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riTTSBUnG. MONDAY. FEBRUARY 3.
TOO VAST A SCALE.
An investigation of the progress of the
World's Fair at Chicaso, by The Dis
tatch's special correspondent, brings out
the fact thatthe work so far as it has gone
is planned on a scale surpassing anything
ever yet accomplished in that line. The
buildings are greater, with architectural
ornamentation carved to a degree far be
jondeven the Paris exposition. "When
all is done," says our correspondent, "it
will be the wonder and delight of the
visiting world." And having got this
magnificent scale of operations planned
out and the work half done, the enterprise
is nearly stalled by the fact that the
money raised will not more than half pay
i
Vor the work to be done.
Who is responsible for the wild policy
of going ahead without any relation to
resources is an open question. It is
probable that the division of responsibility
between the national and local boards has
been productive of much of the difficulty.
It is certain that the National Com
mission has set the example by fixing
its own salaries on a scale even larger than
that bt the Fair. It is also clear that the
Government cannot divest itself of a por
tion of the responsibility from taking part
in the management of the Fair any more
than it can escape the discredit of the
immense scale on which the enterprise has
been begun should it produce a fiasco.
What is to be done under these circum
stances? While Chicago has thrown over
board her pledge that the Government
would not be asked for any aid except the
appropriation for the Government exhibit,
the has kept and exceeded her promise of
raising $5,000,000. Whether the Govern
ment can fairly put all the responsibility
for the wild scale of expenditures on the
Chicago management is doubtful. That
it cannot escape the disgrace which "would
attach to our name abroad if the enter
prise should prove a fizzle is beyond dis
pute. The general expression of opinion
throughout the country is that Congress
should authorize an advance sufficient to
insure thp creditable completion of the
enterprise.
It is difficult to find an escape from this
conclusion, although it is not creditable to
th management that this departure from
pledges should be necessary. But
ore making a loan or appropriation
mgress Will be justified in seeing that
laries are cut down to a reasonable
isis, and that the superfluous features of
e enterprise are brought within reason-
)le limits.
A SUGGESTIVE COMPARISON.
Food for reflection is furnished our
citizens in the publication at Chicago of
a semi-official estimate that the tax levy
this year will be two per cent on a valua
tion of $250,000,000. In other words, while
the Chicago valuation is less than that of
Pittsburg is expected to be, the amount
raised by taxation is from 25 to 33 per cent
greater.
Xo one can deny that the relative value
. property in" a city of a million inhab
.ants must be many times greater than in
i city of a quarter of a million; and the ex
penses of city government should also be
much larger. Pittsburg's expenses have
grown in greater ratio than her popula
tion, but it is not necessary to calculate
that Chicago's exp'enses should be four
times those of Pittsburg because her
population is so much greater. If we
suppose the legitimate ratio to be two or
three times, the contrast between the
taxation or unicago ana .fittsburg is
'ifficiently marked.
The fact that Chicago's tax levy is 20
mills while Pittsburg's is expected to be
from 12 to 15 marks the -slight import
ance which either valuage or millage has
by itself in determining the burden of tax
ation. It is the total of appropriations, or
amount raised by taxation, that deter
mines the fact that Pittsburg's tax levy
imposes a burden of S12 to $15 per capita,
while Chicago's is less than $5, with the
percentage of levy on real value of prop
erty about the same.
Ought not Pittsburg in its present con
dition to administer its government as
economically as Chicago does when it is
preparing itself for the World's Fair?
Perhaps if our burdens of taxation were
brought somewhere nearer those of the
Western city, our city might approximate
more closely to Chicago's wonderful ratio
of growth.
HARD TO FB.OVE.
With the exclamation "Et tu Brute!"
the Philadelphia Record protests against
tho remJirlof The Dispatch attributing
H. of front from its former un
erring -defense of constitutional rights
-gainst corporate aggressions. It re
iterates its declaration that the anthracite
deal is "within the boundary of the law"
and deserves public approval, and it
asks The Dispatch to suspend its judg
ment f If this means that the Record will under-
take to prove from the information within
its reach that the consolidation and leases
known as the Beading deal is a legitimate
amalgamation of railway interests to
' create new and competing lines of trans-
portation, The Dispatch will be very
I glad to give its evidence due considera
fc tion. It cannot promise to suspend
I judgment till that tather indefinite date.
But when the cotemporary which has
m so long been hand in hand with The
Tr DisPATcn on the subject of corporate
abuses succeeds in proving that the guid
p ing purpose of the anthracite consolida
6 " tion is not the suppression of all competi
f tion in that industry, The Dispatch will
be prompt to recognize its own mistake
Jand make amends to its cotemporary.
But we have little hope that such an .
1 innocuous and justifiable character can be
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shown to attach to the transaction. The
Record has too often and too thoroughly
exposed the sham of the threadbare Trust
talk of the benefit to producer and con
sumer by bringing them together "through
the agency of a single Intermediary" to
permit us much faith when we find the
same phrases appearing In its columns. It
has plainly shown in past years the pur
pose of former combinations to eam divi
dends on enormously watered capitaliza
tion by suppressing competition and main
taining rates at double the standard which
yields a profit on the transportation of
bituminous coal to leave any doubt as to
the object of a more binding combination.
Especially is the road to any other con
clusion closed when the first result of the
consolidation is to send the stock of the
most dropsical combination up in the
direction of par.-and to produce a promise
of dividends on what has been shown in
the columns of our cotemporary to be
purely fictitious stock.
If this were not enough to shut off the
hope it holds out, the appearance, on the
same day with its article, of the proposi
tion by which all individual operators are
to be taken out -of the market and the
railroads' already excessive share In the
cost of coal ii to grow with increased
ratio for every additional 25 cents per ton
squeezed from the producer by its monop
oly, would put the last nail in the coffin
of that fragile theory.
CONSERVATIVE socialism.
The name of Socialists for the political
party creating the present agitation in
Germany suggests to American readers
the idea of wild and impracticable schemes
of legislation, let it is a fact that the
platform and demands of that party when
analyzed amount to little more than what
would be recognized in this country as
self-evident republican doctrine.
This fact has already been stated In
these columns; but the evident approach
of German affairs to a crisis gives imme
diate importance to the resemblance of
what Is considered revolutionary in Ger
many to conservative principles of popular
government in the United States. The
Socialist platform calls for universal
suffrage, popular elections by secret
ballot, a wide extension of the principle
of local government, the election of public
officials by the people, a national militia
in place of a standing army, tho decision
of peace or war to rest with the
representatives of the people, the
repeal of laws prohibiting free ex
pression of opinion or the right of
association or public meeting, religion to
be a matter of private opinion, and the
Church to be independent of the State,
secularization of the public schools, free
administration of justice with judges to be
elected by the people, and legislation for
the protection of the working classes. In
all these reforms the German Socialists
ask nothing that has not been fully estab
lished in this country.
