THE PITTSBURG- DISPATCH, WEDlsTESDAY, "OCTOBER 28, 1891. ESTABLISHED FEBr.UAET & K& Vol. 4R. o.a. Tincrcd atntlsbnrgrostoffice, November ljs;, as second-class matter. Business Office Corner Smithfield and Diamond Streets. News Rooms and Publishing House 7S and 80 Diamond Street, in New Dispatch Building. rvm; AUvnrrisiNG ofi'ice, room a, TKIUI N'Kltni KING MTWYOKIC. where com plete tiles ofTUEDIiPVTC Hcamlwavs be found. Vorclirn advertisers inprerlate tho convenience. Home adcrUcrsaiid friends orTHE DISPATCH. hlleln cw York, arc also made welcome. 77B IFrA Till! 1 rtunlnrly on cS- at Breniann's, f Vr.wn 7""t. J&10 York, aid 77 Mr dtf 'OpTTz, 7r-t. Prance, -pfiere awon' wAa has been dtsap jx n'rd at a bnUl nnos stand can oMam it. TKB31S OF THE DIbPATCII. rC"T USE FREE IN THE CN1TED STATES. DmlvDispiT'- 1. 0-" Irar I S00 I)a:iy PisrtTt II, Per QuarWr. k. I X In yDis-ak n (iri-1'oi'.Ii TO TIailv l)ispT(.n. Iaeiimhijrs.nnil-ty, 1 vear.. 10 00 D..ILV IMsFTcn inrlndmniitlav, Sm'ttis. 2 50 Duiv IittlII. Inc! i(!itituiiJaT, lm'th.. "0 Fl vim IlisrvTcii. Onc'itir 150 WixkLV DiM-ATcn. One Year 1 25 TU1 Itn Y Dlsr iT'-n Is delivered livVarrlcrs at 23 mils k r work, or, including Sunday Edition. At SJceiusir week. PITTSBURG. V EDXESDAY". OCT. 2S, ISM. TWELVE PAGES TiiK tilden tutx huokex. The decision of the New York Court of Appeals, in favor of the contestants of the Tliilen will, gives the final rulinp; on one of tin famous will ccesof the (lav, and at the same time raises a doubt whether anv te-tame-itsn disposition of propertv can he made which is, certain to stand the action of the courts Itishardlv worthwhile to discuss the recondite distinctions of the law as to the trills, whicn an be created to carrj out a will. The microscopic fineness of those distinctions Ins sone far bevond the general comprehension. But the features of the case which are evident to everyone ore -sufiVient to present the paradoxical condition of aftairs. One of the foremost lavvj crs of his dav, the leader of a great political parts, and the Ieiral ad vst of some of the greatest in iwsts in tl.c country, determines lo leave a large hare of his great fortune to public purposes. The provis ions of his vilL dawr. up in accordance with l:i legal and bus.ness know ledge, are dclared invalid, and the testamentary purpose is wholly defeated The question incvitablj siurjests itself to every mind: "If isamuel J Tilden could not mike a a w ill that w ould stand, w hat hope is there for the oidinarj man to do mi?" If it wj ri the policy of our courts that rirh men hou!d not be given a large lib crtj in directing what shal" be done with their propertv after death, but must be restrained within rigidly drawn principles governing the succession of property, such a ruling would be more comprehensi ble. But the theory of the law is that the will of the testator sliall be nearl abso lute, and that he shall have a wide liberty In duccting vhar sliall be done with his riches after he can no longer use them. With this theory a owed the courti pro reed to reduce it to a practical nullity by breaking wills on legal niceties altogether too line for the mass of the public to un derstand It is not to be asserted by a lay mind tint the decision of the New York Cnuit of Appeals is bad law ; but the cir cumstances of the case are such as to make it evidently bad public policy. INGEMOFS 3IAECVEK1G "WASTED. The Republican leaders in the State Siuite arc more troubled lest the Demo crats .get an advantage out of the mvesti jptiou of the mismanagement of the State funos than they seem to be in respect to 41ic actual and known loss to the State tlnmtgli the deiehction of BojerandMc Cacinnt Much ingenuity in maneuvering is waited in the apparent endeaor to evade a stir ring Senatorial sense of fects which are alrcadj fully known to the public The squabbling about admission of testimony and the imputation of partisan motives cannot help a case like that of the Treas urer and Auditor General, nor will it help lire party whose leaders indulge such a vain hope. The btate moneys were put Into the possession of Bardsley as a matter of faor from the Treasury Department, and with the acknowledged purpose of evading a State law by which they would have been turned ov cr to the Sinking Fund. It was the pleasure of the officials to have these money s draw ing interest for Bards ley i'i place of drawing interest in the Sinking Fund for the taxpayers of the Commonwealth. Again, in the adjustment of accounts, in plac of Bardsley being required to pay into the State Treasury at stated period? according to law, he was allowed to suit himself. These are admitted facts; and without going at all into the question of motive rnggested by the "necktie." "old maga zine" and "favors rcceied" correspond ence, the are enougn to indicate to the Senate whether or not JlcCamant and Iloycr aie competent and trustworthy public sen puts, or rather the reverse, ana superlatn elv fit cases for the exercise of the Executive power of removal. TJIE DEsTTRLCTlVK WINDS. The high windstorm 'which followed suddenly in the wake of the thunderstorm of last night, and itself preceded the abrupt change from mild to cold weather, exhibited cyclonic force on the shore of Lake Erie where it reduced a portion of the town of Conneaut to ruins. The f re quene, with which we hear of such de vastation by the w mils, inevitably pro okes the inquiry whether there is not an in crease in the number of violent storms. Must people explain it by the fact that news gathering agencies now send broad cast the news of all the destructive storms, "while formerly only a small share of them were leported? Nevertheless the winds aie developing the quality of wrecking houses frequently enough to suggest the necessity of precautions. Of course, little can be done m the way of foretelling or warding off the cyclones; but if they keep on, a more sturdy style of architect ure and thicker walls may be among the most valuable of that class of economies which save money by greater expendi tures. TI1E SAVr AM) THE FAIK. Concerning the navy at the World's Fair the New York Herald remarks that the "bnck battle ship" will be completed by next September, and that It will give "millions of visitors from the interior a practical acquaintance with the guns and other equipment of the modern man-of-war." Besides this the Herald thinks that "the presence at the World's Fair of the torpedo boat that is to be built at Du buque, la., will also awaken general in terest." A liV-r-ttlr shin willbe Hit," rv- substitute for the genuine article; but of course it is the best that can be done. The exhibition of real war vessels at the Cen tennial was principally useful in showing tho people that the United States Navy had not then progressed beyond the stage of