PuKSSOKS t : " ' " 7 t THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH, WEDNESDAY JANUARY ' 13, 1892. Btgpafclj. ABLISHED FEBRUARY S. 1S46 -M. So. HO. Entered at nttsburg PostofUcc nbcr, 1SST, s second-class matter. ness Office Corner Smithfield and Diamond Streets, s Rooms and Publishing House 78 and So Diamond Street, in New Dispatch Building. TRV AnVRT!TI54KO OFFirE. ROOM Td, TJVE BUILDING. XEW YORK, whfrecom files ofTHE DI&PATCHcan alwavs be round, en advrrtisers appreciate the convenience. J advertisers and friends of THE DISPATCH, in New York, are also made welcome T Dlsrjt TCH 1 recvlnrlv m mlentBrentnnn-s. on Sguarc. Ahc lort. and 17 Ave del'tpero. . France irhere avime vlto Ita teen disnp tlata hotel news Rttind can attain it. TERMS, OF IUE DISPATCH. -CFTAGr TT.T1: IX THE UXITZD STATES. TDrr-ATCn. One Year 8 l YDisrATCU, PcrOoartcr 2 00 vPlsrATni. One Month TO T DisrATCn. Including Sunday, 1 year.. 10 01 r Dispatch, including Sunday, 3 in'ths. I SO V DisrATrif, Including Sunday, 1 m'tb... M AYDispatcii. One Year ISO 1TY Disfatcii, One Year 1 3 '. Daily Dispatch Is delivered by carriers at ts per week, or. Including Sunday Edition, at its per w eek. TSBur.o. wf.dni:d vy. January is. too true: ie "washinirton Post, which lias as d the function of keeping up the rel with Chile, in contratins the ver of the Valparaiso riot given from the itigation at that city with that given ie American sailors at "Vallejo, Cali a, remarks that "it is borne in upon at somebody is hinp;. and lying with ent and vicious intent." ifortunatcly there is no possibility of iting this assertion: and still more un inately the disclosures leave no room oubt that a portion of the sappres ; of the truth and perversions of the comes from official representatives of Jnited States Mhose prominence in rouble is so complete as to- warrant a esale distrust on the part of the p'o of all the statements made. Far it from us to assert that the sans may not h.ve exhibited jual superiority to the truth where case may require it. But the people is country have alreadv had abundant n to object to beins; drawn into war atements of persons who have already shown to have misrepresented the in order to provoke the war spirit us it is characterized by the Xew Sun as "a distinct train" that Minister ra refers to the riot as "a deplora icident" But if that expression is actory, it is pertinent that Senor 's communication ol October 29 of it twice in exactly the same tone, icterizing it once as "the unfortunato Tence" and again as "the deplorable ." It is also calculated to give a : to the nation's confidence in the jiy . of its representation to that Hr. Eran's abstracts of Chilean communications totally essed these expressions as well as ssurance that the affair was under in ration and justice would be done rthe laws of Chile, and that the facts ding these communications would have reached the United States if Chilean Government had not given to the correspondent of an American paper. It is also calculated to throw on the assertion that "somehodv is with vicious intent" to find the New, Pr&s, another organ of the war !rs, ntter the publication of Senor i's full note, repeatedly asserting the only expression of disfavor d the riot was to call it a "disagree- ncident," a statement which, is most tetely characterized by the Anglo-, l monosyllable introduced by the also unfortunately the case that in es of misrepresentation have not confined to the diplomatic de sent The war party is bank- largely on the statements of laval officers who have declared selves for war on general principles, thirst for gore has produced at least otable cases in which the assertions ral officers have come into hopeless ct with documentary evidence. One aural Brown's assertion thjt he gave lformation of Balmaceda's officers that famous voyage to Quinteros Bay, ae other is Captain Schley's assertion be Chilean Ji'uge, Foster, at first re topcrmit "i officer from the Balti to acrcpipany the sailors summoned messes before the Chilean investiga- tt this element of unreliability run .hrough the statements given Jo this ry its people will demand more cer- before going into a v. ar. Especially he" decline to judge the matter on jvidence as the assertion of ananony naval officer, published the other hat the'American sailors of foreign iship, never, no, never, get drunk j 10 o'clock p. m. SOT rSBOtNDED WEALTH. .re is every reason to rejoice in the us yield of the Western States, (Specially that the radical and pro ve State of Kansas can look back on son of abundance and prosperity to jnsate for some very unfavorable immediately preceding. Every right id man will be glad to hear of such i, not only on account of the pros- of the basic industry of the coun ut because it contributes to and ex throughout the business prosperity s whole country. re is, however, a tone of com iry, by some of the Eastern press es ly, which indicates a decided effort resent the Kansas farmers as rolling hes while indulging in mendacious over their adversities. One journal s class says that "the grain raisers of tate have been growing rich while irmers' Alliance Las been filling the ry with lamentations over their ty, penury, indigence, destitution, ss, straitened' circumstances and dary embarrassments." After this rst of redundancy, the critic states railable surplus of Kansas products ver $100,000,000," and says: "It is impossible for us to wail over the lot of the horny-handed farmers of inflow er State while last year's ro if the Kansas Board of Agriculture ire us." . ry slight consideration of the figures -.hould be sufficient to prevent any T0nr"dSl&Tirig this shallow section- An estimated surplus of 5100,000,- agricultural products is represented alth almost unlimited for the whole nsas. But what is the fact? The is is made of the products which the rs of that State have for sale, after ling its own needs for seeding, for tg themselves and their families and lintaining their live stock. It is to sumed that theirown yield fully provides them with cereal and animal food, but out of that surplus they have got to pay for their groceries, buy tools and machinery, clothing, boots and shoes, pay taxes, interest and insurance, and lay up whatever profit is coming to them. Divide that $100,000,000 surplus among 1,400,000 inhabitants of Kansas, and we find the average resources per capita for all these purposes to reach the magnificent sum of $72. Now, if a year of exceptional prosperity gives the Kansas people $72 per capita, or a family of five $360, to buy groceries, clothing, boots and shoes, pay taxes,inter est and payoff something on the mortgage, the suggestion naturally occurs that an unprosperous year might perhaps be a little hard on the average Kansan. Wc rejoice in the $100,000,000 surplus of Kan sas especially because it is probable that no 5100,000,000 has been more honestly earned or harder worked for. ACOKPOKATEKEili The decision of the United States Su preme Court reversing Judge Gresham in the Counselman case, and holding that the provision of the inter-State commerce act with reference to the testimony of wit nesses in matters that might criminate themselves is unconstitutional, goes far to complete the process of minimizing the regulative power of that enactment. "Vc are unable to quarrel much with de cisions of the Supreme Court. The de uce by which the law got around the con stitutional provision against witnesses being required to criminate themselves always appeared one of its weak points. But it is not less Important that the de cision goes far toward reducing the law to a nullity, and reveals the clever device by which the railway interest has secured this result Since the nullification of the anti-pooling clause of the inter-State commerce law, and the general haziness that surrounds the enforcement of the provisions against discriminations between localities, its sole important feature was its strong