EHSaEl t.W" tv ; THE -PITTSBURG DISPATCH, THUKSDAT. AUGUST 4. 18921 El9HffiZPl93 tSHje Bi gpafrlj. ESTABLISHED FEBRUABY 8, 1M6 Vol. 7. No. 182 -Entered at Pittsburg Fostofflee 2oremter, 1857, as second-class mutter. Business Office Corner Smithfield and Diamond Streets. News Rooms and Publishing House 78 and 80 Diamond Street, in . New Dispatch Building. FABTERN ADVEjmSlIfGOrnCTE. BOOK 78, TRIBUNE BUILDING. NEW T O RK. -where com pfete flies ofTHEDISPATCH can always be found. Foreign advertisers apnreclate the epnTenlenee. Home advertisers and Mends ofTHK DI8PA1CH, wbUelnNew York, are alio made -welcome. TTHSDrsPATCHtsreo-ulortvonsaUat Brtntana't, t;VnumSgvart, eu lork, out B Ave dtfOtera. taris, France, where anyone who hat been disap pointed at a hotel news stand can obtain it. XEKMS OF THE UISPATOH; rOBTAOX TKIX IK THI UNITED BTATIS, SArLTDlsrATCH. One Year a 00 AltT DiSPATcn, Per Quarter SOO DAnvr Dispatch, One Month 70 Dailt Dispatch, Including Sunday, 1 year.. 10 00 Pailt Dispatch, Including Sunday, Sm'ths, S50 Dailt Dispatch, Including Sunday, 1 m'th.. 90 Eckdat Dispatch. One Year sto Veeklt Dispatch, One Year 1 SS The Dailt Dispatch Is delivered by carrier at Jt ccnU per week, or. Including Sunday Edition, at V cents per -week. 1'ITTMIL'KG. THURSDAY. AUGUST 4. ISC TWELVE PAGES THE LATEST COUKT PROCEEDINGS. Before the last echoes of the Homestead affair die away in the courts, the public will be thoroughly informed upon the law of riots. The latest step is the prosecu tion of the officials of the Carnegie Com pany for murder. Judge Erring admitted some to bail yesterday upon a preliminary hearing and postponed action in the cases of the others. It is essentially proper that if the agents of the Carnegie Companyoffended against the law in the Homestead proceedings they should be held to accountability as strictly as the other parties. Judge Ewing from the Bench yesterday inti mated that there was a wide difference between the status of the Pinkerton flnen and that of the strikers assembled on the river bank. The Judge was disposed to bold the one as upon a lawful, the other upon an unlawful mission. On the other hand, various attorneys, going" upon the reports of the disturbance in the news papers, have been quoted as contending that the Pinkertons and the Homestead people were all rioters together. This is evidently the view of Lawyer Brennen and his associates. There is no room to doubt that the facts will be fully brought forth and the law justly administered before the court Whether the Carnegie Company acted within its legal rights or not, in bringing on the Pinkerton men with arms to take possession of its property, there are no two opinions now that the proceeding'was tactically a blunder, and that a simple ap plication to our county courts would have been sufficient to thoroughly reinstate the company in its rights. But whether there was an actual violation of the law in any of the proceedings of the company or any such violation as to justify the present grave charges against its officers and agents is a matter of such gravity as, in the face of 'the informations lodged, to be properly determined only upon the sworn evidence. BLAINE ON THE STUMP. The announcement is now definitely made that Blaine's oratory and personality will be at his party's service on the open ing of and during the campaign in Maine. This is but a confirmation of the expecta tions of his many friends and a striking refutation of the murmurings of such few enemies as he has. All his admirers will rejoice in this manifestation of his health and vigor, notwithstanding the recent blow he received by the death of his son Emmons. Blaine is no individual so absorbed in self as to mope after the selection of an other when he was in the field for the Presidental nomination. Even what Is known as a good party man would show his allegiance to his party's ticket as Blaine has done and will do. And Blaine is more than a good party man; he Is a patriotic statesman, imbued with the be lief that in Protection lies his country's greatest good. Therefore, he throws him self into the fight, destitute of personal ambition, and devoted to the prosperity of America. On all sides the ranks of the Protective army are closing In, and vic tory is as much a certainty as logical argu ments and solid unanimity can make it NORTHWESTERN RECIPROCITY. While the politicians of the country are considering the question of straining our commercial relations with Canada to the point of rupture, the commercial interests of the Northwest are taking altogether an other view. The Chambers of Commerce of Dululh, St Paul, Fargo and other Northwestern cities have taken action in favor of callinga conference of represent atives of the United States and Canada on the subject of reciprocity, to be held at Grand Forks on the 1st of September. The movement is supported by prominent citizens of Winnipeg and Manitoba. The influence of the Northwest on both sides will clearly be exerted in favor of im proved instead of suspended trade rela tions. It is natural to suppose that the object of improving our trade relations with Can ada will be better subserved by friendly conference than by quarreling with her. If the policy of offering the gains of in creased trade does not secure the correction of any injustice on Canada's part in tolls on her canals, the policy of retaliation may be made necessary. But it is much wiser to first exhaust the means of concil iation. Sucn a conference as is proposed would be the surest means of improving relations. As it represents large and growing sections of both countries, it is T likely to have a double effect It will not only stimulate public opinion in favor of reciprocal trade between Canada and the United States, but also indicate to the pol iticians of both countries that the interests of their Western populations are not to be lightly jeopardized by unnecessary quar rels. We think that the conference as pro posed will be productive of much more good than the attempt to conciliate Can ada with a club. NOT A DEMOCRAT. A journalistic worshiper ol David B. Hill discovers a determination on the part of that politician that he will not go to Europe. This startling fact does not in duce in the minds of our cotemporary any reflection on Europe's gain. On the con trary, it leaps- to the conclusion that the Senator will be found doing work In the canvass when the proper time comes, as "Senator HU1 is a Democrat" This declaration of Senator Hill's