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THE TRENCH CRISIS.
Tlie cablegrams from Paris published in
1'nx DisrATcn this morning are impreg
nated with the feverish unrest and vio
lent excitement now prevalent in the
French capital. Testerday added ten to
the mpidly growing list of those accused
of corruption in connection with the Pan
r.ma scandal. Five of the new suspects
are Senators two being former Cabinet
Ministers and the remainder Deputies.
The area of implication appears almost
unlimited, and while there is little doubt
but that seme of the accused will be able
on trial to establish their innocence, there
is no wonder that an impulsive people
deeming itself robbed at every hand is
almost bereft of reason in its effort to find
tome foundation for fault amid the repu
tations ruined by the flood of disclosed
corruption. One after another the popu
lar idols are being shattered, and in the
general iconoclasm French faith in French
honor is threatened with almost total sub
version. Duels to the death between
Deputies consequent upon the interchange
or such polite epithets as liar are merely
significant incidents in the widespread
upheaval.
As our special correspondent remarks:
"The expected never happens in France,"
and it is impossible to foretell with any
pretense to prescience what will be the
outcome of the conflicting forces. It is
the unreliable volatility of the French
nature and the resultant uncertainty as to
what sudden turn events may take that
make the serious gravity of the crisis
through which the third Republic is un
doubtedly passing. Friends of Repub
licanism can only hope that the abuse of
free institutions will not be confounded
with their use to compass their do wnfalL.
A wholesome purgation of the whole cor
rupt political system in France may be
the only and a truly valuable outcome of
the passing frenzy. But if tnat be all,
France will have a miraculous escape.
The French people and the French Re
public are passing through a perilous
period. And their sympathizers can but
trust that the inherent and essential qual
ities of Liberty, Equality and Fraternity
will be so recognized that their institu
tions may peacetully survive, strength
ened and purified by the terrible ordeal
they are now undergoing by reason of
their servants depravity.
POST-FKANDIAL FINANCE.
The utterances which ex-Secretary Fair
child is credited with having delivered at
the Boston Tariff Reform Club dinner
are of the most unique character yet pro
duced by the Democratic stump on bank
circulation. The ex-Secretary is reported
as referring to the right of a man to issue
"his personal obligation to pay 51," with
the dictum that there is "no sense in de
priving the American people of one of the
most useful devices of modem times be
cause sometimes someone suffers," and
finally proceeding to this conclusion:
"Recognizing the Vast usefulness of a
good bank note circulation, a good legal
tender, lacking the vicious tendency in
tuseu into our Government paper money,
It is utter imbecility for our people to lie
down and say that they cannot issue such
currency."
To luliy comprehend the value of this
deliverance of financial genius we must
warn our readers that "the vicious ten
dency" is that to which the people have
been exposed by the present circulation,
which has circulated in all parts of the
country at pir with gold for half a gener
ation and by which no holder ever loses a
cent On the other hand the "good bank
note circulation" and "good legal tender,"
as set forth by the ex-Secretary, is the
most astohibhmg on record. Taking his
own word for it, he thinks that this is to
be founded by permitting every man to
issue his notes for amounts as small as $1,
and to endue these promissory notes with
the quality of legal tender. The wildest
political schemers never conceived any
thing more unique.
-Jt is but charity to suppose that the ex
Secretary has been greviously misreported
or else that the portables at the Reform
Club dinner were exceptionally and fatally
strong.
TROLLEYS AND SUBSTITUTES.
There is material for public inquiry in
tho assertion made by a writer in the De
troit Irce Press, that a storage battery
under a sixty days test in that city made a
better record than any trolley motor in
the city, but that street railroad men re
fuse U recognize it. The assertion is
turther made that experts employed by a
Detroit company to report on storage bat
teries made an adverse report without
coming near the battery which is asserted
to have worked so successfully.
It is sale to assume that this is an ex
parte statement;' but the allegation of
such positive nostility to the electric
storage battery is ground enough for a
word of warning. The electric lines in
all our cities have been given important
privileged in the streets which are accom
panied with positive public duties. One
of the clearest of these is that they shall
not maintain in the streets any longer
than is necessary what must always be an
encumbrance and may at times develop
into a positive danger. The duty of the
trolley lines, and th9 highest interest in
the long run, is to find a substitute for
their poles and wires as soon as the econ
omy of that substitute is practically de
monstrated. It it easily seen that the Invest-
m'ent of the present companies in their
poles, wires and trolley motors may make
them loth to make tlip change. But that
investment is slight beside their public
privileges and public obligations. Beyond
that, it is an especially wanton class of
obstruction to seek to suppress the recog
nition of recent inventions or to condemn
them without an examination. If any
such one-sided action has been taken as
is reported from Detroit, it amounts to
another example of the disregard of pub
lic obligations by corporations which are
enjoying highly valuable public fran
chises. It cannot of course be positively
affirmed on suclfevidence that the case is
exactly as alleged. But it should be made
a canon of public principle that when the
storage battery or other acceptable sub
stitute for the trolley has proved its use
fulness its adoption by the present trolley
lines will be made compulsory.
PROMPTNESS IS DESIRABLE.
In view of the evidence already pro
duced in support of the charges
of conspiracy to poison non-union
workmen at Homestead, the District At
torney could not consistently with a
proper discharge of his duty avoid or
dering the arrest of the men implicated
therein. The nature and gravity of the
charges are such as to demand prompt
and careful action on the part of the Com
monwealth. These cases are essentially
of a public nature, and no effort should be
spared to bring tbem to speedy trial.
The men charged with offenses so
heinous and dastardly should be given as
early an opportunity as possible to estab
lsh their innocence if vindication be
within their power.
In one case at least there is more than
the individual character of the accused at
stake. The labor organization which he
represents cannot afford to be smirched
by charges brought against him as one of
its officials. There is no doubt that even
were the worst proven in this case, the
man as an ex-officio Individual alone
would be guilty and his guilt would involve
no criminality in and receive no extenua
tion from the labor union he officially
serves. But until the case has been tried
it is as true as it is regretable that public
opinion will allow itself to be prejudiced
to a less or greater extent against not only
the individual but those with whom he
has associated.
Let it be distinctly understood that
men and organizations must alike be held
innocent until proven guilty. But in
the interest both ot justice and humanity
the speediest analysis possible should be
made of charges involving excessive crim
inal brutality, so that vindication or pun
ishment may be substituted for accusa
tion and suspicion with as little delay as'
possible.
NEW FEATURES IN EXCHANGE.
There are some curious features in con
nection with the shipments of gold for
which publicists have as yet failed to find
an explanation. The draft upon the gold
of this country is generally accounted for
by the efforts o Austria to accumulate a
cold supply a cotemporary illustration of
the insufficiency of the world's store of
the metal. But extemporaneously with
last week's shipment comes the report
from London of an almost unprecedented
monetary surplus, due, it is stated, "to
the fact that American gold exports are
supplying European demands, which
would otherwise have been made on Lon
don." Such an assertion is surprising as inti
mating that London has lost its old posi
tion as the clearing house of the world.
