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THE PITTSBUEG' DISPATCH, TUESDAY, MARCH' 1. 1892L
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TWELVE PAGES
VETOES AND FRANCHISES.
The Mayor's vetoes of the traction con
solidation ordinances did not interpose a
very serious obstacle to the passage of
those measures, which went through both
Drenches with votes to spare. While the
subject is somewhat complicated the
Mayor's objections were deserving of a
more careful consideration than is implied
by this prompt action.
The actual need, in the licht of ordi
nary fairness, for securing to the city some
return for the valuable franchises granted
to traction companies has often been
pointed out in these columns. Whether
that object cannot now be attained by a
general ordinance is a question for consid
eration; but it was pertinent to give some
consideration to the question when a
measure is up which extends the fran
chises of each company over the others'
lines.
In addition a large question of public
policy is involved. Everyone knows that
the consideration for which the very
valuable franchises of the Duquesne Trac
tion Company were granted was the estab
lishment of a competing line. Everyone
is equally well-informed to the effect that
the purpose of the ordinances passed
yesterday was to complete the consolida
tion of those two lines. The competition
to be established by the Duquesne was a
public benefit which went far to justify
the liberal gift of its very extensive fran
chises. What the public benefit will be
from the permanent wiping out of thst
competition is a question meriting careful
consideration when the attention of
Councils is called' to it by a message from
the Mayor.
Mill it is necessary to renew the oft
repeated remark that the time to see that
the public interests are properly guarded
is when the franchises are granted. And
the time to make sure that Councils
properly perform that duty is when the
people elect their Councilmen.
ENERGETIC CIVIL SERVICE.
It is a subject of profound regret to the
believer in pacific politics to observe that
the troubles of setting up a delegation in
the interests of Harrison have forced
United States Marshal Leeds, of Philadel
phia, to proceed to the length of slugging.
Mr. Leeds, it is hardly necessary testate,
represents the strong arm of the adminis
tration, more particularly with reference
to its political purposes than as regards
the enforcement of the law. When a
ward heeler who had been intrusted with
the duty of getting In the delegates from
a certain ward failed to deliver the goods,
painful suspicions of his integrity arose.
The United States Marshal promptly vin
dicated the majesty of outraged justice
and the necessity of political discipline by
punching tne head of the recreant wire
puller at their next meeting.
This very strenuous variety of uncivil
service is of itself calculated "to cause un
kind comments; but its display of the
functions to which the machinery of the
Department of Justice is devoted is not
more striking than the succeeding state
ment that Mr. Leeds' official head is to be
taken off. If Leeds was to be removed
because he has done nothing in his public
office but try to run a political machine, it
would be very salutary discipline. But
that is not the ground for the expected
action. On the contrary, he is to be de
capitated because he has not succeeded in
delivering to the administration the
political goods in expectation of which he
was appointed. If he had produced the
needed delegates Mr. Leeds' wire-pulling
and pugilism would have been alike ac
ceptable. But as he has failed he must go.
From an administration elected under
the strongest pledges for ihe divorce of
public patronage from practical politics,
this has a decided aroma of rankness.
THE TRUE RESPONSIBILITY.
The undisguised jobbery in the New
Tork Legislature manifested in the pas
sage of bills conferring franchises of mo
nopolistic charaqter without the slightest
check or misuse or abuse has aroused
almost unanimous protests from New
York newspapers. .It is at least a saving
sign of frankness that Democratic news
papers are outspoken in declaring such
legislation to be wantonly and defiantly
corrupt
The pertinent fact that these protests
come rather late is shown by theNew Tork
Advertiser, which asserts that it has
pointed out the progress of the bills by
reference to packed committees and polit
ical deals. It is true that the protests
against this corrupt policy are belated; but
it is also true that the esteemed Adver
tiser' exposure of the jobs was only a
little less behind time. The time to stop
such measures was at the election of the
men who pass them; and in the presence
of the prevailing jobbery the journals
which supported the party now dominat
ing the New Tork Legislature can extract
what comfort is possible from the fact that
they must accept their share of the re
sponsibility that comes from the action of
the men they helped to elect
Nor can they plead that they did not
take the responsibility with their eyes
open. The character of the faction
which was securing the control of the
New Tork Legislature was well-known to
be unscrupulous and brazen. Its political
strength notoriously lay in its open alli
ance with men who use the powers of
government and legislation for public
plunder. That the supremacy of such
men should result in the gifts of fran
chises to political favorites, and the sad
dling of monopolies on the people, is a re
sult that was to be expected. The news
papers and voters, who helped to put such
men In the control of the Government of
New-York, cannot escape th -reflection
that they used the fetish of party to
discipline and secure exactly inch result
as those they now protest against
So long as party newspapers are ready
to place honesty and scrupulous' respect
for public rights ..second to partisan sac
cess, exactly such betrayals of .the public
interest are to be regarded as the natural
outcome of vicious party organization
CONSTITUTIONAL POINTS SETTLED.
The United States Supreme Court 'yes
terday gave important decisions, one of
which will generally be taken as a vindi
cation of ex-Speaker Reed, while the other
sustains theMcKinley act In its present
form. One case involved the constitution
ality of an act passed by counting a
quorum. The other was the case chal
lenging the constitutionality of the tariff
act on the omission from the engrossed
bill of the rebate clause and on the ques
tion of the powers granted to the Presi
dent in the reciprocity clause.
There was really very little expectation
of any other decisions than the ones ren
dered. As to the constitutionality of
counting a quorum, the power of the
House to pass such a role has not been
seriously questioned except for legal pur
poses. The opponents of that legislative
method did not attack its constitutionality,
but its parliamentary fairness; and one of
the most able arguments in favor of the
right of a minority to block a bill byre
fusing a vote was made by Thomas B.
Reed in 1880 when he was one of the
leaders of the minority.
