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Including ?nndar, 1 year.. 10 (n Daily Dispatch, including bundav. 3 m'ths. 1 50 DaiiyIHsI'Mcii. including Sunday, lm'th.. SO S-u:;pav Iiipatci. One Year 5 SO Wtekly Pisr-ATni. OncJ'rar 1 3 Tin 1'aii.y nisr-ATCllis delivered by carriers at Jlrcnls-pcrwwfc, or. Including Sunday Edition, at lCcei:li per week. riTTSIlUnC. WEDNrSDAY, JANUARY 30. TWELVE PAGES jicoisn our or ri.cu So well is the temper of the United States known both at home and abroad that there is not the slightest dancer any responsible power will misunderstand such patience as may be shown in arriv-ir-s at an understanding with Chile. This country, while in the very nature of its popular government and by the disposi tion of its people the most peaceful and reasonable upon earth, is also the very last which would submit to intentional insult or deliberate injury from a responsible quarter. Other countries understand that fact perfectly in proportion to their intel ligence, if Chile does not grasp it, the cause lies in Chilean ignorance. But it is precisely because the ultimate course of the United States is fixed before hand in given circumstances that it be hooves whatever of the "jiu?o" tendency there is'ln certain quarters to check itself into a mood of serious moderation. War is not to be recklessly desired even with Chile. Up to the last, allowance should be mad" for the fac; that Chile, just emerged from ? civil conflict and in the hands of hose who have as yet scarcely got a firm footing as rulers, may, without any derogation from the dignity of the United States, be given more time for rep aration and expression of the regret than might be accorded if the offense came from other directions. Above all, the idea that the United States is to be In any de gree impelled to war through the desire of politicians to make car-Hal, or of naval officers to win glory, should not have the least encouragement The intention of such a spirit exercising an influence at Washington is in itself abhorrent to the better sense of the nation. The moral considerations ultimately in volved should rule the attitude and action of our statesmen; but there is also the ma terial consideration which the "jingoes" would do well to consider, that even Chile, relatively contemptible as such an antag onist would be in ultimate resources might succeed in doing a vast deal of dam age before being finally conquered. The correspondent who in yesterday's Dis r.VTcn pointed out the condition of our navy and the insufficient defenses of our seaboard cities did a timely service. Notwithstanding all the preparations and tiie belligerent talk the likelihood is as an hundred to one that there will be no hostilities. But if occasion for hostility come, it will be much more creditable to this nation and in accord with the feelings of our people, that it come as a virtual ne cessity rather than that it be encouraged as something desirable in itself. The tone of some of the papers which have been clamoring for immediate declarations against the Chileans is in no sense to be commended. Mr. Blaine, who has never been accused of want of spirit in his for eign policy, expresses much better the na ' tional feeling in refusing to give the en couragement to the idea that hostilities are either probable or desirable. PROYING ITS USKrDLNESS. The letter from Chancellor Holland, of the Western University, upon the actual condition and workings o" the Carnegie Library in Allegheny, while giving no more than a cursory observation, is reas suring to the believers in that educational enterprise. In the midst of acknowledg ments of the good purposes of Andrew Carnegie there have from the first been those who doubted the value of libraries for the multitude in our days. These skeptics have in truth been more numer ous than supposed. Doubtless the idea of the ungraciousness of looking a gift horse in the mouth has restrained most of them from open criticism but all the same they have kept their opinions. When the library lost its brand-newness as a gift when the gloss of novelty wore off, and it became an item of considerable annual expense on the tax-list of Alle ghenycritics soon began to question its work. The subject has been up among Allegheny Councilmen, in re the coming year's appropriation; and it is possible that not a few taxpayers are just now thinking of the cost rather more than the benefits. At this juncture Dr. Holland's letter upon the subject, which appears in another column of The Dispatch this morning, is decidedly timely. It tells in a plain way of the already large and growing public use of the library; and it shows that even in these days of cheap books, a well-stored public library is a thing of popular use as well as beauty. JCDGK -JCHESON'S I5TJLING. The summary of Judge Acheson's de cision in the application of the Inter State Commerce Commission to enforce its order against the Lehigh Valley Rail road reveals points which jvere not given in the telegraphic report and puts a some what different phase on it The gist of the ruling is that the findings of fact and the points of law decided by the Com mission are not regarded by the Court as conclusive in its proceeding, and the ques tion must be reinquired into and passed upon by the Court But the ruling recog nizes this difference from an original in quiry, that the burden of proof does not rest upon the complainants in the case, 1 but the finding of the Commission es tablishes a prima facie case and places on the railroad the burden of overcoming its conclusion and establishing the reason ableness and impartiality of Its freight charges. .While this decision does not seem to J carry out the full Intent of the act with regard to the summary enforcement of the rulings of the Commission it does not, as was at first thought, reduce the means of enforcement to a nullity. It is per missible to infer that the order will be eventually enforced unless the railroad corporation is able to show good reasons for reversing. The enforcement will be retarded, and the procedure laid down by the court puts it in the power of the rail road to delay proceedings and take an ap peal, simply by disobeying the orders of the commission. But it still leaves open the hope of an eventual enforcement at the time in the future, when the resources of delay at the disposition of the corpora tions in equity proceedings have been fully exhausted! It is significant indication of the strug gle over'the question whether the rail roads can be made to obey the law that the public has to be thankful for that faint hope that the law will be triumph ant r V