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JCKYMEX'S ALLEGED SCRUPLES.
The gentlemen, who are prone to get out
or dlsarrecable jury duty in murder cases
liy pleading: conscientious scruples against
capital punishment, v ere made the sub
ject of very sharp comments by Judge
Ewinir yesterdaj The Court called
upon the witnesses to distinguish between
"moral cowardice" and "conscientious
temples," and expressed a practical dis
belief in the existence of the latter by the
declaration that no one has them "who
ias sense enough to vote."
The latter assertion is rather sweeping,
s& the experience of the world amply
demonstrates. People entirely sensible
on other subjects have marked conscien
tious temples, such as on the eating of
meat, the drinking of malt liquors, the bear
ing of arms, and even the casting of votes
under the United States Constitution.
With the evidence before us of conscien
tious scruples on these points, it must be
admitted that there are some people who
are genuinely and conscientiously opposed
to capital punishment. But it would be
more difficult to dissent front the practi
cal bearing of the Judge's sarcasm, or to
krnore the fact that the increase in the
appearance of these scruples is more
directly connected with the disinclination
to take the responsibility and discomfort
of a very disagreeable jury duty, than
wUli the abolition of capital punishment
Nevertheless, tho Judge's sharp -words,
bkc tome of his previous efforts with
Juries on the illicit liquor question, leave
the subject about when they found it
The citizens with conscientious Scruples,
real or alleged, may have blushed while
the Judicial displeasure was being ex
pressed; but they did not have to serve on
the jury. This leaves us -with but slight
expectation that the Bench will be able by
mere moral influence to work much of a
reform with the idiosyncrasies oC the jury
box.
XETV NAVAL IDEAS.
The success shown by the new nickel
fcteel plates in deflective power, together
with the indication of ability to send a
plunging fire on the slightly protected
decks of the present heavy armored ship
by means of the new mortars, are raising a
serious question whether the curved pro
tective deck is not destined to be more
nseful in heavy naval fighting. than the
present heavily armored vessel. This
idea is reinforced by the success recently
won in firing shells charged with emmen
Mte and terrorite, while the sea-going quali
ties and carrying capacity recently demon
strated by the whaleback barge in com
mercial navigation afford tho most im
pressive indorsement of the employment
of a similarlj shap-d vessel in naval war
fare. It is not, of course, by any means a
demonstrated fact that the whalebackor
turtle-backed vessel is the coming naval
fighter. But here are a considerable num
ber of indices all pointing out that the
present costly monsttr, with heavy side
protection and scantily armored horizontal
decks, is an immense waste of money.
The same indications point to a type and
lorm ot esscl nearly as different from the
present armored ships as the Monitor was
from the old three-deckers. They all
point to the corroboration of the policy
lor the United States which TheDispatch
has urged that of following very guard
vdly in the line of European naval con
struction and directing expenditure into
the deelopmcnt of new forms of ships
riwl new k'nds of explosives, projectiles
and cannon.
It is not j et certain that the new ideas
will wipe out the present heavily armored
vessels as the Monitor did the fleets of
Europe. But it is also far from certain
that they will not What is quite clear is
that the United States can inspire a more
wholesome respect in Europe for its naval
policy by developing those ideas than by
i Allowing a long way behind the European
powers, with a small imitation of their
navies.
THE TONSORIAL CONTRACT.
A case recently decided before one of
the Connecticut Courts exemplifies the
follies of political heat and defines the
relative rights of barbers and their cus1
iomers. A baiber and his customer varied
the usual round uf conversational topics by
branching off into State politics. The bar
ber departed from the customs of craft so
much as to express a broad and free
handed opinion of Governor Bulkeley,
who Is the burning political issue of that
Ibiste. This moed the customer to the
extreme resort ot asserting that the bar
bar as a darned fool, and the barber in
tnrn found solace for his wrath in the
deep tonson.il rcenge of sending his cus
tomer out on the street with one side of
kis free cleanly shaven and the other
freshlj foaming from the lather.
On suit being brought for 5100 damages,
the case was heard before Dibble, J., who
rendered this profound ruling: The bar
ber had entered into an implied contract
by the customary proceeding ot calling
"Next!" tucking a towel under the cus
tomer's chin, honing his razors, and de
positing the regular proportion of lather
in the customer's mouth to furnish a com
plete shave to the extent to which the
customer demanded. But there was a
great deal of piovocation in the slight on
professional dignity in being called "a
darned tool" Consequently damages
were assessed against the artist of lather
and hair brushes in the sum of two dollars
and costs.
This ruling will protect the public
against the tonsonal tyranny of being
hent out to meet the jeers of a cold and
cruel world with its lace half shaved.
Two dollars andcoUs, together with the
oss of tho usual honorarium for the shave,
.. - . ... 3. jfc . .r " . .- -. jieJjLi.S l:V.j- -.
Js altogether too much for even the most
extravagant barber to pay for the luxury.
But it also warns the famous conversa
tionalists of that profession to guard
against an affront to their reputation of
wisdom by placing politics on their index
espurgatorius. Even if the customer
should persist in talking politics and thus
lead up to the goal of using opprobrious'
terms, the lofty artist in the halrtlressing
line should take the more professional re-
vengeot talking the presumptuous per-'
son blind and deaf on the subject of
shampoos wet and dry, bay rum, brillian
tine, sea foam, a close clip for the hair
and dye for the mustache. There is noth
ing in the contract against that
OFFICIALS AND CAMPAIGN FUNDS.
The question of political assessments.or,
to use the more guarded language in which
it is presented to office-holders, of volun
tary contributions to political campaign
funds, is getting to be a live one at Wash
ington. For years past the raising of
funds from departmental clerks has been
confined by the cruel restrictions of re
form to narrow and inconsiderable.limits.
The political situation at present, how
ever, seems to have warranted the pre
sentation to the Government clerks of the
following succinct and forcible statement
of the case: "You have the right to make J
voluntary contnoutions; ana you win nuu
it to your advantage to contribute such
and such a sum without unnecessary de
lay." Of course this urgent demand is in
tended to evade the law on the subject of
political assessments while keeping within
its terms. If the administration of any
or all departments countenance it the
evasion will be successful. If the author
ities are disposed to maintain the spirit as
well as the letter of the law, the scarcely
concealed order to stand and deliver will
be so much waste paper. With that sum
mary of the situation the question could
be dismissed, except for the necessity of a
comment on the argument produced to
justify the call upon Government clerks to
pour out their earnings for the benefit of
campaign-workers.
The apostle of the campaign fund cru
sade is quoted as saying that last year
when the Republicans suffered such a
Waterloo, the 500 clerks and officials at
Washington sent only $1,000 to Ohio to aid
the campaign. This looks effective on its
face, but its force is modified by one or
two facts. First, Ohio was the one State
last year where the Republicans did not
meet with the overwhelming disaster that
struck them in other States. Second, the
parties which inflicted the Waterloo on
the Republicans did so without any Gov
ernment clerks at all from whom to beg
campaign funds. The Farmers' party of
Kansas, for example, swept that State
with a campaign of the same size as the
pitiable sum which the Washington fund
collector regards as explaining defeat
All this talk about the necessity of large
campaign .funds is mainly a humbug. Big
barrels of money for campaign work are
very pleasant for the party workers, which
sufficiently explains the urgency with
which they are demanded.
LABOR NOT IN POLITICS.
An interesting indication of the pro
posed arrangement between the Knights
of Labor and the Republican leaders was
afforded at Philadelphia Saturday night
The K. of L. legislative convention re
jected that remarkable report published
some time ago and ordered the minority
report printed and distributed in its stead.
