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The unanimity of this declaration is not more characteristic than the fact that the tribute to Mr. Dalzell is no more than he deserves. His comparatively brief service in the lower branch of Congress has placed him among the leaders in national affairs as distinctly as his much longer career at the bar has put him in the front rank of lawyers. He has shown, as in his advocacy of internal waterways, not only the ability to recognize the merits of new national projects, but the power to advocate them with an effectiveness that has been hereto fore lacking among the Representatives of Western Pennsylvania in Congress. What is more unusual, he has shown in his course on this, as in other matters, the attractive spectacle of a great railroad lawyer who in his public position is un swerved from public duty either by the prejudices or interests that generally ac company corporate affiliations. Mr. DalzelFs rise to a leading position in our politics is the result of an active devotion of his great talents to public duty. He is the ideal candidate of West ern Pennsylvania for the Senatorship, and if elected will give Pennsylvania such a representation in the Senate as it has not had for a generation. THE HEADING'S PETITION. A new phase of the effort to carry out the Reading combine is afforded by the statement which comes simultaneously with the announcement that the Attorney General will file a bill in equity against the Reading deal that a petition is being circulated throughout the Eastern part of i the btate urging upon the Governor that the combination is really a very good thing. The petition disclaims, on behalf of its signers, anything to do "with the legal questions before your Attorney General;" but as its space is occupied with the assertion that the "consolidation of the interests of the several coal produc ing regions of the State with a view to the readjustment and equalization of prices" will result in an expected "increase in the price of labor," it is evidently intended to impress upon the Governor that the Con stitutional question must not be energetic ally pushed against the consolidation. This is a sad falling from the early as sertions that the provisions of the Consti tution were fully met in the consolidation, and that it would be easy to prove that there was no control of parallel or com peting lines. It entirely lacks the mas terly tone of the assertion that the consol idation would be carried through "no matter what the courts might say." To come down from that high horse and re sort to the effort to influence the adminis tration by a petition which really means that the signers do not want the Constitu tion enforced reveals a greater respect for the law on the part of the combination than was to be suspected from their past course. It is a well-known quality of the public exercise of the right of petition that if a paper was circulated recommending his satanic majesty for an office of trust and profit it would obtain numerous signers. No doubt the railroad corporations, the stock operators, the coal mining compa nies, who expect to get a share of the profits of the combination, and their nu merous employes and dependants can get up a monster petition. But even if a ma jority of the people of the State should petition against the enforcement of the Constitution that instrument would still remain the supreme law of the Common wealth. ARCHBISHOP IRELAND'S VICTORY. A remarkable indication of the progres sive spirit in the Roman Church is afforded in the endorsement of Archbishop Ireland by the official organ of the Vatican, and in the very decided intimation that this endorsement is to be followed by elevat ing the Archbishop to the rank of Cardi nal. It contains the further significance that whatever disputes there may have been about it in the past, the Roman Catholic Church under the present Pope is to stand in the United States avowedly and indisputably on the platform of har mony with our non-sectarian institutiona. ine complaint against the Archbishon iw. 1 ,-.- 1 i.iimi. ill- iv uui nan ac-aa, a .. w Vw -u- w .u wV .wA, COIJCUittLljr on the subject of education. He has placed himself squarely against the use of public money to support denominational schools, and has urged the maintenance of public education on a strictly unsecta rian basis. This radical departure from what has been generally regarded as the unvarying Catholic policy led to an appeal to Borne. The MonUeur di Boma't dec laration in his favor is an authorized assertion that the Vatican shares his views, and places the whole Catholic policy in unison with the distinct separa tion of Church and State in this country. It says: The ideal of this distinguished man has been to extend the influence of the Church by taking advantage of the condition or the times to tollow Catholic tradition without fearing changes in form and situations, and to adapt the undying vitality of the Catholic iic in-J faith to newly developed needs, to place liion above political parties, to unite . mMr .t-." . --"-iaiir nmnFin'iMiii ibi mi mt i mm u n i si n i i i i i mi ' i i n m wimi in i i i in im i i in ' " ' ' i n siism wa mi i im i ii i urnmt nil i , i , tMrrmrMSKmimm.MiiiWV -mvw -t nwny-MiP.riw stead of dividing, and to Imbue the young American Republic with Christian thought, as Pope Loo sought to Imbue the Republic of France. Archbishop Ireland belongs, with his wholo soul, to the school of' Pope Leo. If this declaration is followed up by placing the energetic and liberal Arch bishop at the head of the Church In this country, as the American Cardinal, it will inaugurate a new era. It will first termi nate the difficult problems arising out of the questions of education and religion by reserving religious education, so far as it trenches up sectarian differences, for the home and the Church. In addition' it should disarm the jealousy of the Protest ant elements against a supposed intention of Catholicism to invade and capture the schools. The Catholic Church under this policy will bring its magnificent organiza tion and discipline to works of charity and evangelism with as undisputed a separa tion from political or governmental func tions as that of any other denomination.' A FIRM STAND. Lord Salisbury knows by this 'time that America intends to use every effort to preserve the seal industry. He will do well to agree to the modus vivendi as used last year. Since there is enough importance in tie matter to make it the subject of international discussion, and enough dif ference of opinion to justify