pSf' "THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1892. llje Sigpafrg. ESTABLISHED FEBRUARY 1S18. Vol. 74. No. S9-Enterea at Pittsburg Postofflce luivciuber, !Si7, as second-class matter. BUSINESS OFFICE. Cor. Smithfield and Diamond Streets. New Iiooim and Publishing House, 78 and 80 Diamond Street, New Dispatch Building. FASTERN ADVERTISING OFFICE. ROOM T. TRIBUNE BUILDING. NEW YORK, where complete files of THE DISPATCH cau always be lonnd. THE DISPATCH Is on sale at LEADING HOTELS throughout the United States, andat Brentano's. EUnlon Square, New York, and 17 Avenue de 1" Opera, Paris, France. TKlUlls or lHU DISPATCH. roSTAOs rr.xE n TnE united states. jiAILTliIsrATCn. OueYear. f 8 00 Daily Dispatch. Three Months 100 Pailt Dispatch. One .Month 70 Daily Dispatch, Including Sunday, lyear.. 10 00 Daily Dispatch, IncludlngSunaay.Jm'tus. 250 Daily Dispatch, Including Sunday, I month 90 bCXDAY DlSPA'CH. 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So far from the question being how many of the States previously ranked as doubtful will be carried by the Republicans, it is rather how many of the States classed as Republican must be put down as temporarily gone over to the Dem ocracy or to the Third Party. The Democratic success yesterday can not be wholly accounted for by Mr. Cleveland's popularity, but the vote must be accepted as indicating a widespread jnd overwhelming desire through the country for a change. It is Idle to specu late to-day upon the causes. If the doc trine of free trade has anything to do jvith it which we do not believe any. serious attempt to put that doctrine Into practice will euro the delusion. There is no room for doubt that many votes were cast for the Democratic electors on account of the candidate and the belief from his utterances that he would be more conservative than his party in proceeding to measures that might seriously embarrass the business interests of the country. It may be that the prevalence of trusts and com binations are among the causes that produced the result; and, while we f ijlly admit the significance of Republican de feat, we still adhere to our opinion of the danger and iuadvisability of abandon ing a safe and tried policy for dangerous and uncertain experiments. The Dispatch is still of opinion that the part of wisdom would have been, instead of casting about on the sea of experiment, to continue the econ omic and financial policy ot our govern ment upon the safe and known lines that have made the country properous beyond all parallel or precedent In the annals of nations. It is idle to disguise the fact that the result will be, for a time at least, a serious disappointment to the people of our own and neighboring States, whose vast inter ests have been so long fostered and en gendered by the policy of the Republican arty. The main consolation for Repub licans to extract from the situa tion is that it Is not any posi tive indorsement of the dangerous and destructive Democratic platform. There is color for this in the necessity under which Mr. Cleveland and other Democratic leaders felt imposed on thorn late in the campaign, of virtually throw ing the platform overboard and attempt ing to substitute for It something less re actionary and offensive. This gives point to the great question of interest that will follow upon the elec tion: What will Mr. Cleveland do with his opportunities? If he proceeds to the en couragement of radical tariff tinkering, not to talk of absolute free trade, his term in the White House will relegate the Democracy to its old minority position and serve as a lesson against any more such fatal errors. On the other hand, should he succeed in holding the theorists and visionaries of his party in check, and Buppress its tendencies toward unsafe monetary experiments, he will add im mensely to his reputation forstrength and wisdom, and will deserve, indeed, to be ranked as the greatest statesman of his party since the time of Jefferson. But it will not be wise to indulge in too roseate expectations. It is impossible to ignore that Mr. Clpveland is heavily burdened, not only by the express declara tions of his pari-, but by the special alliances that he has.felt obliged to make in the effort for success. It is to be hoped and wished that Mr. Cleveland may con tinue to prove himself better than his party; but the fact that he will enter upon a second term bound to elements from which he was distinctly clear at the time of his first success,gives that hope a rather frail tenuity. THE CONGRESSIONAL OUTLOOK. At this writing the exact complexion of the Fifty-third Congress cannot be defi nitely ascertained. Of course the Demo cratic maority in the House of Representa tives will be decreased, but sufficient strength will remain for the Democratic control of that body. The com plications arising from the Third party vote render it impossible to estimate with any degree of accuracy the relative strength of rival parties in the Senate. It Is possible that the Democrats may secure a bare majority there by an alliance with Third party Senators, but the probability is that the Senate will remain Republican, with little to spare. THE NEW BALLOT TESTED. One result of yesterday's voting was to dispel the silly objections which had been raised against the Baker ballot Nearly every citizen will admit that the new sys tem is more orderly, expeditious and dignified than the old. It is not merely that all candidates get practically a fair and equal showing by the ballot In Itself an admirable arrangement but that the voter feels be has a chance to pick and choose according to his judgment, free from the incitations and annoyances of ward heelers and officious partisan solici tors. In fact the absence of these gentry from the neighborhood of the polis is a distinct advantage. There Is an air of serious business about the new system which can hardly fall to give voters a more elevated sense of the function. There is less trouble for the voter?. And finally there is an immense advantage in having all candidates put upon an equal footing so far as the print ing of their names and the distribution of the ballots are concerned. The Baker ballot law may doubtless be improved upon considerably yet in some of its details, but, even as It stands, it is vastly preferable to the old plan. NEW YORK'S VOTE. Mr. Cleveland's victory in the Empire State is first of all conclusive evidence that he had the ardent support of Tam 'niany Hall's powerful and unscrupulous organization. At this