'. I, 't THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3. 189a W$ 3$r afrlj. ESTABLISHED FEBKUAKY 8, U46 Vol. 47. No. 181.-Entered at Pittsburg Fostoffl'ce Jiotunber, 1887, as second-clai.s Jotter. v Business Office Corner Smithfield and Diamond Streets. News Rooms and Publishing House 78 and' 80 Diamond Street, in New Dispatch Building. FABTKRN ADVrirnSINOOFFiriK. P.OOM 78. TRIBUNE Btlll.niNO. NFW YORK, where com tilfte flies ofTHEDlSPATCH can alwavs be round. Foreign advertiser, appreciate 1 the convenience. Home advertisers and friends ofTHK UllFATCH, while In &ew York, are alio made welcome. JTIJI DISPATCH U reavlarlv mn?eat JtrtnlanPt. t; Union Souart, fiew lorl, and n Ave de V Opera. rcris. trance, where antpme wlu hat been dirap fainted at a hotel new stand can obtain it. TERMS OF THE UISPATCU. roiTaox rjiie iJf TnK uwittd statm. -tt.t Dispatch. One Year .!.... I on Dailt DISPATCH, Per Quarter ICO Dailt Dispatch, One Month 0 Dailt Dispatch, Including Sunday, 1 year.. 10 00 Dailt Dispatch, Including Sunday, Sin'tln, IM Dailt Dispatch. Including Sunday, lin'th.. 90 Scsday Dispatch. One Year SM . Weiiclt Dispatch. One Year 1 3 The Dailt Dispatch Is delivered by carrlera at ;! cents per week, or, including Sunday Edition, at !CcrntMTWeck. I'lTT-lll'im. WEUXESHAV. AUGUSTS. IWZ. TWELVE PAGES CHICAGO'S EXAMPLE. Pittsburg should take notice that Chi cago has proceeded in the matter of abat ing the smoke nuisance to the length of enforcing an ordinance which imposes a fine on users of bituminous coal who do not so construct their chimneys and fur naces as to consume the smoke. While Pittsburg is fitfully discussing the matter and a portion of our citizens are refusing to acknowledge that smoke can be con sumed in the face of actual demonstration, Chicago is abating the nuisance. The effect of the Chicago ordinance has been not only to diminish the smoke, but to stimulate invent'ons for consuming it. A late and very efficient device for con suming the smoke by means of steam jets mixed with air has been put in operation, demonstrating perfect combustion. But the important feature of what has been done in Chicago is the demonstration, not that smoke can be consumed, but that owners of boilers can be made to consume it' The first has been proYed long ago. It is given practical proof daily at a score of places in this city. But the ability to force those who continue to blacken the town with their smoke to spend the few hundred dollars necessary for the abolition of the nuisance is something to which Pittsburg has not yet attained. Tet tins is something that must be done. Pittsburg is wasting millions of dollars an nually by the loss from smoke that is en tirely preventable. If our city is to be worthy of its possibilities the sooner we set to work in earnest to abolish the smoke the better it will be for alL MORAL OBLIGATIONS AM) LEGAL. The assertion is made by the Baltimore Sun that for men of business there are obligations apart from those enfoiced by the law which are "even more binding, although there is no recognized court in Which to enforce them." The moral obli gation of the strong to protect the weak, of the rich to care for the poor, are speci fied as among those imposed by the spirit both of Christianity and civilization. ,, .This is good morality, but it fails to solve the social problem for two reasons: First, obligations for which there are no methods of enforcement give an advantage to those that choose to ignore and violate them. Second, the reliance upon moral obliga tion does not touch the real source of our social differences, namely, that the great Examples of egregious wealth the for tunes counted by the scores of millions are also examples of gigantic and sys tematic denial of legal obligations. The case in which the Constitution of the State and the decrees of our courts were defied in order to enhance certain corpo rate interests is but an example of the kind. Varied by the methods of discrimi nation, combinations to raise prices, con struction company contracts, stock ma nipulation from the inside, corners in stocks controlled by a select few, and the floating of fictitious stock, we have in all of them the distinctive feature of wealth gained by methods in all cases obnoxious to the theory of our laws, and in many directly in defiance of the legal enact ments. It is a matter of demonstration from the financial history of the past few years that if the spirit of our laws had been faithfully observed the necessity of in sisting on the moral obligation of the rich to care for the poor would have been very much lessened by the fact that wealth would have been more equally distributed. It will be a millennial achievement to get men to recognize their moral obligations; but a much more pressing problem is that of making everyone, rich or poor, respect his legal obligations. HAKKrrrs non-resignation. Mr. Harrity's explanation of his course In omitting to resign the office of Secre tary of the Commonwealth on assuming the Chairmanship of the National Com mittee deserves more attention than it generally receives. He takes the ground that Colonel Tom Carter's resignation of his office was necessary because it was a position under the National Government; and for the present, at least, Mr. Harrity recognizes an incongruity between the holding of a national office and running a national campaign. But as he holds a State office, and is going to run a national campaign, he considers that his withers are unwrung. This statement of the position has an adorable application which it is to be hoped Mr. Harrity will bear in mind. In the first place, it carries the implication that Harrity is not going to interfere in State politics any more. The deduction is clear from his views on Carter's position that, holding a State office, he must not undertake to run State politics. The re form indicated by this position will be radical; but the indicative conclusion that the Secretary of the Commonwealth will eschew State politics promises decided chances in the future. Moreover, we per ceive in the same view an indication that, if Mr. Cleveland is elected, Mr. Har rity must decline national Office or else re sign his Chairmanship. The necessity of making a decision on that dilemma is, however, likely to be postponed, as shown by another argument which Mr. Harrity advances. That. is that he can run over to Harrlsburg one day in each week and perform 'all the duties of Secretary of State without inter fering with his Chairmanship. One more fact should have been stated to make this argument