gjgfejjjj r- ""sjy! THE PITTSBURG, , DISPATCH. SATUEDAT, DECEMBER 26,v' 1891 finP4tr A HOLIDAY TREAT. A budget of tho best things going in litera ture and lions II T0- 'S One of the strong features of the issue will beau INTERVIEW WITH CARLISLE. Another will be tile inside history of the re latione between Lincoln and Stanton From the pen ot Colonel A. K. McClure, who was closer than any other to the tw o great men. GAME OF CHEAT MOUNTAIN, And how Fittsburgcrs secured the largest preserve In the world will be described. Here are some otherstrong features: ADVICE FOR XEIT YEIR'S, By Bob Bcedette. ItEYOXn THE CITY, By A. Co as Doyle. .MYTHS OF JIASIIOXALIXD, By CArTAis G. Willi tsis. AOTABI.E DEAD OF THE YEAR, Br W. G. Raui-ma?.. STORY FOR THE YOl'XG. B Harriet Pr.KscoTr rorror.D, .STYLES IX CIII.VA.1VARE. Bv ADA. BaCIIE-COSE. A page set apart for women and another lor oung people. Best facilities lor gather iuir the news of the w orld. 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PcrQinrtrr. 100 Daili Di-patcii. Onf Month TO Haiii Dispatch. including "-undav. lyear.. 10 00 D tiLY Dispatch, Including bundiv. 3 m'ths 2 50 nun DiepATcn. Including bundar. lm'th.. 90 "VMi Dipatcii. One Year ISO W r.EhLY Dispatoi. One Year IS Tnr Daily Disp vrcir Is delivered hy carriers at 35 mils per week. or. Including Smiday Edition, at 20 cents icr ttk. riTTsnunn. isattrday. dec. is. ism. UNIQUE PIT i:OKT-SIRITTED. In an interview elsewhere the theory of ihe traction roads that they can do no hotter about furm-hincr, comfortable as well rs rapid traiiilt is reduced sharply to its logical conclusions Those conclusions are that prcat as the boon of rapid transit has been, the present acencies will simply demonstrate themselves inadequate if they canno't give better seating capacity than they are now doing. It is ridiculous to expect that half the passengers will be content to go on hang ing to straps or crowding the platforms lor all time through a four, five or six mile ride. That is all right during an emergency, but it would never do to con template it as the permanent idea of the standard of comfort and safety m travel. Chief Brown puts the case qui'e uniquely when he says: "The trouble is there are too many people" but that is a trouble that w ill grow as the city grows; so that unless the traction lines take the more ob vious view that "the trouble is there are not enough cars" their inability to meet the demands for rapid and comfortable transit will only be the more pointedly il lustrated as time passes. It may fe, as the managers say, they can do no better; but if they cannot the question of elevated roads to help them out will quickly come to the foreground. Meanwhile it -would be iell for Councils to give attention to the subject A TELL EXPLANATION. A couple of years ago there was a de cided agitation among Western farmers and cattle rakers with regard to the grip the "Big Four' of Chicago had upon the lie stock and packing trade. It did not bring out material results.i because the complainants -n ere very much at sea as to viiat was reallj the nature of the trouble. The Dispatch pointed out at tho time that the only thing which could prevent competition in the handling of live stock and the consequent reduction of the charges of middlemen to reasonable fig ures were discriminations in railway and stock yard chanre. But after emphatic denials of such discriminations the matter died out. and the great Chicago firms kept on their triumphant way. Recent disclosures have shown the exact value of those denials and made clear the source of the strength of these firms. The prompt disappearance of officials of the railway pool, when summoned before the United States Grand Jury at Omaha to testify with regard to violating the inter Sate commerce law, is sufficient evidence to onvmce the public that preferential rate- in freights is one reason why these firms are able to control the live stock maikets. The case is completed by the publication in Chicago of a contract be tween the three principal firms and the Union Stock Tards. Here we find that the great packers get a million dollars each to give up a competing stock yards enterprise which thcy-started as a lever to act on the stock' yards company -and through it on the railroads; that they con tract not to engage in any stockyards business within '200 miles of Chicago Wt iB .for fifteen years, and that they will fur nish to the stock yards traffic aggregating at least $2,000,000 in the next six years. As a consideration for this which does not appear in the published contract Mr. S. W. Allerton, who is in a position to know, states that they are to receive dis criminations and drawbacks which "will enable them to do business at a profit, while outside firms can make nothing. With these facts before the public the rise of a few to egregious wealth and controlling position needs no further ex planation. The corporate claim that combination prevents discrimination in 6uch things is also sufficiently ventilated by the fact that these practices were sup ported by the railway combination organ ized "to enforce the inter-State commerce law" as clearly as the old "eveners" dis crimination in the pooling era, by which these firms were started oniheroadto great fortune. HILL'S DEFIANCE OF LAW. When The Dispatch, long before the announcement of Governor Hill's deter mination to bans on to the New York ( Governorship, pointed out the probability that he would keep Jones out-of the place the conclusion was based on the obvious desire to exclude a dissatisfied Democrat from the inside of the State administra tion. Events have proved, however, that there was a more positive function for Hill to exercise. It was that of exhibiting a partisan and demagogue Governor set ting the law and courts at defiance in the interest of beating illegal representatives of his party in the State Legislature. Everyone who knew Hill recognized that in his mind partisan success would bo placed above honesty or respect for the laws. But the length to which he has gone in defying the laws and the decisions of the courts is more than the public was pre pared for, e en from Hill. It is already on record that in each of the cases where the returns were manipulated in carrying out Hill's scheme to seat Democratic Lcgilators the courts have decided against him. Both Demcratic and Republican judges have agreed in their interpretation of, the law; but that makes no difference. He has removed two county clerks for carrying out the order of the courts, and has capped the climax of his dehance of judicial decisions by pardoning Thomas J. Welsh, who was sent to prison for running off with returns he was ordered to deliver to inspectors of election for correction. In this act Hill has completed the practi cal declaration that neither law, judicial au thority nor honesty avail anything against his partisan determination to steal an elec tion. A party organization in which such men as Ilill and Gorman are supreme, is one that honest and law-abiding citizens should carefully separate themselves from, THE TROCHEE WITH I GAULS. Amusement and instruction mingle in the announcements from political sources East and West that if ex-Senator lngalls had not, as one statement of tlie case puts it, been guilty of "cowardly desertion of his party principles," no one else would have been considered in the appointment of a successor to Plumb. But as lngalls turned his back on his party the Governor of Kansas declares he is shut out of the competition. This