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ALBANY WEEKLY HREALD: SATURDAY. DECEMBER 17, <892, THE ALBANY HERALD. B, X. BolKIOSH^Slitn wi Proprietor, n. M. McIntosh. - Mltnr. KNGI.Iflll JCNTICB. or ilc- : or 15 cents s Every morning except Monday. BcnsexitTioN: By mall, poitaxo pain, lvere.1 t,y carrier to cents s trees month— One year I 5 00 81x months 350 Throe months 1 3fi All subserlptionsusyshlo In advance: no ex ception to this rulo in Invor of anybody. . AnvintTisiNn Hates kkasonaiii.r, and made known on application. Oskick np stairs, west side of Washington Street, opposite tlie Commercial Bank. Entered at the postoIBce at Albany, On., second-class mail matter. SATURDAY, DEO. 17, 1802. Tint Republican bund Ima Just struck up “Home, Sweet Home.” Tiik uae of Niagara falls as a niotlye power, Is about to become an accom plished fart. It doesn't really matter how much Mr. Gould left. He left It.—New York Reoorder. “Harrison's Howe" Is t|io way some of the headlines Introduced the Presi dent’s message. I’M* HltltAi.u “keeps In the path'' and continues to “get there” In times and on occasions Hint tell. Tiik question ns to whether the nest Senate will he In the hands of the Democrats Is still In doubt. Havannaiiians will now revel In a supply of pure artesian water. 'There’s nothing like It. ttys speak from ex perience. Tiik South Carolina legislature Is Itnvlng a big light ovcrtllo prohibition measure. There’s no local option about It, they’re trying In dry out the whole Stnte nt one fell swoop. IIon. A. O. Bacon went into the present Legislature as a railroad law yer, and he didn’t care who knew It, Ho Is now Introducing n series of rail road bills, and he doesn’t care who knows It, AcoottniNo to Jay Gould’s- will Just published, Ills sou George gels a salary of $0,000,000 for managing his nllalrs for the Inst twelve years. There Is many a man who would have taken the Job for less money. Onk wny for a newspnper to bo the “lending paper” of n oily, section or State Is, to lend something or some body without saying nnylltlng about It; and another wny Is to oluiin to lend the earth nod yet lend nothing. Ex-Spkakkh Hkhd Is hilled for a lecture on “Wlint I know nliout nows- pnper men.” If it’s ns much and of the same quality ns newspaper men have written about him, It will make n good shed volume of Interesting reading. Tub Central railroad directors nre trying very hard to straighten out tlint toad’s affairs. In the meantime a strlko Is about to bo preaipltnled which may unsettle nil tlielr plans. Tills monkeying with rnllronds Is a ticklish business. The Celebrated case ■ of the convic tion and Imprisonment of Mrs. May- brick In an English court, which has drawn universal and unabated atten tion, furnishes a most glaring example of the miscarriage of English justice. The discussion has been recently brought forward again from the fact that Mrs. Maybrlck is now very III in her confinement, and hardly expected to live. All appeals for medical aid to the sufferer were at first refused, but Hnally, under pressure, a physician was sent to attend ber, and reports that there Is some chance for her re covery, on whiuh grounds the British officials refuse to release her from her prison cell. More glaring and Inhuman than all this has been the continued persecu tion of this unfortunate American woman in the faec of facts which es tablish, almost beyond a doubt, her In nocence of the crime of poisoning her husband, for which she has been sen tenced to life Imprisonment. Hlio was declared guilty upon the iqpst fflmsy circumstantial evidence by the Jury, and in his sentence the judge said that there was reasonable doubt ns to whether or not she committed the erlme, but, In Ills opinion, she had at tempted to poison him, with which he sent her to jail for life. Shortly after wards that Judge became insane. So Mrs. Maybrlck Is really languishing in Jail under a charge for which she line never been tried. She wns tried for murder but sentenced for the attempt. Added to these facts a man died re cently in South Africa whose dying confession stamped him us the mur derer of Mr. Maybrlck. In the face of all these facts appeal after appeal from the most prominent Americans tu the crown and authori ties of England for cldinenoy in be- linlf of the unfortunate sufferer linvo come to naught, but linvo been mot with stern refusal. She Is now lying nt dentil’s door, nml the powers that be will rnise no hand to ameliorate her pitiful condition. Tills an cxnmplc of English justice, rather let us say bnrlmrlty. Suoh course might have emanated from tho courts of a Nero, hut from tho throne of her Majesty, the Queen, It comes like the death knell o( individual lib erty in England, and a destruction of the fundamental rights of the Individ ual, upon which a government