enact ment against preferences between ship pers. So long as these could be enforced the law retained importance. But this decision wipes out that value. The only people cognizant to the grant of pre ferential rates arc the railway officials who grant it and the thippers who receive it Both parties under the law in its present shape are criminal participants; and there fore neither can under this decision be called upon to testify. The chauce3 of enforcing the law are therefore reduced to the rare cases in which the discrimina tion is disclosed by accident, or the utterly unheard of contingency that one of the participants shall throw away the chance of fortune contained in those practices and turn State's evidence. The result is that the whole practice of rebates, draw backs and secret rates is rendered nearly as safe as before the passage of the act Beyond the importance of this fact there is decided significance in the method by which this result has been attained. The law as it was first enacted did not make shippers who received preferential rates subject to its criminal penalties. There was therefore a fighting chance to prove violations of the law, by calling the shippers into court and making them testify. But in the second year of the act the railway interests came before Congress with a p?ea of innocence and impotence. "We wish to obey the act;" they said, "but the wicked shippers are constantly importuning us for special advantages and we cannot refuse them. Make them subject to the criminal penalties of the act, and we can secure perfect obedience to the law." There was an ap parent force to the plea. The favored shippers were on the face of the matter recipients of the plunder, the beneficiaries of the violation of law. Congress aud the public might have given some weight to the consideration, pointed out at the time by The Dispatch, that the violation of law was founded in the disregard of the public obligations of the railways; that the favored shippers were neither subject to those obligations nor possessed of any power in the premises, and that their sole attitude in the matter was to seek for their private business the best rates tbey could get But the surface plausibility of the railway ple3 was ac cepted, and the amendment was passed. The result shows the cleverness of the ruse. All the parties to a secret discrimi nation being subject to its criminality, all evidence of its perpetration is shut off. The amendment urged to make the en forcement of the law complete turns out to be the method of its complete nullifica tion. The evidence that the original form of the law was the correct one may sug gest the return to that form as promptly as possible. But a more important moral is that the propositions of the railway in terest professing to bo measures for the complete abolition of their self-inflicted abuses are to be distrusted as deeply as the Greeks bearing gifts. AN ORVIOCS ADJUSTMENT. The announcement by one of the city papers yesterday that "Chief Bigelow is at last being consulted on the library plans" requires correction. While it is not prob able that Hr. Bigelow will assert any au thority over the selection of plans already made by the Commission, he has been con sulted not "at last," but upon the first in ception of a difference of opinion as to the ground to be occupied by the building. This was done some days ago, and arrange ments were made for a comparison of the plans with the ground, which will re sult in adjusting one to the other if it shall be found necessary. This was of course the action which would inevitably be taken in the matter. Neither of the parties engaged in that work are so foolish as to suppose that it can be carried on without harmony, or to undertake to override altogether the au thority of the other side of the case. A transient idea of that sort may have arisen by temporary misunderstandings; but there is no such deadlock as might be sup posed from some of the talk in thatcon necftm. The gentlemen engaged in the work on both sides are sensibie and practicable men with the earnest desire to make the build ing an ornament and benefit to the city. Consequently they are not going to bring the enterprise to a halt by a quarrel which can easily be arranged by harmonious con sultation. SENSIBLE AT LAST. Monday's partial ratification by the Sen ate of the Brussels treaty for the suppres sion of the African slave trade, signed by the European powers eighteen months ego, was the result of a reconsideration which the measure received after its prac tical defeat at the close of the Fifty-first Congress. The defeat was due to the feeling that by becoming a signatory of the measure this country would acquiesce in the partition of African territory Jw the powers. The difficulty has been over come by some very distinct language era bodied in the resolution of the Senate, which removes all danger of any interpretation that "the wisdom, expediency or lawfulness" of the pos sessions and, protectorates which have been established in Africa is recognized by this country. The measure, as ratified with reservations by the Senate, includes provisions for the suppression of the slave trade and tho control of the supply of firearms and'intoxicants to the natives." The treaty is-one for the amelioration of the race and, with the reservations made, the country is to be congratulated on its support of thexhumanitarian principles In volved. It shouldtbc noted that most of the dis satisfaction with the investigations of the Chilean Government comes from naval sources. For naval officers patriotlcjinfro Ism 1?, of course, synonymous with self- interest andtho quickening of promotion. If SenatorQuay-makes use-of the resolu tion lie is supposed to be carrying In Ills pocket, the President may be-inclined to re gret his recent actions in Philadelphia, Whatever may "be the result of an inquiry, however, there is no doubt that neither sido will gain any credift from proofs that it has used the influence of Federal officeholders for the furthemi c? of personal or political schemes. Therj snould be one law for all in this matter, and th:U must be stringently en forced. The statement of a leading potter that thero is no line of pottery made abroad which cannot be produced in America should be brought to the notice of those re sponsible for tbe uso of imported ware in theftVhito House. TnE refugees who have been putting up at Mr. Egan's quarters in Santiago having reached the United States vessel Yojktown that point of diplomatic disagreement is ended. The functions of Egan's hotel havini; thus been terminated by th4 consent of the Chilean government, there does not seem to be any reason why it should not be closed or why tho proprietor should not retire from Chile with his boarders. Necessity is the mother of'invention, and consequently a Pittsburg resident fias completed an arrangement for so raising the hose that street car traffic need not come to a standstill during a fire. May success at tend his effort. The right of every man to be tried by his peers is undoubted. But the request of the Alsatian in Xow Jersey accused of Snnr dcr to have a jury include six Alsatians should not he recognized. The man was living in America at the time and he ought to be tried by a jury of Americans without distinction as to their place of birth. Each day brings some reassurance for the preservation of peace in Europe, and it is generally accompanied by a description of somo new weapon adopted bv one or other of tho peace-loving governments. 