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TWELVE PAGES
IMI'KOVE THE WATERWAY'S.
Preparations are in progress for a de
termined pressure upon the Government
for the improvement of the vvaterwavs
a question which by the mecf.ng of the
association now in session at Evansvill ,
Ind., has become of national importance.
In this meeting all interests of a. me-?
sectional nature hav e been combined imo
a general demand for the improvement of
all the vvaterwavs of the "West, including
tiie eoiWru tion of the Lake Erie Ship
Canal and the making navigable of the
Ohio river Irorn its source to its mouth.
The Ohio drains a country second in the
importance of its manufacturing and agri
cultural interest to none other in the
world. The object of improving it is to
cot the products and manufactures to the
r-eaboard at the lowest possible cost of
transportation, to do away with the pres
ent high rates of carriage which reduc
the profit on labor nearly 50 per cent.
"With the Ohio river improved and the
Erie ship canal built the internal com
meicu of the "West will expand enor
mously. It is not aenerally believed that railways
can cairj freights at less than 0 50 cert
per mile. Thej could be carried or. the
river and canal at 0 30 cent The difference
between these two figures represents the
amount which would be retained by the
producer as profit or which could be taken
from the price to enable the articles pro
duced to compete 'n the markets of the
world with those of other countries.
There can be no question, if the policy
of the association as outlined in the in
troduelorj proceedings is carried out, that
iht net Congress will do better than
deote the one hundred and thirtieth part
of its wnteruav. appropriation to the Ohio
and the Erie Ship Cana. The value of
the opinions and the weight of the ex
perience of the members of the associa
tion cannot fail to make themselves felt in
v. manner that cannot be resisted when
Congress convenes.
IMPOSSIBLE TRUSTS.
The lack of accurate knowledge con
cerning the character and possibilities of
the monopolistic organizations known as
trusts appeal's in the talk concerning two
recent organizations. Both have been
spoken of as trusts, and for both the es
tablishment of a monopoly in their re
spective lines is an absolute impossibility.
Thus it has been intirrated that the new
orgirnzatioi whi-h has started out with
nuavowaiof the praisew orthy but ardu
ous task of suppressing tin plate lies has
been called "an importers' trust" Now
it is plain that there can be no monopoly
111 thebusiress of importing tin plate or
anything el-e that can be bought in the
markets of the world Anyone with capi
tal or credit enough to buy an invoice of
tin platj can go into the business either of
Importing the foreign article or wholesal
ing the domestic; and the rising and fall
ing of the tides is hardh more sure than
that plenty of people will do so, if any at
tempt should be made to raise the margin
of proht abov- the aerage secured by
cornmeraW enterprise
Similar to this is the reported organiza
tion of ,-;, i.- makers trust To anj one
acquainted with the multiplicity of cigar
factories .1. every citj of the union the
idea of establishing a monopoly of cigar
inaVinu is almost as nonsensical as that of
a monopoij in cigar-smoking. A few
hundred dollars is sufficient to start a
cigar factory, and if the existing ones
co.ild be combined in a trust which is
impossible the first step toward main
taining monopolistic profits would call
scores of new factories into existence
Certain cigar makers may be foolish
enough to imagine that they can organize
a trust; but the trust itself will never hav e
any existence worth mentioning.
It is worth winle to remember that the
only public injury or danger of any
monopolistic combination lies in their
ability to suppress competition. Talk
about trusts, for which this is a manifest
Impossibility, is nothing more than wasted
breath.
2VEW YOUTH OR GR ACErCT. AGE?
Mr. Thomas Lake Ilarris, the apostk of
"the New Life," who is holding forth in
Sonoma county, CaL, makes the pleasant
announcement that he has "passed
thiough December and emerged into
Maj." This is stated in connection w ith
the fact that he is sixty-eight years old,
and his return to the season of new life
and rejuvenation is accompanied by an
explanation of the conversion of fleshiv
molecules into psvehic animates, the most
salient features of which is that it does
not epialn anything at all.
On the fare of it, th.s i, an assertion that
the New Life, of which Mr. Ilarris is the
director, if not the inventor, contains the
exemplified mastery of the secret of eter
nal youth. If this can be demonstrated
somewhat more conclusively than Mel
bourne's rain-making abilities, Mr. Har
ris cult can rist assured of immense ac
cessions from all parts of the w orld. The
desire for the return of past jouth is one
of those j earnings after the impossible
which is universal to humanity. Even
those rare and commendable persons who
have gained wisdom with age desire to
live their youth over again, under the
fond delusion that with their new install
ment of jouthfulness they could retain
the wisdom and chastening of years.
But so far as Mr. Harris explanation of
his triumph over nature can be reduced
to plain English, it seems to mean that he
is able to make a vouthful spirit tnnmph
werthephjsical drawbacks of advanced
years. No doubt he has also been able
to assist this desirable consummation by a
healthy life, free drafts upon the sources
of vigor to be found by living in the open
air, by eating well, sleeping well, avoiding
dissipation and forbidding sorrow and
trouble to burden his spirit or wear out
his frame. All of which simmers down
to the claim on the part of Mr. Harris that
he has mastered the accomplishment of
growing old gracefully.
This is a commendable and not too
frequent art; but we need not go to the
Pacific coast to learn it Others before
Mr. Ilarris have exemplified it without
claiming to rival Cagliostro or to have
solved Ponce dc Leon's quest. The artist
in this line is as likely to be born as made,
and many an exponcntof theart permits it
to appear in his life without seeking any
such advertisement as Mr. Ilarris gives
himself.
"WAGES AND TRICES.
One by one the great industries of the
Old 'World are overshadowed by those
here, made strong by the fostering hand
of domestic protection. "Wages have been
kept up and prices forced down in the
only legitimate way competition between
employers, the ingenuity and intelligence
of workmen, and the skill and energy in
bringing to the support of these the un
paralleled resources of farms, forests and
mines. But protection, despite the as
sertions of free traders, extends a degree
further. It places the American work
man far in advanci of his British cousin,
whose lot generally speaking, is a misera
ble and hopeless one.
The free trader would have the work
ingman believe that the adoption of his
fiscal polic by the Gov eminent would de
crease the cost ot living and increase
wages. The only way we can assrtain
whether there is an atom of truth in this
idea is to reason by analogy. Taking Eng
land as an example of a free trade country,
let us see how food prices and wages there
compare wi . the sam.yirices here.
