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The courtesy of re turning rejected manuscripts will be Extended tchen stamps for that purpose are enclosed, but the Editor of The Dispatch IcCI tinder no circumstances be responsible for the care of un solicited manuscripts. , POSTAGE AH persons who mall the i Sunday Issue of The Dispatch to friends ( sbould bear in mind the fact thnt the post- age thereon is Tiro (3) Cents. All double . and triple comber copies ol The Dispatch ff require a 2. cent stamp to Insure prompt S . delivery. 1- PITTSBURG. SUNDAY. JULY 27. 1E90. THE DISPATCH FOB THE SUMMEE. Persons leaving the City for the summer can haie The Dispatch forwarded by earliest mail to any address at the rate of SO cents per month, or ft SO for three months, Sunday edi tion included. Daily edition only, 70c 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. WAR IN THE FAR SOUTH. "War seems to be in the air south of the Gulfol Mexico. While the combat between Gnatemala and San Salvador seems destined to embroil all the Central American Re publics, news comes of a brand new revolu tion in the Argentine Republic, which is jnst as likely as not to bring abont a prolonged civil war and is certain to disturb all South America. The causes of the trouble in Buenos Ayres which our ' sews columns describe are not very clear at this distance. For a long time, however, the Argentine Republic has been in a bad way commercially and financially. Trade balances have been against her, and latterly the Republic's credit has badly impaired. During the last month the news from Buenos Ayres has indicated the approach of a financial crisis. That which has hap pened probably springs from the financial embarrassment of the government, compli cated with political plots. The victory of the revolutionary party has been almost bloodless so far. But the revolution has only just begun. ALL VY BE CLEAN. "When men leave their work in mill or shop they generally desire to wash off the grime and spruce up a little before setting out for home. A working man writes to Tiie Dispatch to complain that in many mlllb no provision is made to meet this general desire. Upon investigation, lowever, it has been found tnat in most of the great mills the men have sufficient of rade means for washing alter the dav's vork. Tnere seems to be no lack of water, soap and towels for those who want them. In some places better accommodations for this purpose would be appreciated. But altogether there is no large ground for com plaint A great many workers prefer to re move the stains of toil in their own homes. THE ASTOR TITLE. The irrepressible conflict as to the right of recognized social position has broken out in a new place. After long years of squabbles ct Washington, as to whether Mrs. Cabinet Minister holds a loftier social position than Mrs. Senator, it is a relief to find that the strife has transferred itself to the question as to which lady is the head of a great family, and that it is brought up in a way that will requite an official adjedication. The squabble if the lofty ladies engaged in it will permit the term to be applied to their contention is as to which of two fashionable dames is entitled to recognition as the head of the Astor family. Since the death of the late "William Astor, Mrs. "W. 'Waldorf Astor has claimed that she is the iejdofthc family and is alone entitled to bear the official 'title of "Mrs. Astor." liut Mrs. "William Astor having borne the twdtsputed title of the "Mrs. Astor" for forty j ears, is not disposed to resign" it now. The conflict of social ambitions reached a material issue at Newport the other day, when Mrs. William Aster called upon the postmaster there, and informed him that let ters addressed to "Mrs. Astor" were intended for her and must be delivered accordingly. The postmaster cheerfully promised com pliance, but was reduced to the verge of despair by s subsequent visit from Mrs. W. W. Astor, who, in well-chosen by decisive language, stated that she was the "Mrs. Astor," who was entitled to all letters ad- " dreucd that way. With such an issue before him, the per- ' pitied Government official can do no other wise than refer this mighty question to two Government at Washington. It is here as serted that there is a family position, bear ing the title of "Mrs. Astor." Each of the ladies asserts that she is the only Mrs. Astor; and it is understood that each places her correspondents under the ban, if they try to guard against their letters going astray by perfixing the initials to her family name. Ta addition to the assertion of a family and aristocratic headship, the conflict is inmde especially interesting by the fact that the Government in the shape oi the perplexed postmaster at Newport has got to decide which is the Mrs. Astor, and. However i: decides, is sure to call down upon itself the enmity of the other moiety of the Alitor millions. , There i'oes not seetn to be any way out of tha dilemma, unless the Government should orJcr all "Mrs. Astor" letter to bo sent to the Dead Litter Office, there to be opened in order to ascertain which-Mrs. Astor they are intended for. But in view of the inct that society is on the verge of o cataclysm while this issue remaii'i unsettled, it seems necessary tor the Government to deoide which one is Mrs. Astor and to inform the other one that she must sink to the position of a merely initialed Mrs. Astor. THE TRUE POLICY. - Mr. Blaine's letter to Senator Frye, on the subject of reciprocity as connected with the sugar duties, is correct so far as it refers to the desirability of establishing reciprocal relations for the purpose of improving onr exports to the sugar producing countries. But so far as it can be construed to favor a postponement of the sugar reductions until reciprocal duties can be secured by treaty, it is all wrong. It is not likely to be a profitable task to inquire into the influences which secured the rejection or the reciprocity treaties which would have increased our exports to Mexico, Cuba and Porto Eico. in exchange for free sugar. Both sides to the present controversy must agree that the rejection of those treaties was a stupid blunder from a national point of view. At present the question is one that can be best put in the form suggested by Mr. Blaine's words. He says: Let us see what Is proposed. Onr Government has heretofore collected a heavy duty from sugar, amounting one year. In the aggregate, to nfty-eight millions of dollars ($38,000000), and averaging $50,000,000 per annum for a consider able period. We wish no w to cheapen sugar by removing tie duty. The value of the sugar we annually consume Is enormous. Shall we pay for it all in cash, or shall we seok a reciprocal arrangement by which a large part of It may bo paid for in pork and beef and flour, in lumber and salt and Iron, in sboes and calico and fur niture, and a thousand other things? Now, the question as raised, if not by Mr. Blaine, at least by those who quote him for tbe defeat of the sugar reductions, takes the following shape: The country is now paying the cost of its sugar, including tire duty, al most wholly in cash, and will continue to do so as long as present arrangements stand. Will a change be most promptly reached by removing the burden of the duty and hold ing out a statutory provision as the strong est inducement for the suear producing countries to make reciprocal reductions, or by permitting the burden to stand and only holding an indefinite understanding in favor of reciprocity, which, as these governments have learned by experience, has no binding force? It ought to be plain that the former course