THE PITTSBURG- DISPATCH, FRIDAY, v DECEMBER 25.' 1891. 9 5IBEI C IT sot a Brilliant Success ' as laborers on Enssian Railroads, as They lEYEf IN KIOT AKD EUIN. leports of Famine Suppressed Be fore the Czar Hears Them. 'RAXCE HAS AXEW COBDEN CLUB, Society, to Fight Protection, but With Other Objects in Yiew. OXDON FCG BEATS PITTSBDRG SMOKE St. Petebsbubg, Dec. 24. It was re orted some time since that the Govern lent intended to employ thousands of the ihabitants of the famine-stricken prov ices in the work of constructing the Trans iberian Bail way, which is to connect Vlad stock, the Russian port on the Pacific, ith European Russia. At present an enormous number of con icts are employed on the work. Despite le guards who are placed over these con icts, they seem to be able to escape the igilance of their keepers and to work their ill upon the unoffending inhabitant of le country through vi hich the line will ass. Murders, robberies and all sorts of jtrages are some of the crimes placed to le credit of these undesirable railroad iborers. So frequent have become the jmplaints against them that it seems now lat the Government will be compelled to bandon the use of convicts in building the ad. A letter from Moscow declares that when le Governors of the famine-stricken rovinces submitted the most eloomy re orts to the Central Famine Committee as the condition of affairs in those provinces, 10 committee refused to allow the reports ) be "ent to the Czar and insisted that they loula be modified before His Majesty was ilowedto see them. Acting under instruc ons when the governors were given an audi lce by the Czar they told him that matters their respective provinces were satisfac iry and that the situation was improving. Reports received from the provinces in hich the famine is prevalent state that heat is now arriving from the other rovinces, and that the people are becoming iore hopeful. WOESE THAN PITISBTJBG BMOKE. ondon'i Fog Causes Great Confusion and Many Fatal Accidents. IiOKDOy, Dec. 24. The remarkable fog hich has enshrouded this city all this eek, still remains. Advices from points i the Eastern part of England show that le fog is prevalent along the whole length the eastern coast. The captains of many issels found the greatest difficulty in mak ig their ports. On the river Tyne the lipping industry is almost at a standstill, rains in the north of England 'have been eatly delayed. The atmosphere is so thick at usual signals can hardly be seen. "Walking about the docks is extremely dan rous, even to those thoroughlyacquainted ith all their nooks and crannies. Three ck constables than whom no one is sup ped to be more familiar with all the in lcacies of London docks, have lost their ves during the fog. Steamers in the chan 1 service are greatlyretarded. The fog tuses the ice to rot very rapidly, and any skaters have broken through and en drowned. The fog is a boon to the is companies. Everybody who uses gas is been compelled to keep it b limine all iv. The gas supply at the general pot hce failed to-day, and for some time ton )n's mail service was in a state of great infusion. 2ABBIS0N PLEASES THE CHILEANS. n Amnesty for All Except a Few Balma- cedists Is Proclaimed. London, Dec. 25. The Times Santiago rrespondent says: The text of President arrison's speech made when receiving the ailean Minister produced an excellent im--ession here, except as regards some,minor tints. The provisional Government to-day fore resigning presented to the Senate i amnesty law in favor of all almacedists except those acensed ' Congress, a few military chiefs id common criminals. This was done de lte the knowledge of the efforts of the fugees at the American Legation to cate a disturbance. The magisterial report on the Baltimore ilor riot shows that the police did their itv. Two Chileans were found guilty of abbing, but sentence as deferred. THE POPE'S NEW PEOJECI n Institute of Economic Science to Incul cate Encyclical Principles. ROME, Dec. 24. The Pope" has had sev al conferences with Signor Torniolo, Pre ssor of Social Science at th- University of t,on the subject of founding; an institute economic tcience at Konie with a view to akingta center for the propagation of e ideas Developed in the recent papal icvclical onVhe labor question. The agitationvin France over the religious lestion causesreatanxietyat the Vatican, le Pope is saido be very much hurt at e attacks upon "the Church by radical eaKers during theVebates in the French lambers, but is still hopeful that an lionor le and satisfactory settlement may still be rived at. GENERAL BOOTH TAKES INDIA. ith Christians and Hindoos Unite in Wei coming the Saltation leader. Madras, Doc. 24. General Booth, the id of the Salvation Army, has arrived re from Australia. He was given a grand tlcouie upon reaching the city. Both indoos and Christians presented him with dresses. He was escorted to his hotel by imposing procetsion, headed by men aring lanterns. The influential native Prince, Bahidnr lean at li, will preside