On September 5 meats w ere quoted at
from 22 to 29 cents per pound in England,
butter 31 cents pec pound, eggs 31 cents per
dozen, chickens oo cents each, flour 53 per
barrel. At the samo time the highest
average wages paid union laborer; was
ST 50 per week, while the average wages
was $5 pci wee1:.
Compare this stv: 'ment with food prices
and labor rates here. We fiud that the
Ameiicau workingman receives about
four times as much wages as his British
cousin, while his food costs him from 10 to
25 per cent less. Is this not a conclusive
argument in favor of the policy that pro
tects industries so that they can afford to
pay wages which give the workingmen
chances to better their condition in life?
The attempt to discard the economic pol
icy under which this result has been ob
tained is to stultify history, ignore past ex
perience and to bring down chaos and dis
aster upon even- industry now contribut
ing to the comfort of our people. Such
attempts are repudiated by American vot
ers whenever the proposition is placed
squarely before them.
GREAT KAILTVAT BUSINESS.
The state of the railway traffic is always
an indication of the condition of a coun
try. For instance when the railroads
have comparatively nothing to do the
crops are poor, manufactures are on the
wane and money scarce. On the other
hand, when, as at present, the railroads
cannot find cars enough to haul the goods
offered for transportation, the country
maj- be said to be in a prosperous condi
tion. And not only are all the cars in use
in Pennshania, Ohio and Indiana, but
reports from the "West and Northwest in
dicate that the same state of affairs exists
theie.
In 1875 Samuel Brenner, an Ohio farm
er, prophesied that in 1891 the country
would be visitedby commercial-revulsions,
and that a financial panic would be one of
the features of the year. He proved by a
peculiar process of reasoning that his
prophecy would come true, and published
the whole in book form. If he is living
to-day he realizes the fallacy of his
dreams, for not only is there no panicky
feeling in the horizon, but the future
wears an aspect that, under the encourage
ment of protection, is brighter than ever.
TnE BOOM IN DIVORCES.
One industry, although not subject to
free trade regulations, is thriving vigor
ously in the United States. Divorce mills
are even being established in the new
"West, and are reported to be working full
time. So large has the public demand be
come that Chicago and Indiana no longer
enjoy the monopoly they held in former
vears. Centralization is no longer possi
ble. The late census shows a big boom in
this line in all the States, and the increase
has been so uniform that there is no
chance for sectional jealousy upon this
basis. The St Paul Olobe says: "The
divorce business in South Dakota takes on
large proportions, as seen by distant
eyes." An Eastern paper speaks of the
same figures as representing "a reign of
divorce such as, perhaps, the world never
saw before." The center of the boom in
the West is Siouv: Falls, which is reported
as thriving under the influence of the capi
tal brought thither by the divorce colony.
Lawyers and ministers are sharing the
boom, the former in parting and the latter
in remarrying the divorced to people al
ready on the ground.
It is probably the first time in history
that a section has received a benefit from
this cause; but there is no leason why
Sioux City should take pride in a prosperity
acquired by such means. On the con
trary, steps should be taken to preventthe
possibility of the obtaining of divorces
there which have been denied in other
States. Of what use are stringent laws in
one State if by the expenditure of a few
dollars in railroad fare they can be made
of no effect? TVitn. every day the evidence
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question forward to a speedy conclusion.
FREE TRADE PREJUDICE.
Some remarks of The Dispatch the
other day on the increase of failures
arouse the frffls trade furore of the
Buffalo Covrter which proceeds to assert:
"If a low tariff had been adopted just be
fore the process of 'clearing away the
dead wood of commerce' began, a. less
gentle phrase would have been applied to
the operation. But it is satisfactory to
find that The DlSPATcn bases more con
fidence for the future on the heavy crops
than on the McKinley law."
If the Courier would profit by a more
careful study of The Dispatch's tariff
articles it Would find that this paper has
carefully abstained from ascribing every
event good or bad in commerce or in
dustry to the effect of the tariff laws.
"While The Dispatch is a believer in the
encouragement and protection of home
industries, it knows that people will
speculate, that business may become too
much extended, and that unscrupulous
traders may make their creditors do the
walking under a high tariff as well as
under a low one. It would be well for
the esteemed Courier if it could cultivate
the same intelligence, of which it is not
usually lacking except in the heat of a
campaign.
"We had a panic in 1857 under a revenue
tariff, and we had a panic in 1873 under a
protective one. If insolvencies have in
creased in this year the fact that the lower
number of previous years was under a
tariff as distinctly protective as the present
one should not be lost sight of. If the
esteemed Courier will ponder these facts
it will cease to ascribe every adverse event
to the tariff and to deny its connection
with any favorable one after the election
is over.
The next blow to fall on British com
merce will be the French tariff that will go
into effect on Febiuary 1. The new duties
will strike at n British trade of $100,000,000 an
nually and if there is not something in the
nature of a i evolution in Great Britain's
flcal nolicy within a year It will be very
strange.
Omaha seems to have decisively made
up its mind to be ruled by moo law. It
starts out by lynching a prisoner in the Jail,
and when some of the lynchers are arrested
the mob again asserts its supremacy by tak
ing them out of jail and setting them fiee.
Natnrally no attempt has been made to ar
rest the ringleadeis of the last mob, and
government by law in Omaha is overruled.
This may suit the people of that city, but
others with capital or enterprise who have
a predilection for the piotection of regular
law will naturally steoi clear of Omaha.
This is a McKinley year. It is a year of
prosperity; a high tariff year; a piotectlon
131'sjear; aycarot development of new in
dustries. Calamity shriekers and that ilk
are not in it. They mightaswelL pack nway
thoir carefully prepared free tra Jo speeches
and hibernate until some other year.
It is rather surprising to learn, after all
the accounts of the failure of thit co-operative
colony at Topolobampo Bay, Mexico,
that it is i eally in a prosperous condition. It
Is now announced that it will start the con-
s'ruction of a railway from tho Rio Grande to
the Gulf of California and has the money in
bint to construct 'the first fifteen miles.
This evidence of prosperity soems convinc
ing; but it can be more accurately estimated
-Then we know whether the road is to be
built on the land grant or watered stock
basis.
