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S00 DAILY DisrATCn, Per Quarter 2 00 Daily Dispatch, One Mouth TO Daily Disi-atcii, includlngfcunday, lyear. 1000 DAILY HlRrATCH, lneludlngbunday.Jm'ths. ISO Daily Dispatch, lncludlngsunday.lmontb, SO Eukday Dispatch, One Year ISO Weekly Dispatch, One Year IS The DAILY Dispatch Is dellrercd by carriers at Kcentscer week, or lncludlne fcunday edition, at SO cents per week. PITTSBURG. TUESDAY. JULY 15, 189a TEE DISPATCH FOR THE SUMMER. Persont leaiing the City for the tummer can have The Dispatch forwarded by carltett mad to any address at the rate of 90 cents per month, or f 1 SO for three months, Sunday edi tion v-luded. Daily edition only, 70c per month, ft for three montht. The addrett may be changed at detired, if care be taken in all catci to mention both old and new address. 43-The BUSINESS OFFICE of THE DIS PATCH hsi been removed to Cornar of Smlthfisld and Diamond Streets. THE NEW ftll.VCK. LAW. A wo predicted lie would, President Harrison signed the silver bill yesterday. The net of making the, bill a law was unac companied by tiny sign of the President's hesitancy. Under the circumstance the new law l fairly acceptable. It will not lmvo much (-fleet upon the financial oondl tlon nl the country, although the price of (liver I likely to rise little In response to Ihelnercaie In the Government's purchase of silver. The sliver men are not satisfied with the law, but they are better off under It than they were before. The Eastern finan cier who were most earliest in the opposi tion to silver Inflation are not satisfied cither, but they should certainly be thankful that they have esrnped free coinage of silver ns proposed by a Senate majority represent lac a combination of the Went and South. Ton DlHl'ATCH does not regard the silver law oi a stroug measure, but It Is probably the best compromise that could be reached At the present time. AN OLD LEADER-) DEATH. The death of General John O. Fremont, on Sunday, at an advanced age, ends a career which became promiuent at an earlier period in the history of the country than that of any man now living. Fremont flrit won fame lor an exploring tour from the Missouri river to the Pacific, which bore to tbe American continent very much the re lation that Btanley'i expedition across Africa does to that continent, in the present generation. Tbe vast plains which are now peopled and traversed by railroads then formed on unknown wilderness; nnd Fre mont's success in crossing them challenged tbe admiration o the whole country. His success as a Pathfinder and bis influ ence in keeping California out of the list of slave States, made him tbe first Republican candidate Tor President in 185G. That was really the summit of bis fame, for bis mili tary career during the war was not success ful compared with tbe achievements of less showy Union Generals, and since the war his career has been a somewhat ing'orious one. In one respect the career of the dead ex plorer and soldier is typical of the Repub lican party. In his yontb he stood for the development of the vast natural wealth of the country, and the preservation of its free soil. In bis old age be became entangled with corporate schemes and the conflicts of the great money kings involved him in financial complications and even in scandals. Fremont's place in history, however, is fixed by his success in exploration, and his early support of the Union and tbe freedom of the Territories from slavery. As a pio neer, both of civilization and of Republican ism In its best days, he will always be a creditable figure in the records of the strug gle over the slaverv question. MOTES AND DEA3IS. A remarkable illustration of tbe vital --tfflference if (cakes whether the mote is in your neighbor's eye or the beam in your own is afforded by tbe last issue of the New York Pott, on the subject of publishing literary matter not protected by interna tional copyright Tbe Post has been mak ing a savage attack on the firm of Funk & Wagnalls for the publication of an edition of tbe Encyclopedia Britannica without authority from or payment to tbe Edin burgh firm, who got up that expensive and valuablo work. The inception of the attack was political, having becu originally di rected at Mr. Wanaiunkcr for permitting the sale of the pirated edition in his Phila delphia store; but Funk & WngnalU having taken up the cudgels for the people who Hold their goods, It has been continued to the extent ol culling the peoplo who publish English literature without paying for It "thieves" and "robbers." It was Impossible to avoid making the retort whleh has heretofore been referred to in this column, that the Post, In oommoa with two or three other newspapers which have been especially tuvage In making the attack on these publishers, have carried on the regular practice for years of copying stories from the Knglish magazine. This was pointed out to the l'oil by the assailed firm; and that paper replies, first, that its appropriation of Inreign literature was a case of "De minimi tion curat lex;" sec ond, that it supposed the publishers of the magazine would not object to its practice, bnt would rather value tbe advertisement; nnd, third, that having recently made In quiries of the magazine publishers, and found that tho majority of them do object, It has discontinued tbe practice. As a defense from the charge which it lias been making against others the, Poif plea of "De minimis" ii most unique. The statute law doea not care for either the large or the small appropriations of foreign litera ture; but to allege that the law of morals, on which thli whole fight has been based, condones the moderate thefts and condemns the large ones, is a new position for a public monitor to take. The Post't plea is very much as if a man were accusing another of bank robbery, and on being twitted with his own departures from the role of honesty should reply that ho had never burglarized anything more Important than n dwelling house, or secured any more valuable plunder than household silver, and having found out by Inquiry, after a dozen years of tbe housebreaking profession, that the beads of families objected to It, ho had determined to quit the business. This comparison is made on tbe strength of the rost's own assertion that the copying of foreign literary matter, in the absence of international copyright, is stealing. The important point is that it leaves tbe roit exactly in the position of the firm which has been its target. The firm has withdrawn its pirated edition oi the Encyclopedia Britan uica; the Post has sworn off from its pirat ing of English magazine stories. This ought to permit tbe cruel war, in which tbo pot has so savagely descanted on the criminal sootiness of. the kettle, to quiet its thundering. THE PARTI -SIN BALLOT REFORM. It is a rather unique development of the ballot reform agitation that has been pro duced by the fact that the Democratic con vention only pronounced for a reform like the Australian system, while the Republi can platform calls for a constitutional amendment to do away with tbe numbering of the ballots now required by the Constitu tion. Tbe -consequence is that a nnmber oi Republican organs which before the conven tion hardly revealed any knowledge that such an issue as ballot reform was in exist ence, are now protesting that no ballot re form is genuine unless it has tbe words "constitutional amendment" blown upon the bottle.and arc arraigning tbe Democrats for insincerity because, they did not de mand tbe abolition of tbe constitutional provision, which makes detection possible in cases of ballot box stuffing. The insistence of these organs on tbe constitutional amendment is tho most unique example of the order of new converts yet on record. They havo the justification of the opinion ol Lieutenant Governor lllnck in favor of the constitutional amend ment; nnd they are making the most of it. It docs not appear vital to them what the other details of the reform shall be. Pro visions to tnko away the excuse for I in tneme campaign funds, to prevent bogus tickets or to abolish wire pullers at tho polls are not worth mentioning. Tho ono thing that Is required li the abolition of tho con stitutional provision, requiring tho number ing of ballots. It It no more than fair to specify that this attitude li not universal nmong the Republican press, A very hon orable exception Is presented by the Repub lican organ of this city whloh only tho other day quoted the Hon. Charles R.Bucka lew's assertion of the value of the constitu tional provision, and wisely discouraged the tendency to cast aside the safeguard whlrh have worked so well, nut the Re publican organs which are seeking to make tho question a State Issue, havo fairly committed themselves to tbe position that the ono ballot reform which they insist upon Is the ono that will re-open tho gate to the counting of stuffed or substituted ballots. An honest and fair view ol tbo subject is that both parties have agreed in indorsing the objects to be gained by what is known as the Australian ballot system. On this point they occupy the same ground. These are the prevention of corruption by taking away tbe excuse for immense campaign funds and by preserving the secrecy of tbe ballot. Under the impression that the latter consideration requires the amendment of the Constitution, the Republican con vention called for such au amendment; but this is a mistake. The object ot the Aus tralian system is to protect tbe voter from corruption and nndue influence before the ballot is cast The object of tbe constitu tional provision is to protect the ballot when it is cast and to make detection possi ble if other ballots are substituted. If these two purposes were irreconcilable tbe latter would be tbe most vitaL To cast away the safeguard against false counting or bogus ballots would be the opposite of retorm. But they are not at all antagonistic The secrecy of tbe numbered ballot can be pre served by requiring the lists to be sealed be fore the ballots are counted, only to be opened in case of contests and by order of tbe courts. If any of the drafts of ballot re form enactments make any provision tor detecting tbe substitution or false counting of tbe ballots by dishonest election officers, they must provide for the identification of ballots by the courts in case oi such charges. As tbe State Constitution already contains such a provision, it is evident that it can be brought into harmony with the required secrecy as perlectly as the most zealous bal lot reformer could desire. It is thus clear that there is no occasion for an issue among the friends of ballot re form in either party on this subject But it will be healthy to remember that if the Re publican organs, which are trying to make an issue of it, persist in their demand for the constitutional amendment, they put themselves on record as in favor of the ballot reform which will make ballot box stuffing possible, in the iuture, as it has been in the past FIRE AND FUN. Major J. Horace Lacy, of Virginia, prob ably intends his letter to General Jubal A. Early to be taken seriously. Whatever the writer's intcntiou the letter is dellghtlully humorous as the reader may observe else where. It is no easy thing to weld together bloodthlrstlncss and fun, but Mnjor Lacy does it inimitably. To begin with, the point at Issue between the fiery Major and the old Conledcrnte war bono Is net ol tho slightest consequence to any breathing btlng, It Is simply whether Qeneral Leo spoke favorably on a certain occasion of tho military abilities or Brigadier Billy Ma hone. Early any ho did not; Major Laoy say ho did, Tho venerable Mabonoisyet to bo heard Irom. Early has also (lighted Major Lacy, whloh is not surprising, If bis general conduct Is on a par with tho tone and language of his letter. But tho ex quisite morsol ot unconsoious humor comes at tho end of tho letter, where Major Lacy regrets the survival of tho men who will neither learn nor forget. Very few men havo the courage to (ay that they regret their own existence. A RAD DAY FOR DOGS, Let the dogs beware to-day I There will be murder in tbe air for the unmuzzled among them. The picturesque and cruel Idea oi shooting tbe canine law breakers has been abandoned. The substitute for it is death by poison. Perhaps in tho working this plan may not bo so un certain and generally obnoxious as it appears to be now. The warning that unauthorized person evilly-disposed toward dogs will go in for dog-poisoning under cover of the official warfare should be noted. An official of the police depart ment is reported to have said that many people were waiting tor a chance to poison their neighbors' dogs,, and that the police would wink at the commission of such cow ardly crimes. It will be well for these in dividuals to remember that they: have no THE- right to kill their neighbors' dog), and that the complicity ol tho police will not ve them from prosecution, We aro unwilling to believe that Chief Brown countenances such illegal proceedings. But iu any event citizens, havo a right to protect their dogs from illegal Assaults, and. we advise' them to do so without fear, The safest way is to obey the law, muzzle your dog, and keep a sharp lookout far unofficial poisoners. The United -States is vainglorious over the lact that Its 'newest torpedo boat the Cushlng, made the fastest run on record from Now York to New London, at tho average speed, for four and three-quarter hours, of 25K miles per hour. This makes her the fast est naval vessel afloat, which is a decided feather In the naval; cap of Yankee Doodle. Thero Is certainly more to be done In the line of advancing our naval prestico by building such boats, than by reducing tho requirements ot speed In order to coax builders into accept ing contracts. RrwiTnn Ottav Is deenlv lndiirnant that Congressional conferees from his county should have been purcnasca. Aieanwoua mo Aluhrr.a nt nffiri&vitft IS rain? OO. and the aim of the swearers has swerved around so as to Include Mr. Townsend. There is some satisfaction in the obser vation that New York has boen stung by the rejection of Its attempt to strike the surplus for tbe building of tbe Grant monument, and by the comments of the press, to tbo extent of making an eflort for the fulfillment of Its long abandoned pledge. Bnt the eflort is a desperate one. The poor millionaires of that city find their resources so severely taxed by their sum mer water place campaigns that they really cannot spare any money to Xulnll old and for gotten pledges about a monument to a national hero. "WnEN Messrs. Reed nnd Belden next un dertake the functions of censorship It is un derstood that they will ran the crasine pencil through all articles sinned "X. M. 0.," without stopping to settle the question of authorship. Oalifoenia'b average annual gold pro duction slnco 1818 his boen 880,000,000; but since tho prohibition or hydraulic mining In 1883, It has fallen to Jl 4,000,000. The State mineralogist declares that the metallic wealth of tho Htate has hardly been touched) but tho trouble Is to find means to got It out In paying quantities. If California could turn out gold enough to bring tho gold dollar down to a level with tho silver coin, the monetary issuo would be settled In a way to end all disputes. The police aro authorized to kill unmuz zled dug! to-day. Hut lll-naturod citizens who desire to'klll nit their neighbor' pet had bet ter remember that ueli proceedings are illegal, Tun suggestion that Baby McKco wrote li-r ftmnfFiif-a' nlAiilo latter as a take on the old man Is Injustice to the small master ot the White House, Tlio jaci mm no urn iiuviihtd tin, ,r,itinti tn decline that Oana May