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A TAKE BUY-s A E VT.
The mortality returns have not yet
begun to come in from the insufficient ac
commodations upon our traction cars, both
cable and electric, but all signs fail if they
do not show up in alarming proportion be
fore the winter is over. One might sup
pose that cars run every five minutes or
so would do for Pittsburg traffic; yet so
far from such being the case it is now
true that during the husier parts of the
day as many people have to hang from the 1
straps as find scats. All the time during
the long ride from the Old City to the resi
dence Miburbs, the passengers are either
toasted by a hot stove in front, or chilled
hv breezes through the invariable open
door in the rear, or, as is often the case,
botli processes go on simultaneously.
We are not inclined to judge the traction
companies too harshly for all this up to
the present They are a new institution.
The demands upon them have suddenly
sprang into such enormous proportions as
could not have readily been foreseen.
But henceforth the pubi'c will hold them
to much stricter responsibility for their
service. They have enormously valuable
franchises, as their great excess of profita
ble capitalization above cost sufficiently
shows, and the first requisite of tolerable
service is that they furnish seats for all
passengers The convenient straps may
answer for an emergency season; but as
rcsular accommodation, the bestnatured
people in the world would quickly sour on
them. There must he more frequent cars
durins the rush. Passengers cannot be
packed Intogetherlikesardinesfora three,
four, five or six-mile ride. The simple
device of hansing out a placard
when full, and allowing the car
to go straight on its journey,
will prevent overcrowding. The other
and dangerous nuisance of keeping the
doers of the cars open on passengers,under
the pretense that conductors have to call
the streets, can be readily obviated by a
simple device which, worked Tiy the con
ductor from the rear platform, can exhibit
within the car the name of each street as
the street is approached.
It is none too early to enforce attention
to the matters. The traction companies
must have regard to the comfort and health
of their patrons. It will cost them a little
money perhaps also some trouble at the
start but in the end it will work to their
benefit, as the better their service the more
thickly and profitably will be settled the
territory through which they run.
If the traction companies do not them
selves take the matter in hand, public
opinion will soon compel Councils to estab
lish by ordinance the necessary provisions.
PROFESSIONAL ETHICS.
A highly sensational libel casevres yes
terday finished in the London courts by
Sir Charles Russell, counsel for the plain
tiff, publicly 'withdrawing upon being pri
vately convinced that his client was press
ing a bogus claim. To those 'who permit
themselves to doubt as to the duty of a
lawyer when he Is certain his client's
claims are false or unjust, the example of
Sir Charles should be instructive. It is
not much the custom of our lawyers to
withdraw from cases once undertaken, yet
that method has its advantages for the
lawyer who occasionally adopts it It im
presses jurors and the public with a belief
in the honesty of the advocate who will
abandon rather than press a groundless
suit
Of course the skeptical will say that Sir
Charles felt pretty sure of defeat when he
abandoned his client's cause, but that is
merely imputing an unworthy motive.
The idea should rather be promulgated as
the true standard of professional ethics
that every lawyer, respecting himself and
the court, should do as Sir Charles did
when he discovers he has been led into
unworthy and discreditable litigation.
FOES OF NATIONAL BANKS.
The meeting of Congress produces from
ultra-Democratic and Fanners' Alliance
statesmen the usual grist of measures to
abolish national banks. At present these
measures are decidedly supererogatory. If
there is no further legislation that feature
of the national hank system objected to
hy this class namely, the issue of circu
lating notes on the security of Govern
ment honds will gradually abolish itself
by the retirement of Government bonds.
The national bank circulation is now
about one-third of its volume a decade and
a half ago, and the same process will ex
tinguish the circulation entirely if kept up.
A large class of people know the effect
of the national hanking system on com
merce at large and wish to retain it or its
equivalent The s-stem was established
to help float the Government in the time of
war. Experience in the 23 years of peace,
however, has proved that lis value as a
mainstay to business is greater than its
aid to the finances of a struggling Govern
ment The great strength of the national
hanking system is: first, to its demo
cratic organization, for while the ignorant
represent it as a centralized organization,
one bank is really as independent of an
other as a drygoods merchant of his com
petitor; second, the solvency and stability
secured by the national banking law and
the supervision established under It
Statistics show that under this system for
twenty-nine years not more than Zi per
cent of the national banks have become
Insolvent while the loss to creditors of the
entire system has averaged only one
twentieth of one per cent of the total lia
bilities. The banks which have failed
during the existence of the system have
paid So creditors 74.17 per cent and during
the past few years 90.65 per cent So long
as the system can show results like this It
affords the best justification for those in
favor of extending its life and providing
other securities to continue its circulation.
But it is to be remembered, in view of
the presence of an clement that desires its
abolition, that the strength of the national
banking cause lies in the integrity of the
supervision maintained by the Government
and the honesty of the management
of the banks themselves. If politi
cal comptrollers and examiners make
the supervision lax or partial, or one
man control of the banks brings them to
wreck, the argument for the maintenance
of the system is destroyed. This fact has
great weight in view of the disclosures of
the past year, in which managers of na
tional banks have wiped out their assets,
while the process could have been arrested
much earlier by an energetic and vigilant
Comptroller of the Currency. Unless this
fault is sharply amended supporters of the
national banks will have little to say in
reply to their assailants.
In short, the most dangerous enemies of
the national banking system are not the
Peffers and Simpsons, who openly attack
it, but the Marshes, Lucases, and, there is
too much reason to believe, the Laccys,
who undermine by rascality within and
negligence in supervision over it
RESULTS OF RECIPROCITY.
The efforts of the opposition to belittle
the policy of reciprocity are reduced to the
value of burned gunpowder by the statistics
of trade between this country and those
with which reciprocity has been nego
tiated. Official returns show that during
the five months following the negotiation
of the agreement with Brazil the exports
of the United States to that country in
creased 51,169,592 over the same period
last year, or at the rate of nearly$3,OO0,000
per annum. In two months the exports
of seventeen classes of merchandise af
fected by the Spanish treaty governing
Cuba and Puerto Rico increased 5620,876,
or at the rate of 53,600,000 per annum.