must ho based. Bather let us say it etna- tinted from English law, whiuh may, sometimes, he contorted int'o n lira chine to defeat the ends of justice, BETTER HE CAREFUL. Tuh Chicago Inter Ouenti denounces as false ull statements to the effect that hotel rates will bo cxturtlunnto there during the World’s Fair. Tho Inter Ocean says that visitors will find it an easier matter to gut good accommodations at low rates than at a time when the fair is not in progress. This will be cheering news to ninny wlm contemplate visiting Chicago next year. llox. E. R. Jo.nkh is receiving many flattering notices of Ills bill to provide fora weather bureau and crop report ing service for the State. This is an important move, hut has never ns yet been provided for and sustained by State appropriation. It is n want in whlolt the farmers of the State are di rectly interested, and when It comes up for consideration, it will no doubt receive careful attention at the hands of the Legislature. 1’K.NHtoN reform Inis already begun In Congress. Representative Carutll, of Kentucky, has Introduced a meas ure to prohibit any person In the em ploy of lilt- Government from receiv- ing a pension. There are thousaudsof Government empluyes who nre on the pension list for total disability, for whiuh they receive $100 per month be sides their Government pay. This fraudulent pensioning is a disgrace ton republican Government, and tho good work of reform which has begun at just the right place should continue. Thk press of the State is unanimous tn the conclusion that we have ton many elections. The Hkhald took up this line some time ago, and suggested that it would be a good idea to bring some of them together in cases where this could he conveniently done. The State and National elections could well be brought together on the same -day as is done in many other States In -the Union, and there is nothing what ever in the way of bringing municipal and county elections together in point of time. The consequence of this roul- ticiptfeity of elections is.that many of our citizens lose interest in them ' and neglect to use their privilege of suffrage. The assimilation of some of ottr elections in point of time will t tendency to bring out a much , and isn subject which our AGBICDI/VUBAIj MINT. DEPART- WHERE WOMEN REIGN THE VOICE THAT CALLS, At every legislative session some enemy of the agricultural department of the State gets in some proposition looking towards its abolishment. There Is no department in the State service which has conte more closely in contact with a large mass of the people of the State, and which has been of more importance to that class of people, namely, the farming class es. This department has an important object In view, besides the Immense amount of good it haMlalready accom plished, and is doing every day. With the aid of modern methods It will not be long before it can bring together estimates of the supply and demand of the products of the farm, which knowl edge will be of incalculable beneflt to the farmer, enabling him to gunge his crops accordingly. So much for the future. The ad vantages which It has given In the past nre Incalculable. Besides being self-, supporting, n large amount from its revenues is turned Into the treasury each year from the inspection of ferti lizers, without which service the farm er might very often become the dope of designing manufacturers. It’s other services, such ns the distribution of seed, exhibition of resources, publica tion of crop reports, are of immense ad vantage to the farming Interests of the State, and having once had the benefit, of them, we nre loss to see how they can do without. Tile ngriculturardepartincnt should not only he perpetuated, but added to. miss comment*, THE GENTLE SEX HAS BECOME A POWER IN WASHINGTON. It seems to bo the impression in At Inula that the Legislative session will he extended four days in order to make up for lime lost by a vacation of four tlnys during the National election, On this point the Columbus Enquirer-Sun contains the following timely advlco and warning: "It Is claimed Mint these days will be necessary to complete the Important public business, “We seriously doubt the wisdom of tills proposal. Upon tbo face of It, it is in violation of the newest portion of the Slate Constitution, nltlmugli able constitutional lawyers may bo found who will give it tlielr sanation. As uii nil constitutional questions there nre many arguments on both sides, tho doubt should l>e deoldcd in favor of "the organic law. Heretofore, tho Leg islature lias posed ns a strict construc tionist, especially showing its determ ination to stand by the letter of the Constitution in the matter of tho World’s Fpir appropriation. In that enso public sentiment wns one wny ns to the propriety of nn appropriation, provided it could be legally made. It was shut out, however, by a striot oon- struutlon of the Constitution. It would he consistent with this re cord for the Legislature to adjourn promptly nl the expiration of the fifty day limit. It would nlso he snfer.”