r wsp,' , - ; a - - a - , J -, , . , - r k . THE PITTSBtTJRGr DISPATCH, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 189L tv 1 I At- e Bi$pa!tlj. ESTABLISHED FEBRUARY S, 1816. Vol. ft .o. 9 Entered at Pittsburg rostoffice, November 1. 1S7, as second-class matter. Business Office Corner Smithfleld and Diamond Streets. News Rooms and Publishing House 75, 77 and 70 Diamond Street. EASTERN ADVERTISING OFFICE. ROOM SI, TKUJUMJ BUILDING, NEW YORK, where complete files of THE DISPATCH can always be lound. Foreign advertisers appreciate the con renlence. Home advertisers and friends of THE DlfcPATCH. while Jn N'ew York, are also made welcome. THE DISPATCH is regularly on sale at JSrcntmo's. S Union Square. A'eto York, and 17 Are. de VOpeia, Paris, France, where, anyone uho has teen disappointed at a hotel news stand can obtain it. TERMS OF THE DISPATCH. TOSTAGE FREE IS THE CXIIED STATES. DAILT DisrATcn. One Year t W Daily DisrATcn, Per Quarter too Daily Dispatch, One.Month.... 70 DAILY DisrATcn, including Sunday, 1 year. 10 00 Daily Dispatch, includlnzfaunday,3in'thi SM Daily DisrATcn. Including fcunday, lia'th 90 H'XDAY Dispatch. One lear 150 "Weekly Dispatch, Ouc "iear 155 The Daily Dispatch Is dellTered by carriers at Ilccnts per week, or Including teuudar edition, at Accents per week. PITTSBURG. MONDAY, FER 16, 18DL AX INEVITABLE RESULT. The fact is brought out with considerable forre by our "Washington correspondent that a large number of labor measures, in cluding tbe postal telegraph bill, are doomed to go unconsidered in the Congress just drawing to a close. Tbe labor measures are not the only ones that have suffered by the policy which pre vailed throughout the present Congress. Bills of importance to the material interests of the country, like the bankruptcy bill, have beeu left untouched by the absorption of the Eepublican leaders in measures which were regarded as of more importance in the political mind. Measures to extend recip rocal trade wilh American countries have been neatly shelved by the Committee on Rules, either for lack of time or to gratify the grudges of the rulers of the House against the Secretary of State's broad policy. There is room for a difference of opinion whether all the labor measures, or all the business bills, were worthy of enactment in the shape in which they were - presented. But they were entitled to fair consideration and action on their merits. Tbatis tbe pur pose of sending representatives to Congress to discuss and perfect legislation with refer ence to the interests of the whole people. But tbat is what has not been done, and what cannot be done so long as the leaders in Congress are actuated by the policy of serving party first and the public last. When the Congressional powers determined to devote their time to measures which were conceived in party interest, it was in evitable that bills which would serve only the laboring and business interests should take a back seat. So long as the majority in Congress gives itself over to partisan measures, the business of the public will suffer. When party lead ers gain intelligence enough to understand that their supremacy can only be vindicated by serving the public first, measures of this class will not be crowded to the rear, GOOD rOLICE WORK. The report of Inspector McAleese for the First police district shows a large increase in the arrests during the past year. This does not indicate an increase in crime; but it is due to the determined war which the police authorities have made on the illegal liquor traffic and the gambling houses with the result of almost entirely ridding the dis trict of those evils. It is pleasant for The Dispatch to note this abandonment of the theory held a year or more ago, that the police had nothing to do with suppression of the speak-easies, and to give them full credit for effective work in removing that nuisance from the business portion of the city. It is also no more than fair to note that tbe activity of the Inspector and his force has maintained a remarkable freedom from disorder and crime during the past year. HILL'S LOST LETTERS. There is evidently a pressing need for an investigation of that branch of the postal service which is expected to discharge the duty of delivering mail matter to David Bennett Hill, Governor of New York and Senator-elect It is plain that a per son of such important official standing should be able to rely on receiving whatever communications may be intrusted to the mails for him, with dispatch and certainty; yet a fatality is alleged to prevent a cer tain class of missives from reaching him. We have the assurance ot Mr. Henry Watterson that he mailed a letter of decided political importance to Gov. Hill; and we have Gov. Hill's declaration that the letter did not reach him. One case of this sort might not necessarily require an in vestigation; but when it is supplemented by a similar and coteniporaneous example, the inference that the postal service is gratuitously mislaying the letters which the Governor would prefer not to re ceive is quite obvious. Shortly after the Watterson letter was lost to sight, another letter was sent to the same address from New York city, inviting the Governor to be present at the meeting wilh reference to free silver coinage, or to communicate his views on that question. No answer was ever received to tbat letter; and it is feared that the remiss ness of the mails has caused the Senator elect to lose an opportunity to publicly ex press his convictions on that important issue. If this thing continues the Democratic editors will be inspired to charge the failure of Gov. Hill to receive his correspondence upon the inferior quality of the adhesive matter on Mr. Wanamaker's postage stamps. In the meantime it is pertinent to point out to all persons writing letters to Gov. Hill, -which it is important for them to be sure that he has received, that ten cents judi ciously invested in registering the letter or in purchasing a special delivery stamp, will procure a written acknowledgment of its receipt. THE STANDARD TRUST SUIT. It is interesting to note that the proceed ing begun in Ohio several months ago, against the Standard Oil Company of that State, as a part of the Standard Oil Trnst, has in the fullness of time produced an answer from that corporation. Beyond the expectation that at the rate of progress indi cated by the interval between filing the bill and obtaining an answer this case may reach a decision toward the close of the century, the answer presents nothing new, or unex pected, being the stereotyped plea ot the trust policy when it gets into the courts. Of course, it denies that the Standard Oil Company of Ohio has, as a corporation, be come a member of the trust, but it admits that its stockholders have done so. This is the feature of the trust, originally devised by the framers of this very combination, for the purpose of evading the law. But it is also exactly the feature which the courts of New York and Illinois have declared to be illegal for the purpose of effecting the eva sion. In addition the plea is made tbat the action is barred by the btatute of limita tions, which, as the combiuation if forbid den by tbe law, is a continuing offense, is not a very strong plea. It is tolerably evident1 that in making this answer, the Standard does not intend to rely upon its legal case so much as upon the arts of delay and the expectation that when a decision is finally reached, it can ignore the decision as well as the law1. They take the case of the Sugar Trust as an illustra tion of what can be done. There the illegality of tbe trust was declared in the strongest terms, and when the fight for tbe people was won, the courts permitted the trust to go on and reorganize itself as if its acts had perfect validity. If the Standard cannot successlully practice the same supe riority to the decisions of the courts that is part of the corporate history of New York and