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M'lisDOM OF DELIBERATION.
A special telegram from VTashinfjton
indicates that the radicslanti-tanff crowd,
which naturally flocks to the capital after
the victory, is certain that there is a popu
lar demand for the extra session. This
element is reported to show, in private
conversation, a praiseworthy dread of
business troubles following upon hasty and
radical tariff reductions, but they seem to
regard the extra session as the best way to
pet over the difficulty on the principle of
plunging into a cold batli in order to get
done w ith it
Of course such a way of un:ing that
course is sufficient to condemn it in all
sensible minds. To suppose that legisla-
'on affecting business interests is to be
shod through Congress in obedience to
liar clamor so hastily that the regular
us of Congress cannot be waited for
'ie all the Democratic professions
..-standing the importance of the
.uiit. Far-reaching business legislation,
by the professions of both protectionists
and tariff reformers, is only to be enacted
after mature deliberation. If the Demo
cracy is to signalize its victory by hasty
aiwl sweeping changes its lease of power
will be short The recognition of this
fact even among the extra-session shout
ers is tolerably good evidence that there
rtill be tense and conservatism enough in
' ie party to rescue it and the nation from
ic dangers of that course.
In this matter of the extra session we
nay see a question raised four years ago
n a new light When the Republicans
gained control of Congress in 1888 there
was much talk of the hardship in the rule
that a Congress elected in one year must
wait a year Defore commencing legisla
tion; and a constitutional change was
actively mooted. The Dispatch: at the
time pointed out the wisdom of the con
stitutional provision that the new Con
.xess should have an interval to get over
thi-beat of the campaign and to consider
Matters n.aturely before inaugurating new
policies.
The Democratic party professes great
attachment to the spirit of the Constitu
tion. In nothing is the spirit of that in
strument more clear than in the provision
for delibera'ion in inaugurating new leg
islation as the result of party changes.
The Democracy will dj wisely to tike the
year which the Constitution prescribes
for considering the complicated task of
refoiming the tariff?
3IOKE THAN AYEHAGE CROPS.
The November crop report gives a toler
ably fu 1 anfi reliable summary of the
crops of wheat and corn in this country.
Tho corn production this year is placed at
1.000,000,000 bushels and the wheat crop
a; 090,000,000 bushels, as against 2.000,000,
ciQ bezels of corn and 600,090,000-bushels
of wheafSJast year.
This decline of 20 per cent in corn and
16 per cent mNyheat cannot be regarded
in the light of a misfortune in view of the
extraordinary siz3 of the United States'
cereal crops last year. The yield this year
is far above the average, and with the sur
plus left in the country from last year
there can be no doubt that the available
supply both for home consumption and
exportation will be equal to all possible de
mands. Indeed it is within the range of
probability that the United States may re
ceive nearly as great a return for its ex
portable surplus this year as it did in the
last.
With a light acreage of wheat in Europe
and abundant products in this country the
prosperity of the nation rests on too stable
a basis to .be overthrown by anything
short of the most destructive and reckless
political interference.
NON-PARTISAN LESSONS.
There are some very instructive deduc
tions to be drawn from astudy of the elec
tion returns in the light of ante-election
ostimates. The light which is thrown by
the returns on the boasted foresight and
judgment of the practical politicians ought
to be of great value to the American
people.
In the first place it is a feature which
seems to escape comment that the laud
elide was least pronounced where it was
most expected. Of the former Kepub
ican States where some weakness was
ipposed to exist few went for Cleveland,
..jile the avalanche took place instates
which were generally conceded to the K'e
publicans. Iowa which had gone Demo
cratic in two preceding State elections
Michigan and Massachusetts were in the
same category, and Minnesota, Nebraska,
Montana and "Wyoming, where fusion
was expected to do the trick; furnish Gen.
Harrison nearly half of his electoral vote.
Oi. the other band Illinois, California
abd Wisconsin, two of which were never
thought to be doubtful and the third
was hardly considered seriously, trans
1 erred C2 votes from Harrison to Cleve
land, and Ohio had a narrow escape of
shifting 23 more. There seems to be a
very strong indication here that the
boasted ability of the" practical politicians
to judge of the popular sentiment is a
negative quantirv.
There is even a stronger evidence of the
outcome of the Democratic schemes of
throwing aside principle to get electoral
votes. In Michigan, where tljey dis
carded the usage of a half century and
adopted a principle that the parry rejects
in sure Democratic States, 'be
ot five
votes. In Nebraska, Minnesor
ami South Dakota their bos
throwing Democratic pri" '
board to vote for Third T
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I brought in plainly on the silver revolt
I The Democrats of Michigan and the
Northwestern States have thus exhibited
their readiness to violate Democratic usage
and throw Democrats overboard, simply
to secure 18 electoral votes which they
do not need. In other times It would be
interesting to ask whether it was worth
while to sacrifice so much principle for so
little return; but as principle does not
seem to count for much in politics nowa
days the question may have little perti
nence. There ought to be, however, pertinence
in the Michigan returns. The Democrats
had complete control of that State, and
signalized their partisan recklessness by
the redlstrictsig and gerrymandering mat
gained a national notoriety. There is a
decided suggestion as to the value of
legislation solely for party interest in the
fact that Michigan in the midstof the gen
eral landslide went more solidly Republi
can than ever before, electing a Republi
can Governor, 12 Republicans out of the 14
Congrtssmen, and a Republican majority
of 26 on joint ballot in the Legislature.
Here we see not only thatthe politicians'
judgment as to election methods and re
sults is likely to be very faulty, but that
the politicians' plan of shaping legislation
for partisan Interests is liable to meet
with the proper return of a popular con
demnation. AN INTERESTING 3IOYE3IENT.
The address of the Industrial Alliance,
to be found in our news columns, presents
objects for the immediate work of the
Alliance in municipal politics, which all
impartial citizens can indorse. The ar
raignment which the address brings
against the present condition of politics in
the city and county contains a good deal
of the hyperbole that is natural to such
documents. But there can be no dispute
that an organization of workingmen to re
form whatever abuses exist in our munici
pal system is a proposition which all well-
wishers to our city can heartily indorse.
Indeed it can hardly be ignored that to
the indifference of the laboring classes
much of the responsinility for the evils
that do exist is to be laid. Without the
support of the majority of the wage
workers, given wittingly or unwittingly,
the politicians whom the Alliance de
nounces in such unmeasured terms could
not maintain their power. If the In
dustrial Alliance proves its ability to
bring the working classes into a united
support of honest, impartial government,
which administers city affairs solely for
the public benefit and grants franchises
so as to. serve only the interests of the
people, it will establish a cogent claim on
the gratitude of the people.
But in order that the public may under
stand exactly what it is called upon to
support there should be a more definite
statement of the policy which the Alliance
will urge upon municipal representatives.