The compromise of the Hopkins-Searles
silicas j net only removes an interesting
story frora the public gaze, but it takes awav
aeouica of income from the lawyeisthat
was large enough to make their rivals' eyes
grow green with envy.
Protectionists differ from free traders
in that they wish to lessen the volume of im
ports of goods that can be made in this
country. They have no objection to an in
crease in volume of Imports if the people
can pay for them with American products,
and they do not want the actnal value of im
ports delivered at American wharves to be
so in excess of the value of exports as to
make it necessary to pay the difference in
gold.
Melbourne, the stage manager and the
hangman are competitors In the same line.
They are all trying to see which can bring
down the most drops.
The trustees of the New York Metropoli
tan Museum who resisted opening it on Sun
day so obstinately are now pleased with the
result. The churches have not been in
jured, the patronage of some objectionable
places has fallen off and the satisfaction will
increas? with time and keep ev en pace with
the IncreaJj of eduo-tlonal facilities.
It was -easier to send the Atlanta to the
Despatch than to get a dispatch from the
Atlanta.
Female rights advocates should not be
discouraged merely because it has been de
cided that they will not be allowed to vote
in Chicago. From the time of Helen of Troy
to the present, theie has been a steady ad
vance in tli siu and assortment of jobs
open to women and they will get to the pells
some time.
SNAP SHOTS IN SEASON.
The more cuffs you give a laundryman
the better he likes it.
Dentists are perfectly at home in the
drawing room.
In the push The electric call button.
The present State campaign is progres
sive as w ell as aggressive.
If opinions were all alike tailors
dressmakers would starve to death.
and
Keen men are apt to shave closely when
it comes to bargaining.
If the women of to-day powdered their
hair it would be easier to bang.
He was a pink of real propriety,
And he moved in high society
Was trusted.
But this world demands variety.
And to partially supply it he
Just busted.
The rich sleep on down and the poor
sleep on a shake-down.
Lovers with an eye to business should
secure the cage before they snare the bird.
The black is above the green in poor old
Ireland now.
People who ape the manners of the
great make monkeys of themselves.
Stbiped goods
criminal circles.
are still iashionable in
ArrER the Senate gets through with the
official lawbreakers the untrammeled inde
pendent voter will have a whack at them,
an'l the whttewashers shouldn't forget this
fact.
She pencils her eyebrows and bleaches her
hair.
Paint gives to her cheeks their red glow;
Under the gas jets she's pissing fair.
And in day time a holy shov.
Officials who point with
criminal precedent are either
rotten.
pride to a
rattled or
TE horn of ne hunter will soon swell
tne receints r tue rcctifler pin
A MAX is blind drunk when he has to be
carried home on a shutter.
The Baby Story n Joke.
Hahrisdcro, Oct. 15 Special. It was
learned to-djy that tho story of a gul baby
having been born to the Executive house
hold was started in connection with a
story that the Governor was now at work to
make himelf President and was emulating
ex-President Cleveland in every particular.
The Governor was amused nt the baby
storv. His wife, ho says, is visiting in Phila
defhia and would likely learn of the al
leged addition to the lamily through the
newspapers this morning.
A Democratic Periodicity.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat,)
There is a sort of la w of periodicity govern
ing the recurrence of Democratic victories
in Massachusetts. They take place every
eight years. The next one cinnot come
earlier than 1893.
The Tariff Is a Tax.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Of course the tariff is a tax-n tax on for
eign importations; and such a tax is better,
according to the Republican theory, tian
one imposed upon domestic products.
ARIZONA'S PB0GBESS.
The Southern Territory Anxlons to Be Ad
mitted as a State.
San Francisco Chronlcle.3
The Acting Governor or Arizona, in his
annual report to the Secretary of the In
tenor, makes a vory" favorable showing re
garding the progress of the Territory. He
expresses the'opinion that the population
will reach 70,000 by the end of the piesent
fiscal year, and savs that while the total
valuation of the taxabe property of the Ter
ritory Is set down at $28,270,000, that is entire
ly too low, and that $70,000,000 would bo much
nearer the true valuation.
The mineral exports of 1691, the report
says, will exceed those of any previous year.
The Governor estimates the copper output
at 30,000 000 pounds, the gold output at
$1,132,935, and the silver at $1,683 585. During
the year very valuable deposits of onyx
have been discovered, and mining generally
has been very active.
The actintr Governor accompanies his re
port with a number of recommendations,
among which aie that the Apache Indians
be disarmed and prohibited from using
arms, and thit the mineral lands in the San
Cnrlos reservation be opened to occupancy
bj- the whites, the proceeds of the sale of
such lands to beheld intrust for the In
dians. It is evident that the Apache question is
not v et settled definitely in Arizona, though
the progress of the Territorv indicates that
the danger fiom these Indians has very
much diminished. The desperation of Gei
onimoand his band certainly bad a very
tianquilizing effect, and it would bo the
height of folly to disturb it by bringing
them again within reach of their former
fastnesses and hunting giounds in the
mountains
Arizona, like all the Territories, wants to
bo a Imittcd into the Union as a State, and
if she keeps on in lier present piogressivc
coure it will not be very long before she
will be able to piesent convincing argu
ments in her own behalf. The ropoit
calls attention, though, to the fact that
there aie some 12 0C0 Mormons in the Ter
ritory out of a total population of less
than 70,030. Congress, if an application" for
idmission be made, will probably take
tune to considei it, and to deteimine wheth
er the Mormon element is laige enough to
contiol the new State if admitted. It a'iy
danger from that source shall appear. Ari
zona, like Utah, will have to lemain a Terri
tory until the anti-Mormon element is clear
ly and docidcdlj in the ascendant.
THE BALANCE OF TBADE.
How England Manages to Hold Her Own In
These Days.
Chicago Tribune.
The principle upon which England keeps
the balance of trade with other nations
while appaiently the balance, is against her
is identical with that of the olden time ship
owner, but operated on a more organized
scale. Then the vessel was fitted out for an
"adventure," and took on assortment of
"goods" such as was supposed most likely to
be profitable In trade with the country to bo
visited. Arrived there, the goods weie ex
changed for the products of the country,
and the latter brought home and sold, al
ways provided the programme was not in
terfered with by shipwreck, piracy or other
mislnp. The difleience, after paving the
expenses of the v-ojagc, was the merchant's
pront; oitcn this piofit eqmled the flrstcost
of the cargo cai l led abroad.
