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TIN FOR THE WORLD.
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More Than Supply All the Pig Tin
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Conclusive. He Also Gives Details of
the Progress of Development. Plenty
of Facts Answering the Free Trade
Outcry Against the Growing Tin In
dustry. THE WARS OF UGANDA
DUE TO RELIGION.
An Article Showing the Mistakes of
Missionaries in Africa.
LOCAL POLITICS
ARE WARMING UP.
A Few Points Overlooked in the
National Excitement,
A FEW OTHER FEATURES ARE:
X Station of Debtors:
Frank G. Carpenter tells of the banking
and financial habits of Russia.
Ont for Principle:
Portraits by De Grimm and sketches of
the candidates of the four minor parties.
Politic Clrinamen:
How the Orientals are organizing for a
hard right in Congress against the Geary
act.
Lady Verner's Fliplit:
Second installment of this best of News
paper stones from the pen of the over
popular Mrs. Hungerlord.
Tariff in Canada:
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Canada's protective policy in the iron
industry there.
Foreign Fashions:
Sketches and descriptions of what the
belles or London and Paris aro to wear
this season.
Lace of Brussels:
Mary Temple Bayard visits the factories
where women spend their lives making
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Women's Gossip:
Timely topics Tor the fair sex discussed
in a chatty stylo by Margaret H. Welqb.
Lies or Three Liars:
Howard Fielding tells of a hit of a con
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was a star.
Kof es and Qnerics: '
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the important questions propounded by
leaders of THE DISPATCH.
Tricks of Beggars:
How Pittsburg peoplo of the hest inten
tions are led to give where giving does
positive harm. .
Some Unburied Lies:
Eev. George Hodges, in his sermon for
to-morrow, treats of some commonly ac
cepted mistakes.
Spain's Side ISing:
Hon the followers of Don Carlos may
make tiouble in the event of the death
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PITTSBURG. SATURDAY. OCT. 29. 1832.
TWELVE PAGES
THE DEBT QUESTION.
The proposition to issue a considerable
number of bonds for city improvement
bobs up again in the shape of a report that
it will be submitted shortly. Tne amount
by which it is proposed to increase the
city is lcoselystated atS3,000,000 to 56,000,
000. The objects are reported to be parks,
free bridges and in addition the wide
gauge word "improvements."
The city debt will hardly be increased
56,000,000 for the very good reason that
such an increase would bring it beyond
the limit placed by the Constitution. The
limit makes it possible to increase the debt
four to five millions, and the people will
be called upon to decide whether it shall
be done. The election last year to author
ize an increase of debt to meet an emer
gency was practically unanimous, but it
does not follow that the people will ex
tend the same treatment to a proposition
to depart from a policy which has rescued
Pittsburg from the gravest difficulties and
placed her affairs in very satisfactory con
dition. Twenty years ago Pittsburg tried the
plan of issuing bonds for city improve
ments. She is paying for the bonds still;
but few of the improvements remain.
The bog of difficulties into which she was
plunged at that time was only got out of
on the policy of paying as we go, and that
is a good policy to stick to. There may
be some classes of improvements for which
it is permissible to mortgage the future.
Cut street improvements are not aiaong
them. Parks are not among them either
for Pittsburg, for the reason that Pittsburg
has all the park acreage she wants un
less some small parks can be established
nearer the residence quarters of the work
ing masses -and park improvements are
naturally a work of time.
Free bridges are perhaps an object for
which it would be proper to issue bonds,
if it were not that the city already has
more money for the purpose than it has
been able to use. There is, however, a
reason why Pittsburg should hold her
debt negotiating power in reserve. The
time is coming when' there must be a .com
prehensive plan of water extension to
improve both the quantity and quality of
the supply. When that time comes Pitts
burg will need to employ her power to
issue bonds to the utmost
LAST WEEK OF .THE CANVASS.
Auother week remains for the cam
paigners to get in their work. The
quietest canvass on record for the Presi
dency will then be finished but it would
be an erroneous mistake to assume that
the public are not taking a deep interest
Simply because such excitements as torch
light processions, monster meetings and
the like are rather out of fashion, it does
not by any means follow that the Ameri
can people do not feel vitally concerned
in an election which turns distinctly upon
business issues.
Following the usual professions of con
fidence by the rival managers, there have
lately come admissions that these prophets
are not much better posted about the
doubtful States than the common people.
But there is a basis for prediction which
is broader, and probably more reliable,
"than the guess-figures of county and town
ship statesmen and oracles. The guiding
fact is that a large ."majority of voters
arc keenly intelligent upon business
issues. They cannot readily be fooled.
There is the strongest possible pre
sumption that they will vote ac
cording as they believe their interests
to be affected. They know the results of
the protection policy in building up the
prosperity that the United States has en
joyed, and, while they hear the opponents
of that policy denouncing it, they have
not heard one of them propose any means
excepting a tariff by which the necessary
revenues for the expenses of the Govern
ment can be raised. They have heard the
tariff denounced as a tax, yet no explana
tion of how the Government expenses can
be raised excepting by such a tax. If
there is any agreement upon a financial
programme among the lights and leaders
of the Democracy It is neither indicated
nor foreshadowed in the differences be
tween the utterances of Messrs. Cleveland
and Hill and the free trade doctrines of
the Chicago platform. Likewise as to the
currency, if there are any considerable
number of people with capital, labor or
business at stake who would prefer a
return to "wild-cat" notes as against our
present reliable money, they have not
been heard from.
