- i V , THE" PITTSBURG DISPATCH, TUESDAY;" JANTJART1 19. 1892. .?v fjje Bigpfcfr ESTABLISHED FEBRUARY 8. ie46 Vol. 4S. No. MS. Entered at nttstrarg Postofflce lovtmber.lSS7, s second-class matter. Business Office' Corner Smithfield and Diamond Streets. News Rooms and Publishing House 78 and 80 Diamond Street, in New Dispatch Building. FATFTIV uv AnVKKTlMVrc OFFICE. ROOMM. TRIBUNE lrrrrMlING. XEWYORK. when-complete flies of Tim DISPATCH can nlwarsbe found. Foreign advertisers appreciate the convenience. Home advertisers and friends or THE DISPATCH, while In cw York, are also made welcome. I7TE DJFPA TCH Is regvlnrly on saleatBrentana't, r Union Square, -Vw Fori, ana 1 Are aeVOpera, rant, trance, where nnjone vha has been disap pointed at a hotel news stand can obtain it. TEKMS OF THE DIsrATCH. rOTAGF TREF IX THE UNITED STATU. TAlt T PierATcn. One Year t 8 01 DAiLVPisrATCH. rerQuarfr. 2 00 Paiia I'ispATCn. One Month TO IUti1 Disrwcn. including S-mrtay. 1 yesr.. 10 00 Daii1 DIsrATcn, Incltidlne Sunday. 3m'ths. :50 DULVlMsrvrrn. Including Sunday, lm'tli . SO Mjmiai Dispatch. One Year 5 50 WEfiKLI Dispatch. One Year. 1 3 1 HY D ttLY DisrATCli is delivered by carriers .it n cents ptrwee), or, including Sunday Edition, at SI centsper week. riTTSBURG. TUESD4Y. I A.NU ARY 19. TWELVE PAGES tTOTJLI) THE EARTH S VTISFY TllfcMT Senator Teller has no idea of letting his share of the sw.tcpo because there is op position to it Havinc fathered a propo sition to establish a School of Mines in Colorado, some of the Senators questioned the advisability of the idea, thereupon the Colorado statesman declared that was the place for a mininc; education, and mo vert to double the grant His assurance carried the day, and the Senate passed a bill to give to the school one-half the pro ceeds from the sale of mineral lands in Colorado instead of one-fourth, as at first proposed. Besides the boldness of meeting oppo sition to a grab oy doubling the amount, the measure affords a stunning illustra tion of the modesty of the mining inter ests w hich that Senator represents. There is no more reason why the Government should support a school of mines than a school of iron and steel manufacture, or a school of cabinet mating, or a school of journalism. But there is the fact that the Government is already doing more for that interest than any other in the country by the mandatory purchase of its entire producr, which lies idle and useless in the Treasury. Having got that much it is easy and simple for a community which thinks it a dutv of the Government to support them io add that the Govern ment shall ie?p u: a school of mines for them by tha modest appropriation of one half of all the Government receives from the sale of mineral lands in that Stat. IVsstbly it might be an economy if the United Statss shou'il convey to Senator Teller for the benefit of his constituency a deed in fee simple of the undivided in terest it post:sses in the whole earth, A: INEVITABLE KESCLT. Some apprehension is now naively af fected by supporters of the Lw and Or der movement lestit miv open the way to a too radical revision of tha law of 1791,and to a loose and disorderly observance of Sunday. If it was for a moment supposed that to attempt to carry cut literally the strait-jacket provisions of that sfc.tuce couid resuit otherwise than in a popular revulsion and :ns:stauce upsn its amend ment, the mind which entertained snch a notion must have been singularly unac quainted with precedents. That in case the present prosecutions in this county are sustained by the Courts, a practically universal demand will go up for repeal of the Blue Law, could never for a moment have been doubted. In fact, no matter how the Courts decide on these cases now, the recent 'exhibition of the sort of spirit underneath the Law and Order movement, will be sure to compel a revision of the law. How far the demands may go will depend upon the extent of the reaction, but there is no room to fear that public sentiment in Pennsylvania will ask or endorse anything predjudicial to the public interest. In the meantime the attempt to con strue the old statute so as to shut out the various forms of employment which have become nececsary in respect to news papers, to street cars, to telegraph and other public services, will most likely fall of its own weight in the Courts. But whether it shall or not, it is a foregone conclusion that the act of 1791, perverted to its present purposes, will find the cur rent j ear the last of its operation. And to no agency more than to the Law and Order Society, Limited, will its speedy de mise be due. COMBINATION r.EACK?rnIL, There is quiet satisfaction for the im partial observer in the report that the payment of subsidy by the transcon tinental railroads to the Pacific Mail Steamship Company is becoming a burden some topic in the meetings of that associa tion. At the meeting three months ago that question was the subject of prajer ful consideration, and at the meeting last week "it was further agitated with no result The transcontinental roads would like to get rid of the burden, but for rea sons which suggest themselves on a further knowledge of the question they are exceedingly afraid of it The Pacific Mail subsidy, as paid by these railroads, is an example of the worst phase of the pooling policy. In stead of being paid to encourage a trans portation company to do business, it is paid to hire it not to. It is, in the first instance, a bribe to a steamship company not to perform the services for which they are organized, so far as transportation be tween Atlantic and Pacific ports is con cerned, in order that the railroads can impose their high charges on the traffic. But having started on that basis of using corporate funds to lessen the public serv ice, it has grown beyond that The Pacific Mail found out that it is a very nice thing to earn a steady revenue without incurring any expense, and the satisfactory results of that policy occur with especial force to some large stockholders in the steam ship company who are also powerful in the Transcontinental Association. The payment has, therefore, assumed the well defined character of blackmail, which has to be kept up, not so much for fear of what the steamship company might do as for fear of the slashing some of its big stockholders might inflict in their control of some of the transcontinental roads. This gives a good illustration of the value of the principle that the safe, honest and legitimate rule of conduct is for each railway to attend strictly to its own busi ness of transportation, andtocarrv frpirht and passengers for the charges which It can afford without diverting the funds of the corporation to pay other transporta tion companies for doing nothing. TO REVEXGK BALMACEDA. The New York Press, which has been one of the most loud-mouthed of the howlers for war with Chile, now