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PITTSBURG, THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 18S1
TOR CHILEAN UnEBTT.
The civil war in Chile owing to the re
moteness of that country has not been as
well understood here as it should have
been, considering the deep interest that
the United States must always feel in the
struggles of any people for liberty. Still,
the sympathies of this nation have been
with the Constitutional party in the main,
and The Dispatch has contended again
and again that Balmaceda had betrayed
the character of an unscrupulous tyrant in
his course from the beginning. This view
is supported and confirmed abundantly by
recent revelations, and the pamphlet
written by Pedro Montt, the confidential
agent of the Constitutional Government,
entitled "An Exposition of the Illegal
Acts of ex-President Balmaceda, Which
Caused the Civil "War in Chile," leaves no
room for doubt that tho war is waged by
the Constitutionalists for the very life of
the Republic
Mr. Montt recounts the events which led
up to the struggle, and they justify him in
stating that, to parallel the situation in
Chile at this moment by an example from
American political history, it must be sup
posed that the Senate of the United States,
in 1668, had found President Andrew
Johnson guilty of high crimes and misde
meanors, and removed him from office;
and that then instead of obeying its man
date he had dissolved the Congress at the
point of the bayonet, and declared that he
would collect the taxes, disburse the
public revenue, maintain the army and
navy without any appropriation having
been made for that purpose, according to
his own will and pleasure. In a word,
that adopting the maxim of Louis XIV. of
"F etat c' est mop' had proceeded to rule
this great country after this fashion.
Such an attempt at usurpation in the
United States is too improbable for the
wildest fancy, but unfortunately Chile is
now actually going through this exper
ience. Such is the exceptional condition of
Chile. The Constitutional Government
exercises authority from the 17th to the
29th degree, and in all this territory the
rights and euarantees for persons and
property, under the Constitution and laws,
are as scrupulously respected as in the
best governed countries of the globe.
In the territory over which Mr. Balma
ceda exercises authority there is neither
Constitution nor laws to restrain his tyran
nical acts. The only law he invokes is
his own unrestrained will, which does not
respect even those fundamental principles
recognized as the foundation of all law.
Happily, the growth of the Constitution
alist party in moral strength and physical
resources is unmistakable, and this victory
which they won the other day is ap
parently tho precursor of final triumph.
The people of tho United States will hail
the overthrow of Balmaceda and the re
establishment of the Republic with gen
uine joy.
NOT CONGRESSMEN'S DUTY.
The ' iow of Commissioner Lyman, that
Congressmen ought to have no voice in ap
pointments in the departments at Wash
ington, is indorsed by all right-thinking
people who do not get their bread and
butter by tjing to tin opposite theory.
Our Democratic cotemporary, the New
York World, states the reasons for its ad
herence to this view with singular felicity.
The Dispatch has nothing to amend in
the following summaiy of the objections to
Congressmen meddling with or controlling
Federal appointments:
Because it is none of their business.
Appointment to office is an executive not
a legislative function.
Because office brokerage bj Congress
men absorbs time and energy which should
be given to preparation for and a proper
discharge of their duties as Senators or
Kep:e-cntathesof the peopli; in the most
important legislative body in the world.
Because the custom leads to nepotism
and favoritism, which are abhorrent in a
republic, and tends to the demoralization
both ot politics and the public service.
Mere office-brokers climb into Congress,
and clerks are not amenable to discipline
when protected by powerful "influence."
M,MATRA'S GRIEVANCE OUR GAIN.
Democrats who prefer party success to
patriotism should cork up the foreign foes
of the McKinley tariff. The worst blows
the free traders are getting come from
their own friends. Here's Mr. Kauffmann,
a tobacco planter of Sumatra, denouncing
the McKinley bill as an outrage, because
the duty on tobacco for wrappers has cost
the planters of Sumatra $30,000,000 already.
It is worth noting before going further
that the farmers of the Connecticut and
Housatonic valleys will receive 3,000,000
for their tobacco crop this year, as com
pared with $1,500,000 for the crop of 1889.
This is a result, which Americans may re
joice to see, of the new tariff. There are
a good many farmers in the Eastern part
of this State who already have also felt
the benefit of the new duty on tobacco
wrappers, and doubtless some Democrats
among them. They will know how to
vote.
This interference with Sumatra's com
mand of the Araer.can market makes Mr.
Kauffmann and his fellow planter? angry.
This is not unreasonable or strange. But
it doesn't matter much to ns. Mr. Kauff
mann says, moreover, that the Sumatra
tobacco-raising indust ry wi ll bo transferred
to America, which he candidly admits he
does not like because "we will have to
have American labor to do our work, as
we are not permitted to import coolies."
It will interest many of our readers to
hear what Mr. Kauffmann has to say about
the comparativo conditions of tobacco pro
duction here and in Sumatra. "Here," ho
eays, "Workmen are paid altogether too
much; in Sumatra a coolie is compelled to
work every day in the year, and he has
some respect for a white man. The
wages here are so high that a laborer is
independent, and he only works when he
feels like it In Sumatra coolies are
not paid from $2 to 54 a day like the
laborers in this country; but they make
from 530 to 560 a year, clear of expenses,
sometime!. When a man has had bad
luck he only makes 55 a year, and some
times finds himself In debt to the planter.
Oh, no; they are not slaves; but we give
them the lash when they deserve it"
There you are! Protection not only
builds up manufacturing enterprises, but
fosters some of the important and profit
able branches of agriculture in this coun
try. And In every field it tends to elevate
the workingman, to improve his condition,
physically, morally and mentally. -
EUROPE IS rx THE SHADOW.
War clouds are gathering again in
Europe. There does not seem to be much
chance of Europe getting clear of these
ugly shadows upon its peace except by a
thunderstorm which shay shake empires
and remodel the Old World's map. No
new cause for apprehension has been de
veloped, but that France and Germany
are nearing another conflict is the prevail
ing belief among observers not given to
alarmis.. views. For the moment
the innocuous and pretty water
party at Portsmouth, which enabled
Queen Victoria to pay some graceful
compliments to her French visitors at the
risk of sea-sickness, has given pause to
the tide of war-talk that the effusive
courtesy of the Czar to the officers of the
French fleet at Cronstadt set in motion.
Even whilo all the official newspapers of
Russia, Germany and other interested
country, including the excitable scribes
of Paris, are describing tho pacific effect
these international courtesies must have,
the arms factories of Russia are running
double turn, the French troops are pre
paring for autumn maneuvers on a grander
scale than ever, and Emperor William is
once more in the saddle reviewing his be
loved soldiers, and exhorting them to re
member that the peace of Europe depends
upon them.
The approaching hard times in Europe,
which bad harvests have made inevitable
in Russia and probable in most of the Con
tinental countries, may prove a new factor
In the situation, but whether famine and
discontent will weig'i for war or peace be
tween the nations is a question. Tho
darkness across the water is in striking
contrast to the brightness shed by peace
and plenty over this blessed land.
FAITHFUL TO THEIR STANDARD.
There is always suggested, in the case of
people who adhere to a cause in the face
of apparently hopeless odds, something of
an heroic nature. An example of this was
seen yesterday at Harrisburg, when the
Prohibitionists met in State convention.
