THE PITTSBURG PISPATCH, SATURDAY, AUGUST 13. 18'92.
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CADET BROATCH
Writes of Barbarous Practices There.
HERE AHE DTHEB FEATURES:
SARATOGA OF JAPAN:
11 Perkins takes snap shots at the
favorite outing place.
FUTURE OF RUSSIA:
Carpenter finds It a nation of the
creates: promise.
A CONTINENT'S HEART:
Consul Kcrbey sends & letter from the
center of South America.
STORT OF COLUMBUS:
A new history of the great explorer
written for young people.
THE MIDNIGHT SUN:
Trip of a party of Pittsburgers to the
North of Norway.
GUESTS OF NEPTUNE:
T. C. Crawford visits Long Branch and
sends some clever sketches.
THE S RESORTS
Covered In Comprehensive Letters From
Special Correspondents.
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A DEMOCRATIC bTlXI. HUNT.
The disposition of the Democracy to
adopt the methods of the late Samuel J.
Tilden and seek for votes by methods that
are sly and quiet is illustrated by the
"still hunt" that is being worked in Wis
consin and Illinois. In those States the
Democracy, under the management of the
sleek Senator Vilas, is not wasting its
strength on tariff or financial discussion's.
That able politician is making his strike
on the school question, and carefully pro
vided for it by a plank in the Democratic
platform.
It is to be remembered that the political
revolution of two years ago, which ele
vated the allegedly humorous Peck to
political greatness, revolved around this
issue. The Democracy of Wisconsin saw
its opportunity by appealing to foreign
born prejudices on the subject of schools,
and secured possession of the State gov
ernment by that means. From this over
turn "Vilas got his Senatorial position; and
he is working the same mine in the Prcsi
dental year. This plan of campaign
steers clear of vexatious wrangles in
national issues, and appeals tub rosa to
the foreign element with the promise that
Democratic victory will give it its way
with the schools.
Perhaps this will win; and perhaps not
If the people at large find out that the
Democracy is trying to steal its way into
power on the platform of enmity to the
American school system, it may cost that
party a good deal more than it comes to.
THE ERIE CANAL'S CASE.
The tendency to decry canals and the
readiness of the railroad interests to use
that tendency to the utmost is illustrated
by the current talk about the Erie-Canal.
It is pointed out that this sole re
maining canal is doing less busi
ness this year than usual; that its
capacity is inadequate, and that canal
boatmen are tying up because the
business does not pay. Therefore a co
temporary remarks: "It is evident the
canal has been outstripped at last"
The facts may be as stated. But one
point is entirely overlooked which puts a
different face on the matter as regards the
conclusion. The Erie Canal is practically
in the condition it was forty years ago.
The railroads have increased their capacity
and facilities in the same period by an im
mense factor. There is a very good illus
tration of the results of Government
ownership which our friends, the Social
its and People's party, wish to extend in
the fact that the canal under State con
trol has stood still while the railroads un
der private enterprise have, gone ahead;
but it does not impeach the efficacy of
canals for transportation of the freights
suited to them.
Nothing is more easily demonstrated
that if anything like the proportion of ex
penditures which the railroads have de
voted to increasing their facilities had
been used in increasingthe capacity of the
Erie Canal that water route would be to
day the ruler of the situation on heavy
and bulky freights. But the railroad in
fluence has succeeded In keeping canal
improvements stationary while desper
ately fighting to Tceep down canal freights
by cutting rates in two whenever the canal
season opened. ,Even under these disad
vantages the Erie Canal Is to-day carrying
freights at 2 mills per ton-mile. If this
can be done on an old-fashioned, inad
equate canal what a triumph of cheap
transportation could be afforded by a ship
canal with the best facilities that can be
afforded by modern engineering I
THE TOBY TONE.
The tone of tlie defeated Conservatives
and leaders on the vote by which Mr.
Gladstone comes into power indicates a
large amount of virulence and a decided
disposition to magnify the difficulties
which will confront the Gladstone ad
ministration. These difficulties are so
manifest that they have been recognized
all over the world since the result of the
election was known. But the Tory dis
position to enlarge upon them, while at the
same time dwelling on the inconsistencies
of the Liberal members, is pitched in a
key of bitterness that is more petty than
sarcastic.
Thus the Times declares of the vote un
seating Lord Salisbury: "It is a party
victory won on party grounds and to be
employed for party objects. '' What, pray,
did Lord Salisbury's Cabinet depend on
for support but party? There has been
no more signal case of party discipline in
English politics for years than the way
the Tory members were marshaled
to vote for whatever the Cabi
net ordered. The party purposes
even went so far as to talk of an alliance
with the Home Rule leader who only a
year before had been accused of treason and
crime. The alliance was supposed to be
possible only because exposures of his
private life had separated him from the
Liberals. Tory party purposes were ready
to welcome Pamell when only a short
time ago the Tory organs were accusing
him of all the crimes in the calendar. And
now a party victory for the other side is
impeached as such.
There is the same idea that things are
very wrong when committed by the other
side in Chamberlain's speech, so much
praised by the Tories. Its burden was a
mixture of taunt and incitement to the
minor groups because they had not in
Chamberlain's opinion enough pledges
from Gladstone. The Welsh members
were told that Welsh disestablishment
was neither first nor second on the Liberal
programme. The labor members were
appealed to to demand priority for the
eight-hour day. Mr. Redmond was
taunted because he had no clearer
information as to Gladstone's intentions.
It might be supposed from this that Mr.
Joseph Chamberlain claims a monopoly
of holding his pet measures in abeyance
for party purposes. Seven years ago
Chamberlain was the champion of some
rather radical measures. He even framed
a Home Rule bill which went too far
for Gladstone. Tetforsix years nothing
has been heard of these bills of Chamber
lain's, which were kept strictly in the
background d urine the long period of
Chamberlain's support of Lord Salis
bury. It may be very wrong for the Liberals
to do what Chamberlain has done; but the
Liberals may be pardoned if they cannot
see the wrong. There are undoubted
(liffl.-ulties in Gladstone's way, but, meas
ured by the weakframe of mind displayed
by his opponents, he ought to find
5-trength enough to overcome such
winners.