reveals its animus by declaring itself as an in dorser of the late Balmaceda. It did this In one issue by referring to the victory of the Congressional party as overthrowing "the legitimate Government of Chile," and followed this up the next day by an editorial indorsement of n book recently published by an English adherent of Bal maceda, who asserts that the dictator represented the Liberal party and that the Congressional party was the aristo cratic one. The assertions with regard to the par ties represented by the opposing leaders before the outbreak of hostilities can be taken for whatsit is worth which is just nothing at all. For the actual position of Balmaceda in the conflict between him self and Congress has been stated by a more indisputable authority than his English apologist or the American organ of his associates. That authority is Bal maceda himself. In his manifesto, ad dressed to the world while he was still supposed to be in power, he plainly stated that because the opposition party in Con gress had refused to do what he wanted lie "assumed all the powers of Govern ment" In other words ho declared him self to have abolished the legislative power, and established in its place that of military dictatorship, because his oppo nents controlled a majority of Congress. One can imagine a South American dicta tor supposing that this will pass as an excuse for overthrowing representative institutions; but that a newspaper in the United States should say so is a remark able example of the ignorance of repub lican principles that can exist in a repub lican country. It has been natural to suppose hereto fore that the zeal of the Press in suppress ing important facts, and misrepresenting others, in support of its clamor for war with Chile, was inspired by naval con tractors; but it now appears "that thirst for Chilean gore is due to a desire to revenue on the present Chilean Government for the overthrow pf Balmaceda. But it is possible that the United States may de cline to be drawn into a useless war simply on account of the New Tori: Press' devoted friendship to the cause of military usurpation and its hatred for representa tive institutions. A CHANCE TO SHOW OCKSELYES. Mayor Gourley's suggestion that steps should be taken at once to secure an ade quate representation of Pittsburg's indus tries at the World's Fair, should bear fruit The Fair wiil offer an opportunity of at tracting the attention, not only of the en tire country, but of the whole world, to the industries and industrial possibilities of this city and its section. When remote nations from South America aud Asia are preparing to utilize that occasion it would be unpardonable slothf ulness for Pittsburg to ignore it Tet one of the great errors of this com munity in the past has been the neglect of just such opportunities. Pittsburg enter prise has as a rule been too well content to have business seek it instead of taking the means to spread the knowledge of its products and capabilities to all parts of the world. The time is coming when this city will have to reach out after traffic; and one of the surest ways of making that effort successful is to provide for an ex hibit at Chicago that will attract and inter est all observers. It is to be hoped that Mayor Gourley's effort will result in an organized move ment to make an exhibit .it Chicago that will put our industries and capabilities .be fore the world in a striking and attractive Sht THE NEWEST REFORMER. The latest deliverance from Senator Quay is to the effect that he is not quite ready to press his resolution looking to hauling the administration over the coals for its violation of civil service reform principles at Philadelphia. We presume the Senator is husbanding his ammunition for an impresive attack in the character of a civil service reformer. "We have had occasion lately to welcome Senator Chandler to the reform ranks and w e would not be guilty of the unjust dis crimination of failing to commend Senator Quay's novel assumption of that role. Heretofore, as The Dispatch pointed out the other day, our Senator has not been known as a supporter of civil service reform, but the difference whose ox is gored sometimes works wonderful changes of heart The discovery how It feels to have one's next friends kicked out of office for the purpose of setting up a rival political machine is enough to open Sen ator Quay's eyes to the injustice of the spoils system as viewed from the outside. It is natural and commendable for .Senator Quay to conclude that it is his part to un dertake the vindication of a long suffering principle. , We hope Senator Quay will not wait too long before taking up the cudgels for the maintenance of the civil service reform. and that when he does undertake the task he will press the conflict to victory. With Quay leading the reform fight it is bound to win, if the Senator has to organize a new machine to carry it through. TFtE BEAT, AND THE SHA3T. The New Tork World declares that the reciprocity proposition submitted by Mr. Breckenridce as an amendment to the present provision is the same in principle as the original Blaine proposition, and shows the difference between real and sham reciprocity. It summarizes the proposition to be "to authorize the President 'to declare the ports of the United States . free and open to all the products of any nation of the American hemisphere upon which no ex port duties are imposed,' whenever and so long as such nation shall admit free a long list of specified American products." "This," adds the World, "is reciprocal free trade." Is it? It seems to us that it would be a good deal more like reciprocal free trade if the nation thus imagined should admit all the products of the United States in stead of a specified list of them. Why should we admit all the products, say, of Mexico or Brazil, if Brazil or Mexico ad mit only a part of our products? In the same connection it is necessary to repeat the correction of an error to which the World is prone when it states that "sugar was placed on the'free list before the rec iprocity clause was added and irrespec tive of it" Sugar was placed on the free list by the act of which the reciprocity clause was a part and as a condition of reciprocity. By its approval of what It calls real reci procity, the World practically admits the shallowness of its recent contention. It has been4 declaring that the securing of re daced duties on our exports to South Awrifa wrs r'm'v "".pfninir foreign ers," and that the people of the United States got no benefit of it But when it approves of making the admission of all the products of other American nations dependent on their admission of our pro ducts it practically confesses the empti ness of that argument and endorses the principle of reciprocity as far as it goes. As for Breckenridge's proposition, the main objection to it besides the