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PITTSBURG. SrXDAY. FEBRUARY 14.
BECOME A LEADING I'iSOE.
Congressman Dalzell pleased everybody
immensely vner at tlie Ercss Club ban
quet in this city a couple of weeks ago, lie
made his admirable speech on the coming
issue, the improvement of the national
waterwajs and the construction of the
preat canal from the Ohio to the lakes.
At Lancaster on Friday niqht he proved
that his heart was deeply in this subject,
and that the Pittsburg address was not
merely for home consumption or to tickle
a local feeling. He spoke forcibly and
well to the Lancastrians on the importance
of improving the waterways and building
the canal, showing that it affected greatly
national and State as well as local in
terests. The value of having a man of Mr. Dal
zell's ability, filled with enthusiasm by an
intelligent grasp of this question, will soon
be seen. He has measured its importance,
so often set forth in these columns; and
before the present session of Congress is
over other statesmen at Washington will
he found taking a greater interest in the
waterways question than a little while
ago they, themselves, thought possible.
"Western Pennsylvania with the neigh
boring States of Ohio and West Virginia,
hae substantial reason to feel gratified
that projects which, if carried out, will
make this region the busiest, most popu
lous and most prosperous on the continent,
if not ultimately on the globe, have at last
enlisted the sort of ability and enthusiasm
which are needed to carry great projects
through.
OVERGROWN ESTIMATES.
Elsewhere this morning, TnE Dispatch
brings to notice some of the larger prob
lems which should find recogniiion in city
government, but do not, viz.. the concep
tion and encouragement of broad plans for
adding in every possible way to the local
manufacturing and mercantile interests.
That is a question seldom thought about in
the slightest degree on the eve of city
elections yet it should be of great impor
tance. It is the money which the taxpayer has
to pay out whicli gets exclusive attention
not the money that might be brought in.
This sensitiveness of the pocket to drafts
has roused a ery general protest this
year against an increase of city expenses
over the extremely liberal appropriations
of last year. In the face of such pro
nounced expressions Councils cannot es
cape a free and close cutting of the Chiefs'
estimates. At the polls on Tuesday this
can be further ensured by supporting can
didates pledged to limiting the appropria
tions to last j ear's aggregate.
In this connection it is curious to note a
quibble over a thing of no importance
One of our cotemporaries takes exception
to the popular demand for a lower mill
age this j ear, on the plea that the thing to
do is to cut down the appropriations
which determine the millage. Nobody
disputes that It should not be necessary
to explain that if the millage is to be low
ered the cutting of the Chiefs estimates
is the way to lower it
SILVER MONOMETALLISM.
The report of the Bland free coinage
bill, together with the motionsvoted down
in committee before it was earned, fully
defines the itsue to be placed before the
people. It commits the supporters of that
measure to the proposition that the unit
of values shall be lowered to about 75
cents on the present dollar. This is clearly
shown by the voting down of two proposi
tions made as a substitute for the uncon
ditional free coinage report
There are just two ways in which there
is a possibility of securing the circulation
of silver under free coinage at a parity
-with gold. One is to secure an interna
tional agreement by which the silver will
circulate everywhere at a uniform ratio;
the other is to coin a silver dollar equal in
bullion value to the golden. Both propo
sitions, one for an international conference
and the other for a silver dollar of largely
increased weight, were submitted to a vote
in committee and defeated, after which
"-he tree coinage bill was recommended.
This puts the supporters of the bill
sjquarelj on the platform of scaling down
the silver dollar 25 per cent The chief
result of sucha movementwill be simply to
take away one-fourth of the claim of every
creditor in the land and make a present
of it to the debtor One view of the case
which appeals to the instinct of the dema
gogue is that such a scaling down of debts
will be for the benefit of ordinary people;
but that is a shallow and egregious blun
der. The effect of this change would bo
to reduce in purchasing power every sav
ings bank depo-it in the country, t- take
away from the small investors in corporate
bonds one-fourth their property and give
it to the corporation.
A party which commits itself to such a
proposition is storing up its own destruc-
tlon. The report is not a report in favor
of bimetallism, but it is one in support of
silver monometallism.
TIIE LARGER rROIILEJIS AHEAD.
The problem of city government is occu
pying more attention than usual this year
in the other cities of the State as well as In
Pittsburg. Here, the increase of valuations
and the enlarged demands of the Chiefs
of Departments compel attention sharply
to the subject In Philadelphia the issue
Is different. The people of that town have
awakened to the fact that Councils should
have men among their number capable of
planning and forwarding the city's manu
facturing and mercantile development
They want a "new Philadelphia" one
that will step forward in place of the
rather drowsy yet expensively governed
Philadelphia of tho past In "Williams
port, too, there is an issue at stake. There
voters want the influence of partisanship
dropped, and elections for Councils on a
strictly business basis.
The Williamsport idea is correct. Par
tisan politics of the nation or State are not
involved in city government, which, in Its
chief aspect, is a business undertaking un
concerned with national and State issues.
The meeting of voters at the polls to elect
Councilmen should be regarded in as clear
a business light as the meeting of the
stockholders of the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company, or other great undertakings, to
elect directors. The same principles
should guidfri-but they will not so long as
the merely partisan idea is kept up. Phila
delphia is so enthused over the "new
Philadelphia" idea that the Republican
organ, the Inquirer, advises voters to sup
port progressive and capable men regard
less whether they call themselves Repub
licans or Democrats.
In Pittsburg the question of partisan
ship does not count for much, as for sev
eral years the lines have not been drawn at
all between Republicans and Democrats
in their policy or votes in Councils. But
the other issue of getting progressive and
able men with ideas for the city's
advancement into Councils must some
day here, as in Philadelphia, count
for a great deal more than it has
counted for up to the present The
prosperity of cities is adversely or benefi
cially influenced by their government It
is not merely that extravagance can reach
the point of checking the business growth
of the place, but, on the other hand, it
may be a blunder of the worst sort
for a city to refuse to cultivate
its opportunities. Pittsburg is nearing the
situation when it must consider thee
things. It now spends nearly $5,000,000
yearly. Ohe-fcurth of that sum would
represent the annual interest on the 525,
000,000 needed to build the Erie Ship
Canal, whose immense benefits to the city
need not be recited; or one-sixth of it
would meet the interest on capital to build
such a trunk line to the East as the South
Penn, opening up great tributary trade
or this place and benefiting shippers
enormously. Of course, Pittsburg as a
city might find legal difficulties in back
ing such enterprises; but our object is to
show the great capacity for usefulness
represented by the great sum of money
now contributed for the city government
What the city could always do would bo
to encourage such enterprises; and if the
citizens had the spirit to undertake them,
to help along by retrenchment In other
things. Manchester is building its ship
canal; Cincinnati practically built the
Southern Railroad to tap the South; Balti
more prospered by encouraging and aid
ing the B. & O. Some day Pittsburg,
either through Councils or through repre
sentative business men, will have to con
sider more than nowhowtodevelopmanu-
factures and trade.
AN INTERNATIONAL WARNING.
