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STKANGE IliEAS OF CIVIL SERVICE.
Whether or not there is anything in the
intimation that the charges of irregulari
ties in Collector AVarmcastle's office are
brought with a view of ousting him be
cause he is allied with the Quay wing of
local politics will be best known when the
exact complaints are officially given our,
together with the official action upon them.
It remains to be said for the present, that
so far as indicated they do not point to
anything more serious than alleged loose
discipline among some of the Collector's
subordinates.
But nothing could reflect more discredit
upon the administration than that in any
event the retention or dismissal of a
Federal officer should depend upon his
sympathies or attitude in a factional issue
within the party. President Harrison
cannot consider the removal of Collector
Yarmcjst!e because of the friendship or
hostility of either himself or the Collector
for Quay or DalzelL. The question of
efficiency alone must rule.
The administration we thint is too
shrewd, and so is Congressman Dalzeli, to
commit themselves to such extraordinary
motives as have been outlined for them as
actuating the inquiry into the manage
ment of the Collector's office. Whether
Mr. TTarmcastle is efficient or not can be
shown by official investigation of his
office but it would be civil service reform
with a vengeance to make the tenure of
that or any other punlic office depend
upon which side the incumbent might
take in local or State politics.
The department at Washington which
has charge of the internal revenue should
lose no time in stating what the charges
aie. As the case looks now the repute of
the administration requires this almost as
much as the Collector, who says he is not
een yet fully posted npon the allegations
against him. If President Harrison were
trying during his term to act upon
Cleveland's commendable "anti - per-nicious-activitj
" doctrine as to office-holders,
there might be some show for a raid
upon the Collector. But there has been
no pretense in other cases of living up to
this high ideal; and if "activity" is to be
permitted the public will be quick to see
the unfairness of restricting it merely to
obedience to the interests temporarily in
favor with the administration.
STRENGTH EXPRESSED BY COLOR.
A Xpw York engineer expresses an idea
in the Tribune in regard to color, which it
is surprising is not oftener held in consid
eration. "Bridges," he sajs, "should be
alwajs painted red and never white.
Why Well, because, if they are white,
they look more frail than they really are,
and nervous people may hesitate to cross
them. But if they are painted a dull red,
they look heavy and safe." This is very
true, as every student of color well knows
or, for that matter, anyone of nice per
ceptions and a reflective turn of mind.
Color expresses strength, lightness and
other qualities. The dark and dull colors
are suggests e of strength, the bright and
light ones of airiness and imponderability.
It is for that reason that a canon of art
prescribes that m the decoration of inte
riors the darkest colors, as a rule, go near
est tiie floor, the brighter and
lighter ones toward the ceiling. The
same rule holds good in regard to exteriors
where different kinds of materials are
used. The foundation of a building un
lets there is some peculiarity obviating
the necessity should be darker of color
than the superstructure. It is unquestion
ably a following of the converse of this
mle that makes the old time Philadelphia
houses, with their white marble steps and
foundations, topped by walls of dull red
brick, appear so incongruous to all eyes
hut those accustomed to the marked vio
lation of one of the color laws as applied
to building.
CANADIAN TRIBUTE TO PROTECTION'.
The trade returns of the Canadian Gov
ernment, as summarized in an Ottawa
special to jesterdaj's Dispatch, iorm a
high testimonial to the effectiveness of the
protective tariff in benefiting American
farmers, and give the best of reasons for
Canad'an eagerness to embrace the op
portunities offered by reciprocity.
Although a very considerable portion of
the expoiti of the Dominion, hitherto
comiug into the United States, is diverted
to England, as the best possible makeshift,
that measure does not afford a close ap
proximation to the desired relief, because
the juice received there arc not by any
means as good as those formerly received
here. Partly because of this fact and
parth by reason of a marked decrease in
some lines of farm produce, owing to the
people J'aving acted upon their leader's
advice, the revenue of this agricultural
class has been considerably cut down.
Thcie exists an unquestionably deep
seated and widespread dissatisfaction
among the farming population in conse
quence, which must ha e ultimately much
weight in the balance when the question
of reciprocity and finally that of annexa
tion are weighed.
While the condition of the Canadian
farmer will excite a certain amount of
sjmpathy, that matter must remain chiefly
with Canada for adjustment and relief.
To the American mind the significant
thing in the situation is that the McKinley
bill has created the diversion of Canada's
exports from the United States to Eng
land. How great that diversion is in the
whole market may be pretty safely
figured by the simple rule of proportions.
Thus, the Dominion has sent to England
ten time.-- as many horses this year as in
1889, which means that the Canadian
horse has not bepn In the raca with the
American at all this year. Then there is
the item of eggs. Formerly Canada sent
England only a paltry 3,000 dozens per
ear, but in the j ear now closed she ex
ported the enormous amount of 3,500,000
dozens, which means that at least 3,497,000
dozens vv ere prevented by protection from
displacing that number of dozens in tho
United States, or reducing the price here
to a figure at which the self-respecting
American hen couldn't think of laying
them.
IMPORTANCE OF TIIE SPEAKERSHIP
The earnestness of the fight for the
Speakership of the House brings forcibly
before the mind of the spectator the re
flection that the position is secpnd only to
the Presidency in power and prestige and
nearly all that goes to make up the poli
ticians' reward and gratification. And no
sooner does this fact come to mind than it
is followed, at least, in the thoughts of the
older generation of men, and those
younger ones who have made themselves
familiar with our political history, by the
reminder that such importance did not
originally attach to the office. In fact, it
has been a quite recent growth one con
fined chiefly to the period since the war.
Originally the Speaker of the House ex
ercised only about such power as is now
exerted by the presiding officer of the
British House of Commons, who simply
rules upon questions of order and controls
the action of the bodym its various de
tails and routine. The chief reauisites
would seem to be a prevailing calm, judi
cial mood with a ready and minute knowl
edge of parliamentary law and little if
anything more.
But this has all been changed. A spirit
of aggiession and of the assumption of
hew powers, as well as the increase of old
ones, began to arise quite naturally in the
heated period during and immediately
after the war. Gradually it came
about that not only was the of
fice made a more conspicuous and
anthnritativo one, but a demand arose for
a different type of man to fill it In the
old days the Speakers of the House, while
usually among the ablest of the dominant
party and often of national reputation,
were not, as a rule, among the ones par
ticularly noted for their forcefulness or
aggressiveness. These qualities, with the
growth of new conditions, became fully as
essential as those of parliamentary knowl
edge and impartial habit of mind com
bined with ordinary firmnesa. They were
the necessities of a new order of things.