at a meeting at lich General Booth will explain the hemes he is advancing for the betterment mankind. THE POPE IS NOT ILL. rennous Denials From Official Sources of Alarming Kumors. ItOME, Dec. 21. It is officially announced at there has been no change in the, health the Pope that need cause the slightest xiety. He bore veil the1 exertion en iled Upon him in making a long address sterday, and to-dav he said mass in the esence'of the.Pontificial court. His Holi ss will be busy next week receiving plomats. Spain's Sew Protective Tariff. Lisbon, Dec. 24. The new protective riff recently prepared by the Government, d which was referred to a committee, has en returned by the committee with only ew modifications. It was presented to e Chamber of Deputies to-day. One Commercial Treaty Jn Peril. nnrsbELs, Dec. 24. The commercial :aty between Belgium and Germany has received the approval of two sections of the Chamber of Representatives, while two other sections oppose the treaty. It is ex pected that the majority will finally reject the .treaty. EEDMOKD THE WATEBFOSD VICTOB. The Result Gives the Farnelllte Faction m New Lease of Ufe. Dublin, Dec. 24. The Parliamentary election at Waterford yesterday resulted in a substantial victory for the Parnellites, the scene of conflict being in the stronghold of that faction. Complete returns give Iteo mond, the victor, 1,775 votes, and Davitt, 1,229 votes, a majority against the Me Carthvites of 54& The announcement of the official figures was followed by a scene of the wildest enthusiasm. The Parnellites shouted, waved their hats and sticks, and in everv way gave vent to their jubilant feelings. The McCarthyites were corre spondingly depressed. After quiet had been somewhat restored Mr. Redmond proposed the usual vote of thanks to the Sheriff, to whom is entrusted the task of making the official return of elec tion. Itiscustomary for the defeatedcandi date to second the vote of thanks, and Mr. Davitt did not fail in this duty. He took oc casion to add, however, after seconding Mr. Redmond's motion, that he would rather lose an election than win by combined ter rorism and rowdyism. The remark pro voked a most uproarious outburst of protest from the Parnellites, and foratime it looked as though the official canvass wonld end in a free fight "When Mr. Davitt withdrew from the counting room he was escorted to his hotel by a number of police. It was a wise precaution, for had he attempted the journey alone there is no telling what the consequences might have been. A FRENCH COBDEN CLUB. The Three-Fold Aim of a Kecently-Formed Society Explained hy a Member. Paeis, Dec 24. M. Charles Roux, the Deputy, speaking concerning the recently formed society for the protection of French interests abroad, said: Our society is divided into three sections the first section having as its special care the foreign policy of France; the second looting after oar commercial Interests, and the third having to do with financial prob lems. We re naturally deeply interested in all tariff questions, and are entirely opposed to the present tendency of France in its policv of protection. Mr. Paul Dreyfus, editor of the Exporta tion Francaise, said: Concprninz this society, I think its chief aim is to advance the interests of its own particular members. It protects acainst the HcKinley tariff, though this measure lias not materially affected our commerce. The principal exports of France are articles of luxury which are not produced In tho United States, and the rich American buys them in spite of the increased duty. That there is not more enthusiasm here over the Chicago Exhibition, is not wholly due to the McKinley tariff. The Government has delayed in appointing Commissioners, so that valuable time has been lost. Our man ufacturers will not send anything to Chi cago unless they have plenty of time to prepare their exhibits. If, when the Chicago Commissioners were hero last summer, they bad visited some of the local centers of com merce, such as St. Etienne, Rheims, Lyons, Cognac, etc, they would have accomplish ed much good. FBERCH ABT FOB THE FAIB. A Bare National Typographical Exhibit and a Panorama of the Deluge. Paris, Dec 24. M. Henri Doniol, the historian and director of the Rational Printing Office, says that he means to make a good exhibit at Chicago. He has asked for 50,000 francs for this purpose. The Rational printing office is an ancient and remarkable institution, turning out very artistic typographical work and curious publications in oriental tvpe. Specimens of this work will be the main feature of the exhibit. M. Georges Bochegross, the well-known French painter, and M. Alexandre Pas calides, a Greek painter, are engaged on a grand panorama for Chicaso, which will depict the Deluge. THE HAPPY DAY IS SET. Prince Albert Victor and the Princess of Teck to Wed in February. London, December 24 -It was officially announced to-day that the marriage of Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale, eldest son and heir of the