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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.