I 1 1 I ' I - ft fcSSVi. WVx - itfIjeB$$tJj. ESTABLISHED FEBRUARY 8. 1S48, Vol. AS, Ho. 164. Entered at Pittsburg i'ostoHlce. November 14, lss;. as second-class matter. Business Office Corner SmithflelcJ and Diamond Streets. NewsEobtriB andPubllBhlnfe'H6use76, 77 and 70 Diamond Street. EASTERN AUVEKTISlGOFriCJU ROOMS, TRIBUNE BUILDING, NEW YORK, where complete tiles of THE DISPATCH can always be Sound. Foreign advertisers appreciate the con venience. Home advertisers and friends of THE DISPATCH, while In "ew Tort are also made welcome. TBE DISPATCH is regularly on sale at Brentano's. 5 Onion Square, New York, and 17 Ace: de rOpera, JParis, France, where any. one who hat been disappointed at a hotel news stand can obtain it. TERMS OF THE DISPATCH. rosTAOK rna ts the tranib states. vxrvr DTKTxrcn, one Year. SCO Dailt Dispatch, 1'erQuarter 200 Dau-t Disr-ATCH, One Month 70 Dailt Dispatch, lncludingsonday, lyear. 10 00 DAILT DISPATCH, lnclndingSunday.Sin'ths. ISO DAiLT-DisrATCH, Including Sunday.lmonth B0 Eundat Dispatch. One Year ISO TVkebxt Dispatch, One Year :...::. 115 The Dailt Dispatch lsdeltvefed bycarrlers at JlcenUcer week, or Including Sunday edition, at 10 cents per week. PITTSBURG. MONDAY. JtJL Y 21. 1890. ZEE DISPATCH FOB THE SUMMER Person leavtn g the Citg for the summer can have The Dispatch forwarded by earliest mail to an address at the rale of SO cents per month, or ft CO for three months, Sunday edi tion included. Daily edition onty. TDc per month, ft for three months. The address may be changed as desired, if care 'be taken in all cases to mention both old and new address. 43-The BUSINESS OFFICE or THE DIS PATCH has been removed io Corner of Smlthfield and Diamond Streets. DANGERS ON TRANSIT LINES. In our local columns will be found a num ber of interesting and important opinions as to the canses or accidents on the cable lines. The fact is brought out there that a large proportion of such accidents are due to the carelessness of the victims; but some details are pointed out, by which greater watchful ness could be secured on the part of those controlling the cars. "While these are conclusions based on observation, the discussion suggests the thought that the greatest responsibility to the cable companies must proceed from the location of their lines in such a way as to increase these dangers, un a oroaa ana clear. street people who get in the way of a cable car ma; be fairly charged with the responsibility for it. But if a cable line occupies a narrow street with sharp turns, merely for pecuniary motives, it may be justly charged with the increased danger. So, also, with regard to the crossings of crowded streets by cable companies. "Wbere these crossings are necessary caution on the part of the public is to be expected. But if the policy of the companies locates a dozen such crossings, where lalf the num ber would suffice, is not that corporate policy to be charged with the unnecessary hazard and inconvenience? This is another argument in favor of an idea which has been before suggested in these columns. It would be entirely prac ticable to establish a downtown loop around which all cable and electric cars should go, and on which all companies should have equal privileges. This would not only diminish the number of crossings and render it unnecessary to occupy all the city streets; but the dangers would also be decreased by the fact that the cars would all go in one direction, and but a single track would be - required on any street. An intelligent and far-sighted policy would have provided for such a loop at the inception of the era of improved rapid transit. But the fact that this was neglected at the start, should not be regarded as any reason why such a method of diminishing the dangers may not still be urged. MR.- SYPHER's PREDICTION. Sir. J. H. Sypher, ot carpet-bag fame, indulges in some pessimistic predictions that the federal election bill will be a farce if passed, because .Northern public opinion will not uphold its enforcement. The mixture of this prediction with Mr. Sypher's unique condemnation of Grant lor failing to keen the carpel-bag govern ment in power at the point of the bayonet, and of Northern newspaper men for writing things that did not suit bim after he had dined and wined them, may be passed over in view of bis forcible presentation of the one important point in this connection. That is the fact that a decade and a half ago, public opinion of the North forced 'such an administration as Grant's to recog nize that no permanent settlement of the Southern question could be attained by the perpetual interference of the Federal government with South em elections. Although that conclu sion was exceedingly distasteful to men of the Sypher class, it was the correct one. The only way to do, consistently with self government, is to let the South work out its own salvation, mcl as the best minds in the Republican party declared as long ago as in 1S75, the only function of Federal inter ference is for the maintenance of peace. The Federal election bill is simply a turn ing back of politics to issues settled fifteen years ago, with the hope of partisan advan tage to be gained thereby. It is an ill judged attempt to reverse the progress of events and to do what men like Grant and Garfield found to be impracticable. DEPRECIATION OF OHIO FARMS. The disclosure from the assessments in the agricultural counties of Ohio, of a marked decrease in the valuation of farming lands, is a corroboration of the other evidences, .which have recently forced themselves to the surface, of the retrogression of Eastern and Middle States farming. A slight variation in assessed values might be at tributed to differences in the opinions taken as to values; but so marked a decrease, in connection with the concentration of popu lation in the cities shown by the census, permits of little doubt that adverse influ ences are at work on this industry. The fact thai their eflects are most manifest in tbe agricultural district adjacent to the manufacturing and mining industries, in creases the peculiarity ot the phenomenon. Whatever the causes which are forcing our farms into' decay, It is certain that the farmers can hardly be blamed for urging the subject somewhat imperatively oh the public attention! - AN INADEQUATE rJRCJTECTldS. The Xork Gazette, which is a not advocate of the ballot reform which requires an amendment to the constitution to do sway with the provision for numbering ballots, inciuiges iu two and a half columns' of edi torial derittnclatlon Of thole whfi inltit thai the constitutional safeguard against billdt . box stuffing should not be lightly thrown aside. The fervor -of-its-belief-which in duces it to assail the honesty of all who do not think exactly as it does may be passed over, in view of its statement of the alleged safeguards of lis especial brand of ballot reform against the offense which the consti tutional provision restrains, as follows: Corruption and intimidation have taken the place of billot box stuffing in Pennsylvania politics, and the Australian system corrects not only these bat tbe stuffing also. Every billot printed and Issued to election officers must be accounted for. Each voter receives within tbe voting place a ballot, with the ballot clerk's Initials Indorsed upon it, and no ballot can be voted witlidnt these initials. Where, then, under this plan, are the ballots, to be stuffed, to come from? There are hone outside. Hone can be Toted without thb initials then and there placed upon them, and all those voted and unvoted must be accounted for to the public authority which Issued them. This being tbe presentation of the safe guard by its most ardent advocates, it is pertinent to examine into its efficiency. Ballot-box stuffing necessarily Implies a corrupt collusion of all the election officers in charge of the ballot-box to defeat a fair election. "With such a collusion, what is to' prevent the election officers from supplying themselves with bogus ballots, similar to the official ones, and substituting them, properly Indorsed, for the actual ballots voted- "With the deliberate purpose of.turn ing out party majorities to order; we can imagine nothing easier than for the par tisans in charge of the distribution