mSSK&fKKEKmliKKEiBSlSSMEiBuOtiBiBO - "; &2G!gR!s&gXlllrKs . " 'wpv SECOND PART. THE IMS PERIL His Subjects Fear His Cap ture by Cossacks in- Case of Trouble While HUXTKG KEAB BUSSIA. Berlin Takins: Stricter Precaution igainst Cholera Kow. THE SPREE A SOURCE OP DANGER. Other Elates Jealous of Prussia on the Ullltary Question. UOKEI HETiLS IN CENTRAL EUKOPE ICOrTRIOHT. 18K. BT 5. T. ASSOCIATED FUSS. Bir trv, Sept. 24. The Emperor started yesterday for Bominten on a boar and deer hunt The members of the court circles prefers anxiety about His Majesty going there to hunt. The lodce lies in a dense woods four miles from the Eussiau frontier, and U far distant from any railway. His Maes.y has few attendants and no German mop? are near him. If umeroui bands of os-acKs are scattered along the frontier ear hicb the hunting preserve lies, and ' is argued that in the event of a sudden Cjpjkv with Bussiasome reckless Cossack -h swoop down upon the lodge and carry S tbe Fniperor to Bussia. iip will return to Berlin at the end ofthe eel. and will go to see Emperor Franz oser n Vienna on October 9. On the 'a o A lenna he will stop to attend the o p wedding of the Grand Duke of Saxe- ' r He will stay in Vienna long b to greet the German officers, finish. c ' e i n; distance ride from Berlin. i are ite Emperor started on his hunt- o expe non lie recened Lieutenant v ar ar i Captain Bingham, the retirine ra- aso c ilitary attaches of the Ameri Kj f anon here, and also Lieutenants fca - acd Evans, their successors. Berlin Vigilant Against Cholera. 7t pe rle ot Berlin aecept the chance c c "I becoming epidemic very quietly. n'etu. watch is kept upon the water TKc unceasing vigilance of the . a ' mr.ties gives the public confi- ' ' the outbreak will not attain r" r onions. as i en clearly shown that those o o the disease here, apart from t i rases, owe their illness to the v i tbv water of the Spree. The "fQ &t that the river is infected re cr i'era bacilli has set the people o on their guird. The inhabitants 'o filter and boil all the water re o drinking. s arv Committee has stationed f- along the banks of the Elbe, ff ti cr acd Havel to keep watch upon zrge which are now recognized as "' ng infection. Along the banks of the t'ont of the marble palace at ts m patrol gcards have been placed to "3' boatmen from landing. . jf barauurg Board of Trade to-day 1s- v a ont ce ol the establishment of two j -i sanitary stations on the upper and -cr Elbe, where all passing river craft be eubjected to inspection and where rt Ccates of health are given. TVatclilng the Barges on the Elbe, Tbe rasa;e of cargo rafts and boats on the . f rier E.be is prohibited between 8 p. 11 a J A. M. Biver boats intending to lea-"' tor the lower Elbe during the night must report themselves for medical in tper -n before 3 o'clock the same after nof "d he boundary between Hamburg anc A ca. The examination commenced to-d of raprchandise passing between the to i ad also of all vehicles ex cer s tram cars. 2Jo restrictions are plap tT rer res are t -is the passenger traffic, bnt visi- - cg in Altona for 12 hours must -erselves to the authorities. Even - of Altona working in Hamburg H to provide themselves with , ese details show the extraor cz.e cow taken to limit the cholera arpa I- 'e 'he declared discontent on every a t the new law restricting Sunday sid tra fcr, r iovernment has decided to en i. t n ill authorize communal e o relax its provisions where J ther rraiir if teriere with the personal com fcr -' t.e inhabitants. The Emperor, spe u a member of the Berlin corpora- tic sa a lL.it the working people would soo earr he distinctive value of Sunday rep ad once tatting it, they would ne es re to relinquish it "-. Other States Jealous of Prussia. T -e pi-ping the new army bill, on rr .". the fate of the Gorernment, sef Bundesrath, the Emperor has e t"ate secretary .tiauzann to comer Tirti tbe Finance Minister of Bavaria, Sax v a i uitembere. Herr Maltzahn firt Boot to Stuttgart and thence to Carls- Tu it oar nc is at jaunicn. 