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1VET THE COURTS DECIDE.
The latest phase of the terrible charge
of poisoning at Ilomestead brought against
certain individuals, as set forth fully in.
the affidavit ot Patrick Gallagher, is prima
facie evidence of a very serious char
acter. But it is also ex parte, and as the case is
under Judicial advisement, and will doubt
less be prosecuted with all vigor, it is well
not to prejudge the matter. To do so
upon the evidence alone of a confessed
principal would be manifestly unjust and
inhuman. If guilt is proved, let the
guilty ones be punished with the utmost
severity; if innocence be established, let
the men be acquitted devoid of any feel
ing whatever.
It is well also to remember that the acts
of a few people, unless upon the strongest
evidence, can scarcely with any show of
reason he charged to organized labor; the
charges against which individuals would
doubtless, if proved, be repudiated with
horror by the very organizations to which
they belong and which they would dis
grace by their inhuman conduct.
The verdict of the public should be that
of the courts.
MORE EXPERIENCE THAN THAT.
The Xew York World, in support of the
proposition to increase the tax on liquors
to $1 25 per gallon, makes three asser
tions, as follows:
To tax whisky and untax the com
mon necessaries of life is a policy
rapidly growing in favor anions Dem
ocrats in Congress. To add CO cents
a gallon to the whisky tax nhich is
proposed by some persons will increase the
revenues by $60,000,000 a year. I will embar
rass no industry, lav no burden upon the
people and harm nobody. It will not even
diminish consumption, as experience has
proved.
The assertion that it Is preferable to
tax whisky rather than the necessaries
of life is indisputable. The further state
ment that the increase of the tax ''will
not even diminish consumption' may also
be accepted as a reasonably though not
exactly accurate statement of ex
perience. But when the esteemed
World asserts that the addition of 60 cents
per gallon to the whisky tax will increase
the revenues by $60,000,000 a year, it is
necessary to commend to it a little study
of the fiscal' history of the country.
Experience had proved that a tax on
whisky does not decrease consumption,
because under those circumstances a large
proportion of whisky is consumed that
doesnotpiyanytax.it all. It is cogent
in the presence of a proposition like this,
the most immediate effect of which would
be to add many millions to the wealth of
the Whiky Trust, thatsome other lessons
of experience are worth remembering.
One is that increasing the tax on liquors
bevond a certain point diminishes the
revenue by adding to the premium on
evasions of the tax; the other is that the
reductions on the tax have increased the
revenue in more thin inverse ratio.
Finally, if the Democrats should under
take to increase the tctal revenue of the
Government from taxation by an .amount
equal to the reduction of the MeKinley
cci, what would become of the original
Democratic contention that the public
revenues were largely in excess of the
legit) mate expenditures?
A POSTAL IMPROVEMF.NT.
The adoption of a new feature in the
local postal service of, St. Louis was the
tubject of a news item which has been
given prominence in some of the Eastern
papers. The length of turn required for
the transmission of a letter from one part
of a large city to another is one ofthe
jioints that have been criticised in the
postal administration. It some times
takes longer to transmit a letter from one
r,art of Pittsburg to another, say from
Lwrenceville to Trmppranceville, than
from Pittsburg to Xw Yor.r. The adop
tion of mail carts was a step fcr the im
provement of this deficiency. But S.
Lnuis has gone beyond that in providing
an electric mail car. This arrangemeit
gaihers the mail from and distributes it
lostatiors along the line over which it
runs, with the result of much quicker and
more complete service than was possible
under old methods Instead of obliging
the carriers to return to the central post
offire at every tnn the car meets them at
the station, takes their collections and
giveb them back what they must dis
tribute. The letters that are to go frcm
one ward to another are postmarked and
distributed from the car instead of being
taken to the central office. All of which
means a marked saving of time.
Such an increase of postal accommoda
tions in the large cities would be a strong
argument for the socialistic idea that serv
ic -s are best performed by the Govern-"
laent, if it were not for one thing. The
r-!-ctric postal car is not provided by the
Government. It was furnished by a street
railway corporation lor the sake of im
proving the facilities of the region winch
It s-crves. There is a rather striking illus
tration of the difference between Govern
ment and competitive control right here.
While the p.-stal department has been
pluming itself on its mail carts, or a
facility which every urygoods merchant
orcorner grocer afforded to his 'customers
ye.TS ago, a street railway corporation
under the competitive stimulus of making
its district more advantageous than others,
gratuitously offers to the Government a
postal facility far beyond that which the
Government has effected. The competi
tive principle still remains the greatest in
centive to improvements.
NO SOCIALISM NECESSARY.
A specimen of thp looseness of. expres
sion and thought which prevails on the
economic problems of the age Is furnished
by an article quoted from the San Fran
cisco Examiner. That journal, though
owned by a millionaire, thinks that such
fortunes as that of Gould's furnish an en
forcement of the socialist idea that tho
conditions of competition are unfair and
"are not conditions favorable to the wel
fare of the average man."
That the Gould fortune is an exponent
of the evil tendencies of the age can be
very strongly upheld; but those who think
that it is necessary to be a socialist to aver
it should read Daniel Webster on the pur
pose of our system for the distribution of
wealth among the greatest possible num
ber of property owners. When they have
studied the declarations of the Great Ex
pounder that the purpose of our Constitu
tion is to diffuse property as well as edu
cation throughout the masses, and that
the rise of a wealthy class would be inim
ical to the stability of the republic, they
will perceive that the objection to great
fortunes need not be socialistic, but is
founded on the fundamental principles of
democracy.
There is another and more cogent criti
cism of the idea of the Examiner that the
Gouid career proves that the conditions of
competition are unfair, and that it indi
cates the remedy of extending combina
tions for the benefit of the people or
socialism. That the conditions of compe
tition are unfair is beyond doubt; but,
when people go far enough beneath the
surface to find out that all these great
fortunes are accrued by methods which
involve the suppression of competition
for the benefit of the manipulators of cor
porate management, they may perceive
that tiie remedy is not to suppress compe
tition still further, but to give it univer
sal and free action. When the further
fact is brought out that every one of these
methods involve direct and persistent
violation of either the spirit or letter of
our laws and of the principles of economy,
the conclusion should be plain that the
fault is not in the competitive system, but
in the laxity which permits its law3 to be
nullified.
The issue is rightly presented when it is
shown that it is not for the adoption of
new and untried principles of social or
ganization, but for the restoration of old
and thoroughly-tried laws of democratic
society.
A WISE DEPARTURE.
The Federation of Labor is to bo hearti
ly congratulated on its realization that the
strike and the boycott have failed. And
its resolve to try the ballot as a corrective
in place of the two deposed agencies is
worthy of widespread and earn
est emulation. Strikes, lockouts, boy
cotts and ill their accompaniments
are, at their best, survivals of barbaric
practices contrary to all laws of social and
political economy. And at their worst,
they produce distress on the one hand
and loss on the other while failing to pro
vide even a temporary solution to the
problems which gave them birth. Labor's
cause can best be served through the bal
lot box. And its organizations should be
devoted to securing legislation to meet its
needs, to the formation of insurance so
cieties and the encouragement of co-operation
and arbitration in every possible di
rection. THE L4.ST CHOLERA CURE.
