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TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. THE HOPE Or CONSERVATISM. Every intelligent and unprejudiced citizen wiil hope that in the pending conflict between the free trade radicals and the moderate protectionists and conservatives in the Democratic party the latter may have the support of President Cleveland. The free traders arc prompt and loud in their calls for an extra session of Congress But the rresident-elect will, as the Xcvv Tork Herald yesterday pointed out, be likely to co slow before committing himself and the party power behind him to the hands of a new aggregation of talent more flushed by victory than seasoned by experience or precise knowledge. In the -question as to which side of such a conflict Mr.

Cleveland will be apt to take tlieie is no lack of personal' expressions on his part. In nis tariff message of 1887, opening the controversy, he asserted that "the interests of American labor engaged in manufacture should be carefully considered as well as the preservation of our manufacturers." In his letter of acceptance in 188S he declared: "The reform we seek to Inaugurate is predicated upon the utmost csre for established interests and enterprises," and in his letter of 1892, he repeated: "We balieve that the advantages of tree raw materials should be accorded to our manufacturers, and wc contemplate a fair and careful distribution of necsary tariff burdens, rather than the of free trade." The course marked out by these quotations cannot be followed by a hasty session for the purpose of repealing the 3IcKinley act Some extreme Republican partisans have been applauding the extra session Idea and the precipitation of free trade proposals by the Democrats, with the idea that the sooner the programme is gone through the quicker will be the public revulsion and the loss of power by the Democrats Fortunately, however, the great majority of citizens are more patriotic than partisan. They do not wish hasty and destructive legislation to be undertaken merely that one party may thereby put itself out of office and that a nother party may get in. They want the bsl and the wisest element to control In ever- party, and particularly in the party which happens to have power. It is the same feeling of patrio'ism, as something abovo partisanship, which Induces all right-minded citizens, no matter whether they opposed or favored Cleveland as a partisan candidate, to desire now that, as Pre'dent of the whole people, his administration may be wise and productive of good and not baneful results.

The noticeable moderation of tone among many of the Democratic organs and leaders since the election indicates that tiie extra-session-free-trade element which wishes to lose no time in beginning to smash thing's will meet with vigorous opposition. If President Cleveland ranges himself with the conservatives and mod-crate protectionists, as his letter of acceptance promises, the fears, of the business interests will be reduced to a minimum. New industrial undertakings will perhaps be checked, and possibly some of the tin plate factories will be abandoned; out the established industries will not be hurt unless purposely destructive cuts are made in the tariff. corriNG our qcaxttiks. It is reported from England that Lord Salisbury has announced that if Mr.

Gladstone attempts to carry. Home Rule through the Houc of Lords by creating enough peers to make a Liberal majority, the House of Lords will refuse admission to the new peers, on the ground that it would be an unconstitutional interference with the independence of that bodv. Besides. the novel allegation that the House of Lords Is possessed of such a quaiitv as independence, such a declaration would indicate that His Lordship has btudied and adopted many features of our own great country. In the first placo tiie general character of the assertion shows that he is not unacquainted with the game of bluff.

Next his political logic shows that theTory leader has copied the great party of our country which proceeds on the broad principle that an)--thing which does not suit it is unconstitutional. Finally the threat of a revolutionary conflict appears to bo directly copied from the example of our recent campaign managers whose threits made bloodshed appear inevitable, if any one had believed In them; but who permitted election day to pass over without so much as a bloody nose as a result of the disputed points. There is iio likelihood that Lord Salisbury and his lordly followers will ta nullify the "creation of Liberal peers, for two re first is that tof tbe rain- The British precedent nt to settle there is no aouoi Istry to create suj constitution is th and there Osiabm this matterLon; the last precedent i nr. ct. Imself set upon his retirement from office, a batch of peers whose character evoked the wonder and jeers of Great Britain.

Xot only is the right of the ministry to create peers beyond dispute, but it has often been exercised to secure such a vote from the House of Lords as was desired. The precedents beyond question, there is another very cogent reason why the House of Lords will not undertake to defy both constitutional authority "and the will of the representative body. That is that such a conflict could only result In wiping the House of Lords out of existence. Between accepting a reinforcement of Liberal peers and losing Us existence, the House of Lords will make haste to swallow its dose of Liberalism. SILVER CONFERENCE PROSPECTS.

The prospects of the silver conference which opens at Brussels this week are discussed in a special article in The Dispatch to-day. The subject is of greater importance than most people give to it, as if the conference should succeed in agreeing upon a plan to lestorc silver to monetary use among all nations it would not only reverse the monometallic movement begun in 1873, but would afford a complete solution of the silver problem in this country. As bearing on that possibility the plan proposed by Dr. A. Soetbeer, which the article quotes in detail, is of great importance.

Its vital point is that which TnE DisrATCn has always pointed out as necessary to the full solution of the question, the adoption of a new as between silver and gold. The proportion of 20 to 1, which Dr. Soetbeer proposes is less than the ratio of present bullion values; but there is every reason to believe that the increased use of silver if this plan wero adopted would bring the two metals to that proportion. nis restriction of the legal tender value of silver to "three times the standard value of the lowest gold coin" is less than the bi-metallists of this country would desire; but it is probably founded on an accurate judgment of the utmost to be secured irom the prejudices of Europe. It is to be recognized that the hope of rehabilitating silver through the conferences of this Congress has to encounter a tremendous opposition from the monometallic interests of Europe.

At the same time, it is evident that the sole hope of a complete solution of the silver problem is by this method of international cooperation. BEST OR WORST CURRENCY. Now that the election is over, it is to bo hoped that the Democratic journals which have heretofore had a reputation for favoring sound money, will not any longer consider it necessary to defend that reactionary declaration of the Demo cratic platform favor of State bank circulation. It is a pitiable exhibition of party slavery that even journals professing independence and the Democratic candidate himself considered it necessary to make weak and equivocal defenses of this most egregious variety of rag money. Now that the campaign is over, however, the Democratic element that Is not controlled by the Bourbon hatred for national banks ought to be able to stand up frankly for sound money.

A comparison of two well-known facts ought to tell the whole story as between State banks and national banks. There were iu 1857 1,416 State banks of issue in the United States. On January 2, 1858, 758 of them were stated by Thompson's Bank Rote Detector to be closed or unsound, and tiie losses to the people on bank notes during that and subsequent vcars were counted by the tens of millions. In 1873 there was a panic of nearly equal dimensions. The national bank circulation at that time was 75 per cent greater than the State bank circulation in 1857.

