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A MATTER FOR TIIE COURTS.
The disclosures concerning the sale of
votes in the recent Congressional confer
ence at New Castle are too absolute to admit
or much doubt. The declarations of the men
who received the money is at least a prima
facie case; and the assertion of the man who
is charged with having given it, that he will
follow the example of Senator Quay in de
clining to answer charges, and will obtain
vindication irom the vote of the people next
fall, does not improve the matter.
All such talk is beside the mark; and
while it may be an effective stab at Senator
Quay, it has nothing to do with
the merits of the case. If a purchase
of Congressional delegates has been
made, and the officers of the law do
their duty, a vindication will have to be
sought elsewhere than at the polls. Under
existing statutes such an act of bribery
comes within reach of the criminal laws.
"With the specific allegations that have been
made on the subject the officers of justice
will have to be very remiss in their duty if
a jury is not called upon to pass on the
question whether there has been a criminal
act ot bribery, or whether perjury has been
committed in support of false charges to
that effect.
The criminal courts are certainly the
place where this question must be settled, if
any respect is paid to public decency. It is
time to apply a very rigorous corrective to
the idea that charges ot corruption can be
falsely made, or that if thev are true they
can be whistled down by the wind.
RIGHT ON BOTH SIDES.
That dispute over sewers on some of the
East End streets is, like a great many other
disputes, a case where there is right on both
sides, as well as wrong. It is plainly
-within the province of the city government
to put a stop to the old nuisances of lettine
sewage rnn into open gutters or of the main
tenance of cesspools. At the same time it
is the business of the city to see that ade
quate sewerage is provided; and if any of
the sewers do not properly discharge their
function, or are bo constructed as to be worse
than no sewers at all, which is the practical
allegation, the matter must be remedied, be
fore sewer connections are enforced by
municipal authority. The mutual rights of
individuals aud the general public in such
a case are so clear that it must require posi
tive wrong-headedness on one side or the
other to get up a dispute over them.
GRASPING AT TIIE SHADOW.
Perhaps the most telling evidence on the
recklessness and ill-advised policy of the
Federal election law is that lurnished by the
most intelligent Southern Republicans.
The Valley Virginian, of Staunton, Va., a
Republican newspaper of the best rural
- -no, distinctly declares that it will be not
iscless but injurious. The same evi-
as been given by Messrs. Ewart and
n in Congress, whose opinions must
:ded to be free from any taint of
inpery. Even the Southern Eepub-
irho voVed for the bill admitted that
t districts there was no need for it; but
"--. it iheir support under, the party
lea that there might be other
it is necessary for the United
iment to take charge of the
in Republican
-iuns of the bill are
.j lor, and that they will
.aie and stimulate the sectional
uawnich have been dying out, the deter
mination to. use fair means or foul in forcing
this enactment is only the most undisguised
declaration of the men now in charge of the
Republican policy that publicweifare and re
spect for the principles settled more than adeo
ade ago, are of no wei ght with them, compared
with the object of keeping their own party
bv legislative enactment The one argu
ment that prevails over the Republican
caucus is that, as Mr. Reed says, by "doing
our own counting," they can gain 25 seats
from the South. The mere hope of 6uch a
prize is enough to override every considera
tion of good policy or wise legislation.
It may be found out il this policy pre
vails that, in grasping for the shadow of
Republican Congressmen from the South,
the party may lose the substance of Repub
lican Congressmen from the North.
WHY NOT DIVIDE FAIR?
It was natural to suppose that the case re
ferred to yesterday, in which a railroad as a
matter of legal justification coolly and for
mally avowed its violation of law, was un
surpassed in its peculiar line, but one of the
Sew York aldermen who rose to fame in
connection with the Broadway Railway
steal makes haste to prove that the munici
pal politician is lully equal to any corpora
tion in practical shamelessness and superi
ority to all considerations of law or morali
ty. A very adequate demonstration of this
fact is made by ex-Alderman Duffy, who,
having got but a paltry $10,003 out of
tbat$750,000 Broadway corruption fund, is
now suing for the lull amount of his share.
The first thought in connection with such
A suit is that New York politics, through the
1
agent, the New York District Attorney, hav
ing directed all the prosecutions to cease,
the next thing is to commence quarreling
over the plunder. The alleged officers of
justice have been busily asserting that they
cannot get at the evidence of the bribery.
It is rather hard, after they have dismissed
all the suits on this pretext, to have a civil
suit commenced which brings out sot only
the fact of the bribery, but the details as to
who did not get hii full share and who got
the most Nevertheless such a contrast will
be valuable as showing the difference be
tween the energy with which suits sre
pushed where some "one can make money
thereby, and the opposite quality that pre
sides over the action of pnblioofficials when
only the public honesty and the enforce
ment of the laws are concerned.
It is said that the New York courts will
not recognize any such suit as this, which is
based on a contract for bribery; but that is
an extremely superficial view. The people
of New York have elected officials expressly
for the purpose of ensuring that these bribers
shall not be punished. The New York Dis
trict Attorney, by his industry in not get
ting evidence, has notified the lugitives in
Canada that they can come home in safety.
The practical declaration is made that the
sale of public franchises is all right, and
with that principle established by the sov
ereign voice of the people, why should not
Mr. Duffy receive the suoport of the courts
in endeavoring to put the business on the
necessary foundation of dividing airly?
When Maloney and Delacy are coming
home in triumph from Canada, it is difficult
to see how it can be regarded as cheeky for
poor Duffy to refuse to be satisfied with
his miserable $10,000, aud to claim the
the full share of flO.OOO or $50,000 which
should come to him out of the transaction
that has been "vindicated" by the elections
and courts of New York as clearly as any
Pennsylvania politician has been "vindi
cated" by the elections aud conventions of
this- State.
Certainly Mr. Duffy's contention must be
indorsed to this extent, that when the tak
ing ot bribes is condoned by politics and
public officials, it is no more than justice
that there should be that square distribution
of the swag which is at the foundation of
honor among thieves.
THE ORGANIC REPLY.
A pecnliar development of so-called
political argument is furnished by the re
ception ol Henry C. Lea'sletteron the polit
ical situation in the State by the Philadel
phia Inquirer. That journal, which is the
recognized Quay jirgan, finds the most
crushing retort which it can make to Mr.
Lea's presentation of the issue to be the
declaration that Mr. Lea is a Democrat and
that he ought to have signed himself so.
This, in the sense in which it is intended, is
disproved by the attitude of the Inquirer.
If a Democrat like Judge Jenks or Wm.
JL Singerly had published an arraign
ment of Republican policy, the Re
publican organs would not have been stung
to personal slurs at the writer; but would
have addressed1 themselves to answering the
assertions supposing for the sake of the
argument that any answer was possible.
But accepting the assertion as true in the
sense that Mr. Lea has become a Democrat
on the issues involved in the election of the
State executive, it might occur to an organ
not entirely purblind with partisanship that
the assertion proves altogether too much
for the Republican welfare. Mr. Lea has
been made a Democrat by the abuses and
vices of Republican party management,
which he criticises so tellingly. "When the
organs can only reply to the criticisms with
the shriek that "Mr. Lea is a Democrat,"
may not the people conclude that the Re
publican policy which makes Democrats of
men like Henry C. Lea is a good one to vote
against?
