THE PnTSBITRG- 'DISPATCH; THURSDAY;" DECEMBER "29, ' 1892. - . T. Jf? Ure'BiM. ESTABLISHED FEBRUARY ISM. Vol. 74. No. S3 -Entered at Pittsburg rostofflce November, 1EK, as second-class matter. BUSINESS OFFICE, Cor.SmltliBeld and Diamond Streets. News Booms and Publishing Ilonse, 78 nnd 80 Diamond Street, Now Dispatch Building. rASTERN ADYJ-RTISING OFFlCK. ROOM 7, TRIBUNE BUILDING. NEW YORK, where complete files ui THE DISPATCH can always be lound. THE r)ISPATrnions.ileatr.r.AnrNf5 HOTELS throughout the United States, andatBrentano't, S Union Square, New York, and 1" Avenue de 1" Opera, liar's. France. TERMS OF T1IE DISPATCH. rOSTAOE TEEK IN THE CXITED STATES. rn.T msPATcn. One Year. I 8 On Daily Dispatch. Three Months 200 Dailt DisrATCit. One Jionth 70 Dailt DlSfATCn. Including Sunday. 1 year.. 10 00 Daily DisrATCiI, Including Sunday, 3 m'ths. 160 Daily Dispatcii, Including Sunday, I month 90 fcCKDAYDlEPA CH. 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It is also an established fact that our present quarantine system is a weak one, because Its strength can only be the strength of the weakest point The whole country will be at the mercy of in efficiency, or inadequacy of appointments at any of the local quarantines, until a uniform, well equipped and thoroughly onuuzed national quarantine is estab lished. It is the duty of Congress to provido this without further de lay. That body should at once enact first, a quarantine at all the ports and borders under national control; sec ond, the stoppage of all immigration while the cholera continues in Europe; third, a strict inspection, isolation and disinfection of all vessels, passengers and goods from any infected section for the same period. It is time for Congress to show, and that without further delay, whether the pro tection of the country against a fatal epi demic is of equal importance. in its estima tion with the ordinary results of partisan squabbling. "WHERE A PROFIT COMES IN. During the past two years the accom modating policy of New Jersey in afford ing broad-gauge charters to corporations who are thereby enabled to do business in other States with reference to the latter's laws has resulted in a business that turns out surprising totals. The aggregate of corporations that have taken out charters in that period is 1,620, and their capital stock foots up the neat sum of $600,000,000, principally water. One of the peculiar features of the New Jersey policy in this matter has been the very moderate rate of charges imposed for the privileges extended. A natural supposition would be that when a State starts out in the business of granting charters to enable trusts and combines to defy the laws of other States, it would exact a goo I revenue for the business. So far Xew Jersey has not done so, the tees for the broad-gauge charters being little more than those charged in other States. But in the organization of the "Corporation Trust Company" of that State there is an intimation of compensa tions for the liberality. The new company includes among its corporators a choice assortment of the Jersey politicians, Democratic and Re publican, who have influence on New Jersey legislation. Its function is to erect a building and furnish safes and vaults for the deposit of their charters and papers, and rooms in which their annual meetings can be held. The destitute con dition of the highly capitalized corpora tions which have a name but no local habitation in New Jersey certainly pre sents a case for remely. The new corporation will furnish the remedy and habitation for all of the New Jersey corporations which do business elsewhere. Webaye no doubt that the corporations in question will recognize the pertinency ,of the enterprise, and will make haste to occupy the quarters offered them by the gentlemen to whom they are indebted for past favors. While New Jersey may not make much money from her Droad-auge charters there is a prospect that her in fluential politicians will not go unre warded. ANTI-CANAL IDEAS. The Buffalo Express takes the unique course of supporting the appropriation for the Delaware and Raritan Canal on the eround that it is a modest request for only 25,000 in the first place, and, further, that it would be a good idea to build a short canal like the Delaware and Raritan for an experiment This is intended to be humorous, but It is not as humorous as the anxiety of the Express, being located at the end of an old-fashioned canal, that all ship canals shall be located as far away from Lake Erie as possible. The theory that a town which has enjoyed the business of trans fers from one route of transportion to another must of necessity oppose any im provement has had some peculiar illustra tions in that locality. It broke out once in the attempt of a town of that section to prevent through railroads from passing without transporting passengers or freight It is a sign of,ttie progress of the past thirty years that "the manifesta tion of the same spirit by the Express takes the form of indorsing ship canals as far away from Buffalo as it can get Nevertheless its humor of wanting ship canals somewhere else leads it to make assertions which should not go uncontra dicted. The Philadelphia proposition is not a modest one. It asks $25,000 for the survey of a canal between two cities that already have the benefit of ocean naviga tion: while but 510,000 is asked for the survey of the Ohio River and Lake Erie Canal, which is three times as long and ten times as important The necessity of taking a short canal for an experiment is much less pertinent Since Buffalo has within a half day's journey of it a ship canal 12 feet deep which has shown the value of such waterways, the experiment of digging a canal three or six feet deeper is not one of such tremendous doubt as requires experiments on a large scale. If the opponeiAs of ship-canals do not use reason or common sense In their argu ments is it not charitable to suppose that it is because there is neither reason nor common sense in the opposition? LAW FOB LAWLESSNESS. Milwaukee is confronted by a state of affairs, the continuance of which must in evitably result m the city's rapid ruin. During two months, just past, It has suf fered by fire to the extent of $5,000,000. There are no reflections cast on the effloi fcney of its fire department, and the cir cumstances of the conflagrations are such as leave no reasonable doubt that their origin was incendiary. The last of the series is positively asserted by the only eyewitness of its outbreak to have been caused by the throwing of a bomb. Insurauce agents have