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One Year DAtvr DlSPATcn, Per Quarter...- 2 D .n.T Di6rATCH, One Month Dailt DisrATCH, lnelndlntr Sunday. 1 year.. 10 00 Daily DisrATCH. lnclndlngSond, 3in'th. 2 50 Dailt Dispatch, including Sunday, 1 mtli.. 90 PrsDAT Dispatch, One Year. 2 s0 Wezsxt Dispatch, One Tear. I 2$ The Dailt DisrATCH Is delivered by carriers at IS cent per week, or. including Sunday Edition, at 0 cents per week. PITTSBURG, TBI DAT, NOV. 27. 1831. THE SPEAKEKSniP INDICATIONS. In spite of the fact that Messrs. Mills and Crisp have been the persons most frequently mentioned in connection with the speakership, there has been a feeling that a majority of the Northern Democ racy have held to the opinion that Springer, of Illinois, would be the lucky man when the clamor was over and the practical work of taking the vote had been accomplished. This was for the reason that the major portion of theDemocratic majority in the next House is from north of Mason and Dixon's line, where there exists something of sectional, as well as other objection, to both Mills and Crisp, and that this preponderance of the Northern Democracy would demand the recognition of a man of its own section. But now comes intelligence which may overbear this preference among Northern Democratic Congressmen. "What is thought to be only one of a quick suc ceeding series of movements favoring Mills and calculated to form a vigorous boom for the Texan, has been sprung by the publication of a letter from ex-Speaker Carlisle. This letter, the appearance of which is brought about ostensibly by a query from Congressman J. D. Warner, is a strong and shrewd, and evidently well planned, eulogy for Mills, combating the charge that he is "unfitted by tempera ment to make a dignified and effective pre siding officer." It is very generally be lieved that this is the first gun in a general fusilade for Mills, designed to put the speakership contest squarely upon the ground of free trade, to the exclusion so far as possible of the silver question, and thus pave the way for Cleveland's candi dacy. The battle for the honors of the House is at any rate now opened, and upon Mon day, by which time it is expected most of the members will have reached Washing ton, it will reach its height A POPCLAE FEATURE. One of the features of Thanksgiving, and not the leas; interesting, is the cul mination of colVsje rivalry in athletics which takes pla-s in the great football game every year between Tale and Prince ton. "Yesterday's result added another feature to the abundant plume of victory which Tale is proudly wearing in the arena of athletics. Of all athletic sports football is taking what promises to be the most permanent hold upon the public fancy. It calls for brain as well as brawn, for the subservience of the individual to the team, and for the highest qualities of physical courage. It arouses the utmost enthusiasm among spectators; and it has not yet fallen into the hands of profes sionals. Nearly fifty thousand people wit nessed the great college game- of yes terday. Tale won by a renewed exhibition of the skill and forethought for which its team is distinguished, the Princetons being actu ally the heaviest men. Its victory shows that football as now played calls for more of the qualities needed in Avar, including clever generalship, than any other sport However athletics may be abused at col lege, there is no doubt that they are grow ing in fa-v or. The idea is that the quali ties of self-denial, perseverance and pluck needed for success in athletics can be made equally effective when brought into business pursuits. It is worth considering. I OCR WATER SDPPLY SAFE? Attention wss called in the news columns of TnE Dispatch a day or two ago to the danger Pittsburg runs in de pending upon a single conduit for its water supply a danger which has been startlmgly exemplified in Brooklyn's very unpleasant experience during the past week. Brooklyn has been practically dry, r.-. far as water was concerned, since at Saturday, owing to an acci dent to the brick conduit through which the city's water is conveyed. Tiii1) might occur, and indeed is not at all unlikely to occur, one of these days, in Pittsburg, for expert authorities say that the solitary main which brings the water from Brilliant station to the High land reservoir is near the end of its life, as a sound and sure pipe. In time of peace prepare for war; and in winter when water is plentiful it is a good time to prepare for summer shortages and dangers that threaten the supply. Brooklyn has found out how costly as well as how inconvenient it is to be deprived of water. It is estimated that the stoppage of manufacturing alone means a loss of hun dicds of thousands of dollars to labor as well as capital. Luckily Brooklyn was not visited by fire while she was defenceless, or the diiect loss might have mounted into millions in an hour or two. When the water department asks for improvements and enlargement of its plant the requests should be given a careful hearing by Councils, and liberality in this direction is apt to be well-timed. OWES MEREDITH'S LUCILLE. A host of Americans who knew nothing, and cared less, for Lord Lytton, the diplo mat who died the other day, had a genuine legard for the poet who hid his title under the simple pseudonym of Owen Mtreditli. While nothing like the genius of his father, the great Bulwer, ever illumined Owen Meredith's work, one of his poems at least attained extraordi nar popularity, and he had for all his poetic outpourings a large and friendlyaudience among English-speaking people. The solitary work that is likely to survive its author any great length ot time, is the novel in verse, "Lucille." It made somethiue of a sensation when it was published and an enormous number of copies in the hundreds of thousands have been sold, we believe, in America alone. The dispassionate critic is some what at a loss to account for the hold that "Lucille" has taken upon so many hearts, especially women's hearts. It is a fact that "Lucille" will often be found on a book shelf where no other poem has a foothold. As a poem it is certainly not a first-class work; but it contains a great deal of human nature, especially in the description of the gentle passion, and some of the language is both poetic and graphic in a high degree. No other poem of Meredith's has charmed so many read ers, and, as we hinted before,vwomen hold it still in higher esteem than it merits, if it be judged by the usual canons of criticism. BRITAIN'S TRIBUTE TO PROTECTION. The cable brought to yesterday's Dis patch the best news England could pos sibly send, in the proceedings of the Na tional Union cf Conservative Associations assembled in Birmingham. In this large congregation representing fully and fairly the Tory or Conservative party of Eng land and containing its ablest and most active men, a variety of topics was dis cussed, but the important one, on which the prevailing feeling was most positive and vital, wasthat of American protection as affecting British interests, and this was the principal theme of the chief light of the conference, Lord Salisbury. Wednesday evening when he made a speech before a large number of Birmingham citizens he devoted al most his entire time to a consider ation of the foreign tariffs and the evils which they threatened to visit upon Birmingham and of the trade of England generally. "On all sides," he said, "there appeared constantly increasing protective duties, which were calculated to stifle British trade. The protection heresy on which tariffs were founded, grows like other evil passions, upon what it is fed. Watching English statistics I can not but feel anxiety lest the efforts of