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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-13
ECONOMY WITHOUT STINT.

Several strong arguments in favor of
Representative Duburrow's bill appro-
priating $1,000, 900 to carry into effect the
Worlds Far Act were advanced before
the Worlds Fair Committee yesterday.
The whole question resolves itself into
one of how much money careful and
busineSs-like estimates show to be
necessary for the purpose. The national
credit has been pledged to individual
States and to foreign nations. No stint
must be allowed to interfere with the sue
cess of the project as now planned,
though thorough economy should be OBJ
served, and it is to be regretted that the
scheme has been allowed to reach such
vast proportions.
The estimated cost should be itemized
in detail as far as possible, that no OPEN
ing may be left for wastefulness under
such heads as miscellaneous expenses"
Properly managed the expenditure may
be made profitable investment simply as
an advertisement of national Industries
and products. 1t is this advertising aspect
of the Fair which should never be lost
sight of by Pittsburg. A good representa-
ton of our commerce at Chicago will far
more than repay the most strenuous efforts
put forth to secure it.
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PATTISON'S INTENTIONS.

Now, note the appearance Of the little
Pattison boomlet over the Rhode Island
grave of Cleveland's aspirations.-NeUY York
Recorder.
If Pattison refuses to permit himself to be
trotted out as q dark steed some of the
jockeys are going to be badly unhorsed.-
Philadelphia Times.
GOVERNOR Pattison enjoys the distinction
of not being a candidate either for first
or second place on the Presidential ticket.
That clears the ground q little, at any rate.
-Ne10 York Commercial a duertiser.
THE fact that Senator Wallace came out for
Pattison for President does not necessarily
mean that the ex-senator is for the Governor
first, last and all the time. 1t means that he
is "agin" Cleveland, perhaps.-Philadelph
Call.
. 1T seems to be the idea that favorite sons,
such as Gray and Pattison, may pull away
from the ex-President some Of the more
important states and that thus he may fail
in the pinch to receive the expected two
thirds Washington Star.
A FRIEND of Governor Pattison now
announces that Pennsylvania's favorite
Democratic son is not in the Presidential
race. Cleveland seems to have got rid Of
Campbell, Russell and Pattison, but Boies,
Gray, Palmer and Carlisle still think the
nomination should go to Western man.
And Hill and Flower continue to saw wood.
Buffalo Express.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-13
RHYNKLES AND RHYMELETS.

"Is your clock on timer"
..It ought to be-that is the way my hus band
bought 1t. smith. Gray & Co. 3 Monthly
'Tis leap year; in his lonely room
The dude sits dreaming of the hour
When beauty in Its blushing bloom
Shall strive to make him feel its power.
And there he stays the while time fits
And sits and waits and waits and sits.
-Wdshfnoton STIR.
Interviewer-Whois is your favorite char.
acter in history?
Great Man-weI-er-you see he hasn't been
written up as yer.-Ne,o York Evening Sun.
"What is your husband doing now?"
Nothing. He has been appointed to an office"
-Neo York Press.
In his tin cup the blind man a button had
And he sighed as he felt its smooth face.
While tear dimmed his eye he murmured.
''0h, he
On tn man wot has acted so basel''
Then bright idea struck him and he glanced
swiftly round,
Climbed on to the scales. and for pay
Dropped the but. in the slot like the Arab OF OLD,
As he '.silently stole'' weight
"Papa," inquired the little boy, show big
. hailstone did you ever see?''
1--WE seen haIlstones, ~ replied Deacon Iron
sides, with animation. las big as-as oig-nol
This is SundayI Read another page OF yer cate
chism. samuelr'-Chicaoo Tribune.
Ethel-Dick, my new bonnet cost s75
Dick (taking her in his arms)-Ethel, my dear
dear Ethel.-Brooktyus Eagle.
So many years ago she burst in bloom,
And still the parent stem her beauties tax,
She seems a flower that fates unkindly doom
Never to wane, but evermore be wax
-Neao York Herald.
Magistrate-I must commit you, for you
have no means of support.
Prsoner-But work for living. your honor.
'.Ha. hal What do you work stY''
'T work everybody can. your honor. "-Defvo0
Prsss.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-13
BLAIR'S CHINESE RELATIONS.

