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"iiir fight for life.
The fight with the underground forces of
nature on the iaint hope oi rescuing the
miners who were imprisoned by the Dunbar
explosion, still goes unremittingly on. The
Lope that the part of the mine where they
are supposed to be would have been reached
ere this, has been subject to frequent disap
pointments; but the work has never stopped..
The ceaseless vigor with which the work of
rescue is kept up forms a bright spot in the
darkness of that catastrophe.
It is bootloss now to discuss the chances
of finding the imprisoned miners alive.
That there is a chance is sufficient to keep
the determined rescuers at work. Such an
exhibition of humble and unpretending
heroism cannot be regarded as lost, even if
the work of rescue is unsuccessful. The ex
ample of what can be done by men who at'e
inspired with on'y a faint hope or saving
the l.ves of their comrades is one that the
world can profit from.
The burning mine guards its secret
stubbornly; but the ceaseless attacks of the
rescuers will sooner or later penetrate to the
point where they can tell whether their
heroic work has been success.ul in its life
saving purpose.
our mjjiiueii storms.
The exceptional characterof the season in
the alternation from close and sultry weather
to sudden and violent storms, received a new
illustration yesterday. The damage wrought
bv the attack of wind and rain was most
noticeable in the carrying away of the false.
work at the Smithfield street bridge and
the sinking of a bo-it. Whether more seri
ous damage was inflicted by this storm at
other points or not, the frequency and vio
lence shown by our storms this season has a
singular bearing on the change of climatic
conditions that is alleged to be taking place.
NOT hIGX-5 OF INSANITY.
The view reported to be entertained by an
anonymous Hew York Democrat, that Mr.
Cleveland's constant writing about the tariff
question indicates a monomania on that
subject, is probably a case of political im
agination. That Mr. Cleveland has given
much attention to the promulgation of reve
nue tariff views is unquestionable; bnt so
have Mr. Carlisle, Mr. Mills, and others
who give tolerably clear indications of re
taining a firm grip upon their mental bal
ance. The criterion of sanity which would keep
a public man from referring in his letters to
the political issues which he supports,
would, if applied impartially, produce some
serious results. Thus, in opposition to Mr.
Cleveland's inculcation of tariff reform, are
some prominent Bepublican statesmen,
who arc equally industrious in con
stantly presenting the arguments in favor
of nrotection: but no one charges that
Mr. McKinley or Mr. Blaine have gone
crazy on protection, pr to apply a more
cogent illustration ad hominem. New York
Democrats of the Hill stripe, to which this
politician evidently belongs, cannot say or
write anything with regard to politics with
out making a personal attack upon Mr.
Cleveland. It mav be that some of them
have gone insane in regard to Mr. Cleve
land; but to relegate all of them to Insane
asylums would rob politics of some its most
prominent, it not most ornamental, figures.
To set down every man who rides his
political or social hobby rather severely, as
showing the indicia: of insanity, would be
to adopt the philosophy of the Cheshire Cat,
in "Alice in AVonderland," who asserted:
""We are all mad."
It is a proverb that the exact point where
genius ends and insanity begins is hard to de
termine; bnt Mr. Cleveland's mental charac
teristics are not of the bind that develop
Snto insanity. His career is rather the
demonstration of sober and sometimes com-mcn-place
sense and solidity. It might be
hazardous to say that he -will never go
insane on tariff reform; but it will be more
likely that some of the opposing Democrats
will go crazy about raugwumpery first.
STANLEYS FIELD OF ACTION.
Mr. Henry M. Stanley's acctptance of the
post of Governor of the Congo Free State
not only shows where the future field of
effort will lie for one of the most interesting
personalities of this day, but it holds out the
promise that the most direct means of carry
ing civilization to the heart ot Africa will
be pushed with all of Stanley's energy and
activity. The fact that Stanley will thus be
kept clear of the strife produced by inter
national jealousy and greed, over the divi
sion of the East coast between the European
Powers, is not alone fortunate for Stanley,
but it is equally auspicious for civilization.
The Congo Free State is especially the
creation or Stanley. He discovered nd ex
plored the great river which forms its high
way. He opened up the road by which its
navigable waters are reached from the coast,
-founded the trading stations, conducted the
negotiations with native chiefs and inspired
the work which has established the pacific
rnle ot that authority over the thousands of
miles of Tivers that lie between Stanley
""Falls and the "West coast In a transient
tefit of disinterested fairness, the European
Governments conceded to bis influence the
existence of this independent State, free
from the selfish strife of each for territorial
aggrandizement.
Under these circumstances the active
work and unconquerable energy of Stanley
along the Congo is likely to distance the
efforts of his rivals on the East coast. He
has a waterway which, with the links
completed past the cataracts, makes
a navigable route to witbin a short
distance oT Lake Tanganyika, and which,
by way of Lakes Bangweolo,Nyassa and the
Zambesi river, can be made to afford water
transportation for the greater part of the
distance across Africa. "With tho forest
route fully explored, he can establish the
shortest road to the Xvanzas, and by means
of steamer transportation over the water
routes at his command he can put the most
effective check on the slave-hunters. Be
yond all this, he has the inestimable advan
tage, viewed in the light of an effort to ex
tend civilization, of a foothold already ob
tained, not by the force of Krupp guns and
Martini rifles, but by the means of kindness
and good will which make Christianity
mean something more than superior force.
"While Stanley's achievements in.African
exploration have been unrivaled, there is
reason to hope that his greatest work in
civilizing the Dark Continent is to be
effected in his new position. There is hardly
any doubt that the Congo presents the true
basis of operations in turning back the
Arab invasion and in planting the outposts
of civilization from Lake Victoria to Lake
Nyassa. Under Stanley's energetic leader
ship, with the support of English capital,
there is ever" reason to expect that great
results will be attained in the manner most
consistent with practical Christianity.
SOUTH AIWEIUCAK COMMUNICATION?.
The experience of Mr. Charles Abel, who
has just returned from a journey of several
months throughout South America, with
the express purpose of studying the possi
bilities of South American trade, is an in
structive one. In his entire journey Mr.
Abel saw bnt four vessels bearing the flag
of the United States. The mail facilities
between this country to South America are
amply illustrated bv the fact that three let
ters written by Mr. Abel to The Dispatch
are still wand'ering along the devious mail
routes by which they are expected to go
from one continent to another; while the
inter-communication from far travelers ap
pears from the fact that his return to this
country was accomplished by way of the
Cape de Yerde islands, off the coast of
Africa, thence to the European ports, and
from there to the United States.
In other words the present means of com
munication make the European ports the
half-way stations from our country to South
America, and place our neighbors of this
hemisphere further away from us in time
than ajy point in Europe. The South
Americans who wish machinery, tools, glass
ware, or cotton goods, such as this country
might furnish, can order them from Europe
and get them back in half the time that it
would take to order and receive them from
the United States. In every kind of trade,
therefore, in which time is a factor, the
Europeans have absolute and vital advan
tage. In such trade as can be carried on
without reference to time, there are excep
tions. Cargoes of coffee and rubber can
come in sailing vessels from South Amer
ica, and a little flour and provisions can go
back in the same manner. But the em
phatic advantage of European merchants in
communications has placed the trade en
tirely in their hands so that they control all
the machinery of trade and hold'undisputed
sway of the main branches of South Amer
ican commerce.