final, namely, that the emolu ment of this very pleasant situation are 112,000 to $13,000 per annum. The poli tician who gives up a job which yields so much pay for so little work is not named ,Wm. F. Harrity. - jrKINLKY'S BLOW at tree trade. Governor McKinlev, of Ohio, yesterday, sounded a pan of Protection which was as truthful as forcible, and as logical as brilliant. The words which he uttered to 15,000 people in Nebraska almost the geographical center of the land will reach every corner of this Republic, and cannot fail to carry conviction wherever they meet with reasoning readers. He emphasized the fact that the issue of this campaign is more clearly defined between Protection and FreeJTrade than ever heretofore. He showed how the Dem ocratic party almost went out of Its way at Chicago to express its contemptuous disregard of American.industries. It de liberately struck out all consideration for American labor in the discussion which resulted in the most radical free trade plank ever adopted in the platform of a party claiming national importance. The ridiculous pica that Protection is unconstitutional is unanswerably refuted, and the pleaders appear hardly less fool ish than inconsiderate of national welfare. Chapter and line are quoted with a display of the opinions of illustrious patriots to show that the absolute constitutionality of Protection not only is indisputable, but that it has never been seriously questioned by loyal American citizens. The curious analogy between this year's Democratic Free Trade plank and the ordinance of nul lification passed in South Carolina sixty years ago, together with the Confederate Constitution of some thirty years past, is so strikingly pointed out that Its mere co incidence becomes an impossibility. And the Democratic party asks, forsooth, that the war shall go for nothing and that the prosperity directly induced by Protection shall be counted as naught. But Mr. McKiniey and the friends of Protection and American industrial inde pendence do not confine themselves to a mere proof of its constitutionality or asseveratious of its advantages. They adduce an array of statistical facts which can be answered by no simple assumptions of might-bes. They do not confine them selves to verbal contradictions of the party of negation and calamity, but ex hibit the condition of the country and trace back its prosperity step by step to the cause of it all in Protection. The country can have no excuse for mistaking the question before it, and must in all reason again commit itself to Protection and affluence, rather than to Free Trade, false economy and a competition with European wages that would De ruinous even to the verge of industrial nullifica tion. A COURT ON THE COAL DEAL. The statement that the Reading com bination has scored the first point by the refusal of the Northampton Court to issue a preliminary injunction maybe technically correct, but at the same time the language of the court leaves the combination with little to boast of. The court declined to appoint a receiver for the Lehigh Valley and to issue a preliminary injunction against the lease, on the distinct ground that interests of the plaintiffs would not be injured by the refusal In stating this fact the court took occasion to remark: "It is one of the peculiarities of the case at bar that the lease was in violation of the Constitution," and further on the ruling says: ""We are free to admit that we would willingly have reached a different conclu sion, " for the reason that "the working men, anxious to work, with families de pendent", on their earnings, are being turned out of their places by scores and hundreds with t as little ceremony and apparently with as little thought as if they were so many cattle." The judicial logic which predicates that complainants are "without a grievance" when a lease is made in violation of the constitution is one of the idiosyncrasies of the day. The idea is that the complain ants are not injured because they are shareholders in the Lehigh Valley road, and that under the lease their dividends are kept up. But cannot the judicial mind, even in the lower courts, rise to the height of recognizing it as a right of share holders to have their dividends legally earned, and as an injury to them to have their property placed in an attitude of de fiance to the constitution? Apart from this, if the corporate com bination wishes to plume itself on winning a decision which declares it to have vio lated the constitution and treated the working masses like so many cattle, It is at liberty to do so. TAR MORE THAN THAT. In ridiculing the plank of the People's Party platform that "all lands now held by railroads and other corporations in ex cess of their actual needs should be reclaimed by the Government," our es teemed cotemporary, the New York Sun, makes the assertion that "a railroad is only a collection of men and women hold ing railroad stock." This is the view of .the railroad corporations taken by the journals which are apt with ridicule at those who see anything to reform in pres ent conditions. Tet there is no"more shal low view of one of 'the remarkable crea tions of the modern system. A railroad Is a corporate entity, holding franchises cre ated by the most extreme acts of sover eignty and therefore charged with the highest form of public obligations. By a mistaken line of judicial decisions for the last half century it is charged with the duties and liabilities of a public highway. By .the disregard of the obligations created by its public character it has displayed its power to raise one man to financial great ness and to condemn another to business extinction. In these exertions of the rail road power to distribute" wealth It may bo noted that the men and women holding railroad stock do not necessarily assume a commanding position. It is principally important to correct the very imperfect notion of the public char acter of a railroad expressed by our co temporary. It may further be remarked that no idea is more clearly supported by all considerations of public policy than that a Corporate creation of this sort should not be permitted to add to its powers that of a great landlord. The Peo ple's party platform is wild in matters of sub-treasuries and Government ownership of railroads; but the words quoted are good American doctrine. When notoriety is the aim of so many lives it Is quite surprising that the abandon ment of an old suit or clothes on the bank of one or other of our rivers does not lorm the preliminary to more departures for a sum mer vacation. A