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' VY. DEC- s. ish. THE OPE, ESisION. The second sessi le present Con- I sessu, ess begins to-monjs This session 11 doits work under peculiar cir irastances than the first sion. Then he division between thatwHjuses, as a result of the eleciionsol S90, reduced the amount of political lejislation actually passed to nullity. Now the fact that this Ifonjress will be succeeded by both a Con cress and an administration of Democrats may exercise a different influence on the disposition ofthe respeciive parties to 'agree uponlpislation. ' "What rultswi!l be secured from this ssio Jnends on the Preidth of views vedom from partisc'in stupidity that oe developed in boith parties. The ord of the long sessiorbfloes no war- nt any positive exnedf inn nf sin .ualities on either side; t it is wTth while to recognize what m. t he ejected if thtre was enough ability on botlTsides to rise above party slavery. It would be possible, with a sufficient disposition for Joint concessions, to effect at this session a compromise tariff bill which would set tle the tariff question on moderate and conservative lines, and free the business of the country from the fear of tariff tin'henng for the next decade. To effect Jbis men of both parties would have to medify their usual partisan attitude. It is to be regarded as more than doubtful whether this can be done by the partisans of either side; but it is a cogent com mentary on our party methods that so de sirable a consummation is made impossible by ih"m. Settius aside the possibility of a com promise settlrmeat of party issues as im probable, the present session -will be likely to occupy itself with the problem of closing the gap between expenditures and revenues. This is hardly a less diffi cult rroblem than those already noted. It exists by reason of the vices of this and previous Congresses. If expenditures are ,jbroii".ht within flip limit- of revenue this 1 on very dif. Whatcver this to be dotje res by limita the dawdling ristic of that scrambling to .. -., without at tempting any new rolicy. A POSSIBLE INSULT. "We are pained to see that a correspon dent of the New York Sun gives publicity to the idea th..t Colonel A. K. McCIure's name is mentioned in connection with a Cabinet position. The mention does no especial harm; hut the public is in posses sion of information tending to show that if it should develop Into an offer Colonel McClure would regard it as a deadly in bUlr. The nomination of Messrs. White law Reid, Charles Emory Smith and other newspapsr men to important positions -by General Harrison was em phatically denounced by Colonel 31c Clure's newspaper as bribing and muz zling the press. If the press is bribed and muzzled by foreign missions, how much more would it be bribed and muzzled with a Cabinet position? The hope is well founded that the energetic Colonel would repel such an insidious attack on his in dependence and honesty with a fine mix ture of scorn and indignation. Possibly there should be an exception. If Colonel McClure is swelled with pride over his late political efforts in the direc tion of converting Philadelphia to free trade, he may think, like" Pooh. Bah, that his pride must be disciplined and humbled by being subjected to as many insults as possible. A SUBJECT FOR &ELF-ASSERTION. The recent announcement that some $2,- 000,000 would be spent by the Pennsylva nia Railroad in improvements along its line, but that the betterments so long needed in this city will be postponed to a .more convenient season, wjrrants some plain speaking. The practice of putting Pittsburg off and at the same lime sub jecting her industry to serious discrimina tions has gone on so long that it seems familiar; but even familiar abuses reach a point eventually where those who are ag grieved by them find it necessary to take measures for securing a remedy. It is worth remembering that the Penn sjlvania Railroad has experienced no illib eral treatment from Pittsburg. Besides securing from the industries of this city the largest and most remunerative freight traffic originated by any single city in the country, the Pennsylvania Railroad has been granted wide privileges for the ex press purpose of enabling that corporation to furnish first-class facilities to the city. When the city surrendered to the railroad the whole of Grant street from Seventh avenue to Liberty, the inducement for that very important gift was the expecta tion that it would produce material im provements. There was a tacit if not positive understanding that the old brick shed which has done temporary duty as a passenger station since 1878 was to be re placed by a depot nearer Smitbfieldstreet, and of a character more commensurate to the magnitude of the city and the business it furnishes to the railroad. The consider ation has never been rendered, and Pitts burg's passenger business is still trans acted in the dingy building which was in adequate fifteen years ago, and is doubly inadequate now. The neglect of Pittsburg displayed in this and other important respects is only practiced because it is conceived that It can be done with Impunity. It will soon devolve on our community to " tJ't Adt. 4K A the Impression is .,,rroneoui. It Is a mis take to suppose that a city of this wealth and importance hasW power of asserting itself even ngainst a great railroad cor poration. Besides the ability to call In competing Influences the city has within its power the revocation of valuable grauts the conditions of which have been ignored or violated. It may not be necessary to proceed to these measures; but It should be understood that PittsWg is ready to take whatever steps are necessary to con vince the railroad that it is wise to afford as good accommodations for the traffio which yields it millions as drygoods mer chants In the same city offer their cus tomers. BEYOND THE INTERIOR. Besides the usual amount of routine the report of the Secretary of the In terior gives a somewhat optimistic in dorsement of the work of the Census Bureau and exhibits the same quality in the belief that the Morman problem is finally solved. This disposition to gild even doubtful matters with the most favorable hues may be accepted with toleration and even approval We can even extend that .favorable frame of mind to the very wholesale puff Trhinh Spornrnrv Nnhlfi irives to the nroit- ress of work on the Nicaragua Canatf The classification which brings the opaT ations on a project located a thousand miles away from our boundaries Within the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior might even be passed over as simply a curiosity of official workings. But when the Secretary undertakes to.say that the project should hare "thp most favorable recognition of Congress," and these words mean that te Nicaragua loan job should be passed by Congress, it is time to draw the Une. That measure bears on its face evidence of dishonesty in the nrorjosltion to pledge the Govern ment credit for 5100,000,000 on a work ;timated by Its' own encineer to cost $65,- 0000. It only material difference irom thfcanania job, the exposure of which is doWl convulsing France, is that on this side Jt' is proposed to make .the "United Stat Treasury the victim, while in Frirnce the small investors were plun- red. Secretary Noble should stick to the ac tual interior of the country. There is enough in the relations r) his department with the subsidized corporations, whose operations ere really internal, to explain or correct He need not seek to extend those relations to a' corporation whose op erations will be