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Including Sunday, 1 m'tb... 00 Scsdat DlsrATCH. One Year.." J CO Weeklt Dispatch, One Year. 1 SJ The Dailt Dispatth is delivered by carriers at IS cents per week, or, including Sunday Edition, at 20 cents per week. PITTSBURG, TUESDAY, DEC. I, 1891. TWELVE PAGES THE GIF1- OF FKVNOHISKS. The West End Street Railway ordinance went through Councils with little difficulty yesterday. The opposition by West End ts to the occupancy of both the thorough fares of that quarter by a single corpora tion was met by the argument that, as competing lines always ended in consoli dation, it was hardly worth while to keep streets open for that consideration. The history of street railway enterprises in Pittsburg gives a good deal of founda tion to the premiss thus laid down, but (here is room for disputing the conclusion. As the matter seems to be settled, how ever, we will not do more than suggest that if Councils had not exhibited such facility in granting all available rights of way to engrossing corporations the tend ency to consolidation might not be so over whelming. But that point can be waived in view of another more cogent one. The difficulty cf Impressing on the Councilmanic mind the means of preserving competition in sen-ice on-its public highways seems to be insuperable; but the impossibility of show ing what a revenue should be reserved to the city ought not to be so absolute. Since the conditions so clearly affirm that the influence of competition in bringing down the charges to the public is to be rbolished there is the stronger reason why the enormously valuable franchises grant ed traction companies should have been made to j ield some return on their valua tion on public revenue. The best evi dence as to the value of these franchises is ihe appraisement which the corporations themselves put on them in their capitali zation. When we find by this measure that the city has given millions to the traction companies without securing any public revenue worth mentioning, the shortsightedness of the policy which has governed these grants is self-evident There was never an example of the failure of muniapai methods to protect public interests more striking in its way Ihan the record of the grant of street rail way franchises in Pittsburg during tlio past few years. The franchise granted yesterday offered a good opportunity for turning over a new leaf; but perhaps it y.ould not be reasonable to expect Conn cils to go back on its own precedents. PHILANTHROPIC INVESTMENTS. The idea of subscriptions to railway en terprises as a contribution to charity is a modern one. Perhaps some of the early subscribers to railway stocks in this coun try may think that their contributions should be ranked in that class, in view of ihe utter disappearance of their interests under subsequent manipulations. But oven if they made the subscriptions with out the expectation of direct returns the money was invested to advance their in terests and improve their commercial sit uation. One quarter of the world, how pver, presents the aspect of railway sub scriptions for purely philanthropic pur poses. This is in therailwayprojected to pierce ihe interior of Africa. Some of the people in those projects maybe pursuing their awn fortune; but many a subscription has been made from purely benevolent im pulses. The Baroness Burdett-Coutts has given 525,000 for the survey of a railroad from the Indian Ocean to the Victoria Ilyanza. Stephenson, tlie Scottish mill ionaire, has contributed largely to the railroad from Lake Nyassa to Lake Tan ganyika, of which forty miles are in opera tion, and we can, while doubtingMr. C. P. Huntington's disinterestedness in his American railway projects, credit his large subscription to the Congo railway scheme to a desire to see trade and civilization. pen up the vast stretches of that great ilvcr. Every steamboat except one on the African lakes, and most of those on the Congo, arc the fruit of cither public or private generosity. The exhibition of such philanthropic impulses is gratifying, as is also the as Hired fact that in spite of discouragement and difficulty the work of civilizing Africa is making steady progress. But the imme diate direction of the efforts referred to makes it pertinent to suggest that the lihilanthropic donors should take meas ures to guard Hie future Africa against the civilized evils of stock watering, ma nipulation, pools and preferential rates. TRUSTS AND TARIFF ACTS. The proposition has been made hy the St. Louis Republic that the Democrats in the coming Congress shall abandon the policy of general tariff agitation and make attacks on trust monopolies by separate bills reducing or abolishing duties which protect such trusts. This proposition meets with opposition hy the Philadelphia Frcus, which, while not enthusiastically endorsing the McKinley bill, thinks it should be given a fair trial. Both views have a foundation of right and both arrive at a very wrong conclu-' siou. There would be no attack on the principle of protection represented by the act of 1890 in the policy of breaking up at tempts to monopolize or control domestic industries by reducing the tariff so long as combination holds. The Dispatch has frequently shown that this is a defense of the genuine purpose of protection. Pro tection is established for the sake of re ducing prices by the competition of domes tic producers. This principle was de clared by Major McKinleyand his associ ates in the protective policy from one end of the country to the other as the keynote of the protective policy. But the combi nations and trusts seek to defeat that pur pose by abolishing competition and main WkB taining high prices. It is not an attacton protection, therefore. It Is a defense of it fo'abolish duties where the protected in dustries have fallen under monopolistic control. But while the underlying principle of the proposed move would be indisputable by sincere protectionists, the way of carry ing it out is wrong. To apply it hy a series of separate bills attacking each trust hy itself would not decide the question by the general principle. It would be leaving the decision to the friend ship or enmity of Congressmen to each individual trust. There is great dangtr that Democratic Congressmen might, where combinations with Democratic, affiliations were at stake, repeat their atti tude with regard to the Sugar Trust that the little revenue duty of 80 odd per cent, under which no refined sugar at all was imported, ought not to be disturbed. Of course, Republican Congressmen would exhibit the same amiable weakness, but as the move 'is presented as a Democratic one, it is pertinent to suggest