writing, accurate figures are not to be had, but it is" elear that there has been a heavy vote in New York City and Brooklyn, and it is probable that the rural vote will prove lighter than was expected. The phenomenal Democratic majority below the Harlem amounting in all probability to nearly 100,000 is of course the leading factor in the production of the result, but it is noticeable also that there was a falling off in counties looked upon as Republican strongholds. POWER FOR RURAL USES. A rather novel theory of a possible in dustrial expansion is presented by Win. Nelson Blr.ck in the last number of the Engineering Magazine. That is the ap plication of electrical power to farming purposes. This writer estimates that 90 per cent of the roads of the United States could be equipped witli electric tracks, poles and wires at a cost of 53,500 per mile. To fit up a district ten miles square with electric tracks on roads a mile apart each way would require a capitalization of 510 per acre, or an interest charge of $30 annually on the average farm of 100 acres. Mr. Black think that when the farmer is able to have his produce taken to njSrket by electric rail ways he will also leirn that a great share of his farm labor can be more cheaply and expeditiously performed by electric power than by horse power. The change that this would make is suggested as working a revolution in country life, and, turning the present movement toward the cities, invite a new distribution of enter prise and population throughout the coun try regions. There is much foundation for the idea that an intelligent application of improved power to rural life would effect decided revolution. But there is also room for discussion as to the details of the plan. The first suggestion is that the construc tion of smooth and durable highways for all classes of vehicles would afford a freer movement than a system of tracks avail able for but one class of vehicles. Next there is the question whether electrical power applied to such uses would be as cheap as steam power. Electricity is available for cities where steam power, by reason of its dirt, heat and noise, is for bidden. But, as in the vast majority of cases, elf ctriclty must be generated by steam, and there is always an unavoidable loss in conversion, the probabilities are decidedly in favor of steam being the cheaper power for such purposes. The Dispatch the other day noticed the enter prise of a California farmer who uses a steam traction engine for plowing, har vesting, threshing and hauling his grain to market. The interest charge In that case is 5270 for some thousinds of acres, and the cost of operation may be presumed to be as much cheaper than electricity would be, as the economy of power in the direct application of steam is over the waste in its conversion to the electrical form. Such a revolution in farming methods would be made practicable by a system of level and durable country highways; and it is pertinent that it would not contain the feature of a corporation controlling the means of outlet from each country dis trict. One of the results which Mr. Black's article calls before the mind is that of a control of the rural highways and politics similar to that which traction and railway corporations exercise over the transportation and politics of the cities. That is by no means a pleasant sug gestion. It will be much worse to seek a way of realizing the material benefits without incurring the social burden of ex tending the power of corporations. The first step in that direction is to make country roads available for all classes of vehicles. Then, if either electric or steam power can demonstrate its economy over horse power, all persons can be given equal rights to use them on the public highways without resting ex elusive privileges m the hands of any favored corporation. THE SOUTH STILL SOLID. The South is still solid. It can hardly even be said to show evidence of a crack. Prejudice still prevails over principle, and excludes all considerations liable to lead to a difference of opinion among white voters. The Third party has failed to alter results, but has managed to reduce the majority in Ala bama enough to indicate that the votes of white men who dissent from the dominant party have secured at least a more respectful handling than has custom arily been accorded to the ballot of the colored citizen. So long as partisan feel ing casts the ballots of the South, so long will the South remain intolerantly solid. There is, however, in this election a firmer basis for the hope of betterlhings than has hitherto prevailed. FORTUNES FOR FIGHTERS, A measure of the times is given by the offer of the sum of 580,000 by a so-called athletic club for two fistic encounters be tween four prominent exponents of the pugilistic art The payment is at the rate of not less than $20,000 per hour of actual work. The sum affords a measurement of the commercial value of appealing to that class of taste which delights In the sight of two men pounding each other. It is an idle and shallow pretense that such exhibitions as these tend to the cul tivation of athletic sports. The custom ary comparison is to the pugilism of classic tinics. Those who make the com parison as extolling the pugilistic craze forget in the first place that they praise the imitation of the classic which showed that the Greeks and Romans had not emerged from barbarism; and, in the sec ond place, that the ages in which profes sional pugilists - and gladiators flour ished were those in which Greek and Roman civilization became most effete. Amateur pugilistic encounters, although they would be the least civilized of athletic sports, might represent a gen eral athletic culture. But the payment of a fortune to four professional bruisers simply represents the profit that can be made by catering to the public taste for the brutal For a comparison to classic times, this feature Is peculiarly unfortunate. When opera singers, prize-fighters and race horses command sums which represent the average wages of a hundred workmen for a year, we are not reminded of the favorable aspects of classic civilization. It is more apt to recall the times when an emperor assigned a province for the main tenance of a favorite horse, or gave the revenues of a kingdom to a doner. We may not be able to change the tend encies which spend vast sums for luxury and pleasures approximating the vicious; but we cannot regard that phase of our civilization as an indication either of prog ress or a more refined