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UtMCiriL UNCERTAINTIES.
A citv cotpmporary publishes a com
munication from a lawyer whobe name
Ioes not appear antagonizing tlic pro
pOsed issue of bonds on the ground that
contractors holdinc claims against the city
Jiaonotascod basis for them. The ar
gument pre.-ented is that, as the arts -were
declared uneontitution:?l. ever proeeed
ine under them was-invalid, and the city
had no power to let 'the contracts. It is
true, bavs the supporter oJMhe city, that
Justice 'Williams' decision remarked that
the -work done or to bo done must be paid
by the citv " But as the issue between
file contractors and the city was not in
this case, he regards the expression as a
mere eMUr dictum ;'iAe in the decision
of our codiitj courts on the claims of the
contractor- against the city the true de
fense was not presented.
This legal Mew might be a pertinent
ground, if it w ere adopted by counsel, for
ataxpaver to -eek to prevent by injunc
tion the city officers from paying tire sums
due contractors, or from issuing bonds to
raL-e the necessary monev. But in view
of the very clear expressions of the courts
that they regard the power of the city to
contract tor paving and grading, to be paid
out of general taxation, as unquestioned,
while the power that is unconstitutional is
to collect from benefited property-owners
. raider the provisions of the former act, it
- is pertinent for the people to decide what
they will do in the very probable event
that the courts do not take the other view.
This is the question for the people, to
decide. If the city has to pay out a largo
sum of monej to contractors before it can
collect under the curative nets, or which it
cannot collect at all, do the people wish
that sum raised bv taxation all at once, or
do ther wish the paj men's spread over a
seres of years bj the issue of bonds? We
think the citj ofhc.is can be trusted not
to issue am boi is unless they are needed
for the-e p.i.vr.ents, but even if they conld
not. the cour 5 are nlvvaj s open to the tax
pajersto p event any such maladminis
tration as issuing bonds not required for
the authorized purpose.
Fcrtliei than this, as the legal communi
catwa referred to takes it for granted that
therur.it.ie legislation will be sustained,
;y well to interpose a warning that this
-'Is also sniong the uncertainties of city
bniness. Practical justice will be secured
13 it but it is not jet clear that the Su
preme Court will commit itself to the
proposition that the Legislature can vali
date acts which it had not the power to
authorize in the first instance.
A DOTItTFlL COALITION.
That is a erj interesting story which
comes from Kansas as to a reported plan
tr combine the People's party and Demo
ratievote in Kansas, Nebraska, Minne
sota and the two Dakotas, with the intent
of capturing the sitv-foui electoral votes
of those istates from the Republicans.
At firs blu-li the project seems to have
tlie elements of a practicable political
stroke, provided the coalescing parties can
accomplish the difficult task of reaching a
common platform of principles and pur
poses But as the details affecting the en
terprise are studied, the idea grows that
there may be more difficulties than the
'TV large one of pledging the tw o parties
to te support of a Piesidental candidate
vo may be more obnoxious to one or the
other of them than the candidate to be de
feated bv the coalition.
The plan obviously requires that the
former Republican element which makes
up a larce sliare of the People's party
rausf be held m the coalition in order to
Make it successful The natural difficulty
in doiug this is recognized in the reported
Tort to keep the movement for a coali
tion secret lest the ex-Republican element
shilt it-elf back to its old allegiance. But
the coalition cannot always be kept a se
cret. It must be openly avowed sooner or
inter in order to elect the ticket it w ould
pulup. If the Republican People's Party
men w ould bolt such a coalition in Decern-1
ber, 1891, what is to pi event them from
bolting it in August, September or Octo
ber, 181)2-'
So that, after all, the project of Democratic-Alliance
conquest is not so danger
ous as it looks at first sight "We think the
election next year will be a plain stand-up
fight, and the reported combination is
&implv an illustration of the prevalent un
certainties that surround national politics
iit this time.
II ILL ON SILYEIL
Xovv that Secretary Poster is through
wrestling with the stern duty of giving an
exposition of the silver question, another
aspirant for victory over that tough-subject
appears m the person of David Ben
nett IliiL It might be supposed that the
experience of those before him would in
spire the leader of the new school of New
York statesmen withmodesty in approach
ing that subject But a statesman who
has solved the mvstcry of holding two
iacompatible olhees at once, and has
nearly succeeded in capturing a legisla
ture ov er the discouraging obstacle of a
majority of votes .igainst his candidates,
knows no terrors in the silver problem.
In his speech at Elmira the other day, the
profound Hill polished off the silver ques
tion, as a large share of his support would
put it. to the queen's taste.
The Xevv York statesman discovers that
most of the opposing policiwr'on silver are
all wrong The Republican doIicj is
wrong, of course; that needs no demon
stration. The Xew York Chamber oE
Commerce resolution is wrong, aho; for it
contemplates gold monometallism. The
tree oomaiie demand of the silver States is
wrong, because it will lead to silver mono
metallism. Thusfai we might suppose
that David B. Hill had been intelligently
digesting the statements of the problem
leading up to the solution presented by
The Dispatch. But no! The right view
of the question, in the gospel according to
Hill, is the platform of the Xew York
Democrats, and that platform an aston
ished country now learns is the free coin
age of both metals. The astute Governor
declares: "Competent free bimetallic
coinage would renew to both metals their
former unvarying ratio as such."
It appears from this elucidation iof the
subject, after condemning the free silver
coinage proposition of the far West, that
the Xew York Governor has found in the
latter a provision that in opening the
mints to the silver of the world they shall
be closed to gold. This he will not per
mit Gold and silver must both be coined
together, which "practically unites the
two money metals into one money metal
with the utilities of both." When this is
done they will circulate in fraternal har
mony irrespective of the fact that the
commercial value of the silver to be coined
at the will of the holder into a dollar is
worth 73 per cent of the gold in the coin
of equal legal value.
Thus does the mindwf the practical pol
itician knock out the intricacies of tho
monev question in one round with the
vigor of a John L. Sullivan and the sum
mariness of an Alexander cutting the
Gordian knot.
AMERICAN ARMOR.
The report of the Secretary of the Navy,
in touching upon the progress made in the
manufacture of armor plates, corroborates
the view already set forth in these col
umns, of the importance of the facts dem
onstrated by the tests at Indian Head last
fall.
The important feature demonstrated by
those tests, and stated in the reports, is
that American establishments, although
just beginning the .work, have turned out
heavy armor, not only equal to the best
produced by years of effort in the work
shops of Europe, but such as successfully
met tests of much severer character than
hav e ever been made in the Old World.
While this work is at present done in but
two establishments, the facts show a capa
bility for indefinite expansion if there
should be a need lor it In the quality of
product honors are about equally divided
betw een the firm of Carnegie, Phipps &
Co., and the Bethlehem Iron Works; but
the former firm has scored a step in ad
vance of the rest of the world by proving
that rolled plates can be turned out of
even quality equal to those forged under
the hammer. The leadership of the Pitts
burg him in this demonstration, which
enables the production to be readily ex
panded and makes a material reduction in
the cost, is show n by the fact that the
Bethlehem works have followed the ex
ample and are making arrangements to
turn out rolled plates hereafter.
With this important achjevement of
American skill and indugtry, the work of
creating our nexr ha"vj should be prose
cuted with Vigor. It is to be hoped that
thenetfvear will show as marked a pro
gress in guns and projectiles as the clos
ing j ear has effected iu the production of
armor
TUE WATER SUPPLY.
