THE HTTSBTJBG- DISPATCH, THURSDAY, JULY 3, 1890.
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THE OPPORTUNITY IMPROVED.
By the nomination of Robert E. Pattison
for Governor yesterday, the Democrats
seized the best opportunity which tbey have
lad for years to profit by the weakness and
errors of their opponents. The strength of
the nomination lies in the "vigorous and in
dependent personality of the candidate, and,
distressing as it may be to some of the
Bourbon element in the Democracy, to have
& candidate who -will attract votes from out
side, that attraction is so great as to nearly
reverse the conditions under which the two
parties generally begin a canvass in Penn
sylvania. Hardly a stronger measure of ex-Governor
Pattison's popularity, as a vigorous, inde
pendent and honest public man, can be
given than the fact that he has been three
times a candidate for public office in Re
publican strongholds; that be has never yet
been defeated; and that his record in office
has been always such as to satisfy the inde
pendent Republicans who contributed to his
successes, with their part in electing him.
His two elections as Controller of Phila
delphia showed the confidence which in that
strorgly Republican city was felt in his
fairness and ability; and his work in that
office was one of the first exemplifications of
the ability of an independent ana capable
Controller to check municipal waste and
mismanagement His election as Governor
was no less a measure of his popular
strength, and the resnlt an equal proof of
Lis executive force and honesty
It is upon Pattison's four years' service
as Governor that he is mainly to be judged
as a candidate in the present campaign.
Performance has many times the value oi
prolession in judging of the character of an
executive official; and Governor Pattison's
performance in the executive chair is the
enviable one of having furnished this State
the cleanest and most vigorous administra
tion within the present generation. No sin
cere man will dispute that his record was
exceptionally that oi vigilance in guarding
the public interests and of unqualified inde
pendence alike of the influence of political
machines or the domination of corporate
interests. Upon his acts with regard to the
regulation of corporate abuses bis supporters
can especially afford to take their stand.
His plain and clear statements in his mes
sages of the duty of enforcing the sixteenth
and seventeenth articles of the Constitution
were not less characteristic of his attitude
than the policy, in which his administra
tion Etands alone, of forcing respect for the
Constitution, as it was violated in the South
Penn wrecking bargain. It is a pregnant
fact that where his successor has followed
out the policy be commenced, as in the
matter of the soldiers orphans' schools, he
las earned the public approval; where his
policy has been abandoned, as in corporate
matters, it has left him the one Governor of
Pennsylvania, in moJern times, who has
steadily and unvaryingly maintained and
enforced the supremacy of pnblic welfare
over corporate interest.
The renewal of the ticket of 18S2 by the
nomination of Chauncey F. Black, who was
Governor Pattison's companion in the suc
cessful campaign of that year, is equally
j udicious. The ex-Lieutenant Governor was
a faithful and impartial presiding officer of
the Senate, and has since then carried the
Democratic standard as the leader of the
yonng Democracy. Pittsburg's representa
tive on the ticket, Mr. Barclay, the candi
date for Secretary of Internal Affairs, is
well known and popular here, and will
strengthen by his local'pipularity the favor
able tendency toward the ticket on the part
of onr people.
With candidates so thoroughly worthy
the votes of all men who are independent
enough to cast aside party lines in favor of
clean and vigorous State administration
solely for the public interest, and with the
dissatisfaction existing in the Republican
ranks, the nomination of Pattison gives the
Democrat a better hope of victory than
they have had since the campaign which
they won with the same candidates eight
years ago. It must be remembered, how
ever, that campaigns are won by organiza
tion; and the Republican organization, with
the normal majority behind it, can only be
overcome bv systematic work. All who be
lieve, as The Dispatch does, that the
Democrats have selected the candidates
best able to gnard popular interests alike
against partisan profligacy and corporate ag
gression, should bear in mind that only
earnest and organized work will win the
victory for them at the polls.
A DAD &TART.
As far as the plans have been publicly
developed, the joint site, which was selected
yesterday by the Chicago "World's Pair
Commission, strikes ns as unsuitable in the
highest degree. The joint site contains the
Lake Front downtown and Jackson Park.
The LakeFront is to be filled in by the Illin
ois Central Railroad to a considerable extent.
From the downtown section of the Expo
sition to Jackson Park is a distance of abont
six miles. This patchwork scheme only
provides 350 acres after all; an amount of
space which experience has shown to be in
sufficient for a great exposition. But the
great objection to the joint site is that it
divides the Exposition into two parts, with
an interval of six miles. It is urged
that a four-track railroad and steamboats
on the lake will bring the sections close to
gether in point of time. But those who
areue thus admit that the journey between
the two points will take IS minutes. At
this distance the joint site looks preposter
ous. The Illinois Central Railroad alone
cannot coraplainof a scheme which appears
to have been carried through for its sole
benefit.
It seems a pity that the "World's Pair
should start out under snch unfavorable
conditions. The Dispatch is only de
sirous that the Colnmbian Exposition
should be worthy of Chicago and the coun
try. THE LITERATURE OK THE DAY.
The Dispatch to-day carries out its
proposition to prepare for an old-lashioned
Fourth of July by publishing in its supple
ment the words and mnsic of the standard
National Airs, with the Declaration of In
dependence. This literature, appropriate to
the day, will be distributed among the cele
brators at Schenley Park to-morrow.
This is in harmony with what was the
vital characteristic of the old-fashioned
celebrations of the National Anniversary.
There may have been a good deal of fuss and
feathers about the old militia parades and a
superabundance of spread-eagleism in the
Fonrthof July orator. Bat there was al
ways abundant food for thought in the old
fashioned celebrations to inspire reflections
on the patriotic work of the men of the Revo
lution in establishing the independence
of this country, on the principles of equal
ity and individual freedom, on which our
Government was founded, and on the duty
ol succeeding generations to maintain the
purity and vitality of those principles for all
ages. The drift away Irom that form of
celebration until our Fourth of July has
become an occasion for the annual sacrifices
of a large amountof property and some life to
the demon of Chinese noise is an indication
of a divergence from the constant and
jealous preservation of these principles.
The gathering together of a large share of
our population to .unite the pleasures of
celebration with the commemoration of the
principles to which the day is dedicated,
will be very useful. The patriotic hymnr
and the Declaration of Independence repre
sent both the sentiment and the philosophy
of the day.
THE UNSUCCESSFUL RESCUE.
The exploration oi the Hill Farm mine
by the three daring explorers who pene
trated 1,800 feet into its depths on Tuesday;
the fact that until the fans of the Mahoning
mine had driven the gases away from the
portion explored, it was filled with smoke
and black damp; and, finally, the discovery
of the coats and dinner buckets of some of
the lost miners, evidently left in haste at
the time of the explosion, indicate the pre
ponderant probability that all of the im
prisoned miners were either killed by the
explosion or smothered by the eases within
a short time of the disaster. There is some
mitigation, since we must accept the fact of
their wholesale destruction, in the thought
that their death was swift and compara
tively painless, instead of being brought on
by the slow horrors of starvation and thirst.
