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PITTSBURG. TUESDAY, APR. 28. 1S9L
A HOPEFUL SIGN.
A peculiarity of the natural gas supply is
furnished by the announcement that one of
the leading mills, which changed to the use
of coal during the winter, has just returned
to natural gas. The statement is to the ef
fect that a sufficient supply of gas was se
cured, and that the change was made to
guard against a possible scarcity of coal
from the threatened strike. Nevertheless,
the fact that mills compelled to abandon
gas last winter are now able to get that fuel
has no slight significance.
The change from the condition when it
was declared that the gas supply must be
shut off from the mills, and, even then, was
sot sufficient to meet all domestic demands,
is likely to produce some sarcasms on this
idiosyncracy of the gas business. Never
theless, the contrast between the former sit
uation and the present is explainable in ac
cordance with the conditions of the business.
The draft on the supply of gas multiplies
several times over with a drop of the ther
mometer from 30 degrees to 20; and the sup
ply which was profuse in moderate weather
is wholly inadequate for severe winter cold.
It is not strange when the domestic supply
is reduced to the bare needs of cooking that
sufficient should be found available for the
mills.
Nevertheless, there is room in this state.
nient for building up a hope that the period
of waning gas supply may be ended. If the
better flow of gas will enable the mills to
use that fuel during the summer, it will be a
public blessing in relieving the city of
smoke at the period when dust and soot are
most oppressive. In addition, the faint ex
pectation that the increasing yield of the
wells may restore the old era of abundant
gas and smokeless atmosphere will be a flat
tering unction that Pittsburg will fondly
cherish, even if the basis for it is slight.
It will be good news for Pittsburg if the
supply of gas should prove adequate for all
the mills. But, pending the demonstration
of that fact, it will be wise to take public
action to the effect that whoever has to use
coal shall do it so as to consume the smoke.
HURTING THE WIRES.
The public demand that telegraph, tele
phone and similar wires be buried, has at
last reached the ears of Councils, and definite
action has been taken in compliance there
with. The introduction and referring of the
bills yesterday on the subject constitute, how
ever, but one step in the richt direction.
Many beneficial bills have died mysterious
deaths while in the hands of a committee,
and it behooves the originators of the pro
posed laws against overhead wires to look
after them with great solicitude. There is
of course no expectation that they will be
deliberately killed, but neglect would no
doubt be fatal to them. Therefore they
must not be neglected. The practicability
of putting such wires underground has
been demonstrated, and arguments against
the possibility of enforcing the proposed
ordinances should have no weight,
Pittsburg has suffered long enough from
the nuisance. The lives of the citizens and
their property have been endangered so
many times that it is almost wonderful de
cided action was not taken long ago. The
discontent against the existing state of
affairs was widespread and Councils' action
yesterday will give general satisfaction.
This satisfaction will be complete when the
bills have finally passed and received the
Mayor's signature.
No lime should be lost in putting them
through. As they stand now they need but
few immaterial changes, if any, and the
sooner they are enacted into ordinances, the
sooner the various companies can get to
work in compliance with their provisions.
And when they are finally passed they
should be enforced. If it is not intended to
enforce them, they might as well die where
tbev are.
BUYING OFr THE LAW,
A singular story comes from New York
that the father of AVm. J. Sharkey, a mur
derer who escaped from tbe Tombs, was so
affected by the criminal notoriety of his son,
that both he and a brother of the criminal
died of heart-break. It is also stated that
the heart-broken men had to pay 520,000 for
the escape of the criminal from the Tombs,
and after that spent a good share of their
fortunes in successfully resisting extradi
tion proceedings to bring the murderer back
from Cuba,
Besides the passing reflection that the New
York jail officials who got the $20,000 for
permitting tbe escape of a murderer have
not died of broken hearts, this fatal sensitive
ness among the Sharkey family can hardly
fail to rouse some curious speculations. The
fact that a father and son, who could bribe
public officials to secure immunity for a
criminal son and brother, took it fatally to
heart, is very singular. There is an intima
tion that it was the famijy disgrace which
weighed upon them so heavily; but
it would be the natural presumption that
men who had the honor of family so closely
,at heart would not permit themselves to be
ltd into the more direct disgrace of public
corruption and spending money to defeat
justice. "We would be glad to believe that
it was the recollection that, by doing this,
they had shared tbe crime of the criminal
of the family which brought the Sharkeys
down in sorrow to the grave. Bpt there is
no whimper to that effect in the comments
on the case which come from New York.
The popular and ignorant idea that there
is disgrace in suffering the penalty for crime
needs sharp correction. Tbe disgrace is in
the crime itself, and it is deepened and ren
dered indelible by the resort to corruption to
llEriJiWiifflBii'riiTi
escape Us 'penalty. Properly considered the
penalty for crime is the only way of remov
ing the disgrace. It is expiation, and ex
piation ought to be the only means of taking
array the stain of offenses against society.
The vicious idea that disgrace can be
avoided by shirking the penalty should be
entirely discarded.
EXAGGERATING THE FACTS.
The fact that the Treasury is making
strenuous efforts to turn its stock of frac
tional silver into actual circulation, and
thus use it as an available asset, together
with intimatipnsthat 854,000,000 of4f per
cent coming due in September will have to
be extended, and that the 30,000,000 of pen
sion payments due in July will call for all
the cash resources of the Government, are
giving Democratic organs subjects for par
tisan comment. Host of it is fair enough
ammunition in assailing the spendthrift
record of the Fifty-first Congress; but as
usual with partisan organs, they overdo the
thing.
Two assertions .in thi connection by the
Democratic press require correction. One is
an historical error, the othera au error of
accounting. The first .is exemplified by ihe
declaration of the New York World that
"lor the first time in thirty years
the United States Government is in
straitened circumstances." This would in
dicate that the editorial mind on the'esteemed
World is either exceedingly juvenile or ex
ceedingly forgetful. For four years after
the beginning of the period, thirty years
back, the Government was in a financial
strait compared to which its present state is
one of unlimited wealth; and several times
since then it has been harder up than at
present. As recently as 1S78 Secretary
Sherman had to negotiate a loan in order to
establish specie payment and begin refund
ing the 6 per cents. It was not until in the
80's that the'. Treasury accumulated the
specie reserve still held intact
The other error is that the attempt to get
fractional silver into circulation indicates
extraordinary stringency ou the part of the
Treasury. This fund always should have
been counted as a cash asset. Anybank in,
the country having, say 55(50,000 of gold or
legal tenders and 520,000 of fractional
silver in its vaults, would include
the latter in its cash reserve.
If the proportion of the latter
was greater than its custom demanded it
would proceed to exchange a part of it for
other forms of cash. This is what the
Treasury is doing now converting one cash
asset into another. A Democratic Secretary
of the Treasury excluded the fractional
silver from the list of cash assets in order
to make the surplus appear smaller than it
really was. For the present administration
to restore it to the list is eminently correct.
The Democrats have capital enongh in
the state of facts as it really is. Two Tears
ago the trouble was to find means for getting
the money out of the Treasnrv; and now
there is doubt whether the last 554,000,000
of the iyi per cents can be met at maturity.
That is a sufficient measuie of Congres
sional extravagance, without heavy drafts in
the imagination of Democratic organs to
make matters appear worse.
REDEEMING A PLEDGE.
The ground for the Grant monument was
broken with due ceremonial at New York
yesterday, and there is now a fair prospect
that the long-delayed fulfillment of the
pledge for that memorial will be honorably
redeemed.
The sarcasms of the nation have fbtcn
leveled at New York for its delay in the
work to which its citixens had pledged
themselves. "Many of these were deserved;
hut now that work has commenced the whole
nation will unite in giving the metropolis
credit, "While the original idea of raising a
million-dollar monument to the dead hero
is not likely to be fulfilled, there is a good
prospect that the memorial will be credit
able and fitly commemorate the character
and services of the nation's greatest soldier.