is especially interesting because the alleged "cowardly desertion" con sisted in a single speech by Senator lngalls at the close of his term, in which he ex pressed grave doubts as to a policy of legislation and administration which builds up great fortunes in the hands of the few at the cost of the masses. The fact that this was clearly a case of death bed repentance, and that lngalls has' since flopped back very nearly into line, does not condone his sin with his Republican censors. But such a criticism is remark able in its allegation that the policy of creating millionaires by legislative and corporate favors which lngalls tardily and weakly antagonized rests on party principles. If this were true the fact would be a good deal more severeon the Republican party than on lngalls. Such talk is all the more striking by its contrast with the laudations which the same party organs are giving to the mem ory of the dead Senator Plumb. The fact is that Plumb w ent miles further out of the party lines than lngalls did. He op posed the McKinley bill in a speech and voted against it on final passage, while lngalls carried it throuch. Had lngalls gone the same length to catch the tide of public unrest he might have been Senator to-day; but the SIcKinleybill would prob ably not have passed. These facts show that the real trouble with lngalls is that of all men who have suffered defeat. Politicians cherish neither hopes from nor mercy for a politi cal lame duck. WII.L NOT GO BACKWARD. The persistent antagonism of certain classes of Democracy to the financial sys tem created by the war administration is illustrated by the introduction by Senator Harris, of Tennessee, within two weeks of the opening of Congress,, ota bill "to repeal all law s discriminating against the circulation of State banks." As there are no discriminating laws against the circu lation of State banks, but simply a law laying a tax "which prohibits all such cir culation, the Senator's purpose is evi dently to restore the old state of bank inflation, when a man who had a dollar bill in one State did not know what it might be worth in another. If it would not be an equal discrimination to enact' that all State bank bills should be of a color, shape and texture radically different from the national currency, such a pro viso would render Senator Harris' propo sition comparatively innocuous. It might e- en, if it were not for the principle of the, thing, be worth while to pass his bill, in order to have a practical demonstration of the way in which people would refuse to be imposed on by payments in uncer tain State bank paper. Senator Harris makes the mistake com mon to the Bourbon class of supposing that the wheel of progress can make revo lutions backward. The people of the United States will never return to the fluctuating and local State bank after a quarter-century's experience of a paper issue national in its standing and assured in its value. A COMPANION PICTDKE. If that fellow feelinc which makes us wondrous kind has its influence on com munities, Allegheny county's affections should flow ont Joward Berks county. Both have had recent discoveries concern, ing the management of their jails which should make them feel like brothers in misfortune. So far as the face of the returns indi cate Berks county had a more fiaerant case of entirely rotten jail management" than Allegheny county; but, then, Berks had the advantage, or disadvantage as you look at itof an investigation in open court, in which all the details were brought out for the edification of the public While some of the Allegheny jail subor dinates "were reported to cast the eye of favor on certain prisoners the warden of ; the Berks jail was shown to have enjoyed their society in the cup which both cheers and inebriates. If any notorious convicts 1 '"ays has been the custom, Christmas Day did not walk out of the Berks prison it i as observed at the National Capitol as a must have been because they considered it altogether too comfortable and festal a residence to quit Allegheny and Berks also share the joy of having cleaned out the old-Jail man agement and put in new men. If they will both profit by the lesson of the neces sity of constant inspection to prevent tho growth of abuses and detect inefficiency, .they will be making the best use of the scandals. Speaking of Secretary Wnrmcastle's removal the Philadelphia Press remarks; "It has been a common thing in this State for those holding trusts ot this character to re tain the money which comes in for their own temporary advantage, and if ultimately paid. up, there is usually no fuss made about it." Here is an intimation that the removed office holder retained Government funds for his "own personal advantage." Tho Press should give Its authority for this grave -variation of the statements, which have not been contra dicted by the administration, that his offense consisted of making a deposit of $10,-000 ex actly one day late. . . The idea of suing the managers- of thraters for the inability to -witness the play caused by the presence of the over shadowing hat is spreading rapidly. But it is doubtful ir little things like suits tor damages will reform the feminine idea of millinery. Tho only -way ts convince the female mind is to impress on it that no woman of any fnshionable or social stand ing ever-wears a hig hat in the theater. William Lloyd Gajirison seems to labor under the erroneous impression that the purpose of the fashionable universities is to teach students to become intelligent and valuable citizens. Mr. Garrison at his time of life should have a clear idea of the vital difference between what Is and what I ought to be. With Holman as Chairman of the Com mittee on Appropriations, Chicago will do wisely by planning her fair on the agreed scale of tho money she can raise for tho purpose from her own resources. "It is hardly to be expected," says the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, "that Governor Humphrey, of Kansas, will appoint any man to the Senatorial vacancy who was defeated as a candidate for office in the last general election." Probably not. But if tho men so defeated should happen to be those best qualified for the plAce, does not this re markable principle of selection furnish a decidedly adverse commentary on tho In telligence of prevailing political influences! The Bank of Spain wishes to purchase ten million dollars in gold. This is the op portunity for tho silver magnates to con vince tho Spanish financiers that they can do as well or better by purchasing $7,500,0:0 worth of silver, getting it coined into ten million silver dollars, and making an alleged $2,500,000 profit on the transaction. A White Plates, New York, jury promptly found E. W. Field insane, the other day. Thi6 fs rough on the Wall street operators who have been rivaling Field's practices for years. Perhaps the White Plains view is that Field is insane because he was found out. Mb. CnjVELAifD seems to be setting up as a rival to Dr. Depew In a ubiquity of descent that makes him a representative at once of the Puritans, the Knickerbockers and the original Jerseymen. A striking illustration of the founda tion on which fame is created, is presented by the fact that although Jerome 1. Case, of Milwaukee, who died recently, built up several great industries in his city, he was noted throughout the nation only ecause he was the owner of a great trotting horse for which he paid the neat sum of $37,500. The contemplation of this fact Is likely to