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PITTSBDKO. FRIDAY, JULY 22. 1892.
TWELVE PAGES
B5WORTHT OPPOSITION.
Senator Cameron has the reputation of
feeing very pronounced in his likes and
dislikes. He has frequently shown that
he does not care much for the views of his
constituents when they run counter to
his own. But it is inconceivable that be
cause of disappointment over the failure
of his candidate, Mr. Brown, of Lancaster,
to get the Supreme Court appointment,
the Senator would persist in the notion at
tributed to him of interfering with the
confirmation of Mr. Shiras. Mr. Cameron
must be aware of Mr. Shiras' qualifica
tions. He must know that a universal
tribute to the worth of the nominee from,
the community in which he has lived, and
the bar at which he has practiced, means
something,and that the idea of indulging
personal pique by trying to set such an
appointment aside would be earnestly re
sisted throughout the State.
Not only has Senator Cameron no ground
to oppose Mr. Shiras, but the Democrats
in the Senate will be making a most serious
mistake if they throw any obstacle in the
way of the confirmation. A man against
whom positively nothing can be urged,
and in whose favor everything that is good
can Justly be said, is an exceptional nomi
nee. Tet Mr. Shiras fills that bill exactly.
There should be no hesitation in confirm
ing his appointment
KOBWAT AND SWEDEN AT OUTS.
King Oscar of Norway and Sweden is
treading upon perilous ground. He is
disregarding the expression of popular
opinion as registered at the polls in Nor
way, and the result of his action is that
there are outspoken expressions hostile to
the continuance of his kingship and fav
oring the establishment of a republic.
Bince the union of Sweden and Norway
in 1811, one diplomatic and consular rep
resentative abroad has been made to
suffice for both. In the meantime, Nor
way's foreign commerce has grown more
rapidly than Sweden, and the inhabitants
of the former contribute more toward the
maintenance of the service than do those
of the latter. Basing their claims on
these facts, the Norwegians make the de
mand that they shall be allowed a sepa
rate consular representation of their own.
Premier .Stang of Norway opposed this
desire of the people, and his Cabinet was
consequently succeeded by one in favor
thereof under Mr. Steen. This last Pre
mier, backed up by the Norwegian Storth
ing at Christiana, made the above demand
of the body representing both countries at
Stockholm, and receiving a refusal there
from resigned.
Under these circumstances King Oscar,
who despite his descent from the
Marshal Brnadotte is an out and out
Swede imbued with the feelings and prej
udices of that country, has requested
Stang to form a Cabinet notwithstanding
his former defeat on this issue.
What the result will be it is impossible
to foretell, but it appears certain that
there is trouble ahead. Bjoernson, the
radical leader, talks openly of secession
and republicanism, and the relations of
the two countries are so strained that
anything may happen. Either the ma
jority will cease to rule in Norway, or
some kind of amendment must be made
in the Constitution of the United King
dom of Sweden and Norway.
THE PEOPLE'S PARTY'S ERROR.
One of the most striking features of this
year's political contest lies in the strenu
ous efforts being put forth by the People's
party. And the most curious part of this
unprecedented endeavor by a third party
seeking the millennium by making the Na
tional Governmentga something between
a day-nursery and a pawnshop is found
in the fact that they can profit nothing
and ma y suffer much thereby. Let them
work never so hard for their Presidental
ticket, they can at the utmost do no more
than secure the election of the Democratic
nominee by throwing the choice into the
House.
Perseverance is always praiseworthy on
behalf of principle, but it becomes pitia
ble as well when it is of so mistaken a na
ture as to injure the party persevering.
Like all the rest of the nation the People's
party, -whatever that may exactly amount
to, has everything to gain by the continu
ance of Protection, and must suffer by the
injury to national industries which would
follow the election of a President pledged-
to tree trade, under these conditions the
kindest wish to be entertained on behalf
of this amorphous aggregation of individ
uals is that it may fail in its efforts to
stultify itself and harm the country.
CENSUS VAGARIES.
Bulletins, extra or otherwise, issued by
the Census Bureau are of more or less
value according to their form and the rep
utation of those making them. At a time
when the drift of country populations to
city centers and the consequent tendency
to overcrowding are perpetually becoming
more absorbing and important matters for
consideration, a bulletin entitled "Dwell
ings and Families in 1890" would be of
peculiar interest and value under some
circumstances. But, unfortunately for the
credit of those responsible for the methods
and results of this enumeration of statis
tics, the necessary conditions for prac
tical value are absent
Aside from the general doubt cast upon
the census returns as a whole by the ex
posure of their gross inaccuracies in many
respects, there is a vagueness in the
definitions upon which the above bulletin
Is based that makes it especially irritating
M
to the comparative ethnologist Here
follow the definitions complained of:
"A dwelling, for census purposes, means
any building or place of abode in which
any person was living at the time the
census was taken, whether a room above
a workhouse or factory, a loft above a
stable, a wigwam on the outskirts of a
settlement, a boarding or lodging house,
a large tenement house, or a dwelling
house as ordinarily considered.
"The word family, for the purposes of
the census, includes not only the normal
family, as generally understood, brrt also
all persons living alone, and all larger
aggregations of people having only the
tie of a common roof and table, as the
inmates of hotels, hospitals, prisons,
asylums, etc"
Under such widesweeping and indefi
nite definitions it is of little use to leam
that Pennsylvania with 999,364 has over a
hundred thousand more dwellings than
NewTork which comes next on the list Or
that this State has an -average of 5.26
persons to a "dwelling in' compari
son to 5.87 as the average for the
North Atlantic division,- and 6.45 for
the whole United States. Then, too,
it is impossible under these conditions to
draw scientific comparisons between Pitts
burg's possession of 37,725 dwellings with
6.33 persons to each and, say Philadel
phia's 187,052 dwellings with only 5.60
persons inhabiting each of them. But, so
far as any conclusions are to be drawn, it
appears that there Is an Improvement
going on in this city as the average of per
sons to a dwelling has decreased from 6.44
in 1880.