Now the vessels are hired to carry goods
each way, the service being paid for by men
who make it a business to buy the products
of one or more countries and sell them,
while others perform the reverse operation
with Biitish products. The difference, which
constituted the profit of the merchant in the
olden time, appeared only on his books, and
the modern profit is equally kept from the
public gazo, as it does not find a place in the
statistical returns that are supposed to
measure the volume trade between England
and all other countries. Tho reported fig
ures in each case giv e the value of the goods
exported as tney are valued nt the point of
shipment. In some instances, as in the case
of dutiable goods Imported by the United
States, the foreign value of the goods is the
one reportea, ana even that is often under
stated. But in "free trade England" that
rule does not obtain, or only to a limited ex
tent, and the valuation placed on imports is
what the goods are worth to the merchant
who receives them for distribution to con
sumers. Tfages "Will Be Lower.
Spokane Spokesman. 1
Governor Campbell is reported to have
asked Major McKinley what wages wero
raised by his bill. If the Governor had been
in Spokane yestei day he could have found
several hundred miners whoso wages would
be considerably lowered if the duty was
taken on lead.
DEATHS HEBE AND ELSEWHEEE.
Captain James Bryant.
Captain James Bryant, a widely known
and popular sea captain, died Tuesday in his home
in. btroudsburg. He was a relative of "Williim Cnl
len Br; ant and lie counted among his warm
friends Samuel J. Tllden, Governor English, of
Connecticut, and other men of p-omlnence In this
countrj and In Ergland. He followed the sea for
42) ears retiring with abundant means. He wa&
horn Id Boston In lslD, and wheh 14 years old went
before th mast. His advancement was rapid He
was the mate of the bark Greenpoint which salhu
from New York Tor California in 1819. He w is the
chief officer or one of the first steamships to
make the a 03 age around Cape Horn to San Fran
cisco, and rt malned for some time in the emplo of
the Pacific Mail bleamship Comoany. Leaving the
service of this company, he entered as a 10m
mauderorthe celebMtetf Black Ball line, whose
famed fast-sailing packets ran between tvr York
and Liverpool. His first ship was the New York:
then he was master of the Yorkshire, and neit 01
tho William F. Storer. The latter vessel was
burned while he commanded her. She w as rebuilt
and named the Hamilton Fish, and lie was again
gien charge of her. Twlco he sailed her around
the Horn to California. Having had an Interest in
the shlDS of which he was master, lie accumulated
a comfortable fortune, ami In 1875 he retired. He
took an active Interest In the administration of
affairs In Mroudsburg, and was twice President of
xne inage.
Jndge Lawrence D. Bailey.
Judge Lawrence D. Bailey died in Law
rence, Kan , earl vesterrlay morning at the age of
73 a ears Judge Bailey went to Kansas from New
Hampshire In 1S7. He was a journalist by profes
sion, and established the Kansas Farmer. He be
longed to the old Free Soil partv In Knsa6. and
was conspicuouely Identified with the stir Ing
events in that state which preceded and aided in
precipitating the Civil War. He was elected a
memoeroflhe first State Supreme Court, and was
responsible for the establishment of the state Board
or Agriculture, which he organized out of his pri
vate furture.
John Spencer.
John Spencer, the well-known liveryman
of Allegheny, died suddenly early yesterday morn
ing of heart failure superinduced by acute gastri
tis. Mr. Spencer was well known on the Northslde.
He was horn in Rhode Island In 1832, and removed
to Allegheny whtn oulte aoung amf engaged In
thcliverv business. Tweuty-elgh a ears ago he
formed a partnership with Mr. Wlllson, with
whom he was associated at the time of his death.
He also represented the Fourth ward In Councils
for a number of years.
General W. H. F. Lee.
General W. H. F. Lee, second son of
General R. E. Lee, died at his home in Ravens
worth, Fairfax county, Ya., yesterdaj evening,
aged 'A. On rcccint orthe Intelligence of his death
all the bells in Alexandria were tolled. He had
faithfully represented that district for two terms In
Congress and was a member-elect of the next
House. The cause of his death was heart-trouble
and dropsy .
Obituary Notes.
Colon flCffley, of the Tenth Infantry. United
States Army, died Wcdnesdaj cvenlngntStauton,
I. .M.. of acute dysentery.
A.M. Davidson-, a well-known citizen of East
Liverpool, died suddenly Tuesday night. He had
been In business In that city for nearly 40 jcars,
aiiu nas vcii Kuutvn in Burrouuuiu counties
CharlkS C. McCavvlev, Colonel Co-nmandant
of the United States Marine Corps, retired, died at
his residence at Itosemont, Pa., Tu'c6dav. He
had been ill since last March, w hen he sustained a
stroke of paral sis.
JOHN-W. Caupevtzr. proprietor of the Carnrn
ter House, Lake JIahopac. X. Y.. died at his resi
dence Tuesdaj evening. In the 75th jcar of his age.
He was born at shrub Oik, Westchester cmiuta,
where he lived the greater portion of Ills lire, lie
was a prominent Democrat.
Miss Hannah Delivan, daughter of General
Daniel Delevan, or Revolutionary lame, died sud
denly of pneumonia at the residence of her brother.
Christopher, in Kew York, Wednesday morning.
She was a cousl
In on her mother's sine or (Jhauncey
M Depew, ami was ovcrCS vears old.
Majoe William Waties, a highly esteemed
citizen of San Antonio, Tea:., and a nathe of
booth Carolina, died at San Antonio Tuesday
night of heart trouble. He was a Major and Ad
jutant In Wharton's Texas Kngcrs in the Con
lederate service, and served wall gaUantry and
distinction. He was 57 5 ears old.
Mr. Horatio NrLSON- Cook, a well-known
leather merchant of San Francisco, died suddenly
athlahome In Belvlderc, near that city. Tuesday
rooming. Mr. Cook was the Greek Consul In San
Franelsco, and has been for many years p est well
known among the leather dealers and manufact
urers of thewnole country.
THE THURSDAY WEDDINGS.
Worshipers at Hymen's Altar In Both
Cities The Humphreys-Hllliard TFed
dinjj at Point Breeze Arrangements for
the Pittsburg Club hocial Season.