It is an old saying that "Still waters run
deep," and the stillness of the present
canvass may reasonably be attributed to
deep convictions about matters easily
grasped. So far as the business sense of
the public is to be relied upon it points
directly in favor of the Republicans.
NEW YORK'S PETTY FB.OVINCIALISM
Some of the exhibitions of the New
York papers concerning the inaugural and
dedicatory celebration at Chicago last
week are pitched in a tone which reveals
the narrowest provincialism. They are in
tended to be unfavorable to Chicago, but
they are a great deal more unfavorable in
the display they make of pettiness inNew
York.
It is hardly worth while. to attempt a
complete specification of these displays of
jealousy and spite at the Chicago enter,
prise. But the prominence given to one set
of caricatures which represented the Oht
cagoans attending the inaugural ball as a
lot of uncouth hoodlums, boorish alike in
dress, face and manners, calls for com-
ment. It is a favorite New York super
stttioD that nowhere west of the Alle
gheny Mountains can any considerable
number of folk be foundi-wbo know how
to wear decent clothes or to carry them
selves according to cood manners in pub
lic. But there has, rarely befo a more
offensive display of this really provincial
and petty spirit than in the cartoons pub
lished in the New York World with re
gard to Chicago.
The fact is that Chicago in social culture
is fplly equal to New York. Her society
has. never produced such a travesty as
McAllister, nor has it ever made an at
tempt to establish an imitation of English
aristocracy on the sole ' foundation of
money as a qualification for the haut ton.
The people vho attend the public balls
will compare favorably with the elite of
Tammany; and on the whole it is indis
creet for the New York press to indulge in
criticisms that provoke odious compar
isons. The matter is the more reprehensible
because it is plainly inspired by the New
York spite at Chisago for having secured
the Exposition when New York wanted it
There has been room for fair criticism of
Chicago's course, but when it goes the
length of cheap and vulgar pictorial slan
der concerningwhat has become a national
enterprise it calls for general condemnation.
TO BOOM PITTSBURG.
The article elsewhere, apropos of the
proposed emigration of green bottle man
ufacturers, is full of significance as to the
movement of real estate values in and
around Pittsburg, -consequent upon the'
rapid growth of local industries. It is
indicative of a progress which is both
rapid and steady, and it contains strong
arguments on behalf of an enlargement of
the city's legal area.
Centripetal and centrifugal forces are
constantly at work inducing respectively
a concentration of the directive power in
the business heart of this city, and a
decentralization of that which it controls
throughout the surrounding country. The
capital, brain and enterprise of Pittsburg
men is responsible for and in control of
vast interests conducted outside the munic
ipality. It is as though Pittsburg's business
center were an immense power house
from which energy is distributed to works
far away from this force. Surely all these
hives of industry are practically and theo
retically a part of Pittsburg. Yet legally
and conventionally they lie without the
city's limits, and beyond the care "of the
municipality.
The time has come to equate the prac
tical and legal boundaries of the city.
From so doing each part of the proposed
new whole would derive great advantages.
Pittsburg. Allegheny and the surrounding
suburbs and boroughs would each and all
be gainers by sinking somewhat of their
individualities in the formation of a new
city of nearly half a million inhabitants.
The prestige derived from the con
solidation would tend to give this
district that high place among the nations
which is its light by reason of its im
mense industrial importance. By the prin
ciple that commodities can be purchased
or produced more cheaply wholesale than
retail the economic gain maybe easily
foreseen. The growing tendency of the
age toward immense combinations of in
terests in particular industries is only to
be defended by the argument that not
only the combiners but the consuming
public as well are to benefit by the de
crease In the price of production and. dis
tribution., .And this .argument on behalf
of commercial co-operation is equally ap
plicable to municipal consolidation.
All this, too, can be consummated by a
judicious retention of local governments
,and responsibility for debt, under one cen
tralized executive authoritv with
.little' or no friction. The gain
to municipal spirit and esprit de
.corps which would result from such a
movement is in itself a sufficient incentive
fonts advocacy. Pitisburg and its col
leagues and dependencies will neverattain
their rightful position or make a progress
of proper rapidity until they unite to dis
play their advantages and strength before
the world. With a tithe of that energy
devoted to public affairs which is now con
centrated on private enterprises the new
city of Pittsburg would soon be a fait
accompli, jo tne advantage or the private
undertakings no less than the public
whole.
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FAITHFUL AMONG THE FAITHXESS.
The fact that the Civil Service Commis
sion has issued notices warning Federal
office-holders against undue activity in the
campaign is made the subject of sarcasm
and the object of scorn by our esteemed
cotemporary, the Philadelphia Telegraph.
That paper notes that all the Cabinet
officers are engaged in offensive partisan
ship, and that both candidates have aban
doned their reform notions except in the
abstract, consequently the Telegraph
esteems the notice of the Commission "a
wearisome farce," and impatiently in
quires: "What is the use?"
It must be admitted that Civil Service
Reform is at piesent decidedly crowded
into the rear by practical politics. Jt is
Bight years since Mr. Cleveland was
elected on a civil service reform platform,
and with the strongest professions of
fealty to that reform, only to appoint an
Assistant Postmaster General who turned
his pledges into a byword, and who has
been rewarded withftbe Vice Presidental
nomination for that service. It is four
years since General Harrison was nomin
atecLalso under civil service reform pledges,
after calling attention to the discrepancy
between his opponent's professions and
practice. He, too, appointed Clarkson to
perform the Stevenson act, but so far the
Republican party has not committed the
misdemeanor of nominating Clarkson for
the Vice Presidency. Both parties to-day
give over the management to the avowed
spoilsmen; but Mr. Cleveland vhas been
especially active in making treaties of
offensive and defensive alliance with the
worst politicians in the country.
