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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-29
AN UNANSWERED QUESTION.

In reply to journalistic opponent of
the Nicaragua Canal scheme, who asserted
that the canal might cost thousand mil
lions before it could be made capable of
accommodating the commerce between
the two oceans, the New York Recorder,
an organ of the scheme, says:
The airy declaration that a thousand mil
lions would be necessary is equally humor-
Gus. The engineers who have spent years
in careful surveys fix the cost at from $67,-
00o, 900 (Menocars estimate) to $S70O0, 900 (Ad-
visory Boards estimate), with allowance for
unIooked-for expenses.
But the Recorder stops there. having
proved altogether too much for the pres
ent proposition, without any attempt to
explain the vital point. We must renew
our request for infOrma ton as to that i'm
porJant issue. Expert authority having
fixed the cost of the canal at considerably
below 500, 600, 600, what is the justice or
honesty of asking the Government to
indorse loan of that amount? Who is
to get the S13, ZOO, 900 to s33 100000 which
by the showing of the experts and advo-
Gates of the bill is to be clean rake for
some one?
As long as that question remains unan-
swered, the bill classes itself as one of the
rankest jobs of the age. If the question
were answered truthfully it might disclose
the inspiration of some of the energetic
efforts to boom the bill
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-29
PERTINENT PERSONALITIES.

THE Rev. William Perrin, of St. Luke's
Church, in London, has been appointed
Bishop of British Columbia.
IN the House of Representatives the man
with the largest name is Archibald Hender-
son Arlington Williams, of North Carolina
THE Hon. Robert T. Lincoln, United
States Minister to England, returned to his
post yesterday on the White Star steamship
Teutonic.
THE Hon. William Potter, the newly
appointed American Minister to Italy, pre-
seuted his credentials to King Humbert
yesterday.
NJ. STAMBULoFF, Prime Minister of Bull
garia, is crack shot with stones, and rarely
fails to hit moving object at a distance of
over so yards.
SIGNoR GIoLITTI, the late Prime Min
lister of Italy, has enormously strong mus
cles. He. can bend poker double with one
hand and bend coin right across.
GEORGE MEsERvE, well-knoWn Adj
rondack driver, who for several years has
been in Troy, N. Y, will go TO Washington
as coachman for President Cleveland.
REV. R. T. MYER, Rector OF Marquette
College in Milwaukee, has been appointed
Secretary of the English Assfstancy OF the
Jesuit Order, which includes all of the En-
glish speaking Jesuits in the world.
The serious illness of the Shah Of Persia
is reported. The exact nature of it is not
stated, but it is well known that he has long
been very sick of the intrigues against his
authority in various parts of his dominions.
CONGRESSMAN Tom JOHNSON, of Ohio,
is always ready for fight when anyone
calls him Thomas" Tom is the proper
name given to him by his sponsors, and he
doesn't want it heightened by any over
polite friend.
MRS TEL SONo, the Japanese reformer,
who is now lecturing in this country to raise
funds to establish in Toxic a non-sectarian
training school for women and girls, had
the honor of being the first woman lawyer
in Japan. She has been a Christian for only
five wears.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-29
THE DUTY OF CONGRESS.

After Congress has got over its holiday,
it should address itself without further
delay to the protection of the country
against epidemic next year. Advices
from Europe place it beyond question that
there is a stubborn survival of the germs
of the cholera there Nothing but the
most fatuous stupidity can prevent the
knowledge that only the most stringe mt
measures can protect this country against
the danger of infection.
1t is also an established fact that our
present quarantine system is a weak one,
because its strength can only be the
strength of the weakest point. The
whole country will be at the mercy of in
efficiency, or inadequacy of appointments
at any of the local quarantnes, until
uniform, well equipped and thoroughly
organized national quarantine is estab-
lished. 1t is the duty of Congress
to provide this without further de-
lay That body should at once
enact first, a quarantine at all the ports
and borders under national control; sec
ond, the stoppage of all immigration while
the cholera continues in Europe; third,
strict inspection, isolation and disinfection
Of all vessels, passengers and goods from
any infected section for the same period.
1t is time for Congress to show, and that
without further delay, whether the pro-
lection of the country against fatal cpl
demic is of equal importancein its estima-
ton with the ordinary results of partisan
squabbllng.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-29
WHERE PROFIT COMES IN.