De mocracy has been frequent since he sought advertisement for himself by that means. But while there may be two opinions whether a man is necessarily the sum of all virtues because ho is a Democrat, there can be no doubt that if a man is not what he claims to be he is a fraud. The only possible definition of a Democrat is a man who believes in and supports the princi ples of the Democratic party. The au thoritative declaration of Democratic principles was made by the party through? its regularly elected delegates in national convention. Consequently, according to all party ethics, if Senator Hill is a Demo crat he must stand by the platform of his party. But this is exactly what Senator Hill has not done. TheJDemocratic platform declared against free coinage or any other monetary device which would fail to main tain the present standard. Senator Hill voted for free coinage, and in doing so not only misrepresented the State of New York, but denied and forsook formal and authoritative Democratic principles. It is, therefore, cogent to remark, whenever we are confronted with that Hill self trumpeting "1 am a Democrat," that the assertion, like David B. Hill himself, is a fraud. OBSERVATIONS OF MARS. Our nearest planetary neighbor Mars naturally occupies a good deal of attention at present Having' reached his closest proximity yesterday, the astronomers of the world were busily occupied in observ ing his peculiarities. While Schiaparellis' alleged canals have been observed, the dup lication of themhasnotyet beenporceived, and up to date the evidences of life which it was thought possible might be discov ered by the improved instruments of the day have not yet been noted. Some bright projections have been seen on the south west limb which are not fully explained. It Is not thought, however, that they are the mucb-talked-of signals from the Martial inhabitants, but are probably mountain peaks or some other phenomena which re fract the light The most interesting of the observations are those taken of the two moons of Mars. That planet seems to be well supplied with moons, but the f aot is the two together do not amount to a good-sized moon such as the earth has. The smallest is about eight miles in diameter and the largest about twenty. The utter departure from mun dane standards is shown by the fact that the smaller moon revolves about the planet in less than eight hours, is a "new moon" three times a day and has been seen to go through its four phases in a single evening. It is evident that a planet where they have new moons three times a day is not bound by any of the conventions known to earth. It may be questioned whether, if there are any inhabitants in Mars, the utter absence of common ideas, indicated by the divergence in such fundamental matters as the phases of the moon, would not pre clude any communication. How would we, for instance, communicate with a peo ple whose sun rose only once in three months? We may imagine the Martial ists looking down on the earth with a sim ilar contempt as a wretched planet where it takes a moon nearly 720 hours to go through its changes; as a body which is wholly incapable of sustaining life. It is evident that the present opposition of Mars will give a large addition to our astronomical .knowledge. The power of observation by improved instruments has been, greatly enhanced. Yast fields of knowledge are discovered by the addition to the power of the telescope. CUBAN RUMORS. There are now-rumore of arf uprising in Cuba against the Spanish domination. The proposition in Spain to farm out the Cuban revenues has excited dissatisfac tion, as well it might, and consequently rumors are rife of a revolt which is hoped to be strong enough to throw off the Span ish rule. There is reason, however, to believe that any expectation of a successful revo lution in Cuba Is mainly due to the wish that it may be so. There is no doubt that Cuba is fearfully misgoverned; but it has been misgoverned for centuries. An Anglo-Saxon population would long ago have thrown off the yoke; but the mixed races which form the mass of the Cuban population have not the vigor necessary to effect such a revolution. The intelligence, leadership and wealth of the island are in the hands of Spaniards or those who are loyal to Spain. This Is the only explana tion of the invariable failure of all other revolts, and it is likely to have the same effect on all similar attempts in the near future. It would be desirable for the United States to have Cuba placed under an in telligent and progressive Government of her own people. But, besides the very grave doubt whether the Cuban popula tion is capable of maintaining such a Gov ernment, the United States cannot wisely meddle with the support of any such des perate undertaking as the attempt of the revolutionists to overthrow the Spanish rule. Our trade relations with the island have recently been greatly Improved un der the Spanish Government, and they should not be broken off by a useless ex hibition of enmity. If there were any reasonable hope that the Cubans could free themselves from Spain and maintain a stable Government, considerations of trade should not debar them from our sympathy. But that pros pect is so exceedingly remote that the United States cannot wisely do anything but hold aloof and prevent its territory from being made the base of insurrection ary incursions upon Cuba. ANTI-TROIVLET HUMBUG. The factitious nature of the attempt to make the public believe in certain cities that the trolley is exceptionally deadly Is revealed In a striking light by the last article In the New Tork World on that subject This article contains a list of the accidents on the electric lines in Colum bus for tho year ended with the first of this month. It gives a list of 76 alleged accidents, and of that number there was exactly one caused by electric shock due to the peculiar nature of the trolley wire. The other 75 were such as any method of transit faster than the horse cars is liable to; and some of them are common to the horse cars. For instance, when we find the list swelled by such examples as the followlngi.'TJnknown woman severely injured while stepping off car," we" are impelled to ask whether it is the view of the opponents of the trolley that cars should be furnished which people will riot have to step off from. It is the case that 14 of the 76 alleged casualties were those of persons injured while getting on or oft the cars, a class of acci dents only possible from