Is its purpose to insist on the reduction of
the tax levy, to oppose an increase of the
debt, to urge a reform in the grants of
franchises? Or is It to influence a change
in some manner of the administration pf
justice in cases where labor difficulties
have resulted in a breach of the laws? It
is easy to see that there is a distinct
separation between the tywo policies, and
in order that the public may act under
standmgiy the Alliance should define the
objects it aims at .with the utmost clear
ness. There Is no doubt that an organization
of workingmen for neeled and actual
reforms would be an immense engine for
good and would command hearty support
outside the ranks of wage-earners.
AN EGREGIOUS UXTJSTRATTON.
The after-election exposures of that re
markable transaction in Philadelphia by
which the Republican vote of the Third
Congressional district was turned over to
a Democrat like a round lot of grain are
very entertaining. The returns show
that in that district there were 9.2G9 votes
for Harrison and 12,093 votes for Cleve
land. Of the Democratic vote Captain
Ker, one of the Democratic contestants,
got 5,505, leaving 6,593 for McAIeer, the
other Democratic candidate. Tlnsprove3
conclusively that if a decently strong Re
publican had been put up in that district
the Republicans would have gained a
Congressman by the plurality of 2,700.
This was not done, however. Some
power interfered and turned the entire
party vote over to a Democrat, securing
his election. Before the election it was
evident that it was an unprecedented
case of transferring the voters like an
invoice of sheep from a Western ranche
and of desertion of the party interest by
some one in high party standing. It is
now stated, and a telegram is quoted in
substantiation of the charge, that the
9,269 Republican votes were transferred
to McAIeer in exchange for enough Demo
cratic votes in two legislative districts
to secure the election of Republican State
representatives who will support the re
election of Matihew Stanley Quay.
"This," says the telegram quoted by the
Philadelphia Times, "carries out every
thing." The allegation is one thatrequires either
confirmation or denial. The basis of the
politicians' power over the vote of the
masses is the doctrine that everyone
should be loyal to the interests of his
party. If it is true that a party leader
holding great power by the inculcation of
that doctrine has seen fit, in a campaign
where party policy was vitally at stake, to
sell out a seat in Congress, transferring
9,000 Republican votes to advance his per
sonal interests, the people should know it
They have in such a case a wonderful dis
closure of the very slight value placed by
professional politicians on the party prin
ciples which they impose on the masses.
The report pf this bargain calls for some
explanation or denial by Senator Quay.
Whether the deal is exactly as'reported or
not, there is abundant room for explana
tion why the opportunity to gain a Con
gressman for the Republicans was will
fully and wantonly thrown away.
THE TORT BID FOR TOTES.
The extremely Democratic, if not
Socialist charactei of the new Tory
programme adopted at Edinburgh -last
week is illustrative of the very great
difference between a party when it has
the power and a party when it wants the
power. It is a paradox to speak of it as
the Conservative programme, as the
English political phrase has it, for a con
servatism which advocates electoral reform
suffrage for female rate payers, local
control of the liquor traffic, the dis
franchisement of illiterate voters, state
provision for old age, assistance to Work
ingmen to acquire land for building, and
greater employers' liability, is only to be
called conservative on the principle of
lucus a non lueendo lucut.
The programme containing the above
features adopted for the Tories at Edinburgh-is
a viery praiseworthy one for a
Democratic or workingman's party. That
the Tojfv leaders intend to catch the labor
tvbte by. outbidding Mr. Gladstone and
'lusdrawlng the.EDglisb workingmen
iiTnr.frrim'thATBiiTmnrt Af-fcVTnmAit'RuIn a
collection of radicalisms presented by the
Tories will be to suggest to the English
workingmen a question of the following
"shape: The Tories have just closed a
period of six years in which they controlled
a majority that enabled them to carry
through any measure the Government
indorsed. If in that six years the Tory
sympathies for labor did not produce a
single bill for any one of these professed
reforms, how much faith is to be placed in
tbe professions of attachment to these
re forms, now that the Tories have not the
pother to carry them through Parliament,
and can therefore make the promises
without responsibility for performance?
American politics contains some shining,
examples of bids for votes; but nothing of
late yeiirs has equaled the Tory readiness
to turn its conservatism topsy-turvy in
order to outbid Mr. Gladstone for the
labor vote.
The New YorkSKn thinks that "to round
up properly the historical, lecord" it ought
to be lemctobered that Piatt, Miller, Fassett
and others voted in tlie National Republican
Convention tor James G. Blaine, and that
Shcpard, Depcw, Hiscoclc and others voted
for Benjamin Ilarrison. True; but with
equal pertinence it might be recalled that
Croker, Cockran, Sickles and other eminent
representatives of the New York Tammany
Democracy voted in the Dcmociatlc con
vention against Grover Cleveland, and de
clared with emphasis that be could not be
elected.
Since only those five electoral votes
weio got from Hichiean, and they were
wholly unneeded, the Hon. Don. II. Dickin
son's rainbows do not appear to have much
more substance now than four years ago.
Political instruction is given in the
publication by a Tammany organ of a story
that just beloro election Croker, the Tam
many leader, received a letter from a man
in the interior oi New Torfc asking that his
son be hunted up in New York and in
stiuctedbow to vote. The letter concluded,
"He'll vote any way you tell him." The
young man was hunted up and his vote
secuicd. This gives ovidence as to the
intelligence of the Tammany voting force
which is more interesting than compli
mentary. AriER the Signal Service had predicted
"fair and colder" for Sunday with a pialse
worthy persistence the obstinate weather
went it one better and gave us fair and
waimcr.
WniLE Mr. Michael Cassius McDonald,
of Chicago, is probably orry he flopped and
called Cloveland a "stiff," he has no more
cause to be sorry than the Illinois Republi
cans. The discerning Republican managers
of that State shonldat on co offer Mr. Mc
Donald a largn premium to flop back again
and relieve them of his burdensome society.
It is intimated that the Hon. Charles B.
Farwell will be able to discard sackcloth
and ashes beforo the New York Sun learns
how to take its jubilation without a wry
face.
We take pleasure in informing the anx
ious public that neither the Hon. Tom Wat
son or tho Hon. Jerry Simpson have under
gone assassination. The principal sufferer
in the Populist cause is Mrs. Lease, who is
credibly reported to have lost everything
but her voice.
GoVEMfOR Flowek deferred his Thanks
giving proclamation till after eleotion. Ho
was able to put more heart intohis gratitude
when he knew what he was to be thankful
for.
It seems that that political expert, Mr
Joseph Manloy, of Maine, knew all along
that the McKlnley bill would rieleat General
Harrison. But he kindly abstained from dis
couraging his Republican friends Dy hold
ing his peace about it till after the election.
Amid the wreck of matter and the crash
of States it is a mitigation to note that the
old rainbow of carrying West Virginia was
lollouedbyno worse than the usual result.
Is the Hon. Edward Murphy, of New
Tork, mentioned as tho slutcd successor of
Senator Hiscock, the same gentleman to
whom our Democratic cotemporaiies, the
New Tork Times and Post, used to refer with
such scant respect as "Ed Murphy?"