supposed suicide is an in expensive form of self advertisement easily arranged by a few circumstantial details. Mb. Watson has advertised himself by turning on the lime light, but he has made hi mself anything but the favorite son of the H ouse. ' ..The Fresh Air Fund Society yesterday took twelve babies to Oakmdnt from Hhe Home of the Friendless for a two weeks' stay. It is evident that the Society has Its arms full, and its good work should be kept up by a well filled purse. Now that Columbus and his doings are to appear on United States postage stamps, canonization would seem to be unnecessary. As an opening for tome person with a mania for statistics, a calculation of the amount of steel and iron apparent on the surface of Pittsburg streets offers unrivaled opportunities for mental exercise. Cleveland ought very soon to be able to perfect a machine to turn out letters to order on the receipt of a nickel in the slot. As an example of the self-sacrifice to which a man will submit for money making purposes, the man in Monroe county who is breeding skunks for the profit of their pelts is a conspicuous Bubject for v)ity. This Congress has about as much of a record for wasting time as for squandering money, and that is saying a good deal. Mass will be at home at the Allegheny Observatory on Saturday night, thanks to Professor Heeler's hospitality, and the pub Ho reception of the invitation should be a cordial and grateful one. Congress appears anxious to inflate with wind the money bags which it has succeeded in emptying of moie solid contonts. Kaiser Wtlhelm's Meteor, alias Thistle, was beaten under bis management at Cowes. It is now time to change the boat's name again to Thorn-in-the-Flesli, or something of that kind. A house without a porch is more of a hollow mockery these days than ever was a home without a mother. Congress has run to seed. And it is Uncle JeiemUh Rusk's duty to see that none of the product escapes destruction, as a perpetuation of its principles would be ruinous to the country. That wire-workers' conference was not ncaily as long drawn out as might have been expected. Governor McKinley had a big audi ence of 15,000 yesterday, but even his speech cannot attract the people as will the princi ple or protection-itself when votes are re coided in November. August weather is very satisfactory so far, and should leceive every encourage ment. 1 Really, the Democratic party is wonder fully magnanimous in permitting the colored vote to be counted because it was cast on its own side for once in Alubama.v Chairman Oates' Homestead report lias been made the subject of a good deal of chaff. Love me love my dog is an old saying, and has a peculiar application to the rowdies who purpose witnessing a dogfight in which Ron dy is the name of one principal. New York doctors should soon, become experts on matters of electrocution. It is quite refreshing to hear now and agalu of a Democrat who is consistent enough to suppoit his party platform by an advocacy of real free trade. CELEBRITIES IN CLOVER. John Mahin has been editor of the Muscatine, la., Journal ever since July 17, 1851 Lord Randolph Churchill is re ferred to nowadays in England as "a man with' a brilliant future behind him." Mr. Cleveland writes all his letters betn een 10 o'clock at night and 2 o'clock in the morning. This habit the ex-Piesident contracted at the White House. The Duke of Manchester surprised his physicians by evidence of vitality when it was supposed that his death was a matter of a few hours. Ho slept well night before last and took food yesterday morning. Queen Lillinokalani, of Hawaii, has only an allowance of $4 030 a year, and on that income a woman can cut a pretty wide swath in Honolulu without having creditors abothering about their little bills. Mr. Gladstone's condition was so greatly imnioved yesterday morning that he rose from his bed at 11 o'clock and joined his secretary in his study. Acting under his physician's advice, however, he lemained Indoors. ' Baron Hirsch is coming to America. He is now completely restored to health, and, according to a Paris letter in one of the local Hebrew newspapers, the famous phi lanthropist intends to spend several mouths in this country. Karl Emil Franzos, the brilliant German novelist, is middle aged, with large dark eyes, a square forehead, sparse black hair, Hebrew features and stout figure. Herr Franzos' best works aie "For the Right" and "The Chief Justice." Mme. Marches!, the celebrated teacher of singing, is something of a cosmopolitan, as she was born in Germany, educated In England, married an Italian and lives in France, while her financial success has been due in no small part to the American dollar. Count Herbert Bismarck and his bride are to live in Austiia, if a rumor from Vienna is correct. The parents of the Countess are said to have inspected the cas tle of Radkersburg, in Styria, a beautiful es tate, with a view to buying it for the newly married couples. The man of modern times is Hans von Buelow, who is endowed with an extraor dinary musical memory. He directs many orchestral works without notes, and tne piano scores of Bacn, Beethoven, Liszt, Schumann, Chopin and Brahms, are as clear in his mind as they are to a pianist on paper. COHGEESSMAN CEAIG LAID 10 BEST. The Joint Committee of the Senate and noose Attend the Obsequies. Clatsvilm, Pa., Aug. 2. Special. The funeral of Congressman Alexander K. Craig took place this morning at 10 o'clock from the Presbyterian Church, of which lie had been an elder for 38 years. The services were conducted by Rev. Fiank Fish, the pastor, and Rev. J. W. Miller, pastor of the church which be attended while in Washington, as sisted by Rev. John M. Mealy, of New Wil mington, Pa., and Rev. W. H. Lester, of West Alexandria. After the services con ducted by the pastois, Congressman Gilles pie, of the Twenty-fifth district, made a few touching remarks, during which he said that eaily in the piesent sessisn he had learned to love Mr. Craig for his integrity, and finished by saying: "In addition to what has been said of the deceased, 1 can only add, here lies a good and honest man." The remains were then taken to the Clays ville Cemetery, where short but imposing ceremonies were held. Senator Cameron and Representative -Gillespie, ot the com mute appointed by the Senate and House, arrived on the 9 a. m. train, but the remain der, consisting of Messrs. Huff and Kribbs, of Pennsylvania, Johnson, of South Dakota, Zarlay, or Iona, and Sergeant at Arms Y ci der, did not arrive until 12 o clock, being Jnst in