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THE HOPE Or CONSERVATISM.
Every intelligent and unprejudiced cit
izen wiil hope that in the pending conflict
between the free trade radicals and the
moderate protectionists and conservatives
in the Democratic party the latter may
have the support of President Cleveland.
The free traders arc prompt and loud in
their calls for an extra session of Con
gress But the rresident-elect will, as
the Xcvv Tork Herald yesterday pointed
out, be likely to co slow before commit
ting himself and the party power behind
him to the hands of a new aggregation of
talent more flushed by victory than
seasoned by experience or precise knowl
edge. In the -question as to which side of such
a conflict Mr. Cleveland will be apt to
take tlieie is no lack of personal' expres
sions on his part. In nis tariff message of
1887, opening the controversy, he asserted
that "the interests of American labor en
gaged in manufacture should be carefully
considered as well as the preservation
of our manufacturers." In his let
ter of acceptance in 188S he de
clared: "The reform we seek to
Inaugurate is predicated upon the
utmost csre for established interests and
enterprises," and in his letter of 1892, he
repeated: "We balieve that the advan
tages of tree raw materials should be ac
corded to our manufacturers, and wc con
template a fair and careful distribution of
necsary tariff burdens, rather than the
piecipit.-.tion of free trade." The course
marked out by these quotations cannot be
followed by a hasty session for the purpose
of repealing the 3IcKinley act
Some extreme Republican partisans
have been applauding the extra session
Idea and the precipitation of free trade
proposals by the Democrats, with the idea
that the sooner the programme is gone
through the quicker will be the public re
vulsion and the loss of power by the
Democrats Fortunately, however, the
great majority of citizens are more patri
otic than partisan. They do not wish
hasty and destructive legislation to be un
dertaken merely that one party may
thereby put itself out of office and that
a nother party may get in. They want the
bsl and the wisest element to control In
ever- party, and particularly in the party
which happens to have power. It is the
same feeling of patrio'ism, as something
abovo partisanship, which Induces all
right-minded citizens, no matter whether
they opposed or favored Cleveland as a
partisan candidate, to desire now that, as
Pre'dent of the whole people, his admin
istration may be wise and productive of
good and not baneful results.
The noticeable moderation of tone
among many of the Democratic organs
and leaders since the election indicates
that tiie extra-session-free-trade element
which wishes to lose no time in beginning
to smash thing's will meet with vigorous
opposition. If President Cleveland ranges
himself with the conservatives and mod
crate protectionists, as his letter of ac
ceptance promises, the fears, of the busi
ness interests will be reduced to a mini
mum. New industrial undertakings will
perhaps be checked, and possibly some of
the tin plate factories will be abandoned;
out the established industries will not be
hurt unless purposely destructive cuts are
made in the tariff.
corriNG our qcaxttiks.
It is reported from England that Lord
Salisbury has announced that if Mr. Glad
stone attempts to carry. Home Rule
through the Houc of Lords by creat
ing enough peers to make a Liberal ma
jority, the House of Lords will refuse ad
mission to the new peers, on the ground
that it would be an unconstitutional inter
ference with the independence of that
bodv.
Besides. the novel allegation that the
House of Lords Is possessed of such a
quaiitv as independence, such a declara
tion would indicate that His Lordship has
btudied and adopted many features of our
own great country. In the first placo tiie
general character of the assertion shows
that he is not unacquainted with the
game of bluff. Next his political logic
shows that theTory leader has copied the
great party of our country which pro
ceeds on the broad principle that an)--thing
which does not suit it is unconstitu
tional. Finally the threat of a revolu
tionary conflict appears to bo directly
copied from the example of our recent
campaign managers whose threits made
bloodshed appear inevitable, if any one
had believed In them; but who permitted
election day to pass over without so much
as a bloody nose as a result of the dis
puted points.
There is iio likelihood that Lord Salis
bury and his lordly followers will under-.-,:.
ta nullify the "creation of Liberal
peers, for two re
e first is that
tof tbe rain-
The British
f precedent
v nt to settle
there is no aouoi .
Istry to create suj
constitution is th
and there Osiabm
this matterLon;
the last precedent
i
. nr.
ct.
Imself set
. upon his
retirement from office, a batch of peers
whose character evoked the wonder and
jeers of Great Britain. Xot only is the
right of the ministry to create peers be
yond dispute, but it has often been exer
cised to secure such a vote from the
House of Lords as was desired.
The precedents beyond question, there
is another very cogent reason why the
House of Lords will not undertake to
defy both constitutional authority "and the
will of the representative body. That is
that such a conflict could only result In
wiping the House of Lords out of exist
ence. Between accepting a reinforcement
of Liberal peers and losing Us existence,
the House of Lords will make haste to
swallow its dose of Liberalism.
SILVER CONFERENCE PROSPECTS.
The prospects of the silver conference
which opens at Brussels this week are dis
cussed in a special article in The Dis
patch to-day. The subject is of greater
importance than most people give to it,
as if the conference should succeed in
agreeing upon a plan to lestorc silver to
monetary use among all nations it would
not only reverse the monometallic move
ment begun in 1873, but would afford a
complete solution of the silver problem in
this country.
As bearing on that possibility the plan
proposed by Dr. A. Soetbeer, which the
article quotes in detail, is of great im
portance. Its vital point is that which
TnE DisrATCn has always pointed out as
necessary to the full solution of the ques
tion, the adoption of a new .ratio as be
tween silver and gold. The proportion of
20 to 1, which Dr. Soetbeer proposes is
less than the ratio of present bullion
values; but there is every reason to be
lieve that the increased use of silver if
this plan wero adopted would bring the
two metals to that proportion.
nis restriction of the legal tender value
of silver to "three times the standard
value of the lowest gold coin" is less than
the bi-metallists of this country would de
sire; but it is probably founded on an ac
curate judgment of the utmost to be
secured irom the prejudices of Europe.
It is to be recognized that the hope of
rehabilitating silver through the confer
ences of this Congress has to encounter a
tremendous opposition from the mono
metallic interests of Europe. At the same
time, it is evident that the sole hope of a
complete solution of the silver problem
is by this method of international co
operation. BEST OR WORST CURRENCY.
Now that the election is over, it is to bo
hoped that the Democratic journals
which have heretofore had a reputation
for favoring sound money, will not any
longer consider it necessary to defend
that reactionary declaration of the Demo
cratic platform m favor of State bank cir
culation. It is a pitiable exhibition of
party slavery that even journals profess
ing independence and the Democratic
candidate himself considered it necessary
to make weak and equivocal defenses of
this most egregious variety of rag money.
Now that the campaign is over, however,
the Democratic element that Is not con
trolled by the Bourbon hatred for national
banks ought to be able to stand up frankly
for sound money.
