tM. TlIE PITTSBURG DISPATCH, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1892. Wije BiMcIj. ESTABLISHED tkuruakv Vol. 74. No. aa-Enterea at Pittsburg Postoffice fcovembtr, 1SS7, as second-class matter. IJTTNESS OFFICE, Cor. Smithfield ami Diamond. Streets. News Koom ami Publishing House, 73 anil 80 Diamond Street, Kcw Dispatch Building. EASTERN" ADVERTISING OFFICE. EOOM TS, TRIIIUNE BUILDING. XEW YORK, where complete flics of THE DISPATCH can always be found. THE DISPATCH Is on sale at LEADING HOTELS throughout the Unlled Mates, andat Erentano's, S Union Square, New York, and 17 Avenue de 1' Opera, Paris. France. TKIIMS Or TUB DISPATCH. - rOSTAGE TTVKE IX THE UXITED STATES. DAILY DlsrATCtl. One Year. ? 8 00 Daily Dispatch. Tliree Months 200 Daily DisrATCH. One .Month 70 Daily Dispatch, Including Sunday. 1 year.. 10 to Daily Dispatch, Including Sunday, 3 m'ths. ISO Daily Dispatch, including Sunday, 1 month 9a SuxDAYDirAicii. 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The fact is that the act hardly permits any other idea than that all the voting to be done at any election is to be by a single ballot It requires that all ballots used at any voting place shall be Identical, and further enacts that no voter shall be given more than one ballot Some of its other terms may be a little equivocal, but these provisions indicate the intention that there shall be a single ballot, as Is the case in the Australian system which this act copies. Whether the division of ballots proposed by the rejected bill in equity would not be more convenient, less costly and more easily counted and filed, is a question for future discussion. The present question is what the law enacts, and we believe that, after a good deal of wobbling, a reasonably fair adherence-to the law has been secured. The present duty is to see that all voters understand the new system of voting sufficiently to prevent any man from los ing his vote through the failure to use his ballot properly. DISHONEST AS IT STANDS. The Boston Globe, in commenting on the Supreme Court's affirmation of tho constitutionality of tho Michigan plan of choosing Presidental electors, proceeds to uphold the equity of the change as establishing minority representation. It says: "Why the same equities do not ap ply to the Electoral College that apply to representation in Congress nobody has yet explained. Under the Michigan system Mr. Cleveland gets what belongs to him, just as the Democracy does in a Con gressional election." This is a posjjion which may be sup ported and urged without suspicion of being swayed by partisan motives, pro vided it is done impartially. But in order to maintain that impartiality the Demo crats should proceed to adopt the Michi gan plan in the sure Democratic States. Even if the Olobe as a Democratic organ should urge that the minority be given a chance to elect some electors in such States as Virginia, North Carolina, Ken tucky, Tennessee and Missouri, it will give some earnest that the views expressed above are the result of honest conviction and not a mere pretext for grabbing a few electoral votes. But so long as this is done only in a State where the Democrats would other wise gain no electors, by a Legislature whose local apportionments were so out rageous that a Democratic Judge over threw them, and the sure Democratic States are kept solid, the Michigan plan is merely that of grabbing electoral votes wherever possible, without regard to po litical usage or uniformity of representa tion. DEMOCRACY AND THE SUGAIi TRUST. It is an indication of tho sincerity of the Democratic professions on the subject of tariffs and trusts that tho party organs and orators are just now making their great assault on the Sugar Trust as an evidence of the wrongfulness of the Mc Junley act Mr. Wayne MacVeagh in his speech at Philadelphia gave sugar and binding twine as the two articles which shook his allegiance to the measure; but omitted to allow for the fact that the Mc Kinley act practically wiped out the duties on sugar, leaving Jfc per pound on lefined, and that it reduced the duty on binding twine from 2ytc per pound to Jc. This is a singular omission on the part of a reformer like Mr. MacVeagh, but it may T)e pardoned in view of the unanimous outcry of the Democratic press that the exactions of the Sugar Trust are duo to the 4c duty fixed by the McKinlcy meas ure. There are several things to be said to that assertion, all involving facts which our Democratic friends painstakingly ig nore. In the first place it is something to the poor that exactions of the Sugar Trust before the passage of the act were several times greater than now, simply for the reason that the McKinley act cut down the margin of production to the Trust by two-thirds to three-fourths. It Is also pertinent on the polit ical aspects of tho case that the authorized Democratic measure, the Mills bill, proposed to leave the Sugar Trust from 50 to 100 per cent more pro tection than the McKmlcy act gives it; and that every motion made by Rspubli cans to reduce these duties in the Mills bill was voted down by th'o solid Demo cratic vote. Finally, will our Democratic friends please explain how it comes that nothing has been done by a Democratic House to remove that fractional duty left on re fined sugar? All such bills must originate iu the House; and the House used its pre rogative during tw last session to pass several bills for putting single articles on the free list But, although tho Sugar Trust was in the full strength of its re juvenation, not a bill passed the House of Representatives for putting refined sugar on that list. The Committee on Ways and Means were challenged by"R3presentative Stone, of tho Allegheny district, to report such a bill, with the promise that ho and other. Republicans would vote for it But the bill never appeared. That record harmonizes very poorly with the present Democratic indignation at tho Sugar Trust for campaign purposes only. The fact is that the Sugar Trust has been, as much as any mammon-socking organization can be. a Democratic con cern. It is headsd by a leading Democrat of New York and has always recslved very tender treatment from the Democ racy. The record wo have referred to needs but one thing to complete tho proof of this assertion, and that is the charge made on the floor of the House that the Mills bill was altered to suit the