fm$m 'WW?, ,, "- f tUje Bigpfrjj. (.ESTABLISHED FEBRUARY 5, 1S4S. Vol.45. o. 139. -Entered at Pittsburg PostoBce. November 14, I(w7. as second-class matter. . Business OfficeCorner Smitnfield and Diamond Streets. Nevis Rooms and Publishing1 HouBe75, 77 and 79 Diamond Street EASTERN ADVERTISING OFFlCi. KOOMfl, THIBUNE BUILDING. SEW YORK, -where complete flies of THE DISPATCH can always 6e found. Foreign anvertlers appreciate theeon- " venlence. Home advertiser and friends of THE DISPATCH, while In Jicw York, are alto made -welcome. THE DISPATCH is regularly on sale at Brentano's, S Union Square, Ji'ew Tork, and .17 Are. de F Opera. Pari. France, and W Strand, landon. Ena where anyone who ' has been disappointed at a hotel newt Hand , can obtain it. TEIUIS OF THE DISPATCH. POSTAGE TREX IN THE UNITED STATES. 2JAVLT dispatch. One Year. 18 00 Daily DierATcn, PcrQnarter zoo Daily Dispatch, One Mouth TO Daily Uisfatcii, IncludingSunday, lyear. 1000 Daily Dispatch, lncludingbunday.Sm'tbc. : Daily Dispatch, including Sunday. Imonth CO EtOfDAT Dispatch, One Year SCO "Weekly Dispatch, One Year 1 3 The Daily Dispatch Is delivered by carriers at JJcenuper vteek. or Including- Sunday edition. t0 ccn ts per week. PITTSBURG. THURSDAY. JUNE 28, 1880. THE DISPATCH FOE THE STJltMEE. Persont leaving the City for the summer can have The Dispatch forwarded by earliest mail to any address at the rate of SO cents per month, or ft SO for three months, Sunday edi tion included. Daily edition only, 70c per month, f S for three months. The address may be changed as desired, if care be taken t'n all cases to mention both old and new address. r-The BUSINESS OFFICE of THE DIS PATCH hat been removed to Corner of Smithfield and Diamond Streets. A WEAK NOMINATION. The political agony is over, and Dela mater gets the Republican nomination. Of all the candidates before the convention he was the only objectionable one, and the only one who was bitterly, and upon sub stantial grounds, opposed both within and without the party. But he had the grip on the machinery; and he cot there. To carry the election is, however, quite another matter. Hastings, Montooth or tStone would have won easily. Delamater, on the other hand, is handicapped from the start by intense antagonism, partly on fac tional, largely on public grounds; by open predictions from piominent .Republicans that "any Democrat can beat him;" and, most serious of all, by a record at Harris burg which places him under the greatest suspicion, if it does not absolutely prove, that he was more distinguished there as a useful an .onspicuous agent of powerful corporations than as a valuable servant of the public The -weightiest complaint in illustration is that, in the interests of the Standard Oil Company, be killed the Bil lings'ey bill, which was intended for the ' relief of the oil producers. So far the public have not oeen favored to any extent with presentations of Mr. Dela mater's claims upon its support. Perhaps these will come later. If so The Dis patch will be glad to give them, as it will be gratified also if he succeeds in showing, "against our expectations, that his Last career as legislator warrants the belief that be would make the richt sort of Governor. Much of the bitterness which crops out in such a campaign as the Crawford connty nan has been through, it may be well to discount; but the truth as to Delamater's qualifications must rest upon one side or - .the other, and should be capable of ascer '. tainnient. The evidence and indications so far are neither flattering to the candidate, reassuring to the voter nor complimentary to the convention which selected him. As Delamater stands, he is a weak and undesirable candidate. But the Republican majority in Pennsylvania is so great that even a weak and undesirable candidate may be elected if the Democrats do not put up one who is singularly strong and acceptable. They have such a man in Pattison a tried, trusted and capable gentleman. Pattison once before won over the Republican ma jority, and gave excellent and fearless ser--vice as Governor. The public will wait with curious interest now to see whether he is to run again. If so, it will be safe to """look out for the closest and most exciting race so far seen in Pennsylvania politics. As for the disappointment of the unsuc cessful candidates yesterday, it is unneces sary to dwell upon it. Major Montootb's course in refusing the Lieutenant Governor ship was the only one that he could take after his stand lnr the Governorship alone. Besides, such a combination would have been of doubtful efficacy, geographically or otherwise. nOW riTTMlURGERS TAKE IT. When the news that Delamater bad been nominated reached Pittsburg yesterday nearly every Republican and Democrat had a decided opinion to express. Some of these divergent deliverances are reported in The Dispatch elsewhere. A carefnl reader of them will discover that the Democrats were delighted to a man. Republicans had no difficulty in concealing their joy, and --come of them were impelled by their grate ful feelings to invite Mr. Delamater to visit Schenley Park presumably when the men agerie shall have been established there. There was no mistaking the regret, however, with which all Republicans regarded the defeat o Pittsburg's candidate, Major Mon tooth. His manly refusal to take any place on the ticket, but the one he made an hon est, plucky fight for, won approval from all. THE SYNDICATE hWIXDLES. The character of some of the transactions in which the all-devouring British syndi cate is reported to be absorbing the indus tries of the country is illustrated by the prospectus of a Southern town-site corpora tion, which, according to its prospectus, out of an original cost of $830,000 will realize $10,000,000 by the sale of city lots, 1.000, 000 by the sale of lumber, and will still have leit "iron works returning a per manent income of $340,000." The inquisi tive New York Commercial Bulletin took the trouble to turn to the American Iron and Steel Association's directory of iron works and found the establishment yielding lhis princely income to consist of a charcoal furnace built in 1825, consisting of "one stack 37 by 9)4 eet, annual capacity 4,000 net tons;' will not be operated till a railroad is built to the furnace," and then will not be worth operating til it is rebuilt If the prospectuses f the syndicates are taken as authority, the American property owners who throw such chancesof making enormous sums intoTJM hands of British syndicates, appear 1 be extraordinarily foolish people. But a little investigation in "cases of this sort show the fools are the Brit !sish victims who i.?nw these palpably baited itv'.