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Including Sunday Edition, at itctuts per week. REMITTANCES SHOULD ONLTBE MADE BY CHECK. MONEY ORDER, OR REGISTERED LETTFR. TOTAGE Sunday issue and all triple number copies, Ic: single and double number copies, lc PITTSBURG. THURSDAY. NOV. 17. 1832. TWELVE PAGES MR. POWDERLVS POINT. Mr. Powderly's annual address to the Knight of Labor deals among other things with the divisions among labor or ganizations. This is a phase of the labor question which has been prominent of late, so much so as to evoke comment in these columns. When the divisions went to the length, In some cases, of trying to involve business in their quarrels, by one organization striking against or trying to boycott peopls who held relations with the other, it was evident that these divis ions were a fatal vice in labor organiza tion. Yet, as is perhaps not unnatural, Mr. Powderly fails to perceive the full mean ing of this difficulty. He points out that the tendency of capital is toward consoli dation, while that of labor seems to be toward division. The statement is correct only as regards certain classes or interests of capital, the small capitalist being as much subject to the aggressions of the great combinations as the workingman is. But he thinks that the remedy for the con centration of the special classes of capital Is an equal concentration of labor. At the same time his own showing makes it very clear that no sucii concentration of the labor forces can be made permanent, ex cept by utterly destroying the Individual freedom of the workingman. The real significance of the fact which Mr. Powderly points out is that in the in terest of the masses, to whom such solidar ity as is attained by the trusts is impossi ble, there should be no such concentra tions except as are necessary for the per formance of industrial services. The wid est democracy of industry should be aimed at, and the small capitalist placed as near ly on an equality with, the greater one as is possible. This is the only way to make things equal The hope of establishing such a concentration of the masses as is possible to certain classes of capital is fu tile in the very nature of the case. The sooner labor perceives this truth the better. Labor organization is undoubt edly a means to the end; but the goal to be aimed at is the greatest independence of the small capitalist and the widest indi vidual treedom of labor. wbt is it not solid? The New Tork Frets in summing up the Republican strength in the House ma kes the statement with regard to the Penn sylvania delegation that "the solid Phila delphia delegation remains," and thereby commits a singular error in fact A solid Republican delegation from Philadelphia does not remain. It did not exist, in the the first place; but it might have existed in the coming Congress if the Republican leaders had seen fit to take advantage of the circumstances. That they did not choose to gain a seat for the party and turned over the Republican vote in a round lot to a Democrat is a matter of history. There may be a dispute as to the purpose of this remarkable transaction; but so far we have heard no denial of the charge that it was done by way of trade for legis lative votes in the interest of the Sena torial proprietor of the Philadelphia Re publicans. In view of the fact thatthe Philadelphia delegation might have been solidly Re publican, but is not, it would seem pertinent to have a clear understanding whether the party fealty which condemns private persons for using independence in their votes permits party leaders to sell out party interests in n block for their own personal aggrandizement TWO WAYS TO LOOK AT IT. The fact that the widow of the late Samuel J. Randall recently filed in the Philadelphia probate court a statement that her husband did not have enough es tate to pay the expense of an accounting is widely referred to. The general com ment is that this proof of the comparative purity of Mr. Randall is highly creditable to him. In one sense it -undoubtedly is. That Mr. Randall in the influential position which he held could have accumulated an immense fortune if he had chosen to re sort to methods which some other poli ticians seem to think legitimate is beyond dispute. Other politicians with no greater opportunities have become millionaires. It is to Mr. Randall's undying honor that he rejected such opportunities to make wealth out of his official position at the cost of dying pqor. .If is .far. better to ac cept poverty and be unable to even pay debts than to turn political power into merchandise and sell out the public inter est for private wealth althpugh. a .great many politicians do not seem to think so. But in another respect the state of Mr. Randall's affairs thus disclosed is less creditable to his memory, and is decidedly discreditable to the social standard of tho day. For over a .quarter of a century be fore his death Mr. Randall was in receipt of a salary of $5,000 per year. We do not regard this as by any means a liberal re turn for his public services, but it is no more than personal common sense that a man in receipt of $5,000 a year ought to be able to live comfortably and lay aside something for the future. It is true that society at Washington ex pects a man of Mr. Randall's prominence to spend more than that sum; but what a vulgar and senseless standard it is which tends to fix a man's social status by his expenditure rather than his character, and calls upon statesmen to live beyond .their means and leave their families unprovided fori A man who had force of character, as Mr. Randall had, to resist the tempta tion to make money by questionable uses of his political power should also have been able to resist the lesser temptation to i spend more than his income to satisfy the meretricious requirements of society. A tithe of his income invested in life assur ance would have left a comfortable pro vision behind him. The frugality and foresight necessary to make such a pro vision is a personal duty of every man. All honor to Mr. Randall for the ex ceptional purity of his public life. But while according his memory that honor with a free recognition of its superiority to some other records we should not for get the personal obligation of every man in receipt of an assured income to live within his means and to provide for the future. ' A PRAISEWORTHT