HMJKKWesaHCETl il LjjT.Tr.. ..'... -T fi"! f.f-wnr-Su, jot jw-' r- - jETTTSBUBGr DIHPAtfOH, ITirDAT, 3TJIiY' 25, -'"1890.- tr K I 5& 4 Wlje Bi4 ESTABLISHED FEBRUARY 8. 184B, Vol. . .No. 168. Entered at Pittsburg Postoface. Jvovemberll, JSoT. as second-class matter. Business Office Corner Smithfleld and Diamond Streets. News Rooms and Publishing House 75, 77 and 70 Diamond Street. EASTEBN ADVEBTISIJ.G OFFICII, KOOMzl, TK1BU BUILD1SO. NEW lOKK, -where complete flies of THE DISPATCn can always be lound. Foreign aavertlsers appreciate the con venience. Borne advertisers and friends or THE DISPATCH, while in Iew York, are also made welcome. TBS DISPATCH is regularly on sale at Erentano's, s Union Square, A'cw Tork, and 17 Ave de rOpera, Para, France, where any one who has been disappointed at a hotel news stand can obtain ft TERMS OF THE DISPATCH. rOETAGE mXE JX THE TOTTED STATES. DAILY Dispatch, One Year. S00 DAILY Dispatch. Per Quarter 2 00 1 "- Daily Dispatch, One Month 70 Daily Dispatch, Including Sunday, lvear. 10 00 Daily DIsrATCM, iucludlngSundiT.Sm'ths. ISO Daily Dispatch, Including Sunday.lmontb 90 BtWDATDlBrATCH. One Year rSO Weekly Dispatch, One Year 123 The Dailt Dispatch is delivered bycarrlersat Jlcenucer week, or Including iunday edition, t: SO cents per week. PITTSBURG. FRIDAY. JULY 25. 1S90. TEE DISPATCH FOB THE SUMMER, Persons leaving the City for the summer can hate The Dispatch forwarded by earliest mail to any address at the rate of SO cents per month, or ft 0 for three months, Sunday edi tion included. Daily edition only, 70c per month, ft for three months. The address may be changed as desired, care be taken in all cases to mention both old and new address. RE.EKTER MR. BLAINE. Those who nave kept half an eye neon the political landscape have been aware of the gradual emergence of James G. Blaine from the middle ground. The Secretary of the State, whether by accident or design, has reached the foreground once more. He conld hare beea there always if he had so pleased. There is noth ing in President Harrison's performances to put his Cabinet officers in the shadow. Air. Blaine, on the contrary, finds a con venient background in the administration; one which lends light to him. The Dispatch's "Washington corres pondence to-day reveals something of the inner workings of what may not unfairly be termed the Blaine boom. The irrepressible Stephen C Elkins is the responsible man ager of the Plumed Knight's campaign. There is promise of plenty of fnn as the plans of the Maine statesman are unfolded. It is not fun for the Republican party at present to hear that Mr. Blaine regards the party as cow represented in Congress as doomed irretrievably to defeat. But there are plenty of people who can enjoy the situ ation with Mr. Blaine. THE SLAUGHTER STAYED. The dogs are to have a breathing spell. Chief Brown has declared a truce and the button brigade has been ordered to cease operations. More than this, it is afe to say that the cruel, unnecessary and indis criminate assassination of dogs will not be resorted to again by the police authorities in Pittsburg. After a conference with the Humane Society committee yesterday Chief Brown came to the conclusion that the slaughter of dogs ought to be stopped. He will endeavor with the Humane Society to obtain a new act of Asssembly or a city ordinance dealing with vagrant dogs. This is all right, butthe pity of it is that the reck less destruction of animals, worthless rand L valuable alike, was ever begun. The en forcement of a bad law is a way to procure its repeal, but we are not at all certain that more laws were not broken in this case than there were enforced. Still The Dispatch is content to have its advice taken even late in the day. We are sure that the police authorities will find a dog pound, which can certainly be made self-sustaining, will be a much pleasanter remedy to administer than the detested button. The popular .feel ing is very clear upon this point As to the minor point of a tax upon dogs it is edifying to observe that Chief Brown has abandoned his prohibitive figures. A tax of two or three dollars is very much more reasonable than the original proposi tion. In short, the whole situation has changed for the better. The dumb brutes who are often the truest friends of man are assured something of the protection they deserve. "We congratulate the dogs, and we congratulate the Department of Public Safety. THOSE PRECIOUS SEALS. The view that Lord Salisbury tried to bluff Secretary Blaine in the Behring Sea matter, and that Brother Blaine declined to be bluffed, is probably correct The vast mass of correspondence which the State De partment has accumulated in this contro versy shows that the .New "World diplomats are quite equal to those of the old in using language to conceal ideas. "What else the correspondence shows is not very clear. It is reassuring to learn that the learned ones at "Washington do not regard the situation as alarming. The question ought not to be allowed to drift along, however, in such an unsatisfactory condition. There is danger in drifting. Mr. Blaine seems de termined to stick to his affirmation that the Behring Sea is a closed sea, and so under the full control of the United States. England would be less in clined to dispute the correctness of this view if Canada did not protest so vigorously against it The best way probably would be to refer the whole matter to arbitration, re serving, of course, the United States rights in the Alaskan fisheries as delegated to them by Russia when Alaska changed hands. THE CHAMELEON OUTDONE. The practice of appointing editors ts dip lomatic posts may redound to the glory of the administration, though we doubt it; but it is not good for the editors. Mr. "White law Beid has been successful enough as our Minister to France, but the climate or the peculiar influences of Paris appear to be metamorphosing the Republican editor. Mr. Reid, the hospitable Minister, is cot much like the whilom editor of the New Tork Tribune. "We are driven to call at tention to this singular transformation by an interview which the Steele, of Paris, had with Mr. Eeid a day or two ago. In this interview Mr. Reid says that protection is the exaggerated outcome of State social ism, that he does cot approve of the McKin ley bill and docs cot believe it will become a law. "It It were to become a law," Mr. Reed is reported to have said, "it would only increase the difficulties of commerce. The struggle for life, which is felt more and more cvry day, has started throughout the world a protectionist current, but as far as I am concerned, 1 consider protection a culrance opposed to civilization. I do not jknowjf bign tariffs "will increase the wages of the working classes, but this I can say, that before voting on these two bills more thought should have been given to our great universal exhibition which is to be held in Chicago in 1893, which seems to ma to be greatly compromised, thanks to these two bills." "What on earth does this mean? The gentleman who would hare us. believe that Mr. Blaine disapproves of the McKinley bill, and the present policy of the Republi can party, can point to the declarations of Mr. Reid, a warm friend of Mr. Blaine, as confirming their contention. On the other hand Mr. Reid's paper, theN. Y. 2Yi6une, is urging the Senate to hurry up and pass the McKinley biIlwithout prolonged debate. It is true that Mr. Reid is cot, as another Kew Tork newspaper owner and editor's habit is, editing the Tribune by cable, but the organ of the Republican machine in Kew York Is supposed to be ground in har mony with Mr. Reid's ideas. THE bOUTHERN BOYCOTT. As somo hot-headed Southerners have declared their intention of boycotting "Northern goods in case the Federal Elections bill sbonld be passed, The Dispatch has thought it worth while to obtain the opinion of Pittsburg manufacturers and merchants as to the effect of such a boycott Inci dentally the whole question of the so-called Force bill and itsconsequences will be found to be discussed from various standpoints in the interviews printed elsewhere. As to the effect of the proposed boycott the pre ponderant opinion is that Pittsburg would suffer severely should such a retaliatory policy prevail. As to the Elections bill itself, the general sentiment seems to be that it is ill-advised for the country and bad politics for the party. As TheDispatch has