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ISO D ily Dispatch, Including Sunday, 1 m'th. 90 SrxDAY Dispatch. One Year 2 so Weekly Dispatch, One Year 1 2" TnE Daily Dispatch is delivered by carriers at 35 cents per week, or. Including Sunday Edition, at in cents per week. FRIDAY, APRIL 1, 1632. TWELVE PAGES Parties who have changed their re&ldenco will please leave new address at the busi ness office, in order to insure tlio uninter rupted delivery of The Dispatch to their homes. THE SEASON" OF MOVEMENT. TVe live in a world of worries, and we are apt to see the darker side of life when undergoing the trials involved in a change of dwelling. But before long the trees will be in leaf, carpets will have been put down, birds will be singing in their merri est manner, order will have been evolved from chaos, and new surroundings will have assumed a home aspect. After all, the characteristics of the home inmates make the home, no matter whether the yard be large or small, whether the fuel used be coal or gas or whether the residence be rural or urban. It is of course annoying to find that a favorite vase has suffered demolition, a long-smoked pipe has been mislaid, a halt read, book has vanished into thin air or dut, or that the internal economy of the household chronometer has suffered from travel and change of climate. All these are included in humanity's woes and sorrows, but they are but a transition state and clear away among the comforts of the new surroundings. If a man want an occasion for the exercise of chivalry he will find it in the use of his muscle to arrange matters to suit his spouse. If a woman desire to show her love and devotion under trying circum stances she can easily do it by so arrang ing that her husband may, as soon as pos sible, be surrounded by his few but neces sitous wants. There is some good in everything if one takes the trouble to look for it, and a housemoving is no exception to the rule. May those who stay within the walls that know tliera, and those who have flitted into novel environments, alike live long and prosper, is the wish of TnE Dispatch. A STATE OF KNLIGUTENMENT. They have had a lynching party in Ohio. That State is constantly making large claims for the high standard of intelligence and enlightenment of its citizens. TVe are constantly reminded of the progress of the Buckeye State, and bored by an enumeration of the Statesmen born within its herders. This is all highly creditable to our neighbor, but claims to superiority demand practice to support them. Here is a Commonwealth priding itself on its advancement of civilization condescending to a disregard of constituted authority which is inexcusable for the benighted South or the unruly West The better the organization of law and order, the less can be said in defense of a usurpation of its authority. The more dastardJyand brutal the crime, the greater is the certainty of its punishment in courts of law. There was not the least reason to suppose that Lytle would es cape the extreme penalty of his crime, and the mob who lynched him have struck a blow at the law's authority. The inhab itants of Findlay directly responsible for the illegal act have smirched the fair fame cf their State, and no effort should be spared to punish them for their offense. Until the lynchers have been caught, tried and convicted Ohio will do well to lie low and make no boast of its enlight ened civilization. Srri'KESS IT FOR OTHERS. While there is no reason for wild alarm, the revelation that there are in Chicago, Boston and New York agitators who make a study cf the manufacture of dynamite bombs for illicit purposes is not by any means reassuring for public safety. It is consoling that the police profess to know so much of their actions, but with that knowledge at their disposal it is hard to understand why the manufacture is al lowed to continue, whether for foreign or heme consumption. While the constituted authorities should do their part, the greatest guaranty we have in this country that force will not be employed by any class to advertise their grievances or further their aims is in the growing power and enlightenment of both leaders and followers. The injury which a use of explosives would inflict on any party is becoming universally recognized. Our labor organizations know full well that outrages against the public would set their cause back many years, and in this knowledge lies our greatest security. But while there is no reason to fear that the diabolical contrivances will find favor with any important section of men in America, we owe it to civilization to prevent their export to less favored countries. THE CHURCH AND LABOR. A carefully thought out article on the relations of the Church to labor, including the element of organization, has, been given the world by Dr. Joseph T. Duryea. It is pertinent in connection with it, to indorse the declaration that if the Church is loyal to the doctrines laid down by its Founder and is sincere in its efforts to make society conform to those doctrines in spirit as well as form, "it will imply all that theworkingmen ask or oughtto ask." Perhaps the non-resistant attitude of primitive Christianity may be a stumbling block to thdse of the working population who are most militant in their resistance to the present system. But if the organi zation that stands as the representative of Christianity makes the principles 01 un selfishness, charity and brotherhood which it,professcs the actual rule of society it will command the support and appeal to the sympathies of those who regard them selves as on the under side in the fight for WljeB a living. But, to establish these sympathies, the Church as a whole must expend less effort in conformim; the doctrines of Christianity to the present social system, and more in conforming the social system to the doctrines of Christianity. Indeed, it may be doubted whether the complete application of the religion taught by the Founder of the Church would not go further than the majority of working men in this country would be willing to follow. The self-sacrifice, brotherhood and love which are taught in the New Testament, with the application laid down there, are more than socialism; they are voluntary communism. That the mem bers of labor organizations are any more ready than other classes to "sell all their goods" for the benefit of the poor may be doubted; but it is certain that a church which makes the self-sacrifice implied in such a course