THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH, THURSDAY, MARCH 17. 1892. Hlje B$paf tfj. ESTABLISHED FEBRUARY. 8. 1S46 Vol. 47. No. 39. -Entered it rittsburg Postofflce iCovember, JS37. as second-class matter. Business Office Corner Smithfield and Diamond Streets. News Rooms and Publishing House 7S and So Diamond Street, in New Dispatch Building. EAPTFKN AnVERTISINR OFFICE. ROOM 7. TRIBUNE BUILDING. NKWYORK.wliere com plete files orTHE IHfcPATCH can always be found. Foreign advertisers appreciate tlie convenience. Home advertisers and rriends of THE DISPATCH, while In New York, are also made welcome. TITE DISPATCnisreovlarly on sa'e at Brentano's, r.rnlon Square, yew York, and J? Ave de V Opera, Paris, Ranee, where anyone who has been disap pointed at a hotel news stand can obtain it, 1i;ilMS OF THE DISPATCH. POSTAGE TREE IX THE UNITED STATE. rAIt.T DispATcn. One Year S 8 00 Daily DisrATcn. Per Quarter 2 00 Daily Dipatch, One Month TO Daily DisrATcn, Including Sunday, lycar.. 1000 Daily Disr atch. 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The other is the recently published declar ation that the anthracite roads 'will, if the Constitu tion is enforced, take refuge under the servile legislation of New Jersey, and claim the right to conduct business cre ated and protected by Pennsylvania legis lation in defiance of the Pennsylvania charter. When such evidences of corporate nul lification are sounded abroad, it is time for some one to speak out boldly in favor of using the extreme powers of the State to assert the supremacy of fundamental laws. In taking his radical position Mr. Powderly simply plants himself on the platform of the unyielding defense of the public rights. It is easy to at tribute unworthy motives, as some of Air. Powderly's opponents have done in his case, but it is a great deal easier to attribute the same sort of motives to those who are willing to let the funda mental law be ignored at the dictation of corporate magnates. But the real test of any public position is in the principle in volved; and no higher principle can well be enunciated than that the extreme power of the State shall be exerted to maintain the supremacy of law over the rich and powerful as well as over the ignorant and weak. Having indorsed Air. Powderly's posi tion in the main, we can express our dis sent to bis sarcasm at those who opposed the Constitutional Convention last year. The fact is that The DrsFATCn opposed it because the present Constitution, con tains ample provisions to check corporate aggressions. It would not be wise to open the door to mutilate an instrument which contains such vital provisions. This the convention might have done.- We have always held that the full enforce ment of the present Constitution is more needed than the making of a new one. RC8SI AND THE SEALING DISPUTE. The report that Russia stands ready to aid the United States in case the Bering Sea difficulty should go to the extent of actual hostilities is doubtless built on inse cure foundations. It is more than prob able that Russia might make use of such a conflict to further her designs on Asia, if it could be utilized in that manner; but even on that supposition the .most improb able course ivould be for the Czar's Gov ernment to serve notice on England that it would do so. Tiewing the thing as a possibility the practical results of such an alliance are worth considering. Suppose for the sake of the argument that the aid of Russia would enable us to defeat England on the seas, what would the United States be ex pected to give in return for that assistance? It is in the contemplation of such a possi bility that we find the application of Washington's warning to avoid entangling alliances. Beyond that'ine-only assist ance which the United States could expect from Russia would be naval, and the fleets of Russia and the United States combined can hardly be matched against that of Ennland. Russia might find her recom pense in the invasion of India; but a Mus covite conquest of Hindustan would not repay the United States for the suspension of its commerce and the possible destruc tion of its seacoast cities. The report is of less importance because sensible men in both countries know that neither England nor the United States can afford to commit the crime against civiliza tion of a war over a lot of seals. Poli ticians and Jingoes on both sides of the ocean may find satisfaction in exagger ating the dispute, but intelligent men know that -neither nation would endure such a war for a year. Six months' ex perience of its effects would bring the governments of both countries under "an overwnelming popular demand for its ces sation. We believe that both Englishmen and Americans would be stubborn in the maintenance of the integrity of their gov ernments where national honor is really at stake. But that there is any just cause of war in the question about the seals will be negatived by the intelligence of both nations. INTERNATIONAL CHARITY. About a day after the newspapers chronicle the sailing from New York of a vessel laden with a cargo of flour, the free gift of people of the United States to the starving people of Russia, the cable re ports the arrival at a Russian port of an other shipload previously sent from Phila delphia. These two shiploads of food for a nation suffering from a dreadful famine is a grateful contribution from our abund ance to Russia's destitution. It is estab lishing between nations the rule of charity which more widely obtains between indi viduals. In none of its international rela tions does this nation appear to better ad vantage than in this spontaneous gift to rescue the Russian sufferers in their ex tremity. . 3ut should our people rest satisfied with this woodwork? It is gratifying to esti mate that the supplies thus sent may rescue 50,000 or 75,000 souls from utter starvation. But, with the knowledge that the starving people are counted by the tens of millions, should not the good work go on? TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY. Mr. A. B. Farquhar, the new Executive Commissioner of the Pennsylvania Board of World's Fair Managers, Is eminently right In his opinion that our State should be in the front rank at the Exposition. There is not a word of exaggeration in the importance which he attributes to our in dustries, and we should lose no op portunity of emphasizing it before the world. Our manufacturers have in the past been content to let orders seek them, instead of bestirring themselves to secure contracts. The time has come for an end of these apathetic tactics, and the inaugur ation of a new system of enterprising activity. The World's Fair provides a splendid starting point for the new era, and if tho