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Including Sunday Edition, at ZO cents per -week. REMITTANCES SHOULD ONLY REMADE BY CHECKS. MONEY ORDER. OR REGISTERED LETTER. POSTAGE Sunday Issne and all triple number copies Jo; single and double number copies, lc I'lTT&EUKG. TRIDAY. SEPT. O. 1S3I. TWELVE PAGES JUDICIAL POLITICS. Charges have been frequently made that the decisions of Western courts on points of law arc sometimes more the reflection of political than judicial opin ions. Apparently there is an opportunity just now to apply the same criticism to the Empire State. A; few weeks ago a county court decided the legislative re apportionment, upon which the Demo crats are largely depending for control of that State, to be unconstitutional. This ruling was recently affirmed by the Western term of the Supreme Court at Buffalo. The Kepublicans manifested great glee ovei these decisions, but the Democrats did not seem at all worried, and made no effort to replace the pre sumably unconstitutional statute. This Democratic serenity is largely justi fied by events. The General Term of the Supreme Court at Saratoga yesterday de cided that the reapportionment was all right The question has yet to be passed upon by the Court of Appeals, which is the highest judicial authority in New York. As this is the tribunal which is accused of straining the law and setting aside the expressed will of voters to give the Democrats control of the State Senate last winter, it is not difficult, In the light of the precedents, to judge what the forthcoming decision will probably be. The outside public is not asked to pass upon the merits of the New York appor tionment It is no doubt not much better nor worse than the average gerrymander. But the fact that Republican courts de clare it void and Democratic Judges pro nounce it valid raises a question as to the manner in which such conflicting decisions are reached, in -which the entire public has a vital interest ,4, - -, ,--sT r."T-Hrrf'I experience "mommy on- icarum u "destructive storms will cross the continent from the 17th to the 23d," or that "Mars being in opposition earth quakes and tidal waves will be observed on the south Atlantic coast" Also we shall be relieved from the fatigue that overcomes us when wo see an autumn gale claimed as verification for a cyclone prophecy and a summer thunderstorm made to do duty as an electrical convul sion or seismic disturbance add a tidal wave all in one. Lst us adopt the method of Java ana bribe the prophets to silence. It will be a rest cure for the people as well as the prophets, and that Is what both need. RAILROAD CARELESSNESS. The facts already developed demon strate conclusively that the disastrous wreck on the Ft Wayne Ballroad at Shreve was due to carelessness of one form or another. Just where the direct personal responsibility Is to be laid can only be ascertained by the evidence at the Coroner's inquest No time or trouble must be spared to bring out every detail at this inquiry Into the loss of twelve or thirteen human lives. If the conductor and engineer of 'the freight train are found guilty of criminal negligence they must be as severely punished as the law allows in order that others In similar cases may have their grave responsibility prop erly brought home to tnem. uui u mil sun devolve upon the railroad company to de visemeans by which the risk of their passen gers' lives from the carelessness of their employes may be reduced to a lower mini mum than has hitherto been obtained. Just so soon as railroad corporations adopt the far-sighted poiicy of placing the security of the public before the security of their dividends, or other profits, means will be found to make such wrecks as this a practical impossibility. The insti tution of a proper block system, the estab lishment of telegraph offices at such sid ings as this at Shreve, and, in general, the adoption of all available mechanical ap pliances as a complement to the unre liability of human agencies, will obviate the npcessity for orders which may be misunderstood or can be disregarded, without the most flagrant criminality on the part of train crews. The details which will most effectively enhance the safety of the public are mat ters to be best settled by those engineers who have made the study of such devices their specialty. What the public ssees at present Is that the railroad companies, In varying degrees, deem money considera tions of supreme importance and regard a secure service for their servants, the pub lic, as altogether a secondary matter. What the public demands is that these aggregations of wealth shall realize their privileges abd consequent duties and ac cord to those whom right would make their masters the scrupulous care which is their duty. A DOGMATIC UNTRUTH. Wild-cat banking wonld be Impossible In these days, and the repeal of the 10 per cent tax on State bank circulation could not possibly bring it back. This from the New York World typifies the dogmatic assertion which is the sole defense that the Democratic organs can find for the reactionary proposition of the Democratic platform. Wild-cat banking is not impossible in these days. There have been numerous and notorious ex amples within the past few years of the facility of unscrupulous men in getting hold of the funds of the people, until the swindle has become too notorious to catch any more gudgeons. The abundance of smashes of private banks, loan companies and investment societies which have filled the newspapers renders It peculiarly ;;i. -.. - ." - - .