already remarked, it is very improbable that a general boycott of Northern manufactures could be carried out in the South. It the bill should be come law, which is by no means certain, it would'cot serve the South to refuse to trade with the North. It would be, in its turn, a false move, commercially and politically. The comfort in the situation is that the Elections bill is not regarded with favor by a large number of Republican Senators. Therefore the Southern demonstration may be regarded as a piece of premature senti ment, which is not likely to De translated at any time into action. Of course, if the Elections bill shall be forced through the Senate in spite of the declared dislike of a considerable portion of the Republican ma jority, we may expect the South" to vent its indignation in threats. But in any event the Southern leaders should drop the boycott idea. It is puerile and calculated to alien ate -the sympathy of conservative people in the North. AS AFRICAN EXCEPTION. ' Civilization so-called in the Dark Conti nent has advanced by very murky paths, as a rule. Africa has not much to thank Europe for. For every missionary who has carried the Gospel message to the benighted heathen, a hundred traders have sold him bad rum and second-hand muskets. The ivory of the African has been exchanged but too often for disease and death. So it comes as a really refreshing revelation to hear that the British East African Company has been treating the natives of the eastern coast honestly and benevolently. The company, we learn from the Kew York Sun, decided to establish friendly re lations with the Arab merchants on the coast controlled by the company. These Arabs had about 4,000 slaves, the fruits of former raids, in their establishments. The British company offered to buy these-slaves, and .in the past 15 months about 4,000 of them have received their japers of freedom, the company paying 525 apiece for them. Tracts of land where they could support themselves were given them, and many of them are working for wages around Mom basa. Then the company told the Arabs that if they would agree cot to seize any more slaves their caravans would be provided with trade goods to take into the interior, and the company would buy the ivory they brought to the coast The Arabs accepted the offer, and to-day all the capital needed in trading enterprises that is not supplied by the Arabs themselves is advanced at a small rate of interest by the company, and it buys all the merchandise brought down to the coast In short, the company has be come a partner of the former slave dealers in their trading operations, andMr. Mac kenzie, the company's superintendent, ex presses the opinion that the slave trade question is settled, as far as the British East Coast is concerned. The Kew York Tribune warns the Senate that it must step lively or get off the sidewalk. The Tribune says: "The essence of tne whole business is that tlie Senate as a body, and every Senator as a member, owes a solemn obligation to the people to see that public business is transacted as it ought to be,and not delayed for the gratification of individual vanity or for the benefit of a party." There Is no fault to be found with this doctrine. It might be added, however, that it is not tbe business of the Sen ate to pass tbe Federal election law "for tbe benefit of a party. The tattan pilot suggested by Mr. Dun don, of San Francisco, tor the cable cars de serves to be tested, at all events. The regular races at Homewood were postponed yesterday. Hut for daring original ity and picturesque color tbe impromptu race between Detective Fitzgerald and Inspector Wbitehouse discounted the finest trotting con test ever seen. The Tories in England must be desperate indeed. They are looking lor a savior in Lord Randolph Churchill. y Detective Fitzgerald has been dubbed 'Lucky," but be must have left his mascot at home yesterday wben he allowed Inspector Whitehouse to beat him on the "bay, Mb. Blaine is weeping over the re morseless action of the fates in clearing tbe field for him in 1891 The Behring Sea question may excite diplomatic circles in "Washington, but tbe price of ice is apt f o disturb tbe country at large far more if the torrid weather comes back. A "whole day gone without a pitched battle in South America, and cot even a revo lution. Gbay skies are pleasant for a change, and the rain of the night previous made yester day agreeable enough. Rut there is evidently a bot wave knocking at the door. BLAIR ITfTHEEAKf? RETOI0X - A Gathering of 1,500 People Addressed by Many We II-Known Dlvisoa. rgPECXAL TELZOKAM TO THE DIEFATOH.t Hollidaybbubq. July 21 The Lutheran congregations of Blair county held their an nual reunion in Dell Delight Grove bere to day. There were abont 1,600 people bore. Ad dresses were made by Dr. J. P. Bell, of Al toona; Dr. G. W. Enders. of York; Dr. J. R. Williams, of York: Dr.J.O. Kellax, otYark: Dr. J. Baker, .Philadelphia; Dr. Doroer, of Washington; Dr. "Waif, of Gettysburg, and others. All tbe prominent Lutherans of the county were here. , - - ' " - - " s ' .-afaatt. .. . a &ui&ii, , s .a,...w -&:. Jetted, .Zk-&&,'. .-.Aff,, .WrAjA . hsMsnHsttsisnHsHHBHssB sttg&A&jUgHflBQijBntfng SkltsSsWsiii.stiisiSjiiSSiiiiiiistiiiiiiiiiiiiMiSiiiiii.iiiiiiiMstKBHM PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. The Empress Eugenie is traveling In Nor; way under an assumed came. CnABLES Dickens's youngest son is a mem ber of the Now Booth Wales Parliament Cremation is cot popular in England, al though the Duke of Bedford has spent (100,000 trying to make it so. Pbofessob Nobhait Dusshee, who taught President Garfield Latin and Greek at Hiram College, has just died at Des Molnos. la. Pr.ESIDKITT CHAHLE3 KENDALL ADAMS, of Cornell University, has been married in En gland to Mrs. A. S. Barnes of Kew Tork. A philahthbopio desire to fit herself to bo a nurse has led Lady Alexandria Leveson Gower, daughter of tbe Duke of Sutherland, to enter a London hospital. THE mansion of the lato Alexander H. Stephen", Vice President of the Confederacy, at Marietta, Ga., has been bought by Frank Roberts, a rich colored man, wbo is fitting it up for bis use. Sewatob Mobbill, although 80 years old, sticks to his post at Washington through this season of hot-weather legislation, and does not propose to return to his Vermont home till the session closes. He is in unusually good neaitn. The world's tennis champion is Willoughby J. Hamilton, of Ireland, who recently met and defeated the crack players of the Eastern, hemisphere at Wimbledon. He is 25 years old, and tbe fourth son of Canon Hamilton, of Dun drum, County Dublin. Wo man in New Hampshire was better and moreTavorably known than the late General Oilman Maston. He had served In both branches of Congress, and made a brilliant record for himself as a soldier during tbe war. Abraham Lincoln and Secretary Stanton con sidered him a trustworthy friend and reliable counselor. Sekatqu Evabts owns a hunting lodge, a comfortable log cabin, on tho banks of tbe Potomac, In Maryland, furnished reidy for in stant use, with a colored man and his wife in readiness to receive the Senator and his friends, but it has not been used except by the colored man and his wife during the several years Senator Evarts has owned it. CURRENT TIMELY TOPICS. The diflerence between the Improved Order of Bed Men and the original Aborigines Is that the former drinks pop and the latter whisky straight. In enumerating the different species of hogs in this conntry the New York Sun has failed to mention the man who spoils 200 oysters at one sitting. COSOBESSSIAN SCBANTOIT, who has Ju6t been renominated by the Hepnblicana of Lackawanna, Pa., has had a peculiar experience. In 18S0 he was elected. In 1832 defeated, in 18S4 elected. In 1884 defeated, and In 1SS3 elected. This la his year to be defeated. A MAX in Cincinnati has eaten 120 spring chickens In 120 consecutive days, and wben last heard from he Tins still dally fretting away with his chicken. PorkopoHs Is bound to keep up her record. A Mabylakt farmer has a duck of the Pekln species with fonr feet and uses one of Its many legs as a rudder when swimming. It Is re ported to be a well-behaved bird and not In tho least prond of Its snrpeefluous extremities. It is said that the grass has overtaken tbe Presldental boom of Mayor Fitter, of Philadel phia, and If this kind of weather continues the frost will