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JJEMOCSATIC PB0GEAMMES.
The programme which the local Democ
racy has mapped out, as given by an inter
view elsewhere, is interesting. It shows
that the democratic leaders are wide awake
to the possibilities of politics, and are not
discouraged by the handicapping of past
defeats and a big adverse majority. The
proposal to nominate 11. H. Johnson. Esq.,
for Ditrict Attorney will secure a good
man for that important office if he is
elected; and the determination not to nom
inate an opponent to Judge Collier will
secure a good judge without any such con
tingency. Beside these two points, the rest
of the Democratic slate is not ol a character
to agitate the public very much, however it
may excite the lively sensibilities of tbe
local Jacksonians.
But will the slate be carried out to its
ultimate conclusion? The owners of Repub
lican slates which would be smashed there
by are likely to have something to say to
that; and the influence of Timothcus
O'Leary is said to hover around the politi
cal horizon, with no very amiable inten
tions toward the ultimate materialization of
the scheme.
WHISKY'S RESPONSIBILITY.
The shooting of John T. Natcher by a
man who was in his employ and got crazy
drnnk.apparently for the purpose of satisfy
ing a grudge, is one of the events of yester
day, with a moral. The rulings of this
State have held that a man wholly under
the influence of liquor might so loose his
will power as to be incapable of premedita
tion; and on that ruling several.wanton mur
derers have escaped the capital degree. The
natural tendency of such a rule seems to be
the suggestion that a man -with a grudge
can revenge it most safely by getting drunc
enough before doing so. It is not certain
that the man who did the shooting yesterday
reasoned it out in exactly that way; but it
is certain that the light punishment of sev
eral other whisky murderers presented no re
straint on the crime of yesterday. Would
it not be better to return to the old rule that
people who destroy their reason with drink
must bear the responsibility for acts com
mitted in that condition?
THE DAILY EXPLOSION.
Between the time of writing the comments
on the boiler explosion of day before yester
day and thehour when yes terday'sDisrATCH
reached its readers an exploding still in
the Miller refinery at the lower end of Alle
gheny added its loss of one life and a couple
of hundred thousand dollars to the rapidly
swelling casualty total.
The cause of this fatal fire is stated to have
been the recklessness of an employe who
was severely, if not fatally, burned in work
ing the gasoline still. The explosion, if this
is true, corroborates what The Dispatch
has heretofore urged, that all such disasters
are generally found to be due to some ele
ment of carelessness or neglect. It also
proves the constant necessity of especial
watchfulness against such destructive quali
ties in a hazardous business like petroleum
refining.
Certainly in this day and age of the world
we should find better uses for life and prop
erty than to burn them up in pure wanton
ness. TJNTEUSTWOETHY TRUSTS.
The principles which prevail in the man
agement of the trusts whose certificates are
offered to the guileless public for invest
ment are illustrated by two items which
appear in the Wall Street JTetc of Tuesday.
Concerning the decline in Cotton Oil Trusts,
it states that the rumor which caused that
decline, and the selling which was done
was from "those generally supposed to be
close to the management, and had for its
object the shaking out of weak holders."
Side by side with this is what the JVetcj calls
"a pretty stiff" tip" that Lead Trusts will be
a golden investment; and the statement that
"the Standard Oil people have only let out
enough of the certificates to interest out
ciders and to accommodate those who have
sold their properties to the trust," In other
words, the management of these alleged in
vestments is run for the benefit of outsiders,
nnd the movements are planned to gouge the
ordinary investors. The investing puB-
lic is rapidly learning the lesson which was
long apparent to the common people, that
the trusts are to be distrusted.
DELIGHTFUL PIEACY.
The pirates bold in the Bearing Sea are
having a merry time. They are accumula
ting sealskins and sailors of the United
States Navy at a tremendous rate. The
terrific XT. S. revenue cutter Beth is also
making a grand record for herself.- The
whole business beats old-fashioned piracy
out of sight. There is no walking the
plank, no black flag with skull and cross
bones, no scuttling of merchantmen, no
swivel guns amidships, and as far as' we
have heard, not even a low rakish craft is
to be found among the fleet of pirate
schooners. More than all the pirates stand
no chance of hanging in chains at last. It
id piracy made respectable and desperately
lunny.
The Canadians up in Victoria, B. C, are
holding indignation meetings because the
Bush persists in capturing the sealing
schooners and sending them in charge
of a prize crew cf one in each instance to
Sitka. But as the captains of these
schooners have invariably suppressed in
gentle but effective fashion the prize crews
and have sailed directly to some Canadian
port, wc think Canadian indignation meet
ings are out of place. If anyone is justified
in manifesting indignation it is Lieutenant
Tattle, the gallant commander of the Bush.
His child-like confidence has been sadly
abused. He has generously given every
pirate he has run across an able-bodied sea
nan for keeps, and we hardly see what more
he could do to make himself popular in
Bearing Sea.
The report of the latest seizures conveys
the information that several of Lieutenant
Tuttle's sailors have expressed themselves
as heartily sick of their work on board the
Bush. Thev are unreasonable. If the
stock of pirates only holds out they can all
look forward to a pleasant voyage to some
Canadian port on board a prize. Still it
may prove unpleasant for Lieutenant Tuttle
if he gives away all his crew. He can
hardly expect to navigate the Bush alone.
BUSINESS FAILURES ELSEWHERE.
Yesterday's news presents an unpleasant i
feature in the shape of three large failures.
Two ol them are directly attributed to the
insolvency of the Lewis firm in Philadel
phia, and the third, that of a blast furnace
concern in Beading comes so close to Pitts
burg's leading industries as to attract
especial attention.
Yet the iron failure will probably be
found easily explicable. Intimations oi long
standing weakness are already heard. In
addition to that high prices for anthracite
fuel, the necessity for a long haul on coke
and ore, and the suspicions readiness of the
subsidiary corporations of the Beading
Railroad to absorb the property, furnish
theories of this failure which by no means
imply any impeachment of the general
solvency.
So far the influences which have pro
duced business disasters in other parts oi
the country have failed to develop any weak
spots in Pittsburg's business armor. "We
have every reason to regard Pittsburg's
strength as above any ordinary stress.
"While rival districts may be undergoing a
strain Pittsburg keeps right on enjoying a
moderate and conservative prosperity.
MORE GLASSBL0WERS.
Before the problem of the English glass
blowers has been satisfactorily solved news
comes that between 100 and 200 Belgian
workmen in that industry are leaving their
country to seek employment here. There is
no evidence of a contract to bring these
men over; but there are intimations that
they know where tbey can get positions.
As this is about all the evidence that the
public is aware of in the case of the
Jeannettemen, it remains to be seen whether
the reinforcement will not furnish employ
ment for the United States officials before
they can settle down to the employment that
they themselves are after.
Indeed, while the absence of evidence of
contract is conceded, it may be questioned
whether the latter immigration is not likely
to prove more objectionable than the first
one. Coming at the opening of a strike,
and with rumor pointing out at least one
place where some of the men are expected
to take the place ol American workmen, it
would not be strange if the movement were
regarded with suspicion. If these arrivals
do not come within the letter of the law,
while the English blowers do, it will iur
msh another example of the inscrutable
nature of that enactment,
SUPERNATURAL MAIL.
