S222ZoMB TtW9 '.THE PITTSBURG' DISPATCH; THURSDAY, ;"' FEBRUARY , 11.' -1892. &eBi$pfrlj. ESTABLISHED FEBRUARY 8. 1846 Vol. 45. No. 169. Entered t Pittsburg Postofflce Jvovember, 1SS7, as second-class matter. Business Office Corner Smithfield and Diamond Streets. News Rooms and Publishing House 78 and So Diamond Street, in New Dispatch Building. EASTERN" ADVERTISING OFFICE, ROOM 7R. TRIBUNE BUILDING. "NEW YORK, wlierecom r.lele flics ofTHE DIbPATCHcan always be found. Foreign advertisers appreciate 'o rnTenIenco. Home advertisers aud friends or THE .DISPATCH, hile In Kcw York, are aho made welcome. TJIEDlSPATCHUregvlarlyon talcatBrentano'. Union Square, A"e York, ana 17 Ave aefopem. rent, trance, where anyone who has been aieap pcinerf at a hotel neic stand can obtain it. TEKMS OF THE DISPATCH. rOSTAGE TREK 1 TIIE UNITED STATE". ' TtAtLTDirATcn. one Year 5 8 0" Daily DisrATcn. Per Quarter. 2 00 Daily DtsrATCH. One Month "0 Daily Dispatch. Including Sunday. 1 year.. 10 (VI Daily Dispatch, Inclndlne Sunday, Jra'ths. 150 Daily Dispatch, including Sunday. 1 m'th.. so ;-rxiAY Dispatch. One Year. rSO "Weekly DisrATcn. One Year 1 3 The Daily" Dispatch Is delivered by carriers at Scents per week, or, including Sunday Edition, at K cents per week. PITTSBUnG. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 11. TWELVE PAGES VERY rOOB GUESSING. The testimony of Assistant Secretary Spaulding before the House Ways and 3Ieans Committee, regarding the receipts and expenses of the Treasury, has re quired the publication of a sequel, which verifies one portion of' his nrst statement but indicates the insufficiency of the rest Mr. Spaulding stated that the business of making estimates comprised a large amount of guesswork, and his supple mental statement verifies that point as ap plied to his own figures, while it indicates that the figures themselves were not as reliable as they ought to be. After considering the subject for two weeks Mr. Spaulding now concludes that he must include in the expenses of the Treasury the amount necessary for the re demption of national bank notes. Con sidering that Congress authorized the use of the trust fund deposited in the Treas ury for the redemption of national bank notes, it would appear to be a natural reflection that the first esti mates of the expenses of the Treasury should include the amount necessary to provide for the redemption of bank notes that may be presented. As the estimate did not include the 10,000,000 which the Assistant Secretary conceded would be re quired for the sinking fund, this changes the first estimate of a surplus revenue of $7,000,000 to a deficit of $10,250,000 without counting a further discrepancy of $9,000, 000 between the estimates of Secretary Foster and his assistant on the sinking fund requirements. This certainly puts the business of esti mating very decidedly in the light of guesswork. The peculiarity of it is that while guesswork may be necessary as to some branches of Government expend iture, the points on which the guessing was omitted altogether were those where it required very little conjecture to know that the Government would have to meet positive and lawful claims which cannot be neglected -without damage -alike to its credit and honesty. r f Government officials, they are to run the finances on guesswork, must do bet ter guessing than that EFFECTIVE AGITATION". If the taxpayers continue to interest themselves until Tuesday, they will secure an efiicient representation in Councils pledged directly to a reduced millage and to close scrutiny and retrenchment of the appropriations. The argument is made in some quarters that these pledges will not amount to much, as the sitting Councilmen, not the candidates to be chosen Tuesday, will have the vote on this year's ordinance. This ob jection is more technical than forceful. Many of the sitting members are candi dates for re-election on Tuesday, and these can be reached by clear and deter mined expressions from the people in their districts. When the people let it be seen that they are pronounced for a given programme their will is sure to be respect ed. It is only when the people are silent or indifferent that extravagance grows up. Further, the candidates elected thisyear will frame future appropriation ordi nances: and finally, the ability of taxpay ers to send men to Councils to represent their views and interests or a special policy, "will, when successfully demon strated, serve as notice to the City Hall officials that an obnoxious policy cannot be forced through without inviting defeat at the polls. INDIVIDUAL, ENTEEPBISE ABOLISHED That new agreement between the an thracite roads marks another step in the progress of corporate centralization. The entire business of mining and selling an thracite coal is to be concentrated in the hands of a single corporate combination, and as a preliminary step all individual enterprise or the interference of private corporations in the mining and selling of anthracite is to be wiped out, and all fur ther prosecution of that industry is to be a prescribed and exclusive monopoly of seven railroad corporations. It is of especial interest to learn that this edict is pronounced by the same syn dicate of New York bankers,which has twice before undertaken to issue decrees which went beyond the power Of either State or Federal sovereignty. As five years ago this plutocratic authority is sued the edict that no more com peting railroads should be built in Pennsylvania or New York, and three years ago laid down laws for the government of the Western Traffic Asso ciation that supplanted the inter-State commerce law, its enactment now that all individual operators in anthracite coal mining shall wind up and go out of busi ness appears in the light of the law of the Medes and Persians, which cannot be re vised or amended. It is stated as one of the beauties of this project that it will relieve the anthracite coal roads of all danger of friction with the Inter-State Commerce law. It is true that when all individual shippers are ex punged there can be no complaints of dis criminations; but it might occur to the organizers that, as the purpose of the law is to prevent individual shippers from be ing wiped out, the process of inducing that class to consent to surrender their property and business may run counter to the provisions of. the act Supposing the grand object of annihilating business en terprise to be attained, there might also be ground for inquiry whether there was any application of the provisions of the act of 1890 forbidding exactly such combinations under heavy penalties. Certainly, if the law officers of the Federal Government have any conception' of their duty to enforce the statutes, such a scheme as this will afford an excellent oppor tunity to determine whether corporate edicts are superior to the statutes of Congress. i THE ELECTORAL QUESTION. Among the measures bearing on national