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PITTSBURG. SATURDAY, SOV. 14. 1S91.
TWELVE PAGES
THK LVTES.T l'OOH TAK5I CHARGE.
Judging by the latest developments in
the Poor Farm business, tlip quicker Coun
cils wash their hand"! of the Alexander
farm proportion submitted by the De
partment of Charities the better.
It is charged, and citations in support
of the allegation are Riven from the record
of the Court of Common Pleas of the
county, that the land which the city is
now asked to purchase at S3j0 an acre has
withm a month, upon the petition of par
ties in interest, been adjudged by the
couit of the fair value of 200 an acre, and
at that price ordered to be conveyed to a
purchaser.
The Dispatch has already expressed its
view that under no circumstances should
the Alexander tract just recommended by
the Chief of the Department of Charities
be lought First, because the city has no
need of more than 100 acres for a Poor
Farm: second, because land at S.150 an acre
cannot be profitably farmed by the class of
labor which ir unable to earn a living out
side; and third, because this particular
farm was the basis of an extortionate
attempt upon the taxpayers' pockets at a
previous bidding. At that time So00 per
acre was asked from the city for what is
now offered at 3,0 per acre.
If it is true, as the citation from the
records indicates, that this same land has
within a month been appraised and
ordered to be sold at $200 an acre th com
ment only remains to be mace that this
Poor Farm business, clouded from the
start by decidedly sinister features, has at
last reached a stage where it invites very
serious inquiry. Aie there no farms in
Allegheny county which may be bought
for the citv except at fictitious prices?
Are the taxpayers conceived to be so
ignorant or indifferent as not to care
what is bought for the city or
how much the cost? Any idea of this sort
iIJ ultimately prove a profound mistake.
There is room and a clear need for official
explanations if lhe latest statements in
reference to the Poor Farm negotiations
are to stand unchallenged; but in any
event there is no room for Councils to
squander a dollar in buyinganything more
than the citj actually needs. There is no
room, cither, for encouraging in the least
the idea that any part of the public money
is raised to be given away. It were better
the city should do without a farm alto
gether, and pay the county for taking care
of itb poor, than to give color to imputa
tions of jobbery or extortionate profit
The public will look with curious interest
to the action of Councils on this business.
GAITERS VERSUS BOOTS.
Kate Field is not satisfied with the new
Boston anti-mud costume.' This is not re
markable, as the idiocyncrasy of that crit
ical lady is largely in the direction of dis
satisfaction with other people's ideas. But
her criticism develops a characteristic trait
on the subject of dress, and is therefore
worth considering.
Her point of attack is the boots worn to
protect the leet and ankles, which fold
into creases, and which the thinks are f.r
less becoming than "knickerbockers."
Here we have the feminine idea that the
first object of dn-ss is to be becoming, after
which advanced thinkers of the class of
Miss Field will be willing to let comtort,
cleanliness and protection to health come
in as a secondary consideration. It is not
remarkable that with such ideas Miss Field
should be unable to agree with the dress
reformers who in the matter of street cos
tumes make comfort and health the pri
mary consideration and that of what is
termed beauty the secondary one.
But the feminine idea of what consti
tutes beaut' in dress is equally unique.
By knickerbockers, if we may venture to
the feminine terms on such a subject, we
understand Miss Field to mean gaiters or
legginss. These are fashionable now-a-tlays;
arga', according to that lady they
m
are becoming. It never occurs to her that
the true foundation of the aesthetic qual
ity, as exemplified in the word "becom
ing," is fitness or appropriateness to the
use. Now as the boots afford a much
more thorough protection against cold,
mud, snow and wet than the gaiters, by
all aesthetic rules boots are the most be
coming. Finally, as a compromise, let us suggest
to Miss Field that a large liberty can be
afforded to wearers of the mudless cos
tume. There is no reason why ladies
should not wear gaiters with the other
features of the improved street costume,
if they prefer them to the boots, and
there is no reason why Miss Field should
not accord the same freedom to those who
prefer boots.
MAGNITUDE OF TIIE ROD QUESTION.
The bad engineering and worse economy
shown in the almost universal condition of
the roads of this country has been the sub
ject of much discussion lately. But few
have presented it in a more striking way
than Mr. .1. B. Potter in his article on "The
Profits of Good Country Koads" in the last
issue of the Forum. Mr. Potter uses the
license of an advocate in some of his asser
tions; but even allowing for that, the sub
ject as presented by him is very forcible.
Mr. Potter strikes his first blow by point
ing out that the dirt road, the only avenue
of traffic between the farmer and the rest
of the world, remains practically the same
as it was at the beginning of the century.
He might have gone further and pointed
out that at the close of the Nineteenth
century the great republic isinferiorto the
great republic of antiquity in its practical
demonstration of the art of road making.
In every other respect the century has
been one of amazing progress. Its indus
trial and productive capacities have been
multiolied by the devices of improvement;
but in this one instance we have remained
stationary. We have the excuse that the
country has grown up during a period in
which a great share of the functions of
the old roads has been usurped
by the railroads; but when
we remember the immense importance
still left to the country roads in the mar
keting of agricultural products, the neg
lect of the known means of improvement
forms a strikingly unfavorable contrast
with the economy of labor established in
every other direction. The farmer has
been quick to adopt the use of machinery,
which enables one man to do what form
erly required three or four: but he has
wholly neglected the art of road building,
by which he could do with one horse the
work that now compels turn to use two,
and sometimes four.
In dwelling upon the magnitude of this
subject, Mr. Potter goes slightly into
hyperbole with the assertion that "besides
filling the local markets we arc hauling
over our common roads enough produce,
in one form or another.to supply a freight
ing business for 150,000 miles of railroads,
using more than 1,000,000 freight cars, and
earning a traffic income in 1890 of nearly
$1,000,000,000." This is strictly inaccurate,
as it supposes all the traffic of the rail
roads to be brought to them over country
roads, which is not the case with the great
mass of the coal, iron, lumber, petroleum
and other departments of railway traffic.
But it has the foundation in the sec
ondary sense that the agricultural
industry is the fundamental one
of this country. If there were no means
of getting agricultural products to market
the coal, iron and other departments of
railway traffic would speedily dwindle;
and in such degree as the marketing of
rural staples is hampered and maue ex
pensive in exactly the same degree are the
industries which find their ultimate mar
ket with the farmers restricted of their
full possibilities.
"When we give this fact its full weight
we do not alone demonstrate the import
ance of the road question. In addition
we gain some light on other vexing prob
lems. The lack of prosperity for the
farmers has been the topic of a great deal
of discussion; and while there are other
causes there is a little difficulty in show
ing that one of the difficuties in the way
of putting farm products in market Is the
extra cost of wagon-road transportation.
