THE PITTSBURG- DISPATCH, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, .1891. - lie ap ESTABLISHED FEBTiUxRY 146. Vol. 4G. No.IVi Filtered at Pittsburg rostofflce, November Issr, as second-class matter. Business Office Corner Smithneld and Diamond Streets. News Rooms and Publishing House 7S and 80 Diamond Street, in New Dispatch Building. FVSTTRN ADVFKTI3INO OFFICE. BOOM H. TninnVEIJnn.UIXU. N'EWYOnK, where com p'cte Tiles of THEDWATfHcanilwaTS be found. Korcisrn advertisers appreciate the convenience. Home adtertl-J-rv ind Irl nds orTHE DISPA1CII, vliils In New Tori, are also made Trclcomc 77f E TtnPA TCHi t rsjniirJjf on aic at BrerJann't, p Unian ftyta-e, io Fori, and 17 Aw dt Z'Op-m, rnc, Prtnne. iccre aytytmf vo has been aisap pnntel at a hotel news stand can obtain it. TERMS OF TOE DISPATCH. TOSTAOE FRFE IV THE rMTED STATES. Dailt Dispatch. One Year -..f R CO I) 111 T Dispatch, rerQnrter. ICO Daiia Dispatch, On Month 70 Dm!i IJitatcii. Including snnd-iy, 1 year.. 10 00 Uaiia DispstcIi. Inchidliigsundar, 3n'ths. II iilt PirATf-ii Including Sunda, 1 m'th., EooiT DirATCil. One Year. , 1MXk!.l DisrvrcH. One Year. 2 -a 90 12 Till. 11 v:i 'Ol-rAT'-n Is delivered bv carriers at 13 crnL. or w et t. or. luriudtuj; sunda 1 dltlon, at 3 cents per mreV. riaisurEG, rimMi, oct. 23, van. TWELVE PAGES V.TI ISA!. G4S "T. UVTITUTE. Pittsburg wiii not sive up the use of gas lis fuel without a struuqle with coj and re luctant Nature, 'lhe clouds of smoke vvhicii are biginuing to once mere -hover over ourhusv mills and factories aie not a clcome quests If there Is any possible vvav ot dispensing with this, undesirable feature the Iron City can be depended ou to find it. Now comes Engineer Smith with apian vilnch is cei faulty magnificent in its scope :.nd piomised ieults and which he is con fident is perfect'v practicable. If, as is c'ninrd in the into view in our news col umns, a really unlimited amount of gas can up produced in the manulacturc of enlicw'uh searee!-. an? additional cost, Pit'sburg .ind W stern Peimsv lvania -bouM Know it. The intelligence appears tilm 'st loo good to be true, but this feat ure should not jn event a thorough invesh iration. The success of Mr. Smith's plan would certainlv entitle him to be consid ered as a. public benclactor. a rrKi.GE ide or inv. The most extraordinary feature of State Trrasuicr Dover's testimony before the Senate :- his two vval that he traiisf erred nesily jfl,ouo to Birdsley before it was iVj in oiier to "proleetthe general fund Irons the operation of the Humes law." Or'anl;, he idea of "piotecting' the Stare fun Is from the operation of State law has the merit of frank originality. .s thh.es turned out it scms that it was from Bardsle the funds needed pro tection: but that should not detract from the 1 rilli.in"V of Treasurer Boyer's con ception of th propriety of protecting the funds from the operation of the erj law solni:ily onacted to govern them. If this repieeuts Mr. Boyer's views othis duty, the sooner he steps down and out the bcttr. INC RE 16ING TIIE ARMY. Major General SchoSeld in his annual report thinlvs it would he good policy to iinreasethe standing ann of the United States by a "few thousand men," just to have enough to prevent gieat loss and damage in case of a general Indian out break. If the standing army is not large enough or sfiong enough to grapple with the braves on the v ar path, by all means let it be ircreased. But 25,000 soldiers, supposed to be m constant training and regulaily drilled m the advanced sciercc of war, ought to he a sufficieiitly large force to quell Indian outbreaks It is true that the Indians are scattcied over a large territory and that 25,000 raei divided over the same ground do ii"t she any section a -very large force: but in these days of railroad facili ties it :s not difficult to concentrate forces at almost anj given point. And if more men are needed in the Indian lauds why is it not possible to take those now stationed far from the scat of any ex pected trouble and place them in positions -where thev can be used at short notice? General Sohoficld calls attention to the fact that by the add.tioa of a "few thousand men" the expense of transpor tation would be sied. He says nothing, linwevei, about the expense of keep ing and pajmgthe "few thousand." If by a ''few thousand" he means 5,000, a little arithmetic will soon piove which is lhe most expensive. At 13 per month the salary of these new men would amount to S7$0,000 per j ear. The cost of reeding them i as much more. Therefore at the smallest calculation tins slight increare "would mean the expenditure ot ?1,560,000 i.ei tear. 'Whether or not this sum would 1 be more or ie5s than the cost of trans- I porttion could only be determined by the course of ev ents. It is entirely w ithin the range of possibilities that there will never be another general uprising, in vv hich case the expenditure ot th.s money would be an uunecescary waste. If, however, the standing army cannot protect the peace let it be increased, but the subject ought to receiv e the fullest consideration before any course of action is determined upon. EXKLAXB'S tOSS IS ODK GIN. The wages of iron and steel workers throughout South Wales and Monmouth shire have been reduced 17 per cent iince January 1 last This is another of those facts that speak loudly in behalf of Vio protective policy of the United States. It is an exhibit on behalf of the theory that it 5b It tter to encourage industries at l.cmt than to support those abroad, and it is no wonder that the Loudon Tins was pained to iiotc tuat the protection tanlt JJ. r...u .-.-- A . - ...-.,. ... .. ...w .co here hr.'J created a tiistuibance in Rritish I inglnteiest TivoBi? wiaksouonedayare trade toat could not be offset by manu-1 "thei stretclii.m the limit, though. Iftheso factuieis. It also shows that the wages of the workmen are the first to suffer when there anscs a competition. If it becomes neces sary to lessen the cost of production it is accomplished at the cost of bread and comfort to the laborer. And this is one of the evils to prevent which the protec tive tariff was framed. It does not re quire much learning to be able to reason that an act that is keeping competition out of our markets is an act that is re sponsible for high wages, as well as for the establishment of the industries which provide employment for the workman. This fact is now impressed upon our es teemed foreign cousins. The tariff was aimed to cover the difference m the cost of production here andabioad, and it has been successful. iiie uraaiora, (.ng. i uoscrvcr, says A j decline of 50 per cent is noted in the quarter's exports of Sheffield cutlery to the United States compared with the third uurjlrrrf 1R Compared with 1890 the ! falling off is much greater." This is a confession that the tariff on cutlery here his provided