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THE PTTTISBUIia DISPATCH, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25. -1891
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TWELVE PAGES
HEADY TO TRY AGAIN.
The accounts of that lively little discus
sion in the Pittsburg delegation as to
whether Pittsbura's claim to the national
convention should be presented or not are
taken in some quarters to indicate another
personal split between the Republican
leaders. It is probable, however, that no
such extreme significance need be attached
to the very free expression of opinion
which decided the matter. The fact is
simply that one element in the delegation,
under the opinion that Pittsburg had no
chance, believed that it was not worth
w liile to cany the effort any further. The
other element believed that when you
have undertaken a public matter it must
he carried through to the end. There is a
permissible foundation for both views and
naturally the discussion got warm. The
latter opinion prevailed, and as the matter
wss carried to the end of getting two votes
for Pittsburg on the informal ballot and
one on the formal ballot, there is no rea
son why the distinguished leaders after
Ihey have cooled off should not in the
future flop together in unison.
Furthermore, the movement to secure
the national convention for Pittsburg is
not dead. It lives in the new form of a
proposition to repeat the effort in 1895.
The suggestion has undoubted merit If
Pittsburg starts in now, there will be a
good prospect of getting her citizens
waked up in time to present a strong
claim for the convention four years hence.
A RED TAIE SUPERSTITION.
AVe are glad to see from some comments
in the New Tork Advertiser that there is
a disposition at least to combat a very
common tendency in the. practice of elec
tion returns to make a very slight inaccur
acy fatal to the intent of the voter. The
case in which it occurs is a typical one;
and serves to illustrate the general ten
dency to place red tape uniformity above
a common-sense conclusion as to the in
tent of a voter.
The case arose in the election of an As
semblyman in the First Onondaga district
of Xew Tork. The Republican candidate
was David A- Muuro, Jr., and the pre
sumption is that all the ballots, being
printed together, adopted one form of giv
ing his name. Some of the election boards,
however, returned the Republican votes
as cast for D. A. Munro; others as cast for
David A. Munro; and others as cast for
David A.Munro, Jr. The total of the votes
for these different forms of the same name
constituted an undoubted plurality over
the other candidates; but the Board of
Canvassers divided up the vote and issued
a certificate of election to the Democratic
candidate. A court has issued a man
damus to correct this action, and it is prob
able that the theory on which it is based
will be fully tested.
The Advertiser says that the action
'shows clearly a desire on the part of the
Democrats to capture the Assembly at all
hazards." The remark is justified by the
probability that the variation in the "form
of the name was due to the election boards
rather than to the actual vote. But there
is a general idea that if the votes cast for
a candidate vary, by some giving the in
itials and others giving the full Christian
name, the election boards and canvassers
must presume that they sre votes for two
different persons. Whether this idea has
any foundation in judicial rulings, we do
net know; but whether it has or not it is a
mere superstition of red-tapeism.
There is no such presumption in any
ordinary concern. If 0115 Xew Tork
newspaper speaks of David Bennett Hill,
and another speaks of David B. Hill,
both referring to him as a political leader,
there is hot in the combined circle of their
readers one man who will be willing to
stultify himself by asserting that the
papers must refer to two different per
sons, even though the Bun should des
cribe him as an angel of light and
the Tribune should refer to him as
the side partner of the Prince of Darkness.
If one letter is sent through the mails to
Dr. Chauncey M. Depew, and another
comes at the same time to C. 31. Depew,
President, Xew Tork Central Railroad
Company, the letter carrier, who is so
stupid as to deliver one letter to the rail
way president and then go hunting
through Xew Tork to find the witty after
dinner orator in another person would
soon be hunting a new position. But in
the matter of election returns, where the
presumption that the same person is in
tended is far stronger, there are plenty of
people to contend that the impossible and
incredible presumption must be taken as
the bafcis of official action.
There is no reason .why good sense
should not rule in the counting of votes
as well as in any other concern. It is to
be hoped that the Xew Tork courts will
overset this superstition so completely
that it will never be heard of again.
A EASILY DEPOSED DICTATOR.
The ease with which the rising in Rio
Janeiro overthrew the Fonseca dictator
ship at once shows that the reports of
popular dissatisfaction at the usurpation
in Rio were well founded, and demon
strates that the ruler who tries to estab
lish personal absolutism on the ruins of
republican government alienates popular
support The reports show that even
more than In the case of Balmaceda, the
people who gave an outward" show of ac
quiescence in the Fonseca dictatorship
were at heart so much opposed to him
that his overthrow was easy. So half
hearted was the defense of Fonseca's au
thority that none of the popular party
were killed i the attack on the arsenal.
and only one Jife was lost In the entire
trouble. The Fonseca government is at
an end, and it remains to be shown what
will take Its place. The political quality
shown in the readiness of a government
to upset constitutional government, on its
own part, and then to submit to its deposi
tion by force, does not argue well for re
spect to the forms Of representative gov
ernment; but it is to be hoped that the
new party in Brazil will have more real
attachment to genuine republicanism.
Finally, the number of organs in this
country which, for some inscrutable rea
son, chose, to represent military absolut
ism as republican government, and to as
sert that the opposition to it in Brazil was
inconsiderable, will have, as in the case
of Chile, the pleasant task of explaining
their blunder. But fortunately that blun
der has not, so far as is known, had time
to extend itself into our diplomatic rela
tions with the Brazilian people.
THE RUSSIAN WHEAT UKASE.
The nkase of the Czar prohibiting the
exportation of wheat is viewed in a variety
of lights. Two opinions which look at it
unfavorably seem to give the Czar's Gov
ernment scant justice, with regard to its
manner of dealing with a very difficult
and perplexing problem. One of them as
serts that the Czar takes this action solely
as a blow at Germany. But it is plain
that if Russia has any surplus of wheat
above the needs of its population such a
step would injure Russia more than Ger
many. The Germans can get wheat from
other quarters, notably, the United States.
The Russians, if they have any surplus,
would be deprived of the returns from its
Bale, which would relieve their need of
ready funds a need that is second in
Russia only to the need for food. On the
other hand, if there is no surplus of food
in Russia the purpose of keeping the peo
ple alive would outweigh even with the
most selfish Government the importance
of injuring a neighbor.
