"-." KX-- THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH. TUESDAY. APRIL ' 12. 189a - 4 r4 B$pa!4' m ESTABLISHED FEBRUARY 8, 1846 Vol. 47. So. C5. Entered at Pittsburg Postofflco Xovembcr, 1S87. as second-class matter. Business Office Corner Smithfield and Diamond Streets, News Rooms and Publishing House 78 and 80 Diamond Street, in New Dispatch Building. FASTFRV ADVERTISIXH OFFICE. ROOM 76. TEIHUNE BUILDING. NEW YORK, where com plete flies of THE DISPATCH ran always be fonna. Foreign advertisers appreciate the convenience. Home advertisers and friends of THE DISPATCH, while In Nov York, are also made w clcomo. THE DISPJ. TCH it reovlarly on tale at BrtnVmo' , I Vnion Square, Sea York, and If Ave ae V Opera. Parii. France, itltere anyone who not been dteap pomted at a hotel netcs stand can obtain it, TERMS OF THE DISPATCH. POSTAGE THEE IX THE EXITED STATES. runvr Dispatch, One Year t S CO Dailt Dispatch. Per Quarter 5 00 Dailt Dispatch, One Month 70 Daily Dispatch. Including Sundav. 1 yer.. 10 00 Daily Dispatch. Including Sundaj-,3in'th. ISO Daily Dispatch. Including Sunday, Im'th. 90 Sunday DlSPATcn, One Year I V Weekly Dispatch. One Year 1 25 " The Daily Dispatch Is delivered toy carriers at 15 cents per week, or. Including Sunday Edition, at 10 cents per week. TUESDAY. APK1L 12, 1892 TWELVE PAGES Parties who have changed their residence will please leave new address at the busi ness office. In order to Insure the uninter rupted delivery or The Dispatch to their homes, THE CITT AUDIT. The ordinance providing for an audit of the city accounts was again introduced by Councilman O'Donnell yesterday. There seems to have been a good deal of un necessary discussion on this issue, but when its true significance is understood, it Is probable that those opposing it will recognize that by doing so they place ' themselves In a false position. There can be no good reason for object- big to a proper and thorough audit of the city's affairs. It is to be taken as a mat ter of course that any Institution handling the public funds should have its ac counts audited at proper periods; and if any criticism were to be offered on this proposition, It Is that it has been too long deferred. To be complete, It must extend back to the date of the last audit An audit which leaves any period unaudited would be equivalent to no audit at all. "With the recognition of the indisputable propriety and business necessity of prop erly auditing public accounts, it Is to be presumed that all who favor conducting city affairs on business principles will unite in passing a measure for an audit that will be complete and indisputable in its findings. ENGLAND'S BUDGET. In submitting his annual budget Mr. Goschen has had another opportunity of demonstrating his ability as a financier by the close approximation of the expendi tures to his estimates. This year the Blight balance is due to an Increase In revenue from tobacco Instead of from liquor, as on other occasions. This is an improvement, Inasmuch as tobacco Is not the curse to England which drink is. The Chancellor's logic is weak In draw ing a favorable conclusion of the condi tions of wages and prosperity among working men from the Increase in the consumption of the weed that sodthes and the spirit that inebriates. It cannot for a moment be maintained that men in steady work at good rates of pay spend as much In drink as do men whose condition leads them to seek forgetfulness. If Goschen have no stronger proof of the happiness of English artisans than Is afforded by an in crease in the expenditure on tobacco and spirits he would do better to hold his peace on the matter. It is noticeable that in England the. con sumption of spirits has increased six and one-half per cent as compared to one and three-fifths per cent in Scotland and one per cent in Ireland. Yet the party in power to-day professes to believe that it can manage the business of Scotland and Ireland at Westminster better than it could be done in Dublin and Edinburgh respectively. Mr. Goschen is a good financier, but he goes astray on his social deductions from the condition of the Exchequer. AN ILLOGICAL INVESTIGATION. The newspaper assignment of sending a reporter m the guise of a destitute work ingman around among the organized char ities has been tried again in New York. The Telegram, which undertook it, gives an extended report of the experiment, and upon the fact that its reporter did not get enough relief to amount to anything bases the conclusion that "city organizations in tended to benefit the deserving poor fail to fill the bill." In this conclusion the esteemed Telegram is Illogical It may be the case that the deserving poor are not relieved; but its in vestigation does not prove the fact The idea that it does, comes from a failure to recognize that the person sent to apply for relief does not belong to the class of de serving poor. lie was a pro tempore im postor asking for charitable aid under false pretenses. The fact that he did not get it proves that the charitable organiza tions were not taken in by this imposture to the extent of wasting their substances. As far as this goes It is much more of a vindication for the missions than if they had wasted their relief upon a person ap plying for it under a false impersonation, which may have been innocent enough of its intent, but which it is not their busi ness to accept. AN AIIGU3IENT FOR PROGRESS. The recent flurry among the repre sentatives of Southern chivalry in New York City on account of some alleged re marks concerning each other by the fair and feminine half of that charmed and charming circle, has led an esteemed co temporary to an erroneous deduction. It is that the affair will be likely to confirm the old-fashioned view of woman's sphere and privileges. This view falls to take In the salient points of the situation. The most ultra old-fashioned view of woman's sphere and privileges is that presented by the ancient representative of the Southern first families. That idea very plainly does not enter upon the futile and unchivalric attempt to prevent women from talking of each other. But wh'en the talk trans gresses the boundary that divides gossip, from scandal, since the woman cannot be required to give satisfaction it calls upon the husband, brother or other nearest male relative to stand up and be shot at on the field of honor. This ancient and con servative view of the sphere of the rights of women, will Impress itself upon the men subjected to that hazard as a very hard lot for them. The difficulty of curb ing the female tongue stands out in equal prominence with the oisagreeableness of being filled full of