the real as well as the pro fessed rule of action will bring itself closer to instead of further from the working masses. Finally, Dr. Duryea declares a wider truth than most people arc aware of when he says that "we must reform men before we can reform society." The need of an individual improvement is far greater to a reform of existing evils than the need either of new laws or a new religious svstem. NOT AT ALL, IMPROBABLE. Russia-Poland is far distant, but cor respondents are observant, and the tele- Kiapu illuminates space, xiie icnei.iuuii, with added details, of the novel spectacle of balloons under the entire control of their German occupants spying upon the movements of the Russian forces, carries with it the appearance of veracity. That immense progress has been made in the science of balloon navigation was pointed out recently in The Dispatch by Prof. Meyers. The only reason to doubt the story is the diplomatic difficul ties likely to arise from such action on the part of Germany, and the doubt as to whether the game of obtaining informa tion about Russian defenses and maneu verings would be worth the candle of pub lishing the possession of a secret which must have been matured in secrecj. On the other hand, the announcement that Germany possesses appliances for directing balloons independently of atmospheric influences does not involve a sacrifice of the inventions ob tained. A balloon out of rifle range will hardly exhibit any peculiarities of its steering apparatus which it may be de sired to keep unknown. If the story be borne out by later ac counts there can be no doubt that it will give riss to some unexpected develop ments in warfare, if that be not preceded by some interesting international diplo matic discussion. In this age of discovery and scientific invention it would be as ridiculous to reject the news as a physical impossibility, as it would be to say that man lias reached the limit of his triumph over nature. OFFICIAL STUPIDITY. The politicians In charge of the street cleaning departments of New Tork and Brooklvn may claim their inefficiency to be a disputed point; but by their own ac tion they place their stupidity beyond all dispute. A New Tork paper which has vigorously nssened their inefficiency in the matter of street cleaning has for some time been seeking capital for itself and against them by maintaining a corps of street cleaners which at various times and at divers places, proceed to clean the streets. Whereupon tho political street cleaners display their unique idea of the situation and establish a presumption In lavor of the assertion that they do not clean the streets, by arresting the news paper street-cleaning gang whenever and wherever it makes its appearance. It is a remarkable illustration of the pass at which political administration has arrived that it is alleged as an offense to clean the streets con amore. To needlessly deposit dirt on a street does not seem to be visited with as prompt suppression in New Tork and Brooklyn as to spontaneously and as a work of supererogation clean up the dirt without money and with out price. This phase of the subject is more than balanced by the idiocy with which the politicians have increased the advertisement which the newspaper in question was seeking. If the assumption that the streets were uncleaned were false, the newspaper cleaners would only have brought ridicule on themselves when per mitted to continue their parade of un necessary street cleaning. But when they are arrested the attention of the public is drawn to the practical assertion that the city officials will neither clean the streets themselves nor permit anyone else to clean them. Such an exhibition of municipal admin istration provokes a doubt whether the lack of ordinary common sense judgment is not as crying a need in the affairs of those cities as the equally general lack of honesty. THOMAS DILEMMA. Mr. Theodore Thomas, who is somewhat noted for utterances to the public which do not seem inspired by a conciliatory pur pose, has lately gone on record and drawn on himself newspaper condemnation by a letter on the subject of musical criticism in the press, of which the following is an extract: In the art of music almost everything that is written for the dally press is rendered of no value on account of either the prejudices or the ignorance of the writers. Hence, I rarely read newspaper cuttings about either myself or my work, ns I find in them noth ing that gives me either assistance, knowl edge, suggestion or encouragement in my art. Now, this is most unfortunate. Its re sults are more serious in their reaction on Mr. Thomas than the broadside which such a red rag shaken in the face of the newspapers must necessarily draw down upon that scornful maestro. For, when followed out, the assertion seems to im peril Mr. Thomas' professional standing more than it affects any other single thing. It is an unfortunate truth that a large share of the press is prone to indiscrimi nate laudation on matters dramatic and musical. This is a drawback which may be attributed to the milk of human kind ness or less laudable motives; but it is one that has long been known and condoned. In addition is the fact that while there has been no other topic social, political, literary or artistic on which the press could unanimously agree, there has been a prac tical unison on the part of newspaper opinion in praising Mr. Thomas' work as a leader and organizer of efficient per formances of classical music. We had hoped tills could be taken as a demonstra tion that the press was capable of recog nizing a leader who guided us out of the depths of philistinism into the regions of sweetness and light But when we are told of the contrary, and Thomas' authority exposes the fact that this was all sheer puffery, the question comes back with stunning -force: Where does this leave Thomas? Of course, it appears at first blush that If r THfe PITTSBURG the newspaper criticisms have been con trolled exclusively by ignorance and prej udice their course in .awarding Thomas a position of authority and eminence was all wrong, and he by ''his own act reduces himself to deserved obscurity. But this revives the case of Epimenides once more. For Mr. Thomas being thus shorn of his high authority cannot thus pronounce the worthlessness of musical criticism; and musical criticism being restored to its place in the public credit, he, by Its past verdicts, must resume his pedestal, which starts the