It is not at all singular that a traveler
who has personally observed these things
should come back converted to the policy of
encouraging steamship communications
with South America by means of liberal
mail subsidies, or as the English Govern
ment calls it, compensation for carrying the
mails. Of course other things are to be
done to win the trade which this country
should have with South America. The
policy of reciprocity outlined in the amend
ment to the tariff bill, which represents
Secretary Blaine's v ews, and which admits
free of duty the products of countries which
do the same by ours, is a decided step in the
same direction. Even with these things pro
vided the task of winning trade from the
established European houses, with their sys
tem ot long credits and their intimate
knowledge of the trade, will be an uphill
one. But the first steps cannot be taken
without the direct communication that can
only be established by steamship lines.
The facts brought out by Mr. Abel's trip
certainly make it clear that the essential
condition of extending our South American
trade Is the liberal support of direct mail
lines by the Government.
TUE DU1Y OF CONGRESS.
The public discussion of the possibilities
of stopping the netarious Louisiana -lottery
swindle, has brought out a letter from Post
master General Wanamaker, giving decis
ions by Judge Pardee, of the U. S. Court
for the Louisiana district, and opinions
from different United States Attor
ney Generals to the effect that under the
present laws the Postoffice Departmentcan
not suppress the mail of that lottery. The
decisions of Judge Pardee are not entitled to
much respect, as that judicial relic of the
carpet-bag days is notoriously at the service
of wealth in whatever corrupt and unscrupu
lous form it may take. But the tact is tol
erably clear that the present legislation is
not sufficient to insure the suppression of the
lottery by the Postoffice Department This
gives force to the position assumed by The
Dispatch that it is the duty ot congress to
provide the enactments which shall outlaw
that public disgrace. If Congress can take
time from its pending squabbles to pass the
necessary legislation, it will do a service to
public morality.
St. Lotris raises a growl when her ex
pected 500,000 of population Is cut to 430,000;
Kansas City swells the Inharmonious cry when
her estimated 175,000 comes down to 100.000; but
wait until Chicago's 1,000,000 is cut down to
about 750,000, for a howl that will split the blue
vault of heaven.
The New York World declares that the
changes In the sugar schedule by the Senate
Finance Committee are entirely in the interest
of the Sugar Trust, and says it would be better
"to restore the duties on raw sugars," presum
ably as they stand in the present tariff. In
other words, since the Senate bill proposes to
give the Bugar Trust 60 cents per hundred
pounds protection on refined sugars, as against
the 40 cents proposed by the McKinley bill, the
esteemed World wants the sugar planters to
have J2 protection on raw sugars and the
Sugar Trust to have SI 50 protection In audition
thereto. The Democratic revenue reform goes
in exceedingly halting fashion when It strikes a
Southern product
The last phase or the suit against Calviu
S. Brlce for back taxes will enable blm to lay
before the Supreme Court of Ohio that
finely drawn theory that he is a citizen of
Lima, Ohio, enough to be elected Senator, but
not enough to be taxed.
TnEogio of r the organs is sometimes a
THE
little weak. Tho Philadelphia 'Inquirer de
clares that "this year is not a good year for tho
development of Republican kickers" and sup
ports the assertion by the example of Colonel
Stone's nomination and the agreement upon
another primary election. But the illustration
la significant for the fact 'brought oift by
tho Twenty-third district nomination that If
things were left as they were, this threatened to
be a very dangerously good ear for the develop
ment of Republican kickers.
A CLUB of Pennsylvanians in Chicago in.
dlcates that Chicago Is rising to a position ap.
proxlmating that of a commercial capital, or
else that the Keystone State is going to capture
the city in the near future.
Mueat Halstead is calling upon
Chicago to "start that tower" with an urgency
only second to Horace Greeley's famous cry of
"Onto Richmond;" and the Chicago Times
jeers at him accordingly. Nevertheless,
although Mr. Halstead may be unduly strenu
ou, Jt is pertinent to remark that it would be
better for Chicago tt start the tower than to de
vote all its energies to getting up a real estate
operation on tho lake front
Air eight-hour dav for Northern factories
and a twelvo or fifteen hour day for Southern
ones, does not strike tho mind as an arrange,
raent which is likely to last very long with satis
factory results.
The City Councils of Philadelphia have
just voted down an ordinance prescribing the
standard of purity for milk sold in that city.
This mav be explained on the ground that the
conservative Philadelphia spirit cannot readily
accept any such innovation as pure milk; but
it is more adequately accounted for on the
ground that the standard of morals in Phila
delphia Councils is as conspicuous by Its al
senco as the standard of milk.
The School Book Trust's 30 per cent re
daction, liko tho pooling railway wars, is the
regular combination methoa of killing off
competition.
People who have been sweltering daring
the month of Juno will be interested to learn
on astronomical authority that summer com
menced at 7 o'clock on Saturday morning when
the snn entered the constellation of Cancer.
If the preceding weather of June has been
an example of gentle spring, tho expectations
of summer will be torrid Indeod.
PB0M1NENT PEOPLE.
Donald G. Mitchell ("Ik Marvel") is 63
years old and lives in a pretty cottage near
New Ilaven.
Mes. Miller, wife of Joaquin, the poet, and
their daughter, Juanita, have rejoined tho poet
at Oakland, Cat.
Mrs. Gkovek Cleveland's inheritance
from the real estate of her grandfather at
Omaha is said to be one-sixteenth of (s00,000.
Tnn Hon. William McAdoo will presently
transfer his statesmanship from New Jerseyto
Virginia, where, indeed, he has mado his home
for some years.
Mrs. Ltllie Devereux Blase is the best
looking of the female suffragists, though some
unapnreciativo people say that me competition
is not very strong.
Mr. Peck, tho Mayor of Milwaukee, has a
picturesque habit of prowling around the city
In tho small hours of tho night to see that
everything is all right
Miss iisdel, the daughter of Colonel W. T.
Tisdel, of Washington, recently created a gen
uine surpriso in theatrical circles In Paris by
the admirable manner in which she acted at an
amateur performance.
Senator PErriGREVf having conveyed S30,
000 worth of Dakota property to Senator Don
Cameron, the depraved Minneapolis Journal
comments: "Tho report that Don holds a good
hand seems to be well founded."
One of the fewremaining picturesque figures
of war times is General Pleasanton, who can be
seen nearly every day strolling down Chestnut
street, Philadelphia, wearing a sombrero hat
to which he has clung for a score of years.
Lord William -Cecil, tbe second son of
Salisbury is a parish clergyman, very popular
among all classes. Ho i to bo appointed hon
orary chaplain to the Queen on tho next va
cancy, and will preach in the private chapel at
Windsor when Her Majesty again takes up her
residence there.
The Pope is going to erect a monument In
the Lateran in which are to be deposited the
remains of Pope Innocent ILL It will be
placed at the entrance, on the left of the aisle
leading to the sacristy, and will harmonize
with the new decorations of the complete res
toration recently carried out At present the
remains ot Innocent IIL are in tho archbasillca
of the Lateran.
The anniversary season at Mr. Moody's
schools at Mt Hcrmon ana Northfleld has
marked by the announcement of gifts of J50,
000 each from the late D. M. Weston, President
of tho Board of Trustees at Northfleld, and
from Frederick Billings, ot Woodstock, Vt
Mr. Weston's gift is for the endowment fund
at Northfleld, and that of Mr. Billings is for
the Mt. Hermon endowment
GUARDED BY A DEAD OFFICER.