its being submitted to arbitration, reason demands that measures be taken to prevent the total extinction of the prop erty the ownership of which is in dispute. The trouble taken hitherto would make it foolish for America to adopt a policy of lahiez faire at this date, and the same logic should apply to British interests. Nothing has occurred to alter the opinions" of either party, and there is not the slight est reason for any delay in coming to an agreement on the.basis used last year. To regard the matter as a' war cloud is ridiculous. The objects at -stake are toet smaii tor mat on euner nana, ana ine bellicose tone .adopted .in many quarters tends only to lessen the dignity of the nation and the apparent strength and justice of its cause. The Government has taken up a diplomatic position which will be maintained'with firmness, and there is no reason to suppose that it will' be neces sary to relinquish methods of diplomacy to bring the matter to satisfactory settle ment, r , . 1 I DEPRESSED COTTON. The price of cotton in Liverpool has touched the lowest point on.record and a panic is expected among dealers on the other side of the ocean. . Of -course, the same cause affects the cotton producers in this country unfavorably, and renewed talk is heard of the necessity of a com bined movement to restrict the growth of cotton. , Tet the nature of the case proves that no combination will be of the slightest avail The decline in the value of cotton is mainly due to the growth of its culture in Eastern counties, in addition to the in creased production under free labor in the South. If there is a profit to cultivators anywhere under present prices an arbi trary restriction of production would sim ply transfer the market to other countries. If there is a loss in the cultivation there is no need for a combination to restrict acre age It will restrict itself. This effect we may expect to see pro-. duced in the near future. The less fertile cotton lands will be eliminated from pro duction by force of necessity. There is land which will yield as high as two or three hales to the acre, and there Is other land from which it is hard to get a quarter! of a bale. On land that yields over a bale to the acre there, is still a profit to be obtained by cultivation; while the land which yields less will be devoted to graz ing or other purposes. If, as asserted, the crop does not repay the cost of cultiva tion, the land will pay better if put into timber than if cultivated at a loss. If there is not a considerable reduction of acreage by the elimination of the less fertile land it will signify that the talk about loss really means that the cotton planters' cannot make the big profits of past years. - On the other hand, the low prices have their compensation. Until a more service able and cheaper fabric than cotton is dis covered its consumption will keep pace with production. Its cheapness is the best guarantee against its disuse. ,The evi dence of increased consumption-, appears almost concurrently with, the low prices. The additions to the cotton manufacturing industry In Lancashire alone amount to 1,350,000 spindles. Cheaper cotton means cheaper fabrics, and cheaper fabrics mean Increased consumption all over the world. This, in time, insures reaction in favor of the cotton growers. The cotton-growing Interests are no doubt undergoing a severe ordeal, but a better future for them is among the certainties. STORAGE BATTERIES TS. TROLLEYS. The assertion is made by the Philadel phia Ledger that the practical experience of the Washington electric street car line shows that cars are run there by storage batteries at an actually less cost for motive power than by trolley wire in Boston. This fact, if it be one, is full of interest for all cities on the obvious principle that what can be done in Washington can be done elsewhere. The assertion of our co temporary is given additional weight from Jts habit of thoroughly verifying its asser tions before making them. But it is so much in advance of what is generally sup posed to be the case as to call for additional investigation. The importance of the subject certainly calls for thorough inquiry whether this is the actual fact If true, the ability to use storage batteries in place of the present trolley wires should be utilized everywhere. As The Dispaxch said the other day, so long as the trolly is the most practic able and economical method of street car propulsion its drawbacks must be put up with. But as soon as the storage battery presents an equal utility, with the advan tage of independent motive power for every car, and the gain of doing away with the obstruction, disfigurement and hazard of the overhead wires, every city has the riffht tn insist nn its nrlnntinn It is'nrnhahle that sh-pet pax nnmnaniPBtrtll he loth to undergo the expenditure of changing then- plants, but the .public con venience and safety must be given prior ity to that consideration. .NO EXCUSE FOB MOB LAW. A cotemporary thinks the granting of a new trial to Falton Hall, the Tennessee desperado who had been sentenced for his ninety-ninth murder, affords an instance why mobs rule so often. This paper says: Time was when a man committed murder he was pretty sure of paying the penalty legally with his life, but hlschances of escape are many and great now. The only remedy for this great wave of crime which has increased so during the last generation is, especially In the South, to make punish ment follow surely and speedily every crime, from the least to the greatest. Without undertaking to express any opinion at this distance of the facts in the Hall case, it may be conceded that the administration of justice is uncertain, 4e-. . -..," A, J...ij...- .!.. j . . . V . -"V .'. t- -ia ...... - - . ., . ', . . -J- - , . . . J .".'"