A comparison of two well-known facts
ought to tell the whole story as between
State banks and national banks. There
were iu 1857 1,416 State banks of issue in
the United States. On January 2, 1858,
758 of them were stated by Thompson's
Bank Rote Detector to be closed or un
sound, and tiie losses to the people on
bank notes during that and subsequent
vcars were counted by the tens of mill
ions. In 1873 there was a panic of nearly
equal dimensions. The national bank cir
culation at that time was 75 per cent
greater than the State bank circulation in
1857. The number of national banks that
failed was not a tithe of the number of
State banks sixteen years earlier, and the
loss to note-holders by the failure of na
tional banks was not one cent.
This tells the whole story. If it were
true in the necessity of the case that the
national bank circulation must disappear,
the State bank proposition would still bo
a vicious going backward oh the dial of
progress. But it is not true. The bene
fits of the national banking system can be
perpetuated and extended by enlarging
the list of securities to be used as a basis
for circulation, Every friend of sound
money and stable banking should unite in
support of that measure rather than tho
Yiclous State bank proposition.
WHICH IS RIGHT?
The vote of Connecticut moves the Bos
ton Herald to remark: "Those tobacco
planters down in Connecticut didn't turn
out so numerously to vote in favor of Mc
Kinleyism as it was anticipated tbey
would, or, if they did they were vastly
outnumbered by the tobacco consumers."
Tiiis seems to be accurate on the face of
the case; but suppose the Herald turns its
attention to the supposition that Demo
cratic authority in Connecticut gave tho
tobacco planters to understand that their
protection would not be disturbed by the
Democrats. Inasmuch as this was the
meaning if it had any meaning of tho
declaration of the Democratic State Con
vention, the question further arises: To
whom will the Connecticut tobacco plant
ers look for the fulfillment of tho contract
and against whom will they have an action
for obtaining votes under false pretenses
if the contract is broken?
Tho Democratic party makes very great
professions of enmity to the principle of
protection; but it showed in the Mills bill
a very keen appreciation of the import
ance, of protecting the industries of Demo
cratic sections.
THE WATER WASTE.
An Investigation recently made in Phil
adelphia furnishes valuable evidence as to
the way in which a water supply is wasted.
As Pittsburg is taxing the pumping capac
ity of its works with the very liberal
daily consumption of about 150 gallons
per capita, the subject of water waste has
a very positive interest to our city.
It is a fact that an enormous increase" in
the use of water took place with the In
troduction of sanitary appliances with
flushing tanks. This is tho experience of
most cities; but the Philadelphia investi
gation shows that the waste is in the
abuse of these appliances rather than
their use. The investigation w.is of a
district consisting of 131 buildings, sup
plying 754 persons with 1,403 hydrants,
spigots and openings of all sorts. The
consumption of this district was 87,760
gallons in 24 hours. The inquiry showed,
however, that in this district there, were
eight of tbe tank appliances so set as to
keep tho water running night and day;
and those eight consumed 43,450 gallons,
or nearly as much as the 1,400 other open
ings in the district.
This tells a remarkable story not only
of water waste, but of tho way to prevent
it It is to be presumed that similar in
spection in Pittsburg would disclose other
methods of water waste.. Bat the lmpor,
tant fact is the valuable results that can
be attained by such Investigation. This
case proves that tbe consumption of a dis-
trict can bo cut down one-half, without
depriving any person of a single drop of
water actually used.
When we are using all the water our
works can pump the question of waste is
a very important one. Therais no doubt
that if the wholly useless sacrifice of
water were stopped there would be large
surplus left from the present consump
tion. THE PROOF OF EXPERIENCE.
Investigations into the affairs of the
large English building and loan associa
tions which recently went to the wall,
show that they came to grief by depart
ing from the legitimate business policy on
which those associations were originally
founded. Three of tho largest of them
are now stated to have gone beyond tho
practice of loaning to Individuals who
were buying or building their homes on
the installment plan, and to have made
large advances to a single speculative
builder. Ou tho other hand, there were
large building societies that were not mis
managed, and one of them, the Birkbeck,
stood a severe run without flinching.
These facts have a pertinent bearing -on
the kindred question of national as com
pared with the local building and loan as
sociations in our country. 'They Indicate
what The Dispatch has often pointed
out, that the danger of the associations
with a larger scope is the ease with which
their funds maybe diverted into unsafe
investments. The .sarno interested and
detailed supervision that is given by the
membership of the local associations Is
impossible in the national organizations,
while the chances of Insecure loans are
many times multiplied by their larger
scope. On the other hand, sucn a case as
that of the Birkbeok, and one or two
others, show that it is possible for con
servative and careful management to keep
the large associations in a condition of im
pregnable solvency.
Tho balance is however against extend
ing the scone of building and loan associ
ations Deyond tho local fields. Tho
foundation of their stability is in the
interested supervision of the membership.
When the field is so extended that this
cannot be given, the possibility of bad
management is reinforced by the rich
rewards held out to clever rascality. The
old style of building and loan asoelations
Is the safest and surest. Experience In
this country as well as in England Is
demonstrating the fact
THE DEMOCRACY TRIUMPHANT.
That was a great and appropriate parade
last night. Its progress and reception
were remarkable no less for the good
humored acceptance of the inevitable by
the vanquished than for the triumphant
exuberance of the victors. From the
cheers for the defeated candidate, as well
as from the election returns around here
it is evident that no small number of last
night's eager throngs wore of the Repub
lican persuasion. But, having failed to
achieve a triumph for their own cause,
they were determined fo show no fackjof
enemy in congratulating their very suc
cessful opponents.
Disappointment on the part of those
who went forth to conquer and returned
with defeat is perfectly legitimate and,
indeed, inevitable. That feeling however
must give way as soon as possible, not to
sulking soreness, but to a patriotic and
magnanimous determination to accept the
novel state of affairs, and make the most
of It Mr. Cleveland has been elected
President, and the Democratic party en
trusted with the power of legislation, by
the ballots of the American people. The
polls have issued their verdict, it is no
doubtful one, and it must be accepted
with that grace which blunts the edge of
disappointment. After all, parades of
celebration are most becoming when they
have something definite to celebrate, and
last night's enthusiasm was the natural
demonstration of the enthusiasm of the
triumphant Democracy.
There is some force in the argument
that tho World's Fair should bo open on
Sundays nndcr propor restrictions -such as
the stoppage, of the machinery because
many foreign visitors will bo hero to whom
the entire closing would he both a snrprlso
and a hardship. But tho best of all reasons
for the opening is found in the advantage
to be had by making tho most of the invalu
able treasures during tho comparatively
short time that their accnmulation will last.
Thousands of people would bo barred by an
entire Sunday shut down from obtaining
healthful recreation and instruction unob
tainable on other days. Chicago liquor
dealers demand the closing, and Chicago
workmen desire the opening.
Crowds were as great for the parade last
night as they wero tho weolc bofore. And
yet for some reason, Inexplicable except by
careless oversight, the wire barriers on
Fifth avenue for which tho city paid on the
earlier occasion wero not reproduced for
last night's celebration.