onc-slded-ness we have pointed out is that it would not produce as much actual reciprocity as the present arrangements. Besides the possible item of South American wool, it would add little ot importance to the.free list on either side. But it would make it impossible for many South American nations to accept the proposition, simply because they are dependent on tariff du ties for their revenue. To accept a revenue tariff, as has been done in many cases, as reciprocity, is recognizing the necessities of our neighbors and establishing recipro cal trade on a basis practicable for both sides. It follows, therefore, that the present provision is real reciprocity, while the sub stitute offered woufd turn out to be a pre tense of reciprocity one-sided in its pro visions and on such terms as to make act ual reciprocity impracticable. The action taken by the Society of American Florists to obtain facilities for a display at the Wot Id's Fair will no doubt re sult tn their receipt of the atten tion they desorve. Tlio cnltivation of ornamental- plants for. market pur poses is distinctively a modern trade. Twonty-flvo years ago the business was hardly begun, and the number of florists now found on all hands, together with the large amounts daily spent In floral displays, is an unmistakable sign that America is finding time for the beauties oflife. The published accounts of the schemes and privations by which Christian Long se cured his wealth should remind some of us who are poor that enjoyment of life after tueattainment of a competence Is frequently inversely proportional to the money pos sessed. The ability to strike out in a new and profitable enterprise is illustrated by the New York Evening Sun, which notes that "Out on the Kaw Klver in Ohio"' there grows a wide forest much prized by sparrows, and a Mr. Norton having imported the birds and supplied them with shelter is doing a whole sale business supplying the Western cities with reed birds The enterprise of Mr. Nor ton is commendable, but the geography of our bright New York cotemporary in locating the Kaw Biver in Ohio isquito the reverse. Horse-owkers and dealers interested in the transfer of horseflesh between Chicago and New York 'will be pleased by the ex press to bo established on the Pennsjlvania Railroad. Hitherto on that lino horses have had to tiavel on the same basis as cattle. The report that two British warships have just returned from a cruise of retribu tive justice in the Solomon Islands after ex ecuting native chiefs and burning the equipments of those concerned in the mur der of English subjects, adds nothing to the credit of the Empire. We cannot say much, though, or it might be retorted that the United States is to Chile as England is to the Solomon Islands. It is satisfactory to know that arrange ments are now made for an early decision on the curative acts. For some months the city and taxpayers have been anxious to know where they stand, and a prompt de cision will give them that information. The action nf Belgium in passing a law against the public exhibition of hypnotism and the practice of hypnotism for immoral and" criminal purpoes should be soon fol lowed by other civilized governments. The practice of hypnotism should be as much under State supervision and control as the administration or anaesthetics and the salo of poisonous dregs. Those of us who kick at weather as we set it can get no consolation from the fact that there are parts of Mexico suffering from a three years' absence of rain. They are welcome to some of our superfluous damp ness. The funeral of the late Duke of Clarence will be nv.ch more quiet thin was expected. It is satisfactory to know that consideration for the welfare of the troops, owing to the risk thev touW undergo from the epidemic of Influenza and the inclemency of the weather, i; the raason for the abandonment of the proposed military display. Now that Mr. Holman has got the econo my retolutlons through the House it will be Ills pleasant task to sec' that all the log-rolling grabs. Democratic as well as Repub lican, are strictly barred out. The proposal made by Bishop Newman, of the Methodist Church, to substitute a system of drawing for the sections bf land at the opening of Cbcrokeo Strip is the best that has vet boen made. At all costs some means must bo taken to prevent a repetition of the disgraceful scenes enacted at Okla homa three years ago. Andrew Carnegie should ieel flattered that the'subject chosen by th Taleand Har vard delegates for the next intcr-colleginte discussion is "That a college education unfits a man for business." A commissioner of labor should be well qualified to express an optnloi on the posi tion of tho labor problem to-day. It is there fore highly satisfactory to hear from Carroll D. Wright that tho condition of things now is better than ever and that there is a con tinual tendency toward improvement. The New York police are to he coneratu lated on their arrest of "Jack the Slashor," the most danzerons of the many cranks with whom they have lately had to deal. Better late than never. The statement that the torpedoes which Admiral Walker discovered at Montevideo on the way to Chile -were ordered and paid for by Balmaceda for use against tne late rebels is worthy of note since the -war-de- slrons party sought to make much capital J out 01 tne incident. In this era of strikes and social struggles it is refreshing th.it a large railroad should have given an unsolicited increase of pay to their employes on one section. It is to be hoped that investigation will prove that tho attack on a Dublin citizen jesterdav was not in any way connected with the National movement. Acts of vio lence by Nationalists will seriously retard the strong movement thei e now is for Home Rule in England. Congressman Boutelle is evidently aspiring to be known as the Billion Dollar orator. 