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Vol. 45. 'o. US.-Entcred at Pittsburg Fostofflce,
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PITTSBUEG, TUESDAY, JUNE 2, 1891.
PITTSBURG'S PROSPERITY.
Figures published this morning show
that Pittsburg's business has increased in
a gratifying manner. Our merchants and
manufacturers have had a year of great
prosperity, and the people generally have
been barers therein. Pittsburg's claim of
being one of the most enterprising cities in
the country is upheld. This is but natural.
The home of a working class is always
prosperous, and there are" but few invol
untary idlers here.
The new directory also furnishes some
cause for rejoicing. "With nearly 27,000
people added to the community and the
large increase in business, Pittsburg's fut
ure promises to be even brighter than her
past
THE XTT LICENSE KATES.
There is an intimation in some quarters
that Governor Pattison will veto the bill
which increases the rates of liquor license.
.For this veto, if such indeed be contem
plated, there is no public demand. Expe
rience has shown that high license fees
add to the sense of responsibility among
those engaged in the retail liquor trade.
Their houses are better kept; there is more
regard for law and order. Further, those
cranted licenses under the Brooks law
have a highly valuable privilege from a
pecuniary point of view; and it is but f air
that they should pay proportionately for
it
Finally, so far as the city of Pittsburg is
concerned, its people will not he the less
ready to approve of the increased rates,
because nine-tenths of the proceeds, by
the new law, will travel into the city
treasury in place of the State coffers. With
the onerous burdens already laid upon
other forms of business and upon real es
tate in this municipality, the prospect of
relief- will be accepted complacently
enough. The Governor should sign the
bill. The new rates should have at least a
trial.
COMBINATION WITH INSOLVENCY.
There is a remarkable example of the
corporate passion for suppressing compe
tition in the recently disclosed attempt of
the Pennsylvania Railroad to gobble the
"Heading. It presents the case of a great
corporation so bitterly inimical to compe
tition that it would rather saddle itself
with the burden of an insolvent corpora
tion than permit a healthy growth of busi
ness under competition.
The Pennsylvania Railroad is a solvent
corporation. Its prosperity has largely
been won under competition; although it
has always bitterly fought the introduction
of that influence in Pennsylvania. It
tried to prevent new roads from reaching
Pittsburg, but the growth of business
caused by competing railroads actually
increased the total of its traffic.
The Beading is a corporation which can
not even earn the interest on its debt Tet
it now appears that, untaught by experi
ence, the Pennsylvania Railroad would
rather saddle its prosperity by an amalga
mation with the Reading's insolvency,
which latter was produced by the policy
of monopoly, than meet such a competi
tion as would increase the total business
of Pennsylvania and thus contribute to the
earnings of the solvent corporation more
than it would take away.
It is this stupid crusade after the sup
pression of competition that Is the really
weak point of an otherwise well-managed
and great corporation like the Pennsyl
vania Railroad. Its theory that no rail
road must bring competition to the Pennsyl
vania leads it to disregard its own interests
as well as the fundamental law of the
State.
DANGER UtOM TAINTED FOOD.
The inquest on the victims of smoked
sturgeon, concluded yesterday, showed
that fish are handled very carelessly. If
the same care that is taken with other ani
mal foods had been taken with the stur
geon, those who ate it would not have
been poisoned, is the meaning of the ver
dicts. The theory of poison from creosote
was abandoned, and death was traced to
the condition of the fish before it was
smoked. This, which is In accordance
with the evidence, will call attention to
the necessity of watchfulness on the part
of all who sell and eat fish. Too much
care cannot be exercised in this direction.
Of course, it is only the unscrupulous
dealer who will knowingly sell tainted
food; but, unfortunately, there are too
many such. It is not believed that the
local dealers concerned in the sturgeon
case belong to this class. The inquest
only showed that more care should have
been used, and that close inspection is the
only guarantee of safety.
A SPECIMEN 30SKETKESENTATION.
The disposition, through ignorance or
worse, to misrepresent the inter-State
commerce law is putting itself Into activ
ity again. The Philadelphia Bulletin af
fords an illustration in the following as
sertion: The Inter-State Commerce TComnilsslen is
011 trial ng-iin. It has no pom cr to enforce
Its. Iccreo 11 the celebrated ease of Coze
Bros. A, Co. against the Lehigh Valley Bail
road, and has appealed to the United States
Circuit Court to compel the railroad com
pany to obev It, which the company declines
to do. How far the court -will comply or
m hat action it trill take In the matter Is
problematical. Thore seems to bo no law
and no precedent on the subject.
This exhibits a remarkable suppression
of the fact that in the application to the
United States courts the Commission is
taking the means of enforcement spe
cihcaily prescribed. The assertion that
"there seems to be no law or precedent on
the subject" amounts to positive misstate
ment, as the sixteenth section of the act
directly provides for the summary hearing
of tb application by the Circuit courts,
and a mandatory order after a hearing in
which the report of the Commission shall
be prima facie evidence. The Idea of the
corporations and their organs that a law
which they choose to ignore does not exist
is remarkably exemplified by this state
ment The Commission is fairly subject to
criticism because it has not sooner brought
to a test the all-important question whether
great corporations are to obey the law or
not But to assert that there is no law
for the method of enforcement is a shining
example of that shallow but industrious
misrepresentation kept up by the cor
porate organs.
ENGLAND'S SCAXDAL.
The celebrated trial which began yester
day in London over the baccarat dispute
between Sir William Gordon-Cummlng
and his late friends is a remarkable ex
posure of the morals of England's alleged
aristocracy. It can hardly fail to have a
great effect on the minds of thinking
people who are not blinded by the worship
of royalty and class distinction.
As regards the practical effect, it cannot
make much difference whether the verdict
Is for one side or the other. Itmaymake
more difference whether the trial brings
out further scandals concerning the
private relations of the heir-expectant
of the throne. But the
conceded facts are sufficient The
spectacle of what are deemed the
highest classes the intimates of the future
king of a great empire spending social
hours in pure gambling and dragging their
quarrels into court is the most Impressive
proof that the morals of courts and aris
tocracies at the close of the Nineteenth
century have not improved since the close
of the Seventeenth.
These are the surroundings of the
son of the most exemplary queen
England has ever had. All the
influences of careful training could
not prevent him from surrounding him
self with a circle In which gambling is the
most innocent "amusement Can any En
glishman, with this case under the eyes of
the whole nation, retain the idea that
royalty or aristocracy can be placed above
corrupt or vicious Influences? Unless En
glish society is ready to accept the princi
ple that morality is mere conventionality
the present scandal must give the cause of
royalty a shock from which it cannot sur
vive long after the death of "Victoria.
But it is quite possible that the world is
willing to accept the theory that virtue
and strict morals are impracticable ideali
ties. The present case leaves little doubt
that the fashionable and aristocratic circles
of English society have fully adopted that
very broad-gauged view of life.
BOCIALISM YS DEMOCRACY.
A report of a lecture by Mr. Laurence
Gronlund on "The Socialist Ideal" gives
this definition: "The Socialist common
wealth is that in which the lowly, the mis
erable and the Ignorant are raised up."