wishes of the Sugar Trust and at its dictation. Mr. Breckinridge, of Kentucky, tried to deny this charge, but was forced to admit that after an informal conference with Mr. Havemyer, between the 12th and 16th of March, the change was made in the Sugar schedule of the Mills bill which that com bination desired. The party whose. great tariff measure was framed to suit the Sugar Trust, and which never proposed to d'sturb that Trust in the last House, does not make a very good appearance in the attempt to charge the monopoly on the party which cut down the Trust's duty from 3J'c to 4c SINNING AGAINST EXPERIENCE. Next to tile great achievements of the Republican party in abolishing slavery and maintaining the Union is its work in establishing a uniform and stable cur rency. Since the Republican system got into full operation no man in any part of the land has lost a cent by the pos session of notes which were Issued by ir responsible parties. Every paper repre sentative of money has circulated in all parts of the country. The national bank note, the silver certificate and the legal tender Treasury note are- as- good in Ore gon as in New York, and every man in the length and breadth of the land takes them because ie knows they are good. ' t This uniformity and stability in the cir culation was founded on the 10 per cent tax on all, notes.atbcr.tban those issued under the authority of the United States Legislature. The Democratic platform in proposing the repeal of the tax attacks the whole system of circulation. Its enmity to that product of Republican legislation is so stubborn that it proposes the repeal without conditions, thus opening, the door to the return to the day when a bank note good in one- Slate was liable to a 10 per cent discount across the line. There has lately been an attempt to show that it is proposed to make the regulations for State banks the same as national banks. No such condition appears in the Demo cratic platform. If it did it would only emphasize the Bourbon hatred to the na tional system. Any State bank that chooses can now join the national system and is sue all the circulation it has securities for. The only reason for the Democratic prop osition, if it does not contemplate '.wild cat currency, is that it is a sop to the ex Confederate enmity to any result of the Republican legislation of "the war period. The Democratic fatality for exposing its stupid and unsafe tendencies at a critical juncture was never more strikingly illus trated than in this plank of its platform. It is the most vicious financial proposition of the day, because it sins against the ex perience of the nation. PEARY'S . WANDERINGS. Elsewhere "in 'this Issue -will be found a graphic description of .Lieutenant Peary's journeyings over Greenland's "inland ice," from his own pea The hard work which must be undertaken by an Arctic explorer and the many obstacles, little and big, which he must overcome are set forth so distinctly that one wonders more than ever at the strength of an infatuation for science which will induce men to set out on such a perilous enterprise. Somewhat has been added to the sum of scientific knowledge, a few more miles of inhospitable and uninhabitable regions have been mapped out, and specimens have been collected at the risk of price less human lives. One cannot but doubt very seriously whether the game be worth the candle, but meanwhile the description of the game makes reading as full of Inter est as such adventurous expeditions must be. The narrative secured and published by TnE Dispatch this morning gives the public an opportunity to judge for itself. AN UNFORTUNATE CITATION. Mr. MacVeagh's citation of the Sugar and Cordage Trusts as reason for his leaving the Republican party and joining the Democratic ranks was pecu liarly unfortunate. Not that wo intend to certify that Republican politics are above suspicion of serviceability to those corporate aggregations, but the two Trusts which Mr. MacVeagh found to attack the tariff withal present a record in which Republican action stands far superior to Democratic legislation. Here is the com parison: Sugar Trust. Duty on refined sugar (tariff of 18S3) Duty on refined sugar (MlIU bill) Duty on refined sugar (McKinley act) Protection to refiners (1353) Protection to refiners (Mills bill) ProtecUon to refiners (McKinley act) Bepublican reduction of protective margin' 8He 2.8c Jsc 9l.6c He when Trust was not supreme llc Democratic reduction when Trust first had control.. 4.6c Reduction by last Democratic House after Trust had regained control Nothing Cordage Trust. Duty on binding twine (IbS3) ;)fc Duty on binding twine (Mills bill) equal to 2c per pound at that time 28 p c Duty on binding twine (McKinley act).... ,7c ReducUon by Mills bill jc Reduction by McKinley act i,8C It is well fox Democratic organs and recent Democratic converts to study the record before charging all the Trusts to Republican supremacy. It is a fact that the majority of the successful Trusts were organized.when there was a Demo cratic President and Democratic House. That, however, is a mere coincidence, and does not alter the actual statement 'of the case as follows: So far as the monopolistic combinations have a political relation, it is that they are tolerated and even en couraged by the political vices common to both parties. WHERE SMOKE MAT BE STOPPED. The success of Chicago in the movement to mitigate the smoke nuisance continues to attract public attention. The last point gained in the vigorous campaign of the anti-smoke society has been the adoption by nearly all the railroads entering Chir cago of devices for their locomotives run ning inside the city limits which. do away wilh the smoke. It is a significant fact that the Penmfylvanla lines in the West have adopted a device 'which is wholly satisfactory to the "Society for the Pre vention of Smoke," and'which meets with the approbation of the Superintendent of Motive Power of the Pennsylviania lines west of Pittsburg. The consulting en gineer of the society in a private letter says, after describing several devices in use, of which that used by the PennsyK vania lines is one:. Any or these various forms, if nsed dili gently, will give effectivesmokopreventloH. These various observations demon strate) one thing with absolute certainty, namely, that it is the power of the railroads at very moderate expense ti