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THE TDFES PIirLABELPHIA, FRIDAY MOKXIXG, FEBRUATIY 1883. enlarged sphere of usefabees; bat an editor cmrstsGUAyrs. accomplice. OUR XATIOXAt ETEMGHT. TROUBLE IN THE HOUSE.

WAsniXCiToX KECEPTIOX4. spirit of the law would doubtless make thn collect the county's doe wore promptly, and should the salary system tie established in the smaller counties on a similar basis fewer ronnties would be in danger of bankruptcy through the failure of careless officials to collect accounts that are now suffered to remain long overdue. PUBLISHED EVERY PAyTn THE YEAR THE TIMES BUILDIHS PHILADELPHIA whose minMrartoas rwfc eoncregatioa of hundred, of thousands whose hearers are volun tary and never sleep during service, and whom teachings can be made second only to the pal pit in creating and sustaining the qualities which are the indispensable attributes of religion one with such a field, and a constantly enlarging field, of usefulness, could have do good reason for a change of desks. Governor Pattison can have all the brotherly lore he desires from as in his new calling, but one of the party will be quite enough in the ministry. The oxl.t BiLi the Pennsylvania Legislature has passed in a five weeks' session was buried yesterday.

The statesmen may now hare time to work through another bilL The Wiijjaxnfobt Common Council is by no means destitute of backbone. Being legally advised that it could make the Williamsport Passenger Railway Company liable for the paving of the Rtreets on whiee its tracks are laid, the Council paved one of the streets in question and instructed the City Solicitor to present the company with a bill for the cost. Should the company refuse to pay the Solicitor will bring suit under Its charter. The strongest pressure was brought to prevent Council from giving these instructions, but apparently Williamsport is one city which corporations cannot dictate to. The Arab cat played with the English mouse most provokingly before swallowing it.

The Habrtsblbo legislators are opposed to pretty schoolmarms under eighteen years of age. At least a committee to which a bill prohibiting the employment of teachers under that interesting age was referred has reported it favorably. Perhaps the majority of the whole House are not so favorably disposed to the old maid as to give them a monopoly of the school teaching business. Even if they are, a hopeful field for feminino lobbying is presented in the case. Seriously speaking, however, the bill is one of a class that, will be best treated by letting it die on the calendar.

While in general a teacher is the better for possessing age and experience, It is hardly worth while to draw the lino arbitrarily at elght jen or any other age. School Directors and superintendents can be left to judge whether persons applying for positions as teachers are old enough. Very successful teachers have begun thoir work before they were' sixteen, while older ones were failures and would have been if they had lived to the age of Mcthusaleh. The nopE that Captain Eads may soon put to sea in the Tallapoosa is heartfelt. After all the about tho fertile land of Oklahoma it now turns out that its chief value is for grazing purposes and that the whole furor about Its occupation was speculation.

It is an othor illustration of the tendency of human nature to prize very highly that which is out of its roach, whether it is worth anything or not. It was ko doubt very wrong for any of the officers on board tho United States steamer Lancaster to speak in disrespectful terms of William E. Chandler, Secretary of the Navy, for ordering their vessel to the west coast of But they hud probably read the home newspapers and kept up with the home sentiment concerning tho Secretary of tho Navy and had found it difficult to get up any great degree of admiration for him merely because they were iu tho government service. It was therefore puerile in that worthy, whoso days of power are almost over, to order an inquiry into tho freedom of speech concerning himself on tho part of those officers. They were, of course, ready to obey orders, and it is scarcely seemly to summon a court for such a trilling offense against a little martinet who expects naval officers to bow down and worship him.

Tennyson has a new topic and Westminster Abbey a new hero. It is to be hoped that the Cumberland county courts will make nn example of the young man who was caught throwing stones through the windows of a Cumberland Valley Railroad car in active passenger service. Such criminals are very unpleasant people to be at largo. President udge Elwell, of Columbia county, is not only willing to revoke tho licenses of violators of liquor laws against whom there is only circumstantial evidence, but he has given his grand jury some very plain instructions in tho same direction. Ho says that if a man go into a saloon sober and come out drunk, or if persons more or less iu liquor are seen hanging about a saloon on Sunday, it is fair to presume that they obtained the liquor at that saloon.

What Judge Elwell says in his charge is neither more nor less than common sense, but it is probably a new view of the liquor law to those who are supposed to enforce it in Philadelphia. But then tho common sense Judge of tho Columbia Montour district was not elected on tho tariff issuo after a porsonul canvass. Let the Governor be given his duo. veto that vetoed. It was a Laxcasteb county breathes freely onoe more.

It is reported thereabout that Abe Buzzard has joined the regular army. The County Commissioners can now take courage and offer a reward for Abo with perfect impunity. Judgk Simonton decides that telephone companies are taxable upon their gross receipts the same as telegraph companies. Whether this will be held by the court of last resort to bo technically good law or not remains to ba seen, but that it is good sense will be recognized by everybody except the companies, who protest against paying their taxes. It ought not to be necessary to place upon the statute book a new act extending the provisions of an old one every time a new application of an old principle is made to a subject that is clearly covered by existing law.

The average corporation will undertake to crawl through a very small hole, however, to escape the tax collector. PERSONAL. Michael Davitt has arrived at Kome from Ireland. Mb. Howells clicks off his fine character sketches on a type writer.

"My Lady Pocahontas is the taking title of John Esten Cooke's now novel. Ik. Dajieosch's company will begin a fortnight's season in Chicago ou the 33d instant TheTelpaik Academy of Arts, nt Savannah, will be opened for the first time ou the 12th instant M. Mabcellin, sculptor, left $3G0 a year to help along the young artists of tiayp, his native town, Wili iam M. Singebly, of the Heard, will tear down his North Wales residence aud build a fine new one.

The Rev. Dr. William Stoddebt, who died recently at Mexico, was a brother of General Ewell, of Confederate fame, but for some reason the former took tbe maternal name. bank jones, or now one of tho richest men in New England, began Hie as a peddlor. His cart was gorgeously painted and bore on one side the words Good weight, marm." General Wolseley, in a private letter re ceived iu Loudon a few days ago, wrote: "I have personally known only two heroes in the course of my life.

One was General Lee; the other is Genoral Gordon." Samttel Schoolfteld McMasteb.ot, as all his neighbors called him, "Colonel Mc.Master," died at Snow Hill, in the Eastern Shore of Maryland, on eduesday. As long ago as lSlB he was a member of the House of Delegates aud since then he has filled oftlces of trust and honor. Henby Wabd Beecher's lecture in Dover on Evolution on Monday night," gays the Ttmtt, of Smyrna, is considered by Chancellor Saulsbury and other leading citizens one of tlie most harmful discourses in its effect upon the minds of young men that lias ever been delivered in that town." The good Chancellor, who thus in Orthodox fashion re bukes the bold man of Brooklyn, is none other than the Wlllard Saulsbury of Senatorial fame. Miss Maby Custis Lee, daughter of Gen eral Lee, visited the National Museum a few days ago to look at the Washington relics there that she might identify those taken during the war from Arlington. The relics were in the Patent Office from 1861 to 18S2, when they were removed to the National Musoum.