CHAIRMAN HARRITY.
There is a question as to just how Penn
sylvanians in general should receive the im
plied compliment involved in the frequent
choice of a citizen of the Keystone State
to conduct the national campaign of one
or the other of the great parties. Dis
gruntled individuals In neglected Common
wealths are apt to intimate that the selec
tions are made because of the eminently
practical nature of Pennsylvania politics,
and a desire to extend the scope of ma
chine methods to partisan advantage. It
is certainly peculiar that the Democratic
campaign manager should be chosen from
the strongest of the Republican States,
and the one most vitally interested in the
triumph of the protection candidate In the
present contest
Mr. Harrity has of recent years secured
quite a reputation as an organizer. To be
sure, he has made but little permanent
impression on the adverse majority in
Pennsylvania, but when it is considered
that his party is conducting a crusade
against the industries of the State this
lack of success is not a cause for wonder
ment In attempting to persuade the
voters of the nation at 'large to ac
cept fallacies which his neighbors
have so often and so emphatically re
jected Mr. Harrity has undertaken a
prodigious task. Its difficulty will hardly
be lessened by the fact that he was prom
inent in the factional struggle within the
Democratic ranks preceding the Chicago
nomination.
Mr. Carter resigned as Commissioner of
Public Lands when he was chosen Chair
man of the Republican National Com
mittee. "Win Mr. Harrity follow his ex
ample and give up the position of Secre
tary of State in Pattison's Cabinet while
he devotes his energies to an attempt to
turn over the Federal Government" to' the
Democracy? Judging from Mr.- Harrity's
previous Teoord of holding on to the bird
he has with one hand while reaching for
the -others in the bushes' he is likely 'to
continue in his Harrisburg office, nomin
ally at least, for the present
A SOCIAL CHANGE.
The visit to New York of thousands of
delegates to the Christian Endeavor Con
vention recalls to a paper of that city the
old practice bf which the "delegates to re
ligious conventions were generally enter
tained free of charge in the private homes
of the city where the convention gather
ing was held. It is not many years since
that custom was nearly universal. Now
as a rule it has become extinct, and dele
gates stop at hotels or boarding houses
paying for what they get Our cotempo
rary says:
On the whole the change Is a good one ,
though nobody who remembers when the
old-fashioned method prevailed can help
feeling some regret that new conditions
made the change necessary. There was
something very pleasant, oftentimes, for
both entertainer and entertained in the
hearty welcome to house and home given to
the stranger, and in his. grateful, genial,
social assimilation of himself for a few days
with that hospitable family. As originally
designed, and so long as a more simple style
of living and n more equitable division of
responsibility made it practicable, the free
entertainment plan not only worked well,
but had distinct advantages over the less
cordial but more practicable arrangement
of the present day.
That the old plan has not only become
impracticable but would, under present
conditions, be liable to decided abuses
may be admitted. But it may be ques
tioned whether the social change which
makes it impracticable is for the better.
The very language quoted above suggests
that a simple style of living and a genial and
fraternal hospitality which made the sys
tem of welcoming strangers engaged in
good work, without calculation and with
well-founded confidence In their Integ
rity, is not a social condition the departure
of which is to be regretted. How much
public gain Is there in a new order which
by substituting complexity for simplicity,
creating social divisions and generating"
the liability to abuse of hospitality'on one
side, and the distrust of unknown people
on the other, has wiped out the free,
hearty and unsuspecting hospitality of
the old gatherings, and reduced to a nul
lity the ancient virtue of entertaining
strangeis7
There are many respects in which social
organizations and socjal customs have
altered from the standards of a" genera
tion ago. It may give us ground for a
clear judgment of the general tendencies
if we inquire with regard to each of them
whether the alterations represent an im
provement In social qualities or the re
verse. GLADSTONE'S HEALTH.
There is of course no doubt but thaj;
Gladstone's majority is such as to involve
the veteran statesman in a most difficult
undertaking, with the practical certainty
of having the fight to make all over again
in the near future. Next to the narrow
margin of supporters that be has secured
in the House of Commons Gladstone's
greatest danger lies in his own advanced
age and consequent physical debility. It
is said in some quarters, already, that the
labors of the campaign have left a distinct
mark upon him, and those labors are as
nothing compared to the task he will have,
when the actual work in Parliament com
mences. There is no man in England competent
to completely fill Mr. Gladstone's jjla'ce,
and his' health is therefore the leading
factor in the political situation. That the
opposition will take every advantage of
this fact to worry the Grand Old Man I
goes without saying, and it is even possi
ble that his own adherents will indulge
in intrigues that would be impossible
under a leadership as strong as his has
been of old. There probably has never
been a state of affairs in which one man's
health had a further reaching importance,
and which was rendered so precarious by
nothing in the nature of disease but sim
ply, by the gradual collapse of a frame
that has undergone far more honorable
wear and tear than falls to the lot of
most men.
The very clever lyrical sketches of
prominent Pittsburgors which, with illus
trations, have enlivened the "All Sorts"
column of our cotempbrary, the Leaderlor
more than a year past, are now published in
book form bv their author, Mr. Arthur G.
Burgoyne. It is not too much to say that
these sketches are the brightest work of the
kind that has lately come under our notice
fiom any quartr. While Mr. Bnrgoyne's
humor takes the widest range, he has been
singularly fortunate in refraining from per
sonal offense. It is seldom that newspaper
verses exhibit .either the facility or
felicity shown by Mr. Burgoyne, whose
resources in that line of delineation
seem to be at once ready and
illimitable. The portraits by Mark Fender
son are also Quite clever and wholly in the
spirit of the text. The book shonld have a
handsome local circulation, as the talent of
the author is of an order that compels recog
nition. Ireland's total vote shows 315,329 in
favor of home rule and 73,979 against it; so
the minority baa better cease their bellg
erentand incendiary language and accept
their defeat In a proper law-abiding spirit.