The number of national banks that failed was not a tithe of the number of State banks sixteen years earlier, and the loss to note-holders by the failure of national banks was not one cent. This tells the whole story. If it were true in the necessity of the case that the national bank circulation must disappear, the State bank proposition would still bo a vicious going backward oh the dial of progress. But it is not true. The benefits of the national banking system can be perpetuated and extended by enlarging the list of securities to be used as a basis for circulation, Every friend of sound money and stable banking should unite in support of that measure rather than tho Yiclous State bank proposition.

WHICH IS RIGHT? The vote of Connecticut moves the Boston Herald to remark: "Those tobacco planters down in Connecticut didn't turn out so numerously to vote in favor of Mc-Kinleyism as it was anticipated tbey would, or, if they did they were vastly outnumbered by the tobacco consumers." Tiiis seems to be accurate on the face of the case; but suppose the Herald turns its attention to the supposition that Democratic authority in Connecticut gave tho tobacco planters to understand that their protection would not be disturbed by the Democrats. Inasmuch as this was the meaning if it had any meaning of tho declaration of the Democratic State Convention, the question further arises: To whom will the Connecticut tobacco planters look for the fulfillment of tho contract and against whom will they have an action for obtaining votes under false pretenses if the contract is broken? Tho Democratic party makes very great professions of enmity to the principle of protection; but it showed in the Mills bill a very keen appreciation of the importance, of protecting the industries of Democratic sections. THE WATER WASTE. An Investigation recently made in Phil-adelphia furnishes valuable evidence as to the way in which a water supply is wasted. As Pittsburg is taxing the pumping capacity of its works with the very liberal daily consumption of about 150 gallons per capita, the subject of water waste has a very positive interest to our city.

It is a fact that an enormous increase" in the use of water took place with the Introduction of sanitary appliances with flushing tanks. This is tho experience of most cities; but the Philadelphia investigation shows that the waste is in the abuse of these appliances rather than their use. The investigation w.is of a district consisting of 131 buildings, supplying 754 persons with 1,403 hydrants, spigots and openings of all sorts. The consumption of this district was 87,760 gallons in 24 hours. The inquiry showed, however, that in this district there, were eight of tbe tank appliances so set as to keep tho water running night and day; and those eight consumed 43,450 gallons, or nearly as much as the 1,400 other openings in the district.

This tells a remarkable story not only of water waste, but of tho way to prevent it It is to be presumed that similar inspection in Pittsburg would disclose other methods of water Bat the lmpor, tant fact is the valuable results that can be attained by such Investigation. This case proves that tbe consumption of a dis- trict can bo cut down one-half, without depriving any person of a single drop of water actually used. When we are using all the water our works can pump the question of waste is a very important one. Therais no doubt that if the wholly useless sacrifice of water were stopped there would be large surplus left from the present consumption. THE PROOF OF EXPERIENCE.

Investigations into the affairs of the large English building and loan associations which recently went to the wall, show that they came to grief by departing from the legitimate business policy on which those associations were originally founded. Three of tho largest of them are now stated to have gone beyond tho practice of loaning to Individuals who were buying or building their homes on the installment plan, and to have made large advances to a single speculative builder. Ou tho other hand, there were large building societies that were not mismanaged, and one of them, the Birkbeck, stood a severe run without flinching. These facts have a pertinent bearing -on the kindred question of national as compared with the local building and loan associations in our country. 'They Indicate what The Dispatch has often pointed out, that the danger of the associations with a larger scope is the ease with which their funds maybe diverted into unsafe investments.

The interested and detailed supervision that is given by the membership of the local associations Is impossible in the national organizations, while the chances of Insecure loans are many times multiplied by their larger scope. On the other hand, sucn a case as that of the Birkbeok, and one or two others, show that it is possible for conservative and careful management to keep the large associations in a condition of impregnable solvency. Tho balance is however against extending the scone of building and loan associations Deyond tho local fields. Tho foundation of their stability is in the interested supervision of the membership. When the field is so extended that this cannot be given, the possibility of bad management is reinforced by the rich rewards held out to clever rascality.

The old style of building and loan asoelations Is the safest and surest. Experience In this country as well as in England Is demonstrating the fact THE DEMOCRACY TRIUMPHANT. That was a great and appropriate parade last night. Its progress and reception were remarkable no less for the good humored acceptance of the inevitable by the vanquished than for the triumphant exuberance of the victors. From the cheers for the defeated candidate, as well as from the election returns around here it is evident that no small number of last night's eager throngs wore of the Republican persuasion.

But, having failed to achieve a triumph for their own cause, they were determined fo show no fackjof enemy in congratulating their very successful opponents. Disappointment on the part of those who went forth to conquer and returned with defeat is perfectly legitimate and, indeed, inevitable. That feeling however must give way as soon as possible, not to sulking soreness, but to a patriotic and magnanimous determination to accept the novel state of affairs, and make the most of It Mr. Cleveland has been elected President, and the Democratic party entrusted with the power of legislation, by the ballots of the American people. The polls have issued their verdict, it is no doubtful one, and it must be accepted with that grace which blunts the edge of disappointment.

After all, parades of celebration are most becoming when they have something definite to celebrate, and last night's enthusiasm was the natural demonstration of the enthusiasm of the triumphant Democracy. There is some force in the argument that tho World's Fair should bo open on Sundays nndcr propor restrictions -such as the stoppage, of the machinery because many foreign visitors will bo hero to whom the entire closing would he both a snrprlso and a hardship. But tho best of all reasons for the opening is found in the advantage to be had by making tho most of the invaluable treasures during tho comparatively short time that their accnmulation will last. Thousands of people would bo barred by an entire Sunday shut down from obtaining healthful recreation and instruction unobtainable on other days. Chicago liquor dealers demand the closing, and Chicago workmen desire the opening.