cot. taga Is no reason for oliarglng him with all the literary sins that may ne eoimniuea m mo name of tbe administration, THE baseball teams ostensibly hailing from this city are generously ondeavorlng to beat each other In the race for the lowest place. It is an Inspiring spectacle. With Hon. Ben Butterworth (elected as Secretary ot tho World's Fair Commission, that enterprlso ought to be getting ready to begin actlvo work. Onu ot the first pieces of work dono should be to select a site whero tho entire fair cau bo kept togotber with adoquate room, and to oommenee putting up good buildings there. Afteb yesterday's oppressive heat there was a suspicion that a cyclone whleh would break it up might prove an agreeable vanoty. Jcdoe Gkeshasi's declaration that all that is wanted to crush tbo lottery business is "an honest and fearless Congress," suggests to our national lawmakers a way In which tboy can do much more effective work than by try ing to legislate party supremacy. There is plenty of legislation desired for this city. Perhaps it is just as well that not half the laws asked for will be obtained. BOSTON consumed less water during Juno than in the same month of last year. The arguments of Fiold Marshal Halstead and Colonel Watterson against the use of tho de moralizing icewater, seems to have taken ef fect In an unexpected quarter. PEOPLE OF PBOMHTENCE. jljit Demobet, a dark-faced little old French lady, has furnished ice cream and con fectionery for all the Presidents back to Buch anan. Samuel Det, of Wesley, Me., is one of the greatest bear hunters of his time. During his life be has killed 220 bears ana cubs, receiving over J2.000 in bounties therefor. Empkrob William has declared that tbe next birthday of Count Von Moltko shall be kept as a national holiday. The famous strate gist was- born October 28, 1B0O, at Parchlm, Mecklenburg. There are now living In Brooklyn and on Staten Island 32 descendants of old Governor Dougan, the Eari of Limerick. The oldest of these descendants is wimam Aoomns,oi wasn ington avenue, Brooklyn. The Hon. Roger Q. Mills, Mills of the re splendont mustache and speaking eyes, has gone to Missouri to till the Missouri mind with bis cloqnence. It is said that Missouri is all a-tremblo with anticipation. Abraiiam Emerson, of Candla, N. II., is the son of a soldier who foucht at Bennington, and Is 00 years old. In splto of that great age he Is In excellent health and Is uncommonly sprightly. Ho may any day bo seen at work on bis farm. Madeleine Lekaibe, who Is one of tho most successful and distinguished of modern French artists, has beauty as well as talent Sho Is n ull brunette, with charming man ners, soft, dark .cyci, and a awoet and intel lectual faco. THE youngest (on of Dickens, n young man named after llulwcr, tho novelist, Is a mout her of the New South Wales Parliament. A spltolul Sydney paper, which Is In tbo Opnosl. tlon, say ot hlmi "Ho poiseists merely his lltustiious fathor'snose, and wasohletly olootod beoauso be boro his father's name." Musi. Phil KsAiwr. widow of fighting Gen eral Vhll Kearny, Is nt Capo May, whero she own one oi tho bandsomoit ootugos on tho beaob. Mrs. Kearny was tho famous Kontuoky beauty, Mils Diana Ilullltt, Hho had two Utors nearly a hoautltul a herself, and all tmtrned distinguished men, Ono married Count De Kanzn, of Hwedtn, and ono became tho wlfo of Oenoral Atklnsnu, HAS BELECTED BIB C0NFEEEEEB, Who Will Meet Together nnil Nominate a Candidate for Mala Henntor. rsrzcu!. TSLXaiUM to tu DisrATon.i uiioNTOWN. July H.-D. W. McDonald, Chairman of the Demooratlo County Commit. tee this afternoon announood tho three eon firreos of this city who are to roe-t a .like i num. nor from Oreene county, at the United States Hotel in llrownsvllle. Haturday. July 2. at It) ii. to (elect a candidate for State Henator from' this district lie has selected Edward D.in J.U. CarraudM. B. Qrinin. Mhlas Brandt, of Greene, will bo the only candidate. It being understood that Fayetto will prewnt no candidate, and In return for conceding the Senatorshlp to Orec.no this time. Fayetto will have tbe candidate for President Judge tn 180X PEEPABIHO FOE A VIO0B0US OAMPAI OH Tbo Yonngatown Republicans Elect Their County Committed OfTJccra. rsrsciAL TELEOBAM TO TJIE DISFATCn. YoONQSTOWir, July It The newly-elected Republican County Committee held a meeting here this afternoon and elected Hal K. Taylor, son of Congressman E. li. Taylor, Cbalrmau; George D. Gossaman, Secretary; Mayor Ran dall Montgomery, Treasurer. Tbu committee is composed of representative Republicans ot tbe city and county, which Insures an active, vigorous campaign of the party in county and Bute polltlxs this fall. PITT3BTJBQ- DISPATCH, THE TOPICAL TALKER, Afrlen n Hot Enough Topic Popular Dp. iDsloni About lbs Dark Continent Tho Principal Feature of Equatorial Afrlea Hlgli'vny Through the Forest Rnee TvneN pEHHAra this Is not just the sort of weather In whleh to talk of Africa Greenland' ley mountain would be more of a relier as a topic, Out all tbo world more or less is talking ot Africa, and Americans are Interested in Btanley's discoveries If cot In tbe actual par tition of the Dark Continent. We all of us have a good deal to learn about Africa, and almost as much to unlearn. When I was at school Africa always figured In my mind as a combination of sandy deserts and trackless jungles. In which lions and elephants wore' lords paramount. Tho prevailing color of African landscapes was a tawny orange In my Imagination this was due to tho lact, I think, that the map ot Africa In my atlas was so tinted. Tho picture of a lioness and, ber ct.bs In the moonlit desert by Gerome which was ex hibited hero recently, and now hangs In Mr, Lockbart's gallery, represents a phase of African life with which we are all tolerably familiar. But the revelations of equatorial Africa which are being made these days ne cessitate a general reformation In our notions of tbat land. piRST as to the idea of the heart of Africa being a desert Nothing could be more wildly untruC. Tho country rises in tbreo tiers from surrounding oceans. It is a gradual ascent from the coast to tho mountains. Tbe land near the coast is full of deadly malaria. It is covered with rank yellow grass, and tbe native Bwabilis divide tbe richness thereof with the leopard, the hyena, tbe crocodile and tho hippopotamus. The hieher ground of the next tier, and tbo mountainous plateau from Eilima Njaro's snowy peak to tho Eastern shores of Lake Nyanza, aro covered with end less forests "not grand umbrageous forest," says Professor Drummond, "like the forests of South America, nor matted jungle like the forests of India, but tbin, rather weak forests, of low trees, whose half-grown trunks and scanty leaves oiler no shade from tbe tropical sun." Ttero are thousands and thousands of miles of this vast tbin forest shadelcss and voiceless. Oncu In a week you will see a palm; onceiu three months' a monkey will cross your path; tho flowers aro taw, tho color effects monot onous and dazzling under tho everlasting glaro of tho sun In the torrid zone. Mr. Drummond, who has studied tropical Africa more closely and systematically than any other man, (ay that tho (woetost moment of the African day onme In tho ton minutes just after sunset, when tho wboio tone of tho landscape changes like uiaglo and a (Insular loft boauty stoau over the locno. i A NOTHKit Impression that travelor havo cer tainly given their roador( of the Central African forest I that they aro a trackless wilderness through which tho desperate ok plorer makes Ills way guided by hi compax, chance and a paok of black guides, who, "for laziness, ugliness, stupidity and wickedness are not to bo matched on any continent of the world." It Is true that a man may land at Zanzibar and find plenty or these black villains, the porters, ready enough to engage