The New York, New Haven and Hart
ford Railroad is fitting up a double track
seventy-four miles in length between New
York City and New Haven for the use of
electricity as a motivo power. The whole
experiment as a great innovation will be
watched with attentive interest, but its
most striking feature is found in the fencing
in or the track and the absolute abolition of
grade crossings. This part of the programme
could be emulated with a great deal of ad
vantage all over the country, without wait
ing for steam to be ousted by electricity for
traction purposes on a large scale.
Republicans of the Twenty-first dis
trict ot this State have more trouble in se
lecting a man to represent them in Con
gress than the country will experience in
electing a Republican President.
If the value of political speeches were
dependent on the average speotflo gravity of
the words and phrases used, Cleveland's
ponderous periods would carry irresistible
weight. But since the effect of a speech de
pends to some slight extent on the logic of
its author's reasoning, the oracle of free
trade is seriously handicapped in compari
son with the orators of Protection, whose
words are lighter and whoso arguments
more enlightened. v
Thebe is no l&ck in the quantity of in
vestigation devoted to the Beading deal, but
practical results depend rather upon the
quality of the inquiries.
A PBOrosiTlON to issue bonds for the
erection of new water works in Cincinnati
has been deleated by a majority of 10,000 in
a total vote of "0,000. But the large propor
tion of beer drinkeis in that city is so well
known as to be quite enough to account for
the contempt for water. Moreover there
has been a Prohibition National Conven
tion held there recently, and the conse
quent reaction mnst be taken into account.
Ibish members hold the balance of the
newly elected Parliament, and they will do
well to remember that it is dangerous play
ing with edge tools.
A THppaAliJi parrots are on their way to
Chicago rabartict'pate In the Fair when it
I opens andin the. meantime to learn how to
swell tne praises oi tne city or poastrm
wind. From the constant relterance of
Chicago's merits by its inhabitants, the re
peating birds should have excellent oppor
tunities to learn their lesson and forget all
else.
It is reported that canned foods are
scarce in the market, but there seems to
have been no falling off in the crop of pois
onings. No Senator narrow minded enough to
oppose the confirmation of the last appoint
ment to the Supreme Court can reap any.
thing but discredit from an action which
would be so evidently due to personal feel
ing in a matter of national Importance
where a man with a record more than stain
less Is in question.
From the number of roadways at present
impassable It cannot be doubted that pav
ing improvements are actually taking place.
Cleveland's latest speech is as full of
polysyllabic platitudes as any of his former
utterances, and it is even more marked by
baseless charges against his political oppo
nents than have been his public expressions
of opinion heretofore.
As the Baker ballot law becomes more
widely known the possibilities for mistakes,
in voting thereby multiply.
Summer holiday makers will do well to
be careful" of their matches and other com
bustible property, as the vast majority of
resorts for the hot season are frame struct
ures, admirably designed for bonfire pur
poses. Cleveland's words are as emphatically
vague as they are ntterly mistaken.
INTERNATIONAL INNINGS.
Harbison, Cleveland, Reid and Sher
man are all Presbyterians.
The average ministerial salary in the
United States Is $700. Dr. Morgan DIx, of
Trinity, gets $25,000 and Dr. Talmage $12,000.
Mrs. -Harrison is improving greatly
each day: Yesterday, for the first time, she
walked out some distance from her cottage
at Loon lake.
General MacIver, the redoubtable
Scotchman who has been a soldier of fortune
in many lands, Is campaigning in Alabama
In Governor Jones' cause.
James A. Bailey's real name is James
A O'Shaughnessy. At the age of 10 he was
adopted by a circus man, General Bailey,
who was a prominent character in his time.
" SUPEBTNTEKDENT BYRNES, Of the New
York police department, is SO years old, bat
he has had more press notices than most
men would get If they lived to be SCO years
old. ,
Blackburn, the English chess champion,
feels his defeat by Lasker very acutely, be
cause he is only a new player and but 24
years of age. A veteran rarely relishes a
beating by a novice.
, The visit of the Ameer of Bokhara to St
Petersburg has been postponed, as it is
feared he might bring cholera among his
retinue and he might himself take ill in Bus.
liawhicli would alarm his subjects.
Jules Lebaudy, the great Pans sugar
refiner and speculator, leaves a fortune
which is estimated at 360,000,000 francs. This
Is probably the largest in dividual fortune in
Fraaoe, the land oi moderate fortunes.
Keep the Streets Clean. v
Toledo Commercial. ,
THt-PrrrsBuao DispAtch, in referring to
the precautions taken by the Health Depart-,
ment of New Tork City to guard against the
Introduction of foreign epidemics, most
truthfully says that "the full measure of
protection will not be reached until every
city, town and hamlet puts Itself In a con
dition of spotless cleanliness In order to
abolish all breeding grounds for the seeds of
disease." It is absolutely necessary if the
country desires protection against con
tagloh that this shonld be done, and the au
thorities "of every city and town in the
United States will fall far short of their dntv
if favy negleot to inaugurate a thorough
oleaatns; o;
A LOOK AROUND.
A-clear headed broker, capitalist, gen
eral operator and manufacturer, who Is a
Democrat by birth and a non-partisan by na
ture, was talking abont the trade outlook
yesterday. "My' diagnosis," said he, "is
that we will have an extremely dull summer
and fall in Pittsburg, and, for that matter,
throughout the country. By midwinter the
labor problems will be solved for the next
year or two, a good crop will probably have
been harvested and the political policy of
the country will be fixed for the next four
years, probably with Cleveland at the head
of things. I look for a .grand rush next
spring and a most prosperous period beyond
it. This year capital will slumber and only
the big operators will reach In 'new dlrec
tlons, at low prices, for future develop
ments." There are clubs and rumors of clubs in
the air; not riotous clubs, but social ones.
There is much talk among men who like to
drive good horses of the need of a coun
try club somewhere near the park.
Several definite schemes have been dis
cussed and several locations examined, bnt
so far nothing has come of it. It is not un
likely that a site of several ncres will be se
lected bordering on the park and not far
from one ot the entrances, and that a honse
will be erected with handsome grounds
abont It and ample stables, the clnb to be
managed by a good caterer. This is sure to
come sooner or later.