The end of the heroic work undertaken on
the slight chance of rescue makes it a fail
ure so far as actual rescue of the imprisoned
men is concerned. But work done in the
hope of aiding fellow-creatures, however
slight that hope may be, is never wholly
thrown away. The splendid record of the
attempted rescue; the grim determination
with which for two weeks the brave miners
drove their tunnel throngh hundreds of feet
ol rock and coal; and finally the quiet hero
ism with which the exploring party took
their lives into their hands and penetrated
the windings of the burning mine will
always be a bright example. The practical
precept afforded by men of humble station
that all selfish thoughts are to be thrown
aside to join in the work of rescuing their
fellow-men in disaster is one by which the
whole world can profit.
With that heroic effort the next duty de
volves UDon the charitable public. Nearly
two score families have been deprived of
their supporters by the heavy blow of this
disaster. At the best, their circumstances
were precarious; but with this calamity,
only the aid of the public can rescue them
from want and suffering. The charitable
heart of the nation will not leave it to be
said that after the heroic attempts to rescue
the miners has been made a failure by their
death in the mine, their families were left
to slower death for lack of food and care.
The generosity which has been displayed in
the rescue mnst not be the only exhibition
of high qualities in connection with the
disaster. The contributions of those who
wish to provide ior the families of the dead
men should be prompt and liberal.
It is by the exhibition of such qualities of
mutual help and promptness in aiding the
unfortunate that the gloom of such disasters
is alleviated. The responsibility for the
loss of life must be thoroughly sifted by the
proper authorities; but without waiting lor
that investigation the publiq, at large
should be as prompt and generous in coming
to the relief of the bereaved families as the
miners of Dunbar were in their brave effort
for the rescue of the victims.
MISCHIEVOUS LEGISLATION.
The Federal election bill passed the House
last night The majority of six which it
obtained would not have been forthcoming
if a tolerably clear assurance that the Sen
ate wonld have none of it had not eased
several Republican consciences. The bill
onght not to become a law, and the Senate
will probably emasculate it or kill
it outright The trouble about such
ill-advised attempts at legislation as the
Federal election bill is that they delay and
endanger measures of the greatest value.
The tariff bill, which is of the greatest im
portance to the whole country, has already
been injured in this way. The Federal
election bill is bad in itself; and relatively
it may do damage to the whole Republican
programme.
It is rather tartly remarked by the con
servative Philadelphia. Ledger: "The way
business in Congress has been expedited by
Mr. Reed's new rules tor the House is illus
trated by the fact that on th opening day of
the new fiscal year there are only three appro
priation bills that have become laws the
Diplomatic, the Army and tho Military Acad
emy bills." But the esteemed Ledger falls to
give due weight to the fact that the expedition
of mere pnblic business Misappropriation bills
Is not what was aimed at by tbe new rules.
That alleged reform in parliamentary methods
has succeeded In passing stacks of purely par
tisan legislation.
THE approval by the PresidenVof hills
for public buildings at Beaver Falls.PaSaUna,
Kansas, and Alexandria, La, indicate that the
disposition to shnt down on the petty distribu
tions of pork has encountered an early and
not altogether glorious death.
No one can blame tbe Czar for dismissing
the chief of his private police because bait a
barrel of dynamite was found in the Czar's
cellar. If the police cannot keep dynamite ont
of the lower stories of an autocrat dwelling
it will become impracticable to carry on the
business of absolute ruling. In snch oases
either the police, the dynamite or the Caar
mnst go. The best solution might be afforded
if all three should abolish themselves.
The appeal for the destitute wives and
families of the miners entombed at Dunbar
shonld be answered at once and liberally in
Pittsburg. The country is likely to follow
Pittsburg's example.
The Philadelphia Prest is making a great
deal of the fact tbat ex-Secretary Whitney has
become tbe recognized bead of Tammany. If
he runs tbat political machine in tbe same way
tbat he did the United Btates navy, tbe oppo
nents of Tammany may do well to lay low In
1892. If Tammany puts no worse man than
Whitney In tbe leadership of New York poli
tics, it will be a great improvement over the
present state of affairs.
The Louisiana Kufclnx seem to have got
in their work at Anlte just in time to furnish
the best am munition tbat tbe supporters of
the Federal election bill could ask for.
The organs which are trying to crush
Bishop Potter by calling his address "pessi
mism," are evidently of tbe opinion that to at
tack successful dishonesty and immorality is
pessimism so long as the dishonesty and im
morality brings water to their wheel. The dis
approval of those who reprehend an assault
on tbe evils which they support is an old trait
of frail humanity, since tbe days of the Ephe
sians. Tuesday night's gentle shower after that
terrific prelude of electria phenomena, was a
remarkable case in which all the thundering
was done in the index.
The interviews with prominent citizens
as to the nomination of Pattison, which appear
elsewhere, show in some degree the division in
the Republican ranks this snmmer. But it is
impossible to gauge at this time tbe depth of
tbe disaffection whlcb will elect Pattison Gov
ernor if anything does. The Republicans who
will vote the Democratic ticket are not obliged
to proclaim their intention.
If Germany arrests a Frenchman for
picking up wood on the wrong side of the fron
tier, what would it do with an American lum
ber company t
A COXFEBEXGE report has been agreed
'on in Congress looking to the bnrial of the
overhead wires in the District of Columbia.
Whether a conference report will appear in
this city carrying ont that promise of putting
tbe wires underground this year, is a matter on
which the Pittsburg public would like informa
tion. Well, whatever comes ot this summer's
weather, no one will be able to charge anything
wrong in the crops to tho June frosts.
The city policeman who indulges in the
amusement of pistol practice at a superior
officer who suspends him for drunkenness is a
very eligible subject for a long term of disci
pline in the workhouse. Festivities of tbat
sort are altogether too ornate for an efficient
police force.
Ik ambitious cities the census enumerator
is now regarded as more perniciously mighty
than the baseball umpire.
A Democratic convention in which
nothing of a fighting character took place,
would not come up to the standard of Demo
cratic interest Tbe faithful would consider
the occasion entirely too tame to be Democratic
if there were not some surface indications of
knifing,
CHAT ABOUT NOTABLE PEOPLE.
Bishop Newman has gone to Japan on an
extended visit
Queen Natalie of Servia has insured her
life for $200,000 for the benefit of her son.
Vice President Morton will spend most of
tbe summer at his residence at Rhinebeck.
Congressman Charles H. Turner, of
New York, is hunting icicles at Asbury Park.
Leslie Stephen says it will be difficult to
select a successor to Tennyson as Poet Laureate
when he shall pass away.
Geester's inuch-talked-of castle at Bologna
turns out to be a very insignificant Italian villa,
bnt of coarse this has nothing to do with her
castles in Spain.
Judge J. p. Smith, of Fort Worth, who Is
nowworth f 1,000,00", once walked from Ken
tucky to Texas because he did not have enough
money to pay his passage.
Thomas B. Rambo, of Morristown, N. J.
has just been restored to possession ot his prop
erty, valued at 540,000. which was taken from
him 17 years ago when the Court declared him
to be a habitual drunkard.
Mrs. Stuart Robson was one of tbe most
devoted of wives. She never was on the stage
herself, but she accompanied her husband on
all his tours and was widely known and much
beloved in tbe dramatic world.