Thus it is undeniable that civil service
reform is under a cloud. But is that any
reason why the Commission should not
stand to its guns? When all others are
unfaithful should It not stick to the faith?
It is well that there Is somebody- in the
country to remind office-holders of the
law and their duty to obey it It fa not a
commendable idea that, because all those
who professed it in the past have 'aban
doned civil service reform, the body in
trusted by law with its maintenance
shouldsthrow aside its duty. So long as
the.Civil Service Commission has a legal
existence it should keep up its warnings.
The variance between the opinions of
leading Democrats and the propositions of"
their party platform make it or little won
der that Mr. Cleveland should find mucU to
revise in Mr. btevenson's letter or ucoejn
ance. But in view of the laclllty with
which the differences between the ex-President
and the Chicago platform were slurred
overit is somewhat surprising that a little
difference of opinion between tho- Presi
dental nnd Vico Presidental candidates
eould not be eliminated in piivacy and wltn
ease. Moreover, the greatness of ilr. cie ve
land so dwarfs the insignificance of Mr.
Stevenson that It is hard to understand why
the latter did not leave the composition of
so.Bupremely important a'document en
tirely to the lucid and succinct penmanship
of thofoimer. What a terrible loss to the
public it would he if the absorption of the
ex-beadsman's time in speechiflcations or
the multiplicity or Mr. Cleveland's cor
lections should consign that promised and
eagerly expected doenmont to the oblivion
of the letters that never came.
Milwaukee suffered a terrible 'loss by
Arc last night, and the suffering and desti
tution lecalled the awful tribulation which
Chicago underwent twenty-one 3-ears ago.
There is not much difference between the
Rize of,, Milwaukee now and that of Chicago
In 1S7L But the greater abundance and effi
ciency of Are apparatus to-day warrants tbo
hope thnt tbo conflagration may be stopped
far short of tlie.tot.il destruction of the city.
At the time or writing, detnlls as to damage
dpne, lives lost and tho origin and course of
the Are have not bee'n received. It is pleas
ing to note the readiness with which Chicago
came to aid its neighbor, and it Is certain
that no effort will be spared all over the
country to relieve the distress of the sur
vivors. Thero is always the consolation for
such dire calamities as this that the Ameri
can snirit of brotherhood and vigorous en
terpiiso renders them far less disastrous
here than they would be in any other coun
try. If tbe NewYork County Democracy found
their ideas or consistency undisturbed
by an intention to vote for such different
principles as those expressed in the Chicago
platform and Mr. Cleveland's letter, it is not
qnite clear why they should object to in
dorsing Tammany Hall by voting fora ticket
eouiaininga professed civil-service refoimer
and an avowed spoilsman.
Pittsburg is somewhat familiar with
itself, and by no means unknown to out
siders, as a manufacturing cer.tor with an
accompaniment of dirt and activity. To
dav it may flatter itself that it is, for the
nonce at least, a cenlerof art and the propa
gation or the. beautiful. This morning tne
first joint meeting of the Stato.bianches of
the National Committee on Art of the
World's Columbian Exposition is held in
this municipality. Professor n. C Ives,
Chief or tho Exposition's art department,
and Chairman C. II. Hart, of the Committee
on Retrospective Art, are among the dis
tinguished visitors who are to meet the ac
credited local representatives to take coun
cil together how best the products of Ameri
can artists may be displayed at the World's
Fair. May our skies for once be blue, and
our points of beauty look their best -for the
occasion, and may Pittsbuig he inspired
anew to foster tho beautiful as well as pro
duce the useful things of life!
The iron trade in Philadelphia is in an
extraordinary condition of activity. So
abnormal is the amount of business on hand
that all the Philadelphians actually the
Philadelphians engaged therein are de
scribed by the market report as being in a
hurry. This is unprecedented and almost
Incredible!
Op course that "flopping" Republican
elector in Connecticut is possessed of the
universal piivilege to demonstrate the ex
istence or his mind by changing it, but just
why he should have been inconsiderate
enongh to postpone his aspostacy to tho
eleventh hour no new evidence having
been produced in the meantime is an ex
ample of those, many cases where explana
tion becomes impossible when it becomes
necessary. There are, however, at least
enongh Republicans left in the State from
whom to select a satisfactory substitute for
the deserter. Notoriety is the main incen
tive to most of those who display the vola
tility of their sentiments In such immodest
publicity.
Chicago has a scentless fuel gas that is
asphyxiating people in a most unpleasantly
effective manner. Something louder would
be safer and more in keeping with the other
attributes of the Windy City.
Mr Joseph Chamberlain in the
Forum points out the superiority of English
over American municipal government, and
accounts for it partly by the devotion or
lelsuied men to tho management or the
cities in which they live. There Is no doubt
that tho refusal of American men of wealth
to devote their energies to tho good of die
Commonwealth is a seyious evil. But such
English superiority as there is in municipal
matters is due in large meaure to the
greater age of the country as well as to the
greater abundance of practical public SDiilt
and tbo lower pace of living.
