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BOTJLAKGEE'S END.
The second ballots in the French elections
seem to emphasize the success of the Repub
lican government in the first ballotting.
The estimates give the party in power two
thirds of the seats, and in several districts
of the Seine, where the Boulanger party
might be expected to develop strength, the
Republicans have elected their candidates-
In the meantime, the complete eclipse of
Boulanger Is indicated in the abandonment
of his name by his quondam supporters,
who not? call themselves Revisionists, and
discard the name of their late leader.
'Whether this stab in the bouse ot lriends is
due to the defeat of the General or to the
withdrawal of funds by the Orleans faction,
may be a subject for discussion; but it docs
not leave much doubt that Boulanger is a
political corpse.
This may, therefore, be taken as the end
of a political movement which was founded
on humbug and which met with the in
evitable crash as promptly as it deserved.
END OF A COMPACT.
A rather significant termination of the
boycott which the fire insurance companies
of the East declared upon the State of Xew
Hampshire, as a punishment for passing its
valued policy law, is furnished by the
withdrawal of the Etna I'iro In
surance Company, of Hartford, from
what is known as the "New Hamp
shire compact." The compact was to ab
stain from all business relations with New
Hampshire until the law was repealed. The
compact was a practical declaration that
paying business could be done with New
Hampshire, even under the law. If there
was no paying business it did not need a
compact for the companies to withdraw from
the State, as the one that got out the soonest
would be the best off. This action on the
part of the Etna is a virtual admission
of the fact that a State can get along with
out the insurance companies better than the
insurance companies can get along without
a State where there is good business for
them.
THE CHAMPIONSHIP OF MEANNESS.
It was difficult to imagine how anything
more remarkably mean than the record
which New Xork has made in connection
with the Grant monument could be evolved.
That city proceeds to beat its own record by
a proposition, reported to come from a G. A.
R. post, to assess the pensioners of the United
States one per cent of the slender funds
which they draw from the Treasury, in order
to raise the money to build the monument
The one class in the country which should
be sacred from such an attack on their nar
row incomes is that composed of the old sol
diers who diaw modest and, in the majority
of cases, even petty allowances from the
Government. The proposition is widely
supported to increase these allowances en
the plea of their needs in old age. To pro
pose to tax the veterans in order to build a
monument which New York is too stingy to
lurnish the funds for, in order to raise the
money from the class least able to pay it, is
an achievement of pettiness which beggars
comment.
The remarkable argument is made that
the sum drawn from each pensioner is so
slight that it would not be felt One per
cent on a pension of $10 per month is only
ten cents, it is urged; but on the total
(80,000,000 of pensions it amounts to
$800,000, which would furnish New York
with a fine monument. The argument
might hold good with regard to other classes.
One per cent on what the money kings of
New York make by manipulations and com
binations would never be felt and would
yield a much larger sum. One per cent on
what the fashionable people of New York
spend in luxury and folly each year could
well be spared, and would not only build a
monument to Grant but would honor his
memory by furnishing some millions more
for the care of disabled and needy soldiers.
But to apply this principle only to the
poor pensioners, and to argue that the old
reterau who has to sustain age on an allow
ance of ?120 will not feel a tax of 1 20, in
order that the rich New Yorkers can escape
making good their pledge out of their mill
ions, is an effort of logic on behalf of the
wealthy that would be silly it it were not so
shameful.
A monument to Grant erected by Each
means would dishonor his memory instead
of honoring it
THE USUAL EMBELLISHMENT.
So it seems that the embellisher got in his
work on the early reports of the trial of the
new United States war vessel Baltimore, as
well as in the case of her predecessors.
"When the first statements were made of her
remarkable speed and the gratifying excess
of horsepower, The Dispatch expressed
the hope that there would be no such dis
count of them in the official figures as took
place in the case of the Charleston. Bnt
the official report shows that the horsepower
fell below the contract requirement, and
that the speed, while very good, did not
' reach 20 knots. It is true that there is a
doubt as to the accuracy of the indicators
which tested the horsepower; and that the
circumstances warrant a new trial; but that
being the case, what was the use of saying
nothing about it and overwhelming the
public with fairy tales of 21-knot speed and
a couple of thousand surplus horsepower?
Someone is evidently in need of a lesson on
the commercial and journalistic value of
truth.
THE BEGULAB WAE CLOUDS.
The old story about the impossibility of
war in Europe because the Rothschilds
could not afford .'it is reversed bvtfce enr.
ufr.'.t-a'ZA?lH.I?rJ?Lttfr'f l. -s .
lcjgwwiywpjwgfcifw5.M.h.uc;inteTrJ
ccces of the newspaper writers are true the
Paris Rothschilds can afford it. Perhaps
they are in a position where they can make
a profit out of war, that will recover their
losses in the copper syndicate; but, how
ever that may be, the gossip is to the effect
that by making a loan to Russia of ?400,
000,000, they have placed the Czar in a po
sition to put his armies in motion next
spring.
Ot course this comes from the sources
which arc always turning out reports of ex
pected hostilities; and it may be said that
so much emphasis on the negotiation of
loans indicates some barrenness of other news
looking toward war. Nevertheless the fact
is beyond doubt that Europe is in constant
apprehension of an outbreak. Possibly that
apprehension is what has staved off actual
hostilities so long. But constant fear alone
cannot avert war forever; and in view of
the efforts made by Bismarct to prevent the
negotiation of this Russian loan, the fact
that it is at last placed makes the suspicion
not wholly untoundeded, that it is to fur
nish the sinews of war next year.
The European powers have been getting
ready to fight for many years. If they are
quite certain that it must come, the United
States can disinterestedly advise them to
have it out, and can back up the advice by
furnishing them with provisions and am
munition in large amounts.
OBJECTS OF LAE0B STATISTICS.
Mr. Carroll D. "Wright, the United States
Commissioner of Labor, calls the attention
of The Dispatch to the fact that the act
of Congress creating his department charges
it with the duty of acquiring and diffusing
information, among other details, as to "the
means of promoting the material, social,
intellectual and moral prosperity" of work
ing men and women. Mr. 'Wright also
states that the divorce statistics were col
lected last year by special authorization of
Congress.
This absolves Mr. "Wright from any in
ference that he has pursued his statistical
inquiries into fields not warranted by the
law; bnt it does not alter the fact that the
practical result of directing inquiries into
these fields is at least disappointing, while
fields are neglected in which exact and re
liable deductions concerning important
issues could be obtained. The law creating
the Department of Labor also directs
inquiries into the relations of capital
to labor, and the earnings of work
ing men and women. "While it would, per
haps, be hairsplitting to claim that because
the law states these objects first, they should
precede in importance those which appear
to have been selected, it is necessary to say
that more important and practical informa
tion is to be obtained by thorough and con
stant statistical inquiry in that line.
For instance, a few years ago very signifi
cant information was furnished concerning
the effect of combinations of capital on
wages, by the annual publication of the
wages paid to coal miners in the different
counties of this state. These statistics
showed that in the districts controlled by
combinations, wages were 30 to 40 per cent
lower than under competition. This fur
nished a very important light on the general
claim that competition is the destruction of
wages. Singularly enough, about the time
that these figures began to bear on import
ant public issues, their collection by the
Bureau of this State entirely ceased.
