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Such a difference of taxes as is proposed would be a direct incentive to the adop tion of broader tires, which is the main necessity for giving the bigcer wheel a trial. Once the better system has been lested the encouragementof the graduated tax vail hardly be necessary, for the prac tical advantages to the wagon owners will be little less than that to the roads. In considering the proposals for a vehicle tax, Councils will do well to pay special attention to this feature and give it their indorsement. WILLIAM'S VAGARIES. The ways of the Emperor William in many respects pass ordinary understand in;;, lie is apt to assume a familiarity with the methods and motives of Provi dence, which lead to strange surmises as to his own reasons for various vagaries. In his belief in the divine right of kings and kaisers, William constantly exhibits his idea that he is the special agent of heaven by doing things which to the ordi nary human mind appear inexplicable. Thu, he recently forbade prayers for the cessation of cholera, lest they should en courage a feeling of faith that he consid ered likely to result in a neglect ot pre cautions by mortal man. It was hardly likely that those who were wrought up to a realization sufficient to impel them to public and private praypr would avoid the use of disinfectants and continue in habits of uncleanliness. But doubtless the Kaiser's -action was the result of direct inspiration which must not be questioned. Again, it is natural enough that William should rejoice in the advent of a daughter as an addition to his family of six sons, especially as this birth relieves him from fear that he was the subject of a terrify ing ancient monkish prophecy as to the sad fate pf a German monarch who should have seven sons. Bat just why he should celebrate his thankfulness by an edict pardoning all women in German jails under sentence for first offenses, or for crime attributed to distress or anger, is not quite clear. If the prisoners were guilty of law-breaking they were properly punished unless the laws were inequitable, and then the laws should be repealed. But why the Emperor should perform an act likely to increase the criminal population of his country, simply because he is the happy father of a daughter, it is hard to understand. However, the ways of Kaiser Wilhelm are seldom the ways of ordinary men, and after all a little indiscriminate mercy may do more good than harm. FARMERS AT THE TAIR. Executive Commissioner Farquhar, of the World's Fair, has issued an urgent ap peal to the farmers of Pennsylvania to have their products properly represented at Chicago. All communications are to be addressed to Colonel Woodward, Harris burg, and such offered exhibits as reach the necessary standard of excellence will be transported to Chicago free of expense. This State has received one ot the four best locations in the Agricultural Depart ment for the display of its crop products and ought to make the most of it. Pennsylvania's manufactures and miner als are of supreme importance,but the farm ing industries of the State are not to be overlooked and should be given the display that they deserve. It depends upon the farmers to do themselves proper justice in this matter, and pride and self-interest should not allow the result of their efforts to be doubtf 11L ANOTHER CHOLERA SPECIFIC. The Medical Mies, of Philadelphia, pub lishes a communication in which Dr. David Stewart, Clinical Lecturer on Medi cine in the Jefferson Medical College, claims that he has discovered an infallible specific for the treatment of cholera in hydronaphthol, a Bensoie derivative. The doctor shows evidence of careful research, and makes out a good case for the effi ciency of his discovery, so far as the lay mind can judge. But, as Prince Krapot kin points out in the Nineteenth Century, one announcement of this kind after an other has been made until the public has lost faith in them. "Such ephemeral dis coveries are simply indicative" he says "of an unhappy general tendency among modern scientists that of hastening to announce discoveries, and to at ach one's name xo something new, before the sup posed discovery has been submitted to the test of searching experiment." It is true that Dr. Stewart describes ex periments the result of which support his theory, but nothing short of trial in an epidemic-ridden district can make its effi cacy assured. Meanwhile there is sound sense and good advice in the following further remarks by Krapotkin: "The more the study of bacteria is advancing the more it is recognized that a healthy body which is capable of itself putting a check on the development of morbid micro-organisms is the best means of combating them, that sanitary measures which prevent the very appearance of morbid germs are the surest means against the possibilities and the risks of infec tion." ISSUES AND PARTIES. One of the most philosophic remarks of Governor McKinley at the Washington meeting was his observation that "parties do not make issues, but issues make par ties." This will be pretty well shown by the tariff discussion, before it is over. For a while voters may feel disposed to divide according to party lines upon new questions, or upon new aspects of old ones. The impulse is to answer to the familiar name and to follow the accus tomed leaders! But when their interests and their intelligence are touched deeply voters shape their convictions" for them selves. This will be illustrated upon the tariff and the money issues more stroDgly than upon any others recently before the public. The benefits of protection in en abling industries to be started and profit ably maintained are felt in one way or another as much by Democrats as by Re publicans. It is not easy to see how there could be substantial difference be tween five manufacturers who call them selves Democrats and five manufacturers who call themselves Republicans as to the practical workings of an economic policy affecting their business; or between five workingmen who call themselves Democrats, five who call themselves Popu lites, and five who call themselves Repub licans as to whether protection Is or is not beneficial in keeping American mills and shops going, a,nd in holding the standard of wages above the European level. But if at the start each group were to range itself, through force of habit, in line under Democratic or Republican leaders, there Is nothing surer than that experience would ultimately drive them to the same platform. The