- .if" w - layed by superfluous formalities and often defeated by hair-splitting technicalities. The evils which weaken public faith in the certainty of justice are not confined to the South, , They are matters which claim thfi serious attention of the thoughtful citizens in all parts of the country. Bat this affords no excuse for the resort to mob law, although it is the one which Is most often heard. Who are responsible if officers of the law are inefficient or cor rupter If the -laws themselves are cum brous and uncertain? The people elect their officers, and they name the men who make the laws. If they were determined to. keep justice above reproach, and to make' the administration certain and im partial, they could easily do it But, as they permit themselves to be hoodwinked by shallow damagogues, or misled by ap peals to party prejudice in the election of officers and legislators, they must accept the blame for inefficient and partial justice. When they resort to the practice of punishing crimes by committing others on their own account, they simply demon strate their own failure tOgproperly appre ciate the duties of citizenship. -. The fact is that even - the most faulty administration of justice is better than mob law. The complete demonstration of the underlying spirit of lynch law is made by the examples in the Southwest of the return of mobs to the methods of utter savages. London is 'now in a fair way to obtain something more than merely nominal local government, and the control of her police will be one of the first objects sought. It is to be hoped that the Congressional ComSnlttee appointed to accompany the re mains of the late Representative Kendall will do something toward earning their din ners by officiating as bearers for that twenty five miles to be traversed after leaving the railroad. It would he a touching token of respect and economic principles. THb Whisky Trust makes many protesta tions to the public, but most people are un der an impression that .it Will find when it falls that it has had a drop tob much. . Now that Hill has gotten back to the Senate after arranging his New York mechanism, he Is to take leave of absence to mount the stumps of the South. Hill will do anything for Hill, whether it interfere with the performance of duties for which he is paid makes no difference whatever. Philadelphia is offered a handsome monument free of charge, and it is foolish to raise petty objections to its erection la a place well fitted for its reception. The financier who does his best to con ceal a gift of $25,000 to the University of New York, while reveling in the ruins he has wrought among stock dealers, has a strange character in which there must be some con siderable sprinkling of good intention. Applicants for help from public charity are about as prone to return the same as the man who inadvertently misappropriates an umbrella. Organs which attempt to stir up inter national animosity at the least possible provocation are acting in an nnseemly fashion, and going to work in a way most likely to debase the national dignity and integrity.- Let it be clearly understood that by a Free Coinage Bill the owners of silver mines would profit -at the -expense of the wage earners. i Our Government should take a hint from Italy and allow, the Baltimore sailors' claims to be made privately against the Chilean authorities in the same way as tha nsed by the families affected by the New Orleans mob against the Crescent City. Secretary Foster appears to be ac complishing altogether too much for a man seeking to benefit his health by rest and quiet. Somebody is likely to make a fat picking from those cattle supplied to the Indians, to Judge from the prices paid for them, and the many reports recently received that the cattle delivered to the red men are mostly of the bag-of-bones species. ' There is some appropriateness in de scribing starving bread rioters as loafers. Dalzell starts out with the immense advantages to be derived from the solid sup port of the best business elements, and his success-will be assured by a maintenance of the high principles which have hitherto characterized his work. There is no string attached to the prose cution of the National Cordage Ttust. The treaty providing for the arbitration of Beting Sea matters has not yet been signed, sealed and delivered, though It is expeoted that enough seals will be found for the, purpose. Allegheny City has wealth untold in the money which is owed to it. No doubt the German and Russian peoples will realize that any attempt at pulveriza tion seriously involves their Interests, but the trouble is the little difference that makes to the rulers. FAV0BITES OF F0ETTJNE. THE'Senate yesterday confirmed John H. Burfordtobe Associate Justice of the Su preme Court of Oklahoma. President Eliot is in the West with a view chiefly to examining the neW Leland Stanford University in California. The Duke of Argvll, who has been bU- -iing in the House of Lords as Baron Sund- ridge and Hamilton, has been created a duke of the United Kingdom. Judge Isham, who is Mr. Robert TL Lincoln's law partner, expresses the opinion that the latter has no' aspirations for the Presidency, and no taste for politics. MAurice Ernest Flesch, the Haitian Minister to France, was a passenger by the steamship Prins Willem III, which arrived in New York Saturday from Haitian ports. Mrs. Edmund Russell, who knows all there is to learn about .-esthetic gymnastics, says that there Is a whole science in know ing how to enter and leave a room properly. Representative Jerry Simpson is reported to be very mnoh displeased because on the diagram of seats outside the door'of the House of Representatives his name ap pears as Jeremiah Simpson. An old friend and admirer of Conkling, in telling a number of Interesting anecdotes of the great Senator,-says that his favorite poet was Byron, many ot whose longer poems he could repeat word for word. Princess Victoria 'Mary op Teck. who was engaged to be married to the Duke of Clarence and Avondale, yesterday visited the Queen at Windsor Castle. Princess Vic toria Mary will shortly start for Cannes. The Prince and Princess of Wales, and Prince George or Wales, are expected to arrive at Cape Martin, near Mentone, In Southeastern France, on Thursday next. The Prince and Princess of Wales will travel as the Earl and Countess of Chester. A New Comet Discovered. Rochester, N. Y., March a Prof. Swift, of the Observatory, Rochester, N. Y., discov ered this morning Just at daybreak a bright telescopic comet. As read from the circles it was in rizbt ascenson 18 h. 59 m., declina tion south 81 20'. It is moving in an easterly direction. It can be seen with an opera glass, but no tall was visible through the great telescope. A 'Warning to All Office Holders. XcKeemort Times. The fate of once Mayor Wymanii a warn ing to all office holders LIVE WASHINGTON WAIFS.' The House Committee on Labor Com mences an Investigation Many Milch Cows Bought for Indiana Commissioner Bum Replies to Secretary Noble Other News. Washington, March 8. The sub-Com-mittes of the House Committee on Labor to day began an investigation into the subjeot of the enforcement of the eight-hour law, and in what manner and 'to what extent the law has been evaded and-disregarded by those charged with Its enforcement, as well as to whether any convict labor is -used by the Government In the