&: tr? v - been- cited' as reawras for the absence of campaign paraphernalia. But surely noth-, init can keep the pent up enthusiasm from bursting into its noisiest manifestations now tbat Victoria Woodhull Martin and her Amazonian oohorts have enteied the Presi dontal field. If Peck be proven a criminal Peck's re ports will be discredited, and so likewise will those whose carelessness" was responsi ble for the appointment of a man with law less propensities. By the time the arbitration of American and English rights in and around Bering Sea haB reached a conclusion, there is every rea son to believe that a more -wide-reaohlng question as to sealing rights of a three-cor nered nature W1IU liusomnn urn uiiu 1J will be ready for adjudication. By all means let the city be provided with furnaces adequate to consume its garbage as soon as possible. And let its col lection and consumption both be a purely municipal affair. When all politicians act from principle and esohew ""self-interest as a motive tho millennium will be here. Meanwhile the fewer the bargains made with votes and offices as exchangeable commodities, the smaller will be the number of promises vio lated after November. The absence of proper laws to prevent tho overcrowding of tenements or lodging nouses does not relievo the owners or the same of one whit of thoir moral responsi bility. It really begins to look as though Hew Tork harbor miebt safely be relieved of nnarnntlned vessels to mako room for the naval display next month, if Hamburg and one or two other ports can be persuaded to act charitably in the meantime. Peck will probably be punished if due ovidence is adduced in support of the charge against him, though the law courts of the Empire Bute are peculiar in semi-political cases. Every month of dependence on a filthy water supply exposes Allegheny citizens to the dangers ofnot merely one but many diseases, and procrastination in the matter of reforming this evil can only prove the thief of lives. Happy-go-lucky is no system upon which to run railroads, and the sooner rail roads realize it the better for them, as well as for the long-suffering public vAny man with an observant eye and a capacity for discernment cannot fail to see in all the industries around him proofs of Protection's benefits that stand on their own merits, and are irrefutable by the biased statistician. Koch's positive assertion that cholera will re-appear in l.amburg in the spring should contain a significant warning for apathetic American optimists. What a commentary on civilization It is that when white citizens of the South fall out among themselves each faction seeks the support of tho suffrages of those whom all so recently united in calling unfit for its exercise! The further Labouchere goes in the bitter ness or his opposition to Gladstone the more clearly he defines himself a disappointed se eker after notoriety. KEPT AT BAT. There seems to be little or no danger of a further spread of cholera In New York at this time. For this the whole country will be truly thankful since it Is relfeved thereby from the fear which was cast over it by the imminent peril. Prompt isolation where it reached the city, and quarantine fatuous to rely on the parroUike assertion ,.. i :-j v ,-,,,. voqt, I'tlmt. -mfi havft-nrnoTessed bevond the reach ueicliliuu uuviabcu uic ucucosiby iwi uojr Hamburg wantonly exposed America to the dangers of cholera. Now let America come to Hamburg's assistance In the time of its dire necessity. So only can this coun try avenge Itself nobly by returning good for ill. CAMPAIGN NEWS AND COMMENT. Mtjbat Haxsxead has withdrawn his concession as to the continued solidity of the 8outh. Ho thinks that the Joy with which his utterances of a week ago were re ceived by tho Democrats is evidence that they wore in a state of alarm concerning that hitherto nnlted section, and he proceeds to file some exceptions to his own predictions. In his latest letter Mr. Halstead says: "Evi dently the Democrats hive raispdnp against themselves on Southern soil a crop of fight ing white men who are giving them serious trouble. The Democratic party is plainly no longer invincible in tho South, as it is not any more held to be infallible. The Ala bama, Stato Convention of the lGth was an event of the first magnitudo, and the dex trous solution of a difficult question rises to statesmanship. The People's party and the Alliances and tho Kolb Democracy have been handicapped by the burdensome weak ness of the Omaha platform and ticket. Behold how tho Constitution of tho United States suggests the broad road out of per plexity! The contest is against the Democratic partisan despotism. Xhe point is, the Democrats shall not con tinue to count out white men against them, as they do the negroes. The problem was how to concentrate thooppositlon. An unpledged electoral tloket in each State in structed against Cleveland does it. The eleven candidates for electors in Alabama named on September 16, oan if eleoted, cast thelr-votes for General Harrison or Geneial Weaver, or any other cittzen of the United States eligible under tho Constitution, for Adlat Stevenson, Whltelaw Held, Walter Q. Gresham, James G. Blaine, David Bennett Mill r.nvnrnnr TSMnwnr or Tom WatSOn. This Is going back to the Constitutional 5rivilcges and prerogatives of the people, he whole of the opposition of tho South to the Democracy may be rallied on this plat form of the Constitution to exercise their rights according to the method contem ni.mn vw thn fnimrinm nf the Government. Tho example of Alabama should be followed In every Southern State, and the proclama tion sounded through the land that the Con stitution affords the weapon to bieakthe Demnoratio party fettorsof the people of the South." ' WnrLE Eastern Democratic leaders are endouvoring to modify their platform decla ration on the tariff, Henry Wattarson comes ont with this declaration: "We de clare that the Government has no right, constltntional or otherwise, to raise a dollar by taxation except for Its own ue, econom ically administered, and we propose, when we get the power, to put our revenue sys tnm in a. tnt of transition from the Dolicy or protection, whioh now prevails, to a pol icy of free trade whioh shall prevail." October 8 is the last dayfor paying the tax which Pennsylvania continues to make a necessary preliminary to voting. The Philadelphia Public Ledgir makes an earnest appeal to all citizens to pay this tnx from their own pockets, saying: "The ChairmRn of the Democratic City Committee has is sued a circular reciting the illegality of voting upon the receipts provided by a party organization and has announced that his committee does not intend to purchase any. ,Mr. Wilhere may, jposslblv, be mak inz a virtue of necessity, but the ex ample he sets should be followed by the Republican Committee, and both parties should determine to keep out tho votes of person's who havonotpaid their own