naval development attained in the Civil War. It will be important to show at Chicago what progress ha,s been made, and in default of any better exhibit, the "brick battle ship" will be duly appre ciated. But the promise of exhibiting the torpedo boat arouses speculations as to the method of getting it there. Is tho torpedo boat to be aerial as well as aquatic, or is it to be of that class of river steamers that can navigate the prairies on a heavy dew? Or does the Herald belong to that class of Eastern organs of public opinion which imagines that Dubuque, la., is a lake port? After all, the most useful naval ethibit at Chicago would be charts and illustra tions, showing how completely our navy is cut off from access to the lakes at present, and how both the naval and com meicial routes can be opened by the con struction of the Hennepin and Ohio River and Lake Erie canals. tiii: co:nte"tiojj vote. "While it is perfectly well known," says the Philadelphia Press, "that an over w helming majority of the people are op posed to the proposed Constitutional Con vention, it is possible for that measure to be earned by the zealous activity of those w ho favor it. and the indifference of the opposition " Here we have a remarkable statement of political conditions in a popular Gov ernment. In view of the statements of Tnt Dispatch Harrisburg correspondent, that the Republican managers have recent ly changed front on the convention question and issued orders for its support, this way of putting things has a good deal of force. Of couise, the supporters of the conven tion will declare the assertion with regard to the opposition of the majority of the people to the convention to be without authority. It is true that the most em phatic proof on this point will be the vote; but it is also true that the vote may dis close the fact just as clearly by the kind of vote so freely predicted namely, a small vote for the convention and fewer against Sincere supporters of changes which they expect to secure by constitutional revision should reflect that a convention which comes together be cause ten persons in a hundred voted for it and the vast majority did not v ote at all, will be as completely discredited as if the convention were voted down. Any constitutional amendment that came be fore the people as the product of a con vention of such questionable origin will be naturally under suspicion. We do not believe that any such disaster, either to the State or to the putative con vention, will occur The people of the State have made up their minds about the convention, and they have not yet arrived at the pass of idiocy that renders them unable to vote as they have decided. WISDOJI OF ELECTION BETTERS. This is the season of the year when the average political organ proceeds to re mark that betting is a poor argument from a logical standpoint, but that the election betters are very shrewd people with a keen judgment of the popular tendencies, and that their bets furnish a significant strav.'. After which the organ proceeds to cite the bets that show odds favorable to its party, and thereby clahn that victory is sure. This is one of the stereotyped v-nanifesta-tions of campaign foolishness, but the testimony to the superior acutenessand accuracy of judgment of the election bet ter is made so universally on both sides of the party line, as to create an impression that all political perception aud intimate acquaintance with the condition of popu lar feeling is bound up within the skins of the gentry who back their opinions with money. This universal homage to the genius of the betters makes it worth while to inquire what foundation there is for this faith in their infallibility. A mo ment's reflection will bring out one point that shakes this faith. Every bet requires tw o betters If the election bet is an expres sion of superior judgment, therefore every bet expresses a superior judgment on bot h sides. The inevitable tendency of the acuteness of the betters to neutralize and dtprove itself is therefore even more in herent than that of expert testimony in Jegal causes. But it is worth while to enter a sharp protest against the superstition that the betters know more about how the people are going to vote than the average man. There are two classes of election betters. One is the blatant donkey who imagines that he is advancing his party's interests by going around and offering to bet large sums, composed mainly of wind, on its success. The other is the class com posed of men who try to win money by forming an accurate judgment of how the people are going to vote. The first class, whose bluffs form n large share of the bets we hear of, are characterized by offensive idiocy; the second class have to form their estimates on the datv ac cessible to every sensible man, namely, a judgment of the effect of the issues on the people, and observa tion of the way that people talk about the issues on the streets and in every day congrezations. The fact that a man Ls in the habit of betting does not prove that his judgment on such things is better than that of the man who does not, but if anything rather the reverse. There is one good word to be said for election hefting; and that is that it is the only widely practiced method of betting in which the cards are not set up so as to make a sure thing for the insiders. For the very reason that the professional bet ters know no more about how the election is going than the average intelligent citi zen, the man who wishes to gamble on election results can do so with a mod erately good assurance of a square deal. TEW OKIC rF.OVINCIAI,TSVr. The New York Corh'mercial Advertiser, whose recent classification of the traffic in the Sault Stc. Marie, displayed that pro vincialism of which even the brightest New Yoik papers are sometimes guilty, takes The Dispatch criticisms of that re mark amiss. It points the finger of scorn at the statement that to close that route would stop a vast traffic as unqualifiedly as the closing of the Suez Canal, with the following rejoinder: The editor of Thb Prrrsncro Disr-ATCH should immediately be appointed to a posi tion in the British Cabinet Ho has made a discovery of greater importance to England than any other of recent times. He knons thoush he will not tell tl-o secret bow England can establish all rail communica tion with India as easily as we have con nected Detroit with Dulnth or Chicago with Marquette. The editor of the Commercial Advertiser should not be appointed to anything until he has learned a little more about tho fundamental factors of industry in our country. When he has done so he will know that the are iter part of the tonnage V""' '" "if I i ' ' ' " ' -V of freight which, if it had to bear railway charges, would notbe'shipped. The ore that is now shipped