Stiss Lee has a miniature of Martha Washington which was buriod during the war. It is the one of which Mrs. Washington spoke in a letter written the last year of her life. Eepbesewtative Kelley, to a Washineton Interviewer You ask me If I have talked with Mr. Randall since he returned from his visit to Mr.

Cleve land. No, I have not at least In relation to his triD. He is In the best of spirits and very active on the floor of tlie House, taking the load at every opportunity. In fact his manner shows that he is 1 cock of the walk and the recognized leader of his party in the House. Evidently his interview with Mr.

Cleveland was of the most satisfactory character, or he would not be in such excellent spirits." Beverly Tcokeb has a novel scheme on hand. lie says he hates a crowd and wants to avoid the inauguration hubbub. I've decided," he says, to take the train for New York on the 3d. I shall have a car all to myself travel like a prince at the ordinary fare because everybody will be going the other way. I'll spend the 4th hi New York and have decent dinner with my friend Cranston at the New York Hotel, which is more than anybody will get In Washington.

Then I'll take the train back oo the Dth and have a car all to mysolf again." Hat Word mm loniaiulim Take fw the Ttaw at Uw Meaaeen. WAsmserm, February 5. The House got into a wrangle and exchanged one breezy personalities to day orer Ui rales when lie. Randall reported aa amendment to the special tea objections'" rule so as to that the obje tkns shall not be called tor until the tea minute debate has proceeded. He Meed, of Maine, disclaimed having taken any part the formation of tfce amendment or the original rule.

Mr. McMillin, of Tennessee, suggested that that spoke well for both the amendment and the rule. Mr. Keed said that he knew that the gentleman from Tennessee intended only aa impertinence; that was his oalr object But he (Reed) did not intend to reply in that vein, because there were serious questions involved in the method of proceeding questions to which the gentleman from Tennessee would address himself, provided he were capable of comprehending their importance, lie then went on to attack the system of rules under which the House worked, which had tied the hands of the House and made it impossible to transact business. This special rule this hybrid affair would not relieve the Bouse.

It was attempting to run Niagara through a quilL Mr. McMiUln said that in response to the charge of the Representative from Maine concerning the pertinence or impertinence of his remark he had only this to say, that the House would bear him witness that among all of its S3 members there was not one who had less cause to criticise impertinence on the part of others than the Representative from Maine. Mr. Randall. In reply to Mr.

Reed's attack upon the rules, said that they had in almost their entire volume come down from former generations. Mr. Michigan, criticised the rales as putting it in the power of one man to block the wheels of business. Mr. Reed charged that by the present system of rules the veto power was practically given to every single member.

The amendment to the rules was adopted. The Hoase adopted a resolution directing the Secretary of the Treasury to inform the House what has been the total amount of expenses incurred under the law providing for the appointment of deputy marshals, chief supervisors and supervisors of elections, and in hat States the money has been expended. Mr. Breckenridge, of Arkansas, sent to tlie clerk's desk and had road extracts from speeches made yesterday by Mr. Keed, of Maute, and Mr.

Uiscnck, of New York, reflecting upon the committee of rivers and harbors. At a full meeting of the committee this morning he said it had been unanimously agreed that those remarks should be denounced on tlie floor of the House as a slander upon the committee. The committee unanimously denounced the imputations upon it as uttcriy base and groundless. As a of Congress and as a gentleman he resented the insults which gentlemen sought to heap upon them. At some length Mr.

Reed disclaimed any intention of attachiug suspicion of dishonorable motives in the nction of any momber of tlie committee and Mr. Breckenridge professed to be satisfied with this statement. Then Reed said that he had in substance expressed yesterday his belief that gentlemen were more interested in the expenditure of money in their sectious than in proper measures for the navigation of the Mississippi river. That was a proper statement to be made. Hunt, of tuisnna, objected to this remark and Iteed again found himself involved in a wordy war.

Hunt declnriug the statement to be improper and untrue and made in an improper and uncharitable spirit. After Hiscock and Iiayue had iiad their little say the matter was dropped. In committee of the whole Mr. Spooner, of lihode Island, made an hour's speech deprecating the way in which his Stalo had been discriuiiuuted against iu the river and harbor bill. CCTtlOrS ABOUT CLEVELAND.

Democrats Who Want to Go Rack to a Quarter of a Century Ago. Special Dispatch to The Times. Washington, February 5. That a feeling of dissatisfaction is growing up among a class of Democrats in Congress which may become serious for Mr. Cleveland is as easy to see as the Washington Monument.

The principal specification is that he has not taken them, as the representatives of the Democracy of the country, Into his confidence nor any way confided to them what are his plans. Calling first Randall and then Carlise, they alleged, was au unwise step, since. those eminent Democrats agree on no cardinal point in the Democratic creed, one or the other and his friends are bound to be disappointed. These fault finding Democrats aver that they are prepared to believe that Cleveland meditates setting up for him sell and the lending of the party into new paths. The Washington Post emphasizes the sontimeut and stimulates the feeling of dissatisfaction with the President elect and in doing so purposely embar rasses him.

'that paper says it "cannot quite un derstand why some pains is not token to inform the public in au authoritative way on the points in which the public is concerned that there can be no reason for prolonging a suspense that is in many ways detrimental to business and producing impressions which no doubt are unjust, but none the less unfavorable that there is too much the air of mystery about the whole business, and that when Mr. Cleve land nas got through consulting and kept his own secrets another week tho reasonable curiosity of the country will be grntiiled by a clear exposition of the Democratic policy in the House and of the President's determination with regard to the members of his Cabinet." Numbers of Democratic Senators and Representa tives are not imitating fur. Cleveland's policy or rotieenee, but are speaking out their dissatisfaction and letting it be known what kind of au administration they and, as they allege, the Democracy of the country expect from hiu. Said a Senator high iu tho party We want to know first and soon whether or not the administration is going to be orthodox in tho Democratic taitn. That Is what Is not settled yet, and the delay is becoming alarming.

Till that is done there is no use iu propounding other questions, for if the answer to that uuestiou is not right nothing will be right." It should be understood that Democrats who take this view belong to tho class who want to begin wuere uie party lert on twenty lour years ago, TILE TRADE DOLLARS. Bayard Speaks Against Their Redemption and Favors Suspension of Silver Coinage. Washington, February 5. The Senate did not transact much business to day. Mr.

