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Three Months : oo Daili I)irATCii. One Month 70 1A1L1 IlIsiATen, In-ludingundaT. lyrir JO 00 1U1I.1 II m'atcji, JncludlngSunday.Jui'ths. S50 1)A1I. iiisiATni. Including Sunday, lmoutli 90 HIti Df-fA en. One rsr... 130 ArFM. I'isrvrcn, Olio Year. IS 1ucUI lli.rATcliii!Uicred by carriers at I. ci Ms per week, or, lueludiiig&uuda) Ldltiou, at -tcenUper wexk. ir.AiiriANccs mori,n oxi.VBr.MADF. by CHEXK. MONLY UliUEit. OK ULGISTEULD i.rn i it 1VTGE-Similar Iwip ana aTl triple number copie, c: single and double nrmlwr copies lc- i-i7-rnuitt,. .MOsnY. .ov. a, isai. inn EM AT HOMESTEAD. Tne complete termination of the Home stcwl strike b bping declared off in the Oarneiiip v. oiks both at Homestead and 3iiaer F.iPs maiks the end , of a labor struggle of unusual bitterness. It is also jircKiiant with instniction a totl'C danger and lo--s from that form of industrial war fare and the necessity of some more rea sonable method of cttllnj vragc disputes. As for the action or the .Amalgamated Association in terminating the strike, it was the onh thing to be done. Mere hnmanitj will inspire the hope that the men will be successful in obtaining em ployment, and tha industry may now go onuiiiiitiriuptcl by struggles of this ilcstruetu - character. To give tangible jirou.il J for tins liope, however, there ilwiiM b a clear recognition of thi! waste mi and dang-rous character of .wage dis jmtcs like this conducted on the principle rf se tlinc the question bj dint of force or capacltv of enduranc. It is rot necessary for this end to gj over the tragic events of the trouble or to liscns, the responsibility forthe suffer ing, disorder and loss of life which have accompanied it 1 hose matters are too deeplj buried into the public memory to permit cf ain dispute that struggles like liK'se aie at their best a complete loss to industry, a source of suff-rinc to labor, and a threat to social order. Th case it self is a demonstration of the need of some reasonable resort to take its place. Yol imtarv arbitration, a new organization of industry, either on the co-operative" or the lirofit-slianng plan, or, as more immediate ln"Its results, a spirit of conciliation and toleration on !otli sides ought to 1)3 so sought as to render impossible any more ieh conflicts as that which lias given Homestead unfortunate notoriety for the last six months. If both labor and capital cannot learn this lesson from the Homestead troubles iWey are ircipable of receiving the in struction that is necessary for the progress of civilization. THE AGRICULTURAL KEPOKT. The Setietary of Agriculture m his an nual report coes o era large number of topics, same of which are reduced to the jrraile of a back number by the recent elections. Whatever may be individual opinions as to the value of protecting our spr.cultural interests against the competi tion of loreign products, the country has voted in iaor of another policy; and the S'cretarj's report tending to piove thc jyod ie ults of that idea comes some dab tun late for effectiveness. lnrtgjrdlo the measures which have Ix-n taken to increase she sale of our products abroad, the Treasury calls atten tion ton mattei of continuing vitality. The work done in extending the sale in Europe of our pork and corn affords two ading examples of the returns to be se x;d from that policy. In thes2 two 'alone the gair to this country is to vtcil by millions; while the addi tiicin by the inspection of pork stamping out of pleuro-pneumonia cxas fever among American cattle mike the gam to our agricultural inter ests one to be summed up in tens of mill ions annuallv. Secretary Husk makes out a good case Jor the Department of Agriculture's right tocxisi. It that department can continue to show such results, whit was at first considered a nipre bait to catch the agri cultural vote will demonstrate itself to be one of the mos: useful agencies of the Government in promoting the general welfare. THE MLVEK CONFERENCE. The prcspects of the coming silver con ference 'fford an opportunity for the Xew York Tribune toshowthat the disappoint ment of the late election makes it view all tlimgs in a somber hue. It regards the success of the conference as imperiled by the frtCt that the vote of the people has deprived the administration "of all au thontj to represent the permanent will of the people of this country w.th lespect to the silver question." It would be a hard showing for the administration and for the country if an adverse election should tike away its needful authority for the rest of its con stitutional term. The ac: is that the doubt as to the conference is not so much with regard to this country as with regard to the European influences. TnE Dis I'ATcn has regarded the conference as af fording tangible hopes of a solution of the sliver question; but has never concealed the fact that a powerful opposition abroad must be encountered. If it can be over come sufficiently to frame a plan opning the exchanges of th world to the mone tary use of silver the position of this countrv will be plain enough. If not, the course of our legislature on the subject will be very difficult This fact makes it obvious that theUnited Mates will be ready to accept anj degree of remonetization that can be secured from the European powers. The political as well as material interest of the nation call lor that "With such a state of affairs there should be no doubt either as to the author itv of our representatives to confer with those of European governments for the formation of such a plan, or as to their ability to satisfy the conference as to their having as much authority as any others among the representatives. If they suc ceed m obtaining a plan for an increase! international use of silver they will get the same ciedit from a Democratic sfrom a Itcpublican administration. 'Ihpre are disappointment "h for the Republicans in the ' - elec tion; but the silver 'not j be numbered among them. If it proves to be a disappointment it will be so from 1 nn nnrirnli' Kpnnmtp. cullSA. A COSDIENDABLE PROPOSITION. The idea wuich has originated in Demo cratic quarters, and which Is alleged to be inspired from circles near to the President elect, for the settlement of the tariff ques tion by the appointment of a Commission indicates a very emphatic desire on the part of some Democrats not only to avoid hasty "action but to confine the tariff re ductions to very conservative and cautious changes. The proposition as published is that the present Congress at it opening session siail authorize the President-elect to appoint a Commission on the subject The Commission is expected to devote tho summer to the subject and by October or November to report to the Fifty-third Con gress a tariff bill which would be passed hy that body in time to take effect in April or July of 1891. If it true that this plan is seriously con templated by the D3mocratic leaders it would indicate a moderate and even gen erous use of a sweeping victory aim ost without parallel in political annals. The Commission would be presumptively a non-partism body. By the fact that it was to be appointed by Jlr. Cleveland the presumption would be even stronger that it would represent his opinion in fa vor of tinff reduction. The statement of the proposition is that its personnel would be selected from the business ranks. So that the conclusion points to a report carrving out 3Ir. Cleveland's proposal for tiriff reductions, but shaping the re ductions on conservative and non-partisan lines, and with decided caro against injury ti business interests. Such a course would go bejondany pre vious expectations with regard to the care with w Inch the administration would use its victory. For a party after gaining such a