WmgEm w MfSflS1! TwywTW rw rV" M u THE PmeCBTOG DISPATCH, 'WBDftDAf, MAY 16, iSOi.'-' afflrliHrg igpafrlj. iM'Aiu.iMir.i) n:ismUY 1W0. Vol. , i. SI. -UiuVrrd at I'lllthtirg Portofllrc, mwwlK-rll, 1WT, ai wcouil-cls matter. Uusincss Office Corner Smitlificld and Diamond Streets. News Room1; and Publishing' House 78 and So Diamond Street, in New Dispatch Building. KASTI'.UN AlVr.ItTI"IXJ OFFICE, BOOM 21, TUUIUNElllUUtlXij. .Ni:V YOKK. wlie-nicom-lltoflUurTIIKltI,5l'AlCllaualnlHluuiil. 1'nrelgn ailvrrttsers aiiprt-rlitn tlm -ou nilcnf e. Homo ad itIImts ami rrif-ndu or 3'IIK DIW.ATU1I, while, la Ne Yuri, arc alo made welcome. T1IED1XPA TVII it regvlarlu an "' at Brenttmo's, 5 Ihittu tvmrr, AV Jiwl, and 17 Are Je I'Opmi, Vrfa. ilnuce, where unio.ie teho tut beta, dlmip 3inti at a hotel uctps tt'tixl rati Main it. Tiatsis or tub ihsiatcii. rOSTACE rSEC I THE CXITED STATES. Daily Disi'ATcn, OneYiar $SC0 Daily Dispatch, 1'er Quarter 2 00 Vailt Dispatch. One Month "0 Dailt Disr-ATCii, lniluJlnu Muidar, 1 year.. 10 00 Daily Dispatch. lucludlnsMinda), 3m'ths. :a Dailt Dlsi-ATCn. Including Sunday, 1 m'tU.. 90 bCSDAY DISPATCH. One Year 1M Weskly Dispatch, one Y.-ar 125 The Daily Dispitcii lsdellicml by carriers at 13 cents per wwl, or. Including; Sunday Edition, at 20 cents ier ireek. PITTSBURG, TUESDAY", MAT 12, 1S9L SMOKE CAX HE COXSTOIED. Tho Lailies' Health Protective Associa tion has been doing a good work in inves tigating; the practicability of smoke con sumption. The report of the committee having that work in charge demonstrates beyond question that it is practicable to relievo the city of smoke, while ako bring ing out the fact that much less is done iu that line than should be. The ladies of the committee have In spected two smoke-consuming plants in operation iu Allegheny, both of which accomplish a practical abolition of the nui-anca Different forms of stoker are used in these estab lishments. Both consume nearly all of the smoke, decrease the labor, and effect a saving in fuel and handling that will pay for their cost in two or three years. In both the lowest grades of coal are used with a virtual disappearance of the smoke from their chimneys. Here we have the most convincing evi dence that without tying the movement down to any particular apparatus it only requires a little energy and enterprise to permanently abolish the smoke nuisance threatening to return to the city. By the use of various appliances smoke can be consumed so as to keep our skies bright and our cities comparatively clean. A material saving can be effected in the cost of fuel, and an immense saving can be made by preventing damage to all sorts of property and the injury to health that were iuflicted by the old regime of dirt and darkness. With the ability thus shown to preserve the great blessings of light and cleanliness it will be a public crime to per mit the return of the smoke. The public-spirited ladies who are work ing to secure the consumption of the fcinolo should be aided and encouraged to keep on with their work until there is not asanoky chimney left in l'itUburg. rarKMEXci: with the lymph. The report made to the 2few York Academy of Medicine by the physicians Mho have been giving the lymph of Dr. Koch a full tet in practice does not bear out the-expectations aroiwd at the start At the same time, however, it shows that tho disco cry ! of far gi eater value than it opponent-, have allowed it It does in sure renewed life to all consumptives: it is mi ugent requiring the mot careful judg ment and expert knowledge in its admin istration. Much will depend, according to the leport, on the condition of the sub ject and the manner of its use; but when intelligently administered it may be of great valiu;. Dr. Abraham Jacob! is quot ed as declaring: "More has been accom plished by lymph than by any other rem edy for tuberciiloMcal diseases." All of which bear, out the opinion of The Dis patch that it wa-i wise neither to legard the dNeovory as an elixir of life, or to con demn it as worthless, until the careful tests of practical experience had deter mined its exact value. a i-alm: idea. A rather remarkable "victory" is re Xiorted in the case of Cadet Krue, of the Annapolis Naval Academy, who, having witnessed a fatal case of haziug, refused to testify concerning it and was dis charged. The idea that his fidelity to that code of school boy ethics which makes it honorable to shield evil-doers was com siaeadable, seems to have found such ac ceptance with the authorities that the Congnssinan from his district lias been permitted to reappoint him, and he suffers lio greater penalty tlian being set back two years in his course. Thus we find ac cepted by high authority the semi-barbarous theory that subordination, good order and the saf tj of life under the dis cipline of a naval school must be cast aside where it is necssary to .shield young sav ages fiom the penalty of their disorders and the punishment due to hazing with fatal results. It is the logical conclusion from this that Government officials and Congressmen aie as big fools as uaal cadets. THE nOER ISOOMEKS. The intelligence that tho Boers are mov ing to the extent of 20,000 to occupy the new teriitory of Mashonaland, which the British had ma Iced out as their own, is oc casioning decided distrust and displeasure in England. The fact that England liad induced Portugal to give up its claims on that territory makes it all the more dis gusting Uiat the Boers, with their wonted stolid coolness, should step in and occupy it The Boers are more uncomfortable an tagonists in such a dispute than the Portu guese. They have no seaports for British ironclads to overawe, and their pastoral jjoveniment is so simple that they entirely overlook the necessity of borrowing money from British financiers. On the South African plains 20,000 Boers determined to settle a new country and arc superior to any foice the British can 6end against tbcni. It looks as if the only satisfaction the English can get out of this case Is to remark on the similarity of their names to boors, and to speak of them, as tho Eng lish sind some of the American papers are kfiij as ''those greedy Boers." XVvcrthciess, we fail to sec that the Boers are much more greedy than other colonizing races. The similarity between the South African "trckkcrs" and the Okhthomt and Cherokee Strip boomers is principally instructive as showing that human nature is human naturo all tho world over. The fondness of the white ami, whether of Dutch or Anglo-Saxon extraction, when he finds a cibice bit of WfieB territory uuoccupled except by tho incon siderate parage, for settling down and enjoying It, has been exemplified by tho English themselves nil around tho world from Venezuela to the very territory whoro tho Boors, to modernize tho fcuilnUomv nro taking seizin. On tho whole. If 20,000 Boers enter, qc- cupy and cultivate Mnshonalantl, wo do not nro why that does not glvo thorn ast good a title us most of thoso by which ter-( rltory Is disposed of In Africa. If thoy aro ; compelled to make it good by means !m- liar to thoso they used to maintain Uio In- dependence of the Transvaal, they will ulso establish n further title which lias been respected In Europe from tlmo Imme- nioriai, namely, the right of tho strongest ritoor nttm xur. enemy. If any evidence had been lacking tliatf tho provisions of a genuine reform for tlioi becrecy of the ballot was dreaded by tuoi practical politicians, that class has taken, caro to furnish it There may have been some who doubted whether the practices by which votes aro Influenced either by corruption or Intimidation would been-) tlrely defeated under the provisions pre-l viously proposed. But the political jnnn-i agers who performed for the senate Com-! mittee the work of deforming ballot re-t form demonstrated their own recognition, of the fact that secrecy would destroy! their power to improperly Influence votes, by Inserting the following section into'. their measure of fraudulent reform: Section 27. If any voter declares to tlie Judge of election that for any. cause bo de bircs assistance in the preparation of his ballot ho shall bo permitted by the Judge of election to selecc a qualified voter of that. election district to aid him in