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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!
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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.
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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.
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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."
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"" 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
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