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A DAY OF JOY. Christmas as it Was Observed Here. A VERY BEAUTIFUL DAY. Some Accidents, Some Pleas ure and Some General Gossip. Christmas has come and gone, and many were the hearts madb happy in B ><ne. Joy reigned with nojrestriotions, •nd the people made the day one of pleasure in their own peouliar ways. -Some were happy in quietude at their homes, others with their friends, and quite a number indulged in sipping the flowing bowl to au extent that produced much hilarity, and a pretense of having a good time. That part of Broad street in front of the Cent al hotel was the scene of most of the Christmas frollicking. A greasy pole, fire works and liquor that is red or white, were chief ingredients in this rough fun. R>man candies were fired almost continually through the day, and with recklessness that was alarming to some. The day was as balmy as summer, and until the clouds obscured the sun was uncomfortably warm. Crlstmas Eva. The bright and beautiful weather of Sunday, the day before Christmas, added much to the happy spirit of the people, and with smiling, joyous faces they made their way to one of the churches in the city. Attractive services were at all th houses of worship, and the total attend ance was probably greater than on any other one day. The pretti st musical programs were at the First Methodist, the First Baptist and the First Presbyterian; The musio at all the others was good, but these three were especially pretty and well rendered. The program and choirs of the First Methodist and Baptist were printed in Sunday’s Tribune. The choir at the First Presbyterian was composed of Mrs. W. A. Patton, soprano. Mrs. Eastman, alto. Mr. B. S. Barker, tenor. Mr. W A. Patton, baritone. Mrs. C. E. McLin, organist. The morning program was: Organ Prelude—‘’Foraker.” Festival —Te Dsutn in E b—Dudley Buck. Offertory. Watchful Shepherds—soprano solo— Williams. And in the evening ; The Angels’ Song—choir—Kramer. Birthday of a King—baritone solo and quartette —Neidlinger. Those who heard the music were all delighted, and the beauty of the service was greatly enhanced. These who heard the music at the First Baptist church Sunday morning were enthusiastic about it. From the opening instrumental piece, in which Mrs. McHenry played an exquisite medley, in troducing the sweet strains of “Old Fulks at Home,”to the grand finale of the full ch£\rJUS_in the anthems, the whole program was ,'ood. The selections were admirable aid harmonized beautifully with the spint of the occasion, Mrs. McLia presided at the organ at the First Presbyterian church, and per formed in a manner that delighted all hearers, including the members of the choir—the severest of all critics. The entire musical program was rendered in a most charming manner, bringing show ers of complimonts upon all who took part. At the First Methodist Prof. Thomp son’s skilled fingers extracted sweet peals from the instrument, and here, too, was another delighted congregation. The selections were good, and were given f\ 3 MOTHERS! MOTHERS!! To know that a single applica tion of the Cuticura Remedies will afford instant relief, permit rest and sleep, and point to a speedy and economical cure of torturing, disfiguring, itching, burning and scaly humors, and not to use them without a moment’s delay is to fail in your duty. Cures made in childhood are speedy economical and permanent. Bold throughout the world. Potter Drug and Ciiem. Corp., sole proprietors, Boston. too" “ All About the Blood, Skin, Scalp and I lair,’’mailed free. Facial Blemishes, falling hair and simple t>aby rashes prevented by Cuticura Soap. If tired, aching, nervous moth zVyJ ora knew the comfort, strength, am* in Cuticura Plant* rs, the. would never be without them. In ± every way the purest, sweetest and Hat of plasters. with a harmony and excellence that made the sweet voices of the members seem never so rich and full. TO UTILIZE NIAGARA'S POWER. The First Tunnel For That Purpose About Completed. Standing at any of the points of van tage from which the great falls of Niag ara may be viewed, one of the earliest thoughts in the utilitarian mind, after the feeling of awe engendered by a first sight of the sublime spectacle