the possi bility that if any tariff legislation could be devised to. attack the Standard Oil Trust the friends of the William C. Whitney boom would be of opinion that the gigan tic prototype of combinations was really no trust at all. V There is but one way of applying this principle impartially and unsparingly, and that is to enact into a general statute the principle that a protective duty shall not be used to protect monopolies. It is not necessary to abolish any duties at all or' leave the decision of whether alleged com binations are real monopolies to the log rolling and wire pulling of Congress. The decision whether an industry is monop olized or not should be left to be settled by evidence In the courts; and this can be effectively done by a simple enactment making it a legal defense for any im porter against the collection of his duties" if he can show in the courts that the do mestic industry with which his imports come in cempeti'ion is monopolized or con trolled by a trust, combination or agree ment to suppress competition, artificially enhance prices or restrict production. Such a measure could not logically be opposed by sincere free traders or honest protectionists. It could only be opposed by the legislative agents of the trusts for. the adequate reason that as soon as such a law is passed the trusts in protected indus tries must make haste towipe themselves completely out of existence. THE CORN CORNER. An illustration of the blind way m which the goddess Fortune distributes her speculative favors is found in the state-, ment that the corn cornerers now squeez ing the market are the same clique that opposed the attempt of Deacon White to corner the market in September and profited by his failure. The good Brook lyn Deacon can solace himself by the knowledge that his failure was due to the fact that he was in advance of his time sixty days in advance. If he had cornered corn in November he could have been a great financial power; hut he tried to corner it in September and he is numbwi among the lame ducks. Of course, the public aspects of Deacon White's corner are identical with those of the present manipulation, except that the former failed and hurt himself more than anyone else, while tb.3 latter, If it holds through to-day, will squeeze the short in terest to a very liberal extent As a moral result the failure to injure and im poverish others is less obnoxious than the successful accomplishment of that pur pose; but in this case the men who suc ceed will take rank as great operators in that class of business which makes it the objective point to get the money of others without giving value received. The press is inclined to proffer to the people caught in the corner this advice: "Don't sell what you have not got." Sell ing what you have not got, and under these circumstances, is just as bad as buy ing what you do not intend to use. But as both are simply methods of betting on the fluctuations of the market, the advice should be the impartial and sufficient in junction: "Don't gamble." PLAIN TALK TO HOME RULERS. The action of a conference of leading Irishmen in New York ought, if anything can induce the quarreling factions of the Ilome Rule party to subordinate their differences, to produce that effect In deed, such an outspoken and forcible state ment of the case is to be taken as a last resort to bring the snarling leaders to a realizing sense of their situation. The meeting, under the auspices of the Irish National League, frankly warned' the people of Ireland that no further sup port, moral or financial, can be expected from this country, "until they call a halt in the war of factions and reunite the forces now engaged in the work of self-destrjic-rion." This is very plain talk, but it comes from a source which must impress itself on the Home Rule leaders. The United States has been the financial backbone of the Home Rule fight from the first, and, so long as its contributions were applied by a united party for the support of the cause, has never failed to respond to any emergency. But w hen the Irish lead ers forgot the purpose of their party in or der to gratify personal bitterness the Irish-American public is no longer to be counted on as furnishing the smews for such warfare. It is alike impossible to induce the public to contribute for. the support of mere faction, and improper for anyone to endeavor to collect such dona tions. So long as the quarrels of the Home Rule, leaders are kept up the United States as the backer of the party is a dead factor. It is to be hoped that this plain state ment of the case will induce the Irish leaders to promntly and thoroughly cast their quarrels aside and devote their ef forts entirely to the realization of the pur pose for which their party was founded. But it remains to be proved whether the vice of placing factional spite above na sional welfare, which has injured Ireland to many times before, may not wreck the1 cause this time just as it seems on the eve of success. ' AN UNSUSPECTED INFLICTION. The question of the moral status of the man who goes into a saloon, orders a drink under circumstances that make its - sale, illegal, drinks and pays for it, and then turns around and has the proprietor arrested has been the topic of much de bate. The view taken of such an act varies from that of the liquor interest who regard it as meaner than the pro! verbial stealing of coppers, to that of -the law and order element, who think it one of the highest and holiest functions of mankind. Under such circumstances we tender our heartiest commisseration to the New Yorkers who have had the discus sion precipitated upon them in the action of some young men who took that-method of testing whether the law was observed by saloon-keepers on election day. , It would be useless to contribute to the already large stock of arguments on the moral issue; but' it is striking to find in the New York Sun a novel view of-the' .tTHE PITTSBURG law in.questibn. "The maxim of Major Grant," says the Sun, "applies only to cases wherein the persons affected by the had law have the power to repeal it It does not apply to the case of such a law as the excise law in New York City, which was enacted at Albany without re gard to the' wishes of the people of this city, and which can be repealed by no effort of theirs." . As -these remarks are made concerning an act of the Legislature that the saloons must stop the sale of liquor on election day the characterization of it by the 8u7i presents a novel view to the people of Pennsylvania. As this State has had such a law for years, and as it has been for the most part accepted hy all except the 'dtve" element among the liquor interest, it