Prince of "Wales, to Princess Victoria Mary of Teck, will take place on the 27th of February. The ceremony will be per formed in St George's chapel at "Windsor Castle. DUAL GOVERNMENTS IN BBAZIL. Trouble Still Exists in Rio Grande do Sul and Sao Panto. London, Dec 24. In spite of the peace ful Bio Janeiro assurances a telegram states that hostile Governments exist in Bio Grande do Sul and Sao Paulo, due to dis satisfaction o er the late political troubles. A GANG OF BELIGIOUS BANDITS Attack the Honse of a Member of a Pursu ing Posse in Alabama. Mobile, Dec 24. Three months ago Bob Sims, the leader of a company of re-' ligionists in Choctaw county, all in the neighborhood of "WomackHill, was arrested for running an illicit distillery which he. claimed he had divine authority to run. Two of his brothers, fellow-believers, res cued him, killing a bystander and wound ing the deputy in charge. One of the brothers was killed. Sims and the otner brother escaped and have been hunted vig orously ever since Last night Bob Sims and his gang re appeared near "Womack Hill and attacked the bouse of John McMillan, who had been a member of the pursuing posse. They set fire to the house, and as McMillan and the other inmates rushed out the gang .fired upon them. John McMillan, John Ken nedy and several others were wounded. Kine of Sims' gang were wounded and have gone "West. THE NEW OCEAN POSTOFFICK. Many Hours' Valuable Time Saved by the Sorting of Mails on Shipboard. Kew Yoek, Dec 24. At 3 A. m. to-day there was received at the postoffice by the steamship Havel, from Bremen, 436 sacks of mail matter, followed at 5.40 by the mail from the steamer Majestic, from Que'enstown, consisting of 1,164 sacks. The advantage gained by the establish ment of the sea post on the steamers of the North German Lloyd and Hamburg lines (in which the mails are assorted en route by German and American clerks) was con spicuously deihocstrated in this case, as the letters brought bv the Havel being received in packages made up for their respective destinations, it was possible to dispatch them promptly by the morning trains, while those brought by the Majestic were delayed until the afternoon or evening on account of the necessity for assorting them in the 2sew York Postoffice QUEBEC'S NEW BE00M Sweeps to the Surface Astounding Corrup tions of Mercler's Cabinet MonteeA, Dec 24. Astonishing rev elations are being made as to the operations of the Mercieritcs during their control of the Provincial Government The new Treasurer of the Province, on taking pos session, at once started an investigation, and announces a startling state of aflairs. The late government's last financial state ment estimated the deficit for the year at f COO.000. There has been found an item in the books, called "special expenditures," which swells the total deficit or excess of expenditure over receipts to 52,223,000. The department is now engaged in tracing where this extra 51,G00,OO0Jifts gone to. SOUTH PITTSBURG'S idU fni'lHlfltf' i The new Southside market house will be one of the most complete and best equipped buildings of its kind in the country. The plan", as shown above, was prepared by Architect Bickel, and has been adopted by Chief Bigelow as coming nearest to his idea of what the Southside should have. Tho building will occupyhe same space as the old one. The plan shows the front, facing up Twelfth street toward Carson. Bing. ham street will pass right through the building in an arcade. Chief .Bigelow, several months ago in spected the market houses of all the prin cipal Eastern cities with the express pur pose of getting ideas for this structure. In each place he noted various late im provements, economizing space and making better accommodations for buyers and sellers. By combining all these the Chief has obtained his ideal of a market house. Instead of having the upper floor used as a hall it will be utilized for market pur CHBISTIANITY IN JAPAH. Significance of the Fact That There Are 13 Converts in Parliament Since the Mikado, whose authority has continued in Japan for the past 4,000 years, (according to Japanese annals,) chose to concede a part of this authority to the peo ple, granting them a Constitutional Govern ment and the privilege of electing their own Bepresentatives in the newly-composed Parliament, the rise of the Christian ele ment among the Japanese has been very marked, and the selection of members of this faith" to fill many of the important offices under the Government, has been quite" as noticeable. In the present Parliament there are 13 baptized Christians and several others who profess that faith, but have not yet received the rite of baptism. This number, out of a total of 300 composing the Parliament, is a Trery good showing for the Christians. If this average is preserved throughout Japan it would show that Christianity now num bers ove"r 1,500,000 converts among a people who, 20 years since, had hardly a Christian within their country. Looking at this in another light it be