PENNSYLVANIA'S OIL EXHIBIT.
Executive Commissioner Farquhar's
latest contribution to the World's Fair
literature is a circular addressed to oil
producers and refiners of this State. He
asks for suggestions and plans, that the
work of preparing the exhibit may pro
ceed without delay. It is satisfactory to
find that an admirable site 150 feet by 250
feet has been granted for an exhibit which
ouly a few months ago was in danger of
being barred out as too dangerous to be
admitted. There is a vast amount of
capital invested hereabouts in this In
dustry, and it is so distinctive a feature of
Pennsylvania's commercial activity that
its importance cannot be overestimated.
A Pittsburg manufacturing firm has in
dicated its enterprise by securing a large
slice of the available space for a thorough
display of various stastes in the process of
drilling, and all apparatus connected with
the industry. There still remains the
necessity for producers and refiners to
show specimens of their productions. A
complete collection of samples of crude
and refined oils and their products and
bi-products, and of the various strata
found in Pennsylvania's oil-fields should
be secured. Methods of refining ought
also to be displayed in order to make a
complete exhibit of this Gigantic industry,
that shall redound to the credit of this
Common wealth.
THE P. E. B.'S OPPORTUNITY.
It is to be remembered that when the
Reading deal was first made public the
Pennsylvania Railroad officials took occa
sion to declare their opposition to that
violation of public policy. Mr. A. J. Cas
satt was almost vociferous in protests
against the formation of a combination to
monopolize an article of general necessity.
Mr. Roberts also, though in more guarded
language, took occasion to express disap
proval of the policy, and to intimate that
the Pennsylvania Railroad could not fol
low the plan of raising prices which
would present the great corporations in
the light of public enemies instead of
public benefactors.
To those who, with The Dispatch,
welcomed these utterances as at least a
profession of respect for public policy on
the part of the greatest corporation of
Pennsylvania, it is evident that the oppor
tunity of the Pennsylvania Railroad is at
hand. The work of the anthracite
combination in putting up prices
everywhere has reached the point
where the Pennsylvania Railroad can
place a check on the combination,
earn public approval, prove its devotion
to a right public policy and get a greater
share of the business. This it can do by
simply refusing to follow the Reading's
policy of screwing up prices! It is true that
the Pennsylvania Railroad is only rated as
controlling 10 per cent of the anthracite
business. But if it should take the bold
stand of having the coal on its line sold at
reasonable prices, 50c?l oo per ton less
than the Reading's, it would speedily get
fifteen, twenty or even thirty per cent of
the business.
Some ribald scoffers have intimated that
the position of the Pennsylvania Railroad
is sufficiently exposed by the presence of
a representative of that road at the last
meeting which put up prices. But this is
plainly a case of the reckless subordinate.
Mr. Depew and other corporate magnates
have frequently bewailed their inability
to restrain the reckless acts of subordin
ates. The recklessness is generallymani
fested in the cutting of rates; but this is
plainly a case where the insubor
dinate subordinate has shown his.
contempt of orders by put
ting up prices. It is impossible to
think that he joined the squeeze with the
consent of Mr. Roberts and Mr. Cassatt
If that could be so the professions of rail
way magnates would be rated as valueless
as the pledges of a party platform. Never
theless this is the time for the Pennsyl
vania Raiiroad magnates to act They
can make their pledges good by ordering
their rates on coal to be kept down. While
they are about it they should not omit to
have a reduction made in the very lofty
prices which Pittsburg has paid for that"
smokeless but costly fuel these many years.
A flush manufactory bavins: been trans
ferred irom Huddersfleld, England, to
Buffalo, N. Y.. on account of the McKlnley
bill, it is apparent that the newly formed
fur trust will have at least one competitor,
and the Protective forces one more argu
ment on the advantages of their patriotic
policy.
Cur directories must be supplemented
with a list of visitors to Atlantic City to
have any approach to completeness at this
season.
News of an uprising among Arab slave
dealers in an attempt to drive the white
men out of Central Africa indicates that
Europeans must really have been making
some effort to suppress the slave trade, in
cidentally to dividing up the country and
exploiting its wealth.
Cleveland's lieutenants have about
as much difficulty in squat ing Hill as math
ematicians find In squaring the circle.
As the difficulties involved in the Chair
manship of the Democratic National Com
mittee show themselves more clearly every
day, Harrlty gets the busier in futile ef
forts to overcome thorn and clings the closer
to the Secretaryship of State of Pennsyl
vania. Cleveland had better beware or he
will he penitent later on for the undue use
he Is making of his pen.
It is a self-evident truth, but none the
less well worth remembering, that the dan
ger from Anarchists decreases In proportion
to the watchfulness exercised on their
movements by the police.
Clandestine marriages and elopements
are almost as common as railroad fatalities
these days.
Probably Salisbury's welcome at Os
borne was warmer and more sympathetic
than Gladstone's will be, bnt the latter will
no doubt enjoy the return Journey more
than his retiring rival.
It must have been a very easy matter to
break a champagne bottle on the Marble
head. The New York World says that "The
Democrats of the House did their Dest." No
one will deny at that rate that they are more
to be pitied than blamed, and less to be
trusted than either.
Breathing and working were easier
yesterday than they have been lately.
That Twenty-first Congressional district
Bopubllcac conference must be enjoying
Itself, or It would sui ely have found some
key to the deadlock before now.
About the safest way to use cucumbers
is to abstain from eating them.
These is still enough doubt as to the
outcome or the Venezuelan revolution to
afford an excuse lor more of that fighting of
which the people seem so fond.
INTERNATIONAL INNINGS.
G. P. K. James began novel writing at
17 with a series of stories called a "String of
Pearls."
y
Dreiier, the Vienna brewer, is reputed
to be worth over $40,000,000, to which the
jrofltH of his breweries add $3,000,000 a year.
