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PITTSBURG. TUESDAY, AUG. 27. 1SS9.
THE TKUST DEBATE.
From the report of the debate on trusts
which took place at Chautauqua yesterday,
it appears to have been conducted with
more zeal than discretion. That, at least,
is the impression given by the report which
appears in another column.
Of course the representative of the trust
theories, deputed by the Standard Oil mag
nates to instil their precepts into the Chau
tauquans, repeated the sophistries of Mr.
Sodd, that the trust is a device for bringing
the largest capital to bear on industrial en
terprises, and told the old story about the
reduction in the price of petroleum since
the Standard controlled that interest.
Every one who has any intimate knowl
edge of the question can see the sophistry
of these arguments. The concentration of
capital necessary to perform industrial
work has nothing to do with trusts. The
corporation laws of the various States afford
full opportunity for that. But the com
bin1n of the corporations into trusts and
pools has only the purpose of preventing
competition. As to the claim that the
Standard Oil Company has reduced the
price of petroleum, its utter deception Is
proved by the fact that the price stated ra
the comparison is that on petroleum ex
ported to be sold in competition with the
Russian oil fields. The domestic price of
petroleum at the periods when the monopoly
of the Standard has been supreme, could
tell a very different story.
The report does pot show whether Dr.
Gladden replied to these sophistries or not.
It is to be hoped that he did; but they are
so shallow, that if he did not, the further
discussion of the subject will make their
exposure plain.
LIBERAL IK PB0MISE.
The bicycle locomotive which is expected
to revolutionize railway travel is to be tried
in the vicinity of Brighton Beach soon. If
about SO per cent of its claims can be made
good, it will introduce a new era in rail
roading. A railroad that can safely attain
a speed of one hundred and fifty miles an
hour at one-third the present cost of rail
roads, is certainly to cause a smash-up
among the old methods of railroading,
whatever it does with the passengers. But an
incredulous public will wait to see these
results made good in practice before pinning
its faith to the invention. "When the new
kind of railroad attains a speed of a hund
dred miles an hour with safety, the public
will greet it with acclaim. Until then it
is needless to suggest the difference between
promise and performance. s
WHOLESALE CLEANSING CALLED FOE.
"We are glad to see that the New York
World, which certainly deserves the credit
of outspokenness with regard to the scandals
in politics, insists upon the necessity of
selecting clean men for the Legislature at
Albany. This it justly declares to be vital,
not only for the sake of securing decent
action in the election of the United States
Senator from Xew York, but also for the
take of stemming the corruption and job
bery, with which the capital ot that State
has been surfeited in previous years.
This is splendid advice; but the necessity
of purification is not confined to Albany
alone. The World has also made recent ex
posures which show a most urgent need for
selection of clean men in the administration
of justice in Kew York City. "When bogus
divorces are granted by collusion between
court officers, and eminent Judges on the
bench are by their own confession found to
have been engaged in stock speculations,
there is an evident necessity not only of put
ting clean men in such places, but of clean
ing ont the places themselves before the new
class of officials is installed in office.
In fact, the political want of New York
appears to be the cleaning out of the entire
breed of politicians now influential in both
State and city politics. Possibly other
States may have the same need; but New
Ycrk's is so urgent that no less heroic
measure is likely to be effectual than the
entire deportation of the political class and
the development of a new breed of politi
cians. AN EXAMPLE ON THE OTHEE SIDE.
The strike of dock laborers in London, is
developing into a general struggle with
something like the rapidity that character
ized the spread of the railroad strikes in this
country in 1877. It has extended into other
branches and at present threatens to para
lyze the entire movement of industry in the
English capital. Our free trade friends
who are so much in love with the English
system and have been so loud in holding up
Pittsburg strikes as an evidence of the fail
ure of the protective tariff, have had little
to say of this labor trouble. But all sincere
men will recognize it as evidence that in free
trade countries, as in protectionist ones, the
conflict between labor and capital as to their
respective shares of production, in money
form, is irrepressible.
SOAP AT WASHINGTON.
After a brief sojourn in Washington the
officeholder, a correspondent of The Sis
patch states, becomes amazingly nice in
his tastes. The atmosphere of the Capital
would seem to have a refining effect upon the
clerks in the departments, no matter where
they hail from. As evidence of this trans
formation, it is pointed out that a clerk,
who when he came to Washington did not
care what soap he nsed in his ablutions,
even if he were particular about washing at
ell, is not satisfied now nnless he can get
the most expensive brand of soap matie.
Hitherto it has been understood generally
that the office holder cared not so much for
soap for washing purposes as he did for that I
saponaceous article which Dorsey is said to
have used' with such success in Indiana
elections some years ago, and which under
other names is still prescribed by profes
sional politicians as a bait for "floaters"
and doubtful voters on election day. Per
haps the familiarity with the latter kind of
"soap" breed: an affection for the former in
the "Washington departments. "What an ex
cellent thing it would be if the habit of
keeping his hands clean were to induce the
clerk to see the beauty of keeping his con
science unsoiled also. Anyhow cleanli
ness, moral or physical, should be encour
aged. There will be little reason for com
plaint if extravagance in the departments
at Washington is only visible in the bills
for soap.
LAEGE-SIZED-ON PAPER.'
And now we learn of a corporation with
an alleged $13,000,000 capital whose raison
d'etre is to buy up all the Monongabela
river mines and run them under a single
management. Owners of mining property
are either to sell out entirely or take stock
in the new concern as they choose.
This has the surface intimations of a trust;
but it lacks some of the most essential feat
ures. In the first place, there is a direct
corporate investment and responsibility. In
the next place anything like a monopoly of
the coal trade is impossible. Even if the
company can buy up all the coal lauds
lrom here to the headwaters of the Monon
gahcla which is unlikely in order to
obtain a permanent control of the market it
would have to extend its purchases to a
degree that would make that acquisition
seem like a drop in the bucket It must
absorb the coal of "West Virginia, that of
Kentucky, a portion of Southeastern Ohio
fields and also of the Tennessee and Ala
bama districts before it could be secure in
trying to sustain prices in the lower river
markets.
The only advantages that such a corpora
tion could secure would be either economy
in production and handling, or-the profits
of floating the stock of a highly capitalized
corporation. On the first point, the figures
which are published are not such as to in
spire confidence. An estimate that the sav
ing of $250,000 in expenses of handling
amounts to a dividend of G per cent on
$13,000,000 capital which is the statement
attributed to a supporter of the scheme, does
not show very careful figuring. The float
ing of the stock for investment does not
promise mnch on a market already gluttei
with such offerings; and this leaves, as the
most evident particular of profit, the united
strength which such a corporation could
command in securing the depression of
wages.
That would probably be the principal re
sult, if the scheme should ever materialize.
But the internal evidences and the denials
of a majority of the river coal men, set the
report down as containing more imagination
than financiering.
RUSSELL B. C02IES HOME AGAIN.
The nation is on the tip-toe of expect
ancy; or it ought to be. The cry "he
comes!" beginning at New York City is
spreading, and swelling as it spreads, over
the whole continent. "Wherefore? Russell
B. Harrison is on his way home; nay, un
less some enviotfs iceberg or other obstacle
oppose the westward career of the City of
Paris, he is almost at these shores. Tre
mendous preparations are being made in
New York City for the reception -of the
hob-nobbcr with monarchs. That palatial
steamboat see New York; advertisements
the Laura 31. Starin has been hired to take
out a party of distinguished persons eager
to shake the hand of the man who shook
the hand of Queen Victoria. A beautiful
free lunch will be served on the boat, and
presumably the Markis of Montana, as Mr.