Another inference is quite obvious from
this assertion. Mr. Lea has left the Repub
lican ranks because that party has been
committed to the support of leaders who,
when charged with grave malfeasance in
office, " -ot take the trouble to either deny
the charges or challenge their proof; and be
cause that party has by its nominations com
mitted itself to the suppoit of corporate su
premacy over the constitutional provisions
designed for the protection of the
people. To assert that a man who
takes his stand on the principles of
honor in office and the subordination ot
corporations to the constitutional law, is a
Democrat, is not particularly injurious to
him. The reply which the organs find to
Mr. Lea is not an indictment of him, but is
a certificate to the worthiness of the Demo
cratic principles, in Pennsylvania.
Possibly the Republican organs in the
course of the campaign can find some more
cogent answer to those who take their stand
ior political independence and popular
rights than to call them Democrats. If
they cannot their campaign literature will
be especially suited to the work of enlarging
the Democratic vote.
A ONE-MDED VIEW.
Of course the public cannot tell exactly
what evidence is presented to grand juries,
and the fact that bills are ignored ought to
be taken as proof that there is not evidence
to support the charges. But, unfortunately,
experience in the large cities does not in
spire unvarying confidence in that conclu
sion. When the foreman of the New York
grand jury which ignored a bill against the
Cloak Manufacturers Association for con
spiracy against their laborers, finds it nec
essary to declare that he is "not in favor of
unions" and thinks "labor is only worth
what it commands and not what a lot of
men say it shall command," there is every
reason to suspect that something besides the
law and evidence influenced the actios of
that jury.
Such a comment in such a consection is a
remarkable example of the false logic which
is always present to betog any such question.
The man who said that may have been per
fectly honest in his opinion; but if so, he
was certainly stupid not to perceive that the
allegation was that these men undertook to
say that labor should command less than it
would under an open and fair system. The
only possible purpose ot an organization of
such a body of employers is to crowd down
wages to the starvation notch, which has
been notoriously established in the clothing
industry of New York. Whether the evi
dence before the grand jury was such as the
law could take hold or is a question that
the public cannot judge; but when the fore
man of the jury explains its action by a
declaration that ignores the potent facts of
the case there is ground for suspicion.
It is certainly a very grave matter in the
administration of law that the record ot
conspiracy trials should appear to teach the
lesson that conspiracy is an offense that can
only be committed by workmen.
The regular occupation of the organs at
present seems to be to start stories to the effect
that an independent ticket Is contemplated as
a split from the opposite party. The story to
that effect about an independent Republican
ticket having been duly circnlated and contra
dicted, the Philadelphia Press comes out with
bnetbat W. L. Scott threatened to run an
independent Democratic ticket, if Wallace was
nominated. It Is true that It was rather hot
weather; but the organs should either try to In
vent something: original or leave Invention to
the dogs.
Prof. Brashear, in an interview else
where, states that the universal focus for lenses
is not a lost secret; bnt that it would not be
an irreparable deprivation to humanity It It
were. Pittsburg can make such tenses; but
they are not wanted for actual scientiflo use.
Although July has already registered
both very hot and very cool weather, before it
bas half gone, the result of the system of
recording the temperature of a month by
averages will be to make it a period of very
moderate weather. This shows bow incom
pletely the system of reporting mean tempera
tures tells the story. Ninety-seven degrees in
the shade may be universally voted mean tem
perature; but that is not the kind of mean tem
perature the Weather Bureau records.
The attempt to get up a labor sensation
over the use of labels by a "union tactory,"
which has borne that title for a generation. Is
shown by aMocal article elsewhere to have
missed its mark.
Iir regard to the story circulated by Dem
ocratic organs that Quay has $300,000 as a
starter for the Pennsylvania campaign, the
Wasblngten Post says: "If the Democrats
take any stock In their own stories, they may
as well withdraw their ticket and save time
aud expenses." This seems to exemplify the
PosCs standing as one ot the political school
which regards nothing as influential In carry
ing elections except boodle.
Tale: of diamond mines is utterly cast in
the shade by the placers of precious stones
afforded to the burglarious profession in Mrs.
Paran Stevens' jewel box.
Well, as our Washington correspondent
says, if the Government is to provide a market
for all the silver production of the country,
why rot do the same for all the agricultural
products of the country? The question will;be
widely asked: and the answer, though not a
difficult one, will be hard of digestion to the
interests which would like to sell their products
to the Government.
I the United States and England should
get into a squabble over the Bebring Bea fish
eries there is a fair prospect that the seals
will get a vacation.
The fact that the silver bill pleases both
the "gold bugs" and "silverite cranks" Is re
garded by some of the press as proof of its
merits. May it not be just as warrantable a
deduction that a measure which no one finds
fault with will be found on experiment to have
no positive qualities?
The industry of the cyclone proves Itself
to be indomitable at St, Paul this time. The
"change of climate" is not entirely for the
better.
"How many American citizens can, at
present, name, give the capitals and bound all
the States of the Union," asks the Philadel
phia Times, and how many American citizens,
the limes included, can be certain that the
capitals of all the States of the Union are
located?
PEOPLE WORTH BEADING ABOUT.
Cosstance Fenimore Coopeb has the
reputation of being a charming conversational
ist. She does not talk an infinite deal of
nothing. She knows a thing or two and can
tell you of them.
The Austrian Archduke, Francis Ferdinand,
Is an exceedingly wealthy bnt far from band
some man. He has a short body, with long
limbs, a small head perched on a long neck.and
a prodigious nose.
A conspicuous Austrian Peer, Prince Star
hemberg, pronounces boldly for general dis
armament. Austria, be says, is drifting rapidly
to financial ruin. But he fears that war must
come before disarmament.
Albert Edward. Prince of Wales, has sad
dened the hearts of London shopkeepers by
doing all his shopping by proxy. Heretofore
he did it in person, and never left the shop
without raising his hat and thanking the owner
"very much."
David Dudley Field says that he remem
bers hearing Mrs. Fannie Kenible say some
years ago of the 1,200,000 people then inhabit
ing Massachusetts, that taking them all in all,
she thought they were tbe foremost 1,200,000
people living together in tbe world.
Justice Lamar is acquiring more educa
tional facilities. So far as degrees are con
cerned, he is tbe learned man of the South.
Last week Emory College, Georgia, decorated
him with LL. D. The Justice is a scholar, hav
ing been a college professor before he became
a politician.
Mrs. Ambrose Crouch, of South Jackson,
Mich., has been keeping tab on her family and
finds that during the past year she has baked
for them 2,368 cookies, 1,958 doughnuts, 217
cakes, 267 pies. 81 puddings and 793 loaves of
bread. Her family is not large, either, ex eept
as to appetite.
Miss Eleokoka L, Fleusy bas just passed
the medical degrees examination ot the Royal
University of Ireland with great distinction.
She was recommended for the further exam
ination for honors, in company with one other
student only, a young man, ber senior. She
won first place and the university prize of $40.
Tale ot a beneficent physician and a grate
ful patient: Noble oculist, Duke Karl Theo
dore, M. D., of Bavaria, Dutch gentleman
from Java with advanced eye disease restora
tion of sight noted sculptor summoned by
grateful Dutchman bust ot Duke across the
world on mantelpiece in grateful Dutchman's
Javanese drawing room.
