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GERMAN KAISER.
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is Are:
ORIGIN OF THE IDEAS
Which culminated in tho great Inven
tions or the. aire This article Is illu
tmted by portraits by De Grimm. wuoe
name is aunaranteeof excellence.
LITTL3 BUT EONOR
In holding office under the Federal
irovcrnuient. Atlei-t that is tho view
expresod by Cabinet members and otu
eis who should know.
FUTURE OF CORBETT-
Tl:e champion of the fistic arena writes
concerning his p'ans. Ho lias a prefer
ence :ts to his next opponent In the ring.
PERH P3 HYPNOTISM:
A oi of OIp B.ill thinlcs.that some of his
fnthei's jviwer with the violin was due
to hi, personal rnairnetism. Some enter
taining incidents are i elated.
ATLANTIC CITY STRST:
Accotdtug to the census returns there
is oi.o feiturc In which Pittsburg's popu
lar seaside resort loads the entire coun
try. , '
MR. HARRISON TALKS:
nujs busily enzaged in preparing tno
aninnl me.igo 1 1 Congress. Ills views
en the tai iff have not been changed in
the least bv the election returns.
THE END TO SVTOKE:
A new plan for getting rid of tho
nuisance I betas: anxiously tested by the
befogged Londoners.
IN DARCEST AFRICA-
There ore real Amazon natives, and
they have beon fighting dospcr.tto bat
tles with tho French forco.
FAUNTL.EROY GROWING:
Tho little lord of Action ii now attend-
ir.c high chonl, and the wavy curls are
no longer a lcaturu of his personal Sp
- pearnnce.
OTHER HEN'S HOMES:
Somo hosts who are entirely too hos
pitable. Liberty hall not tho most cheer
ful nbodc in the world.
MUSIC AND THE DRAMA:
These departments will be up to the
ti'ual standard, and will furnish a valua
ble fund or information.
STEP LIVELY, PLEASE:
Howard Fielding talks of his humorous
experiences upon the great Brooklyn
bridge.
HOME OF CARLISLE:
Edgar L. Wakeman writes in his enter
taining style of Cnelsea, the famous Lon
don suburb.
ELECTRIC BICYCLES:
Another dejrlce of this kind has been
brought out nbroad, for which great
things are claimed.
TH3 "WINTER BRIDES:
Carrie Careless has a gossipy letter that
csnnot fall to hold the attention of fair
readers.
NOTES AND QUERIES-
Tho inquiries of general Interest pro
pounded by curious ones answeicd at
rooro or less length.
A CHRISTIAN SOCIETY:
Iiev. Georgo Hodges points out Its ne
cessity to a successful church.
JULY AND OCTOBER:
There is all the difference in the world
In crossing the ocean in these two months,
according to Mary Temple Bayard.
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importance.
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Al tho functions carefully chronicled,
w I th some special features.
FAIR WOMAN'S WORLD:
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establish: a freight bureau.
The table of comparative freight rates
prepared for the consideration of the
Chamber of Commerce Committee on
Transportation and Railroads contains
more than enough evidence that there is
an unjust discrimination against local
shippers. Nor is the reason far to seek.
With the table will be found elsewhere in
this issue a communication from a prom
inent steel manufacturing firm which
gives an explanation of the unsatisfactory
conditions and points out the means for
improving thein. "So far as the shipper
are concerned" say these manufacturers
"our experience shows a wof ul lack of
self-interest on their part. Other cities,
such as we come into competition with
almost daily in the markets, aro able to
obtain advantages such as are not even
hoped far hitherto by us. Orders which
we bid upon leave us, and new fields for
others are opened in which our best efforts
fail to obtain a market."
And then the communication goes on to
point out that Pittsburg's position can
only be improved by united action on the
part of P.ttsburjcrs, and that the direc
tion for that action to take is ths estab
lishment of a freight bureau, with a com
petent man at its head, to look after this
city's interests. In this matter th; inter
est of one local shipper is the interest of
all, and the benefit of one can only be
secuicd by bettering the condition of the
cuijiiiiiiiuiY. liAiu. uu: iicgiit uuuia ui
Pittsburg arc no less concerned in the
matter than the shippers. There is no
wouder that the former should-, have been
apathetic white the latter continued in a
state of inenness. But now A that the
awakening lias come, it must be thorough
and ub'quitous to obtain the best results.
The facts and figures of the table afore
mentioned cannot be explained away, and
the best method to obtain their reforma
tion is that already indicated. In this age
of rapid competitive progress, to be sur
passed by others is in effect to be "retro
gressive. And Pittsburg should strain
every nervo to secure and hold th3 lead
ing position, to which its surroundings en
title it.
THE USE OF CAMPAIGN FUNDS.
The reason why the practical politician
thinks that large campaign funds are
essential to successful campaign work
,ma3T be perceived in a morsel of testimony
from a post-election invistigation now
going on in Buffalo. A politician of the
ward-worker grade was on the witness
stand, and testified 'li.tt lie received 5140
and was told to do the bes$ he could with
it. Being asked what he did with the
S140, lie replied: "Kpl it, I s'pose. I
did not throw it into the canal."
Here we see the ultimate destination of
the big campaign funds about which we
hear so much. It is not probable that a
fraction as many votes are purchased .as
the size of the campaign funds are held to
indicate. The money is distributed among
the professional politicians and that class
wax fat thereon. Consequently they are
unanimous in testifying that large cam
paign contributions are essential to carry
ing on the work.
