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TWELVE PAGES
AHi: THKY YI.T CONVINCED?
Tuesday's election should he full of
vihfleome significance fertile Democrats.
There was a time -when the Democratic
organization was derisively charged with
bciiiR unable to learn or forget. The
truth is, however, the Democratic leaders
have been compelled to learn a good deal
flurintr the past twenty-five years. Tint
period lias been full of instruction for
them in the folly of chasing false lights.
Even if ut times' they are slow pupils, the
elections just clo-ed must surelv have an
intelligent meaning lor some of them on
thrir relations to the business sense and
the business interests of the country.
A year ago they were wild over the as
sumption that the people had gone back
on protection. They had carried the Con
gressional fight; and they jumped at once
to the conclusion that it was all because
of the McKinley bill. They failed utterly
to take into account that great numbers
of Republicans were opposed to the ex
travagance of the Congress whose term
was then expiring, and that many others
-were then out of sympathy with the revo
lutionary tactics of Speaker Reed and his
followers in attempting to rush through
the Force bill. Ex-Presid-nt Cleveland,
Carlisle. Mills. "Watterson, and the other
inspired prophets of ths beauty of culti
vating an American market for foreign
manufacturers set the whole results of a
year ago down to the credit of their own
"ism," anti-protection.
This year, with abounding confidence"
they made the isue against the tariff in
the State of Ohio. They had as their can
didate a man with a clean record and of
magnetic personality, who had already
once been elected Governor of Ohio. If
McKinley had been defeated his defeat
would have been heralded everywhere as
a distinctive ard crushing blow to protec
tion. But McKinley is elected, and the
Democratic leaders are served with fair
notice of what will happen nextyear on a
national scale if they insist on making
anti-protection the keynote of their Presi
ciental campaign.
The result in Pennsylvania is almost as
instnl '-tive as in Ohio. Even the malfc a;
ancrst'f Republican officials and the whito
'washing act of the Republicans in the
Senate could not induce a majority of
Pennsylvania voters to give encourage
ment to the Democracy so long as it might
be construed as a toleration of that party's
attitude a-jainst the tariff.
It is of no use for Mr. Cleveland to try
to solace himself, as he did yesterday, by
pointing to New "Fork, Massachusetts or
Iowa. Notoriously these States voted
mainly according to local issues. Their
record will afford no encouragement if tho
party is going into a Presideutal contest
against the tariff. To sum up, the two
bittles on the tariff alone as a distinct
issue have both been lost by Democrats,
viz: That which Cleveland invited in "88,
and the one this week ending in victory
for McKinley in Ohio. It will be the
height of conceit on the part of ex-President
Cleveland, Mills and Carlisle, if they
insii-t on thrusting their tariff reform again
as an issue upon the Democrats whom it
has twice borne down disastrously. But it
will argue astounding ignorance and weak
ness on the part of the Democratic organi
zation itself it it submit any longer to be
so cheaply deluded by any leaders.
NO CONSTrrUTIONAL CONVENTION.
A report was sent out yesterday that
Philadelphia had gone heavily for the
Constitutional Convention scheme, and
for a little while fears were expressed that
the light vote and general indifference
might have carried the measure. It was
finally discovered that the wire had re
versed the figures, and that the Quaker
City had given 6o,000 majority in favor of
the present fundamental law. This re
moved the last element of doubt in regard
to the result.
The people of the State have rebuked
the meddlers in the most emphatic man
ner, and there is no probability of such a
plan being again proposed for some time.
This does not mean, of course, that the
Constitution is not open to amendment,
but the changes must be made and ratified
as provided,in that instrument itself, and
each proposition stand on its individual
merits.
THE USUAL METHOD.
A striking and instructive article ap
peared in Monday's New xork Tribune.
It is presented as a sort of finishing touch
to the campaign, being a condensed dis
quisition on the manner in which Mr. R.
P. Flower increases his large fortune.
Summed up, it amounts to giving in
stances, in two of which Mr. Flower is al
leged to have boughkup corporate proper
ties cheap and owned them until he could
unload them on the public at four times
their present value; and in a third case he
gobbled a valuable property for a song by
reason of the financial strait of the previ
ous owner. Consequently the Tribune
asks, with regard to Mr. flower's gifts to
charity, "Whose money has he been giving
away?"
It is by no means incredible that Mr.
Flower's fortune has been enhanSed, if
not built up, hv just such means as this;
but the remaika'ile feature of the article
is to find the 1 rtbune reproving it For it
is by just such operations as those out
lined in the attack on Mr. Flower,'
or by the kindred arts of stock-watering,
construction company contracts,
or preferential notes, that the' great
railway fortunes are expanded.
The man who lias not increased his for
tune by using a position on .the inside of
corporate management for that end would
be very lonely in Wall street Therefore
the surprising point is to find the Tribune,
supposed to have a very soft side for
Wall street capitalists, attacking it with
such vigor.
The attack also goes to the extent of in
timating that the money gained by such
means does not belong to the. holder. That
may be so in a strictly moral sense ; but a
practical enforcement" of the rule would
work havoc among the millions which
adorn New York society. We should re
gard it as an ideal effort for the Tribune
to persuade Messrs. Gould,-Stanford,
Huntington, Sage, Rockefeller and man j
others to give up the money they have in
their hands belonging, by this rule, to
some one else. We fear that such an ef
fort would be foredoomed to failure.
Or will the Tribune maintain tliat these
are practices only to be exposed and de
nounced when the millionaire, by reason
of his inside position in corporate manage
ment, has the bad taste to become a Demo
cratic candidate?
THE PEOPLE'S AFFAIR.
The reassembling of the Senate and the
determination of its course with regard to
the Treasury management will give point
to the remarkable theory of democratic
government propounded by a party organ
just prior to the election. It was to in
form the people that they have "absolutely
nothing to do" with the questions before
the Senate. "This is a matter," declares
the organ, "that rests properly with the
members of the Senate and with them
alone."
There has been more than a little prac
tical enforcement of this theory in State
matters, and it "has not worked well. It
might be well supposed that all the deal
ings between McCamant, Livesy, Boyer
and Bardsley, to" say nothing of prior
Treasury administration so sacredly
guarded by the Senate, were based on the
idea that tne people had nothing to do
with them. It rested with the Treasury
officials and with them alone. It might
rest with them so long as they discharged
their duties honestly and efficiently, just
a the present duty rests with tho Senate
if it can do its duty impartially
and fearlessly. But when, the State funds
are made the material for favoritism and
the consequent loss is told by numerous
hundreds of thousands, or when in deal
ing with such A case the Senate develops
its resources of evasion or whitewash, the
people will be very likely to make up
their minds that they have something
to do with it.