-.i jti.:. I... i.r-Jt,'i.l.,l,tT fh I IIWMiUHi"i"'.ai'A'f"''mjwjrKt. statement from Chicago that the people who sold out the stockyards of that city to another British syndicate have already se cured the land for new and more favorably located stockyards, whose competition will eliminate the monopoly which the English men fondly supposed themselves to be ac quiring. It is to be regretted that our British cousins are such predestined sheep for the shearers; but as the swindles are almost en tirely of Britannic promotion, this nation cannot be charged with the responsibility for them. PROFESSIONS OF THE PLATFORM. The platform adopted by the Republican Convention was about what was to be ex pected from that body. The exigencies of politics have of late years reduced such professions of party principles to a mini mum of value. The platform put forth yesterday will not make any forcible impression on the ( politics of the State, either by the introduction of any new ideas into politics or the declaration of principles, which are likely to impose any restraint on party action in the future. Nevertheless the platform has two special features. One is the indorsement of Sen ator Qnay, the other the congratulation of New York upon having adopted ballot re form, and the pledge that it will be taken up by the Pennsylvania Legislature. Of course, it was to be expected that a conven tion which does the Senator's bidding in the nomination of his candidate would reply to the "slander" episodes in a portion of the press by a general indorsement The personal attacks upon Mr. Quay relating to alleged events long past have not, however, to any great extent been made an issue in Pennsylvania politics, so that it might have been as well for the convention to confine its proof of allegiance to the simple but sufficient significant act of nominating the Senator's candidate. The rather qualified indorsement of Senator Cameron, in con trast with the glowing panegyric on Senator Quay, shows upon whose shoulders the un divided mantle of power rests. As to the ballot reform plank, the discov ery that the convention is a reform body is not more pleasant than surprising. Of course such a platform pledge costs no more than the one made in 1888 for oorporate regula tion, which remains to this day wholly un fulfilled. With Delamater leading the ticket corporate regulation and the restraint of monopolies would be out of place in the platform; but ballot reform is an indefinite sort of pledge, which can be fulfilled by al most any sort of legislation in the future. The fact is that a platform of this sort means nothing, and carries no weight The ticket will stand or fall by the character of the men on it, and by the pnblic records of those who stand behind it One public act of the candidate will count for more in the coming campaign than reams of platform professions. FREE COINAGE FLITS. The House of Representatives made short work of the Free Coinage Senate bill yester day. Disturbing laws of this dangerous sort deserve such a fate. "Whatever some Republicans may have felt inclined todo with the Senate measure when it first appeared in the House, tbey appreciated the volume and weight of the protest which rose Irom all conservative quarters against free coinage, and the bonanza kings' fabric was torn to tatters. The Senate may sulkily sew the fragments together again, but the possibility of free coinage has passed for the present The original House silver bill, which will now become the subject ot conference be tween the House and Senate, ought to pass. Probably it will not As we ventured to predict when the Senate first concocted its dish of silver legislation, there is good rea son to believe that no silver bill will be added to the statutes this session. This is unfortunate. The silver men are to blame. PROVISION FOR IMPRISONED MINERS. While the public is awaiting with keen interest the outcome of the heroic effort to rescue the imprisoned miners at Dunbar,the consideration of precautions to increase the chances of life in the case of mine casualties is given additional pertinence. The precautions laid down by law in the way of mine inspection, ventilation and the use of safety lamps are well known, and when faith'ully carried ont do a great deal to diminish the frequency of such tragedies as took place last wees: at Dunbar. But sometimes a single act of neglect renders all these suggestions futile, and then such a sit uation as the present one confronts the min ers. A very pertinent suggestion of a pre caution for the relief of imprisoned miners is that lood should be stored in the remoter parts of each mine for the use of miners who may be imprisoned by any of the accidents to which the miners are subject The suggestion is one that can be carried into effect easily and at slight expense. It would cost very little to store in the remoter chambers of each mine a stock of canned meats, ship biscuit and other imperishable articles of food, which might permit im prisoned miners to sustain lite long after hope would have become extinct without such a provision. It would be the general hope that no mischances would require the use of such a store; but it they cauie the presence of food for the imprisoned miners would well repay the expense. There is not a man now who does not feel that if such a store of food were in the hands of the im prisoned Hill Farm miners, the cost of pro viding the food for the entire mining re gion would be fully repaid. Calamities like the present one should enforce the lessen of provision against the recurrence. This is one of the means by which their horrors can be lessened. It should be generally adopted. WISDOM FROM CANADA. Some of the speeches made at the Sunday School Convention are well worth reading. A Canadian clergyman made an adroit and sensible address yesterday. The Rev. Dr. John Potts, of Toronto, to whom we allude, expressed a warm regard for this conntry that certainly finds a hearty echo here. There 'are many reasons why Canada and the United States should sympathize more with each other than any other two countries. The destiny of the two powers on this conti nent must be largely the same. Some day they will be united ,we do not doubt There is no need to hurry or worry about it; Cana da will come in out of the cold when she gets ready. We shall be glad to annex Dr. Potts, of Toronto. His remarks as to the probability and desirability of an organic union of the churches were also eminently sensible. We are glad to believe that through the Sunday schools and by other avenues the churches are coming closer to gether. Christianity wins by the concen tration of her forces. FREE TRADE FIGURES. It is with pain that we observe our es teemed but haphazard cotemporary, the Louisville Courier Journal,, giving away to its. vice .tof quoting figures on the sugar .duties in a manfler. which Indicates its THE heroic intention to disprove the proverb that figures do not lie. Its statements of alleged fact are as follows: By the House committee,ln arranging the sugar duties, the refiners' trust was eranted free raw materials and a protective dutyof 16 per cent. After a conference with the representatives of the trust, this protection was increased to 40 per cent, ana thus the bill was sent to tha Sen ate. There the agents of the trust followed it, and secured a change, which gives a protected tariff on refined sugars of 60 per cent As the first.sugar schedule of the McKin ley bill put an ad valorem duty on refined sugar of just 5 per cent, it follows that the esteemed Courier Journal has drawn upon its prolific imaginatiqn for the remaining 11 per cent of its first statement The Mc Kinley bill, as it passed the House, levied a specific duty on refined sugar of four-tenths of a cent per pound, while the Senate bill makes the duty six-tenths of a cent per pound. The Courier Journal's assertion that these are respectively 40 and 60 per cent protec tion, there ore, comprises the assertion that the import value of refined sugars is 1 cent per pound at which price it would be a fortune to any enterprising man to buy a few cargoes of sugar. It is to be noted that our esteemed cotem porary fails to remark that on the same basis for calculating percentages which ap plies to Republican tariff measures, the proportion of the duty levied on refined sugar by the Mills bill was exactly 280 per cent NOT FORBIDDEN BY TREATT. It is stated that the consideration which induced the administration to reject the bid of a shipbuilding firm in Michigan, for the construction of a naval practice ship, was the fear that the building of such a vessel on the lakes would be considered an infraction of the treaty of 1817. That convention confines the naval force on the lakes to one vessel for each government. It declares that it defines only "the naval force to be maintained on the American