Beyond that the question of road improve
ment offers secondary results which most
people do not see. TnE DisPATcn has
often pointed out that the great drawback
to Middle States farming is that railroad
competition on the longer hauls brings the
cheap and fertile Western lands as near
the seaboard markets as the farms
of Pennsylvania or Ohio. But suppose
that road improvement should bring rail
road competition to the farmers of this
district? There are few sections in which
the railroads are more than thirty miles
apart. Take a farmer who is ten miles
from a railroad in one direction and
twenty from one in the other. In the pres
ent condition of the roads only the near
est railway is available. But supposing
that road improvement should make the
haul of twenty miles as available to him
all the year round as the ten-mile haul
now is ! How long would it be before the
railroads would find themselves in com
petition for the traffic they now class as
local? It is not hard to Seeyhow an im
provement in the roads which would
lessen the cost of hauling farm products
$1 502 00 per ton might bring with it a
reduction in freight rates of 51 001 50
per ton.
With all these important considerations
the most convincing argument of all is the
demonstration of experience. In the few
districts where the work of making first
class roads has been systematically carried
on, the price of land has increased, trade
has developed, and the people have testi
fied that the boon of good roads is inesti
mable. The agricultural population of
the rest of the country should perceive
that the same considerations make it well
worth their while to devote energy, labor
and money to the task of securing first
class highways.
AS TO THE TRUSTS.
A communication in the "Mail Pouch"
column of The DisPATcn the other day
with reference to the decision on the Til
den Trus; deserves brief notice for its per
petration of- a very common misrepresen
tation. After criticizing the editorial with
the assertion of the rigid views of the
courts on the subject of trusts which is
exactly what the editorial stated our
contributor goes to remark that the reason
the Standard and Sugar Trusts flourish
untouched is because no one has "been in
jured or aggrieved by cither of these com
binations," which position ho. supports
with the assertion "that oil has never been
so cheap before as it has been sin'cc the
Standard got control of the business; and
we are quite sure that never since our
Government was founded was sugar so
cheap as at the present time."
The idea that no one has been injured
by the Standard combination is a remark
able one to present in a city which before
the rise of that monopoly was a great cen
ter of the refining industry, and now,
when it is the center of the producing re
gion, has a few ruins to show oft its former
refineries. Such a plea can be most char
itably excused on the hypothesis of ignor
ance of the industrial liistory of .Pittsburg.
But a similar theory must cover the fur
ther assertion that no one has been Injured
by the Sugar Trust in view of the declara
tion of the courts of New York that the
public interest was so jeopardized by it
that it must be dissolved. It is one of .the
remarkable features of the day, on" which
the former editorial commented, that,
after this decision had been repeated from
the court of first instance to the eourt of
last resort, both were evaded by the
shallow device of adopting a New Jersey
charter without the slightest let or hind
rance from New York law.
As to the plea of cheap prices under the
Trusts, it is commonly made now, and is
in every instance a deception. It does not
appeal strongly to the producers of Penn
sylvania to be told of the beneficial work
of the Standard jn making their product
cheaper than ever before. But the real
fact is that the charges imposed on the
service of taking the crude petroleum from
the wells, refining it and delivering to con
sumers have not been decreased in propor
tion to the labor-saving devices on that
part of the business 'where the Standard
has abolished competition. On export oil
the Standard has to meet the competition
of the Russian fields; and export oil is re
markably cheap. In some portions of the
domestic trade independent refiners are
still able to keep up competition; and the
Standard takes care that where they can
reach the consumer there shall be no large
margins. But where the Standard main
tains its monopoly its beneficial work in
cheapening the price of oil is a figment of
the imagination. As to the Sugar Trust,
the remark of our contributor be
trays a remarkable ignorance of
modern commercial facts. While
the Sugar Trust was successful it ad
vanced the price of sugar to the consumer
two cents per 'pound. This was checked
and the price somewhat reduced by the
growth of independent refineries like the
Spreckles establishment, and finally the
present low prices were secured by the re
duction of duties which let in competition
from all over the world. The present price
of sugar is the exponent of the failure of
the Sugar Trust and not of its results.
Trusts of the class under discussion are
not organized for public charity. They are
made for the purpose of securing greater
profits by heavier prices than are possible
under competition; or they are formed for
stock jobbing purposes, with the intention
of selling watered stocks to unwary in
vestors under the pretence of such a
monopoly. The assertion of cheapness
under the trusts, except where that cheap
ness is the result of crowding down the
earnings of producers, can only be made
good where they have failed of their pur
pose. THK BRAZILIAN CONFLICT.
Advices from Brazil continue to indicate
that the forcible opposition to Fonseca's
usurpations is growing in magnitude and
importance. The movement in Rio
Grande De Sul has gone to the length of
capturing a town from Fonseca's troops;
Para has declared its independence;
Bahia, Pernambuco and two or three of
the interior provinces are preparing to
join the movement, and it is even reported
that the reason for Fonseca's leaving Rio
Janeiro for San Paulo wa3 the restiveness
of the capital under his absolute govern
ment. In such a struggle the sympathies of the
United States must be with the party
standing for free government and oppos
ing thclawnessnessof military absolutism.
There have been attempts to claim that
the interests of the United States are with
Fonseca on account of the reciprocity
treatv he has made. That might be a
valid argument, if the people of the United
States were willing to sell their republican
principles for the profits of a little Brazil
ian trade. But even if there were such a
denial of our sympathy with free govern
ment, the experience of the Chilean
trouble might teach us that reciprocal re
lations with South America are best se
cured by recognizing the right of the peo
ple to maintain their freedom against mil
itary adventurers.
It is not the business of the United
States to interfere in the Brazilian fight
But the Administration should take good
care not to misconstrue neutrality into the
justification of such acts as placed it at
loggerheads with the party of Constitu
tional Government in Chile.
RUSSIAN CONSPIRACY.
Russian circles are again startled by the
announcement that a large and powerful
conspiracy has been unearthed. It has
been suspected for some time that there
was something more serious going on than
the mere starving of the peasantry and at
last the world knows what it is that has
been troubling the peace of the Czar and
his adherents. It is nothing more nor less
than the formation of a society having for
its aims the establishment of a Represent-
ative Assembly.
In a free country the members of such a
league would not be called conspirators,
but in despotic Russia it appears to be con
sidered as great an offence as if the con
spirators were bent upon taking the life of
the Czar. The Russian subject has long
dreamed of the possibility of establishing
a Representative Assembly, but ho finds
when he attempts to move toward that
end that he is arrested and treated as if he
were conspiring against the Government
instead of working for an improvement
upon its forms.
INCOHERENT LOGIC.
