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effort can eonfiHe the slave trade
to very narrow limits. Stanley him
self has opened routes by which
military stations can be planted along the
entire length of the Kongo IN such force as
to reduce even the powerful Tippoo Tib
to discipline. With the Kongo and the
Niger patrolled by the forces of civiliza-
ton, and with stations planted along the
forest route to the lakes, the maintenance
of Christian order in Africa would simply
resolve itself into preventing the crusaders
from abusing their power over the natives.
1t is diseredit to Christendom that the
greed for territorial aggrandizement on
the part of the European powers has
taken the work of spreading civilization
out of the field of disinterested effort Had
all Africa been opened up on the plan of
the Kongo State, the hope of "a movement
like that Of Cardinal Lavigerie's would
have been much more promising. As it is
the work is noble one, for which every
believer in the amelioration of humanity
will wish success
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WILLIAM Fl HARTMAN, an early settler of Indiana,
died ut Charlottesville Friday, aged 81 years.
EDWARD LEIIEN, German Consul and head of
the house of Lehen Co., Of Tocna, Peru, is dead.
THEODORE G. DAUB, one of the best-known
merchants OF Easton, Pa, died Friday, aged SS
years.
MRS CHLOE OUDEN, a colored woman. died at
indianapolis Friday at the age of III years. She
was born slave In N North Carolina.
ANDREW W BEARD, who died at Collegeville,
Pa. Thursday. kept hotel for more than 50 years
at Norristown. He was 70 years old.
PETER ARNOLD, who died Thursday at Man.
helm, Pa, was believed to be the heaviest man in
Pennsylvania. weighing nearly 80 pounds. He
was G years old.
HON. GEORGE Z. HoDGDoN. ex-MayOr of Ports
mouth. n. H., died In that city Friday. 1Io had
also served as member OF Tie Legislature and was
Grand Army man.
CAPTAIN LEoPoLpo SANCHEZ. who for some
years the captain of the port OF Callao is dead.
The deceased officer commanded the Talsman dur
ing the war with Chile.
FRANCIS O'NEILL, for y years School Director
of Downington, Pa, died Thursday In his 65th
year. He was Treasurer of the town for nearly 20
years and filed various other offices of trust in his
borough.
GEORGE GINNAvAN died at his home in Balti-
more Friday, in the nth year Of his age. He was
one of the oldest locomotive engineers the Balti
more and Ohio Railroad. and during his long SER
vice of so years had but one accident.
CAPTAIN GEORGE E. RIDGEwAY, a prominent
Grand Army man and influential citizen of
Franklin, died Yesterday morning after a lingering
illness Mr.. Wilson stood high as Mason and
his funeral this afternoon VIII be under the auspices
OF that order.
COLONEL WHITNEY died at his home near Frank
lin Grove. ILL.,. Thursday, Realizing severaimonths
ago that the end must soon come. ne called to-
gether all his friends his last birthday January
z when he was 100 years old, and bade them last
farewell. Colonel Whitney was probably one of
the Oldest members OF the Masonic order in the
world.
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country in the disgrace of a failure brought
about by quarrels solely inspired by selfish
ness and jealousy. & :
SATURDAY HALF HOLIDAYS.

In compliance with the recent act of the
Legislature all of Pittsburg's legal institu-
tions are preparing for Saturday half holi-
days beginning this week. In order that
workingmen may have a chance to make
their deposits some of the banks will keep
open between the hours of and 10 in the
evening. While this maybe an evasion Of
the law, the workingmen should have a
chance to deposit the amounts they wish
to save Immediately after receiving their
pay, as with most people it is easy to see a
a place to spend money if they have it in
their pockets.
Quite number of firms and companies
who do not come under the head of the
act have signifed their intention Of clos
ing their doors at noon Saturday during
the heated months This will give the
clerks who are held at their desks long
hours during the week an extra breath
ing spell, and they will have chance to
rest up for good days recreation on the
Sabbath. All business men who are able
to do SO, should follow the precedent es-
tablished by those who have granted the
half holiday. OF course, there are those
whose interests will not allow it, but many
can close their places of business few
hours earlier just as well as not, and they
should not fail to do so.
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POLITICAL LOSS AND GAIN,