Cardinal Manning's aversion to strong
drink in every form ib so great tbat twice in
arttculo mortis he has refuted stimulants, and
he alludes triumphantly to the fact that he got
well each time as proof that stimulants are
never necessary.
Prosper Crabbe began life as a reporter on
the Independance Beige. The editor didn't
like bis style, and told him he wonld never
make a living as a newspaper man. He quit the
business, became a stock broker, and died
worth 50,000.0110 francs.
The Countess of Tolstoi is a tall, beautiful
woman, and very fond of society. She was In
London lately as a delegate to the Liberal
Woman's Federation. There is nothing about
her to suggest that marriage is the failure that
the old Connt depicts It
Mendelssohn, tbe composer, has a cousin
who is tbe leader of a band of Russian Nihil
ists, and who was recently arrested for threat
ening the life of tbe Czar. The Nihilistic
cousin is, therefore, in no sense a composer,
particularly of tbe Czar's shattered nerves.
The late Princess of Thurn-and-Taxis, sister
of the Empress of Austria, was a few years ago
regarded as the handsomest and most intel
lectual woman in Europe. She was once en
gaged to Emperor Francis Joseph herself, but
he jilted her to marry her 15-year-old sister.
Labouohere got hit badly the other day.
Colonel Saunderson, in a heated speech, com
pared him to a "gargoyle." "I believe yon
don't know what a gargoyle is," said Labby.
"Yes, I dot" shouted Colonel S.; "it Is a gro
tesque gntter-spoutl" Labby joined in the
general laugh.
Miss Charlotte Robinson, a decorative
artist of London, .had tbe good fortune to make
a set of doylies for tbe Queen and some Wat
teau soenes for the Princess of Wales. Imme
diately Miss Robinson's work became tbe
fashion, and now she receives any price she
chooses to ask for her work, and is getting
rich with very little labor.
Good Enonsh to be True.
From the Boston Herald.
They are telling of a young man who was
graduated at the Harvard Law School this
year who has taken tbe full academio course of
fonr years at Harvard, followed by three years
In the law school, and has supported himself
tbronghont the seven years, coming ont with a
balance ot 15,000 to the good. This is good
enough to be true.
Big Mntrimonlnl Broom.
From tire Boston Ulobe,
Tho dependent pension bill has produced a
big boom in matrimony for the veterans, and,
sympathizing spinsters In all quarters are said
to have been seized with a sudden affection for
the poor isldier.
THE TOPICAL TALKER.
A Remarkable Storm Some of the Feature
of r Great Dlstarbnnce Tuesday'
Electrical Exhibit Newspaper Boxes
Strangely Used A Speak-Easy Conven
tion. 'The storm, which came from the west last
nlgbt, did not strike Pittsburg with tbe ex
traordinary violence that characterized it but
a few miles down the Ohio Valley. As it
neared this city the center of the storm veered
to the northward apparently. For my own
part I saw more of the storm than was agree
able. At seven o'clock masses of heavy gray
cloud were banked in the west and a lower
stratum of ragged, smoky clouds began to
spread over the sky. "The latter came from all
points between W. 8. W. and W. N. W. and at
so low an elevation and in such a furious
fashion that tbey resembled smoke from a
river steamer more than clouds. The sky in
the west began to assume yellow and greenish
tints, and gusts of wind 'followed each other
rapidlv. Thnro was not much thunder, how.
ever, before tbe main storm was actually at
hand. The warning was notably short, though
ugly enough.
At 7:15 tbe storm burst upon Bewickley, the
point at which these observations were made.
A light rain quickly developed into a drenching
downpour, accompanied by almost incessant
lightning. Tbe heavens were covered at once,
except tor a slender margin of clear blue sky
upon the eastern horizon, by a pale yellow-gray
vapor. I have never seen or felt rain come
down in larger masses. There was no wind to
speak of; the rain descended in straight sheets.
At a quarter to eight when it is usually
broad daylight the gas lights on tbe platform
at Bewickley were distinctly useful. A curious
sight the Chicago Express presented as her
blazing headlight appeared through the fog of
rain and steam. If the train bad been travel
ing throngh the Ohio rivor for ten miles it
could not have looked wetter. '
AS the train cautiously made its way to the
city tbe storm showed no signs of abate
men. The river conld hardlv he seen trom the
railroad; and a steamboat hngging the northern
bank near Agnew looked more like a phantom
ship than a solid stern-wbeelet. Such a storm
the passengers and crew of that train agreed
they bad seldom if ever seen. Some idea of
the extent of the storm may be gleaned from
the fact that this particular train fell in with
it at 3 o'clock in the afternoon and steamed
steadily in it till Pittsburg was reached at 8:15.
The storm -as at its worst at Homewood.
What sui erb nerve and pluck the engineer
of a locomotive mnst have to take a train
through such an elemental warl
Impressive and terrific as last night's storm
was, in its electrical featnres it did noteqnal
the storm which only threatened this region on
Tuesday evening. Tbe heavens on Tuesday
evening wore much tbe same ominous look tbey
did last night before tbe storm broke. The west
was full of dark gray clonds, puffed up with
yellow edges. Against this dark background
tbe lightning shone with astounding brilliancy.
One flash came out like the column of flame
from a lighted gas well, from which branches of
white fire zigzagged to all parts of the sky. It
blinded everybody who saw it for many sec
onds. A dozen persons at least living twenty
miles apart in some cases, bave told me tbat
tbey never saw so immense and dazzling a
stroke ot lightning. This principal effort was
preceded and succeeded by lightning of less
volume and intensity.
The expectation tbat a storm of terrible pro
portions was at band was general, but it did not
come within thirty miles of Pittsburg then.
The new boxes for newspapers and packages
at the street corners reveal some singular
surprises at times. A cat was taken out ol a
Market street box the other day, and Detective
Sol Uoulson is not the only person who has mis
taken the boxes for other things.
At tbe Union statlo . a lew nights ago a
yonng man of rustic apppearanco approached
the newspaper mall box and after a brief ex.
animation thereof sat down upon it He seemed
to be searching fo something with his right
hand, and be was evidently nervous. Finally
he called to a station employe.
"How does this dnrned machine work, any
how? I can't find tbe slotl" Eaid he. He took
it for a weighing machine.
"The Pennsylvania Society for tbe Advance
ment of the Deaf is holding its conven
tion in the chapel of the First Presbyterian
Church.
It does seem a little odd, as a reverend critic
of this city suggests, to be running a "speak
easy" in a church.
CURRENT TIMELY TOPICS.
IF it keeps on the surplus will bo known
shortly as a hole in the ground.
One of the contracts of the Republican
party was the 1-cent postage. The contract has
not been carried ont.
The Atlanta Constitution has secured a live
elephant for that city, and now th citizens are
wondering what to do with it. Atlanta should
Join issues with Chicago.
Tascott, when found, shonld be sent to
Chicago as one of the greatest wonders of the
nlneteeth century.
ON acconnt of It being an off year the fact
that Governor Hill has carried Indlanabas no
political significance.
It Is cold yet up in the Maine woods. Two
Connectlcnt sportsmen who have reinrned re
ported snow drifts two or three feet deep in
sheltered places in the forests, and the tempera
ture so cold that fishing in tbe lakes has been
backward. Pennsylvania should bold her next
Democratic convention in the Maine woods.