lakes," and having limited both their numr ber, tonnage and armament, winds up wita a general stipulation that no other vessels shall be built or armed, A scrupulous respect for such a treaty is certainly required of the United States. The convention is an early example afforded by two great nations of what can be done in the way of disarmament, and it is belter to err on the side of respecting such an agreement than to run any risk ol seeming to commit an infraction. But it is perti nent to say that it is hard to see how any reasonable construction of the treaty of 1817 can forbid the building ot vessels on the lakes to be used in the United States Navy on the high seas. The treaty limits the naval force "to be maintained upon the American lakes," and there is no inten tion of maintaining this vessel there. It could not become a part of the naval force until it is armed, and it would not be armed until it bad left the lakes. As no vessel be comes a part of the navy until it is turned over by the contractors, it is hard to see why the Governmeht may not let the lowest bidder construct the vessels where they can do so most economically, the vessel to be delivered at the ocean ports. Certainly common sense in the construction of the treaty of 1817 should not prevent the Gov ernment from letting the contract to the lowest bidder, if the bidder happens to be located on the lakes, from which the vessel will be removed long before it becomes an active part of the navy. UNAVOIDABLE PUBLICITY. It is authoritatively stated on behalf of Mrs. Harrison, with regard to her residence at Cape May, that her "greatest desire is to live as privately as possible and occupy the same position in the little community as that of the other cottagers, and the idea of being at all conspicuous is thoroughly dis tasteful to her." The wish is an entirely commendable one; but the difficulty of at taining it appears in the lact that the great-4 est activity in bringing the Presidental residence there to public notice has beeD Bhown in the advertisements of the real es tate syndicate, whose members made the present of the seaside cottage. The order of nature prescribes that when a gilt is made for the purpose ot advertising a watering place the givers shall make as much of the, advertisement as possible. As no one sup poses that this cottage would have been presented to Mrs. Harrison if she had re mained in the private but respectable posi tion occupied at Indianapolis, it follows that the booming of Cape May Point in connection with the Presidental cottage there must continue. Is not the real estate boomer worthy of his profit, and the adver tiser of his full-page display with all the pictures thereof? The Philadelphia Councils' vote against the ordinance to prohibit the sale of watered -milk is a testimonial on the part of the Quaker City's municipal legislators of their full con fidence in the richness of Schuylkill water. The policy of profit-sharing has had a thorough test at the Bourne Mills in Fall River during the past twelve months. Al though the print cloth market has not been m the best condition, the result of the economic experiment is stated in the report of the presi dent of the company to be "the beginning ot the solution of tbe labor problem." Certainly the closer union of interest on behalf of em ployer and emDloyed ought to remove a great share of the friction ot wages disputes. If the revised census returns do not do a little better than that 210,000 Pittsburg will be justified in relying upon tbe role, tbe directory returns and the school enumeration to estab lish its claim to 275,000 population. Senator Plumb's declaration in the Senate that "tbe surplus of which so much was heard a year ago has vanished like a snowbank under the rays of a summer sun," and that "the expenditures of tbe Government are going to overrun the revenue," should set the Re publican leaders to thinking. A party which only requires a year to wipe out a surplus of $70,000,000 is not going to have a very strong record to command popular support "A Daughter of Silence" is the title of Edgar Fan cett's last novel. Tbe novel was evidently written too early to indicate that tbe heroine bad the advantage of the tuition of the junior Senator of .Pennsylvania. The horse race at Sheepshead Bay yester day showed Salvator, tbe winner of the Suburban, to bo a grand animal. Salvator again beat his rival, Tenny, and lowered the record for a mile and a quarter from 2.-06 to 2.-05. Salvator did his own running, too; equine candidates cannot depend upon a boss to pall them through. A cool breeze tempered the beat for melting Pittsburgers yesterday. Yet many Republicans were uncomfortably hot under the .collar when a certain piece ot news came from Hamsburg yesterday. Brazil- has adopted a new constitution It was signed by tbe present Government at a ministerial dinner. The formality of having it framed by a represet&tive assembly or sub mitted to a vote of the people does not appear to have been considered necessary by the rulers ot that alleged Republic. The end of the Dunbar mine tragedy may still br-far off, 'botalaaLlitfle'hoperif, PITTSBURG- DISPATCH, any, remains of flndlngthe Imprisoned miners alive. "" After the smoke of politics has cleared off a little, patriotism, will have ltsinnlnes. The Fourth of July can be celebrated by par tisans of all stripes in perfect harmony. Dol lars will add plquanoy to the patriotic celebra tion in Schenley Park; send them to City Treasurer Denniston at once. The Tory backdown on the licensing bill indicates that the Cabinet is willing to give up very thing except its hold on office. French experiments have demonstrated that the galvanic current will kill microbes. An attempt has been made in this country to demonstrate that It will kill criminals; but corporate interests have so far prevented it from killing anything but honest worklngmen on tho streets. Chicago is bound to beat Philadelphia's 1.010,000 census if she has to count every gopher in her prairie suburbs. There is a general outcry of criticism against the restoration of the SO per cent duty on works of art by the Senate. Nevertheless, as between high-priced paintings for the mil lionaires and high-priced sugar for the masses, we regard the former as most endurable. PERSONALS. Mrs. Frank Leslie's lecture tour will be gin in October. , The chef de cuisine in charge of Queen Vic toria's table is a Mohammedan. The President will leave Washington on Sat. urday for Cape May, where he will remain un til Tuesday. George Francis Train will publish a pa per at Tacoma, Wash., called Train's Jiouna the World Educator. Emperor William has had an electrio rail- way built for bringing dishes from the kitchen into the state dining room. Mrs. Cleveland succeeded in landing her first blueflsh at Marion, Mass., Tuesday even ing. It was a beauty, and weighed four pounds. M ks. Amelia' E. Barb, the well-known nov elist, lives a hermit sort of life on the summit of the Sturm King Mountain, on the Hudson. Sl)e goes to Europe soon to gather the mate rial for a new novel, which will deal with the subject of Calvinism. Little Mabel Stevenson, the New York girl, has captured English swells with her imi tations of birds. She has been quite as much the rage in fashionable drawing rooms in Lon don as Carmencita has been in New York. This week she will twitter for the Prince and Princess of Wales. Colonel Charles B. Tappen, of New York, who is 93 years old, started last week on a trip to California. He is father of F. H. Tap pen, President of the Gallatin National Bank. Mrs. Grady, widow of the late Henry W. Grady, of Georgia, and ber daughter are at Greenbrier White Sulphur. Mr. Leandeb J. McCormice, the million aire agricultural implement manufacturer, has