There were several hundred delegates
present, all of whom were pre
pared to sacrifice personal advance
ment to what they considered the
good of the State. In the minority in the
past and with very little reason to imagine
that they have a chance to elect a single
nryi this year, they present a platform
and prepare a ticket If perseverance
alone were sufficient to win a cause, the
Prohibitionists would be numbered among
the victorious upon election day. They
are fighting hard for what they believe to
be right, and there is every reason to think
tha.. time will have no effect on their en
thusiasts support of tho principles, laid
down in then: platform.
There may come a time when the liquor
question iuu$ ueuuiuc uiu paraiuuuub issue,
but just at present the lines arc drawn on
other points that are of vital importance
to the welfare of the nation, and all else
is lost to sight by the great majority of
voters. When it shall have been decided
beyond disputation that the best interests
of the country are subserved by a pro
tective tariff ; when it shall have been de
cided that foreign products shall not be al
lowed to compete on equal terms with home
products in our own markets; then there
may bo an opportunity for the voter to
study the principles of the Prohibitionists
in an argumentative manner, but until
then there is no hope that more than dis
cusslvc attention will be given to this
question by the elective power of the
country.
Many of the best informed minds in
Europe, think that there is something very
like an alliance between Russia mid France.
The recent friendly meetings between offl
ci.ilsofboth nations havo conllrmed this
view, and now the British papers are en
gaged in an effort to dissuade France. Tho
London Spectator in its last issuo hints that
the alliance is one that France's friends "do
not like to 6ee acknowledged too openly."
Morocco's Sultan has hit upon a new
method for executing rebels. He, has them
bound and laid out in a row and then his pet
clcphunt steps on them. It is not quito so
nice a method as electrocution, but it is
equally effective
The International Congress of Geologists
is in session at Washington and it Is to be
expected that an unusual amount of infor
mation will ho disseminated. Tho value of
these meetings of scientists can hardly bo
estimated in advance, but there is much to
learn In the geology of tho country and the
ories may be advanced which will pro e of
bcnclit both to this Stato and the others in
th's vicinity.
The Democratic sentiment appears to be
about evenly divided between the Cleveland
admirers and those who don't want him.
There is no doubt, though, that bo is making
a strong preliminary puU for the nomina
tion. HiPrOLYTE's side of the story is now
coming from Haiti. The public is being
regaled with accounts of his kindness and
goodnes or heart, and it is given out that
he never lias been bloodthirsty or manlaca 1.
If this is tho case there has been some prottv
loud prevaricating somewhere, Tor tho gen
eral opinion of this sovereign of the little
Haitian island is that he is about as erratic
as a tyrannical despot could bo.
There was a reunion of the Smith family
at Montville, Conn., Tuesday, at which only
200 were present. It is to bo presumed that
the rest failed to get their invitations in
time.
A Kansas University is about to institute
a course on "The Study "of Women." There
is notliing strange in this. Man has been
making a study of woman for centuries and
is Just coming to the conclnsion that the
more he investigates tho subject tho less he
knows. The authorities of tho university in
question have a good deal of nerve to spring
such a course upon the innocent students.
Secretary Foster predicts McICinley's
election: so docs cverybody.elsc that under
stands tho feeling of tho" people of Ohio on
the protection quostion. .
! JE
In New Jersey, when a "man seeks re
venge npon a neighbor he puts poison in
his well. It is hard to docide which is the
worse, his crime or that of tho Buffalo man
who forced his wife to' drink poisoned
water. Both ought to bo punished to the f ul
extent of tho law.
An explosion of gas inn tunnel at Chi
cago yesterday killed sovcral people. This
THE
is not the first Instance -where Chicago gas
nas nana ueaaiy enect.
NAMES FREQUENTLY SEEN.
Austria's Empress is a linguist.
Assistant Secretary NETTLETO!r has
been culled to Oberlin, O., by the serious ill
ness of a near relative.
Jules "Verne has a son, Michel, who is
developing a talent for writing stories very
much in Ids father's highly imaginative
stylo.
TnE wife of Cunsul-General New, whose
son Harry married Miss McLean, the act
tress, the other day, traces her lineage back
to Pocahontas.
Politics does not seem to have agreed
with BJornsyerne BJornson, the novelist,
for he has retired from the activities and ab
sorption of a public lile to his literary pur
suits. ,
Mrs. Russell. Harrison, Mrs. McKee
and Senator McMillan, of Michigan, are pas
senger by the steamer Majestic, of the
White Star Line, which sailed yesterday for
New York from Liverpool.
S. A. DorQLAS, prosecuting attorney for
the city of Chlcngo, and son of the famous
Democrat of that name, never visits Spring
field, III., without going to the tomb of his
father's old political opponent and friend,
Abraham Lincoln.
Miss Theo Alice Ruggles, Boston's
woman sculptor, is only 20 years old. When
she was only 17, two of her works wero ac
cepted by the Paris Salon. She has Just sub
mitted a model for the statue of Shake
speare which tho city of Providence is to
oroct.
Brpnop French, of England, who died
recently in Arabia, was known as "that
niany-tongued man of Lahore," for he could
preach in English, Persian, Hindustani,
Pushto, Hindu. Tamil and Punjabi, and was
nn eminent scholar in Hebrew, Arabic,
Svriao, Greek and Latin.
The Swiss Federal Council has written to
Mr. George L. Catlin, the United States Con
sul at Zurich, thanking him and his fellow
Consuls for the congratulations sent by
them to the Council upon the occasion of
the sex-centennial fetes. Tho Council has
also presented tho Consuls with medals
commemorative of the sex-centennial fetes.
Mrs. President Harrison has re
ceived a set of engrossed resolutions from
tho ordor of Patriotic Sons of America at
Bellevuo, Ky., extending their thanks to her
for her determined efforts in having noth
ing but goods of domestic manufacture
brought into the White House, and con
gratulating her on her American Ideas.
Mrs. Harrison has acknowledged tho receipt
of the resolutions.
WOLF'S COMET.
It Will Pass Through the Flclades Next
Month A Chance For Astronomers.
Sax Fraxcisco, Aug. 26. Prof. Barnard, of
Lick Observatory, Mount Hamilton, fur
nishes tho following:
"An interesting phenomenon willl be
witnesed by astronomers during the 3d, 4th
and 6th of September. Wolfe comet, whose
return was first announced from the Lick
Observatory on May 3 last, will pass through
the Pleiades on theabovo dates. I believe no
comet has ever been seen to pass through
tho cluster. This phenomenon will be of
interest principally from tho proba
ble occnltatlon of some of the consid
erable stars. From the dimensions and
rapidity of motion of comets occul
tations of tho fixed stars by them
are not ' unfrequent. The pas-
sago of a comet in lrontofastar cannot, in
the true sense of the word, be called an oc
cultntlon of tho star, for it does not disap
pear when the comet passes over it. Al
though occnltations or transits frequently
occur, it is quite seldom that any hut small
stars lie exactly in the path of a comet.
"Thero is another problem connected with
comets, nowever, upon wliicli light may be
thrown by observations of stars when shin
ing through them. At present we know ab
solutely nothing of the mass and density of
any of theso comctary bodies. Wo only
know that such must be exceeding
ly small. It would be possible to ar
rive at some definite idea of the den
sity of the comctary matter if the light of a
star in passing through it should bo re
fracted ns It is in passing through ouratmos-
phere. This can be determined by nccuruto
measurements of the relative position of a
star before, during and after tho transit of a
comet in front of it. The amount or even
existence of such refraction has not yet
been certainly determined.