Possibly if the campaign funds' were
restricted 'the political .worker might be
short of some of his glories. But the
people would be able to express their
preterences at the ballot boxes just as suc
cessfully as ever.
A CORPORATE VIEW.
An example of the proneness of Govern
ment officials, who are supposed to repre
sent public interests in connection with
corporate matters, to adopt instead cor
porate interests is presented by the re
port of Mr. Tayler, United States Com
missioner of Railroads, on the refunding
of the debt of the subsidized roads to the
Government. Mr. Tayler insists that
nothing less than an extension of the debt
for a round century and the reduction of
the interest to 2 per cent must be thought
of. That is more than the Union Pacific
has asked, but that is of slight importance
to Mr. Tayler. He avers that it-Is all the
railroads can do, and "it is useless for the
Government to insist on terms of settle
ment that the companies will not agree"
to."
This sounds very convincing from the
corporate point of view. But from the
public standpoint some decidedly perti
nent considerations suggest themselves.
One is that a private creditor, if he finds
that a debtor will neither pay principal or
interest on the debt, generally proceeds
to inquire whether he can realizs the
whole, or any nart of it, bv law. Espe
cially if the debtor has displayed a marked
disposition to juggle the creditorout ot
his security would the latter decline to
entertain propositions for a practically
unlimited extension of the debt with no
better security and at a reduced rate of
interest Any creditor would sav, "I will
collect what I can of the debt and if I
cannot get' all I will chargs the balance
up to profit and loss and be better off than
if I let.the whole debt run indefinitely."
This is virtually the status of the Pacific
Railroad debt There have been different
degrees of the thing in, tho various man
agement); but the common attitude has
been that the companies would pay noth
ing that they can avoid paying. The Gov
ernment can recover the greater part, If
not all, of its claim; and it can at least ac
complish the object for which the subsidy
was originally granted that of opening a
transcontinental hisrhwav. It can do this
by foreclosing and taking possession of
tho property, and then opening tho lines
for the common ue of all railway carriers,
on payment of uniform and reasonable
tolls. There is every reason "to belleva
that the returns from these' tolls would
pay the Government rale of 'interest on
the entire loan, as soon as all carriers
found that they could use 'the line on
equal terms.
Perhaps, too, if the transcontinental
companies found that a settlement was
I pending by which a line with free com-
petition was xo De opened across lao con
tinent, they would carry out the threat
made by the Union Pacific management a
year or two ago, of paying the debt, prin
cipal and interest, at maturity. The
country would endure the fulfillment of
that threat with great equanimity.
MB. CATCHINGS' PROGRAMME.
The programme which Congressmin
Catchings, of Mississippi, has mapped out
for the Democrats is an interesting one.
He wants the extra session not for the
purpose of passing a new tariff bill, but to
repeal the'prcsent one. He admits that a1
revision of the tariff could not bo properly
accomplished at an extra session; but he
wants the McKinley act repealed and the
tariff of 1883 restored. Ho particularly
desires this in order that (1) lii3 sugar
bounty maybe repealed, and (2) ihe sugar
duties may bs restored to make up for the
alleged deficiency in the revenues.
This plan, if carried out, would present
an interesting commentary on the Demo
cratic prof essions. The Democratic organs
during the campaign resounded with de
nunciations of the sugar bounty and the
alleged Republican friendship to the Sugar
Trust. To repeal the McKinley act and
restore the old sugar duties would bo sim
ply maintaining the sugar bDunty in an
other form and increasing the protection
of the Sugar Trust to three times that
for which ths Republican policy
has been so hotly attacked. Mr.
Catchings' plan of holding the extra session
for the direct benefit of the sugar inter
ests would afford an eloquent proof that
while the Democracy may deny its friends
in the heat of the campaign it does not
forget them in distributing the favors of
legislation.
As to the asserted deficiency in the rev
enue, there are two ways of meeting such
3 state of affairs. Ono is to increase taxa-'
tion; the other to reduce expenditures.
The Democracy started this fight on the
basis that expenditures should bn reduced
and have abounded with professions of
Democratic economy. Now that it has
the power, however, Mr. Catchings ap
pears unanimous to the effect that taxa
tion must be increased.
MOST EXCELLENT SENTIMENTS.
Tho strons and statesmanlike expres
sions of President-elect Cleveland against
regarding" the Democratic victory as a
summons to the partition of the spoils aro
justly made the subject of enthusiastic
commendation by the Biltimorc Sun.
This we heartily indorse. Every disinter
ested and unprejudiced man will approve
of Mr. Cleveland's desire to make political
triumph a victory of principle and not a
victory of spoils. Every such man will
also gladly see Damocratic organs sup
porting that position as the Sun does. May
Mr. Cleveland and papers like the Sun
develop so much power in that direction
as to be able to repel the charge of the
office-seekers and make Democratic su
premacy famous for superiority to the
spoils feature.
But it will not be well to be too sanguine
that these praiseworthy sentiments will
prove strong enough to psrfectly shape
the practice of the administration. For
instance, we would not advise the esteemed
Baltimore Sunto offer very large odds that
the friends and supporters of Arthur Pue
Gorman will not have what is vulgarly but
expressively described as a "dead cinoh"
on the Federal offices in Baltimore.
UNFORTUNATE GARRULITY.