In some respects the Socialist programme
goes beyond the established practice in
this country. Universal suffrage without
regard to sex has been adopted in but one
Territory. The "direct participation of
the people in legislation" refers, we supl
pose, to the submission to popular vote as
is done here with constitutional amend
ments. It is proposed to establish
compulsory attendance at the schools
and to furnish free books and free
dinners the first two being par
tially adopted in this country and the
last unknown here. 'Tree administration
of justice" in the German view includes
free legal advice and payment of com
pensation to persons unjustly accused,
arrested or condemned, which are
novelties that might profitably be
considered. The abolition of capital
punishment was adopted in some of our
Sttes a generation ago. The "unbroken
rest of thirty-six hours in each week for
every workineman" has been practically
established wherever the Saturday half
holiday is maintained.
In short, the only particulars in which
the alleged Socialist programme goes much
beyond what is familiar politics in this
country are free dinners for school chil
dren, free legal advice in the courts, and
free medical treatment and medicine.
Whether these would constitute a radical
gain to society or not may be open to dis
cussion; but no intelligent American will
assert that their adoption would give
any shock to the stability of our institu
tions. ills thus made evident that the German
Socialists are not the revolutionary and
impracticable creatures suggested by the
title, but are really standing on tolerably
conservative republican principles.
NEEDS OF THE NATIONAL GUARD.
The report of the acting Adjutant Gen
eral of the National Guard of Pennsyl
vania shows the discipline and organiza
tion of that body to be at a high standard.
This is a gratifying evidence that the high
estimate placed upon our State military
organizations is fully justified. On the
other hand, the equipment of the troops is
almost as bad as their discipline and spirit
are commendable. Some steps toward im
proving it in minor respects are noted.
But great coats that have been in use for
thirteen years, blankets through which
peas can he sifted, and guns of the type
reached at the close of the Civil War are
not what the State requires or the soldiers
of the National Guard deserve.
The next Legislature should take
prompt steps to thoroughly supply these
deficiencies. Since Pennsylvania has a
well-disciplined body of State troops it
can well afford to equip it with modern
material.
TIME TO DO SOMETHING.
It is pleasant to be assured by the lead
ers of the House that that body will this
week proceed to get down to business. It
is high time for the immense Democratic
majority to do something to demonstrate
its reason for existence. It is now three
months since the assembling of Congress,
and the amount of progress accomplished
on public business of importance can only
be stated by a very large cypher. The
Senate has shown a little more aptitude
than the House for public business in rati
fying one treaty of international import
ance, and in grinding out a large number
of public building bills for which there is
no possible excuse except on the basis of
the general grab. This is not very much
better, but it contains an indication that
the Senate can do some business if it has a
sufficient provocation.
The inability of the House to get down
to actual work is not confined to any es
pecial political leadership, but it was
never more marked, and never had so lit
tle excuse as at present The Fiftieth
Congress did not reach actual work
until the first part of February; but
it bad the excuse of the work to be
done in committee on the Hills bilL The
Fifty-first Congress was a little tardier,
but it had the same excuse as regards the
McKinley bilL The Fifty-second Con
gress has rounded out a full three months
of practical inanition for no reason what-
ever except the Inability of the Demo-
cratic leaders to agree upon a policy and j
the " ?' among themselves over
t; 5iidental situation.
These luos .indicate that the tiouble
with Congress does not lie with any one
party, but Is due to the vices of our poli
tics and the unwleldlness of the House!
But the immense majority of the Dem
ocrats there places the 'entire responsi
bility for the loafing Of the present ses
sion on that party.
For the benefit o "A Reader" who asks
us to giro the "true English" of onr quota
tion from Lord Bramwell's pen, we would
say that we feel hardly competent to in
terpret the Idea which mat illustrious writer
intended to convoy. We criticised the
passage for its indirect confusion of style,
not for any specific grammatical error, and
we feel that the author alone is capable of
conveying his meaning without fear of mis
take. Indianapolis has at least two reforms
urgently pressed upon its consideration. Its
police force should he strengthened and its
strikers should be taught that violence is
out of place in the labor disputes of to-day.
A wealthy and honest philanthropist
would find a useful outlet for some of his
superfluous abundance in the endowment of
a college lor the study of statistics on a
truthful basis. It Is all very well to say that
facts cannot lie, bat there is at present no
mote fruitful source of untruthfulness than
that of tabulated statistics perverted by
unscrupulous special pleaders to prove
whatever may be desired.
Br its unprecedented preparations for a
prize-fight New Orleans is hardly going to
work in the right way to establish a reputa
tion for the law-abiding characteristics
which make a city's'commercial success.
Last year the California Legislature
made attempted train wrecking or robbery
a capital offense. A New York paper com
mented with pathetic sorrow on the back
wardness of civilization which could even
excuse such a measure. If that New York
paper have a memory and a conscience it
must feel a trifle ashamed Of Ferry's East
ern achievements.
These is as much sincerity in the desire
expressed by Congressmen to get rid of
their power for pationage as there is In tbe
rich man's wail that wealth is a burden, and
that poverty is essential to happiness.
However inconvenient, from a Govern
ment point of, view, may be the number of
desertions fiom onr army and the difficulty
of obtaining recruits for the British military
forces, it Is very significant of the social
and industrial progress of the age that the
conditions of a soldier's life are less allur
ing than they were.
In this age of trust-formations and mo
nopolization, it is gratifying to learn that a
strong movement is under way In California
for splitting up its Immense farm and
ranches among small holders.
The three most promising methods for
attaining notoriety, aocordlng to present in
dications, are: To attempt to stifle the voice
of a political parry, to rob an express train,
or to lay claims to the "butlership of polite
society. Curiously enough we are indebted
to New York State for the exhibition of all
three. .
With Hill's convention on Washington's
Birthday and tbe Third Party's variety
entertainment scheduled for July 4 onr
national anniversaries will be specially il
lustrious this year of grace.
While our cities are becoming more and
more unnaturally congested, farmers in
Western States assert that it was never so
difficult to obtain agricultural laborers.
Farmers in Iowa and Illinois offer $18 to $22
a month, with board, and yet we hear that
there are 30,000 men lacking work in Chi
cago. The new French Cabinet is more than
usually remarkable for the variety of its
components, and it is probable that Its life
will be even shorter than the average.
Since there is no report that Senator
Hill is suffering from a severe cold, on re
suming his place after his prolonged ab
sence, it is to be surmised that his constitu
tion is more robust than, the average Presl
dental candidate or else the chairs must be
kept very well aired.
Kaiser Wilhelm is as fearless as he is
antiquated, and there Is little hope that he
will ever acknowledge that "Discretion is
the better part of valor."
However much truth there may be in
Herder's statement'that he did not receive
fair play, his attempts to stir up race hatred
in Canada are indefensible and should lower
his standing with the thoughtful public, if
that be possible.
Having had a week of delusively good
weather we should be grateful for a change
that warns us that spring has not yet ar
rived. HIGH OX THE LADDER.
Minister Egan is now, taking a vaca
tion at Coronet
Mrs. Grimwood, the heroine of Hani
pur, has dcclinedanandsome offer to lecture.
She is a heroine indeed.
Loubet, the head of the new French
Cabinet, is described as a man who has been
16 years in public life "without making a
record.
Victor Hugo wrote standing at a high
desk;. the elder Dumas worked with his shirt
sleeves rolled up; the present Dumas writes
with a quill on blue paper.
Mrs. John T. Adair, the American wife
ot an Irish gentleman, has an Irish castle, an
English estate and a big Texas cattle ranch,
but discards them all for the charms of Lon.
don.
John L Blair, one of the founders of
the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
Railroad, although 90 years of age, attended
the annual meeting of that corporation cm
Wednesday last.
Senator Dawes, of Massachusetts, will J
be 76 years old next October, and bis present
term of office will expire in March, 1833. But
there is a great deal of talk about re-electing
him next winter.
Kussian papers deny emphatically that
General Gourko, Governor General of
Russian Poland, Intends to resign his place.
They gay that he is still hale despite his 61
years, and will be the leader of the Russian
army in case of a European war.
The King of Wurtemberg is reported to
be greatly annoyed because thelate Kingbo
queathed the beautiful villa of Taubenheim
to an American, theengineer of the Royal
Theater. Every effort made by the King to
repurchase the villa has failed.
OIL PAIK TINGS AS COUNTERFEITS.
Imitation by an Artist of a Treasury Note
Seized In an Art Gallery.
Chicago, Feb. 28. The Secret Service offi
cials have seized as a counterfeit an oil
painting in imitation of a $1 Treasury note
on exhibition in an art gallery here. The
painting is by Cail Linden, a looal artist,
and it will be forwarded to the Treasury
Department at Washington.
There are said to be many paintings of
bills of various denominations in art sat
ieties here, and if any of tbem are found
they will meet the same fate.
The Reform Circus.
Detroit Journal.
Tbe Pittsbcrq Dispatch Is one of the most
independent political Journals In the coun
try and its Washington correspondent, an
able and experienced writer, tells political
lacts as they come under his notice with
charming impartiality. He has been show.
Ing up, in terms of the most positive charac
ter, tbe utter worthlessness of the present
House of Representatives. There is no mis
taking his meaning, and he Intends to make
it as plain as his command of the English
lartrrnarra will O vo t Atthnnrffi tho anAr1 la
a disgrace to the nation, it should be read by
every citizen in the country.
PERSONAL ACQUAINTANCE.
WRITTZX FOB Till DISPATCH,!
It IS no use trying to see men by looking
at them tbrongb a book. Even the political
economies cannot teach us much about tbe
thoughts, or the wants, or the needs of men.
If we desire to know men we must get tbem
by the hand, and look into their eyes, and
hear them speak.
Nothing will ouf prejudice like personal
acquaintance. The opinion that Protestants
have of Roman Catholics, and that Roman
Catholics have of Protestants, is about as
near to truth as a caricature valentine. It
Is the result of distance and ignorance. I
.met a man one day in Munich who bad an
idea that Americans were copper coloiedl
He had learned that, ho thought, out of geo
graphy. That Is about as near as any book
can come to an aocurate description bf a
man. We get our ideas of Romanism out of
Foxe's Book of Martyrs. Our estimates are
made from controversial pamphlets, and
from religious newspapers. Personal friend
ship correots all that. Listen to a Protestant
talking about Roman Catholics. Yon can
tell at once whether or not he has any per
sonal friends who hold allegiance to the
Pope.
The estimate that tbe orthodox have of
tbe heretics, and thatthe beietlcs have of
the orthodox, is an equally good illustration.
It depends on personal acquaintance. The
orthodox who look at heretics through the
pages of orthodox books think that they are
near relations to the father of lies. "Don't
you know met" asked an ancient hereslarch
who met an ancient saint in the street of an
ancient city. To which the saint, with
piously averted face, answered, "Yes; 1 rec
ognize yon perfectly. You are the first-born
of Satan!"
Improve on Personal Acquaintance.
Once upon a time in Pittsburg, a man
was tried for blasphemy, and fined, and, in
default of payment, was given lodging in
the Jail. That was a good while ago. A
friend of mine who was a small boy at the
time, told me the other day that when he
met that bad man for the first time be was
amazed. He looked at him withall his eyes.
He even walked all around him that he
might get a better view. And afterward
he whispered to his father, "Papa, he hasn't
any tail." He had expected to discover a
forked tail, and horns and hoofs and other
familiar characteristics of tbe devil. He
has always had a good opinion, from that
day, of unbelievers. Now be is one himselfl
All infidels have horns and hoofs until
we get personal acquaintance with them.
After that we have to make corrections in
our previous Judgments. And all the ortho
dox are bigots, legretting that stakes and
fagots have gone out of fashion, and
chuokllng over the delightful prospect of a
good time coming when the hungry worm
and the hungry fire will get their fill of here
tics until we find out better by personal ac
quaintance. The capitalist and the proletariat havo
their opinion of each other not a compli
mentary opinion. To the proletariat a cap
italist is a selfish, hard hearted, grasping,
avaricious, unscrnpulous. Iron-fisted plun
derer of. the poor. To tbe capitalist, the
prisoners of poverty are in a prison to
wnich they are justly sentenced by the
righteous law of the survival of tbe fittest;
every man can get work if he wants it; all
the distresses of tbe masses are caused by
laziness and drink; and, as my legal friend
maintained, the lowest coal heaver, if he be
haves himself, can become a capitalist.
The System, Not tbe Man, Is Wrong.
These caricatures are the result of a
lack of personal acquaintance. The work-
ingman and tbe capitalist do not either of
them know what they are talking about.
The capitalist is a quiet, well-behaved gen
tleman, who has a kind heart and a generous
hand, and who really wants to be as much
of a helper in this hard world as he is able.
The trouble with him is the system under
which he lives. He knows not what to do.
And, for that matter, who does knowT I
had a long talk with a workingman not long
ago, who is one of the leaders of organized
Industry in this city, and he had no real way
out. He could not suggest anything only co
operation. That, Indeed, seems to be a most
admirable suggestion. I had another letter
last week from my friend, the tramp, and at
the end of it, enclosing a newspaper account
of Alfred Dolge's distribution of profits at
Dolgeville, he said: "If the masters want-to
do right why not do like this gent their is
a man what is a man and! bet his workmen
put iu'good Work for him why because they
aie helping themselves at the same time."
And yet I believe there are difficulties, more
than tbe men see, about tho adoption of co
operation. As for the workingman, he has the hardest
lines of any man that lives. I had an inter
view with a German one day last week, a
conservative Socialist If there is any such
thing who told me that this is not a free
country; that wherever there is the presence
of a capitalist there Is the presence of a
master; that conditions ate not changed
very much from the old feudal days of serfs
and barons. And surely if slavery means
anything, it means the plight of a man who
woiks from the dark of morning to the dark
of evening, and his wife works, and his chil
dren work, and all for the pay of a home
which Is but a kennel, and a dinner which is
but a foretaste of starvation.
Friendship Would Beget Sympathy.
Now, what we need, it seems to me, is
the help of personal acquaintance. I wish
that the proletariat could know the capital
ist, and know Just what a good man he is.
And I wish the capitalist. could make the
actual acquaintance with tbe prisoners of
poverty, and see with his own eyes Just how
hard their life is, and what their needs aie.
There ought to be a sympathy growing out
of such friendship that would solve some of
our hard problems. The most profitable
kind of association that I can thinkof would
be an association here in Fittsburg of wage
workers and employers of labor onperfectly
equal terms, for the purpose bf better ac
quaintance. The observation that is taken of a star
from any single point is always wrong. It
needs to be corrected by comparison with
an observation taken from another distant
point. This Is one of the settled principles
of astronomy. It is a principle that is wider
than tbe science of astronomy. It is Just as
true in the much more important science of
political economy. We must make our own
corrections for parallax. The look that we
get at social conditions in the pages of a
book must be'eorrected by the look which
we ought to get in the laces of living men.
Tbe capitalist who studies industrial society
from his own point of view alone is bound
to be wrong. The workingman who studies
industrial society from his own point of
view is just as sure to be deceiving himself.
And we want no lies in this business. We
want the whole truth to build on.
Going at a Problem Systematically.
I have been reading with great interest
the "Bulletin" of the "University Settle
ment" of New York. The University Settle
ment Is an endeavor to follow along the
lines of Toynbee Hall and Oxford House in
London and Andover House in Boston. It
is made up of college men who have taken
lodgings in a tenement house in Forsyth
stieet in the most thickly populated part of
New York. The Tenth ward, in which these
men have gone to live, Is that district whioh
the police ot that city know as tbe "typhus
ward," the "suicide ward" and the "crooked
ward." People are crowded there Just twice
as close as they aie in Whitechapel. Num
erous street Intersections have saloons on
three corners. Gamblers, thieves, drunk
ards, fugitives from Justice, candidates for
tbe penitentiary, managers of sweat shops,
people of all varieties of disorderly living,
flock together in these unolean nests. Here
tbe politician is met on every street, while
the plumber Is unknown.
These men of education and refinement,
men withbig hearts and clear heads, have
gone to live In tbe midst of tbls foul human
swamp, and, if possible, to drain it a lit
tle, and to make it a little more habitable
for human beings. Here they have a gym
nasium, and a library, and a klndergaiten,
and a Penny Provident Bank and a Young
Men's Clnb, and a Young Woman's Club,
and whatever agencies may possibly avail
to bring out something of the Innate good
ness which they believe is somewhere hid
den in the heart of every brother and sister
of ours under the sun.
Pittsburg In Need of a School.
They are getting personally acquainted
with the people. They are studying sooial
science In the actual lives of living men.
They have set up there in the midst of that
dlstrlot of misery an Institution which is
meant to be for the stndent or poverty what
a hospital is for the student of disease. They
say frankly that they expect "much energy
and many efforts to end without any gains
apparent to tbe eye; but all seemingly fruit
less work clears away much ignorance from
the subject, and, strictly speaking. Is as
necessary and prodnctive as obviously suc
cessful work." "Perhaps," they say, "we
shall have to learn all the wrong paths be
fore we find tbe right." And they get en
couragement out of the thought that, how.
ever much they may do for the Eighth As
sembly District, they will learn invaluable
lessons for themselves.
We need an Institution such as that In
Pittsburg, not only as an uplifting influence,
but as a school; as a place for practical
study of the gieat enigmas which,
like the enigma of the Sphinx, must be
answered or there will be disaster; as a
meeting ground on which the extremes of
our municipal society may pome together
for personal acquaintance.
A NOBLEMAN FKOM CHICAGO.
L-is Than a Month A'go He Was a Car
penter, But Now He's a Millionaire.
NiwYobk, Feb. 28. A genuine Chicago
nobleman Is in the city. He Is at the Fifth
Avenue Hotel and has come here, It is re
ported, to be married. This Interesting
Westerner, whose full title is Sir George
W. Northedge, Baronet, and whose fortune
is estimated at, $1,125,000, was, less than a
month ago, a poor carpenter, occupying a
plainly furnished room In Chicago, and hav-J
ing as little notion that he would to-day be
a "nobleman and rich as that the heavens
would fall. It was late in the afternoon of
February that Northedge was finishing
some work on the roof of a barn. A man
called him from the foot ot the ladder and
congratulated him on being the heir to a
large fortune. The modesty and common
sense of the carpenter at once told hlta that
the man was in the confidence line.
A few hours later Northedge realized that
everything he had been told was tho truth.
He soon learned that he was not only the
heir to one fortune of $900,000, but to another
of .250,000, and, not only that, but he was
also the heir to an old and honored English
title. This second piece of good news came
to him from another source entirely, an
English advocate at Montreal, writing him
that he was one of three heirs to a fortune
left by one of his grandfathers 35 years ago.
Long before this, Northedge bad locked up
his tool chest, given away bis overalls, fitted
himself out at a fashionable tailor's and
taken looms at a first-class hotel, regardless
Of expense. Then he had. his life insured
for $100,000 and finally began to look about
for a wife. Many of Chicago's fair
dames and misses, dazzled by the stories of
his wealth ana importance, had written
him scented notes telling him of hearts
waiting to be loved, but Sir George did not
want that kind of a wire. He kept up his
searoh for a wife, and it is whispered he has
found his Ideal In this city and has come
here to see her and be married before going
abroad to take his first look at his property.
QUEEN ISABELLA RULED OUT.
World's Fair Authorities Refuse to Grant
Space for a Monument and Pavilion.
Chicago, Feb. 28. The Queen Isabella As
sociation, it was virtually announced offi
cially last evening, is to be ban ed out of all
participation in the World's Fair. An ap
plication was some time ago made by the as
sociation for space within the Fair grounds
for the erection of a statue, heroic size, of
Qneen Isabella, and also for a pavilion for
tbe use of tbe association. The application
was referred to the Committee on Buildings
and Grounds and Chler of Construction for
action. Mrs. Potter Palmer, President of
the Board of Lady Managers, in a communi
cation upon the subject, heaitily recom
mended tbe granting of the site for the
statue, which was to be of 'bronze and the
work of the famous sculptress, Harriet Hos
mer, and also recommended that the
Grounds and Buildings Committee and the
Chief of Construction give such favorable
consideration to the application for the site
for the Isabella pavilion as was possible
within the rules of tbe Exposition applying
to club3 or associations of men; in short,
that tbe Exposition Company should deal
with this application by the Isabella Associ
tion as it would deal with any application
from an organization of men.
The Grounds and Buildings Committee,
basing their action upon a communication
fiom Chief of Construction Bumbam, de
clined to grant the space. In his communi
cation, Chief of Construction Burnham
stated th.it the Exposition bad no space
which could be devoted to any building
which would be of the character of a club
house, and in this view the committee ac
quiesced. CAKBBIA'S LICENSE COURT.
Johnstown Temperance People Hope for a
Great Redaction In the Number.
JoHHSTOWir, Feb. 28 Special. The license
application list for the coming year was
closed to-day. There were 235 applicants
this year in this county, or four more than
last year. There are 91 retail applicants in
the city, and many of them are now on the
anxious seat, owing to a movement on the
part of the temperance people. The license
applications will come up for a special hear
ing the third Monday of next March, ana a
great deal of anxiety is expressed as to the
position Judge Barker will take on the
liquor question. He is a prononnced Repub
lican, but was elected in tbls Democratic
country by a large majority, and it is con
ceded that the liquor element was for him
to a man.
On the other hand, the temperance people
believe they will succeed in greatly reduc
ing the number of licenses granted this year.
Since the gieat flood, they argue that this
city has been run on the wide-open plan,
all sentiment and even politics being swept
away in tbe common calamity: and they say
a continuance of this reckless feeling be
yond its moral limits, is to be attributed to
the over-generous granting of licenses in the
city. The temperance people are turning
tbeir best efforts toward limiting the
licenses granted to at most ten ie toilers,
principally hotel keepers.
A KNOWING FIEE HORSE
It Walks Upstairs and Arouses and Badly
Frightens Its Driver.
New York, Feb. 23. Special. One of tho
big horses belonging to Jefferson Engine
Company in Elizabeth, got loose In some
manner in its stall in the back part of the
engine bouse early yesterday morning and
asceiided the stairs to the second floor, on
which aie the handsome parlor and the room
where the driver sleeps. The latter was
badly frightened by tbe animal, which play
fully poked Its nose in the sleeping man's
face. He Jumped up with a yell of terror
and rusheddownstairs, awakening a lounger
who sleeps there occasionally.
Both men ran to foreman Denny Fitzger
ald's saloon, and arousing htm, told what
hasoccuried. When the foreman reached
the house the hoi se was found contentedly
standing in the parlor. Ropes and a hoisting
tackle wore procured and tbe big, good
natured brute lowered to the ground floor.
He did no damage to the costly prizes and
furniture in the parlor.
TO TAX THE B. & 0.
The BUI for That Purpose Is Liable to Pass
the Maryland Legislature.
Ahhapolis, Feb. 23. Special. It looks
now as if the bills to tax the Baltimore and
Ohio and Northern Central Railroads will be
passed by the Leglslatme. Up to the present
the Baltimoi e and Ohio has made no effort to
prevent legislation. Mr. John K.Cowen, coun
sel for the company, expresses the opinion
thatthe act if passed will be declaied In
valid by tbe courts, Inasmuch as it conflicts
with the charter rights of the company,
which exempts it from taxation. Based on
the Dartmouth College decision this would
be an impairment of a contract.
The friends of tbe bill claim that It has
nothing to do with the original act, and that
if the company shows flght the case will be
carried to the united States Supreme Court
for adjudication. It Is not believed that the
company will risk letting It go so far, but
that a compromise will be effected.
Denver to Have a Lumber Trust.
Denver, Feb. 28. An association approach
ing as near to a lumber trust as possible
without violating tbe law, is to be put Into
operation here April 1. A new schedule of
prices higher than the present ones will be
established, in order to cover losses growing
out of recent sharp competition'.
HacLBetter Call a Doctor.
Chicago News. '
If Mr. Blair's Prestdentalboom is suscepti
ble to cold waves and chilly days It would
better call ar doctor right away. . .
A NON-LUMINOUS PIMET.
A Wonderful Star That No MailVflai Ever
Viewed Beeent Wonderful Discover!
In Astronomy Tbe Great Variety That
Exists in the Stellar Universe, i
The many wonderful discoveries un as
tronomy recently made by the aid ot pho
tography have seemed to leave th Wider
methods of astronomical investigation lar
in tbe rear. But Just now Mr. 8. C Chand
ler, ot Boston, has made what may be called
a discovery by the aid of mathematical
methods, recalling the achievement t of
Leverrier and Adams in the detection of
Neptune 50 years ago. There Is In tbe
northern sky, says the New York Bun, a star
known as Algol, which the sharp-slgbted
Arabs who discovered Its variations in
light called the demon star. Every 2 days,
20 hours and 49 minutes this star suddenljf
begins to fade, and continues to grow faintfcr
for three or four hours, at the end of which
It has sunk from the second to nearly the
fonrth magnitude. After remaining thus
for a few mlnntes it begins to brighten, and
in the course or three or four hours more
regains its lormer brilliancy.
Within tbe past few years it nas been dis
covered that there Is a huge dark body re
volving around Algol at a distance of some
3,000,000 miles, and to this phenomenon the
vmiatlons in Algol's light are due. At reg
ular intervals this daik companion star
comes into the line ot sight between Algol
and the earth, and thus partially eclipses
Algol, cutting off perhaps five-sixths of Its
light.
These stars, Algol and Us strange non
luminous comrade, are of great size. Algol
Itself being more than 1.100,000 miles In
diameter, while the diameter or the dark
body that circles around it Is 810,000 miles.
Studied Over the. Olden Observations.
Mr. Chandler, meditating on certain ir
regularities in the motions of Algol and Its
companion, Buspected that they might be
due to tbe presence of another invisible
star in their Immediate neighborhood. He
carefully compared the observations back
to the time of Goodricke, more than a
hundred years ago, and pursuing a mathe
matical method similar to that which re
sulted In the discovery of Neptune through
the effect of Its attraction on Uranus, be
arrived at the conclusion that such another
star must actually exist. According to his
conclusion this mysterious body is far
more massive than either Algol or Its con
panlon, but does not give forth any percep
tible light, and it forms a center of attrac
tion aronnd which both of the other stars
revolve in a nearly circular orbit, In a period
of 130 years. Mr. Chandler's theory seem3 to
fit in well with the observed irregularities
of Algol. He remarks, morever, that there
are several other stars known to astiono
mers to be variable which evidently have
one or more dark companions like those of
Algol.
It is natural to inquire what is the nature
of these mysterious dark bodies existing in
the neighborhood of bright stars compara
ble in brilliancy with our own sun, ana evi
dently obeying tbe same law of gravitation
that prevails in our solar system. The pri
mary distinction between a sun and a planet
is that the former glows with a brilliant
light of its own, while the planet, having
been encrusted with a solid and opaque
shell, only shines by the reflected light
which it receives from its sun.
The Invisible Planet's San.
Tbe dark companions of Algol may then
be regarded as In the plantary condition, at
least so far as the question or luminosity Is
concerned. But they differ widely from any
Of the planets of our system in their great
size as compared with the sun in whose
neighborhood they circle. That companion
of Algol, which by its eclipsing effect pro
duces the variation in tbe light of the star,
is not very far Inferior in size to its bright
comrade, while the greater dark body,
whose existence seems to be demonstrated
by Mr. Chandler's Investigations, greatly
exceeds tbem both in mass. (
Here, then, if we choose to adopt the idea
that this great invisible orb around which
Algol revolves, Is a planet in our sense of
tho word, we have a world which is tho
center of motion for the snn that illuminates
it. This Is going back to the old pre-Cope
lean idea ot the earth as the center of t
solar system, having the sun as its satelli
Such a system seems unnatural, if not 1
possible, because the ordinary laws of t
radiation of heat require that a large bod
other tnings being equal, should cool donn
from the solar to the planetary condition
later than a smaller body. But it would
seem that in the Algol system, for socle
reason yet to be discovered, the molt
massive member of the system has partqc
with its light and beat far earlier than on'
or the satellites revolving aiound It.
Great Variety in tho Universe.
If It should prove to be true, as Mr. Chan
dler suggests, that there are other, and. per
haps many other, systems similar to that of
Algol, then we shall simply have additional
evidence of tbe great variety that exists in
tbe arrangements of the stellar universe.
There Is really no reason why we should
take our own stellar system as the invari
able type to which all tbe other systems
throughout space must correspond.
It might be" suggested that in the case of
such a system as that of Algol, all the bod
ies belonging to it have long since become
extinct through the operation of those laws
ot cosmical evolution which seem to be
manifested in tbe unlveise at large as well
as In our own planetary svstem. and that
through some such cause as a collision one.
ui mo minur uuuies 01 me system nas again
been brought to a luminous condition.
But there is no end of speculation when
we try to interpret the wonderful discover
ies with which the astronomy or our time is
continually surprising the world.
IE0N MEN IN SEEI0US STBAITS.
They Are Losing Money, but the Conditions
Are Such They Can't Stop.
Cleveland, Feb. 28. The Iron Trade Re
view, in its resume of the ore and iron out
look, says:
In some quarters the sales reported up to
date imply a very good business, while
others have hardly started as yet In selling
their ore. The non-Bessemer ore is hanging
Are, partly on -the ground of unsettled
freights and partly on account of the un
willingness or the furnace interests to buy
in the face or 'a lifeless market. The ore
men say they are not over-anxious to force
a market at this time, although every day
some one Is letting go of his output. As a
whole, it looks very much as If tbe beggarly
condition of the market had frightened
everybody, and the anticipated improve
ment in all tbe lines seems to have resolved
Itself into a.bull freight market, with every
thing else as low as ever.
The furnace men who, during the advance
ol last November, were encouraged to look
for a better market, have even stopped com
plaining and are simply working along be
cause they can still less afford to remain
idle. They have their ore to pav for, some
of them, and they must make and sell iron
at a loss, if in no other way, because such a
course Is cheaper than to stop. In some In
stances the fixed cbarstea will not permit
banking; in some there" is a fear of losing
trade, and so the consumer gets what Iron
be wants at bis own figure. It is not too
much to say that anyone can buy an almost
unlimited quantity of good pig iron at )1 a
ton less than it costs to make ic To be sure,
this result has the effect of shutting out
competition, but the situation is Very seri
ous, and may prove dlsastious for the
smaller and weaker concerns, who are not
prepared for so long a siege of poor trade
ana unprofitable prices.
STIRRED UP HIS SUBJECTS.
Who the gods would destroy tney some
times make Emperors. Chisago Tribune.
Emperor Williax's speeches remind one
of John L. Sullivan's "deflv" Chicago Times.
Ehfehor Williau these davs is having a
hard row to hoe". His great play for popu
larity with the laboring masses has evidently
missed fire Omaha World-Herald.
"Emperor William," says a cablegram,
Inherits the ancestral love for the corn
flower." He soems to inherit tho ancestral
love for the corn Juice also. Chicago Mail.
The demonstration yesterday before the
Kaiser's palace was the popular answer to
his insane speech. -They will not keep qniet
nor will they get out Su Lout Post-Dispatch.
EurEltOR William was. perfectly secure in
riding out among tbe Berlin rioters. They
are not after the little Emperor, but the
system which he lepresents. Indianapolis
Sentinel
Xax young Emperor is still of the opinion
that it was the divinity that Both hedge a
king which protected him from the mob as
he rode forth the other day. Other people
think the police had much to do with it.
Sew York Advertiser.
Successfully Concealed Their Sarprlse.
Chicago News.
Most of the politicians have been emi
nently successful, in concealing their sur
prise at the Albany convention's Indorse
ment of Ulll. ....''
TEE BEAK AND THE MOTE.
The rharlsalcJil Discussion Concerning Jay
Gould's GIR to the Church.
New York Sn'n.l
A Pharisaical discussion has been started
concerning a gift of $10 000, which Mr. Jay
Goulu made for Presbyterian Church ex
tension at a meeting of prominent Presby
terian ministers and laymen, whom he in
vlted to his bouse the other evening to raise
funds for the object. The ministers and
others were not loath to attend the meeting
and accept the hospitalities of Mr. Gould:
but now the boisterous Dr. Parkhurst pro
fesses to have conscientious scruples about
taking themoney ot tbe host for a relfcrioua
purpose. Where, be asks, did Mr. Gould
"get that 110,0007" The lnsinnation Is that be
got it by means which are contrary to the
precepts of Chris:. Undoubtedly tbe wealth
of Mr. Gould could jot have been accumu
lated by him If he bad obeyed strictly the
commands ot Jesus; but neither could the
lesser income of Dr. Parkhurst have been
obtained by the minister if he bad practised
strictly the principles be professes and
p readies.
According to tbe teachings of tbe Gospel,
Dr. Parkhurst has got to squeeze through
the needle's eye to get into heaven, if he
gets thero at all, with no less difficulty than
Mr. Gould. Measured by the standard of
Jesus, both of them are rich men. Measured
by tbe average income in this community,
both of tbem are in the enjoyment of
wealth Mr. Gould of much more than the
Preibyterian minister. It is true, but Dr.
Parkhurst of far greater-possessions than
belong to the run of people. Practically
the life of the preacher is as luxurious as the
millionaire's. He Knows nothing of poverty
in Ihis own person. He Is clothed in fine
linen and fares as sumptuously every day as
Dives aid. He obtains his Income, too, from
rich men, who can afford to pay for pew
renn in the Madison Square Presbyterian
Chuichmore than the vast majority of the
people of New York can afford to pay for
nouse rent. He doe- not give up all for the
sakelof following the Master and drawing
&ther, men to Him, but he exacts a large
ioney recompense for preaching the Gos
pel, lie gets more pay than Is received by
any except a few professional men and a
proportionately small number of the busi
ness men of the cltv.
Before he takes this money from the rich
Madison Square Presbvterians does he re
quire that tbey shall tell him where and bow
uieygocitT it lie aid, no wouia una tnac
none of them came by it In ways which
would satis fy the requirements of tbe gospel.
They got it by opposing selfishness to tbe
self-renimclation commanded by Jesus; by
enforcing the payment of their debts, In dis
obedience of the Christian law; by taking
usury; by expending care In the accumula
tion of earthly llches when the gospel
teaches that these are mere dross, and tho
pnly treasures to be sought are spiritual and
seavenly. They sued tbe brethren for their
cues when tbey could not get tbem other
wise, in flat disobedience of the Christian
injunction. Dives of the parable is their
tpe, and it is a type against which Jesus
PJured out His burning denunciation.
Wibere do you get your salary, Dr. Park
hqrst, and what Justification have you for
taking so rich a recompense in money when
yoa claim to be a follower and a commis
sioned minister or Christ? These are ques
tions which Mr. Gould might fitly ask the
preicher of Madison Square.
OAcourse, the Presbvterians need not take
Mr. 'Gould's $10,000. Nobody can be forced
to accept a gift; but before they refuse it, as
in o&edience to Christian obligations, let
them' examine themselves to see whether
tbey govern their own lives in accordance
with the strict gospel rule, whether really
they are entitled to be called Christians any
more than Mr. Gould. This Is a good sub
ject fora slashing sermon by Dr. Parkhurst.
If he wants to make New York a community
governed by strict Christian doctrine, he
must make every Individual rule his life in
accordance therewith; and he could not
preach it at a better time than this morning,
or In a better placo than the Madison Square
Presbyterian Church, which was built and
is supported by money obtained in violation
of the principles of Christ. Let blm take
the beam out of his own eye before he as
sumes to find fault with the mote in his
neighbor's eye. That is the Christian law.
THE DAHCE BITTEBLY DENOUNCED
By Bishop Ludden, W ho Declares It Is Pro
fane and Dangerous.
Straccsh N. Y., Feb. 23. Special. The
Lenten pastoral which wa3 read In tbe Cath
olic churebs of the See or Syracuse, from
Bishop Patrick A. Ludden, in view of the
prominence of Bishop Ludden as a candidate
for the vacant Bishopric of Brooklyn, will
be ofgeneral interest. The Bishop's letter
vf&i devoted exclusively to the morality of
dancing. He said:
"The manners approved and adopted in
the modern dance would not be tolerated
outside of the dance, and the man who
would elsewhere so demean himself would
be exposing himself to an angry husband or
brother's six-shooter, or some other physi
cal violence not pleasing to the senses but
healthful and chastening to morals. The
McAllisters of society hold no pro
prietary right3 in it. The Ind
ians dance themselves crazy. As
conducted by the former it may be more ar
tistic, poetic, dreamy; according to the
fashions of the latter ft Is more natnral, less
indecent and more picturesque. It is pro
fane and dangerous. The Church forbids It
in connection with any Christian, charita
ble or Catholic name, and no society hon
ored with the name Catholic can honestly
or lawlully bring the name Into dishonor by
connecting it with a ball or dance."
PEUHSY TEAINMEN AGGBIEVED.
The Various Brotherhoods at Harrlsbur;; to
Present Their Complaints.
Harrisburo, Feb. 23. A secret meeting of
the employes of the Pennsylvania Uatlroad
Company was held this afternoon to
discuss certain grievances relative to
the hours of work. Representatives
from the Brotherhoods of Locomo
tive Engineers, Trainmen. Conductors
and Firemen were present. Two represent
atives from each of the Brotherhcods were
appointed to put their grievances in writing
andpiesont them for adoption at a meeting
to be held next Sunday.
Committees win oe appointed to go to
Philadelphia and lay them before tbe offi
cials of the company. Superlndent Gncker,
of the Philadelphia Division, will meet tho
committee from the Columbia lodges Tues
day and hear tbeir grievances.
A Sleeping Beauty.
WrLKESBABBt, Feb. 23. Special. Miss
Lille Jones, of Miner's Mills, attended a
party last Monday night. When she re
turned home she fell asleep in a ohalr. She
has been asleep ever since. All attempts to
arouse her have failed, and physicians are
puzzled.
DEiTBS HEKE AND ELSEWHERE.
Anne Jemima Clongb, Educator.
Miss Anue Jemima Cloneh died Satur
day la LonaOD. She was noted for her efforts in
promoting the higher education for women. Miss
Clough went Into residence at Cambridge for the
purpose of taking charge of female students who
wished to take advantage of the lectures open to
women In the university And to go In for the exam
inations. She was very successful In this work,
and the number of students rapidly Increased until
iwnliim Ilill. In-tvhleh the stOdlefl were earrled
on. could not accommodate all those who wished
to proflt by the educational advantages held out to
them, and another and much larger building had
to he opened and later It was found necessary to lo-
Colonel Seldon H. Lorins.
Colonel Seldon HolUs Loring, well
known in army and navy circles, died at his home
In Alston, Mass., Saturday, aged 43 years. Col
onel Loring was a native of Marlboro, and was
tbe son of the late HolUs Loring and Laura Hitch
cock Loring, who survives him. lie served
throughout tbe war of the Rebellion, being on
Reneral N. A. M. Dudlev'a staff most of the time.
He also held a Colonel's commission In tbe French
army daring the Franco-Prasslan war. He was
for many years In the Government service at
Hongkong, China, and Deputy Consul, Vice Con
sul and Consul.
General Secretary D. W. Seller.
The General Secretary ot the State Agri
cultural boeictr, D. W. Selltr,' died yesterday
afternoon at Darrlsburx. aged about S3 years. He
was also Highway Commissioner of that city.
Death resulted from a complication of diseases.
Obituary Notes.
Jossrn F. Gabdneb. an old mill worker, 'died
Sunday morning at McSeesport in the 33th year of
his age. of the grip. The deceased was an Odd
lellow and a Oeniberof tbe Knlgnti of Pythias,
and also of the Jr. O. U. A. M.
JDDQE VAX B. YOUKG. Presiding Justice of the
Kentucky Superior Court, died baturday nlgiy. at
the age of SO. He was attacked with grip several
weeks ago. but bad not been seriously 111 until
pneumonia set In a week ago. His home wasMt.
sterling. He was a nephew of ex-Culef Justice B.
J. Peters, of Mt. Sterling.
Hknbv Chcech, $&.. died In the interior of
Wetzel county, W. Va.. aged 93. yesterday. His
sister died recently aged 91. His father was 111
years old and bit mother ICO when tbey died. Tbe
elder Church was British born and was not natur
alized until he was loo years of age. He Ured In
the mountains for many years, and his son. Just
dead, lived there his entire life! """. J "
CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS.
New York City's area Is less than one
third of ihat of Chicago.
The dishwater In which the plates and
dishes are washed In Parls'ls only changed
and renewed once In every 13 months.
Java is said to be the region of the
globe where it thunders oftenest, having
thunder storms on 97 days of the year.
A blind black eel was found in a pond
in Maine recently and sent to the United
States Flab Commission as a curiosity.
In China all wines are drunk hot. The
thrifty Chinaman believei that heated wine
intoxicates more expeditiously than cold
wine.
It is said that goats in tbe Kalahari
frequently pass months without water, and,
according to Mr. Mackenzfe.there are certain
antelopes whioh are never seen to visit the
drinking places.
The telephone is making the ladles of
Honolulu stouter. They used to do their
own shopping, marketing, etc. Now they
send their orders by telephone, and the lack
of exercise has caused an accumulation of
flesh.
It is by the thumb the miller tests the
character and qualities or the grain ha
grinds; spreading the sample over the
fingers by a peculiar movement of tho
thumb, he gauges its value by tbe thumb
itself.
The diamond cutting business is mainly
concentrated in Amsterdam and Antwerp,
but diamond mounting is very largely dona
in London, which is tho center of tbe dia
mond trade, both In the rough and the fin
ished brilliants.
No people in the world are more de
pendent upon boats than are the natives of
Sontheast Alaska. They live In a region
where the coast line Is broken Into many
channels, straits and harbors by the numer
ous Islands of the Sltkan archipelago.
A woman in Bucksport, He., while
feeding a small pig, dropped in the pen a,
roll of money 320 in gold coin and J3D in
notes. The coin was found snbseqnently
near the mangled remains of a $10note,but ft;
was evident that the nig had swallowed the
rest of tbe money.
Lepers in India were treated with
shocking inhumanity before Christianity
entered that country. Many of them were
buried alive. The English rulers have put a
stop to tnls custom, and for It years tbero
has been a special Christian mission to the
135,000 lepers in India.
Whereas the total population of India,,
according to the preliminary results of the.
census published some months back, was
2S4,Glt,210, further revision and examination
of the returns brings ontthestill larger total
or2SS,1.19,692, or an average density of close
upon 1S3 persons to tbe square mile.
The bulk of the diamonds found in the
South African mines weighs between a half
and three carats. A two-carat stone of good,
color would cost from j10 to 12. In cuttlnsr
It would lose about 0 per cent, and the cost
of manipulation ranges from 7s 6d. to 30
per carat according to size, the smaller
being the more costly.
A specimen of prehistoric hatchets of
peculiar form was exhibited by M.Vlllanova,
of Piera, at the meeting the French Associ
ation. About 200 of them had been found at
Elcbo. They were simple emblems or images
of a hatchet, made of a thin blade of metal,
ornamented on both side from one end to
the other, and without edges.
Old newspapers are said to make valua
ble anti-moth wrappers for furs and winter
clothing, tbe ink upon them being nearly as
repulsive to all kinds of vermin as camphor
or coal tar paper. They are likewise eood
to lay on carpets fora like purpose. Being
impermeable to air they also form, excellent
envelopes for vessels containing ice and
fresh liquors.
The King of Siam has recently pre
scribed a rigorous test for those of hU sub
jects who claim to be endowed with tho
mantle of prophecy. An enactment baa
now been made providing that no prophet
shall be entitled to public confidence unless
he has the gift of sitting unharmed in the
midst of a sea-coal fire for the space of at
least half an hour.
The most unhappy period of marriage,
according to French divorce statistics, is for
taar period extending from the fifth to the
tenth year. After that the figures drop rap
idly. Only 23 net cent of couples seek divorce
between their tenth and twentieth years of
union, uniyone pair in one nunarea sees
to cat the knot after the perloa of oyer 30
and under 40 years.
The old "Parliamentary Oak""Tn Cllp"
stone Park, England, is believed to be 1500
years old. Tbe tallest oalc in that country,
called the "Duke's Walking Stick," is higher
than tbe spire of Westminster Abbey, and
the largest is tbe "Cowthorpie," which now
measures 78 feet in circumference, and at
one time, with its branches, covered mora
than an acre of space.
A couple in Biddeford, He., have sepa
rated four times and reunited three times
since their wedding in May. The last time
tbe wife returned to her spouse she ad
mitted that she was a little quick tempered,
but declared that she would give him $50 If
she made another break in six months. She
broke away in two weeks, and now the hus
band will sue for the $50.
It is said that the old black overcoat of
the German army will shortly he abolished.
Experiments have been made with various
regiments daring the last 12 months with,
overcoats of various shades of grey, which
have led to tbe conclusion that light grey la
the color least distinguishable at a distance,
and therefore best adapted for wear in view
of tbe use of smokeless powder.
The lobster dread thunder, and when
the peals are very loud numbers of them
drop their claws and swim away for deeper
water. Any great fright might also induca
them to drop their clawi. But new olaws
begin at once to grow, and in a short time
are as large as tbe old ones, and covered
with hard shells. The Iooster often drops
its shell, when It hides until the new shell is
hard enough to protect it.
The rate of travel of thunder storms
has been studied by Herr Schronrock from
the record of 197 such storms in Bussia in
1883. The velocity is found to have varied
from 13 to 50 miles an hour, with a mean ot
29 6 miles an hour in the hot season and in
creasing to 33 miles an hour in the cold
season. It was least in tbe early morning,
increasing to a maximum between 9 and 10
p. m. The storms traveled most quickly
from southwest west and northwest.
IiHYNKLES AND KHXHELETS.
Old Snaggs Hain't yon ashamed to be at
the foot o' yer class. Tommy?
Tommy I don't know why I should be. Popper;
the foot's the foundation. Isn't It? Puck.
Ber deft and busy fingers still knitted day
by day.
A lot of stockings to the poor she often gave away;
And thus she loved to show, amid man's vanities
and sins.
How charity will cover a multitude of shins.
Washington Star.
"Aren't you afraid of catching some terri
ble disease, doctor. In the practice of your pro
fession?" "Ob, no; never. lam well inoculated. Before
I went Into medicine I was a baseball player.
Muffed everything." Judge.
She O it's fun, I tell you, to flirt with
a man till you get him to propose, and then say
'So9
He Yes; but I should think It would be a greater
Joke on hhn to say Yes." Spark.
When the air Is calm and sunny. ,
And the sward Is smooth and green;
When an overcoatlooks funny.
And a muff Is never seen ;
When"you hear the street bands thrummlnj.
And the pavement s dry and clear.
And you walk to business, humming.
You may know the winter's herel
-Puck.
Qaester I hear that Mrs. Skertleigh
made her long expected stas-e-debutUst evening.
Have you heard whether it was a success or not?
Jester It must have been, for I heard Mrs. ,
Jester say that her costume was irreproachable.
Boston Courier.
Stranger How much do you get for the
golden rule?
Jeweler (wearlly)-Young man, stop rljrht there.
I recognize you as the desperado who wants to
price a pair of ruby llps.-A'.r.ieroH. J- -,
The thing that would please her; the thing v-
we should say (
At the moment, however we try, v
We never can think of until we'ro away
Tun hft-.iriA nrt thp. eh&nce has cone by.
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"Does my hair need cutting?" inquired
the elderly customer.
The barber surveyed the wide expanse or e
..... with t thin frlnze of drooping vegt
near the back of the neck, and shook his head
u as honest barber.
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