has passed, is about the great usefulness of the im mense power there concentered, if only it could be properly’ controlled. This power has not only been har nessed; but, aided by the rapid advances in electrical engineering, it will before I I ISSOo AT THE TUNNEL’S MOUTH. long., if all goes well, be supplying mo tive power, light and heat to many near by places, such as Buffalo and Roches ter, with a prospect of profitably trans mitting it as far as New York city, Cleveland, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington and even to Chicago. The scheme by which this is to be ac complished ranks among the greatest engineering enterprises of the century and is expected to be ready to begin op erations by the Ist of next February. An inlet canal taps the river about lj miles above the falls, conducting the water to a great wheel pit, where a se ries of gates admit it to pipes, called penstocks, which will convey it to the turbine wheels, 140 feet below, generat ing 5,000 horsepower for each wheel and conveying it by shafting to dynamos at the surface. After the water has done its work al the turbines it will rush down by a tun nel about H miles in length, shaped like a horseshoe and 200 feet beneath the surface, and rejoin the river a few hun dred feet below the falls. The excava tion of this tunnel was the most impor tant, difficult and costly part of the en tire undertaking. In its digging 1,500 men were employed at an expenditure of $69,000 a month. Ground was broken for it on Oct. 4, 1890, and it is now prac tically completed. The outlet through which the tunnel discharges into the river is said to be the most solid piece of masonry of the kind ever constructed. It would need to be, for the water will whirl through it at the rate of 23J feet a second. The company has a franchise for a second tunnel on the New York side of the river and fora third on the Canadian side, and expects to be able to produce 100,000 horsepower in each tunnel, which will lower the water at the falls about two inches. Public Speaking. This is one of the heaviest strains that comes upon any man or woman. A lit tie cold, a little hoarseness, and the work Is done. The best of reudsr**’ absolutely useless. Mark Guy Pearse, the eminent English preacher, writes as follows: Bedford Place, Russell Square, I London, December 10, 1888. f “I thiuk it only right that I should tell you of how much use I find Allcock’s Porous Plasters in my family and among those to whom I have recommended them. I find them s very breastplate against coughs and colds. Mark Guy Peabse. Killed Christmas Night. W. A. Adams, a young man 27 years of age, was killed Christmas night over in Gordon county, near Tilton. He was a well known and popular young farmer. The killing was accidental and occur red in a peculiar way. It seems that a young friend of his who had imbibed more than was good for him, was with him, and Adams, seeing his condition, took from him a pistol he was flourishing. A few minutes afterward Adams went out to get some wood. While stoopinsr the pistol dropped out of his pocket and fired. The bullet struck him between the eyes, killing him instantly. The young man has many friends in this county who regret the unfortunate accident. To Annoy napoleon. A curious anecdote, of which we may say, Si non e veto e ben trovato, is illustrative of the disposition of Tal leyrand. It was resolved that each of the allied powers should designate a commissioner charged with the surveil lance of Napoleon at St. Helena. Talleyrand proposed to the king for this office M. de Montchenu, described as "an insupportable babbler, a com plete nonentity. ” On being asked why he had selected this man, Talleyrand replied: "It is the only revenge which I wish to take for his treatment of me. However, it is terrible. What a punish ment for a man of Bonaparte’s stamp, to be obliged to live with an ignorant and pedantic chattererl I know him. He will not be able to support this annoy ance. It will make him ill, and he will die of it by slow degrees.”—Edinburgh Review. Envelopes were first made in 1839, and sold for ten cents and twenty-five cents apiece. They are now sold at from two to fivyfqr a cm’. THE WEEKLY TRIBUNE, THURSDAY. DECEMBER 28. 