1 on tbe reduction to two year's mili tary service concurrent upon raising the an nua ennnugent by 95,000, he found the Qnf r ments ol the iedpral btates ready to give their absent; but on the financial proj ects ' r meet ng the extra budget there was extreme diversity of opinion. Ore important feature of the bill, pro posing to t-niiy military legislation in ae corca ce with the Prussian law, met with f e 1 ve est opposition of the Federal Sta ps The Bavarian Government brusquely dec -ed to discuss the proposition. The prrs t e ate oi me negotiations leaves the per J cf tbe introduction of the bill un- c-r .i lo official circles it is believed ta t-e uovernment win wan tne results c - Lardtag'a vote on taxation reforms be e a k. n; tne Keichstag lor the ln- crca e ' l;:ii enal taxation arising from the ar- c i T --igD off ces have notified William W a ter rt eips,ilie American Minuter here, tat ' p 'r .lernmeni win iace measures to lave Ger any represented at the various c-n reuses to be held in Chicago next year. Germany and the Monetary Conference. A cajtr-ittee of the German Union of Xar kers Las approved the participation of Ge-canv in the International Monetary C;n -rece- Ihe banks pagerly watch the jane ent of silver and gold, and are now ipet a-.y interested in the Austro-Hun-pan-J conversion toward a gold cjrre cv mo giu receivea oy the At:sro-Hunganan banks within tie (c six weeks amounted to 35,000,000 flcr , lrcluwing 3,ouu,uuu norms ot Ameri can ea"le. xne minting oi tne new goia vi'.ns is about to commence. The Austrian Finance Minister will issue a gold loan of 100,000,000 florins for minting purposes. The Hungarian Finance Minister snnonnees that that Government Is provided with gold for the mint and that it will not asfc a loan. It has 15,000,000 florins in gold on hand, with the prospect of receiving 30,000,000 more from the surplus on the financial rear. GLADSTONE YS ARGYLL. The Premier Replies to Ills Adversary's Attack on Home Bole How the Tory Thunderer Views the Controversy Tammany Methods In Ireland. London, Sept 24. The Timts has the full text of Mr. Gladstone's vindication of home rule, which was to appear in an American publication to-day, cabled to it from Xew York last night This article is written in reply to one by the Duke of Argyll published in the same magazine last month. This morning's issue of the Times contains, besides Mr. Gladstone's article, a long leader, in which it attacks his premises and deductions. It appears that the interest the Duke has always taken ir. American effairs, his sympathy constantly displayed for Ameri can ideals, the nromptitude and earnestness with which he championed the Federal cause at a time when Mr. Gladstone was in forming the civilized world that the rebel President had made a nation, naturally won for him the grateful respect of patriotic American citizens. Mr. Gladstone evi dently feared that the effects of the state ments made on the authority of one so well entitled to the confidence of American citi zens might exercise them. He endeavored to counteract their effects by promptly issning a characteristic reply. The fundamental propositions the Timet savs the Duke of Areyll lays down are not the kind to be affected by slight inac curacies or disposed of by the passionate rhetoric Mr. Gladstone seeks to palm oS as an argument, and Americans from their domestic experiences have slight difficulty in deciding whether, as a rnle, Irish organ izations managed by Irish partisans are dis tinguished lor intelligence or integrity. The Timet adds: We have heard of Tammany events on the other side ol the ocean, and of the arts by which Tammany Hull was secured. Mr. Gladstone's ideal is Ireland ruled on Tain m 'ny principles, unrestrained by any ef fectual legal limits save of lili own making. We see nutulnjr in the disjointed tracts and miscellaneous documents lie advances with so mucn unnecessary pomp to weaken the dp enption Ills opponent has givon. His efforts at historical inquiry are all per meated with that tone of table which in variably marks his description ot Irish, events. HEW WAY TO MAKE MONEY. A Company That Will Insure Against Twins and Triplets. BT CABLE TO Tltl DISPATCH. LoJfDOX, Sept 24. What worse domes tic calamity can befall a poor man's home than the advent ot twins, unless it be trip lets? That, at least, is the idea upon which the projectors of the Provident Bounty Association, organized this week, propose to bank. The prospectus of the concern as a financial document is unique. It bears some respectable names, and subscriptions to the capital stock of 10,000 are invited, with most tempting in ducements. It is notorious, say these projectors, that many people marry in the hope of Improving fortune, but fre quently disappointment comes with the advent of an unexpectedly large family. This association provides to some extent for that contingency by at once giving a substantial sum in the case ofthe birth of twins. It is further set forth that there were no less than 1. 