opportunity be in any way neglected the future will show that such neglect was the most foolish of all possible policies. But, so far, there is reason to believe that as a State, and as individuals, we shall make a satisfactory display of our capabilities. It only remains to maintain a vigilance which shall prevent the relaxa tion of private effort or the misuse of pub lic funds. TO SUPPRESS ANARCHY. It is reported that the King of Belgium proposes to call a conference of European powers to discuss the question of anarchy and to study the best means for its sup pression. The conference Is to be in dorsed LVi the hope that it will lead to a due enlightenment of European monarchs and statesmen as. to the cause of anarchy and the change of policy which must fol low such an accession of new informa tion. If the anti-Anarchist conference gives to the question of Anarchist or Socialist agi tation that impartial and exhaustive in vestigation it requires they will find that its root lies in inequalities which fesult from the social organization under exist ing government. Natural inequalities do not produce anarchistic opinions. No man will ever propose to blow up society with dynamite because he cannot add a cubit to his stature or because his .neighbor was in youth quicker at mastering the Rule of Three. But it is where the inequalities established by government in its broadest sense place burdens or disadvantages on the masses to the advantage of certain favored classes that the dissatisfaction ex ists which nourishes the theory of recon structing society with explosives. It is a clear deduction that the way for tbe European governments to suppress anarchy is to make government so clearly and impartially for the benefit of the whole that the people will defend it as their greatest privilege. When govern ment establishes itself in the popular esti mation as a protection and defense, An archist seed will find no ground to take root But to suppress anarchy in that way the people must not be burdened with the maintenance of great armies to gratify an imperial ambition, nor must society open the doors of preferment and fortune to a favored class and close them to the masses. The lesson which European powers need to learn on this topic is not without value for this country. For, while our govern ment is in theory for the benefit of the whole people, there is sometimes a vast difference between theory and practice. THE CANAL JOB. In its last effort on behalf of the Nicaragua Canal the New York Press argues that half of the Naval Policy Board's estimate of 1300,000,000 for a navy sufficient to protect both the Atlantic and Pacific coasts can be saved by building the canal The Government is not asked to pay anything, the Press declares, hut merely to guarantee interest on the $100,000,000 and "expert authority has estimated that the canal will not cost over $100,000,000." This is a departure from the former statement of the same organ that the engi neer's estimates of the cost of the canal were only $65,000,000, which has since be come inconvenient On the later state ment the case, is presented of asking the Government to guarantee bonds for the full cost of the canal. On the earlier one it means that the promoters and members of the construction company will pocket $35,000,000 for doing the Government the favor of accepting its aid. The country has had too much experience with sub sidy jobs not to comprehend the full mean ing of these figures. As to the naval value of the canal in case of actual war it is simply this: It will be at the service of the power that can assemble at both ends the strongest naval force. If one combatant should be able to have the strongest force at the At lantic outlet and the other could control the Pacific end it would be simply block aded. A canal a thousand miles away from its territory is the worst investment with a view to naval warfare that can be made by a power which does not maintain itself in the lead of naval forces. The United States has not so fully pro vided for the development and protection of its internal commerce by water-ways that it is ready to dump $100,000,000 of its credit in Nicaragua to make big fortunes for the canal promoters. If these gentle men can find private capital to build the canal they are entitled to do so; but the first claim on any surplus funds for that purpose is that of the internal canals. LAW AND BURIALS. ' A novelty in special legislation has ap peared in the New York Legislature in the shape of a bill to prohibit the disposi tion of the dead by any method except burial. Some ultra cremationists have been known to foreshadow the time when the law will forbid burial, but this is tho first intimation that the present age could interfere with liberty of the deceased or his relatives to choose between the two systems. At first the mind may hesitate whether to attribute this remarkable measure to' the holders of cemetery' stock or to that dignified and solemn cult of undertakers who put themselves in evidence as funeral directors. But the fact that cemetery stock is by no means an active investment, and the well-known, chastened and sorrowful determination of the funeral directors to hold the last sad rites up to the full limits of cost, mark this bill as the peculiar product of the latter. This seems to stamp those undertakers of Pittsburg, who have so far given away to the innovating tendencies of the time by erecting crematories in connection with their establishments as not up to the full standard of your real funeral director unless, indeed, they have added a new terror to death by surrounding cremation with the same accessories of cotton gloves, crape and ruinous bills that the ethics of funeral directing impose as a necessity of burial Nevertheless, tbe melancholy profession should be warned that in securing the in troduction-of such a bill they have ven tured on thin ice. From the idea of regu lating burials by 'legislation there is only a short step to' the regulating of charges for burials. . When Legislatures get started on the regulation of the bills of funeral di rectors, what tearing up there will he in tho vested interests of salable solemnityl Next to going to war with England at all, tbe most foolish thing we could do would be to enter into an alliance, with Russia for the purpose. We contribute relief to famine-stricken peasants whose sufferings are due to tbe despotism of their Government nnd its inability or disinclination to prop erly manage its immense area, and then people laying -claim to soundness of intel lect suggest that we should strengthen tho despotism and increase its dominion. 