No political system has yet been devised
which is not subject to the ultimate con
trol of the fact stated by President Lin
coln, that thU is a government by the peo
ple and for the peopte. The organs may
forget this, but party managers cannot
afford to. They may temporarily assume
that the people have nothing to do with
the question whether official misconduct
shall be restrained, but if they act on that
principle they will find out that the peo
ple have a radically different view of the
subject
prrrsBTJBG's special battle.
Pittsburg and for that matter all West
ern Pennsylvania was profoundly inter
ested in the tariff fight in Ohio. It was
Pittsburg's especial battle which was being
fought on Ohio grouud, a fact of which
Tne Dispatch took early and useful cog
nizance. Every move in that eanvasa was
watched with as great concern in this city
as if the scene of conflict were here in
place of across the State line.
Everybody interested in Western Penn
sylvania industries can take the result as a
sure indication that the McKinley bill will
stand. There need be no feat of early
tariff tinkering to check our home enter
prises. IMPROVEMENT OB MIGRATION.
Considering recent revelations as to the
sort of government which exists in Alle
gheny City it is no great wonder that the
people over there refused to vote the priv
ilege of spending a million dollars ox so for
special work into the hands of the present
office-holders. The first great improve
ment which Allegheny needs is to prevent
official breaches of trust in the administra
tion of its affairs. That is even more im
portant just now than getting more elec
tric lighting, street paving, water or sew
age. But no city can permanently stay in
darkness of in mud and retain its popula
tion. The Alleghe'nians may well be ex
cused from taking up a heavy financial
burden until they get through with the in
vestigation of the scandals alleged against
their officials. When that is done, how
ever, there must be an intelligent mo ve
for the comforts of modern city life, or
else Allegheny property owners will wit
ness a rapid and extensive migration of
their tenants over to Pittsburg.
A NOMINAL REPUBLIC.
The news from Brazil that Congress has
bean dissolved, martial law proclaimed,
and a dictatorship established indicates
that the governing powers there have
concluded it is no longer convenient to
keep up even a show of respect for the
nam Republic
Shortly after Dom Pedro was over
thrown, and when some of the Jefferson
Bricks of American journalism were mak
ing a great to-do over the spread of lib
erty and. popular government, The Dis
patch took occasion to observe that it
was not enough to establish a Republic in
name alone. If, as was the case, there
was no representative government,; the
power lodged in the hands of a military
Junla, the liberties of the subjects placed
at the "will of military courts, and the
rights of the press and speech restricted,
there was leS3 liberty under the so-called
Republic than under the liberal rule of
Dom Pedro, which was, professedly shap
ing the destinies for ultimate republican
rule. This has been the condition of af
fairs in Brazil for most if not all the time
since Da Fonseca displaced the old Em
peror. The calling of the Constitutional Con
vention last year and the assembling of
Congress this year gave ground for hope
that Brazil was to attain gradually to con
stitutional and representative govern
ment. Bu$ though the Congress was sub
servient to the military executive, it
seems that the mere presence of a body
which might be a check on absolution
was too much. Unless the report from
Brazil is a pure fabrication the result of
that much-vaunted "republican" move
ment has been' to establish there a more
absolute and irresponsible tyranny than is
known anywhere else in civilization out
side of Russia.
The United States has shown in the
cases of both Chile and Brazil that it
.needs to remember that there is a wide
difference between military usurpation
masquerading as a Republic, and the real
freedom of a genuine Republic.-
Dn Peters' victories in Africa is an ex
ample of the mollifying influence which suc
cess has on the governing mind. When he
started out the German Government was
very careful to specify that It as ndt respon
sible for anything that he did; but now that
hehasmadealargenumbwof treaties and
established many statioas Mat Government
is graciously pleased wMk 4m, and thinks
of making him Chief African Commissioner.
On the other hand, Emin" started out with
the German approval; bat he has cat loose
and is striking out for himself. Germany
seems to be able.to bestow its rewards more
wisely after thai before tho fact.
In Texas the fact that a stray unbranded
steer is called a "maverick" makes a co
temporary think that the name is inapplic
able to the Maverick National Bank because
that institution is "pretty well branded."
Perhaps so; and still the name is not with
out its fitness, as the funds of the bank are
in the tame category as the mavericks of
Texas. l
NOW it is permitted to hope that our es
teemed New York cotemporaries of both
political complexions will make an, early
retnrn to sanity and the business of pub
lishing tho news with a moderate aim at ac
curacy. Campbell's Presidental star is extin
guished and Paulson's light does not shine
far beyond the boundaries of his own State.
The McKinley planet is the one that is in
the ascendant.
Bootjacks which have become obsolete
in other directions have now been displaced
as missslle of warfare against the cats on the
back fence. A Ransas City benefactor of his
kind has invented an electric wire so strung
along tho fence and charged with a current
as to reduce the grimalkins to quiet and in
sensibility. The same cjeviee would also
seem to be obnoxious to the burglarious in
dustry; so that the Western electrician is on
the high load to fame and fortune.
Mr. Carnegie's declaration with re
gard to tho k'ind or immigration, that "we
are getting the cream of Europe," is pptim
isticl But while we may hope that it is true
as regards the majority of the immigrants,
there is room for an earnest inquiry whether
in some cases it is really the cream or the
scum.
The enthusiastic approval of the German
authorities for corn as an article of food has
but a back number interest for Hon. and
Deacon S. V. White. It comes too late for
him to squeeze that important market.
If the Signal Service keeps up the predic
tion of warmer weather long enough it will
be verified, certainly no later than next
spring.
Burglars in Portsmouth, N, H., chloro
formed a rich burglar and got $7,000, while
out in Nebraska they roughly handled a
bank cashier and got but $1,600. This is
taken by a cotemporary to signify that the
svavitcr in modo is $5,400 more ptofltable than
the foritier in re; but may not the conclusion
be equally logical that the most promising
field for the art burglarious is afforded by
brewcrS rather than bank cashiers ?
In view of Mr. AVright's ante-election
notice to the corporations that if he was
elected they would have to pay up all they
owe, let us hope that General Gregg also
cherishes in his heart a determination to
make them ante up to the best of his ability.
The accident to the man in Panama who
had his brains burned out by an electric
light wire afforded no warning to the politi
cal organs during the last campaign. They
were safe from such a calamity.
Perhaps Democrats may think that Rus
sell and Boies, or Boies and Russell, would
be a nicely sounding team for 1S93.
M. Ribot's assumption in a recent
speech that when a Liberal government
comes into power in England, Egypt will be
evacuated, may rise to tho dignity of pre
venting a Liberal gqvernuient from getting
power. Mr. Gladstone has, it is true, de
clared in favor of the "evacuation, but the
other Liberal leaders are too keenly awake
to the English fondness for holding onto
what they get, to support the proposal.