is the direct road to the goal which Secretary Blaine desires, and that the post ponement of sugar reductions by the tariff bill means an indefinite continuation of the present state of affairs. Is it likely that Mexico or Spain, after having completed reciprocity treaties in 1883 and 18Si, only to have them rejected by Congress, will invite a repetition of that rebuff on no better as surance of the acceptance of treaties ihan tbey had then? On the other hand, an amendment like that proposed by Senator Pierce will afford a statutory guarantee to these countries that if they give our prod ucts free entry to their ports, the privilege of free sugar will be continued to them. It would also convey the equally bidding warning that if they do not do so, the priv ilege will be transferred to other countries. There can be little doubt that with the sug ar duties reduced on such a proviso, the re ciprocal trade for which Secretary Blaine is working would be fully established within a year. We do not believe that Secretary Blaine is opposed to the tariff bill with the Pierce amendment. But as be is extensive ly quoted by those who wish to defeat the sugar reductions altogether, it is pertinent to point out that such a course wo til d not only perpetuate the present excessive and unnecessary cost of sugar, but would indef initely delay the extension of South Ameri can trade. On the other hand an equally extreme view is taken by those who, like the New Tort Press, characterize the Pierce amend ment as "free sugar with a string tied to it," or like a Republican Senator quoted by the Sew York JWoune, who asserts thatit "means that if those countries do not give us some more trade the President will re-impose an annual burden of $57,000,000 upon onr own people." It should recognized that the ob ject of extending our exports to these conn tries is an important one. It is not so im portant as the reduction of the burden im posed by the unnecessary sugar duties, be cause the extra cost imposed on our farming population alone by those duties, exceeds the entire amount of our trade with the West Indies. But if that trade can be ex tended without defeating the reduction it should be done. The argument that this proviso means the re-imposition of all the sugar duties is unfounded. It is a vital point that sugar can be brought to this country from the Spanish West Indies, from the Danish West Indies, from the British West Indies, from Mexico and from Brazil, not to speak of San Domingo, Hayti, Venez nela and Colombia. Every one of these countries will understand that if it does not accept reciprocity the other sugar producing countries will have an advantage over it in a trade aggregating $70,000,000 annually, amounting to 70 or 80 per cent of the value of the product Upon such ad enactment there can be little donbt that free and cheap sugar for this country would be permanently secured concurrently with the extension of onr trade in provisions and manufactured goods to those' countries'. If our statesmen can not unite on a proposi tion which so clearly harmonizes all legiti mate commercial purposes the conclusion will be somewhat irresistible that internal political considerations will have more in fluence in producing the difference than the improvement of trade. CORRECT THOUGH TARDY. There is no reason to doubt that the recent publications stating that General Harrison has paid $10,000 for the Cape May cottage are in accordance with the facts. The jbufn als in which these publications were made occupy the position of official organs and are likely to be correctly informed on that point But there is also little room for doubt that the payment was a step determined upon after tbe criticisms on the acceptance of that property as a gift had become quite outspoken. The newspapers referred to have attempted to make it appear that future payment was made by the President a condition of the acceptance of the cottage) but unfortunately three witnesses, of even greater authority than the organs, have given evidence that at the time of the ac ceptance and even after the cottage had been occupied by the President's family, it was not so regarded. These witnesses are Mr. W. V. McKean, editor of the Philadelphia Ledger, wbo was the active agent in raising tbe fund to pre sent the cottage; Mr. George W. Child, wbo contributed to' that land, and Mrs, Caroline Scott .Harrison, the wife of tbe President, to whose name the cottage was transferred. Mr. McKean stated in the Ledger at the time the cottage was pre sented that it was a gift; Mr. Childs in a TfiE personal interview stated that fab had con tributed to the fund raised by Mr. McKean for that purpose; and Mrs. Harrison, after the family had been installed in the Cape May cottage, received a number of newspa per men there, to whom she spoke of the cottage at having been a gift, and justified its acceptance on the ground that the donors so far as known, were not interested in mat ters affected by the President's official action. It seems, however, that subsequent re flection on the subject has induoed the President to reach a different conclusion and to decide that the President of the TJnitea States cannot accept property any where without giving a legitimate consider ation for it As that is the correct ground to take, its final adoption is so far satisfac tory, but the facts in the case require a recognition that this conclusion was reached sometime after the cottage had been ac cepted. EIGHT HOURS FOR THE MINERS. The declaration Of the National Board of the United Mine Workers, looking to a movement in favor of establishing an eight hour day in the mining industry on the 1st of next April, is an evidence that the agita tion in favor of shortening the hours of labor is still going on. It is difficult to imagine an industry where this question is more nearly within the control of the workers themselves. The great mass of labor in mining is paid for by the amount done, not by the length of time spent in doing it A change in the hours of labor would therefore be very slightly com plicated by the question as to what wages shall be paid for the reduced hours, if the miners as a body wish to work but eight hours a day, there it little doubt but that they can obtain their point, simply because it will not appreciably increase the labor cost of getting out a ion of coal. But as the official declaration in favor of this movement connects it with the move ment of the other labor organizations for an eight-hdur day, it raises the question whether the comatose condition of the move ment started last spring may not affect this one The fact that the agitation for eight hours was diverted into other channels, may also raise the" question whether if the miners have the option presented to them of working eight hours and being paid only for the cokl they mine in the reduced time, they will wish to make the change. A Mb. Ballou is very ranch worked up over tbe liberties which the caricaturists take with the President and the members of his family. He has written to the Attorney Gen eral suggesting the passage of tbe law inipog lhgaflneof not less than Ja, 000 for represent ing the President or his family in advertise ments without permission. Mr. Ballou may mean well, but tbe wording of bis proposition suggests that It might open np tbe way to an enlargement of the Presidents! revenue simi lar to" that enjoyed by the stars of tbe operatic and melodramatic stage. No transactions on the oil exchanges until the Standard gets Lima oil listed. And It is only two years since tbe Standard organs de clared that the man who said Lima oil could ever be brought