Another newspaper recognizes the fact
that Russia has no more wheat than is
needed for her population, but says that
the ukase will do the starving peasantry
no good, because the wheat has all passed
into the hands of speculators. But that
presents just the circumstances under
which such a ukase might mitigate the
horrors of the famine. If the wheat were
in the hands of the destitute peasants, the
ukase would not be needed. But as it is
in the hands of the speculators, they
might sell it to Germany for the reason
that the Germans have more money to pay
for it But when they are confined to .the
Russian market, they have got to sell to
the Russians; and, so far at least as the
stock of wheat goes and the Russians
have money, there will be a chance for
some of them to buy food.
The Czar's Government is a very singu
lar one, and an embargo on commerce is a
very extreme procedure. But if that Gov
ernment never does anything worse than
to try to keep its stock of food at home
while its peasantry is starving it will make
a vast improvement on its former record.
ONLY ONE REMEDY IN SIGHT.
"With regard to the question whether
property owners who have paid their
special assessments, will have any recourse
in case the curative act fails, our evening
cotemporary which excepts to that view,
says thai The DisPATcn's explanation
"does not put any better face on it"
There was no intention of putting any
better face on it The case is an example of
practical injustice on a large scale which
results trom tho peculiar decisions of the
courts, and which leave no remedy for the
property owner vino comes forward in
good faith and pays his assessment without
contest The only hope for an escape
from that injustice is the sustaining of the
curative acts.
Our cotemporary further says that the
people who have paid assessments on the
streets involved in the curative acts stand
in a different position from those who paid
on streets which were entirely settled up
before the decision. Its logic is as follows:
"The Court confined its order enforcing a
general assumption of liability to the in
debtedness of $2,000,000 existing when the
decision was handed down, and it is only
those benefited by the particular Improve
ments forming the basis of that indebted
ness who can now claim that they may be
charged twice over." In view of the fact
that it might bother our cotemporary
good deal to find any order of the Supreme
Court either "enforcing a general assump
tion of liability," or specifying the streets
on which the liability existed, this argu
ment will not hold water. Even if there
were such an order, it would not change
the fact that the people who paid assess
ments of last year, and those who paid as
sessments of two years ago, suffer exactly
the same injustice, if they .ire compelled
again to pay their share of a general assess
ment to meet the cost of those who refuse
to pay. If our cotemporary asserts that
the hardship is permissable In the older
case, it abandons its ground that it cannot
be endured in the later one.
Inasmuch as Supreme Court decisions
have held that a payment for such assess
ments is a final settlement, which cannot
be recovered by the property owner, it is
tolerably clear that the only way to escape
this injustice is for the Supreme Court to
uphold the curative acts, or else to throw
a somersault of another sort by reversing
its older ruling.
AN INCREDIBLE CASE.
The statements that are made concern
ing the arrest of Wong Chin Foo, the nat
uralized Chinaman, on the charge of
illegal registration, are of such a startling
nature that it would be well, if it were
possible, to deem them incredible. But the
fact that the charge was a trumped up one
is made so plain by the acquittal, that we
are forced unwillingly to accord at least
some attention to the story. Of all the
charges of illegal registration a single one
has been sent to courts by the police
officials ofXew Tork. That is the case of
Wong Chin Foo, which on trial was
proved to be unfounded. Xow the state
ment is specifically made that the real
reason why the well known Chinese
journalist was, arrested was that, he has
been active in exposing and breaking up
the Chinese dens in Mott street, and by
that means the Tammany revenue of
blackmail from these dens has been cut
down. In other to resuscitate the revenue
the arrest and imprisonment of the
Americanized Chinaman was attempted,
and only defeated by its exposure before
an honest jury.
If such things are possible in the prin
cipal city of this country and it is only
an exaggeration in degree over other
things of the same kind reported in other
cities are we better, in some respects,
than the most corrupt government that
ever existed. The pictures of Roman de
cadence, of the government of Oriental
countries underthe pashas, fcnd even of the
corruptions of Chinese officialism, contain
nothing more strikingly destitute of all
considerations of honesty and jus
tice than police officials first estab
lishing a revenue from levies of black
mail on the business of vice; next
directing their enmity against the man
who has been active'In breaking up the
dens; and finally invoking the machinery
of justice to get rid of the obnoxious re
former. Besides such a saturnalia "of cor
rnptionFraDiavolo becomes a respectable
citizen and the Old Man of the Mountain
a pillar of law-abiding society.
We are still disposed to take refuge in
incredulity and.to regard the charge as.an
outcome of political enmity. But the
mere possibility of such an assertion justi
fies decent people in pausing and asking
themselves whether all the developments
of civilization have left 113 no further ad
vanced in official decency than the most
corrupt eras of "which we have any record.
The theory that the big hats at theaters
are all worn, by servant girls Is a charitable'
explanation of the disregard for the com
fort of others and tfci absence of good breed
ing shown by that article of feminine garD
in the wrong; place. Ony the servant girls,
when they understand it, may be expected
to hare better manners than to stick to the
big hat.
An example of the progress, of aluminum
is given by the fact that at present the ca
pacity of the two reduction works in this
country is so crowded that they have been
compelled to decline a large order from the
German Government. While the demand so
far exceeds the production it is not likely
that there will be mnch further lowering of
the price beyond the present leveL Yet new
uses are constantly being found for the
metal, and as the demand increases the ca
pacity of production will be sure to increase
with it. When iinprovementsenable cheaper
production and the supply is so enlarged as
to bring prices down, even greater industrial
revolutions maybe expected.
t
An English journal asserts that the
taking up of new occupations by women
has bad the result or losing to women the
courtesy once their due. And people on this
side of the water are quoting the statement
in sublime ignorance of the fact that it is an
indictment of tho male sex and not of the
progressive women 1
Clats Spbecexes in returning to this
pountry declares his intention of keeping
up his tight with the -Sugar Trust, and says
that he is making expenses where tho Trust
is losing money. This is good for Mr.