BACK-DOWN. Having swallowed everything which bore the Democratic stamp during the campaign in the interest of its candidate the New Tork Pott is now engaged in taking back much of it Here is one im portant effort, from a recent editorial: The Evening Post supported Mr. Cleveland in tilt) recent campaign, but did not commit Itself to any particular policy in reference to tue tax on State bank: notes. We do not believe that any political parry will ever take the risk or unconditional repeal of that tax. The possibilities of mischief are too great, and the punishment for any mistake would be only too swift and certain. This may be true to the letter, but it is decidedly inaccurate as to the spirit. While the Pott did not in so many words commit itself to the unconditional re peal of the tax on State bank notes, it supported the Democratic proposition in several long spacious articles, the dls ingenuousness of which The Dispatch several times referred to. It even went so far as to allege that the Democratic platform was not for unconditional re peal, which was a positive misrepre sentation; and it abounded in allegations that the national bank currency is certain of extinction, and that State bank circu lation is the safest substitute, both of which promises are incorrect Having taken this course to shift ground on the words "unconditional repeal" Is creeping out of a very small hole. Nevertheless it is a sign of grace that having gone the whole hog in the cam paign there is now a disposition to go back on the reactionary and mischievous doctrines advocated for campaign pur poses. The Dispatch has already ex pressed the hope that the Democratic orcans with any desire to maintain a repu tation for soundness on financial matters would oppose that most injurious and dis honest policy. It is satisfactory that the Post is doing so, even though it uses the smallest quibbles in its shift of position. Nevertheless the fact that journals of character conceived it necessary to tempo rarily swallow such an unjustifiable propo sition is one of the most discouraging ex hibitions of the exigencies of so-called reform politics. NOT TO BISMARCK'S CREDIT. The immense difference it makes whose foot is pinched is strikingly illustrated by the latest utterances of Prince Bismarck. The old Chancellor, who has been using the freest criticism of the present Emperor and his Cabinet and their proceedings, in his interview in the London Times tells how be induced the old King William to resolve to put down the Prussian parlia ment and govern without a Constitution if necessary to maintain a favorite meas ure. That policy is departed from In Caprivi's latest measure; and therefore Bismarck thinks that his anecdote of the old readiness to usurp legislative power redounds to the discredit of the present Government It would be strange in the light of sub sequent history if it did not redound a great deal more to the discredit of Bis marck. The old Chancellor has been in dulging in acclamations before the whole world because at the caprice of the pres ent Emperor he was shoved out of office. But who was responsible for the creation of a system in which the whim or personal vanity of the monarch can discard wisdom and experience from the councils of the State? The fact that Bismarcc can refer with pride to his own work in establishing absolutism while protesting against its results in thesucceedingreign proves that, whatever astuteness in European politics he may have displayed, he is certainly unable to put together the cause and effect as displayed in the difference In absolutism and constitutional government It may be very blameworthy for the young Emperor to consent to the new military bill; but Bismarck hardly makes a favorable comparision by telling how he and Ton Roem persuaded the old Emperor to usurp legislative power to establish the system they wished. AN UNCHANGEABLE FASHION. The tall hat has been made the subject of.ridicule in an article by Sir Herbert Maxwell in Blackicood'sITagazine. There is nothing new in this fact The tall hat has been made the subject of ridicule for generations; but it remains with us for a sign that the masculine half of humanity has just the same submisslveness to a senseless fashion as the feminine half. Indeed, as a sign of the enlargement of humanity to fashion the stove-pipe as we know it in America, or the chimney pot as it is known in England, discounts any of the follies of feminine dress. Women's fashions change. There does not seem to be any perception of their unreason in the abandonment of crinoline for clinging skirts, or the shift from the Gainsborough expansiveness to the minute headgear. But at least feminine fashions have the virtue of variety, while the uncomfortable, ungainly and unattractive stove-pipe hat has remained with insensible variations from the eany part of the century. Fe male fashions also generally have'some purpose of erace or beauty in their ex travagance, while the masculine headgear that is imposed by the rule of fashion, like the law of the Medes and Persians, has neither beauty, usefulness or conven tions, and stands only as an inky monu ment of the senselessness of fashion. Yet all this has been said at intervals for two generations without destroying either the complacency or the supremacy' of our sable incubus. The tall black cyl inder seems likely to endure for genera tions to come as it has done for, genera tions past as a sign that masculine fashion has no more of either sense or reason than the fashions of the more attractive sex. TJscxe Jerbv Simpson will learn in time that there is a limit to the gullibility or the citizens whom he represents in Con gress. When he was satisfied by posing as a poor man who could not afford to wear socks he was returned by a majority of seven thousand odd votes. When, more luxurious habits necessitated some' fresh bid for notoriety, his rriends presumably with his connivance arranged a bogus con spiracy against the oratorical politician's Hie in order to attraot public sympathy, with the result that his majority was re duced to fourteen hundred. But of coarse there Is no telling how severe the defeat might have been If the plot bad never been arranged. On the whole, an increase in the number of street cars would be much more likely to stop passengers from standing on the plat forms' than "their prosecution for doing so after bavins