W5mZ&& ffsgrnm "v' 1 "W JP'i!' W ps?yKt -,-? f SECOND PART. i in AFTERTHEFARMERS. Free Traders andBi-Metallists Anxious to Corral the Agriculturists WHILE MEETINGIN LONDON Paraelhtes Yery Proud of Their Vic tory Over Fullam. CLIHAIOF THE HEW LONDON FAD. Th Hissing Word Craze Comes Under the GoTernment's Ian. DUKB OP EDINBUfiGH AS A FIDDLEE ITT C1BLZ TO THE DISPATC7I.1 IiONUOX, Dec. S. CqpyriffW. The national conference of agriculturists his assumed such large proportions that two days, "Wednesday and Thursday of next week, -will have to be given np to it. Pro tectionists are sanguine of molding the con ference to their will, and bi-metallists are equally confident that they will induce the great gathering to pronounce in favor of the double standard as the best remedy ior the depression which, it is tne fashion to say, is crashing the life oat of British agri culture. An attempt has been made to lore the present free trade Minister of Agriculture into his protectionist parlor, but Mr. Gard ner has declined the spider's invitation to step in. His letter declining the invitation Is, however, very polite, and shows that he fully appreciates the importan ce of the con ference. Alter carefully considering the matter he has, he says, come to the conclu sion, although with some regret, that ihe official position which he holds precludes him Ironi being present in an independent capacitr, but the proceedings of the confer ence "will he watched by the Board of Ag riculture with sympathetic expectation, and suggestions will be considered in the re spectful spirit which such a meeting de serves." A Scheme of the Bl-MetalllsU. Preliminary steps are, it is said, being taken toward the formation ot an inde pendent Farmers' party, but inquiries war rant the belief that the bi-metallists are at the back of this movement and that it will have no practical result Mr. Gladstone took tea the other day with Mrs. Labonchere and utilized the occasion to talk politics with her husband, lrom which facts it is assumed that Mr. Xiabouchere has been induoed to promise to obey dutifully the crack of the party whip next session. But the assumption is quite wrong. Mr. Labonchere will duly play the part of the candid friend which he has cre ated ior himself, and, among other things, he will make a determined attack upon the Government's policy in Uganda and in Egypt The Parnellites were naturally jubilant when they succeeded in having Mr. fullam, the mti-Parnellite who was elected to rep resent Southmeathn Parliament, deprived oi his seat, and there is a prospect that they will have lurther cause for joy la the case of Michael Davitt, against whose return from Korthmeath a petition has been pre sented to the court. As in the case ot Mr. Fullam, clerical intimidation in favor of Mr. Davitt is charged by the Parnellites. To Be Called Down for Intimidation. It is expected that the Judges, after un seating Mr. Davitt, will report Bishop Uulty, of Meath, and several priests of that diocese to Parliament as guilty of intimida tion. It has been stated that Mr. Davitt desires to resign his seat and to stand again lor election without priestly assistance, but tinder the charge of undue clerical influ ence he would not be allowed to accept the stewardship of the Chiltern hundreds. Many of Her Majesty's postoffices have displayed signs this weet readiug, "Xo more shilling postal orders; all told." This is the latest effect of the "missing word craze" which has seized Britain. One pool clone, that managed by Pcartan't Weekly, re ceived during the week ending last Tues day more than zl,OUO smllings, each ac companied bv a guess as to the missing word in a phrase the week before. Ihe sentence occurred at the end of a paragraph describ ing the practice of the Itomans who, when they invaded Britain, are said to have beaten their bare legs with nettles in order to neutralize the effect of the cold. A Sample of the Way It's Done. The closing sentence was: "To our minds, such rigorous treatment hardlv seems ." The ?54,0u0 in the pool was dnided among the 270 individuals who sent in the word "enjoyable, "each receiving the snug sum of fH5 for 1 shilling risked. It looks like an easy trick, end especially if one makes ju dicious use of a book of synonyms and sends in IS or 20 words with as many shill ings. At all events, the little game has cap tured John Bull's rapacious heart,and from Aberdeen to the Lizard (he silver streams are pouring into London. The pool men tioned is bat one of a dozen. The amount paid in for the current week will probably exceed 500,000 