time to join the funeral procession as it was on its way to the cemetery. Fell Flat to the Ground. St. Lonls Globe-Democrat. If Cleveland's speech ofacceptarice was intended to stimulate enthusiasm in his bo half, then it must certainly be regarded as ' the most melanoholy failure of the season. Can't Do Two Things at Onoe. , Boston Herald.3 It looks as if Grover Cleveland would find ttiat running for President interferes to some extent with bis regular summer occupation of fishing. For Onee Not Guilty. Toledo Blade.1 It la noticeable that no one has accused. rnii Yinvrnaa ni nnrnnarati n w ova ii L the oharges against the Holmanesque body. A LOOK AROUND. According to one of the oldest and best posted manufacturers tho present labor dif ficulties in Weste.rn Pennsylvania. Eastern 'Ohio and West Virginia have decreased the output or Iron and steel about one-tnira. This cannot but have its effect upon prices ultimately, although it is expected that it will be some time before there will be a re covery of nrlcesanda demand which will Justify running the mills and furnaces full. And yet, in spite of this, the gentleman who gave me the Information I have quoted says that never in the history of the steel and iron trade was there the activity of pieparation and the development or inter est in the business that there is at this time. There are now in process of organization or construction no less than 20 new plants or. important additions to old ones. New cor porations to manufacture specialties of iron or steel in some form are seeking charters or have been chartered in considerable num oers. The meaning of this is that-the Ala bama or other iron-making districts are not worth considering in connection with JMtts burg. The local output, the local capacity and the local capitalization are all growing enormously. Pittsburg's hold upon all im portant branches of the iron and steel trade is growing tighter evory year. In methods and In results it is far ahead of any of its competitors. These things are not being accomplished with a flourish of trumpets. It is a Known and regretted fact that Pittsburg is slow or speech concerning herself. She needs more of the wtndlness of Chicago in conjunction with her own solidity and worth. As an illustration of tho gron til of the iron and steel capacity of the firms located here, take that shining example the Edgar Thom son Steel Works. Within the past three years the capacity of that great plant has been doubled. It turns out about 1,500 tons a day for 25 days a month. Its capacity is consid erably over 40,000 tons of finished product a month. This means an in and out tonnage of almost 250 000 tonsa month, or 3,000,000 tons pernnnum. Itisalsoamatteroffacttbat the cross Carnegie output of iron and steel has grown to 1,203,000 tons per annum of finished product, and this is only a part of it. Ar rangements are in progress to Increase tho pig iion output of the Carnegie furnaces to 2,003,000 tons, which is more than a quarter of the total pig output of the entire United States. Thine what such a tonnage means. Tak ing the finished tonnage of the firm at'lOD, C0J tons a month, it is safe to get at the total in and out tonnage by multiplying it by five; that is to say, one and three-fourths tons of pig, one ton of coke, half a ton of limestone and other materials and band ling biing the total up to 5,000,000 or 6,000, 000 tons of railroad freights per annum, which Is twico the slzo of the whole cotton crop of the United States, based on the av erage of 5,000,000 bales. And this is ouly one firm. It IS A matter of general gossip among, politicians here that the non-confirmation of George Miller as Collector of Internal Revenue has at last caused a direct cessa tion of friendly relations between Senator Quay and Mr. C. L. Magee, after a trnce of over a year's duration. The confirmation of George Shiias, Jr., is said to have been that w hich upset the agieement to have Miller's app ointment amicably hung up until after -Kovember. Republicans generally, without regard to former associations and friends ships, regret exceedingly that this condition of affairs has arisen, us it causes highly un pleasant complications in many directions. The papers are full of details of the en largement of the Pittsburg Exposition. It is reported that a lot more chairs and benches are provided for people who want to hear the concerts, and the new music hall is re ported in fine shape. The peanut, lemonade and popcorn departments will probably re main as they aie. What the people would like to hear is that the Exposition is an ex-po-ltion of what Pittsburg Is and what she can do. Exhibits of iron, steel, glass and other pioducts of the city's workshops, and in fconie cases working models of the plants, are sadly needed. No city in the country can show more of commeiclal interest in the way of home manufactures and it is a Its graceful truth that no city which has such a peiennial exhibition shows so little of its own woik. What the city needs is less gim crucks, red lemonade and fireworks and moie industrial exhibits. The making of a dozen kinds of. glassware, of nails, tacks, small iron and steel novelties, brass and copper articles, fine cut and colored glass, cork, lead and a dozen other similar things could be shown if the managers of the ex hibition would spend some money in ope rating them. These things are of interest to the thousands of country people who come here in the fall, and could not fail to attract an enlarged attendance. Concerts are all right and so are chairs, but they come high when we have a big Exposition building more or less devoted to them. Walter. A WILL BUT NO BEQUEST. Edward C. Knight's Last Test, ment Only Appoints His Executors. Piin.AnEi.rniA, Aug. 2. Tne will of Edward C. Knight, the late well-known sugar refiner, was admitted to probate this morning. The instrument is peculiar is this respect, pro viding only for the appointment of the ex ecutors and making no bequest. The writing is in the band of the deceased, and was executed December 8. 