sweeping success to let its antag onists off with such a moderate use of its power is almost without precedent: but that such moderation would strengthen the party using it bev ond all former example is equally true. If such a proposition for a tariff reduition on conservative and non pirtisau lines is tendered lo the Repub licans they cannot do bet'er than accept it, and be thankful that their defeat is at- ' tended with no more disastrous results. .But, while every impartial man must applaud the moderation and even gener osity of the theorj, it is not to be con cealed that there maybe practical diffi culties in the way of making the theory wor&. In the first place a doubt may be suggested whether the basic ideals correct, that a commission of business men is the most conservative and disinterested body possible. Hearings before tariff commit tees have not demonstrated that business men are less s waved by self-interest than other men. Tho character of the Com mission's report might be largely de termined bj the business interests repre sented in the body. If there were a majority of the Commission from the manufacturing interests, as is extremely unlikely, there is no doubt that the tariff changes would be extremely conservative. It the majority were from the importing interests they might be quite the reverse. But supposing that the Commission's report should, as is contemplated, present a scheme of tariff reduction of very con servative and moderate character, it has to be remembered that it would have to undergo the action of Congress in which there is a strong element of the radical free-traders. Our tariff history already contains one instance in which a tariff commission's report was changed by a Republican Congress; and the Democratic Congress might conclude that it was as well able to do the same thing. If the proposed Commission's report should not lie radical enough to suit the free trade ring, there is no doubt that we would bear anew in Congress the cry raised in the Democratic convention, that the Demo cratic party might as well surrender to the protectionists at once. After all it would have to be determined by the contest in Congress whether the moderate or the radical policy of tariff reduction should prevail. ll is nevertheless to be earnestly hoped that the Commission proposal is, as it pur ports the authoritative administration policy. This will be the hope of all un prejudiced minds, first, because It indi cates a moderation that contains the be3t augury for the business future; and, second, because it implies in any event deliberation and care In whatever chauges are to be made. A THREADBARE feESATIOX. Journalistic lovers of the sensational have been regaling themselves and their readers during the past few day with the fact that the new comet, supposed to be Biclas', is headed dnectly for the earth and will cross the orbit of our sphere about the beginning of next week. The discussion of the disastrous consequences of a collision between the comet and the earth is calculated to agitate the nervous mind; but otherwise it is not worthy more than an astronomical consideration. bince this possibility of collision has been made so much cf, it Is worth while to point out the slight grounds for paying any attention to ;t, unless it is desired to affiight the ignorant In the first place the best crlculations of the astronomers indicate that the comet will pass over the earth's path a day before the earth reaches the point where the orViits intersect It is true tint the irregular movements of comets give this calculation an element of uncertainty; but the uncertainties are more likely to remove the comet from the earth than to bring it closer. Beyond that the reasons for supposing that a collision with a comet would have serious consequences forthe earth are very weak. The earth has already passed through the nebulous matter of at least two comets without any but the expert knowing of it This particular comet is so frail in texture that it has already been seen to separate into two parts without any visible cause; and it is the most un likely thing in cosmogony that .a body of such extremely slight tenuity could work any injury to the earth if It should actu ally come in contact with it The vvorstto be feared is an electric storm and meteoric showers, if, as is probable, the erratic ap pearance in the heavens should manage out of all space to hit such a small object as our earth. There are enough real things lo worry about In our world without conjuring up fears such as appealed to the superstitious in the dark ages. Comets have always been bugbears to the ill-informed; but we should be beyond using that threadbare sensation in this ace of the world. While that speech of Mr. Cleveland at Mr. Villard's dinner was pitched inalorty tone.it docs not appear fi om the presence of 31esr. Villard, llnce, Gtace, Whitney and others that the relations between the President-elect and tho millionaires aro so en tirely iiilmic.il a some of Ids suprotters would have h.iu us believe during the cuni-paU'U- t ' The story thai Mexican bullfighters are to uivd exhibitions at Chicago is biscd' on l the presumption that civilization is to take a. back soat-oiTtliat occasion. Why not Iiavo . gladiatorial combats and be dono -with itT Ik Germany one old man is in retirement criticising the Ingratitude, of the Imperial power lio created. In franco another old man after a career or astonishing; success is threatened with a trial for corporate swindling. In England a third old man is struggling to per foe t the legislative measure for which ha has been fighting tho hotter partof the decade. Tho world wishes bet ter fortune to Gladstone than the rates have accorded to Bismarck or De Iesseps. THEjcyclone period has put id its appear ance in tho West again. It evidently had better judgment than to try to set up com petition with tho cyclono that occurred at the beginning of the month. , It is satisfactory to learn from the Phila delphia Record that tho locomotivo works there are active under largely Increased orders for motive power from the railways. This shows that railway management recog nizes that the products of the country will have to ho moved anyhow: and that it is for their intorcst to ho leady to perform the work with an adequate equipment. According to Talmage Russia is a Para dise and the Czar a royal saint. But it must he remembered that the Brooklyn pieacher got all bis information fjom the palaco in stead of from the people. I Lieutenant Peary is reported as de claring that he can find the North Pole if tne Government will give him time to do it. If the gallant Lieutenant can suggest what he or the Government can do with the North Pole after he has found it, he inay ho given liberty to mafco the attempt. The announcement that Pennsylvania will not got inanv of the offices was moici fully delayed until the local Democracy had held its Jubilation, Mr. CirATTNCEY M. Depew's represen tation of the way in whioh tho poor andle fenselcss railroad corporations are led into cutting rates by the lemorseless and design ing shippers is intended strictly for the Congressional'maitnes. Well, if winter has come, we must all concede that wo had a remarkable stretch of beautiful, if rather dry, fall weathci. McKEESrORT nearly furnished a grade crossing tragedy Saturday night. Such close calls as the one lecorded in another column should go a long -nay toward abolishing these dangerous death traps in the cities and the suburbs. Pennington now has a fresh excuse for delaying the launching or his airship. It might collide witn the comet. It is interesting as well as instructive to see the trunk line managers uniting in in sisting that pooling is necessaiy immediate ly after