sold out his large plant at Chicago for over $3, 000,000 and retired from business. He is a na tive of Rockbridge county, Va., and has been on a visit near the old homestead, near Ra pbine, in that county, for several weeks. He is superintending the erection of nine shafts, which be is placing over the graves of his an cestors, burled at Old Providence Church. It is stated that some of the most valued and highly-prized ornaments in his palatial parlor at Chicago are cooking utensils used by his grandmother at the old home in Rockbridge. CTTBBEflT TIMELY TOPICS. The editor of the Heading Eagle says rye stalks 7 feet 8 inches In length, have been left with him. Unbroken packages properly labeled and left on ye editor's table should always be plrcked when tbe bloom is on therye." A CASE of sweetness long drawn out was exemplified when a Georgia watermelon train was ditched a few days afro and the crimson vegetable matter was strewn along the track in tempting profusion. A short, suggestive and pertinent para graph, Illustrative ot canse and effect, appears as a monntaln special to the Nashville American. It reads "Two boys fought in the edge of tbls county Satnrday night and both were killed, 14 o particulars. Only whisky.1 A Baptist minister of the name of Mo Cntchcon was tried In Atlanta by a conference of bis church, who, after hesring tbe evidence, passed the following resolutions! Resolved, That as a conference we disapprove of the act of Brother McCutchen In striking bis wife -an act which was unmanly, unchristian and uaminlsterial. Resolved second, That with our disapproval of Brother HcCutcbcn in tills particular, we still retain our confidence In Ills Christian character. Mrs. McCutcheon ought to have those resolu tions framed and lung alongside of the motto, "God bless our home." ! f A HAN named Hogg Is canvassing for his second term of office down In Texas, and a local paper quotes extracts from hlsl speeches, which, if not too highly colored with the red paint of po litical warfare, would Indicate tbe aforesaid Hogg were capable of taking care of himself in his "district." Hesays: "I am the best Attorney General Texas has ever had; tie Supreme Court has an Idea that It knows sometklng of law; I am a fighter; 1 am the only man who has had the nerve to stand up against the stinking corpora tions; if that crowd of roosters' lie about me, I'll put a head on them." l The Baltimore American s not usually so captions in Us criticisms orthe methods adopted to oil up the pastor's Jolnt and relieve tbe financial friction of a religious community, as in this instance. It says; The discovery of an oil well on the property of a Pennsylvania church enabled tbe church to pay off HI its debts and re serve a handsome surplus. L'ndoubtealy, Provi dence placed the oil there, but He never directed a church to do as this church did to sell out to such an iniquitous concern as the Standard Oil Monopoly. The St. Paul (J lobe, referring to the fact that George Package, of Tom Green county, Texas., Is 101 years old, thinks he is probably tho original package. , The plumbers had no sooner adjourned and taken their leave of Denver than the city was in vaded by the Travelers' Protective Association, so fast doth one misfortune on the heels of another tread. Cleveland is negotiating for a tleer. Pre sumably to give alon with a trio of whoops should she win a game of ball. The Atchison Globe defines Congress as composed of two bodies the Senate and Beed. The latest fling by tbe green-eyed sister, Mlnnl, is embraced in tbe following: bank clearings census n cures musical enterprises St. Paul's! political candidates ba laseball club I reputation for truthfulness are in a very bad way. Before John Tracy, a retired horse tblef, had finished writing his book detailing his thrill ing escapades in the line of his chosen pursuits an officer ol the law swooped down on him at Kansas City,, and, placing him in irons confiscated all the "copy" for his book, which would doubtless have been a valuable addition to the orange-covered literature of the times, no evidently was not destined to make mncli mark in the world of letters, for the stories be wrote were true. Tales ol that character.become altogether too livid when the facts are strictly adhered to.. Ten parts ro mance and one of truth is a better compound. The New York Press says Mrs. Delia Cross bas applied to tbe Custom House for papers to sail as master of the coasting schooner Oregon. Her husband sails with ,her as ceief mate. Ordinarily we see the terms reversed when taklue observa tions on land. But when It comes tomatters ma rine it may be the feminine half of fbe household assumes the mastery. Some women can, no doubt, excel tbclrhusbandslnbandllngscbooners. A chewing gum company, with a capital of 5,000, bas flledpapers of Incorporation In Cam den, N. J. With so many big manufactories in active operation a girl ought to be able to obtain whatever brand she chews. "Jack Tnn Jnk-Slinoeb," has been sen tenced to ilxmdnths Imprisonment and to par a heavy fine. Now. If officers can Just get hold of Gill the ilud-SUnger, society will breatjie easleri The cloakmakersof .New York have earned their point an.d returned to work. Theweather created such a. demand for the garments the em. ploy.erjw.ere forceAtQ-ylel'utiin,"? THURSDAY,' JUE 26, THE TOPICAL TALKER. White Flannel Salu Hnve Drawbacks An Ezcuanble Censu Omission A Ther mometJr tutu Toothpick Some Theatri cal Forrcnata. A WHITE flannel suit is becoming to some nfen, comfortable this weather for any man, and it is one ot those .-esthetic oases which gem tbe desert of monotony in masculine attire. But tbe white flannel suit despite its dazzling luster and its coolness has its drawbacks. The other day a young man, whom I do not know, attracted my attention by the sheen of his raiment. He wore a white flannel suit, and in the blazing sunshine he walked an exception to the rule, a cool-looking man. I was behind him, but as be strolled along the stre'et slowly I gradually caught up with him. As I came close I noticed that a black line extended across the back of his coat diagonally from his left shoulder. A strange place to put a seam, and so conspicnously, I thought Tbe black line, like a fly on a bald man's head, fascinated me. As I drew closer and closer to it I was puzzled still more, for I dis covered thai the line was wavy and abruptly ended about three inches from the edge of tbe sack coat. Then all at once I recognized tbe true nature of the line it was a long rippling black bairl AH that be needed is that a man who wears a white flannel suit should confine his attentions to blondes. A CITY merchant, who has a soul full of fun, yesterday met the young man who several weeks ago called at his bouse in the capaci ty of census enumerator. Said the former: "I don't wonder that fault is being found with the census. If other families were served as you did mine." "What was the matter with me?" asked the ex-enumerator. "There's a young lady at my house in fact she's my daughter who's not In the census 1 know."- "Well. sir." replied the ex-enumerator some what warmly, "tnat's your fault for you gave me all tbe information I got at your house." "But you called too soon." "How's thatt" 'Well, the yonng lady was born last Thurs day and I'de be glad if ' But theensus man fled. At tbe close of dinner the mistress of the bouse asked the new girl who bad been hired that day upon tbe strength of her affirma tion that she had waited at table for years and years to set some toothpicks on tbe table. Tbe veteran waiting maid disappeared at once, but came back in a mlnnte asking: "Is it tooth picks that yer want?" She was reinformed that toothpicks ana nothtn g less were in demand. Again sbe left tbe room. When sbe reappeared a couple of minutes later sbe brought with her a thermom eter, one of those pretty trifles in the guise of a Moorish dagger. This Shu laid before her as tounded mistress. There is a veteran waiting maid out of place now. A New York correspondent sends me the fol lowing interesting forecasts of the coming theatrical season: Tbe Kendals will return. but Sarah Bernhardt will not be brought over. Lawrence Barrett will do his new play "A. Becket." BoucicaultVJilt," with a patent race course scene, will be revived. The dreadful English melodrama will, happily, not affect ns to any great extent, although we arotohave several native ones in wblch the death penalty by electricity will be used. 