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THE PraL.ADEL.PHIA INQUIHER SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 1, 1889. temperance lecturer. He isn't that kind of fixation and ratine of third and fourth elaaa MSB 2I0.THS A GKEAT IfEWSPAFHE. GOSSIP OF THE DAT. PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER man.

If they bad said he was going to appear matter are not included. Probably Mr. Was A- What The Inquirer Has Accomplished Sine ss the frightful example, there might be tome- Chat With and About Prominent MAKtK thought he had made recommenda People Its He venation, aud What Ia. Promised thing la it Found Here and There. rraz.nsz0 Evzbt Wat i tub Tbab BT THK IXCflKKK COM PAST.

tions enough for one time, and that if he can for the Future. reorganize the department in the interests of It is now just nine months sinee Tan Inquirer JAMES real dent The dexial of the report that the City of the duty of the 'government to make such appropriations as will insure the safety of the lives of the crew in staunch and strong ships. The annual report on the Lighthouse Board says that a number of the lightships have fallen below the proper standard. This is to imperil the lives of mariners depending on these lightships to guide them saiely past shoals or into harbor, and of the crews upon the lightships themselves, and it is a condition of things which should be speedily remedied. economy and efficiency there will be a better 023 CHESTNUT STREET.

chance next jear for the other reforms which he is known to favor. It is a good plan to Professor J. H. Morgan, of Dtcklasoa College, Carlisle, waa In the city yesterday attending tbe conference at tbe University. Professor Morgan, although bat a young maa, la already making a mark iu college circles.

He is a thorough studont, an original thinker and an enihuslastio instructor. Hia energy and enthusiasm bave dope much for Dickinson College. Two years ago, ia eompany with a well-known Philadelphia news 5lwTrk OSni KaMiHTrlhaMBalMlai people should insist upon it? It is not probable. Borne ot them might plead a want of time, and some might at first feel that serving in Councils is not worth their while. This would not be a correct view.

No more important officials are elected by the people than the Councilmen, and every men who has an interest in the growth and general advancement of Philadelphia ought to be willing to gtre the ehr tbe benefit of his services. Men such as we have indicated fully understand the wants of this town, and with their thorough method, business jodgment and com-prtbeoiive views they would be able to render invaluable aid ia moving Philadelphia forward. Why should wa not improve Councils by make haste slowly. Let us bare one improve GO! JOHN An toy JIMMY Tm tjgnill ty errir at TwsiVB ment at a time. ET a wrrt, r5 to earrlrr or agent.

I fxtar frw la tita VnltM taf- FlfTT Birrs a fuootn: Dutu fr twa awattta, or paper man, he made an extended tour through Appropriate Christmas Gifts. They had the usual experiences incident feu 1oli.ak ir annum, in advance. an4a Eduxwa. iwr ver. Daily and Sunday.

to foreign travel and some that were not down la was rejuvenated and enlarged by the present management. At that time Tux Iwqtjikbr, with a long and honorable history behind it, bad fallen below the highest standard of modern journalism. When the present management took charge of It announcement waa made that It should be put In the front rank of journalism by means of every Intellectual, financial and mechanical effort that eould be brought to its aarvlee. How welt this promise haa been kept the record of the past nine montha will amply ahow. It has been the constant effort to make Thb Inquires perfect In every department Ho pains or expense hare been spared to make it what a modern newspaper should be.

Wltbont losing any of Its long-established reputation for reliability and conservatism, It has gained the enviable distinc Christmas comes so soon after Thanksgiving Fans is to be withdrawn from active service for the winter will be received with satisfaction by persons whom business or pleasure calls across the Atlantic at this season. In winter far more than in summer it is desirable to cross the oceean in as short a time as possible but the interestinir question whether or not the fleet steamer will keep up her summer rate of speed is still an open one. Lord Wolseley's review of the civil war in this country is ended at last, which is probably more than could be said for the war if WOLSELET had had the management of it A bomaxtio tbagedt of the sea is told by the survivors of the wrecked bark Germania. that before the turkey eaten on the latter day tr.oe per T-r. ThbHtsdav iNQriaia ime emd ty rvrtfix aw mgmtn aewsboys at Thbas the Itinerary.

They made tbe ascent of Mount Vesuvius on foot with tbe aid of a-uldes. who' is fairly digested one must begin to think of CS.1T prr C(py IbroufbiMit lite cttf ana country. helped pull them up by means of roues. Wben stake all Mmit OwJrs, Cherts Drafts payabla to holiday gifts. It is verr difficult to make ap Dom Pedro has been interviewed, but has nothing to say.

It will be remembered that the same disinclination to parade his sentiments characterized the historic boy who was kicked over by a calf. The New Tobk Sun wants to wager with Theodore Roosevelt that no government copyist ever wrote so bad a hand as Rtrrcs Choate. The Philadelphia Times says the handwriting in the records of the Recorder of Deeds office in Philadelphia has made expert Ihb iKQimtn CvMraav. half way up the lava cone the guldos struck for higher pay. As there was no one within three miles except the five villa! nous-looking Italians tbe situation waa for a time highly interesting to Cr ier the wr frc.rn your carrier or newsdealer, or at propriate selections for all who must be remembered and few hints on the point may not ba putting into them at the coining election a uch of this material as possible Ue eoe imbUcatlua.