give the thoughtful some Very healthy ideas on the exact value of fame. Whex the chief of the Chicago police publicly declares that crime has increased 40 per cent concurrently with an increase of 25 per cent In the population, it begins to add force to the question whether it is not time for the great figures in society and com merce to set for the masses the example o honesty and respcct-to the laws. It may be like sarcasm to talk of princi ple where the influence of Gorman is so manifest. But one principle seems to be prominent in the assignment of Democrats on the House Committees, and that is vcb viciit. The "green yule" has become a fact; but the latter part of the proverb can be de feated by discretion and care. Me. Webstek Flan-agait, Collector of Customs at 1 Paso, is at Washington with a proposal to iucrease the efficiency of his office. He has found out that he has an im mense line of frontier to protect against smugglers; and as his Mexican confrere on the other side of the border-has 1,800 subor dinates, Flanagan thinks he out to have an equal force. Ho is not likely to get them. but he will leave In Washington the un doubted reputation of & man who knows what he is there for. Count Tolstoi is varying his work for the relief of the starving Russian peasantry by denouncing railroads as disturbers of commercial equilibrium ana Impoverishes of the common people. The Count must have been getting up material lor a lealistio novel based on a study of the American plan of running railroads. Sunspots have broken out to a violent degree in the columns of the esteemed Rochester Derpocrat and Chronicle. As a re sult we ae Justified in'expectjng a decided period of either storms or pleasant weather. Let us hope that the new Cabinet Chile is to have as a Christmas present will bring her also the gift of peace. IK IXALTED POSITIONS. Mr. Howells is to get $17,000 a year for editing the Cosmopolitan. Speaker Crisp has gone to Americus, Ga., to spend the holidays. John- Rockefeller's son-in-law, C. R. Stiong, has been appointed to the Chair of Psychology at the University of Chicago. Senator C. N. Felton, of California, is the richest of the new Senators. He has $1,000,000 to every three of Senator Stanford. Kx-Governor Samuel J. Kibkwood, of Iowa, also ex-Secretary of the Interior, is now 78 years of age but is halo and hearty. Mrs. A, T. Stewart spent. ?500 per pair for lace curtains, and the lesidence of Robert Garrett, of Baltimore, boasts cur tains that cost $200 a yard. 1 George Vandeebilt isbuilding a place nt Asheville, X. C, which will cost from $3,000,000 to $4,000,000. The basement walls are from 12 to. 15 teet thick. Governor Russell's fondness for sport is most catholic, tanging from whist and billiaids, at which he plays an intelligent game, to horseback riding and football. General V. B. Taliaferro, now a candidate fir a Virginia judgeship, was in Congress 40 years ago, and 23 years of age was a Major of volunteers uuring the Mexi can War. Dr. F. Wj Loring. now in Florence, was a major.in the Federal Army during the Red River expedition, but altemard trans formed his sword into a mall stick and has become an artist of continental repute. Governor Hill will furnish a remarka ble article (on "The Pardoning Power" to one of tho January magazines. It will not be followed ty another article from the pen of Lieutenant Governor Jones on "Pardon ing Governor Hill." HIGH AND LOW -LIFE FETES. Washington, D. O., Dee. 25. As al close holiday. All the Government depart ments were of conrse closed all day, as with scarcely an exception were the stores and other business houses throughout the city. As soon as Congress adjourned last Wednes day many members started at once for their respective homes. Many others left town yesterday, so that with the exception of those who have their families here. Wash ington has been temporarily desoited by the legislative branch of tho Government. . Celebration at the White House. The tooting of a tin horn in a series of more or loss musical notes was the signal for the commencement of the Cliristtnso celebration at the White nouse this morn ing shortly after 10 "o'clock. When Mrs. Dimmick blew this juvenile instrument faces came smiling from every door all around her in the corridor upstairs, and, soon all the mornbers of the Presidents! family had assembled in a laughing proces sion. At the head of it were the President and Dr. Scott, Master Benjamin and Little Mary McKee. Glory of the Christmas Tree. A stream of light shone from the li brary door and away in the corner of that historic apartment glistened, like a thou sand stars, the Christmas tree. On a table near the tree were copies of Master Benja min's address and the invocation to the Chrit-child, b&th the inspiration of the children's governess. These were handed about, and while the little ones spoke in German, their audience was just as appreci ative as if every word was understoodi Alter this formal part of the programme everybody had a chance to inspect the gifts. The children found their toys of all sorts and kinds, niranged around on the floor under tho tree. One side, devoted to Mary's siftp, had a full set of baby doll fur nituic, with baby dolli, lady dolls and bov dolls, a piano, a Kitchen outfit, and a quan tity of other feminine necessities in the world of babydom, while Benjamin had a steam engine, a couple of trains of cars, a full suit of nrmor, books pictures, and all manner of things to tickle a boyish fancy. Holiday Presents From Everywhere. On a table nearby were Mrs. Harrison's gifts, and all the members of her family, as well as many prominent people all over the country, were represented bv valuable tokens. Three or four other tables held presonts Tor the President, Mrs. McKee, Dr. Scott, Mrs. Dimmick, Lieutenant and Mrs. Parker, Mr. Halford, Miss Sanger, and all the household retinue. The President yesterday presented to each employe of the house an order for a turkey or a pair of gloves. Mrs. Harrison added to mis uy a personal gilt. Russell Harrison came on from New York this morning, and was at the White House in ttmo to eat breakfast with his parents. Mr. McKee arrived later in tho day. I The Day in Cabinet Circles. MRS.ftf art Morton had her Christmas tree pai .y last evening. To-dav the Vice President and Mrs. Morton ate dinner with their five daughters and a few friends. Secretary Blaine and Mrs. Blaine had a late dinner, at which were present Miss Hattie Blaine, James G. Blaine, Jr., and Mr. and Mrs. Walter Damiosoh. Secretary lkins spent his Christmas with bis family at Elkin. W. Va. Secretary Tracy Mrs. Wilmerding and Miss Alica Wilmerding formed a quiet family party at their residence on K street. Secretary Noble and his wife had as their only guests the Misses Ilaistead, sisters of Mis. Noble. Secretary, Mrs. and Miss Foster spent the day quietly. They dined together for tho first time since the Secretary's illness. Secretary and Mrs. Rusk had the principal officers of the Agricultural Department at dinner with them to-night. Attorney General apd Mrs. Miller, their two daughters and their son had an old fashioned Indiana Christmas dinner all to gether. Postmaster General Wanamaker cele brated Christmas at Lindenhurst..his coun try place near Philadelphia, with members of his family. New Tork's Poor Children Surprised. A New York special says: At 3-30 o'clock this afternoon by Ollie Teall's own watch he forgave Dr. Rainsford for all the things that clergyman has said and done against the Christmas