'If the parties responsible for robbing the Washington Arsenal of the price paid for 900 tons of coal never delivered are not severely punished, the nation should know the reason why. Notoriety has a great deal to do with the attention which Hill is attracting In the Sooth, and an ovation of a similar nature would no doubt greet Butler McAUster or Train-Robber Perry. People have a strong desire to see those whom they read about, and in this case they nre in a hurry to get their sight before tho comet vanishes into the obscurity whence it came. . Mk. Powderly's ideas on the powers and duties, of a Governor nre so sweeping that It is Just as well for hiinselt and the State that the Gubernatorial chair is other wise engaged. Russia professed great indignation, at the suggestion that the murder of the Bul garian Agent In Constantinople was In any way the result of Russian instigation. The release of a man arrested for the crime, by efforts of the Russian Consulate, Is not reas suring of Russian Innocence, especially when it is known that much damaging testimony against him was available. Bestbiction of immigration is likely to get mixed up with the bill providing for the free admission of wool since Secretary Foster has talked of tho "flannel-mouthed Irian." . Ix is quite true that the opposition to Quay may be divided Into various organiza tions. But the number and variety or those organizations only show the widespread na ture of the teellng that Quay Is not the right man Cor tbe Senate, and that Pennsylvania has had more than enough of him and his methods.' Hill's Southern speeches indicate that he has some shrewd Ideas with regard to tho mixture of taffy and vituperation. But they contain no vestige of real statesman ship. , The House yesterday wasted about an hour In discussing the proper distribution of patronage. Time would be saved and efficiency gained for tbe nation by dropping the patronage altogether and making ap pointments dependent on competitive civil service examinations, wherever possible. Lady Randolph Chubchill has had her pocket picked at Monte Carlo. She is not tbe first, nor is she likely to be the last, to suffer losses in that beautiful haunt of vice. It is difficult to believe that there can be any doubt as to President Harrison's atti tude with regard to the Bland bill, but ho wonld do well to pnt himself on record in some such unmistakable language as that with which he favors foreign governments in matters of importance. The most popular song for the committee investigating the Pension Offlco should be the ditty entitled "I've Been Roaming." The death of a man performing in a wild beast cage in England will no doubt add largely to tho drawing capacity of such ex hibitions. Tho risk of accident is the most attractive feature of such perilous enter tainments to the majority of "civilized" spectators. There has been so much talk and discus sion of the free bridge question that it is about time some action were taken. The sub-committee which is to go to Chi cago to audit the accounts of moneys thus far disbursed for the World's Fair, will have to practice an unusual amount of self-control if it does not wish to be accused of ox trnvagance in its own expenses during its trip West. This is the day for the wearing of the green, and dullest man has no right to feel blue. That executive sessions are constitutional is well known, but that they are advisable under some circumstances is a very doubt ful matter. A reputation which needs closed doors to protect it is not of the robust kind which should be essential for office-holders. Sly-leaved shamrocks will be a good deal commoner than four-leaved clovers to-night. Now that the law is after the meat com bine, those interested bave burnt, not their bridges, but their books. This may be suit able action for an illegal corporation, but it is hardly meet for any but those who fear to openly meet the charges made against them. New York has its Hill, but the hump remains in Pittsburg. The latest French duel is of more than ordinary importance, not only from the probability of a fatal termination but from the desire for popularity with the proletariat which wa3 the victor's incentive. FAVORITES OF FORTUNE. During the last 12 months the late Lord Mayor partook of 253 publio dinners. Pbikcess Beatrice is fond of trans lating short German stories into English. The Czarewitch of Bussia is fond of Bider"Haggurd's stories, and dolights in all books of adventure. Henry M. Stanley, the explorer, and his wife sailed Tuesday from Adelaidc.South Australia, for England. Nicholas Crouch, who wrote "Kath leen Mavourneen," and who is dying in Bal- J tlmoro at the age of Si, is the father of 22 children. Princess Cristian is the most practical member of the Royal family. She can sew, knit, cook, drive, garden, shoot, fish and keep accounts. . The German Kaiser ever insists upon a due observance or dress on tlie part of the little Princes. The poor little fellows must change their clothes at least three times a day. The Bev. Dr. Newman, of tho Tenth Street Congregational Church, in Washing ton, has been invited to take the Presidency of Marietta,'. O., College. His church will make great effort to retain him. The amateur astronomer who discovered that new star in the constellations of Auriga remained unknown for a time, not having signed the postal card on which he men tioned it to Prof. Copeland, Astronomer Royal of Scotland. He now proves to be a clergyman named Thomas D. Anderson. The Old, Old Story Again to the Fore. New York Advertiser. Ont In .Allegheny City, Pa., John R. Mur phy, Superintendent of the Department of Public Safety,' has been arrested on a charge of embezzlement and blackmail, and con spiracy .to defraud the city. Just so. Al though charged with looking after the safety of the city, John was after the contents of the city safe. 