of bal lot's to locate abundant supplies oT them' where they can be used to the best advan tage. The only thing that will render detection of such practices possible is a provision f3r the identification of ballots. This can be done only by some such means as the con stitutional provision; and the Gazette wholly fails to show why the necessary secrecy would not be maintained by requiring the numbered lists to be sealed up before the votes are counted. There is no doubting the sincerity of our cotemporary's advocacy of ballot reform; but the fervor of its deliver ances on the subject are somewhat mis placed. Questions of this sort are to be Settled by reason, and not by denunciations. THE STANDARD'S GAME. It is a little too recent to be foreotteri that a couple ol years ago the Standard organs in Pennsylvania were ready to denounce the assertion that Lima oil could be refined as treason to Pennsylvania interests, and to meet the suggestion that the Standard might extend its possessions in that district with sweeping denials that such a thing was possible. Tbe sequel to that contention, is a very striking one, as presented by the Standard's grasp on half the producing territory of Ohio, its recent purchase of Ohio refineries and its construction of additional refineries, all for the purpose of doing what Its agents and organs two years ago were indig nantly repudiating. The details bf its extension into the Ohio field as given elsewhere are peculiarly illustrative of the Standard methods. Out side refiners who undertook to refine Ohio oil were squeezed, and those who could not be frozen out were bought up. The price of the oil was put down to 15 cents a barrel, and immense sections of producing territory bought on that depressed basis. Tbe conse quence is that, whip the Standard is no more popnlar in Ohio and Pennsylvania, it has scored the same success there as here in getting its grip on the property. In the contemplation of the growth of the Standard refineries lb the Ohio district, tbe Pennsylvania producers may 'find it a profitable reflection thai they could have done better during the past two or three years than to play the Standard's game for it. In an article criticising the disposition of the squadron of evolution, tbe New York TTorJd says: Wben they sbonld have been firing salutes to the dawn of liberty in tbe har bor ot Rio de Janeiro, our ships were flying flags in honor ot a new kinglet at Lisbon." This leads us to conclude that the esteemed World's idea of liberty Yiousists of military tri bunals, the suppression of the freedom of. speech and the press, and the adoption of a constitution by the edict of a military junta, without tbe slightest pretense of submitting the form of government to the vote of the peo ple or their elected representatives, Chicago life has been gladdened by a big cut in the price of beer; but the future of tbe World's Fair cannot be regarded as secure un til there Is. a corresponding reduction in the price of Chicago's city legislators. No ONE will deny that politics are red hot in South Carolina when it becomes one of the functions of a reporter at a political meet ing to rise aud inform tbe speaker that he is a liar. With the subsequent proceedings that follow upon that statement in South Carolina, it is manifest that politics and newspaper work in that State must be exciting pursuits. CoNGEESSMAir Cbain, of Texas, who was out with a pistol tbe other day threatening to kill a newspaper cbrrespondent whose ar ticles have displeased him, will probably suc ceed in killing himself politically. The pathetic Inquiry of a would-be vendor of liquors for the place to get "an original package license" ougbtto evoke a supply to meet this demand. At present the only reliable original package license has to be obtained from -the United States Supreme Court, and the fees on it are higher than the highest license of the ordinary style. Kalamazoo, by demanding a recount, got its population advanced from 3 6, SOU to 18,000. Tbe same proportion of increase for Pittsburg would make a very material differ ence in the standing of our city. The boys and girls of Atlanta have raised enough money to buy an elephant; but no one in Chicago has proposed to sell the World's Fair to them. Evidently Cblcago Is superior to tbe temptation of pushing Sectional animosity to such a degree of cruelty toward a rising Southern city. Beallt it is somewhat difficult to See what the House leaders want of a Federal election law so long as they retain such ad mirable and effective control of the House Committee on Contested Seats. Whether the assertion of the Atlanta Constitution that "the Farmers' Alliance is tbe Democratic party" Is absolutely correct or not, there seems to be- no doubt that in both Georgia and Tennesson tbe Farmers' Alliance has swallowed the Democratic patty. Budtabd Kipling's complaint of the small size of the American beef glasses is a striking reminder that the days of the old 'schooners'' hare passed away. Mr. J. Hale Sypheb's prediction that the Federal election law will be a farce Is, the last proof to tbe effect that the Republican measure has no friends even among the Southern Republicans wfio are expected id be benefited by iu Wonted n Lottery Tlckel. From the Portland Argus. A woman bent with the weight of 70 year appeared at trie Lewlstbn, Me.,- Postofflcea few days aeo and asked for. at lottery ticket. She seemed greatly surprised that, tbey were riotonsaie witfl the" stamps and said in an in credSlons way'.' '-i'rn .real disappointed: I've1 come a good ways to get one.? 1 ? v- - ,'55 a'?-J. "-Z-i!?., fill lit' A'jajii- LONDON liTERARY' GOSSIP. The Latest Aboni Stanley A Borlesqae bo Ht Book Miss Tcnnriht'i Pleitire n a Bonp Ad apd Vbnt it Cost News nnd Art Notrn. rco&BESPosbfcirck op the dispatch, 3 London, July ii Of literary talk in London n we have plenty. Books to read abound. 9 course l'In baikest Africa" ranks first, but we are gotting tired ot it already, ihbdih as early as Saturday morning a week ago and. that ibe day of publication 15,000 copies had been sold. Truth io tell, Stanley iS hot over popular, be is too much glVeti to telling, plain truths and to preaching sermons in bis book bf but of it with Ii. M. Stanley as a text. It Is his love story that has been his Saving grace it he did but know It. However, his book is out, let us hope he will enjoy his ieviews and spend his cheque merrily. . Meanwhile F. C. Burnard's burlesque on Stanley's book Is published to-day and will be read no doubtby thousands whH will shy at the original. Ndthlnc uoes a book so much gond as to be burlesqued by the, editor of .Punc A bf by that cynic of cynics, Andrew Lang. It made the fortune of Charles Bead's "Foul Play," years afco, abd mbfe recently 6f Hugh Coii way's "Dark Days." The publishers know tbls welt and are only too glad to supply advance sheets (as Messrs. Sampson &', Low-have done ot Stanley's book) for the purpose1.' i A Good Rtdrr ot Mill Tennnnt. '"That Miss Tennant's picture has been ibid to the owners of a certain soap and is to be turned into an advertisement everybody knows already; but 1 heard a good .story of it to-day that will bear reneatinc. The naint'lnc was priced in the New Gallery. Catalogue at 250. eulneas (1.3ZZ). rnree days Deiore tne engage ment to Stanley was announced thebffer ot 150 guineas ((787) was made for it, Tbe Secretary, thinking Miss Tennant blight not like to miss a certain market, wrote and asked, if She wbiild accept it That clever youn lady wrote back at once: "Certainly not. Put the price up to 300 guineas ($1,575). You will, understand tbe reason of this in a fetf days," and a little later on for 800 guineas it was s6ld to the makers of soap. ... Probably ybu are all reading "The Gentle Art of Making Enemies," just as we are. It is impbdent, witty and very dear at the pried. All the Same we read it and bass on. Whistler himself is enormously pleased and gave a party on the strength of it last Sunday. "Dorlari Gray," our Oscar's new booki is a real surprise, and it's probably one to him that we find it so. But the faet is it is unpleasant, and worse. Prof. Hnxier on hrix MubdL ''THE Jfineieenth Century will be with you even Sooner than1 this is, and you Will be able