comes even more interesting, for it has al ways been claimed that though Christianity made some progress among the lower Or ders of Japanese, yet it made none among the higher. The inference suggested by the number of Christians in this, the second elected House of Bepresentatives, directly contradicts this theory, for it shows that whereas the percentage of converts In Japan does not exceed 27 in every 10,000, yet the corresponding percentage in the class from which members of the House of Bepresenta tives are drawn is 433. In this calculation the total number of Christians of all denom inations in Japan is assumed to be 100,000, the number heretofore conceded as belong ing to that faith. A BIT OF INEXPENSIVE GENEB0SITY. Henry Irving's Gift to the Lota Clnb Com pared With Sir Edwin Arnold's. New York Times. J The recent presentation by Sir Edwin Ar nold of the manuscript o'f a meritorious and intrinsically valuable poem to the Lotos Club recalls an incident that marked the visit of Henry Irving to this city in 1889. Like Sir Edwin, "Mr. Irving had been an honored guest at a Lotos Club banquet The enthusiasm of the lotos eaters is bound less and their hospitality is proverbial. Sir Edwin, in the enthusiasm of the moment, presented the club with the manuscript of a poem for which he had been offered a large sum ot money. Mr. Irving" after enjoying the hospitalitv of the club, insisted upon presenting each member with an annual pass to the Lyceum Theater in London. The limitless possi bilities of such a presentation impressed certain members of the club to such an ex tent that they undertook the task of pre vailing upon each member to send a note declining the proffered favor. Mr. Irving's impulsive generosity was therefore saved from very expensive consequences. UTILITY OF DEFBW'S ST0BIES. They Serve to Enliven Occasions That Are Otherwise Dall and Stupid. New Tort Times. J Mr. Chauncey-M. Depew has a strong an tipathy to dull people and to dull occasions. He never permits a business meeting at which he is present to become tedious. If the business in hand is not of a stirring character, Mr. Depew invariably has a story or two with which to enliveu the occasion. Laughter usually plays a prominent part in the railroad meetings at the Grand Central station, and yet the practical objects of the meetings are neither neglected nor de layed. After the recent meeting of the Presi dents ot the several railroads in the Van derbilt system, which was held jn this citv, Mr. Depew was asked whether he had told his associate Presidents any new stories. He quickly replied: "No, sir I never" waste any new stories in a meeting where everything is bright and cheerful. -It is only when business is dull and everybody is feeling blue that I undertake to enliven them. Just now every.man connected with the management of the Vanderbilt roads is feeling particularly happy." Bapid Transit in Berlin. Electricity.! The Allgemeine Electricitnts Gesell schaft, not to be outdone by Siemens and Halske, who propose overhead electric rail ways, have applied for a concession to build an underground electric railway -in Berlin, 30 feet below the surface. Iron tubes are to be used, as in the South Lou don railuay, and trains of a locomotive and three, cars will be run on a three minutes' service The line will run right through the city from north to south and east to Vest, and a circular railway will be built to connect the iouf 'termini. The fare from station to station, third class, is to be 2 cents. NEW MARKET "PALACE. poses. Butter, eggs and such other products will be sold there, and part of the space will be nsed for a restaurant The ground floor will be devoted to meat and fish stands. For these the Chief hasadopteda novel plan. Instead of having ice chests in the rear of the stalls they will be con structed overhead. This saves a great amount of space for stalls and is just as convenient. The whole will be equipped with the latest cold storage appliances. The estimated cost of the building is S35, 000, and Chief Bigelow has asked that the amount be set aside in the appropriations for next year. There is little doubt but that it will be granted,, as a new structure tore place the burned one has become a pressing necessity. "Work will be started as soonas the weather permits next spring. "While the building is being constructed the mar keters will use sheds along both sides of Twelfth and Bingham streets. "The Southside," said Chief Bigelow, "will have one of the finest market rouses in the country. In equipments there will be nothing surpassing it anywhere." HIND'S INFLUENCE ON KIND. A Remarkable Instance of Mental Tel- egraphv From a Normal School. New Yort Times. "Mental telegraphy," since the issue of one of tho magazines of the current month containing a paper on the subject, has been more or less talked about Nearly every one finds in his experience an added illus tration of the author's theory that at times and on simple commonplace matters mind communicates with