A Deputy Sheriff Diops Dead Just After
Openlnc the Jnll Doors.
Ashland. "Wis- Jnne 22. Deputy Jailor
John Burns, formerly one of the wealthiest
lumbermen in this section, dropped dead In a
chair Friday, just as ho opened the jail doors
to take out a squad of prisoners. Tho prison
ers many of them held for serions offenses,
tho'ught Burns was retiring, and made no effort
When the jailer entered hair an hour later
the dead deputy was still guarding the prison
ers. Mnd lit n Pitt-bare Policeman.
From the Freeport Journal.
The colored man who was arrested here a
couple of weeks ago has returned, having been
acquitted of the charges against him. If the
policeman f rem Pittsburg who fired his revol
ver at him would only come back, wo would
take great pleasure in helping the man throw
him into the eddy. We havn't got through
kicking ourself yet for being such a torn fool In
helping him catch his prisoner.
CTJEBENT TIMELY TOPICS.
New York City is the largest and dirtiest
city in the United btates, two features which her
citizens are excessively proud of.
superintendent Porter and his army of
enumerators have caused any amount or bad
blood, but It Is confidently expected that a reve
lation wUl be averted by the prompt action of the
authorities.
The New York Telegram is of the opinion
that there Is not the slightest indication of an ad
journment or Congress because there are still a
rew aollars left In the Treasury.
THE 17-ycar locusts have made their appear
ance ahead of time In New Jersey. There is noth
ing slow about that little State with the exception
of her returning hoards.
The Republican war dance will open this
week In Harrisburg. Some of the politicians will
leave the capital with large and commodious
heads, nut patience and cracked Ice will soothe.
their lacerated reelings.
Chicago is bound to have 1,000,000 popula
tion If she has to count In a portion of St. Louis
and Milwaukee.
A Pennsylvania woman recently com
mitted snlclde because her husband did not kiss
her when ho went to work in the morning. The
female surplus would soon be reduced If all
women were or the same turn of mind, but un
fortunately they are not.
Barnum is negotiating with John L. Sulli
van Tor the athlete or his show. The American
people will stand one frand without kicking, but
they will draw the line on two with one aggrega
tion. Beware, Mr. Barnum, beware 1
"When Greek meets Greek, then comes the
tugolwar." What a heap or fun and money
awaits the voters In the Congressional district in
which Steve Klklns and ltcpresentative Wilson
will be running mates. It will be brains against
monev.
Senator SnERMAN is the coolest man in
"Washington. The shortness of the Ice crop has
no terrors ror him.
Wild animals, it is said, are completely
fascinated and can be tamed by perfume. What
,tHiimi one little Innocent skunk conld cut
In society after -he has been thoroughly snbdued.'
W" " "
PITTSBURG DISPATCH,
THE CRITICS REVIEW.
English and Amerlonn Hnmor Oar Fan
Hlshly Appreciated AbroadThe Blra
lory of Ibsen's Doll's House A Pretty
French Ptory by n Noted Astronomer.
T ord Dundreary has written a book. There
Is a picture of him on the cover, with bis
lone eveglass in bis eje. The name ot the book
Is The Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow (Henry
Altemus, R. R. Davis & Co.) 'Jerome K.
Jerome is the author. Mr. Jerome is the rising
English humorist. Ho is the man who wrote
Two Men in a Boat," and several other things.
Several publishers were anxious to reprint this
book, looking for a large sale.
Somehow humorists do not seem to come to
perfection in England. There Is humor, of
course, plenty of it the most charming humor
in the world In Englisn writings. But it is
humor which coral's in by the way. Tho
Englishman who deliberately sets out to be
funny seems to make a failure of it Even
Burnard's "Happy Thoughts" is no exception.
The idea was f nnny.bnt after a little the reader
grew weary. Punch is a conspicuous example
of the sort or thine which passes ror humor In
England. Wo find it very heavy. Whether it
is that the Engllsb mind is slower than the
American, or that he persists evon more than
we do in taking his pleasures sadly, something
is lacking.
There Is nothing in England so good as our
humorous papers, and no man in England who
can be funny for the sako of beini: funnv and
really succeed in being runny. Mirk Twain
cannot be approached in England. The Amer."
lean verdict upon English humor is "It makes
me tired."
Mr. Jerome's book is no exception. "On Be
ing Hard Up" is the first meditation in this
volume. It begins thus: "It is a most remark
able thing. I sat down with the full intention
of writing something clever and original, but
for tho life of me I can't think of anything
clever and original at least, not at this
moment The only thing I can think ot now is
being hard up. I supnose having my bands In
my pockets has made'me think about this. I
always do sit with my bands In my pockets, ex
cept when I am In the company ot my sisters,
my cousins or my aunts, and they kick up such
a shindy I should say expostulate so elo
quently upon the subject that I have toglvo
in and take them out my hands, I mean."
So he rambles on, page upop page. It is the
"idle thoughts" of an "idle fellow." and no
mistake. And for people who like that sort of
thing, that is the sort or thing they will like.
TThe preface is pretty good. "One or two
friends to whom I showed these papers in
MS. having observed that they were not half
bad, and some of my relations having promised
to buy tho book If it ever came out, I teel I
have no right to longer delay its issue: But for
this, as one may say, public demand, 1. perhaps,
should not have ventured to offer these mere
'idle thoughts' of mine as mental food for the
English speaking peoples of the earth. What
readers ask nowadays in a book Is that It should
improve, instruct and elevate. This book
wouldn't elevate a cow. I cannot conscien
tiously recommend it for any useful purposes
whatever. All I can suggest is that v. hen you
get tired reading 'the best hundred bookV you
may take this up for half an hour. It will be a
changed"
Hendrick Ibsen left "Tho Doll's House" un
finished. After the fashion, popular nowa
days, by which the novelist, having wrought up
his plot to the mostinterestingsituation, either
decides the matter In the most disappointing
way, or else stops short and leaves tho sequel
to the imagination of tho reader, so tho much-talked-of
romancer, whose "Doll's House" Is a
sad picture of matrimonial infelicity, sent the
wife away at the end of the book, and quietly
laid down his pen.
Sid she ever come back acainT tho reader
wanti to know. And so importunate is tho ques
tion that some have taken in band to solve the
problem which Ibsen simply stated without
solving. Among others, Mr. Walter Bosant
in Macmillan's Magazine essayed to show how
tho story ought to have ended. Mr. Besant's
solution did not commend Itself to Mrs. Ednah
D. Cheney. He rather made a bad matter
worse, Mrs. Cheney in Nora's Return (Lea
fe Shepard. H. Watts & Co 50 ceuts) under
takes to set the question straight
'T'nE difference between Mr. Besant's solu
tion and Mrs. Cheney's lies in their interpre
tation of the character of Nora and Helwar.
HelWar. In Ibsen's drama, is a selfish man who
loves his books moro than he loves his wife
Nora is a flv-away creature.who has never given
two serious thonshts to any subject in her lifo.
Ibsen leaves it in doubt as to the sort of nature
which underlies these two manifestations of
temperament Mr. Besant makes them out
radically bad, both or them. Mrs. Cheney
thinks, on the other hand, that they wore each
honest and well meaning, but blind.
Nora comes back again, according to Mrs.