Success to New.York in the redemption
of its pledge to mark the resting place.of the
mourned warrior with a fitting monument.
And may the dedication follow the com
mencement of work more promptly than
yesterday's ceremonies followed the incep
tion of the scheme.
FACT VS. THEORY.
It is a significant fact that the most active
and outspoken of the Renublican politicians
in opposition to President Harrison are
Messrs. Huston and Clarkson. The average
Republican politician with other views is
willing to trust to tbe natural demonstra
tion of Harrison's impossibility; but Clark-
I son and Huston speak right out, and show
both their faith not only by words but by
works.
Both these specimens ol Republican lead
ership were given tolerably high office under
the Harrison administration; but the trouble
was that it was not high enough to suit
them. They insisted that the President
should rate them at their own valuation ot
themselves; but the President thought a
slight discount should be allowed in the di-
rection of the general estimate of their im
portance. The consequence is that Clark
son and Huston are out against the Presi
dent's renomi nation.
Yet, in spite of their own demonstration
to the contrary, both Clarkson and Huston
uphold the theory that patronage strengthens
the party in power.
Gladys Evelyn, the young woman who
did not cet a verdict against William H. Hurl
berr, has appealed her case to the newspapers
in a tone that awakensapprehensions of au in
dention on her cart to attack the stage.
The Americus Club banquet last night
was undoubtedly one of the mosf successful ever
held by Pittsburg's m6st prominent Republi-'
can orcanizatlon. Some of the finostorators of
the party, under the influence of a hospitality
national in its fame, cave freely of their
choicest treasures in wit and wisdom. As a
thoroughly enjoyable -occasion It will long b'e
rerreinbercrt by all who had the pleasure to be
present. As a political gathering it will, no
doubt, be conducive of much good to the grand
old party to'which both guests and hosts owe
fealty. The club's banquets have come to be a
recocnized feature of every year In Republican
circles, and Pittsburg is proud that they are
held within her limits. At these gatherings
political bonds aro changed into ties of per
sonal friendship, and men working for ono
great object are brought closer to each other.
This is well.
Up to the latest ndvices the New York
detectives 'appear to have made tbe same
brilliant success at not discerning the Amer
ican "Ripper" as their despised brethren in
London.
The King of Gambia's diplomacy, which
consists in cutting off tbe ears and cheeks of
the British envoy, is likely to give that poten
tate an experience of international complica
tions in the shape of a British armed force.
The African monarch will in time learn to
sympathize with tbe Italian school of diplo
matists on tbe impolicy of too radical actions
in the diplomatic line.
And now the days of the Farmer's Alli
ance are numbered. Carter Harrison, of Chi
cago, is going to join the movement.
Foub hundred students of Columbia
i f" -iaifM "Eu.JHi3!Mii'i.i wummmssmiBgxasmMim i i n m iieppwbsjiw evijijii- tUKT JiiBBBR
THE
College raised such a row Id a New York
theater 'the other evening as' to drive the au
dience out of tbe house and break up tbe per
formance. College students of this class
would be much chagrined It told they are not
gentlemen. Bat when they adopt the oonducc
of rowdies and hoodlums they place the fact
beyond dispute. There is ground for the in
quiry why tbe police of that district did not
march the whole gang off to tbe station and
secure their conviction for disorderly conduct.
Educated rowdies should be treated just as the
ignorant kind are.
Ant hone" that Senator David B. Hill
will follow the example of Edmunds and
Reagan is destined to be vain. Davy is hot
constructed after that style of architecture. "
Russia's' Landsturro, or militia of the
econa r , Is to be reorganized, and the pa
pers take this step as another sign of coming
war. But the significance of such signs is de
teriorated by the fact that they never come to
actual fighting. Steps of this sort bear a strong
resemblance to the proceedings of. Mr. Snod
grass in "The Pickwick Papers." who com
menced to take off his coat very impressively
and announced he was going to do something,
but did not come to actual blows. At present
the impressive organization ot military forces
in Europe is in tbe nature ot a scare for the
other side.
Poor Anna Dickinson's display the
other night convicts those who took her out of
the insane asylum of a blunder which very
nearly attains the rank of an offense.
After one hundred and ten days, in
which little or nothing has been done by tbe
Legislature at Harrlsburg, the steering com-,
mlttee, if there is one, should be given a sharp
reminder that it is time to commence work,
Tbe gentleman at the helm should also bear in
mindthatif the business is steered the wrong
way it will make matters a little worse than if
nothing is done. Tbore are some bills that
should be passed promptly and others that
should be killed; but the prospects are far
from reassuring that the results will not be
just the opposite.
There is an intimation that ex-Commissioner
of Pensions Tanner and, ex-Treasurer
Huston are not at all displeased with the break
made by Foraker at Cincinnati.
The esteemed and staid Albany Journal
thinks the publication of reports concerning
Mary Anderson is "disgraceful journalism."
That the health of an actress whose fame is
cherished on both sides of the sea is a matter
in which the public has a legitimate interest
does not appear to this journalistic censor to
have any weight, and it denounces all that
has been published about her health as "a bun
dle of lies." Lying' is something which the
esteemed Journal considers proper only when
applied to its political opponents.
Thej Louisiana Supreme Court has de
cided a mandamus case in favor of the Louis
iana Lottery Company. Also the Dutch cap
tured Holland a long time ago.
The dramatic career of John L. Sullivan
reached its zenith In Cincinnati, when the pu
gilistic tragedian, appearing on the st&ga in a
normal condition of intoxication, was made the
target for an over-ripe orange by a boy in tbe
gallery. Whereupon tbe thesplan offered to
whip the whole house, and the house guyed the
artist clear off tbe stage. This incident teaches
that the pugilistic drama, when enlivened by
the cup that inebriates, develops sensations
not advertised in the lithographs or set down
in tbe bills.
Harrison made the greatest stump
speech of bis life in California. He talked to
admirers there from a stump 32 feet in diam
eter. Of course, after the need for it has passed,
the announcement is made that there Is plenty
of natural gas. The peculiarity of that vola
tile fuel is its abundance when it is not needed
and its scarcity when the need is imperative.
PEOPLE PARAGRAPHED.
King Humbert has2,000 blooded horses
in his three stables near Pisa.
Princess Alix, of Hesse-Darmstadt,
is tbe most beautiful unmarried royal girl in
all Europe.
Prof. Antonin Roche says in an in
terview that the late Earl Granville was the
best French pnpil be ever bad.
The Pope will give a life-biie statue of
himself to St. Mary's Church in Hanover for a
monument at the tomb of Dr. Windtborst,
Theodore Thomas is so well known as
a conductor that it is almost forgotten be is a
first-class violinist; but be still remains aware
of tbe fact
Mme. Michelet, the widow of the illus
trious historian, is editing the journal and let
ters of her husband, describing his journey to
Rome in 1830.
Schopenhauer's original manuscript
of the second volume of "Die Welt als SVille
und Vorstellung" Is for sale. Frankfort City
has offered 5400 for it.
The Bishop of Lichfield, England, has
started a crusade against what he calls "the
deformatiou and degradation" of graveyards
by the ornamentation of the graves with arti
ficial flowers.
Charles Dudley Warner's wife is a
fine musician, and one of the pleasantest rooms
in their charming bouse at Hartford is tbe
music room, with its grand piano and many
curios picked up In foreign lands.
The Turkish Sultan's kitchen costs the
empire $200,000 annually. The building ex
tends 150 feet on every side. The dishes are
sealed in tbe kitchen by no less a person than
Osman Pasha, tbe hero of Plevna, and are
unsealed in the Sultan's presence.
Postmaster General Wanamakee
is said to have received more flowers while the
Presidental train was passing through the
South than any other member of the party.
His mild manners, Sunday-school face and
high mural reputation seem to capture the fair
sex everywhere.
Mrs. KAte Chase's face is noticeable
for its lack of lines, while the countenances of
many omen, her junior by matfy years, are
beds of maps and wrinkles. She is, too, a
woman of more than an ordinary emotional
disposition, and who surely has bad variety of
experience such as' few women can boast.
