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PITTSBURG. FRIDAY. DECS. 1832.
TWELVE PAGES
THAT EXTRA SESSION.
The latest excuse for an argument on
behalf of an extra session of the Fifty
third Congress, while brought out with a
flourish as clinching the whole matter, is
the feeblest yet produced. It is urged
that since the Democratic party is in
danger of jut lacking a control of the
Senate, Mr. Cleveland cannot but see the
necessity for an extra session to make
sure of a Democratic majority by granting
rights of Statehood to Arizona and New
Mexico in order to secure their four Sen
ators. In the first place, if the People's party
arc to have a balance in the Senate as
things stand, it is a little obscure how
their Senators will bo prsuaded to vote
for a confessedly partisan measure de
signed to lessen their power. In the next
place it is extremely improbable that any
such reasoning as this would incline Mr.
Cleveland to call an extra session. He
might be persuaded to do so on the ground
that the landslide demonstrated a wish on
the part of tiie people for summary tariff
changes. He might deem such action
necessary should certain conditions of
emptiness be found in the National Treas
ury. But in his second administration,
where he has everything to gain by con
servative unpartisan action and all to lose
by the reverse, the failure of such reason
ing to move him would certainly not give
place to the success of this latest plea.
It is early yet to outline the policy of
the Democratic party or Mr. Cleveland,
but it is safe at least to assume that the
President-elect sees the opportunities for
establishing a reputation for square deal
ing and unwavering action on principle,
and that he will make use of them. And
that being so, an extra session is not tb be
expected unless it should appear an ab
solute necessity, and certainly not for any
merely partisan reasons.
THE BRUSSELS CONFERENCE.
The latest news from the monetary con
ference at Brussels, as published else
where, indicates that the American dele
pates have about reached the conclusion
that the proposal made by Rothschild is
the ultimatum of England. That sugges
tion was practically nothing more than
tbe announcement that the Rothschilds
wish things to remain as they are. For
the amount of concession was so ridicu
lously small as to be virtually inappreci
able. But, even if the conference should re
sult in no more rational offer from the
English representatives, its session will
not have been time wasted. It will have
indicated the stand taken by the various
nations interested in the currency ques
tion. If it be demonstrated that Eng
land's attitude is inimical to any practical
extension of the use of silver, America
must find a means of showing England
that it is not financially omnipotent A
conference with the Continental powers,
if obtainable, would in all probability re
sult in concerted action that would force
England m self-defense to recognize the
necessity for action toward bi-metallism.
A quicker, but less permanently satisfac
tory method of obtaining recognition for
the claims of silver would be the cessation
of the purchase and storing policy of
America, and an inundation of the
market by the hoards of silver now stored.
The Soetbeer proposition, however, btill
has to be discussed. And it is a little early
to give up all hopes of finding some reas
onable compromise among tbe delegates.
In any case the conference will have ac
complished something as a preliminary
feeler for America and as a medium for
tbe exchange pf opinions. The status of
the nations will have been more clearly
defined than heretofore, and the way will
have been prepared for future action.
MORE WORDS THAN TROTTING,
Two gentlemen of prominence in the
trotting world are at present considerably
in evidence. They are Mr. Robert Bon
ner, who still exhibits considerable jeal
ousy as to encroachments upon his old
position as the owner of tbe fastest and
most costly trotting horses for his private
driving, and Mr. Budd Dobie, whose driv
ing recently gave Nancy Hanks her
claim to have deposed Mr. Bonner's Maud
S.
The antagonism is perhaps accounted
by the claim of Mr. Doble that Mr. Bonner
owes him 53,000 under the offer to give
that sum for driving the mile in 2.-05.
But aside from tHe personal dispute there
is a positive and radical issue between'
them. Mr. Bonner does not think that
the two minute mile is a possibility and
declines to admit that Nancy Hanks has
fairly demonstrated her superiority to
Maud S. Mr. Doble guardedly but clear
ly expresses his opinion that Nancy
Hanks' reduction of time this season has
wiped up the whole track, kite-shaped or
oval, with Maud S., and declines to admit
the impossibility of eventually getting to
the wire in two minutes.
This is another case in which expert
testimony exhibits such an irreconcilable
difference as to rob it of conclusiveness.
While Mr. Bonner's and Mr. Doble's views
are equally interesting, their principal
value is that they permit the public to
take tho choice either with or without
paying its money into the pools. On these
circumstances it is satisfactory to note
that Mr. Bonner is taking the course here
tofore pointed out by The Dispatch as
tbe proper method for demonstrating that
Maud S. is still the queen of the turf, by
putting her In training for a trial at the
record next season with all tbe advantages
ofJclte-shaped tracks and pneumatic tires.
The public will be ready to devote a large
amount of attention and enthusiasm to a
competitive examination between these
speedy mares for the position of queen of
the American turf.
Tending the results of such trials it
seems proper to suggest to these gentle
men that in th eir utterances they are in
danger of copying a fault that has been
notorious in another department of the
sporting world. The gentlemen of the
pugilistic profession Have at various times
tried to win the championship' with their
mouths; but the results have never been
satisfactory. The two horsemen should
be warned that the attempt to settle tbo
trotting championship by oratory is, not
likely to be any more successful.
THE NICARAGUA CONFERENCE.
The Nicaragua Canal Conference at
New Orleans yesterday devoted itself
mainly to hearing a speech from Senator
Morgan. The Senator's composition was
an oratorical appeal for national recogni
tion about as 'devoid of logic as it was rich
in enthusiasm. His main argument was
that, if the United States failed to obtain a
national control of the work, England
would not hesitate to do so sooner or later.
When that sooner or later arrives assum
ing the canal to have been built by Amer
ican capital this country will be as able
and willing to curb any aggressive action
on the part of England as it would be by
guaranteeing interest on $100,000,000 of
bonds for a private undertaking estimated
to cost only 565,000,000.
Nicaragua is too faraway for this coun
try or any other to expend millions in pre
liminary fortifications. Should anyone
else seek to control the canal the remedy
would be no more difficult than if we de
clared our intention of making its con
struction a national undertaking. Amer
ican capitalists must discuss as individuals
the merits of the proposals and invest
their money therein or not, according to
the result of their cogitations. If they be
lieve the canal can be made a practical
pecuniary success, by all means let them
hasten to subscrioe to its stock. If not,
the attempt to.bolster up an unsound en
terprise by national credit can only result
in loss to that nation's credit. Either the
canal will p3.v or it will not If it will, it
needs no national guaranty, and whether
it need it or not it ought not to get it
While the construction of internal
waterways about the benefit of which
there is no doubt from every point of
view is utterly neglected or only stint
ingly recognized by Congress, it is utter
folly to talk of giving national backing to
so distant and external a job as the
Nicaragua CanaL The means for enlarg
ing our commerce by the building of such
a waterway as the Ohio River and Like
Erie Canal should be forthcoming before
the Nicaragua Canal is ever thought of.
Congress has abundant opportunity for
extending the home market and providing
better internal methods of transportation
without wasting time over the discussion
of projects with which as a nation this
country has no lawful concern.
AMENDMENT THE WRONG. WAT.
The last defeat of the attempt to prove
in the courts the granting of rebates and
special rates, by the refusal of witnesses
t o testify on the plea of self-crimmation,
is bitterly commented on by the New
York Timet as a case in which offenders
are "ireed by the admission of guilt"
The Times correctly estimates the result
of these cases as reducing the law to a
dead letter, and calls for its amendment so
"that it can be enforced in cases where
guilt is admitted by the parties to the un
lawful contract or can be proved by the
official records of a common carrier doing
business by means of a charter granted by
the people for the good of the public."
The desire is to be commended; but the
probability of so amending the law is
made exceedingly doubtful by the fact
that the law itself makes such a provision.
That provision has, however, been reduced
to a nullity by the decision of the courts
in tbe Counselman case, aided by the
very clever way in which Congress, the
Commission and the public generally were
hoodwinked by the railway interest in the
amendment secured about a year after the
passage of the act That was the amend
ment subjecting shippers who received
illegal rates to the same penalties as the
railways which granted them.
It did not require very much foresight
to estimate the probability that the courts
would not compel railway officials who
had violated the law to criminate them
selves. Tbat is too old a superstition of
English law to be disregarded against the
interest of the great corporations. Under
the law as first passed, private persons
who received these illegal favors could be
compelled to testify, for they did not ema
nate themselves. The railways went to
Congress with the plea of the injustice of
leaving the shippers who shared in the
wrong unpunished. The plea was suc
cessful Congress and the public did not
take into consideration the fact that pri
vate persons who take the best rates they
can get exert no power in the matter and
are not violating a public trust And no
one suspected that m this amendment the
railways secured the shutting off of the
loophole by which evidence of violators of
tbe law could be obtained.
It might be well enough to restore the
law to its original form; but the law has
been so nearly reduced to a dead letter
that people who are In earnest about re
forming the abuses will look to methods
entirely outside of the plan of statutory
restriction which has in this case registered
its failure.
CHANGE IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
There is novelty in the news from South
Carolina that the Board of State Canvass
ers should award a Congressional seat to
a colored Republican, who, by the most
favorable count, had only 40 majority over
the Democratic candidate. Even to' at
tain that result, according to the report
the board had to count about" two thou
sand ballots which were shorter than the
legal size but this was done, according to
the report, on the ground tint the tickets
had been cut down by the Democrats for
tee purpose of making them illegal.
Such liberality on tho -part1 of a South
Carolina returning board toward the Re
publicans and negroes seems to require a
reconstruction of our revered ideas about
the political methods of South Carolina.
It certainly was not always that way.
South Carolina has been a leader in the
methods of asserting the superiority of
the white race, which made nothing of
wiping out a Republican majority of thou
sands. It was the old-time style 'to carry
out the plan of the Democrats who are
alleged to have tampered with. Republi
can methods; and the.action of the can
vassers in defeating that scheme indicates
that a decidedly new spirit is working in
tne state wnich led the way Into secession.
J t would be interesting for the student
of political influences to learn more of
the causes which produced the change.
It requires rather too much optimism to
believe that the South Carolinians have
spontaneously perceived tbe error of their
ways and resolved to reform the old habit
of suppressing the colored and-Repub-
licarf vote. It is even a large draft to
conclude that the act was simply due to
liberality prompted by the fact that the
Democratic majority in the House is so
large that it was not worth while to get
an additional seat by counting it in. It is
possible that South Carolina politicians
are beginning to foresee that they may
want the negro vote, and that it is worth
conciliating. It would be even pertinent
to inquire whether the defeated Demo
crat In this contest did not belong to the
faction of the South "Carolina Democracy
that does not control the Board of State
Canvassers.
At all events thefact that the South
Carolina canvassers 'have done an act of
conspicuous fairness toward i the long
despised minority is creditable and sig
nificant It shows that wtien the right of
suffrage is held by sny clas3 the exercise
of it cannot be permanently denied them.
The time will come sooner or later when
the politicians will want their votes.
In ordinary cases Congress is not gener
ally considered a subject for the pity of the
American nation. Bat when it is proposed
to inflict upon that devoted, self-sacrificing
body a Presidents! message of 15,000 words
the commiseration of the country should be
stirred up to ask tbat it be administered In
graduated doses instead ot in tbe lump.
The message would be quite as effective,
less tiresome ana really attractive of more
attention if it were published in serial form.
Too much of a good thing is apt to result in
indigestion, and a Congressional attack of
dyspepsia would certainly not be the best
preparation for a session of business-like
efficiency.
In saving up for Christmas presents the
bills must be remembcrod as among the
complements of tbo season. Thero is no
rose without a thorn, no pleasure without
pain, and the accompaniments or the festive
season bring; the fact home to many a needy
householder.
Indiana teachers have been duped by a
man who Bold them alleged copies of the
questions they would have to answer in
their examinations. The copies were a
product of the seller's Imagination, and the
dupes are attempting to recover the amount
spent. "Cribbing" is bad among pupils, but
worse among those who have the said pupils
in charge. By this time the teachers should
be convinced beyond a doubt that tne copy
books are right In asserting that honesty is
the best policy.
The Panama Canal swindles involved
the loss of the savings of thousands of poo
pie who could ill support lc. And those
Paris newspapers which shared trie plunder
by supporting the promoters for corrupt
reasons should be made to suffer.
The decision of the grand jury in the
Borden murder case should not be unneces
sarily delayed. Innocent or guilty, sane or
insane, Justice to Bay nothing of humanity
demands that the preliminary suspense of
the suspect be ended at the earliest possible
moment. There is a limit beyond which
postpon ements for the purpose of securing
or looking lorevldenoe becomes unjust, and
that limit has been nearly reached, if not
surpassed.
SUPEEINTENDENT BAKER, of the
Health Bureau, should have every suppott
for hospitals to receive and treat diphtheria,
scarlet fever.or erysipelas patients. The city
needs them and the city need waste no
time in getting them.
There is no longer room for doubt that
there is suffering at Homestead which
makes an urgent appeal to the charitably
disposed. This state of affairs is one more
evidence of the immense losses and waste
fulness Involved in attempts to settle labor
disputes by a process of competitive endur
uoa. But the leading feature of tbe situa
tion now is that there is more than room for
generosity for the relief of actual distress.
Even the surprises of the Presidents!
election were not enough to suppress the
political guesser entirely. He is still to the
fore with some conspiouousness in deline
ating tbe makeup of a less than embryotio
Cabinet.
A little less of Hie petty pride and
mistaken sense of hono- characteristic or
Fren cu politicians would result in an in
crease of the longevity of cabinets over
there. The constant turmoil in tbe Cham
ber of Deputies is due as largely to the
French fligbtiness politely called volatility
as to anything else. A greater neglect of
the code of honor wonld leave more time for
devotion to the laws of integrity.
-Toledo knows how to convict its."bood
ling" Counctlmen, but it does not inflict
enough of a penalty after conviction. A
Councllmanlc example of punishment
would be worth a good deal.
The announcement that the next naval
contracts will be competed for with more
than the eagerness hitherto manifested is
excellent news for the country. There is an
immense gain to tbe land in the growth of
its shipbuilding industry, and in the multi
plication ot shipyards there should, inci
dentally, be a saving in the cost of the new
navy.
The Pennsylvania Railroad is even re
moving its grade crossings In other cities.
And still Pittsburg, its best patron by a ton
nage computation, gets the go by in that as
other things.
The annual reports of the various postal
officials convey some idea of the rapid and
steady growth or the business of the post
office department. And it is highly satis
factory to note from the reports that the
Increase in business is accompanied by a
corresponding increase in the efficiency of
its execution.
PEOPLE OF PKOMINENCE.
Rosa Bonheur will receive 5C0.O0O for
her "Horse3 Thrashing Corn" from an AmcrJ
lean dealer.
It is thought in New York tbat Mrs.
Oscar Wilde will accompany ber husband on
his approaching visit to this country.
M. Pastedk is an unlicensed practitioner
and has to employ one of tbo regulars to per
form the slightest surgical operation needed
in bis business.
Me.. Edwaed O. Little, of Kansas,
who was recently appointed Consul General
of Egypt, has notified the Fiesldentof his
acceptance of the office.
A. J. PattebsoiTj of Jonesboro, Tenn.,
tho sole male survivor of the family of the
late President Andrew Johnson, is a candi
date for Pension Agent for his district.
The late Bishop of Hampden, who died
2 years ago, was not very famous as n
church dignitary, but he bad exquisite taste
in wines, and his oellars are now to be
emptied at auction.
So exacting does Prof. Bryce, of England,
find his new Cabinet dntles that be has been
obliged to appoint a deputy to deliver some
of his lectures at Oxford. He has no notion
of resigning bis chair there, however.
There was a bill introdnced in the Ala
bama Legislature yesterday providing for
an annuity or $500 a year for Mrs. Davis,
widow of Jefferson Davis, dnring her life.
The bill met with much favor. It will un
doubtedly be passed.
Foxhall Keene announced yesterday
in New York to a favored few the fact of his
engagement to Mrs. Frank Worth White.
He also said that he would be married on
the 14th of December and sail tbe same day
for England, where he has taken a house at
Melton for the winter.
THE health of Mr. .Tnitin McCarthy, the
leader of the McGarthyite section of the
Irish1 Parliamentary party, has so Improved
that he has abandoned bis Intention of go
ing to the South of franco. He will retain
tbe chairmanship of the HoCarthylte sec
tion of the Irish Nationalists. .,.-
A LOOK AROUND.
In the year of grace 1881 there were
four or five very active young .men, who
were known as'CIty Hall reporters" for the
various papers then published in the city of
Pittsburg. There' Kadbeeu much discussion
about the retirement from tbe office of City
Controller William C. McCarthy, who had
won the title of "watchdog oltbe treas
ury," and there was an equal amount or dis
cussion as to who would succeed him. At
that time there "was a certain city clerk, one
Eustace 8. Morrow by name, who was tbe
pink of official courtesy. Many a tired
newspaperman had hint to tr-ank'for favors
done, for n6 man was ever more thoughtful
of their needs or more fully alive to a good
itm of nowa than the 'Squire. He was an
encyclopedia of information concerning or
dinances, contracts and all manner of af
fairs concerning tbe city nnd the doings of
her officials. One night four young chiofs
of 'the .city . departments of tbe room
ing papers sat in tbe Mayor's outer
office and discussed city politics. Many
names were talked over in connection
with tbo Controllershlp", but none-seemed to
please all the quartet. Finally one bright,
kindly, impetuous worker exclaimed:
"Hoys. I've got an idea; let's unite in sup
port of Morrow for Controller and insist on
his nomination." There was an exclama
tion of delight from each man, a hurried
discussion or plans, later on a consultation
with the higher powers in the various
offices, ana the next day saw the birth of
the Morrow boom. Tbe morning paper
junta ptomptly Interested the evening
paper men in the movement, and from that
time on for days there was such a concerted
support of Morrow, and the public were so
pleased with the suggestion, that it soon be
came appaient it was a go. Influential pol
iticians at first were-not pleased at the turn
things had taken, but it mattered little
what they said. anJ soon they, too, took up
the cry, and Morrow was tbe hearty and
unanimous nominee of tne Republican con
vention, and from that day on he lias signed
himself at the end ot the city's warrants.
One of the finest trees in England's great
collection at Kew Gardens where they
boast theie isat least one specimen of every
tree in the known woila tbat can be acclim
ated one of tho handsomest trees, as I say,
Is the "Maiden Hair Tree," from Japan.
This tree is simply a maiden hair fern on a
larger and coarser scale. In form of leaf It
follows so closely after the fern that it is
readily recognizable by a casual observer
like myself. I brought home some cuttings
from a Eow tree and took them to a gardener
to be looted. Ue says the tree does very
well in this climate and called my attention
to one which grows at the entrance gate of
the residence of William B. Negley, Esq., on
Fifth avenue. It isa fine healthy tree whioh
is profuse in foliage and after the first frost
the leaves turn a beautiful deep gold oolor.
Handsome lawn shade trees are more or less
limited in variety and as this Maiden Hair
is a rapid grower it is worth attention from
Pittsburg home owners.
"I don't agree with your quotation from
some iron manufacturers," said a leading
Iron broker yesterday. On Sunday you
quoted one to the effect that business is
dull. I don't find it so. Prices for billets
and pig iron are low to be sure, but tbe
volume of Made is very large. I have done
more business within the past three months
than in auy three months for years. The
railroads aie making great preparations for
World's Fair trafflo and are using great
quantities of manufactured material. JVhen
there is a good demand from the railroads It
means that all branches of the trade are
more or less directly benefited. I may be
exceptionally lncky, but I do not think I
am, Judging from what I hear."
If Princeton wants to win at football let
the boys pay more attention to classical
studies their "Kickero" for example.
"Do you know I saw the most pathetic
thine this morning!" said a lady very earn
estly to me yesterday. "O r course, you don't
know but I did see It I had been out call
ing you -know "av woman, has to explain
everything before she .gets to'athe story
itself. Well, anyway, I had been calling,
and was walking home when I noticed a lit
tle Italian boy trudging along ahead of me
carrying a harp.. Presently he slackened
his pace and then stopped. I was near
enough to him by this time to see the ex
pression on his face. He was staring Into
tne window or a store, and as he looked his
hard little face relaxed, his lips curled In a
sunny smile, nnd his big, hungry eyes
gleamed with emotion. Then as if swayed
by a sudden Impulse he swung his harp off
his shoulder, adjusted it and began to play.
It was the prelude to. something I haw)
heard in some opera, but I can't
reu ember what it is. Then he
sang in a shrill voice but in good
time a songfebout love and beauty. I could
make that out and 1 stepped up behind him
to see what was up. Nobody was in sight
and I could not make it out. Then the song
came to an end and I said, 'Who are you
singing to, boyT' He Jumped, for he had not
seen me. He was as sheepish looking as If
he had been stealing something. I asked
blm again who be sang to, and with a shy
look at me I know be- saw! was interested
and folt kindly or be would not have an
sweredhe pointed to the picture of a lovely
girl In the window, some kind of liquor ad
vertisement. He started off again, and do
you know what I did well, I gave him a
dollar and a half all I had and wasn't it a
sweet thing for the poor boy to doT"
Walter,
HEW HIRES IN CAMBRIA.
Philado Iphla Capitol Proposes to Do a Big
Business at Sonman.
Johhstoww, Dec. 3 Special. Between
this time and January 1 the Cambria Mining
and Manusacturing Company, with head
quarters at l'blladelpnia, will award con
tracts for the sinking of two shafts at Son
man, Cambria county, tbe working of which
will, with the coke ovens in connection,
give employment to 800 men. The company
will .sink both shafts at Sonman and work
three veins of coal from this operation, hav
ing nn output of 1,000 tons a day.
All the modern improved nppliances for
handling the cars will be omployed. The
product of all thi ee veins will be hoisted in
one shaft. The Cambria Mining and Manu
facturing Company owns the large Sonman
tract, consisting of 5.000 acres of what Is
called the finest coal land in the region. Of
this the company will tap 600 acres from tho
shaft at bonman. In the lioller vein alone
experts say theie are 5,000 tons of coal to
tbe acre, witu the others averaging but little
less.
THE BIGGEST BOX ETEB MADE.
It Encases for the 'Winter French's Hugo
Statue for the World's Fair.
Chicago, Dec. 1. Frenoh's gigantic statue
of "Tbe Republic" for the ' World's Fair Is
finished and has been boxed up ror tbo win
ter. Never before was such a huge box con
structed. It measures 22K teet and stands
90 feet high.
Senator. Gibson May Recover.
. Hot Sprikos, Ark., Dec. L The attending
physicians report Senator Gibson's condi
tion slightly improved to-night. Ho has
rested well throughout the day, qnd unless
n change for the worse takes placo during
tbe nliht they think his chances for recov
ery are very good.
Take a Note oi This.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
There is a good gold balance in the United
States Treasury, A much bigger balance
than theie will be when tbe next United
States' Treasurer, four years from this,
makes bis report. Stick a pin there.
J
Florence Blythe Gets Her S5,000,000.
San Feakcisco, Dec! Tbo Supreme Court
of California to-day affirmed the decision of
Probate Judgo Coffey, finding that Florence
Blythe is heiress of $000,000 estate of
Thomas Blytho, deceased.
Do UkeAdlal.
Cleveland Leader.!
Jerry Simpson wants to smash the Cus
tom Houses. Better not try to kick them to
pleoes, Jerry, so long as you don't wear
socks, r set an ax.
WATEBIHG ITS STOCK.
A Washington Street Hallway Company De
cides on an Important Move.
WAsmiraTOif. Dec. L ISpeciall-Onn of the
most notable local occurrences with a na
tional importance for a long' time was that
to-day of the, Washington and Georgetown
Street Hallway Company, who, at a business
meeting, decided to issue $500,000 more in
bonds, or, in other words, to water tboir
stock to the extent of about $1,500,000. The
point in the resolutions which was objectod
to by many stockholders is that the board
refused to agree to a pro rata distribution of
the now issue among the stockholders.
Those who opposed the resolution of the
board assert tbat new issue of bonds will
never come into the hands of the stockhold
ers, but will be distributed among those who
will likely be of service to tho bondholders
in procuring the legislation which is needed
to make the bonds convertible Into stock.
Of course all this is denied by the repre
sentatives of tbe stockholders, and it is
claimed that there is no reason to believe
that a different course will be pursued in
placing this issue than was the case when
the other issues were placed.
The total issue of bonds to meet the ex
pense ot putting In the cable system is now
$3,000,000, and it is said tbat no restriction of
the character proposed was laid on the
directors, and yet the Interests of the stock
holders had not been neglected. The face
value of the bonds is $100, while the maricet
value is about $150. Tno market value of the
stocks is about $300, and it the bonds can be
made iutei changeable with the stock tbe
value or the $100 invested in the bonds
would be tripled. This company operates
the great line between Georgetown and tbe
navy yard, over four miles in length, and
from tho suburbs at Seventh and Boundary
streets to the Arsenal grounds, about three
miles, over all of which rontes it has re
cently Instituted the cable system, by a
compulsory act oi Congiess and to the great
satiMuction of all citizens. The working of
the resolution adopted to-day, which, with
proper legislation, may put tens of thou
sands into the pockets of a few individuals
with the stroke of a pen, will be closely
watched.
A REAL WHITE DEEE SHOT,
The Trophy of a Hunter in the Woods of
Northern Pennsylvania.
Poet Jervis, N. Y., Dec. l-Special. S. A.
Myers, owner of a blue stone quarry near
Pond Eddy, on the Erie Railroad, 10 miles
west of tbls station, had the good luck this
week to kill a white deer, and in proof of his
achievement be brought the skin to this
villaze and kept it for two days on exhi
bition. Tbe skin was that of a 3-year-old buck,
weighing about 250 pounds, and in color a
pure white, except that the ears and neck
were tinged with a shade of light brown.
This is the fit st white deer killed In North
ern Pennsylvania since aboat the year 1865,
when one was shot by Jerry Green, the
famous Pike county hunter, in the woods
near Miliord.
TJHCLE TOM'S CABIN IN CHICAGO.
Removal of a Famous Hat for "World's
Fair Visitors to See.
New Orleahs, Dec L Special. A special
train on the Texas and Pacific Bailroad re
moved yesterday, from Chopin station to
Chicago, tbe residence of '-Uncle Tom," the
hero of the famous Harriett Beecher Scowe
novel, "Uncle Tom's Cabin," which log edi
fice bat been pointed at for years past as bis
domicile during bis stay'in this section.
Undo Tom's cabin will be on exhibition at
the exposition. There is a slight difference
of opinion among residents of Uapldes
Paush as to the exact residence of Mr.
Stowe's "hero," two cabins being assigned
him, but the one trnnsierred to Chicago has
the bulk of tradition in Us lavor.
FRANCb'rJ CABlNhT CRISIS.'
The storm was irresistible. Detroit iVVtrj.
A Cabinet crisis in Franco is of no great
consequence. Bochester Democrat.
The French Cabinet appears to have gone
up Salt river via the Panama CanaL Bos on
Herald.
The Panama Canal will break more than
one Cabinet before France hears the last of
It. Buffalo Express.
Fob refusing to hold an autopsy theLoubet
Ministry has become tbe subject fur one.
Philadelphia Press.
Xoubxt's fall will not, however, have Im
portant results. It affects a few politicians,
not the Republic. Baltimore Sun.
These crisis are liable to bappen any day
and upon very slight provocation, the
temper of tbe people requiring them. A'aiA
ville Americin.
A Fm.xcn Cabinet nowadays is about the
most uninteresting thing oat. It takes a
big war to make French politics interesting.
Blmira Advertiser.
The chances seem very much in favor of
the probability that tbe political situation
will grow worse in France before it very de
cidedly iumroves. Evening Wisconsin.
The real cause Is tbe canal scandal, and
tbe outcome will probably be the selection
of a Ministry which will make thorough
work of tbe proposed in vestigation. Chicago
Tribune.
The Panama scandal bas resulted in tbe
fall of tho Frenoh ministry. That is the
beginning. Where it will end is a question
many prominent people In France are nsk
ing themselves with deep anxiety. CXeve
land Plain Dealer.
Tne fact that changes of Ministry occur is
not menacing. It rather reaffirms the sta
bility of the present form of government.
For it is significant that, whoever may cry
"Down with the Ministryl" there is prac
tically none who cry "Down with the Be
publicl" Aeu York Tribune.
How They 1V1U Be Known.
Detroit Free Press. 1
"Senator Aase and husband" would be
the way they would register.
DEATHS HERE AND ELSEWHERE.
J. D. Bernd.
J. D. Bernd, the well-known milliner,
died on Wednesday afternoon at his residence. No.
340 Atwood street, after a brief Illness. Mr. Bernd
was In Chicago last week r.nd contracted a cold
but thought nothing of It, and attended to business
up until Tuesday. On Wednesday he was com
pelled to retire, and shortly alter 6 o'clock was
lound dead, presumably or heart failure. Mr.
Bernd was formerly a silk salesman and started
his present establishment on Market street In the
sixties, later moTlne Into the upper portion of the
liujrus & Hacke building. About nine years ago
lie moved into his store on Liberty street. Mr.
Bernd was one of the managers of the GnsLy
Home, ameinberof the Humane Society and ser
erat other organizations. He was 63 years of age
ana a Dacne or.
Damtu Lutz.
Damus Lutz, of D. Lutz & Son, the brew
ers of Allegheny City, died yesterday at his resi
dence on Spring Garden avenue after an Illness of
three weeks. Mr. Lutz was born In the southern
part of Prussia in 1st;, came lo this country In 1343
and shortly after sett'ed In Pittsburg. He was em
ployed In Smith's brewery and In 1853 was sen t to
heeling to take charge or a branch brewery
where he remained one year. He returned to
Pittsburg and started in the brewerr business vlth
Xavler V nlz. where the present brewery now
stands. In 1878 Mr. Lutz became sole proprietor.
He was a director In the German National Bank.
Mr. Lutz leaves a widow and one son, Authon ,
who was a partner with him in tue brewery busi
ness. Walter Scott, Dunkirk, N. Y.
Walter Scott, the boy who wrote a letter
to the London Times last March, denouncing the
utterances of the Duellsli papers rigardlng our
trouble with Chile, died lu Dunkirk, N. Y..
Wednesday,, aged IG. At the beginning of tho
misunderstanding with Chile he became Intensely
interested, and watched the progress of the diffi
culty with the closest attention. The comments of
the English pabers excited his patriotism, and he
determined to write m the limes, recntlne the
criticisms of the hnglish press. He wrote over the
slenatnreof I'aptaln Fnnk Scott, Eighty-eighth
l'ennsjlvamaKines." Ills letter was printed in
the Times and copied by the American papers.
George Xf. Moore, Journalist
George W. Moore, editor of the North
East Advert tser, Eric, Pa., died'suddenly Tuesday
night of apoplexy. He was Secretary of the
Pennsylvania Farmers Alliance. Mr. Moore
established tbe use of the Bell telephone in Brus
sels and in Milan. Italy. In Hie early eighties. He
was 55 years of age anu leaves a wile and child.
Ex-Collector Georgo IV. UenseL
GeobOe V. Hensel, Collector of Internal Rev
enue for the Ninth Pennsylvania district under
President Cleveland, and father or Attorney Gen
eral Uenscl. died yesterday mornlngat Qu.trrrvllle,
Pa. He was a trustee or the Reformed Theological
tteminary oi Lancaster. .
Obituary Notes.
Colonel HENitT E. Batxmax died at Fasten,
Md Wednesday, aged 83 years. Colonel Bateman
was long prominent alike In Dullness and politics
and beid many state and national offices.
. A WEEK OF WEDDINGS.
Society Kept Busy Attending Nuptial
Ceremonies Beaching the Heart at a
Man Many Church Bazaars In the Two
Cities Tho Gossip of Society.
A wedding that was as delicate in its
appointments as it could possibly be was
that of Miss Eliza Farrell, daughter of Mr.
Henry J. Bailey, and Mr. John W. Garland,
in St. Peter's Episcopal Church, last evening.
Tbe brldo is a beautiful eirl, and, attired in
a princess robe' of embroidered crepe,
trimmed wih duchess lace and pearls, she
was an ideal American maiden. In her
hand she carried a cluster or roses and lilies
or tho vallev. Miss Kate Bailey, a sister, was
maid of honor, nnd the flower girls were
little sisters, Misses Gertrude and Edith
Bailey, while a dainty tot of 3 years of
age, Alice Garland, danzhter of Mr. Robert
Garland, was also a flower girl. She was
one of the prettiest features of a very pretty
wedding. The ceremony was performed by
Rev. L. J. Garland, a brother of the groom,
who was himself a groom a few weeks ago.
Mr. Charles Garland was best man. Tbe
ushers were Messrs. Alfred Dickson. Joseph
Beatty, George Bailey and James McKelvy,
Bert Anderson and Harry Bailey. There
was a reception at the home of tbe bride's
parents on Cliff street after the church ccre
mony,.at which many friends of the young
couple tendered their congratulations.
A marriage ceremony in Allegheny
last evening united tho lives of Miss Har
riet Patterson, of Western avenue, and Mr.
Henry Frank Blackstone. It took place in
the North Presbyterian Church in the pres
ence or a very large number of friends.
Rev. John Fox, D. D., officiated. Tbe bride
wore a whito silk gown, trimmed with ele
gant and valuable Irish point lace that was
worn by her grandmother at her own wed
ding when she changed hor name from
Mfes Tassy to tbat of Mrs. Davis.
The maid of honor yesterday was
the bride's sister. Miss Rebecca Pat
terson, who was attired in n gown of yellow
and white, while the fonr bridemaids were
In yellow. They were Miss Jean Mat-shell,
Miss Minnie Becker. Miss Gilpin, of Phila
delphia, and Miss Wilkins, of Baltimore.
Tbo ushers weie Messrs. Walter Mitchell,
William McColcb, Beatty Orth and Charles
Wieland. The be3t man was Mr. Louis
Blackstone, the groom's brother. There
was a reception alter the servioe in church
at the residence of Mrs. Jane T. Patterson,
mother of the bride. Alter a wedding tour
the couple will live in their new homo in
Scwickley.
The wedding of Miss Jennie Clair Man
ning and Mr. William A. Kober was inter
esting enough to a large number of Pitts
burgers to crowd the Second M. P. Church
to the doors last evening. Rev. George
Schaffer performed the ceremony. The
bride looked charming in a white silk, and
ber bouquet was lilies-of-the-valley and
white roses. Alter a reception at the home
of the bride's mother, tho connlo left on a,
wedding trip. They will reside in Pittsburg
on their return.
Mrs. "William T. Wallace, of Center
avenue, received her friends yesterday
afternoon, from 2 to 1 and 1 to 6, the occasion
being in honor of her nieces. Miss Annie
Redman Jones and Miss Evelyn Glancy
Jones, of Philadelphia.
Although Pittsburg and Allegheny so
ciety people aiep'rctty well occupied with
weddings, they find time to give attention
to charitable affairs, as was shown yester
day bv the number of baznarw and fancy
fairs that were given in different parts of
the two cities. The old postofflce building,
that bas rattled to tho echo of knives', forks
and nlates for some weeks, is still musical
with tbe same pleasant sounds.
The annual dinner under the auspices of
the Women's Foreign Missionary Society of
the M. P. Church, commenced yesterday.
Dinner was served from 11:30 to 2 p. at There
is a bazaar In connection with the dinner.
In which there is a large assortment or
fancy and useful articles. The attendance
was very large yesterday, and the ladles are
much gratified over the success of their un
dertaking. The dinner and bazaar will be
continued to-day.
The elegant home of Mr. and Mrs. J. H.
Orr, at Edgewood, n as turned into a fancy
fair yesterday. It was an entertainment
given under the auspices of the ladies ot the
Ed?ewodd. Presbyterian Church, the pro
ceeds to be devoted to the new church edi
fice that is now in course of erection. There
-were a great many visitors from Pittsburg
nunnffino afternoon, r,ugewoou ueing onlv
25 minutes' ride from the Union depot, and
being thus convenient of access. Booths
and tables were arranged for the sale of
various wares, and dinner watt served in the
commodious dining room. The en
tertainment will Lo repeated to-day, and it
is thought that a good round sum will be
added to the church building fund.
Yesterday and to-day the Ladies' Aid
Society of tbe Westminster Piesbytenan
Church are holding their annual bazaar in
temple's nail, Federal street, Allegheny.
Luncheon was served from 11 to 2 yesterday
and dinner from 5 till 8 p. it. The same ar
rangements will prevail to-day. The affair
is a decided success.
It is declared by a woman who is in pos
session of the secret of making a man fall
in love witb his wife that the way it is done
is to cook beefsteak propeily. She says in
stead of broiling a steak over the fire the
proper thing is to pla ce the beefsteak under
tuenre. it may De necessary to have the
stoVe rigged up to suit this novel method,
but it can be done. When your apparatus is
ready you will find that the steak is drawn
up instead of down, as is the case when It is
cooked over the fire, and the meat Is juicy,
tender and altogether delightful. Girls who
are about to asdme the responsibilities of
housekeeping, with a husband attachment,
should study this beefsteak matter. It may
have more to do with their future bapplness
than any of tho pretty accomplishments
they possess already.
Social Chatter.
This evening, nt the Dnqnesne College,
tbe Greek tragedy "Medea" Is to be pre
sented, under the direction of Prof. Byron
W. King. The cast is to be: Creon, T. II.
Thompson: Orpheus. Tom Carnahan: Jason,
Will J.Irwin; Croat i, Margaret Wise; lanthe,
Alice Duvani Lyceum, Master Alfred
Sweitzer; ilelanlhus, Luella Pool.
Jin. AMD Mrs. Sullivax Johnston, of West
ern avenue, Allegheny, will give a large re
ception to-day, which is to introduce their
daughter into society.
The Busy Bee Band of King's Daughters,
of the Shadysido Presbyterian Church, will
bold a sale In tbe chapel this afternoon and
evening.
Miss Lacka PtrnviscE, of Buffalo, N. Y.,
formerly of Butler, Pa., is visiting her
cousin. Miss Steele Argyle, of Talbott ave
nue, Braddock.
Mrs. Jarlev's wax works will be exhibited
at the Fifth United Presbyterian Church in
Allegheny this evening.
THE LAEGEST BOAT OH THE LAKES,
Which. VIXVL Ferry "World's Fair Patrons, Is
About to Be Launched.
Chicago, Dec L The giant wbaleback
steamship Christopher Columbus, which
will be the largest vesel carrying passen
gers between this city and the World's Fair
grounds next summer, will be launched
witb fitting ceremonies at. West Superior,
Wis., on Saturday.
The Christopher Columbns wilt be the
largest and handsomest boat ever built on
the lakes. It can carry 5,000 people.
SIcKeesport Asbestos Interests.
McKeesport, Dec L ipeciaL Tho Mo
Keesport Asbestos Mining Company had
been organized here to develop territory In
Wyoming, where tbe company holds 200
acres of land. Daniel Donwau, of McKees
port, has been elected President.
To Catch tho Comet.
New York Press.l
All efforts to identify tho new comet and
define its orbit liavo failed. The astrono
mers ought to club together and send a
posse cometatus alter tho celestial fugitive.
They Must Have Diamonds.
Omaha World-Herald, j
unless the jewelry thieves are promptly
Bnppressed somebody will bo breaking into
the baseball park and stealing the diamond.
What Worries the Democrats.
Washington Star.
If Democratic spellbinders had promised
less during tho campaign, Domoeratio
leaders would not have to do so much think
ing now.
Won't Do Any Good.
L New York Recorder.
Tammany is going down to Washington
with a lot of brass bands. It will be a use
less expenditure of wind.
CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS.
Bnda Pestb makes the finest floor. -
There are orange trees in Malt 209
years old.
Fifty-three per cent of Iowa's farms
are mortgaged.
Fifty thousand Missouri mules are sold
in St. Louis every year.
Strawberries were picked at Cceur
d'Alene, Idaho, last week.
Kansas is the only State in the Union
which produces reeled silk:
If Arabian tradition amounts to any),
thing Eve was over 200 feet talL
The gifts to Tale dnring the last year
have amounted to over $2,000,000.
The ratio of sndden deaths is as tea
among men to one among women.
The Egyptian is taxed 50 cents on the
palm tree that grows in his garden.
The practice of shaviDg tbe head has
been In vogue in nearly all countries.
Among French dainties of the fifteenth
century were fried leeches and hashed por
poise. The product of American distilleries
of all kinds last year amounted to 117,185,114
gallons.
Two Canadians made a wager on the
chance tbat tbe comet would come in, colli
glon with the earth
In a little- more than a year 62 boys
have committed suicide in Berlin. Fifty
four of them were less than IS years old.
General Sherman's old home in St.
Louis, which way sold a short time ago, is to
become a G. A. R. headquarters and a war
museum.
It is said that the people of Totio re-cover
quickly from surgical operations be
cause they consume but little alcohol and
eat but little meat.
It is reported that the Tarn O'Shanter
Inn, at Ayr, famous wherever tbe verses of
Barns are read, was sold at auction, a short
time ago, tdr about $16,000.
A Kansas fanner who had had much
trouble in shipping eggs at last succeeded la
getting a consignment delivered in good
order by marking tbe box "dynamite."
A resident of a Missouri town lately
undertook to carry a hatful or blasting
powder in his hands and smoke a pipe at the
same time. He will probably reeover from
his Injuries.
A rattlesnake will not cross ft hair
rope. Experienced campers, when" they
fear the rattlesnakes are around, encircle
tLeir camp with a hair lariat or two, and
feel secure. ,
It is said that the most precious collec
tion of German wines in the world Is that
stored away In the cellars of the Grand Duke
of Luxemburg. Sonioof the vintages date
back to 1706.
' A cable railway is to be erected from
Saint Ergues to the summit of tbe Vbirons
Mountain in the Upper Savoy, a distance of
nearly two miles. The gauge of the line will
be one metre.
Byron Champlin, of Almota, "Wasb.,
has succeeded in ralsing,a new variety of
peach, which he has named the "November
peach," as it did not mature until the early
part of this month.
Children's clothes can be made fireproof
by adding to the last rinse water two ounces
of pulverized alum. A prominent English
chemist savs that all children's" dresses
should be thus treated.
Stenography was first used in the
French Parliament about the year 1330, and
one ot tbe few official stenographers of that
period still surviving is M. l&gache, who is
now a Senator of France.
The yearly waste in the United States
throuzh drink is at least (500,000,000. Into
vears $10,000,000,000 have been thus wasted.
This is equivalent to the whole savings of
the people from 1763 to 1857.
Cats are being extensively used in New
Zealand for the destruction of rabbits. The
owners of one estate are so pleased with the
efficacy ot tbe new "cure" that they have
Just given an order for BOO cats.
Among tbe coachmen of Berlin are
seven retired army officers, three ex-pastors
and 16 nobles. London even belts tbls. for
her "cabbies' include a marquis, n baron
and ar. ex-member of Parliament.
The highest chimney in Germany, and
probably on the Continent, has Just been
built at Stolberg, near Alx-la-Chapelle. It
is 407 feet high, and it stands, moreover, on
an eminence whicb rises some 270 feet above
the surrounding plain.
"We are told that M. Thiers died in a
little iron b ed scarcely larger than a child's,
which he had used for 50 years. It was
wheeled into the small drawing room. where
he had breakfast. He took it with him on
his tour throuch Europe In 1370.
The frizzled glass threads from which
cloth Is woven are said to surpass In fine
ness not only tbe finest cotton bnt even the
thread of the silk worm's cnooon, their
softness and elasticity being even greater
than tbat of manufactured silk "line"
Two hundred Dutch families from the
vicinity of Rotterdam came over on the
Dubbledam and are now on their way to a
fiart of Colorado where the dams are small
iut nnmerous. They will settle in the San
Luis Valley, an Irrigated district, and raise
wheat.
The Norman term "maire," afterward
Anglicized into "mayor," was introduced in
the reign of Henry II, and it was King John
who first gran ted the citizens of London the
right of electing a Mayor annually. The
prefix "lord" and the stvle of "rhrht honor
able" were granted by Edward III in 135L
A down-east minister who is waging
wa- against amateur theatricals clinches his
argument against everything pertaining to
the stage by tho statement that the loss of
life at Pompeii would have been small but
for the fact that most of her people were in
tbe theater at the time of Vesuvius' great
eruption.
An Englishman has invented a rubber
stud Tor floor and stairs. It consists of a
small iron plate with a nail projecting from
under- the surface, around whicn rubber is
molded. It is fixed in place by a blow ot
the hammer, the advantage being tbat when
worn it can be easily removed and replaced
by others.
The cruiser Bnrikr, recently launched
nn the Neva in the presence of the Czar and
Czarina, is the most formidable warship of
her kind in the world and the largest of any
kind ever built in Russia. Her displace-
mentis 10,323 tons, her maximum speed 1SK
knots per hour and ber coal oaptcity s,wu
tone. She will be able to steam 20.000 knots
at the rate of 10 knotsper hour without put
ting into port for fuel or provisions.
ORIGINAL AND JOCOSE.
JIT TTPEWntTEB.
Playing, playing, playing all the livelong
day. .
On a type-machine, not on a pl-an-a.
She's the sweetest mortal who ever struck a key.
Oh, If you could see her you would envy me.
With her eyes of hazel brown and flowing halr,'
Complezlon like the lovely rose. It Is so fair.
She is tall and shapely, with the best or style.
And to be attractive doesn't need a pile.
Sho will cease her playing when she marries me.
With my ample fortune she will need no fee:
But to keep from flgbtlngl will right here state.
That though we are married, I will still dictate.
, AT LAST.
I entered his room and fonnd him sitting
before a mirror with a bunch of painted silk sus
penders in bis hand. He was chuckling like an
$18 a week Mephlsto in a "Faust Up To- Date"
company, and to all appearances was a fit subject
foralunatlc asylum.
"What ails you, Mortimer!" I asked.
"Behold," he cried, and Jumping to bis feet
waved high above his bead the bunch or suspenders
and bade me pull tnem. I did to, and he' con
tinued: "See. see, not one bit of elastic in them: Christ
mas after Christmas my girl friends have been pre
'sentlng me with these things until now I have, suffi
cient to start in business with, but 1 won't, Oh,no,
revenge Is what I seek, and at last revenge li
mine." "What dost thou meanest to doeth, Mortimer!"
Ills tragic manner had begun to work on me and
that accounts for the foregoing.
'Have you not noticed, "he hissed, ' that girls
are wearing suspendarsf '
"Yes, but-"
"But nothing, you idiot" be replied: 'I'wiB
send them as presents to my lady friends." -
ADVTCZ. . ,
Yon should be like the old town clook,
Its duty It never shirks.
And another thing you might heed too?'
When It strikes it also works. v , --
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