Apropos of that alleged proposal for a
new bond issue, it will do no harm to re
member that debts aro as unwholesome a
diet lor cities as for citizens to live on ex
clusively. MANY of the newly issued double postal
cards have been wasted by the carelessness
and disregard of brief and clear instructions
hy intelligent business men. The display of
a like discrimination to road and observe
the somewhat more complicated regulations
for voting under the Baker ballot law
would result in a regrettable sacutlce of
votes. No voter should stay away from the
polls, and none should risk the invalidation
of his ballot by abstaining from a careful
study of the sample sheets and their re
quirements. Shortsightedness alone can prevent
the identification of municipal and Individ
ual interests. The latter can best be pre
vented by vigorous attention to the former.
Rainbow-chasers on both sides, the
fence declare that sunrise on November 8 Is
no more certain than the fulfillment of.tlieir
contradictory ptognosticatlons. It is
obvious tuat the sun cannot rise on election
day. Unless so surprising an event should
transpire as the ocular and oral demonstra
tion that numerous political prophets have
prophesied falsely in a Presidental cam
paign. Like its overridden predecessors, the
latest Wisconsin gerrymander is character
ized hy its lack or equity and its devotion
to partisan expediency.
PROMINENT BLF0RR THE PDBMC.
In spite of all denials, Pope Leo is cer
tainly not well, and audiences have, for the
present, been abandoned on account of his
Illness.
Congressman Sherman Hoar, of
Massachusetts, during the Christmas holi
days will marry Miss Mary D. Buttriok, of
'Concord.
General George S. Batchellob,
Minister to Portugal, will soon resign. He
will .go to Paris as agent tor thieo promi
nent insurance companies.
Herr Finckel, the Danish Inspector of
South Greenland, who has never left his
bleak domain for 27 years, is an erect, dig
nified man, with snow white hair and mous
tache. No two men e- lived, it is said, who
were more devrtcd friends than Einest
Renan and Lord 'ioimyson, whoby a coin
cidence that has already been noted, died
about the same time.
Mrs. Poingdestke, a Jersey lady, has
just completed her lootiiyear. One of her
sons is 72. She writes clearly without
glasses, has a good memory for past events
and can even join in singing.
Twenty-five years ago King George
and .the Grand Duchess Olga.eldest daughter
of the Grand Duke Constaniine.-of Russia,
were married, aud their silver wedding
came off yesterday. The occasion was cele
brated in strlot privacy.
Me. Whittieb leit a larger estate than
was expected even hy his most intimate
friends. It. is understood that his copy
rights alone bring In now nu income or
$3,500 a year, while the total value or his
estate is placed at $12000.
De. Hans Bichtee, who has temporarily
bocomo Conductor or the Berlin Phlll-nr-
monic Society, may possibly be nki-d to ir-1
tain tne f mcu permanently. Uullko Von
Uulnw. who was foiced to" surrender 'ttio
baton, Dr. Richtor cherishes no offensive
political sentiments, or at least expresses
none.
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CAMPAIGN NEWS AND COMMENT.
The current week has been one of' in
teresting, if not startling developments.
Fusion has been rendered more complete in
tho West. The Democratic electors In Colo
rado have been withdrawn in favor of the
nominees ot the People's party. Before this
action the Republicans were confident of
success, and even now, white- admitting the
sti uggle is a hard one, believe the electoral
votes will be cast for Harrison and
Held. In .South Dakota a .partial
fusion was effected at the last
moment, and in Oregon two Democratic
electoral candidates have been. withdrawn f
and Weaver's adherents substituted. This
establishes fusion, more or less complete, in
eight Western States, Kansas, Minnesota,
North and South Dakota, Colorado, Idaho,
Wyoming and Oregon, affecting altogether
about the same number of electoral votes
possessed by Now York. In addition, tho
Populists are making a straight fight in sev
eral Mates, but only in Nobraska
and Nevada do they present a
dangerous lront. The Democratic
leaders of Nebraska held a conlcrenee dur
ing the week on the subject or fusion, but
took no definite action It is reported,
though, that several thousand votes will be
thrown to the Weaver ticket without a
form.il alliance. These events, taken as a
whole, slightly increase tlm possibility of
the now party obtaining sufficient strength
in the electoral college to complicate the
situation.
According to the New York World, "It
reahy looks ns it Nevada would go for
Weaver, and not in the way that Georgia
and Arkansas went for him, either."
The reports from -Alabama, where the
Republicans and Populists have 1 used, con
tinue to be most conflicting. The Demo
ciats assert most emphatically that they no
longer have the slightest fear of losing the
State, while their opponents claim au as
sured majority, and only ask for a fair vote
and an honest count. In Tennessee the
Democrats are making every effort to dis
rupt tho partial alliance of the Repub
licans with tho Third party, and have
apparently made some progress in
that direction. The desperate character
of tlfelr work, though, indicates that they
still regard the State ns in danger. North
Carolina is In similar condition, but the
Democrats are more confident than a few
weeks ago. Senator Hill's presence was
evidently considered essenttal in Virginia,
while in tho border States or Delaware and
WestVnginia the Republicans have been
waging a vigorous struggle. In the latter,
especially, the Democrats have been
thoroughly alarmed, and have summone 1
Stevenson, Hill and others or their
heavy-weight orators to the rescue next
week. As a whole the Democratic column
bdlow Mason and Dixon's line has possibly
been slightly strengthened during tho past
ten uays, largely uy mo iorce Dill scare.