. MANY TIllMtH, nitOTHEK FI.KM- ING. From the Karly County Newt. The Albany IlKtiAi.n is one of the newsiest and best printed dailies in the Slate. We have a number of ex changes whlolt we value very highly, In fact could not do without, but when they come nt night, ns they always do, we oull about for the Herald and read it first of all. For some time the affairs of the As sociated Press have been in quite an unstable condition, and the report now comes that this organization has been swallowed up entirely by Its competi tor the United Press. The report serins verified by the fact that no Asso ciat’d Press dispatches were received in Atlanta Saturday. Thus has a big and powerful organization collapsed for want of t. strong management. Tiik Republicans are consuaiating a series of political steals in the West which may give them a majority in theSenateofthe52dCongress. Wyom ing has virtually fallen into their luuMs by their own manipulation of the returns. Such results will no doubt be deprecated by the best class of Republicans as well as ■'the Demo crats whose desire it is to see the ex people TIIK ANNKXATION OK CANADA. From tho Mncon Telegraph. In the United States people hardly over think of Canada, but people In Catiadn think often of tlielr Great Southern uoighbor. The great attracts the little. I tt consequence the senti ment in favor of annexation to the United States constantly grows In Catiadn and has now reaohed large proportions; The question Is ono for the Canadians themselves to settle. The peoplo of the United States would welcome Cannda, coming of her own will and freely, but would do nothing to induce her to oome. The question is not at all likely to enter Into our politics. ADVICK TO TIIK POPULISTS, Kami till) I'hiliulotphia Record., The Populists of Kansas have decid ed In tlielr mass meeting that the mor al effect of their victory in tho elec tion of their Governor must not be olouded by the mammon-worshiping features of nu inaugural ball; aud Mrs. Lease Ims voiced their judgment more speciflcally in the announcement that she “favored a country dnnoe, but wns dead-set against any low-neck and swallow-tail affair.” The low- neck probably deserves “to get it^in the neck” severely upon high moral grounds; but why should the Populists despise n ninn on account of his coat? Let them have a bare, lest Iff heaping contumely on the high-priced coat they shall stamp themselves as cheap men lit the estimation of the present Administration at Washington. EDUCATION WIM. RK AX ISSUE. From tho Atlanta Journal. Tho indefensible nttitude of many members of the present general assem bly toward the educational question is likely to result in making it a leading issue in the next legislative campaign. In that event, it needs no prophet to predict that the l’otiphar Peagreens who tlgure so numerously in the pre sent legislature will have to stand from under. SIXTY DULLARI FOB THE WID OWS. When the Widow's Pension bill was being considered lit the Senate com mittee the other day a proposition to mnke the pension $I0U a year was de feated by a large majority, and nn ef fort to make it $72 shared the same fate. The House had tlxed upon $80 a year and the Senate finance commit tee wns divided on the question. Some favored $60, holding that the State is not able to be any mare generous than that for the next year. It means a difference of $40 a year to nil the wid ows on the roll or n total reduction of $130,000. A minority of the committee reported in favor of $100 a year ns un der the old law, but a majority of the committee reported in favor of $60 which was finally the amount ngreed to after a compromise on $72 fell through. JUDGE CRISP FOB SENATOR. Hundred* of Women Hold Working Po sitions In tho Various Departments of the National Capital Without Losing Their Social Standing. ^Vashington is getting to he wom an’s patadiBe. There , is no other place In the wide, wide world where women earn as ranch money, are as independ ent and are. os deferentially treated by men as they aro in Washington. The influence of*women in the uffoirs of this mighty nation has been a subject of fre quent comment. Many interesting and highly imaginative stories have been told of the woman lobbyist until tho discreet wives of most of our migratory states men h|v(3 taken to traveling around with them, and never under any circum stances let them remain alone amid the temptations of the capital. This is a palpable injustice to the lawgivers, and involves on unnecessary hardship upon the anxious matrons. In tho plnce of un imaginary