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Including Sunday Edition, at I cents per week. REMITTANCES SHOULD ONl.Y BE MADE BY CHECK. MOJEY OltDElt. OR REGISTERED LETTER. rOsTAGE Sund.iT Issue and an triple number copies, Cc; single and double number copies, lc. I'lTTbBUUG. TEIDAY. NOV. U. 15W. TWELVE PAGES A GOOD AUGURY. Already it is to be noted that a gratify ing tone of conservatism is being used by those Democratic organs which were con sidered before the election as among the most radical exponents of the party's de mands. In the insistence that there must be no policy of radical or violent inter ference with business there is nothing but truth and the soundest advice. The state ment in a leading editorial of yesterday's New York World that ''This victory does not mean free trade. It does not mean the unsettling of industry nor tho derangement of commerce. It does not mean disturbance of whatever is sound in finance," is an auspicious indication that Mr. Cleveland is to be supported in his relative conservatism to the benefit of the country and the credit of his administra tion. With a continuance of support for Mr. Cleveland of this nature the country may congratulate itself that much of the dan ger from the extreme wing of the Demo cratic party, which would be satisfied with nothing less than free trade, is removed. If this tone be maintained by the President-elect, and if he be enabled to insist upon a practice of these teachings, the country may regard the Democratic triumph with comparative fearlessness tin d equanimity. THE DIVISION OF SPOILS. One of the first opportunities which Mr. Cleveland will have for indicating the de gree of his inclination and ability to hold his party in check will occur in the dis tribution of Federal patronage. For the first time in thirty years the Democratic party will have control of the whole legis lative machinery of the county, except in so far as it is dependent on the third party's almost certain possession of the balance of power in the Senate. This power will naturally bring with it a vast responsibility to which the Democratic leaders of to-day have heretofore been strangers. And the party will be judged primarily by the manner in which it sup ports that responsibility in the discharge of its duties. The action of Congress, however, will be postponed for some months and the nation's judgment of it must perforce be gradual But in dis tribution of patronage Mr. Cleveland has experience to fall back upon and a past reputation to sustain a reputation, too, that is worth sustaining. For, despite the bygone agility of the Vice President elect m the use of the ax, Mr. Cleve land's appointments were such as to meet with very general approval. So hard, however, was the struggle for what now looks" like an easy victory, that it is to be seriously feared that the President-elect has committed himself to deals and prom ises that will work his reputation no good, reflect no credit on his party and endan ger the standard of efficiency of public sen ice. 2Co one expects that the ethics of civil service reform will be closely observed. The victors are of course certain to divide the spoils. In fict, the expiration of many terms of office almost immediately after the inauguration will afford special facilities for the distribution of patronage without too glaring a conflict with the Civil Service Commission. But the pub lic lias at least a right to demand that, if all officeholders are to be Democrats, they should be the pick of the party m business ability and integrity. If the offices are given solely as rewards lor services in or ganization of the party and control of votes, the nation will suffer, the Demo cratic party will in the Ion.? run be no gainer, and Mr. Cleveland will sink in the general estimation of the people. Mechanical politicians are by no means always the best officeholders, and the de gree of mechanical efficiency should not be the standard for appointments. While much depends upon the future Chief Ex ecutive in this matter, hardly less re sponsibility must be borne by petition signing citizens. In the nation as a whole, and in this district in particular, requests for offices for others should not be made in the heat of victory. The dust of battle should be allowed to subside and calm de liberation reign supreme. No man should request a public office for another unless he believes in his absolute suitability and his sterling qualities as one fitted to treat his service as a public trust. IRONWORK IS HIGH BUILDINGS. Attention is called to the grave neces sity for greater care on the part of en gineers charged with the design of high buildings in a recent article on the subject in the Engineering Record. Architecture and engineering are becoming more close ly allied with every year that passes, and indeed the structural work at the World's FVir may be regarded as the outward and visible 6ign of the wedding of the two professions. For some reason inexpli cable on any other basis than a desire for cheapness even at the risk of instabil ity engineers intrusted with the design of the iron framework of modern sky scrapers neglect precautions which they are forced to take in designing purely iron structures for the use of railroad companies and others to whom bitter ex perience has taught the economy of initial care and judicious expenditure. The stresses from wind pressuie, which in a railroad bridge or station are recog nized as important factors in the design, are quite frequently neglected in an edifice where the ironwork is concealed by masonary which adds little or nothing to its power of resistance. Fpr rigidity in a cyclone, and comparative 'security in fire, a complete system of lateral and ver- tlcal bracing is invaluable in a high offlcs building, and its presence ought to bo en forced. Its absence is due partly to the competition of contractors, partly to the gullibility of the public and in part to the ignorance of architects. But every self respecting engineer should refuse at any price to design a building whose safety he cannot conscientiously indorse. A NATIONAL ELECTION. A noticeable feature of the phenomenal election is its lack of sectionalism. Elimi nating the 1S9 electors of the South dis regarding or supposing them for once to have been equally divided among the three candidates and considering only the 285 from States which are generally supposed to vote from principle rather than hide-bound prejudice, several re markable analytical