1 PEEDEES FOB THE JAILS. The Secretary of the Jersey Aid Society Con demns the Almshouses. TBEjtTOJf, N. J., Jan. 18 Mrs. Emily E. Williamson, secretary of the State Charities Aid Society, has submitted to Governor Ab bett a scathing criticism of the county alms houses of the State. She makes the sweep ing statement that they should all be aban doned or managed by legislation. There are 41 almshouses in the State. Twelve are supported by county tax and 29 bv the townships, and n few of them are pri vate. Out of this number four were found to be in a Uift-class condition, and they are located nt Newark, Patterson, and In Cum berland and Hudson counties! The most alarming statement made by Mrs. Williamson is that the almshouses,' as conducted now, are schools for the educa tion of the people to be first-class paupers. The really dependent do not get fn them, and many that are there aie not entitled to ?ubllc bounty. It is her opinion thatalms inuses should be simply for the old ina in firm or those ill from chronic complaints. In one almshouse alone it was found that more than one-half (he old people had rela tives iule t-f rrre rer'rheni. " THE BLUE LsWCEUSADr. . If the Law Is Bad, Bepeal It. Bellefonte News.J The Law and Order League of Pittsburg Is trying to enforce alaw.relating to the ob servance of Sunday by trying topreventtho publishing and selling newspapers on Sun day. The law was enacted In 1791. So long ago that few of the citizens of tho Smoky City knew of its existence until the League started In to enforce it. The League com menced operations by causing tho arrest of the newsboys who were selling on the streets. Would it not have been more con sistent had they arrested the publishers? If they can stop the publishing the boys will have no papers to sell. They have opened tho- door to criticism. Why don't you.tackle a man of your size? It is cowardly to Jump on a boy. The pub lishers have the means of defense. The boys have not. If you are sincere in your effort, the manly course would be to arrest the publishers. Men who arc. able to go into' court and test the validity of tho law. Such criticisms will be heard, and it will be bard for the League to answer satisfactorily to tho public. It is to bo hoped that the ques tion will go to tho courts, and if necessary to the Legislature. If it is n good law, en force it. If not, repeal It. A law that can not be enforced should not have place on our statutes, and tho Law and Order League should have courage equal to its convic tions. It should fool away no time with the little newsboys, but strike higher game. Snch lam Should Be Wiped Oat. Toledo Commercial. War on the Sunday newspapers is now on in Pittsburg, the ball having been opened by the arrest of a couple of newsdealers for selling newspapers on Sunday in violntlon of the statute. Public sentiment has been aroused; the newsboys hayo held an indig nation meeting, the working classes have taken up the cudgels and nothing now will sntlsfy them except the Tepoal of the "blue laws." This Is a consummation greatly to be desired. Laws which are nothing more than engines of oppression should be wiped off the statute book:. Might Stop the Water Flora Running. Parlersburg Sentinel. There are speak-easies and poker rooms In Pittsbuig, but they are not near so offensive to the Law and Order pptists as the Sunday newspaper which is the product of Satur day's worK-f Tho water out of which beer and whisky are made runs on Sunday. Thoy ought to stop it. Things That Should Not Be Done. Harrlsburg Patriot.! It Is to be hoped that those-Pittsburg peo ple who have sued the Sunday papers do not chop wood, build a Are, cook, ride, walk for recreation, or indulge in pleasure of any kind or balance their weekly accounts or'do anv manner of work on that day. The blue laws forbid. HUNTING IK THE NORTH. Sportsman W. Gordon-Cumming the Trail of Elk and Moose. Ottawa, Jan. 18. W. Gordon-Cumming has already made a reputation in other lands than Canada as an nrdent and assiduous hunter. Mr. Gordon-Cumming returned to Winnipeg last week from an extended hunt ing tour through the Canadian Northwest. He says: "I left Winnipeg on October 10 for Shoal Lake, where 1 hunted for a fortnight. Then I had temporarily to abandon sport and sit down until it froze up, which hap pened the first week of November: then I staited with my Indlai, Chlon, the best moose hnnterin that part of the country, and always lalthful and reliable. We left Slioal Lake in a northwesterly direction, tracked and saw plenty of moose and elk, though the weather was unfavorable at the time, owing to lack of wind, and the game was also a good desl disturbed by hunters from St. Laurent The second day out I missed a cow mouse, but the third day I drew first blood in the shape of a red deer. We had good sport then until the storm came on December 4, when snow fell to the depth of two feet. I was ont the first day of the blizzard, but, owing to the hurricane, all game was on the run. The day after the storm bad subsided I killed an elk, but get ting about in the deep snow was such hard work that I decided to go back to Shoal Lake and get snowshoes. "We lert aain In a more westerly direc tion, and rain had capital sport. The bag, all told, was seven moose and four deer! All this spot twits obtained not more than 150 miles from Winnipeg. We had, of course, plenty of fine fiesh meat, and wo varied the menu with chicken, partridge, piuskrar, and skunk. The las; animal is delicious when skillfully dresod. It3 flavor resembles that of English haie. TJie moose i, pernaps, the most difficult animal In existence to hunt, both from the intense acutene-s of his hear ing nnd from the fact that he always turns downwind befoie lying down. Heieedsnp wind, and as soon as be feels inclined for re pose, he veers right round, and travels a certain distance down wind, the Journey de pending on the strength of the breeze." FAVORITES OF FAME. lit. de Fbeyctnet has been elected to the Fiench Academy in place of the late Eniile Augler. F. Hopkin3on Smith, the artist, author and engineer, Is a man of 53 years, somewhat above the ordinary height, with iron-eray hair and the mustache of a military man. Bishop Brooks, of Massachusetts, has thrown himself into his duties with such earnestness for the past few weeks'that his health is beginning to suffer in consequence. .Jerry Simi-son and Senator Peffer both wear gold spectacles and have a fondness for "store" clothes. Mr. Peffer affects a shiny black coat of rather antique pattern. Secretary Foster continues to im prove slowly, but the prevailing stormy weather will detain him at Fortress Monroo much longer" than was originally contem plated. The late Randolph Kogers, the cele brated American sculptor, was one of the sleek and portly men that Caesar liked to have about him. His shoulders were broad and his chest immense. The most rustic in appearance of all the Alliance Congressmen is Clover, of Kansas, who looks and dressea like a fanner and talks as if ho were engaged in controveisy with a mowing machine. One of the most distinguished men in point of looks in the United States Army is Major and Inspector General Peter D. Yroom. Ho is 6 feet i inches in height and built on generous proportions. One of Bismarck's amusements is pistol practice, at which, in his youth, he was an expert. The range at Friedrichsruhe is acrobsa small lake, 103 yards in diameter, and the Iron Chancellor's hand is still steady enough for him to bark a squirrol oc casionally. . EALLECE WEAHS A MONOCLE. The Queer Freak of Jack Frost on a New Tork Statue. New York, Jan. 13. The statue of General Fltz-Greenp Halleck, which is supposed to be a correct likeness, was decorated yester day with monocle. Many of the promen aders along tho Mall were inclined to disbe lieve their senses at first. It was thine, thouzh, and there was no denying the fact that it was