' .," " 4" THE PTTTSBUHQ DISPATCH, SATTJKDAY, OOTOBEE " 31, 189L 4 THE FEATURES OP GREAT INTEREST in TO-MORROW'S BIG DISPATCH ABE: Lincoln as a Politician, By A. K.'McCInrc. Canadian Reciprocity, By Emstus "IViman. Pacific Ocean Cables. By Cyrus IV. Field. A Sew American Poet, By K. "IV. Mghtner. also. Timely Articles by Staff Contributors, AND ALL THE NEWS. ON SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8, AND IN FUTURE, Mark Twain, Lord TTol.eley, A. A. Stagg. Helen Watterson, Dora Yt heeler. Caroline Hunt Klmmer, AD OTHERS AS WELL KNOWN Will Contribute to The Dispatch. DOVT MISS TIIE FIRST OF Mark Twain's European Letters. ESTABLISHED FEBRUARY 1S46, Vol. 4. No.2K. Vnterert at nttshurg Postofflce, November lfcST as second-class matter. Business Office Corner Smithfield and Diamond Streets. News Rooms and Publish'ng House 7S and 80 Diamond Street, in New Dispatch Building. FATKRN ADVERTISING OFFICE. ROOM XL TRIBUNE BUILDING. NEWYORK. wherecom plete file orTHKDlS"PATCHcanlwavs be found. For-lKn advertisers appreciate the convenience. Home advertisers and Mend", of TIIE DISPATCH, virile In New York, are also made welcome. THE IrSPA TCHU rtsijarly on o.V at Brrn'nnn't. $ Vnon iffwpr, Sew TorL, and IT Air de VOvera, Paru, ri-wt. ichere emtnne icfio has btzn aisaj-rfc'inlMat-- Itotei fine stand canoltain it. TERMS OF THE DISPATCH. rOITAOE FREE IS Till UNITED STATES. Daily Dispatch, One Tear I C0 D MLT DisrATCH, Per Quarter..... 2 00 Dailt D-srATCII, One Montn , DtlLT DlsrATLH, including Sunday, 1 year.. Daily Dlf patch. Including Sundav, 3 m'ths. D MLY Dispatch, Including Sunday, l m'th.. ECVDAY Dispatch, One Year Weekly Dispatcii, One Year TO 10 00 IV) 90 250 is The Daily Dispatch Is delivered tiy carriers at 15 cents per week, or. Including Sunday Edition, at 53 cents per week. PITTSBURG, SATURDAY, OCT. 3L 1SSL TWELVE PAGES T THE FINAL EVASION. The Ecuate yesterday placed itself upon recordias evading the investigation. By scrnpujouslv limiting the evidence where cver iv could find -a pretext, giving only counsel for the defense a chance to be heard, and finally by suspending the pre Aiously dragged-out proceedings until after the election, that body gives good foundation for expecting that it will then avail itself of the jurisdiction dodge and throw up the whole matter. Cut if any members of that body have an idea that by doing so thev improve the position either of the party or of the ac cused officials, they are grievously mis taken. The public is in possession of evi dence showing that Boyer and McCamant wantonly neglected and betrayed the in terests of the State: and all efforts to dis guise that fact have not hidden a single one of its points. So far as the officials are concerned they are shown to be escap ing exposure and punishment by techni cality and subterfuge. So far as the party is concerned, it is loaded with the burden of a Senate which refuses to act promptly for the stoppage of clear and well proven abuses. By failing to promptly separate the party from the Treasury abuses which could hx e been done two weeks ago on the evidence presented the Senate has loaded the Kepublican ticket with a heavy handicap. It has changed what was last Bummer an absolutely certain campaign, to a slightly doubtful one. As The Dis r.vrciT said yesterday, if Gregg and Mor rison are elected it will be their personal character and the influence of the coming Presidental contest which elect them in despite of the Senate's criminal blunder ing. A GRAVELY MUDDLED MATTER The statement of the Chilean answer to to the Tinted States Government is far from satisfactory. If the reports of the attitude of the Chilean Government which reach tills country are correct, and the communication of the United States Gov ernment lias been properly presented to Chile, mattcis are very nearly reaching the pass -where it will be incumbent on tiie "United States to use stsong language. But the doubt as to the accurate and faithful transmission of the utterances of both sides i unfortunately a grave one. The referenef'to that doubt in the Wash ington telegrams to Tiie Dispatch does not represent the matter as any more vital than it really is. The communications of cur government to Chile are translated and paraphrased by our Minister, and the replies come through the same medium. It is quite easy to see how, if the Minister is prejudiced or has purposes of Ins own to serve, the communications from either side may be so colored as to give oftene, when the genuine documents might pro duce a satisfactory settlement of the dis pute. The doubt on this point raised by Mr. Egan's course during the Chilean civil war is given more food to feed upon when w c read in the Santiago telegrams of a 3fvw York paper that Mr. Egan, on the 2Cth, "formally demanded reparation,' j and "informed the Chilean .Junta that his demand was no informal suggestion that his Government expected some .sort of satisfaction, but was an absolute demaud for an immediate and full explanation of the whole aftair, and reparation fqr in juries inflicted." If Mr. Egan used any such language as is represented, he dis tinctly falsified the tone of the Pres ident's dispatch, which was a moderate and conservative statement, and carefully abstained from anything liKe a demand or an ultimatum. It is easy to see that if our communications to Chile have been .pre sented in that style, they might naturally produce a reply which such a Minister Mje BtfrraJctj. could translate Into the noli me tangere tone summarized in yesterday's news. The proper position for ,the United States to take is plain. If Chile does not disavow the actions of the mob the United States must treat the matter gravely. But it should be sure that the facts are re ported accurately, and that the communi cations on the subject are not colored to suit the individual ideas of the Minister. If any such misrepresentation of the com munications of our Government has been made as reported by the news telegram quoted from, Mr. Egan should be recalled without a moment's delay. THE OUTLOOK FOR TUESDAY. Of all the States to vote on Tuesday the results in Pennsylvania and Ohio will be looked for with most interest Taking the latter first, it is not only the United States but all Europe which will await with deep interest the contest in which McKinley and Campbell figure. Should the Republicans carry Ohio by a handsome majority, as The Dispatch: expects, there w ill be an end of the per nicious free trade will-o'-the-wisp which has been deluding the Democratic party for some years back. The Democrats, with a fair, square verdict against them on this issue in Ohio, will not want to go into another Presidental canvass fighting the protection policy upon which American industries depend. The leaders of the Democracy will at length have grown tired of the exhausting and utterly profit less exercise of butting their heads against the stone wall of popular common sense and every day business experience. They will either keep quiet on the tariff, or be come sound protectionists, as was one of their ablest and wisest leaders, the late Samuel J. Randall. In Pennsylvania it might be supposed that upon the eve of a Presidental cam paign the State, for reasons similar to those above discussed, would give a very pronounced Republican majority. But the situation is quite different from that which exists in Ohio. Here the Democrats begged off on national-issues. They have relied solely on exhibiting the utter unfit ness of the Republican fiscal officers at Harrisburg. TJiis exhibition has been helped along by the Republican Senate first