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PITTSBUEG, TUESDAY, NOV. 10. 18SL
1YATS TO BE MAYOR IN FACT.
The State and county campaigns are
over, and now Mayor Gourley gives the
local politicians something to think about
by returning to an assertion as to his
rights as Chief Magistrate of the City, lie
claims the privilege of supervising the es
timates, plans and specifications of work
to be done and material to be furnished
for the different departments before con
tracts are let; and he asks for an ordinance
by Councils directing the Chiefs to comply
with this programme.
Mayor Gourley's demand is In the public
interest It is also consistent with the
plan of the city government Otherwise
the Mayor is a mere automaton some
what more ornamental, perhaps, than the
w'ooden Indian which in the old times
stood for a sign in front of tobacco stores,
but not a whit more useful.
The Dispatch supported the new
charter which was substituted in 188" for
the heterogeneous collection of Acts of As
sembly under which an Irresponsible and
inefficient city government was formerly
conductcd. "We have now a much more
efficient administration in Pittsburg than
ever before. But at the same timo it is
due to state that the theory under which
the Charter of 1887 was advocated in
cluded a province of intelligent snd useful
work for the Mayor instead of the petty
function of Police Magistrate, of which he
was then stripped. The idea was that the
Mayor should have a general supervision
of affairs, of legislation in Council, and of
the executive administration of the de
partments as well. This was not going as
far as in other cities where the Mayor is
vested with power of appointingthe Chiefs.
It was a grant of moderate authority
which the Mayor would have the leisure
to exercise intelligently and for the bene
fit of the city.
The Chiefs of the several departments
should have no objection to a provision of
this sort exercised in a right spirit For
that reason the ordinance yesterday offered
ought to pass. Owing to the well-known
friction some time ago between Mayor
Gourley and some of the Chiefs it may be
opposed. But such opposition will not be
in the public interest. All should aid in
giving facilities for the best city govern
ment possible. If there is any complaint
later on about the spirit in which the
Mayor may exercise his power, it will then
be quite time enough for the public to
judge the particular circumstances of each
case as it may arise.
TIIE POOR FAR3I AGAIN.
The Poor Farm business came up In
Councils yesterday by the report from the
Chief of the Department of Charities of
his selection of the Alexander farm, at
Hulton, at 350 per acre, or a total price
of 5112,700. As this is one of the proper
ties previously offered at $600 per acre, it
will be seen that the criticisms of the
pre, with regard to the former purchase
have had a gratifying effect
A reduction in cost of some 75,000 on
this property, and a saving of about 100,
000 on the first purchase is a decided miti
gation of the extortionate sums originally
presented as the cost of a Poor Farm. But
since so much progress has been made it
is worth while to consider if more cannot
be secured. Mr. Elliot has demonstrated
how much can be effected by private ne
gotiation; and he may also profitably re
flect on the further saving and consequent
improvement in the buildings to be se
cured by limiting the quantity of land to
what is necessary, and locating where it
will be just as useful as on the river
front
It needs no argument to establish the
fact that the attempt to raise corn and po
tatoes by pauper labor on land costing
$50 an acre is an economic absurdity.
The more land used that way the greater
the loss. One hundred acres will give the
buildings complete isolation so far as
necessary and will furnish inmates with
all the exercise they can be induced to
take. As to the necessity of a river front
for a water supply, a very emphatic com
mentary on that idea is presented by the
fact that adjoining the site is a thriving
suburb of between 1,000 and 2,000 popula
tion, which, although located along tho
river, prefers the water supply to be
drawn from the springs and streams of
the hills back of them.
The reduction in the cost is very well as
far as it goes. But why not go farther?
Why not get a site for 30,000 to 50,000,
and'use the money saved for other public
purposes?
A THREATENED COMPLICATION.
The report that by recent discoveries
the line between Ohio and Indiana is too
far to the East and must be moved over 12
miles to the West, giving to the State of
McKinley, ForakerandSherman, the cities
of Fort Wayne, Richmond, and a large
slice of natural gas territory, which is not
booming as much as it was, presents curi
ous complications. "Here's a state of
things," as they remark in Gilbert and
Sullivan's musical strains. Indiana is not
much to be commiserated. For her deed
reads her title clearly to exactly so much
territory measuring west from the Ohio
line. If Ohio sticks over on to her terri
tory there she will take the same amount
from Illinois, and as that will locate
Chicago In Indiana, the muddle will be
only the worse confounded.
The sad plight of Illinois is indicated by
the fact that she cannot get similar com
pensations on her Western border without
moving the Mississippi river over 12 miles to
the West. Chicago has moved a good
many things, including Libby prison, and
hr.s demonstrated her ability to deal with
streams by proposing to make the odorifer
ous Cl.:cago river run from its "mouth to
source, but with Chicago moved over to
Indiana, we fear Illinois would be unable
to cope with the Mississippi single-handed.
Besides, what will Chicago say to being
transferred to the State ofvHoosiers and
hoop-pole back counties? TBe most obvi
ous gainer in that respect is Judge
Gresham, who thus finds the State of his
residence and the city of his popularity
brought together. But even he will be
afflicted by the thought that under this
arrangement he ought to bo President of
the United States. For with Chicago in
Indiana he would have iad the Indiana
delegation in 1888, and the lightning which
struck Benjamin Harrison would have had
to hit him.
TVlth all these and many other unnamed
complications the country should urge
Ohio to restrain her appetite for greatness.
Let her be satisfied with a few more-Presidencies
and Cabinet offices rather than
take that twelve mile strip of territory
which would plunge the central basin into
woes unnumbered.
STRAIGHT ROAD TO BALLOT REFORM'.
The Constitutional Convention juggle is
safely out of the way. They have not yet
finished counting the vote against it in the
populous counties, but we know it is the
most completely snowed-under proposi
tion that has been submitted to the people
of Pennsylvania for many a year. It is
therefore time for the triends of ballot re
form to stir up the question of obtaining a
genuine measure by the direct method of
legislation.