Spreckels, who is to be credited with mak
ing the first break in the Sugar Twist's mo
nopoly. But the fact is that the Sugar Trust
as a power to impose high prices is a back
number. Its teeth were drawn by the re
ductionjn the sugar duties tnd the sum
moning of the competition of all the sugar
refineries of the world with only a half cent
protection to the Trust refineries.
If the express companies will build
armor plated cars, supplied with Gatllng
guns, they might be able to make headway
agaiust the train robbers. But what system
of detensive warfare will protect investors
against the raids of stock watcrers on the
same highways?
Chauncey M. Depew, in an interview
on the subject or Thanksgiving dinners, pa
triotically exalts the glories of the old-time
Thanksgiving feast and declares: "These
French chefs don't know anything about
that sort of thing, and a man who will eatTa
Delmonico dinner on Thanksgiving Day,
when he can get anything else, doesn't
know what is good." Mr. Depew might have
put it more strongly and asserted that the
misguided Individual who commits error
places himself under a suspicion of in
civism. The gold remedy for drunkenness will do
little good as long as tho inebriate continues
to exhibit silver to the gentleman behind
the bar. Monometallism Is requisite in the
cure of alcoholism.
France very kindly undertook the task
of a protectorate over Madagascar by agree
ment, with England and Germany by which
the other powers took possession of large
slices of Africa. But the stupid Malaccassy
do not want a French protectorate and are
besotted enough to say that they will not
have it. It may yet be necessary for France
to resort to the anrnment of smokeless
powder and other triumphs of civilization
to convince these simple savages that they
must take what the European statesmen
prescribe whether they like it or not.
The report that John L. Sullivan had
been shot seems to have been based on the
fact that John was in his normal condition
of being half-shot.
One of the effects of the effort to exclude
the painting of "The Fall of Babylon" from
this country is that engravings of it are
widely published, and before the case is
settled more people will bave seen it in print
than would have seen it on exhibition. The
result of the reproductions will be to con
vince the public that, while the assertions as
to its morality may be doubtful, its artistic
qualities are unquestionably Infernal.
The rise in the river enables the down
river people to give thanks that they have
coal to cook their Thanksgiving dinner
withat
The Jottery is the victor so far in the
primary elections of Louisiana; but the
issue is to be tried over again before the
whole people. Still, the rest of the country
must be nrcpared to expect almost anything
from a State where tbo mob overrides tho
law on the assertion that the courts arc cor
rupt and the courts proceed to indorse both
the indictment against themselves and the
lawlessness of mob mnrder.
PURELY PERSONAL.
President Hakkison is fond of the
theater, and has become one of the most
regular first-nighters in Washington.
TrtE Rothschilds brothers of London
Baron Lionel,, Alfred nnd Leopold are
noted for their unostentatious charity, great
love of order, and attention to business.
Waiid "McAllister, is said to figure
prominently as "Whiley Norreys" in the
new novel by Eleanor Olney Kirke. Ward is
receiving more attention than be deserves.
Mrs: Potter Palmer thinks the daugh
ters of the American Revolution ought to
persuade their friends to patronize Amerl
can productions in art, music, literature and
useful as well as ornamental specialties.
Eddie Gould is the tallest of all
the Gould family. He is of slender physique
and fonder of tbeenjbyments of life than
George is, though not .given to dissipation.
He is the most popular member of the family.
Snt Arthur Sullivan, the English
composer, who has been ill for some time, is
now almost restored to his usual health, and
it is announced tuat a reconciuaton has been
effected between him, and hts old ally, W. S.
Gilbert,
"William Morris, the English poet and
' apostle of the aesthetic, who has been spoken
otas a proDaoio successor to Tennyson in
the laureateshlp. 13 a wall paper maker in
largo business and a dabbler in palntingand
pictures.
E-yGoyernok George Hoadly, of the
law firm of Hoadly, Lautemach 4 Johnson,
vlioliasbeendangerlouiyillwithpneumonia
at his home. No. S3 East Fiftieth street. New
York, was so much better last night that his
friends deem him entirely out of danger.
Tried by the Last OrdeaL
Chicago Herald. 1
Miss Frances Willard has faced the bat
teries of the liquor interest undaunted; she
has triumphed over the machinations of
secret enemies and false friends: she has
met and vanquished calumniators andpntto
flight whole armies of foes of temperance,
and stands to-day like a .rock of adamant,
prepared to receive all attacks. But will
she be able to withstand the assaults of the
poetasters, who began a lively fusillade
upon her at Boston tho other dayt This Is
the burning question of the hour in W. C.T.
TJ. circles. If she shall emerge unscathed
from this ordeal she will deserve a laurel
wreath such as only the greatest of con
querors have worn.
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POSING IN PAINTINGS.
Names of Those Appearing In Tableaux for
the- Amateur Art Association's Aid
Tuesday's Chat and Tacts, Fancies and
Follies About the Fair Ones.
The tableaux of great artists paintings,
to be given by the School of Designor tho
aid of the Art Amateur Association, in the
Club Theater at the beginning of the year,
are in the hands of a committee, and are
partially completed. The tableaux at pres
ent are as follows: "J
"Past. Preent and Future," Miss Boyd,
Miss Farrell and Miss Becker.
"Finding a Pose," 3Iiss Boyd.
"On tho Terrace," Miss Keenan.
"The Water Carrier," Miss Boyd.
"A Heuner Head," Miss Farrell.
"Grecian Game of Roses," Miss Gray, Miss
Robb, Miss Farrell and Miss M. Scullv. '
"Tho Ladv of the Lake," EOen Douglass,
Miss Nora Dickson.
"One Too Manv," Bliss MiKibben.
"Toilet of Death," Charlotte Corday, Miss
Sallle Keenan.
A pantomime will he civen after the tab
leaux called "Jennie Wren's Dream," in
which there will be a speaking doll part
taken by Mrs. Kirk.
Miss Hamilton, the dancing teacher of
Allegheny, will superintend a fancy dance
by a class of her cleverest pupils.