whitewashing the derelict officials, and then coolly evading the functions the extra session. Senator Quay at the last moment has occasioned a temporary diversion of attention from the ugly situa tion of Boyer, McCamant and the Senate to a grievance against himself in the charge that he was a partner with Bards ley. The reaction from that charge may help the Republican party somewhat But, on the -whole, the contest may yet prove close. If the Pennsylvania contest is won by the RepubUcans it will be solely on ac count of faith in the integrity of Gregg andMorrision and because of indisposi tion to give the Democrats anything to crow over in the Presidental campaign. If it is lost, it will be through a want of confidence in the party management so radical as to overcome even the strongest party prejudice. How far this feeling has spread only the return of the votes on Tuesday can tell. THE CONSTRUCTION DODGE. Mr. Sulzberger, of counsel for the Phila delphia magistrates, yesterday further en lightened the Senate on the question of jurisdiction. His argument was superior to that .of bis predecessors, in stating the common objection more succinctly. "Re .member that under the law as set forth in the two proclamations of Governor Pattison, the Governor and two-thirds of the Senate (some SI people in all) can, if in accord, remove some 30,000 officials." The point of this argument is somewhat damaged by the fact that the Governor and two-thirds of the Senate can remove the 30,000 officials just a easily, or more so, under the construction of Messrs. Shapley, Sulzberger et aL, than under the construction of Governor Pattison. It is a good deal simpler to mako a clean sweep of the offices on the assertion that the holders are incompetent than to produce prima facie evidence of actual miicon duct. This fact entirely robs the argu ment of Its force, except upon the general theory of the defense that the Constitu tion is unconstitutional. All disputes about the meaning of Sec tion 4. Article VL, can be solved to any impartial and unprejudiced mind by a reference to the article itself: All officers shall hold their offices on the condition that they behave themselves well while in office, aud shall be removed on con viction of misbehavior in office or any in famous crime. Appointed officers, other than Judges of the Courts of Record and the Superintendent of Public Instruction, may be removed at the pleasure of the power by which they shall ha e been appointed. All officers elected by the people, except Gover nor, Lieutenant Governor, members of the General Assembly and Judges of the Courts of Record learned in the law, shall be re moved by the Governor for reasonable cause, after duo notice and full hearing, on the address of two-thirds of the Senate. Bre are two plain and unmistakeable provisions, dealing, as the opening sen tence shows, with removal either for mis behavior in office, conviction of crime, or reasonable cause. Few can have any doubt of its meaning before their minds are muddled by legal verbiage. And that it is a very salutary provision the pending cases abundantly demonstrate. THE WIRE QUESTION. The report of the commission investigat ing the placiug electric wires underground in the District of Columbia Is a very inter esting and important document It en lightens the whole subject by giving its reasons for coming to several positive conclusions. The gist of the whole mat ter is that overhead wires are a dangerous nuisance; that underground wires are practicable forall classes of electric service, and that the most convincing proof of this statement is that while the electric inter ests of this country have been darkening the subject with their statements of the impossibilities, all kinds of electric wires, from telephone to electric railways, have been successfully placed underground. With this statement of the ca&e it is per mitted for Pittsburg to hope that the day will come when the multiplication of masts on our streets will cease. THE CHINESE ON OATH. The propriety of introducing the Chinese rite of cuttingoff the head of a chickenfor the purpose of giving our Celestial citizens an oath they will consider binding was up in the Criminal Courts yesterday. Judge McClung was of the opinion that the usual method of administering the oath would do for Mongolian as well as Anglo-Saxon, and the chicken slaughter was averted. The only foundation for the resort to that extremely Chinese solemnity in our courts is the plea that the Chinese do not regard our forms of oath as binding, and will therefore testify to anything they please at their own sweet wills if sworn in the Anglo-Saxon manner. But there is an insufficiency of proof that they will not in dulge in the same bland liberty of perjury when the Chinese form is employed: With the honors, or dishonors, thus evenly divided between the two ineffectual adju rations, there is no reason for importing into our judicial customs a heathenish rite, wholly without any relevancy except as it appeals to the- Mongolian supersti tions. The only way to deal with the child-like Mongolian when he gets into court is to let him know that if he swears falsely ho will go to prison. And by way of demon stration it would be convincing to the Chi nese mind to send a few false-swearers of that nationality up for long sentences. THE CONSTITUTION AND LABOR. A prominent labor leader, in giving his reasons for supporting the Constitutional Convention project, is quoted as using the following language: The present corporation laws nllow a number of Arms to combine to refuse sup plies to a member who has granted the de mands of workmen when on a strike. We cannot go nmon: their men to Induce them to quit work. We ask equal rights. Every time labor combines the Judges decide that, under the Constitution, our acts are Illegal. If by a Constitutional Amendment Conven tion we can secure equal privileges under the laws, then let us have the convention. It is worth the experiment, anyhow. Supposing the allegation to. be correct, one or two suggestions are pertinent If there are any such laws as stated in the extract, would not a very much prompter remedy be by repealing or amending the laws than by holding a 300,000 convention which must submit its work to the people, and then, before the changes can be effective, must be supplemented by appro priate legislation? Beyond that 'if the labor leaders cannot get the Legislature to rectify such a monstrous inequality as that, what hope is there in the way the Constitutional Convention is made up, that they can secure a remedy by that process. Aside from its bearing on the questien of the convention, the statement that "the laws allow a number of firms to combine to refuse suppUes to a member who lias granted the demands of workingmen when on a strike," is open to challenge. We can hardly believe there is any such law until we see it It is true employers have in some cases taken such action, but not under authority of law but in wanton defiance of it If there is a court in Penn sylvania which would not hold such a combination as that to be conspiracy, the fault is not with the Constitution of the State but with the apathy of the people in letting the administration of the laws fall into weak, incompetent or subservient hands, and the remedy is to be found at the polls. TnE Dispatch has always been free to recognize that the practical operation of some of the laws makes them fall much more severely on labor than on capital. But the laboring masses should not charge that fault to the Constitution, but to the politicians who have for seventeen