nnd ro- ma'ntio influence upon the lawmaking of this free for all feovernmemt there bus thus grown up tho real mid substan tial influence exercised by tho ever preB ent aud zealous guardian of her bus build's morals. Meanwhile, from being tho mender of her lord’s sucks and torn trousers, tho wife of tho statesman lias como to realize that she can occupy an other and higher sphere in life, aud feel ing her power lms begun by limiting all around her feel it, who in turn emu late her independence. So it comes tlint from a combination of polities, bo- ctety bobbing nnd female domination the women of Washington huve estab lished n status for thoiusolvcs. Should ull tho men bo suddenly called away from the capital for a journey across tho Styx thoro is no legitimate business that would ho loft without a votary and no profession would full into declino. Beyond tlio closing of a tow charitablo institutions things would re main ns they nre. Lawsuits would ho no fewer or less skillfully conducted; doctors and druggists would still get in their daily work; butchers and bakers and candlestick makers would still ho sufficiently numerous; preachers and merchants woftld equal the demand; barbers would bo more plenty than beards; rcql cstato agents would still he forming pools and combinations und speculating in city nnd suburban prop erty. An undertaker is about tho only thing of importance which would not ho found. Thus far tho men havo that business to themselves. When Spinner opened the departments for the emptyment of women lie gave them nu opportunity for advancement. Tile thing has worked itself out now and tho female clerk is on established insti tution, bo to speuk, in good standing, with a fair ineomo—and sometimes a fair face ns well—recognized aud ap proved s 0f- by good society, and in a measure fashionable. Her social stand ing ns a class comes perhaps from the fact that she is more often tho friend of tlio wives of statesmen than of the statesmen themselves, those watchful guardians exercising some discretion in the matter of favors to their own sex. Out of this lias come tho recognition of woman ns a self supporting creature, withuut loss of standing, and not all hoitig able to get into tho departments or to always hold places once secured they havo invaded other occupations and professions once sacred to tho wearers of trousers. Of course female teachers, doctors and lawyers aro no longer a nov elty, und a great many have gone into u small private brokerage business. One woman lias gone regularly into the real estate, loan, trust and insurance busi ness, and has turned out to ho one of the best “businessmen” of the thousand und one who keep their eyes on every foot of ground in and ubout Washington. She lias opened up new subdivisions, formed syndicates and done booming with tlie best of them. The girls have almost driven young men out of the stenogra phy. aud typewriting business, and even around the political headquarters, whore men only used to he employed, women now outnumber men two to one. The best of ft all is that with all this the social stains of the women remains unchanged; they are still treated with tho greatest deference and courtesy, and a “strong minded" woman is a rarity. What would you think to Bee a shop girl in a tailor made riding habit gallop ing through Central park on a stylish horse? It would not be a common sight. It is not at all uncommon to see parties of shopgirls—salesladies—well dressed aud well inouuted, riding along theinost fashionable drives, looking as stylish and pretty and enjoying themselves os much as the richest daughter of fashion whom they may pass on the road. The girls in some of the larger stores belong to riding clubs and have riding masters who take tl«:m out two or three times a week.—Baltimore News. From the Mobile Register. Judge Charlie Crisp, of Georgia, may not be in the National Speakership race at all. So all this agitation of that question may he premature. It is doubtful if Senator Colquit will,ever sufficiently recover from his paralytic stroke to resume his duties in the Sen ate, In which event Jadge Crisp may return to Washington as the long term Senator from Georgia. Aoain the prize ring comes into prominence. Charley Mitchell wants to tight Corbett and his stakes are up. Gentleman “ J Whcro forlorn sunsets flare and fade On desolate sea nod looely snnd. Out of tho stlenoo und the shade Whit la the voice of strange command Calling you still, os friend calls friend. With love that cannot brook delay. To rise and follow the ways that wend Over the hilts und far away? Hark, in tho city, etreot on etreot A roaring reach of death and life. Of vortices that clash and fleet And ruin In appointed strife; Hark to it calliug, calling clear, Catling until you caunotstay ' From dearer things than