Thb Iirrir a te ml at the trading BKele and Bwiudi la Strw Vork 7 every nwrolng. the Americans, as the Italians looked as if they altogether out of place, although the day of would enforce their demands. By means of bluff Secretary IVindom's Bond Policy. The policy of Secretary TVixdom ia rela and strategy the danger was averted and tbe ascent continued under the original terms. The wm if be returned nnlees postage aeas (tar that prm.

tion of being the most enterprising newspaper ever published In this elty. The exclusive news crater was reached at dusk and a stop was made It is inherently Improbable, and yet there is strong corroborative evidence that it is true. Before the passage of the Plimsoll act by the British Parliament it was a common practice tion to deposits of publio tuoneya in the national banks ss given a our Washington dis to see tne nre aicer uarK. lxeunoror tne tourists Egyptologists of the conveyancers boys. The Ixqutrer is willing to wager that neither the writing of Rtjfus Choate nor that in the was entirely easy until tbe railway station waa reached at 10 o'clock.

patches Is exactly the same as was exclusively published ia The IxQxnnza ten days ago. distribution is three weeks off. We notice, for instance, that "The Imperial" the largest diamond in the world, is for sale. It is held by aa English syndicate which is anxious to dispose of it Here is a chance for some young man to make himself solid with his best girl and settle definitely to his own satisfaction the question that has rankled in his heart so long. This diamond can be bought for 1,000,000, and experts ssy it is dirt cheap for English ship owners to insure worthless Some mark Eavec St or Itob' the Byrrt 6 in as Philadelphia deed books, bad as it is, is so illegible as the penmanship of the Hon.

Johx ships heavily and send them out in the expectation that they would sink, and there is rea In every particular it vindicates the state rs TiMMwhkitTnc rxQriKnt irt at ar rnMnff ar4aiaIlT fcy ratrrtcra ihm ara t-ir amw CM 4Hr mt BHBblttiNa. BaitMertttera ttfml raMrtlr coaaptalvt, rtrwMnMktataaktelaTNEIXQnBEB auay mmu umm la Ik rty 'try. mp My raUraaa mt mur warra Valla tclrata ara aaM. will aaaftra by rrtJaa' fr tk mae. son to believe that the practice is not alto ments of Tub Ikquxree, which came from an unquestionable authority and were unreserv published in Thb IirQtrntKB exceeds that of any other Journal, while it has all the facilities for eollecting and publishing in the most desirable manner all the regular news of the day.

Its local staff covers tbe oity with unsurpassed completeness and accuracy, while Us correspondents at outside points cover every part of tbe county. It is only necessary to refer to tbe exposures of the Inhuman and brutal methods pursued by the keepers of the Insane department of the Almshouse, the detailed account of the filth that empties Into the Schuylkill river, which makes our water supply no better than the contents of a gether ended yet but it is something new for So you would like to be a conductor, aon.Maid Uncle Beub yesterday on tbe train, "and wear a blue frock coat, with big buttons, when the thermometer is at 98 in the shade, and beckon with a haughty air to those minions, the brakeinen. and tell them where to atop and wben you are ready to go ahead. Now, let me tell you, son. what that conductor does iu a week.

On Monday morning tbe captain of the doomed vessel to be a party edly stated as the coming policy of the Treasury Department li room all, or Delaware county, waose autograph defines the shortest distance between two points. He is called the Speaker of the House because he is neyer expected to speak. Fibst bepobts of losses by a great fire are to his own destruction, as appears to have been the case with the Germania. Examination of Hereafter the government funds are not to be used as capital lor speculators to deal ia gov at the price. This Is quite a large sum money, but wa hope mere sordid conditions of cash will not interfere with tbe eternal happiness of an ardent lover.

Ia Alabama there Is a first-class menagerie for sale that may meet the wants of some In the wreck shows her to have been one of the rottenest old tubs that ever crossed the Atlantic yet she escaped all the storms that have sewer, the faithful details of the practices of dairymen who feed their eows on brewery slop and garbage which results in swill milk for a million soula, the bringing to light of tbe Illegality of burning gasoline in thia oity, although It Is used ernment bonds with the intent to enhance their price when the Treasury is expected to purchase them. That little conspiracy, which Is an inheritance from tha last administration, has been broken up by a Secretary who has the interests of the nation at heart always overestimated and the revised statement that the losses by the Boston fire will aggregate between $4,000,000 and $4,500,000 is about what was expected by conservative readers. Even that, however, is a pretty heavy price to pay for the lesson that defective insulation is dangerous; The city authorities of Boston were warned several weeks ago that their streets been so frequent of late, and would, have arrived safely in port if her captain had not deliberately run her into the breakers, as if in obedience to well understood orders. The captain is dead and cannot answer for himself, but the evidence is all in support of the extraordinary theory that he intentionally wrecked his vessel, and, in effect, committed suicide as well as murder, for nearly all of his men were drowned in the wreck. TWELVE PAGES.

dulgent father. For centuries a toy ark, filled with wooden animals of most anatomical construction, has been a favorite Christmas gift Ia this age of progress there should be some improvement on a mediaeval invention, and we suggest that some he takes bis first train at 8.42 A. M. and finishes his last trip at 12.30 P. Tuesday morning he starts st 7.50 A.

M. and quits at 8.04 P. Wednesday he starts ut A. M. and stops at 1LS0 P.

on Thursday his hours for beginning work and knocking off are 5.SU A. 31. and 0.12 P. M. Friday, 6.42 A.

M. and 12.C6 Saturday, 7.30 A. M. -and 8.04 P. M.

Besides, be works about every fourth Sunday. He isn't running trains all this time or be would soon dio. During tbe day there are Intervals, sometimes hours at a time, wben be has to loaf around with his clothes on waiting for bis tralu time. The actual number ot hours he spends on the train are On Monday, 8: Tuesday, Wednesday, 12: Thursday, Friday, 8, and Saturday, 6. You think you would rather bave your work uioro concentrated, son, and not go to bed when you ought to be getting up.

aod not get up aa soon as you hud gotten in bed. You're It will be noticed that funds are to be withdrawn from the banks gradually and are not to be locked tip in Treasury vaults, but will were full of imperfectly insulated wires, and started an investigation but there seems to have been one wire that they did not find. in almost every block, tbe atatement ten day 3 ago from Washington of Secretary Wiodom's bond policy, all of which and many more were exclusively published in Thb Isquibeb, to show that this is a progressive and enterprising journal. It Is perhaps a high tribute that by some only to mediocrity In newspapers, Thb Isqitireb is deemed sensational. This is a mere confusion of terms.