Society The last danger which Dr. Rainsford so gloriously forecast had passed, and the success of the enterprise was a certainty. Fifteen thous and children had been sent away with pres ents in their arms and candy staining their mouths. There had been no panic, no dis order, so Ollie forgave Dr. Rainsford and fell to pitving him. It was 10 o'clock in the morning before tbe 100 men and women under Ollie's superin tendence had done the last thing necessary to the proper reception of the 20,000 and more guests which soon filled the big Madi son Square Garden. It w as a happy crowd, too, with a look of expectation and of hope in all eyes. Thousands of them had never been out of the tenement room and the ciooked streets. Many, no doubt, had never before ventured down the dark, crooked stairways, and had observed the world only from those fire escapes stuffed with the flotsam and Jetsam that is pushed out doors to give room for human beings. In each" hand, thin or fat, grimy or partly cleaned in honor of the occasion, was clutched a ticket one of those tickets of many colors which Ollie Teal had sent out from the office where he has been sitting with his pretty typewriters for the last month. When Ollio sent out the tickets thev were fresh and clean and altogether lovely. As.theywere seen In the hands of the childien to-day they were soiled and crumpled. It looked as though some chil dren had gone to bed with their tickets and hadn't allowed them to get out or their clutch for several days. None were sent away empty handed, and to thousands of poor children this Christmas will ever re main a red-letter day in their memory. FJEBAKS 07 A CAILA. It Behaves in a Stran;e Manner Upon the Death or Two Wives. Hartpobd, Coxn., Dec. 25 In the family of Mr. Orrin Searles, of Windsor, In the Con necticut Valley, is a very strange calla lily. Mr. Searles hasJiad two wives, sisters, both of whom are now dead. His second wife died a few days ago. The calla has been in his home for a great many years, and this, in Mr. Searles woi ds, is what it has done: "The day that my first wife died there was a handsome blossom on tho lily. That was over 20 years ago, and on the day that she was buried the blossom suddenly withered and died. In all the 20 years since there have been no blossoms on the plant, but on the day mv second wife died a rich, fine bud appeared on the calla, and on the day of her burial it bloomed out beautifully." TUNNELING UNDEE NIAGABA. Over Twenty-Four Hundred Feet of Solid Itock Has Been Dug Out. Niagara Falls, Dec 25. The headings started fiom.thn portal and west from shaft No. 1 of the tunnel woi k met this afternoon. The distance excavated through solid rock, 200 feet beneath the surface, is 2,80 feet. The time that has elapsed since the first sod was turned is 1 year, 3 months and 20 davs. and since tho first heading was started it is 8 months and 20 days. Other headlnirs are expected to meet on January 26, 1802. The total number of leet of the first section of the tunnel excavated is about 0.000. It is expected that hyFebiuary a start at lining the hole will be made. SAGE CHAINS HIS D00BS. Tramps Cannot Now Get More Than Their Noses Over the Threshold. now hold the doors oT-Rusell Sage's Filth avenuo mansion. Without removing the chains the doors cannot be opened more than three inches Through an opening of that size a serving iraiil to-day said Mr. Sage conld not be seen by any one. Two minutes later Mi. Sage-wnlked down the bioad steps, preceded by a detective. He entered his carriage, and tho footmau, closing tho door with a bang, took his place beside the coachman on the box, and the horses jingled their chains up the avenue. Peffer Carries a Big Burden. Chicago Tribune. It must be a severe strain on a man like Senator Peffer to carry the entire burden of representing Kansas in the United. States Senate. He ought notto be compelled to do it long. The Secretary's Eyes Are Opel). New York Recorder.! If there is to bo a row with Chile one thing 1 certain the Secretary of the Navy will bo found to have both eyes very wide open. AH INFAHT PE0GIDY. A Boy of Four Years Yt ho Can Bead the Illble Learnedly. Des Mohtes, Deo. 25. It is a prevalent be lief that nil isdom centers in the Fast, but since the course "of empire moves westward wisdom has also been moving along the same truck, and instead of the wisdom -of East, future generations may expect to hear of the wisdom of the West. Iowa has al ways been noted as the h.inner state in edu cational matters, but the most wonderful of her productions is a child less than six years of age. Llttl'o Charlton Shade lives on a beautiful faim four miles south of Lorlmor, Union county, Iowa. Ho has a large, finely formed head, intelligent blue eyes, and a good physical development. A few davs ago he eat reading a large vol ume, and by rcqnestreiid the One Hundredth Psalm. Moving in ty dignified and scholarly manner, he tool; his Bible, sat down in his chair, crossed his legs us some mature per son might, and read with perft ct -mphasis and inflection. Bjfoic he attained his fourth year he had completed the reading of the Xew Testament, and at five years and eight months of age he had read the entire Bible, and that day ho assisted his .uncle, a min ister, in the ei vices, leading Horn tho pnl Blt before an audience the third chapter of anicl. His education has been received from the teachings of nis mother, and ho has never attended school. He does not en Jov lompingnnd childish sports and in or der to have him take outdoor exercises his parents take his books away and hide them. LEAPED TO ITS DEATH. A Doe Plunges Over a High Cliff to Escape the Homids. Port Jkkvis, Dec. 25 Tho close season for deer began some weeks ago in Pike county, but although John Hess, of Shohola, killed one on Friday, it is not likely that ho will bo made to pay tho penalty the law inflicts. Hess is a track walker on tho Erie Railway. Two or three hundred yards this side of Shohola station the track luns at the foot of a precipice 75 feet high. On Friday, as Hess was walking along the track toward that high ledge of rocks, he saw a deer suddenly appear on the top, pause for a instant, and then leap fiom the precipice The rash animal kept his equilibrium in the air until he had almost reached the ground below, when it turned and fell on its side. The deer had scarcely struck the ground, -whore it lay crushed and stunned, when halfa dozen yelping hounds appeared on tho ledge. Their piesence explained tho deer's leap. Pressed by the hounds it had proferred the dieadfnl plunge to being torn to pieces by the blood-thirsty dogs. Hess ran to the deer. It was alive, but helpless, and one hind leg was brokeu and one side crushed. Survival being ont of the question, Hess cut its throat The deer was a 2-ycar-old doe. in prime condition, and Hess sold it to Batcher Wollner ot this place, in whose shop it is now on exhibition. It weighed 150 pounds. OUTPUT OF LOCOMOTIVES. Over Twp Thousand Were Unlit in the United States During- the Year. NjnvYoKK, Dec 25. The Railroad Gazette, in its issue to-day, says: "From tho returns of locomotive building by the private shops that is, all other ttmu lailroad shops that we have reoeived up to this date, the output is less than it was last year. We can com pare the product of but 13 works in the two year', but these include all of tho large works. These show 2,123 engines built in 1891 against 2,210 in 1800, a falling off of a lit tle less than 2 per cent. This is better than we had anticipated