147.000 births in Great Britain and Ireland last year, and that medical statistics fix the proportion of twins at per cent The schedule of rates and conditions is in teresting. It is provided that a subscrip tion must be made at least three months be fore the date of birth, and the twins mnst be born alive to entitle the subscriber to the bonus. A subscription of 5 shillings will in sure the sum ot 10. Twoguineas insure 100. There is no provision tor any larger sum, but in the case of triplets "an additional bonus of 50 per cent w ill be paid without greater cost On the basis ot tnese figures the projectors easily compute that there are millions in it If only 10,000 prospeciive mothers subscribe the profits will be 33 per cent, and the glittering prospect ol extend ing the system to America, the Continent and the colonies is seductively dwelt upon. SETTEE LANDING FACILITIES Likely to Be tho Besult of the Inman Line's Bemovat IBT CABLE TO THE DISrATCH.1 London, Sept 24. The removal of the Inman Line to Southampton has stirred the Liverpool authorities to provide better facilities than the present landing stage for the embarkation of passengers. It is pro posed to build a new landing stage at the entrance north of the Biver Mersey, which shall be available at all states of the tide. Bail connection can then be provided direct from the dock to London. It the transatlantic companies approve the scheme the Mersey Docks Board will ask Parliament lor the necessary authority. TOO ETJCH LAND LYISD IDLE. Scotch Tapers Protest Against the Absence of Mr. Winans. fBT CABLX TO TUB DISPATCH. Loxbok, Sept 24. The continual ab sence of Mr. Winans, n ho has not visited his vast Highland deer forests for five years, is provoking the criticism of the Scotch newspapers. These preserves in the north of Scotland stretch from sea to sea, and Mr. Winans pays an annual rental of 25,000 for the territory. The point is made an American should not be permitted to keep such a great tract locked up lor years, whtn there is such a dearth of land for pasturage and other pur poses. BESCUIHG A UAVAL BELIC. Lord elson's Old Flag Ship to Be Purchased by a Mansion House Fund. London, Sept 24. It having been an nounced for some time that the old line-of-battle-ship, the Foudroyact, which the English captured from the French and which subsequently became the flagship of Admiral Kelson, was to be sold to be broken up, many indignant protests have been written against the warship being con demned to such a fate. So strong was the patriotic feeling that Lord Mayor Evans gave his consent yester day to open a Mansion House fund for the fiu'rchase of the ship. The vessel has been aid up for many years. Buying the Tomb ofthe Savior. TBY CABLr TO THE OtSPATClt. LOXDON, Sept 24. John Murray, the head of the British publishing house, has made an appeal to the public for funds to purchase the tomb outside the Damascus gate, at Jerusalem, which is believed by many experts to be the actual tomb ofthe Savior. The intention is to preserve the tomb from desecration and to maintain a irarden around the sacred spot The amount required is 6,000. A British Governor Almost Drowned. Sixoapoee, Sept 24. While Sir Cecil Smith, Governor of the Straits settlement, wai returning from Perak, his launch struck a snag in the Kanta river. A large THE PITTSBURG DlSPaTCBTTgP THE hole was made In the bottom of the launch, and it qnickly foundered. The Governor could not swim and he sank twice before ha was rescued. Two natives were drowned. FABIS AS GAY AS CAB BE, Cheers for Anarchy Go Where Those for the Empire Are Squelched. BT CABLE TO THE DISfATCH.1 London, Sept 24. Paris has been very gay this week. The great centennial fete of Thursday is almost unanimously re garded as a brilliant success. The Prefect of Police estimates that 1,000.000 spectators witnessed the historical cavalcade on tne left bank of the Seine, and 800,000 saw the procession on the other side of the river. This may be a slight exaggeration, but certainly the crowds out- numoerea any wnicn ever belore gatnerea in the French metropolis, with perhaps one or two exceptions. Now that France pro fesses so much love for Bussia. and has even made a secret defensive' alliance with the Czar, the fact is sbarplv