"Tho passage of Wolfs comet through the
Pleiades will therefore bo of moro than ord
inary interest, as it will give an opportunity
to test the problem. Tho comet will not
pass over any of the brightest stars. It
will, however, pretty certainly transit tho
two bright stars, Asterpe and
Plelone. The passage over tho first
of these will occur on the morning of
September 4, at about 3:13 o'clock, Mt. Ham
ilton time: tho second on September 5, at 2
o'clock r. M. A 9-masnitUdo star will
probably be centrally occulted on the Cth at
noon. These last two cannot be seen hero,
but will be observable in Australia. It will
also perhaps partly transit the second star
of Asteropc at about 5 o'clock a. m. Septem
ber 4."
A HOME WEDDING.
It Wasn't a Grand One, bnt It Was Prettier
Than if It Had Been.
"It's Just a year ago to-day." said she who
told the story. "Wo had been schoolmates,
and she asked mo to camejon an early train
and help her and her mother through tho
day. It was 9 in the morning when I stopped
under the thick woodbine that grew
about the door of that augular little house
on the edge of a Now England village. She
had a broad hat on and she said, 'Come.'
"We went out into the pasture land be
yond the village and we filled our arms with
goldenrod and cardinal fiowers. Then wo
walked back to tho house and her mothor
fetched lars and vases and big bowls, and wo
pnt our flowers about in tho rooms.
"He came by the noon train and she -went
to the gate in her print dress and her broad
hat to meet him. We bad a little dinner to
gether, he" mother, he, she and I.
"Then sho went to dress and came down
stairs again in half an hour in a simple lttt e
white gown. It was 2 o'clock when tho
neighbors began to arrive. She went to tho
door to meet them herself, and sho took the
minister's hat and showed the minister's
wife where to put her things.
"Then bv and by the minister said: "Aro
yonrendj' And sho said: 'Yes;' and then
the two of them stood before the minister,
and sho put ono hand behind her and into
the hand of her mother, who sat Just there
on the sofa. And when the minister began,
Will you,' she said 'I will' before he got
half through.
"After that she put on a white apron and
saw that we all had cake and ice cream.
Then when it was timo for her to go away
she changed her dress again anu we all
walked to tho railway station to sco her
started. When tho train came pulling up
she turned to me: 'Stay with mother till to
morrow, and I'll get a letter to her by that
time. She'll be lonely this evening.'
"I never cxpooj to again attend so pretty a
wedding."
DATJGHTEES OF LIBERTY.
The Fight Over Offices Results in the East
Taking All in Sight.
ISPECTAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCn.l
Watekbubt, Coxif., Aug. 2S. The fight ex
pected over tho election of officers at the
National Convention of tho Daughters of
Liberty here, has subsided by tho defeat of
the junior department on their attempt to
capture the chief offices. After the election
ofS. K. Stevens, a bank clerk of Marlboro,
Mass., as National Councilor, thero was a
hitch between the East and West for the
place of Vice Councilor. A. F. Burkltt, of
this city, was the candidate of the East, and
(J. E. Kepplo, or Pittsburg, of the West. Mr.
Burkltt got S2 votes, ana was within seven
votes of an election last night when the con
vention adjourned.
This morning the big Eastern States got
together and Drought aboutthe election of
Burkltt almost unanimously, and then fol
lowed the election of other officers, all of
whom represent the East. They are as fol
lows: Associato Councilor, Emma F. Lud
lum, New Jersey: Associato Vice Coun
cilor, Miss L. A. Buddtngton, New York;
National Secretary, W. O. Staples, Now
York: National Treasurer, G. Ii. Burton,
Now York.
is'o Break There.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Of courso tho Democrats who said that
Major McKinley i a free silver man were In
error. All his speeches of the present can
vass show that ho is a sound money cham
pion. There is no break in tho Republican, j
State
PITTSBURG DISPATCH.
NOT SHAKEN BY TESTS.
Lily Dale Enthusiasts Still Believe in the
Powers of Airs. Matteson Expression of
Opinion Secured From a Number of
Prominent People.
IrROM A 6TAJT COBRKSrOSDRJTT.
Lilt Dale, N. T., July 26. Considera
ble interest has boen created in reference to
Mrs. Matteson's failures to diagnose the cases
furnished by The Distatoh. This interest
extends beyond the limits of Cassadaga
Lake, for the lady treats over 10,000 cases a
jvur and has patients by hundreds in West
ern New York. and Pennsylvania and many
in all parts of the country.
She was born in Baden, Germany, IS years
ago, Is a pretty, modest, unassuming little
lady, and is President of the Spiritualists'
Club in Brooklyn. She has the utmost confi
dence in her "old doctor," as she calls her
spirit control. Her friends claim that in her
thousands of cases she has made very few
failures in describing tho patients' condi
tion, and hundreds of cases could be gath
ered to prove that she can do all she pro
fesses.
Some mediums are able to give a sort of
philosophy in explanation of thoir alleged
powers, but Mrs. Matteson does not seem
to havo any Idea at all of any philosophy of
tho subject. On being asked by your cor
respondent how she accounted for her fail
ure in The Dispatch cases she said: "I can
not understand the failure unless my doctor
may have got the wrong place. He tells me
that he described what he saw at the placo
to which ho was directed by his medium."
"Do you agree with some who claim that
in order to describe a case at a distance that
thero should be something pass from the ob
ject or person to the medium so as to form
a sort of magnetic llnkt"
"No, I do not think anything of the kind
is necessary. All that is necessary is for the
patient to be where the old doctor can find
him. Distance is no moie a barrier to clair
voyance than it Is to thought. I have diag
nosed cases at Frankfort-on-the-Main in ten
minutes wnilo at my home in Buffalo, and
the descriptions proved oorreot in every
case."
A Budget of Opinions.
The opinions of several prominent lec
turers and mediums were solicited. J. W.
Dennis, of Buffalo, says, "I know that
Mrs. Matteson us well as others can diagnose
diseases and describe situations at a dis
tance but there should be something pass
from the object to bo described to tho
medium in order to complete tho circuit or
form a connecting link somejhlng to carry
the magnetism from the sphere of tho object
to that of the medium."
Prof. A. B. French, Clyde, O.: "I hav'nt
the least doubt of tho ability of clairvoyants
to describe that which is beyond -their
physical vision. Tho cases are too numer
ous and too well authenticated to doubt the
oxistenco of suoh a power, yet the laws con
trolling it aro so little understood as to
make results uncertain."
Prof. Gustin, Ingersoll, Can., who is him
self a magnetic healer, says: "I not only be-
nevo out l absolutely Know tnac such pow
ers as Mrs. Matteson claims do exist. I am
surrounded by a band of spirit doctors and
w hen a case needs nttentlou some one of the
band goes to look after it and reports to me.
I can even cure patients at a distance mag
netically, though not so readily as when un
der personal supervision."
Mrs. Cora Y.BIchmond, of Chicago: "Thero
is no room longer to doubt the claims of
clairvoyance than there is to deny that thero
is such a a thing ns mosmerism. Nothing is
needed to pass between the medium and tho
object sho wishes to describe, for frequently
their descriptions aro of things they have
neither seen or heard of. Conditions and
surroundings are frequently described with;
out anvtbiug passing Ironi the person or
thing described by the medium.
One of the Explanations.