Pennsylvania, it will be a departure from its former experience. Unless the Ohio Supreme Court has fallen off materially irom the time when it gave its ringing decision Bgainst combinations in the case of the Ohio Biver Salt Company, it will declare the Standard Trust agreement wholly illegal; but when that is done it will Etill remain to be seen whether any way exists to make 150,000,000 of wealth re spect the decisions of tbe courts. IT DISPROVES ITSELF. General Benjamin F. Butler has declared himself in favor of tbe free coinage of silver with a qualification. He wonld give free coinage to tbe product of American mines; but if tbe pauper silver of other countries should be presented for coinage he would sternly refuse it. This is not an original development of that original poli tician's genius; but it is incomplete. The General fails to specify how, when the officials of the mint receive an invoice of bullion to be coined into the money of the realm, they are to tell whether it is the prod uct of cur star-spangled mining interests or has been debased by being brought out from its subterranean origin under the effete monarchies of another hemisphere. When General Butler has made this point clear, he will show by his proposition that he does not really consider silver a desirable coinage. The basis of the call for silver coinage is that it will increase the volume of money and that the metal will furnish so desirable a class of money that coinage should be unlimited. But when with this assertion is coupled the declaration that the monetary metal ot foreign countries should not be permitted to increase our supply, it is a sign that whoever unites these two propositions does not believe what he says. No one ever heard, before this idea of ex cluding foreign silver was mooted, that it was necessary to protect the country against tbe importation of tbe money metals. On the contrary, the avowed purpose of protec tion is, by decreasing our importations of merchandise, to leave the balance of trade on our side so as to enable us to draw foreign coin to onr shores. To assert therefore that foreign silver must not be permitted to come into this country for coinage, is to give ex pression to a conviction at heart that silver is not such a desirable coin tbat we shall be the richer, as we get the larger stock of it It is no more than just to say that the radical silver coinage men do not commit this error. They are either more sincere or more logical than the class to which General Bntler has joined himself. That is, they either really believe that silver is a desir able money ot which the country wants all it can get, or else they recognize tbe impos sibility of claiming that it is a proper metal for unlimited coinage, and yet of asserting that we do not want such money when sent to us from abroad. In this they are more consistent, though less perceptive of the facts of the case than those who propose to make the distinction in coinage between metal produced in this country and that produced elsewhere. The utter fallacy of such a proposition as that of General Butler can be exposed by asking him why he does not propose to ex clude foreign gold from coinage in this country. PROFESSION" VS. PRACTICE. The disposition of leading Republicans in the House of Bepresentatives to starve out the Civil Service Commission by catting down the appropriations was manifested in a remarkable way last week. Like many of the characteristic Republican measures in this Congress it was backed by a unique de cision from the chair, Mr. Payson, of Illi nois, being in that position at the time, and the decision was supported by a rising vote of the House. This it is predicted will show a marked change when the members have to' put themselves on record with a yea and nay vote. The argument presented by the lead ing spoilsmen that they are doing all that can be asked in confining the appropriation to tbe original statutory requirements, is in marked contrast to the declaration on two successive National platforms that they are in favor of the extension of the reform to all the branches of the public service. But platform promises are not or much weight against the hungerof Congressmen for the spoils. The fact that "natural gas has again ex ploded in the West, causing loss of life and damage to property," leads the New York Tribune to conclude that tbe danger of "this means of illumination" may show West ern cities tbat "it -Is one of tbe things tbat are dear at any price." It is pleasant to listen to the words of wisdom from abroad. With the slight corrections that natural gas is not a means ot illnmination, is not used in Western cities as a class, and where It is used Is a fuel, is shown by experience to be extremely valuable, tho esteemed Tribune's comments on it are deserving of the profonnd attention of the public. With appropriations swelling to an un precedented excess above the Government's Income, the Congressional statesmen are be ginning to display a laudable disposition to lock the stable door after the horse has disap peared, Commissioner Gileoy, of New York, proposes to reform the electric light wire busi ness by prohibiting the erection or electric light poles in front of the entrance of any dwell ing, on any street corner, on a line with any cross-walk or within ten feet of a street lamp. The Commissioner seems to have arrived at the just conclusion that if electric light wires can not be made to go under ground they can at least be prevented from goinc anywhere above ground tbat is worth mentioning. With Dillon and O'Brien in jail for exercising the liberty of speech the British Government is doing its best to prevent the er rors of tbo Irish leaders from weakening the Irish cause. TllEUE is a disposition to inquire what has become of the report of Mr. Keyburn's committee in the last Legislature, which inves tigated tbe Siate charitable andpenal institu tions. Perhaps tbe fact that Mr. Reyburn set tbe precedent which Mr. Robinson, of Dela ware, is bent on following, of acting as a State legislator during bis term as Congressman, is an explanation of the fact that be has not done anything in either capacity. Senatob Beice denies that he will re tire from tho Senate. The distinction of being the only resident of New York elected to the Senate from Ohio, is too peculiar to be lightly given up. The Boston Traveller reminds its cotem poraries tbat John J. Ingallsis only 67 years old and says: "There Is plenty of time for a great many things to happen. True; and among some of tbe things that are happening is that Senator lngalls Is displaying in his re cent speeches an ability to learn something from tbo progress of events. There may be a belief that the old-fashioned winter has had its backbone broken, but the probabilities are tbat it will give some very vigorous kicks before dying. "Wonder if Reformer Butterworth is likely to insist on putting the World's Fair em ployes in tbe classified service!" remarks the Washington Post; which also creates the won der whether Anti-Reformer Gorbam Is in favor of putting the employes of tho World's Fair on tbe Government salary list. The job of making 12,000,000 of revenue pay for 18,000.000 of appropriations is one tbat will tax to tbe utmost the fiscal powers of our statesmen at Harnsburg. That Whisky Trust policy of mixing dyn amite with whisky may be defended on tbe ground of making tho whisky less deadly; but tbe validity of the defense is weakened by the fact tbat it. did not confine the treatment to Us own products. PERSONAL POINTS. The late miserly Duke of Bedford was a recluse and seldom seen by bis oppressed ten ants. Senator Cockbell, of Missouri, is said to be the only man who has ever bad tbe au dacity to smoke a pipe within tbe sacred con fines of tbe Senate, Before Carl Schurz came to America to live he once effected the release of a political prisoner by gaining access to tbe Jail in the dis guise of an organ grinder. The