The usual process is that European de
mands for money would be made on Lon
don and if sufficient to cause a hardening
of the money market there would produce
a condition of exchange that brings ship
ments, of specie from New Tort. Tiie
apparent departure from this method of
procedure is emphasized by the fact that
while the London money market is ex
ceptionally easy the gold has been taken
from New York, where there was a tight
ening of the money market sufficient to
affect some of the speculative stocks.
This allegation is an addition to the al
ready unique feature of continued gold
shipments m face of enormous balance of
trade in favor of this country. If this
process is not pushed to the depletion of
our gold reserve it will be an advantage,
for the only explanation is that United
States securities are being returned to us
in large quantities. This country can
well afford to sell its products to Europe
and take its own investment in return;
and should be glad to continue the process
until it holds ah of its own securities and
perhaps a choice assortment of the invest
ments of other nations.
The question how near we may be to
the latter goal attains a decided pertin
ence in the presence of a statement that
we are dealing directly with Europe in the
matter of gold shipments, entirely inde
pendent of the London money market.
AGAINST THE GERRYMANDER.
The Supreme Court of Indiana has
joined the list of judicial tribunals declar
ing the unconstitutionality of manipulat
ing apportionments so as to serve party
interests at the cost of equal representa
tion for the people. The Indiana decision
is the most sweeping that has yet been
rendered, as it declared all the apportion
ments of that State unconstitutional back
to that of 1879, only recognizing the pres
ent Legislature as a de facta body quali
fied to enact law to take the place of the
invalid one.
So far the Indiana decision is thor
oughly non-partisan, and confirms the as
sertion often made in these colums that
the vice of gerrymandering is not espe
cially confined to one party, but is com
mon to both. With the decisions that
have been rendered this year excepting
that of New York the judicial doctrine
is broadly laid down that the Legislature
cannot disregard the constitutional re
quirement of impartial and equal repre
sentation. This stand vigorously enforced
by the courts may result in the abolition
of the evil. It is one of the most encour
aging features of the time that in render
ing these decisions with the exception
already noted the Judges have not per
mitted party feelings to sway their views
on constitutional law.
At the same time there is one fact in
connection with the method of the Indi
ana court which is a little peculiar. The
case was argued before that body last fall,
but the decision was held, over until last
week, and In the intervp the election
took place. Does not the outcome of the
case indicate that it might have been bet
ter if the court could have arrived at its
decision before another and purely de facto
Legislature was chosen under an uncon
stitutional apportionment?
Kaileoad employes ia South Carolina
would evidently "rattier bear the ills they
have than fly to others that they know not
of." They are vigorously protesting against
Governor Tillman's signature of the bill to
place tne rai roads of the State under a
Supremo Commission. The Governor refer
ring to the bill says: "The opposition, of
8,000 or 10,000 railroad employes does not
amount to a compared with, the 60,000
or 60,000 farmers demanding Its passage."
And therein the Governor was right. But
whether, the farmers will In the Ions run
profit by the -passage of the bill they de
manded can only be decided by actual ex
periment full of Interest andnotnnattended
with risks for the farmers as well as the
railroads.
Adlai's az would have no opportunity
for exercise in patronage matters this time,
even If the spoils system were to necessi
tate wholesale executions. But should any
thing near a balance of party power ma
terialise when the Senate's membership Is
completed, the Vice Prcsidental casting
vote ax wonldbe in great demand in execu
tions more Important and far-reaching than
those of jpostofflce employes. Mr. Adlal
Stevenson may find Himself intrusted with
a power the proper exercise of which wfll
demand Infinitely more care and thoughtful
patriotism than he displayed in his last
official career.
A export comes from Chicago that the
epidemic of unpunished crime there preval
ent is largely due to the sale of charms
,'uaranteolng the purchaser's immunity from
punishment by a voodoo professor. Either
the insufficiency or inefficiency of the police
force would make a more rational and simple
explanation.
After much delay several persons" con
victed of ballot stuffing in New Jersey were
sentenced to eighteen months' Imprison
ment. Their sentence had hardly begun to
take effect, however, before the Governor
In consultation with the Associate Justices
of the State granted their pardon. The
only conclusion at which the outside public
can arrive, therefore, is that ballot stuffing
Is not a crime which the Commonwealth of
New Jersey desires to suppress. And the
conclusion Is little likely to encourage
purity at elections either in New Jersey or
anywhere else.
As usual, the announcement of Emin
Pasha's lively Health followed soon after the
publication of his death notice. If the pub
lic really wish to know the state of his
affairs at all times, some steps should be
taken at once to-provlde tho Dark Continent
with telegraphic facilities.
As though this country were not bur
dened with too great a variety of more or
less militant seats already, an ex-American
consul is raising funds In India to send
Mauommedan missionaries to the land of his
birth. There really should be more care
taken in the selection of men to fill the con
sulates. The conventional method of con
verting a peoplo to Islamlsm is by force of
arms, and the outlook is trnly appalling,
but there is room for hope since the howl
ing dervishes met with a very chilly re
ception. The. announcement that a well-known
American banker is implicated in the.Pa
nama scandal is not calculated to add to the
credit ot this country. But a land that can
produce a Jay Gould can produce almost
anything discreditable in a financial line.
Physical and moral health are the
main considerations to be held In view in
framing legislation to restrict immigration
in a rational discriminatory manner. The
admission of immigrants sound inmind and
physique and honest In reputation provides
nourishment that America can assimilate
with advantage. The present systemless
method of dealing with the matter admits
unwholesome elements to tho population
calculated to breed crime and disease in the
social fabric of the country.
Richard Ceoker announces that "Tam
many Hall will ask Mr. Cleveland for noth
ing in the way of patronage or places." Mr.
Croker has evidently no intention of run
ning his head against a brick wall.
Toledo, O., is experiencing the evils of
dragging religious sectarianism into the
management of its public schools. Rancor,
hatred and all nncharltableness are the ine
vitable results of introducing so-called re
ligious ideas into places where they have
absolutely no legitimate right to make their
appearance. The people of Toledo will do
well to remember this when they next ap
point their Board of Education.
When Chicago has succeeded in sup
pressing the Hawthorne gambling estab
lishment, its polioe force will have more
spare time to devote to the capture of high
waymen. A Mexican officer was recently court
inartialed for failing to find and capture
Garza, the bandit border revolutionist. And
now a Mexican General has lost himself ana
is nowhere to be found. What horrible fate
is in store tor him when his whereabouts
l.ave been discovered can only be imagined
with bated breath.