deductions may be made. Of these 285 electors President Harrison secured 118, President-elect Cleveland had 140 and General Weaver 29. So that without the South Mr. Cleve land would only just have missed the Presidency in the Electoral College, and would, of course, have secured it in the House. Again, dividing the States under con sideration into East and West by the Mis sissippi river, the former division has 209 electoral votes and the latter 82. Of the 203, Mr. Cleveland has 131 and Mr. Har rison 78, so that taking this division alone Mr. Cleveland would have overwhelming ly carried the day. The votes of tho Western division were split up: 38 for Mr. Harrison, 29 for General Weaver -and 9 for Mr. Cleveland, nero again the elec tion would have gone to Congress and fallen into the hands of the Democrats. From this it is clear that geographically Mr. Cleveland's victory is by no means sectional. Still disregarding the Solid South and grouping the remaining States roughly according to their respective preponder ating interests, as (1) Manufacturing and Commercial, (2) Farming, and (3) Manu facturing and Farming, or Precious metal mining and Farming mixed. Placing Con necticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Vermont the first group, it is natural that the Pro tective candidate secured 65 votes to Mr. Cleveland's 52. In the second group are Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Minne sota, Montana, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Washington, Wisconsin and Wvoming. Of the 80 votes in this group Harrison has 36, Cleveland 37 and Weaver 7. So that in this group alone the election would not have been decided in the Electoral College, and would have been thrown into the Democratic House. Of the 88 votes in the third group con sisting of California, Colorado, Idaho, Illinois, Michigan, Nebraska, Nevada and Ohio Harrison has 12, Weaver 15 and Cleveland 6L So that this group by itself would have been directly carried by the President-elect in the Electoral College. This rough and brief summary is enough to show that the ticket which se cured more votes in the Electoral College than were ever secured by one ticket before owes its success to no sectionalism, either geographical or industrial, and that the election is as remarkable for its com parative unanimity of diversified inter ests and -scattered areas as for anything else. A DISASTROUS GERRYMANDER, That the Republicans have used the gerrymander for partisan advantage al most as industriously as their political opponents The Dispatch has frequently pointed out An examination of the Ohio returns Indicates that a measure of this nature is largely responsible for the sur prising result in the Buckeye State. A special effort was made to place M. D. Harter, Tom L. Johnson and other popu lar Democratic Congressmen In heavily Republican districts in retaliation for the apportionment which temporarily retired Major McKinley. But Harter, Johnson and their asso ciates vigorously attacked and overturned the opposition majorities, and to a large extent carried the national Democratic ticket with them. Cleveland and Steven son were certainly benefited at least 5,000 votes in Ohio by this diversion. It is hard, though, to apply the moral, as unfort unately a number of gerrymanders in other States accomplished the objects for which they were designed. PARADISE PERPLEXED AGAIN. There is another panic in paradise. News comes from Honolulu that the Eve of that modern Eden is strenuously assert ing her divine rights in the teeth of a no less decided opposition. The worthy Queen naturally wishes to make her own Cabinet, and the Legislature is controlled by a majority that Insists on saving her the trouble. The result is that the Gov ernment of the Sandwich Islands is so sandwiched as to have arrived at a dead lock. But a little thing like that must only add zest to the life of a community which finds its only variety in the rise and fall of the price of sugar, the calls of steamships and an indulgence in political squabbles. A proper spice of tragedy is Introduced into the comedy by a threat from the irate Queen that she will cede her queen dom to these United States unless her will is allowed to reign supreme. This, is ter rible for the adage Where is the man that hath the strength and skill To stem tbe torrent of a woman's will? For when she will she will you may depend on't, And when she won't she won't and there's an end on't. Is just as true to-day as ever. So that the Government of this country may find itself in the terrible quandary of having to prove itself ungallant in refusing a gift proffered by a lady because it does not want it ONE OF WOMAN'S RIGHTS. The possibility of energy and devotion in family discipline has been demonstrated in a Brooklyn police court A lord of creation madR a complaint against his bet ter half for beating him with a broom stick. The energetic wife being brought before the Judge stated that the beaten husband was addicted to profanity, and that after careful experiment she had found that to whale him in the manner complained of was the only effective means of breaking him of the habit We blush for the law in being obliged to record that it turned a deaf ear to this plea and instructed enthusiastic wives by this false precedent that they must not thrash profane husbands. We energetic ally dissent from so soulless and reforma tory a doctrine. There may be some idiosyncrasies of wives, such as resorting to tears when the marital conduct is un pleasant, or seeking revenge by untimely house cleaning or ill-cooked dinners, that the law can justly regard with unfavora ble aspect, but when an energetic and en thusiastic female takes hold of the task of curing her husband of swearing and also seizes the broomstick to that end she is entitled to the sympathy of human law. If the law will not accord her the right we take it that men as Individuals will ac THE PITTSBURG. cord her a profound if distant obsequious ness. Many women's rights arc subject to dis pute, but we do not think the law should be so one-sided as to deny the right of women to whale their husbands for per sistent misdeeds. It is safe to lay down the rule that the men who get thrashed by their wives deserve the beating. Mr. Henry Watteeson' is girding up Ills loins to urge on his party to the, radical policy of the Chicago platform which Mr. Cleveland took pains to very distinctly mod lfyinhls letter of acceptance. It is to be hoped that Henry will meet with