Wires' ex-Governor Campbell asked the
country to keep its eye on Ohio it is not
too much to say in all senses of the phrase
that he was hitting the bull's eye.
The. election being over, it is amusing to
observe that the Xcw York claim organs
are returning to their normal occupation of
charging to "the tiolley's ravoKes" all acci
dents due to increased speed for street
cars.
FiYORITES OP rORTUNE.
Ella Knowles, a woman, has
been
elected Attorney Gener.il of Montana.
TCnute Nelson, the Governor-eleot of
Minnesota, was horn in Xor ay, and was 6
3 cars old when no came to tMs country.
MRS. BELMOXT, widow of the late August
Belmont and mother of August and Perry
Belmont, is dying at her residence in New
York.
Dr. Henry A. Slade, the Spiritualist,
whose career in London and subsequent tria 1
for fraud cieatcd a sensation 11 years ago, is
nsane.
All the members of the Cabinet except
Secretary Llkins have loturned to Wash
ington and are at work on their annual le
ports. Eugene WoLFr. the famous correspond
ent'of tho Berliner Tageblatt, is reported to be
rapidly approaching n is African destination,
Uganda.
Miss Frances E. Willaed, who was
recently visiting Lady nenry Somerset in
England, expects to do so again soon, and is
to sail fiom this country next week.
Amono the passengers on the French
line steamer La Bourgo na, which arrived
in New York jesterdar, was Paul Philip
poteaur, Egyptian Minister of i'ino Arts.
General Lew Wallace, author of
"B -n tlur," and Mrs. Wallace are in Wash
ington on their way to Asheville, Jf. C., to
spend the winter. Mrs. Wallace's health de
mands a niijder climate than that of In
diana. A FOBTUHE FINDS ITS OWNER,
He Is a Kansas City Saloon Porter, a
Prodigal and a Mild Lunatic
Kaksas Citt, Nov. 13. Cail Wihelm
Amondorf, heir to the estate of his lather,
worth $1,000,000, in Germany, has been
located in this city. Ho is a porter in the
saloon of Henry Woolstein, and is known as
"Pencil hailey." Before ho became a
saloon porter ho peddled pencils nbout the
streets, and thus gained ins nickname.
His family lives in Boilin and his father
was very wealthy. The son was very wild
and run nwny Irnui home 12 ycais ngo.
shortly aftcrn nrd his faihcr died, and sinco
then no trace of tho son could be found,
although diligent effort was made, until a
description or tho missing mm was re
ceived here, and it was found to fit "Pencil
Charley." His mother was notified, and she
promptly sent money with which to pav her
son's pissago home. Amondorf scums to
be suffering from a mild form of lunacy,
and h.irdly realizes his position. Henry
Steubeneach has been appointed his guard
ian and will attend to his business until he
can arrange to send him hack to Germany.
A SODTHEEN CHINESE INVASION.
Mexican Smugglers Pljing a Regular Trade
TVitU Impunity.
Sajt Aistosio, Nov. 13. It is claimed by the
Federal it uthorlties along the Kio Grande
border that large numbers of Chinamen are
crossing tjio river from Mexico into tho
United States each week, and that the cus
toms offlcfaii are unauio to prevent this
wholesale! violation 'of the exclusion act,
o nine to ilaokpf river irunrd.
A creoS many of .these -Chlnnmn are
many ottnese
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SALVATION IN THE SLUMS.
tWBITTEN FOB TUB DISPATCH.l
I have a friend in London who has
spent 40 years of a long life in prison. Lest
anybody should imagine that bisielations
with the penitentiary have been either
official, as an inspector, or philanthropic as
a reformer, I hasten to add that ho has been
flogged eight times. He was thrust into
keeping by Her Majesty's magistrates, and
he stayed inside stone walls because he
oouldnotget out.
My friend will not see the interior of a
jail again, unless ne makes acquaintance
with It as the Salvation Army did a week
ago in Pittsburg. That, however, is always
possible, fpr he is a member of that military
order, and a fighting member. In the mean
time he sees the outside of the prisons every
day. Upon his cap, in the photograph
which he was good enough to give me, are
the letters "P. G. B.:" and theseletters stand
for "Prison Gate Brigade." This man's
office is to wait beside the doorsrof the great
prisons, and to greet the men who come out
discharged to face a suspicious world again,
and to try and set them in the ways of
decency.
My friend himself came, out one day after
11 years of durance such was the length of
his last sentence and was met by some
good soldier or this. Christian army, and
taken hold of, and really made into a man,
into a well-conducted, Christian citizen.
And now he is doing what he can to return
that kindly service, and to save some other
man out of the pit.
Two Clever VThltechapel Guides.
I am sorry to say that I do not know
ray friend's name. During our acquaint
ance, which was but brief, I was privileged
to call him "Dad." Everybody whom we
met called him "Dad." And "Dad" he is.
and with no other name, in my memory of
our friendship of a day. "Dad" was my
guide about Whitech ape), when I made a
tour tin ough the back alloys to find out
what is being dono there by the Salvation
Army.
But "Dad" was not my only guide. For a
portion of the time I had another, re
cruited not from the ranks of ciimebut
trom the ranks ot poverty. This was a
slender young man, in a coat which was
very shiny at the shoulders and very ragged
at the wrists, with a pocket book which was
absolutely emptv. It was one of tho con
ditions upon which he accompanied me,
that I was to put something into it.
This young man belonged to tho great
multitude which is just now menacing Lon
don from the eminence of Tower Hill. Ho
was one of the out of works. He had been
sick, and had lost his Job. That made it im
possible for him to pay his rent. In conse
quence he was set out into the street with
his wife, his five children, and their ncanty
fumituie. Another landlord took them in
at- a smaller rent, but quite forgot to tell
them that the previous occupants had most
of them left in coffins, dead of scarlet fever.
Into this unfumigated place thoy moved,
and when I saw him disease was written
underneath poverty in his list of woes. His
children were all sick with scarlet fever.
And work was no nearer than beforo.
Just here came in the Salvation Army.
They had taken hold of the poor fellow.
Their nurses were caring for his little child
ren. His name was on the employment list.
No Job had as yet offered itself, and he was
waiting: the army, in the meantime, giving
him food. When I came to the headquarters,
asking for a guide. Colonel Baiker sent for
this poor brother and nut me in his charge.
Examples of Salvation Army "Work.
These two instances will show, I think,
what sort of good work the Salvation Army
is doing in the East End of London. Multi
ply them by several thousand and you get
somo sort of idea of what is going on. Every
day these good pffople are lifting up our
poor, disheartened, enslaved and down
trodden brethren out of the mil e.
Under the guidance of these two men I
was ablo to fee a good deal of the worst
parts of the Whitechapel district of East
London. It is in these worst parts that the
stations of the Salvation Army are es
tablished. ThoAimyis not afraid of tho
devil. These men in red jerseys, these
women in poke bonnets, are at work in the
very blackest districts of "darkest Eng
land." Two Salvation Army institutions inter
ested me especially. One was tlie"Aik,"
the. other was the "Elevator." Tho Army
has always shown gicat aptness in the
important part of calling things by their
right names. The Elevator is a workshop
where men, who are about as low down as
men can get, are taken in and given employ
ment and paid for it, and set upon their feet.