Bowen made a speech to day advocating the redemption of the trade dollar and opposing tho Senate amendment to the House bill providing for the suspension of silver coinage. Mr. Bayard made the principal speech of the day. Ho strongly opposed the redemption and declared that it was abso lutely iu the faco of reason and of history aud in denial of actual experience to allege that the trade dollar had ever been in circulation in the United States as money, even while It liad legal tender power to the extent of five dollars. Before 187(1 its intrinsic value prevented it from passing as an ordinary dollarit was then worth too much and after 1876 there was no such coin ni our list When Congress took the legal tender quality from the trade dollars it also expressly required the Secretary of the Treasury to coin enough of them to moet the export demandwhich was an intimation that they were not to be coined except for export and that placed them in the category of ordinary merchandise.

Congress had not the power to create valuos by Its flat This was not a question, Mr. Bayard continued, on which party should be arrayed against party. Truth was truth; there was no obligation, moral, equitable or legal, upon the United States to 're dueui," as it was called, the trade dollar. Mr. Bayard advocated the suspension of the silver coinage act He would favora more prompt suspension than that provided by the Senate committee's amendment under consideration, but if the present measure was tho best that could now be had he would support it liayard added that in dealing with the subject of money no experiment should be tried.

Just nnd admitted laws of business should be recognized. Those who would suffer most by silver mouo iuetal ism were the luborors those who could not bkio thoir time. Mr. Hendrieks in the South. Atlanta, February 5.

Thomas A. Hendricks and party reached Atlanta this morning at four o'clock in a special car. At half past eight they wero O3cortod to the Kimball House, whoro breakfast was served. The company they met at breakfast consisted of about thirty prominent citizens. A largo crowd was congregated about the hotel.

The Mayor Introduced "Mr. Hendricks, who addroesed the people from the balcony, after which the ludies were driven around the city and tho gentlemen proceeded to the hall of the House of Representatives, whore a reception was held and several hundred persou3 wore presented to the Vice President elect The party left for Birmingham at ten o'clock and will proceod from there to the New Orleans Exposition. Much onthusiasm was manifested over Mr. 1 loud ricks. The Grand Army in Jersey.

Special Dispatch to The Times. Tbenton, February 5. The Opera House in this city has been full of soldiers all day. They came to attend tho eighteenth annual encampment of tbe Now Jersey Department of the Grand Army. The annual report states that when Commander Novum assumed commaud of the department he found that a legacy of debt amounting to 10,189.85 was weighing it down and would Impair its usefulness.

This has all been liquidated and there is a balance iu the treasury. The report stated that sovon new posts had been organized during the year and fourteen hundred members had been added. Acamp fire was held this evening and addresses were delivered by Adjutant Geueral Strykor, General Beath, of Pennsylvania Cougressman elect Buchanan aud Ex Senator Taylor. The Bloom Upon the Branch. The bloom upon the branch must die Before the tree can bear It is the truth that wakes the sigh And hope that brings despair.

The sun that paints the flower to day Will fade the flower to morrow The longest Joys will pass away And end at last in sorrow. It is that thought informs the mind That souls are filled with fear It is that nature Is unkind That sUu bi the bitter tear. The passing air by which we live Still bears our breath away The hand which unto life doth give, Prepares the bed of clay. The brighter beams the steady light, The darker falls the shade The colors most divinely bright Are still the first to fade. It is because all ties must part That farewell words are spoken It Is tlie love that fills the henrt By which the heart Is broken.

Robtrt Burnt Wilton. Do you know that ten Perfection Ciearettes can be had for five cents a of is Aa Aatniraa Xaaseel Bart Held for Complicity la tfca Dynaanlta Plato. Loxbon, February 5. The mysterious prisoner who was arrested oa Tuesday evening in Whiteebansi with Cunningham's missing brown box ia his possession was to day arraigned in the Bow Street Police Court. He was formally charged with complicity ia causing the ez plorioa at the Tower.

The prisoner gave his name as Harry Burton, said he was twenty six years of age, of American birth and by occupation a cabinet maker, lie Is Ave feet nine inches tall, of fair complexion and slender figure, wears a light moustache and beard and looks like an American. He managed to baffle all the eiTorts of the police to take his photograph. When taken into court Burton presented a haggard appearance and seemed keenly alive to his unfortunate position. The examination was briefly confined to the taking of the prisoner's statement concerning his identity and the reading of the charge against him and he was then hurried back to Clerkenwell Prison after being formally remanded for a further hearing. 1 he police say they have no doubt that Burton was Cunningham's accomplice in causing the Tower ex pl i.rti.

His arrest was accomplished through the canman who removed Cunningham's mi. uiauuiaciure irora Prescott street lodgings, where a brown box of simi lar shape and size was substituted for it The cab man told the police that he carried the trunk to a certain number, which he gave, in Bow street and so accurately described the man for whom he performed the task that the police were enabled to run Jiurton down. It will be remembered that Cunningham told hix Prescott streot landlady that the brown trunk belonged to a friend, who might call for it. When Bunon was lirst arresb he gave his name in many ililTerent ways to different interrogatories. Despite the concealment of the fact that Burton would be arraigned to day there was a large crowd around the Bow Street Police Court when he was taken there.

The court room itself was crowded and there was considerable excitement among the people. The police used the greatest precaution i for the safe custody of the prisoner and the evident fury of the crowd made Burton nervous. He could hardly speak when he was placed in the dork and at no time during the examination was he able to speak without faltering. The conduct of tbe police convinces the public that Burton at the time of his capture was engaged in futheriug other dynamite plots of a series of which the explosions at the House of Commons and Uie Tower were but the liegin.iing. His arrest is believed to have averted great disasters.

LIVELY PRIMAUY ELECTIONS. Hot Contests and Liberal Cse of Money in the Wards of lancaster. Special Dispatch to The Timkh. Lancaster, February 5. The Republican primaries here to night to nominate candidates for ward oflieers in several of the wards were attended with great excitement and bitterness.

Where there were contests Uie vote polled was very heavy. In the Second ward the Sen senig slate for Councilmeii was smashed. In the rourth ward Alderman Spurrier, who has figured largely as defendant in the proceedings against Magistrates for illegal charges, was vindicated by a triumphant nomination, beating his opponent, t'rbun, who graduated from one of the Court Houso offices, three to one. In the Sixth ward was tlie hottest fight, the Blaine Half breeds supporting Street Commissioner David Doen for Alderman and the Stalwarts rallying for Miller W. Fraim.

Money was spent lavishly, votos commanding from ono to five dollars apioce. Many Democrats, minors and non residents wero run in and negroes wore imported from all sections of the city. Four hundred aud eighty votos wero polled in a few hours, within a dozen the highest vote ever polled by the Republicans in tho ward. Deen won by thirty. In the Ninth ward Letter carrier Ptnkerton got more votes for Aiuorman than all hw combined, though one of them, Uarry Sehrnyer, had published a last card, appealing to the lilaine men for support on tho ground that the Stalwarts proposed to slaUKhter him necHuse as a ueiegnto to tno last Republican State Convention lie declined to take his orders from Bosses tyuuy ana TKOUBLKI LABOR.