tho prepara-i tion of lils ballot, such preparation being made in the voting compartment. Here the political workers confess their1 inability to stand up against a practically secret ballot By this loophole every pro-i vision of the bill tending to let the voter cast his ballot unwatched is reduced to a nullity. The voter who can be bought or scared into voting as the wire-workers dic tate will, of course, be required to take his guardian into, the compartment with him and to prepare his ballot under super vision. It was not enough to distort the measure into an attempted disfranchise ment of the independent voters. It was necessary in addition to defeat the whole intent of the measure by a clause which would leave the guardianship of the ward workers practically undisturbed. In this section the practical politicians at once confess the efficacy of the real re form and declare their intention of defeat ing it It remains to be seen what the people will say to the men who thus turn genuine reform measures into unblushing frauds, and who do not hesitate to repudi ate the pledges "of their own party plat forms. A VERT SAD CASE. The Chicago Times Is an esteemed co temporary, not the less interesting for the violent fits of free trade delirium into which it is thrown by the mention of any thing concerning Pittsburg. One of these aberrations is produced by the report of the way In which some persons tried to steal provisions from the ruins of the ware houses burned in the late fire. Its com ments indicato the extent to which unlim ited indulgence in free trade vices has wrecked what was evidently at one time a line intellect "This," exclaims the Times, "forms a terrible picture of the condition of affairs in the region most favored by the protect ive system." The horror with which the Times amplifies on this theme is calculated to produce the idea that no other city con? talus people who would help themselves to goods, damaged or otherwise, If they thought they could do so with impunity. Yet we seem to remember that there were plunderers at the Chicago fire who carried their ravages to such an extent that they were only restrained by troops. Even if this allegation were true, coherence on the part of the esteemed Times ought to be able to see that Its effort to paint the peo ple of Pittsburg as destitute and starving will, if successful, knock the consistency out of Its declaration that Pittsburg Is made prosperous at the expense of the rest of the country. But this is not the worst of our cotem porary's ravings. "To gloss the picture," it says "the benefits of cheap sugar will be brought forward." But the Times hastens to expose that deception with regard to "the sugar with which to sweeten the coffee they cannot buy except as it be saved in a damaged state from the ruins of the protected mills lately burned," and, to pile on the hardship says, "they may still buy sugar at 5 cents a pound, or, if they will pay DO cents for 25 cents' worth of tea, they may have their sugar for nothing." This is sad. Not the picture our co temporary draws, but the evidently dis tracted imagination which sacrifices mem ory and coherence in this case. Our dear but irresponsible cotemporary Is evidently laboring under the delusion that the people who get their sugar with the low duty charge of U cent per pound must pay high duty on the tea and coffee with which the sugar is used. The mental physician who restores it to sanity suffi ciently, to remember that the tea and coffee duties were abolished something like twenty years ago will earn Its warm est gratitude. TnE practical rejection by the Builders' Exchange of the attempt of Mr. McGuire to. reach a conference with a view to compro mising the wages dispute is hardly the isest course to attract public opinion. It is al ways good policy to hear what the other side has to say. The assumption of the atti tude of listening to nothing whatever will not increase public coufldence'in the disposi tion of the Builders' Kxchaugq to bo guided by l cason. At the snmo time the talk of tho other side about carpenters leaving the city does not seem especially discreet. Pittsburg is noted for pa ing good ages to labor iu the building trades, and where good wages are paid good workmen will also be found. lTfE have an idea that the members of tho Senate Elections Committee mistake tho people of this Commonwealth for idiotn," rental ks a Philadelphia exchange. Possibly; but it is equally probable that the politicians who fulfilled the ballot reform bill did not mistake when they made a class ification of much the same sort with regard to tho Senate Klcctious Committee. Tite victory of Pittsburg In urnlng out armor plate that cannot bo penetrated by any known projectiles can only be improved upon when our city turns out cannon and projectiles that will knock out the now armor plate. Mohell Mackenzie's article on the necessity of exorclso arouses the objection of the Boston Globe, that such advico is un necessary now, and thaf'tolay, tho danger, if any, is that we may carry tho muscular nnd athletic revival too far." This rovenlsa delusion on tho part of tho esteemed Globe, that sitting on tho bleach boards and watch ing professional nthlotes is exercise. Our "muscular1 revival" Is largely built on tho Shah of Persia's ndvleo to the Prince of .Wales about dancing, namely, paying nomo one to do it for us. The fact that Senator Quay has been calliiiff ou I'attlson arout.es the anj.l-1'uttlson IlnrrUburg Patriot to exclamations of alarm. As tho Ikitriot would not shod any tears If tho aouto Matthow Stanloy should provo too smart for tho flovornor, wo must concludo that Its porturbatlon Is duo to a fear that tho (lovomor will make tho Senator reform his political mothods. Tnn departure of Mrs. Frank Lesllo for London revives, the. dreadful apnrohcnslon that tho Marquis do Lonvllle will reAiino operations on bis duel advertising sobeino. ToucniNa tho giving of another civil scrvico reform banquet, tlio Washington iter sarcastically remarks: "Tho great Clit ncso Idea Is to rat and hold ofllce." Wo woro under tho impression that our friends tho practical politicians woro very emphatic on tho necessity of getting their political broad nml butter; and certainly tho reformers aro not the only ones who linvo bnou' holding )Olltlcal bouquets recontly. Tho policy of inculcating polltlcal'prlnclples by address ing tlio digestive apparatus: has been 'very general of late. Notwitostakdino all the ridicule which has been henped upon tho "campaign of education" 0 rover Cleveland last night declared for another one of tho sauioklnd, und, by tho Inference of an emphatio silence, w ith the same candidate. lie also Indicated lib ability to take advantage of new issues by an onslaught on tho billion dollar Con gress. President Balmaceda, If reports are verified, has Improved upon an apothegm of this republic by deciding that ho would lather stay alive than bo 1'resident, The encouraeement recently noted in The Dispatch for the hope that It would not be found necessary to transfer 100,000,ooo from the United States Treasury tbtlio swamps of Nicaragua is -onset -by. the re ported remark of Secretary Tracy: "We must either maintain two jiavies ono on -the Pacific coast and one on. the Atlantic or else we must bnild tho Nicaragua Canal." Supposing this to bo true, it is only necessary to state that $100,000,009 ought to furnish a very considerable navy for the Pacific coast. Thb Philadelphia Press observes that "the Congressional apportionment bill has raised the wrath of Republicans in some counties, and It is not to be wondered at." Is it possible that this phenomenal and In comprehensible Legislature is gerrymander ing tho State in favor of the Democrats? With regard to the late frosts, the coun try 13 beginning to cntert&in the idea that It was not so much of a freeze after all. The interference of women in govern mental matters has been Illustrated injCin cinnati. iIi-3. Taphorn, the mistress of a domicile on Wade street, summoned tho women to action. Under the leadership of that energetic female, who wielded her broom as if it were the battle-ax of Coeur de Lion, the previously malodorous street ;was promptly restored to a condition of cleanli ness. The