THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1891. Ij$ B$p ESTABLISHED FEBRUARY 1S46. Vol. 4K.No. SI9. Entered at Pittsburg rostofflce, Jioveraber 11, JST. as eecond-clast matter. Business Office Comer Sniithfield and Diamond Streets. News Rooms and Publishing House 78 and 80 Diamond Street, in New Dispatch Building. EASTERN ADVERTISING OFriOE, ROOM H. TIIiniTXE BUILDING. XEWVOKK, where com- Pletr ntesorTHEDIS-l'ATOHcan always be found, 'orcign advertisers appreciate the convenience. Home advertisers and Wends of THE DISPATCH, while In New York, arc also made welcome THE D1SPA TC1IU rez'tlarly ore m!r at Brentano's. t Union Square. -Vw Y'irk, a n't 17 Ar de VOpera, Pari, Prance, tcliere anyrv vho ha been disap pointed at a hotel nacs stand, can otJtain it. TERMS OF TIIK DISPATCH. POSTAGE FEEE IX THE UNITED STATES. Daily Disr ktoii. One Tear $ SCO Daily Dispatch, Ter Quarter. S 00 D ULY DiurATCU. One Month TO Duly Dispatch, lnclndliigSnndxv. 1 ye-ir.. 10 00 Daily Dispatch. Inchidingfeundav. Sm'ths. S50 Daily Dispatch. Including Sunday, 1 m'tb... 90 Scnday Dispatch, One Tear. S50 Weekly DtSFATcn. One Year 1 fa The Daily Dispat--ii is delivered by carriers at 15 cents per week, or. Including Sunday Edition, at 30 cents per week. PITTSBURG. WEDNESDAY, OCT. H. 18M. TWELVE"PAGES THE GOVERNOR'S message. The proceedings of the extra session yesterday consisted of listening to the Governor's message and its reference to a Committee of Seven to shape the pro cedure of the Senate Circumstances reverse the order of pro cedure provided liy the Constitution so that the case begins by the Governor ad dreeing the Senate instead of the Senate addressing the Governor. This is a per fectly intelligible necessity of the political complication of affairs; and the Governor makes it effective in his attack on official misconduct. The message is somewhat long: but there is not a word too many in it It devotes itself exclusively to the ivcit.il of the disclosures made, by the various investigations into the Philadel phia defalcations: and dispassionately sets the evidences before the Senate for its acrjon. The case as made by the Governor in its bearing on the State administration dividesitself into two chapters. One con sists of the evidences of th receipt of money from. Bardslev by McCamant and Wvsey as a return for the extraordinary lavors shown him. The correlation of th dates of remittances by Bardsley with the dates of letters of thanks acknowledging the receipt of favors from the two State officials, will not permit the public mind to accept the idea that the thanks were for the purchase of neckties or magazines. In this regard the Governor makes out a strong prima fade case against the two officials named: while as to the actual re ceipt of money from the embezzling City Treasurer, State Treasurer Boyer is not so far implicated. As to the negligence and even willful "violation of the law governing the dis charge of their duties, the case is simply conclusive It is shown that the fiscal and fiduciary officers of the State not only al lowed the money of the State to remain in Bardsley's hands long past the date for settlement in plain violation of the law, but that they actually paid State money over to him to evade the law requiring its investment in the sinking fun3. This fact is established by their own admission, and when placed side by side with the legal directions furnishes absolute evidence of official negligence and misconduct The summary of the proceeding is that the Au ditor General and the State Treasurer, whose duties were exactly opposite, persist ently left the money in Bardsley's hands to yield him interest when it should have. leen in the Treasury and part of it in the sinking fund yielding interest to the State That the moneywas finally embezzled only emphasizes the violation of the law. It is not too much to say that the case thus pre sented is one, which, if it occurred in the affairs of a private firm or corporation, would call for the summary discharge of the clerks or agents who were guilty of such misconduct The burden of action is now on the Sen ate. It is not a case where politics can be permitted to creep in. Indeed, any at tempt to shirk the fullest action required would be the worst politics. The protec tion of the people's funds and the main tenance of public integrity depend on prompt and adequate steps, such as the case demands. The Senate will be expected to perform its duty in this respect Neither Kepubli ein sentiment nor public sentiment will approve the disposition shown by the Re publican Senators on the Investigating Committee to exonerate the offending offi cials and make the party earn' the load. THE RATTLE ORDEAL The settlement of suits in an Alder man's office by a free fight is not wholly without precedent, and yet we do not un derstand that it is approved by the highest authorities. Consequently the resort to a general scrimmage in a trial before an Eighteenth ward Alderman and the use of such telling arguments as paper weights and fists cannot be regarded as an ideal exemplification of the calm and dispas sionate dispensation of justice by the im partial scales of the law. The fact that one of the counsel in the case was knocked out by the paper weight while the Court was doubled up by receiving the same missile in his stomach indicates that the usually peaceful weight docs double duty in a legal fray; but is somewhat indiscrim inate in selecting its victims. After the dead, wounded and missing of the battle are reckoned up it might be well to appoint a commission of inquiry to find out whether the justice dealt out by ordeal of battle is or is not as valuable as that secured by the usual methods of Justice's courts. THE KEYSTONE PLUNDER. The report of the experts who have been investigating the Keystone Bank failure discloses what was pretty thoroughly known before, that the deliberate work of bank wrecking was carried on. The hank was insolvent before Marsh and Bardsley commmcnccd their operations, the ajtual deficit being over 51,000,000. The comple tion of the work of making away with the funds caused the disappearance of all the remaining assets of the depositors and those which Bardsley added to it from the State and city funds. Two points with regard to this failure interest the general public outside the city where depositors and shareholders have been so thoroughly plundered. The first is as to the adequacy of the national bank examinations. On this point the report of the experts leaves no room for a favorable doubt The condition .of the bank was such that thorough examination could not have failed to discover the insolvency. "Not one of the books," they declare, "was complete; neirly 400 pages were cut out of the ledgers for one -year, and fraudulent manipulations were