WHALEBACKED FIGHTING VESSELS. It is stated by an Eastern journal that Captain McDougall, the designer of the whaleback. freight vessels, is "seriously entertaining an idea that has been dis cussed elsewhere rather as matter of curiosity, namely, the construction of war ships on the ihaleback principle." The fault to be found with' the statement is that the idea has been discussed elsewhere as a matter of curiosity. Everyone vho has given attention to the claims in behalf of the whalebacks as freight carriers must have recognized that if these claims are fulfilled in actual prac tice, as they seem to have been, the whale backs presents a type admirably adapted for the heavily armored warships of the future. The Monitor class, which has never been excelled for fighting qualities in smooth water, is heavily handicapped by the unseaworthiness of that class of vessels. But the voyage of the whalebaclr. barge, first to England and thence around the American continent to Portland, indi cates that here is a type of vessel that combines the impregnability of the Moni itortype with the seagoing qualities of the cruisers. Its sloping decks, from which almost any shot must glance, per mits of perfect protection with much less weight of armor than is neces sary for less protection on vessels of high free-board. Its large tonnage capacity indicates that after allowing for the weight of armor turret and guns, it could carry an amount of coal that would give it a larger radius of action than can be secured for the European battleships. Its submerged prow could be sharpened and armored so" as to combine with the artillery power of its protected turret the offensive qualities of the turtle-backed ram a naval ideal of thirty years stand ing heretofore never realized. , Such possibilities as these give point to the suggestions of The Dispatch that the United States should, besides providing its navy with cruisers of the best class, pro ceed tentatively in the line of construct ing battleships. There is every reason to believe that the whalebaeked fighting ship, properly worked, may work as great a moral destruction among the navies of Europe as the Monitor and Merrimac did in their day. APPETIZING GRIEF. The usual annual reseaf ch into the ar chives of Senatorial luxuries reveals the regular evideffee of the expense of funerals, with the additional feature of evidence of the hearty appetite that en ables the Senatorial mourners to bear up on those sad occasions. The funeral of Senator Wilson cost, ex clusive of the undertaker's bill, $2,029 B8. Of this -sum $845 58 was for meals. As this allots 542 worth of provender to each of the twenty Senatorial mourner3,Jt is evident that the grief of that sad occasion was of the chastened variety, which en abled the bereaved Senators to take plenty of sustenance for their perishable bodies. The funeral of Senator Hearst was a more expensive one, costing 520,000. The exact amount spent for victualing the grief stricken Senators is not given, nor is the cost of the stimulants used to revive and console their depressed spirits. But sup posing the proportion to have been the same as In the other funeral, we infer that each of the bereaved mourners exhibited a heroic determination to bear up under affliction by putting himself outside of four hundred dollars' worth of the products of the caterer's art The Boman heroism which keeps up the Senatorial ap petite on these occasions of grief is one of the many striking and peculiar features of that peculiar institution, the Congressional funeral. This peculiar feature of the Senatorial funerals seems to warrant a tentative sug gestion that public men who possess the phenomenal quality of being made so very hungry by mourning should lay in a pri. vate stock of viands for such occasions. CKI3I1NAT., POLICE PRACTICES. The acquittal of the persons charged with the kidnaping of a wealthy Detroit citizen reveals a state of affairs that calls for wide comment. It is hinted upon in the brief telegraphic report by the remark that the verdict will probably result in "a wholesale cleaning out of the police force." The crime of kidnaping a wealthy citi zen and holding him for ransom, is a pe culiarly bold defiance of individual rights and the whole system of law. If there h3d been any decent proof that the parties accused were guilty of that bold crime, there can hardly be any doubt that any jury would have convicted them. The conclusion from the verdict is that the jury was satisfied from the evidence that the Detroit police, being unable to find the real criminals, concluded to vindicate themselves by trumping up a case against some one. The result is that the "vindica tion has settled on the wrong persons. - If this is the real state of the case, it shows the police to be no better than the criminals. Officers of the law who try to send innocent men to the penitentiary in order to conceal their own inefficiency are no better than kidnapers themselves. When the possibility of such a practice Is demonstrated, it opens up the road to all sorts of corruption, such as shielding real criminals, and sharing in the profit of criminal acts. When citizens are at the mercy of kidnapers or conspirators, whether in uniform or out of it, the question whether there is any real protection in law becomes a vital one. It is certainly to be hoped that if the facts are as stated there will be a whole sale cleaning out of the Detroit police force. But the cleaning out should com-" prise securing lurpuuue uiucers, wno nave been active in the effort to convict inno cent men, a long residence in the Michi gan penitentiary. The police of St Petersburg have been treated, to a strange surprise. They raided a hpnse.wlth the conviction that they would be rewarded by tho arrest of Nihilist con spirators. Instead- of conspirators they 1 louuti social ccicurities indulging in a masquerade orgy. The 'Czar was much dis pleased, and 'took summary measures to THE PITTSBURG-" DISPATCH; 'WEDNESDAY,. ' sliow his disapproval. IX is such proceedings of immoral aristocracy which incite the thoughtful of lower walks of life to adopt extreme measures. The death of Joseph Lovering, A. M., L. L. D., Professpr Emeritus of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy, is a loss, not only to America, but to the whole scientific world. Abraham Lincoln's proposal of mar riage as unoarthed by Mr. Jesso Welk, his latest biographer, is one or the most re markable lovo letters on record. There is no word of love or marriage in tho whole production. To a thoughtless reader it would appear strangely cold and careless, hut it breathes throughout a