construction of public buildings. General Casey, of the En gineer Corps, believed that the present law should be continued in force, and that its effect would be beneficial to all portions of the country. No conviot labor was employed in any work under his charge, and had not been to his knowledge for years. There had been requests, he said, to have convicts em ployed on Government work by some per sons in authority, but they 11 ere invariably refused by the War Department. Some times the men worked over eight hours per day, but they did it willingly and were paid extra for the overtime. Commodore Folger, Chief of the Ordnance Bureau of the Navy. Department believed it would be a great blessing If the eight-hour, system could be made universal. The labor and the work would be vastly superior. At the Washing ton Navy Yard he was turning out cheaper and better guns under eight hours work per day than contractors were doing under a ten hours' system. Commodore Folger said ho never worked his men more than eight hours, except in an emergency. And he added that there had always been an emer gency since he had been in the Navv Department. Laughter. There bad been the Itata matter, the Italian affair and the Chilean war, besides hurried work to get armament and batteries ready for ship builders, so that they could not as sert that the Government delayed their worn, mnce tne unuean peace au men naa worked eight hours. Tor him the Chilean war lasted four months. No convict labor was used by him, either in the form of ma terials or otherwise. The Commodore said he divided the men In the navy yards be tween the two political parties as far as pos sible. The Commissioner of Indian Affairs to day forwarded contracts for supplying the Indians of the Northwestern tribes with miloh cows and bulls.'' Nine thousand two hundred cows were bought at prices vary ing from $18 69 per head, to $23 98. and 400 bulls at from $26 28 to $33 35 each. The aggregate of the contracts .was '$250,000. Of the whole numbenof milch cows purchased 1,000 will be supplied to the: Crows. 1,900 to the Indians at Standing Hock Agency. 2,600 will be sent to Pine Ridge, 2,200 to the Rose bud Agency, 6C0 to the Crow Creeks, 600 to the Lower r Brules, 200 to the Santees, 110 to the Flandreau reservation, and 60 to the i-oncas. The Secretary of War to-day transmitted to Congress a communication from Chief of Engineers Casey submitting estimates of amounts that can be profitably expended during the coming fiscal year to carry out the recommendations of the board appoint ed to investigate the mining debris problem In California. These are: For the protec tion of the navigation of the Tuba river, the construction of a dam at Deguerre Point, $100,000; restrictive works below tpe dam, $100,000, and at Van Glesen's dam on the Bear river, $75,000. Funeral services over the body of Rep resentative Kendall will he held at 12:15 o'clock to-morrow at bis late residence in this city. The dead man was a Methodist and the services will be very simple. The Kentucky delegation -will accompany the remains to the station. The Congressional Committee and the wife and son of the dead man will then take the 2 o'clock train over the Chesapeake and Ohio road for Moor head, Ky., the home of Mr. Kendall, the place or Interment being at West Liberty, a mountain town 25 miles from the railroad. Commissioner Battm has sent Secretary Noble a letter in reply to the letter of the Secretary In relation to pensions called up npon the status slips of members of Con gress found complete by the examiners briefed and sent forward for allowance. He says he made search for this evil as soon as it was suspeoted and applied, the remedy as soon as it was detected. The cases called upon Congressional slips" were- not consid ered unuer too rule estamisnea Dy the com pleted files Order, but oontrary to it. Representative Holman, of Indiana, is again confined to his rooms in the Hamilton House by an attack of illness. He was un able to be at the Capitol yesterday or to-day. He has never fully recovered from the ef fects of the grip, with which he was afflicted last winter, and since then has been sick several times with throat and other ail ments, r Before the Raum Investigation Commit tee to-day Mr. Chandler, Assistant Secretary of the Interior, was the first witness. His testimony was of little importance. He said he had never received charges to the effect that young Raum had taken monev for illegal transactions. He had no personal knowledge that any person employed In the Pension Office was Intel ested in the refrts erator company of which Commissioner Raum was President. IT IS HUE TO SPEAK, And Also Time to Pray When Men Like Oonld Give the Church Gold. New York Letter. Rev. Dr. W. S. Bainsford, rector of St. George's Protestant Episcopal Church, of which J. Plerpont Morgan is a vestryman, severely criticizes the action of the Presby terian clergymen who met the other night In Jay Gould's house and received from him $10,000 for church extension. In his sermon yesterday he said: "When I hear of a Church strong, numerous, influential and rich a body of Christian men remarkable for the championing of what they claim to be Apostolic Christianity calling a meeting for the extension of Christ's Church in the house or the one man who before the people of all those United States has confessedly represented what is the very opposite of Christianity a man who has done more to degrade and debauch the morals of business lire than any other citizen when this happens, I say, it is time to speak as well as to pray. I state the matter as temperately as I can when I say a mistake has been made which has put tens of thousands of Christian people to the blnsh; and more, I sav it is idle to talk of praying for the advancement of Christ's Church if such things are allowed to pass un challenged, or those who are responsible for thorn to pass unrebuked." PAID $500 FOB A BHICK. The Latest Victim or the Green Goods Ganj Squeals Load and Lustily. Philadelphia, March 8. Another case of green goods swindling by the New York gang that has been operating so extensively throughout the. country, was brought to light to-day by the victim's discovery of the usual brick in the box instead of the spuri ous money he had purchased. A young man giving his name as J. U. Coon, of Fairfax, S. C, called at detective headquarters this afternoon and said that he had been swindled out of $500 by sharpers in New York. Coon took the bait sent to him by mall, and went to Baltimore, where he was met by a "steerer" and taken to New York. There he was