Russell Hanison has been called since his
translation into the upper circles, will be
served as dessert. W presume that Mr.
Harrison his friends who are spontane
ously preparing the welcomethat is will
see that the proper arrangements are made,
as Mr. Bill Nye puts it, for the cut flowers
and rum.
"We hope those terrible New York inter
viewerswill deal gently with the President's
son. They really musn't cast a gloom over
this national, or is it international? festi
val. It is to be expected that the chum of
the Prince of "Wales, with the recollections
of "Windsor Castle's clean beds and Sand
ringham's smoking room thronging his
mind, will be quite English you know. He
may have the Bond street stare and the sin
gular eye-glass, his tongue may labor with
the languid "haw-haw," and his clothes
may hang about him in the English way,
but itshould be remembered that he is doing
a good deal to come home at all. "With
those mysterious sun-spots shrinking and
the weather .prophets and the Second Ad-
ventists contending in dismal prophecies ot
disasters near at hand, the United States
wants all its great men at home. It is very
noble for Mr. Russell B. Harrison to tear
himself away from the crowned heads of the
Old "World, and we hope the bouquets and
the rum, the cheers and the handkerchief
waving of the crowd on the Laura M.
Starin, will compensate him somewhat for
his self-sacrifice.
THE GAME PLAYED OUT.
An interview with a person who has been
successful in floating stocks of so-called
American trusts in London, published in
the New York Sun recently, discloses the
fact that the English market is full to re
pletion with that sort of thing. As a result
of the inflated stocks which have been
aimed off on British investors that class is
now refusing to take stock in any project
that comes from the United States. This is
a repetition of the experience in regard to
American railway securities which in the
most diluted state were unloaded on our
British cousins in the early part of the last
decade, with the result of destroying for
years the ability to negotiate any railway
securities at all in London.
The fact that the hydraulic capabilities of
the trust scheme are now thoroughly recog
nized on both sides of the ocean will remove
one of the leading stimulants of that craze.
The proposition of a private corporation
to furnish Allegheny her water supply at a
charge of $50,000 a year does not strike the
city officials very favorably, lhis is per
haps natural; but the proposal makes it in
cumbent upon them to show that the same
rrsults can be obtained as 'cheaply under
city management.
The doubts which are raised as to whether
the new battle-ship Texas which was to be
built upon the plans that Secretary Whit
ney purchased in England, will float or not,
combined with the ill snecess of the Charles
ton, which was a copy of a Japanese iron
clad, raises the question whether the "En
glish naval experts are not maintaining the
naval supremacy of their country most
effectively, by selling to our Government the
plans for vessels that are worth nothing.
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Of course it is not desirable to have . the
river channel blockaded at anv time. But
if the exigencies of bridge building require
it to be stopped, is not this the time of the
year when it can be done with the least
danger of interference with navigation?
IN previous years the world has been in
formed by meteorological lights in science
that the peculiar freaks of weather were
caused by the prevalence of spots on the
sun. This year it seems upon the testimony
of an Italian astronomer that the sun spots
have continually diminished, and that our
remarkable weather is due without doubt to
the fact that we are "in the veritable period
of the new sun spot minimum." If the
eccentricities of the weather are to be
charged first to the existence of sun spots
and then to the absence of them, it appears
that the learned conclusion' ot the New
fork-Herald, in an article on the subject, is
fully justified, to the following effect: "The
effect of sun spot variations on the earth's
weather are not fullv determined." ,
One of the significant coincidences of the
day is to be observed in the fact that the
demand for the extension ot the water sup
ply in the leading cities comes at just the
same time that the trust schemes are most
abundant.
The announcement that the Queen of
England intends to confer the order cf
knighthood upon "Weather Prophet "Wig
gins, raises some curious inquiries as to
what the alleged honor is given to him for.
But a little consideration will show that
Knighthood is conferred under the English
rnle, upon those who have attained especial
prominence . in their respective walks of
life. The title legitimately goes to "Wiggins
as the champion fool in the sphere of
weather prophet foolishness.
The Civil Service Commission makes
itself very plainly understood on the old
soldier rule to be iuforcing the lawp The
lucidity of its statements ore convincing if
not comforting to the professional politi
cians. And now it is stated that Elliott-F.
Sbepard is after the mission to China.
Some people might suggest that Mr. Shcpard
should keep standing at the head of his,
newspaper the text, "Ask and it shall be
given unto you." But that is Mr. Shep
ard's private motto, and in addition his ex
perience might justify some doubts of the
amount of the reliance that can be placed
on the latter part of the project.
The Grand Army reunion .can celebrate
with general jubilation, the fact that up tq
the present time, its organization has not
been beaten by the railroads.
It sheds an unexpected ray of light
upon the political situation when we find
the Mahone party in Virginia preaching
the doctrine of purity in elections. If Ma
hone succeeds in -purifying Virginia pol
itics, we may not only expect the millen
nium upon earth, but we may look for some
radical reforms to be introduced by the
Prince of Darkness in his subterranean and
torrid realm.
Yesterday's railroad smash-up was out
in Illinois and no one was killed. It will
not therefore be considered anything out of
the way.
It is true, as the Philadelphia Press says,
that no one will be sorry that the Hun
garians who have been causing so much
trouble in the coke regions of this State are,
returning to Europe in large numbers. But
it may he well to wait nntil the exodus has
materialized before folding any especial
jubilation over it.
PEOPLE OF PRuMIKEIJCE.
Geokoe Bancroft is one of the few living
Americans who knew both Goethe nnd Lord
Byron. '
.General Robert C. Scuence, who made
a reputation as a soldier, diplomatist and poker
artist, will be t0 years old should he live to
October 4.
Poor little King Alexander, of Servia, was
merely anointed, not crowned, because the
royal exchequer could not stand the expense of
procuring a crown and other regalia.
Among the well-known figures at Saratoga
is Judge Henry L. Clinton, or New York City,
once an active lawyer, but now retired. He
claims to have defended and saved 100 persons
from the gallows.
Princess Louise's favorite diversion jnst
now is glass painting, and she is at present en
gaged npon a window which Mr. Campbell, of
Loch Awe, intends to place in his ball as a me
morial of the late Duke of Albany.
M. J. Tissot, the French artist, is engaged
upon a series of water colors representing the
Life of Christ. They will number 300, of which
one-third are already finished. The painter
who has made two journeys to Palestine for
local color, reckons that they will all be off his
hands in two years' time. The series will bo
published lna sumptuous volume. Each draw
ing is about 18x12 inches.
A correspondent remarks: "Corporal
James Tanner rarely goes to bed before 10
o'clock in the morning. It is unusual for him
to get a night's sleep.. He is accustomed to sit
np till. thorougby tired ont, he is obliged to He
down. Bat oftentimes he can only ache and
toss, and now and then he Is obliged to get up
again and sit in his .library for an honr or two
and smoke himself Still more tired. The trouble
is dne to the incessant pain in his two ampu
tated legs. It is to deaden this that the Com
missioner of Pensions is never without a cigar
in his mouth."