refused to assume risks on manufacturing property; and the like in Milwaukee, and a call has been issued for a mass meeting of citizens to day to organize for the suppression of the criminals. The Mayor has offered a re ward of $2,500 for the arrest of anyone guilty of incendiarism in the immediate past or future; and one hundred special policemen have been enrolled. These measures arc none too strong in view of the seriousness of the evil they are adopted to cure or abate. No possible motive has been assigned for the perpetration of the arson, except the expressed belief of the police in the insanity of the bomb-thrower supposed to have caused the last loss. But it is extremely doubtful whether one man alone could have caused the whole or greater part of the series, and madness in the ordinary sense of the term does not usually run in gangs. Madness alone, however, either literal'or metaphorical, can be ascribed as the motive for crimes so dastardly and so disastrous to the com munity. Neither maniacs nor criminals so dangerous as to be a con stant menace to the safety of lives and' property in a big community should be at large. Milwaukee has taken the right way for the confinement of the cul prit or criminals, and it must persist therein until the possibility for such in sane lawlessness is put an end to. There has been far too much of law lessness on a large scale up and down America during the year just closing. A continuance of such criminality can only be encouraged by tolerance. Under free institutions the safety of life and prop erty are primary considerations, and 1803 must see the law enforced with a stern administration that the tendency to crime may be stamped under foot AN UNANSWERED QUESTION. In reply to a journalistic opponent of the Nicaragua Canal scheme, who asserted that the canal might cost a thousand mil lions before it could be made capable of accommodating the commerce between the two oceans, the New York Recorder, an organ of the scheme, says: The airy declaration that a thousand mil lions would be necessary is equally humor ous. Tbe engineers who have spent years in careful surveys fix the cost at from $67, 000,000 (Menocal's estimate) to $87,000,000 (Ad visory Board's estimate), witn allowance for unlooked-for expenses. But the Recorder stops there, having proved altogether too much for the pres ent proposition, without any attempt to explain the vital point We must renew our request for information as to that im portant issue. Expert authority having fixed the cost of the canal at considerably below 100,000,000, what Is the justice or honesty of asking the Government to indorse a loan of that amount? Who is to get the $13,000,000 to 533,000,000 which by the showing of the experts and advo cates of the bill is to be a clean rake for some one? As long as that question remains unan swered, the bill classes itself as one of the rankest jobs of the age. If the question were answpred truthfully it might disclose the inspiration of some of the energetic efforts to boom the bill. SOURCES OF WEATHER. The astronomers have recently been dis covering with great zeal a sun spot which is more than aspct, having a protuberance of 740,000 miles from the sun's chromo sphere. Inasmuch as sun spots have been charged with the responsibility for hot waves, cyclones, dry spells, rainy seasons andelectric storms, it is an Inevitable con clusion that so remarkable a solar con flagration as this must have produced the Christmas weather. Nevertheless t''ere is a rival cause en titled to due consideration. Uncle Jerry Rusk has been furnishing a first-class ar ticle of Republican weather for some time. H-; mads some bad slips in his early experiments in that line; but, rather than attribute it to any such remote and mugwumpish source as a sun spot, we prefer to recognize the Christmas weather as the proudest achievement of tbe Har rison administration. In this Uncle Jerry's famous but self-deprecatory tri umph over grammir is applicable, "I seen my duty and I done it" One of the saddest reflections over the political changes is that Uncle Jerry will not have charge of the Christmas weather next year. AN UNFASHIONABLE FASHION. Discussing the pressing necessity for a reform in the patter of the theater hat, tbe Philadelphia Times thinks it necessary that "the public should demand the adop tion of the England system that compels every lady to leave her hat at the door." That is the last resort; but there are more arguments that may be effective before proceeding to ulterior measures. Since appeals to the courtesy, good taste and respect for others' rights proves futile in the case of American women they should be thoroughly informed of the fact that by persisting in the practice of wear ing large hats at the theater they are ad vertising their ignorance of real fashion. No woman of actually fashionable status in Europe, no person with any pretensions to aristocratic status, could wear a street hat to the theater any more than she would sit down at dinner in a sealskin sacque. It is one of the ironies of the case that, while adherence to a supposed fashion impels our women to override good taste and ignore common courtesy, the practice to which they ad here is one that betrays utter ignorance of the customs of the real models of fashion, the aristocratic circles of Europe. Perhaps when our dear tyrants who per sist in shutting off our views of the stage grasp the fact that by so doing they are exhibiting their own ignorance of real fashion they may be ready to amend the practice and to eopy the example of the titled ladies of Europe in giving other theater-goers a sight of the performance. President Rockefeller, of the Standard Oil Company, has given another million dollars to tbe Chicago University. Western Pennsylvania bas supplied no small portion of this wealth, but tbat has very little to do with Its distribution. For one thing Chicago has a way of looking after Its I Interests on Its own account that encourages others to help It. And, again, some Pitts burgers have an unpleasant way of peerlnst too deeply into a gilt horse's raouth that is hardly calculated to attract such things to their city. On the 18th instant the steamer Uvnbria sai ed from Quoenstown for New York, and since then nothing lias been beard of her. Terrible weather lias prevailed, and grave anxioty as to the. fate or the vessolis natural. But It is far too early yet for despair, and the fears entertained are indications of the regularity and safety of transatlantic travel as a rule ratber than evidence as to the probability of the steamer's