soon nip the aspirations of several other candidates. A Jackson man named Spencer cleaned out his well the other dav and caught exactly 885 lizards In It This multitude Is now on exhibition and makes the people who had been using the water from this well feel rather creepy. Is It any wonder people ohleet to water as a beverate? AS Iceberg four miles In length was passed In the Northern latitudes, bnt it makes no differ ence to monopolistic) Ice companies, as they keep selling Ave pound cakes and telling consumers they weighed 0 when taken out of the ponds. General E. E. Spinner says bis eyesight Is so near gone that he cannot read a single lino of his writing. Mr. Bpinner should now devote him self to Journalism, at a nrst-elass editor Is very seldom able to read his writing after it gets cold. The Boston Herald asks: "Where are the young inen?" Here in Pittsburg the majority of them are at -sit. Gretna showing Uncle Sam's soldiers how to play war. The balance of them are knocking tbe sphere around ten-acre lots. THE BEHRING SEA PROBLEM. Philadelphia Press: Under these pro posals, apparently intended to force the United States into an unfriendly attitude, Mr. Blaine falls back upon the free offer originally made by Great Britain of a maintenance for a single season, pending arbitration, of the prohibition of ocean sealing, which has existed for 90 years. More than this we need not ask; less than this we cannot accept with dignity. Philadelphia Times: The correspondence relating to the seal fisheries is very interesting and quite Inconclusive. Like most diplomatic correspondence it is entirely disingenuous. It is a verbal fencing match, in which each party tries to evade the other's attack and to draw his antagonist into a vulnerable position. Tbe game is still going on. It cannot be said that either side has an advantage thus far or that either side manifests any burning desire to reach a definite conclusion. Philadelphia Mecord: It Is evident, from the tenor of the negotiations, that both parties are agreed as to the necessity of protecting the seals from deep-sea pirates and from invasions of the breeding grounds by marauders who kill recklessly and without regard tor the future. Yet the British Government proposes to stand by the piratical sealers of Canada, while Secre tary Blalno evinces a determination to assert and maintain at all hazards the exclusive rights of American seal fishers in Alaskan waters. New Yobk .Herald: Secretary Blaine's part in tbe correspondence sent to the House yes terday Is hardly calculated to add to his diplo matic laurels. Either tbe United States has exclusive jurisdiction in Behring Sea or it has not Tho.correspondence is not yet concluded, jjet us hope that the discussion will turn from one of right to one of policy. Both sides are agreed as to the value of the seal fisheries and tbe importance of their protection. The In terests of both tbe United States and England will be best served by a satisfactory agreement for protection. New York Times: So the matter is left in a very unpromising condition. The two gov ernments are further from agreement than they appeared to be two years ago. Canadian ves sels are left with the encouragement of the Britistr Government, to continue their slaugh ter of seals In Behring Sea, while the officers of our revenue cutters are under Instructions to seize any vessels found engaged In that busi ness. The situation, as disclosed by the diplo matic correspondence, is anything but reassur ing, and there is great danger that the compli cation may become still more serious. New York Tribune: We bought those seal; we paid for them; we have nourished and pro tected them; our people here and in Alaska ob tain a living from them; they are a source of national revenue and British statesmen are unwontedly dnll if tbey imagine that we are colng to lose all this simply to enable a few persons in British Columbia, without right or interest, to wrest illegal fortunes daring the few years that remain before tbey shall have utterly exterminated the seal herd. This will not be tolerated, and Lord Salisbury cannot too promptly convince himself of -that fact HAPPY WEDDHTG BELLS. Tbe Mnrrlnge Lost Evening of Prominent Scottdale Residents. rSPCCIAL TEL EO HAM TO TUB DISPATCH. 1 Scottdale, July 21 A brilliant wedding took place bere to-night It was tbe occasion of tbe marriage of Miss Effie Seek, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rev. E. A. Seek, presiding elder of the Grccnsbnrg district of the United Brethren Church, to William Eicher, clerk of tbe National Jj'oundry and Pipe Works. Rev. W. R. Funk officiated. Coneresirann Mill Grows Vehement. from the Tariff Beform Picnic. J "A bold wretch, occupying one of the highest positions in tbe Government who tramples under foot the rights of minorities and thanks God for the opportunity, has made of the peo ple's representative body a military camp In which tho subordinates get their orders dally. But that Saxon spirit which has dethroned kings and broken scepters, will teach him the lesson Which it has taught every usurper who has attempted to curb it" THE FORTUNE-TELLER. INJECTING HER POISON INTO THE DRAW ING ROOMS OF SOCIETY. Professionals Sbonld be Pnnlihed How They Plnv Upon Humanity's Foibles A Silly but Mlscblovonsi'ad A Queer Case Before nn English Court. TT is necessary, we suppose, as well as right, to punish fortune-telling for money. One has always an idea, after reading the proceed tngs before the magistrates, as if good powder and shot were being thrown away for nothing, and asif tho progress of Intelligence would of Itself extinguish that particular variety of mis demeanor. We do not hang witches any longer, nbbody can precisely say why, and the bumpkins who affirm, as they still do now and then, that Mother So-and-So has "overlooked" their children or their pigs', receive no help from tbe Bench, beyond a sharp llttlo lecture, which they do not understand, for their folly or their malice. Indeed, if they have stuck plus into Mother So-and-So on tbe faith of her wltchbood,or have hunted her too malignantly. Or haveset flrhtn hur rttanlr tat fhBvAfl..i as if their offense had not been dictated by one of the most ancient of ail beliefs. Still, a lonune-teuer wno takes money is a swindler, usually a conscious swindler, and fools must he protected ogalnst swindlers; while there is something to be said for the idea that the legal condemnation of folly helps to make it a little more rare. The men who passed the aot in tended It we fancy, says a writer in the Lon don Spectator, not so much for tbe protection of servant girls, carious about the complexion of their future lovers, as for the punishment of a kind of blasphemy closely connected with the worship of the Evil One; but still, the act hurts no innocent person, and it does tend to check a particularly injurious kind of lying. A Strange Proceeding. "HfE agree, however, with Mr. Corser. Magis trate for the North Iiondon Division, tbat the law Is a little strained when it Is used to punish a rate-paying Italian confectioner for keeping an automatio fortune-teller on his premises. The unlucky Mr. Bianchl, it ap pears, had a toy of the kind outside his shop, left there by some keen agent of an automatio machine company. The 'passer-by pushed a penny into tbe slot, and a figure jumped out which pointed to some one of a set of silly sen tences, amidst which, however, there was one that would have enchanted Mr. Caine. "Drop drinking spirits." A constable thought this monstrous, and hauled the confectioner into court where, however, the magistrate refused to punish him unless, indeed, the treasury, upon general principles, prosecuted the ma chine makers. Until then he only bound over the defendant to appear when called on and dismissed him rejoicing, but one would im agine, just a little mystified. In Naples the cura would condemn that machine, but the magistrate would have regarded It as a rather clever contrivance for obtaining pennies from the mob, while gratifying their Incurable super stition. Wo should doubt if poor Mr. Bianchl Intended any barm at all, and certainly to have punished blra would have been a little hard, while his betters are committing bis offense un punished every day. Fnshlonnble Fortune Telling. TXTe do cot know if the wealthy buy the auto matic machine, but there never was a time when fortune telling in drawing