Jodge David S. Teret. who was killed in
California by United States Deputy Marshal
Nagle, was born on the waters of the west fork
of Red River, in Todd county, Ky., only three
miles from the place where Jefferson Davis.
President of the Confederacy, first saw the
light. It is worthy of mention that there, in a
space of five miles square, were born Jeffer
son Davis, Roger Q, Mills, now of Texas;
James Pendleton, a famous leader in the Bap
tist unurcn: ex-uovernor .Bradley, of one of
the Territories; Judge David S. Terry, and Ad
dison Cammack, the great bear operator of
New York City. ' N
A EAIL110AD KIKG'S FIRST DOLLAR. I
fle Earned It Catching: Rabbits and la Now
Worth 840,000,000.
FromtheNew York World.3
John L Blair, the New Jersey railroad king,
who recently testified In a legal proceeding that
he was worth lrom 10,000,000 to 500,000,000, says
that he laid the foundation of his fortune by
trapping when a boy. It was In 1S09, while
living on the homestead farm, near Blalrstown,
that the spirit of money getting took possession
of him, and he began trapping for rabbits. He
caught tbem by the dozen.
The local market being dell, he walked to
Easton, Pa., 20 miles away, and. after dickering
with tbe various merchants, sold a lot of skins
for SI. This was the first money he ever owned,
and Mr. Blair declares he then felt richer than
he ever has since, despite his wealth..
Good Kew From Kentucky.
from the Courler-Journal.1
Tho nnmerous newspaper writers who are
continually paragraphing about Kentuck's al
coholic weakness gettbeir suggestions from tbe
insufferable dryness of their own parched
pharynxes. Kentucky Is a hall of temperance
compared to some places in America.
Two New Pennsylvania National Bank.
Washington, August 2a The First Na
tional Bank of Scottdale, Fa., and the First
National Bank of Whatcom, Wash., and the
First National Bank of Somerset Pa., have
been authorized to commence business, with a.
I -capital of $000,0X1 each.
Office-Seekers' Woes.
from the Philadelphia Press.t
FubMo opinion Is, still divided as to which
man tdels tbe worst he who wants an ufflce he
cans ski or ne wno ecu one ne aoesnt want.
THE TOPICAL TALKER.
A Tale of a Quarry Flowers for Those
Who Have Not Gardens A Theatrical
Necessity.
In a stone quarry not more than five miles from
the City Hall, Allegheny, a, score or more
Italians are taking out stone all day long jnst
now. The work was proceeding very rapidly
when I happened to visit tbo quarry the other
day with the man who is bossing the job. A
new section of the quarry was being cleared of
its coat of clay shale and tangled brush. It
struck me at once that never had I seen Italian
laborers hustling so, and made some remark to
that effect to my companion.
, "I guess you're right," ho replied. "I've had
many thousands of Italians working for me in
quarries and on the railroads, but I never saw
a gang that got through as much work in a day
as this one. There's a season for it. Yon see
that strapping fellow swinging a pick at this
end of the line he's Long Mike. I pay him a
quarter a day more than the others. He can
do more than any two ordinary Italians if he
wants to. I found that out, and pay him extra
jnst to keep him at high pressure. Then I tell
the other men that I don't want anyone on this
work that can't keep abreast of Long Mike.
That makes 'em hustle and in the end I'm
saving ten dollars where I give Long Mike one.
Mike knows enongh to keep bis mouth shut,
and his companions never suspect the game
that's being played on them."
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There is no reason to believe that "One of
the Worcers," whose letter appeared In The
Dispatch of yesterday, represents all or any
largo number of the saleswomen of Fittsbnrg,
except in so far as she refers to the early-closing
movement The toilers in the stores are
agreed, no doubt, in the desire for shorter
hours, and they have the sympathy and support
of the best part of the public In any attempt
they may make in this direction. But as to the
.unostentatious distribution of flowers by
a few good-hearted ladies in some
of tho stores, reference to which was
made in this .column last week, I think very
few of the beneficiaries are to be found
who will indorse "One of the Worker's" sug
gestion to have the flowers in future sent to
the hospitals. Nobody doubts that charity, as
well as all the other good qualities of the heart,
are to be found among the workers in the
stores of this city. The insinuation carefully
made that there is a very unlovable spirit
among them, will find very little credence any
where. V
Now, when the theatrical season has hardly
begun is it too mnch to ask the managers of
the Grand Opera House and the Bijou to give
the public respectable and intelligible pro
grammes? The programme of the Bijou has a
neat cover, but it contains such a jumble of ad
vertisements, and the information about the
play is scattered so wildly on different pages,
that it does not serve Its purpose well. The
advertising features might be tolerated if the
cast and synopsis of scenery were put on one
page.
Tho Grand Opera House programme, as dis
tributed in the andience last night, has the ad
vantage of being devoid of cumbrous advertis
ing, but it, too, is mean in the quality of paper
and type f ora first-class theater, and beside the
cast and scenery list are divided in a senseless
way by a rehearsal of coming attractions.
The programme a first-class theater ought
to publish-is a single sheet of good paper, with
the title, cast, scenery, etc., of the play printed
plainly npon it, and nothing else, nnless it be
an accurate railway time table. The Opera
House programme has a railway time table
which is not conspicuous for any quality save
gross Inaccuracy.
WATTEES0N 18 EEAL MAD.
Very Vieorons Southern Phrases Applied to
tbe Commlialoner ot Pensions.
LOTJISVTLI.E, August 24 The Courier
Journal will say editorially to-morrow.
Touching certain scurrilous references to the
editor or the Courier-Journal made inaipeech
delivered at Cbantanqua last Satnrday, by the
Commissioner of Pensions, wehave to say that It Is
disgraceful to the administration, and a blot npon
the public service of the country that a man capa
ble of making an attack so wanton and indecent
npon one, and most of all upon one whom
he does not personally know, and who has given
him no canse for private grief or offense, should
bold an office of Importance under the Govern
ment. No circumstance could better Illustrate
the spirit of the agrarian raid npon tbe Treasury
proposed in the name of patriotism, or the char
acter or the individual who leads It, than
the loose gabble of this irresponsible black
guard. Sir. Watterson cannot be expected to
engage in a mud, battle with Mr. Tanner.
As a matter of fact, the Washington bnreau of
the Courier-Journal has been for months under
instructions to treat everyone Connected with the
administration with personal courtesy, and par
ticularly the Commissioner of Pensions, since it
was tbe purpose of tbe paper to resist and oppose,
with all proper emphasis, bis official policy.
Not a word has appeared in these columns o
give just occasion for anger, so that the eagerness
with wblch he seeks to stigmatize an entire class
of his countrymen, through an unprovoked as
sault upon one of their representatives, discloses
not only his own want of sense, dignity,
and principle, but at the same time tbe sin
ister methods by which he expects to rekindle the
dying embers oi war, while he, and his followers,
steal a march npon the taxpayers. It has been a
rule of this office, enjoined npon each and every
one ol our Irrepressible young men, never to flirt
with a fool nor tor fight with a cripple; and since
It is well for doctors to follow their own pre
prescrlptlons, it shall in this Instance be readily
applied by Mr. Watterson to Mr. Tanner. Mean
while the light against his advance movement
upon the people's money shall not be abated.