paid their fares. IN. the search for a notorious lawbreaker, a Louisiana Sheriff is said tit have ISO armed men "under Jits control." How much the "control" amounts to may bo estimated by the general expectation that tho alleged villain and .his Bang will ba lynolied, if caught. A State which depends on lynoh law to suppress crime goesthe right way to secure the minimum amount of security for the life and pioperty of its citizens. Law lessness in dealing with criminals is a pro lific breeder of criminality. Ax occasional explosion reminds the Pittsburg householder whose fuel bill comes high that there is plenty of natural gas iu places' where it is dangerous and undesir able. There is a general tendency throughout the world to use the strength of labor or ganizations to elect representatives to legis lative bodies whose opinions shall be in ac cordance with' those of the labor element. The movement is a logical one and, properly conducted, cannot fall to have an important bearing on the solution of the social and labor questions which grow in importunity year by year. Asa cigar manufacturing center Pitts burg will be entitled to the name of "Smoky City" even when clear skies have been se cured. The French Government has decided to prosecute tho administrators and con tractors of the Manama Canal. Meanwhile no one has come forward to explain why the American Government should be even asked to advance $100,000,000 for tho Nicaragua Canal project when the expert estimate of the cost of tho undertaking was $33,000,000 less. Running? orders must be superseded by a block system of signaling before railroad wrecks become as rare as they should be. The demonstration of the election that a search for office must causo more sorrow than satisfaction to the individual seekers has evidently failed to warn Democrats against a general rush for fruits of patron age of which there are not enough to go around. Ohio's campaign literature and excite ment appear to have been reserved for aftermath effect Forewarned is forearmed, and while there is not the least excuse for panic some diffidence may be expected in the undertak ings of American merchants and manufact urers until the newly empowered Demo cratic party defines its policy by action. Post-eLection spoils hunting is wont to spoil pre-election party harmony. Allegheny Councils have a great deal of work before them, and their behavior at the meeting to-night will be closely scruti nized, since increased responsibility has ac companied the decision by ballot for the bond issue. Thanksgiving Day Is tt the turkey wha the early bird is to the worm. IN THE PDBLIC ARENA. Mr&.McKee will be the' presiding lady of the .White House until the expiration of President Harrison's term. The President has appointed Silas Alex ander, of New Mexico, to be Secretary of the Territory of New Mexico, vice Benjamin M. Thokas, deceased. The esoteric London society known as "The Souls," is to publish a paper, begin ning in January, with Miss Margaret Ten nan t as editor. The souls will need to be well-heeled, as the saying goes. A New York gentleman, who says he knows whereof he speaks, declares that Joseph Van 'Winkle Jefferson could have about anything lie might select for him self under, Mf. Cleveland's administra tion. .t The Atlanta Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution forwarded to Mrs. Cleveland yesterday an invitation to become a member of their chapter. The members are the most prominent ladies in Atlanta and Georgia. William Morris, the poet, always dresses in exactly the same way. He wears a black slouch hat, black loose coat, a blue shirt with a collar to match, and nonde script trousers. For winter he has in re serve a thick dark Inverness cape coat. The engagement was made public yester day afternoon of Miss Julia Andrews, daugh ter of C. H. Andrews and sister of Mrs. John A. Logan, Jr., tne millionaire of Youngs town, O., and Mr. Leslie C Bruce, editor and proprietor of Turf, Field and Farm, of New York City. The next distinguished visitor whom London expects is the Khan of Khiva. He will soon make a tour of Europe, accom panied by a high Russian official. He has never been west of Moscow hitherto. He can speak a little Russian, but no other European tongue. He is a devout Ma hometan. James H. Caeleton, one of Haverhill's wealthy citizens, has purchased a portion of the Whittler homesteads, in East Parish. It is understood that Mr. Carleton will pre sent the homestead to tho city of Haverhill with such conditions as will causo it to re main a memorial of John Greenleaf Whit tier forever. GOOD BOAS TOPICS. What the National Congress at Memphis Will Discuss This Week. Memphis, Nov. 16. The National Koad Congress was called to order by President Milllns, and the programme of the conven tion was announced to be a full discussion of the road question, the kind of roads, the character of pavement, the use of convicts on publie roads, tho advisability of a bonded Indebtedness as contradistinguished from slow progress and cash payments, necessary legislation and other points pertaining to roadbuildlng. These questions will be dls oussod by the various states represented. HEBREWS FRIENDS OF WOMEN, While Lutherans Are Accused of Opposi tion and Catholics of Neutrality. Hzxrius, Nov. 16. The Association ror the Advancement of Women held Its second day's session to-day. Responses from dele gates elicited the statement that the He brews were the most liberal toward the movement; that the Lutherans opposed It, while the Catholics, being largely in the minority, dampened the cause by their negative position, neither favoring it nor opposing It. Of late' It is claimed that the Catholics were becoming somewhat interested in tho mattor. "The Knights of Malta in Session. Habbisbubo, Nov. 16 The Supreme Grand Commandery of the Knights of Malta con vened here this morning. The session was taken up in bearing the address of the Supreme Grand Commander, Ell;G. Jones. He reported the organization of 15 com manderies in the last six months and tho spread of the order in several additional States and In British America. An Indian Commission Appointed. Washibotoi, Nov. 16. Secretary Noble to day appointed Robert Schelllcher, of Lewis ton; Idaho; James F. Allen, of the Indian Office, and Cyrus Beede, of Oskaloosa, la., as a commission to negotiate with the Nez Ferees Indians in Idaho for the