During the past two years the accom-
modating policy of New jersey in afford
ing broad-gauge charters to corporations
who are thereby enabled to do business in
other States with reference to the latter's
laws has resulted in a business that turns
out surprising totals. The aggregate of
corporations that have taken out charters
in that period is 1,626, and their capital
stock foots up the neat sum of 5000, 900, 900,
principally water.
One of the peculiar features of the New
Jersey policy in this matter has been the
very moderate rate of charges imposed
for the privileges extended. A natural
suppoSition would be that when a State
starts out liz the business of granting
charters to enable trusts and combines to
defy the laws of other States, it would
exact a cool revenue for the business
So far New Jersey has not done so, the
tees for the brOad-gauge charters being
little more than those charged in other
States. But in the organization of the
Corporation Trust Company" of that
State there is an intimation of compensa-
tionS for the iberality.
The new company includes among its
corpOrators a choice assortment of the
Jersey politicians, Democratic and Re-
publican, who have influence on New
Jersey legislation. It's function is to
erect building and furnish safes and
vaults for the deposit of their charters and
papers, and rooms in which their annual
meetings can be held. The destitute con-
dItion of the highly capitalized corpora
tions which have name but no local
habitation in New jersey certainly pre-
sents a case for rene ly. The new
corporation will furnish the remedy and
habitation for all of the New jersey
corporations which do business elsewhere.
We have no doubt that the corporations
in question will recognize the pertinency
of the enterprise, and will make haste to
occupy the quarters offered them by the
gentlemen TO whom they are indebted for
past favors. While New Jersey may not
make much money from her Droad-gauge
charters there is prospect that her in
huential politicians will not go unre-
warded
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-29
SOURCES OF WEATHER.

The astronomers have recently been dis
covering with great zeal sun spot which
is more than spot, having protuberance
of 740, 900 miles from the suns chrome
sphere. Inasmuch as sun spots have been
charged with the responsibility for hot
waves, cyclones, dry spells, rainy seasons
and electric storms, it is an inevitable con-
cluSion that so remarkable a solar con-
f1agration as this must have produced the
Christmas weather.
Nevertheless there is rival cause en-
titled to due consideration. Uncle Jerry
Rusk has been furnishing a first class ar
ticle of Republican weather for some
time. He made some bad slips in his
early experiments in that line; but, rather
than attribute it to any such remote and
mugwumpish source as sun spot, we
prefer to recognize the Christmas weather
as the proudest achie Vement of the Har-
rison administration. In this Uncle
Jerry's famous but self-deprecatory tri-
umph over grammar is applicable, 81
seen my duty and done it." One of the
saddest reflections over the political
changes is that Uncle Jerry will not have
charge of the Christmas weather next
year.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-29
WEATHER OF A WINTER.

KRIS KRINGLE and Jack Frost are travelling
hand in hand this season.-NaShriIle Amer
ican.
The winter is spoken of as rolling on.
Maybe the balls SO numerous this season
help in the rolling business.-PttLddelph
Times.
THE coal dealers are enjoying the present
stress of weather, thank you, and hoping for
many happy returns of the blizzard.-Ohio
State Journal.
NEARLY everyone has ice cream at his back
door every morning nowadays, unless th o
milkman has forgotten to leave the can
Boston GlObe.
If this cold snap continues for another
week, the Democrats and Independents will
have to get together to keep warn.-On1dtG
World Herald.
FASHION note: Ears are worn red. tipped
with white, or trimmed with velveteen
muffs and a garniture of rubber string
Chic11o Ne,0s Record
THE promised cold wave did not come. 1t
probably saw that its place was ably filed
and that there was no use in setting up COM
petition Washington Star.
EVERY possible precaution sh ould be taken
at this particular season against the danger
from fires. Cold weather and high winds
are adroit incendiarists if they get little
help.-HdyriSbuTg Patriot
IL this weather lasts much longer look out
for large advance in the price of ice next
summer, upon the pretext that the ice is too
thick to cut. If it does not last expect ditto,
on the score that there is none.-NeU York
Advertiser,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-29
A NEW GOLD GAME
How a Gipsy Maiden Sailed a Mine and Did
the PannIng Herself.