Senator Bates, of Union county, who
represents the Twenty-seventh district, was
in the city yesterday. He is in Homestead
visiting some of the soldiers who come from
his part of the State. Senator Bates was one
of those who helped the Allegheny county
delegation materially at the last session on
street legislation, and is much lilted by the
politicians here. He is a shrewd man and
understands the game which helps to make
life worth the living.
The reported opposition of Senators
Quay and Cameron to the conflmatlon of
George Shiras, Jr., as Associate Justice of
the Supreme Court of the United States has,
of course.brou'glit forth a great deal ofgosslp
of mixed complexion. It is recalledby some
of the older politicians and members of the
bar that it is a matter of record that a Penn
sylvania appointee to the Supreme Court
was once turned down by the Senato, and
that a Cameron was the Senator whose hand
moved the lever.
One of the most notable jurists of Penn
sylvania was George Woodward, whose
record as a lawyer, Common Pleas Judge,
Justice of the Supreme Court and finally
Chief Justice of that body is something that
the Pennsylvania bar can be proud of. Mr.
Woodward was brought into prom
inence in the Constitutional Convention
which this Commonwealth held in 1838.
He was an active member of that
body, made a number of speeobes
and bad a goodly share of the results of the
convention's deliberations. Mr. Woodward
was an ardent Democrat and attracted the
attention or President Jackson, who took a
great interest in him. In 1S36 Jackson ap
pointed Woodward to a vacanoy on the
Supreme Bench and in so doing he riled a
number of those political hornets who wcro
so active in the time of that first great
Amorican spoilsman. In some way Wood
ward had aroused the animosity of Simon
Cameron, who was then a power in Pennsyl
vania politics among the Democracy, to
which party he then belonged. Cameron
succeeded in influencing James Buchanan,
who was at that time one of the Pennsyl
vania Senators, and with his aid and that of
Samuel McKean, the other Pennsylvania
Senator, the nomination of Woodward was
rejected. Cameron used with muoh force
the fact that the appointee was only S3 years
of age and he misquoted a portion of Wood
ward's speeches in the Constitutional Con
vention. The contest was very bitter, but
in spite of all Jackson's efforts to save his
protege the Senate squarely voted him"
down.
Some questions have been raised as to
how the toUfcraphicompanles dame to send
ont a bulletin on Wednesday afternoon that
Mr. Shiras had been confirmed and. which
they contradioted a few minutes after
it had been posted on the boards.
Frankstown avenue, from the gate to
the Homewood track to its Junotion with
Fifth avenue, bears traoes of being a via
dolorosa to some of those who buy small
pieces of pasteboard at exorbitant prices.
Holders of pool tickets on the other horse
have apparently nnitcd in a determination
to pave the avenue with some of the same
material used In Hades good intentions,
and they give evidence of this by scatter
ing fragments of torn-up tickets along the
route. The difference between the purchas
ing and selling price of these bits is an
illustration of the security of a life on a
farm or on shipboard.
"Isn't that Balph Bagaley?" asked a
Phiiadelphlan the other day as he walked
down Fifth avenue with me. I told him ho
was correct, and he went on to say: "There
is the only man who came out ahead on the
famous South Penn deal. He was the first
man to sign the agreement to build the road
and the last one to sign the agreement to
sell It. He brought suit for damages against
the Yanderbllts and others and held it over
their heads until all the other stockholders
had been closed out. Then he had a settle
ment on a private basis which was very
satisfactory to him. Part of this settlement
was an agreement not to tell anyone about
the terms he received. Go ask him and see
for yourself." I asked htm, and now I am in
the unique position of a man who has been
told the truth by a Philadelphia lawyer.
Somebody, cried "Kick him!" Some
body else shouted "Hit bim with a stoneP
and then about 300 neople gathered to see
what was up. It was about 8:30 o'clock last
evening, and It occurred beside the old post
offlce, on Fifth avenue. "What's the matter?''
went from Up to lip. "The're beating a non
union man from Homestead," declared a big
red-headed man. "Ob, it's dreadful," ex
claimed a frightened woman. Just then the
crowd separated and dispersed. Two news
boys a little one with shoes on and a big
one barefooted had been fighting. They
are the only persons who have a right to
fight on the streets, so as soon as they were
accommodated the affair was over. It
shows, however, how quickly a crowd can
collect, and how little will gather several
hundreds of enrious lounger.
They were going to the seashore, and in
tended to leave the honse in care of the
servants, and of course worried about all
sorts of thingswhile he was aggravatingly
unsympathetic, "What shall I do with the
small, common silver, George!" she de
manded plaintively. "Have the girls vacci
nated," he replied calmly. "Whyt" "Then
maybe they won't take it." Walter.
HISTORY AND LITEBATUBE.
One Disappointment bat No Gap In the Mt.
Gretna Exercises.
Mt. GrarnrA, July 21. Specie A good at
tendance was present at the Pennsylvania
Chautauqua to-day. Dr. Clark Boblnsou
leotured on "Schiller's Wllhelm Tell." This
morning at 10 o'clock Dr. Werner gave two
public talks on the Old and New Testa
ments. Hon. G. B. Wendllng was to have,
been present in the afternoon and give his
famous lecture, "Is Death the End?" but was
called to Washington by sickness. His place
was well filled by Prof. Klrscbbaura, who
Melivered a lecture, on "Helnrlch Hinc," the
great German poet.
In the evening Dr. Charles Tonng pave the
third of his series of asti-onomic.il lectures
entitled, "The Planets." Edward P. Elliott,
the great Boston Impersonator, preceded
the lecture of Prof. Kirschbaum. by several
of his bet .impersonations. The second
course in English literatuie was commenced
this morning under Dr. Clurke Bobinson,
taking op Chancer, Spencer, Sliakospeare,
Tennyson and the origin of the En gllsh
drama. The Executive Committee met in
the afternoon and sold a number of cottage
and lots. The sale will be continued.
What Is In a Name, Anyhow?