throws a new light on the unhappy situ ation.1 We. .thus discover that Pennsyl vania has-'been suffering under "a bad law' and the local liberties of our cities have been infringed upon by the general statute,for a generation,and not a creature knew It! Even this novel view is equaled by the naive confession of the 5tmthat if the subject of excise regulation were placed in the jurisdiction of city legislation the metropolitan' saloon-keepers would have the power to promptly repeal the obnox ious statute. On this showing the legisla tive povver of the saloon-keepers of New York'is Indisputable. Republican organs are universally quot ing with much gusto the declarations of presiding officers in such undemocratic countries as Germany, Italy, Sweden, Den mark, France and Portugal, that it is the cor rect thing to "count a quorum." This is re garded as, vindicating Reed, but unfortun ately there is an authority far more con clusive so far as Air. Reed is concerned. That is the declaration of one Thomas 15. Reed on tlio floor of the Houso that the right of the minority to break a quorum by abstaining from voting Is one of the safeguards of rep resentative and popular government. The Poor Farm purchase was conspicu ous in Conncll proceedings yetterday by its absence. All right, if it remains that wav. Rut it would have done no harm for Coun cils to have put themselves on record that they would offer no insuperable obstacle to the. withdrawal of that option. In" accounting for the remarkable sayings 6f the "war lord" of the German empire, fhe doubt still remains about even between the potency of the German beer and the questionable balance of the imperial judg ment. The fact that at the Republican National Committee meeting tho representatives of New York; Detroit, San Francisco and Omaha each insisted that their respective States were in danger if the convention was not located there is taken hy Democratic organs to indicate the parlous prospect of Republicanism in these sections. If the declarations are to be taken excathedra, they must he admitted to cast a clondon the Republican outlook until equivalent repre sentations before the Democratic National Committee make things even. Hices promises ua that during Decem ber we shall have a variation between cold wave and rainy thaws. This gives us a gooefhops that we may be favored with steady and pleasant weather. It is usually safe to interpret Hicks by the 1 ule of con traries. It is understood that a card is reserved for the Foraker forces before the final and decisive engagement. At the proper time tlioy, wilt fire the political heart Dy an attack on tho rebel flagroom at Columbus. New Yobk. plumes herself on having re sumed her normal water consumption of abont one hundred gallons daily per capita. Meantime Pittsburg goes on using about 1.10 gallons daily for each inhabitant and only raises a row when the water is too highly flavored with petroleum. Intha water sys tem of the future it may be well for the city to make sure that we have nothing hut pure water and that the people who establish the 130-gallon average shall pay for it. Prince Alexander, of Bulgaria, mar ried an opera singer, and now it is reported that Napoleon Ives, of Wall Btreet fame, is going to do tho same thing. This fact should have its solemn warning to ambitious young women who cherish a dream of going on the stage. After the experiences of the past two weeks, itispertinentjo suggest to electric companies the cogency of the lesson that neither blizzards nor oycloncs interfere with underground wires. In it comments on the New York scan dal the Philadelphia Press sagely remarks that "unwise speculation or theft has been nt tho bottom of nearly every failure in financial houses this year." Unwiso specu lation being the speculation that does not snecee'd, the moral is obvious, though not especially moral. While the German Emperor is reform ing European morals let us hope he will not omit to demonstrate the value of his reform atory process by cleaning up the very ques tionable character of some of the royal families. In showing the need of encouraging for estry in Pennsylvania the fact that we have no Presidental timber in this State is cer tainly suggestive. PBRS0NAL NOTES. The illness of Edmund Yates is so far not a 6aDgerons one. . Governor Chase, of Indiana, is a Camphellite preacher. - Sir -Ambrose Shea, Governor of the Bahamas, 18 in" New York: Major McKinley arrived at his home in Canton. O.fronrthe East yesterday. He will remalnjbere until the Inauguration in January. " ' Rev. Dr. 'John B. Paxton, of the West Presbyterian Church, is lying seriously ill at his home in New Yorkfrom" general debility and nervous prostration. It was at Oxford University that Lloyd 'Bryce formed that friendship for Alien Thorndyke Rice which resulted in his suc cession to the editorship or the North Amer ican Review. Emperor " William, says a dispatch from Berlin, met the King of Denmark on his arrival at the railway station at Potsdam Saturday. A grand reception was given to th e King at the castle. Dom PEDno has been granted a pension of $120,000 per annum, ana, on the whole, docs not come' out of Brazil in bad form. Anyhow, ho needn't lose any sleep over the revolutionists spatting at each other. Lord Hawke and his cricketers, who are now.at their homes in England, have re cently given.expression to tho cannibalistic sentiment that Philadelphia girls are nice enough to eat. There is positively no ac counting for tastes. When the new heir of the house of Astor, John Jacob, sixth, is baptized, that important ceremony will be performed by Bishop Potter and Rev. Dr. Morgan Dix.who will solemnly Invest hiin with his historic name in old Trinity. . .The late Lord Lytton, says a cable dis patch from Paris, was a devoted Spiritualist; that he believed he had communications with Joan of Arc, Balzac and Napoleon, and tliat he complained that he was always bat tled by trying to have access to the spirit of his father. 