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THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 20. 1892.
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SECOND PART.
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A CRISISINEURQPE.
Clashes of the Masses and
Glasses Becoming Much.
Too Frequent.
SOCIALISM AT ITS HEIGHT,
And in France a Time-Serying Min
istry Is Tottering.
A SCEKE OF DRAMATIC INTEREST.
Most Exciting Daily Sessions of the Chamber
of Deputies.
A HASTEBLT PLEA FOE CHRISTIANITY
fBT CABLE TO TUB DISPATCH.!
PXElS, Xov. 19. Copyright. The
masses, and sot the classes, have been the
actors upon the European stace of
events the past week. An alarmist would
find something portentous in all the scenes
of the play ia England. The greatest na
tional industry is crippled by the spread of
the cotton strike, and the augmented array
of the unemployed in London is more than
ever threatening in its demands.
In Ireland, always hungry, the cry for
bread is rising to a higher and shriller note.
In Germany, the social democracy in na
tional convention is framing its creed in
the peremptory language of conscious
power. In Spain rise continued murmur
Ings of popular discontent, which found
more violent expressions a few days ago.
In Prance, a time-serving Ministry, totter
ing under the attacks of a many-sided op
position, is offering to sacrifice the coun
try's most illustrious citizen, now bowed
down witn rears, as the price of its own
official salvation.
A Scene of Great Dramatic Interest.
It is the last scene which possesses the
greatest dramatic interest, and France
again commands attention as the unique
and most fascinating figure among the
world's actors. A week ago few among
Preach politicians believed that the present
Ministry would survive another seven days.
Three great dangers threatened its im
mediate destruction, and it seemed more a
question whence would come the coup de
grace than of a possible escape from all.
One peril has yet not been met, though a
second has been provided for. The sessions
cf the Chamber of Deputies, where the bat
tle has been waging for the past four days,
have been among the most excitiuc; in the
history of the republic. The press laws,
which have been the nominal subject of
contention, were scarcely mentioned during
the first two days. Instead, the tribune of
the Chamber became the forum of the new
socialistic faith which has swept over the
nation.
The orators of the new religion for such
it is to them must be given the credit of
most persuasive eloquence, xsut tney are I
not united; they are divided into at least I
lour ErcuoEs, varymjj m tueir lue&s irom
the milder theories of the Christian social
ists to the revolutionists of the Baudin
type.
Lonbet and De Mai the Orators.
The two great speeches ot the debate
were Count De Hun's plea against the
banishment of Christianity from the nation,
and Prime Minister Loubet's masterly de
fense of the Government De Mun is a
Christian Socialist, Most eloquently did
he offer the Cabinet the support of his fol
lowers if it would abandon its policy of
crushing out all religion in France. The
danger of the nation, he affirmed, was the
spread of atheism, fostered by the Govern
ment among the masses. M Loubet dis
tinctly rejected Da Mun's offer, declaring
that the latter mistook religious neutrality
for religious oppression.
Utmost disorder and excitement pre
vailed at brief intervals throughout the
four cessions. The fate of tne Cabrhet
plainly wavered from hour to hour. It be
came apparent, finally, that Loubet's suc
cess would depend upon seizing a favorable
moment for putting his fate- to the test. He
dared not, however, bring the press bill to
vote in the form in which it was offered by
the Government Had lie done so he would
assuredly have been defeated. He made up
his mind yesterday to submit to such modi
fications of its provisions as the majority of
the Chamber demanded. Then, reiziug a
moment when the sympathies ot the depu
ties were with hip, he moved last evening
to consider the bill by sections, and in mak
ing the motion gave notice that the result
of it would be accepted as a vote of confi
dence. One Victory, but Not a ClIncher.
His majority of 100 exceeded his most
sanguine expectations, but he is by no
means safe yet By accepting modifications
which he made he abandons the determina
tion to stand or fall by the bill as d resented.
Furthermore, everybody now recognizes the
fact that in these exciting times in France a
vote of confidence is good for the day only.
There remain the Panama affair which is
scarcely a Cabinet danger and the Swiss
commercial treaty to put before the mer
curial chamber. The prosecution of M. De
Lesseps and his associates is a matter of
even greater interest tnan the-fate of Lou
bet's Cabinet It Is going to result in the
greatest financial scandal the world has
ever seen. The vaarue rumors of gigantic
corruption with which the air has been
filled since the grand collapse, four years
ago, will now be exploited on the witness
stand and in parliamentary debate.