civilization. PENNSYLVANIA. Some hours must elapse before the de tails of Pennsylvania's vote will be ascer tainable. There is, however, no doubt as to the general result The State has vin dicated its sound business sense by nearly maintaining the plurality of lour years ago in favor of Protection. In Allegheny county also such slight change as there has been is accountable to discontent over the labor trouble and a desire on the part of some employes to vote the Demo cratic ticket simply that they might be opposed to the policy of their em ployers. On the whole Pennsylvania is the State which has had most conclusive evidence of the benefits of Protection, and it has recognized its commercial interest by remaining stead fast in 'its adherence. Allegheny county and Pittsburg have profited by the pros perity produced by Piotection and they have logically voted for Its continuance along with the rest of the State. As the deadlock in New Orleans is pro longed, the high tension oi feeling is natur ally increased. Any inclination on the part of ihe Governor of Louisiana to shrink from duty lor partisan leasons would bo ex tremely discreditable, and to-day the lm pioper reasons will be removed. It is, how over, mest earnestly to he liopod that order will be maintained and poaco preserved without the necessity fortroops. But should any inclination to lawlessness or violence make its appearance, every means must be taken to suppreis it in its initiation. The distress produced by the stoppage of nil trade and commerce is bound to be enor mous In any case, and the embargo cannot be lilted by oithcr side too soon for the wel fare of both contestants and the general public. Therk will be an inflation in the circula tion of bills of small denomination to-day that will vastly facilitate the "maKing of change" in many parts of the country. In the national absorption over the cul mination of the Presidontal contest, a deed of heroism on Green Bas- should not bo lost sight of. Martin Kauntzlu, keeper of the Pilot Islands lighthouse, risked his life to save, single handed, the crews of two totally wrecked vessels. Then he shared a scanty store of piovlsions with them, and staved off their starvation at the dancer of his own. A breathing space should be made to give public tribute to a deed of courageous man hood that more than merits it. Paris must adopt sterner measures in dealing -with its crime, if there is any inten tion to suppress the anarchistic dynaml tards and uproot anarchy. UNFASilLlARirr with the Baker law no doubt gave regular party candidates some advantage yesterday by the voters' fear of invalidating their ballots by detailed scratching. But any little difference made between convictions and ballots by that feature oi the novelty were more than com pensated for by the comparative innoouity of the heeler and the general smoothness which characterized the working of the new apparatus. It is presumable that for purposes of pa rade, Pittsburg politicians will concede the streets to the Salvation Army for some little time. Gexerax. satisfaction greeted the new ballot systenxon the part of everyone whom it was not meant to dissatisfy. It accom plished much of its professed purpose, in spite of the weak features interpolated by the opponents of reform and, with a few simple improvements, it will tend to per petually produce that great desideratum puilty at the polls. What Washington, D. C, lacked in voting power yesterday it mora than made up in direct financial interest over the re sult. Theke will be no attempt to preserve the secrecy of the ballot on the part of those who voted lor the winning ticket. On the contrary they will publish their action nnd pioclaim their prescience until they have wearied nil their acquaintances and es tranged any friends whose "foresight" or guessing proficiency was less fortunate. The roorbacker can flock by himself, for awhile and the public is thoroughly well rid of him. If the consciences of all voters were clear to-day as the skies hereabouts wore yester day, there must have been very little wrong doing. But of course that assumption is made on the somewhat risky hypothesis that every voter has a conscience that knows its business. The fertilization of lawns is an unbeau tiful means to an esthetic end. SUCH of the American Indians as are perspicuous will congratulate themselves that Presidents may come and go, hut their lot is little likely to meet with less justice, no matter what the change may be. The President or his party which will rule? Now that the Alleghenians have decided to issue those bonds, thoy had better lose no time in selecting trustworthy representa tives of business ability to handle the money. AND now what will they do? IN TEE PUBLIC ARENA. The lady who gave birth to the witty re mark that females who fought strenuously for women's rights were generally men's lefts, was Mrs. Wills, a London lady, who died recently. Captain- Andrews, the American who sailed from Atlantio City to Hnovla In a dory, has arrivod in London with his craft. He Intends to show the boat through the streets of London. Archdeacon Farrar, chaplain of the British Houso of Commons, does not leavo Westminster immediately after offering his regular prayer, but sits in a gallery often and studies the members and proceedings. Adjutant General Douglas, of Maryland, has received from Dr. H. Seaman, of Philadelphia, the map used,, by General Stonewall Jackson in the Civil War from the time of the battles with Pops to the battle of Fredericksburg. Paderewski has been obliged to cancel a number of his concort engagements on ac count of a rheumatic affection of the mus cles of one hand. The great pianist will not be able to appear in public for probably two months, at an estimated loss of about $45, CO0. J. V. N. Standish, the new President of Lombard University, Galesburg, III., claims descent from the famous Puritan Captain ot that name who came over in the Mayflower. He Is a native of Vermont and has been Professor of Mathematics at Gales burg since 1851. The English Consul Webb, who resigned his post In tbo Philippine Islands In conse quence of his conversion to Islamism, in tends to preach the Koran to English speaking people. He might be appointed Buddhist Minister to London, which has a temple of that faith. Georoe Ohnet's "Maitre des Forges" was written, it Is stated, during his honey moon, with no little help from his wife, and the latter, after several publishers Jiadde cllned the MS., persuaded him to publish it on his own