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I51.4IM". 1101'LD M'1.1S.
Once more Elliott F Shepard's news
paper positnely averts rliat Bia'ne will
decline to lead his parts- in 1802. As
Shepard is the chief promoter of Harrison's
candidacy, his statements should be taken
with the allowance due to this fact. But
it is also v.ell to remember that on this
account the New York ed tor is watching
the Ma'ne man cio-ely. and s In position
to know something more about his inten
tions than the average political prophet
Hence his periodic assertions that Blaine,
to use n modern Americanism, "isn't in
it" ha-vo a weight that will do more harm
th?n good, as they tend to make the situa
t'on embarrassing.
Such positive utterances are annoying
tnavervhrge majority of Republicans?
Tliev will be loth to believe thtm, especially
when coupled with the statement that
Blaine will step aside m the interest of
President Harrison, wliich assertion
forms a part of Shepird's last announce
ment on this Tital po'iucal subject, pub
lished elsewhere in tins morning's Dis
patch. But there is a way to silenc? Shepard
and satisfy the masses. All Air. Blaine
has to do is to say yes or no. And he
should speak positively ar-d soon. Har
rison boomers may be shooting off thc.r
B'aine declination wads just to draw the
Plumed Knight's fire. If they succeed in
inducing a return shot, so much the bet
ter for the public in general and the Re
publican party in particular
OCTH C R LIN I'S IlCrOR'iL
It is a striking indication of the spread
ot n?w ideas in the S-uth that the lower
branch of the bouth Carolina Legislature
has passed a prohiblton MIL The South
ern iniud when it takes hold of new crazes,
like temperanc" or agricultural crgani7i
ticn, is apt to go to efreines. The end
den rise of the Alliance to the extent of
capturing the Democratic organization,
and the bardly less ahrupt advance of pro
hibition to the detrree of prevailing in one
branch of a Legislature there proves th's.
The bill is a ngia one, adopting the plan
of the Iowa law, in prohibiting cot only
the sale of liquor, wine or beer in anv
form, but also their transportation by
railroads in the State. It was passed by a
lisht -ote of 40 to 34, fifty members being
alteent,tlie majority of whom we may
conclude did not want to vote for the
bill but had not the stamina to sar so.
How the bill will fare in the Senate is not
known It would not be at all strange if
the anti-Prohi'.)ilionit element w ere able
to block it there, but in any event, tha
Governor of the Slate iias declared against
the Prohibition policy, so that South Car
olina will not jet attain the entile aboli
tion of ll.e liquor traffic bv statute.
While it is not necessary to .indorse Pro
LibiLon in Soatli Carolina it is satisfactory
to note the creat progress 111 hr rather
impulsive adoption of the new refoim.
The spectacle of that State taking up
an idea for which her people used to de
spite the fanatics of Maine. Iowa and
Kansas, shows what .1 difference there is
between the South Carobna of the pres
ent generation and the feouth Carolina of
the last ore.
TKACK-. IN Till: ntKKT.
The spectacle Philadelphia is presenting
rival corporations grabbing disputed
streets, for the avowed purpose of exclud
ing each other In Jorce, bads the limes
of th-.t citv to lecognize a principle Tirr
Di&i'vrcn has iong urged. Solo:i;ps thit
reguVir corporation practice was confined
to remote pirts of the State or nation, our
Pniladeiphia cotemporarv was able to bear
it w.th tquanimiti. But when it is exem
plified, in its own city the evidence is too
strong that corporate acquisitions are con
ducted on the feudal principle that
Those may take no lmv e the power
And tho-c miy keep v ho can
The Ttmcs says: "The franchise that
pivcs the right to a railway to use the pub
lic highwa i- dictated by the necessities
of the peonle who own the streets: and
where one track is ample for the traffic of
all companies, it should be open to the
ue of all on equitable terms, and new
tracks forbidden." This is not only good
t obey but gooI law. It rests 0:1 the un
doubted principle thit the streets, being
dedicated to publicise, neither iminicical
or legislative power lias the right to give
10 any pertou :ii exclusive privi
lege in them If the city coun
cil should attempt to idvr a stieet
Jo a s-ingle person to 'il clothing
on it, the courts wonid wpo out the fran
(hise. If l'luhdlphia councils had ever
tried to eu?ct that onlj one firm bhould
have the prr.ibge of hauling freight by
horses and v..-g. n on Market street, the
H-opl" and o.irts would have bad no
uithciilly in ictognizing that such an act
was an tn'iie violation of the essential
character of a wibli" highway. Yet to all
practical and legal mtants and purposes
the same thing s done now in all cities
by giving corporations exclusive owner
ship of tracks 111 streets. AVe have strayed
solarawaj from o.d standards, "that this
setting up of exclusive privileges on them
is ai qr.iesced without a moment's thought
th.-'tit strikes at the fundamental char
adtr of the pubhc highway, on which all
are entitled to equal privileges.
A gieat advance will be made in a good
many municipal problems, when it is
ucoznired that no exclusive franchises
can be given to corporations in the streets,
because that would be a violation of their
yiuhlic character. Franchises to lay
tracks for public use can be granted, and
the licht of the people can be maintained
by providing that all persons having
vehicles suited to the tracks can use them
on equitable terms. Thus the unneces
sary multiplication of tracks can be
av oided.
TOE SIKSSAGE ANATAZHDl
President Harrison sent a rather long
Message to Congress j esterday. As usual
in such public documents the condition of
the Xation is described as satisfactory.
The unusual feature is that the author of
the State paper, in painting the prevailing
prosperity thickly applies the rose tints
and so mixes his colors as to claim for
himself the necessity for their applica
tion. The progress of the Bering Sea dispute
to arbitration and the state of the New
Orleans trouble with Italy are clearly
stated, the Message properly taking pains
to declare that the action of the mob was
deplorable and discreditable. It states the
intention of the Government "to make an
investigation" with a view to determining
whether there is any obligation on the
United States. The suggestion is made
to Congress of a law making offenses
against the treaty rights of foreigners
cognizable in United States Courts. From
this the ifpssage passes to the Chilean
affair. It states the fact that before the
Ilata had arrived in Chile after
her famous runaway the Congressional
Government had voluntarily stated to Ad
miral Brown its intention of restoring the
vessel which puts the reported demand
and show of force at the time the vessel
was surrendered in the light either of a
fairy talc or unnecessary bluster. From
this the message goes on to discuss the
show of enmity on the part of the Chilean
people to-ward oar Government without
referring otherwise to Its cause. It re
counts t'ne statement made as to the Val
paraiso mob, and ends with the pointed
promise that unless the investigation by
the Chilean courts comes to something
before long he will send a special message
to Congress on the subject. All the above
are mere narratives with which the public
are fam'liar.
But hero the irrepressible conflict be
tween our position on the New Orleans
riot and that on the Valparaiso riot breaks
out The message has already referred to
its intention to investigate the Xew Or
leans affair, but gives no evidence that it
is in progress. Yet that mob murder pre
ceded by some months the Chilean row,
the investigation of which by the Chilean
couit is nearly finished. Would not im
partiality recognize that wo can hardly
blame Chile when her investigation is pio
ceedmg so much more rapidly than our
inquiries into our own riots? As to the
probability that the Chilean affair has
been aggravated by the personal enmities
of our representatives there the message
does not of course say a word.