'The Limited Mail" will next season have a swift train of cars on the stage, and Oliver Byron's play, "The Plunger," will also attempt a new me chanical contrivance, while tbe "U. S. Mail" promises something In the same line, both realistic anfl thrilling. Minnie Palmer, Clara Morris, Nellie McHenry, Maggie Mitchell and Fanny Davenport will continue. Miss McHenry in "Lady Pegey," Fanny Davenport in "Cleo patra" and M. P. in C. A. Byrnes' "My Prima Donna." Anna Boyd will be seen in Franklin Files' "Overlook," and Flora Moore in Lew Rosen's new play, "Tho Hustler." James O'Neil will star in "Tbe Dead Heart." Robert Mantell in a new drama. M. B. Curtis in "The Shatchen.r Golden in "Old Jed Frouty." J. J. McNally, ot tbe Boston Herald, has written-"A Straight Tip," which will be taken ont; so will Paul Potter's "Easy Street," "The World's Fair," and Charley Hoyt'a new con coction,"A Trip to China Town." Dan Sully's "The Millionaire," which will bo rewritten, Blanche Marsden's "Gabrielle Gerard," and L. Walton, in a new Hebrew play, will also proba bly be sent on the road. Everything points to big coming season. 'The bulletin board outside The Dispatch business office last night was eagerly scanned by thousands of citizens. Early in tho evening the news of a great sporting event ar rived, and a bulletin was pasted up to this ef fect: Salvator Beats the Kecorii. : Then more news from IIarriburg came in, and bulletins concerning politics grew thick around that announcing Halvator's victory. Presently a conple ot gentlemen stopped and scrutinized the bulletins, and one of them asked the other in my bearing: "Salvator? Salvator? What coanty is be from?" TJTILIZI1IO CAEELEE PIGEONS. Trained Blrda to br Placed an Sable Island for Speclnl Service. Halifax, N. B., June 25. Mariners have always looked upon Sablo Island as one of tbe most dangerous points of tbe coast, and many of tbe most serious shipwrecks have occurred in the vicinity of that Island. One of tbe prin cipal disadvantages under which seamen ship wrecked at this place labor is that tbey have no means f communicating with the mainland except by steamer or sailing vessel, and, as has frequently been the case, that tbey have been stranded on the island for weeks without being able to inform tbe world of their condition. It bas been decided to import carrier pigeons from Belgium, trained especially for tbls serv ice. The birds are expected to arrive shortly. Quarters for their reception are now being pre. pared in tbe marine and fisheries wbarf. Tbere will be two compartments, one for active birds and the other for breeding purposes. Some ot the pigeons, after having become accustomed to their quarters in Halifax, will be taken to Sable Island, and when a disaster occurs one will be set at liberty with a message attached to it. Tho pigeons to be used in this service are very rapid birds, and will require but a short time to bring messages from that point to this city. P0STMASTEES' SALABLES BAISED. Increased Compensation for Those Who Itlnnnge Second Clnrm Offlcen. fVBOM A STAFF COBBISPONDENT.-l Washington, June 25. The following changes were made to-day in tho salaries of second classpostmasters in Pennsylvania: Al lentown, from 82.700 to $2,800; Bellefonte, J2.10O to.82,200; Bethlehem, 82.SU0 to $2,400; Butler, $2,100 to $2,300; Carbondale. $1,0(JO ti $2,000; Carl lisle, S2.200 to $2,300; Columbia, $1,800 to $2,000; Danville. $2,000 to $2,100; Easton. $1600 to $2,700; Franklin, J2.200 to SiSOO Oreensburc. $2,100 to $2.4011; .Inh.-Tl-V. $2,500 to $2,600; Mi'Keesport, $2,300 to 82.400' Media, $1,81)0 to $2,200: Norri-town, $2,400 to $2,500; Pi.cenixville, 81.800 to $2,300; Shaniokin $2,100 to $2,200; Shan.n, 82,000 to $2,200; South Bethlehem, $1.900 to $2,100; Towanda, S2.000 to $2,100; Tyrone. 81.900 to $2,000; Uniontown?$1.900 to $2,100, Washington, 2,300 to $2,400. In Vest Virginia, Huntingdon was increased from $1,900 to $2,000, and Parkersburg from $2,400 to $2,500. In Eastern Ohio the following readjustments were made: Mansfield was decreased from $2,800 to $2,700; Marietta, $2,200 to $2,300; Jlas sillon, $2,700 to $2300; alem, $2,300 to $2,400; Youngstown, $2,700 to $2,800. BECEP7ED HOKOEAEY BEOEEES. Yale's Grodnntlng Exercises Yesterday n Brilliant Occasion. New Haven, Conn., June 25. The grad uating exercises of Yale University occurred in Center Church this morning, with the edifico packed to the'doots. Foliowiug tbe oiations. President Dwight read tbe list of honorary de grees, among which were: LL. D. Judge Wm. F. CooDer, of Nashville, Tenn.; Judge Edward C. Billings, United States District Judge Eastern District or Louisiana, and Hon. William Walter Phelps, United States Minister to Germany. M. A. Joseph B. DImmick, of Scranton, Pa. Twenty degrees were conferred upon examinations, among them, M. A. to Ira W. Davenport; B. A., Illinois College 'S5. and Geo. M. 8i.ratton,' B. A., University of Cali fornia, '88. Besides these degrees there were conferred upon. this year's graduates deerees as follows: B: A.. 1; Pb. B 64; B. D., SO; LL. D., 42: M. D.. 7; D. C L.. 3; M. L.. SL President Dwlgbi annouueeu uu ' uuuu a. jrorter prize or. 8300 for the nest essay bad ben awarded to Gerald J. earu, oi wmcago.. y -..,.. 1890. A CLASS WITH A HIST0EY. Ceonlon of tho War Clnis of Old Jefferson College .SrZCIAI. TXLZOBAU TO TUX DISPATCTT.l Washington, Pa, June 25. Tbe Jefferson College class of 1S65 held a reunion here to-day to celebrate the 25th anniversary of their Graduation. The Rev. Dr. W. F. Brown, who resides here, received and entertained the "boys." They were driven over the town, re marking iu growth and business improve ments, but tho old landmarks were m03t inter esting. Fort Job. tbe old college and the scenes of boyish pranks of a quartar of a cen tury ago were of greater Interest than all tbe l and gas, and iron and coal. The class and a few Invited friends were the guests of Dr. Brown to dinner. After dinner a class meeting was held In the old college chapel, where tho visitors were received by the cititens iJr. Brown. He had spared no pains to collect ,., u' and Pented them in a brief and witty form. A concise outline of each -man's doings in college and experience since, was given, and the dull details of date of birth and early history omitted. Tbls class was tbe first graduated from the United College. It was therefore tbe connecting link- between the old two-college days and the United College. It was the "War class." being matriculated in '61 and graduated in '65. The whole class en listed in the militia, and were once or twice ordered ont for service and came very near sluring tbe bonon of dying for the Union at Gettysburg, but escaping that distinction, tbey "lived to fight another day." Thirty-lour men were graduated. Twenty four are still living; ten have gone over to the great majority. Among tho best known names nn tbe nil of the class are the following: Kev. David Gregg. D. D., of Boston; Judge John Ad Mcllvalne. of Washington; Rev. W. F. Brown, D. D.; Rev. W. C. Williamson, D. D.: Dr. Scott, the eye and ear