account. They are said to have drawn over $200,000 from Us sals. THE BRIGGS TRIAL The Charges Against Him to Be Brought Be fore the Presbytery To-Day Indications of a SpUt in the Church The History pf the Case. rSriCIAI. TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCII. New York, Nov. 8. Tho case of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America acainst the Key. Charles A Briggs, D. D., will be called for trial in the old Scotch Church in West Fourteenth street at 2 o'clock to-day with the Presby tery of New York sitting as Judge and Jury. It was on January 10, 1891, that Prof. Briggs delivered his famous inaugural address at Union Theological Seminary, whloh first caused his orthodoxy to be suspected, and resulted in the appointment of an investi gating committee by the New York Presby tery. At the May meeting of tho Preiby teijy, it was decided to begin Judicial pro ceedings against Prof. Briggs in the fall and a Committee of Prosecution, headed by the Hev. G. W. F. Birch, of Morriania, was ap pointed to bring a charge against thethe ologican. In October, the committee made a report, charging Prof, Biiggs with heresy, on the ground that his teaching was contrary to tho Presbyterian doctrine of the infallibility of the Bible and that the Prolessor's declar ations concerning progressive sanctiflcatlon weie contrary to Presbyterian standards. Why the Case Was Appealed. These two general charges were sup ported by numerous specifications. The Presbytery, by a very close vote, decided to begin the hero' trial on November 4, 1S9L, butwhon the day for the great struggle camo Prof. Brings brought in an answer in which he objected to the form nnd legal el feet of the charges and pleaded their ineffi ciency. Withontg'olng into tho morits of the case the Piebytery decided to dismiss the charges on this plea, but the Committco of Prosecution would not. accept this dis missal, and prepaiatinns for an appeal from cms uecision to tue ueueral Assemmy, tne hUhest legislative body or the church, were at once made. The Assembly met in Portland, Ore., last May, and lor a lew weeks the great ecclesi uitic.il buttle was transferied to that city. The appeal Oi the Committee of Prosecution was at Hi st sustained, and then the quostion of sending the case back to tho Presbvtery of Now York for trial came up. Dr. Birch. Colonel John J. McCook and the other mem bers of the committee made long aiguments in behalf ot their appeal, and Prof. Briggs made answer in behalf in arguments that were still longer. When It came to a vote an overwhelming majority decided against Prof. Bi iggs. Instructions to the Presbytery. These instructions were sent down to the Piesbyteiy: "The Judgment of the Presby tery of Now York is hereby reversed, nnd the case Is removed to the Presbytery of New Yoik for a new trial, with directions to said Presbytery to proceed to pass upon and determine the sufficiency of the charges and specifications in form and legal effect, and permit the Prosecuting Committee to amend tho specification or charges, not changing tho general natme of tho same, if in the lurtherance of justice it be necessary to amond, so that tho case may be brought to an issue and tiled on the merits thereof as speedily as may be practicable." These instructions were explicit, and ar rangements were made by the Presbytery to begin the tiial onco more in obedience to them. At tho meeting of the Synod of New Yoik in Albany last month, an appeal was presented by Prolessor Briggs' friends, signed by the majority of the members ot the New York Pi esbytery. which attacked the right of the Prosecution Committee to act as nn independent Dody, on the ground that it was oniy a creature of the Presbytery and could only continue in existence with the permission of the Presbytery. Nothing In the Way of the Trial. The Synod decided not to act on the ap peal, and now nothing stands in tho way of the heresy trial wbicli begins to-day. Tho Committee of Prosecution has been working hard on its side or the case for several weeks. Colonel J. J. McCook, who Is a mem ber or the law firm of Alexander & Green nnd an elder in Dr. Hall's Church, has done n great deal of hard work on the case, and his knowledge has been of great valuo to the committee. Dr. Birch, the chairman of the committee, will present tho original chaigcs again to-day and the committee will be ready to proceed upon them or to amend them if the Presbytery desires. It is understood that the amended charges have been piepared and can be presented at once, so that no further delay In tho trial other than the ton days which Professor Briggs would have in which to answer them is probable. Professor Briggs has prepared an exhaustive answer which will take about thirteen hours to deliver. Several of bis friends were alarmed at this, and advised him to shorten his arguments, foaring that such a long paper would ao mora Harm tnan good. Professor Briggs will have the advice on his trial of tbo Itev. Franols Brown, Professor of Hebrew in Union Theological Seminary, who has made a close study of the case and is very well versed in tho Intricate law of the Presbyterian Church. The Pres bytery will sit every day except Saturdays aud Sundays irom 2 to 5 o'clock In tho after noon. Those Who Will Sit In Judgment. The Presbytery is made up of the or dained Presbyterian ministers of Now York and of elders, one of whom is elected as a delegate by each church within the bounds of the Presbytery. These men will sit in Judgment on Prof. Briggs, but no one will be allowed to vote who has not attended every session. The trial will be publlo, and the doors will not be closed until the time comes for a vote, How tho trial will end cannot be foretold. There is a strong party of sym pathizers with Prof. Briggs and another equally as strong opposed to him. Then there Is as large party in the Presbytery which has shown "bv its voting in the past that it can be swayed from one side to the other, and those who make up this con tingent hold the balance of power. One of the members ot the Presbytery, whose word carries great weight, is the Rov. Dr. John Hall, pastor of the Filth Avenue Church. Until recently he hns taken no de cided stand on one side or other, but bis resignation as Diiector of Union Theologi cal Seminary, announced a few days ago, has been lollowed up by several strong sermons delivered by him in defense of the old school idea of a strictly infallible Bible. If Prof. Briggs should be acquitted, or if the Presbvtery should again dismiss