into competition with the Pennsylvania product was a liar and traitor to the Statel The stories of Irish outrage iell of an Irish peasant who was fined nve shillings for calling bis. donkey 'Balfour." Bat will any one claim that It Is an outrage to protect tbe feelings of the donkey? A trcLoNE in New England seems to shatter the comfortable theory for this section, thatthese destrnctive wind storms were confined to the plains of the West and South. It may, however, bate some instruction as to the class of architecture most subject to cyclonic devas tation that the report from Lawrence states tbe loss as "ninety wooden buildings'' with an average value of a little over 1.200 each. Per haps cbeap and flimsy construction is not alto gether disconnected with tbe frequency of destruction by wind storms. The flamboyant manner in which the press dispatches from Central America claim victories for both Guatemala and San Salvador strengthens tbo suspicion tbat those small re publics fight their battles most vigorously in tbe newspaper reports. Guatemala seems to be getting the worst of the tussle with San Salvador. The great likelihood of the war spreading makes the embroilment of these small States of in terest to this country. The events in the Sixth Congressional district show that the process of turning down the old leaders goes on Steadily. In Del aware county John B. Robinson, of "Jack Cade" oratory, has beaten tbe auburn-baired Cooper completely, and the ex-Field Marshal accepts defeat in his usual red-headed and cheerful manner. In Chester Lett G. McCaoley has done the Same for Congressman Darlington, and the Old Guard as a result is on tbe retired list - r Tee Homewood face meeting wound up yesterday in a blaze of glory. Six thousand people saw the races, and were well pleased with what they saw. Tbe reopening of tbe course at Homeweod has been accomplished most auspiciously. St. Louis is said to be in danger of a famine. The supply of Deer 19 given out We presume contributions will be thankfully re ceived in original packages or otherwise. It is a significant and somewhat scan dalous fact that clandestine shipments in light and easily inflammable products of petroleum are nearly always exposed by such fatal acci dents as that on the steamship Tioga at Chi cago the other day and not by the public officials; It remains to be seen whether this exposure will be made tbe means of punishing the wealthy corporation managers who were responsible for the loss of life. The sentence of the murderer Weems yesterday was accompanied by some remarks from the Court 'which all good citizens will fn dbrse. Twelve years' imprisonment is not too great a penalty to exact for a wiltnl, unpro voked murder. The playing of the Pittsburg profes sional tall teams vesterday was not so har monious aS usual. One of the nines won. We are need to tbe Invariable defeat. Ovee the ocean Lord Salisbury is credit ed with having pulled several feathers from tbe American eagle in the Bohrlng Sea contro versy. The noble Earl has sad need of some thing to brag about, bnt it Is tolerably clear to everyone who tuns and reads that the Bird of Freedom soars In! tbo empyrean with plnmage Unruffled, despite tbe bold bluffing of the British Premier. The streets must be kept open if it takes the summary arrest of a score or two of vehicles every day. The way Liberty street was cleared yesterday by tbe police will promote healthy Circulation in the city's traffic system. JEHXLWest Is n6t monopolizing cyclones and tornadoes. A whirlwind Worthy otDakota did deadly work in Lawrence, Mass., yesterday. The City 1arm property will pass into the hands of Messrs. Black & Baird If the Mayor and Councils approve Chief Elliot's accept ance ot tbe bid madt by tbat firm id behalf of i baildlng syndicate. The highest price offered, $432,517, Is generally considered below the value of the property, Other responsible bidders made lower offers still. Fiftk millions oi dollars is the sum that PnSBB' DifeJPATCfi, an English syndicate proposes to invest In ship" building enterprises In this country. British capital Is tempted -b&tbe prospect of obtaining a share of tbe ship building bounty. Judge Collier Is evidently;o the be lief tbat a little pugilism judiciously applied is needed in the neighborhood Of the Point. The more sensible element among the Southern press and" people Is very clearly rec ognising that tbe foolish prdpdtltidn for a boy cott could only hurt tbe South commercially, and would afford ammunition to its enemies politically. Partisan Stupidity in the North does not call for sectional lunacy In the South. PEOPLE WOBtH KNOWING ABOUT. Walter DAUnoaca and his bride will sail for the United States August L , Searing Tatlob, who is one of tbe richest of Louisiana's sugar planters, never uses sugar in his tea or coffee, nor does he eat sweets ot any kind. It has been discovered that the derman Em press is descended front Harold f, founder of the Kingdom of Norway, and from Hakon V, Its last King. Ex-Vicb-Pbesident Haknidal Hamlin, who lives In Bangor Me., is believed to do more fishing and catch fewer fish than any otber man in Hetv England. JtJDDE GRAHAM'S name is creating some en thusiasm in tho West in connection with the piobabilities in 1892, and seVeral statesmen are correspondingly unhappy. Mrs. OnsnsTON Chant says that she com plied with tho demands of 1,807 autograph seekers while she was in this country, and never once lost her temper. Mr. Vatjx, the successor of Samuel J. Ran dall in the Houso ;0f Representatives, tias formed ah Intimate friendship with the illus trious Major Martin, of Texas. Senator PLtriin, of Kansas, subscribes to SOO newspapers and is said to to read tbem as carefully as be does his letters. In this way be keeps thoroughly posted ou the politics of his State. Much satisfaction Is expressed at the appoint ment of Captain Kane", the hero of the Calliope at Apia, to the command of the Inflexible, one of the largest and most powerful battle ships in the English navy. The poet Browning had a marvelous memory. He could always fell the exact place of any quotation or fragment of quotation referred td him, and was greatly vexed whenever he heard his own lines misquoted. ' Governor KnAxcis, of Missouri, is still a young man. He is of mediUm height, with a Lportlyfigdrei and he his a blonde mustache. light balr and bine eyes. His voice is well modulated and pleasant. Christopher SchAITee, the man wbo dis covered John Morrlesey, taught him to write bis name, bad him trained for HIS first light and helbed him along tbe flowery path of fame generally, is "dealing" id i. faro game at Sara toga. SchaHer states What isn't generally known, that Morrlsley died in parlor S at the Adelphi Hotel Is Saratoga, and tbat bis bills for doctors, nurses arid board for his family, amounting to about tSQO, are still unpaid. CTJBEEJiT TIMELY TOPICS. Mrs. Frank LESElri says tbe small and s bapely feet of the American women attract the admiration of the foreign noblemen. Chicago wotaen will immediately boycott Impecunious noblemen. Speaker Reed's private opinion of Secre tary Blaine wonld mak enjoyable reading this hot weather. At the funeral of the late Congressman1 Walker at Sexton, Mo., it is estimated that at leas t SO candidates for Congress were In attend ance. MlEsourlpolltlclans hare an eye to business on all occasions and under all circumstances. THERE is otie section in Kansas that has not suffered irom drought for many weeks. A colored camp meetlnc has been in session at Emporia, and it has rained constantly Great inducements are being held ont to the colored people to more their meeting to