fromthecurrentreports, which have generally been that tho shops were slack. "The fact seemed to be that within tbe last two or three vcars the capacity of the pri vate shops has increased so greatly that what is now but a very moderate business lor them would have kept them tunning nights a short time ago. All but three of the shops from which we have comparative figures lell off this yoar and there were spe cial reasons why these three should havom crcased their output. The total output of 15 works this year (tw o of which did not report last year) is 2,300. WATTERSOK'S LETTER. Colohil Wateersos seems to be a con firmed patron of the advertising columns of the Associated Press. Washington Post. Hesry Wattebson will bo called a Mug wump by his Southern brethren if he keeps on kicking against tho Southern Speaker. Peoria Transcript. Hembt Wattersos Is down on Speaker Crisp.11 If he thinks Crisp is bad bo ought to have to live for awhile whei e David B. Hill controls trie patronage. Buffalo Express. Hexrt WATTEBSoif appaiently sees in the triumph of the Hill-Gorman wing of the Democratic party a notice that he -won't be allowed to write the Democratic platform next year, alid ho is mad over it. Provi dence Journal. No one w ill deny that Henry Watterson is the most representative Clevelandite of the South and South west. Hence his prompt denunciation of Crisp's factional appoint ments, acceptance of the challenge and warning as to the result of the contest, must be taken as significant of the attitude of the Cleveland forces throughput the country. JElmira Advertiser. Axger improves Mr. Henry Watterson. Unless somebody prods him with a sharp stick or some Democratic leader neglects to be guided by the gallant Kentnckian, Mr. Watterson becomes careless and indifferent. But of course we know what ails Mr. Wat terson. He was not consulted. Philadelphia j'. American. HAS SQV SLEPT FOB WEEKS. A Strange Case Strays Into a Cincinnati Physician's Hands. CntciuKATi, Dec. 25. The hospital physi cians are on tiptoe of expectation awaiting developments in a new and interesting case which has been brought to their attention in the last few days. December 20 -a man was examined for admission who had not slept a wink since three weeks previously. The man does not appear sick. His appetite is good and he has an enorm ously strong constitution, as is evidenced by the fact that he has not broken down under the strain of his long waking. John P. Roberts, the sleepless man, is a wealthy farmer fiom Adams township, and he is 13 years old. Several months ago, after a severe strain of work, he beean to notice his loss of sleep, and his affliction at last became so bad that his friends decided that it was best for him to come to this city for medical treatment. BIG DEAL IN PINE LANDS. Over Eighty Thousand Acres Bought In Texas by n Boston Firm. HorSTOXi Tex, Dec. 25. Tbe biggest deal in pino lands in the South has just been con summated. Tne Bo'ton Land Company has Just purchased 80,175 acres of pino lands at $0an acie. This means the extension of the Sinfa Fe system into Eastern Texas and Western Louisiana, and open up a market for lumber in Chicago, Kansas City an'd St. Louis, ns the Santa Fe will be one con tinuous line. SHERMAN OR JORAKER. WniLE we have Shermans, let us keep them; the Fornkers can i ait! Philadelphia Press. All Republicans who have their country's best welfare at heart will look to their Ohio brethren tore-eleot Senator Sherman. tf. Y. Press. ( Ix the Ohio Senatorial hurdle race there is ample eviden;e that both Sherman and Foraker have the lead. There is no chance for a dead heat, however. Detroit Free Press. It looks as ir Sherman hart the pull in the Senatorial race, in spite of the racket of tho Foraker gang. The result isnioio import ant to the Republican than the Democratic party. St. Paul Globe, That tho rank and fllo of the party are for Foraker no ono questions, and that For aker will be elected fo succeed Senato. Sherman there is not tho shadow of a doubt. Cincinnati Commercial Gazette. John Sherman still has the inside in the race for the Ohio Senatorship, and from present indications will pass under the wiro an easv wlnnor. The meteorological condi tions have to be exceedingly frigid w hen this gonial old statesman "gets left." In- i dianapolu Sentinel. Muitsell Skated on Thin Ice. Washington l'ost.1 The Russell Presldental boom met the fate of all youngsters who akate on thin ice. ON CHRISTMAS. NIGHT. A Fashionable Function at the Pittsburg Club, Whose Opening is Deferred What Went on in tbe Parlors of the Two Cities Yesterday. Mrs. Joshua Rhodes and the Misses Rhodes, assisted .bv a number of friends held a leceptlon and ball at the Pittsburg Club Inst night, which, so far as it was pos sible, was thrown open to the guests. The dance was held in the Club Theater, tho stage of which, wns decorated with palms and other spreading shrubs, Christmas be ing observed by a skillful introduction of holly. The Toerge Orchestra occupied its time honored plnce behind this umbrageous concealment. The only other decorations of a floral nature was a bunch of mistletoe hanging over ihe ddorway between the foyer and the theater; the purposes of which aio self-evident. The laidies' dressing room, the foyer and the dining room were all crashed. An apartment in the second floor of tlio"hou-jn win set aside foY a gentlemen's drossing room, which, with the dining room, was the only part of tho clnb house to w lilclt the guests were admitted. The ball was largely attended, including at it many of the Christmas visitors. Though the Rev. Mr. Barbam in his "Ingoldsby Legends" sees fit to use the woid ,'houowarniiug" in his lines: "A now tow n house obtalnocl, The next thing to be thought of now, Is the housowarming party," and the garrulous Mr. Pepys calls Upon it nlto, when be would have Betty Micliell eat a cake with himself and MraPenv. it has been decided by the ultra iashionatilo of our city that it must be diopped from its vocab-ulan-. When tho Pittsburg Club i finished, it will not leccivo a housewarming party, but there will be held in it an opening lecep tlon. And thus WHj are leavingourlanguage behind us. Joseph Jefferson is one of the few actors who has penetrated into the social Ufa of Pittsburg. JTot any wonder, when one con siders what an agreeable addition he is to any household. Dr. and Mrs. William H. Daly are. among his sworn friends in town, and recentlv -3lr. and Mrs. Dewres Woods have been added to the Hat. After a theater fmrty on Monday night airs. Daly cave a ireakfast for Mr. Jefferson, his son, Joseph Jefferson. Jr., and Mrs. Jefferson, Mr. and Mrs. E. Moorowood Ferguson and Mr. and Mis. Wood. This was followed by a visit the evening of the same day to Stuart Rob son at the Duquesno Theater. Mr. William H. Crane is another of the actors who is made very wclcomo in PlttsDnrg, and always has tho privilege of the Duqucsne Clnb dur ing his visit. Though cotillons have never flourished in Sewickley and patronesses thrive with but little more profit, another effort is being made this time at tbePaik Place Hotel, to, hold a series or dances, of whioh the first has alroadv been given. Tho fancy dinces arc comprized In the first part of the even ing, the plain dances following. The next of tho series is arranged for Tuesday evening, January 5, when Mr. Clarence Burns, of Washington, D. C. will probably lead the german. There ia no formal committee, bnt among the men interested uro: Mr. C. II. Swearinsen, Mr. C. W. Lake,Mr. S. H. Scovcl, Mr. W. IL