years obstinately refused to give that instru ment a fair operation. Accuracy of statement in treating of public matters is important. For that rea son tho New York lYibune is open to criti cism when, in speaking of the talk about breaches of neutrality, it says: "Nothing done by the Americans, either at San Diego or Valparaiso, was so niarkedlv hostile to the Congressional party as the shipment of ti ensure by an English war ship, by which Balmaccda was enabled to buy n fleet in Europe." Carrying off that treasure was a sufficiently remarkable proceeding; but the touch of the imagination given in represent ing it to havo, been used in buying a fleet is rather strong. Tne fact is that tho treasure was taken away just as Balmaceda was tot tering to his fall, and did not nrrivo in England until after the Congressionalists were undisputed masters in Chile. It is tlmo for this country to get the Chilean facta just as they are. The latest news from Emin Pasba is that he has regained his old province, and after defeating the dervishes has re-established himself at Wadelai. He will now probably be permitted to remain there without disturb ance by relief expeditions. The rivalry between Minneapolis and St. Paul, though it echoes may have been heard throughout the land, is not enmity. This is proved by the appointment of a committee of citizens of St. Paul to co-operate with Minneapolis to secure the Repub lican National Convention for tho latter places. Minneapolis is a good deal in one corner for a national convention; but it is pleasant to cite that the rival cities are large-minded enough to see that the ad vantage of one is tho gain of the other. The inquiry of the Philadelphia Inquirer "when the evidence in that investigation will begin to appear," is answered by the action of the Senate. If the Senate could pre vent it the evidence would never appear. A FIREBUG- ol Brooklyn pleads that he ought not to be sent to the penitentiary for the reason that he is the victim of an uncon trollable mania for setting fire to buildings. Possibly; but if there is any better cure for the mania than strict scclnsion In, a peni tentiary for the necessary term of years tho incendiary gentleman had better produce convincing testimonials to that effect. Otherwise he will bo likely to takeaheioic dose of the penitentiary. The American farmer who pays off his indebtedness in this year of prosperity will be smart if he stays out of debt. The farmer out of debt is tho most independent being alive. "Russia's famine must be reaching serious proportions when starving peasants 3re driven to tho desperate resort of hold ing up freight trains," remarks a New York exchange. An advocate of English unde nted might suggest that when the peasants are strong enough to hold up freight trains the famine cannot have reduced them very much. Why transfer the argot of the West ern plains to tue events of the far East? The glut of the sealskin market in Lon don indicates that the overstocked dealers will now create an overwhelming demand for several more clossd seasons. Massachusetts is to vote on a consti tutional amendment abolishing the poll-tax. In the absence of the Pennsylvania plan, by Inch campaign committees purchase poll tax receipts In lound lots, that tax becomes a limitation of the suffrage, and Massachu setts proposes to get rid of it. But is tho Pennsylvania system better in theory or as good in practice? What was the necessity for 'a signal of distress which Kept the United States flag on the old postoflico building flying upside don n all day yesterday? The dread possibilities of the latest change of ownership in the Chicago limes are indicated by the suggestion that Carter Harrison will make it a rival to the New York Jlatl and Express. Let us hope not, however. Carter Is cranky; but it Is an in justice to crankism to" expect it will get down to the dull level of Pharisaical stu pidity. October is now doing splendid work in the line of redeeming a somen hat chequered record. Two of New York's wealthy citizens got in to a fist fight the other day, and, 'the way in which Foitune evens up things is demon strated by tho statement that they did nit light any better than a couple of common laborers. Wealth cannot secure all the joys or life. ' Faction was always the weakness of Ireland and it is more so now than ever. A SERVANT girl of an, eminently valuable variety is Mary Moloney of Red Bank, N. J., who found a burglar in her employer's dining room, collared him, made him give np his booty, and then ejected him from the prem ises. That young woman could get a life position ns help in some of the suburban wards in Pittsburg. SNAP SHOTS IN SEASON. Senator Quay certainly rose to explain when ho talked to The Dispatch reporter in his night gown. Poll evil is epidemic, and will claim nu merous victims next Tuesday. Gold and gold bugs are returning from Europe on the ocean cracks. The campaign liar '11 soon be through Swearing tin is lead and white is blue To anything desired. Revenge is sweet; nnd we all know That when he dies he'll snrely go To grass, and then be fired. Dress reformers should inaugurate their campaign by ordering their sisters to shoot the powder. If Chile doesn't shell out Uncle Samrnay shell in, providing Harrison Is not playing a shell game. We are an improvement on our fore parents. They used to-snuff candles, you know. You have no right to abuse your-mother-in-law if your wife is not a misfit. Beauty is certainly only skin deep after the rougo is rubbed off. The world is but a fleeting show, because it only makes one-night stands. There's more Eganism than Jingoism in the Chilean row, after all. ' If the next Pope is an American there will be no more Papal bulls. In the cold and fog-dim'd morning, When you skip around half dressea, Merely scorn the missing button And your temDor '11 do the rest. Judging from the headgear worn by some women there mnst be a cog loose somewhere in their anatomy. The Spanish-Americans are very polite, and Chile will doubtless apologize. TnE glass eye is not the window of the soul. The New York anti-Tammany organs should not be admitted into the nursery. Tho awful pictorial phasos of the tiger would throw tho little ones into spaspis. , Kerr dealt the last cards and Quay is playing a loan hand. PERTLNENT PERSONALITIES. Cononel Don Piatt is now leading a quiet bucolic life on his Ohio farm. Governor Steele, of Oklahoma, is rather original. He says he resigned because he wanted to. alphosse uaudet, the novelist, IS nearly totally blind. He is also said to be growing feeble. Congressman Outhwaith is very ill with pneumonia contracted while stumping for Governor Campbell. Baron Hirsii is said to be worth S100, 000,000, which he made chiefly out of his con tracts for Duilding Turkish railroads. Dr. W. M, Salmon, of Cambridge, Eng land, was born in 1790, and is the oldest sur geon and general practitioner in tho world. MAX O'Rell, whose proper name is Paul Blouet, is again visiting the United States. He is thinking of taking a trip to Australia nnd India. Secretary Balfour is a violinist and is said to be fond of all kinds of music, but he certainly has no liking for the harp once heard through Tarn's halls. James Stephens, the famous Fenian head center though 70 years old, retains all the lire of youth. Although an indictment for high treason still hangs over his head,be is permitted to reside in Dublin. Ex-Senator James K. Doolittle, of Wisconsin, although 70 yenrs old, is still a busy and active practitioner before tho courts. One of his recent arguments before the Supreme Court of Illinois is