As to the questions raised against the
McKinley act, there is more room for de
bate; but the general opinion has been as
the Court decides it It certainly does not
seem essential to constitutional govern
ment that the blunder of an engrossing
clerk should defeat the legislative will,
and that is just what the first point
amounts to. The division between legis
lative and executive authority permits
some honest difference of opinion as to the
power of the President under the reci
procity clause. It is a reasonable view,
however, that when Congress, by a legis
lative act, defines and authorizes the re
mission of tariff duties nnder some con
ditions, and their imposition under others,
the limits of authority are not transgressed
by giving the President a reasonable dis
cretion in carrying out the act
The decisions end all the constitutional
questions raised against the leading
measures of tho last Congress. The
opponents of the tariff policy of that
body cannot defeat it in any other way
than by winning the victory at the polls.
MAKING PITTSBURG KNOWN.
The Chamber of Commerce has just
given a gratifying proof of its work in
behalf of Pittsburg by issuing a neatly
executed volume giving a condensed report
of "Pittsburg's Great Industries, and its
enormous developments of the leading
products of the world." The work is a
condensation of the statistics of our man
ufacturing and commercial interests, with
a statement of our leading municipal
features, all compressed within a volume
of 64 pages. Of course, in such a space, the
details of our striking industrial features
cannot be enlarged upon, the purpose being
to present a summary statement of Pitts
burg's characteristics for the information
of all into whose hands the volume may
fall. The work is illustrated by a map of
the city and very creditable engravings of
of the Court House, Postofflce and the
Allegheny Carneeie Library. Every such
publication that aids to create an ade
quate comprehension of Pittsburg abroad
is a benefit to the city, and the Chamber
of Commerce is to be congratulated on its
work.
A SINGULAR NEGLECT.
Accounts of that recent daring express
robbery on the New Tork Central convey
singular information with regard to the
care of corporations to protect their ship
ments from robbery. We are told that
a single train set 'aside for express business
carries as much as a million dollars in
money and jewelry between New Tork
and Chicago, and that on the trip in ques
tion, although the cargo was a particularly
rich one, left New Tork with the crew
unarmed.
If these statements are correct there is
every reason of accusing the corporations
concerned of criminal neglect of pre
cautions. To send out a train devoted ex
clusively to that business is to parade a
prize before the desperadoes of the con
tinent; to send it out without armed de
fenders is simply to invite robbers to inter
vene and help themselves. With the facts
as they are stated, the wonder is not that
the single robber should have come so near
success, but that an organized gang of
highwaymen did not take possession of
the train and carry off the treasure at
their leisure.
It is to be hoped that the attempted
robbery will arouse the companies from
their false security and that henceforth
all express trains will be accompanied by
a heavily armed guard of the prompt kind
which takes the drop on express robbers.
UNCLE JERRY'S NEED.
If the Signal Service makes many more
such wild shots as it did with its predic
tion for yesterday's weather Uncle Jerry's
boom will undergo irreparable damage.
What is the profit for a farmer-statesman
to organize a Republican weather bureau
and have it presently observe an area of
high barometer with a narrow trough of
depression preceding it, from which is
predicted warmer and fair weather, while
the obstinate elements produce cold,' snow
and other wintry discomforts in profusion?
The honest granger who on the strength
of the prediction got in readiness to start
his spring plowing will lose faith 'in the
infallibility of the Agricultural Depart
ment if this sort of thing happens fre
quently. Uncle Jerry will have to reform
either the Bureau or the weather if he
wishes to carry the rural ' vote in his
capacious pocket
The accusations against Michael Davitt
in connection with Dr. Cronin's murder are
vagne but serious. They can only be ex
cused by strong evidence, and even then
they should have been embodied In a legal
action.
"Whether the rumored changes among
Federal office holders in Philadelphia be
based on fact or not, the very possibility of
such rumors is an indication of the discred
itable but prevalent system of making ap
pointments to and preservation of official
positions dependent on political influence
rather than executive ability.
The recent disturbances in Berlin revealed
a condition of affairs which demands re
form, and it is to be doubted whether sup
pression without remedial measures can se
cure more than temporary quiet.
It is well-nigh impossible to imagine
such barbarous inhumanity as leads to in.
discriminate attacks on life and safety like
the last dynamite outrage reported from
Paris. Perpetrators of such deeds have lost
all claim, to be treated as men, and should
bt hunted and annihilated as wild beasts.
Another meeting of Councils has passed
without the Introduction of the appropria-
tionprdinance. The practice of railroading
that measure without a proper examination
of its provisions seems likely to obtain this
year, as usual, for the reason that no tune
will be left to do anything else.
THIS is supposed to be an age of restless
activity and medical enlightenment. Yet
cases of prolonged sleep are constantly re
ported, and we are invariably told that the
doctors are puzzled. The long sleeps no
doubt are due to nature's desire to strike
an average somehow, and the enlightenment
of the physicians Is shown by their admis
sion that they cannot diagnose the cases.
Russia is not the most likely country to
go to for hints on practical legislation, but
there is much good sense in the provision
that knowledge of the language and the
laws of the land shall be essential conditions
to naturalization.
Still the cry is for Egan's recall, and
still no official action is taken in that de
sirable direction, can it be possible that
political exigencies demand that he remain
where he is until all the Presldental possi
bilities have been reduced to certainties in
one direction or the other! This sort of
thine is bad enough in internal affairs with
out extending it to International matters.
. There Is competition even in snobbery,
sis witnessed by Oscar Wilde's Did for atten
tion by introducing as 'the badge of refine
ment a flower remarkable for its unnatural
ness, ugliness and price.
There is something pathetically noble
in the Herald? efforts to foster journalistic
interests. Not content with booming
Watterson five or sir times a day in italics,
as the one and only desirable Democratic
candidate for the Presidency, it now comes
forth in all its might to urge Wbitelaw Bold
on the Bepublican party for the second place
on its ticket.
Army officers will be placed in chargeVof
Indian agencies when there is a decision to
make army commissions more than a sine
cure and a desire to treat the aborigines
with Justice.
A postmaster in Connecticut has been
caught opening some of, the letters passing
through his hands? He should be taught
that be has gotten into hot water which will
remove him from office as effectively as
steam will overcome the adhesion of the or
dinary envelope.