operation from its original point again. Rather than pursue these fatiguing al ternatives around the circle any longer, let us reach an easier conclusion to the effect that Chicago brewers must be turn ing out a heady and quarrelsome beverage to celebrate the Columbian year. ONE NOT ENOTJGn. The Parisian authorities are naturally seeking to make the most of their capture of Rayachol. Their unsuccess in pre venting the spread of lawless outrage on life and property is no doubt to some ex tent counterbalanced by his arrest That he will be severely dealt with and be speedily made to suffer the extreme pen alty of the law should go without saying. That his punishment will be to some ex tent a deterrent check on the movement cannot be gainsaid. But the widespread nature of the audacity which has marked the recent deeds of cowardice will involve the maintenance of extraordinary vigil ance to stamp it out While the nature of the French Govern ment makes' an appeal to terrorism less defensible in that country than in those under the curse of despotism, there is much in the volatility and unrest of the French nature which greatly adds to the danger of sucii a movement there. France has made great progress under the Re public, but the possibility of such a state of affairs as that lately exhibited shows that much has yet to be done to firmly establish its undisputed authority. The whole aspect of these smoldering forces is not only a menace but a disgrace to modern civilization. France must be purged of these outlaws, and no time should be lost in suppressing them root and branch. SUPEF.INTENDENT Poeter tired of re ceiving all the blamo for census inaccura cies. By way of a change, he ordered an in vestigation of tho Philadelphia business re turns. One result is the discovery of a timing discrepancy of some 150,000,000 in three wards. It is very proper that all this should be discovered and sat right. But the demonstration that tho perpetration of such gross errors was possible is neither credit able to the methods under which the census was taken nor reassuring for those seeking truth in official statistics. Bis?iakck!s birthday is to-day, but that is mostly forgotten in the exuberant cele brations of a class that does not decrease as rapidly as it might. Soudan is awaking to the dangers of promiscous immigration. Neither An archists nor paurers are wanted there. Povorty is no crime, and wo can profit by men whose pockets aio empty if their muscles be strong and their brains sound. But there is more reason now than ever for the rigid exclusion of criminals, and it is right that proper attention should be di rected to refusing admittance to rofugees of that class. Emin Pasha shooting rebellious officers is a very different picture from the mild mannered entymologist of Stanley's carica ture. Queen Victoria has been presented with a painting called "International Arbi tration." 'it is painted by F. B. Carpenter, of New York, and its subject is the signing of the Alabama Claims treaty. The time of presentation is peculiarly appropriate, and the presence of such a picture at Windsor should be instructive. Applicants must continue to possess their souls in patience, for the publication of the license list is a very movable feast. Jackasses are to be excluded Irom many of Chicago's streets. The crowds will not bo lessened, however, as tho measure applies only to the quadrupeds. A thorough-going, wholesale clearance of the animals would be too large an order even for Chicago. As the case against Maynard gains strength a corresponding dissipation of Hill's boom may be noted. LtrMBEEMEN of Wisconsin are now lux uriating in the tolls of a log trust. The cry is still they come, and if trusts continue to increase and multiply at the present rate the whole country will very soon be con trolled by them. Senator Quay's definition of candi dacy should be published for the benefit of dictionaiy makers. With regard to the revelation of the transactions at the Senate executive ses sions it is generally acknowledged that the Pennsylvania Senators cannot for a moment be suspected of telling what goes on in their absence. TnE millionaireium is on hand, but it is understood that Andrew Carnegie is not the Star of Bethlehem. In St Petersburg recently a microphone discovered signs of life in a supposed corpse when all else failed. It should be tried on some of the apparently delnnct Presiden ts booms by anyone anxious to deter burial. Do not give anyone an opportunity of exhibiting his folly at your expense to-day. Ir Canadian sealers persist in poaching it will not be for want of warning from Salisbury that they alone will have to ac cept the responsibility and pay the price. They may prove useful for target practice. Take care of the dogs and the pounds will take care of themselves. Hill appears to think that for him silence on tho silver question is golden. The man who lacks convictions, or who having them is afraid to express them, is not fit to be trusted by tbe people Moving day aud Labor Day should be consolidated. It is understood that Messrs. Borrows and Fox will shortly inaugurate a bloodless-seusational-scandal news bureau. They are eminently fitted lor the business and should find it profitable. Wagon-loads ol furniture are a moving episode. Italian exhibitors at the World's Fair will soon realize that the "moral support" of their Government is not quite so useful as an appropiiation would have been. The new .Central police station is all O.K. Garza, the Cooleygang and cats have all nine lives, aud their presence is generally discovered by results, just as soon as ab scence has been effected. Vleved From 11 Kansas Standpoint. Kansas City Times. In Pennsylvania Law and Order leagues do not hesitate to break several statutes in order to secure tbe enforcement of their par ticular hobbles. To suppress a Sunday paper, or to defeat an application for a liquor license, they employ false witnesses. Aiding and .abetting perjury cannot be defended. DISPATCH, " PBIDAY. POLITICS OF TBE DAY. Hart.r Serving His First 'and Probably His Last Term in Concres-w,,t Dnd,ey Did for Horri.ou-A Lack of State Dem ocratic Candidates -Private Dalzell Loose Again. IT maV be some consolation to Congress man Bland, while he is mourning the down Jail of his free silver bill, to know that tho man who more than any other was re sponsible for its thorny path is not likely to again be a member of the House of Repre sentatives for a term ot two at