the PannIng Herself.
WOOSTER, O., Dec. 28.-[ [SDecidl. l-For a
number of years it has been known to the
neighbors of John Buhrher, an aged farmer
residing near Paradise, this county, that he
believed gold was located on his farm, and
that he had spent many hours in secret
search for the yellow stuff which was to
make him rich. A story as to how he was
swindled by GYPSY by reason OF his belief
is now being told. 1t is stated that baud
of gipsies recently pitched their tents in the
vicinity, and, hoping that they might be
able to aid him in locating the hidden
treasure, he visited the camp.
He did not tell them of his vain search for
gold, but the gipsy maid to whom he ap-
piled to have his fortune told, confirmed
him in the belief of it's existence by telling
hin that if he would deposit $50 IN gold at
certain hour of night in a designated lonely
spot he would next morning find the sum
doubled by the little elves OF good luck.
She was so honest with him that he obeyed
her with the fullest confidence, and to his
delight he the next morning found the $50
had sure enough doubled itself into SlOO OF
solid yellow gold,
He promptly informed the gypsy magician
of his good fortune, and was eager for fur
good and kind as to tell him to deposit 500
next time and thus obtain $500, and SO on
until he had loads of money. He therefore
secreted 500 in gold, and early next morn
ing went to the elvin mine, but they must
have been off on legal holiday and taken
with them the farmers 500, leaving him
only the hole.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-29
PRETTY GIRL PARTIES.
The Younger Element Having a Lively
Time of 1t just Nova Couple of
Notable Events of the Kind-Wedding

The Younger Element Having a Lively
Time of 1t Just Nova Couple of
Notable Events of the Kind-Wedding
Parties Not Forgotten.
THE schoolgirls are having 1t nearly all
to themselves this week. They deserve to
have good time because they are such
merry, pretty set, and as they have been
working hard at their studies since the be-
ginning OF the school term, they enter into
the enjoyment of their holiday now with
vim that is as refreshing to the observer as
it is healthful for the participants.
The dance given by Miss Anna Scaife ana
Mr.. Charles Scaife last evening at the home
of their parents, Western avenue, Ale
gheny, was as pretty as pretty could be. The
guests were dainty young girls and hand
some, stalwart youths, and the general ef-
feet was of youthfulness in its most perfect
development. The maidens were all PRETTY
attired in light, fluffy costumes made in the
latest mode, and the young men. in the
black and white of evening dress, which is
always SO becoming to pink and white COM
plexions, were worthy of their partners.
Miss Anna wore white silk, set of with
chiffon, and her mother, who assisted her
in her duties as hostess, looked very hand
some in lavender silk, covered with lace
and jet trimming.
The first floor of the house, which is a very
large one, was thrown open to the dancers
by the removal of all the furniture and the
covering of the carpets with crash. Tall
palms were set here and there and white cut
flowers were disposed tastefully by artistic
hands. The whole house was in white and
green. Toerge's orchestra was screened by
a lattice work of palms and the soft music
set every foot moving involuntarily to its
tempting measures. Dancing commenced
at o'clock and continued, with an inter
mission OF an hour or so for refreshments,
until early in the morning. The parents are
just as anxious as the young people that
they shall have n pleasant holiday time, and
Mrs. Scaife entered into the spirit OF the
party last night with all the interest of the
boys and girls. Among the young and beau
tilul representatives of well-known families
OF Pittsburg and Allegheny present last
night-werc Miss Mary Laughlin, Miss Anna
Watson, Miss Margaret Singer, Miss jean
nette Childs, Miss Mabel Clarke, Miss Mary
Painter, Miss Mary Brown, Miss Mary Hays,
Miss Agatha Jennison and others. Miss
Anna Scatfe is attending school at Farming
ton and Mr.. Charles Scaife is at Cornell.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-29
A Fair Bridal Party.