As a general rule the exposure of the
dirty linen in divorce courts is to be
deprecated; but the mutual recriminations
in the De Steuers divorce suit, which is
attaining the rank of a national scandal,
convey a healthy warning to young
women of wealth in this country who are
deluded by the vulgar ambition of marry
ing a foreign title. It Is clear enough from
this case that an investment of that sort is
the worst that can be made by an Ameri
can heiress. The position of the wite of
a foreign nobleman, particularly if she
comes from a sphere looked down upon
by the nobility, is at the best one of
humiliation. It is natural to suppose that
the wife of a diplomatist holding impor
tant posts in Europe would have an op
portunity to view life from as favorable a
standpoint as any one; but the disclosures
of the De Steuers menage indicate that
when any woman ties herself to the old
world aristocracy she forfeits the sover
eignty given to her sex in the society of
this republic
American girls should learn wisdom by
the experience of their predecessors in in
ternational matches. If they choose to
throw their money into the ocean they
will be much wiser than to surrender it
and themselves to the fortune hunting
bearers of empty titles.
CASSATT'S I3IPROVED VISION.
It is satisfactory to "observe that Mr. A.
J.-Cassatt has become aroused to the dan
gers involved in erecting corporate com
binations whose magnitude overshadows
alike the public interest, the provisions of
fundamental law and the decrees of the
courts. Mr. Cassatt's denunciation of the
"audacious and impudent defiance of the
law and tho Constitution of Pennsyl
vania," and his indignation at the creation
of a monopoly of the anthracite coal busi
ness, is a welcome reinforcement to'those
who have been calling the public attention
to these dangerous tendencies for years
past His call upon Governor Pattison to
take the same steps against this consolida
tion as in the South Penn Railroad, is an
appeal to that official from a source that
cannot be disregarded, involving, as it
does, a practical Indorsement of the Gov
ernor's course in the former case.
In these assertions Mr. Cassatt takes
position on the solid foundation of bottom
rock facts. The consolidation of anthra
cite lines is an evasion of the Constitution
of Pennsylvania, which, added to the an
nounced purpose of wiping -out in
dividual enterprise in the anthracite
coal business, is fully as defiant as
the South Penn deal. The claim of the
Reading counsel that the consolidated
roads are not competing because they
transport mainiy tb'e coal of different
bases is an equivalent to President Rob
erts' famous pica that the South Penn was
not a competing road on account of its
grades, or Mr. Depew's equally profound
epigram that the same line was' pot a com
peting one Vecause It was only "a lot of
holes In the ground." The fact that the
anthracite consolidation is intended to
suppress competition Is not denied, except
as a legal fiction, and the purpose of the
monopoly is plainly indicated by the fact
that the immense mass of water known
as Reading stock has leaped up to 50 dur
ing the past few days by virtue of the
promise of a dividend nex"t year on its
urupsicai total. .
-acerineicss-ir. -assau s penectlv ac- J
curate view of the subject is likely to add
materially to the gayety of financial and
corporate literature on account of his ut
ter failure to express any such views dur
ing the long contest over the South Penn
ueah nis declaration that the anthracite
coal consolidation is "the most audacious
and the most impudent" thing of the sort
must be corrected. Since the action of
his own company in the South Penn
transaction went the length of nullifying
both the Constitution and the decree of
the courts and of extinguishing the
South Penn project by secret
deals in defiance of -tho injunction
of the law, it must fairly be said that it is
at least an even match with tho anthracite
deal. Mr. Cassatt's recognition of the
fact that his corporation had been beaten
at every point in the courts, should In
clude tho further statement that his cor
poration is to-day enjoying the ultimate
victory of having triumphed over tho
courts xby virtue of sheer superiority or
corporate will over the law.
It is certainly to be hoped that the Gov
ernor will answer Mr. Cassatt's summons
to action against the anthracite coal com
bination. While taking steps to make
that action more effective than in the
South Penn litigation, it might be well to
see if some means could not bo found for
securing obedience by the Pennsylvania as
well as the Reading road. Now that Mr.
Cassatt has recognized the enormity of
defiance of the constitution by a rival it is
to be hoped that his. own corporation will
perceive the Importance of showing some
respect to the law on its own account
THEMINNEAPOLIS ACCOMMODATIONS.
The investigation of the prospects of
the accommodations to be offered by Min
neapolis to the visitors at the Republican
National Convention, given elsewhere,
presents a rather interesting picture of the
rising city of the. Northwest. The opin
ions presented are somewhat marked with
the Eastern preconceptions, as is shown
by the apparent criticism of Minneapolis
for presenting the contrast of aspiring
business architecture with the cottage
residences of a thousand villages. The
latter feature, to an impartial observation,
would suggest that the Western style of
city building affords a remaikahle advan
tage over the closely packed blocks of
residences, flats and tenements of the
older Eastern cities.
As to the accommodations offered by
Minneapolis to its Republican visitors in
June, the report is that 30,000 people can
be accommodated comfortably, of whom
10,000 will be obliged to accept what our
correspondent, from the Eastern stand
point, calls "the campmeeting style" of
being taken in the private homes of
Minneapolis citizens. It Is a fair pre
diction, however, that " the visitors
who are entertained on tb6 so-called camp
meeting plan will be the lucky ones. It
needs no son of a prophet to foresee that
the man who is entertiiined at the private
residence of a Minneapolis citizen anx
ious to boom his city will discover a
marked superiority over the cot bedstead
plan of accommodations which has char
acterized conventions in larger cities.
Whether tho entertainer, after ho .has
titilated the soul of the average politician
irora New York or Louisiana, will consid
er that the game was worth the candle is a
subject more open to debate.
INTEREST IN CANALS.
The advancing recognition of the im
portance of modern and adequate water
ways is shown by the article published in
another column on a projectfor improving
the canal system of Ohio so as to afford two
waterways from Lake Erie to the Ohio of
20 feet each. One is to be effected by the
enlargement of the Miami and Erie canal
from Toledo to Cincinnati. The other Is
the enlargement and extension of the
Ohio canal from Gleveland, reaching the
Ohio by the Muskingum.
It is gratifying to see the agitation for
improved waterways which The Dis
patch has waged so long bearing the fruit
of schemes for the improvement of canals
wherever it is possible. The merit of
the routes laid out by this scheme,
as compared with that of the
Ohio river and Lake Erie project,
is a matter to be determinedby actual sur
veys in which water supply, cost of con
struction and the distance which vessels
must travel all are factors. As the lines
proposed are twice the distance of the
route already surveyed, it is a fair pre
sumption that the cost of these canals will
be greater, and the expedition of trans
portation over them far less. In addition,
the fact that one of the sections talked of
has been abandoned for years simply be
cause there was no water for it, indicates
that in certain respects the project is not
based on fully matured information.
An important aspect of the proposition
is that it contemplates the construction of
the canals by the State of Ohio. The
pushing city of Toledo, famed for getting
what it goes after is behind the proposition,
and it is urged that the State of Ohio shall
do the work without waiting to stimulate
the slower action of the National Govern
ment Such a proposition should put
Pennsylvania on her mettle. Pennsyl
vania exceeds Ohio in wealth.and her nat
ural resources to be benefited by this pro
ject are vastly greater. With 13,000,000
tons of heavy freight in sight to ho trans
ported by such a waterway, Pennsylvania
should not let Ohio get ahead of her.