The purity of city water is of vital im
portance to the entire public. In recog
nition of the need for constant watchful
ness, in order to insure that the people
shall not be given polluted water, The
Dispatch has always kept its news
columns open to discussions of that topic,
and in its editorial expressions has uni
fornilj urged the municipal duty of main
taining the purity of the water supply.
The recent startling assertions of Dr.
Wiuslow concerning its impurity have
been in like manner laid before the
public
It is plain that assertions of fact so
serious and persistent in their character
call for inv estigation. Some of the state
ments which Dr. Winslow has made may,
upon inquiry, be modified. Thus his as
sertion in j esterday's Dispatch: "Sharps
burg is only four miles away; we get all
their filth," plainly applies only to Alle
gheny, as Sharpsburg is tw o miles below
the influent pipes of the Pittsburg sys
tem. With regard to the statement that
there are no less than 15 towns
between Pittsburg and Freeport which
drain their filth into the river,
that is a matter which calls for careful in
vestigation. We are under the impres
sion that none of these towns, up to a re
cent date, drained their filth into the river
by means of either sewers or gutters. In
quiry on this point was made some j ears
ago, which warrants that conclusion; but
the repetition of the assertion and the
growth of population up the Allegheny
river makes it pertinent to have a thor
ough investigation as to whether any sew
age reaches our water supply now.
About a j ear ago The Dispatch caused
several tests of city water to be made,
which left the Allegheny and Sonthsidc
fluid under grave suspicion but showed
practical purity for Pittsburg's supply.
Whether the conditions have changed
since then is the vital question. In addi
tion, even if the conditions have not
changed, they will do so in the course of
time. With the extension of population up
the riv ers it is certaiu that the ollution of
citj water is merely a question of time, un
less precautions heretofore unknown are
taken against it Pittsburg must either seek
means to keep the drainage from its river
suburbs out of the streams or it must take
into consideration another source of water
supply.
One thing is certain, Pittsburg cannot
afford to give its citizens impure water.
Whether the impurity is a matter of the
present or a danger of the future, it is
something that the city should make ample
provision against
A KED TAPE OPINION.
A very- striking illustration of the pre
vailing pow er of the conjunction of legal
red tape with partisan feeling is presented
by an opinion wntten by General Francis
C. Barlow on the Onondaga election dis
pute. Mr. Barlow first asserts that if votes
arc cast for "David A. Munro" and for
"David Munro, Jr.," all the canvassers
can do is to say that each received so many
votes, and "if Mr. Ryan, the Democratic
candidate, received more votes than either
they are hound to declare him elected."
This simply asserts that red tape accuracy
is more important than plain com
mon-sense m interpreting the meaning
of the voters. Xo matter in the interest of
what party, it is asserted, it is simply
pernicious stupidity.
Mr. Barlow is evidently aware that this
does not quite cover the Onondaga case,
vvhereit has been asserted,andnot,sofaras
we have seen, denied, that'the ballots were
uniform; that "as to the question of the
error of the election inspectors in return
ing votes cast for 'David A. Munro, Jr.,'
as votes cast for 'David Munro it is
evident that this was an error of the in
bpcctois of election and not of the board
of canvassers, and hence that Judge
Kennedy had no power to issue any
such order." 3Ir. Barlow has alieady
asserted that, in the leal view, D wid A.
Munro, Jr., and David Muuro are two dis-
tinct individuals. Hence his second asser-
tion amounts to the declaration tha', if the
inspectors make the pleasant little mistake,
voluntarily or otherwise, of returning
votes cast for one man, as given for an
other,"there is no power to change it For
all the practical purposes and logical re
sults of Barlow's opinion the board of in
spectors might have counted 100 or 1,000
votes for David A. Munro, Jr., as given to
Peter Ryan, and we have Mr. Barlow's
authority that there would be no appeal to
the courts to rectify that fraud.
Mr. Barlow feels theneedof some justifi
cation for this striking reductio adabsurdum
of the red tape view, for he goes ou to say:
"The question is of far greater importance
whether our elections are to be
carried on by Judges of the Supreme
Court or by the public officers to whom
the law has committed that duty." This
may be the paramount duty; but since the
sole act of the judges in the case af issue
consists in ordering that the returns shall
be correctly and honestly made, the lay
mind may conceive a question of even
greater importance. It is whether the
man whom the majority of voters have
voted for shall receive the position to
which he Is elected. Barlow's proposi
tions carried to clear logical conclusion
contain their own refutation.
The observant Washington Post is
troubled In Its mtnd becauso ono of the
Illustrations of the launching or tuo New
York represents the -vessel as slidlns dovrn
Into the -water stern foi cmost, whilo another
shows It plunging into its element bows on.
Both pictures being done by "artists on the
spot," tho esteemed 1'ost cannot reconcilo
the matter. Our cotomporaiy is evidently
laboring under tho delusion that tlie poetic
licenso of the illustrative ceuius is to bo
hampered by dull, cold and leaden accuracy
a most Philistine idea which the pioper
.study of newspaper illustration will alone
reiucc.
Me. Depew's assertion that the United
States should not loan tho Chicago enter
prise $5.0i0.000, but should givo it outright,
is inteiesting as noticing tho liberality
which soino gifted lepiesentatives of tho
millionaire interest uro leady to exercise
with the Government's money exclusively.
General William Lilly, of Mauch
Chunk, is stated by tho Coal Gazette to bavo
been urged by a number of leading Kepub
licans throughout the Jstate to become a
candidate for Congressman-at-large. Those
who bavo kept track ot General Lilly's
career do not need the further information
imparted by his organ that ho has yielded
to these urgent requests and conscntod to
saciiflce himself at the altar of public duty,
if the State Convention will give him the
chance.
It is amusing but strictly according to
precedent that Secretary Tracy's reform of
the navy yard service is now calling down
the condemnation of the Brooklyn patronage
grabbers, as an unwarrantable interference
with our political institutions.
"Who says the poor Indian is not learning
tho w ays of civ ilirationt In the settlement
of tho $-230,000 balance due the Cheyennes
and Arapahoes, for tho purchase of tho
Okahoma strip, tho attempt of the Govern
ment to pay tho debt by orders on the
Agencies has brought thirteen Chiefs to
Washington to protest against tho arrange
ment, Tho untutoicd savage has evidently
been tutored, enough to know the difterenee
between orders and cash.
TlIE announcement that Providence has
gone Democratic is piobably correct, but it
is nothing now. There is a general impres
sion that the large vote in tho Speakership
caucus was due to something of the sort
which happened last year.
It is interesting to observe, after the
New Yolk nowspapeis have been denounc
ing tho attempts to introduce the deadly
trolley wire in Now York City, thnt one of
the avenues tbeio was rendcied penlous
last week by the blowing down of electric
light wires to tho length of a mile. A city
that can have the dangers of overhead ai o
light -wires hardly need start -with fright at
the idea of the much milder trolley.
The comparison of the numerous ballots
for the Speakership nomination with tho
ante-caucus claims renews the old lesson
that oven among Congressmen election
prophets nro most conspicuous for what
they do not know.
With regard to Chicago's trouble with
soft coal, the New York jldiertuer wants to
know "why they do not turn to hard coal
and try to keep clean." Perhaps if our co
temporary should investigate tho subject it
might find that the combination in the hard
cool industry which makes that fuel about
twice as expensive in proportion to heating
power has something to do with it.