'on Vnionists to Suspend Action Until After the Conference. Tlie non unionist carpet weavers held an omer meeting last evonmg a saloon on Fourth street, above Brown. There wero only fourteen present, representing the hands in the employ of jiornnn, Hamilton, Judge, Bock, Dunlnp. Hogg Metzger and Ivins, Dietz Magee. They passed resolutions to suspend further action until they know tho result of the conference between tlie manufacturers and the strikers, aud Uiere will be no more meetings until tills conference has occurred.

A urtlier subscription was taken up, and the names of porsons desiring to Join thoir rauks were handed to a committee for Investigation. The riots at Ivins, Dietz Magee's and Judge Brothers' mills on Wed nesday night were fully discussed. It wa3 resolved that, as Chief of Police Stewart has promised to protect the men, they would let matters alone for the present and see what is done to the strikers who wore arrested. I no committee of manufacturers appointed to meet tno stnlters is composed of Mr. Davis, of (v rv.iLu i nomas ij.

i.eouom, weorgo liromley, Thomas Bromley, John If. Gay, Mr. Scott, of Shaw, Swire Scott, aud Joseph Taylor. At a special meeting of the coopers of thecitvat Niagara Hall, Monroe street above Third, last night, an address wusdelivored by John G. Van Ifofe ou the advantages and benefits of the Knights of fjilwr.

At mo conclusion ot his speech they resolved to take immediate steps to lorm an assembly. Straussman Finds His Man. A very angry German walked into the de tectives' quarters at tho Central Station yesterdnv. His name, he said, was Honry Strauasmun, of Fall River, aud he was in search of John Simcock, oi wwansea, a small town near Fall lover. Sim cock had beon arrestod for assault and battery in Swansea and Straussman had gone his bail In tho sum of f.m Soon after being liberated on bail Sim cock departed without tho formality of bidding goodbye to his friends.

Straussman thought this very unfair aud when proceedings were begun against him to recover the amount of the bail he became very mad. Following a clue iu his touwimi came to Philadelphia and placed the matter iu lha hands of the detectives. Late in the afternoon Spo cial Officer Col burn cams in with Simcock, whom ho hud arrested at 3841 Ridge avenue. The Condition of the Police Force. Mayor Smith received yesterday Police Sur geon French's report of the physical condition of 1,874 applicants for position on tho police force, of whom 1,090 were already members.

Of the entire number 1,583 were born In this country and 391 were of foreign birth. Perfect sight was possessed by only 218, with 1,311 it was only normal, while tho rest had very defective vision. Forty of these have served on the force for more than twenty years and the report recommends their retirement and that Councils should provide positions for them as Janitors and messengers in public offices. The report further suggests that the wife aud children of tho policeman should be provided for case of injury received while in discharge of duty. It also comments upon tbe condltiou of thestation houses and suggests sanitary improvements.

Death of A. Bates Grubb. A. Bates Grubb. the proprietor of Mount Hope Furnace, near Manheim, died at his resilience.

3.V1 South Sixteenth street, ou Monday last, aged sixty one years. He was a descendant of Curtis Grubb, who erected the Cornwall F'urnaco in Leba non county in 1713. The furnace at Mount Hope was built iu 1785. At tho age of twenty one Mr. Grubb began the iron business at Mount Hopo and iu jo k) eiiLereu into partner snip with r.uwaru H.

lirubD, his brother. The latter died in 18(17 and from that time uutil 1874 Mr. Grubb operated tlie furiuuw nn his own occouut and for his brother's heirs. In that ear the partition or the estate was made and Mr. Irubb became bv purchase the solo owner of the furnace.

He leaves a large estate. Cuptaiu E. Burd Grubb, of the City Troop, is his nephew. The State Troops at the Inauguration. Special Dispatch to The Times.

Washington, February 5. Adjutant Gen eral Guthrie ran down from Harrisburg this morning to secure information necessary beforo making final arrangements for bringing the National Guard of Pennsylvania to take part iu the inaugural ceremonies. The General's special mission was to dis cover whothor tlie inaugural affair is to be on a scale which will demand elaborate preparations or whether a less imposing display would bo in keeping with Uie occasion. Ho returned to llurrisburg this eveulng convinced that if Pennsylvania is to hold hor owu in the rauks she must send everything she has got aud iu uie luuesi. leuiiier.

Captain Eads Klhninated. Washington, February 5. At a meeting of the river and harbor committee to day it was decided to report amendments to the river and horbor.appro priation bill eliminating the itom which proposed to make Captain Eads a consulting engiueer for tho Mississippi Rivor Commission and to nlaco him in charge of the improvement of the Galveston harbor. The amendments will reduce the appropriation proposed for the Galveston harbor from TS0.ano to $500,000 aud will provide that uo part of this sum shall be expended until the harbor coniniissiou provided for in the bill examine tho harbor and make a report to the Secretary of War. Maximilian Caught a Tartar.

From Forney's Progress. The Dauphin lottery individual met with a tartar when he tried to capture McClure hi Now Orleans. It can never be said of McClure that he is a coward or that he fears to strike back when ho thinks the foe worthy of his steel. If ft be true that the New Orleans papers refused to publish, oven as am advertisement, his card snout lotteries, although they were offored any indemnity against libel, they ought to be ashamed of themselves. McClure should have been given full chance to have his say.

It is to be hoped lie will win his suit He will make a brave fight Everyone may rest assured of that The Kennett Square Murder. Special Dispatch to The Times. Kennett Square, February 5. Patrick McGinty, who was shot ou Monday by Charles Ames, died to day. The Coroner's Jury to night rondored a verdict that Patrick McGinty came to his death from gun shot wound in the right thigh inflicted by Charles Ames, with felonious intent Ames is still at large.

All There is in It. Dyspepsia simply means difficulty of digestion. That difficulty makes a groat deal of trouble and causes much of the world's misery. Difficulty is turned Into ease nnd misery into comfort by the use Brown's Iron Bitters, the world's grent iron tonic. This being Un ease the dyspeptic iuvalid's best plan to got Biow i's Iron Bitters, Just asdldMr.li.il.

Oyley, of Van Wort, Ohio. lie used Brown's Iron Bitters tor dyspepsia and was cured. a BTt. Capri Thinks ir Are la Ttaagvr mt Beeemlae; a Katioa of Myopes. From toe New Turk World.