described as "masterly." IHE TELEPHONE GD3L MUST GO. A Kansan Invents an Appliance That Dis penses With CentraLOnlces. Chicago, Oct. 30. The Strowger Auto matic Telephone Exchange Company, of Chigago, filed aiticles of incorporation at Springfield to-day, with a capital of $5,000, 000. The object of the company is to intro duce a system of telephone communication which will do nuay with the "central of fice." lfit be successful the telephone girl must go. Almon Strowger, of Eldorado, Kan., is the Inventor and patentee. On the telephone shelf is a row of keys, indicating units, tens, hundreds and thousands, and a release key. The subscriber taps out the desired number on the keyboard, which, registering on an automatic machine, connects the wire of the subscriber with that of the 'phone he de sires to reach. TALK OP THE TIMES. Secretary Blaine is giving the Democrats a great deal of ttoublejust now. Thevwon't be satisfied until he wins the Presidency. Toledo Blade. They won't be satisfied then only silenced. Tho silence of the Democratic papers and stump speakers about "McKinley prices" these aavs is eloquently suggestive. St Louis Globe-Democrat. It is the only eloquent suggestion the papers contain. " A moro absurd thing was never heard of in Bedlam or politics than tho candidacy of Stanford, of California, for President on tho Farmers' Alliance ticket St. Paul Pioneer Press. Stanford don't think so, though. He has had his eye on the Presidental chair for a long time. To carry out his resemblance to Napoleon McKinley should have a desert island to re tire to next week. How would it do to make him Minis'or to Ilayti? Chicago Times. Havtl couldn't havo a better minister, but there will be an office, of more impoitance for the Major to All in Ohio. The trouble with reciprocity with Canada is that Canada seems to have nothing to give the United States by way of recipiocity ex cept pioducts that come into competition with our own. Boston Ttaveller. Tho Cana dians seem to think, however, thap an ex ception should be made in their case. If Campbell carries the State of Ohio, every Democrat of the United States worthy of the namo will thiow his lint at the eternal: stars aud give at least one shout 6f joy that will startle the mourners at the Republican funeral. BaOi Miner. These shouts or joy will have to be deterred for a time. They won't occur next week. The efficient thing to do is for Congress to submit a lottery-prohibiting constitutional amendment to the country and wipe the whole swindling business from tho heart and face of the republic Minneapolis Journal. There are other things that might be legis lated upon for the benefit of the whole country divorce, for lntance. Chicago Ladies xleaten in the Courts. Chicago, Oct. 30. The Supremo Court of Illinois has decided adversely to the Chicago ladies in the women's suffrage case. At Ottawa to-day the motion for leave to file petitions for mandamus was denied on the ground that the petitions did not contain allegations sufficient to warrantthe issuance of a writ. The decision does not touoh the question or the constitutionality or .the re cent State law. CURB AND CORRIDOR. From a Poet Laureate's Library. Mr. R. C. Swartzwelder showed the writer a remarkably interesting volume yesterday. It was one of six volumes of Clarendon's History of the Rebellion the English Rebel lion in which Charles I lost both crown and head belonging to the late JIarshall Swartz welder, Esq. It is of tho edition of 1807, and tho chief value of it lies in the fact that it belonged to Robert Southey, the poet, at tho sale of whose library Mr. Swartzwelder bought it in London. Upon the fly-leaf of volume 1, at the head of tho "pago, in Southey's handwriting is: "Robert Southey, Keswick, 6 August, 1818. On tho lower right-hand corner of tho snme pago is pasted a leaf from the poet's notebook, on which is written 20 lines in an exquisitely delicate vet distinct hand from one of Sonthey's blank verse poems. The handwriting is Sonthey's, and a more characteristic auto graph conld nob bo asked. The ink is black yet: in tho days when tho pen of this poet laureate wrote they made good ink, if some do not think much ot Southey's poetry. Another quaint feature of the volume is its binding, which is common calico, figured with leaves. Southey had a number of books bound this way, and was wout to re fer to them as his calico library. There is a story of how Soutliev obtained the calico for book-binding and it is as odd as the material as a cover for books. Where Is the Humane Society? It is a pity that an agent of tho Humane Society was not on Smithfield street yeste r day about 1:30. At that tinie a wagon loaded with sand and drawn by four horses, of which two were bays, ono black and one white, rolled heavily along the car tracks in front of City Hall. A man rode the off wheol horse and directed the others with his whip. He was a strapping, mnscnl.ir fellow, to . whose begrimed tace a goatee and mous tache lent a fierce air. "The way he used a heavy whip which he ctrried hnrmonized with his air. He beat his horses unneces sarily, and especially tho black, which tugged at the traces beside the one he be strode. An electric carnecessitated his drawing off the traufc about tho middle of tho block be tween Virgin alley and Sixth avenue, but there was not the least need for him to strike tho black horse as he did. Indeed, the driver's brutal and senseless use of the whin caused the team to swerve and broiizht the hind wheels of the wagon in collision with a telegraph pole. There the wagon and horses stuck for two or three minutes, and finally were extricated, thanks rather to the horses' intelligence and strength than to any skill in the driver. When last seen the driver was still flinging tiiQ thong over the luckless black horse's back, though the poor beast appeired to be pulling as hard as any of the team. Prob ably the black got most licks because it was handiest to hit. The namo of the owner was not on the wagon or harness, or it would be given. Cases of ciuelty of this kind are getting very common in city streets. Building Now and to Come. "This lovely weather makes my heart ache," said a contractor yesterday. "If it had not been for that nnhoppv strike this would have been the best fall the building trade of Pittsburg had seen in years. It has been a wondorfully favorable year in my business in other cities where I have not been fettered by labor troubles. The com paratively small number of contracts that have been taken in this neighborhood lately have been at such low flgmes that profit to the contractors is well-nigh out of the question. I prefer to take a rest this montn and for many months to come in this field, rather than to lose money. Next year, I expect if employers and labor will only pull together, more business than builders can take care of. Activity cannot be looked for till next spring in the building line", but when it does come there will be no doubt about it." An Old Time Country Editor. Michael Weynnd, editor of the Beaver Times, was in town yesterday. Since the deaths of Uncle Jake Zeigler, of Butler, and John M. Laird, of Grcensburg, Mr. Weyand is tho oldest editor in continuous service in the State, if not in the country. He hasbcen in the business for 5J years, his apprenticeship being served on the New Castle Intelligencer, and away back in the '30s. Although having lived beyond the allotea period of three scoi e years and ten, ho, to all appearance, has discovered some sort of a Fountain of Youth down in tne "State of Beaver." He is as chipper as a bird and just as blithe. The vetecan editor is a gieat friend of SenatorQiiay's.ond thinks ho erred in bringing tho suits for libel beforo election day. If the heretofore silent gentleman would have advised with Mr. Weynnd tho latter would have said to him, "Don't do it." In all tho half century in which he has been connected with newspaper work in some ca pacity ho has never had a libel suit, but a hundred times at least lawyers have waited on him; threats have been made against him by irato readers and others, but the libel suits never got into court. Thero aio only three citizens living in Beaver who were residents or the village when Editor Weynnd went-there and established the Argus,a.mons them being ex-Chief Justice Agnew. GUESSING AT RESULTS. Even the kite-shaped track would not give the race to Governor Campbell next Tues day. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. As election day approaches we tremblo when we think of the number of cranks prohibition and other there aro in Iowa. LeadnUe V'orld. Tin: Tammany papers say "tho vote in New Xork will be more than 175,000 greater than last year." They are determined in advance to give plenty of leeway. Chicago Inter-Ocean. Preskst appearances are that the Repub licans will have everything their own way on the State ticket, and will havo a large majority in the General Assembly. Cincin nati Commercial Gazette. The legislative situation can be almost summed up in this sentence: With Hamil ton county the General Assembly cannot fail to be Republican, and unless all signs fail Hamilton county is certain to be Repub lican this year. Cleveland Leader. Tammaky Hall is beaten, and knows that it is beaten. It loalizcsthatau honest count of honest votes will elect Mr. Fassett Gov ernor. Tho news which has reached Croker and his lieutenants convinces them that Flower is doomed, that tho State is bound to go Republican in November by a substan tial majority. yeio York Tribune. Betting never proves anything in an argu ment, but it is a rather interesting thing to watch. Thero is a good 'deal of betting in New York this week, and Flower has the call at 5 to 4. The quotations on Ohio are at even money. Chicago money has been sent East to back Flower, the theory being that the World's Fair argument will beat Fas" sett. Kansas City Star. Raisins Coining East by Train Loads. FitKSxo, Cal., Oct. 30. About 653 carloadB of raisins have so far gone East this season. The shipments aie now averaging a train load of 20 cars each a day. The present estimates aro that the total shipments for this season will be about 150 carloads more than last year. DEATH S HERE AND ELSEWHERE. Solomon E. Bickart. Solomon E. Bickart, an old and well known resident orPlttsburg. died at 3 o'clock yes tefcay afternoon, at his home. No. 435 Fifth av enue. He would have been 73 years old to-day. He has been living In this city oter 30 years. He was stricken with apoplexy four mouths ao, and again on last Monday. He was fa vorahlj-Known and highly respected by a host of rriends, and leaves many relatives in both cities. Obituary Notes. PnoF. Thomas B. EVAXS. Dean or the Balti more School of Medicine and a prominent physi cian of that city, died yesterday. CHAitLKS E. Laxe, who died in Boston recently aged 43, was a manager or note 10 or 13 ears ago. He was one of the on ners of the old Ford & New comb minstrels, and had managed various dramatic troupes In the Eastern States. Gaspab Villate, the bpanlsh composer, died recently in Paris aged 63. Ills Orst opera, "Zllla," was sung In that city In 1877, with Tamberlik, the famous tenor, la the cast. "La Tzarlue." "Bal thazar" and other forgotten -works are credited to Villatc. JIBS. MAr.Y Gkeene, wire of the. late M. M. Greene. President .of the Columbus. Hocking Valley and Toledo Railroad, and mother of W. M. Greene, late General Manager of the Big Four Rillroad, died Thursday night at Columbus, aged W years. , Gilbert A Beckett, the London writer, died suddenly several days ago. He was a comic jour nalist or note, and was chiefly known lu theatrical circles as co-writer, with W. S. Gilbert, of the travesty "the Happy L,and." He also wrote the lyrics In "La Clgaie." John Badger Clarke died Thursday afternoon of rheumatism of the heart, aged 71 years. In 1852 he purchased the Daily Mirror, continuing as Its proprietor until his death. He had owned the Dorse captain McGowan, whose record of lOmlles ln8:25 still leads the world. No man In New Hampshire had owned so many valuable horses. BOOKS, THE BENEFICIARY: Living Reprodnctions of Great Paintings for Benefit of Amateur Art Association Library TVeddings at and Away From Home Social Gossip of a City. The young women of the School of De sign are arrangiug for an elaborate enter tainment, to be given about December L This entertainment, in the nature of tab leaux, is to bo in keeping with their artistic tastes. Twelve tableaux will' be arranged, representing 12 paint ings, by as many great masteis, with no detail omitted, tl.at is necessary to make as exact a reproduction as is possible. A committee has been appointed from the Amateur Artists' Association, under whose nuspices tho tableaux will be given, and for whose library the money realized is intended. Miss Lottie Ford is chairman, and associated with her are: Mis Lydle Grev, Miss Snllie Kcenan, Miss I). Mitchell and Miss Margaret Farrell. Mrs. Harry McCoy will be a sort of auxilliary committee of one, to whom all difficulties which the committee find it impossible to cope with are to be ptesented. There will-be pantomimes also, and singing, all of which it, promised to be very novel and pretty. The association possesses tho foundation of a capital library, the scope of which they seek to make moie expansive. A great many outside people are interested in the project, which, there fore, will not lail for want of friends. Tho complete list of tableaux, subject, of couise, to variation, elimination or ad dition, is as follow: "The Last Toilette of Charlotte Corday," by Ward, the Royal Academician; "Fast, Present and F'lture," "Grecian Game of Roses," "Walk in the Terrace," "The Gleaner," "The Water Car rier." This is a typical Henner, with the familiar red gold hair, and startling, palo face, only to be found m his idealized model. As the painting is a bust, the effect will be produced by the use of an easel. There are two girls In the School of Design whom nature has endowned with a some what similar typo or beauty, and either of these will tako the part. The remaining tableaux are: "One Too Many," "The Lady of the Lake the Harper and Ellen" and "Finuing a Pose." Miss Hamilton will intro duce a dance with a lot of little children, called the "Dance of the Fairies." 