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Including Sunday Edition, at it cents per week. REMITTANCES SHOULD ONT-YBF.MADE BY CHECK. MONEY ORDER. OR REGISTERED LETTER. TOSTAGE-Snnday issue and atl triple number copies, 2c: single and double number copies, lc 1 PITTSBURG. MONDAY. DEC. IS. 18M. TWELVE PAGES SB. irGLYKN'SJ RESTORATION. The restoration of Dr. McGlynn to his standing in the Roman Catholic priest hood is an indication of the broader and juster spirit which governs the Papal pol icy. The removal of "all ecclesiastical censure" is officially announced as among the results of Mgr. Satolli's presence in this country as a representative of the Tope. There is" a slight touch of com promise, however, in the fact that his restoration to his old parish, or to any other in New York, depends on the re establishment of better relations with the Archbishop of New York. The case of Dr. McGlynn was pre-eminently one with which clerical authority should not have interfered. It grew out ot his advocacy of Henry George's single tax theory. As readers of The Dispatch know, we do not regard that theory as by any means the solution of the social ills, or indeed as more just or more practica ble than many other theories. But the discussion was eminently one to be set tled by reason rather than dogma; and the idea that a man could not exercise his private judgment on a matter of taxation without injuring his loyalty to the church was more injurious to the church than to the new school of taxation. . The withdrawal of censure indicates a wore liberal policv than that which re sulted in Dr. McGlynn's removal from the priesthood. It is a happy settlement of an unfortunate controversy. DEATH OF TATHER HENRICI. The death of Mr. Hennci removes the roan who has directed and controlled the Economite Society for many years past. While that singular community has not of late years expanded in its membership or widened the influence of its peculiar doc trine", it has had under the direction of Mr. Henrici a remarkable influence in the development of the section. It was his policy to use the large wealth of the so ciety in developing industry, and the cre ations of the capital of that community in the town of Beaver Falls and its aid to the construction of new railroads are evi dences of the beneficial power of capital used by conscientious hands. The personal character of the man who directed this power to such results was peculiarly simple and unassum ing. Although controlling capital to an equal extent with the great millionaires, and having nearly as in disputable a sway over its disposition, he never regarded himself as anything but the agent of the society. One of the anecdotes illustrating this quality is his remark to an acquaintance as a corporate meeting was assembling: "Here comes Mr. . He Is worth $10,000,000. But he is no happier than if he was as poor as you or me." Faithful to the tenets of the Economite faith; livingthe simple and even irugal life that was laid out by the plans of Rapp, and at the same time directing the vast investments that have exerted a vital influence on the in dustrial progress of "Western Pennsylva nia, Father Henrici afforded a conclusive d'sproof of the meretricious idea that lux ury and extravagance are the best means for making wealth contribute to the gen eral prosperity. The frail health of the aged head of the Economites for some time past lias been accompanied by reports or divisions in the society and doubt as to its future policy. What course will be taken now that its leader has gone is a question the answer to which in the future will be attended by the utmost importance to a large interest in this section. RESERVE CONTRASTS. An examination of the various classes of paper circulation with relation to the com reserve back of them reveals some singu lar incongruities. The examination is suggested by the recent statement that the total stock of gold in the Treasury availa ble for its purposes is $120,000,000 and the question as to whether it is ample for the currency that is issued. Primarily $100,000,000 of the gold in the Treasury was intended as a reserve for $346,000,000 of legal tenders outstanding; but there must be added to this first $174, 000,000 of national bank circulation, which are redeemable in legal tenders, and there fore dependent on the gold reserve; then over $400,000,000 of silver and silver cer tiGcates; and finally 120,000,000 of coin notes issued under the act of 1890. The two latter classes have a nominal founda tion on the stock of silver in the Treas ury, but they really circulate at par with gold, solely on the faith of their converti bility into gold at the Treasury. The total of these forms of money is $1,040, 000,000, and at present they restore the reserve of $120,000,000 gold in the Treas tiry, or a little under 12 per cent A remarkable contrast to this 12 per cent reserve is the fact that separate from this total is the issue of gold certificates amounting to $150,000. On this a reserve is carried of dollar for dollar. If there was any reason for this wide difference between the reserve on one clas3 of cur rency and that on the other it should ap pear in the financial rating of the different kinds of paper. But the fact is that legal tenders and silver certificates on their 12 per cent reserve are worth exactly as much, as gold certificates on their 100 per cent reserve. There may be reason in the assertion that tOe 12 per cent reserve is getting rather too low, but there is an In disputable fact in tho demonstration that the 100 per cent reserve is unnecessarily high. The incongruities of the whole business are shown in the fact that with regard to the reserve there are four classes of paper circulations; first, the legal tenders on which a reserve was orig inally established of 30 per cent or more than was ample; then, by the in troduction of national bank circulation dependent for their ultimate redemption on this reserve, it is reduced to. Then the various classes of silver issues are alike in their relation to the gold reserve; for, while we have the fiction of a silver reserve,af ter we have got the silver into the Treasury we treat it as a commodity and maintain the entire volume of the Issues at par by strefgth of the gold reserve." Finally, as if to emphasize the lack of uniformity, 100 per cent reserve is rigidly maintained on the gold certificates, which practically turns the Treasury Into a free storage warehouse for the oivners of gold coin. And with all these variations or re serve, one form of circulation