least. The statesman In question is Hon. M. D. Harter, familiarly known as "Mike," who has cre ated more commotion in his first few months at the national capital thari many members do in the course of a half dozen years. But notwithstanding this fact nns3-m-pathetlc Republicans of the Ohio Legisla ture have scheduled his county of Kichland for a district with about 4,000 Kepubllcan majority. Ou tho two previous occasions when Mr. Harter has been & candidate for public office ho ran away ahead of his ticket, and will undoubtedly be renominated if he so de sires, but even his warmest friends admit that It could bo nothing more than a forlorn hope In the district a9 arranged now. Har ter Is a radical in everything. He is Just as pronounced for tree trade as he is against tree silver. In his speech accepting the Congressional nomination in 1690 he said, in substunce, that be would "sooner vote for an institution to breed cholera, or the prop agation of vice and crime, than for any sort of a protective tariff." He is a strong per sonal friend of Grover Cleveland, and a prominent Ohio politician said the other dav that in the dawning ot the Democratic millennium when the ex-President is to re tnm to the White nouse he will very likely give Harter a place in the Cabinet. But that bird is very far It the bush, and there seems to be no possibility of holding on to the Congressional seat that Is now in hand. WarwIck'Wltl Be Missed, Too. Another Backeye Congressman who is serving his first and la9t term is John Q. Warwick, who defeated McKinley by a bare SOO in a district with 2,000 Democratic major ity, and who lus never been heard of since. In thetnewly arranged district the 2,000 ma jority will be on the other side of the fence, and Warwick will not even be a candidate for re-election. Tho Eepubllcans in this dis trict are in . considerable confusion them selves now that' McKinley is no longer in the Congressional field, mid a strong Demo cratic candidate would have a fighting chance of siiccc?. Bat Warwick tnows better than to risk his barrel in such an uphill contest, and the Democrats will, probably nominate B. F. Weyhrecht, who is quite a young man. but very popular in that end of the State. Wey brecht was elected to the Ohio Legislature last fall on the returns by a plu rality of 20, but this margin was so narrow that the Republican mem bers promptly Unseated him on geneial principles. His party friends now propose to make a campaign lsiuo out of the sum mary bouncing and run him for Congress. Judge King, of Yotingstown, thinks he will be the Republican nominee in the district, but McKinley is understood to favortho nomination of T. U. Morgan, the wealthy manufacturer, and the Governor's influence may prevail. What Dudley Did for Harrison. A gentleman who has just returned from the Pacific coast says that the feolingof the. Republicans there is by no means favor able to Harrison, and that tho disappoint ment caused by the declination of Blaine was very bitter. Among others with whom lie talked was Hon. SI. M. Estee, Chairman of the last Republican National Convention. Mr. Estee is not so much opposed to the President as many of bis colleagues, but blames nlm for lit? treatment of V. W. Dud ley. Said Mr. Estee: t'lf it had not been lor Dudley Mr. Har rison wonld never have been nominated, much loss elected to the highest position in the land. I was Chairman of the California delegation to the. Chicago Convention, and we were then, as befoie and since, for Blaine lr there was a possible chance of his taking the nomination.' Dudley was managing tho Harrison canvass and no man ever worked harder for a friend. On the day of the break Mr. Dudley came to my room and awoke me at 1 0 clock in the morning. California wns near the top of the alphabetical roll call, and Dudley told me that If we would turn, to Harrison Con necticut had promised to follow, and he expected this to create a stampede which would eventually carry tho Indiana candi date to the front. With tears in his eyes Dudley besought me to call a meeting of the California delegation and lay tho situation strongly before them, and did not leave me until he had secured my promise to do all that I consistently could. The break came, and soon afterward Harrison was nomi nated." A Lack ot Candidates. The Pennsylvania Democratic Conven tion meets in less than two weeks, but the factions have been, so busily engaged in fighting each other that so far little thought has been given to the nominations that are to be made. The entire struggle has been for the control of the organization and the election of the delegates to the National Convention. Yet there are two candidates for Congressman at large and one for Su premo Judge to be named. To be sure, there is nardly one chance In a thousand of a Dem ocrat being elected In Pennsylvania in a Presidental year, but there are usually at least a few aspirants for the honor of the nomination, with an eye to the future. As it looks now, though, unless some patriots come to the front in tho next ten days, the convention will be forced to resort to the draft. Perhaps the experience of a few years ago may have taught some of the Democratic jurists a lesson, however. Then the Demo cratic nomination for Supreme Judge was offered to a half dozen eminent legal lights, including one from Allegheny county.before a taker was found. Between the convention and election another vacancy on the Su preme Bench was created by death, leaving two places to fill. As the State Constitution provides that when two Supieme Judges are to be elected each voter shall only vote lor one candidate, tho Democrat who had been persuaded to accept an apparently hopeless nomination had a walkover at the noils. " There will be 403 delegates in the coming State Convention at llarrisburg,-Bnd in addi tion to making the nominations indicated. 