they have fixed up their agreement against cheap excursion lutes to the Chicago Exposition. FAYdKITES OP FA3IL'. Lieutenant Peaky has applied to the Navy Department lor another leav e of ab sence 'in 01 del to exoloio the Aictic re gions. General Dodds, the French com mander in Dahomey, is of English extrac tion. His grandfather was born in the Gambia. The tour made by Prince Henri de Chartres into Central Asia is already a mat ter of history. His cousin, tho Duo d'Ot leans has now embarked in a similar enter prise. Senator Kennais reported by his phy sician. Dr. Sowers, us being somewhat bet ter. His condition, however, is sucli that his friends aie extremely apprehensive Late last evening it was stated at the Blaine lesidencethatlir. B'aino -was rapidly lecovering from his slight indisposition, and tl,at they expect him to he about v ery shortly. Mb. and Mrs. Ira Ward, of New Haven, Vt., who celebiated the seventy fifth annlveisary of their marriage recently, have bad 10 cbildicn, 17 grandchildien and 24 gi eat-grandchildren. M. Averof, a Greek resident ot Alex andria, has orcsented tho Queen of Greece, on the occasion of her silver wedding, with the sum of 200,000 diachmas for the erection of arefommtoiy loryoungciiml nals. General Dodds, the victorious French commander in Dahomey, has African blood in his veins, derived tluough his mother. But a circumstance of this sort does not de tract from the esteem in which a great man is held hy Fienchmcn. Kufus B. Kichardson, Professor of Greek at Dattmouth, has been unanimously elected director of the Ameiican School of Archjuology at Athens Gicece, for five yeais. Ho wilipiohably accept and com mence his work there next fall. George Pearson, private secretary to Governor Beaver during tne lattcr's tern', and now Prothonotary of tho Supreme Court forthe Western district of Pennsylvania, was on Tuesday married to Jtls3 Helen H. Humes, or Haulton, Me. They will take np their residence in Pittsburg. BODE ON AN AVALAHCHE. A House Occupied hy a Man and TFifo Swept Tar Ont Into a Lake. Fair Haves, Wabh.,Nov. 20 An avalanche came down the mountain on the eastern side of Like Whatcom early yestoi day morning, sweoning the house occupied by Warren Burgess and wife Into the lake. They were sleeping when the avalanche started, and when thevnoke up they weie 500 feet out from shore in a pile of debris. BurcRs hid his leg crushed, but ranuaaed to rescue his wife nnd swim witn her to the shore. They lav on the lake shore without clothing in a terriflc storm for seven hours. Burgess' injuries are liable to prove latal. The lake is covcied lor several miles with the debris of the avalanche. It swept every vestige or timber and improvement fiom Burgess' ranch. TOO MUCH CHEISTIAN SCIENCE. It Told a Man to Handle a Rattlesnake, but He Is Heart. GuTnniE, Osxa, Xov. 20 Special. A ,number of Christian Scientists have been holding meetings near Henuessy fosomo time. A few nights ago ono of tho leaders told those present that if they had faith they could go out and pick up a rattlcshake and the reptile could not bite them. The next day u lecent convert named Southerssaw n rattlesnake, and, thinking totesttlio matter, picked it up. Tho ani mal fastened Its langs in his arm, but he refused to have medical attendance and has since died, despite the many long play ers of his .follow believers in faith. WHY CHIHA WOH'I TAKE PAET. Her Steam Vessels Too Sew to Venture Into Unknown Seas. WAsni0Tos-, Nov. JO. There will be no Chinese vessels at the great naval review next spring. Minister Denby transmitted to the Chinese Government a cordial invita tion from the Government of the United States to send some vessels repiesentative of the Chinese navy to the levien, but tho Ynmen leplied that China had but recently added (.team vessels to her iiavv. and the officers nere unacquainted with the distant Western seas, co tnat the many'difflculties likely to be met would make It necessary to decline the invitation. PHILADELPHIA'S EPIDEMIC. The nighest Weekly Death Ilate From Diphtheria Ever Known there. PaiLADELrniA, Xov 20. Never in tho his tory of Philadelphia have there been so many deaths Irom diphtheria reported by the health authorities as will be embodied In the Board of Health's report to-dav. Tor tho week ending Saturday, 150 new cases of tho dread ilisraso have been re ported, resulting in 62 deaths. Thl Is the nlchestdeath rate Horn diphtheria eTor -recorded in tho city. THE SPIRIT OF THE TOWN. IWntTTEV TOR THE DISrATCIM One of the best things about Chicago is its profound, appieclatlon of Chicago. One of tho most admirable things nbout Boston is its sublime aopieciation or Boston. These cities think that all the other people in tho planet live in their suburbs, and aro to bo envied or pitied in propoition to their dis tance from these centers of pilvilege. The result is that Boston and Chicago have unlimited public spirit. The people who live in them are devoted not only to their own homos, but to tho cities in which their homes are built. It is a great thing for a citizen to be enthusiastic about his city. I was much inteiestcd last summer, espe cially tit Chester, in tho old altars which" tho Romans, who lived there almost as long ago as tho year one, had elected tp the gonlU3 loci, to the Spirit of the Town. They be lieved after their piimitive fashion that every place had its protecting divinity, and that tho first thing for a newcomer to do was to bring himself into haimony with this tutelar patron, this presiding deity, this res ident ambassador from Ulympus, who had his abode upon that spot of ground. Let him set up an altar to the Spirit of tho Town nnd siy his prayers for the grace of good citizenship. I like that. Tlieie was some sens as well as some good lcllgion In that old pagan worship. That was their way of expressing their appreciation of tno value and the need of public spuit. Citizenship a Fart of Itellglon. One prudent dweller in that ancient Roman Chester even set up a bit of n. shrine to tho Genlns of Aveinus, to tho Shado of the Nether Pit Perhaps iu wise forethought, forseelng that he might ono day come into their dismal region and dosiiing to establish pieparatory relations of friendship: or per haps, in satlro, deeming that old paan Chester to be a sort of Nether Pit set by the banks of the Itlver Dee, and accounting the deity of the place to be no other than the black devil himself. I suppose that in somo instances to-day it would not do to become a votary of the Spirit of the Town. The Spirit of the Town might be the Genius of Avernus. However, I take the Spirit of the Town toj ue itie divinity, not 01 tuings-as-iney-arc, but of thlngs-as-tbey-ought-to-be. We may well imitate these old Romans and account citizenship to be a part of good religion. Every Fittburger ought to believe In Pittsburg. Wherever he goes he pught to pioclaim with blare of trumpets that Pitts burg Is the finest town to live In that can bo discovered between the Aurora Borealisund the Southern Cross. Our very faults ate but the shadows cast by our virtues. It isVmoky hero, hut that is Decauso we are so busy fill ing ordeis in our mills that we cannot find time to adjust our smoke consumeis. And our streets, especially in the submb3, are like the miry avenues In the Slough of De spond: but that is because the city glows so fast that the Councils and the contractors, woiking night and day, cannot keep up with it. Plttsburgers lost to Pittsburg. PERnArs the best way to make Pitts burgers enthusiastic about Pittsburg will ho to make Pittsburg enthusiastic about Plttsbuigeis. There is something the mat ter with a country which does not appreci ate itsown piophets. Iain afiaidthatin tho past wo have not beon quite as apprecia tive as wo might. Forgoodmen