'MRS. Delia Parnell and her son John .will sill for Ireland on the Majestic to-morrow, it Is understood that Mrs. Charles Stewart Parnell has relinquished all her rights to the Avondale estate, and John Par nell, will therefore become the owner. It Is for'this purpose the trip is taken. DISPATCH, TUESDAY, THE DECEMBER SKIES. Five Times the Sloon Will Show Her Foil Bound Face, While Lovely Venus Steals From Jupiter Bis Evening Glory A Partial Eclipse of the Sun. The sun enters the sign of Capricornus on December 21, and, astronomically speak ing, winter then begins. The sun then touches his furthest limit In southern de clination, 23 27', the days are at their short est, and from that time onward for a period of six months the shadows of night no long er encroach on the light of day. The path of the sun lies so low In the heavens that the short days seem to hasten gloomily to thoir close, and it will be well into the new year before it becomes apparent that the sun is again apnroacbing us, hays tho New York Times. There will be a partial eclipse of the sun on Wednesday, invisible in this portion of the globe, and, in fact, it so happens that the eclipse takes place between the space occupied by tho far southern countries of South America and the northern coast of Australia, and so will be visible to but very few or the world's inhabitants. It lasts a little more than three hours and a half, dur ing which somewhat more than one-half of the sun's disk will be obscured. This por tion of the earth will be morefortuuato next year, for at tho time of the partial eclipse in October it will be within tho limits of visibility. The new moon comes in bright and early the morning of the 1st. Although, speaking after the reckoning by which astronomical data are compiled, there were five phases of the moon last month, when it is considered in the time by which events are usually measured the phase of new moon lapses over from November 30 to December 1. This will, therefore, give-five phases of the moon for December, and as the new moon comes in on the 30th and is but a day old when the year closes, the epact for 1891 willbo one. When the Moon is Fall. The question has been asked as to the difference between those phases of the moon in which a portion of its disk is apparently hidden and its disappearance while eclipsed. Recent articles have told about the moon passing into tho shadow caused by tlio earth's cutting on the sun's light. While the whole of the sun is always bright, half of the moon is always in darkness. When the bright side of the moon is turned directly towaid the cnitli, a complete circle may he seen, and it Is said that the moon is nt the full. On other occasions a portion only of the bright surlace is turned towaid tlio earth, and thus arc produced the beautiful crescents and semicircles and other phnses of the moon. Suppose a case that may aid in clearing up this matter and, for example, take a dcco through the eyes of the man in the moon anil see how he views the earth. To him the earth pro Dab y appears the same as the moon does to the earth's inhabitants, only very much larger. At the period called new moon, the bright side of tho earth will be turned directly toward him, so that he will see an earth nearly lull, and, consequently, pouring forth a flood of light. Think or the brightest of all the bright moonlights ever seen, and then try and think of what it would be if there were 13 moons, all as large 'and as brilliant as tho full moon, shining to gether. That is abont the sort of illumination which the lunar individual will enjoy under tho'clrciimstances. The carth-llehted side of the moon naturally cannot be" compared in brilliancy with the snn-lighted side, but thebrightn es will still be perceptlble,so that when from tho earth one looks at the moon he sees this glow distributed all over the dark portion: that is, he observes the feebly lighted globe clasped in the brilliant arms of the crescent At a later phase the daik part or the moon entirely ceases to be visible, and this for a double reason; first, tho bright side of the earth is then not so fully turned to tho moon, and therefore the illumination it receives trom carthshine is not so great, and secondly, the increasing sizefof the sun lighted part or the moon has such an aug mented glow that the fainter light is over powered by contrast. A Klval for Jnpiter. In December Jupiter will no longer shine unrivaled as tho most conspicuous planet In the evening skies. A rival is com ing into view that will eventually down the giant and wrest from him the sovereignty that he has wielded for so many weeks. Fair Venus has already emerged from her long seclusion wittiin'the sun's rays, and may be seen serenely shining in the sunset's glow by those who are blessed by a, keen power of vision. She is now only an hour behind the sun, but the distance is gradually increasing, and will continue to do so unjll May, when, having gotten to tho end of her travels in that direction, she will begin retracing her steps. She promises, however, to bo largor, and, ir possible, moie beautiful the coming vcar than she has been during the past 12 inonths, and that is saying a gieat deal. Jupiter on the lit will have approached within 00 of the sun, dr will be on that dao in what Is known as quadrature. From this it can be seen that it has taken the planet almost a year to pass over one-qnaitcrof the path in which it moves, as in February he was in opposition, or 180 from the sun. It will be a matter of great interest fiom this on during the clear, bright, crisp winter "evenings to witness the gradual coming together or the two rivals Jupiter and Venus. Their meeting occurs early in February, when the two will be very closo together, and the tableau will be well worth braving the frosty air to view. On December 7, just belore quartering, the moon and Jnpiter will be in conjunction, but the great dinerence in declination separating the two will detract very much from the brilliancy of the meeting. Saturn is morning star, and his serene light will be seen shining softly in the east ern sky at about the time the society devo tee is .returning home from his nightly 1 ouud of gayety. On the 21st, at the time o'f the winter solstlco, Saturn and the sun are in quadratiue. One might very naturally suppose "that this would mean that Saturn und Jupiter veie close together during, tho month, but investigation reveals the fact that, one being an evening flar and the other a morning, they are on opposite sides of the sun and almost ISO3 apart. On the no. tacurn is in opposition witii tne waning crescent of the moon, but the meeting will be devoid of the interest sometimes at tached to these events, as the distance be tween the two is too great. Mars as a Morning Star. Mars comes up between three and four hours ahead of the sun, and is a morning star, his location beine in the constellatt on of the Virgin. He is in conjunction with Uranus on the 15th and with the moon on the 2Gth. Mars has already Increased in size since midbummer, and by the aid or opera glasses one can plainly see him, although he seems but a tiny red speck. In August he will be a most glorious object, as he will then be nearer than he has been for 15 years or than he will bo ror 17years to come. Mercury plays quite a role in the matter of conjunctions for the month. On the 2d the pale cresent of the new moon is