The President reviews the financial
statusof the country,showinga satisfactory
condition of foreign trade and a favorable
working ot tantt legislation, lie recog
nizes much more Irauklythan Secretary
Foster has been able to do that the sur
p'us has diminished but dees not regard
that as unfavorable. He shows a much
superior perception of the silver issue
than his finance minister when he declares
that the present silver law is but an ex
periment not an expedient, and gives it no
more commendation than to say it should
hav e a fair trial.
On the pension business he says: "The
Commissioner expresses the opinion that
he will be able to carefully adjudicate and
allow 350,000 cases during the present fis
cal j ear." This is a more satisfactory
way of patting it than the Commissioner's
promise to "dump 350,003 original cases."
But when we come to consider the proba
bility of carefully adjudicating an average
of 1.1G6 caes each working day in the
year, especially with the view expressed
in advance that they are all to be allowed,
we are left in doubt as to whether the
Commissioner's description is not the
most accurate.
In recommending the guarantee of the
Nicaragua Canal bonds, the President puts
himself carefully in the wrong. As The
DisPATcn has frequently shown, w hat
ex er the United States has to expend in
canals for the next few jears, can be far
more profitably invested in improving the
internal water-ways of the country, than
in a project a thousand miles away from
our territory. But bej ond that there is
an even more inadmissiabie phase of the
project. The fact that the Government
is asked to guarantee a loan of ?100,000,
C00 on a project which is estimated by its
engineer, to cost but 560,000,000 or'570,
000,000 lifts never been explained, because
it cannot be. The President has been
wofullj misled in giving his official en
dorsement to such a manifest and gigan
tic job. His cmpliat c endorsement of
this stupendous specuiitive scheme shows
that the Nicaragua Canal lobby is very
cIoc to the Presidental parlor.
On one point the President does not find
the condition of the country satisfactory.
That is in the Michigan Legislature's plan
for the selection of Presidental electors.
The message is w eak in referring to this
matter, as it does not come within the do
main of National Administration. This
interest in it is plainly political. What
ever may be the views of private persons
with regard to the Michigan plan, the
Piciidcnt in his official documents has no
lisht to demand anj thing of the States
except obedience to the Constitution
Argue the question as he may, he cannot
conceal the fact that the Michigan method
is strictly within the warrant of the Con
stitution, and is amply sustained by piece
dent There is no doubt that it departs
from extra constitutional usage, simply
for partisan advantage. But that is a
matter which Benjamin Harrison as an in
dividual may disapprove, but on which
President narrison puU himself in error
when he meddles with it in his message.
As a whole the message happily disap
points the promises of something sensa
tional in its utterances. In the points in
dicated it shows weakness of logic or
error of judgmiiir, but it fortunately ab
stains from any attempt to tyke the coun
try or Congress bv stoim. It brLtles with
b ds for a second term.
nonnzorxsnN EccnNTiucrrins.
Cable dispatches show the doubt as to
the sanitj of the German Emperor is
gaining ground in Europe, bomeof his
late utterances have been of a startling
character; but as up to the present the
manifestations of aberration have con
sisted of claims upon absolute obedience
that can only repel fealty, going to the
length of assuming the function of relig
ious instruction, the case is hardly made.
It appears beyond dispute, however, that
Germany is under the dominion of an ab
solute ruler too eccentric to be safe, while
hardly crazy enough to be put under re
straint This condition is not a new thing in
Hohenzollern history. Indeed it dates
back at least as far as one prominent in
stance in the early part of the last cen
tury. It has been said that the present
Hohenzollern is.anxious to compare him
self with Frederick the Great There Is
little in common between the flighty
and impulsive WUliam and the cyn
ical, calculating and unrelenting Fied
ericlc But the present Emperor's eccen
tricities are the exact reproduction, with
a Nineteenth "Century glass to them, of
the half-cracked performances of Fred
erick the Great's father, Frederick WI1
helm. The same belief that as guardian
and master of the people the ruler must
supervise all their private affairs, the
same assertion of the divinity of his abso
lutism, and the same wild pursuit .of the
eccentricities that take hold of their minds
mark both rulers. Frederick Wilhelm's
eccentricity took the form of recruiting a
regiment of giants, beating idlers and fops
with his cane on the street and threaten
ing to send his son, afterward the Great
I Frederick, to execution for military
mutiny. Modified by Nineteenth Century
education, his descendant's crankiness
breaks out in preaching sermons and tell
ing his troops that they may have to shoot
down their fathers and mothers at his
orders.
The Nineteenth Century may yet mark
another difference. The elder Hohen
zollern's performances were accepted by
the Eighteenth Century with submission
until he died. The difterence in the
people under the progress of a hundred
and seventy years makes it quite probable
that if the imperial crankiness Is not re
strained the German people may conclude
that the absolutism which sets them at
killing their fathers and mothers can be
dispensed with.
FRANCE'S STRONG DOCTRINE.
The responsibility of a Government for
the protection of foreigners under its
jurisdiction, already bothering the United
States, Italy, Chile and China, comes up
in a new and most vigorous form by the
leported claim of France on the new Gov
ernment of Brazil for reparation for the
killing of Frenchmen by Fonseca's under
lings. One would suppose that there could be
no moro complete way of disavowing and
escaping responsibility for the wrongful
acts of a de facto Government than by
overthrowing it. To make Brazil responsi
ble for Fonseca's acts after Brazil has de
posed him, does not look like international
justice. The French claim is probably
based on the ground that as Brazil as a
nation undertook the protection of French
men in its territory, it was Brazil's duty
to provide or maintain a Government that
would carry out the agreement.
This, as we have said, i6 very extreme
doctrine. It would be especially uncom
fortable for the United States, if it should
bs established as a principle of interna
tional law.
Tun careful and ofiicial demonstration of
tlio theory tlmt no news was given totho
Balraacedan Government as a lesult of Ad
miral Brown's trip to Qnlntoro Bav Is op
posed by tlio publication in tho Chilean
newspapers of a dispatch said to be found
anions Bilmaceda's effects. It comes trom
a suppoi ter of the deposed Pi esident in Val
paraiso, is dated the day after the f unous
trip, and reads: "Tlio American Admiral
lias just let tmc, and he believes, as I do, that
a re-embailation is not possible." This re
duces that bianch of the Chilean dispute to
the Interesting question whether the Amer
ican Admiral or the Chilean ptess have
patted acquaintance with truthfulness.
It is announced as a variation on the
usual character of inter-collegiate livalry
that Yalo and llirvard arc- to have an in
ter collegiate debate in Cambridge. It is
pleasant to leain that there is a rivalry in
mental attainments botvicentho two unl
x entities. But wo no not observe that the
press is publishing features of tho debates,
or that any one calculate tho admission re
ceipts as approximating 830,000.
"NatiokaTj legislation opens to-dav,"
remarked the Boston Globe of Monday, "with
a Democratic House." It did not open that
day. however. Some other day tlio Demo
1 ratio Houso w ill give the country a taste of
its vi ares in the line of national legislation.
Thf. members of the hoodlum class who
think it amusintr to raise rows with conduo
torsof stieet cais or railway trains should
take warning frcn a recent decision of the
United States Snpieme Couit. It 13 to the
effect that the railway company Is not re
sponsible if tho conductor resoits to shoot
ing when under apprehension of personal
danger. 1 his is good doctrino as far as it
goe. The DisrATCH believes in maintaining
popular rights against corporate encroach
ment,but thoright of therowdv-ona railroad
train that need- asscition is the light to bo
summai ily dealt with.