equip their locomotives and operate them in such a way as to make dense smoke from any one of tliein n raro thing. ' The Philadelphia Ledger very truly savs that what tho Pennsylvania lines have done in the West they can do in the East If they can keep their engines from be fouling Chicago with smoke they have no excuse for maintaining that nuisance in ,Pittsburg, Alleghony City and Phlladel phial That corporation certainly has as good reasons for keeping on friendly term3 with the cause of cleanliness here as in Chicago. The natural deduction from the success of this smoke-preventing device on the Pennsylvania lines in Chicago would be its early adoption in these cities. But wo fear that a more practical conclusion is that a vigorous anti-smoke campaign liko that waged by Chicago will be necessary to induee the railroads to do it Political campaigning will be vastly simplified and improved whon once Ameri can citizens place their Americanism above and overall remembrance of tho country of their origin, as they should do. . It is nuite true that Mr. Cleveland's let- tier of acceptance was a more moderate doc ument than the rank free trade production of the national convention which nominated him. I5nt it is no less 'the fact that Mr. Cleveland's election would mean the plac ing of tho country m the hands of the men who contiollcd the afoiesald convention. And it is likewise indisputable that the country had far better continue' under nn administration whose policy it knows to be beneficial, than replace it by one which lias formulated no definite substitute therefor, bnt is oontcnt to confine Itself to negative criticism thereof. To prevent the spread of the Japanese disease "berl beri," which has raaae its ap pearance at New York quarantine, crema tion should be substituted lor burial in dis posing of its victims. TriOSE partisan Democrats who succeeded so well in calling attention to the reports of Labor Commissioner Peek, by casting asper sions on their veracity, leally deserve a vote of thanks from tho party of Protection. If Mr. Peck's figures had been received in Democratic silence, the flood of statistics corroborative thereof, in demonstrating the benefits of protection not onlv in Now York, but all over tho country would havo missed much of tho attention they deserve and have received. Eut (or Peck's persecu tors, the country would hardly have real ized how prosperous it is. There is a good deal in Dr. Chauncey Depcw's argument thnt people do not easily enthuse in a political campaign where there are no grievances to be removed, and no wrongs to bo li 'hted. It is said that measures are being taken to exclude Socialists from the Gorman army. The exclusion -is likely to bo re garded as a direct incentivo to tho profes sion of socialistic ideas rather than as a deterrent therefrom. Tho German army is no bed of roses and there is little reason to suppose that the average citizen has suffi cient love of Fatherland to make him feel the deprivation or military service very much of a loss. What is lacking in personalities as to the principals in the Presidental campaign ismoro than made up for in tho pretty fight at long range between Messrs. MacVeagh and Egun. Other nations than France may have something severe to say on the matter, if the charge he substantiated that a German firm has been trading firearms lor slaves with the Dahomeyans. Such nefarious traffic would afford material for interna tional action of larger scope than a JFranco German misunderstanding. Now that the Supreme Court has refused to assume Jurisdiction in tho Baker ballot case, there is again a good chance of having the sheots produced in time for the election. There is something fishy about the sug gestion that the shortage of water in West ern Pennsylvania will lead to a scarcity or milk nnd a corresponding rise in its price. But after all thoro is a certain amount or watefnecessary for the production of the lacteal fluid even in its natural state. On the whole it will be well to wait until November 8 for a final announcement of ex Judge Cooley's exact political whereabouts. Mr. Adlai Stevenson is doing enough talking for himself and his colleague as well these days. Maybe Mr. Cleveland Is busily engaged on that letter that the ex-Headsman promised, while 'the 'latter keeps the oral end of tho campaign fiom, dropping into innocuous desuetude. Pbrhaps the water famine is due to the excessive use or the wet material In cooling off the political situation. Postmaster General Wanamaker's inability to find his way. to the Sunday school he had promised to address in Chi cago is more of a compliment to the size of the Windy City than to Mr. Wanamaker's seusc of location. Presidekt Harrison is in 'deep sor row, and he has a nation's sincere sympathy in the hour of his loss. Judged by its candidates for the gubernatorial office, Washington State ap pears to be a region where birds ofn feather exhibit a peculiar Xo'ndness for flocking to, gethcr. And they are not exactly birds of paradise, either. FOLK TALKED ABOUT. E. R. GuNBY, of Tampa, Fla., is Col lector of Customs at that place. 32 years old, boyish looking, and said to bo the youngest collector in tho country. Erastus T. Beadle, who made a for tune by the dime novels to which he gave his name, has been nominatod for Congross in a New York (Twenty-first) district. Edwin Einsteijt, the Republican candi date lor Mayor of New York, is a native of Cincinnati and 45 years of ago. Ho'wasa member of the Forty-sixth Congress. Tennyson destroyed a mass of his letters and manuscripts a few years ago in a fit of alarm, caused by his leuding Pioude's "Reminiscences of Thomas Carlyle." Thomas Jebrold, son of Douglas Jcr rold, a recognized authority in horticultural matters, is going to write a book based upon his observations while farming in Canada. Jacob Selegman, a German who went to Milwaukee ana at one time owned 11 clothing stores there, is "tho smallest mil lionaire," it is said. lie is rated at $15,000,. 