, JOHN G.-Whittier writes in abold, dash
ing, but irregular and uneven style, as differ
en t as you can imagine from the plain, pre
cise, unassuming Quaker that ho is.
Mes. P. "V. M. Rice-Raymond, Director
of the Oratorio Society, in Lincoln, Nob., Is
belleve'd to be the first woman In this coun
try to direct an oratoiio with orchestra.
Richaed Strauss, the young composer
and conductor, is convalescent at his home
in Beichenhall, Upper Bavaria. His opera
"Guntrain" is now under way and he is said
to have finished the first act.
The late Dr. Francis T. Ingalls, the ex
Senator's brother, was a man of fine appear
ance, of polished and winning manners, a
brilliant scliolar.anil widely traveled as well
as widely read. He lived anddiedabachelor.
Archbishop Galimberti," the Papal
Nuncio at Vienna, who is to be made Car
dinal In September, is tnore of a diplomat
and a politician than a priest and his
advice will stiengthen the counsels of the
Vatican.
M. Eugene Rekillotjt, the well-known
Egyptologist, Is on the point of publishing
the oration of Hyperines against Athen
ennes, which he was lortunate enough to
discover in a papyrus manuscript offered to
him for sale nearly four years ago and ac
quired by the Louvre.
Joseph Senior, whose death occurred
recently, was famous in England tor the
verses be wrote while tolling at his forgo as
a cutterln Sheffield. He published ljs poetry
under the title or "Smithy Rhymes and Stithy
Chimes," and the book had a large sale.
Marquis Guiccioli, the new Italian
Ambassador at Berlin, is a grand-nephew of
the beautiful Countess Gniccioli, whom
Byron loved and who proved to be thn last
of the English bard's romantic conquests.
The Marquis 'was formerly Mayor of Rome,
and is said to have inherited a fair share of
bis great-aunt's good looks.
OIL AT THE WOKLD'S FAIB.
What Pittsburg Interests Are Dolce; and
Are Expected to Do.
Habbisburq, Aug. 12. Executive Commis
sioner Farquhar has sent a circular letter to
the oil producers ot Pennsylvania regarding
the exhibit of the petroleum industry at the
World's Fair. The letter is as follows:
An admirable site has been granted PcnnsTl
van'a for Its oU exhibit, 150x150 feet, adjolniug
Machinery Hall. The Oil Well Supply Company.'
of Pittsburg, propose occupying ICOxlso feet of this
pace. They will erect an iron building for the
machinery, and will drill several deep wells, keep
ing their well-drilling apparatus running through
out the Expositlou. It is proposed to erect an oil
building in the form of a tank, not less than I5u feet
In diameter and SO feet high, with flats top. with
platforms inside, to show the products of oil, unit
In the center refining apparatus. The Oil Well
Supply Company will show the process of drilling
for. and elevating the oil. Now. we must arrange
to take it from them and complete the work.
Please give me your ideas and say what yon can do
to assist. e must arrange to have an oil refining
plant. What do yon propose to exhibit in this way
ofoll or oil product-.? Petroleum If Pennsylvania's
great unique, distinctive industry, and it Is of
Saramount importance to the reputation of our
tate that It has a prominent place.
A Crisis Is Approaching.
Chicago Mall.
It is said now that Australian politics has
developed a Jerry Simpson In the Austral
Continent. And people claim that the mil
lennium is not far away.
Thn Modern Invincible.
New York Recorder. I
General J. S. Clarkson, in command of the
Republican campaign clnbs, will have the
biggest army ever enrolled. Enlist for the
80-day campaign.
Much Ado About Nothing."
Washington Post.
The total of the. appropriations tends to
impair Mr. Bolman's reputation as a watch
dog. Perhaps Mr. Eolman barked harder
than he bit.
Why Tumminy Is Mot in Una.
New Tork Recorder.
Tammany is doing its best, bnt to ask it to
make a man with Irish blood in his veins
vote the British ticket Is asking the impossible.
ACROSS THE CONTINENT.
Pugex Sound is full of pretty marine
pictures. Along its picturesque shores na
ture In its virginity still holds sway. The
water trip from Seattle southward to Taco
nutls one of the most charming on the con
tinent, if not in the world. The rail route
between these rival cities traverses a grow
ing, newish region, where pioneerlife is seen
brushing up against an older agricul
tural development, making a contrast both
entertaining and instructive. My route
homeward took me to Portland, the pride of
Oregon and the rival of 'Frisco for metro
politan honors on the Pacific coast. If yon
nre tond of canned salmon keep away from
its big canneries. If you want to see a
sight you'll never forget visit the Chinese
manned fish-mangling establishments there.
Perhaps you'll still eat the Ted-fleshed
dainties and perhaps not. Bnt there's big
money in this food industry, and that's
what they're after in Portland as well as in
the other crowded communities of the
civilized world.
To catch a glimpse of the continent
lower down I returned over the Union
Pacific. From Portland this line hngs the
magnificent Columbia, broad, deep, fish
filled. On its green shores fine frnits
flourish to add to the profits fionr
goodly crops of hops and cereals.
The cherries and peaches of this favored
valley aie simply large, meaty and luscious,
connoisseurs pronouncing them the Dost in
the land. Signs of settlement are frequent
along the well watered and densely wooded
regions, and there are ''evidences of thrift
and contentment on all sides. After leaving
the Columbia the Union Pacific
cuts across a corner of Oregon and
runs diagonally through southern Idaho,
following the Snake river valley fqr
many miles. Before reaching Ogden, Utah,
several hours are spent spinning through
Cash Valley, where a Gentile can see plain
pioofs of Mormon push and enterprise.
Hereon a level plnin.under high mountains,
magnificently tilled and judiciously irri
gated stretches yield bountifully. Cozy
homes in tree-shaded corners near the
foot-hills give evidence of prosperity. Long
stretches of sago-covered sand at intervals
between the green and the golden fields
demonstrate the life-giving powers of the
waters and the richness of that dead-looking,
ash-appcarlng soli. Cash Valley is well
named, Judging from the rich bnrdens that
were waving and ripening on its bosom a
few weeks ago.