THE WOMEN OF BRAZIL.
Charming and Beautiful Lndles Who Aro
Illiterate nnd Idle.
Prom the Detroit Free Press. 1
Society in Brazil is divided in three distinct
classes the aristocrats, the middle and the
lower classes. The ladles of the upper class
are undeniably beautiful. They have raven
black hair, white teeth, and perfect forms; and
if it were not for the enormous amount of
plastcr-of-parls enamel with which they cover
their faces they might have lovely, creamy
complexions. But their wondrons eyes are tbe
chief and never-ending charm large, dark,
lustrous and full of expression, throwing more
meaning into a single glance than an hour's
conversation could possibly convey; for tbougb
attractive and captivating in their simplicity
and grace, they may not be able to write a
single sentence correctly for the education of
women is not considered essential to their
happiness. They learn embroidery and music
indifferently, and spend tflelr lives In rocking
chairs and hammocks, never reading a book of
any description.
The girls are very fond of their dolls, taking
tbem everywhere they go. even to chnrcb, and
never give up playing with them until they aro
married, which is generally between tbo ages of
12 and 16 years, thus early assuming tho im
portant and responsible duties ,of life. Yonng
mothers, little more than 20, with four or fire
small children, are no uncommon sight
An Awlnl FIsht.
From the Chicago Times. J
The Haytian rebellion is over at last It was
a bard fight and all the victors are black In tho
face.
Something to be Thankful For.
From the Philadelphia Inquirer.!
At all events, Mrs. Maybrick cannot go on tho
stage. Let us be thankful for that
DEATHS OP A DAT.
Colonel Alfred Ajlward.
NEW YORK, August S6. Colonel Alfred Ayl
ward, formerly of thcTransraal Republic, and
more recently of this city, died at "West Littleton,
N. H., yesterday. He had been ailing for some
time, and was quite feeble for a month or so be
fore his death, owing to a fall from a wagon. Ayl
ward was born In tbe south of Ireland In the year
1845. and since then has had a most eventful ca
reer m Europe. Africa and America.
Judge Levi 91. Vila.
MADISON, "WIS.. August 26. Judge Levi M.
Vilas, of St. Paul, aged years, brother of Colo
net W. F. Vilas, died yesterday at tbe home of his
mother, after an Illness of four or five weeks. I
was graduated from Wisconsin University In 18G3,
from the Albany, N. Y.,,Law School In 18W, and
went to Kau Claire to practice In 1868. Ills fu
neral will take place here to-morrow afternoon.
Wlllinm Bennett.
William Dennett aged 68 years, and senior
member ol the Arm of "William, Bennett ft yon,
florists, died at his home, four mile's out the
Brownsville road, on Saturday evening at 5:40
i piace on j.1
rr. He was
7a
Interment at Concord Cemetery, He was held
the highest esteem by s large circle of friends.
Sirs. William R. Lewis.
Washington, August 28. A, cablegram was
received at the State Department to-day .stating
that Mrs. William It Lewis, of Pennsylvania.;
wiie oi we American, .von.ini ai xangiers, naa
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THE MAEC1I TO THE SEA.
Why General Sherman Headed for Savan
nah In Place of Augusta.
AUGUSTA, GA., August 26. The question,
"Why didn' General Sherman come to Augusta
Instead of going to Savannah" when he-made
his great march through Georgia has been so
often asked and commented upon, and without
satisfactory solution that Mr. P. A. Storall,
editor of the Chronicle, recently wrote General
Sherman on the subject, and now prints tbo
General's reply, as follows:
Mr Dear Siei lam Just back from a visit to
my daughter, who resides atKosemont, near Pbll
a delphla, and and your letter of the 18th. The
march to the tea from Atlanta was resolved on
after Hood had got well on his way to Nashville.
I then detached to General Thomas a force
sufllclcnt to whin Hood, which he. In December,
ISM, very handsomely and conclusively did.
SW1 1 had left a very respectable army and re
solved to Join Grant at Blchmond. The distance
was 1,000 miles and prudence dictated a base at
Savannah or Port Royal. Our enemy had garri
sons at Macon and Augusta. 1 figured on both
and passed between to savannah. Then starting
nothwardthe same problem presented Itself In
Augusta and Charleston. 1 figured on both but
passed oeiween. l did not want to drive out their
garrisons ahead of me at the crossings of the
Santce Catawba Pcdce, Cape Fear, etc
Tho moment I passed Columbia the factories,
powder mills and the old stuT accumulated at
Augusta were lost to the only two Confederate
armies left Lee's and Hood's. So If you have a
military mind yon will see I made abetter use of
Augusta than If I had captured it with an Us
stores, for which I had no use. I used Augusta
twice as a buffer. Its garrison was Jnst where It
helped me. If the people of Augusta think I
slighted tbem In the winter of 1S64-05 by reason of
personal friendshl) formed in ISM they are mis
taken; or If they think lmadnamlstakeln strat
egy let them say so. 'and. with the President's
consent I think I can send a detachment of 100, COO
or so of "Sherman's bummers" and their de
scendants who will finish the Job without charging
Uncle Sam a cent. The truth is these incidents
come back to me in a humorouB vein. Of course
the Civil War should have ended with VIcksburg
and Gettysburg. Every sensible man on earth
must have then seen there could be but one result.
The leaders of the South took good care not to
"die In the last ditch," and left brave men like
Walker, Adams, Pat Cleburne, etc., to do that.
Yours truly,
W. T. SnERMAN.
THERE WAS NO DUEL.
. .
How a Yankee Made a Confederate Colonel
Back Down.
From the New York Sun.l
Just after the war there was a crowd of us in
the billiard room ot a hotel one evening, and
among the "tonchy".3ontherners was a Colonel
Gray, ot the Tennessee troops. He was said to
be a duellist a dead shot a fearless man and
all that, and was therefore held in awe. Among
those present was a long, loan, typical Yankee,
who had come down to smell out cotton. He
looked humble and harmless, and had been
hustled around a good deal without losing his
temper. By some accident in moving abont be
bumped the Colonel, and the latter promptly
wheeled on him with:
"Sir, you are as clumsy as an ox."
"Don't get riled, Kurnel; 1 didn't mean to,"
was the reply.
It was a good tloe to bluff, and tbe Colonel
drew himself up and replied:
"Then apologize, sir apologize at oncer'
"I said 1 didn't mean It. and I didn't but I
ain't going to crawl, you know."
'Who are yon, sirf"
"Wall, neow, Pm Isaac Williams, and who
mliht yon bef
"You have insulted me,irl There's my
card."
Williams took the pasteboard, looked it all
over, slowly read the name, and turned to the
Colonel with:
"Hev ye got any cotton to sell, Kurnel? H
so I'm yonr huckleberry."
"If you hare a friend let him consult with
the Major here!" replied the fire-eater.
Some one explained to the Yankee that he
had been challenged, and he scratched his head,
whistled his surprise, and following the Colonel
to the bar. he said:
"See here, Kurnel, I don't want this blame
thing hanging over me all night and disturbing
my sleep. Let's have It out now." '
He fished up a Remington from his right hip
pocket, a second from his left and handing one
to the Colonel he advanced his right foot and
said:
"Toe to toe Kurnel, and muzzle to breast
That guarantees sure work and no fooling.