commented upon that the Bussian embassy did not join in the great illumination Thurs lay night, which formed the climax of the celebration. A leading Paris journal calls attention to the fact that two countries alone assisted themselves with our national fete, namely, Italy and England. Of course the growing sentiment of anarchy found frequent ex pression. Cries of "Vive 1'Anarchiel" were not repressed until a persistent party of roysterers made the air ring with them in front of President Carnot's residence, and then, before tbe Ministry ot- tbe In terior late at nicht On the other hand, an impudent imperialist who dared shout "Vive 1 Empire! was instantly hustled to jail. AH UNFOSTTJU ATE EXPEIMEST. Mrs. Delaunay Fined for Trying to Solve a Mnch-Vexed Problem. rnr cable to the dispatcii.1 London, Sept 24. American women will sympathize heartily with Mrs. Delau nay, whose difficulties, growing out of the servant girl problem, led to her appearance as a defendant in the Bow Street Police Court yesterday. Mrs. Delaunay has been driven to despair by the delinquencies of her kitehen maids. She tried a risky experi ment She installed a boy of 16 years in her kitchen in the capacity of dishwasher, stove polisher, potato parer and waiter. She argued that he could "hardly be more de structive than the average scullery maid, and that with training he might become a most satisfactory servant, and then the style when he put on a page's jacket,and tended the door Unfortunately it is of little purpose to send the result of the experiment to an anxious nation of American housewives. The sequel in this case could not happen to them. Mrs. Delaunay was summoned to court charged with hiring a male servant without taking out a license, as required by the excise Iaw,at a cost of 15s per annum. She was compelled to pay a fine ot 80s. One is moved to ponder whether, after all, the American tariff has not advantages as a source ot national revenue over the Eng lish system, which imposes a tax for wear ing a seal ring, for hiring a b y, lor draw ing a check, lor receipting a bill, etc. AN EN0EM0U3 LAHD 0WHEB. The Late Duke of Sutherland's Estate a Million and a Quarter Acres. Tbt cable to the dispatch. London, Sept 24. The Duke of Suth erland, who died Thursday, was the largest land owner in England. Beside having estates in three other counties, he practical ly owned the whole of Sutherlandshire. Altogether, he had over 1,250,000 acres. He was fairly well liked by his tenants, and had the reputation of being a just land lord. At one time he was in particular lavor with the English Court The strained relations between the duke and his first wile, however, led to a coolness at the court, and for many years His Grace had only the b'arest recognition from the royal home. When he returned from America with Mrs. Blair as his bride he retired to his Suther landshire sea', Dunrobin Castle, and mixed very little with the world ot fashion. Tbe Marquis of Stafford, who succeeds to the dukedom, sat for some years in the House of Commons. He was not on the best of terms with bis father, as he took a rather lively objection to the Duke disen tailing the estate and cutting down the timber. The Earl ol Cromartie, the second son, was the Duke's favorite. POOR VEGETABLE CROPS. Fred Ilelni Says Cholera Will Advance the Price of Cauliflower-Sal tcrs Hold-, lng on to Cucumbers for Better Prices Peculiar Besult of a Scare. The price of pickles and canned goods promises to be high this winter. The crop ot vegetables is nothing to boast of and the rates are gradually going up Fred Heinz, of Heinz Bros. & Co., "Was speaking yesterday about the outlook; "The cucumber crop," he said, "has not been a bowling success this summer, and the salters are holding them in stock lor higher prices. The creat pickle district is within a belt 150 miles in radius around Chicago. More cucumbers are raised in thu section than anywhere else in tbe country. Tbe clima e and the moist soil from the in fluence of the lakes are peculiarly adapted to their growth. The cucumbers are gathered and placed in large rait vats by the salters. Knowing that they are a very scarce article in the market, they are inclined to hold on to them. Tomatoes also have been scarce, and krauts are at a premium. "The cholera scare will greatly advance the price of cauliflower. For some reason this vegetable can't be raised successfully in America. Growers hare spent