The use of periodate crystals, or perio
date of iron, for the treatment of cholera
in Hamburg has been accompanied with
results that almost justify the hope that
science, ip addition to establishing pre
ventive measures, has discovered the
treatment of the disease which is likely
to be effective even when it has assumed
epidemic form. Before the cholera out
break in Europe the penodate3 had been
used as a powerful nerve or heart
stimulant, as a disinfectant to the ali
mentary canal, and as a germicide which
was harmless to the human system.
These qualities indicate its usefulness
in cholera; and the experience with its use
in the barracks hospital at Ilamburg go
far to making it a sovereign remedy. A
large number of cases treated were of the
most violent type; but the record of the
periodates shows that seventy cures were
effected in a hundred of the worst cases,
while of the cases treated in the early
stages ninety-five out of a hundred were
cured. If this record can be kept up else
where the new remedy will rob the
cholera of nearly all its terrors.
It is well to remember these, things in
view of the possibility of cholera next
year. Sanitation and quarantine have
been shown by world-wide experience to
bi the best protection of communities.
Experience has also demonstrated that
boiling all water and thoroughly cooking
all food, with tiie use of a little sulphuric
acid as a prophylactic, will enable cool
headed people to face an epidemic with
comparative safety. If, in addition to
this, the periodates can cure the large ma
jority of actual cases the world need no
longer regard the cholera as one of -its
scourges.
A POSSIBLE SENATORIAL LIGHT.
It is now intimated that the political
and military genius who induced Grover
Cleveland and David Bennett Hill to put
their legs under his mahogany a year or
so ago is to the front again in the role of
pacificator. Of course we refer to Col.
Bill Brown. Col. Brown suggests that
the breach between the administration
and the New York Democratic managers
can be healed by selecting a candidate for
the United States Senate who will be
persona grata to both sides. Modesty
does not lorbid the gallant Brown from
causing it to be intimated that a particu
larly eligible compromise can be discov
ered in his own person.
The list of the qualities which entitle
the eminent Colonel to consideration as an
eligible character for the United States
Senate, and as grateful to both sides is
unique. First, ho is an ardent admirer of
Cleveland, and lost 550,000 betting on his
election in 1883. Then he became one of
the immortal 72 who assured the Democ
racy at Chicago that Cleveland could not
be elected. After which he became an
enthusiastic supporter of Cleveland, and
demonstrated his faith by the character
istic method of betting enough on
the election to get back all tlat he
had lost four years before with usury.
Finally that famous dinner and the
possession of a liberal reserve fund, which
Col. Brown is ever ready to put where
it will do the most good, present him to
the New York Democracy as an ideal
successor of Kernan, Conkling, Seward
and Marcy.
One supreme qualification, however, is
overlooked in the statement of Brown's
qua'ifications for the United States
Senate, and it should not be omitted. If
he is- elected to that august body he can
give the Senatorial poker club points it
never dreamed of, unless it has previously
bad the liberal and, at the same tube,
costly education of playing the game
with Brown as a private citizen.
Among all the destitution at Homestead
tho aosenco of Cluistmas gifts for the chil
dren is ono of tho saddest features. They
at least are utterly irresponsible for the
causes which led to existing conditions, and
no effort should be spared to make the holi
day season as mirthful for them as may bo.
The world-wide unsavory reputation of
American municipal government is dpe to
two main causes. One half of the citizens
are too Intent on private gains to devote
any attention to their own city's affairs,
and the other makes the result of municipal
elections dependent on Irrelevant questions
of national politics. Tho tariff, the force
bill, tho currency, penMons and sucdi like
things have no more connection with the
management of a city's business than has
tho identification of a comet or tho moon's
iniluence upon tho tides. When Republi
cans or Democrats attempt to select local
officers on paitisan line?, they sacrifice
their city's interests for the benefit not of
the nation, but of the protcssional political
wirepullers. When devotion to money-getting
causes apathy at municipal elections
tho neglect involves a diiect loss to tho
municipality, and an Indirect to tho said
money-getters.
The irreverence and skepticism of the
ago are painfully evident in the attempt to
impeach tho character of a man so well
known for his goodness as Colonel shep
ard. Sacred things aro indeed confounded
with secular when aspersions aro cast on
such well established piety as his.
The terrible loss of life by explosion in
a colliery In Lancashire, Enstland, vestei
day is attributed to the carelessness of tho
man whose business it Tas to inpect the
mine before the admission of tho miners.
Tho responsibility of such an officer is im
mense, and any disregaid of his duties in
volves iuch terrible eonsequonces as call
lor the administration of the law's severest
penalties when the guilt is proven. Hun
dreds pf miners' lives have been lost by
their own negligence of precautions duo to
the contempt for danger bred of familiarity
therewith. In those cases the innocent and
the guilty suffer together on the spot. In a
supposititious case of this kind where wives
are widowed and children orphaned by the
neglect of ono man the punishment for
criminality so far reaching cannot be too
severe.
Even at this late day ex-Senator Blair is
still talking about that education bill of his.
And at Philadelphia yesterday he expressed
a conviction that tho measure will be suc
cessfully resuscitated. Hislong-windedness
is about equaled by his optimism.
The prompt capture and the prom
ise of an equally prompt prosecu
tion and punishment of tho two
train robbers who wore driven from
the train near Huntington, V. Va., tho other
day will prove a warning to such gentry.
Between tho firearms of the passengers and
the strong arm of tho law they aie likely to
lealize that their-raethod of making a living
is as unprofitable. as dishonest. This is a
big country, but it has no room for tialn
robber.". They must reform and become
railroad magnates.
There is something indefinite about Mr.
Armour's description of a religion with
"sixteen ounces to the pound." Bat tho
meaning of his phraio is clear enough, and
its indefiniteness is not its least excellent
characteristic.
Andrew Carnegie believes that a col
lego training unfits, or at least handicaps, a
man for a business career. As evidence
that such a training does not seriously ham
per a man in tho business of life, it is to be
noted that among the Yale alumni in Wash
ington City alone there aro tlneo Justices of
the United States Supieine Court, one Cabi
net officer, eight Senator, many Rcpiesent-
.atives, and numerors prominent profes
sional and business men included in a mem
bership of one hundred arid forty-one.
Death penalties for heresy are a part of
the history of religion in tho dark age. But
even in this enlightened era a man is liablo
to bo suspended for so serious a ;' crime."
CONGRESS has done nothing very re
markable so far, unless the coalition or both
parties in applauding a "slighted" Demo
cratic Speaker may be so called. But the
country docs not expect anything remark
ably good from the Capital, and nothing
short of actual national bankruptcy could
be regarded as a remarkably bad Congres
sional production in comparison with past
achievements.
i The size ot the Cooley family is in itself
enough to account for tho number of crimes
with which it Is collectively and Individ
ually charged.
The County Commissioners of Jefferson
county, O., aro suing two railroad companies
for the alleged stealing or a country road.