Some astounding revelations will proba
bly be made on the floor of the Chamber
next week. It is currently reported and
believed that no less than 200 members of
the National Legislature have been benefi
ciaries, under various pretexts, of the Pan
ama Company. The sum spent in actual
bribing or legislators is said to have been
enormous. It is stated that two more con
tractors are to be included in the list of
those to be prosecuted.
How the I'anaina Swindle TTas Worked.
One of the most authentic reports of the
class of affairs to be judicially investigated
is the following. A young man just
graduated from the Paris polytechnic
school went to Panama with a capital of
only 300 francs. He obtained a contract
for excavating a portion of the canal at SO
francs per cubic metre, the total proceeds
being 16,000,000 -francs. He sublet the
contract at the rale of 7 francs per metre.
The sub-contractor, in turn, got a third to
take the job at 5 francs her metre, and he
finally hired a roaster of Chinese laborers to
do the work at 2 francs.
It is such reports of extravagance and
waste to use mild terms which have kept
alive the bitterness of many thousand small
investors whose savings were swept away
and who still demand legal revenge.
It would be difficult, however, to find
many who believe that the venerable old
man, De Lesseps, was guilty of personal
fraud. That he was most culpable goes
without saying. Success was the,only thing
that would have justified his methods,
which were the same as those he used in
the construction of the Suez canal. That
he will have the sympathy even or his Tic
tints in its approaching disgrace is certain.
The revulsion of public sentiment is more
than likely to. react on bis prosecutors.
Itical a Bit Too Ambitious.
Ricard, the Minister of Justice, was con
tinually insulted and reviled by a large
portion of the Chamber when he occupied
the tribune yesterday. The reason for this
treatment is that he is suspected of ambi
tion and lack of sincerity in his course
against the Panama directors. Some think
that his Cabinet seat is in greater danger
than Loubet's. At all events, if the tide
ot public opinion should turn the Prime
Minister would hardly suffer in this in
stance, for it is well known that he is per
sonally opposed to the prosecution of the
Panama managers at this late day, so the
cry "cui bono." is already raised, and the
outcome of the matter is still uncertain.
40,000 CHILDREN STARVING.
In Spite of Their Breakfastless Condition
They Are Forced to Go to School How
the Demagogue Works the Unemployed
Problem to Suit His Own Fnrpobes and
Ends.
BT CABLE TO THE DISPATCH.
Loxdox, Nov. 19. There .are 40,000 lit
tle children in London who go breakfast
less to school every morning. This is the
saddest feature of the great unemployed
problem which agitates the metropolis. The
matter has been urgently brought before the
school board this week by delegates from
the idle workingmen, with, the request that
the citv should fill the stomachs as well as
the brains of the little ones whose attend
ance it compels.
The subject had already been semi-offi-cially
investigated, and the appalling
figures which are daily growing were found
to be substantially correct It is also
stated that a wholesome porridge can be
provided at a cost of only one flalfpenny
per child. It is argued that unless such an
expedient is adopted the compulsory edu
cation law might as well be repealed, for
the hunger lor knowledge and hunger for
food can never exist in the same body, least
of all in a child's.
There has been occasional violence at the
meetings of London's idle workingmen on
Tower Hill this week. The demagogues who
are trying to profit by the general distress,
and who are the enemies of the really de
serving, have cdine in contact with rivals
and with the police, and some broken heads
have resulted.
A tiny mite of humanity, thin and wan
and halt clad in rags, had appeared for sev
eral days on the stone parapet used as a
forum and was pointed out br the speakers
'as an example ot starving humanity in
London. The police finally took the little
chap to court, where he disclosed that he
received a salary of threepence per day lot
playing tne role wmen, moreover, was
hardly a false one.
A I01IB IN AMONAECHISrS HOUSE.
Another Symptom of the 111 FeellngJfow
Existing in Portucal.