It is said that Postmaster General Wana
maker contemplates prosecuting the editors
of newspapers published in the interest of
spiritualism ior violation of the mail laws.
Several of these newspapers promise their
readers communications from dead friends
and relatives, via some spiritualistic air
line, at so many dollars a letter. Mr.
"Wanamaker has his doubts abont the reality
of this spook mail service. It looks like a
fraud to him, and he proposes, it is said, to
make the editorial mediums prove the au
thenticity of their claim to communion with
the world beyond the grave. This will be a
splendid opportunity for the dealers in
spiritualism to make manifest their powers.
Oi course, it may "be also a death blow to a
flourishing trade upon the credulity of
mankind.
"We do not know exactly how Mr. "Wana
maker stands in this matter. The great
merchant makes no secret of his hostility to
spirits of the ardent sort. But Mr. "Wana
maker has never before indicated his views
as to the agencies, human or otherwise, that
operate in darkened rooms, in cabinets,
hronghPlancbetteand in similar mysterious
ways. Is Mr. "Wanamaker of the opinion
that spirit letters ought to pay postage? It
would certainly seem proper for the Dead
Letter Department to handle them, but it
will be a nice point to decide whether do
mestic or foreign rates should be levied on
them. All these aspects of an interesting
question are likely to be laid before Mr.
Harrison's Cabinet It will be no new thing
for spiritualism to be a cabinet question.
In fact, without the cabinet, modern spirit
ualism is a joyless thing.
WHICH IS RETRD3UTI0K1
An extremely novel theory upon a ques
tion of social rights and wrongs is presented
by a NewYork correspondent who writes
that there was "a curious retribution" in
the fact that the Young Men's Christian
Association building which was recently
burned in that city, was insured in eleven
foreign fire insurance companies. The in
surance companies suffered the retributidn in
having to pay a quarter'of a million dollars
losses on that fire. The idea that insuring
American property is a transgression on the
pari of foreign insurance companies, requir
ing retribution, could only have originated
with the American insurance companies
which evidently wanted that business at
higher rates than those at which the foreign
insurance companies took it
Inasmuch as the statistics show that the
American insurance companies suffered
several millions of dollars of losses, in the
same month in which this fire occurred, the
question becomes rather pertinent, whether
they regard their losses in the light of re
tributions also, for their transgressions in
taking legitimate insurance risks. If so
are not the premiums paid by policy
holders retribution ior the offense of dealing
with the insurance companies. What is
retribution for the foreign gander ought to
be retribution for the American goose.
Unless New York fulfills the condition
which we have insisted upon as necessarily
precedent to her obtaining the World's Pair
of 1892, the exhibition of that date may have
entirely another effect than that which is
intended. The condition is that she shall
kill off" her Tammany officials. If the Ex
position should take place with Tammany
aldermen and court officials holding lull
sway, it would be likely to have a most
serious effect as an awful example, rather
than a favorable illustration of popular in
stitutions. The oil refinery fire follows upon the
boiler explosion with such rapidity as to in
dicate that the casualty cycle is determined
to beat the record in 1889.
The idea is advanced in the Chicago
Mail that as a pay day in the anthracite
mining regions resulted in three murders,
and that as there are no pay days during a
strike, and consequently no murders, there
fore strike's are a good thing. Why does
not the esteemed Mail carry its logic to a
thorough conclusion, and demonstrate that
as there can be neither pay days, strikes nor
murders in a locality where there is no
population, it would be a good thing to
wipe the human race off from the face of
the globe.
The new word "electrocution," which
is proposed as the title of the new method
of getting rid of criminals, is open to the
objection that it will constantly suggest
elocution. Perhaps the latter might brf
made an available means for punishing
offenders, but it is well to keep the two in
flictions entirely distinct.
We are pained to observe such an evi
dence of inaccuracy as the assertion of the
lively Chicago News that Senator Sherman
is at BichSeld Springs and is rivaling the
exploits of Jack the Kisser, among the
maidens at' that watering place. The
esteemed 2fews should take a few primary
lessons in modern biography, in order to
enable it to distinguish between the oscu
latory abilities of that brusque old warrior,
General Sherman, and the cool atmosphere
which generally surrounds his brother John.
Some of our free trade cotemporaries who
have been arguing the failure of protection
from strikes in this country, are respect
fully requested to give their attention to
the red flag which waves above the ranks of
the dockyards' strikers in free1 trade En
gland. It was supposed that the Bepublican
party ot Pennsylvania possessed the cham
pion sanguine politician in the shape of
Collector and Field Marsnal Cooper; but
when we find the Globe-Democrat, of
Missouri, regretting that this State has not
got to elect a Governor this year, because it
thinks that the Bepublicans might carry
the State, we must admit that Pennsylvania
has little conception of what dazzling
heights hopefulness may attain.
The proposition in the Legislature of
Georgia to make tb birthday of Robert E.
Lee a public holiday should not attract any
more attention in the .North than a good
humored condolence with Georgia upon tbe
survival of her Confederate foolishness.
Pittsbueo's acceptance of Mr. Carne
gie eight-year-old offer of a free library
has been so long coming that it still hangs
fire; and in the meantime, in order to em
phasize the carelessness of our city as to
public institutions of that character, tbe
building which was put up twenty years
ago for the alleged benefit of the Mercantile
Library is advertised to be sold out under
mortgage foreclosure.
Mb. Carnegie's new trunk line will be
an immense gain to Pittsburg if it avoids
the two great vices of the railroad system,
namely, watered stocks and combination
with other lines. That is, it will be such a
benefit when it materializes.
The country seems likely to forget in
these days of anniversaries that the seventy
eighth anniversary of the famous sea fight
between the United States ship Constitution
and the British frigate Guerriere occurred
the other day. The only thing like a cele
bration of it was furnished by the way in
which United States prize crews of one man
are taking Canadian sealers Into the
Canadian ports. . ...
If the Illinois miners can make the oper
ators of that section come into the inter
State agreement for a uniform scale, the
sufferings and loss of that strike will not be
wholly thrown away.
When the elixir of life sensation was at
its greatest height the undertakers might
have interposed objections to the impending
interference with their vested rights; but it
was worthy of notice that the undertakers
said nothing, but kept right along in their
usual occupations. The result seems to
have justified their confidence. If any
person can view the future with calm assur
ance it is your modern funeral director.
The waste of water affords another argn-'
ment for the introduction of meters with
cheap rates for all legitimate uses of that
great luxury and prime necessity.
The Southern politicians are asking with
energy whether the President will accept
defeat in the South through a failure to
give men of William Pitt Kellogg's stamp
all the offices he wants. As defeat in the
South is likely to come anyhow, it may bea
sensible view for the President to take that
it will be less grievous without the burden
of Kellogg on his back than with it
PEOPLE OF PE0MIHEKCB.
BenAtor Cameron and family have gone to
Beverly Farms, Mass., for a few weeks.
Mbs. Habbiet Beechee Stowe is report
ed to be in more vigorous health than for many
years.
Russia has accepted the appointment of
Hushl Bey as Turkish Ambassador to Bt
Petersburg.
Mb. Geoboe W. Williams, the historian of
the negro race in America, is living at Worces
ter, Mass., engaged in literary work.