your own most dear, Over tho hills and faraway. Out of tho sound of ebb and flow. Out of tho sight of lamp and star. It calls you whore tho good winds blow And tho unchanging meadows are; From faded hopes and hopes agleutn. It culls you, calls you night aud day. Beyond the dark into tho dream Over tho hills and far away. —W. E. Ilenlcy In Boston Commonwealth. Monstrous Force of Tornadoes. Much has been said about electricity as a factor for destructiveness in the va rious gyrating storm clouds known as cyclones, drechoes and tornadoes. In all of this voluminous muss of so called scientific opinions and deductions one fact seems to havo been entirely over looked—viz., tho almost resistless force of wind when moving with high ve locity. When tho velocity is but fifty miles an hour the pressure of air iu mo tion is equal to twelvo pounds to the square foot, und when this velocity rises to 100 miles per hour its force rises to the equivalent of 40.3 pounds to the square foot, the augmentation of force lacing always proportional to the square of the velocity. It needs no further elaboration or am plification cf this statement to convoy to tho intelligent reader an idea of the monstrous mechanical forco which such a rapid traveling mass of air must havo —a power great enough to tear down any structure that has yet been built by man, or to uproot whole forests of the largest trees now growing on the sur face of tho earth.—St. Louis Republic. One Sunday Nownimpur. The Globe-Democrat of Sunday con tained 42 pages and 204 columns. The total number of words contained in that issue was 508,000, The number of "eins,” counting the matter as one-half agate, one-liulf nonpareil, was 2,852,000. The number of separate pieces of type handled by the compositor in preparing that issue was 5,880,000. If the columns of type composing that issue were placed end to end they would form a solid col umn of type 1,754 yards long, or, laid in line, would extend from the Missis sippi river to Seventeenth and Olivo streets. If tho lines of type composing that issue were placed end to end tlie result would ho u line of typo 8,020 yards long, about miles, or extend ing from tho river to Vanderventer ave nue. Tho words contained in that issue would make 21,802 hook pages of 250 words each, and 85 volumes of 250 pages each, with 142 pages over. To print tho issue of jrhat one day required 48,752 pounds of specially prepared puper,— St. Louis Globe-Democrat. ABOUT EVERYTHING. liny Watches. The fancy for small watches is a revival of ancient fashion. It is chronicled that bloody Queen Mary possessed an octagon silver watch, whose dial plate measured only nine- tenths of an inch in diameter. Her unfortunate namesake, Mary, queen of Scots, took pride ifi a small silver death's head that concealed a dial in its throat. The works took tbe place of brains, and were wouiyl up with catgut The lower jaw opened on hinges to reveal the dial, and a small ring in the top of the skull served to attach the uncanny ornament to a chatelaine.—Jewelers’ Review. Thk spectacle of the New York Hey aid supporting editor Dana, of the Sun, for the United States Senate, while the Sun itsqlf is supporting Ed ward Hurpby, Jr., Is one of the strange phases of modern politics and journ- A Clever Kopiy from a Cracker. A big passenger train full of northern people was temporarily halted in a dreary sand plain where tho only object iu aight was a woebegone looking cracker sitting on a sand duud busily en gaged iu doing nothing. In the train was a “smart Aleck,” who thought that he would havo some fun with tho cracker. So ho put his head out of the window and called out, “My friend, this appears to he a pretty fine country you havo hero.” “I reckon,” replied the native without looking up, “How much of a population have you in this town?” continued the smart Aleck as he winked his friends iu the car. “Waal,” replied the cracker, “ ’bout 10,000, 1 reckon, and nary a fool among them. Wo did send for one last week as a specimen, hut denied ef we thought he’d come so soon.”—New York Tribune. The Lost of the Dulr. Hair is merely an appendage to the akin, and its loss has no effect at all on the individual, except as it may render the head sensitive to cold. But this is easily remedied by artificial coverings in the same way as we supply other bodily losses by false teeth, false legs and false arms. After all, what lends greater dignity to a man of mature years than a well shaped; bald bead? It is nature’s crown bestowed upon the active, useful, intellectual life.—Cor. New York Suu. Chinese Clocks. Since the introduction of European clocks in China clepsydras have fallen into disuse. The only one perhaps in the empire now is in a watch towe- in the city of Canton. It is of the simplest form, but it is said to keep accurate time. The Chinese autom ata, so much admired, are mere imitations of foreign automata as to their inside works.