from the Lake Superior regions and the coal that is shipped back, would dwindle to comparatively insignifi cant proportions. Here would be a more unqualified stoppage of millions of tons of traffic than if the Suez Canal were closed, because the Indian traffic could in that 'case take the Cape route as it did before the canal was opened. When our wide awake but somewhat haphazard cotemporary ponders the fact that an iron industry, larger than Eng land's was two decades ago, is supplied with its raw material through the SauW, it will comprehend the pertinence of Trrfi DisPATcn's exception to its very offhand definition ot that traffic It is now reported that Mr. Angustin Daly's ambition to run a London theater is to be gratified. A theater is beins built for lnm, and hereafter lie will spend half tho year in London and half in ow York with. Mis Rehan as his leading actress in both places. In the. interest of dramatic equi librium, airangcments should be mado to liav o Sir. Irving and SIiss Terry come to this country t hilo Miss llehnn aud Mr. Daly are in England. It would bo distressing to have the Atlantic Ocean tip up on this side be cause all thit dramatic weight was bearing down on the othei. Spkaker Rked, in a recent interview, is reported as defining reciprocity as "com merce on piper." It would be only- on paper If Mr. Heed had his way; but it has been discovered that Mr. Heed is not tho whole Republican party fortunately for the party. Mme. MODJESKA'S experience in try ing to produce "Hamlet" in Russia "was dis couraging. The censor forbade it because the play, repieseuts the killing of a king, which is not viewed witn favor by the Russian Government, The charming Polish actress tried to improvo matters by explain ing that th'e killing in "Hamlet" was "merely a family affair;"butitwa3orno use. Sbakesnenro is evidently unfit for the Rus sian stnge, unless expurgated on a very dif feient plau fiom some of tho work done in that line. McCamant and Boyer may be able to suppoit themselves w itu the adaptation of the old adage: "Let us ha e the majority of the Senate, and wo care not what perni cicfcislv active Executive uneaith3 our little peccadilloes." If the Secretary- of Agriculture wishes to make his project for distributing the weather indications among the farmers a success, ho should take precautions against sending out any more predictions leading, "Fair w ith stationary temperature," for a period Inch included a thunder storm suc ceeded by high winds, and a rapid shift to snow. The lecurrenceof such predictions is apt to aw aken av ersion in the agricultural mind. TnE reprehension of the partisan acts of nensel, as compared with the purely non partisan Senate, which is indulged by tho very impartial Republican orcans is ono of tho hugely amusing features of the present situation. It is rather disquieting to learn from the Chicago HcraLX that the transporta tion facilities for the World's Fair are totally inadequate, aud that all tho committee can do is to tell what ought to be done, without any ability to see that it is done. This indi cates that tho Cliicagoans will have to do some lively, hustling next year if they do not wish to bear the responsibilities of a fizzle. TnE renewal of the anti-Hebrew riots in Russia' comes as a corroboration of Harold Frederic's assertion that Pan-slavism Is really a relapse into semi-civilization. Our. ot the announcements that is in harmony with tho sad season of the year is the new s from Paris that the coaching sea son js over. The woild dazzling genius of the gilded youth wlfo drive coaches must go into hibernation, but there is consolation in the reflection that cabs and hacks will con tinue to run. KussiA has added three more iron-clads to her navy, which enables her to give a stronger emphasis to her proposed "League of Peace." Ir the moods of fall weather were not quite so extieme there would be more en joyment of that transition period. The variation from Monday's weather to Tues day's was sliaip, but the contrast between the latter part of September and the close of October is altogether too striking. FE'JPLE KNOWN TO FAME. Mns. Pakvelt. is reported to be mend ing in health. She Is now able to partako of food. IhaT). Sakkey has gone to Scotland to help Mi. Moody in his evangelistic woik this winter. Fkaxk JIokoan Brandt, the private scctrctaxyof the Prince of Wales, is visiting Philadelphia. Emsox is modest in his demands. He onlj asks foi a saventh of the space in the Electrical Building at the World's Fair. Tun seat of Senator Pasco in the Florida State Farmers' Alliance Convention is con tested on the giound that he is a law v er. 11 atx Caine, the Fnglish novelist, looks just like a portrait of Shakespeare. Mr. Cunc should take somo means to prove that lie is not tho reincarnated poet. Jerry Simpson is avenging 350 income per week, oi about what he used togotper annum. Of this sum he gets $9S as his Con gressional salaiy, $37 for his harvest and $200 for Ins campaign speeches. The ghost of Lester Wallack is said to perambulate tho dusky -recesses of the Star Theater, ,ew Yoik. The actors in that temple of Thespis, however, view with un concern the reported spook so long as tho traditional ghost maintains his weekly walk. Adam Poe, grandson of the famous In dian fighter and on old river man, is in Steubenville arranging to put on sale his in teresting history of the celebrated light of lus grandfather, Adam Poe, with Rig Foot, the Indian. He came from Toronto in a skitr. TOINTS ON POLITICS. Sk-atob PrrFEii is nowimking,speeohcsat local fans in Kansas. Mr. Peffer is another picturesque illustiation of Jlia homely adage that water soon finds its level Chicago IVctrj. AvtRiCs pays tho highest wages in tho woild for labor. It has the finest homes? tho best-fed and well diessed people. Shall an evchange for free ti ido bo mado as an ex periment? Grand Rapids 2'clegram-llerald. Thk only political betting done in Ohio now is effected on a basis 020 000 plurality for McKinley. It is naughty to bet, but political wagers near tho close of a campaign have considerable barometrical value Jfinne- apolt Tribune. Tus People's party appears to havo ex hausted all of its energy in the work of set ting itself organized. At any rate, little has ! been heard or it since it opened its (inns in a large and pictuiesquo way to welcome an expected lush of conv erts. Los Angeles Times. The little bars of tin sent out from the" Temescal mines ought to be good campaign arguments at tho Last. Xot even tho most robust Domocrntic pievaricator can make any head against such convincing testimony to the existence of Amencan tin mines. San Prancisco Chronicle. The balance of tiadeis pretty strongly in I favor of "tiio United States at the present I tme, and, of course, tho heavv