THE objections of China to receiving ex'
Senator Blair as Minister were objections to
our laws rather than to his personality. But
this fact will have no effect on his Presi-
dental aspirations.-ToledoB Blade.
Mr.. BLAIR can spread his facts before the
country in the press; ana it is his duty as q
patriotic citizen to do so If in his judgmen {
these disclosures would tend to the better.
ment of our relations with China--Phild-
deiphid Record.
CONSIDERING that Mr.. Blair is still a candf-
date for Presidential honors, the administra-
tion is displaying good deal of magnanim-
ity in taking up the cudgels for him
against the Chinese. Is 1t desired to send
Mr.. Blair abroad prior to June?-Bosto"
Herald
AND now Mr.. Blair wants the Senate to
.fnvestigate" the Chinese Governments
rooted dislike of him, and incidentally to
inquire the reasons for the dislike felt 1or
him by persons in this country. Mr. Blalr ID
getting to be comic.-Ne1o York World.
IB Mr.. Blair feels any embarrassment over
his ineligibility, from tho Chinese stand
point, to be q representative of the United
States in celestial climes, he can st least
comfort himself with tho reflection that he
has q great deal Of Washington
Star.
The New Hampshire statesman is q candf-
date for the Republican Presidential nomi-
nation. and no doubt he expects to stampede
the Minneapolis convention by making be-
fore that body one of his famous seven-day
speeches on excluding the Chinese. The
melancholy outcome, however, will be that
Blair himself will he excluded.-Srdcus
Herald
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-13
FAvOHITES OF FORTUNE.

THE Queen Of England never goes to bed
before midnight.
THE composer, Verdi, told his admirers on
Sunday that he had finished his latest work
'Falstaff."
Mr. GLADSTONE is believer in paper
money, and would like to see one-pound
notes in circulation.
GOVERNOR BROWN, of Georgia, wears a
pair OF cuff links made OF brass buttons cut
from Confederate soldiers coat.
CONGRESSMAN CURTIS, the one-eved
Representative from New York, is known
about Washington as the Cyclops of the
House.
The nearest living relative of Shakes
peare is probably Thomas Hart, a resident
of Australia, who is eighth in descent from
Shakespeare's sister, Joan.
PROF. Arthur S. HARDY, of Dartmouth
College, the well-known author, and Mrs.
Hardy, are making tour through Italy,
having recently visited Egypt. Constants.
nople, Greece and Spain.
Lo SESSIONS, once powerful New York
State Senator, but now a very much disap-
pointed politician, is frequently seen fitting
though the corridors Of the House of Repre-.
sentatives at Washington.
AsHBEL FITCH and Colonel Fellows an
pear to have been the only Congressman
who had the courage of their habits, and
confessed that they had been taking cold
tea in the House restaurant
SENATOR CARLISLE recently received
$25 900 fee for winning suit in volving $780,.
600 before the Kentucky Court of Appeals.
It Is probable that the able Senator will not
be reduced to 70 cents again in a long while.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-13
PRAYER AND PERQUIslTEs.

A furry was caused in the Ohio Legisla
ture the other day by the too urgent prayer
of a clergyman whose turn it was to open
the proceeding. Legislators are prone to
criticise the prayers with which their pro-
ceedings are inaugurated, thus indicating
a new point of conflict between the science
of politics and the church. But this
fiutter has its distinctive features
The Rev. Francis Marsten, one of the
Columbus clergymen who share the gra-
tuitous duty of praying for the Legisla-
ture, touched in his invocation on a point
which the legislators seem to regard as a
forbidden topic. II, asked the Deity to
remember those statesmen gathered here
in this maelstrom of iniquity, fraud and
corruption" referred to the fact that the
Legislature was looked upon with sus-
picion by the people; asked for delivery
from ''the bribes, bribers and bribe-takers
in our midst" and prayed that the men,
bers be "kept from the way of tempta-
ton" And the legislators were very
wroth.
At first there was disposition to dis
cipline Mr. Marsten at least to the extent
of calling on him for an explanation Of
his language. But conference on the
subject decided not to take that course
and let the matter drop. We cannot suf-
ficiently applaud the discretion of that
course. The legislators might claim that
the prayer placed them in false position
before the Deity to which it was ad-
dressed; but the embarrassing rejoinder
might be made that the falsity of the
position was due to their own acts Be-
yond that when the real point of the petit
ton was that the lawmakers be delivered
from bribes and bribers, and kept out of
temptations an objection to it might
provoke the crushing inquiry whether
they were afraid that the prayer would be
answered.
The legislators had better let the clergy
men pray for them in any terms the latter
may choose 1t cannot harm the members
at all; but it may be regarded as an in
teresting prayer test to wait and see
whether such petitions produce any visible
mitigation of the ways of Doodle.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-13
AN ABSURD CONSTRUCTION.