; ' 1
Mr. Smallev informs us that Mr. Bal
four never reads the newspapers. This
might be deemed obhoxious.to Mr. Smalley
if it were not for tne fact that it does not
bar out Mr. Balfour from reading' Mr.
Smalley's contributions. '
The fact that the organs on both ides
are claiming the victory, witnout disputing
as to results, indicates that Tuesday's elec
tions form one of those happy events wnich
suits every ono.
Martial law and a dictatorship in Bra
zil indicate that tho alleged Republio was a
short-lived concern.
SAID ABOuT OHIO.
Once more the Republicans of Ohio may
well ask their brethren the country over to
doff their hats to the Buckeye State. Cleve
land Leader (-Hep.).
Ohio Republicans have, happily, also seen
the error of their way in electing a Demo
cratic Governor and redeemed tne State
from bourbonism. McKeesport Times Sep.).
New Yobx sends greeting to Ohio! It con
gratulates her on her magnificent victory
a victory for Republicanism, a victory for
principle, a victory that counts for the high
est development of American manhood.
Bravely done, Ohio. iVeii York Recorder
(Rep-).
In Ohio the Republicans boldly challenged
their opponents on National issues by the
nomination of Major McKinley, and they ap
pear to have elected him over Governor
Campbell by a decisive majority, 'in spite of
the attempt to divert all the votes of the
Farmers' Alliance to Campbell. New York
Tribune (Rep.).
"The Dutch have taken Holland." Ohio
has gone Republican once more, as it has
done with a few exceptions ever since the
Republican party was formed. Governor
Campbell made a gallant fight, bat it was
against heavy odds, and the Democrats had
more cause "for lear than hote when they
saw the forces arrayed against them. CTetie
land Plain Dealer (Dem...
The result in Ohio is the most important
and significant of any of the elections held
yesterday. It is a victory for protection
and sound money and honest government.
Ohio never had a more important election
to decide than yesterday's. The State un
derstood its full significance, and voted with
the full knowledge of the situation. The
verdict is one that cannot be mistaken or
minimized. Philadelphia Press (Rep.).
World's Fair Side Shows.
Chicago News.l
It is now announced that the cabin n
which Sitting Bull spent the last years of his
life and in which ho was murdered has been
purchased for exhibition in Chicago. Its
purchasers imagine they are going to exhibit
it at the World's Fair. Wouldn't it be as
weH for the directors to take vigorous steps
toward counteracting the idea that the
World's Fair is an enlarged collection of sido
ShcVs, freaks and'curlos?
A Difference in Tastes.
Chicago Times. J
Emperor William smokes Dutch cigars
that cost 3 half-pence each, while his uncle,
the Prince .or .Wales, smokes imported Ha
vanas at $1,800 per 100. This shows the differ
ence between a monarch who rules by divine
right and one whose power-is limited. The
luckless G ermans have to stand the aroma
of tho Emperor's "twofers," while the Prince
of Wales has to be careful not to offend bis
prospective subjects.
Rose Coghlan's Leading Lady Weds.
Bcblinqton, Ia., Nov. . T. A. Sweeney, a
theatrical man, and Helen Russell, leading
lady with Rose Coghlan, were married in
this city this afternoon.
A Corner In Rye In' St. Petersburg.
St. Peteesbubq, Nov. 3. There is a huge
corner in rye here. The object of those con
cerned in the corner.is to force the price up
to 3 roubles a pound.
Arrayed in Breaches.
Lowell Courier.
Offendersagainsttle law are usually ar
rayed In breaches of the peace.
' SOMEBODY'S CHILDREN.
Great Benefit Bazaar at Old City Hall for
United Presbyterian Orphans Home
Matters of Moment In Society, Fast,
Present and to Come.
In old City Hall, December 3 and 4, will
be held the dinner and bazaar for the United
Presbyterian Orphans' Home. From Miss
Etta Clark comes the following list of officers
and commutes:
Trrasurer Mrs. M. Y. Reed.
Printing Committee Mrs. H. C. Campbell.
Purchasing Committee Mrs. II. C. Campbell,
Mrs. M. F. Keed and Mrs. William Campbell.
Frnlt and Flowers Committee Mrs. A. P,
BurchUeld, Chairman: Mrs. B. A. Mllott, Mrs. II,
C. Hair. Mrs. K. w. mil, Mrs. D. D. Brace, Mrs.
D. K. Brjce. Missed faille Armstrong, Mary Arm
strong. Margaret Mitchell, Martha Lockhart. Belle
McCrea and Bessie Kltchle.
Scales Committee Miss Bessie McMillan, Chair
man: Mis Annie Robinson, Messrs. William Jami
son, and Walter WlthersDoon.
Common sense Mrs. K. S. Smith, Chairman;
Mrs. (Teorge Sands, Mrs. M. i Reed. Mrs. Joseph
Mitchell. Sirs. .1. A. Boswell, Mrs. S. E. Long, of
Beaver t alb : Mrs. W. C. Haunch, Mrs. Eshelman.
Sirs. D. M. B. McClaln, Mrs. T. O. Atclieson, Mrs.
Edw. Thompson. Mrs. Samuel Long, Mrs. D. W.
Drape. Jlrs. A. M. Campbell. Mrs. si. J. Steven
son, Mrs. E. S. McKlttrlck. Mrs. J. A. Etans,
Mrs. W. C. Hodge, Misses Mary Lockhart, Mar-
Eiret Hodge. Dr. C. Jane Vincent, Misses Lily
ong. Jennie Brown. Lizzie Dver, Clara llennlng,
Isabel Cummings. May Munroe,' Jennie Darlington.
Ice Cream Committee-Mrs. A. K. Duff. Chair
man; Mrs, William Campbell. -Mrs. Albert Koe
Tigk, Mrs. D, A. Duff, Mrs. Andrew Miller. Mrs.
J. F. Neely, Mrs. bamuel Mahood, MUses Marga
ret McMillan. Burchfleld, Emily Shaw, Mary
Dickey. Anna Dyer, Mary McCance.
Doll Committee Miss Jennie Leitch, Chairman;
Misses Birdie H. Brown, Ajtnes Young, Jessie
Hardle. Emma Wilson, Ada Hill. Emma Boston,
IdaK. Realty. Clara Eckert, Agnes J. Mitchell,
Nannie Watson.
Lemonade Miss Mary Echols, Chairman; Misses
Nannie Clark. Nona Hfll, Josle McIIenry.
Candy Committee-Mrs. George B. Hill. Chair
man; Mr Albert Stevenson. Mrs. W. G. Stewart,
Misses Clara Wilson, Anna Murdoch, Nellie
Schore, Minnie Mcclain, McNeill. Bessie Lim
bic, Hallle McKcown, Anna Trimble, Anna Vin
cent, Eula Stewart, Emma Fettcrman, Blanche
Calhoun, Cora Thompson, Florence Davis.