of almost daily occurrence; many loans were obtained upon the fictitious affidavit of the authority of the Board of Direct ors, and these and nearly all the other loans to the bank were omitted in the books, and for years after insolvency, it was concealed by falsifications and manip ulations that an exhaustive examination would certainly have discovered before it was too late for remedy." This places a grave responsibility on the Comptroller of the Currency, and, indeed, on the whole Administration, in the inefficiency of tho enforcement of the national banking act On the other point of public interest, namely, who got the missing two millions, the report throws no light That remains as great a mystery as ever. The precau tions taken to cover it up seem to defy penetration. At all events the steps taken to shut off probing, short of this import ant discovery, have so far prevented any public knowledge of that extremely inter esting feature of the robbery. THE CLEVELAND EXPERIMENT. The experiment in progress at Cleve land, O., in the line of municipal reform is of such interest as to warrant an ex tended statement of its character and progress. Prior to the introduction of tho reform, one trouble inCleveland was much like that in Pittsburg before the adoption of the charter, namely, the scattering of responsibility among no less than thirteen boards, the absence of power on the part of the Mayor, and the difficultyof locating the blame for corruption or incompetence. The plan of reorganization adopted was widely different from that of our charter, although it proceeds on the same theory of concentrating authority and responsi bility. It is called the "Federal plan," not from any character of federation in its constitution, but from the resemblance of the executive branch of the government to that of the United States Government The Mayor is made the real executive head of the city. Ilis cabinet, a Board of Con trol as it is called, consists of the heads of the six departments into which the city business is divided, wiio are selected by him subject to the approval of Councils, which are confined to purely legislative functions. In commenting on the favorable opera tion of this plan during the six months it has been in force, the writer who de scribes it mentions two facts which may be important to an accurate estimate of its value The first is that at the election last spring great interest was taken in the election of the men who were to put the new charter in operation, and as a conse quence the best city government known tor yean was established. Second, the "old gang,"' arc very bitter against the new city government, and will leave no stone unturned at future elections to sup plant it by one subservient to their inter ests. This shows the vital and essential factor in all reform. One form of government may undoubtedly be superior to another for the dispatch of business and the" loca tion of responsibility. But no form can be so bad as to prevent good city govern ment if the people take care to elect com petent and hoitest men to office; and no form can have such virtus as to prevent bad government if the people negligently permit the choice of incompetent or dis honest men. The real guarantee of good city government lies in the activity and intelligence of the peopl. In comparison with that the organizatio 1 of departments and the location of official res ponsibility are minor matters. SHALLOW ECONOMIES. In joining Governor Campbell, in its ef fort to make political capital out of the an nounced revision of wages at the Carnegie works, the New York Post makes an as sertion which exhibits a remarkable ig norance of the history of industrial devel opment "It will be observed," says the Post, "that the reason for giving this no tice to the men is that there have been many mechanical improvements and new methods of manufacture introduced lately. Such improvements invariably lead to dis pensing with human labor." Such an assertion might be tolerated from an Anarchist orator or a machine- breaking agitator of half-a-century ago; but from a journal which arrogates to itself the especial representation of capital and culture it is simply unpardonable The entire industrial history of the century has consisted of the production of mechanical improvements for the saving of labor in nearly every department of work. If this 'led to "dispensing with human labor," the number of laborers employed at the be ginning of the century should have been dispensed with and labor nearly every where should now be standing idle Every one knows the opposite is the case, and that the era of mechanical improvements lias brought with it a multiplication of the demand for labor to an extent which ninety years ago would have been incredi ble A free trade campaign which involves such shallow economies as the assertion that mechanical improvements dispense with labor is in a very bad way. TnE TOTE ON THE CONVENTION. Indications are decisive to the effect that the vote in favor of the Constitutional Convention will be very small. No con siderable body of citizens has expressed itself in favor of the convention since it was first proposed, up to the present; and the general verdict of popular opinion is that it is a useless and dangerous idea. The sole hope of those who favor tho convention is that while the vote for it may be small the vote against it will be smaller. This idea is based upon two supposed possibilities. First, tickets will not be furnished those desiring to vote against the convention; second, that those opposing it, on the supposition that it is a dead issue, will neglect to vote at all. The first ex pectation, as The Dispatch: has already shown, is ill-founded. The form of tickets required by law must contain the votes for or against the Constitutional Convention, and any other form will be illegal To the other idea, although it has a very frail foundation, the people should exercise a general care to record their votes on the convention proposition. They should sec, if any ballots are prepared on the question in the partial form proposed, that they are thrown out as required by law; and every citizen who has recognized the fact that the convention is needless and only opens the door to the emasculation of the funda mental law should take pains to cast his vote against it If this is done the Constitutional Con vention proposition will be about the worst beaten issue that has been submitted to the people of Pennsylvania for many years. " The English idea that wild game can be killed on Broadway receives a partial Justi fication in the statement that over a hun dred wild deer liavo been killed on Long Island, a considerable share of them within 35 miles of New Tork. Tho harrowing part of tho statement to the "preservers" of game