female idea seems to be very strongly to the practical effect that the way to clean the streets is to clean tho streets. Ex-PEEsrDENT Hayes is selling thirteen eggs to the dozen. This is such an assault upon all the prevalent trust theories that General Hayes may expect to be put under the ban of the pools for the crime of making one of the necessaries of life too cheap. The situation at Meadville indicates the prevalence of a very independent sentiment in that town jnst atprescnt. Mme Blavatsky's distinctive charac teristics were her ability to smoke strong tobacco, swear like a trooper and found a religion that no one can understand, by per forming miracles of about the grade or the Indianjugglcrs. The greatness of humbug is demonstrated by the nssertlon that 0,000 people in this ago of Nineteenth century civilization mourn her as the- departed priestess of the religion of wisdom. ponrrs ok people. T. P. O'Connor is proud because his new London w'eekly started in with over $1,000 w orth of advertising. Joseph Jefferson and family have al ready occupied their summer homo ou tho shore of Buzzard's Bay. United States Minister Lincoln will at Buckingham Palace to-day present to the Qneen various American persons. Senator Wolcott thinks the next President of the United States will be a diligent student of the Western situation". Andrew Xano is devoted to golf and fishing. Tho distinguished writer confesses that "any young lady of 19 could give hliu points on novel-writing." Tsciiaikowsky, the Russian composer, has suddenly become one of the lions of society, but there is nothing composing in the composition of his name. Miss Stella M. Callon has been, ap pointed master in chancery of Vermillion county, 111. She is tho first woman to oc cupy that position in the State. B. L. FARJEON, the novelist, is an ex pert stenographer, lie carries a notebook with him at all times, and when an idea strikes him he Jots it down for futnro use. The Grand Duchess Stefanie is said to look surprisingly young not more than 20 and would be very handsome bnt for her in significant eyes, llor complexion is of rose leaf loveliness. Zia Bey, the Turkish Ambassador at Vienna, has established his harem in that city and has his five wives nnd a long retinue of servants to look nftcr when diplomatic w ork is not pressing too heavily upon him. Maxwell Evarts, the youngest of ex Senator William Evarts' sons, has only a slight resemblonee to his father, He is per haps 30 years old, below medium height, and of slender frame. As a lawyer ho is already coming Into prominence. The ex-Emperor of Brazil has been lin gering at Monte Carlo, nnd is said to be a regular attendant upon the magnificent con certs given there. Milan, of Scrvia, is ex pected there Shortly to Bpend his new mill ion w hioh tho regents of Servia have given him. Mr. Gladstone, having got. into corre spondence with Lady Florence Dbcio op the subject Of woman's suffrage, remarks diplo matically that it is a large question, and that if ho ever attempts to discuss it he will ap proach the subject in a serious and consid erate spirit. Private Secretary Halford, who is in London, wa asked a few days sinco whether President Harrison .was traveling around the country with Barnum's circus. He now thinks there are a good many things that the English people don't know as well as they should. AncnDCKE Albkecht, the hero of Mon tara, Xovara and Cnotozza, and Field Mar shal and Inspector General of the Austro Hungarian forces, is going to celebrate the twenty-fifth anniversary of his promotion to the Grand Cross of. the Military Maria The resa Order a very rare distinction. Tliis Will Apply Here. Parkersbnrg, (W. ,Y.) Sentinel. Suppress. tho people who think tho paved streets are a public garbage cart. HOW OHIO IS GECTINa OK. Tux measles has broke out in town. CW houn Courier, The girls are all ready for tho first picnic, i Lot Vebat Optic, ,lt D. Yow has been having his well worked on. Jbecoa Kews. As I write, vivid lightning is darting athwart tho canopy, indicative of ruin. Coosa River A'cwt. Sioan BnucE has taken seven very fine bluo cats off his trot Hho tdnco Saturday night. ybecoo A'civ). T. K. Lawsox has flvo kinds of cubbugo plants of new varieties, and throo kinds of tomatoes that have never boon ratsod iu this country; one of them is the tree kind, which grows 12 feet high, self-supporting, not requiring a stako or frnrno to hold It up; also egg plants. Toccoa yews A PARTISAN ADDRESS. O'roTcr Cleveland Opens n Dcinocratio Club House, and Dorlarcs for Another Campaign "or Jlducatlon An Attack Upon Public IMnunirauco and the 1)111 loi Dollar Congreiis, IIumalo, May iJ.-Kx-1'resldcnt Clovoland was tendered a non-partisan reception at tho Mayor's onieo shortly beforo noon, tho reception committee bolng composed of citi zens of all political preferences. To-night, howovor, ho was within party lines, and present at an occasion of a decidedly politi cal character. Oroat interest centered In tho opening of tho beantlful club houso of tho Clovoland Domooracy. At 7:30 In tho ovohlng tho Ho ceptlon Commlttco or tho Clovoland Democ racy escorted Mr. Cloveland to tho club houso. Admission to tho dedicatory oxor. clscs was by presentation or membership or invitation card at tho door. When tho ca pacity of tho hall was exhausted, It was necessary to closo tho doors until tho exor cises wero concluded. Immediately there after the doors wcro opened to non-mem-bors and tho pnbtlo generally for the. re ception. The ox-1'rosident's uddress upon this occasion was as follows: "Ma Pmssidekt and Gentlemen: , "As I stand for tho first time face, to. face with the Cleveland Democracy, I experience mingled emotions of responsibility and pride. My sense of responsibility arises from my relation to your organization as Us god father, nnd my pride from tho noble- manner In which you have borne my name. I ac knowledge your right torequlroof roc at this time an account of the manner in which I have kept the political faith to which you are devoted. This right grows out of tho fact that ?he word ''Democracy, " as it stands iu tho name of your organization, means so much and is so worthy of your care, that its significance should not be in the least clouded bv imv prefix which is not, in keeping with Demo-4 cratio alms and purposes; Jn giving an ac count of lay political behavior, I can only. viier v. rcuuru 01 political conuuee luminal' TO all my countrymen, tind supplement tills recordby tho declaration that 1 have done the best 1 could to deserve tho confidence In me which you have so gracefully manifested. For the character of the record thus pre sented, you yourselves are answerable with me for it has been made under the Influence and encouragement of the sentiments and doctrines which tho Cleveland Democracy have cultivated and enforced. When wo started together in political life and respon sibility. Tnni,niniVitnrt noml fiTl,fr. Hint. ntl. itics was something more than adroit Jug glery; that there was still such a thing us official duty and thatit niearit -obligation to me people; that the principles of our Gqv ernment were worthy of conscientious study and that tho doctrines of true Democracy, honestly and bravely enforced, promised the greatest good to all our countrymen and ex acted through the length and breadth of our land, impartial governmental caro and in discriminating J ustlce. A Reference to Last Fall's Victories. "Ton were not content to alow these truths to remain with you as mere idle beliefs. They supplied constant and aggressive mo tives for your political activity and were your inspiration as you wnt forth to do battle in the Democratic cause resting your hope of triumph upon an unwavering faith in the' thoughtful and well-informed intelli gence of the American people. Thus you were found doing valiant service in the campaign" or education. As the smoke of the last stubbornly fought battle cleared away, no Soldiers OU the lleld WfiTB fhnnrl anrrnrin.WI I by more trophies of victory than tho forces " i"u uarcianu democracy, surely your rewards are most abundant. You have not only aided in the advancement of the Democratic standard, but you have also contributed your full share in demonstrat ing that the people can be