foreign pro tectionists shall prove successful. Un doubtedly British trade is being hindered by foreign legislation. We have had trouble in the rural districts where no longer sound employment can be obtained, as formerly. Men have had to seek a des perate remedy by moving into towns. The Government will seize with avidity any measure promising legitimately to in crease employment for laborers either in towns or districts." What stronger testimony can there be than this to the efficacy of the protection policy? WOMAN'S MISSION ENLARGED. There are very few things that men do that women do not do nowadays, and the trifling exceptions are being swallowed up by the rule daily. Still there has lingered a hope that the girls at college would re frain from imitating their brethren in those rougher sports and customs that adorn male university life. Even this hope is vanishing, for now there is pub lished an account of "a rush" that took place at Wellesley College a few days ago. The "rush" was an excellent imitation of the masculins article in its motive, which could hardly be discovered with a microscope, and the only differ ence in the results was that instead of broken bones and blackened eyes the fair contestants mourned the loss of Innumer able hairpins and the tearing of many gowns. The advocates of woman's right to take man's place in the world can point with pride to this incident in girls' college llfo as another proof in their favor. Doubt less man will scan his dally newsnaper with trepidation for the sweet girl nnderJ graduate's next move in competition with Tale or Princeton's men of muscle. The growing popularity of football may lead some of the principals of our girls' col leges to add that gentle sport to their curriculum. Woman, anyhow, ought to shine in this game; hasn't she been making a football of man since the year one? AN EMBARRASSING QUESTION. The Northern and Southern ends of the Democratic party, or a considerable ele ment of each, will for a long time to come have what for a long time past they have had an embarrassing difference of opin ion between them. The Richmond, "Va., State reminds one of this anew when it says: The Albany, X. T., Jottrnal, a large and In fluential daily, has asserted that Governor Hill retused to deliver the Grady oration In Atlanta unless the Confederate flags nsed In decorating the stand were removed. Wo have looked in vain thus far for some denial Iy Governor Hill of this assertion. If he felt insulted by the presence of those old, dismasted colors, ifhe saw In them treason, in short, if be did make the request that they be removed, it would be well for him to speak out right now. If ho did this thing, we cannot think suchsuper-sensitiveness on the part of Governor Hill will please the South. Waiving aside the ethical point involved in this and similar items of the same gen eral subject, the question is an unpleasant one for some Northern Democrats to answer, and that Governor Hill so regards it is evident from his silence upon the. matter in spite of frequent Interrogations, of which the Richmond State's is a fair sample. If political morals had nothing whatever to do with the matter, it would still be desirable, on the ground of com fort, to belong to a party in which It would be impossible for one end to ask the other such an embarrassing question. Extravagant inducements are offered by some of the younger New Tork dallies to subscribers, but In spite of the war of chromos ana insurance policies the best papei'and the most read Is that which gives the most news in the best shape. Two murders upon the same day in Illi nois offer some comparisons and contrasts. In one case, an old man named Atterbury was shot to death by His sons because he proposed to marry a second time. In the other.a man John Norris who had married a second time, was killed by his step-daughters, who had opposed the match. It is a grim thought that there might have Deen an economy In murders had the former men tioned man instead 01 the latter been per mitted by circumstances to have married into the family with the delectable daugh ters. But Illinois law will probably teach the murderers in both cases that murder is not a necessity, and therefore not an econ omy in the sociological sense. If New Tork is unsuccessful in catching the Democratic National Convention she might try for the Mound Builders' Assem bly. They would help to raise the Grant Monument from its present obscurity. Simultaneously with the opening of Mills' boom by Carlisle's strong letter of en dorsement comes an all around attack upon Crisp's tariff record and a hue and cry that if he is chosen Speaker the party will be placed in the attitude of favoring protec tion. It is a fact that he was a great admirer and strong friend of Randall's, but in the Carlisle-Randall Speakership contest, when the Issue waB drawn upon the tariff, he said that lie could not support him and he did not. If J.udge Crisp is a protectionist his tariff principles are not strong enough to keep him in the ranks as Randall's did. There is not much difference between the cyclone that struck Washington the other day and that which Is to come when Congress meets. Both are composed princi pally of wind. Tboublb has come again to the Louisi ana Lottery people, about a score of whom in New Orleans are feeling the weight of the law's heavy hand. In this case the law's arm was a long one?, for it reaohed- clear down from the frozen zone of Sioux Falls, N. D.. to fall upon the offenders in the semi tropic South. The indictments were found for violating the- anti-lottery mail law by the United States grand Jury at Sioux Sails; It made no difference to the football teams at the East End yesterday that the mud was a foot deep. The players probably appre ciated the fact that there was a soft spot to fall on. If Russia has stopped the export of horses to Austria and Germany as well ns wheat and other grains, the fact will be taken by many as Indicative that war is not not far away. Tho reservation of the grains could be based upon the lack of food, hut no such explanation can be given for making tho people hold on to their animals, espe cially when food Is scarce. Governor Hill displays an unlocked for fearlessness. If he continues to rub it In he will undoubtedly lose the support of the entire-Jones family. Yesterday was "Evacuation Day" in New York,but Tammany and the thieves out side of that organization did not take the hint and follow the more than hundred-year-old example of the British army. It is probable) that some of them would have done so If they could, but-they were only the few who are in prison. If the turkeys had a tough time yester day some of the old ones had their revenge upon those who ate them passed on the toughness, so to speak. Thanksgiving is over, and the bones of deceased turkeys can now be consigned to the graveyard. Some of the old-time Jokes upon this useful fowl that have been lesur rected this year should be buried in the same coffin at such a depth that they never can be brought to the surface. If by a "McKinleyite" is meant one who believes protection of our country and in dustries to be the best policy, then the woods are full of them. In the West some of the free trade Journals are still declaring Campbell a Presi dental possibility. Perhaps they have not yet beard of the Ohio election. It is also among the possibilities that they are not aware that Cleveland is in the field deter mined to capture the plum. PEOPLE OF MASK AND BEMARR". Count Herbert Bismarck is contem plating a visit to America. The Empress Eugenie is about to build a handsome villa on the Riviera. The Princess of Wales' birthday, which is on December 1, will be kept probably at