the carelessness or weakness of the -passengers. Almost the entire list of casualties thus produced to show the deadly nature of the trolley system proves nothing of the sort It may prove that there is risk In providing rapid1 transit with greater speed than the snail like pace of the horse cars; but so far as the peculiar nature of the trolley is con cerned the search after accidents due from it yields surprisingly small returns. The trolley should be abolished when a practical substitute is found for it, on ac count of its incumbrance of the streets. But the evident attempt to manufacture calamity lists with which it can be charged proves its own falsity by the fact that about 98 per cent of the casualties cited so far are not due to the trolley at alL Theeb must bo something seriously the matter with the 800 residents of Addison, or surely there would have been enough men among them to take a long-range shot at Frank Cooler and Jack Ramsey when they appeared there In broad daylight armed only with revolvers. With substantial monetary rewards ana tho gratitude of Fay ette county to be obtained by n capture of tho thieves, it looks as though something close akin to cowardice could alone have prevented an attempt at arrest by decent citizens. Alabama's election indicates more clearly than anything else that the Third party has overestimated its strength tnis year with more than its usual exaggera tion. , Congress has kept things altogether too Ions in statu qua. And, if ft disregard the na tion's ultimatum that it select a reasonable modus operandi in short order, it will be delib erately providing the people with a casus belli which w ill result in its having to adopt a modus Vivendi of no vacation, as the summer resorts will become a mart clausum. No one can accuse Cleveland of putting a fictitious value on his autograph. It seems that his signature can be obtained by any one who takes the trouble to write to him. It appears that all the Allegheny Board of School Controllers has to do to insure a balance at the end of its financial year is to raise the salary of its teachers. This is a method of procedure which cannot fail to give a very general satisfaction to all con cerned, and is likely to become quite popu lar. . With the announcement that Blaine will take the stump in Maine on his party's be half, suggestions of disunion in the Protec tion forces should ena once for all. If Congressional Representatives took as much timo to think as they do to talk it is probable that the deadlock wnald be ever lasting. But on the rare occasions when legislation happened to be enacted, it is presumable that it would be characterized by more wisdom than appears as a rule now. Foston is to see the launching of a war vessel for tho first time since 1S75, and of course the occasion will be duly celebrated with a regular bean feast. Now that all leaves of absence to mem bers of the House have been revoked, that happy-go-lucky body may suddenly awake to the fact that it is not only making a langbing-stook of itself, Dut also occaMon ing unnecessary inconvenience for Itself as well as for the country. Congress is so divided against itself that even a proposition to double the sal aries of all Representatives would probably meet with opposition. If Kaiser Wllhelm would confine himself to yacht racing and attendance at fashionable English regattas, while leaving affairs of state in abler hands and to the cooler heads, he might succeed in doing little enough mischief to retrieve his lost popularity. Sam Smai.Ii will be a smaller Sam than ever now that be has been deleated in his candidacy for Congressman of the Fifth district of Georgia. Senator Cameron refuses to express an opinion on any political questions. No doubt his realization of the mistake he made in opposing the Shlras. confirmation has frightened him into a temporary silence thaj is complete while it lasts. Mars must be held responsible for a good deal of star.gazing, both amorous and scien tific just now. If office seeks the man in Allegheny, the Mayoralty will be somewhat embarrassed in making a seleotion from the number of men who have expressed u willingness to take charge of it after February. A double-decker has more than twice the amount of standing room found on or dinary cars. The World's Fair is an enormous under taking and, whether or not it prove the suc cess that is expected, it has already estab lished a phenomenal reputation as a Con gressional bone of contention. Americans who set out to "do" Europe In a month generally come back "done." Those who experience more trouble in finding nothing to do than selecting a sum mer resort to do it in are saved from the regrets that attend many who come home after a so-called rest. Vacation season is a time of active nn rost for railroad baggage handlers. Of course Harrity will at once relin quish the Chairmanship of the Democratic National Committee when he hears that the Dauphin County Demooratio Committee re fuses to indorse him. MASCOTS EtfittASSE. Ma Cleveland will bi the guest of Frank Jones at his Sorrento residence, near Pprtsmoutb, N. H in early'Augast. Jay Gould intends to larn how to travel ai ound in snow shoes, andfis practicing upon a combination snbstituteftmade out of tea trays and tennis bats. M There is no'better horsewoman in Austria than tho Empress nnd nObody who Is moro careful of tho steed she mounts or moro at tentive to its training and treatment. Oltve Thorne Millar, the authoress, knows about as much ornithology as a pro fessor. She devotes six: months of, every year to thb study of birds! and blrdlife. George Walter Vincent Smith, of Springfield, Mass., -n ho jiaa been collecting paintings for 30 years, and is a much, traveled connoisseur in art, promises to present to the city of his residency all his treasures. The Eev. Dr, Joseph Stockbridge, who Is at the head of the lift of chaplains in the United States navy,(is the only one-who has the rank of Commodore. He resides in Philadelphia. Ho lias been in the service over 50 years. .' Prince BismaAck 'is partly of Slav origin. His ancestor emigrated to Eussla in the eighteenth cejitury and eventually be came Governor ot Livonia. He was after ward sent to SibeMa, but recalled some years after. Ills tomb has just been discovered at Poltava.1 Harbison Crosby, who has just died at his home in Jamesburg, N. J., at tho age of 78, dtscov red the art of hermetically sealing tomato samples of bisj in tin cans. lie sent oods to the President and