have found that it was better for them to live some whole else than here. We let Piof. Langley go to Washington. Wo lot Mr. Alexander and Mr. Kineh.irt take their studios to New York. Mr. Hondeison, who lectuied heio last week before the Art Society, is music critic of tne Sew Yoilc Timc, instead of writing musical criticisms for a Pittsburg paper. Ml. Woods is at the head of a Uni versity Settlement in Boston. Mr. Carnegie lives part of his time in Now Yolk and part of tho timo in Cluny Castle. Mr. Phlpps makes his homo at Knebworth. Dr. Purves sits in a piofessoi's chair at Piinceton. And these aie hut a few of the good men of Pittsbutg who have beon permitted to take their depaituie out of Plttsbuig. That is not right Thero, ought to be a great unbounded fund of-admiration and appreciation nnd affection here, out of w hicli evoiyhody who desires ought to be paid a large salary every week. It should be made worth while for the best people to stay heie In Pittsburg. A Step in the P.ight Direction. I believe that the permanent exhibi tion of the woiks of Pittsburg artists hich is to be opened tomorrow at tho looms of the Ait Society is an advance in that dltec tion. The idea is to have the Academy of Science and Art open overy day, nnd to have a continual succession of good pictures hung upon the walls. Tho best artists in tho town have ngiecd to. nring all their now works to these rooms nnd leave them there for two weeks. Thus tho pictures in tho ex hibition will bo constantly coming and go ing, and tho looms will be unceasingly at tractive. Thcic will be something nen theio overy week. This exhibition, it is hoped, will take tho place or that which has heretofore been mado at tho picture stores. People will come to look at these norks of art, and somo of them when they go away will cat ry pictures under their Ui ins. At least they will cause to be set in the corner of a " frame or two that magic word which rhymes with gold. Thus. I hope, Pittsmirg pictnies will find somo sale in Pittsburg. I am frequently impressed with the lack of Pittsburg plct mes in PittBbuig honses.Wo have an un usual number of good pictures In this town, as some of the loan exhibitions have abun dantly testified, but they aio for tho most part tho work of outside artists. In a good many houses, wheio the walls are rich in beautiful canvases, not a homo sitist has a place. 1 suppose that this is paitly due to the fallacy of distance, which poisuades us that tho fai ther off things aie the bigger they must be; it is aiso partly due to the ignorance of goo.d work that can bo bad lijhtheioat homo. This permanent exhi bition will, we hope, lemedy this dispropor tion. To these homo pictures ttJU he added, from timo to time, the best pictures that cin be had from studios outside ot Pittsburg.sothat incredulous people enn inike their own comparisons. -The exhibition will 'bo a training school Tor tho education of tho civic taste in ait. The ideal that wo ought to look forward to is a city so refined, so cultured, so appreciative of the best in life that its people will crowd to seo tho latest pie tine painted by ono of Its sons or daugh ters as a good many people of this actual present-day Pittsburg crowded a courtroom last week to hear a recitation of unclean scandals. Good Work of the Art Society. That is what we need. We need to emphasize that higher and worthier Mde of life. The Ai t Society deserves the gratitude and support of all good citizens for its el forts toward the bettering of the town. All phblic-spiritcd people ought to belong to it. It is a genuine benefit to the town to have such organizations in it as the Ait Society, and tho Academy of Science and Ait, ana the University Extension Society, and the Mozart Club. There aio always excellent people in a busy.town like this who have an idea that nothing Is of much account which cannotbo converted into gold dollars, that everything which is not material Is im matenal. But a man is better than a mint of money. The farmer who was asked what they raised in that part of the country, nnd who answered that they raised men, had the right idea about it. After all, the output of. the public schools is, of more value tlian tile output of the mills. Tho most imperative need Of a city is good citizen". Aud good citizens ate not only men who work, but men who think, and who are Interested in all that side of life which lepresents tho superiority of a man to a horse or dog. Books' and flowers and musle and pictures areas essential to the well-being of a town us policemen and lawyers and ood sowers and honest ballots. Tailing in Kine for Higher Wages. Providence, Nov. 20. Tho iranviilo Com pany notified its employes to-day that their wages would be increased Decombel 5 The amount of the increase was not. stated. About 1,510 Hands are employed. This action is in lino with that ainiolmced by the large cotton mannracturora of the State last week. , AN 1NAX7QTJEATI0N SQUABBLF, District of Columbia Democrats Can't Ar range Matters Satisfactorily. WasuisotoxNov. W.-SpeCtal. The in ternecine strife among tho Democracy over the preparations for the inauguration of President Cleveland has not prevented James L. Norris, the District member of tho Nntlonal Committee, from going ahead on the lines laid down at tho privato meoting of Democrats a week ago. An exocutive committee was then selected and the names sent on to National Chairman Hnrrity for approval. Thuisday night tho Democratic Central Commltteo or the District met and repudiated the action of the privato gather ing, and telegraphed to Chairman Harrity piotcstlng against the recognition of the committee then elected. Friday night the Jackson Association met rfnd emphati cally indorsed the action of tho privato, gathering and of Mr. Norris, who is Presi dent of the Jackson Association. Last night the executive inaugural ommittee hold a piotracted sossion and' named a general commltteo of ISO to recommend to tho Na tional Democratic Commltteo to asslst.the excuutivo committee. Sir. Norris said to night that ho had the in dorsement of both Mr. Harrity nnd Senator Gorman that the inaugural committeo's action would be recognized by the National Committee, and that tho Central Commit tee's opposition would not cut 'any figure. An incident or the meeting last nl-rlit, said to bo significant, was the failure of Colonel A. A. Wilson, formerly marshal of the Dis tiict of Columbia under CIov eland, to at tend. He was at the oiiglnal meeting a week ago, but sent his resignation as a member of the committee. No action was taken on it. The significance of ,jir. Wilson's resigna tion lies in the supposed intimacy of his re lations with Mr. Cleveland, and is taken to lndicato a purpose on the'pait Of the President-elect not to express a preference for either party to the controvery. A VEEY MATERIALIZED 8PIE1T. The Supposed 3Iurdered Dr. Young a Lively Corpse, but Unite Secretive. Alliasce, Nov. 20. Soeclal. There are manv Spiritualists in tlis city, and piomi ncnt apostles of tho faith are frequent yisit ois here. When an unusually gifted one comes, meetings are held In the quarters of tho Independent Chuich here, and these meetings are generally followed by a Seance. A "spiiit'" most frequently summoned on such occasions has been that of one Dr. Isaac Young, who lived and practiced his profession bote somo 23 years ago. Ono night ho left horns' to see a patient, and never returned. As ho was known to havo considerable money with him at the time, the reasonable supposition that he had been made way with lor purposes ol robbery came to be the generally accepted ono, as long and thorough search failed to discover any trace or him. About two weeks ago a prominent lady medium visited Alliance and the usual se