Ogden was suffering from sunstroke on
the morning of my arrival. The ther
mometers signaled 96 In the shade, and I was
glad when the long and heavy train began
to climb up the steep giade Into cooler,
dryer atmosphere. They told me times
were rather hard In Ogden, with money at
10 per cent at the lowest, and gilt-edged
security at that. At the foot of the moun
tains over which the Overland Flyer of the
Union Pacific must climb belore Denver is
reached a London and Liverpool fruit ex-
picss was side-tracked. Large streamors
designated this latest rail 'enterprise, which,
though It bo freight, has right of way ahead
of some expresses. It camo puffing up hill
closo behind, winding in and out of the cuts
and defiles at highest speed. A few miles
from the summit the feed pipe of one of the
locomotives hauling the flyer collapsed, and
then the nearness of the rail companion
was appreciated. It gave us a push to the
top of the mountain, whore behind a single
engine we ran down into Wyoming's sandy,
bunch-grassed, yellow-flowered plain.
Through long cheerless wastes, past
patches of parched grazing lands, the swift
train sped over a level and cloe-tied road
bed into a land of wind-turned sand hills,
barren but fantastic, ileie, like on the
roadway further north, the shapes and the
colois compelled the eye to gaze and the
thoughts to wander in an uninhabited fairy
land. At one point a promontory was
lounded which upheld a reddish castle
shaped formation. To carry nature's de
ception further a flagstaff had been planted
on a tuiret fashioned by the winds.
There it stood like an ancient
fortress guaiding a steel tracked gate
way. For, hours the train sped through
these, enchanting .but desolate, dunes of
shifting, variegated sand. There was no
life, and In the pictures wrought by the
imagination there was no death either.
Long before reaching Denvecthe mall-carrying
coaches were uncoupled and attached
to a speedy locomotive. These were sent
on ahead with their secret and silent mes
sengers. Thus the malls make the over
land journey quicker than the tourist.
"Yes, California gold will soon have to
be mined in her orange groves and vine
yards," said a sombreroed, wiry six-footer
who had boarded the train in Idaho. "The
gold production of California Is falling
off fast. tMontana, Idaho, Colorado and
Utah must soon be relied on. And
much of the gold, too, must come from
the silver to be mined in these mineral
bearing spots. I have been prospecting for
eight years in Idaho, and I believe it will
soon add largely to the nation's store of the
yellow metal. Some rich placer prospects
nre now being developed there, and in one
place the samples yield over $2 per cubic
yard, or about $1,000,000 peracre. I, as you
see, am a sick man. The salt meats
and the canned stuff I have lived on
so long have completely upset me,
and I'm going to the hot springs to get
boiled out. I sold half a gold location the
other day to see me through. When I get
fixed up I'm going back to Idaho and de
velop some claims in a mountain whose
quartz leads carry the same" shaped gold as
that In the rich placers far below. Yes, I've
driven in the stakes anil have the mineral
in place. See hr-ie!" And the sick but con
fident gold hunter opened a well-worn
valise and fondled some rich specimens of
free gold. I saw him nfterward in Denver,
and the result or the assay had almost made
him feel like a well man. Geo. A. Madden.
FROM SCYLliA TO" CHAEIBDIS,
The pardon of Colonel II. Clay King seems
to show that hanging in high life is played
out in Tennessee. Boston Herald.
Mb. H. Clay Kino is one of the few men
who may congratulate themselves on get
ting into the penitentiary- Washington Star.
Would Governor Buchanan have pardoned
the murderer King, if he had been a poor
and oDscmo man? This pardon is a disgrace
to Tennessee. iVeto Yak bun.
Colonkl Kiho's crime was a common mur
der, and he should have been treated as a
common murderer. In a little while there
will be a movement started for his pardon.
Indianapolis Journal.
In commuting the sentence of Colonel
Henry Clay King to imprisonment for life
Governor Buchanan, of Tennessee, has
abused executive power and made a mock
ery or justice. Philadelphia Record.
IirolQXATioir is hot against the Governor,
but indignation instead of King will soon
die, and King ere long probably will be set
free to be killed by some friend or relative
of Poston, his victim. Detroit Journal.
CoLoaxL H. Clay Kino will not be hanged
to-morrow, because his sentence has been
commuted to "imprisonment for life."
Wonder that means in the case of so influ
ential a politician as ColonelKingt Buffalo
Express.
The commutation of the murderer's sen
tence on the sole ground of his social promi
nence casts a slur upon the name of Tennes
see which years will .not efface and whose
deplorable results cannot be overestimated.
Baltimore News. .
The commutation of the punishment of
Colonel H. Clay King may have been well
enough on the theory that hang!' g does not
prevent murder, but it is a poor piece of
business on the theory that it is wrong to
hang a Colonel because it hurts bis feelings
and the feelings of -his .family. BLLoutt Re
public.
The Governor of Tennessee has commuted
the death sentence of Colonel H. Clay King,
who cruelly and in most cowardly fashion
murdered another citizen of eqnal promi
nence. It is very difficult to hang a red
handed murderer in Tennessee when he
happens to be what they call in those parts
a gentleman. Chicago Timet.
KILO CIRCUS AT CHAUTAUQUA,
One or the Best Exhibitions of Physical
Culture Ever Given.
Chautauqua, X. T., Aug. 12. Special
Chautauqua's chief event to-day was a mild
sort of a circus. It was one of the best ex
hibitions of the art of physical culture ever
given. This was "the last day of school,"
and ended in the pupils showing a part of
what they had learned. It took over two
hours. From children S years old to young
ladles and gentlemen wai the range, and
every sort of gymnastics was shown. All
the work was, first class. It began with a
grand entry, and closed with a prize high
Jumping contest fiora a springboard, in
,wblch three men were tied for the honor,
Dr. Boyce, Mr. Butterworth and Mr. Shear
man, nt 8 reet. "There were also exhibitions
of Swedish gymnastics, delsartlsm and fenc
ing. There were two bouts with the foils,
the first between two gentlemen and the
second between Miss Dr. Foster, or the Chi
cago University, and Miss Bender, of St.