1890. The es tate is valued at nearly $6,000,000. Darting Their Own Cause. Chicago Mail. Tom Carter has not gone to work for Har rison yet. He doesn't have to at present. The filibusters in Congress are doing ten times the work against Cleveland that ho could do with his little committee. DEATHS HERE AND ELSEWHERE. General Michael P. Small. General Michael P. Small, Assistant Com missary General of Subsistence at Governor's Island, N. Y., died Monday morning after an Ill ness of three weeks. He was for a long time afflicted with Bright' s disease, and that, with catarrh of the stomach, caused his death. He was born in York, Pa., 61 years ago. In 1855 he gradu ated from West Point and, as Second Lieutenant Third Artillery, was stationed on the frontier in California. The next rear he served against tho Seminole Indians, and in IS59 he was In'tlieTIarper's Ferry expedition to suppress the John Drown raid. In 1S61 he was made Captain and Commissary of Subsistence. He served with distinction during the war, and wasnn the staff of General Sheridan. He was breveted Colonel of volunteers for services in the campaign of 1853 and 1834. He was after ward breveted Lieutenaut Colonel. Colonel and Brigadier General In the regular army. Richard 1'aull, Artist. An American landscape painter of much talent and great promise, Richard Paull, a pupil of Daublgny and Francals. died Friday at the asylum at Morris Plains. N. J. He nad been suffering several months from paresis. Mr. Paull, whose studio had been In New York and atLeonla, N. J., since his return from abroad, was 37 years of age and a native of Chicago. Ills work, which is both strong and poetic recalls that of both his masters. Mrs. Caroline H. II. Lslng, Authoress. The death is announced at Germantown, Pa., of Mrs. Caroline Hyde Butler Laing. the au thoress, after a lingering Illness. For many yean she lived in Rome, where she wrote a child's his tory of that city under the title "Heroes of the Seven Hills." Since 1872 she has lived in this country, most of the time being occupied with literary work. Obituary Notes, SAM C. WniQHT, Superintendent of United States mint at Carson City, Nev., died yesterday. Eael Bathcbst Is dead in England. He was born In 1832 aud succeeded his nncle as the sixth Earl, February 24, 1878. Danixl McGowkn, a well-known farmer of Jefferson township, died In his 40th year yesterday morning. He baa been suffering from a sunstroke. Rodeut L,. Davis, formerly United States Weigher and Ganger, dropped dead in Boston Monday. He was one of the most prominent Mssons in Massachusetts, having attained the 321 degree. MoREIS C. TOWXE died Monday at Elgin. 111., at the age of 74 years. He was a director of the Elgin National Watch Company and President of the First National Bank of Elgin and of the Elgin City Savings Bank. JOHN Bleaxtx, of Hyde Park, Mass., died Sun day, aged 80. He was one of the first persons to begin the weaving of fancy casslmeres In this country. He arrived from Scotland la 1847 and be gan that Industry at Ameibury, SUMMER DAY'S ENERGY. Nothing Daunts Society In Its Search for the Good Things ot This iVcrld The City of Faris Tying With Lohengrin' March a the Proper Wedding Adjr.nct. The marriage of Miss Lillian B. Reed, of Canonsburg, and Mr. Frank Whitesell was solemnized yesterday afternoon at the house of Mrs. Andrew Easton, of Montgomery ave nue, who is tho sister of the bride. There was a good deal of surprise expressed when it becatno generally known that Mr. Whitesell was not to be unaccompanied on his contem plated trip on the City of Paris, the favorite boat of bridal pairs, and that his companion was to be a no less Interesting fact than a bride. The gentleman bad sedulously kept his counsel, and only in the circle wbere such matters are deemed sacred was it known that the pretty Miss Reed had ex cited more than a passing Interest in the breast of the young Sewickley attorney. The marriage took place in Pittsburg Instead of at Canonsburg, where the Reeds have been an important social factor for many years, owing to the breaking up of the home at the death of Mrs.' Reed a year ago. Mr. Reed now resides with his daughter, who is the wife of the widely known Allegheny phv sician, Dr. Andrew Easton, and it was at Dr. Easton's house that the ceremony took place yesterday. There was absolutely no display exceDt what was necessarily a part of a function of this Joyful nature. The drawing rooms were arranged with a rare selection of cut flowers, the beauty of which together with the pretty nuptial was reserved for the eyes only of tboso whom blood or kindred feel ing declated to be the nearest and dearest. Even the officiating clergyman had another claim to be pi esent than that belonging to his sacred office. Dr. Brown being the lamlly pastor from Canonsburg. When the short ceremony was over, dinner was served to the entire company, which also quickly came to a termination to permit the bride and groom to board the night limited for the East. Ihey will sail to-day from New York for Southampton for an extensive and Interest ing European; honeymoon of three months' duration spent between the sights of tbe Continent and those of the British Isles. The old fnmllv residence at Sewickley is being prepared for their return, and Mr. and Mrs. Whitesell will, at least, live there the coming season. The bride comes of a family of beauties. All of Mr. Reed's daughters were handsome cirls, of a magnificent blonde type, es pecially Mis. Easton, who was considered by many to be the prottiest young woman In Pittsburg when she came here a very young bride. She can still lay claim to the greater part of her charms, though there is a boy taller than and a girl as tall as she Is, who possess the darling privilege ol calling her "mother." The fashionable Catholic organization, tbe Columbus Club, In place of the usual water party of other years, gave a midsum mer fete, which came off yesterday after noon and evening in the lovely grove at Sil ver Lake. It was absolutely an invitation affair, so that the novel experience of a largo party, all thoroughly in touch with each other, was not the least pleasure for which the management should be compli mented. The afternoon was principally de voted to that charming order of exploration of the grounds, which includes a young man and a young lady interested in each other and an oblivious parent or chaperon. Where the seats' were arranged in the most engag ing spots were scenes of daintily gowned maidens from the fluttering crepe de chine bit of femininity to the graceful usurper of her male relatives' wardrobe almost. The various booths were busy dur ing the afternoon, but In the evening closed up. as the dancing floor then becamei tho sole object of attention. TheGuenther Rand supplied the dancing music, which was in terspersed with a programme of music ar ranged by Charles W. Fleming, who was assisted in its rendition by Miss Gavin, Miss Wocster, Signor Gelli, Mr. Charles Gernert, accompanist, and Mr. Abram Karpochevsky, violinist. Mr. Karpochevsky's playing was applauded with emphast, and not