Governor Pattison's victory in the
Supreme Court over the Republican poll
ticians of Philadelphia, who disputed his
right to appoint the successor of Bardsley,
is reported to bring sorrow to the hearts
of those eminent examples of the ward
politicians, the Republican city magis-
trateS
The Treasurer appointed by the Gov
ernor has the right to name the collectors
of delinquent taxes, which has been done
heretofore by apportioning that remuner-
ative work to the Republican magistrates.
The loss of this profitable perquisite to the
politicians of the dominant party would be
very saddening if it were not for the refec-
ton that their loss will be the gain of the
Democratic politicians
But it is remarkable that the Philadel-
phians have not long ago profited by the
example of Pittsburg, and removed such
an important political function as the COL
lection of taxes from the uncertainties de-
pending upon the possible appointment of
a Democratic Treasurer, or the possible
election of a Democratic Governor who
knows his rights as well as Pattison does,
and, knowing, dares maintain them
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THE MODERN CRIIshnE

One OF The picturesque, and, in its orig
inal stages, one Of the most devoted ele-
ments CT life In the Middle Ages was furn-
ished by the Crusaders and the religious
military orders. In the effort of Cardinal
Layigerie to orgsnizea crusade against the
slave hunters Of Africa, there is revival
OF the fundamental idea of the old knights
whose VOWS led them to such heroic work
for a purpose no less devoted and of greater
practical value.
The modern struggle for which the en-
thusiastic French Cardinal is irving to
arm his crusaders is like the old one be-
tween the forces Of Mahometanism and
Christianity. The purpose, however, is
lot the possession of a religious shrine,
but the defense Of millions of ignorant
savagcs against the slave hunters. The
latter have spread over Africa successfully
by combining religious zeal with military
enterprise. Cardinal Lavigerie seeks to
inspire the forces Of Christianity with the
same spirit, and rescue Africa from the
Arab incursion. For this purpose he has
already organized a corps called the
WaTTieT Monks of the Sahara, by which it
IS hoped to stop the slave trade across the
desert.
Stanley is his book places light esti-
mate on the attempt to form a crusade
AGAINST the slave traders He styles such
efforts as suicide - and would rely on the
prohibition Of sales Of arms and ammuni-
tion to Arabs and Sayages. But that
would be very incomplete remedy. 1t
might check the Arab incursion; but it
would not prevent the tribes from raiding
each other and carrying off slaves with
bow and spears. What is needed is to es-
tabish the posts of Christian civilization
into the center of Africa and maintain
them with enough force to make them re-
spected.
The doubt as to the success of Cardinal
Layigerie's crusade IS principally whether
he can inspire modem Christianity with
the zeal and devotion necessary to make
the effort effective. If 1.-THE of the num-
Der who vowed themselves to crusades in
the Middle Ages can be found to devote
themselves to modern crusades there
is 10 doubt that a very few years
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PITTsBURG, SUNDAY, JUNE "A, 1891.
THE COLLEGE LAWLEssNEss.

In an article on thu recent manifesto
tiOns Of college club life, the New York
P1e8s iustifies those institutions by the
argument that undergraduate life is not
adequately represented By the young men
who are convicted in police courts of keep
ing liquor saloons under the guise of
Greek letter societies, and commit other
acts of lawlessness and blackguardism,
which have been unfortunately prominent
in connection with some colleges lately.
This is quite true, and, as far as it goes,
pertinent 1t is correct that there are
elements of college life not fairly repre-
sented by these gilded young hoodlums;
and there are colleges where undergradu-
aJe life is not represented by such idiotio
Viciousness in anyway. Indeed, the whole
story is told wien it is said that colleges
where the faculty is vigorous and inde-
pendent enough to make clean sweep of
young men silly enough to imagine that
tie possession of wealth gives them carte
blanche to perpetTate all sorts of vices, and
where the civil authorities have stamina
enough to punish students who violate the
law as they would mechanics or laborers,
there is no such representation Of college
life at all. But, it is necessary 70 remark,
these are not fashionable colleges.
That is the weak point of colleges which
are regarded as setting the lead. The
other day numerous undergraduates of
Harvard were convicted of running illicit
liquor saloons; yet the wealth of the ''fast
set seems to have produced an unwonted
III hA ~ iob
any independence on the part of the
faculty would have produced at once. The
police courts seem to have plucked up
viCor enough to impose fines on the
offenders, which to these highly-allowance
youths was just no punishment at ALL It
would have dealt crushing blow to the
business of the college-opeTated speak-easy,
and would have shown impartiality in the
enforcement of the law, if some of these
rich offenders had been sent to the work
house for sixty days, as would have been
done with poor offender.
The serious part of this business. and
that which subjects the colleges where
these disorders are rife to Just condemna-
ton, is that the desire to attract the patron
age OF tne wealthy, the hope of legacies
and endowments, induce liberation for
the ebullitions of wealthy students. When
q college makes it clear that no student is
wanted who cannot submit to decent dis
cipiine, no matter how wealthy his parents
may be, ii takes itself outside the list of
fashionable colleges and ranks itself among
those which are honestly fulfilling the pur-
poses Of is endONments.
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WITH CROWNS AND WITHOUT.