the charges, Dr. Birch's committee would carry .the case diiectly to tho next General Assembly, which meets in Washington In May, where In all probability Dr. Briggs would bo tried and convicted. A" Home Divided Against Itself. The whole Presbyterian Chnrch has the keenest interest in the coming trial. Some of the leading men In the church are shut ting their eyes to the possibility of a schism, and say that in the secular papers only are such ideas put forward. This is not the case, for many careful observers "m the c'luroh, both opponents andlfriends 3f Prof. Briggs, have recently predicted a split, especially since the withdrawal of Union Seminary Irom the church. The Itev. J. G. Moi.tfort, of Cincinnati, says the Herald and Pi esbytery, which has always been opposed to Dr. Briggs' views in theobuicb.ls in;a very pain ful nnd trving position. "We say now as we said a year ago arid with moie emphasis, Hlnce tho repudiation of the compact by the Union board there is not the least hope of peace. That is quite certain that neither 8 arty will yield, and the end is separation, ur chuioh is a house divided against itself, even though the parties stand as ten to one. A double-minded church is unstable in all its wa'ys, though the minority amounts to less tbiin one-tenth of the whole." Dr. Henry M. Field, editor of the Now York Evangelist, which has supported Dr. Briggs, says or the trial which began to-day: "This is an event of great importance to the Presbytorian Church, which by its result may contribute to unite or divide Wo con fess we are not without anxiety lest this heresy trial may kindle a Are wnich will not easily be quenchod." Next week tho Pres bytery of Cincinnati will begin the trial of the Bev. Henry Preserved Smith, prolessor In Lane Theological Semlnary.on charges or heresy very much on the same lines ns those for which Prof. Briggs has been brought to account. A VICTIM TO HYDBOPHOBIA. His Daughter In Similar Dangor, bnt May Be Saved by Pasteur's Cure. Chicago, Nov. 8. Hydrophobia caused the death of Henry Schroeder, an employe of the city sewer department, this morning, and his 16-year-old daughter Is supposed to bo in similar danger. Both were bitten Ootober 3 by their bull do.;. Miss Schroeder is being given the Pasteur tieatment, and has so far escaped the con vulsions and frothingatthe mouth, to which her father finally succumbed. From SoyUa to Charybdls. Atlanta Constitution! Washington would rather have a drouth thin to be afflicted with the noise of the rainmakers. DATE OF IHE EARLIEST MAN. A Philadelphia Doctor Challenges a Long Established Theory. Philadelphia Press. No discovery in geology or archaeology In the last SO years has attracted more general popular interest or led to a hotter conflict and contest than the flint or stone Imple ments found first in the gravels of the French river Somme, later In the Thames, and last of all in onr own Delaware. The argument for the pieaenco of man on the earth before the glacial period, or a mattor of 200,000 years ago or more, does not rest altogether on these implements: but thoy are its chief prop and buttress, and a wide fabric of scientific assertion and as sumption has been reared on these little flint chips and cntting tools. Mr. John Fiske, in his last history on the '-Discovery of America," reviews the evidence on the subject nnd reaches the conclusion that Dr. C. C Abbott, to whom the Delawaro discov eries are due, has clearly established by the remains he has found in the Trenton giavels the presence or man on this con tinent before the last glacial ice-cap cov ered it. It has taken nearlv 30 vears of hot discus sion to reach this conclusion, and vast scot n has been poured in tho course of the wordy conflict on anyone weak enough to believe that man has been less long on tho earth than was urged on this theory. The authen ticity or these primitive relics of primal an,d paleolithic man has, howovei, barely boen established and accepted and has begun to filter down among the established scientific commonplaces of the day, when It begins to bo challenged. Dr. Daniel G. Brinton, or this city, in the very admirable and lucid notes on anthropology he ronciibutes to science, notes that the study of iheso chipped flint fragments be gins to show that they are not real flint im plements at all, but only bits partially shaped and then thrown away because they weie unfit for their proposed purposes. Con sequently they would not "In any way illus trate the ministry or the cbippers, no matter what age they are." To the lay mind, engaged in simply watch ing as a spectator the conflicts and contests of science, there is something appalling in the possiblo collapse of all the theories and assertions built on these shapeless bits or flint, argillite and other materials now treasured in museums, and the sudden dis covery that they are not in the least what they wore supposed to be. OUR 3IAIL POUCH. Of Interest to Old Schoolmates. To the Editor of The Dispatch: Happening recently into a second-hand bookstore in this city I purchased a copy of "Upbam's Mental Philosophy, Abridged," and what I found therein written. In a pretty hand (evidently that of a schoolgirl), I thought might perchance interest some of your readers. On the fly-leaf of the title page appears the name of no doubt the original owner of the book, and somejpartlculars: "Sadio F. Parry, Female College, Pittsburg, Pa., September L 1662." Also on the same page what looks like "Carrie A. Parry." On the fly-learat the end or tne book is the following record, written in pencil: "Members of Mental Philosophy Class, Fall Term, '62. Fannie Candeld, Mary E. Bead, Bessie 8hepard, ll.umali Christy, Cora Steven", Mattie Mc Kelvy, Mary Ebbert, Katie Ilanm, Marlon Young, Annie Buker, Lydia Robison, Kate Hitchcock, Joifnie Morrison, Lillie smith. E.sv. I. C. Pershin--', Pror." On the opposite page appears the following suggestive lines: Mingling In the busy mart. Wide divided far apart Yet we two are one la heart. Thirty years, with all their accompanying changes and chances, have rolled by rince "Sa-lie" wroto what I have here recorded: and naturally comes to one's thoughts the question, Where are they now? Where are now the 14 haopy girl "members or the Mental Philosophy Class or 1S62?" 