'The Souvenir programmes, painted by a nnmber ui tue cieveresc pupns, are promiseu to u very pretty. If the clnb theater is not ready by.Dcccmber 1, the tableaux either will be postponed for its opening until De cember 16, or given somewhere else. Miss Edith Darlington that was, Mrs. Samuel Amnion, that is, will be rather surprised at what a New York paper had to say of Uuyasuta. The veracious chroniclo asserts, what is quite true, that the Darling ton family is one of the oldest in this part of the country. But ho invades the (to him) unknown region of American history, by adding that the house dutes back to colonial days. The fact is that the present manor house is not more than GO years old. In the colonial days, when witches wero bnrning at Saldm, Guyasuta, so far as the Darling ton's or any other white people are con. cerned, was an undiscovered legion. Tho Indian Guyasuta, from whom Mrs. Amnion's girlhood home took its namo, lived about a hundred yenrs prior to -the present time. His grave, or what legend descibes as snch, is still pointed out, at a spot about five minutes walk from the house. The new Church of the Covenant on El mer street, requires to be furnished, and, therefore, there will be a bazaar to this end November 12 and 13. It will be under the patronage of the Ladies' Aid Society of the Presbyterian Sanctuary, and the pastor. Rev. S. R. Gordon, has courteously per mitted the use of his houe. A great deal of work is being done toward' producing a fair worth attending. Tho complete list of offi cers ana committees is: jirs. Huntington, President: Mrs. Moss. Vice President; Mrs. Steytler, Treasurer; Mrs. Waddell, Secre tary. Fruit Committee Mrs. Thompson, Chairman; aides. Mrs, sulielv, Mrs. Dewsnapp, Mrs. Agnew and Mrs. Wlghtman. Art Table Mrs. Stecn. Chairman; aides, Jflss Snively, Miss Agnew, MUs Thompson, Miss Wlzhtman and Mis Annie WlRhtman. Fancy AVork Table Mrs. Fulton. Chairman: aides. Mrs. KuiHey, Mrs. bhields, Mrs. Ktes and Mrs. Klnst. DoU Table Mrs. "Waddell. Chairman; aides, 3Irs. Moss, Mr.. Graham and Mis Reed. Candy Table Mrs. Huntington, Chairman: aides. Mrs. HipDey. Miss Itafist, MUs Seymour. JIIss Tay lor and Miss Richmond. , Supper Room Mrs. Murray, Chairman: aides, Mrs. Gordon. Mrs. Cromllsh. Mrs. Shields, Mrs. Richmond. Mrs. Hoffman and Miss Wilson. Loan Art Exhibition Mrs. iteytler, assisted by Mrs. Van Hook. The dinner given by Dr. 3nd Mrs. J. D. Thomas, of SouthTbiiteenth street.m honor of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Stean on Thursday, was followed by an afternoon tea yesterday. Mrs. T. D. Chantler, or Oakland, Mrs. Stean's sister, was tho hostess, and her unmarried sister, Miss Katherine Thomas, assisted in receiving. About 150 ladies were present. At the dinner the evening before the guests were: Mr. and Miss McCance.Miss Katherine Thomas, Edw. A. Spencer. Dr. and 3Irs. Thomas Hazzard. Mr. and Mrs. T. D. Chant ler and Mr. aud Mrs. Hartley. Ajsmall the ater party to the Alvm this evening con cludes the social attentions which have been showered upon Mr. Strean and his bride since their honeymoon. They will leave on Monday evenr lor Kansas City. The most interesting event of the sason in the social circles of Westminster College was the reception ' and banquet given last evening by the Adelphia Literary Society to I. M. McKinney, of Spokane. Wash , a former member of the society, and an allumnus bt the college. The reception was held in the handsomely furnished halls of the society, and the banquet served in the mathematics room of the college. More than CO young men and ladies indulged in the usual iescivmes oi a wen oruereu reception and banquet. At the close of the six courses short and appropriate responses were given by different members of the party, as toasted by the master ot ceremonies. Social Chatter. Miss Clara J. Liggett, formerly of this city, was married in tho Tabernacle Presby terian Church, at Philadelphia, on Wednos dav, to Lieutenant Thomas B. Lamoreaux, U.S.A. The bride has numerous relatives and rriends this city, being a member or one or Pittsburg's oldest lamilics. Tho wedding was an elaborate affair. Mr. and Mrs. Lamoreaux will reside at Pensacola, Fla., where the groom is stationed. The Just For Fun Club, of the Southsido, better known as the J. F. F. Club, presented the General W. T. Sherman Ladies Circle, ot the G. A. R., with a large and handsome silk ring last evening. Col. W. D.Moore made the speech. This was responded to in behalf of the ladies by Dr. J. Milton Duff. After this a short entertainment was given, followed bv an elegant supper, and the affair was wound up by a dance. A PATiTr of Pittsburger9 will leave for Washington, D. C, next week to attend Miss Meade's wedding, in St. John's Episcopal Church, at noon on Friday. Miss Meade, as was announced earlier iu this column, will marry a rormor 1'ittsburger, George Breed. TnE summer sketching at the School of Design will be displayed next Thursday, w hen the Amateur Artists' Association holds its November meeting. Some plans or an in teresting nature for the winter months will be uisuusseu. Mrs. Albert Horne has issued invitations for a reception next Wednesday afternoon from 3 to 5. Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Latiuer, of Hazelwood, received their friends last nUht. A RECErnoN was given last night by Jliss Alice Berger, of Mcyran avenue, e To-night Mrs. W. A, Boles, of Howe street, ntertainS. AIE AND HIGH SPEED An Important Factor to De Considered by the Inventors. Philadelphia Public Ledger. Tho resistance of tho air against a moving object is rarely taken into consideration, but is often an important factor when power is used to produce high speed. It may be .couie important in the case or Mr. Edison's now motor if this should realize all the in ventor now looks forward to. A hurricane rarely, if ever, blows at a greater speed than 90 miles an hour, and often does not exceed 60 or 70, yet produces disastrous effects on fixed objects. The result, of course, is the tame, whether the object or tho wind is moving, and it would be hard to predict tho effect of a speed or 200 miles an hour on al most any construction or wood or iion. Yet Mr. Edison is leportedto have stated that his new motor "will carry a train at 100 or 201 miles an hour, while it strains a locomo tive to cover tO miles an hour." As a matter or fact it is probably impossi ble to force any existing locomotive at that speed agaiust a strong head wind. If Mr. Edison, is correctly reported, w e aro likely to have a demonstration of how this motor is to bo overcome, since it is stated that a road 13 to be equipped at once with the new motor, to run between Chicago and Mil waukee, to run at tho schedule speed of 100 miles an hour. The system is not definitely described, except that the electrical press ure used will be low, and that the current will be carried by a central rail. ' OUR MAIL POUCH. Ingalls Versus Jefferson. To the Editor of Tho Dispatch: In the course of a lecture delivered in Boston by ex-Senator Ingalh on the evening, of October 19. Among tho "bright thing3" that the "iridescent" speaker is reported to have uttered, is tho following hit at the author of tho Declaration of Independence and the great father of American De mocracy: "AH men are not created free and equal, Thomas Jefferson to tho contrary notwith standing. Tho differences between menaro fundamental. Thomas Jefferson is to blamo for a great deal of misinformation on tho subject or tho equality of man. When ho wrote in the Dcc'aration of Independence that "all men were created free and equal," 1 presume he didnotintendtobeunderstood as saying that I am the equal, physically, of vonr distinguished fellow-citizen, John L. Sullivan. "He didn't mean lnnmllv that Jack the Ripper wns the eqnnl of Bishop Brooks. Ho didn't mean that the lowest in intellectual life of your people wa tho equal to this giant of intelligence, General IS. F. Butler, who introduced mo this evening. "If Thomas Jefferson did mean that, all I have to say he mistook his vocation, and, instead of writlug declarations of indepen dence for a livinsr, ho ouzlit to havo gone into journalism. He wonld have fonnd con genial occupation in wrltinz bulletins abont Blaine's 'health for tho New York newi pnpers." The exceeding brightness of this allusicfti to the great author or the Declara tion, is marred by the fact that Thomas Jefferson did not say and tliat great docu ment does not say what Mr. Ingalls alleges to have been said. It is amazing that