Aside from its magnitude there nre two re
markable features in the charges made. It
is ai surprising that the railroads' pos
session of tho whole earth is questioned as
that it should be alleged thjt they actually
found a country "road" that was worth the
stealing.
PAT0RITBS OP FORTUNE1.
Joins H. Drake, of South Dakota, has
been appointed United States Consul at
Kehl.
William Potter, the newly appointed
United States Minister to Italy, has arrived
iu Rome.
Lillian Russell will locate herself in
Chicago during tiie Exposition season and
has leased an elegant residence for six
months, paying $250 a month for it.
Mr. Philip D. Armour is in New York
with his secretary. lie is going to Europe in
the Majestic and will coino back on Her re
turn trip. Ho has nothing now to say re
garding bis Chicago institute.
Paderewski left London yesterday en
route for the United Mates, a largo num
ber of bis friends, including Major J. C. Post,
Military Attache of tho American Legation,
and Mrs. Post, accompanied him to Huston
station, where they bade him farewell.
Governor Flower has appointed Susan
B. Authony a member or the Board of Mana
gers of the New York Stato Industrial
School to succeed the late Dr. Jonus Jones.
The appointment meets with general ap
proval. A CnAlR in Egyptology at University
College, Oxford, was lounded by Miss Amelia
Edwaids, by a provision In her will; and it
Tvill bo filled by Pror. W. M. Flinders Petrle,
who will entor upon his duties after the
holidays. v
Asiono the Asiatics studying at the Uni
versity of Oxford is a native of Afghanistan
named Fida Mohammed Kahn. lie is the
only Afghan in England, and intends to be
come a barrister be. ore returning to bis
oountry.
Alai E. Stevenson will leave Bloom
ington, 111., next Sunday for his visit to At
innta. lie will bo accompanied by Mrs.
Stcvcnson.the MIssesMary, Julia and Letitia
Stevenson, and his son Lewis, and by his
cousin and law partner, James Stevenson.
The Jesuits of Spain are trying to
arrango a matrimonial alliance between Don
Jaime, son of Don Carlos, and Infanta Mer
cedes, daughter of tho late King Alfonso.
This illiance, if effected, would in all prob
ability put an end to tho hostility that has
long existed between the roignlng families
in Spain.
Ex-Governor John P. St. John, of
Kansas, writes tho lollowing to a Kansas
newspaper: "In the midst of all that Is being
published against Jay Gould please allow me
space to .say that In 1S80 when settlers In
Western Kansas were penniless and threat
ened with starvation, I wrote lo this much-
abused man about it. Ho promptly sunt me
$3,000 which was invested In bread and meat
for their relief."
A LOOK AROUND. .
TnE City of Washington to a great
extent, and Chicago to a lesser one, have
been greatly benefited by their tree-planting
policy. I do not see why a similar plan
cannot bo adopted by Pittsburg and similar
benefits obtained ns a rosult. In Washing
ton there Is a District Board made up of
Uulted States Engineers and officers of tho
Agricultural Department, which In the past
five or six years has planted Iu the neigh
borhood of 80,000 shade trees on the Wash
ington streets. The commission has sole
charge of the work. When a street has
been graded and wbon all pipe connections
have been made, the commission begins its
planting of trees all along the streets uni
formly. The lot owners have no voice in
the matter, pay nothing for the trees and
have no hand in caring for them. The cost
comes out of a fund created by general tax
ation. Tho commission has Its own nurser
les and Its corps of men who fully understand
the planting and tho care of trees. Tho
Washington streets speak for themselves
and for the energy and intelligence of tho
members or the commission.
In Chicago the new streets and driveways
are in charge of the Department of Parks so
far as the trees go, and they also have ex
clusive powors. Now Is surely the timo for
Pittsburg to adopt this plan, while so many
new streets are being laid out. It Is not im
probable that in the near future a new
branch of the city's government will bo
formed by reason of the necessity for its
operation as a separate organization. 1 re
fer to the Department of Parks. It is unfair
nnd unwise to crowd all this work upon tho
Dopaitment of Pnollc Works. Tliore is,
however, no need to wait until such a de
partment is erected. Let the Department of
Works have tho power nnd tho money
until tho Department of Parks comes
into existence. I do not suppose thero
will be much serious objection to
placing tho power of selecting the
variety of trees and taking care of
them in tho hands of tho department.
Repeated experiments the world ovor have
shown the necessity of taking such things
out of the hands of the individual property
owner and placing them under municipal
control. Ono man would want Lombard'
poplars, another maples, another lindons,
still another would Insist on horse chestnut,
and tho result wou'.d be a Falstaffiau regi
ment of shade. bomo would die, otheis
would flourish and others would spin out a
sickly existence. By all means let us have
this matter taken up by Councils, an intelli
gent estimate of Its cost given, and then
proceed to shade all principal streets where
such u coutso Is possible
It is noticeable to many people who ride
in the stieet cars in Uie early part of tho
ovoning, when they a-e fullest, that a num
ber ot youitg men seen to think tired work
ing gills reioice in tiie smell of cigarette
and toby smoke. Young men who have tho
appourance of average intelligence and
ordinary good manrers ou finding tho
smoking compartment full, hang on to a
strap with one hand and bold a smouldering
cigar or lank toby in tiie other under tho
noses of ladles and cbiUren, with a cheer
lul disregard of results that is delightful to
behold. The conductors are so busy col
lecting fares in the cronded cars that they
can hardly be blamed lor overlooking all
such cases, and the companies lmvo pcs'cd
notices forbidding the practice, so it is a
mattor for tho passengers to take up for
themselves. Night before last I aw an
incident in a Fifth avenue car which was
certainly suggestive in this lino. A tall,
thin youth with a collar like an Elizabethan
ruff and wearing an ulster, a sickly smile,
stood in tho center of tho cur clutching a
toby from which tno smoke curled up into
the face of a delicato looking young girl
who manifested ber appreciation of this
burninir of incenso bctore her shrine by
coughing from time to time. I finally made
up my mind to Interfere, but befoie I conld
do so a little, drlcd-up old gentleman with
the most pacific air shortoncd his grasp on
his heavy cane and rapped the knuckles of
the hand which held the offending toby.
The fingers opened withu. twitch, tho to
bacco or whatever it was that burned fell to
the floor, and the young man with a savage
exclamation turned to look for his assailant.
The old man met his angry glance with a
placid smile nnd, nodding his whlto bead, he
rotnnrfcod: "Yes, it was I." The incident
cloed then aud there and so did the mouth
of the man in the ulster, while the girl di.
vlded ber looc between gratitude and fright.
Walter.
A BATTXE IN MEXICO.
Federal Troops and Rebels Have an En
counter Near the Border.
GnEimsno, Mhx., Dec. 14. For the first time
a complete official report of tho bloody bat
tle near San Ygnnco was sent to military
headquarters to-day. The invasion of the
revolutionists lms produced Intense excite
ment throughout the Rio Grande border
country. Major Julian Eqnobcl, tho com
mander of the garrison, left with a force of
ISO soldiers, but when they reached the place
tney found that the revolutionists had
crossed tho liver into the United . State,
taking with them about SO prisoners, 10
horses aud a largo amount ot amunif.on and
guns.