Of course here a new demand is made
for men, or a demand made for men hav
ing qualifications newly become desirable
or necessary. Men of a new order came
torwara to answer It. Thus it came
that the office of Speaker, which had been
held in the earlier part ot the century by a
few men who shed a mild luster upon it
by their general ability and the dignity of
their characters and official carriage as
Henry Clay, James K. Polk, Robert C.
Winthrop, Hunter and Howell Cobb be
came by a certain process of natu
ral political selection the field
for the exercise of governing pow
er and the attainment of influence
and ascendancy. Thus there came into
the enlarged arena of action greater gladi
ators than before the succession which
includes such notable names as James G.
Blaine, John G. Carlisle, Samuel J. Ran
dall and Thomas B. Reed.
These men each enlarged upon the pre
rogatives of the office, and augmented its
authority Randall, more notably than
all, until Reed and each of them aided
much in creating that high public estima
tion in which tho position is now held.
The whole tendency of both men and
measures has been toward the exaltation
of the place from that of the mere par
liamentary presiding officer to tho dual
one of the party champion and party
commander. Thus it is made at once the
coign of vantage for political control and
the promotion of personal ambition. The
growth in the importance of the Speaker
ship has been a gradual and perfectly
natural one, bu is none the less curious
and interesting as exhibiting the radical
changes that are brought about in the
machinery of parties and Government
without any constitutional enactments.
A TIMELY REMINDER.
A matter of importance for all to re
member, and which is especially com
mended to the consideration of many
young voters w ho have only recently at
tained their majority and others who will
follow them, is suggested to the New
York Press by the recent death of "Land
Bili" Allen, of Ohio. That journal edi
torially calls the attention of those to
whom the full right of citizenship is new
to a fact familiar to the older generation,
viz: That the Homestead Law, of which
Allen was the father, was a most vital
issue in politics just before the war, and
it then asks the question pertinent
to the young man who would form an
intelligent opinion as to the relative
worth of the two great political divisions:
"Which party was it that made it possible
for several millions of industrious toilers
during the past twentj -eight years, in
cluding hundreds of thousands of foreign
birth, to acquire broad-acred homes, to be
come members of the class that in Europe
is reckoned aristocratic the class of land
owners?"
To an j one familiar with a single chap
ter of the achievement of the party, the
answer is inevitable: "It was the Repub
lican party, to be sure." And then our co
temporary continues: "From the start this
was a cardinal doctrine of the Republican
party. Abraham Lincoln was elected
President on a platform which had as one
of its leading planks a declaration in favor
of free homesteads for the people. It was
during Lincoln's administration that the
law was passed. This is a bit of history
worth remembering. It is characteristic.
There is no longer any homestead law
issue. Botli parties arc in agreement on
the question. How in agreement? In
agreement that the Republican party was
right. Just so it is with the question of
slaveiy, the question of secession, the ques
tion of paying the national debt, etc., etc.
And the great difference in the two par
ties has been all along the Republican
was in the right at the start and all the
way through the Democratic party in the
right only at the last, when in spite of all
its opposition the right had finally pre
vailed. This great difference still exists.
The Republican party is in the right on
the tariff and money questions now. Is it
not time for the Democratic- leaders to
change their record by identifying them
selves more closely with public sentiment
and interest upon great issues in place of
letting the Republicans take up the best
positions and contenting themselves with
merely antagonizing whatever the Repub
licans favor?
Hill, of New York, will hold on to the
Governorship, having the appiovalof tho
State Committee. It is of no consequence
whether he has the approval of his con
science or not, for that is so small and feeble,
even for a Democratic conscience, that it
cannot hurt linn much.
That most bnit.-.l, deliberate and de-
proved of murderers, Isaac Sawtelle, who
killed his brother and benefactor, and has
been found guilty, now seeks to escape the
gallows In Now Hampshire by confessing
that ho did indeed kill lilm, but that tho
crime was committed in Maine, where there
is no capital punishment. But the prosecu
tion claims that no evidence is brought for
ward that could not have been produced at
the first trial, and hence tbeie is hope that
Sawtello may be hanged.
The .New York Recorder has positive in
formation that Blaine will accept. The
function of the esteemed Recorder is to re
ceive this information as often as the dls
esteemed Uailand Express has information
that Blaine is bonnd not to accept.
Should a writer of fiction depict such
an overwhelming sea of troubles coming
upon a good man toward the close of art
illustrious life, as that which has fieicely
broken upon" Cyrus Field, lie would be re
garded as indulging in the gi eatest of im
probabilities. What more could come of
sorrow and trouble and family disgnjeet
Tirst came the death of bis wife, a heavy
blow to an ngett man and one from
which In the nature of things lie could never
recover. But that was sorrow, cleanly, dig
nified, chastening, with no sting of other
pain than is natural and inevitable. It was
even while indulging His sorrow at the de
parture of a loved life companion that there
came into his household the gi ewsome shade
of a son's sin and ctime, the results of which
were ruin, how wide reaching is not yet
known, the prostration of the daughter and
daughter-in-law in that family and the soul
sickness of the father, which is
more terrible than his physical failure.
Sosupiemely overwhelming a combination
of disaster is all this, that tho father looks
upon death as a welcome release, and can
find only a gleam of comfort in the hope that
his son may escape the obloquy of the worst
accusations against him in that living death,
called Insanity.
"Bankrupt" and "Profligate" were the
names of two horses in a lecent race. Who
ever played those names for a place as de
scriptive of the results in the crowd, might
count himself a -we winner if the judgment
were faiily recorded.
The last of the old wooden hulks which
have been doing duty as a navy for the past
few decades, will, it is thought, be displaced
within the next five years bv the class of
warships of which the New York, launched
Wednesday at Philadelphia, is a type. Then,
indeed, the Unitod States will have a navy
woithy of tho name and worthy or the
country. Wo may possibly never have
actual need for a navy, but if wo do tho
want will be like that of the Texan for a re
volver. Thirty million people are starving to
death in Russia! And the worst of it is that
a great share of this suffering might be al
leviated but for tho wretchedly corrupt
official system of Russia. ,
Ohio is a great State, but there is evi
dence now that she would have been greater
still at the expense of Indiana had the old-
time surveyors run the line correctly. The
line is a mile too far east at the northern
boundary and gradually approaches and
finally meets the proper line on tho
Ohio. The loss to Ohio is one hundred sqnaro
miles, and constitutional lawyers say that
the Buckeve State's c'alm for the territorv
can only be passed upon by the Supreme
Court.