anyone of tho standing of this retired Senator of the Grasshopper State should stand np in the verv shadow of historic Blinker Hill, before a Boston audi ence, and delibeiately misquote theDeclara tion of American Indepenoence. Still worse is it to wrench with violence a proposition from both its antecedent and consequent for the manliest purpose of arming it w ith a false corollary. The Declaration does not affirm that "All men are created free and equal." Mr. Ingallsto the contrary notwith standing. That it may be fully understood juit what the declaration does say, and what the relation of themisqnoted passage is to its modifying clauses, the entire passage maybe quoted, which is done Irom a fac simile copy or the original draft of the great instrument: "Wo hold those truths to bo self-evident, that all men are created equal (not free and equal), that they are endowed by their Cre ator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness." And then, how is being "created eqnal" defined? Equal, in being "endowed bv their Creator." with what? "Certain in alienable rights." Eqnal In certain rights. And what is tlienaturo or scope of these rights? "Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness." Even if that "pursuit of happi ness" should consist in exacting usurious in terest from mortgage ridden Kansas farm ers, or in standing up and declaring that the "Decalogue has no place iu American poli tics!" Equality. Mr. Inenll?. in certain specifically mentioned rights. But the "irri descent" and likewise efflorescent ex-Senator, finds that "Thomas Jefferson is to blame for a great deal of misinformation on the subject of the equality of man." Yes, in the same sense that a man that raises a fine horse is to blame that a thief comes to steal flic animal, or, in the same sense, that Jehovah is to blame for handing the Decalogue to Moses, amid the thunders of Sinai, and which this gifted ex-statesman has found to be an inconvenient and per plexing quantity in American politics. Mr. Jefferson is in no sense to blame if men, to gain a. reputation of "iridescence," euervcsccnce anu cniorescence, not only misquote his declaration, but as if with a malice ripe for tho sickle, forco on it illog- ical, misleading and absolutely falso con structions. No weightier, grander, juster declaration was over uttered by mortal man! No won der that it rang out like an alarm bell at night; that by it thrones were shaken; that alftho earth caught something of the re frain, that it was lelt in valley and on hill top, in hut and in palace, under the clear sky and in dungeons, for its Import was: "Behold, I bring you tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people." Long years hence thoso words will be repeated by those "whose lips are yet clay and whose'voices are dnmb," when 3Ir. Ingalls shall be the recipient of the generous hospitality of a kindly disposed and not altogether unde served oblivion. N. Wampum, Pa., October 29, 189L TRADE IN TITLES. They Can Be Pnrchasod in Germany for a Very Small Sain. New York Advertiser. Herr Manche, an ex-ofllcial in Berlin Is charged with having procured fora manu facturer named Thomas, a title which he sold to him for the ridiculously low price of 5,000 marks, or about 20S. But in addition HerrJIanche received 30,000 marks, "to bo distributed in various charities," which Hcrr Manche no doubt devoted to that charity which proverbially "begins at home." The commercial transaction In titles of coarse recalls the similar trade which the French President's English son-in-law drove in disposing of decorations of tho Legion of Honor at cheap rates. This decoration has become so common, legiti mately, that tliisTrencn artist, author, edi tor, or officer in any grade of public service who does not wear the little led ribbon is actually ,-di3tlnRushed" by its absence. But the amazing cheapness of German titles In the Manche market, as compared with the enormous prices paid by some Americans in purchasing such luxuries for their daughters, may well excite attention, particularly the attention of those who are still contiibuting to the support of the titled gentlemen they bought, and are even paying their gamoimg uents. as lor am bitious Americans who want a title for themselves, it need not cost them a cent. All they need to do is to follow the example of tho late Count Johannes, or the not as early as he misht have been in toino mat ters, the Marquis de Leuville, and simply as sume a title. ENGLAND IS WORRIED. She Looks With Disfavor Upon American Demands Upon Chile. New York Press. England is evidently worried about the determined siand taken by the United States Government in the matter of the Chilean assassination of American sailors and insult to the American flag. Tho En glish newspapers, with but ono exception, the London Post, assume that the murder of two American sailors, the probably fatal wounding of several others and tho un justifiable imprisonment of from 30 to 40 more, was "a mere street brawl," for which President Harrison has no right to demand apology nnd reparation. The Lon don Times is simply impudent in its tone, and assumes to be barcastic at theexpenso or tho Amprican people. The London Post, in maiked contrast to its cotemporaries, has the lairuess to sav that "the recent events, ir they happened between two Emopean S'atcs, would have resulted in war ituin 24 hours, unless amplo repara tion wns Tnnrln " The causo of English anxiety is easy to understand. No country would be quicker than Great Britain in demanding an ac count of the lives or her sailors, slain as the American sailors woro slain in Valparaiso, But England controls the greater share or the rorcign trade of Chile. It is immensely profitable to her, and sho has no desire to see her interests uisturbed. England knows that the result or war between the United States and Chile would be to inspire the South Americans with a wholesome respect lor the United States at the expenso or British influence. All thi makes English men look with disfavor upon any prospect or a. conflict. AZTEC EUINS IN ILLINOIS. A Vel!-Bailt Stone Roadway Pound "Workmen Slakinc; Excavations. by Ottawa, 111., Oct. 30. Evidences of the occupancy of the Illinois river valley by an ancient race of some culture were uncovered at Marseilles, eight milles east of Ottawa, this morning. While workmen wero exca vating for new gates just nbove the Marseil les dam.tbey discovered what appeared to bo a stone roadway. Futher excavation disclosed some 50 feet of a wcll-matlo roadway of slabs of stone, each stone being some 12 lect long, from ono to three feet wido and over two ' inches in thickness, with a break here and there filled In with coblestones, which were also laid in regular courses. The road it is thought, was built by the Aztecs or the Tezcunons, who wore driven Irom this region by the Indians. Good Roads Fay In the End. Toledo Blade. Thanks to tho good work on the part of the Commissioners of this county, Lucas county will have this fall, at the beginning of the bad season, better roads than ever. Good roads cost a little extra at first, but more than repay the farmers before the season is over. CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS. There are only 68 paper mills in Scot land, but there are Hi) in Germany. October is the month in which most of the insects perish. Only a few survive tho chilly dawns and sunsets. An Ohio woman has a pair ot pink stockings which she says wero worn by Queen Elizaboth of England. A Swedish gentleman wears a watch chain made from one of his own ribs, taken from his body by a surgical