m&iii&zzui ztmsmii :THB PITTSBUBG DISPATCH, 4 FRIDAY, ' FEBRUARY. 13, 1891. Wi-.T-iSKKm !j Biafcg. ESTABLISUED FEBRUARY ISIS. Vol. J No. . Entered at 1'lllsburg rostofflcc, November 14. I5s7, as second-clas matter. Business Office Comer Smithfleld and Diamond Streets. News Rooms and Publishing House 75, 77 and 79 Diamond Street EASTTKN ADVEirTISING OFFICE. ROOM 51, 7SIBUM: BUILDING, NEW YOKK. where complete files ot THE DISPATCH can always be found! Foreign aavertlsers appreciate the con venience. Home advertisers andfrieudsot THE DISPATCH, while In New York, are also made welcome. TUB DISPATCH is regularly on sale at JSrentatuft. 5 Union Squat c. A'ao York, aid 17 Aic.de rOpe a, Paiis, France, where anyone who has been disappointed at a hotel news stand can obtain it. TERMS OF THE DISPATCH. TOSTAGE FREE IX THE UNITED STATES. Dailt Dispatch, one Year J ra Dailt Dispatch, PerQnarter :J Daily dispatch, one Month.... TO Daily Dispatch. Including fcundiy, lyeir. 10 CO J)aily' Dispatch, Including fcunday,3intlis 5 50 Daily Dispatch, Including fcuuday, ljn'th 90 MJXdat Dispatch. One 1 ear T50 IVzuoA" DISPATCU, One Year 125 ThE Daily Dispatch Is delivered by carriers at Scents per week, or Including suudaj cditiou, at If cents per week. PITTSBURG. FRIDAY. FEB. 13, 1591. TI1E NEW BALTIMORE AND OHIO. There has recently been plenty of con firmation of the news first published in The Dispatch that the Baltimore and Ohio Kailroad is to become part of a great trans continental system, with its main line pass ing through Pittsburg. This is Rood news for this city. The fruition of the colossal railroad scheme planned by Jay Gould and the Standard Oil party means greatly in creased facilities for Pittsburg and its tributary region, new outlets for our pro duction, new inlets for raw materials and, above all, competition in every direction. It matters nothing at whose hands these benefits are received so long as this commu nity may enjoy them. To meet the aggressive attitude of the people who are now in the Baltimore and Ohio, the Pennsylvania and Vanderbilt interests must improve their fa cilities, too. This healthful competition was long coming, but it appears to have compensating features in being thorough since it has come. There is a traffic here that is not merely greater than that ol any other city in this country, but, as has been frequently pointed out by The Dispatch, is highly profitable to the railroads at any thing near present rates. It is no philan thropic project on the part of Mr. Gould to secure part of this traffic, but while he helps himself he will help our industries. CLEAN" CURRENCY NEEDED. There are demands for free coinage of lilver; for free and plentiful issue of green backs; for increase of National bank circu lation; for fractional paper currency; for new issues of interest-bearing bonds, and for several other modes of tinkering with the circulating medium of the country. But there is one much needed reform which is advocated by no political party or faction, and that is a movement foraclean currency. Possibly the politicians, angling for votes, are afraid of the cry being raised that it is a "blarsted British scheme, don't you know," for this is one of the things England manages better than Uncle Sam. When a note is returned, for any reason whatever, to the Bank of England it never gets back into circulation again. A new one is issued in its place, or, in other words, only new notes are ever paid ont. The result is a paper currency bright and clean, in strong coutrast with our tattered, mangy and oit-times filthy bank notes or treasury certificates. It is. claimed that on this account the Bank of England notes are counterfeited much less frequently than our own and with much less success. The English notes are plainer and simpler than ours, yet counter feits are quickly discovered because of the cleanness of the money in circulation. But the retirement of worn currency maybe still more strongly urged on hygienic grounds. Physicians agree that dirty money is one or the most convenient of vehicles for the trans mission of disease germs. The many hands through which notes pass before they are worn out gives them every opportunity to acquire every form of contagion that greasy paper may nourish. Doctors have been de claring that metallic currency may carry enough bacteria to cause infection, but the filthv old bank note is ten times worse. BUNCOMBE IX CANADIAN POLITICS. Onr friends over in Canada can work themselves up to white-heat in politics quite as well as we can, despite their frigid zone. And the politicians, yclept states men, over the border can indulge in patriotic buncombe equal to that of any mouthy stouter lor the starry flag on this side. Thus Sir John Macdciald, the leader of the ad ministration party, declares the advocacy of unrestricted reciprocity with the United States to be rank treason. Figuratively he wraps himself in the British flag for protec tion against such a grossly unpatriotic idea and calls on every lover of his country to rally around the standard of the Empire. He would have every voter believe that un restricted reciprocity means the annexation of Canada to the United States. But the organs ot the opposition are vari ously explaining what unrestricted reciproc ity means. Their definitions of it are evi dently made to suit tbe supposed views ot constituencies, as one declares it to mean commercial union, while another savs it means a tree interchange of products with each country left free to regulate its own tar.ff against the rest of the world. Ob viously unrestricted reciprocity cannot mean both these things. It is very certain the United States would not agree to the latter interpretation. The administration finds its warrant for the cry of treason in the fact that there is a large element of Canadian population in favor of annexation tu the United States. Treason is a harsh word to apply to their longings, however, as they expect the mother couutry to concur in the transfer of allegiance when it is made. And it is an extreme stretch of political imagination to accuse one party of treason for advocating a broad measure of reciprocity when the ad ministration party the only true and loyal, according to Sir John is itself advocating a restricted reciprocity in the form of "a return to the treaty of 18o4, w:th modifica tions and extensions." Lie average Cana dian citizen, however, will hardly take so philosophic a view of the matter. He will become obstinately and heatedly convinced, according to his partisan preference, that half his fellow citizens cherish treasonable thoughts, or that they are plotting for an autocratic form of government under cover of the present liberal monarchy. Viewing the fight at this distance we can afford to be amused at the exposition ol par tisan spleen beyond the imaginary line which cuts magnificent Niagara in twain. But when it comes our turn again, to fight Congressional battles, will we profit any by the Canadian exhibit? Or will we, as in tbe last campaign, believe one party guilty of treason and the other of all the crimes on the list? And with a third party in tbe field will we believe it an Anarchistic plot? Judging from all past experience the Canadians will have their opportunity to laugh at the buncombe of politics in the United States next year. THE ROOT OF MISGOYEKNMENT. One of the stock arguments by Allegheny politicians against consolidation with Pitts burg has always been that affairs were so much better managed on the north side of the river. The Allegheuian concerned in city government was held to have an eye single for the public good. Devoted to a fine economy which hesitated even at sup plying the necessities for comfort in city life such as good pavements and pure water it was long his proud privilege to speak censoriously of Pittsburg's municipal extravagance as an insuperable bar to the union. An altogether Arcadian and inex pensive simplicity were to be