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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.
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