operation. Kentucky is just now boasting of.a well, the "clear, limpid, drinkable waters of which are as inflammable as naphtha." A wealthy man in California has re cently torn down several costly houses in order to convert his lands Into wheat fields. Roses bloom every day in the year in California. Near naywnrd there is a rose bush that covers nearly half an aero of ground. A Connecticut farmer recently found a package of 1C0 $1,000 bills. Imagine his dis appointment when ne found that they wertt counterfeit. Sir John Lubbock kept ants in captivity for eight years, or even more, but even antj, in a state of nature, reach probably a" mncli less venerable age. There are 161 important stjam naviga tion companies in the world, of which tho English own 64, the French 35 and the Ger mans 12. In the United States there are 15. There were in the United States in tho census year 595 farms, with a total of 169,831 acres, devoted exclusively to seed growing, of which 96, 567 were reported as producing; seeds. Astronomers say a shot fired on tha equator of Jnpiter would travel at a rotary motion with a speod 46 times greater than that of a cannon ball flred at the earth's equator. Ice 1J4 inches thick will support a man, 4 Inches thick will support cavalry, 5 inches thick an 84-pound cannon, 10 inches thick will support a multitude, and IS inchcs'thicic will support a railroad train. On the eastern frontier of the "Dark Continent coal is so plentiful that by lift ing a shovelful of clay off any particular spot it may be reached. But there is no means of transporting it to market. The number of officers on the permanent establishment of the po3toflice in England is 63,868, of whom 8 877 are women; nnd abont 54,000 other persons are employed more or less on postofiice work, of whom about 16,000 are women. A novel method of fishing 13 being car ried on at San Diego. Incandescent electric lights are lowered into the water at night" nnd a large net is placed below them? Tho fish are attracted bv the glarei and aro plainly visible. When sufficiently full tho nets aro hauled np and the catches aretsald. to be enormous. All somnambulists should adopt the plan of a Dundee (N. Y.) sleepwalker, if they wish to avoid a disastrous ending to their nocturnal travels. The Dundee man keeps a treadmill beside his bed, where ho will step on it the minnto he gets up. He can then walk in his sleep all night without be ing in danger of tumbling down a welLor OUT a roof. When the atmosphere contains 85 per cent or moisture it is saturated; the amount of humidity is calculated on tho 85 percent scale, so that when we are told there is 75 per cent of hnmidlty It does not mean that the atmosphere is only ten pointsaway from saturated, but that it contains 75-per cent of the 85 per cent of humidity necessary to saturate it. The centenary of the panorama occur3 in 1892. A young Edihboro painter named Barker was thrown into prison by his creditors. From the way in which a light from a hole in the coiling struck tho walls he evolved the idea or tho panorama. Tho first circular panorama exhibited in 179J in London represented the British fleet at anchor off Portsmouth. The Argentine Republic contains many large baronial estates owned by wealthy planters and cattlemen. One of the largest of them all, situated CO miles from Buenos Avers, is owned by an American named. Pierson, who acqnired it through marriage. The estate embraces 200,000 acres and it is a day's journey to ride across it. The distance from the entrance or the proDerty to tho mansion i3 nino leagues. Of the Tonkawas only 78-reirjaln io iicA gotiato with the Cherokee Commission". They occupy the reservation set apart for the Noz Perees, having heen moved thero when the latter tribe went to Idaho. Item braces 90,700 acres, of which about 7,500 acres will be reqnired for allotments. The rest will be available for homesteads. The comi mission is now on the reservation, and will soon negotiate with the Poncas, Oknes, and. Pawnees. The characteristic curiosity of a woman at Sedalia, Ma, indnced her to conceal her self on tho roof of a building dnring tho session of a secret order to observo an initiation through the skylight. She be trayed herselt by an unlucky sneeze, but . escaped over the adjoining roofs. Tho Knights or Pythias, United Workmen and Masons use the same hall, and the opinion prevails that the woman is well np in tha mysteries of these societies. lany German engineers-prefermasonry to iron for bridges, and they have revived tho practice of building masonry bridges with lead joints at the key and points oC rupture near the spring lines. The Romans used sheets of lead between cnt stones, and in bridges bnllt in England in 1833 bands of lead were plnced in the joints for two-thirds of the distance above the springing line. The use of lead is for maintaining tho proper interval of joint and for uniformly distributing the pressures. A. missionary who has just returned to England from .Central Africa says English ladTes have gone to Tanganyika with tho most inadequate notions of tho sort of exis tence they must lead there. He says they are fairly dismayed when, the truth at last dawns upon them, that they must do with out afternoon teas, that they cannot amuso themselves in society, and that they must cat their breakfast without tno morning newspaper. Some American missionaries have gone to Africa without the slightest notion apparently that a good deal of that land is not regarded as very salubrious. JOKELETS FR03I JUDGE. Dodgcworth (after a violent waltz) How do yon like my dancing? Bella Donough It reminds me of that of the patron saint of the art. Dodgcworth Who's that Terpsichore? Bella Donough No. fat. Vitus. Smitbson WJiy has Dillard withdrawn his suit agninst his wife ror a divorce? Farrar I think his lawyer told him he couldn't get alimony. XiOoke not this eve over thye shoulder For thye errant lover, my swecte. Before ) e worlde's manle sighs older Thye lover will be at thye ftcte. Primus How do you like my translation or the Iliad? Secundus Well. sir. yon have removed the lm- preoolon that Homer sometimes nods Primus Ob. thank yon Secundus According to your version he seems to do so habitually. Mrs. Buhenstein Yon know dot diamonS ring you germe lasd New Year's. Sol? Mr. Rubenstf In Yase. Mrs. Rubenstcin Vich you rudder hef dotfer gollar-shdud, or a new necgktlc? - Mr. Rubenstein-VeU, I dinks I take der-er necgktlc. "Have you ever read The Last of tha Mohicans." Mrs. Boodlerox?" asked the young -man who had beenmaklng himself agreeable. "No," she replied in a toneofaflableeonfldence; ' "I must conress tliatl haven't read any orthem." For me she's ceased to care a rap: " One day ber fate she'll meet Some slim Brown-fonesy sort of chap With long, anesthetic feet. And then shc'U smile no more on me. But he wlU smi!e on her sT And all because I chinced to be ,:"?'' A Delsarte amateur. " " , Lady I can only pay 53 50. '-' , Applicant An' snure. Ot wouldn't worruck fer no one far less thin t. May Oi ask yez wot manes tnlm plcturs oop there? .., Lady Certainly. This Is the postman: this Is tha officer on this beat; this Is the boy that brings tha , groceries: this Is the butcher, and this is Applicant Say no more, mum. Ol'll tako.th' place. . 4 Primus T dined at the Hewtons yester day, and certainly their home seemed to be a' very? happy one. j. ? Secundus Why, how is that? They are a child-if lesscouplcaren'tthey? : Primus Yes, bnt whooping cough and'iaeatlesi are playing havoc with their neighbor's chlldrsa Just now. - j
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