This journal has not published and will not publish anything without careful and searching Investigation, and it has never made a serious error. Any slight misstatements that may bo Inadvertently made are It looks as though Cboxix's knives had cut Cocghlix's throat The Speakership contest ended as knew it would. ust as the decision of enterprising Philadelphian present his boo with the living animals and build aa ark-like structure for their accommodation. This will be an Incentive to Scriptural study and xoologi-cal research. We observe that a man in Texas announces that he is willing to sell his.

wife. She is warranted to be good looking, docile, sound ia the majority caucus determines the action of the legal body, so the investigations of the The Inquirer on Sunday. Tba tnt ptrrpoa Tns IsrQCXSEB la IU FnndtT edition, now issued lor tbt tnt time, la to girc the sews ia a compact and readable firm, hj auch wholesome epecial ffatarea aa bare wide bumaa Interest Tbe complete aerrice of the Aasoclated rrea, a pedal tclegrapbie eorrespoodenU ia tvtry direction, a apodal cable aerrice and a bright and wideawake ftaff of local Bcwsgatherera will all contribute to the complete aesj of a newspaper which can to taken into ercry- immediately flow back into publio channels by the purchase of either tha bonds now held by the Treasury or others now owned by the pub-lie. This will cause not tbe slightest disturbance to trade and will defeat the plans of tha manipulators who sought to rob tha Treasury by naing the government funds. Although but ten per cent of the money in tha banks is called for oa January 15, and tha rest at dates not yet specified, it is obvious that much more than this will be voluntarily surrendered by the sale of bonds now held by tha newspapers foretell the decision of the caucus.

tr nd and body and possessed of charming con Brazil has produced, besides a political revolution, a discovery that is likely to work a revolution in one department of medicine. Dr. Domixgos Fbeibe, of Rio Janeiro, has discovered a method of inoculation to prevent yellow fever that is apparently as efficacious as vaccination to prevent small-pox. In the last six years he has reduced the mortality resulting from yellow fever from 6(5 per cent, to 4 per cent The account ot his operations has been laid before the French Academy. If the Congressmen would turn the work of legislation over to the newspapers it would be much more promptly dona and probably a great deal better also.

Dibectob Wagxeb has missed a great chance for popularity by failing to blow up the contractor who is blowing up tbe houses on always cheerfully corrected. Thb Inquires endeavors to set before Its readers the truth on all matters of publio interest, without fear or favor, but it does not publish anything that is purely sensational or iu the least Immoral In its tendencies. It is a clean paper that any man can take Into his family to be read by every member with Interest and profit In its editorial, local, telegraphic, sporting, financial, railroad, society, religious and other departments it aims at the highest and purest right, son. Don't aim to be a conductor oa this road?" Ever since the elevator In the City Hall tower baa been running it baa been one of tbe favorite visiting places of newly married couples who make Philadelphia a stopping place on their wedding tours. It doesn't take the experienced eve of tbe man ia charge long to discover who bo has on board when a pair of this kind appears.

It is seldom that before the elevator reaches the top the pair is not huddled together and not infrequently tbe swain has bis arm around bis dulcina, always taking pains to say that his companion is very nervous and he does it to pre- -vent her becoming dizzy. The west side of the buildings is not having any work done iu it and some of the upper stories for hours have no one in them. This fact is evidently well known to a great many young persons and it is not an unusual thing for tbe workmen or police to come suddenly upon a eoupie lavishing caresses upon each otber. Tbey do not give tbe discoverer a chance to tell them to leave, as the gait with which they beat a retreat would do credit to sprinters. versational powers.

Her lord and master agrees to give a clear title and engages to commit suicide as soon as the purchase money has been spent for champagne. His object in parting with this domestic jewel is his inability to support her and his yearning for champagne. Here is an opportunity for a rejected suitor to get a wife on business principles. We know of no more appropriate gift a bachelor can give himself than a wife. This offer will certainly be taken op.

There Is a sixty-horse power, second-hand Easily Digested. Thb wise man Iodic Twenty-fifth street A lecture was delivered in the Baltimore Academy of Musie a few evenings ago on "The Early German Settlers of America." The lecturer said that the most important German immigrations before the Revolution received little attention from American historians. The lod j' home, and found interestinx to alL The ooccse wbJJk bat attended Tax I QtmrcB under Its new tnantccment g-uarantee the naefulnes of the Sunday edition from tha tart. ETety resource a complete newa-Ipcr organization will be employed to furnLsh the readers of TiiB Ixqcireb oa Sunday and all other days with the best that can be had. Zrery demand of progressiTe modern jour caliam will be met erery day in tha year.

The Choice for Speaker. The selection of tha Hon. Thomas Boats Reed for Speaker by the Republican caucus yesterday was the logical result of tba situation, and it was tbe'fit thinj to do. So far a sturdy republicanism, fidelity to I arty principles ia the Lest sense, and ability Treasury as security for the deposits in the banks. These bonds are not profitable in such a money market as at present, except for speculation, and now that the Secretary has stopped that use of them they will be quickly absorbed by tba Treasury at a fair price and tha long pent np funds will flow again in tha channels of trade.