most noticeable point in Senator Feller's personal appearance Is bis magnificent, flowing beard. This leads a Topeka paper to remark that the greatest mystery about him is what kind ot a necktie he wears. No one has ever seen it. A clause of tbe marriage contract be tween the late Dr. Schllemann and the Greek girl whom he made his second wife was to the effect that she should improve her knowledge of Homer by learning and reciting 60 lines of the Iliad nightly. Schllemann, when telling the story to bis friends, always said tbat neither tears nor entreaties ever induced him to let her off a single line. The following is Prince Bismarck's ac count of bis conversion to protection princi ples : "Up to the seventies I was, by conviction, an adberent of free trade, and, so to speak, born and bred in it. Until the year 1S70 I was so much occupied by foreign affairs tbat I was not able to devote in y sell with energy to economic questions. After 1870 foreign affairs became quieter, and, when in tbe course ot time I saw one blast furnace after another be ing put out and tbe national industry retro grading more and more, I became convinced that somo change was necessary," A few days ago Queen Wilhelmina, of Holland, was driven on an excursion to a vil lage a few miles from the capital, which was reacbed just as the girls of the school were en joying a game of snowball. At the earnest re quest of the little Queea a bait was made in order tbat she might witness the fun. Either by accident or design a snowball, thrown by one of tbe children, struck tbe Queen on tbe arm. In a moment, and before her mother could remonstrate, little Wilhelmina was out of tbe sleigh, bad grasped a bandf nl of snow, and was busily engaged pelting tbe children nearest to her. FAITH CURE FREHZY. It Has Broken Out in a Dangerous Form in an Illinois Town. Monticelxo, III., Feb. 15. There is great excitement at Mount Pulaski, west of here, over the faith-cure craze. It has spread into the churches and schools, and children are overcome with trances and break out singing faitb-cure hymns during school bonis. Rev. Mr. Anxler. tbe falth-cnre evangelist, claims he has bad a revelation from God tbat parties wero seeking his life, and he purchased three revolvers to protect himself. He threat ens to call to his assistance a crowd of men whom he says will burn the town. Tbe people threaten to egg him ont of town. There were 17 persons lying in a trance at one time. A public meeting of tho citizens will ba held to take steps to stop this excitement. Grover Slay Win Yet, Boston Globe. Mr. Cleveland's letter on silver is character istic of tbe man more courageous than dis creet. It will not necessarily be fatal to bis re nomination, if he lives, in 1892. because tbe silver question is quite likely to be settled in favor of the free coinage of silver, restricted to tbe product ot American mines, long before tbe next Democratic National Convention meets. A Caution to Grover. New York Herald. 3 Mr. Grover Cleveland must be careful not to allow the tree coinago question to bury the tariff reform issue. That wonld be bad politics and just what tbe shrewd Republican leaders are playing for. Tbey are atraid of the present tariff because there is a Democratic President under it. Therefore keep it well to tbe fore. France Trne to Her History. Philadelphia Record. True to ber ancient traditions, France is the first of European countries to accept America's invitation to tbe World's Fair. The greatest Republic of Europe is in closest sympathy with the greatest of American nations, not withstanding the little difficulty in regard to pork. A Rebuke Xrom France. Cincinnati Commercial Gazette. l France has accepted an invitation to be rep resented at tbe World's Fair at Chicago. It will now be in worse taste tban ever for Illinois and other States of the Union to be considering resolutions which threaten a refusal of funds for making exhibits at the creat 'show. What Jay Gould Lives On. Baltimore American. According to tho reports, Gould must be gobbling a branch line tor breakfast, a trunk line for luncheon, and a transcontinental line for dinner. His digestive capacity Is unprece dented. Tho Unexpected Will Happen. Washington Post. The Illinois Legislature havo abouf exhaust ed the sensational field. Almost the only sur prise left for them to spring is tbe election of a "United States Senator. HoV It All Came About. Philadelphia Inquirer. John Jacob asked ber, and she was Willing, DEATHS OF A DAY. Colonel Frekerlck K. Boas. Hakrisburo, Feb. 15. Colonel Fred crick K. Boas, one of the oldest lawyers of the Dauphin county bar, died here to-day. air. Boas was born in this city In 1615. At 10 years or age he entered the printing office of Simon Cameron and Daniel Krauss. proprietors of tho Pennsylvania Intelligencer, and remained until after Jackson1! first election In IKS. In 1832 he accepted a position In the Harrisburg poslofficc, tendered him by James Peacock, and remained In the latter's cm ploy nntll 1833. He showed such a familiarity with the crude postal system In operation In that earlv day tbat he was several times called to Washington to consult with the Postmaster Gen eral, rclallte to Its Improvement. He was the confidential friend of Governors Porter and Shunk. Attorney General Meredith, Jeremiah S. Black and other distinguished men. He studied law with his uncle, Judge David Krauss, and was admitted to the barorthis county, August 22, 1837; began practlclnc law tho year following, and continued In Its nctlvo presecntlon until Illness compelled him to relinquish tbe busi ness a abort time since. Colonel Boas was an ar dent admirer of General Jackson, and always flung tho national flag to the breeze on the an niversary of Jackson's victory at Hew Orleans. SNAP SHOTS IN SEASON. After people take a spin it is quite natural for them to feel like a top. Spring arrived in -Pittsburg at a season able bour yesterday. While tbe bells were calling tbe worshipers together, for the first Lenten Sunday services, tbe sun was gilding tbe belfries, painting tbe hilltops, brightening one side of the street and, casting somber shadows on the other. In the eaves the tongh little sparrow twittered merrily, occasionally darting downward through the sunlight for tbe crumbs cast up by tbe sweating earth. On tbe pavement tbe children swung tbe skipping rope and laughed, heedless of the day in their first Spring play. Neighbors gossiped at doors and over back stoops and fences. Wan faces smiled through sunlit windows, and cooing babies, clutched at the dust rope spun by the harbinger of Spring across the nursery floor. Dogs fortunate enough to possess humane owners left the rug in front of sleeping fires and curled themselves up in the spot where the beam was broadest. Cats with closed eyes and sheathed claws purred on sun shiny spots, and imprisoned birds sang louder and longer, doubtless because tbey thought their prison bars had been changed to gold. All paid homage to the gentle touch of Spring. Over all was the Sunday silence, save the laugh of tbe innocent players of tbe pave tbe players who never rolled on tbe daisy dotted sod, who never smelt the clover, who never saw tbe golden grain wave under the harvest wind, who never walked in tbe dew diamonded grass, who never smelt a wild flower, who never beard tbe frogs or the tree toads, tbe chickadees or the larks, tbe wbippoorwills or tbe woodpeckers. Rut when the sun shines on the cold stones, ana the buds strive to live on tbe scrubs called trees tbat struggle against tbe dust and the grime of a working city for a bare existence, these children of tbe street and alley romp, and slog, and skip, and laugh. No sorrow for them in the sun. Winter Is their jailor, and Spring looses the bolts and bars witb its golden key. No matter if tbe air be sewer-scented and dust laden, it smells sweeter tban that in the stuffy little rooms where many of them were imprisoned for months