rooms was so rife or apparently so much believed in. So ciety rejects astrology altogether, not we fancy, for St Augustine's unanswerable rea sons, but because It so rarely sees or thinks of the stars; and it has got beyond dreams, which are supposed to be a result of indigestion, and to be curable by nitrate of silver pills, or it may be by nux vomica; and the drinkers of tea at 5 o'clock are in secret a little afraid of spiritual ism, as likely to end some day in a possible ap pearance of ghosts; so they devote themselves to rather more inane forma of divination. Sometimes the inquirer's fortune is foretold from her handwriting, which is comparatively sensible, as tbere is in handwriting a little evi dence of character, though not mucb, the slightest inaptitude of the fingers or defect of eyesight depriving tbe manuscript ot all rela tion to tbe writer's mind, as does alsoH that writers resolve to write a conven tional hand. Tbe most resolnte person we know writes a niggling scrawl, hardly legible, and indicative, if of anything, of weak inde cision; while women with watery minds pour out tbose minds in manuscript which Lord Palmerston who wrote a circular order com-, macdlng uncial English, would have pro nounoed perfection. Sometimes, again, revela tion is sought from the lines on tbe forehead, not tbe bumps, mind that is a separate folly but the lines, for which the seekers might, if they knew anything about it plead veryan dent warrant Priests who were wise or foolish ages before tbe sibyl endeavored to sell her, books, convinced herself that every man's desw tiny was recorded by the foreseeing powers upon bis frontal bone, and dreamed that, if tbe spectator only pondered enough, he could dis cern bis visitor's fortune as clearly as bis tem per or his comparative intelligence. The draw ing room, however, knows nothing ot that, and only guesses by a rule which, one observes, favors the foreheads that ruck rather than the foreheads that are smooth. It is not a bad way, if both sexes are present, of making lovo with out being too explicit; but it involves severe staring, and severe staring is rude. Hnmnu Foiblea Studied. TyfODEBN society would not be rude, even if it could stare into heaven; and divination by the forehead is therefore usually discarded In favor of divination by the hand. The Gip sies are avenged for ages of ridicule and penal ties, and palmistry is a rage. Everybody who has time to waste knows something of It, and tbere are regular adepts, ladies somo of them, who make out of their proficiency regular, though, we fear, only temporary incomes. They tell first the inquirer's character, about which tbey often make shrewd bits, eking out tbe result of attentive observation, or hints gathered within tbe room, by tbe use of certain common forms, invented, we imagine, for tbe behoof of tbose advertisers wbo promise full revelations of character for a shilling's worth of stamps. Pome of these common forms are really verv clever, their object being flattery In disguise, flattery not of the common sort, but addressed to tbe foibles concealed in tbe majority of mankind. No man, for In stance, is told that he is weak; but a great many are informed that tbey have a strength ot purpose not suspected by tbelr friends, or an inner hardness which may spring either from rectitude or selfishness. No woman is ever assured that she Is spiteful; but she is often told that she usually actstunder a sense of duty, and that she is even too affectionate a useful advertisement when It Is read aloud. The character discussed, tbe fortune follows, and at this point tho observer will often notice an odd peculiarity. The magician wishes only to make his or her prophecies definite, for it is only the definite which is Impressive, and detl niteness is quite safe, for nobody, however sceptical, can deny that any fortune is possible in tbe distant future. The inquirer may be come neb, though she is poor; her lover may be dark, though she prefers blonde people; and she may live to be 90, though she looks so frail. If she does, and remembers the words used, tbe sibyl will sblne in her memory as a prophetess; while if she does not, she and her f rie)ids will haye forgotten the unfulfilled prediction. Silly as Well at Mlschlcvoni. IT Is a silly game, but cot without Its mis chiefs. Tbere is a kind of skeptical credu lity which is most characteristic of our day, when poople will' bellevo anything except rev elation, and think a wizard a far more likely being to exist than any sort of angel; and we fancy many a listener finds his or her judgment of character warped by an authoritative dlctnm, uttered with a pretense of knowledge derived from something more to be trusted than experience. Predictions, too, Btick In the mind, and work" their own fulfillment, some times with effects which are seriously injuri ous. The practice, too, though it would be folly to make too much of it has undoubtedly one effect which on many minds is far from beneficial. It develops that taste for the m rtnlirenea of weak wonder whicb of all Intel lectual foibles is tbe one that most en." feebles tbe character, promaturely de bauching as it does the nobler in stincts of reverence and faith. The fiber of the mind is weakened, and the "open inquirer'' becomes liable to a mental disease which may bo best described as Imbecile credulity, credulity which la not faith, and is as impervious to evidence as water covered with a film of oil is impervious to air. The spiritualists, wben they are sincere, at all events seek something worth seeking, concrete evidence of a future state, but tbe devotees of these methods of guessing have not even tho excuse of an end. If they could see into the future, they would be In no way the gainers, for tbe very condition of its being tho future Is, that they can neither hurry nor retard, nor in any way alter. It It has been said by keen observers tbat one startling sign of the ap proaching fall of a society Is the rise in it of skepticism and superstition at once; and though we are not pessimists about England, where endless symptoms appear which are only skin-deep, It was certainly true before Rome fell, and before the revolution engulfed the admirers of Cagliostro. C'hnnncey'a Luck. From the Boston Olobe.l Chauncey Depew needn't brag about seeing the Queen. We knew a man Once who "saw" four queens and it cost him about fi,000. RATIONAL BAKKIKQ PLANS. The Senate Receive a Letter From tho Controller of (tie Currency. Washington, July 2i Mr. Sherman has laid betore the J3enate a letter from the Con troller of the Currency, in regard to the bill affecting National bank circulation recently reported to the Senate. Tbe Controller says: It will be observed that there were on the 17th of Alay last 3,433 National banking associations in operation In the United States having a total capital ofi; 035, 055,270. These associations had a total circu lation oi"8C5,7Bl,W0 secured by pledge orUnlted Btates bonds amounting to fll3.790,l0 at their, face value. The circulation stated does not In -dude fS!),Cl9,SS5 in process of retirement and represented by an equal amount of lawful money on deposit in the Treasury of the United Btates. it aluOipuwrs that the minimum amonnt of bonds required to be deposited by these banks under existing law Is $08,900,100, upon which they would be entitled to maintain a circulation of ;8d,OI0.414. It would, therefore, be possible for the banks to withdraw bonds to tbe amount or SM. 890, 440, and surrender f3fi,7Sl,526 of tbelr circulating notes under existing law. The bonds on de posit in excess of legal requirements are, as a rule. tbe property of the older banks located In the .Eastern and Middle Btates where tho current rates J of interest are relatively low. Banks recently or ganized have, as a rule, the minimum deposit ot bonds, and tbls is In a general sense true of all banks located in Btates and Territories, where in terest rates are relatively high. Tlie first section of the bill (Senate 3,812) reported from the Com mittee on Finance on the 15th lnst.. with amend ments, provided that .National banking associa tions may be organized and operated with a nom inal deposit or bonds to secure circulation. Tbls provision standing alone would be favorably re ceived by the bin ks. It would, however, tend to a contraction oftbe bank note circulation, unless accompanied by the second section, which entitles