understood as the characteristics of city politics across the river. But whether this was a mere fancy pic ture, or that the late entrance of Allegheny into the second class of cities has suddenly let loose in tbaj sacred territory a Pandora's boxful of such evils as have not been un familiar in large municipalities, it is certain a change has suddenly come o'er tbe spirit of this beautiful dream. We find the sister city has deemed it expedient to wrestle with certain pronounced public grievances through a Committee of Fifty. This body proposes to take a hand in the forthcoming city election. It has issued a terse, well written platform, stating the basis of its or ganization. It wants Councilmen "who will be above mere party influence;" "hon est and fair elections, free from corporation influence and from official interference," and "the adoption of the Crawford county system of voting for all nominations." It de mands that "the city shall receive adequate compensation for all valuable franchises," and shall also get pure water, improved pavements, and underground wires, and lop off unnecessary offices. We can heartily commend tbe aims of the committee That occasion should arise for organized effort outside of the ordinary political channels disposes entirely of the claim hitherto made that Allegheny was free from those eccentricities of government which have frequently been a source of bitter criticism in Pittsburg. But nobody took that claim very seriously, anyhow; so no harm comes of demolishing the pretty fiction; while some good may result in the organized attention of citizens to public business. It is well, however, for this committee and for all, in fact, who desire better city governments, to have their attention di rected to one radical obstacle now existing, viz., the present constitution of Councils. Until at least one branch of Councils in our large cities is elected on a general ticket, in place of being chosen by wards, the best re sults can never be got. On a general ticket the whole city would have a chance to vote the very best business men men of highest character into one branch of Councils. These would have the intelligence and the desire to protect and promote the interests of the city at large, while the local needs of the wards would be sufficiently looked after by the ward representatives in the other branch. Men of the highest standing would gladly run upon such a general ticket, feeling that the public estimate of their character and capacity would insure their election. The same men will not, as a rule, ran upon ward tickets where they have to personally solicit votes, or be beholden to private friendships or grudges; or, if elected, to serve as a protesting minority in a cham ber whose seats are occupied in many cases by individuals of equivocal fitness, or as often happens, undoubted unfitness. This is a root idea which we commend to all who arc unsatisfied with the present con stitution and operation of city governments. It can only be given effect by moving on the Legislature. Consideration of it need not, of course, prevent present efforts for the best that can be done on existing linesj but no permanent result worth talking about can be accomplished until at least one branch of Councils is chosen by the vote of the whole city. FACTS AND FIGURES WANTED. It is now time for the opponents of the Burdick pipe line bill to produce their facts and figures. Senator Lee produced figures to show that it costs no more that 6 cents per barrel to collect and transport oil for a dis tance of SO miles or less. The Burdick bill allows double that rate of compensation. It was shown, in the discussion of the Billings ley bill four years ago, that under the agreement between the National Transit Company and Tidewater Company they allow each other 6 cents per barrel to cover tbe cost of such service, and they are pre sumed to know what it does cost. The burden of pro6f is thus put upon the monopoly to show why a rate of 12 cents per barrel is not just and equitable. Threats of removing pipe lines or refusing to care for oil will not do. Intimations that business is more profitable in Ohio and West Vir ginia are not germane to the question. Facts and figures must be produced, sup ported by indubitable evidence of their authenticity, or the Burdick bill should be passed. It is no time for specious argu ment. GOVERNOR NORTHEN AND JAY GOULD. Governor Nortben, of Georgia, will go down in history as the man who snubbed Jay Gould. Mr. Northen declined the in vitation of the Mayor of Atlanta to partici pate in a reception of welcome to Mr. Gould on the occasion of the very recent visit of that wily railroad magnate to that city. This declination is called a "snub," and as such may become historical, though in fact it was nothing of tbe kind. Mr. Northen simply declined to welcome Mr. Gould, in his official capacity, on the ground that Mr. Gould's visit was not an official one, and was not made in the interest of the public welfare. Governor Northen did right in thus honoring his duty to the State and maintaining his own, convictions. This is none the less true because it is unconven tional or uncommon among public officials. W. J. Northen was elected to his position as the candidate of the Farmers'' Alliance, and avowed his adherence to certain prin ciples. That there is a popular belief in these principles in Georgia is evidenced by his election. Among these principles one is tersely stated by the Governor himself as follows: "Under the unwise administra tion of our Government there has grown up a communism of wealth, making an aggre gation of power controlled by selfish pur poses. Suck conditions have induced a communism of poverty made up of all classes and kinds of labor, which are op pressed by a system of Governmental absorp tion." In the light of this, his duty in the matter of receiving Mr. Gould was clear in his mind when he wrote in reply to Mayor Hemphill's invitation: I recognize with the fullest appreciation the consideration shown me as the Chief Execu tive of tbe State, and I beg leave to tender yon my thanks for tbe compliment. I must ba allowed to say, however, that I do not recognize Mr. Gonld as visiting tbe State in any official capacity, but ratber in his own interests, with out regard to tbe interests of the masses ot tho people of tbe State. I may be mistaken In my measure of the man, but I am candid in sayine that I do not think bis methods, as practiced in other sections where be has had power, would develop our State in the line of the public good. Without in the least criticising the opinions ot others, and thanking you most heartily for tho compliment Intended in the In vitation yon so kindly tendered me, I must most respectfully decline. To make his position still more clear he added that what he bad said applied solely to Mr. Gould and not to other members of the party. Governor Northen will not be without supporters in his view of Mr. Gould and his Southern visit. For while, in one sense, the results of that Southern tour, not yet completed, may be beneficial to some sections of the South, or even to the State of Georgia, such benefits will he only incidental to Mr. Gould's private profits. If Mr. Gould gives Georgia any needed facilities for the development of her re sources it will be because he expects to get good retnrns from the development and tax the traffic all it will bear. Again we say Governor Northen did honor to his con victions and his position in refusing his official sanction to Mr. Gould's secret pur poses. A KICH lumberman in West Virginia has sold all bis property and is giving the proceeds to tbe poor. This will be nice for tbe poor, while it lasts, but it is questionable wbether he will find anyone to belp him so generously when bis money is all gone. Gr.ovEit Cleveland must be admired for having tbe courage of his convictions. Though a promising Presidental possibility he opposes tbe majority of