loss. If criminal negligence were not the cause of tho disastrous Long Island explo sion, its occurrence is a painful indication that there Is still a deal to be learnt about dynamite before it can be used with safety witbin tbe city areas. "Who is responsible for the appointment of Bill Dalton as deputy marshal!" asks the Buffalo Express. The question is not a hard one to answer nor is it especially important. When It Is asked who is responsible for the appointment of the class of United States marshals who are capable of deputizing Dal tons' then there will be a prospect of striking pay dirt. If cholera should find an entry to this country nexc year Congress will be to "blame. Warning and time enough to heed it have been given, Proper precautions to exclude tbe disease are practicable and should be taitcn. As things are going nowadays the re ported embezzlement of 1,000.000 florins of education funds in Austria-Hungary Is a very inconsiderable trifle. Tbe amount is so comparatively small that the inclination to shield tbe culprits is hardly surprising. Aristocrats must do better than that to com pote with tne French Democracy. Senator Sherman has recognized the necessity for the repeal of tbe silver pur chase bill that bears his name, and ho can not be too energetio in putting an end to the wastefulness ho did so much to inaug urate University extension is booming these days. The second national conference on the subject was opened in Philadelphia yes terday. The American Society for the Ex tension of University Teaching deserves hearty national support. And there is no better opening for Its usefulness than in this city of Pittsburg. There is a man in New York who reads proofs of the Bible In two hundred and forty-two languages. And still there are skeptics who deny the existence of tbe gift of tongues. At last the Treasury Department has recognized tbe necessity for excluding from this country raes shipped by cholera-breeding districts. It is to be hoped tbat the rec ognition will be maintained, whether tbe rags be shipped in bulk or carried on tbe persons of undesiiable immigrants. TnERE is little credit to Pittsburg in tbe necessity tbat any letter carriers should go armed to ptotect themselves or the United States malls within the city limits. Prominent Christian ministers partici pated in tbe dedication of a Hebrew orphan age at Brooklyn yesterday. The incident was a bright Indication tbat unsccrarinnisiu in charity is steadily making progress. Easeia, Germany and even France please" copy. Allegheny citizens cannot catechise councilmanic candidates too closely as to their views on matters of municipal im portance. That way safety lies. Representative Holman is predict ing a commcicial union of tho American continent. lie must grievously underrate the extent of his own notoriety. PERTINENT PERSONAMTIES. The Rev. William Perrin, of St Luke's Church, in London, has been appointed Bishop of British Columbia. In the House of Representatives the man with the largest name is Archibald Hender son Arlington Williams, of North Carolina. The Hon. Robert T. Lincoln, United States Minister to England, rcturnod to bis post yesterday on the White Star steamship Teutonic. The Hon. William Potter, the newly appointed Amoiican Minister to Italy, pre sented his credentials to King Humbert yesterday. II. Stambuloff, Prime Minister of Bul garia, is a crack shot with stoues, and rai ely tails to hit a moving object at a distance of over 50 yards. Signor Giolitti, the late Prime Min ister or Italy, has enormously strong mus cles, lie can bend a poker double with one band and bend a coin right across. George Meserve, a well-known Adi rondack driver, who for several years has beon in Troy, N. Y., will go to Washington as coachman for President Cleveland. Rev. R. T. Myer, Rector ol Marquette College in Milwaukee, has been appointed Secretary of the English Assfstancyof the Jesuit Order, which Includes all of tbe En glish speaking Jesuits in the world. The serious illness of the Shah of Persia Is reported. The exact nature of it is not stated, but it is well known that be has long been Very sick of tho intrigues against his authority in various parts or his dominions. Congressman Tom Johnson, of Ohio, is always ready for a fight when anyone calls him "Thomas." Tom Is tbe proper name given to him by his sponsors, and he doesn't want It lengthened by any over- polite friend. Mrs. Tel Soito, the Japanese reformer, who is now lecturing in this country to raise funds to establish in Tokio a non-sectarian training school for women and girls, had the honor of being tho fit st woman lawyer In Japan. She has been a Christian for only five years. SOLAS ECLIPSE IN APRIL. The United States Government Oaght to Send Out an Expedition. New York Uerald.1 The total eclipse of tbe sun which will take place on April 16 next will be especially important, as occurring during the period of maximum solar energy. It can be seen at about S:lj a. it., Chile local time, in the Province of Atacama, where the climatic conditions are extremely favorable, for clear weather and the steady atmosphere enablo observers to secure tbe best possible observations. It is pointed out In a late issue of Nature that the Cerro del Cobre or neighboring elo vations, some of which are 8,000 feet above sea level, afford admirable points for observing this eclipse. On the Chilean side of tbe Andes, in the Desert of Atacama, rain barely falls more than twice in tne year, and then not before June. And in April the beigbts proposed for eclipse observatories are not too inhospitable for the health and comtort of astronomical parties. If an eclipse is ever again to be observed by an American expedition It would seem that this fine opportunity should not be lost. The Government sbould by all means send out an observing party to a favorable point in Cbllo or some otber point near the central lino of the zone in which tbe phe nomenon will be total. From One Who Knows. Boston Herald.2 The Prince of Wales authorizes tbe an nouncement that there Is no vice that hit royal highness so much deprecates as that of drunkenness. There now, chappies! The Power of the Press. Washington Post. An Ohio editor has been sent to Jail for telling tbe truth about a politician. When he gets out tbere will probably be another Urge Installment of the same offense. THE COMING LEGISLATURE. Flans of the Allegheny County Delegation Legislation That is Proposed Tho Slate .for the Organization The Election of a United States Senator. The bulk of the Allegheny eonnty leg. lslattva delegation will leave for the State