THE Emperor of Russia will visit Fin
land this summer, and makes the? announce
ment with a profound indifference to tbe
Nihilists being given ample tune to stir him
up. He has expressed tbe opiniun that there
is more "fake" and imagination in the threats
of those people than meaning or courage.
The Princess Clotilde, widow of the late
Prince Napoleon, is one of tbe bravest women
known. In 1870. when all the members of the
imperial family fled, sne wrote .to -her father:
"I ought not to leave, still less to run away. It
is not for nothing that one has the honor to be
long to the house of Savoy, and it is not fitting
for me to leave Paris."
THE GBAHT MONUMENT.
The Gronnd Broken at Riverside Park
Amid Imposing Ceremonies.
New.York, April 27. The ceremonies of
beaking ground for the erection of a monu
ment to General Grant occurred in Riverside
Park to-day and were witnessed by thousands
of people.
Shortly after 1 o'clock the veterans began to
assemble. They were soon joined by General
O. O. Howard and a company, of infantry and a
battery of artillery. The navy was represented
by Admiral Brains and his Staff. Tbe veterans
aud the regulars under General Howard at
once took up a position forming a circle about
the mound.
After tbe preliminaries of the reception were
finished the members of tbe association and
their guests were escorted to a-larger platform
which had been erected near the mound, and
seats were provided for them. This platform
.accommodated about 1,000 people. On it were
seated the members of the Grant family, in
cluding Mrs. Nellie Grant bartoris, who re
cently arrived from England. After tbe sing
ing ot the "Star Spangled Banner" by a large
chorus under Silas G. Pratt, General Horace
Porter was introduced and delivered the ora
tion, which was a solendld. effort.
Tbe oration was followed by the singing of
"America" by the chorus and audience, and
the benediction closed the exercises.
PITTSBURG DISPATCH,
- ALLlANCjlOVMENT.
It Is 'Not Hurting the Democrats of the
South So Says Ex-Congressman Mul
drow Pan-Repahlican Congress The
Cash In the Treasury Vaults.
IFEOM X STAFF CORUESrONDENT.
Washington, April 27, One of the few
Southern visitors at tbe capital is ex-Congressman
Muldrow, of Mississippi, and he Is
full of information about the Alliance and
other political matters in his State. He said
this afternoon: "The Farmers' Allianco has
got a hand in everything down with us, and
there is a novel state ot things. They are
making a hard fight on Senator George, and it
is impossible to foresee what the result will be,
but I earnestly hope be won't be beaten.
"The Alliance movement is not going to hurt
the Democratic party in my section. They are
working within the party, and are trying to get
control of it They won't permit their Democ
racy to be 'questioned. New men may bo
brought to the front in the place of old ones,
but the party Itself will remain as it has been.
The third party movement will not amount to
anything with us.
"As to the feeling in Mississippi about the
Democratic nomination for the Presidency in
1802, personally I am in favor of the nomination
of Mr. Cleveland, and I rather think he will be
nominated. On everything but the money
question he has the sympathies of our people;
be is warmly admired. All through Mississippi,
however, there Is a strong sentiment in favor of
inflation. They want not only free coinage of
silver, but more paper money also. It, this
question Is settled in some way before tbe con
vention Mr. Cleveland, I believe, will certainly
be the nominee. If it is not settled before
then, there is of course a great uncertainty as
to the nomination."
Pan-Republican Congress.
Signore Carlo Car ocristi, who recently repre
sented the Republicans of Italy in the prelimi
nary meeting to organize tbe Pan-Republican
Congress which is to meet in 1802, is still in the
city. He is, a pronounced Republican, and
doesn't hesitate to express a fervent hltpe that
Italy will soon take her place in tbe line of tbe
great republics of the world: Speaking of the
Congress to-day, he said: "Among the mem
bers will be found some of tbe most advanced
thinkers of tbe the four divisions of our globe,
and people who are subjects of despotic, as
well as democratic governments, will join in
the consideration and promotion of those sub
jects that are calculated to foster those divine
rights of -freedom that wero conferred upon
man from the moment of his creation and the
dawn of human intellect
"When my lamented compatriot, Mazzlnl,
directed the sword of Garibaldi; when in tbe
very midst ot bis toil in behalf of Italy and
Europe, his own beloved country made him an
outcast, ne Daeame tno martyr ana cn&mpion
of Republicanism in Europe, but yet those no
ble ideas of which he was through life the ven
erable exponent, have not gone into oblivious
obscurity, but have grown from day to day,
until the timo Is near when tbe funeral knell
of another Kingdom will sound over the land
of Romulus and the home of Dante. Italy is
soon to add another republic to that grand
sisterhood, which, under the light of progress
and political evoiution. joins nation to nation
aud mau to man in harmony and peace.
Recognized by the Vatican.
"The progressive movewhich caused the
Vatican to assert its approval ol democratic
governments will do much to facilitate the suc
cess of the coming congress, and the Vatican
has at last done justice to that good and .holy
man. Father Lamenais, who sacrificed his
every interest to progressive Republican ideas.
The towering barriers that had placed Italy in
submissive slavery prior to 1818 have gradually
disappeared until that country now stands in
tbe sisterhood of nations, honored by all and
worthy of its ancient bistoryond traditions.
"I would like to see ber 30,000,000 added to
1S5. 000,000 people who alreadv live under demo
cratic forms of government, but the question
is. Has the time come when a Republican Gov
ernment could withstand the aggressions of in
ternational rupture, which the more ignorant
classes would stimulate? Monarchical Gov
ernments are necessities, and the liotrse of Sa
voy has done its work for the people nobly and
well, and in my reflections in reeard to Uepub
lican Italv, I can only say that Victor Emman
uel and Humbert deserve the love and esteem
of their people. We should not condemn the
good: yet it is but human to desire the better.
The object of the Republican Coneress will be
to establish more intimate relations between
nations, and to promote arbitration, and make
misunderstanding between Governments less
possible. It may also be a stepping-stone to the
federation of the 19 sister lepublicsof the
American continent, and the realization of a
co-operative policy among all republics."
Irrigation In the West.
Superintendent Porter, of tbe Census Bu
reau, to-day made public a bulletin on tbe sub
ject of Irrigation in New Mexico. It shows
that in that Territory, there are 3.085 farms that
are irrigated out of a total of 4,175, not includ
ing those ot the PueDlo Indians. The average'
size of the irrigated farm, or more strictly ot
those portions of farms on which irrigation is
practical, is 29.7 acres. The average first cost
of watertight is. So 58 per acre, and the average
cost of preparing the soil for cultivation, in
cluding tho price of the land. Is 512 96 per acre.
An estimate has .been made of the cost of
bringing the land from a wild state under cut
tlvatl n, excluding the cost of water, but In
cluding plowing, grubbing, cutting mesqulte.
fencing and leveling, or otherwise preparing
tbe ground for irrigation; this cost averages
$11 71 per acre.
Assuming tbe original pnrcbase price of tbe
land, not including tbe Mexican grants, to have
been SI 23 per acre, the cost of preparing the
ground.as above stated, is 210 17 per acre and tbe
first cost of water rieiit S3 5Sper acre, the entire
cast to the farmer has averaged SIS 54 per acre.
In comparison with this, the estimated present
value ot tbe irr.gatcd farms of the territory, in
cluding buildings fences and other improve
ments, is placed at an average ot 50 SS per acre,
showing an apparent profit, less cost of build
ings, of 32 41 peracra.
Comparing the average annual expense for
water. I 54 per acre, with the average annual
value of productions, which is 112 80 per acre,
it appears that tbe average annual return per
acre is 811 26. Tno per cent of the farmers of
the Territory own over one-fifth of the produc
tive land, excluding the non-irrigated areas,
and the remaining 98 per cent, of irrigators
cultivate farms whose average size is 21 acres.