Miss Jessie Carson, of Minnesota, has in
creased tbe number of available occnpatlons
for women by becoming a stage-driver. She
makes three trips a week, in all weathers and
through all seasons, between Osage and Park
Rapids. In winter tbe mercury sometimes
falls to 10 below zero, and in summer frisks
among the 90's, but Miss Carson never misses
a trip.
Snd Pleasuring,
From the Philadelphia Ledger.
A New York girl bas gone on a pleasure trip
to 'Siberia, according to tbe statement of a
contemporary. This Is what Laurence bterne
would characterize as taking one's pleasure
sadly, after tbe English fashion.
Nature's Economy.
From the Lewltton Journal.
Says an old Maine farmer: "A little warm
weatber is needed to make hay out of the grass:
cnt your grass now and 'twon't weigh more'n
fourteen hnnd'd to the ton."
DEATHS0FA DAY.
Colonel T. B. Vincent. t
rSFICIAL TXLXQBaM TO TBE DISPATCH.
Bradford, Jnly 13. Colonel T. B. Vincent,
aged 72 years, died here this morning at 9:30 after
a brief Illness of four nays. He was very well
known throughout the State, and was at one time
the leading politician of Erie county,- ana was
formerly Sheriff. He took up his residence here
two months ago, and was seen on the streets
Tuesday evening. Peritonitis was the cause of
bis death. The remains were taken to Erie this
morning for Interment.
Rev. Fntber Mahoney.
Dikvxb, COL., July 13. Rev. Father Mahoney
died at the residence of his sister yesterday after
noon, or asthma and heart disease. The deceased
was well known In Baltimore, Milwaukee and
other eastern and northeastern towns. He came
here three months ago for nil health. He was
couiln of Colonel John Arklns, or the Rocky
Mountain Hews.
Itlrs. TJrsnln Rankin.
The funeral of Mrs. Ursula Bankln, the oldest
woman In Baldwin township, who died on Satur
day three miles out the Bonthern avenue road,
will take place to-morrow from her late residence.
Mrs. Rankin was known to every resident of the
township, and was beloved aud respected by
them.
George EIcIilerRr.
George Elchler, br., aged 63 years, dled,yester
day evening at his home, 1)3 Main street, Alle
gheny. The funeral will take place to-morrow
morning rrom St. Mary's Church, where requiem
mass will be celebrated.
Mr. Marina Donaldson.
Mrs. Martha, wife of John M. Donaldson, the
Insurance agent, died at her home In Bellevue,
last evening about 8 o'clock. Arrangements have
not yet been made lor the funeral.
PTTTSBUEG- DISPATCH,
OVER THE OCEAN.
A GRAPHIC DESCRIPTION OF LIFE ON THE
DEEP BLUE SEA.
Rev. George Ilodgea Dellshtfullr Pictures a
Voyage How rmnll Things Grove Great
on (he Bounding Billows Whcro Silent
Monks Aro Cbarmlua Companions The
Company One Meet on shipboard.
rWEITTEN TOR THB DIBPATCH.I
iT'HEBE was no more sea," The prophet
looked ahead into the long future, into
the Ideal world, and came back with that ac
count of it that it was a world without any
sea. By the time the millennium comes, all tbe
mountains of difficulty, and disaster, and pain,
and hindrance, and sin will be "removed and
cast into the sea," till that vast waste Is filled
np, and so there will bo "no more Bea." But
there Is no lack of sea now. Even the ge
ographies will tell us that.
Nobody knons the extentof his Ignorance of
geography until he begins to plan a journey
over the sea. To a great many of us Berlin
and Dresden and Munich are but "geographi
cal expressions." We are a little uncertain as
to whether London is In the JSast
or the West of England. We have to
stop to think whether Florence is north or
south of Rome. And as for a dozen other
places with whose names we speedily become
glibly familiar, we could not have told a month
ago whether they were in Europe, or Asia, or
'Africa, or America. But when we begin for
the first time In our lives to study geography
lor the purpose of learning our way. we dis
cover many things. That Is one of the good
things about a journey over tbe ocean. It
makes the world suddenly Interesting, the
map becomes a bill of fare, names and dis
tances, and the points of the compass, and the
boundanes of Nations are translated into living
facts.
From Shore to Shore.
AS for the sea, no geography can measure It,
no description can describe it, no painting
can picture it. Yon stand on the deck of one
of the great boats which take people over
the wide ferry between the New World
and tbe Old, and watch the leave-takings
of the passengers, and see the waving of
handkerchiefs (wet ones, some of them), as the
crowd on tbe dock bids "bon voyage" to the
crowd on board, and you turn your back upon
the land and look out across the limitless
water and wonder if the journey from this
world to tbe other may have any other than a
geographical meaning, may mean anything
wider than a passage from one shore to an
other. You remember the "othershore" of tbe
old hymns. Andthough you know well enough
that you are as safe between New York and
Liverpool as yon were between New York and
Pittsburg, you find it hard to persuade yourself
of tsat. You board tbe Arizona In a frame of
mind other than that which accompanies tbe
purchase of a ticket at the Union depot. Here
is a new experience. And most people who are
any distance past their teens shrink a little
from tbe new.
Out you go, however, into the East, and the
past becomes ancient history, and you look
into the future only. For a week and more
you are a prisoner, with a wall of deep water
between you and tbe world. Anything may
happen, tbe Capitol at Washington may be
blown up with dynamite, Pittsburg may be
swallowed down by the jaws of a natural gas
earthquake, all things may go as wrong as they
can go; but for ten days you will be serenely
unconscious of it all.
Tbe Silent Monk Talkative.
'ynERX Is a Trappist monk on board the
Arizona. He is the superior of a monas
tery, near Dubuque, having 60 brethren under
him, these 50 brethren are more silent than the
inhabitants of the deaf-mute institution at
Edgowood. Not a word may they speak, even
in whispers, even in their sleep. They must
converse in signs. Seven times a day they sing
their religious offices, but all the rest of the
time they "keep silence, even frdra nood words."
They say nothing to the world, and the world
says nothing to them. Beyond the walls
all Is a desert, so far as the Trappist brethren
are concerned. The superior, however, is a
pleasant and approachable looking man. tie
is not dressed in tbe white cowl of his order.
Thar is in his trunk. His attire is not even
noticeably clerical. Ho wears a beard. I asked
him one day, as we talked together, wbetber
the brethren knew all that was going on in
the planet Earth on the other side of the stone
barriers, or whether a monastery was like a
ship out of sight of land. I asked him if thev
took a daily paper at tbe Trappist abbey. Ho
said that they did. At least the superior did.
Father Carew is quite abreast of tbe modern
current of thought and things. He knows
what is going on. He reads the Century Maga
zine. He is not evert averse to reading novels.
He bas read "John ftglesant." Buttho breth
ren know only what ho tells them. Whatever
In tbe happenings of tbe human race be thinks
it may be for the spiritual good ot his monks
to know, bo tells them. That is all. One
would much prefer, under such Circumstances,
to bn tbe superior. Still, it cannot be so very
bad to put oue's responsibilities and judgment
and daily life into the charge of so kindly, and
wise, and cheerful, and devout a man as tbe
superior of the Trappist monastery at Du
buque. It would be difficult, however, to find
a sight anywhere between Americaand Europe
more curious than tbe sight of a Trappist monk
reading the New York Herald.
Smnll Tlilnga Appreciated.