The Hon. Henry W. Blair can now
calmly read the news from China and re
flect on the blessings which come to somo
men completely in disguise.
Or course the example of the dynamite
maniac is healing fruit. The example of a
dissipated German who wrote to a conntiv
man that if he did not pay up a sum of
money he would bo treated as Russell Sngo
was, shows the inability of cranky black
mailers to remember that Russell snge is
nearly well and that his attempted destroyer
was blown to pieces.
CONGnESS will open in a state of confns
ion, with" a prospect of more business in tho
cold tea end than in the chambers.
Touching the reDort that John C Eno
is coming home from Canada, hav ing "made
terms with his creditors," a cotemporary re
mirks that "Mr. Eno has yet to make terms
with the law, however." Docs tho testimony
of recent experience afford any ground for
tho opinion thnt intdoors of Jlr. Eno's
wealth and influence find the latter a diffi
cult task?
Under Warden McAleese's administra
tion soap bars aro the only ones now cut in
the county's picturesque bastile.
The New York Chamber of Commerce
discovered by a report the other day that
the schoolship St. Mary's hid cost $23,000
and has graduated nineteen pupils, most of
whom have taken to employment on land.
Thedifnculfy in establishing a navy con
tinues to be in the scaicity of human
mateiial.
FEOPLE WIDELY KNOWN.
China's Emperor has got tired of count
ing with the abacus and is now studying
English arithmatic.
Judge Phelps, of the Connecticut Su
perior Court, will retire from the bench
this month at tho age of 70.
Austin Cobbin intends to keep poachers
from bis game. He has Just enclosed his
preserves in 25 miles of fence, costing $1,000
per mile.
Sir Frederick Leighton has consented
to act as chairman of the fine arts section of
the Royal Commission for the Chicago Ex
hibition. Senator Dougherty, of United States
Legation in the Citj' of Mexico, has under
taken the'arduous task or ascending Mount
Popocatapotl.
Lord Cavvdes and Lady Evelyn Campbell
intend to start early in Januaiy for a cruise
among tbo West Indies in his new j acht.tho
Maid of Honor.
Karl Ludwig Michelet, one of the
founders of the I'liilosophlachoGcscllschaft,
wiltshoitly complete his 98th yeir, and tho
ev cnt w ill be celebrated in Berlin.
Senator Briue spreads over a large terri
tory. Ho lives in New Yolk, vupicsenls
Ohio in the United Stites Senate, his
daughters go to school in l'.iris and his sons
are in Xen England.
A PiiOHISING PITTSBURGER
WRITTEN FOB Till DISPATCH.!
At the Scotch dinner in New York the
other day at that dinner at which auda
cious Dr. Depew doclaied, in Mr. Carnegie's
presence, that the spectacle of Andrew Car
negie trying to lie modest was something
-without a parallel in human history, and
worth living into this year of grace to Bee
at that Scotch dinner (of all places in the
worldl) some good man, mentioning the
mpst Rotable poet of tho land o' cakes 'and
brither Sect's, called him "John" Bums.
The man who made that blunder was, I
believe, an Englishman. That accounts for
it. Over there in England nowadays people
nie thinking a good deal more about John
Burns than about all the Robeits of that
namo who ever lived. There is no poetry
about John Bums. He represents, Indeed,
tho ni ost unpoetical side of human life. Ho
is the spokesman of poverty. Ho is tho
leader of the lowest classes of English work-
ingmen. Ho is the man who is trying,
harder perhaps than any other man In
England, to make men out of animals. He
is the man who organized the gieat dock
strike of 1SS9. still memorable among thp
tosslngs and turnings of uneasy and discon
tented labor.
John Burns is a Scotchman who was born
in London. He is n skilled mechanic. Of
late, however, he has been trying to run
that most complicated and unsatisfying
of all machines, the machine of industrial
society. John Burns, Tom Mann, and Ben
Tillett lantbat great dock strike. They
were the brains of the vvholu movement.
They had foi clients 120,000 woikmen'of tho
low est grade of labor. Thev had to keep in
order this great army of ignorant, brutal,
idle, and hungry men. Ben Tillett was one
of the mon themselves. Tom Mann man
aged the general affairs of the strike, ar
ranged for the coming in and handing out
of i clicf, and dealt with the dock directors.
John Bums was in charge of the out-door
part of it, mado speeches oveivday, kept
hold of men in that way by his persuasivo
arguments, and kopt up their spirits bettor
than a band of music. Sometimes, after
speaking nt n midnight meeting, he would
have to walk homo Ave miles, the cabs hav
ing closed up for the night. This wont on
for six weeks. Tho end of it was victory for
the strikers.
Agitation That Has Helped Toilers.
And the victory of the strikers was the
beginning of nil sorts of improvement in
the condition of labor. Befoio that, thero
hafl been many trade unions, but they had
taken in only skilled mechanics. Tney had
done much good, got excellent laws passed,
and brought about some very necos
sary and important reforms. But the
good had not l cached down very far. It had
been like a great deal of charitable woik,
that is done neater nt hand than London,
which aims to help the "deserving" poor,
and lets the undeseiving poor (If there
really aro any) "go to the devil," as tho
lawyer sajs in Dr. Jekyll, "In their own
way." Tho tinde unions helped tho better
classes qf labor greatly, but the common
woikmcn, tho men who had nothing but
biuto sticngthof arm, tho dwellers in tho
fearful tenements, the people who abode in
the densest shadow of darkest England
these unhappy pusonors of poverty were al
together neglected. Noman caiedforthem,
soul or body. .
Then John Burns began tho NewTrado
Unionism. He took these poor, vagrant.
miscrahlp, hangci s-on at the London docks,
and got somo idea of oiganization into them,
and some faint notion of tho power of united
effort, and somo dim glimmor of brotheily
love (that is to say, Christianity) into their
hearts, and they lifted up thoir heads and
were by somo magic, as it seemed, changed
into men. John Bnrnswus persuaded that
these pitialjlo slaves in tattmed breechos
weieically men, meant to be in the image of
God, and still capablo of show ing thatimago
with some clearness, if they only could bo
washed and shined up a little. Ho did,
what tho flist Sociilist did, who went about
doing good in another country, a good whilo
ago. Ho recognized the manhood of men;
and men responded to that lecngmtion.
Smco that strike, the Now Trade Union
ism has gone on getting hold of unskilled
labor, woi king miracles all ovor England,
and, best of all, giving men better hearts as
well as better wages. John Burns sajs that
tho working men aic the masleis of tho
futuio. Ho is doing all ho can to teach
them tho lesponsibllltios, tho dangers, and
the duties of mastoiy, to make them mas
ters of tho right port. And, whether he bo
a good prophet or not, ho is the leader nnd
inspirerof some of the best woik that has
been done since England became a nation.
It is an encouragement nnd an insDiration
toicalize that there are living and woiking
to-day, giving thoir very lives for tho lovo of
their pooicr brothers, such men as this
John Bums.
A I'ittsburger to Be Troud OL
All this I have been stirred up to
writo by tho reading of tho first chapter of
a new book, written by a young man w hom
wo have reason to be proud of hero in Pitts
buig, "English Social Movements," by Rob
ei t Woods.