000. Countess Brazza di Savorqnan, sister-in-law of the celebrated African trav eler, has foundod three schools for teaching lacemaking to little girls out of their school and working hours. The dowager duchess of Sutherland will not bo badly fixed, financially, even if the English section of the family do ostracize her. Her Florida estates will produce an annual rental of $250,000. A F. Parkek, who was one of the sol diers of tho Gordon relief expedition, is now a street car conductor in Oakland, Cal., and doesn't find much comfort in the modal for bravery given him by the Queen of England and the Khedive of Egypt. If the cable makes Prof. Goldwin Smith clear, the Professor contends, first, that the traditional hatred or England is dead In this country; second, that "America's pietended love for Gladstono Is nothing but hatred or England." It it to' be fearod tho Professor has not made himself clear, i l . . - CAMPAIGN NEWS AND WMMENT. Two weeks from to-day the PrMidental contest of 1KB will terminate in theiectsive test at the polls. There aro many reasons that can be assigned for the comparative quiet of the canvas beside thocommonly uccepted one of np.ithy. Homestead in the summer and cholora in the eaily fall at tracted the attention usually devoted to political matters. There aro many w ho be lieve, though, that a now era or campaign methods has been inaugurated. Mr. Elaluo is quoted as having made a statement to this effect. In talking on the samo subject Committeeman Joseph H. Manley says: "I am inclined to think that the day oriidrrah campaigns has passed. In a country whose politics aie still young, such as was tho case with us 50 years ago, political campaigning furnisned a great majority of the American citizens with about all the healthy excite ment which. they had. They look9d for ward to a political campaign something as the people of .New England did to tho approach of general training and tonn meeting day. The mighty advances which havo been made in this country bince 1840, for instance, when political campaign ing was a demonstration almost riotously magnificent ftoin tho Atlantic to the' Pacific, have mu'de it posslblo now for even tho humble citizen to get other formsof healthy excitement than thoso which a political canvass furnish. Of couiso, tho excitement of the war period tended to keep up the demonstrative natuie of political cam paigns, lam inclined to think that in the luture campaign committees of both parties will rely mainly upon the nowspaper press. Of course, I do not mean to sugaost thnt thov will give up tho work of perfco:in.r political organization. Without that nn party can be piooerly rnstained. But I mean that tho American citizen will turn to the iiowspapcr.i rather than to the stieet parnde nnd tho tmchllght procession for his political stimulus, and .education nnd news paper leading have booome so goneta! that the masses of Americans aie disposed to lead both sides of an argumont. A quiet campaign does not necessarily mean a dead one." It may he In tho truest senBe the most excitinz or all, and I think that this Is tho case this year." In concluding a political letter to the New Yoik liecoider Congressman John Dal zell says: "). believe in an overruling Piovi dence. So do I believe that in tho coming campaign he will be against the Democratic pal ty and the awful consequences that its triumph would bring." Dos Dickinson believes that the vic torious party iu the coming election will 6o successiul by a decisive majority. In tho course of a leview of the canvass he says; "Popular tendencies proceeding from deep conviction are not evidenced by noise. The shallows murmur while tne deops are dumb. The lesultwill show that a great political movemont of the pooplo one way or the other is now under nay. I think, of contso. that the uprising is in favor of all that Mr. Cleveland represents In! the public mind. This vigorously phoned its power and direc tion, when, without conceit of action and without the enginery and methods of poll tics it roso up in this country and, tossing politicians and leaders like sticks on a flood, moved resistlessly to the nomination at Chi cago. I think that movement has gathered strength since then and Is in progress. Whether or not I am right about this, there is no doubt what ever in my mind that tho election is going to be an unmistakable and decisive Judgment either for or against us. Iheie Is too much tear ot 'money in this election. I have a genuine and abiding faith in repub lican government, and while, when the margin ot votes Is narrow between tho par tiO'. money may carry tho small balanco of fiower, I do not believe that a great popu ar movement can he stnrteuaud held to a course by the Ube ot money, or that hen on its course it can bo stemmed, dammed orset nstdo by cash! That unique feature ot the campaign which is called apathy is, in fact, evidence that the people liavu made up their minds. Any practising lawyer knows these signs in a jury ana has olton observed what I mean." Fosion has been arranged in South Da kota at tho last moment, tne Democratic electoral candidates having been withdrawn inifavor of the Populists. This makes this scheme general throughout the Northwest. According to the New York TrVmne, Lieutenant Gbvernor Sheehan, Chairman of the CampUgn Committee of the Democratic State Committee, is working hard these days laising money for use by tho Democrats on election day in New York. The Eloutonant Governor is said to u'e a great deal more anxious to make a good showing for himself as a campaign manager than he is to get votos for Grovor Cleveland. When ho ran for Lieutenant Governor last fall ho learned the potency ot money on election day in tho country. It is said on good authority that an estimate has been made of tho amounts needed for the various counties of the State, and that it foots up in the ncighboihood of $2,500,000. Of this amount the Lieutenant Governor expects to have not less than $100,000 for Erie county. It has been said also that this sum has been promised to lilm. Tammany Hall is to be called upon to raise $500,000 of the amount which tho Dem ocratic managers want on election morning, and the Kings county machine will be asked for a sum nearly as large as this. As it now is tho Democrats' have all the money they need, and if tho election wcie to be held to morrow there would be no lack of tunas, if only the amount now to the credit or tho treasuterof the Democratic State Commit tee in various banks were to be used. The Democrats have adopted a clever idea In Albany, Utlca, Syracuse. Rochester, TJnr falo and the smaller towns along tho New York Central Rail road. They havo put pict ures of Clevland and Stevenson in the windows of unmbeisof houses on tho out skirts of the