by tbe frost So the sun is their friend, and tbey ball tbe signs of Spring with tbeir migbtiest merriment. And tbe sign that appeared in the sky and glorified tbe earth yesterday worked a magic spell upon the old as well as tbe young. Tbey, too, felt released from bondage. They saw not afar off the shine of the summer, and its vision brought back the swash of the sea. They saw tbe deep waters, tbe green hills, tbe cozy camp and tbe comradeship which comes after Spring melts under the direct rays of a hotter sun, A hot temper very often lauds a man in the cooler. Nearly all the departments of the Na tional Government are in mourning. Between Lent and the grim reaper Washington society is suffering sadly. The well balanced man weighs his words carefully. The board of charity That furnished at the Poor Farm. The bird hook might be popularized if it contained tbe different varieties of crow which flourish during political campaigns. A "White House Nursery Rhyme. Who killed the Silver Bill? I, said Ben Harrison, With my Force Bill 'twas done, I killed the bill. Who dug its deep cold grave? I, said Tom Reed so cool. With my own little Rule, I dug Its grave. Who tolled the funeral bellT I, said the sad-eyed Bland, With fear and trembling hand, I tolled tbe bell. Who filled with earth the gravel I, said G. Cleveland clear. Heedless of weeping near, I filled the grave. Who mourn and wear tbe weeds? We of the Silver Pool. We who are Bullion's tool. We wear the woods. The telephone monopoly passed its regu lar healthy dividend tbe other day. From one pocket to the other, I suppose. Fatiqtje duty in the army is not very fatiguing. Work is weighed in the scales of the labor organizations, but tbe long waits that frequently occur before they are adjusted are not profitable. The gas meter is honest, but it is also tire less. Hot words will not parch the lips, but hot whisky will. The method of breaking up tbe whisky traffic adopted by tbe Chicago Trust, if perse vered in, will insure prohibition. The Force Bill valentine that Harrison longed far was lost inlbe malls. True love, says the poet, is shown by silence. Now silence is merely silver, which is a drug on the market, and speech is gold. Tbe speech-makers generally get the girl. The rich man's heir who gets what is left never gets left People who have a high opinion of themselves are generally very small. Virginia Knox has at last achieved tbe notoriety necessary to complete success on tbe stage. A Strange Discovery. Scene Billard room: Charley I say, Bob. I've just made an odd discovery. Bob Let's have It old boy. Charley Why I've just found out tbat I play billards in dialect Bob Whatfool's talk are you giving moT Ex plain. Charley Because my "English" is so poor. See. Canada will be annexed when the pigs begin to fly. Young Canada wants independ ence, and some daywill get it Allegheny is going ahead "like fifty," as the good deacons say. Joint debates frequently occnr In the meat stalls at the market house Dispatch, Jan. 13. The butcher ana tbe customer have many a joint debate. Post, Keb. 12. Merely a simple twist of the -wrist, you know. Banker Mace, of Paris, "maced" his customers to the tnne of $5,000,000. The Paris ians never do anything by halves. If your incoma is less than yo.nr outgo a smash is sure to follow. Some of the stuff passed around at violet teas makes red noses. , If all the men were disciples of Delsarte the dear girls would have to do most of the heavy work. One snowstorm seems to make a wiDterin this section. The press is the microscope under which public men and their actions are placed. Some people worry themselves more about what happened centuries ago than what is hap pening to-day. They prefer shadow to sub stance. ' Paenell, O'Brien & Co. may be the means of proving to the tenantry of Ireland tbat the cultivation of potatoes pays better than the cultivation of politics. People starve for money as well as for tbe lack of it More fortunes than hearts are lost in the game ot lore nowadays. "Willie Winkle, SELF HYPNOTISM. Employment of This Science in Court Would Be Very Dangerous. Boston Traveller. Julian Hawthorne has just announced what seems to be a sound theory. He says that on certain occasions men become self hypnotized. A great orator is. in a sense, self hypnotized wbeu at his best for tben be succeeds in hypno tizing his ego. "Let an inexperienced after dinner speaker rise before a company to speak; the moment be gets on his feet no encounters bis ego, and being unable to control it, be Is at once plunged Into mental misery, and bis speech is a failure." Tbe great poets and tbe great actors, Mr. Hawthorne maintains, are self hypnotized, and it is in their hypnotic state tbat they liberate the higher powers of tbeir in tellects. Doctors and jurists are of the opinion that the employment of hypnotism in courts ot law, in an inquisitorial way, to get culprits to In criminate themselves, would be improper and illegal. Possibly. But as to the legality, any thing can be made legal by legislative enact ment. And as to tbe impropriety, I think some thing can be said on the other side. It seems to me tbat it wonld be a blamed good scheme to bring rascals to just punishment; and It would certainly act as a check, for it there is "any one thing a man tempted to crime is sure of, ills thathe has got himself to stand by him, and half tbe crimes are dared because tbe per petrator thinks be can cover bis tracks and will be clever enough to escape even if he is caught. BISM&ECE7S LATEST STORY. Nicholas of Russia Wanted No Nihilists Rubbing His Back. Atlanta Constitution. ) Bismarck's latest story concerns Nicholas I., of Russia. Tbe Czar suffered from a disease that his physicians told him could be relieved only by a rubbing of the spine. Nicholas was anxious enough to try tbe prescription, for be was in great pain, but In all his court be had no one whom he would trust to give him the treat ment. So, eventually, he sent a courier all the way to Berlin witb a written request tbat Frederick William II. should send bim five non-commissioned officers of tbe guards to rub his back. The officers were sent, rubbed tbe Czar's back for a few weeks and were then dismissed with presents of 1,500 each. In speaking of the matter to the Prussian King, subsequently, tbe Czar said: "I trust my Russians as long as I can look them in the eye, bnt to let tbem go to work at my own back tbat is more tban I care to risk." PICKING COTTON BY MACHINEBY. The Second Trial of Mr. Todd's Machine in Tennessee a Success. Memphis, Tenn.. Feb. 15. The second trial tbis season of the Todd cotton picker wasmade to-day near this city in the presence of a num ber of prominent cotton factors of Memphis, tbe Inventor, G. N. Todd, of Chicago, and rep resentatives of the local and Chicago press. Tbe machine picker picked the staple right along, despite unfavorable conditions. Tbe trial demonstrated that tbe machine does not injure tbe growing plant, as some anticipated at the former trial. It Is the general opinion that Mr. Todd's in vention will revolutionize tbe cotton-growing industry. The plantersof tbe cotton Statesare deeply interested In its success, and tbe Secre tary of tbe Cotton Exchange Is in receipt of hundreds or letters of inquiry concerning tbe invention, A COW IN AN ELEVATOR, Why the Machinery Connected With the Hopper Refused to Work. Bloominoton, III., Feb. 15. Yesterday morning the machinery of the grain elevator at Panola, 111., became clogged and would not work. On inspection a large cow was found lying in one of tbe hoppers of an oats bin. She had squeezed through a narrow door In tbo side of the driveway, had gone up into tbe second story and lumped down about ten feet to get at tbe oats, with great effort the animal was got out alive. A NEW STEAMSHIP FROM ROACH'S. It Is the Consho and Will Ply Between New York and Galveston. CHKSTKE, Pa., Feb. 15. The new iron steamship Consho, built at Roach's shipyard