a home market for home manufacturers. In doing this it has driven 50 per cent of the English cutlery from competition, whieh deficiency in supply has been filled by our own cutlery makers. It naturally follows that the making of the cutlery to fill this deficiency has given employment to workmen at good wages. Is this not a clinching argument on behalf of the protective tariff? Is it strange, undcrt the chcumstanccs, that British manuf&iturers should feel dis turbed? We think not But it is strange that some still stick to their free trade fallacies. GOVERNMENT AND THE CA"I Several influences are tending with un mistakable directness to the construction of the canal which is to connect Pittsburg w ith the waters of Lake Erie. When any great enterprise is broached there are those who regard it as merely a dream. Important as this canal was from the first demonstrated to be, it is only of late that even the parties most closely concerned have awakened to the probability of its early realization. From a purely commercial point of view, a canal making a continuous water wavfrom New York harbor to New Or leans would, in time, of itself, be sufficient to arouse the activity of the immense sec tion 10 be benefitted; but within the past few months new life has come to the pro ject from another quarter. Ithas been dis covered that the protection of the country in time of war imperatively demands this very measure w hich has heietofore been urged only on behalf of the industrial in terests of the Ohio Valley. The discussion of the treaty of 1817 with Great Britain and of the different rela tions in which that power and the United St?tes stand in respect to the Great Lakes is assuming a phase which must give a powerful national stimulus to the canal project Great Britain now by reason of the IVelland canal could control the lakes in case of war. Such a contingency, of course, it is hoped may not arise; but nevertheless it is upon just such a con tingency of complications with foreign powers that the "whole naval armament and sen coast defenses of the United States rest. 3Ir. Blaine, and others of President Harrison's administration, are now giving thought to the possible situa tion upon th3 lakes in case of British hos tility at imy tuture time. We trust the men of no party will have a monopoly of this intelligent solicitude. Upon a subject of such vast impoitance citizens cease to be partisans and have but a common con cern for the national safety and welfare. Thus it is that a plan for ship-canal com munication between the Ohio and Lake Erie becomes immediately a matter of Government interest. In place of relying upon the slow process of building the canal fiom local resources, the situation is now such that the aid of Congress cin be invoked from the still higher ground of national necessity. Now, therefore, is the tune for those hereabouts who are viahy mteiested in the ship-canal project to organise vv ith vigor for the purpose of presenting the national aspect of the ques tion to the next session of Congress. Who of the Senators or Congressmen of this and neighboring States will be the first to cam the enviable distinction of effect ively pressing this great enterprise upon Congress? Henry Clay left a monument which still enduies in the famous natioual road over the Allegheny Mountains. The old nat'onal road has given way to the iron horse and the steamboat But a ship canal connecting the lakes with the Ohio would never be superceded. Sen mg the great national purpose of protection in time of war. it would always continue to aftjoid the cheapest transportation for in ternal commerce in time of peace; and ev en Macaulcy's New Zealander happen ing this wav ii the remote centuries of the future would find it as seiviceable then as the stranger in Rome does now the famous rqueducts constiucted by the ancients. EUROPE .VXD cniNA. Lord Connemara has come to the con clusion that Europe cannot unite ev en on the Chinese question. There is nothing very startling in this view. It has been plainly evident from the -very first that a combination between the Povv ers on the Chinese policy was asnnpossibleas is their consortment on other issues. The inter ests at stake are too diversified to permit the adoption of anything like a common policy. Russia is striving for more territory Her Czar is hurriedly pushing forward the trans-Siberian railway with a view of extending his supremacy, and Prance, for the time being, has the same purpose in view. Be tween England and Germany there can be no sympathy in Chinese affairs. Ger many is stretching every nerve to extend her markets and is endeavoring to sup plant England, while the latter is bent not only upon retaining the ground already held but in pushing her goods farther into the interior. Meantime the situation for foreigners in China is becoming serious. However friendly inclined the young Celestial Em peror is, he seems to have no power over the natives, vv ho declare Jiey arc bent on a war of extermination. But what is to be done7 Even with concert of action of what avail would it bo to send a million armed men to China? Tor every soldier sent there are hordes of Chmamtn who would literally trample on the best armed foice that could be placed in the field. The bombardment and capture of seapoit citios and towns would not affect the situation materially. The only hope, therefore, is to create dissen tion among the Chinese themselves. If this can be done, it i possible that not only will Russia and France obtain more territory, but the products of other nations may find sale in every hamlet of the in terior and the safety of the foreigner may be assured for a time. Railroad wrecks and consequent loss of 1 Is arj becomn." o common now that the account- of the scones ami suffering aro lo- disaster cannot he stopped altogether, thev oivht to bo confined to not inoic than one per day. CiniP aiAHEiGT02r, of the "Weather Enriau, says that a compilation of climatic tl ita lor southern European countries, m cludme the Riviera, duiing July ot tLe present j ear has sho .v n that portions of tho Ciuted States posess climatic conditions .sunvissin in some respects those of tho 'health lcsorts and sanitaria towaid which travel has hecn directed for a century. All that is necessary' "ow IS to turn the tide of travel in the direction, of those superior places. Thereisnoieioon whyonr health resorts may not supplant those of Europe. Teee traders are addicted to predicting a xood tune when their policy goes into effect The trouble, with them is they don't kno a good time when it comes. Ev en in tho present prosperous times they aiecn- rfMPnrlni tn nnrsliadC IhCmScllea ttlit thrtw are in the midst of disaster and collapse. Secretary: Blaise now appears before the public in perlcct health. He savs he never lolt better, nnil a correspondent saj that he is the "picture of good health." This is rather disappointing to those -who have been trj Ing to make themselves bolievo that Mi. Blaino was a sick man. Tlioy will proba bly And before tho Prcsidental campaign is over that his is tho kind of health that im proves "right straight along." A court of inquiry is to look into the cause foi the less of the steamer Despatch. The inquiry should have been made beforo she went to sea. She might have still been in existence if the facts that are to bo mado known -were ascertained before she loft port. Two city cotemnoraries are engaged in a dispute as to ho flrst suggested Pittsburg as tho place, for tho National Convention of next j ear. One of them has just triumph antly paraded October 18 as the date upon winch it gave the idea to tho world. A glnnco nt the editorial columns of The Dis patcii for September 25 will showthat public attention was therein called to tho matter at that early day. Philadelphia letter carriers must lead exemplary lives hereafter. The Postofflco Department has deteiminedto dismiss the earners who playe J the races. It might bo a good idea to carry tho same rule farther up in the scalo of official life. Jbia Blavatsky is supp'osed to be dead, but that does not prevent her writing to a London coreligionist a distressing ap peal for warm cast-off clothing. Sho has been deprived of her own robes and tho cold blasts or Akaza blow upon her unprotected body. It is a pleasure to know that the weather is sometimes cool in tho present latitude of lime. Blavatsky. Nowr is the winter of Ottawa's discontent. The people there are very much discon tented with tho boodling that has boon going on and with the mismanagement of the officials. Russia is about to stop the export of buckwheat and millet. If all the reports concerning the famine were true it is high time that some of the food stuffs raised in Russia should bo used at home. There seems to be moie senso in tho Czar than ho has been given credit for, and he may find his way to tho hearts of thepeoplo thiough their stomachs. Rev. Dr. Taylor, of Chicago, says that hell is exactly fifty-two miles away. Every body else thought it was closer to Chicago than that. New York's attitude toward the Givnt monument is rather queer. Somo time since there was a great effoi t among the paners to sccuie a sufficient fund, but now that Chi cago has dedicated her monument tho papers say that monuments aie all nonsense and that "a min iio needs one to keep his memory gieen is not worthy of it." Ajiericav pork will now find its way into the Ita'.nn mul.ets. The hog is gradu ally looting out all opposition. Hiawatha, Kan., women adopted a good plan to adveitiso a poor show. They at tacked the lul's with pitchforns and be hivcd in a disgraceful mannor generally, acting under tho mistaken idea that they weie doing the show an injury. As a conse quence the peilormancc was crowded and the management i jubilant. SXAP SHOTS IX SEASON. Tou cannot judge a dog's size by its bark. It is bad enough to burlesque the living on the stage, but when tho dying are made the basis of a joke it is bound to be a ghastly one. Dr. Tekd, the Shepherd of the Stone of Israel, is after the Economltes' rocks. Issues that are dodged never die, but live to plague the dodgeis. The "hunter's moon" is full now and so are some of the hunters. Wounded feelings yield quickly to the gold treatment. The wind whistles, but, thank heaven, it doesn't whistle "Comrades." When churches are insured doubters are apt to question the faith of tho congregation in the sa ing pow er of Pi ovidence. Sympathy that doesn't unclasp the pocketbook is not entered in tho daybook of the lecoiding angel. Carntgie chose a good time to present Ilai rison with a barrel of whisky. Blame is back, and Ben's spirits must needs be kept up somehow. Gould says he- never accepted a salary from any corporation ho seived. He only takes w hat is left after tho hired help is paid. TnE worker can spend his last dollar free ly, but his employer cannot. Bare facts can safely be accepted as cold truth. The nicest thing in belts is a sensibly laced lady. There's no rest for the wicked, as they will not quit enjoying themselves long enough to sleep. Washington news will be worth some thing when Mr. Blaine leturns there. PERTINENT PERSONALITIES. Millionaire Huxtington has given Westchester, X. T., a ?50,000 library. Coloxj l Groves, of the Nutmeg State, is said to be the very imago of Grover Cleve land. Poor fellow. Henri Laboucherk says Mme. Bou langer is "a woman of sad temper, piosaic, commonplace and w ith a bad liv oi." TnE Duchess of Portland has 930 in her club, lhe members have sworn to wear no decorations made out of the feathers of a som; bird. Slcketary Itus'v cannot adapt himself to las.luon.ible hours j et. Ho still retires be fore 3 p. jr., and is up at daybreak, He never loi gets to dine at noon. Lieutenant W. S. Cowles, late com nu.ndei of tho United States steamer Des patch, has arrived in Washington, and will submit his report of the wrock in a few diys. Mrs. Nettie Colp.urn Maynap.d says that Abraham Lincoln was a Spiritualist. She forgot, however, to present an affldav it with tho statement, which is theiefoie of no -value. IX-Sknatok Ingalls always refuses cigars on thcthild lound. He only takes one to use immediately. A Kansas paper sajshis lavorito tipp'.o is soda pop out of a bottle. Mrs. James G. Blaine, Jr., has re-' cently b-en in St. Paul, w hero she w ont to consult a physician about her eyes, n hich have been troubled by the alkali dust of Dakota. When Edw in Booth appears in full dres his coat glisiens with the orders conferred on him by kings and potentates, which would indicate toaceitain kind of intelli gence that "hteraiy fellers" are looking up. A man's character is sometimes gauged by tho pictures he hangs. Goldwin Smith, the Canadian writer, has on the walls of his studio, tho portraits of Gladstone, Morel-, Bright, Huxley, Matthew Arnold, Tyndall and Max Muller. Our Widening Markets. Minneapolis Journal. Ve shall have a broader market foriur brcndstulfs thiough greatly leduced Gei- man duties. Within this fiscal j ear wo shall increase our trado with Germany from $91, 000,000 to $!2j,0,000. Soon Prance, following Germany anil Denmark will raise her em bargo uDon our pork, of which we formerly sold her 13,KX,001) pounds a yeai. Already American cotton goods arc going to South America in larger quantities becauso of the reciprocity treaties with Brnzil and othor Spanish-Amenctn republics. Brazil, espec ially. Is a gtiod customer under n clprocity. CURB AND CORRIDOK. Tony -Veller"ii Successors. "When I was over in London this sum mer," said diaries A. Smiley, tho other day, "I was constantly struck with tho humor, conscious and unconscious, of the omnibus driv eis. In London, as j on know of course, tho best seat on a 'bus is beside