I like your newspapers very nmcb," said Mgr. Capei yesterday to a representative of the H'M iA "They are brightly beaded, well edited and arranged, but the small type a a rule dl ur ste me. Your papers are not so well printed as the London newspapers. But everybody rends the newspapers here. lam struck with that wherever I go.

Newspaper reading is universal. But," continued the Moasigaor, "I ant afraid that yoa are going to destroy yoor national eyesight. Muca of the myopia and near sightedness in Germany is said to be due to the bad style of the old German types used in printing. Many of the German printing houses are now using the Roman letters. You do not pay enough attention to the eyesight of your children here.

I have been visiting of lata your schools. I find that the eommon form of the school desk is something like this: 'Now anybody can see that a child sitting at a 1 oesK so oat as tms must strain its vision or bourne I round shouldered, it seeais to me tbat something I ia tbia would be far more sensible and ully as I Tpon a desk of this kind a chfld could read without straining iu eyes or bowing it spinal rolnmii. Thi is something to be seriouily considered. Print your newspapers ia larger type and take care of your eyesight" A SEWPORT VEDIMXG. Lieutenant William fttanton Married to Miss Marie lonise Burnerte.

Special Dispatch to The Times. Newport, R. February 5. The dullness of the winter time was broken temporarily this afternoon by a fashionable and a very interesting wedding ceremony, which look place at tlie residence, on Kay street of Lieutenant Aaron Ward, United States Navy, formerly on Uie staff of Commodore S. B.

Luce, United States Navy, while that officer was at the head of the naval training station aud now attached to the torpedo station. First Lieutenant William Stanton, Uuited States Army, was married to Miss Marie Louise Burnotto, of New ork. Tlie bridegroom is a son of the lata Brigadier General and Assistant Quartermaster General Henry Stjwiton, United State3 Army, his mother being formerly Miss Alexandrine Macomb, of Belleville, N. The bride is a daughter of Mr. Ward B.

Burnetto, of New York, her mother having been Miss Emily Watson Ward, of the same city. The cottage on Kay street, where the ceremony toe place, was beautifully adorned with flowers, smilax being entwined around chandelier and mirror with very pretty effect There was a profusion of beautiful decorations. There were no bridesmaids, somo lady friends standing up with tlie bride. The groom's bust man was his nephew, Mr. Stanton.

A Petrified Living Pig. Special Dispatch to The Times. West Chester, February 5. Tlie village of Guthrieville, thtscounty, has a pig that is the observed of all observers at present and the scientific mind is not a little exercised as to its strange condition, it being in a partially petrified condition and yet it moves, eats and appears to lie a pretty comfortable being. This curiosity becomes sncli only upon being struck, wheu every part is apparently as hard as stoue.

It has not the free use of its jaws, cannot reach the ground with its nose or turn its head to either side because of the marked rigidity of its flesh. It appears as though it were frozen stiff and were it not for its moving around would be regarded as thoroughly petrified, so hard is it in all its parts. It has been so for nearly eight weeks. The Absconding Contractors Convicted. WiLMrNOToN, February 5 In the case of Fitzpatriek aud McGurgan, absconding contractors of the Baltimore and Philadelphia Railroad, the Jury this morning rendered a vonltct of guilty of larceny, with a rocommendation to mercy.

They wore sontenced to pay a fine of ftijO each and to be imprisoned for six mouths. The recommendation to mercy secured them exemption from the whippingpost The defendants belong to Norristown, Pa. They absconded from section 23 with J3.0M), without paying oil their men, which action was instrumental in bringing ou a riot Upon their arrest ail but $J0 of the money was recovered. A Failure Caused by Indorsements. Special Di svatch to The Times.

Allen town, February 5. James Keck, a well known citizen of Allentown, and hitherto considered a wealthy man, has failed, owing principally to indorsing tlie notes of his friends for large amounts. Judgments have been entered against hlni iu the Prothonotarys offlce to tho amount of Mrs. Keck also holds a Judgment against her husband for The assets amount to ubout $30.1100 and consist of iron ore machinery, a livery stable and somo real estate. A General Manual as Well as Local.

From the Mifnintowu Sentinel. The Philadelphia Times Almanac for 1885 is ono of the most valuable almanacs published in the State. Of eonrso It does not confino itself to the State in its calendar, for that is us cowpreheasivo as tho latest scientific researches cau make it. but it can have no superior as book of political statistics relative to the elections of the Com innnwen Irh ilii.I list of olllcors of both State and nation. Republican Senators in Caucus.

Washington, February 5. The Republican Senators met iu caucus after the adjournment of the Senate this afternoon and discussed for an hour the condition of the business of the session. It was decided to continue the discussion of tho anti silver coinage bill for tho present. The proposition of Senator Ingalls to amend tho rules of the Senate so that legislative amendments germane to tho subject matter of appropriation bilis may be made thereto was referred to, but, no decision was reached. A Candidate for the Swiss Mission.

Special Dispatch to The Times. Trenton, February 5. Colonel E. P. C.

Lewis, of Hoboken, is anxious to be appointed Minister to Switzerland by Mr. Cleveland. The Colonel is very wealthy and quite influential in Now Jersey politics. He has secured the backing of the entire State delegation in Cougress and is said also to have the solid support of the Yumiua delegation and to have numerousother Congressmen urging his claims. Cardinul Jacobin! to Resign.

Rome, February 5. A report is circulated hero tbat Cardinal Jacubinl has finally decided to resign his position as Papal Secretary of State and that he will soon formally retire. The reason gi von for this decision is that the Cardinal finds his posittou growing dully more difficult, because of the con liuual and growing dissuasions between himself and the committee of Cardinals upon the question of the riLuvaiig puuui ui UUIlUUC Has the Moral Support of the People. From the Juniata Sentinel. The country should heartily thank Colonel McClure for grappling with the Louisiana Lottery business.

It has beon the place into which thousands of people put money for which thoy never received a cent in return. The Colonel is receiving the moral support of a largo majority of the people. The Pennsylvania Senators' Bud Health. Special Dispatch to The Times. ashington, February 5.

Senator Mitchell has been convalescent for only a day or two since his week of conflnemout to his room and now Senator amerou is forced to knock off work. He looks thin ami worn and leaves to night lor the Soutli, to re The Educational Home. The treasurer's report of the Educational Home, road at tho annual meeting of the Board of Managers yesterday at the Lincoln Institution. South Eleventh sti oot, shows that for the past year uie receipts icive ueun ll.viu ana the exneuses $31,360. The old Board of Oaloers was re elected.

Cutting Down an Appropriation. Washington, February 5. The Legislative, Executive and Judiciul appropriation bill, reported to the Houso of Representatives to day, recommends the appropriation of $31,813,701. which is SI ,088,408 less than the estimates and r373.1ii,3 less than tlie appropriation for the present fiscal year. Robin Redbreast in a White Jacket, From the Ornithologist.