for the Mallory line was successfully launched this afternoon, this being tbo second attempt Tbe new vessel is 82S feet long, S3 feet beam and 21 feet hold. She has first-class passenger accommodations, and will ply between New York and Galveston. The Temptation Sherman Resisted. Atlanta Constitution. It will be of interest just now to recall a nstable effort made some years ago to persuade General Sherman to enter politics. In May, 1681, Mr. Blaine, although strongly suspected ot courting tbo Republican nomination for the Presidency, wrote to General Sherman and begged him toaccept the nomination, assuring Dim that it would be an easy matter to obtain it In reply the General, after courteously de clining the honor, said: "I made a resolve 40 years ago never to enter politics. Tbe bright est and best youth of our land have been drawn into that maelstrom, and tbeir wrecked for tunes strew the beacb of tbe ocean of time. My memory, even, in its short time, brings up the names of victims by the hundreds, if not thousands." Now, this is the talk of a strong man, with a firm purpose not to be swayed by tbe ordinary temptations which move men. Doubtless it was fortunate for the country tbat Sherman despised politics and scorned tbe Presidency. He was a born dictator a soldier to tbe core and if he had ever reacbed the White House he would havo run the Govern ment by military methods turning it-into a despotism. He was unfitted for official position in civil life, and kaowing It, he bad the good sense and patriotism never to seek it The Whisky Trust Anarchists. Cincinnati Times-Star.J Compared with tbo extraordinary infernal machine designed to destroy tbe Shufeldt dis tillery in Chicago, the weapons of tbe Hay market dynamiters were clumsy and harmless inventions. Both conspiracies were for the destruction of property regardless of the lives it would endanger, but there was this notable difference. The Anarchists aimed to avenge Imaginary personal grievances, while the mo tives of the Secretary of tbe Whisky Trust were entirely mercenary. If the Anarchists deserved hanging, it Is strange tbat the man charged with a still more serious offense should be so promptly released on ball. A Virulent Attack of Doctor. Kansas City Star. The trouble with Jay Gould is an attack of a 835,000 physician. If Mr. Gould were compelled to hustle, for a living, and to dispense with the constant society ot a doctor who feels tbat be must earn bis wages, tbe cbances are that his health would visibly improve. - Business First, Pleasure Alterward. Savannah News.: Taking In the coffee crop before beginning to perforate one another in tbeir impetuous way is a very sensible resolve on tbe part of the Guatemalans. After business they may pro ceed to amuse themselves. KITTY NEALE. Founded on an Old Irish Song In the Petrle Col lection. All in the Golden Vale. 1 met with Kitty Neale, On ber poll the milking pall, a lamb nosing at her knee. oh I her eyes were dreams or blue. With tbe sunlight dancing through. And her saucy llos the hue of the rose on the tree. For a year and for a day, 1 had sought In every way That maiden fair as May for my true love to gain; Every art of tonguo and eye Fond lads with lasses try, I had uscdwlth ceaseless slgb, yet all, all In valnl Bnt that morning at tbe trace of the trouble in mv face, She paused wlthtlmld face and murmured my name. And a blessed, blessed man, I'd a kiss beneath her can And consent her walt to spas, without one word of blame. And amid the blooming bowers, I'd have rambled on for hoars, "With my blushing Flower of Flowers, under Heaven's blue dome; But tbe lamb he took a tilt At her pall, till all was split And crying, l'llbeklltt" Kitty darted home. London Spectator. THINGS IN GENERAL. Thoughts Suggested by the Trial of the Rev. Howard MacQueary for Heresy Theological Teachers Have New Doubts to Confront These Days. IWBITTEX FOB TUX DISPATCH.! The clerical jury who have in band the case of the Rev. Mr. MacQueary, of Canton, Ohio, bave taken a month to think the thing over. They will do well if they come to a conclusion within tbat space of time. And if, at tbe ond even of two months, tbey arrive at a perfectlv adequate decision, tbey will accomplish one of those extraordinary feats in which Mr. Mac Queary soems to put small faith they wiH per form a miracle. In the meantime, we may all havo our own opinion, and. being without responsibility In tho matter, we may freely express It Mr. MacQueary is being tried for dishonesty. His accusers declare tbat be was made a teacher in the religious body-to""whtcli bo be longs, upon certain conditions. He bas broken his promises, gone quite contrary to the condi tions, and yet he persists In holding his posi tion, drawing his salary and instructing his people. As if in the Civil War, a captain Jn the service of the Union army had in the course of tbe campaign quite changed his mind about tbe merits of tbo great strugglo, turned Confederate, and thence forth had gone on, still holding bis place and commission, day by day undermining the loy alty of his soldiers, playing tbe part of traitor. There wonld be no hesitation in the minds of a military jury before whom such an offender might be presented. Tbey would know very well wbat to do witb bim. Tlie Other Side of the Case. But tbe friends of Mr. MacQueary hold that he bas broken no promises and changed no sides. They deny that the military illustration holds. For tbe battle of the church is for the truth. Wherever there Is a He there is a head to bo hit The religious teacher promises to teach tbe truth, and so long as he keeps tbat promise he is faithful to his trust. Tbe relig ions teacher does not promise always to teach exactly the truth which is in bis mind when he emerges from tbe theological seminary. Alas for him if he did. His ordination vow is not a covenant of stagnation. He does not swear that he will never learn anything. He does not agree to be a fossil. Tho theolog ical schools, for the most part are mediaeval. They are away behind the generation in which we live. Tbey instruct students with singular diligence to distinguish accurately between Arlanism and semi-Arianism. and to be ac quainted with the minuto peculiarities of. de funct heresies. Men come out of them well posted in all tbe difficulties which troubled people a thousand years ago. And tbey dis cover, when they get into tbeir parishes, that the questions which clamor for answer In ibis Inquisitive century are quite different, and tbey bave to begin all ovor again. As if the medical schools should teach, tbe methods of Hippo crates and Galen, and chiefly equip tbe young doctors to battle against tbe Yellow Pest of the Middle Ages. Mr. MacQueary did not promise tbat he would never read anything beyond his theolog ical seminary text-books. He did not "vow" that he would stop thinking. On the contrary, he promised to study, and especially to study the Bible, and out of tbe Bible to instruct bis people, and in tbe light of the Bible to read bis church's creed. And tbat is what he has been doing with sucb results that the Ohio orthodox bave got after him with slaugbter weapons. A Broad Communion of Christians. The Episcopal Church is tbo broadest com munion of Christians alive to-day. It asks of its people no further belief than is contained in tbe briefest of the historical creeds. But what does this creed moan? How shall we discover? Why, His to be interpreted by the Bible, tbat is, by the writings of tbe men who lived near est to the facts which it records, and who were taught tbe doctrines wbich it states by the Su preme Authority. But this opens tho widest kind of door to private judgment One article of the creed, tbe "resurrection of tbe body," is almost universally interpreted to mean tbat there is no resurrection of the body that is, in the sense which the words would naturally bear. This article is interpreted in agreement with the statements of St. Paul. We believe