Queen victoria I id thereby advertised the discovery to tbl vorld. Senator Dj ID B, Hill, with a party of friends, lei a yachting cruise to- day. Tho fad that the provisions were ggage large indicated that ample and the the party was cruise. The So for more than a few days' tor said it had not been de- termlned Just 1 re tbey wonld go nor how long they wonld be out. The Brnzllia Commissioners to the World's Foirarrf ed In Washington vaster. day afternoon emroure to Chicago from w . York. All the members of the commission are distinguished men and prominent In governmental affairs. The party will re main in Washington a day or two and pro ceed to Chicago,! where they expect to tay until the close of, the exposition. , A LOOK ABOUND.. I hear a good deal of complaint about the condition of the Natatorium on ladles' days. There is said to be a sad lack of at tendance, and the accommodations are very poor. Such things as -ladles need for their toilet after bathing are either totally laok ing or are in such condition that they can not be used. The attendants seem to be entirely without regard to the comfort of patrons and do not endeavor to teach them to swim or in any way moke them desire to return. This Is a really good thing this swimming pool, and while it was well kept it made money. It is a -pity to let it run down and I doubt if those who have stock in it are aware Just how it is managed. A gentleman who owns a corner lot on Fifth avenue spent considerable money on a handsome semi-circular curbing. It was so neat it attracted the attention of the drivers of heavy, wagons and they made a target of it for tho wheels of their ice wagon, beer wagons, sand or stone wagons, or whatever it was thov drove. In a short time the curb was llko tho. ruins of a Roman tomb. Then the owner of the place had a heavy cast Iron affair made, and sat on, his porch and en joyed the way it shook up his ancient enemies when they caromed off it about dusk. They give it a wide berth now, which is an lndciation of the wanton way in which exposed property is treated bysomo of these careless drivers. "We do comparatively little criminal business nowadays," remarked the ho.id of a Pittsburg detective agency. "Of course we take such cases when tkey amount to much, but as a rule we piefer civil cases. By this' I mean obtaining evidence as to patent infringements and all sorts of civil actions where an Inquiry is necessary. Divorce cases or prospective divorce cases we do not touch at any price, although I suppose wo are offered half a dozen such every montn. Reputable agencies will not handle that sort of business." "The natural gas business of Pittsburg has taken a new lease of life," said James M. Uuffey yesterday. "This is due to the results of pumping. Nearly all the com panies have tried it with entire success. The company which supplies Newcastle has decldod to put in a $20,000 pumping plant and the Wheeling, People's, Manufacturers' and others have done tho same. It is with gas just as it is with oil. It is cheaper and much more profitable-while It flows lor Bay six months, but It will pay to pump the wells for years. I shonld say tha with pumps the old fields would yield at least five times ns much merchantable gas as before. This makes things look much brighter than they did two years ago, wells which have run down to 10 or 15 pounds can be success fully pumped and a number that have been shut off from the lines because thoy have dwindled will now be reconnected. There ought to be enough gas with this system in operation to supply nearly all the mills and factories from early in the spring to late in the (all. I doubt if there will be volume enough to supply them in the winter. This will set all the old fields on their feet and will do away with any scare about n scarcity. The Pinhook field is showing well for a large supply of gas and good wells elsewhere are coming in." Some of the gas experts who hang around the OH Exchange told me that as an example of the success of the pnmping process, it was estimated that last year the People's Company, which was the flist to use pumps, had sold $250,000 of pumped gas to customers from fields which underprevlous conditfons would not have yielded more than $50,000 worth of gas and Derbaps not that much. It requires about 300 pounds of rock pressure and ten pounds minute pressure to make a good pnmping well, although less than that is worth pnmping. It does not seem to drain the wells or to exhaust them after thoy have settled down to what seems to be a permanent supply. Some years ago a suck ing process was tried by the Wheeling Gas Company, but it did not prove a success. Pumping costs bnt little and requires but a fow men for a large number of contiguous wells. All the same this does not mean that gas stocks are a buy. "DoN'iyou know you araawfully rude?" said ho. "Perhaps 1 am," she replied. "Well, you shouldn't be, for everybody is supposed to have good manners." "Indeed," she retorted cbillily, "well I bate anything corncob n." "Let go!" exclaimed the locomotive. Til be switohdd If I do,"retortod the freight car. Suppose you ran a rolling mill, or a glass house or a bakery or a restaurant or a milk route or anything to which by any hook or crook" you hitch the name of busi ness, tho way the Allegheny baseball club is run? How long would you be solvent? It Is a funny thing, that whioh we call tho public which means all the other fellows. -- It is just at the coming of the twilight. Close yonr eyes for a moment and listen. There is a rustle among leaves as the winds move thorn; crickets beside you somewhere in hiding shrill their jaunty piping; the tree toad's incessant grinding comes to you with a distinctness yon never before noticed; many little tufts of feathers twitter from tne lower limbs of the trees and from somewhere off in the valley there comes the sweet caroling of a robin, a rather rare sound for early August; listen hush! A brown thrush lltts his sweet monotony from a tall tree across the ravine, thoso mellow notes which some has likened to the har monious sharpening of a saw; how the fellow does send out bis rich thrilling tones. I have heard a man do something like it with a bassoon; there! did you hear that saucy catbird? "Sukeyt Sukey! Sukeyl" a woman calling the cows, and tinkle tinkle, tinkle, come the slow bells down some hillside. There is just a touch of chill in tho air it is time to go home. The country? Look up and see what that is on that sign! "This property for sale