Sandringham. Mb. James S. Clarkson, Chairman of the Republican National Committee, has re turned to New York from Washington. Mb. and Mrs. Stephen Osborne, of Knoxvllle, Tenn., are preparing for the cele bration of tho seventy-second anniversary of their wedding. SrR Edwtn Arnold glories in the fact that he has written at least 8,000 editorial leaders, each of which has been over half a column in length. Lewis Carroll, author of "Alice in "Wonderland," is a senior in Christ Church College, Oxford, where for some years he was a mathematical lecturer. Richard HARDnro Davis, editor of Harper1 Weekly, is under 35. He is a son of the well-known writer, Rebecca narding Davis. His first newspaper experience was on the reportorial staff of the Philadelphia Prat. It has been generally understood, says the Bali Malt Budget, that the Be v. Arthur Bell Nicholls, the husband of Charlotte' Bronte, was dead. But this Is not so. Mr. Nicholls has been lone resident in Ireland, and still occasionally preaches. He has maintained a resolute and honorable silence on the romance of his life. General Peexotto, the new Brazilian President, is a soldier-like man, past the middle age, of dark or swarthy complexion ana wearing his gray hair close cut. Cour teous and pleasing in manner, he is courte ous and nervously polite and has a good sympathetic voice. As a soldier his record has been respectable rather than brilliant. Mrs. PHTLLIPPrNE Overstolz, of St, Louis, is said to be the only young lady President Grant danced with during his oc cupancy ot the White House. She was his partner in the dance when he visited tho Mound City after his inauguration. Another interesting fact in the life of Mrs. Overstolz is that she once came near buying for $5,000 certain salmon fisheries in Oregon that were sold afew years biter for $1,000,000. FLOBEHGE'S FOBTUNE. He Left His Widow Only a Modest Compet ence to Eire Upon. New York, Nov. 28. IBpedal. It maybe said with safety that tho late W. J. Florence left a modest competence to his widow. Ex aggerated estimates of his profits are cur rent. The truth is difficult to get at in mat ters of this sort, but It is known that Flor ence found his best fortune in "The Mighty Dollar." He used that piece almost uninter ruptedly for a dozen years, and he probably reckoned bis profits as at least $300,000. That he dia not save all thatmoney is palp able. He lived well aud he kept expensive company. Besides, he often took a flyer in Wall street. Indeed, it Is pretty well known that he lost heavily on stocks even as late as the past year. There were many steady de mands upon his purse whloh he could not.or did not, Ignore. During Mrs. Florence's tours with her husband she received a hand some weekly salary for her services, and she always got it, whether business was good or bad. The real estate owned by Florence was valuable, not very heavily incumbered, and has increased in worth of late. Better Than Striking Gas. New Tork San. I Plttsbargand Pennsylvania generally may boast of what natural gas has done and does for that city and State, but they are behind the age. A vein of electricity has been struck in Minnesota, and doubtless very soon the farmers will be running their threshing machines by the aid of the natu ral produot, and the towns will be lighted and the street cars run with power from this source. Charles J. Holly well, a farmer of Bedwing, Minn., la the discoverer. Like Neal Dow, he was digging for water when his 111 luck made htm strike electricity. He had two professional well diggers drilling his well. They had bored about 150 feet down when their tools dropped to nowhere and a great force of air came from the hole. The men said the hole was bottomless, but after a while began to fish for their rod and drill. Fresh rods dropped into the hole were violently shaken, and one man who took hold of a rod was knocked down. Holly well thinks the hole is the entrance to "a great natural storehouse of electricity." The Supreme Court Vacancy. Philadelphia Record. J The death of Judge Clark has brought forth a wealth of suggestion as to proper nominees for tho vacancy. Governor Paul son might find fit material for several vacan cies in the following list: Furman Sheppard, Philadelphia. Joseph C. Bucher, Union county. s Edward Harvey. Allentown. William J. Baer, Somerset county. D. T. Watson, Allegheny county. John W. Wetzel, Cumberland county. John McMichaels, Lawrence county. 8. S. Menard, Mercer county. Charles Heydrlck, Tenango connty. Hugh M. North, Lancaster county. John H. Orvls, Center connty.- Stanley Woodward, Luzerne county. Levi B. Alricks, Dauphin county. John P. Linton, Cambria county. J. J. Metigar, Lycoming county. And there am other counties to hear from. Many of the gentlemen named -.are experi enced Jurist. MAX O'RELL IN SEWICKLEY. The Witty Frenchman Delights a Large Audience With His American Experi encesSociety Leaders Keep Quiet on Holidays White Dinners Now the Fad. Max O'Rell lectured last night at the Presbyterian Church in Sewickley to the largest andlence any lecturer has had in the valley for years. The church was full In lact, and the eminent Frenchman bad tba satisfaction of knowing that the beauty, wealth and culture of Sewickley were represented in tho audience. Hep burn Johns Introduced the lecturer in the briefest fashion possible, and Max O'Rell for nearly two hours kept his auditois going from smiles to laughter and back again. The lecture em braced the experiences of Max O'Rell in America, and contained besides the cream of his recent hooks on this country a num ber of deliciouslv humorous observations and Incidents that the witty Frenchman has never put in print. For pure wit and telling description no parallel could bo found to this lecture, and the laughter and applause which punctuated it showed how highly it was appreciated last night. Mr. Paul Blouet, as Max O'Rell is called off title pages and platforms, will he a guest of Mr. Edward A. Woods, of Sewickley, till Saturday. A glance at the streets yesterday in structs one that the polite world here as In England Is conspicuous by its absence from public view on a general holiday. Scarcely a carriage was to be soon anywhere, except in the morning, conveying its occupants to and from church, and of course nobody was walking. Tho matinees at the various thea ters wero well attended, and heie and there in houses at which were fashionable at tractions, a little knot of visitors from the move exclusive world might ho seen. In general, though, Thanksgiving had the re tired air of an English Christmas or New Year's. A great many merry little dinner parties weie enjoyed in tho East End and Allegheny. The President of the Board of Women Mana-ers of the World's Fair, Mrs. Potter Palmer, is described as being tall, with a finely molded figure, a face exquisitely fair and as delicately out as a cameo, crowned with an abundance of waving hair silvering over the temples, a charming smile, a well modulated voice and grace of manner. All these gifts, no doubt, accounts for the fact of Mrs. Palmer's presenting her lellow women tho board with hdr photograph. It wasn't a particularly mannish, nor yet manly thing to do; and women seeking suffrage should remember and avoid the pitfalls for the gratification of vanity. There is a sort of general impression abroad, coming from nowhere seemingly, that the Pittsburg Hospital for Children is enjoying an embarrassment of riches. It is doubtless a.phantasy of tho brain growing out of the often repeated invitation for the poor to send their sick children. It is not that the hospital cannot find a means for getting rid of their money, but rather that it should become so pronounced a blessing that more money