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The Venezuelan dispute, iu which tho captain of the steamer Philadelphia re fused to give up a passenger to the present Venezuelan Government, is extending the principle laid down in the Barrundia case to a novel degree. Since it has been de cided that the decks of American merchant vessels shall he a sanctuary, even in the harbor of a foreign power, it is pleasant to know that the right is vigorously and boldly maintained. But it must be noted at the same time that the maintenance of the principle involves some very singular logical processes. The fact that the United States vessel was put in the position of refusing to sur render a man charged with cattle stealing presents little difficulty. It is safe to pre sume that the charge was trumped up for the purpose of getting hold of a political prisoner. But the method on which Min ister Scruggs discovered the way out, namely, that there is no extradition treaty between Venezuela and the United States, Is a novel one. Does the United States consider it necessary to go through an ex tradition process in order to arrest an offender on a foreitrn steamer lying in the port of New York? The fact is that in this matter the United States has some ground to assert privileges for their merchant vessels in South American ports which we would not yield to the vessels of South Ameri can nations in our ports. There may be some natural justification for this in the violence of the frequent political out breaks in South America. But it presents International law in a very one-sided shape, and does not seem exactly the way to conciliate the South American suscep tibilities on behalf of this country. PROGRESSIVE TORIES. British Tories have adopted a highly progressive platform, as will be seen from the cable news published elsewhere. There has for some years past been a tendency on the part of the Conservatives to bid for tho votes of the workingman. But the latest phase of the movement marks a more distinct and decisive step than has heretofore been taken by Lord Salisbury's adherents. The Liberal Unionists who left their party to cleave to their opponents on ac count of the single issue of Home Rule may be credited with having to some slight extent leavened the policy of their allies. But in the main the de parture is neither mora nor less than a bid for support, which is strongly indicitive of the spirit of the times. The Tories love not the democracy more, but the Liberals less. And the necessity for arms wherewith to combat their rivals has led them to outdo the radicalism of the Liberal party in some directions. The sincerity of Tory reforms on behalf of the people may bo estimated by the state of need in which the professions are made. This movement is simply the inaugura tion of a plan of campaign to harass Mr. Gladstone, prevent home rule and return to office. Whether the campaign will end in victory or renewed defeat for the Tories remains to be seen when Parlia ment meets. THE EMPTY TREASURY. Elsewhere will be found a statement of the condition of the National Treasury which demands earnest consideration, and indicates that the President-elect will be confronted with grave difficulties imme diately upon his inauguration. Either the last session of the Fifty-second Con gress must do something to rearrange the finances of the country on a satisfactory basis, or an extra session of the newly elected body will be necessary. There are arguments to be made and details to be discussed before a definite decision as to the best way out of the diffi culty may be arrived at But, on the whole, it would seem the wiser course for the Congress of the present to come to some agreement with the members-elect of the new Government whereby the nec essity for an extra session could be ob viated. SETTLED BY PRACTICE. It is somewhat surprising to find our bright cotemporary, the Washington Post, wasting a column to raise that already ventilated claim that because the present Congress contains the number of Repre sentatives given by the apportionment for the last decade, and the country has just chosen Presidental Electors on the basis of the new apportionment, there is some thing wrong. Sundry eminent statesmen are quoted to the effect that this is a new question, and that by the Constitution the Electors cannot exceed the number of seats in the Congress sitting at tho time of the election. The eminent statesmen and the Post are wrong. The question is not a new one, except In the raising of a point which has long been overruled by practice. The Con stitutional requirement Is that the same number of Electors are to be chosen as Representatives ''in the Congress " At the same time that the nation chooses Electors it elects Representatives in the Congress. The new apportionment ev i dently takes effect when these Representa tives and Electors are chosen, and it is common sense under the language of the Constitution that the same number of both should be elected. There might be some room for the con tention that so far as the language of the provision is concerned it can refer just as well to the setting Congress, if the practice had not been unusually and un- 'THE ' PITTSBURG disputedly the other way. In 1792 the electoral vote was Increased 121 over that of 1788, and the Congress then sitting