T 4 THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 189L yi t ESTABLISHED FEBRUARY 6. 1846. r Vol. 4S.No. K). Filtered t Pittsburg Postofflce, November 14, 1ES7, as second-class matter. Business Office Corner Smithfield and Diamond Streets. News Rooms and Publishing House 78 and 80 Diamond Street, in New Dispatch Building. FASTrTSV ADVERTISING OFFICE. ROOM H. TRIBUNE BUILDING. NF.WYORK. wherecom nletf les of THE DIPATCH can alwavs be round, j-orelcn advertisers appreciate the convenience. Hone advert Isers and friends of THF. DISPATCH, hlle in Nen York, are also made welcome. THE DTSPA TCHts rtpvlart) on mis at Brentann's, t Unwn nare, Vw York, and 17 Ave de VOyera, Pnn. France, where anyone who hag been disap pointed at a liotel news stand can obtain tf. TEK11S OF THE DISPATCH. rOSTAGE THEE IV THE UNITED STATES. DArLTDiTVrcn. One Tear f 8 CO Dailv Disr eTCii. Tcr Quarter. z 00 P ily Dispatch. One Month TO D uit DisrATCII. 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Dispatch intimated would be the aw. such imputation of motives and such attitudes by partj man.-.rer& and party organs as are meant to invest the occasion with a political and partism significance. Th?t is the aim of the declaration of Col lector Cooper after his conference with Mr Quav, "I Know there is politics in this," and on the other side it is the aim of such Democrats as are insisting that any thing which m.ij be alleged against Mc Camant, Liwj or Dover should be used a material for w.ir upon the Republican candidates, Morrison and Gregg. The public will not be misled from the xv issue bj the attitude of the mere par tisans on eithr side. They will consider that Governor Pattison has had ample pound for his course in calling upon the innate to consider whether the present fiscal oiheers of the Commonwealth should be ousted fiom in charge of the State mones. It is not the interest of the pub lic to assume any other motive on the prrt of the Governor than the plain one of ofhcial dutj so long as that clearly exists. If his administration attempt to abuse the etra session for campaign capital, or drag it ou. so as to delaj the inquiry, then such iufeicuces would rrisf as now as sumed bj Mr Cooper and his colleagues. It is as unfair to insist upon these infer ences at tins stage as it would be for the Democrats at the stait to hold that the Republican paitj as a party wishes to shield malfeasance in oihce. .Ntnie ot the organs, both Republican and Democratic, aftect to see an inconsis tency in Tun Dispatch's two statements that the question of malfeasance in the Trcasurj should lise above partisanship, and j et that before it is ended it may be attended with partisan significance. Rut we note that the line of deelopments is s'eadiH promg the precise accuracy of that view. All -'ad' the Republican lead eis in pla e of fraultly meeting the Gov ernor and co-operating heartily in a public dutj are raising the clamor about his mo th es and putting tnemselves in a seeming attitude ot discouraging the investigation feliould thej pursue this course they will produce a partisan effect in the coming election and that one more adverse to themseUesbj far than if they at once united with Governor Pattison. In the latter ca-e, if his (Pattison's) administra tion were to abuse the opportunities of the extra session, or to seek by unfair means to make political capital out of it, the Re publicans could quickly turn the occasion into a boomerang against him and his as sociates. The issue whether or not malfeasance should be permitted as to the btate funds has per sc no partisanship in it It is the attitude the politicians take in relation thereto which alone can fasten partisan issues upon it The public will watcii their course keenly and judge accordingly. THE DEMOCRATIC GATHERING. The meeting of the State League of Democratic clubs in Pittsburg to-day is the balancing event to the recent hvelj gathering at Scranton of the similar or ganizations on the Republican side. The meeting of the Democratic clubs promises to represent a larsc constituency of active political organizations, but it w ill lack the exciting features of the contention at Scranton, for the reason that there is a decidedly united feeling as to all im portant steps to be taken. Of course there are Republican critics to assert that if the harmonj that will control the action of the convention requires the destination of a capital letter it is the same letter that begins the name of Governor Pattison's verj active Secretary of State. It is never theless true that the Democratic organiza tions are pulling together with goodwill, and are in fighting trim. Their success of last j ear justifies their present good feeling, and the present aspect of State politics insphes tiiun with the ambition to repeat tbe record. The political clubs are a strong element of the present era of politics, and the representativ cs of the Democratic organi zations will be pleasant guests even for a strong Republican city like Pittsburg. The visitors, are assured a hearty welcome. "What they will see here should open their ejes to the benefits of a protective policy. Here the fruits of the tariff furnish an object lesson that shows the fallacy of following false lights from outside the Commonwealth. TOE r.OVEKNMET DIRECTORS' JOKE. There is what really seems to be a val uable contribution to the humorous litera ture of the period in the passage of the report of the Government Directors of the Union Pacific Railway, declaring the abso lute necessity of relieving that corporation "Jrom the exactions and limitations now imposed by law." It should be understood that this does not refer to the old absurdity about the hampering tffect of the inter state commerce act, as that is too thread bare a joke for repetition. The limitations are those imposed by the laws under which the Union Pacific received its land grant and subsidy, to ensure its performance of the contract with the Government The Government Directors were also officers created to ensure that it should bo managed to the same end. The principle of selection and the construction of their duties, evolved by those gentlemen, have resulted in the corporation doing as it pleases. A correlative result is that legal restraints upon that corporation and even more in the case of the Central Pacific, have been treated as dead letters. The effort of the present Government Directors, in declaring the hampering effects of legal provisions that have never been obeyed, is a joke of the first water. A EONG EXPECTED D1T. Patience and perseverance bring us to the fruition ot effort in the fulness of time, but sometimes it is a very long time. Eighteen j ears ago the work of provid ing Pittsburg with a postofflce building commensurate to its business was begun. The work has gone on since then, some times at an imperceptible rate of progress. Lustres of years have passed one after the other; the men who were young then now begin to recognize their advancing years; but the work of urging on the new post office was always with us. Butithasbeen kept up, not always with eminent success or edif j ing patience. Tet it has proceeded until to-day the postofflce force will oc cupy its quarters in the new building. It will be difficult for tc public mind to realize that this work, which seemed coexistent with the course of time, is ended at last The grasping of that idea will be equally difficult with hardship to the average Pittsburger of thinking or speaking of the postofflce as located any where else than at the corner of Smithfield street and Fifth avenue. But after the public has become accustomed to the new and enlarged accommodations for its postal business in the new building, it will perceive that the new postofflce is repre sentative of the new era, while the old and dingy quarters are typical of a past stage in Pittsburg dev elopment. The rapidity