'It is the old story of munici pal recreancy and dishonesty. The custod ians or our cities are the chief enemies of the confiding burghers. Oh, for a Parkhurst in every city, whip in hand, to lash tbe rascals naked through the landl as Mr. Shakespeare would put It, A WALKING NEWSPAPER. EH Perkins Tarns Up With a Huge.Fnnd or Intelligence Few Places in the United States- That He's Not Fosted On and Willing to Talk Abqnr. Ou the Erie train last night was Eli Per kins, Just arrived from an extensive trip down through the Southern States. "Yes," he said to a New York Sun reporter, "I am just from Texa and Missouri via Charles ton, Savannah, -Atlanta. Birmingham, Vicks- bnrg, San Antonio, Galveston, the Staked Plains c of Texas, Arkansas, Kansas and Missouri, and I can give you the last news of the entire United States. What do you,want to know?" "Well, howare tho oropst" "The immense cotton crop is swamping the entire South. They .raised 9,000,000 bales, and a million bales more than the world wants. The price has fallen from 10 cents to S in Texas, and the surplus is piled up around the stations with no one to buy it." "Who id hnrt ttv th lnv Tirtee?" "The cotton merohant. Many farmers sold at 8 cents, but ruin stares tho Southern mer chant in the face. The entire Sonth is de pressed, and they cry out to tbe North for sympathy. I saw 80,000 bales piled up in Fort Smith. The Bed and Brazos rivers are lined with It. The farmer's corn bin is empty, and the merchants who have not failed are not able to carrvihlm through an other crop. Meetings are being held all over tho South, recommending the restriction of the crop this year." "How do they expect to restrict it?" . Trouble in the Sugar Country. "By putting in more, sugar, rice and corn. The price dropped too late for a wheat crop. They are in ti ouble in the sugar country in Texas and Louisiana, because Just as they want to plant more sugar Mr. Breckinridge, of Kentucky, jumps up in Washington and offers a resolution to take the 2-oent bonus off of sugar. This would destroy the sugar industry and throw 1,003,000 more bales of cotton upon the market. Then South Car olina, which used to make 1,000,000 barrels of rice, and Louisiana, which made 900,000 bar rels qf rice, want a tariff against oheap Chin ese rice, which has about broken up Amer ican rice planting." "Wbat arguments do fbey'use in speaking of a tariff on Uhlnesarico and Egyptian cot ton?" "They say: 'You Yankees put a tariff on tobacco and wneat to help your farmer, arid whv can't we have a tariffon Chinese rice?' " "How is the winter wheat crop?" Superb Prospects for Wheat. "I bring good news about wheat," said Mr. Perkins. "It is simply superb every, where. I have not seen enoh a stand of wheat in 16 yean. Tbe Inst Government re port was made when there was some doubt about whont. But thero have been recent warm rains from Noith Carolina to the Staked Plains in Texas, and every kernel sowed has come np. It could not be better in Kentucky and Tennossee.and the farmers in Texas, Arkansas, Missouri, Kansas, Illi nois. Indiana and Ohio have told me within four da vs that they never had such a pros- pecc. xne wueac is snore. t iiurh mo ground, but it is even and looks Just as they want it to look for a splendid crop. Along the Atchison and Missouri Pnciflc roads, clear into Colorado, tho gioundis soaked with a long, warm rain." "Did you sen anv polttionl ohnngosf" "Yes; t)io Farmers' Alliance is petering out like the old Greenback party. They have all come out tor free silver, and Weaver, the old Greenback candidate, is their man for the Presidency. The Farmers' Alliance in Texas legislated against aliens holding property in the State, and millions of dollars weie driven ont of Texas. The Texnns blame Governor Hogg, the Alliance Governor, for all the depression In Texas. Clarke, wiio is now running aaalnst Hogss, will be triumphantly elecfd Governor. He says: 'Hog drove out the Scotch and Bn gllsh aliens, nnd they now let their money lo the Yankees at 4 per cent, and the Yankee comes down and lets it to the Texan nt 10 per cent.' The Alliance fol lows in Kansas have so mined tho State by tnlktng I epudiatlon and free silver that al most all moitgages in Kansas are now written 'payable in gold.' " "What about the old Southern Democrat?" Gorman Solid in the South. "The old cast-iron Democrat has given up Cleveland. The 'Stuffed Prophet' never enthused them, and now that he has spoken atralnst freo silver the Democrats have dropped him. Thoy have also begun to talk about Gorman. They say Gorman can carry the solid Sonth and all the silver States be. cause he has traded his silver Influence with Woleott for "votes against the election bill.'" "Did you see anything funny in the South?" "I found tho. Texan is given to making fun of tho Arknnsun. The Bev. Dr. Prichett, President or tho Normal College at Hunts villo, told me that he asked a passenger on the Texas Pacific where he came from. " 'Whar'd I kum from?' lepeated the man, 'why, vou're the twentieth man that's asked that to-day. I kum from Arkansaw. Now, dog on you. laugh!' "At Texarkana, where they burned the negro at tbe stake," continued Ell, "I saw a little Texas boy in the depot. Fatting him on tbe head, I asked inquiringly: 'Aro you a good little boy?' " 'You bet I am,' he said proudlv. 'I'm tho best boy in Texas; you ask my father and mother.' ' 'Do you say your prayers every day?" I continued. 'No, not every' day,' he said thought fully. 'I didn't say 'em yestorrtay, nnd I haven't said 'em to-day and it I get along pretty well I shan't say 'em enny more 't all.' " 'Why not?' " 'O, 'cans' paw and maw's goin' to live up in Arkensaw.' " LIVE WASHINGTON WAD73. Items of Interest Gathered Daring a Day at the Capital. Washington, March 16. The sub-Committee of the Appropriations Committee charged with an investigation of the World's Fair expenditures, has definitely decided to begin on the 26th Instant in Chicago an In vestigation into tli'e matter. The sub-committee reached the conclusion that the in vestigation could be more successfully made on the ground where all the information which might be needed would be more ac cessible than in Washington.-. The sub-committee has made a call on lieada of vaiious branches of tire Exposition enterprise lor in formation relative to expenditures, and has received a reply to the effect that the facts desired will be in shape for submission to the sub-committee when it reached Chicago. Repiesentative Dockery, the Chairman, said to-day that tbe investigation would be thorough and complete, but that the com mittee wQttld not do anything with respect to the reauest for Government aid. All that it had to do, he said, was to see if expendi tures had been properly made, and also whether or not there had oeen extravagance in expenditures. , It is learned to-day, semi-officially, that arrangements have been made for a re-establishment of lull diplomatic relations be tween the United States and Italy, on the same basis as existed before the New Or leans incident. General Porter, the United States Minister to Italy, who has been in this country for over three months, it has been decided, will be ordered to return to his post at Rome without unnecessary delay, and it is expected that the appointment of the Italian minister to be- accredited to this country will be announced in a short time. It is said to be not at all unlikely that iiaron Fava, the former Minister who was recalled soon after the New Orleans affair, will be restored to his former position. He is known to be a warmjfriend to this country. The House Committee on Merchant Marino arid Fisheries to-day agreed to re port Representative Fithian's bill for the iree admission to American registry of ships built in foreign, countries after January 1, 1893. A minority report in opposition to the bill will also be made. The improvement in the condition of Representative Springer continues, but his progress toward T recovery is exceedingly sIqw and tedious. Hie is extremely weak and exhausted, so thatlit will take some time for him to gain much strength. Secretary Blaine was able to sit ujt to-day, but is still too weak to leave his room. It is said at his house that he i? making good progress toward recovery. 