exportations of grain wlitch aie inevitable for the next few months will -maintain this tendency of things. Every lactor conducive to the pros- pei!tyi',h'OimtiY 'Mr' m 1i in active J OUR MAIL POUCH. Smoke and Smoke Consumers. To the Editor of Tho Dispatch: The public ought to knowboth sides of tho smoke-consumer question. A member of the Committee on Public Safety succeeded in deferring tho consideiation of the anti smoko ordinance by assorting that smoke consumers havo not proved an unqualified success in manufacturing plants: that it would be an outrageous injustice to compel nnnufaetilrors to make costly experiments withsnch devices: that to enforce snoh a law wonlddiive somo of-our big mills out of existence. "Take Carnegie's or Moorhead McCleane's iron mills," he said, "It Would cost from $40,000 to $75 000 to equip them w UU smoke consumers of the least expensive pattern; moreover, it is generally conceded hat a consumer has notjet been devised which will woik with anv degree of satis faction m puddling furnaces." As to smoke consumers not being an un qualified succes, thero may bo none that havo a chimney as absolutely "smokeless as gas or oil will do, but there aie foir dUrer ent devices now in operation in this city that bum on an average 10 per cent of smoke and save 15 per cent to25 por ccntin rucl. These may suicly be called a success with or with out anv adjective. Ono complaint has been that tho success of a consumer depends eo much upon the skill -of the firomnn, but that is scarcely a legitimate objection. The success of any engino depends upon the intelligence of tho eng-neer. A smoko consumer is a species of ongnie that requires to give success some thing more than the moie physical ability to dump coal into it, but all varieties are simple enough In construction to allow any faiily intelligent boy to master their intri cacies in halt a day's time. None Havo Departed as "Yet. The Discatch has already published the lettei addresseJ. to the Health Association by the Health Dopartmcnt of Chicago, stat ing positively that no manufacturer has yet left that city on account of the anti smoke ordinance. That letter is now in the hands of a member of the Allegheny Council, and can be shown to any member of the Com mittee of Public Safety should he desire to see it. Mr. Carncgio evidently does not think it an "outrageous injustice" to be compelled to experiment with smoke consumers, as he Is already testing three different kinds, Desido conducting experiments with fuel gas Mr. Carnegie's whole career shows that he is an economist who would not willingly allow one-third of his fuel to escapo up the chimney; moreov ei, be is too pnohc-spirited a citizen to stand carelessly by and see the beauty of Pittsburg ruined by smoke. If any member of the Committee thinks that it would cost fiom $10,000 to $75,000 to equip Moorhcad & McCIeanc's mills with smoke consumers, the Health Association will be only too glacf to givelnnithe address of a man who will fit up tl e mills and guarantee a "consnmptior ot 90 per cent of smoke and a saving in 15 per cent in fuel lor one quarter of that amount. Neithei is it generally conceded that con sumers will not w ork satisfactorily in pud dling furnaces. Trom letters received by tho Health Association fiom manufactuieis in different par.s of the country ono is forced to belie o thnt oonsumers can be ap plied to all kinds of firing. It is expected that a puddling furnace in this city will be equipped in a few weeks.w hen a peisonal In siiintioii run he mnrlft; In tlio mftfintlnm thn Health Association hopes to publish a letter lrom the Smoke Inspector of Chicago, giving the expeneuces pt puddling luinaces in that city. Smoko as an ETidonce of Prosperity. Some people are fond of asserting that smoke belongs to Pittsburg, and is an evi dence of prosperity. They forget that her most gigantic studes were taken with a smokeless fuel and under cleai skies. But besides that aspect of smoke consumption that looks only toward economy and indi vidual piofit thero is the moral sido of duty to one's neighbor. When Pittsbuig began her smoko she hud little beside her manu factories. A smokeless fuel developed other industries, and made the manufacturing town a city. Her dry goods merchants, her Jeweleis, her fine art dealei 8 provide goods second to none in the oountiy. Shall they stand meekly aside and see their pioperty ruined? If the smoke weie unavoidable then indeed they might send away their handsomo w ares, and deal, as of old, m w hat is plain and useful, but with smoke preventable they surely have a right to complain. Surely the meichants havo as manyriguis in tue city as tne manul.ict ureis. I see by this morning's Dispatch that the oidinance requiring the use of smoke con sumers "by the steam rallwavs within tho city limits failed to pass the Common Coun cil. In the absence of a complete leport we infer that, as in tho case of the manu factories, the fear was oxpicssed that such a daw would drive tho railways fiom the city. The exam'jlo of the Junction road shows tho futility of such leasoning. Eocomotites Have ISeen Smokeless. The Baltimore and Ohio officials declared that the law requiting smokeless fuel on the Junction road could not be enforced with out paralv zing their business; nevertheless, since the day that The DisrATCH published the full text of the oidmauce the Junction engines have been smokeless. Somo bum coke, some aie piovidcd with consumeis which work to the satisfaction of the house holdeis along the loute, and thoiois no indi cation that tho Baltimore and Ohio Road is making leady to side tiack Pittsburg and leave lier to a foilorn and smoky fate. K One Councilman remaikcu that he didn't understand how smoko consumers can be attached to locomotives in such a way as to opei ite only within the city limits. The explanation is simple; let them operate all the time. Ifcoal is saved by a consnmer quite as much can be saved in the counti j as in the citv. I have been informed by a railway official that the active competition among the dllTcient lines has foiced the use ot con sumeis on all tho fust tiams between New Yoik and Philadelphia. Thosawngin fuel was not repoited; the great gain has been the increase ot travel, i'ho less smoko and cindeis the more pas-enger Mus. John M. Oaklev. Pittsbctq, Octobei 27. Afrn-American Evangelists. Totlic Editorof The DISDitcli. While pet using the columns of your very valuable, papei of the 21t 111st. the he id liucsovera cut of Biothcr G. W. Murklo lead: "Colored Woik Fails. Christian Chinch WoiKei3 Can't Find Good Negio Pieacheis." Allow your most humble serv ant to say thafwoloi one would be tiuly glad and leady to encourage an institution to educate and train Alio Amencans I01 the pulpit of Christ's Church that we