The Philadelphia Bulletin, which dur
ing the Treasury row kept up its title to
be regarded as the official mouthpiece of
the powers that dictated the course of the
Senate, sums up the points on which the
action of that body turned in two sen
tences. It declares first, with regard to the
clause under which the Senate was called
upon to act: "This clause is distinct from
that defining impeachment proceedings
and is intended to reach cases not im
peachable." After which it goes on to re
mark: "In the case of Mr. Boyer nothing
but what was already known has been
shown, and, while he was negligent, he
was not guilty of any crime."
Exactly by the theory of the defense,
then, Treasurer Boyer was not impeacha
ble, but had committed official negligence,
such as disobeying one law for the express
purpose of evading another. This is ex
actly such a case as the construction which
the organs swear by brings under the
clause referred to. And, having adopted
that theory, the Senate took care not to
judge of Boyer's case by voting that it had
no jurisdiction in just exactly the case to
which the clause applies by their own ex
position of it
The only logic with regard to the Sen
ate's action which can be made to hang
together is the logic of "any port in a
storm."
The recommendation of Sir Henry Wood,
of the British Boj-al Commission on the
TYorld's Fair, Indicates that tho amiablo
Handy and the other banqueters captured
the bold Britisher. Sir Henry thinks tliat
"another commission from the Unltedstatcs
could be sent to Europe- In tho interest of
the Fair." He Bets lorth that the late com
mission did "splendid work, the only fault
with tho trip being its shortness and hur-,
riedness." "There arc," says too Royal
Commissioner, "five fields yet unworked,
notably Italy, Greece, Spain, Portugal, and
even Turkey." This opens up a Held of al
most unlimited foreign excursions for tho
lively entertainers of tho World's Fair Com
mission. But Sir Henry should have somo
mercy on tiro overtaxed gastric juices of
Handy, Butterworth et nl.
The Anarchists of Chicago and elsewhere
need to bo tauzht tho supremacy of law in
tho United States; but reports from Chicago
indicate that in order to give them that in
struction it would bo well for the Chicago
police to learn a little of the law them
selves. A very outspoken Eastern journal de
clares that "football is a disgraceful game bo
cause it is brutal, and the more brutality in
tho playing of it, the better the public likes
it." This is a radically different view from
that of -those journals who present football
as the chief end of the college man. But it
may be worth while to inquire whether the
changes from tho old-fashioned game have
not been in tho direction or tho features
which give it the virtual characteristics of a
faction fight.
Lord Salisbury sees "not a cloud to
darken the future of Conservative rule."
Possibly not; but since the future of Con
servative rule is like to be brief perhaps his
lordship can discover some clouds when
Liberal and Homo Rulo are. established
facts.
Senator Gown's speech gave forth
what soundod like "Spartan virtue when he
declared that "it is not just that Bardsley
should bo sent to jail and officials guilty of
conspiracy with him simply removed from
office without any other punishment." But
when we arrive at the lame and impotent
conclnsion that the officials guilty of con
spiracy with Bardsloy are not to be dis
turbed at all, the Spartan virtue becomes a
minus quantity.
Secretary Rusk thinks the manufactur
ers of New England a hide-bound set, and
some of the Massachusetts papers have
made response that if Uncle Jerry does not
take better care of his tongue he may get
his own hide tanned.
After the comments on the plan of hold
ing patents back by "interference" Jobs it is
interesting to learn that in one of them tho
fullness of time is deemed to have arrived,
and a patent has been issued which will pro
long the control of the telephone bv the
Bell Company for fourteen years. There
seems to be an impression in the Patent
Office that the institution was created to
magnify and serve the Bell corporation.
The lawvers having persuaded the Senate
that the Constitution was unconstitutional,
it is not remarkable that they should turn
upon Philadelphia claiming on behalf of the
liquor dealers that the liquor license law
does not regulate.
It Is remarkable that some of the news
papers in this country have begun to speak
of the Brazilians who are making a stand
for Constitutional government as "in
surgents" and their movement as a "revolt."
It ought to bo possible for people in the
United States to comprehend that since
Brazil has adopted a republican Constitu
tion thosi who attack representative gov
ernment are the insurgents.
The Chicago Real Estate Board has re
solved in favor of limiting the height of
office buildings to ISO feet. As this equals
fourteen average stories tho height should
satisfy the ambiWon of the modern Babel
builders. After the lurid pictures of the deadly
work of the trolley electric railway system
drawn by the Eastern paperi it is instruct
ive to learn that within sixty days twentv
nine persons have bee-x killed or injured by
the street cars of New York Citv. The
trolley car would seem to bo a haven of
safety from tho-present juggernaut system
of tho metropolis.
Nineteen hundred and thirty-four tons
of steel rails Jn twenty-four hours shows
that tho Edgar Thomson works are lower
ing the record in their line more success
fully than-any of the great trotters.
As an example of free coinage it is noted
that the Mexican silver dollar contains more
bullion than tho United States coin. But in
Mexico greenbacks which the United States
Government maintains at par with gold are
thirty per cent premium over silver. A very
clear indication of what will happen ir wo
get on a sliver basis in this country.
TnE Duke of Argyle's remark that Mr.
Gladstone is a fanatic incapable of argu
ment gives a rather striking view of what
his His Grace, the Duke, regards as argu
ment. A CABLE car with the grip so caught on
tho cablo that it cannot bo thrown off pre
sents a daneer which tho cablo companies
will do well to guard against. Fortunately
that danger yesterday was of short duration
and passed away with nothing worse than
a transient scare or a crowded street.
Da Fonseca is a different sort of fellow
to the Pennsylvania Srato Senators. Ho
thinks ho has lots of jurisdiction and that
no one else lias any.
It is one of the amusing features of the
naval movements, "with reference to the
Chilean affair," that they send Admiral
Gherardi to the South Pacific, and give Ad
miral Walker, with his polltieal pull, the
long-coveted plum ot command on the North
Atlantic station.
SNAP SHOTS IN SEASON.
Ir you keep your troubles to yourself no
one else will know you aro unhappy.
A blushing girl leaning over a paling
fence makes a pictty picture.
Sealed verdicts are enveloped in mys
tcrv. Those who wait for the fruit to drop
novcr taste its natural flavor.
The earth is well watered, but the land is
always dry.
Kisses should be felt but not heard.
If Pittsburg wants to be in the swim it
should erect free baths.
A reign maker could undoubtedly drive
a good bargain with the Prince of Wales.
THE saucy girl should remember that she
is liable to land in the soup.
No wonder the Chicago Anarchists came
to grief. They meet in Griefs hall.
Official returns indicate
People's Party is short of people.
that the
The wind is generally rather sharp ou a
dull day.
Love spoons.are the latest. Love with
out a spoon would bo more unique.
A live man is a curiosity in a dead
town.