cession to the United States or the surplus lands of their reservations, under the provisions of the act of July IS, 1892. j - His Silence Is Golden. St. Loafs Globe Democrat. Cleveland's-dignified reticence does him more credit than he could possibly gain by anything that'lt is In his power to say. 3 - ' Getting Down a Peg. Washington Star. It isa little rough on our prophets to have totnrii.'to'suchamiia diet as the winter weather prospects. " '. A LOOK AROUND. Novelty in the make-up of election bets is not a new idea with party followers in this country, but every now and then some thing unusual crops out after a national contest. For example, I nodded to a man on the street yesterday, and, rather to my surprise, he stopped and offered me a cigar out or a handful which he took from his overcoat pocket. I demurred about accept ing; heJnsisted, I accepted. Then he looked relieved and remarked: "It's part of a. bet. Until to-morrow night I am compelled to offer a cigar to every man I know whom I meet on the street, and he must accept. I am on honor, and If I forget or fall to get a man to accept I lose a bet of five hundred cigars, which I have already won on the election." The other man must be on honor, too, or it would be so easy to set a job on such a wager that it would not be worth considering. There i was a bit of gossip afloat yester day to the effect that Senator M. S. Quay had been invited to address the students of tho Western' University on tho subiect of 'Practical Politics" and had accepted. It is said the address will be delivered soon. Somebody should invite tne late Republican national and State campaign committees to attend. t I know a handsome financier, one who is aln ays dressed most carefully and fashion ably with particular regard for gloves, ties and the other etceteras. He is a great club man, a man of influence with the cooks of his haunts, a man so tenacious of 6 per cent he often leans toward 7. In a word he is the embodiment of a wealthy city bachelor fas tidious and snubby. I walked into the city the other day and came upon this gentleman leaning against the lence of a large resi dential enclosure. He was sniffing the air with much apparant enjoyment air which was full of the smell of burning leaves and underbrush which were being cremated by somebody's gardener. We had exchanged casual greetings, vory casual gieetings. when the spirit moved him to remark: "Doos the smell of that smoke suggest anything to yon?" "Yes," said I, "it suggests hickory nut weather, squirrels and pheasants down in Crakapplo Hollow brush heaps burning on the hillside in the now ground,' a team and harrow -n orking in fall wheat and a great big wish to have it all over again!" "What! What!! You, toot Well, lam glad. Shake hands over it. Why I'd give everything I've got if I could be back in just such a place as you speak of, in a homespun shirt nnd blue overalls, won deiing if the dinner horn would ever blow, and if it really was a sin to shoot squirrels on Sunday when you had to work every week day. I fed sorry for a man who has never had to lough it on a farm. One more sniff of that smoke and then let's walk to town." "Where do the children get their delight fully muddled ideas? A certain young lady I know of, aged 6, recently after being in formed that Harrison was on the Republican ticket and Cleveland on the Democratic, asked in a puzzled way: "Then what ticket is Columbus on?" An hour later I heard her talking to two companions a year or so younger, and the burden of her talk was: "And Harrison nnd Cleveland and Columbus oil jump into the river and see which is the bravest, and the one that is bravest the longest, why he beats." They were discussing some street im provements at City Hall a few days ago and the qnestiou of city sewerage arose. A white-haiied resident of tho East End said incidentally: "I remember the first sewer in Pittsburg very well indeed. It was on O'Hara street, ran through the Methodist burying ground, past the Catholic Cemetery and down Twelfth street to the liver. My recollec tion is that it was built by the State. I think it was built in 1830 or 1831. I remem ber that whllev digging for this sewer the workmen came acrosB the bodies of three of Anthony Wayne's soldiers who had been' shot by bit orders because they were drunk all of them, general and privates. There is no trace of this sewer now on the maps, as far as I can find." "Nearly twice as many Pittsbnrgers will go op to the Thanksgiving football game as aid last year, provided the game is between Yale and Prln ceton. Several cars havo been chartered and a nnmber of Pittsburg ladles will be among those n ho stand up on tho seats and cheer the blue or the yellow and black. Driving down the Avenue des Acacias in the Bois do Boulogne, seated in a hand some landau with liveried lootman and coachman one bright October day sat a large, fine looking man. Once ho was coke op eiator, Archie Hutchinson, of Pittsburg. Now he is a lesidentof Paris with a hand, some house and charming circle of friends. "Why does good beef cost so much in Pittsburg? I asked a butcher who handles about as much meat as any in the city, and he gave me a curious answer: "It is be cause everybody wants the best cuts in roasts or steaks, nnd there is little or no sale lor the cheaper grades at paying prices. It matters but little whether a customer is employer or employed, the same rule ap plies; all want the best. The result is that cattle that cost about 6 cents on the hoof, and which will dress about 60 per cent good meat, produce 40 per cent which wo are glad to sell at cost or even less than we paid for it. Cheap boiling pieces, stewing meats and other portions which find a ready sale In other cities at a profit do not gooff here to any extent. I suppose it is because work men get large wages hero as a rule and live well. We have to charge high rates for the better beef to get our profit out of the whole." The natural gas companies, the electric light companies and the artificial gas con. cerns have all taken np the deposit plan, which means that before you can get con nections made with your house you must deposit somewhere from $10 to $25 with the companies as a guarantee that your bills will be paid. This is a beautiful and artistic way of obtaining a forced loan. It is true that in some cases, perhaps in all, the com panies allow yon interest