Chicago policemen have been warned to
discriminate between drunkenness anffsunstroke.
That will be a difficult matter for the average
Chicago officer without a doctor accompanies him
on his rounds.
"Snapper" Garrison has signed a contract
to ride Hon. W. H. Scott's horses for the remain
der of the season for tbe sum ol $10,000. This Is
what may be termed fairly good pay, considering
the fact tbat a superintendent of schools, or the
editor of a flrit-class dilly would be compelled to
work fonr or five years for tbe same amount.
Twenty-four years ago yesterday the New
York Evening Telegram made its first bow to the
public and it has been bowing ever since. It is
tbe best evening paper published In that city,
which Is all that could be said In a half column
notice.
SULLIVAN and Mnldnon are fighting at long
range. Tbe public will therefore, be disappointed,
as bullets will not kill at that great distance
LATEST FROM BUENOS AYRES.
Bnalnea Improving Slowly Confidence In
tbn Ni w Mlnlatry.
A gentleman writing from Buenos Ayres to
Mr. Charles Abel, of this city, speaks encour
agingly of business there, as .follows: "Bus!
noss here is improving slowly. My sales the
past month have amounted to more than ever
before. Gold is now at 210, and last week was
as low as 229. Tbe general opinion is tbat it
will soon go down to 200. Confidence is return
ing, the new ministry appears to give satisfac
tion to the community, and on the whole a gen
eral Improvement is visible."
DEATHS OF A DAY.
Washington Christy.
The funeral services of Washington Christy, an
old resident of Wllklns township, near Beulah,
were conducted yesterday afternoon by Kev. Mr.
Kalston, pas tor of the Beulah Presbyterian Church.
The remains were interred In Beulah Cemetery in
the presence of a large number of friends of the
deceased. Mr. I'hnsty was a member or Post 199,
O. A. R.. of Turtle Creek, and had always been
active in Grand Army affairs. He was also prom
inent In the Royal Arcanum, being a member of
Wllklnsburg Council No. 760. He was years of
age and a very vigiorous man until stricken with
paralysis several years ago. the attack resulting
lu Ms deatn at 10 o'clock on Monday night. He
bad been tax collector of bis township for several
years.
Sir. Mary Clngaton.
Mrs. Mary Clagston, tbe oldest resident of Pat
ton township, near WUklnsbnrg, who died on
Sunday night, at the ripe old age of 80 years, was
burled yesterday afternoon. She was very well
known In Wllklnsburg. and a number or people
from that place attended her funeral. The re
mains were Interred in the Betbel Cemetery, near
tbe borne of the deceased.
uilllnm Ebbltl.
New Yobk, July J. William EbbitU for whom
the noted Washington hostelry, tho bbitt House.
was named, died yesterday at the West Point
Hotel, West Point. Tbe cause of hi death was
Brlgbt'a disease. Mr. Xbbltt was nearly BO years
of axe.
FIFTEEN MASTERPIECES.
A Chicago Man Purchase 3200,000 Worth
at Picture In Florence.
Chicago, July 2. Mr. Charles Hutchinson,
President of the Art Institute, has jnst re
turned from a visit to Florence, where he in
vested 200,000 In old masters from the collec
tion of the Prince De Mldoff. In speaking of
them to-day he said: There are 15 of them lu
all, and each one is a masterpiece. There is a
superb Hobbema, one of the finest in existence,
I think; a Van Ostade tbat cannot be sur
passed in anv collection; a Jan Steen, over
which half of Europe has raved; an Adrian Van
Der Veld tbat comes within any rate equal to
any in tbe Art Gallery: an exquisite Terbnrg; a
magnificent RuisadeL and an unequalled Franz
Hals.
"Tbe pride of the collection, however, is a
Rembrandt It is a beantiful, superb, magnifi
cent canvas, and It stands very close to the
famous Gilder In tbe Metropolitan Museum, ot
New York. It is far abead of other Rembrandt
canvas in this city, at any rate."
SOCIAL CHATTER,
"Yourself and family are cordially invited
to attend tbe sixth anniversay and display of
fireworks to be given by Mr. and Mrs. J. K.
Jolly in their orchard, atUoraopolis, Pa., July 4,
1890. Choice selections of music will be ren
dered by J. K. Jolly Cornet Band. Ices will be
served on tbe grounds." So run the invita
tions issued.
Miss Kitty Hamm bids adieu to Plttsbnrg
to-day and goes to Scranton, N. J., where she
will visit some weeks with her sister before
going to tbe Albion Hotel at Atlantic City,
of which her brother is one of the proprietors,
where she will spend the remainder of the
season.
Mr. Dice, of Campbell A Dick, with his
family, will leave tbe 17th ot this month for
Pigeon Grove, where quite a party of Pltts
bnrgers will nnite with them in catching the
briny beauties.
A delightful reception was given by Miss
Oliver at ber home in Hazelwood yesterday be
tween the bonrs of 4 and 7, at which numerous
of the recently returned boarding school misses
were present
Mr. Holmes, one of the proprietors of the
Monongabela Honse, left last evening for New
York where be will register at tbe Victoria
and enjoy friends and pleasures for a few days.
The Mozart Orchestra will give their first
annual picnic at Windsor Park Saturday, July
6, 1890, from 1 to 11 P. M.
THEflist annual picnic of the Children's
Aid Society will be held at Oak Shade Grove
on Thursday, July 3,
The Bingham Street M. E. Sunday Bchool
will hold its picnic at Idlewild on Monday.
A PRIZE FISH STOBT.
It Walk tbe Street and then Falls Iato the
Watrr nnri Is Drowned.
From the Forest and btream.
Henrlk Dabl, of Aalesund, was a reader and
follower of Darwin. Wlshlag to apply bis
theory of the limit of adaptability of a species
to its environment be procured a herring from
a neighboring fjord and carried it home in a
tub of sea water. He renewed tbe water dally
for some time, and gradually reduced the quan
tity, with so little inconvenience to tbe herring
tbat be conclnded tbat tbe fish might in time,
learn to breathe air undiluted with water, like
tbe cat and man. It turned out as he expected,
and the water was finally tnrned out ot the tub
never to be replaced. Henrik next removed
tbe fish from its tub and placed it on the
ground, where it flopped about very awkwardly
at first, but soon learned to move freely and
rapidly. In a little while tbe herring was able
to follow its master without difficulty, and then
it became his constant companion about tbe
streets of tbe city. On a certain unfortunate
day Henrik had occasion to cross a dilapidated
bridge which spanned an arni of the harbor.
The herring coming gracefully along, heedless
ot danger, now and again springing at the
ephemera, for which It had acquired an
especial fondness, missed its footing, slipped
through a crack into the water beneath and
was drowned.
ELECTED A FACULTY.
Tbe Humboldt School Board Appoints a
Corp of Teacher.
Tbe Humboldt School Board met last even
ing and elected tho following teachers: Prin
cipal, Mrs. M. B. Redman: assistant principal.