elections produced by the present session of Congress is a bill introduced by Mr. Mc Aleerrof this State, dealing with tho. elec tion of Presidental Electors. Mr. Mc Aleer does not propose the simple and radical change of abolishing the Electoral College altogether and electing the Presi dent and "Vice President by direct popular vote. On the other hand, he proposes a sort of compromise between the constitu tional theory and the actual practice. This compromise takes the form of a bill providing that the Electoral College shall consist of one elector from each Congres sional District, to be chosen by the voters of the district; two electors representing the Senators, to be voted for by the quali fied citizens of the State; one elector for each State and Territory, .including .the District of Columbia, to be elected on a general ticket voted by the qualified voters of the entire nation. Under this plan the Electoral College would contain 356 chosen by Congressional districts; 88 elected by popular vote in each State, and 45 chosen on a national ticket, making a total of 489. The first objection to this proposition is as to its form. It proposes to effect by an act of Congress what requires a constitu tional amendment The next is that while it affords a degree of progress toward doing away with the paradox of an election by which the candidate receiving a majority of votes may be defeated, it does not wholly do so. The 83 votes chosen by the States may hold the balance of "power and affect the result exactly as the present system does. The Electors chosen by Con gressional districts may represent skill in gerrymandering rather than the popular will. The temptation to gerrymanders will be materially increased by this method, and one of the most obvious results would be the redisricting of each State by the dominant party before each Presidental election, on the plan now exemplified by New York and Ohio. The great mistake of such a proposition is that it fails to recognize the lesson of our history. The constitutional theory was that the election of the President and Vice President should be removed from the influences of popular campaigns by resting the choice in Electors who were to be chosen for that purpose, and were ex pected to exercise a free choice without bias from the circumstances of their elec tion. Experience has proved the theory to be impracticable. The whole system comes .down to the foundation stone of the popular will. The Electors as long as they exist will be, not free agents, but simply puppets. Why not recognize ex isting facts and do away with the electoral machinery that gives a voter in Idaho or Rhode Island six times the power of a voter in New York or Pennsylvania in choosing a President The entire logic of our political system points to the election of President by direct vote of the people. When the Electoral College has utterly failed to do the work for which it was constituted it is high time to abolish it , "WHAT WAS HONORED. Pittsburg paid due honors yesterday to the memory of a citizen whose reputation and friendship were prized to a wider circle here than could perhaps be affirmed of men of much more marked prominence. A soldier whose courage and devotion were ideally chivalric, a politician whose uprightness and honesty were above sus picion, and a citizen whose career was marked by modest and unassuming pub lic spirit, in marked distinction to the usual pursuit of wealth, William McClel land leaves a memory in honoring which the community honors itself. It is worth while to give a little reflec tion to the true meaning of the respect which the community paid to the funeral of that brave, modest and noble soldier. It is well known that the conscientious ness of Captain McClelland was car ried to a degree which, according to the ordinary standards, would be considered impracticable. It is hardly a secret that this scrupulousness in his conduct prevented him from rising to as high position in politics and wealth as might have been the case if he had been willing to take the means of success adopted by the average man. Yet it is exactly that extreme conscientiousness to which the public now pays homage. There is great weightin the reflection, now that the end of life has come," that the satis faction of no political ambition nor the at tainment of any degree of wealth could have compensated for the slightest deter ioration in his extreme and careful hon esty. In view of the end of life, is not the memory of William McClelland a better possession than the glittering success of any great politician or wealthy mil lionaire? It is at least such a memory that the people of Pittsburg paid their tribute to yesterday. And that is the sort of mem ory which it is the power of every man to leave to his heirs and his community. THE THEOKY OF IT. A boiler explosion which- took place on the Reading Railroad the other day is an interesting as well as fatal illustration of the theory of boiler explosions, which so far is the only one that fulfills the prime requisite of scientific theories, namely, of agreeing with the facts and of being dem onstrated by the experiments. It is to be remembered that the Lawson theory, brought to the front several years ago, was that boiler explosions result from the high explosive power of superheated water kept under pressure. Thus under normal pressure- water passes off into steam at a temperature of 180 degrees. If the pressure is increased the watermustbe brought to a higher temperature before it produces steam, ind If it is thus raised to a superheated state it is plain that the sudden removal of pressure, as by the opening of the throttle, will cause the water to burst into steam with instantan eous rapidity. The Lawson theory, which was supported by some remarkable demon strations, is that it is this explosive power of superheated water caused by the sud den opening of Jhe throttle or perhaps a safety valve that causes boiler explosions. The account of the locomotive explosion referred to tallies very closely with this theory. The engine was pushing a train out of the yard, and it struck a heavy grade, when the engineer, according to the account, "pulled back his lever to put on more Steam. Hardly had he taken his hand from the throttle when the boiler gave way under the extra pressure of steam." Here, with an unimportant allowance for the inaccuracy of description by one who must give the facts at second hand, is, ,an exact reproduction of the Lawson method of exploding boilers. As the lives of thousands are daily de pendent on 4 thorough knowledge of the conditions "which produce boiler explosions. Joo much study cannot be given to every casualty of the sort which throws a clear light on that' vital subject The fact that few boilers are now constructed to guard against explosions, in accordance with this theory, is a sufficient .evidence of thenece sity of keeping it before the public Governor