"When Pittsburg's municipal accounts
are regularly audited at stated intervals
there will have been a growth of public
Bplrit highly advantagoous to the munici
pality. foi ks talked abodt.
Ladt Randolph Churchill's health
had so far improved a few days aijo that she
was able to take the air in a carriage.
Vice President Morton has appointed
Senator Gray, of Delaware, a regent of the
Smithsonian Institute, in place of Senator
Gibson, of Louisiana, deceased.
Miss Sadie Boyd, of Cheyenne, Wyo.,
and a student at the Denver (Col.) Univer
sity, traveled 110 miles at the recent election
to cast her first ballot. She voted the Re
publican ticket.
Once when a man' in Gould's presence
was expressing sympathy for Cyrns W.
Field after his loss of the Manhattan Ele
vated stock, the great financier exclaimed:
"O. we havo left Cyrus his real estate."
F. Marion Crawford) the novelist,
said recently: "I think there is a richer field
for the novelist in the United States than in
Europe. There are more original characters
to be found hore and they are in greater
variety."
Florence Nightingale, the famous
nurse of the Crimea, and whose deeds of
simple mercy and charity were,, embalmed
in song and story until she became Eng
land's favorite be.roine, is now 72 years old,
and lives in perfect seclusion.
The Empress of Germany recently cele
brated her 34th birthday and the christen
ing of her only daughter by giving the
maternity homes of the empire 100 sets of
baby clothing. The Emperor released 100
women imprisoned for various offenses.
General Grubb, recently United States
minister to Spain, entertained the Clover
Club, or Philadelphia, and a few other
friends at his home, Edgewater Park, near
Philadelphia, last Thursday evening. The
solemnity characteristic of the Clover Club's
gatherings prevailed on this occasion.
PKOF. MacFablane, ol the Texas Uni
versity, does not take much stock iu Gen
eral Dyronforth's experiments. "Noise
doesn't bring rain," In his opinion. The
Professor is quite right. If it did Texas
would have been knee-deep in water from
the djay liogg and Clatk were nominated
until now.
United States Minister Robert T;
Lincoln was at the Capitol, Washington,
for a short time yesterday, and was-warmly
greeted by his friends in the Senate. A
luncheon was given him by Senator
Aldrlch, Chairman of the Rules Committee,
to which about half a dozen otuer. Senators
-were invited.
The late Secretary Windom told ex-Governor
McGlll, of Minnesota, that when he
was a young man he was induced to be one
of the speakers at a political meeting in'
Ohio. He began: "Mr. Chairman, ladles and
gentlemen." hesitated, said it again, re
peated it a third time and then made a rush
for the back door and escaped.
It was definitely settled yesterday that
Dr. Frank W. Gunsaulns,'of Plymouth Con
gregational Church, Chicago, is to be at the
head or the great Armpur Mannal Training
School. Dr. Gnnsaulus has for five years
boen Mr. Armour's pastor. Tbedoctorcame
from Baltimore and, though very young,'
quickly took rank as one of the foremost
clergymen of the city. i , - .
LIVE NATIONAL NEWS. '.
The Republicans Have a Senatorial Steer
ing Committee, After All-No Two Mem
bers of the Homestead ' Investigating
Committee Can Agree on a PInkerton
Report Bate and His Bill to Do Away
With Federal Supervisors.
"Washington, Dec. 20 The .Repub
licans in the Senate have a ""steering" com
mittee that will cross swords with the simi
lar committee of the Democrats and en
deavor to foil them in their endeavor to
secure the election of UnltedStates Senators
in the doubtful Northwestern States. It
will be remembered that at the meeting of
the Republicans last week Mr. Sherman,
Chairman of the caucus, was authorized to
appoint a committee to consider what, if
anything, should be done by the Republic
ans relative to the elections. It was not in
tended thai the committee should have the
powers of a "steering committee," but since
the announcement of its members the Re
publicans have been calling it a "steering
committee." The Senators are Mr. Hoar,
Chairman, and Messrs. McMillan, Obuudler,
Teller and Mitchell. The committee has
held two or three meetings and has come
to tho conclusion that while it cannot offer
the States of the Northwest any material
roller it will keep Itself In sfiape to protect
the interests of the people when the matter
comes before the Senate for action, A mem
ber of the committee said this afternoon
tnat it was the intention or the committee
to Keep track or the situation in the ques
tionable States, and be informed as to the
real condition of affairs, so that in case of
cuntestn, which will no doubt come.befoie
the Senate, they will be as fully equipped
to make the fight for the seats as tho Demo
crats, who say their committee is organized
for the same purpose.
A meeting to-day of the sub-committee
of the House Committee on Judiciary
charged with investigating the alleged mis
use of Pinkerton men at Homestead was
productive in showing that no to members
agreed as to the character of the report to
be made by the committee.
General Gbeen B. Raum, Pension
Commissioner, has expressed surprise at the
publication of the statement that the Pen
sion Bureau was holding up about 200,000
adjudicated claims because there was not
money enough in the Treasury to pay them.
"I cannot imagine," says the Commissioner,
"how such a story originated, unless it was
based on a table contained in my annual re
port. In that table I gave the conditlonof
the business ot the bureau on the 12th or Oc
tober, which showed that 184,796 claims were
on the completed files, apparently complete.
But those claims wero not and are not now
held up. I shall publish a statement to
morrow shon inz that the number bad been
reduced to 150,000 up to the 10th of Decem
ber." After hearing "Walter Griffin, who has
been abroad investigating the condition of
the labor classes, the joint committee on
immigration to-day went into secret session
and discussed the various measures intro
duced in both Houses for the suspension ot
immigration during the prevalence ot chol
era abroad. The discussion was general,
and resulted in an agreement that a sub
committee on legislation, to consist of six
members, three from the Senate and three
from the Bouse, should be appointed by the
Chairmen of the two committees. Tho. sub
committee is to consider all measures now
before the committee proposinz to suspend
immigration, and is to perlect some measure
for this purpose by Thursday, on which day
they are to report to the lull joint commit
tee. The members of the sub-coinmittoe
have not yet been selected. The committee
will doubtloss agree on a bill at an early
date and press it to passage in both Houses.
In the Senate, to-day, Mr. Bate, speak
ing on his bill to repeal all statutes relating
to supervisors of elections and special de
puties, said ihese laws bad been in opera
tion for over 20 years, and had not recon
ciled the people in their harsh interference
with affairs Delonging exclusively to the
States, it is not surprising, he added, that
the political revolutions in 3830 and 189-2 had
swept from power the party which enforced
tho machinery for Interfering with the elec
tions or the States. The force bill had been
a potent factor in the late overwhelming de
feat of the Republican party. The law
which Mr. Bate pioposed to have repealed
was "tho germ or protoplasm of tne force
bllL It was that bacillus which had poisonoa
elections and inoculated them with fraud.