to Judge of Prbf. Huxley's Article oU "LUX Muddi''for yourselves.. It is very viiorbus of course, and tery valuable in its critical exam ination of tbe Bible Story of the deluge from tbe Scientific point bf view, and is altogether a bit bf work that has evidently bceh dbne coh amore. Indeed, the great Professor is never so happy as When he has a trimmed qulli( doubled his fists and gone for somebody's theory with fearlessness and favor. The authors df tbe famous book db hot get much greater, neither does Canon Liddon. for all the politeness with which he is treated. It has gone into its eighth edition, but one never Sees it in a drawing-room. Probably it is Safely sheltered in the study. Every clerical in the land from the Archbishop of Canterbury down to tbe poorest curate is expected to be on Inti mate terms with it and ready to talk about it at moment's hotlce Another Portrait of Huxley. XTHrx Huxley was gblng tor "LuxMundi" he llgbtenO'l his labors by sitting for his portrait to bis eon-in-law. Hon. John Collier, who painted the famous one of him holding a skull, which was exhibited in tbe Royal Acad' emy some years ago. This new picture is quite a success and represents him in his study with his books and papers about him iu no doubt scientific confusion. He' had not. far to go to sit, for the Honorable John is a favorite son-in-law. and while the building of a new bouse a mile off is going on, he and his wife who was the youngest Miss Huxley are staying with the Professbr, who actually allowed a tempor ary Studio, made of zinc and bricks, to be. put up' in bis back garden just large enough for a tennis court. One of the most interesting portraits just finished by Mr. Collier is a iull-tielgbt, IlfN size one of the beautiful Miss Mabel Pollock, daughter of Majof-General Sir Richard Pol lock. The young lady, who is fair, with lovely coloring, is painted all in black large black hat, black dress, with black gloves, is carrying a black patasol no color anywhere save in the face, throat and hair. The backcroiind is gray, and tbe whole effect most striking. r ; A Fntnons Picture. Qw the side wall hangs Alma Tadema'S "Sculptor's Model,' the famous picture of a single figure that made so great a sensation sorhe years ago. It came into Its present own er's hands in this way. When John Collier was still a novice In aft his father, Lord Mohkswelh then Sir Robert Collier, wished him io take lessons from the great master. Tadema ob jected on the ground that he did not give les ions. But he added he would let' John Collier see him paint a' nude figure and fry If that wonld teach him to do flesh tints properly. This was agreed to and for a thousand pounds paid by his father the young artist watched Tadema paint tbe pictdf o of the lovely figure that shocked the British matron all through tbe giddy months of the following season; When it wSS done and tbe exhibition was over he carried it home and keeps it in his studio to remind him of ibe days wbeb he took the best lesson of bis life in flesh painting. MACLEOD. PEOPLE W0ETH BEADlM ABOUT. A sioiitrJlBWT to Af hoid bf Brescia jS to be erected in Riifhb on the very spot witerfe fie was burned at the stake: The Vice President bas entered a number of bis thbrdUghbted cattle and sheep for the New fork and New England Fair. Wag Yin Wan. a ChineSs millionaire, bas bought 15,000,000 acres of land in Teliuaniepec, where be will establish a city. Ihe Czaribas issued an edict forbidding ap plause in Russian theaters, The explosion of bombs iu the vicinity bf the Czar has made him tery sensitive t noises of all, kifids. Mb-Vim-iAm O'Bbien's marriage .calls to mind the fact that of tbe eizhty-odd Irish members of the House of Commons, consider ably less than one-half are Benedicks. The nomination of Allured B.Nettleton to be Assistant Secretary of tbe Treasury con firms the Suspicion that the President would get Allured into something of this Soft. As Ward McAllister Is to have charge ol the Newport ball in honor of Prince George of Wales', it will stand Prihce George in hand to brush up on his social etiquette. Mr. Ms Allistef is particular about ihoSe things. The cletk .in tbe Brooklyn Health Depart ment, who has been furnishing dealers in baby carriages, baby foods and ribrslng bottles with a list ot births reported to ihe department, is doubtless one of those, kind-hearted persons who are In tavof of protecting and helping along our infant industries. Age father ajlds V the eccentricity of Joaquin Milier: He has permanently retired to his mountain home, three miles back of Oakland Ua arid refuses io have ariy inter; course with fhe;.wofidi .He has built three quaint cnttagesin one hi which tbe erratic poet dwells, tbe second shelters his mother, and 111 the' third his wife and children' live. Nebo was by no Means- the only royal per sonage wfio was an alleged musician. Queen Victoria plays the piano and organ, and away back in the dim and distant 'past bad a cnltl fated voice. The.Pfinte of Wales dallies with the banjo. The' Czar plays the French horn when i here are no Nihilists of other bad tem pered people around,- and is likewise a deter performer on tbe plana. DEATHS OF A DAY. Robert D. WJIinn. , One ol tbe most prominent young lawyers 6f Plttsbiifg, Hdbeft lVTVllson, died at Sewlfcttey. yesterday mofnlnj. The uewsof his" Sudden death fellheSTlly On his many friends. Suffering from typbold fever, he was taken away in a few short days.- In the.prlme.of hii-manhood; The deceased Alt 5 son bf Her: 8. J. Wilson, at theTticolOKleal Ha,UDln,fyt;LSttJiad;been member,of tne Sar for aboi nmarrled. ve vears. . He waiSO veari old xnd unmarried. His grandmother and two sislcrf fire In Sewlckley.. A!"! - . x-. . . i"-.ji.. --, tlimim1 !. m 1 lx maou jdr .ogA'gygj AIT EXPrtsrVE ES&EZ HTOT. It Cost $1,00(1 In Bard and liar, nhd the Bnnke la Still tit Larttsi RUTLAND. July &. in A field bfi gfcnry Mc; Nauchtoh's farm the stump of an immense hackberry tree has stood for years, it bas long been hollow and decayed, but the tree had been an old landmark, and the stump was so large it was looked npori is afi interesting relic, ahd was hot disturbed. A few rudsrfdm the stump Farmer McSaughtbb bad a barn which was used for storing hay in. A couple bf big stacks ot recently but hay stood between tbe stump and tbe barn. The other day the farmer was passing near the old hackberry Stump, when he saw a biacksnake run in a hole in the Stump. MeNaughton had been thinking fdr a week or So of grubbing at the stump, and he .hates snakes, so when no saw tbe blarlr. Snake run id tbe stump he qbickly fesdived to rid himself of the stump and the earth of tbe Snake at one anu the same time-. , He got some' ury Drnsh and piled it arounu tne stunin and Set it on tire. Xhe flames were soon roarinc around the stump, and as the beat Increased but popped the biacksnake and MeNaughton killed it with a club. But he found tbat tbe. stump wasn't tbe' abiding place ot that snaae aione-, tor Irorn every hole and fissure in the old ruin, and from among the decayed roots, snakes came wrig gling and writhing ont until the ground was literally alive wltb them as tbey scattered id all directions to escape. This was more than Farmer -MeNaughton was able to stand, and he Started on a fun lor his house to get some one to help him get away with the Snakes. When he got back with bis sort and a hired man bis two baystackS and bis barn were ablate. Fire from tbe stump bad followed trains df loose bay tbat lay on tbe grndndi and reached the stacks and thb barn: With tbe means at band the . farmer and bis aids were well enough equipped to fight snakes, but not to flgbt.fire, aud tbehayrtaekftand, barn abd bain full of hay were soon nothing but piles of ashes. The loss is about 11,000, and not another shake was killed, as far as the returns ate iu. A Bbsioir wokAs's WHjJt A Fefoclbdl Lobklnsj Dog-, DIadb of Bisillie, Used nl a Bnrslnr Alarm. 