msssssmsssssss gg&&&gS8l Qg&i&g&M Hfoe BpaK&. ESTABLISHED FEBRUARY, Z, 1S46 Vol. IT. No. 3. Entered at Pittsburg Postofflce November, 1SS7, as 6econd-cla6S matter. Business Office Corner Smithfield and Diamond Streets. News Rooms and Publishing .House 78 and 80 Diamond Street, in New Dispatch Building. F.ASTFRN ADVERTISING OFFirE. ROOM 78. TRIIJCXE BUILDING. NEW YliKK. where com plete fllei or THE DISPATCH can always he round. Foreign advertisers appreciate the convenience. Home advertisers and friends oflHE DISPATCH, while In Xew York, are also made welcome. THE DTSPA TCHit reoitlarlv onta'eat Erentano's. I Union Square. .Vrw j'orlr, and V Ave de VOpsra. Parts, flaw, tchert anyone who has teen dtsap pointedtat a hotel news stand can obtain if. TEKMS OF THK W1SPATCH. POSTAGE TREE IS THE csited state. lUILT Dispatch. One Year $ 8 00 Pailt Dispatch. Per Quarter 2 m Daily Dispatch, Or.e Month TO Daily Dispatch, Including Sunday, 1 year.. 10 CO Daily Dispatch. Including Sunday, Jm'ths. 150 Daily Dispatch, Including Sunday, 1 rn'ta. 90 SCXDAY DlSPATcn, One Year 150 M eerly Dispatch. One Year 1 S5 The Daily Dispatch Is delivered by carriers at Jt cents per week, or. Including Sunday Edition, at IT cents per week. PlTTfeliUKO. THURSDAY. MARCH s7 TWELVE PAGES MAKE A GOOD snOW. Pennsylvania's efforts at the World's Fair should be concentrated to produce the best possible showing of our im mensely important manufacturing indus tries. Fisheries and agricultural prod ucts can profit but little from advertising, and, after all, the greatest use of the World's Fair will be as a medium to dis play our capabilities to the world. Pitts burg manufacturers cannot be too ener getic in measures to insure an exhibition of their work to the greatest possible ad vantage. We have here industries whose market can be inimitably increased, and the extension of its area depends more upon private enterprise than anything else. If there be any truth in the suggestion that, for some unknown reason, the Na tional Board is placing obstacles in'the way of our State, the matter should be thoroughly sifted and fair dealing be firmly insisted upon. The refusal to grant space for coal, gas or oil exhibits because "the first would be dusty and the last too dangerous," is ridiculous in the extreme, since measures can easily be adopted to insure both cleanliness and safety. But even if difficulties be placed in the way of showing these raw materials the loss will be insignificant compared with any short sighted want of push which prevents our manufacturers from demonstrating what work they can turn out CRESRAM AND THE THIRD PRTT. The real candidate settled upon by the leaders of the People's Party to head their initial campaign for the Presidency is said to be Walter Q. Gresham. The report is not especially authentic, but it suggests an interesting personal influence in the campaign besides raising the question of how much harmony it is necessary to pre serve between the candidate and plat form. Xo doubt Judge Gresham would make a powerful Third Party candidate, especially if the Democratic nomination should in dicate so complete a rejection of the re form element as now seems likely. But Gresham's strength would depend on how completely he could dissever himself from the collection of incongruities laid down as the principles of the People's Party. Xo one who knows anything of Gresham believes he would carry into effect'the sub-Treasury, land loan and Government railroad schemes with which this party has saddled itself. Very few believe he will accept a nomination except on a plain disavowal of those crankish doctrines so far as their binding effect on him is con cerned. If the People's Party men should nominate Gresham it would be a practical declaration that they think a candidate of independent and irreproachable character more important than these alleged princi ples. On that understanding Gresham's candidacy might have very important and interesting possibilities. But the proba bility is that the People's Party is too much bound to its idols of crankism to take such a wise and conservative course. so NEED TOR IT. In supporting a bill introduced by a Vermont Congressman for promoting the attendance of military organisations at the World's Fair, the New York Tribune says: "It will permit railway companies to Bake special rates for such organ izations, notwithstanding the pro visions of the inter-State rommerce act." There may be other?ommendable objections to be subserved by the bill, but so far as that specified by the Tribune is concerned there is not the slightest neces sity for it. There is no hindrance what c er in the inter-State commerce act to railways making special excursions to military or oilier organizations. That liberty is granted by a direct provision of the act, and has been exercised without the slightest restriction in every 3"ear since its passage. The esteemed Tribune should break itself of the habit cf repeating cheap and long-exploded misrepresenta tions concerning that enactment THE HIV AND THE TRUSTS. There is some intimation of a check to the progress of illegal combinations in the simultaneous reports of the issue of war rants against the officers of the Whisky Trust and the decision of the Ohio Su preme Court against the Standard Oil Trust. The former is an indication of the way in which the managers of the com bination can be made to learn the supremacy of the law; the latter is another judicial declaration of the illegality of the oldest and most defiant of those organiza tions. If the line of action presented in thqso two cases w ere vigorously and unrelent ingly pushed there is no doubt that the day of combinations to suppress competi tion would be ended. These aggregations of capital cannot afford to stand inactive defiance of the law. Their reliance is in their ability to nullify the law by prevent ing its enforcement In the two cases re ferred to it remains to be demonstrated that this reliance is misplaced. There is a wide gap between issuing warrants for the arrest of Trust magnates and sending them to prison. In the case of the Standard Oil Trust in Ohio, too, the fact that even the official who carried this case to a notorious conclusion is not going to use the result vigorously is shown by his declaration that ho docs not wish to forfeit franchises or do anything severe, but only insists on the Standard Oil.Com pany of Ohio conducting its business ac coidiug to law. Thi of course leaves the way open for the Standard to copy the course of the Sugar Trust by a reorganization which will evade the decision on the surface of things, but will preserve the monopoly, which is the real issue. The enforcement of the law will not amount to anything till the officials having it In charge under stand that they must go further than the stage reached by the old man in. the primer when the hardest missile he found for the bad boy in the apple-tree was a handful of grass. REYF.NCE FROM MONOPOLIES. The flagrant case of Jobbery