exclusively in a foreign country, excepting those which are neces sary to get hold of the people's money. A REPUBLICAN OPPORTUNITI". A New York special In this issue out lines an interesting struggle between the Tammany Democracy and the Cleve land administration, to be inaugurated over the nomination of ex-Secretary Fair child to his old portfolio at the Treasury. For the sake of upholding the doctrine of the spoils Tammany will elect Murphy to the Senate, where he will aid Hill in an tagonizjm Mr. Fairchild's confirmation, will Insist on having the anti-snappers ig nored, and in order to further embarrass the administration will join theTadical free traders in calling for an extra ses sion just as it joined them at the Ghicago convention in passing the Calhoun tarn? plank of the Democratic platform. If a fight should develop on thesg terms It would afford an exceptionally brilliant opportunity for Republicans of broad views to make an effective use of their power. In such a struggle the adminis tration Would stand for conservation in tariff legislation, for honesty in public administration and for the publfc Interest rather than the welfare of politicians. Republicans who do not care for these principles would be at liberty to go into opposition with the Tammany mal contents. But Republicans to whom the public good is superior to partisan preju dices could make some very effective strokes in securing the adoption of a wise and statesmanlike policy. That course would be the best possible politics as well as the best patriotism. What a redemp tion of crushing defeat it would be If a judicious use of the Republican vote in Congress should enable the party to secure moderation in the tariff changes, a minimum of partisanship in the appoint ments to public office, and a careful con servatism in all acts affecting finances! The Republicans In the present situa tion can wait for the opportunity to pre sent itself. But when the time comes for them to cast their votes on a fight be tween Tammany and the administration Democracy th; issue is likely to present itself in such a shape that both public in terest and party welfare will require them to support the administration. SIGNIFICANT TO THIS COUNTRY. The Rothschild proposition to make the United States bear the heavy end of the work of sustaining the market price of silver without any remonetization has been rejee'ed with the roundabout nega tive that is the rule of diplomatic proceed irgs. That was the only fate that it de served, since its purpose was not to in crease the supply of- money metals but to artificially raise the price of silver.es a commodity. The public at larce has no interest in the latter object, however im portant it may seem 'to silver kings or English bankers. But while the Rothschild proposals were wholly useless so far cs the conference is concerned, it possesses a decided signifi cance for the course of the United States in case the English element should defeat action by the conference looking toward actual results. It betrays the fact that the English monetary interests are de sirous of preventing any f crtber deprecia tion of silver. They kindly desire the United States to do twice as much as the rest of the world, in the work of artificially supporting the market; but they show that their interests would be prejudiced by further depreciation. This shows that the United States has the power to teach the Enelish a lesson in case that Government should persist in ignoring the interest of the rest of the world in silver remonetization. If Eng land defeats the purpose of the conference the United States should not only suspend silver purchases, but put a great share of its immense stock of silver on the market To some people -the sale of the stock of silver at less than its-presentrating on the Treasury, books would seem like a 1033. But the fact is-, that the loss has already been made, and the sale would be con verting n entirely dead as,set Into actual resources. Public interests in this conn try would not be prejudiced by putting the Treasury silver on the market. If the English monetary Interests were con fronted with some 5400,000,000 worth of silver they might.percelvc the importance of joining in reasonable measures to use silver as an addition to the money of the world. i The report that Gladstone and Labou chere hare talcen tea together and arc now the best of friends sounds lite an adver tisement lor the soothing influences of that! !M T yeraze. ' W have bead that Eagiisk. HGn iNT Tr""" THE men generally preferred n rj tipple, but perhaps stimulati were tabooed on that occasi generate plain speaking an heart. ' nore generous ng beverages on us likely to Id soreness of Secretary Noble's ehMn Mil of Vioiit). fnr tint Nicaragua IcannI scheme stretches the extent of thej interior more than it conclusively vindicailes the proposi tion that the United State U shall put Up $100,000,003 on a $65,000,000 Job. The announcement that Miss Behaa is after all to lie the model for jf one of the stat ues at the World's Fair, wjflth the further statement that of the 68 ponts of symmetri cal perfection that gifted lady possesses eS, attracts the puollc attention to the faot that Miss Ee'.ian lias not onbjy a fine flgnro hut an aotive and perslstenf advance agent It now appears that one of the features of the Dolsarttean fad is to teach people to tnmblo downstairs gracefully. Some in structions I n that line ml;ht havo been very valuable trj Republican leaders In the early part of lnsit month, ONE6f the first questions for this session of Cojasress to decide will be wnetner it wni have a legislative lorco of its own or will lesfve everything for the new reglmo to uu- Vbse of. Perhaps the changed circumstances rill change the attitude or tue respective parties on that point. The attempt to take the stage by storm, reported to be made by a New York re porter, loots like an unwarranted invasion of the field o' Messrs. Sullivan and Corbett. It mav sound learned to call the science of the household "CDk-oIosy," -which Is re ported from Boston to be the latest fad; but we may be permitted to donbt It it makes the bread any lighter or keeps the children any cleaner than the old-fashioned name of housekeeping. Canada is beginning to open her mind to the fact her manifest destiny Is to share the prosperity or the Untied Spates by be; coming a part of it. I If Crisp forms an alliance with "Hill and Murphy against Cleveland tor the purpose of forcing an extra session dors not that as sume the rather paradoxical phase or trying to get an extra session by fighting the man who has the power or calllug It, or saying nay to it? Mr. Phtkertok'S manifesto doe not convey the impression of being inspired by a fervent admiration for the sheriff of Alle gheny county. Perhaps the interior of this nation may have been recently extended to Nicaragua; but that does not establish any cozent reason why we should repeat there the exact form of the Pacific railway Jobbery, lot us at least have the grace to vary the details a little. With Congress and a hard winter ahead this country is to be pitied. PERTINENT PERSONALITIES. Dr. Parkhurst, of New York, has many offers to go out lecturing upon the slum life of that city, but declines them alL The widow of Bishop Paddock, of Massa chusetts, bus Deen living In Detroit for the last year, but is now making a visit In Bos ton, which was her home for a dozen years or more. Mrs. Macbeth, an English woman and the wile of a memberof the EoyaLAcademy, practices riding after fox honuds astride of her horse, clad in knee breeches, gaiters and a