cities and villages and along the railroad streets. This is intended to give passengers golnir east and vpst tho impression that the State is in a blaze for Cleveland. Ex-Governor James A. Beaver, in discussing the outlook at national head quarters In New York, sid: "Pennsylvania expects to lead tho Republican column, and is so confident of It that she is willing to contribnto her mite to the campaign in other directions. I speak of leading tho Republican column advisedly, becauso she was. only preceded by Kansas in the last national campaign. And with the issues so clearly defined, which affect Pennsylvania's interests vitally, there can be no question as to what her majority will be. I know personally of a number of important changes of gentlemen who do not care to bo paraded in tho newspapers. I havo not heard ofn single important change from the llenublican column to tho other side. Wo of Pennsylvania are inteiestcd in our neighbors, and aie 'vory hopoful of a fuvoi ablo result In West Virginia and Delawaie, and regard a chango tn New .Tetsey as among the possibilities. Personally, 1 havo drop Interest in West' Virginia, having pai tlcipated in the campaigns thero for 12 years." WHILE in New York recently ex-Chairman B. F. Jones expressed his opinion thus: "Tho Republicans will win. I havo never doubted that the sober second -thought of the pooplo would bo in lavor of continuing President Harrison in office. And onopotont factor lo injure Republican success is tho fact that business is good generally and labor is in universal demand." Senator Eedfield Proctor, of Ver mont, President Harrison's first Secretary of War, believes the general outlook Is promising for Republican success. "I do not think tho Democrats will make any gains in the West.'Mie declaiod. "Tho peo ple know too much about the wild-cat bank ing systom to giow enthusiastic over tho Democratic national platform. I ! not think the Democrats will carry a singlo He publican State in the West. They cannot carry Wisconsin, and. from what I hear, Iowa nnd Nebraska aro in line for the lie-, publican, party. They may carry two or three electoral votes in Michigan owing to their new way of voting tor Presidental electors. Tho Western people aro prosper ous, ana a ereat majority of them know that tho tariff has benefited them. They do not wish free trade. 1 think now more than evor that New York will go Republican, and Con necticut will follow suit. Harrison und Rcld will be elected." BOUEKE COCKBAN, who stated at Chi cago that Cleveland could not possibly be elected, speaks for the Domocrncy nt In dlanapolts bctober 24: Utlca N. Y.. October 26: New Htiven, October iO: Wiim.iijiint. Del., OotobJrSl: Newark. N. J., Siirrmmr 1; Troy. .v. V. Ao ember 3, and i.ul'.alo. N vemuer5. -Nono of tliu addies-cs will at traoc aa much attention as tho Chicago utter ance, howeVer. UHIVEBSIIY EXTENSION. Prominent Educators to Bo Present at the Second National Conference. Philadelphia, Oct 2 Tho Committee of the American Society for the Extension of University Teiching lirs fixed the meeting of the Second National Conlcrenca on Uni voislty Extension for Thursday nnd Fridnv, December 29 und SO, in Philadelphia The object of the conference is to discuss the means of making the unlver-dtv extension movement more genoral and efficient. Dele gates will be present fi om tho uotlve centers of university extension work in tho United StHtes, including tho leading colleges and unit ei sides. President Andrews, of Urown University: Prof. Albert S. Cook, or Yule, Piesldent or the Connecticut Branch or tho American .'ociety; Dr. Melvil Dewey, Director of tho Newlork University Uxicnsion; President Thwlng, of Western Hi-sfrve; President Coulter, or Indlann; 1'iesident Harper, or Chicago; Presi lent Adams, of Wisconsin, andPiovost Pepper, or the University ot Pennsylvania, are the most prominent rep resentatives of tho vaiioiis ioiius of uni voisity extension activity In this ronntiy. Dr. It. C. Moulton, the well-knosu leader of the English extension movement, will give an address before the conlerouce. EOOJIIKG IN .T3TBIA. Vienna Merchants Will Send a Big Exhibit to the World's Pair. Yikxsa, Oct. 24. Dr. Zapr, tlie Sect etary of the Low er Austrian Chamber of Commerce, says that the interest taken in the forthcom ing Chicago exhibition i3 being "boomed ' in grand style In manufacturing circles in Vienna. Fnlly 600 large firms' will send ex hibits, composed chiefly or tiles, glass, tapestries, wood carvinis and mother or pearl. The oiiginal space allotted in tho World's Fair to Austria has already been lound absurdly small, but under tho pressing per suasion or Mr. Goldschmfdt, the American Consul General here, further tpaco has been granted, a statement to that ellcct being cabled hero Irom Chicago. In addi tion to tho large exhibition committee of Vienna mei chants, a ladies committee has also been formed for the purpose of forward ing exhibits of woman's industry. The Grand Duchess Maria Theresia is the Presi dent of this committee. Many Austriaus will visit America during tho time of its World's exhibition. IT PLEASED GOV. PIOWEB. He Thinks the World's Tair Will Bo the Greatest of the Age. - Albany, N. Y, Oct. 24 Governor Flower returned.from Chicago this afternoon. Re garding the Columbian celebfation there, ho said: "It was a magnificent success. Thoy had no trouble whatever in caring for the ciowds and the iruests were well satisfied. They had a splendid procession, and the Woild's Fair bmldlngs and grounds aro ma'-'iiificent. "Tnere has never been anything witnessed like the elTort Chicusro has madu In cither London, Paris or Vienna. It will bo the greatest mir ever held. I was at tho ban quet of Hie Fellowship Club, which was the finest dinner I ever attended. Tho recep tion to the Vice President and Cabinet at tho Auditorium contained inoro representa tive men and women than ever assembled in Washington or anywhere else in this countrv. The pieparations made for visit ors noxt year show that the business men of Chicago realize their losponslbllity towaid the whole United States and the world." BUD1NI AFTEE EE-ELECTI0H. He Isstfts an Address Telling of His Good Deeds While In Office. Rome, Oct. 24. The Marquis di Rudini, formerly Prime Minister, .has issued an elec tion address, in which he emphasizes the fact that whilo he held office he was enabled to improvo tho