Bnt there are at-least one or two points
which aro still hopeful ground lor Repub
licans. If the South can be kept solid by a few
ancient eggs Democratic managers in that
section will hereafter regard the raising of
poultry as an indispensable campaign feat
ure. On the surface, at least, the Republicans
have bad 'the best of recent developments
in New York and Indiana. The squabbles
among tho city Democratic factions, the
trouble with the Irish and tho heavy rural
registration aro all encouraging features in
the Empire State. In Indiana the Presi
dent's friends are laboring all the more
energetically in his behalf because he Is not
now able to take part In the
work. There has been a noticeable
decrease in Democratic confidence as to
both these States, and while they still
claim them, they no longer talk about the
overwhelming majorities so popular not
long ago. In Connecticut, indeed, somo of
the free trade leaders are almost ready o
concede defeat. All admit that the struggle
in the Nutmeg State is close, the prosperity
or the tobacco farmers under the McKinley
law having a powerful Influence. Republi
can claims as to New Jersey, particularly on
tne state ticket, nave lnoieased in vlgo.-,
but there is little substantial
ground for expecting moie than"
a leduoed Democratic plurality. There
has been practically no change In the can
vass in any other Northern States. The
neavy tcgistration 111 Chicago, about 100,901
greater tuan four j ears ago, adds an element
of uncertainty to the situation In Illinois,
but tho Republican leaders believe tbe in
crease will be found to be in their favor.
Now that the Wisconsin Legislature has
adopted its third gerrymander the Badger
State politicians will endeavor to get down
to tbe regular issues of the campaign.
IT is one of the remarkable features of
this Presidental campaign that so many of
the men who so strongly opposed the nom
inations of Cleveland and Harrison are now
actively ongaged in tbe direction of tho
battle. This is true to such an extent that
it may oven be said that the campaign in
in New York, on bosh sides, Is in the bands
of the very men who were leaders in the op
position to the nomination of the two, Presi
dental candidates. No one ever pretends at
this stage of the contest that ex-Senators
i'latt and Miller are in any degree Inke--narm
toward tbe Republican ticket. Both
ot these leaders have not only spoken
lor Harrison, but they aie directing
the Republican campaign. The same
is true ot men of less distinction and au
thority in the party, but who also opposed
Harrison's nomination. On the Democratic
side there have been many misgivings as to
the good laith and earnestness or Senator
am, cnauman Murpny, lioutenant uover
nor SHeebau and Richard Croker, but these
misgivings have given place to confidence.
Claikson, who was anti-Harrison at Minne
apolis, lias been assisting Carter, who was
pro-Harrison, in the conduct or the nationul
campaign. Uoiinaii, who had Presidentul
aspiration himself, is ttssijtlng Chairman
Uairtty, who was instrumental in pledging
ibe State of Pennsylvania to Cleveland. So,
on both sides, the spectacle is presented of
the factional opponents of the Presidental
candidates standing forth In in the lore
liont of the battle, bearing tho party ban
nets and actively directing operations in the
face of the enemy.
The men who were expected to bolt are
all in line, and the Coppers have come from
unexpected and possibly out-of-the-way
quarters.
Those in actual charge ot the respective
campaigns have not been doing over much
talking in the past few days. Joseph U.
Manley, the Malno member of the Republi
can Executive Committee, who is as familiar
with tbe details of the canvass as Chairman
Carter, is pleased with tho brightening pros
pects. Up to the last minute," said Mr.
Manley, "theie is the possibility of the scale
turning either way." During the last ten
days there has been a noticeable increase of
confidence among our people, particularly
in Indiana. That State is always a close
one, but thero are conditions existing this
year which incHno me to tbo belief that wo
can carry the Stato handsomely." (in
the other hand, ex-Secretary W. C. Whitney
says: "Cleveland will win. We hav New
York, and thev cannot got It away from us.
Wo have New Jersey and Indiana. We have
five votes in Michigan, The South is solid,
bavu that the two Virginias urucloso uuough
to give us some anxiety. Piooably we shall
carry them both, but even if we lose them
the ureak In the West will more than com
pensate. 1 havn ceased to hiVole.tr us to
vhe outcome. The wotst that can happen to
us Is the election of Cleveland by tho House
df Representatives. By winning New Yotk
we have won the battle."
The more doubtful and complicated the
situation the more confident and vigorous
become the claims of thu politicians!
What Tills Country BcaUy Is.
Atlanta Constitution.
Vespuclus was named Albericus. A Ger
man printer set it up Amerigo. Hence
Ametica. This country Is, theiefore, u ty
pographical error. '
A Matter of E's.
Philadelphia Times. 1
Whltelaw Reid and Tom Reed spell their
names diffeiently. ' The latter doubtless
prefers his method because it's spelled with
more case. .
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Hallo!
V.'oslilngtun I'osr.i
Dt..l.ig tlieMi days of kite-shaped tracks
tho jecoid is very frequently broken. A
Chicago man has eloped wltb throe tele
phone girls. ,
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CHARITY AND PLEASURE.
A Number of, Entertainments Given Anst
Evening by Church Organizations
Donation Say at -the First Allegheny
Day Nursery Tile Gossip of Society.
The Epworth League of the Bnena Vista
Street M. E. Chnrch gave, a musical and
literary entertainment last, evening that
was well attended and an entire access.
Tlie'Jnbal Trio," Miss Pollock, Miss Gar
vin and Mr. J. Marry Horner sang, and
Miss Emnfa Lnty played an instrumental
selection effectively. Then there was a
recitation by Miss Minnie Jones, and nd
dt esses byMr.B.' a Taylor nnd Rev. E. G.
Ldughrey, pastor of the church..
The annual meeting of the Women's Unit
ed Presbyterian Association was held in tbe
Fourth C P. Church, Allogheny, yesterday.