M. Charles Gaenier, the famous French
architect, has a refined, nervous face, and hair
touched with 'gray. He Is most affable to
visitors.
Mb. Labottchebb kindly observes that tbe
German Emperor "seems to be a manly young
fellow, with a great deal In his character that is
commendable."
Pbincess Victobia Is the most original and
thoughtful of the Prince of Wales' daughters.
Princess Maud acts as her mother's amanuen
sis. Princess Louise has been her father's
favorite.
General Jomr F. Habtbantt, whose
health has been poor for some time past, being
made worse by bis performance of his duties as
a commissioner to negotiate a treaty with the
Cherokees, has sailed for Europe in the hope of
Improvement.
FnrEiar Presidents have visited New .En
gland as Presidents, reckoning the two
Adamses and Pierce among tbe number, and
four went thither before tbey became Presi
dents. These are the facts as tbey are shown
by the records. New England and the Presi
dents have become pretty well acquainted.
A CANINE SPECTER,
A Ghost That Frightens Many Found to
be
Only a Doir.
Atlakta, August 21. Thero Is a precipice
of 1,700 f eot on Stone Mountain, with a ledge
midway. Once a drunken man fell to the
ledge, lodging In the shrubs, and was rescued.
Lost night a white object was seen there, sup
posed to be a child. Exciting efforts were
made to save it which resulted In the dis
covery that it was a dog. The excitement has
subsided, and what promised to be a great
ghost sensation baa been nipped in the bud.
A Back Number Statesman.
From tbe St Louis Olobe-Democrat.l
Roger Q. Mills has entirely ceased to attract
any notice as a figure in current political
affairs. That Is to say, he is universally re
garded as tlie last year's bird's nest of this year's
situation.
PENALTIES OP ABILITL
Soma Slightly Pessimistic Views of Genins
The Able Man Always Overworked
Honors That Arc.Empty.
I know a minister of unusual talent who has
persistently refused to accept a call to any city
parish for tho simple reason that he would be
compelled to use all his ability. "The mo
ment" ho says, "I am Known as the Rev. Jones;
of New York, or St Louis, or Chicago, I shall
be on my honor to do my very best and do It all
tbe time. I shall have a standing to retain.
1 shall be compared with tbe ablest men in the
pulpit, and must either compare well or be dis
graced. And, let me tell you, the people de
spise a man who cannot bold his own. It a
horse or minister Is once distanced he is
neglected and of no influence. Think of
trotting every mile you make in Hand S. time.
But that is Just what it comes to. Tbe only es
cape Is in genins. A man of genins can work
up a field of his own and a congregation ot his
own, and he is compared with no one. He can
do what be will and- say what be likes: but a
man of talent alone can do nothing of this
sort He holds his place by simple force of
bard and persistent dolnz of his best I need
not tell you the end ot this will be after awhile
exhaustion and a breakdown. Do yon know,
four-filths of those called to city pulpits soon
drop ont of them and are swallowed up in the
mass of bankrupts. Now, lean bold my own
with comparative easo In a town like this. I
am respected and honored without seriously
overtaxing my powers." .
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Men Who Are Overworked.
My friend was a trifle sarcastic but full of
good sense; one of the kind that likes notice,
feels praise and is ambitious, but is too level
headed to let ambition get the bits and run
away. Essentially be Is right A man of abil
ity has to guard himself from being known for
all he is worth, or Is capable of doing. Probai
bly the very best possible position for a man df
considerable power of intellect and balance df
character, says a writer In the St Louis Qlobi
Democrat, is one of our fair-sized towns, or
cities, whero he Is surrounded with a popula
tion of from 10,000 to 40,000. In such atown he
is known by all and can reach all directly by
his personal influence. Probably he cares. If
a parson, for the love of the people, and that
he can secure by living manfully and dis
creetly. A man of ability has anotter misery
that is, I think, the worst that mortal can suf
fer; he can never have a private life, hardly
the least relief irom publicity. By virtue of
his brains he belongs to the public. Everyone
has a favor to ask of him, simply because he is
able to grant It The rich man's story is ex
actly parallel. He ts assailed by beggars and
begging letters. Everyone wishes to be a
barnacle on bis generosity. It is the penalty
paid for being able to accumulate. The brainy
man is also beset in every mail by appeals for
help. These are mostly In tbe way of drafts
on bis time. He is wanted to write a petition, or
an address, or a discourse, or to review a man
uscript The Troubles of nn Editor.
There is no place in modern life, I am con
vinced, where peculiar and sterling ability is
more required than in managing a metropoli
tan newspaper nor is there a place more ex
posed to annoyance. The newspaper writer Is
hardly yet created, cnrlous as tbe remark may
seem. There are thousands who write for the
papers, but the skilled use of the pen to aid in
constructing tbe columns of a complete news
paper Is not known by one fn a hundred of
those whose work Is necessarily accepted. Tbe
miseries of a man compelled to pass judgment
upon a vast mass of manuscript filled with
bright points, but utterly nnsulted for bis
use, can be imagined. Criticism, whether done
by editors or professors or professional review
ers, is eminently detestable work. There is a
spice of amusement in slashing through and
cutting up a single paper or two. But tho
flavor is quite ont of the work when it Is pro
tracted into a weekly necessity. A man of
ability is soon heartily sick of seeing and feel
ing tbe inabilities ot other people. It wears on
him and not on them. It frets him that these
fellows have not the instinct to comprehend
such points as are reiterated to them. Chances
are that tbey will not only not see, bnt will not
accept the correction, and will thrust back In
an ugly way.
Rejected Manuscripts.
You have probably bad a manuscript re
jected. Most people have in tbeir days; for
nearly all readers of papers or magazines; at
least once in tbeir lives, undertake an article.
Of course the most of these are never printed.
Among the repelled are, many persons of true
ability. You are one of them. It Is the most
cutting, excoriating experience conceivable by
a modern man of ability, never to hear from
bis manuscript I suppose an ancient say of
the time of Cicero and Horace, would not havo
understood you. Horace never knew what it
was to have one of his odes sent back with com
plimentary thanks printed. If be bad. Satire B,
ot Book L, would be tame beside that other
supposable satire that he wonld have launched
at the editor: The finest of fine art is tbe typi
cal letter of declaration. To a mediocre man
it is soothing, but to a man of ability it 13
exasperating. It reads somehow after tbis
manner: "The editor of the Soudan Monthly
begs to tender his thanks for tbe pleasure ha
has received in the perusal of the inclosed
manuscript and he assnres Mr. that be
returns it with the deepest regret Tbe return
of a manuscript does not imply its inferiority
to those publish
ibed, bat it is impossible to cab
llsh all the articles of a sup
les of a snDer-emlnent ability
that are received at our office." Tho man of
ability tears this delicate missive with abbrevi
ated attention.
Gcn!ii4 nnd Common Sense.
A man of ability and a man of genins differ
in this, tho genius is not always constructive,
the other is always abl) to construct A
genius is quite liable to be a terrible destrnc
tlonist It is a bad day for the Government
wben wo have too many statesmen of genius.