divided skirt. Colonel R. C. Pate, of St Louis, is about to inaugurate winter racing in the I City of llexlco on an extensive scale. Ho has obtained all needed concessions through President Diaz. When he was onlv 5 vears old Barrett Browning wrote verses or such promise that John Buskin predicted that he would be come as famous as a poet as either bis father or mother. Ho Is a painter instead. The matrimonial rumors concerning M. Patenotre. which were in circulation in Washington during bis recent absence in France, were-effectually deposed of when be returned to this country without a bride. The family of General Rosecrans are anxious for him . to go to California to re cuperate. If be gains sufficient strength at Fortress Monroo to stand the long Journey he will probably return to his old home there. General Patrick a. Collins, of Bos ton, laughs when they talk of his being selected for a Cabinet position or even lor Collector of the Port. He says that he is through with politics, and wants to stick to the law business and earn some money. General William Lilly has so far recovered as to bo able to be ont on the street yesterday. The statement that he suffered a stroke of paralysis is incorrect. Although 77 years of age, he is hale and bids fair to live for many years to come. His sickness was caused by the excitement at tending the late campaign, together with a bilious attack. The honorary degree of Doctor of Divin ity was conferred on Prof. Philip Schaff, of tbe Union Theological Seminary, yesterday, by tbe University of New York. This makes the third time the degree of IX I). has been ferred upon the Professor. The first time was by the University of Berlin, in'ISSt, tho second by the University of Edinburg, in 1SS7. The Professor is 73 years old. a ufuVEBsiry biot. Ann Arbor Students Forcibly Prevent tbe Sale of Reserved Seat Tickets. Ahx Arbor, Mich, Dec. . There was a riot at the State University yesterday over a proposed attempt to reserve students' lecture course tickets at -$1 extra, contrary to the conditions on which season tickets were sold. President Amtell had to be sum moned by Secretary Wade, who feared serious trouble. Long- belore the hour set to- opening the office over 600 students gathered in tbe ball und resolved to prevent the sale. When W. W. Griffin, President of the Lecture Association, appeared on the scene he wus roundly nlstei. In the lace or this he still persisted. Griffin attempted to open tbe sale, but the students blocked him. Ho and his defeated ooliorts finally withdrew amid Jeers and University yells. Tho (eel inir is intense. The next lecture will be held Friday evening. Students say If tiie board succeeds in reserving seats they will rush in and take any sat they wish. The Lecture Board may be deposed. ANTHRACITE CaVi-INS. The Largest or Collapse Carries Down Fonr Ballroad Tracks 300 Feet. Suesandoah, Dec 4. Residents or Lost Creek, two miles west or here, were alarmed early yesterday morning by the sudden caving in of about 300 leet of surface, 100 teet wide, directly under the Lehigh Valley Ballroad tracks on the north side or the valley. Four tracks were carried down 25 feet, and the Lost Creek store, thelargest mining store in the region, narrowly es caped destruction. Tne south) walls of the building, fell out, and a large part of tit e building now overhangs tbe Immense cave in. The Lehigh Valley Company immediately ordered ont several roadway trains and all day long lmve been trting ftj fill up their road-bed. The people are in state of dread as night approaches. Accidents of this nature havo oeen fioqneut for some rears past, but none of them equal the tall of to day. Wanamaker to Invade Brooklyn. Nkw Yobk, Dec 4. A Brooklyn real estate dealer, who has been trying for some time to buy some valuable property on Fulton street, sftys he Is acting for Postmaster Gen eral Wanamaker, whom he represented as nrixious to open a big store In Brooklyn similar to one ho owns in Philadelphia. Two Unnecessary Questions. Washington Post.: j Would Carl Schurz take a Cabinet place If it were offered? Would Grorer Cleveland shoot a duck! -- -ati--i- were ' ? ThtfYn i'lTTSBTJRGr DISPATCH, UNIVERSITY EXTENSION. WMTTIir FOB TUB DISr'ATCH.J The meeting which was held a week ago In the Interests of Cnivorslty Extension Mras not attended by all the citizens or ritts ninrg. Some 250.000 people were conspicuous by their absence. The lobbies of tho Fifth avenue theaters were crowded as I came by. But he space about the doors of the chapel of the Elrst Presbyterian Church "was qulto clear, nnd inside even the latest comer had the choice of the best seats. I The 250,000 absentees onght to have felt a tingling In all their 850,000 left ears that ilight,' for the remarks wnleh were made about them were- not of n complimentary diameter. Nevertheless, I believe in Pittsbnrg. The probability is that the people of Pittsburg read over the name of the eminent gen tlemen wbo were in charge of this educa tional movement, and felt so entirely sure of the success or it that they deomed them selves justified In staying away from the meeting. Uvorybody knows about the good woman who always went to sleep during the sermon because of her confidence in the preacber. She knew that he would preanh a good orthodox sermon; there was no need 6r watching him. , Wearoall intercsted-in this University Extension scheme. It would perhaps be too much to promise that the whole 250 000 or us wilt pay over $5 apiece in aid of this good work this cek. Bat theie Is anothor week after this. I am not aware ofany really excellent proposal that ever railed to find seconders in Pittsburg. Wbat University Extension Means. What'is this scheme? What is it for? What Is it meant to dot and will it do lit Thure Is no use asking for countenance or contributions in this town for any pioject which cannot retnrn honest and tatisiactory answors to this catechism r common sense, lam sure or the successor this movement In this community, because I know that it can pass this oritical examination. Tho University Extension movement is notatbfng of jesterdny. It Is nt least a century older than American elvilzation. It got Its first good start when William or Wykebam, in the fourteenth century, estab lished his public school nt Winchester. Be fore that all learning was centered at the cniversities. William's idea was to extend the work or the universities by setting up branch colleges where the young men of a neighborhood conld be educated without a residence at Oxford or Cambridge. It was the first step of tho university toward the people. - Then came the distribution of cheap books, made possible by the new art of printing, lien could now learn even nt their own firesides. The great teachers put tlieir lessons into type, and every humble cottage became a university lecture room. That was the second stage of progress fit st the local'school, then the printed book. But all men could not go to school. Nor did the book, quite take the place of the teacher. There is an influence resident In 'personality which makes any impression which can never be given by an page of silent type. There is no danger that tho press will crowd the pulpit ont. Men wilt always listen with, attention to the voioes of living men, and -will learn from wbat they hear more than from what they read. The university lecturer, to 'make the extension of his work complete, must come himself. And then, when this truth was recognized, somebody put two iron rails sid.e by side in parallel lines and ran an engine over them, and the engine took the place or the old slow horses, and