Literature Committee Mrs. W. A. Greer.
Chairman: Mrs. .1. J. Porter, Mrs. Margaret Doty,
Miss Margaret Swartwood.
House Committee Mrs. 31. Patterson.chalrman;
Mrs. J. F. Nealy.
Checks-Master "Ki" Duff, Kalph Hill, Willie
Held, bnrauel Stewart.
Supply Committee Mrs. D. II. Stoncr, Mrs.
Lottie Brown, Sirs. George Shaw, Mrs. Squire
Euhn. Sirs. Robinson. Mrs. Joseph JlcNaugner,
Sr., Sirs. Emma Hamilton, Mrs. Oliver Anderson,
Sirs. Robert Stewart.
Fancy table-Mrs. Edwin Hill. Mrs. Robert Mc
Cague, Mrs. M. W. Mcvcnson, Mrs. J. B. Herrpn,
Misses Emma Mabon. Etta Clarke, Zoe McClitre,
Wheeling, W. Va.; Sirs. John E. Shaw, Mrs. Jos
eph Kyle. Sirs. E. E. Heck, Sirs. W. R. Ford,SIrs.
Reed Vincent, Sliss Agnes Slltchell, Sirs. Young,
Sirs. 3. R. J. Slllllgau.
Glass table Sirs. SI. Patterson, chairman; Mrs.
Percy Smith, Mrs. Slarv W. Porter, Mrs. Slaty
Aldred. Sirs. R. P. Wallace. Mrs. Bide Shaw, Miss
Jeanette Lochart, Mrs. Andrew Easton.
The following is a complete and correct
list of tho officers elected at the United
Tresbyterian Women's Association as a
governing body of the whole and also of the
three institutions it embodies, Orphans'
Home. Memorial Hospital and Home for
Aged People:
President.Mrs. H. C Campbell; Vice Presidents,
Mrs. A. K. Duff, Sirs. George McDonald; Honor
ary Vice Presidents. Sirs. E. Y. Patterson. Sirs.
William Miller, Sirs. J. s. Collins. Sirs. Jane Gil
lespie, Mrs. Alexander Henry; Recording Secre
tary. Sliss Etta Clark: Corresponding Secretary,
Mrs.. SI. P. Keed: Tre isurer. Sirs. 31. J. Steel.
Association Board This lntlndcs the foregoing
officers and Mrs. Slary Porter. Mrs.George B. Hill.
Sirs. E. D. Brown, Sirs. A. 1. Burchfleld, Dr. C.
J. Vincent, Mrj. N. W Stevenson. Sirs. Mattie
Patterson, Sirs. Campbell, 31rs. J. K. J. Slllllgan.
Advisory Buard Alexander Henry. George B.
Hill. Joseph Jicaugher, Sr., Robert Frew, R. 8.
Smith.
Orphans' Home Board Mrs. H. C. Campbell,
Mrs. M. F. Reed. Slies Etta Clark. Sirs. SI. . I.
Steele, Mrs. Joseph Slltchell, Sirs. George SIc
Donald. Mrs. Jean Sands, Mrs. H. C. Bair,
Sirs, SI. PaiterBon, Sirs Slary Aldred,
Mrs. Campbell, Mrs. A. 1. Burchneld, Sirs.
R. S. Smith, Sirs. George Shaw, Sirs.
T. P. Stnrtevsant, Mrs. II. J. Murdoch,
Sirs. D. C. Thompson. SIrs.S. J. Frew, Sirs. J. H.
J. SliMgan. Mrs. A. K. Duff. Mrs. Samuel Long,
Browji, sirs. JamesScott,SIrs..I.P."Cameron,Mrsl
Joseph Kjle. Mrs. R. P. AVallace. Mrs. John
jirs. d. a. n.Yans, jirs. i. . seejy, jiiiss . i,
opratr, jnrs. ueorge ran
Memorial Hospital Bi
smtal Board
Sirs. W. C. Hodire.
Sirs. Joseph 31c
cNaugher. Sr ,
Mrs. Jean hands.
Sliss Slarv Lockhart. Sirs. D. W. Drane. Sirs. W.
P. Price, Sirs. Stewart, Dr. C. Jane Vincent, Sliss
Sarah Armstrong, Sirs. J. F. Ne'Iy, Sirs. Joseph
K)ls, Sirs. George B. Hill, Sirs. R. S. Smith, Mrs.
Samuel Stewart.
Home for Aged People Sirs. George B. Hill,
Sirs. I). K. Brjce, Sliss Clara Kenning, Mrs. J. A.
BoswelL Sliss Anne SIcQulston. Sirs. W. W.
Green, Sirs. Cameron, Sirs. Jane Gillespie, 3Ilss
Jennie Darlington, Mrs. H. C. Bair. Sirs. Charles
Lockhart, SIr. Joseph Slltchell, Sirs. Campbell,
Bliss Jennie Wallace, Sewlckiey. Mrs. Samuel Ma
hood, Sirs. Libby.
In the Sandusky Street Baptist Church
yesterday.the representatives of all Churches
in the sister city met to discuss the plans for
Allegheny Day in the coming Southsidel
hospital benefit. These ten Chairmen were
elected, tho denomination which they repre'
sent following their names: Mrs. Miller
Piesbyterian;Mrs. Andiew Eaton. United
Presbvterian; Sirs John Fife, English Euth
eran; Mrs. William Wettach, German Luth
eran; Mrs. Snecd, Baptist; Mrs. Slunhsll,
Catholic Church; Mrs. Guckenbeimer, He
brew; Mrs. Rose, Slethodist; Mrs, Henry
Buhl, Christian; Mrs. Kimberlain. The
committee on supplies also was ap-
Sointed and is Mrs. Samuel Watson,
Irs. John Chandler, Mrs. B. C. Christy, Miss
Hemphill, Mrs. Joseph Nealy, Mrs." F. L.
Rogers, Mrs. Boswell, Mrs. Charles Sherriff.
All denominations in bewickley will be
represented by Mrs. Snyder, Chairman, and
Mrs. Halsey Williams. Irwas decided to set
Allegheny Day apart, as far as flowers were
concerned, by the exclusive use of chrysan
themums. Another meeting of these ladies
will be held Thursday next week in North
Avenue M. E. Church.
At 6 o'clock last night Miss Emeline Mc
Knight was married, with fitting ceremo
nials, to the Reverend Samuel Maxwell,
formerly of Trinity Church, and
now incumbent of St. Paul's Episcopal
Church, Glen Cove, Long Island.
The ceremony took Place in the
family residence, corner Fifth street and
Penn avenue, in the presence of a large
family connexion and friends intimate
enough to be invited to a home -ceiemony.