trusted when aroused to thoughtf ulness and dutv. "H i hen I suggest to you that much sturdy fighting still awaits all those enlisted in the Democratic ranks, I feel that I am speaking to veterans who havo no fear of hard campaigning: We maybe sure that unless we continue active, watchful warfare We Shall lose What wn linvn imlnerl tn tli. people's cause. Insidious .Schemes 'are started on every side to allude them to their undoing. Awakened to a sense of wrong nnd injustice, promises of redress and bene fit are held up to their sight, "like Dead Sea fruit that tempt the eye but turn to ashes on tho lips." The selfish and designing will not forego the stmgglo but will constantly seek to regain their vantage ground through tempting fallacies and plausiblo pretexts of friendliness. "I believe the most threatening figure which to-day stands in tho way of the safety of our Government and tho happiness of our people, is reckless nnd wicked extrav aganco In our public expenditures. It is th most fatal of nil the dcadly.brood born, of governmental perversion. It hides boneath Its wings the betroyul of tho pooplo's trust and holds powerless in its fascinating glance the pooplo's will and conscience. Attack on the Billion Dollar Congress. "It brazenly exhibits to-day a Billion Dollar Congress. But lately a largo surplus remained in tho people's publlo treasury after meeting all expenditures then by no means economical. This condition was presented to the American peoplo us posi tive proof that their burden of taxation was unjust because unnecessary; and yet while tne popular protest Is still heard, the harpy of public extravagance devours the surplus and impudently calls upon its staggering victims to bring still larger supplies within tho rcaoh of its insatiate appetite. -A few short years ago a pension roll amounting to $53,000,000 was willingly maintained. by our patriotic citizens. To-day publlo extrava gance decrees that three times that snul shall bo drawn fiom the people, upon the pretext that its expenditure represents the popular love of tho soldier. Not many years ago a river and harbor bill appropriating $11,000,000 gaVo rise to a loud popular protest. Kow-pnblio extravagance commands an ap propriation of $22,000,000 for tho same pur poses, and the people aro silent. To-day millions are paid for barefaced subsidv; and this Is approved or condoned at the behest of publlo extravagance, and thus a new marauder is turned loose, which In company with Its vicious tariff oartner. bears tiilfered benefit to tho households of favored selfish Interests. "We need not prolong the details. Turn where we will we see the advance of this de vouring and destructive creature. Our Dem ocratic faith teaches us that the useless ex action of money from tho people upon the false pretoxt of public necessity, is tho worst of all governmental perversions and in volves the greatest of all dangers to our guarantees of justice and equity. We need not unlearn this lesson to apprehend the fact that behind such exaction nnd as its source of existence, Is found public extrav agance. The axe will not be laid at the root of the unwholesome tariff tree with its vicious inequality and Injustice until wo reach and destroy its parent and support. But the growth of publio extravagance in these latter days, and its unconcealed and dreadful manifestations, force us to the con templation of other crimes, of which it is undoubtedly guilty, besides unjust exac tionsrom tho people. "Our government is so ordained that its life blood flows from the virtue and patriot ism of our people, and Itsliealth and strength depend upon tho integrity and faithfulness of their publlo servants. If these are de stroyed our government, If it endures, will endure only hi name, failing to bless thoso for whom it was created and falling In Its mission as an example to mankind. " EvHs of Public Extramgance. Public extravagance in its relation to Ini cqnitablo tariff laws, not only lays an unjust tribute nptm tho people, but Is respontible for unfair advantages bestowed upon special and favored interests as the price of partisan support. Thus the exerciso of the popular will for the benefit of tho country at largo is replaced by sordid and selfish motives di rected to personal advantage, while the en couragement of such motives In public place lor party enus, ucauens tne official con science. Public extravagance directly dis tributes gifts and gratuities among tho peo ple, whoso toleration of waste is thus secured or whose past party services aro thus com pensated, or who are thus bribed to future party -support. This makes tho continuance of partisan power a stronger motive nmonir public servunts thnn the faithful discharge of the people's trust, and sows the seeds of contagious corruption In tho body politic "But to my mind, tho saddest and most frightful result of pnbllo extravagance is seen In the readiness of tho masses of our Eeople, who are not dishonest but only eculess, to accustom themselves to that dereliction in publlo place w hlch it involves. .cviuenco is tnus luraisneu tunt our countrymen are iu uaugcr oi losing tho scrupulous Insistence uiion the faithful dis charge of duty on tho part of their publie servants, tho regard for economy nnd frugal lty which belongs to sturdy Americanism, tlio. independence which relies upon per sonnl endeavor und the lovo of tin honeit and well-regulated government, all of which Ho at tlio foundation of our freo Institutions. Have I overstated tho evils' and dangers with which tho growth of public extrava gance threatens us? Kvcry man who loves his country well enough to pauso and think of thoso things must know that I havo not. "Lot us, then, as wo push on in our cam pnlgn of education, especially impress upon our countrymen tno lesson -whloh tenches that public oxtravngaUco Is a deadly, dun-, gerous thingthat frugality a"ad CconoinVartf, honorable, that tho virtuo and watohfulncss of the poople aro tho surest safeguards against abuses In tholr Govornmont, and that thoso who profess to soryp tholr follow citizens In publlo placp must bo faithful to tholr trust. , THE COMING OHIO CAMPAIGN, One Point or View l'roin Which n Prom inent Democrat Look at the Content, SIT.CIAI, TJUKOItAM TO TUB DISPATCH. Colcmdus, May .-Congressman Thomas I Hunting, of the Thirty-third distrlot, Now York, was in consultation to-day with Gov ernor Campbell in relation to tho Ohio cam paign nnd Prosldoutol contest. After loav lng tho oxecutlvo chamber Mr. lluutlhg said: "I think the politicians In Now York havo nevor looked upon Ohio politics with more intense interest than at present. Upon tho Ohio olcotlon in Novombor, with MoKlnlny and Campbell as the gubernatorial candi dates, depends the deroat or triumph of Cleveland or Hllb Tho contest In Ohio this fall is to bo fought on the tariff Issue, as it could not bo othorwise wlthMohlnloy as tho llcpubllcan candidate. Whatever may bo said of the tariff views of Mr. Campbell, I will say that the Clovoland men are satisfied with lum, anu x express tuis opinion as a Cloveland man mysolf. If Governor Camp bell is ro-oleotod or even if ho receives the usual Domocratlo vote, Clevoland will be tho next Prcsidental candidate. If McKin ley sweeps the State David B. Hill will bo tlie standard, bearer of tho Democracy in ISM. Tho Clovoland men nllko realize this." BUBAL POtmOAl POINTS. YouNaDTowN, O., Telegram: Tho "seml ofllclal" editor of Frank Leslie's Weekly should bo suppressed. Cextkh Reporter: If the Democrats nomi nate Wherry for Governor next time, they Will certainly havo a wherry honest and competent man. Dayton, O.j Times: Tho statement that Quay intends to leave the Senate and be queath the ofllce to Congressman Bayne sounds somewhat sensational. HARniSBUKO Patriot: At the start this Leg islature made up what ono may by courtesy call Its mind to kill anti-discriinination and. ballot reform. It has smothered tho one and is now trying to murder tho other. AtToosA -Tribune: The Stnto Senate is confronted by a tremendous responsibility. If it means that the Republican party shall retain control of Pennsylvania it will poss the. Baker ballot reform bill, minus tho amendments' of the Philadelphia politicians. pAOKEnSBtiBG, W. Va., Sentinel: Pictures of Harrison and Blame were exhibited at an entertainment here last evening. ' Harri son's aroused no enthusiasm, and the exhib itor lectured the audience on their want of patriotism and requested them to applaud,' which they did in a perfunctory way. Shortly after, when tho picture of. Blaine wns displayed, the applause nearly lifted the roof off the building, and so, too, later on, when Cleveland's massive form was seen on the canvas. STATE BEPTOLICAN LEAGUE. Senator Robinson Announces Himself a Candidate for Its Presidency. Philadelphia, May 12. Senator John B, Robinson, just beforo boarding the St. Louis express for Harrisbnrg, yesterday afternoon, formally announced himself a candidate for President of the League- of Republican Clubs of Pennsylvania. In thus promptly taking-up the gauntlet, which friends of John Dalzell, of Pittsburg, boldly threw down tho other day in bring ing out their favorite to succeed Mayor Edwin Sydney Stuart at the head of tho State League of Clnbs, Senator Robinson toot tno initiative oi wnat nromises to no one of the most intercsttngandexclting politi cal names witnesseu in mis uommonweuitn for years. . A Chicago Belle Astray, Warren, (P.,-) Mirror. Judging from the steps and foot prints made on tho sidewalk, particularly thoso made on Hickory street crossing between the Carver house -and tho Citizens' Bank, there must havo been a giant In town last night. PEOPLE COMING AND GOING. General A. -J. Warner, of Marietta, and wife went to Now York last evening. He thinks free silver is gaining ground every day.and soon will have to be adopted to savo tlio country. Ho believes Governor Campbell will be renominated, but unless all tho fac tions are reunited ho will bo defeated. He claims harmonious Democraoy would knock out McKlnley, tiskis oxtremo tariff views aro not acceptable to tho poople. Ho thinks Senator Gorman is tho strongest man for President, mid if Cleveland is noininatedku will bo snowed undor. James II. Scott went to Philadelphia last evening to attend a meeting of tho Commis sion on Lunacy. Ho says thoy have a reo ord of 6,200 lnsano people in the Stuto, and tho number is much larger. Mr. Scott adds that insanity keeps paco in proportion to tho population, if it does not exceed It. Ii. V. Fuller, who is introducing a new stylo of account books which he culls safe guard, is at the Dnquesne. He is one of tho cleverest accountants in Baltimore. J. T. Gorsuch, the Zanesville glass man, Prof. J. C. White, of Morgantown, and Dr. J. M, Peobles, of Philadelphia, aro stopping at the Monongahela House. Richard H. Harris, a Denver banker, isscd throuzh the cltv vesterdav Erolnir passed through the city yesterday going home. Ho says a great silver lodo has been struck near Pueblo. Assistant 'Cashier Charles "Wray, of the Greenville National Bank, was in the city yesterday. Ho has great faith in the future of his town. President' Groetzinger, of 'the First Ger man National Bank, left for Chicago last night on the limited. - First Vice President James MeCrea, of the Pennsylvania Company, left for Chicago last evening. l. Mrs. Antania Mlelke, one of the May Fe! aival singers, lcglstcred at the JJuqnesno yesterday. Captain K. H. Xce, of Titnaville, regis tered at tho Duquenso yesterday afternoon. Miss Grace Kelly returned on the limited last evening from Atlantic City. George B. Hill was an eastern passenger last evening. Ed Godfrey left for New York last even ing. H. M. Bell, of Indiana, ii registered at tho Seventh Avenue Hotel. DEATHS HERE AND ELSEWHERE. It. W. Cunningham. E. "W. Cunningham, a leading business mau of New Castle, died yesterday. He Was Presi dent of the Beaver Valley Railroad and the New Castle Wire Nail Company, Vice President of tile National Bank of Lawrence comity, and Director or tlie era ford Iron and Steel Company. He was the lirst man In that part or the State tu enter the foundry Dtislucs", which he conducted lor many vears. He was alio a leader lu building the Cleve land und Mahoning Railroad, and was Identified with many Important imslucss ehterprUu. u estate Is worth Jt,OUO,U0O. Obituary Notes. REV. BOBEKT C. Cleburne, rector of the Epis copal Church of St. John, at New Orleans, died yesterday at that place. ALBEHT SAnoENT, ono of the oldest carriage manufacturers In the country, died Monday of piienmoula, aged 73, at Merrlmac, Mass.- TtrEODOKE TEALE. of Palcnvllle, N. Y., ft warm political friend of px-Pffsldrnt Arthur, died or heart failure In New York on Monday. General Lemuel Todd, ct-Cbngressman-at-Large, a lawyer and a leading Republican of South ern Pennsylvania, died lu CarUslu yesterday after a long lllnebt, aged 74 years. nx-CONonnBRMAX A. J. KdyKEndall died at Vienna, 111., Monday. He had served 14 years In the Illinois Legislature and had been a resident of Illinois for more than 00 ears. Lucas Ellsasseb, father orPaulineLallemaud, the prima donna. Is dead In Syracuse. He was a German, nnd had been in America since, boyhood. In early life he was a musician. Chables'Adaiis, prooably the oldest clrrtis per former and pantomlmlst hi the country, died at his homo In Paterson, N J Saturday. Ho was a natlo of Knglaud and SO ) cars old. Thomas O. Walker, ex-Judge or tho Orphans' Corn., of Carlisle, died or pneumonia Monday at his home In Hugerstown. He was 67 years old. Judge Walker was one of the best known lawyers In that section, and a noted philanthropist, KeV. C. V, Bl'iau, of Obcrlln, 0 died at Con stantinople Sunday morning. He was for many years principal of Maplcwood Seminary lit Vltt lield, Mass. lio a founder of tho "Spear Library" at Obcrlln, and a generous contributor to missions. ' (ifiV. bit. T. J. RXAFP, rnctorof St. Georgs' Episcopal Church of Kcw Orleans, died Monday. Dr.Kuapp was stricken Willi paralysis over a month ago, and novor recovered from the shock'. He was n nstiroof .New Jersey, was In his fistlr year, aud vru a. -pulpit- orator of lurco and brill-. inner, NEWS OF THE CAPITAL. Gcnoral Hooker Talks on tho Present Fight' in Plttsburx-Vlans of Congressman Dal-xrll-Tho Census nn Indobtcdnom-lllnlr Waiting rorn Place. rnoM a STArc conmtsroxDitNT. Washington, May lL-Onn-unnvd General Hookjr, tho Mississippi Hopresontatlvo, urrlvod In tho city to-day, gives somo Inter esting Information In regard to tho Senator ial contest In his State, , "Mississippi Is having rather a warm oxpe rlenoo Jnst now," said he this afternoon. "Tho political atmosphere is boated sevoral times hotter than It Is wont to bo heated bo cause each of half a dozen gentlemen bollove that he and he alone should succeed Senator Goorgo In tho Senate. Very naturally Mr. Georgo desires to succeed himself, and to tha end . ho is making many speeches and is otherwiso exerjlng himself, , Ills principal opponent is Colonel Barltsdale, who was orice In Corf- Sress and who ran against mo last year. Mr. arksdalo believes in tho Farmers' Alliance and the sub-Treasury Idea. Mr. Georgo does not. Ono of the consequences of this disa greement is a flood of argument, so tho peo ple generally cannot fall to be enlightened Bomevrnuc. xno finance, naturally, is with Mr. Barksdale, mid all its available force is being put forth in his" behalf, but the Alli ance is, Jnst now, as a, house divided against itself. Frank BurkCtt, the Alliance State lecturer, insists upon the constitutionality of tho sub-Treasury scheme, while W. I Mc Allister, who is tho assistant lecturer, says the sub-Treasury idea Is unconstitutional, and furthermore is very emphatic in his dec larations that the Alliance is not pledged to the sub-Treasury scheme anyhow. There seems to be a' general Impression abroad In the State that Senator Georgo will have the best of the argument. He is a flue constitu tional lawyer, trained in a good school, nnd thoroughly capable of expressing his iews in a popular manner." "who is Mississippi's Presldental favor ite?" "That Is too difficult to be hurriedly an swered. We havo a wealth of first-class ma terial available. It would not surprise me ir wo had to go to the West for our next nomi nee. Personally I think it would be a good and proper thing to do. How would Mor rison dor He is all we could look for. He argued for and fought for tariff reform long before there was any popular movement