From the supervisor of elections and the
armed deputy marshal, the step to the army
at the polls was bnt a short one. .The day
had come to bring the Federal Government
back to those duties for which it bad been
provided."
The anti-option hill was taken up in the
Senate today and Mr. Palmer, Democrat,
Illinois, addressed the Senate, explaining
and defending bis objection to the bill. He
said that when he was canvassing the
State of Illinois as a candidate for the Sen
ate, he had been frequently asked whether
he would vote for such a bill, and he had
said "No." The clauses against purchases of
options were, lie said, less satisfactory- to
his mind than the statute orillinois on that
subject. Dealings in options wero prohib
ited by k the laws of Illinois and were pun
ished by adequate fines and penalties. He
had, therefore, said to those who asked him
that, there being a careful, well-considered
statute in force in Illinois, nothing more
could be done In that line by mere legisla
tion. Bon. John F. Durham, Minister to
Haiti, now in this country on leave of ab
sence, has been Instructed by tho Secretary
of State to return without delay to Port au
Prince and investigate the facts attending
the arrest and imprisonment ot Frederick
Mebs, a respectable American merchaut'of
that oity. IT the circumstances are as re
ported, the Minister will be expected to
bring the subjecttothe Immediate attention
of the Haitian Government, with a view to
a full Indemnification lor the wrong done.
The Secretary of the Navy lias placed the
"Atlanta" at the dispos.il of the State De
partment, to take Minister Durham to bis
port, and he will sail from Norfolk within a
few days.
General Superintendent White, of
the Railway Mall Service, arrived in Wash
ington tOjday from a tour of the West and
South. Dining Ills absence. Superintendent
Whlto arranged a new time schedule be
tween Cincinnati, Louisville, Now Orleans,
Jacksonville, St. Augustine, and Tampa,
Fla., over the Queen and Crescent system,
by which the malls, both north and south,
between these points will be advanced
about 12 hours, which is really a gain of 24
hours, as by the old schedule the malls ar
rived ac New Orleans, Jacksonville nnd St.
Augustine at night, whereas they will here
aiter arrive in the morning.
It is stated at the Navy Department that
Secretary Tracy may award the contract for
one or the two war ships, bids for which
were opened last week, to the Union Iron
Works at San Francisco. The bid of this
company was slightly higher than that of
the Cramps, but the difference allowed for
construction between tho East and West 3
per cent would, it is said, more than wipe
J!ut the excess of the Union Iron Works'
bid.
Senator Sherman to-day introduced a
bill, which was referred, to tho Foreign Re
lations Committee, providing that whenever
the Government of the United States shall
conclude any effective international ar
rangement for the protection of fur seals in
the North Pacific Ocean by agreement with
any power, or us a result of the convention
concluded last February between the United
States and Great Britain (tho Bering Sea
Convention) and so long as such arrange
ment shall continue, the provisions or tue
laws, so far as they may be applicable, rela
tive to the protection or far seals within the
limits of Alaska or Its waters, shall be ex
tended to and over I hat portion of the ocean
included In such agreement.
IN the talk among Democratic members
of Congress as to the probable recognition
of the border States in the distribution of
leading offices, the name of Eon. Joseph
H. Miller, of West Virginia, whose adminis
tration of the office or Commissioner or In
ternal Revenue under Mr. Cleveland gave
general satisfaction, is again used lu connec
tion with that commisslonershlp.
A RURAL SONNET.
Those country roads, those country roads.
How many a com their state explodes,
And Imprecations strong and deep.
Upon the supervisor heaped.
And thus 'twin be when we are gone.
Those country roadsjwln still live-on;
Tne same mud paddies as or yore.
Bnt stickler, deeper, than before.
T. .,?."
THE BIGHT SORT 07 TALE.
"When the People Fully Understand Bene
fits of a Ship Canal They "Will Get One.
Pittsburg Commercial Gazette.
Some day, surely, and probably at no very
distant day, the wharves of Plttsourg will
furnish a view of the tall, shapely masts
nnd symmetrical rigging or sailing vessels
as they do now of stern-wheel river tug
boats. There will also bo in the Pittsburg
harbor, along with the schooners,,blg steam
ships, steel baiges and puffy tugs, the latter
making more fuss and splutter than all the
other craft on the three rivers.-
That time will.be when the Lake Erie and
Pittsburg ship canal is completed. It will
be a proud day for Pittsburg and Allegheny
and all the little cities, towns and boroughs
in Western Pennsylvania when the first big,
black lake steamer plows the waters of the
Ohio in the wake of a fussy tug from Davis
Island dam to the Point. It will be a lucky
day for Dulutb, Superior, Milwaukee and
the broad areas of Wisconsin, the Dakotas
and Wyoming, too.
We can then sing we've got the ships,
we've got tho men and wo've got the luel,
too, to make the greatest center of popula
tion on this continent. There is only the
one thing wanted to give this section all the
advantages which cause great growths of
industrial and commercial interests. That
one thing is an outlet by water. All the
other things are hero.
Some people even in Pittsburg, think the
Lake Erie ship canal is a chimerical project,
and flippantly inquire or more, thoughtful
people whether they "do not know that
canals have had their day?" Bless these in
nocent souls, they have never seen any
thing but the old-time towpath canals,
operated by mule power and profanity, or,
perhaps, havo only seen the picturesque re
mains even or those ditches. They should
go outandsee some ot the canals of to-day.
Ship canals are very different things from
mule-power canals. They are not back
numbers and memories of a former age, but
realities of the present and the bow of com
mercial promise of the future.
There are the Welland canals around the
roaring cataract of Niagara. The old canal
with ten feet of water, and the new canal
admitting the passage of vessel drawing 14
feet of water. Last year a vessel went
through the Welland canal, loaded, from
Port Colborue to Port Dalhonsie without a
hitch or delay in the whole 23 miles, and
tlrongh the 23 locks on the last 12 miles of
the canal. And that fame barge, with the
same load, steamed ncros3 the Atlantic, buf
feting the waves of old o:ean, steamed back
again, and' then went its way down the
coast and around the torriblo Cape Horn,
the roughest known navigable water, and
up the Pacific Ocean to Puget Sound.
WAR VESSELS ON THE LAKES.
Some Startling Reports Emphatically De
nied by Sir Charles Tnpper.
Ottawa, Ont., Dec. 20. Special. Sir
Charles IL Tuppor, Minister of Marines
and Fisheries of the Dominion, whon shown
to-day a Washington dispatch in whloh
Lieutenant Cordon stated there was great
excitement on both American and Canadian
sides of the "Soo," regarding the building of
gunboats bv the Canadian Government,
said: "We are not building war vessels, but
we have built a couple ot small vessels at
Owen Sound, which we are using in connec
tion with the fishery protective service.