would be required to prosecute tho work. A percentage of the money realized by the National Pageant' will be devoted to the hospital. Social Chatter. Ikvitatioxs have been Issued by Pittsburg Commandery No. 1, K. T. Drill Corps, for a reception and musicale in New Turner Hall to-night. Tho Floor Committee is composed of Messrs. John Bevan, L. L. Davis, W. H. Barnes, John Dimling, Algernon B. Dickson, Henry W. Dunlap. George AY. Giles, O. a Ganter, William H. Kammeror, Harry Ly dick, Robert Lockhart, George F. McDonald, Samuel J. Moffat, Harry E. McClain, Albert Reisfar. Howard M. Smith, John F. Semmel rock, Harvey H. Smith, James W. Shidle, G eorge Wright, Jr., J. B. Youngson: and the Reception Committco is formed of Ralph W. Allison, Richard Barrows, Harry T. Brodie, David Carlin, David Dickson, Fred Fichtel, Samuel J. Greer, William M. Granger, Theo. Havckotte, David M. Kinzer. Alexander M. Murdoch, Herman F. Olnhausen, J. P. Mc Cleary, John McKain, Henry Roismeyer, William T. Reiter. Jacob Spohn, Samuel Steele, David R. Torrcnce, W. C. Wright, Harry J. Weimer. White dinners are now the fad, especially for ladles upon returning from the honey moon, Theio was the regulation white table cloth, and the table was decorated with white lilies and a few ferns. The table ser vice was of pure white china, delicately frosted silver and finest Venetian glass ware. The menu was as much in keeping with this as possible wnlte soup, white meats, white deserts and the menu cards were white and silver. The younger ladies were gowned in white and the older in sil ver grays and pale lavenders. Only the men and the waiters were Inharmonious, for the first wore black clothes and the sec ond were black themselves. The opening of the "Eoselia Foundling Home and Hospital of Maternity" rendered Thanksgiving a memorable day in Pitts burg's charitable circles. Visitors were fre quent during the day, to whom all the cour tesies of the house were extended by the offi cers of the efficient staff. Already the Home has numerous Inmates. Miss Emma Hebtt and William Peters, Jr., were joined in marriage on Thanksgiving eve at the Allegheny English Lutheran Church. The Rev. William Fink performed the ceremony before the friends and 1 da tives of the bride aud bridegroom. This evening Mr. and Mrs. Howard Mor ton's card party and "at home" at Marchand street and Denniston avenue. Mits. Levi Bikd Dutit has Issued Invita tions for a luncheon next Tuesday at 1 o'clock. MONEY SCABCE IN CUBA. Silver From Spain Very Slow In Getting Into Circulation. IIavaka, Nov. 20. Owing to the prevailing monetary difficulties much inconvenience and loss have been suffered in all trades, the workers at which have been hitherto paid in bank bills. The employers pretend to pay their hands in silver according to the quotation for gold, reckoning each silver dollar for $2 35 in bank bills, and employes are willing to receive It only for $2, at which rate the Treasury is refunding the bills. The smaller bills are getting scarcer and scarcer, and there is general complaint about the dillatory manner in which tho Treasury is putting Into circulation the silver and cop per coins now being reoeived from Spain. It is repoi ted that planters experience In creased difficulties in procuring tho funds they need to complete their preparatory work. This circumstance Is likely to in crease considerably tho cost of sugar produc tion, as money can be obtained now only at very high rates, even on the very best security. MASSACHUSETTS OFFICIAL VOTE. The Prohibitory Party Entirely Wiped Out of Existence. Boston, Nov. 26. Special. The official count of tho votes cast at the recent elec tion, as declared to-day, fixes Governor Rus sell's plurality at 6,467. His vote was 157,983; Colonel Allen (Republican) received 151,515. The remainder of the Republican ticket was elected by pluralities ranging from 12,000 to 15,000. Lieutenant Governor Halles' lead over General Cochrane ,was 11,351. Secretary of State OUn received 15,384 more votes than the Democratic nominee. The Prohibitory party cast only 8.9J8 votes for Governor, which is 630 votes below the three per cent limit which is required In order to retain their standing as a party. The Prohibitory party does not therefore exist in Massachu setts to-day. The Usual British Blundering. New Tork Tribune. Bierstadt's painting "The Last of the Buffalo," which is on exhibition in London, was visited the other day by Buffalo Bill's troupe of Indians. After saplently remark ing that Sitting Bull was among them, a London paper thus commented on the inci dent: "They wondered how the Rocky Mountains and their beloved Alaska could be caught and put into a picture of so many feet square, and they were sure an Amer icanbad done it, for 'Yankee has way of bottling up the land,' they surmised." Per haps the Yankee does have a way of bot tling up the land, hut he has never vet at tempted to move Alaska over to the Rooky Mountains. Does the English editor ever study American ceography. any wayt Not an Early Convention. New Tork Post. The date fixed for the National Repub lican Convention, June 7, is spoken of in some quarters as unusually early, but this Is not the case. In 1880 the Republicans called their Convention to meet on June 8, and the Democrats called theirs for June 22. In 1884 the dates were. Republican June S, and Democratic July 8. In 1888 the Demo crats took the lead, fixing their date at June 6. and the Republicans following iritk Jen 13. ' POtinOAL THEFt A Warning to the Conspirators Who Would Steal the New Tork Legislature. New Tork ps. Anarchy could not introduce more fright ful consequences than will follow the des perate attempt of the Democrats to steal the State Senate of New Tork, entirely Ir respective of the votes cast or the law for their counting. It must bo prevented at any hazard, for It contemplates the literal enthrallment of every honest citizen in subjection to vicious rulers whose strength lies among the criminal elements of the party they now control. The Empire State would be chained to Tammany Hall as per manently as the Democratic party is riveted to the solid South, and be forever unable to give honest expression to the wishes of its citfzens at the polls. Ballot reform would be trampled under foot, and the system of official peculation which pro vails in this city Introduced iu every branch of the State Government. In order to accomplish their fell purpose the Democrats, led by Governor Hill, are ig noring alike the Constitution and the laws. The election law is trodden in the dirt and orders of the Supreme Court treated with contempt. The man holding and disgracing the office of Governor descends to the meth ods of a Police Court shyster, and dares to im pute, in a published interview, im proper conduct on the part of the bench, for which, above all, the Chief Executive should show an example of respect. Never in the history of tlie State has an occupant of the gubernatorial chair desoended to the vileness of assailing the Supreme bench in the newspaper press. The only excuse can be the madness that precedes destruction. The object evidently Is to awaken the confidence of the public in the Judiciary, and prepare the way for anarchy and subsequent dictatorship. It is time to solemnly warn these desper ate conspirators not to imagine for a mo ment that the law-abiding citizens of New York will permit their scheme to succeed. No fraudulent Legislature will be allowed to make laws for the State of New York. The men elected by votes legally cast are the men who shall do the work for which tbey have been elected. No matter what steps may bo neoes sary to prevent the triumph of these criminal conspirators against publlo rights ana law, those