The bride was in white, and was as dainty
and properly conventional as any bride of
the season. Her attendant, in pink, acted
as a foil. This pretty eirf was her
younger, sister. Miss Florence McKnight.
This wedding closed an event of much dis
cussion and interest, as Mr. JIaxwell, as the
rector of Trinity, had a large concourse of
friends. As a man, he also could count
many who we-e warmly attached to him.
The wedding drew a large and fashionable
gathering. u
Social Chatter.
Mrs. George B. Hill, Mrs. Mattie Patter
son, Sirs. James Andrews, Mra. D. If. Boyce,
Mrs. H. J. Heinz, Mrs. J. A. Boswell, Mrs.
G. W. Foster, Mrs. W. H. Graham, Mrs. E.
Holden. Mrs. B. C. Christy, Mrs. J. W.
Sproull and Sliss Porter will act as a recep
tion committee to-monow atternoon at
Dorcas Day Nursery No. 1, corner of North
avenue and Middle street. At Dorcas Day
Nursery No. 2, on Nixon street, those who
will dispense hospitalitv are: Mrs. Samuel
Stewart, Mrs. Charles Wharton, Miss Anna
Lawrence, Mrs. H. J. Ford, Miss Etta Clark,
Jlrs. Campbell, Mrs: Samuel Long, Mrs. R.
II. Knox. Mrs. Charles Kiefer, JIiss Lizzie
White, Mrs. S. P. Mcllwain and Mrs. Hud
son. Mrs. H. C. Campbell is in charge at
both nurseries, and will spend a part of the
afternoon with No. 1 and tho remainder of
the atternoon will be found at No. 2.
At a late meeting of the committee theseJ
lames were mvitea to act as patronesses at
the annual reception of the Union League
Club on November 20 and have consented:
Sirs. Edward Groetzinger, Mrs. A. M.Voight,
Mrs. J. G. Bennett, Mrs. John H. Sawyer,
Mrs. Frank E. Moore, Mrs. J. D. Callery and
Mrs. H. Dixon Webb. The club's interejts
aie well represented by the following young
men: Lawrence C. Phipps, W. C. Muzzy, C.
E. Pope, George B. Morrow, W. I. Mustin, C.
D. Callery, R. L. Mo Watty, Elliott Rodgers
and Frank E. Stewart.
Those spending yesterday afternoon at
Mrs. Albert Home's reception regard it as
one of the pleasantest events of theeailv
winter. Alfegheny and the city weie both
largely represented. Mrs. Home, who was
dressed handsomely in black, was assisted
in receiving by her daughters, Mrs. George
P. Black and Sliss Palmer. The young ladies
were in white. All the details of an ele-gantlv-appomted
affair wore carefully car
ried out.
The next meeting of the Travelers' Club
will be on Friday week in Carnegie Scien
tific Hall in the afternoon. The subject for
the day will be Dryburg Abbey, Abbotsford
and Melrose Abbey, made famous by Sir
Walter Scott. The life and works or Scott
also will be generally discussed. Ten new
members Joined the club last week.
On the committee for the smokers' concert
at the Union League clubhouse next Satur
day are: Messrs. John Wheeler, J. It. Lvons
and J. G. Ihmsen. Dan Bullock, basso; W. I.
Mustin, tenor; James Jordan, piano, and the
Jordan Orchestra will suppfy the music.
Tlienembers are permitted to smoke at this
concert, as it is entirely a stag affair.
Mrs. Barnett, of Woodsvilje, gives an even
ing party on Friday, in honor of Bliss Sadie
Steele, of Now York City. All the young
people of Mansfield Valley are invited, and
doubtless will be there in force, as the receut
dancing pavilion," added by, Mr. Barnett to
his house, is much appreciated by all their
friends who dance.
Invitations were issued this morning by
Mr. and Mrs. Stanhope S. Pinkerton, of Firth
avenue, for a reception .on Thursday, No
vember 12, for Mrs. Pinkerton's sister and
niece, Mrs. Robert Mattocks and Miss Eliza
beth Mattocks, of Chicago.
Mns. HebbkrtDe Put's friend3 will enjoy
the hospitality whlcn that lady so charnJ
ingly dispenses, on Thursday, November 1Z,
at an afternoon reception for ladies alone.
Mrs. DePuy issued the invitations this week.
Mb. and Mrs. Hissdale, of Orange, N". J-.
arrived yesterday at the Kenmawr Ho'f '
where tboy remain for tho winter, i Mr.
Hinsdale represents largo iron interests in
the South.
Euchre was played yesterday evening at
Jlrs. Matthew's house in Reiter street, E- E.
Her dauj liter. Sirs. Holmes, was hostess.
Mrs. Robert Monroe, of Sheffield street,
Allegheny, has issued invitations for a re
ception on next Thursday afternoon.
To-higbt Mr. and Mrs. George S. Young
will be given an "at home-' at Parnassus,
Allegheny Valley Railroad, by Mrs. William
Peebles, the siter ol the bridegroom.
The next card party at the Union League
Club will be given Saturday fortnight.
C. F.Dean, cashier of the Union National
Bank, ia in New York, vMting.
OUR MAIL POUCH.
A Complaint About the Library.
To the Editor of The Dispatch:
I had occasion on Monday to seek a rare
book at the Carnegie Library. Being very
much interested in the subject I reached
the Library at 8:40 o'clock in tho morning,
and, finding tho door open, entered. The
librarian was at her desk, and I saw the
placard: "Booksgiven out from fl A. sr. until
8 p. jr." so seated myself to wait until 9
o'clock. A one-armed man came up to me
and said: "Wo don't qpen up yere till 9
o'clock, wo ain't dusted up yit." I replied:
;So I see; but I suppose I can sit here." "You
can't sit here till 9 o'clock. Them's the
rales." So I withdrew.
Standing in the outer hall to fasten my
wrap, which I had thrown aside in the
Library, the man followed me out to expe
dite my going. I said: "Do not get uneasy:
I shall go when I have fastened my wrap."
He leplied: "You needn't git so huffy: them's
the rules,"' and, a gentleman coming up the
steps, he added: "There's the Superintend
ent: you kin talk to him.'' I told the Superin
tendent I had been ordered to leave the
Library becanse I had arrived 20 minutes too
soon. lie said such were the rules: that ho
had nothing to do with the making of them,
and graciously gave me permission to re
turn and wait until the proper hour. But,
alas; my thirst for knowledge was slaked,
and I had no further use for theJLibrary that
morning. Now, I had no desire to infringe
upon the rnles; but I think common polite
ness might be used in telling one of sneb. in
fringement. Also, would it not be advisable
to have some one in charge who could dis
criminate between a woman who comes to
refer' to a book and one who comes to idle
away her time. Katherine Vaughn.
Alleouenv, November 3.
TALK OP TlfE TIMES.