On being asked how she would ac
count for Mrs. Matteson's failures in The Di3
patch cases, sho replied: "While we know
theio are laws whiuh govern these subtle
matters, they aro yet so imperfectly under
stood that we con not always put ourselves
en rapport with them. Thoso tosts aro fre
quently like the best child at a baby show.
When the mothor is most anxious for a good
display tho result is most likely to be disap
pointing. I have known hundrods of casos
that would have made most excellent tests,
but unfortunately tho newspaper man was
not interested in them as test cases."
Hon. Sidney Denn, Wanen, It. I., who was
a member or Congress Horn '60 to 'S9 and a
prominent Methodist for 40 years, says: "I
fully bellovo in tho powers of clairvoyancy,
or rather I should prefer to call it psychom
ctry." Ho thinks that something, as a lock
of hair, a pencil or anvthlng magnetized by
the person's influence, should pass to the
medium. Ho mentions the late Mrs. Bu
chanan, wife of Prof. J. Bodes Buchanan, of
Boston, as the best psychometrist ho ever
saw. He says that s'ie would select an un
sealed letter from a package that a man
might have In his pocket, and sho would
with eyeB closed read the unsealed
lotter woid for word. He relates
a still more remarkable test. A
gentleman when in Jerusalem broke
off a piece of stone in an old crypt, and,
putting it into his pocket, brought it to Bos
ton, and to test Mrs. Buchanan's power gave
it to her to read. She described at length
where It was found, and not only that, but
told where it had been quarried and pie
pared for its place in tho crypt. Wonderful
as all this may seem.it is not much more
marvelous than the power of the dog to
follow his mastor through a crowded stiect,
among thousands of footsteps, by tho traco
peculiar to his owner.
Judge K. S. McCormlck.Franfelln.l'a., says:
"I havo no doubt at all that such powers as
professed by Mrs. Matteson exist. Until w e
understand the laws moro fully, however,
that control this power it lnanotbepos
sibleat all times and under all situations to
have it manifested. Thero seem to be cer
tain conditions necessary to produce slate
writing or table tipping, or materialization,
and it is not at all unlikely that some con
ditions mav be necessary to enable the
clairvoyant to read that beyond her physical
vision. I believe the time will come when
wa shall be enabled to converse with ond
another miles apart, without the aid of telo-
phone or telegraph, but by that law of sym
pathy which one human being has for an-
othor."
THESE BEGIMENTS IN EEUNI0N.
Battery B, of Pittsburg, Also in Attendance
at the Bntler Festivities.
SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISrATCH.
Bdtler, Aug. 20. Ten thousand people at
tended tho joint reunion of the Seventy
eighth and One Hundredth Begiments and
Fourth Cavalry, here to-day. Six hundred
survivors of three regiments wero present.
After a fine street parade. Judge Hazen wel
comed tho old soldiers to tho town from tho
Court House steps, to whioh llev. John
Lusher, a private of the Sevonty -eighth re
sponded. The several regiments held business meet
ings in tho afternoon and elected officers for
the ensuing year. The One Hundredth se
lected New Castle as the next place of meet
ing. The Fourth Cavalry, of Washington, D.
C., and tho Seventy-eighth Begiments left
the selection of a meeting place to the com
mittee. A canvas tent, 60x120 feet, was
erected on tho public square, in which the
veterans were banqueted in the evening,
and a camp llro closed tho public exercises
rtf 1ia n(nnelnTl. Tlftttflrv 11 nf Pittolit,..
was here and fired salutes and participated
in the parade.
A despatch from Scottdalo says: Thore
were nearly 100 members present to-day at
the annual reunion of the Sixteenth Penn
sylvania Cavalry, coming from all parts of
the State and many from a greater distance.
Colonel Bobinson, Quartormastcr. Sergeant
Gorman and other oulcers were present. At
tho camp fire this evening stirring nddresses
wore made by Captain Jones, ot Philadel
phia, and T. P. Gorman. Some disappoint
ment was felt that General Gregg was
unable to be present. The Sons of Veterans
of Westmoreland and Fayetlo counties will
hold their reunion here to-morrow.
NOBLE WON'T EESIGN.
He Writes to a Friend That He Is Prepar
ing for His Winter's Work.
St. Louis, Aug. 28. An extract from a let
tor from Secretary Noblo to a friend in this
city is published here this morning, it
clearly indicates that Secretary Noblo has
no idea of loslgnlng. He says:
"1 havo returned full of strength for the
winters work, and will endeavor to give a
part of it to getting ready lor tho Chicago
Exposition."
A Gusher in Now York State.
Osteqo, N. Y Aug. 26. At Sandy Creek,
Oswego county, this morning, at a depth of
1,020 feet, the largest vein of gas ever struck
in Sandy Creek was tapped. It blew tho
tools in all directions. The noise of escap
ing gas can be heard for miles.
THURSDAY, AUGUST
LUXirltY
AND SOCIETY.
MiUIonnirei Are Rising to the Top in Eng
land as in France.
London Spectator,
There has always been a frivolous sooiety
in London, tending rsually to be bad so
ciety, embodded in the muoh more serious
mass; but wo note one change of late years,
which Is very natural, but which, we sns-
pcot, tends to mischief. The millionaires,
who in America are so important in busi
ness and politics hut have no social weight
are hero, as In France, rising to the top of
the social milk. A millionaire is, of course,
not objectionable on that account; but a pie
pondemnce of new millionaires vulgarizes
society, fosters its vicious tendency to make
of mere lnxury an Ideal, and Introduces a
tone of expense for the sike of expense,
which Is ruinous and may become demoral
izing. Luxury does not rnln States, as used
to be said, but it very often ruins societies.
This influence ot tho millionaires is all the
worse because it happens to synchronize
with a tendency of our times which, though
described ns social, has become so marked
as to attract the attention of physicians.
Owing, as we believo, to an exaggeration
or norvous suscoptiointy, cuie to tne nurry
of modern life, to the increase of receptive
intelligence originating intelligence has
not inci eased, hut half tho men and women
you meet readily 'catch" all that is going on
everywheie and possibly to some unpci
ceived change in diot, like tho one which, as
all dentists testify, lias ruined tho teeth of
the next generation, thero is a positively
new craving for excitement and impatience
of tho tediousucss of time. Boys and girls
alike, between 20 and 30, seem physically in
capable of enduring tho "stillness and quiet
ness," ns the old Quakers used to describe
trauqullitv, for a siuglu mouth on end. Tlicy
feel stifled with dullness, and seek for dis
traction of any kind with tho sort of eager
ness with which an overworked business or
professional man seeks lor the country air
or a sea biceze. The millionaires offer dis
traction, and find themselves rewarded by
a special place which, with some of them,
moro espeoially if thev arc Hebrews or
provincials by training, is an object of pas
sionate desire. What they get out of it
would have tasked Thackeray to define: but
they crave for it, and spend tor It, with a re
sult on the social organization which should
not be exaggerated, but which, so far as it
goes, is disastrous.
INDEBTED TO CHANK8.
Inventions Which They Brought to Light
by Their Endeavors.
Alnmlnum Age.
Krfln Hmfl w sfHVn n. Tnntnli wft fire in
debted to the men who have studied science
for tho mero love of it. Tho men who worked
away at coal tar "just to see what was in it,"
made the wholo world their debtors by dls
covering alizarin, the coloring principle of
madder. And to thoso mon the world is in
debted also for anllino, nutlpyrino and more
than 100 other coal tar products. Scientists,
wondering what was in crude petroleum,
found parafflne and vaseline. Pasteur won
dered what caused fermentation. He found
out, and brought a new era to wine making.
