THE PITTSDSG DISPATCH;
F&LDAY,
JULY'. 19, 1889.
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PITTSBURG, FRIDAY, JULY 19, 1SS&
THE CABNEGD3 CUT.
By far the most startling development that
las occurred in the iron and steel trade of
this city lor a long while, is the cut in
prices which Carnegie, Phlpps & Co. are
said, on excellent authority, to have made.
As far as was generally understood no very
great reduction in prices of steel products
was to be looked for this summer. As a
thunderbolt from a clear sky, therefore,
comes the announcement that Carnegie,
Phipps & Co."will cut the price of steel
plates $6 00 p;r ton. Nor is this the only
reduction contemplated in all probability.
Prices of all the products of Mr. Carnegie's
mills may be expected to be sympathetically
affected. The market must necessarily un
dergo a revolution.
The news of this move of the Carnegie in
terest reaches us too late for extended com
' went, nor are the details sufficiently abun
dant yet to justify it. It is not difficult to1
see that the mills which have just signed
the Amalgamated scale are placed in an
embarrassing situation by the Carnegie cut.
They will be iorced to meet it or allow their
trade to be taken from them. The settle
ment of the Homestead difficulty last week
seemed to promise peace, but it cannot be
said that the latest development augurs as
favorably for capital and labor in the iron
and steel trade. The compromise scale
which is in operation at the Homestead
works is liable to be changed in certain
particulars on January 1 next, while the
Amalgamated scale is to hold good in the
many great mills it rules till June 30, 1890.
It is suggested that the Carnegie firm may
possibly take advantage of this to make
further reductions of j.rice possible. But
this is only surmise. The situation is inter
esting enough without the addition of any
speculations as to the future. There will
be a great outcry from the competitors of
Mr. Carnegie at once. "What the results
may be no one can tell now. They will be
worth considering at all events, and proba
bly will mark an epoch in the trade.
"WHY THE 0BSTBTJCTI0H1
The pressing need for beginning the work
which is ordered upon the citystreets makes
the obstruction to Chief Bigelow in the
Board of Awards a serious matter at this
time. There are many miles of grading and
paving ordered by ordinance, and yet three
working months are past without breaking
ground. Pittsourg people have learned
patience most thoroughly under the system
of excavations for water, gas and traction
railroads, which have kept their highways
torn up for several years past But there is
a limit even to that sort of patience. 'When
there is no longer a reason for delay, the
work should surely go on. This the prop
erty holders, who petition and pay for the
improvements, and the public who use the
streets, have a right to imperatively de
mand. There is absolutely no pica or pre
tense of justification for another winter of
mud.
As to the Forbes street improvement,
Chief Bigelow's demand to let the contract
at once to the lowest bidder commends it
self alike to the public pocket and the pub
lic convenience. It would be interesting to
know why it was opposed, particularly
since the single reason given by Mr. Brown
that the advertisement was not rightly
worded is now declared by Mr. Bigelow to
be wholly unfounded.
The Chief of the Department of Publio
'Works certainly has the advantage in the
controversy; but it is not controversy but
progress which the public most desire; so
that the recalcitrant heads of Safety and
Charities will best consult the needs of the
situation by co-operating with Chief Bige
low promptly so that the streets may be put
in right order before winter opens.
HOT 'WHOLLY CANDID.
Our esteemed cotemporary, the Detroit
Free Press, permits its partisanship to get
the better of its discretion when, in answer to
the criticism of Republican papers, it de
nies the assertion that "the Democratic ma
jority in the last House reftised to reduce
the duty on sugar," and declares instead
that "the reduction by the Mills bill on
sugar was one of the largest contemplated
by that bilL"
This cannot be taken as a candid state-'
ment of the whole facts, because motions
coming from the Republican side to make
reductions all the way from putting sugar
on the free list to a fifty per cent reduction
were voted down by the Democratic.majorify.
The further assertion that the Mills bill pro
posed a reduction on sugar, which was one
of the largest contemplated by the bill, is
misleading in a double sense. In the first
place the proportion of the reduction on
sugar proposed by that bilT was a little less
than twenty per cent, while on Bessemer
steel it was thirty, on wool one hundred and
on a large number of other products in the
range between those percentages. In the
next place the Mills bill proposed to leave a
G2 per cent duty on sugar, which was one of
the largest it preserved, except the ninety
per cent duty on riee also a Southern
product
These facts, which show the utter insin
cerity of the Mills bill as a measure which
maintained high duties where they would
be useful to Democratic communities and
cut them down on Northern products, the
FrteJhrtu can hardly be expected to state,
until it is more anxious to lay the whole
facta before its readers than to put its party
in the best light
THE BALLOON CBAZE.
Experiments with balloons and devices
akin to navigate the air have generally re
sulted, so far, in death and disaster to the
experimenters and their employes. The
world has reaped no benefit to speak of, A
great many people have acquired a morbid
desire to see men risk their necks in these
treacherous machines of the air, and men of
scientific attainments and brain power have
devoted to the study of aeronautics time that
had been better spent on more useful pur
suits. .
It cannot be said that the aeronauts of to
day have possession of a much more exact
science than their predecessors of the last
century; the unknown is still a stupendous
factor in aerial experiments. But the ex
periments go on, and more victims are sacri
ficed. The air ship invented by Peter
Campbell is the latest to collapse with fatal
results to its unhappy occupant. The ship
was nothing more than a gas balloon of the
ordinary character, but it was provided with
an electric motor to propel and steer it
A part of this motor fell out of the car as
the balloon ascended, and probably made
the balloon as unmanageable as it has often
been proved before, for the next thing heard
of it was the report of a New York pilot
that he had seen a balloon dragging its car
over the Atlantic ocean some distance off
the land, and had chased it till it collapsed
and sank out of sight
. D. Hogan, and not the inventor of the
airship, thus sailed in a balloon to another
world. It is sad enough, but a terrible re
sponsibility besides rests upon those who
allowed Mr. Hogan to make the ascent, if,
as is alleged, the air ship was not built prop
erly and had defects of construction which
manifestly threatened the life of the aero
naut who trusted himself to it Aeronauts
seem fearfully reckless in their hazardous
undertakings, and the constructors of air
ships often forget to provide not only for
their own safety, but for that of brave men
who put their theories to the test.
MOUENIKO MONSTROSITIES.
A number of English women of high
standing in society have begun a crusade
against the mourning garments which the
customs of the times compel them to wear.
They are not pioneers in this undertaking.
Several times before, assaults have been
made upon the pagan and barbario fashion
of loading women down with crepe and
sombre robes of black when death overtakes
anyone near or dear to them. Their pre
decessors in the advocacy of this reform
have had little success.
Why should a woman make 'herself
hideous and miserable by means of over
whelming veils and funeral trappings? Oh,
say the defenders of this relic of barbarism,
women wear mourning because in them
the emotions of sorrow are stronger and
deeper than in men, and the outward
garb of woe is the symbol of the grief
they feel within. Here and there a woman
of hysterical bent may persuade herself
that she is grieving more because she .has
on a four-ply crepe veil and a
bonnet the shape, color and weight of a coal
scuttle, but if the rule of society that a woman
must indicate her grief by the immensity
and inkiness of her clothes were abolished
we believe the great majority of women
would gladly fly to healthier and less hid
eous attire.