Miss Mary E. Lauffer; grammar department,
Misses Jean Hangh, Kate Siocum, Cornelia
Pate and Del Anderson: primary department
Misses Sadie Grlbben, Alice Pitts, Belle Dyer,
Lilly A. Hawk, Annie Hoggs, Cora Simpson,
Maggie Prosser, Jnsle Scbmolze, Lizzie E.
Davis, Edith Deakin, Sadie Weyman, Maggie
McDowell, Maggie Adams, Emma Carey. Emma
Dyer and Jennie McCutcheon; substitutes.
Misses Keller, Deakin, Early and Coleman.
A commitee was appointed to secure lecturers
for every Friday afternoon during tbe next
school term, to which tbe parents and friends
of the school will be Invited.
Carey' Vaux took the highest honor In his
class on the High School examination.
A Warning to Foreign Jingoes
From tbe BostonGlobe.
Our census will show, if Mr. Porter Is not
mistaken, that the American people are 65,
000,000 strong, and still growing. Lord Salis
bury, Emperor Billy and other foreign Jingoes
will please govern themselves accordingly.
A Plea for tup Laboring Qlan.
From the New York Telegram.
Tbe barbers are right The man who cannot
reach a barber's shop before noon Sunday
should learn to shave himself. Every working
man shonld have at least half a day's rest each
week.
WHAT WOMEN ARE DOING.
Mrs. Daltow, of Winfleld. Kan., has just
been admitted to the bar. She is tbe wife of
an attorney, and will assist her husband In his
business.
Rosa Bonheur is 67 years old. She says she
still has work enough in her mind to fill two
life-times. She sold her latest picture for more
than 110,000.
Mrs. Sallie Joy White, President of f be
New England Women's Press Association, has
been in tbe newspaper business 21 years. She
is tbe first woman who secured a position on a
Boston journal.
Virginia's first woman physician Is Mrs. C.
L. Haynes, who has recently been elected as
sistant physician at tbe Westorn Lunatic Asyl
um after passing a successful examination be
fore the State Medical Board.
The Ladles' Atbletio Club of New York,
recently made an exhibition of 70 paintings by
women artists, both amateur and professional.
Two hundred pictures were sent in, and the 70
selected were very flno.
Miss Alice Parker was lately admitted to
the Middlesex (Massachnsetts) county bar, be
ing the third woman thus received in Massa
chusetts. She is a native of that State, but has
already practiced her profession successfully
in California.
Ten women, includingBPundita Ramabai.
were delegates to the Fifth National Congress
of India. Their credentials were in due form,
and thev were given seats on the platform. It
was an unprecedented innovation, and made a
great commotion.
These are two sisters in New York who
conduct a very profitable jewelry business. One
Is an expert clock maker, and both are well
trained in all the details necessary to their
work. It is rather amusing to know that these
girls have on an average one proposal a week.
There is in New York a woman who goes
about from house to bouse fitting keys, mend
ing or putting on trunk locks, putting fasten
ings to rights, and all such little things where
small tools and nice work are necessary. She
makes a very good thing of this rather odd
work and finds plenty to do.
THE'Women's Club of Chicago is determined
that vagrant children shall be taken from the
streets of that city and properly cared for. The
City Council has appealed to it to aid in the
good work, and now investigates each case, and
wlih the assistance of several of tbe charitable
institutions of the city, clothes and cares for
tbe homeless, and compels all children to at
tend school.
Tbe Oft Repeated Story.
From the Philadelphia Hecord.
"All dead in tbe Dunbar miner is the sad but
not unexpected announcement wblcb comes
with tbe close of the task of tbo beroio
rescuers. What brave struggling for life, what
hoping against hope, what living tortures were
endured by tbe 31 men imprisoned in that
death-dealing chamber, ill never be known.
Tears for the dead there will be; but there will
also be honor and praise for the manhood
which inspired so many humble workers to risk
danger and death if only one comrade conld be
brought Pacx to uxu- um uie.
TOMBS 4,000 YEARS OLD.
REMARKABLE RELICS OF ANTIQUITY AT
ASSOUAN.
A Trip Throngh Devlou Passage and
Strange Grottoe Where Rest the Re
mnlna ot Egyptian Prince and Poten
tatesThe Mummies, Mask nnd Hiero
glyphics. 'There are few towns in Upper Egypt which
show more plainly than Assouan the benefits
which bave accrued to the wbole country from
the British ocenpation. True, Tommy Atkins
is no longer to be seen in tbe streets. Ris place
is taken by gigantic negroes of the deepest dye,
but bis influence seems to pervade tbe whole
town still. Anyone who knew it in the old
times finds himself fu'i of wonder at Its com
parative neatness; at tbe names often, it is
true, badly misspelled over tbe corners; at the
great increase of European shops, and at the
long rows of new houses among the palms
which lead to the'unfortunately chosen site of
the first English camp. It will be remembered
that immediately below the Cataract tbe Nile
is divided by two large islands Elephantine,
called bv the Arabs Uezeeret al Zaher, the
Island of Flowers, and Gezeeret Atroon. On
the eastern shore is Syene, the modern As
souan, and tbe main cbannel of tbe river bas
always flowed past the town. But during the
past few years a change baa occurred in its vol
ume, and tbe stream ot deep water seems now
rather to favor the western side of Elephantine,
and to be disposed to leave Assouan high and
dry.
Great mud flats line tbe shore at the north
ern end of the town, and what little of theriver
runs past the old qnays is now received into a
shallow bay from which It has no direct exit
It was ou tbe banks of this bay that the wisdom
of officers who should have known better, but
who were probably deceived by tbe old maps
and charts, placed our camp, with a result
sadly attested by the crowded state of tbe
walled cemetery on the road to Mahatta. In
any case, with all the country to choose from,
it is strange that a camp should ever be placed
down stream, below a populous and dirty town,
with no outlet for its drainage but a land-locked
bay. Meanwhile, the question arises will As
souan bave to migrate to tbe site of the old
Egyptian Aboo, on Elephantine. At present,
except at high Nile, when there is but little
traffic, the entrance to tbe harbor is so difficult
that it has perforce been abandoned by tbe
fiostal and excursion steamers. Tbey can no
ringer thread the narrow and devious passage
among black granite bowlders which leads to
their former aucborage; but have to stop some
way below the town at a sandy flat immedi
ately opposite tbe yellow slope of Sheykh All,
half way un which are tbe wonderful tombs
which General Grenfell Ci mmenced to exca
vate in 1887, and which bave made so powerful
an addition to the many attractions of tbe
place.
,
Relic of a Most Ancient Race.
Jvidences of civilization extending back to
the period ot the twelfth dynasty of the
old Pharaohs, says a writer In the London Sat
urday Review, at least 2,000 B. C, and beyond
that, again, to tbe unknown age of the pyra
mid builders, are not to be seen everywhere,
and the interest of the grottoes, as described a
couple of years ago, bas been grea'ly enhanced
by the researches of Major Plunkett and other
officers, who bave left as distinct a mark on the
antiquities of Assouan as their soldiers have
left upon tbe outward features of the town.