The session lasted all day, and a great deal
of interesting talk took place. Genoral offi
cers for tlieensulng year"were elected as
follows: President, Mrs. H. C. Campbell:
Corresponding Secretary. Mrs. W. F. Reed;
Recording Secretary, Mis Etta C Clarke;
Treasurer, Mrs. Steele; Vice 1'tesldents.Mrs.
D. K. Duff and Mrs. McDonald. The affairs
ot the Orphans' Home, Memorial Hospital
and Home for Aged People were discussed.
and nil these places were reported to be in a
good condition, so lar as the management
was concerned. Luncheon was served in
the church at noon.and the day was a pleas
autbtit hard working one -for tbe ladles
connected with the association.
Yesterday was "donation day".at the
First Allegheny Day Nursery. t Donations in
tbe shape or clothing, groceries and -household
furnishings came in'tuick and fasti In
one hour 60 was deposited, in thedonatian
box. Tho hotiso was a bower, flowers given
by friends of the Institution being-everywhere..
A handsome picture of Mrs. Frances
Willard was among tbe gifts to the nnrsery.
Tbe entertainment committee! were as fol
lows: Ice Cream Mrs. J. Gibson, Mrs. M. D. Has
lett, Mrs.'J.-AllHon.
Tea and Coooa Mrs. J. T. Morton, Mrs.
James Uioliey, Mrs. Dr. B. F. Dake.
Donations Mrs. William People,Mrs.S.M.
McNaugher, 31rn. D. Hultz, Mr-. T.Morrow.
Cake Jlrs. J. M' McConuell, Mrs. C.
Newell, Mrs. J. 'Trimble, Mrs. W. Arm
strong. Cashier Mrs. Dr. John Hamilton.'-
Coutributinns Mrs. M. J Barr and Mrs. J.
F. Arthur.
Reception Jlrs. S. R. Sloan, Mrs. C. S. Fet
terman, Mrs. D. C. Martin, Mrs. James Chal
lant and Mrs. William McMabon.-
Tcere was a very largo attendance all day.
Tho ladies think tht will be their last dona
tion day in the old bouse, as they are look
ing lor a new borne. They expect to be
either In a rented house or in one owned hy
the nnrsery. The present abode livery ex
pensive, being on North avenue, but the
house is small and rickety, and is probably
one of tho first houses built on that
thoroughfare.
There was a large and well-pleased audi
ence in Old City Hall last evening. Tbe oc
casion was the first of the series or winter
entertainments under the auspices of the
Young Men's Christian Association, and the
entertainer were Mr. Edward Maro,- thn
prestidlgitateur; Mr. Edward L. Barker, In
humorous monologues, and the Orpheus
Mandolin and Guitar Trio. Mr. Maro is a
good sleight-of-hand performer, nnd he ac
companies his tricks with a flow of easy
talk that makes him very pleasing. The
Orpheus Trio rendered some excellent
mnsic, nnd Mr. Barker kept his 'audience
laughing continuously. Tho committee or
tne association in charge of the entertain
ment consisted or Messrs. Charles E. Orr,
Charles S. Schoonmaker, Tuomas Neely,
Harry J. Ilorron and Grant Hubley. The
success of this first entertainment is an in
dication that the Y.M.C. A.will find their plan
of a winter series ot performances a profit
able and agreeable one.
The State Eegent of the Daughters of
tho American , Revolution- or Penn
sylvania lias sent out a notice to tne
ladies representing the society in the coun
ties of Allegheny, Philadelphia, Danpbin,
Berks.Lehigh, Washington, Northumberland,
Lancaster, Venango and Perry, suggesting
that the members of each chapter wear a
black libbon, with pin, for 30 days, ns an
emblem of mourning for tbe President Gen
eral of tbe National Society, Mrs. Harrison;
A handsome floral tribute was sent to the
w lute iiouso in tbe name ot the National
Society ot tbe Daughters of the American
Rorolution.
A pleasing entertainment was given
In the Smltlifleld Street M. E. Church last
evening, under tbe auspices of the Epworth
League. Among the numbers were piano
solos by Miss Adnh Manchester, vocal solos
by Miss Clara Chester and Miss Jennie
1 ooster, and mandolin and goblet musical
selections by J. N., J. M. and R. L. Swearer.
Miss Nellie Mengos and Miss Emma Spandau
added to tbe pleasure of the evening by
their recitations.
Social Chatter.
Invitatio33 have been received in this
city announcing tho approaching marriage
or Miss Mary Ulanche, daughter 01 Mr. M.
D. Wayman, Superintenuent of Construc
tion of the Plttsonrz Plato Glass Company
at Ford City, to T. N. McKce. M. D. The
date fixed for the wedding is Thursday
evening, 'November 17, at tbe residence of
the bride-elect's parents at Ford City. The
.-room-elect was formerly a resident physic
ian of tbe West Penn Hospital.
A nECEPTiox is to be given at the Home
wood Avenue M. E. Church, Tuesday even
ing, in honor of the new pastor. Rev. R. C.
Wolf and Mrs. Wolf. Addresses are to be
made bv Rev. F. S. Crawrord, Mr.R. W. Mc
Kee, Rev. J. I). Irons aud Rev. R. C. Wolf.
Theie will be music by the choir and
soloists and recitations. Altogether.lt Is
expeoted that the occasion will be a par
ticularly enjoyable one.