It is fashion, that silly and cruel tyrant,
that decrees the weaker sex shall be tor
mented with reminders of their bereavement
in their dress. No matter how ugly, how J
harmful or how ridiculous a thing be, if
fashion says it is to be done it is done with
out question or complaint by njne-tenths of
the women in the civilized world. So
mourning will continue to be worn in its
exaggerated form in spite of all the crusades
the minority of sensible women may wage
against it If men had to share the pains
and inconveniences of mourning there
would be a radical reform at once. Men es
cape almost scot free, however, and women
alone must harvest the aftermath of death.
ICHAEOD.
The glory has departed from the Pitts
burg Baseball Club. For the ninth time
consecutively defeat rolled down upon them
yesterday. The heart of the baseball crank
grows faint; the tabulated returns of the
League games are an offense to him, and the
sound of the newsboy cry, "Baseball extra,"
crushes the noise out of his souL "When
will it end? Shall there be no surcease of
sorrow in the baseball news?
It is becoming a serious matter. Pitts
burg may be careful to speak of the losing,
or rather lost club, as the Alleghenys, but
her citizens cannot put from their minds
the thought that the sickly aggregation of
cripples in the East is in the nation's eyes
the baseball team of the Iron City. Pitts
burg is prospering amazingly; her popula
tion is increasing mightily, the rivers and
hills about her laugh in the abundance of
their joy but a black cloud is approaching
it is nigh at hand, and there isn't a pitcher
who has the curves or a batter who has the
stick to dissipate it.
Pittsburg must fall back on her reputa
tion as a manufacturing center, as a city of
toilers, as the capital of the State of Alle
gheny, and put from her the vain vision of
a ball club bearing her name who should
carry her banner to victory. It is sad. But
the Pittsburgs can change their name as
soon as they choose. In fact it is Denis
already,
AMONG THE CANNIBALS.
It is said that Bobert Louis Stevenson, the
novelist, is on his way to some of the islands
in-the Pacific where cannibalism is still
practiced. Some of Mr. Stevenson's friends
are anxious about his safety. We think
alarm is uncalled for. Mr. Stevenson is not
of the physical build to tempt the appetite of
a savage of the South Pacific. It is hardly
likely that his journeyings hither and thither
have removed his lean and cadaverous char
acteristics. We imagine that Mr. Stevenson
will be allowed to come and go unmolested.
Perhaps his long hair and unusual face may
inspire awe in the savage breast He may
be hailed as a god, and feasted on cocoanuts
and fresh missionary, -
We observe that a sympathetic friend of
Mr. Stevenson's suggests that he ought to
have taken with him as a body guard some
of the actors who have been competing with
the tank shows, in "Dr. Jekyll and
Mr. Hyde." It is perhaps true
that these actors would scare the cannibals.
Or if the latter happened to have a fancy
for theatrical entrees they might be relied
upon to give the savages awful indigestion.
It would have been a kindness to the Ameri
can public for Mr. Stevenson to have taken
these actors with him, but we do not know
that the South Pacific cannibals deserve
such a dreadful fate.
Mr. Stevenson would have done literature
an immense service if he had taken the
leading critics and reviewers of the world
with him on his cannibalistic tour. There
are so few ways of decreasing the supply of
critics, and the demand for them is daily
decreasing.
Tub Elks took to the water yesterday and
enjoyed themselves there. The banquet
ended a very satisfactory season of pleasure.
The London police authorities are work
ing very hard on the Whitechapel case, but
as yet no clue to the mrderous madman has
been found. His capture would be an Inter-'
national blesslngfor the 'repetition of the
detailed account of hisawful deeds is likely
to breed imitators among thexriminal and
insane part of our population,
rock Point held more colored voters
yesterday than Southerners would care to
handle at the polls. It was pleasure, how
ever, and not politics, that drew them to
gether. The Bev. Mr. Fleraon,.if he is not 'John
Yeldell, accused of murder, was deliv
ered to the South Carolina authorities yes
terday, but Judge Swing tied a string to
the delivery until Saturday next-to await
the production of new evidence. Extradi
tion and procrastination seem to be syno
nyms. Cash actually began to flow in a steady
and satisfying stream in Johnstown yester
day. The sky is getting brighter in the
Allegheny Mountains.
Mateimont has had a tragical indorse
ment in West Virginia. Two elderly and
well-to-do spinsters of Jackson county com
mitted suicide because they had discovered
there was nothing in life worth living for
for old maids. That's an object lesson
with a vengeance.
TriE rain which has not fallen every day
lately seems likely to descend upon this
city to-day. The cool wave seems to have
deserted us also.
Hating had jtacihe news for a week, the
European newspapers cheerfully announce
the imminence of war. Variety is the spice
of life, but ringing the changes on two bells
is not much in the way of variety.
PEOPLE OP PKOMINENCE.
Db. Mary Walxeb announces that she Is
willing to accept the Consulate at Valparaiso so
haughtily spurned by Roswell O. Horr.
The President yesterdtw appointed John F.
Bingham to be Chief Engineer in the Navy,
with the relative rank of Lieutenant Com
mander. Secretary Noble's bouse In Washington,
the old. Tiffany mansion, is one of the most
luxuriously famished houses In the city. It
contains, among other interesting things, a
valuable collection of ancient armor.
Walkeb Blaine returned to Washington
yesterday morning from Bar Harbor, and was
at his desk in the State Department as usual.
Ho reports his father, the Secretary, as quite
well, and greatly enjoying the sea.breezes.
It is now said that Mr. Blaine is supersti
tious. He was about to start July 2 for Wood
stock, Conn., to attend the celebration there,
when he suddenly remembered that the day
was the anniversary of the shooting of Gar
field, whereupon be decided not to go, and sent
his regrets.
Dinah-Saltfotj, the King of Senegal, who
is an object of interest to visitors at the Paris
Exposition, is a handsome man, tall of stature,
and S2 years old. He wears a white mantle,
with a velvet head covering somewhat like a
Greek fez. .He is an intelligent man and speaks
French fairly well.
William H. English is reported to have
said recently: "Before the war I owned a great
deal of real estate in Washington, but when it
looked as if the Confederates might destroy the
city I sold it all. I am sorry now that I didn't
hang on to it If I bad I should have been a
rich man by this time."
Colonel Sam Scott, of Kansas City, is the
most daring and prosperous real estate dealer
and speculator west of the Mississippi, and
possibly In the country. Ho has made himself
several times over a millionaire by fortunate
investments in Kansas City, St Louis and
other Western points. It is said he Is now get
ting ready for a big deal in Mexico.
Pnor. John P. Sotsa, leader of the Marine
Band, has been for several years engaged in
collecting the national airs of the various coun
tries in both hemispheres, and has about com
pleted the task. They will be published by
authority of the Navy Department, and will be
the only publication of the kind In the world.
The collection includes airs from every country
except Corea and Haytl, and if they have any
distinctively national airs Prof. Bousa hopes to
be able to Include them in his book.
The announcement of the appointment of
Colonel J. M.-Wilson as Superintendent of the
military academy at West Point was made at
the War Department yesterday. This officer is
said to have been selected for the place by the
unanimous action of the Secretary of War.