The new stopping place,necessltating as it does
a long walk or ride into the town, is thus not
without its advantages; bnt the occupiers of
dahabiehs, who can still moor near the old Ro
man quay, or close by the railway station at
the southern end of the old town, have a pleas
ant sail or row to reach the landing place at
the foot of the yellow sandy slope under the
tombs.
Standing at the station, and looking due
north, we see, beyond tbe black and sblning
bowlders of the bay, gay with dahabiehs, and
the low-roofed bungalows of tbe military hos
pital on Elephantine, a background of sandy
heights crowned with the little white dome of
an ancient Sbeykh, or saint, locally and appro
priately known as the AH lhn SulUn al Ilowa,
'Alt (tbe lofty) son of tbe King of the Wind,"
Immediately under the shrine of this exalted
personage is tbe ruin of a castle constrncied of
rude brick by some early Arab conqueror. It
is also annronnately named. Viewed from
the town of A-souan, wblcb its builder meant
to protect or oppress. It appears at nlgbt to be
immediately below the North star, commonly
called In tbe Arabic of Egypt al Nagmeb, "The
star," and the castle is tbe fortress of the
Sheykn al Nagmeh. It stands on a shoulder ot
the bill, and Is founded on a stratum of bard
sandstone rock, whlcb runs along the brnw of
the slope northward and southward for miles.
In the face of it are cutting which look like
ancient tombs, and if we follow it for a few
yards we come to the remarkable double tier
of rock shrines with which the name of Gen
eral Grenfell is so deservedly associated. In
some resnects they resemble the grottoes of
Bent Hassan, with which tome of tbem are co
temporary; but apparently Maohoo and Sab
bena. Princes of tbe Aboo under tbe sixth dy
nasty, set a fashion followed by their suc
cessors under the twelfth, and kept the archi
tectural features of their tombs within the
narrow portals.
Mommies and Funeral Offering.
()ne of the most striking featnres of this
ancient system of interment has perished
at Benl Hassan; but here we bave the original
approach rising a hundred feet from the river's
edge a kind of slide, nearly perpendicular,
with narrow steps on each side for the bearers
who drew up the mummy to its destined rest
ing place. The pathway leads to tbe top of the
bank. Here gannt Arabs show piles of hun
dreds of wooden masks taken from mnmmles.
Here are also thousands of pots of red earthen
ware which contained tbe wine, beer, honey
and corn of the funeral offerings.
The staircase leading from the waterside
ends at tbe tomb of Sabbena, who may bave
been a Governor of Elephantine, and many
members of wbose family are commemorated
on the walls. Tbe columns are squaro and
rough, and deep mummy pits render tbe floor
dangerous In tbe dim light- Here we see tbe
cartouche of Pepy IX. a late king of the sixth
dynasty, but of a period so remote tbat
there is no use in attempting to date it
Passing one or two doorways, which look
onlv too invitinir. but are silted up with
sand, we come to the must important
or all. tbo tomb which is generally known as
Grenfell's." It is carefully protected with
shutters, and fully deserves any attention M.
Grebaut and bis satellites are likely to bestow
upon it it commemorates a high and mighty
functionary of tbe twelfth dynasty, and is,
tbereiore, cotemporary with tbe more famous
grottoes of Beni Hassan. This tomb it was. we
believe, which bad tbeadvantage of Mr. Wallis
Budge's personal supervision at tbe opening
and exploration. Mr. BudRe'a adventures on
the occasion were of a roost thrilling character,
and are described by those who have heard
them narrated to resemblo too closely an ex
ceedingly bad nightmare to be a pleasant sub
ject of contemplation: but he penetrated, after
what appear to have been protracted journeys
through drainpipes, and a kind of obstacle race
in ceneral. to the long-hidden abode of the
boclv of "Ra-noob-kaoo-necht Pnnce of the
Land of the Elephant"
A Gloomy Pnsnge.
No other tomb of tbe kind has yet been
opened. Its designer seems to have de
sired to produce an effect almost theatrical,
and be bas fully succeeded. The gloomy en
trance, with its great rongh-hewn square col
umns and its mysterious side aisles, unrelieved
by a ray of light or scrap of carving, leads to a
square doorway some SO feet from the entrance,
which it exactly faces. A narrower passage is
then entered. At the very end, with tbe day
light streaming in clear and f nil npon it, is the
shrine which bears tbe portraits of Ra-noob-kaoo-necht,
of Neb-Sahoo, his wife and their
young family. The passage by which you
reach it is unspeakably impressive. On either
side are three deep niches in the dark walls.
Before yon yawns an apparently bottomless pit.
Each of the niches Is seen to contain an up
right mummy, w hich gazes at you with sad eyes
as you pass oy.
lbese six sepulchral figures are carved
in stone and colored, and form an
appropriate line ol sentinels to the
entrance of the inner tomb. Tbe
hieroglyphics, which are numerous, would in
themselves be sufbeient evidence of tbe period,
for they are carved and colored in the best
style of the twelfth dynasty, Noob-Kaoo-Ra,
after whom tbe tenant of tbe tomb was called,
is better known as Ainen-em-bat II., was the
third sovereign of his family, and must bave
reigned at a period which cannot be placed
much later than 2,300 B. C.
Curloa filernglypblc Legend.
THI province of Aboo, tbo sign and deter
minative of which an elephant is among
the hieroglyphics behind the chair of Ra-noob-kaoo-necht,
must have been'a very busy place
during the rule of this dynasty. The names in
scribed on tbe rocks near the Cataract by men
of tbe period are almost innumerable, and. like
that of this viceroy, enable ns In many in
stances to judge ot their loyalty to tbe King
and his family. In this cae we have "the
Conqueror" appended to the King's name. In
another it is "the Gracious," in a third it is
"the Powerful," and in a tomb in this same
series a gentleman bears the royal appellation
with tbe addition of "long life to him." Tbe
Cataract inscriptions would nrobablv afford n
further particulars as to the careers of Rs
noob-kaoo-necht and his family, and as to his
neighbors Ra-y and Ba-en-Cboo and Ra-Nefer-Ka-Men-Ancb,
and the rest of the goodly com
pany who took so much trouble to provide
themselves "everlasting abodes of life'' In this
well-honeycombed hilL
A RATTLESNAKE PARADISE.
Where Rattier and Other Snakes are
Found la Plenty.
From the New York San.
A great many serpents, rattlesnakes, copper
heads, adders. Black fellows, or white-ringed
racers, are killed yearly in famous Gungy
wamp Swamp, in Groton, a wild country town
a few miles northeast ot this city, and some
times tne farmers take a day off from hoeing
or haying and make a big slaughter of tbe
pests. To come home at nightfall laden with a
bushel or two ef snakes after a day's campaign
is not a great feat for the snake hunters in the
neighborhood of Gungywamp. But for sev
eral yearS one giant rattler of the swamp had
invariably baffled all tbe hunters. Ha was
frequently seen at a distance, sunning himself
on the southern slope ot a big flat rock near the
center of tbe vast swale, but he slept with one
ear alert as It seemed to his pursuers, and be
fore tbe hunters could get within a dozen rods
of him he slipped off the bowlder and gilded
noiselessly away into the impenetrable
thicket
A few days ago, however. Snake Hunters
James Turner. Charles Mitchell and Aaron
Chapman, who were on one of their periodi
cal rattlesnake chases.bad tbe good luck to bag
the monster. He bad crawled out ot the
swamp district and was crossi:,; tbe road
neat the house of James Turner, wnen tbe men
overtook him. He was about five feet long, as
tblok as a man's arm, and woie fourteen rat
tles. Tbe hunters got another rattler the
same day tbat bad nine rattles.