The convention ot farmers which met at
Lancaster the other day andniseda row about
the negligence of internal revenue agents in
regard to oleomargerine and demanded tbe re
moval of Collector Martin, of Philadelphia,
the other day, on account of his failnre to keep
a keen oversight on manufacturers of and
dealers' in the tallow butter, has at least hid
tho effect to stir up the authorities at the
Treasury. CnmmUsioner Jla3on, of the Bureau
of Internal Revenues, says that the infractions
of tbe law are less frequent than in other parts
of the country and much less than in Pitts
burg. He has. however, instructed the col
lectors and agents all over the country to see
that the tax is carefully Collected and that no
guilty dealers escape.
Cash In the Treasury.
A reporter this afternoon asked Director of
tbe Mint Leech for an explanation of the state
ment made by him on Saturday that there was
an available cash balance of S238.000.000 in the
Treasury. Mr. Leech said: "I hold that the
Treasury owns some $253,000,000 of bard cash,
available for any legitimate expenses. The
money In the Treasury amounted to $751,000,
000 on the first of the month. This consists of
two classes that which the Government holds
as trustee and that which it owns. It cannot
consist of any other Kind of money. The gold
and silver certificates, amounting (including
currency certificates) to $493,000,000, represent
trust money; that is, the coin lias been de
posited by individuals and tbe Government has
issued a certificate to pay back the same upon
demand.
Possibly the fund of $5,000,000 placed with the
Treasurer by National Banks for keeping their
currency in good condition is trust money: but
as Congress just" ordered the money placed
here by National Banks for tbe retirement of
their circulation to be covered into the general
balance of the Treasury, it 'is difficult to con
ceive why this money is any more sacred. Thn
remainder ot the money in the Treasury, some
8258,000,000, is money which belongs to the
Government as absolutely as the Treasury
building to it.
Those notes are not silver money, as people
generally suppose. They are issued in tho
first instance in the purchase of silver bullion,
but as thoy come back into the Treasury are
reissued for all purposes, and are simply and
purely a new issue of the old greenback.
NO FEAR OE A WATER FAMINE.
The Big Pomps at Brilliant Steadily Gaining
on the Consumption.
Superintendent Wilcox, of the Bureau of
Water Supply and Distribution, has no fear of
a water famine, and says there is at present a
good supply in the Highland rcseivoirs. He
says the three engines now pumping are gain
ing at the rate of an inch a day over the daily
consumption, and an inch of water covering an
area as large as the big reservoirs means many
thousand gallons.
Within a few days No. 4 engine, which has
been off for a year waiting on special castings,
will be repaired and ready to pump water.
Then there will be a big reserve foroeesuffl.
cient to fill the reservoirs to tbe brim, if need
be, and tbe only possibility of a shortage of
water will be a breakdown of two or more ot
the big engines, or a break in one of the large
juains.
And He Forgets tho Stuffe.! Tropliet.
Kansas City Star. J
The Sun of New York Is maklng'such a pro
tracted and vigorous kick over the "wretched
fashion of nicknames" that It Is suspected that
Charles Anderson Dana must have been called
"Charley" up to a very late day.
TUESDAY, APKH7 28,
THE SUN OF TRUTH.
ft heosophy Held Up as That Shining Article
In Perfection.
'srnciAi, telk&bam to tub dispatch.'.
Boston. April 27. Tbe second day's sessions
of tbe Tbeosbpblcal Convention opened at Tre
mont Temple this morning in tbe presence ot
several hundred spac'ators. Alexander Fuller
ton, of New York, read a paper on "American
Theosopby and Its Relations to Other Religions
and Beliefs." He characterized various super
stitions of the Christian and other systems, as
well as theories as to astrological influences,
horoscopes, and visions, as fantastic mists,
which are being dispelled by the sun of truth,
as contained in theosophy.
in the absence of President Ramby, W. J.
Judge introduced SwamiBharaskanSaraswati,
tbe Hindu Theosophlst, and Treasurer of the
Rajah of JocJpor, whose immense red turban,
surmounting a mahogany complexion and
ebon hair and mustache, made him a conspicu
ously picturesque figure. He began by Te
citing several verses from one of bis own books
in Sanscrit. He then read in labored English
an interesting paper on the '"Vedlc Religions
and Theosophy From an Orientalist Stand
point," in which he laid particular emphasis on
the common origin of all tbe peoples of tbe
earth, and showed bow tbe religious thought of
the world had risen from the mother religion,
which came into the heart when life on this
earth began. At the close of his paper he
spoke for several minutes In Sanscrit in regard
to tbe narratives called tbe Puranas,
Mrs. Annie Besant then read a greeting from
the, recently formed European section of the
Tbeasophical Society. On tbe Continent the
greatest activity is manifested. In Sweden a
Scandinavian journal is published aud 20 mem
bers enrolled. Activity is also shown in Hol
land, Belgium, Spain and Greece. In France
there has been a most unfortunate develop
ment of psyehic instead of spiritual activity
among those opposed to the society, former
members who bad been expelled for practicing
alchemy, astrology and other trifling things
contrary to the spirit and truth of theosopby.
Supplementary to this formal report, Mrs.
Besant made a brief address. Brotherhood,
sbfsaid, is nota rnere phrase on the lips, but
an actual verity. -It is the spirit of every great
Instructor, like Buddha and Christ, who came
out into tbe world to teach it bow to live
aright. Poverty in tbe East was a very differ
ent thing from poverty in the West. Not
under Oriental skies may be found such slums
as stain tbe cities of London and New York.
Not in the East are millions of men and women
condemned to abject misery and crime.
The afternoon session was mainly occupied
by W. J. Judge in a long and rambling speech,
bitterly attacking women and condemning
their chief occupations as foolish and useless.
Dr. J. D. Buck, of 'Cincinnati, read a paper on
"The Secret Doctrine aud the Higher Evolu
tion of Han." The evening session was de
voted entirely to Mrs. Besanvs lecture on "The
Mission of Theosophy to the Western World."
This closed the convention.
BETTER HEALTH IN BOTH CITIES.
The Mortuary Reports Begin to Show a Vast
Decrease.
Four deaths were reported at tbe Bureau of
Health on Sunday and IS yesterday. Six of
these were caused by cerebro-spical meningitis
and none rom grip or pneumonia. For the
week ending Saturday night there were only
153 deaths. Of this number 20 were caused by
cerebrospinal meningitis, 14 by grip and 22 by
pneumonia.
Up to 6 o'clock last evening tbe total number
of deaths reported for the month of April was
747. This includes a number of still births.
The mortuary report of Allegheny for the past
week shows 71 deaths, 15 less than the week
previous.
A Real Philanthropist.
Chicago Tribune.
Mr. Rew has "raised" bis offer of a subscrip
tion for a municipal fuel gas plant to cure the
smoke nuisance in this city. He is now willing
to pay $25,000 into tbe fund for such a purpose
instead ot the $10,000 named by him a week or
two ago. It is fair to suppose from this that
"he means business."
Braclllan Trade Boom.
Jasper Cummins, of Selma, Ala., an attorney
and director in the Orange Belt Line Railway,
passed through the city yesterday. He says a
company has been formed at Mobile to build
ships for the Brazilian trade, which will boom
under the new treaty.
PEOPLE WHO COME AND 00.
George W. Yost, ot Bellaire, and F. J.
Park, of Wheeling, both glass manufacturers,
were in Pittsburg on business yesterday, stop
ping at tbe Monongahela House.
G.N.Rollin, of New York, superintending
the construction of the Braddock Electric Rail
way, was at tbe Hotel Duquesne yesterday,
Tbe road will be finished Jnl. 1-
John S. Barr, proprietor of the Pantall
Hotel, at Punxsutawney, formerly of the Red
Lion, of this city, was at tbe St. James yester
day. Superintendent Hutchinson, of the In
sano Asvlum at Dixmont, was in the citv yes
terday and left last night for Harrisburg.