shillings, or 125,000. Here there is a great lad tr lolly, almost unknown a month or six weeks ago, sud denly developed into national importance, and of all others, slow, conservative John Ball is the victim. With what superior scorn he would look on it France or Amer ica should lie swept by such a mental con tagion. The Government Mores Against It. Already public moralists have raised a loud protest, and the big London dailies, which print carefully prepared race tips every day, hare united in condemning the new craze on high moral grounds. Mr. Gladstone's government has been compelled to take paternal cognizance of the people's reckless scramble to get some thing for nothing. The Treasury has sum moned one of the pool managers, the pub lisher of JKcJ2fe-Up,to answer in the Police Court on Monday lor violation of the lot teries act. All publishers running word competitions will unite in the delense of the new craze. Their main reliance is that competitions are contests of skill, not of chance, and they quote high legal authority In their support. The country is breath lessly awaitinjr the issue. Mr. Asatiith, Home Secretary, says that if the competitions arc not pronounced illegal under existing laws he will ask Parn hament lor a special enactment prohibiting all prize competitions, which are now the chief ltatures of cheap weeklies. A ROYAL FIDDLER Is the Dake or Edinburgh, "Who Amuses a Plymouth Audience He Is Considered Quite a Mutlclan it Helsn'tMuch of a bailor. fBT CABtr TO THE CISPATCH.1 London, Dec. a Tne Duke of Edin burgh played a violin in the amatuer per formance of "Mackenzie's Dream of Jubal" in the Guild Hall, Plymouth, Wednesday eveninc, and naturally there as a big audi- n . ..- 1 Mlr heinp a uniane &L, traction in the country town. The Dnke played on his own favorite Stradivarms, which has been on show at the Vienna Music Exhibition recently, and is said to be worth several hundred pounds. People who .haTe no mnsic In their souls think it is undignified for a prlnoe of the blood to fiddle in public, and they are especially in dignant in common with naval and military martinets over this Plymouth business. The Duke Is a naval commander-in-chief of the Plymouth district, and he must have appeared anything but awe-inspiring to the blue jackets who, from the Gnild Hall rallerv, watched him in the orchestra with his violin tucked under his chin and with his bow wobbling about in an energetio manner ptouliar to fiddlers, royal and ple biaa alike. But alter all, fiddling is a very harmless pnesuit compared with amusements of some members of the British roval family. The Duke of Edinburgh is really a very good musician. Since he assumed command of the PIvmouth naval station the Duke has shown" that he possesses many amiable qnalities pYevioualy unsuspected, audf the west country people Have had a good time, because he and his wife, the Czar's sister, have established quile a miniature court, admission to which is not unduly difficult. His "brother, the Duke of Connaught, com mand the Portsmouth military district, and has added to his popularity in a similar manner. Connaught is not a musician, but on the other hand he is a much better soldier than his brother is a sailor. A NEW APOCRYPHA. Valuable Discovery In an Egyptian Tomb The Torments of Those Eternally Con demned Set Eorth In Clear Language-A Couple of Samples. CBT CABLE TO THI DISFATCH.1 LONDON, Dec. 3. Great interest in the religious world attaches to the publication yesterday of a translation in a recently dis covered manuscript ot an apocryphal gospel of Peter. It is a document of the early half of the second century, and the copy was discovered in an Egyptian tomb. It is judged to have been made in the eighth century. This new account of the resur rection is given: . There was a great voice from heaven, and the soldiers saw the heavens opened and two men descending thence with a great light and approaching the tomb, and the stone which was pat ct the door rolled awny of itself and departed on one side and the tomb was opened and both the young men entered it. When, therefore, the soldiers saw it. tnevawakened the centurion and the elders,"lor they, too, were hardby keep ing watch, and as thev declared what things they had seen again tliev saw coming from the tomb three men, and the two support ing the one and a cross tollowing them, and ot the two the head of one reached into the heaven, but the head of him that was led over passed the heavens, and they heard a voice' lrom the heavens say: "Hast thou preached to them that sleep?" and an an