of Pittsburg's growth as well as the everlasting slowness of govern ment building operations are reflected in the fact that the new building, planned a dozen years ago to meet Pittsburg's re quirements for a generation to come, is so inadequate to the present needs that it has to have an addition built onto it be fore it is finished. THE IMPERIAL RECIPROCITY IDEA. A communication elsewhere in this issue takes exception to recent editorial comments of TnE Dispatch with regard to the movement in Great Britain for an imperial reciprocity. In a way that shows a careful study of the question our con tributor discusses the whole matter, and makes the conclusion appear very strong that there is little likelihood of the forma tion of such a zollverein as is included in most of the schemes for federation of the British colonies. The Dispatch will take less exception to the views of its correspondent than he does to its previous expression. It is more than probable his view of the situa tion is correct and that both the interests and the political opinions of England will prove an obstacle to the project The proposition was referred to simply as a feature of the situation which gains the support of an element in British politics and which is of interest to the United States. We can hardly assent to our cor lcspondent's idea that this is giving too much dignity to what he stjles "mere vaporing;" and yet we can agree to the general drift of his very interesting and thorough review of the influences bearing on that question. SPAXIn-AMERICAN OUTBREAK'. The outbreak in Guatemala, which was onlj prevented from becoming a success ful revolution by the superior military forces at the command of President Baril las, is another emphatic indication of the sp'rit of unrest and dissatisfaction per vading the Spanish-American republics. Of course, it is more than possible that many of the outbreaks of which w e hear almost with every new" phase of the moon from one of our Southern neighbors or an other are due to the volatile and ignorant character of the populace, worked upon by interested and ambitious demagogues. But it is also the fact that the pretext for these outbreaks is very generally fur nished by the fact that the executive heads ot these Governments are rarely able to draw the necessary distinction between a constitutional President and a dictator. This is the fact in Guatemala, as it was in Chile. Even in Brazil there is little doubt that Da Fonseca holds more arbitrary power than was claimed by Dom Pedro. The nature and results of the Spanish American theories of executive functions is seen in the fact that Bogran, Barillas, Barrios and many others, w bile presiding over comparatively poor governments, have accrued immense fortunes, invested for their ovv n safety in countries where the exigencies of revolution cannot reach. These facts give especial point to the cries which the Guatemalan mob raised against dictatorship and tho plunder of the public treasury. This especial out break seems to have been put down, but a system of politics under which there is reason for popular faith in such indict ments must alvvajs stand on an insecure foundation. There is decided instruction to thepublcin the fact that w liile the stock market in New York has been convulsed by the sharp deals of some of the great corporate kings the teal estate- market was not affected in the slight est. People with moderate amounts of money to invest will very leadily perceive the pertinence of this fact. The value and productiv tnessof real estate may rise and fall with the general prosperitj nd oven bo subject to the expansion and collapse of booms Eut it is the one form of Investment in which the investor is not subject for his returns or. the maneuvers and manipula tions of the corporate managers. Enblasd and Italy are strengthening their fleets in Chinese waters, Ith the ob v ious intention of bringing what is called moral influence to bear on the moon-eyed heathen. Is it possiblo that the enlarge ment of the American naval forces there does not seem to the European powers to be sufficient to bring the Chineso Empire to terms? The abolition of the passport system in AUacc and Lotrainc, by which BiMnarck had kept a constant thorn in the sides of the irritated Gaul, at once indicates tho de sire of the German Government for main taining peace a while longer at least and disproves the story that the Emperor was on tho point of iriklng his submission to Bismarck. French opinion may tatfe tho conciliatory acts of Germany as a sign of weakness; but such a theory in anv contest is likely to bo a mistaken one. The strong can alwaj a afford to hold out conciliation. The intimation is given that Deacon White will soon be in tho whirl once more; but it is to be presumed that his return to activity will not be accompanied by any increase in the demand lor corn. He has had all the roasting ears he wants. The dread suggestion appears that a necessary supplement to the arduous labors of tbe festive Handy and bis coadjutors in eating dinners abroad will be tho giving of feists to all foreign delegations who may come to this country to see about tho World's Fair. The prospect of an uninter rupted course of dinners for the prandial Mayor and his associates suggests that in mercy to their stomachs one of tbe earlv provisions made by tho World's Fair man agement should bo avvaiehouse full of the most approved preparations of pepsin. Mr. Jay Gould's assertion that he never takes a salary from nny corporation he serves, convoys the suggestion tnat the stockholders need not expect any stipend either. By the way what has become of the pro ject for the widening of Diamond street and the report that tho propel ty on the north west corner of Diamond and Wood had been acquired by the parties favoting that im provement? Tho fact that tho now" build ings there aro going up on the old Hncs does not indicate a very lively faith in the reali zation of the widened street. Is that one of tho projects that went down in the wreck of the street Dills beyond hope of resuscita tion? The "partisan" cry against Governor Pattison's moi e has the positive character istic of the ostrich's method of concealing it self from its pursuers. France's financial strength has been one of tho strong fcatuios of the European situ ation this ycir. Tho Paris banks have helped Xondon out of a panic, lelieved Spiin in a grave emergency, and her capi talists now float the Kussian loan. This looks as if the Fienoh were very nearly at the top of the situation, but it will take all their resources to can y the burden of such a gigantically bankrupt ally as Russia. Dear Friends of the "Weather Bureau: For this relief much thanks, and if it is con tinued all may yet be forgiven. Sow we near that an effort is to be made to reorganize the Republican party in Vir ginia without Mahone. The possibility of getting rid of Mahone would bo nn attractive one, for the Virginia Republicans, even though it is calculated to provoke compari sons to a secession of the tail fiom tho dog. But as neither tail nor dog are worth saving it might be well to try the arduous experi ment. SNAP SHOTS IN SEASON. People who boast about being afraid of nothing aie easily scared by ghosts. Competttiox is always sharp when business is dull. In the language of the moderns, Jupiter l'luvius is an old soak. McCamant's in a nervous stew, And Boyer's in a plight; But both expect to worry through With Livsoy out of sight. The market gardener should be happy, because he can raise his own celery. It is easier to train a gun than a son of a gun. Candidates who have a barrel are called staving good fellows by those who Lave v otes to sell. "Women who aspire to be lawyers first wrestle with pillowcases. She can paint on placques and vases, Embi oider and ciochei: But I fc ir that corset Iaci-i Will soon tuin her to clay. Histof.y