The Chinese rebels have opened the
ball, and the European Powers maybe called
upon to choose their partners in the great
war dance sooner than was expected.
And now it appears as if the friends of
reciprocity are to have a merry Christmas.
Sir Julian Fannccfote and the representa
tives of the British West Indian colonies
have had another conference at the Depart
ment of State relative to the making of a
reciprocity agreement with the United
States, and it appears there is more ground
for concessions on the pirt of the colonies
than had before been thought. There is a
prospect of the lowering of duties on
Ameiican exports.
Harrison is not saying much, but
judging from the developments in Alleghenv
county he is sawing Fresidental timber with
a vengeance.
It appears now that the eminent Mr.
Brice, of Ohio or New York, is between tne
horns of a dilemma, and both horns are
slim p. Is he a citizen of Ohio or is he notT
If he is he cannot well avoid payment of a
trifle over $15,000 delinquent tax, with penal
ties amounting to $17,000, for which the sec
ond suit was filed at lima Wednesday. If
ho is not a citizen of the State, why then he
is confronted with that old Senate matter.
Take it all in all the life of Senator Brice is
not a happy one these days.
London has its Rotten Row, which may
account for some of the aristocratic goings
on over there.
Boston is enjoying the consciousness that
she ha6 two wildly extravagant excitements
which are exclusively her own and of a
truly cultuied character. One of these is a
threatened encroachment on the famous
"common" for ti-anspoi tation purposes, and
the other is an even more intense perturba
tion of spirit over the question as to what
Howells meant when he alluded to "that
period hen even the swell in Boston had to
be an intellectual man."
PEOPLE OP PROMINEXCE.
Sdrgeon General Hamilton, of the
United States Marino Hospital, is Secretary
Foster's chief physician at present.
Prop. F. Niciiolls Crouch, the com
poser of the music for ''Kathleen Mavour
ncen," now lives in Baltimoie at an ad
vanced age.
The life of the Earl of Dudley i insured
for $6,000,000, a high valuation when it is con
sidered that American raihoads allow $5,000
on an average for men killed in collisions.
Though Jay Gould never smokes he is
said to'be an excellent judge of a cigar, and
the brands ne keeps on hand to give to his
friends are choice enough for the most cap
tions connoisseur.
The condition of Dom Pedro, the deposed
Empeiorof Brazil, who is ill at the Hotel
Bedford in Paris with chills and diabetes
improved yesterday and his physicians)
Charcot and Bouchard, believe that all dan
ger is past.
Bishop Phillips Brooks has once
again displayed his sturdy common sense
by using his influence to secure for the Sal.
vation Army the right to have a street pa-
jadoin Boston, which had been refuted by
the political authoi ities.
Pitor. Wiggins has come to the surface
again long enough to poke fun at all astio
r.omical calculations and to convey the im
portant information that the moon is 300,000
miles distant trom tho earth, and not 210 000,
as our ridiculous ustionomcrs had so fondly
believed.
Mrs. Potter Palmer, of Chicago, is
no w in New York promoting Woi Ids Fair
interest among the women oi the metropolis.
She will leave for home Friday. She s.iys
the Piesident will not consider the Fair in
his annual message, but make it tho subject
of a special message.
Cteds Field is one of the new Amer
icans who have a standing acquaintance
with Queen Victoria.-Mr. Field's part in
the laying or the early Atlantic cables ob
tained for him a presentation to the Queen
that meant rather moie than such things
usually mean, and the acquaintance of
many yeais ago has been kept upbyocca
sional meetings and communications of one
kind or another.
Andrew Johnson, says the New York
Press, vv as tho only President that ever stood
on foreign soil w hlle holding ofllce. It oc
curred during the famous "swing around the
circle," in 1886. hile visiting Niagara Falls,
when ho went ma carriage to the Canadian
side. The President did not think at the
time that he had violated a precedent, and
it occurred to him only when he had re
turned to his hotel and was alone with his
secretary, who piomised to keep tho matter
eocrec
VOLLENHOVEN'S GDESTS.
Mrs. Schoonmakcr Opens Up Her New
Bouse and Introduces Her Cousins to
Pittsburg Society A Bridegroom in
Regimentals A Busy Day In Town.
Last night Mrs. J. M. Schoonmaker threw
r open her new house, Yollenhovon, to her
friends, at the same time introducing to
them her cousins, two young Cincinnati
debutantes, Miss Semple and Miss Jordan.
There was assembled a representative
gathering of East End and Allegheny peo
ple,, most of whom arrived shortly after
9 o'clock, the hournamedon the invitations.
The visitors proceeded at once to tho draw
ing room, where they were received by Mis.
Schoonmaker and her husband, and then in
troduced to Colonel Schoonmaker's mother
and the two young ladies who were in pan
theieasonforthe function. The lecetvtng
party stood at the upper end of an
apartment furnished in tho old
colonial style. Mrs. Schoonmaker
wore a magnificent evening gown made
with a white satin, foundation entirely cov
ered by gold brocade embroidered in pink
and bine flowers. Tho bodice was decolette
and the skli t court-trained. The ornaments
were diamonds encircling her neck and a
diamond star in her coiffure. She carried
no flowcis, her hands being fully occupied
by a beautiful fan of ostrich feathers be
tween intervals of hand shaking.
Mrs. M. C. Schoonmaker's gown
was of black silk, with a white
point luce collar relieving it. The only color
used was the lilac ribbon adorning a cap of
similar lace covcrins the head. A tiny bunch
of violet3 was faastened in the bodice. Mis
Semple and Miss Jordan h.ive made
their entrance Into tne social atmos
pheie of Cincinnati. They are exceed
ingly pretty girls and in direct con
trast in appearance: Mis Semple
being a brunette and Miss Jordan a blonde.
Miss Semple was attired in an evening gown
of white gauze, and she carried a debutante's
bunch or red roses and white hyacinths.
MlssJordon was In blue brocade en traine
and her bouauot was composed solelv of
pink loses. The snacious receDtion hall was
"used for dancing. The east side of the
house is surrounded by a verandah,
half of which was temporarily inclosed,
forming a small ante-room, where punch
was seived. Handsome lugs, comfortable
tete-a-tctes, piled high with cushions, and
rubber trees wenttomake it one of the most
attractiv e and coziest snots in Vollenlioven.