Louis. Both the ladies showed themselves
quite adepts in the art, and though Dr. Fos
ter made the most points. Miss Bender need
not feel discouraged. Dr. Foster Is one of
those women who are always expected to do
well, and her friends never think of compli
menting her.
There were numerous lectures to-day, but
it was too cool for anything so qniet, and by
far the greatest crowd saw the gymnastics.
"The City of Chicago" was the subject of an
illustrated lectuie. Columbus seems to
crowd into everything. Miss Jane Mead
Welsh lectured this morning on "The Man
of the Period," and people were surprised
when they arrived at the hall to hear Chris
topher Columbus talked about. ,The Girls'
Club held its closing meeting this morning,
and after a very pleasant hour, bade Its
leader, Miss Mary Mather, coodby. Stand
ing in a circle and clasping each
other's hands the members sang "God be
with you till we meet again." The season
has been one of great pleasure and profit.
Mis Mather holds a large place in the affec
tions of the girls, and they look forward to
meeting her again with pleasure. Theie was
a boat i ace this evening between a crew of
six young Indies from the Gym and four
young gentlemen. The start was at the
gymnasium and,. closo at the dock. The boys
won without much trouble.
EVN ENGLAND SEES IT.
The American Farmer Benefited by Com
bined Protection and Reciprocity.
London Illustrated News.
The Farmers' Alliance and Labor party,
although ambitious to play the role of a
third party holding the balance fairly be
tween its two gigantic rivals, is, even at this
ear.y stage, threatened with disintegration
In Kansas to say nothing of other 8tates.
The truth is that the McKlnley bill has cut
the ground from undor the feet of the Farm
ers' Alliance. Prior to that bill the agricul
tural interests throughout the country, wore
discontented and justly so. They perceived
that under a recline of protection the agricul
turists were denied the advantages secured
to tne manufacturing interests. The Mc
Klnley bill benefited the agriculturists by
protective duties, which gave American
agriculturists the monopoly of the Ameri
can market, and, secondly, by opening up
new markets for American food supplies
under the reciprocity clauses of the new
tariff. The real grievances under which the
agriculturists groaned having been in a
great degree removed, the raison d'etre of
the Farmers' Alliance party no longer ex
ists. It Is possible that this pat ty may drag
on a painful existence as an organization of
"cranks," but all that was good and vital In
it has withdrawn.
DENVEE'S HUGE TASK IS BONE.
The City Entertains a Number of Strangers
Equaling Its Own Popalatlon.
Denver. Aug. 12. The Knights are leaving
town rapidly, some to go home and others to
make tours or the State. There are enough
remaining, however, to make the cltv ex
tremely lively. It is estimated that 105,500
visitors were in Denver lrom outside during
the week. There were probably 30,000 or 40,
000 Stato residents in town. During the week
V Denver took care of a crowd of poople equal
to its own population, uvor suu.uuu nieces or
baggage were handled and as many pack
ages. The Pullman coaches handled 600
cars.
The Knights Templar Grand Encampment
finished the work of the Twenty-fifth Tri
ennial Conclave and adjourned to-clav alter
having installed the newly-elected officers.
Grand. Master McCurdy made tne fpllowlng
additional appointments: Sir Iter. Joseph
McGrath, D. D.; Illinois, Prelate; Sir William
H. Mellish, Ohio, Grand Standard Bearer;
Sir George Cooner. Tennessee, Grand Sword
Bearer: Sir H. M. Orahoo I, Colorado, Grand
Warden; Sir John A. Sloan, Missouri, Grand
Captain of the Guard.
CBESPO STILL VICTORIOUS.
Ttarrancas, In Venezuela, Is Taken After
Two Bloody Battles.
Trinidad, W. I., Aug. 12. Barrancas, on
the Orinoco, was captured by the Govern
ment troops after a desperate light Wednes
day. During the engagement General Val
dez, in command of legalists, received a
mortal wound. The Crespists retired In
good order and wore reorganized by General
Dnchurne. They advanced on Barrancas
this morning and took the town by assault.
The fighting was of the most bloodthirsty
character and the opposing t loops were fre
quently engaged band to hnml, using ma
chete and bayonet and their rifles as clubs.
The losses on both sides woie heavy, but the
exact number killed and wounded is not
known yet. A legalist force, estimated at
4.000 men of nil aims, is advancing rapidly
on Ciudad, Bolivar and Solidad, and another
bloody fight is expected at any time.
A RESULT OF THE L0ITEEY LAW.
Postofflce Revenues at New Orleans Cat
Down 8103,000 Per Annum.
New Orleans, Aug. 12. The strict enforce
ment of the anti-lottery law and tho conse
quent exclusion of lottery matter from the
mails has l educed tho revenues of the post
office $103,000 per annum.
Last month the leceipts from money or
ders, postal notes, etc, fell materially be
low the amount of the salaries In thn de
partment. The result has been that Post
master Eaton has received Instructions
from the Postmaster General to reduce the
salaries of all clerks in that division.
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DEATHS HERE AND ELSEWHERE.
filrs. Snsan J. Shannon.
Mrs. Snsan J. Shannon, wife of J5r. Sam
uel F. Shannon, of Denver, died at her parents'
home. In Sewlckley, yesterday morning. Mrs.
Shannon was taken sick about four months ago at
her home in Denver. When she realized that her
ailment baflled the physicians she expressed a de
sire to come to the nome or her cMldliood. where
fiarents. sisters and brothers administered nitn
oWnc; hands to all her wants. bhe was the
daughter or 11. I. Murdoch, of the United Presby
terian, and leaves two children.
Sirs. Lafayette liackns, Columbus.
Mrs. Lafayette Backus, of Columbus, died
aU Old Point Comfort Wednesday. Mrs. Backus
was rich and devoted all her time to charity. 11 or
maiden name was Harriet Denlg. She was the
youngest or the ten children ot Mr. ami Mrs.
George Denlg, and went to Columbus In 1S4I with
her parents, bhe was born In McConnellsburg.