thousands of dollars trying to cultivate it here with out avail. Most of the cauliflower is im ported from Rotterdam and Amsterdam. It grows in abundance in the lowlands of Holland and Belgium. As soon as I heard of cholera, I went to .New York and bought up all the cauliflower I could find. I have a big storage house packed full, and I am glad ot it Of course everything coming from these points now is suspected, and af ter awhile cauliflower will be raarity in this country." The Sons of. America Adjourn. Lebanon, Sept 24. At the final session oi the National Camp Patriotic Order Sons of America this morning Chicago was almost unanimously chosen as the place of meeting next year. The officers will be elected in 1893. In a serie s of resolutions the observance of Columbus Day was urged, after which the camp adjourned. EXPOSITION-Black Pnttl, the wonder of the century in the musical line, at tho Exposition only one week, commencing September 26, afternoon and evening. A kumbib of artists and most of the crayon factories or stoiesmake it a point to say they do a larue amount of work for DabUs. None of them have ever done any woik for me whatever, and never willaud I never employ agents to solicit B. Xj. H. Dabbs, Photographer, 600 and 602 Liberty street New Sheet Music. New song folios. New piano folios. New waltz folios. New niaii'lolln and guitar music. New music il literature. All Hie Inte't sliret mustont half price at H. Kleber & Bio.'e, No. SOS Wood street. SrEOiAi. salts of carpets continued one moro week. Bead Groetzingor's ad. on sec ond paga. PITTSBURG DISPATCH. pairs nr POLITICS. Speculation as to tne Results of Mr, Blaine's Innovation. JYHAT DOLLARS DO IN CAMPAIGNS. Hoir the republican f eiders Look at the Tote of Maine and Vermont GOSSIP PROM THfe HEADQUARTEE8 rnoBKEsroxDEMn: or the dispatch NmvYOBK, Sept 24. "The falling off of our majorities in Maine and Vermont," said a Bepublican manager at 518 Fifth ave nue, "is the best thing that could have hap pened to us." This extraordinary cheerfulness under political reverses indicates a Christian spirit worthy of all emulation. A boy who gets licked and savs: "Thank you mamma, it is the best thing you could do for me," has a hopeful future it he lives but he is liable to die early. I have a little 5-year-old who has been spanked once. It was great novelty to him, and made such an im pression on lili mind that in an hour or so he came and laid himself across my lap and requested me to spank him again. I gently suggested that he hadn't done anything that require d a repetition of tbe punish ment I "But I've been thinking of it, papa; and It might keep me from it." It appears to ba the same advance con triteness of spirit that actuates the gentle men at 518, and as such it is a very good sign. They haven't requested the favor of being spanked again, however. "It will warn the party," continued the manager, "that this campaign cannot be fought out successfully without an effort It will stimulate the voters. I say it isjthe best thing that could have happened. If we had held our own or increased our majority we should have been so confident that defeat would be morally certain." Blaine's Latest Contribution to Politics. Speaking of tbe Maine election reminds me of the disposition iu certain Harrison ian quarters to find fault with one James G. Blaine for not voting. This absurd cavil has driven that voter into carding the news papers in explanation. The gist of his ex cuse is that he didn't have time and that he was "paired." That explanation ought to satisly the most exacting political manager. There were a good many voters in Maine who didn't have time, and who were not "paired," either. The fact is, this ques tion of pairs is not thoroughly understood throughout the couutry, and Mr. Blaine's explanation of why he didn't vote is there fore one of the most valuable contributions to campaign literature, American politics can never be considered worked up to tne highest style ot the art until the pairing s stem long In yojne in Congress is gener ally introduced and perfected. The custom ot pairs is well understood by a man like Blaine, who has sat in both Houses ot Con gress with distinguished ability, and it only remained for the father ot reciprocity and other political innovations to engraft Pairs with a big "P" on our national electoral system to round out and polish off a grand political career. Iu the Senate of the United