The administration is to be congratulated for breaking up a conspiracy that at one time promised to greatly embarrass the government By a wise, conservative course Secretary Wtsr-DOM has defeated the a peculators in the interests of legitimate business and has assured smooth sailing for the future. The Ixqutbeb, which was the first newspaper to announce his policy, congratulates him on the success that is sura te follow his official announcement Bia; oaks from little acorns fcrow." And in this beery axe we see, Little pitchers oft great growlers be. All la tbe Trade. Burglar Toe're erettinir fat Don't look as if standards, and It is with pardonable pride that Thb Inquirer states it has achieved an enviable success in all of them. This is abundantly shown by the remarkable Increase of patronage accorded it by tbe publio.

In nine months tbe circulation has increased enormously, taxing tbe presses to their utmost, so that increased facilities are already under consideration. Its columns are sought by business men as tbe very best channel for advertising purposes. business worried you much, l'ickpocket Ob, no. 1 take things easy. It's bard to down sciatica when it gets a hip-lock on a fellow.

Iv the rain had only washed the Schuylkill now, all might have been forgiven, but it's just the other way. lecturer then proceeded to tell his audience about the settlement of Germantown, and the report which the Baltimore newspapers give of his remarks suggests one of the reasons why English-speaking historians have neglected the doings of Pennsylvania and other Germans. In this report Peteb Schltjtteb, the Laba-dist emissary, appears as Schluteb Pas-TOEIU3, tbe somewhat well known hero of Whittieb's poem, as Pastobixs the Op dex Gbaeffs ss Ht dex Gbaffs," and Kelpitjs, the learned hermit of the Wissa-hickon, is changed to "Kelpixs." In view of the difficulties which a modern newspaper has had with these German names it is not so erxcu New. O'Err qaently juries, a the dra the wild But si tread ia present in the 2 bow th, pot die minded But lli one recipiee on dre matter tbt ha legal quetio amount JWVMS S3 city mi and tha his cos the oat OByrt drVanx are oot laughi But MC1 WIm thlabt name New Keota tarjr room i thera earned Phil career he kej Race hefal Cas.vic fairs a has rrituii II be ways the seqaest ter otu pired of the 1 dent is John at all many rbroo Etv seed Mph taw hi al Jer nit .11 he la alki 1 boiler for sale at Pittsburg that may meet the wants of some young society aweli. A unique and not inappropriate gift for a young widow is a large marble monument, owned by a Baltimore marble cutter, which has never been paid for and can be purchased cheap.

What a doli-cate way of approaching a bleeding heart by erecting an elaborate but inexpensive shaft ever tbe dead body ef its former lord I It would be sura to prove a profitable Investment But It is needless to multiply examples. There are hundreds of just such desirable gifts lying around loose for those who wish them. Certainly it Is apparent from those wa bare mentioned that no person need go onremem-bered at the holidays. Wa trust that the information given will aid many a perplexed donor In the selection of his Christmas gifts. It Is Different In Practice.

"Let us be brave. Courage is the highest virtue A stroller who probably knows every district In Philadelphia as well as any man who lives within tbe municipal confines is particularly emphatic In speaking of the average of beauty among tbe mill girls up in tbe Kensington region. Out of tbe big factories there P' ur every evening thousands after thousands of tbe female working band3, whose lively demeanor Is a positive contradiction o( the Impression that tbey come away from the looms haggard and exhausted by long hours of steady labor. "There Is a wonderful amount of endurance la these girls," Said this stroller in speaking Of them, "and I suppose It Is due to the proper commingling of work and play In their lives. In tbe summer tbey have tbe wholesome recreation of sailing and rowing on tbe Delaware or picnics In the woods.

can't say that tbe winter balls of which they are so proud are- equally conducive to their health, but pretty much all of them buve ac Sir. Blaine's Departure. Secretary Blaixe has set a precedent that The addition of a Sunday edition has been found necessary to meet the demands of the patrons of the week-day issues, but this will not interfere with those patrons who do not desire to read it In each Monday's issue will be found a complete and full resume of Saturday's news, so that those who do not read the Sunday edition will not miss any Important news. Much as has been already accomplished by Thb Ikquirer, It feels that It has only started on Us career of usefulness. It expects to Increase and progress In every department, keeping constantly in view the interests of society and tbe publio good.

These things are pot stated in a boastful spirit. They are but a modest announcement of what Thb Inquirer has done and what remarkable that the early English neighbors of their bearers translated some and altered others beyond recognition. and experience vera concerned tha House would bsre secured a food Speaker had either tbe other gentlemen ia tba contest been ramed. But there are circumstances which ruke the choice of Mr. Reed coGspieaously the best one at this time.

More than that, it was due him. In the last two Congresses he had been the Republican choice when the party was in the minority in House cad could not elect him. He bad lwn the recognised party leader, and was fully entitled to the Republican support at this time hen it could put him ia the chair. in a man. Who does not despise tbe coward who seeks la Ignomlnous flight immunity from the conaequeocea of bis acts A brave man may commit a faultas who Is not faultless? through Ignorance or mischance, but he boldly, and with undaunted front faces the issue, let the result be what it may.

No one can lore the poltroon. Men pass him by with a sneer, women treat him with contemptuous indifference. But the man of cour will arouse much discussion ia omitting tha customary after-dinner speeches at his banquet te tha delegates to tha International Marina Conference. Ha not only omitted them, but announced In positive terms his disapproval of the custom. This commits the State Depart, ment, and possibly the whole administration, to a new postprandial policy.