Schoen and Mr. Lloyd Pearson. A contemporary sensibly talus excaption to what it terms the "animal'' (what ani mal) who chews tobacco in the theaters. The remedy lies with the theaters them selves, since they have equal power with tho street car companies in prohibiting tlie use or their property as euspidors-though thetheiteis seem to prerer offending the majority of their patrons to narrowing the privilego of tho brutish minority. Some day a wise woman will sue for damages and got them, and thon there will be a re form. Social Chatter. The Misses Riddle, of North avenne, give an evening reception on New Year's night. Mrs. Thomas M. Carxeoie, of Uomewood avenue, has issued invitations for an after noon tea on Tuesday. Miss WooDBtJRN, of North avenue, gives a reception next Tuesday evening for her friend. Miss Alice Reymer. Mrs. John Craio, of Robinson street, Alle gheny, will entertain tho Paragon Club on Thursday evening, January 7. . TnE young people of the two cities repre sented in the Alhambra cotillon danced last iilght at tbe Monongahela house. Miss Alice Tixdle was hostess at a fancy dress ball last night, in which she wax aided in receiving herfriendn by little Miss .Ha worth and her cousin, 'Miss Depuy. 1 ISVITAT103S are out for the wedding of Miss Burt and Mr. Ferguion, which will take place at Mr. Burt's house on Lincoln avenue, Allegheny, on Januarys. Mrs: Thomas Carnegie's reception next Tuesday afternoon i in honor of her daugh ter, Mrs. Oliver Garrison Rlcketson and her daughter-in-law. Mrs. William C Carnegie. Sakta Claus' conduct to some of hi most eager sunporters has somewhat cooled their nrdor. Ho cut tho acquaintance of several people in town this Christmas, and in con sequence they don't admire him so exceed ingly. The invitations have been lsstied for tbe afternoon reception at Pennsylvan, tbe tow n house of Mr. Christopher L. lla-.-ee, on Tuesday evening, January 6. It will be a dual function, tho afternoon affair, from to 6, being succeeded by an evening party for the hostess' nieces. As extra rehearsal of "Messiah" will be clven at the Mozart Club rooms tbis even ing, the final one on Monday morning prwrious to tbe concert. The orchestra, tbe soloists, ana a iuu cuorus will oe in attend ance. Nearly all tho seats for the concert have been taken and tbose desirous to at tend should obtain seats at once. The officers of the dramatic club of the Western University, which will appear in two short plays, "Early Vows" and "Chums," about the middle of January, aie: C. W. Dav'8, manager; J. F. Griggs, Jr., sec retary and treasurer: D. S. Liggett, stage manager. The performance will be given in the club theater and the University Glee and Mandolin Clubs will supply the music. That dainty, sprightly young woman, otherwise called the Pennsylvania College cirl, insists on still more endangering the pub lic peace of mind; for not content with fasci nating tho sex masculine by her Madame Hudron frocks, she has declared for the col lege gowu and mortar board. For plunging the yonth of the town into a helpless condi tion of mind she must be burned as a witch. Owisg to the inability of the house com mittee of the Pittsburg Club to cut the re ception room down to fit the carpet, the for mal opening must be delayed a bit longer. If the building committee do not tliey should know that they have the sympathy and admiration of everybody in their piescnt responsible position, which they fill so admirably. Words of praise are being lepeuted everywhere which should keep the ears of Mr. Frew, Mr. Park and Mr. Sewell in a very glowing condition. Mr. Sylvester H. ScovELhas incontinently braved the dangers of a playwriter's career. He has written a play called "Mrs. Pendle ton's Four-in-Hand," founded on one of Mrs. Geitrude Franklin Atherton's stories, which is said to have a very clever plot, indeed. Mr. Scovel is a member or theScwickley Valley Club, and exemplifies the adage "Scratoh an actor and vou may find a pliy wright." The play will be produced likely this winter bv Mr. Scovel's fellow members, with the young autuor in an important role. PEOPLE COKING AND GOING. J. "W. Tuigg, of Dublin, is stopping at the Anderson. T. A. and R. J. Gillespie, the contractors, left for New York last evening. Ex-Kepresentative S. B. ' Cochrane of Klttanning took dinner at the Seventh Avcnno yesterday. George W. Adams of Afeadville, J. K. Carey and wife, of S-ilem, and j. B. Hendei son of Martin's Ferry, were registered at tho Monongahela House yesterday. Clerk Statler, ot tbe Schlosser, has resigned and will succeed W. P. Castleman behind tho counter in tbe Monongahela house. He was formerly connected with the Monongahela, and his friends are glad to see him return. Col. Thomas McAdams, through baggage agent on the Pennsylvania road, returned yesterday from a short vacation spent at Atlantic City. The Colonel has been running on the road 27 years, and in that time never met with a mishap. Plttsburgers in New York. New York. Dec. ZV Special. Ttib follow ing 'Itlsburgera are registered-' at hotels to-d ly: F. W.Bl.iir, "Brunswiok: F. Harrop, Morton House; W. C MoAdam, Morton Houe; E. R. Oskin, Mortou House. A. L. Reber, Astor House; M. F. Riley, Morton Hou;e; D. S. Taylor, Astor House; C. A. Terry, Windsor Hotel. , . " OUR MAIL P0DCH. The Taxation Problem. To tne Editor of The.DlsDateh: In your recent reference to the corre spondence betw con the New York Tax Re form Association and Bishop Kenne, on the snbject of taxation, yon arraign the Tax iteiorm Association for assuming a position which involves a contradiction or princl ple. You say "the Tax Reform Association holds that tbe agents of production sbould not be'taxed," and then proceed to the dic tum that "land should bear tho main burden of taxation," your contention being that land is an jigent of production. In this yon am right; it is the passive factor. But whore did you learn that tho Tax Reform" Associa tion opposed the taxation of all the ajicnts of production! I fall to find an V such sweep ing -phase in tho letter addressed fo tho Bishop, and I feel convinced that the mem ber" of the association are too well ac quainted n Ith political economjnot to make a distinction. The .effect of taxing labor and capital, the active' factors of production, is to restrict production, to eiihuuco tho price of com modities, hamper industry, retard improve ments and interfere with the equitablo dis tribution or wealth. The effect-of taxing tho value, tho passive factor, or hind, is to stimulate production by causing lomd now held idle, or half emplojed, to be pnr to pro ductive uso, to encoumgo improvement, enlarge tne opportunitio forlaborand capi tal, animate Indmtrv and promote the fiee and natural interplay of economic force? which lead to the largest production of wenlth and it widest distribution. You say, to tax idle land and disused ma chinery might be a wiso discrimination in tho abstract, but how much revenue would itylcldl The fact is that tilings which are true In the abstract nro not o often lutlle in practical souse at we imagine. Our ob jections to their application in practice fre quently arises from their militating against some vested wrong, which e often have an interest in maintaining. To recur to your statement, let rue say that the fact that ma chlneiy is disused implies that conditions Imvemnde it economically unproductive. To tux such machinery would only add a further obstacle to its nsc and aggravate tho conditions which lender it idle; and