Cheney, and she comes back a very different
kind of Nora Indeed. She noes to a little seashore
town, where she learns the blessedness of ser
vice. Little by little, in sight of the sorrows of
others, lire comes to bavo deeper meanings for
her. She becomes a nurse in a terrible visita
tion of cholera. One of the patients is Helwar.
NoranursesHelwar back to life. He learns the
value of unBelflsh love; she learns the meaning
of truth and duty. Tnus a new life begins.
Mrs. Cheney has written a cood story with a
foundation of profound truth beneath it Tho
great lesson of life, the little book teaches, is
that "in service for others we secure our own
development and happiness." A note informs
us that "the profits" or this book will be civen
to the Book Table ot the New England Hos
pital Fair, to be opened at Horticultural Hall,
Boston, December 1, 1S90.
iT Tbanie" (Cassell Publishing Company; H.
Watts & Co; 50 cents) presents several
points of interest upon Its title page. It is
published by the Cassells, which pretty gener
ally means a careful selection. It is translated
from the French by the translator of "Mario
Basbkertseff." and it is written by the distin
guished astronomer Camille Flammarion. There
is a picture of the author for frontispiece.
The book is a romance, a dream, in which
philosophy, astronomy and imagination play
equal parts. The hero falls in love with Uranle.
But Uranie, instead of being some young and
fair maiden, Is the stately muse of astronomy.
Uranie takes him on a journev among the stars.
Down looks the hero npon the earth im
mensely distant. His perceptive faculties are
supernaturally keen. He seeks out his, native
land of France. It is an unbroken lorest The
France which he sees is the Gaul of;the time of
Julius Camr. "We are so distant from the
earth," said Uranie. "that it would take her
light tho same length of time to reach us here
as has passertslnce the days or Julius Ca3sar.
We receive here now only the rays of light re
fleeted from the earth at that period. Yot light
travels through space with a velocity of 3U0.000
kilometers a second. This is rapid, but not ln
stintaneous. The astronomers of the earth,
who are now observlnc the stars in the regions
where we are. do not see them as they are
now, bnt as they were at the time whe,n the
rays of light that reach us now were
reflected from the earth. That is to
sav. as they were IS centuries ago."
That is one of many curious and succestive
thoughts which appear In this book. 'Telep
athy" comes in, with many singular illustra
tions. The planet Mars appears in this account
to be a kind of heaven. A postscript sums up
the volumo thuB: "The preceding episodes, tho
researches recorded, and the reflections accom
panying them, are here brought together in a
sort of essav, to bervo as beacons in the solution
of the greatest of theproblems which can Inter
est the human mind. It Is as such that the
present work is presented to the attention of
those who. as Dante says, occasionally pause
"midway in tho path of life to ask themselves
what they are, what are their aims, their
thoughts, their dreams."
Where Ice Mnehinrs Would be Superfluous.
From the Philadelphia Kecord.
If the feeling between Sherman and Quay
could be solidified In one chunk, JJautn's re
frigerator would be nowhere.
THE SILVER LATCU IS LIFTED.
The sliver latch Is lifted, ' '
Ana the silver cord Is loosen'd,
And the pitcher, at the fountain,
Broken lies;
Butthe promise God hath spoken.
Is a pledge can ne'er be broken.
And the sonl that In him trusteth
Never dies.
The silver lvtch Is lined"
Of the crystal gates or Eden,
And a pure spirit, blissful,
Evermore
Enters through the shining portals
or tbe minslous or the angels
To the peace that for the righteous
Is In store.
The Bllver latch Is lined."
And bright pinions, now unfetter'd,
Through empyrean realms, enchanted,
Upward soar.
'Boe cerulean heights, supernal,
To celestial spheres eternal.
" here there's n,e'er a pang of sorrow
Anymore
'The silver latch Is lifted, "
And the music or the river
Swells. In rhythmic measure, ever,
'Gainst the shore
In the mystlo laud or Beulah,
In the kingdom o! Jehovah,
Where "the sliver cord Is loosen'd"
Nevermore.
-The sliver latch Is lifted, "
And the anvels smile, elated.
As they waft a pilgrim homeward
To that rest
Where elyslum never endeth,
Nor a dirge or sorrow blendeth
With the perfect hallelujahs
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MONDAY, JUNE 23,
K0TABLE EVEHT IK BBADDOOK.
Dedication of the New nnd Handsome.
Methodist Episcopal Church.
mrSCIAL TELIQllAU TO TDB DISPATCH.!
Braddock, June 22. The dedication of the
elegant and costly new Methodist Episcopal
Church here to-day marked an Important
epoch in the history here of that particular
faith. The services In the morning began at
1030 before 1,000 people by the singing of an
anthem by a choir of 21 voices. Prayer wag
then offered, by Rev. James Mills,
of Wllkinsburg; Dr. T. N. Boyle then
announced hymn No. 8S2, in the Metho'dist
hjmnal. Rev. J. T. Leak, of tho North Ave
nue M. E. Church, Allegheny, preached the
morning sermon. His text was from St John:
'I have finished the work which Tbou gavest
mo to do." The speaker said life may
be -un," and not finished. ;if man
leads a religious Me it is perfected,
and then roan can say, 'Tt Is finished.
This was so in our creation, but it was not un
til God made man in his own likeness that the
work was finished. Rev. Dr. Leakald: 'There
Is a great conflict still going on between the
Savior and the devil. But when the end is
near we shall be able to hear the clash of
swords, and the cry will go up: 'It Is finished;
the seed of man has bruised the sorpent s
head!"'
Dr. Boyle then said be desired to raise 810,
000, the amount needed to pay the indebtedness
of tho church, af ,er they had received what
had been tied up in the sale or the old one,
through the Redman heirs disputing the same
by taking the case to the Supreme Court after
the sale nad been confirmed by Judge Ewing.
In a very short time 3,500 were contributed be
sides what was taken up by collection.
At the platform meeting In the afternoon
anothec large crowd assembled. Three of the
former pastors of the church were present and
each tfive a brief history or the time be was pas
tor in charge. They were Rev.R.T.MIller,or the
Bingham Street Church, of the Soutnside; Rev.
L. McGuire. of the FifthAvenueChurch, Pitts
burg, anil Rev. J. J. Mcllyar, or Homestead.
Miss Stasia Bridges read a lengthy history ot
the Sunday school since its Inception in ltsao.
Rev. Mr. Miller said that according to the
Secretary's books ot tbe Pittsburg Conference,
the Uraddnck Fields Church goes back as early
as lSJL He said his grandfather. Rev. Joseph
Wright, had charge uf tbe Braadock circuit in
1836. He, hiraseir, came in SO years later. He
related some other very interesting reminis
cences. At the conclusion or this meetinewo5
more was added to the morning fund, in audition
to what was raised by basket collection. In the
evening the Rev. C. C. Wilson, of the Emery
Street Church, East End, lu his sermon, highly
commended the Braddook church and pastor
fnr i.nmi- an nerslstent in erecting such a
church, and hoped It to be a lasting monument.
to them. Another can at an iukchuk
made for funds, and those in attendanco re
sponded liberally.
THAT FEDEEAIi ELECTION BILL.
The caucus Federal election bill Is a bill to
count a Republican majority into the Fifty
second Consress, no matter howthe people may
happen to vote. ivet Jror Woria.
The House will try to pass tbe Federal elec
tion law It may. Probably it will. The rock
ahead for this bill is the discussion it will re
ceive in the Senate, a body wherein it has not
yet been learned that free speech is treason.