by which the Hill legislature recently passed bills conferring franchises in New York which created two public monopolits has aroused the usual storm of protests. One of the peculiarities of the discussion is the fail ure to secure any payment to the city in return for the immensely valuable monop olies. The dinner-giving Senator W. L. Brown is quoted as asserting' that he would give $250,000 for each of the fran chises and that they could be sold to capi talists for f500,000 each. There is no disputing that the receipt of $1,000,000 for these two monopolies would be just $1,000,000 more than the present plan of receiving nothing at all But the inference that their sale at that or any other figure would be all right cannot be permitted to pass without a protest It is plain that whoever pays that sum for a monopoly does so because he- expects to get it back with a large profit in excess of what he could make under the legitimate conditions of competition. If the people, therefore, receive in the public treasury a million dollars payment for a monopoly which extracts from them individually three, five or ten millions, they are the' worse and not the better for the trans action. The method of obtaining public revenue from the sale of monopolies, like its kin dred medievalism, tax-farming, was re jected by enlightened policy before the opening of the present century. It does not give us a very promising assurance of human progress to find writers returning to the benighted idea that the public gains by the sale of the right to burden them with exclusive commercial privileges. The intelligent view of the subject is not that the Government shall demand a share of the profits of monopolies, but that there shall be no monopolies at all. Still, it is impossible to leave the subject without repeating the remark that some pecuniary return from the grant of such franchises is a distinct improvement on the plan which has, obtained in Pittsburg's municipal management of distributing public franchises of great value as a clear gift. AN ERROR OF FACT. With regard to the rather strenuous as sertions made on behalf of the President that the recent call ft Jay Gould at the White Ilouse was wholly uninvited, the Washington Post inquires: "Why should there be any objection to Mr. Gould call ing at the White House and paying his respects to the President? Mr. Gould is a law-abiding citizen of the United States." The assertion, as well as the question, indicate that the esteemed Post is really ignorant of the basis which underlies the objections on the part of the people to Jay Gould, ne is not a law-abiding citi zen of the United States. He is the lead ing example of the class which secures wealth by evasions and violations of the law and by the immunity from prosecu tion and punishment which wealth" can obtain. Still, -we are ready to agree that there is a good deal of nonsense about the ten dency to make Gould the bugbear, and to elevate to the pedestals of public worship a number of his rivals in exactly the same class of illegal and dishonest practices. Mr. Gould would have the advantage of frankness over those who make money by methods little less daring than his, and even join him in his raids, while jjttho same time they make great professions of philanthropy and religion, if it were not for one thing. That is that Mr. Gould has lately joined that class himself, and is seeking the elevation of respectability by 10,000 subscriptions. On the whole, the haste of the Presi dent's organ to deny that he is cultivating terms of intimacy with Gould is not mis placed. It is to be hoped that equal pains will be taken to keep the administration clear of all kindred affiliations. DEMAND SOME RETURN. The lumbermen's convention brought out very clearly the immensity of their industry and the strength of the argu ments ainiinst Mr. Bryan's bill. But there is one respect in which lumber must be considered on a different basis from that of our other protected industries. The lumbermen must be made, in 'return for the benefits of protection, to guarantee that the many present wasteful methods shall be discarded. Our climate is being altered for the worse, by the denudation of immense tracts without the planting of a single tiec to replace those rempved. Further, the lumber supply of our country is in this manner being rapidly reduced without any provision at all adequate to insure any supply for the future. While, therefore, the amount of labor involved makes it in every way desirable that the industry continue to be protected, in at least the same degree as now, it should be clearly understood, and made' plain by legislation, that methods very different' from those now in vogue will have to be used for its prosecution or the country must be opened to the foreign supply to save us from being stripped by our own folly. Tun folding bed is getting into evil, odor. It Is called a whitened sepulclier, a death trap and a snare, besides other names too numerous to mention.'und all this bec.iu.se the misguided inventors of the innocent de ception nave turned out a mechanism which is too vigorous. Folding beds aro extieraely useful In some circumstances, but purchas ers will do well to examine the arrangements carefully bcfoie completing a bargain to as ceitain their liability to be shut up in the embrace of doath without even the warning of an alarm clock. I IgnokaNCE is a necessity for the main tenance of Oriental despotism, so that it is perfectly natural that thePoite should wish to place difficulties in the way of "foreign schools in Turkey. While it is highly satisfactory to have the opinion of doctors that Flushing will continue to be a healthy city, theie aie many needful improvements which should not be neglected if the welfare of the com munity is to be insured. Crowded lodging houses must be removed, the water supply should be purified, and there is much vet to be done in matters of drainage. Let all political men of his prominence speak out as firmly and unmistakably against bossism as does Senator Sherman and that disgraceful evil will be doomed to an early death. An enterprising Belgian newspaper is about to publish a series of ai tides on the decay of the British navy which will proba bly cause a great deal or widespread inter est. Hitherto tlio alarmist views have been mostly confined to English 'supporters of THE' PITTSBTmG larger naval appropriation?, and of course these were principally found among naval officers. Playing with firearms is even more foolish than playing with dice, for life is al ways at stake with the formor and they are even more likely to be loaded than arerthe latter. . JIaimioad companies, must be made to understand that expense for the safety of their passengers' is a necessity to the con tinuance of their business. Systems must be adopted, no matter at what cost, by -which human lives shall cease to be nt the mercy of one man's neglectful carelessness. If Kaiser Wilhelm wishes to add to the folly of his Brandenburg