relations between Italy and Russia and to dissipate the distrust ot Fiance against Italy. Pending a moie com plete agreement, he says, he was oven ready to accord to France conventional tariffs in exchange for hor minimum taiiffs, though France would have profited most by this ar rangement. The ox-1'rimo Minister concludes by de claring.that it is impossible for the Cabinet to satisfy everybody. As for himselMie will continue to act conscientiously regard less of the approval or disapproval or the Ministers or his own supporters. MISSIONARY RISKS IN UGANDA. Bishop Tucker Holds the British Govern ment Besponsiblo for Their Safety. Zaxziear, Oct. 24. Tho British Consul horo recentlysentn telegram to Bishop Tucker at Mombassa announcing that In accordance with the recent decision of the British Gov ernment respecting Uganda, missionaries gding to Uganda henceforth will proceed at their own risk. Bishop Tucker, in a letter acknowledging the receipt of the telegram, declares that tho Government's disclaimer docs not relieve it of responsibility tor the safety of tho mis sionaries, especially after the Government compromised the missionaries by delegating the lunctlons of Government to the British East Airica Company, which the mission aries natui ally supported in the exorcise or Its powers, thus incurring the hatred und hostility of all parties in the State A MEXICAN LAND DEAL. Over t Million Acres Go Into the Hands of a Syndicate of Merchants. Mosteket, Mexico, Oct. 24 The greatest land deal ever made in northern Mexico was consummated here Saturday. It was the silo of the celebrated Cedros Hacienda, embracing 1,200.000 acres or land. This vast property is situated in the Slate or Zacate cas. Vhe consideration is placed ut 5,000, 000. The owners have sold the property to a syndicate or merchants and capitalist, who propose to develop its rich gold-bearing mines and other resources. Tho property is well stocked with horses, cattle and ibeep. One ot the first steps to be taken in develop ing the mines on tho property will bo the erection or a large smelter in the mining district for the treatment of the ores. l CANADA AFTER IMMIGEANIS. s An Effort to Bo Made to Settle Up the Far Northwest." TonosTO, Out., Oct. 24. The G'dbt, in on article on immigration, says:. "An effort will bo made fiom this out to induce Immi grants from Western Enropo who havo gono or aio going to the Northwostorn States to come into the Canadian Northwest. During tho present season the homesteaders have been requested to state in their papers whether they aie returned Cauadlans or Americans, and the returns show that about 75 per cone are Americans ana perc:ne Canadians." Twentieth Century Poetry. Tams, Oct. 24. The French press has con tained many obituaries and ostimatcs of Tennyson. The Temps, in considering what the future of Emrluh poetry will be, asks "whether the twentieth century will see it born ugnin with the golden lyie of anew Tennyson, or with nn instrument which is ruder, inoro barbarous, but so powerful sind so ricu in echo as that or Walt ii'hltuian." But Very Nearly Smoked Out. Atlanta Journal.! ' It should bo understood that Georgia's Ham is not devilled. Can't Even Be Leased. Boston Ilcraiil.I Ot course. Mis. Lease hasn't sold out. even isn't to let. Sho HEATHS HEKB AD MiSKlYHERF. Jrisepli Ramsey. Joseph 1'amrcy, Sr.. died at the residence of J. D. Powelsou, No. ISO Forty-third ftrcct. last night, or pneumonia. Mr. Kamscy was born near the Union Depot site 72 years ago. and resided In the city until a few 3 cars azo he removed to Ohio, where his children lived. Ills children are N. P. Kainseyi general agent; Joseph i.ini5cy, geac-Al inauagerof the Panhandle Railway: Kcr. Altrcd Ramsey, of Untontitirn; John 1. Kamser, Super intendent Ohio bouthern Railway, and Blrs. W. D. Hohii1.iv. wile or t'. A. Hulllday. of the Panhandle ItallroiJ. '1 he family were a Hut hlshedsldc "hen lie died. The remains will be taken to Cincinnati lor Interment. Obituary Notes. Robert Fhavz, the well-known composer, died yesterday at Berlin. CmnLOrTis EDOtiEKt. the Swedish authoress a'lil ir,,e or the l)ulf Cajjnellu. diisl'at Naples ves lenl.ij. he wis III fit- on'y ;t hour. Hit. Hnr.ZiiT VavVai JStH. one or the leaillng M?t,no. tile btair. died at Kt. Wnync, Ind., ;.e lerln. lie n- t ne ot the founders of the Owls, a sidudtowof lh J Masonic frder,"auU at the time of bis death was supreme officer, -. HUMANE PITTSBURGERS To Attend the Association's Annual Meeting ' at Philadelphia Children on the Stage Engagements and Weddings A Pitts burg Girl Going to 'tho Tront in New York. The seventh annual convention of the American Humane Association is to be held in Philadelphia' Wednosi'ay, Thursday and Friday of this week. A.numbor of Pitts burgers will bo iu attendance. The meeting is expectod to ho one of great importance and practical wmth. Topics bearing on questions of humanity will be' discussed, measures looking' to tho alleviation of tho sufferings of children and animals will be Introduced, and addresses will be delivered and papers presoatea which will bo of the highest character. The President of the association is Dr. Leonard Uobart Eaton, of Pittsburg, who will, during the convention, deliver a lecture be'ore 1,600 boysatGirard College on "Klndno s to Animals." Among other notablo ad J i esses will bo one by Hon. Eihridgo T. Gerry, President or the New York Society for the Prevention of Crnelty to Children, on "Tho Children of the Statie." In view of tho large amount or discussion, that has prevailed as to the propriety ot dilution being allowed to sing nnd dance on the stage, Mr. Gerry's remarks will be heard and read with more than usual interest. Besides the formal business of the conven tion, there will be considerable social pleas ure for those Ktendin. Wednesday evening Mrs. Caroline Earle White, President or the Women's Branch or tho P. C A., will hold a reception at her home, 202 Chestnut street. Thursday, the Piunsylvnnia Society for tho Prevention of Cruelty to Children will hold a reception at tho home of the society, 217 riroad stieet. Friday the delegates will be driven through Fairaionnt Park, at tho in vitation of tho Women's P. C. A. Saturday tho delegates will he entertained at break last, at 11 St., by Mr. Robert W. Rrorss, Pres ident of tho Pennsylvania S. P. C A. at his country scat, Burholines. afte' which they will