Kansas City Times..
Mr. Reed will feel the tether tighten before
he gets through with this last enterprise of bis.
Does this home guard think that he can
achieve results which to Grant, the soldier
patriot, the idol of his army, wero impossible?
Washington Critic
If such an election law as the Republican
caucus now contemplates be enacted, there Is
very likely to he an uprising, and before it all
tho corrupt and revolutionary contrivings of
the floater funders will go down like reeds be
fore a gale. Ifeui York Star. ..
It is a fact which cannot be successfully dis
puted that dishonest elections are the only
things menaced by tho new law. It will not
be put into operation at all, except in districts
where local officials cannot De renea upon io
conduct fair elections. Kansas City Journal.
There is some differencoof opinion between
the President and Speaker Reed regarding the
details of a Federal election bUl.bnt there is no
difference whatever between them regarding
the necessity of enacting some measure deal
ing with this question. St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The gentlemen who are pushing a Federal
election law are doing It because they believe
It may help their party. We believe it would
only help to ruin it We should not care much
about that We prefer peace and patience
Tl.e negro is doing well only he is getting no
offices. Jfew York Herald. ,
The proposed election bill is lull of danger
to the peace of the country. The people will
not quietly submit to being robbed of their
rights. They elected Mr. Tilden President in
1876, but the returning boards In" the South
made It possible for Mr. Hayes to become Presi
dent Anotbei'outrago like that would not be
so easily settled as that one was. Savannah
Xftws.
CLEWS' FINANCIAL CLRCTTLAB,
Impossible to Intelligently Forecast the Out
come of tho Present Sltnation.
New York. June 22. Tho course of the
stock market during the past week has justi
fied the counsel given in our recent advices to
operate within conservative limits and with
aue regard to the possibility of unsettled
prices. The market by no means lacks specu
lative spirit; but that spirit lacks positiveness
of direction. There is no clear prospect in any
quarter, and nothing In the near future suf
ficiently certain to entourage transactions. It
is just such a market as this that suits the
bears;" and the business of tbolat fewdas
has consequently been largely confined to the
"room traders." who have had some success m
selling down the more yielding class of stocks.
It is almost impossible to intelligently fore
cast the outcome of the present situation of tbe
silver question. The Senate's action on the
House bill leaves it plain enough what the
Upper House unanimously desires: but who
can say lmw far Senators would concede from
that position? It may be taken for granted
that in final conference, the House would
make large concessions to the Senate; but who
shall divine what would be tho action of tbe
Spbynx-like President upon a compromise
that, In the desire to conciliate the Senate,
went beyond the original House bill, which is
supposed to have been Mr. Harrison's ulti
matum? The money market remains active at fnll
rates, and although relief is sure to come after
July 1, yet the prolongation of high rates be
yond the time anticipated disturbs confidence
In a measure. The firmness of foreign ex
change and tbe current shipments of specie,
although made under special circumstances
and at a probable Joss, also act unfavorably
upon tbe loan market Under the foregoing
circumstances, and notwithstanding that the
market has some important elements of
strength that may affect prices favorably at a
later stace. wo do not retrard the situation at
the moment as enconraging to free buying. andJ
would advise purchasing only on pronounced
drops aud realizing on every moderate advance.
STATE NEWS BREVITIES.
The capital stock of tbe Philadelphia Record
has been fixed at $1,000,000.
Reading has just added an ice manufactur
ing plant to its other industries.
AN 80-year-old York citizen walked from
Gettysburg to bis home on Friday.
THE death rate among the children In Ches
ter is largely In excess over last year.
HarrtStetler, II years of age. was In
stantly killed by a Pennsylvania train at Co
lumbia Saturday morning.
Reading business men urge Councils to re
consider their action refusing the Schuylkill
Valley Railroad -Company permission to ex
tend their lines In that city. .
Next Saturday Colonel L. F. Watson will
conduct a competitive examination in his office,
at Warren, to Belect a boy to appoint to the
jlnnapolU Naval Academy.
Moses CnEVANSKi has arrived In Chester
from one of the large Russian titles to sue for
damages for the loss of a son, who was killed
by the falling of an elevator.
The Erie barbers are anxious to close their
shops on Sunday, and the Barbers' Union will
issue a circular to the patrons of the several
shops asking them to remain away on Sunday.
A SCRANTON jury recently, finding that tho
defendant In the case was guiltless and that
the prosecution was a senseless one, asked the
Court If tho costs could not be put upon the
lawyers. The Court, of course, ruled that the
lawjerscquld cot thes be made responsible
for their blunders, a ruling which saves a vast
number of tho profession from speedy bank
ruptcy. A setter dog belonging to a citizen ot
Greensburg, Pa., died recently and its owner
decided to hold a post mortem to ascertain tbe
cause of death, and when on tbe evening the
dead dog's stomach was cut a large blacksnaKe
was taken thererrom. The reptile was dead,
and when stretched out measured exactly seven
feet In length. It was spotted on the head and
talk It is supposed that the dog swallowed the
.snake while quite young, and that it lived and
grew wbue in nw stomach.
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1890.
THE SILVER ROW
Lends to Some Queer Questions From the
Uololtloted Petticoats Fluare In the
Fray Crisp's Crisp Snlly A Pretty Por
trait of Mrs. Congressman Bayne.
fCOBBES POND UNCI OT TOT DISPATCH.!
-ITTashington, D. O, June 21. As everybody
. knows, the silver bill's adventures In the
House of Representatives, has been the sen
sation of the week. At this moment its late is
unknown to me, hut certainly if the rule of the
majority means anything it should be a law.
Mr. Reed exceeded his prerogative as Speaker,
somewhat, in his treatment of the bill, though
be conld probably cite pretty good parliamen
tary law for his every action. Like many other
people I have a plentiful lack of knowledge on
the subject of finance, and so there are several
queer things about tbe treatment ot this bill I
cannot understand.
Why should the East so generally be opposed
' to the bill aud the West in Its favor?
Why should tbe banking interests be opposed
to the bill, and those who are quite uninter
estedin banks and holding tbe usurer in con
tempt, be found In support of It?
Can money be "cheap?"
If it can, can It by any possibility be too
"cheap?" .
Is it possible to have too much money afloat?
No matter bow much there fa afloat how can
you get hold of It without giving for it an
equivalent?
Would not the more money make the mora
demand for the thingB that money can buy, and
carry with it an increased demand for the labor
with which the things that money can buy are
produced?
These are a few of the questions that occur
to minds like mine untutored In the philosophy
of finance, and questions that should be as
easily answered as asked by those who are so
positive ou one side or the other of tho silver
question.
Women in Ibe Hllver Job.
T adies have played some small part in
furthering the Interests of the Bllver bill.
The question has been a fervent subject of dls
enssionin tho "saloons" of the silver kings.
Between sherry and champagne bewitching
hostesses have waved the niagio wand of silver
over Senators and Representatives. One of
these ladles Bat in the gallery of the Senate tbe
other day listening to a speech against her
favorite metal. She was nervous and angry.
She sought relief by saving to me:
'The man is a fool. How can any amount of
money hurt the people? My husband has a
silver mine. Bay ho takes ont 1,000,000 a year.