taxes. To permit a party committee to pay for one's receipt is to accept a petty bribe, and yet, humiliating as it is to admit, thousand" of voters in this city are in this discreditable position. No wonder Austral ian ballots are necessary when respectable men, who can afford to pay their own taxes, will .tneent recaints from naitv workers- receipts paid for by assessments levied upon policemen, lnmplightei-s and gasliouse stok ers." The practice of pui chasing tax le celpts bv TJ.irtv committees is much more extensive "in Philadelphia than elsewhere thioughont the State, although by no means unknown In Allegheny county. De. Flood's nomination for Congress in the Erle-Crawrord district has apparently aroued a flood of opposition, which It will be difficult to stem. A. C. Fischxb. Sec'y. COIWOPAJSTT. Krw Toek. Sept. a, iss. V."c. Price, Prest." E. C. Pmcx, VleePrest. PRICE PIAVOKINO BaCTRAOTT 71 WABBXX STBIETl Illinois and Cus streets. Chicago. Manager Pittsburg Dispatch, Pittsburg. Pa. Dkab Sir We enclose yon a reqnes't for one of our Cook Books. ; We certainly think that it is a most valuable testimonial as to the general excellence of your paper, and think that yon should placa same on file. Tonrs truly, , FbICE FlAVOEISG EXTBICT COMrAST. ' No. 75 Elm street, Pittsburg, Pa, Sept. 19, 189i Price Flavoring Extract Company, New Tork, N. T. Dear Sirs I read in the Sunday Dispatch that you would send a Cook Book to every lady writing for one. As for mentioning The Dispatch, I think It is the most desirable paper printed both for household and office. It contains all the news of home and abroad. Its advertisements are unsurpassed both in size of type and clearness. People of all ages can read it. Hoping you will send me a book, I remain, yours truly, Miss S. Walsh. GEN. SICKLES PK&ISES HARBISON, As Send a A DAY OF WEDDINGS. CnrNESE residents have a perfect right to test the new regulations in the couits. But they will have to abide by the decision whatever it be. ing watch and ward over a number of cases that would have been uncontrollable if permitted to mingle with the people. It is to be hoped that the scourge has tried its worst and failed for the present But the lessons so emphatically taught by recent events should be laid to heart and kept in constant use. Quarantine appa ratusincluding funds ior manipulating it must be provided everywhere, and by no means least in such a center for immi gration as Pittsburg. It is worth noting that Professor Koch expects the disease to manifest itself in Hamburg again in the spring. Watchfulness and ubiquitous cleanliness must be the perpetual watch word of America. THE VETERANS DISPERSE. Last night saw the end of the business of this year's Grand Army Encampment wound up by general festivity. Hither and thither the veterans are taking their homeward way, many of them seizing the opportunity to revisit the scenes of their bygone struggles that they may once again renew the much-prized memories of arduous toils. What enormous changes must strike every observer in his surround ings of to-day as compared with those of nearly thirty years ago. Each year seems to see a maximum of public enthusiasm on behalf of these heroes of the nation, yet every encampment brings to light a stronger love and reverence for the sur vivors and a brighter honor for the de parted. General Palmer's speech was notable mainly for Its recognition of what the pension laws have done and the magna nimity with which he referred to the ex Confederate soldiers. These are both feelings to foster and both such as will grow continually. Much of the welfare of the organization depends on the Com mander in Chief's tact 'in managing rou tine matters and the settlement of such difficulties as arise from time to time. From what is known of Captain A. G. Welssert, and still more from the motives which led to his election, it is to be ex pected that he will fill the office with credit alike to himself and the Grand Army of the Republic AN ANTIPODAL, EXAMPLE. The prophet business in Java is re ported to possess a feature which might be adapted to this country with profit. In Java the profits of the prophetic business are made to depend on their abstinence from unfavorable prophesies. One of the class has been getting an income of 5400 a year for fifteen years for desisting from the prediction oi a iioai wave wmen win sweep over the island. If the people begin to be remiss in their payments, the prophetic mood comes on with dark hints of disaster and the moneypromptly comes to the front The Javanese Idea is decidedly suited for adaptation in this country. Here we pay the prophets for prophesying the most grewsomo disasters, perhapa under the impression born of experience that when cyclones, earthquakes and other convulsions are predicted the greatest security is insured. Perhap3 that is a more reasonable superstition than tho Javanese variety; but the antip odal practice has a - decided advantage outside of the superstitions. If the American nronhets were employed by the year to hold their, peace it would that we have progressed beyond the reach of financial dishonesty or recklessness. But the issue of wild-cat bank notes is impossible for one reason, and only one. The peculiar aid to rascality in the power to scatter worthless notes broadcast to impose on the people is shut off by the prohibition on the issue of bank notes ex cept "under national regulation. Bspeal that prohibition, place it within the power of every one of the forty-four legislatures to authorize banks of issue on whatever terms the legislative fancy may dictate, and the days of wild-cat banking will re turn as sure as fate. It may be that the knowledge of the people as to good cur rency would lead them to refuse to accept the entire issue; but that chance does not a whit diminish the striped criminality of Democracy in proposing toxevive the days of worthless paper money. The policy of the greenbackers and the desire of the free silver men are sound and stable finance compared with the Democratic proposition to return to the system of unsecured bank notes con demned by experience thirty years ago. REPUBLICANISM ET ITALY. The cablegram from Rome to The Dis patch indicates the strong trend of pub lic opinion