EX-SENATOR MCDONALD, of Indiana, is
seriously ILL
Mr. GLADSTONE is confined to his bed,
but his illness is not serious.
IT is rumored that Parnell and Mrs
OShea will be married this week.
MRS. HARRISON and her grandchildren
will go to Cape May next Thursday.
ELLEN TERRY is suffering from influenza
and has been Obliged to take much needed
rest.
SIR AMBROSE SHEA, Governor of the
Bahamas, and lady, sailed from New York
yesterday for Scotland.
Miss RITA, the young American singer,
has Just returned to Berlin from success
full tour through Russia.
LILLIAN RUSSELL patronizes the races
every fine day. She always attracts atten-
ton and never wears the same costume
twice. She can pick the winners, too.
THE Gar of Russia will celebrate his sill
yer wedding next November, in a moderate
fashion, near Copenhagen. Immediately
thereafter if invited, he will visit Emperor
William in Berlin or Potsdam.
EX-SENATOR INGALLS, denies the report
telegraphed from St. Louis that he had been
rendered the Chancellorship eff the Wash
ington University, of st. Louis. The report
was as great a surprise to him as anybody
else.
DIR. WILLIAM SEWARD WEBB has pur-
chased 33 600 acres of land besides the II. 900
recently secured for his private park in the
Adirondacks. The whole amount was OBJ
tanned at about S. or Sc an acre, and includes
several lakes.
PROF. THEODORE WooLsEY DWIGHT.
who retires from Columbia College on July
l, was one of the best law teachers in the
country. His retirement from active service
in Columbia College will create vacancy in
that "house of learning" which will be diff
cult to fill.
LORD COVENTRY, of whom so much has
been heard in the Gordon-Cumming trial, is
the principal steward of the Jockey Club
the final authority on racing matters and
chairman of the tribunal before whom all
offenders against the laws of the turf and of
betting are tried.
BY Henry Irving's special desire, his son
Henry will commence his theatrical career
under John Hare, the lessee, manager and
leading actor of Garrick's Theater. Young
Henry Irving will make his debut at that
theater during the coming season as Lord
Beautroy in the "School for Scandal"
BILL ARP, the Georgia humorist, whose
Jokes have aroused appreciative smiles
north of Mason and Dixon's line, is go years
old and the father of nine children. He may
properly be styled also the father of Ameri-
can humor, for he has entertained two
generations of newspaper readers and is
still at it.
LADY BROOKE in her girlhood was as de-
mure as d little Quakeress and even more
devout She was constant churchgoer and
had mission" for parish work. So, per-
haps, after all her interest in the Prince of
Wales Is purely platonic and springs from
error of his ways.
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THE DANGER AT CHICAGO.

1t now appears that the Chicago Worlds
Fair management has got into another
wrangle about positions which bring the
work of pushing the interests of the Ex-
position abroad and obtaining foreign ex-
hibits to standstill until it is settled.
OF the personal merits or dement's in
volved in the fight over appointments to
the foreign department THE DISPATCH
will express no opinion, because it is not
fully informed. But it is evident that it is
a renewal of the disposition to push
personal interests ahead of the success of
the Exposition, which was so prominently
manifested in the dispute over the site.
If that spirit cannot be entirely elimi-
mated the success of the Exposition is
worse than problematical.
Ii the people engaged in that enterprise
cannot work together solely to advance
the interests of the Exposition, and to
secure it gratifying success, they had
better abandon the enterprise. 1t would
be better to do so now than to involve
Chicago in the r=.n and the rest of the
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a being of fearful proportions. We expected
to find giant, and when little man of
spare frame was pointed out to us as the
terrible General Wheeler, we were rather
disgusted.
sWeIl, almost twenty years later, in the
winter of 1851, guess it was, I happened to
be in the visitors gallery of the House of
Representatives at Washington Ralph
Beaumont, the labor leader, was with me.
and I asked him who the little man was who
was then addressing the House on the tariff
from the Democratic side. You ought to
make it warm for you once; he's General
Wheeler And for the second time was
surprised to see the little man from Ala
barIla, The first time met him he had lust
given up an attempt to smack the United
States Government, and here sixteen wears
later was he making laws for the United
States. The country that can furnish such
proofs of its elastic liberty, strength and
fraternal generosity as this has nothing to
fear from within"
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to appear IN play called 'The Hammer
ton" founded upon that social scandal. 1t
Is generally talked of about town and quite
scheme to catch the Hamilton family. The
supposition is that the already sufficiently
hun1tliated Haniltons will pay rather than
see the play put on the stage. A prominent
lawyer says an injunction would lie against
the managers of such q show The best in
junction, however, and the most eneeaFe
way OF putting an end to Eva Mann's theat-
No respectable theater in New York would
give her house room, and if such play IS
attempted in any other here the star is likely
to have a rocky time oft
A Dog With a MouthfuI of Taffy.
DID you ever give dog taffy? That is
what amuses Broadway loungers and the
noted white bull-terrier of the blind man on
the corner. A wag and the dog and the
blind man and the taffy drew great crowd
the other evening. The half-masticated stuff
stuck in, the bright animals jaws and his
fruitless efforts to bolt it, or to get his foot
on it, or to dispose of it in some way were
comical and caused intense delight among
his audience. His dilemma did not prevent
him from seizing all he could get. just as
he had securely stuck his teeth together
passing poodle attracted his attention and
he made the usual jump the length OF hlsA
tether; but his powerful jaws absolutely re-
fused to work. They had lost their snap.
The poodle stared at him with impudent
aniazement, while the look of pain and hu-
Mutation that passed over the terrier 3 face
was almost human in expression. Samson
waking up to find his hair neatly barbered,
was nothing to it.
Banking on Fashionable Folly.
Mr.. JOHN CHAMBERLAIN says the new hotel
at Fortress Monroe in course of completion
will be opened formally for guests next De-
cember. 1t will probably be made a Christ
mas affair. Everything is being done on an
immense scale. From being mere summer
resort for Southerners, Fortress Monroe has
become exceedingly popular as winter re-
sort for Northerners. This makes IL an all
the-year round watering place. and, conse-
would want to stay there any length OF time
either winter or summer beats any man VINO
can live in New York. However, the same
might be said of many other fashionable re-
sorts. The average society woman must DO
something, or go somewhere, or-Dust.
Two Good Words to Use.
IT is pleasant thing to note the good,'.
plain, old-fashioned, sensible words, "Men"
and "Women" over the doors leading to
some of the ferry boat cabins. Those abom-
nations, "Gents' Cabin" Ladies' Cabin"
still hold their own on most of the boats. If
there is any worse use of English than"ladfes"
and "gentsr to distinguish and denominate
the sexes, don't know what 1t is. A gent"
in New York is tough and rounder. Quite
q different person from gentleman, La
dies'' Is made to cover everything Dlpetti-
coats, and gentleman" everything in
trousers. "Men" and women" are the only
comprehensive terms to be employed, and
these are used everywhere the world over,
except in the United States.
CHARLES THEODORE MURRAY.
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DUMMIES TO ORDER.
A Request for a Deaf BarherWas Promptly
Compiled With.

n Request 1Or a DedI % NOhaP1y
Complied With.
NJ. Quad in New York Worid.1
He entered the barber shop on Park Row
a day or two ago, and after looking around
for moment, he advanced to the proprietor
and said:
T may be rather strange in my ways, but
that's my business Have you deaf and
dumb barber here7"
81 have, sir"
"WeI, want him to shave me. These New
York BARRIERS talk me tired"
He was directed to a chair, and for the
next IA minutes the barber lathered and
shaved and scraped and sponged. and not
word was uttered When the job was COM
pleted the stranger got out of the chair with
the remark:
"This Is the sort of barber / have been
looking for, and want to give him.a quar-
ter extra. He had taken his check, paid and
been brushed, and was just going out, when
the dumb barber bowed and scraped, and
observed:
Thanks! Please call againr'
And the other whirIed and looked him up
and down and all over for two long minutes,
and then went off growing:
Hanged If they wouldn't make mummy
to order here in New York;
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TO KEEP GRAVES GREEN.
A New Jersey Mans Singular Will Con-
tested by His 55 Cousins.

New York Evening Post.1
A novel suit has been begun in chancery
at Trenton, n. J. 1t involves the question
whether q man has right to have his grave
kept green. Nathan Eldon was a thrifty
citizen of Vineland, and all the money that
he could accumulate he designed should be
expended in keeping his own grave. as we'll
as that of his wife, green and well marked.
He had no heirs of any consequence, and so
he made his will setting aside 5000 as per-
petual fund, which was to be used in keep
ing his grave and that of his wife's in good
repair. Both are buried in the Oak Hill
Cemetery, Vineland. He also provided that
any funds above 5000 should go to the cem-
etery authorities to be used wisely by them
in making improvements, and he made the
authorities of Vineland the executors of
this will.
Another clause provided that 5000 should
be set aside to keep in repair the graves of
other members of the family buried at Bux-
ton, Me-: $1,000 of this amount to be ex-
pended in placing stones over these graves,
and he made the authorities of the town the
executors of this part of the will. When
the will was offered for probate 55 cousins
scattered all over the Eastern States came
to the front and objected to the probate.
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THEY BREED SMILES.

Customer-I'd like about six months
time ON these diamonds. Times money!" you
know.
Jeweler-Certainly: but you don't expect the
goods and lot of money for the price Of the goods
alone do you?-Jelcelers' Weekly.
Wholesale Jeweler-Your inexperience is
against you, but may give you trial IT. you have
no family membranes.
Applicant-There are none worth mentioning ex-
cept a trust deed on fathers sawmill. vendors
lien on brother Johns farm and chattel mortgage
on sister Maria's husbands sorre colt.-e1ceLers'
Weekly.
Photographer-Be careful how you handle
that paper You might hurt its feelings.
Vlritor-Hurt its feelings?
Phosographer-Yes, its extremely sensittveE
photographic Times.
The sweet is always mingled
With the bitter In life's cup;
The price of coal Is falling
When the mercury's going uD.
W Y..Press.
Merchant-Didn't you know betterth than
to let anybody pass such bill as that on youa
Clerk-What's the matter with 1t?
It's a rank counterfeit.
thought IL was good 1t had the reg'lar tobacco
smell about it.-Chfcago Tribune.
'eYou have spring heels on your shoes,
haven't YOU dear?'' said lady to Flossie, aged 4
years,
Eyes was the reply, ''but s'pose it'll soon be
time now for me to have some with summer heels
on won't it?''-TOLedo Blade.
eyes, said the professor, seven trees
have sex.''
How Shocking!' exclaimed Miss Prude.
Don't you think. professor. that we had better
discontinue our study of physiology in the vege-
table world until the limbs of the trees shall have
been properly draped?' Pharmaceutical Era.
Hobson-Why do they always dock race
horse?
Extraordinarily for the same reason that they
dock vessel or a poor mechanic. To make 'em
fast.-Neto York TsisJrund
Jaspar-You have read the Presbyterian
Confession of Faith, you say. Are its doctrines
really so very hard to swallow?
Jumpuppe-Oh, no, not much harder than 1t
would be to climb up telegraph pole and then
turn round and swallow the big and blooming earth.
Ns,0 Tork Herald.
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IT must be set down to the credit of Presi-
dent Harrison that he rose above the spoils
principle by appointing Democrats to two of
the five Judgeships of the new Court of Pri-
vate Land Claims. His appointments to that
court are all conceded to be good ones. If
the President makes the same record in his
appointments to the new United States In
termediate Court of Appeals he will
strengthen himself before the people.