In addition the political endorsements con
templated in the reported deal were re
pressed. The inference is irresistible that
if there was any agreement to turn over
the labor vote to the Republican managers
the contracting party have found them
selves unable to deliver the goods. At
tempts to put a labor organization Into
politics will always be regarded with sus
picion and disfavor; but in this case a
guarantee against such things is furnished
by the fact that the suspicion and disfavor
are expressed most radically by the author
ized body of the organization itself.
ONE BETTER FOR ROBINSON.
The esteemed Philadelphia Timet, in a
recent interview, takes a vacation from
its regulation employment of attacking
the Republican party in order to declare
itself as an organ of Robinson in the
League contest As a specimen of the
Robinson propaganda the following asser
tion is interesting:
Dalzoll started out by denouncing mush
room clubs,but he afterward changed his base
and commenced the organization of those
clubs in the western part of the State, with
the evident purpose of controlling the con
vention of clubs by the admission of these
mushroom organizations or in the event of
their rejection to have a bolting convention
of clubs, and thus elect himself as President
of a faction.
Of course it is useless to take up space
in disputing the Times' assertion. But it
is pertinent to call its attention to the fact
that, even admitting its own assertion, the
record of its favorite candidate throws that
of Dalzell entirely in the shade.
Robinson started out by wholesale or
ganization of mushroom clubs. Then he
conceived the idea of gaining the point by
excluding all clubs organized this year,
without reference to the constitution of
the League or the authority of the conven
tion. Finally he has reverted to his orig
inal project,, and is now tendering the
entrance money for a round lot of 600
clubs, of so rank a mushroom growth that
even his supporter, Mayor Stuart,of Phila
delphia, cannot swallow them for fear of
the suspicion that they.are toadstools.
Under these circumstances denuncia
tions of Mr. Dalzell's course by the Robin
son organs are decidedly of the pot and
kettle variety.
In referring to the question whether at
that much-disputed fire engine test the en
gine was aided in its pumping work, Thk
Dispatch-of Sunday, by an inadvertence of
language, permitted tho inference that
all tho experts who conducted that
test had, upon examination before
tho Muster, very nearly admitted
that claim. It should be said that
tho admission, so far as wo are informed,
was only made by Mr. Vandervelt, of Cleve
land, in his testimony last week.
Mr. George Browne, formerly of tho
Pittsburg Water Department, is entitled to
the fctateuient that in his evidence, given
about two weeks ago, on the technical
aspects of the case the admission referred to
n as not made.
That colored cotton pickers strike did not
come off after all. The Southern ncgroe3
seem to -retain tlte conservative opinion,
that work and wages are better than idleness
and nominally high wages that are not paid
The luscious peach this year seems to be
a fruit which causes more than the regula
tion grumbling. One of our Sew York co
temporaries is publishing letters from com
plainants who assort, for example, that qut
of a large quantity of peaches furnished
they found an incredibly small number ripe
and fit to eat.. But as the general experience
has been that the peach of 1891 lias been
pretty good eating, theso unfortunates
should profit by this experience and in the
futuie abstain .from buying that kind of
fruit.
Conscientious scruples on the part.
1, Jurymen do not meet with favorable con&id-
K
eration from Jndgo Ewing. Not that the
Judge objects to conscience; but perhaps he
thinkstbat It lias no place in tho Jury "box.
An English officer who criticizes the Ger
rrmn fall maneuvers bestows treat praise on
the marching powers of the German troops.
That is one of the vital points of military
preparation. As all Europe has been busy
for twenty years in securing the Vest arms
and ammunition, it may be predicted that
the army that can march the best will most
successfully carry out General Forrest's
vernacular definition of tho art of wan
i"Gittin,'tharfust, with tho most men."
If the-Parisians try to get up a riot over
"Lohengrin" -whit extremity of revolution
would not this nation bo Justified in when it
is compelled to listen to "McGinty," "Annie
Kooney5' and "Comrades."
The statement of Mr. Hamilton Aide
that he is writing a novel on America is ac
companied by tho remark: "I.do not think
any Englishman has treated of Americans in
a work of fiction." Of course those minor
writers, Thackeray, Dickens, Trollope and
Cbarles.Reade, are not worth.mentioning in
comparison with the coming master of fic
tion, Mr. Hamilton Aide.
The Constitutional Convention idea is
in favorof ballot reform next year if the
fellows who mutilated the reform this year
and have setup tho convention for them
selves win let it he done.
Zola's -threat that he will write a real
istic drama to show Ibsen how the thing
should be done. Is full of terror. But it will
give the United States a chanco to jptaliato
on Franco for'the exclusion of our pork, bj
an edict shutting ont the unclean thing
from ouricountry.
Reed birds are now popular in New
York. It maybe remembered that tho big
Reed bird seemed to be popular in Maine
during September of last year; b-tt the taste
changed by November.
The fact that the harvest moon is now
nightlyshedding her refulgence over the last
crop receives the notice of several esteemed
cotemporaries. This is all right, but what
the public would-be willing to see amended
is the excessive presence of the harvest
sun.
Perhaps an optimistic view of the hot
wave will recognize that it is a mild prepa
ration for the political hot wave that
threatens to -take possession of the country
next month.
With the European demand for grain
and our abundant fruit crop, will peach
brandy and applejack take the place of
plain rye and corn whisky as national bev
erage next year? If so, will the snake crop
next year be the biggest on recordT
Whether the Cabinet goes or the Cabi
net stays, the crops move and business is
booming. Fortunately thiB country is bigger
than its politics.
Mb. John Bull declares -that he has "no
more designs upon Hawaii than upon Tim
buctoo." This will be reassuring to Amer
ican susceptibilities when we know exactly
what John Bull intends to do with Tim
buctoo. NAMES FBEQTENTLY IN PBINT.
George Dr Matjbier, the celebrated
caricaturist of Punch, who invented Bun
thorne, is going to lecture.
Captain Andrew Haggard, brother
of Rider Haggard, tho novelist, is about to
retire from the English army, after 18 years'
service, with a gratuity of $10,000.
The Czarina has made a protege of Mile.
TbomaBain, a pretty Parisian actress. The
fortunate girl has been engaged lor the
French Theater in St Petersburg for $5,000
per annum, for three years, and all her
dresses paid.
The Princess of Wales' birthday, Decem
ber 1, is to be marked by the presentation at
Sandringham of a screen for her Norfolk
home, containing photographs of 1,000 nurses
in connection with the National Pension
Fund for Nurses.
The Queen takes no risk on reckless
traveling. On all the roads which Queen
Victoria favors with her patronage the
schedule time has to be changed in order
that her train may not go beyond the rate of
20 miles an hour.
It was recently said that Old Mar Lodge,
one of the Duke of Fife's places in Upper
Deeside, is about to be "enlargled and im
proved," in order that it may become the
autumn abode of the Prince and Princess of
Wales. There is not the slightest founda
tion for the statcmont, which is a simple in
vention. An announcement that the Due d'Orleans
had landed at Calais recently caused quite
a stir in the Paris press, but the story
was pure fiction, for he has been staying in
Scotland during the last month, and at the
time he was reported to bo arriving at Calais
was shooting grouse on the Moor of Moness,
near Aborfeidy.
Some idea of the Duke of Cleveland's
wealth may-be gathered from the fact that
his father, who died in 1862. left estates
which then produced $350,000 a year, as well
as $1 500,000 in money. The bulk of this for
tune ultimately went to tho nobleman who
died the other day, and who was a careful
man and greatly improved his landed prop
erty. The collecting hobby of royalty is on the
increase. Prinoe Regent of Bavaria has a
large collection of beetles. King Oscar of
Sweden maybe mentioned as a collector of
books of poems with autographs of tho
writers. The Czar Alexander III has pre
served and increased his rich collection of
birds' eggs and postage stamps begun when
a boy.