The effect of old age and compulsory
retirement from office by the loss of favor
from the imperial power which he created
is unfortunate for the reputation of Bis
marclc It produces a garrulity concern
ing his past career which results in dis
closures little less than infamous. This
was partially done In the account which
Bismarck gave the other day of how he
induced the old King of Prussia to over
throw the legislative power and establish
a government of military force in place of
a constitutional monarchy. It is difficult
to understand how the record of an un
principled statesman could be more com
pletely rounded out than by his recent
declaration that he concocted the bogus
dispatch which produced the Franco
Prussian w. That dispatch stated to
the governments of Europe that the King
of Prussia had declined to recpive the
French -Embassador ' or to communicate
with hjm. It was so insulting to France
as to produce the declaration of war, and
it was entirely untrue.
This may be set down as the most re
markable disclosure ever made by a man
who is supposed to be preparing his rec
ord for the admiration of posterity. It
has been understood that diplomatists
have to'do a certain amount of lying: al
though Bismarck has claimed that he al
ways deceived his adversaries in the game
of diplomacy by telling them the exact
truth which they took to be contrary.
But no one before Bismarck ever boasted
having imposed on the courts of Europe a
bogds diplomatic document for the ex
press purpose of bringing on one of the
most murderous wars of history. In
other words, for the sole purpose of ad
vancing the power of Prussia, Bismarck
perpetrated a deliberate and gigantic
fraud with the devilish intent of bringing
about a vast and destructive war.
When the present Chancellor steps in
with documentary evidence that the al
leged forgery is a myth, and that Bis
marck lias claimed to have committed a
fraud when the facts are to the contrary,
it really seems that the friends of the old
Chancellor, should take early measures to
put a restraint on his tongue.
This is an age of invention in all things.
Alnminum shells are expectod to do for
river racers what pneumatic tires and ball
bearings have accomplished for trotters,
pacers and bicylists.
Yesterday the Committee on Public
Works had a discussion on tho Fifth Avenue
Market House question, when it was agreed
that tho ordinance turning over Ihe prop
erty to the Central Board of Education, as
already approved, should be presented to
Councils on Monday. There should bo no
doubt or delay over tho passage of the meas
ute. The property is going to was to at pres
ent, a location for Increased school facilities
is necessary, and this site is eminently suit
able for the purpose. As for tho clulins of
the National Guard, referred to at tho com
mittee meeting, of course tho soldiers aro
entitled to some recognition and will cer
tainly get it. But a far more suitable and
less cxpenslvo place for an armory can bo
found wltnottt difficulty.
A youth driven insane by reading cheap
and trashy fiction is confined in the Alle
gheny hospital. An appetite forsuch litera
ture is a serious symptom of unhenlthlness
in itself.
Tn F.French have ronted their D&homa van
enemies, m they wore bound to da But the
announcement that King Behanzln would
be beheaded was a little premature, ad ho
finds prudenco better than valor ufter
defeat, nnd has fled to wilds impenetrable
enough to place the value of his head a good
deal below tho cost of securing It.
Governor Russell is ko accustomed 'to
the possession of his office that the con
testors of his election hare a poor ohance
for securing even that tenth part of the law.
Germany is determined to do what it
can to restriot ' emigration Dy means of
legislation. If countries from which less
desirous immigrants come would take simi
lar action, America's work in discriminating
between aliens lit and unflt for thoenjoy
mentpf its privileges would be very much
simplified. v
As an aftermath of football games, the
casualties resulting to tho players are on
the whole less severe than tho sickness to
which tho spectators expose themselves.
AHORSEsnoE,got caught .In the slot on
the Wylle avenuo cable track last night, and
a serious accident was narrowly averted.
Inspections of these slots up and down the
cltv cannot bo too frequent and painstaking
if they are to be prevented from becoming a
serious sorcc of' danger.
As an eximple of the terrible dissipa
tion resulting from a too rapid progress In
an orrntic course, tlib comet or what there is
loft of it is an awful warning.
Farmers appear to be awakening to the
benefits or co-opetatlon. They talk of ware
housing cotton co-operativoly in the South,
and using similar means for potting rid of
tho mlddloman in distributing their prod
ucts in Pittsburg.
Princeton is in a position to sympathize
very sincoreiy with tho Republican party.
And it is just about nspluckily hopeful of
vindication in the future.
Thanksgiving Day has no hallowed
associations for train lobbers, and they
managed to get in tholr work as easily on
that occasion as they generally do by means
of surprise and the moral suasion of fire
arms. Yesterday the most thankful people
were found among those who abstained
from making greed a vehicle for their en
thusiasm tho day before.
As compared with baseball in this conn
try, one of footb ill's greatest advantages is
found in its uuprofessionalism. It is nt
present n game played by the people for the
peoplo, and It ought to remain so.
Periiaps the rainmakers in Texas conld
holp the astronomers to explain the whence,
whither and wherci'oro of those meteorio
showers.
President-elect Cleveland's ex
periencss in trying to avoid office seekers in
the letircment of Broadwater Island ought
to give him some valuable pointers on the
subject of quarantine.
F0.K lAI.Kll) AliuUT.
Baby Hutu, it is said, although only a
year old, already can speak two or three
words. She looks like her mother.
Emperor William has warmly con
gratulated Count von Caprivl upon the suc
cess or his speech in the Reichstag.
Mrs. Annie Besant, the well-known
theosophist, is a passenger on the steamship
City or New York, eu route from Liverpool
to New York.
Chief Justice Shepherd, of the Su
premo Com t of North Carolina, began his
business life as a telegraph operator in
Washington.
The Czar of Russia is the largest individ
ual l.ind owner in the world. The nrea of
his rjossessions is far greater than that of
the cntiie republic of France.