holes by an offended but expert duelist If the conservative view of women makes the result of a few social remarks that the father, brother or husband of the remarker must make him self a target for the father, brother 01 husband of the remarkee, we hazard nothing in saying that the fathers, brothers and husbands will go In for Progress with a large P and the advanced woman with capitals all through her title. Better, far better, for the peaceful though Inglorious masculine soul that the woman of the lattar day shall be ad vanced enough to be responsible forier own words than tor the unfortunate man to become the situs of a lead plant and leave the fair and old-fashioned woman a disconsolate widow until she finds a fresh spouse to shoot and be shot on account of her social jcux d esprit SHARPERS IN STATECRAFT. The latest exchange of maneuvers be tween the Powers on the Egyptian ques tion suggests the inspiration of a frontier feud over a line fence, together with a distinct resemblance to the way in which the Cheap Jack merchants palm off on their customers an article wholly inferior to the one they exhibit in their windows at startlingly low price. The trouble com menced with thesendingof the firmanfrom the Sultan investing the young Khedive in the Government of Egypt. As this indi cated a universal agreement that Abbas is to be Khedive, there would seem to be on the surface no objections. But the En glish diplomatists fear the Moslems as well as the Greeks, when they bear gifts, especially when these eminent Greeks, the Russian andFrenehMinlsters,were close to the ear of the Porte. The event proved that the distrust was not misplaced. The amiable Eyout Pasha journeyed to Cairo with the firman In his possession, and pro posed by virtue of its authority to Invest the young Khedive at once. But the En glish advisers of the Khedive were wary birds, and there was a suspicion of file gnawing when the return demand was made for the Inspection of the firman. This was not a welcome demand, as may be judged from the subsequent disclosure that the firman the sublime Porte had graciously provided, under the advice of Russia and France, cutoff from the terri tory of the young ruler a large share of the Red Sea littoral which has belonged to Egypt since the days of Ismail, and which England and Italy have been watching in concert since the days of Arab! and the outbreak of the Soudanese rebellion. This would have been a very pretty scheme if the EDglish diplomatists had ex hibited a suspicious familiafty with the methods of the sharper. The Khedive was advised to decline investiture on these terms. The English and Italian iron-clads dropped in accidentally, but prepared for anything that might turn up at Alexan dria. The English, Italian and Austrian Ministers at Constantinople informed the Porte that Eyout Pasha must be recalled or the firman amended. The fact being made apparent that the game would not work, the innocent Eyout made a discovery that cleared the matter up. The first firman was not the genuine article only a play thing. How he made the. mistake he does not explain, but he had in his poclcet the genuine firman exactly in the form de manded. As this reduced the game of swindling statesmanship to the status of a man obliged to pull the cards out of his sleeve, it Is supposed the episode is ended. It is time that there is still a note of quarrel in the rendezvous of the French fleet at the Piraeus; but France,in regard to Egyptian affairs, has generally got her spint up to the pugnacious point after the melee is over, and the present case bids fair to be no exception to the rule. WAR VESSELS AND SHIP CANALS. Senator McMillin, of Michigan, is re ported in a New York interview as being anxious for the abrogation of the treaty of 1819, as the naval ports permitted on the lakes by that treaty are not adequate to the present growth of lake commerce. To clinch this view the Senator points to the advantage which England would have in case of war by the ability to introduce war vessels through the Canadian canals. There is no doubt of this disadvantage, which has already been pointed out in these columns; but the trouble with Senator McMillin's plan, as with most of the expressions that have Come from sources of political influence, is that it proposes to disturb settled conditions without curing the in equality. We can build war vessels for the lakes; and England can do the same thing and still retain an immense preponderance by the ability to reinforce the lake flotilla with an overwhelming fleet if war should break out. Moreover, all the vessels which the United States could build would be forever confined to the lakes. The English vessels could be transferred by the Canadian canals to any quarter of the world where their services are desired. There Is just one way to rectify the in equality established by the ship canals through Canada, and that is to have equal or superior ship canals by which our light draft war vessels can pass' from the ocean to the lakes. The Ohio River and Lake Erie Canal would furnish such a water route, besides connecting the lakes and ocean with the region where steel vessels could be most economically constructed. Besides, the commercial value of this canal would make its construction profitable in times of peace, while the cost of building war vessels to be kept on the lakes would be a dead investment except in case of war. If the single Government vessel now kept on the lakes were insufficient for ordinary police duty, there would be good reason to ask for the abrogation of the treaty of 1819; but as a protection against war the only adequate measure is to make our lines of water communication equal or superior to those of Canada. . PARTISANSHIP AND USURPATION. In view of the fact that Governor Bulke ley, of Connecticut, has held office one year and four months longer than he was elected for, simply because the politicians will not permit a fair decision of the dispute who was elected as his successor, every citizen of Connecticut with a sense of what is due to honest, popular govern ment should take means to urge that the present anomalous and disgraceful condi tion of thitgs should last no longer. "The Dispatch has dissented from Democratic denunciations of Bulkeley as a usurper, because he has constitutional warrant for remaining in his place.until a successor is duly designated. ' It also ex cepts from the Democratic tendency to regard the Connecticut case as especially flagrant, the ct being that the exact parallel to it on the Democratic side oc curred in West Virginia a few years ago. Bulkeley's hold-over has now exceeded that of the