on your money, but that docs not affect the question. Sup pose the company fails with thousands of dollars of its customers on deposit, what redress have you worth mentioning? It is time somebody became indignant enough to take the deposit question into court for an Interpretation of the matter of paying in ad vance for what you have not got and which you may not get. The electric light companies not long ago notified customers that at such times as houses were closed and no light was used there would still be a charge of a certain sum per lamp which in an average house would be some $3 a month. If this charge is not agreeable you can take out the lights. I wonder what device will next be Sprung on the public for the sake of ensuring divi dends? I notice that an application is to be made to have the Frond courts fine Mrs. Deacon $80 a day while, she keeps her daughter out of her husband's custody. One morning while at breakfast In the Hotel Brighton, one of tho prettiest and best small hotels in the city, a tall, slender, grave man seated himself at the next table. His hair was dark and streaked with gray, bis eyes wore a fixed, troubled look, but his manner was cool and careless, and when he spoke to the waiter it was in a pleasant but Impera tive tone. He was engaged in reading that curious hybrid, the Paris New York Herald, when the proprietor of the house, M. Sas tionelli, a clever Italian, who has visited .Pittsburg a nnmoer of times, approached. The guest in a voice perfectly audible to all about him began making arrangements for rooms for three daughters whom he expected to Join him next day and who he said would 7be very little trouble, as they would see little company and not go ont much. "That is Monsieur Deacon," said my waiter, "the man who shotAbielle at Calais. Figure to yourself this man four days ago he wasa prlsonerin Jail, then came tho Centennial of the Repub lic and M. Cariiot graciously paidoned him, and now how untroubled he looks." It was a fact. He did not seek to avoid notice or even the reporters who visited him. f Waltxb. FBEE TBADE FOE ALL. - Grangers Object to Being Out in the Cold and Other Industries Protected. Cojtcobd. N. H., Nov. 16. The National Grange, Pations of Husbandry, assembled In the Stato House this forenoon, J. H. Brie ham, or Ohio, presiding. Master J. H. Brig ham delivered tho annual address. Ho advocated renewed efforts to secure the early passage of the Washburne-Hatch anti option Dill by Congress. In dlsoussing the labor question, the speaker said that the relations which exist between the employer and employe in this country aio or deep interest to farmers, and they view with apprehension the disagree ments which are too frequent for the Dest interests of all. The speaker then reviewed he result of the recent election and said: "All our order will ask of the new administration is that the same consideration given to other interests be accorded to agriculture. If the producer on the farm must compete with cheap labor, let the producer in the factory and the mine do the same. Let the cleaver or free trade descend upon every protected Industry, and not alone on agriculture." CANADA C0TJBTB NEWFOUNDLAND. The Question of Union to Be Submitted to the People of the Island. Hahvax, Nov. 16. The conference be tween members of the Canadian and New foundland Governments came to an end last night. It has been decided that the proceedings shall not be given to the public until they shall have been laid before tho Governments of the two countries, and until the Governments approve of them. From unofficial sources it is learned that the conference agreed upon a united line of action in legard to con tinning the modus Vivendi license and the supply of bait to United States vessels. The influence of the Dominion Government is to be used in urg ing the Imperial Government to effect un early settlement with France in regard to Its territory and fishing lights on- the west coast of Newfoundland. A basis union was agreed upon, which the Newfoundland dele gates will submit to their Government, and, ir accepted by them, the question will be submitted to a plebiscite of the people. THE HEW HAWAIIAN CABINET. It Is Headed by a White Man, a Friend of America, but Won't Last Long. Honolulu, Nov. 9. The Ministerial dead lock which existed here on the departuro of the steamer Gaelic on the 2d instant con tinued until the afternoon or the 8th instant, when it was ended by the appointment of the coalition Cabinet, consisting of Hon. G. N. Wilcox, from the Reform party, and Messrs. Cecil Brown, Mark Robinson and P. C. Jones, from the business community. The National, Reform and Liberal parties were practically left out 1 n the make-up of the new Ministry. The present Cabinet will probably stand for three weeks, and have that little span of official life granted so as to facilitate the dispatch ot official and legislative business which has piled up during the succession of deadlocks of late occurrence. The new Ministers are all untried men. Minister Wilcox is notrthe Wilcox or revolutionary fame, but a white Hawaiian with American proclivities and a weaity sugar planter. COMPLIMENTS FOB M'COBMICK, The Work of the British World's Fair Com mission Reviewed in London. LosDoa; Nov. 16. Sir Richard Webster, ono of the members of the British World's Fair Commission, delivered an address this evening before the Society of Arts, in which he reviewed the progress of the work in Chicago and gave a detailed account of the exhibits that had been promised for the British section. He expressed regret that, owing to unavoidable causes, it would be impossible for Mr. McCormick to be pres ent to-night, and also that Mr. McCormick would be unable to continue to represent the Chicago Fair Executive Committeo in London. Sir Richard added that, on behalf of the Council of the Society of Arts, he wished publicly to acknowledge the coun cil's great obligations to Mr. McCormick. In the absence of Mr. McCormick. James Dredge, member of the council, received for Mr. McCormick the medal presented to him lor a paper he read at the last session of tho society. SWALLOWED HIS KNIFE AND FOBS. The Strange Freak or a Patient at a Cana dian Insane Asylum. Torokto, OaT.. Nov. 16. Specfot Medi cal Superintendent Clark, or the Toronto In sane Asylum, gives an account of a patient, a young man who 20 days ago swallowed a knife, fork