We never came so near being ruined as by
Calhoun and Webster and by Douglass; and
Clay was not a genius, but he did a great deal
of good saving work from his standpoint
Lincoln was not a genius, but a man of extra
ordinary ability. He had tbe heaviest
natural gift ot common sense of any man
America has ever produced. Stanton was
another man of ability to do an appalling
amount ot;work and achieve at tbe right mo
ment just the right thing. Our civil war
brought to the front no men of astounding
genius, but a group of very able men. The
Revolution cave us Burr and Franklin and
Paine and Henry and Jefferson as men of
genins, and not one or all of them. If left to
themselves, wonld have created a republic.
The men. of ability were Sam Adams, Wash
ington, Hamilton and a group of officers and
legislators not worth my while to enumerate.
Honors That Are Meaningless.
The present state of college honors Is a
ludicrous farce. The least possible glory at
tached to tbe reception of a degree has van
ished. Men of ability either quietly decllnesuch
honors or more quietly accept them and put
them in pigeon-boles. In England academic
titles stand for something; In Germany for
more, bnt in this country they are a nuisance.
The college picks ont now by preference men
of no ability. Inferior fellows who need a com
pliment and then exacts pay of them. Not
one doctorate in GOO is given without a quid
pro quo. As a rule a stipulation is made, or
implied beforehand, tbat tbe bonorwill be paid
for in influence or money, or both. As a rule
tbe programmes of this world are made up by
those who do not care tor ability tbey are
looking out for cash or fashion. They are
biased, rather, away from ability. It makes
them too much trouble, is not easily controlled
and is occasionally quite useless.
A PENNSYLVANIA POET.
Robert Barns Wilson, a Native of Wash
ington County, In This State.
From the .New York Stsr.I
I have received no less than three letters
from persons living in Pennsylvania inlormlng
me that Robert Burns Wilson, the poet whom
a writer In thenar referred to a few days ago
as a "Kentucklan." is not a Kentocklan, but a
Pennsylvania!!, He was born, I am told, at
McDonald, Washington county. Pa., about 38
years ago, and tho citizen of McDonald who
writes to me is proud of the fact
Mr. Wilspn has lived so many years In Ken
tucky, however, that he is, to all intents and
purposes, a Kcntucklan. The citizens of that
Commonwealth claim him as one of them.
FALSE TEETH KILLED HIM.
The
Swatlowlnfc of an .Indigestible Sab-
stance Ends a, Terrier's Career.
Trom the Baltimore Ban. i
Some little children who were playing Satur
day on a lot near tbe corner. ot Eutaw place
and North avenue dug up a box inclosing a
small skeleton. Frightened, they called a pa
trolman, who, having a good memory, recalled
the history of the skeleton. Seven years ago a
little black and tan temer. a pet of a lady liv
ing In tbe neighborhood, died suddenly, it was
supposed of hydrophobia. He was burled and
thn skeleton flnearthed was his. A f nil sst of
false teeth, found lodged In the throat of the I
tkeleton. smashed the hypothesis that the ter. I
jrier died of hydrophobia, ,
BURSED OK HIS BED.
An Invalid Comes Near Betas; Consumed by
Spontaneous Combustion.
DAWSON, Ky., .August 21. Brown Lovell,
who was severely scalded at tbe explosion ot
Beamon k Co.'s steam boiler, on the 12th inst,
came near being consumed, last night by
spontaneous combustion. Dr. Blanton saw
him yesterday morning and found his con
dition good, Last evening at 7 o'clock a
messenger called the doctor Baying that Mr.
Lovell was very restless, complaining of "burn
ing up."
Thinking that possibly the solution of car
bollzed linseed oil, with which the wounds were
dressed, had been made too strong, through
mistake of the nurse, the doctor called at
tention to It, and instructed tbe boy to use pure
oil. Tbis morning when Dr. Blanton called to
see Lovell, tbe nurse and Lovell's wife, with
several of the neighbors, took him Into the
garden and showed him the feather bed, from
which Lovell had been removed, partly con
sumed, and tbe pillow and sheet almost entire
ly consumed by fire. Tbey report that the bed
became so bot before Lovell was removed from
it that hey conld not bear their bands upon it
although they saw no fire, and did not see any
until
the bed was removed and taken into tbe
garden.
Dr. Blanton fonnd a hard heap of feathers
upon tbe ground that came out of tbe pillow,
and when be broke open the lump found that
in tbe inside, about tbe middle, tbe feathers
were in a charred condition and heat pouring
from them. Since Lovell bad been put upon
the feather bed nothing bnt white lead and oil
had been used as a dressing, which was fol
lowed by a 1 per cent solution of carbollzed lin
seed oil. The patient bad taken no medicine,
save a few drops of laudanum. There can be
no doubt but that it is a case of spontaneous
combustion, and would have resulted in Lov
ell s death had he not been removed at tbe
time he was. The bed was protected with oil
cloth, but the oil soaked through this.1
K SIXTEENERS' KEV
SIXTEENERS' NEW OFFICERS
Elected and Installed and Wllllamiport the
Next Meeting Place.
rSrXCTAI. TKLXOBAU TO TOE DISPATCH.1
Hakbisbubo, August SL This was the
business day ofthe reunion of the"Slxteen
ers," and it was transacted in short order.
Officers for the ensuing year were elected and
subsequently installed, as follows: President,
JoLn D KonaId,Philadelphla; "Vice Presidents,
Miss Clemmie Benson, Lebanon, and Oliver
MacVay, Pittsburg: Recording Secretary, Miss
Mollle Reagan, Washington, D. C; Correspond
ing Secretary, J. A. Granim, Harrisburg; As
sistant Corresponding Secretary, Warren
Stouck, Williamsport; Treasurer, Edward
Taylor, Philadelphia: Financial Secretary, D.
W. Cotterill. Harrisburg. A resolution was
adopted expressive of recret at the severance
or Major H. F. Spicer from the soldiers or
phans' schools of tbe State through the aban
donment of the orphans' school branch of tbe
Northern Home in Philadelphia. Another
resolution indorsed the action of the commis
sion having charge of the schools as tbat sug
gested by the "Slxteeners" at a previous meet
ing. williamsport was selected as the place for
next summer's reunion, and tbis committee was
appointed to moke tbe necessary arrangements:
George E. Sbatto, John C Beatty, Randall
Hoffman. Jacob Clark, Britain Satterly, and
Robert Schuyler. After addressei by Major
Spicer, W. C. Hunter, ana H. L. Devlne, tbe
Sixteeners adjourned, and in a body called
upon Governor Beaver to pay tbeir respects.
Tbey also called upon Hon. J. T. Stewart,
Deputy Superintendent of Public Instruction.
Tbis evening there was a banquet, to-morrow
there will be a picnic at Mont Alto, and on
Friday the rennion will close with an excursion
to tbe Gettysburg battlefield.
SING HAH-SCHEREE,
A Chlnnmnn Marries a Good Looking Ger
man Girl at Chicago.
CniCAQO, August ZL The palatial residence
of Hip Lnng, at 319 Clark street, was the scene
of joyous festivity last evening over the mar
riage of Sing Ham and Miss Sophronia
Scherer. The groom is a resident of Fort
Madison, la., and a cook on the Santa Fe Rail
road. Miss Scherer, the bride, is a comely
looking German lass 21 years of age, and for the
last four years has been employed as a house
keeper. About 100 celestials attired in their
silks and satins and a score of white girls were
present The ceremony was performed by the
Hev. G. B. Walker, of the Fourth Baptist
hurcb, who has married ten Chinamen to
ri" period of 27 years. At 0 o'clock the bride and
lgroom, attended,by Wong Dock and Miss Lena
Hchroeder, entered Hip Lung's parlor to tbe
music of a dozen brass gongs and Chinese fid
riles, and were made one according to the true
American fashion.