There is need for impressing on some
official minds that common sense goes to
the enforcement of laws as well as to a
good many humber occupations A strict
enforcement of the laws against making
any limitation" of bills or coins, for the
purpose of preventing counterfeits, is to
be approved. When it was announced
recently that the law would be so con-
strued as to forbid the printing of pic
ture of silver dollar it was supposed that
the climax of absurdity was reached.
But it seems this was mistake, A Chi
cago sign-painter has been arrested for
painting on a sign-board picture four
feet long of a $40 greenback Judging
from the average efforts of sign-board art
it is in one sense high testimonial to this
artists skill to call his effort an imitation.
But common sense applied to the construc-
tion of law might perceive the ahsurdity of
imagining that anyone would attempt to
pass off newspaper portraiture of
Bland dollar as the actual coin or try to
purchase twenty dollars worth of goods
with the four-foot Chicago sign board pic
ture
This remarkable method of pushing tn
law against counterfeiting to extreme con-
clusions appears in more unfavorable
light when contrasted with the actual
absence of enforcement for other laws of
the United States. There is a statute
against trusts and another important en-
actment known as the interstate COM
merce law, which are violated with i'm
punity and to the public injury every day
in the year. There is legislation touching
the civil service which influential politi-
clans find no difficulty in evading. Does
it not present singular picture of the in
fluences which inspire official action when
there is this absolute supineness concern
ing the illegal acts of great corporate COM
binations or of powerful politicians while
sign painters are laid by the heels for the
awful crime of reproducing on wood the
counterfeit presentment of United States
legal tenders?
Common sense, honesty and impartiality
are good things to use in the enforcement
of law. Their application is conspicuous
by its absence in the enforcement of this
absurd construction.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-13

no return at all except in an improbable
event, and then an inadequate one. Every
million dollars putinto lake war vessels will
be dead capital except In the case of war
with England. If the United States should
get into a war with any other government
its lake vessels would be utterly unavail-
able. If it should get into war with
England it would have an equal force to
ours already on the lakes and could REIN
force it at once while ours would have no
reserve to draw on. On the other hand,
every million dollars put into ship canals
will through all the long years of peace
yield constant return from the cheapen-
ing of transportation.
Both in peace and war the ship canals
will be far more useful to the country than
any such halfway and foolish expedient
as disturbing the settlement of 1919 for
the sake of building few vessels to lie
idle until we get into quarrel with Eng
land. The corporate influences may be
10th to have this fact recognized, but it is
too manifest to be ignored.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-13
ANARCHY AT HOME.

Two self-styled Anarchists have been
placed under arrest for arson in Brooklyn.
Time was when the horror in which An.
archists were held was tempered to some
slight extent by an admiration for the
strength of political principles which led
men to defy the law and declare war on
civilization at the risk of their lives. To.
day society is confronted on all sides with
men too idle to work, who simply prefer
to cover the nakedness of their criminality
with political clothing.
Ravachol, the Partisan Anarchist, was
a common murderer and pilferer whose
cunning was only equaled by his
cowardice, and whose disregard of public
safety was only surpassed by his general
moral obliquity. The men who have been
making use of chemical knowledge in
Brooklyn to secure insurance premiums
by fraud, thus endangering the lives of
their fellow beings, are no more moved by
principle than is the pickpocket or the
sneak thief.
One of the gang, whose scientific knowl-
edge was the most dangerous feature of
the organization, is still at large He is
said to be a Portuguese, and it will prob
ably be found that he has sought this
country because he was too urgently
wanted in his own. This should be a
fresh warning to exercise special care at
this time to exclude intending immigrants
fleeing from the law of their own land.
We have more criminals than is good for
us now. There are enough of them born
in our country to provide occupation for
our police, and we neither need nor desire
the refuse of Europe.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-13
THEORIES OF RAIN PRODUCTION.
Rarefaction Of Air May Be . Powerful
- r Factor in Condensation.
Nsvv