Democratic Governor in West Virginia, which was just about a year. Both parties have been equally guilty of retaining control of offices without regard to the will of the people, and thereby they have shown how extreme partisanship be comes the enemy of popular government When cases like those of Connecticut and West Virginia occur, they demon strate that partisans are incapable of do ing what shonld"be the only effort of real public leaders after election, namely of uniting In obeying the expressed will of the people. If the maintenance of an official in power by preventing the de cision of an eleotion is not usurpation, it is but a step from it, for the next thing is to maintain power by preventing or nullify ing the election altogether. As long as partisanship produces such results,the poli ticians display themselves as the worst enemies of republican government It is announced that passenger ears for the special traffic to the World's Fair are to be mads with a view to their easy conversion into freight wagons after the rush. It is hotter this way than to turn existing froisht oars Into passenger conveyances, as force of habit might lead to an unpleasantly rough handling of the human goods. An Illinois woman celebrated her hun dredth birthday on Sunday. The supply of "oldest women in the country" Is not ex hausted yec The block house at the Point, what there is left or It, should stay where it ls.be re paired with a minimum of alteration, he al lowed some breathing space, and then he preserved lor future reference. Surely Sirs. Schenloy and the Daughters of the Revolu tion can manage this between them. Oxly four more days of mortification, but much can bo done In the timo by sacri fices winter clothes on the altar or spring fashions. It appears that the voting on the 55,000, 000 loan for the 'World's' Fa'r Is to be largely guided by" Jealousy of Chicago's success in securing the Democratic Convention. Such action would be well in keeping with the customary Congressional methods of doing national business. The Third Party is not satisfied with its present ability to blow its own trumpet, and will theiefore establish an organ in the Capital. So fak as England is concerned, the disturbances on the Afghan fionLjerniea mere bagatelle, as the Ameer has recom mended his princely subjects to put not their trust in Russia, but remain friendly to British rule. A Pkesiden-tal candidacy is like an amatenr photographer It Is suro to bring out all a man's worst features. We congratulate the Chronicle Telegraph on the prosperity and energy which has ena bled it to reduce its price. The city, too, is to be congratulated on the business progress of which Journalistic success is indicative. ,If the Secretary of the Commonwealth have his way Harrisburg will become liar ritysburg to-morrow. Senatoe Aldeich says that the Rhode Island election was decided by the tariff and the currency. Of course there must be no misinterpretation as to tho way in which the currency affected the result. It is Parkhurst's Intelligence and sense of fitness that are at fault, not his sincerity and courage. The rustlers of Wyoming are evidently highly civilized warriors, for they realize the advantago of cutting off telegraph com munication between their opponents and the latter's base of supplies. RrvEBS are rising in various parts of the country because the land has had a drop too much. The presence of English, Russian, Ital ian and French fleets at Port Said to honor the Khedive's investiture is suggestive of the danger of smoking cigarettes in a pow der magazine. If this weather continue the Mayilower is likely to meet with shipwreck this year. If Mr. Whitelaw Reid entertain any serious thought of entering the contest for the Vice Presidency, he had better refrain fiom banquets and lunches while there is yet time. Qday'8 choice for President is as known as Hill's opinion on free silver. little Allegheny citizens are making loud complaints about the condition of their streets. The most effective time and place for such complaints is tho polling booth. New Yobk's Sunday morality is a trifle more variable than the weather, Only half the peach crop In Ohio has been killed by the cold snap this time. The other half was-wise enough to be backward in coming forward. OX THE TOP KUNG. Dr. Teaill Green, of Easton, has re signed as a trustee of the Harrisburg State .Lunatic Hospital. Arch Duke Otto, of Austria, nephew of Emperor Francis Joseph is suffering from an attack of measles. Atiobney General Miller left Wash ington last evening for the purpose ot in specting the Judicial districts of Louisiana aud Texas. The Grand Duchess Alexandrine ofMeck-lenburg-Schwerin, who recently celebrated her ninetieth birthday, is the oldest of Euro pean princesses. Secretary Blaine says he Is not train ing under, the wrestler Muldoon's care. He is not acquainted with him and never saw him in his life that he knows of. At the school election at Evanston, 111. , Tuesday Mrs. Mary B. Willard, tho venerable mother of Miss Frances E. "Willard, cast her first vote, at the ripe age of ninety years. The Czar, the Czarina and their family willvBail for Copenhagen on board the Im perial Yacht Polar Star on April 22 to at tend the golden wedding of tho King and Qncen of Denmark. Queen Victoria will visit tho Ducat family at Darmstadt on April 23, while re turning home from Hyeres. She will meet at Darmstadt ex-Empress Frederick and per. haps Emperor William. Whitelaw Reed yesterday afternoon entertained at luncheon Chauncey M. De pew, ex-Senator Warner Miller, exGovernor WetmOre, Senator McMillan, D. O. Mills, Sec-' retimes tions ana foster. IHZ G0VESNOE BEADY To Go on With That Libel Salt, bat the De fense Secures Delay. Philadelphia, April 11. Tho case of Will iam F. Jordan and J. J. McLaurin, of the Harrisburg Morning Call, charged by Gover nor Pattison with criminal libel in publish ing the famous "Turn on the Light" article during tho campaign or 1890, was on the list for trial to-day, but after a heated discus sion the trial was postponed until Thurs day, May 5, at Jthe request of the defense. Governor Pattison was on hand nt an early hour. McLaurin was present, but Jordan did not appear, as he thought that a post ponement would be obtained. His bail however, was forfeited by his bondsman! William P. Small. Ministers Object to Chinese Exclusion. Boston, April 1L At a meeting to-day of the Congregational ministers of Boston and vicinity, a resolution was adopted express ing most emphatic condemnation of the Chinese exclusion act,-and requesting the Senators from Massachusetts to -use every endeavor to lawfully prevent its adoption