General Scbofleld and the chiefs of ordnance
and engineers, and the delay in making the, an
nouncement is said to have been due to the de
sire to select Colonel Wilson's successor as
Superintendent of Public Buildings and
Grounds in Washington, so that the two ap
pointments might be made at once.
TO INSTRUCT AUSTRALIANS.
Secretary Rush by Request Sends Frof.
Shelton to TencliQnoenalander Farming-.
Washington, July 18. In December of last
year the Department of Agriculture received
from the Chief Secretary's office, at Brisbane,
Queensland, Australia, a communication re
questing the department to nominate to that
Government a suitable person to be appointed
as instructor in sericulture. Secretary Rusk
to-day appointed Prof. Edward M. Shelton, of
Manhattan, Kan., to the position, and so in
formed the Australian Government Prof.
Sheltdn has for many years been Professor of
Practical Agriculture in the Kansas State
Agricultural College. He has also been con
nected with the Michigan Agricultural College,
and em-ared in teachinc and -practlclne agri
culture under .the auspices of the Japanese
Government Secretary husk says ne oeiieves
Prof. Shelton is the best man available in the
United States for the position, and is confident
that he will creditably represent this country.
A CHILD TO MAEEY.
A Girl of 13 Years to Become the Wife of a
Man of 30.
Carlisle, July IS. Clerk of the Court Sell
this morning granted a marriage license to John
Darbro, aged SO years, and Rebecca Nagle, aged
13 years, both of Falrview township. The bride
elect is the youngest to whom a marriage
license was ever granted In this State.
The clerk was astounded at the child's appli
cation, but when he was confronted with the
consent of the parents, sworn to before Magis
trate Wlckersham, he was obliged to yield.
They will be married to-inorrow.
Toe Troubles of Potentate.
From the Detroit Free 1'ress.l 1
This Is the time of the year when no Euro
pean potentate knows at what moment some
brother monarch may drop down upon him
with 200 trunks and a thousand or so of attend
ants. It Is nice to be a private citizen.
Captain General Salamanca Traveling
Havana, July 18, Captain General Sala
manca, who had been visiting at Santa Clara,
left that place to-day for Cienf uegos and other
towns in the same province. He will probably
also go to Porto Principe.
Gennlne Diplomacy.
From the Baltimore Amenean.1
What is dlplomacyTasksan anxious inquirer.
Diplomacy, -gentle sir, is the summer resort
proprietor who convinces all his guests that
they each have the best front rooms in the
home.
The Exhibit Now Complete.
From the Chicago Mews.
The Hon. Chauncey Depew has artived in
Paris and now there is no longer any excuse
for finding fault with the American exhibit at
the French capital.
Tho Secret of Bis Sacces.
From the Detroit Journal.
"Talk about" Jay Gould's making money!"
said Mr. Shornlamb; "he never made a cent In
his life. He waits till other people make it ami
then gets It away from them."
Leaa Worry About Flaking.
From the Philadelphia Times.;
Quay rosy as well spend the rest .of the sea
son fishing. The fish won't Worry him half ws
much as the offlce seekers.
THE TOPICAL TALKEU.
Mot a Tree In Sight it. Sea He Wanted to
Kiss His Wife, Bat Sb Objected
Another Umbrella Gone.
A Pittsbuboeb who recently returned from
a trip to Europe was relating some of his experi
ences to a group of relatives and intimate
friends the other night, and the recital proved
interesting enough to all present, but particu
larly so to an aunt or the voyager, an old lady
of 70 odd, who had never been at sea.
"I think that nothing Impressed me so much,"
said the traveler, as a burial at sea which I
witnessed on the voyage home. The poor fel
low who died was a sailor he fell from a yard
and crushed his skull upon the deck. The fu
neral service took place in the afternoon of a
warm June day. It was inexpressibly solemn.
fl.-. ..... .. .ulm . .Yia fkhln to .n.4....
UUD wa s IMiui -w vm.w m v ukjr.
Hardly a ripple on tne waves, canny a cioua tn
the sky. A clergyman who happened to be on
board read the Episcopal servico for the burial
of the dead at sea, and very beautiful it was.
The coffin lay In the middle of the group of his
fellow-seamen, with the passengers In a greater
circle beyond them. A gangway had been
opened in the bulwarks to allow the launching
of the coffin into tho sea.
"There the coffin lay, with the Union Jack
wrapped about it The sea seemed to have
grown more calm than ever. It was like pol
ished glass. Not a sign of life over it;
not a ship in sight, not even a gull
or a flying fish to break the barrenness of that
great watery desert only the great steamer
clearing her way "
"But,John," broke in the aged aunt, "couldn't
you see a tree, not even a tree!"
The irruption of laughter at this point
knocked a pathetic situation into a cocked hat.
The story of the burial at sea has never been
finished.
A correspondent very kindly corrects me
in attributing the lines:
The man recovered or the bite.
The dog it was that died, "
to the "Vicar of Wakefield." The lines are
Goldsmith's, but occur in "An Elegy on the
Death of a Mad Dog," the complete verse
being:
' 'But soon a -wonder came to light
That showed the rogues they lied;
The man recovered of the bile.
The dog it was that died."
'
A friend of mine during his vacation saw a
little scene in tho Lake Shore depot, at Toledo,
that amused him amazingly.
A 'few minutes before a train for the West
pulled out an elderly couple came on to the
platform. The old man bad a huge carpet sack
and his wife a valise, and two or three pack
ages. They hoisted themselves into the cars
and after stowing away their baggage returned
to the platform. It became evident to the few
spectators who stood about that the old man
was to travel alone, and did not take kindly to
leaving his wife behind. They were both Ger
mans, but they conversed In English.
The conductor came along and announced
that the train would start in A minute. Then
began a diverting struggle between the old 'man
and his wife. He wanted to kiss her. She was
determined, as any young maiden coy and dis
creet might be, that he Should not. He took
her in his arms, but she threw her head back
so far he could not reach her lips. He grew
desperate, and throwing his arm about her
generous waist waltzed with her, now this war,
now that, trying to get bis mouth near her
cheeks at least, But she was the stronger or the
more agile of the two. Whenever he made a
direct attack she bobbed under his arm or
swayed from side to side so that he could not
take aim comfortably.
When the cry of "All aboardl" came the two
were still involved in the amatory struggle.
She saw the train begin to move and cried:
"Bun. Adolph, the cars are moving!" and her
husband loosed his hold and, with a look of
love and anger mixed, jumped onto the steps
of the last car. He had the mortification of
seeing his comely spouse throw a kiss laugh
ingly at him, while the brakemen and travelers
howled, '
.
Among the impedimenta which burdened a
member of one of the editorial staffs of a Pitts
burg paper when be started on his vacation
tour the other day was a brand-new umbrella.
It was none of your seventy-flve-cent-never-get-stolen
umbrellas, but a sweet thing with frills
around its neck ahd a tassel hanging over its
delicate ribs. The handle was upright and un
pretending, like its owner. He bad bought it
one day when it rained and had managed to
never have it with him afterward when he
needed it. So it started on the tour with its
owner- immaculate and ticbtly rolled up in its
original sheath.
Last night a postal card reached his brethren
in this city signed with the noble initials of the
tourist. It said: "Who says I'm not having a
of a tuner Hotel took fire last night in
room next to mine. Had to get out en desha
bille at first, but finally saved everything but
that new umbrella."