introduced to the principals in the affair, and paid $500 for what he thought was $10,000 worth of counterfeit money. After his discovery of 'the 'oheat Coon re mained in a state of -mental.collapse until the train arrived in this city, when he re covered sufficiently to make hls.wav to the police authorities and inform them of his loss. . F0HSECA STILL HAS FEIENDS. A Widespread Plot Alleged to Restore Brazil's Fallen Dictator. Bio be Janeiro, Feb. 27. Congressman Aristides Lobo, who has exceptional oppor" tunitles for obtaining infprmatio n, but for whose morbid imagination allowance' must be made, saya there is no doubt of the exist ence of a widespreadplot, with ramifica tions in Congress in the artillery and the nt vy, to restore to office General da Fonseca and nis friends. Recent news from Sao Panlo and Rio Grande do Snl indicate that the thenmr nr a general uprising is not altogether baseless. Liberals Carry Hawaii. HonoLULu, March L Little excitement at tended the elections of last month, and affairs are now quiet. Returns now com plete from all quarters, of the kingdom show that the coming Legislature is composed of A maioxitv of member that mar hu elamtArf .as Liberals, or opposed to" "missionary," in- BueucB, intaounwiu not us nntu jtay next THE SUNDAY PAPER. They Who Wonld Forbld'It Are Enemies or Virtue and Beligion. Salem, (O.) News. - Sunday papers were sold in" Pittsburg as usual yesterday and the customary action of 'the Law and Order Society Is looked for. The decision of Judge Porter alarms the news agents and carriers of Sunday papers but little. During the past week there was a heating before a committee of the Massachusetts Legislature on.tho question of Sunday news papers, a measure having been introduced looking to their forcible suppression. Mr. Joseph Cook appeared as leader of the cruisade, in company with several clergy men who, with one or two laymen, trained under the redoubtable Joseph's banner. -There were, no representatives of the other side. A similar fact has been observed in former years, and it is sometimes attributed to contempt on, the part of the friends of Sunday newspapers for their opponents and sometimes to fear of being overmatched in argument. Neither explanation is the tnie one. The real reafeon is that, as a rule, the worthy people who attend such hearings and make speeches against Sunday papers do not grapple with the question at issue. We do not wish to offend by an appearance of discourtesy, but the plain truth is that they generally, talk as if they did not know wnat tney were talking about. Their "argu ments" consist for the most part of assertions that Sunday newspapers are harmful to the community and of exhor tations on the need of preserving "the American Sabbath." Now assertion is not argument, though often mistaken for it, and if anybody can be found who wants to do away with tho American Sabbath he is quite as likely to be found almost anywhere else as on the staff of a Sunday newspaper. "What is there in the Sunday newspaper that cannot watt until Monday?" was asked. The answer is in one word: Opportunity. There are countless thousands or people who, from the rising of the sun on Monday to the going down of the sum on Saturday, haye absolutely no ' opportunity for In tellectual cultivation, or recreation. The best Sunday papers furnish both, and both are wholesome. Both are necessary. For those who cannot have them at any other time it is a blessing to have therd on Sunday. Take the reputable Sunday newspapers that come to Salem, for instance. They contain an amount of good literature that would suffice, if carefully read 'and remembered, to make a workingman and his family well informed not only upon tho chief events of the passing time, but upon a comprehensive range of history, biography, travel, books and authors, political'economy, everyday science and religious progress, as well as much that is in a lighter vein stories. sketches, sparkles of fancy; matter entirely pure ana wen nttca to olieer and Invigorate the tired toiler. They who would forbid this in the homes of wage earners doubtless intend to be friends of virtue and religion, but they are practical enemies of both. Finally, the Sunday newspaper has come to stay. It is as much a necessity and a part of modern civilization as are the railway and the telephone. Neither Massachusetts nor Ohio, nor any other great State will ever sanction any demand for, its legal suppres sion. EEF0EMS THAT 00 HOT BEF0BIL Some Hot Shot Fired by Rev. Dr. Bains ford in New York. New York WOrld. At St. George's Church on Sunday, the first Sunday in Lent, so many sought admission in the morning that 'hardly standing room could be provided. The Bev. Dr. George S. Bainsford occupied the pulpit and preached from the text: "Thou grantest them their request and sendeth leanness into their souls." Dr. Rainsford said: "Life is the diverging of many forces. It IS mado Un Of An almost: inflnltn TimnTiA,. nf pulls' and drags and Trashes given at many angles. Yet there is but one resultant. Wo must bo what we wish. Wo shall grow as we aim. We cannot fail to grow as we will. God himself cannot make ns other- than we desire to be, and we mean no disrespect when we say that God, in all his omnipotent power, cannot alter the will of man. st- 1v throwing abont him divine Influences of grace. "Social reformers too often fall tn ennsfrtar this. , Archbishop McGee, now dead, onco' said to the House of Commons, when called upon to speak upon some liqnor traffic legis lation, that he would rather see England f 1 ee than sober! How would truth be indi cated in that sentiment!" "To-day every effort in business and moral reform runs to the formation of trusts. Now. it may do very well to organize capital and say to the banker that you want 5 per cent dividends, but it is disastrously traitorous to introduce this idea into the realm of morals. "A large part of 1,800,000 people find much comfort in the one principal meal or the week that they have on Sunday, and these same people have. not schooled themselves to do without their glasses of liquor. What now occurs? Why, enthusiasts, buz zing like so many wasps In a hive, go to the Legislature and get a la w passed ordering all sal'-ons to bo closed. Is that law obeyed? Not at all. What follows then? The exist ence of that iniquitous institution, the back door. Hero is our folly shown? "Better, mnch better, my friends, to open the front doors of saloons during certain definite hours of the day than to make it an Irresistible temptation for thousands to defy the law and enter the saloons by cov