An Obstacle Easily Overcome.
From the Erie Herald.
Pittsburg and Allegheny are talking of an
nexing each other. Good scheme. Reduced
expenses, better administration of municipal
government and tbe certainty of taking a high
rank in tbe list of American cities, are some of
the prospective advantages. But there's one
cloud on this promising sky. There wouldn't
be so many offices to be filled, and we are in
formed upon reliable authority tbat there are
not enough to go 'round down there now. So
this ro3B has its thorn also.
A Remarkable Average.
Principal W. A. Proudflt of the O'Hara
School, str.tes that MI'S Minnie Shelley, of bis
school who is given second honor in tbe list of
aspirants for High School honors, is entitled
to a higher position when her actual general
work Is taken into account He says tbat Miss
Shelley's general average in the nine studies,
was 2K per cent higher than any pupil in tbe
city. This includes tbe preliminary examina
tion held in December.
FASHIONS FOR MEN.
From tbe Clothier and Furnisher.
The high silk bat was worn as early as 1589,
as pictures by the famous artist Albert Durer,
show.
The Windsor tie has not vet experienced the
boom that was predicted for it When the out
ing season, however, is fairly at its height the
Windsor tie will have its sway.
The outing youth in his mildest fabrics will
be seen later on upon the pave of Gotham. But
only tbe hlgbest temperature will warrant him,
and be must be, in all his details, quiet and un
obtrusive. Some of the fashionable hatters will lay be
fore tie prospective customer, npon request
as many different patterns of hat ribbons, and
in as many combinations as a well-equipped
men's furnisher displays ot neckwear.
A good fingermark of the turndown tend
ency is the fact tbat a nnmber of the custom
made shirts, with collars attached, bave been
recently ordered with turndown collars, and
these concurrently, were cut especially high in
the neck.
The revival of the cravat is one of the sur
prises of tbe season. With the colored shirts a
quiet solid color Is most effective. But there
is a great multiplicity of patterns and colorings
to choose from. They are not to be worn with
the neglige shirt
ALL of the leading men's furnishers will,
from this time fortb. keep npon their shelves
from three to a half dozen of the new turn
down styles of collars as part of tho staple
stock of tho line. Tho new styles are not as is
the mistaken idea of some in any measure
within the pale of tbe freak collar influ
ence that struck the realm of fixings like a
humorous cyclone last year. They are sensi
ble, comfortable, unobtrusive and becoming.
Creating Pocket State.
From tbe Philadelphia Public Ledger.
The Senate proceeds bravely in the work of
creating pocket States to insure Republican
control of that body, while the House does
what it can to restrain Democratic wickedness
at elections. Wholesale business has always
been considered, lor some mysterious reason,
more respectable than the retail.
An Advnntnge that Count.
From the Boston Herald.
It is announced tbat Vice President Morton
ba started for his summer residenec on the
Hudson. This is where the superfluous mem
ber of the Government has an advantage over
tbose who are obliged to perspire in Washing
ton. SIT LITTLE NEIGHBOR.
She stood at the open window.
A picture sweet and fair;
My neighbor's little daughter,
A lassie with nut brown balr.
A bonnle. winsome lassie.
With a face like a blossom sweet
She stood at the open window,
Watching the busy street.
Homesick "and sad and lonely.
At the close of tbe summer day,
I stood at my open window.
On the other side of the way.
And I saw the little maiden.
So near me and yet so far;
In ber Innocent, childish beauty.
As pure a the angels are.
And a smile of radiant beauty.
As she saw me, flashed over her face.
Like a ray or golden sunshine
That lights up some darkened place.
So more was I sad and lonely.
And gone were the shadows gray.
For that smile of friendly greeting
Had banished the gloom away.
Oh. bonnle little maiden.
If wish of mine could bring
Earth's choicest, richest blessings
To thee, on fortune's wing,
now free from care or sorrow
Thy happy lire would be
My neighbor's little daughter.
The lassie who smiled at me.
Aimes Huntington,
STATE MATTERS IN BRIEF.
Tuesday was the hottest day Erie has ex
perienced this summer,
Sunday band concerts and ball playing have
been stopped, in Allentown.
THE Lancaster Daily News has been en
larged and otherwise improved.
Dr. Lewis Baker, of LIckdale, has been ar
rested for malpractice at Lebanon.
The Prohibitionists of Clearfield county will
nominate a county ticket J nly 10 at Clearfield.
W. D. Banker, or this city, has entered the
bicycle race to be run between Oil City and
Franklin on Friday.
People who have no regard for tbe proprie
ties of life have been guilty ot vandalism in
Capitol Park. Harrisburg.
During tbe progress of a recent thunder
storm in Huntingdon a young gill was fright
ened to death by its violence.
John Moore, one of Erie's best known citi
zens, died on Tuesday, aged 78 years. He had
been an invalid for a number ot years.
Leroy Ballard was arrested at Banbury
charged. with baring robbed a postofflce in Sus
quehanna county of a large amount of money.
TnE One Hundred and Fifty-fourth and One
Hundred and Sixty-fourth Regiments of New
York are at Gettysburg and will hold a re
union to-day.
A Du Bois barber gives a man a shave and a
glass of lemonade for 10 cents. If this latest
move to draw trade does not prove successful
he Intends throwing in a sbine.
Experiments are being made In Forest
eonnty on raising tobacco. Mr. Wells, a
planter, bas three acres set out and the plants
are growing nicely and give promise of yield
ing a good crop.
Amos Leist, a farmer near Reams town, Lan
caster county, aged 60 years, worked in tbe
harvest field all day Monday and went borne in
tbe evening and hanged himself. The cause of
the suicide is a mystery.
GUHI0US CONDENSATIONS.
The largest contingent of recruits ever
demanded by the Russian War Office. 270,000
was fixed for the next enrollment by the latest
ukase.
A new lion hunter has arisen to suc
ceed the late Bombonnel in Algeria, named
Catner, who invites not only men but women
to come and hunt
A stock company, with 100,000 capi
tal, has recently been formed for the pur
pose of raising peaches on a large scale in
Houston county, Ga,
During tbe financial year closing on
May 1 the German Government received a
surplus of (8,000.000 from tbe imperial postal
and telegraphic department and of this 1350,
000 from the Imperial printing office.
N. V. Heide is an Ogden farmer who
had 14 hogs sunstruck and the lard fried out of
them in three bonrs. one day last week. Their
skins were blistered and scaled off like the
paint on a house. This is tbe story Mr. Helde
tells.
Mr. Drury during the rain storm Mon
day was in a small home on the place of Mr.
Dickey, at Bridgeport and left it in time to es
cape a flash of lightning wbich struck th
building, tearing a part to pieces and badly
damaged it
Tbe acreage of sorghum in Kansas is re
ported at 10,700 acres, against 9,300 acres last
year. The crop is in good condition, and tbe
prodnct is almost entirely contracted for by tbe
different companies at prices ranging from 3150
to 5200 per ton.