Edgar Penney, manufacturer of artificial
ice machines at Waynesboro, Pa., was at the
Hotel Duquesne yesterday.
W. R. Mason, who has charge of the
Westingbouse interests at Chicago, was at the
Hotel Duquesne yesterday.
E. A. Kitzmiller, of P. DutF& Sons, left
last night for a trip to California, accompanied
by bis wife and daughter.
Thomas McNiernan,- a prominent citizen
and Councilman of Altoona, was in the, city
yesterday on business.
W. E. JlcQuiston, of Chicago, aud James
Henderson, of Sharon, iron manufacturers, are
at tbe Anderson. .
Major E. A. Montooth went to Harris
burg on tbe fast line last evening accompanied
by his sister.
James H. Lindsay.President of Allegheny
Select Council, arrived here yesterday from tbe
East.
H, C. Adams, a well-known coal man of
Philadelphia, was at the Duquesne last night.
J. M. Fox, Esq., a well-known attorney
of Foxburg, was in the city yesterday.
W. H. Cneu, a prominent iron dealer of
Indianapolis, is at the Schlosser.
Rev. Father Ward returned from a trip
East yesterday.
DEATHS OF A DAT.
J. N. Hetherington.
J. N. Hetherington, known as "Colonel"
Iletiicrington by most of the old residents of
Allegheny and Clarion counties, died this morn
Ins at tbe residence of bis son-in-law, tin Natchez
street, Mt. Washington. Re had been sufierlng
for some time from a combination of Jaundice
and heart trouble, and suddenly succumbed yes
terday. Hz. Hetherington was born In Clarion
county over W) yevs ao and grew up In that
county, being regarded in his jouthful days as
tho handsomest mau In Clmlcr: where he en
gaged In the iron business up to the time of tbe
Civil War breaking out. He was then considered
worth abont f-TO.OOO. lie married a daughter of
Judge Mscrs, who survives Mm, with two sons
living In Philadelphia, and a married daughter
in tlie'lhlrtv-seconil ward, Pittsburg. In 1861 he
enlisted in the Tblrty-seveiith Pennsylvania Vol
unteers (the Eighth Keservcs) as a First Lieuten
ant, ana rcsigneu uctouer w, iwi,
Oblturrry Notes.
Colonel Miqukl Lopez, who, It Is said, be
trayed Maximiliin to Juarez, Is dead.
General D. W. DAY, formerly Sergeant at
Arms of tho Ohio Senate, and an ex-soldier with
an enviable record, died at Columbus, O., yester
day. News was received eterdiy or tli c death on
Saturday In Paris of the lfev. Brother Patrick,
assistant to the buperior General of the Brothers
of the Christian Schools. During nearly half a
century he had been Identified with educational
Interests In America. .
John P. Rtan, ex-Postmaster of South Bethle
hem, Pa., died Sunday of cancer of the ',ongnc
aged 43. He was a leading Democratic politician
of Northampton county, lie was a brother of
the Kev. J. J . Kyan. of Amherst. Mass. He had
been unable to partake or solid food for over a
year.
1IK.J. B. KlSSLER, a native of Pennsylvania
and one of the most prominent divines of the
United Brethren Church, died yesterday at his
home In Wcstervllle, O., ased 70. His daughter,"
Mrs. L. Kiester, Is Secretary ot tho Women's
Missionary Hoard of the U. B. Church, and a son
Is a minister at Jit. Pleasant, Pa.
Elias S. Teret, well known In the vet in
early nays, died in Washington. D. C. , Saturday,
aged 84 years. During a long residence In Illinois
lip nriintleed law belure the Illinois and Indiana
courts. Among those with whom he was assocl- f
aiea at mis liuiu were Auniumu uiuvoui, o UQKB
David Davis, Senators Voorhees, McDonald and
Hannegan and others.
Dn. ADAM caul, the oldest practicing physi
cian in Southern Pennsylvania, died in Greencas
tic yesterday, aged 91 jeans. He had been in con
tinuous and active practice for 66 years, and had
attended tome of his patients up to within a few
days of his death. lie was born in lorlc county,
Pa,, giaduated In Baltimore, and practiced In
Greencastle daring the whole of his professional
career. During the Invasion of General Lee and
after the battle of Gettysnurg he atteuded as a
surgeon many of the wounded.
18$L
A PEEP. AT THE PLAY.
Theatricals a Little Weary Faust in a New
Disguise The Idyll of a Babe and a
Burglar Real Hones Aid ln'a Kidnap
ping Drama The Lighter Trifles at the
Theaters.
Tbe drama wilted before the hot wave yes
terday and audiences grew tbin. ltmay.be
that tbe season will pnt on a spurt yet before it
dies, but the theaters last night looked very
much as if tbe opoch ot 1890-91 were on its last
legs.
At tbe Duquesne Theater the four-act drama,
The Burglar," by Mr. Gus Thomas, was
chiefly notable for showing how a slender plot
may be stretched over a vast amount of talk
and tedious sentimentality. The dramatic epi
sode which was quite enough to make a pretty
and patbetlo curtain-raiser as "Editha's Bur
glar," is not sufficient foundation for a struc
ture four acts high. The story is too sad to be
so long-drawn out, and too prolix to be
poignantly pathetic. As in the smaller work
the chief charm of tbe play is the con
trast between tbe Innocence and trusting
confidence ot the child and the rude
rascalitv of ber burglariously inclined parent,
as exhibited in tbe third act. Mr. A. S. Llpman
-as the burglar, miltam Lewis, was strong and
natural even in an overwrought character, and
perhaps upset tbe proper trend of the Audi
ence's sympathy by bis superior art. Theloglc
of tbe drama and its moral purpose, and it
claims to have the latter, ate at odds all the
time, and the spectator finds himself caring
more for the bad,bold burglar than the vlrtuons
and somewhat wooden editor embodied
in Mr. L. A. Wagenbals. However,
the play is nicely acted as a whole
and Miss Helen Ottolengin Is a very attractive
though always unhappy heroine. A very
sweet child, with tbe loveliest mass of dark
nalr you'll find in a thousand, plays tbe Import
ant part of Eaitha in tho crucial scene: Miss
Gertie Homan is a little actress of very posi
tive ability, and what charms tbe play has is
very largely that of her personality. The play
is wen siageo.
Grand Opera House.
The ancient story oUFaust was presented by
Mr. Lewis Morrison at tbe Grand Opera House
last evening. Everybody knows that Mr. Mor
rison's Faust is the Faust of Mr. Henry Irving.
The plot, tbe words, and even the scenery, are
precisely similar. Even the famous Brocken
scene is modeled after that to which
the management of the Lyceum has
accustomed two worlds. But, it mnst
be owned, that Mr. Morrison's performance
is a very faithful oopy. Had it been original,
it might have been ridiculous. Its greatest
merit lies in the fact that It is an almost exact
duplicate of the original. With regard to the
dramatis persona of Mr. Morrison's piece, the
most that can be said is that it is satis
factory. We nave all beard 'the story
of Faust so often that ic is only neces
sary for the characters to suggest their
peculiarities. Nevertheless Mr. W. R.
Owen manages to Inject some suggestion of
originality into bis Faust; and Miss Florence
Roberts .is an admirably naive Marguerite.
Ot course tbe character of Mephisto Is the
backbone of the whole story. Mr. Lewis Mor
rison is entirely successful In bis rendition of
the part. He is not a kindly, but an excessively
cynical M'phisto. If he does not play accord
ing to the lines of Burns, he shows himself, a
close student of Goethe.
Tbe setting of Mr. Morrison's "Faust" is ad
mirable. Every stage trick is brought to bear
upon the hearing and eyesight, in order to con
vince tbe soul of the reality of what is being
played upon tbe stage. Tbe electrical effects
add a great deal to tbe spectacular side of the
play, upon which Mr, Morrison lays reat
stress, and tbe novelty of tho duel scene,
wherein tbe internal sword of Mephistopheles
plays the very dickens, with electric sparks to
boot, is startling.