Four weddings last night indicate that
Thursday continues to be a favorite day
with brides. One of these nuptial celebra
tions took place at the cxtieme East End of
town, that of Miss Humphreys and Harry
Hilliaid in the Point Breeze Church at 6
ffclock. Another wedding was Miss Mary
WardLGUghiey's.HermaiiiagetoMr.ChrIes
Geoige Noble was solemnized in the. Belle
field Presbyterian Church, and is more not
able since the ceremony is tho fiist to take
place in this pretty church. Tho Taggart
Richie wedding was celebrated at the Tag
gart residence in Allegheny, and Miss Nellie
Bown was married nt 9 o'clock, in her
father's lcsidenco on Jfeglev avenue,
to Mr. Joseph Phillips. Miss Humphreys
and Mr. Hllliard, as mentioned in
tho introduction, were married at 6
o'clock last night in the pretty Point Breeze
Presbyteiian Church. The church had put
on a most beautiful floral garb, which
served as a charming complement to its
pretty interior, and a largo audience, for the
bride is a favorite East End girl, seated in
the pews nwaited the arrival of tho bridal
party. Miss Benham entered diessed in
white among a trio of bridemaids, all
gowned in yellow. The young women were
Miss Mary Benham, Miss Ellen Stevenson
and Miss I-iura Young. Mi. Hilliaid
was attended by .Fiank Tainter as
best man and tho nsheis were: Messrs.
James Voorhecs. Feicy Preston, Rob
eit Totten and W. Y. Humphreys.
Tho bride was given awav bv her uncle, Mr.
Solon Humphreys, of New Yolk, the well
known finincier and railroad magnate,
upon whoso arm she leaned us she walked
up the aisle. Thoso invited included some
Eastern and out-of-town people, as well as
guests from Allegheny, the city pioper and
fie Eaut End. A smaller number weio in
vited to the housoor the bible's mother,
Mrs. Sarah F. Humphrnjs the widow of the
late George D. Humphreys. The house was
decorated in white and j ellow-to carry out
the colors used m the dresses of the wedding
party John It. and A. Murdoch had charge
of this very ci editable work. Mr. and Mrs.
Hilliard left after the reception for the
West on the honeymoon trip. They will re
side in Los Aneclcs, Cat The ceremony was
performed by Rev. George Hodges.
At 8 o'clock Miss Loughrey and Mr.
Noble plighted thoir troth in the Bellefield
Church, and received the blessing of the
pastor, Rev. Dr. McClelland, assisted by the
ex-pastor and present Chancellor of the
Western University, Rev. W. J. Holland. Tho
organ wa played by Cliailes W. Scovel. The
bride wns unattended, but six ushers pie
ceded the bridal pair to the altar. They
were Messrs. Edwaid and David Pifcairn,
Edward Kellar, James Dalbey, George
Bailey and Orlindo McElroy. At homes
will be hold after November L
Miss Nellie Bown, one of last night's
prettiest bi ides wis manied at 9 o'clock to
Mr. Joseph Phillips at her fathers house on
Ncgley avenue. The rector of Bowman In
stitute, the Rev. R. J. Coster, performed the
ceiemony in the presence of a houseful of
fiicnds, and the bridal pair were attendedas
follows: Miss Kate Phillip", maid of honor;
the Mioses Jennie and Bessie Bennett, flower
girls: Joseph C. Force, best man; JJr. W. Ij.
Strsiw, Messis. James VV. Bown, Reuben M.
Phillips and Trank B. Henderson. The bride
wore white trimmed with white lace, and
earned whito flowers.
The wedding ot Miss Margaret Taggart
and J. N. Itichio was celebrated at Major
Taggart's hou-e, on Palo Alto street. Alle
gheny, at 8 o'clock last night. The only at
tendant was a best man, Eobert J. Taggart,
Jr., the bride's brother. The bridal dress
was white silk, made with ruff and trimmed
with tluchesse lace. A spray of hothouse
flowers wreathed the Dride's head and re
placed the conventional veil. Numerous
relatives and friends witnessed the cere
mony and extended their congratulations
later at a leception which followed. Mr.
and Mrs. KIchle left for the Ea-t last night,
and will not be homo until tho fltst Tuesday
in November. They will receive on that
day throughout tho mpnth.
The Temporary Home on "Washington
street held itsannual reception yesterday. It
was rather disappointing in the small number
that was present, though theenthustastic in
terest of these friends was encouraging.
About $200 was raised in donations, but by
dimes alone not more than $20 or $25 was
realized. There is a coldness complained of
this jenr 111 charitable circles. Some think
this is because, generosity has been tried to
the utmost, while others, moro optimistic,
think that the charitable, like the fashion
able season, is not jet thoroughly opened.
Mrs. John Dnnlevy, Mrs. M. S. Harding and
Miss Mnraiet Speer formed a reception
committee, and Mis. Charles Zng, Mrs. Will
iam II. House and Miss Jane Magee attended
to the refreshments.
The younger people of the Pittsburg Club
set hav e taken in charge tho dances for this
season. A glance at tho advance sheets, so
to speak, for tho invitations aie not yet
printed, shows an infusion of new blood.
The committee is entirely new. Some of the
surnames are familiar, but they arc borne
by the younger btothers of men whose
names have been well known in connection
with affairs at the clubhouse of pievious
seaons. The two assembly balls, however,
will be taken charge of by last year's com
mitted. The names on this now committee
aio: Messrs. Itiisell Kennedy Forsvth,
William Christopher Jtobinson, Will
lam Henry Singer, Jr., and Frank
Scott Willoek. The patronesses are: Mrs.
Georgo V. Dilwoith, Mrs. Alexander Laugh
lin, Jr., Mrs. George Jones, Mrs. John S.
Dickson, Mrs. Wynn E. Sewell. Mrs. Joseph
O. Home, Mrs Joseph It. Dilworth, Mrs.
Henrv R. Kea, Mrs. William Walter Willoek,
Mrs Frank P. Spi oul, Mrs. B F. Jones. Mrs.
A. E. W. Painter, Mrs. Gcoree T. Bobinson,
Mrs. Albert II. Child. Mis. William H. For
sytn Mrs. Mark W. Wntson, Mrs. Henry W.
Oliver. Jr., 3Ir. Park Painter, Mrs. John H.
Kicketson, Mrs James E. Oliver, Mrs. John
iV. Chnlfnnt, Mis. James Laughlin, Mrs.