—Boston Globe. The Dog's Idea of Man. It has been said that a man stands to his dog in the position of a god; but when we consider that our own conceptions of deity lead us to the general idea of an enormously power ful and omniscient man, who loves, hates, desires, rewards and punishes in humanlike fashion, it involves no strain of imagination to conceive that from the dog’s point of view his master is an elongated and abnor mally cunning dog; of different shape and manners, certainly to the com mon run of dogs, yet canine in his essential nature.—Dr. Louis Robin son in Popular Science Monthly. Sinck Grover’s edict that he would pay ho attention to too . previous ap plications for office’he has been very little worried by would-be govern- r.4dl-| Sir Arthur Sullivan realized $60,000 by his sonfc. “The Lost Chord.” The Chinese gardeners are the most expert fruit growers in the world. Mrs. Edison prefers oandleB to tny other form of household illumination. In tbe dreary deserts of Arabians rosemary and lavender flourish to pet. fection. In the desert areas of Chile, the will strawberry thrives in the most luxuri ant manner. It is generally agreed among natur alists that the tortoise is the longeft.p lived of all auimals. j '' Frances Willard’s bus will oocupy i| tiiohe in the Temperance building at the World's Fair. The Jerusalem artichoke, a native Brazil, wns Introduced into this cow try in the 17th century. The Gaudaloupebees lay their hone; 1 In bladders of wax, nbout as large as t pitreon’s egg, nnd not in combs. In Aslmntee, and around the woodt; near Kabbn, grows a tree resembllni In appearance the English oak, which;, furnishes excellent butter, Professor Marshall tells us that tht| oak in a general wny requires to gro frem 120 to 200 years before ’It is lit ti cut for large timber. “When I was a boy,” Bays Mr, son, “I sold peanuts and newspapci on the railway trains. One day a bag. gage porter lifted me from the groum by my ears—the membranes snappe and that is how I became deaf.” The elephant’s sense of smell is s| delicate that when in a wild state i| can scent an enelny at a distance ol 1,000 yards, and the nerves of its trunl nre so sensitive that the smallest sub stance eng be discovered and pidgin up by its tiny proboscis. \ Go Slow. V'- To break oil att old and tried frioic. ship. Or contract a new and doubtful linnee. To give advice without beinfe nsktf for it. To spend your salary in advance t- earning it, To make love to more than woman at a time. To give up a roputnble business dabble in politics. To blame your children for follow! your bad examples. To take part in the differences tween your neighbors. To quarrel with your wife becai site criticises yonr faults. To give up a safe but plodding ness for a bubble speculation. To nccept scandalous stories you-bi concerning other people. OK To Have More Electrical Power 1 I-ighto, For a long time past, persons wl npplied to the Albany Edison Ului noting Company for lights In tin stores and residences, have b«n ablo to procure them on account ol lack of power at the company’s In a short while, however, sevei new dynamos will be added to present number, nnd exaotly doul the power now furnished, can ’be Arc lights can then be utilized, all persons can haye just as in: lumps in their residences and sto: ns they desire. It is probable thqj; metres will furnished, and parties charged for quantity of electricity used Mid the number of lamps. Thisyill welcome news to n great many p sons. Cnpt* Jno. T. Ilcsler n Candidate 1 He-Elecllan. We have been authorized by Jno. T. Hester to announce tl will be a candidate for rc-eleotion the office of tax colleotor of Doughei oou nty. Capt. Hester needs no iritroductl jl to the public, for he is known, mini ; od, and highly respected through! '■ this entire section of the State, hAvi fj tilled the office for which he again t nounces himself a candidate, for si eral terms, always attending to i duties of the position with mart ability. Further words in reference to C: Hester’s candidacy are unnecessi and it is sufficient only to say tbit is in tbe Held. “Thk Ha.ch anti-option bill,"JfS *1 universal answer of cotton men, wn asked what is causingtbe great fluijl ations in the staple. Verily spectl tion puts a thing on a very infl<| basis. Thk New York Herald is strongj its advocacy of Mr. Dana, whirt dubs the “Nestor of the Amt,/ press,” for the New Tork Senator^ to take the place of Frank Hi* Tammany and the straightouti yet to be heard from, however, asw has always been some doubt as to soundness of Mr. Dana’s Demodi principles. Republican organs are outsj in their defense of CommissioJ Raum, of pension fraud fame. ^mp^the^Repnblican editors an