The Petrel, launched recently, is not yet
completed. It is built on the same model
as the other two, the Constance and the
Curlew, and Is 120 tons net, carrying 13
hands. That is all there is to the story.
Some parties in the States are looking for
an infraction of the treaty on the Canadian
side, as far as building war vessels is con
cerned, so that tbev may go into the busi
ness themselves. We have not violated any
treaty rights."
A telegram from Washington says: Tho
report does not excite any apprehension or
alarm at the Treasury Department. As
sistant Secretary Scauldlng says he has no
fear that England will at any time ondeavor
to rush a flout of SO vessels through the St.
Lawrence to the lakes, nor that the British
vessels now on the lakos will ever seriously
menace either the commerce of the inland
seas or the great cities that lie on tho bor
ders thereof.
Owing to the absence from the city of
Captain Shonhard the report has not yet
been officially communicated to the oflloials
or the Treasury Department, and hence its
contents have not been tiansmitted to the
Department ot State. Secretary J. W. Fos
ter stated to-day that no information of the
building or vessels on the lakes by Canada
had been received by his department since
the dato of his recent report to the Presi
dent npon the treaty of 1317. regulating the
force of armed vessels to be maintained on
the lakes, which whs transmitted to Con
gress week before last.
"Is it tire policy of the United States to
meet an increaso or foico on the lakes by
Canada by a similar increase of our own
armaments," wan asked.
"Speaking only ror the State Department,"
was the reply, "I should say tho United
States will not build any revenue cutters on
the lakes unless it needs them. That is a
auestlou for the Treasury Department to
etermine. When additional ships are
necessary in the current business of the
country, they will be constructed, ana not
before."
A NEW GAME LAW
To Be Urged Upon the Legislature by the
Lawrence Connty Farmers.
New Castle, Dec. 20. Special. The Law
rence County Farmers' Institute will
neither condemn nor advocate Arthur Kirk's
new road bllL .
A. L. Martin, a member or the institute,
who was elected to the Legislature at tue
last election, will introduce a new game act
during the coming session. The bill would
prohibit hunting in some sections of the
State for five years after its passage, and in
the mountainous regions it will extend the
hunting season. The' law proposes to pro
tect the slaughter of quail, as the Farmers'
Institute is or the opinion that these birds
are great insect destroyers.
HEALTH OFFICER JENKIBS REBUKED.
"lhe New Tork Chamber or Commerce Calls
for a National Quarantine Law. '
New York, Dec. 20. There was an unusu
ally large attendance, at the meeting or the
Chamber of Commerce this afternoon, which
discussed the report ofn, special committee
on quarantine. At the meeting last week,
the committee recommended a scheme for a
national quarantine. This wns taken as a
censure for Health Officer Jenkins.
Resolutions were offered to-day to adopt
the report of the special committee, and l e
questinf the co-operation or the various
Chambers of (jommeice throughout the
country. Tho report was unanimously
adopted. ;
Prof. Smith Loses Another Move.
Cincinnati, Dec. 20. During the last days
of the Cincinnati Presbytery, in its trial of
Prof. Smith, Dr. McGiffort, of the Seminary,
filed a formal protest -against finding Dr.
Smith, guilty ou heresy charges 1 and 2.
Yesterqay the committee appointed to con
sider the protest made its formal reply, in
which it refuses. to grant the petition.
Remains of a Temperance Worker.
Tokio, Japan, Dec 20. The remains of
Miss Mary A. West, the noted temperance
advocate, leave Yokohama to-day for the
United States. A delegatian will be sent to
Vancouver I rom Chicago to receive the re
mains and act as escort. It is probable that
if the remains are in good condition they
will lie in state at the Woman's Temperance
Temple during a memorial service.
The Pennsy Buys Another Branch.
Hollidaybbueu, Dec 20. The Cresson,
Clearfield and. Mew York Short Line Rail
road Company has been sold to and merged
into the Pennsylvania Railroad Company's
system, taking effect January L This linn
is SO miles long, extending from Cresson to
Irvin, Clearfield county. It has two
branches running to coal mines.
DEATHS 11EEE AND ELbfiWHEEE.
The Marquis de SandovaL president ofthe Union
Club, Havana, is dead.
Pbof. B. NEELXTdled in Rome, Ga., Monday.
He was Superintendent of Public Schools there
for nine years.
Bev. George Rogers, aged 99, probably the
oldest pensioner In Kentucky, died at his home
near LoulsvlUe Monday.
William Russell, founder or the Fall Mount
ain Paper Company, of Bellow's Falls, Vt., died
'Sunday. He was the oldest paper mater in Amer
ica. William W. Palmer, literary editor on the
New York Prut, died (Sunday in his 68th year. In
early life he officiated as a Presbyterian minister,
but several years ago left the ministry to engage
in literary wars.
CHILDREN OP HOMESTEAD.
A Big Bnndlo of Letters tor Santa Clans
The Appeals Touching Only a Tetr
Days Left in "Which to Swell the Xmas
Gift Fund.
About 1,600 letters from Homestead's
school children were received at The Dis
patch office yesterday. A representative of
Santa Clans Is reading them over and will
report the result to his employer, who, after
finding out the wants, will fill his pack as
near as possible with what the little ones
desire, and go to them next Satnrday even
ing prepared to give them lots of happiness,
and at the same time demonstrate to them
the goodness of the people of Pittsburg.
Contributions continue to come in, but
the time is short and lest yon be too late
hurry along your mite. A llttlo from you
means a great deal to these youngsters.
Read the following letters and bear in
mind that we have In our possession over
1,500 similar, and don't attempt to bo so
coldly judicial an to say to yourself you will
not help to cheer 3,000 and more childron
because you don't agree with their parents'
position last summer on tho labor question.
December l?, ISM.
Dear Santa Claus We hare had trouble to
lire. My papa is not working. Please send rae a
dress.
Homestead. Pa., December 12, 1892.
Dear Santa riease bring me a sled my papa is
not working. Santa will you brine inc anew suit
or c.othes and a hat. Age 9.
Homestead. Pa., Dec. 12, WK.
Dear Santa Claus You are a kind man. I
hope you wont forget us. Homestead is in trouble.
HoMESTrAD. Pa.
Dear Santa Clause I want you to bring me a
pair of gam boots. Uomesteaa has been on strike.
9 m
Homestead. Pa.. December 12. 1892.
Dear Santa Claus We have hard troubles In
Homestead. 1 am xomg to hang myttockln up
and get pop corn to It.
Homestead, December 12. 1S92.
Dear Santa I am going to school every day. I
am alrnld my father wont see you. Our baby is a
year old.
Homestead, Pa.. December 12, 163:.
Dear Santa We have bard trouble to keep our
living. And I want you to bring me some candy
and a dress. My brotlier Is not working.