might nave moro in the field. But do not loose sight ot the numbei leady to say: "Here ami. bend me. Send mu." Kentucky, In diana sindOtiio have done a great deal in tho lino of making educated men 01 the Afro Amciicau citizensand then fields aiodotted over wltlrtheui, not only woikmg to teach theh race as regards thoieligion of the Loid Jesus, but their intelligence sends them to pi each among tho people iriespccthe of race 01 coloi. Send to the States we have mentioned and you cau have what you need 111 religious know ledge fiom tho race you havo men tioned. Y ou w ill bo suiprised at the intellect you will get. bend 10 Louisv llle, Ky., for ilufus Conrad. Send tojlenia, O.. foi Alex andei Campbell 01 Kinclien sladgei. Send to Indianapolis, Ind., lor Biother Beiry. Send to Lexington, Ky., for Malcolm Aj ers. Donot allow yomselves to think 101 once that the ewuigellzing ot the Afro-American citizens cannot bo done for the want of ,Afro Auiciitan evangelists. Make your call loud and bioad and somo one will answer able to fill the call. We aio willing to pardon Brother Loins' committee for the failure they have made, being only 1 year old, but will say to them sound j dUr bugle, brethren, and oil w ill bo supplied at no very distant date for ytfiir important woik. J. H. P. Payse. You.gstowx, October 23. VI ide Awake VV Idle Asleep. Detroit Journal. Secretary Blaino is a sick man no longei; at least he is not tioubled with insouinia. His ability to sleep sacl him on satuiday from summons in a suit which an aggrieved Hollandei has long sought to bung against the United States. Even in his sleep ho is wide awake in regard to tuo lorcigti inter ests of the country. Kiglits Vorih Fighting For. Boston Globe. A mare million Is nothing in companson with the princely revenues of the Sea'rlos estate. Bights in 8,000 miles ofrailioiiA, contiolllng interest in a hundred steamers on both oceans, vast manorial estates and the emoluments of $65,000,001 in stocks and bondsaieceitainly well w 01 th tho fighting for, In court or anywhere else. The Country Is Booming. Grand Rapids Herald. It Is not a boom is business now upon the country. It is a wholesome and extended business revival, which effects every branch 0UB LAKE COMMERCE. Tho Importance of the Traffic Can Hardly Bo Overestimated. Boston Courier-Journal, Onolias no adequato comprehension of the extent and importance of tho commerce of the great lakes until observation and prac tical knowledge have impressed the fact upon lnm. In the first place, w o hardly real ire the extensiv e area of the lakes. But w hen w c sail for days in ono direction over their blue expanse, pait of the time out of sight of land, when wo see tho great cities on their borders rivaling oursea-co ist cities not o ly in their popv lation, in their manu factures, in their inland trade, but also In tho tonnage and number of vessels that pass in and out of their ports, wo feci that our "nnsalted seas," with their piesent com meice, their environment and possibilities, nro indeed a great factor in our navigation intoiests and in our maiitiine jurisdiction. Tho steammarino of the lakes laigcly pre dominates -ovei the sailing vessels, and many of the steamers are fine specimens or modern naval architecture ith individual tonnage leaching up into tho thousands. The sailing vessels aie mostly three-masted schooneis of large slzt), such as are now gen erally used m our domestic can vmg trade on tho Atlantic coast. Although the greater pait of the shipping is devoted to domestic commeico, tho foieign commerce is con stantly increasing, and with improved facil ities for leaching the ocean with larger craft larger shipments diieet to and fiom foieUn countiios Jir all our ptominent lakopoits will oonJjo no unusual thing. Considerable notice l)s already been taken of tho airival of an iiou whale back steamer at Liverpool from tho farther extremity of Lake Supe rior. This is likely to be lollowed by other vessels giving diieet transportation without breaking bulk. EUROPEAN CITIES. Somo of Them nave Grown More Rapidly Thau New York. v American Architect. There seems to be something unpatriotic in pointing out that the giowtli of popula tion in foreign countries may bo as great as In our own; but it is generally best in tho end to accept the truth, without regard to consequences. To say nothing of some of tho smaller German cities, which have gained in population with a rapidity which would surprise a Westerner, Berlin has grown, within tho last 60 years, far moro rapidly than New York. Tho population of the latter city, in 1830, was 202.539, and in 1880 was about L4l0,0j0; while Beilin, In 1830, had only 117,000 inhabitants, which had increased in 18Q0 to 1,574,485; the rate of growth dunng tins Ictig penod being thus about one-half more rapid in Beilin than in New York. Within the last 39 veais the diffeienco is still greater, Berlin, fiom 52S, 000 inhabitants in 1S01, having almost exactly tiebled its population in 29 years, while New York had 814,287 inhabitants in ISM), and in 30 years has added less than SO per cent. London, by the census of 1891, has approximately 4,500,000 in habitants; Paris has 2,450,000, and Vienna, 8C9.100 St. Petersburg Is more populous than Vienna, having very nearly a million inhabitants, and Naples is not very far be hind. IRISH HOME RULE. A Passionate Cry of the Oppressed for SeU-Government. New York Recorder. Sir Edwin Arnold, in one of the published interviews with him, is reported as having said that Iiish Homo Rulo has been burled in tho grave of Mr. Parnell. '"I knew Par nell," he says, "and admired him. He was indoed a man and a leader. In my opinion he was tho spirit of the Irish question, and with his death tho fate of Home Rnle for Ireland was sealed." This tiibute to tho genius of Parnell is the homage of one great man to another. It is the tiibute w Inch the whole world, with tho Exception of a few of his ow n crazy countrymen, is now paying to the greatest irishman of tho century. But, supreme as Mr. Parnell was in an in tellectual point of view, the cause he so superbly advocated was gi eater than he. It is the passionate cry of an oppiessed peonlo" foi tho light to sell-government. The demand m ono form or anothei m midnight conspiracy, In secret assassina tion, in open rebellion has been ringing down the centuiies. It cannot be stilled. Sir Edwin Arnold lswiong. A people who resolve to be free will obtain freedom. That is the lesson of all history. TALK OP ME TIMES. Mr. Mills' statement at Faneull nail that the McKinley tariff piotected the pauper labor of Europe against skilled American labor hit the bull's-eye. This is an aspeot of tho protective policy that has not been pre sented as frequently as it should havo been. Boston Globe. It is curious that the Euro