a disap pointment similar to that which lesnlted from" his sanguinary bnrlal prophecy. But, by tho by, when Mr. Wattorson remarked that, in the event of Mr. Cleveland's nomi nation, tho .New York Democracy would pass "through a slaughter house to an open crave" he loft himself a small loopholo for escape by omitting to specify who would occupy the said grave. Some day the South will really awake from its long lethargy and discard its sol idity and intolerance, as it arises from dreams of prejudice and dreads of phantom dangers. President Harrison has five impor tant loreign missions at his disposal. In view of tho fact that men of sufficient standing to fill them with propriety can hardly he expected to relinquish home and business interests for a four or Ave months tenure or office, it would appear that the President would bo wise to consult with tho President-elect beforo making the appoint ments. In this way much expense to the country and annoyance to the appointees can be saved. And at the same time tlieic would bo no need for the inconvenienco of nn interregnum in these cases in our foreign representation. Statisticians should be in their ele ment for some time In w orking out the per mutations and combinations of the coun try's vote. Apropos of Columbian celebrations, the discussion as to a national flow er and the growing popularity of tho chrysanthemum, it is surprising that the appropriateness of its first syllable eminently fits that flower to become the emblem of the country that honors Christopher Colnmbns so highly. But, the beauty ot tho flower notwithstand ing, its adoption by this country is impossi ble, as it is an importation, and serious in ternational difficulties might arise if the Japanese should insist on their rights of pri ority in securing the national trado mark. Among the crop reports the returns dealing with the ballot harvest are richest in general interest for tho nation Just at this time. There is great wisdom in the decision of the Treasury Department to continuo to en force tho strictest qaarantlne regulations. Cholera may, or may not, break out alresh next spring, but this country should tako no chances. And incidentally the resultant lessening of indiscriminate immigration is an excellent makeshift, until proper legis lation can ho enacted to deal with it on a permanent basis. This will touch tbe pock ets of the transportation companies and their pockets are too fiequciitly their only consciences. After all, New York was much less piv otal than usual. In fact, it is hardly clear Just where, the pivot was located this year. a Tiiere should be a vigorous rally at the Chamber or Commerce Committee meeting to-day of all who can furnish facts and fig ures as to freight and other railroad dis criminations against Pittsburg. A freight bureau should be established and funds, nd vlco and Information ought to be forthcom ing in a quantity and of a quality sufficient to insure its thoioughly efficient mainte nance. AsabunnerH must be generally eon ceded that Governor Russell, of Massachu setts, raorqbun rivals Nancy Hanks. WHrLE Allegheny is determined to make an effort toward progress, Pittsburg Bhould secure a proper system for the dispo sal of its gaibagc, at least one free bridge, a few street signs and soveral other little Im provements of much use and well within the city's financial capabilities. Allegheny should outdo Shylock in demanding the observance of every caie to secure the full value of its bond. The dangers of over-confidence in matters political ate somewhat ubiquitously solf-ovi-dent, Just now. Mr. Whltelaw Eeld can at least console himself by tne care with, which be pointed them out to his party beforo tho election. Cincinnati's namesake was added to the new navy yesteiday, and it is Pitts burg's turn now. It is highly satisfactory to note that the steady increase in the production of pig iron indicates that consumption is growing, and that the demand and supply are In a healthy correspondence. Even Chairman Carter is convinced at last that he has met with a somewhat of defeat. Mat the incoming administration per petually remember, from tho highest to the lowest,, that. Mr. Cleveland spoko truth when he asserted that "a public office Is a public trust." BEFORE THC rDBHC. Olive Thorne Miller, the authoress, knows about as mucii about ornithology as a professor, M. Deibler, the veteran executioner of Paris, has beheaded 220 persons. He is al ways calm and never loses his own head. The Queen never drinks more than two glasses of either champagne or claret, and after dinner tier Majesty is accustomed to take a small glass of Tokay. Baroness Walliiofen, who achieved distinction under the name of Paulino Lucca as an operatic singer, is reported to be hope lessly 111 in her native city of Vienna. Drs. Sylvester, Jenkins and Young, said to have the most lucrative dental prac tico in Berlin, Dresden and Leipslc respect ively, -are all natjves of Maine. The last two mentioned cut all their teeth m Bangor. Emma Juch's blonde tresses have ira prosseU Boston much as Paderowski's re mit rkablo shock of hair did the whole country last year, although they lack the picturesque extravaganco or that genius' locks. Me. McCoemick, Foreign Commissioner of tbe Chicago Columbian Exposition in London, has resigned his post, owing to the 111 health of his wife, with whom he has been obliged to remain on tho Continent since summor. Dr. Von Holleben. formerly German Minister to Japan, but who was transferred to Washington as tbe representative of the Imperial Government In tho place of tho late Count Arco Valley, is en route for New Tork on the North German Lloyd steamer Havel. There is a probability that Major Gen eral Nelson A Miles will within a few months exchange departments with Major General O. O. Howard, now commanding the Department of tho Atlantic. General Miles feels hurt by the criticisms bestowed upon his management of the parade during the Fair dedication ceremonies. Defeated but Not Hopeless. Brooklyn Standard-Union. 