trie "Whole world was brought into the compass of one eommunit;, and men could go easily and quickly lrom one place to another, and the problem was fully solved. The Fathers of the Movement. The man who organized the first publio school, and the man who Invented the print ing press, and tbe man who made the rail way and started the first train of cars, were the fathers of university Extension, For a good -while the lecturer came out of his study and gave one lecture and went baokagaln. That was the case in thejaraous old lectme bureaus of New England, when Emerson taught transcondental philosophy in red sehoolhouses to Massachusetts farm ers. Gradually, however, it came to be felt that this instruction was but fragmentary. People who were genuinely In earnest about learning desired more than the one lecture. They petitioned for courses. They asked not only for entertainment, but (or honest instruction, such as. is given in the college classrooms. There Is always a supply for almost, any demand. There was a speedy answer to this excollent petition. In this" country tbe Chautauqua system of general education came into existence. It provided courses of study; it conducted great classes of cor respondence, audit met tbe desire which people have for seeing their teachers face to face by organizing a huge summer meet ing at whicli the wise and the unwise, the men who had been blessed With tbe privi leges of culture and the men who had lacked that blessing, came together. In tho meantime, on tbe other side of the water,the idea was growing that bright men from the nnlveisltles might go out into the great towns, into tho Tillages, into the re gions or the mills and of the mines and carry with them the treasures whtoh they had gathered and there distribute them to all wbo were willing to share with them. Tlioy gathered classes to whom they gave instrnc tlons, with opportunity for questions, and with provision for examinations. And this was called the University Extension move ment, and an association was organized to support and direct it called the University Extension Society. Its Advent in America. And these two significant movements, the American and the English, borrowed each from the otbor. The English liked that great general meeting at Cbatauqna, nnd they arranged on their side of the ocean a great general meeting at Oxfoid. While we recognized the value or the e'ement or personality upon which the English laid emphasis, no letter, we came to see, can do as much good as a man. And Just two years ago the first center of the JCTniversity Ex tension work was established in this coun try, in Philadelphia. A few months ago this movement invhded Pittsburg. A society was formed, officers were chosen, lecturers were found willing to enlighten the community; and (he work began. It was in furthenmco or this good work that that very select company or citi zens mot in tho cuarol or the First Presby terian Chnrch while their neighbors went to tho theater or stayed at home. This movement is bound to succeed in this town, because it comes at an opportune time. We are becoming aware here Just now that we need for tho good or the town to emphasize tho intellectual side of life. We havo gone on for now tlio;-e many years, with conspicuous success, emphasizing the material interests of the city. We have devoted ourselves to the manufacture of money.. We have striven after wealth as the saints strive after salvation. We have been too bnsy to read, we have been too bnsy to think, we havo been even top busy to enjoy ourselves. Somebody said to me the othnr night that he believed thero ate not a hundred men In Pittsburg who know what a college is to which 1 answered that'ltemember the time when there were not many hundred men in Pittsburg who know the uses or a dross coat. Intelligence Sorely Spreading. But we are changing all.that. Wo are giving ourselves some rational pleasure; wo are attending to the dignities nnd gmces-of social life. We havo the elements here of n cultured society. It is tine that when Mrs. Russell asked me the athor day who our literary people are, I was a bit puzzled lor n mo:nont to mako answer. Nevertheless, tho number Is increasing in Pittsburg of the lair women and brave men who can talk about other matters than, servants, stocks, epidemics and weather, Thero are still, I am informed, youni ladles who do not know whethor "Brown ing" Is tho name of a man orof tTsliade of paint, and who can seo nothing amusing in I the question "Whatnre Pericles t" That Is, 1 thero are still illiterate Individuals in goof society. I do not know anyone In Pittsburg who cannot read", but I am afraid that I oo casionally meet some who do not read. Of Leourse, there will always be young ladles y?mif - Ti$fflwwz? sm?h MONDAY, 1 DECEMBER 5 who care more for good looks than they do for good books. He would be a musty and crabbed pedant who would desfre o banish them oat of society. Rut good books- tm .prove good looks. Society ought to be some thing more than eating and danotng. And it is becoming more so in. Pittsburg lavery day. It seems tome that tbe -remarkable acces sions to the membership or the Art Society, coming in, I understand, at the rate of 20 or 30 a month, evidence that our attention is being directed to other -objects than those which touoli the material side or life. Never have there been so many leotures In this town as there are now, nor s.o many learned societies to hear them. Never has thero been such intoiest taken In pictures, in -I music and In Dooks. The fntm-ef is full of bono for those who believe in the prosperity of Pittsburg, r And Just now comes this University. Ex tension Society, which offers to teach all who will he taught, to carry tho blessings of culture to thoso who recogniz'e their de fects, lo stimulate thinking, to enconrngo and gnide reading and to give some ot tjio advantages of a college education to men and wome.i who cannot go to college. It is an emphasizing of the intellectnal'Sido of life. And It i3 cortaln to succeed, for that is what we need and want. IUP02TAHX M4.30KIC QTJ33TI033 Involving the City or Mexico nnd a Large Port of the United States. Houston, Tex., Dec! 4. Tho Texas Grand Lodgo, A. F. and A. M and the Grand Chapter, B A. M., both convened Tuesday. An important question before tho Blue Lodge Masons is the question or having the charter or Totro Lodge, in the City of Mexico, arrested at the last session of Texas Grand Lodge or Mason, when what ' is known as tue Monterey treaty was ratifi ed. This treaty's provisions embrace affilia tions between all lodges In. America an d all under tho "Dlota of Mexico," of which Presidont Diaz is Grand Master,and n recog nition of symbolic Masonry up to the third (legiee. Toltre Lodge is operating under a ciiartor from the Grand Lodgo of Missouri and refnses to recoznize tbe Jurisdiction or authority or the Grand Dieta or Mexico. Both Mexico and Texas have united in re questing the Grand Lodge or Missouri to arrest the charter, and the Grand Lodge or Missouri has a special commission consider ing the matter. Texas and Bhode Island are now tbe only Grand Chapters which do not bold nlle-t-ianco to the Central Grand Chapter or tho United States. West Virginia having recent ly succumbed to the pressure and Joined the Grand Chapter. First Chapter in Capit ular Masonry. In Texa was chartered in October, 183J, but in 1819 Texas withdrew from the general body and acted as an Inde pendent body, although it sontreptesenta tives to tbe General Chapter in the '"BO's." Bnt as no convention took place in 18G0 Texas withdrew again. The -probabilities