v; THE PZDTSBUEG DISPATCH, FEIDAT, MARCH 11, . 1892. "-"" jjeBigpafrlj. ESTABLISHED FEBRUARY, 8, 188 Vol.41. So. 33. Sateroa at Pittsburg Postefflce CoTeineer, 1837. as second-rtass matter. Business Office Corner Smithfield and Diamond Streets. News Rooms and Publishing House 7S and 80 Diamond Street, in New Dispatch Building. EASTFRX AI)VKRTISnrr OFFICT. ROOM T8, TRIBUNE BUTLDIKO. KEW YOKE. where com- flrte files of THE DlbPATCH can always be found, orettn advertisers appreciate the convenience. Home advertisers and Mends of THE DISPATCH. bile in Xt York, are also made welcome. THE DISPATCaUrtrularty on sale atXreutanS's. 1 Union Square. Sew Tork. and B Are de I'Opera. Paris. France vhere anyont toAo has been dlsap jwtntedata hotel nnc stand can obtain it. TEBJiIS OF THE DISPATCH. rOSTAGf TBX.E EJ THE CTOTED STA.TXS. DATLT Dispatch, One Year. 8 00 Daily Dispatch. PerQuarter 200 IUirr Dispatch, One Month 70 Daily Dispatch, lnclndlrg Sunday, 1 year.. 30 00 Daily Dispatch. Including Sunday, 3 m'ths. I 50 Daily Dispatch, Including Sunday. 1 m'th. 90 f-rjtoAT DisrATCH. One Year ISO A eekly Dispatch. One Year 125 The Daily Dispatch Is delivered by carriers at Itcents per week, or, including aunday Edition, at It cents per week. PITTSBURG. FRIDAY. MARCH 11. AX EXTRATACAST ORDINANCE. As has been customary for some years the appropriation ordinance was yesterday Vailroaded through Councils. The slight cuts made by the Finance Committee in the sums asked for by the most expensive departments of the City Government seem ingly satisfied the majority, who promptly voted down all economic efforts made by the few who see a menace in increased valuations and hipher millage. 'But, as the will of the majority is law, the taxpayers must bow to i while the believers in lavish outlay exclaim, "What are you going to do about it?" That there was no legitimate necessity for the increase allowed in the expenses of the leading departments has been con clusively pointed out by The Dispatch. It held and still holds that a 10 instead of a 12-mill tax levy en present valuations is amply sufficient to economically and effi ciently maintain the City Government It has plainly shown by official fig ures that the ratio of increase in outlay is out of all proportion to the ratio of increase in population. This not in a spirit of parsimony, but be cause it firmly believed that the present and prospective needs of the municipality required less lavish outlay than the esti mates of the Chiefs or the allowances of the ordinance, which has been hastily sanctioned by Councils in spite of the protests of a few who have the best inter ests of th2 city at heart But "What are you going to -do about it?" This question voters can answer at the proper time if they want to. WOMAN IX LEGISLATION'. Many and various are the onerous duties of the Committee on Agriculture. Uncle Jerry Rusk has recently been threatened with the necessity of establishing a matri monial agency as an offset to the alleged wife-killing propensities of some of his cu cumber seeds. And now the same com mittee is called upon to consider the serious question of the facial adornments of the fair sex. The law-making gentlemen at first probably considered the matter as a sub ject for the indulgence of their humor, else Uncle Jerry's committee would not have been burdened with the matter- But the energy shown en both sides of the question indicates that it is no laughing matter and will be fought to the bitter cud. Mrs. Charlotte Smith, authoress of the bill prohibiting the manufacture and sale of feminine beautifiero, yesterday backed it np by a forcible argument before the Agricultural Committee. She vehemently stated that all complexion improvers are poisonous, and were marring instead of beautifying the I"aec3 worn by her sex. This will doubtless bring down upon her the wrath of womankind and the enmity of cosmetic manufacturers, for humanity is strangely "ungrateful. There can be no doubt, however, that some cosmetics are injurious to complexions in the long run, and there is not one man in a hundred that would not piefcr natural beauty unadorned by art But there is reison for much doubt v.hether the passage of a prohibitory bill v.ould effect any great change for the bet ter. Attempts to interfere with personal lib erty are obnoxious, and, further, they are easily evaded. We want more common sense and less legislation, llore exercise, healthier food and less powder and late hours. We have the loveliest women in the world, and we should have them love lier still if they would refuse to conceal their beauty under the mistaken impulse of unwholesome fashion. DEVELOPMENTS OF ELECTRICITY. To say that the electric world is in a flutter is merely to note its normal condi tion. The students of this branch of physics arc the devotees of a science whose inexactness is only exceeded by its prog ress. But the flutter now perceptbile is suggestive .of preparation fora flight more portentous than any yet undertaken. Hitherto thoughts of electricity have been inseparably connected with conductors of one form of another. Now there comes news from the savants all over the world that they are rapidly approaching the solution of a problem to eliminate existing methods for the transmission of currents in a manner to compare with that in which electricity has so largely annihilated distance. The air Itself is to become the conductor of the future, its capacity for such a pur pose depending on changes to be made in the nature of the currents to be trans mitted. Experiment has already demon strated the possibility of passing currents between two widely separated metallic plates unconnected by any other medium than that of the atmosphere. By the help of concentrating apparatus of "enormous lens-shaped masses of pitch and similar bodies" it is expected that immense dis tances will before long be traversed by the subtle power without visible conductors. It is as impossible to foresee the develop ments which will follow this research as it would have been fifty years ago to foretell most of the scientific triumphs of to-day. But the field opened to speculative imag ination is bewildering in its immensity and fascinating in its mystery. Without going so far as to suggest that these discoveries will lead to means, of inter-stellar communication, there can be no doubt that its effects on our own planet will be enormous. Here the way will be opened for communication between light ships and the shoro without the inconve nience of submarine cable. Mountainous peaks can be put in communication with out the work of stringing a wire over miles of difficulties, and throughout the land there is a promise that unsightly poles and dangerous weblike networks will cease to be a feature of our city streets. These are all consummations de voutly to be wished, and that the hope for them is no mere visionary dream is testified bv the nature of the successes already ''achieved, and the practical knowledge of the men pushing the investigations. Gigantic as the progress in the use of electricity has already been, the world is but awakening to the smallness of its knowledge and the extent of the regions yet to be explored. . PROTECTION A. SAFEGUARD. Again the question of tariff is occupying the attention of Congress, and once more attempts are made to obscure the issue" by all kinds of irrelevant matter. Within the next few months the nation will be called npon to repeat its indorsement of the Con stitutional principle of Protection. Are we' to continue to grow in our self-contained independence, or are we to become reliant on the outside world for our neces saries and luxuries? This is the question which above all else led to the formation of a Constitution to enable us to supply our own wants, and time has Only added to the arguments