could not have been elected with the new apportionment, because It was elected in 1790. In 1812 the increase in the Electoral College was 38, in 1832 it was 18, in 1852 It was but 6 and in 1872 it was 43. Here is clear proof that the practice has been un changed of electing the increased number of Presidental Electors In the year suc ceeding a new apportionment exactly as the 24 new Electors have been elected this year. This is the common sense construction of the provision adopted the first time such a case came up under the Constitu tion and continued to the present time. It is not likely to be changed now mat n. uus been in force for a century. A LONG-STANDING PROBLEM. The agitation of the commercial Inter ests of Pittsburg for better freight rates aud the somewhat unfavorable attitude of the railway people toward it repeats his tory. Xece-sarily in a city whose busi ness depends on the transportation of freight in greater masses than any other city of the country tho freight question will always be a vital one. By applying the experience of the past to the present situation we may get a good deal of valu able light. It is worth remembering that the com plaints against freightdiscriminatious dur ing the '70's were received by railway au thorities with the samu unfriendly spirit as now. The allegations of injury to Pittsburg's industrial position and of in justice to individual enterprise were waved aside as imaginary and unfounded. That they were not unfounded was proved by the fact that when Pittsburg secured an approach to railroad competi tion her industrial leadership was im mensely increased. In the year before the construction of the Pittsburg and Lake Erie Railroad this city produced one-sixth of the iron and steel of the country. After five years of moderate competition in 1883 it produced one-fifth of the nation's product. "While the city was enjoying the second expansion due to the natural gas era railway competition was succeeded by railway combination. Now, that we have lost in great measure both factors, the need of improved trans portation rates is as pressing as it was 14 years ago. The history of the freight question in Pittsburg proves two or three tilings very conclusively. The first of them is that no lasting or general improvement in railway rates can be expected until the railways have to give it This can be recognized as a necessary law without inflicting indi vidual odium on the railway officials. It is inevitable that a railway man charged with the duty of securing the greatest possible earnings for the company should be slow to perceive the necessity of ra ducing rates to encourage business. It may be more far-sighted to recognize that the most lasting prosperity for the railway can be secured by stimulating the growth of the industries that furnish it traffic This is one of the principles that Pittsburg railway men oujht to be able to rec ognize. The Pennsylvania Railroad actually gained traffic by the estab lishment of railway competition In Pittsburg. But experience demonstrates that this species of far-si?htedn?ss is only attained by most men under the pressure of a legitimate and stable competition. The only way to bring the railway com panies to a realizing sense of their interest in cultivating Pittsburg traffic by favora ble rates is to establish new and per manent competition In transportation. This would point directly to tho sug gestion already made by one of our busi ness men, namely, the buildiug of a new railway if it were not for the difficulties. The first is that all the rail way approaches to Pittsburg have been so jealously taken up that it would be difficult for a new road to reach the city. The second is that any new road must sooner or later seek an alliance with one or the otherof the trunk lines, and thus fall into the control of the combination which now maintains the in equalities complained of. The way for Pittsburg to solve the question completely is to create a new class of competition be yond railway control, and founded on a stable basis. The only way to do that is for Pittsburg to turn its energies to the in crease, of our water transportation. In the improvement of the Ohio river and the construction of the Lake Erie Canal the final solution of this difficulty is to be found. It would at once secure an immense reduction in the C03t of what may be termed the fundamental freights of Pittsburg's interests iron ore, coal and pig iron. It would exert an immense sec ondary influence on all classes of freight. Even tho traffic unsuited to the canals and rivers would receive a benefit from the necessity which the railways would have of seeking the higher classes of freight when the waterways were carry ing the lower classes. Such an clement of competition would extended itself throughout the entire transportation in terests; and the experience of the early '80's would be repeated by the railways earning actually more profits from the im mense expansion of 'Western Pennsylva nia traffic which this competition would create. Pittsburg's business interests can secure the opening of these waterways when they realize the importance of united action for that purpose. When they unite to do so the solution of this long-standing problem will be but a question of time. HOW IT LOOKS NOW. Now that the election is over it is inter