Robert Archoy Woods, who writes after
his namo on tho title-page of his book, "Lec
turer at Andover Seminary, and head of tho
Andover House iu Boston," was born heie
in nttsbnrg. and is a graduate of our High
School. His mother is living now out in tho
East End. Whatever glory this young man
may win for himself, he will have to share
with us. And wo may anticipate a good re
turn on whatever investments In the way of
schooling and, good influences we have been
able to contribute to the making of Robert
Woods.
The last time I saw Woods I was just com
ing out of Westminster Abbey, and ho was
just going in. He was going in, I suppose,
to say his Prcsbj termn praycis in that ven
erable building in which wo all havo an in
heritance, no matter which of all the unfor
tunate partisan adjectives we set befoio our
Cluistian name. Ho was studying at Toyn
bco nail, ho told me, and asked mo to come
over and sec him, promising to show me all
that was worth seeing in that East London
vcntuie Unhappily, I left London before I
was able to avail myself of that privilege.
Robert Woods kept his eyes wide open all
the timo he lived in London. Ho was theio
lor a puipoo, and that purpose was to leain
all that could bo learned about tho under
takings of earnest Englishmen for the up-"
lifting of the poor. Whenever anybody was
doing any efficient woik Woods went over to
look nt it, noted nil tho points in it. and put
them into the safe keeping of a good mem
oiy. At Toj nbeo Hall Woods had his share
in the actual woi k of that institution. Ho
lived there in tne heait of London pov
erty. The city of London stands, as some
one says, on St. Paul's Hill, parting her peo
ple to the right hand and the left, setting
somo in tho West End and somo in the East
End. It is a line thing in Pittsburg to live
in tho East End. In London that direction
of residence means Whitechnpel and Lon
don docks. Woods went over and lived
among the peoplo of tho loft, the accursed,
as it seemed, of God and mail.
Touches n Sympathetic Chord.
And here he made this book. "En
glish Social Movements" is the name of it.
It isa description of the good woik that
Robert Woods siw in London. It is a con
tubution to'themostpiessing of all prob
lemshow to help the poor. "The Labor
Movement," "University Extension," "The
Social Work of tho Church," "Charity and
riiilanthiopy," and "Moral and Educational
Pi ogress," aro the titles of the chapteis.
Charles Scribncr's Sons ale tho publishers.
Every page of the book is un inspiration to
anybody who has time, or money, or enei'gy
to do good. Wo oulit to have a Toynbeu
Hall iu Pittsburg, his "Andover House,"
of which Woods is the head, in Boston, U a
beginning or that kind of woik in that city.
Andover House is in tho heart of Boston.
It is nn endeavor on the pait of tho piofes
sors and students of Andover Semtnnry to
get at the real peoplo, to understand them,
to be helpod by them, and to holp them in
their turn, Thoo men will be next-door
neighbors to tho very poorest of the poor.
The piogramme of tho Andovor House in
cludes a careful social analysis of the neigh
borhood, personal contact with the people,
co-operation with all forces which net di
l ectly or indirectly for tho elevation of tho
neighboi hood, and with the general social
iiguiciis or the city, inv estigation of abuses
with appeal to pioper parties for remedy,
organization of clubs for social impiove
ment among workingmon and boys, and di
rect religions work as oocasion may offer.
That Is what- Robert Woods is working at
That is what Pittsburg is doing in Boston.
If someDody would only do it to Pittsburg!
I hope that a groat many Pittsburgers will
read this Pittsbuig book. It is worth while.
Its the most common-sense, practical, sug
gestive and inspiring book that has oecn
written on the subject of philanthropy for
ten years.
THE SOUTHERN REPUBLICS.
A Sfcc'init of Mexico Devastated bv Famine
(state Aid Eefaaed Klo Grande Dis
turbance Ended riglitlngn Honduras
Waiting for Our War Ships.
Nhw Yohk, Dec. 6. Special. Tho Mexi
can and Central American "mails reached
The DisrTcu Bmeau here tonight and
their contents aio thus summarized:
The latest nccounts from tho famine
stilcken legion of Southern Mexico aro of
tho most lamentable kind, nnd there is
every probability that the ravages of tho
famine will continue thiongh tho wintoi.
In the States ol Durango and Chicopas there
have been hundreds of deaths from starva
tion, and a traveler who recently passed
tin ough these States savsthat the people
are in despair. Tho fields had been blighted
by tho drought and the corn and black
bean ciops, upon which the com
mon peoplo depend for food, had
been utterly lost. From many of the tow ns
tho inhabitants had fled to the mountains,
wheio thev devoured cactus and wild ber
lie, in which there is haidly anv nourish
ment. The State mithoiities have done littlo
or nothing to relieve the distress, and tho
Mexicin Congress, which is in session at the
Capital, has failed to adopt anv measure of
lelief. on the eiound that the treasuiy can
not affoi d extraordinary disbuisements.
Tub bill adopted by Congress providing
for the suspension of dutv on coreals im
ported from foreign countries will be of but
little advantage to tho sufferers by famine,
as they have not the means to puichase
grain at any price. Several bull fights are
to bo got up to raise monev for them, but
tho amount thus raised will be trifling in
comparison w ith the amount that is needed.
Appeals havo been made to tho church
authorities, and it is possiblo that a fund
may thus be obtained.
Pkesidest Diaz lias been relieved from
another trouble that had recently kept in a
state of apprehension. He has received
dispatches from Washington containing as
surances that the American Government
had adopted decisivo measures to prevent
the Gaiza raiders from using tbo soil of
Texas as a basis of hostile operations against
Mexico. The piospect that the disturb
ances on the Rio Grande will thus bo brou iht
to an epd, has given satisfaction to the
Mexican administration and to Congress.
President Diaz denies that his government
has any intention of taking forcible posses
sion of any of the northern provinces of
Guitemala, or of interfering in nny way
w ith Gnatemallan independence, or of as
suming a hostile attitude toward the neigh
boring Republic. Moxico has all the bus
iness sho can attend to without inviting w jr
with Guatemala.
Eno-tf Honduras it i3 reported that tho
Government troops have had several fights
with tho rebels under Feorovn, who were
defeated, dispersed and chased out of the
country.
It was but recently that the Government
of Honduras gave to the Peabody Museum
iu Cambridge, Mass , the exclusive charge
of Honduras antiquities for tho teim of ten
yeais, including tho right of exploration
and the half of all collections.
An extra session of tho Congress of Costa
Rica is to be held for the transaction of busi
ness relative to the construction of new
railioads.
la the Republic of Columbia the agitation
over the Piesidental election his imperiled
the public peace, and there is vet danger of
the outbreak of hostilities between the
rival factions. There isnoabitemontof the
antagonism Dotwecu Velez and Nunez.
Tuike aro advices from Pern that the
Peruvian Government has at last resolved
to accept tho aibitration of Franco in tho
Dreyfus question. Tho claim upon Peru by
the French firm of Dreyfus is for $10,000,000
expended in tho development of guano do
posits and nitrate beds.
I:i at lcist throe of tho South American
Republics thero is great interest in the
arrival of United States Naval vessels in
South American waters.
LAKE KENOSIA'S MONSTEH CAUGHT.
It Is a lingo Serpent, Not Less Than 10
Feet in Length,
aw
Damburv, Coiis., Dec. 6 Special. Tho
strange monster which has frequently been
seen in Lake Kenosia has been captuted. It
is a monster sei pent, of an unknown species
and its immenso size was not exaggerated
by those who taw it at various times. War
ren C. Baker, a charcoal burner who has a
pit ncai the lake, was driving along the
shore last evening, when ho lound the ser
pent, lying dormant and nearly frozen on
the sand. It's immense size frightened him,
and he drovo to the hotel lor aid.