New Yore's claim to the molt efficient
fire department in the world may be all
right, and there is no doubt that she is hav
ing a run of big fires that show its neces
sity. Whatever be general opinion in regard
to whether a college training unfits a man
for a business career,appearances lend every
support to tne idea that men obtaining seats
in Congress have either no bnsiness ability
or no Inclination to use it for the benefit of
their country.
The public pay in many ways for their
rapid transit facilities, and it is high time
that the traction companies give a fair
equivalent for their privileges.
The French officer who composed the
words and music of the "Marseillaise," in
Strassburg, little knew that it would become
so much the recognized song of aspirants
for liberty as that it would be chanted by
a German mob j ust 100 years after its compo
sition. In these days of delusion, doubt and
discussion it Is a restful relief to reach occa
sionally the bottom rock of a Supreme Court
decision.
Kaiser, Wilhelm will learn some day,
though probably not before it is too late,
that it would be more oolitic to remove ob
jectionable German dust by a clean sweep
ing reform than to let it remain to be shaken
from the feet of departing emigrants.
This; is the kind of weather which de
mands warm heart and a clear conscience
for the .maintenance of an equable good
temper.
As evidence of the evil conditions of life
in Vienna we are told that in one building
seventy persons were found occupying
twenty-one rooms. Tet far worse examples
of overcrowding than that are of nightly
occurrence right here in Pittsburg.
The old Councils went out like March
came in with a storm.
Philadelphia has fully made up its
mind to have a Bourse and Washington
monument, but it seems impossible to arrive
at anything like unauiniity as to where to
put them. The City of Brotherly Love is not
lacking in independence of opinion.
FAYOEITIS OP FORTDKE.
H. C. Moulthrop was yesterdy confirmed
postmaster of Conneautville, Pa., by the
Senate.
Senator Kyle, of South Dakota, is a
giant physically and the most robust of all
the Alliance members. His digestion is per
fect. . Mrs. Amanda E. Chesnet, of Kansas
City, claims James Whltcomb Riley, the
poet, as a long-lost son. Biley denies that
relationship exists.
Dinglet, of Maine, has set up in busi
ness as the piofessional humorist of the
House, and is determined to be funny no
matter bow hard he has to work to do it.
The Swedish King has conferred on Dr.
J. A. Ouchterlony, or Louisville, the Boyal
Order of the Polar Star, a decoration re
served for statesmen, scientists and writers
of note.
A curious individual, for a Kentuckian,
is Jack Irvin, of Glovai's Mill, who m 36
years has not swallowed a drop of water.
He drinks only tea, coffee and milk and has
passed his 60th year. '
.At the Pennsylvania World's Fair office
yesterday, .Executive Commissioner "Whit
man stated that his resignation is in the
hands of the Governor. His health does
not Justify him in continuing in the office.
When absorbed in thought the Emperor
of Austria puffs out his cheeks, the Czar
runs his fingers through his hair or lays his
hand flat on the top of his head and the
Khedive taps impatiently with his left foot.
There is a story current that Senator
Hill la about to marry. The name of the
daughter of the late William L. Muller was
mentioned, and this statement was promptly
denied. Now It is said to be a rich Albany
widow.
This Congress has produced some very
rapid speakers, but the fastest ol them all.
It seems, is Representative Johnson, of In
diana, who delivered a long Speech in the
Craig-Stewart contested election case at the
rate of 280 words a minute.
Senor Don Martinez de Koda, the
Spanish Senator, accoi ding to reports, is to
marry the widow of the President of Guate
mala, Mme. De Barrios, arrived on La Cham
pagne to-day. The engagement was said by
the lady's 'brother to-night to be without
foundation. ,
HASH TIMES hi C03IA RICA.
Coffee a Two-Thirds Crop and Many Busi
ness Failures Imminent.
Saw Jobs, Costa Bioa, Feb. 29. Events of
the past tew weeks portend a serious econo
mic crisis. The Government appears to be
so much impressed with the gravity of the
situation that it has suspended for the
present efforts to secure loans.
The coffee crop has been but two-thirds
the amount of tbe previous year's harvest,
and tbe price is stationary at $33 pe quintal.
There Is much anxiety In commercial dries,
and it Is feared several houses will fall.
Enough Planks to Build a White Hoase.
Bt LouU Post-Dispatch.
The candidate of the People's party need
not feel -down-hearted If he fails to get into
the- Whit House. There will be enough
planks In his platform to build another one.
t
live Washington "waifs.
A Legal Tender Dollar's Value The Dubois
Claggett Case Still Up In 'the Senate
Date Bet for tbe Silver Debate In the
House The Bering Sea Matter Settled
at Last
Washington; Feb. 29. Vice President
Morton presided over the Senate to-day, and
laid before it tbe credentials of Mr. Daniel
for his new Senatorial term, beginning
March 4, 1893, whioh were placed on file. Mr.
Stanford introduced a bill to determine tbe
value of a legal tender dollar. Laid on the
table for the present. It provides that tbe
value of 25 8-10 grains of gold shall' be the
standard which shall determine the value of
a dollar: that all dollars shall be received
and paid out in discharge of debts, both
private and public, at par, measured by that
standard, whether the stamp of the Govern
ment making the dollar be gold, silver, paper
or any other materials. Also, that the legal
tender value of 'each dollar issued by the
United States shall depend alone on the
stamp of the Government; and that there
shall be an obligation on the part of the
Government to exchange one dollar for
another.
Mr. Vilas introduced a bill to amend the
pension laws. Beferied to the Committee
on Pensions. It proposes to have tbe pen
sions of Invalid pensioners who desert their
families paid to their wives (if any) or to the
guardians ortbe children.
Mr. Voorhees presented a petition from
Stillwell Post. G. A. B., for the defeat of the
free coinage af silver.