to aid him. He is a man of the highest integ rity, his character being absolutely unim peachable. I served with him in Congress lor several years and knew his worth. There are many other splendid men whom I might name, but ho is a shining example. I Wo could win with him." Tlie Census on Public Indebtedness. The Census Bureau has hi preparation h bulletin.upott the subject of forcign.natlonal, State and county indebtedness. The infor mation concerning the indebtedness ojf the foreign contries was furnished by thoproper administrative oniccrs of the several coun tries atthe request of the Census office for publication in reports of the eleventh census as preliminary to tlio statistics of tho indebt edness of this country. Only the totals of foreign Indebtedness are stated, but a great amount of interesting details concerning the dates of issue .and maturity of the several loans, the purposes and rate3 for which they were issued, their present commercial value and the kind and value of money In which they were negotiated has been compiled and will be published In the final reports of the eleventh census The indebtedness of the world for.1890 and 1880, as far as it has been nosslble to collect the data for the nrescnt bulletin, with the amount of increase or de crease, is as follows: Foreign nations, debt less sinking fund 1800, $2o,G36,075,840: 1880, $23,481,572,185. The United States 1890, $915,002,113; 1880, $1,922, 517,804. States nnd Territories 1890, $223,107, S83; 18S0, $290,3-0,643. Counties 1S30, $111,950, 815: 1880, $124,105,027. Relatively the burden of debt falls far heavier on the Inhabitants of tlie principal foreign countries, except those of Germany, than upon those of this country. France in 18S9 had a debt per capita of $11G 35, and It is understood that this does not include- cer tain annuities of an unstated, but great amount. Great Britain, though slowlv de creasing her debt, had a burden of $87 89 per capita; llnssta, $30 79;Austro-Hungary. $70 81; Belelum, $03 10: the Netherlands, $95 50, while that of the United States was but $14 C3, and of its indebtedness nearly ono hair was made up of non-interest bearing notes. While individual fluctuations in the amounts or indebtedness of tho 79 foreign nations reported have been consldorablo dur ing the decade, the aggregated indebtedness Bhowsbutllttlocliangecspeclallyif compared with tho increase of population. The publlo debt of tho United Statos shows n gratify ing decrease within tho lust ten ycurs, tho burden per capita having been reduced from $3S 33 in 1880 to $14(3 In 1890. Tho in debtedness of tho States and Territo ries has also decreased $G7,218,7G0 dur- the decado, reducing the per capita from $5 7D in 1880 to $3 60 in 1890. It should bo remombered, howover, that of tho total do crcaso of State debt as reported there has been scaled by refunding in somo of tho Southern States about $28,500,000. The in 'debtedness of the counties, though Increas ing somewhat within tho decade, has not kept pace with the increase of population and the per capita has been reduced from $2 47 In 1S80 to $2 27 in 1890. Aggregating the national. Stato and county indebtedness, the per capita shows a deorcaso from $40 59 iu 1880 to.$20 40 in 1990, or moro than one-half. Movements of Prominent Plttsbnrgers. Hon. John Dalzell expects this week to close his Congressional work here for the summer and lenve with his family for Pitts burg, possibly as soon as Thursday'. He has decided not to build Ills new homo on the lot purchasod by him some months nco on Xew IIumpsli.ro avenue, and will probably dis pose of that property and purchase and build In another locullty. Colonel Bayne has rented his fine dwelling tin Sinssachu sctts avenue to Mr. Emory Storcr, the suc cessor of Hon. Ben Butterworth from one of the Cincinnati districts. The Colonel nnd Mrs. Bayne will sail for Europe on the lltli of July on the steamer Gnscolgne. Colonel Stone, Colonel Bnyne's successor, has purchased for $20,000 a beautiful resi dence of medium size on Q street, between Seventeenth and Eighteenth, and will make mat nis resilience, uuring nis congressional career. Colonel Stone was In the city to-day and called with Colonel Bayne to see tho Supervising Architect of the Treasury in re gard to the site for the Allegheny postofllce, und received assurances that steps would be speedily taken to settle that vexing matter. It is probnblo that new bids w ill be asked. mr. )... j onnston, tueou uroKer, was hero to-day in the interests of himself and other Pittsburg parties to look at a largo piece of suburban property iu which an investment is contemplated. Blair Waiting Tor a Job. Ex-Senator Ulair, of New Hampshire, is still hovering about the Capitol, waiting the return of the President, that ho may get flxed-if posstblo for the Japanese mission. He refuses to talk of diplomatic mutters, but he is still enthusiastic for ono of. his many hobbies, which is the right or suffrage for citizens of tho District of Columbia. Speaking of the, prospects of Washington today, ho said: "How can Washington be improvedf .Give its inhabitants the right of suffrage; the right which is not denied an American citizen in any other place In this country. Until you folks here can vote there will be moro or less halting in the progress of the city. Hyou do not domand suffrage now tho tlmo will-come when your slackness will breed regret I mean when tho rings and great monopo lies that always oppress a peoplo whoso freedom is trammeled reach tho line of their, power, and when the oppressed will wreak fearful vengeance on the op pressors. What future Is thuro for an Amer ican In Washington, unless he be in the newsnanor business? Heal Americans will not mako this their homo until the ballot exists within your borders. What shall if prollt a uian it ne gain a resiuence m tvusn ftictnrt nnd lnsn the ffreatnstnrlvitpire known L.. . .. . ... . ... to an American Citizen? Just think of that a little, won't youT The subject mil bear thought:" A BB0XEN DOWN VOMAMO. IU Cones and Peaks Demolished and. Its Crater Fllllug With Lava. SAKjFnAHOisco, May 12. Prot- Brlgham, in a report to the surveyors concerning the ie cent brcaiv-uown m tno crater or the volcano of Kllnncu, in tho Sandwich Islnnds, says the fire area is gone. Peaks, cones and poIC3 havo vanished and in their place Is u pit crater of elliptical outline 2,5wby3,00u.feet In extent. The walls, ho says, wore perpendicular and auito impassable. It is estimated that their optli was COO feet,, The break-down is slightly ltir&or than that of 1880, aild differs In that after a lapse of threo w ceks tho molten lava has again appeared and tho crater is filling up rapidly A QUEEN'S ACT OF KINDNESS. Tlio Monarch of Hawaii Affectionately Greeted by Her Leper Buhjocts. SAW FitAxcisaVMay 12. An Inspection of tho leper settlement ufc Molokat by Quccu Lilliukolanl, of Hawaii, on tho 20th of April, was tlio occasion of an affect lona to greeting of Her Majesty by her unfortunate subjects confined thoro. Tho Queen expressed muoh sympathy for iholr condition. She was accompanied by 'rlncdKalalnunoOleahdsoo proinuient peo plo ft-orrHQaohjlu." - v & " THE PLEASURES OF SOCIETY, Opening or the May Festival-Some Wed dings and Other Matter. Ovorcoatsand fur wraps wore necessary attributes to n comfortable tollotto at the opening of tho May Festival last evening, and with fow executions tho vase audloilco was so costumed. On, entering tho hall many in met, almost every one discarded tnoir wraps, hut not for long. The festtvo draft that played hide and seek thronghont the hMI, up one ulslo'imd down anothor, In and out among the boxes, became entirely too familiar with the backs of heads and nocks, nnd as a shield against the untlcketed north pole guest, the wraps woro qntokly rcplaoea and collars turned up to tho highest notch. Some few unfortunates among the Wale persuasion, who in their desire to look pretty left their topcoats at home, during tho Intermission wero ont in the unused portion of tho hall, seeking vainly for steam During tho wrnpless period some elegant costumei were noticed both In the boxes and In the main floor, many having been uonnou ior tne urst time in Honor ui tne event. Full dress, however, was