bis party In Congress and declares against free coinage and for hon est money. This may cive the Democratic Presidental nomination to another man, next year, but it gives Mr. Cleveland a crown of honor. Announcement of the death of Henry L. Morey recalls an interesting political forgery which not only failed of its pnrpose but reacted strongly in favor of the martyred Garfield. Those statesmen who assailed Governor Pattison's veto of the force bill resolution, at Harrisbnrg yesterday, evidently desired to make political capital. Inasmuch as there is good reason to believe that not more than one fourth of the voting population of tbis State lavors tbe force bill, they are welcome to all the capital they bave made. EIGHT hours for a day's work will he de manded by all miners. Being paid by the out put, instead of by the day, the demand is just and should be granted. Governor Hill, of New York, indig nantly denies the receipt of any warning letter from Colonel Henri Watterson, of Kentucky. Colonel Watterson forthwith calls the Star Eyed Goddess to witness that he wrote and mailed tbe letter which Hill says never came. There is a pretty kettlo of Democratic fish cooking. Miss Kate Dkexel has made a brave sacrifice for ber faitb. Tbe black robe shines brighter in the sight of heaven than richest silks and satins. Unless the Standard monopoly can prove that It costs on an average more than 12 cents to run a barrel of oil, every legislator who opposes tbe Burdick bill sbould be re quested to retire to private life at once. It tbe lequest is not complied with voluntarily the coercion of the ballot box may be resorted to. The three big cracker companies have cone to war with each other. When the bat tles are won they will be one. Many lives were lost in an explosion at Quebec yesterday. As usual tbe men in charge of tbe machinery are numbered with tbe dead and tbe causa of the frightful accident shrouded in mystery. Some one was responsi ble, but tho world may never learn who it was. IN FAME'S FIELD. Keelt, the motor man, thinks the three greatest men in tbe world are Koch, Pasteur, and another gentleman whose name he modest ly declines to mention. Bismarck is said to have sent a large quantity of his papers to England for safe keeping against any possible sudden swoop upon them by tbe German Government. Kuskin is z very small man physically, and a person beholding him for the first time is sure to be disappointed in him. He has a sweet and fascinating smile and very light blue eyes. Key. William Rankin Durgee, pas tor of the Reformed Cbnrch in Jersey City, bas been tendered the Frelinghuysen professorship of moral philosophy in Rutgers College, New Jersey. Washington will continue to be the borne for tho present of Mrs. Windom and her daughters. They are perfectly familiar with Washington life and have been popular in society there. The Prince de Kohan, in a bet with Prince Torlonia, has lately driven a trap-and-four domf tbe stone steps of the town of Monaco. The descent was rather steep, but it was done without a stumble. Senator Eustis, of Louisiana, has the reputation of being tbe laziest man in Congress. He is likewise the largest man in tbe Senate. He is a fine orator, however, and whenever bo speaks tbe Senate is sure to listen. The young crown. Prince of Siam is tak ing to authorship and has just won a prize in a story competition. As the courtiers were the judges of merit it may be taken for granted tbatthey made no mistake in their awaid. Baron Hirsch's charities to the poor of his race in Austria and other parts of Europe already amount to $12,500,000. Baron HIrsch is 55 years old, has a wife and no children, and is reported to bave a fortune of 100,000,000. The new reading clerk of the Colorado State Senate 1: Miss Anna W. Kelly, a you ng and very pretty woman. She reads rapidly, clearly, and with correctness of accent and pro nunciation. She is the first woman to hold such a position. Senator Stanford says be receives on an average 200 letters a day commending tbe bill be introduced in the Senate by wbich money can be borrowed on land from tbe Gov ernment at 2 per cent per annum. Cranks must be more numerous than had been be lieved. MABY ANN DOTJGHEETY AGAIN. Her Pension BUI Stirs Up tho Wrath of Senator CockreU. Washington, Feb. 12. A large number of pension bills were passed by the Senate to-day, including the following: House bill granting a pension of J100 a month to General N. P. Banks. An amendment was offered by Mr. Dawes to make it $200, but owing to the oppo sition exhibited, he withdrew the amendment. The bill granting a pension to Mar7 Ann Dougherty having been reached, Mr. Cockrell objected to it, and Mr. Blair moved that itba considered, notwithstanding the objection. Thereupon Mr. Cockrell declared tbat tbe bill could not ba passed, as there never was such an infamous fraud, adding tbat the woman was a drunken debauchee. Mr. Blair contented himseli with scowling at the Missouri Senator and withdrew his motion. - No Caucus Held. Washington, Feb. 12. Owing to tho fact tbat a number of Republican representatives desired to attend tbo meeting of the Loyal Legion tbe caucus called for to-night has been postponed until to-morrow at 8 r. ii. AN ANSWERTO CLEVELAND. HAJOB M'XINLEY SPEAKS AT THE TOLEDO LINCOLN DAT BANQUET. His Speech Practically a Reply to the Ex Fresident's Thurmnn Oration Cleveland Wants Cheap Clothing, Cheap Labor and Dear Silver Free Colnago Views Unmasked. Tolepo, Feb. 12. Tbe Republican Club cele brated "Lincoln Day" by a banquet largely at tended by enthusiastic Republicans, tbe most illustrious of whom was Hon. William NcKin ley. He was tbe orator of tbe evening, and his speech was essentially a reply to Mr. Cleve land's speech at tho Thurman banquet, at Columbus, last November. Ho said: "It is worth something in tbe discussion of economic questions to have an avowal from our political opponents of tbe real meaning and efiect of their economic theories. It is always well in political controversy to understand one another. It was, therefore, gratifying to the friends of protection to have that eminent Democratic leader from the State of New York, on a recent occasion in tbe capital city of our State, make open confession of the purposes which be and his party associates aim to ac complish by a free trade tariff. Assigned to respond to the inspiring sentiment, 'American Citizenship,' be made 'cheapness' the theme of bis discourse, and counted it among tbe highest aspirations of American life. His avowal is only that wbich protectionists bave always claimed to be tbe inevitable tendency of bis tariff policy, which exalts cheap goods from abroad above good wages at home. The Gospel of Cheapness. "The best answer to tho tariff reformer is written in our own experience under the last free -trade tariff regime of tbe Democratic party, when cheap foreign goods, invited by tbe low tariff of that period, destroyed our manufactories, checked our mining, and sus pended our public works and private enter prises, sent our workingmen from work to idle ness, or to the already overcrowded field of agriculture, from remunerative to starvation wages, or to no wages at all: surrendered our markets to the foreigner, giving work to his sbops and his men by taking it from onr shops and our men, and diminished domestic produc tion and domestic employment, thereby in creasing those of other countries and other people. This was an era of cheapness and of poverty, to which tbe great Democratic leader and his faction of tbe party want us to return. "This cry of cheapness is not new. It rung tbrouzh Hmrland nearlv 50 vears aco. It was tbe voice and philosophy of CoDden: it was tbe laise ana alluring appeal urged tor the reversal of Great Britain's industrial policy from pro tection to free trace. I am charitable enough to believe that many of our tariff reformers, blind followers of Cobden, are wholly uncon scious of the end, tbe ultimate and disastrous