is that tho deer were not killed by the people who had got up tho preserves, but having broken bounds they became tho venison of tho free, and untrammeled natives. As long os game preserving works In that way it will be popular among the Long Islanders. The Kepublican Senators on the Investi gating Committee seem to think about' the mismanagement of State funds that tho party can carry the load. They should remember that tho peop.e are loaded, and that November is a great month for game. NOW it is the Chinese Empire which, having determined to build a railway for military reasons, finds its progress blocked until it can negotiate a foreign loan. The popular prejudice of the Chinese against railways as instrumentalities of the evil ono 1ms its compensation. It protects them from the American method of building railways on bond issues which are really shares in the enterprise, and from the sale of tho alleged stock which is pure water. TnE Republican slang-whangers in Ohio succeeded in electing Governor Campbell two years ago by attacking his personal affairs. If their attempt in that line this year does not accomplish the same result it win not be their fault. TnE New York Press is jumping on Gov ernor Hill for depositing tho $2,200,000 direct tax refund, which New York received from the National Treasury, in the State deposi tories at 2 per cent, while the banks lend It ont to the people at 6 percent. What would the esteemed Pr'ss say to the time-honored rennss'lvania practice of distributing sun dry millions of the State funds among tho banks at Just no per cent at all? Sctpokteks of Gregg and Morrison will not feel especially grateful to the Senate In vestigating Committee for the disposition to take up McCamant, Livsey and Boyer on the party car at its coming trip to the polls. The Republicans of Northampton county in their convention resolved that, as tho Democrats had nominated for judge "the lion. W. W.Schuyler.a gentleman and jurist of irreproachable character and strict in tegrity," the Kepublican convention "ratify and indorse the nomination." This makes a first-class record for tho Republicans and Democrats of Northampton county and for Judge Schuyler as well. Still it devolves upon the Comptroller of the Currency to explain how it happens that the Keystone Bank officers were allowed to plunder the depositors for a year after that institution was hopelessly insolvent. The earnest efforts of the Republican mem bers of that investigating committee to save the Philadelphia newspaper managers from telling to whom they paid those rebates on official advertising, were a case of love's labor lost. Bardsley was the villain in the piny. But why did it take our esteemed cotemporaries all these months to make up their minds to the disclosure of this fact? TnE Brazilian coffee crop this year is pro portionately as large as the grain crop ot the United States. Plenty smiles on tho entire American hemisphere in this year of grace. "When a steam yacht goes at the rate of a mile In :S0 lt seems fast enough, although numerous trotters have beaten that record. But when we are informed that the Va moose's rivnl has left the trotters clear be hind by making her mile in less than two minutes there does not appear to be much necessity for further developments of speed in that line. Goveekor Pattison very evidently will soon convince Pennsylvania office-holders that public office is a public trust at least that it is to be so regarded while ho sits in the. Executive chair. The excuse that a long-continued system of farming official opportunities for private benefit exonerates the offenders does not go with the Governor. If all is right with McCamant and Boyer they should use their influence with Livsey to get back to Harrisbnrg as quickly as possi ble. They have got a woman Mayor out in Kansas who obstinately refuses to let the town ue run by the saloons, or to be caioled by political deals. This lusu naturae in tho line of Mayors consequently arouses tho as tonished comments or the press from Now York to Bismarck. Still it might bo wished that there were more like her. The talk about Parnell's murderturns out to bo nn exceedingly 6hort-llvcd specimen of the campaign lie. The infant element in the campaign is making itself felt. This time it is a grandson of lloswell P. Flower, weighing at tho incep tion of his career 10J pounds. This indi cates, that the Flower platform is not in favor of short weight in babies whatever it may be in dollars. The Governor's message may be long; but it is decidedly to the point. SNAP SHOTS IN SEASON. The only thing that can be caught with bated breath is a cold. The lesson to be taught by the present State campaign may not make politicians honest, but it will teach, them to be very careful. The tongue is the only active member attached to tho busybody. Fall openings would never have been heard of if Evo had not fallen. The passing show is bound to break up. The young man who has only down on his lip is down in tho mouth. "All roads nowadays apparent! y lead to tho penitentiary. When' yon see a man who's nervous, in at ease, Don't-imagine that he's in a pretty pickle. If you watch him you will seo him rub his knees, Then you know his new fall undergarments tickle. TnE crowning glory of the theater-going woman is her flat hat. Talk is not as cheap as it used to be since tho advent of the phonograph. IP the tin baby is only permitted to crawl it will soon be able to walk and take care of itself. The advent of the broom inaugurated the first sweeping reform. If the Nihilists hurl a bomb at the Czar tho civilized world would be Justified in be lieving that the hand of Providence directed it, especially if it did its duty. Musical conductors beat through tho world by scores. their way Goveenor Pattison has at least man- need-to arouse.the suspicions of the voters, and dilatory tactics will not allay them. HE brags about his clever wife She's now clfina painting learning But there'll be fun and family strife When ho foots the bill for burning. ' ' . ' THE dimes picked up by the tramp in summer provide him with quarters in winter. THEliappy owner of the spacious lawn has the long green. AS a oft .drink hard cider is a delusion and a snare. Thf. first.straight-out knock out occurred yesterday in.a 'Squire's office, and believers in omens should govern themselves accordingly. ANDREW CARNEGIE ABROAD. He Talks to a Scotch Reporter on Topics of Current Interest The Tariff, Eight-Hour Day and Strikes Discussed Tho Trouble With Canada. "While in Cluny Castle, Scotland, Andrew Carnegie was interviewed at length by a special commissioner of tho northern Daily News, of Aberdeen. Tho articles were printed in a aeries, covering several days and making perhaps a dozen columns In all. Mr. Carnegie talked upon almost