General von Moltke was a well-known
lover of flowers. Ho once landed on the
frontier of Austria with a largo bouquet in
bis hand, forgetting the precautionary meas
ures taken against phyloxera. The custom
honse officers were about to seize the nose
gay, but rather than give up his flowers the
General decided to change his route and re
turn home by tho Valley of the Rhine.
'0TJEP0EK DJ ATJ6TBL4.-HTO3ABY.
minister Fred Grant Hopes the Imperial
Parliament Will Admit It.
Vizjcha, Sept. 2L In an interview to-day
with the United States Minister, Colonel
Fred Grant, in regard to the reported in
tention of the Austrian Government to re
move tho prohibition placed upon the im
portation of American pork, Colonel Grant
said:
"I have great hopes that American pork
products will soon be admitted in Austria
Hungary, but no definite action can be taken
until Parliament meets later in the season.
There has been much official correspondence
on the subject, resulting in a position which
leads the United States to expect an early
and satisfactory settlement of the question.
The State IVorla's.Falr Building.
IlARiusBURG.Sept. 21. Special. Executive
Commissioner Whitman has prepared an
article, asking architects of Pennsylvania to
enter into a competition for plans for the
State building at the World's Fair. The de
sign is left entirely to the architect, but the
building must not cost more than $75,000,
have verandas 20 feet wid6.around it,
be two stories high, the lower floor to con
tain a general reception room, exhibition
room, toilet rooms, ladies rooms, cloak
room, etc, and on the npperjfloor, offices,
committee rooms and rooms for press cor
respondents. The plans adoptad will secure
a prize of $1,000; the second besfl$500, and the
tniro. law.
Governor Pattlson's Sjn1
athy.
Harrisbueo, Sept. 21. Spei
Governor
Pattison sent the following ti
egram this
tt, at Erie,
morning to Mrs. William L. S
Pa.:
"Permit me to intrude upon
of your sorrow and Join with vi
e sanctity
and yours
tingulshed
in mourning the death of yourd:
nusDana, xne commonweaitn
f Pennsvl-
vania. as well as tho countrv
lanre. has
lost one of its most conspicu
s citizens.
He loved his State and contri
utmost to her ei-owth and nro
uted to his
lenty. Po-
Iltical, business and- financial circles will
miss nis wise counsel."
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THEATERS, OLD AND NEW.
The Alrln Opened La Belle Helens A
Fair Rebel Dear Old Hazel Hjrke A
High Roller Lots of Light Amuse
ments at the Other Theaters.
The Alvin Theater, thanks chiefly to
the tireless energy and pluck of its mana
ger, Charles L. Davis, was ready for the
publio last night as promised. A great
audience invaded tho theater, but so won
derfully roomy is 'it that even with
people standing three and four deep at
the ba,ck of the parquet it did not
appear crowded. The entranco and lobby
alone were not in presentable shape, but
within the theater tho principal parts ot the
decorations and furniture wcro all in place.
So nearly finished is tho theater now that It
is safe and fair to criticise it. For neatly
everything In it theie can bo nothing but
praise. Tho lines of the auditorium are
graceful; the coloiing is harmonious, and if
tho keynote is somewhat lighter
and gayer than is usually found
in our theaters, it Is a change in the dliec
tion of cheerfulness. The whole house is
colored in tho lightest shades of pink, ivory,
gray, cream and blue. The proscenium
arcii is somewhat sauarerthan usual. There
are too tnrce tiers ot boxes, exoceuingiy
umuie in toe mornings, ana arapeu witu
very bright j ellow and dark green curtains.
The balustrades of the boxes and circles are
upholstered in the shimmering bluish green
(it is nearer a blue than a green perhaps)
plush of which the seats are made, and
to match which the carpets also have have
chosen. The lighting, however, is the most
exquisite feature of the house, and much of
it is novel. Around the proscenium arch
tho incandescent globes glitter; from the
sounding board, on which is a painting by
Hoffman & Bonn, in the Alma Tudema
style, moro lights sliino, and the ceiling
blazes with more of them. From under the
arabesque eaves of the boxes still other soft
globes of light glimmer, and the whole illu
mination is complete and in itself, as
light seldom is, actually thrilling.
The rich carpets and the curtain, which
presents a very pretty picture, are com
posed iu colors akin to the dominant tone of
the auditorium. If blemishes there are, the
bright green glass above the uppermost
boxes and the rose sprigs over the prosce
nium are the most glaring, but taking the
theater as a whole it must be accepted as a
worthy addition to the small number of
really first-class theaters that the country
owns, and undoubtedly it is a theater
that Pittsburg as well as Manager
Davis may be proud ot Probably its roost
popular peculiarity will bo the extra
ordinary space accorded tho audience in tho
seats, in the foyer and in the aisles. Tho
seats are very comfortable.
La Belle Helene.
After the audience had settled down, and
the curtain had ascended, showing a cham
ber scene, with a huge floral emblem, most
of it a horseshoe of white roses, General
Pearson walked out from the wings, and
briefly, but happily pointed out Pittsburg's
luck in getting 'such a theater, and
congratulated the city and Mr.
Davis upon its completion. Then
Manager Davis in response to General Fear
son's invitation came upon the stage and
thanked the audience in a humorous way,
and announced his intention to give Pitts
burg a flrst-claf s theater in every respect, in
cue nope tnat n an went wen ne would uo
much more for the public and finally "cut a
watermelon," ns be phrased It. The audi
ence cheered, tho band played, and kept on
playing till 8.40, when the opera "La Belie
iieiene" came to the iront. remaps tne de
lays and doubts of a first night may
be blamed for a good deal, but "La Belle
Helene" was very ragged and Slip-shod when
she arrived.
Offenbach's tuneful opera bouffe has made
a good many audienoes rejoice since it as
first produced at the Theater Des Varietes
in 1661. The original cast of the opera is one
of the great traditions of comlo opera, for it
contained Dcpnis as Parte, and Guyon
as Achille, and the inimitable M'lle
Sohneider was the Selene. The
muslo of "La Belle Helene" is
better than the general run of comic opera
scores, and it is a little too heavy in places
for Miss Pauline Hall. Notably the famous
aria in the second act overtaxed her vocal
abilities. Her voice showed to far more ad
vantage in the interpolated duet, by Mr.
Fred J. Eustis, in act II. and in the lighter
work generally. Mr. Eustis' numbers, by
the way, though hardly of Offenbach caliber,
are pretty enough, and were encored
last night. Miss Hall, as ever, is
extremely sweet to look upon, and the
Grecian garb became her brunette beauty
well. Enormous bouquets presented to her
over the footlights from time to time showed
that her popularity in this city has not
waned.
If it had not been for the hard work of
George C Bomface, as Calchaz, the opera
would have been absolutely dismal. He was
genuinely funny, and Miss Bosa Cooke
was humorous on a large scale. The work of
the chorus was mediocre, and the whole
performance lacking in spirit and finish, to
which poor result the slovenly playing of
the orchestra contributed.
The Elks and other friends of Mr. Davis
in the city presented him with magnificent
floral offerings.
The Duquesne Theater.
"A Fair Rebel," produced at the Du
quesne last night, is a new military play
written by Harry P. Mawson. It is a credit
able work; wholesome, bright and a fairly
true picture of the sternest realities of war.