3IE. Peffer's initial stroke of states manship in the proposition to mortgagathe State of Indiana for $100,000,000 clearly points out his disposition in the direction'of infla tion. The sum named is the highest estimate ever put on an aggregation of hoop-poles, white caps and the raw material for blocks of Ave. The proposal for a reunion of Blues and Grays in Virginia would have filled Grady's heart with joy. And by all who love union and hate discord this will he gladly wel comed as one of the signs of the times. Eesidexts at Kazelton, this State, may be reassuicd by tho assertion of the people whose mines caused the recent settlements that there is no real danger. But they mu3t at least find it inconvenient to have the walls and ceilinss of their houses, to say nothing of their streets, crackinjj around them. TnE streets having been washed and nearly cleared of the snow, we may natur ally expect another downfall before long. TnE news than an English horticultural journal is trying to set up a boycott on American apples because they are alleged to contain an Infusion of arsenic is amusing and not serious. The American apple travels on its merits, and is dangerous only to small boys in its immature stages. Vert few people in England wear rub bers, but then most of tho leather shoes bought over there will keep oat water. That Boss Sheperd is at the back of Garza's revolution is an interesting but not probable story. That gentleman is not of the class that invests his hard-earned sav ings in revolutions. He fcnows a much more certain and profitable form of investments in the shape of fat contracts. FAT0EITES OP FAME. Kev. De. Theodore Ia Cutler, of Brooklyn, has passed his 70th birthday. MUEAT Halstead will sail from Eng land for New York by the Majestic Janu ary 20. THE 'Writers' Club, of London, now has about 00 members. Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett is one of its Vifco Presidents. General George H: Batchellee, the new Minister to Portugal, is in London on a visit, and will .leave for lUbon this week. HERE Weemctii, the German Com missioner to tho Columbian Exposition, who is ill with influenza, is in a crltisal con dition. Senator Sherman left "Washington yesterday for Ohio to make a speech to the Legislature after his formal election to morrow. Congressman Hatch is said to have cured himself of a strong taste for liquor ten years ago by adopting'Edmund Burke's cure-all of hot water. Dr. Kate Hitcheli,, the English tem perance worker, who is now visiting Ameri ca, says sbo thinks the time is not far dis tant when the women of England will be granted the right of suffrage. James "Whitcomb Riley is called the most popular of the American poets by tho leading magazines. All of his work has a refreshing and "trengthening tone that makes it most pleasant reading, and tributes are being paid to it in many quarters. Maurice Maetterlink, called "the Belgian Shakespeare," declares the Bard of Avon to bo his highest source of inspiration. He is 27, tall, blond and florid, and regards Poe's "Tale of the Fall of the House of Usher" as the best short story ever written. EU20PEAH SOCIETY SNEEZING. Bine Bloods In England and on the Conti nent Down With the Grip. London, Jan. 12. There is no abatement in the epidemic of Influenza in England. The reports daily received from hundreds ot places throughout the country show that tho disease continues to. spread with in creasing virulence. Among the persons prominent in English society who have been attacked are Lord and Lady Brooke. Lady Brooke, it will be recalled, is a particular favorite of tho Prince of Wales. The present epidemic, both in the United Kingdom and on the continent, has been marked by the large number of ecclesiasti cal dignitaries it has claimed. The last vic tim ofits ravages was Right Rev. William Beeves, D. D., of the Church of Ireland (Protestant), Bishop of Down. Advices from Paris show that influenza continues to increase everywhere in France, and the number of deaths resulting from the disease is very lai ge. Dispatches from Berlin and Vienna state that the disease shows no sign of abatement in Germany and Austria, though it is of a less virulent typo than previously. In Belgium influenza con tinues to be widespread. A peculiar feature of the disease in that country is that largo numbers of insane persons have been at tacked. In fact, persons of that class in Bel gium seem to De particularly susceptible to attack.. Miss Canada' Chance Has Come. Omahi World Herald.J This is Miss Canada's chance. Uncle Sam might entertain a.leap year proposal. LIVE WASHINGTON WAIFS. Washington, D. G, Jan. 12. It is deemed probable that tho Ways and Means Committee of the House will mako one very radical departure from tho past practice of tho committee. This will be in declininz to afford prolonged hearings to those various interests that are likely to be affected by proposed legislation. The Tsenso of the Democratic majority is clearly in favor of limiting the work of the committee to tho preparation of less'tlmn a dozen billsjaflect lng only that number of articles of import, and they hold that the articles affoctedhave been the subject of so much pViblio discus sion that no special information is necessary to enable the committee to act intelligently upon the bills to be considered. Those dele gations and those interests which desire to be heard will, it is said, bo invitd to reduco their statements to writim and present them to the committee, where they jvill re ceive careful atteution and probably bo ordered printed for the information of the committee. Daniel McKeever, Secretary of tho New York Association of Importers, and Peter B. Worrell, a member of th.it association, to day applied to Ciinirman Springer for a hearing before the committee in order to correct what they characterize as "a general erroneous imnression" in regard to the work inas of tho McKlnley act. To Chairman Springer these gentlemen stated that there was a much larger falling off in the importa tions of woolen goods under the operations of the McKlnley law than apneared bv the report of the imports and exports.furnlshcd by the Treasury Department. They cited the fact that the McKlnley law provides that all coods in bond on or prior to the first day of October, 3830. could remain in bond until February 1, 1891, and on being taken out would bo subject only to tho duties imposed by the act of March 3.1ES3, which was tho law In effect previous to the enactment or tho McKinley act and which imposed a less duty than was imposed by tho McKinley law. Hence these gentlemen maintained, the basis of determining the decrease in tho importations of woolen goods under the Mc Kinley act was to mako a statement dating from February 1, 1891, to the present time. That statement, thev'said, vould show a falling off of more than 50 per cent in the imports of woolemgoods. Except as to sugar and tin plates, the receiDts ofoustoms since the passage of the McKirileybill should date from February L.1891, for purposes of comparison with previous duties. Comparisons from that time, it was as serted, show a verv larcro reduction In cus toms duties as compared with the previous law. They also asserted that while under the McKinley law there was.an apparent in crease on women's and children's dress goods valued at not exceeding 15 cents per square yard of from OS to 3 percent, yet there wasan actual increase upon that grade of goods of over 125 per cent, tho lower aver age having been secured by com bining the average upon the cheaper with tho higher grades, and thus showing, a general average of in crease upon the cheaper goods worn by the people. At the suggestion of the Chairman it was agreed that the New York Association of Importers or the twogontlemen them selves, should reduce their statements and comparisons to w riting for formal presenta tion to the whole committee. A bill introduced in the House to-day by Representative Hartcr, of Ohio, for the consolidation of customs commission dis tricts authorizes the Secretary of the Treas ury to consolidate these districts so that their number shall be reduced and fixed as follows: In the State of Maine, 4 districts; New Hampshire, 1 district; Vermont, 1 dis trict; Massachusetts, 3 districts; Rhode Island, 1 district; Connecticut, 2 districts; New York, 8 districts; in New Jersey, Penn sylvania, Delaware and West Virginia, i dis tricts, Maryland, 1 district: District of Co lumbia and Virginia, S districts; North Caro lina, 1 district; South Carolina, 1 district; Georgia, 1 district; Florida. 