true to llle with the exception of the necessary squint to keep it in place. Jack plays ninnv wonderful pranks and produces some queer effects, but he never did a neater or more lifelike Job than put ting an ice monocle in Halleck's right eye. It gave the whole faco an expression which tho sculptor would hardly approve of, not to mention the Indignation Mr. Halleck would pro Da 01 j' nave expressed coum lie have been the wonderful ireak that cuansred the be nevolent expies$lon of his face to that of a bored dude. The explanation of tho freak is that the snow which fell PriJav and cov ered the monument had melted 'in such a way as to leave u thin, round cake of icu oyer the right eye. Gone Into Deep Seclusion. Cincinnati Commercial Gazette. The tin plate liar appears to have gone into retirement. Meanwhile canned goods are Cheaper than they ever v, ere before, al though the cans are made of "protective tariff tin plate." . Where the ?.lugwump' Knits Goej. St. Paul Pioneer Press. The Mugwump is a fighter whose knife is usually found in somebody's back, where fore he should emigrate to Chile, where that kind of warfare is not p-owne'l upon. ODE MAIL POUCH; Facts for Jingoes to Digest. To the Editor of The Dispatch: Noticing the question of "Onr Naval Strength" in The Dispatch of the 17th inst., I see the strength or tho United States navy is mentioned as, "22 vessels ready to put to sea to-morrow." Certainly not of the new iron built, fast steaming vesseU, with mod ern breech-loading rlfieguus, as that Is what a pears to bo meant by tho information given. There are only 16of these anything like ready to put to sea: nor have thee oven n supply of the proper ammunition for mod ern war, although well armed with breech loading guns of fine type. Tne only steel works In the United States making modern steel shells for use against even light armor on such ships as Chilo has, which had just begun to All contracts for tho United States Government, was destroyed bv Area few weeks ago, and very few shells had been supplied them. The Stirling Steel Works Is about to supply a number of shells, it is true, but their samples of 6-lnch shells have only just been successful at Indian Head testing ground. (See Iron Age January 7.) None of these 6 inch shells are on board the ships that nie out at sea now. The Secretnrv of tho Navy states that neither tho common fcteel thells nor the steel shells for the six-pounder and three pounder Uotchklss guns have been satisfac tory, anil a full supply of these is not on hand as yet. There are very few automobile torpedoeson hand eithor.manyfallures hav ing taken place in testing the new opes now bclni made In this country. The total num bor of guns, from one pounder upward, on these 15 shins Is 193. and hS of these are small caliber, one, three and six pounders, al though quick firing, still mostly close quar ters guns. The whole number of cannon of the new type of long-range, accurate and formidable artillery of modem war, fit to cope with the ships of Chile, that tho United States possesses with which to arm its navy, is 155. (See Iron Age, Jan uary 7, 1892, page 21.) All of.theao guns are not yet mounted. The number of men, all told, in the United States Navy on paper is only 7,500. The United States Navy no doubt will be, in tho course of time, "a magnificent" one, but 15 ships, aggiegating 43,813 tons and 19! guns, is not magnificent (except as to its quality) as a navy, and is utterly inadequate to defend the cities on the coast of this country, as the Secretary of the Navy states in the last year's report, pages 38 to 40. He says: "The present statement Is revealing no secret; at least, no secret to foreign States. 'It is on'y our own people who ignore it." The first move of any loreign power which has as little to lose on its own chores as Chile has would probably be to attack, at long range, some one of the coast cities of this country. Theie are two ships belonging to Chile now in Europe, about readyfor sea, that could be at New Yoik about eight days after the declaration of war. which slips have noth ing whatever to fear from anv UnitedStates vessel afloat or ready for sea except the Mlantnnonioh. These two ships have the newest 45 and 60 caliber longest range French cannon, with a firing velocity of nearly2,800feet per second at the muzzle, range 10 to 11 miles, calibers 4 lnchc3 to 9 inelie. By tho United States Navy report for If 90, the tonnage of the new ships now built, and to he built as contracted for, is, all told, 60103. The British Government added to its navvin 1850 60,B60tons. (See Engineering.) Its ironclad and fast cruiser navy previous to890aegiegted over 900,000 tons, and its strength in men is 71,000, with pav roll of $17,324,822. Tho 7,501 men of the United States Navy require $7,51.742 to pay them, and the Secre tary of the NavvTeports(page 28) "there nie not enough ensrlneer offictts in the navy for ordinary working purposes." "The en gines of the new sbip3 reqniro the ,h!gh est kind of expeit treatment," nnd that neither these engineers nor the proper kind or seamen to worK the new nign.cias type of cannon, are to be got, nor are they to be made efficient in a short timo either. Out of 1,950 men in the Marine Corps, there wero 520 desertions in 18')0. It Is not heaven on board a mo Jem crniscr, even for engineer officers (naie607. navvronort). Then who are good enough for modern navy men, cin cam more money much easier asuorc, nnd the officers make the live3of men who are not so good, not worth the living; so they desert. Thieo thousand nine hundred and ninety-seven out of 7,516 men wero foreigners (page 121 re port). If it kept clear of the Chilean ironclad ships, or beat them, the oulv damage the navy could do to Chile would be to bombard Valparaiso, where a large number of En glish ana German merchants would be dam aged, and to take possession of the nitrate beds. This last would be anything but a pop ular performance with tho marines or army landed tor the purpose. It is in a waterless countrv, dry as a desert and hot. (See let ters in Tire Dispatch or late ) The English interests there run higli into the millions, and they might object. It would not take them long to do their objeotinir, and they would do it at Boston and New York. All the musket cartridges for the whole United States are made in the cities close to the coast. The whole powder supply of tho United Mates is withirf two days' march of it also, and the chief mills for making the powder. And the English know it, and a few millions for more ships, more cannon, better equipment of militia infantry, and especially militia artillery would have en tirely lemoved even the danger ot war, but "economy" was better thin "eternal vig ilance" in tho eyes of Congress. The United States has two torpedo boats the British had 206 in U90. None of the new nickel steel armor.fine as it 1", has so far been placed upon auv of these 16 -hips of tho new navy, fot it has just onlv parsed the te-t3 10 quired by the Navy Depaitment. If war could be postponed for a year there is no doubt that everything could be piepared for a successful resistance, but as things now actually exist there is a doubt. It is true that people do not know this.