by the united States Senate. SOME GOOD FLAYS. A Change for the Better at the Theaters A Texas Steer Is Funny The Ensign Is Deeply Interesting;, the Boston Athe nrenm First-Claii and Other Shows Worth Seeing. Chas. E, Iloyt has distinguished himself hitherto in the realm of screaming farce, and he may be said to be to a large extent the inventor of the American farce comedy, which has since degenerated into a disease of great virulenoy. Last night a comedy of his of lar greater merit than anything Mr. Iloyt has done before 'was presented at the Dnquesne Theater. -'A Texas Steer" is not a larce comedy at all, and its name Is misleading in its suggestion of riotous prede cessors, such as "A Holo in the Ground" and "A Tin Soldier." Once before Mr. Hoyt put on a moie serious stylo in "A Midnight Boll,"- but that play was neither one thing nor the other, it was "mechanically farcical in spots and mechauioally pathetlo in spots and really and truly effective nowhere. But "A Texas Steer" is a well-planned play, with something like a sober presentment of several phases of American life and lots of fun all through it. The characters in it are flrmly drnwn and Maverick Brander, the Texas Cattle Kine in Congress, is to a great extent as true to life to Bardwelt Sloat, and like that eminent statesman a precious stage character. But the lines are brighter in "A Texas Steer," also, than in most of Hoyt's pieces, and so with plenty or brisk action, several telling situations, and gen erally amusing characters, the play keeps the audience laughing all the time. Tho plot is exceedingly simple. It Is little more than a dramatic account of a Texas cattle king's experience in Washington: but its bimplicity Is strong. A few incidents are a trifle bioad, notablv the young advent ui ess' advances to Brander in act II. It was very well acted last nlshfc. Tim Murphv gave a verv clear-cut and original individuality, to Maverick Brander. Miss Hora Walsh was a lovable and Ingenuous Bossy. The Texas steer's daughter and all the other characteis were decidedly well filled. Mr. Brav, Mr. Grace and Charles Stanley being especially clever in several odd hits of eccentric charactorx. Mr. Ciaven was excellent as a model coloied waiter. The American quintet sang many old melodies and a few new ones with unusual good taste, humor and sweet vocal effect, and the audience encored them dozens of times. The orchestra also made a hit with a medley, burlesquing popular airs, between acts one and two. The audience was large and almost as merry as tho play. The .Ensign nt the Alvln. There is a deep and real human interest in "The Ens'gn," a drama by William Haworth presented at the Alvln Theater last night beforo a largo audience. The plot is sufficiently thrilling nnd the story is an honcet, wholesomo one of patriotic heroism chiefly. The piav is built around the Mason Slidell Incident' in tho Civil War lo Mn-e extent, but its appeal Is simple and direct onough. The hero's life is Jeopardized by his killing of a lenegade American who to serve a political end Insults the Star and Stripes, and the hero's sweetheart. Mr. Haworth takes the opposite view to that espoused by Bronson Howard as to the com plicative strength of love and patriotism who shall decide which is right? Talking of otherplnys of tho sameclass there ai e several things in "The Ensign" which remind one of "Held bv the Enomy," the court martial scene and the offer of 'Cowiwain Dudley ot his own life for the Ensign's. Chestnuts are rather liberally sprinkled over the dialogue also. Yet as a whole "Tho Ensign" is a bright, clean play, with originality and gen uine dramatic force to recommend it. The thrilling sceno of all is the fight over the flag at the end of Act II, with Its rather bnnrombish 'epilogue, In which the word "1111" is used verv forcibly. The audience cheered nt this point and applauded gener ously. Mr. Harry Mainhall made a very handsome and manly hero, and George Faw cett's picture of a blunt, bluff old sailor with a big heart was very true and noble. The play was well acted throughout. Miss Ruth Carpenter looked charming, and acted the heroine with much sweetnes and grace. The fit of the gowns wa noticed with envy by the women. Miss Seymour was good in nn ingenue role, and Miss Mamie Moore, a mere child, played a Juvenile role with unusual repression and naturalness. Mr. Glcason's Irish Orderly was a better hit of acting than anything he did as the villain. The scerterv, especially the views of a man-of-war's decks, was veiy fine, and tho pro duction as a whole was singularly smooth. The Grand Opera House. Pittsburg has seldom, or never, seen a bet ter specialty entertainment than the one witnessed by a houseful of people a( tho Grand Opera House last night. The Boston Howard Athenceuin Specialty Company con tains a galaxy of stars of both sexes. The whole performance was bewildering. The Evens sketch more than made up in agility what it lucked in grace. Fulgora in his lightning change of costumes must be the envy of every man and woman in this world of hurry. Mr. Duncan evoked much laughter by his ventriloquial skill. Miss Ena Ber toldi is a marvel of suppleness. Her poses aie so grotesquely unnatural as to be fas cinating in their hideousness. Tara treated plates. Bowls, balls, a silk hat, a can, a cigar and what not as though they wore be ings Instinct with life to do his bidding. Not the least remarkable feature of the show was the warm applause evoked from the audience In token of their hearty appre ciation and enjoyment ot the cosmopolitan talent. The Drummer Boy. If the first performance of "The Drum mer Boy." that good old war play, at the Bijou Theater last night is a fair sample of tho week's business, the coffers of the relief fund of Alex. Havs Post 3, G. A. E., will be materially enriched, for there was not a vacant scat In the house. The familiar j-et ever affecting story was enacted spiritedly by a large and strong company of amateurs. All the scenic and spectacular effects were well managed, and the play was received with immense applause at all stages. The entire cast was deserving of praise, but the principal ehai actors were unusually well done bv Messrs. D. A. Jones, J. C. Kober, Elmer E. Shaner and Hiss Alice Kober, who played the heroic drummer boy. Some young ladle" also gave valuable assistance, as did the Washington Infantry, Company A, Fourteenth Regiment, and Hampton Battery. The Harris Theater. The most meritorious play and company for many weeks at this theater la that of "Uncle Hiram," the Initial performances of which were, given yesterday to large audi ences. A. H. Woodhull has an original in ception