Flower's revised declara tion, "A full treasury breeds rats," lias strong verification in the fact that a bill was recently railroaded through the New York legislature -which, under cover of changing the method of corporation reports, relieves corporations from taxation on personal property. As U'o Governor signed this bill with the same promptitude that marked its passage, it -would rv public economy to se cure as one of the adjuncts of the executive office a'flrst-class ratter. PORTUGAIi'S financial condition is very serious. Its debt is twice as much as that ot Egypt -when that country was put under control, and Its bankruptcy Is a menace to the Taris bourse. The proposal for the improvement of th e discipline of the Established Church, "in re gard to moral offences," will do little or nothing to delay disestablishment. As com pared with the total of "non-conformists" the Anglican Church is composed of a minority of the population. The majority will not much longer consent to a state of affairs which gives a position in the legisla tive body to the clergy of the minority sim ply by virtue of their religious office. New York intends to knock out the 'nobjeart" or to grow rich at its expense, as it is proposed that sparring exhibitions in tnat city shall be taxed to the tune of $2,C00 a night. It is better to be born dull and without ability to appreciate a joke of any kind, than to have a mistaken sense of humor which confounds fun and cruelty. The man who gets amusement from slipping a hot coin down a small boy's back is a relio of the dark ages and a disgrace to his day and generation. In its adoption of the new rules Congress showed no inclination to be satisfied with the "rule of three," whether the three were Hill, Gorman and Brice, or any other trium virate. The termination of the New York Life Insurance controversy bv the retirement of President Beers on a salary or $37,500 a year, is likely to provoke a good many doubts In the minds or some people whether it is bet ter to be right than tobe President of a great life insurance company. Many young people will regret that sun spots are not accompanied by similar phe nomena on the face of the moon; they would be so much more interesting to study. A belief fund for the Russian sufferers has already reached seven hundred dollars at Johnstown, and it Is expected that it will be doubled. Pittsburg might be able to at ford something, in spite of heavy assess ments, if Mayor Gourley would make an ap peal. Now that the House has reached the point of considering the President's mes sage, care must be exercised to avoid con fusion between the two editions. Senator Hill's old declaration, "I am a Democrat," seems by recent steps to have undergone emendation. The Senator's flats concerning the management of the party amount to the practical proclamation "I am the New York Democracy." A'man on trial for embezzlement is In a bad fix when he bases his defense on the alleged unconstitutionality of a law that he helped to pass. The New York Legislature might learn something from the speed of the electrocu tion process. Tho end is quick enough, but there is something wrong with a system' which allows a man to escape death for two years after his conviction. , Public officials should take warning from Mayor lVyman's trial and. at least go to the trouble of finding out wherein their duties lie. The Massachusetts Democrats have been so loud-voiced in the proclamation of their lmmaculateness that they will do well to hurry up with a disproof of the accusations that they received financial aid from the Louisiana lottery fund. Mr. McConica, of Ohio, has struck a forcible blow 'at the Standard, and he ex pects his State to strike oil in consequence. Apropos of the lollies to which the British press is apt to give vent, some of our journals have yet to learn that there Is a class of offences for which silent contempt is the only method of treatment. If nature abhors a vacuum there must be something very abnormal in the coustitu tu tion of the nation al treasury. PERTINENT PERSONALITIES. One of the prominent financial experts of London lejoices in the name of Mr. Faith ful Begg. " Mark Twain is aeriously ill with influ enza at Berlin, and the Bey of Tunis is also 111 with the same complaint. Mb. and. Mrs. Gladstone arrived Tuesday afternoon at Nice, and were re ceived at the station by the Mayor. Miss Sarah Orne Jewett, who has lately suffered severely from rheumatism in the eyes, is reported to be much better. India has sent a missionary to England, Miss Sonderbai Powar, a native high-caste IIindoo,,who comes to point out the evils of the opium traffic. Ex-TJnited States Senator Newton Booth was married at Sacramento, Cal., Tuesday night to Mrs. Joseph T. Glover, widow of his former partner. Mr. Reid, the United States Minister, although still weak from his recent attack of influenza, Is able to get to the United States Legation, on horseback, daily. THE Empress ol Germany is suffering with an attack of Influenza. Though the official statement says that the attack is only a slight one, Her Majesty Is compelled to keep to her chamber. "Rider Haggard at one time wore a gold ring taken from the mummy of the Egyptian Queen Taia. In its placo -his fin ger now bears a signet ring found with the coffin of Barneses the Great, the Pharaoh of the Oppression. SHAVED IN HIS BLEEP. The Queer Freak of a Somnambulist In New York City. New York, Feb. 10. Amos Furlong, of King&brldge, has long been known to his neighbors as a somnambulist. He had made an arrangement to escort his cousin to church in White Plains, but he hadn't shaved in a week, and he knew he would have to arise very early on Sunday morning if he wanted to scrape off the stubble on his chin before starting for White Plains, which is a long drive trom Ktngsbrlage. Tho responsibility -worried him and made him sleep restlessly. He was up as soon as he thought it was light enough to handle his razor saiely, and, looking at his reflection In the glass, he was "astounded to find that there was nothing left lor him to do. His face was as hairless as a new laid egg, and his shaving materials, which he ordinal ily keeps locked up, were lying on the table. A mole that had disfigured his chin was gone, and, tbougli blood bedabbled his face, he is quite Satisfied with his somnambulistic achievement. The Menagerie Stirred Up. Chicago Inter-Ocean. The Tammany tiger, if he is of royal Bengal blood, will have a chance to show his mettle. The menagerie is well stirred up. Added Honors to the Day. New York Recorder. J Washington's birthday -will become mem orable foe a year or so as the anniversary of the death of Mr. Hill's Presidental boom. CHICAGO OPZBS ITS B00BS To Show Congressmen How Their Fvors Have Ileen Dulv Appreciated. Wabhinston, D. C, Feb. 10. Arrangements for the visit of the members of the Fifty second Congress to Chicago on Washington's birthday, Tor the purpose