Bolton Herald,! ,
Buigess McLuckie, of Homestead, isn't
quite so fortunate a man as his name would
seem to imply.
G00DBT TO TEE NEWSBOYS.
A Chicago Company 'Will Fnrnlsb Papers
by an Automatic Machine.
Chicago, July 21 In a very short time the
newsboymay be outofaJoD. Papers have
been filed with the Secretary of State for the
incorporation of a company that will under
take to distribute newspapers automatically
and do away with the necessity for human
news purveyors on street cars, suburban
trains or any locality.
The Automatic Newspaper Distributing
Company, of Chicago, with a capital stock of
$200,000, is the outgrowth of a' movement on
foot for several months past to perfect the
device and to secure patents. This has been
accomplished, and, according to the pro
moters of the company, the financial back
ing is ample and its snecess assured. The
.next step is to arrange for the manufacture
of the machines, and negotiations to that
end are on foot.
The general principle of the automatic
machine to distribute newspapers is similar
to the "nickel-ln-the-slot" machines, by
means of which the pnblle occasionally re
gales itself with perfume, cigars or chewing
gum. A penny or two cents, as the case may
be, is dropped in a convenient slot and a
handle pulled. Forwith the purchaser Is
confronted with the paper ho desires,
which he removes and gives way to the next
purchaser. The newspaper distributors do
not stop at merely banding out to the cus
tomer his favorite sheet; they will make
change when required, and it Is claimed will
never make a mistake. If a customer drops
1Q cents into a certain slot or a quarter into
another, a 2-cent paper machine will Im
mediately produce 8 or S3 cents in change, as
may be necessary. Other developments are
being studied out, but for the present the
Automatic Newspaper Distributing Com
pany considers its field sufficiently large.
FOUB BIBS BEHOVED.
Sklllfal Surgery Removes Stony Substances
Surrounding a Patient's Lung;
Qhicaoo, Julv 21. Major Towne has been
confined to his bed for nearly a year from a
growing abscess in his right lung. Two
months ago the lung was opened and the
abscess cut and drained. Major Towne be
gan to recover rapidly, but recently his con
dition became worse, a continual discharge
from the lung bafflng the skill of the sur
geons. Last Sunday Dr. Andrews determined
on another operation. After the surgeons
had made an incision they found almost the
entire lung diseased, and accordingly went
further than they at first intended, and re
moved the fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh
rib.
This opening was largo enough to admit
the surgeon's hands. In this cavity was
fonnd a great quantity of stony substance,
sonic of the pieces being as large as marbles
and as hare as stone), while that which was
In the bottom of the cavity was as fine as
sand. The wails of the cavity were also
covered with the stony'substance. Every
particle of the stone was removed and the
wound covered and dressed. Twenty-four
hours afterward Major Towne had im
proved wonderfully, and he now feels very
much better and there is every prospect of
his recovery. Nothing similar has been re
ported in medicine.
A TBSAT FOB THE CLEVELANDS.
They TTill Fly Through Maine In a lUilroad
President's Private Car.
Sorresto, Me, July 2L Unless something
of a political nature prevents, Grover Cleve-tl
land, Mrs. Cleveland and a small party of
friends will leave Boston August 4 for Mt.
Desert Ferry, wBere they will be taken on
board the steamer Sebenoa and come here,
where they will be guests of President
Frank Jones, of the Boston and Maine Bail
road. They will ride in his private car, the
Sorrento, and a special palace car attaohed
to the regular train, which is the fastest ever
run into and across Maine. The ex-President
has accepted the invitation, and al
ready a programme for each day has been
mapped out.
When Mr. Jones was a member of Con
gress he formed the acquaintance or Mr.
Cleveland, and when tne latter was Presi
dent they became Iriends. At that time Mr.
Cleveland promised to visit this place, but
an all-summer session of Congres pre
vented. Later he prepared to visit Mr. and
Mrs. Lamone here, but a nending lawsuit
? rerouted. This time he Is likely to make
he trip, and while here will live in Mr.
Jones' summer residence, one of the most
beautiful on the coast.
CONGRESS AND THE FAIRV
If Congress wishes to aid the Fair and
maintain its self-respect It must blot out the
obnoxious proviso and make the $5,000,000
appropriation an unconditional offering.
JVeto York Herald.
It is not now a question of the financial
success of the enterprise. It is rather one of
maintaining public faith and national honor
against worse than sixteenth century intol
erence. Chicago Times.
Of course Chicago saloon keepers favor
the closing of the World's Fair on Sunday.
That is precisely one of the main reaso ns
why good men who always think ought to
favor the Sunday opening of the Fair. iVeio
Tork Evening Telegram.
Cakhot something better something more
worthy of the Government, something
broader and more patriotic be done In con
ference? Let the appropriation be agreed
to and leave the Sunday business to the dis
cretion of the managers. Washington Iost.
The laws of the State of Illinois are the
supreme authority in Chicago with regard
to Sunday observance, Inside as wall as out
side the Fair grounds, and the managers of
the Fair, under those laws, are tho persons
who alone have, as they should have, power
of discietionary action Rochester Advertiser.
Tub public wilt justify the Senate in re
maining in session until the House has made
this appropriation for the World's Fair. We
have no doubt that Chicago will acqnlt her
self with credit, no matter what Congress
docs, but the honor of the country is, In a
manner, involved, and the House should be
compelled to do its duty. Baltimore Ameri
can. It does not fall within the function of
Congress to make Sabbatarian ordinances
for the government of any State or for any
part of the community comprising the
State. If the managers of the Exposition
can consistently call on Congress for the
desired aid they are entitled to have It,
without submitting to conditions which in
volve the religious or conscientious scruples
of anybody. Brooklyn Eagle.
The directors and leading citizens who
have not done their whole duty In the prem
ises, but have let this business drift along,
should now go to work energetically and
place the case before Congress iu such a
light that all may see the exact situation
and realize the importance of aiding instead
of criDpling the World's Fair, as a matter
upon which dopend "the national honor and
the public faith." Chicago Tribune.
DEATHS HERE AND ELSEWHERE.