of a down-east Yankee, and does It excellently. Thesupportls weakin apots,but Miss Mona Carrington is a lovable Edith Red land, and Troja Griswold a Duxom soubretto who can sing. The scenery Is good, and the play would be strong enough without "adapting" the saw-mill scene from "Blue Jeans." The Academy of Music. There is quite an entertaining company at the ever popular Academy this week. May Russell's Burlesque Company is not a had one. The "Prince's Reception" is a burletta that introduces almost all the good per formers, and it is leal tun from beginning to end. "Jack's Ante" winds up a tolorably good programme. The specialties are: Sul ly and Randall, the famous Pauline Batch eller, Froh and Richmond, Al Bellman, Crawford and Bowers, Stewart Sisters, Ed Estus. The company Is worth patronizing. Stage Notes. Prop. Vajt Vbacxeu and his eight trained horses gave great satisfaction to large audi ences at Davis' Museum-Theater yesterday. The horses are very clever. In the theater Senator Frank Bell and others of ability present a good bill. Mobkis' Meeht MoNABcns are giving a really enjoyable performance of high-class variety at the World's Mnseum-Theater. The specialties are bright and pleasing. Tho looster band and other notable curiosities are to be seen there also. THE FIHST SHAKE ST0SY.- A Blast Uncovers a Nest of Hissing Rep tiles and Slakes a Man Itnn. Wilkesbabbe, April 11. Special. While blasting rocks in the deep cut a short dis tanco above White Haven, Michael Greenig, a Lehigh Valley Railroad foreman, met with a thrilling experience. After fir ing a blast in a quarry he climbed upon the ledge of rocks to note the effect the shot hnd taken, when, to his horror, he found it had uncovered u den of huge black snakes. Before he could realize his posi tion ho was surrounded by nearly 100 snakes, varying from three to seven feet In length. Ho had no chance to run, and to Jump down was Impossible, ns ho was over SO Jeet from the track. But Mike is possessed of a cool head and abundance ot pluck, and with nothing but a small stick which he carried he attacked the snakes. After 20 minutes of hard fighting he succeeded In getting down to the track after killing 47 reptiles, the largest of which meas ured 7 feet 4 inches. BSTIEB CITIZENSHIP WASTED. The Remedy Is to Ba Looked for From Men of the Business World. Detroit Free Press, Prof. 8wing, of Chicago, has written an article on "Students of the State," In which he points out a weakness in American citi zenship to which the Free Press has fre quently culled attention on behalf of better municipal government in Detroit. He be lieves that the pursuit of. property has transformed little Jeffersons Into Board of Trade men and little Franklins into railroad presidents and bondholders. Amoney lover o'eases to be a State lover, and the merchant deliberately allows the dollar to alienate his affections, "willfully and shamefully aband oning the blessed privileges secured to him through the wisdom of ages." There is much of truth In these utter ances. Those who honestly desire the pub lic good strive to soonre tho election of officials higher in character ami intelligence than are those selected by men who are In politics as a source of revenue to them selves, and are without so much as an ap preciation of what the general good de mands. But those men who net under patriotic impulses meet with discourage ment from several clases. There are those who plead a want of time as nn excuse for neglecting public affairs. Another class say that thero is no money in politics for them, meaning that they cannot get a cash lemuneration for doing the part of a good citizen, and a third class, rapidly growing in numbers especially throughout the great cities of the country, simply barter their votes as thoy would any other commodity. In these three classes money 1; placed above the demands ot citizenship, and it is not to be wondered at that statesmanship is de clining, or that such a comparative few of our modern statesmen are above suspicion. Boodiers and demagogues have a hold that should be broken by thoe who are in directly responsible for their existence. Men of business do not lack time, but their thoughts and energies are devoted to secur ing the main chance. They are largely re sponsible lor the existing state ot affairs, and from them the remedy is to be lookod for. AWAITING A BEVELATJON. Mormons Listen to Elders Speaking In Unknown Tongues, Iwdepesdekce, Mo., April 11 Strange sights were seen and strange sounds were heard to-day at the international conlerence of the recognized Mormon Church being held in this city. Religious excitement ran high, and many spoke in prophecy nnd in strange tongues. The songs in unknown tongues proclaiming praise to the Almighty for his goodness were continuous. One of the sisters told of marvelous cures brought about by laving or. of hands by the ruling elders in the church. In the sickroom she saw three figures, and they were angels entering her room. A circle of light was around their heads. One put out her band and she was told to take it. and ns he attempted to do so she re ceived the word of God blddinsr her to open her eyes to the faith of Mormon. Elder Kemp spoke in tongue which were un intelligible to his hearers. Following Elder Kemp three sisters sang in a strnnce tongue. Sunday was decided to be n day of fasting and prayor to the Almighty that his spirit might prevail with the prophet and a revelation be given him. The church claims that the time lias come when it is necessary to the faith that nil church offices be filled. Joseph, the propher.is evidently prepiring for the revelation. For the Inst two days he has been fasting and sending up prayers for wisdom from on high. HE IS GOOD AT FIGURES. Astonishing Feats Performed by a Michi gan Six-Year-Old Roy. Mantox, Mien., April 11. A remarkable boy mathematician is at present attracting attention to this village. Frank Northrop is the lad's name, and his age is but 6 years. The boy's parents are receiving letters of in quiry, many of them from amusement man agers, but they are not willing to place him upon exhibition. His mathematical powers have come to hltu naturally. He is boyish in all his acts and in his speech, yet Is an old head at figures. He solves mentally and with wonderful rapidity any sum in multi plication, no matter how large the figures. A correspondent gave him any number of apparently dlfflcnlt examples. In each in stance he would readily move his lipi, llxp the fl.'uros given, and then return the cor rect answer. When the figures 4, 9, 7, 7 Were placed upon n pieco of paper the young man could not give the amount thev