He presents It to the Government and receives
silver certificates for it With his pockets
stuffed full, away It goes. Wo build a grand
house and it goes to tbe architect, to tne car
penter, to the mason, to tbe upholsterer, to the
decorator. It is plenty and we are lavish In
tbe payments, ffho money lender does not
hoard his pile for someone who will pay exorbi
tant interest He is forced to lend
at low ratei of interest or go out of
the business. This lets more and ever more
money on the market. Expenditures grow as
merry and free as the sunshine. We live a lit
tle faster, everybody is livelier, there Is a snap
and go to everything. It costs no more to pro
duce, but higher prices are paid for all sorts ot
products, simply on account or the plenitude of
the wherewith to pay. Nobody pinches in
prices. To ask is to get Even the paupers
will benefit by it, for everyone will give with
more open hand. Why, if there were $1,000
afloat for each man, woman and child In the
world it would not be too much."
Something Fresh Needed.
VXTell, this is one of the ways of looking at
" It I encouraged the amateur financier
to run on, for It was really amusing. Being op
posed absolutely to any system which creates a
thing called money as a substance for invest
ment or speculation. I am not personally in
terested which wav the battle goes; but it seems
tome that I would like to see the experiment of
unlimited coinage or silver tried, if for no other
re i son than merely to break away from the
fetich ot financiers whose every opinion "Is
molded by the things that have been, and who
are blinder than moles to the possibilities or
the-tlungs that may be. Let's have something
fresh, even If it be ruinous.
now Crisp Caused a Smile.
TJT the way, that was a fine sally of Judge
Crisp's the other day in which he illus
trated the power of Sneaker Reed by quoting
the explanation of the Hindoo when rallied
about his abject worship of a great big wooden
god. "I know ho Is ugly," said the Hindoo,
"bnt then he is great"
No wonder tbe House, the Speaker Included.
broke loto a roar of laughter. The Speaker
was very ready, however, for after one broad
smile his face assumed the utmost gravity, and
he said solemnly: "It is to be hoped gentlemen
will not intrude personal matters into debate."
A Story nnd n Morn!.
Cpeaeino of tho Hindoo deity reminds me
of a story a friend of mine told me tbe
other dav about his little boy, and which is en
tirely true. The little fellow is very slow dress
ing in the morning, and to cure him of this
habit his parents told him that the next time
he failed to be ready as soon as the others he
would go without his breakfast Being tardy
again, when he came to the table be was in
formed that he must either eat bread and water
...i . -II Ttia hn. an ellont
or do witnout eaunc at an. i ""' r ,.i.r
and would not eat The father, not wishing
him to go altogether without food, said:
"You might be situated sn yon would be glad
to bave bread and water. Suppose you were
away ont In the ocean with nothing to eat and
the angels should fetch you bread and water
and tell you that yon must eat that or nothing,
wbat would you do ?" MT, .
"I wouldn't do nelver." was the answer, 1 a
just want what God bad for breakfasts.
Now are there not a mass of the people who
believe that the silver bill enacted into a law
would greatly benefit them, and who look at
the situation as the little boy did. They want
lust wbat the gods bavo in that heavenly king
dom of finance in which no one wants for
money or leisure. It is the divine ease of the
some which makes the all restless and dis
satisfied, and determines them to change things
so that everyone, even the weakest and poorest,
shall bave for breakfast wbat the money di
vinities have. They can't comprehend, and
never will, why they should not have as much
and as good, just as the child could not see why
God should have a better breakfast than he.
Sirs. Bnyno In Oil.
T have just seen a charming portrait on the
1 easel of Mr. Jerome Uhl, the portrait
painter. It is a small bust portrait of Mrs.
Bayne, wife of the member of Congress from
the Allegheny district Mr. Uhl was inspired
with bis subject and somewhat exceeded his
usual good work; and the result is an excellent
in r i.nhin nlnr snirited and life-like
in pose. ' The picture Is intended as a present
.to Sirs. Smith. Mrs.Bayne'smotber.who is now
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in Switzerland, mr. um .,..,,..-, ---
portrait ot ex-President Cleveland lor the
Corcoran Gallery of Art A former one was
too broadly painted for the conservative taste
of the trustees, and so Mr. Uhl makes occa
sional pilgrimages to New York and has a
sitting with the President E. W. L.
NO LONGER NATIONAL.
ThoWhlteTIon'o Now a Private Residence
LlRe Hnlford Barled.
rSPKCIAI. TBLZOBAM TO TUB DISPATCTL1
New York, Jnne 22. A very bright young
fellow and experienced Washington cor
respondent now employed in the Capital on
an administration organ in New York, tells
mo some very funny things about the White
House.
"Tho White House," said be, "is nothing but
a big political refrigerator. Nobody goes
there. Not even members of the Cabinet go
there when they can help it as ior tne news
paper correspondents, we have been'm yery
hard luck ever since Harrison came in. There
could scarcely be a wider contrast than the
White House now and what it was under Pres
ident Cleveland. You remember the genal
Dan Latnont, and how the boys liked him.
There used t6 be some pleasure In going up for
news then, although we didn't got much most oi
the time. Latnont was the man who represented
his chief. Halford, the present Private becre
tarv, represents nobody. He Is afraid to open
his'moutb about anything. There is no such
thing as news being got out of the White
House now.
"I tell you it Is no exaggeration to say the
Whito House under Harrison is the residence
of an exclusive private family, without as many
callers as a family In ordtnary social lire. 1 have
been up there when but two cards were on Chas.
Lender's desk. Harrison Is not a man who in
vites confidences or attracts confidants. I am a
Republican, and 1 venture the opinion that he
will go out of the Whlte'House ior good when
his term expires, and that he stands no more
chance for renominatlon by his party than I
stand for the Chief Justiceship of the Supreme
Court of the United States.
No Use for Alleslieny Philanthropists.
From the Sharpsburg Herald.
A few Allegheny philanthropists are desirous
of bnilolng water works and presenting them
to the city free of all cost (after they have bad
the revenue for 25 years). They do talk of ex
tending their philanthrophy ,to Sharpsburg
and Etpa, Preserve us from any such philan
thropists.'
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OUR MAIL POUCH. "
Tbe Devil nnd Ibe Deep Sea.
To the Editor of Tbe Dispatch:
Wbatis meant by the old expression, "Be
tween the devil and the deep sear' H.
McKeesport, June 21.
The meaning of the phrase is apparent, to
be between dangers of equal magnitude but
the real origin of the phrase is not easily found.
The first use of the expression that we can find
in literature Is In a work printed In London In
1637. entitled "Expedition With Mackay"s Hegi
mont," by Colonel Monroe, This regiment was
with the army of Gustavus Adolphus, and was
engaged in battle with the Austrians. Tbe
Swedish gunners did not elevate their guns
properly, so their shot fell into the ranks of
their allies. The Scottish regiment, therefore,
with the enemy on one side, and on the other
the blundering gnnners of the Swedes, was,
savs the historian, "between the devil and the
deep sea." But the phrase was probably an old '
one at that time, and may even go back to tne
time of tbe Hebrew exodus, when the Israelites
bad the Red Sea in front and Pharaoh and bis
army behind them.
When Meteors Are Visible.
To the Editor of The Dispatch:
I have often read accounts of the brilliancy
of falling meteors, seon by night Now can you
tell me, if a meteor should fall In the daytime
whether it would be visible? Henry.
Washington, Pa.. June 21.