is a mirror, because it reflects things and is freq- ently Broke .. Girls who can pick out tin best baking powda-nri head and shoulders ab vo the sisters who know all about face powder. Misery loves company, and that's prob ably the reason why Bardsley did not burn thoo letters. Campbell is trying to strengthen him self by introducing onions into the Ohio campaig-i. Pale folk generally kick the. bucket fust. TnEBE is a man in our town, And he is enterprising; He never lets his trade run down, He's always advertising. TnE obstructionists are showing their hand at Harrisbnrgalready, and are making a bad play thereby. Democratic organs say the present campaign will be conducted on high-toned lines. This is doubtless tho reason why they are making so much noise about it. Some stage stars even lose their charac ter as well as their diamonds in order to secuie an advertisement. AGAINST SKY SCBAPBS. A Proposition to Limit the Height to "Which a Building May Go. Chicago Times. It is well that the first move against the policy 01 erecting extravagantly high build ings In Chicago should come from so con serva.tiv e a body as the Real Estato Board? But it is not to be concluded that such action is caused by deference to tho interests of any class of pi opcity owners. If Chicago is to bo saved the disaster of being a tow n built of 20stoiy buildings it will be because a sound leason lias boen discovered for its prevention. It lnppcns to be true that the erection of an 18-story building in place of one of six stories is in effect the granting of three lots in place of one to the fortunite ow ncr of the fee on w hich the higher build ing is placed. It also huppons that certain citizens ate recognized as holders of this species of property and that their interests aro directly assailed bj tho proposition to limit the height of futuiestiuctnres within tho city limits. But none of these facts will hav o any place in a proper discussion of the piobleui 111 hand. The gentlemen of tho Real Etite Board w ho have taken lip the matter have looked at it simply from the standpoint of the general good. They under stand vv hat Is the opinion of medical experts as t the eifoct of the high buildings now in process of constiuction, and have been quick to take the alarm. The proposition is a simple one. There is no question as to the ability of the muuici nalitv to pi-event all trouble by a simple net. No one denies the iiuthontj oWhe Building Inspector. If his authority extend in any direction it must be based upon a fundamen tal principle livery capitalist understands the necessity of submitting to thisdepait mcut plans nnd specifications for buildings to be elected Ifitshill be the opinion of the administration, or of the legislative branch of the municipal government, that a limit shall be placed upon the height of buildings, it will be a simple matter to re fuse acceptance of any plans involving a breach of this intent. This will place the onus of moving a right to so build as to in terfere with the public health on the owners of the land to be thus occupied or the ten nnts thereof. The move in tho diiection cannot be too soon initiated. Theroisa manliest injustice in postnoning action while investments aro being nndewitha view to such improvements as may be de nied in the futuie. Omaha Wants tho National Con entlon. Desvui, Sept. ifl Colonel C. R. Scott, of Omaha, was iu tho city to day. He will at tend the Republican State Conv ention at Glenn ood springs to-moriow and ask tbe convention to lecomiuend Omaha as the place lot holding tue National Republican Convention in 1892. Ho bents letters from Senators Walcott, Teller, Hon. John M. Thurston and others, asking tho convention to adopt a lesolution to that effect. The Farmer Tan Buy More. St. Lonls Globe-Democrat. Tho farmer can buy-more now with the proceeds of a month's labor than he was ever'able to buy befoie, which means that he does not nejJ Join any new party iu or der to get what Justly belongs to him. PATTISON'S PROCLAMATION. Pointed Opinions From Outside Sources as Well as Those Within the State tines Partisan, Bias Govern Many of the Comments. New York Advertiser, Intl. Pennsylvania has ceased to be a Paradise for boodlers. There is a decided tendency ovei there to make the way of the trans gressor hard and uncomfortable; nor has this tendency manifested itself too soon. Pennsylvania has been plucked and plund ered as fow other States have, and It is time the honest people of the State were having their innings. Tho bank revelations have smirched manv persons in high places and apparently the truth is not vet all revealed. The Governor certainly is Justified in this com so by the character of the correspond ence which passed between John Bardsley and the Auditor General, and has been mnde public during the pist fow days. This cor respondence indicated that the public funds were being Juggled with inan extraordinary fashion. B irdsloy is paying tho penalty for his part of the performance, and the busi ness of the extra session of the Senate will be to ascertain if St ito officers enjoyed any part in the steilings. Auditor General McCainant and State Tieasuror Boyer have enjoyed the confi dence of the people of the State to an un usual degreo; but, for that matter, so did John Birdsley. If they aro guilty of any w rongdoing the people should know it. The tlmo seems to have come for tho punish ment of faithless public servants in Penn sylvania, and no guilty man should bo al lowed to escape, evtn it tho Jails liavo to bo enlaiged. A Fear of Tattlson Bias. Baltimore Sun, Dem. The scandals growing out of the defalca tions of City Treasurer Bardsley, of Phila delphia, who Is now serving his term as a penitentiary sonvict, have euluminated in action by Governor Pattison which looks to tho removal of tho Auditor General and State Treasurer of Pennsylvania for derelic tion of duty in their relations to Bardsloy. As the Pcnns lvania Senate has a majority of Republicans it is doubtful whether the necessary two-thirds can be mustered in favoi of the removal of the accused offlciils, both of whom are Republicans, but the Democratic Chief Executive has done his duty in calling upon tho Senators to prove the charges, and their failure to act without bias in favor of the aliegod offenders would probably have a senous effect upon tho paity fortunes in tho coming election. No Doubt About His Wisdom. Lancaster Intelligencer, Rep.) Thoi o is do doubt at all about tho wisdom of the Governor's call for the Senate; nor about tho difficult position in which it puts tho men who woulddefend the State officers, guilty or innocent. It puts the Kepublican leaders in no fresh difficulty if they really desire to detect and punish the guilty, ns they claim to do. If this is their purpose their course is clear. They must meet tho Governors call with the manifestation of a purpose to answer his demand foi a piompt and full investigation of the conduct of the accused officials They will realize that this is tho people's demand as well as the Gov ernor's. It calls foi tlie8aciiflce of Repub lican officials, w ho have been guilty because they have been dominated by thesj leaders who thus thiow them out. For Political Purposes Only. Harrisbarg Telegraph, Iiep.3 Governor Pattison has called an extra ses sion of the Senate for political purposes only. In doing so he has not surprised any body who has kept vi atoh on the adminis tration since it entered into posesslon of the highest offices of the State last January. It has been a political administration from the outset, and everyone of its actions has been a means to an end and that end the politi cal advan cement of Gov ernor Pattison. No body pretends to think much less to sav that the Governor would ever have thought of calling an extra session of the Sonate if he was not desirous of scoring u political point. A Courageous