end of tbeir doctrine and policy. Is American manhood to be degraded tnat merchandise may bo cheap? Are goods at such a cost worthy ot our high purpose and destiny? "Our philosophy includes tbe grower of tho wool, the weaver of the fabric, the seamstress and tbe tailor. Our tariff reformers have no thought of these tollers. They can bear tbeir bard tasks in pinching poverty for the sake of cheap coats, wbich prove by far the dearest when measured by sweat and toil. Something; Better Thau Cheapness. "If buying wbero you can buy tbe cheapest narrows tbe field ot employment at home, it will be the very dearest or all buying, the most expensive of all trading, the most unprofitable ot all exchanging. Tho more demands there are for labor, tbe more avenues inviting em ployment and enterptiseand the more oppor tunities for tbs capitalist to invest his money, the better each will be remunerated, the wider tbe general prosperity. There must ba somo higher incentive lhan a cheap coat ana a baro subsistence. "The workmen's wages must be governed by bis work and worth, and not by what he can barely live upon. He must have wages that bring hope and heart and ambition, which give promise of a brighter future. "Tho gentleman who is now so insistent for cheap necessaries of lire while in office and clothed with authority was unwilling that sugar, an article ot prime necessity to every household, should come untaxed to the Ameri can people, wben It was known that it was an annual burden upon tbem of 60,000,000. He stood then as the uncompromising friend of dear sugar. Cleveland and Silver Coinage. 'During all of his years at the head of the Government he was dishonoring one of our precious metals, one of our own great products; discrediting silver and enhancing tbe price of gold. He endeavored, even before his inaugu ration to office, to stop the coinage of silver dollars, and afterward and to tbe end of his administration persistently used his power to that end. He was determined to contract tho circulating medium and demonetize one of the coins of commerce, limit the volume of money among tbe people, make money scarce and therefore dear. "The tariff reformer has at last, in his wild ecstacy over a so-called victory, been betrayed into an avowal of his real design. He believes that poverty is a blessing to be nromoted and encouraged, and that a shrinkage in the value of everything but money is a national bene diction. '"That country is the least prosperous where low prices are secured through low wages. Cheap foreign goods, free or practically free in connection with domestic goods, involve cheap lauor at noma or uepenaence on ioreign manu facturers. "We believe the American policy best adapted to our citizensblp and civilization, and this belief is sustained by the highest American authorities from Washington down and by 100 years of experience." Mr. Porter Takes a Hand. Hon. Robert R. Porter responded to tbo toast "Tbe Press" In a long speech devoted principally to tbo tariff, of which the following is a characteristic extract: "Turning for a moment from the more serious aspect of this tariff discussion, may I be par doned for suggesting anotber effective metbod of bringing tbe everyday workings of protec tion to tbe minds of those who take things on the wing, and are often led astray by tbe catch words o tbe enemy. For example, that well worn phraso of the enemy, 'Tbe tariff is a tax.' We completely knocked the underpinning from it by tbe 'Bowery parrot,' a mythical bird, bv tbe way, that figured conspicuously in New York in 1SSS, and did much to elucidate tho tariff question. With your permission 1 will recite it: " 'Somewhere along the Bowery, in weather clear or showery, A parrot perches daily near the elevated tracks. And whatever may be said to him, or read to him, or sung to him. He has nothing else to say except, "The tariff is a tax." " THE PACIFIC CABLE. A Favorable Report on the Bill Incorpor ating the Company. Washington, Feb. 12. The House Com mittee on Foreign Affairs agreed, though not unanimously, to report to the House, with some modification, tbe bill to incorporate the Pacific Cable Company. Tne principal change made in the bill was to reduce from $200,000 to $130,000 the sum to bo paid to the company annually for 15 years by the United States Government after tne cable is completed and open for business. DEATHS OF A DAY. John K. Fordham. Scbanton, Feb. 12. John It. Fordham, Assistant Superintendent of the Dickson Manu facturing Company, died at hlsresidence in Green ltidge at 6:30 o'clock last evening, after an illness of five weeks. For the last week his Hie was de spaired of. and two days ago all hope was aban doned. Mr. Fordham was known, not only throughout the counties of Lackawanna, Luzerne and Wavne, Dut In all parti, or the btate. Thoroughly honest and extremely conscientious, he became noted during recent years for his in tense opposition to tbe liquor traffic, and was so earnest in his desire to see prohibition ultimately succeed that lie was opposed to the use ol liquor in anvform, and it is said that duriDg bis Illness ho refused to accept It even as a stimulant. Mrs. Sarah F. Matthews. Sarah F., wife of Itobert R. Mntthews, died yesterday, at the residence of her son-in-law. Alexander Pltcairn, 515 Murtland avenfte. East End. She was 52 years o age, and highly esteemed by all who knew tier. 'I he fJRer.il will takeplacethts afternoon, from the residence or her sen-lu-law, at 2 o'clock. Samuel Morey. Boston. Feb. 12. News was received here to-day or the death. In Nashua, N. H., ofSarauel Morey, who came Into prominence during the Garfield-Hancock Presidental campaign. He was arrested in connection with tho famous Morey Chinese letter. Stephen Leigh Kennedy. Stephen Leigh, tl.e 4-ye.ir-old son of Stephen P. Kennedy, of the Colton Delt rente, died yesterday at the residence of his father, ou. Wheeler avenue, Al echeny. Mr. and llr. Ken nedy have the deepest tympathyor their many .friends. VICI0E HUGO'S GBANDDAUGHTEB 'WEDS. A Civil Marriage in France Celebrated Amid a Throng of People. BT DUNLAP'S CABLE COMPACT. 1 Paris, Feb. 12. The marriage of Mile. Hugo, the granddaughter of Victor Hugo, with Monsieur Georges Daudet, w celebrated tbis evening by the Mayor of Passy. The Salle des Fetes was splendidly decorated for tbe occa sion, and the ceremony was conducted with great solemnity. All tbo most notable people in the political, literary ana artistic world of Paris appeared to bo present. The stairs were found to be too narrow, and tbe wedding cortege had tbe greatest difficulty in making Its way through the crowd to the table where the Mayor awaited its arrival. Owing to the great number ot guests present, some bustling and altercations occurred among tbe spectators, who were naturally forced to make way for the wedding procession. After the cer emony was concluded the Mayor read a short speech, and Monsieur Jules Simon delivered a nuptial address, in which bereferred to Victor Hugo and the great services he bad rendered to the world of letters and to France. He con cluded by speaking of tbe very great interest all Paris took In the ceremouy. On tbe ter mination ot his speech, wbich was frequently interrupted by bursts of applause. Monsieur Simon kissed the band of the bride. Tbe marriage as exclusively a civil one, and the ceremony was concluded at 7 o'clock. Tbe wedding presents were both rich and numer ous. Monsieur and Madam Lockroy presented the bride with a silver gilt service of plate. Monsieur Vacquerle, an antique Jewel case; Monsieur Georges TCugo, a brougham and a tottoise shell toilet set. Mile. Adela Hugo fave a diamond necklace ; Monsieur and Iadame Alpbonse Daudet, a tiara and brace let of diamonds and pearls; Monsieur and Madame Cbarpentretwo silver gilt jardinler.es; Madame Montegat, a tortoise sbell comb.a gold watch and an antique cameo; Monsieur Clairin. a fan painted by himseir, and Monsieur Jules- Simon gave them an