the dry places. Congress Is not to adjourn until the election bill Is passed. When Jklr.Keed was elected speaker his surDorters had no ldoa they were airing hint p. lift bosltloh. ORATOR John DeWitt MlLLRri, at Chau tauqua, said tbat "we were rlcb enough to Sup port 400,000,000 souls." Tbe 1,030,000 tramps who are' seeking employment will have their doubts abont this statements. Ward McAllister has arranged two picnics at Newport to bring About a hew order of things. The Philadelphia Ledger says that tickets" for the picnics Will not be pat on public sale at the newstands. An Indiana mail has invented & combined stepladder, cot, ironing board and chair. This will be a great convenience, according to the Louisville Courier Journal, when tbe neighbors send in to borrow tbe stepladder, It can be In use In tbe laundry, or come member of the'family may have gone to sleep da If, with orders that he Is not to be disturbed under any circumstances. Cities that have been kicking on the census should feel proud oyer the fact that they haveJ been partly counted Here in Pennsylvania whole towns have been overlooked. Bnt we have so many neople tbat a few hundred thousands make but little difference. SUCCESSFUL ASSEMBLY. Closing Exercises bf the Cnmberlnnd Valley Bandar School Association. rSFECIAL TELEOR-kil TO THE DISPATCH. Carlisle, Fa., Juiy 26. Tho closing day of tbe Cumberland Valley Sunday School As sembly, at Williams' grove, after a week of social enjoyment and business, was largely at tended by persons from all parts of the Cumberland Valley, many intending to remain in quietness over Sunday with tbelr families. Tbe programme was a short one, owing to the breaking of tbe assembly preparatory to their leaving. The exercises were opened tbls morning with dovdtluriai services followed with the teacher's normal section. The exami nation was conducted by J. N. Logan, of Dillsbafg; Bible normal Section examination b Rev. Q. W. Snyder, ot Hsrrlsburg. General platform meeting, farewell, etc . Tbls afternoon tbe annual election of officers for the ensuing year of the assembly took place in tbe auditorium building. Tbe follow ing gentlemen wele chosen to Serve the coming year: President W. D, Means,, of Middle Spring; First Vico President, Rev. J. R. Hutchinson, of HirriSbttrg; Second Vice President KeT- J. B.Shoutz, of Cbambersburg; Recording Secretary, A. A. Llae, af Carlisle: Corresponding becretary, T. 8. Wilcox, of Hanisburg; Treasurer, JatuesJJcKeehan, of Kewville. After the election tbe hour for tbe children's service's tfiok plate with an illus trated, lecture entitled, "Lessons from the Trees." It was delivered by the Rev. R. H. Gilbert, of Harrlsbdri. Then followed the examination by Mrs. Ella O. Logan, of Dills burg. , Alter passing a series of resolutions ot thanks to the Cumberland Valley Railroad officials and the manager of the grove, B. H. Thomas and others, the assembly adjunmed sine die, to meet at tbe same time and place next year. Fofclbly Blrpt Alive. MARtjTJETTE, Mica, July 56. Highwayman Holzhay, notf cbnflnediri the State prison, is kept alive by force alone. Last spring three fingers were shot from his" right hand by War deb Tompkins. Since then he has sulked and for three weeks he fasted, taking no food what ever. He is now kept alive by a bjuart of milk daily which is Injectdd thrdbgH his nostrils by tbe prisori physician. This has been done for dearly a month. She Weald litte- Fofid Cheaper. From tbe Chicago inter-Ocean. It is no use to coax Europe to buy American products'. Sue dnly now buys what she can get better and cheaper than froiri any otber quarter: DEATHS OF A DAY, Dtra asndtr Peek. JIT. Pleasant, July 58. Mrs. Susans Peek, aged 102 years, and for half a century a resident of this county, died at her Bridgeport homo last evening, ner husband, J. feck, died IS years ago. Two children blessed their union. Mm. Peck was born In Butler cqnntr, January 19, 176s, Not a tinge of gray could be found in tbe old lady's hair. Despite tier advanced age iirs. Peck was remarkably bright and healthy; Hersndden death was caused ov dysentery, and tbe burial took plice to-day at Gregnll ck Cemetery. A, J. Uiimbcfgcr. IBPECili TStEOUAU TO THE" PIsVaTCH. 1 HA4SILL0N, Jniy28. Adam J. Hnmberger, "he oldest drygoods merchant in tills city, and a resi dent here formoro than half a Century, died to day, aged 80 years. " gtJ$6i5, jOly 81? THE TOPICAL TALkEn. Fnaei Serve When Rnlahii Are Seared The Walt Seemed Too Long Sweet Six teen's Trials Cirneo Uefbre Mrat A Good Tdlner's Qunliflcnlldn-Dlschnrtes br ninny kinds-Mr. Banner's Ketv Stories Cltv Lrntrds. fHERB is somewhat of a Scarcity of beans fdr the grown-np young ladies at most water ing places this summer. For that matter adult courtiers ate never plentiful enough to go atound among tbe maidens wbo throng tbe hotel piazzas at the fashionable resorts in tbe summer. The coiisequencb is thit eveti the fairest of their sex sometimes find it convenient to make tbe best of pages where knights are soiree. Small boys are cajoled and caressed into service. It happened last weok at a resort which is popular with Plttsbnrgers that a certain young woman of many charms enlisted in her service a youngster of seven or eight year?. He found tho duties light and the recdmpense, by way of buggy ndes, cahdy and the like, tety Satis factory. One evenihg after a day packed full of excursions and much jnnketibgthe lady fair said unto ber young escort: "Bob, when you grow up you'll be my beau won't youf" "Oil, you'll be dead and gone by that time," was Bob's disconcerting reply. 6WKET SIXTEEN. 1 am taller far than Bess, Though she's stouter, 1 confess. An d my shoe-tops meet my dress, And lny balr lie aches far below my waist, "Which Is Just a little laced, And many who have taste Call me fair. "WlTtrthe b-OTS-i-mustnn-play, llama told ine so to-day; And my dolls are given away Everyone; I'm too old to ran abont, Play at tag, or laugh and shout, I must learn to live without Any fun. If with Cousin Tom I walk Mama sees me, like a hawk. And yon ought to hear her talk! Buch 4 tongue 1 "x"on a a schoolgirl flirting, iyl" Tnen I wish that I might die. Since for any pleasure I Am too yonng. I'm too old to play with toys, I'm too ydnng for Woman's joys, I'm too bid to fight the boys; And the men I'm forblddeb to regard, Lest I sister Bess retard, And I find It rather hard Mow and thenl TJisonARorso a man for any cause Is a dnty that most employers dislike. To get aronnd the disagreeable part of this obligation some men resort to subterfuge more or less amiable. For instance, a certain firm In New York bad a letter form which It always used when bouncing bad to be done. Here it is: Dear Sir: The condition of Onr business will not permit us to avail ourselves of your valuable services after next Saturday. Blank & Co. A Mother Urge employer of labor told me not long ago that he never discharged an employe. "Wbat fibvert" I inqnlf ect "Never," he repeated, "Ialways ask a man to resign, and if he doesn't resign, I resign from the place of paymaster." Tbat reminded me of a foreman in a factory wbo was so soft-hearted that he never could bring himself td fire a man In So many words. When it became necessary to get rid of a band he used to send for tbe victim and address him thus: "1'msbrry Wilhelm, but 1 lays you off for awhile." 