Of course, those who were led off by the
dogma, that the repeal of the ballot num
bering clause of the Constitution was
necessary to ballot reform, have still the
course open to them of moving for that
change by Constitutional amendment
That would give the subject a full chance
to be discussed on its merits without lug
ging in the possibility of scores of other
Constitutional alterations, good, bad and
indifferent It is safe to say that in the
two years' debate which that course would
callow, the fact would be made plain that
the clause in question is a safe-guard
against fraud, not in conflict, but in har
mony with the true purposes of ballot re
form. But in that case why not move for full
ballot reform at tho next election of mem
bers of the Legislature? The secrecy of
the numbered ballots is one of the provi
sions, and it can be enforced by legisla
tion as completely as by any other meas
ures necessary to the reform. The election
officer who would violate the provision of
secrecy would violate other provisions of
the law in respects less easy of detection.
A measure which shall supply the, defi
ciencies of the act passed by the last
Legislature can be secured if the support
ers of the reform refuse to be led off again
into the devious paths into which they
were diverted by the Constitutional Con
vention ruse.
The overwhelming vote against the Con
stitutional Convention was not a vote
against ballot reform, but a disapproval of
the needless expense and obvious danger
of tinkering anew at a first-class Constitu
tion 18 years atcr its enactment
A PATENT REFORM.
The abuse of "interference" jobs in the
Patent Office has already been com
mented on in these columns. It is practi
cally admitted that a case of this sort is
being kept standing thereon a vital Inven
tion for the use of the telephone.- Both
the original claim and the "interference,"
or claim that it interferes with a previous
patent, are really owned by the Bell Tele
phone Company. They have been kept
standing for some years, and the manifest
purpose of this suit of a corporation
against itself is that the patent may date
from the decision of "the interference
claim, and thus practically prolong the
life of the telephone monopoly for another
seventeen years.
The admission that this is so consists not
only in all absence of denial, but in the
preparation of a bill by -one of the officials
of the Patent Office to correct the abuse.
This bill proposes that interference claims
shall be taken into the courts, and as the
process of courts of equity is put forward
as hastening the decision we can gain an
idea of the exemplification of eternity
presented by suits in the-Patent Office.
The measure is a moderately good one
to cure this single evil. But if Congress
is going to undertake to reform the patent
system why not begin at the foundation,
and prevent the creation of monopolies in
patents by giving the inventor a royalty
on the use of his idea, which is to be' free
to all?
THE PENNSYLVANIA EXHIBIT.
The Governor's proclamation with ref
erence to tho exhibit of Pennsylvania at
the World's Fair, published elsewhere,
should arouse people to active co-operation
in the work. The purpose of making the
State's display such as will win the admir
ation and attract the attention of all tho
spectators at the FairJs of the greatest
importance to the entire State.
The Governor specifies a special obliga
tion upon Pennsylvania to do well by tho
the Fair in the support given to the Cen
tennial Exposition by the rest of the coun
try. This is a sentimental motive worthy
of weight; but there is a more cogent ono
in the great industrial and commercial
gain to be secured by making the Pennsyl
vania exhibit an attractive aud command
ing feature. It is becoming apparent that
this is a period when we must seek the
extension of our markets. The time is
past when Pennsylvania can afford to rely
on buyers lor ner products coming to seek
them. She must seek markets; and one
of the means by which such a 'quest
can be most successfully prosecuted is the
one which the Governor's proclamation
commends to the public notice.
The World's Fair at Chicago will enable
Pennsylvania to bring her resources and
products to the personal notice of people
rom every quarter of the land. Beyond
that an exhibit that attracts and holds
the attention of the observer will spread
the fame of Pennsylvania industries in
foreign countries. Here, then, is the op
portunityby a display of our industries,
not in commonplace form, but insom'q
"shape that will be impressive and unique
to extend the sale of Pennsylvania man
ufactures over an almost infinite field.
Every dollar expended in this way will
come back ten-fold in increased business,
and will distribute its benefits to all
classes by greater activity .and larger em
ployment for labor. " The who,le -State
should unite in making the Pennsylvania
exhibit one that shall eclipse, all other
efforts in its line. " ' "
Considering the constant threat of war
in Europe for many years, and the paefflo
aspect of South American affairs only a
twelve-month ago, ono can hardly help
thinking that it might help our Spanish
Americanneighbors to keep the peace if
they had a standing war scare.
One of the journalistic remarks that Jiad
better have been left unsaid is perpetrated
in the editorial columns of the always free
spoken and generally .clear New "iork
Evening Sun. Noticing the gift by a woman
of all her diamonds tcAi elibishpp Corrlgan
for the decoration of a chalice, that journal
approves the aot because "when woman dis
cards stones for flowers in her adornment
she will have taken a step in civilization"
equal .to ono "reaching from the Mogul
harem to perfect sensibility." All very
fine; but where does this classification of
precious stones as barbaric leave tho Epis
copal garments whloh they aro to adorn?
South Dakota cast a total vote of 30,000
at this election, or about as much as Pitts
burg. Yet the South Dakota vote elects two
Senators and three Presidental electors,
while Pittsburg elects a little over a twelfth
of the twoSenators. With regard to other
new States the contrast is even greater. In
other words, the appetite of the last Congress
fop creating new States give) the Western
vote fifteen to eighteen times as much
power in national affairs as the Pittsburg
vote. The results of this on financial and.
business legislation may be perceived In the
near fntnre.
Bev. Peice Hughes thinks this country
needs to remember Matthew Arnold's lesson
"that character is more important than the
almighty dollar." Too" true; but tho lesson
is applicable to other nations as well.
Money has its potencies in Europe just as
much as in America.
Xow we learn that Eoger Q. Mills has a
now and sweeping tariff reduction 'firebrand
to throw into the coming Congress. Mr.
Mills should be wiser. If the Democratic
Houso is to make a good impression it
should give its attention to cutting down
appropriations and leave tariff tinkering to
that distant day when it has the power to
pass it. Mr. Mills, might profitably ponder
the fact that the tarift bills worked ont by
his genius are the precursors of Bepublican
victory.