manufacturer and the workingman, no matter by what political names they call themselves, both want what is best for tbem; and it is their experience and intelligence, not the in citations of transient clap-trap or dema goguery, which will finally attach them to parties or issues that sharply and vitally affect their means of livelihood The same holds true upon the money question. If the idea of abolishing na tional banks and substituting wild-cat currency were carried out, the man who found himself victimized with depreciated or worthless bills would denounce the sys tem none the less heartily because he had been an ardent Populite or Democrat in place of a Republican. Governor McKinley was wise in pre senting this line of thought to the people of the great manufacturing district around Pittsburg. Whatever doubts the farmer of the Northwest may have about the tariff, because he does not perhaps see at once the benefits to himself, the evidences of what the tariff has done in building up this part of the country are all around us. It is not alone Republicans who are concerned in the operation of the thousands of factories; nor are the mer chants who depend for their trade upon the population engaged in these factories divided by party names; nor have the owners of real estate in the various cities and towns the less at stake because they have hitherto called themselves Demo crats or Republicans. The interests of each are the interests of all. These inter ests, too, are more important to them than the gratification of helping this or that set of politicians to the eminence and emoluments of office. It is not a question of Republican or Democrat this year so much as the more important question of voting for the policy that is best adapted to the business interests of the country and to local inter ests in a most particular degree. FOREIGN CRIMINALS. There is a new argument on behalf of restricting immigration, by discriminating as to the people admitted to this country, found in a census bulletin just published. It contains classified statistics as to the in mates of juvenile reformatories on June 1, 1890. The total number of these in mates was 14,846. Of these 3,065 were born in this country of two foreign parents, and one parent was a foreigner in 963 other cases. Besides these there were 1,405 foreign born inmates. Deduct ing the 1,930 negroes, 1 Chinese and 12 Indian inmates, the aggregate number of white inmates was 12,903. It is therefore clear that the foreign element of our popu lation is responsible for more than half the number of juvenile offenders in this country. This becomes plainer still when 2,905 cases in which one or both parents were unknown, and 420 whose nativity was unrecorded are again subtracted from the total. It is then seen that out of 9,575 juvenile criminals whose antecedents were ascertainable no les3 than 6,333 or practically two-thirds are due to the in flux of foreigneia. These figures are one more'added to the many strong ev.dences that the welfare of America demands some discrimination in the admission of foreign settlers. The statistics would be mors valuable if they were carried into details which would in dicate what nationalities are those least desirable ac, American settlers. But they are at least enough to show that the pres ent promiscuous permission to land given to unassorted aliens, must be put an end to by a system based upon proper in quiries and discriminating selection, and rigidly enforced. DOLGETTLLE'S CHARACTERISTIC. The New York Tribune of Saturday de votes considerable space to a review of the work done" In building up industrial in terests at Dolgeville, N. T. The effort which has succeeded in transforming a former Adirondack hamlet Into the thriv ing and modern town of Dolgeville is well worthy of attention. The Tribune pre sents it as a demonstration of the pro tective system. It is that, as its enter prising and progressive founder and pro moter, Mr. Alfred Dolge, declares; but it is not that alone. Indeed, it shares with scores of larger towns and cities the growth that is stimulated and aided by protection.' The feature that maies Dolgeville peculiarly interesting to the student of social statistics is its illustration of successful profit-sharing. Mr. Dolge, who is as enthusiastic on this point as onprotection,calls his.plan "earn-ing-sbaring." It differs from other plans in that the division of annual earnings outside of regular wages goes to perma nent funds for the future benefit of the em ployes. The wages aro paid regularly, and in addition a certain share of the profits is annually set aside for three purposes. They are: First, a pension system, by which every male employe re ceives a full pension after twenty-five years of service and partial pensions pro rata at shorter terms; second, an insur ance plan, by which the lives of all em ployes are insured for from $1,000 to .$3,000; third, an endowment plan, by which each employe of more than five years' standing is credited with the amount he has produced for the firm in excess of his wages. JEich man gets six percent income on this endowment, but the princi pal Is only paid to him when' ho reaches the age of sixty or to his heirs if he dies sooner. The success of this scheme, accom panied as it is by annual festivals in which the employers and employed meet on a common footing to report and discuss their condition, shows that it is not any especial method but the sentiment that furnishes the true solution. The Dolge ville experiment, though all Its increase of returns are postponed to the distant future, succeeds because the employer makes the employes feel that they are really partners in the enterprise. A good many other establishments where higher wages are paid have strikes and labor warfare, because there is a gulf between employers and employed. So long as the labor question is treated in the spirit that pervades the Dolgoville plan, it matters little what the exact form of the organi zation is. If the farmers prefer a foreign to a home market and desire -moie farmers to com peto with them, they will vote for the free trade candidates. On the other hand, if they wish to maintain and enlaige their homo market, they will support the policy of Protection, which finds employment for American citizens whom they must feed. By encouraging this employment, Protec tion prevents the overcompetition in Tann ins which wonld result from the dheot crippling of the manufacturing industries of the country bound to tollow the opening of our ports to