be driven to the llyerss Infirmary for Dumb Animals. The wedding of Miss Annie Steinmeyer and Mr. Julius Hoffmann, of J. M. Hoffmann & Co., is announced for Wednesday evening, October2C, at tho rcsidenco of the bride's mother, Forbes and Darruh streets, Oik land. The interior or "tho house will bo tastefully decorated, and other clnbornto arrangements are bciiic completed for tho occasion. Itev. llonff will i fficlate. A wee ding reception will follow tho ceremonies, after which Mr. and Mr3. noffmmn will leave on an extended trip through hastern cities. An interesting engagement just an nounced is that of Mis? Maine Seaforth to Mr. George Hopper, of Hopper Bros. Both young peoplo aro very popular In their set, ind the marr'nire will bo one of consldera- ble importance. Tnis evening a rccsption will he given to Rev. William C. Young. D. D., LL.D.. and Rev. Robert Christy ut the Monongahela House by the Presbyterian Union of Pitts burg and Allegheny. Mrs. Schoyer, Mrs. Minnemeyer, Mrs. Hendorson and Mrs. Graham will be the Ue ception Committee this evonlng at the tea to De given by the ladies of the North Ave nuo M. E. churcli at the residence or Mrs. John V. Brobst, 38 Buena Vista street. Prof. Salmon will have charge of tho musical pro gramme. Thu tea is 'or the benefit of tiie Women's Home and Forolgn Missionary So ciety. Mr. James Casey, son of T. D, Casey, who has been studying medicine at Phila delphia for several years .past, has gone to Germany for the purposo of raking a three years' course at Heidelberg University. Miss Mart Codv, the well-known elo cutionist of this city, who has been in Now York for several months, is making rapid strides in her chosen profession. According to notices in New York papers, Miss Cody has been elected n.memhor of the Artists' Club. At nn entertainment given a week ago by the club, and at which Miss Cody re cited, she was presented with a handsome diamond ring. A LECTURE on Chautauqua Circle work wis delivered in tho Smithlinld'Streot M. E. ChUrch, last night, by Dr. J. T. Edwards. Mrs. Aretas F. Brooks will tender a reception in honorof Mrs. Edwin E. Sullivan nnd lira. Edward Graham, both br whom latoly became brides', Thursday afternoon. MUCH interest is felt in the wedding of Miss Jessie McDonald, or Allegheny, to Mr. EdcarE. Stowarr, or Pittsburg, that is to take place Thursday evening, in tho home or the bride's sister, Mrs. M. D. U.islctt, Alle gheny. Mr. and Mrs. it. B. Heaton are par ing a 'hort visit to Mr. lloiand T. White, Mrs. Hc.aton's rather, in AUecheny, before going to their new home In Salem, O. The stiver wedding of Mr. and Mrs. H. W. HufT is to be celebrated nt their Irwlr. avenue, Alloshenv, homo next Monday. Sixtv invitations aro out, and there will bo a regular Halloweon party, with music, danc ing, etc. A LARGE number of workmen were em ployed yosterdav in cleaning up tho Interior or the old postoffice on Fifth avenue pre paratory to the opening of tho Southsido Hospital fair there on November 7. All tho wooden partitions aro being torn nwav nnd it is surprising the amount or space that hns been already brought to view. The many pillars ancl-archc on the first floorwill per mit of much handsome decorating nnd tho old edifice "penis exactly adapted for the purpose to which His to be put. It is prob ahlo the fair will bo continued two weeks Instead of only one as at first intended. THE SDK'S LITTLE SHOW. Titat eclipse went off with eclat. It was a great success. Baltimore American. Eves the moon made a nice attempt to get to the front and soo the World's Fair cele bration. Grand iZapidt ITernliL Eicn of the political parties lopked at tho eclipse and regarded it ns significant of the other's fate. Washington itar. The dlffotenco between Thursday's solar eclipse and that of Cleveland on November 8 is that Cleveland's will bo total St. Louis Qlcbe-Democrat. The moon's shadiw wai not In it on tho day ret for the eclipse or tho sun. Chicago was brilliant and managod to eclipso every thing. Sew Orleans Picajune. Mr. Cleveland viewed the eclipso or tho sun with deep nnd sympathetic interosr. Ho was sure lie saw hi3 face as it was discerned in tho moon by the Illinois peoplo the other night. Detroit Join nal. ritoat a scientific point of view not mnch was to bo expected froai observation of this phenomenon: It is only during total eclipses that astronomers can got stIsructory ob servations of tho sun's corona Sew York Press. I'clipses havo been of great use in the as certainment of tho lelntions between the sun nnd the earth, and tneir study is yet ono of the 11103!; Interesting nnd instructive in the whole range or scientific observation. Trc; Times. None ortho marvelon? phenomena ora total eclipse, with its deep shadow and benu tirnl photosphere, were seen, but thero was onough to satlsry the thouuhtful observer in tho rcaliz itlon or tho vnstness or the scale on which the phenomenon occurs. Phltadel-f-hia ledger. TnElittlo event was in no way due to- tho McKinley bill, ns some might bo led to sup pose. Nature keeps up her time-honored custom", in spite of tho great protectionist," thongh, iryou look nt the sun's countenance through stained glass, ho will be after you. Boston Olobe. Words! Words! "Words! St. Louis Globe Democrat. I Stevenson has made nearly 100 speeches In the present campaign, hot he hasn't said 100 words that anybody cared to hear. Tho Four-Hundredth and One. Baltimore American.; In this qnadro-contonnlal year it will be only fnir to put tho name of Columbus on the Us; of the four hundred. Has Found Us Master. Uetroll Free Iress.T The gas meter outranks nil other liars ex cept in the heated campaign sessions. , . CURIOUS CONDEtolOSS. - The medieval lance was 18 feet long. Corsets havo been found on-je Traj,t of Egyptian mummies. The hawthorn is an American planu, was first uioutioncd in I6S3. Before the year 1800. 