Lisboj.-, Xov. 19. A dynamite bomb
exploded to-day outside the residence of
Count Folgosa, President of a committee
organized to give a brilliant reception to
the King and Queen upon their return
from Madrid. The house was damaged and
all the windows were shattered. Nobody
was hurt
The outrage has caused considerable ex
citement, and it is thought to be due to the
friends of some of the men who were ar
rested for rioting when the King and Queen
took their departure for Madrid a fen days
ago. There is no clue to the perpetrators.
Another Black Eye for Universal Suffrage.
Beussels, .Nov. 19. The Belgian Cham-
br has rejected, by a vote of 89 to 2J,tM.
Janson's motion to insert in the reply to
uie royai speecn a declaration lavoring uni
versal suffrage.
STABBED BY A FRIEND.
Farmer Smith Falls a Victim to an Oak
dale Barber's Razor W. H. Wilson, the
Slayer, in Jail The Injured Man Now
Counting the Minutes He Has to live
A Sunday Dinner Caused the Fight
William H. Wilson is in jail, while his
Tictim, Joseph Smith, in an ugly cutting
affair, is lying at the West Penn Hospital
counting the moments he has to live.
This case, which will in all probability
ena in aaamg anotner murder to last week s
long list, is a peculiar one. Joseph Smith
is a quiet, industrious farmer of 2obles
town, while William H, "Wilson has been
following the life of a tonsorial artist at
Oakdale. The latter is a colored
man, and was always thought
to be honest Mr. Smith had been one of
his customers, and had that natural liking
for him which a man forms for his barber.
Friday Farmer Smith drove to Oakdale to
get his provisions for Sunday and to attend
to some other business. When all his
duties had been seen to he drove up to W II
son's barber shop. The proprietor was not
busy, so Mr. Smith got him to hold the
horse, while, it is said, he went into a
house nearby to lay the beer dust in his
throat
Wilson stood at the horses' heads for
quite a while and finally the farmer ap
peared. Mr. Smith tossed the attendant a
dollar for his work. A few friendly words
passed between the men and the gentleman
jumped into his buggy. As he did so he
noticed that his Sunday meat was missing.
Then the trouble commenced. Farmer
Smith charged his tonsorial friend with
theft and jumped out ot his vehicle. A
war of words followed, which collected a
large crowd. Finally there were blows
struck, and in the midst of it Wilson drew
his razor. He did quick .work, and in as
many seconds Smith had been cut in a half
dozen places. The farmer sank exhausted
tothe pavement, and the barber was de
tained by the crowd.
Yesterday morning Mr. Smith was
brought to the West Penn Hospital and
Wilson to jail. The former is so badly cut
and has lost so much blood that it is thought
he cannot live. Wilson refused to sav any
thing about the affair. Both parties are
said to have been perfectly sober.
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from $i 50 up. Lame assortment of frames
Lowest prices. Lies' 1'ortrait Studio. 10 and
12 Sixth street.
SavaAccnts' Commissions.
Improved Smser sewing machines with
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nntoinarlc bobbin wludor and tension re
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Fittshnrg & take Erie R. R.
Leave I'lttsbuix at 7.00 x. u.,Central time
arrive in Clevelaud at 10.33 a. m., and Chicago
at 9-00 p. v. Leave Pittsburg at 11:15 a. lu.
arrive in Buffalo at 7-33 r. v.
Horse Goods
Department at Solomon
Ituben's.
Wo have Just received and placed on sale
a,frcshinvo!coof horse blankets and lap
robes, wlilcu we are sellingat uxtruoriJlnai
ily low prices. Don't fall to see our square
wool horse blanket,whlch we sail for ft It's
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PITTSBURS DRIYERS.
T. II. Porter Discourses on Coaching
as One of the Fine Arts.
THE BEST' WHIP IN THE CITY.
II is takes That Are Hade by feme of Those
Who Handle the Beins.
SEETCHES OP THE PROPER METHODS
T. M. Porter made a hasty sketch for The
DlsrATCU,showing three styles of handling
the ribbons, and then discoursed on the
subject thus: "Look at the drivers: intel
ligent stock owners who take pride intheir
horses; young men who drive furiously for
the fun of it, and vicious coachmen who in
flict pain from pure wantonness. The cruel
over-check and side-reins have long since
disappeared from the stable of the intelli
gent horse owner. Many men who know
nothing about horses have an idea that an
animal whose bead is held high by the
cruel over-check looks better than if held
in the natural position. Standing on Pcnn
avenue, many horses may be seen enduring
the tortures of the lost They frequently
throw their heads up, trying to obtain a
moment's relief; they twist and turn and
foam at the mouth, but there is no es
cape. "With stable knowledge becoming more
diffused unione society people, tandem
driving and four-in-hand is an accomplish
ment which few young society men care to
confess an ignorance. With our improved
park and roads, the coaching craze will
surely catch us.