The Ark is an atlng and sleeping place,
where the submerged can climb up out of
the mire and get into an abode of cleanli
ness and decency and dinners. There aie
several of these workshops, and of these
food and shelter depots, and the Army hopes
formoie. v
Tho Elevator is full of the ragaedost look
ing rascals that one could rake up out of any
gutter. They are all at woik. Some can do
this, some can do that; the man in chargo
tries to find out what. A good many can do
nothing better than split wood and bind it
into bundles for kindling. I talked with one
man who had once been a sign painter. He
had made himself into a walking sign for a
whisky shop, had lost his place, bis charnc.
ter and his coat, and had one foot over the
edge of the nether pit, when the Army
pulled him back. For the Army, whatever
may be said of its orthodoxy, has no taint
about it of Cain's heresy. It is not w illlng to
let its brother go nnhelped and unhindered
to the devil.
No Idlers in the Army.
The Elevator people had set the sign
painter to work making wall-texts for tho
Army barracks. He was helped by another
man, a fallen drawing master, who drew
drew moro corks than pictures, and now,
rescued by these life-saving Christians,
paints Iambs and doves and crosses for the
adornment of tho mission rooms. Every
body is set to doing what he can.
These woikmen are paid partly in money,
partly in tickets which entitle them to the
hospitalities ot the Lighthouse or the Ark.
The Ark is one of these good lodging houses.
I ont into the kitchen. It was as clean as
nny kitchen I over saw. In the dining room,
thouch it was not tho busy time of day, a
number of men, pins hats and minus coats,
were eating soun nnd bread. The surround
ingsweienot luxurious I did not apnly
for accomodations. But everything was
clean and good. The boarder were not tho
borof folk whom respectable po plo Invite
to dlnnor. But they were quiet, and decently
behaved. It is trno that tho front door had
been kicked in half a dozen times that week,
but this was done by drunken men who did
not really intend any malicious mischief.
One can cot a dlnner.of soup, potatoes and
bread at the Ark for two-ponce; and lodg
ings lor two-ponoj, four-pence', or sixpence,
according to accommodations. For six
pence you can have a littlo box of a room all
to yourself. For fourpence, yon must share
yourroom with tluec. If you have but two
pence, you sle jp in a coffin umlor a black
blanket. That, at least.is what it looks likej.
The bedsare laid in long lines upon the flour.
They are plno boxes without bottoms or
tons. The four boards can be taken apart
for cleaning. In this box is put a mattress
of sea-weed, covered with some black ma
terial which looks like oil-cloth. The one
covering which is provided i3 made of tho
same stuff Both mattiess and sheet can bo
washed off every day with a hose. Every
night these boxrs are filled with, sleepers.
Every Plan for Ee claiming Is Tried.
The Salvation Army leaves no plan un
tried for the reclaiming and uplifting of
these poor people. It is tho business of the'
officers to become acquainted with them.
to prevont them from making tho cheap J
lodgings an excuse ror laziness, to get some
sort of ambition and hope into their hearts,
and, chief of all, to Eave their souls. For,
after all, the soul dominates the body and
determines the life. Set that right, and you
have beun to set everything right.
.Accordingly, all thfi walls of these eating
and sleeping places are garnished, with the
wurus oi limy Bcnmure.anu inaue to preaon
sermons, one seconding, plain, direct and
effective. Every nleS after 'dinner, there;' is
.atservloe In tne-dl:, room. Nobody is
unduly urged jto atl ".herelsnojirht-r
- .j . .." .
speeches that everybody goes. Every
night some soul Is touched. I was im
pressed with the cheerfulness, the patlonce,
the enthusiasm and tho wholesome relig
ious spirit of all the Salvation Army officers
with whom I talked. It is a great thing to
have men and women so devoted, so earn
est, so wise nnd such excellent examples,
brought daily Into contact with the publi
cans, the harlots and the sinners of East
London.
I know very well that there Is no end of
criticism of the Salvation Army. As forthe
men and women wno,wete hustled into the
patrol wagon the other day, and accorded
the treatment which the law provides for
drunken men and disturbers of the peace, I
confess with shame that I know nothing.
But I have only words ofcommendation for
the Salvation Army in Its splendid work In
Engjand.
Their Mission Not Among the KIclu
A GOOD deal of the criticism which is
visited upon the Army is as irrelevant as it
wonld be to criticise the attire of a coal
miner fi'om the standpoint of a full-dress
dinner. This man in dirty clothes, with his
face as black as his coat, would indeed bo
out of place in drawing rooms. But he is
perfectly in placo in the shafc of a coal
mine. It is the gentleman in the expensive
shirt front and the swallow-tailed coat who
would be an incongruity there. Let people
dress 'according to the occasion. And let
people do their work according to the work
that is to be done.
The Salvation Army has no mission to tho
people who livo in good houses and talk
good grammar and have nil possible oppor
tunity to be good Christians. Their service
is with an altogether dlfforcnt class of peo
ple. Therefore it is nono of our business
what they do, so long as they succeed in
roaching these people. We have tried our
host to reach them with our dress suit 10
ligion, and we have failed. The Army has
another plan, and this plan works. It in
volves the use of brass bands, and hallelujah
lassies, and stteet preaching, and shouting,
nnd had grammar It believes in slang as a
means of salvation. It would never help us
into Christian living and believing. But it
does help the people to whom it is addressed.
The truth is that we have fallen Into the
old idolatry of the bow and arrow. If men
would hunt let them use bows and arrows
as our fathers before us didl Out upon these
innovators who would Introduce powder
and shot! Whereas, tho only purpose of
hunting is to got game. And any way that
will get game is a good way. And any way
that will save men is a good way. With a
prayer book and surplice if you can; but
with a brass band and a ragged coat if that
will do it better.
So I say, the more of the Salvation Army
we can have, the better. lam not surprised
that the police are stirred up to put them
down. They are their rivals. Ono of these
days, when wo have enough good eoldiers in
the Salvation Army, wo will dismiss the
police. They will be left without an occu
pation. A BATTLE OF NAILS.
The Cnt and "Wire Patt-rns to Be Competi
tively Tested by Uncle Sam.
SusECTtv, Pa., Nov. 13. A contest for
superiority between the manufacturers of
wiio nails and cut nails, involving the pro
duction ot 9 000,000 kegs of nails per year, is
attracting general attention here. An asso
ciation, with which is connected Van Alen's
Northumberland Iron and Nail Works, has
issued a citcul.xr to the wire nail manufac
ture's throughout tho countrv. requesting
them to be present at and to take part in a
series of tests to be made at the United
States Arsenal, Watertown, Mass., the Gov
ernmental tenting office. The tests will com
mence November 30.