Tho serpent was securely bonnd with
ropes and brought to -this city, where hun
dreds have seen it. Its length is 19 feet 8
inches, nnd its body is 32 inches in circum
ference. Its head is flat and its body is cov
ered with scales of a black and brown color.
THE DEMOCRATIC C0XGEESS.
Congressman Tom Rfed will have more
fun in Congress than he had last year. Chi
cago Jnttr-Ocean.
.Cooress meets to-morrow and tho work
of saving the country will be resumed at the
old stand. IK 1". Recorder.
To-moruow tho curtain lises in the Capitol
at Washington, and tionblo begins about
noon. Cincinnati Commercial Gazette.
The Democratic Congress must bear in
mmd that whilo tho country has its ejo
upon it thero must be more business thnn
permeated the billion dollar aggregation.
JCamas Citj Times.
To-Monnow tire Democratic orators of tho
House will open the Republican Presidental
campaign. Every partisan debate, everv
free trade or fiee coinage measure and
eveiy characteristic indication of Demo
cratic policy ill help to make Republican
success sure. Go on, gentlemen: take your
mothei tongue by tho hair and sling it. A".
3". Tribune.
HICCOUGHING ZVEBY BEEATH.
A Strange Malady That Has Seized a
Prominent Young Man.
SntLBY, O., Dec. G V. O. Peters, the young
man suffering fiom an unaccountable attack
of tho hicc oughs, is still alive, suffering more
than it seems possible lor the phj-sical sys
tem to enduie. It is ono week to-day since
tho attack, and ho has hiccoughed almost
incessantly with every breath since, awake
or asleep.
Hverymail brings 30 or more letters fiom
physicians and othcis suggesting a cure for
tho sufferer, while telegrams aro received by
the dozen. Out of over a hundred advices
rccciv ed In this manner not orio suggestion
was oflered but what had been previously
tried. The sufferer is one of Shelby's most
successful and prominent business joung
men, is wealthy, and had a brilliant future
before him. Ha is now lust ill tho nnmeof
life, abou t 30 v ears of age.
Storage Electric Batt-rles for Plows.
Sack CEJ.TER, Mink., Dec. 5. Senator
ncnryEellei isnt work upon nn invention,
which, if itprov es a success, will bo of great
value to fai mers. The schemo it to attach
an electiio motor to a common nreamng
plow that will contain sufficient force to
woik in any kind ot soil. Storage batteries
nie to be adjusted to the machine sous to
keep it in cons nnt motion. Senator Keller
has the uttnoH laith in his now "Help to tho
farmer," and declares that it Hill reduce
the cost of plowing to such a mero trifle,
and do it with such ease and rapiditv that
everv farmer in the land will find it within
his means to plow w ith electric machines.
A Ellbulons Whale in Maryland.
Snow Hill. Md , Dec. 6 Special. A sperm
whale was found on Green Run beach last
night by Snrfmnn Jesse. G. Stanford, of the
No' th Beach life-saving station. Tho point
where the animal was found is about 15
miles from w here the United States steamer
Despatch foundered. The monster is 30 feet
long and weighs about 10,000 pounds. The
surimen hav e cut it up and will reduce It to
oil. Inside of the whale wns found a num
ber of empty bottlos and a live-gallon demi
john sealid up and lull of good old rye
whisky. This may anpear incredible but
tho deauijohn was brought heie to-day with
its contenWintart.
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK.
The day was bright.the air bracing as we
set forth from tho Mammothilot Springs for
the Grand Canon. One need not visit Italy
In order to enjoy an Italian sky. In our own
National Park we have it. Here is blue deep,
i clear, immaculate. Erom the solid" earth to
the disc of heaven there seems absolutely
nolnterposingatmosphere. Mountains clad
In green forests, tipped with a silver sheen
of snow, and covered by such a sky that is
what wo saw as we acendcd the valley.
Tho gorge has drawn its walls closer. Wo
havo passed a great garden of mighty rocks,
strange in form.inarkcd like leopard's skins.
And now we are entering tho Golden Gate.
It is well named Golden Gato, for masses
of yellow moss have given a gilded splendor
to its poitals. Just before us tho west
blanch of the Gaidiner river comes tum
bling over CO feet of stone. Wo pass between
a sentinel pillar upon our left and a lofty
crag upon our right, qvera shelf of wood
and lock, built or hewninto thesidoof tho
mountain, on to the meadows above. And
here aie wild flowers, pink and rod, and
bite, and blue. Hero is abundance of
stunted gray saga brush, and bevond tho
meadows an emerald lako. We ai e 7,000 feet
above the sen. And when wo exert our
selves we realize the raiety of tho atmos
phere. There are purple peaks to right and
left which will give you, if yon wish it, 3,000
feet moie of altitude. "Do vou sco that
mountain to the north?" says tho guide.
"That is Electric Peak. It rises 11,125 feet
nbove ea level. Its vast quantity of min
eral deposit renders a suiveyor's transit
useless upon its lugged slopes."
Where Nature Works Wonders.
At length we approach a strange forma
tion. Obsidian Cliff. This has been nature's
glass house. Hoi e she has mlneled her sand1
and alkalies, placed them in tho furnace,
and brought out of tho file this strango
black crag. Men broke thoroadway through
as one would break a bottle, by heating tho
surface nnd pon;ing water upon it. Beneath
the cliff is a lake. Here the industrious
beaver has built his dams and constructed
his huts. Floating upon its unruffled bosom
wo sec a flock of wild geese. They are like
all animal life within the park, unmolested"
nnu so leaucss. xneie is another laice
somewhat farther up tbo valloy which
attracts our attention. Its waters seem to
vary In hue from dark-blown to malachite
green. What an artist is Dame Nature! Sho
never paints, but that she paints exquisitely.
Wo pass mountains that steam, and springs
that boil, and pools that hiss nnd sputter.
We breathe the pure air of heaven nnd the
very sulphur of the pit. A traveler in certain
portions of Europe, such as 'Bavaria, finds
his nttontlon drawn to the great number of
shiincs and crosses. They line the roadside,
they dot the Holds, they rise from tho sum
mits of mighty crags. Upon hill nnd vale
and mountain, one beholds thee tokens of
the reverential faith of the peoplo. Here is
the crucified Christ, and tho Blessed Virgin,
and the patron saints. The beauty
of nature is associated with tho
solemnity of religion. But in our great
National Park things aie reversed. Judging
fiom tho nomenclature, the devil is the
pation saint. We aro shown a "Devil's
Thumb." a "Devil's Kitchen." a "Devil's
Frying Pan," a "Devil's Washbowl," a
"Devil's Well," a "Devil's Punchbowl," a
"Devil's Slide," and a "Devil's staircase"
in fact .everything bnt the devil himself.
So much smoking sulphur, and boiling
water, and ashy material thrown from
Nether Regions seems to have suggested to
tho guides and drivers a name very fre
quently upon their lips. I do not imagine,
fiom the carelessness with which they use
his title, that thoy cherish any great rcver
enco for tho Foul Fiend.
Travelers Must Itongli It.