steps will be taken, and it will be all the worse In the endforthe plotters against the republican form of gov ernment to which tho people of this State are by the federal Constitution entitled. TEE COMPOSITION OF THE SUN. Another Total Eclipse Will Give the As tronomers a Chance to Study It. Wabhixqtox, Nov. 28. In his annual re port to the Secretary of the Navy, Com modore Dewey, chief of the Bureau Equip ment, summarizes the work of his bureau during the past fiscal year as follows: Dur ing the past fiscal year 53 vessels have been either wholly or partly equipped under this Bureau at an expenditure of labor and ma terials of $661,239. Commodore Dewey in closes the reports of the Superintendents of the Naval Observatory and the Nautical Almanac office, and of tho Naval Inspector of electric lighting. The Superintendent or the observatory says: "On April 13, 1893, a total solar eclipse occurs under circumstances so favorable that its observation is extremely desirable. The central line of the shadow sweeps across South America, the Atlantic ocean, and the northern part of Africa, and the duration of totality is 4 minutes 42 seconds near Ceara, Brazil, and 4 minutes 10 seconds near Bathnrst, Senegambla. Many of the most important questions relating to tho constitution of the sun can be studied only during total eclipses, and, as the whole time available for that purpose is only about three hours In a century, the necessity for utilizing every available eclipse is evident if we are ever to comprehend that wonder ful orbit upon which the very existence of the human race depends. It Is hoped that means may be provided for sending at least one party to Ceara, and, If possible, another to Bathurst." GOV. CHASE FBEACHED THE SEBM0N. The East Sad Bites Over the Remains or Indiana's Chief Executive. Moust VnurOTf, Inn., Nov. 26. At 9 o'clock the remains of Governor Hovey were moved to the corridor of the Court House. The bells of the city began to ring as the coffin was carried out of the Hovey homestead, and continued to sound during the entire forenoon. The remains rested in the Court House until 11:20 o'clock, and It is estimated that during that time 10,000 viewed the corpse. Upon the body being taken back to the homestead a military guard was with drawn and the dead Governor was left alone with the family for one hour. At 2:30 o'clock the house was opened for the funeral services. The services were simple. The sermon was preached by Governor Ira J. Chase. The Governor took for his text that question of Job, "If a man die, shall he live again!" and the answer from Corinthians, "Behold I show you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be chanced in a moment In the twinkling of an eye." The central thought of the discourse was that this life does not end all. Interment at the cemetry closed the exercises. MANY PBELATES GATHEBING. The Jubilee of Archbishop Kendrlck to He Celebrated at St, Louis. ST. Louis, Nov. 26. Among the first of the Catholio dignitaries to arrive to participate in the Jubilee of Arohbishop Kendrlck was Cardinal Gibbons. His Eminence arrived at 6:30 this evening. He was accompanied by Archbishop Salponte and his coadjutor, Rt. Rev. Dr. Chapelle, of Santa Fo; Bishop Kaln, of Wheeling: Bishop Mangien, of -Washington University, pnd the Very Rev. Mark Gross, of Charlotte, N. C, Cardinal Gibbons' private chaplain. The distinguished pre lates were received at the Union depot by Vicar General Brady, of Archbishop Ken drick's household, and a large number of prominent Catholics, and after a few words of pleasant greeting, the Cardinal was driven to the Archbishopric, where he will remain while in tho citv. Archbishon Ryan will arrive to-morrow; Bishops Feeban, Rlordan and Gross Satur day, and, Archbishop Ireland Sunday. The Jubilee ceremonies commence with a pontifi cal mass on Sunday morning. Over 600 church dignitaries are expected to partici pate in the Jubilee. The Derivation of Dollar. Ban Francisco Chronicle. Few persons have ever troubled them selves to think of the derivation of the wora dollar. It Is from the German thai (valley), and came into use in this way some 800 years ago. There is a little silver mining oity or district in Northern Bohemia called Joach imstbal or Joachim's Valley. The reigning Duke of the region authorized this oity in the sixteenth century to coin a silver piece whioh was called "Joachlmsthaler." The word "Joachim" was soon dropped and the name "thaler" only retained. The piece went Into general use in Germany and also in Denmark, where the orthography was changed to "daler," whence it came into English, and was adopted by our forefathers with some changes in the spelling. Reciprocity and Annexation. Cincinnati Commercial Gazette. Reciprocity with Canada .means annexa tion. The products of the two countries are, to a great extent. Identical and duties upon tbem by any sort of treaty must correspond. To maintain such a treaty Canada would have to enter into a Joint tariff against Europe, and In this arrangement could not get along very well with England, we are assured. Brazilian Governors Deposed. Rio Janeiro, Nov. 26. Several States have deposed their Governors since the abdica tion of Da Fonseca, At Bahia-the deposi tion of the Governor occasioned a light con flict. Marshal Fonseca has retired to Pague tu Island, in the Bay of Rio Janeiro. BEACHING FOE THE SECOND CAKE. Cisoinnati should now go after the Demo cratic National Convention, and get it. Com mercial Gazette. A citizxnb' movement should at once be gin for securing the Democratic National Convention. If a vigorous, concerted and well-sustained effort is made, the convention will be held here. St. Louii JtepubUe. Wx commend to the Democracy the ad vantages of 'Brooklyn for a National Con vention, using at once the hotels of Coney Island and New York, and, as for a hall, either the Rink or the Academy of Music 1 large enough for business. Brooklyn ard-Unioiu THE DAY IN PITTSBURG. How Thanksgiving Was Observed In the Iron City-Many Private Families Go to Hotels What Was Done at the Hos pitalsInspecting the Police. The Thanksgiving festival was observed with marked regard In Pittsburg yesterday. With prayer and preaching, with feasting and with social Intercourse, people good and bad, rloh and poor, Joined In the cele bration. Nearly every religious organiza tion in the two cities assembled, either at their own or some other church, to worship. Ministers, prominent aud ob scure, told again the cheerful story of abundant harvests, bulging storehouses nnrt other evidences of GodVabiding graco. With the stories sweetly sublime, went up to heaven In tenderest melody thanksgivings in song, and in every congregation innumer able hearts beat responsive to the peans or praise. , The weather was a triflo dlsagreeame. Threatening clouds obsonred the sun, which during the morning struggled to evidence its evmpathy with the day. But the dis agreeable weather did not In any way stay the flood of humanity that streamed constantly though the principal street. Pretty women crowded thronch the choked up avenues, and men, young and old, elbowed their wav along the streets. It was a cheerful crow'd that swept up and down Fifth avenne. They laughed and chat tered in a merry chorus. They feasted their eyes on the handsomely arranged shop win dows, and while they were pToliflo in their thanks for the day and its delights, they were not entirely content with the observ ance of the many pretty things they saw. Hospital Patients Fared Well. The patients in the Pittsburg and Alle gheny hospitals enjoyed themselves thor oughly yesterday. At all of the Institutions bounteous Thanksgiving dinners were served. The inmates at the West Penn