The appointments reached Pijtsburg yes
terday of the following ns an auxiliary com
mittee to the World's Fair Committee on
women's work in Pennsylvania: Pittsburg
Mrs. Charles E. ,peer. Mrs. James B. Ho
Fadden, Mrs. Norman M. Smith, Mrs. Grace
W. Wnrmcastle, Mrs. Jeannette S. Koenight,
Mrs. Joseph D. Weeks, Mrs. Albert J. Barr,
Mrs. James H. Hays, Miss Ruth Bailey, Miss
Oline Jones Miss Adelaide Nevin, Miss
Annie W. Henderson, Miss Carrie E. Reese
and Miss Margarot S. Lyon.
Allegheny City Mrs.. A. K. W. Painter,
Mrs. William R. Thompson. Mrs. Josiah
Cohen, Mrs. James S. Rutnn, Mrs. J. G. 'Wat
son and Mrs. Anna L. McLean.
Edgewoodville Mrs. Charles I.Wnde, Mrs.
Willis F. McCook and Mrs. Thomas Fitch.
Se wick' cy Mrs. E. L. Mndil.
Sharpsbnrg Miss Jean P. Marshall and
Miss Kate Collier.
Soolal Chatter.
Ma. John Denniston Lton is in New York.
Miss McCance, of Church avenue, gave an
"at home" last night:
Mrs. William Grahax, of Negley avenue,
gave a dinner yesterday evening.
Miss Lauottbim, of Locust aven ue, enter
tained friends at cards last night.
The Allegheny Cotillion gives Its second
dance to-night at the Monongahela House.
Invitations are out for a card party at Mr.
and Mrs. Howard Morton's on Friday
evening.
Mr. and Mrs. George Breed have arrived
in Pittsburg, and are established on Penn
avenue.
Miss Fairfax entertained a theater party
last night in the Auditorium to hear the
clover little musicians.
Miss Keenan nnd Miss Alice Keenan have
issued invitations for a card party on
Thanksgiving evening.
To-night Is Mis Helen Deahl's party in
honor of her 10th birthday. Tho dainty
hostess receives from 8 to 10.
Mr. and Mrs. Oliver G. Ricketsox will
ocenpy "Fairfield," Mrs. Thomas Carnegie's
town house, after their return from Sew
York.
Mr. and Mrs. Otis H. Oiitlds will live n
faraille with Mr. and Mrs. Gcorgo W. Dil
worth upon returning from their honey
moon. Evening Star Council, D. of L., will cele
brate its anniversary this evening by a re-
"Forbes street.
To-day begins tho sale of good at the
Pittsburg Women's Exchange for Thanks
giving, which will be continued during all of
Thanksgiving Day.
To-night the Nireann Dancing Clnb gives
a dance in Thuma's Hall, with Mrs. J. L.
Boardman. Mrs. James N. Henderson and
Mrs. J. K. Becker as chaperons.
The chrysanthemum has bowed iti statoly
head before tho tiny Russian violet, so if
you are seen with the passe blossom about
you, don't wonder if your best friend cuts
you.
A extra of five young bachelors have taken
possession of one of- the Lockhart place
honses on Dinwiddle street. This is either
another evidence that "marriage is a fail
ure" or that these young fellows are getting
"all the comforts of home" that they can.
The opening day of the Rlln Club of the
School of Design Is reported to have been
very successful. Some beautiful china
painting was displayed. Yonng ladies who
are members of it will in turn take charge of
n sales department, to be open every Satur
day. Mr. Ward McAllister "hotween books" is
arransine for the a New Year's ball at the
Metropolitan Opera Houe in New York. It
will be held January IS and he a quite Mc
Allcsterian affair, exquisites of exquisites
nnd excluslves of exclusive!! only being
present.
Tmt Sewieklev Valley Clnb will give
Charles Dlokens' "Dot, or the Cricket on the
Henrth,"in a short time with this cast: John
PeerybingU, Mr. E. S. Carpenter; Caleb Plum
mer. Sir. F. E. Richardson; Dot. Mrs. A. B.
Srnrr; Mrs. Fielding, Mrs. Charles Basse tt, and
IMly, Miss McCleery.
Miss MarieGlover, the Mezzo sonrano of
the Austrian Band, is a dinger in a New York
choir and a relative of Stephen Glover, who
wrot "The Gypsy Countess," which our
grandmothers used to sing. Mini Glover is
pretty, petite and a brunette. Her manner
is very charmingly unaffected.
To-morrow night (Thanksgiving) Mr. Panl
Blouet, the witty Frenchman and whilom
London schoolmaster, gives a lecture in
Sewlckley. We are better acquainted with
Mr. Blouet under his nom do plume of Max
O'Rell, and this probably explains the rather
odd announcement sent out by the commit
tee, in which they call--him Mr. "Max
O'Rell."
In the Carnoelo Library a collection of 300
books in the French language is now rcadv
for circulation. Tho complete works of the
following authors ore to be found: Balzac,
juueuu, curneme, nugo, jiouere, itacino,
Taino, and selections from the works of
Bourse t, Maupassant, Olinet. O'Rell, Daudet,
Gautier, Imbert de St, Amand, George Sand,
Kenan and others.
To-night, at Grcensbnrg, the annual
Thanksgiving eve dance will be held. The
Invitation Committeo Is composed of Mr.
Jnmes K. Clarke, Mr. John Barclay, Mr. R.
N. Fulton Lyon, Mr. Covodo' Reed, Mr.
Joseph N. McCurdv, Mr. John C. Robinson,
Mr. John M. Jamison, Mr. S. Freemont Null,
Mr. Charles Ulery, Mr. Denny Ogden. Mr.
James E. Keenan and Mr. Frank R. Zahn
iscr. The names of Mrs. Chnrles Albert Painter,
Mrs. William IT. Singer and Mrs. George W.
Jones have been added to the list of patron
esses for the Monday evening dances since
its publication some weeks ago in The Dis
patch. Tho invitations nre jnst out, and
for the benefit of those readers who may
have forgotten the dates. rIso appearing in
this department heretofore, thev are re
peatedDecember H and 23, January 11 and
25 and February 35.