Tbe only Chinese custom adhered to was the
cooking of the wedding supper after the mar
riage ceremony was performed. A sumptuous
banquet was prepared of edible birds' nests,
curry of rice, and other Chinese delicacies, in
cluding fine old wines Imported from China by
Hip Lung. After the supper Chinese dances
were indulged in until a late hour, wben tbe
bride and groom left for Fort Madison. la.,
amid a shower of rice and old shoes, which were
expected to bring good luck to the bappy
couple. Among those present were: Wong
Dock, Sam Moy, Moy Sine and Charlie Kee,
accompanied by their white wives.
THE JDTE BAGGING TRUST.
Efforts of tbe Southern Cotton Planters to
Break the Combination.
Montgomery, Ala., August 2L The South
ern Inter-State Farmers' Association closed its
annual session here to-day. The Committee
on Cotton Covering, Hon. W. J. Green, of
North Carolina, Chairman, submitted the fol
lowing resolution, which was unanimously
adopted:
Recognizing tbe fact that jute bagging,
which has heretofore been exclusively used by
cotton planters as a covering for their product,
was during tbe past season most unnecessarily
raised in price nearly 100 per cent by the manu
facturers ot tbat material, and recognizing
likewise tbat sucb arbitrary and cruel rise In
price could only have been made possible by
what is now known as a trusr, and
inasmuch as under tbe spur of such a
wrong, suitable substitutes have since been
discovered for cotton covering, your committee
do most earnestly recommend to every catton
producer throughout tbe land tbe absolute dis
continuance of Jute bagging whenever a sub
stitute can be obtained. Your committee goes
further, and proclaim tbat this recommenda
tion, whether viewed as a retaliatory measure
or one simply of self protection.ls equally justi
fiable, and that they recommend like action or
non-use wben possible of every article which
has been placed or shall be hereafter placed
under a trust for the pnrpose of excluding
competition, and thus enabling the projectors
to fix their own price on the same.
General Hastings a Terr Busy Man.
tsrZCIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.
Habbisbueo, Augnst 21. Adjutant Gen
eral Hastings is kept busy arranging the trans--portation
of soldiers who Intend visiting Get
tysburg on the occasion of tbe dedication of the
Pennsylvania monuments on the 11th and 12th
of September. Several thousand orders have
been Issued, and from 00 to 600 are being made
ont daily. Tbe appropriation of S50.000 Ty the
State for the transportation of soldiers wbo
participated in tbe three-days' fight will
scarcely be sufficient to meet tho demands.
Look Ont for a Smash.
Krom the New York Sun.
A Massachusetts seerhas consulted the Fates
and Destinies, and ciphered and calculated
that this small bnt not wholly unpleasant planet
is going to come to a full stop, quietus, end,
and smash on the 7th day of October next.
This Is rather short notice, but all good men
will be thankful that the old globe is advertised
to hold .out until the baseball championship is
settled.
DEATHS OP A DAT.
i
Mary Adelaide French.
In onr obituary columns the sad announcement
has hitherto been made or the death of Alary Ade
laide French, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Aaron French, of Penn avenue, East End. Yes
terday the funeral took place from the family resi
dence, where were gathered many relatives and
friends to pay the last formal and deeply-felt trib
ute of love and esteem to the memory or the beau
tiful, accomplished and most amiable young lady,
to whom death's summons came at the threshold
of womanhood. Deceased from childhood had
been noled not merely for extraordinary graces
or person and of manner, but for such orllUant
aptitude of mind and sweet disposition as are
rireir found together In equal decree In one nCr-
son. It Is not alone to the bereaved family that
tier death, after a long Illness, In which hope and
tear auernaieu, is an occasion ox proiouna frriei,
but to every one who had even the slightest c-
nrtnztlme, she has passed awar. leaving, how
ever, precious memories of everything that was
gentle, beautiful and good. Including a religious
faith which was clear and strong; to support and
console her afflicted family and friends.
Lnarn Goodwin Kerr.
Laura Goodwin Xerr, a 6-year-old daughter of
Samuel F. Kerr, assistant city editor or the
lAOder, died of diphtheria Wednesday. Laura
-wai an'lnterestlng child, and only thoie who have
hn iimllirlv bereaved can fullr DDreelite the
lparenu less. ; ,. -
' PITTSBUEG'S FIRST BANKS.
The Earliest Banking; lastltntlons la tbe
CI ty and Their Sacoess arc Ho w Business
Was Done Over 30 Tears Ago.
IWBITTEjr FOB TOT! DISPATCH.!
The origin of banking in Pittsburg, though
dating back no earlier than tbe memory of af ew
still living, appears to be clouded in myth. It
is true that the Bank ot Pittsburg is the oldest
banking institntion still doing business. This
bank has on its Corinthian front "A. D. 1810."
Under its present title it dates back to the War
of 1812.
Pittsburg dates its birth back to the close of
the Revolutionary War. 1781 when Stephen J
.oayaru ana Isaac Craig platted tne original
town ont'lde of the Fort and named It after
the great Chatham. From 1781 to 1803 the little
village on Pennsylvania's western borders man
aged to run Its affairs without a broker's office
or bank. In the latter year tbe Bank of Penn
sylvania at Philadelphia, looking for new
worlds to conquer, established a branch in
Pittsburg, and sent out as its representatives a
Sentleman named Smith to act as cashier, with
ohn Tbaw, father of the late William Thaw,
as bookkeeper. John Tbaw was at no time
connected with tbe Bank of Pittsburg, as has
been stated several times lately, but was tbe
original bookkeeper ot tbe first banking In
stitution organized in this city.
The First Banking; Building.
The first location of the Pittsburg branch of
the Bank of Pennsylvania was on Second ave
nue, between Ferry street and Chancery lane.
and its sign said, "Office of Discount and De
posit" This bank accommodated Pittsburg's
public from 1803 to 1817. In the latter year the
Bank of the United States made arrangements
to enter the field by establishing a branch here.
As the Bank of Pittsburg bad previously been
csMuuaueu, ana as tne proprietors ox tne
pioneer banking Institution thought there was
no room here for a third bank, they concluded
to pool their Issues with the new comer, and
the Branch Bank of Pennsylvania became the
Branch Bank of the United States, with George
Poe as cashier and John Tbaw as bookkeeper.
Foe was sneceeded in course ot time by James
Coney, who, according to old timers, was a
thoroughly algnlfied banker of the old school.
Early in tbe thirc es tbe Branch Bank of the
United States erected tbe building now occu
pied by tbe Mechanics' National Bank on
Fourth avenue, and removed its quarters to
that place. Tbe building was for a number of
years occupied as the residence of Cashier
Coney as well as a bank.
Wben Specio Was Scarce.
The hard times which, during President
Jackson's second term, led up to and culmi
nated in the panic of 1837, brought the pioneer
bank into deep waters, ana there was no resur
rection for it Old timers, who remember the
year 1S37, say that money was never so precious
and rare as then. Nearly all Pittsburg's trade
for a year or two was by barter, the grocer
trading with the tailor and the batter with the
shoemaker, and money transactions were few
and far between. In that time ot specie fam
ine tbe original bank terminated its career
wltb heavy loss to al) concerned.