every topic of current interest in oither Europo or America, discussing home rule and tho tariff, socialism and railways with equal facility. Upon the question of proteotion, tho interview runs as follows: "Undoubtedly," said Mr. Carnogte, "com petition among ourselves has brought the price down." "But is it not tho fact that the tariff causes the cost of living to bo much higher' In America than here? Havo not the poorer classes to pay more for everything?" Mr. Carnegie demurred, but I thought, somewhat doubtfully, then went on to say: "A dollar will go as far 'in America for a working man as it will in England, but in America the working man will spend more; he will bo found walking around with a fine cigar in his mouth, while the Britisher will be content with a clny pipe and cheap to bacco. He will live better, dress bettccand have a larger house. "If a man can make 30 shillings a week in his native land, he is very foolish to leave it, unless he is impelled by an uncontroll able ambition and has no ties to bind him. I never advise any man to emigrate from this country to a new country who can make a living here, for many who go out do not like tho new conditions of life, even if they lind they can niako more mouoy. Most of those who leave this countrv for Canada finally find their way Into thc'States. It is a fact that more Canadians leave Canada for the United States than the total increase of population of Cinada, immigration and all. Canada only increases at the same rate as Britain." Canada and the United States. "How do you account for this? For Canada has also a protective system as well as the States." "The protective system has little to do with it. Tho free trado question is every thing for Britain, for it is a question of her food supply, but for the United States or Canada it is a more flea bite. It can only be changed to the extent of $10,000,000 or $50,000, 0C0 of revenue. When a man leaves Canada for the States he rises from being a colonist to being a citizen of the largest English speaking power In the world. He is more of a man; lie makes more money; there is more enterprise avound him, and he is more suc cessful. If this were not so, he would not leavo his native land or colonv. Canada Is a barren country, snowed up Ave months In tho year, and there is really nothing in it. It will not Increase much more hereafter, except In tho extreme Western portions. "We have not one strike in America for ten that you have." Hero I Interrupted to remind Mr. Carnegie of the recent strikes of railway and tram way men in Chicago, New York and other cities of the States. 'Oh, yes," said Mr. Carnegie, "wo have strikes occasionally, but as a rule thev are less severe than those in this countrv. Of course in New York and some other cities it is different, because the labor we have to deal with there is mostly foreign.and there fore Ignorantjbut the intelligent native-born Amerlcai gives no trouble. Knowledge never does. It is ignorance alone that wo havo to fear." About the Working Day. Putting another question on the eight hours question, on which I wished to havo Mr. Carnegie's views, ho said: "I sympathize with the desire to havo shorter hours of labor. We have too long hours of labor in America. There is not a blastfurnace or manufactory that has to run night and day at which the workers do not work 12 hours a day, tho 21 hours being divided into two shifts. I have told tho labor leaders in America who are working less than this that before they try to get shorter hours for themselves, they should take up the caso of their more unfortunate brethren. But to reduce the hours of labor in works that have to run night and day, can only be done by a general law, compell ing all such works to adopt eight hours' SHU IS. "We tried this voluntarily ourselves at Pittsburg for two years. We worked the blast-furnaco men on three shifts of eight hours each, hoping that other iron manu facturers would be induced or compelled to follow our example. But only ono Arm In the whole country did so, and finally com petition became so severe that we were lorced to go back to tile 12-hour shifts. It was a question whether we were to run the works at a loss or not, and after losing at least X 100,000 by the experiment, we had to ask our men to return to the two shifts a day again. Wo offered to divide with the men the extra cost of 33 per cent which the three shifts involved, so that wo might continue the eight-hour system, the firm Saying 17 per cent and the men 16 per cent; ut rather than do this they decided to go back to the two shifts of 12 hours a day. A law Is needed to compel the hard employers to do what those who are more liberal would do voluntarily, and to put all on the same footing." Shorter ITonrs In Great Britain. "It is well that the hours of labor should be shortened. But It Is a remarkablo fact that on this island the hours of labor are generally less than in America. An inquiry was made as to 07 different Industries in the State of Massachusetts, and it was found that on an average the workers work three or four hours a week more than the same In dustries in your country. Besides this, the American workman has fewer holidays than yours, ana ne works rar harder than the British workman. He turns out a great deal more work, and, of course, makes more money. He Is more active, more ambitious, and ho has no trouble with drink. He is sober, well-behaved, tractable, and fair minded." "But are not the trade unions in America strong enough to compel all the masters in ono trade to adopt the short hours system? "I queried. "No, I ao not think that trade union action would be strong enough with us to effect It. Organized capital can beat organ ized labor. I should oe very glad if we could pass a general law in all the States of the American Union that iron works, nnd all the factories running the whole 21 hours, should be compelled to employ three, sots of men, eight hours each. But such a law is useless if passed only by one State; it cannot be enforced until all the States adopt it. That is ono advantage vou would have in this country such a law would be ODcrutivn all over tho land. Another thing, you could afford to do this in regard to mining nnd blast furnace work, because you have such a great lead in Europo in everything in which coal is a main item of cost." DEATHS HEBE ADD ELSEWHEBE. Walter J. Brown. , 3 Walter J. Brown, a strange and retired character, died in Lockport Saturday. It Is known that he was a son of a pee- of England. He came to this country In the sixties, with his wife and two children. The wite was a highly cultivated lndy. speakiiiE several languages, and n brilliant musician. He received remittances regularly from Eng'and. He enlisted In the war. ana served liou onnlv. being the ninth man