old brocade silk screen. BEFOBH IN THE INDIAN BUREAU. President Harrison Denies That tho Service Has Been Deteriorating. Boston, Feb. 1Z The Cambridge Civil Ser vice Reform Association has received from tbe President of the United States tbe following reply, in answer to their address of 31st of Jan uary: Executive Mansion, Washington, D. C, Febiuary 4. Gentlemen I bave received, by tbe hand of Senator Hoar, tbo communication addressed to me by you as officers of tbo Cambridge Civil Service Reform Association, and, in reply, beg to say that your suggestions will have my respectful attention. Your reference to the recent outbreak among tbe Sioux as affording convincing evidence of the necessity of a change In tbo manner of appointing tho officials of the Indian Bureau leads ma to say that I have not found, in a very full examination of all tho facts from all sources, evidence of any deterioration in the Indian service. On the otber hand, the Board of Indian Commis sioners, through Merrill E. Gates, tbeir Chair man, have, as the result of close observation, declared to me, under data of January 10 last, "that upon tbe whole thcllndian service is now in better condition tban ever before" The object of their communication was to urge the extension of civil service rules to the Indian service, but they were careful to recog nize that tbe arcument was not to be lonud in any special or recent incident, but in tbe broader fact tbat the work among the Indians is educational and philanthropic, and should, therefore, be separated from party politics. I may add tbat before any special appeal has been made to me from any source, the subject of including Indian agency clerks and employes in tbe classified service bad been under consid eration. Very respectfully yours. Benjamin Harrison. THE PBESIDSNT'S JAUNT. He Will Visit the Pacific Coast and the Southern States. Birmingham, Ala., Feb. 12. William Youngblood. member of tho Republican Na tional Executive Committea tor Alabama, is authority for the statement that immediately after the adjournment of Congress, President Harrison, Postmaster General Wanamaberand other member of tbe Cabinet will make a tour of tbe Southern States. A dispatch from Washington says the Presi dent and most of bis Cabinet will visit the Pacific coast soon after the adjournment of Congress, and bave arranged the trip so as to include a tour of the Southern (states. Node tails bave been arranged, but it is probable that tbe party will start from Washington in the early part uf April. BOUND TO BE AWAY UP. A Loving Couple Married in the County Court House Tower. James B. Ryan, of Apollo. Armstrong county, and Miss Mary J. Stewart, of Allegheny town ship, Westmoreland county, were married yes terday afternoon at the highest accessible spot in the Court House tower, about 200 feet above the sidewalk. Tbe bridegroom and bride, after securing a license from Captain Heiber, climbed tbe many stairs up tbe Court House tower, and there, surrouded by their friends, were mar ried, while tbe wind whistled cheerily through the castellations. The happy couple then left on tbeir honeymoon tour. NASHVILLE'S NEW CENSUS. A Late Connt of Voters Is Believed to Dis credit Porter's Results. Nashville, Feb. 12. In accordance with a recent law of the Tennessee Legislature, a census of the male population over 21 years of age is being taken, This work bas just been completed in Nashville, and it shows 21,000 voters. The canvass has been carefully, taken, and it is believed that it makes good the claim tbat tho recent Federal census of Nashville was far below tbe actual population. A FINISHED STATUE. The Washington Monument In Allegheny Beady for Unveiling. The Washington equestrian statue in the Al legheny Parks has been finished and is now inclosed in a frame building. Tbe Monumen tal Committee will view it this evening and it will be unveiled on tbe morning of February 23. The fair at tbe Grand Central Rink is pro gressing satisfactorily for the monnment fund. The Plantation Jubilee Singers will be in at tendance to-morrow evening. Dalzell Congratulated by Tracy. Washington, Feb. 12. Secretary Tracy met Representative Dalzell to-day, and, slap ping him on the shoulder, said: "You made a magnificent speoch in defense of Commander Relter. I admiro a man who stands up tor his friends." No Silver Pool Witnesses. Washington, Feb. 12. The Housa Bilver Pool Investigating Committee met this after noon, but no witnesses were present. Henry Clews and S. V. White, Now York banksrs,wtll be examined Monday. Nominated for Postmaster. Washington, Feb. 12. The President to day sent to tbe Senate the name of George U, Deming to be Postmaster at Rochester, Pa. PEOPLE WHO COME AND GO. Lewis S. Gillette, a miller ol Minne apolis, was at the Anderson last night. Ho said tbat the planting of winter wheat had pro gressed under favorable circumstances, due to tbe fact tbat the young wheat had been pro tected from the frost by tbe early falls or snow. Ho expressed tbe opinion that the production of wheat this jear would exceed that of last. Archbishon Ryan, BKhon Murty and the Rev. Father Alfred Steven left for home last evening from attending the Drexel recep tion. Fathers Wall and Burke, of St. Peter's Cathedral, acenmpanied the distinguished clergymen to tne station. Thomas W. Phillips, with his wile and family, left St. Louis last night en route to San Francisco. Mr. Philips said he wasgoingona jaunt, and would take in the Southwest, New Orleans and Cnba before his return home. George H. Ahrens, o' Jamestown, K. Y., is in town inspecting local systems ot rapid transit. Ho is interested in the consti uction or such a system in Jamestown, and thinks he can get pointers here. Colonel Peter Ahl, of Newville, Md., is in town. He Is one of the surveyors of tbe de funct South Penn road. F. P. Hayp, a prominent oil and gas man of Philadelphia, Is regltcred at tbe Monongahela House. J. S. Casement, a. director of the Stand ard Oil Company, 1 at the Monongahela. James P. McMasters, it Washington patent lawyer, is at the Schlosser, CLOTHING -THE GRACES. BEAUTY TO BE DEVELOPED, NOT CON STRAINED, BY DBISS. Edmund Russell Discourses on the Del sartean Theory People Who Carry Around Dead Bodies The Barbarity of Black Jewels Should Show Individu ality. The veranda of tbe pretty residence of Mrs Maurice Coster, in tbe East End, was literally strewn with ladies' rubbers yesterday after noon, varying iu sizes all tbe way from the tiny 1 up to tbe good, generous-sized 7. Tbeir own ers were within examining and admiring the rare fabrics and jewels belonging to amund Russell, the Delsartean, who has occasioned such a culture epidemic in the city tbat the ladies besiege him during his sleeping and waking moments, and haunt his temporary abode during bis necessary absence for lectures and private lessons. Yesterday morning Mr. Russell lectured at the residence ot Mrs. A. E. W. Painter, and was greeted from his exalted position on the stair landing in tbe reception hall by a perfect sea of faces belonging to the society ladies of tbe city who long to be cultured, ac cording to the Delsartean theory, even unto the finger tips. Mr. Russell's subject was dress, and bis Ideas upon it were intensely interesting and practical as well. Said the graceful speaker : "Dress should be in relation to the personality of the wearer, and sbould not constrain or bind tbe movements of tbe body in its natural freedom, motion and expression." Made for a Tailor's Dummy. Tbe dresses of tbe present day are con structed for the express purpose ot fitting and robing a tailor's dummy, according to Mr. Rus sell, wbo bad no mercy upon the poor, abused, perplexed modiste, or the tailor either, tor tbat matter, as he said men's clothes differed from women's only in tbat they were more stupid and could lay even slighter claims to beauty. The garb should be so constructed, said Mr. Russell, tbat tbe person could move from tho bead to the toe