Jesse Grant, the youngest son of the
famous General, is now settled down with
his family at Piedmont, CaL, where he has
been qulto successful in tho mining busi
ness. Kufus B. Richardson, Professor of
Greek at Dartmouth College, has been
elected director of tho American School of
Arclireology at Athens, Greece, for five
years.
General Wade Hampton, who has
not figured much in publlo since his retire
ment from the United States Senato last
year, mado a speech at Sumter, S. C, last
Monday. He disavows any intention of re
turning to politics.
Ex-Speaker Reed is apt at illustra
tions. To' a r'eportor at Rochester, who
asked him what he thought of "tne result,"
ho said, on Tuesday: "I'm glad we carried
Ohio. It shows what wo can do whon
roused." This illustrates his optimlstio no
tut e.
Captain W. Gordon McCabe, Princi
pal of the University School of Petersburg,
Va .has been appointed by the President
elect of Harvard University one of ten lead
ing Latinlsts of this country to prescribe a
proper cnuroo and methods for the study of
tho Latin.
"Camille Krantz, a member of the
Chamber of Deputies and French Commis
sioner General to tho Chicago Colombian
ExhlDitlon, has returned from his visit to
tho Exposition. Ho says: "I have come
back half an American. It wasdelightful to
see an exhibition ready six months before
tho opening. It is evident that the Fair will
be a grand success."
ON THEIE WAY TO ETBOPE.
Three Hundred Scandinavians Stop
Over
to See Niagara Falls.
Niagara. Falls, N. Y.. Nov. 25. eefot
This morning over 300 Scandinavian and
Gorman farmers from the Dakota? and the
Northwest passed through Suspension
Bridge on their way from their farms to
their old homes in Enrope. This migration
takes place every fall and during the early
winter.
The farmers find it' almost as economical
and more pleasant to tiavel and spend the
winter In the old country, thus avoiding the
blizzards and other hardships. They go to
New York and then take cheap passage to
European ports. Most or the party to-day
stopped ovor and viewed the falls. They
will return in early spring.
The Political Princetons.
Washington Post.;
There ought to bo enough Kepubllcan
kickers in the Electoral Collego to organize
a first-class football team.
He Has Nothing to Fight for Now.
St. Louis Glote-Democmt.
It is not half as easy to get a lotter from
Mr. Cleveland now as it was three months
ago.
DEATHS 1IKRE AND ELSEWHERE.
Robert Barbour, Millionaire.
Bobert Barbour, President of the Barbour
Flax Spinning Company, died of apoplexy early
yesterday morn'nx at his home in Patterson, N.
J. Mr. Barbour was born In Ireland In 1S21, and
came to America In ISM., With his brother
Thomas he established the big American industry,
andras also Interested In the monster linen work's
at lWsbon, Ireland. He leaves a fortune variously
estimated at from Sj,ix,030 to 310, 000,009.
Obituary Notes.
Jonas Lzixbacii, a well-known farmer oritleli
moud township, Berks county, died Thursday
night. npeil7:. tlewas the father of !a children.
Colonel Thomas D. Griffiths, ibe "Welsh
Bard or the coal regions." died at his home In St.
Cltir, near FottsTlIle, Thursday, after a brief Ill
ness. Oliveu P. Pijjdell, cx-1'resldent of the Com
mercial Travelers' Association of theUnlted States
and a popnlatf traveling salesman for the past 3)
years, died Thursday, aged 45,
JAMES Patteksov. Postmaster at HooVstown,
Pa , sat down to a late Thanksgiving dinner, ap
parently In his usual good health, but during the
meal, lie tell to the floor a corpse. Ills ailment was
heart disease. He was I rears old, unmarried,
and lived with his two sisters.
Colonel William II. Evans died In Darling
ton, S. C, Thursday of paralrsls. lie was a gradu
ate of the boiith Carolina College and served In
the Legislature Before llie war he was a Captain
la the Eighth Regiment or South Carolina Volun
teers. He was aiterward made Lieutenant Colonel
In ibe Reserve Corps, and was ono of Governor
Bonhim's aides, " '
THE CRITCIIL0.W YEBDrCT.
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The Frosecntlon's Weakness.
Pittsburg Evening Levler. J
The pnbllo Is sufficiently welt lnformod
concerning tho details of the trial to recog
nize the wanton injnstico of onslaughts on
a Jury which did Its simple duty Jn refusing
to convict or murder n man of whose indi
vidual complicity in the crime there was a
reasonable doubt, ftor.tho failure of the
prosecution to rebut tho t alibi testimony
submitted in Critchlow's favor, there Has
not and could not be any question of the
weakness of Its position and the correspond
ing strength of the defense. News'!
papers that clamor for capital conviction
on Insufficient and doubtful ovidflnce nnd
bewail therallure to bring to the gallows the
first of a serlea of defendants because, for
sooth, tho "miscarriage" may influence the
juries ciflled upon to try the rest of the
eeries, are answerable for a gross nnd
utterly unjustifiable perversion of tho re
quirements of Justice We nan conceive of
no more mischievous doctrine than that
which demands the satisfaction of Justice,,
in an emergency, by tho punishment of tho
first scapegoat available.
Enough Lives Already Taken.
Buffalo Kxpress.J
Critehlow, tho alleged Homestead rioter,
will not be hanged, but he may yet serve n
long sentence for aggravated riot. It U a
matter for congratulation that the Jury was
able to acquit him of murdor. Enough lives
hnve already been taken by this lamontnblo
affair. But there Is no public sentiment
which will Justify le.tlng :i single guilty
man on cither side go unpunished.
Just What Was Expected.
ntlsburg Post. J
It was Just such a verdict ns was expected.
Tho evidence was not produced to convict,
nnd there conld be only ono conclusion. It
would hnvo been Just as disgraceful and
criminal for the Jury to have brought in a
vordict of guilty, to vindicate the rights of
employing capital, as it would have been to
find a verdict justifying tho pretensions or
lawless labor. The jury did neithor. It
Judgod tho issue Just as any other would
nave Deon mot. 'mere was no necessity for
the J mors to go beyond legitimate and legal
lines of reasoning. Critehlow may be
guilty, but the Commonwealth certainly
tailed to prove it beyond "a reasonablo
doubt." Much is said about public opinion
and ponular prejudice invading tho Jnry
box. Well, until human nature is changed
the jury system will be subject ton greater
or less extent to that influence. It cannot
be otherwise, llenwhogo into the Jury box
cannot divost themsolvcB or theirhumnnlty
any more than they enn when they go on the
bench to sit as judges. Who would have it
otherwise, if they could?
How theLessIon Can Be Destroyed.
New York Fress.l
It now seems probable that tho cases
against the Homestead worklngmen accused
or murder may be dropned. Having failed
to get a conviction in Critchlow's case, thev
will stand even less chances of success in
the others. Without raising the question as
to the justice or injustice of the verdict,
from a legal standpoint, the Prets believes
thnt there will bo more rejoicing than
mourning over the outcome of the trial. The
Homestead men may have erred, but they
have also suffered ample atonement. While
not in tho least palliating their offense in
setting the laws at defiance and violating
tho rights of prlvute property, we rccognizo
both tho frailty of humun niture and the
Jirovocatlons to which the men were sub
ected. They and organized labor through
out the cormtry havo already received a sal
utary lesson which in the future will go far
toward preventing violenco as an nccoiui
paniment of strikes. The good effects of
that lesson might easily be destroyed by
too merciless punishment of the vanquished.
Does Not Affect the Main Issue.
Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph.
The result of the Critehlow trial cannot be
accepted ns a vordict upon tho mnin issue
Involved in the Homestead cases. The alibi
set up introduced a confusing side issue,
and it Is impossible to say to what extent it
determined the action of the jury. It lias
been assntned in somo of the comments
passed upon tho result that the alibi had
really nothing to do with it and that the
verdict is to be taken as meaning that the
Jury Justify the outbreak of mob fury on
July 6. The lnfeionce is drawn that the
pillars of social order have been shaken and
that the tnmplo of Justice stands Insecurely
onltsfoudations. This is nu alarmist view
of the case. It is to be presumed
that tho jury In the Critehlow case returned
a verdict in accordance with the facts of tho
caso ns presented to their minds. Mr.
Ctltchlow was entitle I to tho benefit of
doubts raised by the conflict of tho evidence
nnd his acquittal should occasion no sur
prise. What the Verdict Illustrates.
Philadelphia Record. 3
Owing partly to the masterly defense or
his attorneys and partly to the scarcely dis
guised sympathy of the Jurors, a verdict or
acquittal was quickly arrived at in the case
of Sylvester Critehlow, charged with mur
der in connection with tho Homestead riot.
It can scarcely be doubted that a similar re
sult would be reached in tho other cases
ngainst the rioters, should they ever bo
brought to trial. In a case where the de
fense is nn alibi the verdict depends en
tirely upon the degree of credence attached
by the Jnry to tho testimony of the re
spective witnesses. The Jurors at Pittsburg
believed tlioso who testified in Ctitchlow's
behalf, nnd generallv ignorod tho evidence
presentod by the District Attorney. These
proceedings in court lllustrato forcibly the
difficulty ef securing conviction in a capital
oase when a large body of citizens aro in
terested in one way or another in the de
fense. Defense Must Be Sound.
Pittsburg Evening Press.!
While the acquittal of Sylvester Critehlow
of the murder or Connors at Homestead is a
source of thankrulrress for him and his
friends, it cannot be regarded as having any
hearing upon tho other Homestead casos.
Critchlow's line of defense wns one that ap
plied only to hitnseir, and cannot be regard
ed as a general proposition in any way.
Although the attorneys for tho defense
sought to justify tho action of the Home
stead strikors on the 6th of July, they did
not rely upon tho sentiment of the Jury in
this regard to acquit Critehlow. Tbey
proved to tho satlslaotion of the Jury that
the prisoner was not on the scene of the
riot at the time tho fatal shots were fired,
nnd that, therefore, he could not have
killed Connors. That was nil. On that be
lief the jury acquitted him, without refer
ence to whether he would have been Justi
fied in shooting ut the men nn the barge',
had ho beon there. It Is to be hoped
that counsel will be able to make as good n
defense for the other Homestead men as it
has in this first indictment against Criteh
low, for if the defendants depond upon sen
timent alone, they will find that they are
trusting to a very frail support.
The Alibi the Slain Feature.
Philadelphia Led Jrer.
The trial of Critehlow, ono of tho Homo
stead strikers indicted for murder, was in
geniously nTanaced by his counsel so as to
give the public tho impression that his
acquittal, which was inevitable, wns due to
the opinion of the Jury that tho rioters were
Justified in shooting down tho Pinkerton de
tectives. The main feature of the testi
mony for the defense wns nn nllbi, which, if
proved, was sure to obtain an acquittal; but
the speeches or. counsel wero mainly di
rected ngainst the Pinkertons nnd to a de
fense or the rights of labor. The District
Attorney pointed out that the alibi was on
all-sufficient defense if proved, and argued
that the introduction of other matter was a
confession of weakness. But tho fact is th it
the general de'onso wns entered into for the
sake of its effect on the public mind. The
nllbi seemed Critchlow's ncqulttal.bnt nlong
with acquittal goes tho speech or counsel in
defense of the rioters. On account of tho
alibi the oie furnishes no precedent for any
defendant proved to be present.
Pennsylvania Judges Are Non-Partlsan.
Minneapolis Tribune. 1
A Pennsylvania Jnda-e has instructed a
grand jury to investigate election betting
nnd indict nil who indulged in that form or
gambling. That Judge roust havo been dis
pleas'cd with tho general result.
Tho Deed Is Done.
Chicago News Record.
It Is painful to observo that many poli
ticians are still worrying ovor the "what-done-itV
puzzle. Why not bo content with
the bare, obvious fact that it "was did!"
It Costs Money to Talk.
Detroit Free Press.l i
It was conceded through centuries that
talk Is cheap, but that was before wo had
the long distance telephone. Now conversa
tion comes very high.
SONGS OF THE BLIND
Sung With Plaintive Effect at the Corner
Stone Laylng'or the New Pennsylvania
Institute The Marriage Season at Its
Height Gossip of Society.
Yesterday afternoon, -Nthe corner stone.
oi tnenow Duuaing or tno western jremi
sylvanla Institution for the Blind was laid,
with appropriate ceremonies. Tho edlfloe
will bo at the corner or Bellefleid and Baysrd
avenues, overlooking the Belleflold PresDy
terian Church. It will cost between412-0W
and $150,000. The materials will be brick
and stone, and the architecture will be of a
composite order, the general effect being
noble and picturesque. It is to accommo
date ISO pupils, so that, with the Philadel
phia institution, the State of Pennsylvania
will bo able to take care of 350 blind chil
dren. Tho building committee or the Pitts
burg institution have raised about $103,000
for the new bnllding, and it is eipectsd
that the rest of tho sum required will bo in
band beforo It is finished. The piece of
ground upon which the building will stand
wa's tho gift of Mrs. Schenley. It isexpectod
that the school will be ready lor use by the
1st orDecembor, 1891.
In consequence or the severity of the
weather, the exercises in connection with
the corner stone laying yesterday after
noon wero carried on in tho Bellefleid Pres
byterian Church. Seventeen of the pupils
of the school were present In charge of
Superintendent Jacobs and Mrs. Jacobs, and
wero an Interesting, if sad, spectacle to the
friends of the institution. The pupils, who
were nearlv all approaching mnnnood and
womanhood, opened the service with a
sacred chorus that, in its plaintive tones
and rendered as it wns by the sightless
singers, was very affecting. Kev. Henry T.
McClelland offered a prayer, nnd then the
pupils ane "Hear Oar Prayer." Mr. A. M.
Marshall, President of the Board of Man
agers, delivered nn address thnt was a
rather exhaustive re vlow or the good work
done by the institution. Mr. Marshall was
followed by Itev. E. P. Cowan in an inter
esting talk', during which Colonel J. M.
Schoontuaker, with a number ot other
gentlemen, left the church to lay
the stsiio. In the hollow of
the stone was deposited a box of coppor,
in which wero placed records of tho insti
tution, copies of the Pittsburg paoers, a
copy of the deed to thu hind given by Mrs.
Schenley, a portrait of that indv, a number
or coins of tho dato of 1892, a list of the
Board of Managers nnd officers or the insti
tution, etc During the laying of tho stone
several brief addresses were mado by Kev.
McClelland. Kev. Applcgnrth, Dr. Brown,
Mr. Percy F. Smith nnd others. Miss Jean
Cowan sang "MyAin Countree" with a great
deal of expression, her accompanist being
Miss Grace Marker, who is a sympathetic
musician. Tho exercises were brought to a
close with the Bonediction.
The effect of the presence of the blind
pupils upon tho assemblage was very
marked. Although so sorely afflicted, it
was noticed that they seemed to be re
signed in all cases, and downright happy in
some. More than ono of the ladies in tho
church wns so affected by tho sight or the
little group or blind ones on tho platform
that they sobbed aloud.
The marriage is announced of Miss Lolia
Ada Boardman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
James L. Boardman, of Kidge avenue, Alle
gheny, to Mr. William B. Sawyer, of New
York, to take place Wednesday evening, De
cember It. in the First Presbyterian Chnrch,
Arch street, Allegheny. This will be the
first wedding In the handsome new edifice.
Aftorthe ceremony there will be a recep
tion to a Hmiton number or the friends of
the bride's family, after which the couple
will denart for their wedding trip, which
will end nt their future home, Brooklyn, N.
Y. Mr. Sawyer is in business in New fork
City, but lesldes in Brooklyn.
TnE second entertainment of the T. M.
C. A. course took place In Old City Hall last
evening.
A bazaar for the benefit of the Fourth
Avenue Baptist Church was held at the
residence of Mr. and Mrs. Milton King, Mt,
Washington, ye3terday.
Miss Irene Shard, of New Castle, and
Mr. Daniel S. Berry, ot Mt. Washington, were
to be married last evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Emil- G. Stuckev, nee
Pauline C. Lemmer, will be at home to their
friends Thursdays in December, Meadow
street. East Unci. Their marriage took place
one day this week, and was a general sur
prise, no one knowing anything about it
until the "at home" cards were received.
This evening the fair in the old post
office, nnder the auspices of the ladies of the
Sandusky Street Baptist Church, will bo
brought to a close. It has been a flattering
success. Tho ladles wish to thank all who
have been ot scrVlce in connection with tho
entertainment.
To-morrow evening the Central Y. W.
C. A., on Pcnn avonue, will celebrate Its first
anniversary. Invitations have been sent
out to ail its friends to moet at the Fourth
Avenue Baptist Church at -3). Reports will
be read upon the work done in the past
year, ana addresses by several ministers
nnd by Mrs. L. M. Gates, a member of the
State Committee of the Y. W. C. A. The
aisocintion has grown very rapidly dnring
the year, nnd has now reached a pleasing
condition of prosperity.
One of the pleasing social events of
Thanksgiving was the wedding of B. Koss
low and Miss Katie Warde, daughter of the
late Captain Warde. Tho ceremony was
performed at St. .Bridget's Church with
high massatS a.m. Aftertho ceremony break
fast was served at tho bride's home on Web
ster nvenuo. The couple are now traveling
in tho East. They will make their homo on
Mahon avonue.
EIIiYER MEN IX SESSION.
Astute financiers predict that; It will re
sult in nn unqualified failure to bring about
substantial relief. Grand Jlapidt Herald.
No one has yet ventured to reduce to defi
nite form any plan that is supposed to bo
oven possible for the conference to adopt,
Sew York Times.
The International Monetary Conference
would possoss more interest was there a
reasonable hope that anything of practical
value will be accomplished. Baltimore
American.
There is a chance or the meeting being the
first of a series of conferences between na
tions for the closer knitting together of tho
business interests of tho wholo world. CTii
cago Inter Ocean.
TnE conference was tho only move that
could have been made to And an outlet for
American silver and to protect the Interests
of the producers of that metal in this coun
try. Cleveland Leader.
Evebtbodt will hope that substantial
gAlns may result from the conference, even
if it be "too much to suppose that it will
utter tho final word on tho muoh-mootod
si Ivor question. Uotton Qlobe.
The public should not expect too much
from this conference, and It should bo con
stantly borne in mind that the only object
in view is not to accomplish anything in
particular but merely to talk matters over.
Philadelphia Teletrruph,
If the conferonco should arrange for the
prompt publication of an intelligent epi
tome of what is said it would accomplish
nlore good than by tho Kte publication of a
verbatim and voluminous report or Its pro
ceedings. Philadephia Ledger.
Bimetallists as woll as monometallism
here at home may restin the assurance that
their respective sides of the great question
will beablvand lully presentod by tnegrnat
men who will represent both those schools
of finance Richmond Dispatch.
We don't want a sectional controversy
over free sliver if wo can help it, and the
submission or the whole subject of silver
colnngoand circulation ton board of inter
national experts is the best way of helping
it. That was the President's Idea, and the
chancos are that It will prove to be a correct
one. Brooklyn Eagle.
Whitney's Washington Dinners Coming.
Philadelphia Record.
Tho price of diamond-back terrapin has
gone up since the Democracy becamo
synonymous with tho fat or the land.
Both Lost In Endless Space.
New York Kecorder.l
The comot and tho coming policy of the
Democratic party are tw o of n kind. Nobody
can toll anything about either.
Too Many Cooks Spoil tho Soup.
New Orleans Picayune.
The greatest misfortune in having a cold
is the fact that everybody wants to doctor
yon.
CUBIOCONDENSATIONS.
College footbaK. jg o years old.
The Emperor of Ciina orders 200 pairs
of boots at a time. '
Gastavus Adolphus abnEQe a ji armor
but a light cuirass.
'The golden bell flower camv,fron, jjjt
Madeira Islands In 1777- i
Some ol the cranes now used in wn.
Iery work will hoist 150 tons. "
The flesh of young asses, yonnghavk
and vultures was a Roman dainty.
Cotton is indigenous to the tropical re
gions of India, Africa and America.
The cholera germ propagates so rapidly
that in 48 hours one will produce 230,000,000.
In the reign of Louis XVL the hats of
the ladies were two feet high and four feet
wide.
Leading bicyclists propose to build an
asphalt road CO or 33 feet wldo from Chicago
to New York.
In the Greek phalanx the soldiers stood
as close as possible to each other, their
snieias overlapping.
Brillat-Savarin, a French glutton, used
to eat from three to 13 dozen oysters before
dinner as an appetizer.
In 1889-00 it is estimated that 12,686,973
pupils wero enrolled in tho elementary and
secondary public schools of the nation.
A Paris laundryman uses plenty oft
water and boiled potatoes instead of soaps,
sodas and boiling powders in cleaning
clothes.
The Indians in Eastern Washington
have themselves taken steps to prevent the
sale of liquor by unprincipled white men on
their reservation.
Among the Saxons, when drinkinsr
healths, as many enps wore drunk as there
were letters in the name of the person com
plimented. Teak titnbar is now being used so ex
tensively that in less than ten years the
forests of Burmah and Slam will be practi
cally exhausted.
The chorns leader, the police, the
prompter and the Ante players occupied In
a Greek theater the place now devoted to
the orchestra.