mind, without words and regardless of geographical distances. A particularly striking instance is related by a Normal school teacher. One day last week she asked her class, composed of 30 grown girls, a question. Having done so she began at one end and requested an answer in turn. One after another replied in what seemed to her an irrelevant manner. "Why," she said, "you are not on my line of thought at alL" As she continued the rotation she felt that the corner girl, the thirtieth, would reply correctly; she was a bright pupil and one who seemed pe culiarly responsive to her teaching. Sure enough, No. 30 replied intelligently and thoroughly. But instantly there was a protest from the other 29. "That.was not your question, Miss C.," one asserted and the others con firmed, and with but one dissenting voice the class gave the question as they had heard it. Their answers fitted this question, and Miss C, in the face of this testimony, was forced to believe that her lips had formed one question while her mind was intent upon another. And No. 30 had caujjht the thought behind the words and she had fitted tha question to it SODIUM IN THE AIB. It Proves the Sun and Stars Have the Same Material as the Earth. youth's Companion. "When a flash of lightning darts through the air, it vaporizes any minute particles of floating matter that may be in" its path. By examining the light of the lightning with a spectroscope, the nature of these vaporized substances may be determined, because every known element in nature shows in its spectrum certain lines that belong to it alone. By studying the spectrum of lightning in this way, Mr. "W. E. "Wood, of Washington, has recently been able to show that sodium, which is the element irom which common salt is formed, exists in the air. "He sug gests various ways of accounting for the presence of sodium in the atmosphere, one of which is particularly interesting, and that is that it may have "come there from interstellar space. It is known that mete oric dust is continually falling upon the globe from beyond the atmosphere, and if it should turn out that microscopic particles of sodium are included in this strange, un ending shower with which the heavens salute the earth, it would be only another proof of the unity of composition that ex tends from the earth to the sun, and from the sun to the stars. THE BICH AND THE F00B. - ' A Volume of "Wisdom in a Sentence From m Student at Harvard. Youth's Companion. There is a moral worth heeding in a bit of talk which passed not long ago between wo Harvard students. One of them inherited much money, and gives the best'energies of his life to, spending it in somewhat ostenta tious fashion. The second student, his townsman and cousin, is a steady, straight forward fellow, 'manly and gifted, and not in the least ashamed of the .fact that he is poor. The talk on the train, when the boys were etarting together for Cambridge this fall, happened to turn upon the subject of winter clothing, and the wealthy youth said, with a little air of patronage: "I always have my clothes made by Blank. It'is true he is the most expensive tailor in Boston, but he is the best. I sup pose," he added, with unconscious rudencis, "that vou can hardlv afford to patronize Blank." "No," the other answered quietly, "but then 1 can affoid not to patronize him." His cousin was not too dull io seethe, point, and the subject was dropped. ON THE JWRTHSIDE. For tint convenience of advertisers, THE DISPATCH has established A BRANCH OFFICE AT 107 FEDERAL ST., ALLEGHENY, Where advertisements will he received up to B P. 31., for insertion the next morning. The new office Trill be kept open every day except Sunday. ' K -- NOT A BAD GUESSER On National Figures Was the Late Secretary Windom, Ifter All. THE EESDLTS BEARING HIM OUT. Merit to Be the Cause of Promotion in the Treasury Department. POSTAL CARDS COME IN THREE SIZES "Washington-, D. C., Dec. 24. The at tention of the Treasury Department was recently called by a correspondent to a newspaper statement to the effect that in his annual estimate of receipts and expendi tures for the fiscal year which ended June SO, 1891, the late Secretary Windom over estimated the receipts of revenue by 152,000,000 and underestimated the dis bursements by $7,000,000. The facts as Ihey are shown by the"books of the Treas ury Department are given in the following letter from Assistant Secretary Nettleton to H. I,. Earle, Esq., Washington, -D. C. Treasury Department, I "WABBraQTOir, D. C, Dec. 3. In reply to your communication of the 22d inst, you are informed that tho published statements to which you call attention is entirely erroneous and without foundation. In his annual report to Congress, dated De cember 1, 1890, pane 23, the late Secretary Windom estimated the total receipts for the fiscal year endinjt June 30, 1891, including re ceipts from tie postal service, to be J472, 000,000. The actual leceipts have proven to oe S167,'JU7.H4S U3. uememDenng inai me tariff legislation embodied in the