are that the Texas Grand Chapter will at this session vote to again become part of the General Grand Chapter and surrender its autonomy. Masons throughout the United States are deeply Interested in these questions and will hall this settlement with Joy. SCHEME OF A SPIBITTALIST Who Hopes to Be Able to Telegraph to Friends After His Death. Mcskxoos, Mien., Deo. 4. SpvAaL George Francis Copson, a spiritualist or this lty, has perfected a scheme, he thinks, by which he hopes at death to be able to prove positively to those still in the material state his spirit exists. He went to Pittsburg a short time ago arid obtained a large glass cylinder so constructed that it can be sealed air tight quickly. In this oylinder be has suspended witb fine copper wires two pieoes of metal so light that they may be brought in contact with each other by tbe slightest motion of air within tbe cylinder. Wires pass through the cylinder, one being con nected with a battery and the other with a telegraphio instrument. Ho has made arrangements for his friends just bofore tbe spiiit leaves his body to seal nlm in the oyllnuer so that his spirit may be kept from departing und at the same time Is enabled by a series ot systematic disturb ances of the air within the cylinder to com municate witb bis friends through the tele graphic instrument. He is dying with con sumption and the publio probably will not have long to wait lor tbe test of his experi ment. Jtr it should prove successful .his friends ure pledged alter three days to.nn seal the cylinder and allow the spirit to de part and then seal up and bury the remains. Ji : CLEVELAND'S BEST 0VEB. He Leaves Virginia to Join Sis Wife at Lakewood. " Lake wood, N. J JJee. 4. From a very in timate friend of Mrs. Glover Cleveland it is learned that President-elect Cleveland Is expected here to-morrow afternoon. Mr. Cleveland will, so it is said, rnnuln at the Freeman cottage until Wednesday or Thurs day, when he will return to New York with Mrs. Cleveland and baby llutli. Mrs. Cleve land will remain In New York for a few days when she, will leeve for the West, where she proposes to spend two weeks. Whether the Presidentelect -will accompany Mrs. Cleve land on her Western trip could nut be earned. A telegram from Exmore. Va., says; President-elect Cleveland ended his visit at the Broadwater Club to-night, and left here at 10:31 o'clock on the private car of Superin tendent Kenney, of the Philadelphia, Wil mington and Baltimore Ballroad, attached to the Now York expmss, which wilt arrive in Jersey City about 7:50 to-morrow morn ing. The last day ou Hog Island was nassed in peace and quietness. Mr. Cleveland is very well, nis lace being ruddy and beating signs or ixposure. WHITE BEAKDED. BUT BAB. Bunko Edward Iilce Caught in Chicago lit the Act of Entangling a Banch Owner. Chicago, Dec. 4. Tho lamous bunkbman, Edward Bice, who is 64 years old, white- bearded'dnd looks like a clergyman, was ar rested here yesterday J ust alter he had made tho acquaintance or J. L. Kapstead, a wealthy Montana, ranch owner. Mr. Bap stead Is on his -way to Germany lor a visit, alter having made a fortune in the West. Kice met him at the depot,, and, learning the Westerner's plans, proposed to so with him. U'ce said lie could uut passes, nnd meant to cross the water in a lew days any way. He was about to lead tho Miuitana man to his "office" when he was interrupted by tho police. CHILE A FBEE COUNTRY. President Monti's Policy as to the Press and Public Speech. Valparaiso, Dec 4 President Montt has said in an Interview in refeienco to the pub lio tceiing that tho Government should be lenient to tho Balmaccdlsts: t "Our Ideas nro not to stop or in any way hinder -public moctin-is or lo curtail the freedom oi rfpeech. Wo desire to show to the world that full liberty In everything Is given so long as there is no actual violence and no attempt to initiate treason. Chl-u accords ireo speech to ntl sensible persons, and has no fear of another revolution." THE LATEST LAB0B UNION. Ptanoforte Workers Are Organizing Na- tional Association. - Boston, Dec. 4. The pianoiorto workers ot Chicago; New York, Philadelphia, Boston and other centers have decided to -organlzo a national union. The lorumtlon of a national union was in itiated by tho Piano Yurntshers and Polish ers' Union or this eity.and they have applied to the American Federation Of Labor lor a charter. CUBBING THE TELEOBAFH COMPANIES. An Administration Bill Before the South Carolina Legislature. Columbia, S. C, Dec 4 A bill was Intro duced yesterday In the House ot. Represent atives by Mr. Harris to give the Ballroad Commisslonois some powers to regulate charges and management of telegraph com- Failles; such as they now "bave lo railroads. t is stated that this is an-ndministration measure and will thereloru uss. One of Mgr. SatclH's Missions. Washington, Dec 4. Mgr. S.uelll, tho Panal Abloatc, has been empowered by the Hoiv See 10 hear and decido without appeal all religious questions botweeu bishops and piiests in tbe United States. Wanted A New Platform. St, Louis Globe Democrat. 1 r The great duty of the Republican party Is 'to ontblnk it "worn-out thoughts as soon as possible. ' 1893. ' CONFLICTING INTERESTS. . v rSPSCIAI, TSLEOBAM TO pin PISPATCH.1 New York, Dec 4. "Conflicting Cur rency Interests' Is the title of Matthew Marshall's article forte-morrow's fiun,wbich reads as follows: Publio attention was divided last week between the Brussels Monetary Conference on the one hand and JayGoald's sicknecs and death on the other. Contrary to almost universal expectation, the actual decease of the great stock' operator caused fnr less commotion III the market than has fre quently resulted on former occasions from false rumors that the event wiis impending. In fact, ll may be said of it, as was said of the resumption of specie payments In 1379, that It was ltko crossing tho State'ltno irom New York into Connecticut on the rsllroad un less one is as told of it he would not know it bad happened. The. father is dead and his sons succeed him, and that Is all. He will be burled and forgotten, and his sins wilt becoirin mere matters of tradition. The Brussels conference has a broader and deeper claim to consideration. Up to the day that Alfred de Rothschild presented his propostttpn for the Joint purchase by the great European powers of silver to the valne or 3,030,000 yearly for five years in addition to nur purchases of 6i.000,00O ounces a year it was uoiieraliy assumed that the conference Would be ouly a meeting for ab sit act discussion and would accomplish nothing of practical value. Great Britain, being suppoiu-d lobe firm in Us adhelon to the single cold standard, wjm counted upon alone to defeat the adoption o" any nlnn for tho benefit nf silver. Wuen, therefore, the leading delegate from that country In the conference nroposed theiHcreaseof the con onmptton or tho metal and thus to enhance its price everybody became eaaer to. dis cover what the phenomenon betokened. A Most Significant Departure. Presumably Mr. yle BothscbiM has se cured the sanction of his own Government before offering his scheme and something like a promise of their acceptance of It in case it should be approved by the confer ence. Its failure to receive this approval does not diminish its significance a tbe first Indication of a departure by the finan cial magnates of Great Britain Irom the un sympathetic and even hostile attitude they have hitherto uniformly maintained toward the silver standard. They have now ap parently come to the conclusion that the clamor in behalf of it can no longersafely