capital on Saturday. The General Assembly convenes on Tuesday. One or two of the local members, who are especially interested in city politics, will not be present at tbe opening session, as the date conflicts with that or tbe Bepublican convention here. The greater portion ot the delegation have engaged quarters at Hrtrrisburg together, and this action is air indication of the har mony and unity which prevail among them. Nearly all of tbe Allegheny county mem bers have measures In which they aro par ticularly Interested, and which they intend to prese, but tho bills areas yet in an em bryotic state. For one thing the Westorn Pennsylvania legislators will use every endeavor to afford all possible encourage ment to the Lake Erie and Pittsburg ship canal projeot. The Burdlck oil bill, which was so prominent two years ago, is not ex pected to be much of a feature during the coming session. It may, however, make its appearance in a different shape. The im provement of the roads, though, will again be a vital Issue, and tho local members are In hopes tbat a measure can be passed hich will meet the approval ol Governor Pattisoh and the people at large. Prospective Political L-glslatlon. In the line of political legislation there are a number of important matters pending. Under ordinary circumstances tho Congres sional, Representative, Senatorial and Ju dicial districts of the State would have been reapportioned bofore this time. The fact that the General Assembly and the Execu tive are of opposing politic bas thus tar stood in tho way, and unless acompromlse can be effected may still do so. Governor Pattison vetoed tho measures of this kind at the last session. It is hard to sec, though. what the Democrats can gain by blocking the redisricting. The presen t arrangement is about as near a gerrymander as possible, and the Democrats bave practically no chance of securing the two Congressmen who are elected at large because of the fail ure to reapportion. This matter is of especial importance to Allegheny Under the last census tbe county is entitled to three Congressmen in stead of two and the fractional part of an other distriot. It Is hinted that the Repub lican leaders will endeavor to get rid of some factional quarrels when the new dis tricts are formed. For instance, it Is held to be highly desirable to separate Greene and Washington counties, whose feud was largely responsible for the failure to elect a Bepublican Congressman In that district. The attempt of ex-State Chairman An drews, of Ciawford, to get into the Legisla ture thronsh a contest may make an Inter esting incident. The managers are now un derstood to be not particularly favorable to Mr. Andrews' ambition. t The Nomination for Speaker. TnE caucus of the Republican members of the House of Representatives, to select can dates for SDeakerand the other ofSccis of the House, will be hold In tho ball of the House, at Harrisburg, on next Monday evening at S o'clock. The latest slate bears tho names of Representative Caleb C. Thompson, of Warren county, for Sneaker; Charles E. Voorhees, Chiof Clerk; A. H. Fet torolf, of Montgomery, Resident Clerk; J. B. Rex, of Huntingdon, Heading Clerk, and Forrest R. Nichols, of Crawford, Journal Clerk. Mr. Fettorolf is in the fieldus a can didate for Chief Clerk, but, although he an nounced some time ago that he would not accept any other position, his friends have ngreed upon a compromise by wnich he will take the Resident Clerkship, which is now held by Mr. Voorhees. It will be noticed that Allegheny county does not figuro very extensively In this pro posed arrangement. One or the clerkships was expected for this vicinity, but a lack of candidates or somo reason has apparently caused a sIId. This may be adjusted yet, and in any event the local lepresentatives expect to be accorded a goodly share of tbe minor positions. " Tbe Speakership nomination is not, or course; formally conceded to Thompson yet. If Mr. Lfferty remains in tbe field he wll receive a flattering snpport in tbe caucusl Burdlck, of McKean, nnd Farr, of Scranton. also have ambitions in this line, and may, secure some votes. But, nevertheless, Mr. Thompson will succeed himself unless there is a most radical change in the programme. Wants a Good Chairmanship. Notwithstanding this fact, it is an nounced that the candidacy of Representa tive Harry I Walton, ot Philadelphia, will be maintained until the caucus decides tbe question. Mr. Walton gives it out that he is still in tho flold, and he has a number of supporters among the members from differ ent sections of the State who have pledged themselves to stand by him. In ordor tbat there may be no friction, however, and to prevent the impression going out among the country members that Philadelphia wants everything," including the Speaker ship, tho Chief Clerkship and the balk of legislation, tho Philadelphia members in general, while claiming to be friends of Walton, are prepared to abandon the idea of making him Speaker, and press him for tbe chairmanship of the Committee on Ap propriations, which, in the last House, was held by James S. Fruit, of Mercer, who has been elected to tho Senate. A call bas beon Issued for a caucus of the Democratic members of tbe House, to meet in tbe Suprome Court room at llnrrisburg, on Monday ovening next. Tbe call is signed by Representatives Fow, of Philadelphia; Wherry, of Cumberland; Rltter, of Lycom ing; Skinner, of Fulton, and Baker, of Mont gomery. Messrs. Rltter and Baker have been mentioned in connection with the com plimentary nomination or tbe party for tbe Speakership, with tho chances In favor of Mr. Rltter. Some of the Democratic mem bers would like the compliment to fall to Mr. Wherry, but It is understood that he does not desire the honor. Representative John Kearns.of the Fourth district, is tho only Democratic member of either branch from Allegheny county, and any honors set aside for the minority in this section will naturally be allotted to him. Mr. Kearns, too, bas prepared some bills on important topics to which he in tends to devote considerable attention. The Election ot a Senator. The chief event of the early session, of course, will bo the election of a successor to United States Senator M. S. Quay. Congress man Dalzell has Just ueen indorsed by the majority ot the Allegheny county delega tion, and will receive their snpport in the Republican caucus, which will bo called after the Legislature is organized. The election is fixed for Tuesday, January 17, at 3 o'clock p. jr., when each House will vote separately. On the following nay they will meat in