even dur ing the most charming waltz was there a larger audience than gathered on tbe plat form when his numbers were announced. The young man, who is only 18, is a recent acquisition fiom Russia to musical circles in Pittsbuig. About 750 people were guests of the club yesterday. Bishop Phelan telegraphed good wishes from Ii eland yesterday, the substance or his cablegram being announced at an interval In the dancing and nas received with hearty plaudits. One of the most exasperating misiortnnes to befall a young bride and groom was that which overtook Mr. and Mrs. Flnley, of Allegheny, through the burning of the old homestead of the bride, where had been stored tho many wedding presents of lav ish friends. The fire occurred two days af ter the young couple had gone for a short vacation to the country, but the faot was wisely withheld from them until their return a few days ago. Like almost the bulk of wedding presents to-day, there was a good deal of silver, all of which is melted beyond recognition. Boyond the actual practical loss there is a sentimental value which places these various mementoes of friendship above price, and is the suDjeot of the greater part of the regret. A pnrse containing a valuable roll of banknotes likewise went up in smoke. The occurrence is regretted by all their friends. Mr. and Mrs. Flnley will go -to housekeeping in the autumn. Announcements were received in town on Monday of the WIgley-Green nuptials In St. Stephen's Chuich, Toronto, bearing also the inlormation that tbe nappy pair will be at home to friends after September 1 at their house on Lilac street. Almost identical with that of the avant courier is tbe new method lor arranging to go to the seaside, particularly to Atlantlo City, where nine-tenths of Pittsburg puts in Its summer. A practical woman here is in communication with all the principal hotels, and has every detail looked after be foro you leave Pittsburg. This is particu larly pleasant for a woman traveling alone, or superintending n family, when there are none of its male members present. The pio neer in this convenient way of making travel pleasant' is Miss Snowden, of this city, who began early this season, and has been doing most satisfactorily to the taste of herpations. The' marriage of Miss Harbison and H. Courtney Parker, of Louisville, Ky., was celebrated last night at Mr. T. C.(HarbIson's house on Montgomery avenue. The hour of the ceremony was 7 o'clook. The bi ide wore a white China silk gown ot an artistic mode and carried a large bunch of sweetpeas. There weie neither orldemalds nor ushers, tho young pair being absolutely unattended A small reception and dinner followed the ceremony. ;Mr, and Mrs. Parker are on their way South, leaving for Kentucky last night. Social Chatter. The Rev. Father Kelty, of 8t, Patrick's R. C. Church, officiated yesterday morning at the marriage of Miss Cronin, daughter of Mr. Timothy Cronin of this city, and Mr. J. J. Powers, a well-known young manu facturer. Tne ceremony took place at Mr. Cronin's bouse on Pcmi avenue, near Twenty-third street. Immediately alter the marriage the wedded pair boarded the Phil adelphia, exptess for an extended Eatern tour. Mrs. Wyatt, of Irwin avenue, Allegheny, took a party yesterday from the city to Chautauqua, where they will he under her chaperonage for the entire month. Among the young people were Mis Ella Bailey, Miss Maud Aimor, Miss Kinter and Miss Ochentaugh, of Rochester, N. Y., Mr. A, H. Burchfleld, Mr. Charles McElveeu, Mr. C. L. Straub and Mr. H. P. Wyatt. The Misses Riddle and their brother, Mr. Walter Riddle, are now en route tor the West, Denver and the Rocky Mountains being among the manv contemplated ob jective points for sightseeing. Mbs. Lillian McCall Stoitiel, widow of the young Journalist, L. E. Stofiel, is visiting in Pittsburg, piior to leaving for RWgoview Park, where, with her little daughter, she will spend some weeks. Absinthe as a table drink is coming into use In France, and Parisians now sit down to restaurant dinners and luncheons where no other stimulant is imbibed. Mrs. H. C Bum and Mrs. A. P. Burchfleld, of Negley avenue, are on their way East to Martha's Vineyard for a midsummer so journ. ' Mb. and Mrs. John Eobb, of the Kenmawr Hotel, contemplate setting up an establish ment of their own before many months. Mas. MaxK. Becker, of Ellsworth avenue, In company with Miss Armstrong, are "doing'r Atlantic City. ' Mb. and Mrs. David P. Reiohakd have ar ranged to spend part of August at an East ern watering place. Mbs. Biddle Arthurs, of Center avenue, is visiting her lather's family In Sun Duty. Mrs. Grayson and Mrs. Douglass .Buchanan will go to Llgonior next week. ACROSS THE CONTINENT. Ton will meet and become acquainted ,wlth tome pleasant and some peculiar peo ple annng a trans-Continental trip, x ou win also be thrown In contact with modes of living, methods of business, customs, ideas, novelties markedly different from those at home. A railway coaon Is a very small world in which to pass a half dozen long days, and the weak and deep spots of the company are soon the property of all. On my coach from St. Paul westward over the Northern Pacific was a Jolly spiritual adviser booked for North Dakota, a giant who took every occasion possible to display bis agility in lightning changes of attire, a missionary from Malta, a lawyer who had turned miner, a -doctor ditto, a Montana Jndge, a railroad attorney, an irrigation ex pert whose 10 mile ditch is by this time con nected, and some gentlemen of leisure. Of course there were ladles and babies but they never invaded the smoker. Such a mixed car lot furnished plenty of entertainment In the line ot s on the subjects closest to their individual inter ests. The lawyer-miner after feeling his WB talked about minerals and talked entertain ingly, too. Summarized, bis views ran: "I tell you the mining of silver and of gold is a legitimate and paying calling, provided It is conducted on business principles. It is a fascinating study, too. You can delve in the rocky tome for years and finally conclude you bave masteied Its mysteries, when lo! a leaf Is turned that completely upsets former conclusions and leaves you floundering and groping leaves you convinced that a false lead has been followed, that a new brain tunnel must be run to strike the lost pay streak. Yes, mining is a business Just like a drygoods store. If you are ratlent and care ful you can take stock and calculate to a nicety your profits. It used to be the saying that only the stock raiser made money while he slept. The careful