f THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1891 Mjg Biggaftfo ESTABLISHED FEBRUARY 8. 1840. Vol. No. . PnicrcS atritlsburgrostofflce, November H, 157, as accoml-cUe, matter. Business Office Corner Smithfield and Diamond Streets. News Rooms and PublisTrng House 78 and 80 Diamond Street, in New Dispatch Building. FASTT.r.V ADVEUTIPlNf! OFFICE, BOOMS, TKIBI7N F. BUILDING. NEW YORK, where com plete ales of THE DISPATCH ran always be found. Foreign sdrertlscrs appreciate tli conrenlencc. llnme advertisers and friends of THE DtSPATCH. while In Sew Tort, are alto made welcome THE DISrATnit rwrKfarforcn sale erf Brentimo's, t Vnum Sjnare, AVtt Tar. and 17 Av tf 'Opfm, Pant, hmae, where anyone who has been aisap pomted stahotzl ntox stand can otitam it, TEBMS OFTHE DISPATCH. rOSTAOI TREE IN THE UNITED STATES. Daily Despatch. One Year 00 Dailt Dispatch, Per Quarter. 2 00 Dailt DisrATCn, One Month TO Dailt Dispatch. Including Sunday, 1 year., in on Daily Dispatch. Including Sunday, s m'ths. 2 SO Dailt DisrATcn, Including Sunday, 1 m'th.. SO Ecxdat Dispatch, One Tear. ISO Weeklt DisrATcn, One Year. I "3 The D ult Dispatch Is delivered by carriers at IS cents per week, or. Including Sunday Edition, at ) cents per week. "plTTSBURG, THURSDAT, OCT. 8, 18UL TWEUnEPAGE A G1CKAT POLITICAL LEADER. The sudden death of Charles Stewart Parnell terminates -what in all its phases is one of the most remarkable careers in English politics. At the unexpected death ol the man who for over a decade has con tiollcd the course of Irish politics, and brought the cause of Ireland to its present prominence, the mind relegates to a secondary place the unhappy events which marked the close of Paruell's career and dwells chiefly on the characteristics of its earlier stages which earned him the title of ''Uncrowned King of Ireland." All svinpathizers with Ireland must re member that nearly fifteen years ago Mr. Parnell perceived the results that could be obtained by constitutional agitation for the m-e of Ireland. He took up that policy when he was able to muster hardly more than a corporal's guard of followers. lie maintained through good and evil reports, and by his skill and steadfastness suc ceeded in rallying around him a party of enthuMastic workers whose efforts aided in making the Irish cause the dominating itsiie of Bntis'i politics. Many great poli tW.ms have skillfully swayed the course of events by making a despised cause the slogan of a majority. But Parnell was one of the few .-.tat.-smenwho with a following less than the minority have controlled the outcome of politics, and forced even ad verse events to result for the good of his cause. Throughout the long and uninter mitted ficht from the beginning of Home llule to the final triumph over the Pigott lorgeries, Mr. Parnell's devotion to the cause he had taken up, his unwavering faith in its final success, and his careful and skillful leadership of his steadily growing party make up a career which takes rank high in the records of popular leadership. With this splendid record to contem plate there will be little disposition to dwell on the unfortunate events in Par uell's piivatp life or the disputes growing out of it during the past year. That these things terminated his public career and perhaps hastened his death is to be recog nized. But, in estimating the place of Charles Stewart Parnell in political his tory, all men will consider the Parnell who showed the Irish the way to obtain their rights by constitutional agitation, and who led them along that road until one great English party has espoused their cause, and the other has reached the point of ofTering them large oncessions as a measure of political compromise. That record of achievement entitles Parnell to a foremost place among Irish leaders. Only O'Connell accomplished as much for Ireland as he; and all his pre decessors in the Irish cause together never brought it so clo.-e to the point of final and complete triumph. NOT OIVIXG OUT AT PRCSENT. The effect of that wonderfu gusher out in the McDonald field on the chronic dec laration of the geologists that the Penn sylvania oil deposits are gradually giving out deserves especial attention. The unprecedented rush of oil from that lucky strike, exceeding the ability of modern agencies to restrain and store it, and the way in which it casts the famous Thorn Creek gushers in the shade, have already attracted public attention. But the way in which this powerful gusher extinguishes the extinction theory is in danger of being overcast by its other striking fea tures Some fatality must control the predic tions of those whom Truthful James calls the "scientific gents" in making their pre dictions of a failure of the Pennsylvania oil supply just before the dvclopment of fome strikingly rich field. It was first i heard a little less than two decades ago, just in time to be illustrated by the expan sion of the field in Butler county. The next resumption of the theory of extinc tion was followed by the Thorn Creek dis covery of 8,000-barrei wells; while the last averment of the geologists that the oil sup ply was limited, and must give out, has been succeeded in the fullness of time by the 15.009 Mevey gusher. Perhaps one more scientific opinion of the pessimist class will turn out 25,000 or 30,000 barrel -n Us There is no indication in the McDonald field that the supply of petroleum is going to peier out and leave the interests of Western Pennsylvania without material to work on. The results in this industry make it wortli while to hire some emi nent scientific authority to write a pro longed opinion that the natural gas supply is doomed to exhaustion. NO SOCIETY XnEDED. A proposition has recently been set afloat, from one of those sources prolific with suggestions for people to magnify their descent, to form a Society of Sons of Abolitionists. Touching it.the New York Tribune says: "To hundreds of men and women it is as lofty a source of pride to say that their fathers were Abolitionists as to say that their remoter ancestors fought at Bunker Hill or came over in the Maj flower. It is fitting that such should be enrolled in a permanent organization which, by its name and works, shall per petuate the memory of the Abolitionists." Tiie theory of the proposed society pro pounded in the last sentence sounds very nice; but it is subject to two criticisms. First, the memory of the Abolitionists is perpetuated in the results of their work; second, the nature of the proposed society shows that it will not be so much to per pp.laate their memory as to signalize the Jsct that its members are descended from them. On suc'i a pmiect two statements con cerning the Abolitionists and their char acter are pertinent They were exception ally of that class which believes that a man should be