If the United States department had
taken up and extended that line of inquiry,
it might have led to important information
concerning the conditions of capital under
which labor gets the highest wages. If that
point is made clear we may discover by ex
perience that it has a decided bearing on the
social, intellectual and moral prosperity of
working men and women.
The news that the people of Pierre,
S. D., went on a spree over the selection of
their town for State capital, and put up the
prices of lots a thousand per cent, furnishes
a stronger foundation for the real estate
boom than most Western towns require.
"Whisky seems to have been at the bottom of
this rise in real estate; while in a large ma
jority of cases the inflating clement is
nothing stronger than wind and water.
The proposition to assess the pensioners
of the United States in order to obtain the
funds for the Grant monnment is the climax
of New York's meanness. All further efiorts
in that line are unnecessary. That record
of wealthy stinginess cannot be surpassed.
"While the decision of U. S. Judge
Sawyer that the killing of Terry by Nagle
was "entirely justifiable in law," was a re
markable assertion of jurisdiction, the dec
laration of the San Joaquin county grand
jury that it was "intentional and deliberate
murder" indicates a disposition to prejudge
the case which confirms the opinion that
California justice is fearfully and wonder
fully made.
The bursting of the Liverpool cotton cor
ner and the Chicago pork corner indicate
that this is a year for cornering the cor
nerers. Even the trusts are getting squeezed.
Natural justice may do its work if legal
jnstice will not
"Congress may be more favorable to
railroads than to rivers, from the dislike of
water which statesmen oiten acquire in the
course of politics," remarks the Louisville
Courier-Journal. This intimation of a be
lief that the rivers have more water in them
than the railroads, displays what would be
remarkable anywhere else than in Ken
tucky, a decided ignorance of railroads and
water.
New" Yoke: has got the League pennant
"With that glory, it does not care for a little
thing like the "World's Fair. At least it
does not care enough to put up the Aony
for it
Sejtatoe F,abwzxx's explanation of the
high price of beef by the allegation that the
people will only eat the good cuts, carries
the implication that th'e ordinary cuts of
meat can be obtained for little or nothing.
An attempt to buy cheap meat on that
theory would cut up Senator Earwell's argu
ment into mince meat. "
The report that the telegraph wires are
going underground in Philadelphia almost
permits the hope that the reform may strike
Pittsburg some time in the sweet by and by.
The Standard Oil Company kindly ex
plains that it does not want the earth, any
more than it wanted to refine Ohio petro
leum last year. It sticks to its platform in
the prior case by confining itself to efforts
to prevent any one else from getting a share
of what it does not want
The reported revival of a demand for
Confederate currency and defunct State
bank bills in the South indicates an alarm
ing dearth ot waste paper.
If the fellows who have been predicting
earthquakes and destructive storms for the
MgianingjOf tthlsjweek thad .been j satisfied
with the modest prediction of a moderate
cold wave they would now be enjoying the
fame of soothsayers, who manage to hit it
once in a while.
PEOPLE OP PE0MINENCE.-
Fktedeich Sfiblhagex, the most popular
German novelist recently celebrated his 70th
birthday.
Edwin Everett Hale says that when he
was in college he and his chum took the first
daguerreotype ever made in Boston.
Captain Parsons is the oldest living male
born in Wilkesbarre, Pa. His yearly rentals
from coal lands amount to over 535,000.
Peikce Hexby of Prussia, the brother of
the Emperor, will visit King Humbert ot Italy
on his way to Athens. His Majesty will make
him chief of .the Dragoon Regiment Savoy.
Among the distinguished octogenarians who
make a practice of early rising may be named
Cardinal Newman. He is very feeble, but still
receives visitors, and always treats Americans
with especial cordiality and courtesjy
AECHBisnor Potter, Bishop of Bombay,
whose death has just been announced, was a
Jesnit father and a great linguist, as he wrote
and spoke seven European languages and over
a dozen of the native tongues of India and
Asia. Eo was an inveterate chess player, and
on one occasion was known to have forgotten
his vesper service while absorbed in the game.
For this his self-inflicted punishment was no
chess for two months, to him a most severe
punishment
Ins admirers of Prince Bismarck in Ger
many are developing plans to found a Bismarck
Museum in Berlin on the next birthday anni
versary ot the Chancellor. Collections have
been made already and requests sent out for
all relics pertaining to tho Prince or his family.
It will, in all probability, be arranged some
what after the style of the well-known Hohen-
zollern Museum, which is in one of the palaces
of Frederick the Great The Chancellor is flat
tered by the idea.
Kins Otto, of Bavaria, narrowly escaped
being killed a short time ago. in his castle of
Furstouried. While passing through the dining
room, the chandelier fell from the ceiling, and
jnst grazed the head of His Majesty. An at
tendant, who stood nearby, was badly wounded'
The rooms of the castle have since been exam
ined, 'and, with two exceptions, declared un
safe and unfit for habitation. The King is now
confined in these two rooms. His condition is
considered more hopeless than ever.
HIS B001S ARE NUUBEE 16.
A Six-Foot Connecticnt Boy With Aston
ishingly Large Feet,
PrnTTAir, Conk., OctoDer 6. Mr. Arnold of
Thompson is only 16 years old, bnt he is over
six feet tall and his feet are famous. They are
bigcer than any other feet in Windham county
and perhaps in the Now England States.
Young Thompson stepped into Ell Tracy's
shoe shop at Central Village the other day and
said he would like to have the shoeman make
him a pair of boots.
"All right" said Ell, "just put your foot on
this measure, and I'll get your size."
Thompson tried to do as he had been bidden,
but found it impossible to comply with the re
quest Although Tracy slipped the marker out
to the jumping-off place on the measure, there
was not nearly room en'ongh to accommodate
the young man's extraordinary foot
"Weil," said he, looking up iaghast "I never!
You beat the record. What size boot do you
usually wearT"
"Oh, generally I can get on sixteens," re
plied the youth with Ingenuous complacency,
but latterly they've pinched my feet some,
and I guess PI1 take a size or two larger this
time."
Tracy then made an approximate estimate of
the big foot and found that it called for a boot
one inch and i half longer than his measure.
"I can't fill the Dili for yon." said be, "for you
take a boot that Is bigger than any last that is
made."
So yonng Thompson had to away without
hope, and he is in a dilemma. The prospect is
that be will have to go unshod dnring the re
mainder of bis life unless he can persuade some
liberal-soled contractor to make a last especi
ally for his use, which will be expensive.
Thompson is not the only six-footer and big
footer in his family. He has a sister who is six
feet tall, but it wouldn't do for any one to draw
further conclusions.
A MESSENGER BOX WELL PAID.
He Receives Feci Amounting to Nearly $6
From the Prcsldcntal Party.
Harry Schoolcraft, a messenger boy at Deer
Park, has had a streak of luck. He was em
ployed by the President to do some errands,
and Mr. Halford was told by both Mr. and
Mrs. Harrison to give him a good fee. As a
result of these commands Mr. Halford gave
the lad $3. but did not mention the fact to any
one. Mrs. Halford passed him a little later,
and, fearful that her husband had forgotten
him, she drew out a dollar and handed it to the
boy As the train pulled up Harry was perched
on the railing to get a last view of his munifi
cent but departing patrons. Mrs. Harrison
saw him.