encountered, and on the 5th Venus and the elusive planet ure together. On the 28th he la In tne in ferior conjunction with the sun. after which he will be morning star. On the 30th ho again meets the moon, and so closes the record of conjunctions for the year. Neptune is evening star, but as he shines as a star of the eighth magnitude only, he is Invisible to the unaided vision. The guide to his whereabouts is the bright star Alde burah, which comes up about sunset and is in the V-shaped cluster that rises some little time before the glorious group or Orion. Tho bright star that is in a lino between Aldebaran and the Polar Star, and 'which shines almost with the brilliancy of the large planets, is Capella. Uranus is morning star, and he also is in the constellation of Virgo. He meets Mars on the' 15th and the moon on the 25th. -On this last date, one 'can therefore form some Idea of the planet's whereabouts, as it will be about one degree to thesouthwaidor Luna. The moon's di ameter is almost one-bair of a degree, so the space separating the two celestial bodies is approximately twice what might be termed the length of the moon. THE'CIGAKETTE FIEND, Once his checks with health were rosy. And he Ailed out all the clothes lie E er wore In a full and ample style; His remarks w ere bright and witty To the cnapples ' bout the city. And his friends were greeted with a cheerful smile. But now lie's dull and dreary. And he loos both weak and weary; He seldom smile, they miss hi3 little Jokes; Yet this haggard, hapless creature. With death stamped on each feature. Six packs of cigarettes a day he smokes. They have cost him many dollars, t Loosely set his clothes and collars. Bis Joints, they creak like hinges on a gate; And his cigarettes seem bigger Than his puny little figure Be warned, my youthful reader, by his rate; For he cannot stop Inhaling, 'Tis a bad and fatal falling; "Old Nic" ('tis not Old Nick who dwells below I mean). When dressed In fancy pipers Cuts some very dangerous capers, A nd he lands yon evejry time, docs Nic O'Tlnc. " Ed (iardaiicr, in Brooklyn Eagle. .. . t Jl.li-JLJ. K ill.. - ...... ,-Ji.,. S.A. . V". aiJ. ." . .... ... .J. .. ..-.l.iiv.'k.s.- ...J .- 'fefa..'. DEOEISIBEK, 1, 1891. STBAI STATE TOPICS. A Big Poultry Cocnty. Waynesburg Bepubllcan. Greene county cuts quite a figure when it comes to supplying the poultry market. On Monday about 6,000 pieces of poultry were shipped over tho Waynesburg and Washing ton Railroad. Tuesday morning 4' Is esti mated tne train carried 25,553 pieces, several extra cars being attached to the regular train for this purpose. Tuesday ovenlng about 5.C00 more pieces were shipped, mak ing a total of over 36,000 pieces. Philadelphia's Pressing Needs. Pnblic Ledger. A better water supply. Improved pavements. More schools. Better drainage, through the construction of more sewers. The removal of grade crossings. The boulevard to the parte. Opening of new city parks. The Belt Line. The Reading terminal. Elevated railroads. New teamshlp lines. The Bourse. The Trades League. The proposed wharf and dock company. Improvements to the river and harbor. Development of the shipjard at League Island. The construction of a new Mint Stocking Fishing Streams. Carlisle Herald. Five thousand red-eyed perch have been planted in the waters or the Conodoguinct creek. These fish were sent out by Hon. Marshall McDonald, United States Fish Com missioner, and were consigned to It W. Short, of Mechanicsburg, Secretary or the Game and Fish Association, under whose direction they weie distributed. Tho iutio duction of this fish in our waters is a matter or public interest, and Mr. Short deserves great credit for the great zeal ho displays in securing from the United States Fish Com mission edible and gumeflsh forCumberland county sti cams. The red-eyed perch is both haidy and gamey. Where Is the Oldest Merchant? Conneautville claims tho oldest merchant in continuous trade in Crawfoid county. W. L. Robinson bezan business at that place in tho fall of 1815 and is still at it. Who can beat It? Er, Mercer comes to the rescne and cites Mr. John G. Kline, who has been in the harness business at the tame stand since early in 1813, or over 4S years, and the signs aie good for an indefinite continuance. Who can heat this? Mercer Dispatch. Butler can go one better. Louis Stein, senior member of the firm of L. Stein & Son, opened a dry goods stoie here in the spring ot ISiOandhas been continuously engaccd 111 this business ever since. He is now S2 vears old and still attends to customers. Who can beat this? Butler Eaale Wc believe Zelionople is en titled to go one better than Butler. Mr. C. S. Fassavant, of this place, was in businp-s In Pittsour with John D. Davis in 1837, and has been continuously engaged in business at Zelienople since 1841. Zelienople Xews. TWO PEC oTIAE PETITIONS Presented to District of Columbia Commis sioners by Workhouse Inmates. Washington, Nov. 30. Special A cu rious and possibly unique petition against the sale of liquor in the District reached the District Commissioners to-day. It is tigned by 140 inmates or the workhouse and reads thus: "Wc. the undersigned, citizens of the United States, temporarily residing in the Washington City Asylum, commonly called the workhouse, would rcspectlully but most earnestly pray your honors not to grant any more liquor licenses. Wo have been in formed from high authority, and we fully believe from our own observation, that the curse of the Lord Almighty rests upon the drunkard, and woo unto him that giveth his neighbor drink, that putteth the bottle to him and maketh him drunken. It is onr earnest desire to overcome the shame and disgrace to which intoxicating drink has, directly or indirectly, brought us, and to again to become w orthy and law-abiding cit izens. To this end wo ask forhonest em ployment and fair wages, and that all places of licensed temptation and ruin may be for ever banished from the capital of the na tion. We therefore beseech you to aid us by granting this, our prayer." The following petition Is subjoined, ithe signers being the mission workers in the Washington Asylum: "In the name of Our Master, the Blessed Lord and Savior, we pray you not to license any more liquor saloons, because, there Is no good in them. They tempt the young to evil, and only pro duce poverty, disgrace, crime and ruin to the bodies and souls of men." Will Have Trouble Either Way. Harrlsburg Telegram. Some weeks ago one of tho Democratic candidates for Speaker, more foolish than the others, announced to a correspondent that irhe was elected he should refuse to recognize ex-Speaker Reed. Quick upon this announcement came the declaration from leading