The Moxlcan soldiers fought nobly. They
were only 45 in number. Captain Segaar, who
was in command of tho Government ti oops,
led charge utter charge against the opposing
lorcc, which numbered fully 200, but he was
outnumbered and was killed by a pistol shot
Irom the leader of the revolutionists, who is
thought to be Prudoncio Gonzalez, who was
formerly a uiominent ranchman in Stark
county, Tex.
SMITH STILL A PfiOFESSOE.
Both Sides of the Ileresy Trial Show Good
Feeling, but Both Will Appeal.
CraciNXATi, Dec. It The last scene in the
trial of ltev. Prof. Iloury Preserved Smith
was enacted to-day. Bcv. Dr. A. Ritchie,
Acting Moderator, read the sentence of the
court. Prof. Smith broke silence by saying
lie was gratified that the trial had been con
ducted without disagreeable personalities.
Tho members of tho Committee of Prosecu
tion made similar conciliatory speeches.
Protests were then made to the findings by
both sides. Both sides will appeal to the
Synod or Ohio. Pi of. Smith, it is said, will
not be removed from the Luno Seminary, as
it is understood that a largo majority oi the
trustees lavor his leteution.
PEKJUSY DOESN'T PAY.
Many Land Seekers 'Who Llctl for Okla
homa Homes Aro Now in Trouble.
GcrnRiE, Okla., Dec. 14 Twenty-five war
rants were issued to-day ajainst parties who
testified falsely in land contests. In addi
tion to these, S3 indictments for the same
crime were sent from tho United States
Court at Wichita last night. Thirty-one.
men huvo already beuu sent to the peuiton
tiary lor tcstilying falsely in these cases,
and 20 more are under heavy bonds.
THEY WANT GRAY.
Hoosler Democrats Would Like to See tho
Ex-Governor in tho Cabinet.
Cbicaoo, Dec. 14. Thomas Taggart, Chair
man of the IudianaDemocratic State Central
Committee, is at the Victoria. Said he:
"Throughout the entire State wo area
unity for ox-Governor Gray for a member of
CIpvelnnd's Cabinet. We are sanguine of
success and alieady have assurances that J.
W. Shanklin and a. .. Morse will bo cai-ed
for. Senator Turple will be re-elected to the
United States Senate by a unanimous vote."
Republicans Will Control.
St. Paul, Miwh., Deo. 14. Senator Ignatius
Donnelly, leader of tho Democrat-Alliance
combine, has written a letter to Senator
Day, saying the Republicans will be allowed
to organize tho Legislatuie. This will give
the Republicans a chance to prevent a
gerrymander of the State, when it is redis
tricted in the spring.
Would Slake a Nice Combination.
Detroit Journal. J
Algeria has 2,500,000 cortf trees. They
ought to introduce the Australian bottlo
tree and make tlieui useful.
In an Entirely Different Light.
Los Angelei Time.
Nothing makes a Democrat so hot as a
pension unless he gets It,
MY NAIlflNAFi NEWS.
A Cabinet Boom for Morrison The Silver
Men Preparing for Action An Im
portant Mineral Law Decision Expected
Soon The Gossip of tho Capital.
Washington, Dee. 14. Th meeting of
the .Illinois delegation to-dny has revived
speculation in this city as to tho probability
of President Cleveland selecting his Secre
tary of the Treasury from the West. Ever
since the election, when Illinois surprised
the nation by giving the Cleveland electoral
ticket a plurality of nearly S0.O00, the impres
sion has been general, not only in the West,
but in this city as well, that the only thing
thnt could prevent tho President-elect fr6ra
following out his natural desire to recognize
tho triumphant Democracy of Illinois by
giving the Prairie 6tato representation in
his Cabinet, would Be the failure of
the prominent Illinois leaders them
selves to unite in deciding who should bo
presented for the great honor. Ths Initial
stop toward securing unity of action in the
Illinois delegation was taken In a mooting
called to-day by Senator Palmer and at
tended by the various members of the Il
linois delegation. Hon. William R. Mor
rison, the man most likely to bo presented
by the Illinois delegation to President
Cleveland for a Cabinet portfolio, was pres
ent by Invitation, and while no decisive
action was taken as to the course to be pur
sued by the delegation in the all-Important
question, 'the discussion of the day de
veloped general good feeling and indicated
that at tho proper time the Illinois delega
tion would be able to net harmoniously In
tho recommendations to bo made to Presi
dent Cleveland.
Senator Palmer was seen this evening and
indicated that the Illinois delegation would
be found to be unanimous lor any promi
nent Illinoisian who migli the favorably con
sldeied by Mr. Cluvcland. Said he: "I. the
1 resident should be disposed to turn to tho
West lor his Secretary of tho Treasury and
look with luvor upon Colonel Moirison, I
will certainly unito in recommending his
selection. Of course the matter principally
rests w it.i the President, u3about all we can
do in so dolicate a matter is to indicate our
hearty appioval of the inau he may select."
Next Friday probably the case of
Baidenazainst tho Noithevn Pacific Rail
road will be called lor argument In the
United States Supremo Court. Tho case Is
of special importance, as it involves tho
auettion of tho light of a railroad to min
eral lands within tho limits of its grant.
Tho contention of the railroad company is
that it is entitled to all such lands, the min
eral character of which was not lenown at
the date when the line of its road was
definitely located. Tho Government will
maintain that all lands known to be min
eral at the date of the issuauce of patent to
tho railroad company aro tinder tho terms
of the granting act excepted. The decision
in this enso will be mr-reaching, as it will
affect all railroad grants passing through
mineral country, aud will involve millions
of dollars in values.
Secretary Charles Foster, of the
Treasury Department, was at tho Capitol
to-day. He taw Chairmen llolrr.an, ofthe
Appropriations Committee, and Springer, of
the Ways nnd Means Committee, and a num
ber ot other persons of prominence. lie as
sured several of them that there would cer
tainly bean available balance of 3.10,009,000
in tho Treasury at the close of the fiscal
year.
The House Utiles Committee has prom
ised the members of the Raum Investigat
ing Committee a special order within a day
or two, for consideration in the House of
the report the majority mado at the last
session, as tho result of its investigation
into tne management of the pension office.
It Is expected that tho order will enablo the
majority to call up beioro tho holidas their
resolution recommending the dismissal of
Commissioner llaum. Tho Republicans pre
vented action on the resolution during the
last session and an attempt to pass It at this
session is very likely to provoke-a lively de
bate. The silver and anti-silver men in the
Honso are engaged in a little skirmishing in
anticipation of tho failure of the Brussels
International Monetary Conference, from
which members say tlioy expect nothing.
Each side is now endeavoring to learn some
thing of the purposes nnd views of the other
side. Talks with free silvrrraen and avowed
opponents of tho present Sherman law show
that it Is believed to ho unlikely that any
thing will be done at this session either In
the 'way of a repeal of the Sherman law or
tho enactment of more radical silver legisla
tion. This morning tho House Coinage Com
mittee held its regular mcoting. The day
was set for consideration of the bill to repeal
the Sherman law. Mr. Williams, its author,
was not present and the bill went over.