The figures produced by the camera fre
quently lie and always flatter.
Poke fun if you want to raise a laugh.
The press has to
properly print a kiss.
be.
used in order to
There seems to be a large' sized colored
individual concealed in the Poor Farm
woodpile, and the people will not be satis
fled until he is smoked out.
As long as the Chicago Anarchists stick
to beer they will not shoot off anything but
their mouths.
Fonseca evidently didn't know Brazil
was loaded for dictators.
BACKWARD AND FORWARD.
Immediate Past, Present and Future In
Pittsburg's Social World Weddings,
Benefits and Interesting Philanthropic
Work Personal Paragraphs Pertinent
to Polite People.
Yesterday Miss Dravo, a former in
structress in Worcester University, arrived
in town and is now the guest of Miss llnttio
Dyer, established here in tlio interests of the
Woman's Christian Association. Miss
Dravo will bo the General Secretary of tho
Pittsburg branch of tho association work,
tho headquarters of which will shortly be
established at 32.1 Penn avenue, almost op
posite to the Pittsburg Clubhouse. A pri
vate committee meeting was held
last night, the whereabouts or its
nature being kept completely dark.
Miss Dravo is described as a brilliant voung
woman, in such demand that several flatter
ing offers had to bo declined in order that
one might take advantaae of tho position
proposed to her in Pittsburg. The commit
tee deny the truth of the rumors that the as
sociation will split on the rock ot numerous
resignations, and moreover say that since
Mrs. Burclifield did not accept the treasurer
ship, she can't well resign from it. She is
one of "the most loyal supporter the asso
ciation ever had, and the account of her re
fusal to continue in the work never camo
from herself, and in consequence is unhes
itatingly disbelived.
Tjie programme has been arranged for
the annual meeting of the Women's Na
tional Association at the Christian Church
next week, a final meeting being held yes
terday. Tha session will be preceded by a
reception on Tuesday evening to tho dele
gates at the house or Thomas McCance,
which is expected to bo a very largely at
tended event. For the succeeding days the
programme is, in detail:
On Wednesday mnmin? the session opens
at 2-30 witli a scriptural lesson, followed by
pravcr. After these conies the programme:
Address of welcome, Miss 31. M. Pressly,
Western Pennsylvania; responsive address,
Mrs.E. P. Gould, Eastern Pennsylvania; re
port of tho Treasuror, Miss Anna Bennett,
Philadelphia; discussion, convention: re
port of the Corresponding Secretary, Miss
Helen R. Foote, Philadelphia; discussion,
convention; report of the Mission Depart
ment. Miss Sarah M. Taylor, Philadelphia;
discussion, convention; report of the Ifouse
Building and Loan Department, Mrs. Sarah
T. Kinney, Connecticut.
Wednesday afternoon Report of the
youngpeople's department, Miss Marie E.
Ives, Connecticut; discussion, convention;
a paper, "Indian Legislation," Miss Kate
Foote, Washington, D. C; a paper, "Shall the
Indian Be Made a Soldier?" Mrs. Hannah J.
Bailey, Maine: report of the Nominating
Committee and annual election of officers.
Wednesday evening Public meeting in
Carnegie Hall. Alleshenv Citv.
Thursday morning Report of Committee
on Obituaries, Mrs. E. A, Goodwin, Massa
chusetts; a paper, "Work for Indians," Miss
Grace Howard, Sonth Dakota; report of Com
mittee on Indian Libraries, Miss Frances C.
Sp.irhnwk. Massachusetts: a paper, "Motives
in Work," Mrs. Caroline M. Severance, Cali
fornia: report of Committee on Amendments
to tho Constitution, Mrs. J. K. Kendrick,
New York: report of Committee on Resolu
tions, questions and topics of delegates, new
business.
Thursday afternoon Meeting of tho Ex
ecutive Board.
One of the most interesting events of the
season will be Mrs. Sumner's art reception,
which she has determined to give at the
Monongahela House within a short time.
Pittsburg society has become interested,
and Mrs. Sumner, who is here for a few
days preparing this reception, is charmed
with the Iron City's hosp'tallty. Taste for
etchings is a very decided merit of our
townspeople, and therefore this reception
will appeal to both cultivated men and
women of Pittsburg. Mrs. Sumnor has
brought some of her best gems to Pittsburg.
She has been promised the assistance of the
best people here in any effort she may
make, so that the success of the reception is,
undoubtedly, a foregone conclusion.
The old Chambers house, in which the
Dilworths live, it is said, will be one of the
most charming settings for a bridal recep
tion that any bride could desire. Tho house,
it will bo remembered, was partially burnt
a year or so ago. Just after Mr. George DH-'
woith bad become its temporary possessor.
When Alexander Chambers' family went to
their now house, on Fifth avenue, tho
beautilul old house thoy left vacant
became a bachelors club. In its way
it was looked upon as a white
elephant, and something too big for a
private house, though now its size is common-place
among other houses as large or
larger, w hlch liberally dot our leading fash
ionable residential streets. In this beautiful
place which, though seen from Fifth avenue,
is entered fiom Forbes street, Mr. and Mrs.
George Dilworth will give a reception for
their daughter Immediately following the
religious ceremony at tho church.
The patrons of the Pittsburg Library will
find these new books upon its shelves: "A
Sister to Esau," Amelia E. Barr; "Tales of
Three Centuries," Michael Zagoskln; "The
Life of an Artist," Jules Breton; "Austin
Phelps," Elizabeth Stuart Phelps: "James
Freeman Clarke," Edward Everett Hale:
"Joseph Hardy Neeslma." A. S. Hardy;
"Letters of John Keats," Sldnev Colvin:
Conduct afa Fine Art," N. P. Gilman and
E. P. Jnckson: "A Dictionary of Thoughts,"
Tryou Edwards; "History of the United
States," Henry Adams; "Historical Essays,"
Henry Adams: "Browning's Message to Ills
Time," E. Berdoe: "Who Wrote the Bible?"
Washington Gladden: "The Story or the
Imitatio Christ!." L. A, Wheatloy; "History
of tho People of Israel," E. nenan: "Gospel
Criticism and Historical Christianity," O.
Cone.
The fair damsel in Pittsburg's social
swim has theso engagements checked off for
tho coming week:
Cnrnegie-Ricketson wedding, Calvary Epis
copal Church, Wednesday evening,8o'elock.
Dilworth-Childs wedding. Shadyslde Pres
byterian Church, Thursday evening, 8
oclock.
McGraths-aiylos - weuuing, Wednesday
cvenina.
Gny-Linn wedding. Methodist Episcopal
Chinch, Sewickley, Wednesday evening, 8
o'clock.
Mrs. Mansfleld Cochran's card party on
Thursday afternoon at Sowickley.