4 districts; Alabama and Mississippi, 1 district each; Texas and the Territories of New Mexico and Oklahoma and Indian Territory, 6 districts: Arizona, 1 district; California and Nevada, 2 districts; Oregon, 1 district; Washington, 1 district: Alaska, 1 distriot; Montana and Idaho, 1 district; North and South Dakota, 1 district; Minnesota, 1 district; Wisconsin, 1 district; Michigan, 3 districts; Illinois, Miss ouri, Iowa, Kansas and Nebraska, i districts; Indiana, 1 district: Ohio, 3 districts; Ken tucky, 1 district: Tennessee and Arkansas. 1 district; Colorado -and Wyoming and the Territory of Utah. I district. The bill abolishes all commissions, emoluments, etc., and provides for annual salaries to customs collectors, naval officers and surveyors at certain of the larger ports. The smaller collection districts are to be divided into five classes, according to the amount of business transacted. The Secretary of War has granted the request of Major Lewis C. Overman, corps of engineers, for a postponement of his trial by court martial at Cleveland until Feb ruarys. There was a full attendance of members to-day when the Hopse Committee on the Columbian Exposition organized. No bills have reached the committee, so that no work could be done beyond fixing Monday as the regular day of meeting. The Bering Sea question was before the Cabinet meeting to-day. It is understood the case has taken a favorable turn within the past few days, and that Secretary Blaine has been advised that Lord Salisbury will agree to his suggestion as to the method of selecting three of the arbitrators from the countries which have no interest what ever in the question at issue. When these three neutral arbitrators have been agreed upon there need be no further delay in de ciding on the personnel of the trlbunnl, it already having been arranged that the United States and Great Britain shall each have tho appointment or two members. Another point settled is that ono of Great Britain's representatives shall be airesldent of Canada. Tho prospects are that one of the arbitrators on the part of the United States will bo selected from the Republican party and the other from the Democratic party. Hon. Edward J. Phelps, ex-Minister to England, is mentioned as most likely to bo one of the arbitrators on the part of the United States. A committee representing the Lake Vessels Association has had a conference with the officers ot the Lighthouse Board, with a view to tho establishment of addi tional lights for signals and light ships at the western end of Lake Erie, in the De troit, St. Clair and St. Mary's rivers, on the three upper lakes nnd in the Straits of Mack inaw. The committee was informed that the board would willingly increase tho aids to navigation at the points indicated if Con gress would givo the necessary authority. The following bills for the erection of public buildings, with the amount appro priated in each case, were reported favorably to-day by the Senate Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds: Hastings, Neb., $200.- 000; Mansfield, O., $100,000; Reno, Nev., $75,000; Jacksonville, 111., $75,000: Fergus Falls, Minn., $00,000; Fresno. Cal., $50,000: Zanesville O., $75,000; Grand Haven, Mich., $50,000: Alameda, Cal., $50,000: Deadwood. S. D., $200,000; San Diego, Cal., $300,000; Stillwater, Minn., $100, 000: Oakland. Cal., $300,000; Norfolk, Neb., $luu,uw; suieuij uro., um.wu. Just one bill got through the House Committee on the Judiciary to-day. It was a bill by Henderson, of Iowa, providing that hereafter terms of the District and Circuit Courts of the United States shall be held at Dubuque on the third Tuesday in April and first Tuesdav in December: at Fort Dodge, the first Tuesday in June and .second Tues day in November; at Sioux City, the third Tuesday in Mavand first Tuesday in Octo ber; at Cedar Rapids, the first Tuesdav in April and second Tuesday in September. Representative Taylor, of Ohio, will report the bill to the House, and will endeavor to pass it while the Houso has nothing to do. The other bills have not yet reached the committee. THE commercial travelers of the country believe in being early in tho field, and in not failing to achieve' their aims through procrastination or lack of energy. They have already begun to move on Congress for anamendment to the inter-State commerce law, which will permit the railroads to glvo them special rates of fare and an extra al lowance of baggage. The House Committee on Interstate Commerce seems lavqrably disposed toward the lcquest of the commer cial travelers. The Bureau of the American Republics is informed that the President of the Ar gentine Republic has .appointed Julio Vic torica and Carlos Dix-KIett as commission ers to collect and arrange an exhibit for the Argentine Hepubllo for the World's Co lumbian Exposition In 1893, and has issued a decree placing at their disposal tho $100,000 appropriated by Congress for that purpose. ARGUMENTS were begun before the Sen at Committee on Privileges and Elections this morning in the Idaho contest of Du- bois and Claggett for a sent in the United 1 States Senate. Senator Dubois now holds the seat which is contosted by Sir. Claggett ua me allegation mac us was not lejtauy elected by tho Legislatnro of Idaho. Tho case was fully argued on both sides, and tho well-known, contentions of the opposing candidates placed before the committee, which then adjourned uutil Thursday. The Secretary sf the Navy to-day made the fifteenth payment of $53,830 to the Union Iron Works of San Francisco, on account of the.construction of Cruiser No. 0. STILL WATEBS BUN DEEP. The Krndnls in Tom Taylor! Drama Give a Dellslitfnl Performance. "Still Waters Run Deep" is a very fair sample of the staplo diama of Englaift uunng tile last 2j years. The ncnuais caJ it splendidly at tho Dnquesno last night. It Is by Tom Taylor, and has a familiar re semblance to other plays by the same author, and by Robertson. Tiie story very briefly summarized Is this: John JfUdmat, an esti mable Lancashire gentleman, is osteerr.ed a slow dull fellow by his immediate rela tives Thcv tolerate him. An adventurer,, Cnptain JJiwks?eyUio conventional stage adventurer whom Thactfbry has also em balmed in literature comes into MiUlmay's home, makes lovo to his strong-minded wife's aunt, Mri. Sltrnhold, and to his weak, giddy -nifc, and also plots to steal nil tho money In the family. John Mddmay re's eals his real strcnuth of character in defeating Ifawkslty at all points. Tho proverbial title of the play far more truly than usual stands for tho plot. Tho prove'rb Is old and true, nnd most of the characters In "Still Waters Run Deep" are old friends also, not so much in life as on the stage. There is a good deal that is cheap and trivial about the expedients employed to un fold tho plot, and we xecognize with a somewhat tired feeling the compromising batch of letters, tho forged note-and other liitle bits of dramatic furniture that have been in service too long to be very interest ing. Still the plav points a wholesome moral, and abounds In real and rich humor; there are touches of clover character work here and there that are charming. The performance last night was admirablo, almost in its entirety. It was Mr. Kendal's opportunity rather than his wife's, and ho took full advantage of it. He looked John Htldmay, the rather slow personficatlon of John Bull's common sense, to the verv hair yes, down to the brushing of the same, and his manliness had the true ring about it. Mr. Kendal had a perfect com mana ot the qualities which make a gentle man, nnd his Mtidmay is lovableall through. Mrs. Kendal also played tho strong-minded aunt to perfection, but the character