'BFSCIAL TtUtbnUt TO TttE DISpifcfi.1 BnrrALt), inly fea Mrs. Abram Altman, of this city, has in her possession a dog which, al though made of bisque, IS a most ferocious looking, beast. The animal was bnf chased, from a Boston woman who conceived the idea' of tbe design which was to be used aS a burglar alarm, and tinder whose care she Should fbe'las safe aS if she had a big brass carihon at each Window. Following up her conception She had a Siberian bloodhound cast in bronze aS lafgd and as fierce aS possible; In its diaphragm she had a phonograph set. She then borrowed a neighbor's dog to bark into the machine to load it The bark did not exactly correspond with the appearabce ot the big bronze dog, but she thought it would frighten burglars, for she Said the dog's bark will be worse than his bite anyway. Abd Sd she set up her brazen, image, with its full set of phonographic howls and patent insldes, ahd had it connected with ber room by wires and an electric button) So that when the burglars made their appearance she could just touch the. button and the dog would do the rest. Bbttbe burglars did not come, ahd When the bid lady died, the dog burglar alarm; as it was called! was Shipped to thisclty. MHS. CLEVEtAND'S DlAMOSiS. She Is the Poateiior ol 950,000 Wurlh,Df ike Preclona Stone. Mrs.'G rover Cleveland is the possessor of dia monds, tbe total collection of which, set ahd unmounted, is estimated at fully $50,000. On the day of her marriage she received a maer niflcent ring and a necklace of solaiaires from her husband; and diamond pins for her half from Secretary and Mrs. Whitney, but the first diamond ringFraukie ever possessed was given to her by brie of her Buffalo friends, it was & iiny little star of dlambndS and she wore it Upon her little finger the day she became Mrs. Cleveland. Since this time, upon birthdays and at Christmas, Mn Cleveland has always presented bis wife with diamonds; The unset stones df Mrs. Cleveland's coU lection are not very large and Some of thenvate a little off color. She bas some elaborate jewel cases, too. Thb unmounted gems are arranged in little cabinets of inlaid wood, add tbe cabl fieti are provided wi h tidy little nests bf cot ton and in them the diamonds test. Each nest has its number, and the memorandum book tells, after each number, the time, of place and purchase, besides the value of tbe stone. Mrs. Cleveland is fond bf exhibiting her jewels. CUEEENT TTnTKTiY TOPICS. Mr. DtjffV, ihe pugilist, has been. borne to his final resting place. Among the floral offerings Were a patrol boxing gloTes arid a massive bates Ajar. Could abytblfie; be more abpfoprlite than the two? , If the Republicans keep bn James G; Blaine will soon be a pretty good Democrat. A Western' dentist broke a woman's jaw itr pnuing a tooio ana nas Deen nnea someininr over a thousand dollars. The woman's husband, who' Is a lawyer, now offers his services to the dentist to seeure an .appeal. It is safe to state that that lawyer will tell you thai Marriage is a failure; The census gives the Watch City, Elgid, 111., 671 more women than men in a population of 19, eoo. Young men should lose no time in reaching Elgin; A dispatch from Indiana says that "a ntim ber offish and angle worms fell lh the streets or Crawfofdsvllle during a recent storm. The fish were from two to four inches long, and many of them were eyelSss.'1 The faeorgl fisU pre varicator sinks into Insignificance after this story. An exchange says butter was unknown to the ancients: That mav be So, bat someoftlie batter nsed In restaurants and boarding bouses has a very ahcleht smell and tastes' aa though made many hundreds of years ago. Ex-feiNO Milan is Said id be mad arid he has a good right to be. He has been deprived or bis kingdom arid his wife and euchred oui orbis fortune by sharps. An American gentleman would even get mad over such trifles. A State Supreme Oobrt Judge is desifiotis of giving tone to the next House of Hepfesehta tlves, and has therefore tendered his t eglgriailoH 0 f bn for Congress, and being a Kepublican iu Vermont, he Is already as good as elected. If the t'orce bill passes the Seriate the Re-' publican will be wondering what struck them, and they will be telling their friends a few years hence tbat tbey didn't know it was loaded. irviNo Without a head. A DfeeripUoted Hen Thai Raised si Brood of Chicks. MaTTTLI-t, N. Y.) July 20. A little hegrd boy was exhibiting on thd streets of this place yesiefday a remarkable instance of tenacity of Ufo in the shape ot a chicken hen which bad lost its head over four months ago but con tinues wcli and hearty. The creature walked about, scratching in the earth and appearing quite Unconscious of its loss. It is fed by cramming the food down the severed gullet and evidently thrives under this peculiar method of feeding, for it is in excellent condi tion. , TUe boy who owns it says that it lays reeu larly and bas actually made a nest and raised a brood of chickens since tbe loss bf its bead. It has, however, sbed nearly all of its feathers; except those ot the tail, and shows nosigus of ever having any more. STATE ODDITIES. Ghestkb suffers from a cockroach pest: Six females formed a fishiBg party at Cop- AUoventby stailion always makes battle with boats. 6f the So practicing attorneys at the Bucks connty bar but seven are unmarried; AS HE slept on the grass a Snake crawled Into the pocket of Charles Beartoui 61 Ames' Cor ner, v A srABfeow at Colestown built & nest in the running-gear of a fafme'r's wagon, arid makes a trip to mafkdt etery week. DUbinO a gust of wind a bbtta blanket was lifted from the animal's btck at Plymouth and carried to the top of a neighboring tree The parts bf Oatvesiiag machine .otl the farm" of Samuei Gell, at. l?ew Britain, became heated and burst out into flamesj destroying' the machine'. DtJElNQ iHe" neated spell a few'aaysago workmen fethbved a stree't fall it Reading) and it expanded sb much that it could hot be put back Into place. ABAtitf heif Spyieitowfl was found to have lost a finger in" a vef y mysterious way a few days ago; The member was cut completely off, but no one knows how. JOSHUA "W Paxsonj of .Upper Dublin; Montgomery county, has five inen in his em ploy, fouf br'wb'orri aid named George, (ile also Ess i gifl -nsfigd Georgians, idd two horses called4i gorge. vf . ... . .., -j-.-v.v:-- ,,,iv v. . JW.-X Ai'-Biirx, . - '.'-.. -i- ; -. iL2i:iii3?i;tfc'i?. MUdNlJAsr JUJiSls SUNDAY AT THE LAKE". iNYErtESflNC! bEVOTldrlXL SEFWICES AT THE FAMEO RESOflT: tjulftheil ttnd Pence Prevail lit Cbdntnu- qaa an the Sabbath tin Harper's Bible Study Tito Ftlnclpai feeririon of the Day Delivered br Rev. Es j. HHyneS. isf-ECiAt. TEiioaiytdTiti BfRrATcfct nAUTAtTo.tJA. N. Y:; July 20. The moii quiet and sedate village of iJew Englahd Could not be more peaceful bh Sunday than Cnabtanqua. It is cut off from all thb rest of the wotld abd lives distinctly wltblb Itself. Not a sound is heard to interrupt the general stillness that pervades evefy part of the grounds, except the tolling chimes calling the i.Aitnta H nlActba ft mn.eHt. Th 1t nfl fifr hratlee or exit at the gates.no Steamers land. f S,n, " ,,?? Zilfit, i.t l.ftiitale. Ybu none of the activity of the week istisible. Ybu may look longlnely out on the water and wish tor a ride upon its' Spit klln'g sfirtabe of grumble at yourself because you failed to Secure a l....it.. -fc :UJ.