TSut at sea you-have no superior to tell you
what is going on upon the land. The
whole attention is fixed upon the present. The
smallest events are accordincly of interest; A
school of porpoises tumbling about beside the
ship attracts a congregation of passengers. An
iceberg showing its white back at a safe dis
tance out on the horizon brings all the
opera glasses Into service. The spouting of a
whale gets more attention than the spouting ot
an orator. The inhabitants of the floating
Island gather in groups in the companion way
to note tbe noon record of the ship's dally run,
and to comment upon the probability that the
Arizona will make tbe slowest time In her ten
years' history, and to debate whether the bad
coal, upon which the delay is blamed, is English
or American. The casting of the lead is per
formed in the presence of an audience. Every
body watcbes everytblng. People even watch
each other.
Gradually you find out who everybody Is.
There are a party of 15 who are being 'per
sonally conducted" upon a Journey through
the Continent. Tbey gather about a long table
from time to time and tbe lady who has tliem
In charge improves their minds. As you pass
by she is informing them that Westminster
Abbey Is "brown with the breath of centuries."
Down It goes into the note books "brown with
-the breath of centuries." Here are two good
nuns, Mother Mary Elizabeth and Sister
Aquinas. Yonder is an actress. Miss Ffolliott
Paget. Another unique couple, queer among
the queer, dressed in garmentssuch as Poole or
Redlern never Imagined, unless in troubled
slumber, are in tbe junk busines, and worth a
million. These are parsons. And so on. In
two days you know nearly everybody by sight.
In four days you are acquainted with tbe fam
ily histories of half the passengers. You have
nothing else to do.
Except to play shovel-board. There is a
diagram on the deck ten feet away from you,
marked out with chalk, and having numbered
spaces. If you can push the flat disks so as to
get Into space 5, you count 5, unless your ad
versary knocks you out. Another space counts
10, another counts 10 off. It seems a simple
matter, but tbe ship roils and lurches, and
away goes your counter six feet off from your
aim, missing the whole board. Young men
and maidens, old men and children, all well
conducted passengers, play shovel-board.
Wbere Time Slips Away.
QfE of tbe queerest experiences on board
ship is to watch time slip away from
you. Every day, no matter how profitably you
dispose your minutes, you are inevitably cer
tain to 1 se juit so much time. It 1; stolen out
of your watch. At last you come to days when
tbe sun gets up, and the bell rings for break
fast, and your watch tells you that it is 2:30 In
the morning. You have lost five hours out of
your life. They have fallen overboard some
where into the deep waters of the Atlantic
Ocean.
Tbe bells, too, are queer, though soon you get
to understand them. At first you are remind
ed of tbe man wlp bad tbo singular clock, of
which be nld that when the hour had pointed
to the figure five and tbe clock struck seven,
then he knew that it was half past two. The
bell strikes eight times; you look at your
watcb and it says 11, and you know that it is 4
o'clock in tbe afternoon.
Several days it rains, and then there Is dis
MONDAY, 'JULY 14,
comfort emphasized. Below in tbe saloon the
portholes are shut to keep the heavy sea out,
and it is stuffy and 111 ventilated down there,
and you are afraid of mat de mer if you ven
ture into that uncertain region. Above on
deck it seems as if all tbe portholes of tbe sky
were open. Few things are so dismal as this
combination of salt water and fresh. For the
most part, however, the sun shines, and the
sea and sky vie with one another in blueness,
and the sun gleams golden overhead, and the
life-giving breezes blow, and you are glad you
came. And the days pass pleasantly and
speedily. You have five meals a day, and tbe
space between seems short. And, since there
Is no use In worrying about any thlng,you put all
troubles and anxletusout of your mind, and
all burdens and responsibilities from oil your
shoulders, aud you begin to know bow it feels
to be quite rested.
And then land begins to come up in a purple
haze out of the sea, and the coasts of Ireland
are In sight, and the Old World of the geo
graphies and the histories Is discovered. All
day the low brown-cragged and green-topped
shores of Erin are in view. With a glass you
can see tbe white hamlets nestling among tbe
hills. Red sailed fishing boats come near the
ship. Flocks of white-winged sea gulls flutter
about the stern. In tbe afternoon a patch of
purple on the other side ot the sky meansa hill
in Wales. When you wake in the morning you
are In dock at Liverpool. You set your feet
again on the solid ground. You are over tbe
ocean. O. H.
TCETVTATnrA-nT.R POKES HANDS.
Two Gentlemen Holsl a Straight Flash of
he Same (salt.
From the Bridgeport Standard.
Two well-known gentlemen of this city and
their wives were tbe principals in a poker
game which occurred a few nights ago in
which remarkable bands were held by the two
gentlemen. When the cards were dealt Mr.
S . wbo is a prominent business man. beld
three clubs and two cards of another suit, and
Mr. C , a prominent manufacturer, held the
aces of cIuds and spades and tbe king, queen,
and jack of clubs. Mr. C , who sat at the
left of Mr. S , put up his ante, and all four
players came In. Mr. S drew two cards and
filled bis club flush, the hani consisting of tbe
nine, eight, seven, six and five spot. The other
gentleman concluded to discard the ace of
spades. He drew the ten of clubs, thus holding
a straight flush of clubs, consisting of the ace,
king, queen, Jjck and ten.
The ladies dropped out and the two men con
tinued raising tbe limit, which was small, until
finally Mr. C , who held tbe large flush, said
carelessly: "There is no use of keeplngthis up;
you can't beat my hand." But "Mr. S , with
his straight flush, didn't intend to be Dluffed,
so be insisted on raising again. This went on
for many minutes, when Mr. S finally said:
"vVell. C , I've got this clinched with a big
hand; you had better stop." But C refused
then, saying be was bound to raise bim. Tbe
men went on betting until they had wagered all
tbe ready money they had In their possession,
amounting to several hundred dollars, and
finally Mr. C called bis opponent. Mr. S
bas not got over tho surprise yet. and his
friends are enjoying tbe fun. It was a very re
markable tblng that both gentlemen should
hold a straight flush of the same suit.
AN ELECTRICAL FREAK.
A Lightning. Troor Dlexlcan Who Surprised
His Fallow Workmen.
DURAxao, COL., July 13. Perhaps the most
phenomenal electrical freak on record occurred
here yesterday. A number of men in a tie
camp took refuge from a rain storm Lnder tbe
pine trees. Among them was a Mexicen. One
of tbe trees was struck by lightning, completely
stripping it of branches and rending the trunk
from top to about six feet of the roots, when
the current left tbo tree and struck tbe Mexi
can on tbe head, running down one side of his
face, over tho shoulder, transversely across the
breast, down around one leg and out through
tbe shoo top. His face was badly burned and
tbe course of the current over bim was marked
by a red brand.
His clothes were torn from bim, and the sole
of tbe shoe completely torn off. He lay ap
parently dead, and was left by bis companions
at that place uutil the storm was over. After
ling in tbe rain for two hours be was resusci
tated, walked into camp, and was on the streets
bearing tho frightful evidence of bis most won
derful escape. He is to-day as well as ever,
save for the buru.
CTTRREHT TIMELY TOPICS.
A livelt political season Is looked for in
Ban Diego. An undertaking company has been
organized there with 10,000 capital stock.