The announcement of the engagement of
"Prince Collais and Culls" with his cousin
twice removed follows lather closely on the
recent howl by the Torv newspapers that
only two lives stood between tho Pnnco of
Wales and the Dulco of Fife. Tho enter
prising Scot mav do for a brother-in-law,
but he is not to have tho position of Prince
Consoit if the German branch of the family
can prevent it.
The Democratic National Committee
meeting is the next political event. Our
political occurrences tread on each others
heels almost as rapidly as London divorce
suits.
We regret to leain that those eminent
Itppublicans of Xew York City, Mr. Barney
Bi'tlin and Colonel Elliott F. Shopaid, aie in
utter disagreement. In the first place, it is
intnnited that Colonel Shepard's dinners
aie unsitisfactory. Champagne and plates
aio neither stiong nor permanent sus.
tcnanca forthowaid workers, and finally
3tr. Biglin asserts that Colonel Shepaidis
a. decided detriment to the machine. In that
case the rest of the country will have to ac
cept tho warlike Colonel as a blessing in dis
guise. The New York TT'oiH discovers that
Judge Kenncdv, who blocked tho Demo
cratic steal, was onco apolitical friend of
Tweed and Mike Xorton. The inference of
the World that ho Is theieby bound to stand
in w ith Hill and tho present game may not
bo very logical, but It seems to class tho
Dcinociacy of Xew York pretty effectively.
Chicago's growing modesty in deciding
that the $5,000,000 loan might as well be a gift
outright is cilculated to strike tho rest of
tho country dumb with admiration.
The fact that snowdrifts have been piled
ten feet hull in Dakota, while this section
has been enjoying pleasant weather, is le
ferred to as among tho weather contrasts
ot this countiy. Yet there aro other con
trasts even sharper by their close piox
imlty. Dining the past to weeks whilo
tho Htitiido of l'ittsburg has had open
weather vaned by mild cold snaps, the lati
tude of Detroit has been having sleighing
and skating to Its heart's content.
The announcement that Mr. Howells
has gone to tho Cosmopolitan, "which will as
u consequence ndv unco to the fiist class and
rank hereafter with JIarper the Century
and Scnbncr's, credit Mr, llowells w ith a lilt
ing power hicli no one has heretofore sus
pected him of.
Senator Hill is supposed to be inimical
to the Clox eland boom, but his late speeches
and acts put him in his true light as the Uill
boom's worst enemy.
Jerry and lilt Candidate.
New York Advertiser.!
Jerrv Simpson got Jnst eight votes for his
Fanners' Alliance candidate for Speaker.
Ho and they should seek some political cover
before the snow flies.
Making History Rup dly.
VYssMr.KtonPost.'I
There is one consolation. lYe are making
Important htstorv at n verv rapid gait.
THE PITTSBURG- DISPATCH., THURSDAY. DECEMBER
LIVE WiSBISGTON WAIFS.
Washisotox, Dec. 9. Secretary Foster Is
much better to-dav. All the fever Ins left
him. but ho is not able to set up in bed yet.
It will be at least h week before he Is able to
leave his room. Ho sees no one. Dr. Hamil
ton said to-day that Secretary Foster's tem
perature is normal, his appetite good, and
that his gradual recovery Is now confidently
anticipated.
TnE United States Supremo Court to-day
heard argument In the case of Charles Conn
selman, brought here on appeal from a de
cision by Judge Giesham refusing to grant
him a wilt of Habeas corpus. Counselman
refused to answer questions put by tho
grand Jury, in Chicago, which was engaged
in an investigation as to alleged violations
of thointer-Stite commerce law. Counsel
man was asked if ho had leceived rebates
from anv railroads and refusing to answer
on tho around that an answer would crim
inate himself, was adjudged gniltv of con
tempt and sentenced to piv a fine of $500, in
defmlt of pavment of wliich he was to be
kept in the Marshal's custody. His present
effort is nominallv to obtain his release, but
tho effect of a decision in his favor, it is
said, would make the inter Stato commerce
law practically lncflectlve. John X. Jewett
argued tho case for Counselman and G. M.
Lambertson for the Government.
Less than 25 members of the American Bar
Association were present at the annnal
meeting to day. The Secretary read a re
port from tho Committee on International
Law, w hlch urared tho formation of a con
giess of International lawyers at Chicago
dniing tho World's Fair. At tho session this
evenlngnn nddiess of welcome was deliv
ered by Mr. Justice Harlan, of tho Supremo
Court.
TnE third annnal conference of the Chief
Postofilce Inspector and inspectors in
charge of divisions, w hlch has been in ses
sion in this CU3- for the pRSt two weeks, has
adjourned. A large number of topics telat
in:r to the postal service than were consid
ered at any previous meeting were taken
up and dltcussed and acted upon. In legard
to free delivery service, the inspectors rec
ommended that tho delivery of mall by ear
lier be extended to Include towns of 6,000
population and $5,000 postal revenue poran
mim. In the matter of salaiies and the
cleik hire allowances of postofflces, it was
recommended that In all cases where ad
ditional clerk hiro allowance could
be granted by the dopaitment
tor the purcos of promoting em
ployes, the salaries of tho lowor grade
cletks should be first Increased, so as to
lecognize, in a substantial way, the merits
of this most deserving class of hard-working
employes. In rcs'ni d to the registry system,
it was lecommended that postoffices be kept
open more hours than at piesent, so as to
enable the general public to transact bnsi
ness with this department of the postofilce
outside of their regular working hours. In
relation to fie money order system, the
saiiio 1 ecommendatlon touching the exten
sion of hours for business for the general
public wis made, as In the case of the legis
tiy system, and for the same leaFon. The
postal note system is recommended to be
modified bv the issuance of money oideis In
lieu tlieieof for the samo prico charecd for
postal notes of eqiml amount under the
piesent nlan. provided thit tho ma-tnnnm
amount at what are now prstnl note offices
bo fied nt $10 It was suggested that all
postmasters nnd custodians of postofilce
buildings should be chaised with tho duty
of keeping the Ameticau flag suitably dis
play ed.
There were ro new developments to-day
in the case of Major Ovorman, of tho Engi
neer Corps. While the investigation of his
accounts is not closed, it Is already known
that tho deficiency, if any eists, will not ac
gregate $400 Acting Secietary Grant siud
this afternoon that it is expected that Major
Ovemmn will give a satislactoiy explana
tion of the transactions under investiga
tion. The Navy Department to-day made the
fourteenth payment of ciulser No. 16 to the
Union Iron Works, of San Francisco,
amounting to $53,SS5.
Commissio'ver Cmiter, of the General Lind
Office, to day recommended to the Secretary
of the Interior that all tho desert lands em
braced in the so-called Norway survey,
niound Tulare Lake, Cn!., embracing about
103,000acies, be certified to the State of Cali
fornia as swamp and overflowed Innds, un
der the net of Septo nber 35, 1830. This case
has been before tho ofiico Jor several years
on the question of the ehnructei of the laud
and tho integrity of tho survo.
The Republican Senatorial caucus com
mittee was at work this forenoon endeavor
ing to ai range the committee membership.