The singing and dancing of the tea kettle
attracted the attention of n brain, and wo
have as a conscquenco all the applications
of steam. The swinging of a chandelier in
an Italian cathedral before the eyes of
vonnc Galileo was the beginning of a train
of thought that resulted In the invontlon of
tlie pendulum, and through it to tho perfect
ing of the measurement of timo, and thus its
application and use in navigation, as
tronomic observations, and in a thousand
ways wo now pass by unnoted, has been of
such practical value that the debt to scien
tific tnonght, even in this ono instance, can
never be known. Soiencc, in its study of
abstract trnth, is ever giving to man new be
ginnings. Whilo tho devil Is engaged in
finding mischief for idle hands to do, science
is eternally at work finding something use
ful for them to do.
FLAYS TO COME.
The coming to Pittsburg of tho Ford En
gltsb Comedy Company, of Baltimore, and
the production of Goldsmith's "Sho Stoops
to Conquer" at the Grand Opera llouso next
Monday evening, is likely to prove a note
worthy social event. Pittsburg has bocn
selected for tho inauguration of this new de
parture in the dramatic field, and by a com
pany which seems likely to prove a first
class organization. At its head Is young
Wilfred Clarke, whose coinody work with
tho Booth-Barrett combination last season
was made the subject of such unqualified
praise wherever the great tragedians ap
peared, nnd in leading snpport Miss Martha
Ford, the graceful debutante, who was so
kindly received upon her appearance with
Julia Marlowo last season. Those two clever
artists, supplemented by Messrs. R. F. Mc
Clanuin, Walter Hale, W. H. Bokee, W. II.
Dnpont, John S. Calvert, W. W. Kcofor, and
tho Misses Adella Sawyer, Helen Mar, Kuth
Chamberlain and Elizabeth Carroll Lackey,
the latter tho neioe of tho millionaire pro
prietor of tho Baltimore Sun, form the cast
that will interpret Goldsmith's brilliant
comedy,
"The Stowaway," which met with some
favor in Pittsburg three years ago.will make
its reappearance on next Monday night at
the Duquesne Theater. It is equipped for
this occasion in a manner that fairly over
shadows anything over before nttompted on
the stage. Tho yacht scene will bo entirely
now, and will prove n revelation even to
those who saw it bofore. "Spiko" Hennessey
and "Kid" McCoy, the safe burglars, are still
on hand to oxhibit their skill in the safe
cracking business. Tho cast, as well as tho
scenery, is better than before.includlng such
peoplo as Mark Lynch, Harry Booker, J. P.
Smith, Joseph Slaytor, Frank Kichardson,
K. J. Moye, Leonora Bradley, Ellon Moretta,
Libby KIrko and Margaret' Bobinson.
Miss Rosabel Morrison1 will bo at the
Bijou Theater next week In the well-known
American dramatist's, Honry C. Do Millo's
comedy-melodrama "Tho Danger1 Signal."
Miss Morrison is well known for her clever
rendition of Marguerite in Lewis Morrison's
grand production of "Fausc." Do Mine's
latest play, "The Danger Signal," is saidto
be a strong drama. In tho bcene of the snow
blockade in the Rocky Mountains a monster
locomotive and cyclono snow plow como
steaming on the stage under full headway,
throwing tho snow in all directions, making
It ono of the most realistic scenes on the
American stage. The sale of seats will com
mence this morning.
Au incident of the Fayette County Fair, at
Uniontown, was noted Wednesday night, in
the fact that the hotels w ero so crowded that
the Ford English Comedy Company.stopping
there on their way to Pittsburg for tho en
gagement here next week, had to sleop in
the Pullman palaco drawing room car in
which the company travels.
Tms evening at the "Fall of Pompeii" will
be German night, and a likeness of tho
Kaiser and the prettiest lady in America
will be among tho set pieces of fireworks.
Saturday night has been set apart as
another children's night tho last of tho
season.
PuoTOGRAPns of James Rellly and h Is two
charming llttlo assistants, Hans nnd Etta,
will be given to every lady at the matinee at
the Bijou on Saturday, as the supply of
these pretty souvenirs was not equal to tho
demand at yesterday's matinee.
The Cleveland minstrels at the Duqucsno
will make several important changes and
additions to their programmo nightly from
now on.
DEATHS HEBE AND EXSEWHEBE,
Mrs. General McCausIand.
Mrs. General John A. McCausIand, the
wire of the famous Confederate Cavalry General
of that nnme, died at her home, ten miles above
Point Pleasant, W.Va., Tuesday. Mrs. McCaus
Iand was In her 00th year. General McCauslaiid Is
still living, and one of the most prosperous farmers
of that section.
Obituary Notes.
John J. Bbadlet, who was conspicuous in
New York City politics during tlio career of
Tweed, died at Lake Mahopac aunaay. w hlle a
State Senator, he led the movement to pass the
Tweed charter, which reorganized ihu city gov-
ernment.
Hiram n, Schwartz, Jndge or the Orphans'
Court of Berks county, a number of the Berks
oounty bar for over 30 years, and an ex-member of
the Legislature, died alter a long Illness at his
home. atKutztown, Berks county, Tuesday even
ing, aged 00 years.
Mrs. Elizabeth Beattt, an old resident of
Eliiabeth, died Tuesday, aged 83. She was a maid
or honor at the court of jtlng George IV. or Eng
land and afterward married a British officer.
n.fw 1.1. Jt..,. li.tr a j. n.nw .1.(1 sfia utan. ...
New Jersey and married George Beatty. a wealthy
farmer of Clinton township. Mie died without
larmer OI UllllIOll lownsnip. one uieu wimoui
maklng a will, and, having no heir, her proutrty,
valued at 110,000, goes to the State. J.
27, 1891.
EDUCATIONAL AND SOCIAL.
Third Day of the County Teachers' Institute
The Wllklnsburg Lawn Fete Coming
Meeting oi Florists The Social Chatter
of a Day.
Yesterday's session of tho Allegheny
County Teachers' Institute was one of the
most interesting yet held. There was a
vory large attendance, and the proceedings
seemed to please the audience even more
than usual. The exercises are not of a dry
character by any means, but are arranged
so as to amuso as well as instruct. The
music that is introduced from time to time
goes far toward enlivening tho sessions, and
the vocal selections are suoh as would do
credit to a concert at which music was the
only attraction. Tho moVning session
opened in the usual manner, and then Dr.
Albert E. Maltby, principal of the State
Normal School at Slippery Rock, delivered
nn able address on the hnilding of character.
His remarks woro confined to this very nec
essary item in the instruction of children
and were pertinent nnd clear. Children are
not machines and cannot be tiught in a
mechanical manner. Dr. Maltby's remarks
wero founded on actual experience, nnd his
address was pionounced by the tcachera
onaofthe best that has beon heard in the
institute. Dr Hall had something to say on
the subject or psychology. He said that, al
though psychology Is one Of the dryest of
studies, in the opinion of most people, it Is
impossible to train a child properly without
devoting some attention to it.
Mrs. Hunt resumed her instrnctiveand in
tciesting talk on the scientific instruction in
temperance that sho holds to be so necessary
in a schoolroom. It should be mentioned
that Mrs. Hunt's address on temperance had
particular s'gnlflcance, from the fact that
the law now requires teachers to teach
physiology with special reference to tho
effects of aloohol upon the human svstem.
Tho next speaker was Prof. Russ"ll. who
spoke in an able wav npon elementary mu
sical training. He told how important Is a
study of music In the schools, nnd told the
teachers the best way to impart it. His
woids were listened to with rapt attention.
nen tne aitemoon session opened unan
ccllor Holland appeared and Invited the
members of tho institute to visit the Western
Univeislty after to-dav's session. The invi
tation was gladlv accepted. Then Dr. Hall
spoke on good discipline in education. He
said It docs no good to punish too much.
Edncato a. scholar to a high sense of honor,
and it will be better for both teacher and
pupil. You mnst educate n child beforo yon
can govern him. Dr. Maltby's address was
on botany, and a very Interesting ono It was.
He said teaohers should encourage children
to observe the habits of nlants. and to bring
them to school, so that the.r peculiarities
could bo explained by their instructors.
Nature is a delightful study, and it should
not be neglected in any school. In tho after
noon thoro wore vocal solos by Prof. Russell
and Miss Ettie Stewart, of Allegheny.
This evening the first annual lawn fete of
the fire department of AVilklnsburg will
commence on tho grounds, corner Wallace
and Wood streets. It will continue until
Saturday night. Tho Indies of the borough
have given a great deal of attention to the
matter, and there is overy indication that
the fete will be one of the most notable
events of tho kind that has ever been seen
in Wilkinsburg. Thero will be all sorts of
attractions, ono of the most important of
which will bo tho parade of the entire firo
department, with a drum corps, every day
during the continuance of the fete. Tho
muBic for the fete proper will be furnished
uy tne jicnucissonn uoncerc uanu, oi wnicn
C. Swift is the leader. Rev. A. A. Lambing
has taken a warm personal interest in the
affair, and it will be mainly to bis efforts, as
well as thoso of the ladies of his congrega
tion, that tho certain financial success of
tho fete will bo due.
Cards are out announcing the wedding of
Miss Elizabeth Norcross, daughter of Dr.
and Mrs. Allen II. Norcross, to Mr. Wilbur
Emery Matthews. Tho ceremony will tako
place at noon on Wednesday next at tho
Arch Street Methodist Episcopal Church in
Allegheny. The bride is a charming young
lady, who possesses a host of admiring
friends, and the groom is well known and
greatly lespcoted in business circles. Im
mediately after the ceiemony the happy
couple will start for the Enst, and upon thoir
return October 1 will reside at Wilkinsburg.
A meeting of the florists and gardeners of
Fittsbnrg nnd Allegheny will be held next
Tuesday evening in McGinn's Hall, Alle
gheny. Tho purposo is to make arrange
ments for their exhibition to be held in
Novemoer. A largo number of tho fiorists'
returned from Toronto to day, and more are
expected to-morrow. Tho next convention
or the club will be held at Washington, D. C,
August 19, 20 and 21. 1S92. Mr. Ed Reineman
has beon elected Vice President of Western
Pennsylvania.
Social Chatter.
The Sunday school of tho Third TT. P.
Church will picnic at Idlowlld to-day.
The eighth and last of tho populnr con
certs under the auspices of tho Prcw was en
joyed by a very large crowd last evening.
TEXANS AEE SKEPTICAL,
But General ijrenfortn Is Satisfied With
the Besnlts of Ills Knlnmaklng.
Midland, Tex., Aug. 2C. The public has
already been informed of tho preliminary
experiments which havo been made by Gen
eral Dyrenforth's "rainfall" expedition on
tho Chicago ranoh, near this station.
General Dyronforth expresses himself
well satisfied with tho experiment hero, but
it is said no ono else can be found who has
Implicit faith in the rainmaking process.
The work of the expedition at this point
will soon bo completed, when a change of
base w ill bo made to obtain different con
ditions under which to mako further tests.
CABS ABE SCAECE IN IOWA.
Not Nearly Enough to Move the Enormons
Grain Crop Grown There.
Bdrlikotos', Ia., Aug. 20. From present
indications thero will bo a severe freight car
famine all over the West before the crops
are safely transported. Already the lines
in Iowa are beginning to experience mnch
difficulty in getting cars as fast as needed.
Thodomand and scarcity is growing dally.
Local railroad officials are muoh worried
over tho situation, as it means not only loss
of much needed traffic, but a loss to grain
men.
The Record Broken.
Kansas City News.
When an enthusiastic sport sees a head
line reading "The Record Broken," and finds
it refers to the quantity of butter produced
in a year by a mlld-oyed cow his language is
generally unfit for publication.
DALZELL AND BOBINSON.
PniLADELrniA Times, Ind.: A flag of truco
never comes lrom a successful general
unless it be to provide for the burial of tha
dead or the care of tho wounded. Congress
man Robinson's flag of truco to Congress
man Dilzoll. proposiug a cessation of hos
tilities nnd the mutual retirement or tho
two leading candidates for President of the
State League, Is simply an acknowledgment
of defeat, or a confession that tho victory, if
won, would be worse than a defeat.
Philaeelphia Inquirer, Rep.: The disturb
er of Republican harmony, no matter who
he is or where he may bail from, should be
beaten out of sight. Disturber Dalzell
throws aside the olive branch and declares
for war, his own selfish purposes being
alono served bv such action.. If ho persists
in this policy then he is a candidate for de
feat before the itepuoilcan Club Convention,
and that defeat should bq made an over
whelming one. Down with the disturbers.
PHiLADELrniA, Record, Dcm.: How valu
able is the plunder and how vast the power
of the Republican machine in Pennsylvania
is-shownby tho desperate character of tho
Robinson-Dalzell fight for the Presldenoy of
the State League of Republican Clubs. Tho
victor in this contest will be elevated at
once to tho rank of political leader in the
State, besides being in tho direct lino of suc
cession whenever the present boss of tho
party shall abdicate. Where do tho peoplo
come in? They don't come in at all.
Philadelphia Fresi, Rep.; Congressman
Robinson is beaten in his contest for Presi
dent of the State League, and this must have
been apparent to him any timo within tho
past month. Ho has made no progress in
the election of delegates; he lias not been
able to command tho support of the clubs in
his own county, although ho has resorted to
methods whtoh havo created demoralization
and bitterness, and the attention which ho
has unwisely drawn to his own record has
rtBTnnntrntprt lli-i pnnnnlrnnns nnfltni.a fnr
aemonstrateu ins conspicuous nnutness ror
the post he seeks.
OUIl MAIL POOCH.
Safety on the Down Grade.
To the Editor or The Dlapatcb:
I am by no means an "alarmist" in the
usual acceptance of the term, but on the
question of permitting electric cars to rap
idly descend suoh grades as that on Forbes,
near 'Croft avenue, thero can be but ono
opinion. The recent accident at that point
is exactly what I have anticipated would
soon occnr, and it is fortnnato it was no
worse in its results. The company may havo
a rule limiting the tpeed on this grade, but
if so, it is either too lax, or else not invari
ably enforced. On last Saturday I was on a
car which In its descent of this grade
traveled at a rate of more than IS miles an
hour, and this has happened In my experi
ence several times.
Now at the critical moment when a brake
chain snaps on a steep grade, if the speed of
a car is boyond say eight miles an hour, it
has great inertia requiring bnt a moment to
be greatly increased, so that In a few brief
seconds a frightful speed and irresistible
momentum may be attained. Although
there is another brake on the rear platform,
the conductor is not always standing by it
certainly not last Saturday, and even if he
wero, the timo for winding it up so as to
bring it into effHCtivR nsn wnnfd bn r:x.
tremely limited, as in the supposed case.
The experience of my powerful friend, Mr.
Maxwell, who was so sadly injured,
though undoubtedly saving the lives of
his fellow passengers. In attempting to stop
an electric car on a heavy down grade in
Allegheny demonstrates that even if the
wheels aie locked tight the car mav never
theless slide a long distance once a certain
velocity Is reached. The fact is a sliding
Wheel is not nearlvso effective in stopping
a car as a break turned partly on, though
nearlyall brakemen appear to forget this
in moments of excitement on down grades.
On Federal street near the Ft. Wayne
depot even with light horse cars brake
chains have parted, though for some 3-ears
back a test of the brakes has been required
by having the car stopped at the head of
the grade so that In starting off slowly no
great momentum is apt to be attained by
the car, and hence no necessity of taxing
, cunui iu ;ns limit in oraer to stop.
Nothing can be more important than the
frequent inspection of these chains. On
the Federal street grade the track Is kept
constantly sanded by a man stationed there
for that purpose. Tnis is a precaution to
prevent the liability of the wheel sliding
which doelops a smooth surface on the
wheel or little frlctional resistance. Of
courso on an electric car the dynamos and
the driving wheels can be reversed, but we
don't hear of them being often reverseu for
obvious reasons they would if reversed act
as a break, bat experience of an analogous
nature with locomotives proves conclusively
that it is not a reliable expedient for every
car. With all the appliances which maybe
prescribed there is-but one way of averting
the dangers of serious disasters on heavy
grades, and that is to so limit the speed that
It would be practicable to stop the car within
a reasonable distanco in case of an accident
to one brake by applying the other brake, or
by reversing the dyaumo. A speed of seven
or eight miles an hour should not be ex
ceeded on long grades exceeding four orflvo
feet fall per 100 feet. Savett.
PlTTSBDBO, August 26.
Monument to Braddock.
To the Editor of The Dlsnatch :
Coming west over the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad the traveler passes through the
celebrated Braddock field of historic inter
est. The student or history notes the route
of the ill-fated little army after fording tho
Youghiogheny at Stewart's crossing (Con
nellsvllle) and then westward, every point
touched by Braddock is studied with
greatest Interest. Turtle creek is at length
reached, as the path of the army when it
crossed tho Monongahela one mile above, is
carefully noted. The query forces itself
tne inquirer: "wny aui sir jonn Sinclair
lead the army across the river at the point
indicated ratbor than cross the creek half a
mile above tho mouth where firm footing
could be found? This error consigned the
hapless army to defeat and destruction.
But I am not criticising the action of the
inquirer. I wish merely to addmyrighttothe
oft-repeated appeal of popular feeling that
no suitablo monument marks tho spot where
the unfortunate general lies buried on the
summit of the Alleghenies, or the field of his
inglorious defeat. Active industry crowns
tho locality of the battle of July 9, 1775, and
tho whirl of masses marching deafen the
distant engine, but is there not enterprise
in tho bustling little city to erect a monu
ment to the brave but unfortunate officer
who lost hope and life on the fatal ground!
l'lTTSBrntQ, August 26. D.
A. Glacial Giant Granite.
To the Editor of The Dispatch:
A few miles north of Newcastle, on tho
farm of William Whaley, and near the lino
of tho old coal railroad, an Immense rod
gianito boulder, transported thousands of
centuries ago, by the ice, from the Adiron
dack Mountains, in New York, or the Lau
rentian Mountains in Canada, may be seen.
I measured it to-day with a tape line and
found its circumference tobe37leot7 Inches;
Its weight would bo over 12.000 pounds or 60
tons. A few years ago, when our streets
were being paveu witn glacial granite rrom
our fields, it had a very narrow escape from
destruction. WIthont tho consent of Mr.
Whalev. on whoso farm it was. a hole two
feet deep had been drilled for the purpose of
lilnwlnir It 1t tm trmYt linfc tha f Imat a . I
rival of Mr. Whaley prevented its destruc-t
tiOn. ii HI. JttCUOTtKELL.
New Castle, August 2C.
Mnst Be Tried in Allegheny.
To the Editor of The Dispatch:
Please answer this question. A man was
stabbed in Westmoreland county on Satur
day night and died in Allegheny county.
Where shall the roan who did the stabbing
be tried, in Westmoreland county or in Alle
gheny county. W. M.
Webster, August 26.
In tho case of the United States against-
Guiteau, the court decided that "the crimo
of murderis complete whore the felonious
blow is struck, notwithstanding that the
death happens within another Jurisdiction."-
The caso must thereforo bo tried in West
moreland county.
THE PENNSYLVANIA'S BUSINESS.
A Comparative Statement or the Railroad
Company's Earnings and Expenses.
Philadelphia, Aug. 20 The statement of
the business of all tho lines or tho Pennsyl
vania Railroad Company is a follows: All
lines east of Pittsburg and Erie for July,
1891, as compared with the same month in
1890 show an increase in gross earnings of
$305,316: a decrcaso in expenses of $114,403; an
increase in net earnings of $419,719. The
seven months of 1S91, as compared with the
same period of 1690, show a decrease in gross
earnings of $177,7f4: a decrease in expenses
of $A29,33S; an increase in net earnings of
$431.1534.
Allllnes wines west of Pittsburg and Erie
for July, 1891, ns compared with the same
months in 1890. show nn increaso in cross
earnings of $85,128; a decrease in expenses of
$48,212: an increase in net earnings of $131,340.
The seven months of 1891, as compared with
1890, snow a decrease in gross earnings of
$1,107,400; a deciease in expenses of$l,44s,700;
an increase in net earnings of $341,300.
SOME PEOPLE WHO TBAVEL.
T. Kolischer, an ice machine maufacturer
from Philadelphia; James W. Reid, a vine
grower from tho Slope; George Sealey, a
Cincinnati plato glass man, and E. A. Whit
tier, of Now York, are among the Duquesne
guests.
Mrs. August Fecke and her son, of 1402
Carson street, who have been visiting their
native homes In Minden, Westphalia, Ger
many, for the past three months, retnrned
home last evening.
John H. Bicketson arrived on the limited,
and W. L. Mott, of Carnegie, Phipps & Co.,
traveled westward on tiie same tram.
Julian IS. Smith, engineeer of the Da
qucsne Traction Company, went to New
York last night.
Assistant General Manager Culp, of the
Pennsylvania Railroad, arrived on tho lim
ited last night.
V. H. Shoer and family arrived on the
limited last night on return from a trip to
Europe.
Ex-Solicitor General George S. Jenks
and Mrs. Jenks aro staying at tho Seventh
Avenue.
John D. Ijoomis and K. J. Beatty, Tiffin,
O., glasstnen, are at the Monongahela.
Lieutenant Colonel Huidekoper, of Mead
yille, is at tho Duquesne.
"W. V. Logan, the oil operator, relumed
to Philadelphia on No. 4.
J. T. Morgan, of New York, is at the
Seventh Avenuo.
Lawyer Sam Amnion went to Cresson last
night lor a few.days.
Thomas Marshall, Sr 'came in on the
mall last night.
James P. Smith went to Hew York last
night.
CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS.
It was once believed that hares-changed
their sex every year.
The magazines now in course of publi
cation number 1..78.
A fish with two tails is the leading
curiosity at Madison, Ga. It Is alive and
doing well.
Africa is now completely encircled by
submarine cables, wblcnmaka up altogether
a length of 17,000 miles.
Chicago's postoffice is credited with do
ing more registered letter business than any
other postoffice in the Union.
Dr. Luderitz says that coffee acts as a
germicide and destroys the baccllll of
cholera, anthrax and typhus In a few hours.
In the city of St, Petersburg it begins
to freeze at the end of October, and a general
thaw rarely takes place before the begin
ning of April.
The New Jersey man who secured a
patent on his idea of placing rubber on the
tips of pencils la said to have realized
$200,000 from lt-
The man who invented metal plates for
the heels and soles of shoes worn on the feet
on rough shoes is said to have realized $250,-
ww in ien years.
Trains on the Brooklyn bridge mako
faster timo (by two miles an hour) than did
the first railway train that ran between New
York and Albany.
According to the most recent census re
turns London has a population of 4,500,000,
Paris of 2,450,000. Berlin of 1,574,485 and St.
Petersburg of 1,000,000.
Two human skeletons of giant size wera
unearthed Thursday at Lakewood, N. Y., by
workmen engaged in grading. The thigh
bone of one was 30 Inches long.
Newington, Conn., poultry raisers are
having a hard time of it. Foxes are unusu
ally abundant in that vicinity, and chickens
are snapped up almost as soon as they are
hatched.-
Two gum trees which tower over 100
feet above a llttlo church in Guatemala, ara
60 feet in circumference, and their strong
roots have pushed the foundation of tha
church oat ot place.
Anuunsually large number of bears ara
noticed this snmmer In the neighborhood of
St. Petersburg. This, according to the ex
perience of old peasants, prognosticates the
coming of a severe winter.
The apparent flattening of the vault of
the heavens has been found to have an an
nual period, and to depend on clouds. It
seems least flat with a misty horizon, and
less by night than by day.
The most extensive camphor raiser in
Formosa, the beautiful island where that
Srecious gum Is grown in large quantities,
i named Butler, and is generally called
in the East the "Camphor Count."
A tax is imposed on Viennese ladies by
the Supreme Sanitary Committee because of
their trailing skirts, which are said to jeop
ardise the public health by scattering and
disturbing the disease germs in the dust.
A farmer near Yuba City, CaL, com
plains that 80 tons of hay that he had cut
was drenched by a heavy rain, while on the
opposite side of his farm there was a large
field of grain needed rain bnt did not get a
drop.
A new lake has been discovered in Cam
eron, Africa, by. G. Boldau, a Swede. The
discoverer, thinking to honor the German
Governor, named the Water Soden Lake. It
lies 700 meters above the level of the sea and
is about two miles wide.
The tomato is a native of South Amer
ica. It was known in England as early as
1596, but its introduction into North America
is credited to the French families who were
exiled by the revolntion of San Domingo
and settled in the eastern part of the United
States.
Stock pens and poultry yards in and
around Franklin, Conn., are being raided by
wild animals, supposed to be wildcats. In
somo places torches are kept burning near
the stock pens to keep off the marauders.
Women and children are afraid to go out
alone in some sections even in daytime, and
even men go armed.
Strictly speaking, the only precious
stones aro tho diamond, ruby, sapphire nnd
emerald, though tho term is often extended
to the opal, notwithstanding its lack of hard
ness, and to the pearl, which is not a min
eral, but strictly an animal produot. Popu
larly, a gem is a precious or semi-precious
stone, when cut or polished for ornamental
purposes.
One of commonest forms of supersti
tion is that which makes beasts, birds, rep
tiles and insects the means of communica
ting information with respect to futuro
events or or prognosticating by their actions
good or bad fortune to the individual thus
put in communication with the nnseen
world, or which clothe them witn peculiar
and supernatural qualities.
The longest bridge across the Danube is
.1,900 feet in length, the Waterloo bridge over
'the Thames is 1,240 feet, the Westminster
bridge over tho Thames 1,220 feet, the Sara
tov bridge across the Volga 4 872 feet, and
the Freiburg in Switzerland 1,005 feet. One
half million dollars Is to bo expended in
improving and extending the approaches to
tho Brooklyn bridge on tho New York side.
,In usefulness it exceeds them all.
Weighing machines and scales of soma
kind were in use 1800 B. C, for it is said that
Abraham at that timo "weighed out" 400
shekels of silver, current money with tho
merchant, to Ephron,theHIttite, as payment
for a piece of land, including the cave and
all the standing timber "In the field and in
the fence." Tnis is said to be. the earliest
transfor of land or which any record sur
vives, and that tho payment was made in
the presence of witnesses.
An enthusiast on the subject states that
each head of clover Is composed of about CO
distinct flower tubes, and each of these con
tains sugar not to exceed the five hundredth
part of a grain. The proboscis of the honey
bee must therefore he inserted into 500 clover
tubes before ono grain of sugar can be ob
tained. There are 7,000 grains in a pound,
and as honey contains three-fourths of It
weight of drv sugar, each pound of clover
honey would represent the insertion of the
proboscis into 2,500,000 clover heads.
A Baltimore freak is a frog of good
size and a trifle light in color, but apparent
ly not different from any other frog. Tho
freakishness developed when his frogship
was worried, when, instead of hopping off
or giving utterance to the deep, sonorous
note usually heard from frogs, be simply
opened his mouth and cried. The frog is
nothing ir not human, and suggests both in
tono and volume a bad, pcevisn child. Tho
cry is not a single note, but several, and is
continued even after tho annoyance ceases.
A snake, with marked climbing ability,
mounted a high grape vine in "Watcrbury,
Conn., and then entering a bedroom window
that was open managed in somo unaccount
able way to get into a bird cage that was
suspended from the ceiling. There were two
canaries in the cage, and ono of them tho
reptile had eaten w hen the head of the honse
appeared on tho scene. The other poor bird
lay in a stupor on the bottom of tho cage.
The snake endeavored to escapo on hearing
the noise of the footsteps, but it didn't suc
ceed, and was dispatched. It measured, it
is said, several leet,
SIFTINGS FROM LIFE.
"Did you catch anything when yon went
flshin' vatertlay?"
"Did I? Wait till we go in swlmmln' an' I'll
show you some o dad's marks!"
"Ethel Goodbell brought home a lovely
sonveilr spoon with her from England."
'I know It; I saw her with him vn tbe avenue
Sunday morning."
"Old friends are best!" Yet not too old!
.For one. I do not seek
Within my eager arms to fold,
A form long since antique.
I want no painted Pompadour,
Flirting at fortr-three;
A friend at twentr-two or four.
Is old enough for me.
Susie I don't want to seem flattered by
the attentions of these men. I don't look as If I
hadn't been used to such things, do If
Amy No. You look as if you were a belle be
fore the war.
"Your trip to the seashore most hava
done you good. You look like a new man.' '
"I feel Uke seven men."
"How's that?"
"Engaged to seven girls."
He By Jove, I wish I could prove tha
depth of my affection for jron.
Sue You might break Jour engagement with
Miss Brown as a start.
Morris Has Dumley any rare coins in
his numismatic collection?
Norris Yes. He has fie first quarter ever saved
by Busvdl Sage, and the only liouest dollar ever
made by Jay Uoal J,