which were then used. It is no mere discussion cf temporary expediency; itisof everlasting importance to national vitality that a protective tariff be maintained. Our .industries to-day are more extensive and more varied than ever before, and it would be suicidal to adopt legislation of a retrojrrade character lead ing to a reduction of tariff which has been invariably productive of disaster. It is useless to attempt to conceal the facts by pointing to temporary incidental evils as resultant from measures which have been most beneficial to the strength of the nation. , Extravagance following on a full treas ury cannot be laid to the blame of the benefits which created the surplus. The useless expenditures were the result of a mistaken policy which neg lected necessary national improvements which loudly cry for funds. The growing strength of trusts and monopolies is due to an evasion of the laws for their sup pression and an apathy In the adminis tration of the same not to the policy which fosters all legitimate industrial en terprise. Protection is for the national welfare, and no evidence can be adduced to show that it favors one class at the ex pense of another. It is as ridiculous to suggest that temporary depression, follow ing on over-production resultant from mis calculation of the market demand, is due to protective tariff as it would be to make the Government responsible for variations of the weather. All over the world the powers are spending millions to perfect their arma ments, aDd it would be the height of folly for us to neglect the best possible means of defense, which is a tariff that makes us tree from fear or favor of any other coun try. And, while this policy provides our best defense against the world, it advances our wealth and strength as no other meas ure can. We are to-day the richest, health iest and therefore the strongest community on earth' and we owe it to Protection that we are so. We wish to grow and not to decay, and the good sense of our people will see to it that there isno deviation from the successful policy which alone can lead us upward and onward. INCONSIDERATE HAKTEK. Senator D. B. Ilill will not be very grateful for Congressman Harter's action in writing an open letter asking him to define his position on the Silver question. Hill secured the apparent support of the New York Democracy by recourse to tactics which prevented a free discussion of his claims. He knows the advantages of haste, and equally realizes the value of procrastination and concealment His utterances on the matter of free coinage have been of such a nature as to lead to the belief that they have been designed to bewilder rather than enlighten. Hill is a leader of the kind who will on the one hand attempt to force himself on his party where he has sufficient power to do so, and on the other he is unscrupulous enough to avoid a clear expression until he has ascertained which way the wind blows. He had no doubt intended to wait until Bland's bill had been under discussion long enough to enable oulookers to weigh the strength of the rnal disputants. All this nice little plan will be knocked on the head by Har ter's brutal lack ot consideration, for the Senator cannot fail to declare himself in the face of so public a demand. An honest statesman puts himself on record in mat ters of national importance without wait ing for compulsion, and even a machine politician will have to come down from his perch on the fence when ho is so un meicifully prodded by a member of his own party. It is ridiculous that a man claiming to be indorsed as a candidate for the Presi dency by the Democratic party of the Em pire State should attempt to preserve am biguity in his position on a question of vital importance. Hill will have to speak now, and it is well that the nation should know just where he stauds. BLUNDERING LOCATIONS. An example of the principles on which Government work is too apt to be con ducted is afforded by a report of Senator Squire on the bill for the establishment of a gun factory on the Pacific coast The report' reveals that it is an agreed conclu sion between the authorities that a gun factory is to be located on the Slope, the dispute having been as to whether it was to be under army control exclusively, or jointly controlled by the army and navy. The location is determined under the plea that the guns are to he used on the Pacific coast. Senator Squire represents one of the Pacific coast States and holds the Chairmanship of the Committee on Coast Defenses, and by having his bill for the gun factory referred to his own committee naturally made it plain sailing for his pet scheme. Everyone with even a superficial knowl edge of the subject knows that the raw materials for the guns made in this fac tory will have to be transported from the centers of iron and steel manufactures, and that the raw material which must be transported will be of greater weight and bulk than the finished guns. The differ ence may not be very important, but the fact furnishes a sufficient answer to the argument that it is necessary to have a gun factory on the Pacific coast to manu facture guns to be used there. A very much more important considera tion is that cannon foundries and arsenals located near the coast are, in case of war with a strong naval power, exposed to the danger of a sudden descent by a force which, while it could not keep its footing, might destroy the works on which the nation would have to rely for its means of defense. The principle of selection has already located one gun factory at a point reached by a British force in the War of 1612, and Senator Squire's bill proposes to put another equally within reach of a strong naval enemy on the Pacific. Intel ligent policy should locate such establish ments in the interior out of reach of raids and close to the supply of raw ma terials. The principles of political favoritism and log-rolling have produced these re markable locations. They afford a strik ing illustration of the stupidity which pre-" rails under such rules of action. One of the strongest arguments in favor of the establishment ' of ' many small paries, rather than expending lame rami In de veloping large ones. Is afforded by the sav ing of life which would result from provid ing play irrounds for the children, who otherwise get their exercise and air In the streets at the risk of Natalities from street cars and other vehicular traffic. The Beaver editors are suffering severely from their imprisonment, and the dignity of Justice should be upheld by prompt alle viatlve action by the Board of Pardons. Of course, it is quite right and proper that religious Institutions should make In quiries as to the sources from which they obtain financial aid, hot an observance of the principle is hardly likely to add much to their wealth. "Asking no Question for conscience sake" Is a more politio plan, but it cannot be practiced where objections are raised. It is satisfactory to know that the Czar has at least sense enough to refuse to arrest Tolstoi for telling the truth, and thereby ob taining relief for the famine-stricken. The alleged neglect of the quarantine patients on North Brother Island, New York, is matter for very serious investlga tion. While It is regrettable that the suffer ers should ever have been brought to this country, common humanity demands that they should receive proper treatment and care. The author of "Annie Eooney" Is in jail for theft, and now he can "Whistle and Walt for Katie." Surely insanity would have been a strong plea for him. The Osborne case, while affording evi dence of the strength of the temptations which society's demands hold out to a woman of small means, has afforded a most striking proof that chivalry Is as strongto day as ever ft was by the loving devotion of the