ir tho tax be.grcat enough, would even cause the owners to destroy it. Now if tho term "idle" be applied to land economically unpro ductivethat is so sitnated that what it is possible lor labor to produce on it is insufficient to afford the average rate of wages to such' labor to tax such land would only serve to keep it out of use longer than it otherwise would be. Thus it is easily seen "in the abstract" that to make such a "discrimination" w ould be folly. But If the land spoken of be idle not by reason of its inability tojield enough to pay tho labor that might bo employed on it, but be cause the owner sees that there is being stored away in it a rapidly increasing value, 'conferred upon it by tne growth of tbe com munity and Its myriad expanding wants and necessities then to tax such land be comes wise both in abstract and in practice. For it will not only yield a revenue, but it will cause the land to be put ton. productive use, giyinc employment to labor and con tiibuting to the satisfaction of human needs. With legard to jour assumption, which you designate as :i tact, that i: Irom existing land values we should deduct the specula tive element, toiether with imorovement values, there would not be enough lelt to lalscmore than a pittance of rovenue, I might say that, while you are not alone in holding that objection, an equal number of opponents of the single tax urge on the con trary, that the revenncs would bo so ex cessive above actual needs that it would lead to widespread corruption and tho wildcjt extravagance. What seems to be nearer the truth, -however, is that the mat ter would adjust itself to a basus that would correlato with the law or rent, which law, -wheu clearly npprehended, enables us to perceive in tho coextension of growth ex isting between tho revenues nece-saryto defray the expenses or a developing com munity and the value which attaches to land by rea'On of tho growth of the community, apart from any value confered by individ ual owners, a natural adaptation of the ono to the other. ' The most careful and conservative esti mates made by such practical men of affairs as Thomas G. Shearman and others, also goes to show that tho revenue to be derived from the land values of a community, or a State, are amply sufficient to defray ail the expenses of Government. The figures le cently employed by Mr. Shearman are those used uy Mr. Edward Atkinson in an adverse argument. J. B. Suarpe. PittsiDurg, December 21. Why a Big Navy Should Ba Built. To the Editor of Tlie Dispatch: In the talk for and against a navy it is as serted that the .European governments have spent millions in building warships that to-day would bo of almost as little use in case of hostilities as the wooden vessels oDO years ago. True, but the fact remains tbat those governments do possess navies readv for instant and terrible use (how in stant and how terrible Italy's poverty alone prevonted her demonstrating to us last spring), w hilo we have by comparsion none. Changes and improvements are constantly taking place in all things, navies included, and to refuse what the present offers on tho ground that the future maj4 produce some thing better of its kindis simply puerile. Let us have swift cruisers, then, and pow erful battle ships of the most improved pat tern, and have them now. If alterations should be required, make them or entirely rebuild. Arbitration, diplomacy, tbe spirit of peace and good will toward all the world are excellent, no doubt, and worthy this mighty nation of ours, but let it beborne in mind that tho olive branch is far more potent in the grip of the silken glove when the latter covers the steel ganntlet. Snr pose Chile were England or France Let the Bering sea dispute, the Canadian fish fuss and the rnse of Samoa, when the Stars and Stripes were tramped upon by German soldiers answer. In those instances we arbitrate or resort to the glib toungue of the diplomat, not from fear, perhaps,ut be cause wo lack tho means or showing our strength and asserting our rights and dig nity as a nation, while the little South American State we want served up at once and hot with gunpowder sauce. Perhaps she deserves a thrashing, but less eagerness to give it would be better till we are in shape to bestow a similar dose on countries of larger growth. Arbitrate first, fight afterward; only pursue the same policy with all, whether weak or strong. Jacob Herrixgtox. Sharon, December 2i. CRISP AS SAXTA CLADS. Asa Santa Claus for the Democratic party Speaker Crisp is not a dazzling! success. J maianapoiis journal. We hope that Speaker Crisp will have a merrier Christmas than he has given the Democratic party, Indianapolis Sentinel. It looks as if there "will bo no snow for Christmas. Yet the fellows who were disap pointed by Speaker Crisp will find it cold enough. Washington Post. Speaker Crisp will have a merrier Christ mas than some of the Congressmen who hung up their stockings for committee places. Chicago Inter-Ocean. S mta ClacsCr'isp hns passed araund his Christmas presents 'There are somemisfits, bnt any Congressmen who are not pleased with what they have got con exchange their assignments for anything there is left. Boston Herald. DEATHS HERE AND ELSEWHERE. John If. McNanghton, Poet. John H. McNaughton, famous in western New York as the "Poet ofthc Genesee. " died Uuesdayat the McKaugUton hnictca1. between ATon anl CaleUixlla. aged 62 rears. He was the authorof "Sweet Belle Malion-," forwlilch he also composed the music. Ms most ambitious work was "Onallndn." a story of Indian life in tho Gene.-ee Valley during the lat century. It was published originailv In London, and the author re ceived high niaise for it. merit In antogrtph letter from 0en Meredith. John BrlRiit, fhc Princess Louise, Tennyson, and mini 1 other .distinguished Jersons. The poet wa one or the last or the old IcNaujrhtou family that staled at Caledonia 160 years ago. Hon. A. B. Sharpc, of Carlisle. Hon. A. B. Sharpe, a leading member of the Cumberland county bar. a Grand Army man, an active Kel ublican and closely related to General Grant, was found 'end yesterday morning at Car- Msle '" nl h'rt' of ,ie;,rt fall!,re- 1C ws well known throughout thestite and ltares valuable properties to Ills family. He V as aged 60 y tirs. Obituary Notes. MRS. JAXE FCHT, of Freelani Pa., died Thurs day at the age of 103 years. State TREASURER PoS, of Florida, died at Jacksonville Thursday night. Covtboller J. Lawrei ce Getz. of Reading, died in that city of the grip last night. SIB THOMAS Chambers, the Recorder of the city of London, died Wednesday. He was bom in 131-1. waskulghtedln 1372, and was elected Recorder ia 17S fc FRF.nERICA Wakcka. the only sister of the late famous feoclallst -agitator. Las-ille, died at Vienna, aged 72 years. &he was the wire of Colonel Warcla. JAMES Teel, known as the tallest man In North ern New Jersey, died at his home at Bridg.Tille Wednesday, aged 66 years. He was neaily seven feet high and weighed about 300 pounds. CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS. sy ', r t- North Dakota has a barley farm ofk 2S0.OCO acres. In Abyssinia 'salt was used for money for many centuries. The best isinglass dissolves" completely in hot water, leaving no visible residuum. Camels can stand heat and cold, but they perish quickly in moist atmosphere. The savings banks of France have 5J4S.C0O depositors, with 2,911,000,000 francs due them. In the Sahara Desert the day may be boiling hot, bat not unfreqncntlv the tem pemtnre at night falls below