It will be time enough for the reduction
of American wages when tho establishment
of a tariff lor revenue only has pormltted
the wholesale importation and consequent
competition of European manufactures.
Any attempt on tho part of employers to
cut down the pay of thoir men on the plea
of Democratic success, beforo the Demo
cratic party lias even framed a measure for
the reduction ,of tho Protective tariff, will
be distinct evidence of greed endeavoring
to secure iiisi eased profits on false pre
tenses, and such action may bo expected to
meet with scathing rcbuko from public
opinion.
So long as there is no unjust discrimina
tion against them, members of the Salva
tion Army have no excuse for complaint.
And they will do well to -show that they are
exemplary citizens by obeying tho law even
where obedience is distasteful.
Householders who care to risk the
health of their own households by neglect
in:; to connect their plumbing with the mu
nicipal sewers, wherever such are providod,
should be emphatically taught that there is
a public danger in sucn negligence which
forbids that it be passed over in silence and
disregard. The health of the many depends
upon tho health of the individual, and the
sanitation of.the city can only bo secured by
tho caro of each citizen.
To the lay mind of the unbiassed spec
tator it appears that a contest between local
football teamsshonld be strictly confined to
a tost of the strength of rival local talent.
And tho onlooker is generally supposed to
see most of the game.
TnAT alleged importation of thirty glass
blowers In direct' violation or the contract
labor law shonld be searchlngly investi
gated. The law Is too frequently evaded, or
worse, nnd where direct violations aro dis.
coverable convictions thou:d be- brought
home to all concerned. The principals,.
especially, suouia do made to feel that tho
law may not be disregarded with impunity.
It is now in order for Lieutenant Totten
to explain the meaning of the simultaneous
appearance of a new comet and a phenom
enal Democratic victory.
"WnETnEB that international monetary
conference will directly result In prncticai
action toward establishing a more satis
factory relationship between gold and silver
cannot bn foretold. Bat it is certain that
valuable facts and theories "will bo pro
pounded In tho discussion, whjph will add
much, to the knowledge nocessary for
proper understanding of tho question.
The movement of the Pittsburg Art
Society toward establishing a permanent
exhibition In this oity is one well worthy of
public gratitude, commendation and sup
port. A free display of art works constantly
open to the publlo should do much to foster
a love of the beautiful in our midst, and too
much of that love we cannot have.
PrrTSBUKG.hould be on its mettle, Alle
gheny is talking of seriously suppressing
the Bmoke nuisance.
BtTMORS of Republican resignations on
the score of the Democratic victory are pre
mature, to say the least. It is presumable
that such men as Senator Sherman and Gov
ernor JIcKlnley will have pluck onough to
serve out the terms for which they wero
elected despite the defeat of their party
since their election.
. Taking one consideration with another,
tho defeated Chairman's lot is not a happy
one.
HASTENS OP MEN.
Mrs. Langtrv has bought Lord Ash
burton's steam yacht Ladje liable. She
paid $130,000 for it.
Sullivan, Gilbert and Carte up to the
time of the dissolution ot partnership
made about $450,000 apiece
JonN Hoev. ex-President of the, Adams
Expresi Company, Is lying dangerously ill
ac Dolmonico's. He is u victim of Blight's
disease.
It is understood in Dubuque, Iowa, that
Aichblshop Satolli will provide that Bishop
Henncssy, of Dubuque, shall become coad
Jntor to Archbishop Kenrick, of St. Louis,
with the right of succession.
An" essay written by Eobespierre, in a
Competition for a prize in 1785, has Just been
discovered in manuscript at a paper mill.
The subject is "Crime," ana the contest was
Invited by the Amiens Academy.
Coukt Tolstoi has recently deposited
his memoirs, including a large diary and
manuscripts, with the curator of a Bussian
museum, tbe condition boing that they shall
not be published until ton years alter tho
author's death.
Mr. Graham, of Dingwall, Scotland, a
boyish companion of Air. Gladstone, says
the latter's mother used to entrust the
future Q. O. M. with tbe household pnrse
when he was but a boy, and used to call him
her chancellor of the exchequer.
Viscount Sudley, heir of the Earl of
Arra.u. will, it U reported, wed the widow of
llobert Sherman, of New York, Tuesday
next. Tho Viscount is but 24, and Mrs. Sher
man has a daughter older than he. The Earl
is violently opposed to the match.
Dr. Dabbs, medical adviser of the late
Lord Tennyson, and who, with Sir Andrew
Clark, attended the laureate through his
last illness, is a Journalist and playwright
as well as a physician, and has a new com
edy with the title of "Farewell" ready for
production.
Stanton P. Allen, the author of the
new war book, "Down in Dixie," Just issued,
was a private In a cavalry regiment during
the war, after that a newspaper man, and
has now entered the ministry and is doing
missionary work in a secluded corner of the
Adirondack.
VACANT SEATS AM0HG JMMOETALS.
The irench literary World Has Many
Brilliant Lights to Fill Them.
Paris, Nov. 12. Tho death of M. Ernest
Kenan, Xavier Marmler and Camille Uoussot
last month created three vacancies in the
French Academy, and there are prospects
that other vacancies will shortly occur. M.
de Lessepj is now 87 years old and very
feeble, and SI. Sully-Prudhommes condition
is such that little hope is entertained for his
recovery. Several of tho other members are
very old. Thus, M. Legouio is 85; M.Duruy
81; 21. Doucet and Admiral Jurien de la
Giaviere, both 80; AI. Jotles Simon, 73, and
il. John Lemoinne, 77, while a toore, at
least, of the remaining members have
passed their grand climacteric It Is pretty
sure, therefore, that the approaching winter
will produce still further ravaces among the
xorsy Auiiuoit&i:;, already reuueeu to 37.
Consequently, there is much interest taken
among the educated public here as to who
will be cnlled upon to nil these vacant seats.
The list of eligible candidates is long and
rather brilliant, too. There aro the novel
ists, Zola, Bourgot, Ohnet. Ferdinand Faore,
Kdmond de Goncourt, Delpit, etc. The
latter, thouzh an American by birth, be
came a French citizen a year or two ago for
the very purpose of being able to stand for
an election to the academy. M. de Gonoourt
is 70, which, however, is not a disqualifica
tion if he is not kept waiting too long.
Zola's chances aro the best among the
novelists.
Among other possible candidates are M.
Jules Lemaitre, the young dramatic critic,
who may have to be patient, however, for a
few years before he takes his seat "Under
the Cupola;" II. Jean Kichepiu, tho poet
whose "Le Glaive" was one of tho sensa
tions in the l'aris theatrical world last win
ten M. Becque, the dramatist, and M. Ana
tole France and 3L" Brunetiere, the brilliant
literatcurs. In many quarters it is be
lieved that M. Berthelot, ilia Senator and
famuus chemist of tho Collego of France,
willicplaco Kenan, who was Fresident of
that institution. SI. AlphonseDaudot would
best lonnidable candidate, but ho has al
ways lidiculcd the academy, and after his
"L'trnmortel," tho doors of the institute
wero naturally shut on him forever.
