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PITTSBURG, MONDAY, NOV. 9. ISM.
THE KI-SING STARS.
The trend of political events is shown
toy a dispatch from Topeka, Kan., telling
that the Executive Committee of the Re
publican League is taking steps to put it
self at the head of a movement to organ
ize for the nomination of a ticket in 18D2
to consist of Blaine and McKinley.
There is no doubt that this is a recogni
tion of the rising importance of those two
loaders in he Republican party. It is
plain that th two arc peculiarly the
leaders of the life and -vigor of Republi
canism to-day and the combination of the
two on one tickt t would be very attrac
tive. Its doubtful poiDf- is whether Mc
Kinloy, with his engagements to Harrison
out of the way, would be willine to accept
the dignified rptirement of the "Vice Presi
dency. 2so one could blame him for re
serving to himself the hope of higher and
more activ e position, if he should choose to.
As to the Kansas movement it is more
significant as an exponent of the desire to
attach itself to the rising fortunes of lead
ing statcsme. than as an accession to
their strength. The Kansas Executive
Coinmitioe is foi'owing Emersjn's advice
;md Pitching its wagou to a star.
A SILVER ANNIVERSARY.
The twenty-fifth anniversary of the es-lablit-hnicnt
of the Young Men's Christian
Association vas duly celebrated by appro
priate services last evening, as will
be seen by our local reports. The
character of the work done by this organ
ization and the growth and prosperity that
hro" attended its career, make its silver an
niversary well worthy of celebration.
Besides the appropriate and eloquent
addres- of tut Rev. Dr. Cuyler, the promi
nrnt aspect brought out by the anniver
sary is. the leraaikable rise of the local as
sociation is membership, prosperity and
Influence. The contrast between its early
s,nd modest quarters, and its present at
tractivcand well-appointed building is not
more marked than the growth from an
originally straggling organization to its
piesent circarnitances of adequate means
and unrestricted capacity for usefulness.
The gentlemen wno have prosecuted the
task of raising the association to its pres
ent success are entitled to fee! proud of
t'je work, as the facts brought out last
night show.
The Y. M. C. A. is one of tiie successful
institutions of rittsburg. It has been
liberally aided by the wealth of the city
ami has paid the best returns in a moral
point of view of all the investments that
Pittsburg capital has ever found.
-'OT SECEtlS'I.T A FAILURE.
There is a grim satire in the fact that
the brilliant Xew York journalist, who, in
Jast month's issue of the 2forth American
Jlevific, published to the country the v ir-tuej-
if the bi-chloride of gold cure for
alcoholism, as illustrated by his own ex
pni'iice, should last week have died from
a fiesh attack of the old trouble, the re
sult, of tourse, of a return to his drinking
Lsbils.
Yet the conclusion, which many people
have shown a disposition to adopt, that
this proves the failure of Dr. Keeley's dis
covery is entirely unwarranted. If a
physician had discovered an antidote, say
for strychnine, and a patient cured of one
dos? of the poIcon should take another
and die of it. no one would claim the anti
dote was worthies'!. Why should the same
claim be made in the case of the antidote
for the slower poison of alcohol? One
case does not even prove that the treat
ment does not remove the appetite; for a
single return to drinking out of the hun
dreds that have been cured establishes a
peicentage of success which is a vindica
tion rather than an indictment.
But such cases as that of John F. Mines
0011 vey a strong intimation that those who
hav bi'en cured cannot with safety re
turn to the use of alcoholic stimulants.
The danger of creating the appetite ex
istsi in those who have never had it, and
there is every reason why those who
have felt its power should leave liquor
alone after they have been cured.
Tor any man who has been emancipated
from alcoholism, the way to stay free is to
let liquor alone.
CAUSE OF THE ENMITY.
The choice of President Montt as the
new Executive of Chile gives a good pros
ji"ct tliat the misunderstandings between
the two Governments will be cleared up,
and that neither the Jingoes of the United
States or the hotheads of Chile, shall bring
on a war which would inevitably inflict
great loss and no credit on both.
"While negotiations are pending, in view
ot the fact that much is made in the
United States of the enmity of Chileans to
this country, it is no more than fair to re
member thai we owe that enmity to our
selves. Besides the charges made by the
Chileans of the open sympathy of our rep
resentatives with the Balmacedan usurpa
tions, two points have bi ought out causes
which render such enmity not unnatural.
Th case of the Itota was the leading one.
"VVe made a great parade of the seizure of
that vessel, of the chase after her when
she escaped, and of her recapture with a
threat to cumrnit open hostilities ir she
was not given up. And now the United
States Court has decided that the seizure
was not justified by international law,
'.vhich puts all tho acts depending on the
seizure in a very questionable light
Another peculiar illustration of the
difficulty which 'inr Government had in
iccognizing the real status of the coufhrt
Is given by the publication of the instruc
tions ghT:i by t'h'j Secretary of the Navy
to Admiral Blown for his guidance dur
ing the civil war. The Instructions en
joined the strictest neutrality, and" were
in that respect entirely correct; but the
view of the United States Government, as
misled by its diplomatic representative, is
shown by the fact that the Congressional
party is in those instructions repeatedly
classed as an "insurgent" party. The
outward acts of neutrality were duly rec
ognized as a necessity, but the inward at
titude was hardiy preserved in accepting
the assertion that the legislative branch
of the Government battling for the causq
of constitutional government was heading
a rebellion.
In fact, we occupy the same positiontto
ward Chile that England did toward us
just after our Civil "War; and the recollec
tion of how we felt then, makes it not un
natural that there is a popular feeling
against this nation in Chile. That cannot
justify attacks upon our rights; but it
should make us very careful that in seek
ing the remedy for injuries we do not un
necessarily increase the enmity which
previously existed. It is more than doubt
ful whether such care can bo properly ex
ercised with our Government represented
by its present minister.
AX IMAGINARY TOWN.
The bogus town boomer is abroad in the
land, as a communication from the Labor
Commissioner of Colorado to The Dis
rATcn indicates. Numerous inquiries hav
ing been received by that official from
Pennsylvania workingmen with regard to
an industrial town "100 miles east of Den
ver," he takes the method of informing
the people through TnE Dispatch, that
the existence of the town is simply a fig
ment of the imagination. Of course it
was the savings of the workingmen that the
town-boomers were after. The swindle of
selling lots in wholly fiat towns is by no
means confined to this case. It dates back
to the days immortalized In "Martin
Chuzzlewit," and has been pursued with
vigor whenever the public was in a mood
to be gulled in that way. It will be a safe
rule to eschew all investments in new
towns in remote parts of the country, un
less you have time and money to take a
pleasure trip and go out to look at them.
UNCLE JERRY'S TARIFF POLICY.
We regret to see that the Hon. Jeremiah
Rusk, Sccietary of Agriculture, director
of Republican weather, and the possessor
of other useful and honorable positions,
has been indulging in indiscreet talk about
the Massachusetts election and what is to
be done as a result The views of the
Secretary may be summarized as follows:
The duty on hides was removed in order
to nlease the Massachusetts leather manu
facturers: they have omitted, neglected or
failed to carry their State for the Republi
can ticket; therefore. Uncle Jerry an
nounces, the duty on hides should be re
imposed. This outlines a very simple
scheme of politics; but it is open to objec
tion from three aspects, that of principle,
that of policy and that of practicability.