When a meteor falls at night, a ball of fire
Is seen. This fire ball is usually followed by a
luminous train, which sometimes remains vis
ible for some minutes after the meteor Itself
has disappeared. At times It vanishes by sim
ply fading in the distance, and occasionally it
bursts like a rocket It happens sometimes
that tbe meteor is beard in its passage, tbe
noise resembling a roar, with now and then
violent detonations; the noise is otten beard 50
miles away, especially the final explosion. Says
Prof. Young, of Princeton College: "If the fall
occurs by day, the luminous appearances are
mainly wanting, though sometimes a wbite
cloud is seen, and the train may be visible. In
a few cases aerolites bave fallen almost silently,
and without warning."
Where to Get n Tnrf Gnlde.
To the Editor of The Dispatch:
Please toll me where I can get Goodwin's
Official Turf Guide for 1800. Also what it will
cost. H. A. B.
Washington. Pa, Jnne 21
It Is sold by subscription only." The publish
ing house is at 211 Broadway, N. Y. It sells for
25 cents a number or $10 a year, Including an
nual. Discovery of Coal.
To the Editor of The Dispatch i
When was coal first found in America?
Allegheny. Jane 21. T. P.
Tbe first recorded account of tbe discovery
of coal in the United Btates is contained in
Hennepin's narrative of bis explorations in the
West between 1673 and 168U, when he saw the
coal outcrop on the bluffs of the Illinois river,
not far from Ottawa and La Salle.
Prononnco na Spelled.
To the Editor of The Dispatch:
Please give in your paper the proper pro
nunciation of the word "Hathorn." BEX.
PrrrsBUBO, June 2L
Yon Do Not.
To the Editor ofThe Dispatch:
Please state if a person requires a marriage
license in Camden, N. J. Header.
Pittsburg, June 2L
553 Feet.
To tbe Editor or the Dispatch:
Please state the exact height of Washington
Monument, Washington City, and settle a dis
pute, v. a.
W oods' Run, June 2L
IS THE IE0QTJOIS HOODOOED!
Sailors Who Desert Her Pay That (she Un
doubtedly Is.
San Francisco, June 22. The Iroquois Is
further away than ever from making her trip
to Samoa, as contemplated by tbe Secretary.
The elements bave heretofore conspired to de
feat the alms of tbe Secretary, the man-of-war
being driven by adverse winds out of her
course, also being obliged to return to ber
dock for repairs on several occasions. Through
all this tbe crew stayed by tbe old ship, seem
ingly out of regard tor her commander. Cap
tain Bishop: but so many mishaps have finally
unsettled tbe sailor mind and men have been
deserting by wholesale since tbe vessel's return
to Mare Island.
The Iroquois was to have gone to sea last
week, but her machinery got out or order. On
Tuesday last sbe went to Mare Island. On that
night five oi her men leit her; on the next
night ten more followed. It was a mystery
how the men got away, but all attempts to find
nnt were fruitless. The men continued to pour
outof the vessel like rats Irom a wreck. It is
now estimated that no less thau 40 have dis
appeared. Most of tbe deserters came to this
city, but some of them jumped into the bay and
swam io iue v aueju biiuic, cstaiiiui, lu iud ul
terior. Tbe men who arrived here made their
escape with tbe connivance of the Italian tith
ing boatmen wbo infest that neighborhood.
Among tbe deserters were many picked men of
tbe navy, wbo bad served in the Trenton and
Vandalla. which were wrecked at Samoa a year
ago last March. A number of them have been
given medals for heroic conduct during that
trightful storm and were thought to be the last
likely to leave. One of the deserters said that
the Iroquois was a "hoodoo" and that the crew
did not propose to take any more chances in
ber. They were willing, however, to go in any
other vessel.
W0TJXD NOT EAT.
An Old Lady's Death After a Sixteen Days'
Fast.
Sidney. O., Jnne 2L Sixteen days ago Mrs.
Catharine Zeissler, a woman 70 years old, fell
while walking across a room and broke ne of
her thighs. She was so fleshy that It was im
possible to do much in resetting the bone. Her
pain was so great that she was kept under the
influence of anaesthetics, except when it was
thought she would eat
She declined all food, and lived until last
night, not having eaten anything since tho ac
cident AMONG THE POLITICIANS.
The lines of the Pattison forees have weak
ened considerably within tbe past week, but
tbey are working bard to mend the breach.
The split in the Philadelphia Democratic
delegation will greatly strengthen Wallace's
chances tor the Gubernatorial nomination.
The Iroquois Club delegation to tbe Demo
cratic State Convention will be headed by ex-
'Reprcsentative George Morgan. Its President
The Republican nomination for Governor is
.virtually settled, but the fight an tho Demo
cratic side will continue until tho balloting has
ended.
' Senator Delamater'S nomination will bo
made on the first ballot, if necessary. The
Philadelphia delegates want to be with the
winner. '
The members of the West Philadelphia Re
publican -Club seemingly desire Passmore's
nomination for Lieutenant Governor, but he is
not in the race.
CHARLES E. VoORHEES. Resident Clerk of
the House of Representatives at Harrisburg,
will be named as Senate Librarian to succeed
John C. Delaney.
Senator Quay, in spite of all the pressure
brought to bear on him, has reiterated his
declaration of non-interference in the Guber
natorial contest
Senator George Handy Smith, who is a
warm friend of Senator Quay, declares that
tho Republican majority fn this State will not
fall short of 40.000.
THE statement that the antl-Wallace people
really prefer some candidate other thsn Patti
son. has caused many a look in the direction of
ex-Chairman HenseL
Major Montooth. of Pittsburg, will be
nominated for Lieutenant Governor if be can
be persuaded to accept the second place on the
ticket Philadelphia limes.
Postmaster Meyers, of Harrisburg, (a
Cleveland huld-over) wants to succeed Kisner
as Chairman of the Democratic Btate Commit
tee, psovided Wallace receives the nomination
for Governor.
The Hensel boom for Governor has taken
holdand many of the Philadelphia politicians
predict his nomination. Hensel would receive
the support of all .factions, his work as Stite
chairman entitling him to recognition.
The latest joke Is the suggestion of Quay as
a candidate for Governor of Pennsylvania, bo
confident are bis supporters that they have al
ready slated Wanamaker as his successor in
the Senate, and Mayor Fitter," of Pbilade phla.
as bis successor as postmaster General. As
confidence men Quay's supporters are a great
success. -Savannah fietot.
CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS.
Franklin, this State, has a child who
sleeps every other three days. Tne case baffles
tbe physicians. The child is in perfect health.
While drilling for water at San An
tonio. Tex., oil of a very superior quality and a
seemingly healthy flow was struck at a depth
An Indiana cow, 5 years old, has given
birth to eight calves. At 3 years of age sbe gave
birth to quadruplets, and the two following
years to twins.
Antrim Worrillow, of Delaware county,
has been awarded S925 damages for Injuries re
ceived on the public road. He was watching a
couple of bulls fighting when an overhanging
limb caught his head and tore his hair out by
tbe roots.
Reports from different towns in Wyom
ing county, N. Y go to prove that the fruit
crop in that region will certainly he consider,
ably below the average. Some give credence
to the claim that tbe recent electrical disturb.
ances blighted the young fruit
An interesting question which will be
solved by the census Is whether stuttering Is to
creasing or diminishing. According to the
census of 1SS0. tbe stutterers in the United
States n-n-numbered t-t-t-two hundred and
f:f-f fifty thousand and m-m-more.