The Mechanics' Bank, though occupying the
old building, cannot be called tbe successor of
the pioneer banking institution, as a number
of years had elapsed from the time of tbe de
mise ot the latter until the organization ot tbe
former. In tbe interval the building had been
used as a restaurant and broker's office.
When John Harper, cashier of the Bank of
Pittsburg, entered that bank in 1832 as book
keeper John Tbaw occupied tbe same position
In tbe building over tbe way, and at that day
these were the only two banking institutions
of tbe city. J. H. Y.
TEEI LATEST FROM HAITI.
Negotiations Still Pending Between
tbe
Two Rival Factions.
rsFXCIAI. TXXXQBAX TO TBZ DISPATCH.1
WAsnnraTox, August 21. Amid the vary
ing diversifications of unfounded and fan
tastic intelligence which are daily put forth
respecting the development of the civil conflict
in Hayti, it is refreshing to have an interlude
of truth, and this is now offered to the' readers
of The Dispatch and the rest of mankind.
On the 8th instant, after a protracted considera
tion of the subject on the part of General
Legitime and his supporters In Port-au-Prince,
negotiations were opened with Hippolyte and
his friends outside, and the active direction of
these negotiations was undertaken by the
Charge d' Affaires of England and the Charge
d' Affaires of Spain, acting together, and this
was the basis that they offered:
first The debts of both factions to be recognized
and provided for.
Second Legitime to withdraw.
Thlrd-The title of Hippolyte as provisional
President to be recognized.
Fourth-. Hlppolrte not to bring his army Into
Port-an-Prlnce. (Thi condition wa Introduced
and Insisted on for fear of bloodshed and massacre
In case the army shoald come In.)
Fifth A natfonal assembly to be Immediately
convened to elect a permanent President.
Of these conditions Hippolyte positively re
jected two, namely, that about keeping his
soldiers out of Port-au-Prince, and that admit
ting the debts of Legitime; and he also said
that he wouldn't admit those contracted by the
late President Salomon.
The latest cable that has been received from
Port-au-Prince Is to the 19th. The negotiations
were stdl continuing, under the joint direction
ot tbe representatives of Spain and England,
bnt nothing final bad been accomplished. It
should also be understood that Hippolyte made
long ago a positive bargain with President
Cleveland that tbe Mole St Nicholas should be
ceded to the United States as a coaling station,
and tbis circumstance has contributed more to
weaken him In Hayti than the occasional de
feats which he has experienced at tbe hands ot
the Legitimists. ,
NEW OUTLET FOR COKE.
The Baltimore nnd Oblo to Connect With
Camden'e New Coal Roads.
Baltimore, August 2L The Baltimore and
Oblo Railroad Company has decided to make
close connections with Senator Camden's new
system of coke and coal roads In West Vir-
Stnla. The entire coking regions of the upper
lonongahela will thus be developed by the
new combination. The new coal roads will
connect with tbe Parkersburg and tbe Wheel
ing branches of the Baltimore and Oblo, and
enable tho coke and cool to find markets at
Cincinnati, Indianapolis and St Louis, and
Chicago and the lakes. The new coal will not
compete with deposits of the Georges Creek
region, nor with the Elk Garden, in which the
West Vireinia Central road is interested. The
Camden syndicate represents a capital of 2,
000.000. Five hnndred coke ovens are in course of
construction along its lines. The coal fields
thus opened up will be almost as large as the
combined region of Pittsburg and Connells
villo, and the new lines will be great f eeaers to
tbe B. & O. Senator Camden to-day said that
the line would be In operation in less than a
year. The new $25,000 bridge over tho river
three miles above Fairmnnnt Is completed,and
the laying of tracks to a point six miles above
Fairmount will be finished In ten days. At the
end of these six miles is the new town ot Cam
dcn,composed of 100 houses and 100 coke ovens.
The former narrow gange road from Clarks
burg to Weston is being widened to standard
gauge.
THEATRICAL NOTES.
The last performance of "Ten Nights in a
Barroom" was given at Harris' Theater last
night. Beginning with the matinee to-day, the
same excellent company will appear in a
doable bill. "Kathleen Mavourneen" and
Uncle Josh," being tho plays for the rest of
the week.
The sale of seats for Frank Daniels' "Little
Puck," which will be seen at tbe Bijou next
week, begins at tbe box office of the theater
to-day. A large advance sale is anticipated.
The Tonrlsts in a 'Pullman Palace Car,"
will please patrons of the Grand Opera House
next week. The advance sale of seats begins
to-day.
AQNE3 VILLA and a good company In "The
World Against Her," will be the attraction at
Harris' next week. Sale ot seats begins to-day.
John Keekell, Flora Moore and a long list
of other favorites are booked for Harry Will
lams' Academy of Music next week.
TnE CONCH SHELL.
Upon the yellow sands I He
And croon and croon:
"I love the sea."
Each wave of sound tbat passes by
I echo soon.
But only Iotc the sea; -n
For the soft, wet lips or the sounding sea
Are tbe only lips In the world to me,
And so. from noon
To midnight's moon
I croon and croon:
4,I love theses."
Tbe abalone calls tome,
"Wonld be my love?"
And when, at night
Tbe stars are bright
In the great southern cross above.
The nautilus comes sailing In"
And ever hopes my heart to win.
It may not be.
For the soft, wet lips of the sounding sea
Are the only lips in tbe world to me,
And so, from noon
To mldnUht's moon,
I croon and croon :
'Hove the sea. "
, Stanley Waterloo in Judgi. ,
A DAY IK GOTHAM.
Fell Dead Beside a Coffin,
tsxw- yobs: bcbxau- sticials.j
New York, August 2L Mrs. Sarah Callion,
of Brooklyn, went to-day to the funeral of her
old friend and neighbor, William Savage. Dur
ing the sermon she cried aloud and groaned.
When all present were invited to take a last
look at the dead man's face she staggered to
her feet, screamed and fell dead beside tbe
coffin. Heart disease.Tendered acute by strong
emotion, caused her death.
Shot In Hla Own Bouse.
Richard Hamblln, prominent In local politics
and at the races, was fatally shot in his house
at Z o'clock this morning by John McCue, a
drummer out of employment MeCue boarded
at Hamblin's house in West Forty-second
street Same days ago tbe two men quarreled,
and Hamblln ordered McCue to leave the
house. McCue refused to go before his week
was up. Hamblln came home from the races
early tbis morning, to find McCue and a friend
just entering tbe house. Hamblln demanded
McCub's bouse key. McCue refused to give it
up. During the ensuing quarrel McCue drew
a revolver from his friend's pocket, and as
Hamblin's daughter hurried down the corridor
to pacify her father, shot him through the left
side. Hamblln fell to the floor at his daughter's
feet He is now dying in a hospital, and Mc
Cue is in Jail. McCue claims he did the shoot
ing In self defense,
Another Ocean Race Began.
Mr. and Mrs. Coilis P. Huntington, Archer
Huntington, Peter Jackson, champion colored
boxer of the world, "Parson" Davles, ot Chi
cago, and C B. Ismay, who made himself
famous by speaking disrespectfully of Congress
for the benefit of Sir Lyon Playfalr. recently,
sailed for Europe to-day, on the steamship
Teutonic of the White Star line. The Teu
tonic got under way at 20. half an hour after
the City of New York ot the Imnan line. Tbe
two big steamships will race to Queenstown.
Both have been most carefully Inspected this
week, in preparation for the voyage, and the
smallest bits of machinery have, been over
hauled. The steamship company of each Is
bragging of what its boat will do. At the
Maritime Exchange and the docks were crowds
gathered to see the big liners leave their berths.
Tbe betting was slightly In favor of the Teu
tonic. A Daring Young Scoundrel.
Arthur S. Clarke, 19 years old. Is about as
daring a young rascal as New York has seen
for many months. Three years ago be began
to rob and swindle his father and mother. All
efforts to reform him failed. His parents re
cently had him sent to the island. Wben he
was set free, his grandmother, who is the
matron at police headquarters, took a hand at
reforming him. She gave him an allowance,
got him a position in a store, and paid for his
room adjoining her own. Last Friday night ho
stole $200 from her trunk. locking her in her
rooms so that she couldn't pursue him, and
then spent the money on a big spree with three
young blacklegs of his acquaintance. Monday
ho turned np penniless at his grandmother's
lodgings, and made her promise not to prose
cute him. He left her at noon, valise in hand,
for the West. To-day be returned drunk, and
flourishing a razor, demanded $100. Mrs.
Webb snatched the razor from him and sum
moned a policeman. Young Clarke fled over
the housetops with an officer after him, jumped
two big gaps between buildings, and eventually
vanished down a scuttle. He has not been
caught yet
Keeping Tbeir Own Counsel.
Conjecture was rife In Wall street to-day
respecting the nature of the suit brought by
Henry VUlard against Noah Davis for 8125,000.
All the gossip about It was confined to conject
ure, for neither Mr. Villard nor his counsel
would say anything on the subject, and Noah
Davis, beyond admitting tbat tbe suit was
brought just in time to prevent tbe cause of
action from being outlawed, had nothing to add
laanotningcoaua i with 11
anffWBterhapTpllj,
to bis statement in to-day's D:
Known, however, that Judge
seen in Wall street in 1883,an1
equally well known that he speculated heavily.
and not always successfully. He and Villard
were very thick at that time.
Their End Drawing Nenr.
The five condemned men who are to be
hanged on Friday were np early this morning,
and after their breakfast, began their usual
game of dominoes. Last night Sheriff Flack
and TJnder-Sheriff Saxton spent four hours
with the condemned. The men took their ex
orcise in tbe yard of the Tombs at 4 o'clock
tbis afternoon, and at 5, wben they were again
In their cage, work was begun.
PDRSDED BY WHALES.
The Exciting Experience of a Party of
"Yachtsmen Near Boston.
Boston, August 2L A party of gentlemen
who went sailing in the vachtTantrnm on Sun
day report a narrow escape from a couple of
finbacks, which they fell In with off Nahant.
They were about two miles off shore wben tbey
sighted tbe whales, and bore down for them.
One of the yachtsmen discharged a revolver at
one of the whales. Tbe shot went wide, but tbe
finback seemed to be enraged, and, instantly
turning, came straight for the yacht.
Tbe skipper luffed sharply, and the whale
passed within a very few feet. Its mate dived
and came ur some yards astern. Tne yacht
was put before the wind and sped away at a
lively rate. Those who were on board say it
was tbe narrowest escape they ever had.
A POSTAL PDZZLE DECIDED.
Phonograph Cylinder! Containing Messages
Bnbject to FInt-CIaia Rates.
Sacramento, August 2L A Sacramento
business man has lately been in the habit of
using a phonograph cylinder In transmitting
information between this city and Chicago.
Tbe cylinder was sent by malf and It staggered
the postmaster to determine what rate of
postage should be charged. "A talking ma
chine" was "merchandise" from one point of
view and "personal communication" from an
other. In bis perplexity the postmaster appealed to
the authorities at Washington, and tbey have
rendered an opinion deciding that graphograms
are personal communications and subject to
first-class postage rate.
Most Might Aid Him,
From the Washington Post.:
If General Boolangy comes to this country,
as they say be is meditating doing, we suggest
that be communicate with Herr Jobann Most
as to the best approved method of crawling
under the bed and keeping out of sight
TRI-STATE TRIFLES.
Is Brownsville, Schuylkill county, Pa the
other day, some senseless yonng men, in want
of a lark, soaked a lot of corn In whisky and
flung it to a dock of geese. An hour later the
woman who owned them found them comatose,
and, believing them dead, picked their feathers
off and flung the carcasses down a mine breach.
During tho night the birds slept off tbeir de
bauch, and next morning were fonnd huddled
at the gate in a naked and prodigal condition.
A KUTNANTOf the Seneca tribe of Indians
still lingers In Warren county, Pa spearjng
fish, etc, for a living. Tho tribe, all told, bare
ly number 1,000 members, and has so dwindled
that marriage amocg blood relations have be
come almost a necessity.
A STEUBENvrLLE, O., man suggests that a
day like Arbor Day be set apart annually for
tbe destruction of the English sparrow.
The Shenandoah Ifetcs has interviewed
Fred Clarke, who raises skunks as a business,
at Roaring creek, on tbe borders of Schuylkill
county. Pa. He began it last fall for the skins.
He has ISO pets now. and. this month being
tbeir breeding time, he will shortly have a
thousand. He bandies tbem with Impunity
from stench, and they are as docile as kittens.
Thomas W. Sweeney, of Reading, 'Pa., has
the pistols with which Judge Terry and Sena
tor Broderick fought a duel. They are French,
St caliber, with hair triggers.
A one-legged sparrow the other having
been probably lost In a trap hops regularly for
its meals every day to the house ot John L,
Fulton, In West Chester, Fa.
-
Two weeks ago Isffie Robblns, a good-looking
girl aged 18 years, was arrested and lodged in
Jail at Wlnfleld, W. Va, on a charge of having
stolen a horse from a man named Lassie. Mon
day night she succeeded' in escaping from the
jail and. In order to facilitate her flight took
with her another fine horse belonging to Dr. T.
P. Carpenter.
CURIOUS CONDEKSATIOHS.
The keeper of a peanutstand In Newark
is named Pizarro Caesar.
A supposed cat. killed with a stene by
William Dennis in his yard at Drakesville, N.
J., turned ont to be a small red fox.
A number of Brooklyn capitalists have
decided to open a hotel on the New York plan
in Paris. They believe it will attract American
customers as well as tbe trade of English per
sons wbo have visited the United State.
Three schoolboys of Sompoe, Cal.,
thought they'd have fun this vacation playing
gold mining. So they began on awornout
claim on the beach near Point Sal, and In 21
days, working not more than eight hours a day,
made 210.
A man named William J. Haines, 103
years old, has just been converted and has
joined a Methodist church in St Louis. He
says he was never sick a day in his life. He
was an orderly on General Jackson's staff in
the war of 1812.
The latest use of photography is to
make a cannon ball take a picture of Its own
wabbllngs. An arrangement something like a
camera is to be placed In tbe forward end of
the projectile, and wben It is fired directly at
the sun the light traces lines upon tbe plate,
from tbe direction of which it can be told
whether the projectile has kept In one position
or has wavered to and fro during its flight.