The fate of the average umbrella Is tough in
deed. A DECORATED CERTIFICATE
Presented the Mother of the Babie AIcKee
by Executive Clerk Fruden.
WAsnraGTOU,July 18. Major O. L. Pruden,
theJPresldent's executive clerk, has presented
to Mrs. McKee a very beautiful certificate of
the baptism of Mary Lodge, the Infant daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. McKee, which took place
in the White House June L The work was done
with a pen, the lettering being in red, black and
gold. On the side of the sheet is a bunch of
roses, done in water colors, and in the lower
corner a pen and ink sketch of the executive
mansion. The certificate bears the signature
of John Wltherspoon Scott, the ofliciatine; cler
gyman, and of the following witnesses: Presi
dent Harrison, Secretaries Blaine, Windom,
Noble and Tracy, Postmaster General Wana
maker. Attorney General Miller and Private
Secretary Halford. It will be taken to Mrs.
McKee by Mrs. Harrison on her return to Deer
Park,
ICE CREAM MADE HER A THIEF.
A Girl Steals to Get the Delicacy and Eats
82 Worth a Day.
Philadelphia, July 18. Mysterious rob
beries committed In Hope street between Gi
rard avenue and Thompson street were yester
day cleared up by Special Officer Henry, who
arrested fS-vear-old Katie Devlin, of the rear
of No. 1246 Hope street, charged with tho nu
merous crimes.
When asked what she had done with the $31
she had stolen the girl would only say that she
ate f2 worth of ice cream in one day.
The Man Who Keeps Cool.
From the Buffalo Express.
It is observed that the fellow who has his
hands full of work doesn't mind the hot weath
er half so much as the fellow who has nothing
to do but keep cool.
Not a Sumlny School Scholar.
From the Chicago Inter-Ocean.l
The Mayor of Cincinnati, in his proclama
tion for Sunday observance, refers to it as "the
seventh day of the week.'
Whnt Cost Nothing- Worth Nothing-.
From the Oil City Blizzard. 1
Men who are always giving their opinions,
unasked, do not give away anything of much
value.
DEATHS OF A DAT.
Georgo W. Norton.
LOUISVILLE, July 18. George W. Norton, re
tired banker, died here early this morning of
Brlghl's disease. Ho was a brother or President
Eckstein Norton, of the Louisville and Nashville
llallroad, and of Judge E. II. Norton, of the Mis
souri Supreme Court. lie was born near Kussell
vllle. Ky., In ISIS, and came h-re In IS66 to con
tinue the banking business established here. He
was wealthy and benevolent, having given at one
time 150,000 to the Southern Baptist Theological
School.
" Georjfe Gnlley.
Franklin, July is. This morning George
Galley, aged M years, of New Lebanon, went to
his barn at an early hour to look after his stock.
As lie aid not return at breakfast time, a search
was made for him. and ho was found lying dead In
the hay loft. Be had died from heart disease. A
Sear tgoayount-er brother died from the same
ltease while-cutting wood. Mr. Galley was a
highly respected and wealthy farmer.
W. J. Wnodarais.
McKusrOBT, July IS. Word receives: here
(bis svenlng from Kock Hun, a mining village
located on the Monongahela river, states that W.
J. Snodgrass. the wealthy and well-known coal
operator, who operates the works at that place,
died to-day at noon after an illness of a few days.
lira. Krltle Schonfhrber.
COSHOCTON, July IS. -Mrs. Nettle Schonfarber,
wife of David Bchonfarber, of the firm of Dave
and Ike." clothiers and shoe dealers, died from
paralytic 1 siruke to-dsr.. Her remains will be
-taken to Cleveland for Burial.
CRAWFISH AND' TEREDO.
dnrlne Animals That Do Million of Dollar
of Damage How They Endanger Fleets,
Wharves and Levee.
"The news that the Memphis coal fleet bad
been seriously imperiled by the attacks of
shrimps seems to be regarded as a remarkable
fact," said, Randolph & Haxton. of Yazoo City,
Miss., who was at the Planters' this morning,
"but to anyone who has paid any attention to
the subject of levees and ships it will cause no
surprise. Shrimps and crawfish are, all over
the world, about the most destructive oppon
ents that the engineer who has presented to
him the problem of bow to confine a river In its
bed has to encounter. Owning a plantation,
the existence of which depends upon levees,
and educated at the Troy Polytechnic as an en
gineer, I bavo studied the shrimp and crawfish
problem carefully and am convinced that how
to meet their ravages successfully presents one
of the most difficult problems to be solved In
our Southern waters.
' Mississippi Shellfish.
"As a matter of fact, the difference between
the Mississippi shrimp and crawfish is small.
Both, I believe, are really crawfish If considered
scientifically, as the shrimp of the Western
waters differs greatly from the true shrimp.
But shrimp or crawfish, these animals are the
greatest enemies of the levees, even more dan
gerous than floods or crevasses. The latter, in
fact, are often caused by the honeycombing
process of these little animals. They cannot
dig through stone and mortar, but everything
else seems to give way before their assaults.
Living along the banks they dig holes in the
levee, .where they make their nests, and often
penetrate to great depths. Not infrequently
they coaipletelynlerce thelevee, coming out on
the land side. This is especially likely to be the
case where the land is below the river, and
when the levee presents a steep wall on either
side. The water sepes through the levee is
most seriously weakeued before any apparent
damage is done, as the holes are very small, and
when a stronc pressure is brought to bear the
injured dyke gives way. Millions of dollars
would not pay for the damage done by these
little shellfish during the last ten years, and the
River Commission has to. be continually on its
guard against them. '
The Terrible Teredo.
"An' animal that Is even more destructive Is
a marine worm known as the teredo. This is a
long, thin worm, provided with a beak as sharp
as a chisel. Unlike the crawfish, which is
found in all parts of the world, it cannot stand
a very low temperature, but nherever it exists
the damage done by it, unless the most careful
precautions are taken. Is immense. Wooden
ships are always exposed to its assaults, and
the copper sheathing, which Is now universally
used, is required more for protection -against
these animalcule thau against anything else.
The general use of Iron ships on our Eastern
seaboard has in a great measure distracted at
tention from the teredo, which at any rate does
not flourish in the cold Arctic current that runs
along tue northern Atlantic coast. I should
remark, by the way, that the teredo is seldom
if ever found in fresh water.
A Woodborlng Worm.
"But where the water is comparatively warm
the teredo still does Immense damage. In the
spring of 1S86 a large steamer belonging to the
Pacific Mail Company was expected to sail and
a heavy cargo was being accumulated on the
Aiameaa qock. uuuaeniy, while tne workmen
were moving freight, the entire dock collapsed.
Fortunately there was no loss of life, but the
destruction of property was very large. The
pier had been recently examined and had been
pronounced safe. An examination was made,
when it was ascertained that every pile had
been eaten out by the teredo. They bad been
sheathed with iron to the point where they ran
into the mud, but Investigation proved that
the mud level varied with the winds and tides,
and that at times the unsheathed bottoms were
bare. This was taken advantage of by the
teredo to effect an entrance, and soon the wood
was reduced to a mere shell. On the outside
but a few openings could be discovered, none
of them as large as the head of a pin. But on
the interior the diameter of the punctures in
creased twenty-fold, until nothing was left but
a honeycomb. When a heavy load was put
upon th6 wharf the whole thing collapsed. Only
one kind of wood, the teak, seems capable of
resisting the attacks ot this worm, which does
millions of dollars' worth of damage every
year." St Louit Fost-Dispalch.