There are many occasions when tha after-dinner speeches are stilted, awkward and unsatisfactory, bat to declaim against them as an Institution is a Terr serious matter, and the Accobdixo to the New York World, Jay Gould's recent retirement netted him several millions ot dollars. And he did it without going through a fire or a bankruptcy court, too. True genius despises such adventitious aid to It will do. With grateful acknowledgments to the publio for the favor and patronage accorded to it in the past, Thb Inquirer starts on Us enlarged sphere of usefulness with a renewed determination to fulfill every obligation binding on a great publio journal and to give the publio a newspaper that shall be first class In every respect gain its ends. The Base Ball Situation.

Should the Association and the Brotherhood combine, Mr. Btbxe, of the Brooklyn Club, wonld hare substantial reason to regret his desertion of that organization, because his act would then hare created an opposing Thb icemax who was elected to age, the maa who" The editor ol the Bu'ngtown Baxook reached this point In bis next week's leader when be accidentally upset tbe Ink on the new carpet Did he try to absorb tbe spatter with blotting paper Bid be eall bis wile la from the next room and teil her to fetch some milk so that the ugliness of the stain might turn out less uglyT Ho, be did neither of these things. He gathered up his unfinished manuscript the while keeping bis eyes oa the door of bis wife's room nearly broke his neck dropping out of the window, and remained in the next county until his wife ordered him to come home, and not be a fool. This the editor did, Congress quired a stock of strength that can stand the draft of the ball dissipation once or twice a week between November and May. You can see many of them who ean jump into a boat, pull a vigorous oar, handle tbe sails or take a trick at the tiller equally as well as their brothers.

All this sort of exercise hardens tbelr muscles, rounds out their figures and fills them with health and strength. Therefore It Is that If some pale and pasty young man who has worn him'elf out by too mnoh drinking and too little work gets Into the Kensington neighborhood and has such a girl for a partner In a waits he is astonished by the force wltb which she will nearly lift him oil his heels as they whirl around." in New York yesterday is a political freak Speaker Reed aiU not merely make a food presiding officer in tbe crdiuarr sense is peculiarly well equipped to deal with the tryfoz situations certain to arba in the session of Congress to bejin to-morrow, lie is ready, cool-headed, decuire and bra re, and there will te many occasions when all his robust man hood will be seeded la tbe management of tha House. CDAUXCEI DtTJEW OX FOOTBALL Secretary will find many to combat hit idea. At a gathering of gentlemen, as in the present case, where all speak different languages and all do not understand any one of them, speeches, of course, are eut of place, but such instances are rare. We have been making great progress in the past few years la the matter ot public dinners, although wa have not yet reached the point but he may make a very good Congressman, for all that The State of Indiana has made a contract with a syndicate to supply all tbe publio schools with school books, and publishers agents are forbidden to visit teachers or attempt to introduce new school books.

Tbe publishers generally, the schools and the pupils are likely to be the sufferers from this curious plan, organization which would possess all tha elements ot force and great popularity. The proposition to make this combination was ofiered some time ago, but at tha recent meeting ot the Association in this city It was decided to go ahead on tha old lines. Yos der Abe, of St Louis, felt confident that the Association would hare ample room to do a and nine hundred and ninety-clue out of every thousand men would have done likewise. The thousand might bave stood his ground, but therein would he bave shown little wisdom, or a wide panclty ef knowledge regarding the ways of women under certln conditions. What the Effect of tba Recent Princeton Victory WiU Be on Yale.

From thKew Tort Timet. The attendance at the meeting of tbe Vale Alumni Association at Delmonico's last night was by no means particularly enthusiastic over certain recent events, but those members who summoned up sufficient courage to attend heard the president, Chauncey M. Pepew, ex while the favored syndicate, and that publish No, thou wooden example of bow dense a man may be and live several times no. A skin glove fight is not necessarily a swindling ailair. Get Superintendent Bos by shell, of the Mint has come to the conclusion that there Is a pretty mean side to some men's natures.

In the numerous piles of letters that come to his office for position there almost invariably accompanies them several anonymous letters. These are always directed of course against some of the applicants. A man from an interior town of Pennsylvania made an application for a position and be was very highly recommended by some of the most prominent mea In the country and the colonel felt that the can The controTersy between the sereral Repuh l.caa candidates for the position has been carried on with good feeling and apparently no tad taste has been left in anybody's mouth. The eiTort to create a sectional prejudice bad very small encouragement It was Justly set down as unpatriotic and Mr. Reed will be rand away abore any such prejudice In dit-chargiax the duties of his oSea.

2so one can doubt that ia the organization where, as la England, they are made the occasions for official utterances oa great political questions. But no commercial, social or national movement is now undertaken without good business, having tha good will of the Brotherhood players, who at that time had given assurances that their opposition should be confined to the League. The Athletic Club ing house which enabled the syndicate to make the greatest profits, will be the gainers. There Is a wide opening in this plan for a big scandal to develop, and if other States followed Indiana's example there would be a total cessation of all improvement in school books. plain how It all occurred.

"The attendance falls," be said, "because of the temperature it Is a cold day. The especial attendance which was expected Is not here. Previous to this meefciug tbe Executive Committee of the association met and tbe chief subject for discussion was bow It was done. Oliver Wendell Holmes' misspoke of 'the sands of There Is no sand at Princeton. There Is nothing there but the soft, inconsistency of never-ceasing mud, and when the eleven got to Berkeley Oval yesterday Princeton was at home.

"I loos upon this as a blessing. The fellows up at Yale bave been safferlng from big bead also favored a struggle next season on the old lines, for tha reason that it was already in a better position ss regards the number of players signed than any club except Brooklyn. Since then some of the Association players bars gone over to the Brotherhood. The desertion of tha Baltimore club is not important, because Baltimore has not been a paying base ball town, and the substitution of Washington tbee to the woods, where thee belongs, for verily thou art a ehump. Knew Hie Business.

