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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. ,
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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. I caught yoa looklDgat,me !(?
t m's. s'f Hiftlnzf. " "
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