The wedding. of Misf Marian Graham,
formerly of Hawkins, Pa., to Mr. Orlando
M. Ilrady, or Indianapolis, where Miss
Graham now resides with her mother, Airs.
Jane Graham, is announced for next Tues
day In that city. A number of Pittsburgers
are expected to be present.
Invitations are out for the marriage of
Miss Margaret Wilson, of Burgettstown, Pa.,
to Mr. W. D. George, of Wilmerding. .The
wedding is to take place next month.
The Washington Cotillon Club held the
first ol a series 01 six assemblies at the Mo
nongahela House Just evening. About 40
couples were present.
Campbell Hebron will take a large party
ot his personal 11 lends to I'll wood to-day.
They will 1-0 by special train and dine at
the Hotel Oliver.
Mas. E. W. IIaqax, of Mcyran avenue,
gave a luuclieon esterday in honor of Mrs.
Russell L. Mitchell, nee Moyle.
i The DelpUoI.ofTo-Day.
Philadelphia Call.
Tbe man who knows everything tbe po
litical orator. , ,
Gets Out of Its Way.
DsllnsNews. . .
Maii cannot get over the truth, so he goes
around it.
DEATHS HERE AND UM WHERE.
. Mrs. Palmyra Cottbn, Centenarian.
Mrs. Palmyra Cotton, 100 years; 9 months
and 25 days old, of Watcrbury. Cona., died
Wednesday. She had not been well since October
17, when she slipped aud fell. It was -found that
her.liln was "broken. She was the eighth of a
famtlr of 15 children. She was. not ni&rrled until
she was 06 years old, when she met Ira Cotton, 73
rears old. iu Friendship, Allegaoy coumv, N.
V., where she was married arter a brief courtship.
' John W. Jones.
John .W Jones died yesterday at his Jate
residence, Nu. 2218 LarMus alley, S mtlislde. after
a brief Illness In his Gist year. HcwifsweU knowu
on that side or the river and was a member of local
union No. 2, A. K. G. W. N. He served during
the war In Company h. Fifth, Iicsty Artillery,
Pennsylvania Volunteers. The funeral 'will take
place irom his late residence to-morrow afternoon
at2ocloi-k.
Obituary Notes. '
DIPUTT MARSHAL John 1.ASXA3T died In Baltl
roorulhuisday inornlng. aged 63 years: He was
born In Limerick, IrelanuVon June III, 1831.
Captain Wellikoton Hablax, first cousin of
J ustlec IU Man and a leading Kepubllcan politician
ofllarrousburg, Jvy., m.u tnjre xnursaay
a,'cd Si years,
Fkederick Vogel, aged 70 years, died snddenly
from apoplexy on board the steamer Lahn, en
rute from Europe, October 23. He was one of the
largest tanners In the United hUles. The body
will be taken to his late home In Milwaukee.
JosErii Iv. Mors. tin., one of lue most entenslve
manufacturers of foundry facings and pulverized
dun-oil for coloring glass In the country, died In
Alumni-. r. rf.. auurtuaj. ne was 74 years oio,
llisnixituinc-iiiiy the ewasstartidby bfiu nearly l-
rIMIr. ,,,, ' r
JlHS.lltsitTPii.tm. a well-known "stiver, 24
yenta old, dlea at lier residence In Hrooklyu Tues
day of blood poisoning. Jiir lnaldrn name was
MacKeynolds. 'Hie fact of her marriage was not
generally known, as she wished to become a pro
fessional singer under ber maiden name.
CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS.
Iceland has only two lawyers.
Fifty-one metals are now known to
exist.
Baby does not commence to cry until It
Is three montbs old.
-fhe order of communion was substituted
for the mass J ust 341 years ago.
Onr foreign expo'rts have increased ovei
$100,000,000 during the past two years.
The best honey in Persia is collected
from tbe orange groves at Kauzeroon.
The total production of Duple sugar in
this country last year was 32,959,?27'pounds.
A whole table d'hote dinner was lately
cooked by electricity at an Ottawa, Canada,
hotel.
During the Franco-German War of
1870 71230,000 victims were slain on the two
sides. ,
- A process for making artificial mica
sbeeufor electrical insulation is a late ln
ventlon.
" Arizoua has produced 53,000,000 in gold,
$2,200,000 in silver and M.5OJ.0O0 in copper dur
ing the year.
Yale University had its beginning in
Saybrook.Conn., in 1700 and removed toNe w
Haven In 1716.
Gainesville, Fin., lays "claim to the
largest and finest Japan persimmon grove
in this connry.
A monster balloon for scientific pur
poses is to be made for the Aeronantlc So
ciety in Berlin.
One of Pennsylvania's contributions to
the exhibit at tbo World's Fair will be 150,
000 mounted butterflies.
Sigar 15 limes sweeter than that pro
duced from tbo cane is being made from
cottonseed grown at Witu.
The astronomers say there are at leait
18,000,000 suns, each as lanro and many larger
than ours, in tbe Milky Way.
In a thunder storm it is unsafe to take
refuge under a white poplar tree, as that
treo seems to attract lightning
The famous Bank of Venice began busi
ness in 1193, lasted 6J0 years and might have
existed to this day but for the invasion of
Napoleon.
At 200 feet only the best Spanish armor
could resist the English arrow. Many mu
seums have steel corselets pierced through
by an arrow.
In 1840 the per capita product op manu
facturing operatives was $26. in I860 it was
$M, In 1870 it was $63, in 1S90 it was $110 per
head in the United states.