for the Victo ria Nyanza or for the grand tour of tho Tan ganyika, Tbe black guides are the soum ot old slave gangs and fugitives from justice from every tribe, and they volunteer so readily for any expedition, no matter what Its destination, because every one ot them hopes to run away at tbo earliest opportunity and with anything portablo he can get, on tho march. But tho Impresrlon, which certainly Is gen eral among those with whom I have talked of the Dark Continent, tbat these forests aro path less wllderncssos Is not borne out by tho facts as stated by recent explorers. Probably no country In tbo world Is bettor supplied with paths than this unmapped continent Villages nnd tribes, tribes and states aro all bound to gether by a wonderful network of narrow paths. No vchiclos can bo drawn over theso primeval highways. Tbey aro not ovor a foot wide, beaten by constant travel Into tbo con sistency of rock, and considerably below tbe level of the surrounding forest. You can cross tbo contlnont, from tbo Indian Ocean until tbe wind from tbe Atlantic fans your face by theso natlvo paths. It will not bo a direct journey because tbe paths aro made to connect villages, not the coasts. Tbe paths tako on exfa eccentricity for another reason. When a treo falls across a path it is never removed. Tbe natives go around It By the tlmo tbo detour has become a part of tbe regular patb.tbe white ants havo eaten tho troo, and tbe traveler who comes after finds no clew of the cause of tbe divergence. If a rock Is encountered the samo thing occurs. The natives go around it, and tbo path departs from the straight line. The idea of moving tbe rock or tree never occurs to the native. 'T'be Swahllls, as the native inhabitants of Zanzibar and tbe coast of East Africa, in cluded in tbe protectorate which Germany has just ceded to Great Britain, are called, are a hybrid race, In which tbe African black or Bantu blood Is mingled with that of the Arab. Some of them are desperately tough charac ters, as many travelers who have come in contact with tbem in "that cesspool of wickedness," as someone has called Zanzibar. Tbeir acquaintance with civilization has been their ruin. The native of the African bieh lands, who is tho prey of the Arabian slave hunter, appears by all accounts to bo a gentle savage, the primeval man, without clothes, without learning, without religion, with only natural wants and means to satisfy them ever at his hand. Prof. Drummond says: "Talking of skins, the highland African is not a negro, nor is his skin black. It is a deep full-toned brown, something like tho color of a good cigar. The whole surface is diced with a deli cate pattern whioh gives It great richness and beauty, and I often thought how effective a row of books would bo bound lu native morocco." Tbcso simple folk belong to the great Bantu race, but their race history Is practically unknown. anNEBS' CO-OPERATIVE STORES. A Movement on Foot to Establish Tbem Tliraugnout me uouo itcEioni, . nritCIAL TELEGRAM TO TUB DISPATClt.l Scottoale, July It A movement will bo put on foot shortly to establish miners' co operative stores all through tho coko regions. To this end a company has been organlzod at Btonorvllle. and n store will bo opened up next week, miliary Ball, of West Overton, near this place, Is at tho bead of this movement, nnd tho scheme has met with the hearty ap probation of the miner evorywlioro. Secre tary Robert Walchorn, ot the United Jllno W orkers, made n speech hero a short tlmo ago nt n mass mooting, In which hp urged tills movement and stated that It would bailor their financial standing, as ihocokecompanlos asked oXMrbltant prlcos for their goods. Peter Wise mid other labor loaders favor tlio movement, and will work untiringly for It; aceompllshment What uneesi will attend the uiovo It Is hard to predict, a coke oper ator will likely oppoio R.tuouldany signs of (uocoi( be notort, BAIX0IINQ 7011 A BEA0E OF TILEM, Tbo Result as Problemnlloal ns When the Work llrgnn, WAnnKM, PA., July M The Judicial con ferunoo hold an adjourned meeting Oils after noon at Sulphur Hprings. After balloting 237 times, the result was as started. Tna conven tion adjourned ut 8 in meet nt 0, Klvn hundred and eleven ballot have now been taken In nil and no nomination or break made. It Is safe to sav tho meeting will be fruitless to both candidates In tue field. DEATHS0FA DAY, Mr. Onlherlnv Lrnkner, Tho sadness of death has strlckon one Ilrnshton household twice within a week. Mrs. Catherine Lenkner, who nad btcn confined to her bed with sickness for many weary days, passed away early yesterday morning. Hho was M years of age Although it was known ror n lomr time that death must come at last, tbe end wn none tho less a shock to her very lame circle or rrlends. Less than a week ko, on Tuesday, ber.husband, Louis Lenkner, died In his 7U year. '1 lie funeral ser vices of sirs. Lenkner will be held at her late home on lirusbtou avenue, this attcrnoon, at 2 o'clock, under the direction or ltev. Mr. Miller, of St. Andrew's Herman Lutheran Church. The remains will be Interred In the German Lutheran Cemetery, East End. j. t. inn, ai. d. JSritrlAT. TELEOBAM TO THE DlSrATCTt. 1 FAinuoCNT, W. VA., July 14. Dr. J, T. Hill died here last night or typhoid fever. Dr. Rill was a oromlncnt young physician, and son-in-law of the late Hon. James Morrow, who was one ot tbe leading candidates for tbe Democratic nomi nation tor Governor in 1883 and an attorney of distinguished ability. TUESDAY, JULY IB, 1 XWSNXY.F17B YEAB8 WIDD2D, A rienismt Silver Wedding- Anniversary ! Bbndrslde, In response to handsome silver Invitation cards issued by Dr. and Mrs. W. H. WInslow, a largo gathering of friend thronged their beau tlful borne on Aiken avenue last evening, and enjoyed with them tbelr twenty-fifth anniver sary, or (liver wedding. Tbe hours were from 8 to 11, and many who, through tho day, thought the excessive boat would prevent tbeir donning full dress attire and paying tbelr re spects to Dr. and Mrs. WInslow, by tbe time the cool breeze or the evening sprung up changed their minds and became of tbe com- Kany, much to their enjoyment, Tbe host and ostess were assisted in receiving and enter taining their guests by tbelr two sons, Messrs. George H. and John II WInslow. Delightful musio and a cooling supper, of which ices formed a prominent part were feat ures of the evening. Many handsomo presents of silver were presented to the genial host ana charming hostess, with wishes that they might travel ou safely and as happily to tho station of Golden and Diamond. A BRIBE FEOM CINCINNATI Secured by the Ron ot One of Plttsbara'a Popular Merchants. Mr. Frank Luebbe, son of William Luebbe, the Diamond grocer, will be wedded to Miss Annie Rose, of Cincinnati, on Thursday even ing. Frank isow at the Queen City enjoying these bright summer days with his prospective bride. Ills father and mother will be among the guests on Thursday evening. Tbe affair promises to be one ot tbe gay Cin cinnati events of the season, and many Pitts burgers will welcome Frank and bis Rose to our city after tbelr wedding. An Engagement Announced. The engagement is announced of Miss Daisy Dllwortb, daughter of F. A. Dllworth, and Mr. Will Jones, a son of Thomas Jones, of Jones 4 Laughlin. The marriage will take place some tlmo In early fall, and will be one of splendor and grandeur befitting tho social position of the young people. QUICK RISE IN THE TIDE AT CHICAGO, Indicating Some Unusual Disturbance on tbe Hoiom of the Lake. CmCAao.July It The weather was very sul try and oppressive this morning, though the thermometer did not Indicate a higher temper ature than about 83 at any time. About noon tho sky was covered with very dark clouds, and it became necessary to uso artifi cial lights In offices. The darkness was accom panied by a sharp, cool breeze off tho lake. Though