Slates the theory and practice of pairs is carried to a higher state ot perfection than obtains any where else in the world; though the Na tional House of Bepresentatives, if you will pardon the expression, ain't no slouch. Growth of the Fair In the Senate. "When a Senator wanted to go away' in Blaine's time he weut to a brother Senator ot the other political party and arranged with him privately to abstain from voting on important political questions and to pub licly announce, should the occasion arise, that he was "paired" with the gentleman from So-and-so and it that gentleman were present he would vote on such a side, and that he, the Senator lrom So-and-so, would vote on the other. This kept the record ol both gentlemen straight and did not affect the main issue. It was called a "pair." This elaborate definition is necessary from the fact that most people think that a pair means two ot a kind aud beats ace high. Iu this case it means exactly tbe opposite. That is the wav it used to be in the Sen ate of the United States when James G. Blaine was in it The system implied the presence of one party to announce the pair and keep the record "Straight. But the rapid progress of events brought along a new and improved system by tbe operation of which neither Senator need be present They don't even have to bother about hunt ing up a Senator of tbe opposition. The pair once officially recogn zed, an official pair-maker lollowed as a matter of course. Ihe pair-maker looks after the absent Senators and pairs them one with another without causing them the expenditure of unnecessary thought So it is now possible lor a Senator to go home and mend his fences, or go off and get diuuk without jeopardizing his political record. In fact, it isn't necessary to go to Washington at all and a certain California millionaire Senator did not go, being paired through the entire session. TFhat the New System Would Save. The "pair" introduced by Mr. Blaine in the popular electiou is a startling Innovation but it is worthy ot careful and prayerful consideration. The question whether it will open a market for another barrel of pork is not distinctly divided from it Here is my servant, a Democrat, who must go and vote aud here am I, a Bepublican, who must go and vote, though if we mutually agreed to remain at home the absenteeism would not affect tbe result at alL Under the present system he has a day off, goes to the polls and gets drunk and probably locked up; I drop business, go to the polls, talk politics, get hot in the collar and miss my dinner and otherwise demean myself. Under the reform movement of pairs be gun by Mr. Blaine there would be no use of this. The official pair makers oould be no tified by us aud our names be stricken from the poll books In advauce and transferred to the book of pairs. If there were 1,400 Democratic votes in my precinct and 1,200 Bepublican votes, It would be possible for 1,2U0 men to pair, and the presence of the 200 men not paired, and who, of course, couldn't pair because there would be no body to pair with them, would be all that would be absolutely necessary to conduct the election. See how simple! It 'seems incredible that this scheme should have to await the practical illustration ot James G. Blaine beiore it takes root iu the American body politic. If 1,000,000 voters, at the average wages of J2 SO per day, were thus paired and remained at work on election day, instead of tooling aroun) talking poli tics they don't understand, there would be a net saving ot 2,600.000 in a single day. And if but figures always make me tired. Incentive ofthe Almighty Dollar, 'They ought to pay every one of those fellows 100 a week," said a Tammany man, alluding to the subordinates about head quarters, "and they would just whoop things up. The idea of employing a lot of good party men and then giving them the salary of office boys is ridiculous. Let them cet flOO a week and you'd see tbem around dointr some cood for the ticket Thev'd spend the money and the party would get SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER FARMER JONES PREPARES SIS 8T00K FOR TBE OPENING OF THE HUNTING SEASON. the benefit Why, some of those fellows have to dress and live like tramps. And they're gentlemen and workers. There's no economy in a stingy campaign of this kind. People instinctively judge the whole campaign by what they see at headquarters. It's a great mistake. Whoever is respon