said assiclatlons to receive circulating notes equal In amount to the parol tbe bonds pledged for tbelr redemption. The operation oftbe blllai a whole would. In my opinion, be salutary, it would enable new banks to organize without forc ing them to appear In the bond market in compe tition with the Secretary of the Treasury, 'lnls would result in an advantage to both the Govern ment and the new banks. Many banks located In the newer btates where the Interest rates are high, would no doubt reduce tbe present amount of the bonds now held to secure their circulation, and this would result In benefit to tbe banks and also to the people whom they serve, as It would In crease locally tho amount of funds available for loans by putting In circulation the sums now locked up In bond premiums. In conclusion, tbe Controller says that Con gress seems to have determined thatthefurther issue of bank notes is not desirable, and in tbat event the burden of maintaining circulation, be thinks, should be removed from these asso ciations, so tbat tbey may more faithfully and satisfactorily serve the people as banks of discount and deposit in which sphere they have never been adversely criticised by any portion of the people. BUSINESS MEM AOT) TEE F0KCE BILL. An Independent Journal Unhesitatingly Condemns tbe Measure. From the American Grocer. At Appomattox, General Grant said to Gen eral Leo: "Tell your men to take their horses home with them tofaelp them make their crops," and afterward uttered the immortal words,"Let us have peace." Tbe people of the South ac cepted tbelr defeat in good part and went earn estly to work to retrieve tbelr fortunes, with a result which has challenged tbe admiration of tbe world; bot just as the New South is emerg ing fromUs darkness, with its labor contented and Its resources developing by a union of Southern effort and Northern capital, certain politicians, actuated by the same Bpirlt which General Grant rebuked, now come forward and for partisan purposes seek again to stir up strife between the North and the Bouth by pro posing what is popularly known as "the force Din," a a eaerai election law wnicn Aiincoin, Grant and Garfield, tbe great leaders of tbe Republican party, if alive to-day, would un hesitatingly condemn, and which eveiy fair minded man must pronounce as unwise as it is unnecessary. Even intelligent colored men are already found protesting against it as sure to result In detriment to their race. The property of the South is being taxed to educate the colored people, and in time tbey will rise to tbe responsibilities and duties of citizenship; but to attempt to employ bayonets in regulating elections in a Republican country a quarter of a century after the war, is a step backward that "the common sense of most" will not Indorse, and that the dominant party will rind to be as bad policy from a Republican party point ot view, as it is untimely and un just "WILL KOT PBEACH EVOLUTION. Rev. Howard SIncQnenrey'a Trouble With Bishop Leonard Amicably Adjusted. tSFXCIAL TELEOUAM TO THE DISrATCII. J Canton, July 24. The Rev. Howard Mac Quearey, of the Episcopal Church here, whose peculiar religious views, as. Bet forth in hi3 recently published book, entitled "Christianity and Evolution," threatened him with ecclesias tical trial, returned home Wednesday evening after a conferenco with Bisuop Leonard, of Cleveland. Tbe result of tbe talk was a satisfactory ad justment ot tbe disturbed relations and tbe re solve of the reverend gentleman not to preach his doctrines hereafter from the pulpit He will resume preaching as soon as his health will permit which will be about the first Sunday in August. THfHTI ANNUAL CAHPFIBE, Tbe G. A. R. Veterans Will Meet for a Two Weeks' Blowout. ISPECIAt, TELEQBAM TO TUX DISPATCH.! Scottdale, July 24. The third annual re union and military encampment of the G. A. R. posts and old soldiers is to bo held in Ells worth Park, this place, commencing Thursday, July 31, and will continue two weeks. The association has purchased new tents and they will be laid with tbe best of flooring, and noth ing will be left undone for the comfort of the visitors. Each evening will be devoted to campfires at which there will be some of "the most able speakers in tbe State. Saturday, August 2, Department Commander Denniston, of Pitts burg, and Colonel Cbill Hazzard will be pres ent Thursday. August 7, the park will be formally dedicated. There will be divine service eacb Sabbath, and an excellent choir in the evenings will add considerably to the pleasure. POETESS TO "WED A MINKK- Ida Watson to Change Uer Faith for a Wild Westerner. Boston, July 24. Miss Ida Watson, known throughout the North as tbe "New England poetess of passion," is to wed. In tbe West m Deadwood, lived Francis Washer HIeglns, a miner. He read her poems and became so at tached to them tbat he carried the book around. Liit September a letter written by tbe poetess to a friend named Higgles residing in Dakota went astray and fell Into the miner's bands. He wrote to the poetess, and her reply showed her to be bis beloved authoress. A correspondence resulted in an engagement and tbe pair met here for tbe first time Sunday. Hlgglns looks like a cowboy, but Is well off. He is a Catholic, and bis affianced bas declared her intention of adopting bis faith to please him. Tho wedding was announced to-night. AH0THEE BATE WAS BEGTIT. Cutting Fares to Accommodate Veterans) Likely to Become General. Chicago, July 24. Theflrst cut in rates to Boston on the occasion-, of the G. A, R. En campment has come to light The Missouri Pacific announces a rate of 827 60 from Kansas City to Boston and return, against tho estab lished rates of ?S0 50. The Atchison and other Missodrl river roads will meet the Missouri Pacific's cut making the rate of 27 50 apply by way of Chicago. Some of the Eastern roads have agreed to pro-rate with the Western lines on this basis. This is believed to be the beginning of a lively rate war. ' DOING A BIQOEB BUSINESS. Largely Increased Earnings of the Penn sylvania Railroad Daring 1S90. Philadelphia, July 24. The statement of the business of all the lines of the Pennsyl vania Railroad Company east of Pittsburg and Erie, for June, 1890, as compared with the same month In 1889, hows an increase in gross earnings of $1,240,984; an increase in expenses of S950.778; an increase in not earnings of $290,208. TheJines west of Pittsburg and Erie for six months of 1800, show an increase in gross earn ings of 2,900,531; an increase in expenses of Sl.bS3,154; an Increase in net earnings of 51,007, 777. DEATHS0FA DAY. J. W. Baker. rRFSCTAI. TSXSnsAlt TO TODS DISPATOTT.l BBADrOED, July 24. J. V. Baker died here to day, aged 40 years, at the home of his sister, Mrs. II. J. Siegfried. He was a prominent glycerine manufacturer and oil producer, and was very well known throughout the oil country. Ho was a member ot the Masonic fraternity, and In earlier days was a resident of Plttsbnrg. The remains will be taken to Pittsburg baturday. and tbe inter ment will take place at Shtrpsburg on Sunday morning. THE HIGHEST GOOD. CHAUTAUQUANS INSTRUCTED AS TO THE USES OF INDIVIDUAL ETHICS. Prof. K. F. Weldner's Scholarly Lecture Fall of Bright Truths Wagner and Ills Statical Methods Spain and Portugal Illustrated Trip Through Greece. rsrzriAt, telegram to toe dispatch.! T axe CHAnTAWirA. July 24. And now the latest thing at Chautauqua Is a club. It Is, strange to say, a woman's club. Perhaps some self-supporting college students bave joined themselves together under the title of a "Boarding Clab" by co-operarlon to make the cost of living cheaper, but it hardly comes un der this bead. There is tbe baseball club, of course, but we can easily pass over tbat, as its name is Stagg so the ladies wbo are tbe mem bers of this organization can well lay claim to their being the original club of Its kind at the Assembly grounds. This clnb is first in more than one respect It is the first thlngwn the programme and its meeting directly after breakfast. It does not deal with woman's social woes and political disfranchisement, but tackles sensible ques tions of tbe home and household. This morn ins Mrs. Mosber gave an interesting talk on "Dress." The only unpleasant thing about this affair is tbat tbe stronger sex are cordially invited not to attend. Peculiarities of Cbnutanqaan Mad, TXTE have had an abundant supply of rain to day. The mud here is distinguished and peculiar to itself. It Is no common, ordinary, every-day mud, but is cultured, unsurpassable Chautauqua mud. Though yielding, it never theless possesses great perseverance and stlck ativenes3. Unlike the Chautauqua movement, it is not lasting, but like it in tbe respect tbat it is always pushing and progressing, and courses down the hills In little rivnlets. Chau tauqua mud is not partial, and takes as much delight in sinking tbe patent leathers or some dainty foot into its porous depths as the No. 10 boot Besides Its good qualities, our mud fs a very independent sort of a monopolistic mud; It allows no walks of board, stone or brick to cross its path, and bas full possession every where of the rustic paths ot the grove on tbe days when Nimbns empties his waters upon our desert Mr. Duncan takes great pride In the Chautanqua mud, like all other things which Succeed so well under bis care, and-does cot propose to deprive It of its liberties with the visitors by putting down artificial walks or crossings. How to Attala tbe Highest Good. 