AS the sun broke through the clouds and
shone upon the old and quiet town of
Clarion on Tuesday morning, about 1890
o'clock, it pierced the frost decorated win
dows OF Mr.. and Mrs. e. A. Rankin's resi-
dence, and illumined as fair a bridal party
as one would wish to see. The happy bride
and groom were Prof. Joseph H. Apple. in
structor of mathematics in the Pittsburg
Central High School, and Mary E. Rankin,
second daughter in tho Rankin family.
They were attended by Misses Bessie Apple
and Margaret Rankin as bridemnids, and
Mess.s. A. IL. Rotherwell, Esq, of Reading,
and DR.. f. A. Kuhns, OF Emlenton. Little
Marguerite Schick performed in On admir-
able manner the duties of flower girl. Rev.
DR.. Elder, pastor OF the Clarion Presbyterian
Church, performed the ceremony, and
was assisted by Rev. DR.. Apple,
of Saegartoa N, father of the groom,
and Rev. A. Z. G. Apple, of
Washington, D. c., brother OF the groom.
The marriage was witnessed by about $50
guests, mainly from Clarion, although sew
eral of the guests were from other cities,
among them being DIR. VIII Elder, of the
West Penn Hospital, and w. s. scott, of Ben
nett. After dinner Prof and Mrs. Apple
lett :or q "trip to Washington and Philadel-
phia. They will be at home OF Avalon after
January 10. The presents, as usual, were
many ana costly, and were accompanied by
the best wishes OF many friends
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-29
Another Pretty Affair.

THERE was dance at the residence of
Mrs. James L. Mellon last evening, given by
Miss Rachel Larimor Miss MELONS niece.
The affair was for the young friends OF Miss
Larimer, and was a distinctively holiday
entertainments The house was prettily
decked with pink roses, holly and palms.
The lower floor was used for receiving the
guests, and refreshments were served in the
dining room, which was one of the prettiest
apartments in the house in its floral decora-
tions, under the searching white rays of the
electric lights. The center piece of large
pink roses was especially beautiful. Miss
Larimer, who is q vivacious girl of the ideal
American type, made a charming hostess,
and looked very beautiful in blue gown,
trimmed with Nile green, made of dancing
length in the latest fashion. The ballroom
in the Mellon mansion is on the third floor
and is of capacious dimensions with Il de-
lightfully polished floor, upon which the
young people were able to extract
the dance. Among the guests were
Miss Carnahan, Miss n. Davis, Miss
Forsythe, Miss Hilliurd, Miss Stella Hays,
Miss Lucy Haworth, Miss n. Lockhart Miss
u. Lewis, Miss NJ. Laughlin. Miss NJ. Magee,
Miss M. McColum, Mrs. c. l.. Magee Miss N
McCollum. Miss NJ Miller, Miss F. Marshall,
Miss E. Price, Miss A. Rhodes, Miss NJ
Rhodes, Miss L. spang, Miss S. Spencer, Miss
Miss Woodwell, Miss R. NJ. Larimer, Miss
Taylor, Miss Purcell, Miss Magee Miss NJ
Hussey, Miss Metcalf. and Messrs. c. Albree,
$. S. Atterbury, A. Blair, W. u. Blair c.
Davis, F. Guthrie, F. Holdship. Walter Mar
vim. Earl Marvin, E. P. Marvin, Ia. Marvin,
Harry ScoyeI, George Griscom, James Lock-
hart, r. Miller, II. Mcknight, F. Neale, B.
Page, W. Rhodes. W. Robinson, J. P Seattle,
and P. Warden, Mr.. and Mrs Harry Hilliard,
Mr.. and Mrs. Stewart and Mr.. and 5Irs. j. !.
LaZear
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-29
RECORDS OF TWO DaEAMzRs.
We See Much More Than We Hear in Our
Nocturnal Experiences.

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 25-At the closing
days session of the American Psychological
Society this morning it was agreed to hold
the next years convention December 27 and
Is at Columbia College An interesting series
of observations OF their dreams by two sub
Jects formed the principal topic of an ad-
dress by DR.. E. c. Sanford, OF Clark Univer-
sitv. The observers during six weeks had
$50 dreams of which they took notes. The
records showed that most of the dreams oc-
Cured after 4 A. M; that TIE most vivid,
long and connected occurred in the morn
ing; fully 90 per cent were concerning the
affairs of the day, while the remainder
were fanciful. ONLY 10 per cent could
be attributed with certainty to ex-
to be NO eenos Tfe sh'f9 n se R
character of morning and evening dreams.
Visual imagery dominated over auditory
imagery in the proportion Of 10 to 8. DR..
Sanford found no Justification for the belief
that reason, will and attention are dormant
during sleep. The two observers differed rs
to the emotions dominating their dreams,
one of them having uniformly pleasant ex.
periences, while the others dreams were
generally disagreeable. The speaker con-
cluded THAT we dream most of those
things which we have actually experienced
and that the sensory element is the largest
a small associatory element being built up
from it."
Another series of experiments was made
at the psychological laboratory of Clark
University to test the daily variations OF
the human intellect by committing sylla-
bles to memory. The measurements showed
force to be strongest before break ast In the
morning, in the middle of the morning,
afternoon and evening, In the order named.
Before the noon and evening meals intel
lectual energy sank low, recovering gradu-
ally afterward. At 10 or IL P. NJ. it was at its
lowest ebb. In the discussion which fol-
lowed, comparison OF experiences brought
out the fact that none of the auditory
dreams observed we're musical in character.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-29
SOLAR ECLIPSE IN APRIL.
The United States Government Ought to
Send Out an Expedition.