As a means of saving the Republic in
Brazil Dictator Fonseca wiped out Congress
on the ground that the majority of the
members were hostile to his person. Gen
eral Fonseca's adoption of Louis XIVs
' 'VEtat, e'est mot" is complete but not mod
ern. Op course, now that we are glorifying
ourselves, in the editorial columns of the
Jingo press, by our vigorous foreign policy,
there will at once be a universal call that
the Government make a demand on Russia
for reparation for tho arrest and expulsion
of Pcnnell, tho American artist. It is im
possible that any one expects us to take one
conrse with small Chile and another with
ovei grown Russia. That policy would be
the reverse of vigorous.
The perverse elements soaked ont the
Lord Mayor's show and the spectators
theroof with cruel impartiality. Experience
should teach medieval mummery to pro
vide itself with water-proof coverings.
"Nothing to eat in the province of H"ijni
Novgorod. Corn riots in Simbirsk. Carcasses
of 5,000 starved horses in the steppes near
Voronesh," is tho summary or a cotempo
rary.'But this shows a lack of Inventiveness
on the part of the Muscovite. If they are so
hard up why did they not salt down the 5,000
horses? Horse steaks are a long shot better
than death by starvation.
South Dakota sets aside 720,000 acres of
land for the support of schools and charities.
A splendid gift If the land does not yield
more support to speculators and jobbers
than to charities and education.
The agreement by the New York piano
manufacturers upon a standard pitch, is a
step that should have been taken long ago,
but is better later than never. The now
pitch is that adopted in Germany. It will
enable the countless pianos exhibited at the
World's Fair to sound their notes together
without producing discord.
' We do not think Ohio is ready to com
mit the blunder ot displacing Sherman in
the Senate by Foraker.
Bismarck is still in the ring. He has
challenged a hostile editor to publish the
correspondence between himself and the
Emperor prior to his retirement. As this Is
really a challenge to the Emperor it Is evi
dence that the old man is ready to air his
grievance in the face of the loftiest poten
tate. Indian summer is giving ns at least a
brief recompense for the earlier vagaries of
the season.
SNAP SHOTS IN SEASON.
The polish is taken off a man when he's
ironed, because the starch is taken out of
him.
It is not safe to judge
sighs.
a woman by
9
her
Honest citizens can find some consolation
in the fact that elections are lost through
lack of funds.
The only thing Sullivan raised in Aus
tralia was a pair of mutton-chop whiskers.
He'll raise a disturbance here.
The hunter now takes gun and dog
And tramps for miles and miles,
Till, tired out, he bunts a log,
And then takes several smiles.
Bead men tell no tales, but their bio
graphers are often liars.
People who drink beer and partake
an onion lunch are never ont of breath.
of
Is Japanese Ohio means good morning.
In the language of the Dcmocraoy it means
good bye.
If the prudes would start a crusade
against naked lamps in coal mines there
would not be so many widows and orphans
in this country.
The elections are over, but the post
morteni will never die.
Suffering that touches the heart should
nntie the purse strings.
A close analysis of the official returns
seems to leave Harrison outside the breast
works. Hk cannot blow a brassy horn,
Xor sound a note or flute,
But he can take some horns of corn
And go out on a toot.
THEjnanwho hides his light under a
bushel will never be measured.
Those who blame the McKinley bill
for everything high should not forget to
mention the Major's majority.
The cowhide shoe squeaks, but the cow
hided man squeals.
Those who hold the mirror np to nature
run the risk of having it shattered by light
ning. ,
"Women should remember that it is better
to be a good listener than a good looker.
9 Truth In the Well.
San Francisco Chronicle.
A story comes from Minnesota f some
men who were digging a well, and when
they had got down about 150 feet received a
series of shocks like those from a powerful
electrio battery. This would seem to verify
tho old saying that "Truth lies at the bot
tom of a well," for to many persons there
could be nothing more shocking than the
plain, undisguised ttuth.
The Plumed Knight's Popularity.
Benton Harbor Palladium.
The Presidential possibilities of James G.
Blaine are dally improving. With the pro
foundest respect for the honored present in
cumbent of the office of Chief Executive,
there is no dlspnting the supreme popu
larity of tho Plumed Knight in the ranks of
tho Eopublican party.
MEMORIES OP PARNELL.
He Turned a Rabble Into an Army and
Victory . Followed Victory Recollec
tions of Some Fierce Struggles In the
Bouse of Commons. '
Ono day, over 20 years ago, I called on
Isaac Butt, thon leader of the Irish Parlia
mentary party, at his residence, Henrietta
street, Dublin, writes a correspondent of the
London Illustrated Newt. Butt came into the
room in his nlcasant, genial way, shook me
warmly by the hand, and said: "My dear
fellow, you will have to wait 20 minntes. I
have got a splendid recruit, and I cannot
leave him. It is young Parnell an historic
name and I tell yon what it is.iny friend,
tho Saxon will And him an ugly customer,
though he is a d d good-looking fellow."
This was the first I had heard of Mr. Par
nell. I had joined the "Home Rule Confed
eration" very soon after it was formed. I
remember well the Parliamentary campaign
of 187 80. I saw the Irish party of those
days gradually fade away. It ued to be tho
Joke of the lobby in the years 1978-9 that "no
two members of the Irish party were on
speaking terms with each other." Mr. Par
nell came and all was changed. A nibble
was turned into an army, and victory on
victory followed defeat after defeat.
It was in 1831 that I first came to know Mr.
Parnell. During that year I was with him
in the Houso of Commons constantly. It
was a year of fierce strugele. In 1880 I had
gone to Bradford, at the invitation of tho
Home Rule League; to induce the Irish of
that division to "go solid for Mr. Forster."
I met an "old Fenian" in the town not a
man to be classed with the dynamltnrds or
agrarian murderers, but a man of the school
of o'Mahony and Stephens, of Luby and
O'Leary.
Ho Was With the Liberals.