On the first score, the view this member
of the Cabinet takes with regard to the
principle on which tariff duties should be
distributed might Le supposed to come
from a rank free-trader, but from an al
leged supporter of the protection policy it
is astounding. It is a declaration that
duties are taken off or put on in ex
change for votes. So much tariff legisla
tion in the interest of certain industries
is to be given for so many votes, ac
cording to Uncle Jerry; and if the
goods are not delivered the consider
ation is to be take back by a reversal of
the legislation. Some millions of people
have been working and voting for the pro
tection policy under the impression that
its purpose is to build up and maintain
domestic industries, and they will not
thank the agricultural statesman for per
verting their principles into a theory of
making it a system of rewards and punish
ments for carrying a State for one party
or another.
In the light of policy the statecraft of
the Farmers' Friend is even more ques
tionable. On his own theory, the tariff
legislation on hides justified Massachu
setts in going Republican: and ver contra
the reversal of the legislation would
justify her in going Democratic On what
principle of political action does Uncle
Jerry propose to aid the Harrison boom or
strengthen his own reversionary prospects,
by the action which, on his own premises,
would make Massachusetts permanently
Democratic"
Finally, the practicability of the change
in the tariff policy which Uncle Jerry pro
poses is sadly marred by the political
complexion of Congress. The Democratic
House might welcome with effusion a pro
posal from the Cabinet that it should in
augurate a new scheme of tariff tinker
ing; but it can be taken as a foregone con
clusion that it will not adopt his great idea
of punishing Massachusetts for going
Democratic
Uncle Jerry should be advised by his
executive chief to study the virtues of
silence.
There is certainly a greater romance
than is often conceived in fiction, In tbo re
newal of the report that Joliann Orth, other
wise the Archduke Johann, of the Imperial
House of Hnpsburg, who renounced his rank
andfortune and was supposed tobo lost with
his bride, is really alivo in Chile. The story
gives the detail that he fought through the
Chilean conflict, rose to the rank ot Colonel
in the Congressional army, and having
shaved in the tiiumpb of constitutional
goa eminent, is starting to visit his wife's
family, in Berlin. If the story Is true, it
renews the evidences that truth is stranger
than lictlon. But the fact that it appears so
far only in papers more ambitious to be
sensational than accurate, creates the doubt
that it is u romance in more senses than one.
PnRii.vrs an inquiry may be addressed
to Mr. Piatt Irom Washington, asking him,
if offices are useful in carrying elections,
what ho has been doing with all the appoint
ments granted to his wish by an expectant
Admin istrati-.u.
It took Attorney General Hensel five
hours to clear a way the cloud of sophistry
and quibbles that has been raised about the
Treasury caso by the highly-feed attorneys
for the defense during the past two
weeks. If reason and justice were to
cleteiniino the action of the Senate the
Attorney General's speech would settle it.
But if those qualities were to prevail the
case nould have been settled long ago by an
address of the senate. Whatever the action
of the Senate the moral advantages of the
struggle lie with the Attorney General.
So the amiable old Sawyer saw the profit
of the Tieasnry deposit business almost as
promptly as our own K. W. Mackay and his
successors. The ways of making money out
of politics are strangely stereotyped.
Great approval is due to the recom
mendation ot the Superintendent of Schools
in E.it Feliciana Parish of Louisana that
the pupils shall bo strictly forbidden to
carry their pUtoIs to school, and that teach
ers who countenance that belligerent cus
tom should be dismissed. This is a very
pmieworihy educational reform. The
teaching of the young idea how to shoot re
quires very imperative instruction that
shooting ihould always be done out of
school.
After all, the only pennsnent cure for
drunke:inc, is when you have stopped
di inking to remain stopped.
The purchase of silver by the Treasury
Department last week wo at 8S3S&8C
per oz., the cheapest priceunderthe present
silver law. The business of keeping up the
price of silver bullion by Treasury pur
chases for the benefit of bonanza kings
appears to be running itself into a hole.
The elections are over and the Chilean
(-muddle is clearing up. Whether that Is the
j relation of cause and effeot, the faots dis
play a decided oessation of foolishness.
The exchange of Hiscock for Fassett in
tho United States Senate might do very well
If tho Republicans have the New York
"Legislature; Tout to displace Sherman by
Foraker would he a notice to the nation that
buncombo is greater than brains, in the Re
publican party management.
Speculation, failure and' suicide. The
succession comes Just as naturally in Ger
man as in the English-speaking countries,
as that Berlin smash shows.
Brother SiiErARD opposed Flower
and Briggs and both of them have been vic
torious. If Brother Shepard should ever
need tO'earn his own living he might make
a large income by hiring out as a profession
al opponent to men who are ambitious of
victory.
SNAP SHOTS IN SEASON.
A etttxe more He in the hymn would
help the churches.
It surprised no one to hear that a light
vote was polled in Cork.
The debtor who is out of sight is never
out of the mind of tho creditor.
The coal-men could afford to make up a
fat purse for a successful rain producer Just
now.
She-used to toil from morn till night,
Was always lively, fresh and bright,
Could sew, and wash, and iron too.
In fact all kinds of housework do.
But now, alas ! she's a changed girl
Does naught but wohblo, bend and whirl,
Kick in a manner quite gymnastio.
Stretch like a piece of gum-elatlo.
Some day she'll surely fall apart
And die, a victim to Delsarte.
It is better to be horny-handed than
light-fingered.
There's pitch in the voice, and that's
why somo singers notes stick.
A little cough often fills a little
coffin.
"Wheels are always on the go, and of
necessity nro tired.
The candidate with the barrel whoops it
up before election and hoops it up after
ward. An anxious public now awaits Russell
Harrison's analysis of the news that came
from the Toting States last week.
Reconciliation, Reciprocity and Re
publicanism are the three R's that will unite
(North and South America.
Under the heading "Our Cities in
Rhyme" the New York Herald paragrapher
jingles thus:
I'lttsburg's bright hope of natural gal
Pro red but a cruel jokn;
Once more she has become, alas I
The town of soot and smoke.
Bnt he omitted to mention that
New York Is still the laughing stock
Of this whole contiu-4 ?;.
Because &hc cannot buy the rock
For that Grant Monument.
The sensible fanner scratches the soil in-,
stead of the ballot.
Blaine is just as healthy as his boom is.
Judging- from the news coming up from
Chile somo ot the campaign liars got there
before they heard the news from Ohio.
Faint heart never won a rough-and-tumble
fight or a football game.
The study of bee culture is of no earthly
nao to a man who has the hives.
STATE EOUNDAEIEa
The Trouble That Will Result Between Ohio
and Indiana.
Evening Wisconsin.