Modeled After London Rules.
"The rules of all our coaching clubs are
modeled after those of London, and in Ken
York City no one shall be eligible for mem
bership in any of the coaching clubs until
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THE VTA.Y TO HOLD THE REINS.
he can satisfactorily demonstrate his ability
to handle a tandem or a four-in-hand. This
means hours of hard practice, a wrenched
back, sore hands and a disordered nervous
system. It means all Borts of discourage
ment, and when an ambitious tandem
driver is seen endeavoring to straighten
out his tangled reins, he is deservingof the
deepest sympathy. Any morning in the
park you may see a number of young gen
tlemen being taught to drive four by that
master whip, Herbert W. Smith."
"How did you learn to drive?" was the
question put to Mr. Porter.
"I learned to drive from lieoree .asnen
den, whom I believe to be the greatest whip
in New York Citv.and the father of four-in-hand
driving in America."
"Whom do you consider the best whip in
Pittsburg, Mr. Porter?
"I believe Herbert V. Smith to be the
best four-in-hand driver in the city. He
has perfect hands and a thorough use of the
whip, and a most dashful and graceful style
of driving. You could not obtain a better
idea of the correct position and use of the
hands in driving than from this sketch.
When you pick-up your reins do so just to
feel each horse's mouth. Your hands
should be just about midway between
your left knee and waist, your left elbow
crooked at a right angle, the crip once
taken on the reins, never should be short
ened or lengthened the whip hand to be
held exactly parallel with the rein hand,
but, of course, free from it, and both elbows
should be close to the sides without press
ure. Features of the Proper Position.
'In turning corners the hands should
never be crossed, that is, you should not
reach over with the right hand to grasp the
near side rein. Nothing is in worse form
and so completely indicates the greenhorn
as to see a coachman roundinga corner saw
ing with both hands and it is still worse to
see him pulling up his team with both
hands. Of course, the moment the turn is
made the points are let co, and then the
hand holds the reins as in the manner when
first picked up."
"How about the -use of the whip, Mr.
Porter?"
"The handling of the whip is the most
difficult and important branch in nil the
studies of driving. How many of our
Pittsburg coach teams are ruined because
the coachman does not understand how to
use bis whip. There are no rules to lay
down for the handling of this useful ad
junct to driving. It is an art given to some
coachmen and withheld to others. Simon
Williamson, Mr. M. K. Moorehead's coach
man, possesses this accomplishment to a
high degree,"
"Does it' require strength to drive four-in-hand?"
"Not tfecessarily, but with a baulky
horse in the wheel and a puller on the off
side, strength is a very good thing to have.
Of course, uo good coachman will ever drive
a puller it he can help it
A Very Important Item.
"Another very important in a coach
man's education'," continued Mr. Porter,
"is to be a judge of pace. Horses are being
constantly ruined by being driven too hard
over our hard rough streets. A coach
should move at a steady even gait. The
coach horse is expected to go at a speed at
which he travels with the greatest comfort,
and the least exertion to himself. Knowl
edge of coupling and biting is another re
quirement, which seems to be among the
lost arts to our Pittsburgh coachmen, and no
coachman ever should think ot getting onto
his box without first taking a keen glance
over the team and horses. Michael Divine,
Mr. H. J. Porter's coachman, has a most
graceful position on the box, and with his
clean cut and smoothly shaven features, his
appearance isjndeed regulation."
"What is the fnturc of coaching in -Pitts-burs?"
"It has a great future before it, and our
society people are not satisfied with a
coachman they formerly emploved, and a
see-sawing, two-handed driver will soon be
a thing of the past The interest now taken
by t our ,. society people ia "tbe.'imv,
portation of coach horses from Canada,
is one of the signs of the ' times
that points to a great future in coach
ing. The prices recently realized by this
type of horse show that he Is in great and
increasing demand. The more horse shows
we have, and the more teams that are
brought into competition for style,bone and
substance, the more clear we can make
it to the public, that coaching is not a
fashionable fad, but a, most manly and
agreeable sport
"Standing over there is George Hancock,
and that team that he gracefully waves the
whip over, is the property of Mr. Charles
Donelly. Hancock has a most graceful pair
of hands, and a thorough knowledge ot the
whip."