is worth exactly as much as another. The facts suggest that by converting all the assets behind the various issues Into available reserve, and placing them on a uniform basis, the entire volume would be given an equal stability, and any possi bility of an exhaustion of the reserve would be as remote as it was when the Treasury reserve was 20 per cent of the paper issues. THE NEW GOLD FEVER. Reports of the gold fever which are drawing prospectors from all parts of the West to the newly discovered fields in Southeastern Utah are given additional interest by their bearing on a topic of in ternational discussion. These are the fields to which Senator Jones recently a'. luded as having a possible effect in solv ing the question of the standard money metal; to which another silver Senator has replied by denying that the discover es are of importance enough to have any international effect. It is plain that the development ot new gold fields of magnitude equaling those of California or Australia would create such an addition to the world's stock of gold as to reverse the steady appreciation of the gold standard which constituted the hard ship and danger of the present situation. It would be gratifying, in addition to the increase of our national wealth, if such a result could be hoped from these discov eries. But it requires an extraordinarily sanguine nature to allow such a hope to take definite shape in the mind much more- in international polity. All that can be said now is that the discoveries are of sufficient value to arouse the old gold fever throughout the West, and to set trie tide of adventurers in the direction of the new fields. But that has often been the case before with the most meager results. We can only wait for the future to tell what the new gold fields will amount to. MORGUE AJJD STATISTICS. The proposition to establish a public morgue in this city, which has been mootel at various times, takes the form of a bill to be introduced in the Legislature at the coming session, which is summarized else where. The bill gives the County Com missioners power to purchase real estate and erect buildings for the purpose, and places the establishment under the cou trol of the Coroner, with due provisions for supervision and regulation. At first blush the proposition seems somewhat unnecessary; but it is accom panied by statistics which convey a some what ghastly evidence of the business which Allegheny county furnishes in "this line. In the Coroner's business for the past six years there have been 2,500 morgue cases: of them 500 bodies were unknown when brought in. The average, it will be seen, is about V per day; but of late years the average has Been three cases a day, wilh the fatal business rising on busy days as high as a total of ten. These statistics certainly indicate the need in counties of the size of Allegheny for a public morgue. Whether arrange ments like that now existing may not be as efficient and more economical would be a question for the authorities of each county to dec!de for themselves. The facts justify the legislative authorization proposed in the bill, to establish morgues where necessary. PARTISAN ONE-SIDEDNES8. The unique way in which an organ states the difference between the trans gressions of its own party and those of the opposition is shown by a recent at tempt of the New York World. That journal answers the charges that the means bj which it alleges the Republicans are trying to "steal" the Western' Sena torshlps are those by which the Democ racy unquestionably grabbed the New York legislature last year, as follows: "The Democratic leaders were justified in employing every technicality and strain ing every point of law to recover for the majority of the people the control of their own Government." Which means that, the World being Democratic, to "strain every point of law, and employ every technicality".in favor of the Democracy is all right; but to do it for the Republicans is stealing. That which is right for one party is all wrong for the other. Of course the Republican organ regards that as legitimate for Re publican success, which it calls robbery on the part of the Democrats. There will be a great advance when or gans become intelligent enough to recog nize that the rules of political honesty ap ply to both parties alike, and that when partisanship induces either to condone stealing for its benefit it becomes an enemy to popular government The whole city will regret to learn of the serious illness of Mayor Gourloy, and will unite in the hope that he may enjoy a prompt recovery. The services of the Mayor during the term just drawing to a close have been unqualifiedly creditable to htm and serviceable to the public The' city will be anxious to learn of his restoration to active work. It needs his services for the future. The Mayor's talents and character are of that class which the public cannot spare. The hope for a favorable Issue to his illness will be universal. "While Crisp had to endure the agonies of an unspokon speech given out to the I press in connection with that New York ban quet, he is understood to be taking care that there shall be no mistake about his speech on re-election to the speakership. a , The exact value of the recent attempt to protect the purity or the ballot in New Jer sey is Indicated by the fact that the 32 Jer sey City ballot-box staffers were released last week by the Court of Pardons and were accorded a public reception on their return to Jersey City. The men who win victories for the Democratic ring In New Jersey are much too useful to be kept idlo in the peni tentiary. "Well, there is no doubt of the white ness of the Christmas; but the old supersti tion does not furnish half as good a guaran tee against epidemics next year as a strict quarantine and thorough sanitation., , There seems to be renewed reason for teaching those Mexican revolutionists that "TEE PraTSBUKG the Government or tho United States is su premo over it own soil, ir the authority of our government cannot bo asserted In any other way it will ray to call out an army that will wipe up the Mexican border with, all sorts of lawless characters. Montana's claim that if she is pressed she can produce enough gold to pay the national debt should elicit a general willing ness to do tho pressing. The Democratic papers from Texas to Tammany ore now given over to enlarging oritho"liatef ulness of the Mugwumps. It re quired no gift of prophecy for The Dispatch to foretell during the campaign that this frame of mind would prevail when the dis tribution of the