the wind was not heavy, the water on the shorn quickly rose four feet, a very unu sual occurrence, nnd it was supposed to Indicate an unusual disturbance at lotus point on tho surface ot tho lako. Tho water At tho samo tlmo wa very rough, MERCY NUNfl' RETREAT. Two Jostill Conducting llir Bxereloe nt St. Xnvler's This Yiinr. Tho Hilton of Moroy ot the convent on Webster avenue, aro now holding their annual retreat at Hi, Xavlor'a convent, Lorotta, Welt moreland county. The exercise aro bolus conducted by two Jesuit priests from Canada, They were begun a few day ago and will con tlnue until the middle of next month. Two week is the time of the spiritual devotion for one half of the Sisters with a weok inter vening for tho others to prepare for tho same occasion, Altogether thero aro over 100 Sisters in attendance. CURRENT TIMELY TOPICS. a OAmiAOE leaf In the hat Is a better sun stroke preventive than a carload of cool lager. Soiiohauib, N. Y has, according to tho last census, about 4,000 less peoplo than she had 40 .years ago. Tho population must have been away ou a ashing trip when tbe enumerators called. ' A OANO of toughs at Ypsilantl, Mich,, tore up a lot of gravestones and scattered them along tho main street or tbo village, executed a war dance on a stoop, and then lugged off a citizen's pump. Tbe shotsun policy should be introduced In that Wolverlno town at tbo earliest opportu nity. Corporal Tanner will bo one ot the at tractions at tbe Urcenvlllc, Mich., fair this fall, and will tell tbe farmers about the seed sown In '61-cs, and how to clear (100,000 a year out of the pension business. TnE Jay Gould of Mexico visited Chicago last week, Hcnor Holer Is bis name. He owns bla- onyx quarries down tbere, follows the pro fusion of millionaire, and otherwise ekes out a comfortable living. A Cincinnati statistician has rigged up an arrangement by which ho gets the power of a horse's Ull when it Is switched to brush off nles, says the Detroit Fret Press. He finds the average movement to be equal to 13 ounces of dead force, and the number of movements to average 1,450 per day. No wonder the fly laughs himself Into an early grave. A meteoric stone fell In Washington county last week which weighed 180 pounds, and yet no one was killed. This seems to disprove the story tbat j ou can't throw a stone In that county with out killing a candidate. A candidate for Congress in Georgia, rides to church In an ox cart. He la trying to capture the Farmers' Alliance, but he will discover tbat the Granger vote Is not to be caught by such chaff. A New York woman who is suing for a divorce becau se of failure to provide, stated that when her elgh t children were In need of shoes her husband sen t her a basket ol flowers and a lot of his own poetry. A church mouse would starve to death on such nourlsbment. An Ohio Congressman drank four glasses of Iced tea, and was very ill in consequence. It serves him right. Congressmen have been cautlo ned orten enough not to Indulge In luxuries at this season of the year. Said a sweet, charming, lovely young Mrs., '1 r eally don' t know what a Krs !' A rogue heard her speak, Kissed her plump on the cheek, And said as he did It, "Why, Thyrsi" Lawrence American, THE HISTORY WILL BE WRITTEN. Committee Propose to Do What Tbey Please With the Jolinstovrn Fund. tSPECtAb TXLEOKAM TO TUB DISPATOB.1 Johnstown, Jnly It Tho Tribune, whoso editor, Goorgo T. Swank, is a member of tho Flood Finance Cnmmtttoe, and consequently ought to know, commenting on tho proposal that tho Flood Commission pay money out ot tho fund for publishing a history, In an odl torlal to-night say! "The Flood Commission did appropriate 810, 000 for that purpose, and has engaged Prof, MoMasters, of tho University of Pennsylvania, to wrtto the history. Mr. Ogden, of tno com mission. Is Chairman of the Utimmlttnu on Pub lication. Mr. Kramer, secretary of tho com mission, ha repeatedly (aid tho money wa so appropriated, and to tho questions of tho cltl zons ft Johnstown as to their right tn do this, aid that tho commission bad full control of the money nnd could do as they vloasod with It." IMPORTANT MEETINO OF THE K. OF L Ofuoor lo Kleei nnd ritilia nl Lnve to be In Stinnett fSrRUIAI. TKLKOHAM TO Till PTSrATOU.I Hoottdalk, July 14. The Knights of Labor will hold a convention hero on July 10, Wednes. day of this week. On aocount of the Important business to bo traniaoted the convention will remain In sotston several days. Deolslre step toward entering suit against the Dunbar Furn ace Company will be taken. Dlstrlut oflleer will alio be olocted. It Is understood tbere are several asp' rants for the position of Master Workman, the highest office in tbe district Korfoot, tbe present enoumbent, is a candidate for re-election. MORE MONEY FOR NEW CASTLE. Franklin Pnrilee Will Assist Local Capital lo EnlublUU Another Hnnli. ISrECIAL TILEOHAMS TO THE DKPATOR.I NEW Oactle, July It James Woodburn, A. A. Plummer, O. Hydrick, John L. Mitchell, and J. P Byers, of Frankliu, Pa., woro In tbe city to-day, and will likely, open a national bank bere In a short time. About 10,000 of stock will be taken by Newcastle parties. This city now bas two banks, and the direc tors of tbe same complain that It Is now Im possible to get any amount of money ont on In terest Astonishment In Kentucky, From tbe Courier-Journal. Just think of It, 19.800,000 gallons of water per dayl That is what was used by tbe people of Louiavulo during the past heated spell. 1880. MUSIC ANDPOETRY. THE 8UBJE0T OV LEARNED LECTUHE8AT CHAUTAUQUA. Tbo Natural Love of Harmony In the Human Brensl Discussed by Prof, Flagler Dr. nicCllntocU'a Critical Analysis or tabeN ley" Fufrball' Tribulation, IsrEOtAL TILEQBAM TO THE DIlfATCU,! pnAUTAUQUA Lake, July It Monday I quiet and the programme Is neither large nor varied at tbe Assembly grounds. The re ligious quiet of yesterday prolonged Its in fluence into to-day. and a 7 A. H. prayer meet ing In tbe ampltheater was well attended. Tbo majority do not like to have gospel before breakfast, but the staunch old Cbautauquan partisans, mindful of the old camp-meeting days, still like to offer up blessings to Him who rules over all things before they partake ot tbelr morning meal. The younger Cbautan- ?uan would much prefer tennis to prayers be ore breakfast and many of tbem arise at day light to indulge in this popular sport The first lecture ot tbe day was entitled "What Is Music?" and was delivered early In the afternoon by Prof. L v. Flagler.,. A better subject could not have been chosen for the author or a better author for the subject. Music was not, as many people thought, an art of -the later age. Music was born with the birth of man. It camo to him naturally and In tuitively. Tbere was truly music in the sonl of tbe savage. The sound of sea shells and of stones grating together was the primitive music There is an intense longing for some Bound in us all. From these tlrt sonnds they advanced to rythm and sound beats. Early races appreciated terrific sonnds. Tbe dog is attracted by tbe whistle of a steam locomotive, and a flock of geee will follow tbe loud beat ing of a tin pan. Such sounds grate apon tbe cultivated ear and tbe finer tones are only pleasant Persons often attempt to criticise music and musicians when their ears aro not triined to aa appreciation of their art and beauty. An Ideal Poet's Work. JJ)B- W. D. McClintock spoke In the hall directly afterward on "The Poetry of Shelley." His lecture was classically tine, dis criminating. He dealt with bis subject as a scholar and critic. Shelley had a fascinating personality. Our general feeling upon reading him Is tbat of youth, enthusiasm, Ideality and charm. Tho Shelley of tradition was tbe Ideal poet He inherited wonderful qualities of mind. As a youth ho was passionate, at times rebellious, and ever asserted absolute personal