilities in.
the way of supplementing the work of the
microphone In making these delicate records.
' The mace, the ensign of authority, at
present In the House of Representatives, has
been in use for 75 years. It is the third since the
formation of the Government. The first was
stolen by the British when tbey burned the
capital in 1811; the second was an inexpensive
and temporary mace. Every day at noon,when
tbe House meets, the mace Is borne to the hall
by the Sergeant at Arms and placed upon its
pedestal.
In the late desperate battle of Wounded
Knee, where so many combatants on both sides
were killed, numerous heroic acts were per
formed, but probiuly no roan showed greater
coolness in the face of certain death than did
Private Kelly, who was buried at Chicago last
week. From what seems to be an authentic
source it Is learned tbat he was shot near the
heart and, realizing the mortal nature of his
wound, be gritted his teeth and said to a com
rade. "I'm gone, snre; roll me around and make
a bteastwork of me."
A. simple and novel treatment for the
cure of ayspepsia and cancer of tbe stomach
has lately been practiced. This consists in wash
ing out tbe stomach. A long flexible pipe is
passed down the throat until one end Is in the
stomach. The upper end bas a funnel attached
Into which hot water is poured until the stom
ach is filled. The f nnnel end of tbe pipe Is tben
turned down until it Is lower than the bottom
of tbe stomach, which is thus emptied a
through a siphon. The hot water closes the
blood vessels and reduces luflammation, and
tbe relief Is Immediate.
A company has been formed in New
South Wales for the purpose of exploiting the
manufacture of railway brake shoes from com
pressed leather. Waste leather scraps are
steeped in a solution and subjected to a hy
draulic pressure to mold them to any desired
sbape. The leather shoe is said to possess dis
tinct advantages over tbat of iron, with superior
efficiency in every way. Tbe leather shoe
weighs i pounds against 21 pounds for iron,
and it ill wear three times as long. More than
this, is has a greater coefficient of friction, so
tbat 40 pounds air pressure is as effective as 70
pounds with iron brake shoes.
According to a table prepared by the
Director of the Mfnt notions ago, tbe different
countries of tlie world, tacen together, hare
$3,820,000,000 of silver coin and $3,727,000,000 of
gold coin. Silver, however, gets Its lead of
93,000,000 because of the fact that India, China
and tbe Straits countries nse $1,700,000,000 of
silver and no gold. Leave these regions out of
the calculation and gold would be far to tbe
front. The only great country in the world
which employs the white metal more extensive
ly tban the yellow is Austria, which has 500,
000,000 of silver to $40,000,000 of gold. In the
Mint Director's statement tbe United States is
credited with f702.000.000 of sold and $482,000,000
of sliver, tbe United Kingdom with $550,000,000
or gold and $100,000,000 of Mlver. France with
$800,000,000 of gold and $700,000,000 of silver, and
Germany with $500,000,000 of gold and SH5.000,
000 of silver.
"While insect products are not numer
ous in comparison with the number of insects,
there being nearly 300,000 species known, the
commercial products aie in several cases of
very great value. The silk worm is the most
usef uU'of insectsjf urnisbing tbe world an annual
product valued at over $200,000,000. Tbe United
States every year imports over $1,000,000 worth
of cochineal, while many of the gums brousht
from the East are produced by tbo insects pierc
ing tbe barks of certain trees and- thus causing
the exudation. The quantity of honey annu
ally stored up by bees amounts to many millions
of pounds and the wax Is almost equally valu
able. Gallnnts from which a valuable
kind of ink is made, are caused by insects,
while more than one kind is used in medicine.
In some parts of Asia and Africa a large share
of the people's food is supplied by tbe swarms
or locusts, so that the insect world really con
tributes largely both to the comfort and luxury
of mankind.
A FEW PLEASAHTEIEB.
She let him flounder along through his
proposal until he said something about her belna
his "household angel through lire." Then she
asked:
At angel's wages, 1 suppose?"
"Howls that?"
"My board and clothes. Tbat is all the angels
get Is It not?" Indianapolis Journal.
.Hew nifuies continually crop out Mr.
Shortsleeves Is a clerk In the .Montana Leglsla-ture-5aMi
Ttlegrapb.
A census bulletin reports that the quan
tity of distilled snlrits consnmed In art and manu
factures and medicine In the United States during
the year endlnjc January 1 was 1176,842 proof
gallons. How enormous and wicted a waste of a
iroodthlnz this will seem to some people to be
Denver Times.
Irate customer You said tbis cloth was s,
fast color, yet It faded out in two weeks after it
was made up.
Dealer Well, 1 don't think you ought to expect
It to fade any faster than that Chibago Inter
Ocean.
"Your engagement this evening, John,"
ventured the clergyman's wife, 'Is of a binding
nature. 1 presume."
Particularly so, Mary. I have a marriage cer
emony to perrorm." Detroit Fret Press.
Mrs. Toophine What have you in gold
earrings? .
Jeweler We have bright gold, dull gold, "fili
gree work, inerusted work, etched gold, enam
eled gold and colored
Mrs. Toophine That last Is what I want. You
tee they're tS be a birthday present to our "Vir
ginia cook. Sexcettrs' Weekly.
Grin Shouldn't you think a hog would
get terribly tired of the monotony of his life?
Barelt-Wby?
Urin He has so much rcottne work to do.
Buffalo Express.
Miss F.iustique I flatter myself that I
can write about as Miter a letter when I choose as
any girl living.
illss Canttlque Yes? You generally wet your
pencil with your tongue at every iccoad word, do
you notlBrooMy Jiagl:
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