sincerity of consideration for the happiness of the woman he loved which is peculiar for its utter unselfishness. If, as a Memphis paper "proposes, the war should ho carried on exclusively by the war correspondents, we would ho sure of gaining lots of bloody victories on paper. It is interesting to learn from Philadel phia that "not for years have tho pavements been so free from snow and ice; after a heavyfall of the former, as they were on Saturday." Pittsburgers who have been suffering from the disposition of tho pave ments to slide out from under them during the wet and sleety weather, will regard it as good economy to send a commission of city officials to Philadelphia, to- learn how it is done. 4 It is appropriate that the most important exhibits from Philadelphia at the World's Fair should be antiquarian relics of the times before the Revolution. Hon. George Feed Williams, of Dedham and Washington, In his speech at the Reform Club dinner, said that "an Inde pendent is a man who gives up his party for his principles." This.is good, and the more Independents we have the better. Mr. Will iams stays with his party, it is presumed, either from lack or principle or want of strength to stand alone.' W. Gordon-Cdmming is hunting large game in Canada, while hisfriends in England are hunting for tho reputation of which he was recently robbed. When a band of intolerant fanners duck a couple and burn their hut because they had not been shown their marriago certifi cate, it is easy to decide which party was the more immoral. The woman had been ill for several weeks and will probably diefrom a persecution based on the principles of morality. The praiseworthy persistence of the Sig nal Service in prophesying that cold wave, points to the expectation that wo shall get it, sooner or later. TnE fact that, owing to the failure to submit alterations to tho insurance com panies, tho Allegheny City Hall now carries no insurance is only another indication of the present muddled condition of city affairs. Eudyard Kipling found fault with America in general, but that did not pre vent him from marrying one of its women. Those who know the small return made for exorbitant charges to college students for board, will see the wisdom in the organ ization of a University eating club at Princeton. Nearly every day brings news of one or more lynchings, and contains no report of any attempt to punish the law-breakers. PERTINENT PERSONALITISS. Mounkt-Sully, the celebrated actor of the Comedie Francalsc, hRs become so af flicted with defective vision that he is al most blind. Paul Dtr Chailltj, the traveler, has been laid tip with the grip at Chicago since the 15th of December, but is gradually get ting out of it. Mrf. and Mrs. Archibald Forbes ar rived in New York Saturday by the steamer Saale en route for Washington. They ex pert to return to England in about two weeks. It is said that E. Ell err Anderson will retiro from the Presidency of the New York Reform Club at the expiration of his present term of office, and will devote his spare time to his tariff reform work. Mrs. Stanley is exceedingly anxious that her husband should write a biography and stand for Parliament. What possible connection there may be between tho two is not made sufficiently clear. Eudyard Kipling, the well-known story writer, was married Monday to Miss Balcstier, sister of the young American nov elist, Wolcott Balcstier, who died recently at Dresden from typhoid fever. Miss VAN Lew, who was at one time the postmaster of Richmond, paid her taxes the other daylikoa good citizen, butatthe same time filed a protest on the ground that bhe considered it a crime to tax women without representation. The Eey. Samuel A. Eliot, who suc ceeds the Rev. Brooke Hereford in his Bos ton pulpit, is one of the youngest clergyrrien in the country. Ho Is but 29 years of age and the second son of President Eiiot, of Har vard, whom he resembles. Ho has been preaching in Denver during the past two years. Speaker Crisp is progressing quite rapidly toward recovery, bnt it will be next week at least before ho ventures to resume his duties at the nouso of Representatives and good weather will be necessary to make it safe for him to visit the Capitol. He did more work yesterday than at any time since he was prostrated. Hon. Edward J. Phelps, of Vermont, formerly Minister to England, had'an aud ience with the President at the White House yesterday morning. It is generally understood that he will be one of the repre sentatives of the United States on the tri bunal to be selected for the arbitration of the Bering Sea question. HLXED AT THE FONT, The Priest Did Not Know Which Baby Had Been Baptized. St. Louis, Jan. 19. One of the queerest in cidents that ever befell a Catholic priest in the performance of his duties occurred at the old Cathedral not more than a week ago, and was witnessed by a large crowd who were vie wing thedecorations. Thebaptismal ceremony was being performed at the font and the recipients of tho sacrament were a pair of lusty-lnngcd twins. One of the youngsters had come into tho world weacly and was baptized instantly by an nttendant. The priest got wind of tho matter, and when the time came for performing the eere mony asked the godmother which was the regenerated babe. Consternation reigned supreme. The twins had got hopelessly mixed, as usual, and the similarity of ap pearance rendered identification impossible. The nurse was called in and eyed tho babies for birthmarks, but gave it up in despair. The Driest ended the dilemma by giving both the youngsters conditional baptism, and the family went home satisfied. DISEASED CPWS DISSECTED. .Delaware x"armsrs Shown now Tubercu losis Operates. Newark, Del., Jan. 19. At a meeting of the Newcastle County Fanners' Institute at Delaware College, at which were preient several hundred farmers, there was a dis cussion on tuberculosis or consumption in milch cows. Two live cows afflicted with tuberculosis were shown nnd then killed and dissected by Stato Veterinarian Evers, who ex plained the characteristic symptoms during life and Showed the diseased parts after death. All the physicians, veterinarians and farmers present agreed that the dis ease was being constantly transmitted from beast to man by the use .of the meat and milt of diseased animals. THE BLUE LAW CRUSADE. The Game That Is Being Played. Detroit News.J The Zanesville, O., Ministerial Association has Just attacked one Sunday problem in tho right way. Instead of calling on the Mayor to break up Sunday procession", tho ministers simply plodgo -themselves not to attend funerals on Sunday accompanied by brass bands and