ered passageways. We are working against f he law of God when we support such re torni legislation as that existing at present aeainst the liquor traffic." THE TAIL WAGGING THE BOG. Brownsville Trying to Annex the Larger Town of Bridgeport. Browhsville, March 8. l&pecial. The in habitants of this place and Bridgeport are greatly agitated over the question of a post office for Bridgeport and also because of the proposed annexation of the lattertown to Brownsville. Bridgeport has a population of nearly 2,000, and, although it has more in habitants than Brownsville it has no post office. Shonld Brownsville lose the postal patronage of her larger sister, she would tall back into a fourth-class office. For this reason the Brownsville people are fighting the new postofflce petition. To head off the project the annexation petition has been signed by almost every man in Brownsville. "Biidgeport cannot get a postofflce nntil the name of the town has been changed, as there is another postofflce of the same name in this State. To overcome this objeotion, the citizens called a meeting of Council last night to have the name obanged, bnt that body refused to do this. A big Indignation meeting was held to-night, at which the members of Council were denounced as the servants of the Brownsville people. Rusk Has No Easy Cake Walk, Chicago Herald. The Secietary of Agriculture Is now out as t candidate for President. But Harrlsonj is away ahead, and Rusk in spite of the asso ciation of his name with a popular variety of pastry may expeot no easy cake walk in the race against him. 1 KIND WORDS FOR SPIUKGEE. The many friends of the distinguished Congressman at the Capital and throughout the country will be rejoiced to hear this re assuring -news, and hope for his speedy re covery. Wathington Post. The recovery of Mr. Springer would not he simply a matter of gratification to his personal and political friends. Mr. Springer in a long Congressional service has rendered valuable aid to the best interests of his. country. Harritbwrg Patriot. The improvement in the health of Con gressman Springer is a source of satisfaction to the whole country. Mr. Springer Is one of -the most useful, broad-minded and able men in Congress, aud his death Wonld be a national loss York Gazette, We are very glad to learn that Congress man" Springer is recovering from his severe attack of erysipelas. The Republican party could ill afford to" get along without Mr. Springer's opposition in the coming Presl dental campaign. Denver IA'toi. The country is pleased to congratulate Congressman Springer upon his recovery from a threatened fatal illness. His political faith and tariff ideas may be wrong, but as a distinguished American citizen we want him with ns. WiUiamtport Gazette. 'The serious turn in the illness of Congress man Springer will be sad news for thousands of his countrymen who know him only by name, as well as for those who have the privilege of counting themselves among his friends. He is an honest; earnest, high minded nubile servant' whose death wonld ne , pniiic caiaraity.-z?re JtwJtmi, a MDSIG IN ALLEGHENY. "The Concert ot .the Sister City' Association An Interesting Cantata A Difficult Task Bravely Met Lenten Social Mat ters. In spite of the raw, rainy weather Carne gie Hall, Allegheny, was quite comfortably filled last night with an audience of the high class oustomary at the concerts 'of the Allegheny Musical Association. It was the third concert of this season's series, though only the second one in which the chorus has participated. Henry Smart's dramatic cantata, "The Bride of Dunkerron," occupied the greater portion of the evening. While new to the Allegheny chorus, the work is not new to locablisteners, having been given by the Mozart Club abont two years ago. It was written for the Birmingham Festival of 3664, the very year la which darkness finally settled upon its gifted composer, com pelling him to dictate, instead of writing, the much esteemed works, produced during the last 15 years of his life. The story " is an old tradition of the Kerry coast abont an ill-assorted match between an earthly lord and a sea maiden, which ended disastrously tn both, as ill-assorted matches notoriously do. Smart is at his best in this mnslc, which in small compass is full of variety and Is highly effective at all points, whether if be the tender love pas sages between the lovers, the sea-king's ex ulting in nis element, tne storm-spirits wildly denouncing, or the serfs and maidens piteously lamenting the doom of the hapless pair. An Absence That Was Noticeable. In last night's performance the absence of the orchestra meant a great loss of color and contrast from such a work. Miss Adele Reahard's really exceptional aptitude as an accompanist, however, made of the piano- rorte as serviceable a substitute for tho orchestra as could well be expected. The chorus work was in many respects highly creditable to Conductor W. A. Lafferty and his singers. ' Still, it must be said, that thi3 cantata with its frequent division of the voices, its Doid harmonies and dramatic, abrupt phrases, presents a task rather too difficult fora chorus of this sizo and material with out opportunity for the most abundant re hearsing. Frequently the voices werd weak arid shaky la divided passages, the intona tions were not always clean and a general sense of undue effort prevailed. Never theless there were moments of powerful effect and many passages handled with the refined shading which is this chorus' strong est point. To Mr. Homer Moore mnst be given the palm, as among the soloists, botn for the technical skill with which he manipulated his noble baritone, and for the spirit and feeling of his interpretations. Besides 'the role of the Sea-Kina, Mr. Hofke sang in. the subsequent miscellaneous programme the "Evening Star" romanza from "Tann haenser." Miss Harriet Worrnll. nf nifive- Iand, made her looal debut an occasion for considerable .gratnlation. Her voice is pure and notably sympathetic soprano, and she sang- with much emotional intensity particularly in her later solo, a passionate song entitled "A Cry of Love," by Augnsto Botoll (not Rotol), now ot Boston. -Miss Worrall was not so successful in tho more elaborate vocalization of the duet from Verdi's early and little-prized opera "I Masnadieri," founded on Schiller's drama, "The Robbers." . Where He Won and Lost Mr. Frederick J. Bussmans smooth and curiously characteristic tenor 'was heard to the greatest advantage in the Sicillenne from "Cavalleria Ru3ticana," which he rather unwisely sang from behind the stage. That graceful