Action. York Age, Dem. The people will recognize in the proclama tion of Governor Pattison calling the State Senate, into extraordinary session to con sider the chaiges made against the official conduct and integrity of prominent State officers at this time, the courageous action ot tho man tho v invested with tho duties of the chief executive office of the Common wealth. Tho people will also recognize by this move of the Governor against those charged with high crimes against the State, that their confidence in the man they ele vated for tho second time to the Governor's chair has not been misplaceu. A Iteckless Partisan Expedient, Scranton Republican, Kop J The proclamation issued by Governor Pat tison on Saturday ev oning, convening tho Stato Senate In extra session, on October 13, for the alleged purpose of investigating ser ious charges against tho Auditor General and State Treasuioi in connection with the B ndslcy rascalit-, is perhaps the most reck less paitisan expedient that has ever been attempted by the Executive of a Common wealth. A Kigld Examination Demanded. Chambersburg Spirit, Dem. Governoi Pattison has porfoimedaplain dutj-in calling together an extra sossion to investigate the senous charges against Audi tor General McCamant and State Treasurer Boyer. The people of Pennsvl vania w ill ap plaud his pioclamation and they will look to tho Senate for a llgid examination into all tho charges made against these ofilpeholders. Meets With General Approval. Harrlsbnrg Independent. The action of the Governor in convening the Scnato in extra session for tho purpose of considering the nlleget' charges against the Auditor General and tho State Treas urer, though criticised in some quarters, seems to mfot with general approval. In Rcpublicm circles it is regarded ns a politi cal move, and Democrats, rather indis ctoetlj, as we think, are rejoicing ovei it on that account. Now the tintli is that tho Governor was obliged to tako somo action ot this kind in older to dischaigo his official dutvas well as to savo himself from the criticism which he would surely have in curred had ho passed tbe matter over in silence. Mnst Obtain the Truth. Philadelphia North American, Rep There is no doubt of the constitutional right of tho Gov crnor to asscmDle the Son ato in extra session for such a purpose as that which ho declares to be the object of tho convening which ho has commanded by the proclamation published. Nor is there anything to be gainod by treating his ac tion as merely ono of tho political maneuvers ofa heated canvass. It is that, of course, and tho Democratic officials now in office! at Harrisburg aro determined to avail themselves of every av enue of hope on wilic-i me miiu' mu may mm pi ogress to ward the deieat of the Republican ticket. It is just as true, however, that tho Repub licans of l'onusvlvania hive no greater sj mpathv with official misdoing than their udvermiics, while it by no means lol lows that this cxtia session of the Sonate will discover anv greater evidences of mal administration thun have already been made public. We should join with a hc-iity accord in approv In any possible foim of in quiiy that inavbe honestly conducted with a view of obtaining the truth. A New York Kepublican Opinion. Bnffalo Express, Rep. Governor Pattison has called an extra ses sion or the Pennsylvania Senato to ascertain whether cause exists for the removal of tho Auditor .General and Treasurer. There may be some politics in this call coming just at tho present time, but the Republicans have only themselves to blame if anv political capital is made out of tho investigation. SMALL GUNBOATS NEEDED. The Larger Vessels Are Too Unwieldy for Use In Harbors. New York Herald, If Secretary Tracy as foreshadowed in the Herald's Washington dispatches in tends to recommend tho construction of several small light draught cruisers for ser vice iu Chineso and South American waters, he will provide tho unvy with a great aid to its efficiency. The larger vessels, such as tbo Baltimore, the Philadelphia, tho Clmiles ton and the Newark, have shown themselves of high rank in the class to which they bo long, bat they are not capable of entering somo of tho rivers where -they may bo needed, and even tho 3,000 and 2 OuO-ton ships nro,iiiminy cases, to deep in tho water tor such seivico. Gioat Britain has a number of composite built gliubo its for this duty, and they aro very efficient and economical. Bjing copper sheathed they keep a clean bottom, and bc- ing small the cost of their maintenance is not great. If we had a half dozen ot such gunboats now in commission they would be specially valuable for the existing emer gency in China. Licking these, tho new ships should be sent there instead of keep ing them in New York harbor. NAMES OFTEN PUBLISHED. Iess then a score of Russian scholars, it is asserted, can -tranolato Count Tolstoi's dramatic language directly from the origi nal into English. Meissonier was to have painted one tf tho frescoes of tho Panheon, but he died be fore bo had finished his sketch. Dctaille, Cagin or Constant will take his place. Queen Victoria's gift to France will bo a fine portrait of herself in a gorgeous frame, upon which w ill be blended tho arms of England and France, and other emblems of the Queen's respect for the Republic. Queen Christina, of Spain, is persist ently carrying out, to tho intense disgust ot her household, tho reforms which the lite Dnke of Aosta when King attempted to in troduce reforms by which the viands and w ines coming from tho royal table are re tained Instead of becoming the perquisites of servants, as was formerly the case. The Princess Ludwig, of Bavaria gave birth a few days ago to her thirteenth child. Twelve of her children are living. Tho Princess is the daughter of Dnke Ferdinand, ofModena, and an Archduches of Austria. She w as born in 1819 and wns married in 18C8. No other royal Princess in Europe is tho mothei of so many children as this popular Bav arian lady. Arizona has a woman mining expert in the person of Miss Nellie Cashman, a young Miss in her early twenties. She came to Tucson from Kansas nine years ago, and then, working with herbrothorin tho mines, sho became wonderfully oxpett in Judging ore. It is said her judgment is so good that the olaest and most experienced experts are influenced by it An American dentist by the name of Young has played a prominont rolo in con nection with tho recent differences between Qneen Elizabeth of Roumania and her hus band. It appears that he has formed part of tho royal household for several j ears and that his influence on the im pressionable "Carmen Sylva" was almost as great as that of Mis Vacaresco or of Mr. Scheffer, her Majesty's Alsantlab, private secretary. TnE future Empress Eugenie was just 26 years of age when Napoleon III, fell in love with her at a ball. He had heard of hor magnificent physique through the rumors of her appearance when dragged in flowing draperies from a little lake into which she had fallen on her mother's estate in Malaga. From a pale, thin, shy girl she suddenly blossomed out into a dazzling beauty. Eugenie and Queen Victoria are warm per sonal friends now. Mucn to the distress of Lord and Lady Salisbury, their relative, the Earl of Gallo way, has returned to England, and it has been somewhat pointedly announced that he has "not leaped much advantage" from his trip abroad. This means tl at he is still as crazy ns ho was before ho left. Indeed, he is scarcely responsible for his actions, having repeatedlj got himself into tho most horrible scrapes, from which he has been extricated only with tho utmost difficulty. DEATHS HEBE AND ELSEWHERE. Herman Melville, Anthor. Herman Melville died Monday at his home in New York, from heart failure. He was born.ln thit citi 73 rears ago. In his early man hood he shipped before the mast on a whaling vessel, which he deserted when the