The discovery of a blunder in the old
surveyor the boundary lino between tho
States of Ohio and Indiana naturally causes
some excitement among the Hoosiers, who
are likely to be made Buckeyes oy tho cor
rection of the line and the addition of 1,200
square miles of territory to Ohio. The strip
of land, 200 miles long and averaging six
miles wide, contains a number of important
Indiana towns. It Is also matural for the
people of Indiana to look to the western
boundary of their State to see whether the
line thero is correct, because surveyors are
not infallible, and thero might be such a
thing as a regular shuffle of States hack to
the Mississippi river. Illinois would not
care to resign 1,200 square miles of territory
to Indiana, including the site of the World's
Fair, and if she should discover that there is
no help for it, she would naturally hold on
to her strip of Hoosierdom until the big
show at Chicago is over.
A change In the boundary line between
Illinois and Indiana would causo an incal
culable amount of trouble. The citv of
Chicago would be in two States, and its
Government would have to be divided. One
end would have to pay tribute to Indiana
and the other end to Illinois, and in conse
quence there would have to be two sets of
citv officials. A division of interests by a
shifting of the Indiana State line into
Chicago would be a very serious thing for
that municipality, which finds it difficult to
govern itself in its present undivided state.
But there will be time for worry at Chicago
when competent surveyors confirm what is
now merely a report.
A Mere Coincidence;
Omaha World-Herald.
It is, perhaps, a coincidence that the next
night after election in Omaha a train was
robbed within the city limits. Of course
there are many candidates who would like
to get even, hut still this is not intended as
a clue for the police.
KNOWN BY TIIE WORLD.
Minister Lincoln is at present in
Milan whence he proposes to proceed to
Venice.
Laurence Gronlund, the most intelli
gent and broadest of the American Social
ists, earns a scanty inoome from a clerkship
in the Bureau of Labor at Washington.
Mary E. Spencer considers in a recent
article "Five Reforms for Women," and ob
serves casually that "women conservatism
works quite as sturdily for evil," as for good.
The Emperor William told queer mess
room stories to the Czarina, and tho Russian
potentate has taken great offense thereat.
The lady, on the other hand, enjoyed them.
Ex-President Cleveland is not con
tent with figuring in history's pages. He is
said to be at work on the pages himself and
will shortly produce a constitutional history
of the United States.
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j.x is saiu inai vieorge jvennan has cleared
J75,O0O from his writings and lectures on the
Russian exile svstem. Last season he
traveled over 53 000 miles on the lecture tour
aud spoke 200 times.
The man, next to Dr. Briggs.best pleased
with the result of tho heresy trUI, is Prof.
David Swing, of Chicago, who once upon a
timo had a little heresy circus of his own
with tho Rev. Dr. Patton, now of Princeton.
Henry Lahoucheke says that Mr. Par-
nell was a pleasant man when he nnhent
quiet, gentlemanly and courteous. His read
ing was not extensive, and, except on poli
tics, mines and chemistry, he had very little
to say.
Mrs. "William Henry Smith's title is
to descend to her son Frederlck.and itisnu.
nounced in tho English prcs that that w.is
the prime object in view In making a neer-
3.1MI 11-nin nil wniins inn nMn... nn 1ia
egof the widow of tlic leader of the House
of Commons.
A COMPETITIVE MILLENNIUM.
rWRITTKK FOB THB DISRATCH.1
Tie Professor of Things in General was
shown the other day a small, privately
printed pamphlet containing tho report of a
committee on competition. The reports of
committees are generally as uninteresting
as the table of logarithms, but competition
is always Interesting. Competition, accord
ing to this report, is one of the most ben
eficlent influences that has even entered
into the life of man. The committee are at
a loss for words to express their sense of its
mighty achievements. The report opens
with a page of epic poetry in praise of com
petition. It is competition that has
prompted men "to delve deeper into the
bowels of tho earth, to peer further beyond
the stars, to dive to greater depth beneath
the sea, or to experiment moro and more
with the subtle influences of chemistry,
that the riddle of the rocks may be read, or
another constellation added to the starry
hosts of the heavens, or other pathways
marked upon the trackless seas, or another
yoke fastened to the lightning, which man
has bitted and bridled and tamed for his
use." It reads like a sermon.
All this fine writing, hpwever, we discover
on tho next page, is only the delusive court
esy of tho pugilist, who greets his antagon
ist with a loving grip of the hand and then
proceeds (if he can) to pound the life out of
him. Competition, it seems, Is like the fa
mous little girl who had a curl in the middle
of her forehead "when she was good she
was very, very good; but when she was bad
sho was horrid.".
A Code of Ethics Needed.
The subject assigned this committee for
their consideration turned their attention
to the "horrid" side of competition, with
which they henceforth deal to the end of
the chapte"-. The subject was this: "To take
up the evils that result from competitive
bidding, and prepare such a codo of ethics
as will tend to elevate the dl;nlty of the
trade." It might be possible to criticise tho
wording of this statement. It might be ob
jected by a fault-Under that "a codo of
ethics" for tho elevation of "dignity," would
be like a ponderous complication of block
and tacklo set to pick np pins. "Be good
and you will bo dignified," is not a particu
larly soul-stlrrlng incentive. However, the
intention was all right. Language has al
ways been an obstacle across the path of
thought.
"Tho evils of competitive bidding," then,
wore to he dwelt upon by this committee,
and some remedy for them, If possible, dis
covered. That set the committee a two
fold task, of diagnosis and of description.
The diagnosis is recorded under nine
heads. There are nine evils of competitive
bidding. The first is "moral weakness," the
bidder not having the courage to ask an
honest price for his work. The second is
"mortification and chagrin;" mortification
when our next door neighbor gets the job,
and chagrin when w o get the job ourselves,
and, upon reviewing our figures, wish we
hadn't. The third evil is "Jealousy, envy
and hatred of our neighbor." The fourth
evil is "inadequate compensation for all
classes of work." Number five in tho list of
tho nine deadly sins is "corruption and de
moralization of the customer," who plays ns
one against another, to our loss financial
and his loss spiritual.
A Temptation to Dishonesty.
Sixthly, there comes a constant "temp
tation to dishonesty," we get the order on a
low bid and put in poor work to keep on the
right side of the books. The seventn evil is
the "Joss of reputation," the poor work com
ing to the light. "Loss of self-respect" is
eighth in this list of calamities of competi
tion; "for, although the ignorance or cre
dulity of the customer may enable the sharp
bidder to Impose upon him goods or work
which nro not up to the standard agreed
upon, the bidder, who does know better,
cannot quiet the still, small voice of con
science which is continually reminding him
tba although he benrs a fair reputation in
the community, he knows himself to be like
a whited sopnlohre." Finally, the whole
bad business winds up in "poor credit, bank
ruptcy and ruin."
Coleridge said one day to Lamb: "Lamb,
did you over hear me preachJ" To which
Lamb answered: "I n-never beard you d-do
anything else!"
Then comes tho "code of ethics." These
excellent principles that follow were re
ported by this committee to the convention
of employers of labor which appointed them,
and by that convention adopted. They nro
recommended by that body to all tho em
ployers of that sort of labor In this country.