Taking this as the ideal statement of a
theoretic Socialist, we can accept it as the
most favorable view, and set in opposition
to it the purpose of the democratic com
monwealthto offer to the lowly, the ig
norant and the miserable the chance to
raise themselves up.
The difference between 'the socialist
theories which Mr. Gronlund is careful
to distinguish from the anarchistic and
the democratic is further empha
sized by his declaration that "industrial-arbitration
must be made com
pulsory," Socialism treats the working
classes like children and places them wi
der the tutelage of the Government, which,
of course, means the professional politi
cians. Democracy treats them like grown
persons; requires them to rise by learning
to care for themselves; and gives them the
widest liberty of action so long as they do
not attack the personal or property rights
of others. The theory which underlies
the whole framework of democratic econ
omy is that if everyone has an equal
chance in education before the law, and in
the work of commerce, those who best im
prove these chances will outstrip the neg
ligent or persistently ignorant This
phase of the competitive system has been
attacked by the socialist cult as being "the
survival of the fittest" But this compels
the retort that the socialist theory is to se
cure the survival of the unfittest
It is pertinent to say that the democratic
theory we have outlined has nothing in
common with the existence of privileged
classes, either such as come down from
feudal times or as have arisen under 'the
modern system. It Is the existence of
privilege in trade as well as before the
laws that gives vitality to socialism. But
the real cure does not lie in the adoption
of the socialist system, but In the enforce
ment of the principles on which this Gov
ernment is founded.
THE CLOTHES CRITERION.
Some esteemed cotemporarles of the
organic stamp are disposed to make much
Of the fact that a large share of the dele
gates to the Third Party Convention were
not strictly in line with the fashions of
the day in attire. The New York Sun
quotes from a letter by a Beliamyite dele
gate to the effect that: "In the Kansas
delegation it is said that there were but
sixteen cravats though I jonly counted
twelve.'" As there were 407 Kansas
delegates, the Sun concludes the percent
age of cravats was less than four. That
journal thinks:
It would bo more expressive of freedom
and the proudresolve to cost off the shackles
ofacapitalisticandmonopolisticcivilization,
if the Kansas Grangers discarded the collar
as well as the cravat, and bared to tho
thrilled gaze of the quaking Eastthe brawny
necks upon which the usurer and the mort
gagee no longer aro to be allowed to plant
their iron heels; but obviously these dis
tinctions are a matter of taste, and every
party shonld be f reo to choose its own badge.
The sarcasm of the highly tailored East
at this shortcoming in the haberdashery
line attains a more utter scorn because the
word "cravat" is to be taken In its most
inclusive sense. The Westerners did not
hold themselves up to the disdain of the
well-dressed only by failing to wear
that modern, product which disgusted
Chinese laundrymen refer to as "double
bleasted neckties." The disciple of Bel
lamy who reports on this important mat
ter declares: "They wore no neckties of
any sort, political or otherwise."
That point is important, of course, but
seems less Important when we come to
consider past experience, because it points
out that when a new movement is sneered
at on the sartorial standard, the laugh is
likely at last to bo against the sneerers.
The Roundheads of the- English Civil
War were an extremely uncouth
and unfashionable set The embat
tled farmers at Lexington were not
only destitute of neckwear but of coats.
The Sun refers to the fact that
the French Revolution was carried out by
a class which was jeered at as destitute of
a much more essential article of dress than
the cravat Rut tho memory of what tho
tan culottes were able to do with those
who sneered at them does not restrain our
brilliant co temporary from tuTning-npits
nose at the Third Party men for the lack of
an article deemed absolutely necessary by
the "gents' furnishing goods" trade.
Of course tho criticism of the Cravatless
Convention is based on the- assumption
that people who do not wear cravats can
not be expected to have, correct ideas of
.economic questions. The logic of that as
sumption is decidedly halting. It is true
that the delegates who went without
cravats have some very wild economic
theories; but it has never yet been demon
strated that the cravat would Inculcate
more accurate ones. The corporation
managers of the East are eminently
correct In their neckwear; but they
manuiacture economic nonsense 10 mo
effect that competition Tnust be abolished
in the Interest of tho wealthy classes a
more vicious economic untruth than any
of the farmers have been guilty of. The
speculators of Wall street are verywell
dressed gentlemen; hut they are as ready
to preach the doctrine that the-Treasury
must turn out money to aid their especial
interest as any soft-money, sub-treasury
lunatic.
All economic or political wisdom is not
bound up in cravats; nor is the force of
a popular movement to be measured by its
accuracy In dress. But those who raise
those standards arelikely to find that its
most cogent application is in the conclu
sion that they themselves are only able to
view public questions from the haber
dashery platform.
THE WISDOM OF EXPERIENCE.
In yesterday's Dispatch State Treas
urer Boyer Is reported to have intimated
that Ms office was not a very pleasant one
to hold at present This is because it is
charged with the responsibility for
55,500,000 deposited In 31 banks through
out the State.
It Is true that the custodian of money
disposed of in that manner does not oc
cupy an altogether pleasant position. It
is also a fact that the State funds are
swelled at present to an unusual degree
by the payment of the 51,500,000 directjax
refund. It does not make this position
any the more satisfactory that this increase
of State deposits has been largely offset by
the fatalities which have followed some
banks holding State funds. The lot of the
State Treasurer, under these circum
stances, is not a happy one.
But Mr. Boyer in complaining of these
responsibilities should not forget that there
have been those who proposed to lessen
them. No longer ago than last fall it was
made a campaign issue that the greater
part of the State funds should be Invested
In securities which would at once bear
interest, and be less liable to take wings
and fly away. This was urged on the
ground of both law and good policy. Sin
gular as It may seem the State Treasurer
was among those who pooh-poohed this
argument, and declared that the precau
tions suggested were wholly unnecessary.
In the light of recent vexing experi
ences, Mr. Boyer may not be as handsome
as he was but he is financially wiser.
The cold-hearted press of the effete East
discouragingly remarks that it is of no use
for Chicago to invite the Emperor of China
to visit the World's Fair, for that potentate
never visits anything. In this view, how
ever, our esteemed cotemporarles fail to
perceive that Chicago's strongest forte lies
in doing tin things that were never done
before. We shall be glad to see the ambitious
effort continued; but before final arrange
ments the enterprising Chicagoans should
pat Blair and the Pacific coast sand-lottera
under bonds that they will not inform the
Eon of Heaven when he gets over here that
he is not persona grata.
Srn John Macdonald's stubborn fight
with death shows that he has, as' Grant and
Sheridan had, the quality of a persistent vi
tality which aided him in his life-work as
much as it prolongsliis death struggle.
The tendency of human nature to slop
over is universal and irresistible, bnt some
times it Is beneficial. When the lawyer who
secured the acquittal of Pasquillna Corti
celli, on her trial for murdering a faithless
lover, takes to writing editorials for the New
York Sunday papers, in which he apostro
phizes that verdict as "a suhllme spectacle"
and "a grand and fitting climax," with half
a column more of similar gush, it is likely to
have the effect of suggesting to the people of
Xew York who have been idolizing that far
from" model young woman that they are mak
ing fools of themselves.