The object of the test is to ascertain the
comparative holding powers of cut nails and
wire" nails of equal lengths and weights when
driven as in actual uso into the common
building material say, spruce wood. It is
proposed to conduct the test Dy pulling ten
cut nails or given length and weight, and
then pulling wire nails of the same lengths
and weight, thus testing the nails in pairs
until the list is exhausted.
CHICAGO'S BIO 'SCOPE.
It Will Be Finished, According to Contract,
In 18 Illonths.
Chicago, Nov. 13. President Harper has at
last concluded the purchase of the gicat 40
inch lenses made for the University of Cali
fornia, and from now on no time will bo lost
in the erection and completion of the great
est astronomical observatory in the world.
The lenses aie now in the bands of Alvin G.
Clark, of Cambridge, Mass., who is under
contract to have them in readiness In 18
months. President Harper is confident they
will be completed in 12.
"Where will tho observatory be locitedT"
"Tnat is still nn open question," said
President narner. "Much depends upon
the atmospheric conditions. If wo can
secure these in Chicago wp want the ob
servatorv located right in the city. But, to
ray mind, tbo observatory should be nlaced
as near as possible to the center of Wash
ington Park. If our leqnest is granted, Chi
caao will possess the most complete astro
nomical observatory in the world."
GOOD HUES COKING FOB MEXICO.
A Long Drouth Broken, and Bountiful
Crops JSelng Harvested.
Citt of Mexico, Nov. 13. The Government
has leceived crop icports fiom nearly all
the States or the Republic during the past
few days, except the section around the city
of Zacratas, The outlook for a bountiful
coin nnd bean crop is reported as yerv
Siomising in the States ot Michaocan and
alisco.
The corn is now being harvested. The
yield is immense and the official repoits
estimate that these two States alono will
dispose of over $3,000,000 worth ot corn in tlio
markets of tho adjoining States during the
next lew months. Them has been nn
nbumlanco of rain in tho States of Chihua
hui, Coahuila and Durango, and the pro
tracted drouth there has been completely
broken.
A Non-Striking Labor Union.
Chicago, Nov. 13 The National Brother
hood of Electrical Workers began its second
annual convention to-dav. Henry Miller, of
Lima, is the president. Tho convention ap
pointed committees on Credentials and
llules nnd adjourned to Monday morning.
The Biotnei uooa is essentially a non-striking
oiganization, its objects being mutual
aid and education.
One More Eskimo Baby.
CrtiCAOO, Nov. 13. Increase of population
is steady and rapid at the Eskimo village at
Jackson Park. To-day a boy baby was born
there. The rejoicing was great in tho village
when the news was known. It looks no i as
if thcro would have to be a wholesale
christening, and when that event comes
this, tho last baby, will in all probability be
called Christopher Columbus Palllser.
Got Left on the Vici.
St. Louis Globe Democrat.
We venl'd. and we vldi'd, but wo got left
on the vici. "
DEATHS HEBE AND ELSEWHEBE.
Ex-Judge D. W. Cooley.
Ex-Judge D. W. Cooley, of Dubuque, la.,
died of tiralyl yesterday morning at the home of
his son-in-law, J. F. Douglas, in New York City.
'J uago Cooluy was well known as a b-inker. lawyer
and capitalist. He was a prominent member of
the bar of Iowa and for several rears previous to
his death be practiced law at Washington. Ho
was lor 20 Tears President of tho First National
llank, Dubuane. and for some time nast was
President of the Iowa State Bankers' Association,
lie was at one time a, member of the Iowa Senate,
and was Cnmmissionerof Indian Affairs under
President Lincoln and President Johnson. Ho
was secretary of the Republican National Com
mittee In ISM. Ho made many girts to entireties
and colleges, chiefly those of. Metuodifin in Iow.a."
Captain Ellbu Enos, Politician.
Captain Ellliu Enos died at "Waukesha, Wis.,
yesterday, aged 68 years. Ho was a native of
KuMton countv, N. Y., and a graduate of the State
University at Albany, for elent years lie was a
member of tlio National Republican Committees,
and lias for years been recognized as a leading
poUtlclau of Wisconsin.
Obituary Notes.
Denewore. chief usher at trie White
iCAt'TAI:
House, (111
inWlilgton rfsterdaT", after an III
ral months.
, Bnr.KE, for many jears a prominent
Icial and recentlj- connected with the
ness one
MAJOR
railroad b
Llvennore
Foundry, died la
Memphis, Friday
night, antdf
years.
iWAtpaSi
Chief of the Junta
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POSSIBLE TARIFF CHANGES.
New YokeNo v. 13. Under the caption,
"Possible Tariff Changes," Matthew Mar
shall writes as lollows ror to-morrow's Sun:
The general conrse of the stock market
since tho Fresidental.electlon has shown no
wavering ou the part of the public in the
confidence it had evinced previously that
tho success of neither party would injure
tho country's commercial and financial
prosperity. An attacfupon prices Wednes
day morning produced little effect and soon
ended. Later in the week, however, a con
siderable decline took place la the stocks of
the American Sugar Kefining Company,
based upon an apprehension that the advent
of the Domocrats to power will lead to the
abolition of the duty on refined sugar, and
thus materially l educe the company's
profits. The stock of the National Cordage
Company also suffered from a similar fear
that tho duty may be taken off of binding
twine. Otherwise the week may be said to
have been uneventful, not oven the final
declaration of the long expected stock div
idend by the Western Union Telegraph
Company having caused any more excite
ment than did the Presldental election.
Whatever the Democrats may ultimately
attempt in the way of reducing or abolish
ing the dntles on sugar and on binding
twine, or on imported goods generally.there
is little probability of such action on their
part for a good while to come. Apart from
the fact which I pointed outlast week, that
any proposed Interlorence by Congress with
one vested interest benefited by a protective
duty calls forth immediately tlio opposition
of the repiesentativesof all other interests
In a simller condition, the necessities of the
Tieasury aie such as to foibid atpresout
any reduction of the customs revenue, and
on the contrary demand an increase.
The Outgo Greater Than the Income.
It is pretty well understood, though not
formally acknowledged, that the national
income during the current year has fallen
short of the demands upon it, although by
nn ingonous system or postponing the pay
ment of claims and of appropriation? palp
able deficit has thus far been avoided. Wo
may expect in the lorthcouiingreport of tho
Secretary of the Tieasury, a statement to be
made which will imperatively call for legis
lation to relieve his pressing needs. Under
tho tariff now in force raw sugar is admitted
ireo ot duty, while upon lellned sugar a
duty is imposed of half a cent per pound and
upward. The abolition ot the old duty of
three cents per pound upon law sugar
caused at one blow a loss ot revenue to the
country of from $50,000,000 to $00,000,000 a
year, beside requiring the payment of boun
ties on home-grown sugar to the amount of
$15,000,000 a year. A return to the old duty
and the abolition of the bounty constitute
the readiest means of raising the additional
amount demanded by the necessities of the
moment. A duty upon raw suar would In
volve nieaujustuieut of that upon the le
aned article, and in that readjustment the'
margin of pront which the American bugar
Kefining company now enloys might be
diminished, but only in this way could the
value of its stock as an investment be seri
ously impaired.