The billiard room, being one of thelaigest
in the house, was used for supper.
The table was brilliant with poin
setta, a blood-ied South American flower.
Though Vollenlioven received Its social bap
tism last night, the Schoonmaker family
have occupied it at intervals since summer.
It standi in a pretty lawn facing Ellsworth
avonne and having Morewood avenue on its
eastern side. The rone cocheie is on the
vvcstqin face, approached by a driveway.
The giound floor is occupied by a reception
hall almost ns large as all tho other rooms
together, namolv.a drawingi oom. library and
liming room. The floor or the reception
room is of mosaic niter a design by Mrs.
Schoonmakei .the furnishing of the room be
ing of the old English period. The drawing
room is in white mahogany witha clieular
panel in the celling containing a group of
cherubs. A few of the superb Schoonmaker
pictures embellished the walls. The room
and Its furniture are patterned aftir the
colonial stj le. The library is in oak and
here ale to bo found the bulk or the art
treasures collected at home and abroad bv
tho owner. The dining room is in daik
mahogany and similarly furnished, as the
othertwo, with a paueled ceiling and haid
wood floor.
Tho drawing room was prepared for the
reception In nlnk roses, the library in Lilinn
Bird chrysanthemums, and the reception
hall was magnificently adorned with Ameri
can Bcantv roses, under the direction of A.
M. & J. B. Murdoch.
Miss de Voe, General Secretary of the
Young Women's Christian Association,
writes to The Dispatch an inteiesting ac
count of the coming leception and the pro
gramme mapped out for the work of the
association in Pittsburg. Miss de Vou says:
Tho Central Young Women's Christian
Association, will give an opening leceptf on
at their rooms, 523 Penn avenue, on Monday
afternoon and evening, fiom3 to 5, and 7 to
10, respectively. A cordial Invitation is ex
tended to all, both ladies and gentlemen.
A pleasant pa-Ior has been, fitted up which
will be open every day, except Sunday, from
9.30 a. M. to 9 p. it., where the General "Secre
tary will give a cordial welcome to all
visitors. This room will also De used for
the business and devotional meetings
of the association, and for the gospel
meetings which will be held each Sun
day afternoon for alt young women.
Another room, la; go. and in every wav well
adapted for the purpose, w ill be used for the
classes in piivsical culture, where gymnasium
exercises, calesthenic drills and health talks
will be given This association is an
organization or young women doing a
definite work for young women. and is based
on the same principles as the Young Men's
Christian Association. It dosiies to reach
and help all young women in the best pos
sible way for the improvement of their
physical, social, Intellectual and spiritual
natuies. Ono or the pleasant features
of the wort Is the noon lest. Such
prov'sion has been made tint those
who desire to bring their luncheon
and spend the noon hour will be welcome to
do so and will have the privilege of making
a cup of tea or coffee. At this timo new ac
quaintances are made, invitations to Gospel
meetings aro given and brief and helpful
chats with the sccretarv and with one an
other may be held, 'he attractions are
varied. The musical girl, after eating her
luncheon with or without tea or coffee, .is
she chooses, may spend the remainder of
the time at the piano. A girl who has but
little exercise m-iy prefer to spend the time
in the gvmnastnm, swinging clubs or using
dumbbells. Another finds a book or a late
magazine and an easy chair more
agreeable. As a result, each one
goes back to her work with bright
ened eyes, rested nerves and renewed vigor.
The work of the association is carried on
under the direction of a Board of Managers
composedortherollowingladies: Mis. James
B. Scott, Miss S. E. Pence, Mrs. A. J. Nor
eross, Miss Anna D. Itobinson, Mrs. J. L.
Lewis, Mrs. Willipm K. Thompson, Mrs.
Henry Buhl, Miss Eva Wallace, Mrs. W. M.
Foster, Mrs. A. P. Bnrchfleld. Mrs. C. F.
Stetel. Mrs. John Gregg, Jibs Bose Edsall,
Mrs. M. J. Schoyer, Mrs. Benjamin Bakewell,
Mrs. Sullivan Johnson, Miss Cariie Martin,
Mrs. Joseph Johnston.
Last night the wedding of Lieutenant
Palmer Eddo Pieice and Miss Agnes Young,
daughtei of Mr. W. J. Young, of Shady ave
nue, was solemnized at home nt 6'o'clock.
The wedding had all the characteristics of a
militaiy ceremony, the bridegroom wearing
the regimental of a lieutenant in the
United States army, his best man and the
twousheis being slmilaily attired. . These
attendants were Lieutenant Spencer Crosby,
or Willets' Point, wheie Mr. Pieice is sta
tioned, best man; Lieutenant John T.Sewell,
or Willets' Point, and Lieutenant Williams,
of Fort Niagara, ushers. A Pittsburg cler
gyman, the piesent spiritual adviser of the
young lamilv, the Rev, J. P. E. Kumler, and
the Kev. John McGunnegle, of Oil City,
where 3Ir. Young lormerly ieside.1, per
formed tho ceiemony. It took place in the
parlor exquisitelv arranged with plants and
flowers. The bde Miss Young, who is a
very pretty girl.Tore white moiie antique
trimmed with duchesse lace and made a la
princesse. Tho bridal yeil was caught up by
sprays of orango blcsom. Her neck was
encircled bv a pearl necklace given by her
sister Miss Kntherine, who was her maid of
honor. The bridal bouquet was bridal roses
and lilies of tho vallev. The maid
of honor wore whito Japanese crepe
and cairied whito chrysanthemums.
As mentioned heietofore, the wedding was
au extremely pictmesque one, owing to its
military features. Lieutenant Pierce looked
extiemelv handsome in his aimy dress. The
Geiiie.it Orchestra played during the ceie
inony and thomcepttcinarterwaid. National
airs and several popular ballads were intio
duccd into the muic. Lieutenant ind Mrs.
Pierce will live in Willet'a Point, wheie the
gioora is stationed, and which isaneaiby
place to Buffalo, N. Y.
ON Tuesday evening, Mrs. Cyrus
Claike, ot lajette street, Allegheny, gav e a
coming out bull for her two young daugh
ters. Miss Ella and Miss May Dale. The
decorations wero all yellow and exceedingly
pretty. Aiding the hostess and her uaugli
ters in receiving were: Mrs. Earl, Miss Lucy
Haworth, Miss Martha Kingsley, Miss John
ston and Miss Elizabeth Burt. Among the
guests were: Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur E.