criminal's loyal husband. If the Pennsylvania Railroad people do not mako improvements in Pittsburg it will not be for want of ample opportunity and Invitation. A self-deceived man bas far more power to lead the public astray than has a mere unscrupulous knave. Mr. Bland's un doubted honesty Is one ofthe greatest dan gers in connection with his bill, for his sin cerity is as thorough as his misapprehen sion. The "Republican gains in "New York State should serve as an encouragement to op posers of machine politics throughout the country. The old plan of passing the appropria tion ordinance In a few hours has once more been followed. If the Councilmen were spending their own money instead of the hard-earned cash of tho taxpayers they would go slower. The strike of coal miners in England will be Scotched to some extent by the re fusal of theft Northern brethren to partici pate. There is nothing like realism in these days, and the American papers publishing illustrations of scenes in court at Mrs. Os borne's trial are to be congratulated on their enterprise and the farsightedness of their artists. The disciples of the L. & O. Society seem to think that the crime of perjury is a mere trifle connected with their calling. The Patent Office is a department which more than pays its expenses and lias a large balance to its credit. It is therefore high time that it should have the increased space necessary for the proper conduct of its busi ness. For surprising the House with his rulings the Sneaker may be desoribed as a regular Springer. "Sow that it is known that the "Repub licans of Iowa will present General J. S. Clarkson as a candidate for President one can see some reason for the sweet things he has said of Senator Quay. In more senses than one it Is said that the New Tork Census is a twice-told tale. By opposing the investigation of his con nection with the election frauds,' Judge Maynard is giving strong indications of his guilt. An innocent man courts inquiry and seeks exoneration. Folk have no idea how hard the side walks are till they get really slippery. JIercier is wise to avoid a criminal prosecution by retiring from political life, though the wisdom of his opponents in com promising on matters so serious is much to be doubted. The more Agent McClure dallies with the law the moie he finds out about it. We are a flourishing city, but five million dollar appropriations are more than we can afford to spend in advertising the fact. Economy and efficiency generally run to gether. , Th'e family of Mr. E. M. O'Neill, of TH3 Dispatch, has met with asad bereavement Telegrams were received from New York yesterday announcing the death of Daniel O'Neill, a loving son and affectionate brother, a young man for whom but a little while ago a happy and useful career was universally expected. Deceased was but a little over 21 years old. He was a student at Yale University. A cold that did not threaten seriously at the start developed into meningitis, and, de spite the surgical and medicinal skill ot Drs. Gruening and Janeway .and others, proved fatal. Deceased was loved and re spected by all who knew him. His gentle ness, patience and kindly nature made him an ideal boy, and there was every promise of his excellence and usefulness as a man. The members of his family were con stantly at his side during his illness, as were also other loving friends. His thoughts were for them more than for himself to the last moments of consciousness. Thus a young life, which was the realization of all that was amicable, affectionate and upright, ended peacefully and painlessly. But the separation leaves sorrowing hearts. HATUBAL GAS IS MOBMONTOWfl. Ohio Capitalists t Start a Boom in Salt Lake City. Salt Lake Cmr, March 10. A trio of Ohio capitalists who have been here for some days have consummated negotiations for piping the natuial gas of tho wells at the lake shore into tbe city. The deal includes a controlling interest in the stock of the gas company and a like interest in $5,000,000 of bonds. Then money to be derived f i om the sale of bonds is tobensed to defray the ex penses of laying the pipe. This work will be commenced within a short time, and it is intended to have natural gas furnished to consumers in the city by September. Wllhelm Shows Himself Too Often. Chicago Herald. J . The trouble with this EaUer Is that he shows hlmseir too often. Tbe people are be ginning to get acquainted with him. LIVE WASHINGTON WAIFS. Resumption of the Banna Investigation Bossej's Bequest for Tonne Einm'i Resignation Appropriations Recom mended for Pnbllo Buildings World's Fair Expenditures. "Washington, March 10. In the Baum Investigation to-day, H. C. Tonner, Chief of the Appointment Division of the Interior Department, was examined with reference to his having demanded the resignation of Green B. Baum, Jr., by direction of Assist ant Secretary Bussey, who, in a personal note signed "C. BV requested witness at once to secure the resignation of , to take effect In 80 days, '-blank" meaning young Baum, it being desired to keep tbe matter quiet until the resignation was con summated. Witness said that Act ing Secretary Chandler accepted the resignation, to take effect at once, but subsequently modified the acceptance so as to allow 30 days' leave. General Bussey saying he wonld take the responsibility therefor. Mr. Enloe put in evidence the letter of resignation of Edward Howard. In this letter Howard said that over one month before he wrote it he had made certain grave charges against tbe administration of the Pension Bureau, and had offered posi tive proof of the trutti of the oharges. He had patiently waited to be called upon to establish the truth of the charges. Continu ing, Howard complained of being subjected to petty insults and persecutions since the filing of the charges. He tendered his resig nation as the annoyances had impaired his health. Letters relating to three other dis missed clerks were put in evidence for the purpose of showing that Tbeodoro Smith had spied on men and caused tionble, and tnac commissioner iiauui uuu prubecteu Smith in his wrong-doing. Representative Dockery, Chairman of the sub-committee of tho Appropriations Committee having in charge matters rela tive to tho World's Fair appropriations, has addressed a letter to President Baker re questing him to furnish the sub-committee with 26 statements showing every item of expenditure made on account of the Fair; the amount of the subscriptions and how much has been collected: the sum expected to be laised locally; tho nature and amount of encumbrances; the privileges granted to Industries: estimates of receipts from "the Exposition; the sum required to perfect the Exposition and its method of expenditure, and geneially all information obtainable as to present or future requirements. The House Committee on Public Build ings and Grounds has authorized lavorable reports on the following public building bills: Laredo, Tex., $60,000; Boise City, Idaho, $100,000; Helena, Mont., $130,000; Hast ings, Neb., $60,C0O, and Fond Du Lac, Wis., $40,000. Improvements of Marine Hospital building at Chicago, amount reduced from $75,000 to $30,000; also on a bill providing for the sale of the site of the old Custom House at Louisville. Ky. These are the first new public building bills agreed upon in com mittee, there having been a difference of opinion as to the polioy to be pursued. Acting Secretary Spatjlding to-day sent to the House, in answer to a resolution of that body, a 'letter containing informa tion on the subject of the lsuo nnd redemp tion of gold and silver certificates, etc. The letter shows that tho gold certificates issued from July 1, 1S77, to January 1.1S92, amounted to $5G9,c9,S06. and the amount redeemed to $445,088,501. Tlie Issue of sliver certificates from Mar 9. 