ances were held at the Independent Church. Dr. Young was summoned fiom the spiiit woid and responded with alaciity. lie gave a beautiful "talk" tluough the medium, ex patiating on the the happy state ho was en joying in tho spirit woild. Among other things he told how unhappy ho had long been because the men" who w ere responsible for his taking off woie permitted to go un punished: but that was passed, tor tlioy had since came to the spiiit world, and he had them now w here ho wanted them. The lol lowing nes item of a recent date was sent to a local paper: "A Tew days ago Dr. Isaac Young, who dis appeared so mystcrlou-ly from this v icmity more than 20 yea is ago is revisiting tho scene of his boyhood in Achor, Columbiana county. He persistently refuses to give any account of his pst life." THAT MIJAEES AFFAIE. The Government Receives a Kcport, but There's No Occasion for a l'uss. Washinotov, Nov. 20 The late mail which arrived at tho Department of State contained a communication from Consul General Hanna at La Guayra. Tho Consul General repotted the facts in the caso of the futile attempts of tho local authoiities to arrest Mijarcs on "board the Bed "D" Line steamer Philadelphia, and their rciusal to surrender the vessel's papers. But the wiiterkept strictly within tho lines of his duty as a consular officer and made no at tempt to Uhtcuss the diplomatic aspect of the case. At piesent the Department of State has not determined upon any action in the caso, and, indeed, none seems to bo called for just nofc. Iftheio should be anv tiouble ccpe liencedby tho steamship company when the vessei rptnrns to Venezuela, the depart ment will be prepared to meet it: but it is not regarded as good practice to decide n n coui se of action upon tho basis of events ot possible occurrence in the luture. THE MI ANION 0H0H NOT PEBFECT. Had Material In tho Engines Prevents Them From Doing Good Work. New YonK, Nov. 20. ThOjinnehlnery of the Miantonomoh has recently givon more than ordinary tiouble, and a thorough inspection has disclosed the fact that there is much faulty material In the heavy paits. The faultymateil.il crept In when tho engines were built. Tho vessel's boilers aie in good condition and can bo expected to hold out for a number of v eai s. As for the engines they are likelv to col lapse any day, and so long as they remain m the vessel thiy will preclude the ship being driven to tho maximum speed for which she was designed. The Miantonomoh Is now at tlio Biooklin navy yaid, where she will re main, it is thought, through the wintci. DEAins HERE ANl) EliShWHEKE. Mrs. Letitia Comstock; Sharpsburg. Mrs. Letitia Comstock, one of the most respected of Hltarpshurg's residents, died at her home on Mldd c street Saturday ulgUt. She was 63 years of age and has lived in Miarnsburg cVerslnce the war. Iter husband. J. G. Corastock. died ten years ago. 31rs. Comstock was a remarkable wo man. In ' her girldliood she became a convert to the Homeopathic bcliool of med icine, then very unpopular, and studied It with the intention of establishing h?rsc!f as a physician, buliseqncntlv she ihangcd her plans tut from that time until within a lew ypars. when her impalrtd 1 ealth made It imDotslble. she gra tuitously tendered her skill lo the poor. hfyever sickness was found in or around the village showa found ministering with klnd,and skillful linmls. Many who are now living wuilld not havi' been but fiirjhertentrr. sympathetic care In hours of sickness. Xo posterity mourns oer her death, but thero Is grief In many households, not only iu bharpsburg. butclsewhere in this couutj' For the past four ears Mrs. Comstock has been in 1 illlng health A tew months ago she was placed in the cancer lios pitalatewlcklcy, but n as returned to her home last week, knowing the end was near. Hue knew hir condition as well as her doctors, but mel It with the same Christian resignation which had characterized her life. The funeral services will take place this afternoon at 2 o'clock. Mrs. August Belinont. Mrs. August Belmont, widow of the late August Bclraoht, the well-known banker of Hew York and abroad, died after a lingerlilg illness at her residence on Fifth avenue at 4 :i0 o'clock yes toniay afternoon. Her death has bttn looked for at any time during the past week. About a year ago Mrs. Belmont had a severe attack or the grip. From time to time since then Mrs. Belmont has been a sufferer from the results of that attack, ami during the past three weeks she has been gradually growing worse. 3IrS. Elizabeth Church Singleton. Mrs. Elizabeth Church Singleton died yesterday at her residence, on Sycamore street. In her OOlh year. Mrs. Singleton was probably tho oldest resldentof this city. She came to Pittsburg In 1805, when two jears old, and lled here ever since, bbo was the daughter of William Chnrch, at one time a well-know:, merchant of Pittsbaig. Mrs. Minnie Mohr licit. Mrs. Minnie Mohr Bell, wile of John A. Bell, of the Allegheny firm ofDelp&Bell. Satur day died at the family residence at Emsworth, ller remains will be Interred to-day. Obituary Notes'. CHAntESM. Fkt, President of the Bank of New York, died Friday night. JOTHAJI GOODNOyf, President of tho .Etna Fire Insurance Company, died Saturday noon at his iome,ln Hartford of a shock supposed to be apoplexy. A. L. MasoT, who was stricken with paralysis In Chicago a month sluce,dled at his home in Kan sas City yesterday: afternoon. He was tlie wealthi est resident of Kansa city, his estate being valued at about 2, 000, 100. KICHABD McClauoIIev died In Chicago yester day. McClatlglicy was 72 years or age add liad scrfed a short time id jollet penitentiary ror Irregularities connected with Cook county's famous Boar J of Boodle Commissioners. MRS. AlcXAXDEU Itoss, thu authoress, is de td at Jloirtreal. Some of her work are "Violet Keith," 'Tho 'VVreck orthe W Into Bear, " "The iTralidGoruons," and "Hie Holy btone." Her latest work, "JheKed," has just been completed. CArTAlx J. N. ConnisntEVt or tile Iklllsh steamer Vc6la, of LberpooL, died at 'i'oilro In firmary In ew Orleans yesterday morning. He was the senior commander oT the Harrison line of steamers, in wbo.u serrlco he has been actively employed during the past !7 years. THE FINANCIAL OUTLOOK. rsrECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISrATCII.2 NewYoek, Nov. 20. "A Fogey Fi nancial Outlook," is tho title or Matthew Marshall's article for to-morrow's 5tm,whlch is as follows: The bank statoment of Sitnrday shows that tho roturn flow of currency from the country to the city has at last commenced in earnest, nnd it may now reasonably be expected to continuo until it ha3 replen ished tho bank reserves' up to the point at which they stobd before tho autumn drain began. It is noteworthy that while the week's gain in spbcie has been $2,020,200, it Is offset by a loss or greenbacks of $301,100. This suggests the idea that bank ofTlcers aro accumulating gold in preferenco to green backs, ns being equally gool in any event, andbetterinctso gold should' go to a pre mium. For the present it makos no difler ence whethor tho reserves aro goldorpaper, tho Important fact being that they are in creasing and that two lato of interest for money Is consequently falling. Ordinarily it wonld be easy to forecast the course of monoy motters, for a fow months to come at least. We-shttuld hwoonlvto look back to see what has happened ft this season in former ears to know what to ex pect now. Monoy ought to be easy until to ward' Now Tear's Day, When the require ments for annual settlements and for divi dend and interest payments would make the demand for it temporarily active. Then should ensue another potiodot ease until spiing, and then an increasing stringency during the summer, culminating In tho autumn