The attempt of an undertaking trust to
dictate tho price of coffins and say who
shall sell them makes it high time for the
people to-come together and form a combi
nation against dying at all.
The Bering Sea troubles have progressed
so far toward settlement that England is
sues ablue book on the subject. This is in
teresting; but it is'pertinent to inquire if the
book is called blue because it reflects Lord
Salisbury's feelings when he contemplates
the rnlns of his former policy regarding the
seals.
Is it not time for proceedings to be com
menced for assessments under tho curatlvo
act? The city wants the money.and the publlo
wants to know whether the act will hold
water. .
There is still room for the hope that the
seals will be protected. Bnt the indications
are not favorable that it will be done this
year. Tho North American Commercial
Company and the Canadian pirates are
agreed on one point, and that is that tho
protection shall be deferred to some other
year.
The Plymouth, Pa., strawberry-shortcake
revolution has subsided, principally, it is
supposed, because the berries are getting
cheap and the delicacy common.
An old lady of New York has suggested
that the Chicago World's Fair shall make a
collection of Americans over a hundred
years old. This lends corroboration to the
assertion of a Chicago paper that the sugges
tion of dime museum features for that ex
hibition all come from the East.
On the principle of "nulla dies sine
linea," we may look for further epistolary
efforts in the matter of the city charter this
week.
As usual with the weather this season
when summer comes it comes all at once.
The elements this year aro conducting
their operations on the principle of Captain
Swabber, B. N.: "When pitch is to bo
hot," it should bo exceedingly hot, or more
emphatic words to that effect.
The three-cent fare on the traction
line, which put it into effect yesterday, loaded
down the passengers with surprise and cop
pers. So far the result of the experiments of
the contractors on one side, and the building
trados workmen on the other, to put up
buildings without each other, has resulted
in justifying the opinion that one side is not
able to do it and the other cannot.
Mr. Russell Harrison has fully es
tablished his character as the enfant terrible
of the administration.
Ex-Senator Ingalls' declaration that
if the Republican party "has courage and
conscience" it can win noxt year, shows a
praises orthy recognUion4of tho lack which
loft tho Senator and his party in the lurch
last year.
He Is a mush-headed manVho thinks that
an oatmeal trust can exist unless the cows
are admitted and milk cornered.
The last term of the Supreme Caurt In-
dicated one way to clear the' overcrowded,
docket of that tribunal "which never tans.
It consists of pitching In and working as
that eminent body never worked before.
mas shots or skabo.
If we had microscopio eyes, heauty would
not even be skin deep.
As the beginning is clouded In doubt and
the end enveloped iumystery, It is best we
should be prepared for the unexpected.
A boyal flush will be shown when the
Prince of Wales takes the witness stand la
tho card scandal case. ,
Tibs Summer Girl comes with the joyous
June and so does the flannel shirt
The attractions offered by some of the
seaside resort managers must be taken with
a few whirrs of salt air.
According to some of the faith jurists,
it is easier for an elephant to climb a tree
than for a beretio to slip past 6t Peter.
Theatricals are out of season, and,
many would-be actors are out of jobs.
No MATXEB how dull it Is in railroad
circles Superintendents always have orders
ahead.
Some women would rather be notorious
than happy, and, strange' to say, the men en
oourage them in this fad.
There's only one Bar Harbor, but
are any number of bars at all harbors.
there
Dog licenses and 3-cent fares are the
newest things under the summer sun here.
Teeth frequently belong to the upper
set
PESS0NAL PARAGRAPHS.
Ex-Speaker Reed and Minister to Rus
sia Smith are in Paris and are having a royal
time.
Archduke Feanz Ferdinand, the 28-year-old
heir to the throne of Austria, has
the measles.
JuLEa Grevy, so well known as the
late President of the French Bepublie, is
neither "Jules" nor "Grevy," but Judith
FancoirPaul Greviot
Mrs. Moncttre D. Conway is a tall,
handsome woman with gray hair and dark
eyes. She knew both Mr. and Mrs. Carlyle,
and often visited them at their London
home.
Sarah Bernhardt's tips completely as
tounded the bellboys and servants of tho-
uuuornia Hotel. To the waiting maid who
attended her the divine gave two $30 gold
pieces, and on the garcon who served her
meals she conferred four twenties.
Lord Salisbury, stout and indolent as
he may now seem, has been a hard worker,
and in 1S52, when he was Robert Cecil, visited
the Bendlgo and Ballarat gold fields, where
he Joined the diggers, lived in a tent, did his
own washing and cooking and dug and
gathered nuggets.
General James B. Lonostreet, who
is in feeble health, has been forced to give
up work on his history of the Confederacy
which, for a year, has been engaging his un
divided attention. He Is not seriously or
dangerously sick, but his physicians have
ordered him to stop working.
V, .Marion Harland is a large, pleasant,
Uiatron-like woman, above medium height,
with a nut-brown complexion that suggests
open air and plenty of exercise. She has a
broad forehead, and hair just turning gray.
This she combs back in pompadour fashion.
Her eyes are rather deep set, and bright and
clear. Her mouth is firm and she has a
strong chin. At 6 years of age she began
writing stories.
The great English painter, Wilson, who
was almost the founder of the landscape
school, was very poor in his younger days.
One hot summer day he, with some compan
ions, took a rural walk. Coming to a lovely
stream they all determined to bathe; but
Wilson hung back. They almost forced him
to undress, and then his seoret was .ex
posed; he had patched his waistcoat with on
unsold canvas, and a lovely cascade tum
bled down his back.
The Queen Regent of Spain is a very
devoted mother, and lives as quietly as any
of her most humble subjects, bathing with
tne little lung ana Princesses In the morning,
and driving or sailing with them in the
afternoon. Tho baby King asserts his pre
rogative full royally even now, to the de
spair of his governess, who cannot persuade
him to conform to the conventionalities of
life, or to address his titled subjects by other
than their Christian names.
Mrs. Ellen Mitchell, the first woman
nominated to a seat in the Chicago Board of
'Education, Bums up her experience in this:
"I am particularly pleased to notice that the
question of university extension is rapidly
coming to the front. The greatest possibili
ties in the way of securing educational ad
vantages should be placed within the reach
of the poor, for it was never so true as it is
to-day that knowledge is power, and the
safest place, I think, for power to rest is in
the Jiands of the people."
Cheever Goodwin, the author of the
book of "Wang," is not .a novice in the play
wright's work by any means. He made the
adaptations of the operas of Lecooq andOffen
bach, in which Alice Oates sang early in the
seventies. Then he wrote the libretto of
"Evangeline," for which Edward E. Rice
composed the music. Then he made the
book for the opera which at first was called
"Le Petit Corsair," afterward "Conrad
the Corsair," and recently renamed "The
Corsair."
The Difference Explained.
Stcubenvlllc Star.
The difference between the odious Captain
Verney and some other members of the
English Parliament is that Captain Verney
is in jail and tho others are not.
PEOPLE COMING AITS GOING.