in it, as be did, and neither more nor less. This same freedom of interpretation Mr. MacQueary claims for all tbo rest of tbe creed, and espec ially for those statements in it which concern tbe birth and the resurrection of Jesus Christ But these new interpretations are heretical; they are not accepted by the majority. Well, here is a heretic who holds that they are true. Is be dishonest? He holds that bis reading Is the right one. What shall he do? Do? Why stay in the church and teach truth, as he holds it, justas long as be can. Get tbe church to see tbe trutb of his position and accept it if tbat is possible. Wbat better service oan a man possibly render to tbe communion to which he belongs than to lead it away from error, and toward truth? This is the work which the Canton parson conceives him self to be doing. Tbis is wbat Mr. Haweis, of London, openly declares as the motive and purpose of a)l bis own teaching. In his article in one of tbe great reviews, a few months ago, ho states tbis position as distinctly as words can state it And so far as a man is himself concerned a man convinced that be bas bold of the trutb, and desirous of leading tbe cburcb in the direction where be sees light I cannot see how he can do otherwise tban stay in the church so long as he possibly can, and teach asr vigorously as be knows bow. Tbe dishonest way would be for bim to keep truth bidden behind a mean fear, and to preach generalizations and platitudes. , The Course of the Church. But tbe business of tho church maybe, with equal clearness, to put such a man out; for tbe church is tbe great teacher, and tbe church has a mission of trutb, and tbis truth is contained in ber formularies, in this plain and commonly accepted meaning. The church is bound, equally with any individual, to be zealous for trutb, and desirous that truth and not error shall be taught by her official teach ers The clerical jury in Ohio have it as tbeir difficult duty to decide wbat the church's con ception of truth is, in tbis matter. It Mr. Mac Queary is found to be teaching what tbe church which he represents considers to be false why, what Is there to do? Mr. MacQueary, we are appreciative of your zeal; we do notconvict you of dishonesty; you have not broken your ordi nation vows: on that score we acquit you; but you have ceased to represent us; you do not speak with our voice, nor deliver the message we sent you to deliver: we can hardly keep ynu on the roll of our accredited teachers. Mr. MacQueary, we must part company. Is there anything unreasonable, narrow, mean-spirited, intolerant or unfair about that? Perhaps tbis is another Galileo business. Very well: all truth must stand testing. All new teachers must be ready for martyrdom. Con vince us if you can. We are open-minded enougb. most of us. In these hospitable days. We are ready enough-to listen. The Book Which Raised the Row. We have read Mr. MacQueary'sbook respect fully. It is a scrap-book, with annotations. There are almost as many quotation-marks in it as there aro paragraphs. It reads as if it were written in a hurry with a pair of shears, a paste pot and a pen. It is bumptious witb tbe cbeerf ul bumptiousness of youtb. It is as posi tive as tho multiplication table. It is tbe work of a man who has read a great many books, mainly on one side, and bas not digested them. It did not attract many readers, and never will. When the writer was presented for trial there was not a copy of bis book in any Pittsburg bookstore, and tbe single copy in tbe Library had never been taken out. Everybody bad forgotten tbat such a book existed. Then the good bretbreu of Oblo chose to call everybody's attention to It They forced tbe question to an issue, whether such a teacher represented, or could continue to claim that be represented, the Episcopal Church. Tbat changed the conditions immediately. Tbe church could afford to ignore tbe whole matter before that just as the church pays no heed to tbe theoloclcal and ritual vagaries of zealous younc parsons fresh from tbe confine ment of the divinity school. It matters not at all. and will presently be a part of the forgotten past They say that when the present Pope was Archbishop Pecci. an ecclesiastic in bis diocese wrote a fierco book against certain abuses in the church, assailing tho Papal administration, and all the rest of it He bad the face to send a copy of bis plain speech to the Arcbbisbdp. Sometime after, the Archbishop saw tbe in novating preacher and tbey had a bit of a talk together. "I have read your book." said the Archbishop. "You do me honor," said tho preacher. "And I will rive you a piece of ad vice," said tbe Archbishop. "What Is it?" said tbe preacher. "Don't let your sentiments come to the ears of the Archbishop!" Unfortunately, MrMacQneary's sentiments have "como Jo tbe ears ql the Archbishop," and Mr. Mac Qucary will probably bo presented with a resignation. A Republican Pat on Cleveland's Back. New Vork Tribune. Again it is demonstrated tbat Americans like tbe courage wbich does not fear tbe people. Mr. Cleveland is receiving great credit for bis letter denouncing free coinage of sllvor as a dangerous and reckless experiment and much of'that credit he deserves. It is true far greater credit bas been earned and gained by tbe Re publican leaders who have resisted this peril so stoutly, but in tbeso days It is mucn to find a Democrat who faiily deserves to share the honor which they deserve. Blaine as a Candidate. Cleveland Leader. Tbere is only one Fresldental possibility in tbe Cabinet, and he is a probability. OUR MAIL POUCH. Ship Railways vs. Ship Canals. It bas long been the avowed object of the Canadian Government to develop tbe all water route to Europe via the St. Lawrence, and so divert the export grain trade from New York and other American ports to Montreal. To accomplish this they havo spent millions of money, and propose to spend millions more. The latest proposition tending that way is fathered by E. L. Cortbcll. the distinguished American engineer and co-laborer of the late James 15. Eai's. Corthell proposes, among other things, two ship railways, one across the Michigan Peninsula, on American, soil, sub stantially on the line shown on the map pub lished In The DIsi-atch of Saturday, January 21. 1SDI, In the ninth article on river Improve ment, the other connecting Georgian Bay with Lake Ontario. These two measures are de signed to make a short cut from Montreal to Chicago, and to be links in an essentially Canadian system of water transportation routes, practically extending St Lawrence river so as t" tan and drain tbe great grain fields ot our Northwestern States. Under her Tory coveinment tbe attitude of Canada tonartl the United States has been un derhanded, evasive of treaty obligations and fair dealing, and generally antagonistic and ill conceived. Living completely at our mercy, enjoying the free use nf our ports, both on tbe lakes and sea board, using without charge our railway! and canals, Canada bus taken all that she could get; but while benefiting equally with our own citizens from all improvements made by our Government and people she discriminates against our shins and people, and by under handed, annoving, elusive tricks keeps us out of any profitable use of ber canals. This policy we may expect to see continued and intensified; and if Canada Improves her all water route she will take a large part of our grain trade. To checkmate ber we must an ticipate and out do ber. Our own possible all-water route, by way of an improved Erie Canal.wlll admit ocean-going shipping to the great lakes far cheaper tban the St Lawrence route ever can. Its completion wonld putitforeveroutof tbepowerof Canada to filch from us one pound of freight It would Erovent extortions aud combinations now possi le and practiced; and would reduce through freights to less tban one mill per toj mile. It would save to the people not less tban $300,000,000 annuallv. This sum of money