offices camo into view. The politicians who are most loudly cry ing "atop thief" over the Western Senator ships will bear a lair amount of watching themselves. Mr. Cleveland has used language con cerning the "Sun which shines for all" which tends to the inference that he does not believe that tho force bill howl elected him. Will Mr. Dana experience the anguish of the thought that Presidents, if not re publics, are sometimes ungrateful? i ' THAT seventy-degree rise in temperature has not been heard of In this section yet. Perhaps it was frozen out In crossing the plains. Uncle Dick Thompson's voucher for the integrity of the Panama Canal dealings, as far as he was aware of themMis calculated to arouse sarcastic inquiries as to the extent of the knowledge of that concern's affairs for which Uncle Dick drew that fat salary of $25,000 per annum. The possibility of further duels among the French legislators should warn the French agriculturists to lock up tneir live stock. K0TES ABOUT N0TABLE3. Jay Gould spent $40,000 a year upon his yacht. This was his one great extrava gance. John L. Mitchell is the rich man of the present Congress. He is worth about J30.000.000. M. De Giers, the Russian Foreign Min ister, will resume his post at tho end of January. The heaviest man in Congress is John W. Rife, of Pennsylvania. A special chair is provided for him. Edward Scull, of Pennsylvania, is the oldest representative in Congreis. Ihe youngest is Joseph W. Bailey, of Texas, who was born In 1863. Mr. Edwards, the Amer'can Consul General in Berlin, will send to tho World's Fair a portrait of Columbus which is now in possession of a noble Silestan family, it is the work of a German artist. Senator Jokes still remains at the Hotel Bcllcvne in Brussels .overseeing the translation into French of his las: speech before the Monetary Conference. Tbo Bel gian secretaries have nearly worried him to death by their constant alteiing of Mia tex r. The Senator's wife and beautiful daughter are much lionized in society. t -The Khan of Khiva, who is lonr visiting the crowned heads of Europe, probably witn the idea that the time has now come when "us kings mu stand in together," is an in teresting chaiactcr. Ha is 53 years old, sneaks several language, including the Persian, Arabic and Russian, and his dress is that of a European, although his connec tions are those of an orthodox Mussulman. He travels in company of his mollak or priest and his own cook, ns n cats no food but that prepared according to the rights of bis religion. Henry Shaw, who is regarded by St Louis as its greatest benefactor, was an Englishman by birth, who made bis fortune in the hard wate business and retired at the age of 40. Passionately found of Sowers he established a botanical garden just outside the-corporate limits of St. Louis, and there be lived in the summer time, leturningtotbe city in the winter. He constantly improved and added to the territory of bis flower land until "Shaw's Garden" became one of the most famous resorts 'for visitors in the Southwest. AH IMPOBTANT DISCOVERY. Senator Coggcshall Has Found Out What Defeated Harrison. New York Times. 1 "I have-discovered,' said Stnte Senator Coggeshall to a party of politicians, "Just what it was that caused tho recent Republi can defeat. I have solved the problem." " "I suppose, you think It was duo to a dis contented teellng among the working classes," said one of bis party. "Sot mnch," said tho Senator. "I did think that had something to do with it, but I am wrontr." "1 hink it was tho unpopularity of the can didates; do you?" asked another. "No," said tho Senator, "B.id management?" asked a third. "Not a bit." "The Foree bill issue?" suggested another. "No no Force bill lsue," said the Sena tor, "nor-tho State bank platform, nor tho lack of funds by the Republicans, nor the hostility of the old machine, nor any other of the caused which have been assigned." "What is it"" then asked two or three of the group. 'I found out up at Utlca the other night," said Senator Co?gehall. "I was a spectator or a parade celebrating the election. One of the transparencies gave the socret away. ItightJtp behind the band was an enormous affair bearing these words: 'Education is WliatDonelt.'" CHICAGO'S PHILANTHROPIST, Dr. Gunsaulus Makes Public the Plans of , . the Armour Institute. Chicago, Dee. 25. Dr. F. W. Gunsaulus, bead of the now Armour Institute, made publie the millionaire's plaus to-day. Dr. Gunsaulus said: "The institute was founded by Philip D. Armour, for tbo promotion of edncation In art, science and Industry. The chief object of the lnstltuto will be the exte'nsion and improvement of Industrial education as a .means of opening better and wider avenues of employment to youne men and women. It is the founders desire, however, that the plan of organization slionla be comprehen sive, providing liberal means lor culture for the "masses by means or lectures, evoning classes, libraries and museum. "The work of the institute will be ar ranged under the following general divi sions: Art, science, mechanical arts, domes tic economy, technical business, physical training,' tho training of teacheis, lectures and evening classes, library and reading room museum. Independent of therogular departments students will have the option of taking such courses as they may select. All moneys received as roes will be used In maintaining and extending the work of the institute." DAN GEES OF ICED WATEE. Some of the Menaces to Health in the Frozen Chunks. Cautions have been issued by the Imperial Health OfSco of Berlin with regard to the use of Ice. Investigation, says the Man chester Guardian's London correspondent, has shown that the ice of commerce sold at Berlin contains micro-organisms that are dangerous to health, and the con clusion has been arrived at that illnesses frequently observed after iced drinks have been taken have probably less to do with the coldness or the drink than with the disease germs contained in the" ice. I'll e public have cousequsutly been warnfcd to eschew drinks and food which have beco me dangerous to health in the manner suggest ed. These observations might bo borue in mind here with a view to the exercise of caro In the selection of the sources of sunply from which the ice merchants draw their stock. Bad Roads Cost Damages. &avannah News. J , A man by the name of Davis went to Mayor Slades, of Columbus, Wednesday morning, and threatened to sue the city if he wasn't immediately refunded $1 40, the sum he said' he had to pay forgettlngbis male and wagon out of the mud on Hamilton