"The little messenger boy, Benjamin, don't
forget him."'
"Ah, ye," said tho absent-minded President
shaking hands with the surprised Harry and
leaving in his palm change that amounted to
exactly SI SO. In the car the subject was men
tioned. "Did yon T" queried Mrs. Halford.
"I did," answered her husband.
"It is all right, Halford. I had the change, so
I fee'd the boy," said the President
"So did I," remarked the Secretarypensively,
looking ont of the observation end of the fast
departing car to the open-mouthed lad on the
fence, who still held one hand foil of the Presi
dent's quarters and drew from his pocket with
the other Lige's munificent donations, the
whole aggregating E5 80.
TWO PHOTOGRAPHERS SURPRISED.
They Took a Picture of a Drowning Scene
and Didn't Know It.
tETECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH. 1
New York, October 6. Amateur Photogra-,
phers Charles Wylie, of New York, and Will
iam Maginnls, of New Orleans, started one
Sunday afternoon recently from the Maple
wood Hotel, in Pittsfield, to get some views at
Fontoosuc Lake, a lovely sheet of water nest
ling between the bills to the north of the town.
Beaching the lake and selecting a vantage
ground, they placed their camera in position
and made a shot Twenty minutes later they
met an excited man on the roadway who told
them that a rowboat bad been overturned on
the lake and that two of its four occupants had
been drowned.
On reaching their hotel the photographers
developed several plates taken that afternoon,
and their surprise may be imagined when they
discovered on the negative taken at the lake a
reproduction of the drowning scene. There
was the overturned boat with one man cling
ing to its stern and another's head just visible
above the water. The yonng photographers
had no knowledge of the accident that had oc
curred before them at the time they took the
picture.
TOADS AT $50 EACH.
Sir. Sellers Engages in a Novel Bnt Ap
parently ProStablo Business.
From the San Diego (Cat.) Union. I
A few weeks ago Mr. Ilderton, of this city,
left for a visit among relatives in England. Mr.
Campion, the real estate man, gave him a
horned toad to presentwith bis compliments to
a brother of Mr. Sellers, his partner. A letter
jnst received from Mr. Ilderton says that he
has not only had a jolly good time, but thinks
he has dicovered a new source of revenue for
San Diego county, and especially for his friend
Campion. He found Mr. Sellers' brother at
Nottingham and presented him with the
horned toad, which was a great curiosity in
that country.
To possess tho handsome "varmint" became
the desire of several of Sellers' friends, and a
lively bidding ensued, and the result was that
Sellers disposed of It for the snug sum of 10
50 and writes for more toads. Campion says
that until real estate picks up he will go into
the toad business, and he has about 500 of the
product stuffed, and expects to start a large
shipment of English gold toward San Diego in
the near future.
A School Teacher's Good Fortune.
Paekeksbtoo, October 6. John It Grove,
a school teacher of Berkeley, has fallen heir to
$40,000. An elderly lady of Frostburg. MO,
took a fancy to him some time since, and on
her death bed a few days ago she made Grove
her principal heir.
Merely a Coincidence.
.From the "Washington Star. I
It is an interesting coincidence that the
chestnut season begins in the markets and on
the political stump about the same date every
year.
Rev. Thomas Unbbnrd Tall.
BbynMawb, Pa., October 8. The Bight Eev.
Thomas Hubbard Vail, U.D., LL.l)., .Bishop of
the diocese of Kansas, died here this morning,
iwst im mMcaa m nrv.TTCBjj, -.. , . .1.
THE CRITIC.
A Boor Into tho Seventeenth Century A
Gift ot Unconventional Speech Differ
ences In Historical Novels Beginnings
In New England and Pennsylvania Boy
Travelers la Mexico.
Whoever opens "MIcah Clarke, His State
ment" (Longmans, Green & Co.l, opens a door
into the seventeenth century. The statement of
MIcah Clarke relates to "certain passages in
his earlv life." and is made to his three grand
children during the long evening of the hard
winter of 1734. and from his lips, by tho eldest
of the three, day by day set down, and now
from the original manuscript, arranged in
order by A. Conan Doyle.
"A. Conan Doyle" is a queer name, almost
too queer to be really used by anybody evory
day. Still there is no rulo for giving names
unfortunately. Perhaps A. Conan Doyle is not
a pen name after all. Anyway, whether the
name is real or only invented, it belongs to the
writer of an uncommonly good story.
"If "A. Conan Doyle" were to be taken off
the title pace, and "Robert Louis Stevenson"
were to be written in the. place of it there
would be no reason for any critical surprise.
"Micah Clarke" is moro like the work of Mr.
Stevenson than '-Tho Wrong Box" is. "Micah
Clarke" is in the manner of "Kidnaped." It is
just as good a story as "Kidnaped" or let us
frankly say, a bettor story, with more of inter
est in its characters and in its plot It takes
one just as completely out of the air and view
of the days wo live in, into other times and
scenes; and the style of It is charming for its
own sake.
They had the gift of speech in tho seven
teenth century. They had a way of saying
even commonplace things which made them
sound quite unconventional. Tho statement
of "MIcah Clarke" is put in seventeenth
century language. It catches that fresh and
charming strain.
"Micah Clarke" is set down nnder the head
of fiction, but it belongs better among the his
tories. In 16S5, James H. being King of
.England, and hated by his Puritan subjects for
his enmity toward Protestant religion, James,
Duke of Monmouth, who had fled to Holland,
came secretly back, put himself at the head of
a handful of troops and summoned all the dis
affected folk in England to his standard, call
ing himself king. Tho uprising was speedily
put down. At tho battle of Sedgemoor tho
troops of Monmouth, set in a position of disad
vantage against a bottomless ditch, and weak
ened by the cowardice of their leader, wero
hopelessly defeated. The rebel chief was sent
to the block. And as for his followers, Chief
Justice Jeffreys came down and held that
"bloody circuit" which has made his name
everlastingly infamous, and meted out savage
pnmshment to them.
This is the substance of the statement of
"Micah Clarke." Except that while one can
read this much briefly enough in "Green's His
tory of the English People," you not only read
it here, but von live in the midst of it Back
go the clock hands 800 years. It is century the
seventeenth, and the scen is turbulent En
gland, These places and people stand out like
life. The households of the Puritans, the aen
of the smugglers, the old man lu his lonely hut
working at the ancient problem bow to make
gold out of iron a problem which we in Pitts
burg know how to work out pretty well the
tlght'with the fanatics in Wells Cathedral, the
battle beside the fatal "Rhine," and the vacil
lating Monmouth, and the mad Jeffreys, "The
Devil in Wig and Gown," and Micah Clarke
with his good friends, and Decimus Saxon, the
soldier of fortune, aud Hector Marot the
highwayman you close the book, and it is all
as distinct and real as if it happened yesterday.
There are historical novels and historical
novels. And there is as much difference be
tween them as there is between an lnkbottle
and a bottle of ink. But when one gets a first
rate, carefully written, interesting and fairly
accurate historic novel, it is better than 40
regular histories. It is the difference, as I said,
between reading about an event and living in
the neighborhood, within sight and sound of
it Scott and Shakespeare wrote the best
histories of England. That is the sort of book
"Micah Clarke" is.