1 There is a grim look about Republicans this morning that portends the beginning already of the gliding of tho loins for the next great struggle. A Mountain of a Molehill. New Orleans Picayune.! When a Western Indian gets howling drunk and paints his face yellow and tho reservation red, thoro Is news immediately of an insurrection. DISPATCH, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1892., PENNSYLVANIA AND OHIO. Eeie Dispatch: Into the hands of Democ racy the country's interests are to be com mltted for at Ieist four years for better or worse. Mr.Cloveland will assume the chair, having passed through the entirely unpre cedented experience of a term in the White House, defeat for the second term, nomina tion for a third time and against bis suc cessor and return to tho Kxecutivo chair. Ho will resume the duties with disadvan tageous limitations of rabid partisanship in office seeking, under center fire of solid sec tionalship, ani shadowed by the limitless possibilities in currency cranks. If Mr. Cleveland runs ahead of his party and has some help from a licpuDlican Senate there aro those who do not fear the raging of tho Houo. It will be too bad if Democrat? fall t.i control all branches of the Government that Democracy, may put itself on record to compare with Republican rule ofyears past, since the expressed desire for Democratlo rule appears to have been surprisingly great to Democrats themselves. SrniKOPiBLD Repub'ic-Times: Still thore be people who will hold to the belief that pro tection is constitutional and will remain so. Ali,iaicce Review: Wo have no.deslro to ap pear in the l oil of an alarmist, but If tha pledges contnined In the Democratlo na tional platform of 1S92 aio to be carried out by logal enactment, then, indeed, may the most seiious' solicitude be felt as to the future. Just how far tho present prosper ous condition or business and activity in in dustrial circles is to bo disturbed remains to be been. There is nn doubt or this fact, that to disturb the tariff at this time, or to dis turb our system of currency means serious disturbance tn business. Lack of confidence on the p.irt of manufacturers in iho legisla tive course to be pursued by the Democratic party, should it secure control of both branches or Congress meRns a great deal. It nirans a withdrawing or capital from in dustrial enterprise, and that means idlo men. Solar as Grover Cleveland's ability to administer public affaiis is concerned there is no question, though it must be con fessed that if he lias entered into a deal with Tamnianvfor the distribution of tho spoils or office "it will not tend to Increaso the efficiency of the public service when lie shall have taken up the reins of govern ment. Beaver Times: Republican Chaii man Car ter can now take the palm as a Republican "rainbow chaser," getting away even from Democratic Don Dickinson in that peculiar role. At midnight of Tuesday, ho still claimed 229 electoral votes six more than necessary to elect with an even chanco In nddltion to cairy West VHginla! The "Lone Fisherman or the Beaver" was sadly needed at the helm this year, the same as four years ago. Cleveland Plaindealer: It is evident that the Buckeye State for the first time in a gen eration will give her electoral vote tonDcm ocritlc nominoe for President. Tho Demo cratic Stato ticket shares in tho glorious triumph. The State was conceded to Har rison on all sides until Wednesday after noon, when dispatches were received showing immense and wholly unexpected Democratic gains. At midnight hardly a doubt remains that Ohio has swung into the long column of her sister States that have lepndlatod force and fraud as represented by Harrison and McKinley. Tho blow at McKinley is even more direct than that at the defeated candidate for President. It is a peisonal rebuke which tho Major can hardly lail to deeply feel, and ho must ndw admit that ho was largely responsible for the un precedented disas er which has overwhelm ed a once great party. McKEESroBT Iletalcl: The biggest man in Pennsylvania politics to-day is Chairman Harrity. Canton Repository: A vcrv simple sum In arithmetic would show that whllo a Presi dent has in him the vast patronage of ap pointive power, for every appointment he makes thore are from 5 to 50 disappoint ments. Human nature is with us always. Some natures are loyal In disappolntmentas well as in appointment. Others are not. At this time tne indications aro strongly that for every administrative officeholder toholp retain an administration there are six to op pose Us retention. Mr.CIevcIaud was downed once by the disappointments of partisans. He rose not so much like truth crushed to earth, as because disappointments aie not confined to ono political part'. There has never been a President whose administra tion was purer or more patriotic or more statesmanlike than President Harrison's. And never, during any President's adminis tration, were tho economic principles upon which he was elected so triumphantly vin dicated in their Inauguration and continu ance, bv official government reports ot custom uouso, xreasury ana census. Coiuvr Flyer: The election returns look bad; bad for tho Republican party and ex ceedingly bad for the prosperity and welfare or the country. 4. Hahiusbueo Telegraph: The result in tho country of the elections yesterday ought to have been anticipated by tho Republicans, and doubtless would have been had it not been for the fact that they had boon almost continously victorious for the past 33 years. The election of Grover Cleveland was ac complished not so much yesterday as when Hill and the Democrats of Now York, led by Tammany Hall, stole tho Legislature of that State and legislated awny the only restraint there wns upon tho dishonest propensities of the Tammany machine. Immediately after the stealing of the Legislature had been accomnllshed it was tho universal nub ile sontiment that the theft meant putting Into the power of Tammany the ability to give just as large a majority in Now York and the surrounding cities as would bo necessary to Keep tho State in the Demo cratic column, and that this with the solid South would give Democracy a vantngu ground from which it would only be with difficulty dislodged. The result or yester day hasdemonstatcd the correctness of this boiler. Canton Scws-Democrat: The Democratic party has como to stay. It stands upon the solid rock or constitutional liberty, as em braced and taught by that great body or representative Democrats who framed our Federal Constitution and set the young re public ou its career. Johnstown Tribune: We don't like it, and would not acknowledge that wo aro boatcn ir we could help doing; so, but while we had hopes that Harrison's splendid adminlstra tlon would pull him. tin ouch, it was known fromtue start that he was in danger, and everybodv knew he was terribly handij capped. First, ho had surrounded himseir with impracticable kite-flyers llko Chnun cpv M. Depew, and built a wall