The duty on binding twine is unimportant
as an item or revenue, and its repeal, being
clamorously demanded by every farmer in
the country who uses the twine for binding
his sheaves of grain, may be accomplished.
How tar the repeal will diminish the p.odts
.of the National Cordage Company only those
familiar n'ith the companj 's affairs can com
pute, but the making of twine is not the com
pany's whole business, and if it should be
given ud altogether it would not mean utter
ruin.
Tlnplate Duty Bound to Drop.
The duty upon tinplate, which is now
yielding several millions of dollars a year to
the Treasury, will also probably not long
survive the accession ot the Democrats 'to
the contiol of thei Senate, which is expected
to take place next March. In spite of all
the speakers and wiiters have said In it3 be
lialf, this duty has not yet demonstrated its
usefulness as a means of establishing the
manulactuie of tinplate in this country, and
itsiepeal would cause no great loss to the
few onterprising persons who have em
barked their capital in the business. If the
duty is to bo repealed eventually, the sooner
tnoiepeat taKes place tiie better, DOtn lor
the saue of the tinplate manufacturers and
that of the consumers of the article.
To compensate the revenue for the loss of
these duties, new ones might bo imposed, if
necessary, on coffee and tea, which are now
free, but which, as they cannot be grown in
this country, do not compete with any home
product. This measure could not possibly
bo tcststed as being in conflict with the
Democratic declaration against protection,
but it would be unpopular with the great
multitude of consumers, and could therefore
only be resorted to in the last extremity.
Perhaps wiaes and liquors would bear
heavier duties than those now laid upon
them, and if tho internal revenue tax upon
whisky were concspondingly augmented
tho resulting addition to the public income
would be considerable. The internal tax
and the customs duties upon tobacco might
also be increased.
Frefe Trade Not Anticipated.
These are the changes in the tariff that
suggest themselves as most likely to result
from the approaching need of an increased
national income. That a DemocruticCongress
will not revise tho entiro list of duties in ac
cordance with its Chicago ante-election dec
laration I maintained beforo the election,
and I maintain it still. If the declaration
weie honestly carried into effect it wonld
involve the repeal of every duty which at
present incidentally protects a home indus
try, and the levying of duties exclusively
upon articles which, like coffee, tea and
silk, are not capable of being piouuced In
tills country, or of which, like sugar and
hides and wines, the country docs not pro
duce enough to supply its consumption.
A measure of this nature would lead to an
industrial catastrophe all over the country,
and the mognitude of the interests opposed
to it preclude its being even considei ed.
It cannot be denied that the Democrats
have before them a difficult task, and one
which will lequire the best talent in the
country to peri orm. They have to provide
lor an expenditure, enormous in amount
and beyond their power immediately to
diminish. If th cy low er existing duties, so
as'to stimulate importations and thus in
crease at the l educed rates the total amount
collected, they will make enemies among
thp home produceis of tho articles which
compote with those imported. Ir thoy in
crease the present duties, and add new ones,
they unavoidably, to some extent, make
that duty a protection to homo industry.
Fuithermore, the various uiticles upon
which duties maybe collected have such
complicated relations to one another that a
thoroughly sclentiflo adjustment of the
tariff demands a widespread and accurate
knowledge of all branches of UL-siness haid
to find in any man, and especially so among
membeis or Congress.
A Needed Reform Bound to Come.
The difficulty of the adjustment U en
hanced by tho separation which exists,
under our system of national government,
between tho administrative and legislative
depaitments. In tho constitutional coun
tries of Europe tho head of the administra
tion is also the dhector of legislation. The
Minister or rtnancc makes up his budget for
a year to come, devises the menne lor ob
taining the revenue-he will requiie during
that year, and has the necessary laws
enacted. With us the estimates of the
Secretary of the Treasury, aubmittcd to
Congress at the beginning of its bOssions.
are raeie suggestions with which Congress
deals at its own good pleasure, and usually
with a sublimes indifference to the preserva
tion of a equality between recelnts nnd
expenses.
Thus it may an the one side take off duties
upon which the Secretary has counted, nnd,
on the other,, it may vote expondituies for
which hfl has mado no provision. Tnis dis
coid has not as yet resulted fu any serious
mischief, but it will do so some time or
other, and then we shall seouro the needed
reform.
M'SEESPOET WITHOUT WATEB.
Another Breakage Stops the Wheels of tho
Department Completely.
McKEESror.T, Nov. 13. Special. Tho dan
ger so long appiehended hereof another
break that would suspend the city's wnt-r
service has materialized into an unpleasant
reality. The Water Department is literally
or pouse to McICeesport to-niht. Another
break occurred this morning, which has
compelled the water works to shutdown.
The city is entirely without protection, so
far ns tne water service is concerned, iu tuo
event ol fire.
Both sets or pumps at the water works aro
bioken; one sot of boilers is condemned, nnd
the reserve, set, the only ones Ief;, nreso
eaten by the ac.ds in tne river water as to
make their uso cxtiemely hazardous. At
present some water is being forced by power
trom tlio Tube Works reservoir, in which
tho stock on hand which is supposed to tide
over such emergencies is practically empty,
and in most places' tliero is no water to ha
had from the city mains.
That Is All It Is.
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INDEPENDENTS IN BELIGION.
A New Yorli Babbl Speaks In Defense of
Dr.Briggs. 1
New York, Nov.13. Special The Sunday
services at the Temple Emraaonel were re
sumed to-day, and Dr. Joseph Silverman
lectured on "Independents in Religion," with
an especial bearing on the Briggs case. He
began by declaring that the independent in
politics is a product of American institu
tions.' The precursor of the independent
in politics was tho independent' In re
ligion. America .was tho refuge of tho In
dependent pilgrim fathers, who were perse
cuted for their religious convictions. -This
age, lie declared, Is an ago of soir-nssertton,
freedom and independence. Of the Briggs
case he said.
"Tho question at Issue Is of vital Impor
tance to the Presbyterian Church bocanse it
goes to the primary source of the Church's
belief. Dr. Briggs is condemned by the
Genoral Assembly for denying the verbal
lnerranoy of tho Bible, and the Church
thereby shows its disapproval of the criti
cal study of the Book that should be of all
books the subject of study. The Church
does not admit that human understanding
of unrevealed truths can have progressed
or developed."
He continued: "A similar trial was threat
ened in the case of Dr. Newton, but it has
for obvious reasons never materialized.
The sympathy of the intellectual world will
always be with men like Dr. Briggs and Dr.
Newton. If Protestantism meant anything
in the days of Luther it meant a protest
against inlallibility of Pope, doctrine or
Bible. All truth Is relative and depends
npon the point of view. Luther was the
first and foremost of uiodorn independents
in religion. Dr. Briggs is the lastup to date.