Send Out an Expedition.
New York Herald.l
The total eclipse of the sun which will
take place on April l6 next will be especially
important, as occurring during the period
of maximum solar energy. 1t can be seen at
about Sis A. NJ, Chile local time, in the
Province of Atacama, where the climatic
conditions are extremely favorable, for
clear weather and tine steady atmosphere
enable observers to secure the best possible
observations.
1t is pointed out in late issue of Nature
that the Cerro del Cobre or neIghboring elo-
vations, some of which are 5000 feet above
sea level, afford admirable points for
observing this eclipse. On the Chilean side
OF the Andes, in the Desert OF Atacama rain
barely falls more than twice in tine year, and
then not before June. And in April the
heights proposed for eclipse observatories
are not too inhos spitable for the health and
comfort of astronomical parties.
II an eclipse is ever again to be observed
by an American expedition it would seem
that this fine opportunity should not be
lost. The Government should by all means
send out an observing party to a favorable
point in Chile or some other point near the
central line of the zone in which the phe-
nomenon will be total.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-29

The Buffalo ErpreSS takes the unique
course of supporting the appropriation for
the Delaware and Raritan Canal on the
ground that it is a modest request for only
$4,000 in the first place, and, further,
that it would be a good idea to build a
short canal like the Delaware and Raritan
for an experiment.
This is intended to he humorous, but it
is not as humorous as the anxiety of the
Express, being located at the end of an
old-fashiOned canal, that all ship canals
shall be located as far away from Lake
Erie as possible. The theory that town
which has enjoyed the business of trans
fers from one route of transportion to
another must of necessity oppose any i'm
provement has had some peculiar illustra-
tiOns in that locality. 1t broke out once
in the attempt of town of that section to
prevent through railroads from passing
without transporting passengers or
freight 1t is sign of the progress of
the past thirty years that the manifesto
ton of the same spirit by the Express
takes the form of indorsing ship canals
as far away from Buffalo as it can get
Nevertheless its humor of wanting ship
canals somewhere else leads it to make
assertions which should not go uncontra-
dicted. The Philadelphia proposition Is
not a modest one. 1t asks $25, 900 for the
survey of canal between two cities that
already have the benefit of ocean naviga-
ton; while but $4,000 is asked for the
survey of the Ohio River and Lake Erie
Canal, which is three times as long and
ten times as important. The necessity Of
taking short canal for an experiment is
much less pertinent Since Buffalo has
within half days journey of it ship
canal u feet deep which has shown the
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-29
AN UNFAsH1oNABLE FASHION.

Discussing the pressing necessity for a
reform in the matter of the theater hat,
the Philadelphia Times thinks it necessary
that 'the public should demand the adop-
ton of the England system that compels
every lady to leave her hat at the door"
That is the last resort; but there are
more arguments that may be effective
before proceeding to ulterior measures.
Since appeals to the courtesy, good taste
and respect for others rights proves futile
in the case of American women they
should be thoroughly informed of the fact
that by persisting in the practice of wear
ing large hats at the theater they are ad-
vertising their ignorance of real fashion.
No woman of actually fashionable status
in Europe, no person with any pretensions
to aristocratic status, could wear a street
hat to the theater any more than she
would sit down at dinner in a sealskin
sacque 1t is one of the ironies
of the case that, while adherence
to supposed fashion impels our women
to override good taste and ignore common
courtesy, the practice to which they ad-
here is one that betrays utter ignorance of
the customs of the real models of fashion,
the aristocratic circles of Europe
Perhaps when our dear tyrants who per-
sist in shutting off our views of the stage
grasp the fact that by so doing they are
exhibiting their own ignorance of real
fashion they may be ready to amend the
practice and to copy the example of the
titled ladies of Europe in giving other
theater-goers sight of the performance.