peans disagree with Mills, but perhaps he Knows moio about their condition than they do. There is a lively prospect that Boies In Ioua, Campbell in Ohio, and the proprietor of tho Barrel in Nevv Yoik will know lots more eight day s hence than they do now. Chicago Inter-Ocean. Yes, they will know how large the majorities are against them. Thus far the McKinleyites have not been able to produce a single goat fattened on American tin. Omaha World-Herald. What learntd arguments these aie agiinst the piotection policy. They are conv incmg in the sense that talk is cheap and freetiado facts scarce. The only aowspaper of prominence in Ohio that is giving Governor Campbell heaity support is the Cleveland Plain Dealer. The Gov emor is making a heroic fight against heavy odds Butte JMiner. The other free trade papers no doubt aio waiting to see how the cat will jump. They-want to be on the right side on the morning after election. Tho heat of the contest in Ohio is felt in Lako Superior. Oh, how warm! Ishveming Democrat. It w ill bo cold enough for some of them on November 3 McKmlcylsm makes tho cost of living high andwagpslow. Such is tho result, no mat ter what thepry tho Republican protection shouters may have to offer Buffa'o Times. This is sheer nonsense. The opposite has been proved so often that even tne school children know better. Tho "Republicans aro doing Governor sCampbell the honor to direct a good many of their big guns against hiin, but up to date ho seems amply ablo to take care of himself. St. Ijouis Republic. He has been hit between w ind and wntet, though, aud will be cairicd off the field before the returns come in. CHILEAN PtEPARATIO.V. Ma. IlAimisox has undertaken to convince tho country that Chile's objections to Pat Egamsm are insults to the Amcucan fltg. It is a very large contract. St. Louts Republic. Chile may yet have to be chastised by the United States. This bumptious Utile country is getting too big foi its clothes, to use a slang but suggestive phrase. AV. Louis Globe 'Democrat. Those Valparaiso toughs Jumped onto tho Baltimore's tais because the sight of an American unifoim angered them. Isn't it about time for Uncle Sam to make a trip to that town and begin the work of punching somebody's head.' OA10 State Journal. We shall now hear somo talk about war between tho United States and Chile. It may not come. But Chile must make piouiptand just reparation for the recent uncalled for attack on American scanie'i, or she will soon hcai from Uncle Sam unpleas antly. Ciiicmiiaii Comma cial Gasette. Tin: demand lor reparation made on the Chilean Government for. the assault on Amencan sailors in Valparaiso is inevitable under all the chrumstances. It will un doubtedly receive fiom Chile the prompt oiler to mike amends which wonldbo made by this eountiy in an analogous case. Phila delphia Press. . The Chilean difficulty is getting to a placo where some tact, judgment and diplomacy should bo put 111 play at the. Valparaiso end. This is another way of stating tho facttliat Pat Ean would be or great value at this crisis if ho w ere to be completely merged and lost to view In a sudden resignation. Chicago News. Chile has taken liberties with American siilon arAl sho will havo to pay liberally lor her self indulgence. Our President has determined, accoiding to this morning's dispatches, that unless investigation shows that the facts as now undei stood have been grossly misrepresented, a money Indemnity will be demandd on behalf of tha families t- . PLEASURES OF SOCIETY. The Woman's Club lias a Distinguished Guest In Town Mrs. C. E. Brown's Lec ture This Evening in Ccmegle Hall Social Gossip of tho Day. The Women's Clnb is hostess this morn ing to Mis. Charlotte Emerson Brown, the President of the Federation of Woman's Clubs In tl-o United States. Mrs. Biown ar rived lasd night from Dayton, O, and was met at the Union sration by Mi s. Taylor, Vice President of the clnb, who escorted, her to the Seventh Avenue Hotel. As can be gathered from her title, Mrs. Brown is interested in the federation of woman's clubs, and has written and dollvcred several papers on tho subject both Last ana west. Sho is here on herwayEastfromGrand Rap ids, Mich., and Minneapolis, whero sho had addressed cultivated audiences on the sub ject ot Federation. Mrs. Blown is a very busy womtn. In addition to her nddreses she is a member of the Advisory' Committee formed to arrange for tho biennial meeting of tho Federation in Chicago, May 13, 14, and 15, 183.'. This, the first meeting of the Fed eration, Mrs. Brown thinks, Will be one of tho most brilliant gatherings of women the conhtry vet has seen. In tho meantime she, by her lectures and addresses, is dnimming up, so to speak, recruits for the grand body. The ladv spoke a fow weoks ago before tho Century Club, ofPhll.aUelphia.composed of members of the intellectual and polite circles of the Quaker City, and was after ward tendeicd a delightful reception. Mis. Brown was rather disconcci ted when sho found that she was to speak before a piomiscuous audience, until assured that it was an invitation affair. Her lectures are not intended to be popular, and she feared they would be lacking In interest to the average person Selection can bo made of one or two papers which Mrs. Brown biougbt with her, one ls on "Clnb federation" and the other treats of woman's success in tho business world. The piogrammo for the visit6r to-morrow Is as follows: In the morning a dnve through the citv In company with some members of the Women's Club; in tho after noon a reception nt tho seventh Avenue, followed by a dinner, and in the evening the lecture at Carnegie Hall. Invitations have been issued to the various private schools lnlown, as well as to organisations for in tellectual improvement. Mrs. Brown is a tall, fine-looking woman, with beautiful hair that has early grown white and dark bright eyes. Her manner is rather reserved and sho has to perfection the faculty of saying a great deal and say ing nothing when she wants to. She 13 re lated to Ralph Waldo Emerson, hor father being his cousin. "cs," said she, "I recollect Mr. Emerson quite well, but, probably, the public are as lamiliar with his appearance as I am. I re member he told mv brother onco that no Emerson had ever been famous that had no peculiarity about him. "And what is your peculiarity, Mrs. B1UWI1 "A great aversion to notoriety. I love the Intellectual quiet of my work, but the pub licityannoys me." The King's Daughters of St. Stephen's ' Episcopal Church, Wilkinsburg, will give a cantata called "A Garden of Singing Flow ers," on November 12. It is a novel Idea. The heads of tho pexformer3 will be thrust through tho center or tho flowers which grow In the garden of a rustic cottage. It will be given in the new Wilkinsbure Opera