discharged bv Presi dent Lincoln. The family refused to divulge the secret of his life, exept to say thit he Is of high birth, and that they will not apply for the est.iU's in England which belong to them, llrown lived or late years In extreme poverty In a tumble-down shanty with his daughter. Major C. M. O. Callaghan. Major Cortland M. O. Callaghan, a native of Philadelphia, died in Erie very suddenly yester day as the remittor an injury which he received at Shepardstown, W. Va.. wnile in command of Com pany I. of the One Hundred and Eighteenth Regi ment Pennsylvania Volunteers, the famous "Corn Exchange Reglmenf'of Philadelphia he was hurled over a 50-foot precipice bv a rebel. Major O'Calla- f;han was a descendant of one of the oldest families ii Philadelphia, and was one of the heaviest of the French spoliation claimant;. He moved with hu family to Erie 15 years ago, and was prominently connected there. Obituary Notes. Edwaiid Hilliahd died at Easton Monday aft ernoon, aged BG ycats. He was a director of a bank, n gaa company and an Insurance company, bcblde being a large coal dealer, JjtMF.R Kl-giiler, of New Brighton, aged 43 years, dropped dead at Greenville list night iu the ofllce of his father. Dr.. J. C. Kughler, of heart disease. He was of an old and respected family. George C. McShaxe, a well-known resident of the South Side and a brother of Sergeant McShano of the Twenty-eighth ward police station, died yes terday morning at his home on South Seventeenth street. Da. ROBERT Jones, son of Rev. David Jones or the First Protestant Methodist chnrch, died yester day morning at the age of ao years. He was graduate of the Western Pennsylvania Medical ollcge and had a bright future beloro him had he lived. Rev. W. H. Potter, D. D one of the eminent ministers of the Methodist Chnrch South, died at AnatcU, Ga Sunday night. Ten years ago he was a delegate to the Ecumenical Council lu London and made a speech, and was also a delegate to the Ecumenical Council tn Washington, but did not attend because of 1U health. OUR' MAIL POUCH. John Harper's Character. To the Editor of The Dispatch: I desire to contradict the published state ment that John Harper, of Tarentum, who recently died, was a recln3e. John Harper was an open hearted, intelligent old man, ono who enjoyed the company of every one; ono who could converse upon all subjects, and one who had ns many friends asany man about Tarentum, and one who will be missed by all. Every one had a kind word for him when they met him. Ho was always happy and co.ntented, and an npriglit, God fearing christian. Of course, at tho advanced age of 75 years, one could not expect him to leavo ills home much; and ho was very feeblo on his feet: yet when the weather would per mit "Old Uncle." "as he was called by nil." wonld go on Saturday and stay until Sunday night with his relatives, nnd upon each visit would distribute his monev among the chil dren. He was alwavs liberal with his money and left very little behind. T. Y. U. Braddock, October 13. Conking by Steam Commended. To the Editor of The Dispatch: I was pleased to seo the "steamer" recom mended through the columns of your highly interesting paper. I regard cooking by steam in the manner described as one of the most advanced methods. It is common sense cooking the sort of cooking needed in these days of stomach troubles, usually brought about by improperly cooked food. Your correspondent, in her ripo experience, has ably handled her subjoct, and has not overdrawn the merits of this invalnable utensil. I know the possibilities of the steamer, having used ono in my own family for several years. Lot mo say J ust hero that one of the most Important features in your paper, or, in fact, in any paper read bv tho masses Is the "Household" column. Wero there moro good cooks, there would bo less sickness. PuysiciAK. Pittsburo, Oct. 13. TWO EIVAL ITJTHEBA1T SYH0DS. The Conflicting Efforts In the Ilomc Mission Field Cause a Quarrel. BitADDocir, Oct. 13. Special. The end of the fourth day's session of the Pittsburg Synod of tho English Lutheran Chureh found tho members or the Synod still labor ing at reports, etc., though they expect to finish the work to-morrow. The entire fore noon session to-day was taken up in consid ering the report of the Committee on tho President's Report. Tho Synod approved of a recommendation for a special meeting of tho Board of Directors of tho Theological Seminary, at Gettysburg, to provide for the immediate wants of the institution, and to consider the advisability of the removal of tho seminary, probablv to Baltimore or Washington. The following resolutions were offered: Resolved. That as soon as tho Pittsburg Svnod (General Conference), in its' mission ary operation, manifests a spirit in harmony with tho action proposed, our Synod will most heartily enter into such an arrange ment. This resolution was presented by a com mittee on the strength of a communication from the Pittsburg Synod (General Confer ence), asking the Synod here to appoint a committee to confer with n similar com mittee appointed by that Synod for the pur pose of avoiding a conflict between tho two synods in their home missionary work. Then followed a heated discussion, which had been aroused by tho fact that for many years past, ns stated by members, tho min isters ot tho General Conference havo beon antagonising the work of tho General Synod men. The resolution was adopted. The several charges of tho Pittsburg Synod will hereafter get $2-10 each as an ap portionment by the Synod. A resolution was then passed that the Pittsburg Svnod purchase nn iron church for the use of mis sions in this territory, providing the money for the same is guaranteed by individual members of the Svnod. W0MEH AT THE WORLD'S FAIE. Mrs. Potter Palmer Explains tho Nature of Their Separate Exhibit. CniCAGo, Oct, 13. The Press League, com posed of active women newspaper writers throughout the United States, was addressed at a largely attended meeting in the Audi torium to-day by Mrs. Potter Palmer., Her subjf ct was "Tho Relation of Women to tho World's Fair." Mrs. Palmer said the Bpard of Lndy Managers desires to develop to tho fullest extent the grand possibilities which have been placed within its reach. Tho board wishes to mark tho first participation of woman in an important National enter prise by preparing an object lesson to show the progress made by woman in every country in the world during tho conturv in which educational ana otherprivileges havo been granted her. It is the aim of the Board to present a complete picture of the present condition of woman andtomako a showing of her achievements in all depart ments, the inventions she has made, the avenues of employment sho mav enter, and the educational courses best fitted to pre pare her for farther