in lots to suit purchasers. -Apply to ," Countrj? No! It is merely the wilderness ward,.the Twenty-second, and the cable cars run not ten minutes' walk over thero at the foot of that next hill. When the city can afford it I hope she will put some signs up alfng the Schenley Park drives telling the uninitiated how to get out. Those winding roads take you over a stretch of lovely park, but if it is near din ner time nnd you are hungry it is anuisanco not to have gr-.ideboards telling you "This way to dinner," or something to that effect. Walter. IHPBIS0HED IK A CYCLONE FIT. Anthonj'i County Commissioner Reappears and Says He Was Abducted. Wichita, Kan., Aug. 3. County Commis sioner Amos Farmer, whose abduction from his home in Harper county Sunday nUht caused such a commotion In that community, has reappeared on the scone. He was a prisoner for about 24 hours. Masked men, he says, entered his residence, made him get out of bed and dress, and after blindfolding and binding him with cords, placed him in a t agon, in which they carried him along distance, when he was unbound. Farmer found himself Imprisoned In a cvclone pit, where he was held all aay and late Into last nlgbt, when his abductors again blinded him and drove him back to lib) home. 'Farmer has no clew as to the identity of his abductors. The supposition is he was set free because of failure of the other gang of abductors to secure Alex Torrill, the other Commissioner, it being necessary to have two absentees to prevent action of the board. The Commissioners met in Anthony yesterday, but tailed to make the tax levy for the fraudulent bonds as commanded bv the Supreme Court of, the United States, they have been so violently threatened that they fear to take aotlon, and have hired men to protect themselves and their homes from further violenoe. A Sure Bock to Split On. New York Press.! With wildcat money, free silver coinage, antagonism to a free ballot and fair count, and free trade to present as "Democratic principles," the Democrats are pretty cer tain not to get together this year. AN ASSURED FACT. The Stern Sex Prevails Where the Ladles Efforts Were Unavailing, and at Last There Will Be a New Church Home Gossip Off Hand. The hot wave of last week brought in on Its swell a bit of news of Interest, particular ly to the friends of the Churoh Home, and generally to the Pittsburg public After watching the managers for some time the trustees decided themselves to come to the rescue. Tbe sum of $15,000 was required to add to Mr. Sboenberger's bequest of $35, 000 before an attempt could bo made to erect a new buildlmr. This the trustees, Mr. Reuben Miller, Mr. William Metcalfe, Mr. Hill Burgwin and Colonel A. S. M. Mor gan, have pledged themselves for; but. as to whether it comes out ot their own pockets or those of modest friends, is an uncracked nut of news that they decline to open. Suf fice to say that the money is at hand and the building ordered to be put in process of efeotion at once. The plans are almost identical with those published in Thb Dispatch already, only a few alterations having been suggested and acoepted. The architect and ooutractor prdmtse to have the building ready for occu pancy by June of next year, which, judging oy past architects and contractors, is more likely to mean a date nearer the following year. The work will be begun in a week and a very handsome brick building hav ing trimmings of stone will grow up to the front of the present home. The new home will stand hack from Fenn avenue 80 feet. There will be a lronlageor 103 feet, nnd the dimensions from front to rear alon For tieth street are not expected to be less than 125 or ISO feet. The annex to the old Brown mansion, tbe present Church Home, will be removed and Joined to the new building. It is a very commodlons part and of recent con struction. The energy of the managers, who have been groaning In spirit over vexatious delays and difficulties, is picking up flesh wonderfully, since hearing the good news. They expect the utmost good nature, of all their friends, and desire help in the 'most practical way. The furnishing or the house will be no small matter, and little in that direction can come from the presentestabllshment; for 'tis a sad (act that all of its rooms are exceedingly out of elbows and can't bold life and limb to gether for a much longer while. Long ago it ceased to be a matter of sur prise when the wind and the weather came Into the home without going through the cetemony of ringing the hall doorbell nnd asking permission; and the small world that moves on the Chnrch Home axis has in the meantime become pretty well Inured to a great many discomforts. Accommodations for old women has alwavs of a necessity been an after thought at the Church Home, but will be so no longer, as 19 rooms in the' new building will be arranged with a view to the comfort of the declining years of tbe respectable bene flciarios of the church. Nearly all the managers are at their coun try or seaside homes, but once the setson closes wore will be energetically begun, and the hope is that 1891 will see a home busily fulfilling its mission In an orna mental as well as practical manner. Probably Mr. George L Whitney, more than any other eligible Plttsburger, is ha rassed by well-moaning,over-zealous friends, who insist on disposing of his heart to every pretty girl that comes along. Mr. Whitney will sail to-day from New Tork. but even on the deck or the Kaiser William he is still to be tbe victim or Innocent plotting. The latest summer day story is that Mr. Whitney is to become a bridegroom on his way aoross the Atlantic Ocean, but rumor has been very indefinite concerning the young lady to whom he is to occupy that interesting rela tionship. So far as one can speak positively of futurity the Kaiser William will not hn the scene of a marriage in which Mr. Whit ney will play a part, unless that gentleman changes his mind between New York and Hamburg. In the party wittt Mr. Whitney Is his mother, Mrs. William Whitney, her guest, Miss Babb, of Philadelphia, and Miss Sutton, of Indiana, Pa., who is a sister of Dr. Sutton, of Pittsburg. Miss Sutton Is a very hand some young woman, whose startling re semblance to Mrs. Grover Cleveland has been commented npon frequently. Some weeks ago Miss Sutton Invited Mrs. Whitney to take a run over to England. Mrs. Whitney instead decided that the Whitney household should go, which then included Miss Grubb, a visitor from Phila delphia, and a very clover young artist. She lias been bnsily engaged for some time on a portrait of Mrs. Whitney, who Is verv much attached to her. Peregrinations would probably describe better than any other word their travels in the Old World; for nothing has been planned beforehand, and each day Will look out for its own salvation. From the Conti nent they will proceed to England, and probaDly not return to America very much before winter. Among those who will spend their vaca tion in Western Pennsylvania is Rev. D. K, Nesblt, formerly pastor of the Hazelwood Presbyterian Church, and now of Peoria, 111. He arrived in the city yesterday and will spend some time visiting friends, and on Sunday, August 14, will preach In tbe First Presbyterian Churoh. Mr. Nesbit will receive a warm weloome here where most of his friends recall his eloquent ad dress on "Some Objections to Infidelity," delivered in Library Hall some years ago, when hundreds were unable to find seats. Mr. Balph Bagaley is one of the most agreeable enteitainersof the male sort be longing 10 Pittsburg. Ho is at present at Bedford Spring", and has not been borne long from the lakes, where Miss Grange, tbe young daughter of the Bev. Mr. Grange, rector of the Church of the Ascension, and her brother, were tbe guests, respectively, of Mr. Bazalev and his son. Mr. Bobln Baza- ley. Young Mr. Bagaley came home from. tue Mortu rt-soits on -x uesoay, ana immedi ately Joined bis lather at Bedford. Mr. Edward House's domestic establish ment will bo temporarily broken up by next week, when the family will take their re spect lvo ways until the winter season. Mrs. House, Miss Blanche House and Master Kdward expect to sail from New York next week. It Is scarcely a year since tbe family roturned from a foreign trip of considerable length, taken partly lor pleasure and in part to complete Miss House's education. Mr. House will summer this year at Cape May. Social Chatter. Mr. Aim Mrs. D. Herbert Hostettxr are now comfortably ensconced at Shelter Island, a swell resort near Newport. They have a suite of apartments in the new hotel there which, by the way, is said to have a most admirable cuisine. This is more than explained by the fact that tbe summer hotel Is controlled by the management in charge of tbe Murray Hill Hotel in New York. Mr.Smith, of the riding bcbool, asserts the people waiting for the rush to subside among tne ranks of students of horseman ship have created an uncommon "rush" of their own, and certainly there seems to be no diminishing force at work among the ranks of tho riders in the East End. An Interesting acquisition to midsummer cooiety circles is the young guest of the family of Mrs. J. J. Gillespie, Miss Minnie Jenkins, of New York. Miss Jenkins is a charming girl, and a daughter of a former member 01 the lamous Cook firm, of ex cursion fame. Mr. akd Mrs. Walter L. McCuctocx and Mr. Oliver 'McClintock have gone to Non- ?uit, Mass., to Join Mr. McClintock's grand ather, Mr. Abraham Garrison, who is occu pying a cottage there near tho cottage of Mr. John II. Rlckotson. Mr. Geop.oe Scott Abraham and his bride are reigning supiemo overMalorMoreland's establishment, the head of which with Mrs. Hloieland and the family has retreated to Ocean Grovo for tho remainder of tbe summer. Ait acquisition to Chantauoua society next week will be made in the person of Miss Eva Muller, sister of the editor of the Bulletin, who will go there next Friday, accompanied oy ner young niece, miss &ena juuiier. The a. E. W. Painter cottage nt Crosson has been reopened by the arrival of Mrs. Painter from the East with Miss Lane, a young friend, who is to be Mrs. Painter's guest lor some weeks. Mr. aid Mrs. Curistofhxb L. Maqxe are flying the weathur" up In Northern New York, and will probably do the St. Lawrence and the cities of the Dominion before re turning to Pittsburg. A small dinner party, strictly en famille, agreeably marked the occasion ot Mr. Horace Dravo's birthday anniversary on Tuesday. Miss Mame Maoee is to. be the guest of Miss Lewis, of Pittsburg, at the family cot tage at the Thousand Islands. airs. NoHVAX Spaxo and Miss Spang, of the Kenmawr Hotel, leave this afternoon for Lakewood, N. Y. Mb. axd Mrs. A. C McCallak and the Misses MoCallara will leave on Friday for the East. , Mas. Tate and her daughter, Miss Beulah Little, will leave to-day for Chautauqua. Thx Missis MoKat will leave to-day for Bedford bpriags. " ACROSS THE CONTINENT. These are a great many stations between Pittsburg and the Paoiflc Some are located In bustling cities, lively towns, sandy, shade less hamlets, upon high hills, in deep valleys some under the snow-spotted mountains, some In the shade of the cedars and the firs, some where life Is scarce worth the living, where all Is dead save the lone-eyed pair who see to tbe water tank and listen to the tick of the telegraph. You who growl at a lonesomeness in woody spot with neighborly neighbors, you who sigh with ennut and sicken at the sameness of city humdrum, could be cured by merely catching a glimpse of the sun-ridden, dust-washed, sage-surrounded, neighborlesi kennel-like habita tions that dot tbe trackless, treeless, stream let, tiresome prairie at five, ten, twenty, fifty-mile intervals lonely, oh, to lonely, lifeless, listless, desolate. But someone must watch the pumps, the reservoirs, the steam making fluid so precious and so needful; someone must listen at the key whose tick ing wears awny one life to save the lives of others. Martyrs be thoy heroes of circum-, stance. Chicago is, of course, much more than a way station. Between its bustle and the twin cities ot St. Paul and Minneapolis the train stops are numerous. But get off at St. Paul w hen yon go West and get a shave. The St. Paul shave as I got It would make a Pittsburg tonsorial expert blush with shame at what he doesn't know about mak ing a bristly face reel fit for select company and giving a dust-filled head something to think abont after a rub. Pittsburg used to pride itself on the earnestness and minute nessor its barbers. But thay're not In It with the disciples of St. Paul. Perhaps it is the love of tbe Scandinavian for the massage that applies the hot and cold towels to the shaven phiz; that pats and caresses tbe freshened cheeks; that cools the blood and makes one feel that the barber chair is a necessity of civilization and a luxnry well worth cultivating a rapid growth of bristle in order to enjoy. The natty barbers of St. Paul are great shavers. "Yes, tbe Scandinavians are good hard workers," said a Minnesota ox-delegate to the Minneapolis convention a's we whirled past the well cultivated fields, noisy saw mills and pine stretches through which the Northern Pacific has cat a comfortable' pathway. ."But they're the most obdurate offlceseekers in the country. They simply demand something in tbe gift of the people In order to write back to Kanute Somebody in the Fatherland that tbey are getting there with both leet. The result of this per sistence Is that prior to all local nnd State elections both parties confer and decide on tbe placing of a Scandinavian upon each ticket. This is the only way we can hope to split the vote. Clannish? Well I should say so.' They are sot, too. In the customs of the Fatherland, and hold some peculiar views. I'm a lawyer, and have had business with them. If I had to defend a criminal who cut a man to pieces I'd select a Jury from this wing of my State's popula tion. They can see no harm In using the knife even with deadly effect. But if my man had used a gun then there wonld be no hope for him before a Scandinavian Jury. I've lived all my life among them, and I know what I'm talking about." Thus was another immigration idol slightly shattered. "No liquors sold while in North Da kota." This was displayed on a card sus pended from a chandelier in the diner as we crossed the Prohibition dead Hue. "Yes, here's where I live," sighed the clerically clothed, well-fed, red-cheeked passenger. "We're Prohibition to the core out here on the surface, at least. I don't believe Pro hibition prohibits, however, and in this forlorn grass-growing section It only makes people more misorable and sneaking tban otherwise." "Being in North Dakota remindsxme of a little story which someone presumably an enemy of the State once told me," chimed in a listener. "One day a prairie schooner holding a cadaverous looking pair and a rising generation struck a ranch somewhere out bore andnppHed for hospi tality. Tethered to the canvns-baoked wheeler was a runty, emaolated steer, seem ingly the object of much solicitation on the part of the strangers. The ranchman's cu riosity was aroused, and he asked the owner why be was lending such a scrawny speci men of live stock over the country. The traveler's eyes sparkled as be solved the mystery thus: 'Why, stranger, that steer's to me a precious specimen of hide and hoof. You sec, stran ger, I settled down on a quarter section in North Dakota nigh onto five year ago. You see I've lived through It nil. Well, one day a fellow came along with this here little steer. After mnch haggling he agreed to s wap It for 80 acres of my ranch. We went to the Justice to put It on legal paper, and while jawing there I found out that the law sharp couldn't read writin'. There's when I got my work in and seenred the best of the trade. I Just altered the document by slipping In anotb er 80 acres. That's why I'm hero now. The rnnt represents a quar ter section of North Dakota soil and is a living example of my ability to drive a good bargain." This was good enough to sleep on. Tho possible truth of it dawned when we awoke in the Bad Lands. Wyoming has a bod name. Out in its vicinity they say it's the wiokedest section of tbe Union. It's tho home of the rustler, the cattle crook and bad men with big guns. I was told of a cattle transaction there of this sort: In the spring one erazcr branded and sold to another 1,200 head of stock. When the round-up was over Just IS head were found bearing the brand. Soma said it was a bard winter. Some winked the other eye. Perhaps this Is a base slander on Wyo ming. But tho narrator of the episode said tbe victim still lived, but Is no longer In the cattle business. Geo. A. Maddsx. Signs of the Times. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. It is too bad to keep tho Democrats out of power in the Presidency so long, but fate appears to havo decreed that Harrison is to bo elected in 1S92 and McKinley in ISOfl. TARIBD TIEWS ON WATSON'. It wasn't a Virginia "reel" that Represen tative Watson bad in mind, but tbe Georgia article. PM'ad'lphia Record. Iv Mr. Watson's charges of drunkenness against members of Congress are sustained the drinks will be on the House. Chicago Times. Coxorxssxah Watson believes in adver tising his book. The Congresional Secord may bo somewhat dry, but it is cheap and roomy. Toledo B adt. Watson, of Georgia, didn't succeed In making the House as full as bis charges In dicated, but ho did manage to make It aw fully tirod Philadelphia Ledger. Tnx hitherto unexplained popularity of "tea" among Congressmen has at last been accounted for, thanks to the Watson inves tigating committee. Chicago Globe. ItKPRESineTATiVE Watsox, of Georgia, still believes be has seon Congressmen intoxi cated on the floor of the House. Beally Watson must be joking. New York Press. CoxaRES3HAX Watson is absolved by cir cumstances from even the necessity of in viting anybody to drink in return for tbe free advertisement Congress gave his boos; Washington Star. Whatever pecuniary profit, therefore, Mr. Watson has been able to gather from his slanderous attaok on his colleagues, the epi sode has not redounded to his bonor or his future political prospects. Baltimore News. Democratic abuse of Hon. Tom Watson for telling what he knew about Democrats being drunk during the session of Congress, will make interesting reading in Kansas when fusion is talked about. Ohio State Journal. CosOREBSXAit Watson, of Georgia, Is doing a good work in exposing tbe drunkenness and general cussedness of tbe Democratic members of the House. Perhaps its short comings are due to tho bibulous propensi ties of the membersor the party which runs it SL LouU Qtobe-Democrat. CUBI0DS CONDENSATIONS. Violet Is the Turkish mourning color. A potato weighing26 ounces is a curios ity or Gastana, N. C. There are 300,000 commercial travels n In the United States. A canteloape weighing IS pounds Is owned by'an Alabama farmer. Seven-eighths of the bread made In Lon don Is made of American wheat. A man in Trenton has a stamp worth $1,000 for whioh he paid 9 cents. Naturalists say that a single swallow will devour 60,000 files in one day. Portland, Me, exported $1,500,000 worth of lobsters during the last three months. A historic collection of railway tickets will be one of the exhibits at the World's Fair. Girls in tight or short 'dresses are not allowed to appear on the stage in Butta City. The first volume of Indian tales from tbe pea of Cooper appeared when the