-al though the facts have been published by the Navy Department, etc., but the general public has taken no inteiest in anything of the kind whatever.' . W. L. Pittsburg, January 13. Snppreiilon of Smoke. To the Editor of The Dispatch: Kindly permit me to say a word on the exceedingly live and Interesting subject of suppressing the intolerable smoke nuisance. There is probably no question that interests large and manutacturlng com munities more than this one. Becently a public meeting was held at tho Union League Club, Chicago, which was attended by city officials and prominent citizens of the Western metropolis. The discussion covered the ground thoroughly, and it was decided that certain smoke-preventing de Vices were positively smokeless, and thatin consequence the existing law on tho snbjeot be rigorously enforced. In Cincinnati, Cleveland, St.'Pan!, San Francisco and other cities in fact almost all large cities similar laws are found to be of great benefit to the community. In Sin Francisco the law in force Imposes a fine of $500 upon all persons erecting a boiler without placing a smoke preventing device in connection theiewith. Now as to tho merits of some devices, one need only visitn number of large buildings and manufacturing establishments in this citv. Or course somo havo railed and those opposed to incurring the ef pene of apply ing devices to their plant are quick to arrive at the conclusion that there Is no such thing as a smoke consumer. There is a.great mis take, among manufacturers in particular, that the devices necessarr would entail nn enormous outlay, viz., $70,000 to $80,000 to equip a large mill. I am positive It will not require more than one-third that sum and that the outlav will be returned in a few ears in the saving of fuel. As to the use of the devices in connection with iron mnking I would refer to the success or the Oliver Iron and Steel Company in this tespect: Their puddling lurnnce .stacks aie run almost smokeless oy the use or n device or their own and the iron is not affected: In this connection I may state that a short time since a device wns placed upon the puddling furnace of a well-known establish ment and made the same entirely smokeless. The proprietors then claimed that itiillected tho lion. In order to ascertain this a firm of well-knonh meteorologists and chemists w ere employed to make a scientific, test, but the mannljcturers iefued to permit it. Now I believe this was for no other reason than that it was feared tho cost of the devices would be a hardship. The fact is that manufacturers while thoroughlv versed in everytlnnsr peitain ing to machinery, are nofyet thoioughly acquainted with the merits of the latest and most successiuf smoke preventing and fuel saving devices. There is scuicely one owner pf such a device that will not at his own expense demonstrate its success if given an oppoitunitv. If one is willing to take the timo to visit the boiler plant nnd watch the stacks of nuineious lar.ie buildings in the city, Imj will bo convinced tlint the smoke nuisance can either be reduced to a minimum or en tirelv abated. C F. Jahx. Pittsburo, January 18. f lie Wants the News. ' Yesteiday The Dispatch malls brought an order for a year's sucription Sunday Issue included from Scnor Montt, the Chilean Minister' nt Washington. That statesman knows where, he can find the unbiased news. Has as Firm n IIoM as the Grip. Louisville rourlcr-Jonrna. The Pennsylvania banking disorder ap pears to havo as firm a clinch on the Key stone financial institutions as the grip on poor .mo-fals. FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK Not Approved of In Pittsburg for Fashion, able Dining Oat Ladles Decline to Be Present and the Function Becomes a Mtg Affair Monday's Chatter. An important meeting was held in Se wickley last night and its result will proba bly be the erection of a handsome clnbhouse at that place by an organization which will be known as the Sewickley Recreation Club. The matter has been under discussion for a considerable time, but last night's meeting was the first formal action taken. There was a remarkably large attendance of the representative men of Sewickley, and the Interest shown augurs well for the future of the organization. Frank Semple, the bank er, called the meeting to order and was made Tomporary Chairman, G. F. Mullor, of tli Bulletin, beinir uamedfor Secretary. ' The gentlemen present entered into a thorough discussion ot the -proposed club, the advantages it would afford to the town, the convenience and pleasure it would be to those holding membership and tho eligible sites that could be piocured for grounds and clubhouse. It was finally decided to ap point a committee of 11 members who will investigate the subject andrcport to a meet ing to bo called dv the committee. A tract or 11 acres of land and a clnbhouse to cost $35,000 Is a part of tho proposition of the new organization. Sunday entertaining was inaugurated a fortnight ago in this city, but with scarcely flattering result. T he bull was taken by the horns, so to speak, and no less than 60 invitations issued for a dinner upon the Sabbath day by a prominent woman, one of onr most successful and frequent hostesses. The men promptly responded in the affirm ative; but, it is said, not a lady invited accepted or was present. Probably after the consequent gasping from this polite shock is over, society will begin to nsk itself:" why, in the name or all that's sensible, did it cut off its nose to spite its face. A local artist expresses n wish, voicing the sen timentsofhis co-laborers at the same time, that Air. Scaife may be persuaded to repeat his lecture on Florence in the near future for those not fortunate enough to hear him last week. (It is said that lie has another illustrated talk, the subject ot which is Greece, that is equally interesting and which received much commendation when given h short time ago in Johns Hopkins University. It is a mooted question whether going to a 'dinner before a ball is not calculated rather to refresh than tire the debutantes. The girls contend if they try to rest until 11 o'clock comes they-are far more fatigued than when they are dining. One girl tcils in support of this theory that she tried one evening taking a nap before beginning to dress. Having been continually in tho whii 1 since the season opened she was more tired than she knew. The nap lengthened into a heavy slumber, from which she re fused to be awakened. Tne next morning sheiol'used to be comforted for having