"The Awernoon Musical" is studying the
life of Rubenstein ana wilt give a pro
gramme of his works and those of Mr. Nevin
at their coming meeting on Tuesday. There
was some talk concerning this organization
and its connection with the one which met
and probably still meets at Mr. Carl Retter's
music chambers. This latter formed club
has nothing to do with tho other. There is
no connection as a whole, though there may
be individual connections between members
of each club.
True to Lite Or Death.
Tho Philadelphia Inquirer prints a cartoon
representing "the modern Rip Van Winkle"
meaning Philadelphia in the act of
"awakening from his long sleep." The most
striking feature of the picture is the smooth,
freshly shaven face with which the vener
able Rip appears to be rising up n-om the
grassy couch on which be has lain undis
turbed so long. Chicago Tribune. Yon don't
fully understand. Tho artist did; he well
knew that the typical Philadelphian sleeps
so soundly that his beard stops growing and
what he has so truthfully depicted is the
resurrection from that death-like slumber.
A Surpassing Wonder in Texas.
St. Louis Republic
A great conundrum in Texas these days
is: Why did the East Texas editors in their
recent reunion return a basket of cham
pagne, unopened, to the donort The Waco
Day seems to doubt that the champagne v. as
so returned, but thinks, If It was, that the
editors didn't know how to open thostuff.
Another cynical Texas cotemporary sug
gests that the editors mistook it for ginger
pop, while tho Houston Post, whoso ideal of
Journalism Is lofty, suggests that the editors
were In session lor business pertaining to
their, profession, nnd not to got "inside
points on irrigation." Take it all in all, the
problem is one of the most mysterious that
has come up recently.
THE IMPOSSIBLE 70S W0XEK.
They Can Manage the Man, but Not Those
or Their Own Sex.
St. Louis Republic
In these later days women are finding out
that they enn do almost anything they
please. Last year one of them became a seri
ous wrangler in mathematics, and only last
week another passed a top-notch examina
tion fora Mississippi river steamboat pilot.
There is no doubting the capacity of. women
to achieve the possible, but they have al
ready begun to discover thatimposslbilities
do exist, aod when they find one, a mighty
fuss they mako In their despair over it. One
of theso impossibilities for the highest femi
nine intellect Is the succeosful management
of its own servant girl. We had supposed
and hoped that this was conceded as an im
possibility, bnt the highest feminine intel
lect is once more making a dead set at it in
the magazines and newspapers.
Now it is perfectly clear to any man who
gets at the realities of things that it is im
possible for one woman to manage another
woman. She can manage a man without any
trouble at all. Whether he's her husband
or the hired man, sho knows how to bring
him intosnbjectlon and keep him there. Bnt
in the parlor or the kitchen every woman is
equally prone to believe that her way is bet
ter than any other woman's way. If one
woman submits to another nnd yields her
wav, it is only temporarily and with a
mental, and sometimes with' an expressed,
reservation, which covers tho whole case.
She will not do it ono moment longer than
sho can help it.
It is a curious nnd interesting fact that a
man who has tried to manage one woman
and has failed hopelessly: who is managed
by his wife becanso ho is philoophIcal
enough to seo that it i really th best way
out of it. can go from his home to his factory
and manage a hundred and several hundred
girls, so that everything will seem to ran
liko clockwork, while his wife nt home, the
vory woman who has him completely "under
her thumb," can't manage her cook and
honsegirl to save her life. If she Insists on
carrying the hopeless attempt too far, tho
cook and honsegirl leave the house and .hire
out at the factory, where thev are managed
without the least trouble. Whereupon the
highest feminine Intellects conclude that
the presence of factories .in this country is
largely responsible for what they call the
"servant girl problem."
There is no problem about it none what
ever. Women do not object to being man
aged by any man they do not expect to
marry or have not married already, bnt they
do always, and they always wilr, object to
being managed by another woman, and
when they submit to It, it is only until they
can escape from it. If they have nowhere
else to go. of course they cannot go any
where else, but if they have they will.
Next to starvation itself, the greatest evil
for a woman is in being managed by another
woman.
STRAY STATE TOPICS.
War Library and Museum.
In Philadelphia,and elsewhere In the State,
efforts have been made from time to time to
secure funds for the erection of a bnilding in
which may be preserved the records and
relics of the War of the Rebellion. Rocently
tho State has appropriated $50,000, and the
Commandery of the Loyal Legion has agreed
to raise twice that sum, so that on April 15,
1S92, the anniversary of the death of Abra
ham Lincoln, the corner stone of this build
ing will be laid. This Dullding will be known
as the War Library and Musenm.
Bad Disease Heroic Treatment.
Greensburg Sparks.
Sparks localizes a disease common to small
towns, and prescribes medicine for its cure:
There are some men In Greensburg and
their number appears to be increasing who
have acquired the habit of speaking disre
spectfully of almost every lady they happen
to pass on the street. They Invariably have
some remark to make about the lady's ap
pearance, dress or manners, which they con
sider cute and smart, bnt which, if uttered
in the presence of any loyal friend of the
lady, would be sufficient provocation for a
severe thrashing. Sometimes a pair of black
eyes, artistically administered, is the best
cure for this particular kind of disease.
Indian Lead Mines Rediscovered.
Meadvllle Tribune, Rep.
It would not seem at all improbable that
the discovery which Is Just now causing so
much speculation was the Indian mine of
earlier days; W. H. Forker, the gun
smith, whose father, Samuel Forker,
one of the early residents here, was
also a gunsmith and had consider
able dealings with the Indians. In reply to
a query, he said he had often heard his
father tell about certain Indians bringing
lead to town to sell. This was along in the
twenties, and the Indians were always very
careful to keep to themselves the place from
which they discovered the lead. If anyone
wanted to buy a quantity of lead, for bullets
or other purposes, he would tell one of the
Indians to get it for him, and in from three
to four hours lhe redskin would be back
with all the lead he could carry. Where
they got it no one could ever And out, al
though repeated attempts were made to trail
the Indian lead merchant when ne started
out after a fresh stock. Their course, when
started after a supply of lead, was east and
past where the Unitarian. Theological School
now stands; but it was generally thonght
that aftergettlng away from town the cun
ning redskins changed to an entirely differ
ent direction, nnd that the start eastward
was merely a blind. In any event they were
always successful in keeping the location of
their lead mine a secret, and when the In
dians disappeared their secret disappeared
with them.