this yearly saving would pay forthe proposed Erie Canal improvement, for the arterial canals to connect the lakes with the Ohio and Mississippi, for the improvement of tbe Ohio, Mississippi, Missouri, Platte and Kansas rivers, and, by ex tending tbe Atlantic seaboard right into the heart of the great Northwest would Increase the wealth and happiness of our people loan extant almost inconceivable. Here is a work of constrnctive statesmanship. Here is the panacea for which tbe farmers are looking. Here is a measure on which tbo Al liance can unite with all other patriotic Ameri can'. Thee great projects, separately con ceived by different engineers, separately urged bv different sections of the country, mid Inter ests apparently antagonistic, all blend in one harmonious, magnificent measure. Over worked transportation mon, progressive engi neers, patriotic statesmen recognize the utility and necessity of tbe measures. The railroad man faces the impossibility of securing proper terminal facilities to handle the freight at re ceiving and distributintr points: tbe engineor faces the problem of how to lay additional tracks In well-nigh impossible places: while the statesman is appalled at the concentration of political, social and financial power in a few hands,at the concentration of wea!th,thegrowth of enormous fortunes, and the ever-increasing relative impotence and poverty of the people. We tax the products of Europe, and compel exchanges among our people; but the benefit goes mainly to the railroads. Tbey "charge what the traffic will bear" and. leaving a bare livini to the producers, appropriate those gains flowing from greater "gross product" which an enlightened statesmanship seeks to secure to the whole people. We mult equalize power and wealth and give the people true "protection" by giving them freedom" by giving them first-class water transportation routes free to all the people. The people of the United States are asleep. With two old parties rolling dry old bones, quareling over deaa issues, looking backward instead of forward; with our brightest minds and ablest doers absorbed in business; with the masses of tbe people still nursine the prejudices and passions ot a burnt out strife, who shall waken and lead? Who will attend to the busi ness of the people? Canada proposes ship railways to take onr transportation business from us, and finds her instruments in an American engineer and an American invention. Ship railways may be tbe best practical measures lor tbe unfavor able toposrapby or Canada; bnt nature bas given us favorable conditions, and we can make use of the best means of transportation, the ship canal, and C3rry freight so cheaply and in such volumes tbat the ship railway would be out of tbe problem. All tbat we need is lead ers: men who work for tbe people instead of self and party. Has the Alliance a man Dig euoucu lor me worif Pittsburg, Feb. 1L ENGINEER. A City Clergyman Wants One Free Exhibi tion of the Yerestchagin Paintings for Worklngmen. To the Editor of The Dispatch: I beg to make a request of the managers of tbe Verestchagin pictures. I understand tbis collection was brought here not so much to make money as to give pleasure to our citizens. But, financially, the pictures have yielded a handsome profit Why not tben have before tbe collection goes one free Sunday exhibition. At least 25,000 people who cannot go on tho week days, or are of limited means, might see these great ethical paintings. In Europe gen erally tho galleries are free on Sunday, and I bave seen in Rome peasant women, with un covered beads, clad in coarso serge, and in wooden shoes, standing enraptured before tbe great masterpieces ol Rapbael and Angelo. I trust the managers of tbe Verestchagin col lection will make tbe experiment A few pet sons could be in the rooms to give brief, quiet explanations. Volunteers could be bad for this purpose. J. H. TOWS3END, Minister Unitarian Church. Pittsburg, Feb. 1L Who Can Give This Information? To the Editor of The Dispatch: Can yon, through tho columns of your valu able journal. Inform me in what way was the steamship' Connancht destroyed during tbe years of 1SC1 or ISOZ she being a transatlantic steamship plving-from Galway? J. Bkaddock, Feb 13. ALGER AND THE REPOHTEES. Ho Says the Boys Are Always Painstaking and Careful. General Russell A. Alger says: I enjoy visiting New York Citv occasionally, even if I do not feel in the frame of mind to submit to a politi cal Interview. I am very careful now about tbe time and place of giving interviews. One day at the Fifth Avenne Hotel a reporter sent his card to nic, and 1 asled bim to come to my room. Sly wife hanpened to be present, and in the cours-e of my talk with the reporter she said something. The enterprising scribe quoted inv wife in the interview, much to her dismay. It'caine near making her ill to anpear in an interview, because she dislikes publicity of any kind. Of one thing I feel sure, viz: The re porter bad no idea that It would affect mv wife or else be would not have quoted her. I have always found reporters painstaking and anxious to get an interview correct They are bright entcrpiising and deserve credit for their general accuracy. Evidently "Weary of Harrison. St. Louis GIobe-Democrati Ever since Jackson's day one term for presi dents lias been the rule, except in critical mo ments in the country's history. Lincoln and Grant are the only men in the past half century and over who bave been chosen twice to tbe Presidency, and tbo time when tbis especial honor was conferred on them wa3 a turning point in the national life. Four years seems to be about as long as the people, save on extraor dinary occasions, aro willing to intrust tbo Chief Magistracy to any one man. Van Euron, Polk, Pierce, Buchanan, Hayes and Cleveland served but a single term. Some of these men. as Polk and Hayes, made no endeavor to secure an extension of official life, but even had tbey done so their efforts would undoubtedly have been fruitless. Nor is there any good reason to believe tbat Harrison, Taylor or Garfield would have had better for tune bad tbey lived to fill out tho time for which they were elected. Perhaps extraordi nary ability would supply tho lackof extraordi nary occasion in tbis respect There is no op portunity In sight now, tbongb, to settle tbis uncertainty by any practical test Paris Is Not France Here. St Louis Republic One thing is sure if they know mighty little about the United States In New York, they know loss In Washington, Keep tbe best man in tbe country a year mthe District of Colum bia, and it is generally necessary to hit him with a club to give him a bint of wbat the country Is doing or wanting done. Tho American Eagle in Canada. Chicago Tribune. 1 Tbe antl-annexationists probably are in the majority in Canada yet, but tbe annexation hen is on. She will hatch out a live young Amer ican eagle in due time. CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS. Natural gas in Pittsburg homes is iden tical witb the fire-damp of the mines. A divorce suit has begun in St Joseph, Mo., in which both parties are deaf mutes, The five largestlumber producing Statet" are ip the order named: Michigan, Pennsyl vania. Wisconsin, New York and Ohio. South Jersey peach-growers are alarmed over the fact that their trees are already be ginning to bloom. They tear a frost will kill the.buds. At the mechanical fair held at Worces tershire, England. Browtber Brothers exhibited a watch, in perfect running order, constructed wholly nf iron. The object of this curiosity was to illustrate tbe malleability of iron, and Its consequent adaptation to a wide variety of novel uses. A story writer bas a rattlesnake strike at a man and come so near his cbeek that "drops of poison fell upon his face." No poison can escipe from the fangs of a snake until they enter tbe flesh, and tbe aperture by wbich it escapes would not take a human bair. Howell county. Mo., had, until a few days