A SEW SEASCH FOB TEE POLE.
Dr. Nansen Thinks That Nature Has Pro
vided a Way to Reach It.
Losdos, Nov. 12. The representative of
tho Associated Press has had an Interview
with the famous Norwegian explorer, Dr.
Nanscn. regarding the plans for his Arctic
voyage. Dr. Nansen's scheme is essentially
different Irom the plans followed by other
explorers In tho frozen regions. Hitherto,
with one possible exception, all attempts to
reach the North Pole have been inndo In
defiance of tho obstacles of nature. Now an
attempt will be made t.o ascertain whether
nature itself has not supplied a means of
solving the difficulty, nnd whether there is
not, after all, a possibility ot reaching the
North Pole by utilising certain natural
lacilities.
Tho Jeannette expedition of 1673-81, and
the loss of that vessel, seemed to sound tho
knell of all expeditions to roach the pole by
Bering Straits; but in June, 1834, exactlv
three years after the Jeannette sank, there
were found near JuIIaushaab, in Greenland,
several articles which had belonged to tho
Jeannette and had been abandoned at tho
time of its wreck bv the crew; nnd which
had been can led to the coast of Greenland
from the opposite side of the Polar Sea on a
piecooficc. It is thought highly probablo
that thoro is a comparatively shore and di
rect route across the Arctic Ocean by way
of the Nprtl: Pole, and that nature herself
has supplied & mAns of communication.
Dr. Nansen's expedition will endeavor to
realize these hopes. In tbe course of the in
terview. Dr. Nanson referred to Lioutenant
Peary's expedition. lie said:
"My expedition is to pass tho pole and
traverse the unknown polar regions. 1 will
take with me on my expedition flvo years''
provisions. TVe may only lie away two
yoars, Dut l loei certain that we will return
in five. The total cost of the expedition is
as yet unknown. The Norwegian Govern
ment subscribes two-thirds of the cost and
Kinc Oscar and others will privately donate
the remainder. The expedition will leave
Norway in June and proceed direct to Nova
Zembla."
" The Apocrypha KeTlsed.
IJIT CADLK TO THE DISPATCH.!
Lokdox, Nov. 12. A revised edition or tho
Apocrypha, Irom tho fame hands that re
trUnrt the Old and New Testaments win
come from the University presses of Oxford.
and Cambridge. Tins was a part of the
original plan entered on in 1872 lor tho re
Vision of the Bible. N
Dr. Pentecost Goes to London.
;BT CABLK TO THE DISPATCn.t
Lokbos, Nov. 12. It is understood hero
that Dr. Pentecost will accept the jail of the
Wnrvlebone Presbyterian Church, London,
to succeed the late Dr. Donald Frascr.
Canada to Be Represented at Brussels.
IBTCADLE TO TUE DISPATCH
London, Nov. 13. It has been decided that
Canada shall be represented nt tbe Monetary,
Conference at Brussels; Ono delegate-will
be appointed immediately,
1WBITTIX FO THI DISPATCH.
The observers In olden times noticed that
a display of meteors always occurrcdon the
night of Angnst 10. This being known in
calendars as St. Lawrence's day, the meteors
whloh fell on that day have been called tbe
tears of St. Lawrence. Many years later
it was again observed that on or about the
12th or 13th of November shooting stars are
commonly seen. When Humboldt, after
witnessing the remarkable display of 1799,
Invited special attention to this circum
stance, anclont records wore examined, and
it was found that for severat centuries this
particular part ot the year had been char
acterized by star showers. "Time out of
mind," says Sir John Hersohel, "those Iden
tical nights more often, but sometimes those
immediately adjacent, have been habitually
signalized by such exhibitions."
This circumstance or periodicity suffices of
itself to demonstrate the extra-terrestrial
nature of these objects. According to my
lather's views, we must Infer tfiat the two
particular regions of clrcum-olar space
which we traverse on August 10 and Novem
ber 13 are swarming with meteors. Yet we
cannot for a moment imagine two clouds of
meteors are perslstontly present in these
two regions. Each meteor is as surely acted
upon by the Jun's mighty influence as this
earth on which we live; and as surely as this
earth, if brought to iest in any way, would
be attracted toward the sun and fall upon
his globe In about 61 days, so every mem
ber of a' meteor cloud placed where the
August nnd Novembor meteors are encoun
tered would, in about the sama time, fall
upon the sun and be destroyed. It follows
that the meteois must bo in rapid motion on
a course keeping them clear of the sun's orb;
and, moreover, that the place of those which
pass away from the region traversed by the
earth must be more or less continually sup
plied by arriving moteors. In other words,
tho August and November meteors must
form a more or less complete zono or
ring.
When to Look for the Meteors.
The degree ofcompleteness of either ring
must correspond to the regularity of the oc
currence of star-falls on the dates corre
sconding to either system. If it frequently
chances that the display is intermitted,
either for a few years or for many years in
succession, the inference will be that greater
or less gaps mar the completeness of the
meteor zone; whoreaq. If one year passes
without a display ot meteors belonging to a
system, we must infer as at least probable
that the metoor system forms a complete
ring. Thus Judged, the November system
appears to bo very far from forming a con
tinuous zone; since the display is often
omitted for more than twenty yi-ars In suc
cession and is seldom repeated during more
than four or Ave successive years. The
Augnst system, on the oontiary, seldom fnlls
to produce a display of lar greater or less
splendor. Tho meteors of each system soom
to como from a definite resion of tho
heaven, or rather from a definite point of
the star sphere. The November meteors ap
pear to come from a nolnt in the constella
tion Leo; the K. A. of the point Is about 9 h.
82 in., its north declinatiou about 21 degrees.
A Brilliant Scene in Greenland.
Tne writers of the Jliddlo Ages report
the occurrence of the stars falling from
heaven in resplendent showers among the
physical appearances of their time. The
first grand phenomenon of a meteoric
shower which attracted attention in modern
times was witnessed by the Moravian mis
sionaries in Groenland. This was observed
over a wide extent of territory. Humboldt,
then traveling in South America, accom
panied by M. Iloupland, thus speaks of it:
"Toward the morning of November 13, 1799.
we witnessed a most extraordinary scene of
Bhootimr meteors. Thousands of falling
stais fell during four hours, their direction
being very regular from north to south.
From tho beginning of the phenomenon
there was not a space in the firmament
equal in extent to three diameters of tho
moon which was not filled every instant
with bodies or Inlllng store."