MAKING MONET FOE THE CUT.
Controller Morrow's Sinking Fund Invest
ments yielding Good Returns.
Controller Morrow's scheme of investing
the sinking fund moneys which, until two
years ago, lay in the various city deposi
tories drawing no interest, is yielding good
returns. Yesterday he receipted for592,000
derived from such investments making a to
tal of $125,000 from that source this 'year,
and more to come. Last vear the income
amounted to $106,500.
The Controller is now shaping his plans
for the payment of the first series
of the water extension loans and
the fire department loans. It will
be his last official act during his present
term of office.the bonds maturing on the last
day of his term. The fire department
bonds were issued to improve the fire
service when the department was
reorganized into a paid service in 1873,
$200,000 being borrowed for that purpose.
The water extension loan bonds were Issued
from time to time between "18(58 and 1873.
The water loan bonds, maturing on April 1
amount to ?225,800.
BECAUSE SHE CHIDED HIM.
Henry
Schmeider Wonted to Throw an
Old Woman Down Stairs.
Because Henry Schmeider, the proprietor
of-a lunch room, at No. US Lacock street,
Allegheny, assaulted a womnn aged 75
years, Magistrate Brinker yesterday fined
him 55 and costs. ' The prisoner rented a
room from Mrs. Dunkle, fl resident of
Lacock street, which he subsequently
turned into a not overly clean kitchen ami
dining room. On Friday the aged mother
of Mrs. Dunkle chided him for his untidi
ness, .and he tried to throw her down
stairs.
New Humor of an Elevated Railroad.
A report was circulated yesterday that
Eastern capitalists are scheming to get a
right of way for an elevated railway from
the lower part of the city to the East End.
Business men take little stock in the story.
It is estimated it would cost $0,000,000 to
build such a road and that it would be ten
years before it would begin to pay interest
on the investment
Central Directors to Myeet Next Week.
The Central Traction Company directors
are to meet next week some day, President
Whitney says, to confer with the attorneys
and arrange for going into court and secur
ing the annulment of the contract with the
Duquesne which gives the latter the use of
the Central's downtown loop. The meet
ing scheduled for yesterday did not take
place.
Coroner's Jury Said It Was Murder.
"West Harrington was yesterday charged
'with the murder of Oliver M. Kelly at
Oakdale on November 6. The testimony
brought out nothing more than has been
published. Both men were drunk and an
argument brought about a fignt
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Boys' handsome Jockey caps in all shades,
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Bovs' line silk plush telescopes, worth $1,
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Boys' real fur derbys, worth $1 50, for SSc.
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TVe have left on hand 17 custom made
coats and vests. The suits were made for
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An Oversight and Correction.
In mentioning the dlflerent firrhs who
were Instrumental in erecting our building
we inadvertently omitted to give credit to
the East End Cornice Company for cornice
and steel paneled ceiling, as also to Messrs.
Podanl & Marshall, plasterers. Both or
theso firms gave us very qood, satisfactory
work, and we recommend them to the pub
lic as honorable and efficient contractors.
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A LONELY PRESIDENT.
Mi; Harrison's Beserye Preyenta
Many Personal Friendships.
HIS FOECEFDL MENTAL POWERS
Tyill Keep Him From Entirely Propping
Out of Pnblic Life.
HIS ASSOCIATES AT IKDIAN'APOMS
rconarsPOSPENCE or Tire dispatch.i
"Washington, Nov. 18. President Har
rison will be a very lonely man after-March
4.'- No man who ever held high position
has iewer friends. Few men, perhaps,
have more admirers in the circle of their
personal acquaintance, but while they have
a strong respeot for his ability and a great
admiration ipr his integrity, few of the
men who know President Harrison have a
feeling of personal attachment to him.