He said: "You are going to help the Lib
erals. All right! They will introduce a
coercion bill the moment they get into of
fice. But I won't interfere, l saw a tele
gram from Mr. Parnell, saying: 'Vote for
the Liberals.' I won't go against him; but I
wan't vote at all." The Liberals came in,
and they did introduoe a coercion bill. Over
that bill there was one of tho fiercest parlia
mentary fights on record. While the struggle
lasted I spent many nights pacing the cor
ridors of the House witliMr. Parnell.
Mr. Bright made one of his best speeches
in support of the coercion bill. An Irish
member was put up to replv. He failed ut
teily. TJie nlsht afterwai&I said to Mr.
Parnell;. "Mr. Bright has notbeen ansn ered,
and his speech has produced a great effect
upon the House." "well, what do you wish
me to do? I put up . ono of ourbestmen,
and he failed. I can do no more. 1 quite
recognize that Bright has not been properly
dealt with. He ought to be treated as an
old friend who has gone wrong. "In fact, the
story of his past career ought to be told to
him in the House. His old speeches ought
to be rend to him." "Well, it is not too late
yet." "Oh, yes: these things ought to be
uoneon ine instant to nave any cuect.
Then ho pansod, and added: "But really it
does not matter. Those people don't care
for speeches: reasoning has no effect on
them force has. We must bind them by
their own rules." '
no Attacked tho Speaker's Conduct.
While we were walking up and down one
of the corridors Lord Granville came along;
he was soon followed by Lord Kimberly and
other members of the Cabinet. "A Cabinet
Council," said Mr. Parnell, with one of his
keenest looks; "they are at their wits' ends.
I wonder what they are going to do? Some
thing violent. Those men don't know" it, but
we are driving them into home rule.
wants me to stop this debate (on coercion).
Have vou ever heard such nonsense? I shall
hold out to the end. It they continue tho
fight according to the rules, we shall beat
them. If they break the rules, and so force
the bill through, they won't gain much by
that." A newspaper reporter came up.
"Will you speak to-night, Mr. Parnell?"
"Well, I do not know. There Is, I suspect, a
Cabinet council going on. I shall just wait
and see what will come out of it. I suspect
they mean to do something violent."
A short time afterward tho debate on the
first reading of tho bill was stopped by the
Speaker, after the House had been sitting
without interruption for 41 iioiirs. Mr. Par
nell was in bed at the Westminster Palace
Hotel early in tho morning when news of
what had happened was brought him.
"What Shall we do now?" said the member
who had come. "Be in your places at 13
when the House meets," said,' the chief. It
was Wednesday. The Irish members were
in their places when the House met. Mr.
Parnell was at their head. He attacked the
conduct of the Speaker in stopping the
debate. A warm discussion ensued. It was
kept up until 5:15, when tho House rose. No
business was done.
He Plans for the Future.
Sitting in the smoking room ono evening,
I said: "The O'Gorman Malion thinks that
Lord Benconsrleld will be "tho man to intro
duce home rule." He smiled, sipped his tea,
and said: ' Oh! I don't think so. Mr. Glad
stone will do it. Mark what I say! We are
improving our position every day." I said:
"What do you. think of Chamberlain?"
"Well, I haven't seen much of him. I met
him with Mr. Morley. Morley is a good
fellow." "But our people will oppose him in
Newcastle?" "Well, I don't know. They
aie placed in a difficult position. Personally,
I should like to seo Mr. Morley in tho House.
He is making a good fight for us in the JPall
Malt."
These are recollections of old days. The
time for writineof moie recent events has
not yet come. But I may repeat the last
words 1 heard Mr. Parnell speak; they show
the dauntless spirit of the man. It was at
Euston. He was on his way to Ireland.
Someone said: "Well, Mr. Parnell, I do not
thinkyouwill come back fiom the general
election with five followers. In fact, I think
you will come back absolutely alone." He
smiled, and said calmlv, "Well, if I do come
back absolutely alone,ome thing is certain
I shall then represent a party whose inde
nendencowill not be sappod." He passed
into the train, and I saw him no more.
The Fntnre of Fassett.
Philadelphia Times. 1
Mr. Fassett was notrnuch of a success as
a candidate, but. he' Mas been able to im
press himself on public notice with sufficient
distinctness to arouse a mild sort of wonder
as to what is going to become of .him. Some
people in New York seem to consider the
question whether he has or has not a political
futuie to b worth discussing, and there has
already been sprung that beautiful fake that
Mr. Harrison was about to pour upon his
head the precious ointment of n Cabinet po
sition or some equally high distinction. If
that were so how, pleased Warner Miller
would be. But it will bo sometime before
Mr. Harrison and Mr. Flatt find occasion to
get together again in the Empire State, and
when they do they will hang out a sign:
"Boy Wanted."
POINTS THAT ARE PERSONAL.
Rosa Boxhecr is at, work painting and de
picting the last of the wild Indians and buf
falo life from studies made when the Wild
West show was in Paris.
Major Israel B. Dowaldson, who was
Uni'ted States Marshal in Kansas during tlie
wild days of the pro-slavery conflict, is still
living in San Marcos, Tex., at the age of 95.
A Scotch export named Amos Clarke says
the only bona fide Shetland pony ho has
seen in this country is to be found in St.
Louis. Thousands of so-called "Shel ties." he
says, are ci osses between the Irish and the
true Shetland ponies.
Rcfps HATcn amused the Chicago people
by making it a dally praotico, during his
recent visit to the World's Fair city, to go
out on the walk in lront of his hotel after
breakfast and feed the birds that were pick
ing up a precarious living there.
Judoe CCLBERTSON.tho Texas Congressman,
recently replied to a tirade of abuse from an
embittered constituent by. throwing his
arms around the man's neck and exclaim
ing, "Whar's the nearest grocer?" This
was too much for the constituent.
From his dark hair nnd mustache and
swarthy face George Gould might be taken
for a Spaniard. He has always been noted
for a spruceness of attire that is giving
place, as ho grows in years, to a neglect of
dress, suoh as characterizes bis father.