specialist, of Cleveland; William K. Jennings. Esq of Pittsburg: Dr. Ritchie, of Portage. Wi-.: S. T. Nell. Esq.. of Warren, Pa.; Tbomas McConnell, Esq.. of Pittsburg; Dr. Seyler," Henry M. Floyd, Esq. a HERorrrE with ttrb hoe . Dispatches a Feroclons Panther In tho Wlltla ofTrxnu. Harrold, Tex, June 23. Tbe wife of Morris Kapper, a ranchman, owning an ex tensive place near bere, bad yesterday an ad venture with a large female panther. In which the lady succeeded in killing the animal with a hoe. Her husband had requested heron leaving tbe bouse at dinner to send him some medicine which be was taking at regular Inter vals, when these Intervals occurred, which sbe did, dispatching her son, a boy of 9 or 10, to his father, who was employed in bis vegetable gar den, situated about BOO feet from tbe bouse. Her second chila, a little girl of 3. Degged sev eral times to go instead of 'her brother, so in the conl of the evening Mrs. Kapper, to gratify the child, sent her instead with tbe medicine. The mother afterward, following the trail, which was perfectly distinct, soon came upon a panther dragging the child by Its little dress along the ground, but the weight prevented tbe animal from going faster than a walk; so, without its detecting her, sbe ran back and caught up the hoe that her husband bad left In tbe garden and returned. The panther had then dropped the child, but was still standing over it, and on seeing Mrs. Kapper began to snarl, showing Its potnted teeth. Sbe ran up to it, when it again seized Its prey in its teetb, bat tbe heroic lady tore her child from its grasp, and putting it behind ber met the panther as it rn shed at ber. infuriated by tbe loss of Its booty, with a blow of the hoe which, missing the bead, yet severed its left ear from it. The panther paused In its attack on ber, and began to try and reach tbe wound with its mouth, screaming and tearing up the earth. Mrs. Kapper then brought tbe hoe down on its head with such force as to crash its skull, and the next moment the animal lay dead at ber feet. A CEKTEKABIAN BACHELOR Henrr Bnclinieyer, 100 Years Old. and Un able to SDPnk English. Cincinnati, June 25. Henry Buchmeyer celebrated his one hundredth birthday at tbe Little Sisters of tbe Poor, on the Montgomery road, yesterday. He sat at tbe head of along table in tbe dining room, clad In white vest, white necktie and dark pantaloons, his feet in cased in cloth slippers, and drank a glass of sherry and partook of the frosted cake which tbe Sisters had baked expressly for him. On the cake was his name and the date of bis birth, June 24. 1790. Thirteen years ago be walked from Baltimore to St. Louis, and then rerched this city on bis way back. As be came down tbe boardwalk that leads from Gilbert avenue: to tbe gate of tbe institutionhe fell almost at tho very gates from sheer exhaustion. Tbe good Sisters took him in, and though he said in a few weeks be would resume his jour ney, yet 13 years have come and gone and Henry Is regarded as one of tbe fixtures of tbe institution. Yesterday he sat up with great dignity, wearing a cloth sknll cap which tbe Sisters bad made him, and a wreath of green artificial flowers. Henry is an old bachelor, and has no relatives in tbe world. He Is able to walk about, though bent nearly double. He was 50 years old when he came to America, landing In Baltimore, and has never learned tbe English language. FINEST IK THE STATE. Tbe Dedication of the New Masonic Hall at Canton a Grand Affair. rSFEClAI, TELEOEAJt TO TUB DISFATCH.l Canton, June 25. A cloudless sky, 500 visit ing Knights, gaily bedecked buildings and martial bands made tbe dedication of the new Masonic Hall by the local lodge the grandest affair in tho history of Northern Ohio Ma sonry. Early trains in the morning brought with tbem visitors from every direction, until by noon fully 6,000 strangers were in the city. Cleveland was represented by Oriental Com mandery with 40 men and Holyard Command ery with 60 men. Delegates were also present from Cincinnati, Pittsburg, Akron, Wooster, Massillon, Salem, Kent, Mogadore and other Northern Ohio towns. Following the deaica tion at the hall tbe Knigbts marched In a body to the tabernacle, where a musical and literary programme was given. In tbe evening a reception and banqnet was tendered tbe visiting Masons In tbe ball, Tbe new temple is considered one of tbe finest m the State, and bas just been, completed at a cost of many thousands of dollars. EOYALLY BECE1VED. Henrr 9L Stanley and Fiancee Tendired nn Oration at Oxford. London, June 25. Henry M. Stanley and bis fiancee. Miss Tennant, attended the commem oration day exercises at Oxford University to day. Tbe under graduates gave Mr. Stanley a most uproilous reception. Tbey cheered and chaffed him and when he was formally pre sented they sang "He's a jolly good fellow," following up the song with more cheers for the explorer and finishing with "One more for the bride." The degree of Civil Law was conferred upon Mr. Stanley and upon Prof. Goodwin, of Harvard University. BABY'.- GOT A BEAU. She ain't nuthin' but a baby' Twarn't but ylstlday I swow It don't seem so since tbem blue eyes, Jes'azblueez tbey be now, Fust looked up in her old dad's here, From ber mother's bosom! abol 'Tisn't true, now taln't In natnr' That our baby's got a beau. Why, we've alluz called her "Baby," Ale and mother. Tecnty tot, Land alive! Sbe Is the baby Uv the big an' bloomln' lot! T'others tney'd growed up, an' mostly Lighted out, when one day. lo! Thar she wuz in their old cradle An' now baby.'s got a beau. Why 'taln't no time since I see her Lay a-playln' with her toesl Gals will grow up Into wlmmen Mine's like all the rest, 1 'sposc: Mighty queer, tho', when I hear her Or still think 1 bear ber crow Prom her cradle at my comln'. To tbink baby's got a beau! I kin see ber glttla' bigger. See her toddlln' at my side, Jes' the cutest little critter, Teasln' "papa" for "a ride." I kin see ber glttln' bigger Can't help seeln' baby grow But I can't see how It's come ter Thls-that baby's got a beaul Course I wouldn't keep her single When she really is growed up; Mother 'n me hev been too happy X ot to want the same sweet cup Uv good married love to sweeten Her lire, too but It's a blow An' thar aln' no glttln' round It To think baby's got a beau! Voston alobe, DEATHS OF A DAY. Captain John It. ItlcLnln. rfrrctAi. TiLinitAH to Tits niKPATnnv. BoCHESrER, June23.-Captalu JohnIL McLaln, an old and well-known river man, brother of Captain Charles McLaln and brother-in-law ol ex-state Treasurer W. W. Irrln, died at his borne In Rochester township to-day- He was a river engineer and well known throughout Western Pennsylvania, He wsi about TO years old. t - OUR MAIL E0CCH. Ozone and Epidemics. To the Editor of The Dlspatcai Latest advices claim that yellow fever bas appeared In tbe Southern States, and with the appearance of cbolera in. Spain It exhibits the fact that ozone, which, with tbe co-operation of oxygen to establish salubrious conditions that maintain bealtb, is deficient. Before cbolera becomes violent it Is preceded by small pox or yellow fever in some quarter of the globe distant from it. Tbere are many who really do not understand the expression of ozone as a chemist really does. It simply implies pure carbonic acid gas that is evolved after oxygen purifies It by acting on tbe impnre gas.and when purified It readily unites with it and constitutes tbe healthiest condition of the atmosphere known. It is sometimes limited in quantity, and the result is an epidemic of either beat or cold will arise. 1 most positively assert that any epidemic is-ot animal origin, and I conld write a volume substantiating tbe fact.