European-made goods on a tariff-for-revenue-only, without regard for homeinteiests. A wild cat currency means a financial paradise for knaves, and a commercial purgatory lor nonesc men. uuceriaimy ol monetary values is the bitterest enemy of trade, and hank notes without the national indorsement are prolific of uncertainty. What the public has to do is to consider, tho platforms of the rival political parties, and Judge which is likely to be the better for tho nation. Deals made between this and that faction, inducements offered by an organization here, to an individual there, or I corrupt practices sanctioned by one or an other group of men are all details of com parative insignificance. Snch details are matter for regret and subjects for legal sup pression, but they aro altogether apart from the real political principles at issue, andare not arguments for or against them. Wnrr gas rates in Ohio advanced eight to twelve per cent higher than ever, and coal going up as steadily as mercury does in snmmor, Buckeye residents are likely to go cold or grow poor this winter. Kailkoad .companies in Massachusetts have Ignored the law passed by the last Legis lature, requiring them to have on sale mile age books, representing 1,000 miles, for $10, and interchangeable upon all railroads in the State. But then railroads ate so much in the habit of ignoring or defying the law that there is nothing at all surprising In tneir effort to evade an enactment that would bo so inconvenient to obey. Governor McKinley's questions to the Democratic party ate such as those gen tlemen cannot answer with satisfaction to themselves and consonance with truth 'at the same time. Ix his reply to Mr. Gladstone's argu ments on behalf of home rule, the Duke ot Argyle seems to confine himself to a logic which makes an unjust and bitter attack on the Auietican ballot, and a stubborn persis tence in regarding home rule for Ireland as a synonym for secession. But perhaps the cabled extracts do not do proper justice to the learned gentleman's scieod. Details of a Presidental candidate's daily life are far more eagerly conned In this country than are the court circulars published in tho antiquated monarchies. These are many stages on the road to a final J udlcial decision as to the New York re apportionment. But the odds are all in favor of a decision by the Court of Appeals in favor of the party to which it owes so much, in its capacity of a collection or individuals to whom political work has brought the re ward of patronage. Yesterday's proceedings at the election of London's new Lord Mayor Indicate that religious tolerance has still a good deal of progress to make In England's metropolis. A Washington doctor is said to have compiled a list of seventy sudden deaths in that city during the past ten years as the result of running after street cars, and they have only had horso power theie until quite recently. Tho "deadly" trolley cannot be made responsible for these cases. The best method of solving the question of convict employment will probably be found in piovidtng good country roads by convict labor. Mr. Cleveland's letter is a less mis taken document than his party platform But the Democratic ex-President can only be elected by those who expressed contempt for American industries and sound finance at Chicago, and are anxious to legislate ac cording to their expressions. This has been a terrible year for calam ities, but it will probably pass into history as the era of record reductions by American horseflesh. Humanity demands that police officers should abstain as much as possible from shooting at fugitives. Not that humanity wishes suspected parties to escape scot free, but because there is so small achanco of their being hit and so great a risk lor the innocent passer-by. Count Mitkiewicz appears deter mined to familiarize the Amorican public with his jaw-dislocating name at all lisks. There should oe a marked slump in the price of waste paper when the new ballot sheets are tin own on the market after pass ing through tho hands of the voters. But in the meantime rents are likely to rise while room is required for their preserva tion. It is meet for a meat inspector to know something of meat. ' PEOPLE OF PROMINENCE. Mrs. Parnell, widow of Charles Stew art Parnell, is reported to be seriously 111 at Worthing, England. Senator Koger Q. Mills' condition is reported "woi se. He may be unable to take f m t her part in the campaign. ' The newly-accredited Spanish Minister, has arrived in Washington, and will be formally presented to the President to-day. IiOTTA, the actress, is seriously ill at a private sanitarium In New York. Hor mother, Mrs. Crab tree, and her brother are with her. Thomas Potter, Jr., of Philadelphia, has sent his resignation to AdjutantGeneral Greenland, as Major and Quartermaster of the First Brigade, giving as his reason poor health. Princess Xouise has now completed a bnstof tho Queen, which, with Her Majesty's consent, is to bo sent to tho Chicago' exhibi tion. It Is now in tho Queen's boudoir at Osborne. "Leon Nesvmski, a Bussian infant phe nomenon pianist, who is only S years and 3 months old, is about to start on a. tour throughout Europe, and will In duo course probably arrive in America. EbiPEBOR William, oi Germany, has appointed Colonel Rossuer, who is one of the fpw Hebrews in the German army, an aide-he-oamp on his own staff, as an Intima tion of his disapproval of the persecutions to Which that race is subjected In the Kaiser's own realm as well as elsewhere In Europe,' GOSSIP OF THE DAY. Bunko Artist's Prey. During a recent Journey in tho northern part or this State Immigration Inspeotor Layton obasced to be squeezed into a cor ner of the smoking compartment of a Hew York and Lake Erie car. The train was n express from Chicago to New York, and was filled with Western people mostly, bound East upon holiday trips. Opposite .Mr. Lay ton sat an elderly man, with a long, lngu brious face. He had on a well-worn Grand Army unrforu), which hung loosely about, his gaunt frarie. lc was plain that he was fast In the clrcohes of malaria. The old somier caught sight of Mr. .Lay ton's Veterpi Legion button as soon as the latter sat down, and in deep melancholy tones saluted him as comrade. Mr. Laj ton readily s'ecepted the veteran's outstretched hand, and thus encouraged, the latter ponred out a queer and worul tale. lie was from Kansas; a farmer who had settled there soon after the war, in which he had served four years in the Western army, and was going across the