Fair progiess was made, nnd w hile the task
was not completed, the committee feels
confident that it will be able to mako aie
poi t satisfactory to nearly all the Republi
can Senators. Tho onlv contest likely to be
expected is one relating to a committee of
minor Importance that on the Library,
where at least three Senators, Stockbiidge,
Michigan; Dixon, of Rhode Island, nnd Wol
cott, of Colorado, are anxious to succeed the
late Chatiman, ex-Senator Evaits. A strug
glo is possible, however, over tho vacancy
on tho Appiopnations Committee caused
by Senator Farw ell's retiicment, inasmuch
as a place on this committee Is supreme in
tho matter of expcndituin of the public
monojs. but beyond the fact that the place
w ill probably go to ono of the new far-Western
senators, theie is no visiblo determina
tion. Senator Mitchell, who has been Chair
man of the Railroad Committee for two
terms, expects to 111 1 Senator Spoonei's
plrce as chairman of tho Claims Committee,
and he is likely to get it without much op
position, senator McMillan, of Michigan,
will piobably assume tlio chaiimauship ot
the Committee on the District of Columbia,
v acated by Scnatoi Ingulls, but this mav le
quiro him to lelinquish his piesent chaii
manshlp on the Minufacturcrs' Committee,
which w ill naturally pass to Scnatoi Quay,
Senator Gokmt, Chairman of tho Demo
cratic caucub, has appointed the following
committee to piepuo a list of Senators to
represent the minority on tho Senate Com
mittee for tho present session: Senators
Corkrell, Ransom, Vooriices, Ilairis, Butler,
Blackburn and Kcnna.
Ex.-sPiAKrit Rled has been talking about
the duties of the ofllce he filled in the last
Congress. Among other things ho says:
"This Government, liko eveiv other, is a
matter of growth. Xo one could have foie
sccn how absolutely the affairs of the coun
tiy must ultimately center in the Speaker's
hands. Ciicumstancus havo made it nec
essaiy that they should. Whilo tho
Speaker and tho Committee on Rales
decide what bills shall be put
bcfoie the House, they must also pronounco
the late of the thousands of bills which in o
diowned, novel hcaid of. The Speakei's
position as Chairman of tho Committee on
Rules and tliepoweiof iccogmlion enable
him to hmo much influence in this se
lection, vi Inch is to detcimine primniilv
lor the House what woik it shall do.
At tho same time there is no power en
abling tho Speaker to advance those bills
in which lie may feel an especial intercut.
"The duty of the Speaker, as I interpret it,
is to sec to it, as tho serv ant of the House,
that the House has the nation's business in
hand and does a good session's woik. Tho
Speaker and tho committee know w hat is to
be done and about how much can be done,
and thev map out apiogramme. They can
not nffoid, even takiiigsuch a low view of
the mattei as mat oi pergonal pride, to l isk
having their programme a failuie. They
cannot contemplate such a thing as giving
Eicfcicnce to bills for which they might
.iv e h id a porsonal picfeience.
"If you want to make the situation plain
to your readers that do nit follow politics,
sav that Congiess Is a siwinill working at
the business of tlio country. The bills aio
the lumbor, and tho Speaker is the lumber
man w ho must pick out tho sticks of timber
and shovo them under tho buzz saw. He
must avoid the knotty ones and those that
uioiottcn and havo nails m them to keep
the mill from working uselessly. Yes he
must also look out for tho buzz saw. That
is uart of tho business."
SEAUGHTEEED THE SPABBOWS.
Ohio Farmers Join In a Hnnt That Decim
ated the Kngll-h Pests.
Fo-dlw, O., Dec 9. The farmers of Port
age nnd Pleasant townships, this county,
united in a spairow hunt to-day and suc
ceeded in killing 613 of tho English subjects.
The hunters were divided into tw o parties,
one composed entirely of men and the other
of bojs, the side shooting the most birds to
enjoy an oystei supper at the expense of the
losers. The bojs killed neaily loo moro
sparrows than the men, nnd are to night
eating oysters at the expense of their
fathers. -
Advice for Free Traders.
Cincinnati Enquirer. J
Thechoioe of a President of the United
States will be rrtade in November,' lb9i.
Meanwhile it is well to keep cool.
AN0THEK BOOM FOB BLAIHE.
Slaisochasetts' New State Auditor Talks for
tho Maine Man.
Boston, Doo. 0 Special. Ilere Is another
boom for Mr. Blatno fiom the soldier fac
tion: General J. W. Kimball, elected Stato
Auditor on tho Republican ticket the last
election, Is an enthusiastic supporter of
James G. Blaine for the Presidency. "I
have been a Blaine man," says he, "from
18S4, when I believo ho was honestly elected
President. Ho is mv first choice for 1892, as
I believe ho is of almost all tho body of
Massachusetts Republicans. If, as I con
tend, ho was honestly elected in 1SS4, of
course he can sweep tho country in '92, be
cause, strong as ho was then, he Is stronger
still now. His tccoid since 1S34 consists in a
seues of personal triumphs, and I look to
seo him nominated."
"How do tho soldiers of tho State feel
toward him as tho nominee?"
"The soldiers of Mas-achnsetts are In no
sense a political organization, and there Is
probiblynn honest difference of opinion
among them. Of course, soldiers are al
ways plcied to havo a soldier recognized
by tho political parties, but this recogni
tion, you must remember, almost always
comes from the Republican side, and the
great body of soldiets everywheie, and
especially in Massachusetts, aie the sup
porters of the Republican party and its
nomination". It makes little difference to
the se me", as a body, who the Kepublican
nominee is they will vote the ticket."
SHE .SHOT THE FOX-
A Smart Young Woman Who Basse Rey
nard nt Her Hen Coop.
Middletown, Dee. 9 In the outskirts of
Staffordville, a hamlet in Northeastern Con
necticut, Mrs. Leander Walbridge is consid
ered a smart young woman. Near tho house
is a piece of woods that is the home of bold
foxes. Revnard strolls out in the daytime
often, skulks into tho Walbridge farmj ard,
and catches a fowl. As her husband Is away
from home often, Mrs. Walbridge decided
that she would put up a Job on Reynard on
her own hook.
Without saying anything to her husband,
she put a couple of cartridges Into his gun,
set it in the kitchen near to hand, and while
doing her household chores she kept one eye
on the house lot which the foxes were in the
habit of crossing. While she was washing
the breakfast dishes recently she saw a fox
sneak out of the wood. She picked up the
gun, dodged behind the angle of a shed, and
waited foi the fox to skulk into the barn
yard. While ho was picking out a fat fowl,
she lifted tho piece quickly to her shoulder,
sighted it, and pulled the trigger. Mis. Wal
bridge picked up her game and lugged it
into the house. It weighed ten pounds.
WHO FULLED THE GHINDEK1
An Oblo Man Wakes Up and Finds His
Aching looth Lying on the Floor.
Mechasicsbubo, O., Deo. 9. David Haude
bau;b, a prominent citizen of this place, had
a tooth which caused him considerable
pain. Last night he retired as usual,
with the intention of visiting a dentist tho
follow imr morning nnd having the molar
cxti acted. Upon awakening in the morning
he was staitled by finding bis pillow and
shiit bosom covered with blood, and an in
vestigation disclosed tho tooth lying upon
the bed clothing close by. Ho had suffered
no pain sufficient to awaken him during the
night, and how the tooth ever became de
tached from his jaw lemains a mystory,
which Is not likely to ever be explained. A
number of Spiritualists In this community
claim to be able to furnish a key to tho mys
tery and say that they bad knowledge that
tho extracting of tho tooth would occur as
It did.