There was then some very informal general
discussion of thosilver question. A proposi
tion was put forward in rather indefinite
shape that an opportunity be given iu the
Houso jor a vote on the repeal
of tho Shorman law. The tree coinage
men were not unwilling that this bo
done, but iu order to preserve their
present parliamentary advantage suggesteu
that tho method by which to accomplish
this was to take up the Bl.ind bill, which at
tho last session was finally displaced by a
few dilatory movements after tno Speaker
had found it necessary to cast the deciding
vote on. the bill. Mr. Bland and Mr. Fierce,
leaders of the Iree silvor section of the De
mocracy in the House, expressed a willing
ness to give thu other side an opportunity
to offer the Williams and other bills as an
amendment to the island bill, provided that
on their nart the anti-silver men would
agree to let the Houso come to a voto on the
question of free silver and on other proposi
tions more favorable to the extended use of
silver currency than the present law. The
committee adjourned without action, how
ever. THE House proceedings to-day were de
void of general Interest. In tho Senate the
famous McGarrahan claim was dobated and
then went over until to-morrow. Mr. George
resumed his talk on the anti-option bill. He
SDoke in its lavor lor over two hours, aftor
which the Senate adjourned.
ARRA.NGMENTS have been mado at the
Trensuty Department for the issuo at tho
Philadelphia Mint to-morrow of about 130,000
in Columbus souvenir 50 cent pieces. The
first shipments w ill bo made to Chicago nnd
New Yoik simultaneously.
Among the Senate confirmations to-day
were: Pennsylvania postmasters, Frank
Cunningham, Jr., Forest City; J. B. Gable,
Lititz;J. S. Hart, Saltsburg. Ohio postmas
ters, Ju 1. Bissoll, Louisville; H. J. Saxton,
Madison.
DEATHS OEMS AND ELSEWHERE.
Mrs. Gipsy Palmer Knight.
Mayor Gourley yesterday received a tele
gram from Burlington, la., bearing the sad Intelli
gence that Ills niece, Mrs. Frank Knight, had Just
died of heart disease. She was only a) ears of age
and had been married a little over a year. Her
maiden name was Gipsy Guurley Palmer and she
had been a member of the Mayor's family nearly
all her life previous to her marriage, which oc
curred at Ills residence. Mrs. Knlglil as a person
of rare personal and mental attractions and her
numerous friends in tins city will be pained to
iearn of licr demise.
Obituary Notes.
Sebastian Reitter, proprietor of the Union
Hotel, Sharcsborg. died of typhoid fever Tuesday.
Mrs. Selene H. JAf kson, wife or General W.
H. Jackson, proprietor of tue celebrated Belle
Meade Farm, dle.l In 2t ashvllle yesterday.
S. C West, once a prominent Milwaukee busi
ness man, died at the Waukesha Sanitarium Satur
day night of paralysis of the heart, aged 71 years.
He was postmaster of Milwaukee irom 1S70 to
1870. t
Edward R. Marden, well known in theatrical
circles, died Tuesday at Hlghtstown, N. J., or
congestion of the brain. The deceased was at one
time manager of Rrlghain i'ouug' theater la Salt
Lake City.
Aarox SriAW, a manufacturer of Philadelphia,
died of paralysis Tuesday at Montvllle. Conn. He
owned mills there and had lived there for four
years past at the resilience or his superintendent.
He was 74 years old.
Mrs. Margaret Reilly died at her homo In
South Glens Falls Saturday, aged 103 years. She
was the oldest person in ihat part of JiewYork
State. Until sue was 105 she was vigorous and In.
lair possession orall her faculties.
Dr. Herbert a. Bzrdsall. one of the found
ers of the new dental college of Buffalo, and him
self occupring the clialr of dental materia medlca
and therapeutics, died Sunday night. He was a
member of various medical aud dental societies.
SirJoun Bernard Burke. Ulster Klug-of-Arins.Reglstrarand
Knight Attendant on the most
Illustrious Order orst. Patrick, died Tuesday at
Ins residence la Dublin. He was the author of
Utirkc'sPeirase," and of oilier works on simi
lar mlijects..
William a. Reach, manager or Ihe Western
UnlonylVlegnipunaeeatTulcJo, hcd very sud
denly IMondav night of heart disease., need TO
years.) He was placed la charge of the Western
ilnlonofflce when it was established la 1833, aud
remained until his death.
SUNDAY CL0SEBS BEATEN.
Their Resolutions Voted Down at One of
Their Own Meetings In Chicago.
Chicago, Deo. 14. The American Sabbath
Union was voted down in Its own meeting
last night. Dr. H. IL Georgo, of Beaver
Falls, a leader In the movement, Mr. Looke
and others, advocated the closing of the
World's Fair on Sunday, and vigorously de
nounced tho efforts of tho directors nnd of
the Mayor and City Council ,to have Con
gress repeal the closing act.
After the reading of a set of resolutions,
the question was put to a voto. To the
Chairman's surprise tho ayes and nays
seemed equal. The Chairman then said that
a rising vote would seem to be In order, and
he requesteaVgll in favor of the resolutions
to stand up. T?he Secretary counted 10 on
their feet. "All opposed will rise." The
rest of tho audience, with the exception of
four who seemed to have no opinion on the
matter, stood up, and there were at least 33
against the resolutions.
After a' moment of wonder the Chairman
said he would like to have some explana
tion of the action of the majority, where
upon Rev. A, D. Jone, editor of tho Amer
ican Sentinel, of New York, the organ of the
Seventh Day Adventists, stood ud and de
spite interruptions and questions, made a
long and aggressive speech. In nnswer to
questions, the speaker said the employment
of chaplains in Congress aud in the army
was unconstitutional, and that the United
States Congress could not In any way estab
lish or legalize a Sunday law.
The Union to-day, after considerable dis
cussion, declined to change the wording of
a telegram to Congress, saying meetings
vere held in four parts of the city last nlghr,
protecting against the repeal of the World's
Fair Sunday closing act. An amendment
that only three meetings were held was de
feated. The following officers wore elected: Presi
dent, Elliott F. Shepard, New York; General
and Corresponding Secretary, Rev. J. T.
Knowles, New York; General Fi"ld Secre
tary, Rev. George, Pennsylvania; Treasurer,
R. Jl. Perlee, New York.
TAUBHNECK'S DECKEE.
People's Party Legislators but Populists Tor
the United Slates Senate.
Tofxea, Kak, Dec 14. Copies of a letter
from 11. O. Taubeneck, Chairman of the
People's Party National Central Committee,
have been received here, In which he urges
members of tho new party to force tho
election of stralghtotit Populists In those
States where they hold the balance of power
in the Legislature.
Mr. Tanbeneck's letter puruorts to be a
reply to one received from D. B. Hanna, of
Tacoma, Wash., who wishes to prevent, if
possible, any members in tho States from
voting tor either a Republican or a Demo
crat lor United States Senator. Taubenect
says:
"ThogreRt question now is: What will
the People's party legislators do hen it
comes to balloting for Senators? Will they
be big enough forthe position they occupy?