ocean portly to tegain his health, partly with a view to looking up an estate that he had vaguely heard had been left to him by a distant relative in Ireland. He had started thrice before to cross the continent and thrice had been compelled by sickness to turn back. To substantiate these statements tho old man pulled out a big wallet from which he took a number of papers, his discharge from tho army, the card his G. A. E. post had given him, his steamship ticket and several letters. All these without a shadow of solicitation he showed Mr. Layton. And he went deoplv Into detailsabout bis bad health, tho amount of money he had with him, his plans for the Jonrnoy, naming the placo ho meant to stop at in New York, nnd the friends ho hoped to find in Ireland. In short, while the train was running from Jamestown to Dun klrk.this singular old man continued to give the five or six occupants of the smoking compartment a full and complete descrip tion of himself, his plans, his possessions, and his physical condition. Tho only panses in his narrative occurred when he took out an old tin tobacco box and conveyed from It to his mouth a paper of quinine, two grains at a dose, and galped it down with apparent gusto. Mr. Layton has since watched the papers to see if an elderly farmer from Kansas named Brown, I think, had fallen among thioves In New York and wound up his Journey there. With what ease a bunko artist could go through such a loquacious old fellow as this can readily be seen. Any one who has traveled muoli has mot many such men, and It ceases to be a wonder that confidence men are nevor without fat fish to fry. New York's Cholera Scare Is Over. There was a very tidy-sized cholera scaro in these parts but a few days ago, hut from all I can hear the nervousness of a great many New Yorkers was lar more acute than anything manifested in this city. Of course tills was to be expected with plague ships in thehiiborandieal and constant peril of the disease's appearance in the overcrowded slums of the lower city. The effect of the prevalent dread would have been infinitely greater had not the newspapers refrained from laying stress on the fears of business men in the metropolis. Now that the worst of the danger appears to bo over and the panicky feeling has subsided, it will do no harm to quote from a letter written by a New York merchant to a gentleman In this city when dozens woro dying of choleia in tho hay. ' Unless a change for the better come3 soon," he wrote, "business generally will go to tho dogs in New York. Everybody is pre paring, secietly for the most part, for the worst, and If cholera makes a landing hore you will see such an exodus from this city as never was known before. The big dry goods merchants in the retail district are much exercised about the outlook, and the proprietor of one of tho largest stores on Fourteenth street told me yesterday that he had a good mind to close his dooisif the plague broke out. This state of things menus a disastrous fall trade if it is kept np ii-nch longer. The theaters aie feeling the effect of the public's leais already, and any thing like a mixed gathering or people is al ready avoided by the majority. Manager says that he will certainly shut up nls theater if the cholera spreads, and I believe most of his brother managers will follow his example." What a change has come over the metrop olis since the dark hours of early Septem ber every New Yorker with whom f have talked this week iseaaor to relate. There coil from fears of the worst lias been violent. Trade has grown brisker than usual at this season, the theaters are crowded, cheerful ness is in the air and the cholera is almost a Jest. The microscopic comma bacillus was a terrible tyrant for awhile, but apparently New York has shaken off the yoke for this year. Onr Rural Guests. The suburban resident has the fact that the Exposition Is a powerful magnet to his country cousins impressed npon him most forcibly these days. The Pittsburger who resides, we will say, onr tho line of the Ft. Wayne Baihoad has no longer a choice of seats in the train whlcn bears him to or from the city; indeed, he is ofttimes fortu nate if he is allowed to perch upon the coal box or balance himself on tho slippery arm of u seat. The tural excursionists are com ing many thousands strong with the Expo sition as a pleasant goal and an excuse for a visit to Pittsburg. They come in for the most part empty-handed, bat they leave us loaded to the guards, and lest an unkind insinuation bo twisted ont of the word "loaded" let me explain that I refer to bundles and pack ages and not to spirituous cargoes disposed Internally. -Those who doubt, if there bo any such, the benefit of the Exposition to the city Bhonld Inspect the outgoing trains, and mark the men, women and children bearing away substantial souvenirs' of their visit to Pittsburg in tho shape of dryeoods, clothing, shoes, bonnets, and heaven knows what. There was, I believe, some slight mis giving among tho directors of the Exposi tion during the first days of the blc show at the Point about tho rural continent's at tendance, but it must have vunlshed by this time for a glance at the big crowds that gather In front of Levy's band, for instance, is enough to oonvince anyone that a larger pel centage than ever of the audience has come from a distance. A Fairy Tale Flattened Out. How easy It is to cironlate a cock-and-bull story when people want to believe it. Since John L. Sullivan went to grats so ca'amit ously at New Orleans his generous friends nave sought to framo oxcuses for him. There are dozens of stories, I suppose, prin cipally based upon nothing more solid than a vivid imagination woiking in concert with a charitable feeling for a smashed popular idol. An instance in point came to light a few da s ago. A popular comedian told me in sacred con fidence that he could explain Sullivan's de feat beyond a doubt. Ho had It from a friend who was at the ringside, and done hotter than shako the band of the man who had shaken Sul livan's, who had actually seen the gtcat gladiator eat hiB first meal In New Orleans, and had from that time till be en tered the ring been with him constantly. This remarkably favored individual has solemnly averred that Sullivan was poisoned; that the paralyzing dose hud been slyly slipped into the pugilist's food, whether into a guiloloss looking dish of eggs and bacon or fair-faced bottle of -tomato ketohup was not stated; and that the potential effect of the diug was patent In the poor showing Sulli