A BELLiQirtENT Washington cotomporary
asserts that the United States should take
nothing back in tfie Chilean controversy.
How about Egan? Chicago Mail. He will be
taken back soon enough.
Does anybody suppose that the women of
Chicago will ever be finally balked in any
thing they undertake? Chicago Tribune. Not
unless there is a balk line around the under
taking. Great Bbitain is a mighty poor personage
to be thi owing stones at the United States.
Her own diplomatic glasshouse is not made
of annealed glass by anymeans. Kansas City
Times. Never mind, tho stones don't hurt.
England cannot throw straight enough to
hit the mark.
Thev are setting ready to say they never
, knew a man who parts his name in the
LmMf,,B tn , .,ntRrl. and thxv Ejected
.middle to be elected, and they expected
Fassett to be beaten. St. Paul Globe. Mr.
Fassett has now a breathing spell, and he
may conclude to part his name differently
in the future.
With Rudyard Kipling and Max O'Rell
in the country there is every chance of
learning some extraordinary facts about
America and Americans. Philadelphia Press.
No doubt if Sir. Kipling relates them they
will seem very extraordinary, almost as
much so as his tales.
Up to date, for this year, there has gone
abroad $70,000,000 of our gold, and there has
come back $23,000,000. But we still have a
home market and plenty of silver. Cincin
nati 'Enquirer. Just about this time some
people have not quite so much silver as tney
had a few days ago.
A lono-smolderino spark set fire to the
house of the Prince of Wales, in London,
and did X 15,000 damages. It isn't the first
time that Wales has had trouble with old
flames. Chicago Times. Some of the sparks
are still smoldering, if all accounts are true.
WAYrTESBTJEG COLLEGE'S VICTORY.
It Wins a Voting Contest Reward Offered
by a Detroit Pablisher.
Watnesbubo, Nov. 3. Special.1 A few
months ago B. F. Dickerson & Co., of De
troit, offered a prize of $300 to the college re
ceiving the most votes from students who
had worked 30 days or more during vacation.
The balloting begad a short time ago, and
has been warmer than a political fleht ever
since, but Wavnesburg has the double honor
of carrying off such a prize.
When it was announced that the boyshere
had won to-day their cheeis were long and
loud. Many of the students here have re
ceived gold watches andother. prizes offered
for work during vacation. D. D. Smith, a
popular member of the senior class, coming
here from Indiana, was especially active and
successful in bringing the prize here. The
$500 will be expended in fitting out a gym
nasium. THEATRICAL CHATTER.
As it deserves "A Modern Match" has been
played to large audiences each night at the
Duquesne Theater. It is generally conceded
that Miss Seligman is tho most naturally
forceful actress the American stage has-pro-duced
in late years. Mr. Pitou's whole stock
company is recognized as a body of artists
such as is all too rarely met with. To-night
Martha Morton's new play, "Geoffi ey "Mid
dleton, Gentleman," will be produced. This
play is of a milder tone than "A Slodem
Match" and probably a far better work
and one that gives tho company generally a
better chance to shine.-Miss Seligman will
show us her conception of another and
sweeter phase of woman's nature in to
night's play-
The vei diet last year upon " Robin Hood"
when it was sung here by the Bostonians,
was that it was the prettiest comic opera
of many seasons, and the best sung. Its re
turn to the Duquesne Theater next week
will be very welcome. In addition the Bos
tonians will sing "Dorothy," which was
given here last winter by Marie Tempe3t
and a weak company, so that a better idea
of that opera maybe had perhaps. The
Bostonians have most of the old favorites in
their ranks and some new' comers of whom
Eastern cities have been erflogistic.
The town will have a flood of opera week
after next. At one and the same time Emma
Juchwill be singinsr grand opera tit Mr.
Wilt's house, the Casino Company will be
giving "The Jolly Students," and "Caval
leria Rus'ticina" at the Duquesno Theater,
while big Do Wolf Hopper and little Delia
Fox will bo holding forth in"Wangiat the
Bijou Theater. Mr. Davis ought to be happy
in the singularity of "A Parlor Match" at
the Alvin Theater next week.
When "The White Slave" is produoed next
week at the .Bijou Theater it will be with
extra scenic attractiqns, it is said. Every
setting will be new and very realistic. Man
ager Kennedy usually tells the truth about
bis productions, and he says his company is
better than ever.
J. K. Emmet, Jr., will make his first bow
before a Pittsburg audience on Monday
Knight at the Grand Opera House in "Fritz in
Ireland," in one or nis latners iamous pans.
There will be. special scenery and a good
company, it is promised, besides the new
star.
It is not Sir. Corbett and the pugilistic
features that are responsible for the attrac
tiveness of such a, chestnut as "After Dark."
Manager Brady has staged it handsomely,
and it is fairly well played.
It is safe to say that the name of Hanlon
is being slesaed in many nurseries to-day,
for "Superba" amused hundreds of children
at yesterday's matinee at the Opera House.
Apparently the popular appetite for
farce comedy is still unsatisfied, for "Bdys
and Girls" and crowded houses are going
along together at the Alvin Theater.
TALE OP THE TOWN.
How a Walter Paid for a PUfered Meal
Rongh on the Poor Director Roger
O'ilara's Memory Goes Back to Army
Times Mr. Henrlcl on Election Day
Gossip of n Day In Town.
At the back of the Cafe Royal on Fifth
avenue there is a large safe or vault, in
which Sir. Albert Menjou keeps his silver
ware and more valuable cbiua. Daring the
dinner hour the other day Mr. Menjou on
his way to the kitchen heard a noise in the
vault, and, the door being-half open, looked
in. What ho saw within was one of tho
-waiters absorbed in the discussion of a fine
plate of roast beef. The roast beef was not
solitary either, the potatoes and bread and
coffee which aie appropriate to a mid
day meal were there, and the hungry
waiter was walking into them with a
right good will. As Mr. Menjou looked
upon his erring employe he remembered
noticing that the tables assigned to this
waiter's care were filled with guests who
had not been served, it was aggravating
but Mr. Menjou smiled. Why did he smile?
Well, he slammed to the door of the vanlt
and locked it. Then he walked back to 'the
dining room, and gave the deserted tables
into another waiter's charge.
The imprisoned waiter did not allow
alarm, if hefeltany, to Interfere with his
appetito. Not for folly five minutes after the
closing of the door did ho try to make bis
escape. But when he found that he couldn't
get out; that the door was
surely fast, he must have lost
his nerve, for he began to beatupon the iron
door with his fists and kick with his feet, be
sides using such strong language as only a
polyglot waiter can command, in several
tongues. Mr. Menjon had been waiting for
tills outbreak with subdued joy, and
hastened to the door of the vanlt. Reopened
it, and the waiter, crestfallen and conscious
of crime, slunk out. But he had polished off
his luncheon to the last crumb. The plates
were clean.