"Can I sell you a rug to-day, ma'am he said politely, as she opened the door with an I'd-like-to expression on her face. "No." "These rugs, ma'am Didn't I tell you 1 didn't want any Are you dealt" No, ma'am, I'm not deaf. I wouldn't have bothered you only the woman across the street in No. 12 told me that it would be a waste of time for me to come over here, as you were too poor to of the House committees Speaker Reed will te Influenced by tha best purposes. TheRe I ublicans hare most adrantageously berTia the work of the new Congress, Free competition puts teachers and school-boards to some trouble, but the freer the competition between publishers and the more inducements that are offered to men like Mr.

Horace E. Scudder and Mr. Egglestox to prepare good and attractive school books, an inaugural dinner. If a city wants the World Fair, a dinner is given I if a prominent citizen is to be honored, ha is banqueted if a great commercial enterprise it to be set on foot, millionaires are collected around the mahogany and filled with wines and salad a When the physical man Is satiated tha object of the gathering is set forth by ona or mora orators, and if there is any "go" la the enterprise this is supposed to successfully launch it didate must have an almost saintly character. This was offset a few days after by tbe receipt of an anonymous letter stating In It that the appli-cant was a thief, eommltted sundry brutal acts ia bis career, never paid anything he owed, and generally.

If the unknown correspondent was to be believed, a life term in jail waa hardly sufficient punishment for the alleged villain. Letters setting forth that certain applicants have not been consistent party mea are daily affairs, and one on -a postal card beseeches the Superintendent to pay as much attention to tbe -ward as tbe Democrats did. Of eourse, all these letters find their way to the waste basket the better it is for the schools. The Motjxt Holly, New Jersey, shoe manufacturers who shut down a short time ago would be an excellent exchange. But there have been sufficient changes within a short time to make soma kind of a combination between their heads are not so big now.

To illustrate the methods used with eaob team, Yale, when she arrived, went to the theatres and enjoyed It; Princeton was put to bed at 9 o'clock, and each man was tucked in by a classmate at least those who belong to any classes were. I have been all my life opposed to mouopoly, end I feared that on account of the flat condition of the shoe Under proper circumstances speeches are a very delightful sequel to a good dinner. They market will probably be encouraged to reopen their factories by the great fire at Lynn, Mass a- i have anything on your parlor floor but rag carpet. People don't always tell the truth, aud from the neat and handsome appearance of your bouse outside I did not believe ber, so I called anyway. I think she's watching me out of the Window.

Sorry to trouble you. Good day. ma'am." How much are they How to Improve Councils. Fifty-two Councilmen are to be elected In Philadelphia in February, and a good many of those whose terms are about to expire desire to be re-elected. Some cf them deserve to be, but a large number are practically useless and da not anywhere near 11 tha measure which should be required of men in such important poaition.

It is upon Councils that much depends for tLe improvement and progress of the city. If the majority in these bodies are men ef con the Association and the Brotherhood a not unlikely outcome of the situation. In the four or five months before the season opens the unsettled state of things will have ample time to settle down, so that the public Miss Lillian Russell's pretty face and figure have attracted many admirers during the time she has been on the stage. She has long sinee tired of many of these attentions, and It bas to be sometblng unlqae to attract her attention, so monotonous has it become. Ia a recent Interview chusettav New York's fair fund is almost all subscribed: which, however, the ex perienced know is very different from being Four dollars, ma'am.

Oive me two." Served lilm Right. Miss Chestnut-Have you and Clarence set the dayt Yale was forming an athletio trust Of course, Yale has the championship still of everything except football, and we'll hare that again next year. "Last year at the Harvard dinner the Bev. Dr. Van Dyke spoke of tbe brutality of athletio sports, of the degeneration of Yale as a place of learning In her cultivation of these sports, and dwolt lovingly on Princeton's high attitude in frowning, through her faculty, upon these brutal pastimes.

I want to bear his speech this year. I want to hear the theology of tbls state of affairs, whether the predestined end has been reached. You may think that I am seeking to are sometimes too prolix, often tha speakers have eaten too much to be eloquent, but this Is not tha rule. Tha intellectual delights of a properly arranged dinner are often Its best features. What is to become of Chauxcet Depew, Axthoxt Hiacrxs or Watxe MACVEAGH II Secretary Blaixe's crusade succeeds? We trust that nowhere out of Washington the new.

order of things will obtain, and that hereafter, as formerly, wit, eloquence and mirth shall close our publio dinners. collected. Ixasmuch as Lord Salisbury represents tbe quintessence of English conservatism, his may have its national game as before. It will require no small amount of business ability to handle safely and correctly the four or five hundred thousand dollars which the contemplated League teams will absorb in salaries alone next year. Tbe Brotherhood players condemnation ot Lord Koseberby's proposition for a drastic reform of the House of Miss Walnut Mr.

CallowbiU and I are strangers. Miss Why-Miss W. We were on a train. We went through a tunnel. Of course, I was frightened and clung to Mr.

CallowhiU's arm and Miss Clarence didn't presume Miss No, Clarence did not presume. tbe Casino Company prima donna said i "I bare scarcely any acquaintance of eonne-quence In Philadelphia." This eruel disposition of her admirers was made the first week she was here. She would hardly say it now, as she has met an admirer whose devotion compels acknowledgment and be is unique, and therefore he has attracted attention. This new-found friend is only 12 years of age, but what be laeks In years he makes up In enthusiasm. He is the son of a well-known architect and the first night "The Brigands" was given at the ChestnutNtreetfThea-tre the 12-year-old was on hand.

Before the per- formance was over he was hopelessly In lore with Miss Kuesell. How to know her was a question that agitated blm for several days, and finally be reached a solution. Wben Miss Busscll arrived at the theatre one night she found waiting her a magnificent tracted views, limited intellect and, in consequence, of small purposes, It will be impossible for tha city to move forward as it should. Wa have had many illustrations of this in tha past fiw years, and the natural and proper progress cf tha is retarded in spite of the effort of tha com pantircly few good men ia Councils who have energetically sought different results. Why should wa not take advantage of the coming election to Improve on some, at least, make an explanation.

You remomber the maxim, 'To explain is to be Well, the boys of Yale will remember this and will try to avoid explanation next year." have been disposed to underestimate tbe importance and value of sound business management The paying out of the equivalent of the thirty or forty thousand dollars paid in salaries by a single club every other week would sJ Lords is not to be wondered at He doubtless thinks the declaration that at least a portion of the membership of that House should be elective a most revolutionary one and subversive of the British Constitution. But nothing is more plain than that there is a growing sentiment Miss The mean thing I I don't blame you, dear. Mr. Cleveland Won't Sell Red Top. Went nim One Better.

"The soil In Kentucky," said the colonel, wiping his whiskers, "is so rich that vegetables are grown to order while you wait" "That's nothing." put la the liar from Camden. "Oa my farm over In Jersey we can't allow the be considered a responsible duty in any well regulated business bouse. The new base ball organizations need to steer clear of the mistake of underestimating this responsibility and tha value of tba business foresight and training necessary to manage a club's financial affairs successfully. in England in favor of abolishing the House ot Lords entirely, or, at least, making it cease to be a hereditary body. Lord Salisbury is no longer young, but even he may live to see this accomplished, as well as that federation of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland which he now sneers at as utterly chimerical.

From the A'eio York Sun. Waseikotow, Nov. 29. Ex-President Cleveland either has an ardent attachment for Washington real estate or else he hopes some day to be again located at the capital in an official capacity. At least such Is the inference drawn by business men of this city wbo have learned of a recent ofler mode for tbe Ked Top cottage property.

Several days ago a proposition was made to Mr. Cleveland for tbe purchase of bis property, tbe Business Methods for the Mails. Whatever tha Democratic and Mugwump papers may say about Postmaster-General WaxAMAKER, they do not deny that he Is a man of great business ability while those who are best acquainted with the man and his business methods have noticed that he is gifted with remarkable talent for organization and systematic detaiL This is apparent ia every department of his great business, and this is exactly what is wanted ia the complex machinery of the Postoffice Department Mr. Waxamakeb's first annual report contains evidence of this ia every line. He has horses to stand a moment in the fields for fear their hoofs will take root and the animals grow up cf tha men who are pulling back? Why should wa not go among tha business men of the city and make Councilmen out of such as Robert Ocdex, Hexbt W.

Suae less, IAAC If- Clothier, Gbaxvixlk B. IIaises, Feaxcis B. Reetes, E. C. KxicnT, WitxiASt Bkockxe, ex-Governor FATTIS03T, B.

1C JAMISOX, THOMAS CuCH- Fete A. B. Wjdexee, or any number of others whose en tcrpriae is well-known and If ew lit id iJ: rorfl ical iab POU idl 14 I The oxly way to gather apples, the farmers Let the People Decide It. The man who gets the Republican nomina to be elephants. I made a three-legged milking stool, tbe other day, out of freshly cut saplings and stood it In the barn yard.

The next morning I found In Us place a black walnut extension dining table. If I hadn't sawed tbe legs off close to the ground I might have had a whole parlor say, is to consider every one aa egg and handle it "accordingly. The only way to treat an electric wire is to consider it a lightning rod and insulate it to correspond. bouquet of tbe choicest cut flowers and Inside of It she found one of tbe sweetest of love letters. Miss Bussell received tbe flowers with the Indifference that comes from frequent attentions of that sort and would have thouebt no more of the incident.

Tbe little "masher" fully expeeted that his flowers and note would bring a response, and after the performance he anxiously awaited Miss Russell's appearance at tbe stage door. His heart was crushed when she passed him without notice. Nothing daunted, however, and the next night and every night since tbe young man has sent his loving note aud flowers. He Is thoroughly happy -now, however, ss Miss Bussell bas rewarded bis devotion with sundry smiles. Every nlgbt he occupies a front seat and watches closely every movement of his divinity.

Miss Bussell has taken kindly to the little fellow's attentions, feeling, it is said, that he is more sincere and not near as empty headed as some of his older brothers of the sex. taken hold of his department just as he does of amount offered being upwards of $150,000, This Is about five times what the property eost blm but to tbe surprise of the bidder he was met with a flat but courteous refusal. In bis reply Mr. Cleveland said that Bed Top is not for sale, and that it is bis intention to preserve It as a country residence for hlmselL Further be desired it understood that some day be proposed to take up bis permanent abode at Bed Top, and especially aa it afforded him aa opportunity for quietude and recreation. suit In a day or two." Each occupation has is blessings.

Gout nor dis-pepsia never ties knots in the limited anatomy of The most signal success the Weather Bu reau has scored this vear was the failure of its tion for Beceiver of Taxes should oe the trammeled choice of the masses of tbe party. And the nomination should be made in such way that the man wbo gets it can be elected. Several times recently tbe Republicans of this city have engaged ia such bitter factional contests as to lead to the defeat of tbe party candidates at the polls. The administration of the man wbo earns bis board Din oy tne pron-ciency with whieh be says': Ca-a-a-shl" dismal prediction for Thauksgiving day. Atteb LITIGATIOX that at one time bid fair to last for years, the University of Wisconsin students concerned in the September haz whose business Is a part of the life of Philadelphia? Or we might go Into professional life and take such bright lights as WILLIAM M.