12 papers wer published in the United States. A colony of about 1,000 Japanese ij t bo established in Sinaloa, Mexico. A mountain of carbonate of zins is th latest discovery near HUlsboro, N. H. A Newfoundland company has bee: organized to gather ico from icebergs. Electricity, was first transported fror. place to place in a portable form in 1S31. Mexican flint knives were made so shar that thoy could be used for trimming hair. The State of Washington lays claim t 300 Indian voters, 'while Oregon boasts or 5. A number of the finest coaching team id and about Pri3 belong to American auu tours. Muffs were first nsed by doctors to kec their flnsors soft and were adopted by ladit about 153). The Greek stage had three doore, on in the center, the roval door, being for th principal characters. A Portland, Me., woman, who has mania for cancelled postage stamps, ha over a million of them. The international chess tonrnament t bo held in Chicago in connection with th Fait will distribute $7,000 iu prizes. Somebody claims that an electric plan lias been discovered in India, which will ir fiuencea magnetic needle 20jeet distant. The highest price yet paid for a violi wns 1,400, alven for tho instrument know; as tho Betts' Stradivnrius. It gained this dif tlnguishing title through a remarkable inci dent. A New York oyster house keeper ha discovered in a Littlo Neck clam a pearl, fr which he has already been 'offered a goo priC6. At the cxhifiition at the Photographi Society of Great Britain there is a phott rraph of Mont Blanc taken at a distance o 65 mile. Californic mineralogists believe the thero Is nn excellent chance of Cailfofni becoming a creat diamond-producing reglo at somo time. When playing Falstaff Quin had a ve vet chair with gold claws and bluo frlng placed on the battle field so that he mlgt soliloquize in comrort. A complete suit of horse armor con prised tho champnnr. head pioce; manlfair. neck piece: poitrol for tho shoulders an croupier over the hips. In 18S0 our domestic exchange amounted In value to $8,0.0.000,000 in rnum nnmher' iu 18B0 the amount vfat $15.000 003 000, tho 1 icrcase in tcu years being $8,003,000 000. The cent which, in 1783, George Wast ington dropped on the Ira Mead houii stead, near Turk Hill. Conn., has been ri centlv found, and the finder of it is an in mensoly proud man. Cable railroads are no features of mos of the loading American cltios. The firs cable railroad In New York fity was huf on Tenth nvouuu lv L-wU Lyon, an Enj lishman, recently deceased. Manufactures of clothing increased dn. ing the free trade peHod at the rate of 51 730 0C0 n year. Since I860 tho increase ha been at tho rate ot $11,230,000 annually. The common daphne grown in flowe gardens Is one tr the most deadly poison known to tho botanist. Three or four or th berries will kill a man ns qnickly as strycl nine, nnd one has beon known to kill a chil in hair an hour. The Chinese Empire and dependencie Mongolia,' Manchooria, Chinese Tnrkestai Kokaiwirnml Thibet, occupy nn area or t least O.OOO.ICO square miles, or al out om third or Aln. The pnn'ilati-m is estimate at rrora :C0,030 003 to 433,000,000. The first patent in the United State was issued Jul v 31. 1790. to Samuel Honlrir for rraklne: potnnd pearl nshes. Fonr hui. dred nnd thirty-threcrthotisnnd fourhnndro and thirtv-ix parents were, lsned durin the first IPO j ears of the patent office. , A successful trial was made on th Erie Cnnal. at Lock port, X. Y., Tuesday, ( a full-sized canaiboat equipped with tw revolving portable wheols running Ilk overshot wnter whoels in air-tight rccosse cut in from the bottom of tho Voat, a Iittl fornard of tho stern. In Spain, about 1630, the hoop-skirt becamo so monstrous that an edict ws I-S'.ied commanding their reduction an ordoring the confiscation or hoop-skin abovo tho regnl.ation izo. Tho attempts t carry ont thu edict canned lnnumerabl not.-, and wore finally abandoned. What is said to have been the Iare; blast ever fired in the Mississippi Valle was discharged recontly atGrnulteville, 3Ii Tno holes nero drilled 40 feet deupnnd wer scattered along a line ot lfl feer. The reui wjs thodislodgmentor 1C0.000 cubic feet) granite, all In one solid piece, without a frai turo or scam. Nearly the whole of the English ve;e table produce is grown in tho Thames va ley and the Home counties. Cornwall an Dovon contributo broccoli and early frnit while potatoes como irom all parts of th klnzdom. Middlesex, howevor.is the centt of the vegetable fruit-crowing industr which is annually extending. The Prefect of the Seine had recentl 1,071 offices at his disposal,all of a minor in portanco, nnd for theso offices ho had ove 10,000 applicants The offices were mostly a supernumerary clerks, porters, local cu toms collectors, tobacco shopkeepers, an even chief funeral mutes and cemotcr rangeis. The Russians call the "grip" Chines catarrh, the Germans call it the Russia pest, tho Italians name it the German dl ease, the French call it the Italian fever an the Spanish catarrh. The Itnliansinvente tho term influenza in tho seventeenth cet fury, nnd attributed tho disease to the inSi ence or certain planets. Some of the tribes of India have a, ma riage custom which calls for the presence a cow nnd a calf at tho ceremony. Th principals and the priest drive a cow and calf into tne water, and there the brldo an groom, ?s well as the clergyman, clutch th cow's tail, while the officiating personam pours water upon it from a glass vessel an utters a religions formula. pdETBY EN PASSANT. a nrtfr. -She wore a locket around her neck A locltct of shining gold; The shape of a heart, and large enough A picture petite to hold. I opened the locket to ascertain Who was her particular pet: But lnstcairsjf a miniature pbotogrann AVas a sign which read tnns "To Let." Seu lorlc Jlerati. How various in her moods she is Now ready to beguile; She wounds ns with her cutting toagj e. And heals us with her smile. Detroit Free Press. READT TOR THE CAliJJtVAL. Beady for the Carnival goin' in a canter, Ole mule'cs' a-snortln on the big road to Attant. Cornbread In the saddlebags eve ythlng a-hun mln'. , Leadln' all the DHlvllle nags-look outlwe'r. comln'l Beady for the Carnival flftr men In line. Don't caro for Ihe railroads wnen tho weather fair and fine! Billville guards a-blowln' an a-goln' in a cante Au' the ole mule Jes' a-racUn' on the big road Atlanta I ' Atlanta Constitution. Come, gaily howl the glad "hurrah!" And let torchlights dance! Twill be four years before you get Another such a cbauce. Washington Star. , HE COOtD SEVER. LOVE A30THEB. He felt at his heart a dreadful pain, An I with tears his ejes were dim. And he said that he never could love again. On the night that she Jilted him. Bnt althnngh with a sigh and his b-sin in a whl i That nhrlil he bemoaned h fite. Ue was madly Lit love with another gtrr ., . JustalOrtulrM Irom thatdat .,.- ffram - , Sew Torkl