air comports admirably with Mr. Bussman's voice and style. While suc cessful in the more lyric portions of the role ot Dunkerron, he was lacking in dramatic force wheie that quality was called for. Mr. Leo Oehmler, on opening with his own Elegy for violin, fell short of the clearness of emphasis and phrasing and the amplitude of stvle demand ed by the broad, sweeping melodv. He was more master of the situation on his second appearance, playing a melodious "Evening Song," by Nachoz, and a simple, sweet "Slumber Song" of his own, witli a pure, smooth tone and much delicacy of expres sion. Mr. H. G. Archer, a compara tively recent arrival from a pcrjod of organ study in Berlin, opened the evening with a C minor prelude of Bach, and later contributed Guilmah's picturesque "Marche Nuptiale" and Eugene Thayer's variations on the Russian National Hymn. Though hampered by the organ's being somewhat out of condition, Mr. Archer dis- Tilaved a considerable amount nf mannni and. pedal-technique, muoh taste and facil ity in registration and a style in keeping1 with the legitimate charaoter of the modern organ. ' c. W. S. SEASONABLE GAIETIES. Pleasant Episodes Occur In Society Despite the Rales of Lent. A pleasant little episode occurred in St. Jame's Chnrch of Wilkinsburg, pr which the Rev. Father Lambing is rector, on last Sunday morning. Prior to entering the pulpit, the reverend gentleman held up in the view of-the entire congregation an ex ceedingly handsome missal, which was, he explained, the form in which he had desired to perpetuate their remembrance of his birthday. His people on that occasion hid presented their pastor with a pnise. and with its contents he had purchased the finest mass book obtainable. This little in cident proved a most happy conclusion to a memorable event, serving to draw pastor and people together in still closer bonds, both spiritual and temporal. The Secretary Las issued invitations for the one hundred and forty-seventh recep tion of the Art Society at the Pittsburg Club Theater on Friday night next. The pro gramme to be presented, as the invitation says, is an exceptionally attractive musical one, and includes some or the most im portant of the younger artists in the pro fession in Pittsburg. Among them are Miss May Beesloy, soprano; Mr. Homer Moore, baritone: Miss Adele Reabnrd and Mr. Joseph Glttings, pianists, and the Papen brock Quartet as follows: Mr. Valdemar i-apenorocjr, nrsc vomnijur. ismil Haber korn. second: Mr. Charles Becker, viola, and Mr. Charles F. Cooper, violoncello. At an intermission in the programme, there will be opportunity given to examine a few paintings whioh have been obtained by the Art Society for exhibition. An interested audience gathered las; night in the chambers of the Duquespe Con servatory of Mnsio to listen to a lecture on Mozart, his life work and influence jipon modern musical compostion, delivered by Prof. Charles Davis Carter, and Illustrated on the pianoforte by Prot Carl Better. Mr. Carter Is a most agreeable speaker, with a fine command of English and a thorough knowledge of his subject, and naturally did not fall to be intensely interesting with Mr. Better's exemplications of Mozart's music As discussed and explained by the lecturer, the whole formed an exceedingly high class entertainment. It is said that these lectures will be given from time to time. The W. C. T. TJ". of Wilkinsburg has en gaged Mrs. Mary T. LatbTop, the well-known temperance lecturer of Philadelphia, to de liver an address In tho Presbyterian Church next Monday evening. Mrs. Lathrop comes here with a reputation as a temperance speaker won by her- in the East, and, no doubt, wiH quickly establish herself in the affections ot those who respect the cause of temperance. It Is expected that a number 01 nttsDurgers win go to Wllklnsbui-g. to hear Mrs. Lathrop, who will lecture free of charge. The busy sounds of preparation are be ing heard in Wilkinsburg for the bazaar to be given by the Ladles' Aid Society of the Trinity Reformed Church next Thursday evening. The entertainment is to be given in the Opera House, the interior of which is being . decorated and otherwise prepared with booths to dazzle the fancy and Invoke tne aia 01 tne contents 01 tne purse. A good musical programme has been prepared, and there is every reason for believing that the affair will be a success. Miss Lattba Worthington, of Boss street, Wilkinsburg, will entertain a num ber of her friends this evening with euchre and mnslc About 35 young people of Wilkinsburg and the East End will attend a party to be given by Miss Maggie Laufmann at her home on Wood street, Wilkinsburg," Friday evening. Mr. John Algeo, of Wilkinsburg, will leave to-day for South California, where he intends to delve in the mysteries and pleas ures of an orangery. Banish the Narrow Tire, Chicago Tribune. 1 v Good roads indicate a high civilization. Good roads are Impossible where narrow buggy Ores prevail. Ergo, the , narrow tire m a in t iuyuub tn wnirin ,. mam CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS. The Kaffirs, with only 13 paradises, have more than double that number of. hells. The greatest enemy of the oyster be sides man is the star fish, which destroy whole beds of oysters in a season. A potato was found at Union Springs, Ala., a few days aeo, through which a grow ing blade of grasshad forced its way. Margaret Patten, the Scotch cook to James VI., did not give np the ghost until she had ground out almost exactly 147 years. A race of wild dogs is said to exist in Newfoundland, keeping near the coast, and subsisting on what the sea casts to the shore. An elephant's digestive functions are very rapid, and the animal, therefore, re quires daily a large amount of fodder 600 pounds at least. A foreign watchmaker has patented a device by which an hour or two before a clock runs down the word "wind" will ap pear at an opening in the diaL The viper's bite, it is well known, causes death by paralyzing the action of the respiratory organs; death from eel-blood poison is similar in nearly every detail. There is a man living in Calhoun, Ga., 70 years old, who boasts that he never wore a pair of boots, bought a suir of clothes, white shirt or any store clothes In his life, or wore a collar or necktie. By simply boring holes in pearl oysters and dropping in minute glass beads and her metically sealing the holes, M. Bouchoa Brandeley, a distinguished Frenchman, has succeeded in making pearls artificially. In the city of London there was no registered sunshine at all in December, 1881. in January, 1885, or December, 1890. Seven