McKinley bill made radical changes in tho customs re ceipts, most of which only took effect after the date of the late Secretary's report, the estimate made by him on December 1 was singularly correct. In the same report, Mr. Windom estimated the total expenditures, including disburse ments for the postal service, to bo WJO.COO, 000 for the same fiscal year. Tho actual ex penditui es prove to have been $141,557,763 98, an excess of nearly $25,000,000 over tho es timate. This excess is almost wholly ac counted for by expenditures growing out of legislation enacted, and judicial decisions rendered, after the date of Mr. Windom's leport, which, therefore, could not have been taken into contemplation in his es timates. The principal item or this kind is is $11,521,000 disbursed in refun dins direct taxes to the several State", tho legislation for which was only enacted on the last day of the session, March 3; 1391. Possibly the writer of the erroneous pub lished statement to whloh vou refer was misled by mingling with the l egular re colDts and expenditures of the Government, disbursement on account of the public debt, which formed no part or the Secre tary's estimate, tiespectiuuy vours, A. B. Nettletok, Assistant Secretary, PB0M0TI0N8 FOB MEBIT ONLY. A New Plan to Circumvent the Politician and Time-Server. Washesgtoit, D. C, Dec 24. Pursuant to the directions embraced in a letter from the President to the head of each depart ment, dated December 4, 1891, the Secre tary of the Treasury has completed a plan, which will take effect January 1, under which all promotions in the Treasury De partment, will hereafter be mado on a basis of merit only, and as the result of competi tive examinations. These examinations will bo made by an examining board in the department designated by the Secretary, and not bv the Civil Service Commission as a rule. Each examination for a promotion of any grade will be confined to clerks in the same office or bureau. As part of the plan thus adopted, a daily record will be kept of the efficiency of each clerk by the Chief of his division. In all examinations this efficiency record will be the clement of chief weight. ' ' ' The efficiency record will give thfe'daily standing of each clerk for punctuality, at tendance, conduct' (inoluding personal habits), accuracy, industry, aptitude and general ability. This new departure, with which the officials of the Treasury Depart ment are in full accord, is regarded as "re moving all promotions from the domain of political influence and official favoritism, and places them exclusively on the basis of merit. IX0UE FOB STAEVING BUSSIAN3. Congressional Aid Necessary to Transport the Millers' OfTeriDC;. Washington, Dec. 21 Senator Wash burn, of Minnesota, had a conference with Secretary Tracy to-day relative to the use of a Government vessel for the transporta tion to Europe of the flour contributed by the millers of Minneapolis and vicinity for the relief of the starving peasants of Russia. Secretary Tracy was very favorably im pressed with the suggestion. He said that Senator Washburn should write him a formal letter about the matter, and he would at once consult with the President upon the subject. There is a question as to whether author ity exists for the use of the United States vessel for the purpose indicated, without Congressional action to obviate any difficulty that might arise on the scene. Senator Washburn,when Congress reassembles after the holidays, will introduce a joint resolu tion authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to use such vessels as he may see fit for the transportation of the flour. If the resolution be acted upon promptly and favorably," it is hoped to have the flour under way by the 20th of January. POSTAL CABDS IN THBEE SIZES. A New Convenience for Those Who Write In a BIr Hurry. Washington, D. C, Dec. 24. The Postoffice Department has commenced to issue at the larger postoffices two new sizes of postal cards. The small card is the same width as the one now in use, but about one third of an inch shorter. The large card is fully an inch longer and about three-fourths of an inch wider than the present card. It is said by the department that the small card is of much finer quality than the old card. It is of a light gray color, very strong and hard'to tear. The large card Is of commercial yellow color and said to be of excellent quality. Tho stamp bears the likeness of General Grant and the engraving is the work of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. All three sizes of cards will be issued and the people vlll take whichever they prefer. The quality of the new card is said to be much better than the old ones. UNCLE SAM'S GBEAT EXP0BT3. Tewer Immigrants Now Than There Were a Twelvemonth Ago. Washington, D. C, Dec. 21 The Bureau of Statistics, in its monthly state ment Of the imports and exports of the United States, reports that the total value of the exports of merchandise from the United States during the 12 months ended