Will they remain true to the people who
elected them, or will they disgrace their
States and sentiment of the United States
Senate with a tinge of bribery attached to
their certificates or election, as the State of
Illinois did two years ago? The position our
lriends ocenpy In tho different State Legis
latures i3 not an enviable one. Any one
who has not gone through a contest of that
kind does not know what he will have to
bear. The future of our movements rests
with them. They can either make or de
stroy the party. But it seems to me that
anyone with the fate of Moore and Cocker
ill beioro him nover will turn his back on
the people who elected him. As far as I am
concerned I will say, give a crown of honor
to him who stands firm, and an eternal
curse to him who betrays us."
PROTECT OUR OWN COUNTRY.
Now is tho time to strike for tho American
home. Wheeling Lvelllgencer.
Nothing short of total prohibition for a
term of years will abate the present evil.
Seattle Posl-Inielllgencer.
Certain it is that matters have reached
such a puss that something decisive must be
done. yew Orleins Picayune.
Keep the pauper immigration on tho othor
side. We do not want them and will not
have them. Harriiburg Patriot.
The time has come for imposing some gen
eral and permanent restrictions upon immi
gration for reasons of great moment to the
nation. New York forld.
Tiie unchecked immigration of low-grade
humanity must result in a lowering of the
standard of character; and that is an evil
which cannot be eradicated. Toledo Blade.
The easiest way to solve the immigration
problem is to shut the door with an em
phatic bang and let other countries take
care of their own people. S!. Louis Globe
Democrat. The question is ono for thoughtful, dis
passionate discussion, and deliberate, con
servative legislative action. To fliug It Into
the field of politics as an "issue" would bo
to engender party striro and bitterness.
Portland Oregonian.
It is generally conceded that It Is neces
sary to pass laws which will make it possi
ble to keep out objectionable immigrants
and which will savo the United States the
cxponso or supporting the paupers pro-
dncedin the European communities Buffalo
Jnquii ei:
The grave and sorlous question Is whether.
In providing against undesirable immi
grants, we are to turn the tide of useful and
valuable European emigration in other di
rections, for the building up of other coun
tries and continents to the detriment and
loss of our own. Philadelphia Inquirer.
TRAFFIC AREANGEMSNT3,
A New Amendment Proposed for the Inter
State Commerce Law.
Washihotoit, Dec. 14. Another torn was
taken at tho intor-State commerce law to
day in a bill introduced in the Senate by
Mr. McMillan, of Michigan, in which it Is
sought to amend the law by making it un
lawful for any common carrier, subject to
the provisions of tho existing law, to enter
Into any contract, agreement, eta, with any
other carrier, for tho division of tho freight
of tho different competing roads, or to di
vide between them the aggregate or net
proceeds of tho earnings cxceDt as provided
in the bill. Each dav ot tho continuance of
such agreement is deemed a separate ol
fense. -
Agreements such as are prohibited above
may, however, be made, provided they are
in writing, duly executed, and shall not
conflict with any other provision of the law.
They may become operative only after hav
ing be'.n filed with the inter-Stnto
Commerce Commission and approved
by them. After suoh approval each
party is required to deposit suf
ficient security to guarantee that the terms
or tho agreement will bo carried out. Tho
otlir section of the bill deals with the do
tails or tho method of conviction and pun
ishment. THEPEHNSY MTJST PAY P0E "WHISKY
Destroyed for the Public Good by a Johns
town Committee During the Flood.
Philadelphia, Dec. 14. Judge Fell to-day
decided against the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company's application for a reversal of a
verdict Indemnifying a shipper ovor tho
line, whose goods wero lost in the Johnstown-flood.
Tho goods in dispute consisted
of ten barrels of whisky shipped from
Bethany. Pa., to Lang, Bernheimer & Co., of
Philadelphia.
It was shown that whllo the part of the
freight containing tho whisky was swept
away, tho car in which It was loaded re
mained uninjured, but was deserted by tho
crew. A mob of vagabonds seized the
liquor, and a committee of citizens was
Obliged lO taite Jt iruui uiem uuuuesiruy lb
lor the protection of tho community and tho
preservation ot order. As employes of tho
railroad had neglected to Interfere nitli the
plnnderers, the Judge refused to interrero
with the jury's verdict.
THE IK1SH VILLtGS AT THE J? AIE.
Lace-Making, Glass-Staining and Marblo
" Polishing Will Be Shown.
WiLiriSGTOir, Del., Dec. 14. Through the
exertions of Mrs. Ernest Hart, of London,
England, a concession of $30,000 has been
mado for the World's Fair managers for tho
construction or an Irish villuge ou the Fair
ground. Mr. Hart has been instrumental
in relieving the congested districts in tho
uo.tlrwrxtrrn part of Iialnml.
The exhibit will lake the name of the
Doneaal lntfu-irial Viliiuft Association.
The plans will represent cottages urrnnzed
in a hollow sqnnre. In the cottages tho ln
dustriesfor loco making, staibod glass and
..-l-l. HAlfalilm. will ha in
UiaiUISjJUlMUU.B ...- .
A XIGHT OF WEDDINGS.
Yellow nnd White Are Favorite Colors
Amateur Performance of on Operetta
Dedication or an Ita'Ian Church A
German at the Concordia Clnb Society
Gossip.
A large number of Pittsburgers were In
attendance at tho wedding of Miss Elizabeth
Copenhaver, of Washington, D- C to Mr.
William Ralston Crabbe, ouoof the faculty
of the Shadyside Academy, a vory popular
Plttsburger. The ceremony was announced
to tako place in Washington, D. C, at 12:30 r.
., yesterday, In the New York Avenuo
Presbyterian Church. Mr. and Mrs. Crabbe
aro to be "at homo" Tuesdays, altor Janu
ary 3, at Ambersin avenue, Eat End, Pitts
burg. The bride is a highly cultured young
lady, and Is regarded ns one of the most de
sirable members of the literary and trav
eled set in the Capital.
The first wedding lo tatte place, m the
new First Presbyterian Church. Allegheny,
was celebrated last .night. It was that of
Miss Leila Ada Boardman, daughter of' Mr.
and Mrs. Jame? L. Boardman, and Mr. Will
iam B. Sawyer, of Now York. This was a yel
low and white wedding, chrysanthemums of
those hues being used In the church decora
tions and at the house, wbere the reception
was held arter the churclnervlce. Although
the Presbyterian wedding service is rather
plain, the bridal party was so brilliant
as to make tbe whole ceremony
seem so in sympathy. Little Sadie Board
man, a little tot with brown eyes
and dark fluffy hair, wore a white frock,
daintily set off with pink flowers, and car
ried a big armful of flowers to strew In tho
path of her sister, the bride. It was a very
pretty feature of the ceremony, Tho bridal
gown was of white silk, while a large white
veil hung gracefully over the costume. Her
maid of honor was her sinter. Miss Llda,
who wore a yellow crepe gown, and carried
yellow chrysanthemums. The bridesmaids
were Miss Maze Templeton, who was in
cream crepo de chine, nnd JItss
Caroline Uogan, In white silk. The
best man was Mr. Thomas Donald
son, and the , ushers were Mr. John
Ingham, Mr. Georire W. C. Johnston, Mr.