the driver, and generally he is dolLinted to talk to von. One day as I was riding dow n tho Strand on a Waterloo 'bus, m iiv lavorito scat, tho driver said to me: "Sad thing 'appencd at this 'ore comer yosteiday, sir.' " 'What was it?' slid 1. '"A hold gent stepped lion tho curb in front of a'ansom.'he replied, ' an' the 'oss knocked Mm down an' tho cab wheel went over 'is 'ead. Killed him, in course. But the wust of it was 'o w as a 'ailin of our 'bus!' "Another day on anothci 'bus going up Tottenham Com t road, I sat on tho left of tho driver. On tho other sido sat a big horsey loo'.ing fellow smoking some of tho vilest tobacco I ever smelt. The wind blew tho tobacco smoke across tho drivei and me, but that was not all, for tho man witli the pipe expectorated vciy freely, and we got the benefit of that too. As we crossed Percy street a gust of w ind carried a di eadrul dose of the tobacco juice right slap into tho driver's face Drawing his coat cuff across his mouth, as he would have done after a drink, the driver turned to the smoker and said cheerfully: 'Your 'calth, sir!' " Fine Weather but Not for Huntinc' Theio has been a good deal ot hunting in the country about Pittsburg during tho Inst two or three weeks, buc in a majority of cisos nnghtly little catching, so to speak. Not that game Is unnsunlly scaice, but tho fine fall weather, 'which has allowed tho leaves to lemain upon the trees for weeks after the usual time, has) eally fettered the hunter to a very large extent. A Pittsbuigor who went for a day's shooting down the Panhandle road a short distance saia yestei daj: It is next door .to useless to hunt in tho woods yot. The trees are still so full of loaves that tho game is under cover as soon as seen, and you can't get a good shot at a bird unless j ou're on top of it. Then the ground is so dry tht le ives rustle and twigs crackle when stepped upon, and vou might as well try to limit In a patrol wagon with a full-bodied gong as afoot, for the noise vou'd make. A day's shooting that results in one squirrel is not much of an excuse for wasting gunpowder, hut that's all I got, and as for pheasants, I only saw ono in time for a shot, the foliage effectually protecting scores ot others that westaited so close to us that we could hear tho whlir of theii wings Still, the countiy is looking loveliei than I've seen it in the fall for yeais, nnd the grand weather made the tramp through the woods delightful." rittsburg's Half-Conceaied Attractions. "It would be a good thing tor Pittsbuig in one impoi tant respect," said Wemvss Hen derson, brother of the anager, who is now located in New York, "if its raihoadsweie in the East i:nd, for if they were travelers who have little time to stay in the city wonlu get n far better idea than they do now of tho beauty of the residential portion, and of tho sizo and opulence of the city as a whole. As it is, the average man who stops over here for a day or two, and many who stnv longer than that, only see the business section of the city, and inuigin that the en tire population of'Pittsburg is confined with in the circle of hills visible from downtown. I know that I lived here weeks befoiel realized w hat dense population and what handsome streets of residences there were three oi four miles from thepostollice. Of course tho depots can't be moved, but I think Pittsburgeis ought to take gieator pains to induce visitors to see the splendid side of the city; there is a tendency to lav too much stress on the mills and glass houses, the material and industrial aspects. which are, of course, important, but not everything to be seen here." Preparing for the Snow. An odd-looking electric snow-sweeper made a trip over tho Allegheny and Man chester line yesterday, and was baited for some time in tho midst of a Kreat ciowd at 1 30 at the car station, corner of Liberty and Market. It was the Thomson-Houston combination snow-sweeper, and consisted of a shoit car or cab with immense double sets of rev olvine brushes at both ends The car runs by the usual trolley airansement, nnd looks n good deal like ono of the smaller Pleasant Valley cirS-Cut in half and painted a deep shade of brown. Tho sobriety of its appearance led a man in the crowd to sug gest that with the brushes set up endways on the roof it would make a capital electric hearse, to which the woild will piobably come in the course of timo. An Enterprising Individual. American nerve and enterprise leads tho world. Here's an instance fully demon strating that assertion. Evcrj one who has had the pleasure and good fortune tostioll through the commodious corridors of the Monongahela Houe could not have failed to notice the elaborate display of electrical machines and appliances, livery nook and corner convenient is occupied by anxious exhibitois with patent devices of divers descriptions. Yesterday morning a genteel looking lellow, with a high hat and good clothing, cariying a capacious satchel w allied slow ly tin ough the upper hall, with air of a stieet car magnate Hrtcairicda broad boaid with him, and hastily selected a spot where he unpiov ised a table or stand Ho embellished this with a white cloth to tt ne it up slightly. Thereupon he opened his satchel, and absti acting a doen or so of small, colored tin boxes placed them to the public gaze. As the siht seets walked by a quick glance tola him vv hat his "appliance" was.nsupon the back ol the boxes in laio let ters read"Electric Po'ish, tho most efficacious and hai mless application lor all manner of brass, steel, nicklc, gold and sil er ware." His goods wore electric only in name, and before he hud a chance to dispose of any polish, ho mas summanly called by tho pio pnetorwho pointed his index finger tow aid tho stieot door for the "fakii's" benefit. When Boston And Chicago Meet. A funny snap occurred in tho lotunda of the Monongahela House last night. It was simply a modem case of when Giook meets Greek. When Chicago meets Boston then comes the tug of words. A Boston gentleman inadvertently got into a conveisation with a "wooly boj" from the Windy City, and lor flvo minutes they had the floor in vciy large quantities. An amused ciowd of listeneis stood about them They wore discu-sing tho i el itivemei its of their respective cities, nnd the Chicazoan stood out against the Bean Eater like a cigai Indian in a snow storm ne wouldn't hude an inch. The Boston man said that Chicago had to go to Boston for its money. The Chicago gentle man said, "We've got money to bum out our way." "Oui port and shipping interests aie the largest in the world," s nd tho Bostonian. "The lake traffic of Chicago cannot be equalled anywhere. Wo have buildings 1 and 10 stones high in Chicago," said tho Westemei. "Yes, but we have tho most intellectual class of people on the Conti nent." ' Oh, darn 3 ourinttllectual classes.tho cnances are some ot them