1S78, to January 1, 1S92. aggre gated $680,70S 000, and the amount redeemed $336,311,682. The paper monev outstanding July I. 1886, amounted to $921,(81.194: the amount outstanding January 1, 1892. $1,097, 231,512. Generally speaking, the Acting Seo retnrv sars nold certificates were redeemed principally in gold coin or bullion, while the silver certificates, being usually presented In a mutilated condition, w'ere redeemed by the Issue of new sliver certificates In their places. TnE President and Mrs, Harrison enter tained at dinner this evening Dr. Von Holleben, the new Minister from Germany to tho TTnite'd States. The other guests were: Mr. and Mrs. Potter Palmer, or Chicago; Senator Mitchell, , of Oregon; Senator and Mrs. Davis, of Minnesota: Senator and Mrs. Carey, of Wyoming; Representative and airs. Henderson, of Iowa: Representative and Mrs. Wadsworth, of New York: Repre sentative Craln, of Texas: Representative and Mrs. Caruth, of Kentucky; Representa tive and Mrs. Huff, of Pennsylvania: Gen eral and Mrs. Shields, Colonel Gn v V. Henrv, Mr. and Sirs. B. C. Kerens, Miss Dodge, Miss Blaine, Mr. Frank Thomson, of Phila delphia; Mrs. Alexander. Mrs. Dimmick, Mr. Russell Harrison, General and Mrs, H. V. Bovnton. Mr. nnd Mrs. Elv, of Altoona, Pa.; Mr.' Griffiths and Mr. Potts, of In dianapolis. At noon to-day Postmaster General "Wana maker gave a breakfast to the visiting post masters who are here in consultation con cerning general postal matters. The other enests were, the President, Secretaries Tracy, El kin sand Rusk. Attorney General Miller, Ex-Postmasters General King, Hat ton and Dickinson, and several members of tke Postoffice Committee ofthe Senate and House. The Inter-State Commerce Commission has decided to take a trip South, for the pur" pose of hearing cases at various points in the circuit. The Commission will give hear ings as follows: Atlantu, Ga., March 21, 25 and 26: Chattanooga, March 8; Nashville, March SO and 31. The Commission will ar rive in Cincinnati April 1, and remain there several days. - The President has recognized Keftali Guerioroas Consnl General of Chile at San Francisco. The Judiciary Committee of the Senate will probably dispose of all the Judicial nom inations next Monday. The House Committee on Public Build ings and Grounds to-day devoted four hours to hearing a committee of the American In stitute of Architects upon House bill 261, which Is Intended to change the practice of the Government In connection with tho design and supervision of public buildings by turning tho same over to the best architects of tue country selected for each building with special reference to its peculiar conditions and needs. It was as serted that by this means tho stand ard of design nnd construction of Government buildings can be greatly Improved. Among those present were Baukmar Adlcr, of Chicago, Secretary of the American Institute of Architects; George B. Ferry, of Milwaukee, and W. S. Eumes and Charles H. Illsley, of St. Louis. The Committee of Aichltocts and the House Committee seemed to agree upon all essen tial points, and after a morning and an afternoon session were both satisfied witb their interviews. Wants Peace if He Has to Fight for It. Detroit Free Press. The Kaiser is getting in a mood to Insist npon peace even if be has to fight for it. PERTINENT PERSONALITIES. Baron Albert von Kothschild has given $50,000 to the Vienna Society for Founding a Home for Consumptives, The University of Edinburgh will confer the degree of LL. D. on Sir Charles Tupper, the Canadian High Commissioner in Lon don. CONGRESSMAN" Johnson, of Indiana, is the most rapid v talker who has ever been heard in Washington, and is the despair of tho professional stenographers. Miss Josephine Bice, of the Harvard Annex, and her sister, of Boston, are col laborating in a classic comedy which Is soon to be performed before a swell club at the Hub. Paris dailies announce that Queen Na talie is about to go to London incognito to find a publisher for her memoirs. In Berlin and Vienna her efforts to this end were ren dered futile by the authorities. One of the peculiarities of the late Ed waids Plerrepont was his curious vanity about his name. He was originally Munson E. Plerpont, and exchanged this name for the one under which he was known during the latter part of his life. Andrew Carnegie, the Pennsylvania iron manufacturer, and party made a trip about San Francisco Bay yesterday, visiting the Union Iron Works and other points of interest. Carnegie was tendered a banquet by a number ot prominent business men in the evening. Lord Fairfax, the eighteenth Baron Cameron, whose daughter was married in Washington last week to Mr. Smith, Is a physician who shows his rare good sense by preferring to practice bis profession to as suming the ornamental soolal position he might enjoy in England. ' DUST Iff THE ATX0SPHEBE. A Theory That Bains Are Caused -by tho Particles of Dirt in the Air. Philadelphia Record. Medical science has of late been calling at tention to the evils which arise from the im pregnation of the air in large cities with smoke. In Chicago especially many plans have been suggested for getting rid of what Is at once a discomfort and a danger. But, according to a writer In Longman's Magazine, dust plays an important part in tbe pro duction of clouds, fogs, rtln and snow, ana without it nature wouldbo unable to present some of her commonest phenomena. A few years ago John Atken, of Falkirk, Scotland, made the discovery that without dust there could be neither fog nor rntn, but only a continuous dew which wonld moisten cloth ing, cause walls to drip, keep the earth con stantly damp, and render umbrellas useless. The vapor particles are attracted Dy the dust in the air, and fog or rain particles are formed. When tho particles of dust aro numerous and the vapor particles few, then we havo fog; but when the dust particles are few in proportion to the amount of con densing varJor, each particle soon becomes overweighted and falls In mist or rain. If the air be exnansted oy means or a pumn from a glass vessel, nnd air dp admitted to it through a tube packed with a filter of cotton, the cotton will arrest the dust, ana the air in the vessel will be pure. A similar vessel containing air not tbns treated will not present to the eye an ap pearance differing from that of the other, but If each shall be connected by a tube with a boiler containing steam, the steam when it enters the vesssel filled with unal tered air will form a dense white cloud, while the vessel with the filtered air wil not present any snoh appearance, the ab sence of dust having prevented the watPr vapor from condensing Into fog. When the steam is admitted into the vessel with the unaltered air several times in succession no fog will be formed, but rain will fall, owing to tho fewness of the particles of dust still suspended. The theory, as hro-ir-hed by Mr. Aitken himself. Is that "when dust Is pres ent In large quantities the condensed vapor produces a foT. There aro so manv particles of dust to which the vaporcan adhere that each can get only a verv small share so small, in fact, that the weight or the dust is scarcely affected by the addition of the vapor and the fog formed remains for a time susponded In the air, too light to fall to the gionnd. But when the number of dust particles Is fewer each particle can take hold of a greater space of tho water vapor, and mist particles or even rain 'particles will be formed." By an apparatus which he has devised, he has found that the ordinary nirofthecltv of Glasgow contains 7.500,000 dust partioles to the square inch. The pres ence of such vast quantities leads to the conclusion that fogs and rains might readily be formed by tho methods which Mr. Alt ken suggests. OHIO LAWHAKEBS AT W0BK. Hipper Bills and Other