esting and instructive to take up some of the organs which gleefully recounted how the Republican bettors flocked into the Hoffman House the night before the bal loting and exercised their cash or wind to such an extent that the Democratic bet tors were backed dovn into asking odd. This was hailed by minds of the partisan class as an evidence of a coming Rspub lican victory. It is worth while to ask, in the light of the next' day's result, how much value there is in the betting index. Or if, as some fatuous minds pretend to believe, service is done to the party cause by large bluffs in this direction, where are the re sults of this final tour deforce. It is plain enough now that these gallant bet tors, whose exploits were spread all over the nation, did no good to anyone except the Democratic bettors, who won what money they actually put up; and if their grand political coup had any effect at all it was to induce some misguided followers to also put up their money and lose it. But the Bingular thing is that, although nearly every Presidental campaign furnishes such proof of the folly of erecting betting to,the height of a political maneuver, the the same thing is repeated every four years with scarcely a variation. Our politics contain several features In which the characteristic of silliness Is pre-' dominant; but the feature of political bet ting is the most egregious idiocy of all Hitherto the movement to abolish rail road discrimination n.-rnlnst Pi.rhnrg and DISPATCH, SATURDAY, establish a freight bureau to permanently foster this city's interests in such matters has not met with the support It merits. There Is a lack of responsiveness on the part of tho public for whom advantages are be ing sought which is at the same time short sighted and discreditable. Without strong united action no great improvement can be secured for the city. With it there is noth ing within reason that is not obtainable. It is time for Fittsburgers to recognize the identity of their interests with those of the city and work more vigorously for both. And still the site for Allegheny's new postofflce is unsettled. A better rate of progress than lias hitherto prevailed will be necessary if the now building is to rise on this side of tho millennium. There will be general satisfaction throughout the country over the cessation of the street-car strike at Columbus and the more serious blockade at New Orleans. At both places law was respected, and it is to be hoped that arbitration will successfully settle the disputes. Arbitration after the inauguration of a strike is a good thing, and in time arbitration without strikes should become supreme as the best and least waste ful means of deolding between employers and employes until the equality of their in terests Is directly recognized by tho institu tion of one form or another of profit-sharing or oo-operation. There is no limit to the elasticity of Dr. Depew's spirits. Chauncey's exuboranoe is irrepressible, and his optimism under de feat is an example for all men. It is natural that a combination which has given evidence of such law-dorying powers of absorption as the Reading system should be credited with Intentions to ex tend Its ramifications here, there and every where. So long as the bottom is not knocked out of tho evil by the courts, nothing is much too wild to afford basis for a rumor of its further growth. ' Venezuela must remember that it is not a first lute poner, and that it should theieiore avoid all appearance of insulting the dignity of the American flag. Another burglar haB fallen a victim to the womanly habit of looking under the bed befoie retiring. Tho presence of mind on this occasion was displayed by a Chicago woman. If this sort of thing go much f uriher the house-robber will have to change his 'place, of seclusion or reform ana take to some more profitable business. President-elect Cleveland swept the country on Tuesday, and it is presum able that local Democrats will sweep tho city to-night. In the magnanimity ot victory no doubt tho Democratio party will paidon Labor Commissioner Feck for telling the truth. And especially since the treason he as a Democratic appointee committed by pub lishing anti-Democratio data proved un availing after all. From the latest returns it seems evident that the Democratic party in Alabama thrives better on opposition than anything else. The usual lack of backwardness in com ing forward for a share of the spoils is now in evidence. The light-weights generally make th running in the firs: lap, but a lack of staying power not unrrequently causes their falling out before the desired goal of office is reached. A comet is wandering around within the field of vision, but the sheriff's posse coml tatusdid not manage to arrest it. While a host oi idle officeholders and a navy and army dispioportlonate to the wealth of the country are maintained in Italy, the people of that land must tend steadily toward increasing unrest and the dangers of revolution. It is presumable that Tammany will want all the patronage it can get and will get most of what it wants. For getting at the root of an evil there is nothing like attacking the Hon in his own den. And Mr. Francis Murphy recognized the fact bv giving a temperance address in Cincinnati's largest beer hall last night. MEN AND WOMEN. Mrs. McKee is to