and spoon, all electro-plated, and he still has them in his stomach. Dr. Clark says be believes they aie beginning to cor rode and if so the man will die if an opera tion is not performed to remove them. The cutlery was missed by attendants after the man had eaten his dinner, and it was discovered he had swallowed them only by hearing them rattle In his stomach. The doctor thought the articles might pass through his intestines, but now says thole is only a small chance or their doing this, as they would have to pass almost at light an gles In one case. The patient is the son of a Toronto clergyman. WALTON FOB SPEAKEB. He Announces His Candidacy for the Chair of the Leglglatnre. Philadelphia, Nov. 16. Henry F. Watson, a member of the Legislature from this city, yesterday formally announced his candi dacy for the Speakership of the House. Mr. Walton addressed a letter to each member of the Philadelphia delegation asking for their support in his effort to secure the office. Several of the members of the delegation are known to favor Mr. Walton's candidacy, and it is not improbable that at a caucus foon to be hold by the entire delegation he will be unanimously indorsed. Mr. Walton says that if he receives the indorsement of the Philadelphia delegation he will then ad dress himself to the members of the Legis lature outside the city. He states that he has already received offers of support from a number of country members. FABES TO THE FAIB. Eastern Trunk Lines Won't Give Away Bides to Chicago Next Year. New York, Nov. 16. The Presidents of the Eastern Trunk Lines Association to-day discussed the rate to be charged for rail road tickets to and from Chicago during the World's Fair, and adopted the following: "First On all regular trains scheduled at 33 hours or less between Chicago and New York present rates will be maintained. "Second During the Exposition on all trains scheduled at more than 33 hours 21 per cent reduction may be made." Hanncks Kicking on Seal Report. TicroniA, B. C, Nov. 16. Maior Sherwood, of the Dominion police, has returned from the north and west coasts with, it is said, conclusive proof that Major Williams, a spe cial officer of the United States Treasury De partment, influenced the Indians to make statements supporting the Amoiican pre tensions regarding the seal fisheries. A Museum of Sherman Relics. St. Louis, Nov. 16. A plan is on foot among his old comrades in the Army of the Tennessee to purchase the recently-sold lesldence of the late General W. T. Sher man and transform it into a museum of Sherman relics. Almost as Bad as Singeing. Indianapolis News. I If the sport continues with the increasing enthusiasm it has shown in the last month, football without five-ounce gloves will have to be barred. It Is Always Present. Toledo Blade. Another new comet has been discovered, making six visible in tho skies the present year. This does not include tho free trade comet. DEATHS HERE AND ELSEWIIERE. Dr. Enoch Fltblan, Centenarian. Dr. Enoch Fithiau, of Greenridie, Cum berland county. N. J., died Tuesday at the age of 100 years and 6 months. In former years be was one of the leading physicians of Cumberland county, havlog graduated from the University in Pennsylvania In 1818. He practiced medicine until 1805. lie was a member of the Ureenrldge Presby terian Chore, of which his father and grandfather had been elders. Obitnary Notes. I'IKRI'.K LOUIS ClUltl.KS AC11ILLE OS FAILLT, the French t.eneral. Is dead. Rrv. M incus IIaiu'EL, aged 82 yean, died at ShamoKlu, Pa., yesterday. He entered tbe Evan gelical Lutheran ministry In Philadelphia and served 40 yean in different parts of the state. sbswpws prfr& 1IST, THE BELLS WERE RINGING. B.F.-Jones, Jr., and Miss Sue Dalzell Mar ried The Marriage One of the Greatest Society Events This Tear The Chrysan- themum Show. Whes the organ in the First Presbyte rian Church last evening sent the grand tones of the wedding march into tho furthest comers of the building, and out into the clear, starlit night. Miss Sue Dal zell, on tho arm of her1 father, JohnH. Dal zell, Esq., walked up tbe aisio to an altar composed of pink chrysanthemums, palms and ferns. At tbe front of this altar stood the bridegroom, B. F. Jones, Jr., waiting for his lovely bride. He came forward sev eral steps as she approached, and it was easy to be seen that he was as proud of her as he should be. Rev. Dr. Purves, the former pastor, who came expressly from Princeton to officiate, commenced the ceremony with out delay, and in a few minutes the young couple walked tonard the door and their carriage as man and wile. The bride wore a lovely Parisian gown, imported for her to wear at her wedding. It was of heavy white silk, trimmed with lace and set off with a costly veil. She was attended bvhercousin. Miss Ruth Bailey, who wore pink. The best man was Mr. G. Blair Painter, and tbe ushers were Messrs. A. G. McClintock, Thomas O'Connor Jones, Henry Cbalfant, Church Ancbincloss. Gordon Sinrray and James Wardrnff. There were 750 cards of Invita tion ont for the chnrch and all were used. A reception was held at the residence of the brldo's parents, Lincoln avenue, and the large, handsome bouse was full. It was covered with crash from top to bottom, and the decorations wero magnificent. The bride and goom received the good wishes and congratulations of their friends under a floral arch, chrysan themums being Intertwined with the ferns and smilax that formed the groundwork of the structure. This arch was in .the dining room. Baskets of pink chrysanthemums were arranged near the arch, and the fire place was a mass of greenery and La France roses. The library was converted into a sort of conservatory, with ferns, palms and roses. In the dining room the table had been arranged with exquisite taste. In the conterwasa huge flat basket filled with purple orchids, ci owned with a beautiful varloty of maiden-hair ferns. The young people selected a usually unfashionable night for their wedding. They have also carried ont their own ideas as to a bridal tour. No one except their relatives and in timate friends know where they have gone, or how long they will stay. They will suit their own Inclinations in the matter. TnERE was a goodly attendance at the Art Society's rooms last evening to enjoy the lecture of Mr. William J. Henderson, in "The Beginnings of Modern Music." The lecture was a deeply interesting