liberty. His whole life and energy was that of a pool, and he was enthusiastic for other and for mankind, bnt was frequently disappointed In bis desires and ambitions. Ilia exile from England on account of his beliefs served as a beuetlt rather than An Injury. When ho grow older his views were different And better, iA large part of Shelley's poetry has tor It nb set new and better things for mankind. Ho ocamna dreamer and a prophet of a golden (ge. Ho looked At everything a personal, Ideal and tubjeotlve life. Here ho worked as an artist with nature And hit personal emo tions and experiences, In the former ho 1 In teresting as a man, but weak us poet. In tbo latter tile work Is uniformly noble, III Lyrlonl Poems, giiRLLsrwa by natures lyrical poet, III drama and long poem aro not so groat. In the lyrio Hhelloy la careful, temperate, ar tistic, and the cry of hi trumpet l( "golden," lie Is never morbid, even when Introspective, and bis touches, even though not spiritually deep, are Intellectually and materially so. His unlyrlo cry was Ideal. longing, regret ana In detlniteness, A an artist, Shelley' work Is beautiful, and hi best Is temperate and sincere. His power In words, especially In Imagery, Is great, and hit sense ot Harmony unsurpassed. Shelley's fault are In tbe Intemperateness and Indefl niteness of his thoughts. He Is Idealist and dreamer. Tbe poot, nature, mankind are all Idealized, and there Is over all a spirit of vagueness, the undefined, limitless and cloudy in more than half bis works. Tbe Natural and the Romantic. 'There Is an unusually largo amount of nature about our poet Ills poems on nat uro aro about equally between poems on nat ure, eonnectod with man, and poems on nature for herself entirely. Tile elements he best un derstood aro those Intrinsically beautiful and romantic tbo sky, wind, water, woods, and somo elements of storms and mountains. It Is bere be shows bis lovo tor tho Indefinite, distant and unlimited. Tno elements of landscapo ho sees perfeotly. The landscape ltselt is often Ideal and unearthly. In his Idealism only the beauti ful and romantio element of nature attract bim. Tberefore he Is offendod at much tbat Is buman. He represents nobly many of tbe subtler phases of emotion, especially lore, pathos, tender regret and aspiration. He is an ontbustast for humanity to cure Its evils and relieve Its misery. Some of Shelley's moral principles wore wrong, but tbey were principles, and bis life is according to tbem. He disliked and protested against the form of religion in his day, but he was of a religious nature, and preached tbo cause of liberty and the venera tion of mankind. Why Lecturers Talk. TN the evening Mr. J. W. Bengougb, editor ot the well known humorous paper, Qrip, of Toronto, Can., entertained tbe andience with "Puflball's Tribulations." Ho said that per sons who lectured either did it for money or with motives of a mercenary character. He himself probably did it for one of these reasons. Bengougb was once on for an enter tainment in which many celebrated stars were to appear, but like all stars were a great deal late, or, to relieve tbe monotony, did not appear at all. Tbe Chairman, an Englishman by the name of Fnffball, became very much excited over tbe non-appearance of the performers, and asked Mr. Bengougn to help fill ont tbe programme by sketches, and he repeated tbe entertain ment this evening. He illustrated many of tbe common scenes and prominent characters about tbe assembly grounds whose peculiarities bis acute eye had marked. The lecture was brim ful of fun and kept the audience in the jolliest of humor throughout. Mr. and Mrs. Whittaker. stopping at Lake wood, came to Cbantauqna this afternoon in the yacht Greenburst and spent some hours upon tbe assembly grounds. FRUIT WILL ALL BE BEAR, Bnt nigb-Crndo Sugar Was Never Beforo ho Chonp In this Country. Granulated sugar was never so low as at present, which fact led Messrs. H. P. Dilworth & Co. to remark on the scarcity of fruit this year. That grade of sugar sells to-day at 6J cents and a year ago it Bold at 7J conts. In fact It Is really a cent cheaper than It was a year ago, and as it bas come down so close to the price of "off A." nnd other lower grades of sugar. Its consumption Is enormous, as It la roally tbe cheapest as tbe other grades do not polarize so well as granulated, Ihey stated that, added to competition, the scarcity of fruit this yoar was tho main causo of cnoapnosn. There can bo llttlo doubt that the fruit crop of tho United States, generally peaking, will bo short It Is true that In ll.000.0O0 snnare miles of latitude and longitude the Culled State will not likely over wholly miss a crop, but there were somo very extenslvo patobes which missed thl year. Our home crop Isn't worth shucks. There woro a few wormy oher rle. but neither apples nor pears will amount to anything. Homo largo trees carry from a peok lo a bushel, but the worm Is already well intrenched and the fruit Is gnarled. The wild raspberry crop was trifling, and much of It failed tn materialize, withering or ripening at half or fourth size. Only tho bird wnm able to realize. Thero was a good prospect for blackberries, but if thl dry weather fluid an other woek thoy will ho dwarfed, ai wero wip. berries. A HOY'rt BELIEF. It Isn't much fun a-llvlng If grandpa says whal's true, That tills l tb Jolllest time o' life Tlmt I'm a-passlng through. I'm 'fralil he can't remember, It's bevn soawnillong. I'm sure If ho could recollect He'd know that he was wrong. Did he ever have, I wonder, Aslstorjuitllkomlno, Who'd take, his skates, or break bis kite, Or tangle up his twiner Did b ever chop the kindling, Or fetch in coal and wood, Or offer to turn the wringer? If he did, he was a lul good I In summer It's "weed the garden;" & Inwlutor, It's "shovel tbo snow;" For there isn't a single season Hut bas its work, you know. And then, when a fellow's tired, And hopes he may Just sit still, It's "bring me a pall of water, son, From the spring at the foot of tbe hill." How can grandpa remember A fellow's grtei or Joy? 'Twecn you and me, I don't believe ileevcr wssabor. Is this the Jolllest time o' life? Eelieve it I never can; Kor that It's as nice to be a boy As a really grown-up man. -Eva Hut, in Jiarper't Toung Peoplt, PHENTY OF WATER, New Yelk's Nrr Aqueduct Completed and Ready far Use, New York, Jnly It Water wa 1st through the New Croton Aqueduct to-day, Cblef Engineer Alpbonse Hteley promised that A stream should be flawing from It Into the Central Park reservoir on the 15tn of tbe pres ent month. Therefore, to keep his agreement, the engineer started tbe tide to-day, before the time Appointed for it to gush out of tbe lower extremity ot New York's new source of water supply. Tbe new Croton aqueduct Is the greatest work of lu kind in the world. Although not yet wholly completed, It bas cost, with tbo ex penditures on the storage dams now building, nearly 2t0OU,00O. The actual cost of tho aqueduct ltelf Is about S19.SOO.O0X It has taken five years to build and 07 human lives have been sacrificed in iu construction. Tbo new Croton aqueduct wonld have been done three years ago if tbe terms of tho contracts bad been complied with. Extensions of time were granted, but even theo wore exceeded, and altogether nearly five and a half years have been occupied In getting tho tunnel ready to send water through. Tbe total capacity of tbe new aqnednct Is 818,000,000 gallons a day down to Jerome Park, where tbe "borsesboe" section ends, and from there to its termlnu-i at One Hundred and Thlrtv-Ufth street is 250.000 gallons a day. Tho pipelines connecting with the aqueduct at Ono Hundred and Thirtv-flftb street likewise have a capacity of 230,000.000 a day. It is the in tention to build a reservoir at Jerome Park to receive tbe extra supply which will be dis tributed In tbe annexed district