van made in the fl-'lit. The story was told by the amiable come dian.a rabid Sullivonite, with p, wealth of cir cumstantial detail that I cannot pretend to reproduce. It was such an interesting yarn that as n yarn of labulous complexion I re peated it to a sporting authority who had witnessed the fight and the inside or all the antecedent proceedings. He laughed aloud. "Mr. is a comedian, no doubt," said he, "for I told him that story, but with the addendum that I knew positively that,it was false fiom beginning to end." Smoke In Chicago. If Pittsburg Is not as speedy as she might be In gettlng.rid of her envelope of smoke, It Is some sort of consolation to know that our big sister on the lakes, Chicago, Is not doing a bit bettor. A Pittsburger who has'been spending some weeks in Chicago tells me that the smoke nuisance has bcoD bnt slightly abated, and you can change collars and cuffs half a dozen times a day without achieving much of an appearance of cleanliness. The big office buildings and stores seem to De as Incorrigible offenders there as here. My in formant says that the pillar of smoke which is erected above the 22-story Masonlo build ing all day long would truffloe to guide a na tion through a wider wilderness than Cooke county any day. The Only point In Chi cago's favor as far as the smoke bugbear Is concerned that ho noted is that the majority or tho citizens are wild about it and swear they will choke It offbefbre next spring. H. J. THE DUTY OF THE PEBSOrT. Too Much Reliance Is Placed on the Gov ernment by Individuals. Detroit Free Press.! In certain directions there Is a sense of irresponsibility aDout the average Ameri can citizen which seems almost unaccount able In view of the privileges of individual sovereigty secured to him. He appears im bued with the idea that when he has cast his ballot at the intervals prescribed by law he has done his full duty as a citizen, any embanassing contingencies arising there after being a matter entirely with the Gov ernment of which he fails to realize that he is an integral part. This disposition Is not confined to matters of legislation at home, or the adjustment of international differences to which the Unitod States is a party, but has been plainly mani fested since the threatened Invasion of cholera.) There is in a vast majority of cases a vague dependence upon constituted authorities and an undefined conviction that the Government must drive back the plague Worn tho doorways of tho country or sufferlthe consequences. Tbi3 Is short sighted to a degree little less than criminal. Each Individual thus offending wrongs him self with Ul tho rest of his fellow citizens. He forgets that however faithful and effi cient tho tsanltary administration or affairs maybe. It must fall short of proper effective ness unless supplemented by a general and comprehensive system of personal sanita tion. To aid in the general work of prevention is a duty Hat each individual owes to him self, his neighbor and society at large. He cannot only look best and most carofully after the household, the manner or living and the sanitary environments, Dut he alone can enforce in his own case and the cases of those whom he legally controls respect lor all the laws Of hygiene. It is of course true that this duty is a continuous one, but pub lic opinion will apprehend it more keenly and seek its enforcement more earnestly In the lace ot a threatened epidemic. Theie is a point beyond these material considerations which should not bo over looked. Adepiessed spirit, anxious mind and troubled conscience Invito disease. They reduce the general tone of the constitution, cause loss of sleep, nervousness and a fear of Illness that may induce it. If every citi zen would heed the lessons of these sugges tions they could laugh at the menace or the dread scourge. WILSON BAEEETT HAKES A HIT. The Eminent Actor Scores a Snccess In His Own New Play. BT CABLE TO THE DISPATCH. Lokdoi, Sept. 29. Copyright. A magnifi cent and enthusiastic reception was ac corded to-night to Wilson Barrett's new play, "Pharaoh," written by himself, which was produced at the Grand Theater, Leeds. The play exhibits a man of far-reaching am bition, who prepared to sacrifice everything to his master passion. To this end he will sacrifice the affections of the woman who is dovotod to him and wonld risk her sonl to serve him. When she discovers his treach ery toward her, her whole nature is changed. She betrays htm to his enemies, and so pre cipitates tho catastrophe, when both find a tragic end, after at last realizing the supi em acy of puie, fire-tried love. The oriental world, in which the action or the new Egyptian play takes place, has provided H llson Bariett, In his dual capacity of actor and nuthorfcwith wealth of color and rich setting or ancient splendor. The action or the play is confined to Tbebes, "Tho City or a" Hundred Gates," now the solemn city of the dead. Despite the unwonted surroundings the author has succeeded In his attempt to por tray the tragic history or a human soul, a history which relies successfully for the in teiest upon its strong, solemn and human motive. Amid scenes or brilliant magnifi cence and wonderful catering a story Is un folded of strong and unconventional dra matic quality. Wilson Barrett was accorded an enthusiastic reception as Ami, the con queror, returning to Thebes to he loaded with unexampled honor. Miss Maud Jeff rie", as Latika, revealed unexpected powers ioi acting of deep and Intense quality. The weird and powerful part Pennu,the deformed dwari, was played with excellent effect by Mr. Macieay, and Mr. Austin Melford proved an effective lament The author was called before the curtain and briefly thanked the audience for enoouraging the brilliant re ceptlon of the play. FUNEBAL OF GENERAL HTJSTED. Impressive Ceremonies Attend the Burial of New York's Ex-Speaker. Peekskill, N. Y., Sept. 29. This afternoon the funeral of the late General James W. Husted took place from the family residence at this place. The services were conducted by Eov. William Fisher LewK of St. rotm-'s Episcopal Church, of which General Husted was a member, assisted by Rev. Lea Luquer, of Bed lord, who officiated at the funerals of General Husted's father and mother. Places of business here were closed, and the village bells were tolled dnring tne service. The Sallbearers were: Chauncey M. Depew, .ichard A. McCurdy, H. Rowland, John Vroomnn, J. M. Toucey, John B. Westbrook, H. Walter AVebb, Charles Raymond, I. V. Banter, Jr., John B. Dutcher, Henry B.Arch