Contributions up to yesterday, Dec. 19 243 SO
Received yesterday:
Cash 2 CO
Tuck 100
Mrs. H. S.Hill t
Kity I CO
Cash 1 OU
Mother 10 00
K. C. I! 100
00 yards laurel wreathing, t Xmas tree, 3 pine
needles J. K. A A. Murdoch
FIGHTING AH OLD MAN'S MAKEIAGE.
A Little Matter of Money Between His
Heirs and His Proposed Bride.
Steubenville, Dec 20. Special. "I will
marry the girl in spite of ," said John
Garrett, angrily, as he was stood off in the.
Probate Court whence he had tried to get a
license to marry. Garrett is a white-haired
man of 75 and the girl he proposes to marry
Is 10. Garrett Is wealthy, while the pre.tty
Miss Maude Miller he wants to wed is poor.
There are children of the aged lover who
fear that Miss Miller will beguile him out of
his fortune and they will get nothing. They
filed a petition asking for the appointment
of n guardian. The petition alleges, It is
said. Imbecility and general irresponsibility
of the old gentleman, and it was when he
bumped up against this proceeding fhat the
old man made the declaration quoted.
The young lady is a daughter ot Edward
C. Miller, who was long an engineer on the
steamers Abner O'Nell and the C. W. Batche
lor. An anti-nuptial arrangement is being
made to-night, by which the other heirs to
his estate are. to get a rake-off before the
new Mrs. Garrett hns an opportunity to got
in her hand. The old icentleman got on the
warpath and threatened to cut off the
whole brood wituout a cent it they per
sisted in opposing his marriage. Mr. Gar
rett states lute to-night that the peace over
tures have fallen through, because the chil
dren insist on bis so disposing or his estato
that the young wife will be left without a
cent in case she survives him. Also, coun
sel for the petitioners states, that the matter
will be fought in court.
D0IHG BUSINESS OK BOGUS CAPITAL.
Two Philadelphia Financiers Come to Grief
In the Windy City.
Chicago, Dec. SO. Edward Wildman and
Herman Wittig were arrested to-day,
charged with using the malls for swindling
puroosos. Tho men were doing business
under the name of the Illinois Lumber Com
pany and Wildman & Co. They came here
from Philadelphia, and the complaints are
sworn out by Inspector Griggs, of that city.
It is said the scheme ofthe men was to
obtain lumber from firms in other States
and sell the lumber without having paid for
it. Coming to this city the men deposited
$15,000 in a bank, and by this means secured
a commercial rating by one or the agencies.
A day or two ago Theodore P. Hopkins, as
attorney for an Indianapolis man, who, it is
said, had lost money by the firm, learned ot
this deposit and commenced an attachment
snit to recover $720. The suit came up be
fore Judge Clifford to-day, and wben the
men appeared they were arrested.
TOO BIO 70B THE EAILE0AD3.
Chicago City Council May Compel the Com
panies to Elevate Their Tricks.
Chicago. Dec 20. Railroad men are much
disturbed over an ordinance introduced in
the City Council, providing that every rail
way company having terminals in Chicago
shall be required to elevate its tracks IS feet
above the street level within five years, and
attaching a penalty of $200 a day lor viola
tion of the ordinance E. P. Ripley, Second
Vice President of the Chicago, Milwaukee
and St. Paul Railroad, declared he voiced
the opinion of every man connected with
his company when he said:
"Such an ordinance would result in driving
the railroads into the outskirts and bring
great loss to every Industry located along
their trucks. Furthermore, tho railroad
companies have not the money with which
to pay for elevating, and they cannot get lu"
Only One Way Out of It.
Minneapolis Tribune.
The Pittsburg Dispatch hits the nail
fairly on the head when it says: "The way
to get rid of Pinkertonlsm and its accom
panying dangers Is to be round in so per
fecting the public service that private
agencies of this kind can no longer find an
occupation. When the law is enforced by
its own qualified instruments, as it should
be, the public peace will not De endangered
by the hiring ot private force to protect pri
vate property," As long as the people, by
their indifference, make a market for Pink
ertonlsm the goods will bo forthcoming.
The remedy is plain.
The Andrews Commission Larger.
Meadville, Dec 20. Special Several
witnesses were examined in the Andrews
Higby election contest to-day relative to
illegal votes and Imperfect papers in a num
ber of precincts. Two. new members were
added to the commission to-day, one Demo
crat and one Republican, making the num
ber six who are now serving at commission
ers. General interest will center in the re
port of the commission, as it is expected
the real flirht will begin then.
Nebraska Republicans Drop a Stitch.
Lincoln. Neb., Dec 20. The State Su
preme Court this afternoon refused to issue
the writ asked for in the Clay county con
teat, thus throwing the matter out of the
courts. Tho cases were brought by the Re
publicans, who tried to secure n writ to
compel the Clerk of Clay county to isue
certificates to the three Republican candi
dates tor the Legislature instead or to the
Independents, who were elected on the face
of the returns.
Connty Officers Get Their Commissions.
HABMSBrma, Dec 20. The State Depart,
ment to-day issued commissions to all
county officers elected who have filed a
bond. In counties where there aro contests
commissions were issued to the candidate
receiving the highest vote on the face of the
returns.
Wish It Wore Already Over.
.Philadelphia Record. J
A poet mourns that the Christmas spirit
does not laft all tho year. The salespeople
will fail to see any poetry in this fancy.
. Something Rotten in Denmark.
D aDAJ News.
There is something wrong, otherwise there
would not be so much need of charity In this
country.
A SOCIETY PILGRIMAGE
To Witness a Brilliant Marriage The Tot-ten-Reymer
Nuptials Improvements at
the Linden Clnb Election or Officers
Several Pretty Weddings.
TnE North Presbyterian Church, Alle
gheny, was the Mecca toward which all
society prilgrims turned last evening. Their
pilgrimage wai generally made in comfort
able carriages, and their dresses did not sug
gest the pious wayfarer with scrip and gown
so mnch as a procession to one of the gayest
events known to humanity. And it was
fitting that it should he gay, for was not
the occasion that ot one of the most impor
tant weddings, from a fashionable point of
view, o'r the season? The bride was Miss
Elizabeth A. Reymer, and the groom Mr.
Robert Duncan Totten. The church and
the house or the bride's parents.were each a
mass or greenery, with pink roses and carna
tions sprinkled among the foliage here and
there to relieve the monotony of verdancy.
Tne organ was ringing out tho stirring
strains of Mendelssohn's Wedding March,
as the bridal train entered tho chnrch. The
bride leaned on the arm of her father,
and was met at the altar by the
groom. Her gown was of wnite
satin, trimmed with duchesso lace, and gar
nished with cypress, while hrr veil was held
to her coiffure by a spray of orange blos
soms. She carried a largo bunch or lllles-of-the-valley.