Republican Congressmen that Reed would be the recognized Republican leader on the floor of the House during the next session. This meant that the fool can didate who was not going to recognize Ueed would not be wanted, andslnce that time the effort has been made to Inspire the country wlth confidence 111 the amiability and gentle ness and justice of the various candidates until even the testy Mills is given virtues of which he never dreamed. Tho probabilities are that whoever is chosen will find more trouble in managing his own unwieldy paity majority than in keeping in wiiat he might legard as proper trim the small Re publican minority. A Monumental Disgrace. Baltimore American. One of the disgraces of the country is New York's treatment or the Grant monument fund. For such a rich city it is an exhibition of littleness beyond the expression of wo'rds. The fund Is not only standing still, bnt the managers of it are quarreling among them selves over insignificant details. Why in the world don't they go ahead and raise the money? POLITICAL POINTS. Governor-Senator Dave Hill Is the sticking-plaster statesman or the Empire State, and there will be some squirming when he is torn off. Philadelphia Times. Majoii McKinlev goes on saying good things the same as if the campaign had not closed. His latest is that "a protective tariff cheapens products, while a revenue tariff cheapens men;" and it would be difficult to state the case In a. more distinct and sug gestive way. St Louis Globe-Democrat. The tariff Issue did not give the Democrats their victory in 1890, but if they think it did, they are at liberty to try it on again In 1892. The Republicans are ready to meet them in a square fight on the protective tariff and reciprocity. These principles won in Ohio this year, and will win in the nation next year. Cincinnati Commercial Gazette. A cat.kful reading of Democratic organs nowadays must convince the reader that the Democratic party has of itself reduced the national debt to Its present comparatively small proportions. Yet it was not so very long ngo that that same party was protest ing that it must be repudiated, because it could never be paid. Boston Traveller. Gkoveb Clevelasd made his grand politi cal mistake when he took reluge in the Tammany tiger. Even tho New York papers like the Herald, the IForfci, the Sun, and the Advertiser openly declare that he will be de feated If nominated. . New Yorkers are pietty sore, and theyusually tear open their wounds for the public to enjoy the dress ing. Chicago Inter Ocean. TnE Democratic newspapers that aroso fond of dilating on the Bardsley default and charging it all up to the Republican party might profitably devote a little of their at tention to Dcniulter. Woodruff's case in Ar kansas. ' Mr. Woodruff stole between $100, OflO and $200,000 from the State while filling the office of State Treasurer, and although the transaction cs.1110 to light about a. year ngo he is still enjoying ills liberty and the ir aits or his dishonesty. Bedford Inquirer. Secbetaut Blaise seems to have struck the keynote ot tho coming political econ omy in his reciprocity scheme. Statesmen and writers on economical questions are coming to see more and more clearly that limited reciprocity between, many countries in unlike articles that is, exchanging free those things produced by us with a recipro cal neighbor for those things we do not pro ducemust necessarily be the next step in- the evolution ot universal trade. Baltimore Herald. DOCTORS DON'T DIFFER,. But Dine Amicably at ihe Hotel Ken- rnawr The Men and Their Speeches at I-ast Night's Banquet Mention Made of Matters of Moment. The physicians of the city, represented in the PlttSbUT"- Ar-nrlomir nf THRdical SCionCeS. held their second annual dinner last night and used tho large dining room of the Ken mawr ror that purpose. Tho room had been prepared with a garb or flowers and foliage. Tho flowers were confined to tho center or the table, where they formed a Greek cross. A tall vase filled with Lillian Bird chrysan themums stood in the middle. A small din ing room opening from this larger one was reserved for the orchestra, which played throughout the entire dinner. It only ceased when the codec, wine and cigars came, bringing the speeches with them. This was tho order round the table: Dr. R. W. Stewart as President of tho Academy and toastmas tcr sat at the head of the table. On each side -nero his colleagues and several dis tinguished men in other professions, who naa Dcen complimented by an invitation. The complete list of guests were: Brum baugh, Brockerhoff, Edall, Eaton, Gould ing, Henderson, Day, Diller, Ward, Stewart, Small, Patterson, Pettttt. Myers, Litchfield, Mercur, Lincoln, Scott, Mover, Dravo, Tay; lor, Douthett; Rev. George Hodges, Drs. Mc Cann, Jlurdoch, C. B. King, McKelvey Chanccllor Holland, of the Western Univer sity or Pennsylvania; Drs. T. D. Davis, Mc Neil, Williams, Daly, LeMoyne, Joseph Dickson, Werder, McKennan, Nelau: Me-srs. Goehring. Colliding, Knox, Phelan; Drs. George, Foster. English, Lange, Hope, Koe nig, Shaw, Dr. Lippincott and Dr. Ayres, Dr. Anderson, orMausflcld, Pa. Dinner was served at 9 o'clock, and by 10-30 the menu had been prottv thoroughly mas tered. Then Dr. Stewart laid aside tempor arily the presidentship and became toast master. The programme was opened with the annual address by Dr. Eaton, who thought laws against quacks shonld bo more severe. The other toasts responded to were as I0II0W9: "Our Guests," Dr. J. B. Mur doch; "The Clergy," Chancellor Holland; "The County Sledical Society," PiesidentT. D. Davis; "The Law," Mr. 'H. L. Goehring; "The Medical Profession," Dr. James Mc Ginn; "The Pittsburg Academy or Medical Sciences," Dr. Theodore'DHIer. Law, medi cine and theology were all represented. Tho gathering broke up about midnight, the guests congratulating the hosts npon It thoroughly agreeable entertainment, and the society responding flatteringly upon the merits of those outsiders, who had broken bread with it. The academy has been in existence for two years und a half, and has tw Ice dined publicly. Its officers 111 c: Dr. R.W. Stewart, President; Dr. Stuart Patterson, First Vice President; Dr. W. H. Meicur, Second Vice President; Dr. I. J. Moyer, Recording Secre tary; Dr. S. O. Brumbaugh, Corresponding Secretary; Dr. C. O. Gouldinir, Treasnrer. There Is a meeting on every Monday even ing, when papers are read and intricate cases, coming under the personal supervis ion 01 members, are discussed. By the rehearsal for the "Xational Pa geanf'last night.Battery B was transformed for the nonce Into the battleground where tho grand'shaft or Bunker Hill Monument, in Charlestown.Mass., stands