Quite a crowd of laymen and preachers
from Philadelphia, who had been attending
the annual meeting of the Reformed Episco
pal Church at Cleveland, stopped at the Du
quesne last evening. In the party were
Revs. George W. Bowne, J. H. Smith, Will
iam Tracy and wife, and Henry Godlev and
wife, the Misses Dean, T. J. Hansel! and
Charles M. Morton. Jay Cooke, Jr., a son of
the Philadelphia banker, his wife and sister
also put up at the hotel.
J. R. Irwin, a Painesville contractor, and
Jonathan Rowland, of Philadelphia, are at
the Monongahela House. Mr. Irwin denied
that he had recently secured a big contract
on the Pittsburg and Western road. He had
a chat, however, with General Manager Pat
ton last evening.
P. H. Orton, the cough medicine vendor,
follows the races during the summer. He
mrnlsues tne score cara ana me colors. He
left for Baltimore and Washington last oven
ing, and says the business pays him better
than selling "XX" preparation on Fifth ave
nue. E. T. Affleck, Division Freight Agent of
the Baltimore and Ohio road at Columbia,
was In the city yesterday conferring with
General Freight Agent C. S. Wight about the
business.
J. L. Barclay, the Chicago agent of the
Westinghouse Electric Company, wa in tho
city yesterday. Ho stopped at tho Da-
qnesne.
Among those who went East last evening
were Charles J. Clarke, W. n. McGeary,
George Letche and Harry Williams.
Colonel W. P. Rend, the Chicago coal
operator, and Mrs. Bend are stopping at the
Monongahela House.
John A. Dewey, of Painesville, and Frank
Werner, of Akron, are among tho guests at
the Scblosser.
W. J. Rainey, of Cleveland, and Alex
ander Roed, of Washington, nre registered at
the Anderson.
W. H. Harrison, of Adrian, and John M.
Arters, of Parkers, aro at tho Sovcnth Ave
nue Hotel.
"William Roseburg, Postmaster McKean
and Judgo Porter returned from the East
yesterday.
Mrs. Secretary Noble passed through the
city yesterday, pound" for fit. Louis,
. TWO PBETTY EIGHTS.
An Acrimonious Debate Oyer Christian En
deavor Societies and Board of Publica
tion Matter in the General Assembly
Ministers Free Their Minds on Them.
SPIC1AL TElSQUAJl TDTTTE DISPATCH.
Drrnorr, June 1 The liveliest discussion
of the jnorning in tho General Assembly
was over the Young People's Christian En
deavor Society. It came up on the over
tures from the Cincinnati and various other
Presbyteries. The Committee on Bills and
Overtures commended young people's socie
ties in general and sought to evade raising
a controversy. It advocated the formation
of a committee of seven tp report to the
next Assembly. Dr. Proudflt fired the first
shot, saying he was one of the original En
deavorers, and was opposed ah the time to
any denominational organization as antag
onistic to the spirit of the age.
The Bev. B. D. Sinclair said there was no
such a thing as union without unity and
sailed into the opposition vigorously. In
New England he wanted denominational
ism, and the danger there was in just such
movements as Christian Endeavor. The
first resolution was adopted, which gives
general indorsement to the young people's
sooietles and advises the oresbvtcries to nn-
f point a permanent committee to manage the
-movement, jliib proposition to appoint a
committee or seven to report to the next As
sembly and favor the Westminster League,
called SO men to their feet in opposition.
George Junkins, of Pbiladelpma.advoca ted
young people's societies in general and had
no difficulty with the Young People's Chris
tian Endeavor Society in his own church,
but there was great danger that the organ
ization might become independent and run
away with the church. He was bitterly op
posed to special committees, as we had too
many of them now and it was wrong to give
so many men junketing trips at the expense
of the people.
Pointing Out the Danger.
Soon the chairman of the committee win
think they are running the General Assem
bly. The churches and presbyteries should
exercise their episcopal functions and regu
late the business themselves. A motion
was made to strike out the resolution ap
pointing a committee. The Bev. John Hoi
lidav advocated the Free Trinity League IHe
wanted conformity and uniformity among
Presbvterians, like the Methodist Church,
in its Epworth League. There is danger to
Presbyterians in the Christian Endeavor So
ciety, with its national and State organiza
tion. Dr. Hays would heartily favor the
committee if he could be chairman and get
a trip to Portland, and as a rule he was op
posed to so many special committees. He
wanted the whole business left to church
sessions and by the presbyteries.
At this point speeches were limited to five
minutes and the Assembly was very im
patient. Dr. Francis said 11 presbyteries
wan tod the committee to consider the whole
subject. Already there are "many West
minster lodges. Tho Christian Endeavor
Societies are full of peril. Elder Shepard, of
Philadelphia, urged tho Assembly to go slow
on account of the remarkable character of
this movement, which led him to regard it
as the work of the spirit of God. Itwouldbe
safe to allow the work to be unlnterfered
with another year. Dr. McKIbbln took the
floor in the faco of vociferous calls for the
question and a motion of Dr. Hays to lay the
resolution on the table. He assured the As
sembly they would eventually be on his side.
Ho hold the Christian Endeavor Society was
fatal to Christian unity, and the commis
sioners cried a chorus of noes. He held tts
condition of membership, consecrating meet
ings and the like wore as exclusive as the
Baptist doctrine of immersion. Practically
they repudiated regular church membership
rooms. The Christian Endeavor year boofc
for 1888 enrolled TJnlversalist and Unitarian
societies as in good and regular standing,
nnd the united society declared it had no
authority to oust them.
The Debate Gets Exciting.
At this point there was a great sensation
and cries of "No, it Is not true." Dr. Mc
Kibbin reiterated his statement that excite
ment and the repudiation of a doctrinal
basis will destroy the church. We dare not
put our young people in fellowship with
those who deny the divinity of Jesus Christ,
especially when we ore showing so much
anxiety for sound doctrine. The Bev. A. A.
Fulton, a missionary from China, said he
was getting much money from Cnristian
Endeavor societies for the cause of foreign
missions, and he wanted the General As
sembly to, let the subject alone. He has
$10,000 pledged from these societies to sup
port native missionaries. There is not a
slncle Unitarian or Universalist society rec
ognized. He eXToeeted to carry 10.000 so
cieties for the cause of foreign missions if
the Assembly would keey Its hands off.
After considerable further discussion, the
resolution to appoint tf committee was
stricken out by an overwhelming vote. A
commissioner called on Dr. MoKibbin to
nrennrft a nrotest. The nublication matter
was then taken np, and H. E. Simmons
Chairman of tne special committee, spoKo
in defense of the committee's report. He
went over the controversy between his com
mittee and Judge Hand's committee.
Judge Hand dealt with a report of a year
after that examined by the business men's
committee, and showed $10,000 more profit
than in the previous year. Again, for the
yearjust closed, in spite of an inerease of
$1,000 in salaries, the profits had increased
$19,000, with but little greater sales. These
things showed at least tho benefits of the
thorough sifting of his committee. The com
mittee found a loss of $40,000, owing to bad
business methods each year. The prices
paid for work had been greater than conld
have been obtained in the open market.
Thousands of dollars bad each year been
wasted. Since the Assembly had last year
placed a practical paper man on the board,
$12,000 had been saved in that item alone.
Salaries were too high. The church should
not pay higher wages than others in a like
business.