1 A Very Odd Tory Whimsicality. New York Recorder. The notion that Canada conld ruin New Yolk by transferring the, Dominion trade from the United States to England is about the oddest or tire whimsicalities of Tory politics. Great Is the Law! Great Is Reform! Detroit Free Press. . Great is the lawl The Standard Oil Com pany ha, figured ont a schema or dissolu tion bat will go right along doing business as heretofore, - Great is reform! BEV0LUTI0S1ZED BY GOOD E0ADS. & The Imperative Demand of the Industrial Conditions of Civilization. Chicago Inter-Ocean. Something like appreciation of tbe im portance of good roads in their practical uses is aroused in tbe minds of the farmers, merchants and all people who have to do with or are in any way dependent upon teaming. When in spring tho condition of rural roads interferes with the getting of produce to market the inconvenience and loss would seem to be a sufficient incentive to the construction of roads that wonld be serviceable at all seasons of tho year. Just now there is complaint of obstructed trans portation, as there has been every spring these 20 years, and the complaint is made against bad roads, as though they were a vital evil animated by vicions motives that ought to be ashamed Of themselves and in a spirit of contrition reform and do better. It is foolish to bave bad roads against which to rail, for the reason that there is greater loss to the people at large 'by reason of bad roads than would be the sum of judicious expenditure to secure good roads throughout the populated country. People are beginning to under stand tills and the art or road building that the old Romans knew so well and ap preciated so thoroughly is engaging at tention. With good ronds, substantially and systematically constrncted, the farmer could haul larger loads more expeditously, thereby securing a larger profit on his produce, besides making a great saving in wear and tear; suburban and rural population would increase by reason of the fnclllty nnd con venience of travel between those districts and the city; there would be less necessity for farmers and others to live contiguous to railroads; rural congestion would be re lieved; rides, walks and drives into the country would become the pleasantest of physical recreations, and in a multitude of ways the general society would bebeneflted, and industrial interests would correspond ingly profit. t Defective and bad roads are the result of a mistaken notion as to tho cost of con structing and maintaining first class roads. Objections of this sort are traversed by Al bert A. Poe in an article in the Varum, and disposed of effectually. For obvious reasons everyone in tho State is Interested in all the roads of the State, and for that leason, Mr. l'oe urges, the State should require all its citizens to contribute their due proportion to the construction and management of these roads. He says: "I would bave tbe State divide the expanses of this scheme or road betterment in tbe tax levy, so that a part of it should be apportioned to the whole State, part to the oountles thiough which the road ran, and part to the towns. I. would have this tax lew kent small and the investmant adequate and quickly made by the business1 man's metuoa ot Dorrowing tne money on long loans. It would thus be easily paid out of the profits by thus sharing them." Farm ers cpuld then, as now, work out u part of their tax, and the distribution of the tax would be suoh nB to make the per capata in considerable as compared with tbe great in crease of benefits to the individual from a system of thoioughly good roads ramifying the State and connecting with roads f neighboring States for traffic between towns. The suggestion is one worthy the consideration of the various State Legis latures, especially In well settled States. Some such scheme is the Imperative demand or our Industrial conditions and of our grow ing civilization. THE POPE'S BLESSING Bestowed Upon the World's Fair as it Memorial to Columbus. Rome, March 16. The following is the text or a letter written by the Pope to Thomas B. Bryan, the Special United States Commis sioner to Italy ror the Chicago World's Fain "While we see on all sides the preparations that are eagerly being made ror the celebra tion of the Columbian qnadro-centonary feasts in memory of a man most illustrious and deserving of Christianity and all cul tured humanity, we hear with great pleasure thut the United States have, among other nations, entered this competition of praise in such manner as befits both the vastness and richness of the country and tho memory of tbe man so great as lie to whom these honors are beingsbown. "Nothing, certainly, could be more splen did than wbat is told us or the grand and magnificent exposition which the nation will hold nt Chicago, bringing together every kind of produce and work which fruit ful nature bears and the artful industry or man creates. The success or this effort will surely be another proof of tho great spirit ana active energy of this people, who under take enormous and difficult tasks with such great and happy daring. W rejoice, more over, in the nobility of purpose, which is equal in greatness to tile undertaking Itself. It 1.-.H testimony of honor and gratitude to that immortal man of whom we have spoken, who, desirous of finding a road by which tho light and truth and all the adornments of civil culture might be carried to tho most distant parts or the world, could neither be deterred by dangers nor wearied by labors until, having in a certain manner renewed the bonds between two parts of the human race so long separated, be be stowed upon both such great benefits that he in j nstice must be said to have few equals or superiors. "While, therefore, we bestow on the citi zens of the Great Republic well-merited praise, we express tbe fervent hope that their noble undertaking mav. other na tions uniting with them nnd lending their aid. have a most prosperous issue that will prove or great use in stimulating the ingen ultv or man, in promoting the development of nature and lu encouraging all the fine aits." One of the Jokes of ths Season. Boston Herald. 