In Canada in the years 18U and 18i9, tho
stellar showers wero noticed, and iu the au
tumn of 1818 on the North Sea, when, in the
language of ono of tho observers, the sur
rounding atmosphore seemed enveloped in
one expunslvo ocean of fire, exhibiting the
ppeiranceoi anocner aiosoow in names, in
the former cases, a residuum of dust was
deposited upon the surface of tho waters, on
the roofs of buildings, and on other objects.
The deposition of particles of n'atter or a
ruddy color has often followed the descent
of aoioUtos; the origin of the popular stories
of the sky having rained blood.
The Greatest Display on Record.
The next exhibition upon a grand scale
of the falling stars occurred Novembor 13,
1831, and was seen off tho coasts of Spain
and in tho Ohio country. This was followed
by another in the ensuing year at exactly
the samo tlmo. By far- the most splendid
display on record occurred in November,
1832, and was included within the limits of
the longitude of 61 in the Atlantic Ocean
und that of 100 in Central Mexico and fiom
the North American lakes to the West In
dies. Over this wide area an appearance
presented itself, far surpassing ingiandeur
the most lmpoilng artificial fireworks and
mi incessant play of brilliant luminosities
was kept up in the heavens for sevsial
hours. One ol large size remained for some
tlmo almost stationary in the zenith over the
falls of Niagara, emitting streams of light.
The'wild duli of the waters ns contrasted
with tho fiery uproar above them formed a
scone of unequaled sublimity.
a planter ot South Carolina thus describes
tho effect of the scene upon the ignorant
darkies: "I was suddenly awakened by the
most distressing cries that over fell on my
cars. 1 opened tho door, and it is difficult to
say which excitod me tho most the awful
ncss of tho scene or the distressed cries of
the negroes. Upward or 100 lay prostrate on
the ground almost speechless, and some
with the bitterest cries, but with their
hands raided, imploring God to save the
world and them. The scene was trulv aw
ful, for never bofoie did rain fall much
thicker than tho meteors fell toward tho
earth; east, west, north, or south, it was tho
aamo." '1 Ills extraordinary spectacle com
menced a little before mldnurht and
reached its height between 1- andG o'clock
in the morning.
The Next Magnificent Shower.
On the nights of November 13 and 14, ISCS,
one of tho grandest displays of rrfetoors ever
seen was witnessed. In the previous year
tho earth had passed somewhat in front of
the head or richost part of the Novomber
meteor system; in the year 1S66, tho earth
had passed somewhat behind the head, and
'through a region so rich that for six hours
meteors positively rained upon the earth, or
lather upon tho shield of air which she
bears as her piotcction against meteoric
downfall. But the enormous tango of the
meteoric orbits of this system require a long
period for revolution around those orbits.
In fact, the period of revolution is about
S3 years. Wo shall not pass through so
ii ell a region of tho November meteor
stream until the vcar 1899, when bomo of us
win, let us nope, ue neio to see.
It inlxht seoni idle, then, to look for any
meteoric display this year or for several
years to come. The rich part of the moteor
stream is rich becauso it is comparatively
compact. Tho earth occupies but a certain
short period in passing through this com
pact portion of the moteor stream, whereas
the other parts, while wanting in meteors,
have meteors strewn over them much more
diffusely; and, as a result, the earth takes
much longer iu passing through these wider
fiortlons oi the system. It is, therefore, un
Ikely that tho passage will bo completed in
a few hours, orin loss than several days. It
will not be at all surprising if members of
the November meteor system shall bo seen
this month. Whereas, in 18Sf, when tbu
earth rushed through a very rich portion of
the system on tho morning of November It,
thopasac lasted so short a time that,
while England had a magnificent display oi
falling stars, none were seen in. tho United
States.
A Display in a Comet's Path.
On tho night of .November 27, 1872, when
it was known that the earth would pass
through tho track of the comet
called Blela's, about which so much
has been said the past day or two,
n wonderful display or meteors was soon,
thousands being counted by European ob
servers, while according to one account, the
above named regions or tho heavens from
whenco, as it was predicted, tho meteors ra-
diated, were aglow with an amber-colored
light, as though illuminated by tens of thou
sands of faint meteors, too minuie to bo in
dividually discernible.
In Jsi'J, on. November 2S, a lew meteors
were seen from tho same part of the heavens.
and again on November 27, In 1885. No doubt
tan remain in uny reasoning mind that tho
connection of these meteors with the comet
named after Blela has been amply estab
lished. Wo have as evidence the following
points: A comet appears whole, in 18JC; ie
tnrns, still whole, in 1832: returns, but i not
seen, being unfavorably situated, iu 1839; re
turns, still whole, ln.18,15; but divides in two
early in 1843, returns ntilf double' in 1852; may
or may not havo rolurued a a doublo, or
Eerhaps multiple comet, in Jt09, but would.
ave been invisible', being-unfit Vorably near
to the sun In the skies. In 18SC it was not
teen in any form, or as a comet. In 1872, 1879
and 1SS5 it was not seen, but in each of these
three last-named years, when the earth
passed through tbe comet's track, evidence
was given by the appearance of falling stars,
which were traveling in flightsof many mill
ions along tba track, far behind the present
comet. We have to add to this that evidence
already regarded as most convincing had
shown other comets, to be tallowed by mo
toric trains.
Tho Earth Produced Comets.
Therefore it has been rendered highly
probable that every meteor system tells us
of the conrse or a comet, thongh. not neces
sarily of a comet now in existence; while
every comet Is followed by a train of
meteoric attendants. This train must by
no means be contounded with the comet's
tail a very different formation and occupy
ing an entirely different position. Now, as
comets are known to be followed by trains
of meteoric attendants, we maysaythat we
have here a phenomenon closely akin to
the peculiarity in relation to the earth's
orbit which Tschenuek and others have
endeavored to explain, by assuming that
millions of years ago the earth it
self ejected those particular meteors which
form, as ic were, the extra population of
the earth's orbital region.
Mart Proctor.
NO EXTJU SE8SI0X SEEDED.
A Hasty Repeal or Change or the Mc-
Kinley Law Would Cause a Panic
New York Herald. 1
In a letter to the Herald, published yester
day, Mr. Clark Howell, the youthful Atlanta
odltor, after remarking "now that the ex
citement of the election b&s subsided and
everybody has accepted the result," writes:
Let tbe Herald continue its good work and Join in
the demand for an extra, aesslon of Congress. IX
the McKlnley Uw is to be repealed and the In
famous Federal fupervlston of election measures U
to be stricken from the statutes the sooner the
work Is began the better.
We trust we may be permitted to say that
the Herald intends to "continue its good
work," but it proposes to do so in its own
way. As for Joining in tbe cry for an extra
session of Congress to repeal the McKlnley
law, the Herald will do nothing of the sort,
and for the sufficient reason that It means
to continue its good work. Mr. Clark
Howell Is a very young man, and sorao day
may be a statesman, but his proposal to
hurry up Congress to wipe out tho McKlnley
law and get the country into trouble is, in
tho slang of the street, "rather iresh."