other showy demonstra tions. Of course this action will not affect Sunday processions, but It does notinVade anybody's rights. There is n great moral difference between "freeze out" and "knockout" The last mentioned camels now being played in Pittsburg by the Law and Order Society. Wholesale arrests are being made of newsdealers, carriers and newsboys, with the view of breaking up tho Sunday morning newspaper. The result will scarcely be watched with inteiest. for thero is as little prospect of destroying the Sunday newspaper us there would be of closing all the hotels. Those over-pious people who make these periodical attacks on the Sunday newspapers have been en lightened again and again on the ratlonalo of the Sunday publication of the news, but they perversely neglect to retain their light and return to the assault about every so often. After all, it is a less dangerous form of cranklsm than some others now in vogue, nnd the public can afford to ondure the brief annoyance. v - They Mean What They Say. New York Advertiser. Tho Pittsburg newsboys 'have arisen in wrath against the reformers wlro propose to prohibit the sale ,of Lfiunday newspapers. The Newsboys' Union has adopted resolu tions protesting against being "flimmed" out of their work, and calling upon the peo ple or Pittsburg, the Eighteenth Regiment and the "Boss of the State" to protect the newsboys from "them fellows what want to get our money under an ordinance passed before the slaves were freed." They fur ther declare that they will sell Sunday papers as long as thoy are out of jail, or un--til the "Law and Order people get soaked," and they call upon labor people, who are older and bigger, to help them in their "fight to keep their rights and liberties." This means war, and the reformers would do well to see that the contest is not carried to the point when, nslne boys threaten, they may get "soaked." It will be some weeks betore the rivers and ponds are comfortably warm. They should think of their Sunday clothes, too. Boys, when aroused in de fense of their "rights and liberties," are tough customers to encounter. The vigor ous resolutions of the newsboys are not quite in accord with the rules of Lindley Murray, but, all the same, they mean what they say. Ths Sunday Paper Has Come to Stay. Sharpsburg Herald. The Pittsburg Law and Order Society as it is now composccLconsists of three foreigners of the rule or rnin kind. They have deter mined that thoy will make Americans who were born and raised in this community, do as they dictate. They havo ordered suits against the Sunday newspapers, a purely American Institution, that are read by rail lions of American people. They would de prive the American of the American Sunday, and force them to observe only tho Scotch Irish Sabbath, according to the Scotch-Irish idea. Now it is high time that tho American people were showing these foreign inter lopers that they will stand no dictation from them, and if they are not satisfied with our American institutions to pack their grips and get back to their own lands, where they may ba permitted to practice their narrow, bigotted ideas without Interference, as the Sunday paper has come to stay. Impeding the Cause of Law and Order. New York Recorder. It is rumored that a society formed to pro mote law and order, ,- hich has recently op posed the circulation of Sunday papers in Pittsburg, seeks to extend its onerations. The Sunday newspaper, properly conducted, is a refining agency, appropriate io the in strnction and edification of a household, not only on the day of its issue, but through out the week. To impedo the circulation of good household literature would be tore tard, not to advance, the cause which the Law and Order -Associations have at heart. CRETACEOUS FOSSILS. Blue Mountain Explorers Secure Thousands of Specimens. nEr-NEE, Ore., Jan. 19 A party of explor ers who have been spending the entire year in the Blue Mountains south of here have just come in to remain until the snow goes off again next spring. They havo been sent out by a museum in the East to seaichfor fossils and from the specimens they exhibit and the story they tell they have a veritable beginning ground of animals and birds which are now extinct. The gentlemen have secured over 1,000 specimens of cretace ous fossils, and will spend the winter in classifying and packing them for shipment East. It is claimed by paleontologist-) that fossil bones of birds nre very rare and in no instance previously has there been a perfect specimen obtained. South of the Blue Moun tains Is what is known as Sage Brush Desert nnd in this desert is a small lake called Fos sil Lake. 1 his lake isinthe mld-tof a scene which, for wild desolation and weird plctur esquenesn. has not its equal probably In the world. To the soutli and eat stretches the barren, waterless waste of the descrr.-whilo to the northeast rie the desolate heights of Wngontlre Mountains. These mountains receive their names from the finding of the tire of tho wagons of tho last emigrants whose bones whitened on tho sands of tho plain. Pew hunters dare to cross this dreary waste of, 150 miles In di ameter, for tho springs are .few and hard to find. It was in this desert that the party made its headquarters during tho past year, and it was heie that they brought to light the strangest lot of fossils the world has ever seen. Such is the condition of the earth, air and water that the bones of extinct animals and birds havo been kept intact for centuries, and now come forward to con found the theories of avant9 who havo ex pounded learnedly on fossil remains and :rom a single bone constructed whole ani mals. In the shifting sands about tho stones of tho desert lake are found the hones. In ail S7 specimens of birds and 62 of animals were found, while mingled with tho bones were spear and arrow heads which had been clipped out of volcanic glass by human be ings. It is an evident fact that the savage man was hero when some of these animals lived, for there was found embedded in the thigh bones of a mammoth an arrow head made of this volcanic glass. The place where these bones are found is known among the ranohmen of the country as "the bone yard," but until scientific re search was made it was always supposed that the remains were those of recent ani mals. TEE GREAT OBJECTOR. Objector Holxax comes out flat-footed in favor of freo coinage, and is more objection able than ever. Chicago Tribune. Mb. Holman seems to resnrd appropria tion bills In about the same frame of mind in which a Texas steer regards a red flag waved under its nose. Chicago ATeu. With Mr. Holman in charge of the purse