avenue. Mayor Elade talked to blm awhile and they com promises, on inv in nou oi a f 10,000 suit. DISPATCH, MONDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1893. FREE KINDERGARTENS. Iwuittks roa tub msrATcn.1 In the millennium we will have Christ mas every day. For Christmas is the season of unselfishness, and when we all become unselfish there will be no further occupa tion for the Advetsary. Selfishness Is the signal for Satan; It Is our cordial Invitation to the black dovil. In the millennium we will give presents to ourone,mtes If we have any enemies. We will invito to our Christmas dinner all the people wo det09t If wo detest anybody. And we will bo especially mindlul of those whom wo are in danger of forgetting. Christmas is at present the Festival ot Injustice. The rich get all the rich presents, while the poor get all tho poor presents. They who have already more than they know what to do with are helped most bountifully, while they who have nothing get nothing. But one of these days we will remedy all that. We will havo learned that lost art, the Art of Distribution. . In that day people will give Christmas presents even to the city. The first thing is to be interested in tho city. The next thing is to know what the city ought to have. Pittsbuig stnnds very well in the reports of the Pospffice and the Clearing House. Byand.by. when the absura separation be tween tho opposite banks or tho Allegheny river is bridged over, and the two great towns aio one, Pittsbnrg will make an ex cellent showing on the tables or population. There is good reason for being proud of Pittsburg. Quality Preferred to Quantity. A good many people in this city, how ever, will not bo contented with a town which represents a great number of millions of dollars, until that wealth is more wisely and generously used than it has ever beenv yet. And tho number is increasing who be lievo that quality of inhabitants counts lor more than quantity, and that' tho best nse of monoy Is toex'pendit for the betterment of the citizens. These wiso peoplo know that the rcul place of the city among its sis ter cities is not to bo found on tables of wealth or industry or population, but on lists which give the number or books in public libraries, and the number or pictures In pnblic galleries, and the size of public gaidens, and the condition orpublicsehools. For while mills make money, these other industries make men. Tho public-spirited citizen will notbe so proud of the Clcaiing House as to care little for the absence of the kindorgarten. When he reads over the list or cities which have free kindergartens in connection with the public schools, and finds that Philadelphia has C3, and St, Louis S6. and St. Paul 20, and Albany 17, and Milwaukee 28. and Pittsburg none, ho will find food for reflection. And ir ho is stirred up by the blessed Christmas time to bestow a gift upon the city, he will know what to give. The sentiment Is not only a widespread bnt a tnio one which holds that every wealthy citizen is in debt to tho city. Ho could never have made his money by him self. He is rich because he lives in an or ganized society, where all things work to gether to assist him. Socloty is the silent partner In every business. And when a licli man neglects to pay society's share in the dividends society, which used to be quite mccK ano numuie in sucn caso, is now touched with righteous indignation. A Progressive Inheritance. "When a selfish citizen, who has al ways worked for his own interests exclu sively, and has never done anything for the city except to enjoy its privileges and to p.iyas littlo ns possible of its taxes when such a citizen departs out or this life leav ing his selfishness bebind him in the shape of a mean and narrow-minded will, society calls him a thief. And the man deserves the name. He has reaped benefits from the city and made no return. Such, indeed, is the justice of tbo claims of tho State upon its citizens that the law steps in at such a time and simply takes as a right a certain proportion as the property of tho State And the only criticism which good men make upon this proceduie is that the pro portion is too small. Mr. Jay Gould's mill ions yielded to the common fund only $700, 000. In England, it is said, the general bene fit would have been $3,000,000. The proposal is an excellent one to make the inheritance tax progressive; so much on estates above a certain value, and lnoro and more as the valuations ni e greater. But the law.even at its besr.is not enough. Who would havo a law passed compelling parents to spend so much at Christmas in presents for their children? Who would advocate an ordinance mating it compul sory that every John should give his Jane a t o-pound box of carainel3 on Sew Year's eve? John, If he lias any heart and any pocketbook to match it, will provide tor Jane without the persuasions of the police man. The good man who invented the kin dergarten laid great emphasis on voluntary activity. He held that children ought to learn, uot because they are mado to, but because they dosire to, and that all educa tion which amounts to anything proceeds along that line. So does all the best bene faction. What we need Is not more law but more loyalty. TFhat Every City Needs. Every city needs public-spirited citi zens who are genuinely Interested in the city, who realize the fact that every man is a debtor to the town; that all citizens must w 01k together for the betterment of the municipality; that opportunity means re sponsibility, and that he who has much can do much, and ought to do much. This un selfish Christmas time is a good season for a sermon on civic unselfishness. Christmas, too, is a day when all well-con-ducted grown people are thinking about little children. The most important in habitants of the city are the little children. Their education, their cnviionment, their neglect or attention is determining inevi tably the ftiture of the town. The public spirited citizen Is profoundly interested in the children. He desires that every boy and girl shall have a chance. That, we must acknowledge, Is the largest cause of the differences between the better classes and the worse classes in society. These people who are a hindrance and a menace to the prosperity of the town had no chance when thoy were boys and girls. They were started wrong and they havo grownup wrong. It is for the interest of all of ns that tho generation which is grow ing up to-day on the Southside and at the Point should have a chance. The best Christmas gift to the children of the districts of poverty cannot