toward a Republican govern ment in Italy. Popular feeling is helped on m that direction by the belief that KTinc Humbert's costly alliances are actu ated by selfish dynastic motives. How ever that may be, every true American must believe that Italy would be the bet ter for the adoption of a constitution re sembling ours, though the transition would be a costly one in a country so re cently restored to comparative prosperity, and even now in most precarious financial circumstances. The opposition which has constantly characterized the Qulrinal's dealings with the Vatican during Humbert's reign makes it natural enough that Leo XIIL should show no great activity in attempt ing to stem the anti-monarchical move ment But any positive aid to such a revolutionary spirit depending on force -would be entirely Inconsistent with the wise course which the Pope has so recent ly taken in ordering his clergy under other conditions to give tneir allegiance to me powers that be. If, however, the change is sought solely in the election of repre sentatives pledged on Its behalf and no act is to be taken which is not counte nanced by law, then Leo can consistently lend the assistance which is at his dis posal. Such action would be entirely in keeping with his enlightened policy, be sides being incidentally a great oppor tunity for enlarging the power of the Vatican. There cm be little symathy for a store keeper 73 years old who meets his death by carelessness for public safety so great as to allow a lS-year-old boy to handle a revolver and cartridges as an intending purchaser. a Brave Soldier Who Didn't Substitute to the Trout. WASniHOTOK, Sept. 22. BpeciaL It Is evi dent that General Slocum and General Dan Sickles, of New Tork, are not following Sen ator Hill into camp. General Slocum, it will be remembered, declared at the Chicago convention that Mr. Clevelend could not carry the soldier vote of New Tork. Gen eral Sioklos was equally bitter in nis de nunciation of Mr. Cleveland. Last night, at a regimental rounion, the two New Tork veterans took occasion to air their hostility to Mr. Cleveland. General Sickles was par ticularly vlndiotive. Wnllo ho did not men tion Mr. Cleveland's name, the inferenca was plain. "I know President Harrison," said General Sickles. "He was a brave soldier. Ben Harrison sent no substitute to the front. He went himself and did some effective fighting. I have personal knowl edge of his bravery on several occasions." These remarks, coming from-the lips of a Democrat, caused a sensation. It is freely predloted hore that General Sickles, whom Governor Hill appointed Sneriff in place of the deposed Flack, will be found opposing Cleveland In November. BEBiTES OITEBED BY A TEUST. The -Wall Paper Combine Getting in Its "Work, bnt Will Have Opposition. Nrw Tork, Sept. 22. The effects or tne or ganization a few week9 ago of the National Wall Paper Company, which includes all but two important companies, are already be coming visible in the trade. Letters solicit ing business have been forwarded to vari ous dealers, accompanying which are op tions, in tho form of agreements that the National Company contracts with the pur chaser that if he shall for ten months from September 1, 1S92, deal exclusively with tho company the latter will after 11 months pay to the purchaser 10 per cent on the total purchases made during the ten months, provided the amount has been paid in full. William Campbell & Co., one of the firms nH.1f4a ta onmMnA VflTA flflked if tuOV would be able to meet the prices made under .w.i.. r,o,of, "Wnwni" said their Mr. Huppuch, "and we will place no restriction on the buyer who places his orders with us. MILTOH'S WATCH IN CHICAGO. It Was Pawned In St. Louis a Tear Ago by a Hard-Up Nobleman. Chicago, Sept. 22. According to a local paper, the watch worn by John Milton in life is to be seen In a shop in this city. It was made by Thullliar in Geneva, in 1670. The story is that it was pawned in St. Louis about a year ago by the Marquis Cos tello do Shamer, of Vorona, who found him self short of funds. Ho exhibited acertl. flcate of genuineness signed by the Curator of the British Museum. The watch. It is said, was made for Milton, with raised fig- ures on tne uiai, uu nuii. mo uii-.u ,.- -w read the time of day with his fingers. Toung Hearts That WIU Brave the ChUl Winds of Winter and the Frosts of Age Together-The Downfall of tho Derby Gossip of Society. There was a brilliant gathering at the Oakland M. E. Churoh last evening to wit ness the nuptials of Miss Carlotta J. Ben shaw and Mr. Samuel C. Barbour. A num ber of Invitations had been sent out, and the handsome church was crowded when Eev. T. N. Eaton pronounced the benediction on the pair, pronouncing them man and wire. Tliebride wore a crepe de chine trimmed with dnchesse lace, and carried white joses. Her bridemaids wero Miss Sadie Johns and Miss Belle Mathews. The ushers were Messrs. Frank Stewart, Isaac Jenkins, Charles Bradshaw, William Winterhalter, Lew Brechtand James Horne. The wed ding match from "Lohengrin" was plaved as tho wedding party marched up the aisle. There i a reception at the residence of Georze a Boll alter the ceremony, but tho bride and uroom did not stay long, for they had to make the 9:20 train lor tne ijsc. Their wedding tour will covir Washington, New Tork and other Eastern cities. Upon their return thev will live in Oakland. A number of handsome presents testified to the popularity of the young coupie. At the Fourth Avenue Baptist Church last evening, MUs Minnie Murphy, of Pitts burg, became the bride of Mr. Kobert T. Custard, of .Avalon. Kov. H. a Applegarth officiated. Mr. G. W. Mason, of New Tork, was the best man, and the nhers i were Messrs. E. a Moore and G. W. Hoffman. Miss Grace Johnston was maid or honor. .A reception was held at Avalon after the wed ding. It is there that Mr. and Mrs. Custard will reside. The Ober-Ammergau Passion Play and the Spanish bull fight have both been sug gested as attractive adjuncts for the World's Fair, and both proposals have been dis missed. But surely at a grand international exposition the cultured Veflnement of tho day will not be fairly represented without a seiiesof prize fights" open to the athletic leaders of all countries