one, reveal ing deep reseat ch on the part of the speaker, and a thorough knowledge of music in its higher spirit. The occasion was the I83d recoptiou or the Art Society. This evening the 184th reception will be held, and Mr. Henderson will deliver an address on "The Spirit of Music" It is understood that tbe second lecture will be to some extent a sequePto, or continuation of, that delivered last evening. i The anneal dinner under the auspices of the Ladies' League of St. Peter's P. K. Church is to take place to-day and to-morrow. Mrs. John "Walker, of "Western ave nue, will give a luncheon this afternoon in honor of Mrs. John R. McCune. A dinner is to be given at the Dnquesne Club this evening by the Princeton Club. The Marucheau-Carrier take place to-day. wedding is to The seeond day of the chrysanthemum show was marked by a very large attend ance. The bridal bouquets were the feat ures of the day, and were very beautiful, both in composition and arrangement. The orize offered by Mr. Percy F. Smith for a basket of carnations was taken by N. Patter son. R. C. Patterson took the first prize for the best bridal set, and N. Patterson the second. There were four competitors. The Judges yesterday were Miss Henderson, Mr. Drum and Mr. Walkley. To-day the table decorations will be the main exhibit. They are expected to bo very handsome and novel. The Samuol T. Paisley prize of $10 was taken by P. S. Randolph for best dis play of variegated foliage plant. The gathering of the Birmingham branch of the Needlework Gnild will be postponed to tbe first Thursday of January, owing to tho fact that the ladies have all been too busy to attend to it properly. The ladies of the Seventh IT. P. Church, Island avenue, .Allegheny, will hold an apron and necktie social on Friday evening, 18th Inst, proceeds for tho benefit of the new church on California avenue. Lieutenant George EL Reed, husband of Mrs. Margaret Reed, tbe Department President of the Ladles of the G. A. R. of Pennsylvania, will dollver his thrilling lecture, "Ten Months in Southern Prisons," at Post 3 Hall, No. 89 Fourth avenue, this evening at 7:30 for the benefit of the Home at Hawkins station. There will also be music and recitatious. Miss Annie Stevens, the charming daughter of Mr. Harry Stevens, who has been the guest of her father at the Hotel Schlosser for several days. left for her home at Niles, O., yesterday. NOT A VEEY BAFID GB0WTH. The Increase of the Non-Fartisan W. C. T. U. Disappointing to Enthusiasts. Cleveland, Nov. 16. The third annual convention of tho National Non-Partisan W. a T. U. began this morning. The Gen enil Secretary's report showeu a steady growth, but not the remark-able Increase that was expected by enthusiastic workers. Methods of educating tho young in regard to the evil? of intoxicants were urged in tho line of warfare against liquor. At the close of the session, the convention went in a body to Central Friendly Inn, an Institution of national reputation for its lescuo work for men and women and indus trial training for the young. The ladlos wit nessed the industrial classe. The evening session at Music Hall was "Y" night. Conlson No Longer on the Bush. WASHiuaToir, Nov. 16. Captain W.G. Conl son, U. S. N., has been detached from duty in command of the revenue steamer Rush, and ordered to duty in the life saving service as inspector of stations on the Pa cific coast, vice Captain J. W. White, de ceased. His successor as commander of the Rush has not yet been selected. The Ohloan Missed It Washington Post.; Strange as it may seem, the first man to apply for office under the Cleveland admin istration was not an Ohloan. THE LAST nOMESTEAD EI0T. The Governor ought to restore the militia unless this thing stops. LeicUton Journal. Ordkr must be preserved, even if it is nec essary to again call out the State militia. Philadelphia Call. This sudden and startling outbreak is ominous of more tragic results than followed Sunday's riot. Grand Rapids Herald. They may quarrel and "riot" for a year or two, but the "best man" will win though not at all by force. Kansas City Journal. There Is reason to apprehend that Home stead will not be able to get herself in sha,pe for a good heartfelt Thanksgiving. Wash ington Star. The Homestead war is still on. Just what the strikers may expect to gain by their attacks on the mill hand they probably don't know themselves. CluxUanooga Timee. Homestead Is worse off than at any time since it rose in revolt against tho authority of the Commonwealth. Not a slim of hope appears on its melancholy horizon. Brook lyn Eagle. More bullets at Iiomostead are sad re minders of the worst tragedy of the year. It is a pity that peace cannot take a per manent residence in that center of former prosperity. Baltimore American. It the strikers meet with energetic treat ment every time they attempt to riot it will not be long before Homestead will become a peaceiul hamlet and will contain a law-abiding population. Bvff'lo Inquirer. IIomkstkad strikers arc no longer strikers l.ut rioter.', and they have again forfeited "pubio sympathy." Thev may not led thi-i, since they have been the recipients of but little sympathy, but they will leel the arm of the law. Barritburg Patriot. sEfiaxsaiaai CURIOUS CONDMSATIONi' Japan is building two electric roads: Military engineers were formerly called trench masters. "Wooden pavements were the invention of Nicholsarin l&i. The total cost of the Sum Canal ex ceeded $1,000,000,000. The Indian corn is an American plant, and was first noticed in 1193. The German "Emperor has a walking" stick made of rhinoceros skin. The Boston Neics-Letter, the first Ameri can newspaper, was begun in 1704. About the year 1780 cotton growing be gan in Georgia and South Carolina. Seneca says the Bomans had cooking schools and a teacher of mastication. Tea was introduced into Europe by the, Portuguese in the sixteenth century. Sunshades, formed like the umbrella, were held over Roman ladles by slaves. A party of Florida young men contem plate visiting the World's Fair next year in an ox cart. The seats of a Greek theater were ar ranged as at present, but the parquet was given np to the chorus. During the sixteenth century all widows were required to dress In th e plain robes worn by conventual orders. In a shingle mill at Gray's Harbor, Wash., recently, the entire works were kept running all dav on a single cedar