ship was oil the Marquesas Island?, in the I'aclfle ocean, on account ofthe cruelty of the captain. He was cast ashore In a destitute condition, and was kept in captivity by the natlTC savages until he wis rescued several month? afterward bv a snip which cast anchor at one of the Islands. He won considerable lame as an -tnthnrbv the publicitlon of a book In 1847. en titled "Tjpce," which was an account of his ex perience while a captive iu the haniU of the sav ages. This was his btst work. Although he has since written a number of other stories, which were published more for prlvite than public circu Htion. "Tnep"' was published simultaneously In London aniiNen York. During th" ten yeirs sub sequent to the publication of this book he was em f)lovcd at the New York Custom House Since then le has been engaged In literary-work exclusively. Inhlsevrlfer 3C115 he was a contribut jr to Put nam's Alayazir. lawyer Samuel F. .Tonei. Samuel V. Jones died at his residstce in Hartford, Monday morning, at the age of 04. Mr. Jones had for manv years been the hist known criminal lawjcr In Connecticut. He was born in Marlborough In 1F27 In 1S4S he began the studv of law In the office ofthe late Governor Hubbard, and In ISol was idmltted to the bir. He w is a member from Hartford in the Legislatures of 1373-t and served on the Judiciar Committee during both terms Heleavesa ivifeand four grown children. During his practice at the Connecticut bar he was connected wltl nearly all the fainons criminal eases In that State in the last 2.vears. He de fended theMallej boys, ai eased of the murderof Jennie Cramer, securing a disagreement ofthe Jnr . He was counsel also for Hayden. the Metho dlat minister accused of the murder of Alan siannard, Allen, the State prison murderer of Watchman Shipmin, who was convicted of mur der In the first degree, secured through him a new trial, which saved his neck and sent him to State prison for life. Mrs. Sarah A. Johnson, Centenarian. Mrs. Sarah A. Johnson died in the Colored Homp In New York, last Eridaj at the reputed age of 103 years 8 months and 10 days. Shewus known as Aunt Sally. Long before the w ar she was a slave In the South. She was a shooting Methodist, and when the Union A. AI. F. Church Was founded 40 ytars ago she turned up the first spadeful of soil for tbe old structure on Fifteenth street. In ISA! she became too ft eble to care for herself, and, as her husband and children were dead, her pastor took lier to the Colored Home. He w as the Rev. James II. Cook, now the colored Methodist Bishop. The old lady, then years old, was quite active, and did a great deal of kitting. She never used or needed spectacles. For the last Ave or six j ears her hearing has been poor. On the day of her death she n as well and In good spirit?. She moved around the building ami tore up some carpet rags. Toward night she was seized with angina pectoris, and died almost Immediately. Budolph Garrlgne, Insurance Man. Eudolph Garrigue, President of the Ger maniaFire Insurince Coup my. New York, died In Vienna Mondav morning. He was born in Copenhagen In Februarv. 1822, and came to New York In 1845 on a commission from tne United Booksellers of Gcrmauv to consider the advlsabil itv of establishing a branch In this country. In 1846 he went Into the book business tor hlmsclr. In 184? the late F. VV. Chrlstern became a partner. Atone time Mr. dsrilgue was 1 Commissioner of Emigration. In l&ftthc GermanH Insurance Com pany was founded. He was the Secretary and he became President In 18G.1. He was at one time President of the German -society, was a member of tbe Llederkranz and was a Free Mason. Martha r. Beck. Miss Martha T. licck died at her home late Mon d vj night. She was the daughter of Sergeant licck, of the Tw elfth ward police station, whose home Is at No. 1808 Penn avenue. About four weeks ago Miss Beck was Injured by a fjlt down an elevator shaft at l.lpplncott's store on Liberty street. She w as taken to the West Penn Hospital almost dead, but after a week or two recovered sufllclcntly to be removed to her home. Later she became worse and died at 13 o'clock Mondav night she was a member of the Smlthflcl 1 Stn et Methodist ( liureh. Her pastor. -Rev. C E. Locke; will conduct the Inner il services, assisted bv Rea Dr. Turner, at the family residence at I o'clock to-morrow after noon. Interment in AUcgaeu) Cemetery. Lieutenant Guemleufeldt, Explorer. Lieutenant Guendenfeldt, the German explorer of Morocco, who recently returned from an expedition to Asia Minor prostrated In health, died Sunday In Berlin at the age of 40. With him perished great hopes. His Journey through Mo roeeo attracted the attention of geographers and seicntists. and established his reputation as a dar ing triMler. aid ncientltlc obs,er er. and lie was looked lorward to as a future explorer of Africa. Obltnary Notes. Samuei, Momus,. who settled In Dubuque, Ia in 1832 and built the first log cabin 011 the site of the city, died at l'otosl. Wis , bunda, aged 81. Commodohe Jacob Gle-j 'avdkrs, oneof Al banv's wealthiest citizens and quaintest cha-ac-ters, died Monday morning. He wasworthl,500, C03. James E. Goddix, 02 jears old, at ouetlmea wealthv lawyer of Richmond, died in poverty at tbe workhouse at BlackweU's Island, 2ewYork, Saturday night. I)B. Pbisce W. Tace. a prominent physician of Boston, died at Breckcnrldge, Col., jesterday morning of piralysls. He was largely Interested in Colorado mines. Caitaiv GusTAvrs A. Hull, U. S. A. (re tired), died bunday evening of pneumonia at his home In ban Francisco Captain HuJ was born at Iredoiila, N. Y., HUS27. Samuel Lyov Russlll died at Bedford, Sun day, in his 7Cth yeay. For more than 5o ears he has been a member of the Bedford county bar. In 1S32 bewos tlecterl to Congress. He was also a imm berot the Constitutional Convention of 1873. He was a second cousin of James Cr. Blaine. CHAKLES Cook, formerly of Boston, but for the past year a resident of York. Me., died suddenlv Monday. He was well known In Boston, having been superintendent of t'ic Hawthorn red line of toailiesaud ofthe Qulncy Railroad, since his re- ! iftif: lid find ill vivtml nil Ilia tlmn trt lifu lltin farm In York, Ills property Is large. NO IMPERIAL FEDERATION. Elttlo Evidence of Any Closer Connection Between Great Britain and Her Colonies The Effect of the Triple AUIance Upon European Trade Relations. To the Editor ofriie Dispatch: In your editorial of Saturday last, on im pending fiscal changes in England, you speak ofthe likelihood of an imposition of a tax upon food products, raw materials, such as cotton, which we export to England, nnd which a largo party or English economists think could bo obtained with greater reci procal advantage from British colonies, which would in return admit British manufactures-" I was aware that the advocates of imperial reciprocity had been making a good deal of noise, but that they should bo taken serinusly, or that their vaponngs should bo dignified by such attention as thev have received at your hands, I had not looked lor. You will pardon mo if I be plain spoken and characterize this idea of imperial fed eration as n threadbare apparition that is periodically stalked irbout, through Eng land with never any greater probability of finding a lodging place in British politics than would a proposition to pnsion ghosts. You say that "political power to day is more in the hands or British workmen than ever boforc." This is quite true. England to-day is ruled by An Industrial Democracy, wherein lies her safety against such legisla tion. If she were ruled by a landed aris tocracy such a change misht not seem im pioDablc. Landlords aro tco well acquainted vvltliRIcaidonot to know what effect such legislation would hav e upon rents and the price of produce. Mr. Howard Vincent, M. P., who seems to be thelieadand fiont 01 the movement, dining a recent visit to Canada