With the completion of tbe new aqueduct tbe maximnm, dallv water supply of New York will beanout 431.000.000 gallons. The actual need Is esti mated at 200,000.000 gallons a ilav. Below One Hundred and Thlrty-flfth street tbe water from tbe new aqueduct is to be dis tributed through eight Iron pipes, each 43 inches in diameter. Tbe total length of the tunnel lt self 13 30M miles, extending from Sodom D:.m to Ono Hundred and Thlrty-flfth street The tunnel is built in two forms. One part 22.80 miles in length, from Sodom Dam to a point near Jerome Park I in tbe shape of a horse shoe, 13 feet 6 30 inches high and 13 feet 7.30 inches wide, equalling in inside area a clrclo 14 feet In diameter. Tho other part ot tbe tunnel, from Jerome Park to One Hundred and Thirtv-fifth street, Is circular in form. From Jerome Park to the Harlem river the diametorof the "circle," as is generally called, Is 12 feet 3 Inches, but where it dips in the form of a greav Inverted syphon under the Harlem It Is 10 feet 0 inches in diameter. Under Gould's Swamp, in West chester county, ou the line of the "horseshoe," there Is an inverted syphon 11 foet 3 inches in diameter. IMPR0VINO THE PARKS, Allegheny Oflleer lo be Furnished With si New Met of Rule. The Allegheny Park Committee met last night. On the matter of letting tbo contract for grading the now roadway up Monument Hill, ItwaistAted tho commlttoo had auvor tlied for bids and bad recommended that the contract bo let to Carson A Mollwaln at (1 17 per oublo yard. In Select Council Mr. Coeh rano objeotod and stated that tbo contract prloo wa too high, and bore tho ear-mark of a "Job," City Engineer Elder said he esti mated tbo coit ot the work a few years ago at (1 per eublo yard, but the pries of labor had advanced since, a motion lo adrertl'o for new bids was last and tho matter was rot errod back tn Councils as It stood. The matter or laying new asphalt walks and repairing tbe old ones In tbe park was acted upon favorably. Councils wera roenmmended tn lot the contract to Carson s Mcllvaln at fl 40 per square yard. Mr, Lowe stated tho contract fur tho new Monument Hill mad should not have been referred baek to Councils. The whole thing, ho said, was a fraud, and some of the people who bid for tho contract were not contractors at all. He was ruled out of order. Tho troublo between tho park polies officers and Mr, Groetzlngar.was settled by the sub committee being directed to draw up a new set of rnles for tbe park police, and furnish a copy to eacli, NOT THE HOTTEST BAY. To-Dar Promised lo be Considerably Wnrmer Than Yesierdny. Old Sol impressed tbo peoplo with the fact that be was still doing business at tbo old stand yesterday, and as tbe day grow on all showed that they were slightly aware of It. Nearly every person was willing to take an affidavit by ail tbat was sacred tbat It was tho hottest day for many years. It may bare been a hot day, bnt It does not eclipse tbe record made this day week, when tbe mercury climbed up to 04". Yesterday it was four degrees lower than this. Tbe hottest time during the day was at 6 o'clock, when the thormnraeter regis tered 80 on lop of tbo Schmidt & Friday build ing. Sergeant Stewart thought that to-day wonld be a corker, If rain did not arrlvo before noon, and advised peoplo to hlo themselves off to somo place lu tho conntry, to escapo what ho thinks will bo hotter than any day this sum mer. Tbe record, compared with last year, showed yesterday to be just one degree cooler than on tbe same day in 133. John Wolf, employed In Lane's briek yard, on the Sontbside, was overcome by the beat while at work yesterday afternoon. Wolf was removed to tbe Sontbside Hospital. His con dition is not considered serious. C0EE MAY ADVANCE. Scarcity of Water, Caused by tho Hot Weather, tbe Reason. "If this dry spell continues it will sorlously aflect the coke market and may cause the price of the product to advance," said J. J. Paine, a prominent superintendent of the Connellsville region, who was In tbe city yesterday. "Our water Is playing out, and unless the reservoirs are replenished tbey will go dry and the ovens will havo to shut down. To make coke it is necessary to have water, bnt when the fluid cannot ba obtained no more coke can be turned our. Tbe streams in the vlclnltv are being dried up and in a fow days tbere will be no water left in tbem. We have not Lad any rain In the region of any account for two weeks or more, and tbe hot snn is rapidly absorbing the water. If we don't get some rain before the end of the week, a balf-dozen plants or more will have to close down. "Tbe condition of the trade is good, and a boom is expected in tbe business. A great many furnaces which have been undergoing repairs all summer and spring, will be blown In blast next month. Tbis will cause an increased demand for Connellsvllla coke. Tbe only trouble we are having now outside of tbe dry season, Is the scarcity of cars to ship coke to Eastern points." CHANGES AM0NO THE PEDAGOGUES. Tbo Ralston School Directors Drop Tbelr Principal nnd Throe Trncliers. Tbe Ninth Ward School Board (Ralston sub district) mot last nlglit nna had a rather lively time of it, Inasmuob as they dropped tbelr principal and tbreo teachers. Tho session ot tho board lasted for over four hours and at lu conclusion tho following result was announced: Miss Kato Nowmont was promoted to princi pal; Miss Hnllio Carlin, a now teaeher, was choson Assistant principal; Mis Llzzln Olios was promoted from thn primary. o tho gram mir department! MIism Mnlllo Ryan, Maggie Lappan, Mary MeKnnna. Kittn Deinpioy. Mary Francis, Mis Sullivan end Alls Juliiiuii were tho inner teacher ch'xon with Roso Cauaiold ami Luoy Kinney a substitute. . . Tho toaoher dropped aro Professor A. O. Burgorne, Principal) Ml" Majrirlo Dickson and Mrs, M.Clark. Alls O'Dannell tendered her resignation, whloh was aocepied. The latter I to bo married next month in a well-known young railroad man of this city. Fur janitor of the school there wa a lively contest Tho candidates aro Airs. M, Haller. tho present Innumbenti Airs. AleKelvy and John llannon. Twenty ballot wore taken and a no result could be reached, tho matter wa bold over until tbe noxt meeting. FBIOHTENED THE PRESIDENT. A Peculiar War n French Chemist Had of Attracting Nailer. Paris, July 14. When President Carnot was about to enter tbe Elysoe Palace this evening on his return from Lougcharap a man stand ing near by fired a revolver into ibe Air, lie was promptly arrested. Upon being taken to the nearest police station he said be was a chemist and the author of many Inventions. llehu'd been out of employment for soma time, and wlshod to attract the attention of tbo President and tbe public to bis case. The po lice say tbe revolver was loaded wltb blank cartridge. TROUBLE IN CENTRAL AMERICA. Two Little Government Making Wry Faces at One Another. LALlniBTA, SALVATOItJolylt-TboGov-eminent to-day Issued a proclamation declar ing the country In a state or siego and announc ing tbat passports will be required in order to travel from one town to another. War with Guatemala 1 Imminent Nearly 20.000 men are sutloned along this side ot the frontier. Great enthusiasm prevails. CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS. , Some enterprising Bo nth em men pro pose to give an exposition of Southern product in some Northern city. ., A surveying party bas discovered that one of the Hudson's Day Company stations bl on American territory. Huntington, Ind bas a 10-year-old burglar. Ho went through a window by taking out a pane of glass, and did tbe Job like a vet eran. A. RInaldl, of Orlando, Fla., has one of the oldest coins in tbat city. It is a 25-cent coin of a Spanish denomination, dated 1773, and is worth considerable as a relic A traveler in Japan writes that the Ja panese pay moro attention to personal cleanli ness than any