Somebody count five and then we'll begin the
skirmish. Mv will has been made for two Tears.
and I reckon the papers will inform Hanner-
how 1 turned up my toes."
The Colonel took the revolver, started to ad
vance his foot drew it back, turned as white as
snow, and, laying the weapon on the bar, walked
out of tbe place without a word to anyone. The
Yank had raised him out of tbe game.
BOiIKG CLOTHES IN BDTLER.
A Real Genlns Who Onco Operated In a
Neighboring Town.
From tho New York World.3
A man went into a Broadway clothing store
the other day and asked to see a pair of
trousers. He went into a closet to try them on.
Calling out to the clerk that they didn't qnite
suit he was handed in another pair. Five pairs
were banded in to him in this way, the last pair
being just what he wanted. He kept them on,
handlngthe clerk tbe price as he passed out
It was learned soon after 'that he had kept on
all tbe trousers that had been banded in to blm.
Tbe fellow was arrested, and he deserved to be,
as bis performance was a miserable plagiarism
of the work of a real genius who once operated
In Butler. Pa.
It was before Butler was as large a town as It
is now. A man named Epstein started a cloth
ing store there in a small way. The people had
been in the habit of having their garments
maue at nome, ana xur. Epstein's store was
something of an experiment His stock ac
cordingly was not extensive.
One day a stranger walked In and said he
wanted to bny a suit He was one of Epstein's
first customers, and he was anxious to make
the sale. Tbe stranger retired to a small room
curtained off in one corner to try on the
clothes. He was hard to fit Epstein kept
handing him in drawers, undershirts, pants,
coats, vests and collars and cuffs nntil the en
tire stock was in the little room. The man
was ungainly in build, and be kept up a run
ning fire of pleasantry about his ill-shape and
what a dreadfnl nuisance he was to store
keepers. Still, be always paid cash, be said,
and bonght a great many clothes, so the store
keepers kindly humored him. When be had
all of Merchant Epstein's stock on his misera
ble back, he said:
"This five-dollar suit that I have on is the
best fit of all except the coat I like the looks
of the coat you have on, and if you give me
that instead of the one that belongs to tbe suit
we'll call it a bargain and I'll just keep on the
duds." v
Kpstein handed in his own coat the stranger
put it on over the rest of the stock and walked
out leaving the merchant in his shirt-sleeves,
with nothing In the wide world to show for his
late clothing emporium but a counterfeit five
dollar bill that the man placed In his hand as
he went out
AN EATRAORDIXAET WILL.
now an Eccentric Mnn Distributed His
Properly Among Various Heirs.
From the Detroit Free Press.l
Mr. Donald Cameron, who is well "known in
Detroit's enterprising suburb, the town of
Windsor, and whq was one time Mayor of that
city, writes to the Oban Times giving the par
ticulars of a very peculiar will that was made
some years ago by Dr. Dunlop, who lived in
Canada, and was at one time a member of tho
Canadian Parliament The doctor and his
brother lived together, and had an old
housekeeper to attend to their dwelling-
The old housekeeper was rich and tbe
two brothers were not as wealthy as they would
have liked to be, so they tossed up one day to
gee who would marry the housekeeper. It is
said that the doctor rather got ahead of his
brother by giving him a penny that had two
beads on it. Naturally, the doctor won the
toss and the brother bad to do the marrying.
Tbe Dunlop will goes on to sav that the
testator resides in the Township of Colburne,
and district of Huron, Western Canada, being
in sound health of body and my mind just as
usual, "which my friends flatter me was no
great shakes at the best" He leaves his landed
property to his two sisters, tbe one because
she is married to a minister whom (God help
him) she henpecks, the other because she is an
old maid whom nobody will have. His silver
tankard, he says, he leaves to the son of old
John. He wonld have left It to old John him
self, only old John would have melted it down
to make temperance medals of it wbicb ho
thinks would have been a sacrilege, and so he
leaves to old John his horn snuff-box, which
can't be melted down.
He leaves his silver snuff-box to his brother
Allen, wbo, be is Informed, Is "rather a decent
Christian." To bis brother-in-law, t parson,
be leaves another silver snuff-box. vrnlch was
given to him by the Sarnla Militia, and ho
gives it to the parson as a small token ot his
gratitude for the service he did the family In
taking a sister that no man of taste wonld have
taken. A silver teapot he elves to John Cad
dieexhorting him to drink tea therefrom and
comfort him for tho possession of a slatternly
Will
A Problem for..hocretnry Tracy. -
l tbe Cincinnati Endutrer. J
tvve are to keep ortesting the new cruiser,
how) are we ever to get a navy!
WABJI WEATHER PLATS.
Little Pack, Pullman Car Tourists, Mclo
drama nnd Variety.
Taking "Little Puck" as a play built to
amuse it is a startling success. Last night a
really immense audience, considering the
weather. Indorsed Frank Daniels, his clever
company and the play Itself with no little
enthusiasm. "Little Fuck" has been played
here before, and It has been favor
ably reviewed in these columns. There
13 nothing in particular to add in tbe
way of criticism. Last night all three acts
went briskly and the boisterous merriment
behind the footlights seemed to overflow into
the audience. Mr. Daniels, accompanied by
his gentle purp. Old Sport, is as funny as ever,
and the light-footed winsome soubrette Hiss
Bessie Sanson has her' old command ot her
audience. 4The voice and figure ot Miss Louise
Eissing, the comedy work of Arthur E. Monl
ton and the concerted singing of tbe company
aro notable features of a good performance.
"Little Pack" is light and bright enough to
offset the beat of the weather.
Grand Opera House.
Mr. W. A. Mestayer is a large man, and we
should say that he weighs more rather than
less than 23u pounds. He naturally fills a big
snace In 'The Tourists in a Pullman Car,"
which was revived last night at the Grand
Opera House, bnt Miss Theresa Vaughn, slen
der as she is, takes np more room than Jlr.
Mestayer in that eccentric piece. In fact
without Miss Theresa Vaughn "the delectable
dithyrambic diversement" as the author calls
"The Tourists," would be a very unprofitable
and tedious lot of tomfoolerv. But this catas
trophe is not in sight The only Theresa
Vaughn is In the cast, and she sings, dances,
flutters and almost files at times with a charm
which cannot be described in plain prose.
It must not be supposed that there is nobody
among the players but Mr. Mestayer and Miss
Vaughn worth mentioning. Joseph Ott pre
sents an extravagant caricature ofa conductor
with a billy-goat tuft and accent and It is a
funny caricature for a while, though before the
play ends it becomes tiresome. Emily Soldene.
what memories of bygone glories in "burlesque
and fairy extravaganza her name recalls! is
quietly funny. Several others on the cast are
worthy of mention, especially Mr. F. E. Queen.
It is impossible to say that "The Tourists" is
food even as a very farcical farce comedy,
erhaps the fact that its satire of the Pullman
sleeping cars is stale, spoils the play for us
to-day. The jokes are not very new and they
never were very good, but the andience ad
mired them generously last night Tho ad
miration of a few men Insisted upon
getting 20 encore verses of a very
poor parady of "The Tale of Woe" was a dis
tinct annoyance to the bulk of the audience.