"Micah Clarke" knew very well what he was
about when be mounted his stout horse
"Covenant" and started out to help put James
IL ont of his throne. He knew that he was
setting himself on liberty's side. But we know
what it all meant now, better than be could.
Because we see the perspective now and under
stand how puritanism fitted into the general
progress of things.
The study of history has shared in that gen
eral improvement in ways of doing almost
everything which marks the last half century.
This is especially noticeable in this matter of
perspective, of looking at events as they stand
in line, finding out what their place is aud what
they mean.
It seems, at first thought a little queer and
remote to begin p. history of the planting of
New England with a study of the political
methods of Greece and Borne. It makes one
think of Knickerbocker's "History of New
York," which started with the primeval chaos.
This, however, is the way in which Mr. John
Fiske' introduces "The Beginnings of New En
gland (Houghton, Mifflin & Co.). He starts
with the ancient ways of nations, making yon
watch the progress of the argument as one
might watch an expert blackboard artist Here
is a line and there is a dot and yonder is a
curve. What is it going to be? How are these
marks to be marshalled into the promised
shape?
Mr. Fiske makes it speedily clear. History
shows that nations have been made after three
methods: In the Oriental way, by conquest
without incorporation; in the Roman way, by
conquest witn incorporation, but without rep
resentation; finally, by the English way, which
our barbarian ancestors somehow worked out
amid their forests and broughtwith them when
they came down and conquered Rome, by in
corporation with representation. It was for
this English principle that the Puritans stood
when they rose up in a day when power was
everywhere getting more and more centered in
kings' hands, and the rights of the people were
every day getting to be less regarded, and cut a
King's head off and put their representative, a
man of the"peoplo, in his place.
Some people think of the Puritans as grim
faced men, who broke the beautiful stained
windows in the old cathedrals and never kissed
their wives on Sunday. They were bigoted,
stern, ungraceful men. There is no doubt of
that But the Puritans saved to the world the
English idea." This fight was for liberty.
The united states oi America is the monu
ment of their victory.
The story of the Puritan exodus, of the
journey of the Mayflower, of the beginning of
the colony, of the immediate setting up of
representative government of the division of
tho Legislature into two bodies on account of
a dispute .about a stray pig, of the founding
of Harvard College by public taxation in the
midst of dangers and dissensions, of the inter
minable theological discussions which taught
men to think and made freedom of thought
possible, of divisions aud persecutions, of big.
otry and fanaticism, of the wars with the
Piquots, and the Narragansotts, and the Nip
mucks, of the days of terror when no man's
scalp sat steadily upon his head, of the oppres
sions from over the sea and of bravo resist
ance to them. This Mr. Fiske narrates with
that perfect clearness, truth, and fairness
which characterizes all his work.
Our forefathers hero in Pennsylvania had an
easier time of it, by far, than the Puritans. We
used to be taught at school that this was due to
the peaceful Influences of the Quakers. It
seems, however, as Mr. Fiske tells us, that it
was due rather to the peace-making influences
of the great Iroquois league. These powerful
Indians had been fighting, when Penn came
with the ferocious Susquchannocks, and had
conquered them almost off the face of tho
earth. The Indians whom Penn found were
Delawares. The Iroquois had beaten them so
that they had submitted to be called "women."
But the Iroquois were friends of the English.
It was not until after that change in Indian
politics which showed itself in Braddock's de
feat that the English had any serious trouble
here.
The Iroquois sided with the English because
tbey hated the French. And they hated the
French by reason" of eertain foolish musket
shots which a gay young courtier named
Champlain had fired at a company of
them one day beside the lake which bears
his name. The three steel-clad Frenchmen
whs made an attack that day upon 300 naked
Indians, had little notion what mischief they
were doing; To them one Indian nation was
like another. But that absurd 'little skirmish
settled it forever that France should not be the
jjrevailine power In this new country.
Cnampiain was tee first white man who saw
which
mont It is with this significant incident that
Mr, John L. Heaton begins "The Story of Ver
mont" (Lothrop-Weldin). It is not to the ad
vantage of "The Story of Vermont" to read it
just after "The Beginnings of New England,"
because Mr. Fiske is one of the masters.
Nevertheless, Mr. Heaton has done good work
here. And this handsome book, with its clear
pages and excellent pictures, will no doubt at
tract readers who would not care very much
for the philosophtzmgs of Mr. Fiske.
Hero is the straightforward story of
a great State. The wars with the Indians, the
brave deeds of the "Green Mountain Boys," the
war of independence, the Duuaing oi tne
State, the anti-liquor and anti-slavery agita
tion, the part which the soldiers of the State
took in the War of the Rebellion, and the pro
gress of things since, are all told clearly and
welt At the end of the book is a valuable his
torical epitome, in which the growth of the
State Is divided Into eras beginnings, discov
ery, colonization, dispute, formation, develop
ment progress. This is excellent
From Vermont to Mexico would have been a
dangerous and Interminable journey not so
very long ago. It is hard to realize that only 60
years have passed since Charles Carroll, signer
of the Declaration of Independence, spoke the
oration at the opening ot the first section of
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. To-day Mr.
Thomas W.Knox takes his "Boy Travelers" the
whole world over. Boys did little traveling 100
years age. It took men with the nerve of that
old pirate, Dampler, to venture far from home.
Wp m:iv sit in onr easv chairs and travel
now. Any boy can go to Mexico for $3 00. That
is the price of "The Boy Travelers in Mexico"
(Harper's Weldln.) This is tho tenth joumey
in the Boy Travelers' series. Like all the
others, it is full of interest and profit and
pictures. Lucky are the boys who get into the
company of Mr. Knox,
The boy travelers took the overland route to
Mexico, going through Texas. If they had
taken boat at New Orleans and pushed out into
the Gnlf they might have seen what is left of
Lost Island. Lost Island was once a resort of
pleasure-seekers. There were five cottages
there and a large hotel. But one night 40 years
ago, the sea rushed in upon the lslind, as it did
the other day upon Atlantic City, only a hun
dred times harder, and tore almost the whole o(
it away. Down went the cottages, down went
tho hotel, and everybody in them, into the
black water.
They were dancing that night at tho great
hotel. The Captain of the Star, as the fierce
gale blew tho boat in toward the dangerous
coast, heard the band playing Weber's "Invita
tion to the Waltz."
"Waltzing!" cried the Captain? God help
them) God help us all now! The wind waltzes
to-night with the sea for his partner! O,
tho stupendous Valse-Tourbillonl O the
mighty dancer! one-two-threel From northeast
to east from east to southeast, from southeast
to south: then from the south he came, whirl
ing the sea in his arms."
The next day Felin, a fisherman on the gulf
snore, earned noine in nis arms a utue Daoy
which he bad saved ont of the wreckage. And
his wife Carmen named the baby "Chita."
Chita's mother had been drowned, and her
father saved. She, too, was lost her father
thought At last, years afterward, by accident
he came sick to Felin's cottage and saw his
child and died.
This is the story by which Mr. Lafcadio
Hearnhas written his book, "Chita." (Har
per's Weldln). The charm of "Chita" is in
the telling of the story. It is refreshing, amid
the realistic chronicles of the commonplace
which crowd the bookstores nowadays, to find
a writer who is not afraid of enthusiasm and
not ashamed of exclamation marks. The de
scription of that fierce August storm which
turned Lost Island into a desert is worth every
body's reading. It is like one of Turners
pictures.