the excep tion, tasty, stylish street snlts and dainty little chapenux prevailing. Very few carrledi flowers, und fans, if any wore there, were discreetly kept in the background. The coolness permitted the display of some magnificent opera cloaks, from the high fur collars of which peeped forth radiantly beautiful faces of some of Pittsburg's prettiest- women. Society was well repre sented. The little folks in the Ridge Avenue Or phan Asylum never had a more enjoyable time than they did yesterday at tho celebra tion of tho fifty-eighth anniversary of the Home; and they never acquitted themselves jiioro creditably than thoy did in the literary and musical programme which they rendered as a part of the anniversary oxerclses. The chapel of tho Home, In which the exercises wero conducted, was radiant with lovely I flowers and the beaming faces or the children. A number of the lady lnanngors and their friends wero pres ent and officiated as a reception committee, doing service in receiving mid seating tho guests. The "Anniversary Song" with n chorns of nearly ICO childish voices opened the programme and a "May Song" followed. Little Joseph delivered the welcoming address, which waa followed by a class exercise. "A JlcrryGlrl" recitation by Maggie, and a song "Swiss Toy Girl" by j.uiie, Annie anu juamie camo next, -vuaic ing Calls" by Carrie, preceded a class song. "Beauty Everywhere." Helen recited "Charlotte Knsse, and Nettie, Alma and Llllle gave a "Fanny's Secret" dialogue. The class then rendered a song "Natalie," nnd Annie recitated "Foolish Maiden." "How Jlmmio Tended the Baby" was given by Emma, and "Memories of Galilee" sung by a class. The "New Clinrch Organ," by Sophie and a "Little Boy's Speech" by Fred, with a duet "warbling Waters" by Sophie and Garnet were the concluding nnmbers. The little Ferformers without exception were wonder nlly clover In their nnmbers and all were greeted with applause, one, however, Sophie eiss, with her clear, sweet voice created quite a furore by her singing and many Questions were naked reirardinir her. Kev. Dr. Satchell, of the .North Avenue M. E. Church, followed in an address to the children and by Saying that he had no sym pathy with the man who advised whipping a hoy whenever and wherever he was found for If he was not coming out of mischief he was going into it, created a general laugh and put himself on a sure footing with his vonthful listeners. After talkint a short tlmo Rev. Satchell.seated himself at- tno organ ana iainy eauanceu young anu old alike with a sympathetic, touching song J oi sacreu purport. Alio various reports o. tho officers were read, all of which were of a prosperous nature, and embodied in a pretty pamphlet report issued by the directors. The children's feast was the Joyful climax of the afternoon, and consisted Of cold meats, biscuits and butter, fruits of all kinds, cakes and Ice cream. The tables wore laid in tho various dining rooms, and wero tasty and neut. The matron of the home is Mrs. Josephine Northrop and thoofScere are: Mrs. Elizabeth McKnight, President; Mrs. Elizabeth Vankirk, Vice President: Mrs. H. B. Logan, Treasurer; Mrs. Lois J.Campbell. Treasurer. The managers are: Mrs. Mary A. Bninot, Mrs. Letitia Holmes, Mrs. Martha Albree, Mrs. C. A. Oudryj Mrs. J. W. Dalzell, Mrs. B. Wood. Mrs. Anna C. Kay, Mrs. Emma Stowe, Mrs. Anna W. Scott, Misses IL .B. Lothrpp, L. Forsythe, S. C. Campbell,Amella Grier, SI. II. Smith, S. Garrison. i The wedding of Miss Barbara A. Klesler, of Col well street, and Frank J. Kerrigan, the popular bookkeeper of the Western and Atlantlo Pipe Lines Company, was cele brated yesterday morning at 9 ojclock at the German Trinity Church. The ceremony was performed during the celebration of nuptial mass by tho ltev. Father Plus, assisted by Father Leo and a score of acolytes. The rlretty little chapel was bedeckeik with flowers and potted plants, and the altar was almost hidden behind rows of lilies, fan palms nnd tropical plants. The bride was exquisitely attired In u closoflttlngtravollng gown of heliotrope, and wore n corsage bouquet of JH'es or the valley. The brldemntd, Miss Mamie L. Dillon, a popular young lady of Beaver Falls, as very becom ingly attired in a suit of gray and wore a bouquet of white roses. The groom wns at tended by his brother, Mr. Josoph F. Kerri gan. Tlie bridnl pnrty entered to tho sounds of "Lohengrin's" march, and the 'responses to tho mass wero sung by Miss Lena. Schniid t, the church soprano, assisted by the chil dren's choir. Tho affair was strictly a cuuren weuuing, anu tne popularity vi tne yonng couplo as attested by thegreat num ber of frlonds present. After tho ceremony dinner was had at tho .HotelJSclllosser, and the happy couple left last evening amid a smmcrof rice and old shoes for a month's honeymoon. Cleveland, Clvicago, St. Louis and Cincinnati will bo visited. Tho young couple will be at home qn Tuesdays and Thursdays after June 1, nt their new resi dence, No. lMColwell street. A VEnv pretty May wedding will unite Miss May B. McKce, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas MeKee, of Belle avenue, Nun nery Hill, and Mr. Frapk Schram, of Seattle, Wash., formerly of Allegheny. Tho brido to be is quito young yet In her teens while her fianco is perhaps a dozen years her senior. The young lady possesses beauty and is highly accomplished. Mr. Schram has al wavsbeena personal friend of the family and nn admirer of Miss McKeo from her childhood. Since, going West he has been quite successful in business and amassed considerable wealth. He Is engaged ra tlie real estate business and Is also proprietor of one of Seattle's large hotels. The wedding will be celebrated at tho bride's home and thovonng couple will depart Immediately for Seattle. Tnu first strawberry festival of the season" will be given by the King's Children of Env ory M. E. Chnrcli next Friday .evening In the church lecture rooms, Penn nvenue.East End. An ice cream festival and n doll liuzanr will held In connection with the festlvnL The band is under tlio management of Miss Flora Holmes. The doll bnznar will bo under tho direction of Mrs. D. M. Watt, and Mrs. Charles W. Woolslalr and Mrs. F. W McKee will prcsido over tho candy and fancy tables respectively. Social Chatter. Toe Woman's Press Club meets next Sat urday at 3 r. M. A MC3tcu. and literary entertainment' wns given last evening in the Denny M, E. Church. The Microscopical Society hole an Fnter esting meeting in the Academy building last evening. A very instructive paper was rend by Chancellor Holland on the "Mouth Parts of Bntterflos." , The choir of St. James' Church, under the direction of Fred Gamble, will Rive a benefit concert this evening at the Guild room, cor ner of Sixteenth streot and Penn avenue. Prominent local talent win assist. The Ladles Anxillaly of the Allegheny Gei.crul Hospital ban presented tho Board nf Directors -n ith a memorial renncstimr tho discharge" of Miss Pntton, tho hend nurse, i 20 action nas ueen inwcn on tne mutter us yet but nn lnt estlgatlo.n Is In order. Titr. C. L. Gllderslcovo Pittsburg Concert Company.'gnTe nti entertainment last even ing In the Soutlislde Carson Street M. E. Cliurch. Prof. Weedcn, B. C, Taylor, C. K. Stewart, James Wood und Mby MlttlO Weedcn, with nn orchestra under the lead ership of T. Kirk, Jr., aro included in the coinjitiny. i Tun third and last of the scries of concerts given In tho Soutlislde Presbyterian Church will tako place to-morrow evening. Tho following well-known singers will ap pear: -Miss Grace illllor. Dr. J. E. Miller, Mr. D. J. Davies and Mr. D. M. Bullock. Miss Sadie Burnett will recite, nnd Prof. John Pritchard Will bo tho accompanist. Philip Armour's Son Weds. Nkiv Yonx, May 12. Ogdon Armour) son of Philip Armour, of Chicago, and Miss Tallin H. Sheldon, of Connecticut, wore married at tho Murray Hill Hotel hero to-day. Kev. Dr. Gongulcz, of Chicago, performed the cere mony, which was witnessed by a number of invited guests from Chicago. A Happy .Community. Chestcrvllle (W. V., News. ' Thoro aro three things our town excels In Pious men, truthful .women audi modest young ladles. CUR10USCONDENSAT10NS, An UriffHsh statistician estimate tht world's Indebtedness at $iro,000,000,00a A 'Gadsden