Mr.-Theodore Tiltoit resides permanently
in Paris. He has prettily appointed cham
bers upon the Isle of St. Louis, almost under
the shadow of Notre Dame, and opposite to
his windows, upon tho other side of the
river, is the old house whore Abciard nnd
Heloise aro said to have lived and loved.
Dr. Oliver Wekdell Holmes states that
the original of the ancient worthy whom he
immortalized in "The Last Lear," who wore
the "old three-cornered hat," "the breeches
and all that;" and at whom the then young
poet used to "sit and grin," was Major
. Thomas Melville, the paternal grandfather
of the Into Herman Melville, tlieantlior.
OUR MAIL POUCH.
Jefferson's Environments. '
To the Editor of The Dispatch:
Our Wampum friend "comes back at ns"
and squirms in a manner which shows quite
conclusively how sharp we spurred him.
Like all men when vanquished in an argu
gument, he forgets facts nnd logic, and hurls
at us, with much harmless fury, what he no
doubt conceives to be the keenest of irony
and sarcasm. The manner in which our
friend begs the quostlon is quite amazing.
First, we will say that nothing Is so fre
quently misquoted as the phrase in ques
tion in. tho Declaration of InUepenuence ay
people! generally, unless It bo tho passige in
the Bible In which it Is declared that "In the
sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread." It
Is almost Invariably quoted: "Earn your
bread by the sweat of your brow." And it is
not uncommon, as all newspaper men well
iwiuw, lor tne average reporter, no uiunui
how correctly he mav hear tho familiar
fihraso quoted by a public speaker, to put
t in print In the commonly misquoted form.
Our iriend has evidently given more study
to the peculiar terminology of some text
book on grammar, nnd"tQ"complexand com
pound sentence nnd modifying clauses,"
as these whatever they arc relate merely
to syntax, than he had to the true import
of "sentences nnd the l ules of logic.
We did not, nnd do not blame. Jefferson for
"his unavoidable environments;" hence it
was not necessarv lor "N." to defend him
against any charge we did not make. Wo
do, however, blame him. as all civilization
has since July 4. 177G, and alwavs will, for
grafting tho institution of human slavery
in tlie organic structure of a govennent
which was to bo a model in the free
dom of its citizens for all the rcslr of
the world. While Jefferson and his compa
triots "were not to blanio for tho sentiment
into which they were born," the veidictof
mankind is emphatically against them lor
declaring in trumpet tones that "all men
aro born equal," yet saying, sotto voce, and
by their actions that the word "white" mint
be i cad between tho oi ds "all" and "men."
It is ono thing to be born into a sentiment,
and another to labor consistently to crush
out a sentiment which all men abhor, and
which isalike nn outnuro against the en
lightened conscience of mankind, as well
as a sin against the laws of God.
Jefferson and his associates well know,
and acknowledged in their debates In the
convention which framed the Constitution,
that human slaverv was wrong; that it was
only a local institution, and that by a law
that had existed among civilized nations
from time immemorial, a subject of such in
stitution, the moment he got outside the
territorial limits over wnicn tne institution
prevailed was free nnd no power on earth
could again reduce him to tho condition of
a slave return him to that from which he
had escaped.
But what did theso great founders of the
Government, that was to be the freest the
sun ever shone upon, do?
They deliberately built a monument by
which to assure all future generations that
they Were ramtliar with the creat law of
nations to which we have referred, and at
the same time willing to declare as clearly
that their onpidity was stronger than their
'sentiments" of patriotism; that they cared
not for the rights or freedom of any but
their own race, and in order to defend the
institution of human slavery and to protect
the morcennry interests of a portion of their
fellow citizens, they were ready to Abro
gate, if possible, even tho laws of the Al
mighty himself. And hence they sanctioned
by organic law the slave trade for a certain
nnmber of years, and also provided indefi
nitely for the capture of slaves that might
escape into free States of this gloricus
Union. Tills certainly was "an environ
ment," as well as "a sentiment." for which
Jefferson, great as he was, good as he may
have been in other respects, Is most as
suredly to blame. It is the inconsistency be
tween the mere declarations and the posi
tive acts of the framers of our Constitution
that subjected us as a nation to fleers and
Jeers of all civilized nations from July, 1776,
to January, 1863. E.
PmsDimo, November 0.
Make Pittsburg Attractive.
To the Editor of The Dispatch:
The idea of not opening the Pittsburg Ex
position while the World's Fair is open.
Why not fence in the town at the same time
and advertise to the world that Pittsburg is
closed on account of a few of its citizens
being out of town. It seems ridiculous for
any citizen to think of making Pittsburg
anything but attractive daring the World's
Fair.
Mayor Gourley last yeir started out to
organize the citizens for the purpose of di
verting all the travel possible through PItti
bnrg In 1893, and call the attention of the
entire world to Pittsburg. What has be
come of this movement? If Chicago or any
other live city had the opportunity we have
they would direct all travel through the
city; blockade travel, so that passengers
would be compelled to stop over, if each one
only left $1 in the city. And here we are
doing nothing. Of course Pittsburg Is a con
servative town. This thing of being a con
servative and wealthy city is liable to make
It an old fogy city. The idea will grow, and
tho conclusion be reached that it is not
necessary to rush the city to tho front. You
might as well ask a wide-awake merchant
to stop advertising or keeping his stock up
to the standard aftet he has done a certnin
amount of business. If he did he would dry
np in a very short time, no matter how con
servative or wealthy ho might be.
No. keon ritrht on:" nush the cltv to the
front; attract all the travel this way. Lot
tho citizons organize: have that live and
active Chamber of Commerce of oure, that
does so mnch to further the interests of
Pittsburg, get a move on If It is not past
resurrection. We do not want an unhealthy
Western boom, but we can show the world
American enterprise, and benefit the city
without doing any financial damage to any
of its citizens. Yon must invest money in
anything to get a return. Yon cannot ex
pect to put a city In the front rank nnd in
crease your holdings without first making
an effort. If yon do, you are not conserva
tive, but selfish, and the world will consider
us stupid to allow golden opportunities to
pass. Pcsn.