At a point called Jforris the stages and
surreys draw up that thefrpassengcis may
alight and satisfy the cravings of the inner
man. And, by the way, the Park stages seat
eight pcrsous Including the driver; the sur
reys seat four, so that parties of seven and
parties of three may very comfoitttblv
trav el together. The meals at the hotels aro
good and substantial, while the long rido in
tho open air adds to the zest with which thoy
are devoured. Norris has only a roughly
built, unpainted, framehotel. Itis intended
as an eating house. There are few or no ac
commodations for spending tho night. A
beautiful stream, the Norris Fork of the
Gibbon river, flows past tho door. The Park
is well watered by numbers of clearmoun
tain streams. Some of them wander down
their green valleys and wild wooded gorges
towaid the Pacinlc- some or them swell tho
great tido which flows into the Atlantic.
We aro now on tho divide between two
oceans two oceans which guai dour coun
try on the west and cast a fitting spot for
this wide Government reservation.
From Noins our party takes the road to
the left toward the Grand Canon or tho Yel
lowstone river. We follow tho course of tho
Gibbon, winding our way through tho
forest. There is one spot particularly beau
tiful. It is the Viiglnia Canon. Tho valley
hasnanowed. Its wnlls havo become pre
cipitous. Ahnge. mass of rock juts out to
waid tho stream. As we round this point
we see borore us a series of wild cascades.
It is as if tho rivulet were bounding forw ard
to meet us, mad with laughter and clad In
white garments of spmv. Under tho
shadows or the pine trees, with the ravs or
sunlight sifting their way through the dark
foliage, we pause to look and listen. In such
spots as this prosaic men become poets.
There is a fine view where the road crosses
the ridge, and where acres of timber allow
the eye to roam at will. Far in tho distance
one can see Mt. Washburn nnd Dun Raven
Peak and Bison Summit.
Scenory That Is Awe-inspiring.
Hut soon we descend the mountain; the
forest closes aVound us; there is the flash of
water, the sullen roar of a cataiact. Wenre
ncaring the first fall of the Yellowstone.
With rapid current, foaming over tho daik
stones in its bed, the river leaps from a
shelf, a rock'and plunges into the chasm be
low. That swift descent is measured by a,
sheer HO reet of space. An opening in tho
forest, where the road skirts the canon, re
veals this picture a fitting introduction, In
deed, to tuo greater glories wuicu 11c ne
v ond. Slowly tho stages emerge from tho
trees, as if even the rough drivers regretted
to leave so lair a spot, and ascend the steady
slope to the hotel where tho passengcis aro
to llnd refreshment.
There still remain some honrs until dark
ness settles down. Tho-o 12 miles between
Norns nnd the Grand Canon havo not con
sumed tho w hole or the afternoon. What
moro delightful than to stand upon Inspira
tion Point at sunset and rotnrn in the dusk
of evening. Inspiration Point is two miles
and a half down the canon. It is n
nairow crag, stretching itself from
tho main wall and towering 1,500
feet above the stream below. One
can secuieat tho hotel a hoise or mule for
tho journey, oi he can follow on foot a well
beaten path which skirts the precipice. Wo
piefcr walking, and choose the patch u
a trail thev call it in the Wct. This trail
leads llrt to a spot called Point Lookout,
from which the finest view of tho Lower
FjIIs can bo obtained. As we come forth
Iiomthc gloom of the pines and clumber
over the unev en lock", what a "cone meets
our eyes! A mighty -gorge worn out by the
tireless notion of the waters. Its edges
fringed with deep foliage which rolls away
into forest-covered hills. Its walls of
varied hues, as though stroked by the brush
of a divine artist. In its depths a winding
giccn, white-flecked stream. Pinnacles of
stone rising from tho chasm toward the blue
suy. magics nests peicueci upon rnee pin
nacles. In the nests young eagles fluttoi mg
their wingri, and longing mrthe wider free
dom to which they are boin. The parent
eagle floating on powerful pinions thiough
the canon. A shelf of rock Ioing tho
gorge where tho river enters. The foliage
descending on cither side of the rock, 'llio
riversweeping donn from the upper fall,
dashing through the foliage, nnd springing
with a mighty roar 300 feet into the chasm
beneath. A carpet o! green moss under the
ever tailing mist. A rainbow seen in the
cloud. Such is the picture presented by the
Grand Canon.
Where Man Realizes Ills Littleness.
There are times when souls grow
through years in a single day. Sueli times
come to many men when htadbaie and uno
strickcu they stand alone overpowered by
the majesty of nature. Travelers have ex
perienced this sense of deep emotion, this
widening of one's narrow disc as they stood
on the banks of Nia am: thev havo exper
ienced it in the heaitorthe Alps.suiroundcd
bj snow eternal; and they must experience
it again if their feet ever carry them to tho
blink of the Gland Canon.
Slowlv we letiaceour steps to the main
path. Slowlv we follow tho tortuous way
fiom Lookout Point to Point Inspiration. It
is f.iid that in this distance numbers of hot
springs i also tho temperature of tho river
lullySO3. Again weclamborout on a jutting
ledguorrock. The ledge is narrower nnd
more crumbling than before. We cling
moio closely to the stone-", and tre ibleovcr
the derllvity of 1,500 reet between us and
tho river.
Inspiration point has been reached at sun
set, and parting day casts its glowing
splendor on tho scene. How the colors
deepen in the gathering shadows or tho
gotge. Yellow, and amber, and orange, and
russet, and red, they rise toward heav en like
the apocalv ptiu foundations of tho New Je-
rnsalem. Faraway the white water falls
above, fit r away the green stream disappears
below. There comes thnt moment of solemn
stillness between tho last song or tho bird
nd the flratphlrnnf thn cricket. The twi
light falls. Wo nro loath to leave. Only np- j
proaching darkness drives ns rrom the ucan
tie or this spot. We retrace our "steps.
That night tho sleeper beholds more gor
geous visions than have hitherto fallen to
his lot.
A H0VL WAT TO EAISE PBICIS-
Sonth Carolina Cotton Fanners Wonld Sell
Their Prodnct to the County.
Charleston, S. C, Dec. C Special. The
cotton farmers or Greenville county havo
adopted a novel mode of raising tho price of
cotton. At a mass meeting held yesterday
the following resolution was adopted:
Resolved. That we. the cotton producers of
Greenville conntr, and otIicrcltl7eni thereof, iffree
to jlu all cotton to be inaitc In the conntr In 1S92
to the County Commissioner or Ills officers to lie
elected by the votirs of the tountr. and wlllde
lUertho same at such place In the county as mav
be directed bv ald County Commissioner, provided
the said County Commissioner or other officers pay
for the same hi cash or In county bonds at 11 cents
a pound for middling and les. or more for other
cotton by class or grade, 1 cent a pound to be re
served for expenses, etc.
Tho County Commissioners rererred to are
fiscal officers of the comttv, and the propo
sition to pay for cotton by issuing county
bond is nove'. Tho same meeting also
adopted rcsolnttons looking to inaugurating
a movement to secure trom the general
Government the restoration of $00,000,000
taxes collected on cotton juat after tho close
or tho wnr or secession. The amount col
lected in thi State iu taxes on cotton aggre
gates $.1,000,000. It is proposed to invito the
aid or all the Sontbern States in this effort
to get Congress to refund this tax.
C0L02AD0 INVESTMENTS.
Over a Hundred Millions of British Money
Put Irto Enterprises.