THE BIG LABOR COMBINE.
Secretary Howard, of the Spinners' Ualon,
Take Little Stock la It.
Fall River, July 18. Secretary Howard, of
the Spinners' Union, was Interviewed this
forenoon in regard to the proposed alliance of
all the great labor organizations, of the coun
try, as suggested by the recently issued circu
lar of Powderly and others. Mr. Howard said
that he had little faith in the feasibility of the
proposed organization, as the interests which
it was proposed to benefit were often too widely
divergent in character to reap the same intelli
gent and prompf remedial measures ad might
be expected from a less complicated and cum
bersome body. The textile workers of New
England, Mr. Howard felt satisfied, would not
look favorably upon tho proposed amalgama
tion, as they were satisfied that a more direct
and profitable method of settling wage disputes
and obtaining redress for grievances was
through the medium of organizations repre
senting solely the branch of industry in which
they were engaged.
"The Knignts of Labor." said Mr. Howard,
"are practically dead in New Encland, and I do
not believe their former power can be restored.
Their mismanagement, or worse, of the recent
strike of the Worcester shoemakers destroyed
all hope of their future usefulness. This latest
movement is a scheme on the part of some of
the labor leaders to recoup their fallen for
tunes and recover the prestige which they
held in former days. The movement may meet
with success in the West and South, and,
although I express simply my own opinion, I
have little hesitancy in saying that the mill
operatives will not look favorably upon the
plan. The expenses of the executive depart
ment of the Knights of Labor was a great
drawback. The same obtectlon wonld amilv to
the proposed amalgamation, ot tho delays inci
dental to the adjustment of matters, and also
servo to make it unpopular."
Juarez and the Clergy.
Crrr of Mexico (via Galveston). July 18.
The anniversary of the death of ex-President
Jnarez was observed -by the Liberals, who
marched 1A grand procession to the cemetery
wherein Juarez was buried. Some students in
the proces Ion shouted: "Death to the clergy!"
"Death to the Conservatives!"
TKI-STATE TRIFLES.
Buried nuggets of gold, worth (7,668, were
recently unearthed in Porter township, Hunt
ingdon county. Pa. The treasure belonged to
James Hoover, a convict, who died last month
in the Colorado penitentiary.
Ciiardon, O., has an ordinance .providing a
$30 fine or 30 days' imprisonment for "any
known pickpocket, burglar, thief, watch
stuffer or baseball player" found within the
limits of the town.
Cybcs Kino, living near Union City, Pa
was plowing on his farm a short-time ago when
a monster bird came flying past, and, when
directly over the team, darted down with won
derful force on the neck of one of the -horses.
Fortunately it struck the heavy horse collar
ana did no damage. Shortly afterward he
noticed a commotion among his cattle and
sheep. He went to see what was the matter,
and found the bird had killed a large sheep
and was ravenously devouring it. He went
into the bouse and, securing an old gun that
had not been shot for years, loaded it, and suc
ceeded in shooting the bird through the breast.
It was of a species unfamiliar in this country,
having a very large beak and long talons, and
measured over six feet from tin to tip. It was
thought to be a South American bird.
The Deputy Clerk of Courts in Lancaster,
Fa., was awakened at midnight by a couple
that wanted a marriage license. He obligingly
arose, went to his offico and made out the
paper. Then the couple went to an Alderman's
office and were married.
Mb. MtTTCHLER, of Glendon, Northampton
county. Pa., has a brood of young quail,
hatched from under a hen. He took the eggs
from the nest of a ben quail killed by a reaper.
Abed belt that traverses the Bald Eagle
Mountain opposite Lock Haven, between the
base and center of the ridge, and which has
attracted considerable attention, Is attributed
to th6 locusts that visited the trees in that line
of their travel. '
A Stbtjbeottllx woman spilled salt In the
corn she gave to her hens, and now she has no
hens.
A "VVheeliko merchant recently received 10
cents by mall from a man In Montana, who
said that he had been owing him that sum for
14 .years. Tber merchant had forgotten the
transaction, and it was only by going over bis
books that he remembered the man as one of
"lb.!" former custom eriV.-'" ' --
GATHERED IN GOTHAM.
Patrick' New Set ot Kale.
tXXVr TOBX BUBZAtX SriCLU.S.1
New York; Julyl8. Mrs. Patrick O'Dowd,
of Jersey City, is a robust, sober, thrifty Irish
woman.t with a worthless husband. Every
night for the last ten months-Mr. O'Dowd has
come home drunk and bas abused her. Last
night be beat her extraordinarily hard, and
sne had him locked up. In a police court this
morning, however, she withdrew her charges
against him, after he had sworn on the Bible
to observe these rules, which she had written
on foolscap in a big, laborious hand: "He
must agree to behome.every night by 9 o'clock.
He must agree to make a living for me. He
must take the pledge and keep it. He must
promise never to strike me again, under any
circumstances. He must earn at least J9 a
week and give me to of it." After kissing the
Bible Patrick kissed Mrs. O'Dowd, and they
left the courtroom together.
Cat Hi Throat la a Barber Shop.
Bernard Mohar, a 'German batter, 67 years
old, entered a down-town barber shop this noon
and asked to be shaved. As the barber pulled
out the' chair, Mohar walked to the shelf
where the razors lay. He picked one np, opened
it, ran his finger quickly over the edge and
then cut his throat from ear to- ear. All the
customers and barbers In the shop ran to the
street and shouted for the police. An am
bulance was summoned, but before it arrived
Mohar was dead.
Triplet In a Brooklyn Family.
Mrs. John Gathmann, of Brooklyn, gave
birth to three children early to-day. All are
healthy and perfect inform. Mrs. Gathmann
is 33 years old, and has been married ten years.
Kescued From Gale and Heavy Sea.
The bark Belt brought into port to-day
Captain Hage and eight members of the crew
of the Norwegian bark 'Cupido. The Cupido
sailed from Berwick Head for Weymouth,
Nova Scotia, on April. 18. She experienced
gales and heavy seas from the beginning of her
voyage. On June 25 she bad eight feet of water
in'her hold and was sinking rapidly. Shortly
before dark the Belt bore down on the Cupido
and rescued all on board.
Never Too Old Co Do Good.
Benjamin C. Weeks, 76 years old, and Mrs.
Susan A. Simons, 71 years old, were married in
Brooklyn last evening. Each had been mar
ried twice before. They first met two months
ago at a prayer meeting in the York Street M.
E. Church. Mr. Weeks began his courtship at
once. Thus it was a case of lore at first sight.
A Floating Armory for Legitime.
The Atlas Line steamship Allsa, sailing to
day for Haytian ports, carried one of tjje larg
est consignment of firearms and ammunition
that has been sent to Hayti since the trouble
between HIppolyte and Leeitlme first began.
The Ailsa is a floating armory. She carries a
round million cartridges and a thousand rifles.
The latter are of the latest improved Reming
ton style. With them, Minister Preston says.
Legitime can easily put an end to the trouble
between him and the rebels of the North.