- I will say that in tbe event that cholera should ever come to the United States, it will be as im possible to quarantine it as it would be to quarantine a cyclone. Lb. C. B. Dickson, Chemist. Pittsburg, June 25. Tliundrr and 3111k. To the Editor of The Dispatch: Will you please inform me what effect thun der bas on milk In spoiling it, if any, or what cau-e it to snur during a tbunder storm? Pittsburg, June 24. H. L. It is a wrong impression that tbunder bas the effect of turning milk sour. This phe nomenon is traceable to tbe fact that the light ning' spark in parsing through tbe air converts a part of the atmospheric oxygen into ozone, which is a higher form of oxygen and has very high oxidizing properties. Tbe coming In con-1 tact of the ozone with the milk is the cause of the sonring or curdling of tbe latter. Thunder Is the usual accompaniment of lightning, and is therefore popularly bel leved to be the cause of this effect. A College Surprise, To the Editor of The Dispatch: I noticed a few days ago an article in your paper purporting to be from Tiffin, headed "Heidelburgb University," and announcing the resignation of Qr. Wllliard, President of the college. This will be strange news to the members of the Reformed Cburcb, as there has not been tho slightest intimation of these changes In the church papers. Dr. Williard has been President of Rpiflelhnrtrh Hnllpron for 2o years, and it is to bis self-denial and untir ing energy the present flattering condition of tbe college is due. The church papers, knowing nothing of this new order of things, your corre spondent may be able to enHgbten those who are interested in Heidelburgb. College. Oakland, June 25. In quirer. 'Fix the Sidewalks. To the Editor of Tne Dlsnatch: Please call the attention of the proper authorities to tbe condition of the foot pave ments out Fifth avenue. In some spots tbe sidewalks are in a shabby condition, the bricks being displaced and miniature pitfalls made for tho unwary pedestrian. Walker. Pittsburg, June 25. Deep Water. To tho Editor of Tbe Dispatch: What is the estimated depth of the water at the outlet of the whirlpool rapids, Niagara Falls? Tourist. Allegheny, June 25. The outlet is tbe narrowest part of Niagara river, and the depth is placed at 600 feet A Family 6-crer. To the Editor of The Dlspatcn: What one man controls most railroad stocks in the United States. J. D. Larimer, Pa.. June 21 Gould, Vanderbilt and Huntington are heavy holders. It lies between tbe two first named, but an outsider cannot decide. AT WAYHESBTJBG COLLEGE. The Thlrty-NlntU Annual Commencement Exercises This Week. ' rSFZCIAL TELEOKAM TO THE PISrATCR.I Watnesburg. Jnne 25. The thirty-ninth annual commencement exercises of Waynes- uurg isouege openeu on iuonaay evening wita I the annual concert given by tbe pupils of tbe J Conservatory of Muic, under the direction of Prof. Ormsby Sntberland. Tuesday evening the Union Literary Society gave its pnblic anniver sary exercises, and this evening the anniver sary exercises ot tbe-Pbilo Literary Society took place. On Friday evening Rev. J. B. Koehne, of Pittsburg, will lecture for the benefit ot the Pbilo Society, and on Snnday evening the bac calaureate sermon will be delivered by Rev. J. R. Morris, of Jackson Center, Pa. Monday, June 30, class day exercises and tbe dedication of the Alumni Hall will take place, and on Tuesday, July I, commencement and dedica tion of tbe magnificent new college building will be held. A GREEDY COWS FIX She Eats Too Iflacli Green Clover and Gets Fast Brlwera Tree. Sidney, O., June 25. Something remark able happened hero yesterday to a cow. Tbere were two large trees close together on tbe edge of a clover field. A fence touched either tree, but the gap had no fence. Tbe cow squeezed into the gap, and without passing through began to browse. She soon began to swell witb gas generated by the green clover, and to get ner out one of tbe trees was cut. NEWS OF THE STATE. Franklin, this State, has a child who sleeps every other three days. Tbe case baffles the physicians. Tbe child is in perfect health. Charles F. Mater, President of the Balti more and Ohio Railroad, while in Philadelphia left a package containing $20,000 in a cab. The driver was honest and found the money. As a reward be was paid $20. An electric propeller is to be one of tbe boat attractions on the Big dam by tbe Neversink Mountain Railroad Company of Reading. If the boat is a success many other electric boats will run between Reading and Klapperthal sta tion. A SON of Nick Washburn, of East Ashtabula, aged about 12 years, is suffering with lockjaw, and fears are entertained that bis case will prove fatal. About ten days ago be stepped on a corcstalk stubble, and injured his foot, since which time his condition has been growing more and more serious. His physician Is con sidering the question of amputating bis foot. ON Sunday, as a young man of Wllkesbarro was crossing the Kingston flats on his bicycle, he struck a stone which threw him Into tbe pond hole bead first, the bicycle following. Tbe force was so great that his head stuck fast in tbe mud, where be stayed until a companion rescued him with a rake. He then continued his journey to Wyoming minus his hat, which he left at the bottom of tbe pond. A Centekville correspondent of tbe Mead ville Tribune writes: "Twins at George Ma gee's, both boys, and twins at Jesse Marsh's, boy and girl, both in Rome township, and both in time to be counted by tbe census enumer ator. The representative of the best paper In Crawford connty, the Tribune-Republican, congratulates and suggests that the boys in tbe above aggregation be called George Wallace, after the next Governor of Pennsylvana." Hiram Lukens, one of tbe compositors of tbe Doylestown Intelligencer, on Saturday celebrated bis fifty-eighth year at the same case. On June 21, 1832, be entered the Intelli gencer, then a small weekly, was an apprentice, and ever since that time bas been a faithfnl employe of tbe establishment. The old man recognized the day by availing himself of a holiday given him, and tooc a trip to his mother's borne in Norristown. A paragraph appeared in tbe Lancaster Examiner on Saturday, telling of a currant bush .that grew from the fork of a tree, 30 ieet from the ground, at Gruel's Icehouse, near tbe Lan caster crematorium; and it is estimated that fully 1,000 people visited the place on Sunday, attracted by what tbey had read in that one little paragraph. The Examiner adds: Tbe tree certainly Is a curiosity, and tbe buuebes of "red-ripe" currants can be distinctly seen from the ground. Mr. Simpson Ott, of Cumberland county, was a heavy loser by the hail storm of last week. A field ot 11 acres of wbeat will not yield 10 bushels. His corn, which was cut down, has started to grow, but it Is bard to tell what it will amount to, His oats was thoroughly rid dled. Trees were twisted and broken, and nothing is le'ft of his garden. The large barn doors were blown in, and at the time a boy was sitting on a wheelbarrow in the barn. The wind lifted the boy anfl tbe wheelbarrow and landed them, as gently as the time and occasion would permit, 90 net away m, ue earajaiu. . CDRI0DS C0NDENSATI0HS. There has been organized at Atlanta, Ga., the first negro land company in the world capital, 10,000. Mrs. Henry Mullen, of Middleton Cor ners. O- has given birth to the second pair of twins within a year. A company to place advertisements on tbe ceilings of barber shops for tbe perusal ot men getting shaved has been formed in New York. A bull snake was killed in Bennett Val ley. Sonoma county. Cat, last Tuesday, tbat meaurcd eight feet four Inches long and weighed 20 pounds. In selecting the names of a jury to try a man for murder down m Georgia tbe name of tbe murdered man was drawn out of tbe box along with the others. A colored thief at Bridgeport, this State, jumped