con sumed 600 pounds of turkey, to say nothing of cranberry sauoe and vegetables of all sorts and cooked In all styles. The ladies of the two cities furnished ice cream. The food was served in the wards, the majority of the 200 patients being able to take seats at the table, and a good time was enjoyed by all. Superintendent Cowan said: "Until Thursday we had feared that we should not bo able to liavo a spread this year, as the condition of our finances is such that we could not afford to make the neces sary purchases. The generosity of our friends, however, who, at the last moment, remembered us so handsomely, enabled us to treat our patients very handsomely." At the Homeopathic Hospital, much the same order was observed, those patients who were able gathering at the tables in their wards. At Mercy Hospital the feat was furnished by the hospital authorities, which was also done at the Allegheny Gen eral Hospital. The patients at the latter in stitution are responsible for the disapcar auce of 50 turkeys. Private Families Eat at Hotels. Thanksgiving brings money to the hotels In many ways, and yesterday, notwithstand ing the sloppy weather, was one which will make the cash receipts on the books take up more room that heretofore. The country folk broke away from the good home din ners so much sung of In song and story, and liberally patronized the tables where din ners were served table d' hote, a la carte aud a la anyway. As the Anderson about seven pages of the register were rendered hereafter useless by the chirography of strangers who wanted dinner. This hotel's menu card was a most elaborate affair, artistically, and it is safe to say that the culinary end of it was about as good. "You would be surprised," said Head Clerk Frank Crosby, "toseehowmany well-known families of Pittsburg we have who take their holiday dinners with us." "Whyisitt" asked the reporter, wonder ing why families would not rather enjoy the comforts of home on Thanksgiving and gather in a happy communion about the festal board. "Well, In the first place, It's cheaper, but that is not the all Important point. It saves trouble. There are many people who could afford to give a dozen banquets of a costly character, that would not go to the trouble of getting up an extraordinary lepast, at their own homes. Don't Like the Trouble at Home. "It's sensible, too, in many ways. Take a family of five, for Instance; that number can go to a first-class botel and pay S3 for their dinners, while if the same party should dine at home the edibles alone would cost not less than $15, and the 35 hours of worrv and work is equivalent to $50 to some people. At the hotel you pay your dollar, select from a extensive menu, eat, drink, talk, go home with no dishes to wash. So there you are." The Monongahela House was well filled with diners from near towns, and their card was marked with every delicacy which the chef and steward could get hold of for the price. At the Duquesne, which Is more on the ala carte plan, even a number dined. Pri vate parties were the feature at this pleasant house. Tne liquor refreshment end of the hotels were very liberal with their patrons, and the dexterous hand of the mixer was put to its best use in concocting benedictine punches, egg nog, champagne remuset, and other drinks which were given away as freely as water. Inspecting the City Guards. The inspection of the police patrol wagon service yesterday was an Interesting cere mony and the display made by the depart ment was highly creditable to the city. At 9:20 o'clock the entire force of 13 patrol wagons, representing each police district in the city lined up on Seventh avenue along Smithfield street. On every wagon there were from fourto six men in white gloves and white neckties, uniforms brushed until not a speck was visible, buttons and shields polished to perfection. Tho men had spent nearly the entire previous night in cleaning and. polishing the wagons and har ness and the result was a credit to them. The brass work shone with unusual brilliancy and the trappings on the horses made them look like new, even the animals themselves appearing to feel the importance of the occasion. The wagons from the Fourteenth and Nineteenth ward stations made the best appearance, having been subjected to less hard usage than the others, though the newly-painted No. 1 wagon also presented a handsome ap pearance. The inspection was witnessed by several thousand persons, notwithstanding the dnzzling rain which fell while It was In pro gress. Major Gonrley, Chief Brown, of the Department of Publio Safety, Police Super intendent Weir, Fire Chief Humphries, Assistant Superintendent O'Mara, and the Inspectors and captains of the police bureau conducted the inspection. The Mayor examined critically every detail, as pointed out by Chief Brown and Superintendent Weir. After this form bad been gone through with the wagons started In prooession down New Grant street to Liberty, to Market, to Fifth avenue, to Grant street, where tbey were dismissed and scudded off to their respective quarters. The last wagon to report on duty at Its station was the Hazlewood at exactly 10:30 o'clookjust one hour from the time inspec tion began. Mayor Gourley and Chief Brown were highly pleased with tbelnspection, and said the city's patrol service was something for the people to be proud of. The Wells, Fargo Express Company pre sented each of their employes with a 12 fiound turkey together with a quart of oys ers and the other ingredients of a Thanks giving dinner. Analysis of Ohio's Official Vote., Chicago Inter-Ocean. The official vote of Ohio, with the excep tion of Hancock county, gives Major McKin ley 332,024 votes; Governor Campbell, 360,732; Ashenhurst, the Prohibition candidate, 19, 869, and Seitz, the People's party candidate, 23,271. This makes McKinley's plurality 2L 292. The vote of Hancock county will be very close, and it will but little change in McKinley's plurality. Last year Hancock gave the Republican ticket 5,000 votes, and the Democratic ticket 4,674 votes. Taking this as an average vote in Hancock, it in creases McKinley's total vote to 387,024, and Campbell's to 365,406. The total vote of Ohio this year is about 796,000, as against 742.000 last year, 775,000 two years ago, and.84O.C0O in 1838. In the Presidental year Harrison had 416,054 votes; in 1839 Foraker bad 363,551 votes: Ryan, Secretary of State, had 363,548, and this year McKinleyhas 387,0-24 -votes. Mc Kinley's vote over that of Foraker two years ago Is 18,473, or Just about the same as the in crease in the total vote this year over that of two years ago, when Foraker was the candidate. A Little Fortune In a Coffee Pot. St. Joseph, Nor. 2& As Abner Wilson, a farmer, was seining in the creek which runs through his place near Platte county Satur day, bis net caught on an obstruction. He pulled out an old coffee pot whloh he found to contain $5, $10 and $20 gold pieces to the mnnntof i7o. None ot the coins have a later date than 18J7. It is supposed the gold I w aank iajuwtmt. X THE XIMEB'S STBIEE END0BSED. National Officers ot the United Mine Work ers Take Important Action. Terre Hacte, Ikd., Nov. 26. The national officials of the United Mine Workers to-day formally indorsed the miners' strike in In diana and voted the strikers aid oat of the National Miners' treasury. The line of battle between the miners and operators is thus drawn. This action was taken by President Rae and Vice President Penna, who Investigated the strike in all its phases, and found that it merited the strongest svmpathy of the na tional organization. The Miner Conven tion to-day decided to send n cir cular to all the miners in the United States. asking for their financial support