Joint convention, when tbe result will be officially announced. Among othor names which are more or less mentioned in connection with tbe Re publican nomination are those of Congress men Robinson and Huh. The former de--clares he is a candidate, but nobody appears to be Impressed with the announcement, while the latter has not definitely stated his intentions in tho premises. Senator Quay's friends are in a most complacent mood, and announce that he will be chosen as his own successor practically without opposition. For the complimentary Democratic nomi nation several leaders have been spoken of, State Senator Ross perhaps most promi nently. A local Democrat mentioned the name of James S. Guffey in connection with this honor, but tbere Is no evidence that Mr. Guffey bas any aspirations In tbat line. Grover too Eat for Santa Clans. Atlanta Journal. It Is presumed that Grover did not play Santa Claus In tbe Cleveland household. He never could have gotten down tbe chimney. Forewarned Zs Forearmed. Chicago Inter Ocean. To express fears of cholera is not "bor rowing trouDle," but only a wise awakening of the people to the dangers of the coming year. RECORDS OF TWO DREAMERS. We See Hindi More Than We near In Oar Nocturnal Experiences. Philadelphia, Dec. 28. At the closing day's session orthe American Psychological Society this morning It was agreed to hold tho next year's convention December 27 and 2Sat Columbia College. An interesting series of observations or their di earns by two sub jects formed the principal topic of an ad dress by Dr. E. C Sanford, or Clark Univer sity. The observers during six weeks had 350 dreams of which they took notes. The records showed that most of the dreams oc curred after i a. m.; that the most vivid, long and connected occurred In tho morn ing; fully 90 per cent were concerning the affairs of the day, while the remainder wore fanciful. Onlv 10 per cent could be attributed with certainty to ex ternal stimulation, while there ap peared to be no difference in tbe character of morning and evening dreams. Visual Imagery dominated over auditory Imagery in the proportion of 10 to 6. Dr. Sanrord found no Justification for tho belief that reason, will and attention are dormant dnring sleep. The two observers differed as to tbe emotions dominating their dreams, one of them having uniformly plea-ant ex periences, while toe other's dreams were generally disagreeable. The speaker con cluded: "That we dieam most of those things whtcli wohave actually experienced., and that the sensory element is the largest, a small associatory element being built up from it." Another series of experiments was made at tho psychological laboratory of Clark University to test the daily variations of the human intellect by committing sylla bles to memory. 1 lie measurements showed force to Lie strongest bofore break. ast in tbe morning, in the middle of the morning, afternoon and evening, In the older named. Before tho noon and evening meals, intel lectual energy sank low, recovering gradu ally afterward. At 10 or 11 p. at. it was at its lowest ebb. In the discussion whlcu fol lowed, a comparison of experiences brought out the fact that none o( the auditory dreams observed were musical in character. A HEW GOLD GAME. How a Gipsy Maiden Salted a Mine and Did the Panning Herself. Woobteb, O., Dec. 28. Bvecial. For a number of years it bas been known to tbe neighbors of John Buhrher, an aged farmer residing near Paradise, this county, that he believed gold was located on his farm, and that he bad spent many hours in secret search for tbe yellow stuff which was to make him rich. A story as to how he was swindled by a gipsy by reason of his bollefj is now oemg tola. It is sratea mat a oauu of gipsies recently pitched their tents In tbe vicinity, and, hoping that they might be able to aid him in locating tbe hidden treasure, he visited tho camp. He did not tell them of his vain search for gold, but the gipsy maid to whom he ap plied to have his fortune told, confirmed himin thebollef or its existence by telling bi.n that if he wonld deposit $50 in gold at a certain hour of night in a designated lonely spot he would next morning find the sum doubled bv the little elves of good luck. She was so'honest with him that he obeyed her with tbe fullest confidence, and to his delight he the next morning found the $50 bad snre enough doubled itself into $100 of solid yellow gold. He promptly informed the gipsy magician of his good fortune, and was eager for fur ther advancement to wealth. She was so good and kind as to tell him to deposit $100 next time, and thns obtain $200, and so on until he had loads ot money. He therefore secreted $100 in gold, and early next morn ing went to tho elvin mine, but they must have been off on a legal holiday ana taKen with them the larmers sjiuu, leaving only tbe hole. him THEY CLAIH 840,000,000. A Snng Little Anthracite Estite Near Wilkesbarre Wanted by Ohioans. YousoSTOWif, Die 28. Special. The Killey heirs in this section of Ohio are per fecting their claims to Pennsylvania prop erty worth $10,000,000. Sixty of the heirs met here this afternoon at the law office of W. S. Anderson to complete the details of closing up their case. Years ago Parkhurst Mo'ler owned an ex tensive tract ot land near Wilkesbarre, underlaid with the finest coal in that region. This land was leased to tbe Lehigh Coal Company. After Mosier's deatb the company sought out bis heirs and purchased their inter est in the property. Mosler left a daughter, Mrs. Klllev, ana the legal claim In the case Is that her title and tbe title ol her heirs are still vested In tho propeity now. worth may millions of dollars. WEATHEK OP A WINTER. Kris Krisole an d Jack Frost are travel ing hand Jn hand this season. Nashville Amer ican. The winter is spoken of as rolling on. Maybe the balls so numerous this season help In the rolling business. Philadelphia Times. The coal dealers are enjoying the present stress of weather, thank you, and hoping for many happy returns of the blizzard. Ohio State Journal. Neault everyone has icecream at his back door every morning nowadays, unless tho milkman has forgotten to leave the can. Boston Glob;. Is- this cold snap continues for another wook, the Democrats and Independents will have to get together to keep warm. Omaha World-Herald. Fashiox note: Ears are worn red, tipped with white, or trimmed with velveteen muffs and a garniture of rubber string. Chicago Newt Record. The promised cold wave did not come. It probably saw that Its place was ably filled and that there was no use in setting up com petition. Washington