Iocal Measures Being Railroaded Through. Columbus, o., March 10. Special' Mr. Allaman's bill providing for the reorganiza tion of the government of Dayton was to-day passed by the House. The bill, as originally Introduced, gave the Mayor of Dayton the power of appointing a non-partisan board of city affairs. Mr. Allaman sought to have the power placed In the hands of the County Clerk, but consented to a compromise, and an amendmont was offered giving the ap pointment to the resident circuit Judge. The bill, as passed, provides that the resi dent circuit Judge shall appoint a' non partisan tax commission of six members, who. In addition to their duties on the re vision or the tax duplicate, shall appoint a non-partisan Board of City Affairs of roar members. As the terms of the members of tbe City Board expire thelrsuccessorsshall do appointeu Dy ma mayor. The Senate Committee on municipal cor porations No. lconslderedtbe$6,000,000 water works bill for Cincinnati, to-day noon. As was expected, there was a split and there will be two reports. The majority report will recommend the passage of the bill in its present form, giving tbe Mayor the appoint ing power. The minority report will recom ment an amendment to submit tho proposi tion to a vote of the people. The mends or the Dill claim tho majority report will be adopted and the bill passed Just as it Is. The laws of Ohio aro so constructed that people and corporations in other States who desire to use railroads running through Ohio and other States bring their cases in Ohio courts often. Such litigation properly be longs in the other State's, and the court costs are paid by Ohio taxpayers. Mr. Griffin's bill putting a stop to this kind of imposition passed the Senate to-day, and is now a law. If ABIE BLAINE VEEY ILL. Her Trip From tho West Prostrates Her for Quito Awhile. New "York, March 10. Special Mrs. James G. Blaino, Jr., who is at the New York Hotel witb her family, was taken seri ously 111 Wednesday morning. Her nurse lound her unconscious in bed at 10 a. it, and was unable to louse her. She told Mrs. Nevlns that Mrs. Blaino had fainted. Dr. H. L. Constable, who chanoed to be in the ho tel, was sent for, and efforts were made by artificial respiration to restore the patient to consciousness. Dr. Constable sent for Dr. McKay and Dr. Forrest. It was not un til 1:30 o'clock in tho afternoon that Mrs. Blaine recovered consciousness. Sho was very weak and Inclined to be delirious. Dr. Constable said to-day that Mrs. Blaine's attack was undoubtedly caused by the fa tigue of her long trip from tho West. Sho is an invalid at best, nad liable to succumb to any unusual excitement. Her malady on Wednesday, Dr. Constable said, was heart failure and nervous prostration. He said there was no reason to suspect that Mrs. Blaine had taken morphine. Dr. Constable remained at the New York Hotel until lata this morning, so as to be within call if Mrs. Blaine should have a second attack. WORLD'S FAIE EEC0HMENDATI0N& Exhibits Should Be Decided Upon Prompt ly and Disputes Avoided. Haiirisburo, March 10, The report of Ex ecutive Commissioner Whitman to the World's Fair Board this afternoon concludes with these recommendations: That the character and extent of the separate) exhib its to bo prepared on the part of the State should be decided upon at tho earliest date practicable: that the scope ofthe special de partments should be fixed beyond chanco of luture dispute and the sums assigned to them so placed that there shall bo no hesi tancy on the part of any official or commit tee about making a contract or arrange ment that falls within his or their piovlnco. The Executive Commissioner should be authorized to engage a deputy at such sal ary as will secure the best talent that can be had for the place. These recommendations havo Trppn rfiffirre.fi to thn E-reentlvo Com mittee, which will meet on the 23d to con- slder tnem. NO HATBED CHEEISHED. Ex-Confederate Say Thoy Will Give Union Veterans a Hearty Welcome. Cikcixkati, March 10. The officers of a railroad at this place In their efforts to in fluence travel over their road from the West to the coming Grand Army Encampment at Washington have given prominence to the fact that their line afforded an opportunity to visit Richmond and the Shenandoah Val ley and other Virginia battlefields. But they havo been met with the suggestion from Grand Army men that perhaps the uniform and badgo of the order might not be welcome in Virginia. Thi3 has put tho offlcei s of the road on Inquiry an d they havo found that the objection has been antici pated by the ex-Confederates and that they, through tbelrcamps.ihavealieady begun to make arrangements with the G. A. R. Post in Richmond to assure to nil visitors a friendlv and hospitable greeting without re. gard to which flag they iollowed during the war. Industry Gains by Free Debate. New York Recorder. 1 Hopelessly divided on silvor, the Demo cratic Congressmen seek reunion through tariff debate. It is said that "tbe broadest latitude" is tobo permitted In the discussion. That is what Republicans want. The cause of American industry always gains by free and fall debate. Railroad Officials Elected. Haksibal, Mo., March 10. At the annual meeting or tbe stockholders ofthe Hannibal and St. Louis, Hannibal and Kansas City Roads the- following offlcers were elected: President, John I. Blah: Vice President, J. H. Orr: Secretary and Treasurer, S. 8. Palmer; General PassengerandFreight Agent, W. W. Drlggs. Bluffing Is of No Avail. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Lord Salisbury's bluffing in the Bering Sea matter will avail him nothing. Mr. Blaine holds the winning cards, and will. play them' Wr all they are worth, ' ' LADY HENRY SOMERSET Makes Another Date With Pittsburg and Says She Is Sorry for Past Offenses Committee Meets To-Day for Arrange ments Literary Lenten Leisure. Herewith is appended correspondence between the well-known English noble woman, Lady Henry Somerset, and Mrs. Andrew L. Bryce, Secretary of the Women's Christian Temperance Union of Allegheny County. The letters convey the interesting intelligence that Lady Henry bas arranged definitely to spend one day in Pittsburg, March 17, and give a lecture here. It will be remembered that. In December, tbe distin guished lady made arrangements, or rattier at her request, arrangements were made for her, to speak in tbe Smithfield Street M. E. Church and that afterward she was forced to break her engagement. Enthusiasm was rife then in swell circles, and had Lady Henry been able to come she doubtless would have been greeted by as enthusiastic an andience as has ever gathered to hear her In any part or the country. Particularly were Welsh mill workers, In whom Lady Henry's interest is peculiarly centered, deslrious or hearing one, who, if reports are reliable, has been of inestimable service to their countrymen at home. In deed, so anxious were thoy to hear her that, on the occasion df nn erroneous report aris ing concerning her arrival here In January, a representative committee from the work lngmen In a South side manufactory waited upon the W. C. T. U. women and requested permission to pay whatever expenses the Visit would Involve. Disappointment at Lady Henry's Failure. A good deal of disappointment resulted from the change in Lady Henry's plans, and, of course, In the grumble that followed she didn't escape scot free. Now, however, everything is most satisfactory, and tbe Secretary has called a meeting of the Execu tive Committee of the County W. C. T. U. for to-morrow. It will be held at 2:30 p. v. in the parlors of the First Allegheny Day Nur sery, 202 North avenue, when arrangements will than be made for a mnss meeting, which Lady Henry Somerset will address on Thurs day, March 17. Lady Henry wrote from Rest Cottage, Miss Willard's DIJon villa, on Monday, March 7, to Mrs. Andrew Bryce, her lettor "being as fol lows: Mr Dear Fbieni If March 17 wonld suit you. I will so gladly come to Pittsburg to fulfill my engagement. I remember the trouble I unavoidably gave you beforo and will do nil I can to repair It. Please do all you can that the men from the works may come; as I am anxious to meet them. I conld speak also at the works, during the dinner hour, if advisable. Believe me, yours sin cerely, Isabel Somerset. In response, Mrs. Bryce Immediately wired an answer; the telegram in substance being that tbe date was -suitable and would be gladly accepted. Fuller Information was sent later. Miss WlUard Vouches for Lady Henry. Inclosed with the English woman's dain tily written missive blue note-paper (a sort of a compromise on the foreign note), bear ing a seal composed of the name "Isabel" In a clicular field, surrounded by three fleurs-de-lis and surrounded by a looped scroll, and all done in the monrning color Is a let ter from Frances Willaid. Miss Wfllard says: "Lady Henry Somerset will speak for you Match 17. She will stop but one day and can accopt no hospitalities. She will go to a hotel please send word which Is the best. Anna Gordon and I shall accompany her. I write briefly, but you know my heart." Tho Anna Gordon referred to in Miss Wil lard's letter is her private secretary, who probably more than any other woman to day enjoys the confidence of the great tem perance leader. Lady Henry will hardly realize until once she comes to Pittsburg how here moie than anywhere else will she feel the pulse of the great American work ing people. It Is curious enough that her particular phase of philanthropy should havo been practiced everywhere elsesavo in that city nhere more than elsewhere is it needed. Moreover, Lady Henry will be among thousands of her British countrymen, and though Tommy long ago ceased ''to dearly love a lord," a gentlewoman who has so adorned the Earl's coronet once removed, will certainly be listened to with something a trifle warmer than respect. Chicago Love Feast Almost Over. From a Chicago correspondent of to-day it appears that Lady Henry will leave for England In a short time, preceding her de parture by a farewell lecture March 13. Though she and Chicago women seemed to havo formed a mutual admiration society, and despite the stories of her becoming an American citizen, replacing hor title by that of plain Mrs. Somerset, England once more is to become her place of residence. Chicago society, it is said, will part with the English woman regretfully. In a talk yesterday Lady Henry struck a chord to which Pittsburg cannot help but respond. Said she: "Now Is tho time- for reform, and attention should be directed to tho better housing of tho poor. Middlemen between land owner and tenant have mado rents so exorbitant in London and New York that people are herded like wild boasts. The same curse of the tenement house system will soon prevail in Chicago. City authorities should take the matter Into their own hands, and exact dwellings for the working classes. Open space in abund ance should bo secured In the suburbs or cities on which to plant colonies of working people's homes. Increased rents must fol low with all their serious consequences If some' provision is not made for housing tho poor." It is a curious spectacle, and one requiring the latter nineteenth century ns the time, nnd tho United States as the place, for an English land owner to be pleading the cunse of the tenants and placing them on an ordinary human basis. The Llghti'of Eternal Rome. Last night Mr. Charles M. Adams began a series of illustrated lecture travels, his listeners on this occasion being introduced to the "Sights and Sounds of Eternal Rome," and permitted to enjoy themselves there above an hour nnd a quarter. Beyond tho views, which were magnificently thrown on the canvas, the stereopticon never tailing to answer the cues, u great deal cannot be said lor Mr. Adams. He has a pleasing voice, though not a captivating delivery, and. though the lectures are announced as tbe lesult of "personal observation" there is a deal that smacks of the guide book; and especially is this the case when the lecturer ventures into the field of philosophizing, or gentle rumination and seutimentallsm. His Rome was the Rome of the regu lation traveler my thologlcal Romc,classlcal modern and ecclesiastical Rome. But as his lectuies are addressed particularly in Pittsburg to an audience which has been going over the same ground hand In hand with geography and history, undoubtedly though less pi actlcal, Mr. Adams' choice of subject is not less suitable. The leoturer is to be complimented on tho possession of a clear, ringing voice, which wns heard last night perfectly at every point in the theater, and needed to be, for the audience nearly tilled it. Mr. Adams, who comes hero under the social wing of Miss Killikelly, and as n sort of completion toiler European classes, will reappear at the Club Theater on Thursdavs, as follows: Match 17, "Bay of Naples;" March 24, "Sicily and Mafia:" Maveh 31, "In and Out of Lou don;" April 7, "Homes or Queeu Vlotorla." Gossip of tbe Inner Circle. Among the attendants at a recent fashion able wedding in Charleston, S. C, were Messis. F. B. and W. J. Gunning. The gentle men are well-known Pittsburgers. This is a good story which hails from a knot of women gossiping at the Sorosls an nual meeting: "You know what a handsome man my hus band is?" says the conter of the group. All the women said they knew. "And vou know I am not handsome." A visible reluctance to reply is observed among the auditors, but the narratoracccpts a deprecatory murmur as answer, and goes on: "Our bntler has an exalted admiration tor my husband, and the other day came to me' and said: 'Mrs. , I do think Mr. is tho handsomest man I over did see. r looked at him agoing down the steps this morning, an' I says to myself: There. ain't a better lookln' man In New York than Mr. .' "So then I asked him: 'James, what do you suppose induced Mr. to marry as homely u woman as I amV "He looked at mo lor a moment, and then replied solemnly: 'Mis. , it was God's will 1"' Some on Hand. New York Sun. Cook Wo nre oat of spice ma'am. Shall I go out and buy some? Mrs. Bounder It is not necessary. (To her husband): My dear, will you look, through your pockets and give her what you bavo about yon? Ought to Knoonrago an Early Close. Chicago Intcr-Occin.: , There 'aro 76 farmers in the Fifty-second Congress. Spring plowing ought - to encour age an early adjournment. MB. WHXABD A8 JODAH. A Notable New Play, With Mif Borrou'hs In a Great Bole. The play of "Judah," by Henry Arthur Jones, who wrote "The Middleman," "The 8ilver King" and other notablo works, was given at the Duquesne Theater last night. A very largo and representative audience filled the theater, and by their warm ap plause showed that they approved tbe aoting whatever 'they may havo thought of the play. The chief Interest of the performance naturally lay in Mr. Wil lard's assumption or a new part, as far as Pittsburg Is concerned. Tbe character of the yonng Welsh Presbyterian preacher, Judah Llewellyn, Is only like that of Cyrus Menkarn in "The Middleman" in its Inten sity. Mr. Willard personally and physically appears to greater advantage as tbe youthful clergyman, for tho garb is becoming to his singularly attractive and intellectual face, which no amount of make up can entirely spoil. 'Bat Judah as a creat ure of flesh and blood to win our hearts is not in the race with tbe old potter Blenkarn. Mr. Jones lias written, as usual with him, a strong and original play; bnt it lacks truth deplorably, and It Is sicklied over with a melancholy mist of imposture and cheap seutimentallsm. The story Is briefly this: Tashti DeiMa is the daughter ot a genteel confidence man, and lends herself to him to be used as a stalking horse for his victims. Judah, the J'oung clergyman, first loves her as a genu ne faith cure priestess, and when he finds her out loves her still, and, after a sort of seml-publlc confession of their Joint impos ture, departs to live happily ever afterward. The weakness of the play did not prevent Mr. Willard from showing the masterly quality of his art. Miss Burroughs as Vashtl had a larger opportunity to win sympathy, and played the difficult role with remark able power. Her repressed ana delicate methods produced very strong effects, and except in so far as the character oversteps the line of probability, for a girl so strong in her purity at one moment could hardly be so weak the next. her Vcuhti was as natural as she was a beantiful picture always. Mr. Willard's best work, peihaps, was dono in the last act, where he showed in every line of his face, his voice and in all bis gesture? tho progress of a great soul and a guilty conscience toward reconciliation. The triumphant close by Mr. Willard's wonderful noting was made to seem, what It was not, a high and holy ending and the only proper one for the play. The company was decidedly successful as a whole. Miss Craddock's recital of tbe in valid girl's dream was one of the best feat ures of act II. and won her long and loud ap plause. Mr. H Cane, as the fussy and ben evolent Briton, who is always seeking to puncture humbugs and show up quacks, was very clever, although he bad tbe advantage of speaking most of the smart lines in the piece. Mr. Royce Carleton was admirable as Jr. Dtthic, the smooth Instigator of his daughter's "faith- cure" swindle. A little bit of grotesque and very overdrawn comedy was skillfully enacted by Mr. Tyler and Miss Tilbury. At the end of act II. there were four curtain calls and much applause at other points. BERING SEA FUE FLIES. This Bering Sea controversy is getting old enough to know better. Detroit Free Press. The best way to end the seal controversy, of which the country is heartily tired, is to end the seals. Let them be killed off, males females, pups and all, seals and seals' kin, and let us have peace. Indianapolis Journal. Tax Bering Sea seal fisheries game of bluff has been reopened, with Salisbury making the opening raise a loud one at that and Mr. Blaine preparing to go it a war better. If necessary. In the meantime there Is likely to bo nothing left to bluff about. Kansas City Times. The position assumed by the British Gov ernment throws down all restrictions on its part to untrammeled slaughter of nursing female seals, and in self-defense It will bo necessary for the United States to permit Americans to obtain their share of the seal plunder. St. Paul Globe. The American people expect Congress and the President to revoke the nn hallowed bar gain and to stand upon tbe nation's rights. They are tired of the wrangle. They would have it end In peace or war, as England may elect, but without another word of argu ment. Washington Post. It cannot be possiblo that Salisbury wants war, bnt if be does bo -shall have It! The emergency that bas arisen should be met firmly, seriouslv, solemnly, as Americans have always met the issues involving tre mendous consequences that have been thrust upon thom Sew Tork Recorder. The Senate should not for one moment hesitate, hut should rather, on the contrary, make haste to ratify the treaty of arbitra tion. Tho faith or this Government to that end is pledged and must not be withdrawn. Let it do right in the matter, then insist npon the other party to the agreement doing wbati3 right, also. Philadelphia CdlL The Senate Indicates its purpose to pro ceed with caution and dell Deration in re gard to the Bering Sea treaty and diplo matic correspondence. That Is right. If the administration makes no more than Just demands In the case and maintains those demands with dignity as well as firmness, the country will sustain it. Cleveland Plain Dealer. THEY TEY IT AGAIN. Ohio Sewer Pipe lien Form a Combination to Control Prices. 8TECBZXVILI.E, O., March 10. Special. Sewer pipe men of the Ohio Valley met to day In Toronto, and formed a combination of all the sewer pino workers in the Ohio Valley, along with Uhricksville. An organ ization bas existed for some time and for the purpose of regulating the prices, of sewer pipe, but several companies were out and cut the price so badly that it was found nn organization could not exist without forcing them in. The old Globe Sewer Pipe Association which broke up three years ago, wns reorganized with the following firms: Calumet, Excelsior, Ohio Valley. Great Western, John Francis Son's & Co., Toronto: Freeman Fire Clay Company. Freeman; Knowles. Taylor 4 Anderson, East Liver pool: Diamond Fire Clav Company, Uhrichs-J vine; jiCiiaiian i orcer a kv.. jcw iumuer land, W. Va.: N. U. Walker. Wellsville; Pitts burg Sewer Pine Company. New Brighton, Pa.: Anderson Sewer Pipe Works, Anderson, W. Va.; Empire Fire Clay Company, Empire. These are firms that were to have been gobbled by an English syndicate several years ago. HEEOES WERE THESE. A Yonng Woman and a Child Dropped Five Stories and Cau;ht by Spectators. New Yoke, March 10. This afternoon fire broke out on the fourth floor of a flve-story tenement honso on East Twentv-nlnth street. A family named Knoblooh live in the top floor. Katie Knoblocli. 18 years of age, had charge of two children when the fire bioke out. Smoke rendered escape by thn stairway Impossible. Katie was panio stricken. She held one child out of the window until weakness compelled her to let it fnll. The child fell five stories to the sidewalk nnd was fatally injured. Katie then held the other child out of the window nnd let it fall Into tho arms of a man standing on the sidewalk. This child was only slightly injnred and will recover. The girl Katio then climbed out of the window, nnd, after banging suspended from tho sill for a few minutes, became ex hausted and dropped. Several men who weio watching the girl caught her in their arms, thus saving her lire. Tho fire was ex tinguished aftercauslng a trifling loss. C0L0BAD0 BALL00H SCHEME. Its Land and Irrigating Companies Are .After English Gold. Dswveb, Colo., Maroh 10. The Travelers' Insurance Company havo given an option on all their property in Colorado to John C. Montgomery, of thl3 city. The transaction will be closed this week and a new company will bo formed. So far ns can bo learned it Is thu intention of Mr. 3Iontgomery to play this enterprise In England. To it will be added a grant of 100,000 acres of land owned by Qnincy A. Shaw, of Boston, adjoining some of the insurance lands, and situated la Colorado and New Mexico. The options coverall the real estate, irri gating ditches and canals, and water rights owned by the Insurance company. Among these are found the Grand river, Fort Mor gun, Del Norte, Citizens' and Uncom pangro Land and Ditoh Companies. The amount or the option is said to (1,000,000. The land pnt Into the scheme by Mr. Shaw is valued at $4,000,000. Mr. Springer Still Improving. Washtxqtox, March 10. The improvement In Mr. Springer's coudltlon, though very slow and tedious, still continues. He passed a comfortable night, sleeping nicely. As a result or her long and untiring vigil by tbe bedside or her sick husband, Mrs. Springer la very mneh prostrated. A little rest, It Is hoped, will restore her usual health. CDRI0US CONDENSATIONS. Colorado has a newspaper called tho Watermelon. Automatic boot blacks will be put on tho market soon by a Nurnborg firm. They will be run on tbe nlckel-ln-thc-slot plan. An electric railway is projected which, Is to run from St. Petersburg to Archangel, Russia, a distance of more than 800 miles. In Germany 27,483 children between 12 and 14 years worked in the factories In 18D0 in England, 8&.193 under 13 years wete em ployed. A Georgia man boast3 possession of an ordinary school slate, which has been in con stant use for more than 50 years, and is yen unbroken. Letitia Cox, who 'died at Bybrook, Jamaica, In 1838. claimed and brought evi dence to prove that she was 160 years old at the time of her death. Bangor had only about four weeks of sleighing this winter, and the streets aro bare now. In former years the sleighlnj season averaged 100 days in length. A woman who lives at Concord, U". CL, the other night dreamed that she saw her husband cut In two by a circular saw. Tbe next day, it is related, hor dream came true. A curious relic of old Boman life found recently at Lanurium (Porto Portese) and now stored in the British Museum, Is a thin slab of stone that was anciently a circa poster. The nebula in Orion is a fine telescopia object now. The great black space in this nebula is known among nnpoetio star-gazers as the "coal-hole." No star has ever been de tected In this "hole In the universe." In its wild state the elephant feeds heartily, but wastefully. It Is careful in selecting the few forest trees which It likes) for their bark or rollage. But it will tear down branches and leave half of them un touched. It will strip off the bark from other tree3 and throw away a large portion. The savages of the Amazon region fed the common green parrot for generations with tho fat of certain flsbes, thus causing it to become beautifully variegated with red and yellow feathers. In like manner the natives of the Malay Archipelago by a pro cess of feeding" changed the talkative Lory into the gorgeous King Lory. It is said that engravers in Germany harden their tools in sealing wax; The tool is heated to whiteness and plunged Into the wax, withdrawn after an Instant, and plunged in again, the process being repeated until the steel is too cold to enter the wax. The steel is said to become after this process almost as hard as the diamond. "Thero is a carious thing about the long, narrow lakes that border the Missouri river," said B, C. Schultz, of Omaha, at the Lindcll. "There is bnt one such lake of any size on the west side of tho river from Omaha to St. Louis, while there are hun dreds of them on the east side. This seems to Indicate that the bed or the river 13 grad ually moving toward the west, leaving lake3 at intervals to fill the old channel. The Kussian naval estimates for 1893 amount to 17,S82,233 roubles, or 2,991,931 roubles more than last year, which sum is to be spent upon the building of new ships. By ordjr of the Czar a large ironclad cruiser, of the same typo as tbe Rurics; of 10,923 tons and 15,000 horse-power, is. to bo put upon the stocks at St. Petersburg this spring, in addition to three ironclads of 11,000 tons and several iron clad coast ves sels of from 4,000 to 5,000 tons. The pressure that can be produced by electrolytic generation of gas in a closed space has recently been tested by a French scientist. The highest pressure heretofore realized was 6,570 pounds to the square Inch. In this Instance the pressure obtained was between 12,000 and 13,000 to the square Inch, when tbe manometer cracked without any explosion. The liquid used was a 25 per cent solution of soda. Tbe electrodes were of iron, and the current IX amperes. It is said that at the reception given by Mrs. Potter Palmer to the 110 Congressmen, even Western etiquette was shocked at the performance of some of its guests. These 110 representatives each bronght his wifo and children, and the wife of the "Honora ble member from Texas" came In a linen dusterandputher child to sleep In the li brary at 10 o'clock. Another offspring of this same Texan family amused herself by skating on the mosaic floor of the drawing room! With the exception of a living carpet of delicate maidenhair, whloh attains a height of from five to sir feet, and of ropes of creeper ferns which swing from tree to treo like fairies in the castle of a giant, the fot of Australia is altogether bare of un dergrowth. In the woods of recent growth, however, vegetation Is more luxuriant. The long tendrils of the clematis and rata con nect trunk with trunk in garlands ot white nnd scarlet bloom, and at their base flour ishes an infinite variety of ferns, while here and there a graceful tree-fern rears Its silvery-lined crown. Galapagos tortoises are the only sur vivors of an ancient race of huge turtles which lived so long ago as the early part of the Tertiary epoch. Specimens weighing from 600 to 700 pounds have been captured, and tbere is authentic record of one indi vidual taken which tipped tbe scales at 870 pounds. However, nearly all of the very big ones have been caught and devoured, and ie will not be long before the race Is exter minatedliterally "eaten off the face of tho earth bvgluttonons man." It is reckoned that 10,000.000 of these turtles have been taken from the Islands sinco their discovery. An American missionary writes from the Yangtse river that he tried In November last to buy land on which to build houses for the accommodation of a party of mis sionaries who were coming up tho river. Ha thought ho had secured the land. All ar rangements had been made except tho sign ing of the deed. Then the man who was selling the property beard a report that tho missionaries ate children. That nzlynews frightened the poor man and he declined to sign the papers. The missionary hoped the man's fright wonld subside, but at last ac counts ho had not yet succeeded in buying the property. There are many mysterious things about beetles. Those of Brazil aro famed for their brilliant metallic hues, yet no one has been able to find out what makes theso colors. Somo are of gold, others of silver, yet others of blue enamel seemingly, and so on, through an endless variety of tints. One variety Is called the "diamond beetle," be cause it is covered with minute points which reflect the light. Their use for Jewelry is fa miliar. They are employed for trimming dresses, and sometimes a particularly fine one is kept alive and allowed to wander over the corsage of the wearer, attached by a slender chain. PICKINGS FBOM PUCK. "Do they sing a Becessional at your chnrch?" "No; we used to, nutwe don't now. The Re cessional Is golngout, I think." Kind Son (back from the city) I didn't know exactly what to bring you, mother, but here Is the material for a new silk dress. LoTlngMother (opening package) Oh. George, this would be Just what I wanted If I had only bought It myself. Ah, when the sunny tresses grow Out from the scalp and we behold Two different colors, then we know . That all that's blondlned Is not gold. "What are you laughing at?" 'Thieves broke Into my house while I was away and stole all the plumbing." "What's funny about that?" They'll all hare malaria Inside of a week." Poet I am going to write a poem to nlftt. Wine Have yon an Inspiration, dear? Poet-No; but I need S3. Bosalie Now don't tell anyone what! have said. Grace I won't. I'll stay home from the sewing class on purpose. "Shave, sir?" asked the barber ofthe bald headed man. "No," retorted the sarcastic patient. "I came here for a little conTersailone." 'Tis not the fear of future grief That makes me sad to-day: 'TIs not the thought of guilty deeds That on my conscience weigh; 'Tis not because young CupW dart Hath lately left a scar What makes Ihe day so dreary I This blasted mean cigar. May Why do you call my face a poem? Frank (gallantly) Because it bears scanning. He Will you marry me? She (emphaUcally)-NoI He (undismayed) Then will yon promise not to marry Bob Sawyer? She Do you not consider a lap dog a luxury?. -..,.,. Ho-ttoodacM me, no I More of oulsaaoa. .J -, V 1 , i"-Ll -i.. .Jt&as
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