Beginning to Trill Already.
Cleveland I.edcr.
A dispatch from London says that the tin
plate industry in South Wales is very much
depressed. Several large works have shut
down, throwing a large number of workmen
out of employment. American competition
is brglnning to tell already, and yet the
Democrat- said we could not make tin plate
in this country.
AS TO MINNEAPOLIS.
The strongest argument Minneapolis
could give the Republican National Com
mittee to securo the Republican Convention
was that it is close to St. Paul, who advised
people to take a little wlneror their stom
ach's sake. St. Louis Republic.
New York yields sorrowfully but grace
fully to the committee's decision, and con
gratulates its enterprising Western com
petitor on its good fortune. We have no
donbt that Minneapolis will prove worthy
of the honor which has come to It. New
York Tribune.
The choice of Minneapolis as tho location
of the Republican National Convention of
1892 is not likely to have any material in-
fluence upon the nomination of candidates.
There have been occasions when the loca
tion of the convention controlled the Presi
dency. Philadelphia Times.
The next President of tho United States
will be nominated in Minneapolis. We had
hoped the National Republican Convention
of 1892 would be held in Cincinnati, but the
National Committee yesterday, on the sev
enth ballot, awarded the prize to the Flour
City of the Northwest. We extend our con
gratulations to Minneapolis, nnd promiso to
swell the throng that will be in, attendance
upon the convention with a full quota from
Ohio. Cincinnati Commercial Gazette.
So the Republican National Convention
goes to Minneapolis, and she and her recon
ciled twin sister, St.PauI,aro to be congratu
lated. The West is not muffing anything
that comes within reach, and her woolliness
Is the woolliness of tho Golden Fleece. We
are afraid that some of the visitors to the
convention will have to lodge on tho electric
cars between the Twin Cities, bnt Minnesota
is a pleasant place except in winter, and the
scenery Is fine. A'ew York Sun,
The Nntlonnl Republican Committee on
tho seventh ballot last night selected Min
neapolis as tho place for the next Repub
lican National Convention, ns azalnst the
claims of New York, Omaha, Cincinnati,
Sau Francisco, Detroit, Pittsburg and St,
Louis. The action of the committee means
that tho growing West is to have the care of
the Republican party hereafter, and that tho
States of Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa and
Nebraska are to be given all tho help that
can possibly follow the holding of the
national convention. There has been a dis
position shown to wander after strange
political gods In the booiping l ortnwest re
cently, and the Republican leaaera evidently
recognize the need of a vitalizing force in
that section. Ohio State Journal.
TALK OF THE TOWN.
A New Water Main Needed Brooklyn's
Hroken Condnlt an Object Lesson for
Plltsonrg Sealskin Sacqaes Will Not
Get Cheaper Social Duties Are Hard
on Women's Throats Stories From
Street, Store and Parlor.
"Brooklyn's plight with her single water
condnlt broken, and her water snpplyprac-
tically cut off for days, might bo Pittsburg's
any day," said a gentleman who has studied
the matter closelv Tenterdnv. "The Dimm
ing station at Brilliant is connected with the
Highland reservoir by a single main, and if
it were broken the water snpply of Pitts
burg would be practically cut off at once.
This rising main was laid 11 or 15 years ago.
It Is a wronght-iron pipo 50 inches
in diameter, and considering that 15
years ago Pittsbnrg didn't make as
good pipe as It does to-day tho main
Is approaching the limit of its life. Of
course, we are now past the dangerous
part-of the year as far assnfflciency ofthe
wnter supply is concerned, but last summer,
I understand, the officials of the water de
partment were several times in a very
nervous state, and next summer tho supply
will be tested even more seriously. I con
sider it good policy, therefore, to begin to
look to the improvement of the wnter works
now. There is, to my mind, urgent need for
a duplication of part, if not all or the Dres
ent plant. New pumps are needed as well
as a second rising main, bnt the latter Is
the thing which people must begin to con
sider at once, so that when Chief Bigelow,
of the Department ot Public Works, asks
for an appropriation, as I understand ho
will, next February, to enable him to ensure
the safety of the city in this regard, they
may grasp the gravity of the measure.
What a New Main Would Cost.
"I presume the laying ofa newrising main
would cost in the neighborhood of $63,000,"
he continued, "which only represents 10 per
cent of the net income of the water depart
ment last year. It should be remembered
that the water department is the only one
that yiplds the city a profit, and also that It
is desirable that the enlargement of the
city's water service shonld keeD pace with
the city's growth, for health, convenience
and a protection against fire, but that the
enlargement i a positive agent in building
up the citv. Take for Instance the case ofa
man who buys property In the suburbs, he
is not llkelv to build until he can obtain city
water: and I know of many cases In which
the denial of city wnter is preventing desir
able locations from being built up. There
fore, if the city Increases in population as
fast as it has done in the last decade, at the
rate of 52 per cent, it is plain that the im
provement of our water works is of the first
importance. When you come to calculating
the cost it is well to think of what might
happen if the present risinz main should
break, and while the city is without water a
a cdnflagration should occur."
Sealskins Will Come Higher, It Seems.
"There is no likelihood of sealskins get
ting cheaper as has been rumored," said a
dealer In furs who has been looking at the
market in New York; "on the contrary, it is
more than likely that they will gradually
become dearer. London sets the price of
sealskins and a comparison of the sales of
January and October of this year will show
that the advance already has been consid
erable At the January sale, for instance,
sealskins, taking 'middling and small' Alas
kan skins for an example, fetched about $31,
and in October the same skins sold at $34;
the New' York prices at like dates b,eing
$U 50 and $18. I look for a further advance
next year, for the supply is falling off, and
the demand, if any thing, is increasing. Some
Idea of how the supply of sealskins has de
creased may be had from tho fact that In the
last decade the largest number of sales in
London was 22G 378 skins in 1SS7, whereas last
year only 182,653 skins were sold, and to Oc
tobers in this year the sales have shrunk
to 09,138 skins. I'm afraid, therefore, that
the sealsxin coat is going to be more of a
luxury than ever, though as yet Just as
many people as ever, In Pittsburg at least,
are buying them."