'pBOF. Revere P. Weicsee continued his lecture this afternoon on "Individual Ethics, the Highest Good." I have confined myself this week, he said, to the uses of in dividual ethics. I wish to bring out this after noon tbe difference between the worldly and tbe divine impulse- By the worldly we mean tbat man is seeking pleasant self existence or happiness; all he cares Is simply to hare tbat which tbe world can give. Wben a man seeks after blessedness he wants all the joy and glory in God's klnzdom. He wants to know and to understand God. -It we carefully study things we find that man has become a citizen of tbe world without any right In tbe citizenship of heaven. He wants to be wealthy, influential and see that bis family are well cared for. He makes second tbe interest of God's kingdom. Sin will oitber develop itself In a physical or an intellectual way. Wben developed physic ally, it leads to self-degradation; Intellectually, it leads to self-exaltation. These two sins go band In hand. We thus find tbat tbe two fun damental bases of sin are sensuality and pride. From pride springs dissimilation, infidelity and treachery. From sensuality springs likeness unto a beast. Pride lies tbe deepest Man Is often entirely unaware of ir. and he thinks all is well with blm. In what sense is a man f reef We think that we bave freedom of will and may do as we please. Everyone bas certain individualities, certain endowments, certain gifts given to bim. Wben man looks into bis soul Eewilfficd a place that is light and one that is dark. God alone is perfect and with him alone can we enjoy perfect freedom. The wdl, as It were, determines its own character. Wben Adam fell by sin, tbe will of man be came enslaved in sin. We have all inherited bis sin, and if we ever wish to become members of the Kingdom of God we must have a new birth r- our will must be regenerated and changed. The Unchnngenbleness of Human Character QTO character will be shaped by certain suc cessions of events. Yet we bold that what ever a man may be, that man can bave a new character and be a new man by the grace of Jesus Christ You are moldiug your own character continually, be it good or bad. We can see in onr lives of tbe past places where we could have made many improvements. What is God's view of the world? It Is God's will that each Individual is set a special task. Is he apersonal GodT We can answer "yes," He bas resolved Himself, All God's dealings with the world are educational. What God did for the children of Israel He is doing for us now. The aim and whole object of history is to educate man for the kingdom ot God. In what way is tbe kingdom of God to permeate tbe world? It must be done by the education of Individuals. When we bave many individuals we will find a common influence for good in the community. The teaching of Christianity bas a finer result for all things. What is the highest good? What is tbe basis? Tho answer is the kingdom of God. We can by faith be come members of that kingdom, and hope hereafter to become members of tbe kingdom of beaven. Tbere is notblng higher and better than this, and it is our mission here on earth to develop God's word and spread it among all cations. A believer, no matter how surrounded with trials, always finds perfect peace in God. We may bave earthly happiness, but joy is onlyfound in the Kingdom of God. Tbe high est possibility of earthly happiness is tbe idea of those wbo believe tbat God with bis saints will reign again on this earth before the end of the world. We might say that this earth Is a middle sphere, for it Is a medium between heaven and bell. Man is left bere to get ripe. He can eventually go to either place he wishes. - Optimism and Pessimism. QpTiiiisif says the world is the best it ever was; pessimism the worst it ever was. Christianity is the truth of both. Christianity says with the pessimist tbat the world is in wickedness, and with tbe optimist there is a paradise and a chance to become members of tbe kingdom of God. Goethe was tbe mouth piece of optimism, Byron of pessimism. Christianity paves tho way of optimism to Jesus Christ We are aiming for another shore, and tbe church of God is the snip tbat is to bear us over. If we are to cross, we must take the right ship, with the right companions and the master on board, Wben Prof. Weidner had finished his lecture be offered to answer any questions tbat could be asked, but everyone seemed to be satisfied with his grand and logical treatment of the question. Mr. Weidner is fall or ideas, a sen sible thinker and a forcible speaker. Mrs. Woolson's lecture was announced to be upon "Spain and Portugal," but either because of the evident tendency of the lecturer to wan der from ber subject tbo latter country re ceived no mention whatever. - Ignorance of Spanish History. "Mbs. Woolson began by quoting the remark of the Frenchman that "Africa begins with the Pyrenees." Spain is situated apart, and seems looking at Africa rather than Europe, and might well be omitted from the consideration of the countries of the latter continent Spain Is shown to us mainly through the writings of Motley, Prescott and Irving. No student is ashamed to know very little of Spanish history. The tourist admires the beauties of Spanish scenery, but turns from tbe country as not only insignificant in European politics, but in many ways unattractive and dangerous to travel in. To the Englishman Spain is merely tho theater where.the Duke of Wellington won bis glory as a military chieftain. English con tempt for Bpam is duo to prejudice inherited from the time of Elizabeth when Spanish Catholicism and English Protestantism were contending for the throno of England. Tho French are also hostile to Spaniards, and tbe inherent antagonisms of their natures make it impossible for the two nations to be frieodly. Tho many objections to Spain exist only in for eign guide books, and may be traced almost en tirely to the-e race prejudices. Architecture, painting and magnificent scenery attract the tourist to Spain. The gal leries of Madrid and Seville contain many masterpieces in painting, and tbo study of European art is incomplete without a visit to thoso celebrated galleries. Spain reached the lowest point In hor decline two centuries ago and since tbat time has been slowly progress ing. 'Xhe country was Impoverished by her rulers after tbe time of Ferdinand and Isa bella. Thev exhausted thn wealth acquired in this reign by building magnificent palaces and equipping large fleets like tbe Armada for im possible conquests, Later Day Progress of iVpnln. 