CONGKESS HAS OPENED.
IIiou jinks in Washington. Boston Herald.
Congriss will do nothing of consequence
until after tha Christmas holidays. Cincin
nati Enquire.
Covoress is in, and, Jndglng from other
Democratic Congresses in the past, tho
Capitoi will seo some hot old times. Boston
SHrus.
CoikGREss opened yesterday. It was not a
billion-dollar article, and the taxpayer may
ease up his clutches on his pocketbook.
Chicago Globe.
With the opening of the new Congress the
Republican party secures many additional
chances of success through possible Demo
cratic folly and stupidity. St. Louis Globe
Democrat. WHITTIEE'S COMING BIBTHD&Y.
Ho Will Celebrate It In a Very Quiet Way,
at Ills Cousin's Home.
Amesbury, Mass., Dec. 9. Special. Tho
poet Whittler has decided to pass his birth
day at the home of his cousin, Joseph Cart
land, nt Xewburyport, where ho has been
staying for the p st few months. In keeping
with hisquiet and letired nature, Mr. Wliit
tier is averse to any special or formal cele
bration of the day, but he has said that ho
would not..discountenanco or interfere In
any way with such plans of observation of
the dav as have been formed by his friends
thionghout the country.
Tho poet will piobably read what he has
wutten of his Columbus poem to Judgo
Cote's family and a few friends. He will
not permit tho poem to be published until
finished. His friends are anxious to have
tho poet write a poem for the Woild's Fair.
and they feci confident that their wishes
will be complied with.
Tissue Paper Made at a Profl-.
New York, Dec 8 Jersey City is boginnlng
to feel the benefits of tho McKinley bill
In a new diiection. Previous to the passage
of that measuie tissue paper, of which an
enormous amount Is used In this country,
was alt Imported from abroad. As soon as
the ptotection bill went into loice tha
Jersey City Paper Company began to man
ufacture tissue paper, which is sold at one
quarter the pi Ico of tlio imported articlo
and wdich is considered the equal of tho
impoi ted paper.
Governor Campbell Is Better.
Columbus, O , Dec. 9 Special. Governor
Campbell has so far rccoveicd that ho will
bo at his ofllce to-morrow and tako part in
tho canvass of tho vote, which must bo done
by to-moi row evening under the law, when
tho ofiicial lesult will be declared.
PEOPLE OP RE.NOWiY.
if. CoisSTANS, the French Minister of
the Interior, is ill with influenza in Paris.
CnniSTixE Nilssex's husband, Count
dc la Miranda, has been appointed Spanish
Minister to Sweden.
31ns. Davis, the wife of the Minnesota
Senator, is an expcit shot with the rifle and
an onihnsiastic hunter.
E. II MEnEDlTH, Democrat, was yester
day elected, to Congress to succeed General
Leo In icpiescnting Vhginia.
The Archbishop of Canterbury will
probauly visit Amoiica next year, and will
makea tour tluough the United States and
Canada.
. Lieutenant Govektob Chace, of In
diana, who has becomp Governor in conse
quent e of tho death of GovctnorHovey, Is a
Helta jdist preacher.
Thomas G. Hodokins, who recently
cave $200 000 to the Smithsonian Institution,
isb.ajeirs old and manages cn extensive
farm nt Sctauket, L. I.
AitCHBtsnop Ireland, of the St. Panl
Mission, and Rov. Thomas Gorman, of tho
Catholic Univoisity, had an interview with
tho President yesterday.
William IL loves homely fare. Ho in
sists on having on his table every Thursday
a disn or mashed peas, sraokca boor and
sauerkraut, to be eaten together.
It is only a few years ago that P. T.
Dubois, now Senator fiom Idaho, with n
salary of $5,000 a year, was trying hard to get
a $1,200 clerkship in Washington.
Hon. John W. Foster, of the State
Department, Washington, has been con
fined to his lesidence by a severe cold since
last Thuisday, but expects to resume his
duties in a few days.
TnE Duke of Clarence and Avondale,
eldest son of tha Prince of Wales, is an en
thusiastic collector of photographs, and has
an Immense collection, which escaped in
jury in the recent destructive fire at the
Sandringham.
TWO eminent millionaires of New York,
Sidney Dlllonand George Gould, havo put it
on record that 60 cents is the maximum
amount of wealth, they carry abo-it with
thmn, and when they Invitoafriend to lunch
he knows now what ho may expect.
10, 1891
PITTSBURG'S BEAU MONDE.
Christmas In the Air and Gayety Prevailing
A Flash Light of tho Day's Doings, in
Which Everybody Important Is Taken
Chic Chatter.
In view of the approaching "World's Fair,
.a Duquesno Ceramic Club has been estab
lished in FIttburg for tho furtherance of
interest in china decoration, a department
being reserved for it known as Exhibition
K. Theclubisonlvinpioccss of organiza
tion, and n Committee on Constitution nnd
By-laws has been formed, composed of Mis.
D. J. LitHgreen, Miss Kuhn and Miss A. W.
Henderson. On the Business Committee are
Mrs. F. T. Wallace, Mrs. Charles Anil and
Mis. Simeon Bissoll. Tho club expects much
encouragement in a town where a taste of
ceramics abounds as it is known to do in
Pittsburg.
The holiday season has brought the glee
clubs, as usual, the flrst one to como being
the over popular organization of Yale Col
lege. The Alumni Association in Pittsburg,
numbering 70 members, will act as host and
entertains the boj s at the Dnquesne Club.
Society, too, opens its arms, and a number
of ladies aro constituted a committee of
patronesses and composed as follows: Mrs.
George Shims, Jr., Mrs. A. H. Childs. Mrs. O.
D. Thompson, 3Iis. Cortlandt Whitehead,
Mrs. Frank Sproul, Mrs. Durbin Home, Mrs.
William X.Fiew, Mrs. W. L. McClintocfc,
Mrs. John Moorhoad, Mrs. Hemscn V. 3Iess
lcr, Mrs. John Dalzell. Mrs. William Moor
head, Mrs. W. II. Forsyth and Mrs. Jnmes W.
Brown. The smart world undoubtedly will
smile on tho glee clnb nnd, in consequence,
the glee club will be very much the rage.
The most popular of the debutantes, if
tho invidious comparison bo dared, Miss
Julia Watson, will bo the raison d'etre of a
theater party to "The Dancing Girl" to
night. Mrs. Frank Sproul, Miss Watson's
sister, will bo hostess and chaperon, nnd
she has invited to accompany her sistor to
the theater such other young buds ns Mi-s
Amelia Oliver, Miss StellaJIavs, Miss Clara
Childs, Miss Daisy Brown and these yonng
men: Mr. Frank Willock, Mr. B. norne, Mr.
William Singer, Mr. William Robinson and
Mr. Thomas Jones.
The sad, though sudden death of Mrs.
Cbailes Dllw orth in Connecticut on Tuesday
evening will have its effect on tho Xational
Pageant entertainment on Friday evening.
Several or Mrs. Dilworth'a relatives had
been chosen to impersonate various im
portant characters, but either others must
be substituted In their places, or tho
tableaux excluded entnely. Among those
mentioned, who cannot, under the circum
stances, make an appearance, are: Mrs.
Joseph Beggs, Mr. Hairy Beggs, Mr. and
Mrs. Joseph R. Dilwoi th, Howard Richard
eon and Mrs. De Witt Dilworth.