No doubt the scarcity of ice bas been the
means or making the discovery that It Is the hot
drink and not the cold one that cools. Btlll the
majority of people prerer "cold tea."
It Is estimated that there are$o0,000,000 worth
or property at tho bottom or the 6ea, Mo wonder
McUlnty went to the bottom.
G. W. Johnson, of Healdsbure, Cal., cut 28
cords of 14-inch stovewood, three quarters or a
cord orflre-place logs and three-quarters of a
cord of wastage from a white oak tree. He did
not accomplish the Job, however, ono morning
belore breakfast.
Sulltvas can't find mean enough words in
the English dictionary to hurl at Mnldoon, and
yet a few short months ago they were boon com
panions. Crooked priie fighters fall out with
great regularity.
If you would find the coolest place,
High up where hreetes chill
The total atmospheric space,
Oo climb a hotel bill.
Washington Star,
An Illinois girl, so the Western papers say,
choked to death with a bean, hut tbey can't
make a Boston gin believe the story.
Congressman Martin, of Texas, mistook
the House of Representatives for a police court,
and was ordered to take his feet down rrom the
desk by the Speaker, who was then counting a
quorum and wanted to seo wbo was Behind the
feet.
CONGRESSMAN WILLIAMS, of Ohio, who In
troduced the motion ior Congress to adjourn July
31, has not been heard from since. Tho withering
look that Speaker Kecd shot at bim was too much
for bis sensitive nerves.
President Harrison can refuse an appli
cant for offlce with better grace than he can refuse
a present from an admiring public.
rfiOH" HOLDERS' COKVEHnOU.
Trouble Looked for Between ibe Slolders
Union anil Machinery Brotherhood.
Detroit, Mion., July 13. Tbe principal
tbing that is agttatlng the National Convention
of Iron Molders, in session here. Is tbe attitude
of the Molders' Union toward the Machinery
Brotherhood. President Fitzpatrick, in his an
nual address, made sngeestions which may re
sult in a war of extermination on the part of
the union against tbe Brotherhood of Ma
chinery Molders. In many shops In the East,
stove machinery, brassand bench molders work
under one roof, and the dividing uf the mold
ers' trade Into ball a dozen national bodies is
regarded by tbe union men as a disastrous
P It is stated that the brotherhood eagerly ac
cepts expelled members of the union, and that
ithasseut its members into tbe union to od
struct legislation In the brotherhood's interest.
Mr. Fitzpatrick advocates a strinzent policy,
and that policy may mean tbo refusal of tbe
union men to work beside brotherhood men,
and the expulsion from the uniou of all mem
bers who refuse to leave tbe brotherhood.
KIDNAPED "Bt OWN CHILD.
Mrs. Howard Gerhnrt Has Probably Taken
Him to Colorado.
Reading, July 13. Mrs. Howard Gerhart,
of Denver, Col., who has been separated from
ber husband for some time, came to Reading
on Thursday and called to see ber little 5-year-old
son, whu bad been placed in tbe custody ot
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Miller, of Reed street.
After remaining awhile she asked to be al
lowed to take the boy out to buy him a suit of
clothes. Permission was granted, and since
that time noithor Bhe nor the boy have been
seen. It is supposed that she has taken bim
to ber home in Colorado. Proceedings will be
instituted by the husband to recover the cus
tody of tbe child.
And tbe Villains. Rrmsln Unhung.
From tbe Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Can Cleveland do the postofflce business it
bas done during the last year and be a city of
only 218,000 Inhabitants? In thundering bass
tones we answer "No."
Tbe Decline of a Great Family.
From the Chicago Post
There are but 242 John Smiths in the new
directory and 500 John Johnsons. What bas
the numerous Bmlth family been doing during
the past year?
1890.
THE CRITIC REVIEW.
A Dictionary and Encyclopedia In One The
Great Work Now Being Published by
the Ceninry Company New Novels of
More or Less Merit.
A wore: that will be indispensable to the
scholar, tbe editor and tbe man of letters,
and of the highest value to all who read aud
think, is now being prepared nnder tbe direction
of Prof. William Dwigbt Whitney, of Yale, and
published by the Century Company. We refer
to "The Century Dictionary," which, accord
ing to the title page, is to be "an encyclopedic
lexicon of the English language." It is to be
complete In six volumes, three of which have
already reached the editor's table. Externally
the volumes are as attractive as any
books, designed for useful rather
than ornamental purposes, could well
be made. The form Is quarto and the binding
handsome brown leather. Tbe number of
pages averages about 1,200 to tbe volume; the
paper is of good quality and the type large and
clear. The illustrations are numerous and all
the mechanical part of the work has been well
done.
An examination of any page of any volume
will be sufficient to convince one at all familiar
with bonks of reference, that no such complete
or satisfactory dictionary has ever belore been
Sublisbed. Examine a page at random. Here
i one, ac the top of which Is tbe word "har
monious j" half the page is taken up in defi
nitions of this word, and others having tbe
same root, till we come to tbe word "harmony."
Tbe origin and various meanings of the
word occupy more than ball a page.
Intersperseu are quotations from poets
and essayists, showing the usage of
tbe term in tbe best literature. There are also
references to kindred words and synonyms;
the origin of the term "music of the spheres,"
and a mention of tbe "Harmony Society," tbe
history of wbich Is briefly given under tbe defi
nition of "Harmonist."
Evidently tbe editors bave determined to
make tbe work what the title-page indicates
an encyclopedia as well as a dictionary and
bave carried out that intention with tbe true
fidelity that characterizes the work of scholars
in a task in wbich pride is taken. And "Tbe
Century Dictionary," if completed according
to the promise given in tbe balf already before'
us. will be a work of which not only the editors
and publishers but tbe American people as
well may justly feel proud. Accuracy, deep
scholarship and tbe results of laborious re
search are apparent on every page.
Tif'Kestell of Greystone," by Esme Stuart
we bave a ponderous volnme of 471 pages in
which the course of true love runs with even
more than the proverbial friction. , The hero
ine, Elva Kestelt, aspires to the heights of
novel writing, and is mercilessly reviewed by
the prominent young critic, Hoel Fenner. She
meets her mortal enemy, as she calls bim to
herself, and with tbe usual promptness first
"endures, thenlpities and embraces." Meanwhile
a dark page In her father's history Is turned;
ber lover in consequence deserts her, and in
plquu sbe is to wed another man, in fact, is
about to plight her troth when sbe falls faint
ing into the arms of tbe best man andlsigno
mlnlously removed to tbe vestry room. Soon
Mr. Kestell dies, having made a frank and full
confession, and In time number one appears
and maUes a second application for the hand
of the fair author. '
V
QT7R Erring Brother; or. Church and Chap
el," by F. W. Roblnson.pnblishcd by Frank
F. Lovell In the Ivells' International Series,
is rather formidable, perhaps, because of the
small print or, it may be, of tbe subject matter.
In America we cannot understand the tremen
dous barrier existing between these two insti
tutions, and we are ignorant enough, or shall
we say sufficiently liberal, to think that no one
person nor church bas tbo right of way in this
world or toward tbe Heavenly Kingdom.
"Belsbazzar: a Romance of Babylon." by E.
R. Roe, published by Donobue, Henneberry 4
uo., unicago. strikes us as Deing supernuous
from a historical as well as a literary point of
view. We refer those Interested in the storv
of Daniel in the lions' den to tbe Bible as being
more concise ana aecioeaiy more interesting.