don't know how to figure up a column, or transact a real estate deal. You can keep jour Inui-ejed, weazen-laced, learned students of Biowuing at home They'd be ciowded into the lake lftheycamo to Chicago We want bums and business brains at that out our v.iv." The haughty gontluman Horn the effete Last walked aw ij rathoi squelched, and as lie dd so tho Chic igoan good n itureulr called altei hhn. "Coino out and &eo Chicago, the onlj town in the world Vivo Chicago." lie and his party then struck off in the direc tion of a convenient punch bowl. Ylsltors Spending Money Here. "The visitors to this city the past few weeks," said a hotel man jesteidaj, "have dropped a great deal or money here. Take these stieot railway delegates, for instance. Why, jou would be sui prised if you know how they aro scatteriug their money light and left. It is nothing unusual forapaity of them to get together in a hotel room and have $100 worth of drinks and cigars sent up in a hair hour or so, Ono of my baitendeis yesterday furnished $150 woith of champagne cocktails and other expensiv e mixed di inks toagcmal coterio in less than one houi. This conv ention is a regular hai v est for the cabdnvers.too. Any number of them picked "up $2 at a crack all day long yesteidayand the day betoie for cat iving a street rail way man 110 lurther than fioni the Monon gahela House to tho Hotel Duqucne lour squares It is a fine-locking body of men. All are intelligent and all have come here to have a good time. The supply men hav e re ceived carto blanche from their employeis as to expense, inqnev foi ti eating, etc., and tliey set the pace. The delegates follow it quickly, nnd keep it up, too. Why, a saloon keeper dow ntown, last nUht, w as giv on $30 by a paity of out-of-town men to shut up his place forthu night and let no one else in ex cept those wno tipped him so 1 oyally. 1 hey seem nevor to want to sleep, and tlnnlc no one else does, either." Pittsburg's Canary Birds. This is tho time of year when can try birds are imported by tho thousand trom the 1 Hartz Mountains, Germany. Pittsburgers are very fond of these feathered songsters, several hundred of which they hae pur chased the pist few days. They make pretty presents for friends when inclosed in neat brass cages. These birds are all very young when imported, none being over 6 or 7 months old. Neailyall are sweet singers. It is quite nknick "to select ono fiomthe long and high rows of small w icker cages in which they como from the 1 athcilaiid. Say GOoreo are wnibling. trilbng, chirping and whistling as if to see which can outdo the other.it isnoeasj task to select just tho best one A man with good hearing gener ally makes his choice in this way. He listens attentively for awhilo, until some paiticularbiid's voice strikes him as being just what he is after. Then comes tho work of selecting (he olid whose voice ho has heard. Sometimes this can be done in a few minutes, but the average man will find it half an hour or longer before he has the cage in his hand for which, with its golden con tents, he is asked to pav onlv $2 or $3. Such birds until recently sold for $5 or more. TALK OF THE TIMES. The only item of intqiest connected with the Ohio campaign is the attempt mado to estimate how many ciphers shall follow tho figure "4" to represent McKinlev's majority. Grand Bapids Telegram Herald. Four ci phers w ill about fill tho vacant space to the right of the figure. CnEEMa reports are brought In by Re publican speakers from all parts of tho State. It is clear tint the Alliance V ote will show a falling off next month; particularly m the old soldici contingent Torcka Capi ta!. What has become of Peffcrt Is it possi ble that he has lost his grip? In the last30 years Ohio has gone Demo cratic seven times, or once in every lour years and a fraction. This would bring the next Demociatic victory around to about lR13,if the mle holds good. Boston Herald. The trouble with the Democrats is that this is the time when the "exception" comes in. An Ohio man who bought a machine in Canada for $3Z0 and then had to pav $93 duty on it is writing letters to McKinley in a vain attempt to discover how ho may make the Canadian manufacturer pav the tax. Chica go Times. Why didn't the Ohio man nation izo home industry? He could have bought a better Amciican machine for less money. Tnr Republican correspondents and edi torial writers of the country over have spoken in high terms of Governor Camp bell's versatility and spontaneous outbursts of arguments upon the spur of the moment. Lima Times. "Arguments upon the spur of tho moment" is correct. No ono would ever have suspected Campbell of arguing upon anything else. James G. Blaise crows over the reciproc ity treaty with CuDa as opening that Island to American flour. Europe takes 100,000 bai rels of flonr where Cuba takes one. What is tho matter then with reciprocity with Eu ropean countries Kansas CUy Times. Noth ing is the matter with it. If Europe has anything that cannot be mado here, then a fair exchange would bo no robbery. If the Prohibitionists desire to make an aggressive national campaign they will nominate Jonn P. St. John again for Presi dent next year. Ho is the ono man of their party who has steadily and saucily kept his head in view nationally for 10 yeais. Troy Press If Mr. St John has not got tired of butting his head against a stone wall, it won't be quite so saucy alter ho butts tho third time. MAIL AT THE FARM D00E. Postmaster General Wanamaker's Mam moth. Free Delivery Scheme. The plan for the introduction of the freo postal delivery system into every postofflce in the United States, as outlined in a letter of Postmaster General Wanamaker, has ex cited the interest of every live farmer from Maine to California. Every little hamlet in the remote sections of the country is rep resented In the petitions forwarded to tho postal authorities applauding the idea and urging its prompt adoption. Mr. Wana maker, personall', is enthusiastically in favor of the scheme, and the farmers rely much upon his until ing efforts in the mat ter. In a letter to appear in the American, Agriculturist next month Mr. Wanamaker savs: "To carry letters, newspapeis and maga zines, and leave them in an office remote fiom the home to be called for, is only a partial fulfillment of the duty of the Depaitmenr. With the well-paid railroads, star route contractors and mail messengers traversing every highway to tho uttermost nook nnd corner of the land, there ought to be some practical way to utilize all these forces and spread the house to house de livery over almost every sqnaie mile of this great country. I firmly believe that when such a scheme is in piop'T operation for a year it will bo proven that the increase of revenue w ill fully countcmalance the neces sary expenditure. "The last Congress listened to arguments on this subject and