Orphans' Tea Party, Lafayetto Hall,
Wednesday evening.
Second annual reception, Union League
Club House, Friday evening.
Reception to delegates Women's National
Indian Association at Mr. Thomas McCance's
house, 90 Church avenue, Alloghdny, Tues
dav S to 19 o'clock.
Benefit Fair for Southside Hospital, be
ginning Monday ocninirund continuing to
Saturday, Auditorium, Penn avenue.
Miss Retta Carnegie has selected
Mr. Crossan, Mr. Win. Sliiras, Mr. George
Singer. Mr. William Price and her two
younger brothers to bo ushers in Calvary
Church on next Wednesday evening. Mr.
Garrison McCIintock will dischurgo tho
duties of best man toward his cousin on
this eventful evening. One of Mr. Carnegie's
gifts to his niece, for they s.iy there is to be
sovoral, will be a solid Bilver service de
signed by tho great Tiffany. Miss Carnegie's
wedding will be with Miss Dilworth's wed
ding, two social events of the coming week.
Miss Susy Dilworth will be among her bride-
mauls. .
This is the complete Executive Com
mittee' for tho Southside Hospital benefit,
beginning on next Monday, at tho Audi
torium, on Penn avenue: Mrs. J. McD.
Brycc, Mrs. J. L. McJIillin, Mrs. G. B.
Sweeny, Mrs. O. W. Sadler, Mrs. Spandau,
Mrs. W. Cready, Mrs. Cotton, Mis. G. M.
Taylor, Mrs. j. Aldicd, Mrs. J. W. Riddle,
Mrs. M. B. Redman, Mrs. Percv F. Smith,
Mrs. M. Patterson, Mrs. George B. Hill, Mrs.
Hammctt, Mrs. Samuel Miller, Mis, Brew
ster, Mrs. Ellcr, Mrs. C. B. Ihmscu. Mrs.
George Sharps, Mrs. Tnndte, Mis. Frost,
Mrs. Vctter, Mrs. J, II. Horner, Mrs. Thomas,
Sirs. Edward Bryce, Mrs. Duff, Mrs.
II. Havs, Mrs. Sophia Miller, Mr. D. Beech,
Mrs. M. J. Lowe. Mrs. E. Williams, Mrs.
Vaux. Mrs. H. C. Frank, Mrs. E. Anderson,
Mrs. W. S.Jones, Mrs. F. B. Farrand, Mrs.
Thomas Maple, Mrs. Crip, Mrs. C.'B. M.
smith, Miss Kuntzler, MI-.S M. Davis, Miss
M. llrvce, Miss J. Sellers, Miss Slocum, Miss
J. Gibbs, Miss Street, Mrs. R. A. Elliott, Mrs.
Pfeif, Mrs. G. W. Coot, Mrs. M. K. l'oung,
Mrs. C. Kaufman, Mrs. AY. Hamilton, Mrs.
Ruth Donnellv. Mrs. J. S.Moore, Mrs.Samuel
Harper, Mrs. W. D. Sharpe. Miss E. J. Wal
lace, Miss E. McMiliin, Miss L. Sellers, Miss
M. Hare, Miss Spandau, Miss M. Uppcrinan,
Mrs. W. P. Linhart.
Social Chatter.
A box party will be given on Monday even
ing by Colonel and Mrs. Sclioonmakor to see
Einma Juch in "Lohengrin,"
Two boxes at the Grand Opera House wilL
beoccupiou by the lriends of Mr. and Mrs.
J. W. Lowry on Friday evening.
Mrs. C. C. Hcssey and the Blisses Hussey
held a largely attended reception at their
home last night on Cedar avenue.
Ay evening reception was given by one of
Sewickley's, most charming entertainers,
Mrs. Henry A. Davis and her husband Ias
night.
"Mb. Otis H. Chtlds gives a dinner party to
night at.tlio Duquesne Club asa farewell to
bis bachelor existence, from whiclilio plays
truant next week.
31b, and Mas. Georok Sbveiwan Scully'
aro residing with Mr. Scnlly's mother, Mrs.
William O'Hara Scully, at her town house in
Westminster place.
A mahkiaoe has been arranged between
Miss Ihmsen, step-daughter of Christian
Ibtnsen O'Connor, Esq., of Edgewoodvillc,
andRobert Mathern, of Allegheny.
The engagement Is announced of Edwin
N. Stowe, son of Judge Stowc, of Edgewood,
to Miss McBride, of Philadelphia, the marri
age being arranged to takoplnceiu January.
Thk fthrvsanthnmnm I twiI: to retire into
"damnable mediocrity" yet awhile, as tho
Allegheny Park conservatory is to bloom
with them next week. They will bo "at
home" every day.
Three opera companies, two fashionable
weuaings, two Doneuts, teas uy "j,
receptions not to be counted on tho ringers
and the thonsaud-and-one things Impossible
to keep record m, will make a busy week of
it for the social world.
Those interested in the national pageant
wiir". meet this afternoon at the Shadyside
Presbyterian Church for thepurpo56 of com
pleting the tableaux committees. There is
said to be a greater demand from the 'fash
ionable world for places m the tableaux: than
ever can be supplied.
An oyster supper and musical entertain
ment was given in the Wilklnsbnrg Opera
House last evening. Tlio hosts were the
members of Myrtle Kress Lodge 176, Daugh
ters of Rebckah, and the 'guests comprised
some hundreds of well-known Wilkins
burgers and Brushtonians. The entertain
ment was an entire success, in every way
financially, as well as socially, and the fnnds
of tlie lodge wilt be materially augmented
thoroby. The entertainment is to be re
peated this evening.
POINTS THAT ARE PEKF0NAL.
Both Senator Palmer and his wife, who
have just taken np their residence in
Washington, aro enthusiastic pedestrians.
Asa P. Potter was looked upon us the best
dressed man in Boston, but that does not
necessarily imply that the man was well
uressed.
William Q. JuDOK,who has for two months
been lecturing on theosophy in Paciflc coast
cities, is now on his way back to Now Yprk.
Ho spent last Sunday in Minueapolis.
Kate Field very sensibly observes that
while it is all well enough tor women to be
appropriately clad, it is of pre-eminent im
portance that they should contiuue to be
dressed.
EDonABD Lockret, thaauthorof the book
on Von Molkte which has attracted so much
attention in Paris, was one of tho 1.000 red
shirted irregulars who lollowed Garibaldi
to Sicily and Naples.
It is very distressing to learn that Julien
Gordon, otherwise known as Mrs. Van Ren
selaer Cruger, weeps profusely and refuses
to be comforted when her books are.unfav
orbly criticised by the newspapers.