advancement. The Board has decided not to attempt to separate tue exuioic oi women's wore irorn that of men, because women's work is side by side with that of men in all factories of tho world. It would be impossible to divide the finished result of their labor; but exhibit ors will be asked to declare- tho proportion of male and female work In all products they send to the exposition, and the juries of award will have women members in pro portion to the amount of female work repre sented by the articles to be Judged. NAMES 0FIEN SEEN IN PBINT. Mr. Gladstone weighs 11 stones, and Sir William Harcourt 18 stones. Prof. Lincoln, the oldest instructor in the Faculty of Brown University, is dying of Bright's disease. Sir John Edge, Chief Justice of Alla habad, Northwest Provinces of India, nas Just arrived in England on leave of absence. The grave of David Livingstone's wife, in Africa, Is an utter wilderness, matted with jungle grass, and trodden by the beasts of the forest. The Duchess of Cleveland, who is resid ing at Battle Abbey, intends to pass the winter in Egypt, and sho will proceed to that country early In November. The Queen is to stay atr Balmoral until tho third week of November, and Friday, tho 20tli, was the date which Her Majesty fixed for coming South when Bho left Os borne. A Hindoo Princess, the Begum Anma dee, has distinguished herself in London Bociety as a singor of superior voice, talent and cultivation. She is a descendant of the Emperors of Delhi. Mr. and Mrs Bobert Garrett, of Bal timore, who have been absent several months at Deer Park and Newport, are now at their country house, Uplands, on tho old Frederick road. Mr. Garrett is in excellent health. Mrs. Archibald Brown, the daughter of Chief Justice Fuller, whose romantic marriage created such a sensation in Chicago some time ago, is lying at the point of death in her father's residence with typhoid fever. There are three surviving sons of the au thor of "Pickwick" Charlcs.Dickens, editor ot All the Year Round, Alfred Tennyson Dick ens, a merchant fn Melbourne, nnd Edwin Bulwer-Lytton Dickens, a member of tho Now South Wales Parliament. Tub statue of Earl Granville will, writes a London correspondent, be erected in tho central hall at Westminster, whore it will bo a worthy companion to tho statue of Earl Itussell. Upwards of 2,000 has been sub scribed for the statue, and the artist is to bo Mr. Thornycroft. SOME PEOPLE WHO TBAVEL. J. L. Currier, agent of the "Woman's Branch of the Society lor tho Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, of Philadelphia, was in Pittsburg yesterday and visited tho officers of the Humnno Society Here. He is on his wuv to 'Chicago accompanied by W. C. Roval, who is also connected with the society v Cantain Mathew Bigger, general con tracting agent of the Philadelphia Com pany, went West Inst night. I. Dupont, the New Jersey pottery man ufacturer, was a passenger on the limited to Chicago last night. George Harris, of the Pittsturg and Lake Erie road, left yesterday for a short stay in St. Loui Charles E. Spcer, of the First National Bank, left for Now York lastnight. Harry S. Shallenbergar left for Mexico yesterday. "Weymes Henderson left for New York last night. SOCIETY'S DOMAIN. A Number of Honsewarmlngs on the List Weddings Past and Present Itazaars and Other Entertainments for Charity Social Chatter of a Day. As the summer saw some magnificent houses being built in Pittsburg, so the win tor will see their "warming." It used to bo that houses spacious enough for balls, could be counted on the fingers of one hand, but It is otherwise now that Fifth nuenne is lined with handsome homes, whiio Ells worth, Center and Forbes are equally orna mental. In those days, everything more pretentious than a tea party was given in tho club houses. But now house entertain ments are in vogue again. Some people say this is because the tendency is to more ex clusion thnn over, and that you often invite to your club persons you would not invite 'oj'our house. So the most modern con veniences include tho possibilities for a modern entertainment. Mrs. Wm. L. Ab b ott's home on Morewood avenue, tho out side of which has a novel appearance, due to the use of firebrick, displays much ole gnnce within. The family took possession of it in the early autumn, and doubtless the houc will make Its social debut sometime In the first part of the season. Travelers on tho Fifth nvenue cars, as well as those who view tho landscape from their carriage windows are familiar with Mrs. D. Herbert Hostettor's home, considered by some the most beauti fully situated on the avenue. It has re ceived only a mild social baptism. Mrs. Hostctter is to receive largely this season. Mrs. William A. Kcnshaw's establishment. Morewood and Aiken avenues, Is a dainty house and very complete in its arrange ments. To use a simile, it might be called a dohntonto ot tho season. Mrs. A. W. Book has transformed the old Stewart residence, at Homowood, into a palace almot. It is said her friends will havo the "Open Sesame" there. Opposite Mrs. Hook's house is that of II. C. Friek. Being a lover of horticulture, it is natural to find his greenhouse the completest in town. Mrs. W. G. Park, whose house U always In the market, according to Dame Humor tho wisli being father to the thought will occupy it this winter. It is a lovely spot, and though unoccupied, its grounds wero cared for conscientiously all summer. The arrival of Thomas Shields Clarke has caused fruitful discussion of the possibilities of re ceptions at Mrs. Charles J. Clarke's house on Forbes street. Mr. Walnwright is occu pying his new house on Highland nvenue nnd Hipper street. It is built of a finished stone that is odd as well as pretty. The nuptials of Miss Thomas and Mr. Strean were celebrated Inst night in tho house of the bride's father, corner Halket and Forbes streets, Oakland. Tho ceremony propor took place in the parlor, prepared for the event by flowers and palms.and a spread ing lovers knot, under which the marriage was performed by the Kev. Dr. McClelland, Dr. Holland's successor in tho Bellcfleld Presbyterian Church. The only attendants wero two flower girls; a cousin, Bay Thomas, and a sister, Beba Thomas, of the bride. The bridal dress was white corded silk, trimmed in point lace; nn European creation brought over by its wearer from the continent a year ago. There were also the usual accessories of bridal veil and court train, and a large bunch of lilies of the valley. Among the jewels on tho bride, a brooch, her lover's gift, shone resplendent. Tho two little girls wore white dresses, and nne stood beside a huge bunch of whito flowers that caught up a curtain of smilax and the other beside an equally large ono of pink flowers. This last little one, in the color of her slippers, gloves and