6 national delegates and 32 Presidental electors are to be named. Private Dalzell on the Ohio Fight. Private Dalzell thinks that the Re publican factional fight in Ohio is likely to disrupt the party. In speaking of the mat ter the other day, he said: "Foraker felt the power or the Federal administration in his contest with Sherman, and.therefore.the revulsion from Harrison which he experi enced when the Cabinet was formed without him is intensified and Implacable beyond description. He wants Harrison's scalp, and of every other man who gets in his way to that end. When McKinley quietly for he has fur on his feet and does everything quietly rewarded the Sherman men with places at his disposal, and as gently ignored and repulsed tho Foraker men, the quick eve ot the latter took it all In, and a vow to destroy McKinley was registered alongside of the one to trip up Harrison. When a man like Foraker gets mad, he gets mad all over, and his wrath is not the idle vaporing of a fool or a coward, for he Is neither. He and McKinley equally divide the Republi cans of Ohio between them. "Sherman is out of the winds for six years to come," continued the Private, "and will lot these two young giants light It out. Either can muster about as many followers as the other. Harrison Is McKlnley's seo ond. Alger for Foraker. Alger would spend a million to divide the Ohio delegation with Harrison and Foraker would cheerfully do it for nothing. It is to be no child's play. McKinley and B'orakerwere ideal soldiers in their boyhood and when such men tight they fight not for fun, but fight to kill." Private Dalzell expects the internal strife to have an effect on the vote or Ohio in No vember, although ho thinks the Republicans will carry the State. L. D. B. What Fan It Would Be. Chicago Times.! It would bo pleasant to see Ingalls in the Senate again just long enough for Roger Q. Mills to get real mad at him. The Watched Pot Never Dolled. Boston Herald. A watched pot never bolls. This is what's the matter with the New York duel appaieutly. Who Says the Women Are Neglected? Los Angeles Times. There are 6,335 postmistresses in theUnlted States. Who says that women do not hold offices! , APBIL 1, 1892L PANACEAS FOR P0VESTY. Th8.True Movement for the Keller of the Masses Under Way. Chicago Times. A popular magazine announces a series of articles upon "The Poor in Great Cities." A scrutiny ot the prospectus -Indicates that muchwill be said of the hard and dwarfing life of tho very poor, but nothing of the causes which have made hnngor, cold, dull toil, and squalid lodging their lot. Possibly this is just as well for tho editor, since magazines circulato chiefly among the classes responsible. Widespread interest perhaps not wholly nntlnged with the mor bidIn what General Booth has rather in accurately called the "submerged tenth" is a notablo feature of the life of to-day. It is something of a "fad," indeed, and its fashionable vogue is rather to be regarded as an unhealthy symptom. Yet when" Mrs. Grun dy has declared slumming parties bad form, when sweet girl graduates no longer organize clubs or working girls for the study or calisthenics and Ruskin, and when uni versity extension shall no longer bo re garded as a panacea for all social and economic ills there will remain a smaller body of enthusiasts, yet a band of effective workers toward the end of abolishing pov erty rather than healing the hurts it causes. A comprehensive survey of the work be ing done for the amelioration of poverty leaves the observer with a deDressing sense that fundamentals arc being neglected. An ounce of cure is held to be worth a pound of prevention. The men or education and un doubted purity or purpose who go into East London to live at Tonybee Hall and spend their days In doing what thev may to bright en a little nook in "Darkest London" do not appear among those who strive to sweep away the dense fabric of oppression the op pression ot landlord, capitalist, privileged corporation mid privileged class that hangs like a pall above the denizens or that melancholy 1 eglon. They arc "English gen tlemen" believing that the duke must have his city lent roll, his Scotch deer forest, and bis wide expanse of gorse and heather on which to kill something every bright day. To share the life of the poor though only the neighboring poor know how Jar the den izens of the quiet, scholarly halls of a col lege settlement are from sharing theirgaunt aud sordid lite has in it an element of ro mance, aud withal does not force them to do violence to their associations and tradi tions. To band together in a systematic crusade for the abolishment of the law of entail, for the enforced division or the great estates, (or a heavier taxation upon ground rents, for a lelentless pruning of a treasury budget crammed full of appropriations of the people's money to private ends would be to offend British conservatism and to brave social ostracism. Temperance coffee bouses, model tenements, university settle ments, Toynbee Halls, "tee-to-tnms," and the like help well-meaning people to satisty their consciences without offending their prejudices. The true movement for tho re lief of the masses is under way, but does not work Irom above downward. UP IN A BALLOON. A balloon of this kind provided with dyn amite bombs would be anew and powerful agent of war; it would be troublesome enough if used only for discovering tho posi tion of an enemy. Philadelphia Ledger. The story of the German balloons may bo pure fiction. If true, the fact Is a disturb ing event for the Russians, who have no such means of spying out their enemies on their enemies' territory. Washington Star. That Is a queer story from Warsaw about balloons, supposed to belong to Austria or Germany, hovering over Russian fortresses, the passengers coolly taking observations and completely controlling the course of the airship. A cw York Recorder. This eerial spying is a source of great an noyance to the Czar, and he may organize and send a balloon battalion after the spies, In that case tho vision of the noet of Locks- ley Hall of "Airy Navies" grappling in the blue may be realized. Aew York Journal. That is a wonderful balloon story which comes from Warsaw, In far-off Paland, In connection with a threatened war between Germany and Russia. It is not stated whether Jules verno has been seen recently in that section of Europe or not. Denver Sun. The Russian officers on the German fron tier are reported to have seen balloons sail lng over their camp, back and forth, regard less of the direction of tho wind. It is not revealed whether their recent potations have been champagne or mixed drinks. Boston Traveller. lv it is true and we do not think it la that the German army is using balloons in perfect control to spy out the military oper ations of the Russians, then the airship which that Chicago company with a large capital proposes to sail a few times around Chicago and brine up at the World's Fair, will be an aeronautical chestnut. Hew York Advertiser. If half the stories be true which come from St. Petersburg telling of German bal