to tell the story of the death of Warren. Lieutenant Brown took the part or nan-en, representing him just after he has fallen. Those representing the British soldiers were Messrs. Bluine, Kuntz, Guckert, Walker, Demer. Stnder, Bruce, Bels, Murray, G. Guckert, Lloyd, Keimnel, Covell and Moyer. The home force is represented by Messrs. Golden, Kirk, Little, Starkey, Gow, Lydick, Anson, Triber, Mehcn, Beck, Cozzens, Moore, Armour, JIarks, Eicbcnlaub and Jones. Tho British will wear the lamiliar red coat and white knee breeches, wigs and three cornered hats. The Colonists, blue coats and buff breeches. Thl scene i3 not unlike a great painting concealed from view. The quartette choir of the Chnrch of the Ascen sion, composed or Messrs. E. H. Dermitt, M. Huntsiger, Mrs. JohnF. Wilcox, and Miss Ella Semple will sing the song entitled "Tho Sword of Bunker Hill." This is one or the prettiest tableaux. The following new hooks are on the shelves of the Pittsburg Library: "A Frenchman in America,'' Max 0'Rell:"Betty Alden," Jane G. Austin; "Stephen Ellicott's Daughter," Mrs. J. II. Meclede; "The Faith Doctor," Edward Eggleston; "Countess Erika's Apprenticeship," OssipSchupin;"An Imperative Duty," W. D. Howells; "A Puri tan Pagan," Julien Gordon; "The Three Miss Kings," Ada Cambridge: "Marie Antoinette and tho Downfall of Royalty," Imbert St. Amand. While wo are on the subject of the llbrary.lt might be proper to add a sug gestion that grows out of a talk with the librarian. Miss Macrura, who has her own opinion about the;iibrarj', and believes in it Just as thoroughly as we all believe we are a trifle better than our neighbors, wishes that people would give Christmas presents W their friends in the form of a years sub scription to the library. She says they will never regret it. and she will never regret it. Miss Macnim and the library have been frionds for somo years, and consequently she speaks whereof she knows. Every woman that loves her needle and, it is said, some of them lovo it so well they could wish their families were samplers shouldvisit the exhibition of Mrs. Mary Rath Merrill, at the Monongahela House, to day and to-morrow. Mrs. Merrill comes from Columbus, alternating between that city and Cin cinnati in the interest or ner art: lor she does needlework so fine and with such versatility that it is raised to the dignity or an art. Mis. Merrill's exhibition will con tinue on Wednesday, and possibly, ir Pitts burg treats her well, she will remain a while longer. Mrs. William H. Daly s Mrs. Mer rill's friend, and mightrjbe called tho patron of iier venture hero, and it is said that some sort of a reception will be given Mrs. Mer rill befoi o sho leaves Pittsburg. Social Chatter. TnE Art Society has issued invitations for its one hundred and sixty-ninth reception on Thursday evening, in th'e society's rooms, Acadomy'of Science and Art building. Fifth street. The Rev. George Hodges delivers a lecture on that eveninc betoro the society on "Life in a Mediaeval Monastery." Tub "Afternoon Musical" holds its second meeting to-day at 2.30 reading collated lives of Gounod and Rubensteln, playing selec tions from their works, and those of Pitts burg's noted young writer, Mr. Nevin. The members of the Young Women's Christian Association of Wilkmsburg are arranging for a reception to be given about the holidays to tour of their members who have become brides. A bowlig contest was held last night at the Linden Club House, between the Lin den Club players and those or the East End Gymnasium and the Bellefield Club. Waltib Keotex, or Rebecca street, W1I klneburg, ontertaine 1 theChantauqua Circle of that borough last evening in an enjoyable manner. TnE Women's Foreign Missionary Society or the Methodist Protestant Church, gives its annual dinners on Thursday and Friday. G. F. Miller, editor or the Bulletin, arrived in town vesterdav morning after a row days' visit in New York. MK. SPEAKER! Mn. Hatch would make a capable and sat isfactory Speaker, but there is no possibility of bis election, because Iih lives too far North. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. The Crisp policy of claiming everything might bo successful in its object of stamped ing the timid, but for the dally exposure of the fallacy or tho claims. St. Louti Republic. The Majority or the Democratic members of tho House are from the North, but a Southern man will be elected Speaker, nevertheless, tho same as In the old days of the slavc-drlvlng oligarchy. St. Louis Globe Democrat. SrniXQEB is looking up. Really. There is no doubt about it. His candidacy for the Speakership has, until within a few days, been regarded as the joke of the season; bnt now he actually seems to be in the race, and some of his compdtltors are plainly vexed by tho strength he Is showing. What a great thing it would ba lor Springer if he shonld succeed In "downing" Mills, Crisp, McMilliu and tho rest: Stranger things have happened, trough". Xew York Tribune. CEisr'a workei-s claim lor him more votes in the Democratic caucus than Mills and Springer together can hope to secure. Mills has boomers who think he will lead Crisp and double Springer's best possible vote, ana Springer's men In turn say that their candidate will start in with as strong a sup port as cither or his rivals. Some ingenious Democrats with a task for mathematics ought to attempt tho feat of making these claims harmonize with sincerity and wis dom on the part of tho the three eminent Bourbons mentioned. Cleveland Leadtr. CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS. An inch of rain means 100 tons to the acre. If you have a half dollar of 1838 with an "O" above the date you can get $13 for it. One hundred and eighty millions of tons of coal were mined in Great Britain last year. Electric headlights of about 2,500 candle power are now In general use on the rail roads in Indiana. In Corfu sheets of paper pass for money; one sheet buys one quart of rice, or 20 sheets a piece or hemp cloth. In the province of Silesia, Germany, there are at present 20 pedigree herds of red cattle, consisting or 1,910 head. New Jersey and New York elect their Governors for three years; and of the other 42 States 19 choose their Governors for four years. The "Imperial" diamond which was recently purchased by the Nizam of Hydera bad from a London dealer is valued at $L 500,000. The temple of Hom-mon-ji, at Inke gami, bogun in 1282, and flnishod in 1307, I one of the most famous religious structures in Japan. A solar disturbance lasting 15 minutes, in which vapors ascended to a distance of 86,000 miles, was recently observed by as tronomers. To save the finger-nails an ingenious fellow has invented a pocket-knife, the blades