remain at the White House, presiding in her mother's staad. Russell Harrison aud his wife will also live there. Mr. Gladstone's physician is putting still more restraints upon him and insisting upon his adopting every meaDs of economiz es Tailing strength. The health of the Dowager Duchess of Marlborough has been so affected by the death of her son that her physicians have forbidden her to go to Blenheim. Mrs. E. B. Grannis, editor of the New York Church Union, has lor 20 years had the sole control of that large Journal and has made it a great financial snecess. General Butler reached his 74th birthday anniversary on Saturday last. He comes to his law office in Ashburton place every dny with all the regularity of a young practitioner at the bar. Mr. William E. Curtis, who was sent on a special mission to Spain bv the State Department, sailed on November 8 from Genoa for New York, having paid visits to London, Faris, Madrid and Rome. The Princess Stephanie, widow of the Clown Prince Rudolph of Austria, recently created a tremendous sensation in Vienna by horsewhipping Connt Chotek, a leader of the Viennese aristocracy and a Major in the Austrian army. General Sherman's old home in Gar rison avenue, St. Louis, is to be sold at auc tion. The property cost $30,000, and it was a present to him from his admirers in 1863. It is a hnndsome mansion, with interesting Lpcal associations. Miss Chapman, the well-known sculp tor, has been commissioned to modol the two Spanish bullocks Queen Victoria keeps in the park at 03borne. They havo enor mous horn3 and are considered remarkably beautiful creatures. Secretary Noble has returned to Wash ington irom his campaigning tour through Missouri, and when he has disposed of his correspondence which accumulated during his absence he will tako up his annual report and complote it as early as possible. IB0N MEN JEL DUBIOUS. What a Well-Known Columbns Manufact urer Says ot Political Prospects. Columbus, O., Nov. 1L Relative to the re port that the well-known iron firm King, Gilbert & Warner, who have throe furnaces at Middleport and contemplated a reduction in the wages of the mill employes 10 per cent as a result of the election, and that they had orders for millions o! tons or steel countermanded since Tuesday. Mr. Gilbert, 1'iesidentof the company, savs the leport about the reduction of wages is wholly un authorized, but deollned to say whether such a reduction in wages was contem plated. He said they would stay in the business so long as it paid; but if foreign goods are allowed In this country at less price than can be manufactured here, then the men in business in this country would either have to quit or the workmen work for less wages. Mr. Gilbert said sev eral contracts and oiders for steol had been countermanded since the election. In view of wuat the Democrats had claimed about the new American tin plato business, the men interested do not feel like putting the money into it that would be required. His company had been furnishing abuut 100 tons ot steel a month for this industry, and the orders had been countermanded. Never Touches Anything Wet. Washington Post.! Candidate Bldwell ought to be perfectly satisfied. He landed high and dry. Can Take Care of HlmselL Philadelphia Times. 1 Who will care for MeKlnlev nowt NOVEMBER 12, " 1892. SOCIETY AND ART. Instructive and Fashionable Receptions to bo Given by the Art Society Last Day of the Sonthside Hospital Fair An East End Bazar. The Art Society will hold receptions next week, Wednesday and Thursday even ings, in its rooms, Academy of Science and Art building-. It is announocd that Mr. William J. Henderson, formerly of Pitts burg, who is now musical critic of the New York Times, will at these receptions talk to the society about "The Beginnings of Modern Music" and "The Spirit of Music" Mr. Henderson is a very pleasing speaker, and, as he is allowed to be one of tho loremost musical writers and lecturers of the coun try, it is expected that the Art Society will afford its guests a particularly pleasant entertainment at their next week's recep tion. Tuesday evening, November 22, will be the occasion of the one hundred and eighty-fifth reception of the society, when the opening of the Art Society's permanent exhibition will take place. The exhibitions of pictures that have been given by the society have been so successful that it has been deter mined to make thorn permanent. The artists of PIttsbnrg will show their work first, and their pictures will hang for a week or two and be lepluced by others, homo and foreign. In addition to this oft-replenlshcd, complete showing of current activity at home, the society hopes to keep up a con stant succession "of .the best art works it may be able to obtain from tiino to time from the artists or the owners, wherever resident. The sooiety has issued a preliminary an nouncement that a "Dolsartean evening" is to be enjoyed Monday. December 3, at the Pittsburg Club Theater, when Mrs. Edmund Russell will be the society's guest, and will talk about "The Art of Speech." Mr. CnARLES Devaux; is to recite Strowbridge's "The Vagabonds" and "A Modest Wit" at the reception to the Depart ment Commander and staff to be tendered by Colonel W. Patterson Fnst 151, G. A. R-, at Odd Fellows' Hall, Southside, next Tuesday evening. This evening the fair in the old postofflce bnilding for the benefit of the Southside Hospital will be brought to a close, after a very successful week. At a meeting yes teaday the advisability or givinj the fair for another week was discussed, but it was decided fiat a prolongation or the fair would interfere with other charities that do sire the use of the building, and the idea wasdiopped. Among the donations to the Hospital Society yesterday was one of a lot 60x200 feet at South View Place, by the Land Improvement Company. The ladles will raffle off this lot at $1 a chance, and expect to realize $1,000 from it. A mooting of all the ladies who have taken part in the fair is called for next Tuesday alternoou in St. Mark's Guild House, Eighteenth street, Southside. The wluner of the beautiful 'guess doll," "Mame Olgn." yesterday was little Gertrude Price, daughter of Mr. George Price, of the East En a. The doll is valued at $15. Mr. Penny, a young man or the Southside, won another doll, that is also said to be worth $15. It is expected that the attendance at the fair this evening will be larger than ever. The fair seems to have been entirely satisfactory to those who have taken part in the work, as well as their thousands of guests. Mr. Charles Carruthers, of Wil klnshurg, has just returned from the West. He is well known in Pittsburg dramatic cir cles, ana he has exorcised his talents to some purpose while away, as is proved by his having won a valuable medal in Koo kuk, la., iu an elocution contest in that city. There was a large attendance in the Believue school hall last evening to enjoy the entcrtuiment givon for the benefit of the Children's Aid Society of Allegheny connty. It was given under the direction of Mrs. Fied W. defer, and among those who contributed to the pleasure of the evening were the Bellevue Male Quartet, Miss Irene Sample, Mils Anna Newburn, Miss Ella Mcintosh. Miss Gaston, Mrs. Net tie McFitdden Hunter and Mr. Alexander McDowell. The bazar yesterday afternoon and even ing at the home of Mrs. N. D. Webb, Euclid avenue. East End, wai a perfect success. It was given under the anspices of a circle of King's Sons and Daughters. The house was handsomely decorated, and the booths were works of art. There was a luncheon, well served, and all sorts of amusements, besides a great deal of social pleasantry, which helped to make the evening a delightful one. Social Chatter. "The date of the "Colonial Tea," to be given in the rooms ot the Helping Hand Society. No. 68 Arch street, has been changed to Fri day, November IS; hours from to 6 and 7 to 10 r. x. Thero will be cakes, candy and good old fashioned pies for sale. The aids are to be dressed In colonial costume and the rooms suitably aecorated. TnK direotois of tho Needlework Guild aro requested to send any articles they may have lor tho organization to the lectnre room of Carnegie Hail, between 9 and 12 o'clock, next Thursday morning. The Travelers' Clnb, or Allegheny, held an interesting meeting in the Bible House yes terday arternoon to hear the report of Miss Matilda Hindman about what -was done at the recent convention of women's clubs in Philadelphia. The Ladies' Benefit Society, of the Alle gheny General Hospital, will hold a tea at the residence of M. 15. Riadle, 287 Ridge ave nue, Allegheny, from t to 9 r. si. Tuesday, November 15. Last evening Rev. Dr. A. C. Ellis lectured belore the Epworth League, of the Smith field Street M. E. Church, on "Forces." It was listened to by a aige and interested audience. The Y. M. C. A. announce a week of prayer for young men at SharpsburgandEtna, com mencing to-morrow. The young people of the Second Presby terian Church gave a pleasant entertain ment last evening. t The annual banquet of the Fourth Avenue Baptist Church is to be held next Tuesday evening. AH INBTJBAHOE TK0U3LE. Suits Against tho Ohio Farmers Company for a Receiver. Columbus, Nov. U. Two suits have been filed in the Medina county courts for a re ceiver for the Ohio Farmers' Insurance Company. An investigation of the State Insurance JJepartment resulted in an order that no more busi ness should be done on the joint stock plan, and since then the com pany was reorganized, the various agents taking it in hand. The company lost $00,003 in the Milwaukee fire. The petitions charge misconduct on the part of the officers, and ask restitution on bad investments made by thorn. DEATHS HEKE AND ELSKWHEEE. Sirs. Sarah A. Reed. Mrs. Sarah A. Reed, widow of the late David Reed, ex-United States District Attorney, died yesterday, as a result of an attack of the grip, at her resilience. No. 31 Dltbridge street. Mrs. Recti was a niece of the Idle Robert Watson, a cousin of Judge Magee, anil related to many oilier old UinlUc in tins city, she leaves three children. Mrs. Maliood, Mis-) Heed and Frank C. lteed. 'Hie funeral will take place on Monday morning. Frederick Bcckcrt. Frederick Beckett died yesterday at his residence on Mt. Troy, at the ago of 79 years. He was one of the oldest residents of Allegheny, hav ing lived there ever since he came to this ccuntry, 1W2. OMtuary Notes. Earl Sciimitt, of Stuttgart, the celebrated painter of historical objects, is dead, Hox. William Nassau Jocelyn, British Min ister at Hesss Darmstadt, died suddenly Thursday of heart distase. Maky GiLLESrlF, Ewino. wife of Judge P. B. Ewing. ami first cousin of James G. Blaine, aled at Lancaster, O. yesterday, aged 02. Henry II. Nash, cashier of the Chicago Na tional Bank, died at the .Murray Hill Hotel, New York, Tiiursday. He wai 70 years old. James 1". CoNhOLLY, formerly editor or the Long tiranch A'ccs and a veteran of the Civil War, died at Mount Bethel, Pa, Thursday, aged 6(1 cars. , Alderman James Carroll, of the Fifth ward, McKcesport, died Thursday night. The Alderman was about 50 rears of sge and had enjoyed good health until a few days ago. Ills death was unex pected. John Yauoiin darling, one of the leading law yers of Wllkesbarre, dleil in New York Thursday. He went to Wllkesbarre from Reading In 1874. He was formerly connected with the AortU American JUrteie. DEPEW DEFENDS HIMSELF. He Thinks Piatt Ought to Divide the Blame With Him. New York, Nov. 1L Channcey M. Depew was asked this morning what he thought or a statement made last night by ex-Senator Thomas a Piatt, attributing the defeat of the Republican party in New York connty to him ( Depew). In reply the Doctor said: "Brother Piatt objected to me taking an active part in the campaign. He said: 'Brother Depew, yon are a good orator and are good enough to make speeches for the party, but yon must not do nny managing ' Brother Piatt thinks I am an amateur when it comes to politics. On the other hand he believe, nnd so do I, that he himself is an expert and experienced politician. It was, therefore, agreed that Brother Piatt should manage the campaign, ne was allotted tho task of running the machine, and I was put off at speech-making. "Now, Brother Piatt is a shrewd and com petent engineer, and ran the machine as well as it could De done. He did all the work In the city and State, and did it better, per haps, than anyone conld have done it. Bnt then, as he was managing and conducting tho machine, I don't think he can lay the blame for the collision on me. We just run in ton landslide that was it, plain mid sim ple. Brother Piatt was at the throttle, and wideawake, too, but he could not avert an accident. The engine simply plunged Into the obstruction, nnd wo all know the result. "Early in the fight Brother Piatt insisted upon my confining myself to orations in stead of engineering actively in the machin ery department. He preferred to do this himself, as he had more experience, so I went forth as a speaker. Between us we evolved the end. "The result conld not be attributed to any one person or party or persons. Now York alone did not effect the result. It was the whole country. The people wanted a change of policy moro than or candidates, and they will have it. Thev want to try free trade because they think they will get clothing cheaper. They will have every opportunity to try it. I hope. The Homestead strike al'o affected the voting. It came on right In the beginning of the campaign, and operated against President Harrison. Thero has been a good deal or talk about Mr. Carnegie and Mr. Prick. Now, we charge Mr. Frick with having voted the Democratic ticket. I de clare that bo did not contribute to the cam paign iund, nor did Mr. Carnegie." . BIELA'S COMET COMES BACK. A Periodical Visitor Broken Into Meteors Reappears Partly Reunited. Boston, Mass., Nov. 1L Advices from tho European Union of Astronomers hint at the ract that Prof. Eerbericb, of Berlin, consid ers the newly discovered Holmes comet as probably ldontical with that of Biela's. This, if substantiated, will be of the great est assistance to astronomers. The comet was originally discovered in 1772 by Man taigne at Llozes. Its perfodicitv was estab lished by Blela at Joseph-Stud, Bohemia, in 1826. Its successive appearances were watched with great Interest, but its pos' tion in proximity to the sun preveutodits observation on several of iw returns. In 1310 it was see as a taint nebula, and was observed to separate into two portions. On it next return, in 1852, the two compan ions were discernible, but widely separated, and since that time it has not been seen. In 1872 a stream of meteort was noted, the or bit or which agreed with that or the comet, and an Interesting relationship was at once established. The possibility that the higher comet, tninsformea into a stream of meteors, is once again visible to us as a comet, is ot exceeding interest and of value as well, as a step toward the solution of the mystery surroundiug those wanderers of the sky. CHAZED BY POLITICS. A IVIcKeesport Lunatic Conldn't Stand the Strain of the Campaign. McKeesfoht, Nov. 11. Special William Ferrington, or this city, recently returned from Dixmont Hospital for the Insane, has again lot bis reason, and the case is con sidered probably hopeless. Mr. Ferrington has been prominent In business, social and ch nrch affairs. His insanity dates back to a political dem onstration at Wheeling which he attended early in the campaign, ne returned, show ing unmistakable siyns of .mania which cul minated in a wild escapade in the streets. He was taken to Dixmont and appeared to regain his mental balance al most as rapidlv as he had lost it- A few days before the election he was brought home, and all efforts to keep him ont of politics were futile. Tho excitement of the election and the anxiety attending there suit again overthrew his reason, and the re lapse was complete. He has been returned to the asylum. BKJU!1IC HARKIbOX. A good