This is exclusive of flour, on which the re
duction of duties does not go into effect
until January L The magnitude of that
change may be judged from the facts that
it will decrease the cost of American flour
in Havana nearly 4 75 per barrel, and
that orders have been placed in Baltimore
for the exportation of 300,000 barrels to
the Spanish West Indies immediately after
January L
By these figures it is shown that, while
the effects of the reciprocity policy
are only just beginning to make them
selves felt, a material increase in our
trade with Southern and Central America
has already made itself apparent The
showing leaves no doubt that the policy of
encouraging the exchange of our products
with those of the Southern countries that
we cannot produce, will result in a mag
nificent enlargement of American com
merce. THE COMBINATION FLN.
The action of the Central Traffic Asso
ciation in arbitrarily advancing the classi
fication of bottles in less than carload
lots is an example of the methods now pre
vailing in the establishment of railway
rates.
The old classification of this freight
must have been based on justice and rea
son, for that has been the assertion on
w hich this association has based its right
to exist for five years past It has claimed
credit for its careful and equitable adjust
ment of rates, in force with satisfactory
results for a number of years. But now
that classification is changed without
warning, and, so far, without even a pre
tense of assigning a valid reason. The re
sult is that trade from the factories in less
than carload lots is in cril of extinction.
Of course it does not take much shrewd
ness to guess that the change was inspired
by some interest which seeks to make the
buyers of less than carloads pay tribute to
the large purchasers who get the benefit
of the carload rate instead of ordering di
rect from factories. But whatever the ex
planation, it is a fresh commentary on the
system of fixing rates by combination or
der instead of by the officials of the rail
roads interested in the development of
the traffic
THE QUESTION OX OUR SIDE.
Andrew Carnegie has given a new fillip
to a familiar subject by writing to a Cana
dian who tried to interest him in a manu
facturing project that "when the foreign
colony of Canada recognizes its destiny
and becomes a part of the American
Union, it will be time enough to consider
the investment of capital there by Ameri
cans. This natural union of the English
speaking people of the American conti
nent would double the value of everything
in Canada, including the men of Canada."
This radical expression was to be
expected from the author of "Triumph
ant Democracy." Possibly, too, the opin
ion will find an echo in the private con
viction of a large clement of the Canadian
people. Many thinking men in Canada,
while not ready to take the attitude
of annexationists, are wont in private to
state their belief that the union of Canada
to the United States will come when this
country wishes it But the question is
still a live one whether the United States
really wishes Canada under the circum
stances which must prevail in the union.
Everyone recognizes that Canada pre
sents a better basis for consolidation and
annexation than any other acquisition
the United States could make. The addi
tion to our territory of countries to the
south peopled by an alien race hardly to
be assimilated with our institutions has
little attraction for thoughtful citizens.
But Canada is mainly peopled by a race
closely akin to ours. Her institutions
trace their origin to the same source, and
the majority of her population speak the
same language. There would be better
hope of real assimilation in the Canadian
acquisition than in any other project of
territorial expansion. But nevertheless
there are aspects of the case which, if the
United States Government were offered
the free possession of Canada, call for
careful consideration before acceptance.
One has been suggested by Canadian
commentators which, while seemingly of
slight value in such a connection, may
have great weight in determining the ac
tion of this Government Are the poli
ticians of either party in the United States
willing to take the chances of add
ing an enormous vote to our suf
frage without the slightest knowledge
of how that vote will be cast?
If the bulk of the Canadian vote went to
one party or the other, the supremacy of
that party would be overwhelming. It is
history that the effect on national politics
of the creation of new States has for many
years been the controlling motive in the
admission of the territories; But in this
case neither the divisions, of Canadian
politics nor the expressions of Canadian
opinion afford any basis for judgment as
to which side the Canadian people would
take in our politics. When actually con
fronted with this great leap In the dark
will either party have the courage to take
It? If it should be taken, what a competi
tion there would be among the highest
bidders in American politicians for the
Canadian vote!-
. If Canada should ever offer herself to
the United States there are other points of
tho acquisition calculated to make us
pause. The Dominion has a debt, not
created like ours by a1 struggle for national
unity, but which has steadily grown in
times of peace by lavish subsidies to
favored corporations to a total greater in
proportion to population than the debt of
the United States. As an adjunct
to that' feature Canadian -politics
present a pitfture of the appar
ently invincible rule of corporate
control which casts in the shade our palm
iest efforts in that line. Equally serious is
the fact that the most difficult problem in
Canadian politics for the past half century
has been jthe control of one of its chief
provinces by a race which, from the ear
liest settlement of the country, has main
tained a stubborn and invincible loyalty to
the French language and customs of the
eighteenth century; whose sympathies are
not with the New World but with the
France of the Old, and whose political
aims are the maintenance of French lan
guage and forms in the law and the union
of Church and State. Do the United
States wish to assume that debt, to add
that element of corporate supremacy to
its already great burden of that class, and
to undertake the fusion of a race which
has resisted Anglo-Saxon assimilation for
a century and a half?
This is -a, grave question. While enthu
siastic believers in manifest destiny like
Mr". Carnegie may deem it insufficient to
arrest the march of the Republic to Conti
nental control, it is not indiscreet to inti
mate to Canada that she must work out
the solution of these problems for herself
before she can be adjudged worthy of
matriculation into the Union.
We are glad to learn that the Senate got
itself safely adjourned on Monday. Just
thihk of the national Strain if the Senate
should follow tlio French example and re
solve itself into perpetual session through
the absence of anyone to adjourn itl
The appearance of Congressman Robinson
as a candidate lor tne United States Sena
torship adds another to the evidences of tne
wide scope of that gentleman's abilities to
hold, or seek to hold, numerous positions.
The last time The Dispatch counted up the
score Governor Hill was in the lead; but now
that Mr. Robinson proposes to add to his
bagot State Senator, Congressman and Pres
ident of the State League, the positions of
delegate to the National Convention and
United States Senator he leaves the New
York pluralist far in the rear. It is not jet
stated whether Robinson will try to sit in
the Senate and House of Representatives at
the same time; but as he is not enough of a
Senatorial candidate to hurt anything a so
lution to that problem need not be pressed.