er, and Judge W. H. Robertson. Theie was present, also, a Senate commit tee appointed by Lieutenant Governor Slice ban to attend the funeral, consisting or Sen ators Erwin, Canter and McClelland. The remains were interred in Hillside Cemetery, two miles from here. A great number of townspeople and dwellers hereabouts fol lowed the remains to the church and thence to tho grave. SICKLES AND THE SOLDIERS. It is universally conceded that General Daniel E. Sickles is the most unplacated Democrat in New Yoik. New York Press. General Siceles keeps thrusting thorns Into tbe side of Cleveland. The Buzzard's Bay man is constantly asking: "Where am I at?" these days. Toledo Blade. If General Sickles is any prophet the only soldiers who will vo:e lor Cleveland are those who went to the rear wbou the first gun was fired. Philadelphia Inquirer. The words of Geneial Sickles will have great weight with the' veterans in New York and New Jersey who served in the Third Corps; and he stands by them. Indianapolis Journal. Thebe is reason to believe that General Sickles not only voices the views or the old soldiers when he says Cleveland will be de feated, but he also conveys the intimation that Tammany Is against Cleveland. Har nsburg Telegraph. Gksehal Sickles takes nothing back of what ho said either at Washington or Chi cago. Those 2S0 pension vetoes which Mr. Cleveland issudd when President still rufllo the spttit of the maimed hero of Gettys burg. Troy Times. GeueRal Sickles is not giving a large amount or aid and comfort to the Cleveland Democracy these days. When he talks, the General has a refreshing habit of hitting right out from the shoulder in a way that leaves no room for douDt as to his intents and purposes. New York T.ibune. ,Whe General Daniel E. Sickles said at the Chicago convention that there were 25,003 soldiuis in New Yoik who would "never, never" vote for Grovor Cleveland he meant it. General Sickles stands by his prediction. What is more, lio has even repeated it In stronger tei ins since. Buffalo Expiess. The "recent remarks of General Sickles about Mr. Cleveland and the soldier vote have created a profound sensation among the Democratic managers. General Sickles is an impetuons veteran, but he is a genuine old party war horse, and his warning is not to be whistled down tho wind. Baltimre Herald. If General Sickles had wavered in his de termination a glance at what some of the newspapers closest to the Democratic party.'s candidate in tho South are saying about the Union veterans would have set tled the matter beyond question. Grand Army men held up to ridlculo as beggars and bummers will hardly help the Gray Gables campaign. Philadslphia Press. DEATHS HERB AND ELSEWHERE. Aeolpiie Vooel, the French composer. Is dead. Dk. Tod.Beonwith. aged 63 years, a surgeon In the Civil, War, died Tuesday night In Jefferson ville. Ky. Thomas Strutuees, one of the oldest settlers in that part of the State, and founder of the Struthers Iron Works, died yesterday mornlnf at Warren. Pa., aged 89. MANY STRANGE FACES. The Twenty-First Anniversary of the Home for Aged Protestant "Women a Great Success The United Presbyterian Home for Aged People to Be Opened ToDay. The Interest of Pittsburg society was centered yesterday in the twenty-first anni versary of the establishment of the Home for Aged Protestant Women. There were moro strange faces at the beautiful house in Wilkinsburg than have been seen there for several years. This shows how the Home has made its way Into the hearts of the peo ple, and bo w its fame has spread through the excellent management that has character ized it since its foundation. It is apparent that a great deal or hard work Is requisite to keep such an Institution in order, giving satisfaction to the inmates and proving to those who support it that the money be stowed upon it is judiciously used. The lady managers have not spared their labor. All the year around they keep a watchful eye upon the affairs or the Home, and on the anniversary day work harder than any hireling could be made to do. Ont or the 27 ladies whose names wero on the charter 21 yeara ago, five are still members or the board. They are Miss June Holmc3. President; Mrs. Samuel McKeeand Mrs. Judge Mellon, Vice Presi dents; Mrs. George H. Thurston, Secretary, and Miss Matilda Smith. The other mem bers or the board, nearly all ot whom were at the Home yesterday, are Miss Mary L. Jackson, Mrs. Jane Gorman, Mrs. Jennie M. Scott, Mrs Samuel Chadwick, Miss Adelaide Paulson. Mis. Charle3 Arbuthnot (whose nn avoidahle absence yesterday caused general regret) , Mrs. John D.ilzell, Mrs. Alexander M. Speer, Mrs. Robert Brown, Mr. Frederick McKee, Mrs. Alexander Watson, Mrs. Samuel Fulton, Mrs. Alexander Bradley, Mrs. James A.Scott, Mrs. Judge Stowe, Mrs. Samuel Fisher, Mm. John Caldwell, Miss Mary Holmes, Mrs. Georgo Westinghouse, Mrs. H. L. Rook and Mrs. E. M. Bigelow. Luncheon was served in the three dining rooms Irom 12 till 4, nnd the ladies were busy nearly the whole time. The luncheon gave general satisfaction. It was or excellent quality, well cooked and served in a grace lul manner. There was such a large crowd that the Indies could not serve all ut once. A common observation by those who had lunched to those waiting was: "You have to wait a little i hue lor the luncheon, bnt it is so good when you do get it that it pays for the waiting." Tho three rooms were under the charge of tho ladies who have had tne management of tbem for several years. Pro elding over the "Big Dining Room" were Mrs. Samuel McKee, Mrs. Judge Mellon, Mrs. Alexander Bradley, Mrs. Dr. rerch ment, Mrs. W. D. Webb, Miss Darlington, the Misses Negioy, the Misses Nelson and Mrs. O. S. Decker. In "Dining Boom No. 1" wore Mrs. Samuel Chadwick, Miss M. Chad wick, Miss KatoSiadtfeld and Miss Margaret Kennedy. "Dining Room No. 2" was cared for bv Mrs. K. H. Negley, M.s. E. M. Due low, Mrs. Nathan Henry, Mia. G. L. Pea body and Miss Dolly Croker. The bazaar, which was on tbe main floor, presented a bnsy scene. The double parlors were piepared for commercial purposes by an arrangement ot tables on which were fancy ai tides in vari-colored silks and satins, glass, etc., and the ladles were setting forth the virtues of their waro; to scores of pur chasers. Nearly everything In the bazaar was made by inmates of the Home, and em braced a wide range of ornamental and use ful goods. The returns Irom the sale of tbe articles will be given to the makers of tbe things, the name of each bolmr attached to her work. Tho "Old