Bijou Theater.
There Is sensation and to spare in "Eld
napped," the patent package of realism which
D. K. Hlggins and company opened for the
benefit of the public at the Bijou last night. It
is a drama of the modern sort, in which a
realistic.center-piece is framed with a few cart
loads of ' every-day police news. In this case
the pieces de resistance are a genuine
coupe and a patrol wagon, each drawn
by a pair of" real horses. About
these dramatic entities Mr. D. K. Hlggins ba s
constructed five acts of a familiar kind of fus
tian. "Burr Oaks" and "The Plunger," by
which Mr. Higgins has won bis standing as a
dramatist, are much the same sort. of stuff, and
If you have seen them you can make a very
good guess of the quality of "Kidnapped." The
nonnlar strength of the clay lies in its sensa
tionalism, of course, and there Is no denying
that "Kidnapped" conta'ins plenty of what the
unregenerate term "ginger." Mr. Hlg
gins presents beside the play a
somewhat original study of German
character, the most important one in the
piece, the Dutch dude, Louie MMnegold. It is
a clever and amusing creation. The company
is a veryvfair one. Miss Georgia Waldron, Miss
Dickie Delaro, and Messrs. Arthur Byron, Ben
Sackett anutseveral others deserving especial
praisp for conscientious wort. The patrol
wagon and tbe horses are quite equal to tbe
real thing, and just as thrilling to everyone
but the prisoners who ride in It, The play is
neatly put upon the stage.
May Festival Box Holders.
There was -an interesting little necromanti
seance in the parlors o! tbe Hotel Anderson
yesterday, apd Messrs. Henry Holdship and
Carl Retter did some pretty juggling with a
weather-beaten hat belonging to Mr. Roenigk
and a lot of little bits of paper. It was all for
the benefit of the May Festival. A large
number of ladies were there to see the per
formance, and tbey were deeply interested too,
every time Mr. Retter took a slip of paper
from the hat and Mr. Holdship announced
some well-known Pittsburg name for on tbe
paper slips were written the number of the
box drawn by the person whose name was
called simultaneously. As soon as a name and
a number were proclaimed, there was a rush
for the next room of the interested parties to
InMtft thn lmT nnnn lhn sheet which lav nnnn !
a table. It was a mildly exciting scene all tbe
way through, and when the end of the sub
scription list was reached it was found that
about SO boxes had been disposed of, to whom
tbe following list will disclose:
Mrs. D. A. Stewart, 87; Mrs. A. E,W. Painter,
71; Mrs. W. N. Frew. 9; Mrs. C. L. Magee, 701
Mrs. Joshua Rbflades 21; Mrs. William Carr.
7: Mrs. Percy F. Smith, 23; Mrs. E. M. Fer
truson, 89: Mrs. H. C. Frlck, 79; Mrs. Benjamin
Thaw, 76: Mrs. R. Johnston, Mrs. G. C. Bur
gwin, 16; Miss Bakewell, Mrs. Bakewell Phil
lips, 34; Mrs. Ch. Scaife, Mrs. Lewis Irwin, 91;
Miss McCreery, 73; Mrs. Josiah Cohen, 23;
Mrs. James Oliver, Mrs. A. T. Hamp
ton. 17; Mrs. R. McKnipht, Miss Denny, 14;
Mrs. W. W. Patrick, 91; Miss Olive Jones .and
Mrs. J. F. Wood, 27; Mrs. A. French, 75: Miss
Killikelly and Mrs. O. D. Thompson, 13; Mrs.
H. W. Oliver, 18; Mrs. Ch. J. Clark, S3: Mrs,
John J. Holme. 77; Mr. Carl Retter, 10; Mrs.
Reuben Miller. 15: Messrs. Joseph Home 4 Co..
25 (Messrs, Dnrbin Home and A. J. Burcb
fleld); Mrs. Andrew Fleming and Mrs. Wharton
McKnight, So; Mr. P. F. Smith, Mrs. George
Dilworth and Mrs. Walter McClint
ock. SO; Mrs. James McCrea and Mn.
M. K. Moorhead, 82; Mrs. J. tt Jackson, 74;
Mrs. Henry Holdship, 20; Mrs. Kirk Porter, 92;
Mrs. W. G. Park. 72; Mrs. Geo. Laughlin. 64;
Mrs. Wm. Thaw, 84; .Mrs. H. S. A. Stewart. 8S;
Mrs. Herbert Dupuy. SS: Mr. C B. Shea, 78: Mrs.
B. W. Vandergrift, 35; Mrs. Henry Fitzbngh,
66; Mrs. V. R. Proctor, 66; Mrs. Frank Sproul,
68; Mr. Ludwii Grosse. 33; Mr. W. Mulllns. 26;
Mrs. Robert Pitcairn. 90; Mrs. W. R. Holmes.
81: Mrs. A. M. Bvers, 19; Mr. A. C. McCtlluai.
29: Mr. Samuel Hamilton. 12: Messrs. Klebcr
Bros., 93: Mr. E. M. Hnkill, 36: Mrs. W. R.
Thompson. 86; Mr. D. P. Relghard, 42: .Messrs.
Home & Ward, 11; Mrs. R, H. Boggs,32;Mr. B.
F. Jones, 69.
Other Entertainments.
The double stage show at Harry Davis' Mu
seum seems to be a great card. In tbe curio
hall the Japanese fire queen and other at
tractions are offered, and on the large stage,
among other clever people, appear: Taggart
and Stewart, Louise Greland.and the Japanese
top-spinners.
Si Peekins, the comedy of the me'adow
land an,d tae farmyard, once more gladdened
the eyes of its many friends at Harry Will
iams' Academy yesterday. It is as laughable
and refreshing as ever, with a bit of new real
ism here and there added and not one of the
old features left out
Miss Cahteb, who has a hirsute growth on
her back that is not unlike a horse's mane, is
tbe chief curio in tbe World's Museum'. 8he
is certainly unique. A capital show is given in
the theater bv the talented members of tho
Fitz-ibbnn family, Ray Burton, a slack wire
walker and rifle shut, and the amusing May
and Billy Golden.
A NEW play, a Kentucky melodrama by Mi
ron Leffincwell, entitled "Blue Grass." is being
given to the patrons of the above bouse tbis
week. It is full of sensational incidents which
are made as much of as possible by a fairly
good company, headed by the author and
Ellena Lefflngwell, wno are good exponents of
the characters they portray.
A Johnstown Memorial Church.
-FrrciAL TXLianAM to tub DispATc:n.t
Johsstowx, April 27. Plans are about com
pleted for tbe dedication of St. Mark's Episco
pal Church hero on Flood Memorial Day, May
31. Tbe dedicatory sermon will be preached by
Bishop Dudley, o'f Kentucky, and a dozen
other ministers from other cities will take part
in the ceremonies. '
ARTISTIO AND SOCIAL.
Mr. Krehblel's Lecture and Other Interest
ing Events of Yesterday.
To those who are acquainted witb German
literature tbe apologetio defence of lyric
drama, written by Scbillers, to give a reason
for bis introduction of chorus and other sing
ing parts in his "Joan D'Arc," is familiar. No
one disputes his array of historical references
for what he has termed a revival of a means' of
exnresslne sentiment; and all who have read
his argument will agree that it is masterful in
reasoning and skilful employment of language.
H. E. Krehblel, of New York, who lectured
last evening beforo the Art Society, bad for his
subject "Origin and Nature ot Lyric Drama,"
and his manner of presenting his thoughts
upon the subject was that of a careful student
nf the classics and a master ot all that gave
force or color to a nroDer. trranhlc and graceful
interpretations the subject. Like Schiller,,
lie gavo in u.B urcvKs vteuiv A"t " ,u.aw,.
.tlon of lyric drama and its strong mark upon
tbe history of music plays, he attributed to the
work, thought and culture ot that nation
which gave to literature an Iliad and an Odyssy.
Enthusiasm of the Lecturer.