Star. Evert possible precaution should be taken at this particular season against the danger from fires. Cold weather and high winds are adroit incendiarists if they get a little help. Harrisbwg Patriot. If this weather lasts timoh longer look out for a largo advance In the price of Ice next summer, upon the pretext that the ice is too thick to cut. If it does not last expect ditto, on the score that there is none Aero York Advertiser, DEATHS IlEEE AXI) ELSEWHERE. Lie Lesbtoynskl, Centenarian. Liel Lesbtoynski, a Russian Hebrew woman who died from old age Sunday at New Yort, was one of the oldest women on earth. If her statement was true. She once toM relatives that she was born In Odessa. Russia, In 1708, which would make her 124 years old. According to the tale, when a young girl she went to St. Petersburg and was employed as governess In a noble family. The eldest son fell in love with her and In conse quence she was sent away, bhe married a Govern ment cierK. who was sunsequently banished to Siberia for getting mlxad up In a political conspir acy. She was leit with four daughters. At the time of her death she was living with hrr dauchter, Mrs. Kameusfci, now 83 years old, and her grand daughter. Airs. Splech, a middle-aged woman with a large family. The old woman had onlyb;enln tins country iv mourns, sne was wen Known, however, tor she was often teen wandering along the sidewalks. She was bent nearly double and her skin looked more like parchment than flesh. She was held In superstitious awe by tbe women ana children of the neighborhood. W. D. Sadler. "Willliara D. Sadler, father of Dr. Sad ler, tbe oculist, dicd.at tbe home of bis son on Graadrlew avenue vesterda? morning. He was born In Massachusetts, and was married in New York to Miss Nancy Spires who survives hhn. 1 he body will be burled In Mlllburn, 111. Mr. Sadler was esteemed by all who knew hlra. , Prof. Joseph Karje. Joseph Karje, a Professor of Continental Languages and Literature In the College of New Jersey at Princetoa. died Tuesday on a ferryboat of the Pennsylvania Railroad which was crossing to New York. His son, a lawyer of tbat city, had been HI and i'rof. Karje was coming to visit Mm for two or three das. He left Princeton at 2 o'clock, and about 4 o'clock was on the ferryboat. Obituary Notes. SritGEOX H. P. Habvei, V. S. N., died at Crawford, Miss., Monday, December 28, after a long illness. Dr. Harvey was born In Kentucky. I.okino Pickering, senior proprietor of the San Francisco Morning Call, died yesterday morn ing, after an Illness of several weeks, caused by a complication of stomach and kidney troubles. JOHN II. GROVE died Monday morning In Buf falo of heart disease, aged 73. lie published the Standard at P.ockport 111., In tho sixties. At the time of his death be was the bead of the Urovc Roofing Company, SUPEBVISOtt albeet Whiti, of Buffalo, dropped dead while attending a session of the board Tuesday morning. He was the leader of the Republicans in the board. In 1891 he was Chair man of the Republican General Committee or Erie county. PRETTY GIRL PARTIES. The Younger Element Having a Lively Time of It Jnst Now A Couple of Notable Events or the Kind Wedding Parties Not Forgotten. Thb schoolgirls are havlnz it nearly all to themselves this week. They deserve to have a good time because they are such a merry, pretty set, and as they have beon working hard at their studies since the be ginning or the school term, they enter into the enjoyment of their holiday now with a vim that Is as refreshing to the observer as it is healthful for the participants. The dance given by Miss Anna Scaife and Mr. Charles Scaife last evening at tbe home of their parents. Western avenue, Alle gheny, was as pretty as pretty could be. Tho guests were dainty young girls and hand some, stalwart youths, and the general ef fect was of youthfnlncss In its most perfect development. The maidens were all pretily attired in light, fluffy costumes made in the latest mode, and the young men. in the black and white of evening dress, which is always so becoming to pink and whito com plexions, were worthy of their partners. Miss Anna wore a white silk, set off with chiffon, and her mother, who assisted her in her duties as hostess, looked very hand some in a lavender silk, covered with lace and Jet trimming. The first floor of tho house, which is a very large one, was thrown open to the dancers by the removal of all the furniture and tbe covering of the carpets with crash. Tall palms wero set here and there and white cut flowers were disposed tastefully by artistic bands. The whole house was in white and green. Toerge's orchestia was screened by a lattice work of palms and the solt music set every foot moving, involuntarily to its tempting measnres. Dancing commenced at 8 o'clock and continued, with an inter mission of an hour or so for refreshments, until early In tho morning. Tbe parents are Just as anxious as the young people that they shall have a pleasant holiday time, and Mrs. Scaife entered into the spirit ot the Enrty last night with all the Intel est of the oys and girl. Among tbe young and beau tiinl representatives of well-known families of Pittsburg and Allegheny present last nlght-wero Miss Mary Laughlln, Miss Anna Watson, Miss Margaret Singer, Miss Jean nette Childs, Miss Mabel Clarke, Miss Mary Painter, Miss Mary Brown, Miss Mary llayt. Miss Agatha Jeunlsou and others. Miss Anna Scaife is at'endinc school at Farming ton and Mr. Charles Scaife is at Cornell. Another Pretty Affair. TnERE was a dance at the residence of Mrs. Jamos 1'.. Mellon last evening, given by Miss Rachel Larimor, Miss Mellon's niece. The affair wa3 for the young friends or Miss Larimer, and was a distinctively holiday entertainment. The house was prettily decked with pink roses-, holly and palms. The lower floor was used for receiving the guests, and refreshments were served in tbe dining room, which was one of the prettiest apartments in the house in its floral decora tions, under the searching white rays of the electric lights. The center piece of large pink roses was especially beautiful. Miss Larimer, who is a vivacious girl of the ideal American type, made a charming hostess, and looked veiy beautiful In a blue gown, trimmed with Nile green, made of dancing length in the latest fashion. The ballroom in the Mellon mansion is on the third floor, and is of capacious dimensions with a de lightfully polished floor, upon which tho young people were able to extract the fnll measure of enjoyment from the dance. Among the guests were Miss Carnahan, Miss N. Davis, Miss Forsythe, Miss