t7r"TPif4S?; ?- T..r -- Vi--X- THUKSDlfYp 'FEBRUARY- r 25. T1892. -?' 4 -THE :&:. tcTi flBigpfoft. ESTABLISHED ' FEBRUARY, 8. 1S48 Vol. 47. No. 18.-Enteret at nttsburg Postofficc November, 1S37, as second-class matter. Business Office Corner Smithfield and Diamond. Streets. News Rooms and Publishing House 78 and 80 Diamond Street, in New Dispatch Building. EASTERN ADVERTISING OFFICE. ROOM 7(1. TRIBUNE BriI.IlINK. NEW" YORK. where com plete tiles or THE DlisPATCIl can always be found. Foreign advertisers appreciate the convenience. Home ad ertlseo auU friends of THEDISPATCH. w hile In New York, are alo made welcome. THEDISP.i.TCHisrtoutarliionsxi'.eatllTentaiu), F Vtuon Square, .Yew lork. and 27 Ave de VOpera. Pans, .Frmtee, fpftcre aujojie who has been disap pointed at a hotel etos stand can obtain it. TERMS OF THE DISPATCH. rOETAGE FI-.EF. IN" THE CXITED STATES. DAILY DtsrATCII. One Year f 8 00 Daily Dispatch. Per Quarter 2 00 Daily Dispvtcii, One Month ... 70 Daily Dispatch. Including Sunday, lyear.. 10 Co Daily Dispatch, including Sunday, 3 tn'ths. 2 50 Dmly Dispatch. 'including Suuday, I m'th. 90 EtanuT Dispatch. One Year ISO Weekly Dispatch. One Year 115 The Daily Dispatch Is dcllv cred by carriers at 15 cents per w eek. or, including Sunday Edition, at 10 cents per week. PITTSBURG. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 25. TWELVE PAGES THK CASE IN THECOUHTS. " The hearing in the prosecutions for Sun day newspaper selling before Judge Por ter yesterday is a satisfactory step toward, a final settlement: of the law on this sub ject. Xow that the cases have been re moved to the adjudication of the higher courts The Dispatch has only to express its satisfaction that the requirements of the law are to be defined so clearly that therf can be no misunderstanding. We -do not mean by this to anticipate the decision of the courts. It is quite pos sible for the Court to hold that the selling of newspapers is a necessity of modern society fully equal to the running of street cars and railway trains, the delivery of the mails, and the transmission of tele graph messages; and it is also possible that it will hold the other way. But however the Allegheny county and Supreme Courts may rule the decision will be desirable as putting an end to the period of doubt how an act of a century ago shall be construed in its application to the needs of modern society. f If it is the ultimate ruling of the courts that the act of 1794 prevents the sale of Sunday papers and, by an equal infer ence, the running of Sunday street cars and railroad trains and the work on Mon day morning papers that knowledge will afford a definite basis for prompt action bj the Legislature in reconstructing the law to accord with the needs of modern society. JIajor A. 3L Brown's able argu ment in the appeals from the Alderman's decision should be pondered by all espe cially the very few who do not believe that the needs of progress and advance ment of civilization demand changes in century-old laws as well as in other an tiquated things. I.CT1IKNOCK IN VAIN. ( Before the Trans-Mississippi Congress, at New Orleans yesterday, ex-Senator Warner Miller, with a paletteful of loud oratorical colors, devoted himself to the painting of a specious but glowing rais-reprei-entation of the results to follow the ' completion of the Nicaragua CanaL There is every reason against a national support for this scheme and no argument in its fa vor. Private capital is not wont to hold back from investments promising a sound commercial return, and yet the New York organization known as the Maritime Ca nal Company of Nicaragua is the fourth concern which has gone a begging for funds to complete this work since 1849. Westerners are credited with shrewd ness, and not strangers to wealth, so that they nt-ed no pressure to support any enterprise with just claims to a sound financial basis. , Of course, yesterday's speech was cal culated to secure votes for the loan now demanded of Congress. Such a pledging of the national credit would be one of the most flagrant frauds ever countenanced by the Government, and one of the greatest follies ever perpetrated? Fortunately there is no reason to believe that the audacious request will receive anything but a crushing defeat. To show the rottenness at the bottom of the movement it is but necessary to re iterate the fact, to which we have more than once called attention, that the de sired loan is enormously in excess of the estimated cost as made by the com pany's own officials. This conclusively proves that the only return expected by the promoters is from the funds of the National Treasury. After this, let in vestors take their own risk, and let the nation firmly refuse to bo mulcted for the benefit of a few filibustering financiers. more than onjs gijowxh. The Congressional trip to- Chicago sug gests to the New York World some- re flections on the growth and progress of the country during the last century. If such a celebration as the World's Fair had been held a hundred years ago it would not have been located at Chicago, because Chicago did not come into ex istence until fifty years later. Neither could Congress have taken three days. off to take a trip of a thousand miles and back, because such a jaunt would have occupied six weeks. The Congressional visit, says the World, "is in itself sufficient to show the century's growth of this country." This is undoubtedly true; but It is im possible to avoid the reflection that the same trip may illustrate the century's growth of another and less desirable species. That is the growth of the con nection between Congressional junkets and the appropriation to be granted by the junketers. THE VaLOE of patronage. The result of the Chester County Re publican Convention in refusing to in dorse the Harrison administration preaches a whole volume of sermons on the value of patronage. Notwithstanding previous demonstrations tha't the use of the offices for political machinery is a burden to any administration, the superstition that its employment is necessary survives. It,ha" been especially prominent in the policy of the administration during the past few months. The refusal of the Chester convention to indorse Harrison shows just how much good patronage does for its dispenser. Chester is a Republican stronghold. It has been especially favored in the distri bution of patrona'ge. From the genial Thomas V. Cooper down it has furnished recruits in abundance to the United States offices in Philadelphia and "Washinuton. Yet when it is called upon to pass, an or dinary perfunctory resolution of indorse- ment for the Harrison administration, such as Chester has furnished to order for every Republican administration since Lincoln's, the motion" is decisively de feated. We cannot take this as an indication that the moral tone'of Chester is arouspd against the Harrison regime. On the con trary, Chester has indorsed worse things than the