President Philadelphia Press. All hats off to President Harrison. Wheeling Register. Mb. Haebison has given the country a splendid administration. New York Adver tiser. He has won and he retains the sincere re spect of the American people New York Press. One ot the most able, wise and honorable of a long lino of distinguished Presidents. Troy Times. Men are otten greater in defeat than in victory, nnd President Harrison is an exam ple. Toledo Blade. He has earned the regard of his party, and ho will be saved In his retirement from nnv asporsion by his political Ioe3.Cliicago Times. The President has prpved himself to be a man among men. nnda statesman orextraor dlnarv breadth ana character. Baltimore American. He will take with him into an honorable retirement the respect, the good will nnd the sympathy of the American people. Washington Post. Mb. Harbison's four years' administration of publio affairs will constitute one of the most agreeable chapters of American politi cal history. Baltimore Herald. Regardless of partisan proclivities Presi dent Harrison has the sympathy of every trnehearted man and woman in the United States. Harrisburg Telegraph. We recognize that in all the relations of private Hie he is a man without reproach, and that in his public acts he has simply represented a-id executed the will of his party New York World. While the political Fates have decreed that Benjamin Harrison -.hall figure in his tory as a one-term President, that one term will stand without the disfigurement of any serious scandnl. and marked with many creditable deeds nnd important public services. New York Sun. Got to Work, Cranks. Philadelphia Ledger. The country can now give proper atten tion to that other momentous isue shall a fourth base bo added to the national game? No Business Troubles Yet, Boston Herald. 1 Tho volunteer cabinet makers are already getting in their work. Meanwhile Mr. Cleveland Is taking it easy. He Took a Little Rest. Chicago News Record. So far as Mr. Cleveland is concerned the last four years havo been merely a sort of vacation. UNLAID. Through all the sobbing of the rain And the shrill wind's October wall, . 1 hear the olden, sad refrain : alow fall the summer leaves again Benire the autumn frost and gale!" The meadow maple's shuddering breast Nurses a sullen, smoldering lire; Upheaved against the somber west Glow the vast woodlands, crest on crest. The year's stupendous funeral pyre. About the dim hill's sodden feet The stealthy vapors writhe and crawl. And throjgn the sfcurrylng rain and sleet. Far off. I hear the tidal beat tf waves along the gray sea-wall. Ticrced by their passionate monotone, 3Iy heart goes ont with yearning cry To yon storm-beaten mural stone. That breasts in the wild wate alone. Tin- ghostly white rain sweeping by. O weary hours that come and go And fade into the days of yore! O dreary days that lengthen slowl When shall the haunting "Long Ago" Be laid, and vex ray soul no more? -Vimn Alice BrO'rp in fieio nrk Tsdffer. CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS. Copper Is refined by electricity. Britons own 20,000,000 American acres: Only one man in 203 is over six feet in j height. Los Angeles, CaL, is to have an artifi cial stone factory. Slem-winding watches were Invented by Noel in the year 1S3L Ten million nerve fibers are said to beJ found in the human body. North Dakota has a newspaper pub iished in the'Sioux language. Wer-kho-ja-usk, in Northern Siberia, is said to be the coldest place on earth. More than one-third of Great Britain is owned by members of the House of Lords. The highest church steeple in England is that of St. Walburg's, which 13 303 feet in altitude. Trom the American aloe tree Is mads thread, ropes, cables, paper, clothing, soap sngar and brandy. The inventor of the last new air flyinj machine claims that he can make 200 miles an hoar with it. The people of this country are said to consume moro than 200,000,000 bottles of pickles annually. About 300 organ grinders arrive in London every June from Italy and leave again In October. The Bevised German Bible has been completed. For nearly 30 years critics and scholars have been at work on it. A lightning arrester, consisting of a pair of widely separated electrodes in a vacuum reservoir, is a late invention. One hundred and twenty-eight invita tions were sent out to a reception at Atchi son, Kan., the other day, ana 131 guests camo. A bicycle maker in England has begun using an alloy of aluminium and titanium, which is 75 per cent stronger than pure aluminium. One heat unit equals 772 foot pounds and the heat that must be abstracted from , one pound of water to convert it into ice equals 109,021 foot pounds. ' A fast penman will write at the rate of 30 words a minute, which means that in an hanr's steady writing he has drawn his pen along a space of 300 yards. Rubber heels, to facilitate marching, are to be attached to the shoes worn by French soldiers. Experiments with them have given decided satisfaction. Fifteen Presidents wore smooth faces, four wore beard and mustache, two wore sido whiskers, ono wore beard and side growth, and one wore a mustache alone. The other day CO jars of fruit fell and were destroyed in the cellar or a house at Yarrtly, Pa., and 50 neighbors each brought the woman a can of fruit to makeup her loss. The largest