-..i 4tr2 A.MiU U.ln;. tint 4t l at no avail. Some ate discontented because they cannot go and come-, fet tbe mass seem to enjoy it, the rest and the quiet afforded, and make no complaints, while at Other places and other times they would assert their personal jibeity, but does it ndt preSerVe ratbef than threaten, tbo rights of individual freedom f The worshiper may rejoice In the absence of those wbb do not -Remember the Sabbath day and keep it holy." Unassociated with btber than kibdred souls be carl 'offer up thanks to Him on high in a place surrouhded by God's most beautiful bandiwork In nature's art: A slfge bf Cold weather to all appearances has Struck tbe lake. The atmosphere Still con tinues unpleasantly chilly, but the red sun as it dipped behind the western horizon to-night promised a warmer aud brighter tomorrow. The lHofnW Bible) Sindr. The niorning pf bgfam'm A was b'peiiea by the Bible reading, of Dr. W. R. Harper upon 'Reformer and Prophet." He discussed his subject id that sententious and analytical style that always characterizes all of his talks. vVe are certainly alt friore farhlliar with this prophet than any bthef. The fjiiestioii wfiethef there was one pf two Isaiahs makes no difference with us. Let us consider him as a forophet.and speaker. He was evef fighting scebticism of evfery kind. Israel, itttef every pdiiishmfent,-rej riiained as far away from Jehovah as ever in its life. Isaiah, at ths time of tbe Assyrian proph: ecy, was ah old man. The Egyptian party, for the time belug. had gained control of the peo ple, and the Assyrian party was defeated. The prophet says tbat Assyria, who was only ab in strument, was trying to shake God) who was the instrument. Isaiah makes the smallest details, stand but distinct. For variety arid beauty df matter be Is Unsurpassed. He preaches ahd dreams of tbe time when there Bball be no niofe blood stained dramas in Israel, .The priests and prophets gather about tbe table iii a drunken stupor, grumbling about Isaiah's preaching. Wd find hlni ready lor anjrtblng. He Is prepared to stop short in the middle bf a discourse and take up a new Study. Con fined Ilimneif to No One Tnetrie t-TEfcses that which best suits his purpose. His literary style was stately, ehastej measured. Isaiah was the man who alone could dispel the despondency df klngi and people, and keep the Assyriafi. host from tbo gates of the city. All through his life he Was facing thb beople in dally Btrugfele'. He mdst .be regarded aS Israel's greatest orator and rjolltielan. He believed God would protect the nation if thBy would believe lri Him. He otn posed an alliance with Egypt, because .Egypt cdbld not be defended upon. His foreign fcoliey was independent, but when ah alliance was made be wished it td be kept. In his preaching there .is no class uf people that he does hot todeb. All alike re fceiva his criticism, and all alike receive his en couragement. He Used principles in prefer- bdee to expediency, and was devoted to ttutb. Hd is majestic In bis preaching of God. His passages of tebderhess are few, And we find bdt little ot Idve. He is sdvere. but hot sd Se Vere as Amos; In Cbrist are found the perfec tions ot which Isaiah .writes; xne material blessings of his ideal king are fulfilled in tbe empire of Christ over the minds of men. Every View you may take proves that Isaiah's words Were fulfilled in Jesus. Considered all in all he Is the most wonderful character iu the Old Testameut. Dr. Emory Hnynea DIornitiE Address. piiE inifoduction bf ihe valuable sunllgh this cold dajti as bppbsed td the chilly af biosphere in tbe great amphitheater, did not keep the people fro in attending in great num bers the morning Setfide and sermbu. ThedisJ course was delivered by that eminent preacher and theologian abd philosopher. Dr. Emory T. Haynes, of Bostori; who iook for his text: 'Whatsoevet things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever thinc are pure, Whatsoever things are ot gdbd tepdtt, if there be any virtue, ifthere be any praise, think on these things." Phillipians lv, A. ... , "Think on tbeso things." .What be really means is food for the mind. We are tbe thoughts of God and God's thoughts are our lifeftherearemariy.tiewsof this tett, lwlll take'buttwo of ihetrii mail sfaja, ''Which way shall I turrit" Then hd thinks. Updh.that thinking depends the tesult of his life. .There is ecstasy; there is joy in the presence of God. Sometimes God plants his garden withmucti labor and sits down to enjoy what He has earned. There is no time to dti nothing. Man Should find time to thibk, to meditate and bask and enjoy what he bas accomplished. It is the pleasure of the glories of tbe life, td come tb think of tbe imagery ot that beautiful city, to see my Savior whose eyesi traditions say; were blue. Whose voice was sweeter than of any singer ob earth. Has He that Bime voice, those same eyes? Think on these. things. Tired of business, let me turn to the Heavenly Father for sustfebahce. Idleness Mir,'. V8ril fcnetlr. TN this toiling world so anxious are we fof trie penny in thd dust, we. do Hot Stop td contem plate. Every man should gain Christian cul ture. He" must paint, tlie purity, the goodness, the glory of Goo. DJ you Sit dowti sdriddsly td think udou tout cried for five minutes at a time. What does a man, get in his education. He may get a smattering ot Greek and Latin, but cultivation and training are the results. He is ibe cultured Christian who meditates 6e tireen roatiana God. How does Christ Atone forusf Not what ady sefct or creed says. Have you thought out what the Book meanst. What the resurf edtidn means? These ate things you should settle. Man lets his' rhitld ttltklb away In Idle tboughts. It is in these idle moments that men are slain; Every man ought to be the best company in the world for himself. Are wef There are mahy times in which inan is an evil associate tor himself. When we see others successful we are jealous. We think they have grit It by Unworthy means; One would say that Napoleon in his own imagination Saw only per sonal glory. The Christian knows rili weli ii is dangerous to be solitary Unless tbe Holy One is there. One Should have Christian mb'tnehts bf medita tion fdr himself. There sbduld be a time tot him alone with the holy Book, n You should lock your door and,, think df God.. That IS Christian culture. What beauty and rapture felll come to you from this thought. What Christian inspiration there is by the bedside of a sick brother. That Is why worhari has a finer culture than inan. If I wbrked In the Shop' 1 wouia tram my uauua w uu iuo wuin uu use my mind td fly on wings to God.. I would Only be called back from my meditation by the tinkling of the evening bell. That is a cultured Christian mind. Wo Cannot Have Too Blnch Edncntlon 'rrx.t culture becomes the furnishing of the soul. .Liberal mental culture.will not save ihe Sbul ftom slh, but combine theso two arid pure will flow the stream of life. Compare such & ilfe with that of the saloon keeper; One can argue with himself as he cannot-argue with another; How fast the arguments In Bamtefls Soliloquy fly back and forth. We do hot have to wait fof tbO, SdUh'd df the man's voice. Store up a score of brilliant pages tbat you have read ahd on & dismal abd discourag ing day think upon therh and you will gfow elo quent untb yourself self; bbw great thou aril arid how art thou to be revealed since JeSUS died for.theel Sit down on ibtif Veranda Jiii Iih.. .! - tt."' ";. --. i.-tm alizatlbn of what we can dpi We can do most ariytbing mean, but. thanks to God we bate another chamber iff b'or lives; Petnaps the poor blind accbrdldri man fldeS io li eaten oh the very tbaes bf his ihtisie. arid what a s'ur; jirlse It will be when some .day be shakes .off that poor. Old form and flies to another life. May we find it as well God blessing us. . in.tbe.aftefiioon the Sunday school. Society if Cbristian.Ethics and ihe various other meet ings of the Sabbath day were held. .The pro gramme of . tbo day closed with a magnificent evening song service In the amphitheater. PEAEL FISHING jy WlicOKSnT; Large Sale of tlie Gems to Kditefii Jewelry Mnndincturera: PiiATTEVliis, July 2d.-rPearl fishing In the pecatonlc river ahd creeks deaf Darlington is becotriins inbre remunerative daily. The fol lowing sales jiad beetl fepbffed, ail 61 thS pearls hiving beeri.f bufad Within tiie paSt ten' days: At Darlington Lafayette county, WOO; Argyle, George T. Marsh i Co. J350; Dodge VllTe. W. C Jericks..M75 50; Afgyie. Peacock 4 Hill S5i Tbe gemS fbr wbicli above sufdi Were paid were purchased principally bif East ern jewcltv manufacturers,, and some of them aretaldtobenf a.rara and beautiful quality. Septal viibable flDds afd refiofted f f otfi Carl roll Botiaty.-Ill., and Apple river, in tb.8 aaJSlu- IJaS county. ., Ar.'-.r- j-n. jm .