Mathews, Mrs. P. Logan. Mis. Chaiies Little
ton Lyon, Mis. Samuel U. Trent, Mis. James
Reed, Mrs. Rulus Herron, Miss Luie, Mis.
Albert Honie, Mis. Dnrbin Home, Mrs.
Andiow Fleming, Miss Mary McKee, Mrs. II.
Buell, Jr., the Misses Bakewell. Mrs. John
Walker, Miss Margaret K. Oliver, Mis.
Charles Lyon, Miss Ferguson, Miss Llllie
Palmer, Mis. Theodore Hostetter, Mrs. p. d.
Perchmont, Mis. Alexander Bradley, Mr.
and Mis Arthur Burr Stowe, Mrs. M. J. Bow
man, Mrs. W. H. Burt, Miss Pickersgill, Mrs.
H. Balkin. Miss Bakewell, Mrs. William
Means, Miss Miller. Miss Lawrence, Mrs.
Frank McCHntock, Min. F. N. naslctt. Mi.
L. C. Kerr, Mrs. Oliver Scaire, Mrs. Edward
VfrCnndless. Mrs. Tlmmnnnn McCtintock.
'Mil. M. Cooper, Mre.Gcorgs B. Edward,
.Mrs. William Edward. Mia tUod U. f.
wards, the Misses Caufield, Mrs. Agnew,
Mrs. W. A. Lewis, Mrs. William Cooper Libby
and Mrs. George P. Izer.
The new granitoid pavement in front oi
old City Hall received many a blessing yes
torday from the numerous visitors to tho
fair and dinner upstairs in aid of two ben
eficiaries the Oiphans' and the Aged Peo
ple's Homes. Tho grim old hall stands as
monumental as ever, with its base bordered
by the always numerous huckster. As a
good stand-by it lias done its dutv well, and
really seems to improve the older it gets
Actually, it never looked better than It did
3 estei da v alter the ladles had laid by ham
mers and tacks, with which they had occu
pied themselves .ill morning. About noon
pieparatlons weie completed, the various
committees in place behind their booths
for the puiposo of business. A space was
partitioned: off by the door for ice cream,
and, since all cultivated people now drink
tea, an adjoining npaitment was lelegated
to the samovar. The glass booth opposed it
at the other side. The fancy work booth
was in the center of the hall, and it is inter
esting so i elate the pleasant news,
so popular did this booth become
that tho run on it cleared out
the stock early in the afternoon. A word or
praise is due to the booth, evidently not the
woik or nmateur decorators, and exceed
ingly ornamenliil. The gayest of bunting
and cheese cloth was called into service in
all the booths. The upper part of the hall
was spaced off lor dinner tables. It must
have been capltallv cooked for everybody
came away looking contented and declaring
the dishes to bo the most inviting and their
contents tasting the best of anj thing pro
vided at a benefit lor a long time. Dinner
will be served at noon to-day and supper in
the evening at 6 o'clock.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the Home
wood Methodist Chuich is discussing "the
question of how to earn some money to help
piy the $19,080 debt on the church in course
of erection at that place. The ladies have
done good work in the way of giving sup
pers and small enteitaiuments, but they
have always been confined to their own lit
tle town and, theiefore, not gieat financial
successes. There is some talk of giving a
series of concerts in ono of the city churches,
the participants to be composed of tne best
local talent. The ladies are confident that
in this way they could clear a great
deal more money than by giving a half
dozen little home affairs. Tho new chuich
is a handsome structure of brick, with stone
trimmings and innumerable aiclies, half
windows and peaked gables. It is expected
that it will be rea"dy for occupancy early in
r euruary.
Social Chatter.
Mrs. Fbaitk Buhl, of Sharon, gives a
luncheon to-day.
The last meeting of the Tourists' Club was
held on Monday evenins, at Miss Anna W.
Henderson's house in Allegheny. The next
meeting will be in a fortnight.
Mas. William Holmes, of Dithridge street,
Bellefield, and the Misses Holmes gave a re
ception last night for Miss Waring, of Lon
don, England. Mrs. James II. Hammond le
ceived with the ladies.
Prof. B. L. Comj.ock entertained hundreds
ot Wllkinsburgers last evening in the Opera
House of that borough. The programme
iucludcd humorous and pathetic readings
and lecitations Irom the works of the best
authors. A large sum of money was ic
alizedand will he added to the library fund
of the public school.
The Henner Heads for tho tableaux to be
given by the Amateur Artists' Association
arejcausing lots of trouble. Two of the pretti
estjpuplls.w ho have the needed led gold hair,
have been detailed so represent Henner's
famous model, and if the other detail can be
carried out as required, there will be no
more satisfactory tableau than this one.
Mrs. REBtccA Boardmau's pupils will give
an aesthetic cnteitainmcnt in the Mansfield
Valley Public School next Tuesday evening.
Theie will be exhibited Delsarto move
ments, studies In attitude, Greek dances,
statue scenes and recitations, interspersed
with a pioffram or music by Miss Luln Belle
Orcutt, vocalist; Mis. Crumpton and Miss
Uaidy, pianists. Miss Leila Adi Boardman
will lend her services as an elocutionist.
N. P. Stark, of Allegheny City, and
Miss Agnes M. Guffev, daughter of Mr A O.
P. Guffev, were married in the First Presby
terian Church of West Newton last nisht,
the ceremony beins performed by the pas
tor. Rev. J. C. Meloy. Dr. M. H. Lutz and
Dr. Myen, the latter of Pittsburg, attended
the groom. Miss Marv Guffey. the bride's
sister, and Miss Alma Jlaulch, of Allegheny,
were the bridemaids.
ProrLi: are complaining bitterly nbout the
way in which tho city Insists on performing
it toilet with those sweepers just at the
hour when the streets are filled with car
riages nnd pedostrians on their way to the
various evening entertainments. It is the
most unpleasant thing in the world when
one is fixed up smartly suddenly to rush
into a clond of dust that sprinkles vou all
over as liberally as It jou were a steak re
ceiving a libation of pepper. There doesn't
seem to be any earthly reason why the
streets can't bo cleaned at 3 or 4 in the morn
ing instead of 7:30 in the evening.
INDIANS WITH A GRIEVANCE.