telegraph office in the world is In London in the postofflce. In it there are over 3,000 operators constantly employed, about one-third of whom are women. Red hailstones fell at Amsterdam in 1726, nt London in IfiC3 (during the time of the great plague) and at divers places in Ireland and France in the earlv part of the present century. Mrs. Ij. C. Wooster, of Topeka, Kan., Is at present drawing an immense map of the State of Kansas. The map, it is claimed, will he the largest one of that Stato ever made, and will be 12x16 feet. The area of vineyards in Tunis was only 7,500 acres rour years ago. It is now nearly double, while the quantity or wins made ha increa-eel during the same period irom 337,500 gallons to 2,302,500 gallons. Placer connty, Nevada, lays claim to a valuable specimen of petrified vegetation. It consists of two pieces of rock which are believed to have been watermelons, as they have the exact shave andappearance of thai fruit, The largest steam derrick in the world is at the Hamburg shipping docks. Those wbo have seen it work say that it picks up an 80-ton gun or a 10-wheel locomotive as easily as a largo man would lirt a 10-pound weight. During the winter of 1885-87 a petrified frog was fonnd in a quarry near Elmira, N. Y., which was two feet efghtinches in length and weighed over 100 pounds. This la the largest specimen of lossilized frog yet brought to light. A prize of 3,000 francs has been offered by Baron Leon de Lenval, of Nice, to the in ventor of the best application of the princi ples ot the microphone in the construction of a portable apparatus for the improvement or hearing in dear people. The frizzled glass threads from which cloth is woven are said to surpass in fine ness, not only the finest cotton, but even the threads or the silkworm's cocoon, their soft ness and elasticity bein? even greater than that of manufactured silk "lint." The protected cruiser Blenheim, sister to the Blake, has developed 21,411 horse power under forced draught, and a speed of 21.6 knots. This makes the Blenheim the fastest cruiser afloat with the exception or the Brilliant, which showed on her trials 22.1 knots. A pair of novel shears for barbers is s recent Invention. Tho pivot between the blades is extended to carry a comb, which is parallel with the shears. By means of a nut the distance between the shears and the comb can be varied at will and the hair cut at any desired length. The giant of giants and titan of titans, as far as sewing machines are concerned, has recently been finished at Leeds, Eng land. It weigh? exactly 5 tons, and is specially adapted for general manufactur ing purposes of the heavier sort. This par ticular machine will be used lor attaching cotton belting. In October, 1735. a child of James and Elizabeth Lcesli, of Choster-le-street, in the County of Durham, England, wa9 played ror at cards, at the sign of the Salmon ono game, 4 shillings auainit the child by Henry and John Trotter, Robert Thomson, aud Thomas Ellison, which was won by the lat ter pair, and delivered to them accord ingly. An ingenious clock has been devised in which the motive power is a very Bmi'.l turbine water motor, that is put in con nection with the town hydrant, or with any other high pressure water supply. The quantity ot water used is small. Should the clock run down owing to a long continued failure of the water supnly, this Is indicated by means of an electric alarm bell. ORIGINAL AND JOCOSE. TO IfISS RUTH CLEVELAND. Ton are going to be first baby in this land, And, dear one. If your nurse should more strict get; Why, don't yon stand it. bnt rise up In your might And wltn your childish pranks her each hour fret. If she gets cross because you soli your Mb Send up a howl, and take a stick and lamm Her hard, and give ner to understand at the start That, like all babes, you're fond of bread and Jam. still She does it. "So, you threw a knife at your wife," said the police Justice. "You scoundrel, prison were made for the likes ofyou." Bnt, your Honor," said the prisoner. "I had sufficient cause. My wife and I have been marrltd for ten years, and every day during that time I have told her not to put sugar in my coffee, and this mornlug she " "Prisoner discharged, " said the Judge. THE WRONG KIND Or PASTURE. He was a very seedy looking chap. He shambled into the editor's office and. drawing well-thumbed manuscript from his pocket, said, "W1U you kindly cast your critical eye over thlsi It was the editor's busy day and he was writing I nrioasly, paying no attention to the proffered JIs., and without looking op from his work, said. "What can I do for you?" "Sir." replied the seedy looting chap. "forH years I have been runny man for the Sute-lpltthna Qjzette, and I am looking for a new field to labor in." 'Apply next door, " said the editor politely. . The seedy chap thanked Mm profusely, but when he went to look at the next 'door he found a real estate agent's office. ALWAYS WELCOME. "Isn't it funny vou always'see Reginald Corbett at all the swell weddings, but never at any of the balls, receptlonsordlnuers." "No. It isn't. Corbett is not one of the Your,' but Is several times a millionaire." "What has that to do with It?" Wedding presents, my boy. wedding presents.' CHICK V M-ammwtammimmmmmmiKmmm-MimMwrm &M&--
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