speech ha can do so by pushing the announced prosecution of the Cologne Gazelle for criticising him. Fatal accidents on street car lines can not be prevented by any amount ot legal en actment for the provision of air brakes and life saving apparatus so long as the public refusn to do their share by a reasonable amount or watchfulness, and while people insist upon trying to board cars in motion. The advertising Xew Orleans has secured throngh the Fltzslmraons family will not help that city anv moie than that obtained from the lottery stain. Yellowstone Pabk is'a great national treasure, but it is of comparatively little value while traveling is bad and hotel ac commodation far from what it should be. The Committee on Public Lands will do well to Investigate, and insist that a proper re turn be made for privileges granted. The best cure for nervous prostration due to overwork in the Cabinet is a return to the happy and restful condition of simple Sena tor or Eepresentativo. The annual report of the New York State Board of Arbitration clearly shows the usefulness of such an institution bv the large amount of useful work accomplished. There is no State in the Union with a larger field for such work than Pennsylvania. To insure popularity Hill would be wise to marry, charter a privato car and travel around the South on a combined honeymoon and advertising trip. If the decision be upheld as legal that a convict's mall must not be opened before its delivery to those to whom it is addressed, there 1 every reason to believe that con victs will be forbidden to receive any mall communications at all. Gehman Socialists are wise in their day and generation, in refusing to indorse vio lence as a means for the propagation ot their doctrines. No doubt the Kaiser will be delighted to learn from individual correspondents that the loyalty of labor remains unshaken. The question is whether he will be wise and gracious enough to make somo effort to de serve it. It is a very hopeful sign for the future of' our eountry that a strong feeling against machine politics is growing among college students. It is a long lane that has no turning, and the Republican btrength is increasing in New York State. It should grow rapidly, for it has everything to gain by doing so and provocations are not wanting. Lincoln. Washington and even D. B. Hill are all forgotten to-day in the glorious valor of the man who won a pi Ize-fight. It is good news that Secretary Foster is all the better for going on the Spree. The land of Goshen should still further strengthen him, if he allows himself a proper amount of rest. Maher failed to make it a baker's dozen, and Fitz is hardly likely to consider thirteen an unlucky number. Maher will probably find the days of Lent a very convenient period for retire ment, while Fltzsimmons will feel it bard to keep his animal spirits under a properly chastened control. FAYORITTS OP FORTUNE. Bepresentative Mills is confined to life loom with erysipelas in the ankle joints. Ho is undergoing massage treatment with good results. Epicures will be interested to know that Herr Klenze. a Gorman scientist, declares Cheshire nml Roquefort to be the most easily digested cheeses. Prou Whitcomb, ' pastor of a TJniver sallst church in Washington, has resigned, and minors are current that he means to enter the Episcopal priesthood. Prok AVilliam J. 'Tuckerof, of the Andover Theological Seminary, has beon elected President of Battmouth College to succeed Piesldent Bartlett, resigned. The law library of the late Associate Justice .Joseph P. Bradley, of the United States Snpremo Court.conslsting ol about5,0C0 volumes, is shortly .to bo acquired by the Prudential Insurance Company, of Xewark, N. J. The late Dr. Junker, the African ex plorer, put more faith in Livingstone's than in Stanley's way of advancing through the Dark Continent. He never Killed a native and for the most part travelled without a weapon, but still achieved what he wanted. Mrs. Annie Laurie Diogs, Alliance orator, Is held in great esteem in Kansas, where Mrs. Lease, her whilom associate and rival, has reached that peiiod of popular aphelion at which she is unkindly reloried to as "as a sahuicd nightmare masculine and be-wbiskered." James Eobert McKee, the President's son-in-law, has now been in business in Boston for a year, and is said to like the city very much. Thus far ho has lived at a hotel, but it is probable that before many months, he will be settled permanently in Boston with Sits. McKee. -. KISS CE0SSMAN VEEY ILL. The Popular Youngstown A ctress Scarcely Expected to Recover. Ntw Yoek, March 2. Pretty Ilenriotta Ciossinan, the popular young actress who created the title role of "Gloriana" at Herr mann's Theater, is lying near unto death in hor flat in the Margarita, No. 117 Waverly place. A physician Is in constant attend ance, and at the bedsido are Miss Grossman's patents. Maiorand Mrs. G. H. Ciossinan, of Youuzstown, O.; her sister. Mrs. George Fawcett, and her husband, Sedlev Broun. Overwork In prepaung for '.'Gloriana'' cul minated m illness a week ago Wednesday night. The extent of Miss Crossmau's ill ness has not been appreciated at the theater, whore It was said Saturday night that she would be back to work in the mlddlp or the week. The lact is that Srip set In and added complications. Friday night she lav n long timeinasemi-rouiato-ccomlition.whilethose about her hourlv expected her death. liven when she rallied a bit it Mas only to say that she had despaired or life and to bid lief lda tlves an uttVctionate laiewell. Yesterday sheias slightly Improved, and her father said to a leporter last evening that the out come was a matter of tearful unceitalnty. Miss Ciossmanis extremely pietty, and has a lascinating figure. She was born dur ing the Rebellion, at Wheeling, W.Va. While playing her first engagement with Hartley Campbell's "White slave" company she met Sedlsy" Brown, also a -member of the same cast, and shortly after was married to him. Thnr have one child, a boy. Miss Crossman is a member of Daniel Trohman's stock company, but not being i.i the bill at his theater, has been at liberty to play in "Glo liana, 'Minder Charles Frohman. Just pre vious to "Gloriana" she was in "The Junior Partner." Only tor the Rich. New York World. What with looa trusts and a coal com bine, cooked meals are likely to become decided luxuries in this Republic i Thry Should Advertise. Philadelphia Record. , The winds of March will prove trade winds to those w bo woo them with the sails of wise publicity. ' DISPATCH, THURSDAY.' LIVE WASHINGTON WAIFS. General Schofield Uarl at Work Making Army Changes Proposed Movements of Troops mil and His Southern Trip Yellowstone Park Investigation. Washington, March 2. Gen. Schofield is busily engaged in considering the ques tion of the annual movement of troops. 