'How long fort'' is the usual response1. "Ob! I doan know meybe six months maybe a year or two years or ten years I doan knowf GRACE BEFOREHAND. "Grace before meat,' well was it ordered so, Before be knows his fate the sanguine sinner May breathe his ibanks td heaven lol Be may feel far from thankful after dinner. kTjrown says you're a very clever converta tlonallst," said Blnks. ''Yes 1 always let him do all the talking." TJOBOd't can afford to miss tho short stories H. C. Banner is writing in Puck. The series is called "Short Sixes," in allusion to the candles which are sold six to a pound I believe. Two stories have appeared "CoL Brereton's Aunty" and ;The Love Letters of Smith." Both bf ihem ate full of delicate humor, afad the illustrations by Mr. Taylor are conceived and drawn In tbbrongh sympathy with the text "The 'Love Letters of Mr. Smith" In this week's Puck ought to please you almost as much as if they were your own. Mr. Banner's stories have always had much io recommend them, but these trifles in size are treasures in literary art. Because they are true to nature, and to what is most pleasant td human nature, tbey will delight all sorts and conditions of readers. TT the population of Pittsburg grows at its present rate for a few years more, locomo tion on tbe sidewalks of our downtown streets, especially of Fifth avenue, will be out of the question on a fine Saturday night. Last night humanity struggled in a mass over tbe narrow pavement of Fifth avenue. It was impossible to tnako rapid progress even if one had resort to the carriage way; even there tbe crowd was1 at times congested. The opening of a wider Diamond street to tbe junction with Forbes street in its new shape will be a great blessing, but even this provision of new thoroughfares' will be Insuffi cient to meet the extraordinary increase of population the increase of which the census to many itersohs thinking, has1 not taken full account. Hepburn Johns. COMMENTS OK THE TOBCE BILL. OilAHA irorlot-Heralo!: Supervisors are to "watch" naturalization, hut who is to watcti tbe supervisors? Except for purposes of fraud, such a bill cbuld never bare originated. New York Times: It IS worthy bf rerriark tbat the hot-beaded notion of the Atlanta CorU slitulion in regard to a boycott of the North if tbe elections bill sbould become a law ii very generally denounced in the South. Syracuse Courier: The desperate and in famous lengths td which the Republican ma jority In Congress stand ready td go in order to perpetuate their party id power is proof that they have abandoned all hope 6f being able id kdep in power by honest inoang. Nir York: World; The Republicans of the Senate Committee on Elections are reported tot bave materially redticed In length tbiiDaven-port-Loda fores bill. It sbould be reduced to ad imperceptible point. There is nd need of any further latr on the subject. DAttON Times'.' The Lodge bill might sim plify matters very greatly" by jirovlding for the doing away with the ballot box and Sling the ballots on the" bavhnets, of still more so by hav ihg the Supervisors go round and do tbe connU ihg and Certifying. This wduld save the voter tne trouble of going to tbe polls'. New ObLeai&s Picayune: l is tbe daring project of the Republican President, wbb is exerting all his influence to bave it enacted into a law. All the mean and despicable men of the Republican party ire in favor ot it Statesmen like Blaine oppose It; but statesmen are now at a discount in Federal politics. The oonepirators are sanguine of success. Philadelphia Press: To call this bill a "force bill" bdly illustrates tbe utter inability" of the opposltldn td attack its real provisions. It Is in no sense a "force bill." The force bill of 1475 authorized the suspension of the writ of Habeas corpus and the use of the irmy at the polli It in substance gave authority to the" Preldent to make a declaration bt war. There Is nothing of that character in the Federal election bill. This bill is simply a supervisors' bill. New York ITeratd: A meeting of citizens in Atlahta, Ga., held to consider the proposed "boycott" measure Of Governor Gordon, wisely tabled resolutions of apprdval. The whole business" resolves itself into the desire ot tbe Atlanta Constitution to find a sumhier sensa tion to offset the wonderful shake stories which appear In the columns of its rivals. To this must be added, we are sorry to say, the ambi. tlon of Jobn B. Gordon to re-enter the Senate. The people of the Sotitn have nejnbre idea of passing boycotting measures than bt forming associations tor ibd encouragement of delirium tremens, One would be about as useful ai the other. 1800. LliztE LONCr'S PBOTHACTED SLEEP. Kino Days Unconscious and Motionless, Wilb No Sign of WnLIne. Mt. iioRBI8, N. Y., July 24 A singular case of protracted sleep Is occupying the attention of physicians in this vicinity. Tbe person afflicted is Miss Lizzie Long, daughter of Lewis Long, of Mt. Morris. She Is 26 years old. is of a very rbbiist frahie and has alwajs enjoyed tolerably good health, though lately in something of a decline. Sunday evening, July liMisaLong Weht Ihto the yard to see Some young friends, who were about to take a ride, and while con versing with them suddenly complained of a numbness of ber right side and limb", and of a drowsy feeling. Medical aid was called arid remedies administered, when she sank into what was supposed to be a refreshing sleep. Monday morning, when her physician. Dr. J. M. Hagey, called, she had not awakened and could not be aroused, which caused some alarm. Dr. Hagey proceeded to makeathdrodgh and most critical examina tion by which, ho discovered ho bad in hand a pronounced rase of catalepsy, accompanied in a mindf degree with hemiplegia, or paralysis Of the right side, including the legs and arms, on his hands. All attempts to arouse the patient to consciousness were unavailing The only tithes since thfen when any Kellngwis percep tible or the eves could be made, to partially open would be when ice cold water was applied to tbe temples and wrists, and even then the effect would not bo so great as to afford assur ance tbat she recognized any one. A consultation df physicians was held Wednesday and Dh Hagey's diagnosis Was pronounced correct. For several days past Miss Long has lain upon her bed. moving beltber hand nor foot, but breathing freely and naturally as though asleep: She has bad no nourishment except what in a liquid form is poured lntd ber modtb. Once any liquid is Id the mouth she swallows naturally and without any effort butalthougb closely watched makes no sign or palb or of being conscious of what she is doing or what la going on or wbo is around ber bedside. She has not apparently lost flesh since being taken down. Her pulse remains about normal and ber temperature is slightly augmented. STABTS WITH 810,000,000 CAPITAL. Incorporation of the Leake Pneumatic Transportation Compnnv. Philadelphia, July 26. The Leake Pneu matic Tranipoitatlon Company has been In corporated at Camden, N. J., with a capital ot $111,000,000. Thestdekwas quoted on the In corporation paper at $100 a share, or 100,000, and the Incorporators are Samuel F. Leake, Philadelphia, 03,000 shires: Edward Vernon. New York, 00 shares: John If. Bradley, Henry 1. Canfield and Douglass Leake, all dt Phila delphia, and each of tbem down for 500 shares. The dbject set forth in the articles of incor poration is the transportation of freight, mer chandise and passengers by i pneumatic tube. Most Of the business Is to be conducted In New Jersey and the cities ot New York and Phila delphia. Mr. Johd M, Bradlpy is ode of tue firm of tailors oh Broad street Philadelphia. Mr. Samuel F. Leake Is the patentee ot the new invention. A friend of the scheme said' tbe pneumatic tube will be 24 inches in diam eter, and can be switched oft at any station, ami can be ran at a spedd or .900 miles an hour. Tbe 24-ihcb tube, it is said, is only td be a starter, and thiy