1893. THE BANQUET. Both Great Parties United to Do Harrison Honor. MR. REID WITH THEM. Mr. Harrison Makes a Speech and so Did Reid, But Very Little Said on Politics. Philadelphia, Dec. 25.—The recep tion of ex-President Benjamin Harrison by the Union League club was a very flattering demonstration. There were representatives of every class and of both the great political parties present to do honor to the man who so recently was the chief executive of the nation. Fifteen hundred people crowded the halls, parlors and reception rooms. The veteran corps of the First Regi ment escorted Mr. Harrison from his hotel at 8 o’clock, preceded by the First Regiment band. John Russell Young, president of the Union league, walked beside his guest, followed by Whitelaw Reid, Senators Hoar and Proctor and a number of other distinguished states men. As the escort entered the corridor cheer after cheer was given, and Mr. Harrison, with bared head, acknowledg ed the plaudits with his customary grace. The house was profusely decorated with flowering plants and bunting, and vari ous colored electric lights added to the brilliancy of the scene. After those gathered had shaken the hand of the ex-president a collation was served. At its end three cheers were given for the guest of the evening, and then he was called on for a speech. The ex-president made a happy refer ence to his reception, saying that the trials of office were well worth enduring if for no other reason than for the pleas ures which came afterwards in such oc casions as this. He complimented the citizens on their city, and thanked them for the consideration they were paying to a citizen of another state. He touch ed on no public questions except to make a reference to lynchings in connection with some remarks on the law abiding character of the people. When the ex-president concluded, three cheers were again given for him. Whitelaw Reid was then loudly called for. He said, among other things, that this - was no time to discuss morals or politics, and that he was here to do hon or to Mr. Harrison, for his splendid rec ord and faithful service while president of the United States. Ex-Senator Edmunds then spoke. “Mr. Reid,” he said,” should have been our vice-president at present, and if he lives long enough he will be vice-presi dent yet.” Governor Pattison followed Mr. Ed munds, and paid a very high tribute to Mr. Harrison. He said that the ex president was an honor to the long line of chief executives of the nation, and did great credit to the people who placed him at the head of the nation’s affairs. The Washington delegation was com posed of the following gentlemen, be sides those already named: Senator Ca rey, of Wyoming; Representatives John son, of North Dakota; Loudenslager, of New Jersey; Fauston, of Kansas; Ma hon, of Pennsylvania; McCleary, of Min nesota; Woomer, Reyburn, Wright, Wanger, Bingham, Hicks and Hines, of Pennsylvania; Ellis, of Oregon; Thomas, of Michigan; Hainer, of Nebraska; Waugh, of Indiana; Smith. Henderson, Funk and Marsh, of Illinois; Northway, Wilson and Hulick, of Ohio; Pickenand Mercer, of Nebraska; Bowers, of Cali fornia; Curtis, of Kansas, and Wilson, of Washington; Marshal Ransdell, of the District of Columbia, and General .Bussey, ex-assistant secretary of the terior. ■ Among the prominent present were Mayor Edwin S. SnMB Charles Emory Smith, John WanamtS ker, Congressman-elect Robert Adams, Jr., Edwin N. Benson, Judge F. Carroll Brewster, Thomas Dolan, William L. Elkins, Charles E. Warburton, Robert S. Davis, Colonel James H. Lambert, E. B. Leisenring, James Elverson, Jr., Charles H. Cramp, Theodore E. Weider heim, George W. Boyden, W. Kerr. William B. Gill, Joel Cook, Edwin H, Fitler, ex-Minister to Greece A. Louden Snowden, Colonel Clayton McMichael, General D. H. Hastings, General Louis Wagner, P. A. B. Widener, Hamilton Disston, J. Dundas Lippincott, Rev. William N. Bailey, O. S. Bosbyshell, Theodore W. Cramp, S. B. Elkins, Gov ernor Robert E. Pattison. W. R. Pugh, Colonel George Meade, J. L. Newbold, John Willing, Theodore Yerkes and Mahlon B. Young. A breakfast was given to the ex-presi dent by ex-Postmaster General John Wanamaker at tne Stratford. Covers were laid for 20, and there were present United States Senators Morrill and Hoar, ex-Senator Edmunds, Mayor Stuart, John Russell Young, William H. Hur ley, Sarnes Dobson, Clayton McMichael Rev. Dr. Trumbull, Charles Emory Smith, Thomas D. Lowrey, Charles Heber Clark, Jay Cook, Bishop Nfchol son, George S. Graham, Charles Dunn, General Louis Wagner, P. H. Rother mel and Edwin H. Benson. Whitelaw Reid sent word that he was unable to be present. Hadn’t Thought of the Presidency. Pittsburg. Dec. 25.