Rarefaction Of Air May Be . Powerful
r. r Factor in Condensation.
New York Herald.]
An interesting discussion in the New Eng
land Meteorological Society, touching some
what the practicability Of producing rain by
explosions, has recently been reported. Tho
question, in one form or another, IS an old
one. But neither time nor discussion seems
to have settled it. Still the controversy may
be useful If It leads to clearer views Of how
important rainfalls are generally produced
in natures laboratory. The conclusion to
which, it would appear, the New England
"weatheroiogists" incline is that of Espy,
that the chief cause Of rainfall is the cooling
of vapor in the air due TO an ascensional
movement. Mr.. R. H. SCOTT, Secretary of
the ROYAL Meteorological Society of Eng
land, also. In q recent address. advances this
view, urging that "the most effective mode
OF lowering the temperature Of air and of
restoring the suspended moisture to the
earth again in the form Of rain is to cause
the air to rise above the EARTH" AND this
may be regarded as the prevailing view
among scientists
puS II Is questionable whether this expla-
Is after all the full and the final one.
tatio1 lutte possible to see how hesvy precipi.
aue aut;r " the rapid indraught OF moist ntr In
Eli ely horizontal lines from regions o!
Far pressure into areas of low barometer.
,o,, ~, in that case, by expansion solely. the
ssasor laden air underYoes rapid chilling
4Hu 1fe its vapor may be profusely condensed.
~ ~ the degree OF rarefaction taking place in
sso ao higher part Of cyclone could be at all
great to account for an expansion OF the
Vapor masses reaching it quite adequate 70
produce torrential rains. without any re-
course TO the theory Of ascending currents.
The oft observed direct relation between
the amount ofa cyclones rainfall and the
fall of the barometer at the base OF the
rarefaction OF air in the Invisible upper
portion Of the storm center may be q power
full factor in causing condemnation.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-13
QUESTION OF RETURNS.

A local cotemporary arguing with re-
gard to the relative merits of lake gun
boats and a ship canal as means of defense
makes this statement as against deep
water canal. "The gunboats would not
cost more than a million dollars apiece
while the outlaying for a ship canal would
run into the hundreds 6f millions.''
The assertion is made with especial
reference to the canal between the lakes
and the Hudson river-one of the least
efficient projects for lake defense, although
of great importance commercially. But a
Pittsburg newspaper should have been
aware that the engineers estimates have
placed the cost of connecting the Ohio
river with Lake Erie by ship canal at
$50, 900, 600.
So far as the question of economy is in
volved, the advantage is all on the side of
the ship canals; because large invest
ment which yields constant return is
much better than small one which yields
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-13
TOO SACRED TO SELL
An Attempt to Dispose OF the Grave OF
Nashington's Mother Frustrated.

An Attempt to Dispose OF the Grave Of
Nashington's Mother Frustrated.
RICHMOND, VA, April 12-The Virginia
Supreme Court Of Appeals to-day heard ar
gument of counsel in the case involving the
allegation that an option had been given on
the lot upon which is the grave of the
mother of George Washington. The records
show that the defendant, Shepherd, gave
Kirtley & Kalbert a real estate firm Of
Fredericksburg, an option for the purchase
of the lot. The sum mentioned was 50 500,
which was to include also the monuments
and shaft, which had been contributed by q
New York gentleman, but never completed.
The real estate firm claim, and the records
bear out that claim, that they found pur-
chaser for $40 900.
The result was that the people of Fred
ericksburg held mass meeting, at which
resolutions disappearing the proposed sale
of the sacred spot were adopted. Mr.. Shep-
herd refused to accept the s., ,50O and to mako
deed for the lot. The result was a damage
suit instituted by the real estate firm in the
Circuit Court at Fredericksburg. The de-
cision was against the plaintiffs, the Court
holding that the spot containing the grave
of the mother of Washington could not be
the subject OF a sale. This opinion will, it is
believed, be substantially approved by the
Supreme Court as this tribunal intimated
to-day by refusing to hear argument.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-13
DEATHS HERE AND ELSEWHERE.