A white robin was killed in South Carolina the other day. It had the usual red breast, but the rost of the feathers wore white. An Adonis With a Best Ctrl Who Knits. From the Cleveland Leader. Tho young man with tho pink nose, browu ear muffs and cardinal mittens seems to hold his picturesque own this winter.

Gruy Iniquity and Godless Youth. From, tlie Iowa State Register. A grandfather, sou and grandson wero roundud up by the authorities iu their descent upon Cherokee gambling dive. Another Bnrelinrd ltlalne Tragedy. From the New York Commercial Advertiser.

A mouse jumped down the throat of a cat iu Amsterdam the other day, choking the latter to death. I.est it Shame Him to Look In a Glass. From tlie Atlnuta Constitution. It is not au eusy matter for full grown man to obtain his own consent to smoke cigarettes. A Job to Down a Ueroules.

From the Chicngo News. If Mayor Harrison waits much longer it will be choaper to remove tho city than to cloan it A Golden Bullet as a Foukct l'iece. From the St. Louis Post Dispatch. The bullet in O'Donovan IIossr'b back means great many dollars in his pocket.

But Your Dress Goods at l'ooi'xii conaiiu'h. A A tho Brilliant Cathrric at Mrs. Logan's mm Other Konety laaJcrs Coming Krrata. Special to Tax Tun. Washington, February i The afternoon receptions to day at the Senatorial houses were, in most instance targe wt brilliant ntherlngs.

Mrs. Logan, who fa keeping bouse in the Kncli'h style at a pm antly srtaaM residence cm Iowa C'bvle, nnd perhaps the largmt at any. being assisted by bar daughter. Mrs. Tnraar.

and a group of about fifteen ladies. Among them were Mrs. Upton, the daughter of Heprasaata3rn Taylor, of mio. who returns to her kome next week after an agreeable winter spent here with her father; Mrs. Wise, of Virginia; Mrs.

Spnoner. of Khod Island Mrs. and Miss Beach, of New York En Adams, of Chicago; Mrs. Spencer, wife of Ex Ssnater Spencer; Mrs. Clias.

Clark, Mrs. Comm. inder Kollogg and Mrs. (ieaeral Lander. A pretty circle of young ldis.

am mg whom were Miss Hart, daughter of Representative Hart, of Ohio, and her guest. Bias Bell, of HilLsb Ohio, with Miss Beach, presided at the refreshment table. The parlors were throngxd throughout the afternoon by foreign, resident and ofllelal society, charmed as tfc ual with the hosteM and her assistants, who were all in light evening toilettm. Mrs. Don Cameron received, assisted by Miss KarJW Sherman.

Other prominent receptions were those of Mrs. Warner Miller, Mrs. John Sherman, Mrs. IloipU and Mrs. Miller, of California, who had MissKldy and Miss Lent, both of San Francisco, and Miss Elena Porter, daughter of Admiral Porter.

Miss Dora Miller, daughter of the Senator from California, gives a fancy drew bail on February in, for which two hundred invitations have been issued. This ball, which is tlie unique event of the winter, is the topic of conversation among the fortunate few invited, lieuilemen will come in regular evening dress, but the rale asking tbe ladies to wear fancy dresses, even if covered with dominoes, is only a compliment due the young hostess. Many elaborate costumes are in preparation. It is a matter of comment that the President has not had the usual number of dinners given in his honor this winter, except nt the Frclinghuysens, where he Is a frequent guest The rest might be easily counted. Representative urtu, of Pennsylvania, gives him a dinner on Wednesday night next The first of Mrs.

tiencral Rngylcs' afternoon receptions, which are to continue on the Thursdays of this month, and (queen's tea were events of tlie day Secretary Frelmghuysen, with his wife ami daughters. welcomed a distinguished gathering of friends to night at their regular Thursday reception. The President has not as yot fixed on Uie date for his last evening reception, which will be a public levee. The invitations which ho lias accepted next week will not allow it to occur next weak ami it is proliabie it will bo made the event for the night before Ash Wednesday, so as to elose the soasvi with eclat Ho may also give other large dinner purtios besides tlie one to President elect Cleveland. MRS.

LAXCTET'S CLOTHES. The Only Interesting Feature of the Performance of Princess Georges." From the London Telegraph. Mrs. Langtry is a beantiful woman, shapely ia form and graceful in bearing, gifted moreover with a pleasant conversational voice and an exquisite tasto iu dress. More than this can hardly be said in her praise, at least as far as her impersonation ef Dumas' heroine is concerned.

The p. of the J'i cess Gmrtje Is an emotional one throughout; its cachet 13 that of passion, sometimes explosive, sometimes restrained, but always genuine, strong human Das. sion. This is what Mrs. Langtry dors not convey to her audience, probably because she does not fee: it herself.

Her costumes wero triumphs of the milliner's art and became her as admirably ns sho boramo them, which is saying not a little. Iu the first act sho wore a costume of some soft, gauzy white fabric, glittering with pearly beads, and a gray boa round hor neck in the second, a gorgeous ball dress, consisting of a pink body, whito velvet skirt embroidered with largo gold leaves, and lavishly trimmed with blush roses in the last, a visiting costume of alternate light and dark gray, singnlnriy beautiful in color. Arrayed In these splendid garments, not ono of which, however, is handsomer than herself, sho was, as might have been foretold, tho chief attraction of the performance. Concerning the merits of tho play, the audi euco appeared to make up its miud early in the performance, wo need scarcely say in an unfavorable sense. With regard to those of Mrs.

Langtry's acting, the house was seemingly divided. True, she was ro eulled, though not ovor vehemeutly, at the end of ouch act but finally the curtaia fell to conflicting tempests of plaudits aud hisses, iu which tho lattor got the best of the encounter. Tho General Interest Felt in the Issue WHIt the Lottery Swindle. From the Providence Jnumnl. There will be freneral interest in the result of the suit for $1011,0110 damages brought against Colonel A.

K. McClure, of the Philadelphia Times, in New Orleans, by Maximiliifn A. Dauphin, manager of the notorious Louisiana State Lottery, on account of alleged injury done by articlos in Tua Timks exposing aud denouncing the lottery as a fraud. Colonel McClure has received liberal offers of support in his defense from friends at tho North and prominent citizens at New Orleans have also placed their hinds and services at his dtsposaL All lovers of legitimate business and fair dealing will wish him suiwess, and there seems no good reason why ho should not secure it Tho case is of general interest, becauso from all over the country, the North especially included, the hard earned dollars of deludod and un ttiiukiug iMM'sons have beeu paid into this lottery, which thoreby reaped enormous but Just sufficient, returns to a few to tempt victims to another trial of luck. Various attempts have been made to stamp out lite business and it has already been noted that its profits have remarkably decreased within the past two years.

People are be Kiuning U) understand the real nature of the scheme. Jc would be gratifying to see it wiped out of existence altogether. Tho Journal sends groeting to Colonel McClure and bids him godspeed. The Fire in Kbervale Slope. Sjie Dispatch to The Times.

H.vzleton, February 5. The situation of tho burning Ebervale slope remains practically unchanged. The fire still continues to burn with unabated fury. Since tho fire broe out streams of water have been incessantly poured down tho mouth of the slopo and a large gaug of men have been at tho bottom ondeavoring to confine the flames to No. 3 slope.

About one half of the slope has caved in and there is little ho po that tho slope can be used ngain. Heavy volumes of gas are now emanating from the slopo and a number of men have been overcome by it Nothing definite concerning the progress of tho iiro can yet be learned. As every aveuue load iuiC to it has beeu cut oil tlto main effort is uow being directed towards saving the pumps aud the rolling stock iu the mine. Speaking for Temieranre Instruction. Mrs.

Mary H. Hunt, of Boston, an ardent advocate of temperance reform, delivored au address last evening in the First Church of the Covenanters, nt Seventeenth and Rauibridge streets, in behalf of the bill now pending in the Legislature to provide scientific temperance instruction iu the public schools of Pennsylvania. At the close of tlie address petitions were handed round and the members of the au diisuce wero requested to add their signatures to be sjut to Hurrisburg. Sunday School Workers at Columbia. Special Dislatch to The Times.

Columbia, February 5. Tho second meeting of the American Church Sunday School Association of the Harrisburg Convocation, First Division, was held in Columbia to day. Right Reverend M. A. DeWoife Howe, Bishop of tbediocesoof Central Pennsylvania, presided.

Rectors, superintendents aud teachers were present from Lancaster, York, Msulleim, Marietta, Harrisburg and Columbia. A Pennsylvania lemocratie Association. fecial Dispatch to The Times. Washington, February 5. The Pennsylvania Democrats have formed a State organization here similar to the State Association of Republicans, which have recently become unfashionable The new society elected Mr.

John F. Aneona as president, O. L. Meek secretary and Clarence K. L.

Branlik treasurer. The Pennsylvania Democrats are tbe first in the field. Dauphin's Ticket Will Draw a Blank. Froui the Greensburg emocnit. Dauphin has once beeu lucked out of the Pennsylvania courts ou tlie same case, tie hopes to get $100,000 damug es iu a Louisiana court from tho fraud batiug Journalist It is just likely tlun Dauphin will draw a blank.

us many of Uie lottory's deceived patrons have done. I.ittlc House aud Iliir versus Big House and Little Men. I am selling Importc.I Ciirurs cheaper than the lanrost importers in this town, and they tell me that concern is K. McDowell Co. Frank A.

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Times is for sale in Now Orleans by George F.Wharton A Brother, 5 Carondolet street. Another fas's'rates" Ticket. The strongest point in favor of the list of candidates for the office of Police Magistrate presented by the Law Association is expressed in the report of the minority committee recommending the nominations, that it will afford every citizen so disposed an opportunity to protest by his vote against the evils which are known to exist in the administration of those offices." It is a very much better ticket than either of those put forward by the party conventions and if not altogether ideal it can at least be voted for without a sacrifice of conscience. The majority of the committee say very forcibly that while the public attitude upon this subject is not one of indifference it is by no means one of practical activity, and that as the Law Association has not the means of conducting an organized canvass its nomination of a ticket could amount to no more than an ineffectual protest. They recommended, therefore, that no action be taken, but the association decided that even nn ineffectual protest was worth making and the ticket suggested by the minority of the committee was formally recommended.

It contains four names from the Republican ticket and three from the Democratic, the remaining seven names being those of well qualified men who are in every way superior to the average of the party nominations. Whether this superiority is sufficiently pronounced to create a popular enthusiasm in favor of the new ticket whether any canvass can be made in its support that will prove effectual against the machinery of the two parties, and how far its success would elevate the average of the whole twenty two Magistrates to be elected, all these are questions for jrave consideration. If the members of the aw Association who have made these nominations expect to accomplish useful results, even in the way of protest, they will need to go to work with vigor. There is abundant public interest in the subject if only it can be rightly directed. The Fall of Khartoum.

At no time since General Gordon started for Khartoum have the English been as unprepared to hear of the fall of that city as within the last few days. Time and again discouraging dispatches have come from the Soudan during the last year and often the people were prepared for the worst. But since the victories of General Stewart last month the English people felt confident that both Khartoum and Gordon were saved. It was understood that communication had been established between Khartoum and Stewart's forces at Gubat, and the finishing strokes of the British work were considered only questions of time. The fall of Khartoum, be the fate of General Gordon what it may, changes the whole aspect of the Soudan question.

It proves beyond cavil what has often been reported, that the Jlahdi has a very large fighting force the Soudan; that he himself, when the hour comes, knows how to strike the most effective blows that no Egyptian, black or so called friendly Arab troops can be relied on to fight against him, and that all the Eng. lish forces Bent to suppress him have so far been ludicrously too small. Immediately after the slaughter of Hicks Pasha intelligent critics again and again asserted that England ought to send an army of at least twenty thousand men into the Soudan or else let the Mahdi alone. England has not done this, simply because the Gladstone gov ernment has never believed that England had any business to enter on a war of conquest and annihilation in the Soudan. 'The Glad stone government wanted to save English in terests at Khartoum, as in Egypt, but no more.

The fates have forced other issues, and now the universal voice will be that England cannot back out, but must avenge her Blain, smash the Mahdi and rule Egypt and the Sou dan whether she wants to or not. If Mr. Gladstone is too old or too undecided in these times to undertake that work he will no doubt resign, and the incoming government will give up the entire business of fighting the Mahdi or engage in it on a scale never yet attempted. Meanwhile all England is wild with excitement and the position of the scattered English forces on the Nile to the north of Khartoum is desperate and tragio in tlie extreme. Collections liy County Officers.

The salary law approved June 22, 1883, and applying to the officers of counties having oyer one hundred thousand and less than one hundred and fifty thousand inhabitants, went into effect on the first day of 1885, the conn ties governed under it being Berks, Lancaster, Luzerne and Schuylkill. It has heretofore been supposed by its framers and others to provide that each county officer shall be entitled to the fees which he receives until he shall have drawn a fixed amount, and that beyond that point the fees shall be turned into the County Treasury. The incumbents of the offices probably entertained this viow of the meaning of the act themselves, until they discovered, by their experience during the month of January, that they had no assurance that tho fees would be sufficient to pay their salaries, and found that the receipts were liable, in dull times like the present, to fall short of the requisite amount. Now that the officials of Berks, Lancaster. Luzerne and Schuylkill counties have made this discovery, they have also discovered a pew construction of the law to save their pockets from loss.