—Hon. Benjamin Harrison was in the city for a short time en route from Philadelphia to his home in Indianapolis. The ex-president cor dially greeted the members of the press, hut all efforts to draw him into a con versation upon politics proved fruitless, as he positively refused to be interviewed on that subject, saying he was no longer in public life. He, however, talked in terestingly on other subjects. General Harrison,when asked whether he would be willing to again be a candi date for the presidency, if called upon by the Republican party at the next said he had not given the mat ter a thought. . A (jtilnese invitation. The Chinese send three invitations to the guests that they desire to see at their great repasts. The first is dispatched two days before the feast. The second on the day itself, in order to remind those they expect of their engagement, and the third just before the hour has struck, so as to show how impatient they are to see their friends arrive.— Hong-Kong Letter. ... AJ *' * - > n \ .< iff Mr. W. O. Allen Ot Atlanta, Georgia, testifies that he was af flicted with Flying Rhcomaiian, the Intense pain going from one part of the body to another. After taking seven bottles of Hood’s Sarsapa rilla he was in good health. In two months he Increased from 122 to 145 pounds In weight Hood’s Pills are purely vegetable. 25c. A MYSTERY OF DREAMLAND. While the Doctors Were Helpless a Boy's Vision Effected His Cure. In Savannah, Mo., last June, Thomas, the 11-year-old son of a farmer named Alexander Gilpin, was stricken with rheumatism of the right side and leg. The pain was so severe that his parents were obliged to keep anything from touching the body or limb. Drs. Mar tin, Kerr and Jefferies of Savannah could do nothing to stop the pain. On Thursday, Dec. 7, he fell into what seemed to be a trance and could not be aroused for some hours. When he fin ally awakened, being unable to talk, he wrote on a piece of paper to his par ents that he had seen his two little dead brothers and sister. He said they told him to send to a certain field and at a particular place to scrape away the snow until they would find a bed of moss, and under the moss a bunch of roots, which they were to bring to him. The doubting parents yielded to his entreaties, and going to the place found everything as tho boy had stated. They brought tho roots home, and the boy told them how he had been instructed to prepare an ointment with them. The ointment was made and applied to the seat of pain, the result being that the next day the boy left his bed. He can now walk as well as ever. These facts are vouched for by O. J. Hurley, the editor of the Savannah Democrat, the physicians, and all of Gilpin’s neighbors.—St. Joseph (Mo.) Dispatch in Chicago Herald. Another Wisconsin Diamond. Recently a young son of Charles De vine, who resides on a farm 2><f miles southwest of the village of Oregon, Dane county, Wis., found a brilliant little stone in a pebbly clay bank and carried it home as a curiosity. The! father submitted it to William HJ Hobbs, professor of mineralogy and] metallurgy in the University of Wisl conein, and he said that it was a genu] ine diamond. It measures three-eighthl of an inch in diameter, weighs foiJ carats, and is a rhombic dodecahedron® with its 1& faces slightly rounded, oil cf the signs of a good stone. It was ■ the glacial drift and came of courfl from the noith, where geologists haß conditions exist | ■ Wattkee Si-ntin I. The Spit There is a snake belonging® ■ small family causidae, ca, that ia said to have tho powß of ejecting its venom to a short dis tance. This snake is called by tho Dutch Boers “spuw slang,” or spit snake. When this snake erects its teeth, the pressure of the maxillary bone on the gland causes the venom to flow in drops, and it may be quite pos sible that by discharging air from its mouth the poison may be blown some distance. But this information and observation of these Dutchmen may be taken cum grano salis, or we might fall into the same errors as the ancient Munchausen, Pliny the elder.