or Ice around himself that practical politicians could not ret near without getting frozen; next, the nomination of Whltelaw Rcld as his run ntng inato was like putting n cab horse alongside a thoroughbred. Maybe salt wouldn't have saved us, but a sprinkling of common sense and an even sharo or fortuno would have pieventcd us from being buried so early and so deep. Cleveland Leader: Wo wish to go on rec ord now as pi edic ting that Cleveland's fol lowers will get up a strong movement for his renoniinntion In lfC6. They will nrguo that his first term should not count, since it was separated from tho second, and the third term question will come to the front once more. ENGLAND'S DEFHEBSED TBADE. A Reform in the Currency in the Direction of Bi-Metallism May Help Things. London, Nov. 10 Replying to a number of correspondents who asked bis opinion of the fall in the amount of British exports, Mr. Arthur J. Baltonr, formerly First Lord of the Treasury, ha written a letter in which he says that one of tho most practical reme dies will be to reform the currency in the direction of bi-motallism. Mr. Joseph Chambeilaln, the '-Liberal Unionist leader, in writing on the same sub ject, points out that tho condition of trade isas badinpiotected countries as in Eng land, from which he reasons that the causes are not principally connected with tariffs. Tbe Duke ot Rutland, in a letter to his ten ants on the Chevclle estate announcing his intention to soil the laud, does not hesitate to say that the depression in the agricnlcnral Industry is duo to the fiee importation of agricultural products. The Duke thus pub licly 1 everts to the policy of a protective tariff on grain. Open for Engagement, Washington Post.; Having closod his political season. Undo Sam is now. prepared to make engagements In other lines. The Poets Not in It. Baltimore American. 1 It is a plain, practical, sorrowful truth that tbe campaign poet this year was a dis mal failure. CONSUMPTION AND THE NERYES. A Now Theory Demonstrating the Close Connection Between the Two. Philadelphia Press. Consumption plays so large a share In tho civilized death rate, and its restriction would do so much to prolong human life, that livery step in its study is of deep public inteiest. Dr. Thomas J. Mays, of this city, has Just published a paper in which ho renews his past arguments that consumption of the lungs is closely connected, probably as a ie-, suit, with any serious weakening of the nervous system. This is indicated by the greater relativo frequency of consumption among the insano and feeble-minded, by tho appearance of insanity and consumption with the greatest frequency at the same age, and by the circumstance that consumption comes in the lower animals, on which ex periments have been made, whenever the nerves reaching the lungs, the pnenmoxas trie nerve in particular, are Injured, or when in man injury to these nerves is pioduccd by disease. This may Indeed bo due to the fact that these nervous injuries and this nervous weakness are all part ot a general weakened state which ends in consumption. But tho large number of facts grouped by Dr. Mas go far to indicate that the reason why'con sumptlon appears at the opening of active llfo is because this is a period of nervous overstrain. This strain affects the great norvo which reaches tho lungs, the heart and th e stomach. They all weaken: and tho lungs, which receive tho largest and endure tho largest and most constant contact with the world of outer decay all about us, break down and pass into consumption. Under this theory the bacillus or consumption is looked upon as tho effect and consequence of a weakened condition due originally to diminished ncrvo power which makes tho organ open to attack and decay. A large number or facts, like the ravages of con sumption among savage tribes when first exposed to civilization, its fiequency among the insano and feeble-minded, and its attack on "piomlslng" young men and women who begin lifo with unusual at dor and industry, uie all explicable by this theory. It is by tho way closely similar to the one now held by an lucicaxing number or physicians with reference to Brlglit's disease, whose primary cause is a nervous overstrain, which weakens an organ whose domands and duties increase with ago. For tho layman tho moral or all this is that the wav to meet the special tendencies toward disease is to preserve the nervous system from ovorstreas; and this In Its turn can only be done by the closest attention to the general health. No modiclne is worth a ran in dealing with tho nerves compared with the mental and physical hygiene and care a man can apply himseir under skilled medical direction. FOB THE GOOD OF ALL. Some Reassuring Words Prom the Leading Organ of tho Democracy. Yesterday's New York World. inhere aio honest Republicans who really believe what their party journals and speak ers have told them who rear that Demo cratic success in the nation threatens dan cer or distuibance to business to them wo say, your rears are idle. The majority or the people of the United States, lepresented by the great Democratic majority, do not mean injury themselves. This country is their country. Its business interests aro their interests. Its prosperity is their ptospcrity. Its honor and welfare are their concern. This victory doe3 not mean free trade. It does not mean the unsettling or Industry nor the derangement of commerce. It does not mean disturbance of whatever is sound in finance. Tho President-elect is tho very embodi ment of conscientious caution. Ho is pre eminently conservative His administra tion will mean economy, reform, retrencu- meat in every blanch of the Government. The victory does mean patting a stop to the riot or oxtravugance, profligacy and corruption. It means the end of the reign of Plutocracy. It means relief from the monstrous robbery or the masses by unjust and unnecessary taxation. It means a veto upon the looting or tbe Treasury and the hideous wasto of hundreds, nay thousands, of millions or dollars In the course of a gen eration by unmerited pensions. It does mean lower and juster taxes and larger freedom of trade. It does mean good money and good money only. Our party has triumphed under the happy union or a great issue and a great man. The Republic is strongor for tbis Democratic victory. Tho Republicans themselves will be moie prosperous and in the end happier because of it. Government of the people is safe in the hands of a gieat majority of the people. TnE NEW