Too much money had been naid and rad
ical methods were needed to relieve the As
sembly from the annual appearance of this
scandal at its sessions.
Some Big Leaks Stopped.,
Tho only change suggested by his commit
tee has been; to put three additional mem
bers on the board who should be from differ
ent Synods, and experts in tho business of
publication, the new members to have su
pervision of the actual business of the
board. The committee was glad that some
of the leaks it bad discovered had been
stopped, and about $10,000 a year saved to
the Church, whether their report was
adopted or not.
Elder F. L. Shepard, of Philadelphia, mem
ber of the Business Committee of the Board
of Publication, denied any such state
of affairs existing as charged in the report;
of the committee of which Mr. Simmons had
charge, and went over the whole ground
again, giving the figures as they appeared
on the hooks of the ooard.
A. D. F. Bandolph, a member of the Hand
Committee of Investigation and a well
known New Xork publisher, was the next
speaker. It had been said that the report of
the Hand committee was a whitewashing
one; well the Simmons committee had gone
to work and painted everything red, and it
now remained for the Assembly to make
things truo Presbyterian blue. The business
had -been well conducted. If anything
needed investigation it was the church,
which had purchased literature from the
board to the extent of Just 10 cents per capita
for the 800,000 communicants of the church.
The Bev. George P. Hajs moed that the
reports of both committees be referred to
the Board of Publication, with instructions
to put In use such of the recommendations
as they deemed practicable and report spe
cifically on each recommendation to the
next General Assembly, but afterward with
drew his motion, and the report of Judge
Hand's committee, known as the "white
washing report," was adopted.
Elder George Junkins moved'that thanks
be given to both tho committees. Elder H.
E. Simmons said: "Mr. Moderator, I object.
Tho committee of five hao made a report,
whioh has never been accepted onejected.
Wo have done an unpleasant duty, and if
you ever catch us in a place liko this again it
h.111 a a pnlrinr rliv tlitin tu!nr."
The case of Nathanlol West gave the As
sembly its usual annual treat. It was ruled
out, by the adoption of the judicial commit
tee's report. The report on worldly amuse
ments censured theaters, card playing and
dancing, xne reaamg 01 tne narrative
showed that the church had received over
68,000 persons last year by examination and
had raised over $13,000,000 tor the benevolent
Schemes of tho ohuich.
Ohio Sarcasm.
Zanesville Times Recorder.!
Somo police ofllcersfbccanio engaged in
quite a loud wrangle at tho corner of Main
and Fifth streets shortly after midnight. It
looked for a while liko somo citizens would
have to be called on to make an arrest.
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WINDS OF JUNE.
Blow gently, Winds ofjnnel Each downy nest
Is full of unsung songs and nospread wings
That will respond to patient hoverlngs ;
Soft rocklngs suit tho rustic cradles best.
Blow gently. Winds of Juncl The bud Is here
That soon w hi be transformed Into the rose.
The sweetest ralracl" that nature knows;
A breath might mar the beauty of the year.
So easily the song drops ont of tunc.
So eagerly tho sun absorbs the deirs.
So quickly does the rose its petals lose.
That, for their sakes, Wow gently, Windsor Jane I
" -SLSlctwlas.
KIM QTJATB IHCXLACZ rOuTCD.
Was Discovered In Stream Where It
t Dropped a Year Ago.
rSrECTAL TXIBObAM TO Tnz DISPATCH.J
Bajmkrstowj-, Mix, Juno L While Senator
Quay and his family were here lasf summer
tbeyspenta great deal of their time on the
water, and during one of their family trips
one of the Senator's daughters lost a hand
some gold necklace. Every effort was made
to recover the chain, which was highly es
teemed as being a presont from a dear
friend. -
The other day one of tho guests at the
Springs was rowing over the same place,
when bo saw a sparkling object beneath tho
water that resembled something of value.'
The young man disrobed and made a long
and deep dive to find and reoover the treas
ure. Ho found it was the gold necklace of
Miss Quay, lost over ft year ago. It was in
good condition and not tarnished in the least
by its year of concealment in a bed of sand.
The necklace was restored to the owner
yesterday, and the finder received the
thanes or tno lady for his kindness.
students wrrr their shostoaxz.
The Strawberry War at Plymouth Ends In
the Faculty's Defeat.
tSrECIAL TILEGBAit TO TBI DISPATCH. 1
Plymouth, Juno L The strawberry short
cake revolt at the Wyoming Seminary has
been adjusted and both students and pro
fessors are eating their pie together.
An interview between the faculty and
students was held yesterday and resulted in
all of the scholars going back. Two stu
dents who had been expelled were rein
stated. President Sprague called the boys
together, congratulated them on their good
sense and loyalty to each other, and said
they should have unlimited cake in the
future.
THEATRICAL AFTERMATH.
"Thi LrrrLB Bucfturr," a military drama of
more than average merit, from the clever
pen of J. Milton Hays, of this city, was given
at the Bijou Theater last night for the first
time. The audience was a very large one,,
crowding the upper parts of the house, and'
as enthusiastic as it was large. The pluy
itself has a romantic story with strong pa
triotic features, and far more entertaining
and wholesome than a great many more
ambitious productions of the regular stage.
The cast, a very large one, was good as a
whole, and Messrs. J. B. Brison, D. A. Jones
and J. Milton Hays were especially good in
tho heavier roles, while Leon J. Long, as
usual, gave a very humorous delineation Of
tho negro Mose. Miss Millie Gardner made a
very pretty and interesting heroine, and
Miss Annie Lynch and Miss Anna Gardner
were also very pleasing. A beautiful tableau
incidental to the play did great credit to the
IS young ladies who figured in it and Mrs.
Abble Lynch who designed it. Company E,
Fourteenth Regiment, and members of
Camps land 33, Sons of Veterans, lent real
ism to the battle scenes. The play will be
given every evening this week, with mati
nees on Wednesday and Saturday. It ought
to put lots of money into tho charitable
coffers of Post 151, G. A. B,
Thk public seems never to tire of "East
Lynne," and that talented actress, Miss Ada
Gray, finds it profitable to remain steadfast
to the impersonation of Lady Jtabel and
Madame Tine, which has won her not a little
praise and still more cash. Miss Gray played
"East Lynne" at Harris' Theater yesterday
twice, with a company that is quite compe
tent to do justice to the play, and to large
audiences, considering the hot weather. It
is needless to criticise play or players, for
theplay is almost a classic, and Miss Gray has
been starring in it for 15 years. The first
time she played the dual role in "East
Lynne" was at a benefit performance in Al
bany, N. Y., and since then, although she
has strayed into repertoire from time to
time, she has always found It most satisfac
tory to stick to "East Lynne."
"Kathlxex MAVouwrns" is the thrilling
Irish comedy-drama which is being done at
Harry Davis',Museum this week. It drew
large houses yesterday and gave satisfac
tion. Messrs. Edwin Young, Gus T. Wallace
and Frank Yonng in the heavy roles, and
Miss Annetta Sawyer,a olever and handsome
young actress, played Kathleen O'Connor with
marked success. Besides the drama the lady
rifle shooters and other attractions are to be
seen in the museum.