John S. Hays, Mrs. William Iloss Proctor,
Mrs. George Edward Painter, and Mrs.
James Wood. It is expected that the club
theater will be a gay place this winter, be
tween the dances and the various coming
out balls winch are moro numerous than
they have been for years.
Old City Hall, the scene of many a by
gone pleasant gathering, but now almost
relegated to the green grocer", whose goods
are slowly climbing its stairs, reminded ono
of its old self yesterday. The Ninth IX. P.
Chui ch opened its bazaar there in the morn
ing and continued It all day, interspersing
at the proper hours a delicious dinner, and
afterward luncheon andsupper. Customois
weio to do lounei an aay at the various
booths, whero piottv girls talked up the
qualities of their goods in a thoronghlv pro
lesslonal manner. Floneri, weio to be
found at one booth. The practical man and
woman were accommodated with domestic
articles at another, and sweet-toothtd misses
found tho most delectable sweets at a third.
Among tho people present could bo recog
nized many piomiiient in United Presby-
Social Cbatt-r.
Ikvitation-s have been issued for the Mo
zart house warming to-night. The members,
as tlioy havo a right to be, are very much de
lighted ovei their comfortable and almost
luxurious quarteis In the Hostotter build
ing. They are said to be the most complete
set of music chambers for practical pur
poses in the country. The men on the 111
vilatlon committeoaie Messis. W.T.English,
W. I. Mnstm, J. P. McCollum, E. H. Dtiuiltt
and John Piichaid.
A rAsmoN .ble gathering of Sewlckley
people danced the evening out at Mrs. Hai
net'A. Gilmore's bouse last night. From 8
o'clock to II the reception ptoper was held,
whiehw.isin honor of Mr. and Mrs. Georgo
Phelps Koe. who were 111:11 ned in the
spring, and Mr, and Mis. Robert J. Cunning
ham, a bude and groom of a little longer
standing. It was a very delightful affair
ana one of tike p"Vettiest of tile early season.
To-dav will be reception and donation
dav at the Children's Temporary Home and
Day Nnrciy, on Washington stieet. Tho
Picsident and Secretary make an appeal for
money contnbutions and gltts of flour, gio
ceries, provisions, drygoods and clothing.
A luncheon will bo served from 11a. jr. to
5 r. M.
Mas. AY. J. Holland entertained at tea
yesterday evening Mrs. II. T. McClelland,
w lie ot Dr. McClelland, who succeeded Dr.
Holland as pistor of the Bellefield Prcsb
tmian Chinch. Mrs. Holland had the wives
of tho.oflicets of tho church ns guests to
honoi Mrs. McClelland.
Tin: American Street Railwny Association
closes its convention with a dinner at the
Monongahclii House on next Thursday even
ing. Pel hips the more pietentlous name of
"banquet" should be used, roi, It is said, tho
event will be the largest of its kind that the
city has yet seen.
The engagements of the two daughters of
the late Alexander M. Watsori are an
nouncedthat of Miss Mary Dickson Wat
son to Allen F. Gentry, M. D., and her
younger sister, Miss Margaret, is betrothed
Dr. Lashell, of MeadvJlle, Pa.
Morhis M. Bell and Miss Margaret L.
Johnston were married last night bv tho
Rev, Mr. McMillan, of the Second U. P.
Church of Allegheny. Friends remembered
them pleasantly w ith congratulations and
some handsome presents.
Mas. Geoiiqe VTestixouocse stifl remains
at lier summer residence in Massachusetts,
where, at present, shi is entert lining a party
of friends witli that charming hospitality
for which she Is noted.
A mcsicl and literary entertainment, for
which a well-filled piogramma has been
arranged, will bo given to-morrow evening
in the Mt. Washington M. P. Church.
Mrs. Jotrv A. Arthurs lias been giving a
series or afternoon luncheons one last week
for a cousin who lately became a bride, and
a second yasteiday afternoon.
THE AGE OF QUABTBBS.
A System For Guesting the Dates onTwenty-Tive-Cent
Pieces.
Albany Argus.
"Have you any quarters?" said one who
was sitting near.
"Yes, four. Do you want to borrow them?"
"No. But what will you bet that I cannot
guess tne dates on them?"
'I do not know what your trick is, but for
a flyer I will bet the coins themselves."
"Dono. I will name these dates: 1852, 1351
and two of 1S78. Am I right?"
"Let me see. Ono is 1854: this is 1577; this is
18S6, and this is 1854. You guessed tnree cor
rectly and missed one, so yon owe mo a
quarter and I owe you 75 cents. Now explain
your trick."
"It's no trick. The fancv took me a few
weeks ago to examine the dates on coins.and
I found that almo?t every quarter bears oiie
of theso dates, with an occasional 1356, 1857,
1853 and 1878 I suppose moro of them were
coined In those years. Duiing the weeks I
have been interested in the subject I have
seen one 1801, but not a single other quarter
bearing date in the sixties or the seventies,
excep' ns I have mentioned. If one wanted
to bet as we have Just done ho could be a
sure winner in the long run."
I witnessed this transaction, and it Inter
ested me so that I looked the matter up. In
the report of the Director of the Mint I
found a full explanation. In that is a table
giving the coinage in different denomina
tions for each j ear since tho organization of
the mints. The coinage of quarters lias fluc
tuated in a most remarkable way. Begin
ning vi Ith ISWfor tlue yeais the coinage
averaged about $40 000 a j ear. Then in 1S53
it jumped up to $3,8 S553. In 1351 it was al
most as much $3,00" 000. Then it dropped to
$774,260 in 1&55 In 1S56 it was $1 816,000: in 1357,
$2 411.000. and in 1858, $1,S12 000 Then it
diopped again, never risintr to $410,000 and in
war times averaging onlv$r000 or $u,000 ex
cept In 1861. when it wns $1 211 650 In 1875 it
was $1,073,375; in 1376, $4,454,2S7 50; in 1877,
$2,727,927 50. Then began the coinage of silver
dolliis bv the millions, and tho production
of subsidiary coins dropped way on. For the
past 10 or 15 vears the coinage of quarters
has averaged only $3,000 or $4 000
Just examine the dates on the quarters
that come into your posession and see how
they bear out these statistics. For instance,
in 1886 there were only $1,47151 in quarters
coined, and there are a thousand chances to
one against a coin of this date coming into
your hands.