In the present struggle. A resolu tion was adopted that all miners and mine laborers in Indiana, where the prices de manded are being paid, pav an assessment of not less than 5 cents a ton lor the support of the striker". Aresolutlon was adopted with enthusiasm that as the national officers had Indorsed the strike, and as the operators had refused all advances toward a just and honorable set tlement, the miners or Indiana accept the challenge thrown down by the op erators to continue the struggle, irnecessary, till the 1st day of May, 1693. Tho convention condemned the action of miners who leave Indiana to 10 to work in the mlne3 of Illluol, on the gronnd that the Illinois miners are direct competitors or these fields. The convention specific ally named the mines nt Grape Creek, Danville and Pana which injnre the miners' chances of success in Indiana. The State officers were requested to negotiate with the Illinois officers to prevent, ifpossi ble, such injurions competition. The clos ing resolution of tho convention was one vesting in the State officers all the necessary means of conducting the strike and pledg ing all the delegates present to support It till the end. The miners enter the present strike with more enthusiasm and confidence than any struggle they have undertaken for years. TEE COMING CONVENTION. How It Will Be Constituted Seventy-Six More Delegates, Making a Total of 808. The Republican Convention to be held at, Minneapolis on June 7, 1392, will consist, un der the party rules, of "a number of dele gates for each State equal to the number of its Senators and Representatives In Con gress and two delegates from each Territory and two from the District of Columbia." The total will be E93, apportioned among the States and Territories as follows: State. Alabama Del. I State. Del. n'VflM Tan m Arkansas lSiNewYorlc 72 California 18 North Carolina 22 ' Vj ' UCSCVJ Ml Colorado North Dakota 6 Connecticut 12'ohlo Delaware e.Oregon 8 Florida 8 Pennsylvania M Georgia SB.Khode Island 8 Idaho 6 Sooth Carolina 13 Illinois 4S South Dakota S Indiana 30Tenncstee 24 Iowa K, Texas 30 Kansas 20 Vermont 8 Kentucky 26 Virginia 2 Louisiana 16 Washington 8 Maine 12 West Virginia 12 Maryland lfl,Wisconsln 24 Massachusetts 3) Wyoming 6 Michigan -.3 Minnesota 11 Mississippi 18 Missouri 31 Montana 6 Utah Arizona 2 District or Columbia.. 2 New Mexico J! Indian Territory i Total SS3 Nebraska 361 Nevada 6 New Hampshire si There will be 76 more dolegates than in the body which nominated Harrison and Morton. This Increase is caused by the transformation or Territories into States and additions to the Congressional appor tionment consequent on growth of popula tion. To nominate candidates for President and Vice President a majority vote, or 450, will be required at 3Iinnenpolls. The Re publicans in this respect differ from the Democrats, the latter adhering to the two thirds rule. HAUNTED BY A SPOOK. An Apparition That Bothers Trainmen on & Massachusetts Koad. Blackstose, Mass.. Nov. 28, Special The Providence and Worcester Railroad has a spook which has its headquarters at Farnumsville. Night after night, when the late train from Providence to Worcester rushed by a certain spot, it is said this phantom appears snddenlv in the glow of tne neaaiigur, ana oeiore tue apparent dan ger can be averted, the engine crushes into the sombre gray figure In front. There is no shock, and passengers know not of what is passing. The train is brought to a standstill, and tho trainmen lookfor the mangled body. Instead, however, the form slowly retreats Into the shadows of the for est which lines the track, and then disap pears in the blackness of the night. WOBLD'S FAIR AWABDS. The Amounts Agreed Upon but Not Heady for the Public. WASHiiroTOir, Nov. 26. The Board of Awards of the World's Columbian. Exposi tion, which has been In session here for sev eral days, has completed its business and ad journed. The principal matter considered by the board was the question of appropria tion to be asked from Congress for carrying out successfully the provisions of the law Srovldlng for granting of awards to ex ibitora. A report recommending the appropriation of a certain amount for this purpose was agreed upon. This report will soon be sub mitted to President Palmer, who will in turn present it to President Harrison. The members of the board decline for various reasons to make public the amount recom mended. Enforcing the Kansas Eight-Hour Law. ATCmsox, Kax., Nov. 26. Robert Tomp kins, President of the Kansas Federation of Labor, attended a meeting of the Federation in Topeka yesterday. It was decided to make an effort to enforce the eight-hour law enacted by the Legislature last winter. It Is alleged that the law is violated In the office of State Printer and other places. Money necessary to make a fight has been raised. Cleveland, the Minstrel Man, Very 111. New Tork, Nov. 26. Special. W.S. Cleve land, lieadof Cleveland's Minstrel Company, who caught cold on Monday at the opening of the company's engagement at the Grand Opera House, was leported to-night to be dving of pneumonia at the Hoffman House. He is a young man, and his physicians have hopc3 of conquering the disease. Hawaii Will Have an Exhibit. Saw Jrasoisco, Nov. 26. Samuel Parker, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Hawaii, has been appointed on a Board of 19 Honorary Commissioners to arrange for the exhibit at the World's Fair on behalf of Hawaii, to act until the Legislature of the Kingdom shall pass necessary laws to provide for represent ation. Hon. Samuel Parker la President of the Commission. POLITICAL POT BUBBLES. Mn. CLivxtAifD will take no part In the Speakership Contest. There is safety in neutrality, and just at present it is particu larly Important that the ex-President Fhould retain tho good will of all branches of the Democracy. JT. F". Telegram. The selection of Mr. Clarkson as Chairman of the Republican National Committee was one fit to be made. He Is an experienced and successful organizer, and a Republican who thoroughly believes in the ideas of the Republican party. Indianapolis Journal. Messrs. Spkiicgeb aud Mill3 are both ac-. cused of toying with the Tammany tiger in ' their race for the Speakership. Possibly, but we are prepared to bet that Springer could pare1 tho animal's claws when neces sary better than his opponent could. Chi cago News. Johh Sherman belongs to the splendid Una of Ohio statesmen which includes the names of Salmon P. Chase, Benjamin F. Wade and Joshua B. Giddings, and the Republicans of the whole country want him to remain hi the Senate for another term or for two or three more terms, if lie should desire them. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Be? the Republic must accept Mr. Mills Just as he is, income tax crank as well as free trade crank. To present him as a free trade crank merely, suppressing his avowed opin ions about income taxation, is to deprive its Missouri readers of part of their money's worth, to say nothing of the injustice to Mills.