CHARLES BENNETT HOLT, for many years busi-
ness manager of the Weston, W. Va. Republican,
and brother Of DR.. Holt. leading Republican. and
editor of the paper died in Pafkersburg yesterday
of consumption. He will be buried at Weston.
MRS. HANNAH w. BoUTELLE. Of Defiance. o..
is dead, aged loI years. Her centenary was cele-
brated with much ceremony on March 25. 1891.
Mrs. Boutelle was married fin 1872. Her husband
and all but one OF her six children are dead.
CHARLES o. WELLS. Of the Cleveland Plain
dealer, died Of typhoid fever in Cleveland Monday.
He was an Anherst graduate and held the mile
running championship of the intercollegiate As
sociation for three years.
DIR. EDGAR PARKER, the well-known portrait
painter of Boston, died at his home in Bridgewater
Mass. Monday. aged 81 years, after q painful i'll
ness, which lasted two years.
JONAS LAUBENsTEIN, an extensive screen man
ufacturer Of Minersyille, Pa, Is dead, aged IS
years.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-13
MONEY WISELY EXPENDED.
Great Good Accomplished by tho Establish.
mont of Trade Schools.

Great Good Accomplished by tho Establish
ment of Trade Schools.
Brooklyn Eagle.]
MI. j. Pierpont Morgan has recently made
himself known in the best way by giving
$500, 900 to the New York trade schools under
the direction of Colonel Auchmuty. The
object of this beneficent institution is to
provide young, industrious and ambitious
men with instruction at trifng cost in man
ual and scientific trades. The good which
may be accomplished by such a scheme
wisely carried out is we'll nigh incalculable.
What an impetus to this good work will be
impaired by this liberal gift anybody can
conjecture, but the real value of the act of
generosity can be better estimated by those
who are engaged in the undertaking.
Sympathy is warm and commendable
quality, but unless it Is judiciously directed
the emotion is often wasted. 1t might be
inconsiderately asked, why did not Mr.. Nor
gan spend his money in buying food and
fuel for the suffering poor of the city? This
sort of relief is sometimes necessary, but,
waving the question how much of this char
ity might be ill-bestowed, a little reflection
will show that much more good may be done
in the way proposed by furnishing employ
ment by and by, which will prevent future
distress, by helping men to help themselves,
the most fruitful of aid.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-13

the liabilities disclosed by commercial
agencies. With the peril on the other
hand of being sued for damages in case
they make unfavorable reports on incor-
rect grounds, our friends like Bradstreet
and Dun & Co. may aptly be described
as between Satan and the deep sea. But
it need not be concluded in hurry either
that this verdict will stand as law or that
the agency will have to pay this partic-
ular claim. 1t will be less hazardous to
expect that the verdict will be set aside
and a new trial ordered.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-13
GoRMAN,s PRESIDENTIAL IDEA.

1t is interesting to find evidences in the
political literature of the day that Senator
German, of Maryland, continues to take
himself seriously as Presidential quality
The fact that the Calumet Club of Balti.
more, one of the leading political organi.
cations of the Senator's State, has pro.
nounced fer Cleveland was at first taken
as evidence that German has followed the
advice of Wolsey and laid aside ambition.
But it is gravely explained that while
German is not in the race for the nomina-
ton this year, he is acting with view to
his chances in 1896. If Cleveland is nom-
mated and elected-which comprises a
rather large 'ff''-he cannot expect
another term. But if Hill were nomina-
ted and elected-an equally large contin-
gency-he would expect to be reelected
Therefore German favors Cleveland in
order to keep the track clear for himself,
four years hence.
This exhibits peculiar idea of the pos
sibilities of politics. German, as Presi-
dental candidate, would have all of Hills
faults without any of the excuses for put
ting him in such position of leadership.
He is at the head of political ring as un-
scrupulous as Tammany and only less
notorious because it has not such a wide
and rich field of political plunder He
has all of Hills stiffness and inslncerity
on such public questions as the coinage,
and has the same reliance on the arts of
wire-pulling and the distribution OF pat
roDage for political rewards and punish
ments The only thing that ever gave
Hill any prominence as Presidential pos
sibility was his supposed control of the
Democratic machine in State whose
electoral vote is large and pivotal. But
this pretext is wholly absent in the case of
German, who carries in his pocket the
vote OF State with but eight electors
which are certain to be given to any
Democratic candidate
The nomination of Hill would be
suicidal for the Democracy. But the NOM
ination of German would be evidence that
the Democracy is so determined on suicide
as to resort to it without provocation.