A German named Lilienthal, afler ex-K
perimentlng for 23 years with artificial wings,"
bas succeeded in raising bimself, weighing 160
pounds, with the aid of a counter weight lifting
80 pounds. How to raise the other 80 pounds
is still beyond him.
A new element, named "damaria," is
said to bave been discovered in the crater of
an extinct volcano in Damaraland. It is re
ported to bave anatomic weight of only 0.5,
or bait that of oxygen, and therefore It Is the
lightest known substance.
An extraordinary feat in telephoning
was recently accomplished between St Peters
burg and Boulogne, a distance of 2,465 miles;
convenatlon was kept np notwithstanding a
rather high induction. The Russian engineers
propose tn converse by telephone over a distance
of 4,505 miles.
Adam Clark, in returning thanks at
tbe table ot another, made use of tbe follow
ing significant and pertinent words: "Lord,
bless these vegetables and this fruit and bread;
and If thou canst bless under the gospel what
thou didst enrse under tne law, bless this
swine's flesh also."
A young lady of Altoona observed by
the roadside a wild rose, upon one of the
branches of which was growing a small bnnch
of burs, healthy and perfect in every particu
lar, as was also tbe rose branch to which tbey
were singularly attached. A freak of nature
which is unexplanable.
Mr. Charlie Phinizy, of Athens, is an
unerring marksman and achieved a feat the
other day tbat required an extraordinary degree
of skill. He placed a tiny piece of paper on
tbe bead of a negro and shot it off with a parlor
rifle. The negro evidently was endowed with
iron nerves or was a firm believer In predestl
narlanlsm. At las week's sitting of the Academy
of Medicine, M. Laborde, of tbe Pans faculty,
announced his discovery of a new anac-thetic.
wblcb be calls crystallized narcein. A solution
of tbls substance sends the patient into a sound
sleep free from vomiting or digestive derange
ment and without subsequent torpor. So far
experiments bare been confined to rabbits.
Colonel Colt's old war horse, Frank,
died two years ago at tbe advanced age of 32.
He was buried in tbe public square in Water
ford, Erie county. On the last two memorial
days the grave was decorated. The town
Council ordered the flags removed whereupon
the O. A. R. and town people bave become so
Indignant that tbey threaten to erect a monu
ment to the memory of Frank.
Henry Franklyn pleaded guilty in the
General Sessions in New York on Wednesday
to robbing Thomas McDonald of 15 cents, and
was sentenced to 14 year Imprisonment
Thomas McDonald, an old man. was walking
through Pell street one afternoon, about two
months ago, when Franklyn and two other
"held him up" and rifled his pockets of all be
had 15 cents.
Great numbers of fireflies are sparkling
In Staten Island every night now. They first
made their appearance a week or ten days ago,
nnd tbev bave multiplied exceedingly since
then. This is considered a certain sign by all
veteran fishermen that tbe weakflsh will oi'at.r
tremendously this year. What tbe connectr.-r'
may be between fireflies and weakfish tbey du
not attempt to explain.
A butler in London brought action
against bis former employer for tbe libel said to
lie In a reply to an inquiry about tbe butler's
cbaracter.wbich said: "I discharged John Walsh
for insolence." In consequence ot this be lost
a subsequent engagement. Tbe insolence had
been shown to tbe defendant's wife, and was
not denied. The judge -aid tbat it was for the
plaintiff to show malicious misrepresentation
on defendant's part and the jury gave a verdict
for tbe latter.
A company has been formed to rent out
steamer chairs lor SI a trip acrcss the ocean.
Tbe cbaits are supplied with little tables de
signed to hold a plate, tumbler and a bottle.
Several thousand of these rented chairs are
now in use, and the demand for them is con
stantly increasing. The idea is tbat most
travelers would rather pay SI for tbe rent of a
steamer chair than buy one and be bothered
with storing it when they get to Europe.
Here arc a lew amusing blunders that
have just occurred in examinations in Boston
public schools: One little girl said tbat "in 1630
the Pilgrims came to Massachusetts for tbe
purpose of fighting tbe Battle of Bunker HilL"
Another said: "In 16ii2 William Penn explored
Pennsylvania wltb a crew of Quakers." In an
other "paper, a small boy, who had evidently
beard that the English people were fund of
meats, said tbat, of all the countries, he had
rather visit England, because be would like to
see tbe Thames river and tbe Beef Eaters.
Sable Island is one of the most danger
ous points along tbo Atlantic seaboard.
Wrecked men have sometimes been stranded
on tbe island for weeks without being able to
inform tbe world of their condition. It is now
proposed to import carrier pigeons from Bel
gium for nse in the coast service, and quarters
for their reception are being prepared in Hall
fax. Some of tbe pigeons, having been accus
tomed to Halifax, will be taken to Sable
Island, and when a disa-ter occurs one will be
set at liberty with a message attached to it.
Tbe pigeons to bo used in this service are very
rapid birds and will require but a short time to
bring messages from that point into tfle city.
The average Indian has not much time
to waste in sentiment, but in pnre practicality a
Piute squaw in Nevada leads ber race. Left in
charge of her bnsband, wno was an Invalid,
while tbe yonng bucks and sqnaws were enjoy
ing themselves at a fandango at Paneca,
whither ber own inclination led ber, she ar
rived at the (or ber) comfortable conclusion
tbat as Seekabno bad but a few days to linger
anyway it wonld be best to bury him at once,
so leaving herself free to attend the fandango
and find another husband. Wltbont waiting
for so trifling a consideration as death she car- "
ried ont her plan, and went joyously on her
way to i-aneca. tint itte, in tne person ol a
wayfayer stepped in, resurrected Seekaboo
and cast a gloom over two hearts in the very
midst of the fandango.
CUT TO ORDER-
Customer Is this woolen material new?
Tailor Yes, sir. It's so new you can almost
hear it bleat.
Robinson "What a terrible thing it is to
be poor.
Travers Not half to bad as not having any
credit.
Customer (in furnishing store) Have
yon spats?
Clerk-Yes, sir; I'm married. , w
Razzle I understand that Robinson is a
fluent French and German scholar.
Dazzle He Is. But the great trouble Is that yon
can't tell where bis German leaves off and bis
French begins.
CUPID'S ESIPLOTMENT.
"We know that Cupid never wears
The smallest sign of any clothes,
Ard yet in all our love affairs,
We keep him busy tying beaux.
Mrs. Bingo See, dear, look at these
lovely white vests I bought you down town to
day. Only 50 cents.
Mr. Bingo-Why didn't yon buy me some paper
collars to go with them?
Mrs. Slimdtet Mr. Du'nawar, your
tailor called, and I told bun you wonld be back
at t.
Dasbaway (consulting his watdO-Ooodby.
, Robinson How did you come to get sneh
a cheap-looking office coatr
Travers-I bad to pay for It
A PREFERENCE IN FLATS.
A little clam, in a state of bliss
In a bosom ot mud reclined. -
Andsaldhe, ''Iprcferanlceflatliketblso. J-
lo one or your Harlem kind."
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