is rather limited in range and it Is not very sympathetic. Mr. Dodson as an Englishman of n most amusing quaintness fully reached the Kondal plane. Mr. Dodson is a charac ter actor evidently of great versatility and power. The whole performance was smooth and Captain Ilau-kslev was plavecl in a rather conventional manner, but effectively. The play was nicely staged. A very large and distinguished audience gave the play and the actors plenty of applause. To-night "Katharine Kavanagh" will bo repeated. D0W1T OK SUNDAY PTJNEBAI& A rrlvllego Dear to the SecretSoclety Heart to Be Taken Away. Zasesvillz, Jan. 12. Special. The Zanes ville Ministerial Association has, after long and thorough discussion and many protests from the members of secret organizations here, passed resolutions denouncing Sunday funerals. Their resolution concludes with tho following: We pledge ourselves to decline, except under ex traordinarv circumstances, to officiate at Sundav funerals which arc attended by noisr dlsplaTS In cident to the presence of hands of music, which, however ell meaning In their Intent, are really at war with the pence and good order of the comuiu nlt j, to which all citizens are entitled on that day. This move has stirred up a great deal of feeling both in and outside the congrega tions. It is evidently aimed at the secret and other organizations which make a prac tice ot burying their departed members with attendant parade and bands of music. GAS, COAL, OIL AND MININO. Four of Pennsylvania's Interests to Be Represented at the World' Fair. HAlutiSBOTtQ, Jan. 12. Special. The gas and petroleum committee of the Pennsyl vania board of the World's Fair managers met here to-day, and appointed Messrs. Emery, Guthrie and Hasson as a sub committee to select an expert for active secretary. A resolution was ndopted asking the nnthorlties-attChleago to give the gas and oil interests of Pennsylvania the con sideration they deserve by reason of their importance. The committee on mines and mining also determined to secure an expert for active secretary. Commissioner Williams assured the committee that the Pennsylvania coal interests wonld be properly caved for, and that the exhibit would be superior to any thing before attempted. IOWA'S SENATE DEAD-LOCKED. An Independent Votes TVith the Bcpubll can, Tying the Chamber. Des Morass, Ia., Jan. 12. The members of tho Senate, whose, credentials were de fective, had them perfected this morning. On a motion to proceed to the election of offlceis. Engle, Independent, voted with the Republicans in the affirmative, making a tie, and Lieutenant Governor Pogneer cast tho deciding vote in the affirmative. J. A. Cliff was named by the Republicans for Secre tary, the Democrats refrained from Voting. Engle voted with the Republicans, but the Lieutenant Governor decided there was not a constitutional quorum and no election. It looks like a deadlock. The House this morning seated all the new members whose credentials were disputed. DEATHS HERE AND ELSEWHERE. Mrs. Dr. C. F. Blngamnn. Mrs. Dr. C P. Bingaman died at 3 o'clock yesterday morning at the Anderson Hotel. She was taken 111 on Cflrlstmas Day, but her husband and relatives thought she wonld recover. A few rfays ago she grew worse, and died as stated above. Mrs. Marv Blnftaman was 34 years old, and the only daughter of Captain McKinnlo. She hart only been married two years. Her aged father and husband have tho sincere sympathy of a host of friends in their sad bereavement. Captain Richard Jones. Captain Eichard Jones, one of the best known and most popular liver men In Lonlsvllle, died Monday night. Ills death was caused by Brlght's disease. He was employed Tor many ycaTS nnthe old locks and became Captain of one of the largest boats In the J?rown line, the Harrv Brown, for the last ten vcars, however, he had been engaged In locking coal through the canal. Captain "tVlllinm Hazlett. Captain "William Hazlett died at his hojne onXast Diamond street. Allegheny, Monday night, after an Illness of ten days. He had been a clerk In the water department for ten years. Pre vious to this he was a steamboat captain on the largest boats running between Pittsburg and New Orleans, fie was 75 j ears of aec and unmarried. His remains will be Interred to-day. Hon. W. M. Farrar. Hon. "W. M. Farrar died at his home in Cambridge, O., on Monday night. He tins an ex member of the Ohio Legislature, and perhaps the bcit posted local hlstorln in that State. In his rfpatli niiln loses one of Its beet citizens and tho Mate Historical Society an eminent member. Obituary Notes. TnE Earl of Chartemont, is dead at Biarritz from Influenza. Kt. Kev. William Reeves, D. D., or the Church of Ireland (Protestant), Bishop of Down, If dead. Mob. Magxasco, Archbishop of Genoa, wboBe serious Illness from influenza wa3 announced a few days ago, died yesterday. " GCSTAVE LE BRISOYS DESJiOIRESTERRES; the weU-known French author. Is dead from conges tion of the lungs. Ho was 74 years of age. KEV. W. M. Logue, pastor of St. Ignatius' Church at Contralla. Ta.. died from the grip Sun day nigh t. His home was In Philadelphia. Mrs. KODKjAmcDow died at Steubenvilie Sat urday night In her 92d year. She was born in Fay ette county. Pa., and was married four time. Alios Cradtrke, a pioneer citizen of Uhrlcs vllle, O., dropped dead Monday cveuing while Bashing at the sink. He was aged 60 years and was weu-to-do. William T. IIcesey, one of the motl prominent insurance agents in West Virginia, died bundjy night at Clarksburg of grip. He represented sev eral Eastern companies. Mrs. Dn. J. C. Wuixery died from the grip at her home In Salem, O., Sunday. She leaves two sons and four daughters, one of whom Is Abble Whlnery. the famous Philadelphia soprano. Sibas Itcbeide, nephew of the late Emperor Iturhlde, died Saturday morning in the City of. Mexico of general debility. He. was ono of the most prominent civil engineers la that country. MRS. Ira Ransoji, of Beaver Falls, whose hus band died J ust a week ago, died yesterday from the shock occasioned by her husband's death. She was 78 years of age and well and favorably known. OtOBOE Walker, for yews a surveyor and' engineer In Northern Pennsylvania, Prothonotary of squehanna countv in 18JC, and for half a cen turv manager of the Drinker estate of 10,000 acres In Susquehanna, Wayne and Bradford counties, died last week at bonth Montrose, aged 93 years. He. was an orthodox Quaker. BOUND IN HYMEN'S CHAINS. MJa Imlioff Takes a Husband ith Wtho Blenslns; otthe Church and Permission of the State What Rainy Day Brings Forth In Society. The marriage of Miss Lillie Imhoffto Mr. William II. Graff was celebrated last night at the. l evidence of the bride on Penn ave nue, East End. 'J. he ceremony took place at 6 o'clock, the Rev. DeWltt Benham, of tho Point Breeze Presbyterian Church, officia ting. The rooms on tho lower floor of the house were decorated with flower-; particu larly in tho pirlor, where the ic'igions cere mony was periormed. An elaborate display of lilies, the fole decoia'tion, was the result and they showed up very prettily against tho back ground of palms and spreading shrub. The bride camo into tho parlor at the appointed hour, accompanied bythejrionm and pre ceded by her In idemiiid. ptetty Miss Eliza beth Graff, a sister of tho brldcgiooni. There M oro no other attnmlnnts excepting th- r.sh e.s, Jfr. Percy C. Brtittv anil M-. William Imlioff. Miss Imhoff, always a charming young lady, looked extremely well in 'ior bridal array, which was of brocaded bilk, v,ith tho n'tinl accessories of the-tniiot: a handsome veil waslastcncdto the coiffure bv liliesof the valley. Thegonnwns trimmed with dnchessi-lice. Onlv the relatives of the Imhoff and Gruff families nnd sonic immedi ate nelghbois and friends weio present. Very hearty congratulations followed the ceremony, and aftcra delightful supper the newlv married couple set out upon their VpdiHni ,fl., Ik a day of dearth of news last week, an imaginative writer perpetrated a story an nouncing that Lndy Henry Somerset would be in Pittsburg within a few days. Lady Henry may have such an intention, bat so far she has kept it sedulously locked up in her own bosom, Pittsburg being In a state of blissful ignorance of tho impending honor. It was owing to this statement that a deputed representative of a Welsh society on tho Southslde waited yosterday upon tho W. C T. U. at its -monthly meeting in the Smithfield Church and offered in the name of tho society to defray half tho expenses of the distinguished English woman's visit. Since a-short time before Christmas Lady Henrv has not been in correspondence with the Pittsburg branch ot the union, and of her present plans there exists a total Ignor ance, excepting that she expected to travel in Cuba with her son early in the year. Peo plo desiring information that can be relied upon will save themselves a great deal of trouble in addressing Mrs. Andrew F. Bry ce, who will bo the first in the city in possession of official Intelligence of Lady nenry's move ments, as far as they concern Pittsburg. Miss Eloise Matham is expected in Pittsburg this week, as she intends ulaking an address on Sunday evening to the Young Women's Christian Association, In the in terest of the Students' Volunteer Movement. Thi3 is an association having its headquar ters in New York, and for its object the creating of a volunteer missionary spirit among tho colleges of tho country. Con fined to men representatives, technically called secretaries, until last year, women have now entered the field, anil, as in other vocations, have proved at once adaptable nnd useful. Formerly a branch of the Young Men's Christian Association, the Stu dents' Volunteer Movement has grown and borne six-fold, until now it is an independ ent organization. The receptions of the Art Society, which disappeared off the face of the earth through the exigencies of the holidays sea son, have reappeared. Invitations just issued for the one hundred and twentieth reception on Friday evening xonvey the pleasant intelligence that It will be in part an affair in honor of a former Pittsburg artist, 3Ir. Martin B. Lelsser, of Munich, a number of whrise sketches and pictures will be on view. The reception will be or a like naturo to that tendered last spring to Charles Stanley Reinhart. It Is promised that with next Friday's event a season of unprecedented activity will bo ushered in by the society. Social Chatter. YzsTEr.DAT was the tenth anniversary of the marriage of Colonel W. C. Connelly, Jr., to Miss Mollie Lange, a sister of Dr.C. Lange, of Penn avenue. The event was vary pleas antly celebrated at the Connelly residence, on Meyron avenue, last evening, by a gath ering made up of near relatives and friends. Each member of the party brought some tin remembrance of the occasion, and the ma jority also presented the host and hostess with elegant and U3efal articles. In tho Union Signal, an organ of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, Miss Frances Willard denies tho story con cerning Lady Henrv Somerset owning sev eral licensed inn, thus tersely: The state ment that Lady Henry Somerset leases prop erty to Inn holders is a mistake. When she came into her property there were a few long leases that she could not control, but under no circumstances will she lease her property for liquor purposes. The Rlngwalt Choir will give a popular concert in the Shady Avenue Baptist Church to-morrow evening when the pro gramme will be supported by the following: Miss Bertha M. Kaderlv, soprano; Miss Min nie Leonard, alto; Mr. Harry B. Brockett.Jr., tenor: Mr. Edwin a. t ownos, oantone: Miss Adelo Reahard, pianist; Mr. Rnfus Sater, violinist. These names sniHcieutly indicate the high artistic nature of the entertain ment. The Board of Directors of the Linden Clnb have decided to set apart Thursdays after to-morrow as special evenings for ladles. The women members have been gradually drifting away from the club, on account, they say, of its interminable dullness in matters femtnino, and tills plan has been hit upon to bring them back to tho fold. What the exact nature of these evening entertain ments will be is not yet known. Isvitatioxs were issued yesterday for the fifth annual dinner of the Pittsburg Press Club, to be held Thursday, January 28, m the Hotel Duquesne at 6 o'clock. The invitation committee consists of the following: Messrs. W. C. Connelly, Jr., Chairman; H. J. Ford, W. H. Davis, Thomas J. Keenan, Jr., W. H. Gutelius, H. Johns,Sec letary; Percy F. Smith, Assistant Secretary. The Rev. Mr. Lambing, of St. James' Churpb, Wilkinsbnrg, has called a meeting of the young men of his congregation for to-morrow ovenlng to talk over the advisa bility of organizing a dramatic club and lit erary society. Wilkirfsburgis growing rapid ly, and such an organization cannot but be well supported, besides helping to create a'spiritof w ider cordiality. The marriage of Miss Mary L. Slowne. of Brushton. to Mr. William Ward, of Wllkins burg, will bo solemnized to-morrow evening: at S o'clock, in tho Reformed Presbyterian Church, Wilklnsburg. 'The Rev. R.C. Wylle, assisted by the Rev. D. C. Martin, an uncle of tho groom will officiate. Invitations have been Issued for the mar riage of Miss Ida Mevay and William B. Rodgers on Thursday evening, January 21; the ceremony to take place at the bride's home. Miss Florence Reese entertains a party of friends at the Duauesne Theater ou Thursday evening; following it by e. petit souper at her home on Fifth avcn.ue. Mrs. S. L. Fisher, of Brushton, gave a fancy work party yesterday attornotm from 2 to 5 o'clock, for her guest, Mrs. C. S. Cotton, of New York. Miss Louise Allen and Mr. Wesley Ltn ford Smith were married last night at 8 o'clock In the Allen rosidence at Corry.Pa. The Chautauqua Circle of Wilkinsburg will meet this evening at the homo of tho Misses Moflltt, North street. Miss Margaret Aiken and Clarence Bedl ent wero married last night at Miss Aiken's home in Allegheny. ZOLA'S TBISTJIB TO A FSIEHD. He Thinks De Maupassant Has Made a ' Vond4rfnl Mark In History. TBY CABLE TO TUB DISFATCU.l Paris, Jan. 12. M. Emile Zola, the novel ist, ui an interview repudiates the theory that madness. In at least a latent or Incip ient lorm, is a necessary accompaniment of genius. Ho declares, however, that Guy Do Maupassant has fallen a victim toa heredi tary disease alone, ddo not at all to any thing In his life. He says that De Maupassant.was formerly perfectly calm and self-possessed, and not a nervous man, as he would certainly have been if his mental condition during the ac tivity of his genius had heen allied to in sanity. Lola adds that De Maupassant has left tour or five works to which a foremost place in the literature of the last 20 year has been assuied. An Electric Ll;ht Patent Decision. New York, Jan. 12. United States Judge Lacombe to-day handed down a final decreo in tho suit of the Brush Electric Company vs tho Electric Construction and Supply Company, perpetually enjoining defendants from making, uJlngor selling any arc elec tric lamp in wTiich two or more pairs of carbons are independently regulated, con trolled and burned successively. REVIVING BLTJTjriiAW"" Strict Enforcement Can Only Result In Annoyance anil Hindrance. Scranton Repnblican.J Tlioact of l'Mi relating to the observance of Sunday, styled the blue law, has long been a bone of contention betweenvarious law and order societies throughout the com monwealth and alleged offender". The offoi taof the most of these societies to snp prcf s violations of this law have been for the most part sporndicand spasmodic. Now we see a crusade against apple stands and soda fountains and against milk wagons, cigar stores and barber shops, but these at tack, have bcon made with little system and carried on ith less perseverance. The zealous members soon tire ont and relax their efforts when the stalls and shops tp open mid continue in full bla9t with nono to molest or make them afraid until their prosecutors are seized with another srasm of virtue. This desultory action has thus far served no other purpose than to annoy a class ot shopkoepeis who cut little figure in tho aggregate of work carried on upon Sunday. Street cars, railway trains,' tele graph service, iron furnaces, electric light ing, the rostr.l service, etc., are seldom, if ever, molested by the officers and agents of tho law and order organizations. It is only the little fish that are caught. In Plttsbnrg the Law and Order Society has of late years been unusually active, but operations have been conducted, as in other cities, without any comprehensive plan and much at ran dom. Bnt it is now proposed to go at the business in earnest and in a direction not hitherto attempted. T-ho initiatory steps have already been taken in an attempt to stop tlio publication of Sunday newspapers in tho Iron City and in formations havo been filed before one of the aldermen against reporters, carriers- and others who as,!st In making and issuing papers distributed on the first day of the week. Tho proprietors and publishers have not yet been embraced in tho list of prose cuted offenders, but if the Law and Order Society carry their determination to stop tho Issuance of Sunday papers to Its legiti mate conclusion thev will be reached in time. The matter will be brought into the courts, and if pressed a decision will be ren dered which will flx the status of these pub lications. General Grant once said that the best way to secure the Tepeal of an odious law was to compel its strict enforcement. In this view it is eminently proper that these suits should be brought against the Sunday newspapers. The press to-day is the best reflex of public opinion wo have, and as the PrrrsBtnia Dispatch, against whose employes there informations have been made, says, "of all the several lorms of work which have become necessary on Sun day none Is encouraged, patronized and de manded to a greater degree by the public than that in which the press is concerned." The newspapers are nlso powerful to create public opinion and have- within themselves the means of defense. These suits are there fore of great general interest, as they will servo to bring the features of the law gov erning sunuay wort to paniicsittention ana analyis nnd ultimately brinj about its mod ification and repeal. As it stands on tho statute book to-day it is obsolete and its strict enforcement can only result In hin drance and annoyance to work that is re garded by tho great mass of people aB abso lutely essential to the well being of society. Nevertheless the Snndny newspaper has no fears for the future. BECIPBOCITY GAI5INB GBOTJHD. Ex-Governor Sawyer Gives Blaine's Popular Idea a Clever Send Oft New YouK,Jan. 12. $pecial. Ex-Governor C. H. Sawyer, of New Hampshire, who was at the Fifth Avenue Hotel -to-day, is a stanch Republican and well posted on the subject of the tariff. He is a mannfactnrer of woolens In Dover, N. H., and has studied the question of free wool ana free trade gener ally. A reporter asked him about politics in general. He replied: "New Hampshire is not much stirred up. It is a close State, but I believe the Repub licans will qarry it, as usual, for their na tional ticket." "What do you think will be the issue in lS32t" "The tariff. It will be impossible for the Democrats to show that the wage earners' tariff has not proven beneficial to the inter ests of tho conntry. I believe, and other manufacturers agree with me, that the tariff is Just about right, or as nearrlghtasit is rjosslble to make It. Whenever the Demo crats tinker with the tariff they injure the business and check enterprise. The manu facturers of woolen goods don't wish to have free wool. We expect to make a home mar ket for woolens, for we, know we cannot compete with foreign countries as long as they use pauper labor. They try to hold out the inducement to sheep raisers that if they get less for their wool they can purchase clothing cheaper. It is not the cost of wool to the manufacturers, but the cost of labor, that makes the difference between foreign and domestic prices. All we ask is for Con press to let tho tariff alone, and we will re duce prices by competition, and the wool growers can get their Drices. "i" "I don't believe the Democrats would have the temerity to introduce a free trade bill if they had control of both Houses. Some cranks like Mills, of Texas, MoMillln, of Tennessee, and Sherman Hoar, of Massa chusetts, might be In favor of absolute free trade. The Democrats, though, would cer talilly lower the tariff enough to ruin all the industries In thl3 country. What we desire and think practicable is reciprocity. It is the only wav to open up markets for goods in this country. Products not produced here should be brought in in exchange for some of our commodities. Gradually a big rvade could be.woiked up with other coun tries, without ruining Industries here or in terfering with normal business conditions. In my judgment the reciprocity Idea U gaining ground, and will be advocated by all Re publicans nnd Democrats who have the in terests of the conntry at heart." DEMOLISHING AN OLD HAHSION. The Weird History of Beaver Falls Ancient Landmark and Hotel. Beaver Falls, Jan. 12. Special. Work men have begun tearing down the old Man sion House in this place, in oxder to make room for the extension of th plant of the Union Drawn Steel Company. The old house is ono of the most ancient buildings in Eeaver county, having been built by Isaac Wilson in 1775. When the homo was built this entire section of the country was a howling wilderness. At that time the house was considered the finest edifice in Western Pennsylvania, and was visited by many wondering whites and Indians, whose sole wish was to catch a glimnse of the won derful structure. For a long time it was occupied by Mr. Wilson as a dwelling house, and occsionallv as a fortress. Hon. J. W. tVallace, of New Castle, was born in the historical place. For many years it wan occupied by his father, Robert Wal lace, and was oventually turned into a hotel. From Jnly, 1872, to 1875, it was occupied by a queer colony of Chinese, who had been brought hereby the Economites to work in the cutting works. Ot later years it has been principally occupied by negroes, poor whites, rats and vermin. Just nowa strange character, Dr. Scott, an old herb and mysjic physician, is the sole occupant. He lives in a single room, and de lightful mysterious tales are not wanting of the goings-on iu the uninhabited parts of the house, where It is said nightly carnivals are held bv the shades of departed pioneers with their children, as they dance axain over the great hall floors as they did long years ago. . A New Field for Gamblers In Futures. New York, Jan. 12. Dealings in futures were begun on the new Hop Exchange yes terday, and 275 bales changed hands as the result of the first day's work. The Exchange, which has abont 40 members, was organized a year ago. but not nntil now nas there been any speculating done outside of a regular commercial business. GOVERNOR M'KINLET i0W. It is now Governor McKlnley, and it sounds well. Toledo Blade. Oaiols, and well maybe.Droua of her new Governor. Zcmcsvillc Timesilecord. It is Governor McKinley now. Mr. Mc Klnley Is an honest and straightforward man. Philadelphia Rezord. All tho State's a stage, McKlnley is the driver, and everybody seems to want to get on and ride. Columbus Dispatch. Hocse-cleanino has set in a bit early this year on account of Governor McKlnley's in auguration. There won't be a Democrat left in the State House after the present week. Ohio State Jouma'. Aheartt greeting to Hon. William Mc Klnley, Ohio's new Governor, and may this high and honorable office provo for him bnt a stepping stone to a still higher and more honorable one. Cleveland Leader, Ohio's honored son to-day took the helm of State. The old vessel with a new captain floats proudly down the river of success, rippled only by enterprising commerce,busi ness aotivity and progressive prosperity. East Liverpool Review, CUEIOUS CONDENSATIONS. - - Twelve average tea plants produce, one pound of tea. The diamond is said to keep oS evil spirits and insanity. Mosqnitoes have appeared in Paris for the first time in many years, it is saidw An American bark on the Pacific re cently sailed for five hours- through boiling' water. Up in the "West Virginiamonntains 600 snakes were found in one tree. Lumbermen, killed them all. Berlin physicians now say that disease Is-communicatcrl by beer classes, which are seldom properly denned. " A vesetab'e cartridge shell which is entirely consumed in itriiig'is now coming" Into use in the French army. Clear, summer snnlight is said to pene trate the Mediterranean Sea to a deptb of 1,200 feet: winter annlight to only COO feet. In Japan, it is said, there are apple trnes .rrowln- fnnr inelu-. in l,Aiohfr wliiebl benrsruie freely about the size of currants. A Port Huron, Mich., factory $- said to bo -miking underclothes from wood.fioer, w hich .src equal in all respects to those" made of wool. In Sicily pigs are used as the scavengers of tlio town.x. They cat the filthiest of street n-fue overwbic.i a little bran ha3 been sprertL The oil in grape seed is valuable enough to warrant it3 extraction at considerable ex pense, and it is ant to soon develop into a permanent industry. The hamlet of Foust, sitoated in the Lower Pyrenees, belongs neither to France norSpain. It has over 100 citizens. They have no mayor nor other civil official. Paris requires every vehicle traversing its stieets at night, If only a wheelbarrow, to carry a liihtedlimp. Safety is secured, and the avenues glitteras if swarming with giant fireflies. Sheep have two teeth in the center of the jaw at 1 year, and add two each year until 5 vcars old, when they harve a "full mouth.' After that time-the age cannot be told by the teeth. Berlin's Society for the Homeless la3t year provided shelter for 100,1)00 men and 15. 0O0 women. In the 11 years of its existence it has furnished lodging;, food and medical care to 2,200,000 persons. The German merchant marine stands next to that of England. In 189, th latest vpar fer which figures havo been puWished, Gm.i ii vessels made 55,921 voyages, carry- in;j 21.328,522 tons of cargo. If you put cream into your cup before the sugar It will "cross your love," so be vt-rv careful. If. while the tea is being made, the lid. removed to pour in the water, is forgotten, it is a sure sign or a new ar rival. Earrings have been worn froai time. immemorial- The Bible tells us that Abraham prc.-ented his son's wife withappiror ear lings, and historians relate that Alexandor the Great found them suspended in-the ears of the Babylonians. An ancient copper mine, which-was first worked 1,183 years ago, is about to be re opened in Mnsashi, Japan. Old Japanese manuscripts of undoubted authenticity mention this mine. Its galleries and levels are in some cases j ust as' they were 700 years ago. One may get a notion of the number of pennies lost from a history of tbo old half cents. Of these 800,000 were lssned a few years ago. Where are they now; A few are in the cabinets of coin collectors. None have been returned to the mint for recoinage or are held by the Treasury. Nobody sees them in circulation. The United State3 has 884 paper mills and 1.103 paper machines; Germany, 809 mills and 891 machines; France, 120 mills and 523 machines; England, 361 mills xnd 511 ma chines: Scotland, 69 mills and S8 machines: Ireland, 13 mills and 13 machines; Russia, 133 mills and 137 machines, and Austria, 220 mills and 270 machines. Small singing birds live from 8 to IS rears. Ravens have lived for almost 100 years In captivity, and parrots lon ger than that. Fowls live 10 to 20 years (and o"ro then sold as spring chicken's to young housekeepers). The wild goose lives upward of 100 years, and wans are said to have attained the age of 300. One thousand and forty yards is the depth which miners in the lower workings of tho Ashton Moss Colliery descend to their work every day. This is about eight times the distance from the gilt cross and ball of St. Paul's down to the pavement below. Ie is the deepest mine in Lancashire, and Mr. Garforth tells us that the-temperature in the i orkings is 87. The Egyptians had a very remarkable ordinance to prevent persons from borrow ing imprudently. An Egyptian was not per mitted to borrow without giving to his creditors in pledge the body of his father. It was deemed both an impiety and an in famy not to redeem so sacred a pledge. A person who died without discharging that dutv was deprived of the customary honors paid to the dead. A cedar tree near Arlington, Snohomish, county. Wash., measures 63 feet in circun ference. Around the knotty roots the tree measures 09 feet. About 75 feet from the ground it forks into four immense branches, and just below the forks is a big knothole. Five men cllmed Into the hole and explored the interior of the tree. It was found to be a mere shell, and about 45 feet down it would afford standing room for 40 men. The tree is still green, nnd a remarkable feature is .iid to be that it is barked on the inside and outside alike. The King of Siam is said to have ia ono of his country places a wonderful pa vilion. It was built by a Chinese engineer as a refuge'for the King during the extreme heat or the summer. The walls, ceilings and floors are formed of pieces or plate glass an Inch thick. They are so perfectly fitted together with a transparent cement that the joints are Invisible, and no fluid can p-netrate. The pavilion Is 23 feet long, IT wide and stands in tho middle of a huge basin made of beautifully colored marbles. When the King enters the pavilion the single door is closed and cemented. Then ths sluice gates are opened and the basin is filled with water. Hlghor and higher it rises until the pavilion Is covered, and only the ventilators connect it with the open air. JINGLES AND JOKELETS. Miss Plypp Do you know, I have de cided to become a lecturer. 3!lu Elder You don't say I Miss Flypp Yes. Jasi think! All one has to do j, to go on the rostrum and talk and talk and talk. Jxdse. Although the hour grows sadly late He lingers In that selfsame spot Nor heeds her dull dejected state. Time flies, he says, "bnt I do not." Washington Star. Bob (studying Latin) Say, Uncle Dick, how would you translate Dux foemlna factl? Uncle Dick (cynlcauyj a woman piayea tne Mlss-chlef, Puck. "Is it the grip, Eweddy?" inquired Cholly, sympathlzlnsly. 'Of course dot!" wheezed Fweddy, "Ady blabed yahoo cad get the gwlp. It's a kldeof aw ' Jaduarj hay-fevab, baw Jove!" Chicago TrU bwie. The parson labors day and night, When be should be reposing AnddlUgently writes, for he His sermon Is composing. On Sunday s he looks afound Upon his people dozing He sighs, alas! for still, he sees, Ills sermon is composing. A", r. Press. Hojack Does the man you just spoke to belong to your coterie of friends? Tomdlk Certainty he does. He made my cost. Smith, Gray & Co.' Monthly. Primus Young Dr. Keale tells me that in his specialty he has never made a mistake la Qiajtnosis. Secnndns What's his specialty autopsies? Judge. "He kissed his wife the other day, Which occasions Ids profanity: For she called three doctors right away To Investigate his sanity. Sew York Herald. Prominent Humorist Are all the win dows shut thrht. the furnace packed as full as It can be. all the drafts opened, the artificial flowers ready? His Wife Yes. dear. 'Then put that warming-pan under my feet, wrap me up In blankets, heat the Ink red hot and give me my pen. I've got to write a summer story for the July number of the Sldesplltter. Boston Mm, Jf V J f I r- 'I "W
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