Protestantism must go on developing inde
pendence of thought and countenancing
critical study.of the Bible and religion.
"Tho present trial of Dr. Briggs is one of
the greatest religious farces of this century.
Dr. Briggs will come out of it a greater man
than he ever was, bo the result what It may.
Ir he is vindicated, his independence of
spirit becomes glorified, and he is the lion of
the day. If he is not vindicated, who will
say ho has been dereatedt Have not the
others rather been defeated who have tailed
to "vindicate him? He will bo a martyr
another Luther, another Spinoza, another
Kenan, ndded to the long lists or independ
ents in leligion. It is such men who are the
saviors of mankind, not those who sit in
Judgment on them."
Dr. Silverman concluded by saying that he
believed that "every minister should be
subject only to the approval of his own con
gregation, and that evoiy congregation
should be an independent religious body.
All church synods and ecclesiastical bodies
which seek to dictate religious policies and
to issue 'bulls' are not in harmony with the
spirit of the nineteenth century, and should
be done away with. They are lelics of the
days of barbarism and tyranny."
NO TIGHTS ON POSTERS.
Boston Working Girls Start a Movement
Against Indecent Show Bills.
Bostoit, Nov. 13. Boston has been pla
carded conspicuously of lat6 with theatri
cal posters or women in tights. Yesterday
the Working Girls' Clnbs held a meeting,
and vigorous denunciations of those dis
plays were made. This petition was pre
pared and will be laid before tne Board ot
Aldermen Monday evening, bearing the
signature of the representative women in
this city
"We, the undorsignod.do hereby earnestly
protest ( against the di&plav of indecent
theatrical posters and show bills, believing
that such plav bills, as are at present shown
upon our streets, are most offensive to every
clean-minded man and woman, and deeply
corrupting to the unformed standard of
youth. We do, therefore, respectfully urge
that in the licensing of theatrical com
panies there shall henceforth be a strict sur
veillance upon the posters whloh such coin
pan les intend to display, and a careful ruling
out of all those which are an offense against
modesty and decency."
IN LOVE WITH HIS PBINCESS,
A Pretty Story That Leaks Ont After Nearly
a Half Century.
fBT CABlX TO TUB DISFATCH.1
BEutnr, Nov. 13. A pretty love story con
cerning the late Dowager Queen Otea, of
Wurtemberg, was published yesterday in
Stuttgart. Forty-eight years ago, when she
was the greatest beauty at the Kussian
court, Princo Bariatiski, an officer in the
Imperial Guard, fell in love with her. When
he learned that .she returned his love he be
came alarmed, obtained an audience with
Czar Nicholas, and tailing on his knees, im
plored pardon for his audacity for having
loved the daughter of his sovereign.
Pleased with his honorble conduct, the
Czar created him Field Marshal and made
him Governor of tho Caucasus. One year
later the Grand Duchess Olgu was married
to the Wnrtcmberg Prince. BarlaMskl ac
quired some fr.me in the Crimean War, but
never recovered from the moroseness fol
lowing the disappointment of this love.
MAIL SEBVICE ON 8TBEET CABS.
A movement Designed to Check Puturo
Strikes Like That at New Orleans.
New Orleans, Nov. 13. A movement has
been inaugurated to establish the United
Statesman on the street cars. The object
is to prevent a recurrence of the delay and
annoyances caused in the delivery of mall
during the Vecent general strike.
As the bulk or the mail is delivered at
points remote from the general office the
cairlers aro required to soelc stieet ear
transportation as Iicquentlv as our times a
dav. During the tleup of the street cars the
delivery was interfered with, and in this
the frameis of the movement found cause
for their proposed action. Using the street
curs lor mall service would tiring them
under the protection of tho Government
nnd tenr' to make striking car drivers keep
hands off.
WOHEH PAT. AN ELECTION BET
By Trundling in a Wheelbarrow a Demo
cratic Voter of Beading.
Reading, Nov.13. The hel.hth of nonsens
ical bets on tiie Trcsldental election was
reached hoi e lust night, when a well-known
Democratic voter was hauled on a wheel
barrow up Pcnn street. Heading's principil
thoroughfare, by two wives or Republlc.in
neighbors. One woman pushed the barrow
and the other walked in front, pulling with
a rope.
As the result of another bet, Charles Wal
brom, a Pennsylvania railroad employe, had
bis head smashed,
THE CRUISER CNCLNXATJ.
A WAnsnir of high speed ono of tho most
complicated and delicate machines of mod
ern times. Kew York Tribune.
Bv the successful launching of tho cruiser
Cincinnati a valuable addition to our navy
was set afloat. ew York Herald.
Tnis will bo ahpnt tho last addition to our
navy, as the Incoming national administra
tion don't believe In navies. Ohio Siate Jour
nal.
ArTEitawhllo there will be so many ships
that naval officers won't be able to spend so
much of their time ashore. I'hiltdelphia
Vail.
Sue will be a neat addition to our navy,
which it will be the pleasing duty of the
Democratic administration to complete.
A'ew York Advertiser.
Sccu vcsiels ns havo been recently built
forthe now navy of this country are as per
fect specimens of marine construction as
could he devised. Baltimore Amcric n.
Sun is suro to bo a valuablo addition to
the new navy of the United State), a terror
to her enemies, if she over has any, and a
constant pride to her namesake city.
BrooLljjn C glc.
Tue new cruiser Cincinnati Is described as
ono of the most graceful and beautiful of
tho new naval vessels and ono likely to
prove a most formidable adversary in case
of war. tliitadelphio Ledger.
We launched yesterday the now cruiser
Cincinnati, and commend her to the espe
cial care nnd protection of tho. Democratic
party. No matter who is in power, we must
have ships able to defend the Hag. Tnat is
ono policy on which we can all unite. -Yew
York Becorder.
Tne Cards Were Not r.ecel ved.
No little annoyanco has bean c.iuied by
tho stationers falling to deliver all the cards
for the McKeo-Sutton wo (ding, as promised.
Part of then nrrivod on time and were
mailed; the rest havo sinco been leceived
and mailed, bat nave not ben delivered. ,-
A California Quake Breaks Windows.
SaxEbascisco, Kov, 13. A. heavy shock-of
rthnakflatfrisjHt,at.M5 aTstoekthta
CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS.
There are 300,000 commercial travelers
,in the United States.
A revolver has been invented thafc
shoots seven times in a second.
Lancashire has a larger population than
Middlesex or any other county in tho
kingdom.
?The man who is perfectly proportioned
weighs exactly S0J pounds for every foot of
his height.
The Koumanian crown is made of metal
from Iho cannon captured from tho Turks atj
Plevna in 1377.
A leading Philadelphia society lady has
hair 63 Inches in length. Sho 13 only 61
Inches (5 feet 1 inch) in height.
During the last 1,000 years there ha
boen ono sudden rise of the Nile, that of 1823V'
when 30,000 people were drowned.