into the canal, and the police man who was chasing blm followed suit and ar rested tbe lellow in tbe water. At Chisamba, Africa, the yonng people have asked the missionary to raise a flag Satur day evenings, tbat tbey may know tbat tbe next day is Sunday, and come to tbe meetings. A dispatch from Ohio tells of one of the shortest courtships on record. The groom was a guest at a Canton hotel. He became in fatuated witb the cook tbe day of bis arrival, proposed, and, being accepted, married ber at, once. The San Francisco Call siys one doctor at Sisson has attended two patients within three weeks, who lost one finger each by let ting tbe car door slam to. The ends of the fingers were taken off as neatly as if done with a hay-cutter. After two Brooklyn pugilists had fought five ronnds the other night, and were both "badly used up," tbe mother of one of tbem (so It is stated) appeared on the scene, "knocked down a few of tbe spectators with a club and scattered the others." A colored dentist in Macon, Ga., uses no instruments except bis fingers in extracting teeth. By means of long practice his fingers bave become as strong as forceps, and be claims tbat be can pull teeth faster and with less pain than any dentl3t with instruments. A iiltlelchicken, which, though healthy and flourishing, will always hare to be fed by human hands, attracts attention in North Flalnfield.N.J. Tbeupper half of tbe bill is rolled back in a tight ball between tbe eyes. The lower half i3 natural and perfect. The narrowest dwelling bouse in Brook lyn is to be built this summer. It will measure 7x50 feet. The lot npon which the building 13 to stand is in one of the best-streets in tbe city, and bas been thought by many to be al most worthless because of its small size. During a dispute over a calf at Camas Prairie, Ore., recently, Ed Rinehardt hit Helm McConnell on tbe bead with a heavy plug of tobacco. In order to prevent a suit charging him witb assault wttha deadly weapon. Rine bardt paid $10, besides giving over the calf and tbe plug of tobacco. There are only five States in the Union in which a schoolmaster can now legally flog a pupil. In all other States a pupil menaced with corporal punishment can arm himself with any secret weapon and use It as best be can. Massachusetts teachers flog an average of two boys per day per capita. Says the Portland Oregonian; An Ore gon tblef went to a widow's barn the other , night and milked tbe widow's cow. Next morning that poor widow fonud a pocketbook containing $1 17 in the stall, and advertises for the loser to come forward, prove property, re turn the milk and get bis cash. The Salvation Army in Paris has been reinforced by a Salvation Navy. A church boat floats on the River Seine near tbe Pont de la Concorde. The "floating temple," as the Parisians call it, has been named the "Herald of Mercy." In the ball amidships there is ac commodation for 200 persons. There is on exhibition at the Melon exchange in Atlanta a melon tbat will weigh 10 or 12 pounds. It is of the rattlesnake variety, ' and the queer thine about it is tbat it grew in a black j ick root tbat completely encircles it, and bas compressed it around the middle, both ends protruding beyond tbe ring. It came from Pelbam. and is a curious freak. The other day a North Carolina woman started for the haymow to see bow a ben was getting along that was sitting on some eggs. On entering tbe barn the woman was surprised to see the old ben taking ber chicks down her- ' self. 8he would pick one np In ber mouth, fly-, down with it, la'v it down, and continue the pro cess until she carried them all down. 13 In number. A monstrous chunk of ore was taken from the Mountain Consolidated Mine at Butte City, Mont., a few days ago. I; was too large to put on a two-horse wagon and a four-borse team was used. The ore is estimated to weigh nearly four tons, and is nearly solid copper and silver. It bas been bound with boops of iron and boxed np. preparatory to shipment, probanly to Europe. Two girls of the same age and nearly the same name were placed in a French Institution for tbe care of friendless children ten years ago. Some time ago one of tbem was taken out by her supposed mother, given a bandsomo dowry and married. The other girl now comes foward witb offers of proof that sbe is the real daughter, and she claims the dowry. If not the husband, of her substitute. An interesting event took place on the Clyde tbe other day in the launching of a Japanese steel plated war vessel. She is 500 feet in length by 42 feet in breadth and 21 feet In depth. Her tonnage is 2,450: sbe bas twin scrows and three masts with military tops. Sbe carries 27 gnns and 3 torpedoes, and is manned by a crewotSOQ. Viscountess Kewasca Japanese lady, christened the ship the Cbiyoda. FU.NKY aiES'S FANCIES. Truth may be stranger than fiction, bat as a rule it isn't half so entertaining. Boston Traveller. The Chinese carry their devils with them wherever they go. They are gTeat Imp-porters. Texas Sirtings. The devil doesn't care two straws for your profession. AH tbat be is afraid of Is your prac tice. .Vu 1'ori Pioneer. Asking papa is a court of appeal. Love at first slfbt and a runaway match is a supreme court. .Veto Orleans Picayune. Olga Can an Indian blush, dear? Jack Tbey don't have to, my sweet. Tbey never go to tbe seashore. JSostonian. First Tramp Wh.it day of the week is it? Second Tramp Sunday, I guess everybody is golug In the back door of that saloon over there. Jury. Mother (of spoiled child) I am greatly obliged to you for bringing my little boy back. Urgan Grinder I fralda he teacba inunk bada tricks. Sew York Heekly. ; Speaking about "circular letters," O is one. West anore. Itastus Wish I cud get a drink 'round b'ar. I'm powerful thirsty. Jasper Well, dars sum fine wattah millions up de road. 'Kastus What ob dat? Dars no chance ter get one ob dem. Jasper No, dat'ssotbut if yojes look at dew dey'll make your mouf wattah. Boston Ueratd The little thermometer smiled in glee As tbe mercury upward drew To the century mark and silently asked: "Is It hot enough for you?" Philadelphia Times. The true moral depravity of betting on horse races Is seen by te man who backs tbe wrong horse. Baltimore American, It seems quite natural that the threads of conversation should iometlraes produce along larn. Binghamton Republican. Somebody who has so far eluded the clutches of the police remarks that tbe present doctrines or agnosticism are really only a revival of the old Know-Nothing movement. The difference between men's and women's wavs is nowhere shown so plainly as In trouble. Where woman gives way to a flood ol tears, man proceeds to put up a few strong dams. ttrrt Haute Express. Lives of great men all remind ns; If we'd reach their height sublime. We must keep our names and doings In the papers an tbe time. "Want some of my hair restorer, sir?'' asked the barber: "best In tbe world." Ott I've something better-I've Just got a divorce from my wife." It is questionable If there is any ball in the country at which a larger diamond is seen than at base ball. Old Gentleman (from head of the stairs at s late hoar) Clara, I think you and tbat yonng man have talked enough for one evening. Clara All right, pa; we won't say another word. Lip ptneotfs ltagasine. "Board wanted," said the chap who fell overboard. New lork Journal. Seuatur Joues is down on the gold dollar . because It's so smaiL He adds that people cant well see It. If not seeln It Is any objection. It applies with equal force to tha twenty-dollar a ( plees, to far as wae pteole are ceacaraw.. rKpuflBWUjwji & A . SeS-S tj tefcA,. it-.... ., i--.&zj&em I-tT " " JK? rz ' fJ- iaU && iiflaiftilfi ii iii i r mmmstWSSKKsmJLLi smtmssms.mmmimi
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