Among the Biggest Bell.
The tour great bells which will constitute the
chimes in the big Fifth Avenue Cathedral ar
rived here from Troy to-day. They weigh, re
spectively, 3,000, 1.600, 900 and 700 pounds. The
largest bell is six feet high. The bells will be
hung in the spires immediately, about 180 feet
abore'the ground. If the chimes cannot be
heard from this great altitude six larger and
finer bells will be ordered by the authorities of
the cathedral.
COOL SUMMER DELICACIES.
Hint on the Proper Methods of Preparing
and Serving Them.
From the Nw York World. 1
This is the sort of weather for bouillon.
which fashion serves in cups of frosted crystal
with a slender silver spoon. Immediately after
pouring the clear broth Into the cups an inch of
shaved Ice is added and the guest is expected
to get cool and refreshed. Not so much as a
crust Of bread is served with it.
Another cold delicacy is asparagus, sent
straight from the Icebox to the dinner table on
a platter covered with a doily. Cold butter
gravy or a mayonnaise dressing Is" served with
the plant, which constitutes a course by itself,
many ladles using It as a substitute for salad.
Fancy cakes are enncbed br the addition of
maroons, candied cherries and pineapple disks.
A very delicious fruit-basket may be made of
alternate layers of sliced pineapple, peach,
orange, banana and muskmelon dressed with a
cup of wine and powdered sugar. Over the top
of the dish a mosaic in fresh berries Is laid.
At the fruit shops bouquets of peach leaves
are kept for tho customers who like the flavor
in tea and who line the dish from which the
fruit is served. Blackberries are sent to table
In little blocks of ice hollowed out to contain
about a teacupful of fruit. The block may be
wrapped around with a folded napkin and set
on a dessert plate or sent to table in ice cream
saucers sufficiently deep to hold the water, if
there is gaslight to Increase the heat.
Cantaloupes served in halves are delicious
filled with punch or ice-cream. Wined melon
is made'an individual dish and the servant goes
round the table with a tray of caraffes, and
claret, sherry or a white wine is dashed over the
crushed ice and allowed to flavor the fruit.
Sometimes the remnant of a claret or cham
pagne cup is used by the hostess, who dresses
the fruit and sprinkles powdered sugar or can
died cherries over it.
The aversion to slicing bread is on the in
crease. One little housekeeper In Ninety-third
street who is an fait on all such matters, uses a
silver bread plate on which is placed a loaf.
The guest who abhors crust is allowed to tear
out a handful of "soft" from the very heart of
the loaf, while the Engllrh lover of well-done-
ana-a-uay-oia DreaKs on whatever ne wishes.
A jelly omelet Is the dish of dishes for break
fast. By way of variation blackberries may be
rolled ud in the litrht veliow Trail, for which
small olives are used as buttons. In making
French pancake pineapple shavings vice jelly
will be found very appetizing.
$42,137 WORTH OP FRAUD.
Such Is the Decision of a Jury In an Iater-
I
estlns, Lamber Case.
Chicago, July 18. After an 11-day trial In
Judge Waterman's Court the jury returned to
day a verdict in the case of the Troy Lumber
Company against A. E. Cartier for 142,137. The
verdict was the result of a fraud which the
lumber company claimed that Cartier had per
petrated in buying tho mill, stores and woods
In Lake and Newaygo counties. Met,, six
years ago.
The company claimed that its assets were
worth (200,000. and that they were sold to Car
tier for $190,000. The understanding was that
the timber would yield 60.000,000 feet or more
of lumber, but if it should fall short of that
estimate, then Ti 75 for every 1,000 feet short
should be deducted from the purchase price.
The company and Cartier both chose a man to
go through tne lumber and estitaate the num
ber of feet of lumber, and the company claimed
that Cartier bribed the .appraisers to report a
smaller estimate than the true one. The num
ber .of feet was placed at C6,6&5,441. and the
companv was forced to allow Cartier S77.601 for
the shortage. The suit was to recover that
amount.
A Philadelphia Republican Leadrr.
Adam Hill, of Philadelphia, the Rencblican
leader ot the Fourth ward of that city, is in
Pittsburg, renewing old acquaintanceships and
meeting old-time friends. He was at one time
a resident of this city. Mr. Hill's political
leadership has often been assailed In bis ward,
hut bo always comes up smiling and triumph
ant after an election. Ho has no fear for the
result in Philadelphia this rail. Mr. Hill is ac
companied by Mr. T. W. Aitken, chief clerk In
the Philadelphia gas office.
President Polton a Doctor of Lnws.
Boston. July IS. It has just become known
here that President Patton. of Princeton, who
was a guest of President Elliott, of Cambridge,
at the Harvard commencement, received from
Harvard University the honorary decree of
Doctor of Laws. By some oversight Dr. Pat
ton's name was omitted from the official list of
recipients of degrees.
WHERE MY HEART LIES.
Under the sod where the wild grass grows,
Under the leafy trees.
Where the moaning song of the sad wind flows
Like the murmur of the seas.
There, where mr thoughts all end In sighs,
There1 where my heart lies.
Where the lifeless leaves rustle and fall.
Wedded to the ground.
Where the night bird's coo Is the only call
That breaks the stillness round.
There, where the spirit of darkness flies.
There where my heart lies.
The wind blows low, for death holds here
Its silent reign supreme.
And never the fore of a drifting tear
Can wash away its dream;
And there. In ibe grave where lore ne'er dies.
'ji "TasTe's where my heart lies.
1 . Sito Orltant Picayune.
COOL AHGL0-INDIANS.
How the For Easterner Outstrip U In
Keeping Comfortable The Tattle In
the Bungalow The Indian Dinner Dress
Hlot Regarding the Temperature of
the House.
rWBITTXH- TOB TUX DISPATCH. J
To any one who has Bred under the burning
suns of India or experienced the hot winds of
Australia, it la amusing to listen to the out
cry that Is made against the oppressive weath
er whenever the thermometer reaches the
nineties. And this, too, in face of the fact
that no attempt seems to be made to fashion
the dress to the season, but rather to accept
the condition of affairs as inevitable, and not 1
to be either modified or changed. How can a
man expect to be comfortable in this weather
when wearing similar material to that which
he adopted in the early' spring? And IS It In
reason that a woman encased In a
dark, close-fitting costume should be
as cool as her sister, who dons white and loose
ly flttlng garments? The felt has given way to
the straw hat, the flannel in a few cases to the
linen shirt; hero and there a light alpaca coat
is seen, and this Is the utmost change that, it
seems, can be arrived attn discount the intens
itv ot midsummer heat. What is the inventive
American mind at that it cannot succor its suf
fering fellows? Perhaps a sensible hint may
be gained from the 'Anglo-Indian, who man
ages to exist very comfortably under condi
tions of temperature not much over the aver
ace or summer heat here, with the acknowl
edged difference, however, that with him the
heat rays are more intense. At night, also, the
temperature tan be depended upon to rail to an
agreeable point.
The Cold Water Bath.
The first essential of the day, which begins
about 4 o'clock in the morning, is the "tub" or
cold bath and shower. Invigorating and refresh
ing the body while opening the pores for a
copious perspiration during the day. This is a
matter or rule and not solely of choice, for only
by freely perspiring can the temperature bo
maintained below the danger point and heat
apoplexy averted. The garments worn consist
of the thinnest underwear, usually a combina
tion of silk and wool, and white trousers and
jacket, the head being covered with a wide
brimmed hat or helmet made of pith. Both
hat and helmet have the back brim so wide as
to protect the neck, for this is the part ot the
frame which is soonest affected by the rays of
the snn. The head covering is not finished
without the addition of the "puggaree," a wide
linen scarf which is colored around the top. and
falling over the neck and shoulders, affords
additional protection against the sun s rays.
Men whose occupations bring them mnch under
the sun. such as tea planters, collectors and
engineers, make as many as half a' dozen
changes of clothing during the day; a proceed
ing alike conducive to comfort and health.
The lining of the pith bat is so fixed as to
admit of the free passage of air around the
head, and within the crown, for greater com
fort. Is frequently placed a bunch or wetted
leaves. Black crape, so thin as to be almost
transparent, is another favorite material in
tropical climes and is never out of place.
Comfortable Summer Clothing.
At dinner the customary swallow-tail is dis
pensed with, and in its stead is now a jacket
made on the pattern of a military mess jacket
excepting that it is open breasted in con
junction with a white vest, making a cooler and
more comfortable garment than the former.
For night wear "pyjamas," or sleeping suits,
are invariably Used. These are made on differ
ent patterns and of various materials, but the
most comfortable are those made in one piece,
with large and voluminous sleeves, and
which can be tied up outside or
the feet, thus inclosing the body
from the heels to the neck, enabling
tho hands to be folded away from the lively
mosquito, which is still further set at naught
by a covering or net for the head where bed
netting is not used. The wearer can thns com
fortably and securely rest on a close night
without any other covering. The means which
the Anglo-Indian employs to keep his bunga
low or store cool can be utilized, provided a
substitute for the grass be found and he is will
ing to introduce the innovation, by the owner
of tho suburban villa, on the expenditure of a
little money. The windows and doors are fitted
with loosely woven mattings of cuscus grass,
called "tatties," and over these water is poured
from time to time by the coolies, thus consid
erably reducing the -temperature or the air as
it passes into the building, and rendering the
transition from tho burning atmosphere with
out all the more agreeable. Punkahs, moved
slowly to and fro by the attendant "wallahs,"
squatted in a corner, circulate the moist air
throughout the rooms, and so interfering with
the operations of the humming 'squlto that
she is unable to alight on her favorite feeding
grounds, thenasal appendage, and retires in
disgust.
How to Rcdace the Temperature.
With regard to the application of this means
of reducing the stove-like temperature of his
summer residence, it is suggested to the
wealthy Fittsburger, quite free of all charge
and without any claim on the patent, to hare a
small waterplpe introduced above the windows
of his ground floor, and having provided and
fixed the "tatties" to allow the water to trickle
down them, to be caught and carried In a
trough placed on the silL and then experience
the relief of luxuriating in a temperate atmos
phere, while bis neighbors are madly mopping
their brows.
There is one feature, however.of Anglo-Indian
Hie which, unfortunately, cannot be imitated
in this or, indeed, any other country. It is in
relation to the multiplicity of servants which
surround every household. A family of small
means would have a butler, cook, male and
female sweepers, dishwashers, knife cleaners,
handworaen, punkah boys, a coachmen, or
'gharrle-wallab, a horseman and divers others.
But then the cost of a dozen coolies would not
equal that of an intelligent colored man here.
Work of every description is gotten through as
early as possible In the morning, and the
routine of meals is as follows: On rising a cup
of coffee and some light food is partaken of,
and at 9 o'clock the regular breakfast Is served.
This generally consists of fish, eggs and various
curries. "Tiffin." or luncheon, is had at 1
o'clock, and this is a pretty substantial meal,
at which English ale plays a prominent part,
and lastly Is the 7 or 8 o'clock dinner, which is
elaborated upon or not, as the occasion re
quires. How the Jolly Bachelor Lire.
This regimen may seem high, but it is neces
sary because of the severe waste to which the
body is subjected. Tbejolliest Ufa that can be
imagined is that or the "chumery," or associa
tion of half a dozen bachelors, living together
in one bungalow, with 20 or 30 silent-footed,
soft-voiced and white-robed attendants ever at
hand when wanted, the smooth burden of life's
stream untroubled by any of the cares or wed
ded bliss (?), aud perfect immuuity from all the
hurry and bustle characteristic of life at home,
as England Is always called by the exiled Anglo
Indian, For thongh in'recelpt of high salaries,
and spending their days in an easy, comfortable
and inexpensive way, the Indian official Is
always looking forward to his "leave." or the
time of his return for good to the chalky cliffs
of old England. F.J. K.
The Proper Thing to Do.
From the Cincinnati Enquirer.:
Private to the British House of Commons: If
you are going to keep a royal family, the
proper caper is to pay up and stop kicking. But
the only thing which will save your great em
.pi:e is to make a Federal Republic of it.
COMMENTS ON CURREM EVENTS.
Philadelphia Call; Quay is talking
"harmony" to McManes. But he is doing it
with a club up bis sleeve.
Chicago Inter-Ocean: The female baseball
club should be suppressed. There Is enough
bad playing in the other kind.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat: Secretary Blaine
never does anything to please the Democrats;
hence he is not at all likely to resign.
Albant Argus: The Prince of Wales Is re
ported to have won 15,000 in cards last week
during the Newmarket races. With such abil
ity as this why cannot ho provide for his own
family?
Bostok Olobe: The scandalous sort of jour
nalism that Mr, Parnell is unmasking on the
part of the London Times would disgrace the
vilest sheet that has ever turned up in this
country.
Washihotoji Post: We don't want to in
terfere in such a way as to involve our own
country in that Haytian war, but since Legit
ime has begun to arm women and' place them
in his ranks, we cannot resist the temptation to
tell HIppolyte that the smart thing for him to
do is to enlist a mouse or two. )
Chicago Times: Gall Hamilton denies
that'sho contributed any ot the (Arthur Rich
mond letters. When Gail Hamilton makes a
denial it must be permitted to go. The only
man who ever had the temerity to question
Miss Hamilton's veracity is apblcago editor,
who is now a wanderer upon the face of the
earth.
Philadelphia ledger: It Is not quite
clear that any great amount of 'British money
capital is being invested in the lyndicate pur
chases of breweries, iron inillr, etc. A little
ready money is required, but as soon as the
purchase is effected shares are issued for three
or four times the original value of the proper.
ty. and Americans are expected .to pay enough
for them to :fumih all the capital required.
The chief investment' made by the English
"capitalists" appears to be "cheek.?'
CUKI00S CONDENSATIOBS. ,
Tom Wilson, of Ashvllle, K. C, has
slain 357 bears in the mountains 01 that region.
The French have a enstom of visiting
he graveyards wherein their relatives are
buried on the 1st of November.
A company is being formed, with s cap
ital of J8,00a000, for the purpose of holding a
world's exhibition in Buenos Ayrea.
A horse that ran away in West TSen
bury, Mass., wasn't caught until it reached a
town 23 miles distant, six hours after.
A Cossack giantess, who weighs 280
pounds and measures nearly six feet in height,
though only U years old. Is on exhibition la
Paris.
Statistical returns in England show
that X here are about 1,000,000 more women than
men in the country, and that these are nearly
all widows.
It has been computed that the average
growth of the finger nail Is one-thirty-second
of an Inch per week, or a little more than ljs
Inches per year.
There is a baby girl in Eochester, N.
Y who smokes a pipe. She is not yet old
enough to talk, but she cries for her pipe as an
other baby would cry for milk.
Two ranchmen named Wilson recently
captured six bison out of a herd of SO or more
on Red DeserV Wyo. They were offered $300
each for the animals, but demanded more.
Newport, Ky., has four Mayors, and is
likely to hare three Chiefs of Police. The
muddle in the municipal govprnment btgan
when the Mayor left for a vacation, appointing;
deputies for his work.
At Bloomlngton, 111., an 8-year-old boy
named Randolph Neece was arrested the other
day. For two or three weeks he bad been
stealing horses and buggies in and around the
city. He bad been carrying on the business
with a high hand, trading horses to playmates
for goats, etc
Rev. Fr. Paquin, of Ludington, Mich.,
has his hands both full. Besides attending to
the spiritual business of a big parish, he runs a
barber shop, has drugstore on the other corner,
owns a good farm, controls an interest in a
logging business, and numerous other outside
schemes.
The soap weed is now being ntilized for
making soap for market. A factory has been
started at Guthrie and Wichita, Kan., where
the weed grows plentifully. The pioneers or
the plains discovered its use 40 years ago. The
root, without any manipulation, is an excellent
substitute for a bar of soap.
The Egyptians have always been recog
nized for their ability in the manufacture of
perfumes, but due credit was never given them
before a vase containing some Egyptian oint
ment was opened at the museum at Alnwick.
The perfume it contained still bad a pungent
odor, although it was more than 3,000 years old.
The Bank of Devil's Lake, Dak., and
many of the business menln early days had in
use a design for checks and letter heads which
was a startling curiosity. A sheaf of wheat
stood upright, with a ribbon for a band, and on
the band was inscribed: "No. 1 hard. In boo
signo vinces." Abovo the sheaf was a silver
dollar resting upon its edze, the reference be
ing to the uniform price of SI a bushel for
wheat In those days. Upon the dollar was pre
sented an outline of the lake. Above the dol
lar stood Beelzebub with tail revealed, holding
scales in one hand and pointing with a spear in
the other to the exact location or the city on
tho lake. Tho motto, "Give the Devil His
Due." completed this odd device. This was
printed upon the bills ol the bank.
What is described a3 a geological curi
osity is in the office of the acting chief clerk of
the United States War Department, Washing
ton. It is a piece of stone weighing about one
pound, 13 inches in length, 2 inches in width,
and J inch thick. There is no doubt about its
being a genuine stone, but it nevertheless pos
sesses the flexibility of a piece or India rub
ber. When taken In the band and shaken in
the direction ol its flat surface, it will bend
backward and forward with a dull sound. This
Is what Is known as ltacolumnlte, or elastic
sandstone. It is stated that a whole mountain
of It exists in Southern Nevada, a short dis
tance east of Death- Valley. It is found in Cal
ifornia, Georgia and other localities In the
United States.
Some workmen recently discovered a
cave in Franklin park, inthe West Roxbury
district of Boston, and-explored it for 100 feet.
They discovered arrow beads and other evi
dences of occupation by Indians. The sides of
theo)rsnInghadthe appearance of being the
work or natnre. but within the cave the work
or man was plainly seen. The walls were as
smooth as though chiseled out, and there was
plenty or room for three men to stand abreast.
Every few f eetlhere were openings In the sldo
of the cave, which looked as thongh they had
been cut ouCor the solid rock. Tne ceiling of
the care-presented an odd appearance. A series
or small boulders hanging from the roof seemed
to hare been fastened by mechanical means,
and extended the entire length of the cavern.
Sheriff Barry, of Missanken county,
Mich., had two wags of prisoners In his jail.
While he was attending a plug horse race the
other day, these two chaps succeeded in getting
bold of a long piece of wire. On the end or the
wire they made a hook, and after working for
about an hour succeeded in Ashing up both the
keys to the cells and the jail. They then let
themselves out, starting at once for the race
course. The gatekeeper demanded pay from,
the men, but, of course, they were unable to
pnt up the collateral. Not to be dismayed by
so small a thing as that, they went to the other
side or the grounds and sneaked in. The
Sheriff was completely dumfounded when the
men presented themselves to blm and re
quested that they be taken back to all and
locked up. After the races all three returned,
affording much amusement to everybody in
Lake City.
In Leed's "Valley, in the vicinity of
Birmingham, Ala., there is a colony composed
or a religious sect known as the Shermamtes.
There are about 100 families, and a happier,
more contented people can not be found in the
world. Their religious rites and ceremonies
are peculiar. Who founded the society none
of them seem to know, bst it is very old. as the
fathers and grandfathers of the present gen
eration were Shermanites. They claim to fol
low the teachings nf the New Testament in
spirit and letter, and they believe that only
Shermanites will inherit the Kingdom of
Heaven. They hare churches aud preachers
and worship in a manner similar to many other
religious sects. One or their peculiar rites is
the washing or feet. A f ootwashlng service is
held once every month, at which the preacher
washes the feet of every member or the church.
The members then in turn wash the feet of the
preacher and of each other. Tbev are lndus-
drunkenness are unknown among them. The
men never cut their hair or beards.
WHAT WILD WITS ARE SAYING.
Far more billing than cooing is now
being done by the summer hotel men. Troy
Timet.
A Sure Sign De Jinks Do I owe you
anything, old fellow?
MerrlttYoa can't or you would never think of
11. livening Sun.
"Are you fond of fiction?" asked Alpha.
"Ob. yes." responded Omega; "the first thing I
read when I get the dally paper is the weather pre
diction." SorrUtoion Herald.
Omaha Doctor There seems to be but
little chance or saving your husband's life.
Omaha Wife Oh. do save blm If yon can. I
appear so badly in black. Omaha World.
Didn't Want Company What are your
charges, doctor?
Three dollars a visit."
"Well, we don't want you to come on a visit;
but Jnst to stay 10 or 15 minutes." Midsummer
Pue.
John Digg (to classmate) Well, Jack,
college days are over. What are yon going to do
for a living?
Jack Fastsett Been engaged by Blch & Co.
"Whal'for?"
"Son-in-law." IV.
014 schoolmate meets Thompson, whom
he has not seen for several years. Old Friend-By
the way, old man. how did your scheme of aarry
lng so yon could have someone to talk to pan outr
Thompson Not so well. You see that's what
she married for. too. Tern Haute Express.
It Will Fill a Long-Felt-Want Cumso
I see that Kdlsoa has Invented a machine by
means of which a person's face can be seen miles
away. '
Mrs. Cumso Oh. how nlcd You'll get one,
George, and then when -ire ga to the theater yon
can see a man on the street without leaving your
seat. Life. 4
MATBE TOtm 2TOTICKD.
I caught a string of beauties
Op on the North Fork to-day.
The finest trout that were e'er palled out
But the biggest one got a way I
And down ra the mill-pond meadow, .
The boys that were making hay, j, -, -i
With rorks'and rakes killed 3, 0 snakes-
But the biggest one got away! 7.
And so lhaie heard of liars s
Since Ananias' day;
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