ago. an eccentric gentleman named Henry Crone. He owned two fine farms, never di vulged his secrets to a living soul, allowed no one to make his clothes, do bis washing or make np his bed. If he had any relatives be never snuke of tbem. A Pittsbnrg physician. Dr. George Hay, through the Medical Review, pitches into the various natural tras saving devices in grates without gloves. He says tbe noxious products of cnmbntion tbat should find their wav up tho Sue, fill the room Instead, to the detriment of tbe health of its occupants. The superintendent of an insane asyfnm at Cincinnati will allow no religious services to be conducted among tbe patients, except a lit tle siDging. alleging the dangerous nature of tbe excitement He encourages dancing par ties, which produces an excitement equally In tense, but he says, more wholesome. Tbe Lap or Lapps call their country Babme or Same, and themselves Samelats. It is held by some authorities tbat "Lapp" is a nickname imposed by foreigners, although it is said that some nf the Lapps apply it con temptuously to those of their conntrvmen whom they think to be less civilized than them selves. A far Western college has been receiv ing many letters from students In tbe East These young men, feeling tbat they cannot af ford the expense of attending one ot tbe zreat Eastern universities, such as Harvard or Yale, desire to enter a college where tuition is free and where they can pursue their courses much cheaper than tbey can at any other college ot equal standing. A Detroit woman apparently died as a resnlt of malpractice. A coffin was secured, an undertaker was on band, and the Coroner was summoned to investigate the canse of tbe death. When the latter opened the door of tbe deserted sick chamber he was astonished to find the supposed corpse sitting up in bed. The lady will probably stay alive nntil death visits her in another form. The Poles in Ironwood, Mich., do not bring presents to tbe weddings, bnt tbey wait until the dinner is over, then the plates are re moved, wasbed and brought back, when the as sembled gnests flrp silver dollars against the plates until all of them aie broken, so it the happy couple bave pretty strong crockerv thoy get a fair start in life. A long-headed fellow smuggled an Iron plate upon bis table the other night and secured 1500 before bis visitors dis covered bis long-hcadedness. Inside tbe walU of tbe Colt factory at Hartrord, has recently been completed and tested tbe first of the Drlggs-Scbroeder rapid fire guns wbich the Governmenthas purchased lor use in the army. By "rapid fire" it is not meant tbat tbe new gun will send bullets with the rapidity of the famous gatllng gun. but It will send of much larger size and a rapidity heretofore unequaled with such projectiles. Tbe Drlggs-Srbroeder enn fires projectiles weighing from one to eight pounds. It may surprise many to learn that the purely American commerce tbat passes through the "Soo" canal between Lakes Superior and Huron, is much larger than all the world's com merce that annually finds its way through the Suez canal, both in the number of vessels and their tonnage, yet fignres prove It Daring 1SS9. 9.79 vessels ot 7,221.935 tnnnace passed through the "Soo." azainst 3.125 vessels of 6,783,187 tonnage through the Suez. And the American canal is only open a part of the year. A New York tea dealer says that in a few years coffee will not be in tbo race with tea. and tbat the number of tea drinkers is Increasing greatly. Now in England tbe people drink tea. as much, if not more tban coffoe while here we have a nation of coffee drinkers. Look at tbe big tea houses now prospering in tbis coun try. The demand for the seductive weed is be coming greater, especially in large cities. Fashionable afternoon teas, and the habit ot banding tea around at receptions show just how it is being drunk. The fine Ceylon tea now in vogue is a healthy drink and bas a splendid flavor. AH through the West coffee is becom ing less popular and tea is the popular drink. One of the most enrious natural pro ductions of the West Indies is tbe famed vege table fly, an insect about tbe size and color of a drone bee, but without wings. lu the month of May it buries itself in tbe earth and begins to vegetate. By the beginning of June a sprout has issued from tbe creature's back and made its appearance above tbe surface of the ground. By the end of J uly tbe tiny tree (known on the island as the fly tree) bas attained its full size, being then about three incbes bigb, but a per fect tree in every particular, much resembling a delicate coral branch. Pods appear on its branches as soon as it arrives at its full growth: these ripen and drop off in August Instead of containing seeds, as one would naturally scp- Eose, these pods have from three to six small, ard worms npon the interior. Pig-Eyed Pete, who has been a well known character around Atchison for several years, returned yesterday from California, where he has been preaching. Pig-Eve was con verted by the Salvation Army at Atchison, and at once determined to become a leader, so he bought a bass drum and took a position at tbe bead of tbe column. He says tbat be converted as high as 20 sinners anight in California, and frequently his collections amounted :o83adar. He has a faro outfit in Atchison which he de sires to dispose of; tben be will retnrn to Cali fornia. He says that by the time he gets back his sinners will be ready for repentance again, and he will save tbem. He is now arranging a circuit over which he will travel once a year. The average revival sinner backslides once a year. Pig-Eyo thinks, and bo will travel bis cir cuitby easy stages, and snatch tbem as brands from tbe burning. Caterers say that the most interesting thing about New York dinner fashions this winter is the craze for candle-light Handsome candelabra have always been esteem as among tbe choicest ornaments of a dining room; but until recently only the very rich bave made any particular display of tbis kind on tbeir dinner tables. It is said now that no matter bow poor a bost is. be thinks it is quite as necessary to have some pretty little candle-sticks around his guests' plates as he does to havo a knlto and fork near tbem. Tbe consequence Is, of course, the room does not become heated any thins like so quickly as formerly, when illum inated by gas. A softer, cooler atmosphere is secured, and, what is more to the point less gas is burned. No one host would, of course, save much cas by economies of tbis kind, but 10,000 such hosts in one evening would be ablo to economize very matrrially at the expense of the gas company, and people who claim to know the gas company's business say that this has been noticed in the difference in receipts. OUR COMICAL CORNER. Of course I don't care, you well understand, I do not object to your holding my hand: But Harry, my boy. I must firmly insist That tbe line should bedrawn on my being Kissed; For kisses. I'm sure, are luxuries, dear, "Which we must forego at this time of year; Because it Is Lent don't you know, and good nlglrt! "Why Harry how could you? That wasn't right. Washington Star. "Awfully sorry, old man, but I haven't got It." Hew XorkSun. The Silver Question Can you lend me a dollar? Spokane Spokesman. The late Duke oi Bedford has been cre mated. He was often roasted before he died. Chicago Times. Horrified Parent And you dare to tell mcyoa kissed thatyoangHanklnsonlastevenlngl Weeping Daughter The the mean thin k-klsscd me firstl Chicago Tribune, Customer In what part of the market da they sell cheese? Markctman Just follow yournose and you can't miss it Alex. i. Sweet. "What is Smith doing now?" "Ue la traveling with a clrco)." "Pretty hard work. Isn't lti" No: he has nottilnz to do except tostlcfchlt head In the lion's mouth twice a day.?' Texas Sifting,. ;s Cleanliness is next to impossible inPilU burs. Puc. ' " i1 l4Jtabefttt
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