ORLEANS bTRIKE. It will furnish piobably the best test ever made of the strike principle at least in this country. Buffalo Express. We do look forgood order now, however, and only deplore the injury done New Orleans trade by a foolish strike, Philadel phia Bulletin. Bakeeless. gasless, newspaperless, street earless, the Crescent city of Now Orleans feels herself ou the wane pending the strike. Washington Star. Those who rouso the spirit of New Orleans and goad it into action have always hitherto found that they had a very heavy account to settle. It is not likely to be different now. Vfashtngton Post. It looks as if suplnencss on tbe part of municipal authorities to afford protection to non-union w orkers in former strikes had renderod the soil thcro fruitful for the present strike crop. Dallas News. To obstruct the business of a whole city because or a single grievance, because em plojeis refuse to ivconizo only union men, Is in itseir a matter of great moment, per haps more momentous because never at tempted befote Hamsburg Patriot. It is an attempt to carry apoilit by a bitter and widely organized fight, in which the necessities of daily existence on the part of thousands will be a bundled times stronger for peaceful arbitration than tbe passions of those who have organized tho contest. Boston Herald, The strikers seem not to have profited by the lessons conveyed by Homestead and Buffalo and are rosortlng to force and inter feionce with tbe personal liberty of non union workers. They ought to know that this course is tbe shortost to disaster and dcreat. Ifeu York Press. Some good will certainly result from tho strike, however it may result. It will bring the employers sbarply to a sense of tho need of greater system in conducting busi ness, and the strikers will learn that there is a limit beyond which organized labor cannot go Philadelphia Pi ess. Ir men upholding any causo would bo re spected, they must respect themselves. Labor is respectable; and never ceases to be so until its repicseutatlves shall discredit it. Let us have a settlement such as fair ana honorable men can complete. No other will be satis'actory. Sea Oi leans Picayune. Mr. Blalno a True Prophet. James G. Blaine nt Philadelphia, Just be fore the election of 1890, In which Pennsyl vania wont Democratic, said: "I have come hero not with the purpose of eulogizing the administration, but to bear mr testimony and to give you a warning that, as Pennsyl vania votes ou next Tuesday, the nation may voto two years hence.'' DEATHS HERE AND ELSEWflEEE. Ex-Congressman Laban T. M. Dlx. Hon. Laban T. Moore Dix died at Cat tlcttsbnrg. Ky.,5Wednesdaynlglit of pneumonia. He was la his 04th Tear. He was a dlstlogulshe-t lawyer, and one or the most highly esteem ed men of the State. He was an ex-Congrrsiman. ex State Senator and ono of the leading spirits or the late Constitutional Conrentlun. Obituary Notes. TnE rcportorthe death orThcodorc Child is con firmed. He died or cholera at Ispahan, Persia, Wednesday, November i William Uabtman, 71 years old, for the last 10 years a resident of McKcesnort, died estercly. He was one or the wealthiest men in the town, and a widely-known business man. Rev. Dn. Josznf J. Bullock, of Washington, died in Lexington. Ky.. Wednesday at the resi dence of his son, C. II. Bollock, whom he was visiting. He was a Presbyterian minister, but ten years ago be retired, making his home la Washington. BENEATH THE PALMS. A Charming Wedding In Allegheny Mar ried in the First Presbyterian Church A Full-Dress Andlence BriUiant Nup tials at Point Breeze Gossip of Society. Palms and white chrysanthemums made a charming background for an interesting young bridal conple at the borne of Mr. and Mrs. James Hamilton, Western avenno, Al legheny, last evening. The brido was tho daughter of the house. Miss Mollio Hamil ton, and the groom Mr. Samuel Lewi3 Dun lap. Rev. J. S. Bracken, D. D., of tho Union M. E. Church, officiated. The bridal gown was or white silk, with a cluster or white rosebuds for the bouquet. The maid of honor. Miss Agnes Young, wore a pretty yellow silk gown and carried yellow roses. Tho bride's brother, Mr. Harry Hamilton, and Mr. Louis Beatty were tho ushers. The house was artistically decorated with plants and flowers, the marriage altar boing of palms and white chrysanthemums being placed everywhere in studied confusion. The couple left Inst night for a tour thrnuxh the East. Thuy will be at home on Morrison avenue when they return. The Sewickley Dramatic Club is to pre sent the comedy, "The Four-in-Hand," next Tuesday evening. The audlenco aro ex pected to be in full dress, ladies not wearing bonnets. The First Presbyterian Church, Wood street, was brilliant last evening with lights and olegant dresses and flowers. It was In gala array for the nuptials of two or the most popular young people in the two cities. Miss Nettle Houghton Gregg, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. John R- Gregg, became the wife of Mr. Albert Sidney Beymer, of tho Koystone Bank. Rev. David Gregg, D. D or New York, uncle or the bride, per formed the ceremony. Tho bridal dress was a. gown of white silk and lace, over which was draped a filmy veil, while a magnificent diamond pendant, tho gift of the groom, sparkled through it. Miss Annie Gregg, the maid of honor, woro pink silk. In addition tnero were lour bridesmaids. Miss Eulals, Seely, Miss Byrde Moore, Miss Clara Beymer and Miss Margaret Gtey. Two wore pink and the other two white, making a very pretty effect, as a whole. Mr. W. If. Watt was the best man, and the ushers were Jlessrs. F. E. Stow art, D. E. Davis, C. M. Gar rison, W. O. McConncll, William Lyon and Dr. H. C. King. The church was full of friends or the two lamilies, and many were the admiring comments bestowed upon the bride as she walked up the aisle with her train or youny girls. There was a reception at the residence or the bride's parents, Lin coln avenue, Allegheny, after tho ceremony. One of the most interesting East End weddings of tho season was that at the Point Breeze Presbyterian church last cveulng. Tbe bride was Miss Ellen M. Stephenson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John G. Stephen son, and tho groom Mr. William Y. Humph ries. Rev. De Witt Benham was tho officia ting minister. The bride wore a gown of white satin and lace made high at tbe throat, and daintily trimmed with whito ivy bios poms. This is a lnbre dellcato flotver than orange blossoms, and is the German bridal flower. A long veil