swer was "heard lrom the cross: "Yea," There was also found a copy of the lost apocalypse of Peter. This is a most valu able dfscovery, lor as the translator indi cates, it furnishes the origin ot most of the early Christian ideas of hades. Much ot the literature on the subject is traceable to this now restored document. A single quo tation shows its nature: And j saw also another place over against that other, and it was a place of chastise ment, and those that were being chastised, and the angels were chastising, had their raiment dark according to the atmosphere of that place, and there were some there banging by their tongues, und these were they that blaspheme the way of righteous ness, and I saw the murderers and them that had conspired with them cast into a certain narrow place full or evil reptiles and penljt smitten by those beasts ana wallowing here thus In that tormeni.and there were set upon them meatus us it were clouds ot darkness) and,tbe souls of them that, bad bebn muiv dered were standing and looking upon the punishment of those murderers and saying, '0 God, righteous la thy Judgment,!' In the same strain the punishment of per secutors, blasphemers, lalse witnesses and usurers are described. CEUELTY 15 BOYAL BP0EX. A Conple of Samples of the 'Way Tame Deer Are Main. bt cable to the dispatch.! London, Dec. 3. The agitation in favor of the abolition of the royal buckhounds has been greatly strengthened this week by a cruel hunt which took place Tuesday. A conple of deer were carted from Windsor to Marlow, 20 miles away, and one or them was let loose. It proved to be a poor spirited animal, however, and after trotting aimlessly about for awhile with a crowd of small boys and ruffianly men at its heels, it took refuge, dead beat, in a farmyard shed. The other deer was then uncarted and turned out even less satisfactory from a sportman's point ot view. Instead of taking to the open coun try, as any well-conditioned animal should have done, it ran into the outskirts of the town and finally got entangled in a barbed wire fence. There it huug for a time with the hounds close behind, and when it extri cated itself it ran around the -field with blood pouring lrom its wounded flanks and 'from its mouth. Finally it fell down in a dying condition, and the nearest butcher came and drove akniie into its heart. This is misnamed royal sport, for the continuance of which aristocrats and Windsor tradesmen recently petitioned the Queen, as recorded in these cables. GOBBLE OF A STEAMSHIP LIKE. 4- Syndicate Expects to 3IaKe as JInch as 8300,000 Out of It. rBTXABLX TO Till DISPATCH. 1 London, Dec. a The prospectus of a joint stock campany to take over the busi ness of the Lejland Steamship Line, re ferred to in The Dispatch a fortnight ago, has been issued this week. The capi tal of the company is 800,000, of which 770,000 are to be paid ior the 23 steamers of the fleet and the plant and good will ot tbe'busidess. The impression among business men is tbataworking capital of 30,000 will be quite inadequate. The aftair has been pro moted bv a syndicate which expects to make a profit ot 60,000 out of the transac tion. IHE EHD EASILY F0EEI0LD. Lancashire Cotton Spinners More Than IJlly to Win Their Strike. (BT CABLE TO TUB DISPATCH. 1 London, Dec. 3. A well-founded, im pressionjucvails in Manchester that the cotton spinners' lockout will not last much loncer. The failure to secure co-operation of the East and Northeast Lancashire spin ners, or even that ot two-thirds of their own body, has set Southeastern masters think ing hard, and their cogitations cannot be pleasant, seeing that their policy is simply driving their bnsiness into the hands of other Lancashire employers, whose well paid aud fully employed operatives are thereby enabled generously to assist the locked-out men. The Duke of York's lletrothaL tBY CABLE TO THE DISrATCH.1 LoifDON, 'Dec. a It is again insisted' that the marriage oi Princess May and the Dnke of York has been decided upon. There is no better authority for the an nouncement than the inherent probability of such an announcement. It has been dis cussed aud expected ever since the Duke of Clarence was buried, but we may be sure it will not be announced or admitted before the anniversary of the latter's death. Tee most astoiiUlilns results in healing wounds have Open shown by SaiyaHee OIL THETITT THE WILLIE BOY NOW With the End of the Dade There Comes a New Creation Which REQUIRES ART AKD PRACTICE. Affectations and FccentriclUes of the Latest Product, HOT ED NUHEBOUS AS TOE FORMES FAD pntTTTBlf TOB TOTS DISPATCUl The dude has had his day. His reign, which was a lengthy one, is o'er, and to day, while you will see some to whom the term is appropriate, yet he is no longer the proper sort. His exit should occasion no great amount of sorrow, for he has been succeeded by a far more interesting type, and one which is not alone characteristic by dress, but by manner as welL ' To a successful Willie boy more than a swell tailor is required. A study of ways, expressions, walks and laughs is absolute ly necessary; so, for that reason, we are not liable to be overrun with them as we were with the dude. In appearance he Is totally different from his predecessors. He is not at all eflem inate, though at times he may look so. In most cases he is smooth-faced, and instead of a bang his hair is parted in the middle and plastered down on both sides, giving the appearance of a tight-fitting hood. He is stoop-shouldered, or rather the baek curves from the base of the spine, giving the top part of his body a very awkward pose. His expression is aperlect blank and never changes. He may be happy or he may be extremely blue, but you can never tell it by his face. Dress of the Xatest Creation. In dress he does not differ from the aver age well-dressed man, except in the way he wears bis garments, and I am afraid this partieular knack is going to keep many an aspiring Willie out of the ranks. His trousers are ,always creased, and when he turns them up he apparently does it with fy One of iht Specimen!. as little concern as the ordinary man, but the result, Oh, my, how different 1 Ex plain ? I cannot There may be just a bit of sock showing, or the arrangement of bis shoe strings may give the effect. I don't know. I've tried everything, bat I cannot get it. His coat is, oi course, the latest style, but he fixes the lapels in such a man ner that you are led to believe that it is many seasons later than the latest. In buttoning his vest, I'm sure he gets tired, for there is always a button left open. His collar may be a turned-down or sstand up; I can't tell which; it looks like neither. His cuds, like his trousers, are creased, and his links do not hang loosely like yours or mine. As lor his necktie well," I give that up. I've seen a Bembrandt, a Kosa Bonheur, a Bougnereau, and many others, aud, while I am not an artist, yet I would rather trv duplicating anyone of them than attempt "a Willie's tie. I have been told that it is a regular four-ln-hand, but it can't be, for the knot is so small, and just above the vest it spreads out like white wings, and the spread is where the secret lies. I am afraid that the attempt at tying this bow will be the cause of keeping many a soul from Heaven, for. it is the most curse-provoking thing I ever tried. The Walk and the Laugh. Did yon ever see a man working so hard that it caused yon to remark that: "There is one who will find an early grave? If you haven't then you haven't, seen a Willie walk. It is the only work he does, and if he exerted as much physical force at any manual javor, uj cvuiu get caat iuiu days' work in in eight hours. When in motion, his head gets four or five feet in advance of the rest of his body: his arms hang periectly limp and fly around in such a manner that the widest sidewalk is too narrow. The shoulders, ioo, come in for great play; first, one is pushed forward and then the other. And thus he shambles along, giving you the impression that he wH reach his destination long before he arrives. A dancing cow would be a good attraction for a dime museum; in the ab sence of that a -walking Willie would draw as welL His laugh is aboitt as mirthful as a dear friend's Inneral. You tell him a joke, and shortly after yon have reached too point, his mouth will fly open, aud then from some place in his interior he will grunt, "Hal" No swell '.'Ha," but forte at the start, and the moment the sound stops, which is very suddenly, his mouth snaps shut, and, on the instant, he locks as though he were not guilty. Not Humor, but Affectation. When I first met the Willie, I was In clined to think'he had a most peculiar sense of humor, but I worked a,- little triok on him and found it was all affectation. One day I happened in a certain cafe, and, sit ting by one otMhe windows was a Willie friend reading a London funny paper and drinking a B. and S. He, as was expected, asked me to have something. As was not expected, I said I would, and sat down op posite him. Well, whether it was for the sake offsetting even with me for taking a drink, I can't tell; but, at any rate, he be gan reading to me the jokes out of the London tunny paper, and, while I re mained wholly passive, be would give vent to his horrible "Hal" After'he had finished reading everything, including advertisements, I began telling him some oi my best American jokes, with the effect of his remaining passive while I roared. Thinking it very strange, I hit upon the idea ot telling a native stupid joke with an English accent I did, and was rewarded by hearing, him laugh. Bat do not think he is alone an Anglomaniac, for he is a very treat bluff and does a heap for effect I daresay had I told him a Frencn or German" joke he would have ap parently enjoyed it just as i much,, but the test bad to end where i did, for my accent is very bad. . ' The Willie wu cover on almost nr (p a STORQ DISPATCH, Igad: THE PITTSBURG ' J3ISPATCH . SUNDAY. DECEMBER 4, inbject It may be surface knowledge, but he is foxy enough to keep yon guessing. His mods of conversation is very brief. If you tell him a surprise he don't ejaculate, "You d6nt Bay sol" but merely saya "Ah!" If he invites yon to take a drink, he don't ask "What will you have?" or "Come loin me," or "Noml. nate your beverage," but just "Won't you?" If he wants to congratulate you, he grabs yonr hand and says, "Delighted!" If A CharaderUHe Cottumt. it's condolence he wjshes to express he takes your hand with less fervor, and re marks, "Sorry." If he is pleased with any thing and wis'hes to tell you all about It, he does so by saving, "Eummy, my boy." And this brevity is alwavs maintained and in time may lead to establishing a short tongue as a companion to shorthand. Other Uttle Eccentricities. When you ask a Willie to drink, he in variably pulls oat his watch, sees the time, and then gives bis order. Tnis is done merely to give the idea that he has studied the matter up and found that certain drinks are good for one at certain times. But I have noticed that no two palates are alike, and each palate has discovered that which tickles it most is best for it; how ever, they all seem to come together on free champagne. The Willie's cane is a natural stick with out silver embellishments. When he car ries it be grasps it close by the ierrule, and it Is, indeed, a very dangerous weapon when he is walking for it flies with his arms. He is sometimes quite athletic, and at all times sporty, ready to bet his last cent on the ghost ot a show. So, taking him all in all, the Willie boy, to use bis own expression, is a "Eum" sort, and is. by lar, superior to the dude. Thus docs the world advance. GLADSTONE OWNS LIVEEP00L. The Freedom or the CIry Is Given Him Amid a Tremendous Ovation. London, Dec. 3. Gladstone left Hawar den for Liverpool to-day. His object in visiting Liverpool is to receive the lreedom of the city, which was recently conferred upon him by the municipal authorities. When Mr. Gladstone arrived he found an enormous crowd awaiting bim. As he stepped from the train he was greeted by the most prominent men of the city. When he appeared outside the railway station he was given a most enthusiastic reception by the crowd. The route from the station to St Geor-re's Hall, where the'presentation.was madft was packed with" humanity, and as the-Prime Minister passed along he was given an ova tion that showed, plainly how popular he is in Liverpool. St George's Hall was filled to the doors. Upon arriving at the ball, Mr. Gladstone at once proceeded to the platform where the city fathers were gath ered. In a few well-chosen words the free dom of the city was presented to the Pre mier. In bis speech accepting the honor, Mr. Gladstone entirely avoided political matters. P0B AN AMEBICAN WATERWAY. The Dnluth Chamber of Commerce Want a bhlp Canal to the Hudson River. Dtjltjth, Minn., Dec. 3. Secretary Thompson, of the Chamber of Commerce, has prepared bis letter calling for a conven tion to consider the construction of a ship canal through American territory irom the Great Lakes to the Hudson river and thus to the sea. In it he says: Commercial considerations sink Into In significance In comparison with tlie Im portance of this waterway as an essential oortion of national deiense and a safeguard to national honor. Inside or five years Canada will have a waterway U leet deep through her own territory all the way from Lake Superior to the set. Her vessels and her commerce can then go unhindeied out from the heart of the oontlnont over all oceans to the markets of the world, while there are more than 150 warships In the En glish navy which a depth of H feet would suffice to bring into the lakes from tbeea. Is it not best that such convention, if called, be held soon after the Christmas holidays in Washington, so that the attention of Con gress may bo Uireotly and forcibly called to the necessity for immediate action and needed legislation mav bo secured before the present Congress expires by llmltationt DEAHK THEMSELVES TO DEATH. The Fate of S Party of Tonne Toughs Supplied With Three Kinds ot Liquor. Fostobia, O., Dee. 3. John Scheerer and William Meyer, laborers, together oc cupy an old shanty in the outskirts of the city. Last night they were rudely awak ened by a gang of young toughs, headed by one McCulloch, who had with them a keg of beer, two'jugs of gin and one of black berry brandy. They said they were out for "a good time," Scheerer and Myers admitted fonr of the crowd, and the sextet began to empty the jugs. They all drank themselves into a drunken stupor. The party was found to day in a critical condition. Scheerer is dead and McCulloch will probably die. 'TWILL SS00E OUT I&0N-CLADS. i Gathmann, the Chicago Inventor, Sells HI Torpedo Gun to Germany. Chicago, Dec. 3. The first of the new Gathmann torpedo enns was shipped from this city to-day fo Germany. Louis G&tb mann, the inventor, had hoped that the American Government would i the firsi to recognize ihe value of his gun, but foreign powers were so desirous of obtaining it, and offered such a liberal price lor it, that he accepted it Gathuiann's torpedo is claimed to have a decided advantage over all other guns, in that merchant vessels might be armed with it and either attack or resist men-of-war with success, as blows irom it will de stroy any iron-clad. f HOUCDAT EXHIBIT AT , Solomon & Buben's Is attraoting universal attention. No won der. They have the largest assortment of nlbums In town. 8l!k, plush, leather, silver plated and ornamented covers. Prices range from II 89, 1 94, SS and up. 4-ply linen collars and cuff. S.100 fine, go to-morrow at 7 cent for oolluta, 11 cents for cuffs. Sjlllir's, Smlthfleld and Diamond streets. Special sate "' wstolies and diamonds fit Elnushacher Bros.', o!0 Wood street Dr Win's LIHle Korly Risers. Bess pUl fQFlouMAi4kneaaebe,iBalftPS " COMING OF COMETS. A Physicist Explains Their Origin, Katnre and Destiny. DNLIKELI300D OP COLLISIONS. The Blow Evolution of tha forth, the Sun and the ilfglity Arctnms. THE SECONDS IN UMYEESAL HIST0ET fwmrrJtTT toe the disfatob.i The recent advent into our solar system of one of thoso harmless celestial wanderers known ash comet has again directed to that class ot phenomena a considerable amount of attention. But we can now regard and discuss these visitors with a good deaf more equanimity than did our predecessors in tbe centuries further back. It was then that these flaming swords of the sfcy inspired mortal terror. And back in those earlier times there were some very robustspecimens of the tribe,' so fierce and bright that they wonld not altogether hide from the gaze of the sun. .While tbey were visible daring a part of the day, at night they shed a pale, weird light that lacked the fine solar quality sup plied by the great orb of day, and things looked shadowy and spectral-like. The long, curved blade, as it was swung across the heavens, seemed anything rather than the peaceful phenomenon that it was, and, it required no keen observation to discern in that sweeping aro the similitude to the scimeler ol the fierce Turk, and much of not very far back history bad been carved with' tbat swift flashing blade. It was then not so surprising that this misunderstood appa-, rition on the sky smote the Western na tions with terror, for to them it symbolized further contests between the Crescent and the Cross and the memory of Saladln still lingered. The Comot as a Befelnnlne;. And yet it is likely that all the spheres in space, except such as are of planetary origin, began, developed and reached frni tition from a cometio beginning. These ex ceptions are where inferior worlds were thrown in rings from a parent orb and thus became a member of a planetary family. We may conclude then, when we see a comet, that we see a world in embryo, an Iniant, which, while it may meet with mis haps to bring it to an untimely end, still has before It, down the long fliits ot ages, the chance to make the mighty race tor worldhood. It is well known that we derive beat and light front the sun and this is a something; it is a form oi force, and while it may be only motion, we may say that it is another form of matter. What becomes oi this something that the suns throw into space? If we are 02,000,000 miles from our sun, then