It has not the stirring plot of Gillette's
"Held by tho Enemy," nor tho dramatic art
of Bronson Howard's '"Shenandoah,"
but it is a long way better
than nine-tenths of the melodramas
with or without military color usually put
on with a paste brush and a Btrong, inter
esting play almost all through. So good are
tho characters, as interesting human beings,
that the much advertised episode of the
escape from LIbby Prison could be omitted
witnout materially weaKening tne Play.
Still the author has not erred, from a finan
cial standpoint, in appealing to the appetite
for the sensational which so large
a part of tho publio has. The
realism of the scene within Libbv
Prison; showing the unhappy prisoners
whlling away the heavy hours with cards,
mock trials, songs and what not; the escape
of Colonel Mason in the mannor a Pittsburg
prisoner in Libby got free, and the llttlo
glimpses of military life, are all carefully
copied, it is plain, from life, and they aro
deeply interesting. The military telegraph
also figures naturally in tho piece. The
play needs a little more originality in the
plot, which has been used time and time
again, till every theater goer almost knows
exactly who will marry whom, who will get
artistically killed, and so on, before the play
is half through.
The play has the advantage of being
staged superbly. The rural beauty of the
courtyard in Southwestern Virginia where
a large part of the play takes place is only
equalled by the country itself. The Libby
Prison scene is also imrenious.
Miss Fanny Gillette, who plays the fair
rebel, Ctairctte ilonteith (an ugly name, the
flrss one especially), is a clever young
woman, with considerable emotional power,
and a Happy, clear vocal expression and a
good face. Edward B. Mawson has the
necessary fire for the soldier hero.
Joon Fttaivgh, a character very like one in
"Shenandoah," is made very bright and
fp.tehinir bv Miss Belie Bucklin. who rein
play and sing like a plantation darkey also.
Mr. Keefe gave a capital rendering of an
army surgeon, and in his makeup resembled
President Harrison wonderfully. Miss Till
son gave a careful picture of an old maid of
80 years ago, and other small parts were
nicely filled.
Grand Opera Honse.
Effie Ellsler and "Hazel Kirke" are
names that have a synonymous meaning
here. If one sees "Hazel Kirke" placarded
about the city, Effie Ellsler is suggested to
tho mina and vice versa. That the play has
not lost its olden time power of attraction
was demonstrated last evening, when the
Grand Opera House seats were in lively
demand. That Effle's power to carry
with her the sympathies of her audience is
as great as it was during the halcyon days
of the Madison Square-Company was mani
fested by the proiuse use of handkerchiefs,
the applause and tho repeated demand for
her appearance after the curtain had
dropped. In fact, Effle has not only retained
her graceful command of pathos, but she has
added to the character a tender, emotional
aroma that was wanting in her earlier in
terpretations. "What matter, if the company
in general is not the equal or that
which originally presented the play to
the public, Tiie dramatic Interest
in the plot, the powerful incidents
that seem to occur naturally, the lighter veins
of humor that are Interspersed here and
there, enchain tho attention of the audience
and make us forget the minor defects. Nor
should Mr. Couldock's original interpreta
tion of Dunstan Kirke be forgotten. It was
as quietly powerful as it was of yore. IHtta.
cus Green fn the person of Frank Weston,
Miss Loula Porter as mirthful, spirited,
faithful Dolly Button, and Walter J. Brooks
as Arthur Carringlon, the husband of Hazel,
were all deserving or commqndation. The
greatest weakness was in the minor charac
ter studies, but it fs impossible to expect
perfection everywhere. '
Bijou Theater.
At the close of a day when the ther
mometer has registered87, a packed theater
is a treat managers do not expecv.-buX-suca 4
nJiujib. il MASJ&sgYifr-frkfnr ,,fJ!t1ui s fesssisriftliiBiJsssr'itfnkstlil- Mi:ViMTtfsilMili1sifaifrMsffs? ' 'i 'iilliiltiltiliViSlsiyi
was ht opening of the "The High Boller;,
at the Bijou Theater last night. The play
was received cordially, let us say vocifer
ously, for it was bright, new and plo
turesque. The costumes were not
as they so often ure shining with
the wear and tear of a New York
season. Xor did the faces of tho
chorus show tho orthodox dilsDidatlon
A freshness such as this is something Pitts
burg is none too often treated to, and there
fore when it comes tho reception is an ap
preciative one. to say that a farce comedy
is bosh is to nwaid the highest meed of
praise. If it wero not bosh, then it would
not be fareo comedy. And that Is wbaf'The
High Roller" essentially is. It has ncithor
plot, unity nor purpose except the worthy
oneoiprouucingiaugnter nut it is ungut,
which is good: full of variety, which
is better, and tolerably clean, for
farce comedy which is best of all: A brief
bit of theatrical history. Tho "High Roller,"
as presented in Pittsburg, is not the play
which so dismally fnilcd in Now York a
month ngo. It is "The Hnvseed," answer
ing to the name but not to the laultsof tho
original "High Roller." The company is a
clever ono. Undoubtedly John D. Gilbert is
the head and frout of the company. Perhaps
bis methods arepronounced, but what would
you have in farce comedy? He makes you
laugh, and that should be enough. Mr.
Fagan as Apollo Tongs, -nore tho most be
coming of costumes and wore them with
Implicit grace. He does not and cannot act.
tint he sings well, dances charmingly and
knows a deal about the ploturcsque setting
of a chorus. For the rest, bunched, they
nre: J. J. Coleman, funny enough as Hiram
Jloller; Miss Bella La Verde, pretty as Adeline
Mmtrose; Miss Louise Ainot, clover as
the Irish servant girl, Bedalia McOarty. and
Ettielinda Roller played by the Only Loon,
The Only Leon is a boquct by himself; our
fathers laughed at hla trlnlrn 20 vp.nrs aco.
and his fun is. not in its second childishness
by any means. Electric lights, which
hitherto has been only applied on the
minstrel stage, opens up speculation as to
what clever use it may yet be put. Let
there be one expurgation. Sea sickness Is
eminently proper at sea. The merest sug
gestion of it is all that is necessary on the'
stage.
Harry Williams' Academy.
The immense audience that packed the
ever uopular Academy last evening enjoyed
a first-class vaudeville entertainment.
Lilly Clay's Colossal Gaiety Company began
a week's engagement, and they are sure to
have crowded houses all week. The com
pany is not only made up of protty girls, but
also of excellent artists. The notable
features of the performance aro the musical
soiree, "Bower of Beauty:" the burlesque of
Don Jose," in which there is a realistic bull
fight, and the charming and somewhat sen
sational burlesque of "Robin Hood." There
are numerous new songs and witticisms,
and it is safe to say that Lilly Clay's com
pany is 'better this week than ever. Tho
acrobatic oomedians, Ward and Vokes, are
thoroughly good.
Dramatic Notes.
"The Cruiskcen Lawn," an Irish comedy
drama, by Dan McCarthy, the author of
"True Irish Hearts," was given by a clever
company of sixteen people, including Paddy
Murphy and W. J. Mason, nt Harris' theater
yesterday. Prof. Campbell's dissolving
Views of Ireland were aleature.
Tint World's Museum iu Allegheny was
packed most of the time yesterday, and the
performance given in the theater especially
pleased the people. The Adonis Four, a
very clever quartet that traveled with
Adonis Dixey for years, Jessie Herworth
and Jennie Ripley, Rosa Lee, a pleasing
ballad singer, and several others, give a cap
ital peiformauce. In the Curio Hall aro
several good features. x
The American Exhibition Bureau has com-.
pleted arrangements to give six operatio
promenade concerts and masquesa.de balls
in the large Cyclorama Hill, corner Beech
and Irwin avenues, Allegheny, commencing
Monday evening, September 28, and continu
ing every evening during the week. Mile.