Ladles' Table," on which was displayed the work done by the inmates or the Hume, was in charge ot Mrs. Agnes Fnlton, Miss Yinnle Scott, and Miss Belle Bradlev. The glassware was sold by Mrs. Charles Taylor and Mrs. H. CTorrence. There was a popcorn stand in charge of Miss Bessie Kennedy. The cake and ice cicam table was under the direction of Mrs. A. M. Speer, Miss M. L. Jackson, Mrs. Still well, Mrs. Tindall, Miss Spang, Miss Thurs ton, Miss Margaret Spoer, the Misses Chal lant and Miss Margaret Scully. A fancy work table, tho articles on which were made by the young ladies and other fuends and patrons of the Home, was taken caro of by Mrs. John Caldwell, Mrs. R. B. Brown, Miss Brown and Mus Annie Cald well. Miss Matilda Smith assumed the responsi bilities of the supply loom. One of the ladies, she was a wliolo host in herself. The duties of this department were very oner ous, but the energetic lady was equal to tbem unaided and alone. It is a standing joke among the ladies of tbe board that without Mrs. Judge Motion's doughnuts It would be impossible to hold the annual celebration at the Home. She had a bushel of these doughnuts at the Home yesterday, 'and they were certainly aeiicious, oeing maae accoruing to a recipe that Mrs. Mellon has had In her possession for many years, and in which she has an un- DUUiuiuia luivu. The weather was .delightful, and tbe day at tbe Home wus a perfect success irom every point of view. There were many hun dreds of visitors, not one of whom left with out feeling that the old ladies passing the winter of their lives in this peaceful retreat have every reason to be grate nl to the noble women who givo so much or their time and means toward this most excellent of charities. The new United Presbyterian Home for Aged People, Maple Shade, corner or Penn avenue and Alfred street, Wilkinsburg, will be formally opened to-day. The hours will be from 2 to 5 p. jr. Among those who will make addresses are Rev. W. J. Reld. D. D., Rev. M. M. Patterson, Rev. John G. Brown, D. D., and Rev. John R. Burnett, the new chaplain of the Home. Luncheon will be served, and the visitors will go through tne rooms and see what a beautiful place has been procured lor the reciDients of the association's bounty. No special invitations have been issued, but everybody Is Invited, and all will be made welcome. The Re ception Committee Is composed of the man agers of the home, with Mis. W. W. Grier, of Verona, their President, as Chairman. Mrs. Andrew Easton is Chairman of the Enter tainment Committee, composed of Mrs. S imuel Mahood, Mrs. J. P. Cameron, Mrs. Joseph Mitchell, Mrs. Simms and Mrs. M. E. Bulger, and among the aids arn MIS3 Jennie Brown, Mrs. Robert Smith, Mrs. Joseph Dor rington, Mrs. Mattie Patterson, Mrs. A. U. Bean, Mrs. A. S. Miller, airs. W. B. Hodgers, Mis. Frank Whitesell, Miss Lillian i:n-.ton. Miss Carrie Porter and Mrs. Agnes K. Duff. An afternoon tea was given by the mis sionary societies of the Bellefield Presby terian Church yesterday. Mrs. J. P. E. Eumler madoa short address on missionary work, as did Miss Jewett, who has labored as a missionary in Porsia.The King's Daugh ters, of whom Miss Mary Davison is Presi dent, assisted in serving the tea and coffee, and tho entertainmont was decidedly home like, as well as interesting. The officers of the missionary societies are: .Home Presi dent, Mis. C. Zug; Secretary, Mrs. W. J. Holland; Mr. L. S. Mooio, Tieasurer; Vice President, Mrs. T. Wightman; Foreign President. Mrs. A. G. White; Secretary, Miss Virginia Biiley; Vice President, Mrs. W.J. Scully; Treasurer, Miss Mary Davison. Social Chatter. The delightful entertainment at Se wlckley yesterday called the Harvest Home Festival, given by the Ladles' Society of the Baptist Chinch, will bo continued to-day. A hot dinner will be served and there will be special musical and religious exercises. The Travelers' Club ODons for tho season this afternoon in the Bible House on Arch street, Allegheny. Miss Julia Habpixq has returned from her summer sojourn at Ebensbnrg, Pa. SPECIAL STAMPS F0K NEXT YEAB. They TVIU Be Twice as Long as Those That Are Now In Use. WA3HIS0T03-, Sept. 29. Postmaster Gen eral Wanamakcr has decided to issue what will be known as tho Columbian series of postage stamps, under a contract Blgned yesterday. Tbe new stamps will be of tbe samo width as the prosent series, but twice "as long, the incrensod size being thought necessary in oiuerto properly display tne illustrations. They aro intended to com memorate the discovery of America by Columbus-. It is expected thnt the entire series will be put on sale January 1, 1S03, and dnring the succeeding year will entirely supersede the present series. THEY WANT THE EMPIBE AGAIN. Rio Grande do Sul Starts a Movement for Horn Pedro's Grandson. Valparaiso, Sept. 29. Letters from Rio Grande do Sal, Brazil, say that a strong party has been formed In that State to pro claim Dom Pedro's grandson Emperor. Governor Martin is said to be moro or less favorable to the pioject, and papers have been started to advocate lc Tho Kite's Ballast for a Church. Caudex, N. J., Sept. 29r The five tons Of stone ballast brought iromGreenland In the Kite, which went to the Arctic regions to re lieve the Peary expedition, have been pre sented by Captain Pike to the Church of Our Savior, of this city, and will be used in the construction of that building, which is now In progress. CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS. ' England is as large as Iowa, Trains in Eussla run 23 miles an hour. Great Britain is reported to have 16,860 locomotives. Iron pavements were first laid Inlion don In the year 1817. A woman in Cincinnati has 'a bed quill which contains LI1S pieces of silk. About 2,000 stump speakers are at present said to be at work in this campaisn. New Jersey courts have decided that oysters are not real estate, but personal property. On several of the railroads in Eussla iron telegraph poles are to be substituted for wooden ones. A hunge timber raft, comprising 5,000, 000 feet and valued at $75,000. was towed into San Francisco Bay last week; In Bremen the textile factories are working hair time, as their trade has beea embarrassed by the cholera quarantine. A professional billiard expert of -Few York prophesies that two-ball billiards will bo the great professional game within tha next few years. France has imposed a tax on traveling bicyclists. Every foreign wheelman who enters the Republic will be obliged to pay a duty of from $15 to $20 on his machine. There is a large carriage