crop movement, and linnllv wo should come back to the point at which we are at present. A Little More Foggy This Year. This year the matter is more complicated andthefinancl.il outlook is rather foggy. Although the-election's are ovorand their result settled beyond a doubt, the politicians are doing thoir best to keep up the excite ment which preceded them, and to confnso the judgment of business men in regard to the future. As I havo repeatedly pointed out, nothing demands any radical chango by the victorious paityin the nation's In dustrial and financial-' policy, and yet be tw eon them and their vanquished opponents tho controveisy has been renewed over the practical measures now to be adopted. If thevictois nre wise they will Insist that there shall be no precipit.ua legislation by Congress, but that whatever Is done shall De done cautiously and with due delibera tion. Tho Republicans, aided bv some Demo crats, insist that tha great point at issue in the election was whether the piotection policv which has prevailed in this country for tho last 30 years should bo continued or whether it should be abandoned for one of flee trade. The majority of the people, they say, having decided in favor of tree trade, tno proper thing now is to carry out their m ishes and to do it as speedily as possi ble. Hence they urge that the present Con gress uliall at once proceed to revise the tar iff upon nee trade lines and if this Congress cannot complete the tak during its final session which ends next March, that the new Con!iie8, which regularly shotildnot meet till a year hence, shall bo called to gether Tor the puipose as soon as the pres ent Congress expires. The Keveuues Must He Considered. Apart irom the falsity of the assertion that the country has pionounced in favor of fice trade as cgainst any protective duties whatever, no revision of the tariff; however row- may be the article affected, can safely be made without an exhaustive inquiry into alt the ramifications of the in dustitesin which they nre employed, and this, it is plain, cannot be done by the pres ent Congress or by its successor in the hasty, slap-dash way talkod of. Beside, tho question of revenue has to he consid ered, ns well as that or the conflicting claims of free trade and of piotection, and the in dispensable plellmlnary inqnly of how much money Is needed to meet the neces sities of the Government, nnd how it may bo raised, will of itself consume much time. The repeal or the net or July It. 1890. di recting the monthly purchase by tlie Gov ernment of 1 300,100 ounces of silver at its market mice, nnd the payment lor it in legal tender notes, is undoubtedly a meas ure which is Substantially agreed upon by both parties, and is therelore most likely to be soon effected. Yet, mischievous as the act is, and imperatively as its repeal is de manded hi sound financial principles, it Is questionable whether it would not bejwiser to let it continuo in operation until the small premium on gold to which it is carrying us shall- demonstrate its real character so plainly that everybody will see It. A repeal jor tho act now would also strengthen the demand in the agricultural distiictsfo.- more paper money, either in tno form of State banknotes, as we see in Georgia, of national b ink notes based upon secunties other than Government bonds, or orshnplo greenbacks; and if this demand is granted wo shall be no better off than wo nte at present. No Hopes for the Brussels Meeting. That any currency legislation will follow tho deliberations of the International Monetary Conference, winch i-, to begin its 6esions nt Brussels to-morrow, is lillily improbable. Practical bi-metallism, without the concurrence ol tho meat commercial nations or Euiope, Is conceded by everybody to be impossible, and the change by this country fiom the single gold stunduid to the singlo silver standaid, with the enormous scaling down of public and private debts which It would entail, is demanded by only a small mmoiity of our citizens. Still, the cause or silver has mary friends both in tho present Congress and in that Just elected, and there 13 no foretelling absolutely what they will endcator to accomplish nor how fnr they will bo successful. For tne past three ears many experienced obsprvcts have been constantly predicting a general Kiunpran war. and while tho fail ure of their prophecies up to the present moment is a good omen for tho future, poato cannot ot oeb.iiu 10 ueasureu. ui mo com plications connected w ith individual tiffairs, indipendent of politics, the principal ono at piesent arise fiom Ameiican debts to Eu ropean cieditors. The amount of these debts and their increase and decrease 1 ai o always been n matter ot puro elm ituel hnvo never been even approximately ascei tamed. At this moment a great deal is said about n possible lOuennl or gold shipments to pay lor sterling exchange supposed to iiavo boon bou awed a short time ago That exchange U unusually huh foi this season of tho year ft not to be denied, but tho enhanced pilco maviis well bo caused by a short supply as by a largo demand. When men do not know what to do thoy veiy easily follow the sale course of doing nothing, and operatois, ior n fail, tukoau v antage of it. When the disposition to sell exepeds tho willingness to buy prices must go down, and thi-, I tuko it, is tho leal reason ol tho declines lately ouserabloou the vaiiousoxchaiige-". It is not that peo ple fear that general ludu-'tiial and finan cial ruin will follow tho advent to power of tlie Democratic puty. hut they are unable to como to any decided conclusion as to what the naitv will do, and uioroioro wait for further light. A PEOTESTAHT ONSLAUGHT On tho Catholic Church nnd Its Relations to Public hchools. NewYouk, Nov. 20. Itov. Dr. McArthur, pastor of the Cat ally Baptist Chuich, deliv ered a stirring nddiess to-night on the pub lic school question and the efforts of Borne to make tnoiu its muses. 'Iho very' exist ence ol theso schools, he aid, wus threat ened by the Itouiish Church. Shed'enouncos them as Godless, as hotbeds of sin, seminarlesor vice. She would utterly destroy them it sho cannot contiol thent. Koine opposes the schools", not because of the reasons alleged, but because thoy nro seminaries o: Americanism.- Home Is op posed to all progress. Withoduoa,tiou and bitvxdcned views her children see tlieinlsily ot Itomish doc ti inc. Borne is reaching ror tho Presidency uudabsolute political poncn. 150 W03KINGMSM SWINDLED. A CIca eland Man Sells Their Mortgaged Lots in Springfield, O. SMluaFinLP, O., Nov. 20.-O. V. Henslcy, of Cleveland, bus swindled ISO workmen ot tho city out or about $1,000 in cash. He bought a tract of landsodili ol the city, laid it out in lots and soldituueahypajnientsta work 111 imi. It now trailsplres that tho former owner holds' u $3 003 hiortgagn 011 the plat, but $1,000 01 wuich llcnsley has paid, and iho deeds given b Heulcy arc, of course, worthless. Uensley has disappeared. A Suggestion for the Speakership. Chicago Inter Ocean. 