Edita Newtoni, prima donna; the Boston
Quartet and the American Operatio Concert
Company wjll appear each evening. The
American Military Band will furnish the
music for dancing.
The performance at'the Harry Davis Fifth
Avenue Museum-Theater this week Is calcu
lated to please all who love good novelty
shows, and who enjoy the thrill oflooking
at relics of wonders, etc. Harry Davis has
them all. There Is Fitzslmmons' furniture,
with tho bed upon which the murdered
Gilkinson fell, the saw with which ha cut
his way out of Jail, and the cell bars that
he cut or, at least, fao similes of them.
Colonel Cooper, the nine-foot giant, is on.
exhibition and a tremendous man he Is.
The stage show is unusually good.
A PAST0E FIRED FOB FALSEHOOD.
Proceedings of the Methodist Conference
Sontb, or West Virginia.
Pakkersbubq, Sept- 21 At to-day's session
of the Methodist Church conference, South,
considerable sotow was expressed when it
was announced that the activity of Bishop
Granborry yesterday, in assisting at the or- J
dinatlon or several ministers, had resulted
badly, and that he had a backset in.his ill
ness and was threatened with typhoid fever.
In the absence of the Bishop, Rev. T. S.
Wade was called to the cbalr.
The first and most important business was
to hear the committee on the case of Rey.
W. H. Patterson. The lepoit of the com
mittee was adopted without a murmur of
debate or question. It decided that Rev.
Mr. Patterson bad been found guilty of
falsehood and of obtaining money under
falsepretences, and he was expelled from
the church. His home is in Greenup county,
Ky., and since his suspension Kev Mr. Patter
son had been holding the throttleon an en
gine, where he will probably stay. Aftersome
debate Clarksburg was selected as the next
place for the conference.
DEATHS HEBE AND ELSEWHEBE.
William Ferrel, meteorologist.
William Ferrel, perhaps the most emi
nent meteorologist In the world died at the home of
a relative, at Maywood, Kan., last Friday. Mr.
Ferrers home is In Kansas City. He was born In
Bedford, Pa., and went to Kansas City five years
ago. He was educated ot Marshall, now Franklin
College, and at Bethany College; In 1857 he became
assistant In the office of the "American Ephcmeris
and Nautical Almanac, " which place he retained
for ten ears. Subsequently lie rossto high rank
in the Signal Service. He Invented the maxima
and minima tide-predicting machine, now used by
the Coast survey. Prof. Ferrel lias received honor
ary elections to Austrian, English and German
Meteorological Societies, and he U also a member
of the National Academy of Sciences. He has con
tributed many works to the literature or his branch
of science.,
Mrs. Jessie Frost.
Mrs. Jessie Frost, daughter of Robert'G.
Biggs, one of the leading clUzens of MoKeesport,
died of consumption. In the 24th year ot her age,
yesterday morning. Frank H. Frost, husband of
the deceased, and a former resident of Pittsburg,
and two children, are left in bereavement. Mrs.
Frost had jnst returned from Florida, where she
had been in the hope of being benefited in health.
The fnneralwUl take placj at 2 o'clock Wednes
day afternoon.
airs. .Elizabeth Blddle.
Mrs. Elizabeth Borden Biddle died in
Philadelphia Sunday night, aged 92 years. Mrs.
Blddle was a descendant of a distinguished family.
Her father being Judge Hopklnson, author of
"Hail Columbia;" her grandfather, Francis Hop
klnson, a signer of the Declaration of Independ
ence, and her great-grandfather, Thomas Hopkln
son, a member of the Provincial Council and Judge
of the Vice Admiralty under George- II.
Irs. Carrie Bray.
Mrs. Carrie Bray, wife of W. J. Bray,
general agent for the Massachusetts Life Insur
ance Company, died at her home in Greensburg
yesterday morning at 6 o'clock. She was years
old, and was an active worker in the temperance
cause, being for many years President of the West
moreland County W. C T. U. She was born and
educated at-Rociaway, N. J.
Obituary Notes.
JEAS QCAILL, the bright little daughter of At
torney George H. Qualll. died at an early hour yes
terday morning at her home in BeUevue.
Iea BiBBVt Grand Secretary of the Masons of
Maine, died at Portland Sunday. He was born at
New Durham, N. H September 23, 1801.
CONGBESSMAlf W. C. WHITTHOBNE, or the
Seventh Tennessee district, died at his home In
Columbia, Tenn., yesterday, aged 66 years, Mr.
Whitthorae had been lu bad health for several
years.
Father Maloney, pastor of the Boman
Catholic Church at Granville, Washington county,
dropped dead on the altar while saying nass Sun
day. The congregation became greaUy excited,
but Tf as soon quieted.
CATTAlif HEsav Goodrich. United States En
gineers, died at his home in Lake Providence, La.,
of congestion of the brain, Sunday. He was a
native of that parish, but graduated at Harvard
College with distinction.
Thomas J. Nottingham, a prominent and
wealthy business man of Norfolk, Va., died Satur
day night. He had Just returned from a visit to
Egypt and PalesUue, and It is supposed contracted
hu fatal malady on that trip.
Gideon Sandusky, a wealthy farmer,
one of the oldest Knights of Pythias In West Vir
ginia, died Saturday at Bridgeport, aeed 83. Hn
-was Buried Sunday by the Jlnlghi, a large con-
VffMntr "I 1 1 f ""Hit T " """) - r runiij
EAST OHIO METHODISTS.
Tho Appointments of tho Conference In"
" Three Nearby Districts A Pastor to Bo
Disciplined for Falsehood A Lively
Debate on the Prohibition Issue.
Akkox, Sept. 21. Qpecia!. Tho East Ohio
Conference had a lively debate in Its closing
hours on the report of tho Committee on
Conference. After pledging an effort to
destroy the liquor trafflo the resolutions say:
" vt e aro opposed to any complicity of staio
or Nation with this great iniquity by any
high or low license or no license; we sympa
thize with all persons, parties or organiza
tions who are laboring to sccuro constitu
tional prohibition." After several pointed
passages at arms, the party prohi
bitionists presented an amendment to Insert
the word "taxation" along with "high or low
license.'' This amendment carried, 07 to gf.
Tho case or Rev. A. J. Hyatt, of Barton,
who had resigned after confessing to telling
a falsehood about meeting a lady member of
the choir at the depot and riding with her to
Cleveland, came up late to-night. The com
mittee reported in favor of remanding the
case to toe Cleveland District Conference
for trial.
The appointments were read at 10 o'clock.
One of the most Important changes is the
appointment of Dr. D. H. Muller, of Canton,
as Presiding Elder oi the Cleveland district,
in place of VV. H. Haskell. E. P, Edmonds,
of Cleveland, succeeds Dr. Muller, at Canton.
Tho appointments in the Barnesvillo,
SteubenviUe and Youngstown districts, aie
as follows:
Appointments In Three Districts.
Barnesvillo District James B. Mills, Pre
siding Elder; Antloch, E. H. Finch: Arm
strongs, J. L. Neiley; Barnesville, O. E. Man
chester; Barnesvllle circuit, William Pere
goy; Beallsvllle, S. A. Peregoy; Bellalre,
Thomas W. Lane; Belmont, John W. Eich-
hor; Centervillo, D. W. Knight; Clarington,
B. F. Sears; Falrview, J. C. Smith; Hannibal,
L. L. Fisher; Henrysburg, M. C. Scott;
Malaga, W. H. Hanorfleld; Morristown, C. T.
Petty; rowhattan, George T. Humble; Quaker
City, Georgo M. Wilson; St. Clairsvllle, E.