'As soon as possible the necessary orders will be issued, in order that as much time as pos sible may be given to ,the preparations for the movements which, will probably take place about the first of -May. It is the policy of the department to move the ti oops that have been longest at the. undesirable posts, and in accordance with this system those troops that have been for some time on the frontier especially in the far Southwest will be sent to posts in the North and East, and their places will be taken by others who have been enjoying life at some of the more agreeable stations. An interesting fact In connection with the movements this year is that General Schofield is considering the ad visability of oidering one. of the Indian .tioopsto service at Fort Mver, D. C. This sugjsestlon was originally made by Mr. Proctor when he was Secretary of War, and would seem tomeet with Geheral Schofleld's hearty approval. While the matter has not yet been definitely settled upon, it is quite possible that the people or Washington will before long become lamlllar with the sight of a band of Indians, devoid or war paint and feathers, and clad in,the more somber uniform of Uncle Sam's-defenders. This de tail will not interfere with the colored troops remaining at Fort Myer, as their time theie has not yet expired. The House Committee on the Election of President and Vice President to-day author ized Representative drain to prepare for submission to the House a joint resolution proposing amendments to the Constitution, substituting the 31st day or December for the 4th day ot March, as the com mencement and termination of the official term of mem bers of the Honse of Representatives and of United States Senators, and providing that Congress shall hold its annual meeting on the second Monday in January, and sub stituting the 30th of April for the 4th of March as the date for the commencement and limitation of the term of the President lyid Vice President. The management of the Yellowstone Xational'Fark is likely to be Investigated by a committee of the House of Representa tives, and the frequent charges that have been made against the hotel and stage coach abuses in this great government reservation will be inquired into in detail, and every opportunity given for 'the substantiation of these serious allegations. Representative Mcfeae, of Arkansas, to-day introduced a resolution directing the Committee on Public Lands to investigate and report, by bill or otherwise, the circumstances under which the leases for hotel and stage coach privileges we're awarded in 1SS3 to the Yel lowstone National Paik Association, but afterward rescinded and forfeited, and then awarded to S. S. Huntley. The committee is also directed to maue full inquiry into the manner of administering the affairs of the paik, particularly touching the leases and privileges and the management of the park generally by the Interior Departmentfand it is authorized to designate a sub-committee and have full power to send lor peisons and papers. Mr. McRao asked unanimous consent for immediate adoption of the reso lution, but Mr. Buchanan, of New Jersey, thouzht that the matter was one which should Hi st be reported to the Committeo on Rules, and on his objection the resolution was roterrod to that committee, "My object in introducing this resolution," said Mr. Mc Rae, "is simplv to havo a full investigation into all these chaiges and reports that have been current regarding the management of the Yellow stone National Park. I make no charges mvself. and the resolution makes none. It merely provides for an investiga tion into the present management of the ?ai K, ana tne i easons wny tne leases to ine ello stone Pink Association were re scinded and subsequently granted to a pri vate individual, who is alleged to be of a ceitain political party and a Iriend of cer tain high officials. I have no doubt the Com mittee on Rules will leport the resolution lavorably." Hou. E. L. Payson, for many years a member of Congioss and Chairman of the Public Ltnds Committee in the last Houso of Representatives, will probably be called bofoie the committee to give his ex periences in the park, during last summer. Bepresentative Bryan, of Nebraska, one of the leaning members of the Ways and Means Committee.tthlnlks the West wilt be un willing to accept either Hill or Cleveland as a Piesidental candidate. "Mr. Cleveland is perhaps the most popular man in the United States," said lie, to-day; "that is, be has the largest number of personal fol lowers. Some love him because of his posi tion on the tariff only; some because of his opposition of free silver, aud some, pioba bly the most, because he is honest and has always had the courage of his convictions. People admire moral courage In a man, even though they do not ngreo with him in opin ion. A vcar ago the nomination of Mr. CleveHnd seemed certain, but the fight in NewYoikand theiesnltot the convention there shows that he would without doubt lose New York, and his posliion on tho sliver question makes ti gain in tho West improba ble. It seems to me, therefore, that under the circumstances his nomination would be unwise. Mr. Hill is a man ot superior ability and has shown great skill as an oiganizer. He has complete control of the party machinery 1" ul3 own State, and ha beside many warm friends and ardent admirers scattered over the en tile country- But the contest between his friends and those of Mr. Cleveland has been so spirited, and so much bad blood has been stincd up, that he is by no means sine of carrying New York. Beside tho possibility of defeat therc.hc Is not strong In the doubt ful States which he must carry. So that on the whole his chances are no better than those of Mr. Cleveland, and his nomination also seems as unwise. The sentiment in lavor of a Western man Is grow iug. A num ber of names have been mentioned: but I am of the opinion that Governor Boies is the most available candidate yet mentioned. He has twice been elected Governor of Iona, and could carry the State again. He Is honest, able, clean and learles. He has made a most excellent Governor. Ho is a pronounced tariff reformer, and presents his views with remarkable force and clearness. He could, I believe, carry more votes in tho Eastern states than any Eastern mm now in the neia, ana in rno west wouiuoe im measurably stiongor than any. It Mr. ,' Boles is nominated he can be elected; and if elected, his administration will be credit able to the country and batisfactory to the party." Secretary Eusk and Mr. Salmon, Chief of the Bureau of Animal Industiy, Depart ment of Agriculture, were present at the meeting of the House Committee on Agri culture to day, to urge npon the committee the necessity of an immediate deficiency ap propriation of $1j0 0Q0 to execute the meat inspection law during the remainder of the fiscal year. The money available for this purpose, they said, is about exhausted, and the woik of inspection under tho law would have to be discontinued if more money is not appropriated. The indications are that Senator Hill's tiip to the South will assume tar greater pionortions than was originally supposed by its promoters. Invitations