CATCHING 400-POUHD TURTLES.
The Carious Methods Practiced by
the
Fishermen of New Ztnlnnd.
Auckland Letter to New York Times.)
There are several curious ways of catching
turtles. While lying asleep on the water in the
snn, a canoe will silently approach, its crew
seize the animal, and tumble him aboard "be-'
fore he knows where he is." He is turned on
his back, for otherwise he would climb out and
swamp the boat in short order. A native will
also swim up quietly behind the sleeping beast,
spring on the back of his shell, and bold on in
such a way that be cannot dive. Having no
idea of escaping in any other way, he can be
steered whithersoever his captor chooses. (Con
siderable agility and nerve are necessary in ac
complishing this feat, for if the man should
miss his leap and fall back into the water he Is
liable to be dangerously cut by the animal's
flippers. An inexpert person or one who wished
to have some fun with the turtle might grasp
him by the tall. If so, like the Irishman who
devised the plan of catching a bull by the homs
and rubbing his nose in the dirt he will do well
to nave nis laugn nrst ine turtle has his idea
ot a joke, too, which is Instantly to shut his
tail close up to his body, whereby the man's
hand is held as fast as In a vise, and then dive
with him to the bottom of the sea. Most of the
turtles, however, are captured on the beaches,
whither the females land to lay their eggs, and
the males accompany them out of gallantry or
to keep guard.
The eggs are laid in a perpendicular cavity
about a yard deep, at the bottom ot a great
circular excavation, which the female scrapes
by whirling around like a fly with its wings
singed, and violently plying its flippers. There
are usually over a hundred eggs in a litter.
When surprised, the turtle offers no resistance,
but makes off at a pace surprisingly rapid in so
clumsy an animal, and which a good runner
can hardly keep up with in the sand.
To turn a turtle weighing 400 pounds
on its back and thus capture it while
it is scuttling through deep sand,
requires more knack than strength. A turtle's
progress on land Is by a series of wriggling
jerks from side to side, and the fisher, taking
advantage of the moment when it cants away
from him, overturns it with ease. The young
are batched in a month, making their appear
ance when about the size of an American
silver dollar, and aro prepared to begin life on
their own hook at once, which they do by
rushing for the sea as rapidly as possible.
Many of them never reach it however, being
caught by birds if it be day and by the land
crabs at night
ASCENSION ROBES PREPARED,
Jersey Adventlsts Prophesy That the World
Will End To-Day.
Long Branch, October a. Three miles to
the westward, in the vicinity of Monmouth
Park, is-an old colony of Second Adventists,
and they have fixed npon to-morrow night Oc
tober 7, as the end of the world. Though there
is some difference of opinion in the Advent
community on the subject a majority of the
Adventists about here seem to be convinced'
that the end is at hand, but they do not like to
speak about their belief for fear of ridicule.
The Adventists in this county are most numer
ous In West Long Branch. Eatontown and
Oceanport Their preparations for translation
have been made secretly. Every true believer
has a white ascension robe ready and will re
pair to some elevation to-morrow night to wait
for the end.
Elder Esek Walcott the loading spirit in the
Advent Church here, declined to give any ln-
iormaiiuii vii uiv Buujeci uub uu uiw not maue
a free distribution of his property and does not
intend to. Fully one-third of the Adventists
are not in sympathy with their brethren. The
news of the coming end of the world is nartim.
larly alarming to some of the negroes about
here.
ARTHUR WALLACE QUIETLY WED.
He Was Secretly Married to Miss Jessie
Churchill on September 9.
jSrECIAL TELEOBAM TO THE DISPATCn.l
New Yoke, October 6. Arthur Wallack,
the son of the late Lester Wallack, was mar
ried on September 9 to Miss Jessie Churchill,
the daughter of Edward S. Churchill, of 3(3
Fifth avenue. The ceremony was performed"
at Mr. Churchill's cottage, at Lake Mabopac
Only tho immediate friends of the bride were
present
Mr. Wallack's first wife died a year ago. She
was a daughter of Theodore Moss. The
newly married conple dispensed with the cus
tomary honeymoon trip, and are now in this
city.
ANTHROPOLOGICAL.
Ancient Greek saying: A man, hearing
that a raven wonld live ZOO years, bought One
to try it
BosTOif Transcript: Many a man considers
himself a great gnn when, in fact he is noth
ing but a smooth bore.
New Oelean s Picayune: A man Is famous
when he is listened to in both hemispheres and
not believed in either.
Yonkers Stateiman: The pugilist wonld
rather give than receive, and yet when in bat
tle, he shows that he is close-fisted,
Boston Traveller: The man who claitnB the
right to think for himself should be tolerant
toward those who disagree with him.
BrNGHAXTOK Leader: When a man is
corned he fancies that the community has one
create ar for bis especial accommodation.
Munset'S Weekly: It Is bard work to be
good. After the average man has put in about
half a day trying at It, he feels llko laying off
indefinitely. t
SoMEnvnxE Journal: You cannot always
tell by the size of the number of a man's check
how rich he IS. It isn't what he draws nnt nf
;the bankbut' what Ee lets"' Btay" in, that may
inr.prfuii: nis nnwiiuin. --
HIHISTEES' MISTAKES.
Errors Which Clergymen Are Liable to
Make Amusing Besnlt of a Reproof
From the Pulpit.
One of tho standing admonitions which an
Allegheny theological professor was wont to
give to his classes in the olden time was,
"Never suggest an infidel objection in the pul
pit, which you are not perfectly sure of your
ability to overturn. In other words, do not
raise the devil unless you are sure you can
knock him down."
There is a very large nugget of wisdom in the
advice. The writer has often been reminded
of the counsel of the old theological professor
in listening to some minister whose education
and advantages were none ef the best while he
obliterated, to his own satisfaction,jbTuxley and
uarwm ana .tteroert spencer at one leu
swoop.
There are. In every congregation of worship
pers, some who are not ready to accept loud as
sertion lor logic and the devil is not always
downed in minds where he is raised by the
preacher. It is not long since a Pittsburg
preacher denounced Hume's argument against
miracles as not being worth the paper it was
written on. Tire fact that the wisest theo
logians have been for a century expending their
utmost force in attempts to meet Hume's ar
gument is proof enough that it is a very strong
statement of the anti-orthodox idea, and
thoughtful hearers are not satisfied with such
summary annihilation of Hume as that It is
unworthy of notice.
Influence of a Poet's Words.
Manyyears ago a prominent minister of this
vicinity, in a sermon to students, quoted the
followsng sentiment from Pope to combat iti
For modes of faith let graceless bigots fight
He can't be wrong whose life is in the right.
The effect of the prea6hers effort, so far as
one student was concerned, was to impress in
delibly in his mind the sentiment' of Pope,
while all the rest of the sermon was soon erased
from the memory. And, as the years roll on,
that student is more and more impressed with
the truth of Pope's couplet
The clergyman who is charged with the care
of a congregation, and who must needs devote
a large part of his time to visiting the sick,
burying the dead, and looking after a thousand
and one things pertaining to his flock, of which
the outside world knows very little, would be a
phenomenal man if he could successfully com
bat Ingersoli and the scientists in bis pulpit
efforts. The wise thing for him is to tackle the
questions oi religious lite ana cnaracter, con
cerning which there is no controversy, and ig
nore the matters which free thinkers and scien
tists delight to discuss. .Let him by all means
follow the advice of the old professor and not
raise the devil unless he is perfectly sure of his
ability to wipe him out
Reproving an Erring Brother.
Herbert Spencer and Tyndall are possessed
of abilities and opportunities far beyond any
average minister, and the best plan for the
preacher is to let such severely alone.
The writer once knew a preacher whose
patience was sorely tried by a leading member
of bis flock, who was disposed to kick in the
traces when ho could not have his own way.
The preacher concluded to tackle the brother
from the pulpit The description he gave of
the troubles in Israel was close enough to lead
the brethren and sisters to cast many signifi
cant glances toward the offending brother
who sat in the amen corner. When the min
ister reached his climax by the affirmation that
"churches were cursed by those who wonld
not be sheep unless they could be bellwethers
and that the canse of Christ would go on
triumphantly when all such were rotting In
their graves, 'i the brother for whose benefit
the sermon was preached, broke forth in a
stentorian "Amen," which sent a ripple of
laughter over the congregation and caused the
occupant of the pulpit to labor in manifest
distress until the end of his sermon.
He afterward acknowledged thatthe brother
in the amen corner was ahead in the contro
versy, though he did the business with one em
phatic word. J, H. Y.
THE ZETETI0 PHILOSOPHY.
One of Its Disciples Tries to Prove That
the Earth Is Flat.
From Carpenter's Folly, Philadelphia.!
The Zetetic philosophy, which proves abso
lutely and without a shadow of doubt that
earth is a plane and not a planet, has in It no
theories, but establishes its conclusions upon
facts alone. Many of these facts are of such a
nature that not to know all about them will
soon be deemed a sign of ignorance. The peo
ple should know that the surface of standing
water is level, whether It be in the form of a
pond, a lake, a canal, a sea or an ocean, and
that it makes no difference at all how many
people, in consequence of false teachings, be
lieve it to be curved; that in no surveyors' op
erations in tho construction of railroads, tun
nels, or canals is any "allowance" made for the
"curvature" of the earth's surface, although
the books tell us that it is necessary; that the
view from a balloon in the air is that of a flat
earth and not of a globe; that the river
Paraguay, in 300 miles, does not fall a foot
that for the last 500 miles, the Amazon falls
but 10 feet 6 inches and that the Nile, in a
thousand miles, falls but a foot
Sailors can see the light at Cape Hatteras 40
miles ont at sea, whereas on the globe theory
it ought to he more than 900 feet below the
level line of sight; strain your eyes as you
please, you can never see a ship coming "up,"
for, at the furthest distance that you can, by
any means, see a ship, it is on a level with the
eye; the horizon always rises on and on just
as you rise on; if the mariner were to take a
"globe" with him with which to navigate the
ocean he would wreck his ship; meridians are
straight lines diverging from the central north
toward the south in alldirections horizontally
"parallels of latitude" only are circles and
on a globe, the pointing of a compass north and
south is clearly impossible; sailing westerly is
sailing round horizontally with the north star
on your right hand, and sailing easterly is sail,
ing in the same horizontal mode, with the
north star on your left and all the money in
the United States Treasury would not buy a
proof of so much as the bare possibility of sail
ing down a globe, under a globe, and up the
other side!
Effect of Chicago Smoke.
From the A ew York Sun.
We learn from onr esteemed cotemporary,
the Chicago Herald, of "the absence of the
devil from the moral city of Chicago." It may
be conjectured from the retirement of this
leading citizen of Cook county bow strong and
terrible the smoke nuisance' has become.
' An Excellent Equipment.
From the Boston Herald.
Sir Julian Pauncefote is on his way back to
this country with all his pretty daughters. Ho
couldn't be better equipped for diplomacy in
Washington.
THE TELEGRAM.
"Is this the tel'graph office?"
Asked a childish voice one day,
As I noted the click of ray instrument
With Its message from far away.
As It ceased I turned; at my elbow
Utood the merest scrap or a boy.
Whose childish face was all aglow
With the light of a hidden joy.
The golden curls on his forehead ,
Shaded eyes of the deepest blue,
As If a bit of the summer sky
Had lost in them Its hue.
Thev scanned my office rapidly,
From celling down to floor,
Then turned on mine their eager gaze,
And he asked the question o'er.
"Is this the tel'graph officer" i
"It Is; my little man,"
I said; "pray tell me what you want
And I'll tell you if I can. "
Then the blue eyes grew more eager,
And the breath came thick and fast;
And I saw within the chubby bands
A folded paper grasped.
"Nurse told me, " he said, "that the lightning
Came down the wires some day,
And my mamma has gone to heaven,
And I'm lonely since she la away;
For my papa Is very busy,
And hasn't much time for me,
Bo I thought I'd write her a letter.
And I've brought it for you to see.
' 'I've printed It big so the angels
Could read out quick the name.
And carry, It straight to my mamma.
And tell her how It came;
And now won't you please to take It
And throw it up good and strong
Against the wires In a f jnder shower,
And the lightning will take it along."
Ab, what could I tell the darling?
For my eyes were filling fast.
I turned away to hide the tears,
But I cheerfully spoke at last:
"I'll do the best I can, my child,
'Twas all that I could say, .
"Tnank you. " he said, then skanned the sky,
"Do you think it will funder to-day?"
But the blue sky smiled In answer.
And tbe snn shone dazzling bright
And his face as he slowly turned away,
Lost some of Its gladsome light
"But nurse, "he uld, 'lf I stay too long,
Won't let me come any more,
Bogood-by, I'll come and see yod again, -
Bight after a funder shower,!'
. IflfiEE PAPERS IS 051.
X Glance at the Interesting Contents f
Yesterday's IW-Page Dispatch.
The wheels went around at a lively ratev
Huge rolls of paper passed through the ma
chinery at lightning speed, and copies of THE)
Dispatch, all printed, pasted and folded,
came out faster than several men could coast
them. Such was the scene In the pressrooms
of The: Dispatch yesterday morning, when
an edition of from 50,000 to 60,00020-page papers
was printed in a few hours. Thousands upon
thousands of copies of the people's favorite
newspaper were speedily piled up in the mail
lug room, whence they were taken by the wagon
load to the-postofSce and the trains for trans
mission to subscribers. By breakfast time tens
of thousands of patrons were supplied with a
quantity of the choicest reading matter, suf
ficient to last a whole day. Those who failed
to secure a copy of the mammoth triple num
ber missed a great literary feast
Among the principal news items contalnedfin
the telegraphic reports were the following: Bou
langer, deserted by his financial backers, la
looking for a cheaper place than London to
live in. His own countrymen are fast forget
ting him, and confusion reigns in his party.
The Shab, while sending elegant presents to
most of the English royal family, entirely ig
nores the Queen. An article In an English
review in regard to the triple alliance, which
has caused much comment is thought to have
been written by Gladstone. The event of. the
week in Germany will be the Czar's visit to
Berlin. Every precaution Is being taken to
insure the Russian ruler's safety en route,
soldiers being posted along the railroad and
police stationed wherever danger is supposed
to lurk. The usual batch of gossip of cable was
of an Interesting character.
In a speech at, -Brooklyn Senator Hlscock
said New York would not decide the next
Fresidental contest He said thatthe new
States would defeat the expressed will of the
metropolis, and Brooklyn. Mr. Roosevelt, of
the Civil Service Commission, has made a re
port strongly arraigning the management of the
Baltimore postofflce. The New York Pioneers
of .Liberty and the Orthodox Hebrews had a
lively row, which lasted several hours and was
finally quelled by the police. A drunken
father at Charleston, W. Va, attacked and
killed two of tls children. The South Ameri
can delegates were entertained in Boston.
Montana is.till doubtful, though it is thought
the Democrats have elected the legislature.
Father Boyle, of North Carolina, has been
found guilty of the crime charged against him
and sentenced to be hanged. Colored clergy
men ask the Episcopal convention to prevent
discrimination against them, on account of
their color. Mrs. Robert Ray Hamilton was
taken to the New Jersey State prison.
The local columns contained an account of
the extensive operations of boy horse thieves
in this city. The youthful robbers have been
arrested. Pittsburg Knights Templar departed
for Washington. Miss Dora Morrill at
tempted suicide by taking laudanum. The
electric light suit having been decided in favor
of Edison, the Westingh6nse Company will
appeal to the Supreme Court The Thirteenth
Regiment Band, of New York, is coming to
play at the Exposition.
The home team defeated Boston and went up
to fifth place. New York won the pennant and
Chicago finished third. Other items of sport
ing news and Pringle's review filled the sixth
page. ,
m.
Parts second and third (pages 9 to 20 Inclu
sive), contained articles from special contribu
tors of very high literary merit The opening
chapters of the new story, "Joshua," by Prof.
GeorgEbers were given. Tho romance prom
ises to be one of remarkable excellence. Hen
ry Haynle described a French vine
yard and the process of wine making.
Under the title "A Prince of Actors" M.M.
gave some entertaining reminiscences of
Edwin Booth and his father. Theodore
Stanton sketched French politics and poli
ticians. W. Cotten Downing furnished a
graphic description of a coon hunt in the
South. Rev. George Hodges contributed one
of his able religious talks. Society, music, the
stage, art education, finance and military mat
ters received attention In the usual depart
ments. J. T. Hatfield, Oliver Optic, Dr. Jack
son, William isawanis, ine uucnessana others
furnished papers on subjects of general in
terest Frank G. Carpenter gave a most en
tertaimnjj description of Mohammedan cus
toms. Blakely Hall contributed a column
about Mary Anderson that will Interest her
numerous admirers. "One August Night in
'61" was the title of an exquisite bit of fiction,
written from the last story plot of Wilkle Col
lins. J. H. Young's paper on the Italians of
Pittsburg contained an interesting account of
the growth of the colony of that nationality.
Ernest Heinrlcbs' story of "The Dragon's
Tongue" was original in plot and entertaining
in character. Other meritorious contributions
were from the pens ot Benjamin Northrop,
Morton, Mrs. frank Leslie, "A Clergyman,"
Olive Weston, Dr. A. M. Hamilton. Shirley
Dare, Frederic Sanborn and Clara Belle.
WICEED BLUE-EYED BEAUTIES.
Blonde Women Held Responsible
for a
, Great Deal of Mischief.
From the Hartford Courant.I .
It Is the blonde woman, who does the mis
chief. Lncretla Borgia had yellowhair; so, ac
cording to Grant White, had Lady Macbeth,
who was petite and slight The mischief maker,
Mme. Montbazon, was a regal blonde. Mme.
Simon's blue- eyes looked unflinchly at the
guillotine, when the still fairer headof the in
nocent criminal, Marie Antoinette, fell into the
basket Bloody Mary was slight and fair.
Marie de Medici was a fleshy blonde woman,
though her hair was streaked with gray when
she died on her straw litter at Cologne, and
Catherine, of the same noblo house, was either
fair or stained her tresses to make her ap
pear so.
I dare say the daughter of Herodlas, who
danced before Herod, was yellow-haired the
old masters made her so (those high-born He
brew maidens bad the blonde tint) and nobody
doubts that Delilah's bine eyes bewitched the
secret out oi the soft-neaaea, soit-neanea,
black-bearded giant
Of tbe Greatest Utility.
From the Chicago Herald. 1
Mr. Edison is not producing all of the great
inventions of the age. A piano muffler has
been invented which reduces the noise made
by the practicing girl to a comparatively agree
able minimum.
A Dismal View.
From the Globe Democrat.!
Senator Harris, of Tennessee, thinks that the
time is coming when Congress will be In con
tinual session. Most people, however, prefer
to take a less dismal view of the country's
future.
Farewells That Doa't Count.
From the Pioneer Press .1
Paul and Jaj Gould are the great annual
"retirers." And it is safe to keep your hand on
your pocketbook when you bear arumor of this
kind in regard to either of them.
TRI-STATE TRIFLES.
Mb. W. E. Mn.LEB, of Mt Pleasant Pa.,
has in possession a copy of the Boston Gazette,
dated Monday, March 12, 1770, published by
Eddes and Gilt containing an account of the
first four coffins manufactured In the United
Btates by persons who made this a business.
An opossum was found on a tree on one of
the principal streets of Martinsburg, W. Va.,
one day last week. How it got there is a mys
tery. A VEaETABlAir crank fa Columbus refuses
even to eat vegetables that have been in the
same refrigerator with meat but the same fel
low was once caught kissing a butcher's
daughter.
ASO-YEAB-oiJ) grapevine grows m German
town on a trunk which measures two leet and
a half around. j
"Hqitetmoon Row" is the name given a
row of houses at West Chester occupied by
newly married couples exclusively.
At Corry whjn the free delivery of malls
went into operation there were 600 applications
for the four positions of letter carriers.
A New Castle woman mixed a mess of
bread and set it near the open window. When
she got ready to put it la the oven she was sor
prised to find a ohiekefi steadteg la It He had
got his feet to the deign aad.wM aabte to -'
trieate
CUXIOUS COlTOlgf ATI016,
Over 2,000 tons of raiauM fcave aheaiy
been shipped East Item Fretae, CL
J. B. Greene, of Moshervflk, Miei.,
captured an eel ia his mitt stHae wkieh
weighed pounds and was 40 taehea long.
At Btbel, Me., last week a Ife fc
attacked a cow, but the latter feaglrt with act
her might and main, and finally drove in&
off,
A man who Is in the BlrmiHghasn
(Ala.) jail charged with murder weighed only
80 pounds two months ago. His weight baew
160.
An obituary in a Georgia eoteaperary
closes with this sentence: "Mr. F , thaagh
dissipated, was an honest man aad well thosght
of in his neighborhood." -
Mr. J". G. IsCurphy, of Louisville,'
dreamed of being at a race and seefeg a cer
tain horse come in ahead of the rest Accept
ing this as a 'tip" he Bet H6t) oa that hone and
came out I860 ahead.
1 The railroad ear on Thich Lideela rode
to Washington at the time of his first laaagara
tlon is now used as a smoking ear oa the New
York Central Railroad aad runs between
Wellsboro and Antrim. Pa.
In view of the siatemeai from 'Cape Hay
that a sweet potato 3feet6lBefees Iee wm
grown there, it wouldn't be altogether sarpris
inglf some day vegetables are sold by the feet."