A letter, recommending; the bearer as
an honest, sober, truthful and industrious
young man, was fonnd in the pocket of a young
ieuow arrested tne otner nign. in new ion
for stealing a silver watch from the pocket of a
slumbering Italian vender in upper Broadway.
Joseph "Van Nostrand, aged 10 years, ot
Hoboken, N. J., carried a parcel for a man on
board the steamship Werra several days ago.
The vessel left tbe wharf before be was aware
ot It, and be has been carried across tbe ocean.
A cable message has been sent to have him re
turned. A census enumerator at Richmond, Vs.,
has found a colored woman named Martha
Gray who has had 37 children since 1868. She
has given birth to triplets six times, to twins
six times and to seven others singly. She Is
now living with ber third husband, and of the
37 children but one survives.
Last week, during the heavy rain, a
bolt of lightning struck one of the shade trees
in A. Harmon's yard at Lmcolnton, Ga. He
bad a wire clothes line fastened to the tree and
extending to bis dairy house. The bolt passed
down the tree to the wire and" followed that to
its connection with the dairy. Igniting the dairy
and completely burning it up.
A radish is on exhibition at a store in
Tennille. Ga.. which, with slight deformity,
bears a perfect resemblance to ahnmanhand
with five fingers. It was grown on the planta
tion of F. B. Culllns, who died about three
weeks ago, and It is said by folks wbo visited
Mr. Culllns during bis last illness that the
radish is a perlect likeness of one of the old
man's bands just before be died.
Wra. Martin has a curiosity in the
shape of a gosling at his home in Eaton town
ship, near lunkhannock. This little "farm
bird," about one month old, has two feet bnt
one of them is a perfect chicken's foot; tba
other is a natural "web" foot and when placed
in tbe water it goes around much like a top.
This freak of natnre is a new one, and we
doubt If there Is another like it in existence.
Down in Raleigh the other day a col
ored man wbo had done some work for tbe city
called at the Collector's office for his pay. His
certificate was i O. Iv.'d and tbe Auditor called
to his clerk to issue a warrant tor tbe colored
man, meaning, of course, for tbe amount dne,
when with bis eyes bulging out, he exclaimed:
"For de Lord's sake, boss, don't git no warrant
for me. I clar ter gracious I ain't dona
nuthln."
Harper's Bazar prints this "composi
tion" on George Washington, tbe work of a
9-year-old boy: "George Washington was the
father of his country one day be went to bis
fathers yard and cnt down a tree. What are
you doing asked his father I am trying to tell a
lie and cannot when ho grew up he was presi
dent and was killed by a man named getto who
wasjellishof him and the no 9 engine house
was draped in black."
The only liquor saloon that was ever
opened In Moore's Hill. JnO, was "knit out"
by the temperance women of the place, 'i on
see, it was this way." says, a citizen. "When
the saloon was started tbe women formed in
relays and went and took their knitting to the
saloon. Of course that knocked business
higher than a kite. It was not long before that
saloon-had to be closed, and since that time no
man has ever had tbe nerve to start another."
There is a saloon keeper in TJtica, Neb.,
who must bo a pretty square man, as saloon
keepers go. He Inserts the following adver
tisement in the local papers: 'To whom It may
concern: Know ye that by the payment of
81.527 40. 1 am permitted to retail Intoxicating
liquors at my saloon In this city. To the wife
wbo has a drunkard for a husband, or a friend
wbo is unfortunately disipated, I say, emphat
ically: Give me a notice of such cases in which
you are interested, and all such will be excluded
from my place. Let mothers, fathers, sisters,
brothers, uncles, and aunts do likewise, and
their requests will be regarded."
There is an ingenious device for keeping
oysters good In the shell for several weeks after
tbey have been taken from the water. Hitherto
this has been dono unsatisfactorily by boring
holes through the edges of tbe shells and lock
ing In the oysters with bits of twisted wire. By
tbe new scheme tbe edges of the shells are
dipped Into plaster of parls, mixed with cer
tain chemicals that make it harden quickly. In
a few minntes the oyster is hermetically sealed,
and so strong is the cement that not even tho
moit muscular mollusk can manage to get a
breath of fresh air after baying been subjected
to this process.
A thoroughly reliable gentlemaninforms
your correspondent that he saw near Scotts
ville, Va, two small snakes deliberately en
gaged in swallowing each other, a goodly por
tion of each snake having been taken into the
stomach of the other. This reminds us of tbe
old farmer who saw a large bullfrog basking in
the sun on the.bank of his mill pond. A large
water moccasin commenced to swallow his
f rogship by taking in his legs. Meanwhile the
fro began the same process by taking In the
tall of the snake. The swallowing process, as
the story goes, continued until the reptile and
the frog swallowed each other and both dis
appeared from view.
Solomon Levinehas brought suitagalnst
Health Inspector Max Levy, of Brooklyn, to
recover tlOO which he alleges is due him as a
marriage broker for having negotiated the
union of Dr. Levy and Miss Lillian Marks, the
daughter of a New York merchant, and who
has a large fortuno In her own right They
were married in the Lexington Avenue Opera
House in New York, on Mays. Dr. Levy
states that he offered Levlne 87 to bring about
an introduction which should result in a
mama"P. but that Levine refused this, and the
negotiation between them ended. there and was
never resumed. Levine claims that his services
were worth J100. and that It was understood he
should receive that sum.
SUPIOSED TO BE FUNNY.
Hard uppe Let's see. 1 owe you two
dollars.
Jlerrltt-Ycs.
"Well. I've Just got the sum. I can pay It to
you but ir I did I'd be broke, so I'll keep It
We'll call tre old debt square, and this is s new
loan. How does that strike jouV-Lawrenee
American.
Mrs. Jones-Why are yon so anxious
about the arrival or the steamer rrom Europe,
'rhlniOh nothing-much: only papa ordered
"I'llTr.. t .IIV.ot for me. anrt it's about
a uuuu via Ww
time he was bere.-SfflWff.
De Smith (at church fair, where raffling
is in progress,)- "minds m. : of a little tad.
dentinal happened to me our West.
v.Tncrelda Longcoffln What was Itr
De Smlth-lwaf in train when It wasrobbed,-
Syfttngs. "
An observant Somerville man says that
hi. stTle In garden hose this season seems to b
nnr,ilT black, with a tendency toward shaded
Xs " 'ne'grasslsunusally high and wet
SomerviUe Journal.
T.er. Bounder I feel as If my sermons
had "had great effect The ballet has hardly a le
left to stand on.
parishioner Well. Doctor, you want to get rid
of that one. As long as there's a leg left, the bal
let will flourish. Aeto Tor Herald.
Brings What an eloquent sermon Mr.
Loogwind preached In favor ota belief in future
life. There can be no douot that he Is a firm be
liever In an eternity.
Braggs Yes; he thinks that, when eternity be
gins, he will have a chance to preach as long
sermon aa he likes. Ttrrt Haute Kxyrtst.
Mrs. Delia Creme What in the world" is
that awful racket In the library? Somebody being
murdered?
Mrs. Calvin (calmly) No: that la ray husbaad.
He Is dUeussmg revision with Deacon OldschooL
LippincoWt Magazine.
THE LENGTHY SERMON. ' , ,
The entire congregation,
With sad resignation.
Listened to the sermon for an hoar or more. '
And wben he said "Lastly, "
A smile that was ghastly 1 . . i
Lit the whole church from the jaanetl to Jhiaer.
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