be wrapped up in brown paper nor tied with a string, it cannot be worn nor eaten, it cannot bo bought at any shop in Pittsburg. Ic is simply a good, fair chance to grow np into decent men and women. Benefits of Free Kindergartens. AND I believe that one way to confer such a chance as this would be the estab lishment of a system of kindergartens. Tho critical period of human li e is between the ages of 1 and 7. In that space character is formed. And that time is not touched, or Is but inadequately touched, by the common Bch'ool. For training which shall affect the whole life, for impressions which are deep est and most indelible, we are at present making no provisions. We are leaving all that to the dirty streets, to tho crowded tenements, to the overworked mothers, and to the industrious devil. What we need Is the kindergarten as a part of the system of the public schools, lc ought to be supported by the monoy which we all pay In taxes. What wo would ox pond iu kindergartens we would more than save in the police courts. Out of the 8,000 children trained In the kindergartens of San Francisco, only cne has ever been ar rested; and ho was a boy of unsound mind detected in some petty theft. It is not wise to spend all our money, as someone says, in providing ambulances ana surgeons at tho foot of a dangerous cliff. It would bo better to spend some of It in building a fence at the top to keep people irom fallinz over. I am glad to see tbat the Free Kindergar ten Association Jias been organized in Pitts burg. It is a good time, just at Christmas, to begin such wise, unselfish, Christmas work for the children of the city. But tho day will surely como, and the sooner the better, when our public school system, which in other respects ranks with the best, shall no longer be put to shame by the bet ter wisdom of cities smaller than ours in this provision for the most important age of childhood. TBAH3REB OF IDEAS IN TEANCES. How Hypnotics Are Affected by Hidden Materla'g. Parti Correspondence Pall Mill Gazette. Dr. Luys then showed me how a similar artificial stato of suffering could be created without suggestion in fact, by tho mora proximity of certain substances. A pinch of coal dust, for Instance, corked and scalod in a small phinl, and placed on tho side of the neck of a hypnotized person, produces symptoms of suffocation by smoke; a tube of distilled water, simi larly placed, provokes slens of Incipient hy drophobia, whilo another very nlniple con coction put in contact with the flesh brings on symptoms of suffocation by drowning. Tho intense congestion that these ar tificial nttacks produce might deter mine the rupture ot a blood vessel or tho stoppages of tho heart; It is, therefore, un wise to describo the experiments more fully lest anybody should be tempted to try them without proper precautions. Bnt there was an experiment of this nature that should be described', for It serves as a trait d'unlon that n HI enable me togo from experimental to practical nypnotism. The woman who had been hypnotized earlier in the morning was put to sleep for a second tlmn, and a corked and sealed rubo containing 15 grains of brandy was put in contact with ner neck. A few seconds later she boznn to maKe grimaces and moed her tongue and lips as if she were tastins; liquor of somo kind. She then began talking In broken phrases: "I'm thirsty; 1 wnnt something to drink. Give me some thing to drink. My head pulns mo so. Any one wou'd say I was drunk!" She tiled to stand on her feet and fell heavily down into a ohalr. "There!" said Dr. Luys, who had previ ously taken his visitors out of thp room to explain what would happen on contact or tho tube containing alcohol with the hypno tized person. "Now, a strange thing is that this artificial state of drunkenness can bo transferred to another hypnotized person." A man was bi ought in from 1111 adjoining room and hypnotized. One of his hands was placed in the hand or tho woman, and the passage or a magnet along their arms In the dlrectlou or the man sufficed to transfer the symptoms of drunkenness to him. To all apponrances he was quite 03 drunk as the woman seemed to have been a few mo ments'eailler. OTHEE WOBLDS THAN 0TJB3, Mercury and Venus Akin to Our Habita tion and Mars Habitable, Pall Mall Budget. The Rev. Dr. Dalllnger delivered a lecturo at Bristol tho other night on the planets around us and their possible habltability. Speaking of Mercury, Dr. Dalllnger pointed out its chief features, and showed that tbey approximated to those of tho earth. Al though the beat from the sun theie was more intense, It, might be tempered by tho character ot tho atmosphere. Venus was yet mora akin to our world in every respect, so that life there, as we know it, wns yet more possible. The conditions or tho at mosphcie, mdeod, were such that the whole globe might bo habitable. Mars next came under review, tho lecturer explaining its character, substance, atmosphere, and other features, which he said made the ex istence or creatures, ir not man, quite pos sible. People were slowly losing their former notions that there were nothing nnd nobody in the universe except the world and man. There were other worlds, how ever, whlcb, so far as human intelligence could judge, were not yet s uitablc for habi tation, but were aiadually assuming con ditions which might ultimately make life possible. The lectnrerbeld the opinion that many years hence some means of mental commu nication with the denizens of the other planets might bo established. In tho present days of marvellous discoveries in science all things seemed possible, and tbe establish ment of intercommunication of some kind between this eaith and the beings of tbe planets did not teem more improbable or impossible than the sending of:i telegraph messsage fiom England to Sew York seemed 100 years ago. li'GLTNX A PRIEST AGAIN". Dr. McGltss has been forgiven, bnt how about Henry George? Xew York Comme rial Advertiser. That ho is fully restored to the priesthood will certainly mako no one's Christmas tho sadder. Kew York World. Father McGlyhs has mads a surrender to the church because the Impulses which took him out of it have spent their force and be cause he has been unable to exercise influ ence outside of its pale. Philadelphia In quirer. Father McGlyctt Is restored to his priestly functions and freed from all ec clesiastical censures, but what is to become of the multitudes or that good but impul sive man's multitudes of fi lends who have strayed after him far outside of the fold? JVn York Telegram. That the world is improving Is