miner has the best of the stockman in this, however. But be ware of prospects, my boy. A good prospeot is ail right if properly developed; but a prospect Is not a mine by a long shot. There's lots of mineral in Montana, Colo rado, Idaho and Utah, but those who are to profit by its extraction must first uncover it systematically and Judiciously. Yes, mining pays, but silver is too low now for the risks involved. Beware of showy prospects and "bull" quartz, my boy. Develop by shaft and cross-cut on the vein, analyze, compute, be patient, and, all else being equal, you're a suie winner." The doctor-miner corroborated tbe bonanza seekers cogitated. "But, gentlemen," chimed in the 40-mile ditcher, "there's good quick money in irri gation out here. Wait till you see the Yakima Valley, Washington. There's a Paradise reclaimed from tbe sage brush and tho sand. Put water anywhere on this desert and it will be as a Garden of Eden. After the water Is on go into bops. say. Then you can make money while you sleep, too. I'm going to put In 360 acres next season. But irrigation, like mining, has been hurt by unscientific and unscrupulous methods. Time, though, will demonstrate that it is a legitimate proposition, a sure moneygetter and a blessing. But beware of tbe glittering prospectus and the badly en gineered district. For you'll surely miss your money when the ditch ruas dry." "Vestibule trains and diners on cross country lines are a delusion and a purga tory," exclaimed the fat Montana jurist when the irrigationist paused. "In the good old davs, you know, the air of tbe hills was permitted to blow through tbe coaches. Now the trains are like tunnels without air shafts, and the puffs that come through the windows are unsatisfactory and cinder laden. Tho vestibule train is all very nice in cold weather, out now it's out of .place. And the dining car, too, is a step backward In long distance railroading. Why we'll be fucky if we got 15 minutes to stretch our lezs at any stopping place between here and the Pacific; and that, you know, is not at all conducive to comfort or a well regu lated system. Yes, sir, the old breakfast, dinner and supper stations, with ther rosy cheeked, calicoed attendants, steaming victuals and monotony-breaking clatter, were good thingsor travelersfroin a purely physical standpoint. I'll bet you a bit that you'll all agree with me before the taste of the canned goods leaves your palates." At the last station on the line all voted tbe Judge a winner. "I've a cheap and safe remedy for small pox," said the doctor-miner. "My father was a physician before me, and be used it successfully. It's sure, too, in cholera and yellow fever. Now guess It, gentlemen. It's a simple article one you've all used from childhood. No, you can't Well, sirs, its salt common, plain, everyday salt. Salt, you know preserves, prevonts putrefaction. Tbe diseases we most fear, according to eminent medical authorities, are due to putrefaction in onr system. Here's where the salt works like a charm. Now.don't smile, but try it. If yon take two teaspoon fuls of salt in a glass of water say three times a day you'll not have to be vaccinated during a smallpox epidemic, shunned during a cholera scare or nursed during a yellow rever plague. Put a little vinegar in the glass to make the dose palatable and keep it up a. week or so. Salt Is a preserver of life, gentlemen, and if you are ever in a position to test its efficacy you'll remember this trip and conversation." Tbe doubters In tbe smoker looked skepti cal, bat the earnestness of the medical mineralogist gave weight to his remarkably simple remedy.. Thus was a day and a night spent in a coach Slopeward. Thus, mayhap, will other aays and nights be spent by you and your neighbors. There's profit in such days and nights, too. Geo. A. Madden. , MIES' MYSTERY MASTEEED. In the Mar observation the Lick tele scope promises to Hok all tho others. New York Recorder. The planet is called Mars, perhaps, be cause it mars the peace and comfort of this world. Philadelphia Record. Astronomers now state that the great canals of Mars are? not canals at all. This disposes of the fanciful theory that the in habitants of Mars were advanced enough to provide against railroad combines. Sew York Herald. , Soke scientists say that the recent hot wave was all the fault of Mars. If that is true, it Is all we want to know of that planet. Anyone who tries to find out anything more should be cast out from among bis fellow men. Buffalo JSxprcss. The great Lick telescope shows that there are no canals nor anything resembling them on Mars. Star-gazers would do well to heed the advice of Emerson, "Hug your fact," or of Davy Crockett, "Be sure you are right, then go ahead. Cincinnati Times-S ar. Through all time Mr. Lick's namewill be associated with the studies of our most Inti mate neighbor planet, Mars, about which we are destined shortly to make some wonder ful discoveries. Tile triumDhs of science may not be so striking as those of war, but 'they endure for all time.-New York Commer cial Advertiser. The astronomers at the University of Cal ifornia are unable to find by the aid of the big Lick telescope the slightest trace of the so-called canals on Mars, discovered, or pro jected, by the Milan astronomer, Schiapar- ellL It may be that somebody had scratched those canals on the lens of Schiaparclli's telescope. Philadelphia Ledger. Macs Is said to have two moons, one 8 miles in diameter and the other 20. The planet Itself has a diameter of 4,400 miles. To get a graphic illustration of Grover Cleveland's appreciation of himself with ref erence to things mundane, try to imagine him in the role of Old Mars with the country and the Democratic party respectively as the moons. Cleveland L-ader. A Hard Nut to Crack. . New York Press. - Chairman Harrity, of the Democratic Na tional Committee, bas announced his plan of campaign. "Tbe thing to do is to get to gether and fight for De'mocratio principles." Just what Mr. Harrity means by "Demo cratic principles" it will trouble tbe best stump speakers he will pat In the field to explain." CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS. New York makes one-fourth of our bee The first horse railroad jras built i 1828. Churches built in America in 1891 nur ber 8,503. Arizona is the only State that has a hei of camels. Milan is to have an electrical exhib tlon In 1894. Dickens WTOte 24 books, comprijiu 1,123 characters. A St. Clair. Ma, hen has lately hatche eight young quails. Rubber-tired omnibuses are shortly be tried in London. There are nearly 