PlTTSBURO.
THAT BALTIMOBE BUH0B.
What Would Have Happened if It Had
Been the Truth.
New York Advertiser.1
Had the Chileans blown up the United
States ship Baltimore, as reported Saturday
evening what then? In tho first, place, it
would have been tlie worst day's work that
Chile ever engaged in. Although a sister
Republic, she would have repented it in
sackcloth and ashes and nitrate. Mingled
with the church bells yesterday would have
been the loud blast of war. In every ship
yard in tho country would now be heard
literally "the- sound of closing rivets up."
Every ironclad that Uncle Sam could sum
mon to his. aid would speedily be steaming
south.
The nnmber of Americans who would en-A
gage in the business of compelling respect
for tlie Stars and Stripes would be limited
only by the transportation facilities that
tlie Government conld provide for them.
This Monday morning finds ns at peace with
all the world, as we wish to be: but had the
Chilean ruffians made the grave mistake
which many-tongued rumor attributed to
her well, we can say to Chile that she made
the hit of her life when she didn't do this.
May the fate she has escaped be a warning
to her.
TALK OP THE TIMES.
The workingmen engaged in clearing
away the Ohio debris have not yet come
across the remains of Mrs. Helen Gougar.
Washington Post. The hope that they will bo
discovered is bound to bo blasted. She" will
turn up next campaign aB ready witli her
tongue as ever.
There are 1,000 female doctors in England,
and if they could only be turned loose upon
the cranks with grievances, the country
would not be a bad place to live in. Phila
delphia Times. Some of them might be im
ported for effecting the same purpose on
tli is side of the water. We could spai e a fe w
cranks.
If Uncle Sam Is after Chile, It must be a
clearcaso of ague. Manchester Enterprise. If
there is any shaking', it is not ou this side of
tho equator.
Wanted Bythe American farmers, In
formation concerning the "home market"
that tlie McKinleyltes predicted would be
the result of the tariff tinkering process.
Mt. Clemens Press. The farmers don't want
the Information now. They have found the
market just as McKinley said they would.
If, as the McKinley bill claims, the foreign
manufacturer pays tho tariff tax on im
ports, why this policy of- free trade on some
articles and a piohlbltory tax on others?
Clinton Independent. Sorao poople are still so
stupid that tbej" cannot sco that reciprocity
is not free trade.
American tin was a. little too much for
free silver in Ohio. Boston Traveller. Yes,
and it is likely to be heavier than free stiver
in the next campaign.
CLUB CONVERSATION.
How the Old Pittsburg Club Home Is Be
ing Changed Into a TJew One Lady
Henry Somerset Writes an Explanatory
Letter.
About $30,000 or 540,000 is being spent on
tho Pittsburg Club house. Tho interior is
being extensively renovated, and in some
places remodeled. The folding doors, which
divided tho reception rooms, have been re
moved, making ono nnnrtmnnt. Corinthian
Upillars with foliaged capitals, alone denote
nucio ura uiviaing wall stood. Ox more in
terest to.tbe general public is the change in
the theater, which is now reached directly
from tho side entrance on. Penn avenue.
a....o 19 cuucieu oy a new flight or stairs
of easy ascent leading to an
ante room, constructed where the old wind
ing stairs once were. Underneath the thea
ter, what was formerly tho kitchen offices,
is now a handsome billiard and smoking
room about 43x30 feet in size. Adjoining,
with communication to tliffVec'eption room,
are new lavatories. The stvle of the decora
tion is tastcfnl. The effect can only bo Im
agined, but the promise Is for a very hand-
Bume nouso wneu mo work Is completed.
This is expected in six weeks. Tho pro
gramme for the honse warming has not yet
been arranged, but there is talk or a ball, to
murk the. occasion, of unusual brilliancy
about December 15.
The Duquesnc Club, dignified and staid,
as befitting the charaotcr of its members,
docs not give promise so far of any unnsual
departure. Andrew Carnegie calls this his
homo when hero. Ho always retained
rooms in the old house. He doe not do so
in the present clubhouse, casting in his lot
for accommodation with tho members, as
he requiie-) it. When he arrivod In his
special car on Saturday morning, in
company with Messrs. Lander, Phipps and
Frick, lie went direct, to the Duquesne Club.
Gossip has it that tlie iron king will enter
tain u select party at the clubhouse prior to
his return to Xcw York. Mr. Carnegie is
hero in part" for attendance ou his niece's
wedding, the young lady being one of his
particular lavoritcs.
Social Chatter.
Mrs. E. D. CLMair heard from Lady Henry
Somerset yesterday, concerning the post
ponement of the promised nddress by Lady
Henry last Sunday to the Welsh Iron Work
ers in Pittsburg. In substance the letter
explains that Lndy Henry's chief object in
this country was to be present at the World's
W. C. T. U. in Boston this week. Had she re
mained in Pittsburg for .Sunday, she could
not have reached Boston in time. Her lady
ship promises that she will spesk in Pitts
burg betwoen Christmas and New Year's,
ana she has lengthened her American visit,
that she may do no.
Tnoccn Blondav night generallv is not the
fashionable night In Pittsburg.'Tlie Bos
tonians" gathered an audience that In bril
liancy has never been surpassed. The par
quet was dotted with tne small theater
parties that Pittsburg delights in. Mr. and
Mrs. C. L. Mngce entertained a party of
friends, among whom were Mrs. Stanley
Matthews and Mrs. Paxton, wife of Chief
Justice Paxton, of Pennsylvania, in a lower
right hand box. An air of elegance was ap
parent everywhere, and evening dress
seemed almost de rigeitr.
The marriage of Miss Melissa McKeo and
Wm. Erwln Camahan will take nlace to
morrow evening at 5 o'clock, in Mrs.'McKee's
home, on Firth avenue, with befitting cere
monials. The bride's sister-in-law to be, Miss
Carrie Carnnhan, assists at the ceremony as
Maid oi Honor.
Mr. asd Mrs. Nathan B. Hesrt have
taken their Lares and Peuates to Highland
avenue, where they have been joined bv
their son-in-law and their daughter, Mr. anil
Mrs. W. IL Normecut.
HE WANTS BESSABABIA.
The
King of ftonmania Will Side
With
Germany and Austria.
London Spectator.
The King of Boumanla, who Is a Hohonzol
lern, though of the Catholic branch, has
been received in Berlin with unusual honor,
especially by the people, who are firmly con
vinced that'he has Joined the Triple Alli
ance. It is stated that he could give valua
ble help to Austria, as, by calling out his Re
serves and taking advantage of tho new for
tifications of Bucharest, he conld rtnlnv .tho
sjiarch of a Russian army into Hungary for
His heir-presumptive, Prince Ferdinand,
will also, it Is stated, bo betrothed to the
eldest daughter or the Dnke of Edlnbnreh,
a Princess who is at once German and Rus
sian and English. Both stories need con
firmation; but thougli there aro probably no
treaties, the King of Rnnmanla,in the event
of war, is almost certain to Join Austria and
Germany. He wants Bessarabia back again,
and does not want to see Roumania turned
into a vassal State, to be occupied bv a Rus
sian army nnder pretext of guarding the
road to Constantinople.
France and Sahara.
LeSoleil.
France is goiDg to take possession of the
oasis of Touat In tho Sahara Desert. Where
npon the editor in chief of La Justice makes
an outcry, declaring that the proposed step
would be a gravo mistake and embroil us
with Morocco. But Morocco will have no
reason to complain because we' send a col
umn of troops to occupy Touat. It Is Franco
that has tho right to complain, because
tlie Sultan of Morocco has seized Touat,
to which he is -not ,entitled. If the
Sultan, in order to sustain any claim he may
make upon 'us, chooses to invnde Algiers
with his 10,000 cavalry, I suppose we have
cannon and gnns enough to receive him and
escort him back to his own dominions. It
is notthe intention of France to take from
Muloy-nassan that which belongs to him.
Ho ougnt to see the justice of our not allow
ing him to take that which belongs to us.
The only road between our Algerian and
our Soudan possessions is by the way of
Touat. To permit Morocco to make herself
mistress of Touat would be to cut our Afri
can Empire in twain. Nothing could possi
bly j U8tify such an act of weakness.
Edison's Mystery of Life.
Philadelphia Press.
Mr. Edion, who steals timo from his lab
oratory to tako an occasional dip in litera
ture, contributes a brief piper to the press
on the mystery of llfe.in which he expresses
the belief that ever' atom is imbued- with
consciousness. Ho makes no claim to be an
expert in the misty science of biology; nor
indeed is his theory strictlynew. Still, it
derives new interest as a speculative theme
from his personality; and as a sweep at
materialism from ono whose highest honors
have been won in the realms of material
science.
POOR OLD BRAZIL.
Don Pedro would like to get his old situa
tion as Emperor back again. It cannot be.
American revolutions never go backVard.
Sf. Y. Recorder.
Poor Brazil! If she keeps on producing
convulsions and "crises" she will soon drop
to tho low plane occupied by Salvador and
Chile St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Brazil is also having domestic trouble. In
borrowing ideas from the United States, tho
South Americans have evidently overlooked
the free schools. Kansas City Star.
Attemptihg to play the dictator is dan
gerous in these modern times of free ideas.
Da Fonseca, of BraziUshould recall the fato
of Boulanger und Bainiaceda. Chicago Inter
Ocean. '
Old man Brazanga is doubtless in deep
griofover tnenewturn oPfcffalrs In tho Bra-
'zllian republic The Brazilians are all de
termined to be brigadier generals. Louisville
Courier-Journal.
It is suspected that the latest revolution
in Brazil has.forfits object the restoration of
tho monarchy. The reignmakers there aro
exploding powder Justus Dyrenforth did
horc. Chicago Times.
If it is true that a revolution is impending
and that martial law has been proclaimed,
the outlook Is far from pleasing. The back
ground to which tho recent monarchy was
removed is not far enough in tho dim dis
tance to prevent a good many regrets, which
may ripen, in the case of an upheaval, into
a determined effort' for restoration. Detroit
l-Yee Press.
It anybody has set himself up as a dic
tator in Brazil, the occurrence is unfortu
nate for that country, as it will retard its
development and the progress of trade; but
the change will not be permanent. There
will be another i evolution by and by which
will restore the republic. The state of equi
librium to 'which the -political oscillations
tend is one of self-government. Philadelphia
Inquirer.
CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS."
"Cooter" is what they call terrapin In
Florida.
Kansas has a school maim whose name
is Gossip.
Gorapins once saw a girl of 12 years
who was (en feet liigb.
San Diego, CaL, will ship 100 tons of
honey to New York by steamer.
Santa Barbara has a live pelican which
measures eight feet from tip to tip.
Versailles; Mo., claims a vein of coal 80
feet thick; the thickest rein on earth.
It costs 82 to talk three minntes over
telephone wires between London and Paris.
Nevada, Mo., has a citizen named De
Spair, and with that name he got married
recently.
When the French zouaves were first in
Africa a new sort of rat made its appearance
there. It was called the "trumpet rat,
having a long probocis-
There are extroardinary cases of lon
gevity among the colored people of Chile,
nearly BOO persons, according to the last
census, being returned as over 100 years of
age.
The Burmese, Karens, Hangese and
Ghans have no coincdmoney, lead and silver
in bullion being the ordinary tender in
trade, weight and parity being the standard
of valuo.
The Carthagenians were the first to in
trodncea stamped leathercnrrenoy. Leather
coins with a silver nail driven through the
center were issued in France by King John
the Good in 1306.
A French beekeeper has experimented
with his bees as carriers of dispatches. One
difficulty of the bee service is that the in.
sects will not return over a distance of more
than two or three miles.
Twelve thousand silk worms when new
ly hatched scarcely weigh one-quarter of an
ounce, yet in the conrse of their Hie, which
lasts only about 35 days, they will consume
between 300 and 400 pounds of leaves.
The defendant in a murder case at
Carthage, Mo., has Just been cleared on two
grounds; first, that the deceased was killed
while committing an assault, and, second";
that he was not killed atall, out died of heart
disease.
It is reported that the plains of Tulare,
Cal., aro covered with bald-headed rabbits,
parties having scalped the poor creatnres in
order to obtain the bounty and then turned
them loose to replenish the earth that the
scalp supply may not fail.
A Port Huron, Mich., diver will en
deavor to recover the treasure -that went
dowij in the Pcwabic, in Luke Huron, 26
years ago. Sixty feet is about as far down
as a diver can work with safety, but this one
will work in 108 feet of water.
During a single year 500,060,000 mail
packages passed through the Chicago post
office, in addition to 27,000 tons of mail mat-,
tor transferred from ono rain to another.
The inspector in charge has under his Juris
diction 10,000 postmasters and their em
ployes. One of the largest poultry farms in the
vicinity or New York City is managed by
two young women, who, only three years
ago, were pnpil's in Dr. West's Seminary for
young women, on the heights in Brooklyn.
The farm is located near Baldwin's, Long
Island.
The vote of a Kiley county, Kan., man
was challenged because he bad been in the
penitentiary seven times. lie was, how
ever, equal to the emergency; he produced
the pardoning papers for each offense. A
voter always goes loaded In Kansas; he takes
no chances.
In different parts of the country have
long existed a number of magic stones said
to possess the most remarkable properties.
Tradition tells how certain so-called "speak
ing stones" called out when a dead body
was placed upon them, or contradicted a
person who swore falsoly by them.
In the interior towns of Northern China
slips of the bark of the mulberry tree bear
ing the imperial "chop" and a stamp which
denotes their worth, have long been used as
we use bank notes. Marco Polo found this
kind of money there in his time, and ther
still have an extensive local circulation.
After four years' work, the tunnel
through theKhwaJa Arneran mountains, in
the northwestern frontier of India, known
as the Khojnk tunnel, has been completed.
It is about two miles and one-third in length,
twenty-three feet in height, and 'thirty-two
feet in width. Only two shafts were used
besides the portals.
The Dalles (Oregon) Four Corners says
that Oregon girls "take the cake" when it
comes to "buckarooing." Last week an emi
grant wagon and band of cattle from Ore
f;on passed through town with, two good
ookiug web-foot girls driving- the cattle
riding "straddle" and sitting the saddle with
as mnch ease and grace as the most accom
plished vanqueros.
It is estimated that there will be 2,000
carloads of 20,000 pounds each in Ventura
and Santa Barbara counties, Cal. This would
make a train nearly H miles long, not in
cluding the locomotives Supposing one
locomotive pulls 20 cars it will take 100 en
ginestomove the crop. Thero will be 600,
000 sacks- of beans, allowing ZV sacks to a
car. The empty sacks cost the grower $30,
000, but the beans will bring $1,100,000 into
Ventura and Santa Barbara counties.
Seven has by old writers been called
the number of perfection, and it is curious
to notice how often this idea seems to be in
volved in its use. Thus, to quote some few
representative examples out or many:
Baalam, as an effectual test of the will of
God, built 7 altars and prepared 7 oxen and
7 rams for s-acriflce. Job, referring to the
effectual protection of Providence, says:
"In 7 troubles there shall be no evil tonoit
thee," and again, "Wisdom hath hewn her
7 pillars."
In Russian Turkestan, on the right
bank of the Amou Daria, in some rocky hills
near the Bokharan town of Karki, a nnmber
of large caves have been explored, which
were found to lead to an underground town,
built apparently before the Christian era.
Elfigies and inscriptions have been found,
and also deslzns npongoldandsllvermoney
which lead to the belief that the town dates
back to some two centuries before the birth
of Christ. There are a number of streets
and squares surrounded by houses two and
three stories high. Urns, vases, cooking
pots, and other utensils have been found in
great abundance. The symmetry or the
streets and squares and tlie beauty of the
baked clay and metal utensils, attest the
fact that the people had reached an ad-,
vanbed stage of civilization. It is supposed
the town was concealed In the earth to give
the population a refuge from the incursions
of savages and robbers.
PHALANXES OF PHTJX.
Young Mangier (to fair but total stran
ger) I believe I have the pleasant memory of hav
ing met you once.
Fair Stranger Then I advise you to make the
most of It Boston Courier.
The people shout, the hands all play,
And loader every minute.
The bass drum has aU things its way;
The ear drum Isn't "in It."
Philadelphia Press.
Mrs. Hicks-There is one thing about a
man I never could understand.
Hlcks-What Is that?
Mrs. Hicks Why he chains np his watch and
spectacles and gives his collar button the freedom
of the whole house. Sew York Herald.
Admiring Pupil Master, you seem to
have a taking way of doing things.
Master Thief Yes; 1 fancy I don't leave much to
be desired. Puet.
A handsome, shiny, new silk hat
He wears'to-day with proper pride.
The evidence conclusive that ,
He voted on tbe limine side.
yew York Press.
Tair charmer," exclaimed the enrap
tured youth, "be mine!"
"Alas: Adolphusl" sighed the lovely queen of
thechorus girls, "there are obstacles In the way?'
"Name them!" he cried impetuously.
"Nannette, Iphlitnla. Lucille. Helens and Ara-belle-my
grandchildren, you know. They might
not like you."
And the wild winds moaned and whistled with
out and the sun sJak like a huge ball of frozen
blood In the gloomy west. Chicago Tribune.
The long-delayed millennium
Would seem less dimly far.
If men were only half as good
As their sweethearts think they are. .
Sew York Herald. .
Mrs. Gazzam "Why, Mrs. Swayback, the
last time I saw you your hair was blonde. Now it
is dark.
Mrs. Swayback Yes; you know my husband
died since then.
yes."
"And I dyed, too." Smith, Gray Ch,'
Jfontto.
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