demon strated by the fact tbat the lessons ot chart tahlo tolerance taught by the Great Founder of all churches are ovei coming the narrow ness of ecclesiasticlsm and bigotry. We congratulate the good Doctor upon his Christmas gift. New York Advertiser. Tan Leader does not defend the single tax andantl-novertydoctrlncs of Henry George, but every man, priest or layman. Catholic or Protestant, has a right to believe and ad vocate these doctrines ir be thinks they are conect, and Dr. McGlynn has as much rUht to mako political speeches fur Henry Gcorgo as other priests aud bishops have to work for the cause of tbe Democracy. Cleveland Leader. Tun reinstatement of tbe Rev. Dr. Mc Glynn as a priest in good standing by Mon slgnor Satolli, representing the Pope, is a conspicuous personal tiiumph for him. In plain English it means that his supension and subsequent excommunication were mistakes, to use no harsher word, and that justice to Dr. McGlynn, no loss than a re gard for the interests of the Church, de mands his restoration. Kew York Tribune. Is This Praise Merited? Chicago Times.". A Pittsburg girl marriod a man and is now in a remorseful condition becanso she has discovered her husband to be a burglar. Burglary in Pittsburg Isn't as profitable, safe, and comparatively enjoyable vocation, apparently, as it is in Chicago. Had the lady's 8pohse made this city tbe theater of operations under the present regime the poor clrl might be luxuriating in Christmas extravagance instead of languishing In soli tary tears. DEATHS HERB AND KLSEWUEBE. H. Stanley Goodwin. H. Stanley Goodwin, Burgess of South Bethlehem for eighteen terms and General Superin tendent of the Philadelphia and Reading system, died yesterday of heart disease, aged CO years. He was la Ms time First Assistant Chief Engineer or the Delaware. Lackawanna and Western Rail road and Honduras Inter Oceanic Railway; Resi dent Engineer of the Western dirlslon of the Pitts burg, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad, and Su perintendent of the Catatrlssa Rallrotd and .North ern Central Railroad and General Superintendent of the Lehigh Valley Railroad. , Captain Hugh Dennlson. Captain Huzh Dennison, well known in Allegheny, died baturday morning at the age of S7 years. The funeral will take place this afternoon at 4 o'clock from the residence cr hli daughter. Mrs. William W. Powell, or Marshall avenue, Allegheny. William S. Barker. "William S. Barter, the contracter, died yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock, at his home. 424 Pacific avenue. Eist End. The funeral services will take place Tuesday, at 2 o'clock. Obituary Notes. w McCace BE.vor, aged 111 years, died at Bloom field. U., Frld ly. l'EOF. Leon CoxtaSseau. a well-known lexico grapher and linguist, is dead at Xeulllr, France. Kx-CoxonitssMAX Axoxzo .ute, of New Hampshire, died at Farmlngton, Mass., yesterday. Mus. Diasa Docty, aged H3 years, 9 months and U days, died at the home of her son. Bain bridge Douty, In Charlton, Mass., Thursday, John Fmnjsqan, the well known Jockey, who for a number of years sported the gamecock colors or Sam Bryant on the turf, died in Louisville Fri day. Habrisok MILLS died at Goshen, St. Y., Satur day morning, agea 77. He was bheriff of Orange county from J8 to 1638, and was a horseman of national reputanon. Sexiotoiia Maria Robio. daughter of Romero Rublo, the well known Mexican statesman, and a sister of President Dial' wife, died Saturday morning In the City of Mexico. JOH.V Townsesd, a veteran tragedian, is dead at Hamilton. Out. Ho was born In England in 1319. In ISM he came to this country and starred In the United Slates and Canada until about 12 years ago, when be rettred from the stare and went to Hamilton, where he llTed until his death. OUR MAIL POUCH. A Single Tax Sermonette. To the Editor of The Dispatch: Your editorial on the "Sweating System" in The Dispatch of the 23d calls for deep and serious thought to find a way to stop it. It is caused by reason of our laws allowing community wages to go into the hands of private individuals, instead of paying com munity (government) expenses with it. You know that every person born in, and every one who immlsrates to onr country, adds about $500 "dirt" value, or, as population In creases, the value tbat attaches to natural opportunities by reason of the presence of the people increases.-This is pnblic revenue, created by natnral law. By usinz It for all government expenses United States, State, county and municipal governments men are prevented from holding natural oppor tunities (land) out of use. Ic stops land speculation, and it ought to be stopped. Thoy do not produce any good thing. Put SO land speculators on an island by tbem selvrs and their speculating will not pro duce a basket of chips, a bucket of water, a house, bread or clothing. Labor and capital always have to buy off tho land speculator before thoy can work to produce any iroo't thing. There are thou sands or acres In Pittsburg held out of use by land speculators, which forces too many fieoplo into houses. (Twenty-four thousand u two uloccs in New York City.) Allowing private individuals to take this nnearned increment, the value that attaches to land by reason of their presence throws government support upon labor. That fnct in connection with the fact tbat land specu lators hold their lands abnormally high makes It impossible lor women iu such places who make pantsat 60 cents per dozen to buy necessary clothing and bedding, much loss get a home of their own where they could breathe fresh air. Hence they use the garments which they are making to sleep on and under. This wl.olo question of wrong (taxation) is of deep concern and thought with thousands to-day. There Is a marvolously simple way out or It. Bat moral cowards will never put it In practice. For the want of a better name it is called "Single Tax." Single, be cause collected off natural opportunities, taking that value that community gives them; unearned, hence no bnrden, but all having a hand in it. Therefore, the most equitable distribution you can make of it is to pay communities' publio expenses with it, leaving individual wages all to the indivi dual. C B. Powxn. DoKBAit, Pa., Dec 23. Spread of Antl-Soctarlanlnm. To the Editor of The Dispatch: It is with a feeliug of grateful appreciation that I lead in The Dispatch your short but strong' condemnation of the spread of the so-called anti-Semitism, tbat modern dls graceinl substitute for the more or less old fashioned "Judcnhetze" iu Germany, which is probably striving to comparatively