lost the ball. It is definitely decided that JIme. Marie Ge'raldy Del Sarto will spend January 23, 29 and 30 in Pittsburg, being entertained dur ing her stay at a lashiocable house in the East End, the mistress of which Is issuing invitations for two cnuseries at which Mme. Del garte will preside. In New York draw ing room entertainments by Madame aie the most proper tad, and she is engaged there every day until Wednesday night or next week, whon she leaves lor Pittsburg. As well ns the two afternoons mentioned Mme. Del Sarte will have several private classes in which she will enter fully into tho most approved methods of Delsartlsui as applied to tho polite woild. Some of the papers have got it into their much mistaken heads that, in this depart ment, last Monday evening's dance was as- soitedtobea failure. Nothing or the kind was either said or implied. What was said and what is perfectly well known is that the Monday evening dances have ceased to be to the Pittsburg Club set (a comprehensive though hardly accurate term) what they once were, and that the small dances are likely to oust them before many seasons. It i scarcely possible that the face of society could remain the same when there is so much internal change. The most superficial reader ot Pittsburg's social chronicles can not fail to understand the signs of the times, especially when thev are by no means phenomenal. The odder things will come at u later time. On Dlt. Natural gas is said to have increased the size of women's feet in Pittsburg. The average length has gone up a half inch and the last has broadened by one letter. Ladies ure much alarmed and private drawing room cauverie3 are beinz held for the pur pose of deciding if the high temperature that houses are now kept nt is swelling the leet or dr lug uu the shoes or both. Social Chatter. Hiss Mart MgClkllasd has decided to leave for Europo earlv in Febi uary, with the intention of joining her brother and Mrs. McClelland in Southern Eurooe, whence they will all embark lor the Mediterranean nnd sail as far as Naples. Miss McClelland will be gone about eight weeks. BIRD3 are becoming fashionable as a din ner table decoration in company with flow ers. Of course, they are tho kind that look pretty, but do not sing, as no woman, nor man either, for that matter, would forgive a bird for drowning their voices, under some circumstances. The Allegheny Musical Association will meet in the art rooms of the- Cirnegie Library this evening and not in the base ment s was announced. This chan ire also relets to the chorus rehearsing "Belshaz zar," which meets on Thursday evening. By an error of the printer's SIIss Ollne Jones' name was written Miss Olive in the announcement of her dance on Saturday evening next, January 23. Thi3 evening is growing more popular than ever for enter taining among the exclnsivo sot. Mrs. Axdrkw Carxeoie is a manager of the New York Cooking School, at28LaI aj ette pi ice, the aim of which is so practi cally good, that rich and poor must share alike its benefits. ' Miss Helkx Nte White has issued invita tions lor an afternoon fancy work party to day. A threaded needle stuck in the cor ner of the cards tells its own neat little story. Accorpiko to New York society chronicles at istocratlc Now lork women are using black-bordered handkerchiefs for the and to weep over Prince "Eddie." ;rlp The date of the second entertainment of the Scwickly Valley Club has been sos for Thursday evening, January 23. Miss Eraio gives a tea on Thnrsday, at 4 o'clock, in honor of her guest, Miss Han cock. Miss Ruth Bailkt has issned invitations for a tea in honor or her guest. Miss Small. To-siout tho Amateur Art Association in tableaux at the Pittsbuig Club theater. Mrs. William T. Wallace, of Center avenue, is visiting in New York. XTJLDOON-AS A STATESMAN. He Has Framed a Bill to Establish a Na tional School of Athletics. AVashiotox. Jan. 13. Specfat William Muldoon,ho athlete, has a bill, which will probably be introduced in Congress by a member of the New York delegation, for the establishment of a national school of athletics. Mr. Muldoon has given the sub ject much attention nnd feels confident that his plan is perfectly practical, and that it will meet with favorable consideration. His views on athletic education are too well known to bo repented here. His plan is to establish a free school of athletics under the supervision ofthegeneral Government.wlth headquarter at Washington and branch schools in all the large cities. Mr. Muldoon believes that athletic education should be compulsory, but as this is not In accordance with our free Institutions, he has made pro vision in his bill for encouraging a love for athletics, providing for annual prizes to be awarded tb the best athletes in a jries of contests that will be in nature of a revival of the Olvmpic games'. . Thebillniovidesfor the appointment by the'Pre'ident of an instructor general, who shall hi Pw'er to appoint three as sistant il be stationed at Washington. It also provides for the erection of a school to cost $300 WW and to be complete In every de tail, including a model gyinnaiuui and a grand public natatorium. The instructor general is empowored.to,appoint instructors in other cities and to make arrangements for the branch schools, w hlch are to be pat terned alter the school at the national capital. It is estimated that an annual ap propriation or not less than $125,000 will lie required for the maintenance oT the schools. The instructor general is to receive $5,000 and his assistants $2,50Jperyear. , 1 Ha May Catch the Grip. Chicago Tribune. The alarming thought comes up that Ob-jto- nlman mav take the ffrtp. CUBtODS C0NDE5SATI05S.JAQ An establishment for canning wild geesd is to be constructed in Alaska. . ., (r An 800-pound cinnamon bear was eapti ured recently in Lassen county, Catf "It is believed to be one of the largest ever taken in a trap. . Late tests prove that the strongest wood growing In tho United States is the "nutmeg hickory" of Arkansas. Tho weakest is the yellow or West Indian birch. , sr The man of on average of 154 ponndi has enough iron in his make-up to make & plough-share and enongh phosphorus to make a half million matches. -1 j-v A few years ago the Belding Bros., silk manufacturers of Northampton, Mass., sunk nwellat their silk works to the depth of 3,700 feet without obtaining water. A cat recently killed a five-foot alll gator in Florida. It jumped on tho reptile and bit through the tender hide of the neck until it reached the vital part. - " The mean descent of the Ohio river from the junction of the Allegheny and Monongahela to the Mississippi U about 5)f inches per mile, the distance being 975 milesu The Algerians know what a real plague of grasshoppers is. In one district of that country alone over 50,000 gallon of the eggS; of the pest were gathered and burned last" year. r