-W. Y. Sun. Staitd up, Governor Hill. What Is the Eighth Commandment? Thou Shalt not steal. Whose is the right to elect a Senator in the XVth Distrioti The citizens of that distrlctha-re that right under the constitution and the laws. What, then, are you, if you take wmy tht rightt' iwiii TlQTTiornir, TT ,Y ,Tritnmi CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS- Hew York has 50,000 unemployed men. The Thames tunnel will cost 54,355,000. Rhode Island wants an eight-hour law. Alaska's exports amounted to $8,011,- 515. Kew Tork has 5,C00 union female hotel bands. Switzerland has abolished national banks. North Dakota has a barley farm of 250,- 000 acres. The Bellamy colony in California has proved a failure. Ot the foreign merchants in China only 27 are Americans. Eich deposits of meerschaum have been found In New Mexico. The wealth of Baron Hirsch is jnt about equal to that of Jay Gould. The Anarchists of France boast of a about 40,000 and the Socialists number about l.COO.CJO. Electric motors have been so greatly improved of late that they will now pull nearly 30,000 pounds. The mussels found in, the Sugar River, Wisconsin, last summer produced pearls having an aggregated value of $100,000. One out of everv 200 people find a trip up the Pikes Peak Railroad too much, be cause 01 tne rarencation 01 tue air. Earthquakes to the number of 553 have occurred in China in.the last nine and one half years, an average of about one a week. The telephone between London and Pari3 has been found to work so well that one Is to be laid between London and Brus sels. Papier mache oil cans, which are now being made, are very desirable and imper vious to any spirit or oil likely to be used In a machine room. Aluminum is found to be an excellent material to use In the manufacture of beer mugs, it will prevent the beer from becom ing flat lor a long time. Heidelburg Tfniversily students havo been excluded from the theaters because they have indulged too often In the pastime of howling down performances. The Hindoos of Calcutta have set to the music of Moody and Sankey hymns loathsome language, which they present as specimens of the phrases sung in the mis sion services. The use of the horse as a motive power throughout the country is rapidly diminish ing. During the past year more than 25,000 horses have beon taken from the numerous lines in the country. Claims amounting to upward of 100 have been served upon the Cork Corpora tion in respect of glass broken during the progress of tho late election by the rival Nationalist factions. Prof. "Wiggins derides astronomical cal culations far enough to say that the moon is 300 000 miles distant from the earth, instead of 230,000 miles, as has generally been figured upon. This Is rather discouraging to the Lick telescoped. No part of Australia is so hot and so unhealthy as to forbid white settlement, and if the strip of low lying coast lands in the north be omitted there is no part of it yet colonized in which Europeans or Ameri cans cannot work. A California robber holding up a stage and finding no passengers on board com pelled the driver to give up what cash he had, amounting to abont $25. "Is that all tho money you have?" the highwayman asked. "Every cent," the driver replied. "Well, here's a dollar," the highwayman said, and he tossed up the coin. Moonshiners' whisky seldom becomes a week old, and very often it is drank warm from the still, having the effect of broken glass on the palate. It is frequently adul terated, tobacco being added to make it bite and rattleweed to make it bead. In the moonshine districts almost everybody drinks men and women, old and young. The peculiar custom of lovers breaking a pjeca of money, each retaining one-half as a token of remembrance, has come down from ancient times. Long before Europe and Asia were provided with inns or public houses of entertainment, it was the custom for travelers to seek lodgings with private householders, and on parting a pebble, ring, piece of money or other token was broken, each taking a half and retaining it. that the hose at some future time, if necessary, might claim a return of hospitality by presenting the token. Japan appears to be turning out her University graduatesatafaster rate than em ployment can befoundforthem. A Japanese cotemporary states that many of this year's Imperial University graduates have as yet been nnable to find employment, and says .this state of things is gradually assuming a "serious aspect. It would appear that the ad vancement made by tho country in learninz has not been accompaniedby corresponding strides In commerce or the remunerative professions, and until this is remedied Japan must expect to find the present dis couraglngstate of affairs assailing heryoung graduates In starting out in their struggle for existence. The size of Australia is not generally appreciated. The seven colonies between them occupy a territory greater than that of the United States, excluding Alaska. New South Wales alone is as large as the 13 original States. Tasmania, tho Rhode Isl and of Australia, is as large as that State, with New Jersev, New Hampshire and Mass achusetts added; Victoria, tho smallest col ony of the continent, is equal In size to Great Britain. Queensland surpasses the united areas of Austria, France and Ger many: South Australia, one-third greater than Queensland, is nearly as large as West ern Anstralin, which of itself has nearly four times the extent of Texas, while the two colonies together are larger than the whole of Europefrithout Russia. The total population Is about 4,000,000. Death superstitions are rife in the West Indies. To the people there every thing out of the ordinary is a "sign." In Cuba a person with a sore or wound of any kind will not look npon a dead person, fear ing that the spot will become incurable. The rum used -in washing a dead body 1?, however, regarded as a sure cure fo all eye troubles. If the light from a candle or lamp falls on the face 01 the dead that death will shortly come to him or her who was carry ing the light. Rain during a burial Is con sidered an excellent "sign" throughout the islands. If one measures his own height with a rod which has been used in measur ing a corpse for the coffin, he himself will die "within the year. A stroke with the hand of a corpse Is believed by the West Indian to be a sure Cure for all pains and swellings. "Born and died on the same day" was true of the following conspicuous men: Shakespeare was born April 23,1564, and died April 23, 1616. Rapbel Segio d'Urbino, the great artist, was born on Good Friday, 1483, died on Good Friday, 1520, aged 37. Good Friday is a movable feast, so the day of the month may not have been the same, but the "Encyclopaedia Brliannica" says "he died aged exactly 37." Sir Thomas Browne, auth or of "Religo Medici," was born October 19, 1605, died October 19. 1632. Timothy 8wan, composer, was born July 23, 1753, died July 23, 1842. St. John of God, one of the most eminent of the Portuguese saints, was born March 8, 1495, died March 8, 1850. John SobleskL King of Poland, who delivered Vienna from the Turks, was born June 17, 1629, died June 17, 1696. PCCKERINGS. MhsA8hcat(ofthe Art Students League) Do yon know I am often oppressed by the thought, "Art la long and Time Is fleeting. " Mr. Scramble True true and your time la so much snore valuable than your art. Miss Divemon Is not that colt a prize winner, Mr. Gnowital? Mr. Gnowital Ya-as; that fellah has taken first prize in every horse-show since '86. "Have we any special reason to give thanks?" asked Mrs. Boneset. as her husband packed his surgical case on Thanksgiving Day. "We have." replied the doctor, putting la an extra roll of plaster; "we should be thankful for the Invention of football." Patient I know, now, why Shakspers wanted ptayste thrown to the dogs. Doctor Why? Fatlsnt-In order to sick em. Billy Billington (tenderly) .What would you say If I were to propose to yon? Coochy Coolngton Guess. BlUyBilllnrton How many guesses may I have? Coochy Ooolngton Only two. Father So you had your collar bone and three ribs broken, playing football. I thoaght you had more sense. Bon Well, whose fault was It? I didn' t. want to go to coHegedld I? I t , .. .. - 2&izs-j&BMSi3& i.s .jJSk'JfVjsiCii . .; A 'i- r rJ( ,JjfiKSHflK&i&i.1lS.. :i..i' ttSjM. .41 A J sC &&V3& m mmz srg,gjpr3TJgf!yCgC
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