. The amount on deposit with savings
uanits in tne united States in 1891 equaled
$1,654,8C6,H. oftho'r loans, investments and
cash on hand, $1,824,796,594.
Of the 19,570 silver dollars coined at
United States mints in 1S04 but eight are
now known to be in existence. They range
in value from $500 to $2,000.
-i-The greatest stamp collectors in the
world are Pblllippe Ferrari, son of the late
Duohesso de Galllera, and the Czir, whose
collection is said to be worth $600,000.
Lawrence, Kan., is stated to contain
several girls who Imagine they are so pretty
that tboy are afraid to appear on tne streets
in a crowd, for fear of being kidnaped.
v It is estimated that 300,000 people were
carried into Chicago by the various rail
roads on Tuesd.iv, Wednesday and Thursday
ror the dedicatory exercises for the World's
Fair.
A woman r.as patented a machine for
making wateh screws that ,is provided with
a thread cutter to delicate as to be almost
invisible. It will cut perfect threads on the
finest human hair.
One secret of the Chicago packers great
fortunes is that they don't waste anything.
The meat, the entrails, everything is made
ne of but the squeal. They can't catch
that, go It is wasted. Tbe blood is stamped
into buttons.
The first elevated railroad in England is'
now fast approaching completion in Liver
pool. The line traverses the entire length
of the docks o' that city, a distance of six
miles, and wilt be ultimately extended to
tbe heart of the town.
A statue is to be erected at Bar-Ie-Dnr,
In France, to Ernest Michanx, who is sup
posed to have invented the yelccfpede,ana
thereby paved the way for tun bicycle.
Michanx was a blacksmith and constructed
his first "wheel" in 1812, Just half a century
aizo.
J
trance wants to alter her coinage so
as to avoid being inundated with foreign
conper money, often inferior in value to
her own The Government would liko to
Introduce some new material for the baser
coin possibly a mixture or bronze and
alnminum.
Mr. H. Devanx has been makin? inter
esting experiments on the sense of taste in
ants. Among other results he has found
thatLasius fiavus,-while fond ot sugar, dis
likes saccharine. Theants swarmed around
sugar laid out for them, but turned away
from saccharine as soon as they tasted it.
The Red Sar steamship Ehyniand,
which arrived in New York last Saturday,
had a curious run or "elevens." She made
the voyage irom Antwerp in II days, 11
hours and 11 minutes. Her average speed
was 11 miles an hour. On October 11 she
steamed 311 miles and was 11 hours under
tail.
After several years dt struggle cotton
spinning of Chinese cotton by Chinese hands
is established in Sh'tnghai. Five hundred
and flftv looms and 21,000 ppindles turn out
weekly J3,uuu yards, 3u lncnes wide, or a su
perior quality of imitation American drill
sheeting. Half the looms are of English
make and halt of American.
In the famous cellars of the Hotel da
Ville, at Bremen, thore are a dozen case3 of
holy wine which have been preserved for
250 years. If the cost or maintaining the
cellar, payment or rent, interest upon the
original value of the wine, and other inci
dental charges aro all considered, a bottle of
thM choice wlno has cost $2,000,000, each
glassiul $270 i7(J, and a single drop could not
be sold u itbout loss rriider $200.
A curious yet profitable business in the
exportation and reimportation of quick
silver has sprung up in California. Quick
silver tor export is sold at $3 less per flask of
76 pounds than that for home consump
tion, and shrewd dealers havo not been slow
to take advantage of this rebate of over 6
cents perpound. Theyhavecncerfullypald
the freight to Australia nnd back again, and
have cleared pearly 5 cents per pound on
the transaction.
ORIGINAL AND JOCOSE.
Lawtek Mouldy I see they have dis
covered Old Millions' long lost Will.
Lawyer Handy-ls that so ? Where t
L. M.-Out West dealing faro.
SLIGHTED.
A strange thing 'bont our politics,
In fact, a paradox.
Is when a man is knocked clean oat.
Tou ask him 'bout tbe knocks.
He says the country's gone as sure,
t To the dogs, as can be.
A nd while the Job has gone from him,
Tet he's the growler. See ?
'
SHE was the keeper of a" boarding house,
and knew good meat almost at sight: that may be
the reason her boarders sever got any. She
SAunced Into the market the other morning and,
addressing the meat man's new clerk, said: "The
liver you sent mc the other day was tainted, and I
want you to understand that when I send my ser
vant here that you are to give her Just as good as
you give mc. and not Impose on her Ignorance."
j"'Madam," said the new clerk, 7ou have got la
tbe wrong place."
"The wrong place! Do you mean to tell me that
I doa't know where 1 have bought for the past tn
years?" she asked hurriedly.
"So. Madam." replied the new clerk calmly. "I
mean to tell you nothing of the sort, but liver com
plaint will receive better attention at tbe dru
store-"
QUITE A DIFFZRINCB. ';
.She was fair, but fat and forty)
She sang "Kiss me good-bye and go.
lie stayed until the clock struck twelr
Though the time passed very alow.
She was fair, slender and twenty.
She sang "Kiss mc good-bye and go."
He was out of her house by half-past eight;
And then time passed very slow.
"My dear," said Mrs. Cleveland, as
..i !... i,. .i ... ',
Grover was leaving the house the other morning.
--younresurciy nnfc goinK wimoui an umoreua;
why. It's raining frightfully.!'
Of coarse. I am." said Grover as he donned aa
old hat and put on his rubber shoes and buttoned
bis mackintosh tightly around Ins throat, "an um
brella b protection."
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