Edward C Knight, Sa?r Refiner.
Edward C Knight, aged 79 years, died at
his cottage in Cape May early yesterday morning
from the effect of the grip and a complication of
diseases, which attacked his constitution abont
three month! ago He was brought from his
Philadelphia home abont a month ago In hopes of
regaining his health. His illness has been serions
for the past two weeks. He was a prominent
Philadelphia sugar reSner. a member of the Union
League and several financial lnstltntlons. and was
reputed to be worth (7,000,000. The body was
tacen to Philadelphia yestf rdar erenlnjr, and the
funeral will take place Saturday. He was a large
property owner In Cape May.
Charles K. Dackers.
Charles E. Dackers, son of Sir Sydney
Dackers, late Admiral of the English navy, died
at his home, a few miles east of Yankton, S. D
Tuesday night from Injuries received ina wrestling
match Stindayj This man's history Is remarkable
in that for 3) years lie has led a nomadic life and
decMned repeatedly to return to Kngland and enjoy
the life of aristocracy. He was 35 years old.
Prof. P. IV. Ilrdrord.
Prof. V. VT. Bedford, of New York, ed
itor of the Pharmaceutical Record, who had a para
lytic shock on Holiday while attending the meeting
of the Pharmaceutical Association at the Trod le
House, Littleton, N. Y., died yesterday morning.
Obituary Notes.
Andrew Bohab, the oldest man In southern
Indiana, died at Newmarket yesterday, aged 93.
llENRr Livingston, descendant of Chancellor
Kingston, Washington's friend, is dead in
England. '
Captain Isaac Fecuebt. farmer and prominent
Republican, died in Penn township, near Carlisle,
yesterday. He was "i years of age.
Cardinal Oicseite D'Annbali, prefect of
the Congregation of Indulgences and Sacred
Relies, is dead In Rome. He was born at Borbona
in 1315, and was created a Cardinal in 1839.
HuiAJt T. DoTLE, a well-Known resident of
Washington, editor of the Venter Market Xt and
brother of J. Hadley Doyle, of the Sunday Herald,
died Wednesday morning at his residence in Ta
koma Park, aged K.
TO MEMORY DEAR.
Thousands or Miles Away, lady Henry
Somerset Says a Kind Thing or Two
Abont America Calls Herself an Acci
dent of Birth -A Day's Cnatterlngs.
Mrs. Brtce, County Secretary of the
W. C. T. U., received an interesting ac
knowledgment of Lady Henry Somerset's
appreciation of Pittsburg hospitality In the
form of a printed copy of an nddress made
by Lady Henry In London, which arrived by
Tuesday evening's post. At least all tem
perance people know that Lady Henry is
the Frances Willard of England, being
the President of the British Woman's
Temperance Association. The pamphlet
sent to Mrs. Bryce is a copy of
the President's annual address, more than
usually interesting since it came hot on
the heels of her return from America, and
deals in great measure with her many ex
periences in the United States. To quote
from some of this pleasant reading of the
words spoken by onr recent distinguished
visitor bofore the buge gathering of British
women:
The welcome that awaited me. said Lady
Henry, as I telegraphed to Miss Willard on the
day of my arrival, "made America home." Sweet
voices greeted me: women's hands were stretched
ont to draw me to their loving hearts; the press
was everywhere most cordial: flowers were strewn
along mv path wherever I went, and the warmth
or the New Wor'd's reception was a troe proof of Its
enthusiasm for tho cause by which we are nnlted. .
Again as a delicate subtle compliment to
Miss Willard at the National Convention of
the Woman's Christian Temperance Union
In Boston last yean
On the crowded platform there stood the slender,
delicate figure ofthe woman who led that conven
tion with a in aster hand. We are told that when
Sir Michael Costa, the greatest conductor we have
ever known, wielded the baton and gave the signal
for the mighty orchestra to commence, as the great
harmony filled the air with a burst of melo
dious sonnd. the violins leading In plain
tive refrain, supported by tho volume of a
hundred instruments, on a sudden thegrcat master
paused, and looking np said. "Where Is. the
piccolo?" The magic cultnre of his sensitive enr
missed that one small sound in the harmonious
whole. Miss Willard. with the same Infinitely fine
perception, knows cacn rote that should be struck,
each tone that should vibrate in the great white
ribbon chorus. Her marvelous power in calling
forth the best arises perhaps chiefly from the fact
that, as sbe expects the best, each one wishes to
fulfill the standard by which she is measured by her
leader.
And this from a woman nf rank, wealth
and lineage, succeeding closely on a six
months' residence in this democratic coun
try, to a gathering of Englishwomen, than
whom none in the world rock the cradle of
rank, wealth and lineage with a kinder
hand:
We must look with level lids Into each other's
eyes. No accident of birth or material circum
stance must make the smallest separation between
us. I cannot tell yon the sense of unity I felt in
the New World, when no thonght of lineage or
inheritance hedged me away from my white ribbon
peers, but all flocked round me in a sacred eqallty
of service.
The speech is voluminous; 41 pages octavo,
and its greaterpart, though bearing directly
fin America, Bhows a largo influence of Lady
Henry Somerset's travel throughout the
American continent. The pamphlet bears
the wishes, "With kindest and best remem
brances." Superintendent Hamilton holds a
prodigious invitation, as big as If six ordin
ary brides were rolled Into one and a single
wedding invitation Issued to Include all,
sent by the World's Columbian Exposition,
which reads as follows: "The World's
Columbian Exposition Invites you to partic
ipate In the ceremonies attending the dedi
cation of the buildings of the World's
Columbian Exposition at Jackson Park, in
the city of Chicago, October 11, 12, and 13,
1892, and requests the favor of an early ac
ceptance. Appended are these committees:
On Ceremonies Peter A. B. Widenor,
Chairman; John D. Adams, Arkansas; TJr
sinins D. Griner, Virginia, and William
Lindsay, Commissioners at Large.
World's Columbian Commission Adlal T.