Herbert Spekcer was once urged by his
physician to get absolute mental rest by liv
ing for a while in a boaiding house, in order
that he might listen to nothing but cheery
and brainless chatter. Hetried it, but could
not stand it more than a week.
WHiLEex-PresidcntUayeswasinAtlanta.he
told a reporter that he had never been a fan
cier of chickens and had neverralsed one
in his life. His sons has some game bantams
at their country home, but Gen. Hayes him
self has never taken any interest in them.
AMEEICAN IHQUISITIVERE83.
The Europeans Will Observe It When They
Visit the World's Fair.
The Cbantanquan.
One thing should be understood by the
visitor before he leaves home. Our people
aro naturally curious, perhaps inquisitive.
Let not tho European regard it as imperti
nence. It is anything but that. It is really
the American thirst to know the best, the
democratic assumption that in the house of
the host all the guests are socially equal.
Let the Englishman put aside his insular re
serve, the German forget that he is an offi
cer, and the Frenchman forget himself. Wo
are no longer the barbarians of the Euro
pean ignoramus.
We may have a breezy freshness that
smiles at rank, we may oven feel a trifle un
used to dress suits (they will never know it),
but there is, at least, a real friendliness as
man to man, a real and forgivable desire to
see and meet the best men and women the
world can send. We know tbat the Japanese
is a gentleman, like, If not better than our
selves. Wo are receiving company for the
guest's sake and for onr own sake, and for
the sake of the children at home to whom
the great Exposition will be of the greatest
benefit, because upon them will descend tho
lasting eflccts of tho education it is sure to
impart.
What the Alliance Wants.
Philadelphia Record.
The Farmers' Alliance in Pennsylvania, as
represented at the Harrisburg Convention,
asks the Patrons of Husbandry and other
agricultural and industrial organizations to
fall into the trap from which the farmers in
the South and West have Just pulled tholr
brogans. They want all forms or property
equally taxed; speculation prohibited: adult
eration of food products prevented; and the
issuo of legal-tender money, at a low rate of
interest, sufficient to transact tho business
of the country. All thess things aro either
impossible, impracticable, or unwise and
dangerous expedients. Thera is only one
proposition in the Alliance resolutions
which has a color of reasonableness.. Tho
passage of a law requiring oleomargarine to
be colored pink would put a little esthetic
and decorative reading into the statutes
which would be a novelty.
TALK OP THE TlMKS.
Stay in and look out for snow. Chicago
Tribune. We don't have to do that yet in
Pittsburg, but then Chicago cannot compare
with Pittsburg-for climate.
The German Government will keepMnmm
at Washington as secretary of legation and
chargo d' affairs. Omaha World-ITercld. It
is supposed that tho legation will be extra
diy most of the time.
The New York idea of organizing a vege
tarian socioty at a time when tho prices are
going up must have been worked by tho
frrocers' trust. Kansas City Times. No, they
lavo taken an objection to meat because
most of it comes from Chicago.
Mr. Fassett expresses himself as very well
satisfied with the fight ho made for the Gov
ernorship, and New York seems pretty gen
erally satisfied with the outcome. Detroit
Free Press. Then everybody is satisfied, and
there is no need of saying more about it.
Major McKinley pays a pretty compliment
to his opponent, as well as to himself, when
he says there isn't another Democrat in Ohio
who could make xucli a splendid fight as
Governor Cnmpbcll did. Boston Herald. It
is a pity that alt the State campaigns were
not as clean as that in Ohio.
The Jlonroe declaration is still a vital
principle in American diplomacy. Let Eu
ropean countries avoid monkeying with the
affairs of Brazil, or or any other nation of
this hemisphere. St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
There is no need for alarm. European coun
tries aie too busy with their own affairs to
meddle with those on this continent.
Lord Salisbury has again announced, with
referenco to England's foreign policy, "that
there is not a single speck of cloud upon tho
horizon foicboding danger to the peace
which prevails." This confirms the impres
sion that what some of the European corres
pondents need is a little bichloride or gold
treatment. Chicago Xeics. Salisbury badiiot
heard that Chile had stepped on the Lion's
tail when he made that remark.
It Is Not Always Thus.
Boston Herald.
According to tho expense accounts sent
in by the various candidates for office in
New York last week, tho one who spent tho
most wasn't elected. It was not always
thus.
Fonseca's Performance Indefensible.
New York Advertiser.i
Fonseca's performance is indefensible. He
cannot plead nn Egan in justification.
OUR MAIL- POUCH.
He Only Wants a Chance.
To the Editor of The Dispatch:
Your issue of .yesterday contained an
editorial under the caution of "Good Iti-ports
From Africa," that places tho responslbillty
for the low industrial condition of tho ne
groes of tho South" nnd virtually of tho
whole country, on the wrong shoulders.
The situation is much as though ono man
had knocked down another, placed his-foot
upon his piostrate form.nnd thon demanded
why he did not rise. It would not be a cause
for wonder if a hore which had been driven
always at a trot knew no other gait: ir a girl
kept busy washing di-ihex was unfamiliar
with the art orsewing, or if a boy contantly
empioycd at chopping wood should lnai.e a
poor draughtsman. Reasoning from tins
samo premise it should not bo .wondered at
if the negroes of this country arc mainly
menials in vocation, when it is known that
every door to the trades is shnt and barred
against them.
In the South te old "task-masters" con
fined the energie-j of thoir people to a mcagro
round of necessary labor, rigorously pre
venting them from engaging in such occupa
tions as their inclination or experience
would have made personally profitable, un
less tho profit accrned to the immediate
benefit of tho "tnsk-iliaster." And yet most
of the "brick-makers, timber-hewers, stone-
cnippers" ana indeed the "killed artisans ot
the Sonth are negroes. This. too. in spito of
the influx of prejudiced Northern mechanics
who have located in that ection since the
war. In all the principal cities of the South
this fact can ho verified, and it has been tlio
theme ot published comment times with
out number. In the North negroes make
better progress kicking against the wind
than thev do trying to learn the trades.
The avowed fcntiment of a majority of
white mechanics Is against tho admis
sion of the colored man to any of
the skilled trades. And yet one does nos
need to go a dav's journey in anydiicction
in order to rind colored men who have a
complete working knowledge of many of tho
usefnl arts.
The news from Africa slmplv emphasizes
theaptitude of tho race, whether theie or
here, to successfully do, under proper en
vironmcnt.whatcver other men can, and the
blame should not be placed on the under
dog in the fight for existence. Take your
foot off our bodies, open the doors of your
shops and factories and give us a "white
man's chance," and then if we fall short of
your ideal negro, after a reasonable time has
elapsed, write me down as one who talked
without reckoning on his host.
Pittsburg, November 13. XT. Hall.