be disregarded, and are willing to do some thing to appeaso it. One of them may be the increase or discontent to the pitch of insubordination among the Government employes In India who, being paid salaries fixed In silver rupees, find their compensa tion, when measured In gold, gradually shrinking to nothing. Anothor may ue the disaffection of the Lancashire cotton man ufacturers, who control many votes and who fancy that the depreciation ot the sil ver is hurting their business. It is possible.joo. that the despair of land owners of Great Britain and Ireland, who see the price ol azrlcultural produce ro unced so low as to deprive their possessions or tbe half of their value, has readied a point at which it must be beeded or produce a revolution. Or 'there may be, after all, only a general conviction that the fall In the prices of tho commodities measured in gold has gone as far as it ought to go in Justice and must now be stopped if pos sible. ( Terrible Things That Are Prophesied. The cable accounts ot the proceedings -f tbe conference contain frequent reference to some nndescrlbed and Indefinite catas-. trophe whloh.lt is asserted by the advocates of silver, both in the conference and out of it, will speedily overtake the commeroial world if silver is allowed to co on deorceiat ingas it has done tbe last IS years. As nearly as I can make ont, the catastrophe threatened is universal bankrnptoy, the paralysis or all industries, aud the retnrn or the civilized -world to tbe semi-barbarous condition In which it was Just belore the flood or silver from the rich mines or Amer ica, like tbe fertilizing waters of tbe Nile, came to nourish commerce and quicken manufacturing lnd ustry. It becomes more and more apparent as the controversy over silver goes on that the real point in dispute is whether debtors shall bo compelled to pay their debts in a currency measured by the gold standard, which has increased and is still increasing in value, or whether they shall be allowed to pay by the silver standard, which has not so increased and is nt the moment diminish ing. Thendvocates or the gold stanunrd in sist upon the Jnstice of the creditor's claim to l eceive back tho same money that he lent, regai ding the rise of its value as a piece ot good fortune to which he is entitled; the ad vocates or silver contend that the gain which thus results to the creditor Is iniquitous and oppressive, and should he prevented by per mitting tepaynient ot debts to be made in silver Instead of In gold. The Whole World Not Now at Stake. ' Not all the advocates, either of silver or- or gold, are candid enough to admit that this is the sole issue between them, aud they .talk, as men frequently do where their own Interests are concerned, as u those of the whole world were at stake. The latest re ci nit to the silver standard, tbe Irish Arch bishop, Walsh, makes no lalse pretense In this respect. He says plainly that the main, tenance of the gold standard has already raised the rents of land, and wU raise them still more as time goes on, to the great detri ment of Irish tenants even uudor the re vised leases now making. The same thing is said on behalf or the farmers nnd planters ot the country, who have mortgages on their land made when their produce sold for half as much again as it does now, and who havo to pay interest and principal to as large a money amount as ever. Wlule, therefore, tho Brussols conference may not rail so comoletcty as wus expected, and while either the Morltz levy scheme which is to be dlscu-sed to-morrow for the substitution of stiver for ail gold coin and paper money redeemable in gold coin be icw the value or $4. or some other hair-way measure or the same nature like that pro posed by Mr. de Rothschild may be recom mended by the comerenceandoven adopted by the nations represented in it, the great mass or the sliver party will be as dissatis fied as ever. Mr. de Rothschild's plan amounts to no more than an extension or that upon which tho country has been work ing since 1878 without appreciably enhanc ing the pi Ice or sliver bullion. The Morltz levy scheme would have as little effect, and that little would ceao as soon ns the substi tution of silver for gold money had reached the amount hi use of the gold it is intended to supplant. The Question That Will, Recur. After all the debate the naked question will recur whether the dollar shall remain at Its present gold value, or whether It shall be cut down to its silver value, which Is now 67 cenls'and may fall lower. In this part of the country public opinion is so overwhelmingly against tho measure that it is difficult for us to conceive of its adop tion, aud no therefore underrate the strength or tbe support lc commands In sec tions where nearly everybody is interested in getting high pi ices for the product or his Industry ana In paying his debts as cheaply as he can. Out of the 44 States of tbe Union, 26 are predominantly agricultural or ipimng States, and are, besides, largely in debt to Eastern and European cieditors. The re maining 18-States, comprising the six New England States and tbe States nt New Yoik, Now Jersey, Maryland, Delaware, Pennsyl vania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, W.sconsln, Iowa and Minnesota, are en-KH-ed mote In manufacture and commerce, with the resntt that they ar richer and possess a great stock of accumulated capital. No accurate estimate can be made or the probable vote of the Representatives in the next Congress, but roughly ypeakimr, the 26 asricultuial and mining States will have 140 members who can be counted ou to vote lor free silver, nnd the lemalning IS States will have 102 members, u pait or whom inuy be countetl on to do the same. In the Senate the 26 agricultural and mixing States will havo Si Senators ugulust the 35 aeuators from the other IS States, If, theicfore, the silver men can win 27 votes fiom among tbe 192 uncertain Representatives, they will have a majority In tbe House as well in the Senate anu the only obstacle to freo coinage will be President Cleveland's veto. After Mr. Gould's Death. New York Snn.i First Philosopher It is an unfortunate country in whloh a man can accumulate 7J,000.000. second Philosopher It would be a more unfortunate country In which a man couldn't accumulate $75,000,000. Which of these two sentiments Writ lilt So far as the human ifuulus has been able to evolve any practicable syste.u qf civilized society, the second philosopher alone talks like a man or wisdom. It Is Time Thoy Did. Washington StM.M The canals on this earth are beginning to attract even more attention than tiioso on Mars did. Why No Kaln Is Produced, Detroit Free Press, l There is a, drawing suspicion that those rain makers are averto to getting wet. .' . BUINE AND fllS ILLNtlSfT.. No Besson to Suppose That He WU1 Not Live Many Happy -Years. WASHlirOTOK. Dec L .8prtial Mneh spec ulation has been Indulged in in social olreio during the last woek or two In regard to tho real condition of ex-8ecretary Blaine and tho real causes of that -condition. It has always Jecn impossible to getany 'bfflciar' statement at Any time from any or the doc tors. This is by tho orders of Mr. Blaine himself, who has an almost morbid aversion to the discussion or bis diseases iu the pub lie press. Tho doctors have,' tUfiraforo, closed their months, and young 'Jlmmie" has been postod at the door, instead of tbe servant, to answer all inquiries, except of those wbo are admitted to the presenoe of the great ex-Seeretary, to-glve the stereo typed answer each day that bis father is much better and in no danger, and that