freezing point. JIail matter can be sent from Paris to Berlin now In pneumatic tubes. It takes 35 minutes for a package to go from one city to the other. Reading, England, is" known as Biscuit opolis, because of the location there of George Palmer's big biscnitfactoryiin which 5,000 people are employed. Recently between Tewkesbury and Cheltenham, in three minutes 700 words were sent to a newspaper office and cor rectly received over a telephone wire. At Dresden they are baking an Ameri can corn-bread that is finding much favor and is much cheaper than their ordinary bread. A pound costs a trifle over 3 cents. On a farm in the subnTbs of Providence, R. I., there has been located what is claimed to be one of the largest and richest veins of granite east or the Black Hills, if not in the entire country. A copper rod projecting from the face of a cliff in Saline county, Missouri, indicates that at Borne date In the far past, beyond the ken of man. copper mining was carried on in that vicinity. The standing army of the Argentine Republic numbers B 000 men, and there are over fifty generals on the active list. This gives a general to about every hundred other warriors of all lower .grades. A Frenchman has invented a new and ingenious frictional machino. Mercury is forced by means of a pump through the pores of a piece of chamois, and electricity in considerable quantities is generated by tne inction. Dice were invented by the Greeks. Tradition has it that Palamndes, who lived at tho time of the Trojan war, introduced them into Greece, and it Ls certain that the Greeks Imported Into Rome the three most popular games. In the new works of the Piraus-Athens Railway station themarbleheadof a woman has been found, of good workmanship. It wears a diadem, and the features are very flneiv carved.. It is thoftght to belong to a headless statue found ou this site in tbe city a little time ago. Two farmers, neighbors and old friends, named Rheaume and Morin, in the parish of St.Marie, Beauce.Quebec, had each eight chil dren, four sons and fnnr daughters. Morin's four sons have married Rheanme's four daughters, and Rheaume's four sons havo married tho danghtcrs or Morin. The island of Fowkave in the Gulf of Slam has a peculiar kind of dogs. They are sleek haired and resemble fox terriers in size and bnild, but are prick eared, reddish brown in color (the female beln of a lighter shade), with black muzzles and dark lines on the forehead, like those sometimes seen in bulldogs. The number of waterworks in operation or under construction in the United Mates is 2,037, and the nnmbr.r of towns and cities supplied Ls 2,157. Pennsylvania has 21Sworks for supplying 243 towns, while New York has 109 works for 218 towns. Massachusetts has 128, Michigan 113, California 103, and Illinois 102 works. Twenty-five cities have dupli cate or triplicate plants. The size of Australia is not generally appreciated. The seven colonies occupy a territory greater than that of tbe United States, excluding Alaska. New South Wales alone is as large ns the 13 original States. Tasmania, the Rhode Island of Australia, is as' large ns that State, with New Jersev, New Hampshire and Massachusetts added; Vic torln, the smallest colony of tho continent, is equal in size to Great Britain, There is no special ceremony connected with marriage among the Esquimaux. In some tribes the husband joins the wife's relatives and is expected to hunt and fish for them. If lie is lazy or refuses to give the furs he gets to his father-in-law he is likely to be bounced, and some ono more active and obedient is installed in his place asThnsb-and. Sometimes it happens that a girl bus 10 or 12 husbands in succession be fore she finally settles down to a permanent conjugal state. Old watches of particular value include those with hogs' bristles for regulating the vibrations, egg watches, alt watches with one hand, with or without ornamentations, watches without balance springs, and with out resrulating arrangements, those with per forated cases, those with finely chased cases, if the chasb-g be distinct; ennmeled gold watches of the finest workmanship.watches ot wood or ivory or witu iron or porcelain cases, and nearly all watches with peculiar movements. A traveler in Central Australia has dis covered that the surface of the country has been greatly changed by what may appear at first thought a ridiculous agency the white ants. On plain and in thickets their nests are so numerous tbat it is difficult to drive among them. Tbe clay with which the nests are built is, when cemented with resinous matter, lis hard as brick, and when the nests fall to pieces they form clay fiats, almost Impervious to water and not easily cut up by traffic. The Bongo people have an iron cur rency having tho shape of a spade, with a handle and an anchor-like end to it. This they call loggo collutl. The largest iron coin circulating here are of the size and shape of a large plate, being one foot In diameter. These treasures are piled no in the warerooms of native merchants Just as silver or gold bars In.other lands. For ten iron plates of two pounds weight each the love-lorn Bongo swain bnys his inamorata ofherpapa. When he can't get ten of such iron plates he has to be satisfied with an elderly beauty. The manufacture of a new disinfectant and deordorant called Snuridon has been commenced at Marybill, Eng. It Is a resi dual product of an uncommon kind of blackstone shale, which is composed of animal and vegetable remains, is remark ablv light, and yields a largo proportion of a heavv volatile oil. The oil is extracted by distillation, and the residual product is re duced to grains of different sizes, varying from a fine powder to the size of a pea. Tho powder is claimed to have an instantan eous effect upon obnoxious matter, while also beiu.; tasteless and colorless and harm less to all animal life. JOKELETTS FROM JUDGE. Diniling The duel has had its hoar. Tailing That is too long. Dimllng What do you mean? Tailing A duel requires only two seconds, 'lis said, "At Christmas play and have good cheer, " But then the baseball player's far from gay; 'Tis winter and the snow and lee appear. He has no cheer because he cannot play. Agitator I tell you this eight-hour work dar Is iolng to do a lot of good to the mass of b employed people. By the way, Sarah, is supper ready? Agitator's Wife o; my eight hours was up at balf-past Are to-day. "But weren't you dreadfuljy scared, Jliss Flypp. when the beargot his arm around you?" asked McMaddot. '1)h. dear, no." replied Miss Flypp. "I waj ouce engaged to a Pittsburg young man." "Who says that Christmas is played oat, That anta Claus ls dead? I'll not believe It. nor would yon If you heard what grandpa said; For he and I will watch to-nbrht, or never nod nor tire. And grandpa hung his stocking up With mine beside the tire. Miss Bleecker Mr. Codling, only gels (19,000 from his uncle's estate. That's no great shakes. Miss Emerson (of Boston) No; there are no ex cessive vibrations In that, certainly. Gazlay Who's your friend? Snooper That's honest Jim Ihompson. Gazlay How much did he steal? From Soak's life one a moral draws That Is not hard to lose. For when he gar e up Santa Claus He believed la Santa Cruz. "Jit is true," said Eve to the serpent, "thit I have a -very circumscribed choice In select ing a husband, but still I have one adrantage la marrying Adim." j "What is that?" t "Hecaa'tslt up and tell! me I can't cook like hi..1 mother."
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