The maid or honor. Miss Mc
Gregor, or New York, wns in pink silk, cov
ered with wnite tulle, while the gown9 of
the bridesmaid were or pink silk and tulle,
also, with high pink velvet sleeves. They
were Misses Jennie Hutchinson, Maiv Law
rence, Mabel Hnssey, Nellie Metcalf, and
Saran Scott. Mrs. l'feymer, the mother of
the bride, was in black velvet,wlth dnchesse
lace, and presented a queenly flgnre. The
ushers were Mr. Alexander Stewart, 'of
Chambersbnrg, Mr James S. McCord, Mr.
LdriardO. Robinson. Mr. Abraham S. Val
entine, Mr. Harry Oliver and Mr. John C.
Oliver. The best man was Mr. William F.
Timlow, or New York. After a reception at
tho house tho couple left ror a tour. Upon
their return they will reside at the Reymer
mansion nntil their new home in the East
End is ready lor them.
Theee have been a number of improve
ments made at the Linden Club bouse.
Among them is the putting of a now celling
into the ballroom and the fitting or it with a
heating apparatus. Last winter the hall
was very cold and comfortless and the
Board or Managers are determined that the
same complaint shall not be made about it
this season. A new reading room is to be
added to the clnbhouse, all the principal
magazines, monthly and weekly, being sup
plied lor the benefit ofthe members. The
clubhouse is one of the most cheerful in the
two cities nnd with the added comforts and
conveniences it will De more so than over.
The following officers have been elected lor
the ensuing year: President, D.McK. Lloyd:
Vice President, D. P. Black; Secretary and
Treasurer, F. M. Laughlln; Board of Direc
tors, E. M. O'Neill, F. B. Langblih, G. P. Bal
maln, W. K. Woodwell, D. V. Black. J. G.
Stephenson and W. J. Morris: Membership
Committee, J. It. McCancn.J. G. Stephenson,
Jr., N. S. Wooldridge, E. S. Fownes and
Robert Bailey.
At 6 o'clock last evening Jliss Fanny
Ashwortb, of Allegheny, became the bride
of Mr. George J. Gorman, of the Mechanics'
National Bank. The ceremony was per
formed at the residence of the bride's
mother, Mrs. Frances Ashworth, ana it was
a home wedding in every sense of ths word,
only intimate friends and relatives being
present. Rev, Dr. Crockar White performed
the coremony. The bride wore a white silk,
trimmed with dnchesse lace, and the usnal
long white veil. The house was decorated
with terns and palms, with cut flowers in
terspersed. After a quiet reception, the
bride and groom departed on a wedding tour
that will embrace the principal Eastern
cities. They will be at home to their friends
in their new home on Shields. street upon
their return.
A PRETTY home wedding last evening
was that of Miss Ella n. Carson and Mr.
George E. Roberts, at the residenco of the
bride's parents ou Arch street, Allegheny.
Rev. J. R. Sutherland officiated. The bride
wore a simple gown of white silk, and cat
rled a buncn of white flowers. Only the
relatives of the couple witnessed the cere
mony. Among the interesting weddings last
evening was that of Miss Cornelia Butler
Reno and Mr. Charles Bolen, which took
place at the home of Mr. W. L. Foulk, an
aunt of the bride. Revt William Cowl was
the officiating clergyman, and the best man
was Mr, R. R. Foulk. The bride wore white
silk, trimmed with lace, and the maid of
honor, Miss Ada Reno, sister of the bride,
was in pink. Sho and the bride carried
white roses. The bridesmaids, 3Iises Mar
garet Hlel and Cora Sumerel, wore white
silk, and carried pink roses. The dining
table was a mass or yellow roses, and the
same beautiful blossoms were arranged in
other'parts of the house.
An interesting concert was given under
the auspices of the Young People's Orches
tra of St. John's Church, last evening. In
Union Hall, Thirty-second street. A well
selected programme of popular mnslo was
firesenteu, and the frequent applanse or the
arge andlence testified to the enjoyable na
ture of the entertainment.
The ingathering of the Southside branch
or the Needlework Guild will be held the
first Thursday in January, in the Guild
House, Eighteenth street. It is expected
that there will be a good showing or maclo
up clothing, which will mean much comfort
to poor families that cannot afford to get
necessary warm clothing.
Miss Emma Dean Anderson, a re
turned missionary from India, delivered an
interesting lecture on "An Evening in
India" in the Etna U. P. Church last even
ing. Invitations are out for the marriage of
Miss Emma E. Gray to Mr. Robert C. Gon
dennan, Wednesday evening, the 28th inst.,
at St. Paul's M.- E. Church. Liberty avenue
and Cedar street, East End.
SAKTA ULAUS IS C01I1NG.
Santa Claus Is getting his skates on.
Buffalo Times.
Santa Claus is a bigger man than Mr.
Cleveland these days. Cleveland Leader.
Next week Santa Claus will be bigger than
old Grover Cleveland himself. Columbus
Dispatch.
Santa Claus Is going to be overworked
like everything for the next couple of days
or so. LoiAng-.les Tim-i.
Santa Claus seems to have had as many
styles ot wearing his whiskers as Christo
pher Columbus. Chisago Ifews Record.
Consideiunq the steady advance in the
price of whisky it wilt be simply irony on
the part of Sinta Claus if he distributes
many corkscrews on Christmas. Washing
ton Star.
It looks very much as if Santa Claus would
be compelled to lay a-Ido' his reindeer and
his furs, and come to town in a mackintosh,
and with an umbrella over his hoaJ. Balti
more American.
It is altogether probable that the urbane
Santa Clnus will make his usuj! round this
year; the habit of a lifetime is not easily
broken away from, and Santa is most too
old to turn over a new leaf. Washington
Xews.
GBAIH BLOCKED UP IN ST. LOUIS.
River Too Low for Any Except Hair Car
goes of Wheat or Corn.
St. Louis. Dec 2a The St. Louf.3 grain
market is glntted so that a grain blockade
has resulted. There are about 7,C0J.000
bushels of wheat in the elevators and a
lawe amount on the tracks. Tho stock of
corn is increasing at the rate of over 203,000
bushels a week. Tho consequence is that
tht-elevators cannot handle the receipts.
The cause of the stagnation Is the condi
tion of the river. There is ample barge
capacity, bnt the barge can at most carry
half cargoes, owing to the low stage of the
water.
Not Behind, hut Beneath the Throne.
Indianapolis Journal. 1
If Hill goes into Cleveland's Cabinet the
Tammany tiger will be on top ot the ccun
.cll tabic But tho report Is ridiculous; the
"tiger w"l he under the table, wiujre it can
give Mr. Cleveland some sharp hints with
its claws, when-necessary.
English, as She Is Spoke.
New York World.1
Paderowski Interpreting Tchalkowskl will
be outorsightski.
CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS.
There are 150,000,000 Bibles.
American perfume equals the French
article.