strings the navigability of Mud creek and Mulligatawny bayou must wait for their de sired "improvement." New York World. Holmak's peanut policy doesn't suit the peanut Democrats of the Houso. They would llko to spend a little of the people's money in their respective districts. Detroit Tribune. The great objector, Holman, of Indiana, has at last had the courage to raise a posi tive issue, but it is in keeping with his past record and is itself an objection. Kansas City Journal. How stale, flat and unprofitable Congress would be without Objector Holman, of In diana. He is one of the few statesmen of the present generation who uie great by reason of their sumllness. Minneapolis Tri bune. CHEESK-rAiiEB Holman does not command the united support of his party In his at tempts to refuse all except departmental appropriations. The rjeoplo havo rights to their own money which cannot bo success fully ignored! Toledo Commercial. Mb. IIoLMAK will And tho Republicans per- fectly willing to co-operute with him in the enforcement of a policy of economy, and they will probably begin by voting against his bill to appropriate $150,000 for a public building at Indianapolis. St. Louis Globe-Democrat, JANUARY 20. 1892." OUR MAIL POUCH. A Reference Library Needed. To the Editor of The DIsDatcn: One of the crying needs of these cities for years pat has been a good reference li brary. I.well remember, when a few years ago I undertook to condnct some special re searches In connection with the "Study of entomology, how I made search everywhere in the public and privato libraries of these two great towns for some books which I needed, and how I at last discovered with sinking or heart that nowhei o in Allegheny couut3- was there to bo found a single book treating of the subject I wished to investi gate, and how accordingly one bright morn ing I took a train and went over to Phila delphia to find out the ten or twelve facts which I desired to know, and which I speedily ascertained at the library of the Academy of Natural Sciences that splen did institution, about which cluster some of tho noblest scientific traditions of the land. We seem, however, to be npon the verge oCnnew and better development in this community. It was my privilege a few days ago to spend a little time with the accom-a nlished librarian of the Carnegio Free Li brary In Allegheny, and to be allowed to look over the treasures which have been recently acquired for that institution through the kindness of Mr. Henry Phlpps, Jr. A "Beginning Has Ti-een MndB. The gift of $10,0r0 which he made for the purchase or books of reference has ap parently been most Jndiciously expended. No department of scientific and artistic study and none of tho various trades and handicrafts ptrrsucd in the community have been overlooked in tho selection. My eye ranged with pleasure from a splendid set of tho "Transactions and Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London," a veritable quarry of information lor tho student of botany and zoology, to a handsomely illus trated work upon French household art, which must in the end prove an inspiration to every upholsterer and decorator in Alle gheny. It pleased me especially to see to what an extent the wants of the intelligent artisans of the community have been met .in the se lection. True to the democratic Impulses of the community, the committee in charge has made the laboring man come in for tho lion's share of tho literary spoils which have been gathered. As a matter of course, thero are a multitude of books which might be named which aie indispensable to the complete mastery of any subject. This fine array of boocs represents the mere begin ning of a standard collection. Nevertheless, as a beginning it is altogether admirable. The doors of knowledge have been opened widely enouzh to admit of a partial en trance to those who may desire to acquire learning, and no one in this community need remain in tolal ignorance ot any subject through lack of the proper literary ap paratus. The Wsy Cleared for Further Progress. The citizens of Allegheny.and indeed of the entire western half of the State are to be congratulated upon the good beginning which has been made, and It is to be most devoutly hoped that now that the way has Decn partially cleared for further mental and scientific pt ogress among the reading classes of the community, the authorities of the city of Allegheny will follow up tho work in the broad and enlightened spirit in which it has been conceived, and will not allow any narrow or lulse considerations to have wcight'in determining theirpolicy as t! thelioiary. It is with great regret that the friends of the masses, who are eager to avail them selves of tho opportunity to promote their mental growth, havo learned that the Finance Committee of the Allegheny Councils has seen fit to reduce the appro- !riation for books this year to nearly one lalf of that which was made last year. It may not yet be too lato for them to recon sider this action. In this connection it may not be out of place to observo that the Carnegie Free Library in Allegheny is real izing to tho eye of a casual observer all that the londest hopes might cherish in regard to such an institution. It is decidedly popular. Patronized I5y the Younger' People. Not one of the least Interesting sights tome upon the occasion of the recent visit was the swarm of bright-eyed and intelligent young peopla in homely garb gathered about the clerk's desk patiently waiting to be served, and among them some of maturer years, whose thoughtful faces showed that they were imbued alike with respect for the place and theopportunitiesof culture which it affords. At times, I am told, there are as many ns 70 and 8J persons at one time crowded about tho desk, coming like bees to gather the sweets of learning which have been put at their disposal by generous hands. Since the library was opened, a little more than a year ago, 75,000 volumes have been read. As there are only about 20,000 volumes In tho library, this means that upou an average each book in the collection has been read nearly four times dunug tho past twelve month. Thero are 5,000 regular holders of cards, entitling the beat er to withdraw books for private perusal, and there are nearly 10,000 peisons who regularly resort to the library to read or study. This is truly a wonderful showing rdr an institution yet in Its Infancy, and speaks volumes lor the in telligence, of the mass of the community. I trust that yon will pardon mo for intruding upon your valuable space to the extent to which I have done, but the pleasure I have derived as a lriend of learning from