other people in the world. High and low bathe all over at least once a day, and sometimes oftener. Experiments prove that the Atlantis breakers have a force of three tons to the squaro foot; thus a surface of only two square yards sustains a blow from a heavy AtUntlo breaker equal to fifty-four tons. Photographs or 78 old couples and tho same number of pictures of brothers and sis ters of a similar age are said to show that the former are more like one another in appear ance than the brothers and sisters. At the meeting of the National Council of Education one of the speakers said tbat not 25 years hence be expected to see boys and yonng men knocking for admission into Vassar and other young ladies' seminaries. A negro in the neighborhood of Hollen vllle. a suburb of Griffin, Ga.. went to town and spent all his money for a Winchester rifle, and at night while showins tbe little negroes bow it worked, shot bis left band completely off. The French Minister of War lately of fered a prize for tbe swiftest bird in a flight from Perigncnx to Pans, 310 miles. Thero were 2,746 entries, the winner doing the dis tance in 7 hours and 31 minutes, or at 43 miles an hour. The biggest plate-glass factory in tha world is soon to bo established at Irwin, tbis Slate, on the Pennsylvanli Riilroad. by a syn dicate of English and American capitalists, which, it is reported, bas a capital ot $50,000,000 at its disposal. The locomotive telephone signal enables ' two trains approaching each other to commu nicate bv closing tho circuit when two miles apart The ringing of a gong warns tho engi neers, who can converse with each other over tho tetephone. It Is reported that tho petrified remains of a man bare been found on Jack creek, 60 miles from Hawlln. Tho bodyls tbatotaman even feet lit height, and proportionate build. Tho find will bo unearthed anil taken to Raw linn, Wvo anil will finally bo sent to tho Smith. Ionian institution. Down In Florida a negro tried to (teal a ride on a cowcatcher. The englneor did not (eo HI in until the train ran Into a cow on tho track, when thn cow flow on ono sldo and tho negro on tho other, exclaiming, "Oh lordyt" 40 time before ho hit tint grouud. Jlo was loft to koep tho bovine company, The Court House at Jaokson, Tann., I being modernized and while O, W. King wa digging Into the wall of the Circuit Court room Ha uncovered a glass Jar which contained threo ISO Confederate bills. The Jar was covered with bard mud and had evidently been buried by somo one who bad faith In tha ea tabllshmentot the Houthern causo pruvlou to being planed where It has been bidden the last twenty-five years, The French are certainly great on novel Ideas. Anew clock contains a novel applica tion of the magnet Tho clock is shaped like A tambourine, wltb a circle of flowers painted on Its head. Around the clrclo two bees crawl, the larger one requiring 1" hours tn complete) Its circuit whlio tho smaller one make It every hour. Different flowers represent the hours, and tho bees, which are of Iron, are movod by the magnets behind tbo head of tbe tam bourine. Owing to tho fact that the lands of the West aro being rapidly taken up, a Denver paper predicts the abdication of the cattla king and the extinction of tbo cowboy. Of tho latter Is said: "Thn cowboy with rattling spurs, bis leather trousers, bis broad-brimmed bat and his defiant swagger will aoon Join the stage driver, tbe hunter, the scout tbo trapper and the mountain explorer In the procession that moves reluctantly to tho qulot peaceable commonplace ways of life." A Waterville, Me., feline ha a great fondness for the flesh of birds and In order to make ber quest for the same successful, em ploys a stratagora. Evidently understanding; the bird's famines for angle varins. she col lects a number of the same and "buries tbem In the ground. She then takes ber place In a convenient place of ambush and when the birds aligbt to secure their coveted morsel, sho springs from ber concealment and pounces upon them. Many a bird thus falls a prey to pussy's shrewdness. C. A. Cheney, a Detroit traveling sales man. 13 equal to any hotel guide ever pub lished. He can tell any one tbe names of all the best hotels In almost every city on earth. He bas traveled all over tho world, and as bo recalls one hotel after another not only can he call tbe names of tbe proprietors but those of the clerks. He tells you the size of tbe differ ent hotels, and remembers the number of every room be bas stopped in during the past ten years and tbe bote! tbe room was situated In. He is a veritable reference book on hotels. The New York Press has the following communication: "I hear so much about tbe New York sports winning prizes at eating con tests; now, I am a poor man. bnt proud, sir, aye, very proud, but I am not too stuck up. sir, to go to anybody in this town for $30 that I can down more molasses in five minutes than my challenger cau. I come from New Orleans, where the toothsome syrup Is frequently on everybody's lips. I offerno objections to spoons in eating, but I warn the person who has nervo onouzh to bet that be can eat more than I can tbat I use a kettle with a spout. Man, money and molasses can bo found auy day tbis week at No. 318 West Forty-eighth street An amusing scene happened in the Sul livan County. N. Y.. Court House the other day. Tbe wife of one of the parties to a suit was on the witness stand and had intrusted her baby to the care of another woman, who was tending it below. Tbo child became restless after awhile and annonnced its desire to see IU mother in notei of unmistakable pathos, which might be tracod to hunger. Alter tryingin vain to quiet the child the woman camo up tho stairs and into court, the baby all the tlmo veiling at tho top ot Its lungs." Judge Thorn ton jumped up and cried: "Take that child out of court." Tbe woman addressed heeded not the command, bnt continued to advance, and holding the youngster out to iu mother over the head of n prominent lawyer, exclaimed with fire flashlns from her eye: "Court or no coutt, this child bas got to beattendod to. A3IONO TIIK llUMOItlT8. "Ha," laughed Chappie, "when a man is born over the sea he has seven or clchtberth days, bann't bo?"-Jofel'". Debtor I want to pay that little bill of yours Creditor-All right, my ilcr boy. Debtor-Hut 1 ttU'U-UvmervlU Journal. She Who I that dlstlugulihed.lonklnjr. man acro.s the way-lhe one In the """'" He-He Is a butcher, or courne. !' ? no tice his mutton-chop whlskers-JVr" ""' Quest I bollevo I sco sevoral flies In thli "wMter'on surprise)-You must be mistaken, sir. I was very eareful to take them all out before I brought It Ui.-U'lrolt V" Pr. He (languidly)-' hv flirtation, Just for amusement Blie(rtrarlly)-l-t,V'nl1;' There's no body here yet lo ll uu UtfM'onfm.. "Is tint i love letter?" asked one young lawyer or another, who was poring busily over some olosly-rltten sheets. "Jli no," replied tho other confusedly. "If Jusla wrltof attachment," NammUlt Journal. "Will you review my next book?" asked one autboiyif another. With pleasure, my dear fellow," was the brother author's reply, "If only you won't ask pie to read tl."-&omre( Journal, Ethel Mamma slugs baby to deep every nlslit now. Interested Visitor And bow does the baby llko tbat?" Ethel Oh, she cries, and cries, and erics!" SamtrcllU Journal. Wife You do not speak to me as affec tionately as you used to, George. I think you have ceased to love me." , Husband-There you are again! Ceased to love you! Wby, lloveyou better than my life. Now shnt bd and lit me read my paper, Boston ' Courier. jm "Where do rou put all the monuments JF you erect to public men?" asked a visitor frons Chicago of a Mew York resident. "We have a reservation for them. " replied the New Yorker. "Indeed." 1 "res; a mental reservation." ntr-oew.
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers