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PITTSBURG, THURSDAY. AUG. 29. I8S9.
THE COKE PBRCHABES.
The acquisition of the Schoonmaker
plants in the coke regions by the Frick
Coke Company, making an aggregate
ownership by the latter of over 8,000 ont of
13,000 ovens, is another step in the remark
able movement that has lately come to the
surface.
It is hardly possible to overlook the in
dications that the extension of the Prick
Company, till it now owns nearly two
thirds of the Connellsvilie industry, is a
revival of the policy of a single control.
The indications that such an operation has
been going on furnish an adequate explana
tion of the prolonged and phenomenal re
tention of the price of coke at an unre
tnnnerative basis. "Whether the purchases
-will be extended to take in the entire in-'
dustry, or the remaining plants will act in
common with their mammoth neighbor, re
mains to be seen.
But it by no means follows that the
maintenance of high prices for coke will be
practicable. Besides the possible competi
tion of the 5,000 ovens not owned by the
Frick company, new and competing fields
are developed on both sides of the Connells
vilie district. This development has taken
place under the stimulation of recent prices
ior coke. If the prices are advanced, there
is no doubt that the process of putting up
new plants will be indefinitely multiplied.
Nevertheless, the new movement is sig
nificant of changed conditions in the coke
industry. The development of its results
will be watched with keen interest.
A HEAVY DRAWBACK.
The claim made in a civil suit against a
city Alderman, that Aldermen are subject
to a penalty of 50 for each item of costs in
excess of the legal allowance will, if sus
tained, establish a decided check: on the
practice of extortionate charges by the lower
courts. In this case, oi course, we have no
means of judging of the truth of the
charges; but it is evident that if they are
sustained, and the claim of $Ffor each ex
cessive charge is granted, the Alderman in
question will be out $1,900 for having tried
to collect an excessive cost bill of 16 20.
If it turns out to be the fact that the little
eccentricities of Aldermen in swelling the
co:t bills are subject to such heavy draw
backs it will be likely to inspire very close
adherence to the legal schedules. The
game and candle ate out of all proportion.
A BESUXT OF TEUSTS.
The organization of a large sugar refinery
at Baltimore, with a capacity sufficient to
supply about one-thirtieth of the con
sumption of the United States, is an evi
dence of what we have oiten pointed out as
the inevitable result of artificially enhanced
prices. There is refinery capacity enough
in the United States already to supply the
consumption and some of it is already idle.
But the artificial enhancement of the price
is certain to bring new capital into the
business unless the trust has the means of
excluding it, The operations of the Sugar
Trust have already stimulated the erection
of Spreckels' refinery at Philadelphia and
the new one at Baltimore. Of course the
exactions which the trust have imposed on
the people before the new competition gets
into operation demands the enforcement of
the law; but it is satisfactory to notice that
this legitimate and inevitable penalty is
also getting in its work.
HAT FEVER AHD XOBALITY.
At the meeting of the United States Hay
Fever Association in New York, the day
before yesterday, a certain Dr. Townsend,
oi Philadelphia, defended the proposition
that hay fever is a moral disease, or rather
that it effects moral men 'only. Criminals
and New York Aldermen and Anarchists
never have bay fever, Dr. Townsend said.
Another speaker, Mr. F. W. Devoe, added
the information that 200,000 people in the
United States have hay fever. Presuming
that these statements are correct, we have
the satistaction of knowing that there are
at least 200,000 people of irreproachable
morals in this country.
But is it not dangerous to the cause of
morality that such a statement as this
should be given to the public? It seems to
us that it surely tends to encourage the
masses to be wicked in order to escape one
of the most distressing diseases to which
human flesh is heir. Confronted plainly
with the choice we fear that the majority of
men would prefer to be a little bit wicked,
just to stray a short way from the straight
path of virtue, if by so doing it were cer
tain that they could avoid the catarrhal
calamity. It is rather chilly comfort to tell
a man whose eyes and nose are splitting,
whose hearing is impaired, whose tonsils
are swelled, and to whom every passing air
is an invitation to sneeze, that he ought to
be happy and content because hay fever has
him in its royal clutches, although it con
clusively shows that he was a highly moral
man.
It is not certain, however, that hay fever
is so particular about the company which it
' keeps. Like the rain it is apt to fall alike
upon the just and unjust. There may not
any degree of certainty that New York
Aldermen and Anarchists are liable to the
disease, but we have kuown a great many
men whose suffering from hay fever will
not be stopped till their sins land them in
the hot and dry climate of another world.
Perhaps some of these men became wicked
after catching the hay lever. Indeed, it is
reasonable to believe that this is so, for the
disease would try the patience and moral
courage of a saint; but a goodly percentage
remains of those who sinned first and took
the fever afterward. ,
On the whole, then Dr. Townsend' pro
position is hardly tenable. But if the
sufferers from bay fever derive any conso
lation from the doctrine that they are tor
tured in the body because their sonls are
stout, they may entertain it privately. If
they publish it to the world they run the
risk of being scoffed atby the ungodly non
sneezers. ITKTTSTBE SUPPRESSED.
The reports that come from Chicago, of
attacks upon and attempts to kill witnesses
in the Cronin murder case, with the infer
ence that they arc intended to terrorize
witnesses and prevent convictions, may be
largely the outcome of the excitement pro
duced by 'that case. Nevertheless the as
saults made on two witnesses warrantsaplain
declaration that the laws of this country
must be supreme, and that any attempt to
substitute for them the rule of thuggism
will be suppressed by the united power of
the American people.
Nothing Is plainer than that the laws call
for the punishment of murderers. The jdea
that any organization, and much less ore
that imports to this country the pretense of
prosecuting a foreign quarrel, can nullify
our laws, and not only deal out sentences of
life and -death, but bring the administration
of justice to naught by terrorizing wit
nesses, is something that calls for a very
sharp practical disproof, by the arrest and
punishment of all who are engaged in such
plots. It is to be hoped that if any such con
spiracies are afloat in Chicago, themachinery
of justice will prove energetic enough to
administer a swift and severe suppression.
Persons engaged in such defiance of the
law, should reflect that even if thuggism
can override American jnstice by secret
murders, it can only result in provoking the
wholesale and indiscriminate retribution of
lynch law.
is the on, oonroi
Figures from the geological authorities
are published in our local columns showing
the decline in petroleum production. As a
deduction from these statistics, Prof. Ash
burner points ont the probability of a
steady diminution ot the Pennsylvania
field until it shall become a minor factor in
the petroleum market.
We have had occasion to notice predic
tions of this sort, based, if we remember
correctly, on the authority of a State
Geologist, in past years. "While the news
of declining production from the high
water mark of 30,000,000 barrelsseveral years
ago, have been measnrably fulfilled, it is
worth while to remember that the alleged
moribund oil field has shown the ability to
develop new sources of production at unex
pected junctures. A rise in price has gen
erally not only brought new fields into ex
istence, but has also shown the ability of
older fields to increase their output from
small wells which do not repay operation at
low prices.
We do not think that it is yet time to give
up Pennsylvania's supremacy in the pro
duction of illuminating oil. If free com
petition can be re-established in the trade,
Pennsylvania may continue to light the
world with profit for a good many years to
come.
TOWARD THDERGROUUD WIRES.
While Pittsburg is permitting the indus
trious multiplication of the unsightly,incon
venient, and sometimes dangerous overhead
electric wires, it is instructive by way of
contrast to observe what is being done by
other cities in the way of effecting a reform
of that evil. Our city was among the first
to try the experiment of burying the wires;'
but in the practical application of the re
form for the purpose of relieving the street
from the mass and net work or overhead
lines, we have fallen for in the rear.
Chicago is apparently entitled to claim
theleadership in that direction. She has
already cleared mostof the overhead electric
wires out of her streets, and is pnshing the
good work to completion. Six thousand
miles of buried wire are under her streets;
and on a large share of that amount the test
of time and experience in a climate that
ought to make the experiment conclusive,
demonstrates both the practicability of the
reform and the cost of maintaining. The rep
resentations of the electric companies
that the wires cannot be buriedsuccessfully,
without damage to the service, is met by the
statement of the city electricians of Chicago
that the underground wires can be kept in
repair at only one-fiftieth of the expense of
those overhead. This-tnay be a somewhat
sanguine estimate; but in connection with
the fact that none of the predictions of ruin
and bankruptcy that were made in con
nection with the forced burials of wires in
New York and Chicago have been realized,
and that on the contrary the stock of the
electric companies has steadily gone up, a
Lgood reason is furnished for regarding all
such assertions as the interested and ex-parte
testimony of those who do not wish to take
the trouble and expense of putting their
wires underground.
Pittsburg is apt to follow, at a long dis
tance, after other cities with regard to im
provements that only conduce to the public
convenience. After" Chicago, New York
and all the other leading cities of the conn
try have successfully cleared their streets of
overhead wires, we may hope that Pittsburg
will do something in earnest toward the
same end.
The Prohibitionists' determination to
keep up the fight is an earnest of their in
tention to maintain -the doctrine of the per
severance of the saints.
The Ohio Democracy declares trusts to be
the outcome ot the tariff, and calls for the
repeal of the duties which maintain them.
It looks as if the Ohio Democracy never
had any acquaintance with the Standard
Oil Trust; although past political events
have created a decidedly different im
pression. But it is significant that the con
vention does not propose any measures to
suppress the great combine which has in
times past put up the money to elect aDem
ocratic Senator from Ohio.
The potters' combination may find, if it
proposes to put up prices, that outside com
petition may make 'the combination as
breakable as its output.
The St. Louis Globe Democrat remarks
in a rather disappointed tone that it has not
"heard of any Democrats claiming Iowa."
Something of that sort was legitimately
called for to balance the Globe Democrat's
recent feat in claiming Missouri for the Re
publicans. A Democratic State Convention with
out a contest in the Allegheny county dele
gation would be like the play of "Hamlet"
with Hamlet left out.
The Payne-McLean wing of the Ohio
Democracy turns out to have its usual
strong grip on the throttle of the machine.
This fact is sufficient to explain why the
platform of that party confines its denuncia
tion to tbo trusts that are supported bythe
tariff."
The Baltimore and Ohio Bailroad puts
itself in the line of progress by declaring
that the deadly car stove must go. Better
late than never.
The respective arguments of New York
and Chicago, showing that neither is the
proper site for the Worlds Fair, are con
vincing. They drive the unprejudiced part
of the country to the conclusion that the
exposition must be located at Washington.
.
London's great strike continues to swell
to dimensions which are uncomfortable alike
to the English employers and the American
free-traders:
If the policy of attacking witnesses
whose testimony is expected to secure the
conviction of the Cronin murderers is con
tinued at Chicago, it may jcsnlt in an in
definite enlargement of the list of people
who are eligible for the gallows.
Another gobble by the Frick company
looks as if that corporation will soon own
about all that there is in sight in the coke
region. .
General Alger is stated to be sure of
the election of Commander-in-Chief of the
G. A. B. It is to be hoped that this election
is a more economical one than the canvass
of the same ambitious millionaire for the
Presidency last year.
The German and Russian royalties do
not wish to have uncertainty about the fact
that they are biting their thumbs at each
other.
The announcement that the bathers of
the city are going to talk up -union-made
cigars to their customers while shaving
them, looks like a dark and deep scheme to
prejudice the customers of the barber shops
against unior cigars.
The West Virginia Democrats appar
ently do not-care who casts the votes of the
people so long aa they can do the counting
out.
We are pleased to observe that the rivalry
of Minneapolis and St. Paul is to be fought
out in the baseball field. By that means
the supremacy of the Northwest may be
expected to be settled, even if it kills an
umpire.
Those 160 Belgian glass blowers are now
rising to vex the souls of the anti-imported
labor officials.
These are very strong indications that if
Wall street is hard up, Wall.street can get
money by taking off" a point or two from
the very steep premium that it wishes the
Government to pay for its bonds.
PEOPLE Of PRuMEiENCE.
Theodore Roosevelt's handwriting Is
nearly as bad as that of the late Horace Gree
ley. ,
The British Museum has paid 87,000 marks
for the prayer book which the late Louis of
Bavaria ordered from Franz Fleschutz. It is
adorned with the decorations of the famous so
called "great church treasure."
When the Austrian Emperor saw the re
view at Spandau he learned for the first time
that the smokeless" powder which was used
with such good effect bad been Invented by an
Austrian apothecary and offered to the Aus
trian Government, but had been declined.
Twenty years ago Arthur Sulliraa began
a grand opera entitled "The Sapphire Neck
lace," but abandoned it, and has used it up In
other compositions. He is again about to at
tempt an opera on a serious subject, intended
for D'Oyly Carte's new theater now building
on Shaftesbury avenue. Julian Hturgls will
write the libretto.
Secretary WrNTJOit bajTleasedfor a term
of years 'a handsome new brownstone resi
dence, recently elected by George E. Lemon,
on Massachusetts avenue, near Fifteenth
street, and adjoining the residence lately pur
chased by Mr. Jnstice Lamar, ot the United
States Supreme Court. The neighborhood
selected by Secretary Windom is one of the
finest In Washington.
The Archduke Albrecht, Commander-in-Chief
of the Austrian army, Is the wealthiest
man in Austria-Hungary. The other day, wnile
on a tour of inspection In Hungary, he spent
48 hours In a small provincial town. The bill
presented to him amounted to 153 12a. It was
paid, without a murmur, but the next day the
officers of the garrison received strict orders
not to set foot in the hotel in question, and for
the next 12 months no military band will be
allowed to play In the town. That will prob
ably make the innkeeper's extortion the dear
est transaction he ever attempted.
Rev. Ellis Howell, of Marshall, III., who
is now in his 85th year, has just married his
one thousandth couple. He is a native of
Wales, and came to ..this country in 1844,
preaching one year at Paddy's Run, O., and
the next 13 years at Riley, Jackson county, O.,
which last position was secured for him by
Dr. Scott, President Harrison's father-in-law,
then a professor in Little Miami University, at
Oxford, O. Ho went to Clark county, la. In
1S57. He .Is still a hall and hearty old man.
He is already engaged to marry his one thou
sand and first couple arTuscola some time
next month.
DONNING THE SISTERS HABIT.
Thirty-Five Tonus Ladle inono the Garb
oT Holiness nt Glen Riddle.
rSPXCIAL TZXXOBAX TO TUX DISPATCH. 1
Philadelphia, August 28. At St. Fran
cis' Convent, Glen Riddle, the mother house of
the Sisters of St Vincent In this country, 85
young ladies to-day took the religious habit
and 21 others made their professslon.
This number 4s the largest that has ever
entered a convent at one time In this part of
the country. The early trains from this city
were crowded with clergy and relatives of the
candidates. The ceremonies, which were most
solemn and impressive, began at 8 o'clock
and lasted .until 1 in 'the afternoon.
Toe church was decorated with the choicest
flowers and the five altars were brilliantly
illuminated with hundreds of candles. At 9
o'clock the long procession of candidates,
dressed as young brides, wearing wreaths and
carrying lighted tapers in their hands, formed
in front of the convent and slowly walked
toward the church. They were met by a pro
cession of priests, wearing cassocks and sur
plices. As the priests and young ladies took their
places in the church, a choir
of 20 Sisters sang the "Venl Creator."
The habits, cards, crosses and rosaries were
then blessed, after which solemn high mass
was began, the celebrant being Rev. Bernard
A. LItz, C. 8s. R, pastor of St. Bonlfacins,
with Rev. Bernard Dornbege, pastor of St.
Elizabeth's, as deacon; Rev. F. Fariss, C.Bs.R.,
of New York, as sub-deacon, and Rev. J. C.
Frederick as master of ceremonies. .Rev.
Father Litz preached the sermon.
REMARKABLY GOOD SHOOTING.
Recorda Made by Cavalrymen Not Idkelr to
be Surpassed.
rSriCIAL TXLIOEAM TO TUX DIgPlTCB.1
Fort Wlngate, N. M, August 23. The
second day of known distance firing In the de
partments of Arizona and California Cavalry
competition opened to-day under favorable
auspices. The weather was well adapted to
shooting. The scores made this morning are
hardly credible with a carbine, and so far ex
ceed any shooting ever made at .this post by
cither cavalry or lnfantry.Jthat they probably
will not be beaten in the army.
The officers and men are quite elated over
the success of the cavalry branch ot the ser
vice. Forty-five and 48 points were common
occurrences at all range, while, at the 600-yard
range. Lieutenant W. F. Littlebrant, oi the
cavalry, made 48 points out of a possible SOL
A Waste of Good Barrels.
From the Providence Journal.)
A fool and a barrel have made the trip
through the Niagara rapids, and neither were
materially injured, as tbo barrel was on the
outside and took all the hard knocks. The
only danger attending these experiments Is
that the barrel Is sometimes lost.
- Canada's) Hard Lack. '
From the Montreal Qasette. 3 J1-
Politicians abound, but la.tesmim are fowl '
THE TOPICAL TALKER.
The Ohio at Its L west This Year An Act
ress Prayed for Note of tbo Floral
Harvesr.
Fob the first time this year the Ohio river
has dwindled down to a shallow stream that
wanders between broad flats ot shelving rock
and sand over which but a few weeks ago it
hurried savagely. The 'river is still falling, and
It promises to be as' phenomenally low as it has
been high so often in this year of floods and
freshets.
Since the river has receded the changes in
Its main channel have become very apparent
Ot course only the river men can accurately
describe these mutations, but even the un
learned landsman can see where the impetuous
hands of the floods have cut out anew course
f or Its passage through the valley. Since the
United States dredging boats spent several
days digging out the channel which had be
come dangerously narrow at Agnew they have
not been seen near Pittsburg, but there is work
for them to do in plenty all along the river.
Nearlt every person in Pittsburg has seen
or beard of Lizzie Evans, who will be seen at
the Bijou Theater next week. Lizzie hu a
beautiful little blue-eyed cousin about 6 years
old, of whom she tells the following story:
"Sometime ago I had a chance and paid Katie's
mother a visit The child's father was absent
at the time, and she bad been taught to close
her evening prayer with the words, "and please
watch over my papa. It sounded very sweet
but you can Imagine my surprise when one
evening she added, "and I guess you had better
keep an eye on my cousin Lizzie, too."'
V
There are some odd things about the growth
of flowers this season. As far as I can speak
from personal observation there is seldom such
a general failure of anyone particular flower
as there has been of the dahlia this year. All
the dahlias I've seen have had puny, unhealthy.
looking blossoms, and a tendency to super
abundance in foliage. Some plants have
failed to bear flowers at all. This is a pity, for
the dahlia brings a welcome flash of color
into the garden when the glory of the latter is
fading out ,
June abounded in roses, though the continu
ous downpour of rain had the effect of blighting
ana rotting many a tree's wealth of blossoms.
Geraniums have suffered from too much rain
also rupning to stalk and leaf immediately
but as a general thing most of the common
plants used for bedding have done well In this
part of the world.
.
Mr. Charles A. Dana, if his expressed ad
miration of the sunflower be sincere, would
enjoy driving through the western suburbs of
Pittsburg, for almost every garden boasts some
of the tall worshipers of the sun. A very
beautiful sight to my mind, is a solid row of
sunflowers in full bloom. The double sun
flowerIt has another name I cannot recall is
to be found in a great many gardens near Pitts
burg. In color and the mass of color It is richer
than its single relation, but the plain, old
fashioned flower has the best of It in form.
The flame-like points of the single sunflower
are much more striking than the serrated edge
of the donble blossom's petals.
A BUNCO STEERER BLUFFED.
Interesting; Conversation With
HU
tbe
Preacher Cnt Short.
Boston Courier.!
A pleasant tale Is told of an eminent divine
who upon the occasion of a visit to New York
was accosted by one of those delnsive individ
uals potmlarly known as bunco steerers. Tbe
clergyman was walking in the neighborhood of
Brooklyn bridge, and there was an air about
him or bis attire which to the experienced eye
ot the confidence man proclaimed him a
dweller in tbe outer darkness which envelops
all the world that is so maltreated by Provi
dence as to be put outside of the limits of
Gotham, when suddenly he was accosted by a J
well dressed stranger who seemed to be over
joyed to see him.
"How do you doT" the stranger demanded;
"I am charmed to see you. How are all the
folks at Buffalo?"
"You have made a mistake," the clergyman i
answered "I am not from Buffalo.''
"On. excuse me," the other responded,
laughing at his own mistake; "I should have
saldTroy.' .
"Are yon acquainted in TroyT" asked the
divine, who by this time understood perfectly
well what sort of a customer he had to deal
with.
"Oh. very well, indeed. I know almost every
body in Troy," was the reply of the bunco
steerer.
"ReallyT" said tbe clerical gentleman, "Do
youf Then of course you are acquainted with
Helen of TroyT"
And the well dressed stranger was imme
diately reminded of an important engagement
elsewhere which unfortunately prevented his
continuing a conversation that was just begin
ning to be really interesting.
A HOLE IN THE SURPLUS.
The Treasury Department Has Boasht Any
Quantity of Bonds.
Washington, August 28. Again to-day
the bonds purchased by the Treasury were
large in amount $3,888,900. This makes the
total amonnt purchased in the last three days
nearly 811,000,000. For these bonds the Gov
ernment paid about 114,000,000, by the addition
of premiums. The effect upon the surplus of
the recent heavy purchase Is notable. It was
$70,000,000 ten days ago, but has now decreased
to about $43,000,000. Representations have been
made to Acting Secretary Batcheller that it
would be well for the Government to advance its
buying prices in tbe face of large offerings, as
otherwise a sudden reaction would be felt
which would result in a refusal of bondholders
to offer to sell.
Mr. Batcheller, however, takes the ground
that ai the bonds coming into the debarment
are offered by firms of the highest financial
reputation and under circumstances which
make it manifest that they are not pinched and
obliged to sell, they must bave reached the
conclusion that it is the best thing to do.
Therefore he Is rather more Inclined to lower
than to advance the prices, and believes that
after a few days business on the scale of to-day
and yesterday no harm would follow If the pre
dicted rise in thn market rates occurred, as the
department would be ready for a, breathing
spell.
AN INSANE HAN'S TRANSACTION!
Ho Purchases 30 Houses and Defrauds a
Number of People.
tSPXCTAX. TXLXQBXK TO TUX DISPATCrt.l
Medford, Mass., August 28. Charles
Lovenngwas arrested this morning by Chief
of Police Holmes for insanity. Lovering, who
is a jeweler by trade, a few months ago secured
apatent'ona diamond setting that was worth
several thousand dollars, but it is alleged a
New York firm, fn whose favor the patent was
granted by Lovering, deprived him ot tbe pro
ceeds of the patent This is said to bave made
him partly insanerand during the past week he
secured S30O worth ot diamonds and jewelry
from the Boston Ian Company, which be
pawned and obtained money. He has also pur
chased SO houses durlnc the past week in vari
ous parts of Medford. promising to pay th e
cash when deeds were obtained, and those from
whom be purchased never suspected that ho
was not all right until they brongbtthe deeds
to him. He stated that he bad $50,000 deposited
in a Boston bank. He has also purchased sev
eral horses and carriages and other goods. He
will be taken to the Danvers asylum to-day.
Bet They Won't Whistle.
From the Chicago Hews.!
The pretty girls of Milwaukee whom Undo
Teoumseh Sherman Is preparing to kiss can
scare away the gallant old gentleman If they
like by whistling "MarchingThrough Georgia"
every time he approaches.
A Fortnnnte Homorist.
From the Et Paul Pioneer Fress.
ChaunceyMDepew's annual income is $123,
000. If a man can't be tunny on $125,000 a year
there's no humor in him.
Wnlt nnd See.
From the Alta California. 1
"Figures will not lieP'jutt wait till the cities
of tbo West give In their census returns.
One Trust Smashed.
From the Philadelphia Times.:
The Crockery Trust Is broken. It ran up
against the Servant Girl Trust
DEATHS OP A DAT.
Walter A. Lsjtgrtr.
Mrw aUVIN, Conn., At gust IS.-Walter A.
Lesjrett a Hew Haven lawyer, who was taken to
the hospital here on Banda critically 111 with ty
phoid pneirtRoulavdled lastf night -WrLecjrert
was at one time a member onhe flew ork Coun
ty Kepttbliwn Committee. I
TWO NEW APPOINTMENTS.
Some Critics Intimate That Harrison Una
Paid HI Deer Park Rent
Washington; Augustas. An appointment
fas representatives of the United States in the'
Congress of the three Americas, which is soon
to assemble in this city, has been offered o
Hon. Henry G. Davit, of .West Virginia, ajd
Mr. Charles R. Flint of New York. The 'at.
ter is a wealthy manufacturer, exporter and
importer of rubber goods and rubber, ani has
been greatly interested in the South American
trade. He was recommended by business men
generally of New Yorlr. Kx-Senator Davis
has also shown a deep interest In the reciproci
ty and closer commercial relations ot the
Americas and will, it Is thought make an ex
cellent representative. His formal recom
mendation came from Senator Gorman, ot
Maryland, and many other prominent politic
ians and business men of Maryland and Vir
ginia, and also Mr. Emmons Blaine, a son of
Secretary Blaine, who is a Vice President of
the West Virginia Central Railroad, of which
ex-Senator Davis is President It is jocularly
said that the Deer Park circle, taking advant
age of President Harrison's presence, and being
thankful for the benefit accruing to the place
from the patronace and expenditures ot Mr.
Davis; managed tbe appointment
Others who are Impressed with a conviction
that Mr. Harrison is very considerate in his
expenditures and who profess to have learned
that no question of rent has ever been raised
between Mr.Daus and Mr. Harrison for the
occupation by thn latter of the splendid cot
tage ui inexormerat Aieer rare, are quick to
report that the compliment of the appointment
of Mr. Davis will certainly put It out of his
power to accept so trivial a matter as S50O or
$000 for two or three months' use of the cot
tage. This is cited merely to Illustrate the
readiness of a portion of the public to attribute
thrifty motives to the President in their ap
pointment probably on acconnt of a really
general impression that the management of
the White House under tbo present adminis
tration has been economical to an extreme
never attained before.
DIAMONDS WILL GO UP.
A Trust Formed to Control the Mines and
Restrict the Ontpnt.
NtW YORK, August 28. A big Diamond
Trust is reported from South Africa, and an
enormous rise in the price ofthe stones is pre
dicted in the near future. This information
was given yesterday by Carl H. Kregor, of the
Orange Free State, South Africa, who arrived
at this port on the Umbria last Sunday. He
states that the "combine," which consists of
five immensely wealthy diamond diggers, is
buying up all the various diamond mining com
panies around Kimberley, Cape Colony, the
center of the trade. It is the Intention of the
trust when everything is under its control, to
so reduce the mlnlngihat the output of stones
will be very small, when a corner will be pro
duced and the prices go bounding upward in
consequence.
There is said to be practically no limit to the
resources of the members of the new trust and
they can carry all before them. There are only
two independent companies now at work at
Kimberley, all the others having been pur
chased by tbe trust and shut down. These two
are said to be already nearly under the control
of the trust and will probably soon be entirely
secured. Thousands ox workmen will be thrown
out of employment try the shutting down of
the mines, but the trust will reap a golden
harvest
BTILL WAITING ON LION.
The Department Ha Sent No Agent to In
vestlgaie the Jennnette Case.
SPECIAL TXLIOnAK TO THX DISPATCR.I
Washington, August 23. The small rem
nant of responsible officials at the Treasury De
partment are kept awake these days answer
ing questions raised by misrepresentations of
the conduct of the department in regard to
the Jeannette glassblowers' case. Several pa
pars have had it that District Attorney Lyon
had recommended that Chambers fc McKee be
fined 51,000 in each case of the 25 glassblowers,
and that the department had reversed his de
cision. The latest canard is that a special
agent of the Treasury bad been sent on to in
vestigate the case. This came from a remark
of Assistant Secretary Batcheller to a cor
respondent that a speclalgent bad been sent
But Mr. Batcheller referred to Mr. Robert D.
Layton and not to any special agent sent from
this city. Up to the present time there has
been no thought of sending other investigators
than those on tbe ground, who are deemed per
fectly competent for the work. Information
asked of District Attorney Lyon is expected
within a few days and thed the department
will soon set the matter at rest
A FIGHT WITH-A BIG BIRD.
Desperate Straggle Between a Philadelphia
Oarsman and a Hage Crane.
Philadelphia, August 28. A desperate
fight took place on the Schuylkill river near
the Glrard avenue bridge yesterday afternoon
between a memberpf xthe Iona Boat Club, who
was out for an evening pull, and a crane. About
I b o'clock, wben the members of the different
clubs began to go out on the river, a large bird
was seen to drop into the water near the Glrard
avenue bridge. One of the members of the
Iona Boat Club started to capture the bird, but
wben within a boat's length the crane shewed
fight
When near enough tbe oarsman reached for
the bird, but It made an attack with its wings
and bill, clipping the flesh from the young
man's hand and beating him about the head.
The boatman tried1 to beat it down with tbe
oar, bnt the crane would not give up and fought
desperately, tearing the oarsman's clothes and
biting tbe flesh oft his hands. Tbe fight was
watched with Intense Interest by many people
who had gathered on the shore. Finally after
a severe struggle the crane was captnred and
got into tbe boat and bound with a cord. The
bird was sent to the Zoological Garden, with a
reqnest that it be named "Sullivan."
IRON FREIGHTS ADVANCED.
Flltsbnrg Affected by the Central Truffle
Association's Work. '
Chicago, August 23. The Iron Committee
of the Central Traffic Association met to-day
and agreed that taking effect September 15,
rates on articles ot iron and steel between points
in the territory of the Association shall be on
a basis of fifth class In less than car
loads and sixth class in car loads. This is an
advance of abont 25 per cent, and makes tbe
rates between Buffalo and Cnlcago 17 cents a
hundred pounds on less than carload ship
ments, and 15 cents when shipped in car load
lots. It was also agreed that the rates on pig
iron shall be advanced to the basis of $2 60 a
ton Pittsbnrg to Chicago, and $2 20 from tba
Mahoning Valley to Chicago, with correspond
ing advances from other points.
Grapo Seeds Killed Him.
Moeristown, Ind., Ausust 28. Rush Wag
oner, aged 14, a son ot Riley Wagoner, a farmer
living cast of here, died from the effects of
swallowing grape seeds.vwhich are supposed to
have lodged in the intestines and caused in
flammation. Crossed the Ocean at 96.
SHAMOKiNt August 28. Mrs. Jamei Clark
has just arrived in Shamokin from England.
She is likely one of the oldest persons that ever
crossed the ocean, being bom in 1793. She was
;be object oi great interest during tne voyage.
NEXT WEEK'S PLAIS.
Evans, a clever little comedienne
andtt favorite with Pittsbnrg theatergoers,
openkatthe Bilou next Monday night in her
latestfcomedy success' entitled "Fine Feathers."
This pVy made a decided bit In Boston last
week ad is very favorably noticed bythe press
of that cVy. "Fine Feathers" is a story of
English njral life, turning upon the scheme of
a rascallyattorney tryingtopalm off a farmer's
daughter ashe heiress of a large estate The
dialogue Is sid to be bright and breezy, and a
number ot muvical specialties are Introduced
by Miss Evans Sod her comedian. "Tbe Buck
eye," the comedyv purchased by Miss Evans
from Denman Thompson last summer, will be
presented the latter part of tbe engagement
Pete Baker, with ills happy smile, comes to
Harris' Theater next woek, commencing Mon
day. September 2. with, The Emigrant"
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday; and "Chris
and Lena,'?. Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
These' well-known and successful musical
comedies have both been reconstructed, and
with all the old-time favorite soigs, many new
ones, with elegant costumes andmacniflcent
scenery. "The World Against HVr" is draw
ing well at this house the present weak.
Mack's combination ot VaudevillVstars is
flniinrTTarrr Williams' Academy of Music at
.each performance 'this week. Next weekW.
M. Davene's Allied Attractions, a strong com
pany, will be seen. There will be In audition
to the usual matinees, a performance on Labor
Day, Monday afternoon,, at which night prices
will rule. j
Fred Wards, the sterling tragedian, will
present a repertoire of legitimate dramas next
week at the Grand --Opera House. "The
MoUtebank'J will "be the opening attraction,
and Will afford Pittsbureers a chance to see
,Mr. Wards in a sew character.
MABRIAGE AND DIY0ECE.
Seme Refiectlona Prompted by State Mat
rlmonlal Erenta In England Extraordi
nary Causjea lor Severing tbe Nuptial
Knot.
ICQBSKSrONBENCX OP TUB DISPATCD.I
London, August 20. As for the Grand Old
Mn, Who at any time during the last 50 years
has been ready to answer any question on
things human or divine, there can be no mis
take about his opinion on the blessedness of
marriage. After halt a century of wedded
bliss, he has just celebrated his golden wed
ding with all tbe "enthusiasm of lusty youth.
"No words," he joyfully exclaims, "would ever
suffice to express the debt I owe to her for all
she has done on my behalf and of those
nearest and dearest to us, during these last
happy 50 years." His words were received by
hundreds of hearers as a golden saying, and
applauded to. the echo. Doubtless they
sounded like words of good cheer to the Earl
of Fife, who on the very next day took to wife
a royal Princess, who, if she had a plain face,
yet brought to him a goodly dowry. If dollars
alone could insnre-itand the joys of matri
mony are not too much for him, he may live to
celebrate bis fiftieth weddlng'day anniversary
as gallantly as the old hero of Hawardon. Or.
in three years' time, be may incline to tbe fatal
doctrines of lion a and shriek for divorce. All
depends on the good sense, the give and take
spirit of wife and husband; their own wisdom,
or their own perverseness. Providence will no
more interfere on their behalf than on behalf
ot toose romantio young idiots, nee xompkin
ses, who last week. In a mad paroxysm of love
at first sight rushed off to be made one for
ever, and in less than six months will be gnash
ing their teeth that they can't be two.
Johnson oa Matrimony.
"Would you advise me to marry T" once said
a young noodle of a dandy to the mighty sage
of Bolt Court Samuel Johnson. 'Sir." replied
the sage, "1 should advise no man to marry
who cannot propogate understanding." Ex
cellent advice, and potent enough to stay the
banns cf marriage in a million or two of dally
cases; but unfortunately nobody acts' on it
Bnter Cupid, exit common sense. Even that
rugged, old, gnarled philosopher and historian,
Thomas Carlyle, who worshiped Sam Johnson
next to God, refused to listen to their dictum
of his idoL "No, no," says Carlyle, "better
marry badly than not at all. Without marriage
life is imperfect" And with it says Mona
Calrd, woman's life is insufferable bondage. It
was with tms torch that she set London on fire
last autumn, and the flames threaten to break
out again in this blazing summer of 1889, when
the royal marriage set us all agog once more
about Hymen,. and tbat unanswerable of all
questions, "Is marriage a failure?" To that
?;uery no answer has. or ever will come: and
or tbe simplest and best of reasons we bave
all eaten of the insane root'; all been caught
in the same net; tbe happy ones exult in their
bondage, the wretched bide their misery, or
confessing it deny their share in the folly or
guilt tbat caused it: while the noodles, and the
cold-blooded, tbe crafty, the worthless, and
those who are without hope, resign themselves
dismally to their fate.
The Question of Divorce.
No chance of escape? The only one. at pres
ent. Is divorce, about which, say mostof the
women, "we have neyer been consulted; we.
upon whom the bitter woes of matrimonial dis
cord chiefly fall. Tbe laws of divorce in En
gland are entirely framed tor tbe comfort of
men to make their escape easy and ours Impos
sible." Putting aside as must be done in this
column all the religious aspects of the ques
tion, the issue is simply this: Ought society to
have tbe power to force two people to liver to
gether tor life, who both wish to be apart? Or,
being -once separated, to be able to forbid
either of them to rush into marriage again, if
they are mad enough to wish or dare it? These
two, to quote Artenius, arc "really good-sized
questions"- to be enormous before the mil
lenium comes to giro us a clean sheet
But whatever the inequalities of the English
laws of aivorce may he. whether in favor of
Samson or Delilah,Pendl ta or Lovelace, beyond
all question It is she luxury of tbe rich, and
of the rich only. The cost cannot be less than
three figures it may be four, fire, or even six.
No poor man or poor woman can hope to taste
of it in this country, even If tbe condition of
tbe married couple be one of intolerable mis
ery, unless enough gold can be got to fill the
maw of sharks, ecclesiastical and civil, and the
guilt of tbe accused party fall strictly under
one of the few beads of legal guilt Elsewhere,
Indeed, It would seem that tbe process of
escape is far easier than in this Incomparable
land of John Bull. In rrance, so statistics
say, 4 marriages in every 1,000 are dissolved In ,
tbe civil courts; in some few of tbe United
States as many as 1 in 60. But everybody
knows what statistics are worth; you tan be
lieve everything in them but what they prove.
What Statistician Say.
Some of the causes for divorce recorded as,
sufficient in the eye of certain law courts: Case
I. She wouldn't sew on his buttons. 2. She
pulled him out of bed by his whiskers. 3. She
wouldn't walk out with him on Sundays, and
threw a teapot at him rather than go.
4. She refused to eat pretending to be
sick: threw dishes out of tbe window and,
why? Simply because he, the monster, would
sow grass seed In August! 6. She gave .him a
heavy blow with her bustle.
Some Male Monsters
Beyond this. It is hardly needed to quote
more cases ot deliberate, feminine cruelty, and
vone turns with infinite relief to the atrocities
of the male sex. Case 1. He never washed
himself. 2. Hb cut off (another monster) tne
whole of the water supply! Not only from
himself, buthis entire household. 3. He made
her and ber child sit up all night without a fire
in tbe room. 4. He threw her favorite dog
Into tbe fire. 5. He never cut his toenailabut
sharpened them. The record, from which
these cases are quoted. Is strictly authentic;
and if. in this benighted land of Britain, di
vorce is only to be had after months or years of
litigation, and even then only after proof of
many atrocities of a deeper dye than the whole
of the above, en masse, let Mona Calrd com
fort ber soul with the thought that other
nations are more enlightened than her own,
and that to them she can fly for help.
After all, surveying tbe whole of this amaz
ing problem. I am Inclined to think that
Punch' "advice to all persons about to marry"
has never been excelled. Strion.
A LITTLE BUNDLE IN A RAG.
It Contained Nearly 8100 Which Was
Thrown Into the Fire.
Fextn, III., Augnst 28. To-day while Mrs.
Fred Stafford was cleaning up her bouse she
found a llttlo bundle tied up in a rag. and
thinking it was trash threw it Into the fire. It
turned out to be a roll of $385 In greenbacks
rolled about a $10 gold-piece. The latter was
all that was saved.
Seaaibto Boston Girls.
From the Inter Ocean.l
The Boston girls are not emigrating to Wash
ington Territory and Idaho to find husbands.
Tbcy propose to marry In the old way after an
old-fashioned courtship or not marry at au.
Tbe Boston girls are sensible. The girl that
jumps into a crab-bag to find a husband doesn't
discover ber mistake until the string is drawn
and she made fast to a life of misery.
Habit Easily Acquired.
From tho Chicago Tribune.
Practice is not always necessary to mako
perfect A big black bass knows exactly bow
to worry a fisherman the first time it takes tho
book. Tbe fisherman, moreover, can tell as
big a lie about bis exploits tbe first time he
tries as he learns to do by years of practice.
i-
TIIE ROCKING CHAIR.
My grandmotber satin this old rocking chair;
But she was not my grandmother then,
A nd her sweetjittle face was bewltchingly fair.
As it laughed a defiance to men.
Ber sun-bonnet flattered like bird on Its string,
ner tresses trailed free on the breeze:
And gaily I ween did my grandmother sing,
Underneath the old gnarled apple trees.
My grandiather rode through the white orchard
gate
And tethered bis steed to a tree;
Be bad curls growing thick o'er his silly young
pate.
And high Hesslantboots to bis knee.
From tbe pink apple blossoms tbat over him hung
He brnsbed off tbe dew with his hat
Till he came to the spot where the rocking chair
swung
And my merry young grandmother sat
The klngcnp and cowslip bloomed 'round far and
wide.
The bees from their sweetness did sip;
But my grandfather blusbed-and my grandfather
sighed.
As he flicked off their heads with his whip.
Then my grandmother Hummed her a cunning old
v song
"Faint heart never won lady fair:'
80 he sighed and he sued, and before very long
ere sat two In this old rocking chair.
JOHN UXBALD BSINAN.
'SBVBa, August V, '
MWS OF THE METROPOLIS,
JNIW TORK BUREAU SPICTUI.S.l
A Reception to Depew.
Nxw York, August 28. The friends of Dr.
Chauncey Mitchell Depew propose to grre him
a grand reception upon his arrival borne from
Europe about tbe middle of next month. The
leader ot the movement in favor of a great
political Depew demonstration Is A. R. Whit
ney, Depews doppelganger. Usually the wel
coiners of Depew on his returns from bis yearly
European trips have been chiefly officers and
employes of tbe New York Central Bailroad.
Last September A. R. Whitney tried to get up
a demonstration which would equal that
which greeted James G. Blaine last August
Just as Mr. Whitney and his friends were In
the height of preparations for a grand naval
and land parade, Mr. Depew cabled from Lon
don that a demonstration would be distasteful
to him. He was afraid that the demonstration
would be regarded as a consolation for his de
feat in the Chicago convention. His friends
think now, however, that his welcome can be
made an enthusiastic greeting to apolitical
leader who has a great future before him, and
unless be objects he will bare a big boat to
meet him in the bay, a big political dinner, and
a big boom for tbe Presldental nomination
inim
I Prince Rnaselt With Judgef
Some weeks ago Judge published a cartoon
in which President Harrison was represented
as a God with all the big Republicans in abject
positions before him. Ugly comments were
passed upon the cartoon as being a rather re
markable production for a paper with which
the President's son was connected. Mr. Arkell
published an explanatory card to the effect
that Russell B. Harrison was not connected In
any way with Judge. This afternoon this noti
fication was received at several newspaper
offices in the city:
DXAB Sra: Mr. Bnssell B. Harrison Is returning
from Europe on the City of Paris, due here
Wednesday next and a number of his co-laborers
on Judge and .Frank Leslie! Illustrated JCnes
yaper Intend going down to Quarantine on the
steamer Laura M. Starln to meet him. We shall
be very glad to have you, or If It Is Impossible for
ybuto go personally, a representative of your
paper, accompanynsonthe trip.
Very trnly yours,
(Signed) W. J. Arkell.
An afternoon paper suggests that it may tax
Mr. Arkell's ingenuity to harmonize the state
ments of the cards in question.
Battle Between Father and Sen.
Jeremiah Callahan Is 52 years of age, six feet
tall and weighs 200 pounds. His son James, 25
years of age, is still heavier and taller. Last
night young Callahan went home drunk and
struck his father across the forehead with a
boot Callahan, Sr., knocked him down with a
stool, fracturing his skull. Tbe father and son
then clinched and fought and bled all over the
-rooms of the Callahan family. They were ar
rested. Old Callahan Is in jail. Young Callahan
is in a hospital, and his recovery is doubtful.
Charged With Wife Murder.
Miss Minnie Huhn called at police bead
quarters to-day and told a pitiful story of tbe
aeath of her sister, Mrs. Emma Spinnella. The
dead woman was only 17 years of age, and Mrs.
Huhn says she was beaten to death by ber hus
band Michael. The death certificate gives tbe
cause of death as puerperal f ever.and her baby
was three months old and died on the same day
with its mother. The husband was not at the
funeral of bis wife and child and has not sines
been seen, He is in hiding. The police are in
vestigating the case.
A Wine Importer Snlelde.
Martin Arnemann. a wealthy wine importer,
shot himself dead In the cellar under his wine
room last night His body was found by one
of his employes this morning. Beside it were
a box full of cartridges and a revolver, which
Mr. Arnemann bonght this afternoon. The
motive of the suicide Is a mystery. Mr. Arne
mann was prosperous In business, in fine
health and lived happily with his wife and four
children. He was a prominent member of the
Arion Society, tbe Goethe lodge ot Free
masons and some 15 other organizations.
Killed Himself for Love.
Adolph Neumann, a Hungarian clgarmaker.
18 years old, shot himself tbrongh the bead on
top of a lumber pile, near tbe East river, this
morning. His -body wa discovered by a pedes
trian wbo saw an arm. streaked with blood,
dangling over the edge of tbe pile, and climbed
up to learn to whom tbe arm belonged. Neu
mann killed himself because a girl jilted him
and he was Out Of money and work.
Aldrlch'a Spite Against Mansfield.
Louis Aldriob, tbe actor. Intends to prevent
the admission at tbe Custom House of the im
ported costumes of Richard Mansfield. These
costumes arrived here to-day. Mr. Mansfield
proposes to use them in "Richard HI." Usually
a foreign theatrical manager when he Imports
costumes gives a bond at the Custom House,
and therein agrees to return the costumes event
ually to the country from which they came.
Mr. Aldrich will try to prevent tbe acceptance
of such a bond from Mr. Mansfield.
Panic on a Ferryboat.
As the Coney Island annex boat Charles
Sill, was leaving her pier in Jersey City about
3 f. u. to-day, a cloud of black smoke rushed
up from the hold through the engine room.
There were about a dozen passengers, all but
two of whom were women. Wben they saw
tbe smoke they screamed and ran to the guard
rails, as if to jump overboard, but tbe deck
hands persuaded tbem to be quiet Tbe engineer
backed the boat down to tbe AdamsExpress
pier. Meanwhile, passengers on the ferry
boats lying in the slips had heard thn women
scream, and added to the excitement by
screaming fire. Several tugs with 'lire hose
steamed to the boat a few minntes afterward
and tbe flro was extinguished. The passengers
went to shore safely. One woman fainted. The
fire was extinguished before $100 damage had
been done. It was caused by a pile of waste
under the engine room coming In contact with
the firebox;
Syrian Not Object of Charity.
The 53 Syrians wbo came here on the steam
ships Suevia, La Gascugne and Veendam will
not be returned to their country, as ordered by
the Collector, just yet They employed a law
yer the other day, aJd to-day he obtained a
writ ot habeas corpus in their case, returnable
at 11 o'clock to-morrow before Judge Laconibe,
of the United States Court Said Juredlm
andother Syrians wbo live here made affi
davit tbat their feilow-countrymen are
not likely to become a charge on the conntry,
as they are all able-bodied and can find work
immediately In the brickyards at Flshkill
.Lauding, where Juredlm and his friends de
clare 100 laborers are wanted. The Suevia and
Veendam, on which 33 of tbe Syrians were to ,
go back, will sail to-morrow morning without
tbem. It will be a month at least before these
ships sail hence again, so we will hare the 38
that long, anyhow, even it they do not succeed
fn the court'.
TEI-STATB TRIFLES.
8heriit Burkholder at Lancaster pre
sented to Judge Livingston, on behalf of Abe
Buzzard, a handsome gavel, made by Buzzard,
as a token of his regard for the Jndge for hav
ing sentenced him to the Eastern Penitentiary,
where be has learned a useful trade,
A PittstoN cat found a mackerel can in an
alley, inserted ber head to lick up the crumbs,
got fast and was only disencumbered by a
plumber.
At Bethleham a day or two since, as a North
Pennsylvania baggage car was crossing the
bridge over the Lehigh, a trunk fell out of it
hit a boat on the river and was knocked to
pieces. Tbe boat was not damaged.
A ruLis-GROWN watermelon with an encased
horse shoe may be seen at H. B. Campbell's
hardware stofe In Middletown, near-Harris-burg.
Ms. Cottjtan, of Phconixville, Pa, who
while lending a hand to lift a bar of iron on a
former occaaiod had au end nipped off a finger,
which was sewed on again, has bad the same
end nipped offi,agaIn by a similar mishap, and
hopes to save it, as usual.
JIibaii Josr.PHS, ot Mahoning county, 0
caughtanswlln his barn recently that was
nearly as large as' a full-grown turkey.
TwoJVest Virgin! youths, aged IS and S.
years respectively, nave started for Texas oa
foot..
CDEIODS COSDENSATIOBS.
There are 170,000 Mormons in Utah,
Territory.
Maine has,aJasebaU club called the.
Pennessswassee.
A Maine man has raised a blue pig,
which he will exhibit at the State Fair.
A prominent capitalist of Oakland,
CaL, married his fifth wife last Tuesday.
The oldest public house in, 'England Is
"The Seven Stars," at Manchester. It dates
back to the time of Edward HL
A Mohammedan mosque has been built
in Woking, England. anda Buddhist templo
has been opened In Paris. There are about 300
Buddhists in Paris.
-rA, Callfbrnian named John Fesaler has
a quartz mine that has paid him $30,000 in two
years. He does bis own work, and bis only
mill Is a hand mortar.
One of the objects of curiosity at Kenr
nebunkport Me.. Is tbe stone house Rev. IS. L.
Clarke, of New Yorlr, built ot rocks hauled ont
of tbe sea at low tide by oxen Rev. Mr. Clarke
put on his overalls and steered the steers part
of the time himself.
An old bachelor, who- has Just died at
Earishofen, left to his servant 2 shillings a day,
to bis dog 1 shilling: to bis cat sixpence, and to
some ot his nearest relatives 5 shillings. 10
shillings, or 1 a legacies. Tbe rest of hlslor
tune becomes th property of the parish.
Frank Galart was, fishing for bass-in
Vineyard Sound, off East Chop. Mass., wben
his boat capsized, instantly filled, and sank.
For two hours and a half hekept himself afloat
without anything to assist him, and then was
rescued by a passing boat mile from the spot
where the boat went down.
William Hood killed a large bear on
the Upper Coquille river. Ore., last week. It
welched dressed 6KJ pounds, and is known to
have destroyed 3,000 worth of tock. Atone
time he slaughtered 300 sheep that belonged to
Mr. Hood. Since settling in that country tbat
gentleman has killed 43 bears and no end of
wildcats and panthers.
A. design for a new postage stamp has
been prepared by a St Louis printing bouse
and sent broadcast over the conntry for ap
proval. It is a green stamp, two inches square
and contains the portrait oCJobn L. Sullivan,
the slugger. On the top are the words: "U. S.
Our Country's Champion," and on the bottom!
"Too Big to be Licked."
Seventy-three years ago Mrs. Sally B.
Weeks Bucknanl, then a blushing bride, went
to housekeeping in a snug farmhouse on tho
west slope of Mount Prospect, N. H. The
other day In this same house, where she has
lived ever since, she celebrated her 100th birth
day, and was strong enough to receive not only;
ber children, grandchildren and creat-grand-children,
but also alarge number ot herfriends
and acquaintances.
El well Chick, of San Francisco.a white
headed, wrinkled old "forty-niner," by occupa
tion a carpenter, is a strong believer In dreams
and presentiment So strong. Indeed, that ho
has constructed aa elegant coffin, which he
firmly thinks he will be called upon to nil on
October 24 next He also has had the insert p
tlon."Elwell Chick, aged 79 years." placed upon
it, although he lacks over a month of three
score and nineteen.
A farmer near Dalton, Ga., was aroused
one night not long since by the squalling of
a ben on ber roost in a cluster of vines near tne
house. Going out, the hen was apparently
transfixed with fright and helpless In ber
movements. A large snake was found nearby, ,
with eyes evidently set upon bis prey. Tbe
hen continued ber squalls without moving, as
Ulna nightmare. till the snake was killed,
wben she fell from her percb. recovering and
flying away, but has since been In a droop.
The tribe of Cree Indians bave just
concluded their great sun dance three miles
from Glasgow, Mont The barbarous method
of making braves was a feature. Two In
cisions are made in the breast and a sharp
stick thrust through them, to which a rope d
attached and tbe ends tied to a high post Tbe
Indian then dances and sings until the flesh
tears ont and he is declared a brave. If he
flinches during the ordeal he is declared a
squaw man, and dresses and works thereafter
like a squaw.
An English trader at Ngoye, on the
southwest coast of Africa, has had for some
time a young female gorilla whose docility is
described as most remarkable. Jgannie, as the
baby gorilla has been named, sleeps with her
master and tries to follow nim wherever hy
goes, weeping like a child if left behind. Shp
recently accompanied him on j jo' "ney'of
20 miles or. more, walking all the way. -.one haa
acquired many civilized tastes and Bautts. and
will drink tea, etc.. out of a cup or glass, dis
playing the ttmost carefulness not to break
the vessel.
A London shoemaker has invented a boot
to make small people appear tall. The Inven
tion is an old and Ingenious one. Instead of
tacking six inches on to a person's heel, a pair
of entirely false feet made of cork, is put into
tbe shoes. Wben tbe wearer gets into them,
he or she is raised according tov the inches of
cork. Of course, in this invention the original
foot is made to combine with the cork one
nnder the leather in such a manner tbat tbe
line of demarcation Is not perceptible. The
size of the foot is sacrificed, it Is true, and a
larger boot is necessary with tbe cork "ele
vator" than would be the case naturally.
Frank '. Kirby & Bro., contractors,
while engaged in removing a large hollow
stump on the farm of J. Roger Woolen, on the
Baltimore and Drum Point Railroad, were
surprised at tbe appearance of a monster black
snake; which at once proceeded to coil himself
about the forelegs of a mule standing near. In
a very short time the mule team was in a very
mixed condition. The snake was promptly
attacked by a very large bull-terrier, who
caught him about six inches from the head
and held on tbrouglLall the struggles of the
mule. The men In the meantime were en-1
gaged in killing snakes, tbe stump appearing I
to be full of tbem and very vicious, showing ?
fight on tbeir exit from tbe bole. Men armed"
with shovels killed in all 47. The one that
attacked tbe mule measured six feet seven
Inches and eight Inches in circumference.
The smallest one was three feet two Inches
long. The tree .has long been known as a
refuge for snakes;
FUNNY MEN'S FANCIES.
There is nothing loud abont the flannel
shirt On the contrary, it Is modest and shrink
ing. Wcuhington Capital.
McCrackle What is the "Order of the
King's Daughters?"
McCorkle Icecream, usually. Lift.
Be lore he married her he said she was a
dream. Afterward he Intimated very strongly
that she was a nightmare. Washington. Capital,
If all the wishes that we keep repeating
Were granted, still for something else we'd sigh;
Wot even pie would be but leathery eating
If we had nothing else bnt pie.
-OH at Sliixard.
Perdita What a cheerlul way you must
hav orrefuslng a man. You seem to send them
away supremely happy.
Beatrice I tell them that tbe report that I am a
great heiress Is a mistake. Life. s
Manufacturer (to applicant for position as
designer) Have yon erer had anything to do
with tbe production ot valuable pieces?" Appll-cant-"It
Isn't three weeks since 1 helped make a
11,300 Jack pot." Jevxler't Weekly.
A. proposal Mr. Drygoods I desire to
obtain your permission to marry your daughter.
Farent Which one?
Which one? I really haven't made up my mind.
"Which one wonld you recommend? You know
tbem belter than I do. Oerma Jote.
HIS CHOICE.
"Where do you think," said she,
The World's Fair ought to be?"
Be drew her to his side.
And hogging ber replied,
'I'm eatlsfled, my dear.
To hold the fair right here. ' Lift.
A new social game has been introduced
In the West One or the girls In tbe room takes a
bite of onion and a young man must discover the
fair biter by kissing all the young ladles present
Tbe young man enjoys It lmmenselyuntll he
strikes tbe gtrUhat bit the onion, and then he
looks around for his hat and says he proialsed'to
be home at 9 JO o'clock. Sorrtt town UtraU.
Standing Up for His Rights. Conductor
That oj can't be less than 5 -years old. 1 shall
hav to charge you hall fare for him.
Mr. Sklnnphllnt (nervously looking at his
watch) No, you won't It's now 7 o'clock. Tbat
boy won't be S years old till exactly 7:30, and we
expect to get off this train at exactly 7:3s. If you
charge me anything for that boy I'll report you.
Chicago Tribune.
His Kind of Dance. "May I dance the
third dance with you?" asked Mr. Auk Ward of
ills Mazurka. T
,So sorry," replied MUs Mazurka, who pad
some painful terpslcDoreaa experience wun mm,
"but I'm down for the rest or tbe nine aaaee."
"Then r must dance at-tea-dance," said Mr.
Ward, he tripped his Ught fantastlo toe over ber
train and tore away two breadths.-Setrtit
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