1 Indiana Uolman in the Presidency, it may be well to say to the uninitiated, is strictly one of the jokes of the season. DEATHS HERE AND ELSEWHERE. Nehemloh D. Welch, Abolitionist. Nehemiah D. Welch died on the 12 inst. at Milton, Del., aged SI. He was a man of great reso lution, singularly persuasive in Ms address and a stanch supporter of the Union In the turbulent times In Lower Delaware during the Civil War. Though many times threatened with assassination lie never went armed. Mr. Welch and four of his Intimate friends cast the only votes polled in Sus sex county for Fremont la 1836. When the slaves were liberated some of the weaker Republicans, whom he had helped to encourage, began to waver In their adherence, but be reasoned them into sounder faith and broader philanthropy. Many a poor unfortunate negro had cause to remember him with gratitude, and he once saved a negro who was sentenced to oe nangea, on wn was gener ally believed to be perjnred tesltmonv, rrom being lynched, tearing away the rope which haabeen tnrown aoout nis nec-K anu putting nira inio me hands of the bhcrlfl. He held several Federal offices with conspicuous ability. Jacob S. Lawrence, Coal Operator. Jacob S. Lawrence, of Minersville, one of tbe pioneer coal operators of tbe anthracite Tegion, died yesterday morning at Pottsvllle. He was born Julv 15. 1829. at Milton, Pa. He became an Iron molder at the age or 14 years, and then learned the drug and hardware business, later forming the firm of Lawrence & Brown. Mr. Lawrence was president of the Minersville Coal and Iron Company about two years, and for many Teirs was President or the First National Bank In Minersville. In 1888 J. S. and Franklin C. Law rence; Michael Merkel and P. Mongold, under the firm name of Lawrence, Brown. Merkel ft Co., secured a lease of some valuable coal lands at Mahanoy Plant, and operated the Lawrence Colliery. A few weeks ago tbe firm made an assign ment. Captain Alexander Frailer. Captain Alexander Frazier, a member of the State Board of -Agriculture, organizer of the Farmers' Alliance for Western Pennsylvania, and a leading Democratic politician for years, died at his home in Cooperstown yesterday afternoon. He was well known throughout the blate as a leading and wealthy agriculturist. William Res. William Kea, senior member of the Eob-lnson-Kea Manufacturing Company, died at his late residence, at Penn and Lang avenues, yester day arternoon, after a brief Illness of heart failure. Mr. Kea was In his 72nd year, aud was born la UauDhin countv. o time has been set for the tfuncral services. Obituary Notes. Tiie Most Bev. William Smitii, Catholic Arch bishop of St. Andrews and Edinburgh, Is dead. He was CI years old, and was appointed la 1SS3. UK. TIDY, the eminent analyst for the British Government, who testified for the prosecution in the case against Mrs. Mavbrlck. on tbe trial for poisoning her husband.Is dead. Arthur Lyman TccKKRMAif. manager of the art school of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, died Tuesday at Monte Carlo. His father was Charles Tuckerman, Minister to Greece. Rev. J. T. White, the colored minister of the Second Baptist Church of Helena, Ark., died Sun day morning of pneumonia. He was a noted poll, tlclan in reconstruction da s. and had had great Influence over his people. Maude Stewart, leading actress In Osmond Tearle's company. traveling through UreatBrltaln, died recently In Itochdale, England. Sbe waa un der 20. yet she had made a namo for herself by her powerful acting In emotional roles. , JoiinJIaxlet, one of tho oldest operatic mana gers In the world. Is dead In London, aged 77. -For more than 40 year he had been associated with tbe largest opera troupes as stage manager or director. Heleavea a daughter, known on tbe musical stage as Maud Roslere. HER LADYSHIP IN TOWN. Lady Henry Somorset With Miss Wil'ard to Epsnd To-Dny in Pittsburg They Will See for Themselves How the Hills Grind Slow A Lenten Wedding. Oitb Chicago correspondent writes The Dispatch as follows: Lady Henry Somerset, who has been spending some months In this' city, associated with Miss Frances Willard in editing the Union Signal, the organ of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, do- parted'for the East yesterday afternoon. She was accompanied by Miss Willard and Miss Anna Gordon. The three well-known Christian workers go direct to Pittsburg, Pa., wheie they will visit for a time, after which Lady Somerset and Miss Gordon will go to England. Many friends were at the depot to witness their departure. Since Lady Henry Somerset's connection with the Union Signal, the W. C. T. U. organ, sho has contributed several interesting articles, sot the least readable of which is one in the ensuing month on the noted American, Hannah Whltall Smith. Among other things Lady Henry particularly dwells npon her meeting with the famous Bible woman. "I first," she writes, "met Mrs. Hannah Whitall Smith in the winter of 18S9 in London. I had begged my sister, tbe Duchess of Bedford, who knew and admire d her, to write and say bow much I longed to meet bor, and to ask her to appoint an hour to call at mv hotel and try to arrange to give some Bible read ings in my country home. The evening had set in alter a'long day's work, and I was told a lady desired to speak to me in the public parlor. It would be difficult to recoid my emotions when first I saw tbe face of tho woman I bad so wished to meet: calm and restful, she looked as though life's sorrows had but touched the surface of her. nature; because ber spirit dwelt in the fathomless depth of the peace that passeth understand ing. The grand face, fine leatures, large bine eyes and clear cut outlines framed in the lound Quaker bonnet, the tall, strong figure, all betokened that rarest combination the gentleness of strength. Her genial welcome gave meat once an in--sight into the kindly, great heart which is essentially the characteristic! at the woman. Mrs. Smith speaks with equal ease to a dozen friends gathered in a homely parlor or to immense audiences, such as those she ad dressed in 1S75, when no hall was large enough to accommodate the crowds. "In 1874." continues Lady Henrv, "when Mrs. Smith was on a visit to England, she first met Lord and Lady Mount Temple, an acquaintance which afterward ripened into devoted friendship. A series or conferences by her suggestion was held at Broadlands. tbe beautifnl country home which lord Mount Temple had inherited from his step father, Lord Palmerstnr. At one of these meetings, a Broadland's guest writes of her: "iler'set faco gains a. soft Madonna like beauty, and her tones were of an urgent but restrained sweetness. Since the death of Lord Mount Temple, Mrs. Smith has been the greatest solace