1 wonder ir -Sadie F. Pariy" was also a member, but modestly forgot her own name when she wrote the others! In all this I am forcibly reminded of the words or the poot: Some are in the churchyard laid, borne deep beneath the sea: And Done are left of our old class. Excepting you and inc. Chicago, Nov. 6. George A. Baker. ' A HEW TYPE OF CAVE. A French Explorer Discovers a Cavern of a Very Peculiar Form. Paris, Nov. 8. E. A. Martel, tho famous explorerof caves, has discovered a new type or cavern in France. He entered it by a natural shaft which sinks into the ground through a solid basalt formation. The shaft is about IS feet in diameter. At its bottom is a side passage about eight feet long lend ing to a cavern which sinks far below the level of the passage, and in its largest ox tent stretches away about 150 feet. If this cavern were in a limestone formation its origin could easily be explained, but throughout tho cavity is in basalt, and it is probably a freak of volcanic activity which iorced the basalt ud to the surface of the earth. The bottom of the cavern is covered with water, and above It is a stratum ol carbonio acid gas about 15 feet thick. It was, of course, impossible for Mr. Martel to reach the bottom or the cave, but he studied it as thoroughly as he could by descending on his rope ladder as far as It was safe. He thinks the water has no outlet, and that it enters the cave through small orevices in the rock. A noteworthy feature is the rapid fall in temperature. While the thermometer at the mouth or the cavern marked 10 centi grade, eight root below tho entrance the temperature was 6, and .seventy below it was 1. The low tempeiatuie is therosult or the evaporation or the water. The cave is not picturesque, but it has peculiarities which make it a remarkable natural phe nomenon, and it will receive considerable attention irom scientific men. DYING FB0M HEE IHJTJBIE8. Small Hope for the Recovery of Mrs. ST. V. Taylor of Little Washington. Wasbisotok, Pa., Nov. 8. Special. Mrs. M. V. Taylor, or this city, who Is widely known throughout the country as a dealer in oil woll supplies, and a successful busi ness woman generally, is in an Exceedingly dangerous condition, according to physi cians in charge or her case, and may not re cover. Hor ailments are the result of alleged in juries sustained in u railroad accident more tnan three months ago. Her suit In the Alle gheny county courts to rooovor $25,000 dam ages from tho Plttsburjr, Chicago and StLouis Railway Company, Is now pending. She is at tlie Cambridge, Pa., sanitarium. He Travels on His Name. Philadelphia Ledger, j U. S. Flagg is on the pension list. He is probably tho man who always waives cere mony and things. CHICAGO POLICE CALLED TO ACCOUNT For Holding a Prisoner Secretly In Custody For Three Days. Chicago, Nov. 8. Antony Dougherty, a team fitter, it developed to-day, is under arrest charged with having caused the $10n, 000 fire in the Athlotio Club's new building, where all union men had struck owing to tho employment or non-unionists. It is i-nid tbe trades organization propose, Ir possible, to hold the police officials re sponsible for Dougherty being kept secretly in custody since Saturday without a hear ing or being allowed to communicate with his family or lriends. IjEATDS IIEKIJ AND ELSEWHERE. Sophie Eyre, Actress. Sophie Eyre died on the 5th inst., at Kaples, whither she was sojourning. Heart dis ease caused licr death. Sophie Erre, whose real name was Sophia Ryan, was born in Tlpperarr, Ireland, where her father, an army officer, was garrisoned. She was first married to Captain Lonsdale and went with him to India. After Cap tain Lonsdale's death she returned to England and went upon the stage, playing emotional roles at first In the provinces. Arthur Wallacfc saw her In London and engaged her for his father's comDany, with the understanding that he was to replace Rose Coghlan when that actress started on a star ring tour. When she reached New York Miss Cozlilan had not yet quit the Wallack company. Ml s Kyre Joined one of Wallace's road companies and made her first American ap.warance In Utlca. June 25. 1831. She had trouble with v allack about the "position she held In his force and when her term expired hit him without serious demur on hi prt In 18S4 Miss Erre was married to Chaun ceyit. Wiuslow. who afterward obtained aalvorce from her on tbe ground or desertion. Obituary Notes. Dn. MAUnEKBRXcma, tbe German historian, is dead In Lelpslc. A. M. Alexander died at Paris, Mo.. Monday. He was a member of the Forty-seventh Congress. Sajioel Bbahosau, ihe SoaxejpeutMi reciter. Is dead la ISagland. TWO PRETTY WEDDINGS. Marriage or IIIss Elizabeth W. jIcKibbln to Ke v. James Garland at St Peter's Church The McKnlght-Warren Nuptials Mid night Lunch for Election Enthusiasts. St. Peter's Episcopal Chuech was filled with a brilliant assemblage last even ing. The occasion was the marriage or Miss Elizabeth W. McKlbbln, daughter jf Mr. and Mrs. James McKlbbln, or Hazelwood, to Rev. James Garland, of Johnstown, who was formerly assistant rector of St. Peter's, Pittsburg. Rov. Mr. McKay, pastor or tbe church, ofllclated. The bride was gowned in the conventional, but always pretty, white silk, with a long white veil, carrying in her hand a handsomely-bound prayer book, no flowers being used. She wa3 at tended by Miss Helen Walter, tho young daughter or Mr. Joseph Walter, of Hazel wood," whilo the best man was Mr. John Gnrl.tnd, brother or the groom. The nshers wero Mr. Cbarles Garland, Messrs. John and William McKlbbln, Mr. Howard E. Fahnes tock, Mr. H. Smith, llessr.. John and Harry Oliver. The bride was given away by her father. Mr. and Mis. Garland have cone on a wedding trip, which will end at Johns town, their luture home. There were a thousand invitations sent out, but thore was no reception at the house, on account of its not boing .iargo enough for tho entertain ment of the many lriends of the family. A peetty home wedding in Allegheny yesterday was that of Miss Edna A. Warren and Mr. W. N. McKnight. It took place at the residence or the bride's parents, on Western avenue. It was witnessed by the relatives and a lew very close rriends of the young people. It had been intended to have a large church wedding, but on ac count of the illness of the bride's mother and the recent death of a sister of the groom it was thought advisable to have the marriage a qnlet and private one. The bride is a lovely girl, and looked charming in her bridal array of cream-white mous slline de soire overacreum-wbitebengallne. It was daintily made. In the Kate Greona way mode, with plenty of tiny ribbons and a broad sash ribbon. She carried a. loose bunoh of white roses, wbioh sec off her ele gant toilet to perfection. The bride is a tall, queenly blonde, with deep azure eyes and peuch-llke complexion. Her sweet oval lace is framed with a profusion of wavy, light hair. There were no attend ants. The ceiemony took p'.aco In the par lor, which was handsomely decorated with growing palms and pink chrysanthemums. 