John Davies, Mr. Harry G. Strouss, Mr. Will
White and Mr. George Hutchinson. Mrs.
Boardman, the mother of the bride, who is a
remarkably handsome and cultured woman,
woro a black t-atiti trimmed with crepe of a
delicate hue. with gloves to mutch. 3Irs.
Anna Boardman, the bride's aunt, was
attired in black silk, trimmed with helio
trope lace. Mrs. Walter Lindsay was cos
turned in a cream silk. Mrs. Dr. J. G.
Templeton, black satin and diichesse lace.
Mrs. Rev. Irons, brocaded helio
trope silk; Mrs. Robert S. Smith, black and
old rose silk, set off with heavy jet lace:
Miss Marie Strouss. a lavender crepe. All
the gowns were mado In the pretty evening
style, and tho tout ensemble was essentially
brilliant. Rev. David S. Kennedy perlormed
the marriage ceremony. The ''Wedding
March," Mendelssohn's, was played by Miss
Myrtlo Connor while tho oridal party wa
on its way to the altar, and "Lohengrin"
after the ceremony. After the wedding trip
Mr. ana Mrs. Sawyer will reside in Brook
lyn, N. Y.
The charming operetta, "The Doctor of
Alcantara," Is to be given after tho holi
days, by Miss Lizzie Malady and her pupils,
for the benefit of tho Rosalia Foundling
Hospital, Cliff street. Tho cast lor the
operetta ha been 'chosen as follows: Dr.
Paraceltus, Dr. Frank Murto; .Don Pom-oso,
Mr. Brennan; fenor Balthasar, Mr. Joe Sheri
dan; Don Oarloi, Mr.. Meldon: Sancho, Mr.
Kennedy; Donna Lvcrezla, MissLzzle Hall;
Isabella, Miss Jennie Clillds: Inez, Miss
Malady. All tho performers on 'the Ktane
are pupils ot Miss Malady except Mr. Bren
nan and Dr. Murto. they having kindly
volunteered their services.
The new Italian E. C. Church on Webs
ter avenuo will be dedicated next Snnday
.afternoon. It is the first Italian church to
be built in Pittsburg. The services will bo
very impressive, tho choral portion being
unusually brilliant. Anions those who will
sing are Miss Jennie Child-., Miss Llllie
Redriclc. MIs Fitzgerald, Miss Lytle. Miss
Ward, Miss Katie sheridan.MlsiLizzio Hall,
Miss Jestle Flecker, Miss' .lennie McKolvy,
Mr. Frank- Meldon, Mr. Robert Shaw, Mr.
ltineman, Mr. Mitchell, Mr. Eckelson, etc.
There was a brilliant german at ths
Concordia Club last evening. It was the
opening event of tne kind of the season at
tbe club, and was attended by tho elite of
Hebrew society in numbers thnt quite filled
the larzo and handsome building. The
decorations were magnificent, and the
toilettes or the ' ladles" t ere simply wonders
of tbe modiste's art.
A very pretty wedding took place in
Allegheny last night. Tho bride was one oT
the most attractive of the season a bru
nette, whose rosy cheeks harmonized beau
tifully with the rich dark liair nnd dancing
brown eyes that nre tho distinguishing
features of the young girl. Sho was Miss
Bertie Katharine Shre'.nor, daughter of Mr.
John Schrelner, of Locust street,
Allegheny, where the ceremony was
performed. The groom was a successful
young business man, of Wellsville, O.,
Mr. William G. Stevenson. Tho honso was
decorated with palms and yellow and white
carnations, tho air being heavy with the
searching but delicato fragrance of theso
favorite blossoms. Tho bride wore a gown
f rich white corded silk, trimmod with
duchesse lace and veiled with several yards
of tulle, fastened toiler coiffure with a dia
mond brooch, which, with a pendant and
ring, were the gift or the groom. She car
ried a large bunch or white violet. Her at
tendants were Miss Ida and Miss Emma, her
sisters, who wero attired in yellow crepe do
chine, mado in the Josephino mode. The
groom was attended by Charles McDon
ough, or Wellsville, and Clarence Maylone,
both of whom acted the part of bet men.
This was a slight departure from the con
ventional thing, but the bride and groom
f ireferred to wander from the beaten track
n tho details of their wedding whern they
could. Rev. J. G. Kennedy, of Wellsville,
performed tho ceremony." After tho ser
vices thore wni a reception to tho relatives
and close friends of tho two famille, nnd at
midnight tho couple, loltfora trip of six
weeks through the West, which uili end at
their future home In Wellsville.
Mr. John "W. Beatty .delivered an in
teresting lecture on "Perspective" before
the pupils or the Pittsburg Art School yes
terday. AH EHPI0YE INTEEFEEES.
The Confirmation of T. Mellon Son's Pur
chase Delayed.
New Castle, Pa., Dec 14. Special. A
few days ago tho plant of the Shenango Nat
ural Gas Company was sold at Sheriff's sale
to 1. Mellon A Son, of Pittsburg, for 32,000.
At the time of the sale thero wa3 a
Judgment or $3,900 against the company,
In favor of Charles Manni, an employo
who was injured In a gas extension at LI1
wood. This afternoon Sheriff Douthltt
asked tho Court to confirm tho ale aud
authorize the execution of a title deed to
Mellon & Son. This was done under an act
of assembly which permits a purchaser hold
ing a first Hen to become the purchaser fin
ally. Counsel for Manni opposed tho motion for
confirmation of the sale on the ground that
Manni, and not Mellon & Son, held the first
lien. After a spirited conteit by counsel the
Court refttsedto intonere nnd confirmed the
sale. The attorneys lor Manni gr.ve notlco
that the case will be appealed to the Supreme
Court.
IOHGEETHAH B2IBGS' TBIAL
May Be the Proceedings Against Father
Corrigan at Newark, N. J.
Newark, N. J., Dec 14. Mgr. Doanc. ono
of the arbitrators appointed to decldo
whether Rev. Father O'Connor Is compotent
to bo Jndgo of the Ecclesiastical Court
In tho caso of Father Corrigan, raid
to-night the trial is likoly to bo a protracted
one. The arbitrators will meet nt bt.
Patrick's rectory to-morrow. The trial can
not proceed, however, until the arbitrators
have made a roport nsio whether Father
O'Connor ho allowed to act as Judge.
Father Corrigan was Interviewed at Ho
boken to-night as to whether overtures had
been made ti him with a view of affecting a
compromise. He denied that ha had been
approached by anyone.
Enough to Kilt Anybody.
Chicago Malt.1
Dvorak, the composer, says every person
should learn how to manage one musical In
strument at least. Has he ever hoard a little
red-headed gamin play the big bull fiddle?
Why the Co'oncls Don't Like Oysters.
Baltimore American, i
It is said KentucKlans do not like oysters
Just why is not known. But oysters con
tain 90 percent of water. '
CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS.