Their Envoys Are Creditable Graduates ot
the Carlisle Training School.
Carlisle, Dec. 3. Special. A party of IS
Indian chiefs and Interpreters from the
Cheyenne-Araphoe Agency arrived nt the
Carlisle Indian Training School this morn
ing from Washington, where they have laid
complaint before the Government author
ities for not carrying ont the terms of the
treaty for tho sale of the Oklahoma strip.
The price was $1,500,000. One million of this
was placed to their credit in the United
States Treasury: $250,000 was paid last sum
mer, but should have been paid 60 days after
the execution of the treaty. The balance of
$250,000 the Government authorities wish to
pay thiough the agency stores, and not pay
the cash. '
Secretary Noble spoke favorably of paying
them the money, but Commissioner Morgan
favored paying it through the agency stores.
There is great deal of feeling among the
Indians on tho subject, especially against
Allotting Agent McPherson, who was ar
rested for tradingtheirsiipplies. Tho party
is In charge of Kish Haw-kins, a graduate of
the Carlisle Indian Training School. This
is quite a recommendation for tho Govern
ment school, as against agency schools, the
latter not being competent to tako charge ot
a party of this kind on so Important a
mission.
INDIANA'S CB0WD ON OHIO.
About 100 Sqnare Miles of the Hoosler
State Claimed by the Buckeyes.
Columbus, Dec. 3 Special. The reports
of Pror. Mendcnhall and A. A. Graham on
the Ohio and Indiana boundaiy line will be
filed with the Governor to-morrow. The re
port or Pror. Mendcnhall has been filed with
the Gov ernor or Indiana, and his conclu
sions are the same as in tho document pre
pared for Governor Cnmpbcll. In substance
it savs the surveyors found the assumed
boundary line to be about one mile too far
to the east of Butler, Ind.. abotit three-quar
ters oi a mne la the same direction at Union
City.
It is alsp clear that It Is a zigzag line de
flecting toward the east and aeain to the
west.the probability being that, on the
whole, it is too far to tho east. Altogether,
Indiana has nbout KO squaio miles of terri
tory that should piopcrly belong to Ohio.
Inflnence of Language on Character.
Dr. Weir Mitchell In Century.
I am quite ceitain that if to-day France
and Germany weio suddenly and miracu
lously to interchange tongues, the two na
tions would shortly undergo some unlooked
for alterations. I have known several peo
ple whose superficial charactericsweioquite
different according as thev spoke French or
English, although they weio as fiuent in the
one as in the other. I know of one woman
who is common and ill bi ed as an English
woman, but who, when she speaks French,
which she know swell. Is apparently well
mannered nnd lather attractive. Nor, as we
lellett, does this seem altogether strange
when wo consider how much national cbar
actei hai to do with tho evolution or lan
guage, nnd how impossible exact translation
is. I have heai d a man say that to l ead or
speak Fiench made him feel gay, and that
tiie effect of like uses of German was quiet
ing. A Wonderrnl To cino.
Charles F. Lummls. In St. Nicholas.!
In the extieme eastern edge of Arizona,
some 40 miles outuw est of the remote and
interesting lnd an pueblo of Zuni, Now
Mexico, is a strange natural phenomenon a
great, shallow silt lake, nc the bottom of a
bowl-like depiession some hundreds of feet
deep and about three miles across. Tho
basin is dazzling white with a crust of salt
crj-stuls. About in the center rises a small
black volcanic peak; and irone will take tho
trouble to ford tho salt lake wbicu he will
find a disagreeable, but not dangerous, talk
and climb the pal, ha will find lt crator
half filled by a lakelet of pare, freih water.
THE ORIENT'S POET.
Sir Edwin Arnold's J.ectnre In Carnegie
Hall Dr. Holland's Introduction Gems
Trom tho Light of Asia and Other
Poetic Works .Enjoyed by a Largo Au
dience. The people who straggled into Carnegie
Hall last night about 8 o'clock saw two gen
tlemen seated on the platform before tho
big organ; in one they recognized Dr. W. J.
Holland, the Chancellor of the Western Unl-
verslty.and tho other thev knew must be the
far-famed poet and the lion of the evening.
Sir EdwIn Arnold. The current portaits of
Sir Edwin In the newspapers and litho
graphs are not good, and singnlar to
say they do him intustice. His por
traits mentioned reproduce his beard,
his forehead and his nose, but they do not,
perhaps they cannot.showyou the brilliancy
of his eyes, or the wonderful mobility of his
mouth. Presently when Sir Edwin rose to
address the audience they saw that he was
rather below than above the middle height;
a little stooped, yet of a vigorous, sturdy
build. Thongh the hair on top ofhisheadis
somewhat thin, his circumambient whiskers
are full and his eyebrows are bushy. There
aie signs of toil and much life in the deep
lines which corrugate his face. Ho
woie conventional evening diess, and
it is fortunate that fashion has decreed
that spiketall coats shall have pockets, for
the poet's left hand found solace apparently
in ono of them everv now and again. As a
lecturer, Sir Edwin Arnold is a little like his
lllustrons namesake and predecessor on the
platform, tho Arnold who gave the world
sweetness and light, but not through
oratory. Tne Arnold who spoke last night
is not an orator, and his voice is not very
powei ful. 'He didn't use all of it, either, und
at tunes his words were inaudible 20 rods
fiom the stage: indeed, a call of "Louder!"
came Irom the gallery, and with reason. For
tue most part, lie trusted to ins memory ior
the poems he recited, holding the book in
readiness lor a "cue" here and there. Some
of his reading, especially the first selection
from the "Life of Asia," was delivered in a
monotonous recitative: but in the lighter
pieces which followed, dramatic force and a
variety of tono were not wanting. He ac
companied everything he said with the
movement of his nrms appropriately; he
was even daring enoneh to give a decided
kick as an illustration of the line about the
feet of the modern Egyptian girls in that
graceful story of "A Pair of Shoes." To
many, however, the fa: e or the poet, with its
strange lines and wondrous Illumination,
was a most eloquent assistant to the beauty
or the poetry.
Dr. Holland's Introduction.
It was 8-l! when Dr. Holland arose, and ad
dressing first the lecturer and then the 700
or 800 people in the hall said: "Sir Edwin,
by the distinguished courtesy of the Press
Club of this city, I have been assigned the
pleasurable duty of introducing to you tho
audience which is before us.