A Prophecy for Africa,
To the Editor of The Dispatch:
Tho article in to-day's Dispatch, "Good
Reports From Africa," is particularly inter
esting to one who U a native of that coun
try. In an age teeming with travelers and
explorers, gigantic achievements and won
derful scientific developments, the amount
of ignorance respecting that continent, in
correctly yclept dark, has often been a
source of wonder to me. Some years ago, in
a lectnre delivered in England before an
audience composed of eminent members of
the military, scientific und literary circles,
tho lecturer, Sir Garnet Wolseley, better
known as "The Hero of Ashantce," Africa,
relating his experiences, expressed the sur
prise to which ho was treated on
his landing at Coomasie, the capital of
Ashantee. He found tribes entirely removed
from contact and association with tho out
side woild happily oblivious of that thing
called civilization: and yet, for inventive
genius, mechanical skill, chivalry, enter
prise and strict adherance to the moral law
w ould bear favorable comparison with any
raco known to the lecturer.
Yes; a great and glorious future awaits
Africa. The future ages will witness, and
the coming historian will chronicle the re
production of the sable sage and philoso
pher, and the repetition of those great
achievements and noble deeds that were
common in ancient Ethiop. But to what ex
tent the American negro will contribute to
this achievement it would not be wise to pre
dict. Suffice it to say, however, thnt ho will
not be the principal factor. The material will
be native, who unused to a child-like depend
ence upon another, destituto of a cringing
servility born of slavery, but fully conscious
of his ability under favorable conditions to
compete in anything, will sail in and win.
F- Z. S. PEBEGBI30.
FiTTSnuRQ, November 13.
Display the Plans at Night.
To the Editor of The Dispatch:
The exhibition of the competing archi
tects' plans for tho Carnegie Schenloy Park
Library, etc., is attracting a most intelli
gent Intorest. But it is only open during
the working hours of daylight. In that way
a large class of citizens who are practically
interested in building and construc
tion of all kinds, men like carpen
ters and mechanics, aro unable to
seo these fine architectural designs with
out sacrificing a part of their working day.
1 take it that Mr. Carnegie, who is providing
this great gift for the pnblic.and the Library
Commission, who are so carefully engineer
ing it through, wonld both, were theiratten
tion but called to It, be glad to also arrange
to have these plans thrown open to view on
a few evenings at least, so that the large
mechanic element iii this pre-eminently
laboring community could have an oppor
tunity, without unnecessary seir-sacritice,
for an appreciative viowof what is so mnch
in their line and what thev would so thor
oughly enjoy, a convenient opportunitj of
studying. I sneak as a Mechanic.
FiTTSBLTta, November 13.
Uses for the Smoker.
To the Editor of The Dispatch:
A man who likes his morning and evening
cigar made a strong appeal tho other morn
ing for. smoking compartments on the Du
quesne electric cars. By all means let us
have them, not only for tho man who
smokes, but for the expectorator who has
bored us long enough by his filthy presence.
There is a class growing larger und more Im
portant which, as in the East.Uscs the street
cars invariably on tlie way to the opera,
theater or other evening entertainments.
Being smartly gowned these people naturally
object to a man vomiting in miniature at
their feet. Then the small matter of the
stomach, too, is inclined to enter protest.
For these reasons then tho smoking car can
not be attached too soon to the regular
traveling coach. 31. U. U.
11TT3BUR, November 13.
The Pittsburg Anarchists.
To the Editor orThe Disnatch:
Roferring to your to-das-'s editor ra!, saying
"America has no room for Anarchists," I
take the liberty in informing you that the
Pittsburg Anarchists are making great pre
parations for a mass meeting on Saturday
evening at Lafayette Hall, not in order to
cieatea "riot," but to celebrate tbo heroic
martvrs of the workmen of all countries,
murdered at Chicago November II, 1S37. Tho
Pittsburg Anarchists being citizens of the
United btatcs are of tho opinion that the
Constitution of our country guarantees tlie
right of free assembly and iree speech toali
citizens of our Republic. AnAxakcuist.
Pittsburo. November 13.
Tlio Rcpubllran Battle Cry.
St. Louis Gtobe-Democrat.J
Protection, recipiocity and honest money
will be tho Republican battle cries next
year, and all local issues will be put aside In
the interest of national safety and pros
perity. ,
" THE. BUZZING P. BE.
Cleveland was for the tiger. Will the
tiger be for Cleveland? Omaha World-Herald.
Ix Kansas thoy are talking of Blaino and
JIcKinley ns the ticket for lsOi. Theso aro
both able men. Boston Globe.
Those who look carefully upon the polit
ical horizon may discover a largo sized
Blaine cloud overshadowing the Harrison
red splotch. Kansas City Times.
New York hasto Presidental candidates.
Both are on the inside of tlie Tammany ani
mal, and both aro political charmers. It
makes the situation a little strained. C7ii
caffo Inter-Ocean.
Goverhop. BoiESdoes not propose to bo for
gotten between now and JIuy. And if bo
continues to secure general publication for
his excellent speeches he is in no danger.
yew York Commercial Adctrtiscr.
It has leaked out that Governor Boles, of
Iowa, is listening to the buzzing ot a Presi
dental bee that somehow has got into his
bonnet. Mr. Cleveland will step on that ill
fated insect some day, and it will never sing
again Chicago Tribune.
Clevelakd is the available candidate for
1S92. It is tho man who is strong in the North
that is needed. Alleged weakness in tho
South cuts no figure, for as goes the Demo
cratic party in the North so goes tho South.
Kansas Citv Star.
CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS.
Cannons were first used in the year
1312.
' New Mexico has a messenger boy
named Gallop.
Among the recent inventions is a calca
darthat will reglstcrfor the next COOjenrs,
besides telling any date figuru within that
period.
Chinese philosophers say that manners
differ every hundred li of distance, and cus
toms are no longer the same every thou
sand li.
In Independence, Kan., the town clock
is six minutes slow and instead of setting:
the cloclrright the authorities advertiso tho
fact of its slowness in thu papers.
It has been shown that the life of a fish
is very great. Hundreds or fiih are still
alive in the royal aqnarinm in St. Peters
burg that wcro placed thero more than Llo
years ago.
The vicinity of Palermo, Italy, has
yielded three remarkable human skeletons,
one in 1410, one in 1313, and tlio last iu laTjO.
The first was 21, the second 03, and the third
31 feet in height.
The man vsho sells bread in the streets
of Syrian towns mixes his religion with his
Erofits. "God i3 the nourisher; buy my
read," he sing", in a high-pitched key, as
he goes on his wanderings.
Live otters are rare in Connecticut, bat
a hunter saw two in the Williraantic river
recently and shot one, which was about two
lectanda half in lenghth and weighed 1SJ
pounds. The other escaped.