from all parts of the States have been coming in on the Sena tor thick and fast all day, and he is to-night confronted with considerable emDairass- lnent in his desire to respond favorably to them all. Senator lllil has up to tills even lug been unable to make reply to any of the invitations, despite the urgency or the tele gnms. "I would like to visit all these points," said he to the Associated Press, "but at present I do not bee how 1 can possibly do so. I have already accepted an iuvila tion to address the Mississippi State Legisla ture at Jackson on the ISth instant and to make another speech "on St. Patrick's Dav, tito duys later at Savannah, Georgia. It takes over 'a day to make the trip Irom Jackson to Savannah, and thero will not be much time for stops or to make speeches on the load if the present programme is ad hered to. I am somewhat at a loss to re ply to all these invitations and will have to study up the most available routct before I urn able to announce my programme." The lrlends of Mr. Hill in Congress are uiglnj hlnrto-night to change his programme so at to include stops at ali the larger cities fiom which invitations may come, and, although the Senator will likelv not announce his determination lor u day or two, they believe this kind of a programme will be ultimately adopted and the Southern trip made the occasion of a series of political ovations. A New Bank for Harmony. HiRMOMT, Pa March 2. ISpecial. The Commercial Bank opened tor business hers to-day with S. E. Niece President and J. W. 'Borough cashier. Mr. Niece is a successful operator in the Ohio oil field, and is inter ested In some good producing property here. Harmony has been without a banic for some time. MARCH 3. 1892.' COAL, GAS AND OIL EXCLUDED. Our Products Thought Too Dusty and Dangerous for the TTorld's Fair. Harrisbuho, Match 2. A meeting of the Executive Committee of the -Pennsylvania World's Fair Commission and the Chairman and assistants of all 'the sub-committees was held to-day at the commissioners' head quarters. Mr. Searles, of the Committee on Farm Products, reported the general dis tribution of circulars, the arousing of inter est in the Fair, and the eninloyment of a secretary. Mr. Morgan B. Williams, or the Committee on Mines, stated that the Read ing combine had caused a halt in his work, because of uncertainty as to what it por tends regarding freight rates, etc. Mine owners are holding off. Mr. Williams said he could not get along without an assistant. Albert J. Barr, of Pittsburg. reported that the woik of the Committee on Fish and Fisheries could be easily performed w 1th the $3,0C0 at its disposal. The State Fish Commission has promised to take entire charge of the work of providing a suitable collection. Lewi Emery, Jr., of the Committee on Oils and Gases, said he had been ab-olutoly re fused space to Pennsylvania oil men for ex hibits in coals, oils and gases on the ground that the first would be dnsty and the last two dangerous. Mr. Emery believed the matter should be taken into Congress, ir necessary. in order that the greatest industry of Penn sylvania might be appropriately repre sented. On motion of Governor Pattlson It was re solved to ask the National Commissioners from Pennsylvania to request a special gift of the National Board In order that this most important subject may be considered fully. The report on farm products showed that sacks and labels have already been sent to farmers and magnificent exhibits of live stock and fruits have been promised. Mr. Richards, of the Committee on Machinery, and Mr. Martin, or the Committee on Trans portation, made reports which showed that the loading firms of Philadelphia and Pitts burg w ere rapidly getting their exhibits in order. The secretaries are required to be on duty even hours each day and to send daily to the Executive Commissioners let ters written during the day, calls, etc. At the afternoon session Governor Pattl son formally announced that he held In his hands the resignation of Executive Com missioner Whitman,' and that the latter in sisted upon Its acceptance. It was, there fore, decided to call a full meeting of the Board oMIanasers for Thursday, Sfarch 10, at which Mr. Whitman's successor will be elected. , It was also decided to appoint Prof. Abel, of State College, as the third salaried Secretary of the Manufactusers' Committee, to look after exhibits in the central portion of the State. F0STEE TALKS ON EMIGEATI01T. He Thinks the SI Tax and Enforced Air Space Would Rale Ont Paupers. Lokdojt, Maich 2. Secretary of the Treas ury Foster having arrived in London this evening, a reporter called on the Secretary at his hotel, aud In an interview regarding the new emigration regulations, Mr. Foster said: "I quite agree with the objections of the British steamship owners, that it is imprac ticable to find a $50030 bond. That was not my proposal. My object in recommending more air space on the steamers and $1 head money was to prevent the overcrowding of tramp steamers and induce the introduc tion of a better class of emigrants into the United States." "But," said the reporter, "the steamship owners say the $1 head money involves in creased passage rates." "Quite so," responded Mr. Foster, "and In creased rates mean a better class of emi grants to the exclusion or the pauper ele ment. We have no trouble with the British lines, nor with the general Transatlantic and North Lloyd companies. These com- E antes conduct their traffic, perhaps, the est of any. Our greatest difficulty 'is with the Italian lines. The enforcing of added air space and higher rates ought to limit the tramp steamer traffic. If it does, the class of emigrants which the United States is open to receive will not be injured." "Who will be the Republican candidate for the Presidency?" Mr. Foster -was asked. "Mr. Harrison," he respondod. "And what is the Democratic situation!" "Perilous," was the sententious reply. When asked if he intended to stay long In England, Mr. Foster said, "Not if this weather continues. I had an attack of the grip, but the voyage set me up. I was going to Bremen, but ex-Surgeon General Hamil ton, who accompanied me, thoaght a stay in England desirable, so we got off at South ampton. In any case, my stay here will bo short." BIVEES AND HAEB0BS ALL EIGHT. Tho Appropriation for Their Benefit Sure to Be Larger rban Ever. WABnisoTox, March 2. The river and har bor appropriation bill is beginning to take definite shape, considerable progress hav ing been made bv the House committee in its preparation. The bill has notyet reached the stage at which its aggregate amount can be stated, but its consideration has gone far enough to show that the total of appro priations will be considerably larger than secins to have been anticipated by some per sons who looked for a bill appropriating a sum much less than the measure passed by the last Congress. While the members of the majority of the committee are In aecord with the general policy of the House or keeping