Hergely; Somerton, J. G. Gamble; 8outh
Bellalre, S. C. Collior; Washington, C. M.
Hollett; Wegee, to be supplied; Winchester,
W. A. Rutledge; Woodsfleld, John S. Eaton;
Woodsfleld circuit, to be supplied; chaplain
in United States army, Bealfsville quarterly
conference, W. H. Peardon. -si
SteubenviUe District L. H. Stewart, Pre
siding Elder; Bloomingdale, H. W. Gruber;
Bridgeport, C. B. Heathorne; Bridgeport
circuit, F. J. Sweeney; East Liverpool, 1 Irst
Church, W. H. Locko; Second Church, D. C.
Knowles; East Springfield, James Walls;
Hammonds ville.H. H. Westwood; Harlem
Springs, J, S. Rntlodge; Irondale, W. C.
Neck; Martin's Ferry, I. S. Winters, Mingo,
J. F. Huddleston; liichmona, 8. P. x-oyd;
Salinevllle, J. K. Grimes; Smithfield, J. H.
Wright; SteubenviUe, Finley and Thompr
son, H. B. Edwards: First Church, G. F.
Oliver; Hamlin, W. H. Haskell: Toronto, J.
J. Billingsley; Warrenton, J. U. Hoover;
Wellsville. J. M. Carr: Wintersville. A. W.
Newlln.
Youngstown District Jay S. Yonmans,
Presiding Elder: Andover, W. B. Winters;
Ashtabula. Homer J. Smith: Ashtabula Har
bor, J. O. Randall; Colebrook, II. C. Uulbert;
Conneaut, D. C. Osborne; Cortland, J. W.
King; Dorset, J. D. Culton: East Plymouth,
W. H. Felton; Giraid, J. II. Conkle: Greens
burg, E. 8. Bowers:Gnstavus, C. H. Edwards;
Hubbard, R. F. Keeler; Jefferson, W, H.
Welck: Kelloggsville, O.G.St. John; Kings
ville, J. H. Merchant: Lowellville, J. E. Burt;
Nlles, C. C. Welch; North Bloomfleld, E. R.
Jones; Orangeville, K. T. Boyd; Orwell, J. E.
Gariett; Island, Joseph Gledhill; Richmond
Center and Rock Creek, A. H. Keller: Ra
venna, A. C. SlrdefleId;Windsor, G. T.Norris;
Youngstown, Belmont avenue, John Brown;
Hazelton, George L. Davis; Trinity, H. W.
Kellogg; Wesley, M. C. Grimes.
Dr. D. H? Muller Explains.
Dr. D. H. Muller, Pastor of the First
Methodist Episcopal Church, of Canton, is
in this city attending the conference. He
was called upon Saturday and asked about
the anonymous letters to which he made
reference in his sermon last Sunday night.
"I wish you would set me right on that mat
ter," he said. "The dispatches sent from
Canton said that I had received anonymous
letters; that is alf wrong. I was preaching
last Sunday night cfu overcoming evil with
good. I referred to the things that
annoy and harass men, and showed how
Christians could rise superior to them.
Among the other things that wound men
and give them trouble, I mentioned anony
mous letters. I said that the writing of such
missives showed a bad heart: that it was a
great sin, and that there was no cure short
of conversion. 1 said that If I wore guilty
of such an act I should want to hang my
self. If there was anyone in the congrega
tion that had ever been guilty of this sin, I
said I would be glad to meet such a person
and spend an hour with him praying for bis
conversion.
"I referred to two letters that I had seen
during the week, one received by my Sunday
school superintendent and the other by the
director of music, bothlletters reflecting on
members of their families. The Sunday
school superintendent had only recently
been elected to that position, and the re
ceipt of the letter caused him much trouble.
I felt that something ought to be done, and
after my sermon some ot the members came
forward and thanked me,"
A Great Festival In Preparation.
MrssEAroLis, Sept. 21. At 1 o'clock in the
afternoon of Wednesday, September 23, the
first harvest festival parade in the history
of tho city of Minneapolis or of the North
west will move. Preparations have been
going forward night andday for a week
Sast, and fully 1,000 floats will be in line,
any prizes will be given for the best
county, society and State floats, and prizes
for the best bands outside the twin cities.
The Brotherhood of Railway Conductors.
Louisville, Sept. 2L The Brotherhood of
Railway Conductors began its annual ses
sion hero to-day. About BOO hundred are in
attendance, though only about 100 are dele
gates. Mayor Eyler made an address of wel
come. Business meetings begin to-morrow.
An effort will be made to consolidate the
Order of Railway Conductors with the
Brotherhood.
SC0XT A SELF-MADE HAH.
Hos. William L. Scott, who died fester
day, was a conspicuous example of a self
mado man. Philadelphia Ledger.
William L. Scott was a-man of intense In
dividuality and enormous energy. He built
up a great fortune from small beginnings by
his own shrewdness as a business man. His
loss will be felt in business, political and
turf circles and by the community at-large.
Philadelphia inquirer.
A bobs leader among men, and the archi
tect of his. own vast fortune, William L.
Scott for many years filled a large space in
the publio eye. Not only the community
where his active life was spent, but the
nation also, has sustained lu his death an
irreparable lots. In business he was shrewd,
energetic and sagacious, in his public career
just, patriotic and incorruptible. Philadel
phia Mecord.
Pennsylvania has lost one of her most
conspicuous citizens and the Democratic
party one of its ablest advocates in the
death of Hon. William L.Scott. His active
life bad an easy and almost painless ending.
His friends for a fortnight past bad been
convinced that his end was approaching, yet
this suspense has intensified rather 'than
lightened the blow. Nor has it lessened the
grief. Harrisbura Patriot.
The Hon. William L. Scott, who died yes
terday at Newport, was a typical American.
In early life ho was a page in Congress, and
later he sat in the same halls to take an ac
tive part in shaping legislation. His splendid
business talents were used to their fullest
extent in acquiring a large fortune, but at
the expense of health and finally of llfo
itself. Mr. Scott was an able and outspoken
politician, and he will be sadly missed by
his party. Philadelphia Press.
Mr. Scott was one of the kings of finance
and business in this country. He was one
of tho richest men in the State; certainly in
this section in. solid investments and pro
ductive property, rich in valuable mines, in
railroad investments, in real estate and in
valuable securities of all kinds. He was a
political leader or great force of character
and determination of purpose. He was a
powerin the political councils of the De
mocracy of this State. Tttusvitle Herald.
The plaoe which Mr. Scott has filled in the
councils of his party will long remain va
cant. He will have no successor as a politi
cal leader in this section. His loss is a great
er one to tho Democratic party than its or
gans will be disposed to admit. And it .la
entirely probable that when the waves of
the political sea close above the vanished
leader, as in the nature of things they must,
it will be found that other influences will be
dominant in the party councils and other
interests than those Mr. Scott represented I E. McClellan, a New York architect, is at
wiUbcxawileQJOkiheironu--ieriiqxrfcAi,theDuaucsne. i
SOCIETY'S PAI& EEAI3L
Quite a Number of Social Events,
Fast,
Current, and Yet to Come.
The committee of safety of the Pittsburg
chapter of the Daughters of the Devolution
is to hold a meeting this morning, tp ex
amine applications for membership. The
committee consists of Mrs. Tark Painter,
Miss Julia Harding and Miss Edith Darling
ton. There are 50- papers of applicants to
be examined, showing tho interest taken in
the society by tho ladies of Pittsburg. At
the meeting of tho society on October 12, the
most important business will bo the selec
tion of a delegate to the continental con
fress convention, to be held in Washington,
ebrnary 22. Mrs. Harrison, wife of the
President, is the president-general of the
Daughters ot the Revolution.