(ATAME Antoinette and the End of the
Old Regime." by Imbert de Saint
Amand, is one of the famous women of tbe
French Court series, ably translated by Thomas
Sargoant Ferry. This book is ably written in
an easy gossipy style and brings vividly before
us the thrilling days of the famous revolution,
when "Madame Guillotine" was the power be
hind the throne.
V
jiVTTritten in Red, or the Conspiracy in
tbo North Case," published by Cas.
sells', and for sale by J. R. Weldin, price 50
cents, is a joint production of Charles Howard
Montague and C. W. Dyar. Tbo story pur
ports to be set in Boston, and we are called on
to tremble at murders and conspiracies that
would do credit to a Western town Instead of
tbe center of culture. We can recommend the
story. It can be localized witn ease and fitted
to any City, and we bave already seen it in a
coteniporary and shuddered at the shadow of a
crime so near our own dwelling. '
...
i71EWSand Reviews, Essays in Apprecia
tion." by W. E. Henley, is issued in a
series with Burrell's Obiter Dicta and Lang's
Letters to Dead Authors. It Is one of tbe
many books about books' tbat is becoming nec
essary to the hurried American. We find these
books valuable, a sort of literary pepsin.in fact,
that helps one to digest the vast amount of
hasty reading tbat mnst be done to keep up
witbin respectable distance of tbe times, but
we wonld agree with Dr. Holmes in wishing
tbat people would read tbo books themselves,
instead of so much about them. Published by
Bcnbncr's Sons, and for sale by J. R. Weldin;
price $1.
.
iTh UNNY Stories toldbyPhlneasT. Barnum,"
published by George Routledgo fc Sons;
price 50 cents. We hive here a compendium of
nselul knowledge, including jokes that
deserve respect on account of their age, and
stories tbat have a full flavor of sawdust. We
recommend the book to those wbo aspire to tbe
heights of the trapese or the equally dizzy task
of walking in the footsteps of the Great Ameri
can Showman, as tbe.wortby P. T. B. delights
in calling himself.
.
iis3 Eaton's Romance," by Richard
Allen, Is a weil-wrltten and interesting
story of tbe New Jersey shore. Tbe location
naturally admits of seaadventures,and we have
several Interesting situations and a well-described
shipwreck to make the book breezy and
attractive. During the wreck Robert Usber,
the missing link In tbe story, Is brongbt ashore
by the skillful management of Burr Markbam,
a man endowed wltb many gifts of body and
soul, but wbose life bas been spoiled through
another's crime. By a system of psychical
rather than physical healing, tbo hero is re
stored to life and reason, and tbe book ends
happily In tbe good old way to tbo tune of
many wedding bells.
EDWIN LIPPDrCOTT DEAL.
Tbe DTnubnnd of the Woman Accused of
Forgery Expires at Medford.
Philadelphia, July 13. A little after 2
o'clock yesterday afternoon Edwin Lipplncott,
tbe husband of Julia C. Lippincott, who is con
fined in tbe Camden County Jail on charges of
forgery, gave a gasp, followed by a convulsion
In the throat, and then lire passed awav. Mr.
Lippincott bad been troubled with inflamma
tion of tho stomach and bowels, aud since
January 28 he bas been nnder the treatment of
Dr. Lewis L. Sharp, at bis home in Medford.
Ever since tbe accusations were made against
his wife, Mr. Lippincott has been a silent suf
ferer, and in his l'st moments no words of cen
sure were heard against bis wife. Tbe most he
wonld say was "Poor thingl poor thingl"
When Mr. Lippincott first learned of his
wife's alleged forgeries he did not cast her
aside, but attempted to shield ber by paying off
the disputed notes and checks. He did this, as
be said be considered it bis duty as a husband
to shield his wife. As be paid off a note his
wife would say it was tbe last. She said this
frequently and professed deep regret. At last
Mr. Lippincott had used up all his available
money and was forced to sell bis share in the
hotel, wbieh he did. This turned him against
bis wife more than anyibing else, aud from the
time she left Medford until sbe was brought to
Camden to be placed In jail be never answered
ber letters. While he did not openly speak
of his wife, he brooded over ber troubles in
solitude. Mr. Llppincntt regretted tbit be
paid off any of the disputed notes, but he be
lieved his wife, and had no idea there were so
mMrs'. Lippincott was notified of tbe death of
her husband by a messenger In the afternoon.
Last night, in her cell in the Camden County
Jail, she appeared greatly affected, but strug
gled bravely to conceal her grief from tho
officials and the Inmates of tbe prison.
Avoiding Needless Trouble.
From the St. Lonls Globe-Democrat. i
Tbe Georgia Republicans bave decided not
to put a State ticket in tbe field this year, for
the very good reason tbat If tbey sbould do so
the Democrats would not permit the fact to
appear in the election returns.
Miracles Tint Sometimes Occur.
From the Elmlra Gazette.
If you should see a messenger boy running
when there was no cause for it tbat would be a
phenomenon, but If you sbould see bim run
ning when there was cause for it that would be
a miracle.
. SLEPT SOUNDLY FOB EOTO MONTHS.
Carlo ns Case of Suspended Animation In tbe
Philadelphia Hospital.
Philadelphia. July 13. Patrick Meeban
22 years old, an inmate of the insane depart
ment of tbe Philadelphia Hospital, awakened
yesterday from a sleep of four months, recog
nized those about him and asked for the at
tendant wbo was with him when he s-.nkinto
his slumber. He came from Ireland a few
years ago. He became mentally diseased, was
sent to the hospital in February last, was
seized with the grip iq March, tbeattendants
found great difficulty in keeping him awake,
and finally he fell into a deep sleep. The lack
of nourishment became evident by decreasing
weight, a deathlike pallor and pincned,
wan features, accompanied by a corpselike
rigidity, together with an apparently general
suspension of animation. Efforts to pry open
tbe set jaws for tbe administration of food
proved futile. A silver tube was Inserted
through the nose and down into the throat. A
quart of milk in four doses was first given,
after that eggs'wbipped In milk and a varying
liquid diet was administered together with
medicine. The first month passed without In
cident. Meeban slepi on immovable when pins
were inserted Into his flesh, electricity applied
and other heroic measures of sleep disturbance
tried. , .
Three weeks ago tbe first change was noticed.
The muscles of the jaws relaxed and shortly
afterward bis eyes opened. Motions made as
if to strike bim did not cause any tremor oi
tbe lids, however, and a flv walked across tne
pupil without effect. On June 30 there were
movements of tho lips and other signs ol re
turning consciousness; then motionlreturnea
and the patient turned his bead. Food was
now administered through the mouth direct
Two weeks ago be moved and mumbled some
unintelligible sentences. Last Monday spercn
was restored, and the first sentence be spoke
was to ask for bis cbtbes and then for the at
ten dant wbo had been with bim when be went
off four months before. His clothing was
placed at bis bedside, and last week he arose,
dressed and walked about tbe ward, still, how
ever, in a half-awake condition. Yesterday
full conscionsnebS returned, muscular action
has grown stronger and rapid recovery is now
certain. The patient cannot yet take solid
food, and there Is no change yet in his mental
condition.
FASTED 105 DATS.
The Allentown Woman's Condition Now Re
garded ns Serlons.