Hlllhtrd, Miss Stella Hays, Miss Lucy Haworth, Miss N. Lockhart, Miss E. Lewis, Miss M. Laughlin. Miss M. Magce, Miss M. McCollum, Mrs. C. L. Magee, Miss N. McColIuin. Miss M. Miller, Miss F. Marshall, Miss E. Price, Miss A. Rhodes, Jliss M. Rhodes, Miss L. Spang, Miss S. Spencer, Miss A.Wardeu,MissA.Wlllard,Mrs.GeoreJones, Miss Woodwell, Misa R. M. Larimer, Miss Taylor, Miss Purcell, Miss Magee, Miss SI. Hnssey, Miss Metcair. and Messrs. C. Albree, 8. S. Atterbury. A. Blair, W. M. Blair. C. Davis, F. Guthrie, F. Uoldship. Walter Mar vin. Earl Marvin, E. P. Marvin, T.A.Marvin, Harry Scovel, George Grl-com, James Locli hart, R. Miller, II. McKnight, F. Ncale, B. Page, W. Rhodes. W. Robinson, J. P. Scaife, and P. Warden, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hllliard, Mr. and Mrs. Steirart and Mr. and Mrs. J. 1. Lazear. Unlontown's Second Assembly. TjNiofcTOWN society gave its sec ml assembly ball at tho Opera House there on Tuesday evening. Toerge's orchestra, of j this city, furnished the sweet strains forthe morry couples. Mr. George C. Marshall and Mrs. R. W. Dawson were the patronesses for the evening. Among those present from a distance wero the following: Miss Hampton, Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Howell, Captain Davis and Robert Nevin, of Pittsbnrg; Miss O'Neil, ot Elizabeth: Miss Todd, of Philadelphia; Miss Null, Messrs. Harry Nnll, Denny Ogden and Mr. Fustwanger, of Greensburg;Mr. and Mrs. F:ank Hog, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Len hart and Howard Snnwdon, or Brownsville; Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Snyder, B. Stimmel and Messrs. Hood. ofCounellsville: Miss Dewey, of Stanford, Conn.; Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Har rison, of Richmond; Mr. and Mrs. II. Y. Bailey, ot Buffalo, and Dr. lUUoy, of Lclsen rlng. An Ideal Girls' Party. An ideal girls' tea was given yesterday afternoon, at 1 o'clock, by MIs Rebecca Darlington, at her homo on Irwin avenue, Allegheny, for about CO of her young school friends. The bonse is magnificent, tho re ception room being a veritablo palace apart ment, furnished in light pink tones, all or whicn harmonizes delightlully, proving that taste as well as wcaltu bus been usedin tho furnishing. Tea was bonded around in the dining room, which was handsomely pre pared for this portion of tho entertainment. There was a large bowl of pink roses in the center of the table, while lighted tapers or pink wax helped tho electric lumps to Il luminate the apartment. Miss Darlington was assisted by Miss Laughlin and Miss Chambers in waiting upon her guests. A Fair Bridal Party. As the sun broke through the clouds and shone upon the old and quiet town of Clarion on Tuesday morning, about 10-30 o'clock, it pierced the frost decorated win dows of Mr. and Mrs. C. A Rankin's resi dence, and illumined as fair a bridal party I as one would wish to see. The happy bride and groom wero Prof. Joseph H. Apple, in structor of mathematics in tbe Pittsburg Central High School, and Mary E. Rankin, second daughter In tho Rankin family. They were attended by Misses Eesle Apple and Margaret Rankin as brldemaids, and Mess.-s. A. H. Rotherwell, Esq., of Reading, and Dr. E. A. Kuhns, ol Enuenton. Ltttlo Marguerite Schick performed In an admir able manner the duties of flower girl. Rev. Dr. Elder, pastor or the Clarion Presbyterian Church, performed the ceremony, and was assisted by Rev. Dr. Apple, of Saegartoan, father of the groom, and Rev. A. T. G. Apple, of Washington, D. C, brother of tbe groom. The marriage was wltnessod by about 150 guests, mainly from Clarion, although sev eral or the guests were from otber cit'es, among them being Dr. Will Elder, of the West Penn Hospital, and W. S. acott, of Ben nett. After dinner Prof, and Mrs. ADpIe leit for u trip to Washington and Philadel phia. They will be at home at Avalon after January 10. The presents, as usual, were many ana costly, and were accompanied Dy the best wishes of many friends. An Interesting Contest. A contest for the fiemorest silver medal came off In the school hall at Monongabeln City last Monday night, some of the numbers showing unusual excellence. The Judges, Revs. Maxwell aud Conner, and Dr. Gamble, awarded the medal to Miss Margaret Wolff. Miss Nora Fleming, one of Prof. King's old pupils, was to give a seloction after the cou test, but conld not appear, and Miss Bessie Shambaugb kindly consented to fill the pro gramme. Miss Bessie was formerly a llttlo Pittsburg girl, and Is now only IS. She per fectly charmed the audience by her cute representations. A Quiet Wedding. Miss Jennie Means, of Frankstown avenue, and one of the most popnlar school teachers in the East End, will be married next Tuesday evening, to Mr. Ben Wilson, a business man or this. city. It is to be a quiet home ceremony, with only relatives and close iriends present. Lively Social Chatter. Tuebe was a large number of Pittsburgers at the Grand Assembly ball in tbe opera house ut Beaver Falls last evening. It was an entire success. A LUKcnrow was given by Mrs. Rem.sen TV". Messier, of Firth avenue, tast End, yester day for Miss Rickotson. Tho appointments were very handsome. A pretty wedding was celebrated last evening in St. Paul's M. E. Church, the bride being Miss Emma E. Gray and the groom Mr, Robert C Gonderruan. CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS. Germany leads in spectacle wearers. Japanese children are taught to write with both hands. Nearly 100 different machines have been Invented for boring rock. The town of Forsyth, Ma, is CO jear old and never bad a church. The rice crop in the South this year il estimated to be 223,000.000 pounds. The city of Hew York cares for 18,000 lunatics at a cost of $625,000 a year. The Swiss and German pikemen wera during the fifteenth century esteemed the best in Europe. Intoxicating liquors have been mads from tbe sap of tbe birch, the willow, tho poplar and the sycamore. Kentucky will try the experiment of permitting throe-fourths of a Jury In civil cases (ninejurors) to render a verdict. Unbroken 4-year-old colts, suitable for military purposes, can bo bongbt In theAus trallan colonies at irom $50 to $75 each. N A sawmill was stolen bodily in Han cock county, Ky., a few davs ago. Not a trace of tho machinery could be found. Finland has just been celebrating tha two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of tho establishment of printing in tbat country. It is expected that 16,000 carloads of exhibits will be received at the ground of tbeWorld's Fair between now and the 1st of May. It has been