allowed tho Postm ister General to use $10 000 of the nppropi lation for n ee deiiv eiy lor an oxpei lment in tne small towns, villages and fanning db-tncts. The flist 12 of these offices were designated Feb ruuv 1,1891, and a five months' tual is all that has been allowed up to tho close of the Department fiscal v car. It is, therefore, too soon to get full results. But it is clear from the figures at hand that tho incicase of rev enue moie than paid all the mcrea-ed ex pense. This 13 a significant fact, aud if the same results follow lurther expciimcnts a in eat expansion of the fice delivery is read ily at hand." Notable Nuptials at South Bethlehem. Socth Bethlehem, Oct. 22. Special. E. P. Wilbur, Jr., and Miss Katharine Victoria Thomas wore married last evening at Hol lendauqua, the home of the bride's pai ents. Thegioonj is the son of E P. Wilnur, Presi dent of the Lehigh Valley Railroad, and tho biido the daughter of John Thomas, Presi dent of the Thomas Iron Company. Rdv. Dr. J. A. Little, of Catasauqua, peifonned the ceremony. Itcv. C. Nelson, of this plnce, as sisting. Guests fiom Se York, Philadel phia, VVilkesbarre and Scranton, to the num ber of seveial bundled, wcie in attendance. Among the wedding presents was a gift of $100 000 to the gioom fiom Robert Lockhait, his uncle. Jerry Simpson's Inquiry. Chicago Inter-Ocean J Jerry Simpson wants to know of Ohio workingmeu if this "a free country," when a fellow tired of oratory is not allowed to hob-nob with millionaires oyer a 'cham pagne dinner,' " as he did at Cleveland. SUNDRY POINTS OP VIEW. Goveiixok PattisoVs fad is not babies, but extra sessions. As long nshecan fill the measure of his ambition with extra sessions he does not caie how many babies are born to other people. Philadelphia Press. The 3d of November is pregnant with Presidental possibilities. Besides the Ohio contest, which will turn out a Presidental candidate however it is determined, there is Pennsylvania that would have a cindi date to present should it again go Demo cratic Birmingham Aye Herald. The first shipment of American hogs for Germany will start next month. We can say to oui Geiman friends, however, that while wo believe this"shoit, cleat bicon" will twine itself aiound their affections, they will not sec tne Amei lean ho,; In his best esiate until they meet him "on the hoof." Sew Yoik Adicrttser. A RtruBLic'AN 01 gan undei takes to tell how tho Democrats "must" oiganizo the not House. Oh, come! 1011 hav e had your turn. Youi paity elected and sustained Reed, and tho soit ot a mesj ho and his subservient fol lowers made of it maybe infei red fiom a compmson of tho list of Republican and of Democratic membois in the last House and in tho coining one. Xeia Yoik World. Tutni. hav e been few things in the pi escnt campaign moie impressive than'bonator bhernu.n"s eloquent eulogluin of the Mc Kinlej tailfl bill in the presence of its author on Thursday. "It is the most com prehensive, the finest and tho most benefi cent piece of tariff legislation that this country has ever known." Sew York Tri bune. The bichloride of gold nnd manganese 1 remedy is said to have arrested decay of the lungs In tho case of a consumptive patient at Portland, Me. It. would not be safe, how ever, with tho recollection of the completo snuffing out of tho Koch lymph fresh in the memory to predicate success upon a single instance. Yet the world owes much to patient investigation, and medical science has assuredly not re.tched the limits or dis covery. Philadelphia Record. THE THURSDAY BRIDES. Scenes nt the Wedding of Samuel A. Amnion and Miss Darlington Judge Porter Was Best Man The Neal-Forrester Nuptials Other Wctld ngs of Note. From C to 0 o clock carriages last night rolled along Butler street to Gnvasnta. Hundreds of gue3ts went in this way and hundreds of others in tho special train that stopped at tho little wayside station built specially for the use of tho Darlington fam ilyjust outside the entrance gates. Upon arrival tho guests were shown at once to rooms on the second floor one of which was reserved for men, and the other a commodi ous apartment w as used for the ladies' w raps. Miss Daillngton, the biide, of course, re mained in the sacred seclusion which trides affect on the wedding day, and was not seen by anyone except a few of her nearest and dearest relatives. ,Mr. Amnion was in visible also, though he had ai lived on an early train. His friends were with him somew here in scclnslon, too. From the ar rival of the earliest people, however, tho bride's mother, Mrs. William H. Darlington', -nd the budo's sister, Miss Minnio Darling ton, had stationed themselves by the library door. Miss Darlington was what might be teimed a mistress of ceremonies, and introduced every person before they en tered tho library to hermothor. Both ladles w ero noticeable for the simplenes3 of their gowning. Mrs. Dailington wore a dark, quiet, house lobe, and Miss Minnio a white, simple, evening robe. After each person was relieved of hat and coat 11 ceremonious visit was paid to tne room in which tho presents woro displayed. In 3ir. Dar lington's lifetime this room had been his study, and still is need in that capacity by his son, O'Hara Darlington. The room is a large one it would be two or three rooms if it were in Pittsburg and it was full of tables, and every table was full of piesents. Kemembered by Her School Friends. A reminder of tho bude's membership in the Tea Cup Club of the School of Design is given by a sot of the daintiest cups yet turned out by these artistic young ladies. Thev occupi-d a place of honor by the window, and 'ov eiy silken hangings draped the tabic upon which they were arranged. The card of compliments to the bude lay across one of tho lovely cups. The other re membrances consisted of everything that money could purchase and taste suggest. The jiresent of the bride's lathei in law-elect stood where it could not be ovei looked, im mediately by the door. It wasbrought from abioad, andissnid to have cost a sum that would be a nice yeaily sum for pin money. It is a benutifulh inlaid af fair, with a bolder of medallions, each of which must mtasnic 'about four inches in diameter. At 8 o'clock a move was made to the library. Tre houss was then full. Guests were everywhere Some were sitting on the stairs waiting for the crush to be over before making an etlortto reach the room in which the mariiage was to tike place. Finally at 8 35 tho white satin lopeswere extended fiom the alcove, where tho bride and grom afterward stood during the cere mony, to the door. The library then was filled with guests who thinned out into the halt and u j the stau way. Mrs. and Miss Dirlington still kept their places by the door, nor did they leave them until Dr. Purves pci formed the ceremony when Miss Darlington jo'ned the receiv ing party, and Mrs. Darlington, overcome