Ewinp, Illinois: George H. Barbour, Gorton
W. Allen, Commissioner; Thomas B. Eeogb,
North Carolina.
World Columbian Exposition Edward F.
Lawrence, Chairman; James W. Ellsworth
Charles T. Terkes, Ferd W. Keck, Charles H.
Schwab, John S. P. Odell and William D.
Kerfoot.
"Wilma," remembered as the breezy
writer of Southern letters, whose work The
Dispatch Introduced to the reading public
someseasons ago, has lately taken ur)a new
work In the same field. A series of smart
articles has appeared In the Untied
JPresbiierian, In which, by the clever
guise of several more or less fic
titious characters, were prcsonted in a
captivating manner the projeot of Maple
Shades. The new home for aged people of
the U. P. Church has brought fame to the
writer and money to the home. It is very
well recognized that of the 118,000 already
raised. "Wllma" is to be credited with ob
taining a large portion. The clever
woman's identity is naturally become
pretty thinly veiled through the great suc
cess attendant on her philanthropic pen.
The ladles whose drawing room windows
command a view of the parks at Mont
gomery avenue are complaining bitterly be
cause beautiful Intents are being spoiled by
utilitarian practices. When the Baptist
Church was pulled down, the refuse timber
was piled along a path under the trees at
Sandusky street, and carefully guarded
from careless -pedestrians after dark by a
red lantern. Its unsightliness is protested
against by one witty woman in that locality,
who declares "Sbe prefers to take her trees
in another form than timber."
Social Chatter.
Of the 21 applications for the position of
matron at Maple Shades United Presbyte
rian Home for the Aged, a sifting process
has reduced the number to three, on which
judgment will be passed nt the board meet
ing on Tuesday next. The salary connected
with this position is $100 annually, which is
virtually pin monev, since all else is pro
vided, saving a wardrobe.
The problem which the county W. C. T. U.
must face nextautunm ls,"How to do without
Mrs. Porter and who to have as a President
in her stead?" The news that Mrs. Porter's
health is so uncertain' a to preclude her
continuing to hold an office hitherto so
capably and conscientiously filled will be
received with exceeding sorrow.
The State Convention of the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union will be held In
New Castle, Lawrence county, in October,
beginning on the Cth and continuing to and
including the 13th. it will be proceeded one
week by the W. C. T. A. Convention.
Dr. awd Mbs. 8. B. Mathiot, of Walnut
street, are summering at a farm belonging
to Mrs. Mathint's father, which is situated
in that beautiful region near Unlontown.
The Misses Gertrude and Clara Fry,
daughters of H. C. Frv, of Rochester, are
gone to Nantasket Beacli for the summer.
Mb. ahd Mrs. Gkoroe Reed, or Fifth ave
nue, will leave this week for Rhode Island.
The Medical Association of Allegheny
county spent yesterday at Ellwood.
Mb. aitd Mas. W. E. Schhebtz are in Bed
ford. A PBE8IDEHTAL PE0CLAMATI0K,
Thi Four Hundredth Anniversary of the
Discovery of America to Ilea Holiday.
WABUiiroT03r, Jnly 21. The following proc
lamation was issued this afternoon by the
President of the United States of America:
mOCLAKATION.
Whereas, By a joint resolution approved June
29, 1892, It was resolved by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States.of America la
Congress assembled, "That the President of the
United States be authorized and directed to lssne
a proclamation recommending to the people the
observance In all their localities of the four
hundredth anniversary of the dlscorery of
America on the 21st day of October. ID92. by public
demonstration and by suitable exercises In their
schools and other places of assemblv."
Now. therefore, I. Benjamin Harrison. Presi
dent of the United States of America. In pursuance
ofthe aforesaid resolution, do hereby appoint Fri
day. October 21. 1892. the four hundredth anniver
sary of the dlscorery of America by Columuus, as
a general holiday for the people of the United
States. On that day let the people, so far as possi
ble, cease rrom toll and devote themselves to such
exercises as may best exnrcss honor to the discov
erer and their appreciation of the great achieve
ments ofthe four completed centuries of American
life.
Columbus stood In his age as the pioneer or prog
ress and enlightenment. The system or nnlrersal
education Is in our age the most prominent and
salutary reature of the spirit of enlightenment, and
It Is peculiarly appropriate that the schools be
marie by the peop'.e the center of tne day's demon
stration. Let the national flag float over every
schoolhouse in the country and the exercises be
such as shall impress upon our youth the patriotic
duties of American cltizsnslilp.
In the churches and In the other places of as
sembly of the people let there be expressions of
gratitude to Divine Providence for the devout faith
ufthe discoverer and for the Divine care and guid
ance which have directed our history and so abun
dantly blessed onr people.
llrXJAMIX IIAHEISOX.
Abont Time to Adjourn.
Chicago MaU.l
Members of the House ought to go home
for awhile. They have been away so long
that they have forgotten, if they ever knew,
what their constituents want.
CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS.
Japan's theology hai eight hells.
American street railways employ 70,76
men. A Cincinnati doctor recommends eatint
lemons for rheumatism.
A "Windy City Judge last week grantet
8 divorces in SO minutes.
Trego county, Kan., paid 5190 for 3,801
pairs of rabbit ears the other day.
Queensland, Province of Australia, owe.
the largest national debt $310 a head,
A German naturalist says feedinj
canary birds on cayenne pepper will mat,
them red.
Addison Moore, colored, of Meridian.
Miss., who died recently, was claimed to b
131 years old.
Castellina marble, of which parloi
statuary Is made, is not marblo at all, but
boiled alabaster.
A New Brunswick. N. J., minislei
recently married an old love who rejectee
him 23 years ago.
A vocabulary of the Eskimo langnaj
has been compiled by M. Sybery, a DanisL
official in Greenland.
A new edition of Shakespeare in word.'
of one syllable is under contemplation foi
use in primary schools.
Cuban barbers lather their patrons with
their hands, from a bowl made to fit undei
the chin. No brush is used.
On a farm near Carthage, K. Y., there
is an elm tree which is said to have beec
struck by lightning three times.