JJergen, Norway, boasts a paper chnrcb large enough to seat 1,000 persons. Thev building is rendered water-proofby a solu tion of quick-lime, curdled milk and whites, of eggs. J The Czar's income is about 25,000 per. day, taking American currency as the basis' of calculation: Queen Victoria's is t600l President Harrisorf is content with a paltry $137 per day. Incitatus, the famous hone of the Roman Emperor, Caligula, was actually consecrated as a priest, had a .'manger of pure ivory, and was never given a drink from anythink but a gold pail. The Chinese make what is called "Chfc wa-ht," or grass cloth, from the fibre of the conimon nettle. It is said to make a splendid, cloth for tents, awnings, etc. When made into belting for machinery it is said to have twice the strength orieather. " In Ireland a favorite remedy for every kind of internal pain is hot vinegarpunchj indeed, vinegar taken either cold or hot is considered almost a specific for every things ' ltmustbe comforting in some cases! It is much ued for a "sqneezin' on the hart,"" which is the commonest complaint or alt. - The people of Paris consumed within! the past year 2L231 horses, 229 donkeys and 40 mnles, the meat weighing, according to the returns, 4,615 tons. At the 180 shops and stalls where such rood is sold the price has" varied from two sous to a franc a pound, the latter being the price of the best horso steaks. Cyclones are of tropical origin, and'are chiefly found in five localities: the West? Indies, Bengal Bay and the Chinese coast, north of the equator; and in the South In dian Ocean off Madaeascar and the South Pacific, near Samoa. In the Antilles" there are not half a dozen ou the average every season. it Formerly sites for furnaces were often selected with a view to material being brought to the tops of the furnaces without any expenditure of. power; nowadays the sites aro chosen so as to admit of ready re moval of the iron and slag In large quanti ties within n limited time, plenty of room and gooa drainage. - , In Egypt the dog was a friend and faith ful servant. He lived in the house with his" n.aster, followed him in his walks, attended the public ceremonies, sometimes free, at other times held in leash by a slave or child, or In princely families by a favorite dwarf At his meals he had his place marked under the benches of tho guests. The precipitous mountain crags around a largo lake near the Columbia river, in Idaho, is said to be one or the finest fields fot sport in hunting the large white moun tain goat and black bear that there is in the world. So white are the goats that it takes, days of practice hunting them to detect a band moving over the snow. A phenomenon is observed in an arte sian well near Edensburg. Tho well spoken of is down about 200 feetbnt the water in, id is still 160 reet below the surface. The pecu liarity consists in the fact that, when there is no wind the water fs that distance below the curbing; when there is a high wind flow ing water pours out or the pipe. ,t St. Johns, Newfoundland; Montreal and Ottawa, Canada; Portland, Oregon; Temeswar, Hungary: Trieste, Austria, and Venice, Padua, Verona, Mantua, Milan and Turin, Italy, are all situated between 45 and 4S degrees of North latitude. Who would think or putting Montreal and Ottawa in the same latitude as Venice and Verona? Watches were appreciably reduced in size after the invention ot the fusee to ob viate the Inconvenience of variations of power of the mainspring. The watches made early in tho sixteenth century gener ally strongly contrasted in size and-porta-bility with those worn in fobs by men in the eighteenth century, and which were ro naff, thick and heavy. A Victoria, B. C, Chinaman recently married "a Melican woman." But he soon wanted a divorce. In his plea he complains that she has "too mnchee talkee with neigh bors, too mnchee paint face and eyeblows, too mnchee Ynlepean blandy, too mnchee fight, too mnchee snore, too mucbee boss, toomucbeedleam.too mncbeo say killam husband, and too mnchee no good-'r But the court held the Chinaman to his contract. In Germany, wood with a mirror polish, is coming into use for ornamental purposes in place of metal. Tho wood is first sub mitted to a bath of caustic alkali for two or three davs at a temperature of about 175 Fall., then dipped into hvdrosnlnhate of ralcium for 24 to 29 hours, after which a con centrated solution of sulphur is added; After another dip in an acetate of lead solu tion, at about 10, a shining metallic surface is given by polishing, when dry, with lead, tin or zinc. Important discoveries of prehistorio remains nave been made near Brnnn, the capital of Moravia, which are likely to attract the attention of palaeontologists all over the clobe. As a canal was" being dug; four and a half skulls were brouaht to light of doltchoeephalousdong headedjebaracter; and of an exceedingly low stage of develop ment. The same place contained bones and teeth of mammoth rhinoceroses and rein deer. Close to the skulls lay more than 500 fossil snails, peveral calcinons stones with, holes In the middle, a rude figure cut out of a mammoth's tooth with a hole running through tne middle. nHYNKLES AND KD.YMELETS. ' "My dear," said Mrs. Chatterly to Mrs. Chltlerly, "I have so much to tell you, but I can't stay now." 'Then go with ns to the opera M-morrow night," suggested Mrs. Chltterly. Puck. He said without her photograph He really couldn't live. And asked for It: she with a laugh Gave hlra her negative. -"" Mto Tori Press. "Your husband is writing his memoirs, is he not?" Inquired the visitor. s" TV s." assented the Trnerable professor's young wlfewlth an engaging simper. He's atworfcoa Ms-un his aatopay, I think he calls It." Chicaso Tribune. -j Wife Did yon go to prayer meeting last nlghtr Husband Yes. Wife- How dirt you come out? Sew York HeraU. 'lis sad how deep into oblivion go Some books we thought would shine on every sheir; To-day. while looking through my wortsT I found Two that I wrote, and then forgot, myself. Puck. "What are you going to do when you get to be a man?" asked tne visitor. ,. The llttre fellow's face assumed an expression of earnest gravity as he responded with a voice which was evidently shaken by sad memories of the pasts Whip papa." Washington Star. She Did you ever try bowling? ; v5f He Gwacious. noi It aw wcoulres too much. thought aw don't yoa know to Veep scoreV Judge. - ""'. ' "What is the sweetest thing in "UjS world?" , C My sweetheart asked, then heaved a tender tfga Ana tole a glance at me that plainly said, ' " . I'll be offended if It Is not I." ' ' 3? Sm Tork ntfaW Aged Maiden Tell me candidly the name of the most beautiful lady at the ball last night? isftfli Uus De Smith Please excuse me. aslamrtauy nojudge In such matters. "iocs tcz Aged Malden-Oh. I understand tTttTon: flat terer yon. 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