'Alter supper and a reception the joung couple le.t on a trip that will take in Phila delphia, New York and other Eastern cities. Upon their return they will be at home to their friends on Beech stieet, Allegheny. Dinner was served ot the Southside Hospital fair, in the old postofllce building yesterday for the first time. From L5C0 to 2.C0O guests partook of meals there during the day. The fair has opened under nuspi. clous ciicumstances, and the ladies expect to clear Irom SJ15.000 to $20,000. They have re ceived help from many unexpected quart ers, everyone seeming desirous to assist, so that theie is no reason why they should not niauc as mncn as tney nope. a. mianignc supper was served lo the election returns people, and was voted an entire success. Social Chatter. The ladies of tbe Sandusky Street Baptist Church have arranged to hold a fair in the old postofllce building, November 22, 23 and 24. The 24th wiK be Thank.givingDay, and the ladles promise a Thanksgiving dinner that shall tempt evorybody to be at the old postofllce instead of at homo. Thoy will serve dinners and suppers each day ot the fair, but Intend to make Thanksgiving a notable day, gas tronomlcally and otherwise. Miss Mart Quarters Rilet and Mr. Cbarles R. Rhodes are announced to be married next Tuesday evening, in the Third U. P. Churoh. Mr. and Mbs. William Wixtsrhaltzr. nee Lillian Keidel, will be at home at Ingram station upon their return from their wedding tour. A recest marriage announcement is that of Miss Emma Kaulbfcld, of Meyran avenue, to Mr. Theodore Cappol, the druggist, or Forbes street. A DELianTPUL reception was given last evening by Mr. and Mrs. William A, Stan ton, of North Highland avenue. Miss Jexxie Strain, of Allegheny, who has been in Europe for some time, has re turned. The reception of the Bell Va Rado's is to be held this evening at their parlors in Alle gheny. LET THE SALVATION ABltY ALONE. No Good Comes From the Prosecntion of These Harmless Fanatics. Philadelphia Bulletin. Tbe Pittsburg authorities will do no good by prosecuting the members of tho Salvation Army, in the dispatches record ing the arrests the to yesterday there is nothing to sbow that the Salvationists de served the treatment they recoived. Thoy persisted in their marching after being warned to abstain; but this was an ad mitted interference with the right of religl ous worship. Had thoy been let alone they would speedily have gone their way, but the attacks upon them merely aroused tbe fanatical zeal which is at the base of their whole course of conduce and turned what was really an Innocent demonstration into a pathetic nnd revolting conflict. The Old World and tho New. for that matter, tried persecuting these zealots, and except in spots have given up that plan. In this country particularly it grates harshly upon the public feelings to hear that people have been arrested lor religions ex ercises, however grotesque these may havo been, CIGAEETTES KILLED HIM. Tho Sad Cnse of a Young Jinn Who Is Dying With Paralysis. McKeesport, Nov. 8. Special. James O. Waters, telegraph operator at tho city sta tion of tho Pittsburg, McKeesport and Youghiogheny Railroad, is dying from the excessive use of cigarettes. The young man's case is a sad nnd strance one. He is well known in tills community, and tho effects of the "cigarette habit" first mani fested themselves in pnrnlvsis of his legs. Now the feeling is gradually leaving his hands and arms. He was for a long time under treatment by the late Father Molllngcr, or Allegheny, and at one time his recovery seemed assured. While he suffers no pain, physi cians say the end is only a question of a little time. IOWA TS00PS MTJIIHT. Militiamen Pass Eesolutlons Denouncing an Order as an Insult. Cedar Rapids, Ia., Nov. 8. Last evening troop A, cavalry Iowa National Guard, was formally sworn into the service of the Stato and gave a banquet. Sixteen non-commissioned officers of Company C, or tho guard or this city, were detailed by the order of General Greene to act as nn escort to troop A's invited guests. i'ho militiamen thus detailed have passed resolutions expressing indignation at tho "insult" heaped upon them. Adjutant Gen eral Greon to-duy issued an order dishonor ably discharging all nnless they retract the resolutions within 24 hours. The affair has caused a sensation. TOTTEX'S STRANGE TALK. Can it bo that this strange, halcyon weather is tho beginning or Pror. Totten's threatened millenluniT Philad Iphia Record. Prof. Tottes, tho prophet, manifests a great deal or concern over a poky planet that's going to tho bow-wows anyway. CM cago iVeu Record. Ik spite or Prof. Totten's gloomy an nouncement that the eclipse was hut a fore runner of the world's end, interest in the election was Just as keen as over. Baltimore American. LixuTESAirr ToTTEit exhibits a rare under standing of our political difficulties when he counsels the "tree men of this land" to vote "at least once" on election day, in order to escapo the wrath to come. Si. Loult Pott Dispatch. Pnor. Tottejt says that the sun's eclipse was only a small affair, but it was a sign board warning that tbe world would come to an end as soon as the elections wero de cided and tbe printers hadrnnoff all their three-sheet poster ballots. Philadelphia Times. Prophet Tottek rises rrom his seat in the amen corner to remind voters that the world is coming to an end. It will be votes in the pockets or the high tariff party if Totton can persuade the people that tho elements are soon to melt with fervent heat and-wool won't b needed. Niw York Btr-old. CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS. A Laplander will often skate 150 mile Id a day. The peach is of Persian origin and thi aprlcotof syrlan. Over 300 mixtures are known as purely American In use. The game of chess is taught in all thj Austrian public schools. ' No fewer than 1,173 persons have beta buried In Westminster Abbey. In the old Boman theater women per formed In mimics, but not in regular plays. A man in Streator, 111., once wrotn 4,lu0 words on the blank side of a postal card. Two years ago there were but 44 voters in Chino, Cal., while this year 223 are regis. tered. A New Xork inventor claims to have discovered a process for making rubber re sist acids. Some of the wooden towers erected to attack a besieged city were ten stories high, about 100 feet. In the fourteenth century blendming the hair with some preparation of sulphur came into fashion. In almost every nation wine was used as a libation, being poured out, on or befora tbe altars of tbe gods. Amoy, in China, bears the doubtful distinction of being the most dirty ana un healthy city in the world. It would take 3,250 of the little vegeta ble parasites which grow in the human hair, to cover the white center of a nonpareil 0l Palamedes, of Argos, was the first com mander to "array an army in regular line of battle, to place sentinels or to give a waton word. The famous bank of Venice began busi ness in 1192, lasted COO years and might hava existed to this day but lor the invasion of Napoleon. Puget Sound oysters are sometimes as much as 1 feet long and 20 to 23 inches broad, and weigh, exclusive of shell,from 40 to CO pounds. A gun has been invented by a French man which fire cartridges loaded by a com pressed gas. Tbe gun is said to be noiseless and to emit no smoke. Probably the finest specimen- of en graved gem now in existence Is a head of Iero, carved on a first-water diamond by the Castanzi brothers in 1790. Last month was the mos prosperous in the history of the Brooklyn Bridge. There) were 4,330,920 persons carried on the trains, and the receipts were $11S,C25. The antlers and bones of an elk hava been unearthed 103 feet helowthe su'faco.in a shaft, near Newbridge, Ore. They were found lmbeded In a strata of gravel. Telephones have been introduced at the Government rifle ranges at Fort Sheri dan, 111., as a means of communication be tween the firing points and the targets. The original picture of "Sheridan's Ride," painted by T. Buabanan Reed, now hangs in the private office of Thomas L. James, President of the Lincoln Bank of New York City. A valuable asbestos formation has been discovered near Casper, Wy. It is reported to be the best colored asbestos yet found, and is pronounced superior to the best qual ity of Italian asbestos. Noblemen in scores were created by Christopbe, a negro, who ruled as Emperor or Haytl from 1811 to 1820. Among tbe titles conferred were those of the Duke of Mar malade, the Count of Lemonade and the Earl ot Brandy. There is a point near the famous Stony Cave, in the Catskill Mountains, where Ice mav be found on any day in the year. This locality is locally known as the Notch, and is walled in on all sides by steep mountains, somo of which are more than 8,000 feet high. Louis XIV. was great as a feeder. The Duchess of Orleans once saw him eat four plates of boup, a whole pheasant, two part ridges, a plate of salad, another of mutton hashed with garlic, two large slices of ham, a dish of pastry, fruit, sweetmeats and three bottles of wine. In many countries the rainbow is spo ken of as being a great ben t pump or siphon tube, drawing water from the earth by me chanical means. In parts of Russia, in the Don country, and. also in Moncow and vicin ity, it is known by a name which Is equiva lent to "the beat water pipe." The longest horse railroad in the world runs from Buenos Ay res to San Martin in the Argentine Republic, the distance being about 50 miles and tbe schedule time of tba trip 13 hours. Trains leave Buenos Ayres every hour In the day and twice during the night. Every morning and evening express trams leave, carrying only baggage. Boxing matches are very popular with tbe Burmese. They hold public contests, at which prizes are offered for competition, and to which peop'e flock from all the coun try round. Tne lorm displayed would, how ever, scarcely meet with tho approbation or British patrons of the noble art of self-defense. Every sort and kind or hit is allowed, and tbe combatants attack one another with feet as well as hands. In the famous cellars of the Hotel de Title, at Bremen, there aro a dozen cases of holy wine which have been preserved for 20 vears. If tbe cost of maintaining the cellar, payment of rent, interest upon the original value of the wine, and other inci dental charges aro all considered, a bottle of this choice wine has cost $2,000,000, each glassful $270,476. and a single drop could not be sold without loss under $200. The relative area of woodland in the various countries of Enrope is as follows: Forests occupy 39.7 per cent ot the total area of Sweden, 36.9 per cent of Russia, 32.5 of Austria, 28.4 of Hungary, 25.2 or Germany, 24 5 or Norway, 19 9 of Servia, 19.6 of Bel guim, 13.9 of Switzerland, 17.7 of France, 17 of Srmln, 15.2 of lCoamania. 13.1 of Greece, 12.3 fir Italv, 7 or Holland, 5.3 of Portugal, 4.8 o; Denmark and 4 of Great Britain and ire land. The fumes and exhalations from the sulphur springs of Colorado can be distin guished at a distance of fully 20 miles. The peculiarly pungent smells resulting from bush and prairie fires may be perceivedat a distance of 30 miles or more. The delicious Serfume of the forests or Ceylon is carried y the wind 25 miles out to sea, while in foggy weather travelers 100 miles from the land have recognized their proximity to tn coast or Columbia by the sneet smell brought to them on a breezefrom the shore. POETRX EN PASSANT. REVISED VERSION. There was a man in our town, And wondrous wise was he; And with an ax and many whaoka. He once cut down a tree. And when he saw the tree was down. With all his might aud mala He straightway toot another ax And cut It up again. Indianapolis fourna. "Truth is strangerthan fiction," I wrott, In very simple diction. . The careful printer made me say Truth Is stronger than friction." Detroit Free Prut, THE SYMPATHETIC HAS. An interest in his friend he takts, His sympathy is sure; He has a cure for all the aches And Ills that they endure. A receipt he gladly sends Whenever they complain. But every cure he recommend, Alas, is tried In vain. Btlll gratitude to him well show And bis good deeds recite, Forir hlsjodirment's off. we know His heart Is always right. -Sod Tork Prat. At sweetly sings the dying swan, As richest clows the sunset sky. Tbe fiercest tickling powers belong Unto the frost-expiring fly. Washington Star PA A CANDIDATE. Poor pa is worried most to death. In dreams he talks about a "slate." And raves or "flglits" with fearful breata Since he became a candidate. His clothes smell horrid of el (tart. And nasty beer he used to hats. We watch for backs Instead of ears Elnee pa became a candidate. ' ' - " - ' - J . f.. ft?"
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