Allentown. July 13. Tbe condition of Mrs.
Adam Wucbter. of White Hall, wbo has been
fasting for 105 days, is now regarded as serious,
and It is doubtful wbetber sbe will last much
longer. When seen she was rational for some
time and a few words were spoken with the wo
man. She said: "Ob. I am so tired and bave so
much pain here (indicating the left side or her
throat) and here (the heart), and here (the
head), and here (left side of stomach). She
was very much fatigued and rested after each
word. A few moments later she was taken
with another spasm, and her husband was com
pelled to bold her on the bed.
The fact of the woman's strength during the
spasms, after fastine for such a long time
without even as much as a drink of water,
seems incredible. The only notable change
is a red spot that bas just appeared on the left
side of her neck and the present prominence of
her cheek bones. Her eyes are more sunken
and her neck is now about tbe size of an ordin
ary man's wrist, or about nine Inches In circum
ference. The only effect th6 Intense beat of
Tuesdav last had upon her was free perspira
tion and so much of it tbat tvo changes of
clothing were necessary during the day. Klan
nel bas been substituted for cotton, and it
seems to bave proven beneficial. Her complex
ion bas changed from pale white to yellow and
the loose flesh on ber neck to a still darker
color.
A FISHING ADVERTUSE.
Trout Fishermen Land n Turtle, a Clam
nnd Nine Speckled Beaatles.
f Hartford CouranL
On Saturday a nameleis party of trout fisher
men fished in a mill pend. Afcwtrouf were
caught, and one of tho party with a seven
ounce fly-rod, hooked a ten-Inch mud tnrtle.
Said turtle swam leisurely away from the fish
erman till little line was left on tbe reel, then
be was induced to wtlk asbore. Soon three
small pickerel were caught, some more, trout,
some laFge dace, a tucker, and numberless
shiners. Presently a second turtle of tbe
snapping species was hooked, and after a
variety of incidents was not apprehended. Tbe
best fisherman of tbe partv. after a time,
brought to tbe surface a fresh-water clam 0
Inches lone by 3 broad. The clam bad taken
tbe hook between bis shells, and tbey bad to
be pried apart wltb a knife before the hook
could be extracted. The clam proved tbe last
straw on the camel's back, and tbe party de
cided to quit. The,1 statistics of tbe catch are
given below:
Tront '. S
I'lckerel . 3
Dace .....A lot
Hilners
Turtles
Sucker
Fresh water clam
.Ditto
2
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STOGIE MAKEES HAPPY.
They Are Granted nn Advance ol Twenty
Five Cents Per Thousand.
Wheeling, July 13. At a meeting of the
30 stogie manufacturers of the city beld this
evening it was decided to grant the increase of
25 cents a thousand demanded by stogie mak
ers, to go into effect Monday. A big strike is
thus averted. The stogie business Is unique.
This cheap clear originated here; is madr by
tbe million, and the business has grown so that
the makers, all within a limited territory, of
wbicb Wheeling is tbo center, bave applied for
a charter as a separate assembly of tbe K. of
L Ibe stogies are sent all over the world,
among tbe prominent people who use them be
ing Bismarck. Edwin Booth, the Count Bozen
ta. James G. Blaine. Bill Nye and Henry
George, all of whom buy them direct from
makers here. Wheeling stogies sell from J8 to
S2U a thousand, according to stock used, and
are sometimes made to order of tbe costliest
leaf.
THE ENCAMPMENT.
Colonel Green, Division Quartermaster, Es
tablishes Headqanrtcrs ntMt. Gretna.
Lebanon, July 11 Colonel Charles 8.
Green, Division Quartermaster, and Thomas
Potter. Jr., aid on Governor Beaver's staff,
have established headquarters at Mt. Gretna.
Slajor Robert H. White, Surgeon United
States Army, has also arrived here to make the
necessary arrangements for tbe medical depart
ment of the camp.
Thomas Gucker, Superintendent of the Phil
adelphia Division of the Pennsylvania Rail
road, a so visited Mt. Gietna Park to consult
with Superintendent Irish, of the Cornwall and
Lebanon Railroad, as to shipment of troops.
STATE POLITICAL NOTES.
Tne Lackawanna County Prohibition Con
vention will be beld in Scranton on July 16.
BENJAMIN F. Nead, of Daupbin county.
Secretary of the Democratic State Committee,
bas been mentioned to succeed Chairman Har
rlty. There is talk to tbe effect tbat ex-State Sen
ator Homer J. Humes, of Crawford county,
may be made tbe Democratic State Chairman.
Vehy ltttla will be done in tbe matter of or-
'ganization by either of the great political par
ties until after the coming month of August
has passed away.
Cornelius O'Haea, Secretary of the
Schuylkill Democratic Association, bas sent
out strong resolutions favoring Pattlson's elec
tion as Governor.
Chairman Andrews, of the Republican
State Committee, Is getting ready for bis out
ing at Spring Lake, where bis family will re
side during the season.
The Potts villa Miner's Journal says a num
ber of Williamstown Republicans are working
In concert with the Democrats for tbe arrange
ment of a big political meeting, over which
Ex-Governor Pattkon will be asked to preside.
THE Catawissa News Item Is against Con
gressman Buckalew. It says: 3f Simon P.
Wolverton wants the delegates from Columbia
county, he can bave tbem, as the Democrats of
Columbia county are tired of keeping a repre
sentative at Washington merely as an orna
ment. Bradford Era: The many friends of Hon.
R. B. Stone have been vainly conjecturing as
to bis whereabouts since the Republican Con
vention at Harrisburg. It is now known tbat
be and bis brother. Hon. C. W.. are on a tnp to
Europe. Tbey sailed from New York, July z,
and will enjoy the pleasures qj foreign travel.
San Francisco Alia:. The Pittsburg
DliPATCH is of opinion that tbe ballot-reform
plank in tbe Democratic platform of Pennsyl
vania will attract independent voters to Paul
son and perhaps secure bis election. Gov
ernors are always acceptable, but tbe need of
the Democratic party just now is strong men in
Congress and more of tbem. Tbe flgbt la
Pennsylvania should be made with this in view.
Tbe State ticket is strone and should be made
'to help out in Congressional districts.
CURI00S CONDENSATION'S.
It is said that Asa Low, of Springvale,
bas the shortest name of any person in the
Bute of Maine.
A woman buried at New Madrid, Mo.,
a few days ago, weighed 750 pounds. There
were 18 active pall-bearers.
A census enumerator discovered a fam
ily of ten children in San Francisco who were
all clubfooted and knock-kneed.
The Maori women of New Zealand are
tallinz themselves trying to wear corsets, since
tbey bave seen them on the missionary women.
A. Hunt sunk an artesian well 180 feet
two miles from San Bernardino recently.. The
water rises 30 inches above tbe top or tbe
casing, and stones of 18 pounds' weight ,are
occasionally thrown out.
Tbe clock recently removed from the
Exchange tower in Savannah, Ga., had marked
off time there for 87 years. It was removed be
cause it bad become too unreliable. A modern
timepiece Is to take its place.
Mrs. Ambrose Haley, of Houlton, Me.,
bas in ber possession a treasured heirloom, a
slipper tbat was worn by her father's grand
mother, on the occasion of ber marriage, in
England, wbich must have occurred fully 175
years ago. It Is made of brocaded satin.