nothing has been the matter with lilm but "a slight cold," Thi Dispatch correspond ent was told to-day by a gentleman who is closely associated witb one of the consnttlng Ehyslcians that Mr. Blaine bad really not een In danger of a fatal result from liii ill ness any time during this last attack, but that he suflured simply a temporary aitgra vatlou of tue dlsra-o which lm cansed alof his recent illnesses an affection at the kid nevs commonly called "Bright's disease," und that all or the minor afflictions reported to the public, such as chills, Indigestion, rheumatUm, etc, were merely the usual ao companlmeuts oi tho disease, which, even in its latter stages, would permit its victim to follow his accustomed halilts tor a period, of months without serious protest. Even nuder these frequently reourrlng at tacks it is said by this- expert that Mr. Blaine may, with his great vitality, go on lor years in the enjoyment of comparatively good health, and time while one so afflicted may, by over-confidence or carelessness, be carried off after but a brief illness, there is no reason to believe that tho much beloved ex-Secretary may not enjoy for many hanpy years the domestic nnd social life to whlca he has retired himself. A QIBL WHO NEYEB BATS. Though She Lives on Milk She Is Smart, Happy and Healthy. Readi.to, Dec 4. To-day marked the close of the second year since .Mary A. Ellis, or this city, now 18 years old, first began refus ing to take food.' For the first six months she ate few solids, but for tbe past 18 months she has snbsUted entirely on milk, of Which she drinks a quart a day. She is suffering from no throat, or Organ ltlc troubles, is In fairly good health and has steadfastly and uniformly refused to eat under any circumstances. Miss Ellis -converses intelligently and is happy and cheer ful, she is a puzzle to the dootors. HABEIS0N AS AH ABBIfBATOB. Brazil and Argentina Lay Their Boundary Dispute Before Him. ' New Yoekt, Dec 4. The steamer Vlgllancla, arrived here to-day from Brazilian ports andbrougbt to this oity three of the Bra zilian commissioners who are to serve In, tho settlement of the Missiones boundary case, which, by agreement between tbe Brazilian Government and the Argentine Republic, is to be left to tbe declson of President Har rison. Unnsnal conntesles were extended to tbe commissioners by the customs inspectors, under orders from the Treasury Depart ment. TOE PITTSBURG PLAN. Other cities will watch the Pittsburg- ex periment witli Interest, and will, it is to be hoped, profit by its lesson In dealing with their own haunts of vice. Sew York Pren. Furriita aside the question whether men or omen can be made moral by policing themwhat justice or humanity is there in making one sex alone suffer for the crime of both I Philadelphia Record. Ik the clearer light of another day there Is an evident lack or good faith, and a manl iest desire to wreak revenge, in the police proceedings which are the sensation or the day in Pittsburg. Wheeling Intelligencer. PrrrsBuao is evidently getting a dose of tne medicine that certain sensational re formers wish to inflict on New York. But New York is quite healthy, thank you, and does not propose to take any sucu nauseat ing messes. Sew YorTc World. It society- is determined to cure this terri ble disease, it must cease to discriminate against men and women after its present fashion. It must impose the same legal and social penalties on both the slnnlne man and the sinning woman. Sew York Sun. It Is easy to pass laws against crime and vice, but if that were ail that were needed to eradicate them there would now be no evil in the land. Meanwhile students of sociology will watch tbe effects of Pitts burg's move with the utmost "interest. Wheeling EegUter. It need not be supposed by the most san guine that Pittsburg will be transformed at once Into a holy place because or the driv ing out oi these women nnd the holding them up to public shame and execration. Reform can never be brought about by this process. Indianapolis Journal. Whew Pittsburg orders its publio womon to leave the city, whro docs it oxpect them to go? And ir it is wrong for them to live in Pittsburg, how is it less wrong for them to be banished to a residence In other cities? Pittsburg morality is evidently scouring the outside of the cup and platter. 8: Levis Republic. The experiment for it is such will be watched with a cre.it deal of interest, but not witbont fear that the law, unassisted by tbe strongest kind or public sentiment as well as good moral, is inndeqiate to deal successfully with the evil. Much remains to be done after tho law has been enforced. CWumSiu Dispatch. , Senator Gibson still Sinking. Hot Springs, Auk, Dec 4. It Is apparent that only a few hours or Hie now remain to Senator Gibson, of New Orleans, senior United States Sonntor from Louisiana. He has been gradually sinking., DEATHS UERB AND ELSEWHERE. Dr. Gottfried von Wagner. Dr. Gottfried von Wagner died at Tokio, Jnpan, Novi-mbcr 8. He went to Japan from German j la 1870, ind was appointed Professor of Chemistry ami Phrilcs in Ilia College of Medicine. He wa one of the Commissioners for Japan to the Vienna Exposition, and subsequently tn the Phila delphia hxpoiltlon or 1877. At the time ! his Tlcath lie was Professor in the University of Tollo. He Improved aud invented methods or coloring Japanese porcelain, and for thee and other serv ices to the Government lie bad rerenUr received several decorations from the Emperor, John S- Bayne. John S. Bayne, aged GO years, who for the past 20 years has served as an overseer at the Western Peatteittlarr. died at pis home on Su perior street, Al'eirheny. at T o'clock Saturday evening from the effects of a stroke of paralysis. Mr. JHyne wa an old soldier, having, served through the Civil War. and was a memberof Post 83.0. A. R. He leaves -a wife and family. Ills oldutsnnie turnkey at the penitentiary, and the other children are grown np aud are living In dif ferent parts of the coumry. The funeral takes plnce at Beaver, Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock. Joseph Boss. Jos. Bossdied last evening at his residence, 210 Locust street. Sir. Boss wss barn in Robinson township Iu July.-ISli and hai been a resident of this county all his life. In 1874 be was elected Frothpnotary on tbe Republican ticket. Mr. Kust was verv succesirul as an oil producer, and earned several good well tear Oil City, Be Iave four sons and two daughters. William M. Johnston. William M. Johnston, ot 16X5 Blddle f street. Sharpsburg. died at 7:40 o'clock last nlcht. Ho bad been a millwright for Hubbard & Co, for the iast HO years. He leaves three soas aud a daughter, aud was S3 years uld. Obltnary Notes. G kobge H. TEX EICK. the pioneer ot the ph to copying business, died In Auburn. N. Y., Friday. In h s 79 l!i year. A. R. BAKEa. of Indianapolis, aled in Boston yesterday. He was the prime mover la forcing the Iron Hall into a rvcelrcitblp. ' ill. BOXAPARTI Wr.'E, a well-known French engineer who negotiated the new Colombian on cewluti tu the Panama Canal Company, died la Cannes jresteniay. Annette Ixc E. an old-time actress, died la San Francisco S-itnrday, aged aoout A) years. Abmt 25 years ago she sta-rcd with success in the West in suth rules as VamiUe, Parthenla aud Juliet. r COLOXEL GIOKGE WASIUNQTOIf, ono Of . th leadlog capitalists of Tennessee, and a man of largii wealth, died at his homo in Cedar Hill, Rob rrtkon county, yejterday. In his 78th ytSr, i.'ewjs tbe lather or Hon- Joseph H WalngtOD,inemb:r' er Congress." -; "" CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS." 7 j?1 