Like all students of the classics, whether in
literature, art or music, the lecturer spoke en
tbusastlcally of those periods, finding there
beauties little appreciated by schools of mod
ern practicality in things in general. As his
discourse was in itself an epitome ot the sub
ject treated covering a period of centuries
upon centuries any further condensation of
bis concise utterances would be but "reducing
to an absurdity" a most admirably well and
perfectly presented outline of a tbeme which
has required countless volumes to relate.
In the course of his talk be said that a cul
tured Greek would not have dared to sayhe
knewnothiug about music, for it was a great
component of his education. Their emotions
found expression through music in their re
ligion, their dramas and their poetical composi
tions. Tbe musical renditions of their
religious services, the lines of their plays and
their historical poems had method
other than mere entertainment. Memory was
assisted by the correlation of tbe musical
sounds and tbe words.
Lyric drama was a natural product, for all
emotions, whether of grief, joy or whatsoever
else, are associated witlj certain voice modula
tions, which are in themselves tbe germs ot
mnsical sounds expressive of tbe same sensa
tions in the human heart, and as.such tbey are
recognized by mod jrn science.
Tbe evolution ot the mdern lyric drama was
carefully traced from the Greek tragedy, trans
formed by the introduction of choruses or
voices- combined, or voices associated with In
struments, down to the Roman days of con
quest, and the degeneracy of tbe mnsical plays
to ballet presentations to the partial regenera
tion in the sixteenth century.
misconception of Wagner's Works.
He next made extended mention of Wag
ner's great regeneration of the lyric drama.
He deplored tbe popularidea of Wagner being
a bugaboo, and said it was entirely due to mis
conception of bis works. Wagner, be said,
was a "reformer of tbe opera, not of music gen
erally. He used music as an element of opera,
and in that sense only was a musical reformer.
His "art work of the future" will become more
valued and known as the lyric drama as an
art form becomes more and more appreciated
by the manv.
Mr. Krehblel illustrated his lecture by hav
ing music of different character and of differ
ent epochs sung by Mr. H. B. Brockett, Jr., and
Miss Bertha Kaderly, the accompanist being
Carl Retter. The song nnmbsrs were "A
Greek Ode -bv Pindar;" a chant from the
Koran; "Ah Hamelech a traditional Hebrew
melody," by Mr. Brockett, and a French1 chan
son from Halle's "Li Giens de Robin et de
Marlon," a scene from "Eurydice," and "Ari
adne's Lament," by Miss Kaderly, and a duet
from "Orfeo," by both singers.
The East End Young People's Societies of
Christian Endeavor are going to have a union
meeting and entertainment at the Shadyside
Presbyterian Church, this evening, at which
they will "remain a, few minutes and get
acquainted with each other after the enter
tainment," according to the programme. The
programme, as outlined, is very attractive.
An organ voluntary, by Prof. E. E. HefQey, 13
the initial number, tbe invocation and a vocal
solo, "Lenore," by Miss Ada Miller, follow.
Rev. R. S. Holmes, D. D., delivers tbe "Words
of Welcome," George M. Murphy, renders
"That Home of Mine," solo; "Associate
Members" are treated by Hamilton Stewart.
"Go, Pretty Rose," Is a duet by Misses Blanche
Mead and Ada Miller. Rev, R. M. Russell has
for a subject, "interdenominational Influence
of C. E.." and Edwin D. Bevier, "Pledge Obli
gations." "Mv Sweetheart When a Boy," a
tenor solo, will be rendered by T. J. Smith, and
Miss Amelia Fee will apnear as soloist in "An
swer" and "Good Night." Preceding the latter
number. Miss Katie i. Black win dilate upon
The Young People's Whatsoever Committee."
and Thomas A. Palmer will conduct the dues-
tlon box.
The Simpson Lyceum, a literary and mu
sical society of Christ M. E. Church, minus sor
did cash ambition, gave a very enjoyable enter
tainment at the church last evening. A lecture.
"Every Inch a Man," by Rev. Charles Edward
Locke, was the feature of tbe evening, comple
mented with recitations and musicand a season
of sociability. Of the musicians Miss Elizabeth
Carey, m "Scotch ballads," created a pleasing
impression, which was accentuated later by a
duet, "O May'3t Thou Dream ot Me," in which
Miss Carey appeared with her sister. Miss
Lilian W. A. McCutcheon renewed former
triumphs with a vocal solo, and Miss Ada Mil
ler, as accompanyist.'was all that could be de
sired. B. C. Taylor gave two recitations, "Old
Man and Jim" and "District School." On the
whole the evening was delightful.
The semi-monthly statement of the Pitts
burg Association for tbe Improvement of the
Poor shows tbe number of new applicants to be
12: number of families visited. 537; families
aided, 279; persons included, 1,064; visits made
to tbe poor, 769; visits made for the poor,
101; situations obtained for poor, 7; day's work
obtained, 55; children placed in Sabbath school,
2; children placed in public school, 7; children
til.inrrl in hosDital. 3. Groceries distributed
797 loaves of bread. 308 pounds of rice, 267
pounds oatmeal, 346 bars soap, 409 quarts of
cornmeal. Diet dispensary 147 pints beef
tea, 377 piuts milk, 81 pounds tea and 300
pounds sugar. Grocery orders. 354; bushels
coal distributed, i,Wo, and vu garments.
Bacon was ignored last evening, and Ignatius
Donnelly also, by the Utopia Circle, C. L. S. C,
which devoted the entire evening to eulogies of
Shakespeare, interspersed with vocal and In
strumental mnsic. The eulogies took various
forms, addresses, readings and declarations, all
doing honor to the doparted William. The
club met at the residence of Miss Laing. No. 16
Rose street, and the memorial meeting was a
great success, as a large representation of the
talented yonng people of the Hill compose the
Utopia."
Social Chatter.
Mr. H. E. Kbehbieij, who spoke so enter
tainingly aud instructively at the Academy last
evening on "Origin and Nature of the Lyric
Drama," will speak at the same place to-night
on "Richard Wagner and His Art Work," a
sequel to last cvenine's lecture.
MRS. Xourie and the Misses Laurie de
parted yesterday morning for Old Point Com
fort, where they will remain for some time.
Mrs. Lourie Is convalescing from an attack of
tbe grip, and the trip is for tbe benefit other
health.
Miss Agnes Hamilton gives tbe annual
reception of her dancing classes at Lafayette
Hall tbis evening. The dances this year are to
be uniquely pretty, and the children, as usual,
will be dressed like fairies.
Miss MiT Reed, daughter of Colonel Reed,
who has been studying voice culture in INew
York City, is home for a brief vacation.having,
in her own words, become "dreadfully home
sick." A tfAIH is in progress in the Opera House
for the benefit of tbe new SL Francis German
Catholic Church which will be erected on the
site purchased from the Carnegies.
THE Allegro Club will hold a select reception
in Braun's Dancing Academy Thursday even
ing. Gernert will furnish the music
The Lescallette Council No. 445, Jr. O. U. A.
M., gives a reception this eveniug at Odd Fel
lows' Hall, Sou'hside.
HADE A GOOD SHOWING.
Battery B Exhibits Its Training in the Spring
Inspection.
MajorFatterson, Brigade Inspector of the
Second Brigade. N. G. P., last night held the
regular spring inspection of Battery Bat the
armory in the old Fifth Avenue Market House.
Every member of tbe battery answered to ihe
roll call, and the drills with saber and cannon
wero cone through without a jar. A large
crowd witnessed the inspection. At its close
Major Patterson expressed himself as being
.very well pleased with the proficiency of the
men.
To-night Major Patterson will Inspect Com
pany E, Fourteenth Regiment, at its armory in
Allegheny, beginning at 8 o'clock.
An Innocent's Supposition.
Lewijton, Me., Journal.!