It is stated that there are 50,000,0001
volnmes in the public libraries of America,1
while there are but 21,000.000 in Europe. '
Mrs. Lewis "Washington, of Charleston,'
W. Va., owns tho family Bible which for-'
merly belonged to General Washington's'
mother.
The longest canal in the world is th
one which extends from the frontier of;
China to St. Petersburg. It measures in all'
i,l"l miles.
In Sitka, when an Indian wife has lost
her husband by death, sho goes into mourn,
ing by painting the upper half of her face
deep black.
The hairspring of your watch weighs
but one-twentieth of a grain per inch. Ono
mile of such wire would weigh much less
than a half pound. ,
The earth, in addition to its diurnal
and annual revolutions, has a slow- wabbling
ot its axis, a motion seldom mentioned even
in the text books of astronomy.
In nature we have morning, noon and
night; fish, flesh and fowL Hundreds of
trees, vines nnd grasses have their leaves
and blades bet in groups of three.
Drowning, as a punishment for crime,
was legally enforced in Scotland up to the
year 1611. The samo punishment prevailed
In England up to a few years before thas
date.
Contraction of the iron used in con
structing the great Eiffel Tower makes that
famous structure eight Inches shorter in,
winter than it is during tho hot summer
months.
Center county, Pennsylvania, has a
natural curiosity in tba shaoe of a iO-acro
pond which appeared in a single night on
ground never known to bo covered wita
water before.
There has been but one total eclipse of
the sun at London since .the year 1H0, that
of 1715, and, according to Pror. Holden, thero
will not be another until after the opening
of the twenty-first century.
T. J. James, who lives in Boone connty,
la., five miles northeast of Perry, has raised
tho largest squash ever known in that pars
of the country. It is 5 feet 11 Inches around
in the middle and weighs 129 pounds.
England imports annually about 50,000
tons of palm oil; but it is considered that
this is a very small amount compared with
what might be the case were the enormous
supplies fully or even moderately realized.
Borneo, so far as is now known, is the
only island or country on the globe that
Jirodnces a specfts of flying lizard. Tbesa
Ittle flying saurians have all the grace of a
bird, and as great a variety of colors as a
tropical butterfly.
It is not generally known that an orangs
bit In the exact center by a Title ball will
vanish at once from sight. Such, however.
Is the fact. Shooting it through the center,
scatters it in such infinitesimal pieces that
it'ls at once lost to sight.
The professors in charge of the com.
mission to determine the exact longitude of
Montreal found that it took but a trifle over
a second to telegraph from that place to
London and got a reply. The distanco
traveled by the electric current was 8,009
miles.
The "life- tree" of Jamaica will con
tinue to grow for months and years after ic
has been dug up and its roots exposed totho
son. Leaves severed from the limbs will
remain perlectly green lor weeks. The na
tives say that the tree can only be destroyed
by fire.
Much research and investigation war
rant the assertion that man is not the only
animal subject to dreams. Horses neigh
and rear upon their hind feet while fast
asleep; dogs bark and growl and in many
other wujs exhibit all their characteristic
passions.
"Tipperua!em" City, Ok., is a compro
mise mime. It was built upon the land of a.
Hebrew and an Irishman. The former
'wanted the city named Jerusalem; the lat
ter wanted it named Tlpperary. Neither
would give way to the other, hud Tipperu
salcm is the result.
The little hamlet of Boseburg, S. C, is
to the fore with a curiosity n hich is ahead
of all others. This is a 3-wceks-oId baby
whose right hand bears the imprint or a hu
man face. This luco occupies nearly the
whole palm, and is as clearly outlined as if
drawn on porcelain.
Entomologists in general concede that
npward or 100,000 species of insects have)
been recognized and named: some authori
ties placo tho-e figure 10,000 higher, and even
tu;se latter figure are believed to not rep
resent more than one-tenth of the number
actually inhabiting the globe.
The most curious and unique clock in
the United States, or in the world for that
matter, was constructed by Amos Lane, of
Amedeo during tho past sammer. Lane's
curious clock, which, Dy the way, is all face,
hands and lever, is attached to a geyser
which slioois upward an immense column
of hot a ter every 33 seconds exactly.
The Australian jungle fowl (Jlegapo
dins Tumulus) makes Its nest in tho shape)
or earth mounds of prodigious size, ono of
which measured 13 feet In perpendicular
height, and having a circumference of 130
feet. These heaps aro placed under shelter,
and often are so enveloped in loliirze that,
in spito ot their great size, they can scarcely
be discovered.
Soma of the tribes of India have a mar
riage ceremony which calls for the presence
of a cow and a calf at the ceremony. The
principals and tho priest drive a cow and a
calfinto the water, and there the bride and
groom, ns well as the clergvman, clutch tha
cow's tall, while the officiating personage
pours water upon It from a glass vessel and
utters a religious formula.
ORIGINAL AND JOCOSE.
TOE UUJtOIIIST.
He was invited out the other night,
To.play a a me of cards.
ProgresshetieUre and tliey drew
To find out wiio were pards;
lie drew a very pretty girl.
As frwli as ear y spr n;.
She thought, 'cause he a Joker was.
That tluy 'd take everything.
he's done ron.
She lived in a new, Old Colonial house.
It was located in a ten acre lot. wlilc't was laid eat
in beautiful lawns, lovely flower bid and charm
ing shaded walks. Just like the places we read
about in novels. Of course, there was a comarra
tory to the house, which was filled with the
choicest orchids, cliryssnthemums palms ot all
descriptions, and, In fact, everything from a roo
gcraulum to a centurv plant. Sho being an Iron
manufacturer') daughter, with nothing lo do,
made the care of conservatory and grounis her
especial charge: and so lntcreitedr.ll the become
in her work that she took up Hit study of botany.
Ilic Willie boys or ber scr, knowing her hobby,
and also being aware of the fact that sh? would
some dty be Tery wealthy in her own name, took
to the same study thinking, no doubt, that they
would stand better in her sight. The other Sunday
afternoon, one of liermost ardent admirers called,
and, after paying his respects to her pana and
mamma, said: "illssBcss'e." that was hernaine,
"won't vou come a-botanlzlng with int!"
Delighted. lam sure." tald lllss Bessie, and
puitlnft on a fetching hat of large dlmensois.
said: "I'm ready." They started off and had no
sooner struck the main road, which leads upover
a red mud hill, when heaildi "Ab. Miss Kcssle, I
adore nature. I Tore tbo trees, and the flowers,
and, being of a poetic turn of mind, delight la
writing poetic truths about them. Heboid that
grand tree on yonder hill. Now that Inspirit mi."
And taking a notebook and pencil rro.u his pocket,
wrote aa ha moke:
Ou yonder tammlt Hands a mighty oak.
W hich
"Stop," cried JIlis Bessie; "You said yoa loved ,
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aaiplc. . I , Insist :oa Truer, calling mSJ
to wrlie poetic truths.
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