The annual meeting ,of the Women's
Christian Temperance Alliance of Allegheny
county will bo hold this evening at 7:30 in
the Sandusky Street Baptist Church. Alle
gheny. In addition to a carefully prepared
programme of musical and elocutionary
selections, an interesting talk on the Keely
cure for Inebriety will be delivered by Eras
mus Wilson, the "Quiet Observer." A male
quartet from the Arch Street M. . Church
will lender some favorite concerted pieces.
Social Clutter.
The Y. M. C. A. will hold its. State Conven
tion at Franklin, October 8 to 1L
Miss Jessie Gives, of Roup, is to give a
luncheon to 20 young ladies to-day.
Tbx election of officers of the Ladles' Ho-
Sltal Saturday and Sunday Association will
e held Monday, October 12.
The Pittsburg and Allegheny district of
the Women's Foreign Missionary Society
will hold a meeting at Sharpsburg Friday.
ATtheneit reoltal in the Allegheny Car
negie Hall, Mr. Ecker, CItv Organist, will be
assisted by the Haydn Quartet, under the
leadership of Prof. Liefeld.
A social bv tho Home Circle of the Daugh
ters of Bebekah will be held Tuesday even
ing next, at the residence of Mr. A. S. Jones,
1K2 Meadow street, East End.
Miss Killikei.i.t's classes in European
travel are to be resumed on the 7th of Octo
ber. Scandinavia and the British Isles will
form the subjects of the first discussions.
A "ooldes nor" social is to be irlven bv
the ivounp1 people of the Homewood Avenue
M. E. Church Thursday evening. There will
be musioand refreshments. The proceeds
of the eutortainment will be devoted to the
purchase of a now window for the church
now being erected.
The annual dinner at the Homo for Aged
Protestant Women, on Thursday, is the sub
ject of a great deal of interest, both to the
old ladies in the Home and the prospective
guests. These dinners aro always enjoyable,
the lady managers priding themselves upon
the completeness of their arrangements.
There will be a general Bocial gathering.and
the visitors will bo able to see how the old
ladles pass their time in their beautiful Wil
Wnsburg Home.
BEST SCHOOLS IN THE STATE.
Allegheny County Beats Philadelphia, Says
A sslstant Superintendent Honcic
Uarrisecro, Sept. 21. iSpecfat Assistant
Superintendent of Publio Instruction Houck
has Just returned from a trip through the
western end of the State, and says he was
filled with surprise at the advanced charac
ter of the schools in Allegheny county. He
reports that they are in every way far in
advance of tho schools in Philadelphia. He
is especially enthusiastic regarding the
Franklin School in Pittsburg, which he de
clares is the most complete and magnificent
bulldiiurof its character he has ever seen.
Ho also anticipates great things from the In
dustrial school in the Forbes building.
The department has prepared a compara
tive report on the public schools of Alle
gheny county, as follows: For 189L number
of distrlots, Ea, for 1S90, 82: for 18U1, number
of teachers, 1,704, for 1890, 1,315: for 1891,
sohools, 1.639, for 1800, 1.569; for 1891, pupils,
81,929, for 1890, 82,571; for 1891, average at
tendance, 57,608, for 1890. 57,081; for 1891, aver
age cost per month, $1 H. for 1890, $1 03: for
1S91, average school mlllage, 1.29, for 1890,
3.91; for 1891, total tax levy, $l,328,e81 57, for
1890, 1,3G0,161 98, for 1S9I, State appropria
tion, $176,4S3 22. for 1890. $115,97316: for 1891,
total receipts, $2,220,100 35, for 1890, $1,750,
273 8(J for 1891, total expenditures, $2,007,
173 56, for 1S90, $1,500,650 52.
Mr. Houck, in commenting upon the re
port, says that he has found that the citi
zens of Allegheny county are deeply inter
ested in the welfare and progress of their
schools, and that their school boards aro
composed of more than usually able men.
Under the new law tor next year the State
appropriation for Allegheny will reach
nearly a half million dollars.
PB0F. EEIGGS BETUBN8.-
He Will Begin His Regular Theological
Lectnres at Once.
New York, Sept. 21. Special. Prof.
Charles A. Briggs, whose orthodoxy is a
matter of dispute in the Presbyterian
churoh, arrived early this morning on the
Cunarder Servia. Prof. Briggs has been
spending the summer at Oxford with Fran
cis Brown, another professor In Union
Theological Seminary, who returned on the
Servia with him. Prof. Briggs' health has
improved. The flrst two months of his stay
at Oxford he did nothing but rest. He did
not read even the English papers. During
lastmontn he gave Prof. Brown much aid
in the work of the tatter's Hebrew Lexicon.
Prof. Briggs' daughter Grace was his com
panion on his vacation.
Prof. Briggs will begin his lectures on
Biblical Theology with the opening of the
term. There appears to be no doubt that
Dr. Briggs will be tried for heresy wjthin
the next two months The Committee of
Presbytery appointed by Moderator
Shearer to draw up charges will have their
report ready for the regular meeting of
Presbytery Octobers. If it is acted upon at
once the trial will probably be ordered to be
gin within n month. The report of the Gen
eral Assembly, a committee on revision of
the confession of faith, will come before .
Presbytery for approval. Tho faculty and.
directors or union win aia jrror. jinggg-in
making a vigorous defense.
A Congress of Miners.
Berse, Sept. 21. Tho International Con
gress called to discns3 the causes of acci
dents to workmen, employers' liability in
snch cases and the best means to be taken to
prevent such accidents, opened here to-day.
There are yet only 100 delegates present ont
of tho 300 appointed by various labor organi
zations. M.Droz. the Minister of Foreign Af
fairs, welcomed the delegates on behalf off
the Government or Bwuzeriana.
President Fitzgerald Ont of'DaDger.
LracoLS, Sept. 2L Owing to the prevalence
of many contradictory rumors concerning
the illness of President Fitzgerald, of the
Irish National League of America, his physi
cian has made the statement that Mr. Fitz
gerald will recover, all dangerous symtoms
having passed.
SOME PEOPLE WHO TBAVEL.
F. C. Moore, Mayor, and James A. Man
ning, M. P. Price and George B. Baser, mem
bers of Council, of Ashtabula, were at the
Duquesne yesterday. They are making in
quiries regarding eleotric lighting.
Colonel W. W. Greenland, of Clarion,
was in the city yesterday, and registered at
the Seventh avenue with his son and some
friends.
Charles Covle, a Democratic politician of
New Haven, fconn., is visiting his brother,
Eev. Father Coyle, of the West End.
L. C. Cook, the Cleveland contractor, who
is working on the Clover Leaf line, was at
the Uonongahela yesterday.
Frank Weston and his wife, Effie Ellsler,
are at the Monongahela House. The latter's
brother accompany them.
Joseph G. Blake, a prominent wholesale
dry goods merchant, of Bangor, Me., Is re
gistered at the Duquesne.
Superintendent Flynn, of the Western
Union Company's local office, went to New
York last night.
B. C. Bodgers, a Brownsville lawyer, was
in the city on legal business yesterday.
F. K. Moore, the Cleveland coke opera
tor, was at the Monongahela yesterday.
L P. McCormick and wife, of Connells
ville, are at the Seventh Avenue.
Hiram Maxwell, a St, Louis business
man, was in town yesterday.
D. T. S. Troxell and Mrs. Troxell, of Gal
litzin, are at the Duquesne.
S. W. Snyder and wife, of Charleston, W.
Va., are at the Duquesne.