In Boston, daring certain months, cabhagoa axe
sold by weight
A Vienna millionaire has jaet died
leaving a request for his only heir to keep the
family vault lighted with several JabtoekesT
electric l&tnrjs tor mt ,- Ttti, -- '-
having refused the necessary perrawsioH the
ueu iuu oruerea a canaie and a box of parlor
matches to be placed near tho nan in hL us.
fin in case he should wake up from his lews
sleep.
A calf was recently caught on the tew
catcher of one of the big locomotives of the
East Tennessee, Virginia aad Georgia, Bail
road, near Gobntta, and carried a distance ef
nine miles. When discovered the yonng bovine
was lying complacently oa the pilot apparently
enjoying tbe mode of rapid transit It was
completely unharmed, and when released
trotted away as if nothing nsBsual had hap
pened. A curiosity in tie shape of s.mnic
pumpkin can be seen on the farm of O. N.
Tranbarger.afewmfies soathwest of Ander
son, Ind. The vine upon which the pumpkin
grew was partly covered with loose dhrt when
ia bloom. At the points where the dirt severed
the vine small roots grew out Tbe viee was
lifted up and the roots carefully plaeedisapaa
of milk, which was raptdiy absorbed. The '
pumpkins on the vine grew to eaormoas sJae,
and one weighs 136 pounds. j,
At the last meeting of the Athens (Ge,) ':
University faculty, a very singular petHfea was ."
acted on by this sage body. It was that ot
former graduate of the college, who sow re
sides within the confines of Arkansas, sad,
stated that, whereas the humble petitioner was
contemplating matrimony, aad, whereas saM
contemplations were frowned upon by an wt
willing and irate father, petitioner prayed that
the honorable faculty would, in view of his
good deportment in college, commend him to
tbe favor ot his future father-in-law. It is cur
rently reported that an order was graated to
the petitioner suing favor from the Arkansas
father, and bidding him a hearty Godeaeed ia
bis serious contemplations.
Bean's Island, an uninhabited pleee of
land lying in Frenchman's Bar, oS the coast o(
Maine, would be a paradise for cats. IXJs ra
fested with rats, and how they reaeheflbere
no one can tell. It Is the general eupPBttoa
that some years ago a coasting schooner must
have bees wrecked in the bay. and that it had.
rate among the other valuable portions of its
cargo. Tbe rodents are there by thousands,
and theyfatrly swarm over the Wand. Any
one who is not fond of them does weH ia giving
the place a wide berth, for they kaownofear
and make it interesting for visitors. Much of
the Island is low and flat and is so perforated
with their holes that it resembles a vast sieve.
How they live Is a mystery. No one knows of
any fresh water upon the Island, so the rats
must have been the sole discoverers of some
hidden spring.
The oldest bank: notes are the "flying
money," or "convenient money,' first issued In
China 3667 B.C. Originally these notes were
Issued by the Treasury, but experience die- '
tated a changn. to the banks under Government
inspection and costroL Tbe oily Chteeso
"greenbacks" were la ail essouttato fstoar to
the modern bank notes, beariagthe name of
mo dsbk, oate ci issue, ue number oi tfis note,
the signature of the official issuing it, isdiea
tions of its value In figures. In words, aad-ia
the pictorial representation hi coins or heaps
of coins equal in amount to its face value, and
a notice of the pains and penalties following;
counterfeiting. Over and above all was a
laconlo exhortation to Industry and thrift; '
"Produce all you can; spend with economy."
The notes were printed In blue ink, oa paper
made from the fiber of the mulberry tree. One .
issue, in 1388 B. O, Is all carefully preserved in
the Asiatic Museum at St Petersburg.
A Vienna letter describes a wonderful
cave which has been discovered and opened to
thejubllo at not quite SB minutes' dbtasee
from the famous cavern ef stalactites at Adete
berg, in Carniola. This province of Austria is
very rich, in grottoes and eaves, but the one
Just discovered seems to be superior to all tho
others, and is likely to be more renowned than,
the Adeisberg caves, .the largest and most)
magnificent hitherto known ia Europe. The
grotto is. In the first place, better connected
than the old one. Cave follows cave, without
passages or corridors in which the visitors can
see Jiotnmg; ana a waiK through it occupies
rather more than two hours. A series of lofty
domes are passed through until a space, known
as the ballroom. Is reached. Here the rof
seems to be adorned with hundreds of flags.
The walls are formed of myriads of diamonds,
and If the "ballroom" is lighted, a variety of
colors, from alabaster white to deep red. seems
to shine from the slags, or streamers, or cur
tains. The most remarkable cave is tbe last
one. Its roof is vaulted; ia furthest wall is
formed by a snow white rock ef limestone,
which divides the grotto from the mountain
river Polk, which rushes behind it and the two
side walls are covered with Indentations, mostly'
formed of single drops. The visitor raay-V
imagine himself to be in a toy shop, so various
are the little figures which protmdefrom these
walls, but his attention Is drawn to a number'
of enormous trees in tbe center of the oave,
some rising to a height of 40 or 60 feet, each
with numerous branches strewn with drops la
stead of leaves In wonderful regularity of
form.
NOT BAD TO TAKE.
From summer's dear delights
Begretfally we turn ns
To spend our days and nights
In wrestling with the furnace.
Chicago Stat,
The wretch who steals a single pig
Lies wearily In Jail.
He who a thousand swine can prig
Most commonly gets ball.
Chicago Tribune.
He Knew Doctor (to dying patient
Death does not end all, my dear friend.
Dvlng man Bight doctor. You and the under
taker send in your bills after that Draws
Magazine.
Miss Bunker Hill Oliver "Wendell
Holmes Is 80 years old. Which of his works do
you prefer?
Colonel Western Well, Holmes' Sweet Home is
about as good as any of 'eat. Texai Sifting $.
In a Parlor Near the Sky De Broke I
say, Soupln, why is our room up here like man's
estate as mentioned In the RIbleP "'
Soupln I give it up. Why? 4"
De BrOks-Because it's a little lower than tho-?
angels. Erakt't Magazins.
Brown I see by the papers that tha
President has quit giving bis hand to callers at
the White House.
Bobinson-Humpbl III thought he had quit
giving callers the cold shouldr I would go over
and ask him how about that postofflce I haven't
got yet Ttxal Sifting.
At the Opera Miss De Gold Ma, that
man in the upper left-hand box Is a brute. Es
has been ogling me all the evening.
Mother-That is young Mr. MeCaah, whose uncle
died and left him two, 000 last month. He Is look
ing for a wife, they say, and"
Miss De Gold He is a nice looking gentleman,
anyhow. Cant we put hhn on onr list mar
.Droit' Magazine,
LOVE'S THOTTGSTLZSSXSSS.
The dying fire flames and glows ...
Upon tbe hearth, and gray and rose
The embers alternate:
While fitful flames carl lightly round
The blaekened logs without a sound
The hour Is growing late.
With curtains drawn. In firelight dim,
She nestles lovingly to him
Whom she so much adores;
Thy little heed the driving rals
That beats upon the window pane,
Or realize it pours.
Love's flame Is glowing ia thsfa: hearts;'
Ana wnen at laittne yonta oceans.
With vows that he'll be true.
She drearalngty gees o to bed
TV He out an Idea la her head
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