somewhat by the heat and the occasion, retreated to her private apaitments. Tne ushers and bridesmaids were as follows: Ushois, Frank lin A. Amnion, Dr. E H Small, Henry Mc Knight. John Marion, David Kirk, Joseph A. Kelly, Henrv K. Ewing and Albert Pettit; bndesinaids, Miss Hemphill, Miss Fannie Collier and Miss Lang, two small relatives or the biide. Edith Darlington Herbert and Annie Hemphill Herbert, duinty maidens, ono in w lute and one in blue, held the 1 opes which kept the people in place and formed the aisle lor the bridal paity. Judge Porter Was Best Man. The groomsmen were Major E. A. Mon tooth and Franklin Osboine, and Judge Porter was best man. The bndemaids w ere in cream white bengahne and carried pink loses. The bride's dress was beautiful. It was a Rrifprn ci nation of white armure. parnisherl ) with Duchess lace. The gossip among tho guests was that the lace front ulone cost $300, so that the entire toilet must have cost a sum that less favored maidens would regard as good enough to set up a dainty establish ment with. A veil covered the dress and fate of the bride, bnt'this her maid after ward .removed for the biide to receive her congratulations. From this timo until tho special at 1.30 the guests wore leaving the house A gicat many were not able to re main foi supper. Gi.jasutu is known as one of the few places in this part of the country that might be considered tj pical of an L"nghsh gentle man's country se it It is in the country, though the impertinent smoke of the Sharps buig glass factories and their aggressive noise came thiough the open windows of the house. The pioximity of a growing town and glass factories may not be agree able Horn a sentimental point of view, but a joung lady's dot is apt to thrive npon it. The bride, one ot the tin co Darlington heirs, her brother and sister being the other two, is said to possess a million in her own right. She is an extremely charming girl and as simple as if she had to worry to make both ends meet. She is thoroughly unconventional, not easy to deseubo or imegiae, rides well, has traveled all over the world, an ardent amateui photographer, writes in her spare minutes and has 12 dogs which adore her. Among tl.o guests were: James O'Hara, Mrs. David Morrivjn. Mr. and Mrs. Fred enckKay, Mr. and Mis. George F. Dennis loi, Miss Elra O. Denniston, Miss Edith Denniston, Judge and Mis Colhei.Judge and Mrs and Miss Over. Mr. and Mis. Conelius, Judge and Mrs. SI owe, John VV. Chalfant, Campbell Herron, Mis. Lavmia M. Harding, Miss Julia Harding, Mis. Elizabeth Rus sell, Mi's Carrie Russell. William Rohb, Miss Robb and Miss Hattie Kobb, lion, and Mrs. Jloruson Foster, Mr. and Mrs. Wvlie, Mr. nnd Mis. Charles W. Scovel, Mi. and Mrs. William L. Ptcice, Mis-. Robert McKnight, Miss Kate McKnizht, Mi. and Mr-. Samuel McKee, Mrs. John Aithuis, Mr. and Mrs. Frederick W. McKee, Mr. and Mrs. A". H. Allen, Mr. Nor- mecutt. Mr. and Mrs a. 11. uiiuas, air. ana Mis.O. D. Thompson, MisSCaiolineSnowden, Thomas J. I eenan. Miss Sophia and Miss Sallie Keenan. Miss Annie Henderson, Judje and Mis. Ewing, Mr. and Mrs. Hoffstot, Mr. and 3Irs. Kirk Por ter and Miss liegeman, Mr. Asa CInlds, Mi. and Mrs. John Havmiker. Miss Cornelius, Mis. W. H. CInlds, Mi. Willi im Schover, Mr. and Mrs. Hariy Scull, Mr. Augnst Amnion, Mr. Franklin Amnion, R. P. Aevm, Jr.. Ml. nnd Mrs. John McCutch eon, Mr and Mis. William McCutcheon. Miss Montooth, Mi. and Mr. and Mis3Tima, Unity fehedden. Thomas Mvler, Mi. and "Mis. Trench Evans, Dr. Matson, Dr. Meicur, Mi. and Mrs. Charles W. Batchclor, Mr. and Mrs. Wincke, Mr. and Mrs. M array, or Sewicklev, Mr. and Mrs G F. Muller, Miss Eva Muller, Miss Xeiua Muller. Mi. Charles Reppert, Mr. Jacob Miller, H. S. Stevenson, Mr. and Mis. W. II. Ellis, Miss Way, Miss Nora Dickson. Miss Ida Smith. A sn cial from Ei it savs tho follow ing: In the presence of hundnds of warm friends, and the exquisite surroundings of St. Paul's Episcopal Chinch, James Neale, a leading bnsmcsi man or Pittsouig, and Miss Jennie Forester Adams were mairicd. Mr. Neale is a n emhei of the fii m of Brow n & Co , of the Wa'-ne Iro 1 Vt orks, Pittsbuig, and son of Charles Neale. a veteran ironmaster of that citv. The biide is the only daughter of F. F. Adams, formeilv of Amhert. N. Y., and now one or the wealthiest citi zens ot Ene nnd a leading mem ber or the American Wringer Company. The ceremony was peifonned by the Rov. John Huske, nnd the best man was Henry Graham Blown, a p irtner or tho gloom, and tho inaid or honor was Mi-s Molllo Mc Dowell, a society belle of Portland, Me. riftj s.irpliccd menaud bojsled tho impos ing bridal precession, singing the wedding march. T',e leceptton and dinner were elabarafeand the presents numerous and costlv. The wedding tour will terminate at Pittsburg where Mr. and Mis. Nealo will take up their residence. Social Clmttcr. A fshio;.able audience was present in the First Eiulish Lutheran Church last 111 rht to see the marriage of Miss Leila Wat tles to Abrahm P. Stephenson. The chmch where the ceremony was held is a verv pretty edifice nnd was exquisitely decorated with flowers by A. M. & J. B. Jlurdoch. Tropical plants weie on the chance! and a bunch of La Franco loses filled the shell on thebeuituii! lour, which is saiu 10 uc un excelled for beauty In Pittsbuig. Tiis invitations, for the marriage of the Rov. Samuel Maxwell, 1 ite rectoi of Trinity Chuicli, and Miss Emelinc McKnlghr, daughter of tho late William McKnight, weioissnedon Tuesday of thUweek. The ceremony takes place at the residonce of the biide's mother on Novembor 1. , Mns. Chablotte Emeksov Brown will be the guest next week of tho Woman's Clnb, when arecept'on will bo given to tier in the lectin e room of Carnegie Library. Mrs. Biown is President of tho Federation of Clubs in the United States, of which tho home club is a momber. Mas. Theodokb Hostetteb gave a S o'clock dinner yesterday afternoon to a fow friends. CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS. Germany has 59,000 stationary engines end 10,000 locomotives. The Chinese are not permitted to own guns or possess gunpowder. Massachusetts has a woman hermit who has $128,000 concealed about her home. The first stecl'mils made in this coun try were made at Chicago in May, 1S65. Nothing is imported direct from the United States by Siam except kerosene oil. The Colorado cliff dwellers are said by scientists to have existed 10,000 years ago. A druggist In Worcester, Mass, has a pet humming bird which has the freedom of his store. The German Government is getting up a Latin dictionary of ten volumes of 1,200 pages each. y The world's horse power represents a billion men, or double the number of work ers in the world. , A Missouri newspaper has 700 cords of wood due on subscriptions, and not a single stick in tho woodshed. The raisin crop of California is placed at