—New York Times. Deserving Praise. We desire to say to our citizens, that for years we have been selling Dr. King’s New Discovery for Consumption, Dr. King’s New Life Pills, Kucklen’s Arnica Salve and Electric Bitters, and have never han dled remedies that sell as well, or that have given such universal satisfaction. We do not hesitate to guarantee them every time, and we stand ready to refund the purchase price, if satisfactory results do not follow their use. These remedies have won their great popularity purely on their merits.— D. W. Curry. Indictment for stealing $25,000 gov ernment money, alleged to hvve been burned in the New Orleans mint, was found against ex-Cashier J. H. Dowling. A Mi lon Friends. A friend in need is a friend indeed, and not leis than one million people have found just such a friend in Dr. King’s New Discovery for Consumption, coughs and colds. If you have never used this great cough medicine, one trial will convince you that it has wonderful curative powers in all diseases cf throat, chest and lungs. Each bottle is guaranteed to do all that is claimed or money will be refunded. Trial bottles free at D. W. curry’s drug store. Large bottles 50c. and SI.OO. The Talk of Rome Is Our Big Stock for these Panicy Times. We say Hard Times and High Prices must go. High Price# Have gone and Hard Times are on the run. We broke the prices and you can come With a Small Pocket Book and Buy your Winter Goods Nearly at your own prices. That ia \ the way we bought them and we only A Small Profit on New York Prices Fancy G oods, hoes, Hosiery, Dry Goods, Hats, Gloves, Dress Goods, Corsets, Wool Jeans, Drawers, Zephyrs, J Jeans Pants, Cloaks, Yarns, Factor Sheeting, Jackets, Flannels, Cotton Checks, Shawls, Quilts, Cotton Flanges, Skirts, Blankets. These goods and all others throughout our large stock will be sold at Marvelously Low Prices. Don’t buy your fall goods untill you have segM our stock of dress goods, boots, shoes, hats, nfl nery, blankets, jackets, Our low price® the talk of Rome. See Our Goods Av.-,-TT stand 1-y Jan 1 ' deeply in debt. went into ofliee I standi there was a ilelii-it of tho city treasury. This indeWß • not less now. and I should say greater by the end of the month.” Mayor Swift said: “I have receivedal partial report from the expert account ant whom I placed in the comptroller’s office, but the formal report has not been made, and it will not do to make public the information he has given me off hand.” “Does the accountant confirm the re ported deficit?” Mayor Swift was asked. “There is no question but the city finances are In bad condition. However, lam unable to make public any state ment or tell how the finances will stand when the new administration takes hold. Mr. Hopkins will have to go into that matter himself. “Fully half a million dollars was added to the deficit when the last appro- S nation bill was made up last March. Inch of the debt was incurred under Mryor Creiger also. Money was spent when there was some to spare and so it has gone on until the crisis has come. It is possible to pull through with credit, but it can only be done by rigid econo my, akin to penuriousness, and the greatest care in handling city finances.” STILL DISSATISFIED. Foreigners Do Not Know Wlmt They Got in I’rizcs. Chicago, Dec. 25.—The dissatisfaction of foreign commissioners with the treat ment accorded them by the bureau of awards of the World’s Fair does not seem to diminish. Chairman Thatcher sent to Chicago last week the list of awards granted to foreign countries. Secretary Dickinson had them conveyed to the. several commissiouers. When the door, crusmiWßß right hand. Upon enna an operation was peri professor in the university ed him to carry his hand i■ Although his pistol hanl the doctor was punctjß ground at the hour being given, the iBS® raised his The bull at first it was him, but lie moved. Then, f hiiM, •I®'’*'-*’. iiy tn struck I ;■, lb i '■'l'’;.- • 1: m ■'< - ■ I'd pa'nWH-. Cable, In ti.i- i 'T I J s