They interpret tho statute ns providing that if the fees received or earned do not reach the amount of the officer's salary, he shall receive such portion thereof as shall aggregate the fees received or earned. Under this construction a county officer who floes not do a cash business, but whose fees, including those paid and those collectable, aggregate his salary, can draw on tho County Treasury for the fees unpaid and payable. Thus, instead of au arrangement of heads the county wins and tnils the official loses, the situation is reversed. It is very nice question and one that will probably have to be decided by the courts whether it was the intent of the law that these county officials should be paid any other money a salary than that which they respectively collected. A strict construction of tho One of the objects of the proposed extension of the salary system to counties in which it does not now exist is to place the counties on a firmer financial basis, but if the salary system is not made to enforce prompt collection any better than the fee system does the change will be a failure in that respect.

Care should be taken, if any of the bills now before the Legislature creating a salary schedule for smaller counties become laws, that they shall be so amended as to compel an official regulated thereby to make prompt collections or lose his proportion of the uncollected dues of the county. The Veto Snittained. It is discreditable to the State of Pennsylvania that 122 members of the House of Representatives should vote for a measure so clearly needless and wrong as the bill to increase the number of Police Magistrates in Philadelphia. It illustrates the power of partisanship that in the face of the unanimous public protest that has gone np from Philadelphia against this imposition, and of the cogent reasons presented by the Governor why it should not be enacted, less than a score of Republicans were found with the manliness to sustain the veto. For those who stood out against the influence, the promises and the threats of the bosses there can be only praise, and Repre sentatives McAvoy, Thomas, Penrose and Robinson, with the thirteen other Republicans who voted with them to sustain the veto, are entitled to the warm recognition of the people they have served.

It is creditable to the Democrats of the House that McGowan, Fannce and Crawford, with Sweeney, of Luzerne, were left aloue in their support of the job. There is no great regard for the administration in the House and on a mere question of sustaining the Governor the Democrats would probably pay little attention to party discipline. lint they recognized in this bill, as did some of the Republicans, a mere scheme to increase the patronage of the party bosses, and they had the good sense to put themselves right upon the record. The votes of McGowan, Fannce and Crawford were cast iu accordance with their well known political affiliations, and can occasion no surprise. The Republicans who voted to sustain the veto are especially entitled to credit for a result that is the more important by reason of the efforts that were made to avert it.

Every kind of influence in which the party machine is powerful was brought to bear to secure a two thirds vote, and the whole business of the Legislature has been suspended for nearly a week to gain time to whip unruly members into line. After all this the bill has failed and the bosses and their agents have only their trouble for their pains. If they had consulted public opinion in advance they might have avoided this defeat but they had an idea that they were all powerful and could do what they pleased, without regard to public opinion, and they have over reRched themselves. The failure of the Magistrates bill is simply the triumph of honest public sentiment over a petty scheme of partisan jobbery, and it ought to serve as a wholesome lesson, not only to the local bosses, but to those who follow their bidding at Harrisbnrg. Protesting Against Investigation.

Since the special investigation into the charges of undervaluation at the New York Custom House began there has been a howl raised by a number of silk importers, they charging that the investigation was obstructing the business of honest importers. The Treasury Department at Washington denounces the charge as false. Secretary Mc Culloch says that no honest practices are or will be interfered with and that honest importers have nothing to fear and everything to gain from the investigation. As the silk importing business has fallen almost entirely into the hands of the direct agents of the French and Swiss manufacturers, it is easy to account for the protest. Their present prosperity and the downfall of the old importing houses are both doubtless directly traceable to a well devised system of undervaluations.

An honest and searching investigation is sure to interfere with this easy but dishonest method of getting rich at the government expense, and very naturally those who profit by it make a noise. The investigation should proceed all the same. If the protesting importers are honest they won't be hurt and if they are dishonest they deserve to be given no end of trouble. Kiurtotjm is a word that may find a place on tno tombstone ot no less a man than Gladstone. Rascally contkactobs get little comfort in tho Delaware courts.

Fitzpatriek and McGurgan, the railway contractors who absconded last fall with 83,000 without paying off thoir men, were sentenced yesterday to a fine of each and six months imprisonment. It required a recom mendation to mercy from tho jury to save the scamps from an interview with tho whippingpost. Delaware may be a little State, but she is big enough to be too many for hor rascals, and that is more than somo bigger States can boast of. Not onlt do the eamels kick, but the crocodiles laugh. The Nile is a hard row to hoe.

NewYouk is at present the Mecca of the office seekers. The President elect, who is making that city a sort of half way station on his way to tho White House, is taking his first lesson in listening to the swarms of men who want to save tho country provided thoy can be allowed good salaries for doing it. For a first day's business in that line yesterday's record may be considered good. All sorts of men called on Mr. Cleveland, merely to get acquainted, of course but somehow they each added, by way of postscript to the compliments of tho day, the suggestion that certain friends would make competent officials and that tlie party would be materially strengthened by their appointment.

If Mr. Cleveland will stay In New York a few weeks he will get pretty well acclimated to tho offlco seoking atmosphere beforo he has to settle himself down to a four years' residence among the men who eternally want something at tho hands of tho Executive. People who wore supporting the Magistrates bill must now wonder what it was begun for. Mr. Evabts will in nil probability be allowod to take his seat.

His lengthy credentials have been referred to the proper committee and Governor Hill yesterday issued tho certificate neces sary to make the othor endless document show that he had been elected. This weighty and im portant matter having been disposed of, tho newly elocted Senator may proceed to prepare his maidon speech if ho thinks there is time enough between this and the 4th of March to write tho initial sentence. We tuink that the Magistrates bill manipula tors are beaten. It has been rumored for some time that Governor Pattison upon the completion of his term will at once ontor tho ministry, and right on the heels of this comes the report that Colonel McClure will shortly lay down tho editorial pen to don clerical robes. Both of these distinguished citizens will undoubtedly prove great accessions to tho church.

We hope that when they get established in their new professions the present coldness between them will be thawed out and Mint they will shako hands and exchange pulpits. Reading IlerahU It has been repeatedly stated that Governor Pattison will signalizo his retirement from tho Chief Magistracy by entering tho ministry, and wo heartily commend the suggestion. His political experience as Governor would give him qualities that should make him lustrous in the bettor calling. He has seen enough of tho per versoness of tho world not only Immodiutoly around him, but scattered out in every direction as far as eye can seo or ear can hear, and none could more impressively teach tho unprofitableness of worldly perversity. Governor Pattison could thus enter tho ministry grandly equipped for tho battle against worldly vice.

It Is news to Mr. McClure that he will shortly loy down the editorial pen to don the clerical robes." If newspaper duties and opportunities worn ns ephemeral as political honors, the ease might be altered and tho pulpit might offer an a.