The Danes lead the world in butter
making. An aluminum buggy is amoDg the com
ing -possibilities.
The jackal is a greater lot to Indian
humanity than the tiger.
A quilt with 1,231 names written on It
has been made in Florida.
The bell on a church at Cedar Farm,
Iud., can be heard seven miles.
' The first counterfeiting was done in
1753 by a man named Richard William
Vaugh.
"Crossing the Bar" in "Welsh begins:
"Hwyer-ddydd a seren naion."
A horse at Osceola, io., stands 17
.hands high and weighs 1,840 pounds.
A pair of George Washington's
breeches wero lately sold at auction in
Philadelphia for $540. ,
A music box that was accidentally
tonched off in St. Louis the other night
frightened away tbo burglars.
A Chicago paper waxes cheerful over
the prevalent crime in that city as follows:
Drop a nickel in your vest pocket and watch
itgetstolen.'
Artificial legs and arms were in use in
Egypt as early as B.C. 700. They were made
by the priestp, who were the physicians of
that early time. '
The Swiss "wine of blood" is so called
from the battle ot Birs, fought on the vine
yard:! COO Swiss opposed 20,000 French, and
were all killed but IS.
The carelessness of householders in
London is shown by the fact that 26,323
doors and windows were found open by the
police nt nigh tin one year.
In the consular district of Piedras
Negrns, Mexico, there Is not a single Ameri
can commercial honse. Trade is entirely in
the hands of the Europeans.
John "W. Grantham, a resident of John
ston county, N. Ci, has seven grown daugh
ters, six of whom are married, all to men
whose baptismal name is John.
The new brewery tax is causing gen
eral depression in 'the beer business in
Germany. The Altona Brewery Union has
already raised its price three pfennigs the
hair-litre.
Having found himself unable to raise
money with which to meet a note for $100,
George Sellers, a young man in Uoston,
mortgaged his parents' graves in Mount
Hope Cemetery.
A man down in Elaine has found a peti
tion to Parliament written in 1G43. It is
written in ink on hand-made paper, and the
brass pin stuck into tne paper is doubtless
older than the petition.
It is estimated that England's wheat
crop for this year is about 55,000.000 bushels,
or less than two bushels for each inhabitant.
She mnst buy at least 130,000,000 Dnshels more
from some outside source.
The Courant has been published in
Hartrord since October 29, 1764. and Is tho
oldest newspaper in the United States of
contlnnons publication in the same town
and under the same name.
Aiumiuum is found combined with 105
other minerals, and, therefore, constitutes a
large part or the crust of the earth, bnt until
recently has been very expensive, because
of the difficulty or separating it.
A man in Columbus, O., has patented
an electrical device intended to automat
ically loner and raise railroad gates ac
grade crossings at the approach and after
the passing or trains. The apparans is ex
pected to supplant flagmen and gatetend
ers. According to the best and most recent
calculations 100,000,003 tons of water pour
over NIngara every hour. This represents
16,000,000 horsepower. The annual coal
production or the world would not furnish
steam power sufficient to pump it back
again.
Switzerland is not drinking more liquor
this year than last, and has not increased in
her consumption of alcoholics for threa
years past. There the Government controls
the sale of liquor.and the profits are divided
among the cantons. A third goes toward,
remedying the effects of alcohol. r
A Roman has ofiered 'King Humbert a
novel instrument ot warfare. This is a pro
jectile which on being shot from a cannon
and striking an object will produce a lumin
ous disc of 100,000 candle power, and thereby
expose to view tbo enemy's position by night
at a distance of from three to four miles.
Thebilliard table at the White House
was purchased for the use of General Gar
field. He had a billiard room fitted up in
the basement or the Executive Mansion,
and played there a great deal with his inti
mate friends. Garfield was also fond of
cards, though be never played a game for
money.
French notions about English customs
and langnagja are often, ir not always, ex
tremely amusins. A recent French writer
on games gives an interesting resume of En
glish sports, and refers to "slogging," "row
lmrmen," "yachting women" and "footing"
as technical words current among English
sportsmen.
The oldest horticultural association in
Europe is the lloval Society or Agriculture
and Borany of Ghent, established in the
year 1803. Its annual exhibitions are al
ways of great interest, and every five years
itholds international exhibitions, tho thir
teenth of which is announced to open on the
16th of April next and to close on the 23d of
the same month.
There has been a decided stand against
wearing crape for some years past, but tha
Princess of Wales gave it the coup do grace
by dispensing with it dnrlng her monrning
for the late Duke of Clarence. Now there is
a further protest against the heavy crape
worn by widows, and doubtless before an
other year has come and gone the modifica
tion in this direction will bo vory percepti
ble. Sheridan's little skitgiving the charact
eristic of eaeh month is as applicable now
and in this latitude as it was when he wrote
it for England:
January, snowy; February flowy; March
blowy:
April, showery; May, flowery; June, bowery;
July, moppy; August, croppy; September,
poppy:
October, breezy;November, wheezy; Decem
ber, freezy.
The passion for gambling finds many
forms or expression in Spain. A dealer in.
matches in Madrid makes epch box of bis
wares, which are sold for a cent, a ticket In
the lottery. The boxes aro labeled "Light
and Money. The holder of this box is en
titled to participate in the ticket number so
and so of the Natioual Lottery of such and ;
such a day." Each box is numbered, and tho
purchaser becomes interested, willy nllly, in ;
tho ensuing drawing.
ORIGINAL AND JOCOSE.
SOT SO BAD AS IT SEEMED. "i
"You will not give me just one kls, v -
Before I say farewell?" ' 1
An. Mortimer, my lore for you VI
Is more than words can tell." sf3
'Tis false." hecrled: "I've been deceived, 1M
You leare my honse to-day." ft
The words he spoke unto his wire, , 1
While acting in a play. J
ADVICE TO T0UN0WT7E8. '"g
In buying your husband's cigars for Jf
Christmas don't be carried away by any well ex- fj
edited picture on the lid or the box.. The prettiest '.
or them are easy drawing when compared with the . - 1
cigars. f
A LETTER.
My Dear, Dear Santa Claus: h
Please, oh, please. Dring me a i;aomsi.
Very Truly Yours, .
Quotes Cleveland. '
ON THE EDGE OT THE TOUR HUNDRED.
"Are you going to the cotillon, this evsu
lng?" "So."
"Let's go to the theater."
'Can't do It."
Wbr?"
"All the swell people will t at the dance, and
Ifl'mseea at the theater they'll think I'm not in
It."
HE'LL SOON BE NUMBERED WITS THE ABSENT.
"You seemed to be very well pleased,"
said the good man to lltue Tommy, who was smll.
lngfrom ear to ear.
I is," repuea Tommy.
WhvJ" '
V 'Cause I only have to go to Sabbath kbosI otm j
aereto getaboxof canay." ;
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