A new stumbling block for bigamists
bas been fonnd by a determined young Miss
Day, who was married by a Mr. Roberts, he
having another wife at tbe time. When sbe
bad to leave him shn snerl him for hreach nf
) promise of marriage, and has got a verdict of
A dock hand at Fall Eiver, Mass., has
just met with a singular mishap. He laid
down on tho wharf and fell asleep. The hot
sun beat into his face, totally destroying the
sight of both eyes. In grouping about the
place when he awoke he fell into a ship and
ws badly cut and bruised.
James Cusict, who discovered John C.
Hernan in California in 1SI9 or 1800, and
brought him East to fight with John Morrisey,
died at St. Luke's Hospital, In New York, on
Wednesday. By a curious coincidence bis
cousin, Nicholas Landon, who also led a sport
ing life, died the same day at Bellevue Hos
pitaL Some of the cattle out on the farms on the
Scottrille pike in Tennessee are going bllpd
from some unknown cause. Many believe it is
tbe intense beat. Henry Dunn bas bad several
head to go totally blind, and nearly all are
young feeding cattle. The eyes first turn pale
and in tbe course of a day or so lose their sight
completely.
On the T. A. Davis ranch up the
Skookumchuck river. Wash., is a cedar which
is classed among the dwarfs in this country,
but in Borne places might attract attention.
The Interior has been burned, so that a circular
space has been formed, having a diameter ot
12 feet 6 Inches. The ontsido circumference is
47 feet 2 inches.
According to the Tribune the first
steamer ever chartered to carry produce from
New York to Australia was engaged Thursday.
Sbe is tbe Prodane, and was chartered by
Arkell & Douglaxs. Sbe will be loaded in tbe
latter part ot this month. Hitherto prodnce
bas been shipped from tbat port to Australia,
in sailing vessels.
A monstrous chunk of ore was taken
from the Mountain Consolidated mine at Butte
City, Mont., a few days ago. It was too largo
to put on a two-horse wagon and a f our-borso
team was used. The ore Is estimated to weigh
nearly four tons, and Is nearly solid copper and
silver. It has been bound with hoops of Iron
and boxed up, preparatory to shipment prob
ably to London.
A brutal German sub-lieutenant stood
sword in hand over a private soldier and com
pelled bim to keep bis hand in boiling water
over a fire, nnder tbo pretense 'bat it was the
doctor's order to remove a contusion. The
band was mined and the man crippled for life.
He has been invalided and given a pension ot
2 2o a month. The inhuman officer was sent to
prison for two months.
A few weeks before the census-takers
began the regular census tbe citizens of Elm
Grove, W. Va., thought to enumerate their
population preparatory to incorporating tho
town. The following Is tbe remarkable result:
Number of males over 21 years ot age. MS; num
ber of males under 21 years of age. 118: number
of females over 16 years of age. 148; number of
females under 10 years ot age, 118; grand total,
592.
At the public library at Macon is a
barometer made simply of a thin strip of cedar
and a thin strip or white pine, placed together
and stuck perpendicularly in a base rest of
wood. When It Is going to rain tbe strips bend
down with dampness, and when it is dry
weather tbey stand rigidly stiff and straight. It
is said to indicate coniinx storms unfailingly.
The device was made by C C Millar, Master
Mechanic of the Central shops in Savannah. In
1880, and was presented to the library by Dan
M. GugeL
Hydrate of chloral is a very tricky
medicine. The first time you take it for in
somnia tbe modest little does gives you sleep
as soft and sweet and natural as tbat of a
healthy child: and you wake clear-minded,
vigorous and without any "after effects." So
with gradually diminishing efficiency the drug
works through succeeding experiments; but
by and by you find that to produce sleep you
must steadily increase tbe dose. And then, of
a sudden and without warning, the mysterious
fluid seems to reassert over the constitution its
pristine power, and the greatly increased dose
puts you so soundly to sleep that you never
awaken In this world.
The Boston Post tells of a man return
ing from the West to visit his mother's grave
in a cemetery near Boston. "I couldn't And
the lot," be said In telling tbe story, "and when
I got borne I asked my sister about it, and who
it was tbat bad pnt up tbe big monument there
with the name "Tbeodosia' on it, 'Why, that
was tbe place,' said my sister. 'But wbo is
Theodosia?' X asked. -That is mother,' said
she; 'I know It wasn't ber name, but it is a
pretty one, and I thought sbe would like it.
And did you see, John? I thought mother
looked lonesome in that big lot, and I had a
baby headstone set up near the corner with
"Jennie" cut on it. You don't mind, do you?' "
"Lemonade and buttermilk are as good
as anything drinkable tbat you can find for this
weather," said a .physician to a Cincinnati
Times-Siar reporter. "They both are great
things to quench thirst. They both act as a
plea-ant tonic to the stomach and they have a
stimulating quality. But they sbonld not be
drank Ico cold tbat is, bits of Ico sbould not be
in tbe goblet. Let them be as cold as the ice
chest or refrigerator can make tbem, but not
more than that. When you pour down your
throat a pint or so of fluid that is fresh from
the ice, temporary paralysis of the stomach
follows. If a man happens to be very hot, such
a tblng not infrequently is as fatal as a stroke
of lightning."
WITH THE SHARP ESD4 UP.
"Wife (who is always ailing) You will
bury me by the side or my first husband, won't
you, Johnl
Husband With pleasure, my desr. Epoch.
Mr. Soure (looking at his watch) Why,
your clock is slow. Miss Goode.
Tommy Yes. Susie put It back. She expected
Mr. Sweete to-night. Instead oryou. . Itsttr.
"I wish I was an angel," said Willie.
"Why?"
'It must be bully this weather to be nolhln' but
a bead with a pair or feather ians behind your
ears." Sew York herald.
Miss Kate Why, Ethelinda, Mr. Squab
does not come here as often as he used to.
Ethellnda-No, ltwasa great annoyance, out
cured him oflt.
Miss Kate-Wbat in the rM Jildyou do?
Ethellnda-I promised tobehis wlie.-LIgA:.
Cully Chawedu,. (in the dock)-We're
good fer six mont's dis morula'. De Judge Is In a
Frayed' aSSe (third orcn,e,-How yer know?
Ydr L?S? lawn JUt
School-Teacher Johnny, what does tho
word meter mean?
tohnny-A measure.
Hchool-Teacher-Now, Johnny, what do they
...ire with the meter?
Johnny-ias. electricity, water and poetry,
Marper's Bazar.
Houston (of Texas) I've finally settled
that J5C0 I've owed Hank Jones for so long.
Mrs. Houston I'm so glad! But where did you
get the money?
Houston Didn't have no money. I just ibol
Jones.-I'arper' Uattir.
"Are these shoes your best quality?"
"Vfe bave only one quality, mmdame."
Then why the difference In price? A friend cf
mine paid 3 yesterday, and these are only L"
We sell by quantity, madame.
Quick sale. Harper's Haiar.
Clerk How did that moth mixture go
that I sold you the other day, sir?
Customer-Like bot'eakes. The moths won't eat
anything else. Qritnsburg Sparks.
Cobwigser You have a good landlord.
He keeps the lawn fence la excellent repair.
Brown That's because It shows. Just come out
In the yard and sec the back fence. OreowJura;
Sparks.