don't propose to travel as fast as 800 miles an hour, but It is within the rabge of wbat tbe new concern can do. , . Mr. Leake has made application for patents id foreign countries, and In time hopes to bave libit all over the world. He has six patents twd en the tnbes, twd on the carriers and two On the receivers. It la also claimed the line can run passengers or parcels up tbe side of a bouse, but tho 21-Inch tube is to be for parcels. The incorporotors claim to be negotiating for terminals lb New York and Philadelphia, and when tbe line Is in operation, tbey expect it will interfere with the railroads. Practical railroad men say it is a line on paper, to be run by Wind. STATE DENTAL SOCIETY. The Annua! Meeting to Be Held at Mlnequa Springs This Week. The twenty-second annual meeting of the Pennsylvania Dental Society will be held at Mlnequa Springs, commencing Tuesday, July 29, and continuing three days. The State Ex amining Board will be present and examine anyone desiring to begin the practice of den tistry without a diploma. The following is tho programme: Address by the retlringPresldent Dr. J. C. M. Hamil ton, pf Tyrone; "Inter-Dental Splints," by Dr. A. P. Beale, Philadelphia: "Immediate Root Fill lug," Dr. J. A. Llbbey, Pittsburg: "Correction of Irregularities of the Teeth." Dr. C. E. Pike, Philadelphia; 'The Relation Between Dental Carles and Diet" by Dr. L. A. .Fausbt, Phila delphia. Prof, fi. Leffman and J. L. Elsenbrey, of tbe same1 city, will read bapers, subjects to be announced. A number of interesting clinics Will be given. THE TEHPEBABCE W0EHEES. Iniei'-Stnte Cenferenee Meeting of the Wt C T. V. rsrxcilt TrcxooAJi to tse faisrATea.t Mt. Lake PAbk, Md.. July 26. The Inter state Conference of the Woman' Christian Temperance Union closed its six days' 'session here this morning. The following Is the staff of officers elected for the ensiling year: President, Mrs. Caroline Buell; Secretary. Mrs. Jehnle McClurklp, of West Virginia; Treasurer, T. C, Cecil. Pennsylvania: Vice President for Pennsylvania, Miss Mattie R.Mc Connell. Tbe Conference will meet here next year. Plilsbdt-gtra Io Philadelphia. H. a Paul, of Pittsburg, and George B. Or lady, of Huntingdon, whb placed General Hastings In hoinlnatiori f or Gbvfernor at Har risbdrg, arrived at the Lafayette yesterday from the cruise bf the Presbyterian Fishing Club. They carried shatk spiflecinfes made from sharks which they had caught, and told many wondrous tales ot their devotions and their fishing and cracked the hecks bt Several bottles of tbe material wblcb theyTtad used for bait on the cruise. Philadelphia Press. Conspicuous among the figures in the corri dor ot the GIrard House last night was a flne lboking old gentleman, with long, flowing beard, wearing a large, broad brim felt bat pat terned after the popular Western idea of nead gear. He waS J. Mr. Cimmack, an oldPItts bbrg business man. Mr. Cammack conies to Philadelphia often to See his friends. He has traveled the World over.knd possesses a fund of bright anecdotes. Philadelphia Inquirer. A feoalliet-n Opinion. Ifrom the Petersburg Index-Appeal. It Is painfully apparent that the fool killer hat not been doing his dnty in Georgia. FROM TUB SAME OFFiCE IWftlTTEX 'OS TBE pisriTCB.! Pant Writes. Df ar Kate, your letter came last night Shall send you papers every day 1 really have not time to write; Besides; there isn't much to say. We're driven like the mUthlef here; Old Blank's array, and so, of coarse, Mojt prthe csrelson me, dear. And takes up all my mind and force. The hfeat's Intense, enough to melt Tbe ''hafdy flesh of monritaln deer," let, strange to say. I've seldom1 felt Myself in better working gear. jfou mustn't think of coming tack I I'm at yonr mother's how. dear Kate, But sometime stop" downtown with Jack "When We are working" very late. 6 lay till tile leaves fall. I may get A day or t oTbat that Is all, So don't exiiect me. and don't fret I'm quite content, ionr husband, PAOX. t, inch Writes. licarAngei, Fate is dead against us; For here, with every Joy In. view, Bight, as the IrlStt say. fernenst ti lt teems I can't get ddwn to you. Bnt. then, I shall I end so that's settled. I'll go. If only for a day; My darling, I have been so nettled lis, truly heart-sick, Imay say Old Olsnk'j abroad, ana at the office "We lounge and idle, killing time, And yet to ask for one week off; is Bcgarded as a sort ot crime. Baton, I'm longing so td hear you To toneh yonr bihil-to Bee yorf trell, Only to breathe a motrient dear yod My blessed girl, my preclons Well! Just think, my brother Paul was offered Ten days or motet lie Won't lake one; Ee sc6f lis tbe" gdod trie nod J hate proffered, And says the city's better fun; And acts as If he really mead tit, -While everything I seein to lack! I sball not rest one hour contented Untltwemeet. Your lover. Jack. i ItADELLKE H. BSIPOIS. MUnnAY's Musings, Bits of Ilcman Naiaro Ttint Crop Ont on tbe "L Roads Ilbw President Have Treated Porter ef Their Special Cars Hard Work id ReforAi. rrndJt A sTArr cdnttfcsrosDEtT.i The platforms of the elevated roads ire more bsef nl than for the purpose designed. They servo as trystihg places for young lovers, for business appointments, for resting spots where everybody Is safe from personal annoy ance, dr evil remarks. There is a platform directly opposite and on a level with my office windows. When a young lady Is seen saunter lbg bp and down, or occupies one of tbe benches demurely immersed in a paper covered novel you would scarcely notice her; and If you did the supposition wonld be tbat she is wait ing for a ln.'fi. It is only the old gatekeeper and ticket ckopp'er bn either side who snow better. They cai see, If they care td observe which they usual! v don't tbat Abe misses the next train, tbe nex. the next and so on. With seeming indifference td tbe advantages of travel and tbe lapse of time. Passengers get onand off, tbegatesare slammed, the cordis yanked by the guard and tho trains pull out one after another. Tbe busy world is too much engrossed with itself io pay any atten tion to idlers. Pretty soon a quick step is heard. It must be a peculiarly familiar one, oris it intuition? For she Is suddenly alert; a quick, pleased glance, a lifted bat, extended arms. The pair now disappear, either dowhstalrs or by way of the next train. If below, they bave paid 10 cents for the security the elevated grants. She couldn't wait on a corner with decency, nor hang abont a restaurant or hotel like a man, so She blesses tbe elevated. Sometimes it is a husband and wife you can easily tell by the greetihg. He may wish td ,lseeamdn" tor a few minutes and the elevated station Is tbe best place to rejoin his wife on the return home. If It Is one business man with another thb wait Is never long. Tbey hustle at once on board and withbut ceremony, consnlting their watches usually to note tbe fault of time. This goes on daily in front of my office window amid the great roar of traffic and the rush of commercial activity. 1 once mentioned it in a jocular way to an old gateman. "Tob cbmmon td notice," said he, pumping my ticket into the machine. "I know nearly every face that passes this gate all the regulars. There are a good many of 'em, bdt I kndw 'em, I know 'em. You can't see tbe same people every day, twice and three and fdur times a day, for sev eral years without getting acquainted with 'em. Most people take tbe 'L at a particular station at a certain hour and leave it at the same place with tbe same regularity. I kndw men Wbo are fiunctual to the minute both ways. Tbey lire ike a well regulated clock. I can ptit my band on the time in tbe morning when one of them ought to be on the stairs. I can feel 'em yes. Sit; ffael 'em coming in! There is an early hour for a certain long-hour set. porters, office boys and factory hands. Ihey begin when tbe all night birds are flying In and out Then comes the rush of clerks nobby young fellows and half an bouriater the tide of big business men, merchants, brokers, bankers, lawyers, etc., sets in. Close on to tbem come the lady shoppers. "I know a man wbo meets his pretty type writer here every, morning; She gets off a Harlem here and hangs around a tew minutes every morning, then be comes np and they both go on together downtown. Let's see, there's a blacK-haired girl in a, pink dress she's due Wednesdays. And the red-haired Iffdy with dlinlonds,'' enumerating on his fin gers, "she's on band Tuesdays and Saturdays to meet the tall Cuban. There's tbe widow in fact there are several wldsws or mlddle aged'ladles In black they're tbe most per sistent and patient These are regulars on my platform. The irregulars are mostly youug girls. There is no law against a girl beibg a fool, you know." "But perhaps he's the fool," I suggested. "Oh, no; It's tbe fool Who waits. And Ind uce it Is dsdally the woman who waits. I can tell the man foul by his banging around, Nd, in deed; Its usually the woman. It'B tbe woman who waits." Wttb this bit of philosophy on his lips this student of human nature fell to pumping an excursion party through the gate and relapsed into bis usually morose condition. Wealthy Men's Taxes. TT ought io be next to impossible for a man in the United States to accumulate flO.OCO.000 in 10 years. It onght to be absolutely Impossi ble for one man to bold 40,000,000. The reason it is possible is the fact that the ratio of taxa tion decreases in proportion to Increased wealth of tbe individual. Reverse tbls and, in mv opinion, we Would have an hundred or so less of the extremely rich, and a million less of tbe extremely poor. A Reformed Borsiar' Woe. ((""The general public has but little conception of tbe difficulties that are continually being placed In tbe way of a man, who having once been guilty of transgressing the law, has re formed and done everything- in his power to lead an honest life." Tbe speaker was "Spike" Hennessy, the famous converted burglar who now travels with "The Stowaway" Company and cracks a safe in that play nightly with the neatness and digpatch born of long experience. Mr. Hennessy ta righteously indignant because bis name was mentioned in vidiously In connection with the alleged rob bery of Mrs. Paran Stevens' diamonds. "I think my case affords a pretty fair exam ple of.thd trntb of what I say," , continued tbe cracksman. "When the story was first pub lished that Mrs. Stevens had been so unfortun ate as to lose ber jewelry again, a careful sur vey was made of the prominent members of the prof essioh to which I ita sorry to say L formerly belonged, and sllnply because I was in the East at the time a lot of vealy headed detectives jumped to, tbe conclusion that 1 must have had a hand in the swiping of those Sparklets." Spike heaved a sigh and went on plaintively: "Now, don't you think that it is tough on a fellow who, tor a long tinie, has been dead straight and who, if I do say it myself, IS gradually coming to be looked upon as one of the brightest ornaments ot tbe theatrical pro fession f Why. Inspector ByrteS. my managers, and, in fact everyone who knows anything at all about me are well aware tbat I am now as Honest and upright a man a3 can be found in these bloody United States. Then why should a lot ot rural champs in Newport make In in Say, what's that wordfHPb, yes; mike ln yourwlndaws about me and try to blacken the fair fame I have now acqulredt Many a good man has been bounded either back into tbe evil ways he had forsaken or into a suicide's grave in this way. It makes me langh when 1 think Of those jay detectives who conldn't detect llmburser cheese if it was stlckln' on tbelr noses chasing around after Mr. Stevens' diamonds, whlloall tbe time tbey were repos ing snugly in that truly u. fortunate lady's bed. Speaking of the bard luck that she always seems to have with her valuables, it seems to me tbat a lot Of these society dames are as thirsty for nowspaper notoriety concerning tbelr ornamedts as any prima donna or emo tional actress who has a nieaslng custom of losing ber diamonds at regular Intervals." e Some Cbrions Old Volumes. Tk the WlndoW of a Broadway seedhd-band bobkstbre is a curious bid leither-covered voluind bound In brass. It is about two feet square, and the corner pieces of brass aro Studded with crass-headed nails, While d brass plate In the center bedrs a coat of arms of the sixteenth century. The book is "Psalterlum Rbmanum," printed in red and black Latin characters half an inch or more in size, with Initial letters about two inches squire. In 1653. It was nsed In obe of tbe ancient monasteries, td which it was presented, according tb the In scriptions in the corner pieces by "D. D. Thomas et Joannes, Da Guldo tls Fratres, Libcratlssame donant, Capociant, Reg" something, tbe engraving being worn out It has 467 pages br leates, and Is Indexed by little colhretl tags of ribbon in a curious manner. The voldtne was bonght br a collector la a junk Shop In Munich for 10 francs. The. then owner wa offered 175 francs in Strasbourg for his purchase, bdt rightly divined tbat It would be worth more in America, and Shipped it borne. In this same little shop1 on Broadway are vol umes still older, one a bible illuminated by hand, tne text being too fine for the naked eye. When asked whether tliCro was much demand for such works here, the collector replied: "I Could get 1100 for a copy of tbe first New York City Directory 100 years old. For this I would be giaa to take nan that price." Tlpplhg the Porters. '"The biggest railway official In the country that I know of told me the othernight that "tho porters of special cars pick up big money. Whenever a 'pedal car is nsed tbe best porter who Is handy it assigned to it Tbls man ex pects ibd Usually receives a handsome gratui ty. Thrise who travel in special car can af ford to be liberal to tho one who for the time being becomes a valer, ot personal servant and generally ire. When President Orant went ant where tbe porter of tbe special car alwats got S60. He never gave less, whether the time was i day or a week, and never gave more. was Invariably a 850 bill. President Arthur al ways gave tho porter two fJO t'" two J20 gold pieces. He waa also lit eral to other minor Kii..1; JmT Ul. tii...i.im Haves ued a pe- if, JT;Sr olt He tipped the potter S3, and sighed when be did it He bateii to part wnh money. When Garfl.Id traveled special He hated td part the porter got only Siaud consldereu uim-eu lucVv to get that OirnelU was al -ays very close JEM iL'.S'rr.::- w. .ived nulne. while in Congress on a salary tbat few others were able to barely live upon. t. ... - , "How dDdut President Cleveland?" I In- q "Cleveland Well, When he went up in the Atllrondacks in a special he gave tbe porter 50 Hants'-" """ . OifARtsa T. McrrAt. New York, July 26. CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS. A Boston cat has just died at the vener able age of 24 years and 5 months. Illinois pearls are worth picking up. Four found lb the river near Galena last week wbre Sold td a Chicago jeweler for 5400. A Manhattan, Kan., livery firm an nounces tbat it has ordered a fine new hearse, and that its motto is "Lire and let live." A new electric brake recently experi mented with in England stopped a car travel ing at a rate of 30 miles an hour in 200 feet A bell cast recently for the Kharkow cathedral contains 68 per cent of pure silver. It weighs 646 English pounds and its vibrations last several minutes. Two Philadelphia physicians were re cently arrested on a charge of cruelty to ani mals, the charge being based upon the fact tbat they were in the habit of practicing vivisec tion on dogs in the course ot tbelr experi ments. Five boys, hardly more than babies, were arraigned in the Barigor, Me , court on the charge of breaking and entering stores and larceny from tbem. The oldest of the boys was but 12 years of age, but they were armed with revolvers, dirk-knives, etc., and had named themselves "The Black Avengers." A family by the name of Moore, living six miles west of Colnmbus, Ind., has a peculiar and distinguishing family mark running through three generations. At a reunion, held On Thursday of this week, it was learned tbat out bf 27 persons present which represented the three generations, 13 bad six toes on each foot An English woman resident in Syria reports the discovery near Beyroot of a bedstead made bf gdldihd silver and inlaid with precious stones; An lnscriptibn upon it in English characters states tbat it belonged to Eleanor, Queen of England. The bedstead was discov ered in a care, and is supposed to have been placed there for security when Edward L left the East A Saco, Me., man hunted for a dentist who could not be found, and in his wanderings he finally turned up in a shoemaker,s shop. The man's forceps were not of tbe best, for old shoemaker's pincers ire not what dentists use now-a-days; but by aid of muscular force the son of St. Crispin "got there" and the molar With him. Besides tbe other fellow saved half a dollar. A queer history attached to a Portland young woman. When but 5 years old. away off on one ot the South Sea islands, she was sold by ber own people, who are cannibals, to a Portland sea captain, and tbe seller firmly be lieved tbit she was bobght to be eaten as food. Sue's been edncated ana treated kibdly and earns her living as .a servant in the captain's family, realizing everv day, no doubt, bow mdeh better It is to eat thin to be eaten. A yellow catfish weighing 58 pounds was exhibited in thb Palace market at Eighth and McGee yesterday, says the Kansas City JHtnes. It had been captured a day before at tbe mouth of the Eaw. Tbe fish was over five feet long, and if it bad been taken with a hook and line might bave made some fun and possi bly a news item; but it bad a mean advantage taken of it by being caught in a trap and slugged pn the bead before it had time to fairly lash its tall. An American missionary from India says that there is a chance in Madras and Bom bay for a number of bright, skilled American dentists. Madras is a city of 300,000 population and has not a single American dentist People sometimes travel from there to Bombay, near ly 1,000 miles, in order to bare a tooth filled. There is only one good deniist In Bombay, and be refuses to fill teeth witn gold, using a sort ot cement tbat is not lasting. He charges $7 SO for palling a tooth. A novel summer resort enterprise has been started by a Bennington (Vt.) man. He has secured a large tract ot land in a woodland valley above tbe historic town where bo has erected a hotel and several cottages, and stocked all tbe streams with trout Anglers are required to pay sd much a pound for their catches. There Is a mountain lake a mile above the place, where a hatchery has been es tablished, and year by year the stream will be supplied with "leaping trout" "When will I be able to get my bounty, pension abd arrears 7" writes an Illinois ex-soldier to bis Congressman. '-I enlisted in 1562, staid with my company till 1863, and then, when they wouldn't give me leave, I went borne on a little furlough. Bdt I joined another company tne next year ana siaia wun n iot neany eigne months. Itben went home on another Jur lodgb and before I could enlist again tbe war was over. Tbat was Hot my fault, and I don't think tbe Government ought to be mean enough to beat n e out ot my bounty and pen sion on that accdunt." A Wood's Holl man writes to the Boston Post. "One ot my neighbors keeps a store quite near the harbor, and lately be ob served bis cat bringing in a small flsb, which he laid npon the floor and retired. He soon returned, however, bringing a second, which he also laid down, as if to give tbem to his master. The next day he repeated it, and then his proceedings were watched, and it was found tbat be went to tbe shore and watched for a School of fishes to approach, when be wonld strike out like a flash, fasten bis claws into one Of tbem, codvey It to bis month and scamper off with it. He seems to think it an amusing and useful performance." While Sims owell was sitting in his library at his bouse at Prospect Hill, Parkers burg one evening lately, hebeard a noise as of the rattle of wings against a window. On lay lug down his paper ind looking up, much to his astonishment he saw a beautiful snow white oxl perched upon the back of a chair and blinking atthe light Mr. Powell captured tbe bird and wilt keep it as a curiosity. It is snow white and is a beautiful specimen of the stnx nivla, and is tbe only specimen of tbe klrid ever seen in this section of the country. It Is believed by some to be a member of a species found in the extreme North, or Arctic Circle. FUNNY MEN'- FANCIES. iwsmxir tor the dispatch. Sleep may knit up the raveled sleeve of care, but It cannot be relied on to darn tbe family stockings. Alex . Bicttt. CLASSIFIED. "Won Lung has bet Ching Hob that he can wath more collars ltt an hodr than Cblng can." 'Going to have a scrub race?" Henry If. Hark ness. ONE FOR THE DOO DAYS. Keporter Is it true, Prince Bismarck, that the Emperor has nut a muzzle on you? Bismarck Not by a muchness! I am not the puppy. . J?. Wales. VS B0031OPOLIS. "The land seems rather dry. Are there any rainfalls here?" 'None. Once and a while, when we strike a sucker from the East there Is a windfall, though." Cfwlmondclt Ifarcourt. A GREAT TEAT. "it was a case of love at first sight He fairly devoured her with bis eyes." 'Bather a big contract for his eye-teeth, I should say. ' ' Carly le Smith. STRISXNO AS AVERAGE. Smith liello, Jones, did you get horns all tight last niftht? Jones Yes, but my wife refused to speak to jfifc. Smith Well, never mind. What your wlfej didn't siy mine dld.--. E. Svceet. A LIBERAL PBOPOalTIOIT. Lawyer (to burglar) Don't take all I have, it's rain. Burglar-Well, I'll tell you what I'll do, pard. I won't divvy now, but If I aet snagged by the police I'll let yn defend me. and go you halves If you git me off. See? HOW TO PRESEVE SEALSKCtS. Vislor Has your sister put her sealskin sacqne la camphor yet? Little anny-Jio; but 1 heard pi say that If she was going io lqhs urancn tnis summer tbe would bave to pnt It In soak. Alex: A. Sicett. HLTTJI A THULE. "What has this place to recommend it as a summer resort?" asked tbe weary and skeptlcal lootln new arrival of the effusively hospitable botelkeeprr. "Well, to begin with," was that personage's reply, "while we haven't got any "Lover's Leip," we have ' ""ay no more I" exclaimed the new arrlral.and be sljraed tbe register, ind the beatlflc smile dl 1 not ledve his Irradiated cohntenince, even when he was assigned to a small room on the seventh floor. Pol Sicaips. THE BOND THAT HELD HISC 'There is something about Miss Goldie," sighed he This young Air. itather Poor Pay Thefe is something about her, I candidly say, Tbat has a great Interest forme." Tjuite likely." his ebummy responded. ! A-crusps 'tis ner prlnclpal-hey?" Polk Sicaips, si$Jl 3V-
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