A special from Indiana, -Pa., says: An
interesting wedding occurred to-day at the
Indiana State Normal School, for which the
regular exercises wore postponed. Miss
Martha Cameron, the teacher of languages,
was married to 31r. Roland W. Guss, pro
fessor of geology in the University at Greelv,
Col. The ceremony was porformed bvRev.
A. Cameron, of Boston, brother of tho bride,
assisted by Rev. Dr. Noble Miller, of this
place. Tho groom was attended by Prof. J.
W. Spronl and the brido by Miss Jcttio
Paulino Wilkinson. Tho chapel was beau
tifully decorated and the school attended in
a body. After an elaborate wedding dinner
Mr. and Mrs. Guss left in a shower of rico for
nn Eastern trip. They will bo at home nt
Greelv, Col., after the opening of the winter
term."
Social Chatter.
A sfARRiAOB has been arranged between
Miss M. Jnno Lewis, of Craig street, near
Fifth avenue, and Joseph J. Marshall, Esq ,
to take place on January 7. Mr. Marshall is
chief clerk In the office of the Sheriff of
Pittsbuig and a brother-in-law of cx-Mavor
McCallin, Mrs. McCallin being Mr Mar
shall's biother.
Mrs. Stewart Br.owjr has Issued invita
tions tor a luncheon to morrow at her home
on Ridge nvenuc.
Mrs. O. D. Thompson is in Cleveland in the
interests of the Pittsburg Women's Ex
change Mrs. Qcisct Scott nnd family and Mrs.
Henderson, of Highland avenue, ure in Xew
York.
DEATHS HERE AND ELSEWIIERE.
Robert S. Cassatt.
Eobert S. Cassatt, whose death in Paris
was announced bv cable yesterday, was born
in Wheeling, W. Ya in 1S06. After complet
ing his education he lemoved to Pittsburg,
where ho engaged In tho banking business.
He was very successful, and soon attained a
prominent position in the community. He
was tho fiist Mayor of the city of Allegheny,
nnd served in that position with
distinction. Some yosrs after his retire
ment from ofllce ho removed to West Ches
ter, and thenco to Hollldaysburg. He then
went to Philadelphia, and again engaged in
the banking business, becominz a member
of the Arm of Llovd, Cassatt A. Co. Ho iden
tified himself prominently with the business
and social hie of Philadelphia, and was one
ot its best fcnowu citizens. Upon retiring
from business he spent somo time m travel,
and in 1877 ho removed to Paris, where he
has since resldod. He leaves a wife and
three children, a daughter nnd two sons.
His daughter Is Miss Mary Cassatt, a well
known aitist now residing in Paris. His
sons are A. J. Cassatt, of thoPennsvIvanla
Railroad, and J. G. Cassatt, of Cassatt & Co ,
bankers of Philadelphia. Mr. Cassatt was
a successful man, and a gentleman of tho
old school.
Mrs. Charles K. Dilworth.
Mrs. Elizabeth T. Dilworth, the wife of
Charles R. Dilworth, of Dilworth, Porter &
Co., breathed her last in West Haven, Conn.,
Tuesday evening, after an illness extending
over a period of 18 months. During tho five
vearsof Mis. Dllworth's wedded Hie she has
been prominent and popular in Pittsburg
social circles, and her death will leave a
void not easv to fill. Tub funeral services
will be held Saturday attoi noon at tho resi
dence of Mrs. Joseph Dil .voith.
Horace Weintss Smith.
Horace Wemyss Smith, the well-known
nntiquaiy, author and collector of auto
graphs and antiquities, was found dead in
bed yesterday morning in the Penn nouse.
Philadelphia, which is located In Fair
mount Park just beyond tho Lanosdonne
bridge. The cause of his death is unknown.
Miss Isabella Ralston.
The deah of Miss Isabella Ralston is the
cause of much sorrow nmongawido ciiclo
of friends. She was n prominent member
of tho East Liberty Presbyterian Church,
and n sister of John II. McKelvy, at w hose
residence tho funeral will tako plnco on
Friday morning.
Obituary ote.
Colonel W. W. Cupp, manager of
the
Boston Journal, is dead.
Abraham Backer, the well-known New
York bioker who recently failed for $1,000,
000, is dead.
Traffic Manager SAroFxr, of the Kansas
City, Fort Scott and Gulf Railroad, is dead
in Kansas City,
Dr. G. A. Close, a well known physician,
died at his home in Bcllaire. O., yesterday,
f i om blood poisoning contracted threo j cars
ago.
M. L. Stevrxs, ex-Governor of Florida,
dropped dead ycstei day evening or heart
failuie, at Palatine Bridge, N. Y. He was 53
1 eai s old.
Dr. Fraxcus Donaldson, Professor of
Diseases of tho Throat and Chest in tho
Univeisityof Maryland, died yesterday in
the rath ear of his age.
Thomas WniTE. an old resident of tlio
Fifth ward, died at his home on Webster
avenue yesterday. He is 78jcais of age.
and has lived in the vvaid lor tho past CO
j ears.
Jerome T. Carpenter, actor, author, and
manager, died m Duiant, Miss , azed 10.
He went on tho stage in 1877, nnd had been
conspicuous as a ciicus manager before 1SSJ,
w hen he started n minstrel show.
Walcot Balestier, tlio author, died in
Dresden, Saxony, Sunday night, of typhoid
fevor. Mr. Balcstler, after leaving Cornell,
went into Journalism nt Rochester, X. Y. Ho
wrote short stories for the New l ork new s
papers. James II. Kellooo, founder nnd supporter
of Memoiial Hall, for tho education of
women In art, at Chautauqua, while deliver
ing a lecture nt Emanuel Church, Rochestor,
Sunday evening, was stricken with ap
oplexy, and died while being carried from
tho church.
Mark the Difference.
Chicago Inter-Ocein.l
Reciprocity means doing well by those
who do well by us. Free traao means home
slaughter for the benefit of other nations.
EUBIED LIKE A KIHG.
Pom Pedro's Funeral in Paris Marked by
Tomp That Was ItoyaL
Paris, Dec. 9. Tho French Government
having determined to giv o llio de id ex-Emperor
a royal funeral, the Place do 1 1 Madcl
lene was lined by four regiments of infantry
and a regiment or cuirassiers. H's death
has caused universal sorrow, and in tho
great crowd which assembled today wcro
many poor pcop e who will not oon forget
the kindness tney havo received ut his
hands. They were permitted to pass by tho
coffin until tlio approach of the hour ct lor
the religions ceremonies, and many of them
shed tears a they gazed for the la"t tunc
upon tho features of tlio dead ex-ruler-Somo
littlo time btforo tho beginning of the
celebration of tho solemn high mass of
reqmein the doors of tho church vv ero clo-ed
and none but members of Doni Pedro's
family and tho-e who held tickets of i.ivita
tlcn weie allowed to enter. The church
flllod rapidly, and in a short tune it was
densely packed.
Tho mourning decoratio is of tho church
wero beautiful. An immense catafalque had
been erected in the center of the church and
on this the coflin reposed. Its onter covering
was black cloth sprinkled ith -liver stars.
A glass p incl was in the lid and through this
the laco of tho dead Ex-Kmjoror might bo
seen. Tho Archbishop of Paris, presided at
tl.o religions ceremony, which was very
solemnand magnificent. The solo parts of
the service weie sung by artistes irom the
Pans Opera House.