industriously advocated the scheme, but without arousing any entnsiasm. iiis propo sition w lion offered in the British Parlia ment was contemptously ignored by both the Tory and Liberal parties. Tho Impciial Fcderationists are nearly all Tories, j et Ixn d Salisbury, the Tory Premier, hns upon more than ono occasion spoken plainly on the matter. He stated, but recently, that the scheme contemplated would bring about a condition of affairs "scarcely dlstinguisnable from civil war," andProt. Bryco, fiom the other side of tbe political fence, thanked him for liavng put his foot upon a suggestion that would havo been ' delusive to the colonies nnd would have encountered invincible opposition at home." Mr. Goschen, a member of the Tory Government, a man who has distinguished himself to the degree of eminence in dealing with fiscal questions, recently stated in re lcring to the scheme of imperial reoiprooity, that in his opinion the question of making bread dearer "would never enter the region of practical politics in Britain." Gladstone's Thousand Objections. Mr. Gladstone, not many months ago, in a public speech declared that he "saw a thou sand objections" to an imperial zollverein. While elaborating upon the subject ho stated that the foreign trade of Britain amounted to about 550,000,090, while the colonial trade was something like 180,000,000. "Would it not be a most injurous policy," said he, "to clog the action of British energy and enter prise in a market of 550,01,0,006 in the year, even for the purpose of enlarging that action in a market of one-third that amount." As someone has said, England is not the dog to diop the bone to snap at the shadow. "What is suggested," says the London Economist, "is that while continuing freely to admit nil the products of our colonies, we should impose a duty upon all similar products coming to us from other countries. In tbe case, ot Australia this resolves itself Into a proposal to tax wool, beef, wheat and a number of other products which form tho raw material for our manufacturers. Nothing, bowover, is more certain than that if we do this the colonial pioducers will take advantage of the opportunity and ral90 the price of their supplies to tho extent of the duty wo impose. It will bo no advant age to them to havo a privileged market ac corded to them unless they take advantage of the privilege. If the loieign producers beat them j ast no w it is J Because They Can Sell Cheaper, And if the foreign products are mado artifi cially dearer tho colonists will not fail to raise their prices somewhat in the same pro pot tion. But if tho cost of the raw material, say of the woolen industties, is enhanced, thero must also be an advance m the price of the finished goods. Not only, therefore, will we have to pay more for all of these goods which we ourselves consume, but our manufacturers, who already find it difficult enough to maintain their ground in loreiRn markets, will nave a new uisirjnity imposed upon them." This should snffice, it cems to me. to show the sentiment of dominant Brit ish thought, both economic and political, on the question of im penal federation. Whatever maj- be said of tho nnsatisf ic tory condition of industrial affairs In En gland, it must bo admitted that tho pro tected continental countries arc in a much more desperate plight. Some of them, in deed, like Italy, aieboidering on impover ishment. The wave of protection which is now roll ing over Europe was born in tho samo cave as the triple alliance. Cnspi, who in earlier years, when the heart of Italy was aflamo with the Idea of Italian unity, had stood shoulder to shoulder with Garibaldi, at a later day, when safely planted in power, lent himself to the witcheries of Bismarck, and, forsaking tho spirit of Muzzini and tho policy of Cavour, ciossed over into the camp of militarism. The Policy of Bismarck. It was the policy of Bismarck to make Italy powerful in a military sense, but it was equally his aim to have Germany enjoy the advantage of that power, and to romovo every possibility of its ever being employed to further the interests of France. The ap parent understanding between Bismarck and Crispi excited the apprehension of Franco, and it required but a slight move ment on the part of Italy inimic il to French trade to cause France to retaliate. Commerce breeds amity and binds nations in fnendship. It was the policy of .Bismarck to lsolato Franco politically and commer cially. Hon well he succeeded is evidenced bv the unnatural friendsnip she is now cul tivating with tho "colossus of tho North," and the enormous diminution of Franco Italian trade that has taken place since the rupture. Tho recent policy of France was began in retaliation nnd has ended in her doing vio lence to the genius and universal spirit of the French people England can well afford to view with complacency her rivals in tho world's markets so long as the ypieseut the spectacle of tottering themselves with re strictive legislation, nnd may rest content in tho consciousness that wbatovorvlcissi- tudes tho future may bring to the nations of tho earth, sho will hav e on bcr side, at least, that freedom w hlch i-xalts the prosperity of a people, and which, operating w ith all the force and persisttnee of natural law ends in triumphing over all obstacles. J. B. SlIAIiFE. PiiTSBURO, September 29. TBADE AHD MOHEY. The Country Is Growing Eicher in Gold With Every Incoming Stcnmer. New York Press. Gold impoits increase. It Is estimated that the amount of gold in transit fiom Europe to the United states on Saturday night was in tho neighborhood of flO.MW.OOO. The prediction of Mr. Robert Giffen, the British statistician, that befoi e $50,000,000 in bullion was sent to this country both tho Bank of England and the Bank of Franco would raise thelrratesof discount and check tho movement is discredited by flnancnl authoiities evciywhere. As the Press on last Thursday pointed out, Europo is de pendent upon our breadstuffs to avert famine this 3 car. It must havo our cereals to live. Audit will have to pay for them in cash ifwc want cash. Raising the rate of discount would not alter this fact. It would only make tho operation of purchasing more costly to Europeans. Mr. Giffen's other prophecy, that this country has become overloaded with paper currency to such an extent that a great financial crash is inevitable, is simply ndlculous. The tremendous gold exports o'f last spi Ing did not impair public confidence in the ability of tho Government to redeem in gold all notes pav able In that metal. Now that the specie tide is coming in instead of going out, and tho country is becoming richei inuold every week, it is the height otnbsuufity to suppose that Americans are going to uibtiust the currency of whoso ability they had no doubts when almost every departing steamship was lessening thenmouutof gold in thecountrv. With the biggest hnrv est on recoid andun imperative foreign demand for all the food -,ve can spaie, Amerieins can afford to lnugh at calamity shriekers, whether they are in Kansas or London. Blaine Tells the Truth. Chicago Inter-Occan.l It is qnito true, ns Mr. Blaine tersely ob serves, that tho re-eloetlon of Governor CampbeU would bo a victory for "free trade and tho corruption of the enrrency." That is why a majority of tho peoplo are going to A ote for Major McKinley. SOCIAL PLEASURES. A Number of Entertainments Past and Yet to Be Given. This evening the Young People's Society of the German Evangelical Church will give an entertainment at Masnnerphor Hall, West End. A corcfully prepared programme will be rendoi ed, so that all who attend arc sure to enjoy themselves. Tho proceeds are for the benefit of tho Aged People's Home. Social Chatter. Am meeting of a large number of the voung people of St. John's R. C. Church, Thirtv second street, a Hterarv society was organized and tho following officers elected: Rev. Father Keating, President; David Finn, Vice President and Slannger; Miss Mollie O'Donncll, Secretary ; Rev. Father McKccver, Treasurer. Alter the usual rontino business was transacted an enjoyable entertainment was given by several of the members. John S. Miller, one of them, who has lately been admitted to tho bar, made a short speech. BfllevccIs falling into lino -with other enterprising towns, and will hold a series of entertainments on tho T. M. C. A. plan, this winter, in their new school hall, which will be fitted np with stage, opera chairs and other conveniences. The voung men of the borough nro engineering the scheme, and it is having the support of tho best people In tho place. Miss Grace Bamvoebt Hes-deksojt, of Fre mont street, Allegheny, has returned to Al legheny College, Meadville. Miss Henderson intends to take the classical course, and will graduate this year. Miss Maria PARLOv,the famous authority on cookin. is the guest of Mrs. James Gay ley, of Braddock. Ml-s Parloa gave tho first of a scries of lectures yesterday in Odeon Hall, Braddock. A LUfCHEOi was given yesterday after noon by Mrs. F. Gemmil, of Park Place, Wil kmsburg. in honor of Jier guest, MLss Mary Foster, of Tarentum. Arrmjoemests are befrur made bv tbe Mor ns Social, of Wylio avenue, for a series of dances to be given during the winter. Rev. J. F. Core, pastor of tho M. E. Church, at Wilkinsburg, leaves to-day to attend the Methodist Conference at Unlontown. The German Ladies' Society, of Wilkins burg, will give a social this evening in the Rohrman building on Penn nvenne. The annual reepption and contribution for the Children's Temporary Home, Wash ington, is set for October 15. The Swedish male sextette gave a con cert last evening in Old City Hall. Another will bo given this evening. The marriage of Miss Elizabeth Eevmor to Mr. Robert D. Tottcn is announced to take place shortly. Miss Maooie McCormick and Adam Schaf fer, of the West End, will bo married this evening. HAWAIIAN AITOEXATKHT. The Question Is Whether tho Bargain Wonld Be Profitable. San Francisco Chronicle. A dispatch from Washington says that many rumors aro in circulation in the neighborhood ot tho State Department on the subject of Hawaiian annexation Thore are those who look with apprehension npon the concentration of British strength on tho American continent, and moro conspicu ously of late in the vicinity of the Hawaiian Islands. It is believed that Great Britain has designs npon the Hawaiian Kingdom, and that tbo present sovereign, Queen Liliuokalani, is decidedly amenable to Brit ish influence. Such is the tenor of the dispatch, and It bears intrinsic evidence or having been con cocted in Washington for a purpose. Tho plan evidently Is to stir up the question of annexation, so as to induce the United States to take some definite steps toward bringing Hawaii nnder the American flag. To effect this the danger or annexation by England is suggested, it being apparent that this would arouse American sentiment and lead to the expression of opinion that if the Hawaiian Islands are to be annexed at all It must be by tho United States. .The English pross has expressed itself quite recently on this subject. Ono of the leading journals of London pooh-poohed the whole subject of annexation, saying that while it did not admit the validity or force ofthe Monroe doctrine to the extent claimed by the UnitedStates.it did concede its ap plicability in tho case of the Hawaiian islands. It may be surmised very easily that tho underlying idea in this annexation talk is the 2 cents bounty on an annual sugar crop of something like 240,000,000 pounds. It may be that the islands are worth that premium, or it may bo that tho Drico is excessive; but in either event if the United States wants Hawaii sho must get it upon a fulland"clearunderstandingandonherown motion, and not be driven into it by a scare' of British annexation. We could probably secure the islands with very little trouble, but tho question is whether the bargain would be a profitable one for us. It certainly would bo for the Hawaiian sugar planters. ETJSSIA WANTS TO BOBBOW. If She Gets the Money She Will Be Able to Keep Nations Quiet. Chicago Trlbune.3 Russia wants to borrow money, and tbe French, it is said, have agreed to lend it. Tho amount of tbe loan is problematical. According to one statement the sum to be received will be about $50,000,000 net, the face of the loan being nearly J59,000,000. Another story makes the loan $96,500,000.on which $92, 0O0.CO0 will be realized. In either case the money is to be borrowed at St to 85, with in terest at 3 per cent,, a large consideration to be paid for the use of the money, which is talked about by some people as if it were wanted "to preserve the peace of Europe." If Russia gets the money that country will be able to keep the rest of the nations quiet for qnlte n littlo while, provided they con sent to remain peacoable. If thev will not consent, but insist on bor row ing money for tho purpose of preserv ing the said peace on their own account, the result may be different Apparently some of them are so much impressed with a sense of the valuo of peace that they are de termined to have it, though at the cost of fighting to secure it. At this distance it is not easy to sav which of tbe great powers is most anxious for peace at that price, but it would seem to be Russia, with France to help her in the laudable effort. It is thought that the terms of the loan, by which Russia is to gain possession ot a largo part ot the sum before the end of this year, will be com plied with by France without causing any financial trouble in that conntry, though the result may be depression in some other lands where apprehension is felt in regard to tne mnu 01 peace to do secureu oy tne use of the money. Heard at the Capital. Washington Post, Iud.I The buzzing sound that may bo heard in the still watches ofthe n ghtfrom the direc tion of the old Keystone State has been tracked to Harrisburg. It is a imcnomenally large bee that is jnst now nesting in Gov ernor Pattison's bonnet. SOME PEOPLE WHO TBAVEL. George M. Pullman was on the limited last evening for Chicago. He said the new double decked street carwhlch his company has been working upon will be exhibited 111 Chicago to-day. It will also be fully de scribed at tbe conv ention of street railway men, which will meet hero this month. Hishop C. S. Fowler, of San Francisco, was at tiie Monongahela j esterday. He left in the afternoon lor Uiiiontown. A number ot ministers left during the day to attend the annual session of the Pittsburg Confer ence of theM. E. Chuich, which opens to day. John Ogelive, of Savannah, Ga., is at the Anderson. Ho is intetested 111 the South Florida Land Improvement Company. L. W. IJigham left yesterdav for Albany, where he will be married this afternoon to Miss Blanche L. Brainard of that city. Bishop Foss, of the Methodist Church, passed through yesterday from Iowa, w hero lie has been holding contcrences. AV. K. Kimball, of Cincinnati, who is building the electric road at Beaver Falls, is at the Anderson. Judge Heed, who went to New York from Williaiusport, is expected to arriv e in town this morning. Cook Bailsman, of the Union National Bank, leftiast evening on a visit to Mends iu JL ejeas. Dr. J. C. Barr and wife, of Mars station, are visiting friends in the East End. Frank B. Von Siclen, of the Scientific American, is nt the Duquesuo. Mr. and Mrs. Anton Aur, of Paris. France, are guests at tho Duquesuo. James Duncannon returned yesterday from a visit to Ireland. J. F. Muirhead, of London, England, is at the Duquesne. AV. L. Mellon went to New York last night. Kobert Pitcaim went East last night CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS. Uncle Sam has 1,000,000 French Cana dims. The Labor party polls 68,000 votes ic Now South Wales. It has been discovered that