Even the members of his Cabinet are not
attached to him personally. One of the
most genial of them told me not long ago
of some evenings spent with the President
and Mrs. Hrarison in their cottage at Cape
May. I asked him if he found the Presi
dent companionable." He hesitated and
then said: ''Well, if I had nothing to do
this evening and was passing the White
House, r would never think of dropping in
to smoke a cigar with him.
That is the feeling that all of the members
of his Cabinet have about the President He
keeps them at such a distance from him that
they never know whether he is satisfied or
displeased with their work. Two members
of the Cabinet have said more than once to
a well-known Indianian here: "I wish you
would find out if you can whether the Pres
ident is pleased with my administration of
the department I cannot tell from his
manner to me." One of these Cabinet offi
ce's was supposed to have been a personal
selection ot the President, chosen because
of the President's friendship lor him as
much as for his integrity. Other members
ol the Cabinet have asked Senators to learn
what the President thought of them and to
let them know. Perhaps some of this dis
tance between the President and his repre
sentatives in the departments is due to his
disposition to take the active direction of
all departmsnt affairs into his own hands.
No Donbt Abont the Ono In Command.
There is a gentleman in Ohio who has for
many vears been a trustee of the Miami
University there Thomas McCullogh who
foresaw this disposition of President Harri
son to run the entire Government on his
own plan, and who predicted the result of
that policy four years ago. He had known
General Harrison for many years, and he
was one of the first to call on him at his
home in Indiana to tender congratulations
on his election. General Harrison received
him warmly and held a long and pleasant
conversation with him. At the end ot it,
when ho was leaving, General Harrison
said to him impressively: "Uncle Tom, re
member that lam going to be President of
the United States."
The old gentleman met that evening an
intimate lriend, now living in Washington,
one who knew General Harrison yery well.
"I am afraid Harrison is going to be a
great disappointment to the people of the
United States,',' he said, repeating the con
versation and laying some stress on the
parting phrase. ."When he said that," con
tinued Mr. McCullogh, "he looked into my
eye in a way that said: There isn't going
to be anybody in it but me.' "
Every time these two friends of General
Harrison have met in the last three years.
-the old gentleman has always said, with a
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If so (and with sensible, economical people
bargain seekers, as between now and December i we must yet close out many parlor
suits and bedroom suits to permit of sufficient room for our grand holiday display. Tof,
do this we are prepared to quote prices hitherto unheard of. As a mere illustration '
THIS 6-PIECE OAK
PARLOR SUIT. , . .
$22.B0.
$22.50.
No doubt many may say " Tis impossible !" But, as "seeing is believing," we4 onlyask '
your personal inspection- to convince yourself. ' On our entire line of Bedroom Furni
ture, Carpets, Stoves, etc., we have made the same big "cut," and there can.be no
doubt that" if the price is an inducement we will succeed in our object, viz.: TO.
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shake of his head: "Well, he's President,
isn't he?"
And he certainly Is.
Calls Only by Appointment
It is a curious fact that the President has
always sent lor members of his Cabinet and
Senators who have spent the evening with
him or who have gone out driving with him.
They have come Invariably by appointment
never of their own motion. Senator His
cock has probably been at the White House
within the last year more than any other of
the President's friends in public life. When
the President -was alone during the past
summer Senator HIscock frequently came
in and spent the evenings with him on the
broad portico on the south front of the
Executive Mansion. Bnt the most frequent
companion of the President in his walks
about Washington has been his private Sec
retary, Mr. Halford, and when Mr. Halford
has not been available his stenographer, Mr.
Tibbott, has frequently gone with him for a I
brisk constitutional.
One of his closest friends in Indianapolis
was John O. New, the proprietor of the In
dianapolis Journal, now Consul General at
London. Mr. New found a quality akin to
good fellowship In 'General Harrison which
other nien have failed to discover in him.
His description? him to an Indiana gen
tleman who was invited to join a fishing
party some six years ago was unique, if nbt
strikingly accurate. This gentleman who
knew-Mr. New very well was passing
through Indianapolis when he encountered,
the proprietor of the Journal pn the 'Street.'
Mr. New stopped hinTand asked him where
he was going. He urged him to change his
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plans and join the fishing party which was
going off lor a week's camping at a place
on the Kankakee river which was fre
quented by a little band of congenial spirits
of which Mr. New was the leading member.
"Who's going with yon?" said the pros
pective guest
"Oh, George Steele, and George Williams,
and Tom Nelson aud Een Harrison," said
Mr. New.