Crowds were as great for the parade last night as they wero tho weolc bofore. And yet for some reason, Inexplicable except by careless oversight, the wire barriers on Fifth avenue for which tho city paid on the earlier occasion wero not reproduced for last night's celebration. It will be time enough for the reduction of American wages when tho establishment of a tariff lor revenue only has pormltted the wholesale importation and consequent competition of European manufactures. Any attempt on tho part of employers to cut down the pay of thoir men on the plea of Democratic success, beforo the Democratic party lias even framed a measure for the reduction tho Protective tariff, will be distinct evidence of greed endeavoring to secure iiisi eased profits on false pretenses, and such action may bo expected to meet with scathing rcbuko from public opinion. So long as there is no unjust discrimination against them, members of the Salvation Army have no excuse for complaint.

And they will do well to -show that they are exemplary citizens by obeying tho law even where obedience is distasteful. Householders who care to risk the health of their own households by to connect their plumbing with the municipal sewers, wherever such are providod, should be emphatically taught that there is a public danger in sucn negligence which forbids that it be passed over in silence and disregard. The health of the many depends upon tho health of the individual, and the sanitation of.the city can only bo secured by tho caro of each citizen. To the lay mind of the unbiassed spectator it appears that a contest between local football teamsshonld be strictly confined to a tost of the strength of rival local talent. And tho onlooker is generally supposed to see most of the game.

TnAT alleged importation of thirty glass-blowers In direct' violation or the contract labor law shonld be searchlngly investigated. The law Is too frequently evaded, or worse, nnd where direct violations aro dis. coverable convictions be- brought home to all concerned. The especially, suouia do made to feel that tho law may not be disregarded with impunity. It is now in order for Lieutenant Totten to explain the meaning of the simultaneous appearance of a new comet and a phenomenal Democratic victory.

"WnETnEB that international monetary conference will directly result In prncticai action toward establishing a more satisfactory relationship between gold and silver cannot bn foretold. Bat it is certain that valuable facts and theories "will bo propounded In tho discussion, whjph will add much, to the knowledge nocessary for proper understanding of tho question. The movement of the Pittsburg Art Society toward establishing a permanent exhibition In this oity is one well worthy of public gratitude, commendation and support. A free display of art works constantly open to the publlo should do much to foster a love of the beautiful in our midst, and too much of that love we cannot have. PrrTSBUKG.hould be on its mettle, Allegheny is talking of seriously suppressing the Bmoke nuisance.

BtTMORS of Republican resignations on the score of the Democratic victory are premature, to say the least. It is presumable that such men as Senator Sherman and Governor JIcKlnley will have pluck onough to serve out the terms for which they wero elected despite the defeat of their party since their election. Taking one consideration with another, tho defeated Chairman's lot is not a happy one. HASTENS OP MEN. Mrs.

Langtrv has bought Lord Ash-burton's steam yacht Ladje liable. She paid $130,000 for it. Sullivan, Gilbert and Carte up to the time of the dissolution ot partnership-made about $450,000 apiece JonN Hoev. ex-President of the, Adams Expresi Company, Is lying dangerously ill ac Dolmonico's. He is victim of Blight's disease.

It is understood in Dubuque, Iowa, that Aichblshop Satolli will provide that Bishop Henncssy, of Dubuque, shall become coad-Jntor to Archbishop Kenrick, of St. Louis, with the right of succession. An" essay written by Eobespierre, in a Competition for a prize in 1785, has Just been discovered in manuscript at a paper mill. The subject is "Crime," ana the contest was Invited by the Amiens Academy. Coukt Tolstoi has recently deposited his memoirs, including a large diary and manuscripts, with the curator of a Bussian museum, tbe condition boing that they shall not be published until ton years alter tho author's death.

Mr. Graham, of Dingwall, Scotland, a boyish companion of Air. Gladstone, says the latter's mother used to entrust the future Q. O. M.

with tbe household pnrse when he was but a boy, and used to call him her chancellor of the exchequer. Viscount Sudley, heir of the Earl of Arra.u. will, it reported, wed the widow of llobert Sherman, of New York, Tuesday next. Tho Viscount is but 24, and Mrs. Sherman has a daughter older than he.

The Earl is violently opposed to the match. Dr. Dabbs, medical adviser of the late Lord Tennyson, and who, with Sir Andrew Clark, attended the laureate through his last illness, is a Journalist and playwright as well as a physician, and has a new comedy with the title of "Farewell" ready for production. Stanton P. Allen, the author of the new war book, "Down in Dixie," Just issued, was a private In a cavalry regiment during the war, after that a newspaper man, and has now entered the ministry and is doing missionary work in a secluded corner of the Adirondack.

VACANT SEATS AM0HG JMMOETALS. The irench literary World Has Many Brilliant Lights to Fill Them. Paris, Nov. 12. Tho death of M.

Ernest Kenan, Xavier Marmler and Camille Uoussot last month created three vacancies in the French Academy, and there are prospects that other vacancies will shortly occur. M. de Lessepj is now 87 years old and very feeble, and SI. Sully-Prudhommes condition is such that little hope is entertained for his recovery. Several of tho other members are very old.

Thus, M. Legouio is 85; M.Duruy 81; 21. Doucet and Admiral Jurien de la Giaviere, both 80; AI. Jotles Simon, 73, and il. John Lemoinne, 77, while a toore, at least, of the remaining members have passed their grand climacteric It Is pretty sure, therefore, that the approaching winter will produce still further ravaces among the xorsy already reuueeu to 37.

Consequently, there is much interest taken among the educated public here as to who will be cnlled upon to nil these vacant seats. The list of eligible candidates is long and rather brilliant, too. There aro the novelists, Zola, Bourgot, Ohnet. Ferdinand Faore, Kdmond de Goncourt, Delpit, etc. The latter, thouzh an American by birth, became a French citizen a year or two ago for the very purpose of being able to stand for an election to the academy.

M. de Gonoourt is 70, which, however, is not a disqualification if he is not kept waiting too long. Zola's chances aro the best among the novelists. Among other possible candidates are M. Jules Lemaitre, the young dramatic critic, who may have to be patient, however, for a few years before he takes his seat "Under the Cupola;" II.

Jean Kichepiu, tho poet whose "Le Glaive" was one of tho sensations in the l'aris theatrical world last win-ten M. Becque, the dramatist, and M. Ana-tole France and 3L" Brunetiere, the brilliant literatcurs. In many quarters it is believed that M. Berthelot, ilia Senator and famuus chemist of tho Collego of France, willicplaco Kenan, who was Fresident of that institution.