repre sented, but readily figured it. Ho'simplv knows the figures singly, and has not the least idea or grouping them. Last fall he could not count above 12, and it wa at this time his skill in figures was first recognized. Ho has attended school but two months. That he hasasvstem of his own by which ho works Is evident by the thoughtful ex pression of his face and his lepeating diffi cult questions. FINED FOB IMPORTING LABORERS. The First Case or the Kind In Which There Has Been a Conviction. Tbeston, N. J., April 11. What is said to be tho first conviction under the United States law of March 3, 1 891, against the im portation of alien contract labor, occurred here to-day, in the Fedeial Court. Tho de fendant was R. J. Corlis, representing the Ilamburg-Americnn'Packing Company, who had been indicted forieceiving fourimnii grants at the port of Sow York, thev having come in September last, from Hamburg, under contract to labor in the Thomas mines in Virginia. He was ordered to re turn them and failed to do so. Mr. Cortis to-day pleaded non vult, and Judgo Green fined'him $300 and costs. There are other cases pending in the same court against steamship companies, includ ing the White Star Line, but these, it is said, will be contested and the law fought. UBS. HARRISON IS ILL. The President's Wife Snflerlng With an At tack of Bronchitis. WASnisoTON, April 11. Mrs. Harrison. wife of the Pi esident, in suffering from an attack of bronohitis. About a month ago she was taken with il rather mild form of tho grip, and, while at no time was her condition at nil serious, she has never fully recovered from its effects, and early last week symp toms of bronchitis made their appearance. Dr. Gardner was called In. and on Thurs day she was so much better, although still confined to her bed, that the President felt perfectly safe In leaving her for a few days' shooting. On Friday, however, she was taken worse, her cough and fever Increasing in severity, and since that time Dr. Gardner has visited his patient several times a day, and, while she is now somewhat better, sho still has fever and her cough continues. A FBEE F0BT WANTED. Quebec's Board of Trade Petition the Do minion Government for Such a Lr.w. Quebec, April IL The Board of Trade has sent a petition to the Dominion Government asking that Quebec be made a free port. The petition sets forth that a tax of three cents per ton is levied for the maintenance of the rivor police, and two cents per ton for sick mariners' dues. The imposition of these taxes has provoked reprisals on the part of the United States, which levies three cents a ton on all vessels coming from Canada, even from the maritime provinces. If this tax were abolished in Quebec, the Board is satisfied that tho United States would exempt Canadian vessels as it did last year in tne case of those of the British Colony of Tobago. CARNEGIE SAILS TO-MORROW, Bnt Says He Will Be Back In Time to Help Harrison. New York, April 11. ISpecial. Mr. and Mrs. Andiew Carnegie will sail for England Wednesday on the Teutonic, of the White Star line. They will spend the summer in England. "I -have a country house near London," Mr. Carnegie aid this morning, "and we will spend cvcral weeks there. After the season is over we will probably go to Scotland." "And when will you return?" "Kurly In the autumn in time to help re elect gallant Ben Harrison." Pattison, the Handsomest of the Candidates. New York Commerce-Advertiser.! The handsomest one of tne men whoso names are promlnontly mentioned In con nection with the Presidency is Governor Pattison of Pennsylvania. He 13 over six feet in height, and is gracefully and strongly proportioned, while his features are clean cut, and hi chin Indicates firmness of character. The Chorus to Ta-Ba-Ba-Boom. Chicago Newso "What does Rhode Island amount to, any wayt" Chorus oDcmocraU. PLAYING FOR CHARITY. The Allegheny Dramatic Club to Give Performance for the Benefit of the Fresh Air Fund A Daisy Chain Hos pitalSocial Gossip. Next Tuesday the Allegheny Dramatic Club will give a performance for the bene fit of the Fresh Air Fund. The play will be "David Garrick," and the cast will be about the same that lately presented "The Rivals" in so pleasing a manner. It will include Misses Lucy Haworth, Florence "McKnlght and Eda Young, and Messrs. Scovel, Davis, Verner Scaife, O. P. Scalfe, William Met caire, R. D. Haworth and Fred AlUree. The young people could not work for a more de serving charity than the Fresh Air Fund, nnd thero is no doubt that they will face a large audience when the curtain rolls np for the first act. It is not yet settled whether the performance will be given In the Pitts burg Club Theater, or the Masonic Hall, Allegheny. A dress rehearsal will be given In Morgan za on Monday, for the benefit of the inmates of that institution. It will be in all respects a finished performance. A great deal of interest has been awakened in Pittsburg In the project to establish free kindergarten schools. Mis3 Ada M. Hughes is announced to deliver an address on the subject this evening, and it is expected that she will make very clear what has hitherto been a rather misty sub ject in the, minds of the average-man and woman. Thero have been paid kindergarten schools In Pittsburg and Allegheny for the past 15 or 20 years, so that the project is not a novel one, altogether. The now feature will be making the schools free. If nch schools can be etabllshcd, they wlll.be a great comfort to many parents, and will give pleasure and benefit to hundreds of little children, who are not eligible to be pupils of the regular ward schools, on account of their extreme youth. A veby pretty idea has been taken np by the young ladles of Washington, D. C. It Is the forming of an association to raise money to build what shall be known as the Daisy Chain Hospital for contagious diseases. Several entertainments have been given already for this charity, and others are to follow. Miss Lena Morton.daughter of Vice President Morton, is the President of the Daisy Chain Guild. The society was formed about three years ago, and It is hoped that enough money will soon be gathered into the treasury to commence the building of the hospital. Could not a Daisy Chain Guild bo established in Pittsbur-'T The fifth entertainment of Byron Kind's School of Oratory is to take place this even ing in Lyceum Hall, D'amonrt street. Reci tations by a number of Prof. King's pnpils. Wilkinsburg Coukcii. No. 760, Koyal Arcanum, is to give a musical and dramatic entertainment In the Wilkinsburg Opera House next Thursday evening. The comedy "Lend Me Five Shillings" will he presented, in addition to a good