"You had better take the platen back to
tho kitchen and get a check for your lunch,"
said Sir. Menjou quietly. But that wasn't
the only price the waiter pud for the stolen
cut of roast beef. His brethren learned of
the way he had been trapped and teazed him
unmercifully. In fact he preferred to seek
other fields where his confinement in a safe
may be unknown.
A Poor Director Need Not Be Bad.
The grandson of a Pittsburger, who has
served the State of Allegheny long and well
in the Legislature,- was infected with the
political fever on Tnesday and carried on
an election with his playmates in the back
yard all the afternoon. When his grand
father returned Johnny was in the midst of
a hot dispute with one of tho voters.
Johnny appealed to his grandfather with
this question: "What's the bad. director's
name? I say it's Brown, and Jim says it's
Smith."
"The bad director, who's he?"
"Oh, you know, grandpa; yon told me Mr.
Brown wanted to be bad director."
And then it dawned upon the old states
man that his grandson was wrestling with
one of the eccentricities of tho English lan
guage, illustrated in the title "Poor Di
rector." Roger O'SIara's Great Memory.
Roger O'Mara's memory covers faces, lo
calities and names, to say nothing of all
sorts of odds and ends of personality, and
this faculty is his right bower as a detective.
Yesterday afternoon an example of bis
tenacious memory was shown when he was
introduced on Penn avenne to the well
known manager Jay Rial, who comes, by
the way, of excellent Pitts buastock. When
be grasped Mr. Rial's hand the 'latter re
marked that he was a Pittsburger by birth.
Then tho detective looked him over for a
second or two before he said: "Rial, did you
say yonr name was? Yes, I remember you.
You lived in the Second ward. That was a
good while ago."
"I should sav it was a good while ago,"
remarked Mr. Rial with some astonishment
afterward, "something like 20 yeara ago. I
think I left the Second ward in 1868, and I'm
free to confess that I "do not remember
Roger O'Mara."
Sir. Henrlcl on Election Day.
The prospect or crowded streets and elec
tion disturbances did ndt keep "Mr. Henrlcl
from comuur to town to transact some bnsl-
pness on Tuesday. But the venerable Presi
dent of the Economy Society showed some
signs of being prepared for more ardnons
labors tbam usual. A tall youth with a smil
ing face accompanied tlio gray-haired
patriarch, giving the latter his arm when be
alighted from 'the train in the Allegheny
station, and more wonderful still carrying
tho precious black bag or sack which every
traveler on the Fort; Wayne .Rail
road knows and respaafs as the in
variable attribute of sovereignty which Mr.
Henrici carries with him wh6nevorhegoe
abroad. Nobody knows for certain what the
funereal satchel contains. One person, a
woman of course, who peened'into its inky
recesses $n a day long ago.asserts that there
is nothing more awfulthan a bottle of bone
set bitters, a medicine in high favor at
Economvandvery effective if Hastiness goes
lor anything, and a light lunch. No matter
what is in it Mr. Henrici has never been
known to allow anyone else to carry the
black bag before.
Somebody asked Mr. Henrici Jokingly how
many times he was going to voto and the
joke grew larger when the Economy sage re
plied, in German as is his wont generally:
"Nein."
An Ingenne Who Is a Democrat
One of the few women in Pittsbnrg to be'
really excited on election night was little'
Miss Jane Stuart, who has made the newly
coined word "woosy" and her impersonation
of a cheeky but warm-neartedL loving and
lovely American girl outlive a great many
other things in "The Senator." Miss Stuart
had a right to be excited, for she is the
daughter of a Tammany Sachem, Mr. O'Hal
lihan. Deputy Commissioner of Public
Works in New York City. She hurried
back to the hotel from the Duquesne
Theater after the performance of "A
Modern Match" on Tuesday night with
a firm belief that Flower would
be elected Governor, and that her father
would telegraph tho news to her. And she
was right, for the telegram came and it con
veved the news shewanted. No Democrat
rejoiced more heartily than Miss Stuart, and
it was hard to get her to talk of her work as
an ingenue yesterday she preferred poli
tics. Just one little point she made for
herself that onght to be recorded. She said:
"It's rather hard upon me that people will
confonnd my personality with uliat of the
characters I assume. Now I have had to be
a forw ard, af raid-of-nothing-and-noDody sort
of girl in two or three plays, and even some
or the newspaper critics are beginning to in
sist that I am naturally and of my own self
forward and pert and all that sort of thing.
Well, I hope and believe I'm not, but it isn't
pleasant even to be suspected of it by peo
nleyou don't know. What I've done to the
authors and managers that makes them cast
me in such roles all the time J can't say, and
I don't care so lone as I'm not held account
able for what Sue Thompson and all the other
madcap girls do."
,
O0W.Y THE WORLD OVER.
Bishop Brooks is a fa3t talker. He
preaches his sermons at the rate of 312 words
a minute.
Totta believes that "it is never too late
to mend." She is reported to be engaged to
Douglas Shirley, of Louisville.
Tisiothy Hopkins has shaken Boston's
dust from his clothes and is on his way to
San Francisco accompanied by his lawyer.
Mr. Altzvmovich, Kussian Consul at
San .Francisco, George E. Dabovich andB.
M. Gopchevich have become involved in a
gory three-cornered quarrel, in which pistols
and coffee are threatened.
Congressman 'Mills says that stamp
ing is harder work than campaigning in (he
Civil War. He probably found the" political
battlefield more dangerous to his peace of
mind than the actual fighting in the war.
President Harrison's father-in-law,
J. W. Scott, is on his way back from Port
Townsend, Washington. He says he likes
to live at the WhiteHouse better than where
he has been. Most everybody, will agree
with him on that point.
Minister "William Walter Phelps
has been so successful in having German re
strictions taken off the Importation of bacon
and corn bread that Fbiladelphians are said
already to be agitating concerted action on
the part of Minister Charles Emory Smith
with a view of getting sci apple Into St.
Petersburg.
CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS.
The Strand was once a riverside towing
path. Nearly all of the cities and towns of
Venzuela are now lighted by electricity.
The price of Nevada range cattle has in
creased 33 per cent in the past two years.
The oak and elm have figured in litera
ture ftioro frequently than any, other of tho
native forest trees.
1 An industrious hive of Andrew county,
Mo., bees lately made a record of 12 pounds
of honey in 12 hours.
A new extract of meat called "oxin" is
now being made into tablets lp France.
They are said to be as digestive as raw meat.
Saskatchewan has set apart 3,618,000
acres of land for the maintenance of public
schools, Assiniboia, 3,040,000, and Alberta,
3,200,000. . -
In Eastern Oregon the fcoypte keeps up
the price of eggs and chickens, and many
counties pay a liberal bounty for his ex
tinction. To show the growth made in the indus
try of furnishing kindling wood, a single)
faotoryin Pennsylvania turns out 5,000,009
bundles a month.