years ago, therefore, London was without sunshine for two consecutive months. In the tropics are found many kinds of great hairy spiders, some of which have a spread of legs that will cover a teaplate. One of these unpleasant creatures will sometimes weigh as much as half a pound. The question as to whether the 29th of February is legally a day ornot has often been up before the courts of Indiana. There is authority in that-State to the ef fect that the 23th and 29th of February in leap year are to be counted as one day. An immense tusk of a mammoth has been taken out of the peat at Kingsbridge, New York city, by one of tho officers in charge of the ship canal in process of con struction at that place. The tusk was dis covered at a depth of 20 feet below the level of the sea. A French chemist, who has been giving considerable attention to the problem, of heating and lighting from a single source, has devised a novel stove, which in appear ance resembles an ordinary heating stove. aXlt is so arranged internally that the waste of heat is utilized for the generation of elec tricity. Fontresina, a locality of the Grisons Canton, Hhretia, situated at an altitude ot 6,000 feet above the level of the sea, in a vale running parallel with the Inn Valley; on the road leading to the Celebrated Bernina, mountain pass, is understood to claim the possession of the highest electric central station. The Manassah Society is a peculiar or ganization of Chicago, said to be composed of colored men who have married white wives. The society was organized January 5, 1S9J, and now has 120 members. It Is said there are 480 colored men living in that city with white wives. The society recently gave a banquet. The census enumerator at Warrensburg found b child, three months" old, the mother, Mrs. Fred Chandler, one month less than 15 years, the grandmother, Mrs. John Allen, aged 33 year, and the great-grandmother, Mrs. Oscar Greene, aged 54 years, all resid ing in closo proximity about six miles north ot Warrensburg. A modern compilation of engineering maxims states that a horse can drag, as compared with what he can carry on his back, in the following proportions: On the worst earthen road, three times; on a good macadamized road, nine; on plank, 25: on si stone trackway, 33, and on a good railway, 54 times as much. The cast of Raphael's skull shows that it was very small, much smaller than, the average. Cardinal Mezzofantl, who .under stood more la'nguages than any other man who has ever lived, had a small bead. So, too, had Dickens, Lord Byron and Charles Lamb. From this it would seem that there is more in the qvality than the quantity of the btain. Three men from Carson, Nev., took whisky to Washoe Lake and with it satu rated a quantity of wheat which they spread out for wild ducks, thinking the birds could be caught easily after becoming intoxicated. The hunters hid themselves, the game came, ate the grain and became exceedingly noisy, but all flew away to the Carson 'Sink, where many wero found afterward in a boozy con dition. The hunters reaped no proflt. Aniline dyes are noted for their great coloring power, one part of ros-anillne salt in a 1,000,000 parts of water stlll'possesslng a deep crimson color and instantly dyelug a skeiu of silk moistened with vinegar. The dyes are used for many purposes coloring toys, sweetmeats, wines, dress fabrics and otlier at tides. The fugitive nature of some of them is rather a drawback. Germany is now the headquarters of the manufacture of these dye. Large quantities are produced and nsed in this country also. K. C. Barney, a retired Hew York banker, has an interesting collection of pipes. One of them represents the trunk of an old tree, around which are grouped a party of sporting gentlemen with their guns and dogs, enjoying a hunter's meal. One of the members of the party is cleverly shown to be cutting with his jackknlfe the name N. C. Barney on tne trunk of the tree to com memorate, .no doubt, the occasion. Each flzure is a correct likeness of an individual member of the party. At the Central Park, in Hew York, Caliph, the hippopotamus, recently had a stomach ache and was given the following in three pills, each aoout the size of a base ball: Twenty-nine hundred and forty grains of aloes and 40 drops of croton oil. Al though the dose was mixed with linseed oil and ginger and wrapped in paper. Caliph strenuously objected to taking it, and it was only by fettering him with three-inch ropes and. with the aid of nine men that the medi cine was finally pushed down his throat on the end of a pole. It is said that Callpn got well. JOKELETS FROM JUDGE: "Shall you go to the party to-morrow night?" ask Miss Emerson of Boston of her friend Miss Bleecker. - . , "Ton bet yonr sweet life, " was the reply. "But isn't it rather reprehensible to wager one's saccharine vitality?" Hof enbloom Baby like der tick-tick? Hofenbloom's Baby It vos sod goot peesness policy to gtf any. Hofenbloom (delighted) Too see der Theels go 'roundt fer dot, meln leedle soon. Bloobumper Well, I suppose the sewing-society went over a great lot of gossip this afternoon? Mrs. Bloobumper No; we fili't talk a bit of gossip. Bloobumper How was that? Mrs. Bloobumper Every member was present: Jones I say Brown, old fellow, yon onght to reform. Brown What! I? Jones Own np, now. Ain't yon a regaUr iot?T Brown No, Jones; not that. Bnt I gnus yoa may put me down as something of an anU-temper- Nmce fanatic -, I pleaded with her more than once, Sweet Hester, for her Ioy a-snlng; Bat then she called me dolt and dance. Ah, her replies were my undoing. At least I thought so years ago; But now I'm happily wed and Cupid Has never come to ner. and so I don't appear one-half so stupid. Mr. Wayback Be yew the waiter? Walter Tea, sab. Mr. Waybaek-Dew yew know, I've been a-won derm' all along why they call these places chop houses. I know now. Will yew please bring me an ax? I want tew eat this steak. 'I'd like to know why you refer to my papa as Satan," exclaimed XUza Saodgrass to young Mr. Hunker. ; " I have scripture authority for it. " " "Indeed?" - ' Tes. 'Isn't he father ofLIze?'1 - Bottom-land Farmer Why don't yer gtt? a itnn-breakerter barter yoor land with? " Upland Farmer Got that dlvln-bell yet ter pat ' in yerprtng wheat with? r Mayor This is, indeed, serious business Toa sav the noUimn have stniekv T- I fThlAJVAa rt,.wwM,M WaVAK Wftatifa th.vw,.f . 1 . ... mmj ..n... H.UKB W aaHT vatM-avt nr; aosMiaw ter utttaa. $ ' , MI 4.V- jiijft&VttLjA'jV- . j-l?jt-.rjB2iL.Ae HP - i-m, .T13JC.TK.iM5(. 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