'J'hb beginning of tbe seventeenth century Is the date of Spain's revival from her fait Progress commenced with the accession to the throne of Spain of the French bouse of Bour bon, but this progress was greatly retarded by tho attempt to introduce French customs and methods. The Spaniards were always charac terised by loyalty to tbelr country, and demon strated tbelr ability td defend it against in vasion when they rose against Napoleon upon his attempt! to placefhis brother Joseph on tbe Spanish throne. Spanish revolutions were cot characterized by the coufusion and riot attend ant upon tbe revolutions of France. Wben Bpaln chanced to a republic It was done wltlKcomparatlre quiet anil a display of un usual good sense. The republic came to an end several years ago because of the generally unsettled condition of affairs in the country. Spain is rich in mineral resources and ber wines and fruits are very fine. These natural resources have been developed greatly In the last century, and in tbat time commerce and manufacture bave groatly Increased and tbe population bas doubled. With the accession to the throne of Alpbonso XIII. ids probable that Spain will become again a great and powerful natioo. Mrs. Woolson closed ber lecture with a soliloquy of a Spanish exile which, like many other things she said seemed almost wholly irrelevant Her lecture, like Artemus Ward's, was remarkable for con taining so many things which bad nothing in particular to do with It and she often wanders S3 far upon some theme as to entirely lose sight of her point A. O. L. 8. C. round-table was held directly alter Prof. Woidner's lecture. Prof. Frederick Starr chatted for a few moments on bow tbe students of the literary circle were to study their geology during tbe coming year. Prof. M. 8. DOoge gave a stereoptican lecture in tbe evening before a good audience, capita tbe drizzling rain. OUR MAIL POUCH. Political Corruption. To the Editor of The Dispatch: Tbo political cauldron is boiling again, and, judging from recent events, its contents are most unsavory. Tbe horrible compound stirred by Macbeth' s witches could not have cast forth odors more offensive than the exhalations from tbe Republican pot in tbe Twenty-fifth Con gressional district That expose of the ways and methods of the politician, though cot by any means tbe first reveals a state of affairs canine for something more than clamorous denunciation. It calls for action. It says to peoplo everywhere that the corrupt practices so much in vogue in both State and national politics will, if persisted in, prove surely fatal to our Institutions and form of government. In South America the white ants, while leav ing tbe external wood apparently whole, fre quently eat out tbe inner portion of the founda tion timbers of a house to such an extent as to cause tbe whole structure to fall in ruins. Here in North America, and In these enlighten ed United States, tbe white ants of bribery and fraud are doing pretty mucb the same thing for the timbers ot the nation and will m the not distant future, bring it (also, down with a crash. Tbe assertion tbat from President to county sheriff no candidate for public office is either honestly nominated or elected may be startling, but it is mainly true. Tbere is no such thine as political honesty, and tbe politician wbo really looks to the interests of tbe public weal is in deed a rare bird. It Is all boodle, a matter of getting one's hands on tbe dear people's money, no matter how, so 'tis got and the bigger tbe rascal, the bigger tbe pile. But what are you going to do about it? Fraud Is at a premium nowadays, and boodle 13 king. Then dethrone boodle, and political Doodle first Let the people look after Its own business, and not leave it as now, ectlrely to tbe bands of servants. The individual does cot do so with his business, why then tbe public? The man wbo says he keeps out of politics because itissucba hot-bed of rascality is himself to blame. Would he, and tbe better class of citi zens generally, lnjtead of keeping out of poli tics, go into them, they would not be what they are. and we should hear less howling about bossism. bad government and corrupt officials. Declare nominations and elections by the direct popular vote, and do away with the useless and cumbersome present methods, the Intricacies of which serve as a hiding place for that very fraud we so loudly condemn. Do these, and ourpolitical status will be materially changed for the better, and the politician have become, what now he Is not a factor for good. One op The People. Shaeoit, Pa., July 23. Typhoid Fever nt Manor. To the Editor of Tbe Dlspatcs: In reference to tbe published statements re garding a "fever scourge at Manor" I wish to state that we have quite a nnmber of cases of fever, but bave had only two deaths from ty phoid fever, and only four deaths altogether. Quite a nnmDor are still sick and others going down daily, but not from tbe dread typhoid. Tbe local doctors bave been able to handle so far tbe sickness. Dr. McCain has a regular patient here, which probably gave rise to the report that physicians bad to be called from a distance. As for business being suspended, the only one to close was J. O. Best, the shoe dealer, who is sick and cannot attend to it and having no one in his place had to closo hij doors. Manob, July lb'. The Lansnnira of Gems. To the .Editor of The Dispatch: Canyon tell me tbe meaning of acat's-eye pearl and tiger-eye stones.? Pittsburg, July 24. SupERSTmoir. Neither are mentioned in the language of gems, which Is: Amethyst, peace of mind; Blood Stone, I mourn yonr absence; Diamond, pride; Emerald, success in love: Ruby, a cheer ful mind; Sapphire, chastity: Topaz, fidelity; Turquoise, success and happiness; Garnet fidelity in every engagement; Onyx, reciprocal love; Opal, pure thoughts; Pearl, purity and innocence. Goto tbe Book Store. To the Editor of The Dispatch: Where can I secure a copy of the book on titled "Farmer and Moore's Historical Col lections or Songs," and what will it cost? Allegheny, July 24. Miss K. T. Booksellers possess the publishers' cata logues. They could possibly give you the desired information. TEMPEBAHCE DAY PEOGBAMME. Yesterday's Exercises nt lbs Cumberland Valley Sunday School Convention. rSPXCIAI. TELZGBAlf TO TUB DISPATCH.! Carlisle, July 24. This was "Temperance Day" at the Cumberland Valley Sabbath School Convention. The attendance was not so large as yesterday, owing to the rain. This morning at 8 o'clock tbe exercises wero opened with de votional services. The opening address was de livered by Rev. Dr. Reed, President of Dickin son College. He also conducted tho teachers' normal section. Next on the programme was a lecture by Rev. George B. Stewart, of Har risburg, entitled "The Church and tho Work Ingman." The afternoon exercises were opened and conducted by the Rev. H. B. Wile, of this citv. on the Bible normal section, followed by cnlldrcn's bonr Illustrated lecture, "Destruct ive Foxes and lender Grape"," by Rev. H. R. Gilbert, and practical prim try Instruction by Mrs. Ella C. Logan, of Dillsburg. Tbe entertainment of the evening was an illustrated lecture, with stereoptican views, by the Rev. W. L. Davidson, of Cincinnati, on "In and About Shakespeare's Home." To-morrow Is Missionary Day, and should tbe weather prove favorable the crowd will be great. ALL THB0UGH THE STATE, Me. CHABLE3 Riohtjiike killed a 38-pound snapping turtle at Tioga a .few days ago. Tbe "critter" was 3 feet long. The Methodist church hell at Mansfield. Tioga county, which had been iu use for 34 years, was cracked a few weeks ago. It is to be replaced. John Lyons, of Wllkesbarre, died thero on Tuesday night of lojuries received byfallicg into a pit of boiling water at the bottom of Dor rance shaft THE Self-Acting Bell Company, of Lancaster, has been chartered, with a capital of 520,000. Self-acting electric bells and shelf hardware will be manufactured. O. H. Hollisteii. wbo has just qualified as postmaster at Meadvllle, resigned the office of Commissioner's Clerk, which be has held since March, 1871, over 19 years. While workmen were digging sand in the old brickyard, east of Cemetery Hill, Gettys burg, tbey unearthed the body of a soldier. The buttons found indicate that be was a rebel. Bethleheju and West Bethlehem have an epidemic which some doctors characterize as identical with tbe break-bone fever of tbe South, others call it a species of typhoid, and still others find it of an intermittent type. AVillir Rtjss. of Columbia, was drowned in tbe Susquehanna river yesterday while playing tag. Tbe boy's companions feared they would he blamed for tbe drowning and kept the acci dent a secret for several hours. The body was recovered. Edward J. Dalton, an Upper Merlon (Montgomery county) farmer, had his father arrested last week on the charge of cruelty to animals, and yesterday the elder Dalton retal iated by causing the arrest of his son for per jury in the cruelty case. A 16-months-old daughter of Thomas Mil ler, of near Scotland. Franllln county, fell from the top of fence and broke her neck. The mother of the child found the little girl hanging between tbe bars of tbe fence, after the child's long absence caused a search. CUEI0US C0NDE5SATI05S. A limited liability company bas beea formed in London to build a new crematory. A London magistrate has decided that a servant cannot be discharged summarily for reading in oea. Various American summer hotels havo added dark rooms for amateur photographers to their attractions. One car building company in Pennsyl vania has on band orders for 29,000 freight cars. The largest order is for 10,000. Frederick S. Parker and Jessie S. Beala were married by verbal contract in a restaurant at San Diego, CaL, a few days ago. There is a woman at Sedalia who be comes thoroughly charged with electricity every time she rides on the electric road. A South Carolina paper contains art advertisement for bids from undertakers who will agree to conduct funerals "reverently." The reason why firecrackers are always covered with red paper is tbat red Is the festive color in China, and that firecrackers are used chiefly on festive occasions. Tbe longest day of the year has 19 hours at St Petersburg. 