to the 'beautiful and gifted woman who shared his early lire." Lady Hejtky Somerset will arrive from Chicago at the Union station this morning nt 7 o'clock. The early hour probably will binder any formal meeting of Her Ladyship at the station, and she will at once proceed with Miss Willard ana Miss Gordon to the Seventn Avenne Hotel, which will bo her headquarters for the day. It is planned by the local W. C T. U. that Lady Honry wlll spend part of the day visiting some of the leading manufactories, and thus achieve her deeply-set purpose or addressing the men at work. She will be accompanied by representatives or the committco. At 3 o'clock to-day Miss Willard will address a mass meeting in the Smithfield Street M. E. Church, Old City Hall being at that time In tho hands of tbo decorators for the evening, when Lady Henrv makes an address to the Welsh work ers. Both meetings are free, and everybody is Invited to attend. Ma Chasles H. Adams will give the second lecture in his series of Illustrated Journeys, nnder Miss Killlkelly's patronage, to-nisht in the Pittsbunr Club Theater. The subject will be the "Bay of Naples." A fashionable wedding with elaborate ceremonies took place last night in the Eighth Street Temple, uniting tho fortunes of Miss Ida Werthelmer and Mr. Theodore Wolf, of New York. The religious ceremony was solemnized at 8 o'clook, and so great an audience awaited the arrival of the bridal pair that It was with difficulty they were ad mitted to the church, while the audience it self oould scarcely be accommodated with seats. A most impressive service was conducted by tbo Rabbi, Dr. L, Mayer. The bridal attendants were composed of the bride's sister Miss Stella Wertheimor, a charming girl, and tho bride's maid of honor. Miss Adlex, Miss Blanche Wertbcimer, Miss Floersheim and Miss Gnlterman, of New York, .were the bridesmaids. The entire party, including tbe maid of honor, wore exquisite white gowns Imported from Paris. Mr. Fergus, of New York, the groom's intimate friend, at tended him to the altar as his best man. The ushers were: Mr. Wolf. Mr. Frederick Wolf, Mr. Leon Werthelmer and Mr. Louis Wert helmer. The wedding gown was a marvelous crea tion of white satin, made a la princesse, aud a masterpiece of Worth. It had an elaborate train, who3e richness was increased by tho handsome veil which minzled in its folds. The corsage was embroidered in gold and pearls, and the skirt trimmed in Dnchesse and pointe laces. Pearls weie worn on tbe neck. The bride is the second daughter of Emannel Werthelmer. Esq., of North ave nue, and is an extremely beautiful girl. The marriage last night cementa still closer the connection between the Werthelmer and Woir families. About two years ago tho elder sister or the bride or last night became the wife of Mr. Theodore Wolfs younger brother. Miss Wertbcimer, now Mrs. Wolf, is a pop ular girl in her set, who part with her re gretfully. ALGER IS STILL IN IT. Thebe is nothing the matter with mel I'm all right. See documents. Alger. Chicago Tribune. To be a dark horso is well enough, but when, as in Alger's case, it is also a war horse, the dark character seems to run somewhat into the shady. Philadelphia Times. Geseral Alger was a gallant and efficient soldier during the Civil War. He is an able and sincerely patriotic man, an earnest Re publican, and he deserves the wide popular ity which he"enJoys. New York Press. '-Still hunting for something with that lantern of yours, Diogenes. May I ask the objector your search?" "O, certainly. But I am not looking for an honest man how. I am trying to find Alger's boom." LouisviUe Courier Journal. The field is open for all and tho greater the number or aspirants the greater will be the interest aroused. The General is a vet eran with an honorable record and is sure or a considerable following, at least in his own State. Troy Times. Aloer declares himself a candidate for President with dne formality. Jerry Rusk hasn't said any tiling, but if he should send Alger a mess of his justly celebrated mash rooms the Michigan man would do well to examine them carefully. St. Paul Pioneer Press. .General Russell A. Aloer has finally con sented to the presentation of his name lor tho Presidental nomination in the Minne apolis Convention. General Alger has many admirers and will receive, a vote that bo need not be ashamed of. Minneapolis Tribune. SECSE1LY KABBIED LAST STJKMEB. Franklln Social Circles Astonished by an Announcement Jast Made. Fraxklix, March 16. Special. A. sensa tion was oreated in Franklin social circles to-day by the announcement that James W. Murrln, a successful young merchant, and Miss Alice Myers, daughter of Nathan Myers, a wealthy banker of Clarion, had been mar ried last Jnne in Buffalo. They had kept their secret so well that not even their inti mate friends had an idea or their marriage. Last Sunday Mr. Murrln returned lrom Clarion,, and greatly surprised his mother and sister by telling them that his wile wonld follow him home Tuesday. The young wife arrived at noon to-day, and all has been forgiven. Keeping Bis Boons From Oblivion. Chicago Inter-Ocean. 1 Ex-Governor Gray, of Indiana, says that be is still in the Presidental ring. It is well that Governor Gray has spokon. Ills pres ence seemed to be almost forgotten. CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS. English main roads cost 35 lis. per mile yearly to maintain. Three tiraei as many herrings are con sumed as any other kind of fish. It is said that there are more, than SO.OOO people of Welsh birth In London. The land covered by new houses in Greater London every year is 1,163 acres. It is a gross breach of etiquette for a Chinaman to wear eye-glasses or spectacles in company. Electricity in its various forms of ap plication is said to give employment to 8,000,000 persons. The catalogue of Lelanrt Stanford Uni versity shows a total of M students, of which 30 are women. More men have died and are buried in the Isthmus of Panama, along the line of the proposed canal, than on any equal amount of territory in the world. "Cool as a cucumber," is scientifically correct. Investigation shows that this vege table has a temperature 1 below that of the surrounding atmospheie. A tairly eibert deaf and dumb person will speak 43 words per minute. 