stick, which made 183,500 shingles. An "Albino deer" was killed by a resi dent of Dauphin county. Pa., on Saturdav. Superstitious people claim that this will bring bad luck to the hunter. A statistician hascompiled a curious table of the expectancy or life, drunk and sober: at ago or 20, drunk 15 years, sober H years; at age or0, drunk 11, sober 29 years. It is a curious anomaly in the law that, if you pay for your photograph being taken, no copy cin be sold without your consent, while, if you do nor, the photographer may sell it to any extent. In the early days of this century French cooks became rich; Very was a mill ionaire: Acliard had immense wealth: Mme. Sully, of the Palais Royal, made $20,000 in three years. Tbe new iron monuments being placed on the boundary line between Arizona and New Mexico are seven leet in height and weigh about 800 pounds. They are laid five miles apart. Twenty-seven men in the English raer cantlle marine who were candidates fo. masters' and mates' certificates last year were rejected through their Inability to dis tinguish colors. The auger that bores a square hole consists of a screw auger in a square tube, the corners of which are sharpened from within, and as the anger advances cuts the round hole square. --A well-known French physician as serts that the bilious fever so characteris tic of tropical countries Is due to a special bacterium, which, though motionless Itself, is accompanied by numberless moving spores. We learn now that the famous Jubilee shot fired from a 22-ton gun in Queen Vic toria's jubilee year, to ascertain how far "a shot a shot could be carried, remained in the air 69 seconds, and the highest point reached in its flight of 12 miles was 17,000 feet. The remains of all the Trench and German soldiers who were killed during the siege of 1870, and were interred in the vari ous cemeteries in and around Kronenberg, were disinterred some time ago and depos ited iu the cemeterv of St. Urbain, In Stras-' burg. At a rule seats in first-class theaters in Europe cost more than in this country. A seat in thn parquet of a London theater costs $2 63, and one in tbe first balcony $1 73. Then the programme costs from 2 to 6 cents and the :ecs ot the attendants count up nny where lrom a dime to 50 cents. Photographs of growing plants show some marvelous results, especially among the climbers. The young stems aro said to move in a succession of irregular circular or elliptical curves, which vary in every direction. These movements are due to the irregular growth in various parts of the stem. The most curious character on the Island of Borneo is the white Sultan or Rajah or Sarawak. He is an Englishman, Sir Charles Brooke, and the UnitedStates is the only nation that recognizes his sove reignty. He rules over a part of Borneo as large as Ireland, and his subjects pay trib ute to him in rice. Most people do not know a plant has lungs, but it has. and its lungs are in its leaves. Examined through a high powei microscope, every leaf will show thousands upon thousands of openings, infinitely small, or course, Du each provided with lips which, in many species, are continually opening and closing. The introduction of bells into churcher is usually ascribed to St. Faulinus, Bishop of Nola, in Campania (100 A. D.). Their use in churches and monasteries soon spread throngh Christendom. They were intro duced into France about 550. and Benedict, Abbot of Wearmoutb, brought on$ from Italy into England about 6S0. One would not imagine that butterflies were a very nourishing article of diet, yet millions of them aro eaten every year by the Australian aborigines. They congre gate in vast quantities on the rocks of tbe Jingong jiountain", anu ine natives scuara them by kindline flres of damp wood, which smoke very much, and thus suffocate the little insects. Magic qualities are attached in Hun gary, as in Germany, to the lime or linden tree. In some villages it is usual to plant one betore a house to prevent witches from entering. From early times the lime-tree wa3 sacred to Venus anions the Greeks, as it was to Lada among the Slavonian. This, It is said, wus due to its leaves being of tb shape of a heart. There were roller-skaters, or, at any rate, an individual of this species, mort than 130 years ago. He was a foreigner, ant! he undertook to perform before a com pans at a fashionable party in London. He darted along the ballroom at full speed, but hit brake machinery was imperfect, and he crashed into a looking-glass, with the most serious consequences both to it and to him elf A great point in the pursuit of garden ing or the study of flowers is the relaxation it affords from'othermental occupations. It is the universal testimony that nothing equals such studies. Jean Ingelow, the au thoress, whose delightful tales will live long after she passes away, has recently stated that tbe study of botany has ever been one of her best relaxativer , and so say they all ORIGINAL AND JOCOSE. BOTTLE'S DELIGHT. I do not care for delicate cups, Royal Rochester, Dresden and uoa, I do not care for a sparkling glass. Or silver mugs costly not much. But If vou want to tickle my tiste. Take'me far to the lovely Rhine. And there let me sit and quietly sip My German lager from a stein. DO LIKEWISE AND TOO" WILL BE FOISTED OtTR "Who is that distinguished looking per son we Just passed?" asked the stranger. That Is one of our foremost citizens, notedroi his wldom,' replied the flttsonrjcer. "Why there Is hardly a day passes that his name U not Ii our newsDapers." "What's he do to get it in?" Advertises." AT THE JICSICALI. "Be on the watch and yon may get l beautiful bird for your hat?" said Chlny. "How?" asked his companion. "Lark is going to slug 'Nightingale,' and he I kill It sure." NOT SHOCXISO. "Did you see Miss Howells at the bal last night?" asked Bottles "No," replied Dock. -.,,. ' "Well, her gown was one mass of holes. That's funny: she's so particular, and I neve saw her that she didn't look beautiful." ".Neither did I." "But you saw her last niiht." "Yes. and she looked cliarmlng-her gewnwa made of lace." ." A rABADOX. ,' If in a game of poker you have of blues i stack, Tou are bright Just like the rainbow's man; hues; But ere the break of morning, when another get the stack. Tou are grouchy and you still have got the blues .Caicx. t n stS--,!.-
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