of inspecting the World's Fair site and buildings in course of construction, are now complete, and the formal invitations were to-day issued by Chairman Duburow, of the Committee on tho World's Columbian Exposition. Hon. A. T. Ewing, Chairman or the Chicago CitU zens' Committee,' has arrived in this city as a personal bearer of the Invitations, which read as follows: "The citizens or Chicago have the honor to invite .the Senators and Representatives in Congress to vMt the city or Chicago on Monday, the 22ddayof February, 1892, to cxaralno the work now In progress for the World's Columbian Exposi tion authorized by act of Congress approved April 25, 1890." A slmilartinvitation has been issued to the press representatives at the National Capita, and includes every news paper man whose standing entitles him'to admission to the press galleries of tho two Houses of Congress. Tho visitors will leave Washington by special train Friday after noon, February 19, over the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, and arrive In Chicago Satur day afternoon about 3 o'clock. The return trip will be made over tho Pennsylvania Railroad, and the excursionists will reach Washineton earlv Wednesday morning, the 24th. The Pullman Palace Car Company has already made arrangements to check all baggage from Washington direct to the hotel at which each guest Is to be accommo dated during the visit, so as to save all trifling annoyances. . Chairman Ewing stated this evening that the idea of Inviting Congress to visit Chi cago had Its origin at an after-dinner talk at the house of one of the principal citizens of Chicaco, and this has grown into a great citizens' movement. The motive which in spired this Invitation was that of gratitude of the citizens or Chicago, who fully appre ciate the great honor which was conlerred upon the city by selecting it as the locatiou of a great international exposition, the greatest event of this generation, and they desire that the national repre sentatives shall come and see for themselves how faithfully the trust Is being executed. The desire of the citizens is that the invitation shall be re ceived in the spirit In which It Is given, namely, that of pure hospitality, and in no event shall the dignity and hospitality be lowered to cover any ulterior sordid motive, and each guest shall be cordially welcomed, and his tlino spent in an agreeable and in structive manner. Particularly Is it desired by the citizens or Chicago to remove the im pression that the coming event has any connection whatever with the proposed ap propriation for the Woiid's Columbian Ex position. The World's Fair directory and officials have no connection whatever with the present affair, whlcu is being conducted exclusively Dy the private butpnbllc-mlnded citizens of the city of Chicago. A MAINE LIQUOR CRUSADE. All the Dealers in Bangor Must Settle With the State or Go to Jail. Bangor, Me., Feb. 10. Special.' For some days past It has been rumored about the streets that the grand jury at the present term ot tho Supreme Judicial Court of Penobscot county would report Indictments aealnst every person In city who held a United States license for selling liquor, the lact of their having paid tho special tax being considered prima facie evidence of guilt. Tho rumor was generally discredited, lor the liquor dealers have long gone prac tically unmolested In this city. When the grand jury came in this forenoon, however, they reported 244 indictments for the crim inal term, over 200 of which are against liquor dealers, and a great sensation was created in the crowded courtroom. Every druggist, hotel keeper and liquor dealer In the city has been indicted, to gether with the keepers of several notorious dives and various small peddlers of the stuff. Great excitement prevails among the liquor dealers, lrom the opulent McCanns and Magulres to their small customers In the Surlleus of Hancock street and the Devil's alf Acre, for one and all will have to walk up and settle from one to throe cases. The great majority will have to pay $100 and costs, but snme may go to jail uuderthe new law, although this Is not probable. A number of the poorer rumsellers will have to go to Jail for a couple of months on ac count of inability to .pay their lines, aud Bangor Jail, which was in prohlDltlon times the home of so many liquor dealer, will shelter a fair quota of that class or offend ers again. - j The drnggists are Indignant at the action of the Grand Jury" in indicting them, but several of the drug stores are common rum shops, and there is no reason why any of them, withpossiblv two or three exceptions, should be omitted from the list. The larger liquor dealers say tiiat they are satisfied to pay a fine now and then in lieu of a license lee, and declare that the only cause of the present crusade is a desire on the part of the Connty Commissioners to fatten the Treasurv. Several liquor dealers have left town. The Pi ohibltionlsts are in great glee. CORSETS TAKEN OFF By H-h School Girls Who Are Taking; Physical Cnltnre Lessons. Woburn, Mass., Feb. 10. Special. The girls at the High School will continue their gymnastics without corsets, knowing that the exercises have been approved by the leading physician of the town, who was a critical observer yesterday. It seems that the complaint was not as widespread as at first represented by tho discontented ones, and in view of the fact that the course of gymnastics has received the sanction of physicians, there will be no further trouDle over the matter. The physician who -visited the school for the purpose of ascertaining if the girls were being subjected to too severe a strain, saw only some very simple movements consist ing of "order movements and leg move ments to induce circulation, strain bending movements, etc, for respiration and expand ing the chest and developing the body. The girls wore a regulation exercise suit, which was exceedingly pretty and girlish, and comprised a rather full skirt of navv blue, made ordinarv length, with a blouse or loose waist of same material, turned down collar and set off with jaunty tie of some bright color, tied in a coquettish little knot. "When asked to state his opinion of the ex ercises, the medical critic said: "If con ducted properly, and providing the girls are in good health, no doubt they are most bene ficial; but the interval between tho lessons, which come but once a week. Is too long. I think it would be better if. they came oftener." One of the young ladies said she only ob jected to the backward movements as it hurt to do them, and she, thought It strained her a little. Another young girl, who con fessed that she was not fond of the physical culture exercises, said: ' "I would not exer myself to do the exercises If not obliged to, but If they are good for me I have no objec tion." Another bright girl, active and full of life, was quite enthusiastic over gymnas tics. She practiced