But with reference to the possible rival
ry of the different routes, we do not appre
hend that there yill be much difficulty.
It will be the common agreement that one
connection of the rivers with the lakes
east of Chicago is all that can be expected
in the"immediate future. The route that
offers the best material and commercial
qualities at the least cost is plainly the one
that must bo selected by competent engi
neers. The time Is likely to come when
each State will see the necessity of pos
sessing an arterial waterway if it is an en
gineering possibility; but the first step
toward that great consummation is in lo
cating a single connection at the point
where it will do the greatest service at the
least cost.
When the people, understand that at a
cost one-tenth of the capitalization of the
railway system much cheaper transporta
tion of the fundamental freights can be
afforded, the realization of such improve
ments becomes only a question of time.
The plea made on behalf of the Finance
Committee that they cannot present the
appropriation ordinance beciuss the millage
is not fixed nnd that tho mlllago is not fixed
because all the assessments are not In is de
cidedly inme. If the appropriation ordinance
were not to be presented until the assess
ments are all settled it would not bo pre
sented at all, since it is well known that
there will bo many appeals to court, nnd the
aggregato will not bo known till these aro
decided. , The main thing about the appro
priation ordinance is by presenting it early
to give Council and the pnblle a c banco to
oxamlnoaud discuss tlio .various items for
which appropriations aro demanded. It
would require no ingenuity td introduce it
thus lor discussion, leaving the millage to
follow ns usual tho amount ultimately ap
propriated. Mr Cassatt's declaration of the. ille-
gality and audacity of tho" anthracite con
solidatlon suggests the thought that the re
bilking of sin by the Prince of Darkness is
baaed on thorough knowledge of its sinful
ness. The Farmers' Alliance leader who have
gone into partnership-with a trust combina
tion should bo given to understand that
they have terminated their day of pnblle
usefulness.
A ' 'triumphal entry" .into London,
with "a Salvation pageant" and & parade of
the Salvation Army Is a development or that
organization's tactics, which is hardly in ac
cordance with its general character of
modest and humble effectiveness. When a
rollgions organization gets to the stage of
making parades and pageants of itself it
generally looses its-hold on the people who
are attracted bv Its self-sacrifice and humil
ity. Mr. Dalzell continues to urge the
causoof internal wntorways with a force
and ability that promises tho success of
that great cause, and Mr. Dalzell's triumph
with it.
Esteemed Republican cotemporaries who
are disposed to make a great howl because
the House did not cut down the West Point
appropriation bill below tho figures of the
last Congrojs, should bo warned to desist.
By keeping on tbey will be likely to draw
public attention to the fact that this appro
priation was one of the two minor bills
-which tho Billion Dollar Congress did not
increase.
That Dclamater trial amounts to a noti
fication to some of the Eastern Napoleons
of finance that they have got something to .
learn on the possibilities of wind banking.
Secretary Rusk has ordered the dis
continuance of Forecaster Dunn's weather
predictions in New York. If he will servo
the same doso to the forecaster who called
tho blizzard of Friday "a slight cold wave,"
the day before it arrived, Tie will effect a
positive Improvement in the efficiency of
his bureau of .Republican weather.
A crrr auditing committee would not be
a bad thing; but the immediate need is an
appropriation ordtnanco reported in time
for an expression of public opinion on it.
Ben Butler's repudiation of silver be
cause it has 75 per cent of actual valuo to it,
and he wants nothing but the puie fiat qual
ity la his currency, Ehows that the desire of
the only and original Benjamin for the sup
poitof the soft money people Is as lively as
over.
At last the prophets of a hard winter are
beginning to believe that tho time will ar
rive wh en their prophotlo insight will attain
to vindication.
Decided testimony as to the value of
that underground electric railway in Lon
don is afforded by the fact that another is to
bo constructed in the same city at once.
The evidence of patronago and extension is
the most indisputable that can be given.
TnE backbone of winter still displays a
full degroe of stamina.
It is interesting to notice that although
the withdrawal of Blaine is generally esti
mated to leave Harrison far in tho lead it
does not prevent tho erection of aspiring
lightning rods by the statesmen of Illinois,
Michigan and Ohio.
FAVORITES OF FAME.
Senator Cullom is said to resemble
Abraham Lincoln.
There is a spider named after Anthony
J. Drexel, of Philadelphia.
Secretary Foster denies the story that
he contemplates going to Europe in the near
future.
It has been said that Queen Victoria is
tho only person now living who know Sir
Walter Scott personally.
' Monsionor Gilbert, who mayspoisibly
succeed Cat dlnal Manning, is much esteemed
by the English preachers. ' ,
Ex-President Cleveland and several
others will go duck hunting on H. M.
Flagler's yacht Onolta next week. The
yacht is now at Wilmington, N. C.
Messrs. Ewing & Gage will extend in
vitations to tho foreign Ministers resident
in Washington to visit Chicago at the same
time with members of Congress.
Tnn German Kaiser recently surprised
his cooks and scullions by invading the im
perial kitchen without notice. He was
escorted, of conrso, by the steward of the
household.
Mlle. Helena Varcoresco has de
cided not to enter a convent, but will be
wedded next May to one of tne Cantacuzene
family. This young lady a few months ago
was ready to undergo anything for tbe Rou
manian Crown Princo.
MEXICO WILL BE THEBB.
Preparations for Making a Big Exhibit
at
the World's Tair.
Washisgtos, Fob. 13 Tho World's Colum
bian Exposition has established an office in
tho City of Mexico for the promotion of the
'woikof interesting the people of that Re
public in tho fair.and Mr.u.CPayne.tho spe
cial commissioner In charge of it, reports a
growing Interest on the subject. Senator
Miguel Sorrano, who was appointed by tho
Mexican Government as n special represen
tatlvc to visit Chicago on Its behalf, has just
returned and presented n report which sur
prised oven tlie most sanguine friends of tho
fair by its enthusiasm, and its evident ap
preciation of the immense amount of work
already accomplished.
His icport wns delivered at the first meet
ing of tho Mexican. Commissioners and ex
cited much interest, Tho commission has
organized and will vlgnrouslv pnsh the
work of preparation. Tho Government will
also issue a bulletin from time to time in tho
Interest of the fair, of which the first num
ber has been sent out. A large edition Mill
be distributed all over Mexico.
AN AMEBICAH LADY ABE0AD
Highly Complimented by an Appearance
Before a Learned Hody of People.
TBT CABLE TO THE DISPATCn.
Eoxdox, Feb. 13. Mrs. French Sholdon,
the American lady who recently made a
tour of exploration in Central Africa, sails
to-morrow for New Tork on tho Aller to
make arrangements for simultaneous publi
cation of her book in England and Amorica.
Mrs. Sheldon, who a month ago delivered n
lecture on her travels berore the Anthropo
logical Institute, lias been invited to give a
special nddies before a select counoil, to
appear in tlie journal ot tho institute, in ad
dition to the first lecture, which is a high
compliment, since the AnthrOpologtcals are
a very learned and dignified body.
Mrs. Sheldon takes her great collection of
African curios, which has beon on exhibi
tion at the institute, with her to America.
ST. VALENTINE'S DAT.
"Valentines for the young, valenUnes for the.
old,"
Is the unique sign of a merchant bold,
In a tittle store on a qaiet street
Away from the tramp of hurrying feet.
As I gaie In the window at the varied display,
I wonder if any will come ray way.
The bachelor uncle, the maiden aunt.
The rich man's daughter, the fair debutante, -Something
j ou'U find for one and all.
From the mUtrcss down to the servant1 hall.
There's the Talcntlnc edged with dainty lace
In each school girl's collection It has a place
Containing a sentiment about eyes of -blue.
And hoping their owner is faithful and true.
There's the valentine painted on stlk or satin.
With Cupid's crest and motto in Latin.
.Inside, a heart of roe-colored hue.
Pierced by an arrow some artist drew.
Inclosed In a box and done up with care.
This Is addressed to 'Xp lad j c falre. ' '
Ahl ten years hence, and this Valentine's Day
Will hare passed from your memory quite away;
Unless, peixhance, jou backward turn.
To the smouldering ashes In friendship's urn;
And. for the saie of the past, try and tan to a flame
Tlie first dream or love thao'er you came.
And your eyes may be fall of unshed tears,
As through the mist of forgotten ears.
You see again your Ideal, now dt&d.
Whose ephemeral beauties shed
A halo of romance arouud tlie shrlns
Where Cupid laid his Valentine.
Philadelphia Public Lcdccr. ,
LIVE WASHINGTON WAIFS.
The Senate Decidedly In Favor of Generous
Appropriations Tor Waterways Freo
Silver Mon Get Over 100 Signatures to
Their Scheme Territorial Door-Knock-
cr Heard. m
Washisotox, D. C, Feb. 13 After hearing
fiom engineer officers of the Government
and delegations appointed to lay the matter
before Congress, the Senate Committee on
Commerce has decided to recommend the
adoption of a most liberal policy for the im
provement of the great internal watorway
furnished by tho Mississippi river. Various
propositions connected with tho improve
ment ot tlit river wore before the commit
tee, but after a thorough consideration of
the subject it was decided that the bill re
cently Introduced by Senator Gibson, of
Louisiana, was better adapted to secure sat
isfactory tcsults than any other. The feat-
uie of this measure is the division of the
responsibility lor the work of improvement
between the chief engineers nnd the Missis
sippi river commission. Tho original bill
proposed an appropriation of ?16,OC0,CO0
to carry ont its purposes, but the
committee reduced this sum to $15,000,000,
and made a fow changes In tho ether re
spects, to make the bill conform to this re
duction. As it will be reported to the Sen
ate tho bill makes nn appropriation of 315,
000,000 for the improvement of the Missis
sippi river, where of $10 003,010 shall bo ex
pended under tho directions of tho Secretary
of War, in aceni dance with such plans of
the MUsissippi River Commission as may be
approved by the chief of engineers to build,
repair and extend the levees.dvkesandother
works on the river from tho Passes to the
mouth of the Ohio, and for tho payment or
salaries and expenses of the commission.
There is a proviso that not more than $2,000,
000 of this appropriation shall bo .expended
in any one year; that It shall not be ox
pended longer than the State and local an-
th11f f (ao AAnflnnn tliafti m noanf inn Fl Itui-
tlons for levee lmpvovemeiits.and that none
oi tne money snau De used ror tne purcnase
of sites for levees orpaymontof damages
for their construction.
L Tho second soetion of the bill provides
tnat 5.ono,coo or the total appionriition or
$15,000,000 shall be expended bv the Secro
taiy of Win- on the same section of tho
river, in accordance with the plans or tho
chief of enciiieera. the yearly allotment not
to exceed $1,000,000. The bill, as will bo
noted, commits Congress to the levee sys
tem of river improvements. It was adopted
by the unanimous vote of tho committee,
and was reported to the Senate by Senator
Gibson, its author. The committee also
authorized Senator Dolph to report favor
ably his bill nppioprlatlug $1,750,000 for the
completion of the work of impiovemont at
the Cascades on the Columbia river, Ore.,
with a proviso that not more than one-third
or the appropriation shall be expended in
anyone way.
The silver men have secured about 120
names to their petition asking that tbe sil
ver bill be madea special order in tho House.
There are a large number of members absent
from the House, and for this reason there
are many to whom the petition has not yet
been presented. Noire but Democrats who,
it is believed, will vote for freo coinage are
being asked to sign. About 15 of those to
whom tho petition has been handed have de
clined to sign on one ground or another.
Some have said they thought it was giving
undue prominence to the silver issue and
making it paramount to tho tariff question,
and others that they thought it might em
barrass tho Speaker. The silver men say
that notwithstanding statements to the
contrary, they are confident of their ability
to securo consideration for the bill. They
aro deteimlned td put every man in tho
House on record on the question. With this
object, if any disposition should be made
apparent to prevent a vote on the bill, they
will move its passage under a suspension of
the rules when on opportunity offers. This,
however, will not bo attempted excopt as a
last resort. There is a sentiment among
many members of tho House, including
some unqnestioned free coinage men, in fa
vor of an early teport of the tariff bills from
tho Ways and Moans Committee, and of
keeping them before tho country, so as to
prevent giving unano prominence to tuo
silver question. It is not tlielr purpose, they
state, to antagonize Ifcilver, but to have the
tarifi bills on the calendar, so that they can
also be made ns special order about the
same time as tho sliver bill, the latter, of
course, to have tho right of way as the prior
measure in the order of report to the House.
The Senate Committee on Territories this
morning gave another hearing to a delega
tion from Utah in favor or the Senata bill t6
give Utah the right of self-government such
as other Territories have. The arguments
to-day were devoted to a reheaisal of what
the speakers' asserted to be the mismanage
ment of tho affairs of theTeiritory by Its
omcials; the Illegal use of the powers
vested in tbe judiciary; the corrupt methods
practiced in local eleotions, and tho neglect
of tho Utah commission to properly super
vise them; the improper oxeicisoof the veto
power by the Governor, and the bad govern
ment generally to which tho people wero
subfected and from which they asked relief
by Congress. C. C Richardsn lawyer of
Ogden, spoke of tbe election laws In the
Territory and the methods pursued in. con
ducting elections ho said that under th.e
present the Utah Commission is not re
sponsible to tho people in any way. Mr.
Richards accused the commission of ap
pointing poisons of doubtful respectability
as registers and judges of eleotions, which
resulted in the perpetuation of the boldest
frauds. At this point Senator Davis said:
"Do you mean by that that Senator Ramsey
and Paddock have been engaged In that
sore of work?" "We do, most decidedly,"
said Mr. Richards.
The House Committee on Agriculture
waited a half Hour to-day for President
Lavouisse, of the New Orleans Cotton Ex
change, to put in an appearance, and then
adjourned the anti-option hearing until Mon
day morning. Vice President Goss, of the
Cotton Exchauge.-whilo the committco was
waiting said the exchange had soma tlmo
ago received requests from the Wool Grow
ers' Association of Texas, asking the ex
change to deal in wool the eamo as it did in
cotton. Thoiequest said the wool growers
were In the hands of a few men and wanted
wool 'Tutures" dealt in on tho exchange so
as to give them a wider market. He men
tioned this as another Indication of tho ad
vantages of thp system of dealing in futures
and as an evidenre also that the pioducers
wero hot. all or them at all
event-), clamoring for the abolition
of tho systom or "futures"" on tho theory
that It is detrimental to them. Cbaiiman
Hatch asked if wools were not always sold
bv sample, and If thcie was not a very wiae
difference between tho quality and value of
wools. Mr. Goss said he knew nothing of
tho wool business, but that he supposed the
difference wna not much gi eater than in cot
ton. All contracts were on tho basis of mid
dling, nnd yet there wero three gradesof
low middling, middling, ordinary to fair,
and othef grades. Mr. Hatch taid theio
were no such distinctive grades in wool.
Representative Long, of Texas, asked ir the
request was Trom individual sheep men or
fiomnn association. He did not think an
association had boon organized, though at
tempts had been made to form an organlaa.
tlon. Mr. Goss said he wonld produce the
I eqnest. He had not charged his mind w ith
tho matter. Ho recollected it while waiting
on tho committee, and thought he would
call attention to tne request.
The Canadian reciprocity commissioners,
accompanied ly Secretaries Blaine and
Elkins and Sir Julian Pauncefote, called at
the Vhlto House to-day, and were formally
presented to the President. They met at
Secretary Blaine's house at 11 o'clock, and
their call lasted about half ah hour. The
visit was merely for the purposo of paying
respects, and there was no discussion of the
essential question under consideration. At
the close of yesterday's meeting at the State
Department it was decided to hold the next
session Monday, when negotiations will be
continued. There is no means or ascertain
ing at piesent how much longer the confer
ence will be continued. It is understood
that Secretary Blalno has elicited the met
that tho commlesioners Jrotn Canada have
in reality no pow er to conclude any recipro
cal trade arrangement-at piesent, and on
that basis ho intimated that n further pio
lnngation of the discussion of tim quei
tlon at this time would be uselesb, a
tho gionnd that may bo -covered in tne-ie
preliminary discussions would have to bo
gone over again should Canada ever send a
commission empoweied to bind the Govern
ment ton. treaty. It is further uuuuiatood
that Sir Julian Paunceforto, lu reply to the
queries put by Secretary Blaine, admitted
tne absenco of uny.ilnal negotiating power
onthopattot the present commission, but
added that it was expected Loid Salisbury
ould consider favorably any request mtn in
the bounds of reason thacthe commissioners
might make of the home Government. It Is
rumored that the adjournment until Mon
day wai takon In order that tho Cablet might
be utilized toward obtaining from (ho l.ov
ornmeui at London some ofliclai expiesslon
giving ihe-presenpnegotiatiuns the color of
authority. At- all events it would appear
from that adjournment that the proceedings
were not quite closed yet.
Tiie "United States Consul General at Ber-
Hn recently inquired, at the instance of the
Imperial German Commissioner, whether
the provision of the tariff act "that any
brandy or other spirituous liquors imported
In cases of less capacity than It gallons shall
be forfeited to tho United States," will be
enforced in the en so of goods imported for
exhibition nt tho World's Columbian Expo
sition. In reply thereto Acting Secretary
Spaulding has in formed the Secretary of
State thnt the bona fide importation of any
articles intended for such exhibition will bo
governed solely by the regulations pro
scribed under the special authority of Con
gress In providing, for the Exposition, and
that said regulations contain no restriction
ns to the capacity of casks of liquors desig
nated by proper labels and marked "Ex
hibits for Columbian Exposition." He ex
plained that tbe limitation of quantity re
lerred to is understood tobe a precautionary
measure ngalnst possible smuggling of
liquors in small pneknges, and that such
measures would be obviously superfluous in
the case of packages expressly marked nnd
entered as exhibits.
The House Committee on Territories to
day heard an argument .by Horace Speed,
District Attorney of OkUhonia, in favor of
tho Harvey bill for tho admission of Okla
homa and tho Indian Territory as one State.
He contended thnt there was in the territory
an open recognized hostility to tho United
States, which manifested Itself in several
ways, and ha started to road from a news
paper extracts on the subject. Mr. Kilgore,
or Texas, asked if he would read flora tbe
New Testament or n newspaper. Mr. Speed
lepllod: "A newspaper, which politicians
read more than the New Testament, and
with which they are mnch more familiar."
He then read the extracr, which gave a
charge by Judge Parker, at Fort Smith, to a
jury, to the effect that hostility to United
States deputy marshals in tho Indian Ter
ritoiy was notorious.
FLIGHT OF A UIHIBXEB.
Ho Didn't Have Money Enough to Pay for
His Marriage License.
Xovisvtlle, Kv., Feb. 13. Tho Rev. John
Mitchell, pastor of a Baptist church at War
saw, Ky., had a rather embarrassing experi
ence yesterday afternoon in his effort to ob
tain a marriage license. For some time ho
had been courtinrr.Mallnda Williams, who
lives near Watson, Ind., and ho had finally
induced her to name tho day for their mar
riage. It was set for yesterday, and the
event was to bo celebrated at tho Watson
Baptist Church.
When the groom-elect applied for a license
nt Jcffersonvllle lie was mortified to find
himself short of funds. County Clerk Low
man would not listen to a plea lor credit, but
a kind-hearted witness or the affair came to
the assistance of the embarrassed preacher
by suggesting that -a collection be taken up.
This wns accordingly done, the "county of
ficials themselves contributing, Aftor tho
lictnso had been paid for, tho minister le
marked that "when he got a license the
other three times ho was married he didn't
have no such tionble." He left the Court
House almost on a run, fearing he would de
lay the important ceremony which was set
to take place five miles in the country. He
was only two hours late.
TWO BIETHDATS IN ONE YXAB.
The New German Minister to Washington
Tells of an Odd Coincidence.
Chicago, Feb, 13. Baron Von Helleben, for
the past six years ambassador from the Ger
man Empire to Japan, was at the Richelieu
to-day, leaving in the evening for New York.
The Baron is en route from Tokio to Wash
ington, whero he succeeds tho late Count
Arco-Valley as Minister to' the United States.
During the day he was the guest of Dr. Carl
bunz, the German Consul nt Chicago, and
visited the grounds or tbe World's Fair and
other points of interest. In conversation he
said:
"It wonld have been a pleasure conld I
have leached the United States in time to
join in the celebration of the birthday of tho
Emperor, who has many foimer subjects In
tho United States, and has, as wil, many
warm admirers, I am told, among your own
people. As It was, I passed it on the ocean,
but I said nothing of tho anniversary lest I
be called' upon to make a speech. By an
odd coincidence we were upon tbe ISOth
meridan that very dav, so that thero were
two 27ths of January with us, and, of course,
I conld not assume to say widen was the
birthday of tho Emperor."
Only the Echoes Answer.
'Toledo Blade. J
What has bocome of Garzat
DEATHS HERE AXD ELSEWHERE.
Editor James C. Brown.
Hon. James C. Brown, editor of the New
Wilmington Globe, died at his home in that place
Friday night, aged ez years. Mr. Brown had been
confined to his house for about ten days with the
grip, but no fatal termination was expected until
j esterdav evening, when heart failure set in. He
was ever a stanch Republican, ana one of the most
prominent public men In his part of the State. In
isvt he was elected the first Superintendent of
Public Schools of Mercer countv. In lftfl he
was elected to the Leglslatnre, and re
elected next term. In last he was sent
to the State Senate, and In 1873 ho was ap
pointed Collector of Internal Revenue for his dis
trict, and held that position for nine years. Ills
name was on the Slate ticket last a ear as one of
the delegates-at-large to the Constitutional Con
vention, and he was promlncntlv mentioned then
for Congress. He was connected with the press of
Greeni file from JS53 until a few years in wheu
he sold out his Interest In the Admnce-Arovs. A
short time since he pnrchased ah Interest In the
New Wilmington Ghbe, of which be was an editor
at the time of his death.
Count Von Blucher.
Count Von Blucher is dead in New York.
His sensational marriage last July, la Milwaukee,
to Miss Alma Loeb, of Brooklyn, bis practical dis
inheritance by his princelv father In conseqnenrc,
and the young man's Indecision as to what he
should do about It all. gav.c Mm much notoriety.
Father Geyersars that the Count asserted on his
deathbed that the marriatro was a trick, and that,
both at the request of the dying Count and his
ratner, precautions were taken wnicn snouia pre
clude any polble claim on the ancestral estates by
the American Countess.
Squire T. M. Sholes.
T. M. Sholes, Justice of ther Peace of
Glcnflcld borough, died Friday afternoon from the
grip, aged 64 years. About a year ago his nlfe
died, and sorrowing for her was partly the cane
of his death. He leaves a son, J. A. Sholes, and
four daughters. 'Squire Sholes has lived lnGlen
neld borough for 21 j ears forcnerlv being a mer
chant In Alleghenr. lie has been justice of tne
peace for nine years, and held various public offi
ces everslnce the borough was formed. Ills re
malus will be brought to Pittsburg to-morrow
afternoon and burled n the Bellevnc Cemetery.
Two Pennsylvania Centenarians.
John Dunlap died nt Connellsville
Wednesday. He was born in County Galway, Ire
land, February 22, 1737. Iackl ng a few days of being
ins years old. iamuel Wlldrlck. of Pocon town
ship, Monroe county, died at the age or 101 years.
The deceased was married three times, and was the
father or S3 children.
Obituary Notes.
JonN Rcxxeli.. aged 7 rears, one of the lead
ing men nf Southern Pennsylvania, died at Jlld
dlLburg, Friday evening.
Judge Jonx KK5IP Goodloe. a leading member
of the Louisville bar, died at ThompsonUlIe, Ga.,
yestirday morning. He was born lu 1822.
Elder Bades, the great Shaker, died yesterday
In Logan county. Ky. He was probably the great
est man ofhls sect in the United States. He was 73
years ot age.
James S. Biass, ev-Strret Commissioner of
Steubenvllle. and ex-Grand Chancellor of the
Knights of Tythlas, of Ohio, died yesterday morn
ing of consumption. He was 43 years old.
IsnAFL JACKSOV. colored, died at the town
almshouse in Danburr. Conn., Thursday, aged
something over ICO jears. Jackson's claim to dis
tinction was that he was a son-ln-liw ot Prince
Cornell, the personal body servant of Ucorge
Washington.
Ilov. Horace B. SnernEnn, aged B3 years.
died Friday at his home In Vlnecnues, Ind. He
was an Influential citizen and had filled many of
fices of trust. In IS4S lie was County Treasnrer. In
J819 member or the Legislature, and fn 1833 Col
It ctor or Internal Revenue under President Lin
coln. '
LIEGTENAXT COLOXEU HERBERT CCLLOU CCR-
tis. Deputy Judge Advocate General of tho United
States Army, and Judge Advocate on General Mer
ritt's staff. Department of Dakota, died In St. Paul
Friday night or the grip. Co.onc! Curtis sened
through tho war as captain in tho First Massachu
setts cavalrj .
KEV. DovAtD FnAZiEir, M. A.. D. D.. died yes
terday In London. For the past 20 years he toot
an active part In the Presbyterian Church or Up
land, and was twice Moderator of the Synod. Ho
wns Vice President of the British and Foreign
Bible Society and as prominently connected lth
many missions and chaltles.
COLOXEt, Peter It. AlLABACn, a hero of the
Mexican War and or the War of the Rebellion,
died In Washington Thursday night. Colonel
Aliabach had been Chief or the United Stales
Capital Police for 14 years. Ho commanded a
brigade of Pennsylvania troops In General Hum
phrey's division during a portion of the war, and
was a bravo and gallant officer.
TilOlIAS TEnRY HcT. Mi A.. LL. D., hon-o-ary
professor or. Laval University, member of
the National Academy or Sciences, fellow of the
Royal Society of London, ex-President or tho
American Association l'or the Advancement of
science, of the American Institute otMlMng En
gineers and the American Chemical Society, tf
tlcerof the French Legion or Honor anil or the
Italian order nf Ht. Mauritius and St. Lazaroa,
dtedlnNewlo,k Friday or mitral disease f the
heart.- Ho was a well-known chemist.
GOSSIP OF A BIG TOWN.
Electrocution Is a Failure and the Law Will
Be Repealed A Guillotining in Paris
Tho Hotel Royal Firo Tho French
Ball.
fWMTTES vob Tni DisrATcn.i
"We are a pretty fine human race, com
paratively speaking. We have pntHlo
schools, philanthropists, poets, home3 for
the aged and other improvements. But
once in a. while we find it necessary to kill a
follow creature. Just as we did when wo
lived in caves, and with long red hair down
our backs ran into icy pools to escape tho
mastodon that had turned on ns.
Itlsposslblo that we may finally give up
killing entirely, substituting for tbe death
penalty generous treatment of the poor,
unlVersal education nnd some sort of inter
ference with the breeding of criminals.
When that time comes these days of Judicial
killings will be looked npon with tho aston
ishment and aesiro for preciso information
which mark our contemplation of the old
days of torture. I am able to supply such
information to tbe unborn future and to the
living present. I have seen men banged
and guillotined, and on Monday I witnessed
tho application of tho death penalty by elec
tricity, that Btric'tly fin do sieclo perform
ance by which earnest reformers, eager to
do good, have succeeded so admirably in
emphasizing the brutality of the times.
.The Gnlllotine Is Plcturesqne.
It is not proposed to inflict on sensitive
readers harrowing descriptions of legal kill
ings, bnt to tomparo briefly the threo sys
tems that mark the highest types Of civiliza
tion at present. Tho most picturesque and
satisfactory to spectator? and criminals Is
undoubtedly the guillotining or the French.
In 1S83, on the Place do la Roquette in Paris,
Prndo, who mm dered Marie Auguettant, was
guillotined according to law. Just at sunrise.
Tho execution wns public, except for the
fact that tbe enormous crowd that bad
gathered during the liU'ht was prevented
from seeing anything bv the mass Of muni
cipal guards and policemen.
The prisoner, a short, broad-shonldered,
bull-necked man with nlow forehead walked
out cursing the priests on either side of him
and snarling nt Detbler. the bearded execu
.tvjt.t;,, nuu iitiiiJt.it uiuu, ill nuiiv. v iuv u.
French reporters took cigarettes from their
tioner, who limped along in front. A lot of
mouths and raised their preposterous flat
brimmed top hats as thoy do when they pass
a funeral procession. Shadowy forms In
night dresses appeared in the windows of
far-off apartment honsos. Appropriate
maledictions wero hurled by women belong
ing to the class whence Prado had chosen
his victim.
All Over In a Twinkling.
A swift movement of Deibler's skilled
hands tilted the prisoner against the fatal
plank. It fell into position, the shutting
blade, with 120 pounds of Iron above it,
dropped fiom the height of the guillotine
'posts, and it wns all over before thoinex
perlenced spectators had rairly prepared
themsolves for tho shock. In less than 30
seconds after he passed the door of the Ro
quette Prado's corpse in a hospital wairon
was speeding over tho smooth pavement,
his head in one basket and his body in an
other. Hanging everybody knows all about. It
recommended Itself to the practical English
because it was cheap and disgraceful. Dogs
and sheep stealers were hanged, ladies and
gentlemen were beheaded, witches burned,
prisoners boiled. A growing Democratic
feeling simplified the bill of fare until every
one was banged.
It is a brutal thing, but murder 'is brntai,
and so is .the death penalty. Neither ap
proaches in brutality the so-called humane
death by electricity. Monday a number of
educated men, doctors and electricians, em
ployed for tho occasion as executioners,
operated on a human being with mnch less
precision and humanity than Is usually
shown in the vivisection of a rabbit. The
rabbit at least is often rendered uncon
scious in advance. The man was not.
The First Current Didn't Kill.
At first they decided that they would
send the current through the murderer's
hands under the impression that it would
reach the heart more quicker in that way.
They put his hands in salt water and turned
on the current. It lasted for SO seconds
which means that an alternating current of
1,600 volts wont into tho man's body at the
rato of 800 shocks a second, 40,000 shocks in
all. When the current was interrupted tho
physicians began fumbllnz at the man's
neck to see if he was dead. In the midst of
that operation the man's breast heaved, and
groans issued from his breast.
It was onlv the air in the lungs, the doc
tors said, but thev announced, nevertheless,
that the contact by the hands wis a failure,
and the current was again applied, this time
to the head and the calf of tuelcg. The sec
ond application killed tne criminal. The
first had not killed him.
To see such men as wero there engaged in
the experimental killing of a man was suffi
ciently revolting in itself without consider
ing tho criminal at all. Had a Saltan of
Morocco procured a dynamo and experi
mented on one ofhls prisoners in just such
n way it would have aroused among us the
most intense Indignation. The act of a Leg
islature, urged on by well-meaning reform
ers, has caused ns to adopt as law it practice
that would disgrace a lot of savages.
Educated Hangmen Indispensable. '
Even assuming that men succeed ulti
mately in producing an electrical killing
machine that shall annihilate its victim as
does a lightning stroke, an electrician and a
physician will always be required, not only
to testify to the proper execution of tho law,
but to do the actual work that has been
taken away from the hangman. It would
be out of tho question to turn even a mur
derer over to tho tender mercies ot a prison
warden and his turnkey, ignorant ot elec
tricity. Therefore the law depends on the
constant willingness of some self-respecting
man to perform the tunctions or a Jaok
Ketch. After tho scientific; interest shall
have worn off the impossibility of finding an
edncated executioner may save some mur
derer's llfe'and bring about the repeal of the
electrical experimental killing law.
Iu addition to the first electric killing
made public ew iorkers nave had much
to talk about this week; the Hotel Ro al fire,
tho usual French ball' an excited stock mar
ket and their own interesting selves.
Dark Secrets of n. Big Fire.
The Hotel Boyal fire is without prece
dent in Xew York. It has caused more do
mestic unhappiiiess than any event in tho
memory of New York men. The character
of the hotel was notorious, and tho strange
scene was presented of a man finding his
mangled wife in the hospital, leaving her
there witn curses unu or relative oi miss
ing women eager that the search for bodies
should stop and the dead be left in the
ruin. The number of dead sis undoubt
edly tremendously exaggerated, as those
who escaped lmme'diately ran away, eager
,tohlde.thefact that they had been in the
building.
Endless romances have been concoct&l
and are now told wherever men find listen
ers. One, probably an invention, tells how
a nremnn removeu nis own uisioyai wiie
from the top floor, forgavo her on tho wny
down tho ladder, etc. It is a good idea,
worth room in a novel, but probably not
more interesting than many true tales con
nected with the fire that will never be told.
An element of comedy which is .never lack
ing was furnished by a young man who es
caped tram the fire in an undershirt, ar
rived at a friend's honse In a cab, wrapped
like n simple Indian in a horse blanLet, and
begging for slippers and clothes,
Tho Usual Drunken Ball.
The French ball was the usual thing a
drunken flglitln-j proof that wo are very
different from the French, and don't know
how to nmuso ouiselves quietly. It is a tire
some annual function for nil but very young
or old fools and tbough doubtless profitable
seems hardly worthy of the flue French
Harmony Society, which is responsible rot-it.
Tho stock market bus been verv active
owing to the intelligence or Reading men
who nave arrived at a combination to in
crease tho price of coal and of Reading stock--a
line thing lor the rich, who can have
R-ading, not quite so fine for tho poor who
must have coal.
A forthcoming show in this city will be a
nero cnke-walk at the Madison Square Gar
dun. It is probable, and it Is to be hoped
that the attempt to umuso one class or citi
zens by holding anothor class up to ridicule
will move a flat, failure,
Aktucii Brisbane.
New ioitir, February IS.
WORMS IN THE SHOW.
Myriads or Bright Red Wrigglers Come
Down In it Storm.
North Adams', Mass., Feb. 13. W. A. nop
kins, or Btackinton, whilo walking in tho
woods nbove the town yesterday, lonnd tho
snow filled with myriads of small scarlet
worms. Sevornl acres were covered with
them, nnd they, wero so numerous that they
gave the snow a crimson tinge.
Ilookins brought several or the worms to
this town. They wero about thrcc-alglitns
or an inch long and as brilliant In color as
cochineal. The worms were found after a
brlsk-snow squall. ,
CDRI0US CONDENSATIONS.'
There are about 700,000 houses in llon-v i j
don which on cold days consume 40,000 tons
of coal, emitting 480 tons of sulphur.
Sake drinking is one of the great curses
of Japan. In. 3879 tho amonrtt ot rice con- ,
verted into sako amounted to 15,000,000
"bushels. v
Over 300,000 orange trees are t said to
have been planted in Mexico last year by
Californlans. The oranges grown In Mexico
are excellent.
Bed Bluff, CaL, has a 13-year-old girl
who is an expert with an ax: Tor three
weeks at a time sne has been known to cut
and cord a tier of wood a day.
Of Waterloo veterans France has eicht
left. There are two who toolc part In the
retreat from Moscow; nnd altogether there
are now living 18 or 20 of Xapoleon's vet
erans, of whom several are centenarians.
The fishhook of 30 centuries back was
precisely similar in every respect to the fish
hooks of to-day, save only in the metal em
ployed, which then was bronze is now Is
steel.
The Dead Sea loses every day by evap
oration several million tons of water. This
enormous mass Is easily drawn up by the
rays of the sun, the valley wherein the sea
lies being one of the hottest points upon the "
globe.
New England and provincial fishermen
have been puzzled to know what has be
come of the young mackerel of 1S87 and 18S3,
as none of them returned to North Bay in.
18S0 to 1S91. and there have been no tidings
of them elsewhere.
Along the Spitzbergen coast coal has
been found in layers abont a yard and a half
thick. The curlpus discovery was made at
King's Eav or the grave or a Dutch sailor,
with the date 1741 as clearly written as If
made the day before.
If the motion of the earth were sud
denly arrested, the temperature produced
would besufficlenttomeltandeven volatilize
it; while, ir It fell into the sun as much heat
would be produced as reults from the com
bustion of 6,000 spheres of carbon the size of
her globe.
Time-sense is very highly developed in
domestic fowls and many wild birds, as well ,
as in dogs, horses and other mammals.which
Keen nn accurate account of days of tho '
week and hours of the day, and have, at
least, a limited idea of numerical succession
and logical sequence
The Fans are the only people in equa
torial Africa who have a currency, and they
are strong monometalllsts. The money is
'or -iron, wrought Into pieces reiemblinjr
rusty hnirpins with flat heads." They are
put np in bundle? of ten, and a hundred
bundles is the market price of a wife.
Well informed lumbermen declare that
there is more timber in the forests of 3faine
to-day then there was ton years ago because
care has been exercised In the felling of
trees during recent years. Only good-sized
trees are cnt nowndavs, the smaller being
allowed to stand until they attain a proper
growth.
In 1890 the only States that produced
more; than l.OCO.000 pounds of paper dally
were New York, Massachusetts, Pennsyl
vania nnd Ohio, but In 1S0O two more States.
Maine and Wisconsin, were' added to the
lit. The dally production, in New York in
Wl was 3,220,250 pounds, a gain or 319,100
pounds over the previous year.
In the two Methodist Cc-nferences of
Maine last year 73 churches, with $271,850
worth of property and paying salaries aggre
gating $30,779, gave $1,503 to chnrch benevo
lences and $195 forthe support of superannu
ated pastors, whilo the 23,544 Methodists in
the State contributed for the support of vet
eran ministers the sum of $2,704 a fraction,
over 11 cents each.
Last summer a German named Cremer,
who made a journey to Spitzbergen. discov
ered thick beds of coal there and at Bear
Island, nis trip lasted only six weeks, but '
it was long enough for Cremer to ascertain
that coal mining is quite possible there, al
though, perhaps, owing to the climate, not
'nlways in a regular manner. The thickest
Deus or coal are on the east coast of Bear
Island, and are about 500 feet thick.
Boosters and hens among .the Bucuy
enno tribe of Indian", in the western part
of French Guinea, aro perfectly white. Not
a. colored feather can be fonnd among them.
The nativos have no tradition of a tlmo '
when their nncestors had fowls of other
color", bnt tho white chicken? are probably y
explained by tho fact tbatwhito feathers
are tho choicest ornaments among this peo-
pie, and they will not wear feathers of any
other color.
In Geneva connty, Ala., a jury by its
verdict settled the value of kisses. A yonng
fellow named William Horton was indicted
for assault and battery on Miss Sallie Jones.
The testimony of tho young woman was
that Horton had kissed her against her will.
Horton testified that the kis was with Miss
Sal lie's free will and consent, and that he
had kissed her 150 times before. The jury
returned a verdict of guilty, and assessed a.
fine of $150.
In any country where Arabs are num
erous you will sco tho word "Faraun" here
nnd thero on tho maps. Thns tho name
' Quar-el-Faraun" is found in Arabia and
in Morocco. Faraun is another way of
spelling Pharoah, by which name tho Arabs
understand somo great prince who ha" built
important works like the pyramids, which
they believe to bo beyond the power of
merely human skill and to bo partly tho re
sult of superhuman agency.
The Parthians and 3Iedes entertained
the notion that persons devoured by wild
animals wonld not bo entirely dead, but
would enjoy at least a partial sort of life in
the creatures whicli nte them. Probably it
was for this reason that the Bactrians and
Hircanians trained dog" for the same pur
pose, called "sepulchral dogs," which re
ceived tho greatest care nnd attention, be
cause it was deemed proper that the soultof
the deceased should have strong and healthy ,
frames to dwell In.
Stockton, CaL, has a sensation just now
in tho person of a young street preacher .
who is well dressed, apparently an educated ,
man and a good Bible student and theo
logian, who preaches and prays on tbe
streets in the evening, induces his hearers
to adjourn to one of the churches, where)
revival meetings aro being held, while ho
hlmsplf repairs to the saloons of tho town,
gets drunk, and conducts himself In every
way like a depraved man. He is thought to
be insane, as such depths of hypocrisy seem
incompatible with any but an unbalanced
mind. '
LIGHT HUMOBESQUES. I
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Mr. Billus Maria, I think yon lavish al
together too much time and attention on that
poodle.
Mrs. Billus Poor little fellow I I feel so sorry
for htm. John! You know ho hasn't any elnb
where he can go and spend three or four hours
every evening. C'Afcnjo TrfAune. '
Said Knowital, who was perusing
An Item which he found amusing,
' A little nonsense now and then
Is relished by the wisest men.
The wisest men it drives away
Doll care that on the spirits pray .
A little non'ense now and then
Isrellshedbythewlsestmen. - -
nm t That's the reason." added he,
"A little nonsense pleases me."
Mta For Press.
Goodman Smith "Why not come to
chnrch. Brown? You would hear a splendid ser
mon. '
Baddon Brown My dear boy, I heard one when I
I came home at 2 o'clock this morning and I can't I,
stand another to-day. Smtt h. Gray .' Weekly. f;
Featherstone Do you believe in ghosts? -c
Travers Well, for years I have been Uvlnglna
hannted house,
Featherstone Too don't tell me? Who Is tt
haunted by?
Travers By my tailor. clothier and Fumishtr.
The weather s so uncertain here,
The rich man soon wilt skim
To find the needed atmosphere
According to his wblm.
The Ross will seek a North Woods lake.
Where Zero's zephyrs roam.
To freeze his ears and nose, and make
Him feel that he 's at home. Pitck. ,
Dooley (with the paper): The people in
a town out West have tent their governor aped
tlon a mile and a half In length.
Duffy. Pooh! that's notbing-you ousrht to see
my wife's shopping lists. PaictucletSeics.
-Have yon learned much German, Tommy,
with your new governess?"
"No; but tne rrauleln's4earned lots ofZngllgh."
Harpers' Bazar.
She married a poet, i
And proudly 1 say, (
As her pa' worth a million, ,
She has three meals a day. .
SLTC.UtnOA.,
Mrs. Lovey, How much money, dotyou
waste on your elgars. Charlie?
Mr.iovey. Waste money:- My dear glrl.'ysM
4u't waste money on the kind 3 mole.Puc!'
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