An Androscoggin representative tells tbis bit
of repartee at his own expense. He was urg
ing a bill before the legislative committee
week before last, aud bis Una ol argument was
rather apologetic He closed his speech with
this statement, "I don't see what harm it will
do anyway." The answer came from bis op
ponent like a flash: "But 1 thought legislation
was to do good,"
CDBI0US CONDENSATIONS.
Iowa produces more corn than any other
State la the Onion.
Experts claim that "boneless" codfish
is for tbe most part sturgeon.
Grip has just killed a Washington, D.
C colored woman aged 12S years.
More tharf' 8,000 wolves and 850 bear
have been killed in Bosnia since 1880.
A man in Laramie. Wyo.. has sued that
city for 5.000 damages for the killing of bis dog.
The Prophecy Investigation Society pre"
diets Britain's loss of England and India before
1803.
Metals are found to corrode much
faster when in galvanic connection than other
wise. Hannibal, Mo., warms its street cars
with electricity and lights its churches with
coal oil.
The Japanese administer the oath by
cutting the witness' finger and taking blood to
seal the swear.
Orange pie is something new, if we are
to credit what people say who have just rs
turned from Florida.
A barber on the Pacific coast recently
shaved, a man in 31K seconds. The best prev
ious record was 42 seconds.
It is a fact worthy of note that although
a woman may be elected school commissioner
in Missouri, she cannot vote for one.
Probably tbe rarest stamp in existence
has just been sold in London for 250. It is an
American S-cent stamp issued at Brattleboro,
Vt,, in 1810.
A 15-months-old Philadelphia baby,
who was endeavoring to emulate his father in
lighting and smoking a pipe, ignited his dress
and was fatally burned.
A scientist ha3 calculated that if the
motion of the earth were suddenly arrested the
temperature produced would be sufficient to
melt and even volatilize it.
Two-out of half a dozen fish frozen in a
bunch for many months and bought of a buck,
ster of Bucks county. Pa., thawed out tbe other
day and commenced to swim about.
A scientific investigator using the
method of the revolving mirror, has measured
tbe velocity of the electric discharge in vacuum,
and finds it to be about half the velocity of
light.
Watercress is said to contain very san
itary qualities.- A curious characteristic of it
is that if grown in a ferruginous stream It ab
sorbs five times the amount of iron that any
other plant does.
The historical gray coat of Napoleon L,
which was stolen from a museum, was found re
cently by tbe police in the Quartier da Temple
in Paris. An old clothes dealer bad giyeu tbe
thief 70 cents for it.
The want of absolute silence on tbe tel
ephone wires between London and Paris ii
thought to be due to an improper application
of the well-known twist system for preventing
Inductive disturbance.
A remarkable instance of local mag
netic disturbance due to the presence of mag
netic rocks was observed near Cossack, North
west Australia, where A steady deflection of
tne compass of 30 was recorded.
Since the ice age there is evidence, in
the fossil faunas and floras of marine deposits
and peat bogs, tbat Northwestern Europe has
experienced for some time a climate consider
ably warmer than that of the present day.
Preston county, W. "Va., has a some
thing that is half snake and half human. It
has the head of a snake and the body of a
man, but all Its characteristics are, those of a
reptile. One of Its peculiarities is that it will
not sleep without a light in the room. It is 23
years old, and its parents are well-to-do people.
It is a familiar and significant fact that
many skilled workmen take a creditable pnde
m their tools of trade, but it is not generally
known that even the laborious hodcarner has
much the same sentiment. Here and there the
observant man discovers a bod adorned witn
ribbons, and some houcarners keep a little
mirror in one end of the implement, partly for
ornament and partly for convenience when the,
"slicking up" time comes.
There is a widow in Atchison, Kan.,
who is thinking serionsly of marrying again.
But she is so afraid her first husband will be
offended that She visits his grave and prays to
him to forgive her. His grave has been better
attended to the last six months than ever be
fore. She has an idea that this attention will
Iore- aDe. Pa!
I conciliate mm.
Gathering chewine gum near St. John, J
N. R, at the present time is considered even
more profitable than anything else farmers'
sons can turn their hands to. The demand is
large and a high figure is assured. When it is
known tbat last year one druggist alone sold
200 pounds of spruce gum a fair idea of con
sumption and demand may be had. For a
really choice article, the price to the picker is
75 cents perpound.
The South Metropolitan Gas Company,
of Salisbury, England, is conceded to have the
largest gas holder ever constructed, and tbe
company is planning to build one even larger.
The one now in use is about 256 feet in diam
eter, by 180 feet high, and will contain over
8.000,000 cubic feet of gas. Tbe new holder
will have six lifts of 30 feet each, and the outer
lift will be 300 feet in diameter. Tbe capacity
of ibis holder will be about 12.000.000 cubic feet
of gas. It will be ready for use by OctoBerl,
1392.
A New York woman, reading a country
newspaper, saw an advertisement of an en
trancing bargain, offered in a Sixth avenue
shopping store. She went there, and the clerks
denied that tbe store contained any such goods
as she had read about. She was a long-headed
woman, so she wrote to a friend in the country
to order the good3 in question by mail. She got
them right away, and discovered what she had
not known before tnat these great stores drum
up a country trade by offers wholly different
.from those with which they tempt city folks.
A genius has received a pateqt for bis
automatic milker. An eccentric, three inches
in diameter, is attached to the cow's jaw. From
this leads a wire connecting with elastic nip
ples on the udder, each of which is fitted with
a valve, making it an air pump when in motion.
When the cow chews her cud tbe eccentric
revolves and the wire is worked back and forth
like a piston, creating suction in the nipples.
The milk as it is drawn runs into a bucket sus
pended below. The invention will relieve the
dairyman of much labor.
On Jupiter, which is a much larger and
heavier body than the earth, a man would
weigh about 484 pounds whose weight on the
earth would be 200 pounds. Tbis man would
weigh 218 pounds on Saturn. Coming to the
smaller bodies we find tbat be would weigh less
than on tbe earth. His 200 pounds would
shrink to 174 on Venus, to 92 on Mercury, to 60
on Mars and to 30 on the moon, while on tbe
little asteroids, or telescopic planets revolving
between Mars and Jupiter, his weight wonld be
from two to four pounds only. Tbe matter de
pends on the mass and attractive force of the
planet.
The Capitol dome at "Washington is tba
only considerable dome of iron in the world.
It is a vast hollow sphere weighing 8,000,300
pound'. How much is that? More than 4,000
tons, or almost the weight of 70.000 full-grown
persons, or about equal to 1,000 ladened coal
cars of four tons eacb. which, if strung out one
.behind the other, would occupy a mile and a
halt of track. On tbe very top of tbe dome the
allegorical figure "America," weighing 13.985
ponnds, lifts its proud bead high In air. The
pressure of tbis dome and figure upon the piers
and'pitlars is 14,477 pounds to the square foot.
'It would, however, require a pressure of 755,288
pounds to tbe square loot to crush the supports
of the dome. The cost of this immense dome
was a little short of Sl.000,000.
FTJHHY FELLOWS' TAJfCIES.
"Can you cook," he asked anxiously, ere
he popped the question.
"I don't know," she answered, "but I lean
trr."
".Not on me, " he rejoined, reaching for his bat.
ltw Xork Sun.
The wheelman dilates on the present bi
cycles, the historian on the gone-by eycles.-Bo-ton
Courier.
Tommy Papa, they say Jordan is a hard
roid to travel, don't they?
Papa Yes.
Jordan la a river, ain't lt'
"Yes.1
Then why don't they swim it." Texas SJW& . -ings.
7
Some "eat to live" they loudly cry;
lint from the pace they swallow pie.
And other food, promiscuously.
One would infer they eat to die. Puck.
"What do you do With tbat baseball
mask?"
by, Johnny is very bad sometimes, and the
only closet I have to shat hlin up In Is where the
preserve a are. 1 put the mask on blm with a lock,
and the preserves are safe. Harper's Bazar
'Cholly looks very happy in bis new
yachting suit."
"Does heJ To my eye he looxs rather blue."-
Keio IoH Press.
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