fortunate enough to possess them. America's Inventive genius must look to the arrangement of this es sential feature and see to it in good time that disaster shall not arise from its omis Blon. THE progress of the country may be sadly retarded since it is quite possible that New Tork will have no classic opera this winter. AMONG its other charms, the Fall brings with It rich opportunities for the develop ment of disease germs amid the decay of vegetation.' GENTLEMEN1 who see nothing but an un avoidable "Job" in an effort to provide Alle gheny with pure water will inevitably find tbat a continuance of the present practices wlU,be as bad a job as is imaginable. Fusion is the result of trying two politi cal organizations by the fire of opposing odds, when both are found wanting in principle. COSMOPOLITAN CDLLIXGS. Louis Kossuth is suffering from the fatigue of his recent receptions at Turin and has been ordered to stay in bed. It is now charged that Whittier had no ear for music and that he conld not tell "Tnnkee Doodle" from "Old Hundred." Ex-Speaker Reed has blossomed out as a platform orator. His first lecture will be delivered in Boston October 17 on "The Progress of Humanity." The Marquis Guiccioli, the new Italian Ambassador at Berlin, is a grand nephew of the beautiful Countess Guiccioli, tho friend of Byron. The Marquis was formerly Mayor of Rome. The Duke op Connaught, the Prince of Wales, the Duke of Tork and a number of other members of the British lloyal ramiiy ore now established either at Balmoral or in the vicinity for the sake of deer stalking. General Booth has 380 men, mostly broken-down drunkards at one time, work-inn-on his farm a few miles out of London, and they are described as a decent, industri ous, useful and enthusiastic lot of people now. Archduke Albrecht, of Austria, who is lying critloally ill In Vienna, is looked upon as one of the best generals of the Aus-tro-Huugarlan army. His military talent be came apparent iu 1835, when he commanded the Austrian army in Italy and defeated the Italians at Cusjozza. Dr. Hansen, whose plan for seeking the. North Polo is to Jab into the drifting ice in a stout vessel, and resign himself to certain ocean ourrents, proposes to lay in a four years' supply or provisions when he finally embarks on this voyage. He will also take along an immense stock of patience. Mrs. Lewis, of San Francisco, not only owns the bU schooner Theresa, but she con trols it entirely. She Is Her own shipping clerk contract maker, supercargo, boss stevedore, pnrsor, supply steward and re pairs inspector, and there isn't a thing done on or about tho vessel which she doos not oversee. Senator John G. Carlisle, of Ken tucky, looks like an ascetic He is tall and spare with thin whito hair and mustache, and is partial to a tall white hat and light colored olothes, always with a frock coat, which he keeps tightly buttoned. Senator Carlisle's manners aregravoandreticent.He is CO or thereabouts, and strides through the streets rapidly. THANKS to his own magnificent exer tions. Ward MoAUlster achieved a national prominence some tlmo ago. Ho should therefore not be surprised when it hears that the scion of his noble name is unable to maintain a wife that the nation wonders whether the wages of New Tork flunkeys have been reduced or whether he (Ward Mo AUlster) is possessed of a grudging spirit unworthy of an illustrious society gentleman. Notwithstanding the orders of the Civil Service Commission and the announce ment of President Harrison's position, cases of the attempted assessment of Federal officeholders aie coming to light. The latest discovery is in Eastern Pennsylvania. Under date of Media,September,12, the Dela ware County Republican Executive Com- 'mlttee has sent out a circular letter to Gov ernment employes, in which this language is used: "The activities of a Piesldentul campaign, require a reasonable amount of money for puiely legitimate uses. The Re publican Executive Committee is charged with the conduct of the campaign threuzh out Delaware county. Tou, as a Republican officeholder, being doubly interested in the success of the party in the eleotion of Harri son and Beid, as your tennro of office en tirely depends upon It, we feel Justified in calling uDon to bear a share of the ex pense. We therefore expect and solicit a contribution from you, such an amount as you feel able to give, assuring you that it villi be dulv acknowledeed and Judiciously expended." It 1 understood the attention of Civil Service Commissioner Roosevelt has been called to this communication, and con siderable curiosity is expiessed as to what action, if any, will bo taken. Pbize-pights, base-ball, cholera and the relieve that tired f eeUng which the public jnecessity-for gathering tho harvest have all Just a little Bluffi Washington Star. It is no great trick to raise a big emer-mtii-v rtind In New Tork. An emergency jfuntt to seldom expended., - The Harrisburg Call advises its con stituents to "Read that ballot law once, twice, thrice and oftcner." J. J. Bichardson, the Iowa member of tho Democratic National Committee, can still discern a flickering rainbow In the Western sky- He has been visiting Dem ocratic headquarters at New Tork, and tell ing tho faithful gathered there sucn stories as this: "If a person wants to se'e real en thusiasm ho wants to meet an Iowa Demo crat. The Democrats of the Stato are just as enthusiastic and industrious as they were a year azo, when they carried the State for the second time and eleoted Governor Boles. The party Is stronger than it was a year ago, so that I regard the chances now of carry ing the State better than they wore when Governor Boies was last lected. Cleveland is intensely'.popular In Iowa, not only with his party, but with the Republicans. Mr. Harrison isTiot popular with his party in Iowa. Iowa is a Blaine State. Had Mr. Biaine been the candidate Iowa might have been carried by the Republicans, but a3 it is I cannot believe that Harrison has much chance. Governor Boles ana an tne Demo cratic leaders are working Just as hard as if thev themselves wero personally Interested in the result. Our State Committee is well nnranized and is making good progress. The repoits that have been received at State headquarters