In the case of Miss Vaughn's new waltz song,
"My Last Thoughts" a taking melody the
encores and the floral lyre the singer received
were deserved. Tho suggestion is daring, but
we venture to say that the last act of the piece
would not be missed if it were lopped off.
Charles Wayne and James Tierney. the Pull
man porters, throw an acrobatic element Into
the play of a very clever sort
Harris' Theater.
New carpets, new paper and bright new
paint have greatly brightened up this popular
house for Its opening week. Manager Starr Is
to be congratulated upon tho work he has been
able to accomplish with no loss of time, the
theater not having missed a performance.
Yesterday the season of 1S89-90 was Inaugu
rated, the house being crowded afternoon and
evening to see Agnes Villa and a strong com
pany in the play made familiar last season by
Kate Claiton.and entitled, "The World Against
ner. xne painene story or a true woman
under the false ban of suspicion is very well
told, and the week's business is bound to be
an immense one. Robert Neil and Harry
Frayer support Miss Villa excellently, and the
comedy element is well looked after by Mr.
Jerome Mills, Wadsworth Harris and Mis3
Bella Theodore. The management of this
house have been obliged to double the size of
their programme, and at the same time have
made another agreeable change of augument
ing the orchestra.
Harry .Williams' Academy.
The home of vaudeville presents a treat to
the patrons of that kind of amusement this,
week in Mack's combination of well-known
stars. John Kernell everybody knows, and he
is the same funny fellow as ever. Flora Moore's
specialties are as enjoyable as ever, and tbe
Mecarts and Larry and Lizzie Smith evoked
roars of laughter and applause from the large
audience last evening. Matinees, as usual,
will be given this week to-day, Thursday and
Saturday.
Singe Whispers.
THE'Casino Museum has an excellent list of
attractions, both in the way of curiosities and
variety entertainment
The New World's Museum opened its doors
on Federal street Allegheny, yesterday to im
mense crowds, who admired the curiosities, the
stage performances and the bright and cheer
ful appearance of the large and airy hall.
MRS. CLARKS0N LOCKED OUT.
She Is Refused Admission to tho Postofuce
Department Building.
rsriCIAI. TELEGRAM TO THE DISrATCH.l
Washington, August 26. The wife of the
First Assistant Postmaster General. Mrs.
James S. Clarkson, entered the south door of
the Postofflce Department this afternoon a few
minutes after 4 o'clock. That is the honr of
closing, and that is the time when the average
doorkeeper wakes up to the responsibilities of
his position. He touched Mrs. Clarkson gently
on the shoulder as she was passing in. "Are
you employed In the building, Misst" he asked.
"Well, yes," the lady replied, as If in doubt
jnst what to say. At an opportnne moment
another watchman, wider awake to the re
sponsibility of his position than tbe first even,
interposed with some whispered information.
The progress of the wife of the First Assist
ant Postmaster General was thereafter im
peded. "You should havo told him," Mr.
Clarkson said, when the incident was recalled.
mat you were empinvea as nonseKeeper ny
the First Assistant'' The First Assistant was
f eelingf riskier than usual to-day with the re
turn of Mr. Wanamaker.
NAMED AFTER THE PRESIDENT.
A Colored Man Explains Why He Calls
His ninle Ben narrison.
ISrlCIAL TELEOBAM TO TIIE DISrATCIt.l
"Washington, August IS. Mrs. Samuel Sal
livan Cox writes a friend in Washington that
while she and Mr. Cox were visiting the Yellow
stone Park they employed a colored man named
William Allen for a guide. William was tbo
possessor of a mule ot extraordinary f riskiness
and a great part of his time was spent In re
mounting that mule. William wonld jerk the
mule's head on such occasions and advise the
animal with: "Whoa dar, Ben Harrison. Doan
you lak dat any mo', Ben Harrison."
This was repeated so often that Mrs. Cox
asked William why he called the mule Ben
Harrison, "lhab called dis mewl Ben Harri
son eber since de fnah of March last" said
William, "because he's alters thrown de colored
people."
MESMERIZED AND BOBBED.
A. Chicago milliner Has a Singular Ex
perience That Costs SIOO.
Chicago, August 26. A strange case of
mesmerism and theft came to light to-day in
the arrest of Lena Helsterkamp on the charge
of stealing I10O from Mrs. Lamp. Together
tbey were enjoying a quiet chat when tho
milliner found herself yielding to a strong im
pulse to go to sleep. She resisted for a tune,
bnt at last succumbed.
When sbe came to herself again her visitor
was gone and so was S100 worth of goods. "I
was never mesmerized that I know of," Mrs.
Lamp said to-night "But I am sure that is
what this girl did to me. It was tbe strangest
feeling, just as if another person had hold of
your mind. I couldn't have kept awako if I
had known she would have stolen everything
in the store."
A FLOWEU.
A flower, you say, for an emblem.
And a song for the flower, you say:
But the flower will bloom each season,
And the song will die In a day
Unless sung by the lips ofa poet
Whose melody lives alway.
No rose from the rich man's garden.
No hothouse plant need we.
But a sprig that blows and blossoms
t rom the east to the western sea,
Ekimmed by the clrcllnewallows,
O'er hung by the honey-beo:
That blooms for the children playing
All day In the grasses gre (,
For the quail that run through the stubble,
For the squirrel brown and lean,
For all things high and holy.
And all things poor and mean;
That glints and gleams and glistens
All over the prairies brown.
Like showers of golden largesse
From God's own.hand flung down;
Worthy tly on an slur.
Worthy to weave in a crown.
The flower unsown that sprlngeth
Outofthedusky sod.
Just as precious and common -. -.
As itheloveof God: "'- ,,
s Life all brightening and blessing
aba beautiful EeJden-rod.VBgi
uaivm, iteary,. in xeirois xrec xrnr.
KOTES FROM NEW I0BK,
No Room For More Paupers.
INEW TOBK BCEIAU SPXCIALS.3
.NetwYobK. August 28. Flfty-eight Arabs,
who arrived here from Hamburg and Havre
to-day. have been detained for tbe Inspection
of the Collector. Tbey are a pretty miserable
crowd, and will probably be sent borne as
promptly as were their 23 fellow countrymen
who were recently brought over by the steam
ship Veendam. One of them had hardly gotten
into Castle Garden this afternoon before he be
gan to pass around his hat for alms. Otto Von
Mochow, a physician of noble birth from Mos
cow, and his wife and child were ordered back
to Russia by the Collector to-day, because they
had no money and their relatives In Detroit re
fused to undertake to support tbem. George
Matschell, a Dutchman, withlbisjwife and four
children, will be returned to Amsterdam next
week, because his mother-in-law in Milwaukee
refused to take charge of his penniless family.
John Sullivan, a consumptive; Retina Weiss,
a widow with three children; Barbara Bodner,
a yonng woman with, two children, and Freder
ick Smith will also go back to the ports from
which tbey came, because they have no money
and no friends.
Lost His Whiskers While He Slept.
Edward Anderson, a carpenter with Dun
dreary side-whiskers, got drunk and fell asleep
In a Jersey City saloon last night Owney
Brannigan. the bartender, cut off one of his
whisk ers while he slept This morning Ander
son had Brannigan arraigned in court for as
sault and held in $500 bail f or further exami
nation, OooWoyTo Run a Paper.
Colonel Elliott F. Shepard has decided to
make his great religious dally, tbe Mail and
Express, the official organ of New York so
ciety, just as the City Record is the official or
gan of sewer contracts. He announces this in
a circular letter which he has just scattered
broadcast among persons more or less remotely
or directly connected with the McAllister
"400." After explaining his new plan for boom
ing New York society. Colonel Sbepard, in his
circular letter, requests each recipient to
"write up" for tbe Mall and Express "every
social gathering he or she attends, giving
names of all invited guests, with descriptions
of gowns, jewelry and all other details." For
the benefit of the uninitiated. Colonel Shepard
explains: "All this relates to breakfasts, lunch
eons, teas, dinners, dances, tennis, polo, yacht
ing, fetes, champetres, garden parties, rowing,
progressive euchre coaching parties, engage
ments, weddings, debutantes, musicales, read
ings, theater parties, receptions, etc." Every
recipient of the circular who does as Colonel
Shepard directs is promised a copy of the paper
containing his article.
Ho Stole on His Wedding Night.
Charles Mcllraine, the 19-year-old burglar
who murdered Christian Luca in Brooklyn last
week, has been recognized as an old criminal.
George Schroeder. a Brooklyn grocer, to-day
identified as his own a silver watch which Mc
llraine pawned some days ago. Mcllvaine
stole the watch while burglarizing Schroeder's
store on the night of August 1L Curiously
enough, that was the night Mcllvaine was
married. He also carried off several boxes of
good cigars, and the police believe these were
smoked the same night at the wedding festiv
ities. Bound to Keep His Word.
Several years ago Charles Starling was con
victed of burglary by the testimony of Thomas
Herrehour, and was sent to prison. His last
words to Herrehour then were a threat to get
even. Two weeks ago his sentence expired,
and he came to the city to find Herrehour.
Last night the men met at a down-town dock.
Without a word Starling drew an ice pick and
plunged it into Herrehonr's lef tlung. starling
is awaiting, in prison, the result of Herrehonr's
injuries.
May Not Leave With His Churn.
It was generally reported and believed In
Wall street to-day that Jay Gould had changed
his mind about going to Europe with his churn
this season. George J. Gould will probably
leave with his family next month.
WITCHES IS HIS ROOil.
Singular Delusion of an Aged and Wealthy
Citizen ot Iowa.
Wapello, Ia., August 26. A remarkable
case is that of Samuel Armstrong, of this
place. He is 82 years of age and owns proper
ty to the value of $250,000 ahd is insane, being
so violent at times that it becomes necessary to
confine him. For many years be was a success
ful and prominent contractor in Cincinnati, O.
He accumulated a respectable fortune during
this time. Fifteen or 20 years ago his mind
began to fail, and he gradually drifted into in
sanity. This Is said to be the direct result of
an injury inflicted upon him abont the time
these symptoms of mental weakness appeared.
During the time that this infirmity was coming
on him he was induced to transfer his Avon
dale estate to an unprincipled rascal, who, it is
said, did not render him the smallest compen
sation for Ip. The sale of the contested prop
erty was decreed, and abont a year ago it was
sold to a syndicate of capitalists for 100,069.
Tbe balance of bis property is still in his
hands untouched. He is the subject of several
harassing delusions, principal among which is
a firm belief in witches. He sees them come
in his room through some openings, such as
keyholes, and is greatly bothered by tbem in
various ways. He keeps tbe crevices into his
room all closely stopped, and wears straps
around his ankles to keep them from crawling
up the legs of his pants.
NOT AFRAID OF A LONG WALE.
A Lady S9 Years Old Sets Oat oa a 15-Mlle
Tramp.
Columbus. Ind., August 28. Mrs. Ellen
Hoffman, an S9-year-old lady, who mysteriously
disappeared at the Union station at Indianap
olis, Friday, while waiting with her son, George
Hoffman, for a train to this city, arrived here
on the passenger train that evening and started
for home in Brown county. 15 miles distant,
stating to acquaintances here that she would
walk there.
She did not seem at all disconcerted when
told that a general search was being made for
her at Indianapolis.
Stimntnlluc Seamanship.
From the Oil City Derrick.
The efforts of tbe American revenue cutter,
the Rush, to capture Canadian sealers in Bear
ing Sea, seems to have a stimulating effect on
Canadian seamanship and on the speed of Can
adian vessels.
TRI-STATE TRIFLES.
In that ancient fortress of Democracy, the
hilly township of Brecknock, out in tbe north
eastern part of Lancaster county, where little
else but fcnnsylrania Dutch is spoken and
people find Reading much more convenient of
access for marketing and shopping than their
own county seat, John S. Wenger keeps a
country store. There is nothing remarkable In
the statement that be is a successful merchant
and a skillful worker in agricultural machinery
nntil it is conpled with the additional state
ment that John S. Wenger Is and has been for
years, if not for all his life, a blind man. In
spite of that fact be sells goods ont of his store,
receives money and makes change with ac
curacy and rapidity.
Kleppinger Brothers, of Schoenersvllle,
Northampton county, are the owners of an in
cubating plant which has produced 5,000
chickens and 2,000 ducks during the past
season.
A bird's nest with eggs 'was found on the
running gear of a Reading Railroad freight car
at Heading.
A cow belonging to Henry Dengler, at GI1
bertville, Montgomery county, recently gave
birth to healthy triplets.
Dr. a R. Knight of Uwchlan, Chester
county, owns a gray gelding which was formerly
used as a saddle horse by Mrs. Langtry.
Henry Gruver, a Bethlehem miller. Is the
owner of an elephant plant which has leaves
measuring 42 inches in length and of corre
sponding width.
An Ohio man decided to keep house himself
while his wife took a -week's vacation. On tbe
lady's return she estimated that the value of
the crockery broken would have paid for the
services of half a dozen hired girls.
A West Virginia congregation has bonght a
dJstiller'sold warehouse and will convert it Into
a church.""
CDKIOUS CONDENSATIONS.
There are at the present tfme no less"
than six members of tho English House of
Commons who have passed 80 years.
Charles Bolmer, of St Louis, has a vio
lin made In 1630. His father bought It for0,
and Mr. Bolmer has refused to sell it for $3,000.
Mrs. Thomas Pelton, of Washington,
Me., is such an enthusiastic nshcrwoman that,
although In her 76th year, sbe landed 178
speckled trout thi3 season herself.
The seals that frequent the Maine coast
are easily tamed. The mate of a coasting
schooner has one that follows him like a dog
and is allowed to take a bath in the sea when
ever he likes, with no fear of his escaping.
AVinalhaven (Me.) hoy couldn't be
induced to go to the dentist and have five ugly
teeth pulled until somebody thought of offer
ing him a basebalL Then he fairly jumped for
the dentist's shop and went through the opera
tion withont gas.
The Chicago commercial travelers, 4,000
In number, havo agreed to take S50O,O0O worth
of stock of the Chicago-Colnmbus Exposition
Company, and to attempt to sell some of the
stock of the company to every customer that
they meet on their travels.