"I take opportunity to remind you that the
ground upon which we stand is historic.
Yonder, wheie the waters of the Allegheny
and Monongahcla wed In the deep bed of the
Ohio, began that great struggle between
France and England, which ended in the
permanent dominion of the Saxon upon the
soil of the new world, and tho supremacy
of England upon the seas.
"But the spot is not only Interesting because
of its past. This is the Birmingham of Amer
ica, the center of some of the most gigantic
industries of tho continent. In the audience
before yon are iron kings, coal barons,
pi luces of industry who control great reser
voirs of impalpable fuel, in the alchemy of
which are fabucated huge sheets of glass
which vie with the diamond in their purity:
and who own rivers of subterranean oil,
which aio supplying with material light not
only Asia, but Europe. Amprica, Africa, Aus
traliathe world, in fact. Associated with
this Industry and its consequent wealth, we
witness to-day tho development of culture
and of philanthropy, and the beautiful
building in which we are mot this evening Is
the stately proof of the generous philan
thropy ot one of the great captains of the
world's industry, whom vou and I. sir. claim
It an honor to reckon as a personal friend.
A Glowing Definition.
"Ladles and gentlemen, I have the great
pleasure of introducing to yon this evening
Sir Edwin Arnold, Knight Commander of
the Indian Empire, who lepiesents In him
self the majesty of, the British press; the
learning of the Occident and the Orient, and
who has achieved for himself a foremost
place among the poets of the Victorian age.
It gives me peculiar pleasure to be allowed
to introduce him to you, for I hove Just fin
ished with utmost gratification the perusal
of his last book upon that charming land of
the fai thest East, which was opened to the
world by our own immortal Perry, in which
it has been my privilego to see what Sir Ed
win has seen and hoar what he has heard,
and, therefore, for the bean ti ful felicity of
all his descriptions I am able most cordially
to testif3'."
Then Sir Edwin Arnold, after modently
observing that he wished he deserved a
verv small portion of whit had been said in
his "favor, and thanking Dr. Holland all the
same for saving it, expressed his pleasure at
being in Pittsburg, which he ossured his
audieneo was famous tho world over, and
especially dear to him as the homo of his
valued friend, Mr. Cainegie. Without more
ado he took up a copy of his "Light of
Asia," and read from the last book of that
beautiful work, "The Discourse of Buddha,"
which is essentially an exposition of the
most vital tmthsof Biiduhlm, and at the
same time the casket for many exquisite
gems of poetry. Tuithto tell the weighty
philosophy of this discourse struck one as
better in the book than spoken.
The Slohammrdans' Faith Defended.
At the conclusion or this reading the
lectin cr called the audience's attention to
the fact that the great i eligion3 nev 8 r con
tradict each other in vital points, but that
the Mohammedan faith had been woefully
misconceived by most Christains. To show
how much there is a tender, loveable nature
in Mahomet's creed he read several extracts
from his poetic rendering of Arabian
legends, "Ism's Rosnig." This book had
been hailed as truly representingMohamine
tlan doctrines bv manv of that faith, the
lecturer said, and had Induced the Sultan of
Tnrkev to send him the highest order in his
gift. The stories are exquisite in form and
moral and the audience applauded all three,
namely, "The Equitable,' "The Bcstower."
and the pathetic legend of the condemned
Miydalen who on her wav to the place of
stoning had mercy on a dog. and saved her
life at her sovereign's hands by so doing.
Fiom this the lecturer passed to the amn
inir little bit of verse, which Tne Dispatch
has nublished, called "A Tair of ShoeV
which recites the poet's sDeculations about
tho w earer of the little pair of shoes Egyp
tian 3s which he finds in the mummy cape.
There was a great deal of laughter when the
dignified poet cxecut-d n neat kick at ono
point in the reading of this poem.
From Laughter to Tears.
A Persian poem, apt to be obscure to any
one who had not lead it before, came next;
and it was succeeded by that delightful.and,
it is said, wonderrully acourate picture of
the voung Japanese girl of the day.
called "The Musmee," which The Dis
patch printed some months ago. This
was hizhlv appreciated, but as far as mov
ing the audience was concerned the poem
which succeeded it, called "lie and She,"
wns the most effective feature of the lect
ure. It is a sweet, melodious, and painful
study of death, in the conciete. and Sir Ed
win Arnold explained that he had been
asked to read it. He gave it a dramatic in
terpretation, and biouzhtont the pathos of
the poem to such good purpose that there
was not n dry evo in the audience. A story
or lesB direct appeal to the feelings, nnd
withal a totrrul one, in which a liajpnt
woman sacrificed her babe's lire to save her
Kin"'s heir, was the last considerable part of
tho programme, although Sir Edwin Arnold
i ead as his formal flnile the p-icm explana
tory or his travels which occurs in one of
his later books.
Tho audience gave him a kindlv greeting.
In it were many of the loc il clergy, a goodlv
number of scientists and distinguisncd citi
zens generally.
Proper Place for the Democrats.
Chicago Iuter-Ocean.
The cities of the West stand a poor show
for tho Democratic National Convention of
1892. The deep game now played by Gov
ernor Hill and Tammany is to havo all the
State machinery in the hands of Democrats
next year. That there would be an eminent
fitness in holding the convention in Tam
many Hall few will doubt. A New York
paper says: "Hero It Is that the next Presi
dent of tho United States should be nomi
nated, for hci o it is that he is to be elected."
Newly Appointed Military Cadets.
Washh.oto-, Dec. S. The following hav6
been appointed cadets at the United States
Military Academv: Hnston V. Evans, Third
district of Missouri: Fiank D. Wickham,
alternate, Thlid district of Missouri: William
C. Mojllllan, Seventh dUtrlee of Atauamni
B. ft, MIclioU, alternate, Second district of
Arkansas.
CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS.
Seventy women have licenses for ieH"
tag beer and liquor in New York City.
There are 10,400,000 pennies in the
United States sub-Treasury In New York
City.
A new herring bank 100 miles long has
been discovered off the west coast of New
foundland. A Kansas man wants two feet of the
rope with which a murderer was hanged, to
cure fits with.
Horseflesh is used as human food in
Denmark. Sweden and Switzerland, and also
in several parts of Italy.
Each year about 550,000 is expended in
sprinkling the streets of London with sand,
to prevent the horses slipping.
The population of Jerusalem has in
creased Bince 1880 from 25,000 to 50,000, and of
this latter number 30,000 are Jews.