ud to the time I left home are highly gratifying." It would be peitinent to inquire whether Mr. Richard son was one of tho Hawkeye delegation which declared at Chicago that noDeuiocrat but Boles could cany Iowa. The announcement tnat Mills, of Texas, is to take tho stump in, the Northwest wilr be received with glee by the Republicans of that section. The Bepublican candidate for Governor of New Sersey, John Koan, Jr., expresses the greatest confidence in Republican suc cess In the mosquitoes' State this year. In an interview he said: "We are In this fight for business and not for pleasure, we nave reason to believe that wo will carry the State Just as tho Jersey City Republicans carried tnelr city last spring, when they won by 3,000 majority. The Democratic or- . . .4 ,... I.a Ctala la ,-. gamzation wiruuguuut mo u.,w , ", ridden and unscrupulously wedded to ad vance the selfish interests of individuals. The State machine is but a branch of the Jersey City ring. The poople overthrew the Jersey City rascals, and 1 believe they aro ..i i.iMnr thn nroDor moment to deal summarily with the Stato machine. Tho Democratic party of New Jersey is not a majority party, as the vote of ISsS plainly shows. In that year, while Cleveland had a plurality of 7,000 votes, yet he lacked sevoial hundred or having a majority. In a State having a total voto or J00.0C0, a margin of 7 000 is very narrow." Other advices from able ground for Republican hopes, and that the Demoorats are much disturbed by the situation. The figures of four years ago are almost sure to be reduced, If they are not altogether wiped out. HABRITY. and hilarity may sound some what similar now; but, oh, what a differ ence in November. No White House Ambition. Boiton Traveiler.l Senator David B. Hill proposes to make Albany his home hereafter. THE BALD EAGLE SPOKE. Davtd B. says he is a Democrat; but it must bo clearly understood that it is a Hill sort of a Democrat that he is. Baltimore American. His speech was not a very forcible effort, but when all the circumstances are con sidered it was as good a speech as-one could have expected. Minneapolis Tribune. ' Hill's speech will neither help nor hurt. It was nothing but a series of platitudes eulogistic of the Democratic party and frosty to its candidates. Barrtsburg Tele graph. " Sssator Hill planes off the Democratic tariff plank until it suits his own notions, and then stands on it. Every man his own interpreter, seems to be his motto. Rochester Democrat. Tattk as a whole, senator Hill's speech has little to do with the past, touches the present indifferently andlooks to tho future. It appears to be a stroke in preparation for 1896. Chicago Kews Record. Mr. Hill's speech conclusively shows that business men and workmen cannot afford to take the chances of bankruptcy and loss of work by voting this fall for Cleveland and Stevenson. New York Recorder. niLL keeps the word of promise to the ear but broaks it to tho hope. Ho talks for the national ticket, as he said he would, but he will .make no special effort to get his friends to vote for it. S'f. tows Globe-Democrat. Dave Hill is still a comedian. Hit plea for honest elections was enough to make the sase of Gray Gables smile a hoarse, uncanny cachination. A Democrat crying for an honest ballot! Forsooth! Ohio State Journal. Hill says: '1 am a Democrat still." This is the positive. After election he will be a Democrat stiller, and when now leaven be gin to work the stillest Democrat on record, exoeptlng always, of course, his quondam chief, Grover. Philadelphia Press. If Mr. Hill had spoken according to his convictions he would probably have let the tariff alone and dilated upon the beanty of being a Democrat. Upon that sentiment he has rested his case for several years, and it seems has shown his -wisdom. Columbus Dis patch. A New Presbyterian Heresy Case. Cikciknati. Sept. 22. The Presbytery of Cincinnati to-day decided by a large malor ity to.put on trial for heretical teaching one of its members, Pror. Henry P. Smith, of Lane Theological Seminary. The trial will begin October 3. At last the Pittsburg man has set his face against the tyranny of the dorby hat. He has worn stiff hats for many years, and has gone around with an unsightly rim on his lorehead, caused by the close fit of tho un compromising hat, without complaint, be cause it was the fashion. Now, someone has taken pity on the poor man and invented a soft hat of the shape known in years gone by as the "Alpine." It is seen in all colors, gen enorally brown or slate, and is worn either plain or bent down tnrough the top or the ciown, from the nose to the back of the head. The hat suits some face?, while it looks rowdyish over others. As a general thing, however, it is said to be a boon to the man who is tired of stiff hats, and the num ber or Alpines seen on the streets the last few weeks indicates that the fashion is a popular one. A pleasant reception was given by the Bellvule Social Club at Its parlors on Fed eral street, Allegheny. The rooms were tastefully decorated w lth palms, ferns and cut flowers, and the scene was a brilliant one. A well selected programme of music and literary selections was presented, and the evening was oneiu tuuruugucujujuicuw A delightful musicale and social was given last evening by the members ot the St. Paul's Cathedral choir in honor of Miss Graco Miller, a member of tho choir, who has lately returned Irom a trip to Germany. At 6:30 last night Miss Lida McKelvey, of Stanton street, exchanged wedding vows with Mr. Wm. Morton, of .Rippey street. Rev. Chalfant was the minister, and the ceremony took place at tne home of the bride's parents. The couple lelt last night for a short eddlng trip. Upon their return they will reside with the parents. of the bride, where they will be "at home" to their friends next month. Miss Blanche S. Stackhouse and Mr. Wm. A. Thompson were married last evening in tho former residence of Colonel Thomas A. Bayne, at Bellevue, which Is now occupied Dy tne parents oi ino unuc mi. Newton Donaldson performed tho cere mony. Miss Edith Motle, of Bellevue, and Mr. Russell L. Mitchell, or Pittsburg, were united in matrimony at the Arch Street M. E. Church last evening. They will reside in Wilklnsburg. A