the diameter of tbe orbit, not reckon ing the elliptical form nor tbe sun's mass, is 184,000,000 miles. Then the circum ference is expressed by about 052,000,000 miles. Since our earth has a diameter of only 8,000 miles, a ring of such worlds could be strung along the earth's path amounting to 69,000. Now consider, not only a ring ot Mich worlds aronnd the sun, bnt a complete shell of worlds whose diameter is 181,000,000 miles, what becomes of all that something tbat is thrown toward all these'polnts when there is only one little insignificant speck of a world, to hit? Where does It po to? It cannot annihilate, that 4s demonstrable, and we may con clude, tbat this is what makes the nuclei of meteors in their various iorms and is also , TO BUYERS OF HOLIDAY GOODS. We want you to glide .by the high-priced stores and see our beautiful display of Holiday Goods. A clean saving of 25 per cent. LADIES'.... ...DESKS... FROM $7 TO $15. 100 Bedroom Suits go at $12.50, worth $20 65 Parlor Suits go at 22.50, worth $40 I5 Wardrobes go at $10, worth $15 . THE OPPORTUNITY IS YOURS TO GET WILL YOU GRASP IT? HOUSEHOLD CREDlllCO. 414 WOOD STREET. 414 I-VISIIBLIE FOB.I4OW ZPIRICOTS .A-ISTD EASTTBE3VES lj-1 issssssssssssjsjissssssesssssss -';-,. .. i - ' --. . , t a . , ,.,.SjKFi.., L. f n " IT tftimjVHTTTfiltai I imsm 1M1 TMIItMlfTSIT Mmrfl'Si I jnsf I i iHirrnsMS ai . 3mzzazzL -sjb!s 1893. f t 3S&XB--J23V3&Z&Vy , . I ?Z?ZS (qgllBIPgp ' WHY TEE' comet did what goes into the constitution and con struction of comets. Tbe Xmtt of Progress. Nol every acorn will make an oak tree, nor will each infant reach adult manhood or womanhood. Bo provident is nature that almost an infinite number of germs are provided to commence tbe race, then, under the harsh law of the survival of the fittest, her creations and her creatures begin their journey. This is the law of progress. As the larger fishes ab sorb an innumerable smaller lry, so many a little cometio nuclei, far along the plane of evolvemenf, is swallowed up by some larger one of its kind to whoso greater power of attraction it falls a prey. The larger one in turn may thus also tail a prey to another, and thus on until an equilibrium is established. If we cast into the air a handful of peb bles and feathers we can calculate with tol erable certainty how the pebbles will act controlled by the law of gravitation; but the lighter substances, cast with them, may, before they strike the ground, be swaved by the breexe, and carried hither and thither, retarded or accelerated at the caprice oi the chancecondltions. The dense worlds go through evolutions with mathematical precision; we can com pute their movements with a scrupulous nicety, but tfce lighter, earlier cornet Is in clined to be erratic, much after the manner of the unseasoned average human, in the previousness of his career. But when such comet has sailed a'nd trailed through the fields of boundless immensity, has 'gathered material irom the sweepings of the scattered matter of the suns, and has absorbed the weaker, unseen myriads of its kind, with zones of meteoric matter, then, when sufficient condensation has taken plaee,it may take Its station as a sun of high or lowdegre, become htaid and steady and may- theh'be considered ns launched pn its course in univeral history. -PoMrmTltroT Collisions. But Trhat about the likelihood aud prob ble effect of collisions? ' It is a question whether they are barely possible, and certainly they are very re motely improbable. One wonld need to TfclS . - HAT RACK, SOLID OAK. ONLY $9.00, WORTH $20. SEE IT. n -s 1 YZS'' tt m 1 1 r "HI ' iP Irn v tin Mr m!sbi l vvW , -ra - ' -'i r - I I not strike tee eartk know with fair precision how dense was the comet from which such an exigency was apprehended. In most cases the dynamic effect would be similar to that of being struck by a light cloud. This should be a matter of concern only for the ignorant, whom, however, we have always with us. There is so little affinity between a comet and a planet, not much more than between a soap bubble and a sand stone, and through tbe long trails tbe small magni tude stars are still plainly discernible. The disappointing feature with our present visitor was tbe continuously cloudy skies for neariy a week when the celestial show was at its best. Jnst when a celestial troupe is on a star ring tour and a once a life-time perform ance is on, then to have tbe curtain of the heavens rung down on the audience whilo the actors are going through their parts is to the highest degree annoying, but there seems to "be no remedy, K. Plain Statements. No Pretension. CI Tear in Holiness. Other People's f raises. Hellor Hoene, 77 Fifth Avenue, A most magnificent line of grand and uprlitht piano, in world-renowned makes, Chickering. Hardman, Kra Xaner, Vbso & Sons and Kimball. In reed organs, many kinds, lor all prices. In churoh orxans, wo have the cele brated Pelopbet church organs and tha ' Kimball portable pipe organ. Musla cabinets, stools, duet benches, magnlfl ' cent covers. Iwonrllnewo carry tno largest and finest stock of pianos, etc., 'in this section of the country, and when we say this we mean it. For anything In our line write us for catalogues, etc. Oar policy of tho finost and most durable- Instrument, at honest prices, Brings U3 the trade. " ilrLLOB & Hozke. EoandedlSZL h Warerooms, 77 filth avenue. -- Godowsky at Opr Grand Opening, A crand treat in store for lovers of mnsic Godowsky In a fine programme, which will be announced in dally papers. Grand open, ing December 6 a'nd 7. HcxnicES SIcsic Co , Ltd., 101 and 103 Fifth avenue. WE HAVE AS COMPLETE A LINE . : OF COUCHES as ever have been- shown; ranging in price FROM $7.50' TO $50. 75 Bed Lounges ' 7 Chiffoniers go 12 Sideboards go A TEST OF INTEREST. Cnt and Wire Kails Thoronghly Iricd at tno Watertown Arsenal DKDEE GOVERNMENT AUSPICES, Quite & Number of Will-Znown Htna , iartarers Watch the Kesult. THE FBATTJEES OP THE EXPBEUfJE! tmOXL TB.XOIIAM TO THB DISPATCH.I- BosroJr, Mass., Dec a Several inter esting tests of cut and wire nails nave beea made tbe past week at the Watertown Ar senal, with a view to demonstrating beyond all argument the relative holding power when used in ordinary building material. So conflicting have been the claims of th manufacturers as to the merits of wire nail and cut nails that an association ot prom inent manufacturers arranged for this series ot tests upon the governmental testing ma chine at the arsenal. There were present tbe following well known gentlemen, who throughout the se ries of tests have taken much Interest in tha accomplishments: Arthur B. Clarke, res Identofthe Old Dominion Iron and Nail Company, Bichmond, Vs., and Horace P. Tobey, of the Tremont Kail Company, Wareham, Mass., representing the associa tion of manufacturers; B." M. M. Blanken ship, ofKichraond.Va., with the Old Do. minion Company; W. N. Severance, of Dnluth, Minn., of the Severance Kail Ma chine Company of St. Paul, Minn.; Henry E. Leeds, of Boston, of Leeds, Bobmson & Co.; Henry B. Leonard, of Mount Hope Iron Company, Somerset, Mass.; Major Beilly, Lieutenants W. 'W- Gibson and a H. Davis. Selected I"roni Market Stocks. The nails used were eolected from mar ket stocks, those of the wire being or corre sponding size with the cnt nails, both la weight and length, and every detail of the contest was conducted by tbe committee so as to be recognized as authoritative and abso lutely fair. Major Beilly, the command ant, selected these nails and assorted thea recorded. The size ot cut nails ranged from l.inch nails, 3d, fine, 7G4. to 6-ineh spika nails, 40d and 60d, 6 to 17 to the pound. The wire nails were secured to correspond as nearly as it was possible. The packages were made np and sealed ana were tesicu in tue wuw . 3 beginning with the six cut and 6-inch wire. A spruce plank, well seasoned and free from knots, was selected and planed per fectly smooth. Into this the nail wera driven, first a cnt nail, then a wire nail, the depth being precisely 4 inches each for the 6-inch sizes. Before being driven they were weighed, and showed a difference of only two grammes the wire weighing 214 ; grammes, the cut 212. The Kesult of the Tests. The first test upon the machine was with, a wire nail, and it required 7o3 pounds to jgj pull It out. Then the nippers were placed s, over the head of the cut nail, and on tho beam of the indicator was registered 83S ......I. rrK- ..nnr1 wit- nAil registered' 673 pounds, and iu equal m a cut nail 72. Tha third wire nail registered 675, and a cut nail of the ism'e size 804. The fourth nail tested -was pulled on with a pressure of 694 pounds, but it re ouired 961 pounds-pressure to draw the cut nail, nearly 400 pounds mire. The seventh, and by far the strongest holding naJlJwla4r-m was drawn with 879 pressure, bat the eul ssj ..:l ......1 nn.1 1 OfV nAUnit. wi nnt tn bear upon it. This enormous resistance was accounted for by the nails entering a knot on the inside ot the plank. THIS ROCKER $1.75 w$f go at $9, worth $12 at $10, worth $18 at 15, worth $25 A.BARGAIN. I 4 i i ch - I i
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