They are in tho hands of a considerable
number of suoh employers in this city.
The Coming Millennium.
This code of ethics touches, among
other matters, "our duty to ourselves," "our
duty to each other," and "our duty to our
workmen." Tho Professor of Things in
General looks In vain along the pages of tho
code for any indication of date. The year
1691 is not printed in this document. Tho
year 2000 is the date which one naturally
looks for. This is the way In which employ
ers will behave in the millennium !
We must use every effort to develop
"moral and intellectual manhood," the code
begins. We should firmly resolve "to test
every transaction by the standard of truth
and justice. Take advantage of no man's
ignorance, and see that employees are
truthful and straight-forward, and do not
misrepresent nor overcharge tho confiding."
We must be "as honorable in every par
ticular as wo would have our competitors."
"When a young competitor enters the
ranks welcome him as a new soldier to the
field, and help him to any information and
assistance which will enable him to over
come the difficulties we had so much diffi
culty in surmounting. It should be a duty
and pleasure to impart to our less experi
enced competitors the knowledge wo pos
sess, so long as wc are satisfied that the in
formation generously given will be honorably
used. In the conduct of our establishments
it should be our constant endeavor to ele
vate the moral character of our workmen
who are engaged with us. While it should
be our firm and unalterable determination
not to be dictated to by labor organizv5ions
when their demands are unrair, or which
substitute the will of a prejudiced majority
for the conservative teachings of common
sense and Justice, we should be slow to con
demn tho action taken by our employes, as
it is possible that the Influences controlling
them may bo more than they are able to
resist."
The Judgment of Thousands.
The report of the committee concludes
with the statement that this eode of ethics
was compiled from papers read on the sub
ject at meetings of this Employers' Union in
tho local branches of it throughout the
country. It embodies the Judgment of
thousands of experienced men as to the best
methods of transacting business.
It Is said that a high dignitary of the Rus
sian Government once set his official signa
ture to a copy of the Lord's Prayer. Some
body had inado a wager thai this dignitary
would sign anything. As a proof, he had
wiitton out the Lord's Prayer in a fine,
clerkly hand, on thecustomarypnper, under
the usual heading, and had shuffled it In
with a lot of other documents to be laid
upon the dignitary's table. The other doc
uments, if I am not mistaken, related to the
banishing of various suspected people into
the horrible wildernesses of Siberia. And
tins nguwieartca oinc-ai, accustomed to
slay with pen and ink his daily tally of his
fellow countrymen, the innocent with the
guilty, making no effort to separate the
wheat from the chaff, read no word in all
IU9 UUC Ul uaiJCis, uub DiKULtJ
the pile or papers, out signed them every
onethe Lord's Tiayer among thp number
th mnt cnriRimTi nnnnmffnr
the most Christian document, Mr. Kennau
says, that was ever approved by tho Govern
ment OI liUIU.
And now, here is a copy of the Sermon on
the Mount, which has been "respectfully
submitted" by a committee to a convention
of business men, and adopted and ordered
to be printed. The Sermon on the Mount is
not quoted hero exactly as it stands in the
King James vorIon of the Gospel of St.
Matthew. But words are the least Important
part of truth. Tbe King James version It
self is but a translation out of an old lan
guage Into a now one, and this latest Sermon
on the Mount does little more than to carry
tliat good business or translation 1O110 step
further on out of the languago of the
church Into the language of the shop. The
Professor can but devoutly hopo that the
signatures wuich have been et to this docu
ment mean more than the signaturu or tho
dignitary In the Government or Russia.
In Theory and in Practice.
The Professor is informed bv an employer
that the Sormon on the Mount, in this new
translation, -was brought to Pittsburg on the
first day ot October, and immediately con
verted a company of wrangling competitors
Into a happy ramily of enthusiastically af
fectionate brothers. Ever since these con
verted employers have been trying to pnt
money into eaoh other's pockets.
The Professor is also informed by an em
ploye that, notwithstanding the Sermon on
the Mount, there la a strike existing at tbe
present moment In that trade, which turns
upon the empioyors' refusal to make nine
hours the standard of a day's work.
This, however, is but another illustration
of that perennial perplexity of human life,
the problem how to mako tho real and the
ideal fit. Even tho parsons are not always
ablo to make the preaching and tho prac
ticing come out exactly even. Indeed, alas
for ns, when our resolutions are no better
than our conduct! The Professor maintains
that these Pittsburg employers deserve
ei edit lor their good resolutions. When tho
Sormon on the Mount shall be signed by
every bnslness mun in Pittsburg, and acted
out in every mill and market, thon the hat
stores will all carry a large stock of haloes,
and the name of Pittsburg will be changed
to Paradise.
ENGLISH CONSEBVATIVES.
They Are Also Bidding for the Votes of tho
British Workingmsn.
Boston Traveller.
The English Conservatives follow the ex
ample of the Liberals in preparing a plat
form in which to go before the country at
the next general election, which, at the
furthest, is now at hand. There arc semi
official announcements concerning the
leading planks of this document. They will
include opposition to about everything
which the Liberals propose, and will nt tho
same timo propose, what England by this
time must bo Beady to accept, a complete
cessation of Irish legislation with tho ex
ception of the local government bill, which
is to be pushed to a vote. Like the Liberals,
the Conservatives will bid for the voto of
the English workingman.
They promise him an extension of local
popular government, by the creation of dis
trict oouncils, and the vesting of the power
to grant liquor licenses in the county
councils: the allotment of small holdings
for laborers; legislation for the arbitration
of strikers; "a free breakfast table," by
which is meant tho lowest possible taxation
on tea, coffee and cocoa, which must pay a
tarift In that free-trade country; a reduction
of the duty on tobacco also subject to
tariff and a bill to permitold age insurance
companies. They will firmly oppose dises
tablishment and the eight-hour day, and will
insist on tho privileges of peers and tho
maintenance of denominational schools.
That the Conservatives show any spirit of
concession, is significant. Will it save
tli cm?
TAnK OP THE TIMES.
There was nevcrany chance toelect Camp
bell in Ohio. Nashville American. It isapity
Campbell did not know this some months
ago.
Persons who wish to become members of
tho highest Masonic lodge in the world will
have to como to Chicago to join it. Chicago
Tribune. Is the elevator running yet?
The result in the State of Iowa is the most
significant of nil in, one important respect.
Detroit Hews. It indicates that prohibition
is not so popular in the West as it used
to be.
It seems to have snowed In about all
tho winter resorts now excopt Chicago.
Chicaao Times. How about the reports that
the Domnciats were snowed under there on
Tuesday last?
This fall's contest appears to have an im
portant bearing on the events of next year.
Bvffalo Express. Yos, it indicates that the
tariff is on top and free trade is sinking to
its level very last.
The Supreme Court of Michigan has de
cided that intelligence is no bar to serving
on a jury, even in a murder trial. Kansas
City Star. Unfortunately the lawyers in the
case have something to say as to who shall
serve on the jury.
Not long ago there was a lynching in
Omaha; and now a railroad train has been
held up only eight miles out of town.
Washington Post. It will be in order now for
Omaha to place these facts properly before
the public as an lndncement to the National:
Conventions to meet there.
.SPECULATIVE BANKEE&
They Are Becoming Expensive Luxuries for
the Fublio Generally.
New York World.
One obvious teaching of the Maverick
Bank trouble is that speculative bank offi
cers are expensive luxuries. It ought to be,
as It generally is, rule of banking that tho
officers of the institution should devote
their attention to it, and should not be en
gaged In other business. In other words,
tho business of their bank must he the vo
cation of its president, as it is of its cashier,
tellers and other clerks. If the president
carries on aprivnto business there will al
most Inevitably come n time when he will
need the bank's assistance, and he will be
unable to act impartially between his own
Interests and the interests of the institu
tion. There is danger of his making to
himself a loan, the like of which he would
not make to any other of the bank's cus
tomers. If one who Is called a legitimate merchant
onght not to bo a bank President, while at
the same time he conducts a private busi
ness, how much less should a mere specula
tor be in command of great sums of money
belonging to other people! The merchant
trades in goods tliat he owns and commands
every detail of his own business. He knows
for days, sometimes for weeks, whether or
not extraordinary demands are likely to bo
made upon him, and what those demands
will amount to. He has time to prepare for
them. The sudden emergencies when he is
tempted to supply his wants from the coffers
of tho bank come comparatively seldom,
bnt the come otten enough to make it desir
able that a bank President shall be a banker
and nothing else.
A Man Without a Party.
St. Lonls Globe-Democrat.
The Republican triumph in Kansas makes
it necessary for Senator Feffer to contem
plate himself as a man without a party.
DEATHS HERE AND ELSEWHERE.
Hon. Alexander P. Moore.
Hon. Alexander P. Moore, an old and re
spected citizen of New Wilmington, died Satunlay
night after a short period of suffering. For some
months he had been declining In strength very
noticeably to himself and friends, but be has
never been confined to his room very long at a
time. On the day of his death be was In the vil
lage about noon. He was taken seriously and fami
ly ill at 10:30 P.M. and died about midnight. He
was born In Huntingdon county in February, 1811.
He took up his residence In New WtlmluKton near
ly 60 years ago, and has been Identified with Its In
terests ever since. Ho was a man of great decision
of character, successtiilln business and upright in
all his relations. He was a member or the Legisla
ture of Pennsylvania, and at the time of his death
a director of the National Bank of Lawrence
County. He was twice married and leaves a wife
and six children.
Mrs. Catharine Walsh.
Mrs. Catharine "Walsh died yesterday at
the residence ofber son, Richard E. Walsh. atCraf
ton, aged 85 years. Mrs. Walsh was born In County
WexAird, Ireland, and came to this country
In IfCT. locating In this city at the cor
ner of Fifth avenue ami High street, where she
lived unlit 1SS7. then movlne to the home of her t.011
Richard In Crafton. The Immediate cause of her
death was old age. Throughout her life Mrs.
Walsh was a devout and earnest Catholic. She
leases a large number of relatives and friends, to
whom she was endeared by her many good quali
ties. Of her 12 children but five siinlve her.
They are Mrs. Catharine Kennedy, Moses P. and
Richard E. Walsh- the well known grocerymen ou
the Southslde; also, Thomas F, aud Joseph B.
Walsh.
Rev, Henry J. Fox.
Rev. Henry J. Fox, D. D., a well-known
Methodist clergyman and writer, died or Brlght's
disease, after an illness of six years, .at his home in
Falrhaveu, Mas., Thursday evening. When
about 23 years of age he came to America aud en
tered the active ministry. For three years lie w.is
proprietor and President of the Ashland Collegiate
insmuic, Asiuann, .., i. nc vma suuacuurnuy
elected to the chair of English literature anil elocu
tion in the South Carolina University of Columbia,
which place he Oiled until he returned to the North
In 1877 and Joined the New England Conference.
He was a contributor to the secuinr and denomina
tional press and published a number of books. He
was prominently Identified with the abolitionist
movement and belonged to the Masonic order.trom
which ho had received some of the highest degrees.
Obituary Notes.
Senor Don Cosmk HKRnERA, one of the richest
men lu the Uland of Cuba, Is (lend. The fortune left
by Scuor Herrert amounts to millions of dollars.
CArTAlx Silwix N. McKlLVKUT, ot Searsport,
Me., commanding tho bark Henry Norwell. died
recently in a Cubcau nort. He was well-known In
Maine and New York shipping circles, and was a
successful shipmaster.
jue was w
years old.
CLUSTERS OF STARS.
What tbe Famous Lick Telescope Has Re
cently Discovered Wonders of the
Nebula Groups Discoveries Never Made
Before by Even the Most Powerful In
struments. Writing of the performance of the great
85-inch telescope at the Lick Observatory,
Prof. Holden said: "The famous cluster in
Hercules, where Messier declared he saw no
star, is one mass of separate individual
points. The central glow of nebulosity is
thoroughly separated into points," and by
so paying he gavo that telescope the very
highest praise. Now, it may he asked, says
tho San Francisoe Chronicle, why should it
be so wonderful that the great telescope
should separate the stars in that cluster,
nn J what is a star cluster, and are star clus
ters of any special importance? All these
questions, and others related thereto, wo
are going to consider.
The!stnrs, as seen with tho telescope, that
to the number of several millions bespangle
the sky are not scattered nnifo-mly. We
see that while some regions are compara
tively bare of stars others contain stars in
profusion. Sometimes we have a small
group like the Pleiades; sometimes we have
a stupendous region of the heavens strewn,
over with stars, as in the Milky Way. Snch
objects are called star clusters. We find
every variety in the clusters. Sometimes
the stars 'are remarkable forthelr brilliancy,
sometimes for their enormous nnmbers, and
sometimes for the remarkable form in which
they are grouped. Sometimes astarclu3ter
is adorned with brilliantly colored stars;
sometimes tho stars are so close together
that their separate rays cannot be distin
guished; sometimes the stars are so minute
or so distant that the cluster is barely dis
tinguishable from the nebula.
Hercules Is the Finest or All.
Of all these clusters, the finest visible In
tho Northern hemisphere is the cluster in
Hercules, to which Pror. Holden referred.
This cluster is an extension and magnificent
mass of stars, with the most compressed
part densely compacted and wedged to
gether under unknown laws of aggregation.
Our understanding strives in vain to answer
tho inquiry, what is the object of these
thousand on thousand suns? The mere as
pect of this extensive aggregation is indeed
enongh to make tho mind shrink with a
sense of the insignificance of our little
world.
In the great Lick telescope certain star
'clusters exhibit an aspect such as man be
fore had never seen, and which for magnifi
cence baffles all description. One of its
greatest achievements in thi3 direction is
the separation of the densest portion of this
cluster into separate stars. It is a circum
stance to be sincerely regretted that visitors
to the Lick Observatory are not shown this
object with an eyepiece which will exhibit
Jhe whole of it. Seen in its entirety with
that telescope, there can be no donbt but
that It would present the most glorious tel
escopic object over beheld. Furthermore,
Professor Holden ordered made, at consid
erable expense, a power expressly suitable
for this sort of work. But his assistants
have so far neglected to go to the trouble of
putting it in, and visitors consequently do
their looking with an eyepiece which
oply shows the central part or tne ouject,
and 'with which most of its beauty van
ishes. This cluster is only of medium size, being
about one-fourth the moon's diameter. Even
with a six-inch telescope it is not to be de
spised by any manner of means; indeed, it is
the most heautltul object visible here with
such a glass.
Globular Forms in the Heavens.
Most of the telescopic clusters appear to
be arranged in globular form, thus causing
the cluster to appear very dense and bright
in tbe center, thinning out gradually to the
edge. Fifty or 60 years ago it was thought
that all tbe stars in a cluster were suns as
large as or larger than our own sun, and
dwarfed into insignificance by distance. To
day tbe views of astronomers have changed.
Tbe late Mr. Proctor was of opinion that the
cluster in Herculos does not exceed in mass
that of an average first-magnitude star.
This is rather an extreme view in the op
posite direction. It was also thought 60
years ago that nebula?, like the great nebula
in Orion, were nothing hut star dusters seen
at such an immense distance thatour largest
telescopes failed to separate the stars. It
was expected that Lord Ross's six-foot re
flector would be successful in resolving
thpsn. and it was even stated at one time.
though entirely without foundation, that it
had resolved the Orion nebula. But this
was before tho Invention of the spectros
cope. Witb that instrument wo are now
able to analyze the light coming from a body
af this sort, and tell at once whether It Is a
nebula or star cluster. For instance, the so
called nebula In Andromeda has long been
proved by the spectroscope to be a star
cluster, though no telescope can see it as
such. It is possible to see a certain slight
granular appearanco in the central part of
tho nebula under very favorable circum
stances, and tbe writer once made it out
with nothing more than a six-inch telescope.
Specimens of Coarse Clusters.
As specimens of rather coarse clusters,
the two principal star clusters in Perseus
may be mentioned. They are easily visible
to the naked eye, below the back of the
chair and on a line drawn at right angles to
the middle of it, appearing like a bright
spot in the Milky Way. . Tho globular
arrangement does not seem to have been
followed here, but still they are exceedingly
fine, especially for a six or eight-inch tele
scope. Admiral Smyth says that they
"afford together ono of the most brilliant
telescopic objects in the heavens."
But the finest star clusters are in the
southern hemisphere, which indeed seems
to be blessed with a much finer assortment
of telescopic objects that the northern hemi
sphere can boast, and really is the place for
one of the great telescopes, like the Lick,
with which the northern hemisphere is
crowded. The star cluster around the star
Koppe Crucis was described by Sir John
Herschel as one of the most beautiful ob
jects of its class. It consists of about 110
stars irom the seventh magnitude down
ward, eight of the moro conspicuous of
them being colored various shades of red,
green and blue. Of the cluster forty-seven
Toncain.he says: "It is a most glorious
globular cluster, the stars of the fourteenth
magnitude immensely numerous. It is com
pressed to a blazo of light at the center, the
diameter of the most compressed part being
30 seconds in right ascension.
ension." uie wiiule
diameter of the cluster in Hercules
is
scarcely more than that.
Fictnresque Effect of the Pleiades.
So much for star clusters in the Southern
hemisphere. But while we cannot equal
sucli wonderful objects here many very fine
ones remain; In fact, it would be possible to
spend an entire night viewing clusters and
still leave some interesting ones unnoticed.
The Pleiades offer a very fine telescopic
picture in a six-Inch teleseope, provided the
eyepiece used can take the whole of tho
group into its field. The six-and-a-half-Inch
telescopo at tho Lick Observatory has such
an eyepiece, and anv one who visits thero
andean gain permission to iook at them
with that glass will be sure of a treat.
The star cluster in Hercules is still above
tho horizon in the early evening, and any
visitor to the students' observatory at
Berkeley, which Is open to the public on tho
second and fourth Mondays of each month,
would no doubt be shown it if he made a
special request to that effect, though, of
course, nothing very wonderful could be ex
pected from that instrument. Still, it is
always advisable to go and look for oneself.
None but an eye-witness of the wonder and
glory of the heavens can thoroughly under
stand how much they lose by description, or
how inadequate an idea of them can be
gathered in the usual mode from books and
lectures. It is but the narrative of the
traveler instead of the direct impression of
the scene.
Eacey Should Be Investigated.
New York Times.l
Of the various investigations that the next
House of Representatives is bound to under
take none will prove richer in results, and
none, if properly conducted, is more, de
manded by the rjnblic interests than that re
latiug to the office of tlio Comptroller of the
Currency. VVe are willing nay, we are
anxious to concede to Mr. Lacey all the
pioblty of intention and all the pro
lessional ability claimed for him by his
friends. We should be sorry to believe that
even Mr. Hnrrlson had been guilty of put
ting over tho national bank system a man
who would deliberately protect wrongdo
ing. Bnt It is not easy to study tho record
or the Keystone Bank In Philadelphia and
'the Maverick Bank in Boston without reach
ing the conclusion that tho Comptroller has
been excessively lux In tho uso ot his powers
and the performance of his duties.
They Ha I Few Correspondents.
Washington Post.1
The comments of the English newspapers
upon the result of the recent elections In the
United States show quite clearly that they
had few correspondents in the field.
OUR MAIL POUCH.
Jefferson's Slavrry Attitude.
To tbo Editor of The Dlsnatclit
If your Wampum and New Brighton cor
respondents would but enter upon the work
of investigation, they would soon adjust
their little unpleasantness, mid also pre
serve the'honored name of Jefferson from
the charge of inconsistency on the ono hand
and from being the victim of environment
on the other. I believe that to every intel
ligent, nnprejndiced mind, tho attitnde of
Thomas Jefferson on tho slavery question
was not inconsistent with the Immortal sen
timent expressed in that first sentence of
tho Declaration of Independence. Through
out his whole career Mr. Jefferson was op
posed to human slavery, as the following,
gathered from reliable sources, and within
the reach of your correspondent, will show:
In 1789 he was chosen to a seat in the Legis
lature of Virginia. Daring tho session he In
troduced a bill empowering slave-holders
to mannmlt their slaves If they wished
to do so. Slavery advocates caught the
alarm, and the proposition was rejected bv
an overwhelming vote.
Again in the Provincial Convention of his
colony, and two years befoie the Daclnratlon
or Independence was signed, a paper was
presented from Thomas Jefferson, in which
he said: "The abolition or domestic slavery
13 the great object or desire in those colon
ies, wiieresit was unhappily introduced in
their infant state; yet our repeated at
tempts to effect this prohibition have been
hitherto defeated by Ills Majesty's negative,
thus preferring the Immediate advantage of
a few British corsairs to tbe InsMnginterests
of the American States and to the rights of
human nature, deeply wounded by tho in
fanions practice."
Daring tho war for independence Mr. Jef
ferson was Governor of Virgln'a. The Brit
ish Colonel ITarleton, with savage lerocity,
was sweeping the State in every direction.
He conceived the idea ot capturing tho
Governor. So ho sent a se-ret expedition
to Monticello. Mr. Jefferson escaned.
The foe destroyedhls crops, burnt bisbarns,
drove off his cattle and horses and left the
whole plantation a smouldering waste.
Twentv-scven slaves were also carried off.
When Mr. Jcfierson heardof his loss, he said
with characteristic magnanimity: "Had ho
carried off tho slaves to give them freedom,
he wonld havo done right."
In March. 1781, Mr. Jefferson wasappointed
on a committee to draught apian lor the
government of that immense region called
the Northwestern Territory. Tho draught is
still preserved in his handwriting in Wash
ington. Trneto bis unwavering principle
or devotion to the rights of humanity, he
inclosed in the ordinance the provision,
"That after the year 1S00 or the Christian
era there shall neither be slavery no Invol
untary servitude in any of the said States,
otherwise than in punishment of crimes
whereof the party shall have been duly con
victed to have been personally guilty."
This clanso was stricken out on motion of
Mr. Spaight, of North Carolina, seconded by
Mr. Reed, or South Carolina. These extracts
from the public life of Thomas Jefferson go,
to show that the charge of inconsistency
cannot be proved against him. Let us now
turn to his private life.
In 1772, Mr. Jefferson was married to Mrs.
Martha Skelton. She brought to him as her
dowry 40.000 acres of land and 135 slaves.
Over these slaves Mr. Jefferson had no con
trol. He conld not, under the law, give
them their liberty. And though belabored
with all his energies for the abolition of
slaverv, declaring it to be "a curse to the
master, a curse to the slave and an offense
in the sight of God," he was powerless to do
that wliich every act of his life warrants us
in believing he wonld gladly do, viz: liber
ate his slaves. It is our firm conviction that
had Jefferson lived in the days of Lincoln
he would have stood side by side with the
great emancipator, pleading for the right3
of man, and no pen wonld have been more
powerful and eloquent in its pleadings of
the cause of the slave than wonld that of the
immortal author of that immortal docu
ment, "Tho Declaration of Independence."
East Bradt, Pa. S.
WILLS TOO EASILY EE0KEN.
Difficulty Surrounds Those Who Desire to
Dispose of Their Property.
Washington Post.l
The discussion by the press of the country
of the decission of the New York Court of
Appeals in the Tilden will case has drawn
general attention to the difficulty of making
certain testamentary dispositions of prop
erty without Incurring the danger of having
such dispositions declared invalid by tbe
courts on some technicality of law or some
arbitrary rule of construction.
Whenever a testator has a purpose In view
which, in a general way, is clear enough to
bis own mind, bnt of which he cannot fore
see the modifications that may be necessary
in the future, the ordinary way is by will to
create a trust for the carrying out of the
general purpose and to confer upon the
trnstees a discretionary power to deal with
future contingencies as they may arise. Yet
there are few wills of this character that do
not run a great risk of being broken for un
certainty, or other like reason. Their pur
pose is easily understood by the ordinary
mind and their fiduciary provisions could
be Intelligently and faithfully carried out by
men of ordinary business sense; yet they
may be declared invalid on a mere point of
construction growing out of the application
of rules of law, according to the view and
temper of the court.
JOSEPH J2FFEBSan'S DEER.
How They Camo to Ho Presented to the
City of I'atenon.
Bostow, Nov. 8. Joseph Allen, Joseph Jef
ferson's chief sponsor and keeper of the
elegant house and grounds at the Crow's
Nest, at Buttermilk Bay, laugh3 heartily
over the announcement of tho pet deer
which have been presented to the Park
Commissioners of Paterson, N. J., by tbe
veteran actor. Ho says:
"You see, Mr. Jefforson didn't care to keep
them here any longer, and one day he said
to me, 'Allen, wbero shall I put them?' I
asked him to let me have them, and he did.
Thon I went on to Patcrson, which ts my
home, and offered them to the Park
Commissioners. They refused them. The
peoplo got hold of It, and the oppo
sition daily paper there went for the
Commissioners. One of the board is the
owner of the other paper there, and that
made it the mote interesting. My friends
there pitched in, and that Park Commission
had anothor meeting and decided to accept
tbe deer with thanks. I have been on there
now. showing them how to fence them in
the Paterson City Park so that the children
will not trouble them too much. There
are four of the deer, and they are very hand
some." Superiority of American Armor.
New York Press.
The result of the comparative trials of
American armor at Indian Head a week ago,
proved conclusively the superiority of
American nickel steel armor over all-steel
plates. The Navy Department has, in con
sequence, decided that nickel steel of do
mestic manufacture shall bo used for the
defensive belts of all our armor clad war
ships. The Miantonomoh is protected by
English compound armor, mado at Shef
field, and the formidable Pacific coast
defender, Monterey, which wns launched
some time ago, has armor shields for her bat
teries already made of the all-steel plates.
She will have a nickel steel protective belt
at the water line, lm ever. The three mag
nificent 10,000 ton battle ships now building,
the armor clads Maine and Texas, and the
fleet and powerful armored cruiser New
York, that will probably be launched on
Tuesday, will all nave American nickel steel
armor that will be superior In resistance to
penetration to anything now on the hulls of
foreign warships.
DISCUSSED IN THE STATE.
The Tariff and not the Silver question will
have the greatest influence! on tbe contest
of 1832. Protection and Reciprocity are
livo questions and voters can understand
and appreciate them. Aorrtioun Herald.
Texas will produce 11,K0,000 pounds of
cane sugnr this year on which a bounty of
2 cents per pound will bo paid. Even Texas
will have to admit the McKinloy bill is not
such a bad kind ora measure after all. Lan
caster Era. .
Without a doubr, tho American peoplo do
not want n, third pnrty In their political
movements, their disposition being to sus
tain only two such organizations, namely,
the Democratic and Republican. Harris
burg Star-Independent.
It seems strange that almost every man
selected for public position these davs will
go astray if he has any public funds to
handle, or if there are any opportunities to
profit in an illegal way from their positions.
Sharpsburg Jlera'a.
Tho reciprocity feature of tho McKinloy
bill, which has added g eatly to the popu
laiityofits author, the brilliant Secretary
of State, promises to do great things for
this country in the way of opening new
channels of trade. Erie Times.
CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS.
Missouri's persimmon crop has not
failed In 40 years.
Dickens pictured 1125 characters in the
books that he wrote.
Chicago does not lack for reading matter.
There aro 531 newspapers published there.
Twenty-one railroads center in Minne
apolis, which produces 37,000 barrels of flour
dally.
Ten thousand Moslem students attend
the University of the Great Mosque of El
Aga, in Cairo.
The British Foreign Bible Society has
distributed 124,000,000 copies or religious
writings in 87 years.
A pumpkin seven feet in circumference
and weighing 200 pounds is on exhibition in
the Los Angeles, Cal., Chamber of Com
merce. Levi says of the natives of Brazil that
fhey are subject to fewer diseases than the
Europeans, and reach an age of from 100 to
120, or even 140 years.
Calico printing originated in India. It
was imported into Holland by the Dutch
East India Company and spread into Ger
many. It lound its way into England in the
17th centnry.
A St. Charles, 31a, landlord, unable to
make a non-paying tenant leave, took' the
doors and windows away. The man sys ha
likes ventilation, and he is still master of
what remains of the dwelling.
South Africa is not just now the Tom
Tiddler's ground that many persons have
thought it. The writers apeak bitterly of
the difficulty of obtaining any kind of em
ployment, describe the colony as "swarm
ing with deluded immigrants," and tell of
the "terrible depression in every branch of
trade, and general business throughout
South Africa."
The French baker is not only required
to conform to laws regarding weight, but he
is also told at what price he must sell his
bread. He is fnrther required to deposit a
certain snm of money in the hands of the
municipal authorities as a surety of good
behavior. In the large fortified cities he
has to keep a specified quantity on hand to
provide for warlike emergencies.
St. Orlando's Stone, which stands about
a mile northeast of Glamu Castle, England
had the reputation, in years past, of prop'
hetlcally revealing the events of tbefuture
either by speech or sign from itself, or in
ward reponse felt by those who invoked its
e'.il. Maidens therefore repaired to its hal
lowed shrine for information as to their fu
ture destiny, and lovers plighted their
solemn troth there.
A great natural curiosity has appeared
above the surface of the Mediterranean, near
the little island of Panpellaria, between
Sicily and Africa. It is a volcano, which
suddenly popped into view nbove the snr
lace, and is now 2,800 feet in length, though
it rises only a few few distance above the
sea level. It Is in constant eruption, and
the lava is adding gradually to its stature.
Its eruption, however, is not violent.
"Not the least among our Maine in
dustries," says tho Kennebec Jotimaf, "13
that of picking blueberries to supply the
various packing factories in the eastern part
of the State. Washington county has done
an unusually large business the past season
some families having received from $200 to
$400 as the result of the summer's work. A
single day's receipts in tbe packing bouses
in the -vicinity of Cherryfleld have often run
up as high as 1,000 bushels."
The secret of the vanishing lady trick
has been divulged In a French scientific
Journal. Most people believed that the fig
ure disappeared by a trap in the stage, but!
the "blind" of spreading a newspaper on
the floor was not so easily explained. It'
turns out that the newspaper is really a
sheet of India rubber printed over, and has
a silt in it bv which the subject escapes. As
for the silk shawL which, in the more re- 1
cent exhibitions of the trick, appears to
vnnish with the lady, it is simply whisked
off the stage by an invisible wire too quick
ly to be seen.
The Hawaiians have a peculiar super
stition regarding tho cruiser Charleston.
The Charleston brought the late King Kala
kaua to this country last fall, and also con
veyed his remains to Honolulu after his
death in San Francisco, and the natives be
lieve the spirit haunts the vessel and claim
to have seen the ghostly form of the Kinr;
stalking along the bridge. They believe
some member of the royal family will die
mrer esca visit 01 mo onariestoD. .as a con
sequence, the vessel Is not likely to receive
an enthusiastic ovation from the Hawaiians
upon her visits to the islands,
Black rain is a curious phenomenon
which has not yet been properly and ade
quately explained. There fell, on tbe 23d of
November, 1819, a remarkable shower at
3Iontreal, accompanied by appalling thun
der. The fall had been, nreceded by dark
and gloomv weather over the whole of the
States and Canada, and. when Montreal it
self was visited, the whole city becamo
dark: the atmosphere appeared as If covered
with a thick haze of a dingy orange color,
and the rain which fell had m thick and dark
inky appearance, and seemed to bo impreg
nated with some black substance resemb
ling soot.
The body of a woman, buried in a cem
etery nt Marian, O., a fewycara ago, on being
exhumed this week, was found to have
almost completely petrified, the feet being
the only portions that had undergone tho
change. "No signs of emaciation," says a
dispatch, were shown. .The body bore a
pinkish-gray color, and resembled a chiseled
statue. There is no suggestion offered for
this change, as no other body was ever be
fore known to change in the cemetery.
Many persons are becoming curious to know
if such changes have resulted in tbe forms
of friends who have been laid away, and
many investigations are soon to De made.
Two strange fish were recently cap
tured on La Have Banks. While fishing in
300 fathoms of water two of the crew of the
schooner Mildred V.Lee pulled upaenri-ous-looking
specimen, for which none of the
Bank fishermen can find a name. It is a
little more than four feet in length, of near
ly the same breath, and has five fins of a
reddish hue. Tho body is covered with
silvery scales. The flesh is red and good to
eat, and the flsh weighs 112 pounds. The
other curiosity was captured at the re
markable deptn of 600 fathoms by the
schooner Bessie M. Wells. It is about six
feet long and shaped like a mackerel. The
skin is of a dull brown color, and is thickly
covered with small white spots, from each
of which protrude two sharp, needle-like
bones. These bones are invisible to tho
naked eye( but are easily detected by tho
touch when the flsh is rubbed toward the
head.
RHYNKLES AND HHYMELETS.
Friend If yon have so much troubls
with jour wife's relations, why do you live with
them?
Hatework Because my relations won't have ns.
Kew Tork Weekli.
"What on earth is Jimmie crying about
now?" asked papa.
"Hewants to give his gold flsh a bath, " returned
mama. Puck.
In Jersey once I saw a sight
That forth a slgb of sorrow drew.
For on the foot of a Mil I passed
A mighty field of corn there grew.
.Vera Torkllenld.
Satan Well, what do you want?
Reporter I want to come In.
Satan-What kind of a lire have you led?
Reporter Saintly."
Satan Then yon can't come In.
Reporter Well, I guess I can come In: what do
yon say to that? Then, showing his flre-badge. he
walked Inside. Jwlje.
Did he fight with Grant or Sherman,
Our liocrties to guard.
Tills man with the missing arm and leg
And tbe vlsige battle-scarred?
No, he isn't a crippled soldier;
He never heard the scream
Olthe flying shell he used to kick
With a college football team.
Sew Tork Presto
Wildman Excuse me, old fellow, for say.
Ing about your wife, but as often as I've met her I
can't seem to get acquainted with her. Isn't she an
awrully distant sort of person?
MIIdman-Ooh. no! I sometimes wish she was.
though. Boston Courier.
Englishman 'O.vhis hit yon Eamericans
'ave such 'arsh voices?
American Girl That's inherited from ancestors
who made themaeles hoarse hurrahing over tha
events ofa hundred odd J ears ago. Street ZZhniLVs
Scics.
She told me "she had quite forgot
The nicest men she ever met, "
And to I said a frightful lot
Of oJlre tbiugi she cau't rorget.
Smith. Grau Vo.'s Weakly.
Mr. Stayer Have you any opinion on the
wheat orjtock market?
Mr. Snortliurn Bull I have an opinion a decided
opinion that Is Just about all I have left, Put. .