A company of women is running two
canning and preserving factories in Michi
gan. Not a man is allowed to work in either
place.
Bank notes in Austria-Hungary are
printed on one side in German and on the
other in Magyar for the benefit of the Hun
garians. .
The latest advices about the moon itate
that it is a dead, desolate waste of played
out volcanoes and cooled off lava beds, with
out atmosphere.
Babies grow big in Missouri. The old
est of two exhibited there, aged 5 years,
weighs 107 pounds, and the youngest, aged
-M years, weighs S3 pounds.
Few English words are derived from the
Chinese, but the names of some of the best
known Chinese products as tea, silk; gongs,
ginseng, kaolin are of Chinese origin.
Lake Ontario is now lower than ever
before since it was known to white men. It
is estimated that it would require 2,541,000,
000 tons of water to bring it up to its normal
level.
A workman repairing an ontbuildingin
Winchester, Ind., a few days ago, found un
der one of the sills an old tin can containing
about JI,b00 in gold coin, mostly In $2 50 and
$i pieces.
A certain train running daily between
Chicago and Dwight has been christened
"the Jag train," from the number or people
traveling by it to Dr. Keeley's Institute for
tho treatment of dipsomania.
The longest electric railway in the
world is to be constructed in Bussia. The
very audacious project is being considered
of contracting a line from St. Petersburg to
Arkangel, a port of the White Sea, a distance
of 418 miles.
The result of the recent attempt to raise
tea in North Carolina Indicates that the soil
and climate are favorable to such an indus
try, but that, owing to the expense of pick
ing and curing, none but tho highest grades
could be produced profitably.
A plump, long-tailed rat committed
suicide the other day by leaping from one
of the windows in the Tribune building in
New York, and came with a tremendous
crash through the skylight of the bun com
posing room, causing great consternation to
the compositors.
An Italian engineer has originated a
system by which he proposes to utilize the
power of trains running down grade; that is,
he has devised a machine for compressing
air as the train goes down, which can be
used to actuate a motor at the will ot the en
gineer, and to assist the locomotive on up
grades.
The English glow worm is the wingless
female of a winged beetle. Some suppose
that the light she bears Is bestowed for her
protection to scare away the nightingale and
other nocturnal birds. Others, however, be
lieve that the gift of brightness is the very
lure by which her foes are assisted to dis
cover and devour her. It has been asserted
that the light-diffusing substance contains
phosphorus, but this has never been proved.
The tomato was originally supposed to
have a peculiar effect upon the spleen to
make sour people of lovely disposition, and
for this reason It was known to the ancient
Spaniards as the Love Apple, by which
name it is still known In many English
speaking countries. The word tomato is
derived trom the original latin word aroo to
love, although we use it now as a Spanish.
derivative, tomato bemtr a Spanish expres
sion.
An interesting archaeological discovery
has Just been made in the lorest of Eawy,
near Saint-Saens. The excavations under
taken have recently brought to light the
walls of a building seeming to be the re
mains of a little antique temple belonging
to tho second or third century. It is quad
rangular in form, and stands completely
alone. Among the debris were found some
statues of the Venus Anady omene in baked
earth.
Some of the Indians of the m South and
Southwest were excellent agriculturists. In
Georgia and Alabama, when the whtte men
first went among the Natchez Indians, they
found them all cultivating maize, beans,
sunflowers, sweet potatoes, melons, pump
kins and a large number of the native fruits
glowing in orchards persimmons, honey
locusts, mulberry, black walnuts and shell
barks of the Dest kind were sorted and
planted by them.
Austin Corbin's "ring fence" about his
game preserves inNow Hampshire is 28 miles
long, and it cost $1,000 a mile. Favored per
sons receive permission to drive through
the park. Mr. Corbin has printed cards con
ferring this privilege, ana the regulations
for visitors are elaborate No firearms are
permitted to visitors, and at tho same time
till persons entering the park are warned to
benare of the wild beasts that abound
within the ring fence.
An American physician who recently
made a voyage from Europe to this country
in an immigrant ship says that out
of 138 of the steerage passengers whom
he examined not one half were found to be
phvsically onnd, though the unsound pas
sengers wero not afflicted with such diseases
as wouia prevent tnem irom lanuing at any
of our ports. If this shipload is a fair sam
ple the amount or disease annually import
ed into our country must be appalling.
Captive balloons for signaling purposes
have been experimented with for some time
in Luropcan navies with interesting results,
and the Germans have justbeen trying what
can be done at night with the electric light
and balloons in combination. It was found,
as might be expected, that signaling Could
be conducted by means of a balloon at a
much greater distance than from the tallest
masthead, by the no of the Morse system
and Incandescent lamps.
An advertisement in a Madagascar
newspaper announces that Mr. Gafoar, of
Tnmatave, had received from Paris a ma
chine "of tho greatest perfection-' for mak
ing aerated waters, and that on and after
August 25 Mr. Gafour will sell at his store
lemonade, soda water, seltzer and ginger
beer. A card signed by two physicians Is
attached to the advertisement, certifying
that they recommend these drink as health
ful and as particularly agreeable during the
hot season.
PLCCKKD FKOM PUCK.
He And you can only be a sister to me ?
She That's all.
He Then please kiss me goodby : my sister always
does.
"How did you ever come to marry, old
man? Thought you'd determined to stay single?"
I Had; but I was Introduced one daytoagirl
who had determined never to. marry, and onr
thoughts seemed to harmonize so completely that
well, we married each other."
Eve ate the apple, we are told;
Her trespass we deplore:
For she enjoved the mellow fruit.
Her oflsprlng got the core.
Literary longings Long hair, long fasti
and lung accounts.
Here is some solid food for thought,
I heard It at a recent bill
'TIs better to be kissed and caught.
'SUen never to be kissed at all.
On the double-quick Compound interest.
English tourist (in Central Park) And
what might be this "orrid great beast?
Native That's a bear.
English tourist-Hand I was going through Wall
street hunarmed ?
"When we consider the matter subjectively,
a bird In the bush thinks himself worth a heap
more than two in the band.
A tacit understanding The mute's.
I mocked at love with foolish mirth,
And made of Cupid but a Jest;
At last he took revenge, aud all
Ills drta an quivered in my breast.
Moat or oi 30 tiuoash life eompljlnlnj
tbitwtar raisuudsr.iood; laiUd, wi oiut&Sta
be very thankful for a.