What a Howling Social Success Costs.
"It sounds like an exagge'ration.but women
who are devoted to society very often suffer
from a peculiar throat trouble as a direct re
sult of their "social duties," said a Pittsburg
doctor yesterday. "It is not caused by
decollete dresses, as might be supposed,
either, or the rapid transitions from hot
rooms to the cool outer air, although these
things are not conducive to robust health.
Tho affection I refer to comes Iroin a strain
ing of the vocal cords, and oltcn takes on the
form of tonsilltis. Anyone who has attended
a half dozen fashionable receptions, and
especially those at which women only are
present, must have noticed how the clamor
of many tongues in crowded rooms
makes It necessary for 6ne to raise
the voice to be heard. The fact is that
when 50 or 100 womon meet In a parlor, often
a ridiculously.small room for such a gather
ing, tho average woman who wants to get a
word in even edgewise must shont at the
top of her voice. Let her keep this up for
half an hour in a generally superheated at
mosphere and her throat is bound to suffer.
When she gets homo she feels as if she had
caught cold, and very likely for a day or
two after she will have an aching in her
throat which she will blame on the abomin
able climate, that stupid girl Jemtmah, who
would havo the dining room window open,
or some other innocent thing or person.
She Is literally paying the price for making
Rome howl, and I tell her so when she
comes to me and wants mo to diagnose La
Gripre in her symptoms."
Photographic Ghost Effect.
Inquiries have been frequently made as to
the best nnd easiest method of producing
ghost pictures in photography. The ghost
consists of a person completely covered
with a sheet, which is so adjusted as to give
a dim outline of the head. When in posi
tion, a short exposure of about half an Inch
of magnesium is given; then, as soon after
ward as possible, without moving anything
with'the oxcoption of tho ghost (which. Is
now no longer required), another exposure
is made by means of a magnesium flash
light of the other figures that :tro required
for the picture. In tbis way excellent re
sults are obtained, tbo pattern on the wall
appearing throngh the ghost, giving it quito
a realistic appearance.
Cheap Telephony In the Futnre.
Wliile we in Amorica are wonderinghow
much longer wo nre to be under the thrall
dom of the Bell telephone patents, the En
glish are steadily moving onward toward a
cheaper telephone service. The Chamber of
Commerce in England has passed a resolu
tion to the effect that a3 tiie chief telephone
patents have already expired in England,
and other minor patents will also shortly
expire, thus rendering telephonic communi
cation pnt-'ticniiy unroitoiea oy patent
rights, it was desirable to get the telephonic
system of the country placed undor such
vegnlatlons "a" shall enable the business
community and the general pnblic to enjoy
the greatest telephonic facilities at reason
able rates."
POLITICAL POIXTEES,
Tamjiant is for Crisp. Therefore Crisp
will bo elected the next Speaker of the Na
tional House of Representatives. The Tam
many tiger has moved his lair from Albany
to Washington. How do honest Democrats
like the picture? Ohio State Journal.
TnElozic of events plainly points to the
nomination of James G. Blaine as the Re
publican candidate for the Presidency in
1892; and if Mr. Blaine's health continues to
be cood, few contingent events seem to-day
to be more certain thau his nomination.
Boston Ti avelter.
General Palmer's immortal "101" are go
ing to Washington to boom William M.
Springer for tho speakership of the House
of Rspresentatives. We are sorry for
Springer, as his chances before this an
nouncement wero considered fairly good.
Chicago Daily A'eu.
Ir there has been no mistake made in
the announcement of a desire on tho part of
ex-Senator Wallace to be elected a member
of the House In tho State Legislature it
would be a great mistake on the part of his
former constituents in Clearfield county not
to gratify him. Philadelphia Record.
Governor Boies' Thanksgiving proclama
tion doesn't sound like some of Ins campaign
speeches. He says the countryls enjoying
"great prosperity," One reading his
speeches would Infer it was going to the
dogs, and the more corn raised the quicker
it would get there. Chicago Inter-Ocean,
Ir Mills is elected Speaker the protection
ists may rely upon it that the issue or tho
next campaign will be that of the -tariff, in
which event Calamity Mills will be heard
wailing through the land that the country Is
going to ruin, although- it never enjoyed
greater prosperity. Son Francisco Chronicle.
CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS-
In shoes, a third of an inch is a "size."
The King of Samoa gets J840 a year;
his "adviser" $5,000.
Seven thousand men in the British
army are over six feet high.
Sunflower stalks grow very large in
Kansas and are gathered for fuel.
China, with all her 400,000,000 people,
has only 40 miles of railroad, bat is building
more.
Lead-pencil wood soft cedar all comes
from Florida, and it will be exhausted in a
few years.
Glass is to be used as a filling for teeth,
and orpecinlly the front ones, where it will
bo of advantage, ns Jess conspicuous than
gold, and In fact indistinguishable from the
tooth surface.
The world's population in 1890 was as
follows: Europe, 330,200,000; Asia. 850,000,000
Africa. 127.' 00.000; Australasia, 4,730,000: North
America, 89 250 000; South America. 28,420,000;
total, l,4S7,GOO,C0O.
Last year French smokers consumed
4,600,000 francs worth of cigars, 10,000,000 of
cigarettes, 29.000,000 of snuff and 91,000,000
worth of pipe tobacco. The greatest snuff
takers are old peasants and priests.
The latest thing in fire-fighting tools is
a gun which will fire a metal cap carrying a
small ploee of strong cord to the top of tho
highest building. The cord is used to pull
up a rope and the rope to pull up a hose.
The waters of the Dead Sea will kill
every microbe, with the exception of gan
grene and tetnu9 bacillus, and with this
discovery, the French savant who made it
hoDcs to render service to tho French,
hospitals.
In Persia one never buys a loaf of bread,
but pay 5 cents fora sheet. And this sbeet
is so thin that it. can be thrown over tho
shoulder of the man who sells it in the
streets, and who carries it as a tailor would
his clotn.