3 That "aangeious DemocratlO majority in Congress" aie going to hive furt getting a Speaker. If they want "a real' speaker," they might vote ior ono Tom Beed, of Maine. Ho would make things lively for Them. No Need to He Frightened. .Chicago News lh.cord.1 . There ij no need to bo frightened. No stniu'lieify-blomioconiot, with looks stream ing wildly in fr space, will bo allowed to liner. ore with Mrs. teato'a candidacy for the Senate. TWO PLANS PROPOSED. The Democrats Considering a Couple of Ways or Raising Revenues Necessary for Kx'pensesof the Government Somo ' Importations Under Ixiwer Tariff Ex pected to Be Largely Increased Kead Justment of the Internal Itcvenue. irnoM a KTAvr coBnisspovnETr.j Wasi'iinotox, Nov. 20. The Democrats base upon two measures their hope of. in creasing tho revenues to nn extent that thoro will be no danger at any timo that tho receipts will not comfortably ex ceed the expenditures or the Government. One is that, witli a redaction or the tariff on certain lines, importations will so multiply ns to Increase the amount received from duties to tile extent of$30,000,000 or $60,000,000. That is, by bringing a certain huge bulk of foreign goods into competition with do mestic manufactured goods, and decreasing the ptodnct of tho latter by an equal amount, the sum of $50,000,000 or $.000,OGO may be added to the customs revonnes. That must happen or their scheme will not work, forTif nt the. reduced duty tho native manufacturer can successfully compete with tho foreigner, there would cortalnly be no increase of importation-!. , Another view taken by those who are dig ging Into the question or probabilities Is that the tailing off or importations .under tho McKInloy bill Is- so inconsiderable as to show that practically all of tho forehrn goods that are wanted are now imported, and that under a reduced tariff it is probable that importations would not greatly in crease in bulk. Therefore, no roattor which way the contingency is viowed, the reform ers are left In doubt as whother they will gain bv their plans the increase of customs revenue which will be soon imperatively de- manueu ior tne uses oi the uoveriiinent. The other hope is that the system of in ternal revenue can bo readjnsted to add $25, 000,000 or IJO.O-.OjCoo to the income from that sonrco. It is tne opinion of Commissioner Mason, or tho Bureau or Intcrnat Bevennc, as expressed to the correspondent or Tub Dispatch, that the Democrats will And great difficulty in accomplishing their purpose in this direction. The reduction or the tax on the various grades of tobacco by the Mc Kinley bill reunited in a decrease or revenue from that sonrce of only about $7 000,000, ad mitting that tho same amount would have been consumed had the tax remained as it wus. Mr. Mason think? that it will not he found advisable to disturb the tobacco tax for the little that might bo gained, with u possi bility that nothing would be gained at an. The rcductiou of the tax on whisky ten cents a gallon would suggest a vast reduc tion in the revenue from that source, but while the consumption of whisky ns a bev erage has nut probably increased greatly on that account, its extended use in science and the arts has largely compenatco for tho Iocs by reduction of the tax, and tho un paralleled production of this year will actu ally Increase the revenues over those or last year by several million dollars. Thcinanu tacture is always In exces of the demand. This year the excess will bo beyond any thing known before, on account of tlie large crops and cheap prices ol grain. The possi bility of an increase or tho tux will lead to a yet trreater excess, j list as the possibility of n lower duty on foreign products will lead to a reduction of importations for some time to come. Tut Peoria, 111., revenue district alone 13 now paying into the Treasury of the United States the .sum of $100,000 n day and has been paying $a0,000 a day for some time. If the tax bo increased it will not only lead to a decrease in tho manufacture and con sumption, but for a considerable time after the imposition of an additional tax tho dis tilleries would run short on account or a vast excess ready for tho market, and it is therefore not improbable that there would bean actual decrease or the rexenne under nn additional tax instead of an Increase at least ior a. time. Another Important statement made to the correspondent or The Disr vtch bv Commis sioner Mason is that (he higher the tax thu greater the inducement to commit fraud. Jot only docs 'inoonshinlng" thrive best under a high tax, but there are many other ways of committing fraud that aro not con sidered bejohd tlie morality or even bo called reputable dealers. Frauds or all kinds' in gauging nnd nelgl.ing.by slightly increas ing tho sizo of the barrels and by many other methods invariably multiply just as the in ducement inciea"cs in foice. mid the losses from this source would add to the chance that the hope or tire Democrats from the in crease or the tax would Drove barren to a. (distressing degree. "Bi'the way," said Commissioner Mason, in concluding a brief conversation on tills subject, "it has been always a curious study to me why there should be sucu a hue and cry" about taxation. Whero do the taxes como from! Tho bulk of the revenue Irom customs is from imported silk', sntin, laces, expensive fabrics for the wear of men and women, high-priced wine", liquors, nnd tobaccos, nono of which is necessary lor tho comfort or enjoyment or per-ons or substan tial ides of what is most healthful and de sirable in lifo. "Really one-third of tho entire income of the Government is domed from interim! taxation on whisk", tobacco and oleomar garine Nobody eats oleomargarine lr he knows ir. obody need use whisky or to bacco ir he does not want to bo taxed. The Gcrson who does not ue either whisky, to accu or oleomargarine pays not he cent of tho internal taxation, which amounts to nearly one third of the whole amount neces sary tonuy the expenses of the Government. It seems to me that ono wln voluntarily i).iys a part of the taxes lovicd by the Gov ernment lor something which, when he gets it, is of no earthly good to him, ought not to howl about the imposition." 0TJR DWINDLING IMMIGRATION. German Still 'famishes the Most Itecrnitu, With England it Close Second. WASitiJtGTOf, Nov. 20. Tho Ch'e of the Bureau of Statistics reports that the num ber or Immigrants arrived in the Unitod States dhfiur the month ending October 31 was as follows: Anitria-llnnsary-Bohe-inln, 20.i Hungary, fiS: ot'iey Austria (except Poland), 313. Denm irfc.47J; France, t'i; Ger many, ab.ll: Italy, 504; Bussia (except Po land). 413: Ni-therland , 210; Poland, Ml; Switzerland, 138; Sweden and Norway, l.bMt. United Kingdom England and Wale, J fail, Scotland, 919. Ireland. 1,011; all other coun tries 7S5 Total, IB 428. I or the s 'me period la-t a car the total number was 34,182. NEAR TIIK GIUDE CKObSLVC. Tiir earth and that comet may yet have an etheri.il grade crossing disaster. Cdco A'ens. If tho collls'on occur", it seems appro priate to'luquiio where we shall be al7 Boston Hci old. Tue tall uf the comot Blcla will sweep tho earth November 17. Here's a chance to got Chleao's streets clean. LM-aio lint's. Now the astronomors figure that thecomet w lit get no nearer the earth than a million of mile''. Tlinl'sa safe distance anyway. Jiotton UUjc. ' WuAT'sthogoodor being afraid because Bicla's comet is expected to pass withlu 1 OJU.OjO miles or the earthT ir we can stand Democratic a Ictbry. can't wo stand any thing? CienUig lltsoutn. The comet is a iittio late for tho Colnmbns celebration and a tllfle early Ior the World's Fair. But ir 'it is to hit this devoted planet anywhere Chicago H certainly the bull's cj'o It ought to stiikc iVcw York Commerci I Aihciiscr. Pkof.Lewis"Bos3 tells us that the nrw comot will not strike tho earth; thu tho intersec tion or the courses or the jfcomet and tho earth shows that wo willliavea narrow escape or eight h.our-. Tills is not a long time; but it is a case where a miss is as 140 od as a millicn miles. lluffulo Councr. As tho earth, according to the statement of Fro:. Lewis Eos, of tho Dudley Observa tory, will nibs ncollls.cii with the comet now cijwir.Ing in tho hcavcn3 by nbout cUht hours in time, tuo-to Who have been in droador this celosti.il tramp may lay away their ascension robes and breathe freely again. llodut f Unlot anil Advertiser. A Southern Furnace llellghted. NAsnviLLE, Nov. 20. Last, night at