I'a., in 1832. Mrs. Backus married Laiarette
Backus In 1816. Three children were born to them,
all of whom are living.
Obitnury Notes.
Scteiuan Pacha, Governor of Bagdad, Is
dead.
George Du Hamel, Commissioner of Crown
Lands In the Mercier Government, Is dead at
Montreal,
Joseph i, Soloiion, one or the proprietors of
the lilngnam House in Philadelphia, died Thurs
day lrom cancer of the stomach. He was S3 years
old.
Pbof. David B. Bill, song writer and cam
paign poet, died at Cumberland. B. I.. Thursday.
lie was 51 years old. He was born in Eastern Con
necticut, and served through tho Civil War.
William H. Pattee, aged 63. a veteran marine
artist, died Wednesday at Bath, Me. -For 40
years he had been a leading draughtsman. He
had made models of 700 steamers and vessels.
Benjamin G, Clabke, of New York, Is dead In
Antwerp, Belgium. Mr. Clarke was President of
the Thomas Iron Companv and a member of the
Board of Directors of the JJelaware. Lackawanna
and Western Railroad Company.
Hugh Kiddle, Chairman of tbt Executive Com
mittee of the Chicago, Bock Island and Paclao
Hallway Company, and ex-President uf that cor
poration, died Thursday night at his home of heart
disease. He wasexactly 70 years orsge.
Rev. Dr. P. s. Davis, or Chambershurg, a lead
ing minister of the Reformed Church, aged 63
years, died at Cincinnati Thursday. He was the
son of Ellas P. Davis, a member of Congress, and
was Editor of the Reformed Messenger at Philadel
phia. Mas. Mat Wallace, wife of George W. La
more,' died at ber borne la New Castle yesterday
evening, aged 27 years. The deceased was a
daughter or the Ute Dr. James J. Wallace and was
the only sister or William U. Wallace. Lawrence
county's Republican nominee for law Judge.
WHILE YOU BREAKFAST
Ton Can Bead What Tour Friends Are Do
'lng la and Ont or Town Donald Mltohell
in a Pittsburg Garden 1 Plttsbnrger on
Metropolitan Street Car Manners.
Invitations were received to-day ior a
reception to be given by Mr. ana Mrs. W. A.
Bunting, of Ben Venue Place, in honor of
their daughter, who was married on Thurs
day to Mr. S. Clark Dangherty, of Jeannette.
The reception will be given August 19, which
will be the date of the return of Mr. and Mrs.
ngherty from their wedding trip.
Perhaps it is not generally known in
Pittsburg that it was Donald Mitchell, the
essayist and writer of Action, who laid out
the beautiful lawn and grounds surrounding
Mr. Charles J. Clarke's house on Forbes
street, Oakland. Apart from this there is
an intrinsic interest; for Mr. Mitchell,
who, they say, is as good a landscape gar
dener as a story teller, has done his work
well; and many andible comments and com
plimentary remarks can be heard about it
frdm the varions passersby. Thanks to Mr.
Clarke's low fence, a full view may be had
of the entire gronnds; and certainly the pub
lic's appreciation should be an exceeding re
ward tor the owner's generosity in sharing
his pleasures.
Perhaps members of the Caledonian
Society in Pittsburg will be glad to have the
opportunity of lending a helping hand to the
last of Robert Burns' diicct posterity. Mr.
Robert Burns Hutchinson, who is now in
Chicago, fell a victim of footpads some time
ago, and is now lying In a semi-unconscious
stato at his home, where there is a wife and
infant son, who have nothing to support
them since his exertions in their bebalt have
ceased. Mr. Hutchinson was an invalid in
hi native country of Scotland, and a short
whiio ago sought America's kinder climate,
only to fall into a worse fate. Friends are
stirring a little in his behalf in Scotland, and
one who takes a leading interest is Mr. John
Mulr, editor of the Annual Burns Chronicle, of
Abbottsford Place, Glasgow.
A laby, just home from New York, is
eagerly upholding the merits of her native
Pittsburg. New Tork gentlemen, according
to her assertion, are not gentlemen at all,
and especially not in the street cars. Here
she gives a rub to the cars, which might go
to school in Pittsburg and learn something
to thoir advantage. It is not so much that
men will not rive no their seats to a lady
standing In a New York car as that they will
not in the least discommode themselves, by
crowding a little, to accommodate her with
a seat also. Nevertheless some taps are
told of almost exaggerated politeness that
might be termed chivalrous kindness on the
part of New York workingmen.
One young man seeing a lady separated
from her friend who sat at his side, folded
ud the paper he was reading, got together
his belongings and insisted upon an ex
change of seats. All of which, moie than a
nice instinct to be kind to a woman, showed
that this yonng man understood the depri
vations undergone by a female tongue when
another familiar one wa3 separated by the
breadth of a street car.
Social Chatter.
Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Galleuek, of McKee
place, Oakland, with their young son and
nurse, are at homo again, after paying a
visit of some duration to Mrs. Gaflehor's
father. Dr. Potter, of Frederictown, O. Mrs.
Galleher Is related to Bliss Mattie D. Fergu
son, the popular young actress, well known
in Pittsburg first, as the leading woman in
Mr. Scanlan's company and afterward in a
coqnettisli soubrette role in "Mr. Wilkin
son's Widows" company.
Miss Blanche IIazlett, of Oakland, left
last night for Philadelphia, where she will
be the .guest of Miss Nellie McGIynn, a
young lady known In Pittsburg through the
many visits she has paid here. Miss II az
lett will proceed to Atlantic Citv on Mon
day with her father, Mr. John Hazlett, of
tho Leader, who expects to join his danghter
in Philadelphia on Sunday. Their head
quarters will be at Congress Hall.
Mas. Looan, of Parnassus, and Mrs. Hill,
wife of the Rev. Mr. Hill, of the Parnassus
Presbyterian Chnich, aie Joint tenants of a
pretty Chautauqua cottage, where they are
spending the summer. Mrs. Logan has
Masters John and William Wilson, ber
young nephews, nnd sons of the treasurer of
the Chnniauqua Lake Ice Company, visiting
at her cottage.