entirely unconstrained and untrammeled, as all high expressions require the full sweep of tbe body, as tbo most sublime musical composi tions require tbe full sweep of the instrument. Stays of any kind, stiff or pliable, received at the hands of Mr. Russell a scathing rebuke, tbat wonld bave made them beg pardon for ever haviag existed bad such a thing been possible. Individual dress was tbe only artistio dress, said the speaker, who during tba entire time of hi3 lecture assumed poses and positions that fairly made tbe would-be graceful turn green with envy and mentally vow to squander a month's income in learning how to do likewise. One must study themselves in order to attain the very best effect in dressing ana produce the best impressions. Carrying Around Deceased Bodies. Originally dress was used to adorn the per son. Now the person displays the dress, and, as a rule, the head only is alive. Scores of people, both ladies and gentlemen, according to Mr. Rnssell, who walk and talk, are carry ing deceased bodies around with them bodies that have no expression and are unable to cultivate any from the manner in wbich they are dressed. High collars, after bearing what Mr. Rnssell baa to say about tbem. will certainly never at tempt to stand ud again. The neck requires perfect freedom of motion, he declared, It nat ural expression and grace would be preserved. He likened the neck to the stem of a flower, and made a very pretty simile by so doing. Snug gloves and boots also received an thing but complimentary attention from Mr. Russell, who cordially dislikes apparently everything that does in anyway contract tbe natural development of any portion of the per sonality. Flexible shoes sbould be worn in doors, and a modification ot the conventional foot gear should be adopted for the street and outdoor wear. Black, the favorite color with ladles, also came under the ban of Mr. Russell's displeas ure, as he said it accentuated every line and mark of care in a lace, and should only be worn by a person or alabaster complexion andabso-. luto lreedom from the ravages of time or care. Gray, however, black's sister, combining tbe purity of white with black, was one of tbe elected, and sbould ba properly puffed up at the treatment accorded it by Mr. Russell. He gave a pleasing incident regarding bis design ing an exquisite gown of embroidered gray, in connection with this, for a lovely gray-baired lady, who became a perfect sympbony when gowned in it. Gray-haired ladles should al ways wear gray tints, likewise golden-haired beauties should don tbe shades of golden, and brown haired damsels should affect brown if tbey would receive an approving glance from Mr. Russell. Dressing Up to the Eyes. Eyes should also be matched in color, taking into consideration, of course, tbe tint of the comploxion. In fact, dress should combino freedom, grace, health, dignity of motion, com fort, peace and rest, taking into consideration the physique, complexion, age and circum stances. "It is a mistake," said Mr. Russell, "to think that soft, flowing robes increase tbe size of a person. Even Madame Blavatsky, the seeress of theosopby and a woman of immense proportions, is rendered graceful and majestic in her simple flowing robes. Such are by far tbe most graceful and picturesque, and do not permit of tbo jointed doll effect tbat follows the choppy style of dressing, short bodices and broken lines. "As for jewels, the solitaire diamond, in spite of the many tbat flashed their brilliancy, no matter wbich way the speaker turned, was severely criticised. They were only spots of light that harmonized with nothing and but detracted from tbe beauty of the ear, eyes and teetb. It is cbic to have a special jewel and wear it in .'quantities, ignoring all others. Study tbe stones and select one becoming to tba coloring of the wearer, but let tbem enrich a costume and not overshadow it. As to lings, either many or none sbould bo worn. A per fect hand requires no jewels an Iropertect one looks belter if from a blaze of jewels tha defects are not recognizable." Mr. Russell will deliver his third lecture at Mrs. Painter's Saturday morning, and this afternoon will appear at the Pennsylvania Col lege. Between lectures he spends his tlmo in giving private lessons and holding in formal receptions at the residence of Mrs. Caster, his cousin, where he discourses freely Upon tbe theme that has won for him world-wide reputation. Personally he Is a very prepossessing gontle inan, witb an odor of May blossoms about bim as delightful as bis manner and conversation is charming. His attire In the house is dis tractincly artistic, with an air of elegance and refinement, but on tbe street and in bis lectures he appears in the conventional garb, though he confessed tbat he always discarded his vest when speaking. The Mound Builders of Illinois. The Western Pennsylvania Historical So ciety met in the Court House yesterday after noon. There were but a few members present, and with the exception of the reading of a paper no business was done. Tbe paper was prepared by Mr. Thomas Harper, the subject of it being the mounds of Illinois. Social Chatter. Rev. Dr. W.J.Holland, of the Bellfield Presbyterian Church, and wbo not lone ago was sent by the" United States Government on an expedition to Japan, will give bis interest ing lecture on tbat Oriental empire, illustrated with handsome views. In Grace Reformed Church, corner Grant street and Webster ave nue, this evening at 8 o'clock. Mrs. Henri M. Long has issued cards for an afternoon tea next Thursday, from 3 until 5. The cards of ber daughter. Miss Long, and Miss Young, of Painesville, accompanied the invitations. The "Passion Play" will be the subject or Rev. George Hodges' lecture at St. Peter's Church to-night. The Tourist Club was entertained last even ing by Miss McMillan, of Washington street, Allegheny. CLEVELAND AND HILL. An Ohio Legislative Straw Vote Shows a Fol- lowing for the Former. (SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO TUB DISPATCH.! Colombos. Feb. 12. A poll, of tthe Demo cratic members of tba Lxgislatura as to choice between Cleveland and Hill for the Presidental nomination In 1S?2, has a surprising resulr, in developing a substantial following for the lat ter. Out or 81 members. 9 expressed prefer ences. 43 rnr Cleveland IB forHIIL Tbe latter includes tho politicians, and they are mostly from tbe cities and that part of the State visited by Governor Hill last tall, and comprise several prominent and Influential leaders. A strange feature is that tbU following embraces the faction which antagonized Governor Camp bell in his fight against the Cincinnati Board of PU illo Imnnirements last fall. i'iie rural dis'net members are solidly arraved for th ex-1'roMilent as between tbe two. The spntimeut of four-Ilftbs of the members is :ul veri.e to selecting a New York candidate under any circumstances, believing it impolitic, and tbey demand new and Western nominee. nCTUBESCiUE ENGLISH. Tour Uncle Jones Gives Our Matchless Tongne Another Precious PearL New York Commercial Advertiser. But tbe real rub comes wben we tackle the inimitable phrase "One Qallus Mayor of Pales tine." Every one knows that we Americans have already taken tba liberty of dropping the English word braces, substituting in its stead suspenders. And tbe use of the latter word has become so general that even a purist would dare to introduce it into his chaste vocabulary. Will he go one step further, or will he draw tbe lino at galluses? We hope not. At any rate sbould ourdelicate friend shrink back appalled at an entire pair, we suggest a compromise on hair a pair. The expression "one horsa" Is al ready almost classic Bat we cannot believe tbat this tamely objurgatory epithet can live for a moment in competition with tbe Rabel aisian audacity of "one gallus." Tbe wonder is bow this ineffectual expression "one horse" has lived so long. It bas no clear meaning. It is totally misleading, in