sible lor it doesn't know human nature. ' A Bandall Democrat on the Stump. Congressman W. H. Souden has been In the city for several days, flying out here aud there to deliver political speeches for the National Democratic Committee. Mr. Souden went out to Tarrytown the other evening, and on a few hours' notice had an enthusiastic audience of some 1,200 people. He naturally thinks the impression that little interest is taken ip the campaign is erroneous. Souden is from Allentown, Pa., and has a Congressional record of a high protection Democrat, having supported the late Samuel J. Bandall in his earnest fight against the Morrison horizontal tariff bill and having voted against the Mills bill I asked Souden How be could reconcile hs record with the Democratic platform. It is one of the anomalies of politics that a Pennsylvania protectionist like Souden finds it possible, aud even agreeable, to take the stump on a platform, the leading principle, ot which Is a bold condemnation ot that which he holds most dear. The Democratic candidate, the Democratic plat torm and the great mass of the Democratic party have unequivocally declared that tariff reform, or anti-protection, is tbe only real, issue before the country. Both parties agree upon this. If Democracy to-day means anything it means hostility to pro tection. Mr. Cleveland has reduced it to that As long as thousands of Democrats like Souden support the ticket on reminis cences and thousands ot Bepublicans wbo are against protection support the Bepublican ticket on reminiscences we will never know just how the country stands on the main This season we have beaten all previous records, andareselling our goods at lower prices than ever. -The Terms Please the People- THIS CHAMBER SUIT $15. $15. $15. You make the Terms. THIS PARLOR SUIT $28. $28. $28. You make the Terms. HOUSEHOLD CREDIT CO. 414 WOOD STREET 414 -3SS- PITTSBURG'S LEADING BUILDERS OF HAPPY HOMES. -St 25. 38921 Issue. If we could only have a square vote on the tariff considered by itself what a lovely thing it would be. Electricity Applied to Politics. Coming down Fifth avenue at night toward Democratic headquarters tbe elec trical transparencies have a very queer effect They are in rainbow colors and read: DEMOCRATIC KAXIONAL COMMITTEE. CLEVELAND AND STEVENSON. They begin on top of the house and wind up at the third story, the letters being of tinted glass rondeaus illuminated with in candescent bulbs of various colors. The names of the candidates reach clear across the building and are in alternate letters of red, white and blue. The "And" is iu green, in deference to the Democrats from the "Ould Sod." As you approach from the direction of Twenty-third street you can see only the white light letters "L" "E" "N" in the ex-President's name, and "T" "E" "O" in General Stevenson's name. The others are invisible until you get almost opposite. A Smart Man From West Virginia. The Bepublican National CommUtee has sent out Mr. Jacob Kemple, of Wheeling, W. Va., to entertain the interior with stories from the stump. Kemple is a speaker after the style of Horr, of Michigan, aud isn't tar from the Michigan campaign orator in personal appearance. He is snort, heavily set, of great girth aud of features fat, child like and bland, and when he laughs his eyes dance merrily and his fatness shakes 'all over. Kemple'i forte Is homely illustra tion by humorous and telling stories. His idea is that-an audience should be enter tained as well as instructed, and that it 414 Wood Street. 414 Popular With the People on Account of Our Continued Warfare on High Prices. W MAKE THE TERMS TO SUIT. YOU DO THE REST SELECT THE GOODS. THIS LOUNGE $6.50. $6.50. $6.50. Easy terms, as you like them. should be dismissed with a good impression. He has an apparently inexhaustible fund of stories which he can tell with an inimitable Irish and German dialect When he is in terrupted in the course of his remarks he pauses long enough to fire one of these bits of humor or satire at the interlocutor, which generally settles him to the hilarious satis faction ofthe audience. The boys tell a great story of Kemple'i experience four years ago in Boston with Harvard lads, who have an unpleasant habit of firing nuestions at a public speaker. They presumed upon Kemple's persoual appearance, which is rather plain, as well as portly, but the Harvard boys got a taking down that they remember to this day. At least there