l.RO.000 boxes, which is about 300,000 boxes more than last year. Of the 113 men employed in the Temes cal tin mines only 20 are Cornishmen: and 12 of these have lived in California from 10 to 30 years. The Lost river rises in Yellowstone Parkin two streams which unite and then runs two miles, when it literally disappears into the earth. The largest sheet or pane of glass in the world Is set in front of a building on Vine street, Cincinnati. O. It was made in Mar seilles, France, and measures 186x101 inches. Rhode Island's chestnut crop this year is larger and better than for many seasons. All of the treesare loaded with large, brown, smooth nuts, and they are being gathered in great numbers. The three tallest trees in the world are belie ed to be a scquota near Stockton, Cal., which is 325 feet high, and two eucalvpt in Victoria, Australia, estimated to be 435 and 450, respectively. Idaho has a river whose source is a mystery. It flows out of a lake in an im mense volume and at one point is 3C9 feet deep. Where all the water comes fiom is something no one can tell. Oregon is making rapid advancement in all directions, but in all but eleven counties or the State there are log school houses in which the youn ladies are taught how to shoot. Or temples or learning of this style there are in tho State a total 01 105. One of the largest logs ever cut in the State of Washington was floated down the Snoqualmie river last week. It was a flr log 32 feet long and 79 inches in diameter at the upper end. Ten horses could not move it, and five yoke of oxen had difliculty in haul ing it. The highest dam in the world is being constructed Dy the Lake Hemet Company in the northern part of Los Angeles county. It is being built of blocks or granite weighing from five to ten tons, set closely together In beds or Portland cement. It is" 100 thick at the base and will tower 150 feet in the air. One of the longest chutes in the world s located at a logging camp at Clifton, Ore. It is nearly three-quarters of a mile long and cost $60,000. The bottom is shod with rail road iron, and it takos a log 20 seconds to make the descent to the water, whicn at times will be thrown to a heignt of 200 feet. Among the delicacies to be obtained at a Japanese railroad station are sliced lotus roots, roots of largo burdock, lily bulbs, shoots of ginger, pickled green plums, beans of many sorts, boiled chestnuts, nuts of the ingko tree, pickled greeus of various kinds, ried cucumbers and several kinds of sea weeds. The British Admiralty claim to have produced in tho new warship Blake the largest, swiftest, and most powerful cruiser In the world. She has cost $2,500 000, and if official hopes be confirmed she will be cheap at the price. She is guaranteed to steam 21 knots an hour. Her boilers will develop 20, C00 horse power, and she has phenomenal coal-carrying capacity. There is a bounty in Idaho on the ears of Jack rabbits and, like the coyote scalp bounty of California, it has created a new industry. The discovery recently of several live "bunnies" minus their ears has devel oped the fact that active bounty-workers are trapping the jacks, clipping their ears and then turning them I0030 to breed a fut ure crop from which bounties can be ob tained till the end of time. One of the Hindoo castes has resolved that hereafter its womenshaU wear a flower in the nose instead of the ancient and cus tomary nose ring. The reason for this in novation is that the wearing of nose rings has led to "much unfavorable comment." The members of the caste have farther re solved that If any woman in future wears a nose ring she will be liable to a fine m ad dition to the forfeiture of her ornaments. It pays to keep clean and to improve. The lovely city of Florence has undergone a very beneficial renovation of its sanitary ar rangements and is now considered perfectly healthy. The Florentines beard last spring that Queen JIargaret had given up her In tention of passing a month in their city, owing to the typhoid scare, which resulted from the defectiv o water supply, so after this they did not take long to make improve ments. While a large fire-log was being cut up at the West Shore Mills, Astoria, AVash, the other day, a large toad poked his head out of a hole that was exposed in the trunk by the saw. The log was the third from the butt or tho tree, so that the creature must have been fully 00 feet up in the trunk, and the growth of the wood siiowed it had been con fined there several hundred years. The toad hopped off and made its escape before the astonished workmen could secure it. PICKINGS FEOM PECK. Teacher What w as Herod's idea in kill ing off all the children? Columbus Lenox He had flats to rent. Jack Tenter I don't see why yon keep me so long in suspense, Clara. Can't yoa ay "Yes" or "No" right out? Clara Hooks Oh, you jnst wait until we're married, and you'll and I can speak out quick enough 1 Now each ambitious farmer Doth to the druggist go To purchase an elixir To make his whiskers grow. Mrs. Jocelyn Don't you miss your hus band very much, now that he is away? Mrs. Golightljr Oh, not at all. You see, he left me plenty of money, ami at breakfast I just stand a newspaper up la front of his plate, and half the time forget that he really is n't there. Jack Askin Will'you marry me? Miss Bean (of Boston) Sty '"shall" please "will" Is for sentiment, you remember, "shall" for fact. No! A see-saw in this world, 't is plain; When one end 's down tho other 's up. One man has turtle and champajne, T other has water In his cup. Of one and one you can't mite four; . Bat still the socialistic dunce Year after year keeps up his war To mate both ends go up at oncet Stranger Can you direct me to Hunter's Point' Native-Ccrtalnly. Follow your nose, and you will come to It. Mrs. Major Murgatroyd And ypu like b,clng a soldier's wife? But then he has not yet been la active service. Mrs. Lieutenant Creme Oh, yes! You have no Idea how bard Percy had to fight to be retained in -Washington. He studied elocution and dramatic art in vain. He could not be an actor, bat his loss became our gain; For be spoke unto the public in accents loud and plain. And we blessed the new conductor on the elevated train. Mr. I. M. Porter I haven't made enough in the Iat month to pay my office boy's wages. Mrs. Porter Then, why don't you make your bookkeeper run the errands ? City Sale-iman Here is something new in the trade. Shot effects have been Introduced into woolen corduroys since you bought your last bill. Country Customer Lawd! Ont In our parts there's shot effects Introduced into all klds of trouser cloth In the fruit season. Durn sight bef ter'n dawgs. , Puffer i'es, I practice on the cornet five hours every day. and I'm Improving rignt along. " Torent I presume the neighborhood doesn't lm rjrove an v. "
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