The English society lady who sold her
own pearls and. then accused another so
ciety lady of stealing them has been success
ful in demonstrating her ability to eclipse
the previous and rather monotonous scan
dals of the English at istocracy.
Senatoe Quay's 'resolution looking
toward the acquisition of the Northern
States of Mexico by the United States is
being sharply criticised in some quarters,
and not entirely without foundation. The
people of the United States may understand
that such a resolution is intended only for
political or mining stock advertising pur
poses: out the people or Mexico, who are
especially sensitive on the preservation or
their territory, may not take it in that ay.
If the Mexicans should learn of the Senator's
acquisition it may cost the State Depai ftaent
a good deal of tiouble to preserve the
Jriendly relations desirable for the ex
tension of trade.
Ma Reed is reported to have replied
to a fellow member who said there was a
new deal in the House, "Yes, all deuces and
trays." The ex -Speaker omitted to add that
it was also a deal in which the joker does not
take every trick.
Mr. Stanford, having been sworn in,
proceeds to introduce a bill "to provide the
Government with means sufficient to supply
the it ant of a sound circulating medium."
This indicates the many mlllioned Senator's
belief that the Government does not now
supply a sound circulating medium; in
which case It is pertinent to say that if there
is any unsoundness it is because Senator
Stanford andhis friends have loaded the
Treasury nith stacks of silver. It will be
interesting to wait for the full text of the
bill and see what the Stanford idea of a
sound circulating medium is when he is
hunting a Presidential nomination.
Governor Pattison and Governor
Russell have both qualified as marksmen in
the National Guard. Are we to take this as
typical of their hopes to hit the Presideutal
target in the ouira eyoi
It is a mitigation that the lottery wing
of the Louisiana Democracy U trying to dis
avow the ownership by that gambling con
cern of the organization. The Democratic
leaders point to the absence of any resolu
tion indorsing the scheme from their plat
form, and even claim that their two leading
candidates are anti-lottery men. This con
veys the comforting assurance that there
is a popular feeling against the lottery
which even the lottery men must try to
hoodwink.
The Congressional funeral by its ostenta
tion, extravagance and incongruity is fur
nishing the strongest arguments for its own
abolition.
The driver of a pie wagon in Chicago the
other day drove in the road of a United
States mill wagon and ansnered tbe re
quests of the latter's driver to get out or the
way with derisive prolauity. Now he is con
fronted with a fine or $50 and costs for ob
structing the malls. The American pie is
powerful, but it has got to yield tbe road to
the expedition of the malls.
A naturally dark day in Pittsburg only
emphasizes the fact that It is not much
Caiker than a bright day with the smoke
added.
THE statement that a Chinese Commis
sioner has arrived in this country to investi
gate the possibilities of a Chinese exhibit at
Chicago, Indicates that the former report of
a decision by the Chinese Government not
to make an exhibit on account of the legis
lation against Chinamen, wan another effort
of the international fake factory.
The last Chilean war rumor abandons
the mob story completely, and starts on an
entirely new line. Variety Is the spice of
lire.
The plaintiff in a Connecticut lawsuit got
np the other morning at half-past three to
diive 11 miles to court and got tlierj in
time to learn that he was non-suited for fall
ing to appear when his case was called. The
Connecticut roads must rival the system of
Pennsylvania in the diligence with which
they have not been made and cared for.
Destitute Hebrews Detained.
New York, Dec. 2i Seventy Russian He
brews, who urrit o l on the French steamship
La Gascone, are detained at the barge
office because they are destitute. They came
from Paii, where the Hebrew Society had
been caring for them lor several months.
The society originally intended to send
them to the Argentine Republic, bnt learn
ing that the Russian emigrants who had
gone there Were not getting on, it was de
cided to ship them to this port. They will
probabl r be sen t back.
Comedians Gathered Together.
A number of America's most prominent
actors will be under tho same roof this
afternoon. Joseph Jefferson, Jf at Goodwin
an8 Louis James, with several other pro
fessional lights, have engaged boxes ror the
matinee performance of Stuart Bobiou in
"She Stoop jo Conquer."
LIVE WASHINGTON WAIFS.
WXsHrjfGTOir, D. a, Dec. 22. The Sec
retary or State has received a dispatch from
the United States, Consul at Laredo, saying
that Captain "Hardee. Third Cavalry, and
his troop, together with n United States
Marshal, were surrounded near Ft. Mackin
tosh, Texas.'by a largejiody of Mexican in
surgents under GaTza.'Xp details are given,
and it is not stated what .followed the action
of tho insurgents. It is therefore not known
whether the Americans are at liberty or
still prisoners. The matter was referred to
the War Department. A telegram of in
quiry was sent to General Stanley, com
manding the department of Texas, and a
reply was received saying that ho ordered
troops to the scene of the reported trouble
and would report later in the dav. Army
officials do not attach' mneh significance to
the consul's telegram. They think he was
deceived by a rumor of trouble that had
little foundation in fact.
The conversion of trade dollar bullion
into standard silver dollars was completed
to-day. The ccinage of standard silver dol
lars is therefore at an end unless a change
shall be made in the policy of the Treasury
Department through Congressional enact
ment or otherwise. Mr. Leach, Director of
the Minf, said to-day that while he was not
authorized to speak of the future silver pol
icy or the department, there is scarcely any
doubt that tho coinage of standard silver
dollars will he continued at tho San Fran
cisco and Carson City mints in amounts suf
ficient to meet the necessities of the service.
He estimated this at $100,000 a month for
each mint.
ACTING SECRETARY CnANDLER has
reversed the i.ctlon of the Commissioner of
the General Land Office in rejecting list No.
lof indemnity school selections of about
2.600 acres made by the State of South
Dakota upon the gronnd that the selections
are not made within the limits of the land
district in which the losses occur. The
Acting Secretary holds that the exnres pur
pose of the act of February 28, 1891. was to
remove the restriction requiring lands se
lected to be within the same district, and hn
therefore directs that the list he submitted
for approval.
Senator Chandler to-day introduced
a bill to amend the act to regulate the car
Tinge of passengers at sea, so as to provide
that in future it shall be unlawful for any
steamship company to bring passengers
from any foreign country unless suitable
accommodations for the comfort of the pas
sengers have been provided.
First Assistant Postmaster Gen
eral Whitfield has received information
that during the last several weeks the post
master at Baird, Calahan county, Texas, has
kept a Confederate flag floating over his
office. While hardly crediting the leport,
General Whitfield has written the post
master for the facts in the case, and an ex
planation of the facts as reported.
Acting Secretary Spatjlding to-day
directed tbe institution of condemnation
proceedings at Minneapolis in the case of
the two paintings imported by Colonel
Gross, of Minneapolis, and seized as illegal
importations. The question, therefoie, will
be determined by the court, instead of by
the Treasury Department.
After the Cabinet meeting to-day Sec
retary Blaine said there wero no new devel
opments in the Chilean affair.
The contract for the construction of the
pnblic building at Lansing, Mich., has been
awarded to N. M. Bassett, of Austin, 111., at
$68,357.
A very important discovery has been re
ported to the Bureau of American Repub
lics. A mine of coal of very fair quality for
steaming purposes has been found by acci
dent in the Straits of Magellan. Signor
Fossetti, the captain of an Italian steamer,
was compelled to anchor in Bhagna Bay, to
make some repairs, and while there he dis
covered coal very near the surface. Reaching
Yalparaii-o-he sent a corps of exDcrts to the
scene of the discovery in a steam launch,
who found that the coal was not only abund
ant, hut of excellent quality. The Impor
tance of the discovery to the commerce of
the world can onljsbe, appreciated -when it
is considered that "all steamers parsing
through tbe Straits of Magellan are required
to coal there, and that the snpplv has, here
tofore, been brought from Cardiff, Wales.
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Mrs. J. Ellen Foster, of Iowa, the
celebiated temperance advocate, attended
the Plumb obsequies at the Senate Chamber
yesterday. She laid aside her fur cpat, and,
when the ceremonies were concluded,
walked down to the gallery railing to obtain
a closer view of the distinguished assembly
upon the floor of the Senate, When she re
turned she discovered that her pocketbook.
Containing over $100 and a diamond cross
valued at $1, COO, lmd been pilfeied from her
coat. No clew has been discovered to tho
perpetrator of the villainy, and no such out
rage everbefore occurred in the Senate upon
such nn occasion. No persons weie admitted
to the galleries except upon cards from
Senators, and it was presumed, of course,
that only ladies and gentlemen of standing
were ia the vicinity.
IT TOOK OFF HIS HAIS.
The Grip Has a Peculiar Effect Upon an
Indian Van.
Fbakklis. Ind., Dec. 22. This morning,
Frank Smiley, who up to a year ago was in
business here and who now resides in In
dianapolis, dropped into town. No one
knew him. The Frank Smiley whom every
one knew had a full beard nnd mustache,
and had a thick growth of hair. The ap
parent stranger who came to-day had an en
tirely bald head, smooth face, no eyelashes
or eyebrows.
He told this story: "Not long ago I had a
severe attack of la grippe. Sir head roared
constantly. One morning, while at the din
ner table, I noticed that some hairs had
fallen into my plate. Ipntmy hand to my
mustache and it fell off in bunches. I next
out mv hand to inv head and mv hair fell
out in the same way. I nent to a barber and
he rubbed a solution on my head, but in
stead of helping it he rubbed every remain
ing hair off. My beard, eyelashes and eye
brows came out in'tho same manner, and I
have not had a shave since. But my head
ache has left me, and I never felt better in
my life."
The United States Act The Fashion.
St. Louis Globe-Dem e -at.
In reciprocity treaties the United States
has sot the fashion tor the world. Europe
is doing something in that line now, but not
on so large a scale as this country.
PEOPLE EVERYBODY KJWS.
Mr. James Gordon Bennett is a
guest of Prince Bismarck at Freidericus
rube. Colonel David B. Sickles, late
United States Minister to Siam, is going
about this country on a lecture tour.
Ex-Senator Edmunds, who is making
a short stay in Washington, says he has been
promoted from politics to private life.
The three men most sought in Washing
ton are said to be Catchings, Montgomery
and O'Ferrall who engineered Crisp's cam
paign. Fanny Davenport, the actress, is con
fined to her room, in Detroit, with rheuma
tism and her company went on without her
to Buffalo.
Prof. Simon Newcomb is making ar
rangements tor the publication of a forecast
of the positions of the planets in the heav
ens for the next century.
The venerable 'Archbishop Kenrick
is seriously ill. He has been suffering ever
since the celebrating of his jubilee several
weeks ago and seems to be growing worse.
Lyman J. Gage, President of the First
National Bank, of Chicago, mid tho first
President of the Board ofDirectoisoftho
World's Columbian Exposition, is seriously
The Duke of Devonshire, who died" at
HolKer Hall, Miliiethorpe, Monday night,
owned 193,000 acres of land, lying )n fourteen
counties. The tent roll of his estate amounts
to over 170,000 pounds per year. f
Secretary Elkins, who is in New
York City, was Informed of his confirmation
by the Senate, yesterday afternoon, by a
telegram from the President. As he has ar
ranged to spend the Christmas holidays with
his family, at Elkins, West Virginia, it is
supposed he will not assume his now duties
until New Years Day. or soon after.
ONE WAT TO EVADE THE LAW.
A Railroad Company, to Avoid Litigation,
Retires From a Lucrative Field.
' Toledo, Dec. 22. fifprefat The recent dis
aster on the Lakojshore in this "city, by
which lOpefsOnVwere fatally cooked, is the
cause of n bitter 'feud between the Lake
Shore and Flint and Pero Marquetto roads.
The accident was caused by an F. and F. M.
engine crashing into the rear of an east
bound Lake Shore passenger. Beside the
dead 30 w ere badly scalded and maimed. The
F. and P. M.'s southern terminus was Toledo.
It ran Into the city from Montoe, Mich., on
the Lake Shore tracks, under that com
pany's running order?. There is a tunnel
halt a mile from the depot, andafterpassing
through it the Luke Shore train stopped.
The tunnel was full of smoke so the engin
eer could not see tin ongh it, and his engine
dashed into the tear coach befoie it could
be stopped.
Although the Coroner hasnotyetrendered
his decision, four suits, aggregating $100,000,
have been commenced, naming both the
roads as defendants. Service was gotten by
the Sheriff last night upon the Lake Shore,
but when he came to summon the F. and P.
M. to-day not an official or employe could' bo
found in the. city, or even the State. Every
one who was even remotely connacfect.with
the load was summarily discharged last
night. Not nn F. and P. SI. ticket can be
bought at any ot the offices. In thus aban
doning its vast Toledo interests the Lake
Shore loses 26.0C0 carloads of freight peryear,
beslde.the passenger traffic of tho saelnaw
Valley and Northern Michigan. The F. and
P. M.'s future terminals will be Monroe and
Detroit, and its onsiness will he turned over
to the Lake Shore.
DALZELL- OR ROBINSON.
It seems to be generally understood in the
West tlrnt Magee is now helping Dalzell in
his Senatorial fight to keep down any new
opponents ot Quay. HarrUburg Patriot.
Congressman Jack Robinson announces
himself a candidate for United States Sena
tor. The more the merrier. The year 1S92 is
going to be a great one for all-around poli
tics. Harrisbvrg Telegraph.
The members of the Legislature who will
do the voting will not bo elected until next
fall, but in the meantime there will he a
good deal of Chinese pyrotechnics on the
part of Robinson and Dalzell, while Quay
will fish in Florida. Johrulown Tribune.
Dalzell has firmly announced his candi
dacy for the Senate and Quay may be re
gerdedasin the field, although be says he
is not a candidate. There will he lively
times in Allegheny, but the Dalzell boom is
too thin to cover the State Scranton Repub
lican. Congressman Dalzell having announced
his candidacy for the United. States Senate,
it was one of the most natural things in the
world for Congressman Jack Robinson, of
the Delaware-Chester district, to announce
bis candidacy for the same position. Mead
viUe Tribune.
Mr. Dalzell's candidacy is distinctly anti
Quay, and he will be supported by those
who hold the view that Senator Quay ought
not to bo returned. With "Jack" Robinson
in the field the contest becomes triangular,
and several counties are yet to be heard
from Erie Dispatch. ..
Congressman Dalzell has announced that
he is in the race for the caucus nomination
and now Congressman Jack Robinson de
clares himself an aspirant for the honorable
office. Each of these is a political fighter
who never cries "Hold, enough!" What
will the outcome 'bctChambertburg Spirit.
Congressman Dalzell announces his "will
ineness" to accept the distinguished honor,
and now it is reported that Congressman
"Jack" Robinson, who fought so hard to
defeat Dalzell in the race, for tbe League
Presldencv, will buckle on his armor and
confront his old foe again. WiUiamsport
Gazette.
A Sure War to Enjoy Christmas.
Detroit Free Press. '.
One of the surest ways in whioh to enjoy
this Christmas season istoseetbat others en
Joy it.
A Christmas Present For Chile.
Chicago Tribune.
It is barely possible that Uncle Sam's
Christmas present to Chile may be a nice
fat, Juicy ultimatum.
DEATHS HERE AND ELSEWHERE.
Mrs. Dr. John Andrews.
"Word was received at Steubenville Mon
day morning of the death of Mrs. Dr. John An-i
drews at her home near Columbus, agcl 87 years I
Her mother. Mrs. Lord, wan a remarkable woman,
and her daughter largely Inherited her qualities.
Over 60 years ago she was married to Dr. John An
drews, President of the Jefferson branch of the
Bank or Ohio. Hearterward became President of
the Hate Bank of Ohio, and as such removed to
i;oiumoi"s. salmon i'. (jnasc secretary or war,
urged on Dr. Andrews the position of Comptroller
of the Currency, and both Chae and htantnn
turned to Mr. Andrews for financial advice, as do
members of the Cabinet to John Sherman to
day. Seven children were born to the couple, but
only three survive. One is Abner L. Andrews,
formerly Secretary to Governor, then President
Hayes.
John Davles, Mining Expert.
John Davies, one of the best known min
ing experts in the West, died In Chicago Monday
night of pneumonia. Mr. Davles had made and
lost several fortunes in Colorado ana California,
and died almost penniless. He was the original
owner orthe Little Chief 'mine, near Leadville.
which he sold some ten years ago for $300,000. It
was afterward sold again for (,,000,000. There is
not a miner In the West who has not heard of the
great poker game at Leadville. in which Davies got
up from the table $30,000 loser. The next night lie
sat down and not onir recovered his losses but won
30.000on top of it. He gave large sums of money
to charitable societies.
John McLaughlin.
John McLaughlin, aged 54 years, died of
Brlght's disease at his home In Hollldavsbnrg yes
terday. He was an officer in the army that quelled
the Mormon Rebellion in Utah lnlS57; prospected
in California, and was a contractor In the building
of the Northern Pacific Railroad during the Civil
War. He was a member of a construction corps
and built orirtges and forts for the Union forces In
Tennessee. He leaves a wife and six children.
Karon Wedel Yarlsbary.
Oscar, Baron AVedel Yarlsbury, of Chris
tiana, Norway, died in a barn at Albert Lea,
Minn., Monday. He was a young man and was
known there as Oscar WedeL A few daya ago
came Information of the death of his father and his
own succession to the barony. "A remittance of
S5, COO accompanied the letter. The new baron at
onie went on a spree, which ended In his death.
Prof". C. Wilbur, Geologist.
Prof. C. "Wilbur, the well-known geolo
gist and mine expert, died In Aurora, 111., Monday
night, in his 63d year. Prof. Wilbur was a geolo
gist of considerable eminence. HeVas a graduate
ofWilllams College anil a classmate of the late
President James A. Garfield. He was also a pro
fessor in Hiram College.
Elizabeth Hamilton Wallace.
Elizabeth Hamilton Wallace, wife of Dr.
T. C. Wallace, died or typhoid fever yesterday
morning at her home In Allegheny. Mie was very
prominent in church and charity work; was the
mother of Itcv. Edwin 8. Wallace, of Aberdeen.
S.D., and Dr. W. A. Wallace, of Callery Junction.
A'exnniler Dempster, Jr.
Alexander Dempster, Jr., a promising
son of the President of the Pittsburg Coal Com
pany, died at the residence of his father at Euclid
and btanion avenues, -.esteruav afternoon, after a
brief illness. He was In his 18th jear. Funeral
services will beheld at 2 o'clock to-morrow after
noon. Obituary Notes.
Bishop Frem-el, the notc.1 clerical leader in
the French Chamber of Deputies, is dead. ,
Matuus Sciicck; one of the oldest residents of
MlHin township, died last night In his 71st year.
Mcs. Captain- 'William M. Jordajt died at her
homclnMt. Pleasant yesterday e enlng. Funeral
to-morrow.
Mitchell Lapailla, a veteran of 'two wars
ami an old steamboat 'mate. d)ed at the Louisville
City Hospital yesterday morning. He. was well
known In the South.
District Foreman D. II. Pew, of the South
western PenusylranU pipe lines at "Washington,
Pa., died very unexrx ctedly or pneumonia yester
day morning. Sir. Pew was well known through
out all the oil fields.
Rev. William Addv. D.D., pastor orthePres
bi lerian Church at Marietta. O.. for a years past,
and oue of the most eminent divines of the denom
ination In the state, died last night from the effects
of the grip, aged 65 years.
John C. West, one of the best known G. A. B.
men .In Untontown, died there Monday night of
nervous prostration, aged 00 years. The deceased
was a member of the ambulance corps of the Army
ot the Potomac, and was Its second lieutenant.
Dr. Henky ScnoENE died at hls'home, in Zanes
vllle, Sunday, aged 63. He was a learned man In
every sense, but made his fortune as a manufact
urer of patent medicines. He made two dying re-questa-that
no obituary be printed and that his
luneral should be strictly private and without re
ligious ceremony.
HOLIDAY TOKENS.
Duplicated Christmas- Presents Returned
for Value Received -Dr. Ki'iig Gives a
Coming Oat Ball for His Daughter at
4 the Dnquesne Club-Chit Chit-
There's a certain ominous card makes its
appcarance.in some of the shops at Xmas
time which reads thus:
: no :
: HOLIDAY GOODS j
: exchanged. :
And which affects the spirits of women
shoppers as disastrously as does a month's
attack of the grip. The unsophisticated,
who onIy know holiday "goods by a shop
window view, explained this to themselves
long ago as referring to the return of goods
by the dissatisfied shopper, who mar have
bougbt them in holiday time. A remark
dropped by the usnallv- discreet vonng
woman nt the ribbon counter or a draper
and haberdashers establishment, cleared the
mists awav fiom. the understanding of a
masculine ignoramus. "Do yon know," she
said to a customer in that undertone which
is the established coin 'current hsed in the
interchange of knowledge between two femi
nine ladies. Mrs brought in the loveliest
burnished diessing case she had got for
Christmas and wanted me to give Iter some
thing else because she had already two
others. Thank goodness, it wasn't bought
here, so I didn't nave to refuse her out and
out. All the same, lots of that will be done
before these blessed holidays are over, as
wo don't Intend to make an exchange under
any circumstances. Don't you think that
woman was inahnrry? Four days before
Christmas!
A little circumlocution and several dollars
spent, for ribbons, which the puichaseris
now wondering to. what use he will put
them, revealed a phase of the Christmas
season that is as novel as it is general,
u ".Not a bit of it," said tbe young lady, ora
torically. "It isn't people's own purchases
that they return: its duplicated Chtistmas
presents that thev have received fiom
iriends. .Either they don't like the gift, or
they bave already a similar present given
bv some one else. You can see forvourself
that a person with u large circle of friends is
sure to find herself my knowledge refers
to women In the possession on Christmas
morning of half a dozen things exactly the
came. Evidently she doen!t care a particle
for the friendly sentiment in tho matter: in
fact I don't think sentiment enters into the
mind often of the women of to-day. She looks
at tilings from a thoroughly utilitarian
point or view, and, accordingly, without a
bit of remorse, returns Jthe selection of her
friend to the store it came from and gets its
value In something else. There's not a day
passes now we don't have inquiries as to
whether articles havo'been bought hereof
not."
"I don't remember," said the young
lady, "excepting- on- one occasion, of
a man ever letnrning a Christmas pres
ent. His head was as bald as his face
was bare, and it hud never raised a
hair In its life. He had received a shaving
set as a Christmas present, and as it had
come from a very dignified old friend, he
conjectured that here had been a mistake.
Our mark was on It, and he came, looking
rather shameful, to ask to have it replaced.
I didn't change it either, but, instead,
worked on the old man's vanity and expec
tations so that he bought several other
things. Among them was a pair or curling
tongs for his musfache, wuicb, 1 assured
him, was evidently in a state of incipiency."
Miss Nina King, daughter of Dr. C B.
King, one of the prominent medical practi
tioners of Allegheny, was introdnced -to
society last night under the chaperonage of
her father, and her sister, Mrs. Thomas
Bakewell. The Duquesne Club was chosen
as most suitable for the blossoming forth of
this charmlngyoungbud. .The ball room was
prepared for her coming with evergreens
and the seasonable holly. A private dining
room was also decorated handsomely; on
the table, which was not concealed by any
cloth, was a vase of roses resting in ferns
and bordered with holly. The decorations
were by A. M. and J. B. Murdoch, and were"
tastefully arranged. Though debutantes
hnve been the recipients ol many
dinners, dances and theater parties,
the ball for Miss King last night
was the first formal introduction of a
debutante this season. Societv was largely
represented in spite of the bad " eather. A
guest of honor at tbe ball was Miss Louise
Dowey, of Connecticut, a school friend of
the young lady, who thus successfully made
her bow to Pittsburg's polite world.
The brilliant dressing observable at Pitts
burg functions oDtnined tor a great degree
in the Assembly Hall, in which was to be
louna tup most representative people or
society. Miss King was attired m an im
ported white gown made a la mode and
adorned with looping of lilies of the valley.
Her friend, 3Iis Dewev, a decided
iblonde, wore white China silk. Mrs. Bake
well wore a handsome white evening toilet.
Elaborate black gowns of much elegance
marked u little group of matrons, Including
Mrs. Stewart Johnson, Mrs. King, Mrs. Mur
doch, Mrs. Cowan and Mrs. Kennedy. Miss
Buth Bailey wore a daintv toilette of pink.
Miss Stella Hays wore white satin. Miss
Julia Watson's gown was an extremely
pretty one, green being the shade of tbe silk
and admirably suited to this voung lady,
who is proving herself a belle of tbe season.
The Misses Oliver were attired in pretty
coming-out dresses: the one in pink and tbe
other in green.
Charles Donnelly, Treasurer of the
Roselia Foundling Asylum, makes the fol
lowing request: "As the Christmas season
approaches, and the hearts of many are
gladdened bv the reception of beautiful
gifts expressive of tender love and kind re
membrance, lot us not fonret thoso helpless
orphans sheltered in tbe Roselia Foundling
Asvlum and Maternity Hosnital. This in
stitution is wholly dependent upon the pulv
lie. Contributions, no matter how small,
will be gratefully received at the asvlum.
corner of Cliff and Gum streets, and will
largely aid In making the little ones com
fortable and happy.
Social Chatter.
The second of the Pittsburg cotillon series
at the club theater on Monday evening.
The.managin" committee is Mr. Robinnn,
Mr. Forsyth. Mr. Frank Willock and Mr.
Slnger.and the patronesses are: Mrs. George
Jones, Mrs, Alexander Lnughlin. Jr., Mrs.
John S. Dickson, Mrs. W. R. Sewoll, Mrs.
Joseph O. Home, Mrs. Henrv R. Rea, Mrs.
William Walter Willock, Mrs. Frank P.
Spronl, Mrs. B. F. .lone. Mrs. A. E. W.
I'nlnter, Mrs. jiarK w. watson, .Mr'. Henry
W. Oliver. Jr., Mrs. William H. Singer, Mr.
Park Painter. Mrs. Georgo T.Robinon. Mrs.
AMert H. Chllds. Mrs. William H. Forsyth,
Mrs. Walter I McClintock. Mrs. John n.
Ricketson, Mrs. James B.Oliver. Mrs. James
Laiighlin. Jr.. Mrs. John S. Hi yes. Mrs.
William Rorroctor, Mrs Georgo Edward
Painter and Mrs. James Wood.
The second of the three dances at th" Lin
den Club is on Friday evening (New Year's
night), with these societv women ns patron
esses:, airs. i. x.rneti6 ccnwanz. .nrs. nenry
M. Ballov. Mrs. Joseph R. WoodwWl. Mrs.
Geor"0 W. DM worth. Mrs. James W. Brown,
Mr-". William N. Frew. Mrs. William Scott,
Mrs. Henrv L. Biighmim, Mrs. W. Howard
Nimick, Mrs. James M. Sciioonmaker. It
will be the holiday cotillon and likely to
be the largest and most brilliant of tho
series.
Jtnxilo from the demand for tickets at
Mellnr & Hoene's music storp yesrerday, it
is evident that Old City Hall will he well
Tvitrnnizccuit the nresentation of "Messiah"
next Thursday evening. The concert prom
ises to be a success and the occasion nngnrn
nnotber laurel in the wreath or the Mozart
Club.
A PAr.TV of young ladies and men who
were "Miss Stella Hav's guests, nt a dinner
given hvherat the Pittsburg Club for Miss
Juliu Watson, afterward attended the ball
at tbe Duquesno Club.
The third dance of the Orinda Cotillon at
tbe Linden Clubhouse on next Tnesday
night. The dates of the remaining dances
will be declared on that evening.
Master Ashley CnALFAXT, of Moorewood
street, 1ms issued invitations for an even
ing pnrtv, in honor of his birthday, pn De
cember3l. Miss Louise Frederick-, of Chicora, will to
the guest ot Mbs Annie Fielding during the
holidays.
The Alhambra Club dances nt tbe Monon
gahela House on Christmas night.
A bowliso match comes off at the Linden
Club on Monday evening next.
The Allegheny Club dances this week at
the Mononguliela House.
COUKTBT GIELS HURT COOKS.
They Got Lost In the Woods and Sat on a
LoiMany Hiram
Clabksbbro, W. Va Dec. 22. A crowd of
lively Preston county girls, daughters of
prominent citizens, got up a "hen" coon
hunting party this week and started out
with four dogs, two guns, two axes and a
wagon load or provisions, promising to cap
ture every coon in the county.
They did not return by night, and their
parents, becoming alarmed, organized a
searching party and had to beat the woods
until midday Thursday, when they found
them all sitting on a log crying. They got
lost an hour after their start, were out of
food, and had not captured even one coon.
CUEIODS CONDENSATIONS.-
Billiards were invented in the reign, of.
King Charles IX in France.
Death records show that married men
live longer than bachelors.
Two blue gum trees in Australia meas
ure 435 and 450 feet in height.
In Austria women are employed as hod
carriers and are paid at the rate of 25 cents a
day.
Cricket was played under the name of
"club ball" as early as the fourteenth cen
tury. The greatest plague ever known visited
Nanlesin 1656 and carried off 380,000 people
in 23 week's. ""
Tiger bones Are used as a medicine in
China, where they are supposed to possess
tonic qualities.
St. -Paul's Cathedral will hold 26,000
people and SEPeter'sinRome has accom
modation for M 000.
Nearly an average of 5,000 patent med
icines are put on the market every year, but
less than 100 survive.
The trip up Pike's Peak is said to b
too much for one out of every 200 people on
account of the rarifled air.
The Irish Parliament existed for over
300 years. It was extinguished in 1801 at the
time of the union with Great Britain.
There is a strong flow of natural gas in
the Ventura river. When lighted, It is said,
the flames extond over a space eight feet
wide.
London contains about 220,000 foreign
ers. The Germans number 63,000, Americans
W.OOO, French 30,000. Dutch 15,000, Poles 12,000,
Italians S,CM ami Swiss 5.C00.
American travelers have become so
numerous in Portugal that some of the shop
keepers in the cities display this sign In their
windows: "American Spoken Here."
The total number of clergy of the
Church of England is about 23,000. If we in
clude the clergy in the Colonies and those
ennaged in missionary fields, the total is
swelled to 27,000. ,
A country parson in England has writ
ten 125,000 beggine letters. His wire has sent
as many as 11,000 and his children a few
thousand more. About one persou in 50- re
sponded, one to the amount of $25,000.
It is estimated that 100.000,000 of the
Chinese people are engaged in the culture,
preparation, sale, carriage and exportation
of tea. and their interests are adversely af
fected by the rivalry of other countries.
With the aid of compressed air, a Ger
man military engineer drives cement to the
bottom of a stream, the water at once
hardens it, and the bed of the stream be
comes stable enough for foundation pur
poses. Previous to July, 1871, when the system
was abolished, a commission in tbe British
army could be purchased nt the following
prices: Cornet or ensign, Xi'O: lieutenant,
X700; captain, X1.E00; major, X3.2C0; lieutean
uiit colonel, X4.J0U.
A peculiar animal was killed in Oregon
the other day. ft is not a coon nor a pole
cat, neither isfl a wildcat or a cougar, but
it looks like a mixtnre nor combination of
all of them. Its teeth are long and sharp
and its tail somewhat resembles a bog's ear.
One of the wonders of Australia and
one of the greatest natural curiosities in the
world is the Mount Morgan gold mine in
Queensland. The precious metal contained
in this mine, which has paid a dividend of
not less than $6,000,000 in a year, was depos
ited by a hot spring.
The latest fad in the "West is a shoe
party. They stretch a sheet across the
room and the ladies stand behind it and
stick their feet under it so you can only see
their shoes. Then yon go. along and pick
out a pair of shoes and the lady who is In
them you take down to supper.
The Burmese womea are great person
ages and play a great part in their house-
noias. xney cnoo-e tneir own imsuanas
and divorce them when they like, retaining
their own property and all that they have
earned: they are at liberty to marry again
v, nether as widows or divorcees.
In the new works of the Pirxus-Athens
Railway station tbe marble head of a woman
has been found, of good workmanship. It
wears a diadem, and tbe features are very
finely carved. It is thought to belong to a
headless statue found oil this site in the
city a little time ago.
There are 2,000 Italians in London who
serve in tbe Italian cafes and restaurants.
In some of these they have to pay for tho
privilege, and in others they receive nothing
in direct wages, but they are fed at the cost
of the proprietor and recoup themselves in
the tips. A smart man in a well-frequented
street earns about $20 a week.
The Municipal Commissioner of Baroda
has published a pamphlet, In which he ad
vocates the inoculation of the blood serum
of the common weasel as a cure of snake
bite. This animal is, he contends, proof
against the poison of snake bites, from
which it never suffers in the slightest de
gree, and attacks and kills any snake it
comes across.
For several years a pair of storks built
their nest annually in the park of the Castle
Ruhelebin.in Berlin. A few years ago one
of the servants placed a ring with the name
of the place and date on the leg of the male
bird, in order to be certain that the same
bird returned each year. Last year the
stork came back to Its customary place, the
bearer of two rings. The second one bore
the inscription: "India sends greeting to
Germany.
The Spaniards are the most expert
smokers in the world. A Spaniard takes a "
heavy pull at his cigarette, inbales It, tikes
up a wine skin, or wine bottle, pours a half
pint down his throat, holding the vessel a
i oot from his mouth and not spilling a drop,
and then with a sigh of satisfaction closes
his eyes and exhales the smoke from his
nose and month in clouds. He will also in
hale the smoke, converse for a few minutes
in a natural manner, and then blow out the
smoke.
There are 1,500,000,000 cigarettes
smoked throughout the United Kingdom,
every year. The paper used for rolling
them Is exceedingly thin, the quantity re
quired to make 500 only weighing one ounce.
Sixteen medium-sized cigarettes weigh one
ounce. Twelve cigarette papers can be cut
out of a sheet of ordinary note paper or 43
out of a folio sheet which in bulk wonld
represent 3L250 000, or 130.208 quires, or 65,104
reams of imperial folio, as tbe annual con
sumption of paper for cigarettes.
rtHYNKLS AND RHYMES.
Janitor Less noise, there! The oldjen
tleman In the next room Is trying to read, but
can't.
Young Snlpplt-Why doesn't he spell It out.
then? I could read belore I was 6 years old. Puck.
She smiles a pleasant thought
Across her mind doth creep.
The holidays will herald In tne
Glorious year of leap.
Hew Tort Herald.
"There's a limit to my endurance," said
the old gentleman to his son who had applied for
cash.
"Yes, father,"eplicd the conscienceless youth,
"but I thought I would speak to you about raising
tbe limit, you know. "irAfnotoi Star.
She Imitation seal jackets are going up.
He Humph! When they're on otber women
they're generally run down. -Veto York Prtta.
The rose and the chrysanthemum,
The aster and the golden-rod
The clamor still about them reigns
As in our daily walk we plod.
'What Is your favorite flower, my dear?"
The other shook her dainty head,
A merry twinkle in her eyes ,
"Buckwheat this time of year. " she said".
PMladelphta Preit.
Pat Sure, sorr, the coal"s-come-
Employer Well, what of it? "
Pat Oldoau't knowphat to do widlt. Th'fur
nace ain't big enough to houid more than ahof ar
it. Harper's Bazar.
"What a lovely vase you have, Mrs.
Doublcdollar! It's Satsuma, Isn't it?'
"No: I think the shopkeeper told John It was
Japanese. ' ' Brooklyn Eagle,
"When man is young and blood is warm.
Of wisdom naught he recks.
But yields himself to every charm
A lover of the sex.
When old he studies self-command. V
The narrow path elects;
All merriment as sinful brand
A lover of the sects. Hew Tork Herald.
-1
Bulfinch Miss Smilax has simply a won-' jl
derful memory. " .v-V
Wooden Why. what proof has sheglvenbfltr J "
Bulfluch Why I met her at a supper last night "-'
and she not only reminded me about onr being en-
gaged last summer, but gave me a -number of tbe
detalls.-Bo Courier.