almanact date back to the year 100 A. D. The negroes of the United States now pay taxes on $2G4,0O0,0CO worth of property. Immense flocks of crows have extermi natetl tho grasshopper pest in parts of Call fornia. The earliest coin for American use vta made about 1612, and bore as a design ti picture ofa hosr. Yucca blossoms 8 feet long from ba, to tip aro said to bo abundant intheSs Gabriel Canyon. Indians who live along the Pacific Eai road in Western Canada make a living t selling polished buffalo horns. There are in Old Orchard, Me., thre apple trees which bear each year loads o apples shaped almost exactly like pears. There are said to be nine inmate3 in tb Camberwcll, England, workhouse who hav reached ages varying from 103 to 108 years. Mexice has a rock that serves as . weather prophe' by changing color witt every approaching change in tho weather. A man has been arrested in Prussia fc saying that tho crazy King of Bavaria wa the most useful monarch In Europe, becans. he spends his time peeling potatoes. The forest areas of Germany are to turned as follows: Prussia, 6,000,000 acres Bavaria, 2.800,000 acres: WnrtemDerg, 470 001 acres; baxony, 416,000 acres, and Baden, 235, 000 acres. Astronomers say a shot fired on th equator of Jnpiter would travel with a ro tnry motion at a speed 46 times greater thar that of a cannon ball fired at the earth'i equator. About 300 Klickitat Indians are bus on the ranch of the Snoqualmlo Hop-grov ing Association in Washington. It is est mated the crop oi this ranch will be aboc 250 tons this season. The remains of about 100 elephants hav been found at Mont-Dall, in Brittany, when they are gathered on a surface of about l,0tv square meters. All the bones are broken, and it is thought that the animals must havt been eaten by prehistoric men. Cremation is very economically cot ducted in Japan, and in consequence Is qnitt popular. In Tokio thero are six rremato ries, in which one third of the dead art burned. The highest prico for burning i body is 1 and the lowest 5 shillings. A report comes from Moberly, Mo., that tbe young lady members of tho Moth odist cbnrch of that town have started ou to pay off the church debt in a somewha novel way. They have pledged themselye to pay 10 cents into the church trea3urj every time they are kissed, the young met who do the kissing to pay tbe freight. French Canadians who move over tb border into New England usually Anglicizi their names in the course ofa generation o so. Dubois becomes Wood, Des Ruisseu; and Lariviere become Rivers, etc. Occas lonally curious freaks in appellation resul from the practice. Not long ago a Frencl Canadian named Noel Roqnette took ou his naturalization papers as Christmai Snow shoo. Many uses have been proposed fo aluminum, and in some instances this meta has been brought into actual nse. One of it latest applications is In the making of phc tographic flash lights in the place of magni sium. A mixture of powdered alnciinun and chlorate of potash givesabrUliant flasl without the smoke that is produced tjy mag nesium, and this quality is in Itself a etronj rocommendation. Many of the conntry residences in 33ng land are now supplied with electric lighsin machinery, and consequently great nun bers of electrical adaptations are rendert possible. Among these is an electric gardei pump, which is said to do its work in a mos efficient manner. 1 1 is only necessary to flj it by a pond or fountain and attach a sue tion and delivery pipe and tho water is pre jected as desired. A rancher from a backwoods distric engaged a room at a hotel in Seattle, Was! The house is lighted by electricity, and th bell boy tnrned on the light in the newcorc er's room. The farmer didn't know how t extinguish the light, and, after exhaustini 111s ideas, uncoiled the lengtn 01 wire o which tho light hung and stuck the lamp 1: tho bureau drawer, smothering it under hi clothing. The next day the lamo was foun stowed away there and stlllburning. A man named Brown, who hails fron near Portland, Ore , drove 100 head of horse all the way from Oregon to tho Hagwilghe Valley, near tho headwaters of the Skeeni river. Tho ammal3 were solcLto the Indian and brought high prices. He was accom panted by his wite, who rode the whole dis tan co (over 1,000 miles of wild conntry) 01 horseback. Brown reports having passe through somo beautiful vallevs, suitable fo farming and stock raising. He lett Oregm early in May, and reached Hagwilghet Vol ley In July. A cavern was discovered lately on the slope of the mountain at Baden which hai evidently been nscd in the Middle Ages. R mains of the fonndations of a vestibule wer found at the entrance. In a niche hewn ou of the rock was an altar with the sacriflcia stone table. In front of the cavern was regularly constructed building, fully to feet below the surface of tho ground above designed probably to conceal the cavern b hind, which may have been employed as 1 templo to Mithra. There were two stall for horses, fragments of utensils, knives flint arrow-heads and carved bones, mixet npwith Roman coins, lamps and stampet tiles. The State of Wisconsin is in a curionj predicament and tbe State officials in i dreadful state of mind. Tbo State Constitu tion has been lost, and all sorts of dire lega complications and awful possibilities ar suggested. A few days ago Allen Warden, o Sheboygan.one of the signers of the Constltc tion, asked permission to see the origina draft. Tho officials said "Certainly," but 1 careful search failed to dlscovorthopreciou document and revealed the fact that it hat been missing for years. Then efforts wen made to show that no engrossed copy wa ever made, but that theory w as soon iloorei by Mr. Warden. The document should b among tho archives of the secretary o State's office, but doubt is expressed that 1 was ever there, the most probable theorj being that some delegate carried It away bj mistake. The officials still hope thatthi valuable historical relic is stowed away il some corner and wall yet be found. KHYNBXED RHTMLETS. Eestaurant-keeper It poured torrents a midday. His VV ife I suppose itaffected trade somewhat? Restaurant-keeper It did worse. It compelle me to lunch with the customers. Harpfs Jktzar "Two hearts that beat as one A heavy step a scare And when her pa arrived One heart alone was there." Atlanta Constitution, "Can you help me?" said the tramp, ad dressing tbe doctor.'who was riding past. "Perhaps I can," said the doctor, humorously "I'm a physician. VV hat's your trouble?" "I thint. sir. I need a little change most." H got it. Aew York Press. St. Louis Girl These flannel shirts an for my'brotliir, anil I hope they are all right. Clerk-They are tbe best quality, miss, but the; may shrink some. St. Louis Girl Shrink: What does thatmean? ClotJiier and Dimuher The parson thus the lesson brings Of progress to his son and heir. "No lowly alms your mind should share. Reach ever after higher things." And when thereat the yonth elate Did seek the jam on top shelf hid, Tho clerical ad Iser did His epidermis la.erate. Boston Conner Journal. "Have they discovered yet why the water, of Lake Hopalcong have subsided so much?" "Yes; there was a prohibition camp meeting uj near the- inlet." Judye. As the couple sat by the parlor fire TtaroURh the early hours of the winter night. It often sroucd l.er father's ire As he thought orthe waste of fael and light. ow thoughts of the waste as the hour grows lata N o longi r torture the parent's soul; The summer s oon by the garden gate N eeds neither kerosene, g-is nor coal. Denver Sww "Somebody had half milked that cow o onrs," said the amateur farmer. Indignantly, ash came Into the house. ' -Well. I do hope they didn't get the cream half, said his wife. Marpar's Baiar. W W lli sae&nBi&LiaS, . ,jj Lt Aa tM. 2Jsi.aj iftfc m" 1 ftiVirT!TriifHTnri ima. . ..xrflTlrV11li
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