Harrison administration many times in the past and never made a wry face over it There are suspicions of a factional fight in it; but a faction that gets ' the delegates can afford to let a per functory indorsement pass. Even on the theory of faction the result shows that the idea of strengthening an administration by the use of om s as political rewards and punishments is a delusion and a snare. The fact is that the use of Federal patron age in Chester county has weakened the administration. This is the result in nine cases out of ten; but the politicians continue to preach the necessity of using the offices in that way. Their reason for doing so is the simple one that under that system the politicians get the offices. LOGIC FOR COMBINATIONS. Remarkable examples of what passes for reasoning on important topics are the argument's of some Philadelphia cotem poraries on the Reading deal. The Times, which has aassumcd the character of the most enthusiastic champion of the cor porate consolidation, produces a reply to the criticisms of the New York news papers unique in its line. The anthracite coal roads have made Philadelphia pay more than New York for coal heretofore, and have sold their coal in Boston for the same as was charged in Philadelphia. Therefore.when an arrangement comes up. by which Philadelphia will have to pay less and the other cities more, according to the logic of the Times, it is gross im pertinence for outside papers to make any attacks on the combinations of Pennsyl vania corporations. As a reply to the constitutional and legal argument this has a very unique as pect. It breathes an artless conviction that if a constitutional provision does not suit Philadelphia it is a dead letter. It improves on the Hon. Tim Campbell's in quiry and asks "What's the Constitution among corporate friends?" Very little 'indeed, as experience has taught. That peculiar theory of constitutional observance is surpassed by the simple faith in that threadbare tale that the com bination will make coal cheaper In "Phil adelphia. Everyone knows that the rea son why Philadelphia has had to pay more for anthracite coal than New York is that competition was more completely suppressed at Philadelphia. There has not been a ton of anthracite coal sold under free and natural competition for years; but the tendency to burst its bands has always been more imminent in New York and New England. The faith of the Times, that the further extinction of competition at Philadelphia more com pletely than at New York will cheapen coal at the former city, is touching, but almost too tender for this cold world. There is a note of rougher logic, partak ing of the proverbial "last argument," in what is apparently an inspired declaration in the Philadelphia Inquirer. This arti cle states that the combination is an as sured fact "whatever the courts may say." There we recognize' the real ring of corpo rate supremacy !. No matter for the law or the decision of the courts, the corporate edict is the final one. The strangling of the South Penn project went through no matter what the Constitution and courts said; why should not the anthracite com bination 'display an,equal superiority to government by law ? The logic of this vltimaratio is very con vincing; but it is much more convincing as to the determination and ability of corpo rate policy to override constitutional law than with regard to the legality or justice of corporate combinations. TTON'T DO IN BUSINESS. While the charge of the judge in the Delamater trial is not to be disputed with regard to its correctness on law points, it makes an assertion on a matter of book keeping which can hardly commend itself to the business mind. In determining the question of solvency or insolvency the Court held that "all the property of the firm and of individual members thereof must be included with reference to the hypothecation of any of it." In other words, a firm owing $500,000 is solvent because its members are in dividually worth $1,000,000. So far so good. But if the individual members hypothecate the entire million dollars' worth ot their property, so that it is not available for the payment of any portion of the $500,000 of debt, is the firm solvent? It may be that the property thus removed from the list of available assets is ranked by the law as sustaining the character of solvency, but it is quite plain that assets in that condition will not at all help tho creditors to get their money. Entirelyapart from the legal application of this principle, it is necessary to insist that in business affairs men cannot eat their cake and have it in that style. A business man cannot hypothecate his as sets, and keep them at the same time; and when a man has hypothecated all his as sets without at the same time wiping out his liabilities, it is time for him to put up the shutters. A SUPERFLUOUS RAID. The bill pending in Congress providing that a Federal building shall be erected in every town where the Government re ceipts exceed $3,000 per annum has one' recommendation. It contemplates a more equitable and uniform system of dividing" the plunder than the present log-rolling method of distributing public buildings to the Congressmen who are most strenuous and imperative in the grab. But that does not indicate that the bill should be passed. There is no public nec essity for spending the nation's money in that way.V On the contrary, there is a de cided need for retrenchinjr public exnend- "iture. The revenue of the Government for some years to come will not exceed the necessities for purposes of real national requirements. To throw away money in putting buildings in places where all the business can be transacted just as well in an ordinary storeroom would be a work of decided supererogation in the wasting of public funds. Members of the present Congress should understand that there is no longer any need of devising schemes for throwing away the surplus funds. That work was so thoroughly done by the last Congress that nothing more will be needed in 'that line during the next decade. In ordering Tolstoi to go home and desist from his efforts to relieve the famine stricken, the Czar has given another proof ot his folly and the despotism that supports it. In the face of the denial tnat the truth. ful letter was from Tolstoi's pen, one can only see that there It, unfoi innately, nofthepart with much spirit and sweetness, reason necessary for a despot's action. Of course, the attempt to degrade one who has, done more than anybody to relieve the peasants would have been just as foolish and unjust whether ho wrote the letter or not. Bat the absolute want of thought Is emphasized by the fact that he .was Inno cent of the action'which was objected to. The discovery of the Magdeburg mur ders Is a striking illustration of. the "evil ex ample of crime. And it is a strange commen tary on the failute of capital punishment to deter from homicide those possessed