SI. AlphonseDaudot would best lonnidable candidate, but ho has always lidiculcd the academy, and after his "L'trnmortel," tho doors of the institute wero naturally shut on him forever. A SEW SEASCH FOB TEE POLE. Dr. Nansen Thinks That Nature Has Provided a Way to Reach It.

Losdos, Nov. 12. The representative of tho Associated Press has had an Interview with the famous Norwegian explorer, Dr. Nanscn. regarding the plans for his Arctic voyage.

Dr. Nansen's scheme is essentially different Irom the plans followed by other explorers In tho frozen regions. Hitherto, with one possible exception, all attempts to reach the North Pole have been inndo In defiance of tho obstacles of nature. Now an attempt will be made t.o ascertain whether nature itself has not supplied a means of solving the difficulty, nnd whether there is not, after all, a possibility ot reaching the North Pole by utilising certain natural lacilities. Tho Jeannette expedition of 1673-81, and the loss of that vessel, seemed to sound tho knell of all expeditions to roach the pole by Bering Straits; but in June, 1834, exactlv three years after the Jeannette sank, there were found near JuIIaushaab, in Greenland, several articles which had belonged to tho Jeannette and had been abandoned at tho time of its wreck bv the crew; nnd which had been can led to the coast of Greenland from the opposite side of the Polar Sea on a piecooficc.

It is thought highly probablo that thoro is a comparatively shore and direct route across the Arctic Ocean by way of the Nprtl: Pole, and that nature herself has supplied mAns of communication. Dr. Nansen's expedition will endeavor to realize these hopes. In tbe course of the interview. Dr.

Nanson referred to Lioutenant Peary's expedition. lie said: "My expedition is to pass tho pole and traverse the unknown polar regions. 1 will take with me on my expedition flvo years'' provisions. TVe may only lie away two yoars, Dut loei certain that we will return in five. The total cost of the expedition is as yet unknown.

The Norwegian Government subscribes two-thirds of the cost and Kinc Oscar and others will privately donate the remainder. The expedition will leave Norway in June and proceed direct to Nova Zembla." The Apocrypha KeTlsed. IJIT CADLK TO THE Lokdox, Nov. 12. A revised edition or tho Apocrypha, Irom tho fame hands that re-trUnrt the Old and New Testaments win come from the University presses of Oxford.

and Cambridge. Tins was a part of the original plan entered on in 1872 lor tho re-Vision of the Bible. Dr. Pentecost Goes to London. CABLK TO THE DISPATCn.t Lokbos, Nov.

12. It is understood hero that Dr. Pentecost will accept the jail of the Wnrvlebone Presbyterian Church, London, to succeed the late Dr. Donald Frascr. Canada to Be Represented at Brussels.

IBTCADLE TO TUE DISPATCH London, Nov. 13. It has been decided that Canada shall be represented nt tbe Monetary, Conference at Brussels; Ono delegate-will be appointed immediately, 1WBITTIX FO THI DISPATCH. The observers In olden times noticed that a display of meteors always occurrcdon the night of Angnst 10. This being known in calendars as St.

Lawrence's day, the meteors whloh fell on that day have been called tbe tears of St. Lawrence. Many years later it was again observed that on or about the 12th or 13th of November shooting stars are commonly seen. When Humboldt, after witnessing the remarkable display of 1799, Invited special attention to this circumstance, anclont records wore examined, and it was found that for severat centuries this particular part ot the year had been characterized by star showers. "Time out of mind," says Sir John Hersohel, "those Identical nights more often, but sometimes those immediately adjacent, have been habitually signalized by such exhibitions." This circumstance or periodicity suffices of itself to demonstrate the extra-terrestrial nature of these objects.

According to my lather's views, we must Infer tfiat the two particular regions of clrcum-olar space which we traverse on August 10 and November 13 are swarming with meteors. Yet we cannot for a moment imagine two clouds of meteors are perslstontly present in these two regions. Each meteor is as surely acted upon by the Jun's mighty influence as this earth on which we live; and as surely as this earth, if brought to iest in any way, would be attracted toward the sun and fall upon his globe In about 61 days, so every member of a' meteor cloud placed where the August nnd Novembor meteors are encountered would, in about the sama time, fall upon the sun and be destroyed. It follows that the meteois must bo in rapid motion on a course keeping them clear of the sun's orb; and, moreover, that the place of those which pass away from the region traversed by the earth must be more or less continually supplied by arriving moteors. In other words, tho August and November meteors must form a more or less complete zono or ring.

When to Look for the Meteors. The degree ofcompleteness of either ring must correspond to the regularity of the occurrence of star-falls on the dates corre-sconding to either system. If it frequently chances that the display is intermitted, either for a few years or for many years in succession, the inference will be that greater or less gaps mar the completeness of the meteor zone; whoreaq. If one year passes without a display ot meteors belonging to a system, we must infer as at least probable that the metoor system forms a complete ring. Thus Judged, the November system appears to bo very far from forming a continuous zone; since the display is often omitted for more than twenty yi-ars In succession and is seldom repeated during more than four or Ave successive years.

The Augnst system, on the oontiary, seldom fnlls to produce a display of lar greater or less splendor. Tho meteors of each system soom to como from a definite resion of tho heaven, or rather from a definite point of the star sphere. The November meteors appear to come from a nolnt in the constellation Leo; the K. A. of the point Is about 9 h.

82 its north declinatiou about 21 degrees. A Brilliant Scene in Greenland. Tne writers of the Jliddlo Ages report the occurrence of the stars falling from heaven in resplendent showers among the physical appearances of their time. The first grand phenomenon of a meteoric shower which attracted attention in modern times was witnessed by the Moravian missionaries in Groenland. This was observed over a wide extent of territory.

Humboldt, then traveling in South America, accompanied by M. Iloupland, thus speaks of it: "Toward the morning of November 13, 1799. we witnessed a most extraordinary scene of Bhootimr meteors. Thousands of falling stais fell during four hours, their direction being very regular from north to south. From tho beginning of the phenomenon there was not a space in the firmament equal in extent to three diameters of tho moon which was not filled every instant with bodies or Inlllng store." In Canada in the years 18U and 18i9, tho stellar showers wero noticed, and iu the autumn of 1818 on the North Sea, when, in the language of ono of tho observers, the surrounding atmosphore seemed enveloped in one expunslvo ocean of fire, exhibiting the ppeiranceoi anocner aiosoow in names, in the former cases, a residuum of dust was deposited upon the surface of tho waters, on the roofs of buildings, and on other objects.

The deposition of particles of n'atter or a ruddy color has often followed the descent of aoioUtos; the origin of the popular stories of the sky having rained blood. The Greatest Display on Record. The next exhibition upon a grand scale of the falling stars occurred Novembor 13, 1831, and was seen off tho coasts of Spain and in tho Ohio country. This was followed by another in the ensuing year at exactly the samo tlmo. By far- the most splendid display on record occurred in November, 1832, and was included within the limits of the longitude of 61 in the Atlantic Ocean und that of 100 in Central Mexico and fiom the North American lakes to the West Indies.

Over this wide area an appearance presented itself, far surpassing ingiandeur the most lmpoilng artificial fireworks and mi incessant play of brilliant luminosities was kept up in the heavens for sevsial hours. One ol large size remained for some tlmo almost stationary in the zenith over the falls of Niagara, emitting streams of light. The'wild duli of the waters ns contrasted with tho fiery uproar above them formed a scone of unequaled sublimity. a planter ot South Carolina thus describes tho effect of the scene upon the ignorant darkies: "I was suddenly awakened by the most distressing cries that over fell on my cars. 1 opened tho door, and it is difficult to say which excitod me tho most the awful-ncss of tho scene or the distressed cries of the negroes.

Upward or 100 lay prostrate on the ground almost speechless, and some with the bitterest cries, but with their hands raided, imploring God to save the world and them. The scene was trulv awful, for never bofoie did rain fall much thicker than tho meteors fell toward tho earth; east, west, north, or south, it was tho aamo." '1 Ills extraordinary spectacle commenced a little before mldnurht and reached its height between 1- andG o'clock in the morning. The Next Magnificent Shower. On the nights of November 13 and 14, ISCS, one of tho grandest displays of rrfetoors ever seen was witnessed. In the previous year tho earth had passed somewhat in front of the head or richost part of the Novomber meteor system; in the year 1S66, tho earth had passed somewhat behind the head, and 'through a region so rich that for six hours meteors positively rained upon the earth, or lather upon tho shield of air which she bears as her piotcction against meteoric downfall.

But the enormous tango of the meteoric orbits of this system require a long period for revolution around those orbits. In fact, the period of revolution is about S3 years. Wo shall not pass through so ii ell a region of tho November meteor stream until the vcar 1899, when bomo of us win, let us nope, ue neio to see. It inlxht seoni idle, then, to look for any meteoric display this year or for several years to come. The rich part of the moteor stream is rich becauso it is comparatively compact.

Tho earth occupies but a certain short period in passing through this compact portion of the moteor stream, whereas the other parts, while wanting in meteors, have meteors strewn over them much more diffusely; and, as a result, the earth takes much longer iu passing through these wider fiortlons oi the system. It is, therefore, un-Ikely that tho passage will bo completed in a few hours, orin loss than several days. It will not be at all surprising if members of the November meteor system shall bo seen this month. Whereas, in 18Sf, when tbu earth rushed through a very rich portion of the system on tho morning of November It, thopasac lasted so short a time that, while England had a magnificent display oi falling stars, none were seen in. tho United States.

A Display in a Comet's Path. On tho night of 27, 1872, when it was known that the earth would pass through tho track of the comet called Blela's, about which so much has been said the past day or two, wonderful display or meteors was soon, thousands being counted by European observers, while according to one account, the above named regions or tho heavens from whenco, as it was predicted, tho meteors ra- diated, were aglow with an amber-colored light, as though illuminated by tens of thousands of faint meteors, too minuie to bo individually discernible. In Jsi'J, on. November 2S, a lew meteors were seen from tho same part of the heavens. and again on November 27, In 1885.

No doubt tan remain in uny reasoning mind that tho connection of these meteors with the comet named after Blela has been amply established. Wo have as evidence the following points: A comet appears whole, in 18JC; ie-tnrns, still whole, in 1832: returns, but i not seen, being unfavorably situated, iu 1839; returns, still whole, ln.18,15; but divides in two early in 1843, returns ntilf double' in 1852; may or may not havo rolurued a a doublo, or Eerhaps multiple comet, in Jt09, but would. ave been invisible', being-unfit Vorably near to the sun In the skies. In 18SC it was not teen in any form, or as a comet. In 1872, 1879 and 1SS5 it was not seen, but in each of these three last-named years, when the earth passed through tbe comet's track, evidence was given by the appearance of falling stars, which were traveling in flightsof many millions along tba track, far behind the present comet.

We have to add to this that evidence already regarded as most convincing had shown other comets, to be tallowed by motoric trains. Tho Earth Produced Comets. Therefore it has been rendered highly probable that every meteor system tells us of the conrse or a comet, thongh. not necessarily of a comet now in existence; while every comet Is followed by a train of meteoric attendants. This train must by no means be contounded with the comet's tail a very different formation and occupying an entirely different position.

Now, as comets are known to be followed by trains of meteoric attendants, we maysaythat we have here a phenomenon closely akin to the peculiarity in relation to the earth's orbit which Tschenuek and others have endeavored to explain, by assuming that millions of years ago the earth itself ejected those particular meteors which form, as ic were, the extra population of the earth's orbital region. Mart Proctor. NO EXTJU SE8SI0X SEEDED. A Hasty Repeal or Change or the Mc- Kinley Law Would Cause a Panic New York Herald. 1 In a letter to the Herald, published yesterday, Mr.

Clark Howell, the youthful Atlanta odltor, after remarking "now that the excitement of the election subsided and everybody has accepted the result," writes: Let tbe Herald continue its good work and Join in the demand for an extra, aesslon of Congress. IX the McKlnley Uw is to be repealed and the Infamous Federal fupervlston of election measures to be stricken from the statutes the sooner the work Is began the better. We trust we may be permitted to say that the Herald intends to "continue its good work," but it proposes to do so in its own way. As for Joining in tbe cry for an extra session of Congress to repeal the McKlnley law, the Herald will do nothing of the sort, and for the sufficient reason that It means to continue its good work. Mr.

Clark Howell Is a very young man, and sorao day may be a statesman, but his proposal to hurry up Congress to wipe out tho McKlnley law and get the country into trouble is, in tho slang of the street, "rather iresh." The people don't want tne McKlnley law repealed. It must be shorn or its worst features, but that will all como In good season. To repeal the law or to chaso Congress on to tamper hastily with its provisions would disturb business, depress stocks, unsettle values, npsot industries and throw the country into such a panic as it ha not experienced since 1337. The people have Just won a great victory, and they don't want it turned into a great disaster by excited politicians, eager tree traders, youthful editors, aspiring orators or meddlesome pamphleteers. We have Just passed through one spell of intense excitement and don't want another forced upon us.

For heaven's sake give us a rest! Let things take their own course. Let well enough alone. There is time enough to reap the harvest of Tuesday's victory when Congress meets regularly and can proceed deliberately- Some people are always wanting an extra session of Congress. The ory is heard every time a Fresident Is elected. We heard it In 1SS4 as soon as Cleveland was elected.

We heard It in 1883 as soon as Harrison was, elected. Now ic conies again as soon an Cleveland Is re-elected. The business men of the country don't want an extra session. The working masses don't want it. The people don't want it.

They all know too well that hasty, ill advised, precipitate legislation can only lead to trouble and disaster. We trust Mr. Cleveland and his advisors will be wise enough to see this and patriotic enough ta act accordingly. Irthey yield to. the free trade hordes and hot headed politicians ravenous for sdoIIs, who will rush to Washington clamoring for an extra session and the repeal of the McKlnley law, thero will not bo a corporal's guard of the Democratic party left in 1S93.

The Republicans will be roturned to power by a tidal wave that will dwarf the Democratic landslide of 1892 into Inslgnifioance. Then the Republican ory will be, "We told you sol" BABT EDTH AVI) BABI M'KEE. Baby Ruth now, and not Baby McKoe. Toledo Blade. Babt Ruth must have a souvenir spoon.

Atlanta ConsMutiim. Babt Roth to Baby McKoe: "My papa is a bigger man than your grandpa." Sew YorK Wold. Here's hoping that little Ruth will havo a happy and prosperous reizn ns Queen of tho Whito House! Elmlra Advertiser. Babt Ruth will, or course, now get a new rattle, and will fall heir to all of the playthings Baby McKee leaves behind htm when he doparts rrom the Whito House. Harris-burg Independent.

Of course wo sympathize with Baby McKee, but then he has time enough yet In which to recover from his disappointment. Brooklyn Citizen. Mrs. Cleveland has tho congratulations of the whole country without reserve. Baby Ruth will be the only "Stranger in the House" during the next administration.

Philadelphia Press. Babt McKee will givo the sweetest and nicest kind of a greeting to Baby Ruth. They may both movo into the- Executive mansion some day together. Who can tell? New York Recorder. "Baby McKee" No.

2, and little brother Ben have received notice to quit. They will move out March i and "Baby Ruth" will move In. May her shadow never grow less! Philadelphia Telegraph. TnE influence of little Ruth Cleveland on tho land slide which shoved her father into power is not receiving tho attention it do-serves In summing up the causes of Tues day's triumph. Batllmore Herald.

Mugwumps Are Swelled Up. Philadelphia Press. Tho only deplorable thing about the victory is the frightlul size of the mugwump head these days. Soft felt hats ot even elephantine size won't contain them. Met His Waterloo In Chicago.

Washington Boles will be Boies, but Iowa's Governor will hardly out a wldo swath in tho noxt national administration. Didn't Know a Good Tiling. Chicago Tribune. Possibly the country was too prosperous, and couldn't stand prosperity. It Means Ignominious Defeat.

St. Louis Globe-Democrat. When a campaign is apathetic hercsftor we shall know what It means. DEATHS HERE AND ELSEWHERE. Casper Marks, Glensluvw.

Casper Marks, who lived at Glenshaw, out the Pittsburg ana Western Railroad, dropped dead Thursday noon at the dinner tabic. He was a rdlddle-aged man and had remarkably good health. Just before he passed away he was remarking about his healthy condition, how little sickness he had experienced during Ills life and how promising were his prospects for a ripe old age. The speaLcr stopped in tliemlddlc of a sentence to take i. drink of coffee, but Just ns he went to lift the cup to his lips, his arms fell helplessly to his side, and his head dropped, lie was dead.

The other members of the family who had been listening to lilm could hardly believe It, but their efforts failed to arouse him. The deceased vas an employe of tue Francis Brick Company. Obltnary Notes. Herbert Mends, General Manager of the Beuter Telegram Company for the North American Continent, died yesterday at his home In New York City of typhoid lever and pueumonla. William R.

White. United States Commissioner, died suddenly Friday night at Des Moines. la. He was a Union soldier during the war, and atthe time or his death was a special agent of the Census Bureau. Hon.

W. Adams, l'res'dentof Portsmouth Firo Brick Works, Portsmouth. the largest lire brick wprks In the world, died suddenly- of heart trouble yesterday morning, lie was ex-Frcsldeut of the Board or Trade. Dr. A.

RizviuS Jacksos, the original of Mark Twain's character iljj Friend, theDoctor, In "Innocents" Abroad, died yeiterday at Chicago. Dr. Jackson had been 111 ten daralrom the eQects of a stroke of apoplexy. He will be burled at cerned man who read the returns at tbe Ite Houso Tues- day night was the telcgra operator. Ad- ministrations may come nd go, but ho keeps ou working tbe telegraph key.

The election will make little difference to tbe official household at the) White House. Thero will be a new prlvaie secretary and probably a new stenographer to tho President, out most of the clerks and other employes of the establishment will go right on about their accustomed (duties under Mr. Cleveland as many of tljem did under tho Cleveland administration; of four years ago and many of them under former administrations. Tho employes of the Executive Mansion are distinctly tbo confidential clerks of tbe President and not of th individual holding the Presidental ofllce. private secretary to the President always changes with the administration, for) the privato secretary is supposed to be th) President's confidential adviser.

Butthv assistant private) secretary is an employeof many administrations. It would seemj strange Indeed to the members of the House andSenate to sea any but the familiar flgurp of Mr. Pruden in the center.aislo dellverl ig a message from the President. Colons: Crook, another member of the Executl clerks, is also a fixture, and Mr. Montgomery, who operates the Western Union wins, is the first and only telegraph operator I who has been on duty at tho White House.

1 Harrison Made Fev Changes. The President's stenographer, Mr. Tib-bolt, came In with the Harrison administration and will go ont with It. His relations to the President are of such a confidential character that Mr. Harrison when he entered the White House preferred to make his own appointment to this position rather than to accept the services of Mr.

Cleveland's stenographer. Another of the White Houso clerks brought in by tbo Harrison administration was Miss Sanger. She will probably leave the White) House when Mr. Harrison goes. Or the employes outside the executive offices.

President Harrison appointed only the acting chier dtorkeeper, Mr. Turner, or Indiana, and two colored men, one of whom was-Mr. Harrison's barber In Indianapolis. All of the other employes of the White House, except those engascd tn purely domestic duties, were in the executive service when President Harrison came into office. They were hero under Mr.

Cleveland before, and thero is no reason to believe that they will not be hero under Mr. Cleveland afror March. The most important and delicate position in the White House establishment which Mr. Cleveland will have to flit is that of private secretary. Colonel lamont, who filled tbe position with such distinction during Mr.

Cleveland's first term, has now so many business Interests in Newport that ho could not accept his old place without a creat and unreasonable personal sacrifice. Salary Paid Dan T-amont. Colonel Dan Lamont was probably better paid for his services as private sec retary than any person who has filled that position before or since. When he came into office the salary attached to the position was S3.5C0 a year. Tresideht Cleveland paid Colonel Lamont more in each of four years in which ho served as private secretary.

Just before Colonel Lamont left office Congress increased tbe salary or the President's privato secretary to $5,000 a year. Colonel Lamonbrefnsed to accept the additional sum becauso the bill bad become a law during tbe time when ho was serving as the private secretary of the President who signed it. Mr. Halford was tbe first private secretary who received this salary. President Harrison has not paid Mr.

Hal-ford anything additional to the salary allowed him by Conzress. Even $5,000 is not a large salary for a man who has to live as the private secretary of tbe President must in order to maintain tbe dignity of his position. Colonel Lamont maintained a very handsome establishment in Washington and Mrs. Lamont and he entertained a great deal. Mr.

Halford has not done any entertaining. The continued and finally iatal illness of his wife rendered this impossible. It is a little early perhaps to speculate as to the social features oi the new administra tion. The final winter season of the Harrison administration has not begun. It seems likely that it will bo a rather quiet winter.

The death of Mrs. Harrison wilt cast a gloom over official circles all through the season. The impending change of administration too will have a deDresslng effect. Tho Whltneys In London Society. To those who form the official circle this winter the Buclal possibilities of the winter of 1S93-94 have little interest.

But there is a large social element In Washington which is permanent. It does not change with administrations, and while it does not recognize official society as tbe leading society of tho National Capital) it depends for much of its moat elaborate entertaining on tho official set. To these people it is a matter of some moment that tho Whitneys or some other generous entertainers should come to Washington during the new Cleveland regime. The Whltneys were undoubt edly the raoit lavisn entertainers or tne Cleveland administration. The? spent an enormous sum or money on balls and dinners, and gave to Washington society a gaiety which it had not known be lore and which has had no parallel In any winter of tho Harrison administration.

Possibly, so say tho political gossips, tho Whitnoyswill go to London. If they do; thov mav be expected to ecliuso tbe record of any other repiesentatives of the United States in the capital of tho British nation. Whitney goes in for a goad time. She never hesitated to leavo her post as hostess for the pleasure of a waltz with a young naval officer at one of her own entertainments, and if It threaten, to interfere with her enjoyment of life in London sho is very apt to give the British court soma new ideas of the application of the iron-bound etiquette. Plenty of Gush for Baby Ruth.

Social Washington, of course, is much interested in seeing Mrs.Clevolandagain.and almost as much In seeing Baby Ruth. Tbe Clevelands may object to having their little daughter made a subject of spectacular comment and notice, but the people of Washington aro bound to gnsh over the little ono. Alreatly Dr. Sunderland, the pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, of Washington, has put in a bid through one of his congregation for the privilege of baptizing Baby Ruth. When Mr.

James L. Norris, leader of the local Democrao, was in New York recently, he told Mr. Cleveland that the people of tno First Pi esby teriun Church were counting on the privilege of seeing Baby Ruth baptized under their roor. This was a delicate intimation that Mr. Norris hoped to see.

Mr. Cleveland living iu Washington 'again before long. Mr. Cleveland thanked him for his expression of good will and said that he hoped that little Rath would have the opportunity of being baptized here. It would oe very appropriate if tho Cleveland asked Dr.

Sunderland to perrorm the cci oniony or baptism for their little daughter, for it was he who officiated nt their wedding. There is an intimation in circles near to the ex-liosident's family that Mrs. Cleveland will not bo able to take tho part in Washington society during her first season that sho would desire. The circumstance Is that Baby Ruth may lmve to sharo the Jn-venile honors of the Whito House witn another. But the social duties of Mrs.

Cleveland do not berin in earnest beforo the first officia 1 reception of tho new administration on ew Year's Day, JS'-M. Wasuisotox, Nov. 12. Bais. A SONG OF THANKSGIVING.

ThanksglTlngl Thanksgiving! Ofyore, In the youth of the Nation, When the liarrest hd yielded its store There was feast and oblation. Or when danger hud lifted Its hand. From the lips of the living There ran through the length of the land AThanksgiTlngl Thanksgiving! Oar home was a wilderness then With the floods to enfold it: To-day with Its millions of men. We rejoice to behold it. From tho sea to the surge of the sea.

We have all for a treasure; Wc are blest In the promised To-be In a manifold measure. War flaunts not a red pennon now. For the olive is regal; Like birds that aro twin, on one bongh Sit the dove and the eagle. The clash of the conflict that cleft We In sorrow remember. Bui the tire of the great fend has left In the ash scarce an ember.

For the fruit of the time of our toll: For whate'er wo hare fouxht for: Whether born or the brain or the soil Be the meed wc have sought for: For the gifts we hare had rrom His hind Who Is Lord of all Urine Let there ring through the length of the land A Thanksgiving! thanksgiving. CJinfoa ScoOard in the IaMW llomt JimrnaU fconnxsroxDEKCE or Probably the most un 1 CUBI0US CONDENSATIONS. Black glass) was usect-ibr mirrors. Baroinetersvwere invented by Tarriceul in 1W3. Viiored helmet were worn by th heavy Roman cavalry.

San Domingo is the oldest existing settlement in the new world. Some of the Lucullus' feasts cost 50,000 denarii each, about $8,000. The first press west of the.AIIegheniei was sot up at Cincinnati in 1733. The theaters in Melbourne are nearly all equipped with billiard rooms. The Six Towns Times is the euphonious name of a new local paper in Maine.

The blood travels through our arteries at a rate ot about 33 feet-per second. It is estimated that of the 4,000,000 inhabitants of London, 1,500,000 were -born la the country. Nineteen New York babies were named after Columbus during tbe week following tho celebration. Two Washington fishermen caught T10 salmon in tbe CoroHtz river inside of two hours the other A gallon of water -would only cover, space of two feet square if spread out In a layer an inch thick. Only when hunting or traveling did th Greeks, either male or female, wear any covering on their heads.

Tbe national debts of Europe amount to a total which'ls equivalent to $55 for each inhabitant of the Continent. Charles Connelly, of Bradford, is to eat six pieces of billlard-cua chalk, the effect of a bee on the election of Harrison. Nearly 40,000 people in Great Britain pay a guinea a year for the privilege of displaying their crests on their stationery and' plate. Knox county, has a new postoffica named Thero were already offices named Norway, Sweden, Mexico and Pern in the same State. The usual age at which boys enter a racing stable as apprentices is 13 to 13.lt being held that above that ago is too old to begin with any hopes of success.

Three hundred and twenty-eight thousand divorces have been granted by tho courts of this country during tho past 20' years, 90 per cent ot them to women. The most powerful naptha spring on. record was recently opened in Baku on the Taggiell grant. If it continues at Its original force it will be the richest naptha fountain in the world. The statue of Liberty in New York harbor now wears a blazing diadem or 54 electric lamps in vari-colored globes, and.

the radiance from, it is equal to that from 270,000 candlos. Officers and soldiers of the French 1 army will henceforward have a inetalllo plate fastened to their collars for identification. A similar scheme is being considered for tbe benefit of miners The United 'States now holds 21 law firms made up of husbands and wife. In addition to these there are at least 10S American women who practice law in the courts or publish legal publications. Of American apples nearly 1,500,000 barrels are imported to England every season, about a fonrth of these finding their way to Covewt Garden.

Tbe barrels weigh, from 10 to 150-pounds, and are excellently packed. July has proven a iatal mouth to Presidents. John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Monroe, Zacbary Taylor, M. Van. Buren, Andrew Johnson, U.S.

Grant all died, in July. James A. Garfield received his death, wound In July. A strange law exists 'in England. It prohibits the Queen from reading documents or receivingany letters.

except irom her own. famlly.until they have been first scanned by-the official authorized to examine the royal correspondence. The telephone has appeared at Eon-mania, but it is not yet a success, because of an official order that, when a person desires ta telephone ta another city, he" must arrange with his correspondents to be at the the instrument at a fixed hour nnd minute. The rule is said to be rigidly enforced. It it estimated that the Mississippi river annually discharges into the Gulf of Mexico cubic feet or water.

Or this prodigious quantity the 1-2300 part will be sediment. Thus tbe Mississippi annually deposits alone in the Gulf of Mexico sufficient mud to cover a square mile of surface to a height of 240 feet. Photographing under water has actually been carried oat, so it Is said. Experiments were made in 1539 in tbe Mediterranean to ascertain how far daylight penetrated under the water. In very clear water, near Corsica, and IS miles from land, tbe limit of daylight was found by menus of photographic plates to be 1,530 feet.

A millipede, which was brought from Mombosa, Africa, is said to be one of tbe most interesting Inmates of tbe insect house at the London Zoological Gardens. It has a black body, coarse, red legs, is a vegetarian and perfectly harmless, except that ic possesses an evil-smelling fluid, the nso of which insures it against a repetition of inquisitive touching. Its diet is mainly decayed leaves. In the northern part of Peru, in what is otherwise an arid desert, the celebrated "rain tree" grows. This species, Batas yapero, though not large or or much commercial value, is a veritable South American wonder, having tbe extraordinary property of cendensing what little moisture thero is In the atmosphere so as to cause a continual mist to exude (seemingly) from its leaves and branches.

George Washington wat commander-in-chief of the army at the ae of 43; Cromwell entered on bis remarkable career at 29; Napoleon conquered Italy before he was 30; Gladstone was a member of Parllameut at 23; Macauley beuan his literary career at 20; Columbus started on his voyage of discovery at 36; Frederlo the Great began tbe Thirty Tears" war at the age or SO, and Blackstone finished his commentaries be-lore ho was S3. The insignia of the Order of the Garter are: A gold medallion of St. George and the dragon, suspended from a blue ribbon; tbe garter Itself, of dark blue velvet; a bluo velvet mantel lined with taffeta, with the star of the order embroidered on the left breast; a hood and surcoat of crimson velvet and a hat of black velvet; a collar of gold weighing 30 ounces, and the star with the cross of St. George iu tbe center, encircled by the garter. ORIGINAL AND JOCOSE.

XT JACK. Did you ever see my Jack, girls, He's as handsome as can be; It's no wonder that I lore him. And be, too, fond of me. He's tall and well proportioned. With an Intellectual head; And the loveliest hair of auburn hue.

Which the vulgar all call red. He's strong and brave and noble. And Is handled without force. His tall "His tall?" didn't I tell That Jack Is my riding horsef LETTEB. Republican Jack, Washington, D.

Dear Six Kindly send me a number 8 hat Instead or a 7. Our victory was so glorloni that I know you will pardon the enlargement. Truly yours, DEMOCATICJOt P. 8. Have you a Job la view? GOOD WORK.

"It's a wonder to me," said Bottles Bummer, "that some Christian society don't start crusade against these rouzh Iron and glass plates that they are putting in tiie sidewalks now." "What would a Christian society take tnituj for," asked Dock, "Because they are so hard on soles." ix cuicaoo. "Did yon know Mrs. Many-times is going to be married again?" "She is? Why this will make the fifth thea, won't It?" "Yes, but it will be different from all others, they are going to introduce a great noTelty." "What Is it?" "lho bride will be given away by her eldest son." THAT WAS THI TBOtTSUL "I understand your husband has been slllng?" "Yes, Indeed, andbterlsg, too." CmcU 4y4fc- j.i-.to.4j I jtrMttis jA. MiCXEJWgj -1 tn linm niiv iiHff-iin" 'iiiiiTiifliif.