pretty home wedding in Edgewood last ovening was that of Miss Aurella Seyp pel and Mr. Rlchaid Eba at the residence of the bride's uncle, Mr. C. S. Wight. Rev. Mr. McMillan, or Allegheny, who was at one time a favorite Sunday school teacher of the groom, read the service that Joined the two young people for life. The bride's gown was a cream-wnite crepe ao enine, guruiaucu with white lace, and her ornaments were diamonds. Sho carried a buncn of her fav orite flower Hlie3 of the valley. There were no attendants, and, after a reception to the relatives and a few friends, Mr. and Mrs. Ebe left for an extended Southern trip. Theie is a bandnonie house in conrse'or erec tion, close to Mr. wight's residence, which will be occupied by Mr. Ebe and his bride in a lew ibnths. Until it Is finished, however, and upon the return of the young people, they will recelvo their friends at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wight. Among those from a distance who witnessed the nuptial service were Mrs. Hanson, mother of the bride: Mr. and Mrs. Will Pearson, from Cincinnati: Mr. and Mrs. Ebe, irom Columbus; Mr. Baird, Mr. and Mrs. C T. Wight and Mrs. Paul, or Toledo. Are Themselves Again. Chicago Mall. Tho summer girl has returnedher galluses to her brother and statistics show that al ready the percentage of men who nso p ro fanity is decreasing rapidly. Not the Fashion Any Longer. Baltimore American. I Tellow is the most undesirable, as woll as the least fashionable of all colors Just now. The more conspicuously it is displayed, tho the more it is shunned. Another Trust in Hard Luck. Chicago Tribune.l The coffin trust is not likely to reap much Doneflt from the visit of its esteemed rrlend, the cholera bacillus, to America this year. Seir-Presorvation the Plrst Law. Toledo Blade. Shall wo not prefer our own prosperity to tho prospority of other nationsT Miss Gertrude Trubt and Mr. E. A. Smith were married at 5 o'clock last even ing at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Trnby, Holland street, Wll klnsburg. The ceremony was performed by Rev. M. M. Fntterson, pastor of the First U. P. Church of that place. The bride was attended -toy Miss Rhodell Truby and Miss Ann Kilcore, and the groom was supported bv Mr. H. C. Bisler and Mr. James lAGra liam. Immediately after a reception and supper the young couple left on the last liiie ror an Eastern trip. Tneir residence on their return will be in a pretty new house on Hollaud street. The country is beautiful just now. Those who live in town, as well as those whose homes are in the country, but are too pre occupied to notice the charms of nature, do not know how lovely she is in the September days. Golden rod gives the meadows and hillsides tho glow or perpetual sunshine, while the purple asters mako a charming contrast to the background of yellow and green. The red timed leaves. Just beginning to turn, and the florid hue of the sumach stand lorth boldly' everywhere, while tne pure atmosphere that permeates the being at evorv breath gives one a capacity of en joyment that can only be felt In perfect spring or lall weather. "."ctBIOBS COrWMSAIlONsF ,J s- -Mexico ha a ?2,000,000 cathedral. Alcohol was discovered in the thir teenth century." During the Middle Ages the Spaniards were tho best Javelinmen. A man at Macon, Ga,, has a ?10 note of the Stato of North Carolina printed in 17S3. The "moving" stone at Lexington, Ky., is one of Kentucky's remarkable freaks ot nature Napoleon in 1817 gave permissions lay a cable between Dover and Calais, whioh was started in 1830. The Amazon Indians use a blow pipe, with which tliey blow an arrow 200 yards with wonderfnl preoision. Macrocystis, a seaweed of the South Pacific, often grows to be SO or ) inches la diameter and 1,500 to 2.0M feet in length. Michael Flavin, of Concord, O., boasts of a sunflower stalk 15 feet high. 3& Inches In diameter and containing 72 blossoms. The first book in which'the word Amer i.. . - .. nrinted In the little mount ain monastic town St. Die, France, in 1507. In New York lives a society woman who has an album containing photographs of all her costumes for the past ten years. The largest theater in the world is the opera honse In Paris. It covers nearly three acres of ground and cost about $20, 000,000. The Empress of China carries with her 3,000 dresses when she travels. These fill 100 boxes and are taken care of by L20O coolies. a ' The most recent trustworthy investiga- , Hon is that of M. De Chateller, who fixes the effective temperaturo of the sun at 17600 Fahrenheit. I The aluminum works in Switzerland the largest in the world use a water power or 1.500 horse power, and tnrn out about 1,200 pounds of the metal dally. In the family of Philip Drumel, of Philadelphia, five generations aro repre sented. Mr. Drumel is M years old and was a drummer boy under Napoleon the Great. The establishment ot TJniversalism as a religious denomination was the outcome of the theological agitation that stirred the old city of Gloucester, Mass., in Its earlier days. The elevation of Denver, Coh, being 5,370 feet over one mile above sea level, makes the atmosphere rare, dry and clear, there being on an average less than six days each year wltho jt sunshine. Dakota is now priding herself upon the discovery within her borders of an lmmenso cavern of crystals, which would supply the world with imitation diamonds and leave enough over to mend the roads w lth- "Ekernomerkal parties" are the latest fad at Mnncie, Ind. Each maiden and man attire themselves in the most "ekernomer kal'' costume their iniennity can invent, and a prize is awarded to the most merito Helmets in the fourteenth century were surmounted by extravagant ornaments; feathers, flowers, images of dragons, birds, beasts, the llgures of women, and occasion ally the bust of the knight himself, adorned, the crest. In Finland, women are met in almost evory business, as clerks doctors, dentists, builders, managers of small companies, and j as cashlera in banks, in which last captclty I their services are highly valued on account or their usually superior honesty. There ere 44 States, and in 37 of these the native born American electors con stitute a majority of the voting population. In four foreign born