A lot of fodder was sold at Sharon, Ga.,
last week that was gathered in 1869 by a
slave. It was bright and sound as on the
day it was put up.
Those who have experimented claim
that the leaves of the new plant ramie, are
a satisfactory subs titute for mulberry leaves
in leading silk-worms.
Tn "Virginia there are 15,000,000 acres of
arable9rand lying un tilled. The greater part
of it is the property of large holders, who
get no Income from it, and who do not
possess the capital needed for Its cultivation.
There is at Baltimore, Ireland, a fishing
school where boys receive instruction in all
branches of a sea fisherman's work, and in
such allied industries ns net-making, boat
building, cooperage and sail-making.
A Battle Creek, Mich., lady after,pjck
ing out with a rare discrimination showing
great familiarity with scriptural edition, a
copy of an elegant bound bible, paid for it
and then selected four dime novelB to take
home with it.
Most curious of the old-time - super
stitions was the custom of requiring lovers
to watch the corpse. It associated the hopes
or marriage with the silent vigil, was poetic
and has only disappeared from the oldest
towns within a generation.
An ordinance has recently gone into
effect in Berlin which will give th&right of
way to carriages of physicians driving
through the crowded streets. In order to
distinguish doctors' carriages from others
the coachman will wear white hats.
In the old colonial houses on the capes
the wood-tick was held to be a death watch,
and on the decease of a member of tbe fam
ily in rural neiehborhoods the nearest
relative went and told the bees, and some
times trimmed the straw hives under the
quince, or peach, or apple trees with crape.
The Vienna Congress of Analytical
Chemists appointed a committee to consider
whether sanitary control ought not to be ex
pended to hair-dressers' shops and public
baths, and whether the daily disinfection of
the brnslies and combs used in shops and
public places ought not to be made obliga
tory by legislation.
The famous trousseau shops of Paris are
tiny places devoted to a single sort of gar
ment. In one nothing but handkerchiefs are
sold, in snother nothing out nightgowns.
Some of the smallest European shops ac
commodate but dne customer at a time, and
In many 'it is almost impossible to display
goods to advantage.
There is a-great discrepancy between
the figures in Porter's census of Wyoming
stock statistics and the assessment rolls of
the State. The census gives the number of
horses in the State as 5,109; the assessment
roll shows 84.518. The number of range cat
tle is given by Porter as 248,097;- the assess
ment roll shows 522,988.
A concession has been granted for the
building of a railroad from Haifa to Dam
ascus, Syria. One of its termini wiU be under
tbe shadow of Carmel and the other by the
gates of Damascus. The whistle of its" loco
motives will be heard in Nazareth and on
the shores of Galilee, and its bridges will be
flung over tbe, Kishon, the Jordan nd.the
Pharpar. . ,t
There is a dog in Philadelphia who ap
pears to have a great fondness forsmoking.
He is frequently seen promenading South
Ninth street with a corncob pipe in his
mouth, and, from all appearances, he seems
tr'enJoy himself immensely. -He is often fol
lowed by two or threa canine friends, who
apparently have an admiration for his ac
complishment, tor they gambol about him
with many expressions of delight and envy.
There is said to be a family in Grayson,
Ky., four children of which bear a remarka
ble resemblance to snakes. "Their heads are
pointed at the crown, eyes small and beady
and Ipcated near the top. When excited or
angry they run their tongues oat with great
rapidity, exactly like a snake. Their skin is
scaly and sheds off in patches exactly the
same time each year," it is reported. The
parents show nothing uncommon in appear
ance. A third of an inch gives ns a full size
in length of shoe; a sixth furnishes the in
termediate point between two sizes, the
saving of which is desirable, if practicable;
a small fraction of breadth goes a good .way
in securing comfort, and in girth, of ball or
Instep, an infinitesimal part of an .inch is
sometimes an ell of freedom; a quarter"of an
inch is a good deal of letting down or elevat
ing at the heel, and the difference of a 16th
is readily perceptible at the sole.
The roster of a circus traveling.through
South America has 24 performers, II musi
cians, 6 bill posters, 11 canvasmen, 5 chande-
Her men, 4 broperty men and 3 hostlers'
They have 22 horses and ponies, and a
troupe of performing stallions, -dogs and
monEeys. Among the performers are more
skirt dancers and fancv dancers than tum
blers, leapers and bareback riders together,
indicating tbe decided change in the attrac
tions offered as compared with an old-time
circus.
The record of earthquake shocks kept
at the Smithsonian Institution in Washing
ton shows that there have been more of
them this year, thus far, than there were in
anypTevious year of recent times. There
have been numerous slight shocks in many
Sarts of this country, and there liave been
eavier shocks in South America, Asia,
Africa and the islands or the Pacific. When
the earthquake record of the world for the
vear 1891 is made np at the end of December
it will be long and elaborate.
LIGHT LITTLE-LAUGH.
"Take a drink, Chappie," said one- youth
to another; "it will make another man of you."
"I'lltwylt," was the reply, "when I go and
pwopose to that girl who has beta refusing me for
the last three months." Vasiinnton Star.
The question when Ethel's going out
' Is not, "Am I very late ?
But a more Important one to hear;
'Tls this, "Is my hat on straight J"
Sea York Press.
"Winkle Miss Teaser is taking a cenrss
In wood-earring.
Nodd-What Is her idea ?
Winkle-I understand that she intends opening a
boarding house. Pmc. t
Pipps Have you seen about this wonder
ful invention that makes It rain whenever .you
want it? . .
Jaggers-Ye's, bat it don't amount to. any
thing. PIpps-Doesn't amount to anything.
Jaggers No. itcan'tmakeit rain anythingbut
water. Boston Courier.
Here is a simple question I
Sometimes sit down and ponder o'er;
If love's first kiss Is sweetest, why
Are lovers always asking more ? .
Washington-Star.
Totling Shakespeare thought it no'hana
to kill a dude.
DimllnK Didn't he ?
No; he said: -All's well that ends swell,'."
Smilh,'Grau Co." flontUy. --
Class in mythology.
Profcssor-Now, Master Flint, will you please
tell ns what you know about the nine mnses?
Master F. All I know about 'em Is that they
wouldn't be in it with either of the Boston ntaej.
Borton Courier. , -,
Cold weather now creeps on apace,-
And each one shivers nllly-willy: -r.-But
Dncie Sam thinks he'll not braes v
Up on the hot sauce a la Chile. ,A,'
Philadelphia Prat'.
fThat engagement between you and Miu
Karrlmel Isn't talked of so much as it used to ba,"
aid one young man to another.
"No."
Broke?" .
"Yes; I went first and the engagement fol
lowed," loronto Empire,