The people don't want tne McKlnley law
repealed. It must be shorn or its worst
features, but that will all como In good sea
son. To repeal the law or to chaso Congress
on to tamper hastily with its provisions
would disturb business, depress stocks, un
settle values, npsot industries and throw the
country into such a panic as it ha not ex
perienced since 1337.
The people have Just won a great victory,
and they don't want it turned into a great
disaster by excited politicians, eager tree
traders, youthful editors, aspiring orators
or meddlesome pamphleteers. We have
Just passed through one spell of intense ex
citement and don't want another forced
upon us.
For heaven's sake give us a rest! Let
things take their own course. Let well
enough alone. There is time enough to
reap the harvest of Tuesday's victory when
Congress meets regularly and can proceed
deliberately-
Some people are always wanting an extra
session of Congress. The ory is heard every
time a Fresident Is elected. We heard it In
1SS4 as soon as Cleveland was elected. We
heard It in 1883 as soon as Harrison was,
elected. Now ic conies again as soon an
Cleveland Is re-elected.
The business men of the country don't
want an extra session. The working masses
don't want it. The people don't want it.
They all know too well that hasty, ill ad
vised, precipitate legislation can only lead
to trouble and disaster.
We trust Mr. Cleveland and his advisors
will be wise enough to see this and patriotic
enough ta act accordingly. Irthey yield to.
the free trade hordes and hot headed poli
ticians ravenous for sdoIIs, who will rush
to Washington clamoring for an extra ses
sion and the repeal of the McKlnley law,
thero will not bo a corporal's guard of the
Democratic party left in 1S93. The Republi
cans will be roturned to power by a tidal
wave that will dwarf the Democratic land
slide of 1892 into Inslgnifioance.
Then the Republican ory will be, "We told
you sol"
BABT EDTH AVI) BABI M'KEE.
Baby Ruth now, and not Baby McKoe.
Toledo Blade.
Babt Ruth must have a souvenir spoon.
Atlanta ConsMutiim.
Babt Roth to Baby McKoe: "My papa is a
bigger man than your grandpa." Sew YorK
Wold.
Here's hoping that little Ruth will havo a
happy and prosperous reizn ns Queen of tho
Whito House! Elmlra Advertiser.
Babt Ruth will, or course, now get a new
rattle, and will fall heir to all of the play
things Baby McKee leaves behind htm when
he doparts rrom the Whito House. Harris
burg Independent.
Of course wo sympathize with Baby Mc
Kee, but then he has time enough yet In
which to recover from his disappointment.
Brooklyn Citizen.
Mrs. Cleveland has tho congratulations
of the whole country without reserve. Baby
Ruth will be the only "Stranger in the
House" during the next administration.
Philadelphia Press.
Babt McKee will givo the sweetest and
nicest kind of a greeting to Baby Ruth.
They may both movo into the- Executive
mansion some day together. Who can tell?
New York Recorder.
"Baby McKee" No. 2, and little brother
Ben have received notice to quit. They will
move out March i and "Baby Ruth" will
move In. May her shadow never grow less!
Philadelphia Telegraph.
TnE influence of little Ruth Cleveland on
tho land slide which shoved her father into
power is not receiving tho attention it do
serves In summing up the causes of Tues
day's triumph. Batllmore Herald.
Mugwumps Are Swelled Up.
Philadelphia Press.
Tho only deplorable thing about the vic
tory is the frightlul size of the mugwump
head these days. Soft felt hats ot even ele
phantine size won't contain them.
Met His Waterloo In Chicago.
Washington Post.!
Boles will be Boies, but Iowa's Governor
will hardly out a wldo swath in tho noxt na
tional administration.
Didn't Know a Good Tiling.
Chicago Tribune.
Possibly the country was too prosperous,
and couldn't stand prosperity.
It Means Ignominious Defeat.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
When a campaign is apathetic hercsftor
we shall know what It means.
DEATHS HERE AND ELSEWHERE.
Casper Marks, Glensluvw.
Casper Marks, who lived at Glenshaw,
out the Pittsburg ana Western Railroad, dropped
dead Thursday noon at the dinner tabic. He was a
rdlddle-aged man and had remarkably good health.
Just before he passed away he was remarking
about his healthy condition, how little sickness he
had experienced during Ills life and how promis
ing were his prospects for a ripe old age. The
speaLcr stopped in tliemlddlc of a sentence to take
i. drink of coffee, but Just ns he went to lift the cup
to his lips, his arms fell helplessly to his side, and
his head dropped, lie was dead. The other mem
bers of the family who had been listening to lilm
could hardly believe It, but their efforts failed to
arouse him. The deceased vas an employe of tue
Francis Brick Company.
Obltnary Notes.
Herbert '. Mends, General Manager of the
Beuter Telegram Company for the North American
Continent, died yesterday at his home In New York
City of typhoid lever and pueumonla.
William R. White. United States Commis
sioner, died suddenly Friday night at Des Moines.
la. He was a Union soldier during the war, and
atthe time or his death was a special agent of the
Census Bureau.
Hon. W. Adams, l'res'dentof Portsmouth Firo
Brick Works, Portsmouth. O., the largest lire
brick wprks In the world, died suddenly- of heart
trouble yesterday morning, lie was ex-Frcsldeut
of the Board or Trade.
Dr. A. RizviuS Jacksos, the original of Mark
Twain's character iljj Friend, theDoctor, In "Inno
cents" Abroad, " died yeiterday at Chicago. Dr.
Jackson had been 111 ten daralrom the eQects of a
stroke of apoplexy. He will be burled at Janes
Tllle.'WU. JaU,u -
DISPATCH.!
cerned man who
read the returns at tbe
Ite Houso Tues-
day night was the telcgra
operator. Ad-
ministrations may come
nd go, but ho
keeps ou working tbe telegraph key. The
election will make little difference to tbe
official household at the) White House.
Thero will be a new prlvaie secretary and
probably a new stenographer to tho Presi
dent, out most of the clerks and other em
ployes of the establishment will go right on
about their accustomed (duties under Mr.
Cleveland as many of tljem did under tho
Cleveland administration; of four years ago
and many of them under former adminis
trations. Tho employes of the Executive Mansion
are distinctly tbo confidential clerks of tbe
President and not of th individual holding
the Presidental ofllce. :rhe private secre
tary to the President always changes with
the administration, for) the privato secre
tary is supposed to be th) President's confi
dential adviser. Butthv assistant private)
secretary is an employeof many adminis
trations. It would seemj strange Indeed to
the members of the House andSenate to sea
any but the familiar flgurp of Mr. Pruden in
the center.aislo dellverl ig a message from
the President. Colons: Crook, another
member of the Executl e clerks, is also a
fixture, and Mr. Montgomery, who operates
the Western Union wins, is the first and
only telegraph operator I who has been on
duty at tho White House. 1
Harrison Made Fev Changes.
The President's stenographer, Mr. Tib
bolt, came In with the Harrison administra
tion and will go ont with It. His relations
to the President are of such a confidential
character that Mr. Harrison when he en
tered the White House preferred to make
his own appointment to this position rather
than to accept the services of Mr. Cleve
land's stenographer. Another of the White
Houso clerks brought in by tbo Harrison
administration was Miss Sanger. She will
probably leave the White) House when Mr.
Harrison goes. Or the employes outside the
executive offices. President Harrison ap
pointed only the acting chier dtorkeeper,
Mr. Turner, or Indiana, and two colored
men, one of whom was-Mr. Harrison's bar
ber In Indianapolis. All of the other em
ployes of the White House, except those
engascd tn purely domestic duties, were in
the executive service when President Har
rison came into office. They were hero
under Mr. Cleveland before, and thero is no
reason to believe that they will not be hero
under Mr. Cleveland afror March.
The most important and delicate position
in the White House establishment which
Mr. Cleveland will have to flit is that of
private secretary. Colonel lamont, who
filled tbe position with such distinction
during Mr. Cleveland's first term, has now
so many business Interests in Newport
that ho could not accept his old place with
out a creat and unreasonable personal
sacrifice.
Salary Paid Dan T-amont.
Colonel Dan Lamont was probably
better paid for his services as private sec
retary than any person who has filled that
position before or since. When he came
into office the salary attached to the posi
tion was S3.5C0 a year. Tresideht Cleveland
paid Colonel Lamont $3,5CO more in each of
four years in which ho served as private
secretary. Just before Colonel Lamont left
office Congress increased tbe salary or the
President's privato secretary to $5,000 a
year. Colonel Lamonbrefnsed to accept the
additional sum becauso the bill bad become
a law during tbe time when ho was serving
as the private secretary of the President
who signed it. Mr. Halford was tbe first
private secretary who received this salary.
President Harrison has not paid Mr. Hal
ford anything additional to the salary al
lowed him by Conzress. Even $5,000 is not a
large salary for a man who has to live as the
private secretary of tbe President must in
order to maintain tbe dignity of his posi
tion. Colonel Lamont maintained a very
handsome establishment in Washington
and Mrs. Lamont and he entertained a great
deal. Mr. Halford has not done any enter
taining. The continued and finally iatal ill
ness of his wife rendered this impossible.
It is a little early perhaps to speculate as
to the social features oi the new administra
tion. The final winter season of the Harri
son administration has not begun. It
seems likely that it will bo a rather quiet
winter. The death of Mrs. Harrison wilt
cast a gloom over official circles all through
the season. The impending change of ad
ministration too will have a deDresslng
effect.
Tho Whltneys In London Society.
To those who form the official circle
this winter the Buclal possibilities of the
winter of 1S93-94 have little interest. But
there is a large social element In Washing
ton which is permanent. It does not change
with administrations, and while it does not
recognize official society as tbe leading so
ciety of tho National Capital) it depends for
much of its moat elaborate entertaining on
tho official set. To these people it is a mat
ter of some moment that tho Whitneys or
some other generous entertainers should
come to Washington during the new Cleve
land regime. The Whltneys were undoubt
edly the raoit lavisn entertainers or tne
Cleveland administration. The? spent an
enormous sum or money on balls and din
ners, and gave to Washington society a
gaiety which it had not known be lore and
which has had no parallel In any winter of
tho Harrison administration.
Possibly, so say tho political gossips, tho
Whitnoyswill go to London. If they do;
thov mav be expected to ecliuso tbe record
of any other repiesentatives of the United
States in the capital of tho British nation.
Mr.-. Whitney goes in for a goad time. She
never hesitated to leavo her post as hostess
for the pleasure of a waltz with a young
naval officer at one of her own entertain
ments, and if It threaten, to interfere with
her enjoyment of life in London sho is very
apt to give the British court soma new ideas
of the application of the iron-bound eti
quette. Plenty of Gush for Baby Ruth.
Social Washington, of course, is much
interested in seeing Mrs.Clevolandagain.and
almost as much In seeing Baby Ruth. Tbe
Clevelands may object to having their little
daughter made a subject of spectacular
comment and notice, but the people of
Washington aro bound to gnsh over the lit
tle ono. Alreatly Dr. Sunderland, the pastor
of the First Presbyterian Church, of Wash
ington, has put in a bid through one of his
congregation for the privilege of baptizing
Baby Ruth. When Mr. James L. Norris, n
leader of the local Democrao, was in New
York recently, he told Mr. Cleveland that
the people of tno First Pi esby teriun Church
were counting on the privilege of seeing
Baby Ruth baptized under their roor. This
was a delicate intimation that Mr. Norris
hoped to see. Mr. Cleveland living iu Wash
ington 'again before long. Mr. Cleveland
thanked him for his expression of good will
and said that he hoped that little Rath
would have the opportunity of being
baptized here. It would oe very appropri
ate if tho Cleveland asked Dr. Sunderland
to perrorm the cci oniony or baptism for
their little daughter, for it was he who
officiated nt their wedding.
There is an intimation in circles near to
the ex-liosident's family that Mrs. Cleve
land will not bo able to take tho part in
Washington society during her first season
that sho would desire. The circumstance Is
that Baby Ruth may lmve to sharo the Jn
venile honors of the Whito House witn an
other. But the social duties of Mrs. Cleve
land do not berin in earnest beforo the first
officia 1 reception of tho new administration
on ew Year's Day, JS'-M.
Wasuisotox, Nov. 12.
Bais.
A SONG OF THANKSGIVING.
ThanksglTlngl Thanksgiving! Ofyore,
In the youth of the Nation,
When the liarrest hd yielded its store
There was feast and oblation.
Or when danger hud lifted Its hand.
From the lips of the living
There ran through the length of the land
AThanksgiTlngl Thanksgiving!
Oar home was a wilderness then
With the floods to enfold it:
To-day with Its millions of men.
We rejoice to behold it.
From tho sea to the surge of the sea.
We have all for a treasure;
Wc are blest In the promised To-be
In a manifold measure.
War flaunts not a red pennon now.
For the olive is regal;
Like birds that aro twin, on one bongh
Sit the dove and the eagle.
The clash of the conflict that cleft
We In sorrow remember.
Bui the tire of the great fend has left
In the ash scarce an ember.
For the fruit of the time of our toll:
For whate'er wo hare fouxht for:
Whether born or the brain or the soil ,
Be the meed wc have sought for:
For the gifts we hare had rrom His hind
Who Is Lord of all Urine
Let there ring through the length of the land
A Thanksgiving! thanksgiving.
CJinfoa ScoOard in the IaMW llomt JimrnaU
fconnxsroxDEKCE or
Probably the most un
J t 1
CUBI0US CONDENSATIONS.
Black glass) was usect-ibr mirrors.
Baroinetersvwere invented by Tarriceul
in 1W3.
Viiored helmet were worn by th
heavy Roman cavalry.
San Domingo is the oldest existing
settlement in the new world.
Some of the Lucullus' feasts cost 50,000
denarii each, about $8,000.
The first press west of the.AIIegheniei
was sot up at Cincinnati in 1733.
The theaters in Melbourne are nearly
all equipped with billiard rooms.
The Six Towns Times is the euphonious
name of a new local paper in Maine.
The blood travels through our arteries
at a rate ot about 33 feet-per second.
It is estimated that of the 4,000,000 in
habitants of London, 1,500,000 were -born la
the country.
Nineteen New York babies were named
after Columbus during tbe week following
tho celebration.
Two Washington fishermen caught T10
salmon in tbe CoroHtz river inside of two
hours the other day..
A gallon of water -would only cover,
space of two feet square if spread out In a
layer an inch thick.
Only when hunting or traveling did th
Greeks, either male or female, wear any
. covering on their heads.
Tbe national debts of Europe amount
to a total which'ls equivalent to $55 for each
inhabitant of the Continent.
Charles Connelly, of Bradford, is to eat
six pieces of billlard-cua chalk, the effect of
a bee on the election of Harrison.
Nearly 40,000 people in Great Britain
pay a guinea a year for the privilege of dis
playing their crests on their stationery and'
plate.
Knox county, Me., has a new postoffica
named Turkey.. Thero were already offices
named Norway, Sweden, Mexico and Pern in
the same State.
The usual age at which boys enter a
racing stable as apprentices is 13 to 13.lt
being held that above that ago is too old to
begin with any hopes of success.
Three hundred and twenty-eight thou
sand divorces have been granted by tho
courts of this country during tho past 20'
years, 90 per cent ot them to women.
The most powerful naptha spring on.
record was recently opened in Baku on the
Taggiell grant. If it continues at Its original
force it will be the richest naptha fountain
in the world.
The statue of Liberty in New York
harbor now wears a blazing diadem or 54
electric lamps in vari-colored globes, and.
the radiance from, it is equal to that from
270,000 candlos.
Officers and soldiers of the French
1 army will henceforward have a inetalllo
plate fastened to their collars for identifica
tion. A similar scheme is being considered
for tbe benefit of miners
The United 'States now holds 21 law
firms made up of husbands and wife. In
addition to these there are at least 10S
American women who practice law in the
courts or publish legal publications.
Of American apples nearly 1,500,000
barrels are imported to England every sea
son, about a fonrth of these finding their
way to Covewt Garden. Tbe barrels weigh,
from 10 to 150-pounds, and are excellently
packed.
July has proven a iatal mouth to Presi
dents. John Adams, Thomas Jefferson,
James Monroe, Zacbary Taylor, M. Van.
Buren, Andrew Johnson, U.S. Grant all died,
in July. James A. Garfield received his death,
wound In July.
A strange law exists 'in England. It
prohibits the Queen from reading documents
or receivingany letters. except irom her own.
famlly.until they have been first scanned by
the official authorized to examine the royal
correspondence.
The telephone has appeared at Eon
mania, but it is not yet a success, because of
an official order that, when a person desires
ta telephone ta another city, he" must ar
range with his correspondents to be at the
the instrument at a fixed hour nnd minute.
The rule is said to be rigidly enforced.
It it estimated that the Mississippi
river annually discharges into the Gulf of
Mexico 19,;00,000,000,000 cubic feet or water.
Or this prodigious quantity the 1-2300 part
will be sediment. Thus tbe Mississippi an
nually deposits alone in the Gulf of Mexico
sufficient mud to cover a square mile of sur
face to a height of 240 feet.
Photographing under water has actu
ally been carried oat, so it Is said. Experi
ments were made in 1539 in tbe Mediterra
nean to ascertain how far daylight pene
trated under the water. In very clear water,
near Corsica, and IS miles from land, tbe
limit of daylight was found by menus of
photographic plates to be 1,530 feet.
A millipede, which was brought from
Mombosa, Africa, is said to be one of tbe
most interesting Inmates of tbe insect house
at the London Zoological Gardens. It has a
black body, coarse, red legs, is a vegetarian
and perfectly harmless, except that ic pos
sesses an evil-smelling fluid, the nso of
which insures it against a repetition of in
quisitive touching. Its diet is mainly de
cayed leaves.
In the northern part of Peru, in what
is otherwise an arid desert, the celebrated
"rain tree" grows. This species, Batas
yapero, though not large or or much com
mercial value, is a veritable South American
wonder, having tbe extraordinary property
of cendensing what little moisture thero is
In the atmosphere so as to cause a continual
mist to exude (seemingly) from its leaves
and branches.
George Washington wat commander-in-chief
of the army at the ae of 43; Cromwell
entered on bis remarkable career at 29;
Napoleon conquered Italy before he was 30;
Gladstone was a member of Parllameut at
23; Macauley beuan his literary career at 20;
Columbus started on his voyage of dis
covery at 36; Frederlo the Great began tbe
Thirty Tears" war at the age or SO, and
Blackstone finished his commentaries be
lore ho was S3.
The insignia of the Order of the Garter
are: A gold medallion of St. George and the
dragon, suspended from a blue ribbon; tbe
garter Itself, of dark blue velvet; a bluo vel
vet mantel lined with taffeta, with the star
of the order embroidered on the left breast;
a hood and surcoat of crimson velvet and a
hat of black velvet; a collar of gold weigh
ing 30 ounces, and the star with the cross of
St. George iu tbe center, encircled by the
garter.
ORIGINAL AND JOCOSE.
XT JACK.
Did you ever see my Jack, girls,
He's as handsome as can be;
It's no wonder that I lore him.
And be, too, U fond of me.
He's tall and well proportioned.
With an Intellectual head;
And the loveliest hair of auburn hue.
Which the vulgar all call red.
He's strong and brave and noble.
And Is handled without force.
His tall "His tall?" O, didn't I tell
That Jack Is my riding horsef
X LETTEB.
Republican Jack, Washington, D. C
Dear Six Kindly send me a number 8
hat Instead or a 7. Our victory was so glorloni
that I know you will pardon the enlargement.
Truly yours,
DEMOCATICJOt
P. 8. Have you a Job la view?
GOOD WORK.
"It's a wonder to me," said Bottles Bum
mer, "that some Christian society don't start
crusade against these rouzh Iron and glass plates
that they are putting in tiie sidewalks now."
"What would a Christian society take tnituj
for," asked Dock,
"Because they are so hard on soles."
ix cuicaoo.
"Did yon know Mrs. Many-times is going
to be married again?"
"She is? Why this will make the fifth thea,
won't It?"
"Yes, but it will be different from all others,
they are going to introduce a great noTelty."
"What Is it?"
"lho bride will be given away by her eldest
son."
THAT WAS THI TBOtTSUL
"I understand your husband has
been s
slllng?"
"Yes, Indeed, andbterlsg, too."
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