Sur-CEBLT, Colonel McCLCEE, Colonel CLAT-toit McMicrael, Dr. Charles. Rxobt Smith, Geokgb W. Ciiilds and Wiioiam V. McKeaic.

from the newspapers or Dr. William Ftrrtis, or Wavsb McVbaoh, Gr-OEGE W. BlDDLIT, JoHX G. JOHJiSOX and other members of the bar. These are all very buiv men In their very-day lives, but bis own business.

He sees how it can be improved by'a more systematic distribution of the work, and has already formulated a plan for making it more efficient at slight expense. He does not trouble himself with minute detailsthat would be impossible but he describes a comprehensive plan under which all details would ba attended to and recommends its adoption. He is for business methods, first and last Where to Get Correct Information. ing have been brought to triaL One of them has been already convicted ot participating in From the Lancaster Examiner. Correct information baa got to bean exclusive affair.

Results Inform us that Beaver county and the office of Thb Philadelphia Inquirer know a riot and the others are on triaL The maxi some of tbe most important offices In the city has been thrown into the hands of the Democrats, while there has been a narrow escape with others. Do wc want any more of thia? Wa do not believe any Republican will say that we do, A Lady. A beautiful and graceful head The artist would bave worshipped If copied into marble white Nor turned by praise that's sung or said. Poised like a lily in the light Her eyes are large, of heavenly hue, In which are seen the image true Of a sweet woman's stainless heart Her features captivate the view Her nature triumphs over art Her faultlejs form, well-posed and fair more about Lancaster city and county than we mum penalty for the offense is a fine of $500, one year's imprisonment, or both. This conviction will probably put a stop to hazing in Wisconsin for some years to come, and it is to do ourselves.

It is somewhat bard upon our vanity to confess our ignorance, but as it is useless to He does not look upon the postal service as so much plunder to be seized by the successful An Able and Well Cond acted Newspaper. From Vie Saturday Review and Republic Thb Inquirer Is to enter the field of Sunday journalism to-morrow and proposes to get entirely away from tbe bulky charaoterlftlcs of the present Sunday Issues of the great dailies of the country. It will, however, be a large paper and present all the news, local and general, together with special features of value and Interest. The TireMnt manairement of THE INQUIRER Is both en kick against tbe inevitable, we may in future ask and yet such a result may be brought about luformation from Philadelphia before making a political move. be hoped that its influence will be widespread, Oxx OF these days the relation of the Mox-EOE Doctrine to Cuban independence will be a Fall of Enterprise and News.

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger. Announcement is made by Thb Isquirer that It by inconsiderate action in tbe contest for tbe nomination for Receiver of Taxes bow in progress. It can be avoided, and the man who is nominated can be given the cordial support ot a united party. And that is what is wanted. People wbo bave to vote for candidates want to Lave something to do with the choice of burning question.

will begin to-morrow the publication of a Sunday edition and that thereafter Thb Inquirer will be but this morning, to an outside they would doubtless be able to give some time to tha publio service for the benefit cf the city. There are plenty et manufacturers also from whom good Councilmen could be chosen. Why should not TnoM as Dolajt, James Donsoar, tones Bcbxham, Johx Lucas. James Pollock, William Fotteb and others of like character and interest in the welLire cf Philadelphia be selected? These muses are only given as a suggestion of the kind ef men who should be dratted Into tha aerrice. Tbe Lames of all who are equally gnod would 12 columns, but every ward has plenty of them.

Could they refuse to serve the city If tha ob- It is Postmaster Field the change is not apparent server. published every day in the year. Thb Inquirer, party because to tha victors belong the spoils." He regards it as a service of skill, in which ability and experience count for as much as integrity, and very much more than political influence. Consequently, he would have it conducted just as a great business concern is conducted, where a man's services become more valuable the longer he serves and promotions are made for merit alqne. This is the popular notion of the postal sen ice, and it is tbe business view of it also.

These points are the most important ones in the report The expected recommendations of cue-cent letter postage and reform in the dassi- Ihe sunlight tangled ner nair A sheaf of soft aud radiant gold Her buoyant step is lisht as air; Her gifts aud graces manifold. Add to her sweet, attractive grace And loveliness of form and face The gifts of mind by nature given Then in her life of beauty trace Something of earth aud more of heaven. Harper Bazar. Faet Trains to Washington. Tbe fastest and best equipped trains to Washington run via Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.

Solid trains. No transfers. No changes. Pullman's finest parlor cars. For schedule of trains see B.

and O. time table this paper. under its new management, nas greatly developed its resources for tbe collection of news and.is terprising and ambitious, and the new step la a decided evidence that it Is not lacking In the element of progress. Sunday journalism in this elty is pretty well crowded still, there should be ample room for an able and well conducted addt-tloa such as the Suxdat Isquibbk will undoubtedly be. Insurance on Fire-Proof Bandings.

From the Veto York World. Insurance companies, in view of tbe Boston experience, will no doubt increase the rate oa guaranteed fire-proof buildings. Tbe underwriters have evidently been working oa a false full of enterprise as a newsgaiuerer. them. Let the people determine it, whether it is to be Johx Taylor or Hexby Clay or some one else, aud there will be no question about the result ia February.

DtfRixo tbe past year the lightships off the mouth of tbe Delaware bay ha ye been driven from their places of anchor a number of times by tremendous gales. Life on these lightships is full ot perils in stormy seasons, and whether their cables hold ot whether they break, it is Yon Can Depend Upon That From the HorrUtown Herald. The present dally edition is proof that the Suw: These is not much probability in the report sat Inquirer will be a good one. that Riddlebebgeb is going to travel as.