-. .,- ., J-:. ':.." -.'' "sns i -ittSCVT- BirTEBTBT A VIKEtfAE'BOHE. IJendlV feffrc! br the Stldi; Sir An AlifiSit Unknoifri CreiUnfe. TOilfiSTONEi Asiz.. July 2a An aged Mexi; can named Miguel iietgado, living hear here, wis bitten yesterday by what ii locally known as a tibegar fofae, and died in a few bolus in great ago'njr. these terrible' little creathfes. which seem never to have come hridef the notice 8f naturalist, of at any rate have, rievef been given a natnB by them; and Which are bhly td be found In this region, are small black.crfeatdrjeS fesefhbling Very, Closely a.crayflih or sriiall fresh water ctab. They ard found in low; damp places, under rocks and Stumps of trees and Usually lie clbse to the ground as if asleep1 of staiJId. J bite for which ho. antidjite" fiaS .bvfcf been found and which produces death in ff orh three jo twelve hours. A vibldnt f evef Sets in almost immediately, the tongue Swells, becoming In tensely dry and parched; the lips turn black and a rath tesembling rosculi breaks ont all over the body; The patlentgrows delirious to wards the eud and beeonleS very violent and possessed bf cxtraofdlnaty stf engtli; . The wound Inflicted by the., vinegar Vone.ls ruade by a sting Ideated under the tail, and IS a small onp. Ilk a tfin nnnrtnfn of a coarse needle; but. which leaves tbe fieh seared aud blistered, as if the needle had been red-hot; This wound turns perfectly white after, the death of the person bitten; and gives outa smell so offensive as to Be alniost unbearable. The vinegar rone is. fortunately; gradual r becoming extermin ated, as in tbe sprine.tbe pebple Search out the eggs and young and destroy them. CAtTGHT FISH WHILE ASLEEP. The WonBerfal EicHphde of b?Ybhrig; Som rinnlballlt. ScoTTSBUBfJi July 20 A Curious freak of it somnambulist was that of young Harry Mc Ilhebfiy, the sdii of Benjimlri Mcllhebfiy, whd owns a large nursery nbaf this city. The boy bas been a sleep-walker Since childnood.tbbugh exercising the peculiar habit only at intervals, but which reiidrs it advisable. for Seine one tb sleep in the fo'oni with him. It Is usually an elder brother who does this, and a few, nights ago fib was. awakened of Harry's, leaving the room, and following him, watched him take biS fishing-rod from its fact, fill a can with bait and then take his way to the riven about a mile and a half away; Curious to know What he was .going to do, th6 .watcher hnffiedly dressed himself drill, catching Up it dressing gown tof the SobVnam bulist, followed htm tp, the stream, where Harry seated himself on the bank, audi basting bis line, calmly awaited a bite. None came for awhile. aS it was Still dark, but when daylight fairly broke the fish began td bite and were caught ahd nlaeed in a basket nv thi hov. who Still continued fast asleep. . When he had se cured as many as half a dozen fine trout he put up his line aud went home. His brother wrapped the dressing giiwn about him, but even being stopped for this purpose failed, to awaken him, and reaching tbe house, after plating tbe fish at tbe kitchen doori he went to bed. When awakened for breakfast he had no remembrance ot his nocturnal excursion, even when hb Saw and partook of the fish which formed part of the meal. HEW PTJMPIKG BTATTOIT. The Standard Oil Company io Have n file Station In QalLcv Township. . Chester, Pa.j July 20. The Stabdard Oil Cdthpauy will have a largo pumping station iri Qulncy township on the line of tbe pipe line which thSv will build thfooeh this boutiiv. The company has purchased eight acf es of land from David Knepper one mile South of Fuhksv town on the Mbnt Alto Railroad, and Will lo cate their station there whence they will force the oil over tbe mountains 70 miles to the next Station. Tbe tank will be 80 feet in diameter, and the other tanks may be added. Two brick buildings, 40x60 feet, will be built tb hold the large, engines and pumps. A dwelling house will also be built fdr the superintendent of the station. It will require ten tons of coal a day to run the plant work will he begun dd tbe buildings within te'ri days. The location Is a most advantageous one. It is the lowest Spot, between our South Mountain anu me "-neat mountain oi Virginia. Anere arb two fine springs on the tract and tbe Little Antletam runs along lb It is understood that Mr. Knepper received a large price for tbe land, enough io compensate hiin for baying an unpleasant neighbor. .The Mont Alto Railroad will build a siding to the primping station. STBAKOE DEATH OF A H0ESE. He Bans Tfarongb a Reading Stare nnd J'anips From n WIdHott. Reab'inGi Jly 20. A. sidguiaf accident, ri sultlng id tbe death of a valuable horse be longing to Charles W Bechtei, occurred here yesterday morning. Tbe horse, attached to a light SUlky, was hitched iri ff ont df HillegasS' tobacco warehouse, bh Penh Square. He be came frightened, at something, and, breaking looSe, ran thrdugh tbe double doors id the front of ibe store. 'Inside the entrance the sulky be came detached and ihe 'frightened Ahimai dashed through the stdre, which is 230 feet long, at the top Of his speed, ahd jumped through the rear door into. Cherry .street, o . The rear door is about 15 feet from the tot face of the street, and so ereat was the Im petus of the frightened hbrse tbat he shot dear across the Street, striking tlie brick wall on the other Side about six feet from the ground and criiihlbg some of the bficks. He rebounded from the wall and fell tb the ground, but quickly got up and ran away; Efforts were made to save his life, but ho was So badly In jured that he died yesterday afternoon. He was valued at SSOU. FLOrnffG AfJAKST BEiilL. A Pfeiideriial Cokivrnilsn Witt be Held Early Iri jnnunrr. Buenos Aibes, Juiy 20 Conflicting re ports are current of the discovery of a plot against the Government. Semi-official papers declare' that the reports hats' no foundation. . A batlorlai fconvontloh will be convoked in January io designate a cahdidate for the Presl dehtiy. . Bat Now He'ii for the Pnrlr. Prom the Springfield (Mass.) Bepubiican. The campaign fbr Pattlson arid Black in Pennsylvania will soon be well underway, now that Congressman James Kerr has been chosen Chairman of thb Democratic State Committee. Mr. Kerf was ii Wallace man be fore the recent State convention, hut now Shouts for Pattlson, like all Pennsylvania Democrats, arid many who af e riot Democrats. Sizing Up Live Slack. jr6m the Philadelphia Press: A: J. Sbanic, of Pittsburg the bigcoai opera tor; and the parther df Colonel Saw Bf own, the great horse expert, was at tbe Girard House yesterday. Mr. Shank left fof thd seashore' last night, but before going sized up thb Ken tucky live stock bn the Broad street busses. (JHTJBCH K0TE8 --- -"-- The Swedish Presbyterian Church at Ashta bula Haf bofj N; Y.- hti toted to joid the Cori gfegatlonal body. Thb English Presbyterlan ChnrcB has now in China 2d ordained European missionaries, 10 medical and 16 lady miisidfiafies, the number of commhuldahts in connectlofi with the tHUf 6h beibg A,S& AioNO thi! valley bf the Nile, hbm Alex andria to the first cataract, there are TO mis sion stations arid 8t) Stiriday Schools, ntimbering 4,0if Scholars.! while the boarding and day gchoois have 0,000 pupils. The week of ''sinJuItatfeeuS faefetlngs" iri be half of foreign missions, observed in Massachu setts last autumn, is fd be repeated riet fall, irid ihe week begiflrilht' Soptember 28 arid end ing Octobet 6 has been designated as the time; The Eihorief Catechism puts) ih'e creed ques tion ihs few words: "The Scriptures princi pally teach that man is td bfelievfe coneefflirig Gdd, and what duty God requires of rash' and tbat IS all that is eSs'Sntlal td true religion to know. Z7le Interior. Faith will frequently find force, numbers, discipline, knowledge and strategic skill against it. Yet; being" nothing icsS than a direct de pdndence bfi thb Almlghtyj it will he Strongest tbari ahy of aii of itS ahtagorilsts., "Afid thii is the' victory thai overcdmetn the wofid, even cur faith." Sunday School Times. Africa has now at wbrk Ithin her borders iO Aineficah. 13 British ahd 12 Continental mis sionary societies! There arc, more than 700 or dained missionaries and more than 7,000 native preachers. It IS estimated tlial tbey ate, both while arid native; about 175,000' communicants arid 800,000 adhetefat. Nashville Christian Ad voitm. Tite chief religion! of Die wb'tia may be clas sified according iri ihe number bf adherents, as follbivS: CHfiStlanlty, 450.000,000: Cahfuciiriiim, 800,000,000; Hlnddnlsm. Ii!0,000',0u0: ,Mnham medanismj. 18,000,000: Fetishmr 15d.OO0,OOO; BuddfalsmV ioOjOW.000: Ipifif. Wof4filti.?0.fi00.