The decision of the Supreme Court of
Iowa that liquors sent to that State cannot be
confiscated in their original packages has had
a great effect upon the liquor traffic Travel,
log agents of enterprising Chicago liquor
houses ply up and down the State in all direc
tions taking orders for their merchandise.
An afternoon meeting at Ocean Grove
the other day was addressed by Mrs. Lydia
Sexton, of Kansas, an old lady In her 91st year,
who has been a preacher In the Church of the
United Brethren for a score of years. Sheia
very sprightly, and talked and gesticnlated
with great earnestness. Sbe wore a brown
satin and cashmere dress, with a white hand,
kerchief in front ot the waist Her figure is
as straight as a young girl's. She spoke with
outnotes and without evident fatigue.
Miss West, a pretty Toledo girl who is
spending the summer at Put-In-Bay, frequently
takes long trips into the surrounding country
in search of charming things for her pencil.
While strolling through the woods she heard a
hiss, and'turning in the direction of the sonnd,
saw a huge rattlesnake in battle array. Unlike
the average human being, she didnotnybnt
grappling a stick, she killed the angry reptile
with a well directed blow. The snake measured
j feet and bad 13 rattles, and was fully 9 inches
in circumference.
Above Augusta, Ga., on the Carolina
side of the river, there now lives ap old man
wha is half crazed by the earthquake. He pos
itively refuses to live In a house, and has never
entered one since he fled from his tottering
home three years ago. At Sand Bar Ferry a
young colored man's hair turned perfectly
white from black on tbe night of the earth
quake. It is still white. At a station on tho
Carolina road a cow that went throngh tho
quake shook all the time until her death,a vear
ago. For nearly two years the animal constant
ly trembled and plteously moaned.
Mr. J. D. Stocker, of Atlanta, has a pi
ano that was made in Baltimore 150 years ago.
It is upheld by only two legs, one at each end,
but these legs branch at the floor into claws,
which are of brass and handsomely beaten out
The woodwork of the piano is of mahogany,
trimmed with ebony, and the tuning board la
in front of the case. There are four pedals,
which come from a small pipe organ one soft,
on lond, one that rings a bell and beats a drum
in unison and one that plays a banjo accom
paniment while the performer plays. It is six
octaves, and Is still a very valuable and hand
some piece of furniture. With this relic of the
past, Mrs. Stocker has tbe music played and
sung by her ancestors in the long ago.
A correspondent of a Phillips (Me.)
paper tells of a recent encounter which took;
place between a skunk and a sitting hen. Tbo
contest was brief, but the hen came out into
the yard, at its close, in an expeditious manner
that was very noticeable. Both her eyes wero
closed: she tried to scream fire and murder,
bnt she could not get a gasp of breath with
which to scream. She stood on one foot and
scratched her head with the other, while her
countenance showed tbe most surprise ever
Keen una oea s jace. jNextsne ooiteaiortna
road and lay down to rest herself In the dust,
and lastly ran into some alders, where she re
malned over night This hen has never ut
tered a single "cluck" or been to her nest since
the event came off; but any one can readily
tell when she is around. Her desire to raise a
family has passed away.
Slate has been found rery effective in,
various kinds of ornamental work, but a Dover
(Me.) genius is furnishing new illustrations of
its possibilities In this line. He has just com
pleted a clock set In an elaborately ornamented,
case 21 inches wide, 27 inches high and 6 Inches
deep, all except the movement of which is
made of slate. The face is slate lined with recL-j
satin. The hands and figures are also of thoV
same material overlaid with gold leaf. Attho
moment of striking and at tbe end of every
half hour a musical attachment is set in mo
tion and plays a lively air. Upon tho front or
opening is represented an alcove or arched
recess, in wblch Fatber Time may be seen re
clining, with his scythe and glass in hand. In
tbe rail and forming part of it near the top on
tbe right and left are angelic figures, while the
whole is surmounted by a harp. The front
corners of the base show two human forms,
and in the rear are two deer. Birds rest upon
the rail or fence at the front
Thomas Hull, Jr., the 15-year-old son
of Thomas Hull, of Vinegar HiU. six miles
from Galena, 111., is one of the most remark,
able fasters on record. One year ago last April
the boy was taken very ill with spinal menin
gitis. By careful medical treatment his Ufa
was saved, but he was left a paralytic by the
disease. So complete was the paralysis that
even thb tongue was unable to perform its
functions, every muscle of his body being para
lyzed. It was thought at the time that he could
exist but a short time la such a helpless con
dition, but as time wears on be appears to grow
but very little weaker and death Is apparently
far off. But tbe strangest part of it is that Ufa
sbonld be maintained so long on the food to
which he has been restricted. The muscles of
tbe tongue and throat being paralyzed. It is im
possible for him to swallow, and every ounce of
food which be has received these 16 months
has been conveyed to the gullot by means of a
quill. In this manner small allowances of
milk, whisky, grnel and juices of fruits have
been administered to htm dally.
FDNNY MEN'S FANCIES.
"How Long Girls 8honld be Courted," is
the title of an article in a Texas paper. Very
much the same a short girls, we should say.
Texas Siftings.
A French defaulter was arrested in Hew
York the other day while takin a bath. lie was
a fool to throw on his disguise so recklessly..
Philadelphia Press.
Doctor How would you like some ani
mal food?
Invalid Animal food? Well. I don't care for
any hay or grass, but I guess If I could worry
down a little rye I'd feel better. Texas Sitings,
Bridget Shall I Pave the hall lamp
burnln', ma'amf
Mistress No. I am pretty sure Mr. Jones won't
be home until daylight. lie kissed me three times
before he left and gave me S3) for a new spring
bonriet Ttrre Haute Express.
Boston Man Well, my boy, how is real
estate in tbe West active?
Drummer (Jnst back from Kansas) Active?
Welt 1 should say so. A cyclone carried a 100
acre farm 40 miles In that date the other day. It's
a little too active for me. Kearney Enterprise.
Minnie I had such a shock last evening.
Just ss I started to go into tbe bouse a great.
horrid man Jumped out from behind a tree and
tried to kiss me. What do you think of that?
Mamie I think It was the most causeless and
uncalled-for thing lever heard ot.Terre Haute
Express.
Tommy (to the bashful young man calling
on sister) Hello, Mr. Blush. You ain't caught
jet are you?
Mr. Blush Caught! Why, what do you mean,
my little man?
Tommy Nothing, only sister said the fool
killer would catch you one of these days. Kearney
Enterprise.
Lecturer All statistics prove that 'tho
blonde women are more difficult to get along with
than tbe brunettes.
Astonished man In the audience (starting up)
Are you certain of that?
l'rofessor It Is a fact.
Astonished Man Then I believe my wife's black
hair is dyed. Wasp.
SALUTATION'.
When maidens greet
Upon the street
Exchanging love and kisses, too,
Yon must admit,
At sight ot it
Now "Here's a pretty how-dy-do."
-fhUatelpkia Press.
English Speculator (to member of Prod
uce Exchange) I say, chappie, caunt we forma
poultry trust?
M. Y. E. (flrmly)-Never! Hot while baseball Is
played In this cnuntry. J.,
E. 8. What has baseball to do with a poultry
trust?
M.P. E. (disgusted) They provide morelfov
in one season than the whole universe could V
pose of In six. Texas SiftUgt. (',
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