ranked by what he does and in no manner with regard to whom he was descended from. This fact makes it cogent that, -if any society were formed the Abolitionists should form their own society. But that makes it even more pertinent to point out the fact that they did have their own society when there was something to do through it The Abolition Society was one of the agencies of agitation against slavery; and, incomprehensible as it to .the son's-society-organizers, when its work was done it dissolved. The Abolitionists thus put themselves on record as believing that organizing societies for practical work was very good; that keeping them up for pur poses of self-glorification was sill. If any memory should be free from the efforts of those who seek to call attention to the fact that they are the sons of their fathers, the Abolitionist memory ought to have that exemption. It is to be hoped that their descendants will not take such a method of emphasizing the difference be tween themselves and their fathers. THE OHIO CAMPAIGN. The review of the Ohio situation from a correspondent who has been carefully studying the campaign shows that the weight of the battle is still to come. Here tofore the Republicans have done all the campaigning, while the Democrats have just commenced their fight This un doubtedly gives the Republicans a start in the race which the Democrats will find it hard to overcome. But that will not pre vent it from being a very interesting and lively one till the day of election. Of the issues at stake our correspondent finds that the People's Party issues are not cutting any figure in the canvass, nor are State issues heard of. The fight is on Na tional issues, with the silver question making more noise in the Republican speeches, while the Democrats are very largely shirking the avowal of their own platform in favor of free silver. This is one of the results of that stupid effort of the Democratic platform-makers; but it does not change the fact that the real lead ing issue Is that of the tariff. With Mc Klniey as the Republican candidate and the lines sharply drawn between the two parties on that question the controlling issue is bound to be the tariff and a favor able, vote will place Ohio definitely on the side of giving the McKinley act a fair and thorough trial. Our correspondent finds that very little outside money is coming into Ohio in aid of cither side. This is hard on the thrifty wire-puller; but it will not at all interfere with the free discussion of the public questions involved in the canvass or a clear expression of the popular verdict. SILVER IX 1873. Another of our free silver friends comes at us with a citation from the figures of the mint to show that prior to the demone tization act of 1873 silver dollars were coined at the rate of about one million per year. It is true that there were some silver dollars coined for use in the Oriental trade, and the trade dollars were at about that time authorized, as being more useful for that purpose. But these silver dollars were not coind for circulation in this country as money, and our correspondent furnishes the evidence of that fact him self. no cites the figures showing that tin bullion in the silver dollar was then worth 103 cents. Aman, therefore, getting $1,000 coined for circulation in this country would lose just $30, as compared with what he would realize if he had sold the bullion for use in the arts, or used the coin in the trade with China, where it passed at its bullion value. The same fact utterly explodes the idea that the demonetization of silver was secured by the monetary classes. The interest of the creditor class is to maintain the highest priced dollar. But the. highest priced dollar in 1S73 was demonetized and the lowest priced one maintained. The subsequent reversal of these posi tions warrants a decided doubt as to the wisdom of that act But the fact stated by our correspondent entirely answers the wild charge of "a conspiracy of the money lendrrs in 1873." THE Uff ON OPTION CONTRACTS. The decision of the Minnesota Supreme Court with regard to option contracts draws the line between legality and ille gality very clearly. It is asserted by some exchanges that the decision will interfere with the current exchange operations, as if it had not been well known for a long time that all the gambling done under the guise of business was outside the pale of the law. The decision asserts no new principle of law; but asserts more dis tinctly than previous rulings the power of the law to look into the intent and purpose of contracts and to judge concerning them by that criterion. The Minnesota Court, very well says that it will not rule OHt all contracts for future delivery. Such contracts as The Dispatch has very often pointed out are among the most legitimate forms of busi ness, where they are mads with a bona fide purpose for the delivery and receipt of the articles contracted for. But where the contracts are made solely with the in tention of settling differences caused by the fluctuations of the market, or in other words of betting on the staples, the con tract is illegal and the law will not en lorce it This is drawing the line at the proper point The speculators and the combina tion theorists have held that the law could not go behind the letter of the contract, and tell whether there is anyintent other than the one expressed in the agreement This is equivalent to asserting that the agencies which undertake to determine with what intent a man strikes a blow, and makes his life depend on it, cannot determine with what purpose two men make a contract with merely pecuniary results dependent thereon. That is non sense, of course. The courts need have no difficulty in distinguishing between con tracts where the actual delivery of the staple Is intended and those which are merely betting on the ups and downs of the market And that is what the Min nesota court says they must do. "This" exclaims the New York Ennlng Him, "is n canvnss in which Democrats ought to be angry. Tlicy have been humbugged and cheated. No gieencys from the country in the hands of bunko men hat e been moro grossly diddled of their money than the Democrats of New York of their rights. This lntud is what Statesman Plntt and his can didates stand for." From this declaration that the Democrats have been esnccial siuffcrers in tho World's Fair matter, there is a decided inference that the New York Democrats regarded a rake out of that enter prise as their cpecial meat. The eccentricities of the German Em peror aro reported to be constantly produc ing sensation in German court circles. So long as lie abstain from producing sensa tions in Europo the world at largo will be very willing that German court circles shall stand it. Whnt are court circles for, other than that! I CoNCElHfiyo Yl-e expressed willingness of China to pay an indemnity for the prop erty destroyed and the lives lost during tho riots, tho New York JTerald declares that "what is wanted is a proper degree of pro tection for foreigners. Indemnities don't restore the dead." This Is true enough; but does it not hit tho United States rather hard? If our Government were to be sot the task of resuscitating foreigners who have, been killed by hoodlum mobs in this country it mizht find the task beyond the powers of even tho groat Nineteenth Century Re public. The Navy Department, in view of the manifest difficulty of making the same ships go to China and Chile at the same time, bns concluded that it must look after Chile and let China work out her own perdition. Is this an indication of tho relative political values of Egan and the missionaries? Chicago deals New York a stab in its tenderest spot by tho dedicating with im pressive ceremonies a $200,000 monument to General Grant, while the Eastern metropo lis is trving to raise that long-dragging fund by giving concerts. There hardly seems to be any way in "which New York can respond to this last demonstration of bor Western rival except by taking it out of tho Repub lican State ticket. Besides the appropriate commemoration of General Grant's groat career, Judge Grcsham's dedication speech, like all his utterances, Is well worth read ing. Now Melbourne proposes to sell his alleged rain-making secret to the Government for $1,000,000. That may not be a bigger humbug thau some of the other Treasurv raids, ana it might be cheap to get rid of Melbourne at that price. Let us think on It. It IS a dull week now-a-days which does not record tho burning of a new tenement house and the cremating of some of its In mates. This is hard on tho inmates and in surance companies; but ns the owners are able to bear up under tho certainty that they will get either the rents or the Insur ance money we suppose that vested interest will keep it up. "There is a great field for diplomatic genius in mattersnffectiug the United States now," remarks a cotemporary. True enough; but the trouble Just at the present juncture seems to be that there Is more field than dis tinction. Now Tippo Tib is to be the lion of the next London season. The fact that be is a hunter of human flesh and has made a for tune out of murder and rapine will not deter theLondon lion-hunters. Why should itt Is not Tippo Tib's policy similar to that of the Great Powers, except thatltlsunglossed by the hyprocrisy of civilization. The weather of the past twenty-four hours might go far toward restoring the equinoctial storm superstition If it were not for the vital deficiency that this storm was not equinoctial. The Grand .Tnry of Kings County, New York, lias queer ideas of public duty. It re cently passed a resolution favoring a certain candidate for Mayor of Brooklyn. With that start it is difficult to see why that body did not carry ont its theory of duty to the fu'l and bring in an indictment against all op posing candidates ns nuisances. The traction lines will consolidate and thoy will not. With this summary of the past 21 hours the public should be satisfied at having a largo liberty ol selection. SNAP SHOTS IN SEASON. If ghosts walked some of the epitaphs in the cemeteries would be effaced. Facts, to be convincing, must be plainly stated. An author of note Listz. Poverty is a very poor excuse for young Jimmy Blaine to make In that divorce suit. Cleveland should secure a cottage at Rocknway Beach. The football season is always opened with a rush. The singer was young and fair, And the opera was packed; But when she struck the air, Alas! her voice was cracked. Pboof-readers are chock full of Chris tian charity, and frequently overlook tho errors of others. Advice, like medicine, should be well shaken beiore taken. Cn.NCE acquaintances stock specula tors. The dear little babies will be pleased over the action of the Presbyteries hero and elsewhere. It is perfectly natural for Campbell to bump himself. WniSTLiNG girls and crowing hens are liable to end in a dime museum. Now it is the Marquis De Leuville's turn to do ns Balmaceda and Boulanger have done He will go wildwhen he hears what Mrs. Leslie has done. When people begin to see visions they should be watched. TnE English taxpayer must tear his hair every time a new heir to a portion of his earnings is born in a royal household. Old Pluvius is now on deck, Low spots resemble mud lagoons; Drops full of soot -white collars speck. Loose bilcks squirt stains on pantaloons. McKinley should be saved from his fool friends in tho metropolitan sanctums. The wrapper is the proper garment for female spiritualists. Parnell is dead, but Home Rule and Ireland still live. Old timers can be seen dally at the police courts. PEOPLE OF PB0MINEHC5. Gottnod's liie is known to be in danger from licnrt disease, and this will prevent him from ever aenln undertaking the pro duction of a great woik. General Lew Wallace can unbend his mind at times and has recently evi denced this by inventing a fishing rod'and a rail coupler for railways. The Kaiser is said to be a dismal failure as a dancer. Possibly lie Is. but he cau make tho funds dance up and down tho quotation list Just as he feels dyspeptic or otherwise. Eakl Dudley's mother declines to ac cept the title of Dowager Countess of Dud foy, which would naturally be hers, accord ing to usage, on the marriage of her son. She desires to bo designated as Georgina, Countess of Dudley. ' Mks. Frances Woodrino is superin tendent of n coal initio at Ashland, Pa., hav ing occupied tho position since the death of her husband several years ago. She is popu lar with the miners, who number 180, and Is energetic and successful in her work. Sin- Henry Wood and James Dredge, the World's Fair Commissioners from Great Britain, are In Washington en route to Now York, whence they w ill sail for Europe on Wednesday. Mr. Dredge said Sir Henry and he were pleased and satisfied with all that had been done to promote the Fair. The Duke and Duchess of Teck and their daughter Victoria have discovered that there are discomforts and possible dangers in being overpopular. Tiioy experienced this on their recent visit to Winchester, when the crowd swept nway nil police bar riers in a desire to get a closer view of the distinguished visitors, who were nearly crushed under their own carriage and trampled upon by tho. mob of respectables. PAVEMENT PALAVER. Water Scarce, Tfood-Pulp Follows Suit Effect or Drought Upon tho Paper Trade Tho Macintosh's Reformation Points In Electric Lighting Talk of the Town. "The rain, if it lasts and is general, will be as welcome to the wood-pulp makers and the paper makers as to anyone," said a paper manufacturer yesterday. "The long continued drought has pioduccd an unpre cedented condition ofnffttlrs with the wood pulp makers. The streams have dried up and the mills have had to stop. This means paralysis to wood-pulp manufacture, for nearly all of it it ground up by water power. The making of a ton of wood-pulp is such a costly process that It Is essential that the cheapest methods si o employed.hcnce water power is prefericd. The wood-pulp Biipnly nas been running down very lust, and the demand to-day lar exceeds the production. Six weeks moro drought would put prices up fearfully, but, of course, with tho fall here we hnve a reasonable assurance of snf ficlentrain to make conditions normal once moro. "Sinco tho Introduction of wood pnlp as a material for paper-making, tho price of pulp has bcon reduced gradually from $35 to $18 a ton, and CO or 70 per cent of the newspaper and manilla papers are now made of it. The drought, however, has raised the price of pulp to $25, and it Is mighty hard to get at any price In large quantities just now. I doubt If you could get 100 or 200 tons for de livery nt any near date. Out of 50 w ood pulp manufacturers to whom 1 applied the other day but ten replied, and tbev could fill small orders only. Yon see tho embarassing part of it is that the mannfactnnrs of paper havo adapted their machinery to the use of wood pulp, and thechanges theywouldhavo to mako it they were to return to tho use of rags, old paper, etc., would be very costly. Most ot tne big mills are In the East, one or two onlv in this vicinity, but they are all feeling the effects of the drought, and as I say, if the rain had not come I gness there's plenty in store for ns now tho newspapers might have found white paper a very costly article. Salvation In the Macintosh. Women on a wet day don't look so woe begone as they used to do. The macintosh, worn by so many women nowadays, is 'hot so hideous as the old-style gossamer. Of course wet wenther still Um3 the glory of millinery and reduces to a dead level of simplicity the dresses of the fair, but yes teraay the observer could not but notice that the averago woman who trod the pave ment looked a great deal neater and drier than the average man. Electric Lighting's Spread. ''The way incandescent electric lighting is jumping into popular favor surprises tho most sanguine," said Gilbert A. Hays yester day. '-It will not bo long before the gas will be as much a thing of the past as candles for general illumination. All through the olectrlc trade the factories are being Sressed to their utmost to meet tho emund. Here in Pittsburg people were a little more cautious than else wheio in catch ing on, but as usual, when they made up their minds that olectrlc lighting was the thing they wanted, they embraced the new' illuminant enthusiastically. "It is remarkable how many people now aro taking tho etched lnpieforence to the clear glass globes. By the nso of etched or frosted glass the only substantial objection to incandescent electric lighting is done away with. I have found that I carried tho impression of the dazzling filament of car bon seen in a clear lamp for hours in my eyes after leaving its presence." Gossip About the Players. The public does not know much about tho "dresser," yet he or she is a most impor tant assistant to tho actor. The dresser's duty is to get to the dressing room before the actor, light the gas, lay out the make-up box and tho costume fortho first act, and when the actor arrives assist In everyway in his make-np lor the part. The dresser Is kept busy attending to the actor's wants all tho ovening, he it actual dressing or such service as fetching beer and a sandwich between the acts. Most stars and leading actors employ diessers. Hitherto the dresser has always been of the same sex as the actor, but Marlon Manola, the comic opera prima donna, has started an Innovation. She has a man dresser. Miss Manola since she joined tho "Tar and Tartar" company has employed her husband's (Jack Mason's) valet in this capacity. She says that Ernest, the dresser, beats a woman at the work, takes better care of her clothes, nnd that his Superiority com pensates entirely for the loss of a dresser's services during the 15 minutes' that he has to remain out of her dressing room during a performance. To some One who questioned the propriety of having a man diesser, Miss Manola quoted the reply of Louise do la Vnllieie, in LonisXIV.'s time, under similar circumstances: "Do you call him a man?" FRANCE AND AMERICA. She Is Not as Friendly to TJs as Germany lias Been Lately. New York Press.! According to the well-founded saying that actions speak louder than words, Germany to-day ought to stand much better than France with tho American people. Thanks largely to the devoted efforts of Minister Phelps, the embargo on American pork has been removed, and that important product of the West has access to the German mar kets on the same terms as pork from other favored countries. France, on the other hand, remains closed to the great American stnple. While pouring her wines and brandy, much of which is adulterated, into the markets of this Republic, she rejects the healthy food which we offer in exchange. Under one pretext or another the admission of American pork is put off until patience may well cease to bo a virtuo at Washing ton. The McKinley law has placed In the hands of the President of the United States a weapon of retaliation against such countries as discriminate against American products. It is a w capon meant for use, and no man Is batter qualified than President Harrison to use It effectlvelv and wisely. Unless the French Senate, which convenes this month, takes action looking to the removal of the prohibition on American pork it may bo well for the Piesident to put in forco against Franco the law's retaliatory clause. It is not tho first time that France has compelled this country to radical measures of self de fense, and the French republic should be given to nndeistand thnt promises and toasts and diplomatic dinners amount to very little in the way of business: that, in the language of the Spanish proverb, "He Is my friend that brings grist to my mill." The Matchless Man From Maine. Omaha Bce.1 "Matchless man from Maine" Is an allitera tion which will set the Republican conven tion wild with enthusiasm in a second. AMUSEMENT NOTES. Charles Dargite, Secretary of tho National Brotherhood of Operative Potters, has writ ton to Manager Davis, of the Alvin Theater, asking him If Mr. Willard would give a matineo performance ot ':The Middleman" on Thursday of next week, and promising that if such a performance wero given it would bo attended by hundreds of potters from Wheeling, East Liverpool, New Cum berland, Beaver Falls, Kittanning and other places. Mr. Davis referred the matter to Mr. Willard, and tho lattcr's agent, Mr. Kirko La Shello.snid yesterday that some arrangement to suit tho potters visiting this clt y would bo made, in "The Middleman" plays Cyrus Jileiikarn, a potter by trade, hence the anx iety of the potters in this neigborhood to seo him. Next wkek the first of the season's novel ties in the comic opera line is to visit the Duquesno Theater. It is "The Tar and tho Tartar," which ran all summer long at Palmer's Theater hi New Y'ork. In It are Digby Bell, Marion Manola, and a yery strong company. The opera is a very bright work Dcyond question, and Manager Harry Askin has retained tho strength of the old McCaull organization If ho has had to give up the name. "Atjkt Bridget's Baby" is a farce comedy, but it is claimed for It that It possesses some of the brightest specialty features and a generally wholesome tone. Georgo Mom 00 as Auvt Bridget is said to be very tunny, and Nellie Rosebud as sweet as her name in the songs, dances and merriment of the "Baby." It is next w oek's bill at the Bijou Theater. Mr. Willaiid, the actor who visits Pitts burg for the first time next week, is one of England's greatest. There Is a general agreement of the best judges that he is an actor of very high ability. Ho willglve two newplavsat the Alvln Theater, "Tne Mld uleman" nnd "Jmuih," both works of noto by Henry Arthur Jones. J. W. McAxdrkas, tho "Watermelon Man," with his own minstrel tronpo.ls to occupy tho stage In Harry Davis' Fifth Avenue Museum Theater next week. A three-legged man will bo one of tho curiosities of this place of amusement. . The "Two Headed Boy," Tocet Brothers, known as the "Laconl Twin ' born at La coni, Italy, has been engaged to nppcar sdon at tho Wolld's Muscnin Theater. HOMES FOR THE BRIDES. Mothers That Keep Social Tongues Wagging In Pittsburg's Soclnl "World. Ben Venue, that convenient locality on the P. K. It., Just past Lawrencevillc, that was orstwhllo known to travelers as Mlll vnle. Is rapidly becoming a settlement of newly married couples. It is a very cold and wretched day when some young man cannot be seen with a thoughtful faco look ing over the lots that are offered for salo.and evidently trying to determine which one "she" would like irsho were there. In some ensos "she" is with him, nnd then there is much discussion between them as to which of tho four or five lots that she thinks "too lovely for anything," shall be picked out. All over the mountainous district, within easy reach of the railroad station, nnd not too far from lines of street cars, there are bouses going up, or Just fin'shed, occupied by a young couple, who think that bread and cheese and kisses aro almost enough to live on. It is estimated that there aro more brides within a radius of half a mile of the Ben Venue railroad station than anywhere elBO-betwcen the Fittsbiug Union station nnd Philadelphia. Old folks have no busi ness there. Cupid reigns supremo, as he looks over tho gronud and sees with a mis chicvious smile what sad havoc he has done during tho past year, and how nlcelv he has gathered his victims into a small space, whete hocan see what a great success ho has made of it, and how the bright lights shining from dozens of windows of cozy little houses blazon forth a stiong negative to tho cruel question, "is marriage a failure?" An entertainment entirely new to Pitts burg is to be given In tho new Auditorium, on Penn nvonuo, early in December. It will be for the benefit of the Church of tho As cension and Children's Hospital, and there is every reason to suppose that the ladies who aro managing the preliminaries will have the satisfaction of adding very largely to tho funds of the church and hospital. The entertainment Is known as the "National Pageant." It has been given In Chicago, Boston, New York and other large cities, and has always been a vorv great success. The ladies intend to make tho "Pageant" the attraction of the season. Already they are hard at work preparing for it, having secured tho hall for the dates they want, and made arrangements with the manage ment of tho entertainment to put it on In Pittsburg with all the spectacular effects tnat havo pleased the people of other cities where has been pr scnted. The Auditorium Is now in tho hands of carpentrs and brick lajers. and in less than a month there will be nothing about tho large building, with its scnting capacity ot 3,500, to remind one of the Central Rink. It will bo what Pittsburg has so long needed, a comfortable, commo dious hnll. In which all sorts oflage enter tainments can be given. A rRETTY wedding will be that of Miss Laura Sones and Mr. Grant Ilubley, which will be celebrated on the 2id Instant In the Arch Street M. E. Church, Allegheny. The young people are members of Christ M. E. Church, which was dostroyed by fire some months ago. The members of that congre gation have been holding services in the Duquesne Theater, but sinco It would bo a manifest strain of tho proprieties to have the solemn ceremony performed in a play house the prospective bride and groom will seek the hospitality of the Allegheny sanctu ary. The wedding of Miss Nellie Bertha Abel and Mr. Elmer David Miller will take place this evening nt f ho residence of tho bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. George II. Abol, cor ner of Bond and North Highland avenue. East End. The bride Is a charming young lady with a very largo circle of admiring friends, and the groom is one of the bright, rising young bnsiness men of the city. After the wedding ceremonies, which will take place at G o'clock, a reception will be given to the happy couple, who will start on a wedding trip through the East on tho even ing train. Social Chatter. Gilmors's band is arranging for a concert In Pittsburg about the middle of November. Miss Hattv Bkitrt and Mr. Thomas Ash fort, Jr., of Mt. Washington, will be married this evening. The marriage of Miss Mary Fisher, of Law rencevillc, to Mr. Gray, ot Dlxmont, will take place to-night. A bazaar and supper will bo given this evening by the Woman's Christian Temper anco Union of the East End. Prof. Blitb Is arranging to give a lecture in Pittsburg on methods of canning fruits. Ills lectures in the Eastern cities havo been very well attended. Tiie first attraction In the new Andttorinm will be the bazaar of the Ladies' Aid Society of the Southslde Hospital, commencing No vember 2 nnd lasting five days. The faculty of tho Duquesno Conservatory of Music gave a concert last night In the col lege building. The directors were Carl Rot ter and Charles Davis Carter, assisted by Nlss Sadie Ritts, soprano. Misses Ada Clark and Edith Cofiln gave several recitations. A musical and literary entertainment will be given to-morrow ovening by the young people of tho Fourth M. P. Cliuroh.East End. The exercises promise to be of an interesting character. Among the participants will bo Miss Margaret Wise and Prof. Buhl. The first cotillion of the srason will be given Friday evening, October 16, by the Al hambra Club In tho Monongnhela House. The ciub is composed of somo of tho best society young men of the East End nnd Alle gheny, and is at present in a very flourishing condition. A DAKOTA DANGER. The Divorce Bnsiness Is Taking on Large Proportions. -St. Paul Globe. The divorce bnslncps In South Dakota take son large proportions, as seen by dis tant eyes. A prominent Eastern paper at hand speaks of it as "a reign of divorce such as, perhaps, the world never saw before." Sioux Falls as the center is reported as "rapidly booming ahead under the inflnenco of the capital brought thither by the di vorce colony." Lawyoisand ministers are sharing the boom, "tho former in parting and tho latter in lemarrying the divorced to mates already on the ground." Tho view taken is that this business originally be longed to Newport, R. I., but was captured by Chicago Just before the war, and now has been taken In by the thrifty Dakota me tropolis. The ancient Rhode Island town has re solved, as tho East furnishes tho bulk of the business, to take the prize from Sioux Falls. It is announced that tho divorce laws of that State are really easier than those of Dakota, with the single exception of the year's residence. The legislatuie will be asked to meet tho Western situation on that point. In Rhode Islnnd It is invitingly said that enterprising Indies do not consider themselves entitled to social recogni tion if they have less than thrco ex husbands. Cases are cited of leeent occurrence where ladies havo been given the Rhode Island divorce simply bo cause nicer and handsomer fellows wero ready to marry, them. The past week as high as eight divorces in a single day have been had at Newport. The Dakota industry is evidently in danger. The Apology Is Accepted. Lima (O.) Dally Times. We hasten to tender our apologies to The Pittsburg DisrATcn paragrapher. Ho re marked a few days ago that Grover Cleve land was nearlng a cry-sis of his career. Wo challenged tho assertion on the ground that such matters could not be accurately told, bnt recent developments prove that The DisrATcn man knew whereof ho spoke. We cannot understand, however, why Grover gave the tip to u Republican paper. DEATHS HERE AND ELSEWHERE. Fr.AXK A. Boeumer, for nine years President of the School Board nt Harrlsburg, died Monday, in his G3d year. Rev. E. B. Smith, a Baptist minister of Bclle fontalnr, O., died at a sanitarium In Chicago, Tuesday morning. DAVIU H. IIB.HMAX, the lieaTlest man in Adams countv. Is dead. He waso feet 5 Inches tall and weighed 4G2 pounds. Ills age was 31. Mns. Margaret Barxard, widow of Dr. Bar nam, late President of Columbia College, died In Litchfield, Conn,, Sunday, In her Mtu jcar, of apoplexy. J. C. Dillem, who represented York county In the Pennsylvania House of ItcDrcscntatlves In 1S87 and 1881. died Monday. Ho was proprietor of the Central House at Hanover. Frederick Hyde, of Pomfret. conn., one of the wealthiest and most prominent residents of Extern Connecticut, died Mondayof heart dlseise, aged fij years. He ran for Congress on the Dtmo cratlcllcVct In tiie Third Connecticut district, but was defeated by Colonel ItuMell. Tucker l)AVin. a well-lnown member of the Congregation Slicarlth Israel, died Tuesday at Ids Yonkers residence. Mr. Dtvld was formerly editor of the Daily Witness, and at the time of his death was proprietor of the Lttmher Trade Jimrnnt. lie was a member of the Canadlm Willi, High Priest of King Solomon's Lodge and a trustee of the Congregation Miearlth- Israel. He was also at one time Captain of the Victoria Miles In Canada. ?!?- OUR MAIL POOCH. Early Glass Malting. To the Editor of The Dispatch: I have been interested in the various com munications to your paper regarding the early glass making In Pittsburg. Your cor respondent "W.," as published in The Dis patch of Monday last, is mistaken when bo writes that the glass works of O'llara nnd Craig were "suspended by the withdrawal of Mojo.r Craig in 1J03 or 1804," 1. e., If he means by suspension that the enterprise was aban doned. General O'llara continued the man ufacture of glass nt these works from Major Craig's withdrawal until his death in 1819; nt different times enlarging the plant, so that in 1S16 he write-, of operating two works fortho manutactnre of window glass and hollow ware. Following aro extracts of two letters written by him bearing upon the subject and interesting in this connection: Copy. Pittsbbro, June 24, 1805. James jrorrlson, Esq., Lexington. Ky. Dear Sir I received yours of the 4th. Your.quostiou on the probable expense of erecting glass works mav bo answered cor rectly. My works, you know, stand at the coal pit on the river bank. I was engaged one year before wo maCe glass. The first bottle (a very ordinary one) cost mo $10,000. This bottle wn all the blast pro duced. Had the works pulled down and began on the new, and continued Irom 1797 till my disbniseuients exceeded $32.0JO. Major Craig gavo up his connection in them last year, lhere is no person concerned with me at present. I have not been able to reduce the balance duo ine by this manufactory under $30,000, exclusive of the fee simple property. You aro safe on yourbet. They cannot make glass with propriety before the first of June next. The clay will not bear handling In cold weather, and no good workman wishes to employ pots in less thnn six months after thcyaie'made. My works havo noi averaged $1,000 worth per month, with eight blowers perfectly supported. You shall see my books when you nrrlve. Yours sincerely, (Signed) James O'IIara. Copy. Pittsburg, 2S May, 1805. Mr. Frederick M. Amelang, Baltimore: Sir I received vours of tho 11th in answer to mine of the 19th ulto. My works have been impioving seven years, and must bo pers -vercd in there is no person con cerned with me In any lespect. I have a large stock of materials on hand, and the tools complete; a horse mill for pounding, pot ash works and smith's shop, all 011 the gronnd belonging to the works In operation. Coal and wood are now laying in for tho w inter. The pots are in hand. Firty will Do finished by Fallcnr in a few days, who made for the last fire. Mv wish Is to have as Jenst 100 beforehand. Tiie last uro continued very gooa eignt months, the benches of our sandstone re maii.cd unimpaired. Having so many pots ready yonr next fur nace must be on my old proportion, except that you can prepatc for ten pots instead of eight. I shall not touch the I urn ace till 3'ou arrive. I wish, however, to blow on tho 1st of September. My hollow ware almost out. and window glass going fast. I began on the 1st of August. Two white plassmakcrs will be acceptable. Wo have tried this in the same furnnce with the window glass with perfect success. Your friend and humble servant, (Signed) James O'Hara. FiTTsnuito, October 7. Silver Demonetization. , To the Editor of The Dispatch: Yon say editorially In your issue of the 3rd Inst.: "Sliver coinage wns free prior to 1S73. Anyone wishing to have silver coined could take bullion to the mint and get it done." The statement thus far is true. You, how ever, continue tho statement fnrthor and say: "Noono did so for years prior to 1873." I hnve seen tho samo statement made In other papers. If you will examine the re port of the dircctorof tho mint for 1S86, page 278, exhibits XXX and XXXI of the annual report of the Secretary of the Treasury on the state of tho finances, you will find that tho statemont is incorrect. Now for the facts; There was coined of gold from 1793 to W48 Inclusive, $70:311,080: from 1793 to 1852 inclusive there was coined of silver $79,203, 37190, mostly fractions of tho dollar, naif and qnnrtcrdollars. Until 1853 two half and four quarter dollars had as much silver as had one dollnr. From 1307 to 18.19 inclusivo there wns bnt 1,000 of tho dollar coins minted, w hile Micro was coined of silver nearlv $75.000.000 half and quarter dollars and dimes. From 1810 to 1873 there was not n yenr bnt what silver dollars were- coined. In 1873 there wns of silver dollars coined $1, 109,4.15, total of silver, $3,037,847 55. In 1873 up to the pnssage of the silver demonetization act there had been of silver dollars coined $964,150. At the time the 1873 act became a law tho silver in the dollar wns worth 10.5 cents in gold. One ounco of silver was worth $1 2D 8-10 In London. It wns quoted in London at $1 29 7-10 in 1833, the lowest nt which it was quoted in London from that date to 1873 inclusive. My figures given as the prices of sliver are taken from the same report as the director of the mint, as -uero the coinage figures. There was nothing in the history of sliver as money to wnirant Its demonetization In 1S73, oratany other time. On the contrary, there was every reason to warrant its continuance ns money. In 1816 Great Britain passed an act boycotting silver, yet not until tho acts of Germany in 1871 and 1873, framed after Great Britain's act of 181B, was thoro any great monetary disturbance. Tho boycotting net of Great Britain was passed, as is quite evi dent, in her interest growing out of her trade with nations that had adopted silver as their onlv legal tender. London to-day bnvs the sflver with which she pays her India balances lor 97 cents an ounce from the American markets, realizing from India, who has silver as a Ieg.il tender at 15 to 1 of gold, $1 30 per ounce. Is it not fair to conclndo that Germany nnd the United States have acted in the interest of Great Britain by demonetizing silver? Silas C. Parker. Makspield, O., October 7. The Result Will He a Surprise. Bay City Tribune. We predict that the elections this fall In New Y'ork, Ohio and Iowa, will prove a source of surprise to most everybody. Wo believe that the Democratic tido that swept over the country Inst fall will bo followed by a Republican wave of even greater mag nitude than its predecessor. They A re Uarely Alive. Chicago Inter Ocem. Democratic editors contlnno to say "the United States cannot make tin plate." It is the only way in which they can assure their readers that they aroallvo and still able to He for tne party. Prophets Without lonor. San Francisco Chronicle. The calamltyites are strangely silent over "the enormous advance In prices" which a few months ago they wero asserting would be evident to all. They aro "prophets with out honor." IIpw Protection Strangles. Cleveland Leader. We are selling tho -world moro of our products this year under the JlcKinloy law than over before, yet the free traders de clure protcctidn strangles foreign trade. PEOPLE WHO COME AND GO. H. K. Porter, J. V. Robinson, R. S. Smith, Rev. M. B. Riddle, Benjamin Thaw, 11. a Westcrvelt, E. J. Morrow. W. T. Lyon, W. C. Llllev, W. K. Jennings, Dr. J. L. Fer son W. S. Frnser, C A. Edsull, G. S. Davis, J. B. Griggs, C. E. Pone and K. E. Miller are delegates to the twenty-fifth annual conven tlon'of the Young Men's Christian Associa tion of Pennsylvania which opens at Frank lin to-day. W. H. Clarke, the oil operator, of New Y'ork, and Mis. Clarke, and Georgo F. Al bri"ht,the business manager of a newspaper In 'Albuquerque, N. M., and 'Mrs. Albright are registered at the Dnqnesne. H. C. Kills, Archie Gray, Amos Vander- grift E. R- Moore, n. C. Hold and S. W. Sloore, of Philadelphia, and II. It. Brene man, ot Lancaster, are guests at the Du quesne. I Major A. I. Buckholtz, of JWe Citv, was at the Seventh wVvenue jestcrday." Tho Major is tho Quaitermasterof the Fifteenth Regiment, N. G. P. Captain Peter Ganster nnd a party of friends havo gone to Virginia on a two weeks' hunting expedition A. A. Plutner and AV. ,T. Welsh, two well-known men of Franklin, arc at the Andcison. Thomas Ilianard, of the Western Union Telegraph Company, is at the Anderson. William L. Cook, an iron man from Wheeling, is n guest at tho Albion. Dr. Frank McDonald and Samuel Gordon went to New York last night. Hon. H. T. Dorrance, of Stockton, Cal., was in the city yesterday. "Francis Tl.iwl hi wpll known lawver. sat the Duquesno. CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS. The largest railroad station in the world Is at Birmingham, England. It covers II acres. Eipe strawberries were gathered at Sonthington, Conn., and at Farmington, X. II., last week. Russia is experimenting very exten sively with the idea of using metal sleeper upon the railroads In that country. It is claimed that the Eiffel Tower id Paris attracts so much electricity as to cans'; great cloudiness and an Increased amount or rain in thnt vicinity. A foolish partridgeflew into the shop of a Connectlcnt taxidermist a few days ago. Five minntes later preparations were being made to stuff and mount it. A recent invention introduced in facto ries enables any person In any part of the factory to stop the main engine simply by pushing an electric button. A peculiar bird was captured a few days ngo near Cheyenne, Wyo. It has the head, beak and talons of an eagle, but its plumage is shaded green and blue, resembling that of a parrot. A Charlotteville, "Va., man was a few days ago sent to jail for stealing 10 cents' wortli of corn fodder. It required two men to arrest him and cost the State $10 for the proceedings. In 25 life insurance companies doing bnsiness In Massachusetts to-day,thero were In force at tho close of last year 1,213,412 pol cles, and the number Is Increasing at the rate of over 120.C00 a year. The recent losses by fire in the cargo of ships carrying cotton has shown that cot ton seed oil, when held in the cotton on the outside of the bale, rapidly oxidizes and generates spontaneous combustion. A Truckee saloonkeeper has a curiosity In the shape of a couple of big trout Joined together like tho Siamese twins. The body of each Is perfect, but they are united by a membrane attached to their bellies. They are alive and frisky. The Dublin National Gallery has been curiously fortunate in making its recent purchases, having acquired a portrait by Sir reterLelvfor30 shillings, a portrait of Sir Richard "Steele by Kneller for X20anda group of saints by Paul Veronase for jE50. During the year ending March 31, 1891, the inhabitants of Great Britain consumed 27,82S,2?4 gallons of whisky. Of this amount 4,821,146 gallons were disposed of In Ireland, almost a gallon per head. In Scotland tho average was even greater, amounting to ! gallons per head. When a Chinese compositor seta type he places them In a wooden frame 22x15 inches. This frame has 29 grooves, each for a line of type, and the tvpe rests in clay to the depth of a quarter o'f an Inch. Tho types nre of wood, perfectly sqnare, and the com positor handles them with pincers. There Is a boy in Nebraska, according to the Niobrara Tribune, who Is now shed ding his skin for the sixth time in 11 years. This time he caught a bad cold about the time it came on. and he is no having the second attack. The skin peels off from head to foot in pieces as large as the hand. The profits from fruit culture in Cali fornia are seen from the following: Raisin culture in Fresno connty yields from $150 to $400 per acre, walnnts from $200 to $400, apri cots, peaches and prnnes average $259 per ncre, and in the vicinity of Riverside the re ceipts per acre on oranges have been as high as $1,200. Artificial bitter almonds are produced at a trifling cost, nnd with sncti skill that they can scarcely be detected when nsed as an adulterant of the genuine. This is flavored with a very small quantity of nitro benzole, and when pressed in molds the pro duct Is made to resemble tho natural seeds very closely. If it were possible for man to construct a globe 800 feet in diameter, and to placo upon any part of its surface an atom one four thousand three hundred nnd eightieths of an inch in diameter and one-hundred and twentieth ot an inch In height, it would cor rectly denote the proportion man bears to the earth upon which he stands. A little girl of Los Angeles, while visiting tho ostrich farm with her father tho other day, had her thninb bitten off by one or the bears kept confined there. The father dared not let go the child to get help or a weapon, bnt beat tho brute over tho Jaw with his fist nntil his knuckle bones were bnred, before brnln would release his hold on the child's hand. The astronomer royal for Scotland states that when the moon is half fun Its brilliancy Is not nearly one-half as great as when it is quite fnll. He attributes tho brightness of the full moon to the bright streaks which are then seen over the lunar surface, starting from the craters. He snp- J loses these to ho convex or concave, and aigely Invisible under cross lights, and brilliantly illuminated when the sun shines full upon them. The recent advocacy by some of the use of atmospheric niia.s fuel is pronounced one of the most remarkable results of modern, experiments with one of the essential ele ments of tho universe As is well under stood, air is mixed with coal gas and with hydrocarbon vapors, and the compound, whenburned, generates n muchgrcaterhcat than If the air was absent. The new fuel, however, is the air itself, which, in a power ful blast Is directed upon an incandescent substance say, coal made whito hot, pure carbon, ornny other materials that can be made to glow. Prof. J. L. Ray, of Ashland, Va., who has been studying the moon through a tel escope, says there has recently been ex traordinary volcanic action on the planet. He says that on the night of June 22, tre mendous energy over the wholo surface pre sented Itself. "I saw that wbat of late have been considered great gray plains are In reality gieat seas, or else a molten mass, as I saw immense sheets, seemingly of waior, thrown tnrough the lunarian atmosphere and find a renting placo at least a thouund miles from wliero they formerly were. I saw several great mountains sink the wholo moon swayed to and fro and everything In tho lunar heavens was in tho wildest. confu sion. I gazed with Intensestawo upon this uwfnl spcctaclo forhonrs.untll the confusion finally subsided and there seemed to bo a dead calm ns before. I fed fully confident that the moon was thrown several degrees out of her conrse,and sho Is also perceptibly nearer, perhaps 20 000 miles.- No other as tronomer appears to have noticed these dis turbances. jokhlets fkom judge. "My grandfather hasn't had his hair cut for ten years," remarked Tiryn. "Bald. I suppose?" replied Triplet with the sir of one who Is not to be caught so easily. "No; dead." 'Most any man, until he dies, Still "wants the earth," while failure frets him; But yet don't seem to realise The earth wants htm and finally gets him. Mr. Bradley Smyth in passing under the rear window of his house receives the contents of a pall of water on his head. Mr. Bradley Smyth Oh, Bradley, dear. I'm so sorry! Believe me, it was an accident. I did not throw it at you. Mr. Bradley Smyth-I know you did not, dear. Mrs. Bradlcv Smi th How. love? Mr. Bradley Smyth Because you hit me. Though ministers have preached and poets sung This mailm trite, what hoots It to be told That all our best days come when we are yonng? We never find It out till we arc old. "What do yon think of the admission of the Chinese to this country?" "Well," answered the man with a passion for billiards, "In my opinion It is decidedly a political mis-queue." 1 "Here's my photograph, Alice, taken last week," said Helen. "Isn't it good?" "Very nice Indeed," said Alice; "but how you've changed!" Though she no donbt would be perplexed If you should love another, Y'et If you'd make her really vexed Yon'rc but to prabe your mother. Gazzam I don't see how any farmer can ie unhappy with the present prices of wheat. Meddergrass Stranger, I ofily sowed 08 acres, when I might hare put in an even hundred Just u well. Halligan (of Canajoharic) Did the foire dlstoorh you l&sht nolght? Tl-n Crough (same place) It did. Divll a wink did I get, all nolght for the bells. 11 illlgan They used t' bother me the same way. crougli An' don't they now? Halligan Not a bit. 1 Jlned the voloonteer foire department foor years ago an' haven't beard a foire alarm slnccl St. Peter-rWho's there? Female voice A dres3 reformer from Chautau qua. St. Peter Well, put this Asbnry Park'batbiag suit on and come In. ... ua.Aji 'se&JtitotiKI&v-.AZJ. - p jft - - -1- -'" - - 1 1 -ifa t
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