fact. W. H. Vander bilt behind Maud S. was a one-borsa man. But one gallus! It is trutb. it is poetry, it is revela tion. But what is a one-gallus man? Ha3 tha trav eled reader ever laid eyes on him a cracker a bumpkin a hoosler dressed in two garments a home-woven shirt with butternut "pants" call them not trousers drawn up to his armpits by half a pair of knit yarn suspenders that is to say by one gallus? The tight-drawn "pants" reveal bis bare, sunburnt legs high above the ankle. He wears no waistcoat. Why sbould he. seeing that bis one but efficient gallus has drawn bis "pants" (by means of a broad horn button) into intimate juxtaposition with his pronounced and mobile Adam's apple? Such is a one-callus man. And wben be emerges from bis solitudes into the streets of the nearest village, the boya gazs upon bim witb delighted wonder, wbile even tbe town curs sniff at his heels suspiciously. It will be seen, therefore, that wben the Rev. Sam Jones, or to give him the ecclesiastical title of his choice our Unci Jones, speaks of "the one gallus Mayor of Palestine," be bas at one blow exhausted the American langnage and yet added a precious pearl to tbe diadem ot our matchless English tongue. To have done this mnch is enough glory for Uncle Jones or any other man. It might be added, had we tbe space, that in this-ninue bulletin of vic tory ot his he has overshadowed tbat hitherto champion dispatch of the ages, "van!, vidl, vicl." "I came, I saw, I conquered," wrote great but egotistical Ciesar. But onr Uncle Jones (such is bis mode3ty; gives two-thirds of his bulletin to tha one gallus Mayor or Pales time: Ho came, be caned 1 wore him out "I conquered," is tbe colorless it compact Latin of Mighty Julius. "I wore him out" i3 the pic turesque, unapproachable, colossal American or mightier Sam. But let all tbH pass. Let us forget this masterly phrase. It is unsafe to ride two horses at a time. Let us remember this and this only; Evangelist Jones first intro duced tbo one gallus man into English litera ture. M'ETNLEY AND BLAINE. The Reciprocity Statesman Will Oppose Tariff Bill's Appointment. New York Continent. A gentleman wbo arrived from Washington last night, and who is in a position to be well informed, gave It as bis opinion that Mr. Mc Kinley would not accept the Treasury port folio in tbe event of its being offered to bim. "McKinley's appointment would not please Mr. Blaine," he said. "There bas been a marked coolness Detween Blaine and JIcKiniey which dates back to the time Mr. Blaine ap peared before tbe Ways and Means Committee and urged tbe Insertion of bis reciprocity clause in tbe tariff bill. McKinley showed him but scant courtesy, and declined to do it. Mr. Blaine succeeded in getting the Senate to do it, but he bas no special love for McKinley, al though he did go out into his district in tha campaign and make a speech for him, in which he practically ignored tbe tariff and dwelt on the beauties of reciprocity. "I am satisfied tbat if the President invites Mr. McKinley to be Secretary of the Treasury, it will only he to remove him from the list of Presidental candidates. test "Mr. Sherman will oppose McKinley going into the Harrison Cabinet. Sherman has abandoned all hope of the Presidency for him self, and Is studying the role ot a Warwick. His programme is to make McKinley Governor of Ohio next fall, and then bring him out as a full-fledged Presidental candidate." IN GENEBAL HASTINGS' FAVOB. A Statement Which Shows a Balance on the Bight Side. rSPECIAL TELEGRAM TO TUB DISPATCH. 1 HAKRISBURG. Feb. 12. A statement has been given out showing a balance in favor of General Hastings of $3-5,501 35, wbich would wipe out the deficit of &0.133 49 which existed wben Adjutant General Gutbrle retired, and leave a surplus of S5.CG7 80. These figures are obtained by giving General Hastings credit for 314,466 60 tor kersey blankets, etc, and 6,341 63 for ammunition on band. The statement sets forth tbat tbe armory rent and rifle practice, which are carried in any given year, are always paid nut of a subse quent appropriation, but as this amount is about $30,000, there is enough balance due tbe Adjutant General to pay the amounts shonld they be charged to this year. GB0WING BICH OFF B00MEB8. An Old Scout Locating Them on Forbidden Lands for a Consideration. St. Louis, Feb, 12. The latest advices from the Indian Territory say that large numbers of boomers are coming into tbe Iowa and Sac and Fox reservations, and locating claims and selecting the most available quarter of land. An old scout, thoroughly familiar with these reservations, it is learned, 13 locating boomers, charging them So, SlOandSlo for his services. Near Perkins. 20 miles northeast or Gutbrie, on the Cimarron river, tbereis camped a colony of SO, who are awaiting tbe proper time to move. It is reported that colonies from tbe South aro locating at Edmond, Norman and other points south of Guthrie which are tribut ary to the new lands. TO ABOLISH FEE3. A Bill to Pay United States Court Officials Regular Salaries. Washington. Feb. 12. As a result of in vestigation of the subject of court abuses, two bills will be submitted to tbe House. Mr. Thompson, of Ohio, will prepare a bill provid ing that hereafter tha feo system shall ba abolished, and tbat United States district at torneys, clerks and marshals shall ba paid SillilTlBf Mr. Oates. of Alabama, will prepare a bill to amend the naturalizttlon law and incidentally tbe immigration laws. Tbe bill will be on tbe lines ot tbe measure introduced early in tbis Congress by Mr. Oates at tbe suggestion of the Citizens' Rofnrm Association of Boston, but will ba modified to some extent. TWO 1MP0BTANT ILLINOIS BILLS. To Employ Convicts on Public Works and Concerning Naturalization. Sr-RINQFIELD. III., Feb. 12. Among the bills Introduced in tba House to-day were tba following: Tbat all convicts in tha Illinois penitentiaries shall hereatter be employed in making material for tbe improvement of pub lie highways, canals and public works of such Character: making it unlawful for any political Darty or individual, directly or indirectly, to contrlbnte any money or any otber valuable consideration toward the payment for tha nat uralization papers of any person. SUBBENDEB HOUSE SOLD. An Historical Mansion to Be Converted Into a Museum of War Belies. Washington, Feb. 12. Captain M. F. Dunlap bas just purchased for a company formed at Niagara Falls, the old mansion at Appomattox, known as the "Surrender House," m which Lee's surrender to Grant was concluded. It is proposed to make It a museum for war relics. ONE OFFICES A PITTSBDBGEB. The National Merchant TaUors Association Hold an Election. ST. Lotus, Feb. 12. Tho Merchant Tailors' Convention this morning elected the following officer?: President. B. B. Mcrwin.of New York; First Vice President, Lewis F. L'fndsay. of St. Louis; Second Vice President, John Bradley, or Pitts burg; Treasurer, Charles F.Hyde. or Chicago; Recording Secretary, W. F. Mertz, or Wash ington. Copyright BiU Laid Aside. Washington, Feb. 12. As Senator Sher man was absent, tbe copyright bill was laid .isnlf' informally to-diy. and tbe beuate pro ceeded to the Consideration of the District uf Columbia appropriation bill. It was amended and passed. CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS The Melbourne international exhibition has closed with a deficit of 11,190.000. . The Boston Coxtrant nrges that a colored man be appointed to succeed Mr. Windom. Abram Wight is dead at Stockbridge, Mas;., aged 109. He wasi born in the East Indies. At Donald, B. C, ou Monday nigtit two toboggans came together, badly injuring fivo persons. The two street car lines in Pine Bluff, Ark., are owned by Wiley Jones, a negro, who was for many years a baker in very humble cir cumstances. By accident it was: discovered the other day by a clergyman In Ottawa that the ceme tery antborlties to save space have been putting three bodies in one grave. The