author wassO. An interpreter in the employ of tht Government on Ellis Island speaks 15 lan guages. An Atlanta paper announced the other day that a new college was to be "corner stoned," The St Louis Chief of Police requires the 1,000 Chinese in that city to be photo graphed. Jewish writers say that Isaiah wrote the famous old ode on the fall of the king of Babylon at 52. Wasps' nests often catch fire from the chemical action of the wax npon the paper II Ke material. A French priest stationed at Jerusalem recently fonnd a talent of the time of King David In bis door yard. The expected has happened. A girl in the New Jersey city of Camden has tried to bang herself with her suspenders. Unless an Anstriau gains the consent of his wife, be cannot get a passport to Journey beyond the frontier of bis own country. At a public entertainment in Paris a young man was hypnotized. Two days elapsed before he was restored to conscious ness. A woman 90 years old died and was burled recently dt Winston, N. C Her bur ial shroud was the dress in which she was married 70 years ago. The British general elections are never held on one or tbe same day, because an elector has the right to cast aballot in every district in which ne owns property. A distinguished botanist announces tbat he has discovered in the Philippine Islandsa plant which bears a flower nearly a yard wide which weighs 22 pounds. Kansas is named from its principal river. A tribe of Indians, formerly in that locality, were known as the KonsosorKows, and the State is probably named from them. Kose L. Clemens, of El Beno, O. T.t though only 18 years of age, is slowly dying of ssiflcation. There is now scarcely anv flesh on her bones, and she weighs only 23 pounds. A report on Italian trade, issued by the 1 British embassy, give3 jE20,000,000 as tho ) amount annually spont In Italy by tourists I and visitors from foreign countries. Of . this large amount one-third is contributed I by Americans. During a review of several regiments in France, whither he was sent, Huso Grotlns, one of the famous men of the seven teenth century, retained in his mind tho names of all the soldiers that were named and passed before him. Justus Lipsius, an eminent man of tho ,' sixteenth century, made bold to reclla Tacitus from beginning to end, with one of bis audience placed before him with a drawn j dagger with which he was to be stabbed If I he missed one single word. I Macrocystis, a seaweed of the Sonth Pa- . cine, it ia said, often grows to be 30 or 40 inches in diameter and 1,500 to 2,000 feet in length. In no case do any of these have roots in the proper sense, their nourishment being absorbed from tbe water by all parts alike. Kelvin Atwood, the aged San Fran cisco mineralogist, one of tbe discoverers of the great Comstock ledge, believes the chances are excellent for finding in Califor nia one or more of the volcanic pipes con taining diamonds, as at Klmberly, Du Toit span and Bultfouteln. The telephone has lately been arranged for use of divers. A sheet of copper is used in place of one of the glasses in the helmet, and to this a telephone is fixed, so that the diver, when at the bottom of the sea, has only to slightly turn his head in order to re port what he sees, or to receive Instructions from above. Dr. Daresta has demonstrated that monsters and monstrosities during animal development are not the results of patho logical changes in the embryo, as hitherto snpposed, but modifications of the processes or organic evolution, such as bring about tbe difference between individuals and races in mankind. The statement that until this year no February has bad five Mondays for 200 years was referred to the Unjvereal Knowledge and Information Bureau, New York, whence comes tbe reply that there were five Mon days in February of the years 1616, 1611, 1672, 1700, 1712, 1710, 1768, 17D6. 1808, 1S36, 1864, 1&92. The like will occur in IDOL A curiosity was lately found in a boat load of lobsters brought from Now Bruns wiCK waters. The strange crustacean was of bluish-white one of the rare and remark able albino lobsters. It was sent to Wash ington, where it i to become a part of the exhibit of the United States Fish Com mission. Only one other white lobster has been taken in these or any other waters. Among the other great things in 'this country the number of its hign mountains is a remarkable feature. There are 300 mountains in the United States.each exceed ing 10,000 feet in height. The greatest num ber are found in Colorado and Utah. In Alaska there are five which exceed 15,000 leet, and Mount Ellas, 19,500 feet high, is tha loftiest peak in the United States territory. FLIGHTS INTO FUNNYDOM. "So you want to join our company?" said the theatrical manager to the seedy-looking appli cant. "In what attractions have you erer ap peared?" "Well," replied he. "my last engagement was with the 'Blot on the 'Scutcheon.' " What character did yoa enact?" "I was the Blot.' " Baltimore Seas. The savage killed his victim with A club both thick and yellow. The coquette, in this day of grace, 'Kills" with x son umbrella. Broollin Eagle, Josiah Cynthy, I went into a dish stors) and asked to tee them baseball pitchers yoa told me to. Cynthy Law, Josiah, now are they like that bine an' white one I broke? Josiah They told me they want ntfornnthin bnt to hold beer, so I didn't git ye one.-CMctw .Inter-Ocean, BICTCLX-TRICTCLX. He, on the bicycle, She. on a tricycle. Together, side by side; Down the lane they went. On pleasure Intent. Two loyers taking a ride. To encircle her waist With an arm. in haste. t . Three times, in vain he tried; And the maiden said. As she raised her head. "Iwlsh t' were a buggy ride," Detroit Pree Prat. Managing Editor We want you to writ the tariff editorials for us all through the campaign. Mr. BJenks. Modest Editorial. Writer Bat I don't know the first thing about the tariff. Managing. Editor-Well. If that isn't the first qualification, I'd like to know what is. Somtrnll Journal, Now doth the little busy flea Come gaily skipping ronad. And make ns see. with heartfelt glee. The dogs shot In the pound. Washington Star. "I tell you, it takes nerve to be an officer ontwherel was," said the returned Westerner. "Once, when I was deputy sheriff, I arrested a fel low who had killed 11 men." 'An' pf wat of it?" sneered Offleer MeGobb. "I pulled the boss ar me own ward wantt." Indian' apolis JuurnaU ' v r I " ' ' r3&3fe' -ftiIg3&paftfr"wiy"'l
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