discovered that a manufac tory of "relics" has teen in operation in Ed inburgh, Scotland, lor some time. Belles of Barns were the staple product. During the eleventh century a fashion of embroidering the initials of the nama and the family arms on tbe garments began In Italy and spread all over Europe. Miss Mand Ziovierzchkowitinskis, of Chicago, was married recently. It tookrthe minister so long to pronounce tbe name tbat they had to have the wedding tho day be fore. An advertisement for a school teacher in an Indiana paper reads as follows: "Ha must be a man sound in body and intellect: not afraid to use tbe rod. Wages $10 per month and board around." A study of a German map, on which is plotted tbe stations of the troops In their huge army, shows that the majority are so placed as to be conveniently moved in sec tions to tbe Fronch frontier. Probably the most interesting section of the Transportation Building at Jackson Park will be that devoted to primitive methods ot transportation and tbe canoss and sleds of uncivilized tribes. The Athenian Archajological Society has carried out some oxcavations on the sits or ancient Corinth, which have resulted in tbe discovery of a considerable building be longing to the fifth of sixth century B. C. Many of the so-called hotel bell-boys in this country are fathers, and some are grandfathers. San Fiancisco lays claim to three who are over 50 years of age, one of whom recently retired Irom business neb. The superiority of tea over brandy in many cases is beyond question. Tbo idea still lingers tbat alcohol keeps out the cold. As a matter of fact, mountaineers have found by repeated experience tbat the oppo site of this holds true. Vanilla is an orchid, which in the We3t Indies creeps over trees and walls like ivy. A substance called "salep," somewhat re sembling arrowroot or sago, is obtained from the lubers of a variety tbat grows In Tnrkoy and Penla, whore it is highly es teemed. Recent studies of cancer not only indi cate tbat'it is an organic growth, but almost certainly provo that it is Itself liable to the attack of anotner parasite. Better acquaint ance with the relations of these parasites may possibly brin.; the long-sought method of arresting cancer. There are two fixed rules for proportion ing the human form; Just two. They ara that eight heads (that is, skull lengths) make the total height of tbe figure, and that the Invariable center of the total length of the whole figure sbould be the front termin ation of the lowest part of tho polvis. Senator Don Cameron has seeded 100 acres of his Donegal farm, near Marietta, with Kentucky bluegrass, which ha believes will do-as well on his ground as it does on the historic soil where it is indi genous. He intends to put the nutritious pasturage to tne use ot rancy blooded stock. About ?40,000,000 is paid every year in Germany for the creation and preservation of lorests; 2C0.C00 families are supported from them, while something like 3,000,000 find employment in the various wood indus tries of tbe empiie. The total revenue from tho forests amounts to $U,;00,C00, and the current expenses aro $3,500,000. It is the ambition of every Turkish official to get his daughter into the Saltan's harem, each occupant of which receives tbe title of Princess, together with a large dower, a stair of 10 servants, a carriage and four, and last, but not least, tbe possibility of gaining influence over the Sultan, and so raising her family in lankand power. Hungary is stated to bs the country where railway traveling Is the cheapest. It is said to bo possible to journey from Buda Pestli to Kronstadt, a distance of 500 miles, for 6s 8'J, being at the rate of six miles a penny. Low as this price is it is liable toa reduction of one-half in the casa of laborers journey ing in parties of not fewer than ten. The latest feat in spoon-carving is re ported from tbo capital city of Iowa, and was accomplished by S. E. Wilcox. Ho took a common Iowa sonvenir spoon, onebearing the Iowa ooat of arms en its handle, and wrote the wholo of the Lord's prayer In its bowl. Every letter and comma is in Itj proper place, and can be easily read with tha nakod aye. Dogs are slaughtered for culinary pur poses in considerable numbers at Munich. The irloudof man comes totablo not only as sausage, but dressed in various forms, and with divers sauces, without any attomptat incognito. This departure in gastronomy Is said to have been Introduced tv the numer ous Italian laborers who have settled in tha Bavarian capital. It was either the precise telegraph operator who objected to abbreviations, or the intelligent compositor or telegraph editor who filled in tho omission of the un intelligent operator, but the Butte Inter. Mountain tho othor day paraded Mgr. Satolll bofore Its readors as "Manager Satolll," and thus sut him lorth In heavy black display type at tho head of the column, too. The Mikado's government has come to tbe conclusion that both tbe stature and physiquoof the Japanese people aro unsat isfactory nnd in need of Improvement. A parliamentary commission appointed to in vestigate the causes of this lack of stamina has, aftir prolonged investigation, ascribed it to the vegetaDle diet to which tbe Jap anese bave hitherto mainly confined them selves. Calculations, based on the observation ofthe refraction of light, have caused it to be supposed that the air becomes so rare at tbe height of about 60 miles tbat the dlt tan co may bo regarded as tho limit to its- -sonsible extent; but other calculations.mada during the present century, of the distance from tnn earth at which meteors lanlte. in dicate that the atmosphere extends to up ward or loo mncs. Ii ORIGINAL AND JOCOSE. TnE LAZY BOY'S WAIL. I've got new skates and lots of toys, I've got a pretty sled; I do not bave to go till late . Unto my downy bed. I've got a Knife, an air-gun too. And books that I can read; I gave unto the Ultle poor. ' Which was a noble deed. Bat still I am unhappy quite. Throughout these winter days; The reason for my sadness is I cannot coast both ways. HE MUST BAVE HAD HI3 BEST OIBL WTTH HOE. "I think you should make a reduction in my bill, for giving me that horse," said Jack Dasher to the liveryman of whom he had hired a horse and sleigh, "Why, that's the fastest and m spirited horse In my stable." said the liveryman. That'sjustwhatlobject to: I hadtonse both my bands to drive." A SURE SIQN. If their bands are in their pockets, When you pass the small boys near, I'd bet a dollar that yon Get a snowball In the ear. CHIOK. I J. 4 m
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