J. M. Duval, of Baltimore, was a gdest at
the Anderson yesteday,
T. H. O'Bryan, ar manufacturer of "Phila
delphia, is in tho city.
Pauline Hall is occupying a suite of rooms
at the Scblosser.
C. W. TJpson, of Mansfield, O., was in the
city ye&bcruay,
CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS.
Every seventh man in England is a i
Londoner.
A paper mill in New Jersey has turned
ont a sheet of paper 6 feet wide and 8 miles
long.
There are in the United States 200,'
019.79 miles of railroad track of all descrip"
tlons.
Lake Erie produces more ugh to the
square mile than any body of water in the
world.
The first Indian tobacco sign erected in
America was put up in Baltimore, and it
still stands.
It is said that one-eighth of the wine
produced in California last year came from
a single vineyard.
Five thousand girls employed at a lace
factory In Venice, under the patronage of
the Queen of Italy, receive 7 cents a day.
The temple of Horo-mon-ji, at Inke
garal, begun in 1252, and flnsihed in 1307. U
one of the most famous religious structures
in Japan.
Mr. Stead, whose arithmetic is as origi
nal and amusing as anything he has ever
done, calculates that over 800,000,000 official
prayers are annually offered for the Prince
of Wales. -
The Island of Mitylene has 40,000 peo
ple. Not much is remembered of it, bnt
scholars recall that it was once mentioned
by Virgil. That conferred immortality oj
the island.
Amplitude is expected in Texas. A
young lady in Gainesville, Tex., has the
longest bair in the world. It trails on the
ground four feet and is of a beautiful red
gold color.
A unique necktie was worn by a recent
visitor to Macon, Ga. It was made of a
rattlesnake's skin, the Tattles served as a
pin. The wearer killed the reptile nine
years agO in Florida.
In the Chicago City Directory many
names were omitted owing to a refusal of
the members of labor organizations to give
their names and addresses because it was
printed at a scab printing house.
In India, so it is told, the common cus
tom is for the barber to go to tho homes of
his customers. He starts out early in tho
morning and, should he And a customer in
bed, he shaves him witnout arousing him.
It is estimated that the treasure lying
idle in India in the shape of hoards of orna
ments amounts to X250,000,000. Acompetent
authority calculates that "In Amrlsta City
alnne there are Jewels to the value of 2,
000,000. Chicago understands the art of expan
sion and of blowing about it. That city has
nearly twice as many miles of streets as any
other city in the world, and almost fonr
times as many as New York. Her total
mileage is 2.018.
It costs something to live and a good deal
to die; in fact, everything costs. Some one
estimates that getting born cots the people
Of tho United States $250,000000 annually;
petting married, $300,000,t00; and getting
buried, $73,000,000.
An iron last has been made by Spence,
Boggo & Co., Martin's Ferry, O., for John
Farnbouse, a colored preacher of Charlotte,
N.C. It is 20 inches long, and 1i inches
wide. The owner of this monstrous foot is
6 feet 10 inches high and weighs 410 pounds.
Residents in the timbered districts of
Clatsop and Tillamook counties, Ore., say
that large gray wolves are becoming moro
numerous and are rapidly destroying the
elk, as they kill tbo young calves in tho
spring, and even the old ones when they
catch them alone.
P. C. Heydrick, of Erie, claims to be
able to revolutionize the present methods
of obtaining electrical energy. He thinks we
can obtain power, heat, light in short,
everything that electricity can accomplish
by utilizing the electricity in the air and
other natural forces.
A Musselman having served his term
in prison is regarded almost as a saint, no
matter a3 to tho crime for which he has
been condemned. For a Mohametan to sjy
he has been confined in prison is to make a
claim upon the respect and admiration of
his fellow believers.
A clergyman in New South Wales com
plains that out of 117 marriages which bo
has celebrated within the last year, 29 culled
him out of bed between 11 at nighc and six
In the morning. He never knows when he
is to have a peaceful nigh t, and all on account
of a freak of fashion in his parish.
John Whitman, the man who lifts 600
pounds with his teeth, pushed a freight car
weighing 80,000 pounds along a switch on
North street, Baltimore, on Wednesday
morning in the presence of about 300 people.
It would have required the united strength
of eight ordinary men to move the car.
A unique carpet is being made forhe
Church of Le Cesar de Jesus, Montrnartre,
in Paris, by some Parisian ladies. It will
cost .4,000, and the names of the workers
are to bo embroidered around the border.
The center represents Montrnartre, while
above are to be the arms of the city of
Paris.
A man lives in the! province of Livonia,
Russia, who can oure the worst cases of hy
drophobia. His medicine for the disease
consists of bugs of the size of a firefly, which
.he gathers in sandy places. He keeps them
in clean ootties until tney oecome penectly
dry and shriveled to the size of a common
flv. Only one dose of two such bncs knead
ed in bread Is sufficient to euro the worst
case of.hydrophobla.
Big game is still plentiful iu Bosnia
and Herzegovina. The provincial authori
ties have assigned a small capitation grant
for the killing of dangerous wild beasts, and
so can tell approximately how many are put
out of the way every year. According to
the records there were slain in 1887 130 bears
and nearly 1,000 wolves; yet even these fig
ures do not represent the entire number, as
some sportsmen do not report their suc
cesses. They are introducing a novel method
In Belgium, writes the foreign correspond
ent of the HomUitic Eeview, for tho purpose
of determining whether Sunday shall be a
day of rest for letter carriers. Sunday
postage stamps are to be provided. All
letters with such stamps mailed on
Saturday are to be delivered on Monday.
After trying the experiment for awhile It is
to be decided, according to the relative
numbor of letters with these stamps,
whether the majority of the letter-writing
public wants the postman to enioy a Sunday
rest. If they do, then the carriers are to be
freed from Sunday work.
RHYNKLED ItHYMELETS.
Uncle Silas Maria, that driver's the
perlltest chap I ever met on a stage.
Maria Why. Silas?
Uncle Silas Why, he actually said, "thankee
kindly, sir," when I paid him 10 cents forour fares.
Hew Tork Press.
Stranger Can't you help a poor man,
mister? I have been burned out twice. Hooded out
three times and am now on my way to St. Louis.
Chicago Man You have Indeed been unfortunate,
but I can do nothing for a man who will deliberately
go to St. Louls.-Vuo'ffc.
It takes all kinds of people
To make the world, they say;
I've seen myself at divers times.
In most diverse array.
But all hare this In common;
They aU will snicker at
The hapless man who sits him down
Upon his new silk bat, ,
Boston Courier. ,
"A woman will do almost anything when
she Is desperate."
"You think so?"
I'm sure of It. There's Miss 8nowoff she had
a row with her fiance on the beach the other day.
and she-got so mad that she walked deliberately
into the water with her bathing suit on and ruined
it." Detroit Free Press.
Ethel What a lively fellow Jack is. He "
Is always on the go.
Clara (sighing) Yes, bat unfortunately he Is
sever gone. I beUeve he will die a bachelor. leu
York Herald.
Here lies our darling little pet;
He ate too many peaches ;
He rests at last, quite free from pain.
And in his father's breeches.
Clothier and Furnisher.
"Henry asked me to be his wife last
night, " she tokl her chum.
Ob, I'm so delighted, Gertrude. And how did
It happen?"
' 'Well, he asked me and I said 'Yes.' and then be
just stood up and folded hs arms."
"What! He was no more Interested than that?"
"Oh, but you see I was In them when be folded
them?" Philadelphia. Tim's.
First Little Boy My ma got a new dress
yesterday, and she threw her arms around my pa's
neck. What does your ma do when she gets a new
dress?
Second Little Boy-She says she'll forgive hha.
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