House, under the direction of Mr. Richard Cannon, leader of St. Stephen's choir; and the Silases Katie Anshutz, Daisy Well". Isla and Lida Havs, Lizzie Kennedy: Kate Hyle, Bessio and Mrs. Goldthorpe, and Miss Pat terson; Messrs. Ed. W. Kinehart, James Hudson and others. The proceeds of the entertainment will be devoted to the liquida tion of debts of the church. Social Chatter. To-day, fi om 11 to 5 o'clock, there will be a sale of cakes and afternoon tea served by tho Woman's Gnlld of lrinity Episcopal Church. The committee in charge is com posed of Mrs S. C. McCandless. JIlss Gorm Iey, Miss Dailtngton, Mrs A. E. W. Painter, Mrs. Park Painter, Miss Hoag, Miss Cathor wood and iliss Simonds, "Mrs. noward Hartley, Miss Harding, Miss Watson, Mrs. Georgo Shiras and Miss Israel. Tnoranannouncemert3 have been made to the contrary. Miss Plavford's marriage to Edgar C. Boyle, orininally arranged for the autumn, will not take place until January. Missl'lavfoid expects to travel with her mother until the first of the year. The wed ding will doubtless be one of tholargcstand most fashionable that Uniontown has seen since the marriage of Mr. Boyle's sister in eaily spring. Mas Eleaxoe NEVixand Sirs, nawes, bf Ben Venue place, laavo November 4 for a visit to Mrs, Hawes' daughter, Mrs. John Tassey, of Sherman, Texas. Mrs. Not-in will remain for. 1 fortnight, but Mis. Hawes ex pects to stay in tho South for the winter. Mas. E. D. Mickle, who was in Pittsburg to attend the wedding of her niece, Miss Edith Dai Hngton, spent tho last few days of her visit with Mrs. Georgo Dcnniston of Ben Venue place. She Is now on her way West. Miss EfELYic Grace Spexcer sister of Lil lian Spencer, the sometime actress, autaor and at present, n newspaper writer, was mairiod in tho New York Central Presbyte rian Cliureh last night to William Henry Blair. The Concordia Clnb will be homeless until May, ns its new house will not be finished un(il then. Some optimistic members, how ever, aro flattering themselves that things will be ready by February. Miss AxyiE Thomas, of New York, gave the second lecture of a week's course in physical culture v esterdav at Carnegie Hall. A great many ladies, principally of Alle gheny, are her pupils. "As Evening With Shakespeare and Othors,'"in which Mr. John Sturgeon took part, assisted by Miss M1II0 Gardner, Miss Emma Giifflths and others, filled Cmry Uni veisity last night. Socirrv will be largely represented at Mrs. C. C. Hussev's reception on Friday evening, November 13, at her house on Cedar avenue. Four hundred invitations have been issued. . The women of the-Southside Hospital As sociation meet at 3 "o'clock this afternoon in St. Mark's Guild rooih. Further plans for the approaching benefit will bo discussed. A ciiARMic reception was given last night byMrs. Michael C. Spencer lor her nieces, the Misses Spencer, and Miss Moonoy and Miss Minnie Holton. of Steubenville. The quarteily meeting of the Women's Foieiggn Missionarv Society of Pittsburg and Alloghcn meets ill the First Presbytei ian Church at 10.30 this morning. The dancing club of Ben Vcnuo begins its Reason next week, and its first engacement w ill be at Miss Deniiistou's house on JInrleoe street. , Mrs. JajIes ALTRtD Oldshce arrjved vc3 terday at the Kenmawr Hotel, w here she has taken up her residence lor tno w inter. Miss Playford, as the daughter of ex-Senator W. 11. Piajford, has a wide circle of friends both in Uniontown and Pittsbuig. Miss"Des-v, of Penn avenue, entertained the Sewing Guild yestciday afternoon at hci house. Last night Mr. and Mis. Josiah Cohen chaperoned a party at the Duquesno Theater. Mrs. Geore Shirks III. has issued Invita tions for a reception on Thursday aftei noon. Tne next hop at the Kenmawr is arranged for Tnanksjiving evening. Chables W. Ri id is confined to his rooms with a serious cold. BISMARCK'S RETURN. Ho Is Coming Back VV ith a Sharp Stick ., Under His Arm. New York Advertiser. The pioposed return of Bismarck to public life, and his nppeamnco in Parliament "meaiu business." Tho Reichstag session will open November 17, when, it is an nounced in jidvance, the leading feature in tho Etnpcioi's speech will be congratula tions upon t'10 formation of a commercial union between Germany, Austria and Italv, with statements or explanations regarding pending negotiations with other countries, for tiio enlargement of Germany's commci-" relations. This is foretold as tho basis of tho royal speech. But Bismarck 1 known to be in complete opposition to the policy of the Empeior that Is, the policy of lus re cent adviser not only in respect of tthese verv commoreial relations, but regaid to things generally. Tin has be-on forcibly indicated by his "organ," and pirticulany in a pamphlet said to have been written by his direction, and tnll of protest against the Empeioi's new foreign policy. All this is so well known that it oxcites no surprise, though it may well oause uneasi ness to the immediate adherents of 'the young Emperor, and make Vi illiam himself a little anxious, especially as it is declared that Bismaick will challenge tho Govern ment's loieign policy and call its devisors to account. Tho tact is, that over since j oung William dismissed his wisest preceptor ho lias beon liken boy out of school, v ery much ut large on vacation. School is about tore openr old man Bismaick it coming back with a stout stick oi-'two under his arm, and young William will find out that the school-,-. .0- 'iio loigT.ilirond, but "" much CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS. There are 50,842,434 acrcs of vacant land In Wyoming. The Digger Indians of California prefer insects to any oilier kind of animal food. -"-San Francisco has a cat that is a con firmed toper. He drinks whisky in prefer ence to water. Pigmy hogs, about the size of a mnsk rat and natives of Australia.are the smallest known species of hogs. A rich amber deposit, it is reported, has been discovered in Ontario, the estimated value of which is $7,000,000. Not a drop of rain fell in the United States last Sunday. This is tho first time this has occurred in 18 years. Prairie dogs are said to be multiplying so fast in some of the Western States that there is a danger that they will overrun the country. The undergraduate students in .the Michigan University are younger by a fall vear or moro on tho average than they wero 20 years ago. An artesian well 3,095 feet in depth has been sunk at Ashland, Wis., at a cost of $14,C00. After tho first 175 feet it passes through brown sandstone. The elderberry bush frequently grows to large proportions in the West. In Los'' Angeles, Cal., there was a bush the stump of which was 34 inches in diameter. A Clack Hills miner recently discovered in a vein of quartz a single pocket from which he is said to have taken out