my re cent visit to the institution, and the deep interest I take in all things relating to the social and intellectual life of the community must be 'my justification. I. am, very truly yours, AY. J. Holland, Chancellor Western University of Pennsyl vania. Pittsburq, January-19. LUBED BY THE LIGHT. Geese Dash Themselves to Death Against the Tall Poles. Hutchisson.Kait. Jan.19. -The salt marshes which extend for several miles in each di rection north of tho city are the favorite re sort of thousands of wild geese every sea son, a3 they apparently find certain food substances there which suit tftelr tastes. Some time ago this city concluded to use the electric light for the streets, and some of the lamps were placed high above the buildings so that they could cast their light to great distances. These lamps can be seen for miles from the city, and have been the guide of all the men who have been Delated among the marshes. The policeman on the beat was startled several nights ago, when standing under the light, to have some heavy body dash down at his feet, barely missing his head. As he stooped to see what it was he was knocked flat by somo heavy body striking him squarely on the back. When he recovered sufficiently from hl3 fright to gather himself together he found ho had been hit bv a wild goose. During that 'night four of the wild fowls weie killed by being dashed to death against tho poles, and tor several nights thereafter more Were killed. The policeman who made tho discovery took the geese as part of the perquisites of his office and re galed his lamljy and friends upon the game ior some time. ' PITTSBuEG'B SHORT AIB. Hope Is Expressed That Mr. Carnegie's Opinion Is Correct. Philadelphia Inquirer. Mr. Andrew Carnegie thinks that if the use of bituminous coal "were prohibited in the mills nnd glass houses of Pittsburg the smoko nuisance would be abolished. Ho has advanced tho view that coke or gas made from tho coal could be used as cheaply as the coal, and, therefore, that the use of coal ought to bo stopped. Mr. Andrew Met calf replies to Mr. Carnegie by saying that if the advice of the latter were carried out the mill owners would be ruined. He says that Pittsburg can bo made a smokeless city, but when it becomes so there will be no Iron works, no glass works and no mechanics there. We hope that Mr. Carnegie is right and Mr. Metcalf wrong, that some way will be discovered, either by the use of gas from coal or by some other method, to relieve Pittsburg of tho smoke nuisance which has again settled upon it. A LUCKY FIND OF MONEY. Boys Unearth S,000 Near a Tree Where a Man Was Lynched. IuDiANAroLis, Jan. 19. Considerable ex citement has been occasioned near Bedford, this State, by the finding of $4,000 in green backs, at the roots of a trca on which Stephen Clark was hanged by a mob several years ago. It was supposed that Clark had hidden large sums oi money, and tho boys in fje neighborhood have froin time to time gonn searching for it. Last night Clark's widow was awakened by the light of a lantern under a tree in her yard, and dis covered some boys at ork with a pick. They dug about two feet into the ground and found nn old coat. After unrolling It, thoy discovered a revolver, some counter feiting mould', and M.0C0 in greenbacks. Clark was banged on the same tree, and after his death the remains, of five men and one woman were found in a caye near his home. They are believed to have been mur dered by him. PAINTINGS BY POSING. School of Design Girls Group Themselves to Represent Famous Paintings A Dilnty Social 31enu to Tempt the Most Fastidious A ppetltes What's What. Alarge" audience greeted the perform ance last night by the Amateur Art Associa tion for the benefit of the association's library; the library and association being La part of the Pittsburg School of Design for women. Thonatnre or the entertainment was in keeping with the artistic tastes of thoyoung ladles: beir.g reproductions in the form of tableaux' of famous paintings. It, wasreallva surprise even to friends who usually are too generously inclined, the success with which the tableaux were ar ranged, and with what harmony it all went off, when hitches might be o naturally ex pected and so willingly excused. Though it is conceding much, there is no doubt that the School of Design never surpassed in anv of its previous entertainments, the one oflnst night. The Club Theater' was filled to the utmost. Under the title of floral vulgarity, re spect was paid in tho newspapers lately to those florists who rather exhiDit the sense of tho artisan than that of the artist. The designs illustrated: a wagon filled with beer barrels, nnd a corset with a'wreath above it, constructed by some "Inspired" artisan to serve as appropriate emblemsatthefunerals of a brewer and a manufacturer ot corsets, wore truly awful. Anotherdesign illustrated was "The Market Woman of Hamburg," about which, after noting tho outrageous caricature ot the human form, wo are told that the eyes were black shoe buttons. Florists who have been interviewed regard ing these monstrosities, declare that they do not Indorse such things, but are, under pro test, obliged to meet a demand for them. The thing i evolves ifelf down to a first egg first, chicken principle, and the problem re mains whether the pnblic or the florist in vented the present monstrous application of flowers at funerals and other decorations. It is to be hoped that there may be yet another improvement at the Pittsburg Club Theater, which will mako it in reality what it is in name. It is said to have one of the prettiest as well as most excellent stages, need solely for amateur purposes, to be found in any part ot the country; but, un fortunately, with the stage the club thea ter's uselulness ends for that sort of enter tainment. It is impossible, excepting in tho very front rows, to see with any degree of comfort, as visitors to the Tnesday nights club performances will bear witness. J hat is required is a double floor; a level one for dancing and another rising ns it does in a theater either by steps or at an angle of In clination. A pare of the audience at the dramatic performance of Ithe Western Uni versity Club mnst havo found their tempers and their, necks both pained by the uudue strain on each. Since the tendency of the town is largely eastward, the time must come when the thickly populated East End will And itself far from liberally supplied with places of diversion. It is said that at present even a. theater is wanted In the Fast End, but as such a project would be born at least flvo years too soon, it could scarcely be other than an unwelcome