them at home with her sister and evidently took much delight in the exercises. SHE DANCED AND DIED. Lockjnw Brings a Society Belle to an Un timely End. Mobile, Ala., Feb. 10. Mattle Zweln'ger last Friday night attended a ball at the Ger man Relief Hall and danced "the evening through, although her foot pained her from a wound caused by stepping on a nail the afternoon before The nail penetrated the sole or her shoe, entering tho flesh an Inch or more. When told to be careful, that such a wound -was dangerous, she said she would go to tho ball ir she died for It. On Saturday a physician extracted a piece of leather from the wound. It had been driven into the foot by the nail. On Sunday lockjaw set In' and Miss Zwelnlger died In the greatest agony. She was one of the most popular and beauti ful women in her social circle. A QOEGKOTJS PHENOMENON. Tho Heavens Bisected With a Luminous Band and Fire Balls. Lake Bestow, Mink., Feb. 10. At noon to day a luminous band appearedin the zenith, extending trom the sun on each side down to the horizon. Four large balls of light, al most as brilliant as the sun, hung at inter vals on the circle, presenting the appear ance of an Immense electric light. Bright rainbows Intersected the space within the circle. The weather was hazy, though the sun shone brightly all the time. The phenomenon was visible lor nearly three-quarters of an hour, after which it faded gradually away. Working the Soil Pedal. Omaha World-Herald, j The Vice Presidental boom of Governor Merriam, of Minnesota, seems to be working the soft" pedal. HYMENAL CHAINS Bind Two Hearts Together at rofnt Breeze Church Concert for the Benefit of a Scholarship at the Pennsylvania College A Chronicle of Social .Events. A rRETTY. weddine, such as should satisfy the most fastidious taste, took place last night In Point Breeze Presbyterian Church, the Rev. Mr. Benham officiating at the cere mony, which united Miss Carrie Paisley and Mr. Graff. The church was prettily ar ranged with flowers by Patterson, and, itself a dainty edifice, its- beauty was much en hanced thereby. Tho ceremony was sol emnized at 5:30, and "by that hour Fifth avenue was lined with carriages of attendant guests. The Fifth avenue entrance of the church was for the general visitors, the side entrance being used solely by the wed ding party and the house guests. The ceremony, with the ring observance, though very simple, was replete with beauty and solemnity, the clergyman charging the young couple with their duty both earnestly and clearly. The bridal .party consisted of eizht ushers, a maid of honor, two tiny chil dren, a little page, and a flower girl and the best man. Miss Paisley looked ex tremely striking In her wedding gown, and a slight paleness, notice able as she returned from the altar, accentuated the lair puritv of her cora- Elexion. She Is tall, with "almost Jlaxen air, and is considered one ol the hand somest girls in Pittsburg. She is also very popular, and many good wishes for her future could be heard expressed In all di rections last night. The church was filled with people, some of which were compelled to stand by reason of the fact that the church li hardly largo enough 'or a Wedding, as weddings gonowadavs. Unfortunately, too, thi' aisles are scaicely large enough at parts for a procession to pass conveniently along. Manv pretty gowns were worn at the church by those afterward attending tho re ception given bv Mr. Paisley at his house. Mr. and Mrs. Graff left last night for the East. . Madame Marie J)ecca arrived in town yesterday accomoanied by her husband, Mr. Chrlsman, and is at the Monongahela House, where she remains during her stay in Pitts burg. At first it had been intended that Mme.Decca should be theguest of her friend, Miss Ewing, who is Secretary of the Scholar ship Benefit, but illness in the household of the young Lidy precluded all possibility of so pleasant an event. Last night MmcDecca was the recipient of many calls, as she has a wide circle of friends In the city, who always entertain her when an opportuity is afforded them. She is in the best of health and spirits and is looking expectantly" forward to a summer tour with the Marino Band, whose favorite soprano she has been for several seasons. Airangements are being planned for a re ception on rriaay aiternoon at tne renn svlvania College, when the pupils .will have the pleasure of meeting the lady who sings to-night at their concert. Miss Pelletreau and the committee have charge of the re ception. Though it is not Intended to issue formal Invitations, theTeception will not be general to the public, as.it would be impos sible for Madame Decca to meet a large as semblage of people. Only the pupils and a few outside friends will bo present. The following Is the programme for the concert to-night at Carnegie Hall: ( a Ensrlish "It Was a Dream" Oowen 1 i b Scotch "Coming Thro' the Rye" ( c Irish "Klllarney" Balfe i?rnci. 5 a "A la Fontaine" Taubert - rencu J b "Serenade" ("Sing, Smile, Slumber1') Gounod 3 German Echo-lied" Eekert 4 Italian Bolero ("Sicilian Vespers") Verdi 5 Spanish "La Manola" Bourgeois 6 American Ja "What Are Thev to Dof"....Randegger ( b "Home, Sweet Home" Payne A few words regarding the object of the concert, which is the first entertainment or a projected series. Particularly is there one agreeable phase about the purposed Helen E. Pelleti eau Scholarship. The name of the beneficiary will be known only to the prin cipal of the college, on whose judgment the committee of the fund are entirely willing to rely, and if pill it should be to any young woman to be aided in this way, surely all that delicacy can do to sugar-coat It has been done- To Illustrate this, one or the committee tells a story. One of the cleverest young students at the Pennsyl vania College until recently was the daugh ter of wealthy parents, but by the ups and downs of the American world of commerce, she found herself recently, within a few months of graduation, without the means of paying the remaining tuition fees. . The young lady frankly told Miss Pelletreau the state of affairs, and said she must accord ingly withdraw. Fortunately the needful sum was small, and the young lady can finish her college course by reason or somebody else's generosity. It is absolutely a private matter between the pilncipal and the pupil. Already a young lady's name is mentioned as the recipient of the scholarship benefits this coming year. She is in a like predicament, but worse, since her graduation Is a year farther off. Her natural parts and her capacity for studvlng have always attracted her tutors, and It Is felt that in her case the seed will be sown In good ground. Another thing. The committee are willing to look upon the scholarship as a loan fund to a youngwoman thus temporarily pinched, who in alter years is privileged, II she so de sires andbejable, to refund it. The concert to-night is under the wing of society as