A carefully tanned deer hide, in a fair
state or preservation, was found in the cen
ter of an old oak tree, which was lately
felled at Pulaski, Ind. -
During last year the number of electr io
railways increased from 335 to 459, the capi
tal stock from $155,087,973 to $205,870,000, and
the mileage from 3.91G to 5.M6 miles.
Champagne owes its quality to the soil,
a mixture of chalk, silica, light clay and
oxide of iron, and to the great care and
delicate manipulation in manufacture.
There are several instances on record
or the fall of live insects, serpents and
anima Is from the clouds In short, instances
when it has literally -rained" such creatures.
The new iron monuments being placed
on the boundary line between Arizona nnd
New srexico are 7 feet in height and weigh
abont 800 pounds. They are laid five miIo3
apart,
An old English "Manners book" says:
"A laay should dip only tho tips of iier
fingers in the sauco bowl, and should not let
food fall out of her month on the table
cloth." The Victoria Bailroad bridge over the
St. Lawrence river at Montreal is two miles
In length. It cost about $j.oroCOT. and con
tains 10,500 tons of iron and 3,000,000 cuic feet
of masoury.
Ocnli3ts profess to have discovered a
connection between wood pavements and
opthalmia. It Is said that the gaseous
emanations from the pavement are injurious
to the organs of vision.
The United States now holds 21 law
flrirs made np of husband and wife. In
addition to these there aro at least 103 Amer
ican women who practice law in the courts
or publish legal documents.
Daring the month of October the rain
fall in Paris was three times as great as the
avorage, and heavier than in any year since
1769. Tho mean tempera turo was 1 degrees
centlgrado below the average.
Colonel D. H. Elliott, of Sanford, Fla.,
has a flag that he prizes very highly, ns ho
claims that It was the only fornign flag over
permitted to fly from tho top or the Bllfel
Tower dnring the ParlsiExposltion. -s
Five Presidents of the TJmte'd States
were elected without the assistance of New
York. Theso were George Washington (flrst
time), in 1780; James Madison, in 1816: James
Buclinnan.in 1856; U. S. Grant, in 1S6S; K. B.
Hays, in 1876.
The compass plant of the Tartars is not
what wonld be called a plant in the strict
sense of tho word, being a low, creeping
grass of no valne whatever as a feed for
horses and only made nse of by shepherds
with large herds of sheep and goats.
Midgets have excellent appetites, as a
rule. Tom Thumb ate moro than Chang,
the Chinese giant. Any of the little folk
will eat as much dinner as a man 6 fees
high. Giants, as a rule, have small appe
tites. Brazil nnts are the seeds that lie in
large spherical pods, each of which con
tains from IS to 21 nuts. Once thoy have
been taken out of the pod it is an utter im
possibility to fit them in again, nature has
packed them so tightly.
Among carious facts relating to lisrht
vessels is their mode of being moored. Ex
cept on stony ground they do not ride to
anchors, hut to "mushrooms," weighing
about two tons, which bnry themselves la
the mud or sand and form an absolutely so
enre mooring.
Without opening a single additional
seam, there is probably enough coal in view
in Now South Wales to enable 10,000,000 tons
to be put out annually for some years to
come. This amount Is more than douDle the
present production.
MISCELLANEOUS MERRIMENT.
"This tnrkey reminds me of the kind I
nscd to get at home when I was a boy, " said Bill
ings. "Does It. indeed?" twittered Mn. Ha3bcroft.
"Yes. I shouldn't wonder if it is from the
Identical flock tbat was there when I left, ten years
aKoS'Indlajvipilfs Journal.
Cashier (in restaurant in 1893) But, sir,
your check Is ft 33, and you only give me a half
dollar In payment.
Customer That's a World's Fair souvenir half
dollar. Cashier (hnmbly) I beg your pardon.
Hands customer 1S 68 in change. Zalo Es
press. We hear one universal cry
Throughout the mighty state:
"Pile up our clothing bills sky-high,
Bnt crease those trousers straight."
The Clothier and Furnisher.
DeLamb Hello! Wolf. Still in the cloth
ing business?
Wolf-Yes, I'm at the old stand, keeping fit
parlors.
DeLamb Keeping what parlors?
Wolf Fit parlors. I go to the fashionable tailors
and bay at half price tne suits made for dudes and
refused because they tt.-imith. Gray 4 Co.'t
Monthly.
AS HE DISCOVERED AVTZBWAHD.
On his prond face there played a smile,
As np the stret be marched In style.
With pompousness and arrogance
He noted many a passer's glance.
And still his lips grew sharper curled
He rc't his value to the world.
But what made him seem a man of nots
Was that his necktie cdmSed his throat.
Chicago Sews Reccrt.
Fledgling We'd better take onr money
and buy a diamond to cut the glass.
Jail BIrd-What's dcr matter wld a brlck'-Jeio.
tiers'1 Weekly.
In a dainty book she keeps "tccounts,"
With pencils small ber orders sends;
Bnt It takes a goodly batk account
To stand the money that she spendsl
Xcid Tort BrruJdy
Editor (anxiously) Well, doctor, what
is the matter with me? Nothing serious I hope.
Doctor H'm I welL. yon are In a bad way. Yoa
circulation Is yery low.
Editor (excltedly)-What? Why, sir. I have a
least two hundred thousand a day. You hare been
reading a rival sheet. slr.-ra Sitings.
Fannie Willie Winkin, the funny man
of the Bugle, proposed to me last ulgat.
Hattle Why, he Isn't old enough to have whisk
ers. Fannie ivihiv not. bnthls lokcs in. Detroit
Pre Prut;
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