fan, matched the delicate pink of the carnation. Miss "Kit" Thomas, another unmarried sister of tho bride, woro a dainty dress of white chiffon. The ceremony included tho ring service. Mr. and Mrs. Strean left on tho midnight train for the East. They will reach The Washington in Kansas Citv, Mo., in time for their first "at home," Tuesday, November 10. Those at the ceremony and the reception were Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Hazlett and Miss Nellie Hazlett, Miss Dollie Lockbart, Miss Surah Swan, Miss Jean Swan, Mr. Charles S. and Miss Ritchie. Mr. and Mrs. Strean and the Misses Strean, Mr. Harrv Chambers, Mr. James Clark, Mr. John II. Ewing, Miss Ewine, Washington, Pa.: Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Wick, Youngstown; Miss Greaves, New York; Mr. and Mrs. Dallas, Mr. and Mrs. Hill, Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Dnnlap, Dr. and Mrs. Miller, Mr. and Mrs. William Stanton, Miss Kate Perrine, Mr. Samuel Ncaer. Dr. J. D. Thomas and family, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin L. Porter, Messrs. Frank Stewart, John Bole, Clifford Garrison, Miss Emma Niblock, of Chicago; 11. P. Patterson, of Steubenvillej Miss Margaret McGiffln and Miss Virginia L. Hopkins, of F-irfloId, la.: Garrett Ellison and r D. Merian, Kansas City. The bazar on Thursday and Friday in Old Citv Hall is to help create a fund for the Ninth U. P. Chnrch, Allegheny City. Tho ladies of this congregation have been work ing very industriously during the past month in preparation. The money realized will be used to furnish a new ohurch build ing to bo erected in a short time. The peo ple of the congregation are principally com Sosed of those who followed Kev. L R. I. illigan when the B. P. Synod suspended him last June on ncconnt of the more liberal views which be expressed from tho pnlplt. Dinner nnd supper will bo served on both days, and ut the many booths all sorts of. useful and ornamental things, will bo sold. A desire is expressed that Exposition vis itors on these days also visit Old City Hall and spend some of their money for the en couragment of the managers of the bazaar. It is said )hat the Health Protective As sociation has been so busy clearing the heavens of smoke, that it has forgotten all about tui nuisance resulting from the un limited use of tobacco as an article of food. Already women are complaining about tho condition of tho steps and corridors of the postofllce. They declare that the chief of fenders are the gentlemen attired in the national livery, who are present supposedly tosoe that all is in keeping with tho dignity of tho now building. Moreover, that usual article of furniture, the cuspadore, has been forgotten in the halls, and this seems to be as much a heedless matter as to build a church and forget to put a pulpit in it. A little party of ladies and men expect to rido in the nark to-morrow night. Among them are some of tho most- skilful and graceful horsewomen and horsemen that Pittsburg can lay claim to. Forming the party arc: Miss Julia M. Harding, Miss Phillips, Mr. Weld Schoyer, Mr. Dclefant, Mr. Bradley and Mr. A. Bradley. On Satur day, when the expedition is to bo repeated, others who will be along are: Miss Cassldv, Miss Phillips, Miss Hayes, Miss Van Kirk, Mrs. J. J. Miller, Mr. Howe, Mr. S. Schoyer, Mr. W. W. Howe, Miss Kate McKnight, Miss Crossmnn, Lieutenant and Mrs. Whcrllch, Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Felix Nicola, Mr. Donaldson, Miss ilussey and jiiss .Lewis. Social Chatter. Mb. act Mas. Tmeodorb Hostetteb are in dulging now in the pleasurable excitement of tandem driving. Their horses, turnout and tiger are already a familiar sight in the East End. Akteb a cessation for the summer the regu lation weakly dances at the Kenmawr begin next Saturday evening. At these dances the guests always include thoso staying in the hotel and their friends. To-pay the subordinate lodges of Alle gheny county A. O. U. W. entertain tho officers nnd members of the Grand Lodgo of Pennsylvania by an excursion up the Ohio on the steamer May flower. Pleasaht additions to tneKenmawrhouse holdin the foim of new guests are a daily occurrence. Mrs. Spang, Miss Spang anif Mr. Norman Spamr aro among the latest to take up their residence in tho hotel, and Mr. nnd Mrs. Pierton and Mr. Clarke and family arc expected this week. Mrs. Edward L. Clarke and family, of Shadv Lane, who have been ih Europe for the summer, are expected home to-day on the steamer Teutonic. As the regulation October weather has struck the ships of late, there Is some expectation that the steamer may not bo entirely on time. To-xiqiit at the Duqucsne Theater Mrs. C L. Jlagco will be hostess to an opera partv of 12 neonle. Two boxe will ho nconnlnii 1W n nni-lfftf Mr f!inrlf T. Tavli.1. f J..l. . the same evening. Last night the Missed Bennett, of McKccport, had a party of out-of-town people as their guests to hear "Tar and Tartar." The committee for the new Newsboy's Home and Mr. Kccnan, its chairman, are be ing exercised over tho qualities of brick and gray und black stono as proper material for their coming building. Some want gray stone, Mr. C. L. Magee declares In .favor of brick, and a few artistic ones who forget that beautiful things cost money insist that black stono is very ornamental and unusual, and is what they wnnt. Absurd Propositions. Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, Kep.l Speaking of agricultural prosperity a Democratic paper says it is absurd for Re publicans to claim for protection the credit that is dne to "thebounty of sun nnd soil." Is it anymore absurd than it is for Demo crats to blamo the protective tariff for all the poor crops and consequent depression of tbo last few years: CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS. There are 1,250 miles of water pipes la London. The world uses 3,500,000 steel peas every day. Twenty-two Kansas newspapers are edited by women. Ctibas sugar crop amounts to 827,000 tons this year; an increase of over 25 per cent over 1800. It takes nearly one-half of the entire revenne of tho Slate of Oregon to run tha State Insane Asylum. The Courier, of Hanover, has this adver tisement: "For Sale A piano of superior quality: played upon for some time by a buron." In some countries the leaves of trees are still used for books. In. Ceylon the leaves of the talipot tree are used for that purpose. Servant girls in California receive on an average 23per month. Nurse girls are paid from $15 to $20; and good cooks from $30 upward. In many villages of the Tyrol the au thorities have prohibited tho use of red parasols, which havo been found to irritate the crazing cattle. In Ellensburg, "Wash., the other day a Chinaman walked down the street whistling "Annio Rooney," and was followed by an Indian playing "Home, Sweet Home" on the harmonica. California shipped a cargo of her native wines to Europe last week. One of these fine days it will comeback to us with French labcltt on it. Then it will be eagerly drank by people who really can't quite go native wine", you Know. In Mississippi recently three interest ing events happened on ono evening in a family: An old lady and her husband cele brated her golden wedding, a daughter and son-in-law their silver wedding and a grand daughter her wedding. The baya bird of India spends his nights catching fire-flies, with which he plasters his nest. The baya docs not kill tho fly, but simply attaches it to his nest by means of a piece of moist cluy. On a darknlghta baya's nest has the appearance of an electric street lamp. A veritable curiosity has been captured in Africa. It is an elephant larger than the late lamented Jumbo, pea-green in color, tmnkless, and has tusks that branch out something like the horns of a deer. It is in possession of a native king, who will not part with it. Manuela Fimbres, the only female con vict in the Arizona Territorial prison, was pardoned by the Governor and discharged recently. Sho was provided witli plenty of comtortabie clothing and sent.to Tucson, where the Sheriff or Pima county sent her on to Mexico. A recent discovery of old English weights and measures includes the two stardard yards of 1753 and 1760, supposed to have been destroyed by fire In 1KJL Tho most important missing weight the stand ard Troy pound is not among those now brought to light. The most famous gold-bearing rivers of California are the American, Yuba and Feather. This latter, whose current has been turned into a new channel by Major Frank McLaughlin, the noted Pacific Slope mining expert, is aid to have been so named in early times because its swift current whirled nuggets along like leathers. Twenty years ago the 8th of this month flro in Chicago burned over 2,100 acres, de stroying 17,450 buildings valued, with their contents, at $190,000,000 and rendering 08,500 people homeless. The insurance companies wero liable lor $93,533,721 in damages, of which about one-half was paid and 57 com panies failed in consequence. The process of whitening sugar wa3 never known until a ben walked through a clay puddle, and then strayed into the sugar house. Her tracks were, of course, left in the piles of sugar, and when it was noticed that the spots where she had stepped were miui Luuaiu? rest, tue process oi Dieacn ing sugar witn clay was adopted. An alchemist, when experimenting in earths for making crucibles, found that ho had invented porcelain,and a watchmaker's apprentice, while holding a spectacle glass between his thumb and fore,lluger, noticed that through It the lieighboring buildings appeared large, and thus discovered tho uuaptability oi the lens to the telescope. A Nuremburg glass-cutter one day, by accident, dropped a little aquafortis upon his spectacles, and finding that It corroded and softened tho glass, conceived the Idea of etching upon it. He drew figures upon tho glass with varnish, applied the fluid and cut away the glass about tnc drawing; when tho varnisn was removed, the figures appeared, raised upon a dark ground. Oysters do not appear to thrive in tha Thames. Out of 600,000 laid on fiats in tho lower reaches of tho river in 1837, no fewer thnn 30 per cent died. In the following year tho same number of oysters were placed on the beds and the mortality increased to 35 percent. Matters were still worse in 18S9, when 400,000 oysters were laid down to fat ten and nearly half of them died. An English stationer once adopted a fanciful mode of dressing his window by placing in it piles of stationery so arranged that pyramids should bo formed, in order to finish these piles accurately he cut some cards to bring them to a point. Some of these cards wero sold for writing papor, and as they were too small when folded to be addressed the stationer Invented en velopes to contain them. The wife of an English paper maker one day dropped a blue-bag into one of the vats of pulp. When the workmen saw tho colored paper they were astonished, and their em ployer was so angry at tho mischance that his wife did not dare confess her agency in bringing it about. The paper was stored for years as a damaged lot, and finally the manufacturer sent it to hlsagent in London, telling him to sell it at any price. Fashion at onco marked it for her own. It was rap idly sold at an advanced rate.and the manu facturer found it difficult to supply at onco the great demand for colored paper. KhTNKLES AND RHYMES. Howell Gibbon Why do you look so awfully down-hearted, me dean, boy? Hoffman Howes I was pondewlng on a great matter, Howy. Who will we have to follow when the deah Pwlnce becomes King? Howell Gibbon Why, old fellah, don't be un happy: we shall still hare a captain to look to. Albaht Vlctaw wlU be Pwince then. Puck. Bobby What is a nursery, Uncle George? Sis says it's a place where they raise trees. Uncle George Sis knows better than that. It's a place where they raise thunder. Boaton Courier Journal. 'Bout autumn, winter, summer girls, Or spring, 1 never vex My soul, because I dearly love The whole enchanting sex. Boston Pott. "Who is'that strapping big fellow in the striped bathing suit?" "That? Oh. he's an Episcopal minister.-Rector of St. reter's-By-The-Sea." "He's built more like a prize fighter. Isn't he? Just look at those shonlders." "Oh, well, you see that's because he a broad churchman. Washington Post. As opera nights are drawing near, Mark what the girls are at From shop to shop the darlings go To find the largest hat. Baltimore Seat. Teacher Johnnie, which State in New England has two capitals? Johnnie New Hampshire. Teacher Indeed, name them? , Johnnie Capital N and capital !. Brooklyn EaoU. "How old is your grandfather?" "One hundred and three years." You surprise me. I had no Idea he was a eca taur." Harper's Batar. Her heart is gentle, kind, and she In deeds oflove Is ever willing. And therefore it seems strange to me That she can always look so killing. Xeto Tork Press. Customer (being measured for a suit of dothlng)-I am a little short Tailor (straightening up) I can't do it, no use talking. Your last bill was allowed to run over a year, and there ain't any money In the Customer Don't get unduly excited. I was merely going to remind you that I am a little short n the arms. Smttn. Gray & Co.'s JfjnfWy. "There are things in nature," remarked the family physician, "that completely overawe me. Often do I experience the greatest difficulty In finding language to express myself." "Yes," replied the head or the family; "I thought it must be something that way one time when I tried to read one of your prescriptions." fudge.
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