Uncle" Sav has been disseminating Infor
mation at regularly recurring intervals con
cornins the whereabouts of Mr. A. B. Wig
ley and his biide, who was Miss Louise
Greene, formerly of Pittsburg. Their very
last lialtin mace was tne Cataract House.
jNiagara Falls. The bridal peiogrinatinns
Will UUb 1VUU fclJUUl JIUU1QHBLU UU .IX CCUICIU-
ber 1. '
Williah Roskbkuo, Esq., of tbe Bank of
Pittsburg, is out of town enjoying a tonr or
the Eastern cities and several of the fashion
able watering places. He had contemplated
a European tour, but Anally decided not to
cross the ocean until 1S93, and in thelhean
timo become better acquainted than ever
with his own native sod.
The Guvasuta family, with Mr. George F.
Denniston, of Ben Venne Place, returned
home on Wednesday from Atlantic City.
The following remaining members of the
party, Mr. Denniston, Mr. and Mrs. S. A.
Amnion, Miss Robb and Miss Edith Dennis
ton intend to icmain until later in the
season.
Miss Eliset Grfj is home from Lake
wood, where she had been tne guest of her
aunt, Mrs. Thomas GratT, who has a cottage
there, and. as a hostess, is one of Pittsburg's
most popular women at the resort. Miss
Graff remains a few days in Sewicklevand
then intends to go on (o the mountains.
A Yoirxo ndy from Pittsburg, a missionary
in Japan, writes from that country of the
wonderful interest being taken about our
coming election. There seems to be a lean
ing toward President Harrison, in spite Of
Mr. Cleveland's great baby Ruth, whose
fame has crossed the sea to Toklo.
Mas. Youno, of Parnassus, formerly Mrs.
John MarConnell, wife of the KeWMr. Mnc
Connell, pastor of the Lawrenceville Pres
byterian Church, has the Rev. Mr. Shields,
her father, and her brother visiting with
her at the present time.
Mrs. Frederick G. Frickb has returned
from New York, where she spent a few davs
of last week, with her sister, Mrs. D. P.
Black, then on her way with a party to
Block Island. Mrs. Black is expected home
some time next week.
Mrs. CnRiSTOFBFa L. Maofe, Mrs. Joshua
Rhodes and the Misses Rhodes nre a party
of l'ittscurgcrs now at tne TiiornayKe,
Jamestown, R. I., where they will be Joined
by the men of their respective families some
time next week.
Mr. Herbert W. Smith Is "keeping house"
for the D. Herbert Uostetter family, during
their aDsence In Newport, and busily en
gages himself these warm days, in an en
deavor to occupy the house from cellar to
garret.
A toitr among friends at Oil Cliy, Tltus
ville and thesurronndin: country side occu
pied the early part of the summer lor Miss
Emily Fox, or Oakland, who returned to
town a few days ago.
Miss Annie Lawman, of Ben Venue Place,
is visiting in the mountains, and Mrs. Law
man is making a short stav in Sewlckley; so
that tbe bouse, on Maria Poe avenue, is tem
porarily closed.
Mrs. Soribner and her danghter, Miss Jen
nie Scrlbner, of the American House, Pitts
burg, aie at their country house in Brook
ville, Jefferson county, this State.
Mrs. W. A. Maole, of Emllv nnd Halket
streets, Oakland, Is with her mother at an
Eastern Pennsylvania lake resort, where
Mr". Leeper owns a cottage.
Miss Maud WoOD,of McKeesport, retnrnod
home yesterday Irom a visit to Miss Laura
Hnrrell, a charming young lady of McKee
Place, Oakland
Mrs. J. P. Andrews, of Dinwiddle street,
has gone to Atlantic City tospend tbe re
mainder of tbe summer.
Mr. Edward Nisbett, of Millvale avenue,
is away on a Ashing excursion with a club of
young men friends.
Other holiday seekers bonnd for Atlantic
City to-day are Dr. and Mrs. Jennings, of
Oakland.
Mr. and MR3.W. S. ARTEBand their family,
of Marchand street, East End. are out of
tonn.
Miss Annie Spier, of Millvale avenue. Ben
Venue Place, is visiting friends in Balti
more. Mr. Johnston, of Ben Venueplace, and bis
two young sons are sojourning at Niagara
Falls.
Miss Adelaide Mellier Nevtn, of the
Leader, will leave this evening for the sea
side. Mrs. Thomas Winans and a party of 18
will leave (or Atlantic City to-day.
Mr. Palmer, of South Highland avenue, Is
spending the vacation In tbe East.
Mas. Cacilia Erenslsr, of Lawrenceville,
will go to-day to Atlantic City.
Mr. Ludwio Geosse Is home from a short
vacation In New York.
Mb. Thomas J. Exenan, Jr., is visiting; At
lantio City.
Another Feather In His Cap.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
.Canada has backed down. Another, diplo
matic victory for the Harrison administration!
CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS.
New York has 4,000 Indians.
Coal sold for $9 a ton in Hartford ii
1828.
Twenty-eight thousand patents wei
granted last year.
Elizabeth, N. J., has now one saloo
for every 110 persons there.
The game of backgammon was inveate
Dy Palamedes, a Greek, about 1224.
According to Indian tradition Baddh
began his revelations at the age of 35.
Six million dollars are invested in th
manufacture ot dynamite in the Unitet
States.
A man in Indiana has a plan for revo
lutionizing naval warfare by building India
rubber ships.
Kentucky's name is derived fron
Eentuckee, an Indian name, meaning "thi
head of a river."
Of 200,000 women working at 100 differ
ent trades in New York City 137,000 suppor
their husbands.
The "Marco Bozzaris," the poem bj
by which Halleck is best known, appeared
when he was 37.
Mississippi is from the Indian Meesyee
dee, meaning not the "father of waters," bu
"the great water."
The Krupp works of Essen contain
5.642 furnaces. These consume 1,666 tons ol
coal and coke dally.