When tho high mass was concluded tho
coffin was lilted on tlio shoulders of bran ny
mcii mid carried to the car awaiting it at tho
entrance to tho chinch As it emerged irom
the building the vastconcourtein the Place
de la Madeleine uncovered their heads nnd
breathed a silentpinjcrfor the dead. The
troops presented anus and tho bands began
mournful strains "of "The Dead March in
Saul." Tho luncnil car, w Inch was used to
convev tlio rem 'ins to the railn.iy station,
was the sumo that wan used at the funerals
nfthe DnVe deMornevanilPicsidcntThicrs.
It was drawn by eight horses caparisoned in
black, each led bv a scrvjnt wearing upon
nrm nnd hat the rmblems of dc ith. sixteon
noted Brazilians acted uspallbeareis. Tno
heai se was preceded bv two ears filled w ith
tho most beautitul Jlowers and wreaths
which weie sent by persons of nil classes.
Follow ina the hearse came a number of offi
cers bearing before them on cu-.hions of vel
vet the decorations and oiders of tlio ex
Emperor. When tho cortege reached the railway sta
tion a space was cleared and then tnc troops
who had followed the hcarso from the
Chnrcli of the Madeleine matched past. Tho
coffin was then conveyed from the hearse
and deposited in n car which had been
draped in black and fitted upas a mortuarv
chapel. As soon as this was done and tho
lelativesnnd friends who wero to accom
pany the lemains bad entered tho railway
carriages, the train started for Lisbon,
where the funeral services will be held and
where the remains will be interred in the
family vault.
TO TBAIN SEBVANT GIRLS.
Mrs.
General Logan Gives This Novel Idea
a Boom in Washington.
Washisgtov, Dec. 9 Svecial. A prelim
inary meeting was held to-day at the resi
dence of Mrs. General Logan for tho pur
pose of organizing a society for the educa
tion of servant girls in the vanons branches
of domestic labor. The Institution1, which
will embrace both white and black, has
for its object the betterment of working
women by giving tnem a free education and
thorough training in all domestic work by
the establishment ot a school of industry,
where girls and 'women, not younger than 15
or older than 30, may apprentice themselves
for a period of not less than six months or
moro than one year. Cookimr, washing,
ironing, dressmaking, plain sewing bv hand,
the duties of waitresses and maid will bo
thoroughly taught.
Mrs. Logan opened tho meeting with a
brief explanatory speech, stating the urgent
need for some such organization in the dis
trict. At the conclusion of her remarks she
of tho plan, whose success in Xew
York in the organization of schools of in
dustry have emboldened her to pish
her efforts in " th direction of Wash
ington. Among those who became perma
nent member of the new organization are
Mesdames Bntterworth, Ilazen. Burdette,
Bentlov.Tullock, McMurdie, Somers.Dudlev,
Ford. Thompson, Conger, Sworde, Rankin
and Butler.
JAPAN FILLED WITH CBEVICES.
A Scientist Visits tho Scene of tho Earth
quake and Tells 11 hat He Saw.
Sot Froi Cisco, Dec. 9. Prof. Horace
Enggs, the w ell-known cdncator of B iffalo,
is in tho city on his way home from Jnp in.
He was in Yokohama at the timeofthegreat
eaithquake. and immediately proceeded to
Nogoya and Gifu, where tho shocks wero
most sevore. After describing tbo scenes
which havo already been published. Prof.
Briggs said: ' In the rnin of tlio postofilce at
Nagova, which was the only brick building
in town. 20 postal clerks were buried. The
unhappy men weio assorting the morning
mail when the building toppled over and
bin ted them. Not one escaped."
Prof. Brizgs went to Gifu, biit the railroad
beds had been so badly v. recked that Tivcl
beyond was impossible. Inimcncc crevices,
from which hot mud and ste-im rsrapid,
weie to be seen in all diiections. During
his stay thcie an unhappy Japanese, who
bad lost his wife in oneot the crev ice . went
in seaich of her, and w hlle standing on tho
edge ot the fissure the caith crumbled be
neath lnm and precipitated him into the un
known depths beneath. All of these devices
along the roads hnvo since been budged,
but the dangorfiom them is little Ics-ciiod.
Prof. Briggs said: "I think this earthquake
vi ill be known as ono of the most violent
that has occurred dining the Chnstiiu era."
BTJILEB'S BOOK MORTGAGED.
The Outcome of a IScvv Suit Brought by a
Pittsburg Finn.
Bostov, Dec. 9. Special. General But
lci's book has been mortgaged forSi.OOO. A
mortgage for that amount has been put
upon tho plates, stock, bound volumes and
manuscript by the publishers, A. M Th ij'or
&. Co., the mortgagee bjin Lnurj Thayer,
of Franklin. The mortgage is tlio o'ltcnino
or a now suit w Inch has just been brought
in the Snperior Court by Estcs A. Lauriat to
recover $50 0CO for an alleged libel con tamed
in an interview with General Butler, pub
lished in n Boston newspaper alter the de
cision or Judgo Holmes in tliosmt brought
by the Jenctt Publishing Compiny versus
General Butler and his publishers.
Tlio libel suit li.i just been brought, and
Messrs. Alder X Walt, who are tho plain
tiff's attorneys, di-covored tint tho mort
gage find been put in on December 3, pre
sumably tor the purpose of defeating any
attachment.
OHIO GE0CEBS 02GANIZ3
To Worry Tlio,o People n horn They Are
Foolish Inongli to Trust.
Cocomus, Dec. 9. S'pi-ciol. Tne Stato
Association of Grocers took action to-day
for an amendment to the law so that not
more than 90 per cent of the vrases earned
bv a creditor un be retained lor tho sup
poit oTlus family, the balance to be subject
to execution m action for grocery dchts.
The a-sociition took action tint members
vi ho h.i-.onot paid dues within SO dav 3 shall
be dropped Horn the lolls.
Little, butT.ii ely.
Martosville, s., Dec. 9. Mrs. W. n.
Long, liv ing near High Rock, gav o birtli to a
daughter last night tliat weighed but ono
pound. The child is perfectly formed, and
is as lively as a cricket. The parents of this
midget are large and robust people.
TEAK D30PS roR MILLS.
Too much Joneey.knocked out MilU
-St.
Louis Globe-Democrat.
Tue Mills of Texas grind slowly, but thev
grind uilddlm' small at times. Aino York
Advertiser.
Is tho speakership case the shutting down
of the Mills liieiinsgetting to w ork. Philadel
phia Times.
We sorrowrully drop n large sized tear
upon the grave which contains all that is
left of Roger Qnnrlcs Mills' speakership
boom. yew York Tribune.
That cold wave that was to have been sent
here on Monday must havo warmed'up on
contact with the speakership contest, but it
struck Mr. Mills with full force Phi'adel
phia Public Lrdaer.
CUEI0US CONDEflSATIONi j
Caflary birds have been known to Iiva
Slyearb. J !
In Iiussia, no Polish Catholic is per
mitted to acquire land. j
The famous blame stone is abont fives
miles west of the city of cork. t "
The fall of snow this year in the Andes
is greater than has ever been recorded. J
The Indian chiefs on the Umatilla
reservation have been reduced to the ranks.