Teeth of brilliant whiteness have their
compensating defects, that color usually
going with teeth that are soft and particu
larly liable to decay. Those of a yellowish
tint are less likely to cause their possessors
trouble, expense and pain.
A number of capitalists who believe this
is the beginning of an era when America
will mako her own sngar are studying out
the prospect of profitable investment in
beet-sugar tactory enterprises. One party
thus occupied represents a capital of $7,000,
000. A remarkable invention has just been
announced in Vienna. It is a complete
miniature aparatus for taking photographs
in a rifle, the apparatus closlnz Itself every
time a shot Is fired. The photograph will
show the object aimedat in a circular picture
in the center of which is the shot.
The cost of the tunnel underthe Thames,
about four miles below London bridge, is to
$4,355',000. It is to be 1,200 feet in length and
26 feet in diameter, with the crown-only
eight feet below the bed of the river as its
deepest part. The process of construction
is to be almost like that of the Hudson River
tunnel.
On New Year day at the capital city
of Thibet, Lh'asa, there begins a season of
festivity. One of the entertainments is
called tho "Spectacle of the Flying Spirits."
The performers stretch an enormously largo
rope made of hide all the way from the top
to the bottom of Mount Potala; then they
fasten grooved block or wood to their
chests and sail down the line like so many
swallows.
The Hindoos believe in seven mansions
of all created spirits, the earth being the
lowest of these, while the seventh and high
est is the seat of Brahma. .The Moslem pil
grimage is at last consummated when seven
circuits have been made round the sacred
stone of Mecca. The astronomers tell ns or
seven greater planets; the alchemists dealt
with seven metals, and wo all of U3 recog
nize seven days in each week.
Licorice root comes principally from
Asia Minor, and is the root of a bush not
more than three or four feet high. The dried
roots are sent tc Bagdad and thence to
London and America. The black licorice
stick In the drug stores comes mostly from
Spain, nnd is mado of pure Jnice mixed with
a little starch, which prevents it from melt
ing in warm weather. The word licorice
means "sweet root," ana is of Greek origin.
A remarkable change is predicted in
the manner of giving the warning or guid
ing light to mariners, In England electric
lights experimentally turned vertically
toward the sky have given somn extraor
dinary results. The light of the Eddystone
Llshthonse can be seen 17K miles on a clear
night, but a vertical beam of light of far less
power is visible Just twice as far, with a
strong chance of its surmounting an or
dinary fog.
Diamonds may have come to the earth
in meteorites. One which fell in Russia in
18S6 contained carbon in a crystallized form
of the diamond, which suggests to Prof.
Huntington, of Cnmbridge, an eXDlanation
of the origin of diamonds, which has never
been satisfactorily explained. Probably no
recent scientific discovery win prove so
generally acceptable to woman in every
clime and station as this, that diamonds
come from heaven.
A very curious fact, which greatly in
fluences the lives of Australian aboriginals,
is that no black fellow believes in such a
thing as natural death. Death by old age
rarely happens amonz the tribes. When too
old to accompanr the rest in their wander
ings, or when tho young ,men are tired of
carrying them from place to place, a blow
from a clnb ends the life of the ancient
wnrrior or crone, and the body is buried
with many lamentations.
It is said that there was a remarkable
stone near Nancledrea, Cornwall, and locally
known as the "Twelve O'clock Stone." hav
ing been, by supernatural power. Impressed
wit:i some pecnuar sense at imumgnc." Al
though immovable dnring dayl!ght,or, in
deed by human power at any other time, it
would rock like a cradle exactlv at mid
night, and many a child is reported to havo
been cured of some bodily weakness by be
ing placed nt this mystic hour on the
"Twelve O'clock Stone."
''Americanite" is a new explosive of
great power. The principal ingredient is
nitro-glycerine, nnd the others are secret.
It is insensible toshock and can be exploded
at will. It withstands friction and if ignited
with a match simply burns like a candle.
General O. O. Howard says of it: "The ad
vantage of being able." he says, "to use an
explosivo of a force equal to nitro-glycerine
with safety, fired from any gun now in ex
istence and with terrific effect nt extreme
range, is evident. With such a powerful
agent the problem of coast defense Is
resolved almost to one range, and our great
seaboard cities can be made comparatively
safe without excessive expenditure."
SAID TO BE FUNNY."
Bibbon Clark When you are at liberty
I wish you would come down to the office and wit
ness my will.
Hamburg Clark Do you expect to die soon? ,
Ribbon Clark Life Is uncertain at the best: be
sides, the floor walker's best girl was in a few min
utes ago, and I told her he bad gone out with a
wheelbarrow to deliver some goods. Seur Tork
Serald.
Seeker Are you in favor of this woman
suffrage movement? -
Sageman Very much In favor of the movement.
yes. The trouble is. however, they don't move it
far enough. If they'd only move it to No-Man's
land they'd settle It light where it'dflttoa dot.
Boston Courier.
"What do yoa think.of Miss Blank as an
actress?"
"Well, her carriage Is bad.
"That'sto. And It's a fault that Is hard tqrem
edr." Oh. I don't know. She might get coached for
It." Philadelphia Press.
THE EMIGRANT AND THE AMERICAN XXAG.
Of the land of your birth you may freely
brag.
But here carry only the American flag.- '.,.-
You are safe from the tyrant's bolts and bars"
'Neath the sheltering folds of the Stripes aad Stars.
While over your heads this ensign warea -' " '
No monarch may caU you his servile slaves.
'Tls a flag that Is loved by Americans trne.
And a good enough Flag It shoul 1 be for you.
.Veto lor Prest.
. Here are two items that are dangerously
near each other in the local columns of a' .Georgia
weeKly:
Our mother-in-law Is visiting ns this week."
"We are going In the country to-morrow"for the
beneflt of our health." Atlanta, Ga., Constitu
tion. Says" the editor of theGibson, Gx,'Seeorck
"We lost our old suit of clothes between here"and
Augusta. The baggagemaster. -through mlstakei
handed them off to someone. We would be glad to
have them returned, not because they are. worth,
much, but so we'll bave two suits and be above the"
average editor." '