down ex penditures, the Southern members do not believe that the river and harbor bill should be cut to a very much greater extent than other bills. The river and harbor bill Is more popular in the South than in some" other parts of the country, and the Southern members feel that, as this is one of the few measures in which their section has a con siderable share in the appropriations bill of sufficient size to continue as expedi tiously as possible the workor improvement of our navigation should be brought in. HAEB1S0N STILL KILLING. The Good President Bagging Ducks and Slaughtering Swans. Norfolk. Va, March 2. The President re turned to Virginia Beach from the Ragged Island Ducking Club to-day in fine health and with a lot of game. He proved his qualities as a good sportsman by bringing down a number of canvas backs. Besides the (I neks bagged two large swans were killed, one giving the party a long chaso after being winged. Today was the best day of all for ducks. The Piesident's stand was surrounded by canvas-back ilnckn when he left the club this morning, but Wednesday and Thursday are rest days under the law and no shooting can be done. Tho President had his ducking companions with him at dinner this atteinoon.' lie expresses himself as delighted with his sport, and says the Ragged Island grounds are the finest he has ever seen, being much better and fuller ot canvas-back than those of Ches apeake Bav. Pi eparatlon is going on for another dip to the club to-moi row evening and an c.u ly start for the marshes Friday moi ning. It is said at tho White Ilouse that the President and party will probably return to Washington on Saturday. WOELD'S FAIE APPB0PBIATI01T, The Joint Conference Likely to Ask for a 84,000,000 Gift. - Washixgtox, March 2. The Tedcral Legis lative Committee of the World's Columbian Commission and President Baker and others o: the Chicago local directory of the World's, Fair, win nave a conieience to-nioriow at the Arlihgton Hotel, when the question ns to the additional amount of monev that Congress will be asked to appropriate Tor the Fair ill be considered. A member of the leii-lative committee said to-dav that ho thouzht It probable the Joint conference would uk for an appropria tion In the neighborhood of $4,000000 to be expended under the direction of the Na tional Commission. 1TKIXLEVS nil L UPHELD. TuEcountryieJoiccs in the decision of tho Supreme Court sustaining the vaiidit.'of the McKinlcy tariff law. Aetc York Recorder. It is not likely that aivyfuither objection to the constitutionality of tho law will be presented. The bill Is as good In law as it is practice ClUcago Inter Ocean. Accobdixo to the Supreme Court the Mc Kinlcy tariff meets all constitutional tests satisfactorily. It bus met all economic re quirements also, rno jucniniey law is an right. St. Louts Gtcbe-Democrat. , The efforts of the iwpoiters to overthrow the McKinley law on legal grounds having tailed there will be greater interest than over in the attack on tho law in Congress and before tho voters. Chicago Kews. - The constitutionality of tho McKinley law has been sustained by-the .Supreme Court, and the Democrats will have to get control or tho executive and legislative branches of, tile Government to repeal it. Chicago Tri bune. The Supreme Court of. the United States taKos the same view of the constitutionality of protection as did the fathers who passed the first protective tarifflaw in the first Con gress held under the Constitution. Cleveland Leader. - CITROUS MELANGE. War to the' Tee til Waged Between Mankind and 'the Orange as to Which Will Be Master Many Men Have Many Methods of Attack. Oranges are as tantalizing as lovely' woman! And in a struggle with them yon are dead certain 'to come oat of It covered with orange Juice and Ignominious defeat. There may be an atom of conceit left iq a, man after he tries bis weapons, argumenta tive and otherwise, upon a woman, but let him endeavor to cope with his wit against the meanest and rustiest of oranges, and If he is not willing to be sold as a doormat, at least, be ought to bo. The more yon know of oranges tho moro in awe you will bold them and the less you will have, to do with them. Ahovo all, never, let the occasion be what it may. thinkyon cangetan advantage by seizing a dark occasion. Oranges are like dogs, there is nlways one eve open Bfter twilight. It the Lord in vented the fruit, and He generally gets the credit of it, though the Californlans and the Floridlans may have vastly improved it since the days or the Garden of Eden, that Satan had a band in the matter is a charita Dle construction to pijt on the explanation of its make-up. There Is a theory that the Ancient Gentleman went Into a bit of sulks upon tasting an orange for the fiist time. lien he came to lifmself he filled it full of seed, separated the juice bv numer ous partitions, put an extra layer of mucil age between the skin and the fruit, and then declared that the road .to hades wonia yet be by way of an orange grove. Ho wasn't much mistaken, for, excepting the Institution or marriage inilnres, there is no greater cause of profanity in the world than oranges. . A young lady said the other day that she hated oranges, because one had come be tween her and her lover. He had culled on her one evening, and after sitting awhile had produced a couplo of bright Florida oranges out of his pocket, and suggested that each eat one. She now says she cannot drive out of her mind the sight of his nose, cheeks and chin dripping with Juice, and he has been whispering something- horribly similar about her. Evidently vou cannot love a girl and a citrus aurantlum at the same time. Attacked by tbe Spoon. One of the best remedies for an orange a sort of whipping the devil around a stump Is to use a spoon. The directions advise you to cut the orange carefully into halves; taking care to do so' across the grain, so that a spoon can slip in readily. Tho special or ange spoon on the market, at present, has a long, tapering bowl, which yon Insert easily into tbe center of tbe juicy part of the meat, where It rapidly overflows. You can thus" exhaust every drop from the orange, and in the cleanest and" most satis factory fashion known to-day. A little skill will prevent the pressure of the spoon from sending the Juice squirting over your shirt bosom,and,if thejspoon does not makea sound something like a cross between a kiss and slap, you needn't blush; for there Isn't one man In a hnndrcd that can do otherwise. Sotne'people cut n lid off the top of the orange, and spoon into it; but this is no im provement in cutting in halves and, besides, the risk is run of soiling the fingers. When Burr Mcintosh played here in "Alabama." he displayed a method largely practiced in orange growing countries and which those who know declare to give the supiemest enjovmentto be round in this im perfect state. He made un incision i:i tbe skin round the middle of tho orange, and then with -a 'spoon carefully separated the coat from