November 30, 1891, was $949,022,185. The value of imports was $819,372,489. The Bureau of Statistics reports that 38,615 immigrants arrived in the United States during the month of November, 1891, as compared with 40,543 during November of last year. Important Tin Plate Baling. Washington, D. C, Dec 24. Acting Secretary Spalding' has decided that tin plates made in this vcountry from imported black plates are to be considered as domes tic productions within the meaning of the tariff act. just, the samq as though no for eign material had entered into the manu facture. The Child a Trne Woman. Sate Field's Washington. A woman' heart, even when most obdu rain mav 1enf Msrmret woa aiicrtlnr ...., .w .M -o m j in the nursery that she nererl never meant to marry. "Very well, you shall not," said her papa; and, going to the door, he called out to an imaginary suitor: 'Go away, man! Mar garet doesn't want you." "Call him back!" cried Margaret "Let me see what he looks like!" THE BTEB OF LINCOLN. A Dilapidated, Moth-Eaten Belle In a Secret Crypt at the Capital. rCORBISrOWDENCE OP THE DISrATCK.I Washington, Dec. 24. An interesting national relic which the World's Pair will probably want as an exhibit has been pre served here for many years in an unusually curious hiding place. It is. the bier or catafalque upon which successively rested, as they lay in state in the rotunda of the Capitol, the remains of the nation's mar tyred President, Abraham Lincoln; those of Thaddeus Stevens, Pennsylvania's "great commoner;" of Salmon P. Chase, Lincoln's Secretary of the Treasury and afterward Chief Justice; of Senator Charles Snmuer and Vice President Henry Wilson, of Mass achusetts; of President James A. Garfield, and of General John A. Logan. It was made of wood after an original design by B. B. French, Jr., Commissioner of Public Buildings, and consists of a platform and elevated dais covered with fine black broadcloth end ornamented at the sides with tasteful funereal trimmings. When not in use all these 26 years since it -was constructed, the bier has been kept in a secret stone crypt or tomb inside the Capitol, awav down under ground in the very center of the building, remote from all scenes of legislative strife and political tur moil. This subterranean crypt wus prepared in the first year of this century as a mauso leum to receive a sarcophagus containing the remians of George Washington, under a resolution of Congress passed early in 1800, when it was proposed to build a statue of him in the rotunda of the Capitol and accord his dust a national sepulture underneath. But the crypt was never used for that pur pose, because Mrs. Martha Washington in her lifetime objected to the separation of her remains from those of her illustrious consort, and desired to be burled with him, and because Washington also, in his will, signified his desire to lie Interred perma nently at Mount Vernon. President Lincoln's remains, after lying in state for two days in the East Boom of the White House, were transferred to the Capitol, where, resting on this bier, they were exhibited in the rotunda from noon on April 20 until G in the evening of April 21, 1863. After Lincoln's funeral the bier was stowed away in George Washington's unoc cupied tomb. Ilelic hunters located it, and despite all the precautions taken to pre serve it intact, they despoiled it of many of its ornaments and trimmings. Three years later an explosion was occasioned in the crypt by the escape of gas from the pipes In the surrounding walls, and the man who undertook to investigate the leak was killed and the bier sadly singed. When Thaddeus Stevens died, however, it was covered anew and drawn out of the crypt into the rotunda above. The fasces at the four corners and the silver ornaments and satin festoons are now totally gone, carried off piece by piece in the pockets of predatory tourists, and what is left of the bier as a whole presents a sorry appearance, for the broadcloth cover ing is almost devoured by moths, and only one strand of satin braid remains stretching around one end and one side. But Archi tect Clark, who has custody of tho treasured relic, now, keeps it under strictest lock and key in its narrow cell. John D. Ceemee. General Sherman and the Flag. St. Nicholas. "I was in the Color Guard," said an old soldier relating his West Point experiences, "and when the General, passing flown the line, came to the flag, he uncovered his head, bowed low, and his face wore an ex pression of deepest reverence. This act of veneration by the stern old soldier taught us cadets a le'sson that we can neverforget." s End View of Bier and Crypt. Irr COSTS MORE to make Royal Bafe- ing Powder than any other, because its ingredients are more highly refined and' expensive. But the Royal is correspond7 ingly purer and higher in leavening strength and of greater money value to the consumer. Attempts may be made to substitute other pow ders for the- Royal by the' grocer, because of the greater profit in them to him. k Send them