manufactory in which the chief art decorator i a woman, Caroline Kilby, who has 20 women employed in the department which she controls. Two land grants, said to bear th signatures of John Adams and Martin Van Buren, were recently round In a lot of wasta paper at the paper mill in Palmyra, Michi gan. The Japanese Government contemplates the construction of six lines of railway, aggregating 800 miles in length. Tbe pur chase of the private railways by the State is also projected. The modern souvenir spoon doubtless owes Its origin to the still existent Apostles' spoons, which in sets of 12 or less were a common Christmas girt in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The poet Eogers, whose hospitality was proverbial, bas the creditor establishing the breakfast party as a link In London so ciety. The "mornings" nt his bouse aro famous among the literati of England. President Hamilton, of tbe National Burial Case Association, now in session In Chicago, uses a gavel that is said to be mads of an artificial skull, with an arm bone for tho handle qnlte a humerus arrangement. Earrings are no longer fashionable, and tho bost dressed women appear now at the opera and ball without even the solitaire, pearl or turquoise screw whloh was the gradual abandoning of the ornamental ear bobs. Tbe most powerful electric light in the world is at n.intsholm, on the coast of Jut land, In Denmark, whero, from tbe light house situated nl that place, there i flashed nightly an electric lljiic of 20,000,000-candle power. An English physician who has made a study of bronchial diseases nays that womon teachers are subject to a peculiar throat affection. He recommends that they bo taught in training schools how to manage the voice. The sea water originally put in tha great aquariums at the Crystal Palace, Sydenham, In 185, is still used there, having been used over and over since that time, a record without parallel in the history of similar institutions. Japanese china for everything is used now. There are red and blue and gold tea sots.pink and blue china boxes for the dress ing table to hold cold cream, powder, eta, and whole table services in the light and dark blue varieties are no novelty. It appears that a colored or dark pig ment In tho olfactory regions is essential to perfect smell. In cases whero animals are pare white they are usually totally devoid or both smell and taste, and some, the white cat lor instance, are almost Invariably deaf. Much of the paper money used in the Spanish-American Republics is engraved in New York, and it not unfroquently happens that the same firm of banknote makers is called upon to furnish onrrency for suc cessive revolutionary governments in tha same Republic The announcement of a .forthcoming wedding contains tbe request that tbe old custom of throwing rice and flowers should be dispensed with. Throwing a slipper after the bride Is an old Saxon custom, bat throw lng rice is Oriental, and in England datea only from the time of the Indian nabobs. Insects generally breathe through, special pores in various parts of their body, and II these pores are closed by oil they are suffocated. Anyone may test this by drop ping sweet oil on the thorax or back of a wasp; it very soon dies. For this reason oil has been found one or the best things to use for the destruction or Insects. JL Adam Paulson, of the Eoyal Danish Academy, haB been conducting a series of experiments to measure the heights or the aurora borealis. At Godtbaab tbe approxi mate height was from one to four miles, at Cape Farewell from one to ten miles, at Spitzenbnrg from one-third of a mile to 13 miles. Tho measurements were made with theodolites. In Kiukiang there is a man who has taken a vow to watch three years at his mother's grave, during which period he will lively entirely In a small hut. His neighbors provide for blm. He will not wash himself. The straw upon which he lies will not be re moved, nor will he change his clothes. He speaks to no one, and spends his time mat tering prayers and burning incense. The first Presidental election to he de termined by tbe popular vote cast in the several States, and not by the choice cf elec tors by the respectivo Legislatures, was that or 1821, when Andrew Jackson, Henry Clay, John Quinoy Adams and William U. Craw ford were the opposing candidates. The total vote cast then wa3 352.062. which was 5.000 less than tbe total vote of Texas polled four years ago. The Malayan savages know that it is possible for a plant or flower to be a real oddity, for botanists tell us that they have an extraordinary flower which is known to them by a name which signifies "Wonder Wonder." It is a flower, and a flower only, having noither leaves, stem nor root. It is a globular parislte about three feet across, and bursts Into a dream or loveliness trom, the sunace of decayed logs and stumps. FLIGHTS INTO FUNNTDOM. First clerk I am going to change my laundress. Second clerk War o? First clerk-She lost that swell customer or hers whose best shirts I used to get by mistake-Spar Moments. I always thought that fleas were black, Bat noir I know It is not so. For "Mary hd a little lamb With fleece as white as snow." BrooVynEanta. Yabsley Don't 70a know that the opal is an unlucky stone? Mndgt I guess not. This one has beea my con stant companion for five years. Yabsley Yes; that is where its hard lack comas in. huiianapolli Journal. A REVISED VEBSIOX Once on a time I wrote a book By my few friends 'twas said To be a wondrous work. And yet By no one was it read. So then I changed my hero bold Into a baseball crank. And sprinkled some detectives In And made my language rank. I wrote a lot of lovesick rot Of maids with wealth untold And shed whole bikes of blood. Great Seottt Then how that volume soldi Sew YorkBerald. "Pshaw," exclaimed the Professor to the) student, who was rehearsing his Latin oration, "you are too solemn. There's no Ufa in yoor speaking at all." "Of course not, "responded the student, lrrely enough, "you don't expect It In a dead language do you?" Detroit free Fries. October comes; she sighs, "Ah met Of hope I'm soon bereft. When that is here there'll be bnt three More months or leap year left." Washington fi8s "It's my first offense. Judge," pleaded the prisoner. "I never got drunk before. I'd won $7 at the races, and ' "Whatl" "I'd won 7 at the races and 1 " 'Officer," said the astonished police mxflitrata, "discharge the-prisoner. Call the next cue. ' Chicago Tribune. p-. ,A -.SlS
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