NEW WAYS OF SPELLING.
Arbitrary Forms Proposed to Supplant
the Present Method.
New York Press.
A new monthly publication called Our
Language, representing the almost ex
hausted fad known as spelling reform and
claiming to be "devoted to preserving, ex
tending and Improving the English speech,"
has made its appearance in thN city and has
reached Its sixth 'number. Its main purpose
appears not to be the use of tho English
language ns known to the persons who use
it, but the making of a new one. Its editor
spells his first name "Fredcrik," and sells
his publication for 5 "sents" a copy. He
uses "enl," "meni," "az," "liaz," "frendz,"'
and puts "z"' instead of "s" in most places
where, under ordinary usage, it has the
hissing sound. In spite of hi3 detructive
ness he spells "tine" as it ought to Do
spelled, thus wasting a letter.
In fact ho seemed to be more arbitrary in
the use of English than is the recelv ed usage
of which ho complains, as ho announces
tli it the "final torinx ' as he prints them ire
thoe agieed upon by the so-called spelling
reformers." The English language is intri
cate enough, even as it has giown up during
hundreds or j ear: but it is not likclj that it
will be made simpler by a lot of people who
cast aside analogy and substitute self-made
dosmas for it. Most people will prefer to
take their tongue as it has giown rather
than as a few persons, not known to be
omniscient, shall attempt to make it over.
CBEMATI0N OF THE DEAD.
Why Shonld It Not Take The riace of the
Present Burial?
The Chautauquan.
If the health of the public is to be consid
ered, sentimental objections shonld have
no weight when the question 01 burial is to
be decided, and science shows that the ob
jections to earth burial are not fanciful. But
is the change one to do sentiment violence?
Are our dead moie completely lost to us
when we consign them to the purifying
flame than to the mouldering earth? Is a
grave essential to our remembrance or does
it preserve it? What more -pitiful or typi
cal sight is there than the small neglected
graveyard that so often meet3 one's eye?
AYe have continually to readjust ourselves
to new conditions, and we can do it the
more readily in proportion as wo discrim
inate between the superficial and incidental
and the essentials, to which we must hold
fast. But what essontial of affection or re
spect for our dead is violated by substitut
ing crematici for the form of burial to
which wo aie now accustomed? Why
should what was lovely in life be permitted
to become unlovely In death, or when could
the impressive words "ashes to ashes" be
more appropriately spoken than over the
spirit-forsaken body about to be consigned
to the swift disintegration of the consuming
neatr
MEN AND WOMEN OF NOTE.
Mfcs. T. N. Egerv, of Bangor, is said to
be the richest woman in Maine. The Bar
Harbor Tourist rates her at $1,000,000.
Miss Vip.ginia Fair, a sister of Mrs.
Hermann Oelrlclis, has, since the death of
her mother, went to New York to live with
her sister.
Henky Cap-et Baird, of Philadelphia,
has presented a line portrait of General C.
F. Smith, familiarly known as "Ealdy," to
tho United States Military Academy.
Timothy Hopkins, the adopted son of
tho 1 te Mr. Seailes, has a live-acre patch of
a iolets at Mcnlo Park, Cai., from which ho
ships laige quantities of flowers to San
Francisco daily lor six months every j ear.
There has been a complete breach be
tween the Czar and his only "friend,"
PunCo Nicholas of Montenegro, and to this
circumstance may bo attributed the elabo
rate lus which the Russian Court lately
raised about the young King of Servla.
The King and Queen of Denmark will
piobably tome to England toward the end
of November for a stay of three weeks, dur
ing w hich period they will bo the guests of
the Queen at Windsor Castle and of the
Prince and Pi incess of Wales ac Marlborough
House and at feandringham.
The Czar of Itussia says that rather than
not see his pet scheme, the Trans-Siberian
Railroad completed In thiee ycar3 fiom lack
of funds, he -would advance the needed
money $17,500,0-0 out of his private puisc
He can do It; he has, It is said, $50,000,000 aL
ways in bank in ready money.
Aftek Sarah Bernhardt left Sydney
there wns a great lush for her apartments
by tho ridiculous persons who wanted to
secure relics. They wore gratified, as 00
end of stuff was found. Among other things
were any number or tracts sent by clergy
men, one of which was entitled, "How the
Actrern Was Saved," and another, "The
Story of Jezebel."
Miss Creswell, the postmistress of
Gibraltar, is an official who has a very im
portant part to play in tho regular business
of tho colony. She is tho superintendent of
tho Government telegraph office, and for the
last five years has had sole control of the
postofflce, with a large staff under her, and
branches at Tangier, Magzagan and other
towns of Morocco. Miss Creswell gets $2,800
a year and occupies the unique position of
being a female civil sorvant.
CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS.
Vaccination in England is compulsory.
, Iron is to be made at Chattanooga by an
electrical process.
A flag, 41x71 feet, was unfurled recently
at Clncopee Falls, Mass.
A young couple were married the other
day on the summit of Pike's Peak.
A Georgia boy of 17 is sis feet seven
inches high and w eighs 210 pounds.
In Idaho grain is standing ready to cut
and the ground is covered with snow.
An Alton, 111., girl was hugged o
hard by her lover that ono of tier ribs was
fractured.
Thirty million dollars has been ex-
J vended on London's drainage system in the.
ast 33 j ears.
A Chicago shoemaker says that 75 per
cent of those who try on shoes in his place
have holes in their stockings.
Old French forts are being sold very
cheap. Tho Fort du Guesclin has been pur
chased by a French artist for $1,000.
Twelve monolith marble columns, each
weighing 11 tons, are to ornament the front
of the literary balls of Princeton, Yt.
Lunacy appears to have increased in
Scotland to a startling extent. In 1853 there
were 5.824 lnnatics on the register of Lunaoy
Commissioners, but now there are 12,595.
Coffee drunkards are more common
among people of a nervous temperament
than in the ranks of stolid, phlegmatic folks,
noteasilv moved by any stimulus, or who,
like many Germans," prefer eating to drink
ing. Some or the Labrador names are quite
pleasing to the ear when properly pro
nounced. Checaskonish Lake is reached by
ascending the Anaittewonopitchewow river
and passing around the Nattecaminahago
Falls.