Flor ence, Ala., the Philadelphia iron furnace was lighted niteY undergnln t extenslvo re pairs. Thrf furnace is one of the largest and best equipped in tho South, tho proporty of the Floioiico Cotton nnd Iron Company, and controlled by Philadelphia capitalist. They Still Remain at Odrle. New York Evening World. Alliance men 'remain at odds. No one of them will call it even till he has his owli way. CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS. Churches bnllt in America in la numbered 8,503. There are 50,000 mrucles in an efle- pbant's trunk. The only fresh-water fish in the Canary Islands is tho eel. About a quarter of the people in Paris live in apartments. During the Crimean war of 1834-53, 785,000 men wer slain. Perfectly white cats, if they have bins eyes, are nearly all deaf. The moon is on the average 238,818 miles distant Irom tho earth. In France there are now in existence 4,822 clubs, with 277,135 members. The total yield of wine in Spain in 1S01 is estimated at a little over il9,oOJ.t.O0 gallons. At the Royal Mint at Stockholm a woman has for years been the engraver of medals. Some of the African tribes Dull their finders till their joints crack, as a form of salutation. , Deducting their shells and juices, ona quart or two pounds of oysters yield 2Ji to 5'A ounces of llesli. .For over 000 years Nuremberg, Ba varia, has -made most of thu toys used throughout the world. During the present year nearly 23, 000,000 oysters have already been consumed in .England and Wales. Neatly worked darns and patches have been discovered in tho clotns used in swath ing somo of the Lyptian mummies. A larger proportion of children sur- vivotneir first yearof existence in Duolin than in the 2S large towns of England and Wales. The total number destroyed by human ity every century in its incessant political, religions or international wars is at lease 40 000,100. In 1841 the density of the population of tho United- Kingdom was moderate 2 persons per acre but in 1891 there were 36.3 persons perncre. A Brunswick, Me., man recently paid for a suit of clothes w ith 3 000 coppers which ho had been accumulating for years. Tho lot weighed 21 pounds. The French photographer, M. Jlarey, has succeeded in photographing a dragon fly on tho wing. The time of exposure was only 1-2500 of a second. A Philadelphia preserving works will exhibit at tho World's Fair a map of the United State", 1Sx25 feot. made entirely of pickles, fruits, vegetables, etc. Three battalions of infantry recently had a day's target practice at Bisley. In all 5,9.'i rounds were fired bv the men and machine guns, producing 517 hits. At Ventnor, Lsie of "Wight, many of the houses nie unprovided with cisterns The tenants have to save tho water in buckets during the five or ten minutes it is turned on. There is a large carriage manufactory in New York in whlcn the chief art decora tor 13 Miss Caroline Kilby, who lias 20 women employed in the department which she con trols The highest temperature on the globe is at peath Valley, Inyo county, Cal. Its surface is 159 leet below sea leo!, nnd in summer the thermometer has occasionally reached 1H. Signal's Lily Fag, a Jersey cow, be longing to General Moore, of Unntsvillo, Ala., has the greatest butter record of any cow now living 1,040 pounds in four days less than a year. In China the cobbler .still goes fro m house to house, announcing his approach with a rattle, and taking nail's abode with the amily while he accomplishes the neces sary making and mending. The largest electric locomotive yet built has just been finished at Baden, Zurich. It is believed that it wilt show extraordin ary speed, a3 it i gauged so a3 to develop not less than 2,000 horse power. Baron llirsch i said by a London newspaper to be the richest man the world has ever known, tho statement befng that he is worth six million pounds sterling ft vrar. This implies a capital 01 about $500, 000,000. Dr. Julien Chisholni says that there are engraved stones and monuments in the British Museum which prove that tho present fashion, both in dress and headgear, is almost identical with that of the women or Babylon at nbout the timo of the dood. The Cherokee tribe of Indians have perhaps the most enriou form or marriage. The happy couple join hands over a run ning stream, and they become at once man and wife. It must bo rather compromising for n Cherokee youth to assist a lady across a ditch. If your nerves were steady enongh to admit h nulling the silkworm's threads, and jou were to take a carpenter's rale and lay such threads side by side until thev covered the space of an incn, you would And, alter completing the task, that you had handled exactly 1,009 threads. When an Egyptian dog wishes to drink at the Nile he goes a short distance up the river, and howls lor some time. The crocodiles, being attracted by the sound, lnunodlately crowd to the place, while the dog hastily runs to tha rart which tho crocodiles havo left, nnd drinks in safety. Koumiss, mare's milk fermented, is mentioned in tho Thirteenth century by Oullelmusde Btibruqnis, a traveling monk: "Altera man has taken a draugnt thereof It leavcth Dehind a taste like that or almond milk and imtkcth one's insides feel very comfoi table and it also iutoxicateth weak he ids." The mos northern newspaper in the world is the Xordkap, published at Hammer stein. The editor and his assistants work in a small woodon house roofed with turf. News arrives to the AordLap not by tele gram, but by the mailboat, and the worla'3 events reach tho Uammersteiners ery late, generally alter eight days. There have been received at Kew Garden j a nnmber of bright red sced3 from Mexico, which are found to contain in ex ceedingly dangerous alkaloid. The Indians in tho neighborhoo 1 of San Antonio use the seeds as an Intox'c-xur.half a seed producing exhilaration followed by sleep lusting two or three days, nnd sometimes death ensues. 2To sensible person will ever wear a single eyeglass unless he is blind of ono eye. Its use means that ono is neither employed or unemployed, but is engaged in ceaseless, though no doubt nficonscious, efforts to see ns much as its mote favored lellow. This Btraining is as harm fill as nnj thing could well be. and cannot lail to lead to the grav est results. SOME SCIaSOKED FUN. Little Boy (writing a letter; Is trolley spelled with an e or wlthoni' Father (anxious to lneiilcatc a good habit) Look In Webster, Little Boy-Hall' What does Webster know about It? He died before trolleys were invented. "Oh, mamma, Jack Longacre proposed to me last night and 1 accepted mm." "Are you sure you love him. dear?" "Why. mamma, how old fogy on are! Whatla the world has that got to do wllh It?" Life. Do not kiss me in the parlor, For the very walls have cars; . Do not buss rap In the ball, or 1 I shall melt away In tears: Bridget, leaning down the stairway. AH our hugging bees observes. And she says slie'a in a fair way Toward prostration or the nerves I iew Turk R'corder. "This is the road to Cork, is it not?" asked a countryman he met. "Ftlcnil," was the reply, 'first yoa tell me a lie aud then ask a question." Scmps. Visitor How does the land lie out this way? Native It ain't the land that lies, sir; it's to land agents. I'hiladtlpMit Jl-cont. "Yes," said the young student thonght fnlly. "when I getinte'restcd In 1 subject I never stop until I hare embraced it thoroughly." "That's nice," was fhelicsltttlng reply. "Do do you think I'm an interesting subject. "Sea Turk Herald. , "I sav, waiter, I've dropped a sixpence. If 70a And it let me have It back; If yoa doa'tyua eta keep It." TTZener LvJU 1 t . Ai. sttHH4 ,.., i K. t . . 1l w . a .- V ' -, 1 ,5gajjJi ''jfflfjijh 'tiTi h vi - tibl4i,''-b3,j
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers