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THE PZDTSBUEG DISPATCH, FEIDAT, MARCH 11, . 1892.
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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.
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