was worn over the hair and dress. In carrying out tho desire of the bride that it should bo a "pink wedding," the maid of honor, Miss Annie Stephenson, tho brido's sister, and the bridesmaids. Miss Nellie Lockhart, Miss Margaret Jamison, Jllss Nel llo Davis, and Miss Grace Kelly, all woie pink and carried white chrysanthemum". The best man was Mr. Frank Carnegie, and the ushers were Messrs. nenry Griffin, Frank Vnndorvort, Percy Preston, Charles Clark, Harry Bidwell and McClurg Hays. Alter the ceremony which was witnessed by nearly everybody in society in tho East End, there was a reception at the home of thebridoN parcntf, alter which tho newly-wedded couple left on their wedding tonr. They will visit most of tho cities and otner places in the West, and oxpect to go as far as tho Pacific slnpo. Their permanent home will be on Dillas avenne. Eft End. The church was handsomely and artistical ly decorated In green palms, ferns etc., be ing disposed to ndvuntago wneiever the decorators thought it wlsu to put them. At the house there wero ferns, puira', chrysan themums nnd many varieties ot roses, while on the walls of some of tho rooms was drnpervorpink, so that it hould not be for gotton " that it wao a "pink wedding." De cidedly, it waft urtogether one of tho pret tiest marriages In nil Its appointments that has ever taken place in Allegheny county. Miss S. Alta Fulton, M. D., a daugh ter of Rev. Dr. .1. L. Tnlton, or 323 Beaver avenue, was married yesterday afternoon to Mr. James A Wiley, or Washington, Pa., a well-known lawyer or that place. Dr. Ful ton porformod tho ceremony, which took place nt his homo. It was a vcrr qnler, family affair. The bride is a graduate of the Cincinnati Medical Cn11e.ro, and has been practicing as a physlc'an since leaving that institution. The reception at the home of Mr. and Mis. Theodore R. Hostcttor, Western ave nue, Allegheny, last evening, whs a brilliant one. Thero were nearly 203 guests, and, with music and social converse, the evening passed delightfully. Tho liouso wa hand somely decrratod with ferns and flowers, and the ulr was heavy with the scent or roses nnd carnations. This reception will formally Inaugurate the winter season of teas, luncheons and other social gaieties. The ladies of the Eleventh TJ. P. Church will give a supper and bazaar in the church on the 13th and 19th insts. Every arrange ment is being made and the affair promises to bo quite a success. Tbe iollowlng ladles will tako part: Table No. 1 Mrs. Samuel Andrews, Mrs J. W. Taylor, Mrs. W. J. Donaldson, Mrs. Esther Stevenson, Miss Llzziu Stevenson, 3Iiss Myrtle Taylor and Miss Birdie Cooper. Table No. 2 Mrs. Joseph Moore, -Mrs. llev. Slovenson, Mrs. John Gould, Mrs. K. M. Brass, Mls Sarah Moore, Miss Mary Steven son, Miss Nettie Shaw. ' Tablo No. 3 Mrs. William Miller, Mrs John W. Lowrr, Mrs. John Miller, Mr.John Gurbarr, Miss Clara Bivun, Miss Maggie Baker. Table No. I Mrs. Hn'ry Fairman, Mrs. Kate Henderson, Miss Mig2lo Falruian.MIss Myrtle Fulrman, Mis3 Emma Henderson, Miss ullie Fnlrman, Miss .Muggle Fall man. Table No. 5 Mrs. W. C. Taj lor, Mrs. Rob ert Stevenson. Mrs. David Taylor. Mrs. An drew Taylor, Mlases Johnston. Williamson, Shaw, MoMillan. Black, McN'ead, Wilson. Wilson and Reno. Candy stund Miss Mina Jamison and Miss Margaret Sic Murray. Fancy art Mrs. Andrew Jamison, Mrs. A. C. Weaver, Miss Annie M. Henderson. Ten oream Valla Lee. Kate Hollldav. Fannie Davidson, Jenny Taylor, Lucy Cloak, Mazle Johnston, Myrtle Henderson, Jennie Sterling. Utility table Mrs. William Andrews, Mrs. William Workman, Miss Josephine DongU erty and Miss Tenie Taylor. Social Chatter. Mas. Edmund Russell, of New York Citv, is the guest of her cousin, Mrs. .Maurice I. Coster, or Summciica street. East Eu'l. Mrs. Russell Is the wile or tho Edmund Russell who was In Pittsburg some years ago, and whose talks on house decoration created so much pleasurable sensation. Mrs. Russell will remain about a woek, and next Monday evening, as the guest or Mrs. C. L. Magee, will give oue of her delightful and instruc tive talks on "The Art of Expression." Sho was a pupil of Delsarte. Sue to lecture before tbe Art Society December 5, on her return from Chicago. A jollt children's party was held at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. J.P.Andrews, Dinwiddle street, last nlgnt. Miss Mildred and Master Joe Andrews did tho honors, and well did they bear the trying duties of hostess and host. There wore about a hun dred little guests who danced, played games and enjoyed themselves generally. One or yesterday's charming recoptiOES was that given by Sirs. Laughlin and Miss Bissoll at their nouie, Ellsworth avonue, East End. It was in honor or Mrs. David Bisscll, or Allogheny. a bride or somo months, who has Just returned from her wedding trip to Europe. John A. Biushear will lecture this evening at tho Academy of Art and Science, on "A Recent Visit to European Observatories and Astronomical Instrument Works." and Prof; Kecler will exhibit and explain some pictures of Mars recently made. Atleasant entertainment was given by tho Young People's Society or Christian Endeavor, or the Sixth Presbyterian Church; last evening. Besides music nnd recitations there was an interesting address by Dr. J. S. Ferson. Fiiidat evening, the lSth instant,r there will be a musical and llteniry cnierlauiuient at Masonic Hall. Collins avenue, under tho auspices of the East Liberty Circle of tho Proteoted Homo Circle. ) Tue first reception ot the Tuosday night class of the Duquesne Dancing School is to be given Thanksgiving evening. , Tbihk Is to bo a danco at the Park Place Hotel, Sen lckley, this Tenlng. CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS. London eats Australian butter. Coal oil was first used as an illnminaat In the year 1820. Greek ladies had 137 different styles of dressing tbe hair. A first-clais ledge of mica was recently discovered near Chelan, Wash. The Suez Canal was projected by aa Egyptian King as early as C00 B. C. It is believed that in China there ij20 times as much coal as in all Europe. Beers made of maize or barley art manufactured oy almost every native African people. There are seven Hebrew members ia the House or Commons, all of whom were ra elected this year. Hum improves with age. In 1863 a quantity of rnm known to bo 110 years oil sold at SIS a bottle. The dome of the Palais de Justice in Brnssels is constructed of papier macbe, and weighs about 16 tons. A merchant has been fined 100 marks In Germany for