The fuzz found on hojjs this winterj 13
said to indicate that the cold will be very
severe. i
It would take 1-15,000 cars of 400-bus'a-.
els each to haul tho vv heat grown la Kansas
last j ear.
The Bowery is a mil; in length and
reaches from Chatham sqnaro in New York,
to Fourth avenue. f
The hen so common in these days orig
inated in tho Banklva Jungle, where wild
chickens are still to be found.
The Lombards were the first (money
changers in Pi'ris and one of the lustoxio
streets in London wa3 named for then). .
Delaware still preserves its whipping
post. Recently a batch of chickon thieves
received doses of the cat at New Castle.
"The size of a tower," says a Chiceso
proverb, "is measured by its shadow, and
great men by tho number of their eneniiei"
The European leech has driven the na
tive American ont of tho market. Tne for
eign are said to be tho better blood suckers.
The Philippine Islanders smokoicigars
a foot in length. Tho Burmese natives de
lights in loose lotten cigarslrom GtolSin
ches long.
The priests of T'tah at Memphis wero
great glass makers. Tney not only had
factories lot coaimon glass but they imi
tated precious stones.
A locomotive has just been built at tho
Crewe works of the London and Xortnwest
ern Railway which U carablo of drawing a
train at the rate or 100 lnilco an hour.
In the Austrian army suicides average
10.000 a year. This doe3 not Include foiled
attempts and it represents 23 per cent of the,
general mortality among Austrian soldiers.
iEsops fables were not written by their
author. They were related and haadeel
down until tho fourteenth centurv when
they were collected and published hy a,
monk. "
In Europe red hair is associated with
deceitfulness. A Gorman proverb printed
m 1512 says: "The short in statue are natur
ally proud; tlio red-haired aro untrust
worthy." A cribo snake is one ol the interesting
pets at the Central Park, New York, menag
erie. It has a taste for devouring other
snakes, and it Is feared by them all, even
the poiscnous.
The florin, one of the most famous of
modern coins, originated in Frane. It was
called "florin " however, not from, tho namo
orthe.citv,but from the fact that-ithad on,
it a flcur de lis.
There are more coral reefs ia the Cen
tral Pacific Ocean than elsewhere, thorgli
they abound in the Indian Ocean, Persian
gulf, Red Sea, Madagascar and Maaintas and
near the shores of Florida.
There is a rock in Mexico which foretell!
the weather. In fair weather it wears a
neutral tint, but when it is about to ram is
turns to a dingy red. Its temperature in
creases and it appears ns if it wero Doing:
heated by an internal flre.
A South American proverb says: "A
cocoanut tree is a brido's dowry," and really
the many uses to wnich the palm and its
products are put are wonderful. Tnev pro
vide a family with food, shelter, fuel, house,
utensils and, if need be, clothes.
The famous-salt lake of Aalia Paakai,
near Honolulu, occupies the craterof an im
mense tula cone, whose ejecta covers scv
erat square miles, and are especially re
markable for containing numerous aggrega
tions of crj staline grains of pure olivine.
It was a custom among the heathen of
observing days, good or bad. They wero
called dies atri and dies albi. The atri wero
pointed out in their calendar with a black:
character, tho dies albi with a white; tho
former to denote it a day or bad success, tho
latter a day of good.
Gipsies have been a wandering race
ever sinco history first noticed them. AS
one time they were supposed to have coma
from Eirvpt, but new scholars havo nscer
taided that they wore originally an Indian
tribe or grotrp of tribes, making their firss
appearance in Asui Minor early in the Mid
dle Ages.
A popular notion 13 that the whereabout
of a drowned person may bo ascertained by
floating a loaf weighted with quicksilver,
which is said at once to swim towards, and
stand over, the spot w hero tho body lies.
This is a 'very widespread belier, .ii.d in
stances orits occnrcnce are, from tiino ta
tune, recorded.
A recent traveler in Morocco savs that
for peoole who dress in white and love to bo
very neat In their personal appearance tho
Moroccans are very indifferent to tho clean
liness of their tn'rns. Around the mosC
beautifully furnished houses aro heaps of
refuse and the bodies of dead snmiais. A'l
tho care of tho people is centered upon tto
interior of their ho.ises. The, furnish them,
as expensively as their means permit: bus
what is outside thc.r walls does not trouhlo
them.
The female wasp spends the winter in a
torpid condition, and when spring arrives
she hunts np somo sort of sheltered spot ap
propriate for a nest. Having selected tho
retreat, she proceeds to lav witnin it tho
foundation of a home. For this object eart'i
will not servo her tarn. Tlio substance of
which tho wills and chiinuers of the houso
aio to be compo-ed mu-t oo none other tluu
tho finest papei. made ot wood pulp, mixed
w ith a sort of sizing, worked tia 2-asto and
finely spread into sheets.
In Southern Viali jrrape seeds aro
ground into meal for food, and palm seeds
aro similarly treated by tho Indians of
Southern Califocuia. Tho Qinpa.T Indians
in Arkansas extract tha mcatj of Mack wal
nuts and mix them with com for bread.
Gourd seeds are parched broined and
made into mush bv the Indians of Arizona.
Pmo nuts contribute import injlv to "ho
foods ot man v tribes of Indians. The Dig
gers, w ho are the laziest of -:'vages, avo
theinselv cs tiouble in the colle'-linof tbes
"pinions" by kindling fires .igtinsS tin
trocs, w hicli canses the miss to fall out of
the cones, while a S'rcet gum cxadesfrota
tho bark, serving their uses for sugar.
niALANGrs or rnu.
George I wish I could turn Pido's coat
as I can mine.
Jessie What do yo nein?
Gcorfce I fancy I siiould lite him better with the
bark on the inside. X. 1. llerahl.
Is Santa CIau, as people state,
I generously risli,
W!i- can't l.e lcam lo opcrato
A ithout our loss of cash9
Washington Star,
He I never can understand you, but I
srppose that's natural.
felieW ay?
He Well. I suppose it's impossible for a pretty
girl to be plain. ytnaowl Twie.
"Waggsy 3Iy resources are very low, my
dear. Just now, I shill have to either ghre up our
pew in the church, or you will nae to forego your
new winter bonnet.
Mrs. WnggsT Well, one is of no nse without tho
other, si, I guess we'd bettcrsacriiice Loth. 2roo
lun Hiale.
True beauty needs not art's embellishing
touch.
We perreirc as the loTcly we scan :
Fine dress makes a beautiful wocau a3 much
As tlolhcs do the ideal man.
'Tis the soul in the face that we prize in the fair.
And as much admiration we icel
For the mild in her tippet ofAstrakhan hair
As for 3Iis Upperten In her seal. -V. r. Press.
"Have a good time at the cotillion lasi
n'gnr. Cluppie?"
"No. I got a beastly bit of mud on my shoes,
and they were on my mlmt all the evening."
"So? Welk vou shouldn't carry your brains la
your feet." llurper's B-iyir.
"What do jou thi::' of the presea
methoj of celebrating Christmas'"
"I lhink some method w ill out the present would
be far more satisfactory. "ChrUltiuui Puck.
'What shall we l.uv for Christmas time?"
They slug it and they slg l it.
N or pau;e lo say. wliithoun'itfal rhyme,
"V ith what are- we to bjy it?"
Fort Wort Seas.
"It is strange how flattery will often turn
a man's head."
"Yes: there U a great temptation for tho social
lion to reverse -Esop and get Into the ass' slcln."
ttashinatan iitar.