of which are made to open by touch ing a spring. The development of the cotton seed oil industry has been so great that it has supplanted the famous olive tree product in a majority of cases. Telephones are put in the house of Stockholm, Sweden, at a rent of $3 75 a year each. For each call, however, there is a charge or 2 cents extra. It is believed that there are 1,800 pro fessional women painters, sculptors and. engravers In Paris, besides those who live by painting menus, fans, etc. Liverpool is the largest shipping port in the world: then comes London, and then New York. New York stands second to London, however, as a general commercial city. The first German Court of Justice has held a. session In Helgoland. The calendar was a blank. The clerk registered the fact that the court met and adjourned and all w as over. An oil painting owned in Philadelphia, shows, It is claimed, that the first man to wear russet shoes in America was Christopher Columbus; that, in fact, he landed in them. There are more women in British India (124,CO0,CO0) than theieare men, women and children iu Great Britain, France and Ger many put together, with the population of several minor states cast in as well. In Germany 5,300,000 women earn thoir living by industrial pursuits: in Eng lnnd, 4,000,000; in. France, 3,750,000; in Austria Hungary abont the same, and America, in cluding all occupations, something over 2, 700,000. It is estimated that the treasure lying idle in India in the shape of hoards of orna ments amounts to 250.000,000. A competent authority calculates that in Amrista City alone there are Jewels to the value of .203, 000,000. Printer's ink is now made from crude petroleum In Ventura county, Cal. It is prepared at small expense. The manufac turers are now engaged in experiments to refine It. If these prove successful, it will supersede the inks now in use. The Russian standing army consists of 410,932 infantry, 84,92S cavalry, 7,976 artillery, 19,325 engineers, and 35,183 ordnance, a total of 619,178 enlisted men and 28,000 officers. The Cossack strength In peace, besides the Cossacks in the aboe total, is 19.448; there are 72,634 officers and men of the reserve and 105,000 officers and men of the local and anxlllarv forces, a total, that is, of about 814,000 officers and men. The war footing is 2,220,793 combatants, officers and men. The red hat was first bestowed upon cardinals by Leo IV. at the Council of Lyons, in 1245. It is probable that as red was In the Middle Aggs a royal color, worn only by kings and members of royal families, hats and gowns of this color were bestowed on cardinals to indicate that thenceforth they would rank with kings and princes. A cardinal is popularly styled, a prince of the church, and in mediaeval times the Pope's. 1 egate often took' precedenceevenof royalty Fireflys of the large kind and high lighting power that abound in St. Domingo and other West India islands are employed for lighting purposes, being confined in lan terns both for going about the country at night and for the illumination of dwellings. By attaching ono of them to each foot while traveling in the darkness they serve as a guide to the path. They are also utilized In Cuba and elsewhere for ornaments, where with tho gowns and coiffures of ladles are adorned on festive occasions. A wonderful example of patience in the Chinese is afforded by a consular report dealing with the manufacture or salt In Cen tral China. Hales about six inches iu diameter are bored in the rock by means or a primitive form or Iron drill, and some times a period or 40 years elapses before tho coveted brine is reached, so that the work is carried on from one generation to another. During tills time tho boring, 'as- may ba Imagined, goes down to an Immense depth. When brine is found it is drawn up in bam boo tubes by a rope working over a largo drum turned by bullocks. The brine Is evaporated in iron cauldrons, the heat being supplied by natural gas, which is generally found in the vicinity of the salt wells. One of the earliest excitements abont the "nude in art" arose over Michael Ange lo's cartoons In the.Slstine Chapel, in Rome, some of the figures in which were alterward draped by another hand that of Volterra. When Jbe decoration of the chapel was finished the cartoons were examined by the Popo and Court, and, as many of the figures were nude, the sensibilities of some of the Tope's attendants were shocked. Among these spectators was the Pope's chamberlain, Biagio da Cesaria, on whom Angelo took a unique revenge by painting his portrait on one of the figures in the Inferno. Biagio begged Paul III., the reigning pontiff, to have the portrait erased, bnt the latter wittily replied: "I can release from purga tory, but not from hell." SHARP THINGS SCISSORED. WHAT'S IX A MAJIE? One was a prim madonna, -Whose hopes lay far beyond the skies; The other was a prima donna. Whose hopes all centered round the flies. Brooklyn Eagle. Mr. Blifkins (to Miss Dorothy, with whom he is deeply smitten and cannot find a way to propose) I hate these weddings with so much fuss and feathers, so many guests and flowers and music and all that. When I'm married there'll be no one present but myself, the bride and the minis ter. Miss Dorothy Oh, I'm so sorry! I was hoping to get an invitation to your wedding, bucnan old fricud as I should not be left out. Mr. Blifk'lns When I'm married you will be there. Judge. SV3VXX BETXECTIOXS. The counterfeiter unconsciously engraves many a true bill. Silence may be golden, but its humble patron, the oyster, is frequently In the soup. The slime of wrongdoing shows more plainly on patent leathers than on brogans. If college men would only tackle the world as they do their football opponents the rest of us would never get a goal. Jew lor Herald. The crookedness of a moonshiner is found iu the worm of his still. ."few Orleans Pieayunr. Blazay Are you acquainted with Miss Bios tired.' Ronay Just barely. I met her at a ball. Tom Topics. SHE WAS T VLSI. "No brighter eyes' did ever glow - Such lovely brows beneath. And never opened lips to show Snch rows orpearly teeth." Thus said I to myseir as there I stood with hat In hand To bid "goodnight" to maiden fair That did my love command. She smiled; I was about to speak. When horrors! came a wheeze, A crinkling ofher nose and cheek And then a giant sneeze! c A sneeze that Jarred the earth, and at , Whose winding up I'found Those pearly teeth within my hat, v"' Her left eye on the ground. Boston Courier. iilife - . iii 1 in ni iTf iii i mi "iiriii Yin ' iitit 1 1 11T 11 in if in -ii t n- i nur irii nui ih mt nwmt sasaa!ffcaa3tfair.irta
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