Greenwich, Eogland, authorities have found tbat tha exact period of transmit ting an electric signal to Montreal, Canada, is about three-fourths of a second. It is said tbat the largest cedar ever taken from the woods in Aroostook, was cut near the Madawaska Lake last week. It scaled LOOS feet, which was a fair size for one small log. One of New York's richest women in real estate Is Miss Collender, who has an in come of 6,030 a year. She Is about 33 yean old. is tall, slender and pretty ana possesses fine voice. Miss Maggie Kohler, a pretty German American girl, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kohler. of Lansing, Mich., has married Sam Lee. tbe heathen Chinee proprietor of local laundry. There have been more changes in the) present popular branch of Congress since Its election in 1838 tban bave ever occurred in any other Congress. There were six resignations, ten deaths and nine members unseated. ' A patient in tbe Missouri Hospital at St. Louis bas been discharged as cured after a treatment ot the Koch lymph. All 'the known tests tail to reveal tbe slightest trace of tuber culosis and be had been ill for more than a year. Miss Serena Ehinelander, of New York, has a yearly income of S73.00O in clear rents. A large slice of it goes Into the treas ury of Trinity Churcb. and another portion Is set aside to satisfy the demands or ber many private pensioners. Mrs. Mary Seil stepped on a match Saturday morning in Chicago, and thus set fire to her dress. Bafore she could be reached by neighbors, who heard her screams, she was horribly burned, and doctors who were called say she cannot recover. An old picture by Peter Neefs, tbe old Dutch master, has been stolen from the Art Museum at Detroit. It is entitled "Interior of Gothic Church." Tbe snbject was that of a priest celebrating mass. It was painted in 1610 and was valued at 515,000. Someone has taken tbe trouble to dis cover some remarkable peculiarities in tha year IS9L Adding tbe first figure to tha second gives the third, and subtracting tbe fourth figure from the third gives tbe second. Adding the four figures gives tbe number of tha cen tury. A robber in San Francisco tackled a grocer named King in his store on Saturday in tho usual way, presenting a pair of pistols and ordering King to throw np bis hands. The grocer instead threw a scale weight and felled the robber to the floor, after which be took tbe pistols and fractured the man's skull In seven places. In School district No. 7, in Montville, Me., there are but three scholars Margie Rowel). George Carter and Geneva Sprout, each about 10 year3 of age. Tbis school has been taught for three terms by Mr. George E. Nash, and during tbe three terms these schol ars bave not missed a day'sattendance or failed in a single recitation. The reason for the activity wbich just now prevails in telephonic affairs lies in tbe expiration in England on December 12 of the Graham-Bell patent for tbe electro-magnetic telephone receiver. This patent Is some six montbs older than that granted to Edison for his carbon transmitters, will which not expire in Great Britain until July 30, 1831. A distinguished Russian woman now visiting In New York is Mme. d'Offrossimoff, a former lady of honor to the Czarina. Her height is remarkable, and at receptions where she appears she is usually tbe tallest woman present. Bat she is exquisitely proportioned, and is very pretty and accomplished. She does not seem to have brought any particular fad with her to interest the town, but she bas nevertheless grown very popular. When Bradlaugh lectured on Cromwell, in Cooper Institnte, in New York, Tears ago, be had occasion to describe the warrior states man as drawing his sword and throwing away the scabbard. Bradlaugh put his band to his side and drew the imaginary sword. It was a perfect piece of acting. You could almost see the flashing blade. An old army officer, wbo attended the lecture, exclaimed: "Great Cassarl That man has been in tha cavalryj" Which was true, although several years had elapsed since Bradlaugh had secured his dis charge, after three years' service. At the fancy dress ball given by Mme. Da Barrios, at New York, last Friday evening, the hostess appeared as Cleopatra. Her dress was of rich white silk, entirely covered with Rhine stones, sapphires, rubies, garnets, emer alds, pearls and turquoise. The skirt was made to sweep tbe floor. On one side of the corsage she wore an asp composed of gems, and on ber head was a helmet crown, also made ot fine gold work and gems. In her band she carried a fan of peacock feathers, studded with gems. Her slippers were of white satin and he wily embroidered with gems. A strange community is that of Aguadl Dios, tbe leper village of Colombia, as described by our Consul at Bogota. Situated at about 1,400 feet above the sea level, with a dry. sandy soil, and a temperature of 82 to 85 Fahren heit, this spot bas been chosen for the lazaretto by the Government on account of its ancient reputation for the cure or leprosy. Some 520 sufferers from this terrible visitation dwell here, and form about one-third of the popula tion; but the most remarkable fact regarding tbe settlement is tbat lepers and bealtby per sons are described as living on terms oZ perfect intimacy, there being no specificleper quarter, though every honso in tbe village stands apart in a garden. Mr. Wheeler states that there is no case on record of the disease having been contracted here by contagion. Eveu where lepers have married healthy persons, the hus band or wife have never been known to take it from the other. On the other band, the mourn ful fact is admitted that children born of such unions a're generally afflicted. wisps of wrr. Mrs. Smith told Bridget to tell Smith 6hewasgolnR to take in "La Tosca." Bridget told Smith that his wife was "going to take any lost boss car'." Veto Xorls Evening Hortd, The muffs were marked eight dollars, but It seemed that price was high. For while the ladles IooKed at tbem, one seemed Inclined to bay. But soon those muffs like hot cakes went, Tbe ladies stood In line To get them, for they'd been marked down To seven seventy-nine. Aeto lort Frets. "Maria," said the inventor to bis wife at the breakfast table, ''l wish you'd look over the raarketuotitlons as long as you have the pa per." "Why, what for? Ton haven't bousht any stocks, have you?" "No; butl wanted to see wbetherthere was any upward tendency In flying machines jet?" Washington Post. Tustelle Time presses me. Madge-Now 1 know what you mesn when yo say "Fred acta like time!' '-Detroit tree Press, "A penny for your thoughts," she said; And then be deemed It stranse. After his Inmost thoughts she'd read. That she should ask for change. Seta York Herald. Pa Blanche! I wish to caution you against givina that young Twaddle any encour agement: he's not the style of man 1 fancy. Blanche-Don't worry, no, about my cultivat ing any fondness for him. Ue mazes me tired. Bub That's so, pa! lie madesls so tired last night that she had to set on his Up to rest. -Hot. ton Courier. Mudge There's no sense in a man losing bis lndepenoence Just because be gets married, never I do marry, my wife shall not do my think ing for me. Yabslcy-But why not? Yon surely do not think that the task would take cp any appreci able amount of her time? Indianapolis Journal. MUs Haydon Miss Palmer, I must ask you to explain yourself. I understand you told Mrs. Palmer that my brother George was tbo black sheep of the family?" Miss Palmer My dear Miss Haydon, It was merely a slip of tho tongue, I assure you. I meant to 6ay white shtep. Judge. "I will take two seats for to-night. How much are Ihet?" A dollar nTtyeach, nnlessyou wear a large bat. in which case your seat will cost is." s Eighteen dollars!" 'Yes, miss; as your hat will ruin tba perfomt ance for at least a dozen people." Lift, 3 k ... .-;.:-?- ' -.'' r:irtei?,Y..-,.1- . !&&. asjvjs
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