using a Bible quotation to head an advertisement. In England during the financial year of 1891-92 over 57.000.001 ordinary Inland tele grams w ere transmitted. Host ancient theatrical performances were paid for by the Government and no lea was charged at the door. The Michigan lumbermen carry cedar knots in their pockets as a enre and also as a preventive for rheumatism. Tbe World's Fair management expects to reallzo $175,000 from franchises for the sale or popcorn at the Exposition grounds. There is a tooth of Buddha, preserved and worshiped in an Indian temple, which probably all tho gold in tbe world could not buy. Herculile, the new French explosive, is so powerful tnirt hair a pound or it, in a recent test, displaced a stone weighing 39 tons. In the third crusade a single stone from an English engine killed twelve Tnrks, and aftor the truco wns shown to Saladin as a curiosity. Frost has a variety of effects upon dif ferent products. Under tho same influence eggs will burst, apples contract and potatoes turn black. There is an 81-ton ignot in the furnace at Bethlehem, Pa., which will soon be con verted into armor plate for the battle shin Indiana. It will be the heaviest plate evez rnadn in this or any other country. Stained glass screens mounted in brass or wrought iron make the most beautiful of fire screens, their rich colors being glow ingly brought out by the dancing flames. The new Yacht just built for the King of Siam is snid to bo fitted out on a grand scale or barbaric luxury. It will orry a large crew of Orientals, officered by Danes. At Slockton-in-the-Forest, Yorkshire, England, is a piece of land called "Petticoat Hole," and it is held on the condition of pro viding a poor woman of tho place every year with a new petticoat. 31. de Semblacay, Bishop of Bourges , for many years nto six meals a day, and at tributed his talent in this direction to the fact that "I say grace, not only betore and after each repast, but at each removal of a service." Dynamite has been superseded in Swe den for blasting purposes. Electric wlros are introduced in the rock and then hea'ed. The sudden heating or tho rock rends it In piee, quietly and cffectivcly.wUbout peril to human life-. Recent astronomical calculations have caused tho "star-gazers" to announce thai the surface of the moon is about as great as that or Arrica and Austral! combined, or about equal to tho area of North and South America, without tho islands. Tne Empress of Austria is reputed to bo the boot royal housekeeper an E.irope. Everything in the Austrian palace is under her own personal care. She orders cooks, b utlors and laundry maids, and Is constantly inventing something new in cookery. According to the records of the mint, 19 S70 dollars were coined in the year 1301. Of this number, bnt eight are now known, and they are valued at from $.'5W to 12,000 oach. What became of the remnining 19,562 is ono or the greatest namlsmatlcal mys teries. Milk has been found to possess re markable healing qualities If appl.ed to wounds in an early stae, and excellent re sults have been attained by its use in the dressing of burns. Compresses are soiked in mlllc and laid on the burns, to be renewed night and morning. Experiments show the German rifle to be the most merciful weapon In use in tho European nrmie.", while tho Lebel rifle, used by the French in Dahomey, makes a ery nigged wound. The new English magazine rifle -corns to bo the crudest of the three, as its bullet smashes bones and tears flesh at a distance or 1,000 yards. The fisherfolk ot Berzen, in Xortfay, have for over 500 years inoculated whiles with bacterLi in order to kill them. Tim whales enter a firth near tho town and are driven into a narrow bay. A net is then stretched across its mouth, and the whales shot with poisoned arrows. Altera day or two they become sickly, and are easily dis patched. Electric heaters are found to ba excel lent for nsn in conservatories on accou nt of the absence or all unwholesome gases or vapors which might injure the plants, iin- Jiliclty of construction in the parts conver n the energy, perfect safety as regards heat, which can bo regulated at will, clean liness and convenience and rapidity in starting and extinction. A somewhat rare and curious sight was seen in Paris a few days ago. About 60 gipsy caravans wore drawn up in line, and, with their occupant (about 500 in number), publicly disinfected. This measure wns taken In consequence of tho discovery of five or six cases or cholera amon.r tho nlp sies, who had recently arrived from Eel glum and PrusMn. The caravans were found to be in a most filthy condition. The weaker teas of China are being dis placed by the stronger teas or India and Ceylon, and within tho past flvo years, while tho linDort or Ceylon teas into Great Britain has Increased flvo fold.the quantity of China tea imports has diminished about one-half. This illustrates a pbaso or colonial policy that Is becoming very noteworthy over tho water. Everything has been done to en courage Ceylon tea growing and make a market for the product In Great Britain. ORIGINAL, AND JOCOSE. AN EXCHANGE. It was at the ball the other night, She wore a gown of the purest white, A beauty, too. was she. Her name It was O'KIennlkan. With the Christian preflr. Mary Ann, From her I did not flee. With her prettv faee she had much tin. Ana then and there I vowed to win This maid, that was my aim. She brought me looks and money, too, Butreallr. was It not my due? She got a change of name. SAVED. "I'll tell yon what we'll do," said on postal clerk to another, "the day before CleTeland takes Ills seat we will get all the clerXs together and form'a union, and then declare a loefcou!." 'What good will that do?" 'Why. thenir anyone takes oar place they will be blacksueep." HOW JOLLT. First Perfect Devil Did you win any.i thing on the election? Second Perfect Devil Yes, two dgawettes. TAJOIANT'S can. The tiger cannot change his stripes, but be can change the Presidents. THE rUTUKE. Dearest Euth, if yon are wise, You will open wide your eyes. With them flirt with Babe McKee, President some day, he might be. GENEROUS. "Wasn't it sad about old Milliom' failure?" "Whatt has he failed?" "Yes, gone clean to smash." "That's too bad; he promised me ramelhing yesterday, but now la bis trouble I will not hold him to it." "That's generous of yoa. What was It?" 'His daughter's hand In marriage." Cnicx. 1 1 '4 4 ''-' '- ' -' Ltffrr', tAjaaJ'ji s
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