The Church of "the Pilgrims in Brook,
lvn is reported to have a piece of the Ply
mouth Bock in its wall.
The color of the shark's eg? is black, of
leathery texture, thin, tough and in form
similar to a handbarrow.
The art of stereotyping was invented by
a Frenchman. Didot, in 1733, and was first
bronght to America in 1813.
The tallest chimney in the world is at
Fort Dundas, Scotland. It la 451 feet to its
cope stone from tho ground. ,
A Paris physician is authority for th
statement that 10 people are annually pre
pared for burial while still alive.
The latest "true story" is that a bolt of
lightning drew all the nails from a man's
shoes In a Connecticut town without hurt
ing him.
The spe?d of the fastest railway is not
much more than half that of the golden
eairle's flight. The bird often covers 140
miles an hour.
The Greek Government has voted the
sum of 300,000 drachms to be expended oa
the reproduction of antique works of art for
the World's Fair.
A letter addressed "Charles Smith, K.
Pan," didn't bother the Boston postmaster
a little bit. He sent it right onto its desti
nation. Cape Ann.
The cocoon of a well fed silkworm, it is
said, will often yield a thread 1,000 yards
long, and one has been produced which con
tained I.CDj yards.
Ducks fly at a speed of SO miles an
hour, and with the wind, when it is brisk,
thevhave been known to attain a velocity
of 2 miles a minute.
Colorado is named for the Bio Colorado.
The name is of Spanish origin, and means
"ruddy" or "red," referring to the color of
the water of that river.
Mineralogists now exploring Northern
Thibet claim to have discovered valuable
mines of gold and many varieties of the
richest precious stones.
A hunting Horn in Limoges enamel,
made In 1530, and which is believed to have
formerly belonged to norace Walpole, was -sold
recently for 6,300 guineas. '
The silver dollars of 1704, 1838, 18JJ9,
1851 and 1852 are worth $25 each, while that
of 1853 is valued at $15. Silver half dollars tot
1796 and 1797 are worth $25 each.
A nephew of Percy Bysshe Shelley, thp
novelist and poet, Is reported to live in
Brunswick, Ga, He celebrated his 100th.
birthday anniversary on Friday.
A tree near Jackson, Miss., died about
a month after a crowd had nsed it for lynch
ing pnrposes. and the people are gravely
theorizing the why and wherefore.
An impulsive Chilean has been sen
tenced to 90 days' imprisonment for kissing a.
voung woman, in the Eiaza of Valparaiso
without first obtaining her'consenC
A will recently probated in the Surro
gate's court at Albany contains this clause:
"To mv son Simeon I give the sum of 50
cents for the trouble he has taken to ill
treat me."
A New Yorker has made a clock from
34,000 pieces of wood, comprising over 300
varieties. For 15 years he has had sailors
bringing nim rare woods from every quarter
of tbe globe.
Appropos of the alleged discovery of
Noah's ark on the top of Mount Ararat, it is
reported that Colonel Ealazko, a Knssian
engineer, who made tho ascent in 1850, found
no ark there.
One of tbe men who rode through the
terrible charge at Balaklva without paying
his life as the forfeit is Thomas Morley, who
is employed in the War Department at
Washington.
The Grand Trunk Bailway men are all
being vaccinated at tbe company's expense,
against the possible spread or disease con
tracted from the hordes of emigrants which
tho company handles.
William Brooks, a Laguna Beach, CaL,
lad, is 7 years old and weighs 96 rounds. It
is claimed that he can pick up a 50-pound
sack of flour in each hnnd and tip over a
barrel of sugar with one band.
Warrenton county, Ga., ha? quite a
curiosity In the shape of a watermelon vine.
When the plant came up it bid fair to bring
forth an abundant yield, bnt instead of
growing melons It due forth a luxuriant
growth of flowers.
A gold Vermont dubloon is worth $200,
and a Vermont silver half dollar will fetch
$100. The Massachusetts cent of 1783 is val
ued at $10. Washington silver pieces ot 1793,
bearing the but and name of G. Washing
ton, will retell soo earn.
The Glasgow Herald makes the graceful
acknowledgment at the head of its column
of humor that "fully one-haK the humorous
sayings we hear come from America, and of
the other half fully 50 per cent should be ac
credited to that country."
Wonderful men of memory were Picus
of Miranaola, Scaliger, Anglos Polltlanus,
Petrarca and Thomas of Aquino, of whom
Kant said that they carried with them as
material for scientific exploits, a cargo of
books which 100 camels could not transport.
PIROUETTES FROM rCCK.
"I can't work without inspiration," said
the Poet.
-And L" observed the Undertaker, "am qnite
as badly off. I cannot work without expiration."
Elder Berry Joblots mortified his wife '
terribly at church yesterday.
Mrs. Berry-How wai that?
Elder Berrr He aiked the usher to pnt Mradow
for a call at 12:30.
A NICE SUMMER BESOBT.
On Greenland's icy mountains,
That'a where I want to be. ,
This weather, when the mercury
Abides at ninety-three.
For some sweet maiden Eskimo
I'd swap Bess. ell or Cora,
And at her dadilv's Igloo gate
We'd study the Aurora.
Von Schribel I just wish to leave thoja
few short atorles with the editor. What is cnato
marj? I've never done any work for the papers
before. , ...
Office Boy-Well, lt' the general cuitom to leave
'em. an' then come back In a day or two aa
get 'em.
A LESSON pr GEOOBAPrrr.
"How far is it around the world?"
In girlish Innocence asked he.
Ah. I will measure It," said be.
"iryou'U permit me, love, to see."
Then when his strong right arm he'd place.
Around her waist so small and trim.
He found it wasn't very far
For she was all the world to him.
"Dyspepsia has made old Washington
Pye the most uncomfortable impossible man to get
along with that I ever saw."
Is that so?"
"Why, yes; he's got lojtt hut that even his food
can't agree with Mm I"
Keggy Westend Did you hear of any
trouble between Franc Tread wan and bis wife f
Old Grumpy Heard they were married; ta
trouble enough, Isn't it ? .t-
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