child that would be harshly dealt with at best. Besides, peo ple will have to get educated out of the notion that they must always seek their amusement not more than a stone's throw from the postoffice before a theater would be popular in the East End. The Linden Club and the Kenmawr Hotel sowed the seed of a sentiment which the Carnegie Li brary will mature and the talked-of tneatcr finally ripen. The day is not a long way off when people will as naturally go to the East End to see a grand opeia us they do now on Sunday evening to hear Dr. Hodges or Dr. Kumler. "Eeader" writes to The DlSPATcn saying: Will you kindly inform me through your columns where the Fruit and Flower Mission meets? The question is apropos, since it opens a way to mention specially a colonial tea for the mission, the headquar ters of which are established at 07 Fourth avenue. This tea, a very popular fad in the East, the nature of which the title describes, will be given on Friday at the home of Miss Tlndle, than whom the Mission had no more loving nor more valuable friend. There is much need for generosity-from iriends, and it Is commended to "Reader" as one of the most delightful of the many methods in this much blessed city for cheering the sick and needy. Social Chatter. The Young People's Society of the Second Presbyterian Church, Wilklnsburg, , will give a musical and literary entertainment next Thursday evening at the residence of the Misses Addie and Lizzie Bole, Hay street. The society is composed of a bright lot of young folks, and their monthly gatherings at the homes of the different members were originated by Rev. J. R. Bur nett, their pastor, for tee purpose of creat ing a broader spirit of hospitality. Mr. Tacker's house, on Wallace street, Wilkinsburg, will be transformed into a sort of "ai;awaykirk"on next Monday evening; a quite suitable coincidence with Robert Burns' birthday Hnniversary. llr. Tacker'3 young Iriends have arranged a phantom party, at which sheets and pillow cases will ne in great demand and at the same time a great deal of fun indulged in. A sleiohtxo party was given by Miss Alice Bonruan, of Brushton, last evening lor iier guest, Miss Lottie Kerr, of Ottawa, Canada. Two donble sleighs were occupied by tho party and the ride included a trip to Browns ville and back. As enjoyable euchre pirty was given last night by the Misses Ptuley at their nume on Hay street, Wilkinsburg. Four tables were in use from 8 to 11, utter which tne young ladies of the party served luncheon. Thursday, January 23, is announced as the date of anaiternoon reception for Mr. and Mrs. James Neal, to bo given at the Hotel Kenmawr. Mrs. Hurd issues the invitations. The nurses' dormitories built by Mrs. Henry Phlpp3, Jr., as an annex to the West Penn Hosplcal-wlll be opened formally to the public on Friday evening, January 2U. Ekkokeously announced lor the 23rd, Miss Oliue Jones' dance will take place on Thurs day evening, 21st. The cards of Mr. Jesse Jones accompany those of his sister. "A Proper System of Taxation for Penn sylvania" was discussed last night by tho Junta Club at the residence of Mr. Day, one of its members. Miss Amy Davies and Mr. Cuthbert were married last night at 7:30 in the evening at St, Paul's Episcopal Cuurch. Mrs Christy, of Washington avenue, Mansfield, entertains friends by a dance on Thursday evening. The nsual hop, combined with a muslcale, will be given at the Hotel Kenmawr on Sat urday evening. Mb3. Thomas Blair gives a luncheon on Thursday afternoon at her house in Western avenue. Mrs. D. T. Watsojt has issued Invitations for luncheon on Thursday at 1 o'clocjr The engagement Is announced of 'Miss Olive Atwell and C."L. Netting, Jr. Miss Neepee, of Howe street, gave a small dance last night. SIEANGE MIEAGE IN TH3 E0CKIES. It Has Started an Indian Scare Among the Montana People. Butte, Mox, Jan. 19. A wonderful mirage was distinctly visible near Lcwiston, Mon., on Sunday afternoon. It has caused consid erable alarm, however, because it seems to show that the Indians have started on the warpath and encountereda party or hunters. Through the Vistas hunters and red men could be seen repeatedly to charge and ic trcat. The Indians were apparently well supplied with ammunition and Anally suc ceeded in capturing a party of a dozen hunters. . , , , , Those who witnessed the wonderful scenic effect produced by the mirage assert that they could distinctly see the savages build piles of fagots and burn their captives at the stake. Midwinter mirages in theclearcnsp atmosphere of the Rockies are rare. So far as can yet be ascertained tho Indians on the reservation arc peaceable, and it is bard to tell whether the mirage, or the people who witnessed It did the lying. riowr rs Interest in His Coat-of-Arms. N ew York Advertiser. Go vernor Flower sent no message of con dolence to Sandrlngham Palace, which shows liow very little Interest ho takes In his coat-of-arms. It is Doing a Boshing; Business. New York Press. It may be remarked that whether or not tho grip is of Russian origin ij is doing a rushing business, A Chance for Senator BUI. Chicago Inter-Occan.l The death of the late'ilahdl left upward of 10 widows. There is the chance for Senator .HilV CDEIODS CONDBKSiTLbsBT Over .".00,000 orange trees were rjlanted in Mexico last year by planters froni CaU fornia. School teachers in England's country districts get the munificent sum of 5 shillings. a week. . A sign in a store in Tremoht street, Boston, reads: "Fresh Eggs, 23 cents; Strict ly Fresh Eggs, 35 cents." , It has ben proposed to put jinrikshas, the Japanese sedan chairs on wheels, drawn by men, in the streets of London. The house dog in Egypt was a domestic, working at his trade, only his trade whs one in which we have ceased to employ him. Michigan turned out 5,9-10,000 barrels of salt last year. TITere aro 113 firms in the State engaged in the manufacture of salt. A ricochet shot from the newmagazine rifle adopted in England broke n. cottago window four miles distant from the firing Fint. The mud is so deep at Topeka, JCan., that it became necessary to detail ail cle- ?hant to lift one of the circus wagons out of he mire at that place the other day: To procure rain, the Peruvians used to set a black sheep in a field, pour cblbha (a beverage made of sugar and. molasses) over It and give It nothing to eat tili-rain XeU. It is said that Canada is the only-conn-try in the world in which the military , force Is armed with the old Snider rifles. Military men m the Dominion are urging tho adop tion of a more modern arm. -" According to the figures of Profl "W. J. McGee, it is only a question of time when the