Ocean cables stretch 120,250 miles.
The sweet oliva was brought . from
China In 177L
Ernest Kenan's name is to be given to a
street In Paris.
Austrian women are said' to cuke most
efficient wives and mothers.
The Eomans began every banquet with
eggs and ended It with apples.
In ancient theaters, spectators were
seated according to their rank.
Away back in the year 1313 eggs eold
in London oA 3 pence for two dozen.
More than a third of Great Britain i
owned by members of tbeHouse of Lords.
The wigs of the time of Louis XTV.
wore of horsehair, the cheaper kind of tow.
Three counties of Missouri raised
surplus of 90,000 bushels of onions last year.
The members of a club of rich young
men in Venice are pledged to marry poor
girls.
Women in Finland compete with men
as physicians, dentists.bank cashiers, house
builders, clerks, etc.
Only eight of the 09,000 Frenchmen
who fought under Napoleon at Waterloo
are now alive and in Franco.
A large body of musicians In Vienna
have entered a public protest against tha
playing of military bands in public places.
An Austrian engineer proposes to carry
passengers from Vienna to Pcstti Dyan elec
tric locomotive at the rate of 123 miles aa
hour.
At the present day most heavy tunnel
work is done by machine drills, driven by
compressed air, which also serves to vent
ilate tho works.
A party of three sportsmen killed 123
stags this season in the deer forests of Inch
bae and Strathvalch, in Scotland. Twenty
one were shot in a single day.
The officers of the German army are to
have a new coat that can. by an ingenious
device, be made either thick or thin. It 11
adapted for summer or winter use.
Jame j L of England introduced a
fashion of turning up the brim of tha hac
at the side and holding it in placo with a
group of feathers and a diamond star.
It is estimated that the photographers
of this country consume annually in tlio
making of tho millions ofphotographs com
pounds or silver and gold to the value of
nearly $100,0001
Stenography was first used in tho
French parliament about the year 1S30, ahd
one of the few official stenographers of tbat
period still surviving Is M. Lagachc, who is
now a Senator of France.
A resident of Burke county, Go., ha!"
a couplq of peculiar fowls a cross between
a common barnyard chicken and a guinea.
Their plumage is darker than tbat of a
partridge, while they are speckled as a
guinea.
To such an extent does religion prevail
at Gonoatoa, in the South Seas, that every
man. woman or child on that island who
does not go to church at least three times a
week is liable to be arrested and fined, the
fine going to tbe King.
The Miner Smith House, near Strat
ford, Conn., one of the most famous hostel
rles on the New England coast, was de
stroyed by tiro on Saturday. It was buile
over 200 years ago, unci it is said General
Washington was onco a guest there.
Inigo county, CaL, has a wonderful
natural curiosity, which closely resembles
a monster petrincd elephant. The rock
which .nature has given such an extraordi
nary form is a dark gray granite, almost
the exact colors of the Asiatic clepcant's
skin
An investigation which has been prose
cuted by the British Royal Labor Commis
sion indicates that in England the servant
is far better off in regard to facilities for
legal redress than is the employer, and that
legislation would not bring theso two classes
closer together.
About 100 species of deep sea fishes
have been obtained by the Albatrosin the
depths of tbe ocoan off the continental slope
of California. These creatures are, as a rule
very soft in body, covered with phosphores
cent spots by which they can see thtir w.y
in the'darkuess.
The Society for the Protection o'Birdi
of Great Britain has increased In member
shir during ;be past ye.ir irom 1,200 to 5,-JOC
Its annual report uys the English goldfiucl
is threatened witu extinction, because o.
the present demand for its leathers Xoi
"murderous millinery."
Tbe stinging nettle was introduced intc
Great Britain by the Romans. They trans
ported the obnoxious w ecd that they mi;hi
chate their benumbed limbs with it, leaves
when overcome by the unaccustomeu cold
ot this Northern isle. To our ears such rig
orous treatment hardly sounds well.
Switzerland is not drinking more liquor
this year than last, and has not increased in
her consumption o: alcoholics for three
years past. Thero the Government con
trols tiie sale or liquor, and tue profits arc
divided among the cantons. A third goes
toward remedying the effects of alcohol.
The French-Canadian emigration from
Quebec to tbe United States was astonish
ingly heavy in October. The emigration
lever has extended to Cbauteauguy and
Beauharnoii, the two countiesof tht
Province whose people have been supposed
to be the most prosperous and contented.
Fishing was a favorite pastime of the
Egyptian gentlemen, both in the Nile and ic
the spacious sluices or ponds constructec
within their grounds. This favorite occupa
tlon was not confined to young persons, iiui
thought unworthy of men of serious habits
and an Egyptian of rank is frequently rep
resented in the Scriptures catching flsh witt
rod and line
On a recent rainy Sunday two nice
looking, well-mannered men stationec
themselves in tbe vestibule of an EnglisI
church nnd relieved all who en tered of thelt
umbrellas, saying that the Vicar dlslikec
having wet umbrellas carried into th
church. When the services ended thi
people looked for the two men, bat thej
Had quietly stolen away and also tho um
brellas.
A new alloy of silver with cadmium
and zlno has been introduced in practice ic ""
silver-plating in England. This alloy,
althongh more costly than tho ordinarj
alloy of silver with copper, 13 said to work
well and to show greater resistance to abra,
slon and to be les3 readily tarnished. It is,
however, cheaper than pure sliver, whiot
has hitherto been alone employed lor ceo
troplatlng purposes.
ORIGINAL AND JOCOSE.
REST.
She bated a lovely marble cake,
At least the dear thought so:
But better far when asked to eat
Had habby brave said no.
He downed a piece; it was too much;
Her crime she must atone.
The rest of it wasn't wasted though.
But nscd for bis tombstone.
ADVAXTA0E3 OP CO-OPERATIOS.
"I suppose you and Colonel Barnes an
nch good friends through sympathy, both havin(
lost an arm in the late war?"
"I don't know that it Is so much symnathy. Tot
see the Colonel lost nU left while I lost ray right.'-
Wbathasthattodowlthli?"
"Oh. nothing, except that It saves us Httl.
money."
"How!" ,, '
"We dab together In buying gloves." S
REAL COLOR.
"I do believe tbat Miss Latelyotr
roujres." .
"No. I don't think so; I'm sure they're nontj
blushes."
What makes you think so?"
"The decolleveness of her gown.
IT WILL. COME BACE SOME OTHEC PAT.
"Will you give vour employes a Chrisi
mas present. Mr. Ironly." asked the manager,
the works. ' .
"Why. certainly, certainly." said Mr.Iionlj
"Give the 0 a month men 3, the 160 men JS an
soon.'1 I
"All right: It will gl re them much happiness,'
satdtnemanagerashewasmovlngotr. I
Stay a moment." cried Mr. Ironly. "Do to
know we are going to bare a very hard time of I
next year? The Democrats will knock thunder oc
of the tariff and it will play sad havoc with oi
business." ' M
"I suppose so, but whit do. you Intend to
about ltr"
"Keduco wages 10 per cent Jinu-
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