By intermarriage with colored people)
tho Marshpce Indians in Massachusetts havo
increased to about 400. They occupy a res
ervation on the short! or tlie lake in Marsh
pce, called Ma'shpi by Cape Cod folk.
A sign of politeness in Thibet on meet
ing a person is to hold up the clasped hands
and stick out tho tongue. When a ira dies
one-half of his property goes to charity and
the other half to the lamas. His family gets
nothing.
In the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford,
thero Is a mutilated St. John's head, which
hears an inscription to tho effect that "pow
der ot it is said to hive done great servico
to sore eye-, especially wheie there was a
white speck."
In London the number of paupers 13
smaller than it has been since 1S57. Roughly,
abont Sj,000 paupers w'ere relieved in tlio
metropolis each week during August, or 20.3
per 1-COO inhabitants. In laUS tho proportion,
was 41.2 per 3.CO0.
On the icy peaks ot the Himalayas,
says an imaginative writer, there is a "snow
maggot." rosembling the silkworm in ap-
fiearance, and weighing nearly a pound. 16
s excellent to eat, but too much of it will
make one bleed at the nose.
The consumption of ladies cigarettes
in France rose Irom 101,900 francs to 800,000
francs last year, and tho orders received at
the tobacco manufactory promise a still
further increase nnder this head. There is
one anti-tobacco society in France.
An artesian well in Missouri is throw
ing up all sorts of things among which
Pyrites nnd quartz of various kinds bavo
been found. There are also nnmerous speci
mens ot petrified wood, fire opals, shells of
varions kinds and other interesting articles.
While a man named Sainnel French
was out hunting on Thursday near Birming
ham, Conn., he discovered a cow stucsin
the mud, "having been in tha position for
three weeks, living on weeds .that floated
down tho stream. It required two yoke of
oxen to drag her out."
A remarkable prcof of the changes that
arc taking place in the shippingtrade was
afforded at Liverpool yesterday, when at an
auction sale the best offer that could bo got"
for the City of Richmond, once a "crack"
boat of the Inman fleet, was jEl.eOO. Tho
ship originally cost about il."O,O00.
A sportsman in Wilbur, Ore., has
trained two eagles to catch geese. Ho
weighs their bodies so that tliey cannot fly
after they have captured the game. He fol
lows tl em on horsub.ick and takes the geesa
from their claws. Once they caught four
geese at one time one in each claw.
Six miles from Roseburg; a land slide
exposed the jawbone of a huge prohistorio
beast. Tho 1'laindealcr says it is the left
anterior portion of the Iowpp jawbone of a
mastodon ordinothcrlum. The Smithsonian
Institution has been informed and will no
doubt commence a systematic search for
more discoveries.
While searching for gold and silver in
the Cascade range, Washington, a prospec
tor stumbled on a lccfce of crystal quartz
snitablc for making glass. According, to a,
specimen its percentage 'or metal suhstances
is very low. One ton of it would produce
only 21 ccnta' worth of gold, but prospectors
have searched in vain for that very quartz
along the coast.
Lake Palmyra is a part of the 3Iissis
sippi river at high water, but at present its
bottom Is dry. with a thin upper cnistof dry
earth and a deep lower layer of soft mud.
A half-witted negro who tried to walk across
to an island broke through the crust. In.
one day lie sank to the waist, and in two
days to the neck. On tho night of the sec
ond day ho was pulled out.
The Swiss town of Meirineen has been
almost completely burnt toashes. Mostof
tho Inhabitants were nnable to save their
belongings; and are tlieretoro in a pitiablo
condition. It is a remarkable circumstance
that numerous leaves of Bibles and illus
trated papers in a partly burnt condition,
were carried away by the wind as far as In
terlaken, which is lOinilusrrcn the scene of
tho fire.
It is estimated that there are 200,000,000
tons of iron in sight at tho Minarets. The
ledge stands up aliove the surrounding1
mountains about 1.700 feet. It is 300 feet
thick and 15,000 feet long. This great mass
or ore is neiirly purJi iron. In purity it
iangesffrom Ct percent to 9t per cent.' Th6
best or this is 1C per cei.t purer than any
other iron deposit known in the world, Tho
quality is superior to any other, not falling
bciow'tho best that L? produced in Norw ay
and hweucn.
Tlie following is the Andrain county,
Jiissomi, foimof marriage ceremony: "By
the authority vested in me as a a Squiroin
the State of 3lissouri: by tho golden fields of
com and wheat that wave to and from tho
gentle snmmer brecze:by the great droves of
stock that are continually finding theirway
to different markets of the world; by tho
monotonous song -of the cut on the nack.
yard fence: and tho pumpkin vino whnso
clinging tendrils shade tho entrance of a,
summer kitchen; by the whole earth nnd sea
and all that is in them t proneunceyou man
and wife, and may the Lord havo mercy on,
your souls',
JOKELETS FK03I JUDGE.
"Yes, sir," said Swayback; "! am firmly
convinced that the world is coming to an end next
year. I'd lite to stay longer and talk to you about
It, but I mmt go now."
"What's your hurry?' askfd HIIow.
'The premium on my life Insurance policy Jsdna
to-c!ay before noon."
When the humid showers gather over all
the starry spheres
And the melancholy darkness gently weeps ia
rainr tears.
Then I timl the roof a-leaking, and I think It
mighty mean
That dart doesn't hare it mended ere ha shoots tha
ralu-uiaclilne.
-P. C. J.
Sirs. Cumso (newspaper in hand) A.
movement is on foot to make drugs cheaper.
Cumso Good enough! That will bring sickness
within reach of alL
In South Dakota Hostess Mrs. Destur
mis, allow me to present Jlrs. Probasco.
Mrs. Desturmls I am delighted to meet Mrs.
Frobasco. Desertion? .
Mrs. Probasco Charmed to make the acquaint
anic of Jlrs. Desturmls. No, my dear; habitual
drunkenness.
Never judge a maiden by the beauty of her
hair:
Never judge a chappie by his ever-vacant stare;
Never Judge a hanker by the jingle of his change;
Never judge a cook-maid by the blacking on the)
range:
Never judge a landlord by the smallness of hl3
rents;
Iu fact, in aU things keep your Judgment everia
suspense.
"Yes, the fellow you speak ot is death
Got stabbed in a barroom fight." ,
"Poor JIawsou! And what were his last words
ofhome?"
.No. The last thing he said was 'Ouch!' "
I loved her then. 2f ow years have fled,
And Mand has wed s farmer.
1 saw her gathering summach red
This morning, and she quaintly said, '
"Jim thinks red shirts Is warmer." ' -Trotter
I think I'll turn heathen.
Barlow What for?
Trotter So as to have a collection "ttiea - np for
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