17 hours at Hamburg, W hours at London, 15 hours at New York, and three and one-half months at Spitzbergen. Nearly 1,000 heads of families in tba Province of Quebec alone bave made applica tion for the state bounty of 100 acres of land voted to Canadians who are the fathers of 13 children or more. Carriage wheels are cow being mads fro m cold rolled steel. The spokes are tubular and adjustable. Tbe wheels are so put together that any part can be replaced without taking off the tire or felloe. A. Hunt sunk an artesian well 180 feet two miles from San Bernardino recently. The water rises SO inches above the top of tbe casing, and stones of 18 pounds weight are oc casionally thrown ont A queer white and red robin astonishes tbe fishermen of Q,uonochoutaug.R.L It has built its nest in a shaggy reach of pasture near the thundering ocean breakwater. The bird's body is of a snowy white, even to tbe tip of its tail, except its breast which is of a rosy red. The tallest school girl in the world lives near RIednand, Austria. She is 11 years old and six leet high. A Vienna showman tried to add her to his collection, but her parents declared that tbey would not part with their maderl (little girl) for any amount of money. G. "W. Osborne, of Montclair, Pla., planted the past season half an acre in cuenm Ders, shipped tho crop and netted S200L The same land now has t crop of corn on it that will yield 15 bushels. From one-fiftieth of an acra planted in sweet potatoes be gathered 15 bush els, which is at the rate of 750 bushels per acre. Miss Eppie, daughter of Mr. Robert Munro. or Tallahassee, died on Saturday night Two weeks ago she wore a hunch of daisies at ber throat and a spider or some other poison ous insect crept therefrom and stung her. Erysipelas set m and went to the brain. Sha suffered untold agonies. The best medical skill was called in. but to no avail. The largest single log of poplar ever cut in Weit Virginia was cut a few days ago in Logan county. It measured 93 feet in length, 63 inches In diameter. 1,090 cubic feet, and 21 to 25 feet board measure. This log alone is larga enough to build a good sized frame house. It will he run out for the Cincinnati market on tbe first water of sufficient size in Guyan river. Jlr. J. C. Eeese, 731 Aisquith street, bas at bis farm at Carroll's Manor, Howard county, Md., a three-legged calf jast four weeks old. Tho two hind legs are perfectly natural, but there is only one fore leg. The front leg is placed very nearly in the center of the body, and there are no indications of a fourth. Tbo three-legged curiosity manages to get along very well by hopping. Smack Martha brought a strange fish to Hamilton, Powers Co.'s market Tuesday, I which the oldest fishermen cannot name. It is ' similar to a blnefish in shape, a trifle stouter, has the tall of a mackerel and the mouth of a porgle. Along its side are beautiful stripes cf bright red and brownish green. Some fisher men pretend to recognize it asa native of tha waters about Bermuda. Distracted parents who lose their children in the crowds at public resorts on holidays would be glad if a curious Berlin custom were adopted. At the Berlin Zoological Gardens any keeper finding a lost child takes the little one In charge and blows a trumpet Hearing the note, the mother or father in search of tbo missing youngster at once makes for tbe spot, and the search is ended. . The children of G. "W. Meadows, of Harrison. Ga., have four living great-grandmothers and two iivin; grandmothers. Tha youngest great-grandmother is 78, while the oldest Is 92; the youngest grandmother Is 55 and tho oldest is 58. rlhirf is a peculiarity con nectod with the eventful life of these oldest grandmothers, and that is that each one of them has had her right arm broken. The ladle i are all widows. At Bristol, England, are two young artisans who are tbe prize twins of the world. They are of the same height and weight; hara eyes, bair and complexion of tbe samo color; walk, speak, laugh, sing exactly alike; follow tbe same occupation: bave tbe same religious persuasions and likes and dislikes; are both married, and have the same number of chil dren, wbo are of the same sexes three boys auu turee gins eacn. Among the bequests of the late "Will lam Gale Coles, of Cleve Wood, Downend, Gloucestershire, England, was one of $100,000 to his daughter, Mary Chetwynd Coles, "if she shall bave ceased to be a member of the Sister, hood of Clewer or other religious bouse or similar institution, and shall have returned to tbe world and resumed the ordinary dress of ladles In her station ot life," otherwise she if to have only 1,000 a year. At the palace of Bangkok the other day a performing leopard was brought in for tha amusement of one of the young Siamese prince'. In one prince's retinue was a young girl of about 14 years of age. The leopard jumped on her breast. It was merely in play, said the animal's caretakers, who begged her not to bo frightened, but in another moment tbe leopard bad seized tbe girl by tbe throat, and she died in sight of the horrified specta tors. A coffin inscribed with the date 1793 was recently opened In the graveyard of St James' Church, Clerkenwcll, and, to the sur prise of tbe workmen, there was little abous tbo corpse to show that It had been buried a hundred years and not a few days. Tbe flesh seems to have turned Into a kind of wax. The body was tbat of a finely-formed woman of 33. xne ieatures were penectiy distinguishable, the teeth were in place, and the lines of the body were firm and clear. A FEW PLEASANTRIES. TJamma," said little "Willie, who had felt the Instrument of maternal correction: "do they truly have golden slippers in heaven?"- Washington Post. Maria," said De Broot, "I haven't: had a square meal since we have been mar ried." That's what you get" she replied coolly, lor buying a round table for the dining-room." Washington Post. Papa Come, Johnny, oflf with tbosa soiled clothes. I'm going to take yon to "Tha Crystal Slipper." Johnny Oh. I guess I don't want to go, pa, I seen ma's slipper this morning." Chicago Times. Thinpurse Dear, dear, Maria I I don't know what we are coming, to or how poor folks are going to live. Ice scarce, coal scarce, small frult3 scarce, and prices going up every day. Dear, dear! Mrs. T. Well, thank heaven, there Is one thing that is plentiful. Thlnporse What Is that love? Mrs. T. Cheek. Chicago Times. "Smith is a very grave, reserved and dig nified man. Isn't her" "Yes. but I've seen him when hewasoelther gTave, reserved nor dlgnlOed." Yoahave?" Yes; I've seen blm capering around and danc ing In Iront of his infant grandson, and heard blm call him 'Little toodles, poodles, woodles.' " Bolton Courier. THE O BOWL OP THE OBUM BLEBS. The men who are e'er finding fault with tha world. Complaining of all things about them. Belong to a class that might elsewhere be hurled. And the world get along well without them. Sew Sort Prut. Gordon Do you alwayi lift your hat to your cook when you leave the bouse? Tredegar Not always; but my dear fellow. Just consider that this one has consented to stay with us for three whole days. Puc. Mrs. Cumso You've seen these Dollar Planer Bllls-ef-Pare la the household ms zlnes? Mrs. Fangle Yes; I got one np the otherdsy. 'How much did it cost you?" Three dollars and a half." Puck.
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