the interior, leaving it fastened at the top and bottom only. After this the skin was gently tinned inside out, until each half of the orungo stood upon an inverted cup-like base. The edge of this was again turned up, so that a rim was formed outside the Irult, making a receptacle for the Juice. The orange is then eaten like an' apple, and any juice that'escapes finds its way to the saucer while the fingers and lace are freed from its annoyance. People in the North think this is barbarous, upholding the spoon as tho only proper and civilized way of com bating with the difficulty. Traditional, bat Aggravating. The old nursery traditional use' of oranges was to peel them Itself an aggravation and tearing the sections apart to put them in pieces in the mouth. Confessedly this is a most unsatisfactory way to use the divine fruit, and, moreover, there is either aniihsightly lump of pulp to be cot rid of. or the prospect of an unsightly stomach produced by swal lowing a very indigestible substance. To eat an orange this way reminds "mo of a 'lick and a promise,", .You nover seem, to get any nearer to it. At. tho same time it is one of the favorite modes of serving the fruit in fashionable metropolitan hotels, the skin being cnt in an ornamental fashion; sometimes as a ring binding the sections to gether, and again, in scallops with the loosened sections reposing within like tho petals of a huge flower. Bnt however orna mental, the orungo in sections Is a very dis satisfying affair, and is not to be rocom-. mended excepting us a last resort. A gentleman who has lived for years in the American countries In which the orange grows is waging a war against the slovenly manner of cutting the orange up and serv ing It on the table. In such a case he recom mends that a very sharp knife, one as keen as a razor, be used, and the fruit cut into slices inflnitesimally thin, and built, layer about, with pulverized sugar. Since the spoon has been relegated out of modern din ner civilization almost, a 101 k is useu in eat it with. In Southern Europe the peasant al ays eat any fruit in its natural state auS never think of treating it to doses of susar, salt or other seasoning. Around Naples and 'in Malaga, the people bite a hole in the orange, suck out the Juice, and then throw the orange away. Small American people often do the same, but. of course, the Amer ican must try his hand at improving nature; so he puts a lump of sugar in it. An orange planter thinks such a thing desecration. Methods of the Travelers. Onboard ship a unique way is always a popular way -to do anything. There they take an orange and, with a very sharp knife, cut off a slice of skin across the top. This is placedbelow the orangeand skewered by a fork into position. Holding the fork in the left hand, tho knife cats don n the peel ing, which Indifferently falls off or hangs duwn. Then the same knifo cuts the juicy meat, thus left exposed, into small portions, wbicu are conveyed on tho point of tho blado to the mouth one of the cases on rec ord where a knife enteis'the mouth by com mon consent of the fashionable world. The small quantity of Juico that flows down falls on the lalso bottom of the orange, and thus the nanu is protectees ane orange never eats better than in this wav, and It is also, as may be observed, freed fiom all untidi ness. Another plan is recommended. Without removing the skin the orange is halved, then quartered and finally cut Into 10 or 1 parts. Thcseare raised by the fingers to tho mouth, when the skin is torn an ay from the pulp. But this leaves the pulp in the mouth: one of the most unpleasant features of orange eating. It can bo removed, but still we are strongly inclined to think that what is in the mouth ought to stay there. Again, some people squeeze tbe Juico or the orange into a cup. This is orangeade, and very delicious. A not Infrequent lashion among engaged peoplo is for tlio gentleman to squeeze the Juice irom the orange Into the girl's month, it's a couise not to be commended. A girl will expect-such atten tion utter marriage, when she is not likely to get it: or, if lie be the stronger ve-sel, she may insist upon it, thereby boring her husband very materially. The orungo Is put to a peculiar use on board a steamer about the time that land Is out of sight and pre monitions (A mal de mer bav e set in. Amusement With the Golden Fruit. A trick with the orange called the "sea sick passenger" is piajod the first thing upon the voyager whose stomach is sus pected of uncertainty. The eyes, nose and mouth ofa man are cut on the side of the orange, tho iyes and nose being made by a slight removal of the skin", while the mouth is a deep incision. The orange is then pnt en top of n strong tumbler, and pressing on Its edge is rolled about to imitate the heav ing ot a essel. The Juice Is thus forced out of the mouth incision, and a ery miser able passenger portrayed. If tm3 sight doesn't at the same time force a good muny peoplc to seek their cabins hurriedly, tho result is considered to be very disappoint ing. Well, it- is a serious matter compromising one's dignity by having too close relations with the orange; but, lor a crack method, commend me to the Irish peasant. He looks upon the orange like the apple, as having neither skin, sbed, nor core. In fact, there is noretuse. His sliamtoeth break the skin and enters into the body ot the oran-.-c, after which thtf piece is violently torn off. This is repeated until the fruit Js eaten up. Then if thero be any chance drops of Juice on chin or nose, they are removed by a raplJ, firm stroke ot tne forefinger. Next tills fore finger is introduced into the month, and finally all traces on the face of the strnggle uisappears belore a vigorous application of the coat sleeve. M. C. G. How Money Goes Faster. Philadelphia Times. Money goes last under almost any circum stances, but one way of even expediting its natural speed is putting it on a horse. CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS., Norway has a waterproof paper church. Great Britain has, 203,300 acres of or ehards. .There are 382 miles of street railway la operation in Philadelphia. On the prairies of the Northwest tha crow 13 looked npon as a bird of ill-omen. An old lady of Stonington, Conn., is said to have sfept 21,000 consecutivo nlghti in one house. Two dogs were recently arrested in New York for following people In the street, and two more for fightlug. In 1800 Philadelphia had nearly 10,000 more population than New York. The fig ures were 70,223 and 60,iS9. -r-The largest electrical plant in the West is at the Poormnn mines, Idaho, which saves its company $30,000 a year. ' Out of 100 Indian students returned from Hampton Institute, Virginia, to the reservation only two have been failures. The total wages in Great Britain, for 1890 was .43,000,000, or an average of only .53 10s per capita for tbe whole number em ployed. It is claimed that the pheasant of the English preserves can trace Its pedigree directly to the brilliant