represented by Mrs. George W. Hailman, Mis. J. M. Schoonmaker, Mrs. . A. Ford, 3Irs. Frank Le Moyne, Mrs. Cort landt Whitehead, Mrs. "James M. Murdoch, Mrs. Jos. N. Davidson, Mrs. William Scott, Mrs. W. J. Holland, Mrs. M. W. Achesqn, JIu S. S. Mai vln, Mrs. H." C. Bughman, Miss M. J. Pike, Miss S. H. Killlkelly. Mrs. Ernest Schwartz. Mrs. William' H. Daly, Mrs. Oliver McClintock, Mrs. T. M. Jones, Mrs. Charles Lockhart. Mis. E. M. Ferguson, Mrs. Thomas Mellon, Mrs. Jarvis Adams, Mrs. W.N. Frew, Mrs. George W. Dilworth, Mrs. James W. Grove, Mis. George A. Kellv, Mrs. J. J. Van dergrirt and Mrs. Dewees Wood, cannot be other than successful. Mr. Edmund Boyle, Mr. Thomas J. Hartley, Mr. Charles S. Wise, Mr. C. De Moos Emmons, Mr. David Stewart, Div Stuart Patterson and Dr. Small will act as usher3. It was said a few days ago that nearly every seat had been sold. It was rather amusing to note the many pursed-up mouths in the church last night, during the Rev. Mr. Benhams' admonitory council to Miss Paisley and Mr. Graff. Several wives forgot that they were in church and looked at their husbands in a sort of a- furious fashion, as though they would say, "Do you think I would obey you, when I know you haven't half as much sense as 1 have." It appears that Mr. Ben ham awelt more particularly upon that part of the marriage ceremony teaching that the husband 13 over his wife, as Christ is over his' Church, than clergymen of these days usually venture to do, In view of the fact thatraany of their fairparishoners are protesting loudly against it. Oqe young ladyMwho is said to be engaged, gave an in dignant snort, and said that Mr. Benham. should never officiate at her wedding. An other sweet damsel weeplnglv declared that all her enjoyment in looking forward to marriage In the abstract was destroyed for ever. Social Chatter. Miss Ella Hat's green luncheon on Tues day for her lriend, Mrs. Updegraff, unfor tunately lost much of its attraction through the absenoo of the guest of honor, who was forbidden bv her physician to leave her room. Miss Hay's luncheons are always de lightful, but tho absence of Mrs. Updegraff naturally was somewhat disconcerting. InviTATio:t3 were issued yesterday for the wedding of Mies Stella Brennen and Mr. Jo seph G. Vllsack on Wednesday, r ebruary 24, at 5 o'clock. The ceremony will bo per formed In St. Aeues' R. C. Church on Fifth avenue. At-home cards for Fridays after .March 15 at 504 O'Hara-street, East End, ac company the invitation. Rev. Adam Chambers, of Now York, will deliver his celebrated lecture on "Pilgrims' Progress" in Nixon Street Baptist Church Thursday evening, February 11. The lecture was delivered four times in Mr. Spm-xeon's Tabernacle, in London, and was alluded to by that sreat preacher in the most flatter ing way. Chancellor Holland will make an open ing address at the Marie Decca concert this evening. Miss Decca has experienced many chairmen in her day. but seldom will she And herself in such agreeiblo circumstances as those which permit of the popular Chan cellor's introduction to-nlghr. AsurrER, which they say will bo a very good one, and doubtless will be.since churcn people seem to understand the needs of the creature as well as of the soul, is to begiven in St. John's Episcopal Church Thursday evening, February 18. The usual concomi tant bazaar will be present. Miss H. M. Coxtton's Egyptian entertain ment will be given at the Central B. P. Church on Tuesday evening, February 16. Ml-s Connor Is a returned missionary from Egypt, and has'many Interesting things to tell about that always fruitful subject. Mr. asd Mrs. Fred Fisher, of Homewood, lelt on Tuesday night for a trip of two months' duration through the South. Mrs. Max J. Becker, of Ellsworth avenue, entertained lriends at luncheon yesterday. Mrs. JohiJ h'. Dalzill and Miss Dalzoll gave a party last night for Miss Small. OUR MAIL POUCH. What Is Meant by an Age? To the Editorof The Dispatch: In your comments in Sunday's Dispatch of February 7, on Prof. Totten's theories we notice the following: "Lieutenant Prof. Totten is famous for his deductions from astrology and scripture, either that the world is coming to an end or that the millennium is at band: we are not quite con fident which is indicated by his vaticina tions." Now, will yon allowyonrhumblo servant to state to a certainty his meaning? To our mind he stated his belief very clearly, when he said that he believed "the earth would abide forever," and that it was the end of the age which he is expecting. There are few people, we believe, who understand just what is meant by the scriptural meaning of the word "age." (See Young's concordance.) An age is any ceriod or time which God sees fit to set apart for a purpose: for instance the Hebraic age was tho period or time in which God dealt exclusively with that peo ple; passing bv all other families of the earth (Amos 3:2.) That age commenced at the death of Jacob. At his death his 12 sons were first called tribes and became a. nation, (Gen. 49.-2S). It ended at the cross, and was 1,813 years long. (See Millenial Dawn, vol. 2, pages 23l-232.) Before the Hebraic age we had what Is termed the patriarchal age. In it God dealt with ono man at a time Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. At the cross the present gospel age be?an,and this is, we think, what Pror. Totten is expecting will end soon with the coming of Christ. No doubt yon already know how different the work of tills present ae has been from the work of the Hebraic age. That was an age of types and shadows of better things to come (Col., 2:14-17) i. e., the realities of this age. Paul testifies of ages yet to come in which God will still work and strew forth the exceeding riches ot his grace (Enheslans 2:7.) Another point we beg leave to notice is the manner in which tho millennial age will be introduced. Of course, we believe that when Christ comes it Is for the purpose ot setting up his kingdom under the whole heavens (see Daniel vil., 13, 14, 37), and it will be in or during "a time of trouble such as was not since there was nation" (Daniel xll.,1). this will necessitate wars such as we never have had the like before. Many prophecies indicate tho same trouble. But we will not consume needless time in relerrinz to them: the student can find them by referring to his concordance. We onlv wish to point out the fact that Prof. Totten's practice (by drilling n military company) and theories harmonize from a scriptural standpoint. Mrs. J. M. Gelvix. Avossiore, Pa., February 10. "Want Itapld Transit Malls. To the rdltor of The Dispatch: As yourpaperis the exponent of everything that Is progressive and for the betterment of our city, and that will facilitate its busi ness interests, I would suggest i's a help for the rapid transmittal of the malls from the different outlying portion s of the city reached by the electric and cable cars, and between the two cities of Allegheny and Pittsburg, that mail boxes, similar to those placed upon lampposts or street corners be attached to certain cars to run every 15 or 30 minutes in which letters can be placed by the writers or by the regular mall collectors, which will be thus speedily brought to the city, or car ried to the outlying districts, or to Alle gheny, when authorized agents can open the boxes and take the same to the postofflce for distribution or delivery. It would relieve the postofflce of a heavy accumulation or mail at the time when the mall carriers come in from their routes, and relieve the carrying or much or their burden. It can readily be-seen how great would be the benefit to all outlying business interests if such a scheme can be adopted. The elec tric cars running between St. Paul and Min neapolis have this plan working very satis factory. Mall is carried every 15 minutes be tween the two cities. Why may not Pitts burg be the-first to extend 1c to a more gen eral use? I presume the management of the street car lines would willingly allow the same if it did not interfere with their run ning time. J. L. Andeesox. Pittsburg, February 9, 1892. DIRE PREDICTIONS. Lieutenast Totten, U. S. A, of Yale, be lieves that the approaching conjunction of Venus and Jupiter betokens the end of the world. Let him believe It; we don't. Boston Hews. XiETJTEiiAirr Totten thinks that this year marks the beginning of tho end, no matter how prolonged. People will not object, pro viding the end is prolonged indefinitely. Indianapolis News. JcriTKK and Venus made a fine show last night. The superstitious who believe in as trology along with astronomy are predicting great events to follow. Maybe we will have another war with Chile or a scrap with San Sa vador. Toledo Bet. Prof. Tottex, of Yale College, Is convinced from the study of the signs of the times on the earth and in the stars, with the light throw-n upon them by the Bible, that this year will mark the beginning of the end, no matter how prolonged. Pomona JS'ews, Jdbiteb and Venus appeared in conjunc tion last evening, In the presence of a large and enthusiastic crowd of spectators, and the world still wags. Prof. Totten will have to revise his calculation as to the annihila tion of things. Boston Herald. Nnmbsr of Uncle Sam's Employes. Washington, D. C, Feb. 10. The first vol ume of the Blue Book for 1S91 shows that there are employed In the postal service of the United States, in all capacities, 184,431 Sersons, and in all other departments or the overnment, 62,803 persons, making a total of 247,294. DEATHS HERE AND ELSEWHERE. Mrs. Nancy Allison, Centenarian. Mrs. Nancy Allison Frost, who was per haps the oldest resident o' Ohio, died early yester day morning at hrr home near Marietta in the 108th year of her age. Mrs. Frostr was born In Fayette county. Pa., October 22, 17S1. When she was bat 5 years of age, iu 1733, her father, re moved with his family to Marietta, then but Just settled and the only settlement west of the Ohio river. Two years later the memorable Indian war of 1791-95 broke out. and the four years of its con tinuance were sDent br the Allison famllv In one of the block houses of the historic Campus Martins. For many years prior to her death Mrs. Frost was the only survivor of that period. Except a silent deafness, she possessed all her faculties to tbe end. and bothjead and sewed without the aid of glasses. Prot O. N. Stoddard. O. K. Stoddard, emeritus professoreof natural science in Wooster University, died sud denly yesterday morning. He was at a concert Tuesday evening and seemed to be In his usual good health. He was 79 years old. graduating from .Union college in 1835. He made teaching hlsjife work, and was a frequent contributor to scientific magazines. He was a professor In Miama Univer sity, oxford, O.. when President Harrison was a student there and came to Wooster In 1870. Mabsl Ba:i Il.iyc, Manager. Mabel Hall Hayes, the English actress and manager, died recently In London at the ae of 43. She had been berore the public a quarter of a centnrv and had traveled over the world, even to South Africa, where she played with Dlsuey Roebuck and also managed a theater. In later years she had managed melodramatic companies on tours orEngland. She was the wife of K. J. Hall. Obitoary Notes. Henri Bandrillart. a French economist of national fame, is. dead in Paris. SIR JAMES CAIRD. K. C. B F. K. 8.. the noted English agriculturist, died yesterday. HerrLohman. managing director of the North German Lloyd Steamship Company, is dead at Bremen. Dr. George W. Kiley, President of the Har rlsburg National Bank, died In that city Monday evening. Ue was a prominent financier and-identlaed-wlth many enterprises. Prof. Lewis French Stearns, of the Bangor (Me.) Theological Seminary, died Tuesday night. He Is the author of a volume or lectures on "The Evidence or Christian Experience" and of "The Life of Prof. Henry U. Smith," now in press. Cuaeles Desmcnts, acting manager of the Paris Bouffcc Tlieatcr, and M. 31111erau, a prom inent musical critic and editor, died In Parts re centlv. The widow of the famous French comedian, Bouffe. is also dead in that city at the age or 87. j, Mrs. L. H. Eooers. "of Adger, near Birming ham, Ala., died Tuesday night, aged 106 years. Deceased went to Alabama from North Carolina 52 years ago. Until her fatal Illness she was never seriously sick. She leaves a large family In Jeffer son county. Augustus R. Newman, known as "Boss" throughout Southern Connecticut, died at Mianus Monday. He was 88 years o'.d. In 1S Mr. New man entertained Lafayette. He was once Warden of tbe Connecticut Bute Prison and served one term In Congress. RICHARD Sweitman, an English comedian, dis tinguished lor his work In Wilson Barrett's sup port, is dead In London, aged 64. James Houston, a Scotch comedian of note, died In Glasgow recent ly, a.nd Tom Squire, an English music-hall singer and composerof international repute, has passed away in Melbourne, Australia. CURIOUS CONDENSATIOJ There are 32 Boman Catholic peers. London has 125,000 male fboj a slstants. A cluster of Mayflowers was pluckc near Machias, Me., on January SO. Plants grow faster between iandA-S than at any other time during the'day. One-sixth of the Postal Departmet business in London Is conducted.byrc5me! One of the scholars in a country schoo at Grayson, Ky., is a Justico of the Peact aged 44 years. The Emperor of Germany standYtiftnti first in the direct line of succession to th British throne. To open an oyster the fqrcereqnire appears to be 1,319 times the weIgnt"of th shelless creature. - --...T The Germans prepare an excellent sul stitute for tea froni tho leaves of the coramo strawberry plant. ? The "War Department reportsthr there are 8,567,250 men in the UnltedJStatt who are available for military duty. '" A pretty Sumner, 111., school teacher i few days aro met, became engagedl;toran married a young man ail within the space c an hour. 13t A mathematician has discovered. that bicyclist can travel 15mlle3 over, a good-xoa on his wheel with less exertion than h'e. ca walk three miles. - "" A. single bee, with all its' 'indnstrj energy and innumerable journeys -it has t perform, will not collect more tnana'tei spoonful of honey in a single season.- -., The Germans have various descriptiv names for the grip, such as "blitz-catarrh (lighthinc catarrh 1. "schaafshusten" (sheer cough), "huebuenzlep" (crowing), "njodi fleber" (fashionable fever), etc. "! A wealthy old man of Bordentown, H Y"., who has been paying (2 60-a week fo board for many years, came to the concli slon that such extravagance must'eeas and he has therefore got married. " The exterior of buildings is riowjcleane in America by the sandblast insteadTof th hose. The front is covered with staging; an the blast is aoplled by a sy.stem ofpipes an nozzles carried by the workmen. j Three tons of steam coal represent man's labor for a period of 20 years, and on square mile of a seam of coal, having a dept" of fonr feet only, represents as much wori as 1,009,000 men can perrorm in 20 years. According to the figures of Prot 3V. J McGee, it is only a question of time-whe the slow bnt never-ceasing Inroads ot th ocean will engulf many populous cities c the Atlantic seaboard, and perhaps who! States. A man who died in Cincinnati,a. fei days ago, it is said, had not a single hap substance in his body which would indicat that he possessed such a thing as a bon( Even his skull "was of about the ssmecot sistency as India rubber." Twenty-two acres of land are needed t snstaln a man on flesh meat; while the sam amount of land under wheat feeds 42 peoplt under oats, 83 people; under potatoes, India: corn and rice, 176 people, and under th plalntaln, or bread fruit tree, overOO people. '"- The custom of having a court poet-om whose duty it i3 to write to order; as lt.wer is at present confined to Britain, amonj civilized nations. In ancient times tbe en; torn was well-nigh universal. Every cour had its poet and painter, as well as Its dwar and buffoon. About 1887 a horseshoe was found nnde the ico of the glacier Theodul, in Swltzer land, which lea geologists to the idea tha this pass, 3.322 meters high, was formerly no imbedded in ice. This has been furthercor firmed by a recent find ot coins bearing the likenesses of Augustus and Diocletian. A remarkable evidence of the extent o the mice plague in Dumfriesshire, is that oi one hill farm in the connty, one man has during the past five weeks, killed over 32,00' mice. A few weeks ago large numbers o eats were imported, one farmer havingrovei 100, but they have been found of littleor ns use. Many savage tribes constantly -use without harm, 'the flesh of animals klllei with poisoned weapons; and in recent In vestigations with animals killed by varioo poisons, such astry ermine, tartarised anti monv and oserine, the flesh tras found to t or nnimpairecT flavor and t6 produce no II effects. i . ' J An infant loses from three to six ounce: in weight during the first four to six days by the seventh day it should have gained it: birth-weight: from that to the firth month I ought to gain about five ounces per wees or about six drachms a day; at the fiftl month it ought to have doubled its birth -weight, and in 16 months quadrupled it. There have been several peculiar show ers in the United States during thelast qnai terof a century: among others, a showgr o "quivering flesh" in-'Kentncky; a shower o edible mushrooms, in South Carolina; i shower of small seed's, In Statesburg, Soutt Carolina, in 1S82; and a shower of sulphur, ii the Indian Territory, In the spring of 1883. The first pomade was made by macerat ing oyer-ripe apples in grease. The1 "wore came from pomum, an apple, because tbes were first used In the making of haTr'Blat ment. By and by, however, It was found that the apple was useless In the prepay tion, and the grease was then employed first alone, but was soon afterward perfumec with the finest scents procurable. ", A wonderful example of patience in the Chinese is afforded by a consular" repon dealing with the manufacture of -salt Ir Central China. Holes about six inches In diameter are bored in the rock by means ol a primitive form or iron drill, and some times a period- of 40 years elapses before! the coveted brine is reached, so that the work Is carried on from one generation tc another. ' While the Hytopagi of Ethiopia'! ari said to have had the power of jumpln jfron tree to tree, there exists a people who nevei saw a tree, shrub or leaf. This peculiar ra was discovered bv Sir John Boss, in latitude between 76 and 77. So ignorant were -they of the properties and weight of wood, that, seeing a beam lying across the deck, they attempted to lift it; and were surprised tc nno. iney uouiu nut, uu au. t KHXNKLED KBYJIELETS.-M3 She (sobbing) Poor little F F Fido is 'd d dead. He (calmly' Well, my dear, that dog never did Uke me. I can't say that I am altogether sorry. She N no, neither ami. I ve got yonjeft, and besides, black Is awfully becoming to me-Vos lorkBeriild. .-T The letter,H he knows always-.- Though he's. but three years' young,. "Because it looks so like," he says . "A ladder with one rung." ,. "orpr' Young Ifaplt. Mrs. Goode (to tramp) If you'll step to tbe side door I'll see that you get a .generous lnnch. "T5 Tattered Tlmmy I don't mind the lunch oeln' generous, ma'am, of you'll only be so yourself. Can't yer make It square by gfvln' me a aimer Barpers1 Bazar. ' Mrs. GraynecX Now you must !j?en Mr. salpinx: my daughter's going to sln"'3 new song. y Salpinx Thank heaven! Boston Omrfcrt Of all the languages of earth' From English back' to Greek -. There's none that's universal oalte. Not even Volapuk. " Hxcept-oh, yes. there Is Jnston-T Known In all earthly walks .as It is the soft, pecsoaslve tongue ;tsi That ready money talks. . cle ' Sew ToTtBeraM. Uncle Treetop Seems to me they hare a curious way at my hotel. ' " William Ann What has gone wrong? Uncle Treetop-Whcn I wrote my name m ta register, the man yelled "front;" Imtthe-fool boy .n, .. ..,ar1!nfr fikVlirht VieW OX h the elevator shaft.-SmA, Gray Co-s Monthia. Mrs. Billson Mrs. Struckit affectaitha ., i ,. j.umHa. Jtam L Mrs. Dagget-Yes, she told me the other jlay she Fwas heart-broken because she couldn't .get the shades of her ancestors for the parlor wmaoja. Art in Advertising. . - Each nightbefore he married fiisrf In evening dress he'd call. s"CS But now in slippers and shirt sleeves.. He promenades the ball. , r- Clothier and Furnls&er. She had been trying for 20 mi nut evf en tertain Mm with the gossip of the neighborhood. "Aw, MIss.QuIckstep," be said..':awjft we-w talk about something fwesh?" ' . "Why. yes, Mr. De Swelrant," she-Hswered with an engaging smile. "Tell meiDOOt your self. "How do you manigeTo- pas1 toa TttBl2taeio dun days?" Chicago Tribune ' '
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