3,000 stitches in a pa of hand-sewn boots. San Francisco has an animal that part goat and part deer. Chicago has a legal bnrean which gin gratuitous advice to the poor on law matter Gas was first made from coal by Claj ton in 1739 and first used for illumination i 1792. -4.V man was arrested in Asbury Parktb other aay for going in bathing in his wife bathing suit. Chain shot were the invention of E Witt, the great Dutch Admiral. They wei first used In 1666. Paper from rags was made in 1,000 i! D., the first linen paper In 1319, and papc from straw In 1800. The ptomaines appear to be becomin as deadly foes of mankind as tbe microbe and more intangible. The Dismal Swamp in Virginia, one c the largest. swampy tracts in America, cor tains about 1,500 square miles. There is an onyx deposit which form tho floor of a cave in Morgan county. Mo fora distance of about 100 yards. The gavel used by the People's party a the convention was made from tbe firs homestead entry in the United States. Verily, this is the paper age. Th world consumes 3 000,000,000 pounds c paper a year, and is supplied by 4,500 pace mills. The first wheat raised in the Eei World was sown on the island of Isabella 1 January, 1191, and on March 30 the crop wa gatbered. The United States has more than 500,00 bearing banana plants. 200,000 bearing lemoi trees, 4.000,000 orange trees and 21,000,000 pine apple trees. The "Women's Christian Temperanc Union has established a free milk booth 01 Franklin square, Philadelphia. It Is wei patronized. The number of cigars, cigarettes am cheroots smoked in this country last year i placed at about 7,442,000 by a recent Goverr. ment report. A subscription of ?32 37 from each in habitbnt of the United State would wip. out every national. State and municipa debt in the country. A mountain ash, 15 years old, it grow ingon the top of a church tower at'Utica, r. It has rooted la the crack3 and crevice ot the mason work. The organist at a Cardifl church fopn several ot the keys soundless, and upon to amination found tl.at six birds had bull their nests In the pipes. Six successful hospitals have bee founded for women bv women physicians 1 Philadelphia, New York, Boston, Cbicagc San Francisco and Minneapolis. I There is a suriace of 5,000 acres in Silt sia. Prnssia, which is usually dry, but wjilc every 30 years fills with water In someluc known way and becomes a lake. , Charles "Wood, a druggist of Harleston England, has a biood of white blackbirds, 1 fact which Is vouched for br several promt nent ornithologists and naturalists. ' A couple of wild pigeons were recentl; shot in Sault aux Recollets buh, Canada J sportsman says it is over 25 years sine specimens of these birds were seen there. In the sandy lands they would rati bave a good-sized camel than a ship. T. entire empire of Persia has but one vessel a small steamer that was built some yean ago. The eggs-of the alligator .ara -eaten in tho West India islands and on the west coast of Africa. They resemble In shape a hen's a. but are laiger, and have much the same taste. The Government telegraph service of Great Britain operates about 30,000 miles ot line, and handles nesrIv33,0GO,0OOtBlegramsa 2 ear. Last year 6,000,000 telegrams were an died In London alone. Daring a storm at Fishkill, N. T., on Friday evening lightning ran through a pantry where plates were standing on edge, and the coloring matter ot some plates was partly transferred to others. From 5200,000,000 to 5250,000,000 are lost yearly in the world on the turf, of which from $35,000 000 to $50,000,000 are squan dered In the United Kingdom. Australia is responsible for $20,000,000 or the amount. The word Arkansas is of Indian stock. A tribe of Indians, who rebelled and sepa rated from the Kansas Nation, were cele brated lor the fine quality of their bows. From this they were called Arc or Bow Indians, and afterward "Arkansas." In the Mammoth Cave of Kentucky are pools containing fish which are quite blind. This is a carious example ot tbe way In which nature eliminates useless organs, for eyes would of course be quite useless in this region of perpetual darkness. One of the greatest novelties in weav ing machinery recently invented is that de signed by an Englishman, in which the pile In plush labiics is gained in an expeditious manner dnring weaving. The picks or wefts aro actually cut before being driven In. SCISSORED FROM SIFTINGS. Gns De Smith What is the matter with you? You look as If you had been exposing your self to the elements. Colonel Yerger I have had two colds new, one right after the other. "Didn't you do anything for themr" Oh, yes, I had no trouble getting rid of the second cold hi my head, hat the first sticks to me yet." Fashionable wife Did yon notice, dear, at the party last evening how grandly our daughter, Clara, swept Into the room? Husband (with a grunt)-Oh. yes, Clara eaa sweep Into any room grandly enough, but when It comes to sweeping out a room she isn't there. Judje Duffy You say you are innocent What then were you doing with the watch If yo dldn 't intend to steal It? Sam Johnsing-I Jest wanted ter wind It up for him. Dat's de solemn troof. I can't tell a lie ef I wus ter try for a week. Artist The public makes me sick. Critic Why. what's the matter with the public? obody will give even as much as 110 for my last picture. I've a notion to throw my brushes out of the window." Don't do that. Keep the big ones atleast." "Why shouldlkeeptnebigones?" "You may need them some or these days la painting fences." First Lawyer If the moon could talk what interesting disclosures there woula he. She Is the only witness to many a crime. Second Lawyer-Yes. and Just think how much she, would get for witness fees If she could testify In court. "Ain't yon ashamed ter be seen in der Tabernacle In such raweniy pants?" said Whang doodle Baxter to Jim Webster. "So Indeed, parson. I ain't ashamed. Dey don't belong ter me. What's I got ter be 'shamed of?" A lady in a New York hotel corridor fell upon the neck of an entire stranger, and after Imprinting a kiss upon his mouth arew back sud denly and exclaimed: "Dearmel I thought it was Charley!" "Humph." growled the stranger, Charleyls In luck to-day." Tommy Pa, may I ask; you a question? Ta Certainly, my child. Tommy Well, where Is the wind when It doesnt blowr A Houston. Tex, gentleman is too modest to use tbe word garter. A friend asked him: "What kind or a present are you going to boy yourwifel" "I think I'U get her a honl.soltl qa maly pes." was the reply. .afci.SiS
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