DeWitt Wilt, son of Manager E. D. Wilt;
left for Louisville yesterday, to take charge
of the advance work for the "Chip of the
Old Block" company, which he will manage.
The "Chip" opens at Harris'Theater, Louis
ville. A. J. SnxDDinr, the well-known manager,
was in Pittsburg yesterday for a few hours.
He Is likely to be in the front row next sea
son with ono of the best stars on the stage.
The warm weather makes the closing of
the Grand Opera House, Daquesne and
Harry Williams' seem timely.
Unexpected Criticism.
Chicago Herald,
Even Homer will nod. Two rhetoricians
like General Stiles and Colonel Ingersoll slip
In language like common people. The first
told the Auditorium audience that the latter
would speak "withhis customary eloquence"
on Shakspeare. Of course, no individual can
have a "custom," whioh is the usage of a
community. General Stiles meant "habit
ual" when he said customary. Colonel In
gersoll mixed his metaphors: "When the
keystone was put in, it burst into blossom."
Windy bnt Generous.
Clearfield Republican.
The Republican may be a little windy at
times, but it is never so "hard up' as to
charge ministers for their paper.
DEATHS HEBE AND ELSEWHERE.
George W. Smith.
George W. Smith died at the residence of
his grandmother, Mrs. Ellen Smith, No, 19 Enoll
street, Allegheny, at 1 :3 P. it., aged M years. Mr.
Smith was for the past nine years connected with
the Sheriff Machinery Company, and since Its or
ganization was Secretary of toe earl Laundry
Comnanr. Llm. He waft a man of sterling worth.
young and energetic, with a bright future before
But that dread disease consumption, snper-
Induced by a aevere cold, fastened Itself upon him,
Giving tin his mercantile pursuits, thihkln
Olvlnir tm his mercantile nursnlts. thlnklne a
change of climate would benefit him. he visited
Denver and Colorado Springs. Ketnrnlng home he
could only be with his friends and loved ones a
week tUl death claimed him. He was a member of
North Avenue M, E. Church. The funeral serv
ices win take place to-morrow at 4 p. M.
Daniel W. Llttlefleld.
Ex-Lieutenant Governor Daniel W. Lit
tlcfleld, of Rhode Island, died In Pawtucket San
day. He was born In 1822. In 1S63 he wenflto Paw
tucket and engaged In the manufacture of hair
cloth. In 1578 he went to France as Honorary
Commissioner from Rhode Island to the Paris Ex
hibition. He was. there appointed by Commis
sioner General McConnlcfe an American juror on
fine machinery and mechanism. In 1891-2 lie was a
representative from Northampton to the Massachu
setts Legislature. In 1889 be was elected Lieuten
ant Governor by the Rhode Island Legislature.
Christopher C. Keech.
Christopher 0. Keech, a prominent resi
dent of Sandusky for many years, died Sunday
evening aner a long Illness. He held many local
offices' of trust and was a presldental elector In
1876, He was very highly respected In Northwest
ern Ohio and had a largo number of aenujlntam.es
In Philadelphia, New York and Boston,
Mary McNally.
Mary McNally, of Preble avenue, died
yesterday afternoon. She Is tho wife of ex-Conn-cllimn
McNally, the well known jaloonkeeper of
Obituary Notes.
Adam W. SriES, aged 91 years, one of the oldest
residents of New York City, and formerly a promi
nent insurance man, illeil Sunday.
State School Commissioner of Ohio John
Hancock dropped dead yesterday morning at his
office lu Coiuuiuus from apoplexy.
Coloxel O. W. r.AXKiN-', U. S. A., with a gal
lant record won In the Civil War, died of heart
trouble In New York City Saturday. Ho was born
In Mercer, Pa.
CiiabxesJ. ECXLES, who was President of the
first company which drilled for and discovered nat
ural gas In Ohio, died at his residence la Findlay
yesterday, aged 77 years.
C. H. Gould, aged 87 years, one of the leading
.lraslness men of Cincinnati, died yesterday morn
ing. He was for a long time engaged in cotton
lntnufacturlng, as a member of the arm of Oould
& I'earcc.
im. J. J. Gueexiioe, who died at Williams-
tnitnFrMav, was well known as thn InmitornT
paiycr insuie spunis -Tor Broken nonrs. Hit ac
cumulated large fortune la ruyaltlcvfrora them.
Ho was years old. , x
Uexeual D. Hi Williams died yesterday at tho
age of72 years. Hlr funeral will occur to-morrow
afternoon from theresldenceof H, H. Smith, audi
tor of the Pittsburg LocomoUve Company, -at -IM
Blieffleld street, Allegheny.
' 08E MONTH SOCIETY. -
The First Bride MUi Sara McGrew. WJuX
Now Mrs. VT. E. Schmertz The Welse--
LaUfrnan Wedding In Allegheny-Social
Chatter.
The first bride of tho rose month was Mfos
Sara McGrew, the charming and engaging
daughter of A. P. McGrew, of Oakland ter
race. The groom was W. E. Schmertz, Jr.,
and the ceremopy was performed at So'clock,
thus giving them three hours the lead of tho
Welse-Laufman wedding whioh occurred in
Allegheny at 8 o'clock. The important words
that made Miss McGrew the bride of Mr.
Schmertz wrt,.. n.-r. xc v TMMinrrf.
son with the assistance of Bev. John Prngu.
The handsome drawing room of the family
residence was the scene by choice and by
Continued and prolonged illness in the
McGrew famtly.culmlnating some twq weeks
acq with the frightful gas well explosion
of which Mr. McGrew was a victim, threat
ened a postponement of tho wedding for
some days, but fortunately all were able last
d cuius " uescena to tne drawing room to
witness the ceremony, even Mr- McGrew ap
.pearing in his invalid's dressing coat with
well bandanged hands. Attendants were
dispensed with though arrangements bad
been made some time ago to have them. To
Lohengrin, the bridal couple entered the
room and took their position in the palm
deCorated window. The attire of the young
lady was wonderfully simple in its elegance
and very becoming. It was fashioned of
crepe du chine. Valley lillies were carried
by the brido. The lady is a graduate of the
Bowman Institute. In fact, she is tho young
est graduate that Institution boasts, she hav
ing received her diploma at the
ago of 19. Intimate friends and
relatives were the only guests.
Supper was served by Kuhn in the handsome
dining room. with fireplace and mantel deco
rations of the ox-eyed daisy. At 8 o'clock
the newly married couple left for the East.
They will sail on the City of New York on
the 10th, with the Intent of "doing" the con
tinent thoroughly.
- Ok Thursday of this week the Christian
Home for Women will hold its anniversary
at No. 333 Locust street, Allegheny, and, as
is usual on such an occasion, a large attend
ance is anticipated. The work of the Home
for the past year has been highly gratifying
to those engaged in it, and in addition to the
aged and Infirm women placed in its care
there are frequent instances where young
girls will date their happiness to the in
fluences of the Home since the last anniver
sary. There are at present more than 30 in
mates who are provided for almost entirely
uy private comnDuuons, as tne institution
has no endowment funds. It is en
tirely a work of love among the
good women of the two cities.
On Thursdav a lnncheon will he nnrvprt from
12 to 2 o'clock, and as the institution is sup-
orted by private contribution, abazoarwQl
e held for the sale of articles made by the
inmates and what hai been contributed by
friends of the Home. Vast preparations
have been made and booths erected in the
various rooms of the Home. Contributions
in money, drygoods, groceries and other
goods can be sent and will be thankfully re
ceived at tbe Home. The committees and
those having charge of the various booths
are as follows:
Beceptlon Committee Mrs. F. B. Brunot,
Mrs. Samuel McEee, Mrs. Hay Walker, Mrs.
William Kountz. Supply Committee Mrs.
Dr. Campbell, Mrs. William McCreery, Mrs.
F. Beilstein. Dining Boom Mrs. A., M. Ca
vitt, Mrs. B. S. Davis, Mrs. J. P. Sillimen, Mrs.
Bev. Horner, Mrs. J. W. Cree, Miss J. Mc
Farland. Fancy Table Mrs. D. P. Corwin,
Mrs. F. E. Moore, Mrs. W. C Burchard, Mrs.
Charles Eiefer. Refreshment Table Mrs.
John Arthurs, Mrs. J. C. Porter, Miss O.
Neeld, Miss E. Seaver. Flower Tables Mrs.
P. Poindexter, Mrs. Andrews. Tickets
Miss Martha A. Sterling. Invitations Mrs.
Joseph F. Fmlth.
This Is the anniversary day of the estab
lishment of the Bethesda Home in Pittsburg.
This afternoon a reception will be given at
the home, S3 Col well street, and this will be
followed in the evening by a mass meeting
in the Smithfleld. Street M. E. Church, at
which Bev. Dr. B. F. De Costa, of New York
City, will deliver the address. The annual
reports show the Bethesda Home to have
been successful during its first year's opera
tions beyond tbe most sanguine expecta
tions. There have been during the year 73
inmates. Of this number 25 were placed in
situations, 21 restored to their families, 12
sent to other Institutions, 9 left of their
own accord and six remain In the house.
Of the whole number there were only five
apparently hopeless cases, a reason formuch
encouragement when it is remembered how
deplorable Is the class from which the in
mates are drawn. Tbe matron has received
many tender letters from parents and friends
and from the reformed ones themselves, ex
pressing great appreciation, and showing
the work whioh the Home has been able to
accomplish among a much neglected class.
The Treasurer's report shows receipts to the
amount of $7,000. Of this sum $6,000 has been
placed In the property of the Home, a fine
brick house on the corner of Colwell and
Townsend streets. About $1,500 is needed to
clear the property of all indebtedness.
Tbe enthusiasm of the ladles regarding
the proposed chapter of the Daughters of tbe
Bevlutlon has been infectious and gentle
men will now take a hand in tbe general
search for historic ancestors. A chapter of
tne sons oi tne American revolution 13
rapidly formulating, with Major Howard
Morton as a bureau of information. All
those having claims of patriotic grandpar
ents, great-grandparents or great-gTeat-grandparents,
receive a cordial welcome
from the genial Major, especially If. docu
mentary evidence substantiates the claims.
If multitudinous attractions are a guaran
tee the "Supplementary" to the May Fes
tival will be a success. In addition to the
long list of soloists, the chorus and the
Beethoven'Club, the patronesses have de
cided to have a minuet and a tambourine
drill. The chorus will render three num
bers and will meet for rehearsal next Tues
day. The ladies practically completed all
arrangements at a meeting held-yesterday
in .the library parlors.
A okxat many people were anxious to
hear Miss Anna Kugler, M. D., a missionary
of India, and soon to return, judging from
the number that wandered last evening to
Trinity Lutheran Church, Allegheny-where
she was announced to speak. Miss Kugler,
however, did not appear, having been un
able to make train connections. The Janitor
was constituted a reception committee, and
iarnisnea uuonuation 10 tne puouc.
Carhteoie Art Chamber will resound with
music next Friday evening, when a. delight
ful musicnle will be given by the G. E. C.
King's J)aughters, for the benefit of the
evangelistic work done in the West Penn
Hospital by this circle. The programme is
in the hands of Prot Wettaoh, and the fol
lowing are among the performerst Miss
Bertha Kadderly, Miss Bankert, Mls3 Hill
Mr. John Bell, Mr. Strouse and others.
Emahuel EriscorAn Cbubch bad anything
but a social look at 8.30 last evening, though
it had been announced that at time St.
Barnabas Guild forNurses would meet there
for sociability. The sanctuary was dark,,
windows closed and doors locked.
. Social Chatter.
Tbe Cruikshank-Eccles wedding occurs
this evening.
Miss Beech, of the New York Bidinir Clnb.
will assist at the opening of Schenley Park
Biding Academy this evening.
Edwako F. Geabiko, the well-known bari
tone of Allegheny, will be married Thurs
day, June , to Miss Tessie McCluskcy, of Mt.
Washington.
A oahdkv partv will be given on the lawn
of Mrs. H. C. Stewart, Xevtlle street, Shady
side, from 4 to 8 p.-x. to-day for the benent
of the fresh-air fund. Sales will be made of
fancy articles, ice-creain and cake.
Mas. T. E. SroiTORaud family, of Dennis ton
n cnue, departed to-day for their summer
home, btorrtaway on Casco Bay, near Port
land. Me. Mr. Sumner will loin them later
kon and return with them in October.
THE POLLUTED OHIO BIVER.
An Official Investigation as to Its Drinking
. Properties in Progress.
rsrXCIAL.TXLCEAM 70 THE DISPATCH.
East Livrarooi, Juno L The citizens of
this place, as woll as other towns along tho
Ohio, aro delighted that the State-has taken
matters in hand, by ordering an investiga
tion of the river water used by towns along
the Ohio. Dr. Probst, of tho State Board of
Health, is making an investigation person
ally, and it is understood that up to this
time his report will bo very unfavorable as
to tbo use of Ohio river water for drinking
purposes. .
Dr. Probst is to report as to the best means
of taking action to prevent tbe further pol
lntlon ot tho water, but it is thought this
cannot be done successfully without some
intcr-Stute ngrcotnent.
A Itotanlo Dudo.
Ehnira Gazette.
The orchid is the dude of botany pleasant
to look upon, expensive to keep and of no
earthly use whatever.
'CU1I0US CONDENSATIONS.
The Korean alphabet is phonetic and
can be learned in a day.
The JFirst American-made illustration
npuearedin Tally's almanac of Boston in
1KH.
The first gloves so far as kflown weres
made, of bysus, known otherwise as the "silk
worm of the sea."
In 1865 th.e United States had 667 ships
on the now list, tho greatest and strongest
fleet in its history.
A local preacher of Pottstown, Pa., has
boon living on one meal a day fon, 30 years
and is in excellent health.
L Sixteen men were required to lower the
ooay ora.New lorn woman, who died re-
recently, into the grave. She weighed CoO
pounds.
The Master Barbers' TJnion, of Louis
ville, Ky., in order to drive out a non-union
shop have established a free shop. It is, of
course, overrun with "customers."
Aggregating the national, State and
county Indebtedness, the per capita In this
country shows a decrease from $i6 S3 in 1380,
to 820 46 in 1830, or more than One-half.
The model husband was seen on a Detroit
street car recently". He had a letter written
by his wife stuck" in his hat band so as to
have a sure thing on mailing it. There was
not a lady in the car who did not catch on
and smile approvingly. -
They have a law in Boston that if a
man loses money at gambling and does not
make demand for it within three months
anybody may seek to recover three times
the amount so lost from tbe winner. A case
Is on now based on this law.
The other morning a Bound Brook, K.
J., physician was taken with a violent fit
of sneezing. In hig efforts to restrain tho
convulsions he broke a rib on his right side.
The accident is said to be as unusual as it is
peculiar. Tbe sudden shock given by tho
fracture frightened away the sneezing fit.
An official weekly in" Germany calcu
lates how an invalid worklngman can live
for 300 days in tbe year from the $75 allowed
him by the Old Age and Invalid Insurance
Fund: First breakiast,1125 annually; second
breakfast, $7 50; dinner, $18 75: afternoon
coffee, $7 50; supper, $15; rent, $U 25; cloth
ing, $ 75.
It has been discovered that shale, a fine
substance, with apparently no value, which
is taken from ore mines, will make a better
quality of brick than tho beat of Are clay.
It Is thought that this new discovery will
revolutionize the manufacture of brick. The
shale is taken from tbe ore mines and
dumped over the banks, and it was thought
to be entirely worthless until this discovery
was made.
Cremation flourishes in Japan. Tokio
has six crematories, in which the bodies of
at least one-third of tbe dead are burned.
In 1881, 11,023 ot the 34,137 persons who died
were cremated, and since burial in the city
was forbidden tbe number has been in.
creased. According-to the style of crema
tion the price Is $3 75, $2, or JL Sixty-six
pounds or wood, which costs approximately
three hours.
TJiere Is a story of a Squid boat which
fouled a submarine cable in Kew York waters
and towed a goodly length of it to New
Haven. There the piece of cable was cleared
away, colled down on tbe dock, and subse
quently sold by the steamboat company to
another corporation whose business it is to
maintain electrical communication between
places. That corporation put tbe cable into
service; and (so the story goes) is using it at
the present time.
v Passengers on a steamer to Kingston,
IT. Y., recently witnessed a novel siaht.
When the boat wasnearing the lighthquse
it ran under a bridge of wild geese. The
birds were about 50 feet from the river sur
face at the highest point and as they flew
they formed an arch extending from the
lighthouse to the east Shore. Thi3 semi
circle was maintained until the steamer had
passed underneath ana beyond the flock,
which numbered about 300 birds.
It is reported that the observers at
Mount Hamilton have lately kept a sharp
eye turned upon the shadow of one of the
moons of Jupiter. The shadow seemed
double, indicating that the tiny moon which
cast it is also double. Since the first hint of
the discovery many observations have been
made through tbe Lick glass, all tending to
confirm thn original impression, to wit: That
this particular satellite of the greatest of
planets is double a dot of a moon revolving
around the main moon.
In Mexico is situated the most mag
nificently constructed railroad in the world.
This IS the Mexican Gulf road, where the
ties are made out of the finest mahogany
and the bridges built of marble. The waste
seems criminal, but the builders are
actuated by motives of economy, as they
And the mahogany and marble along tho
trackslde. The road has not, really post
much to construct, bnt if the materials were
appraised at standard prices, the total would
mount up into millions.
A search light for railway purposes was
tested recently by the electrician of tha
JTew Jersey Central Bailroad. One Hunt
ington light of 3,200 candle power was
mounted on the switch signal bridge 20 feet
above the track. As a result, the bricks
could be counted in a station building one
third of a mile away; when turned on tho
track the ties could be counted to the same
station. Colors were plainlr distinguished
at a half-mile distance. At LS0O feet It would
enable on engineer to tell the position of
switches. The reflector was shaped like
those of locomotive, headlights, silver
plated and highly burnished.
The Japanese author does not writa
books. He 'palnta hem. As soon as ho
reaches the indispensable minimum of ideas,
he shuts himself in his study, brightened
sllghlybyasoftlight from a four-cornered
white paper lantern. He has before him a
Sollshed table, one foot high, on which ho
as his Idyllic writing materials. The paper
is of an agreeable yellow, and is marked with
perpendicular and horizontal blue lines.
His ink is held in a rich ebony plate, elabor
ately carved, and with a depression in which,
the black tablets are rubbed to nothing. The
plate carries also five bamboo brushes, which
serve as pens. With the aid of these imple
ments the novel is "painted." 1
An electrical novelty is a direct-acting
electric elevator. The motor is suspended
beneath the car, and equivalent to 3 horse
power, while the movements of the car are
controlled by switches. The motor is
connected with a system of gear wheels, and
they grip the ropes on each side, and tha
car moves up and down onjywhen themotor
is in motion. Should an accident happen to
the machinery, the gear wheels are auto
matically locked, and the car stops. In case
of such an accident happening while the ele
vator is between the floors, the elevator boy
may attach a crank to the gear that extends
inside of the car and it can De -wound up or
down until a point is reached where tho
passengers may alight without difficulty.
0
JUNE JOLLITY.
"And what is the trouble?" inquired tho
young wife of tbe physician.
"Well. I don't think the case. Is really bad enough
for a' season at the seashore. IJthluk a cure may be
effected by the Judicious application of a nice sum
mer hat." tiiegenae jsiamcr.
Polite "Waitress Tea, doctor?
Doctor Ko. coffee, if you please.
Waitress Boast beef, doctor?
Doctor If you please.
Waitress Corn, doctor?
Doctor (indignantly) Ko, madam, I am a dent.
1st. Drakfa Hagatine.
Susie Oh! mamma, I'll never disobey
yon iigaln.
31-imma Why. Susie, what bare you done?
Susie Well, I drank my milk at lunch and then !
ale a pickle ; and the milk said to the pickle, "Get '
out." and the milk said "I won't." and they are- "
luiTlng an awfnl time!-Rochester Talimwm.
A Breach of Promise.
Love letters,
Cupid's letters.
Foolish yonth tbe tale Is told." '
Jilted! fury!
Judge and Jury!
Letters worth their weight In gold.
Ptmghkupslc Evening Enterprise.
En fiint Terrible (intently watching Mrs.
Scareall, a newly arrlred guest, who Is unpacking
her trunk) Well, I don't see as you've brought
any ropo at all. "".
Mrs. Bcareatt-Any rope, my dear? Did you;
want me to bring a rope?
Enfant Terrible Yes. I've been standing here
all this while to see the horrible thing that Aunt
Jane told mamma you'd be sure to bring In the
clothes Unc.-ZSoy-r' Bazar.
A gentleman heard a young visitor in his
huoso ask his own son, aged : -
Which would yutirnther he a walklnr police
man or a mouritcd policeman?" - .
"A mounted policeman, of course,'l,.s3idlai
boy. ,Jl3SL.
Why!" asked the other. kKB5"
'"Cause, If the roblxrj came I could getwif
quicker!"-Exchaiigc. i--a
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