over $7,000 worth of gold la tw o dav s. A minister in San Diego the other day startled Ins audience by saying: "I have for- fotten my notes and shall have to trust to 'rovldence, but this evening I will come better prepared." The trip to Alaska is made almost en tirely on inland waters. The entire coast of British Columbia is lined with islands nnd between these and the mainland Is a navigable channel. One of the three crate factories in Marl borough, N. Y., made 200,000 gift crates this year, in addition to the large number in tended to be returned td the shippers of tha fruit crop of the Hudson Valley. A big story is going the rounds to the effect that Ben Cair, the champion sprinter of Eedlands, Cal.. recently chased a squirrel that had 20 vards stait of him, eaugnt tho animal by the tall and beat its brains out on a log. There is a cactus tree in the Yuma desert whoso liber is suitable for making paper. It can be had by the million tons for tho hanling, but the lack of water has pre vented the establishment of paper mills in its vicinity. ' There is a dog at Cheyenne that will, it Is claimed, pick an American dollar from a pile including any number or sort of coins of similar appearance, size and weight, nis name is Tony, and he 13 to be exhibited in a Western show. A rack railway seven miles in length is under construction on the Usni Mountain, Japan, to connect the ferminl or the State railway nt Yokohama and Karnlsa'wa. Thera are 21 tunnels, 12 200 feet in length in all, along the line, and the steepest grade is 1 to Cockspur thorn apples are ripe, and they are uncommonly good, too. There was a tree full of the fruit near the green house in Central Park, and, oddlv enough, the tiny red apples were permitted to ripen and tall to tho giound, apparently because the Har lem boys did not know that the fruit was edible. In Galveston, in sinking an artesian well, which is now 2.C40 feet in-depth, gray and green clay, mixed with wood, lime con cretions and pebbles, were found at a depth of 1,510 feet. The age of tho wood is esti mated at 200,000 years by Prof. Singley, and in the stratum, which is 103 fectin thickness, he found seeds resembling apple and back berry seeds. Of some specimens of the lacquer tree that were brought from Japan 16 years ago there are now in the Botanical Gardens at Frankfort-on-the-Main 31 healthy specimens 30 feet in height and 2 feet in girth a yard from tho ground. Some of tho juice of tho trees has been sent to Japan to be used by Japanese artists in lacquer work, who will report on its fitness. , The largest specimen 'of leaf or fern gold ever found, will be exhibited at tho World's Fair. It was found near Walla Walla, Wasnington. It is valued at $300 for the gold In It alone, but to-day five times that amount would not purchase it. The delicate tracery of the fern is as fresh, beau, tiful and crystaline In appearance as ever nature turned out of her laboratory, and ic is fully a foot square. - A new kind of a bird has been discov-' ered in W j omlng. In company with a dozen bnzzards it was hovering ov erthe carcass of a dead horse in a pasture. It has the head and beak ofa hoot owl, the body and neck of a rooster, and its tail is similar to that ot ofa peacock, and when shot made a noise not unlike that of a guinea hen. The bird will provo an interesting study for scientists, and uas been shipped to New York city. Seven new alloy3 have been invented recently. They are nickel aluminum, for decorative tin cads; zinc nickel, lor a pig ment; nickel-hardled, for type: platinide, composed of platinum, nickel.gold and iron, for crucibles and chemical utensils; roseine, composed of nickel, silver, aluminum and tin, for Jewelers' work; sun-bronze, com posed of cobalt, aluminum, and copper; met alline, composed of Cobalt, aluminum, iron and copper. The natives of 3Ianipur, India, where several English officials were massacred re-, cently, have a peculiar custom that isnot to be found elsewhere in India. It is a system of labor based on the assumption that it is the duty of every man between" the ages of 17 and Co to place lus -ervices at the disposal of the Mute for.i certain number or days every v ear. The State 13 about 300 miles northeast of Calcntta ill a saucei-sli.ipcd v. al ley of tbo Pntkio range, which separates India from Burmah. The population is about 140,000. A clinometer is an instrument formcas uring the rolling of a vessel at sea, and it is usually In tho cabin companionWay. Wiien it indicates 65 degi ees anyone can easily un derstand that something unusual has hap- -pened. Tho clinometer in the steamship Elsio marked a roll to that extent on the lat est vovago from 1 unchal to Baltimore. Jiear Bermuda she was struck by a hurricane tn it shifted several times and made a heavy, confused sea. During the most violent roll ing a glass decanter on the cabin table was tnied bottom up, emptied and cracked from the base up without having been rolled off. KHYMES AND JINGLES. Lawyer Now, Jlr. Witness, I want you to tell the truth without any evasion. Had yon, or bad you not had any altercation with the prisoner before this event you speak, of? Witness Well, to owji un. we did go Into the bar nd take something, but I don't think that was the name oill. aoswn vimnn-sournai. Though Jack Frost has come and gathered All the heat or days gone by. We are still beet and Ijolheretl By the bold, belated fly. Washington Star. Prof. Driasdust Have you noticed tho absolute correctness of Mr. Studihrd's speech? 3lr. Gettncre-Ofcoorse. That is the only thing about his conversation there ls to notice. haa Tort Weeklu. Clara Mr. Mild is very bashful. "We made him stay to dinner, and at the table we couldn't gel him to say beans. SteAa-Why, he would starre to death In Boston. Bronklyn Citiztn. "When a little man and a woman vast Their rate and fortunes together cast. The world may smllo . And fools rerlle "But a love Ukc-tliclrs is bound to last. Puck. ".Hello, Hunker!" exclaimed Spattsas lie came in. "Your tailor, hatter and furnisher are all downstairs with bills in their hands, waiting for you to com down. "That must be a re(t alar dress nay raid, " replied Hunker.-iJniW, tirau 4 Co.U Monthly. "The worm will turn" a saying true. I told mvloe to Maud last night, And asked If she would be my wife; Hlie lilted me with sweet deUght. , So thereupon I told her all. Ami ever since slie's been enraged. I said I didn't care, because To three sweet girls I'm now engaged. Xeio lork Herald. 4 "Vi will be consistent to the 'end," said one Western horse thief to another. ' Yes." was tlic reply, "we wlU hang together.' -i Onlvrtifa Sews. First Flunkey 'Ow do youlaike thejuief of WmraDleton, snawieyf Second -Hm'icv Hf '-it- 'Imv Hlvn (riven of. - I 1 -
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