loons floating over Russian ports in Poland, equipped with electric search-lights and controlled in every movement as easily as a steamer on a quiet sea, a new era of warfare may soon bo ushered in. Then may be real ized the vision of the lover in Tennyson's "Locksley's Hall," who Heard the heavens fill with shouting, and there rained a ghastly dew From the nations' airy navies, grappling in the central blue. Philadelphia Record. BAINMAKEK MELB0OENE EETUENS. The Peons of Mexico -Wanted to Make a God of Him. Chktekite, Wto., March 31 Rain King Frank Melbourne, tho remarkable Austra lian, is again at his headquarters here, after an absence of four months. He came direct fiom Hermosillo, Mexico. He says that he gave three inches of rain down there at a cut rate, and left because the people were so dumo. Some of the stupldand superstitious peons wanted to make a god of the miracle perlormer. Melbourne has yet the utmost confidence In his Invention, declaring that he can pre cipitate rain at will. He will operate this summer in South Dakota, Western Nebraska and this State. He can now make no less than half a dozen contracts, with at least $75,000 In each job. Melbourne will not name r. price for his secret. All his apparatus is in one small valise. DEATHS HERE AND ELSEWHERE. Captain A. M. Lloyd, Hollldaysburg. Captain Alexander M. Lloyd, of Holli dajsburg, aged N years. President of the First Na tional Bank of Altooua, and also President of the Hollldaysburg Young Ladles Seminary, died Wednesday morning. He was teacher of the Judsou Bible class of tbe Baptist Church for 49 years, instructed 1.CO0 young men. and is believed to be the veteran bunuay school teacher of the country. Rev. David C. Keed, New Castle. Rev. David C. Beed, a retired Presby terian minister Uvlng at New Castle, was found dead In his study about G o'clock yesterday morn lnjr. He had gone to the room a few minutes be fore his morning devotions. He was71 years of age and was well known In the ministry throughout Western Pennsylvania-. Death was caused by heart failure. Carmen Roderlquez, Aged 150. Carmen Roderiquez, a Mexican woman, 150 vears old, died at Tucson Wednesday night. Senora Roderiquez was maid of honor at the Mexi can Vice Keg.il Palace under Spanish domination. Later she was attached to the household or Maxi milian, and after the famous Ciuco de 31ayo lol lowed the fortunes of Emperor Iturblde. Obituary Notes. Sir William Bowmax. Bart., M. D., the dis tinguished ophthalmic surgeon, of London, Is dead. Judge Pstek Wood Ckaix, Maryland's oldest Juagc. Is dead. He was lor many years prominent in Maryland Klltlcs. Pbof. cuaklls A. Shaw, principal or the Canton. O.. High School, and a leading educator in .that section, died jesterday morning. William SIcPiikksox, a leading citizen of Carlisle and aDemocratic po)ltIclan,dIed yesterday, agtd 32 years. He was formerly of Plttsuurg. Judge John W. Howlix, died at Rapid City,, la., yesterday morning of consumption. He was prominent In politics audwlacly known in Dakota, Nebraska aud Iowa. Joiix OWEX, the veteran vessel owner of Detroit, who came to that city 53 years ago, died yesterday morning. He held several offices In the State, serving as State Treasurer during the war. William McPheksox, a leading Democratic politician of Carlisle, died yesterday morning, aged 82 years." For many years he was a resident of Pittsburg, where he has several sons living at this time. MltS. Ingobar M. OLSOX, a Mormon pioneer, died at Randolph, Utah, last week, aged 87 years, 8he was born In Norway, where she joined the Mormon Church. She went to Utah In 1837 with one or her sons, leaving behind two sons and a daughter who did not join the church.. She crossed the plains in Christopher Chrlstlansoa's "hand cart company." 1 LENTEN ENTERTAINMENTS. Through Japan With Chancellor Holland A Hebrew Literary Association Holds a TJeception A Qaestlon of White Kobes Matters Talked or in Society. Kev. J. "W. Holland, D.D., Chancellor of the Wostern University, gave one of his delightful talks to the members or the East Liberty Branch of the Y. M. C. A. last even ing. His Subject was "Japan and tho Ja panese," and he illustrated his address with lantern slides that brought to the eye the peculiarities of the country of the chrysan themum, and made his lecture all the more enjoyable. The Chancellor took his hearers with him Into the heart of Japan and Intro duced them'to the people and their curious customs in the easy conversational manner that Is peculiarly his own. The Chancellor thinks the Japanese aro not appreciated yet, bnt Is hopeful that thev will be before many years have passed. He is an admirer or them, considering them among the most progressive people or the earth. The speaker interspersed his remarks with many annec dotes that gave token or his familiarity with tho peculiarities of Japan and its inhabi tants. There was a very large audience, and the speaker wass. frequently applauded, a hearty vote'of thinks being tendered him at the conclusion ot ms remarks. There was a large attendance at the enter tainment ot the literary circle of the Young Men's Hebrew Association in Cyclorama hall last evening. Music and recitations filled part of the time, and then dancing was commenced and kept np till the early morn ing hours. The aff.iir was a success from every point of view. The members of the Glee and Mandolin Club of tho Western University held a re hearsal last night at the residence of Rev. J. W. Riddle, Allegheny. This evening they will give a concert' at Dilworth Hall. Penn sylvania College for Women, in the East End. f . The Young People's Society of the Shady sldo Presbyterian Church have presented two handsome bookcases, filled with books, to tho Old Ltdlea' Home of Wllklnsbnrg. The library is well selected, consisting of re ligious works, magazines, standard novels, etc. . The wedding of Miss Bessie Thurston, of Sheridan avenue. East End, and Mr. Still well, a well-known business man of Pitts burg, is to take place soon after Easter. Theke is an interesting discussion in progress in the Trinity Episcopal Church. Rev. Arundel, the new rector, is desirous of seeing tho little girls of his congregation wear white robes bn the occasion of their being confirmed. Bishop Whitehead agrees with Mr. Arundel that this is a pretty cus tom, that might well bo introduced nt Trin ity. Unfortunately, the parents of some of tho children, as well as the llttlo girls them selves, object to t'ao proposition, and declare that they will not comply with it. Trinity leans toward ritualism, but the objectors to the whito robes think that would bo going too far. EMBARHAS3ED BY SICHES. She Had to Build a T.inlt to Keep Her Many Wedding Presents. BROOKLYN, Blarch 31. Sinco the marrfago of Tweed's daughter in New York years ago no such political wedding has been seen as that of the daughter of Brooklyn's Demo cratic boss to Dr. Alexander F. Carroll. When Miss Nellie McLaughlin became Mrs. Dr. Carroll all the politicians iu Brooklyn made a wild scramble to send rich, rare and costly presents to the fair bride. The Rem son street palace of the boss, to which the presents were sent, was suddenly trans formed into a museum in which were rare furniture. Jewelry, bric-a-brac, paintings, statcary and other costly articles in endless variety. After the return from tho wedding trip the question aroc as to whnt was to be done with the costly array of nreints. whos3 value has been placed as high as $250, 000. A vault in a safe dopcit company was suggested, only to be abandoned, and it was tho young bride hcrseir who solved the nroblem. After removing to her new house on Washington Park, Brooklyn, Mrs. Carroll sent for Water Purveyor hawkes, who is a practical builder, and told him to draw her the plan of a burglar-proof vault, to be bnllt under tne siuewaiK, connecting wim cue cellar and fitted with a burglar-proof safe door. Yesterday his workwas completed, and the private deteotlve who has been on duty in the house for the past two mouths was paid off and discharged. The roorof the vault Is two teet under the sidewalk, and the inter vening space is filled with blocks and stone bound together with iron and covered with a layer a foot thick of cement that is as hard as granite. no vauicis xnorong my ventil ated and is fitted with shelves and recesses nnrnosel v arranged for the reception of each particular article, and there all the gold and silver ornaments, thejewolry, diamonds and other gems tnat were given to tue ui-iuo on her wedding day will be stored, ready for use upon stato occasions. FOTTHD IN THE DEIIX Curious Articles Dae CP ln Massachusetts and Connecticut. New York, March 31. At a special meeting of the American Numismatic and Archaeo logical Society, held at No. 101 East Twen tieth street last night, a paper was read by Francis Worcester Doughty on "Evidences of Man In the Drift." The lecturer exhib ited a number of curious objects of purple slate carved or worn into the form of human heads and those of various animals. There were several tablets made or a mixture of iron and clay. One of these, a large one, was covered on one side with a substance which looked like parchment or skin and was painted. On all these tablets were pictures renre senting various scenes, which, the speaker said, would probably prove to bo hieroglyph ics or inscriptions In somo heretolore un recognized language. Some of the heads exhibited were manifestly those or Indians; others had strongly marked Caucasian feat ures. These objects were found by Mr. Doughty in the "drift," often at a great depth in Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, on Staten Island, and on Long Island, near Brooklyn. Why Jones Loves Cleveland. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. J Jones, of Binghamton, the great freight payer, is another man who loves Cleveland for a certain enemy which he has made. Gas Making Material Rnnninj ; Short. Chicago Tribune. Senator Hill's Presidental balloon is col lapsing with great rapidity. The gas making material appears to be running short. The Band Preparing for Annie Laurie. New York World. The Democrats are coming on. XA3IES OFTEN MENTI0XED. THE statement is made that Milton's pub lishers paid the poet only $53 for his "Para dise Lost." Claits Spreckels, whose immense sugar refinery was recently absorbed by the Sugar Trust, Jert Philadelphia for San Francisco with his family at noon yesterday. 51. De Giebs, the r.ussiatt foreign Jlin istcr, who is suffering from an attack of erysipelas, is not yet out of danger. His illness is aggravated by a painful ulcer. Some unusually horrid man has been de claring that the iovelv Miss Julia Marlowo when very young had a pug nose which she straightened by sleeping on her ace. Haeriet Hosmeu, the sculptor, leads a very retired life in Rome, and is not easily approachable to visitors, but some times she lets down the bars of her reserve to an American compatriot. John H. Baker, the new United States District Court Judge for Indiana, was a busi ness rival or Judge Woods, whom he suc ceeds, when the two lived aud praoticea law in Go3hen, years ago. Congressman Kilgore is said to have surprised some or the staid and easy-going equestrians of Washington by dashing along tho country roads at reckless speed on horseback and leaning from his saddle to pick up pebbles from the ground as he flew by. It is pointed out that the year 1819, the year of Whitman's nativity, was a year of great babies. John Ruskin, Charles Klngsley, J. G. Holland, Cyrus W. Field and Julia Ward Howe, not to mention Queea Victoria, are among the great ones whom that year ushered into the world. CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS. Philadelphia has raised more camellias than any city In the United States. The water is so low in Salton Lake that the Salt Lake Company has begun taking out salt. By an act just passed in South Austra lia, all hotels are to be altogether closed on Sundays. The percentage of women who success fully pas the examination for Government positions Is greater than that or men. How Chinese women were expected to behave themselves 2,000 years ago is set forth in au .ancient Chinese work la 813 chapters. The steel 'Used by the United States navy is reconfmended by tho Austrian Soci ety of Engineers as the best known In prac tical science, i. A Floflis fish story tells of a shad, some 20 inches long, which leaped from one stream to another, over a considerable space of ground, in search of food. An expeiment in weaving silk by elec tric looms has been mnde in Germany, and the results entourage a return to manufact uring in the hojpses of the weavers. Sparrows, 1 stares and plovers are on friendly terrasjwltb. the fairies. The lark and the swallo are birds of good omen, but the latter shoum not rest on tne Housetop. Australia will send to the "World's Fair probably tho Mggest astronomical clock ever made. It irlll be 40 feet high and 23 feet square anaus to De duuc ot colonial cedar. Old peach trees are now being reported from various pans of the country, hut Southern papewt claim that tbe oldest froe boaring tree isjcivkig in Georgia and Is 52 ycurs uiu. The Chinese have many kinds of cere monial dishes and, cakes. Thus, oranges form an introductory course at ceremonial dinners, and preserves of betel nuts are offered to the guests at the New Year. Twenty-five cents was paid for a horso at a sale in Euck3 county the other day, and the auctioneer threw in a halter to make a respectable barrain. The horse dropped dead before the purebnsergot him home. Crows, like crickets, come for good or evil luck, but the "curse of the crows" Is a malediction to bo avoided. If good luck abides in the homestead whoro they build their rookery they should not be molested. Faith in dreams is still active in Georgia, where, a few nights ago, a woman dreamed that an Indian angel appeared and, hovering over her conch. Imparted to her the spot where golden treasure lies hidden. A woman in Georgia, it is related in a Southern exchange, quenched a longing for eggs and bnttermllk by eating, at one meal, two dozen hard boiled eggs and a gallon of buttermilk. "She died in great agony three days later." At the end of July last there were 63.500 electric lamps Incandescent and arc in ue in Paris. At tho end or March, 1S91, tho number was 103,000, so that during a per iod or IS months the number of lamps In use increased by 41.M0. Last year's passenger figures show that the two Gerraap lines the North German Lloyd and the Hamburg-American carried to America mora passengers than the whole of the English great Atlantic lines sailing irom Liverpool pat together. Kecent investigation has shown that the amount of tannin, which is the noxious element in tea, is from three times to five times as great in the Bengal and Ceylon leaf a3 in the Chinese. The attention of tha medical profession In America is called to this fact. Arizona has one of the greatest copper mlnc3 in tbe world. The Copper Queen is one of world-wide repntation, and during 1S01. with copper down to ridiculonsly low prices and the cost of development work running up Into tin millions, the mine paid a dividend of $350,000. A telephone up the volcano on Hawaii is the latest novelty for dwellera on tho island. In the old days men rode on horse back ahead of the lava flow to let the settlers know there had been an eruption, but hereafter It will be necessary only to turn the crank and call up "Central." There it no doubt about the difficulty ot killing a cat, but even that so-called nine-" lived animal is no to compare In tenacity of liro with the South American condor. It can rast for periods that would tax the endur ance of a professional fasting man, and it can survive wounds that any other animal would succumb to. At the lime when he made his will King George had no proprietorship over the money which he bequeathed away. It had been confiscated by the Prussian Govern ment, and wns only to be restored to him on certain condition", which he declined to fulfill Consequently, when he died his will became of no effect. At a shooting lodge in the Scotch High lands is an electric Installation operated by a btook, from which a colnran ot water de scends In a pipe COO feet to a turbine running a dynamo. Electric current is obtained sufficient to run 292 lamm and a large num ber of electric stoves for drying the cellars and warming the rooms. Before the invention of bottle-jacks, the turnspit dog was. ays "Cassell's Nat ural History," used In England to turn the spit on which the Joint was roasted, for which purpose thev ii ero attached to a sort of wheel. It is a quoer looking dog very long-bodied nnd very short-legged, and is posietsed of a great degree of intelligence. If anyone i3 ill or annoyed in any way in Thibet tho evil spirits are responsible, and the only sensible thing Is to go and hire a priest to frighten them off. For this pur poso the lama reads aloud from hi3 sacred writings, blows a horn made from a human thigh bone, beats a drum manufactured out or two human skulls, rings a bell, and tells over a rosary of dlsc-snaped beads, cut out of human sfculls. Xhe horse power; ot a whale has been made a.subjoct of stutty by the eminent anatomist, Sir William Turner, of the Uni versity of Edinburgh, Scotland, la conjunc tion with the equally eminent Glasgowhlpi builder, Mr. John Henderson. The size and dimensions of a great flar.er stranded sever al years ago on the shore at Longriddy fur nished the necessary data for a computation of the power necessary to propel it at a sneedor 12 miles at an hour. This whale measured 80 feet in length, 20 feet across at the flanges of the tall, and weighed 71 tons. To attain a speed of 12 miles per hour it was calculated that 113 horse power was necear sary. PICEIXGS PROM PUCK. srcQrERRT Do you believe in sym pathetic suflerlnjt? Henry Pect Do I? You onght to see how I suf fer when my wife is oat of sorts. To see, in Arden, Rosalind, Brocghtnpaanestlon to my mind; She there the hose and doublet wore, Pray, did she wear them evermore? Optician Yes; I see. Yon need a pair of dark glasses, to soften the light. Excellent thing for sore eyes. Try this pair very bet Lon don smoke. Customer (trying them). These are not dark enough. Haven't you any Chicago smoke? ELSIE I wonder why Hilda. Holdover doesn't buy a new dress, instead of that rusty old silk Mic has ou. Mand i guess she Is arrald that If she did, peo pie would couslder It a Leap Year forfeit. Man wants but little here below; But as the days go by. He finds with every rising sua He needs a fresh supply. Tom Do von think it will rain to-day? Jack-No: I think not. I saw Local Forecast Official Dunn walking down to the Equitable Building this morning carrying an umbreua. Prof. Astral (in Boston.) I under stand that your daughter is an enthusiastic student of thcosophr. 3Irs. Hubbs Yes, she was last week. I don t know what she Is enthusiastic about this week. The season's lour in her unite ; She's young as Spring, as f.Ur to boot, As Summer gay. as Autumn rich. And cold as Winter to my suit. Minister How, my dear hearers, look with me for a moment at the character of David. In him we see a man of brains and courage and resources: A powerful politician! A skillful lead er and organizer of men! Mr. Nosun (edging toward door). Here, let ot outt I can't stand that man's praise ofHUlt
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