-i 000: Sblritolsni; 22,080,000: Jew's, 8.000,000; Pir; iees, i,O0eVXXJL Total, l.M.O&.ofozMttiM&fp Jievitw, OUR MAILPOUCHi Funerals unirSirret Traffic To the Editor or The lHinstcb: ''With U candles 'round his head , Ahd eotiLle "of dozen 'found his reitS." -ittm nhhani WMr, iben the next day ail bundle into carriages, and with his lbfashIR the fdrieral director (w6d 6Wns tlie earth and directs trie population thereof arbitrarily), on the box of the leading vehicle, tHe processionists, fiavlbg indicated their regard fof the corpse, demarid that Some thousands ot busy persons who travel in street cars shall testify "respect for the dead" by consenting to be obstructed unnecessarily in their journeying. For my .part I am never thus Obstructed that I do not almost feel as though didn't cafe a snap whether -ihq corpse had lived, and assuredly I, Have .felt as though it would be a godd thing if at one.swiiop all fu neral dlffectdfJ who lr8 careless bf public con venience could be swept hence. Seriously, Mrr Editor, there seems to be a 3ueer idea of what .consists "respect for the ead-'A Council has (bis queerness 14 to 9. In The Dispatch of a recent date, in Interviews with undertakers. theV all have it more or less badly, except Mr. Barhson. He meets my views, and my friends have strict instrnctions to employ htm m my behalf. I know of man; persons who inquire as to names aud addresses of undertakers whom they note obstructing streetcar travel; with tbe view to riot employ ing; them, and this is likely to. become quite gen erai.. Real Respect. PrrrsBtreo, July.19. No Soch License Pratlded. to tbe Editor ii The Dispaicii: . WSuld y5u kindly, give me the itifofmation bow to get tbe package licenser I can't get Along very will at present 1 nave seven children and my old father to provide for arid only one. girl at work who makes 81 50 per Week, and II 00 1 get from the county, and tbe few cents our little boy Hakes selling pipers. So, you.see I can't get along very well with a little over ?3 per week, and out of this sum I have rent and coal to. find. I must, try to do something to earn a 'dollar or two id better iriy family. MBS.B. LABliiEii, July ii. You cannot secure a license for an original package house.. It Is a risky business, arid might end in Imprisonment and add to your present troubles. A Question for Lawyer; io the Editor or The jjisiatcii: About ten years ago I bought a lidfisd and lot bn Carson street, and had the deed made in my little girl's name. I signed all necessary papers with her name, and paid tor the property with mvowfiinohfevi Bhrflsnow riearlt 18 vilhtrtf lige. Is there anvwayin law by which I can rase me property irom ner, or. possioiy mort gage it at full valuef I have collected the rents and kept the property in repair so fSr) in fact, spent a gdbd deal of money. 1 desire to make a change to protect my tittle lrl,ln,thefuture. . AmIcitia. Pittsbubb, July 19; Emplaylna- Oatnlde Talent To the Editor df the bis patch": I made an application for a pension about six years ago with a firm in Washington, D. C.i and from the antbtiht ot trouble I have had, I want to say to the G. A R. boys to place their dliiins with cdtapelehtagebts, where they can See them and have their advice ahd assistance; I have done all tbe work and the attorney at Washington will get his, fee "allee same." A a home attofriey for me hereafter. W. Pittsbubo, July 19. DIcElhone'a itehoeraphr. To the Editor of The Dispatch! Will ybu kindly inform me through the col umns of your paper what system of shorthand the late I. J MdElbbhe, stenographer of the Natlonil Hbuse Of Representatives; wrote. . . ,. STENOaBAPHEB. New BBiQaTON, July 19. He learned PIttmari's 'and wrote it fof years, then picked up ihe best principles of other sys tems until be wrote it style peculiarly hrsjown. A Miinled Wofd. to the Editor of The UlSDatcBi Will you please state if in tbe sentence'You cannot go with those kind of people-," the word "those" is misused. G. H. L. BES3EMEE; July 19. It certainly is. Yon could say "Those peoi pie," pr "tbat kind at people." bat as kind is Sliieular and those plural, it is not correct to make the latter qualify the former. Deinmnter's Name. To the Editor bi lie JJlspatch: In order to settle a dispute-, would yon kindly Inform me how the name ot the Republican candidate for Governor of Pennsylvania is pro noilncedf E. G. L. pREENSBTJBO, JUIy 19. . . Pronounce as Spelled, with the accent oh the first syllable. SEVEN STEEBB IN A STOBE. Big Texafi ItHra'dem Mako n. Trinf bf a Pbilndelphin Drag Shop. pHTX.A3bii.FHiA, July SO. Seven big Texan steers walked ihto Llewellyn's drugstore on Chestnut street above Broad yesterday after noon, and afie'r makibeatouf Of ihen'remlses withdrew in ad orderly mariner without doing I any damage wnatever. Tbey bad been un loaded from the cars about 4 o'clock. They were led, hot driven, over to Chestnut street; then across' the bridge' and down along the car tracks. They were peaceable and orderly bovine citlzebS. Their rbarca was steady and regular, although tbo , leaders betrayed an oc casional inclination, to bend the pregnant hinges bt ihe knee. That came from the ozone, or from tbe aftereffect! and then one thought was fof s chemist's shop where their '.'rocky" condition cdtild be relieved. They found it. The leader of tbe seven walked bald ly in. followed by thd otheis in Indian file. Down toward the prescription desk tbev stalked, with heads inquiring erect And tails quiescent- The prescription clerk was there, but lie did not f ecoguizb them as feeulaf or profitable customers, and so he waved them out with a three-legged stool; They went, fol lowing their leaden and each one stopped at tbe soda water counter to get a whiff of the blood of their telative contained In sundry bot tles of beef, extfact and iron; That Was the only revivifying Influence tbey obtained, but it seemed to he sufficient) as'tbey braeed up in great shape as soon as they had reached the street. TBey wete braadeaj'A.-Sf.'' " POLITICAL NOTES. TO tHe Senate: Pass' the Tariff bill, pass the Federal, elections bilf; and then pass on bbme ward. Time Is passing. Philadelphia Press Rep.). NEW Yobk World: It Is believed in Penn; sjiVanli that the man who Struck Pattlson wiii not Be found in the person of Mr. Delamatef, but quite tbe reverse. Tits vote of the Damocfatlc Senators Iri 6r position td the. silver bill insures ibe Repute llcan party lj IsaS ihe solid Support of every Sjatb between the Alissoufi river and the Pa cific' Ocean.-St Xdtifs aiobt-nemaerat Sep. The Republican party is losing its grip on tbe North and the great Northwest, and hopes to make up for the defection by Sending Fedetil troops down Stiutn. That is the plain English of the whole -matter. New York Herald (Dew.). THESiref issue is .scotched, not killed. But in getting it out of thb. way even temporarily Mr. Sherman has. done a great service io bis party: Incidentally he has done a servicewhich he probably had no' anxiety to fender. He has lei President Hafflsoh wiig'gledut Neii) York Euri i3em.)i The Fe'defai election bill has nbt .been called for Byihe genefal opinion of the Repub lican pariyanatnere are many itepuDiicans who believe its passage would not only not ac complish the object it has in view, but would in jufe the party in the antumn elections.--Philadelphia Bulletin &ep.)i . TitEStlfef mtifiafeon'tori; ihef bate got Uncle' Sam's note to the grindstone, arid both parties, are helping them at the crank. But when ihe reckoning for ail this fun comes what mountain will they get to fall on them and bide tbeiri ffdrh a people's righteous wfatbf Chicago News (Ind.). We are quite coitfldent that tbo gofid Sense of the country will defeat it, and that ibe inter-' ests involved in other legislation; particularly iri the tariff bill; will engage much irib'f 5 atten tion and decide mbfe Vtites than tbls carefully prepared arid -juried ifidvefy aftifldil "South; ern qtiesiiori."iiiT'oo York Times Una. Hep.) TO thg Republican- party Is due the credit bf these measures.. The,. Republicans' pledged themselves to scenre their adoption; and the peoplg. wlthoUt fegafd fof section, who live tbe old flag and. who wish td ih'e it in every f dreltn tibf t wfierd our cohntry trades will re jolc'8 it the prospect bf tfif f nlfilflent at ix4lK pledge Mottsn-Advertiser Rep.). 'm CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS.- A machine bas been invented for drill ing square, obioriz br hexagonal holes, hereto ' fore fonnd Impossible. A movement is on foot in Florida to cultivate Japanese bamboo, not only for its at tractiveness, but for its utility. A census enumerator discovered a fam ily of ten children id Sail Francisco who were all clubfooted and knoekkneed. According to the "Wilmington Every Evening a nail was found iri the heart of s edw tbat died near there recently. The general manager of the Magazins du Louvre in Pans gets a salary of 30,000 a year, with a percentage on thrprofits. The colored women of Atchison have organized a woman's exchange and everybody who desires them can now obtain corn bread and fried catfish. A. gentleman who drew out his pipe for an after-dinner smote In the drarid Hotel, Paris, was immediately ibid that this rules of the house did not allow pipes. The' eirifiloyesof the British Admir alty, War Office and Pdst Office have began the formation of a union of government work men, for strike or other purposes. A recent bail storm at Alus'a, Caj., ex posed the fact that bats live in trie green foliage of tfees during the summer. Thd hailstones knocked a good many to the ground; Robert Pitiggyj a good fafmer near Marshall; hurt his finger with a rusty hay fork tbe other day and died Wednesday of blood poisoning. He left a widow and several chil dren. TV S. "Williams, of Cherokee connty, Ala., is the father 6f 23 children, the eldest of whbfh is 49 years old and the vonrigesttS. Mr. Williams is in bis 70th year and is still bale and vigorous. Potter Palmer patronizes his own hotel and restaurant occasionally, and when he does he bays his way the same as if he were a chest. ' He ha the check banded to bim And pays it to the waiter, whom he never tips. During, a marriage ceremony in a church at Christlanbnrg. Vi; recently, a goat walked in and broke up the party by giving the groom a grand send-off with his head. The bride fled to the pulpit for safety. "While a baby was sitting in the middle of the street at Oxford, Me., nrifslri; from its bottle, a teamster drove over it. Fortunately tbe horse stepped a little td one side and the baby passed between the wheels uninjured. A nian who was in the wdods nar Daw son on last Saturday saw s Small rattlesnake fascinate a bird altfldst into its mouth. The bird, in flying bircles, almost reached tbe snake, when it suddenly fell td the ground dead, no doubt from terror. H. M. 8. Blenheim, jnst launched, will be the king of cruisers. She is of 9,000 tons displacement) 20,000 horse power, 22 knots speed for four hours, nnafmdred, with steel deck 6 inches thicz, two 22-tons guns, and other small arms. All through New Mexico, Arizona and some parts ot Colorado, and also" iri 614 Mexico, no rain nas fallen for months, thonsands npon thousands ot range eatile are lying dead in the parched valleys, and thousands more are dying for want of grass and water. The town clock at Sarnia, Ont, stopped recently, and its custodian, in seeking the cause, found that tbe bands had beed securely tied down by strands of twine and crass by a pair ot English sparrows tbat had selected the angle formed by tbe hands as a Site for a nest. A cane, with which Bill Nye has been presented, brougbt over from London, has carved on the handle a head aud face of that is said to bedr a remarkable resemblance td James Whitcomb Riloy, tbe Hoosier poet, who nsed to be a partner of Nye's in the lecture and general lyceum line. A young lady of Altoona observed by the roadside a wild rose, npon one of the branches of which was growing a small bunch of bnrfs, healthy and perfect in every particu lar, as was also the rose branch to which tbey were singularly attached, a freak bf nature which is unexpiainable. When a gang of men were trenching on Washington street, Bradford, they struck a molasses cask in the center of the street which was, four, feet under the ground aud was covered with a wide board. The barrel was intact, but it was empty, and how It was ' burled in the center of the street and for what purpose is a conundrum. The "fattest girl ih Paris," Vittorei " Fantln, died Sunday and Was buried Thursday with, great eeremony. She was oily 19 years bf age, and weighed 470 pounds. Sbe Was en gaged at the Eden Theater, bnt her Size was such that she made very few appearances. It required seven strong men to assist ber from her house to the stage. The smallest newspaper in the world is published at Arp. Banks county, Ga. It is 7x 5 inches. It is named 37te Boss, and is edited by W. A. Harris, who claims, in bis salutatory that the paper is 4 perfectly normal product, ?et it appears to be the representative of a iterary club, a labratory, an alliance, a broom factory and a flying machine. American navai officers who have adopted the cholera belt in tbe tropes find it So.beneflclal tbat they often retain it in all latitudes. It Is simply a broad band of flannel worn nlzht arid dav the rear around ticht about tbe waisr. so as to protect the stomach from Sudden changes in temperature. It is an excel lent preventive of stomachic disorders. Perhaps the most wonderful currant bush ever seen 13 owned by R. Lonceri; of MSy ville, IT. -J; He found the bush growing wild in the woods, brought it home and planted It by the side of the house. The bush has grown up tbe side of tbe building to tbe height .of about 20 feet, and is about seven feet wide, beating currants as large as an ordinary cherry. An English woman resident in Syria reports the discovery near Beyf bot, of a bed Stead made of gold and silver and inlaid with precious stones. An Inscription upon it in En glish cbafacters states tbat it belonged to Eleanor. Queen of England. The bedstead was discovered in a cate, and is Supposed to have been placed th ere for security when Ed ward I left tbe East. A novel race is- soon to coriie off in West Chester. Each contestant is td wear lared shoes, and all the shoes are to be taken off and placed in a barrel. The runners then Start from a mark, run. 25 yards to the barrel, pick ohti their Own shoes, put them on; lace them up and then fnn 100 yards to a mark. The man who gets over the entire route first, with shoes properly laced, will be the winner. Bv the English law heirlooms are ex empt from probate duty, so tbe Duke ot Ham ilton paid nothing on the treasures of his Salace when he came into possession in 1S63. ut when be sold them they ceased to be heir looms, it appears, nnd the Board df Inland Revenno bas shocked His Grace, with a sudden demSria for 18,000, or 3 per cent, on the 300, 009 realized from tbe Hamilton palace sale. 3FBSNY MEN'S FANCIES. Clerk How did that moth mixture go hat 1 sold you the' other day, sir? Cristomer-LUe hot cakes. The moths won't eai anything else.-.o'fooWiri. Life. Sunday School Teacher Now, Johnnie, tel.1 me what took all the Snip oat of Samson. Johnnie A home made hair cut, ma'am. lonter' Statesman. Jndee Have yon ever seen the prisoner at the bar? , ,.,.... Witness Never, Yonr Honor, but I've seen him when I stronrfy suspected he'd been at lt.- Binghamton Leader. Something Lacking. "Well, did yon get the consulship?" , Whr.no. The President was very courteous. Said be knew my face very well, but somehow he conldn't place ibe. V-Ken TorkSun. Sadie (a'ter the visitor bad gone) Say, mamma, keep them on a little while. Keep wnai on, m j aearr "Yoar company mariners." Life. A Confusion of Terms.-i-4lr.Pigg H'm jefrimesee, how did your Uncle John happen to lose his" sight? Mfs. frige-It wis from a fail of a cataract, I don't remember which just uo-n.Tifre Hants Express. A Deadlock "Hay fever;" said the mod erator, at tho influenza convention, "may be likened to a tie vote." "Heaf, near!" cried the audience. "The eyes and nose both appear to have It" Bnotiyn Life. Al an Ebb. Mr. Yin ..Etten (trying to conceal a yawn Where did you say you were go'lpz this summer? Miss Marigold (who has seen his tforiblej-Mr; Van Etten, I am having lust as hard a time' as you, are; and I should reel indebted if you would ysirn forme also." Life. A Bad Break; Sdmmer Girl Do yon remember how we sat on tie land,- after bur tall, and the waves broke at our feet? Last Victim (absently) -So was I. Bummer O Iri Viriiit? Last Victim Broke, it yonr- tteU-Ftw Tor Wvrtdi " -, V
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