out Czar tho barbarlo Czar himself, ir such a thing were possible. Not that Tue Dispatch is the last place where one could lookifor such remarks. On the contrary, they are fully In accord with the Independent, Just and fair stand The Dispatch takes on the various evils and plagues that afllict modern society. But, unfortunately, there are many influential papers, reputablo and leading ones at that, too, tbat for somo lcason best known to themsolvos are guilty cither of tbe sin or omission, by being conspicuous with their silence on topics dealing with the unjust, unchristian and inhuman treatment of tlm Hebrews In many countries, or of the sin of commission, by pretending to espouse the cause of tho persecuted race, but doing it in such a half-hearted and ambiguous manner that it were better had they left it alone entirely. In view of such facts, one, whose heart feels for the down-troddon in general and for his unjustly persecuted race in particu lar, can't he.p but feel a thrill of pleasure and gratitude on reading such an outspoken and severe condemnation as that short editorial of yours. In no country on earth Is the power ot tho press unhampered by censor ship lestrictlons and limitations as mighty as it is in this progressive and free republic. Ic is therefore a sacred duty the uevrspapeis owe to humanity In general and to this country in particular to combat race hatred and piejudlce, by all honorable means the mighty pen is capable of, in season or oat of It, to enlighten 'ho Ignorant auywhere nnd everywhere by turning on the light on thoso who to lurther their own bnse desires don't hesitate to appeal to what is base and low in human nature, and to do it all In out spoken, unmistakablo language. As long as those remnants oi the dark ages will exist true enlightenment, civilization and pro gress it 111 merely De so many high sounding word. M. A. Goodstoxe, M. D. McKeesport, Pa., Dec. M, IS9i Pensions and Pensioners To the Editor orTbe Dispatch: In view of the agitation in regard to the large pension roll, allow me to call attention to the fact that if ic had not been for those pensioners there wonld not be a United States Government to-day. If they had not whipped the rebels back into the Union, in a short time each State would havo seceded and set up a separate republic on its o in ac count. Then they would have soon got to fighting each other, until some of the European governments would havo settled the matter by dividing tbe little republics among , themselves. France had already commenced by sending an army to Mexico and placing Maxlmillian on the throne of tbat country. This was the beginning. England would have taken the Northern States and annexed them to Its Canadian province. England's sympathies wore wich the lebels throughout the struggle, as everybody of that time is well aware. Wlien people look at the large pension roll let them remember that tho nensioners (saved the Government. It is a large sum of uiuuoy Ultiucu in uiuii nujuuuia niuvug tuu old soldiers, a majority of whom are needy and crippled by reason of their service and exposure from 1861 to 1865. Very few or them lett tbe service us able-bodied as when they entered it Thoy are dyinioK very last. In a few years the pension list will be decreas ing and tno payments roaucea materially. I IUUUUCU IUUW1 tOJIJ. Fred. ScnEREit, M. if. 1'ittseueo, Dec. L A Free Trader's pinion. To the Editor of The Dispatch. The telegraphic summary which attributes to me the statement that the McKlnley tariff had "paralyzed Canadian trade," not only misrepresents, but actually reverses my argument. I attempted, on the contrary, to show that tho tariff wonld do compara tively littlo barm to Kn eland or Canada, but would Inflict great injury on the United States. dou.i i.uB&ai. Lombard Street, Losdox, Dec. 11 He Never Forgets Himself. Los Angeles Times. Holman never objects to one thiujr, and that is drawing bis salary. "OLD 49." Old Forty-nine Was an englno On the South Paajflcllne. As dear to an Arab as his steed Was old 49 to Richard Reed. He had learned all her moods and mechanical points. And he know every rivet throughout her Joints. For up along mountains and down the "Great Gap." Never missing a run or meeting mishap. Through summer and winter, through wind, fog and rain. He had driven her hitched to a passenger train. But there was one Quite ugly run; Reed was always glad when it was done. 'Twas a seven-mile climb up a four per cent grade. By the crookedest track that ever was laid. Back lu '88. Dick remembers It wen, Ue steamed 49 from out of Kozel. And began the curves or the "Climb" to wind. With a special signalled close bebind. Dick fretted and swore to his fireman. Mike. This trumping on my heels I can't say 1 like." "Hell! Hello, Dick! Sight ahead, qulckl What in the name of Old Mck Is scooting down the track?" suddenly shouted Mike. "Tlr a breakaway coal train tumbling down like Atorrent right on us." "Look sharp, sonny. mind. Turn out the people, flag the train behind. And now, old 40. you must go It alone. Perhaps never again, " came In dolefnt tone. Then be pulled oat her pln.uhrew her throttle wide. And Jumped as she whirled away from his side. Like a hurricane, Tearing oaks in twain. Swept down that runaway train. Old 49 met It, head on, with a shock Such as shivers a ship when it strikes a rock. There was a crash Uke tbe din of the thunder's pcaL And a scattering of coat and a rending of steel. Cars crushed like cardboard lay hcrlcd in a stack. With a smashed-up engine on the wreck-strewn track. "Old 49's gone-she went on a strike." Sobbed Dick to the wondering fireman, Mike. 8. & Preston in Heio Xork Svn, CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS. Brooklyn has a woman preseriptioa clerk. Missouri will have s zinc statute at thft World's Fair. A "Washington Stato man won $10,000 in one game of craps. r-The latest holiday novelty is Derby hat which contains a cigar rack. Many prominent scientists have held that hades is located on a comet. A Western newspaper offers a prize for tho best definition of the word "honor." Emetics have no effect on hones, which havo no call bladders to be acted upon. Dr. Xansen's exploring ship will be the strongest vessel of Its size In the world. A resident of Leominster, England, has won renown as a collector of human skulls. A. esse of bleeding through the sonnd skin is the subject of a European medical report. Topeka is better off than New York, in a social way. It has a' "Junior" and asen ior" 400. Brussels boasts of a clock which ! never wound hy human" hands. Wind