The total original cost of the British
war ships of all sorts at the last Spitbead re
view, paraded for the inspection of the Em
peror, was 18,853,7651 The number of ships
present was 73; of torpedo boats 38. The
weight of metal contained In the heavy guns
JJS'Jb.609 tons- he tonnage was approximately
SGO.000 tons. Five hundred and sixty-nine
heavy guns, irrespective of quick ftrers and
machine guns, composed the armament.
Orlando, Pla., has a colored citizen who
carries the top of his head 6 feet 8X Inches
above terra Anna, and, as he Is of slenaer build,
he appears much taller. His name is Bob
Washington. Bob's pedal extremities have
Eaced along In growth evenly with the rest of
is anatomical development, and he Is of little
use as a hoe hand, his feet covering up all tho
grass In reach; bnt for gathering oranges with-
wub wo am uj. a stepiaauer ne is a success.
During a thunder storm at Superior,
Wis., lightning struck a tent belonging to a
camping party on Wisconsin Point completely
demolishing it. A large party of young ladies
were sleeping In a tent 12 feet away and were
rendered helpless tor nearly an hour. Light
ning also struck a lumber camp and several
other places In tbe neighborhood. In the lum
ber camp it knocked the pine out of a man's
mouth and discharged a rifle which was near
by.
A curious scene was witnessed in Pann
yard, Westminster, England. A sparrow was
picking up the corn which had fallen from the
horses' nosebags, when a mouse appeared and
proceeded to dispute with the sparrow his
right to the dainty morsels. A fight ensued,
which lasted for some minutes, and then the
sparrow beat a retreat. The sparrow bad evi
dently been injured in the tussle, and for a
time he was unable to fly. At last tbe sparrow
flew up, and a cabman finished the incident by
killing the mouse with a whip.
The old saying, "He took the bull by
the homV was verified at Portsmouth. O., by
George Eaves, who owns a beautiful tract of
land just east of the city proper. He was
crossing tho field wherein his bull Is pastured,
when the bovine became infuriated and rushed
at him. Seizing the bull try the horns as it
came within reach, and throwing his legs about
its neck. Eaves was carried in this position
across the field with the speed of the wind and
Into the fence, against which he was badly
jammed. His injuries are regarded as fatal.
A tew days ago Amos Carpenter, who
resides near the line between Clay and Clinton
counties. Ma, was out in the woods two miles
from home, when he was bitten by a timber
rattlesnake on tbe leg near the ankle. He at
once wiped the blood off with a leaf, and took
a big chew of tobacco from his mouth and
bound it on the bitten place with a strip of
bark. After reaching home he bathed it in
hartshorn, and has suffered no 111 effects other
than a slight rislnz at the bitten rdace. Thn
snake was killed, and was nearly 4 feet long
v. iui xA labuea.
'rancis J. Setton. a Brooklyn macu
lar, was a surprised and delighted man
other morning. Ho was surprised when.
on entering his office, he found that a burglaL. .
had been at -arork on his safe, and had. af U
much labor, forced open the doors. He w
dellghted because, on tbe preceding night, '
stead of leaving a large amount of money in
safe, he took it home. He left only 11 cent
the cash drawer, saying to bis clerk: "If
enterprising burglar comes he will gt enough,
if he works for It, to nay his car fare." The 11
cents were found in the drawer.
At Albany,. Ga,, the house in whicl
Dick Winston died after being shot by Jim
Bland is deserted. It Is a little cabin at the side
of a trestle. Tbe negroes all say It is haunted
by the spirit of tbe murdered man. The clock
stopped and the organ became mute when he
passed away. Doors and gates slam to and fro
during the night, and 110 eaitblr hands can be
found that touch them. Winston has been seen
in broad daylight going through the culvert
where he fell when wounded, and a negro
claims to have seen him entering tbe dark re
cesses of the tunnel through the mountain
where he worked.
During the past week Mrs. Simon, wife
of a well-known grocer of Laporte. Ind., has
been entertaining a yonng lady friend from
Indianapolis. At sharp 3 o'clock Monday, tho
three clocks In the house stopped simultane
ously. They all had been wound the previous
day, and were in excellent running order. Mrs.
Simon, noticing the strange coincident was
seized with a belief that she would soon hear
bad news. Abont balf an honr later a tele
gram from Indianapolis announced the sodden
death of the visiting young lady's father at
Indianapolis at precisely the same hour and
minute the bands on the clocks recorded.
The folk lore of Southern Bussia can bo
partially Imagined from a case which came be
fore a Judge of Odessa. A man applied for a
writ to compel bis daughter to leave the house,
because when she saluted her parents she did
not bow to them. He said tbat he would with
draw his application If she would ask pardon
and make tbe regular obeisance. The girl
agreed. She asked pardon; bnt when she
Dowed tbe father cried, "Lower. Down with
yonr headl down below tbe girdle!" She re-
Elied. "I won't bend as low as that not if I
ave to leave tho house." The Judge there
upon ordered ber to leave, bnt she gave In Anally
and bowed her head to tbe girdle.
HUMOROUS TJIT9.
Boulanger must be walking on his up
pers. Else why these manifest toes? Botton
JItratd.
"There, I've forgotten my medicine."
"Well, you want to be careful, first thing yon
know you'll be getting well." Z(.
There are strong reasons for believing,
that the Bermuda onion crop Is a failure. This
news comes straight from news scentexs. Phila
delphia Prtti.
"Sonny, how can I get to the railway
station from here?"
Have you got a carriage"
, "No, my little lad."
"Oh, then you'll have to walk." Life.
Use for the Coin. McCrackle I see that
a movement la on foot to Induce the Government
to coin half-cent pieces.
JicCorkle Yes; It Is thought that more people
could be Induced to contribute to church collec
tions In that case. 1 ime.
go Sudden. They were climbing np- the
mountain side, ni coming to a steep place he
deemed It proper to assist her, and turning said: ,
"Please give me your hand."
"Oh I" she replied with a blush, "lhls Is so sud
den. You must ask papa." Boston Courier.
Where the Expense Came In. "Speak
ing abont expensive- elgar cases." remarked Mc
Corkle, "I knew of one which cost "so."
'It must have been fine," commented Mc
Crackle. "Yes: fine and costs. The man bad been
smuggling tbe cigars, you see." Time.
Never Mentioned It Dallywag Did
you bear about (illllspoon's being drowned yes
terday? Fllpklns You don't say sol Well, well, that's
deuced queer.
Dallywag What Is?
Fllpklns-Why, I've been talking with him on
the corner for the last ten minute and he never
said a word about lt.L(fe.
MABUNa RAPID PEOOEESS.
Tucker I saw your son in the country to
day, Parker. Be had bis camera with him, I be
lieve. Parker Yes, he went out to take some views, I
suppose. Was be making good progress?
"You bet be was; and dust, too. gomtbody's
red bull was after him." Time.
or COURSE.
The summer hats are all low crowned,
No ostrich plumes above them hover;
The girls are to the beaches bound.
For the theater season's over.
In autumn when the play's rrrlred
Apd nature? spreads around her adorles,
The Parts style will bate arrived
The hats built np to seven stories.
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