He Conld Not Understand It
The gentleman to whom he was speaking
knew General Harrison very well, and he
said, in some surprise: "I don't see how
you rough and ready fellows get along with
Ben Harrison. I don't see bow you mix."
"That is one reason whv I want you to
come along," said Mr. New. 'Ton don't
know Ben Harrison. He's s mighty good
fellow when you know him. When he gets
into camp he takes his drink of whisky in
the morning,, and chews tobacco out of his
hip pocket, and spits on his worm and
cusses just like the rest ot us."
Those who have known General Harri
son in the Presidental office, however inti
mately, will not recognize the appropri
ateness of this description. But then, if
anybody does know the true inwardness of
the President's character it is Mr. New.
The one thing which will keep Benjamin
Harrison from sinking into obscurity when
he leaves the Presidental office is his mar
velous mentality. No one drops out of
sight more quickly than a President ont of
a job.
Diwitt's Little Early Risers. No griping,
no pain, no nausea: easy pill to take.
it always is), this will be-
MENDS OF THE PINTE,
Beetles That Bore the Tree3 May Ba
Knocked Ont bj Tinj Foes
BROUGHT 0YEE FROM GERMANY,!
A West Yirjjinia Entomologist Finds 3f
Way to Protect Forests.
THE EXPERIMENTS PRESAGE SUCCESS
West Virginia Univzbsitt, Moiu
OANTOWir, W. V.A., Nov. 19. During tho
past two years the owners of extensive pina
timber tracts in West Virginia and Virginia
have noticed that there existed an un
healthy condition of the trees In certain
sections, and the rapid spread of this in
fection from the less valuable to the mora
valuable species of pine gave rise to grave
alarm. As the trouble was first noticed in
the northern part of the great pine belt,
that extends from the northern boundary of
Pennsylvania through to the southern part'
of the United States, the matter was re-j
ferred to the West Virginia Agricultural;
station for investigation. t
Prof. A. D. Hopkins, entomologist ot that
station, made several tonrs ot investigation'
through the infected districts, and discov
ered that the trouble was no due to a dis-j
eised condition of the timber, but that itl
was caused by the ravaged of a beetle, tha'
Dendroctranus frontalis, to which he gave
the common name of "The Destructive Pina
Bark Beetle."
How the Trees 4re Affected.
The first trees attacked in the spring will
die during the fall, but most ot the others
will remain green until the following
spring, when the leaves will be noticed
turning yellow near the top. and is a short
time the entire tree will show the killing
effects. Prof. Hopkins found that while
the "scrub" pine yielded quickly to attach,
the more valuable of the timber pines ap
peared to be able to longer resist the attack;
but it w&3 manifest that after the beetles
had gained snfficient strength of numbers in
the scrub pine they could easily attack and
destroy the other species.
From these facts it was decided that if,
through natural appearance or artificial in
troduction, some disease or insect conld ba
obtained that would prey upon the destruc
tive beetle, and thus keep its numbers re
duced, the destruction might be checked.
It appears to be necessary that the beetles
kill the trees in which they breed, and if
at any time there would not be enough of
them to kill the trees their power for re
production would be gone and they would
gradually die out
An Insect That Knocks Them Out
By correspondence with entomologists and
forest officials in Germany, Prof. Hopkins
learned that a certain insect in Europe was
very destructive to insects similar in ap
pearance and habits to onr destructive pino
bark beetle. The experiment of introduc
ing this beneficial species into thi3 country
to check the trouble in question was recom
mended to the station officials and to the
owners of forests. The proposition met
with favor, and in order to hasten the ex
periment the station, assisted by the tim
ber owners, sent Prot Hopkins to Germany'
to make personal investigations.
His visit to Germany was at the time ofj
the cholera epidemic, and on account of tha j
strict quarantine he decided that it would'
not be.possible to get sufficient nnmbers of
the insect into this country to introduce
into our forests this fall. Arrangements
were accordinglr made far extensive collec
tions to be msde and sent to this country
during this winter and next spring. Prot
Hopkins returned recently with 1,000
specimens. Since his return ho has been
conducting a series of experiments, and
finds that when they are placed with our,
destructive beetle they attack them vigor-'
onlr.
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