back. The chemist of the department of Health of Brooklyn, after examining the various powders, said: "The Royal is superior to aU baking powders with regard to leavening power, economy in use, and healthfalacW Facsimile Mrs. Henry 40 Orange Street, Brook lyn, N. Y. , Feb. 1 1 , 1890. UI have used Allcock's Porous Plasters for some years for myself and family and, as far as able, for the many sufferers who come to us for assistance, and have found them a genuine relief" for most of the aches and pains which flesh is heir to. I.have used Allcock's Porous Plasters for all kind of lameness and acute pain and, by frequent experiments, find that they can control many cases, not noticed in your circulars.. " . The above is the only testimonial! have ever gitfen in favor of any plaster," and if my name has been "used to recommend any other it is without my authority-or sanction. DR. GRAVES' DENIALS.' He Testifies About His Business Se ' lations "With Mrs. Barnaby AS THE MANAGER OF HER ESTATE, Nothing Was Known by Him as to Hot linen She Had Willed Dim. SOME ILABOBATE EXPERT EYIDEXCE, Denver, Dec 24. In the Graves trial to-day Mr. Dabl, a chemist, graduate of a Copenhagen college, said that arsenite of potassium was commonly used as a medi cine in the shape of Fowler's solution. There were formulas for compounding al most any sort of medicine in various books. The formula for compounding arsenite of potassium was very simple. He usually sold Fowler's solution prescriptions, but sometimes people bought it to use them selves. Livery stables sometimes pur chased it. Witness often made tests to find artenic. ' If it were in the viscera he would ns Marsh's test; if there were only a twelfth of a grain he wonld not depend alone oa Marsh's test. Mr. Dahl was followed by Miss Sallie Hanley, Mrs. Barnaby's former maid. She became acquainted with Dr. Graves about three years aco. Had visited at the Graves house, and Dr. Graves had been her physi cian. One of Graves' Threats Explained. Dr. Graves introduced her to Mrs. Barns by. and through his influence Mrs. Barnaby accepted her as a traveling companion ana maid. She had informed Dr. Graves of Mrs. Barnaby's intention of purchasing a house from the guide, Bennett. This was the cause of a threat made from Graves to Mrs. Barnaby of appointing a guardian for the latter. In cross-examination, Miss Hanley said he had threatened Mrs. Barnaby with trouble if the latter did not pay her )T5 which was due her, and that if the question of appointing a guardian should come up it would be well to have her on Mrs. Barna by's side. Dr. Graves then went on the witness stand. He said he had made the acquaint ance of Mrs. Barnaby a little over three years ago. Shortly after becoming ac quainted with her she had engaged him as her physician. After the death of Mr. Barnaby he had advised Mr3. Barnaby to contest her husband's will, and suggested Lawyer Ballou as the proper person to whom to entrust the ease. After the com promise of the contested will he had become Mrs. Barnaby's agent. Vt. Graves Denies Several Charges. He said be had never advised Mrs. Bar naby to make an affidavit that Maud Bar naby was not her daughter, as was testified to by witness Sam Hickley. He denied having told Mrs. Barnaby that her husband had willed $100,000 to a sweetheart of his. He also denied having said onvthing against v the Barnabys, as he knew nothing injurious to them. The doctor said Mrs. Barnaby was very extravagant and had spent $16,000 in one year. As her agent he objected to this and wished to retain his position, but Mrs. Bar naby would not allow him. He did not know how much Mrs. Barnaby had bequeathed him until the will was read after her death. The court took a recess until 7:30 P. M. At the evening session the time was spent in arguing upon the admissibility ot a let ter which the defense sought to introduce as testimony. This letter was written by Dr. Graves to Mrs. Barnaby at San Prancisco, but she had left there for Denver before it arrived and did not receive it. The letter was re turned to Graves through the Dead Letter Office. The defense wished to show by this that Dr. Graves did not know Mrs. Barna by's address, and therefore could not have been the sender of the bottle of whisky to her at Denver. The Judge took the ques tion under consideration and the court ad journed until Saturday, Dr. Graves' testi mony being unfinished. Knitting in the Parlor. Mr. Hamilton Aide is evidently another misinformed or uninformed European com mentator such as blossoms out periodically with a vast amount of exclusive information about America and Americans. In a recent rketch about us he says that he never saw a lady knit or tew all the time he was In the country. He fancies "some ladies do se cretly work," but he misses in the Ameri can "parlor" the "pleasant litter ot wools" of the English drawing room, which he as serts "constitutes one of its chief charms." of Letter from Ward Beecher. &ti
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