literary and musical programme. FDN AT HARK1SBDEG. Democrats are already swooping down on Hnrrisbnrg, and the next few days will be exceedingly lively at the State capital. WUliamsport Gazette, The great struggle against Boss Harrity is about to begin. James M. Guffey, of Pitts burg, is a candidate for the Scott vacancy on the National Committee, lliis makes the boss smile exceedingly. Wilkcsbarre Record. Tub Democratic State Convention will meet on Wednesday aud will be a lively gathering. Unless Wallace shall succeed in harmonizing the factions there may be serious trouble and possibly two conven tions. Seranton Republican. A majority of tho delegates to be chosen to the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday next will ue opposed to the pre tensions of Mr. Harrity to the bosshlp he is trying to create for himself. Stick a pin right here! Harrisburg Patriot. The convention will send a Cleveland phalanx to Chicago, but It need surprise no one if the fight is carried np to the National Convention door. The anti-IInrrltv Demo crats are not unlikely to choose a delegation of their own and appeal to Chicago. Phila delphia Inquirer. There is a strong likelihood of a smart and stirring time In Democratic circles here next week. Unles.3 there Is some interchange of taffy, suaar sticks, plnms, etc., it is Just possible that tho newspapers will have the proceedings of two conventions to report instead of one.Harritburg Call. The Governor has been side-tracked be cause that was necessary in order that there should .be no mistake about landing Secre tary Harrity on the Democratic National Committee. He is not only side-tracked ns a first choice, but it has been made impossi ble for him to untie the State- delegation on him as a second choice. Philadelphia Preu. A CALL FOR RECIPROCAL FIGURES. Senator Morgan Wants the President to Give an Account of His Work. Washixgtox, April 11. In the Senate, to day, Mr. Morgan offered a resolution re questing the President to communicate to the Senate the items of taxation upon im ports from the United States tmrosod by the laws of Havti, upon which the President has based his finding and proclamation that tho tarifflawsot Hiytl are reciprocally unjust to the United states; also the correspon dence on the subject. Alio, requesting the President to send to the Senate any agreement made by him with the Imperial Government of Germany and the correspondence relating to the subject of such agreement in which it is proposed that sugar or any other German production or export shall be admitted into the United States free of duty, and that he inform the Senate what articles of American produc tion he has proposed or demanded that Ger many shall receive free ot duty or upon a schedule of reduced duties as the reciprocal equivalent of permitting the import Into the United Staces of German sugar, hides, tea or coffee, and whether such proposals or demands made by tho President have been accopted by the Imperial Government of Germany. The resolution, at the sugges tion of Mr. Hale, went over till to-morrow. .LARGEST ABCH IN THE W0SLD. That in the Manufacturers Building In the Columbian Exposition Grounds. Chicago, April IL The mammoth central arch of the Manufacturers' building at the World's Fairgrounds was completed this evening. This immenso steel span, which has a height of 212 feet and a width at its base of 375 feet, is the largest arch ever con structed tor any building in the world. It can plainly be teen from the center of the city, over seven miles away. "To form some idea or its size," said the Chief Engineer of the World's Fair to-night, "if you could put the Rookery building, which is one of the largest of Chicago's large buildings, on a wheelbarrow and wheel it through tho arch it would not touch the sides by several feet." Time for the Missionaries to Keturn. Chicago Tribune. American missionaries now in China may be able to do more good by returning home and looking alter the heathen in their own country henceforth. They may also find it safer. Not a Close Observer. Courier Journal. J Mr. Butterworth did not find In Europe tho pauper labor he had heard so much about. Perhaps Mr. Butterworth did not travel on the top of a coach. DEATHS HERE AND ELSEWHERE. William Eawton. William Lawton died at his home on Butler street. Sunday night. For 30 years he was a resident of tne Fourth ward. Allegheny, and was Sromlnently Identified with the- sliue and leather uslnessof this city. Heleares a family of six grown children among whom arc Mrs. M. F. Connoley, and C. H. Lawton ofChlcg. The fun eral willtake ntacc from his late residence, 3433 Butler street to-morrow morning. Hon. Goorge M. Seymour. Hon. George M. Seymour, one of Minne sota's most promiuent characters, died at Still water. Minn., yesterday, of peritonitis, resulting from a congestive chill. He was senior partner In the firm or 8eTm our. Sabln&Co. Hewas a mem ber of the Legislature In 18S3. Obituary Notes. BBISADIXB GXXXBAL TnOMAS W. SWIXIfET, V. 8. A retired, died at Astoria. N. Y., Sunday vlalit- CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS. Violet-colored clothing is used at funerals in Turkey. It ii said that 6,000 foreigners In quest of health are spending the present winter in Cairo. It is estimated that about 30,000 horses were ousted from street-car service last year oy electricity. In making gold threads for embroidery, it has been found that six ounces of gold can be drawn into 209 miles of wire. The biggest university in the world is at Cairo. Egypt a country which is not men tioned at all in tho statistics and it has 1L 000 students. Chloride of gold is the only salt of im- ?ortance obtained from tho yellow OTOtaL he chloride is used in coloring glass, also in photography. The export of lobsters from Newfound land has grown from 23,814 pounds in 1S74 to 3,360.072 pounds in 1638. and the value from J124.997 in 1S80 to J472 524 In 1883. In Aberdeen, Scotland, tests are shortly to be made on cattle killed bv electricity to ascertain if the current has any detrimental effect on the quality of the meat. At Placentia Bay, Newtoundland, alone, 1,200 men and women are employed in the lobster industry. Five million is the annual catch, which represents S ISO, 000 in value. At Liege about 40,000 persons are em ployed in tho manufacture of arms, but dur ing recent years it is said that the produc tions of Liege have diminished in prestige. The flowers of the abutilon esculentum are commonly used as a vegetable in Brazil. Some Itorth American Indians regard as a delicacy the cooked flowers of the pumpkin vine. The State of California pays $101,903 for the scalps of 20,299 covotes killed from April 1, 1891, to December 3L 1801. And all of the coyo;es were not killed In California, cither. The key chain worn by many gentlemen is the invention of a noted burglar who pent many years of his life in a dunxeon cell for plying his vocation in the hotels in Philadelphia. The total estimated investment in elec trical industries in the United States at the close of 1891 was $700,000,000. one-half of which was invested in electric light com panies and electric railways. It is not a new fact, bnt yet a remark able one, that if a fruit tree, apple, pear or cherry, be stripped entirely of Its bark In the second week in Jnne, a new surface bark will immediately take the place of tho older oue. In 1S61 the famous Languedoc canal was completed. This gave France an arti ficial waterway 143 miles in length, with a summit level of ftJO feet above the sea, and tneludiug upward of 100 locks and 50 aque ducts. The Kudzu "Vine is probably the most rapid growing plant in the world. It be longs to the bean family. The leaves look something like a Lima bean, and was onco called Dolichos japontcus. It will grow easily 60 feet in tluee months. Black and white laces are made largely by the peasant women of both Spain and Portugal. It Is a different fabric, though, from the Spanish lace sold in our shops. That is a machine product, and comes almost exclusively from Lyons. In lSSl Nova Scotia had 3,019 vessels, aegregating 543.S35 tons, whereas the present fleet numbers only 2,775 vessels, of 462,304 ton. In 1884 New Braiisick had 1.096 vessels, of 307,76.! tons, while at the present time she has only 980 vessels, of 191,400 tons. Dissipated Romans spent whole days in the bath, seeking relief from over-indulgence in eating ana drinking the night before. Everybody, even the Emperor, used the public bath3, which were open to everyone who chose to pay tho price of ad mission. The Arab3 believe that certain fishmen live on islands in the Indian ocean and eat drowned people. In a Japanese story a boy has his fish hook carried off by a large fish. A merman appears antbsets him afloat in a basket, in which he sinks to the palace of the sea dragon, whose daughter he foils in love witu and marries. The people ot Norway become very proficient on their snowshoes; they can go up hill or glide down a mountain on them. beside being able to stop themselves sud denly irom going ever a precipice, and even to jump a ravine. Every valley has a ski club, and every club holds "meetings" lo encourage proficiency'in the art Among the Slovaks of North Hungary tho coffin of a young girl is red. In Spain the poorer class usa no coffins. A mule with a dead hody thrown across it, or often two corpses, may be Irequently met on the way to burial, and, though to us such a funeral seems insulting to tue departed, the natives re erentially uncover tueir heads as it passes. Among the rivers in Colorado and Ari zona grass seeds are a much valued winter lood for the Indians. Sunflower seeds afford a staple diet among the Indians of Southern Utah and elsen here. In Southern California the Indians make bread from the pod-i of a plant called the mesqulte. The Chinese carefully dry melon seeds for their varied menus. From a theosophical point of view the four ages are as fellows: Sata Tuga (Golden Ago),l,72S,C00 years; TrestaYuga (Silver Age), 1,296,000 years: Dnapara Tnga (Copper or Bronze Age), 86I.CC0 years; KaliYuga (Iron Age), 432,000 years. The total of these four ages make ono Maha If nra, or Great Age, of 4,320,000 years. One thousand Maha Yugas make cue Kalpa, or Day of Brahma, equal to 4,320,00. years. JIayaiipurani, India, is graced with seven of the moss lemarkable temples lu the world, each of these unique places of worship having been fashioned from solid granite boulder?. Some idea of their size may bo gleaned from the fact that the smallest of the seven is 21 feet high, 17 feot long and 12 feet wide and is divided into upper and lower stories. The "Hevasa-Uoda-Cta," the largesr of the seven. Is three and a half stories high, its outlines re sembling those of an Atlantic steamship. Tno inide of the boulder has been chiseled away until the walls do not exceed oight inches in thickness. The two floors above that of tho foundation are each about a loot in thickness, uud seem as solid as the rock of ages. The upper stories are reached by a spiral airwav, carved from the same piece or gianite. The second largest of these sin-'Ic-stonn temples has a portico U feet wido and 17 feet long, ornamented with four crouching lions and two elepnants, all carved from the tame boulder which goes to make up the main building. BAZAK BCZZIXGS. Baker "Why, Charley, old fellow, what are you doing with a straw hat on at this time of the year? You must be crazy ! 1,'harley Mo. I'm not crazy, but I find it helps my trade. Feople think I'm crazy, and buy my books Just to get rid of me. I rather like the Beel, especially When dancing with the maid I don't prefer. Because she has to stand some yards from me, And I am not compelled to talk to her. "You are ff great admirer of Fatti, aren't you. HiKgin?" Oh yes. I've bad boxes at every one of her positively last performances for 23 years." ""We are very much embarrassed about the old soldiers' monument. The bronze figure -ntaL0na. and we hare only K. 000." WhTdon'troncutitdown? Takeoff a leg and both arms. Many an old soldier has lost 'em for his country." The German most perplexeth awkward me, TVbo dance like some untutored, coarse-grained bandit. And never having studied Deutscb, you see, Why should I really hope to understand It? Tenant Something's got to be done. Ths water from the pipes In the flit over mine leaks through my celling. Landlord-I'llhave 'em fixed right off. Tenant You'd better put up a new celling, toot and I'd advise you not to make It of porous plaster. "I think Henrietta's voice should be cul tivated abroad. " said mamma. "All right." said papa. "It's certainly loud enough to get to Europe without Henrietta's hav ing to leave home." The lanciers is the sweetest dance of all The dreamiest, most delicately rare Especially when In the dlm-Ut hall With Phyllis, loved, I watch It from the stair. Bloobumper I read to-day an account of how a female forger donned man's attire, and for along time eluded arrest, but at last she gave her self away. Spatts-Sne stopped to look In a milliner's win dow, I suppose? Bloobumper No; In a moment of absent mindedness she asked a woman if her hat was oa straight. -gijjjJjyJsjjJJJBPjPBWIlBBaMlBJJM -J tr JJL JAj " a "' SA Aj fcajjaMaaJrfmiii; asinitiMTalrs
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