Tbe Idaho election case was again taken
up, and Mr. (laggett, tbe claimant, resumed
his argnment (begun on Friday), in support
of b ib claim to the seat. Mr. Dubois gave a
detailed account of tbe contested
election. Mr. Pu.'h, who had signed the ma
jority report in iavor of Mr. Dubois, made an
argument in defense of it. While he was
speaking the chair of Mr. Vance, who sat
close to him, broke down, letting the North
Carolina Senator fall to the floor with some
force and much noise. As Mr. Vance picked
himself up, apparently unhurt, be said, with
a laugh, "I beg vour pardon for interrupting
you," to which Mr. Pugh rejoined he had not
supposed that his argument wonld be so
overrjowering. At the close of Mr. Push's
speech tbe Senate went into executive ses
sion, after Mr. Mitchell gave notice that he
would ask the Senate to "sit out the Idaho
case," and at 4:30 o'clock adjourned till to
morrow. -
In the House to-day, on motion of Mr.
Stump, of Maryland, a concurrent resolu
tion was agreed to authorizing tbe House
and Senate Committees on Immigration
Jointly to investigate tbe workings of the
immigration laws and importation of con
tract labor. Mr. Catchings, of Mississippi,
from tbe Committee on Bules, reported a
resolution providing that on Tuesday,March
22, immediately after the morning session,
the House shall proceed to the consideration
of the silver bill, and should said bill not be
sooner disposed of, the House shall continue
the consideration thereon during Wednes
day, 23, and Thursday, 24. The resolution
was ordered printed, and Mr. Catchings gave
notice that he would ask the House to con
sider it on Monday next. The House then
went into committee of the whole, Mr.
Bynum, of Indiana, in the chair, on the In
dian appropriation bill. Mr. Holman, of
Indiana, moved an amendment making the
appropriations for the Carlisle school ap
plicable to pupils now in attendance.
Mr. Dolman's amendment was relccted.
Pending action the committee rose and the
House adjourned.
The negotiations between the United
States and Gieat Britain, looking to the sub
mission to arbitration of the long-pending
controversy between the two countries in
regard to the Bering Sea seal fisheries,
reached a favorable conclusion to-day. Sir
Julian Pauncefote, the British Minister, met
Secretary Blaine by appointment at the
State Department to-day, and signed the
treaty of arbitration on behalf of Great
Britain. He said ho bad been fully author
ized by Lord Salisbury to take this action.
Mr. Blaine signed the document on bebalf
of this Government, and the matter was
consummated so far as the diplomatic part
of the business is concerned. The treaty Is
still subject, however, to tne action ot tne
British Parliament and the United States
Senate. The exact terms of the treaty can
not now be stated, but it is known that the
board of arbitration will consist of seven
persons, two representing the United States,
two representing Gi eat Britain (one of whom
is to be a Canadian), and one each represent
ing tbe neutral governments of Trance,
Sweden and Italy.
Bepbesentattve Oates, the Chairman
of the sub-Committee of tbe House Judiciary
Committee, which has charge of the pro
posed investigation of the charzes against
Judge Boarman, of Louisiana, has received
from tbe latter a communication requesting
the committee to visit Louisiana and con
duct the investigation there, as he bad a
laige number of witnesses be desired to
have examined. Mr. Oates, in reply to
Judge Boarman, has requested him to fur
nish to tbe committee the names and ad
dresses of persons be desired to have ex
amined, and to state what he expects to
prove by them. The committee will not
take any action until a reply is leceived
from Judge Boarman.
ThRj following is the report of Mr. Turner,
of Georgia, from the Ways and Means. Com
mittee, in favor of tbe bill to admit, free of
duty, bagging for cotton, machinery for
manufacturing bagging, cotton tics and cot
ton gins: "The bill proposes an act of tardy
justice to those who contribute the chief
item of our export trade. Tbe right to re
sort to imported bagging and ties will, it is
confidently believed, proteot farmers and
laborers engaged in the production of cotton
against corners and combinations among
those who, under the present tariff, control
the supply of these indispensable articles.
The importation of machinery used in the
manufacture of bagging is proposed in
this bill for the benefit of American bagging
factories. Thev already have their raw ma
terials free. An additional, reason Is sug
gested by the fact that if these very simple
machines can be imported free, the farmers
themselves can join in production of
bazging. They will thus have In
their own bands a final defense against
trusts and monopolies. Theyarestillsmart
ing from the oppression which a very recent
combination Imposed, raising the price of
the bazirtng neailv 100 Tier cent. The effect
of the MoEinley rates upon bagging and
ties has not yet been fully developed. The
first result has been to cut off Importations
of these articles. The next step will he an
augmentation of the price. The trust is al
ways supplement to protection. Mr. Dalzell,
of Pennsylvania, is preparing a report of the
Bepublican minority in opposition to tbe
bill.
Green B. Rattm, Jr., was called to the
witness stand to-day. He said that Secre
tary Noble had demanded his leslgnation,
and declined to allow him to make any de
fense. He had even declined to see him
(witness) about It, but referred him to As
sistant Secretary Bussey. He called on Mr.
Bussey to deny the charges, but the Secre
tary refused to take them under considera
tion, and insisted that he must resign.
The illness of Chairman Springer, of the
Ways and Means Committee, is the subject
of considerable anxiety on the part of his
friends. He is suffering from acute erysipe
las, complicated with nervous prostration
and a severe cold, and is unable to see any
one bnt the immediate members of his fam
ily. His teatnres are swollen almost beyond
recognition and have assumed a purple hue,
yet he has never lost conciousness, and his
mind is appaientlv pertectly clear. Chair
man Springer to-day communicated to Rep
resentative McMIUin, of Tennessee, there
quest that he assume charge of tbe tariff
bills in the House during the Chairman's
illness, and make the opening speeoh in the
coming discussion. Mr. Springer hopes to
be sufficiently recovered to make the last
speech and close the debate before the final
vote Is taken.
The Secretary of State has received official-notice
of a definite agreement for tbe
establishment of a commercial reciprocity
treaty between France and the United
States.
Tne Beautirnl 14 Inches Deep.
HtrNTiHQDON, Feb. 29. Special The
greatest snow storm of the season visited
this county to-day. The snow began falling
last night, and1 has continued falling all day
to-day, aud to-night the storm shows no signs
of abating. Tno snow is already H incues
deep and very heavy, and it is feared that
unless the snow ceases falling much dam
age will be done to roofsand telegraph lines.
Bailroad trains are greatly delayed, and
transportation has been practically sus
pended since yesterday,
' "Wish That Sliver Was Silence..
Chicago Inter-Ocean. 3 "
"Silence' is golden," -and Democrats are
wishing that silver was silence.
' 0Z0HS AMD BACTEBIA.
Experiments Have Brought to Light a
' New Curative Agent. -
Chicago Tribune.
Tbe Tribune oflast Sunday called attention
to tho recent introduction of ozone as a cure
for diseases caused by micro-germs, and
'especially those found In the respiratory
passages and cells. Its sanative action was
stated to be traceable in all probability to
Its great oxidizing affinities and its more
ready influence on tbe breathing organs to
the fact that it would seem to return to the
state of ordinary oxygen before reaching
other portions of the animal economy after
having been taken into tbe lungs. These
ideas are in complete haimdny with the
latest information on the subject, which
ougBt to be one of intense interest both to
the sick and to those who wish to avoid as
long as possible falling into that category.
Microscopical examinations show that al
though during the different stages of disease
tho bacteria producing it may change'their
form and dimensions, yet (hat each species
of bacteria placed nnder the same circum
stances will assume the same forms and pro
duce the same effects that belong to its own
character. It has also been discovered that
all the bacteria are principally composed of
an albuminoid substance, called micro
proteine, and that all the albuminoids are
destroyed, or rendered inert by coagulation,
when exposed to tbe oxidizing action of
ozone. It is true that corrosive sublimate
and other antiseptics have the power to
destroy the germs in a similar manner, but
they have the disadvantage of being destruc
tive to tho higher organism it is wished to
savo as well as to the lower which it is desir
ed to kill.
It is difficult to resist the conclusion that
ozone is nature's gieat disinfectant. Nor
mally the air of the country districts (in
healthy situations) contains of ozone about
one part of 450,000 of its weight or one part
in 700,000 by volume. This small quantity is
sufficient to destioy germs. The quantity
varies with temperature and the electrio
conditions or the atmosphere, and it has
been found by numerous scientific investi
gators that- it- is absent at the times and
places in wnlch cholera and malarious fever
do their deadliest work. Ozone reappears
when the epidemto ceases, and it is consid
ered as established that when in excess of
the above stated pronortion there is no epi
demic. That the same is true of other dis
eases caused by bacteria maybe reasoned
from analogy, though it cannot be said to be
proven yet.
Experiments by the French chemist,
Charles Marchand, show that the substance
called peroxide of hydrogen contains oxy
gen in its condensed state that is, ozone.
The Inference is that when the peroxide Is
brought into contact with a diseased sur
face, either of the external sain or tbe
mucous membranes, the contained ozone
coagulates the albuminous matter of the
secretions, destroying the pus and also tbe
bacteria, and that the ozone tben returns to
the state of ordinary oxygen. It- is found
that when normal oxygen is thus used in
combination with water it produces no sim
ilar action on the albuminoids and has no
cleansing effects upon the unhealthy secre
tions ot tne inrecteu snrraces.
If this statement of the case be approxi
mately correct tbe possibilities of ozone as a
curative agent or specific for diseases caused
by micro-germs are so enormous as to be in
calculable. The chemists already are able
to produce ozone, if not in such quantity as
may be desired or to pievent its molecules
from breaking up into those of ordinary
oxygen soon after having been formed. It
would be vastly more convenient if the lat
ter difficulty were overcome, as then the
ozone could be caught and retained in suita
ble vehicles for use when wanted nnd ap
plied at will to the treatment of diseased
surfaces on which the bacteria by millions
are engaged in performing their greatest
havoc upon the human organism. But grant
ing that this permanence is not yet possible
without the admixture with substances it is
highly desirable to let alone, there is still
open to tbe medical fraternity a vast field
for tbe relief of human suffering and tbe
prolonging of human life. It would revolu
tionize the theory as well as practice of
medicine. Tbe knowledge accnmulated
since the days of Hippocrates and Galen-has
not placed in tbe bands of tbe doctors the
power to cure a common cold. Still less can
they remove bay fever, asthma, bronchitis,
pneumonia, croup, diphtheria, or pulmonary
tuberculosis. Yet half tbe human race in
civilized countries die of these diseases and
their cognates. For the last three winters
the world has been ravaged by the grip, and.
the doctors confess themselves unable to
prevent or cure it. Surely they should
gladly hail any remedy that would help
them to combat the ravages of disease and
Erove that they are real friends to poor
nmanity. What do they think of ozone,
and what do they know about it?
A PBBTTY MIX AT HUHT1HGD0N.
AH Acts of the County Board Illegal, as On
of the BIrmbers Is Ineligible.
HmrrijiGDOir, Feb. 29. f Special. A serious
question has arisen as to the right of John
Mierley, one of the County Commissioners,
to bold that office, and it may affect the va
lidity of all the acts of the board Bince it
went into office in January, 1891. Mierley
was a member of tbe Borough Council at
that time, and has since been filling both of
fices. Lawyers have found a section in the
act of 1874 which they construed as prohibit
ing a Councilman from being a County Com
missioner. If this construction of thelaw is
sustained by the conrts, it will not only oust
Mierley from the office of Commissioner, but
will lender him liable to the penalties im
rjosed by tbe act for its violation.
The consequences to the people of tbe
county and all otbers who have transacted
business with the Commissioner will be still
more lar-reaching. When the board organ
ized after their election there was a contin
ual contest over the election of their clerk,
Mierley' candidate being his own son.
After many ballots, lasting through several
weeks,'young Mierley was elected by the
votes ot his father and one. of the other
members ol the board, the third member
relusing to vote for him. If John Mierly is
not legally a Commissioner, it Allows that
his vote for his son was a nullity, that no
clerk was legally elected, and that the board
had been'actlng without one. Miller and
Lamberson can remove the difflonlty for tbe
future by electing a clerk, which it is ex
pected tney will do. Mierley has resigned
as Councilman, but that will not make him
eligible to tbe office of Commissioner if he
was not so when elected.
OF nm&EST TO HOBIICuXTTOISTS.
Bequirements of Their Department In Ac
cepting World's Fair Exhibit.
Philadelphia, Feb. 29. J. M. Samuels
Chief of tbe Department of Horticulture,
World's Fair, has issued a circular letter to
each of the Secretaries of tbe Horticultural
Committees of tbe different States, as well
as to the leading horticulturists of this
countrv and Europe, to the effect thai, he
leels that it will be of interest to all con
nected with horticultural pursuits to make
an exhibit at tbe World's Fair, as it will be
visited by at least 60,000,000 people, it is the
desire of tbe department that all hardy
shrubs for decorative purposes be planted
bv May L 1S92.
The department wishes to impress on all
contributors, either of competitive groups
or donators of trees, shrubs and plants, that
under no circumstances will badly rooted
or poorly grown specimens be accepted.
They must be superior to ordinary nursery
stock, "vigorous and shapely enough to be
effective. All trees ahd shrubs contributed
or loaned will be cared for at the expense of
the department. Tne Horticultural Com
mittee of this State, whose headquarters aie
at Horticultural Hall, Philadelphia, will
gladlv furnish application blanks and any
information required through their Secre
tary, John Dick, Jr.
ORIENTAL HEW ORLEANS
Extends Her Annual Homage to
Her
' Gracious Monarch, King Rex.
. Hew Orleass, Feb. 29. This evening His
Majesty, Rex, the King of the Carnival, en
tered his beloved capital amid the most
ostentatious display. Tbe reception was
conducted .on a most elaborate scale. As
soon as the'royal flotilla 'was sighted every
vessel in the harbor blew its -whistle,
'while the booming of cannon (including tbe
monster pieces of the Austrian vessel,
Aurora) aud the Dlast of trumpets contrib
uted to the rousing, though discordant, wel
come. His Majesty was aboard the royal
yacht Galveston.
Tbe parade farmed at the head of Canal
street. The procession moved through tbe
grincipal streets to tbe Royal Citadel, where
is Majesty was presented with tbe keys of
his capital, and tne line of march concluded
at the Hotel Roval, where an Inlormal recep
tion and levee was neld. His Majesty was
attired In a most gorgeous and expensive
costume, representfnga Turkish Pasha, and
waB borne through the streets lna brilliantly
decorated palanquin OkTjried on the should
ers of four sturdy Turks.
ANTE-LENTEN NUPTIALS.
Miss Aanle Smith Wedded 'Midst the Lilies
In Trinity to Mr. William Mareellln
Scaife Tho Closing Scenes of the Gay
Winter Season.
The approach ot Lent is hastening the
weddings which otherwise must be deferred
until June; as Hay, as well as Friday, is for
bidden In the bride's calendar. Tbe tern-'
porary restoration of winter yesterday
made, tbe day a most agreeable one for
Miss Annie Smith's marriage, which was
celebrated in Trinitt at 6 o'clock. Tbe cere
mony, was notable also as the first import
ant wedding at which has presided as yet the
recently apnolnted rector, tbe Bev. Alfred
Arundel. Tbe chancel, which the floral
decorations at Trinity are usually confined,
was very prettily arranged. A large
bnnch of lilies ocenpied a space on
the lectnrn. and the pulpit was similarly
decorated with srolden rod. There was not
the same massing of plants as is usually fol
lowed in Presbyterian churches; but the
chancel of an Episcopalian church has
always the advantage throughyits own .rich
furnishings, and in fact the marked sim
plicity is rather an agreeable divertise
ment. The wedding party reached the church at
tho hour announced, where an audience, tbe
greater part or which was in full dress,
awaited its arrival. The proces
sion began . its . march np the aisle
as the rector and tbe bridegroom.
Mr. William Mareellln Scaife, attended by
his best man, Mr. Oliver P. Scaife, left tbe
vestry. The ushers were: Mr. Verner
Scaife. Mr. William B. Scaife, Mr.
Bussell K. Forsyth, Mr. William C.
Bobinson, Mr. Hart McEee, Mr. Nor
man McCllntock, Mr. Frank Willock
and Dr. William Blair. The gentlemen all
wore the-orthodox. generon-sized bonton
niere, which was formed of lilies of- the val
ley, the flower solely used in the bridal and
maid of honor's boqnets also. Following
the ushers and preceding the bride was her
friend. Miss Parker, of Grand Rapids, Mich.,
who was her maid of honor. Mts Parker is
a graceful girl, tall, slender and pretty. Her
gown was of silk tulle, having a
pale green foundation, ovar which
was draped the white. The bodice
was low - enr, and adorned with
numerous pnffs. Her dark hair was
arranged in a becoming coiffure on her neck,
and among its shadowy loveliness a little
tonch of the sea green color or tbe dress
was introduced by a solitary pompon. The
bride wore an elaborate white brocaded
gown, with train and veil, the veil afterward
being taken back off the face and dissaving
some magnificent jewels upon tbe throat,
presumably the gift or the groom- Miss
Smlfh made a very stately looking bride.
When the ushers readied tbe chancel
steps tbey separated, those on the right
passing along the right of the chancel to
the foot of the communion rail and those on
tbe other side arranging themselves simi
larly. Thebridegioom, the rector and the
best man stood at the chancel steps, and
when tbe maid of honor and Mr. Andrew
Smith and his daughter arrived there, the
preliminary service was gone through. This
completed, the party advanced to the com
munion railing, where they knelt, while
the priest exchanged .the rings and
pronounced them man and wife. The
music ceased entirely during the perform
ance of tbe ceremony. Evidently the rector
objects to pianissimo accompaniments
when be speaks, for he waited until the
organist ceased and even showed signs of
impatience at one key which insisted upon
dyin; bard In a long drawn out tone betore
the service was proceeded with. The service
was all over by 0 30 and the company drove
away in their carriages. The church was by
no means crowded, but there was a repre.
sentatlve gathering of city people. The
bride is a daughter of Andrew Smith, Esq., a
Sromlnent manufacturer of Pittsburg, and
r. Scaife is a member of the well-known
family of that name.
A party of guests from the Scaife-,
Smith nuptials visited the Duquesne The
ater last night to hear Miss Marie Tempest
in '-The Tyrolean." There were eight
couples in the party, the men being distin
guishable by large buttonhole bouquets of
lilies of the valley.
Miss Lottie Lowrxe, who is one of the
gTeatly admired girls at the Hygela Hotel.Old
Point Comfort, can be claimed as a Pltts
bunr eirL Her moth'er was Miss Marv Park.
and one of this city's belles, when Major
Aowrie, son oi judge Lowne, won ner nana
years ago.
At the meeting of the board of the Insti
tution for tho Blind in Western Pennsyl
vania yesterday, Mr. Henry Kirk Porter
presented his resignation as Chairman of
the Committee, on account of bis intended
departure for Europe in a few days 'to be
gone a year. It was reluctantly accepted,
and Colonel J. M. Schoonmaker "chosen as
the succeeding Chairman. Mr. Porter will
continue a member of tbe Committee, with
Mr. Ogden M. Edwards, of the board, as his
acting representative.
Among the Pittsburgers at the Hygeia
are Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Washington andS. W.
Washington, Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Briggs and
Miss E. G. Briggs, Mrs. Agnes Graff and Miss
Agnes Graff, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Graff, Miss
Ella G. Maloney and T. Moloney, Dr. and
Mrs. EdselL
Old Crrr Hall was the scene of a pleas
ant entertainment last night, in the form
or a lecture by the Bev. John T. Murphy,
President of Holy Ghost College, inter
spersed by appropriate songs sung by the
students. The affair was well attended and
thoroughly enjoyed.
This evening the "Peak Sisters" will he
given In the parish building of Emmanuel
Church by the Bishop Whitehead Circle of
Kings Daughters, at 8 o'clock. The young
ladies who are doing this work for the cause
of charity desire the encouragement of
menus, ana are aevoung tneir energies lor
the presentation of an azreeable affair.
To-night will be given the second per
formance of the season of the Sewlckley
Valley Club at Choral Hall.
This evening Mr. "Wilhelm will be mar
ried at 7 o'clock to Miss Mason, the cere
mony taking place in Calvary Church.
The final cotillion of the Orinda comes
off this evening in the Linden Clubhouse,
under the obaperonage of Mrs. Charles
Curry, Mrs. E. T. Normicutt and Mrs. Lind
sey. Hiss Julia Watson entertained a party
at dinner last night in the Pittsburg Club,
at wblch Mrs. O. G. Blcketson was the guest
of honor.
To-DAT Mrs. George P. Lewis, of Sharps
burg, will give a progressive euchre for Mrs.
Wesley Llnford Smith. ,
Hill to Address a Legislature.
Jacxsoit, Miss., Feb. 29 Senator David B.
Hill, of New York, has accepted the Invita
tion extended some time ago by the House
of Representatives to address the Legisla
ture of Mississippi. The date named is
March 15.
Wllhelm's Speeches Always Contain an L
Chicago Times.!
In the German Emperor's speeches the I's
always have it.
GOULD AND THE CHDECH.
Jay Gontn is very sick. He ought to have
known that he couldn't give $10,000 to tbe
church without serious results. Chicago
Timet.
Jay Goran has been properly certified as a
good Presbyterian. Who says a camel can
not pass through the eye of a needle? Bos
ton Herald.
Messrs. Jay Gould and Elliott F. Shepard
taking up a collection for church purposes
is a spectacle that must occasion a chill in
certain supertropical regions. Hew York
Commercial Advertiser.
Jat Gould has Invested (10,000 for church
extension and sustentation. If the clergy do
not look sharp Jay will soon own a control
ling interest in the Road to Zion and will
squeeze out the lambs. 81. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Aheetixg of Presbyterian ministers of
New York was held at Jay Gould's residence
to discuss the means of raising funds for
church extension. Did they want to get
points on how to nnr their stoskT Roches
ter Post-Erprets.
Mb. Gould's check of f 10,000 or so for a
New York church has roused tbe fear of his
friends that he is going to die. But Mr.
Gould is no chicken. He may yet survive a
good deal of that sort of thing and of other
sorts of things. i SLLoua Bepubhe.
Jay Gould entertaining In his gilded par
lor the committee of the Presbytery of New
York on ohurch extension and sustentation
is one of those grotesque sights which future
historians will contemplate as characteristic
of this interesting century. BrooJfctyn Times.
CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS.
Chile has an area of 218,935 squat
miles. ', '
Kearsi?hi is hereditary, bnt a larger
percentage prevails among blondes thaaj
brunettes. &
Physicians headed the list of suicide
last year, and they have headed it every
year In the last ten.
The population of the United Statsaj
west of Buffalo la much larger than thateasfalf
of that point and rapidly becoming more so7
The entire Indian population of thi
country Is about 250,000, and tbey hold 90,000,4
000 acres of the public domain, exclusive of
Alaska. -A
There is a dentist in Borne who ha
drawn as many as 400 teeth in one day.using
only his thumb and forefinger instead of
forceps.
The people of Paris have consumed .
within the year2L291 horses.229donkeys and
40 mules, the meat weighing, according to
the returns, 4,615 tons.
A stnrgeon weighing 607 pounds and .
two cblncoon salmon weighing-113 pounds ,
were caught in the river near Cathlamet,
Ore., one day last week.
London pays its gas companies annually
4,400,000 for a commodity which costs to i
produce only 3,100,000, thus sivtng the mo
nopolists a clear profit of 1,300,000!
A remarkable death occurred near
Savannah, Ma, last week. Mrs. Reggin, tho
wite or a well-known farmer residing near
that place, bled to death through the cavity
of a defective tooth.
In 1782 a cow was tried for mnrder at
Poltonf, France; and five years later a pig;
which had killed a child in the streets of
Menlan, was thrown into prison, tried and
strangled in the market place.
Salt does not enter into the food of the
poor Venetians. Tney never taste it, and.J
the hospital for the scrofulous children at
Lido is filled by those who have not had this
necessary article In their food.
An Italian publisher got the opinions
of 100 writers and scholars as to who are the
best author. The replies placed Darwin at K.
tbe head of foreign writers, ShakesDeara
next, with Schiller, Goethe and Humboldt
following.
It has been over 1,500 years since the
rule was adopted which makes Easter tho
first Sunday after tbe full moon after the
sun crosses the line. By this arrangement
ot things Easter may come as early as March
22 or as late as April 23.
It was the Chinese who invented the
well-known plan of capturing ducks and to
other water lowl by wading toward them
with a basket over the head and dragging
them under water before they knew what
had caught them by the legs.
The Brownia ariza is a botanical, euri-"
osity. That fact notwithstanding, however,
its scientific name would not have been
used above had the plant a more common
one. It is a species of palm, and it is-knowa
to bloom only after intervals of exactly. St .
years.
A most remarkable case i? reported
from Kentucky. Bev. O. H. Morrow, i
prominent Baptist minister of Slmpsot
county, reared a family o'f six daughters.
He received all of them into tbe church,
baptized them all, and said the marriage
ceremony for each of them, aud buried them
all. He survived the last daughter several
J ears. j
When sewing was rendered easier by V,
tbe invention or tbe thimble, or thumbell as
it was originally called, that useful articia
was worn upon the thumb, not the finger;
and tbe Japanese dentist, disdaining any"
but nature's appliances, finds his thumb and
finger all sufficing in tbe extraction of tbe
most stubborn of aching teeth.
When a horse goes insane he is apt to
kill himself by butting his head into a cor
ner. At tbe Veterinary Hospital of the TJni- j
versity of Pennsylvania, 'the largest of Its
kind in the country, such cases are treated
in an oval brick chamber, perfectly dark.
When this is heavilv bedded with aimr 1e
is almost impossible for a horse to hurt him
self. The "angry tree," a woody plant which
grows from 10 to 25 feet high and which was
formerly supposed to exist in one State in
the Union, Nevada, has recently been found
in Eastern California and Arizona. If dis
turbed this peculiar tree shows every sign .
of vexation, even to ruffling up- its leaves v
like the hair of an an.ry cat, and giving
forth an unpleasant, sickening odor.
The pealbnnters of Borneo" and he ad- '
jacent islands have a peculiar superstition.
When they open shells in search of pearls,
they take every ninth find, whether it bo
large or small, and put it into a bottle wblch
is jcepc corKea witn a aeaci man's nnger.
The pearls in the phial are known as "seed
pearls" or breeding pearls," and the native
Borneose firmly believe that they will re
produce their kind.
The dew collected from the eaves of the
common ladies' mantle often contains not
less than 2 per cent of carbonic acid; tbe
traces of lion and otber metals and non
metallic elements, which could only bare
come from plants, have been identified in
dews. The dew which forms over tho
stunted wild crops that grow on tbe salt
bearing soils of Siberia is often perceptibly
saline to tbe taste.
Tbe Indians of the Sitkan region, in
modeling their canoes, have apparently by
intuition solved successfully the difficult
problem of lanst resistance, buoyancy and
requisite stability -qualities essentially nec
essary in a working boat, but the proper
combination ot which has often put to tbe
severest test the constructive skill of the
most experienced white man. All the tribes
of tbat region use dugout canoes, the size of
which varies from 10 feet to more than 30
feet in length.
In repairing the ancient ruins of Casa
Grande, near the town of Casa Grande,
Ariz., tbe Government party unearthed the
following valuable relics, wblch have been
forwarded to the Smithsonian Institution at ,
Washington: Seven stone axes, one serpent
urn, carved stone mountain sheep, three
pieces of cloth, four large unknown devices
of stone, a lot or shells, three ollas, painted,
a lot of shell loops, carved shell devices,
decorated and painted shells. "
In that enormous waste known as the
Gobi desert, north of China, showers some
times fall during the summer, and the tor- (
rents of a day fill the dried-np water
courses through which water seldom runs.
It Is in these channels that the Mongols disc
their wells, exoecting to find a little water,
when upon the surface of the plateau Itself
tbe soli has lost all traces of humidity. Itls
owing to the fact that a part of the moisture
falling during a few rainy days is thus pre
served within reach that it is possible for
caravans to cross tbe desert.
LIGHT LITTLE LAUGHS.
Friend I hear your minister is making
more or less heretical uttersneescrery Sunday.
Deacon Snoozer What! Do you mean ltf
That's what folks say."
"Merciful heavens! 111 stay awake next Sondar
and listen." Puck.
When maidens at j'nst twenty stay
It's dollars to a dime
That we with perrect truth may say
They take a tack In time.
Sea Tori Benld.
Preacher Every man must some day set
tle bis account with bis Maker.
Tailor I wish you could impress young Sapmlnd
with tbat Idea. He hain't settled with me in about
a year and a hail. Boston Courier.
For the party there's trouble brewin',
Which can't be helped alack!
With Dave 'tis rule or rain.
And Tammany's at his back.
Sew Tort Press.
Coal Dealer Shall I send along a man to
put In your coal?
Sedentary Citizen No. 1 want tbe exerdae.
."You surely don't- Intend to shovel In the coal
yourself?"
Oh. no: I'll get exercise enough hunting up a
man to do it." Pawtueket Seas.
A woman had a secret which
The tale Is true; pray note It
Although 'twas full of gossip rich,
Sbe never told. She wrote it.
Washington Star.
She (after the servioe You dreadful fel
low! Why did jonraUe daring the oirertoryt
He I couldn't help it. There was Mias Adds
Poaeslnrinr. "Had I the wings of a dove." The
mental picture of a 12-stoner trjing to ay with a
pair of four-Inch wings was too mucn iornw.
J-ear son's Weeing. r
Upon the floor the baby fell .'
And with awful scream did fetch vff
w nat am i give 11 u buy a. a jciw. v
IfaTelttomatocatcaup.-viioW. , s
T11 see you later," said the slangyyonn f f
man.
No, George, " she murmured, "don't say that.
It's nearly 12 o'clock now." Washing ton Mar.
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