The Province ot Bhopal, India, is cele
brated for the unusually great administra
tive powers of its female sovereigns.
A mysterious ringing of electric bells It
a bouse in Switzerland was traced to a
spider, whose web had connected two wiras.
The largest floating elevator in the
world was launched on January U, 1832, in
Brooklyn. Its tower rises 71 feet above lti
deck.
A piece of ground was recently sold in
Chicago at a price, which in silver would,
cover tho entire lot with three layers of
silver.
Grasshoppers attain their greatest size
in South America, whore they grow to a.
length of five inches, and their wings spread
out ten inches.
A man with a mind for statistics haa
computed that over sixty-five quadrillions!
of people have lived on the earth since the
beginning of time.
Parchment used for covering drums,
banjos, etc., is made from the skin of asses,
calves, or wolves, tbosepf the wolves being
considered tho best.
The total income of the French nation
has been estimated by M. Lerov Beaulieu at
X 1,000,000,000, of which three-fifths 13 the pro
duct of personal labor.
The Romans used the first shavinj
brush and razor 300 B. C, and Plintus tells
ns that Sciplo Africnnus was the first indi
vidual Roman to shave dally.
The hair dressing of ladies was an ex
pensive affair in the sixteenth century.
Queen Elizabeth' at one time was possessed
of no fewer than 80 attires of false hair.
One of the simplest and most efficient
means of fumigating a room is by droppiuz
vinegar slowly npon a very hot iron shovel;
a cover from the kitchen range will answer
very well.
A king snake and a black snake had t
lively fight near Chokee, Go., a short time
ago. The fight lasted about IS minutes and
ended by the king snake swallowing the
black snake.
Japanese auctions are silent Each
bidder writes his name on a piece of paper,
which he places in a box. The box is opened
by the auctioneer and the goods declared the
property of the highest bidder.
A very fine collection of tropical plantiv
inclnding some of the largest specimens,
will be sent from Jamaica to the World's
Fair. The arrangements for their trans
portation have already been made.
Newcsstle-oq-Tyne spent ?50,000,000
some years aso in digging out a shallow
stream. The income from that investment
has since been $23,000,009. beside tho. increase
in tradeand the enhanced value of property.
As an instance of how waste materials
are now utilized, the product of combus
tion from iron furnaces are made to yield
sulphate of ammonia to the amount of
about 6,000 tons a year besides a quantity of
tar.
It is a custom of the Carpenters' Union,
of San Francisco, to build houses for one
another without charging anything for
their labor. The owner supplies the land
and materials and the carnenters do the
rest.
There is preserved in Trinity College,
Dublin, the harp whose notes were heard in
Tara's Hall, when Brian Born was King, and
the sight of which insolred Thomas llooro
when he was studying at Old Trinity to
write bis famous song.
About one-half the area of Algiers,
which comprises 330,000 square miles la the
boundaries of Sahara, is being put under
successful cultivation by means of artesian
well irrigation. Ihere are now over 13,000
wells In active operation.
The old battle-flag of the Forty-third
Georgia Infantry, a dilapidated piece of
bunting, torn and riddled by bullets, was
found the otbor day among the unclaimed
packages sold at public auction by an ex
press company in Atlanta.
It is predicted that the coming mobili
zation of the British naval forces will be on
a very large scale. With the exception of
the Minotaur. Indefatigable and possibly
the Latona, all the ships of the Portsmouth
Fleet Reserve will be commlsioned.
The highest viaducts and bridges in the
world are St. Glustina, Tyrol, 160 feet high,
167 feet long, without piers; Garablt, France,
406 feet high, 1,852 lection:.', stone and iron;
Du Tiaur (proposed), France, 383 feet hL;h,
1.5C8 feet long, iron arch: Forth, S75 feet,
steel.
An East Boothbay, Me., man is en
gaged in supplying New Tork and New Jer
sey summer resorts with se.il3, which are
plentiful along the Maine coast, Theso seals
do very well for seashore attractions, being
objects of unfailing interest to the summer
visitors.
MXTTEK AND B1IKTU.
"How do you get along with your bl-
"Well." replied the truthful yonngman."some
tlmes one way and sometimes another. Sometimes
the bicycle rides me and once in a while I ride the
bicycle." Washinoton Star.
Mr. Epstein Kachel, I haf planned a
pleasant little holiday for you.
Rachel Veil, my dear, vot can it be ?
Mr. Epstein-I am going to haf a slaughter sale,
and you can spend de whole week marking d
goods up, tar dear. Chicago Inter-Ocean.
Juvenile Soda Clerk Do you live hers,
mister?
Customer Yep.
Then you'll have to wait until the boss comes
back from dinner. I ain't allowed toputnpper
scriptlons 'cept for strangers that's travella'."
Indianapolis Journal.
HER SECRET.
'Twas twilight. In the shadow of the porch
We sat and watched the coming of the moon.
And when at last we saw night's silvery torch,
, We both regretted it had come so soon.
Then suddenly she Jumped up from her.seat.
And with a cry Into my arms she fell;
I clasped unto my breast the burden sweet.
And gently urged ber secret she would ted.
She was a summer maiden, and I knew
Full well she suffered not from love's attack:
And I was right, for when her breath she drew.
She gasped: "That horrid bug's crawled dowa
my back. Jg or1t Etentng sun.
"If it hadn't been for one thing." said a
tough. "I'd a licked that slugger clean on the
earth."
What was that?" inquired hls.wlfe.
"He knocked me out in the first round. " He
troit Free Press.
"There goes little Mr. Sissy," she said,
as they strolled down Charles street, "Isn't ha
effeminate in his dress?"
Do you think so?" replied her friend.
Yes. indeed. Why. he wears suspenders, high
collars and sashes Just hke a real womant"-Battf-vwre
.Veto.
Tapper So you don't altogether like th
new pastor's sermons, eh?
Dapper-No. they are too profound-they neces
sitate too much headwork.
Tapper Quite true; I noticed you were nodding
thro' his entire discourse yesterday, orioss Oossr-ier.
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