Nrw York, Dec. C. Special. Speaking
of Colorado, "Brick" l'omeroy tells me
there aro over $100,000,000 of English
capital invested in that Stnte. "In Den
ver," said he, "there nro London agents
who act directly for English investors. In
every direction you can seo English invest
ors. Whilo this may also bo true of other
Western States, it is not so marked else
where as in Colorado.
"They will take hold of anything that
looks substantial and promises fair profit
and as to that they will raise money
in London for what an American
wouldn't touch. I mean as to the mar
gin of the profit. They are rather con
servative, and prerer surety to large returns,
and therefore seek substantialities. When
an Englishman goes out thero to look tho
ground over ho nroly goes away without
going into something, and a year or two
lator you'll sec him back a nin, most likely
to remain. Your typical Londoner knows
more about Colorado than any other State
in the Union."
SAGE'S EOMB THROWER.
- Tub millionaires will do well to pull in
their latch strings. Xew York Recorder.
Tuere seems to be no question thnt tbo
man who asked Russell Sago for $1,000,000 was
crazy. Philadelphia Inquirer.
TnE man who throw the bomb at Russell
Sage seems to havo wiped himself out so
completely that not even a satisractory clow
can be found. iVew lorfc Advertiser.
Dynamite has distinct disadv antages as an
instrument of blackmail. It Is apt to be the
blackmailer, not tho money, that is collected
after the thing is over. Xao York World.
It begins to look as though it will be
necessary to hedge about tbo sale or high
explosives with legal precautions to pre
vent their railing into tho hands or murder
ous cranks of the Wilson typo. Toledo Rlade.
The attempt on tho life of Russell Sago,
following so soon upon the heels of the at
tack on Rev. Dr. nail, should impress the
lact on all in public life who receive epistles
from cranks that their duty to themselves
and society is to notify tho police immedi
ately. Philadelphia Press.
It is difficult to draw morals from the acts
of madmen, but the murdcious deed of the
lunntio who blew himself to pieces In trying
to kill Russell Sago certainly snggoits tho
propriety of more careful regulation of the
use and posses-ion ot such explosives as
dynamite Cleveland leader.
Possibility of a Tornado To-day.
Washington Star.3
tnndidntes aro bracing their speakership
booms with a view to tho possibilities of an
impending tornado.
The Shells Aro Cracking.
New York Tribune. J
Tho climax of peanut politics is at hand.
Let us hopo that their final collapse is not
far off.
DEATHS I1ERE AND ELSEWnESB.
Lysander S.Norton, Lawyer.
The death of Lysandcr S. Norton, a mem
ber of the Erie bar. Is announced at a private
insane a) him In CauadagiuR. N. Y. The deceased
was a Dative of Meadville and a graduate of Alle
gheny College at that place. He was for a number
or years one of the most brllllaut legal lights in
Ericcountv. He married the only diughterufthe
late Colonel C. B. Curtis, a number of Congress
for several terms. Norton over-taxed his strength
In a sensational trial for malpractice against a
prominent ptiysiciic, and this weakened his mind.
Tenvears ago he was a strong candidate for Presi
dent Judge In Frlecountv. whtn his mind failed
him. Owing to an attempt to take the lltisofhl
ftmily. he wis sent to Klrkbride. near Philadel
phia. Ho cunning ami Ingenious was he that lie
jctuallv camel hlmst If before the court on a writ
of habtas corpus, and was relnscil on his own
nrgumints based upon iu iutima'e knowledge of
thelav. Iteiurning fo r.rie. w neni Kiiuniiiff lor
the men who had taken him to the asylum, but
before he could carr his Intention Into ctretthe
was arrested again, and this time taken to the
private asylum.
Miss Corn Teeters, orMcKcesport.
"Word was received at McKeesport Satur
dav that .Mls Cora Ti cters. .in accomplished
j oung lad of tint i itv. died at the bt. Cloud Hotel,
Denver. Ile-alll ineeil, Fred Jtllliken, or the W.
D. Wood Compmv. of MtKiespurt, was at the
ouug 1 idy's htdside during hr last moments,
with her motlur. Mi-s T.eterswas 2n rears of
age. uid a resident of Motion ihtla City, In r
t unilv tK'intfvm prominentiu that communlt.
One veirap-othe wt idling f the two mentioned
above was postpomd on artnunt or tl c young
ladj's declining health, lltr remains will be
taken toiler rormcr home in .Vlonongahcli City
for interment.
Mrs. Margaret 1- It igernld.
Mrs. Margaret Fitrgeralu, mother of De
tective Patrick l'ltgi raid, died at 12:30 o'clock
jestenlayartcrnoonat the family residence. No.
(212 Itond street. Kist End. She was the wife of
the late Thomas Fltzger ild, ami was 72 years or
age. Besides the detei th e she leaves the follow
ing sons and d uiglitrrs: Jllihael Harrison, special
ollicer at the Union di pot: ' ' Harrison, the con
tractor: Thomas P.. Jaims r. and Vlarjrin t A.
ritgcrald. Arrangements for the funeral have
not) ctucci.com pi-led. ,
Mary Margaret 3IcCune.
Mary Margaret McCune died yertcrday at
the residence of D. E. Pirkc. 2j0 North avenue.
Alhglitnv. In the 10th year of her age. rhe
film ral will be from the resilience of her brother
v lilWm .linif s MeCaine. Jsontlienl and Virginia
avenues, Allegheny to-morrow afternoon.
Obituary Notes.
JOSEPH MILL! It. or Howard strret. died yester
day morning at the Allegheiiv pest linusn from
erysipelas. He was W )cars old and leaes two
children.
Colovei. Josfi'H S. COMtD, Tweiity-Orst
United Infantrv, died Friday of Fort l.'auilall, .
D., while on tour of lDperMon or hlj rrglmenf?
He was station d at Fort Sidney. J, eb.
F. B. WHITNEY, Assist mt (leneral Freight
Aaentoftfhe Union Paeltlc Iiailroad. died Satur
day morning at Omaha. Dcat'i was the result of
an operation for ulceration of the liowels.
Rev. It. MS t. Campbell, the oldest and tiest
known clcrg) man hi the African Methodist Church,
died Friitaj at A'lston. 3fass He had been a
Judge and a Military (iorirnor. and hid lust a
fortune In trying to educate. Ids race.
Mas. bAiiAIC biNCLAIK. a pioneer citizen who
lived in McKeesnolt all her lire, die I Frldav night,
aged 72 cars The dec ascd was the widow of tho
lte Captiin H. II. sinelairan 1 the mother of Mrs.
G. A. Miller, wife of ex-City TrcasiirerMiller.
Samuel McLliiam-Y, a retired contrictorof
Youngstown. died Saturday afternoon, after sev
eral weeks' sickness or heart di-ease. leaving a
wire and daughter. Mrs. Charles Walker. The
Knights Templar will condnct his funeral Tuesday
afternoon.
Ittv, Bavcel h. Worcesttr. the oldest
minister in the Massachusetts As-ociation or the
New Church, died it Uridgewatcr. Mass., Frldiy.
at the age or 07. For the last 15 rears he had
been cLiellv engaged in editing Swcdenborgian
Latin works.
JUDGE ItUFCS P. ltA:E-i died yesterday at his
home Iu Cleveland, aged 7S years. HeserTedon
the bupremeJJencli oroiilo in theC0. and was ono
of the leaders in the Constitutional Convention or
1S.1I. He was at one time President or the State liar
Association and In 1378 was President of the Ohio
Hoard of Managers of the Centennial Exposition.
CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS.
The London Zoological Society has re
cently obtained a white frog from Africa.
There are 20,000,000 dogs in the United
states, and it costs $200,000 per annum to
keep them.
It is estimated that there are 160,000,
000,000 feet of timber still standing in Wash
ington forests.
A big bear has been killed recently in
Alaska. It was S feet long and 8J feet
aronnd its body.
Kighty-five per cent of the lame people
are affected on the left side, says an authority
who has kept arecord.
California's wine crop this year will
eqnal a qnart for every man, woman and
child in tho United States.
Fish in the Royal Aquarium in St.
Petersburg are still alive alter having been
on exhibition more than 133 years.
Lions, giraffes, rhinoceroses and other
large animals which formerly were numer
ous arc now becoming scarce in Sonth west
Africa.
Bismuth melts at a point so far below .
that of boiling water that it can be used for
taking casts from the most destructible
objects.
Maine takes its name from the province
of Main in Franco, and was so called out of
compliment to the Queen ot Charles L, who
was its owner.
The crescent has been an emblem for
many ages. In ancient mythology it deco
rated tho foreheads of Diana and Astarte, the
Syrian Venice.
Bad beer and good wages are said to be
demoralizing the working girl9 of Australia,
where the women drink more than they do
in England even.
Eich Hill, Mo., has an 18-year-old
young lady who weighs 325 pounds. She is 7
feet 10 Inches high, and wears a shoe 16
inches in length.
Ceylon has a spider which spins a yellow
web, tho threads of which are almost as
large as buttonhole twist. Its websare often
from six to eight feet across.
An English inventor has constructed a
device which relieves tho pressure of the
water against the bows of steamers. It con
sists of screws whioh throw tho water aside.
The "Cherokee Nation, " which has just
sold 6,000,000 ncres of land to the Govern
ment, has a population or about 30,000. The
Cherokees are a highly civilized tribe or In
dians. The largest sailing ship under any flag
is La France, a five-masted vessel, that re
cently sailed from Newcastle for Liverpool
with coal. Her length is 373 feet and beam
49 feet.
The ratio of suicides among the stokers
employed iu the mercantile marine is stated
by the Registrar General of Shipping to be 1
in 900, while among the general popnlationit
is I in 10,000.
The custom of saving "God bless you"
when a person sneezes, dates from the time
of Jacob, who ordered that when a person
sneezed some one should make a pious ex
clamation. Three hundred and fifty-four emigrants
left Stockholm for this country in one day
recently. It is reported that nianv thou
sands of peoplo are practically without,
work in that city.
In Belfast, Me., one man has bet ?5
that no one can drive a pig a mile without
the porker turning to see who is driving.and
another man has risked his dignity and $5 to
prove tbo contrary.
A well-preserved buffalo ground has
been found near Harney, Idaho. It is re
markable because it has always been be
lieved that buffalo were never on that side
of tho Rocky Mountains.
A strange wild animal is reported in
the Missouri woods. It is 7 feet long, 2 feet
high, has head and enr similar to a dog, and
its claws are G inches long. It is said to have
a hankering forgravejards.
In "Washington recently among speci
mens of vegetable products recently ex
hibited were potatoes weighing from 3 to 6
pounds, turnips weighing 23 pounds, and a
beet w eighing 21 pounds.
Eev. Augustus Tolfon, of Chicago, is
said to bo the only colored Catholic priest
in tho United States. Ho was born aslavo
in Ralls county. Mo., in 1&3I, and for 12 years
w orked in a tobacco r.ictory in Quincy, 111.
A farmer in Missouri has a half-gallon
jar of peach preserves that have kept in
perfect condition for more than 30 years.
They wore recently tested, and found to
have retained thclr'flavor us well as their
look.
The seat of the coronation chair of
England is made oTa sandstone slab which
was brought from Scono by Edward 1.. and
is said to bo the stone upon which Jacob
rested his head when ho saw his famous
vision.
There is an Indian gravcyartl near Sagi
naw Bay, Wash., where the remains of fully
500 children of the forest have been left to
themeicyor thebnzzards. Among the skele
tons was fonnd ono ofa dwarf onlv 30 inches
long, with n skull IS inches through.
The turkeys consumed by the Hebrews
on Thanksgiving Day were bought alive and
killed by the rabbis, according to tho law of
Moses. The Hebrew purchasers of turkeys
w ere particular in feeling of the flesh, to
find if thev were tender, as required by tho
laws or gastronomy.
The balisk was the most famous of the
many rabulous monsters or medieval folk
lore. Accordlngto the popular notion itwas
hatched by a toad from an eg laid bv the
cock or the common barnyard fowl! In the
ancient picture books it was Usiiallv-represented
nsnn eight-limbed serpentordragon,
sometimes with nnd sometimes without
wings.
Africa comes to the front with a plant
which drives mosquitoes away. It is a
musk scented plant, the branches or which
carried about the person will rnghten away
mosqnitocs as certainly as a collection plato
will disperse a street preacher's congrega
tion. Tne smell or the plant is neither un
pleasant nor unhealthy, but no mosquito
will vonture within its range.
Brass rings, sometimes weighing 30
pounds, tire w elded around tho necks of the
wives of Upper Congo natives. At first the
neck becomes raw by tho chafing of the
ring, bnt after a while it becomes calloused,
although a woman his to hold the ring up
frequently to get relief from tho weight.
Tho ring is never put around a woman's
neck until she has attained ber full devel
opment. The women aro proud of the orna
ment, believing that it enhances their im
portance and beauty.
ItnYNKLES AND RHYMES.
"Your son is an actor, I believe."
Yes. Itnocrt Is on the stage."
Is he a, star""
"I imagine so. lie's generally out all night."
Xtio To, Jlenilit.
The value of our gifts makes us not fret,
Nor pliers ns hi dismal mood;
lint 'tis the worth or those our neighbors get
Gives rise toourdisfjulctude!
.Stuiti. Gray A Co '8 Monthly.
"He knows nothing, you say?"
Absolutely nothing. YVhy. man. he has snch a
poverty of mental resources that when a friend has
a cold he cannot give lihn a surecure for it. .Via
YorkPrt8Jt.
Tommy "What's a juggler, TJnele-Dick?
Uncle Dick Why. Tommy! I'm surprised at
your not knowln' the mcanln' er that word. A
Juggler Is a farmer tint retails bard cider by the
Jugrull. Ixuton hoarier.
'Tis better to have loved and lost than never
to hare ioreil at all.
'Tls better for the man who sold the flowers sho
won! at Tcte and ball.
'Tis better for the candy store: 'tis better for the
Jeweller.
'Tis sometimes better for the breach or promise
suit practitioner.
yew Tori Herald.
"What is the matter with your clerk this
morning? He sei nu very much put out."
so he Is. I've Just dl-charged him." Ball!
wire American.
"Father," said the little boy, "who is
that young man across the ay lio wears spec
tacles and a walking cane bigger than himself'
Huh, my son." Bald the parent, that man Is
an. Idiot, and he Is trying to make the world be
Here that he Is onlv a Tao."Tem hitina.
"Why do the farmers laugh in glee
And why do the farmers thrl e?
Fat turkevs are worth twenty cents a pound,
Whhe shot costs only five.
Brooklyn Eagle.
"What did you think of the heavy dews
down then?"
"Oh. It made me right at home! You see, hcrel
belong to six Iwncvolcut protective associations."
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