of greed and murderous inclinations. The doubt about the St. Louis Industrial Conlerence is nof whether It will formulate a third party, but how many moro it-will in augurate. . ' Life is a bed of roses filled with thorns for Tammany Just now. What with the anti-IIill protest, objections to'some of it cenius-taking methods and the cry against its proposal to evict the Staats-Ztitung it has plenty of exercise and little repose. The machine has been run for long at too high a pressure, and there is a good deal ot indi cation that an explosion is Imminent which will be disastrous to the engineers. Presidental candidates in Guatemala are dealt with in a summary manner by the existing Chief Executive. lie puts them out of the way instead of merely using liis appointes to obtain votes for him. We are .more refined in our methods. HenseIi has taken a hand in the Reading deal and he should hold the trumps. The proposal to raise a fund for the erec tion of a monument in London to the mem ory of James Russell Lovibll is an indication of the esteem in whicli ho was held there. So well known a literary man as Leslie. Stephen is well fltte'd to voice the public feeling, and tho movement is evidence 0 the good feeling between this country and England, tho existence of which many mis chievous persons deny. To make the account of that Montana meteor complete, It should have been posi tively stated that the fiery visitor had been seen to start from one of tho sun spots and watched throughout its complete course. The main object ot the Baker ballot law Is to prevent the cooking of results. The Paris police are to he congratulated on the success attending their prompt ac tions against the anarchists. These threat ened of public safety have been taught in an unmistakable manner that with an effi cient police system it is even more risky to steal explosives from Government stores than to engage in illicit manufacture. 1 , No doubt the discovery of a new and in visible star is of great interest to astrono mers, but to tho outsider "seeing is beliov ine." The proof of the pudding is in tho eating, and that of tho star in its shining. Frankly speaking, Ohio is heard from in strong support of Cleveland. The righteous opposition to Hill's candi dacy has carried his opponents into some rather ludicrous positions. There are so many real grounds for objection that it is a mistake ' to note such trivialities as that Hill Is a bachelor and that he does not own a house, especially when there is a doubt as to the latter statement. That there was much discreditable to the nation during the War of the Revolution is only an additional reason for honoring the memory of those who did their duty at the foundation of our republic A dying house is an appropriate place for an attempted murder. People in California must he rapid in 1 their movements. An earthquake shock at San Diego lasted one minute, and during that time persons are said to have left their beds, made their way from the fourth .floor and looked back to see the buildings still tottering. This is sharp practice. PERTINENT PERSONALITIES. i visijt King Humbert intends to pay a to England in July next. Senator Sherman is about to build a mansion in Washington to cost $100,000. The illness of ex-Dictator Fonseca is so serious that his recovery is considered out of the question. The oldest of the public men most talked about as Presidental nominees is Senator Palmer, who Is 74. The youngest.excepting of course the Massachusetts favorite', Gov ernor Hussel, is Senator Hill, who Is 43. One of the most promising of the younger orators In Congress is Isidor Raynor, a mem ber from Maryland. He Is about 40 years old, and has already become noted for his pre-eminence' to learning as well as in elo quence. Paul B. Du Chaixlu, the explorer and traveler, is a very mild-mannered and modest man for a man who has penetrated the African jungles, slain half a dozen wild orang-outangs In close tfombat, as be has Teally done. The President has appointed the follow ing cadets at large at the United States Naval Academy: Paul E. Taussig, John T.M. Terry, Frank E. Ridgeley and Richard J. Oglesby, Jr. There were about 500 appli cants for these places. Oscar Wilde's new play is already eliciting hints of plagiarism from people who haven't heard it. Mr. Wilde has ideas enough of his own, and many which few people would be willing to share witli htm, if his .books are a criterion. - PLAYS TO COMB. The Rudolph Aronson Opera Company in its complete, shape will come to the Du quesne Theater next week. It is the New York Casino company with all the stais, chorus and scenery of the original pro ductions of "The Tyrolean" and "Nanon," which are the two comic operas to be given. The company is headed by Marie Tempest, who has made a little corner for herself in Pittsburg's heart alrpady. Louise Beaudet, Edwin Stevens, Fred Solomon and other capable people are in the cast. 'The Tyro lean" is said to contain considerable music of unusual merit, and "Nanon" everybody knows Is.a bright and lively comlo opera. Yestikdat's matinee of "Slnbad" at the Duquesne Theater beat the recoid of eyen that extraordinary success. The crowds filled all the approaches to the theater long before the doors opened and stopped the cable cars on 1'enn avenue. Half an hour after the doors had been opened they had to be clo'sed again, because the parquet, gal leries, boxes and all the standing room were filled. So overwhelming was tho crowd at the doors that Mr. Henderson had it photo graphed as a memento of "Sinbad's" third week in Pittsburg. The Swedish comedy drama, "Ton Yon son," which made 11 hit here last season, will be given at the Bijon Theater next week. GusHeege, the originator of Swedish dialect character in America, continues to play the hero, and it is said that his com pany is unusually strong. The sensational scene of'the breaking of tho log jam, which I- one of the features of the play, is said to be more realistically produced than ever. As interesting feature of tho pioduction of "Tho Soudan'' at the Alvln next week will be the novel manner in which the scenery is manipulated. There are in all 10 heavy changes, yet the longest waltbetween acts is two minutes, while several of the movements are made In full view of the au dience in less than 30 seconds. Three war horsps, 27 stage hands and 300 auxiliaries will be employed in thi3 piesentation. "Mb. Eahxesof New Yokk," the dramatic version of Archibald Clavering Gunter's novel of that name, will be presented at the Grand Opera House next week by a com pany containing several actors of ability. Margaret Mather, as Juliet, delighted a very large matinee audience at the Bijou Theater yesterday. As of old, she played He"r production of "The Egyptian" now moves with a pleasing dash and-spirit that was absent .Monday night. The final cur tain now falls by II r, h." DISHES dP BOSTON BEANS. 'Ben Butler One of the Easiest Public. Men to Identify No One Can Mistake Ills Portly Fprm Common Sights on the Streets.. A tottering old man, whose very breadth of frame seemed a burden to him, and whose scant white locks escaped from a black silk skull cap, attracted a good deal of attention Ion. board the Fall River line steamer Flyjnbutlf a few nights ago. ,In spite'of his feebleness, which was shown in his reliance upon the arms or his trusty colored man. and a friend, one on each side, whenever he left his state room.and in spite of his evident desire to pass unknown, everybody recognized him, and many in sisted upon shaking him by the hand. There are certain strongly-marked features about General B. F. Butler that make him one of tho easiest of our public men to identify. But I was not prepared to see such a snaky ruin of a man whose physical vigor was as remarkable almost as his mental strength in the campaign of 1831. While his books, his speeches and bis combats in court show that he has lost none or his aggressiveness and robust intellectuality, it is plain that physi cal weakness will prevent the 'doughty victor of New Orleans from indulging in, such violent pastimes as a Presidental can vass. A Common Sight There. It was a cold day, the mercury not many degrees above zero, when I took my first look at Boston's supreme pride and treasure, tho Common. tHo common, as with most city parks, looks a trifle mangy in mid-winter, but on tho day I speak of it was glittering under a nice new coat of snow, and the sun shine was also jpayine golden compliments to the histoiicdome of the State House. As I entered the Common from Tromont street Ibeheltfa sight which struck mo as being peculiarly characteristic of Boston a couple ot fashioAably dressed young women were gazing in turn through a big telescope at the spots on his solar majesty. How many girls outside of Boston are there who would squander 20 cents upon sun spots, in a ireezing teniperatme, while caramels are quoted at or about 10 cents a pound; Time Spares Not Snobbery. It would be well if snobbery always met with tho late of a rank example to be found in the little museum attached to the Bunker Hill Monument. If you visit Boston you will, of course, go to see its ugliest and most illustrious monument, and when you do be sure to look at a framed paper that hangs just inside tho museum door. It costs 10 cents or a quarter to get in, but it's worth that to see this pathetic evidence 'of the evanescent character of princely glory. In 16CG Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, who had not then achieved the illustrious title of Tummy, or lenown as a player of baccarat, visited Boston. He was enter tained magnificently, and, of course, had to climb up the Immortal and uncommonly steep sides ot Bunker Hill to look at the stone leminderof the drubbing his "blah sted" ancestors received there at the hands of his hosts' .grandfathers. In return the Prince and his euite condescended to in scribe their autographs upou the same piece of paper withtbose of the Mayor of Boston, the Aldermen 'and divers other dignitaries. They must have ued the same ink, and pi-ODably, think of itl the same pen. But wo can only guess about the pens, for the dem ocratic daylight lias ruthlessly erased the signatures. The Inscription In print at the top of the parjer still informs us that below are the signatures of the Prince of Wales and his suite, the Mayor or Boston and all sorts of great men, but the blank sheet of paper below gives the lie to the statement. A few faint marks, such as a housefly might have painted in hours of idleness, are all that is left of royal or republican anto graph9. Perhaps it was a punishment for my irreverent mirth at tilts discovery that I iell on the ice-coated stens of the monument -and carried a blacjc and bluo momemto of uuiikuL- xuit ior a weeK ua iny knee. A Bride's Quick Wit. Februaiy is not the favfite month for honeymooning, but somehow or other since tholst 1 havo kept on meeting brides, and, still worse, bridegrooms, on the cars, on the boat, and in tho hotels. Here's a sample piece of conversation that was forced upon mv unwilling cars: He To-morrow, dearest, I shall have to go back to work, nnd what will you do then all day? She Oh ! I shall die it Is too bad we can't always he together. He It might bo wore. you know: You fan go.iwitli )tto Khenflihave to travel. What would you clo if f ' It (his imagina tion almost audibly' cracked uuder the strain) if I were a cnrdrivei? She (quickly) I'd be your conductor, of course! A Cultured Little TSaggage. One of the things a stranger notices as soon as anything ho sees, as soon as the ubiquity of beans, shoestores and notices of test, spiritualist, meetings in Boston, is the little cloth bag, or reticule, that young, mid dle aged and old women carry fwherievcr they walk abroad. Somehow I associated it with the prevalence of culture, and imag ined as its contents a copy of Emerson's essays, a pamphlet or two on the destiny of woman, and such light refreshments and necessaries as a box of cough lozenges and a spectacle case. - Perhaps my imagination is in touch with the majority of bag-carriers, but the one concrete revelation wnich I was vouchsafed did not tally with my ideal. It was in one of those long electric cars that scale several ranges of mountains in the south end suburbs that I stood In fiont of a remarkably pretty girl. By the way. there is no seat for a man in Boston street cars during the busy hours of morning or afternoon. There is barely room for all tho women, and tojog tho courteous instincts of males, alt'the cars are carrying this adver tisement prominently dNpliiyed: The man who lets a lady stand Where others push and crowd her, Should take tho best and strongest brand Of 's Baking Powder, To raise him ! Well, ns 1 was saying, 1 stood in front of a pretty girl, say 18 years over 7, who was reading the editorials In a Bostpn paper. Here, said I to myself, Is a sample package of Boston's beauty and brains put up to gether. Then the conductor Interjected a 1 equest for our tares, and the damo.el dived into the cloth reticule of regulation pattern which sho carried and came to the surface again with a jiurse. As she was extracting a nickel somehow or other she upset all the money in her purse into the aloresaid bag. The dimes and nickels and pennies of course sought tho innermost Vecesses, the xery penetralia ot tbebaz. Beauty blushed, and no doubt said inwardly whatever is the leminlne Bostonese for "d It!" She had lots or courage, however. She emptied the bag, reticule or whatever you may choose to call It Into her lap. I will not take an affidavit that it covers everything, but here is a schedule of what I saw come out of that bag: A, silver bon-bon box, a theater programme, an opera glass.a vinaig rette of silver, a yellow-backed novel, name unknown, a packago of chewing gum, two or three letters, a lace handkerchiet,two small, toft paper paicels.likcly ribbons or that sort of thing,the errant change and a strong odor of cologne. She must have left her "culture" at home or the Boston nowspaper she read supplied all she needed for traveling use. American Goods Abroad. Tilly Haynes, the noted Protectionist of Boston, Is very fond of impressing Ills views upon those who" stay at his hotel, tho United States. He is a devoted admirer of Governor McKinley, and during the last campaign in Ohio, spent a couple of weeks with the author or the tariff law upon the stump. He told mo several good stories illustrative of the beneficial results of the high tariff. For instance Mr. Haynes, who is a stout swarthy man with Euglisn whisker, said to me: "Somo friend- of mine who'think they cannot bs well dressed uiiless thev buy their clothes in England, went to Poolo, tho big London tailor, recently, to buy some Bond street apparel. Sir. Poole laid great stiess upou the line quality of the silk nsed for linings in his coats. It was all imported silk, he said. His American customers, asked where the silk'was made, and Mr. Poole replied that ho imported all his finest silks fiom New Jer sey. U. S. A. "When 1 was abroad last year I was a-. tonished to find how general was the use of American: manufactures in the otties of Eu rope. For example when I was in St.Peters burg some of iny party wanted to buy a lew mementoes of the -place and visited a jewelry store. They asked ior novelties in the way-of gold chains and remarked that what w as shown them seemed very familiar in appearance. Finally they protested that none of the chains they had seen struck them as being very novel in design. 'Oh! that cannot be,' replied the jeweler with a shrug of his shoulders, 'for these are the latest importations.' 1 "'The latestlmportatlOns? and from what country!' asked my friend. "The,flnest jewelry I get' is from New York, anfLI assure you these are the latest styles!' replied tho Russian." . - Hefbotw Jobits. .THE C0XIBACT KOI BIHDIHO. There Conld Be No Marriage Under'ThU Kind of an Agreement. Boston, Feb. 24. Special. The Supreme Court or Massachusetts has declared that Mrs. Jennie Lake, the noted spiritualist, an,d her alleged husband, Trof. AVIIllnm F. Peck, were never married, and therefore cannot be divorced, although they lived as husband nnd wife for niany years. The couple entered into this singular marriage contract In ' Portland, Ore., in October, 1877, although for three years previously they had lived in California as man and wife. Their contract provided that they enter into co-partnership on the basis of the true mar riage relation. Recognizing love the only law which should govern their relationship they agreed to continue this co-partnership "so long as mutual affection shall exist, and to dissolve when thn union becomes disa gi era hie or undesirable to either party." They also agreed that alt property that should be acquired by mutual help should be equally divided on tho dissolution or said co-partnership. Aftorward they lived as husband and wife in Oregon for three months, in California for about a year, in New York for three months and in Boston irom 1SS6 np to the time when Mrs. Peck left her alleged husband. The fnlf Dench says In its opinion: "There is nothing in the Uw of California, where the parties had their dom icile, or in the law of Oregon, wheie the contract was signed, which recognizes an agreement to live together .so longas mutual affect ion"Bhall exist as a marriage contract." F0UKD BY A PICTURE. How a Long Lost Brother Was Discovered by a Sister After Tears. Desveb, Feb. 24. All tho morning papers in Denver to-day printed the likeness or D. G. Ramsay, Chief ol the Order of Railway Telegraphers, who is also a member of Illinois' Legislature from East St. Louis.. About 11 o'clock a lady rushed into one of the.ofllcescrying "Where is her Where is my long lost brother?" When she calmed down she said that she had been separated rrqtn herbiother, D. G. Ramsay, 10 years. She bad heard of the chler of the O. R. T. many time;. His likeness In tho papers was exact. Soon a couple of reporters hurried out and found Ramsay, and in 20 minutes he met and recognized his sister. They had not seen one another for lOyears, that much they both admit, but they will not tell how they happened to separate. Ramsay says ho left home when 11 years of age and went on the Vandalia road. The sister's name is Mrs. Josephine Padgett. She lives In the North side in a cozy little cottage with a tawny husband. Ramsay spent a pleasant even ing at his sister's home. He has another sis ter missing. He is now thoroughly con vinced that advertising pays and the profits are swift and reliable. DISSENTING IRISH LEAGUERS, They Do Not Believe In Raising Funds for Distinct Factions or Their Body. Liscoln, Nib., Feb. 24. William Lyman. Treasurer, and John P. Sutton, Secretary of the Irish National League of America, do not indorse the views expressed by Presi dent JI. Y. Gannon in his address of yester day. The names were signed in good faith by President Gannon, according to old pre cedents. They regret to be obliged to publicly dis sent from the President's views, as they do not believe In raising funds for distinct fac tlonsof what ought tobeannitedbody. They think that the approach of a general eiec-, tion will force a union and they ought to raise funds to meet the emergency of a gen eral election, the money to b used for the support of a thoroughly united party. THE FASTEST YET EEC0KDED. The Steamer Majestic Lowers the Time Across the .Atlantic. New Yor.E-, Fob. 24. The passage of the steamer Majestic is, relative to distance, the fastest yet recorded. On her seventeenth voyage the time of passage was 5 days 18 hours S mmutes, and distance run 2,775 miles. Tho time of the voyaeejust completed was 5 daj's 20 hours 22 minutes and distance 2,805 miles; 90 miles inoie, equivalent at the Tate steamed to 4 hours and 23 minntes, whicli would make her time on sliort route 0 days 15 hours 51 minutes, tho fastest ever made. The avorago speed throughout the passage was 20.41 knots npr hour. Th rlnilr rnn were.ns follows-. 470, 4S5, 504, 03, 514 and S8G. i.i.. i ; Needs a Ministerial Crisis Jhst Now. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. England needs a ministerial "crisis" just now more than France did. Her Cabinet and ber Parliament do not reflect the public sentiment of the day on the leading issues, and the British people think that a now deal ought to be had. DEATHS IIEEE AND ELSEWHERE. E. SI. Chamberlain, Reformer. E. M. Chamberlain, well known as a labor reformer and Abolitionist, died at lib home In Boston Tuesday iDOrnhijr. .Mr. Chamberlain had long been known as an earnest and persistent champion of the labor movement. In his early years he wa9 associated with Garrison, Phillips and other noted anti-slat ery advocates. All phases or the labor reform movement received his moral and financial support. For a number of Tears lie was In constant attendance at all the hearings of legislative committees whenever a.blll was under consideration that directly affected the interests of the wage workers. The advocates of woman suffrage' always found In him a staunch friend. Ills activity was not confined to the labor or woman siinrasre causes. Tne temrjerance move ment always received his warm support. In the (lav. of the greenback agltatton Mr. Chambrrlaln worked nlfclit and day, sneaking and writing in faror of the movement, lie was at one time pro prietor and ettltor of the Krho. a journal published ior the purpose of educating the people upon rad ical and economical questions. Cardinal Gaspard Merralllod. Cardinal Mermillod, Bishop of Lausanne and (ieiieva, died Tuesday at Berne, Switzerland, lie was born In 1324 at Carouge, near Geneva. He became an ecclesiastic at an early age. and In 1340 he was parish priest at Geneva. There he dis played remarkable activity, and he was instru mental in raising the Church of Notre Dame, whicli was opened In 1S'7. lie obtained great In fluence at Home on account of his 2eal and rare elo duence, and In 13G4 he was consecrated Bishop of Lausanne aud Geneva as Vicar General. In 1873 Plus IX. nominated him Vicar Apostolic of Geneva. Consequently, on Februarv 17. tbe lllshop was exiled, the decree sajlng: "i'hia decree is to hold jrnod as long as the person elected shall not de clare to the Fctieral Conncll or to the Government of Geneva that he renounces the functions con ferred upon him." etc. For ten years Bishop Mer millod was absent from his field, yet he was active In his labors for the Catholic faith In France, lie was created a cardinal In isno. John Ingraham, West Newton. John Ingraham, aged 72 years, died very suddenly at his home in West Newton yesterday of Inflammation of the brain. Mr. Ingraham was well known all over the county, having taught school for a number of years in Ids early days. KromlSM to 18S4 he was Government Ganger lor this district. At the recent borough election he was defeated for Justice of the U'eace br A. M. Dick, the Democratic nominee, although tbe town is overwhelmingly Republican. Mr.Ingraham was confident of success, aud It Is said that worry over the defeat hastened his death. Obituary Notes. JOEL Gutmax, one of Baltimore's successful drygoods merchants, died Tuesday night. PHILIP JICCALL, of Cumberland, Md., died yes terday after an hour's Illness of apoplexy. He was 82 years of age. 1 I)n. E. W. HAtE. of Bellefonte, dledatMentone, France. last Saturday. The bjdy will be brought to LewUton lor Interment. Major A.M. Sevier, formerly Railroad Com missioner of Missouri, died In I.eosho. Mo.,' yes terday, aged 01 years. He was Commissioner from 1579 to 186. non SiEMHAnD. who has performed as clown, acrobat, and lea per with most of the big circuses In this country, died at tils home In' Chelsea, Mass., several da) s ago, aged 32. Mas. Susas Wakefield, widow of " Dr. Cyre nus Wakefield, the millionaire patent medicine manufacturer and philanthropist of BlooiiUngton, 111., died there suddenly Tuesday night, aged "o years. Mrs. CimiT, the well-known English manager. Is dead In London, aged 54. She had leased and ronductea the Brighton Theater for a number of year. Her sort. 11. Nye Chart. Is at present In tills country with Mr. and Sirs. Kendal's company, SsliL'EI, WaITE, New Casfle's oldest citizen, died at his home there yesterday evening. The de ceased was born In Connecticut In 179S and went to .New Castle 50 vearMo. He was lather or An drew and Samuel Walte and voted the Republican ticket from the formation of the party. bAMUELYOUXO, of Lancaster, called at a law office Tuesday morning w)th a friend, While in the office Mr. Young was attacked with heart dis ease, and died In a few minutes. He was 72 years old, and for manv years was In charge or the large flour mills at Buingardner station on the Reading Railroad. Kiciiard Fbiemax. the comedian. Is among recent deaths. He has been on the stage since childhood, ant) was the son of an eld actor, former ly at the Broadway and Olympic Theater in New Yorr. "Dick' Freeman was a good dialect actor, and he was also a tumbler of no little cleverness. He died in Bloomfleld. la., while ou the road with a variety troupe. DINNER DANCE DID0S. This' Function Is a Capital Thlnto Snub Ona's Friends With A New New York Club A Few Things of Interest in the .Social World. In Boston, they think the dinner dance is a lively ..institution. They say in the vocabulary of the bean locality, that it Is eminently appropriate to the American temperament and combines all the Joys of gastronomy with thefrlvolous exercise of youth; conse quently satisfying two elements in society which must be entortalned at any cost. In one sense it is a telescopic dissipation; a long drawn out pleasure tlyit tapers Into the "wee sma" hours. Then, too, this dinner dance is delightfully exclusive, and a hostess can offend a larger.Tinmher of dear friends In a given circlo by giving only one, than she could possibly do by any other form of entertainment- A wonld-be society leader has lately found this out to her internal dis satisfaction, and, yet, as dinner dances are J tne tiling, now couiu sue avoiu tno lasnion able distinction! But when one goes in for giving the dinner (lance it must be in the plural not singular number. The arrival of Mr. George Jf. Jaqnes, of New York, in PIMsbnrg. reminds one of the interesting club of whicn he is the ruling officer. The Morris Club, of Now York, has been in existence for two years and traces itsnnme back to Governor Morris, the dis creet representative of the United States, during the perilons days of the Paris Com mune. His grandson, Henry Lewis Morris, is tho first Vice President of the Club, which is situated up town in One Hundred and Thirty-ninth street, and is said to be one or tbe prettiest and certainly one of the cosiest clubs in the metropolis. Speak ing of historical affairs, it might not be nnin toicstlng to mention that the 31 orris Club stands on old historical ground. In tbe days when this country assisted its plaimwith England to having reached its majority this part of town, the lower portion of West Chester county, was the neutral territory. Mr. Jaques, who Is known to the business world of the Republic, has been President of the club since its establishment. It is non-political, though its membership In cludes some of the most brilliant men in metropolitan political, civio and literary circles. Tnn interesting event of last night was tbe marriage of Miss Edith Margaret Johnson and Wesley V. Dermitt, which was celebrated In St. Peter's Episcopal Church at 5 o'clock. Particularly was the wedding picturesque, owing to the Introduction of tho celebrated snrplised boy and girl choir, whtch preceded the bridal party in proces sion round tho church from tho vestry to the altar. The bride was attended by Miss McCIurg, who eminently filled the role of maid of honor. Both the bride and her maid were in white: the bride of course wearing a court train and a bridal veil, while tho maid was distinguished by the studied simplicity or her toilette. Big bunches of yellow daffodils filled their hands, giving a slight premonition of tbe spring which was reveling outside in the march It had stolen on dismal Februarv. Tho church was verv Drettilv decorated. The Rev. Mr. McKav, tho pastor, performed the ceremony. The ushers were: Mr. J. J. Miller, Mr. Weiderhold, Mr. Rowan and Mr. Anderson, and the best man, Mr. William Lyons. Jr. Mr. Charles Scovel presided at tbe organ, in his always graceful fashion, and his playing formed an agreeable-accessory to the bridal march with which the choir in procession Introdnced the bride Into the church. As well ns the bride and her attendants wear ing daffodil", tho ushers had their button holes embellished in a similar manner: all walking in delightful suggestion of spring. After the wedding a small reception was held at the home of the bride's father. Dr. J. B. Johnson. At 8 o'clock,' Mr. and Drs. Der mitt left for New York, from which port they will sail, per steamer Etrnria, for En rope, 10 traveling in which they-willdevBte the succeeding half year or ten months. Further plans will bo delayed until their re tnrnhome. Mr. Dermitt is well known In Pittsburg and tho bride has spent the larger part ofher time in this city. The days of the souvenir spoon are num bered. It started out bravely; the idea was very pretty, but, like all Ideas of a popular nature. It has been run into the ground. As a collection object ltt mission is over. At least since the Chicago girls have taken to wearing souvenir spoons tucked in tbe front of their gowns under their chins, it looks as though usefulness was to be once more ltsonlvaim. We shall not part with tboso artistic spoons with which fortune has favored n, bnt we shall sternly resent ec centric devices getting the better of this aimple though necessary utensil henceforth. Art is one thing, fancy Is quite another. It requires bnt little sunshine to bring foi-th spring wild flowers. It Is delightful to enjov both within the smoky precincts of Pittsburg tbns early tn the year. Thanks to Mrs. Schenlev and the sunshine there was vesterday found In Panther Hollow, in Schenley Park, several blossoms of the iiverleaf or hepatica. Thev were very venturesome for such fragile creations. Daintv-and pure, life out of death, they up llfted'thelr sweet laces from above and amid the decay of the past year to bring their gnerdeon of blossom and beauty into the new. It is noteworthy how these welcome little visitors time their first calls. Last year in the selfsame place they were first found on Washington's birthday. They are only two days later this year, but as a whole they are a little behind last season. A few more warm and sunny days will tempt them forth In greater nnmbers. At present tho scarchc- must explore carefully among the dried leaves for the hepatlca's tufts pf greener ones, and then, gently brnabing aside their last year's coverlid, patience and fair fortnno will reveal to yon the cradle and the boaty of Dame Natn re's first bow. This afternoon Mrs. ,T. 0. Porter, of Beech street, entertains from 4 o'clock to ts. Another" reception of this afternoon is that given by Mrs. George L. McCoy, in honor of Mrs. Smith and Miss McCnllough. Mrs. Henry Hammond, of Center ave nue, entertains to-day In honor of Miss Kns sell, of Buffalo. Mrs.' Samuel AVarmcastle enter tained last night at an agreeable card party. Invitations were .issued yesterday for a pre-Lenten function, a fancy work Darty, given by Mrs. David Pollock Black and Mrs. Frederick Gebhard Fricke for Thursday aft ernoon, March 3, from 1 o'clock to 4. Wealth for the Churches. New York, Feb. 24. tcjerfaZ.'l The meet ing of the Committee on Church Extension of the New York Presbytery, which was held on Tuesday evening at Jay Gould's residence, has resulted in bringing into the committee between tSO.OUO and $40,000. The money raised is to be used in establishing and aiding new churches up town. Scraped Together Some Gay Legislators. Minneapolis Tribune.! For a highly moral State Iowa has man aged to scrape together some rather gay and festive legislators this trip. Tbe Same Old Jobes. Washington Post. Freight Payer Jones has been heard from at last. He is tbe same old Jones. DATID'S LITTLE SPEECH. DrsfoCBACT "Is progress," says Mr. Hill. Yes, it was progress toward disunion some years ago. Germantoum Times. Mr. Hill may find that he has cut his own throat with his midwinter convention and anti-free coinago plank. Toledo Blade. David B. II ill quoting Abraham Lincoln and Cardinal Newman in a Democratic State Convention recalls the old saying about his Satanlo Majesty quoting ScriDthre. New York Itecorder. Mr. Hill did not commit the indiscretion of being "overwhelmed with this unex pected honor, etc." He had his speech ready, like a sensible man, and delivered It for ail it was wortn. iranmo7oj A'far. Mr. Hill spoke at Albany yesterday, ana Mr. Cleveland spoke at Ann Arbor, Mich. The remarks of tbe latter speaker are quite likely to become more indcllibly Impressed upon the hearts of his countrymen. Boston Jlerald. Aran making three speeches referring to silver, Mr. David Bennett Hill's opinion of free silver is still as lncidasmnd. This is, indeed, the consummation of high art in "practical politics," but the plain people fall to see tbe sense of it. Cleveland Leader. Thirz was something extremely lugubri ous in the quotation by David Bennett Hill yesterday of tbe beautiful lines of Cardinal Newhian's- hymn, "Lead, Kindly Light," to the gang ot heelers and strikers In front of him. Philadelphia Bulletin. CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS. A Catasanqna man roasts and eats cat as his only meat. Japan's population of 41,000,000. souls lives on 13,000.000 acres. Blue- birds, popularly supposed to be harbingers offspring, have hung around Quakertown all winter. .- - The new German tent is devisible into two portions, each of whlchv can be con verted into an overcoat in case of rain; - A Philadelphian has made an umbrella stand?2K feet high, wnich Is composed of 1,000 separate pieces and 15 kinds of wood. The street ears in Xeavenworth, Kan., are to be rnn with compressed air. The cit izens have raised the money to raise the wind. A pure white mink that had killed 50 chickens and 100 (Jucks was shot by Howard Cnnninghanx. in East Bradford, Chester countjf. --The .girls of the "Woman's College, Baltimore, have decided to don tbecapand gown. They are to be worn on all college days and on all college occasions. , A new diamond is being cut in Ant werp said to be the largest ever found. In Africa. -It weighs 400 carets, and wheiT.it is finished it will be reduced one-half. ! "With a jack-knife James Ingram," of East Bradford, has carved on a dogwood cune a fox bunt; with a dozen hound3 and a mounted nunter or two in the chase. , " Lederachville, Bucks county, has a dog that eats three pounds of crackers without taking a drink. Neighbors say "itproves that the town has gone dry too long.' The six1 Shields brothers of Collin connty, Tex., have an average height of 8 feet 8 Inches, and Colonel Henry Thurston, of Titus coiyitv, Tex., towers up to the height of 8 feet 5 inches. Thirty thousand dollars' worth, of liquors were dispensed, "for medical and mechanical purposes only," by the Bidde ford, Jte., city agencv during the past year, at a net profit of $2,6G7. -r-There are a few old toll bridges .in Maine which still perpetuate 'a curious-law. They havo signs proclaiming tliafcll per sons save "paupers, Indians and clergymen" must pay toll on crossing. Between 40 and SO species of bacteria have been found In normal milk and cream. Thi large nnmber is due to the faefc'that milk: is apt to collect any species of bacteria that may be floating in tbe air. The Pennsylvania Kailroad has decided to give all Christian ministers half .fare passes over its lines, and the Philadelphia office of tbe company is crowded jvlth clergymen of all sorts, from bishops to Sal vation Army captains, and from orthodox pastors to Latter Day saints. A theater party, made np in Detroit, to run over to Chicago to see, play or hear an opera, is a new form of Western amuse ment. It is only about 300 miles' run. and the party has a noon lnncbeon on tbe train, dinner in Chicago, and leaves again by tho miunignt train ior Dreasiast. The Buddhists in India have a horror of eating the flesh of animals, believing them to be incarnations of human beings' souls: bnt they permit themselves the Inxnryof fish, usually getting aronnd the difficulty by saving that the fishermen take away the fishes' lives and are responsible. Turkish and Persian pipes, it is said, are difficult to manage. They require the fragrant yellow tambake, that must be soaked in water, wrnmr ont, and put in the bowl with a live coal on top. This pipe is now rclegpted to the elders, for the younger generation in Western Asia smoke cigar ettes. Tn the magnificent court of the temple ofMedinet Haboo the traveler will see a score of columns, several of them bearing Greek Inscriptions, and in tbe chambers on the northwest side of the temple he will see crosses designed to consecrate parts of the building whichhud previously been devoted to pagan nses. An amusing incideut occurred "in the Cjr cnlt Court at West Point, Miss. A. negro boy being tried for stealing two pairs of troners, and having no iawver, Judge Campbell asked him if he desired to speak. He promptly replied in the affirmative and spoko "The Boy Stood on the 'Burning Deck," to the judge and jury. Tn Norfolk county, Va., a few days ago Cornelius Wood fired at another negro, named Henry Adams, at close range; with a pistol. The ball struck a bottle or whisky in nis pocket, passed through it' and struck a qnarterof a dollar'and glanced on. Wood, seelnir tbe whisky running down the man's leg, thought he had killed him, and made his escape. The remarkable instinct which causes the mudfish to roll himself in a ball of mud when the dry season approaches is a wonder ful provision of natnre. intended solely, it would seem, to prevent the extinction of the species. The most interesting fact abont this fish Is that it breathes by means or gills when in Its native element, and by means of lungs during Its voluntary imprisonment In the mnd cocoon. Opals have been fonnd in great nnmbers of late in Oregon. A dredger at work pump ing gravel from tbe bottom of the Wil linmette river has bronght np quantities of tne gems, and sever.il mines of considerable extent have recently been opened In Multnomah county. Most of the stones are cloudv, bnta few orrare qnaltty have been found. As high as $G0(ias been obtained for one stone in the rough. A paper company at Niagara Falls . finds it no easy task to decide how the ter rific power from the 130 feet head of water which is to beat theirdisposal is tobentil ized. At a recent conferencp of the officers of the company, abont 20 wheels and methods of developing- power were snb- . mitted to them, and all but three were Im mediately passed over as being wholly Inad equate to the occasion. In Eastern Asia, where the pipes retain the small bowl, like those originally intro duced from Europe, fine cut tobacco fsgep eraily smoked. Japan and China both use this finely cut tobacco. Tbe North Amer ican Indian smoked tho bark of the Ted wil low, with or without a mixture of tobacco, aud his catlinlte pipes remain at this day among the most agreeable of the almost in numerableolorms of smoking pipes. A sewing machine has been Invented which stitches easily and' rapidly through layers oricathcr five-eighths of an Inch in thickness, this having been accomplisnedon a first exhibitory trial: in a second trial, stitches were made evenly and, rapidly through a piece of bird's-eye maple three eighths or an inch thick: and, in a third test, the still more remarkable feat was achieved, viz., that of sewing through a layer of brass one-eighth of an inch thick; placed between pieces of leather. JOKELETS FROM JUDGE. "They used to put a man in Ludlow Street Jail when he couldn't pay his debts, didn't they?' "Yes. They had a nope that he'd win enough there at poker to liquidate." - - Tailor I ean't wait any longer. I gave you a whole month to pay it. Hardnp Say, be reasonable. When Tagreed to itl forgot that It was a short month. ,, Although he seems so lucky starred Ills riches yet take wings. - ' Because he always works so hard . - A-doing useless things. "Well, "What luck?" Pot luck." "How much was tnere In the pot?" Young woman I want to look at some engagement rings. ' Jeweler Yes, miss. Whatls the size of the younr gentleman's finger?" "Why did yon attempt to shoot your wife. Isaacs?" "Beeznessvas padt. Ineededt dher adtfertls- ing." "The total coal outputin this country ex ceeds a million tons, " remarked the optimist. "Yes," replied the pessimist; "bat it all goes np in smoke." They rode together, nicely paired, And, to'der grown, at last he dared To place his arm aronnd her w alst. Angry, she cried, "Your arm's misplaced I I can support myself." "You can?" Said he with Joy. "Then I'm your man. For yeara I've sought for such aa yon. Pray set the wedding day. dear, do." , ,. , Clara George seems to be a clever young' wft man. papa." Papa Yes: George is all right, Clara Then why do you object to oar nnlonT Papa-He'a a rainmaker, and if there's anything I hate to carry it's an umbrella, t I'jfi Mrs. Cliugon Ah, dear professor, women love youth, you know. V Prof. Krankers May be. madam: 1 persisting in hinging on to It, 33 sees orite age with them. ze. at from their s to be a far- y utr -aS riitfi?,jliSr53i "sa -;SSi," ltSSfe!: &Vr ., - iLl2 'nhk& BSSSaHESS
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