county, Fldrltht, fanner' If only 3.1 years old, yet ho is tho proud father oi w nno, ncBiiny eniiuren. A colored woman 103 year old Is work ing daily in tho cotton flolds near Marshall vlllo, Ua., for 50 rents per day. A novel legol procedure the other day In New York was tho calling of a Juror from the box to testify for the dofonse. "Tho status of women in the United States" is nn optional study added to the course of theJUiiivorslty of Kansas. A sturgeon which weighed 378 pound was caught Wednesday In a nethotwees Castloton and New Baltimore, N. Y. A Viennese professor says that the fignro of the avorage. human male is muoh nearer porfoctlon than that of the female. --One. of the peculiar customs of the East Indian coolie's called Lascars is the putting ofu ring on tho great toe when they marry. The pastor of the German Lutheran Church at Hartford, Conn., has Jnst had his salary raised $180 a year solely becansd ho could drink lota of beer. A red fox guards the barnyard of a Butler county farmer and does the work well. Chickens and geese are perfectly sofa from, thieves when he is around. There Is now a character known u "Jack the dude kicker," who inhabits St. Louis. Ho has assaulted a dozen fancifully dressed young men during the past week. A resident of Minneapolis has fallen heir to three big fortunes, aU within the last 15 days. The) smallest of the three is more than $73,000, nnd all are from relatives totally unknown to the lucky man. A middle-aged Russian, who arrived the other day from Europe -onf the steamer Elbe, wore a long beard, one half of which was pure white and the other half brown. It was a strikingly curious sight. The English Parliament is about to past ' a hilt authorizing any one magistrate to' order a youth under IS years of age to he whipped. by a policeman if bo stole an apple from a tree, qr played at pltch-and-toss.. Oroville7 Ala., has a boneless boy. He ii i years old, weighs 23 or 30 pounds, cannot stand, as his bones seem to be Ilka soft rubber; bnt he can scratch the base of his head with his feet, or roll himself into ItbaU. --The recent cold snap makes an "Oldest Inhabitant" toll of the May of 18ia Ie fprmed an inch thick on river and streams. Birds and flowers were frozen. The-entlre corn crop was killqd. Frost, ice and snow extended Into Juno and all attempts to raise" vegetable products failed. , In the lime region on Guinea Hill, town of Coxsackle, N.T., there is a larfee stream, of water that flows throueh an underground cave, a distance Of about 12 miles. Tradition says that an Indian once went in.the "hole" for the purpose of making an exploration, and he fi "exploring" yet. " ' ' A new trade, which promises to reach extensive proportions, has sprung up lately in tho importation of butter from distune New Zealand. The butter Is found to keep perfectly sweet IT packed in quantities of 69" pounds and upward and kept at n tempera- ture not greater than 45 degrees. A Buffalo, N. Y., boy has broken two black cats to harness. Any one who has tried to break cats and teach them to stay 'between Shafts knows what a hard Job it Is, and the boy must have been extremely pa tient. He drives his pets in single as well a3 double harness up and down the street every day. Some interesting figures showing tho cost of some of the guns used in the British, hind and sea service aro furnished by a re cent parliamentary return. From this it ap pears that nine 13-lnch guns havo been is sued to the navy! at an average cost of $53,905. The 10-inch guns- cost $28,480 each, and the 6-inch 2,8i0. t The dwellers around Kegombo Lake, fnear Ceylon; .have .a curious method of .frightening ,nsn into tne net, wmen 13 neio by some of the men, while others wave long fringes of torn plantain leaves or cocoa- Salm, similar to thoso whloh are hung up as) oeorations.at any festival. The fish ihua alarmed J ump netwarda, A well-known actress who has been en toiir during the past season, bought a ntokel-in-ths-slot accident insurance poUoy for herself and for every member of he company every time she made e. Journey. Tho organization was a singularly luoky one, and the well-known actress reaped no) reward for her Outlay. Not a dramatlo bone was broken not a theatrical drop of blood hod. If we may trnst the scientists, the cave dwellors wore gloves. The word itself 'is so old that its roots go back to B' rimttlve language. "Handshoe" the ermans call it. Among the Greeks. Komans and Jews only dignitaries wore gloves. In feudal times land was held by tho glove tenure and faith pledged by the glove. The. Saxons sot up as glovemakers as early as the seventh century. The more the cigarette is legislated against the more its consumption Increases. The output of cigarettes throughout the country for the month of March amounted to 2M,501,S00, against 154,231,800 during the same month or- last venr. This shows the enormous increase of sct207,ono. The output of cigars throughout tho country for the month of March amounted to 33e,552,soo, against 330,450,093 during the same month of last your. These figures show but the slight increase of 6,098,207 In favor of Maroh of the current year. An important discovery of Bomon re mains has Just bcjn made in. Lincoln, England. In laying fs 'kb new water maia the workmen came tii a 10 bases of threo Doric columns, in nrf admirable state of preservation. These bases are in a straight line with the Shattered pillars' discovered in May, 1878, and correspond exactly with them in chnracter and arrangement. The new discovery proves that the building or which these columns formed the facaderinstead of presenting, as was thought, a six-columned portico of 70 feet in breadth to tno street, " must havo showed a colonnado of at least 11 columns, that number being already ac counted for, and extending to the length of 1C0 feet. A Freetown, Ky., man now at a St. Louis hotel tells a remarkablo story. He says that when ho was about 20 years of age, ho was an ardent sportsman and usedto frequent the woods about bis native village. One day he root a vast army of squirrels ad vancing straight toward liim, and he acci dentally trod on one and Killed it. The sight of their dead brother seemed to rouse tho fighting blood In the rest, and they swarmed nil over him, biting through his clothing and lacerating him terribly. He screamed lth" pain, and his doff, which was near by, came to his assistance; but before tho faith ful animal jrot within a dozen "yards of ltS master, ltjwas set upon by the maddened squirrels and torn to pieces. At last tho yotiugmaH managed to breakaway, and es caped with his life, though he was confined to Ills bed for weeks. DElIGHTFUl DBEFT. "Mercy met" said Miss" Passee; "I sin cerely hope they will not pass tlie law mating -day of eight hours." 'Whynott' Just think how rsphlly we shall age I Just three times as fust.' 'Harper't Hamr. "What beautiful cake Mrs. Brown makes!. Why, the frosting on the cake wo had this evening was so clear and glossy you coul actually. see your face In It." "Tlukt Is what one might call fooq fbr reflection, I suppose." Bottom Transcript. thb xrrrArH. . . Here rests his head upon the lap of earth, Arottth to rbrtnnc and to fame unknown. He took his flannels off k Inontll too soon. And so forth, etc. Washington Star. Lucy (the artistio) Music is rather a sclrfsli pursuit. It's so tiresome to haVe to listen to' some one die's plating. Now art Is different Mud (the cynlral)-Entlreljrt It's so perfectly delightful to hate to look at tome onS else's draw ing). Jftmwi' Wetkti. Millie I dont' mind marrying you, Clar encevbut I hato the Idea or giving up my (15-a-ireck Job at the store. Clarence Then don't give It up, dearest. I'll give up mine. I'm getting only flO.-OMcago TrUnAil. "How do you. spell whisky?" asked; th veteran, as he paused, pencil In tlie air In the midst df his itlrMtlve of hdw, iwcutr-sevrn years ago yesterdar, lie dlsrorcred haw that forbidden, ar ticle found Its way among the recruits at Fort Schuyler; "W-h-1-s-t-y, without the- , J' promptly re sponded the, moderator; and, thinking to eoufuse h veteran member, h added) ,-. "HoirdoYoudrlntlH" .Si With .V imleuj drawled the-teWi:i 1 wreiwif AUta. ? la- ' 1 -T,
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