'A person in possession of .speech will probably speak: ISO words in the same space of time. Homer speaks of "brazen-looted steeds," from which we naturally infer that in his day horses were shod with bronze or brass. Two reputable ancient writers tell us that the mules or Nero wore silver shoes. In certain parts ot Africa crickets con stitute an article of commerce. People rear them, feed them In confinement, nnd sell them. The natives are very fond of their music, being under tbe impression that it lndnces sleep. It is claimed by scientists that all ths lime in the world has, at some time, been a portion or some animal. The same atom of lime has some time, no doubt, been a portion or many different animals, and possibly of bnmau beings also. Flogging is so Indispensable in Russia that some inventor has perfected a machine which saves the human arm the infamous labor of blows. Under the flagellation or the machine taxes and arrears are tobecome speedily collectable. Tbe inhabitants of the Cook Peninsula, in Australia, are passionate smokers. Their pipe a bamboo Z feet long and 4 inches in diameter passe round the company after one of the persons present has filled it with smoke from the tube. From Eastern Asia comes a plant the flowers of which contain a quantity of Juico that rapidly turns black or deep purple on exposnre to air. It Is used by Chinese ladles for dveing their hair and eyebrows, and In Japan for blacking shoes. At Cotta, in Saxony, persons who did not pay their taxes last year- aro published in a list which hangs np in all restaurants and saloons of the city. Thoso that aro on the list can get neither meat nor drink at these places underpenolty or loss of license. Granite is the lowest rock in th"e earth's orust. Itis the bed rock of tbe world. It shows no evidence of animal or vegetable life. It Is from two to ten times as thlok as the united thicknesses or all the other rocks. It is the parent rock, from whioh all other rocks have been eltherdlrectly or indirectly derived. In Persia boys and girls never play together. The little girls have to invite playmates of their own sex; but their games and never lively ones. They generally pre fer to sit by themselves nnder the shade of mulberry or pomegranate trees In the gar den, and listen to fairy tales, which their mothers and nurses can tell very interest ingly, indeed. A Germantown jeweler and watch maker has a curiosity in tho shape or a Plymouth Rock hen that has been surpris ing ber owner and some ot the neighbors for sorao time past by laying eggs of varied patterns. Her latest effort was one that closely resembles a grub, even to tbe form of tho head. It is about 3 inches in length, and of a perfectly white color. Not a great way from Monterey, Mexico, is the famous Carthusian table, one of tho greatest natural curiosities on the North American continent. It is a table land, 1,100 feet high and 3,500 above sea level. Tho figure of tho tableland is an almost perfect crescent, running east and west, and on its summit is more than 30,000 acres of perfectly level land, abounding in running water. At one time the number of swans in England must have been enormous. Fanlns Jovius, writing three and & half centuries ago, doclared that he never sawn river so thickly covered with swans as the Thames; and in 16123, when John Taylor, the Water Poet, rowed from London to Christchurcb, nnd then np the Avon to Salisbury, he was amazed at the swarm of birds on that stream. Two yonng city-bred women, daughters of a prominent wholesale merchant in San Francisco named Lowensteln, are living on and working a land claim in the State or Washington, between Hadlock and Port Ludlow. Thev took up the claim two years ago and bave lived on it continuously since, built the cabin in which they live, and have cleared and grubbed 20 acres of land. Their nearest neighbor Is four miles away. Some of the younger squaws of the Tarratino tribe of Indians are better looking and better educated than many of tholr white sisters. Alice, the 18-year-old daugh ter of John Francis, the nig huntorand trap per of the Penobscot, is a very pretty and graceful girl, with dark, lustrous eyes, and a clear olive complexion. She speaks En glish, French and tho Tarratine dialect, plays the piano, makes many kinds of fancy work, and has traveled some. Honey could bo immensely improved by tho planting of flowers known to yield a fine-flavored nectar.' Everyone knows the difference in the quality of the cortb con tents in different parts of tho same country and in different regions. The Narbonne honey derives its fine flavor by being har vested chidfly from labiate plants, such a3 rosemary, etc.; and though It npDears that the Maltese honoy does not, ai often stated, owe its fine aroma to orange blossoms, tbe latter undeniably pertume the Greek loney. The mercury has never frozen in Britain. When the cold in any part of Great Britain is described as having been of such intensity as to freeze the mercury in a thermometer a statement that has frequently appeared in the newspapers during the past winter it is simply not to be believed. Such a degree of cold has never been observed in these islands. The lowest temperature yet ob served in the United Kingdom was near Eelso, in December, 1879, when 43 of frost, or 16 below zero, was registered by a Fahr enheit's thermometer. JOKELETS FROM! JUDGE. CustomerWhat do you charge for a hair cut? Proprietor Ten cents. Customer All right; but I'll only take a live cent cut now. Cut her off half way and I'll ba around In a few weeks and take the other Ave cents' worth. Thou frail purveyor of deserted snipes And secret patron of lll-smeMng pipes. Thy hollow cheeks and languid eyes deep set Have built up fortunes on the cigarette. And uoir thy puffs, like those of older folk. Eeach'e'en to Congress, there to end In smoke; Or as the bill to thee seems-merclful Thou'ltrorce It through, thou hast an awfal pun. Eosalie I like Mr. Foster very much. Grace-bo do I : and be has the best of references from his last flancce. Briggs Binger is getting to be a perfect ' dude lately. Isn't be? . . , Grlggs-Yes. Yon know be failed In buslnesa and has gone back to a clerkship. Diggs Do you think I made a good im pression on her? , Grlggs-Well. she said to roe that you had some affectations, but that she liked you all the better ror tliein. . Dlggs-lbat Isn't half bad. Grlggs-In fact, she thought that without them you woud be churlish' Ye Lenten maide, in black arrayed, Demurely walketh up the aisle. Nor underneath her bonnet stalda Scemeth there coquetrle or guile. . With modest air ye book of prayer She glvetb me, and smlleth so, I'd lose ye collect full and fair. Then ber sweet aide to all forego. Have mercy. Lord!" No other word Kemalneth of ye service saide; And that from rosy lips I heard. Oh, gentle-cruel Lenten maide I Fiery Orator Yaw, shentlemens, der tlmevas rlDC for making an end to der so-called righds of private property, und" Auditor-Lend' me your pipe, Hans; yoa esn't smoke und talk, too. Tlery Orator (brldUng)-MIne frlendt, dot Via my pipe. I bought it, Uon'd you sea, - ' 1 "-tA-'g ,w5.
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