A Yolo, Cai., farmer turned a band of
mules and horses into a patch that had been
planted to cantaloupes. There was quite a
qnantitv of the frmt left, and tho animals
took a great fancy to it. As a result thero
were seven dead mules and one dead horse.
In Berlin the name Schultz is very com
mon. The city directory has nearly 200
pages of citizens bearing that name, and in
certain departments of the city government
there are numerons sub-departments each
having a different set of clerks to takecaro
of special divisions of the Schultz family.
The young women of Hammonton, if.
J., aro competitors In raising chickens, and
the town has moio poultry than any other
in the State. Under a single roof a promi
nent breeder bad as many as 8,000 broilers
at once, as well as 2,0CO bens. In one season
Hammonton has sent GO 000 birds to market.
A prize of $100, offered in Arskansas to
the man exhibiting the largest family, has
been awarded at Warren to Benjamin Par
nell. Thero wero several competitors, but
Parnell distanced them all by appearing on
the fair groond3 w ith his wife and DSdcscend
ants Of these descendants 21 were his own
offspring, 50 were grandchildren and 21 were
great grandchildren.
The colony of Sierra Leone is 103 years
old, yet there is no machinery thero except
the sewing machine. The population is up
ward of 55,000, and not a sawmill nor any
other kinel of mill In operation. There is
plenty of building material, stone and wood,
and ns for bricks, if anvbodv would rrako
them and set them up in the sun they would
"burn themselves" if left alone.
In 18S0 the number of cotton mills in
the South was 161, with 11 325 looms and 067,
854 spindles. By July, ISSf, these had in
creased to 355 mills, w ith 45 (OOlooms and 2.
031,263 snindies. Tho mills have trebled
since 1S80, the 1'8,743 Dales manufactured
that vear on Southern soil expanding to
546,964 bales in 1891 Tho foreiin -exports
of the South ran up Irom $:2S,000,000 in 1833
to $290,000,000 In ISM).
Forest and Stream says that at "Wood's
Holl, Mass , some years ago a great many
sharks wore cut open to ascertain thenatnro
of their food and internal parasites, ana in
some cases the contents of the abdomen
were removed entirely. It vas supposed
that such rough surgery would kill them;
but some of the eviscerated specimens were
seen swallowing food after tho opera
tion as readily as if nothing had. happened.
The phrase, ""Worth fits weight in
gold." no longer expresses the idea which it
was intended to convey For thero aro at
least 20 substances worth more than gold.
Beryl ium. for instance, is worth about ten
times its weight in pure gold, anel venadinm
is five times as costly as the precious metal.
Iridium, also, is more than twice as costly
as gold The text books used to say that
platinum was the only metal more valuable
than gold, but it now costs about the same.
An ingenious individual has figured that
a woman of 24 has lost three-quarters of the
chancres she ever had of becoming a wife.
Estimating a woman's chances during her
life of marriage, it is found that they occur
as follows:
Age. Chances. Age. Chances.
Under 18 13d 28-29 35
18-19 219 30-31 38
20 21 233 S2-33 14
22 23 165 31-35 8
24-25 102 36-37 3
26 27 07 38-39 1
Humboldt estimated that Asia stands
at an average height of 1,150 feet above the
level of the ocean; South America, 1,139;
North America. 750; Enrope, 670 feet. The
average height of all the land above sea-
levcl omitting Africa and Australia, which
are mostlv south of the equator is about
820 foct. The landed surface of the northern
hemisphere is about 44,000,000 square miles;
that ot the southern hemisphere about 14,
000 000 to 16 000,000 square miles, leaving a
difference of, say 2S.000.000 sqnare miles of
land of an average height of 920 feet above
sea level.
There are 30,000 locomotives in the
United States, concerning which a railroad
Journal says: "Now, snppose all the locomo
tives were coupled together and started
across the country In one solid train, how
long do yon think the train would be?
Three hundred miles. Yes, 300 miles of loco
motives; power enough to pull Jupiter down
to the earth could wo only hitch to him.
Then add the passenger cars, and wo shonld
have 300 miles more, and if we wanted a
huge mixed train and were to put In all the
box, flat, and every other kind of .freight
car, our train would bo moro th in 7,000 miles
long. The passenger cars could carry more
than L500.000 people; and upon the freight
cars could be loaded the weight of all the
pvraraids of Egvnt and all the State Capitols
0? the United States."
PICKINGS FROM PUCK.
"Barbers are too fond of conversation."
"No. Yon wrong tliem. What they like Is
soliloquy. You'll find if you attempt to do any of
the talking, most barbers will drop lather la your
mouth."
autumn;
A strange, unwonted sadness
In the "sparrow cops" we mark.
For soon the prettv nurses
Will ceao to haunt the park.
Mr. Laman Why do you always ques
tion paticnU so clo'ely about what they eat? Does
the Information you get help you to diagnose their
cases ?
Dr Emrte-Oh. no! But by doing -eo I am en
abled to guess what their station in life Is, and
how much feci I can probably get out of them.
Mr. Hoopoo I wondah sometimes, Miss
Gamo. why I am so poor, doncher know, while so
many fellaws arc vewy well off.
Miss Gamo I think it must be because so many
people amuse theiasclvci at your cvpense, Mr.
Hoopoo.
When a preacher high in station
Loses faith In Inspiration,
And rat. er doubts that devils dwell In pigs;
In the way the fossils fear him.
And the people flock to hear him.
He'll remind you very much of Dr. Brlggs.
Jack They have a new wrinkle down
towna barber shop where you Lave your hat
Ironed while vim arc being shaved.
Harry W hat Is the Idea of that?
Jack In kickln? about the hat, you forget to
Kick about the shave I
Mr. Urban Your farm looks splendid; I
never saw any neius so free rroimveeds.
Uncle Humstead Yes; wc had a lot of cltV
boarders last summer, and the wimmln folUs
picked ever)' bit of golden roil an all the othir
darn stuff oflT of them.
.am science lias advanced, until
The charge for electric light
Has knocked the haughty, old gas bill
Completely out of sight.
Choir leader Ach! that was terrible,!
itl.3 Screecher! You haf lost de tune; you are Tay
oudl
Miss Screecher That's all right. Professor; I
only went out to get the air.
Jack Now I must hunt for ray trousers.
Tom Don't I You might bag them.
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