power does It. The negroes about Camden, Ark., hare found a new Messiah in the shape of a negro boy 4 years old. Some authorities consider the horse the most highly organized creature, not even excepting man. . The Chinese postal service, which ir slow and crude, is controlled by many prt vate companies. A spouting artesian well has been drilled in the heart of the Yuma desert near Salt on. The desert's time Is up. Thorghatten, the famous Norwegian mountain, has a hole extending entirely through it lrom one side to tho other. If Cleveland should, call Congress to gether it will be tbe twelfth extra session called since the organization of the Re public. A species of eyeless fish has been found in a subterranean boiling spring fonnd In a Nevada mine. The fish wonld perish in water of ordinary temporaturc State Senator Veatch, of Oregon, as serts tbat he gathered from his garden on December 1 twigs of raspberry vines npon which were blossoms and ripe berries. The slowest railroad in the world is the Arizona and New Mexico. From Benson to Novates is 83 miles, and tbo oohedule time is eigbt hours. The faro is $3 80, or 10 cents a mile. Physicians have at last decided that the small toe of the human foot must go that civilization tends gradually to crowd it out of existence, and to depend more than ever for locomotion on the big toe. H. Devaux has bean making experi ments with tbe sense of taste In ants, in course of which he found that while fond of sugar they dislike saccharin, ana even re lusu sugar when inixod with saccharin. A lady writes to say that as a daily ex perience she carries 16 pockets two In her divided skirt, four in her waistcoat, five in her indoor jacket (which by reason of their contents weigh Just 5 pounds 7 ounces), and five in her outdoor jacket. All the motions and sensations of the various parts or tbe body are represented in tbe surface of the brain as on a map. Thus tbere is a separate brain area necessary lor slshl, another for bearing, another for tho motions of tbe flnsera. and so ou. The honesty of a granger in Idaho is suspected. As proof against him the local paper pnbllshes a statomentthat on the day before Thanksgiving every turkey which this man sold at 25 cents a pound had about two pounds of wheat in its craw. A Hannibal, (Mo.,) man has had an Iron box made all in one piece, with a slit in the top. When he feels like taking a drink he drops a dime Into the box and swallows a gins" ot hop tea. The box holds half a bushel and he expects to fill It by spring. A locomotive that took the star role in a melodrama playing ouc West blew up the otuer evening in the enthusiasm of bubbling over with dramatic art. The members ot tbe company took up a collection and de frayed the burial expenses of their follow nioniber. A yew tree.almost destitute of branches' or bark, grows abundantly in tbe Caucasus' to a height of fiom 50 to 60 feet, and a diame ter of a little over 2 feet. Itgrows slowly, but its timber is almost indestructible, ex cept bv fire. It is considered superior to mahogany. In a certain second-hand bookstore in New York there Is displayed for sale a copy of Longfellow's poems, on the flyleaf of which is written: "To my friend, Francis Bret Harto, irom Henry W. Longfellow." The price of the book but for the autograph inscription would be H 59. As It is, It 13 held at $3. At Manchester, EDgland, the penny-in-the slot machine has been adapted to the use of the elephants in the Zoo. When the visitor gives an elephant a penny he drops it in the slot and gets a cake. There is no use trying to deceive the animals by half pennies. Those despised coins are always flung in the lace of the giver. Over the whole world the proportion of the sexe3 is about equal, but in separato parts of the world it varies greatly. For in stance, in this country there are 93 women to every 100 men; In Europe tbere are rather more than 100 women to 100 men. Canada has 93 women to 100 men. In uncivilized countries the men are believed largely to outnumber the women, this on account of the fact tbat more men are needed to carry on the wars in which such people are con stantly engaged, and because oi the rougher ways of living. Many people have bnt a very obscure idea of the principle of the arc and incan descent lamp respectively. In the arc lamp electric discharge takes place between two pieces of hard conducting carbon separated from each other by an interval which is kept as nearly as possible constant bv auto matic devices. An arc of light of intense brilliance called the voltaic arc is thus ob tained. In the glow or incandescent lamp a filament of carbon Inclosed in a globe ex hausted of air bv a mercury pump serves as a path along which the current patses. The resistance the electricity meets with la passing tnrough this filament is sufficient to raiso the latter to incandescence, and a light is thus obtained more suitable for toe illum ination1 of Interiors generally. OUE COMIC COENEE. A PZCU3IARY P0E3T. O roses, beautiful roses. Roses so soon to be dead A wealth of aroma reposes Inside your petals so dead. You tempt me to buy you and send To slater, sweetheart and cousin, O roses for which I expend Just IC4 a dozen. Chicago Times. nrs csTonTtw ati's knowledge. When a man is in the soup he knows' how many carats fine the Jewelry is that has been left with bis uncle. Hew Orleans Flcavum. 002TE T0OXTHXR. Julia Well, leap year it almost gone. Kate So am I. Harvey proposed last nucht and I am to answer him this evening. Dttnit Re Press. HTTSBAXD A2TD WITX. If yon'd stop y onr wife in her scolding, There's one thing you might do; Just make your wire an allowance. And she'll make allowance for you. English Paper. HEAL CAUSE OT HI 3 GBIEP. "Yes, I dabbled in futures once,"said tbe man In tbe mackintosh, reflectively. "Wheat?" inquired the man who had Ms feet oa tbe table. "No. And it wasn' t corn, or oats, or barley, or mess pork, or potatoes, or chips, or whetstones. It was broom-corn. I thought there was money la broom-corn." Tat much money in It?" asked the man lathe shaggy ulster. "More money than Judgment," sighed the man In the mackintosh, gloomily. "How much did you lose?" "I lost 50,000 I had hoped to make out of the deal." "Was that all?" AU No. I lost f 13, 000 I hid borrowed from friends " "Hare they got it yet?" "And that wasn't all!" groaned tbe man lathe mackintosh, unheeding the interruption, and wip ing bis ey furtively with the corner of his hand kerchief. "I lost (37 85 of my owa moneyl" CM." eagoTrlOuns,
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