slow but never-ceasing inroads ot the ocean will engulf many populous cities of the Atlantic seaboard, and perhaps whole States. ' The color of the Botocudos of Brazil is a light yellowish brown. It has been; said that they are capable of blushing occasion ally, which would seem to be an accomplish ment worth havinar. Inasmuch as both sexes commonly go stark miked. Up to a comparatively receDt period the corpses or rich or distinguished persons among the Indians ot the northwest const were eviscerated, driod,placed in wrappings of !ur and gras- matting and suspended above ground in some convenient "rock shelter. There is a new wind instrument, the "pedal clarionet." It Is an octavo below tho bass clarionet, and produces tho lowest notes obtained bv any instrument except the onran. With a ranae of three octaves it has a much pleasanter tone thau the. double bassoon. Good peat in Germany furnish.es.acel lnloso which is valuable to paper makers. Besides serving as a wholesome litter for live stock, it is also used to preserve perish able goods. Meat and fish are now packed In peat litter for transport between, Tri-jste aud Copenhagen. If all the locomotives in the "United States were coupled together they, would make a train of solid iron and steel over 300 miles long. Add the passenger cars and wo would have 300 miles more ot wood and iron; this would give ns a gigantic passenger train 600 miles in length, counting both on gines nnd cars. The Botocudos, of Brazil, are particu larly fond of the flesh of monkeys, but' they also subsist upon ant eaters, alligators and boa constrictors. Fish they usually shoot with small bows, which they use with great dexterity; but sometime they use a poison ous root, which, put into tho water, soon brings the fish to tho surface. , It is said that when Alario, the Con queror of Rome, died that "a river was turned aside to make a place in lta bed for his grave, and when he was buried, the water was airain let into its former channel, and the prisoners who had helped to bury him were killed so that no one might find out where the Conqueror of Rome was buried." The progress of death was uniquely re ported by the dying Dr. Richet to his son, a professor of physiology, and bis physician. As his end approached he carefully described to them every preceptfble sensa tion. At the moment when they observed unmlTtakable signs of immediate dissolu tion, he surprised them by saying, "ou see I am dying." The Santee Indians of South Carolina are said to have preserved the remains of their dead by removing the- flesh -from the bones and keeping the latter carefully, In a wooden box, every year olliugand cleansing them. Thus they conserved them for centuries, so that a savage misht, perhaps, possess the skeletons of his progenitors lor a number of generations. A Yorkshire vicar once received Ithe following notice regarding a marriage from a parish house: "This i3 to give you notis that I and Miss Jemima Arabella Brearly is comin' to vour church on Saturday after noon nex to undergo the operation of mat rimony at your hands. Please be promp', as the cab is hired by the hour." The "ODera tlon" was performed in due course. Famine and nihilism notwithstanding, Russia seems to be the land In which human life reaches Its greatest length. During the vear 1891, 8J3 persons died in the land of the C-c.ir who were between the ages of" 100 and 103- 130 who had reached ages between 115 and 120 also succumbed, whllo three were re ported to the anthorities as having died after living to be 130 years or more of .age. Among the curious taxes levied on trades-people in Corea, according to Colonel Rockhill, was one on sorceresses arriving at the capital, where they had to pay the Board of Revenue a certain number of logs or sticks of wood, for what purpose itis not said but certainly not to burn therewith later on, for tliev ere an inflncntial.clnss in the community. The tax Is no longer levied. In Grass Valley, Cah, is a quarry of one of the most remarKable and valnible build ing stones known to the Pacific, Coast. Itis unlimited in quantity, cropping out of the surface like nn immense led"0, traceable for a long distance. It "is so soft just underneath the sur face of the ground that it can be -cut with a knife, chipped with a hatchet, or planed with a carpenter's plane. Anew cause has arisen for a lawsuit. a woman in France was notified by the authorities of a lunatic asylum of her brother's death. She went to the funeral, and ordered a handsome tombstone.. Her mother was so grieved at her son's death that the plaintiff had to give up Her situa tion to take care of her. Then she learned that the directors of the asylum had made a mistake, and that her brother was alive. After unsuccessful efforts for compensation she has gone to the court, claiming heavy damages for grief and inj ury. a YFJNLETS OF HTJ3IOB. "Seems to me I smell rags burning," ob served one of tbe ladles la the waiting room -of the railway passenger station. Yes'm, " cheerfully spoke nn Rusty Bofus; who had come In ahead of the train and taken np posi tion on the other side or the hot stuve. "It's me." Chicago Tribune. The clock struck twelve, he, said "Good night!" "Goodnight, my dear." said she. Then to the door the pair adjourned , ' And parttd Just at three. Sew York Herald. Funniman iToung Dndel'sbody hasheea recovered. 'Why, I didn't know he had been drownedT "He hasn't. He has merely bought a new, suit of clotbes."-P. "Margaret!" said a 5-year-old girl to one of 4. "Yell?" .. "Don't pat your feet on the lungs of the chilr." Judge. Since critics first began to sneer . At frailties human. - , It has been held a secret ne'er Was kept by woman, , But this the sex can quite despise ... And coolly moctt It, One secret's theirs which search defies It is a Docket. Boston Courier. Miss Gotrox I just wish X could make him real, downright Jealous once. r Miss Flyppe Tell hhn you are going to .leave your money all to chirtty. IadUnapolis Journal. Bjones Is Bjohnson doing well in busi ness? BJenks-Well. that depends on the way you look at It. AU I know is that if I had as much mopey as Bjohnson owes, I should be a rich msn.-ifemer-set Journal. For always-having the last word . Womanshould not be cursed. ., .j. For ere her busy tongue dad stirred Man plainly had the first. ' " Heuf TarS 'Serald. Husband What did you do w5thynat tea dollar bill yon toot out of my poefce'tr rf" Wire-It's where you'll never and ltsKa"5 Hus6and-Where'that'l--I 9flgvat Wife In my pocket.-Jftio rortirew. - 5.v .? ? . -v- .' -., -- . . . r -' . :.,--,. ..'.'. Sm
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