naturalized voters pre dominate; in three the negro population is in excess of the native white voters. I A Japanese soldier has invented a gfan which enables the possessor to send "aclojad nfbllndins dust" Into the eyes of afoe at a distance ot 12 feet. It is said that the pojor foe is thereby absolutely deprived or slgllit, and therefore, of course, at the mercy of bT is assailant. I In a garden near Yuma, Ariz., are groilr lnz 25 data trees, the largest of which lsJO fee't in height and 15 years old. This ani ' ...... ai.a AttiA fM.a ,,- nriur In hi!ATlnr mid some of the bunches of tnelr ftuit wela 50 pounds and are estimated to contain 3,0t dates each. The total vole for President in 1884 w 10,048,461. In 18S3 it was 11,333,033. This yc the ratio of increase will be greater account of the addition of six new State and the vote of these added to tho normt growth in population in ten years will glv a total of, probably, 1,000,000. Z The only Englishmen that are know. to the French people generally, it has bee said in a jocular ft ay. are Robinson Crosov and the Princo of Wales. Cafe Robinsons, restaurants bunt in trees, aro buiuui; mo latest Parisian fads. They take their name, of course, from Robinson Crusoe. Mrs. John Ogilvie Iioorhach, of Mystic, Ct., has a copy of the prayer hook printed in the Mohawk language for Rev. John Ogilvie, assistant minister of Trinity Chnroh, New Tork, in 1769. Only 20 copies wert printed. Mrs. Roorbacb, it is said, has received an offer of $4,000 for the book from the British Museum. A cat which patronizes the soda water fountain is an attraction of a drug store In Sixth avenue, Now Tork. Long ago it dis covered that the "cream" of the fountain suited its taste, and it has a habit of going nn to the counter and waiting until It Is served witn light refreshments In Its own particular saucer. About 250,000 canary birds are raised every year in Gormany.and, besides the 100, 000 birds that are sent to this country, the English market takes about 50,000 and the next best customers are Brazil, China, the Argentine Republic, and Austria, to which country salesmen aro sent with large num bers of Birds every year. A statistician of the German Govern ment has come to the rescue of those per sons who do not share the widespread superstition that Friday is the most unlucky day of the week. A short time ago ho de termined to make a scientific investigation of this question. The most fatal or un fortunate weet day. according to the In vestigator, is not Friday, but Monday. The number of visitors in the British Museum in the daytime in 1891 was 474,765, an increase oi iu.jo ui j"- - --- The grand total of 514,914. however, fell short of that of 1890, the numberof visitors in the evening having declined. The number of Persons using the resding room shows a ?l1eht increase, being 193,310, as compared to 197,823 in 1890. DEATHS I1EKE AND 'ELSEWHERE. Pitor. Geokce Coomb HobeetsosIj dead in London. Mks. Pansy Bogkes, aged 101 years, died at her home In Pavilion, N- Y., Tuesday. JONATHAN ALLiUf, Ph. D., LL. D., President of the Alfred University, died at Alfred Center, If. Y., Wednesday, aged 69 years. Wybuants Olpitebts, notorious as the central figure In the fiercest eviction campaign ever waged in Ireland, Is dtad at Folkanagh. Tux Duke of Sutherland died at Dnnrobln Cas tle, In England, at 10:30 last night, lie was noted as one of the richest men In the world. Frank Glovik. ex-cbamnlon heavy-weight pugtllst of Illinois, died In Chicago yesterday, aged' 9 years. His deatn was caused ty tuDcrctnosis oi the stomach and bowels. J. F. Nelson, said to be a nephew of Hon. J. R, Dougall, of tne Montreal Witness, was found dead In bed at Chicago Wednesday. It la not de termined whether he killed himself or died or heart disease. Nelson had been connected with various theatrical companies in the West. Social Chatter. The annual meeting of the Wilkinsburg W. C. T. TJ. will be held this afternoon at 2-SO o'clock, in the new M. E. Church on Soutb street. The Eev. Anna Shaw, the temper- is free and all are cordially Invited. Rsv. Geoeoe Hodges gave an '"'"''? lecture last evening In the ."""JL1'" opera house. His subject was, "i1.?"" la England." Thero was a large attendance. The proceeds went Into the fund or St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, of which Mr. Hodges was formerly pastor. The faculty of the Duquesne Conservatory of Muslo gave its opening e?'"1'"1"?? last night. Miss Sadie E. Rltts andMrs. Byron W King were among m yi ...... pants. AN apron social will be held this afternoon and evening by the members or Storret Union, at the Allegheny Day Nursery, on North avenne. The Ep worth League, of the Buena TlsU Street M. E. Church, will give an entertain ment this evening. gpiCT SEPTE3IBEK SPKLNKLE. Hostess "Won't you sing something, Mr. Mr. Greene There are so many strangers hers 1 Hostess-Nevermind them: they'll be gono be fore you get halfthrongh.-Spar JTmaits. I'm going back to Greenland, I'm going back to Greenland, I'm going to the home of Ice and snow. For upon IU frozen strand Hamburg steamers never land My heart's turned back to Greenland and I must KOw Chicago TrCtnms. "Hal Back from your vacation?" Yesi" H'ml Instead or looking rested you look all fagged out." So wonld you If you had been trying to play the lover to four summer girls." -Yo Kr Prtu. SHE SAID YES. I once thought the Fates propitious T'wss twenty years ago When I asted my Love a qnestloa, And she didn't answer no. Bu t the Fates were unpropltlous, For twenty years of woe , I'd certainly have been spared, if She bad only answerea no. -KasVt Weeitif. Maud Mamma, what is this People's party that I read so much about? Mamma Some vulgar entertainment. I thlni. Nobody in our set is giving lUBMfulo Express. Some go on legs. And some on pegs. With pedigrees all checkered! Bnt Nancy Hanks. She's got the shanks That beat the fastest record. Detroit Free Press. "1 wish you was rich, instead of having to work, paw," said the little bey. "But rich men have to work, too." replied his father. Tea, hut they don't work with tnelr hands, an' 1 believe ir yonr hands was soft you couldn't spans' me so hard." biOtanfyvUs Journal,
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