The filtration of electricity is new. Onions are more nourishing than an other vegetable. Of all symbolic signs none is to ancient as tho barrier's pole. The Australians are the greatest tea -drinkers in tbe world. At the age of 40 a man generally at tains his highest weight; a woman at SO. The number of deaths in the entire world in a century is estimated to be 4,500, 000,000. s The Shah of Persia will not remain at a table on, Which is either .lobster or salmon. Electric bell signals are now used in London while navigating Its streets ia No vember logs. There are 950,000 persons imprisoned in 875 Jail in Russia. The prisons were built t o hold only 870,000. Tourists in Japan find the native guides as avaricious its they are in tbe more trav eled parts of Europe. Europe consumes upward of 524,000,000 worth or gold and sliver annually for plate, Jewelry and ornaments. During the month of October the rain fajl in Paris, It Is reported, was heavier than that ofany year since 17C9. Bohemia has 160 societies lnd clubs which have for their obJecCtho advance ment of the cause of women. The violin upon which George Wash Ington's wedding march was played is in the possession ora musical society at S anbury. Pa. The machinery at the World's Fair is to be set in motion by the pressing of a but ton in Madrid, Spain, by a descendant of Columbns. A doctor ia Kansas has produced a plant called potomato," which Is a cross between a potato and a tomato, and will yield both fruits. In the fourteenth century armour be camo so heavy that many soldiers only 30 years old were deformed or permanently disabled by its weight. It has been discovered that the Kongo river is 1,432 feet deep at its month. The month of the Mississippi has a depth of 33 feet and the Thames ot 40 feet. Three new crematories were built in Germany last year, and in Italy tbere are 23 now in operation. In Prance 3,711 bodies were disposed of in 1891 by burning. One of the features of the Missouri ex hibit at tbe World's Fair will be a reproduc tion of the Eads' bridge, on a large scale, composed entirely of grains and grasses. Two hundred years ago English law compelled barbers to display "a blood pot on ,a striped pole, the whole to be sur mounted with a symbolical cloth of red material." Oculists profess to have discovered a connection between wood pavements and dptbalmia. It is said that the gaseous ema nations from the pavement are very injur ious to the organs ef vision. Guttapercha was first introduced into Europe from Malaga in 1812. Tbe annual consumption now amonnts to 4.000.900 pounds, and the East Indian trees which snpply the demand are diminishing at an alarming rate. New Orleans has a new idea. To pre vent disastrous street car strikes In future It is proposed to place letter boxes in all the street cars and thus brine them under the direct protection of tbe 'United States Government. The first iron casting made in America, a kettle, cast at the Saugus Iron Works in 1682. l.ai been presented to the city of Lynn by J. E Hudson, or Boston, a lineal descend ant or Thomas Hudson, the original owner of the casting. The compass plant of Asia Minor, known all along the eastern shores of the Mediterranean and as far east as Arabia and Persia, Is mentioned in tho Bible, where the prophet refers to "that senseless thing which is more stable than man. Inasmuch as it always pointeth in the one direction." A Frenchman died not long ago and left a large estate, which was divided among tbe heirs without quarreling ail but an umbrella which bad been in the family for over SO years. Tills was fongnt for In a lively way, and the aid or tne court had finally to be inyoked to quiet the disturb ance. ' The most lofty place In the world regu larly inhabited by human beings Is the Bud dhist Monastery or Haine in Thibet, which is about 17,000 feet above the sea level. The highest innauited spat ou tbe Western Hem isphere is G ilera, a railway station in Peru, which is J 5.633 leet above the Pacific's level at low tide. The German branch of the Standard Oil Company now owns IS tank steamers, of an nggresate capacity of 53,975 tony, ror transporting oil across tbe Atlantic Ocean, he-Ides storage tanks in various inland cities, tank boats for the river trade and a larjre cooperage shop, with a capacity of 750.0CO barrels a year. The depreciation iu the purchasing power or silver in India, due to its decline in value, has caused great suffering among many Anglo-Indian officials whose incomes have been thereby reuueed. The rupee is now about 10.2d, a decline oi 33 per cent irom-the sterling value of 3 shillings, which it originally represented. A Hartford, Conn., surgeon lately in- duceda woman, whose 2-year-old child had long beon suffering fror peculiar attacks, to submit the little one to an operation, on suspicion that tbe baby had swallowed a (liauiund earring tbe mother hud missed. No earring was round, bat 23 small carpet tucks were taken from tbe child's stomach. Fine edged tools assume a blue color and lose all temper ir exposed for any con siderable length of tlmo to, the light of the sun, either In summer or winter. A similar effect is exercised by moonlight, a large cross-cut saw wlth-whlch the experimenters were working having been "put out or shape and its temper ruined by a sinsle night's ex posure to a first quarter moon." What thought transference actually mentis was exemplified tbe other day In Philadelphia, when an entire school of blind pupils visited tbe Dore exhibition of paintings, accompanied by Dr. Stryker, the principal. The latter explained with such minuteness of detail tbe general appearance of the picture and Its various points of ex cellence, that the children left the place gleefully chatting abont what they had seeu through tbeir prcouptor's eyes. In Paris a novel apparatus has been fixed in iront of the windows or a few shops, pioneering the way for the introduction of the invention. It consists of a small pipe laid alone; tho exterior of the shop window, from which pipe, through numerous holes, is emitted a gentle current or warm air. slightly 3cented, whicn Is very asreeable to the shop window gazers to sniff, while it keeps the window clear and bright, thus more effectively displaying the contents. ORIGINAL AND JOCOSE. NOT SHOCKING. She was not pretty,, not a bit, Ber hair was ugly red. Her ye were crossed, her month was larga, Prom her most peonle fled. Bat by ber often have I sat. And though she was demurs, , She would always hold and stroke my baud. She was my manicure. quiTg DITFEREsr wow. On New Year's eve they will have beea married J ust a year. The otbrr evening George, the husband, was lilting in his den reading the- advertisements In an evenlng4ewspaperwben NelL the wire, entered, sud. taking her place at his feet, pulled his paper away, and, looking tenderly Ip his eyes, said: "Ueurge. dear. Christmas Is coming." "So the shop windows inform me." he snapped. But what are you golug to give me, dear f " she asked. "Little woman," he said, stage-like, "do you remember Just about this time a year ago I asked yon wl)at yon wanted for a present ana you re plied. 'Dear heart, last a loving kiss!'" "Yes, Gorg." she laid. "I remember, but last year father gave me a beautiful gold watch. Don't -job think It would be very foolish for him to give me another now I" And George admitted the force or the argument - TO2 IIUJIOEIST'S LAMEST. Hard luck, indeed, I'm baring ample, -. Herewith I'll cite you an example: Wlnfer's gait Is now so slow, y. I cannot sell my Jokes oa taow, ' v I i 4 53
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