bird of the same, species in Japan. It is claimed that if a steel rod be given a number of raps on a Sofia substance while held In a more or less vertical posi lion, tne iou will ueconie magnetic. A pine tree in Pennsylvania recently scaled 8,033 feet of lumber. It-made 17 saw logs, 12 and IS feet in length, and the top end of the butt log was 53 Inches In diameter. "While two fishermen were engaged at their' work in the bay near Seattle recently, a large devil fish clambered into their small open boat, and was killed only after a bard buttle. It is said that if the earth's atmosphere extended to a height of "CO miles the sun's heat and raj'3 could never penetrate it, and, we would freeze to death while wrapped id darkness blacker than the blackest mid night. Judging irom the number of charters taken ou: in the different States for the con struction of railroads, it is estimated that upward of 7,503 'miles of new track wlfl be added to the total mileage of the country this year. A gentleman of many years experience in China says that the right word is "Pid gin," not "Pigeon" English. ."Pidgin" is the Chinese pronunciation of "bnsiness," and It Is in the "business" of these Chinese ports that this peculiar dialect is used. Snuff has been made from a very early period, firs: and most largely by tbe Span ish, who prepared it with care and scented it with various material. Next the Low' Countries, Scotland and England extended and popularized the nse of snuff. Coffee bleaches aud improves with age, but old coffees, which used to be highly es teemed, are now no longer obtainable, as the prices of coffee havo been so high that tbe Slanters have hurrietl their product to (car et instead of keeping- it, as was often the custom in the old time. Snails' eggs absorbmoisture. The most singular thing about them, however, is their marvelous vitality. They may be burnt in a furnace, and thus reduced to powder, yet on the application of moisture they swell and regain their vitality, hatching out as. freely and successfully as if they had been let alone. In Asbantee no man is ever allowed to see any of tbe King's wives, and should .be even accidentally see one his punishment is death. These wives during tbe working season attend to the King's plantations, bnt. the rest of the time they live at Cooinasle, the Asbantee capital, where they occupy two long streets. Chicago has a woman's baking company that has been Incorporated with a capital stock'or$250,000. The company is composed of Christian Temperance Union women, and thoy expect not only to run the concern on strict business principles, but also to use only purest materials, aud to have the work done entirely by women. The average number of insane in the five Massachusetts hospitals last year, ine briates included, was 3,503; in 1SC3 it was only 1,044. The population has not doubted, but the population under treatment had more than trebled. The average for tbe whole .State, besides those in alms houses, was 4.83J at least; in 1S6 it was less than 1.7C0. In the cold regions of the 'far north, where timber or bark Is difficult or impossi ble, to get, boats of skin are almost exclu sively employed. To provide material for them the native hunter relies upon the seal, the sea lion and the walrus. Many patterns of such craft are utilized in the fisheries pursued among the Aleutian Islands ana elsewhere on the Alaskan coast. The construction of the world's longest railroad is progressing rapidly along the river valleys and acioss the steppes of Sibe ria. The western extremity of tho road , is the mining town of Miask, on the eastern side of the Ural range, and its eastern terminus is nt Vladivestok, on the Sea of Japan, making a total length of 4,785 miles, which- is nearly twice the length of tho Canadian Pacific. It will cost $183,830,000. A doctor in Albany has put on record a list of the articles which be found in tbe stomach of a young woman upon whose body be had performed an autopsy. (Here 1c is: Fitty-one hairpins, 16 needles or'pieccs of needles. 3 darning needles, 32 nails vary ing in length from one-half inch to 3 Inches, 2 screws (one of them 2 inches long), 3 pieces of iron 3 inches long and one-quarter inch thick. 2 rolls of hair, 2 plsces of wood and 3 pieces of cloth (each about S inches long and 1 inch wide.) Probably the largest congregation in America is that of the Church of St. Stan islaus Kostk.i, Chicago, which has 30,000 communicants. The number or attendants at the several masses every Sunday tre quentlv exceeds 15.C00. The cure of souls committed to its ehargs requires the serv ices or 12 prleits. It lias a parochial school attended bv 3 000 children, and these are tanght by 2fi Sisters and 8 lay teacher. The chtirch maintains an orphnn asvlnm in which about 300 inmates are cared for. There is in the Jluseum of Turin a papyrus roll which displays a whole series of such comical scones. In the first place a lion, a crocodile and an ape are giving a vocal and instrumental concert. Next conies an ass, dressed, armed and sceptered like a Pharaoh. With majestic swagger he receives the gifts presented to him by a cat of high degree, towliom a bull acts as proud conductor. A lion and gazelle are playing at dranghts, a hippopotamus is perched in a tree, and a horse has climbed into the tree and is trying to dislodge him. ' JOKELETS FI'.OJI JUDGE. "It's funny to see what a fine shot Drewer Is to-day. Why. when he was a 1or he coalda't hit a barn door." "He couldn't? Well, that Is surprising." "Not at all. There weren't auy bams around where he lived." She gave the boy an apple And she was one of three AnilsalJ. Glvethlstoherofns 3Iot beautiful to tliee." The boy ftred at each lovely elf Then ate the apple up lilmstlr. -G.B. Bloobumper Have you been hunting, Spatts? Siiatts Yes. , Bloobuniper Bag anything. Spatts Only my trousers. An Irishman was paintin a house green wlien the paint pot felt to the t ldewalk. A woman chanced by. "Mercy 1 what's the mat ter?" she exclaimed. And the small boy standing near Bhonted. "That Irishman up there has Just had ahemorrliage." A farmer called on. his friends in town, They took him for an ass; And as he went to bed tlicy cried. "Say, don't blow out the gas!" So, when thoie Mends returned Id' Il Their poor health to revamp. He called to them as they retired, Say, don'tturn out the lamp!" Alex. II. Inldlav, Jr. Hojack Did Tom look happy when he stood up to be married?" Tomdlk Yes; he couldn't bare looked happier If he had been "next" In a crowded barber hop. Clara I shouldn't think you would look at Mr. Macklnham. Just think "in what a short time the reckless fellow ran through hU fortune? Maud True; but that, my dear, was when he waa engaged to yon. In London "Was it George or Harry who called at the house last nlxlit. Emily?" "I don't know, mother." "Why, some one called." "Yes. mother, nut to-day it Is so foggy taat I really can't tell one rain from, anotaec," .-iadc am-jh.
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