is one who remembers the occa sionthe Harvard man who told me. An Oil Man After Gas. National Bepublican headquarters boasts of a Pennsylvania man who was once re puted an oil millionaire 'round about Titus ville. He is now boring for oil for Colonel Carter and a salary. When he strikes "first sand" we will hear more of him. His name is B. H. Lee. Although a Pennsyl vanian, Captain Lee was commander of the Sixteenth New York Independent Battery during the war, aud is said to have made a good military record. Captain Lee still owns oil wells in Washington and Ail e gbeny counties, Pa. He was once a large producer and refiner of oil, and during the palmy days of the oil rezions had a good deal of money. Just now he doesn't kno w whether he is better or worse for having a few oil wells on his hands. Charles Theodoee Mdbkat. EXPOSITION Black Patti, the surprise or surprises, the musical phenomenon, begin ning September 26, afternoon and evening. One week only. FuaaiTuitE reupholstered and repaired. Hacob & KxatxTi, S3 Water street THIS EXTENSION TABLE $4.50. $4.50. $4.50. Solid Oak. Worth $7.50. 1 jU. 5,000 CASES OF FETER-. London Has an Epidemic of the Fear ful Bed Scourge That Is MORE CONTAGIOUS THAN CHOLERA. A Conflict Between, Two Boards PreTent the Proper Care FOE THOSE STBICZEN WITH THE PIlGCll rBT CABLE TO THE SISrATCTX. LONDON, Sept 24. London is to-day suffering from an epidemic not so deadly as cholera, but serious enough to demonstrate the utter inadequacy of the boasted prepa rations for coping with any form of pesti lence. There are about 5,000 cases of scar let fever in this metropolis, and the disease is spreading rapidly. A week ago I mentioned that the hospital accommodation for such cases was already overtaxed. Now that the authorities are at their wits' end, they have not only ac knowledged themselves helpless, but they have uncovered a scandal on the local Gov ernment snch as Englishmen have been fond of declaring could exist only under tne scheming ambition of transatlantic institu tions. Hospital management in London has been nnder strong suspicion and criticism of late. The Local Government Board, so called, is the general sanitary authority. The Metropolitan Asylums Board Is the local exreutive authority, which has charge especially of the public hospitals for con tagions' diseases in London. Neither board is directly responsible to the people. It transpires that there has been for months a practical deadlock between thesa two governing functions. In tbe midst of what has grown to be a serious emergency the Asylums Board throws up its hands, and a resolution adopted this week, appeals to the Boards of Guardians,the sanitary au thorities and the press to use their influ ence to prevent such a scandal. The board says it has appealed to tbe Local Govern ment Board tor months for additional hospi tal accommodations, and thus lar in vain. Hundreds ot scarlet fever cases, especially among the poor, are now left to spread the epidemic in a kind of geometrical progress ion, tor scarlet fever, the medical authori ties agree, is far more contagious than chol era. FnrE diamonds and precious stones set In all the latest designs. Lowest prices In the city at M. G. Cohen's, 3S Filth avenue. Octobeb wltn its nights so cold and clear, And frosty morns i!l soon be here. This means you will need to don your overcoat when out under tho starry heavens, or hastening to your dally toil In, tbe early morn. It mav need cleaning or dyeing, perhaps. Cbas. Pfei'er will do this tor yon; 17 warons at vonr service. J 143 Smitbfleld street. 100 Federal street, Allegheny. 1913 Caisnn street, Southside. Telephones 3169. l:6t CmCKEIUNG PIANO, 8100. J. 31. Hoffmann & Co. A Chlokerlng piano, In perfect order, of fine rosewood case and splendid tone, for $100. An exceptional bargain. J. il. Hornumr 4 Co., 637 SmitUfleld streot Pedal Organ for Sale. Blellor & Hoene. Just tbe thing for a small church, ot organ student Price very low. Cash. or Installments. ilELLor. & (IOE3E, Founded 1631. -"1 Warerooms, 77 Filth avenue.3 Shall fn size, great Ip resultss-DeiWIttlL Little Early BLer. Best pin for'constlitlourV, uot, lur siujk ucauauuu uau soar siomsiu. Our Carpets' are the talk of the town. No wonder. You never heard such prices quoted. YOU MAKE THE TERMS. THIS FINE DRAPED COUCH $15. $15. $15. Price elsewhere $25. On easy terms at that se2341 yyajaB, JtS i 'I Hi JB :f U ' Xi p5 :l" ' .' : $ ?-.