ILMflii! piiuAJkM! ?? "if&PFfgRS? Ss ,y v ,-vxp 'v-.- K5 .X THE PITTSBURG- DISPATCH, WEDNESDAY, JTILY 80. 1890. Bsaisa K t flje Bigpftlj; ESTABLISHED FEBRUARY 8., 1S48. VoLS, Ko.1T. Entered it Pittsburg 1'ostoBee. November 14, lac, as second-class, matter. Business Office Corner Smithfield and Diamond Streets. News Rooms and Publishing House 75, 77 and 79 Diamond Street. EASTERN ADYEBTISIMI OFFICE, ROOMS, TKIBUNE BUILDING. NEW YOKE, -where complete files of THE DISPATCH can always be found. Foreign advertisers appreciate tbe con venience. Borne advertisers and friends of THE DISPATCH, -wlille In New York, are alio made welcome. THE DISPATCH is regularly on sale at Srentano's, 5 Union Square, Hew York, and X7Avc de V Optra. Fori, Prance, where any one who has been disappointed at a hotel news stand can obtain it. TERMS OF THE DISPATCH. rosTAOE eeee in the united states. DA1LT Dispatch. One Year. f S00 Dailt Dispatch, Per Quarter 0O 1) ailt Disr atch. One Month TO Dailt DISPATCH, InWndlng Sunday, lyear.. 10M Dailt Dispatch, IncludingSunday, Jm'tbs. -50 Dailt Dispatch, Including Sunday.lmonth 90 ECNDA.T Dispatch, One Year 150 Weekly Dispatch, One Year 125 The Dailt DisrATCH la delivered by carriers at X cents per -week, or Including Sunday edition, atSO cents per week. PITTSBURG. WEDNESDAY, JULY SO. 1B90. TEE DISPATCH FOB THE STJMHEE. Persons leaving the City for the summer can have Tax Dispatch forwarded by earliest mail to any address at therate of SO cents per month, or ft SO for three months, Sunday edi tion included. Daily edition only. 70c per month, fS for three months. The address may be changed as desired, if care be taken in all cases to mention both old and new address. TACTICS OF THE PAST. This is the season of the year when militia encampments are in vogue for the purpose of testing and proving the efficiency of our citi zen soldiery; It is praiseworthy .that work is done io maintain military organizations, and to ednoate onr yonng men to bear their part well in case we should be involved in war. No thoughtful man will disconrage such.work; bnt in viewof the need of intelli gent education on that point it is pertinent to inquire how Tar the discipline and drill taught in these encampments is in line with the latest developments or the science of war. It is pertinent in connection with such an inquiry to recall the fact that, as far back as onr Civil "War, a great many things were in cluded in the drilling of troops iu the camps of instruction that were of no use in actual fighting. It was a beautiful thing on the parade ground to see a wheel performed with the line turning on its pivot as straight as a spoke; but no battle in onr Civil "War was won by the straightness of lines. The departure from the era of old tactics was more marked in the Franco-Prussian "War, where it was shown that the range and pre cision of modern arms had completely de stroyed the old system of fighting -with lines and columns. This departure became still more marked with the further perfection of small arms, and smokeless powder, until it is recognized abroad that the old tactics are completely useless, and a new era of move ments on the battlefield has taken their place. .Now the fact is brought out by a study of the reports of militia encampments that their discipline is still that of the old tactics. They aie formed in lines, squares, wheeled and moved iu columns, by tactics which, if resorted to on a battlefield against German or French arms and tactics, would secure their utter demolition without loss to the enemy. Two cases of this sort are especially illustrative of the mistake of dis cipline by antedeluvian methods. In some New York maneuvers an attack was made upon a supposed position of the enemy by a column. The last attempt in actual war fare to win a battle by column attack was the charge at Gettysburg; and, although it was a magnificent attempt, it was also a magnificent failure. With the present im provement of arms, an attack by columns -would simply doom the soldiers of the column to annihilation. In the Michigan maneuvers the other day the brigade was formed in squares to repel cavalry. This is antique tactics with a vengeance. It was shown during our Civil War that a simple line armed with breech-loading rifles, would be very remiss if it let a cavalry charge come within speaking distance of it; and the fnrther development of arms has been such - that if a regiment should now form square under fire it would be an invitation to the enemy to mow it down with long-range rifles, smokeless powder and machine guns. If our citizen soldiery is to be of service in the case of war, it should be provided with the best arms of modern times, and taught to use them. But while that neces sary equipment is being provided, the mili tia should be taught the tactics made neces sary by the new arms, namely, the move ment in skirmish lines, taking advantage of the ground, and the concentration by groups at the points where force is needed. The old drill ground tactics are about as useful in modern warfare as the discipline of tilting grounds from the age of feudal military ed ucation. BE SHOULD NOT BE SURPRISED. Prince Bismarck's expressions since his retirement from office have a great deal of interest and zest. The old Chancellor is evidently determined to make up for a life time of official reticence by a revel of frank ness after the cares of office have been thro wn off. But there is a failure on his part to recognize the inevitable result of some influ ence! that have been powerful in Germany, in his complaint of the cowardly way in -which he has been ignored by most of the German press. Says the ex-Chancellor: Organs lite the Berlin Post and the Cologne Gazette, which used to bare a lively connec tion with me, now shun me as if I were Infected with tbe pestilence. I never thought that the German press could show such a lack of cour age and behave in such a cowardly manner. There is no doubt that tbe most marked example in modern times of the quick deser tion of fallen greatness, has been presented bv the way in which the German press has turned its back on Bismarck since his dis missal and has -paid its court to tbe powers that be. That this is cow ardly and servile, as the old statesman calls it, is Also plain. But the one man in Germany who has no right to be surprised or indignant at the exhibition of those qualities is the man of blood and iron. This is for the simple reason that he, more than any other man, is responsible for the system which made any other qualities in an official press Impossible. The true cause of this servility may be seen in Prince Bismarck' reference to the papers that were "formerly dependent" on him: This brings out the fact that under the imperial system which Bismarck estab lished not only -was independence and cour age -in the press discouraged and suppressed, bnt that the utter dependence of the organs on tbe ruling statesman was insured by subsidizing them -wlta public money. A press that is supported by Government funds cannot be anything but servile, and when the statesman who subsidizes such organs loses his power he must expect that they will hasten to pay their court to his successors. There is nothing which will make an ab solutist statesman perceive the disadvan tages of absolutism quicker than to sud denly find himself on tbe outside. THE ERROR OF THE DECISION. The criticisms on the Sunreme Court de cision of the original package cases, brought out by the Congressional debate, has pro voked some very sharp retorts from that portion of the press which is particularly inimical to prohibitory legislation. It is de clared hy these organs to be extremely in appropriate fortCongressmen to criticise the Supreme Court for laying down the con ceded and recognized principles of the Constitutional they have been construed by its predecessors. But that is what the Supreme Court did not do. The criticisms are justified in view of the fact that this decision of the Supreme Court specifically reversed the decision of such jurists as Taney, Woodbury, Grier and McLean in an exactly similar case and practically .denied the reasoning of the more modern Waite, Bradley, Miller and others in a case involving the same princi ple, with regard to the relation of State legislation to inier-State commerce. By so doing the practice of a centnry has been subverted. "Vc have not yet realized all that the logic of the decision would ac complish if carried to its full extent; bnt we have seen enough of it to know that it completely overthrows some of the most es sential powers of the State which were never before challenged. The discussion has been carried far enough to point one fact that involves the very foundation of the Supreme Court's logic; and vet which has so far been entirely over looked in the discussion. It is a common form of stating the case to say that the Constitution forbids a State government to regulate inter-State commerce. Yet it would puzzle anyone who makes that state ment to name the section and clause in which that prohibition is made, for the simple reason that no such prohibition ex ists. Of course the Supreme Court was aware of that fact and the majority of opinion rests its ruling on the unexpressed argument, that because the Constitution gives Congress the power "to regulate com merce with foreign nations and among the several States" therefore no State can touch inter-State commerce with its legislation. But see where this leads. In the same sec tion that gives this power to Congress, and under the same granting clause, that instru ment gives Congress the power "to eitablish rules of naturalization and uniform laws on bankruptcy." The logic that forbids States to regulate iuter-State commerce under this section, would therefore forbid them to provide for the naturalization of citizens, and as at present, when there is no national bankruptcy law, would forbid the State to provide for the settlement of insolvencies. The same section authorizes Congress "to provide for calling for the militia to sup press insurrection" and under the rule that what is granted to Congress is denied to the States that must forbid the States to do any thing of the sort. In short, the logio of the original package decision will, if legiti mately extended, overturn many of the most essential and undisputed powers of State legislation. It is to be recognized that where there is Congressional regulation on any of these subjects State regulation that conflicts with it must give way. But it is also the com mon sense view, that where there is no Con gressional legislation on any branch of these subjects, State legislation on such of them as affects the citizens of the given State, is proper. That is not only the common sense view, but it was the view laid down by the Supreme Court for over a century. It was declared by Taney that in the absence of any regulation by Congress in the form of a statute of the United States, the traffic in liquor might lawfully be regulated by tbe State as soon as the liquor was landed in its territory, "and a tax imposed upon it, or a license required, or the sale altogether prohibited." The same construction was laid down in the Granger cases when Chief Justice Waite ruled, that in the absence of Congressional regulation, it was within the power of a State to regulate such inter-State commerce as began or terminated within its boundaries. In the Wabash case of 18S5, this ruling was reversed in a deoisioa the logio of which was completely riddled by Justice Bradley's dissenting opinion; and the first step was taken into the bog of con stitutional uncertainties into which the original package decision causes the nation to flounder. It is true that there are some specific pro hibitions in connection with this subject and one of them is peculiarly significant It is that prohibiting any State from levy ing duties on imports or exports, "except what may be absolutely necessary for exe cuting its inspection laws." Inspection necessarily inplies regulation. If the recog nition of State inspection laws, does not carry with it a right to regulate inter-State commerce, "subject to the revision and con trol of Congress," as the same section de clares, it is difficult to tell what it does mean. The fact is that the constitutional prohi bition of the States from regulating inter State liquor traffic is entirely court-made constitutional law. THE MEN I.IKE IT. Ai might have been expected, there it a growing sentiment among the workers in the shops and mills of this city in favor of tbe establishment of adequate facilities for washing and changing clothes at the end of the working day. On the Southside the worklngmen'a clubs have taken the matter up and concerted notion on their part may be looked for. A very fair proposal is made to the effect that the employers establish the desired improve ments iu the way of lavatories upon the un derstanding that the men conserve and maintain them. Some such plan will doubtless take definite shape in the great establishments, and the example is sure to be followed all along the line. For health and comfort, and for increased power to work therefore, the plan has everything to recommend it to employers and employed. AN ERRONEOUS EXPLANATION. In an article reviewing, in an unfavorable spirit, the complaints of tbe agricultural industry, the Philadelphia Ledger tries to locate the trouble with the farmers as fol lows: "The real cause, probably, of the fanners' troubles is to be found in that ex cessive competition which reduces prices and leads to overproduction." This fails to take in the whole difficulty. Excessive competition can do no harm if it applies equally to all interests. If the same force which the Ledger points out was exerted equally over all. interests, the farmers would be able to exchange their product lor just as much clothing, sugar and other groceries, glass, lumber and tools at before, and they would, therefore, be just as prosperous as before. Overproduction is an allegation of excessive abundance, and is, therefore, an absurdity. The trouble is not excessive competition, but devices by which other industries are freed from the burden of competition, and that force directed with so much the more severity upon the masses. It is not overproduction but the restriction of production in some indus tries by which the even exchange of prod ucts is disturbed, and the producers of staples which in the nature of things cannot be restricted, forced to exohange their prod ucts at a disadvantage. This can be illlustrated very easily. Say that the farming industry exchanges three quarters of its surplus products for clothing, petroleum, groceries, tools and boots and shoes. Now suppose that combinations in crease the prices of those staples 33 per cent, and it is evident that the farmers must give the whole of their products for their supplies and have nothing left either for improvements or to pay their debts. If the advance is SO per cent it is plain that the cost of the supplies that the farmers have been using, will be greater than all their products will nay for, and they must get along with less clothing and light. Of course no such universal advance hat been made; but when single Trusts have suc ceeded in enhancing the cost of sugar (35, 000,000, of nnthracite coal $30,000,000, of petroleum $15,000,000, and so on, it is plain that tbe purchasing power of the farmers products has been materially impaired. When such things are done it is inevit able that their cost must fall on tbe product ive industries. It is idle under such cir cumstances to talk of excessive competition. STRIKING AT TBE LOTTERIES. President Harrison's message in regard to the lottery evil is timely and truthful. Bight-minded men of all parties will ap prove the effort to checkmate the Louisiana State Lottery's schemes. The Dispatch has always maintained that the proper way to curb the lottery swindlers is to prevent their use of the mails. This is the Presi dent's recommendation to Congress. He rightly conceives it his duty to indicate the need for legislation giving the Postoffice Department larger powers. The lottery has made Washington its sub-headquarters, as the President remarks, but its corrupting agenoies are at work throughout the land. The anti-lottery bill recently reported to the House embodies what Postmaster Gen eral Wanamaker deems necessary to pre vent the lotteries from using the mails, and it should be passed at this session. The report that tbe near postal cards about to be prodneed by Dagget's factory will Include a "small pearl-gray card for the use of women" indicates a misapprehension that the lull size would be too large for the softer sex to get all its writing on. The Government postal card factory is misguided. A large pearl-gray card might be a go, but at the pres ent women who delude themselves with the idea that they are aristocratic scorn the use of postal cards altogether. Me. Edmunds recently expressed gratifi cation that the Senate is a deliberative body, and Mr. Reed who is a self-made man praised his maker that tho House is not a deliberative body. Which of these statesmen is the best supporter ot representative institutions it should not be hard to judge. It sounds rather queerly to learn that the Boston fruit merchants are complaining of ex cessive railroad rates for tho transportation of fruit from Delaware, New Jersey and Mary land. Are the railroads trying to get eren for the loss of the crop by charging excessive prices for carrying that single peach around the conntry to exhibit it, or are'gllost trains of surreptitious and concealed fruit running to Boston at high charges! Louisiana will benefit greatly if the Lottery octopus is maimed, as President Har rison indicates it may bo, by cntting it oS from the use ot the mails. At present the Lottery ring owns the State, and progress of all kinds Is impeded by the oligarchy of thieves. Pebhats Senator Ingalls will change his mind abont Congress setting till it has passed tbe tariff bill, the appropriations bill and tbe Federal election bill, when be reads what Terrence V. Fowderly has to say upon the last mentioned measure. The country at large is not wildly ardent In its desire to keep Congress at work all snmmer for a sectional law which tbe Republican party as a whole does not indorse. Master Woekman Powdebly, of the Knights of Labor, has officially condemned the Federal election bllL Mr. Powderly traverses that bungling piece of partisan stupidity with stinging force. The country is placed on the tiptoe of expectation by tbe report that Senator Gor man, ot Maryland, is going to make the great est speech of Ms life in the debate on tbe tariS bill. When he does so Pennsylvania will ex pect Senator Quay to send his oratory thunder ing down tbe vistas of time In reply to the Marylander. Quay and Gorman shonld be well matched in the gifts of eloquence. The fact that it is Wiggins who says that electrio wires produce waterspouts should in duce the public to encourage the overhead wires wherever waterspouts are to be dreaded. These is a rather remarkable confession on the part of tbe organs which have been con tending that there Is nothing like force in the Federal election law, and now turn around and assert that the Senate amendment striking out the provision for troops at the polls removes all objections. Any snch quality as political or journalistic consistency Is a barren ideality for practical Republicanism. PrrrSBUBO's rival baseball clubs were in great luck yesterday. Neither of them was defeated, thanks to the short, sharp shower in the afternoon. Congressman Stbuble, of Iowa, is the first Republican member of Congress to defy Speaker Read openly and in set terms, but there mnst be many others on the same Bide of tbe House who are heartily sick of tyrannical gag rule. Speaker Reed casts a big shadow, but he is probably aware of a larger one that is projected over his pathway and bodes no good for him. Oub country, right or wrong, but in the Bebring Sea question the uncomfortable con clusion is that we are not as right as we might be. Fbom another and most reliable source the authority being known to The Dispatch as unexceptionable comes a full confirmation of previous publications in these columns, con cerning the building of tho South Penn Rail road by the Pennsylvania Railroad. The truth cannot be concealed, even if the most power ful corporation In the 8tate desires It. All DESIEE TO BEAD IT. Energy, Enterprise and Reliability That la Appreciated at All Points. From the Beaver Journal. 1 It is not necessary to tell the residents of Beaver Falls that The Dispatch is tbe best paper for the news ot all tbe Pittsburg morn ing dailies. Its broad and well-filled pages are evidence of its energy and enterprise, and its circulation is known to be larger than any oth er. Many may not agree with 'its sentiments, bnt all desire to read it. The news is reliable and is gathered by energetic and impartial re porters, and is so fait and from such diverse, quarters that the edition often spreads out into IS and eren 83 pages. THE TOPICAL TALKER, memoirs of Chief Justice Gibson An Inci dent of Iho Bnllet OCT the Stage Hun. carina Correspondence Confusing Apolosies to tbe Glrnffe. olonel T. P. Roberts "has rendered a terries to the State in collecting and pub lishing the memoirs of John Bannister Gibson, late Chief Justice of Pennsylvania. It has been a matter of regret hitherto that uo record of tbe life and judicial career of Chief Justice Gibson existed. Tbe importance of such a work as Colonel Roberts has produced will be appre ciated when it is recalled that Judge Gibson sat upon the Supreme Bench of this State from 1616 to 1S53, and for more than 20 years was the presiding Judge. Judge Jeremiah S. Black said of Jndge Gibson that he "was tbe Nestor of tho bench, whose wisdom inspired the pnblio mind with confidence." Of this great jurist Colonel Boberts writes with authority, for ho is a grandson of Jndge Gibson, and sources of information commonly closed to the biographer hare been opened to him. The result is an interesting sketch of Judge Gibson's life, full of graphic incident and personal reminiscence, with a compilation of cotemporary views and other pertinent mat ter which will be interesting alike to lawyer and layman. Colonel Roberts has done bis work wall. Tbe volume should rest In the library of every Fennsylranlan who takes pride in tbe great men of bis State. It contains a few interesting illustrations, and the book generally reflects credit upon the publishers, Jos. Kiehbaum dt Co. At the Home Hotel for the last two days have been abont CO charming English ballet girls who are taking part in Imre Kiralfy's "Nero," at Barnum'a circus. They are most of them remarkable for the plumpness, fair skin and amiability of English women. With them were two ladies who act as cbaperones. There were only two men In tbe party. One was tbe father of two of the girls, and three of the others call his partner "papa." At dinner on Monday they were at table by themselves. A prominent iron broker dropped into the hotel for bis noonday meal. He asked the man next to him who the ladles were, and. when he ob tained the information, at once began to ad mire the charms of one of tbe pretty creatures. Be grew enthusiastic in bis praises, and called his neighbor's attention to her. Finally he wound up by saying: "I could lore that girl plnmp as a partridge, isn't she?" "Of course she is," was the eruff rejoinder; "I ought to know. I'm her father." TT seems that Hnngarians have a cheerful fashion of writing their surnames before tbelr given names. The indulgence,peculiar as it is, is harmless except when it comes Into con tact with the postal regulations ot this conntry. Hungarian residents who may hare been puzzled by the non-receipt of mall will do well to look in the list of advertised letters for their given name. Not all postoffice employes are familiar with the Hungarian custom of putting the family name before tbe giron name.and con sequently we find in this week's list alone the following names: Hajos H. Meloyer, Ferenck nek Benza, Tomaslic Wofciech all advertised In a way which would lead the reader to bellevo the given names to be tbefamilyname. Among the donbtfnl names are: Nittwzez Watadistan, Chystymas Koziraenius, Mltno Majk and Ortur Stanestaw. A REMARK or two made in this column yes terday anent the wild beasts and other animals caged in the annex to Barnum's circus, is said to have given pain to tbe giraffe, whose head and neck make an interrogation point above bis wheeled residence. Nothing was further from my purpose than to reflect un kindly upon any of the caged creatures. It can be cheerfully admitted that the giraffe in ques tion is a beauty: very likely the best in the country. The democratic willingness of so lofty an animal to absorb peanuts, lemon peel or anything in fact that traverses the radius of its small, but apprehensive jaws is to be com mended. The lions and the hippopotamus, the swelter ing polar bear and the crowded den of mon keys are -also of a character to impress the yonng and amuse the old. There is in fact nothing the matter with the zoological depart ment of the circus. Still it remains my per sonal opinion that a xnunarch of 'the desert, a Libyan lion, is not quite at ease in an eight by ten cage, and that ostriches, giraffes and other speedy sprinters In their natural state are not seen to the best advantago in quarters that will not permit of their turning 'round. STBICTLY PERSONAL, Congressman Cooper, of Indiana, is dis posed to make Raum howl. The Marquis de Leurllle bears a striking re semblance to Colonel Elliott F. Shepard. The family of Mr. Robert Garrett, of Balti more, are having a pleasant coaching tour in Switzerland. General E. Bubd Gbubb, of New Jersey, is announced as a candidate for the United States Senate. These is a grave suspicion abroad that Sen ator Frye is working the Blaine literary bureau for advertising purposes. Mb. Frederick Wilkinson, who is to marry Miss Winnie Davis in September, has arrived at ileauvoir. Miss. These are during the present summer session upward of 6.600 students at the Univer sity of Berlin, of whom more than 4,200 are Ger mans. Ex-Pbesidext Andrew D. White, of Cor nell, is to be married this fall to Miss McGIll, daughter of President McGill, ot Swarthmore College. William R. Heabst, son of Senator Hearst, of California, has contracted with William Herreshoff, the blind boat builder, of Bristol, R. L, for a 10,000 yacht. Mbs. Lyman Abbott, wife of the successor to Henry Ward Beecher as pastor of Plymouth Church, is to become one of the editors of the Ladies' Some Journal, on September 1 next. General W. T. Sherman has written a paper, full of valuable suggestions, on "The Army and Militia of the United Btates," which will appear in the August number of tbe Sforth American Mevitw. Mrs. Maceay gave a farewell party in Lon don Saturday night. There were many Ameri cans present, to whom she said she intended leaving for Homburg next week, and that she proposed hiring a house in Washington next season. Ir Governor David H. Goodell, of New Hampshire, enters the field against Mr. Blair for tbe United States Senate it will be due to the growing impression that Mr. Blair has an erroneous idea as to the meaning of the word "nutshell." "And now." said Mr. Blair, in eon eluding a 17-days' speech, "and now you have the whole case In a nutshell." HfDIAH GBALWATES LEAVE. Seventy-One Carlisle Pupils Depnrt From Kcliool tor Tbelr Homes. fSrECIAI. TILBOBAM TO TUB D18PATCH.I CARLISLE, July 29. This evening 71 In. dians of various tribes, having completed their fire years' course at tbe Government training school in this city, left for their homes in vari ous places throughout the country. Ihe arrangements, owing to Congress failing to make anr appropriation for their departure, were made by Mr. F. J. Bonavita, of New York, traveling agent for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad. THE SKEPTICS REVERIE. WBITTZN TOR THE DISPATCH. I sat with my child one evening At tbe close of a summer's day. And she looked at me and qnestloned, "How far Is heaven away?' "I cannot tell, my darling," Was all that my lips could say, While I sat and thought and wondered, "How far Is heaven away?" "Why, you ought to know, dear father, You wcro never puxzled before." But I eoutd not respond, for her question Made my doubting heart feel sore. Night's dreamy light was shining And casting on the floor The spectral shada of the poplar And tbe spreading sycamore. The harmony of the evening And tbe little maiden's creed, Filled my thirsting soul with longing For my nature's greatest need. And I kissed my sweet child's visage, Full of innocence and mirth. Andrthought If all ware like her, if Then heaven wouiabe on earth,.'. .' ,' , " CHILO STEVEN!, CHICAGO'S DBY DI8TBICT. An Application for License In the Prohibi tion Territory Refused. rsrSCIAL TELZOItAJt TO TUB DisrATCH. Chicago, July 2D. The fight in the courts between tbe temperance and tbe saloon ele ments to determine whether or not saloons shall be located within the prohibitory district of Chicago, which was formerly the snburban towns of Hyde Park within which is Jack eon Park, in which part of tbe World's Fair is to be held and Englewood, is now lairiy on. The Mayor bas just filed his answer in the mandamus proceeding by which M. J. Morrison, a resident of Hyde Park, seeks to compel him to issue a license to Morrison for a saloon fronting on Jackson Park. The Mayor in bis answer recites the fact that the place where the saloon Is nrnnnMrt to bo located is within the former village of Hyde Park, that previous to annexation in 1889. an ordinance of tbe Town Council of Hrde Park prohibited tbe sale of liquor within its borders; that when Hyde Park was annexed to Chicago, provision was made in the act of annexation that tbe village ordinance shonld continue in force un til permission for tbe location of saloons within Hyde Park should be given by a majority of tbe voters residing there, and by reason of these circumstances the Mayor bad no power to grant the license asked for. Ihe iecling in the annexed district of Hyde Park against the introduction of saloons is very strong. Meetings have been held and money has been raised by popular subscription to keep them out. The adjoining district ot Englewood is not directly affected by Morri son's application for a license, but residents of Englewood are no less active in tbelr opposi tion than those of Hyde Park. The cltizeus of each district have obtained permission to em ploy counsel to assist tbe attorneys who repre sent the Mayor. Morrison, as has been indi cated in previous dispatches, is backed by all tbe power and influence of tbe Brewer's Asso ciation. If he Is permanently defeated no liquor of any kino can be sold within about two miles of the Jackson Park end of the World's Fair. CTJBBENT TIMELY TOPICS. The Baltimore colored gentleman who has been selling lemonade In a Republican postoffice Is likely to lose his job because he refused to sell to his colored brethren, Butwhat right has any man, white or black, to nse poslofftces to dispose of his wares? Pbince George's action has shocked the Four Hundred, but the young Prince has saved himself a terrible shock by not visiting tbe cele brated watering place. The Congressional Hccord Is to be improved, and there is no paper published that will stand it more than it will, Matob Fabquhak, of Buffalo, is not un willing to represent his Congressional district. There are many men in Pennsylvania who are in the same boat with him, but tbe voters are of the opinion that their interests will be better served by keeping tho aspirants at borne. In another month the Pennsylvania cam paign will be in full blast. The battles in Central America will then be of little Importance. The National Rifles, of Washington, an organization which contemplated going abroad this summer, bas been refused permission to enter Germany. The Yankee gun has evidently as many terrors as the American hog for our German friends. iMbs. HannaTi Sullivan, of Newcastle, Wyo. T., died Monday of cancer. Her age was 111; she was the mother of 10 children, the grand mother of 40 and the great grandmother of 2i Such mothers are the pride of census enumerators. A Philadelphia paper says Senator Quay is loaded with Information. Many politicians in this State are of the opinion that he Is loaded for grizzlies. The Rev. John Eberly, of Pottstown, Pa., Is one of the very few men able to live on one meal a day. For 30 years he has subsisted on only one meal a day, yet he is apparently hale and hearty, but as thlu as the proverbial rail. His congrega tion should get np a benefit for him, and let him enjoy the luxuries of three square meals a day for a few weeks. LIKE FALLING SNOW FLAKES. The Streets of River Edge, N. J., Covered With Little White Flies. New Yobe, July 29. The people of Elver Edge, a pretty town In Bergen connty, N, J., have wondered at tbe strange sight of the flight of millions of white flies for tbe past three nights. Dave and George Bloomer were the first to detect a light clond that hung over the river near tbe railway station Batnrday night between 8 and II o'clock. The air soon became full of descending particles of white tbat looked like snow. In a short time the gronnd was covered with white files, and millions of tbe Insects fell into tbe waters of the river. The flight lasted about 20 minutes, and seemed to be confined to the village of River Edge. The residents of Cherry Hill, a mile south, and those of New Milford, the same distance north, had not seen the white files. Sunday night tbe insects made their second appearance at about the same hour, and abont a bushel of them were collected by tbe light ot a single torch. Last night the shower was re peated. Tbe Prodigal' Return. From the Philadelphia Times. Anthony Stelgerwald, of Reading, Pa,, walked into his father's house, the other day, after an absence of 13 years. He ran away when 17 and had long been given up as dead, but no sooner had the bearded man of SO appeared than bis mother recognized the prodigal. Here, however, the simile ceases, for instead of being In rags he was decidedly prosperous. TEXAS FEVEB AT CHICAGO. A Number of Cattle Seized With Genuine Cases of a malignant, Type. Chicago. July 29. Texas fever bas made Its appearance among tbe cows near the city limits, in a portion of the Twenty-eighth ward, this city, and abont 20 of them have died from the effects of that disease. Inspectors of the health department have mado post-mortem ex aminations in several cases and pronounce the disease true Texas fever. The supposition is tbat the animals contracted it from refuse which dropped from railroad cars in which Texas cattle were being transferred into this citv. The officers of the department say that tbe only means of preventing the disease from spreading to all of the cattle in the neighbor hood is to shut them up until frost comes next fall. Enron Wlasraann Improving. Berlin, July 29. Baron Wlssmann was out of bis house to-day for first time since his ill- ness. He is still very ,weak, however, and his physicians advise him to take a prolonged rest. THROUGHOUT THE STATE. Dc Bois is crying for tho free delivery. The fever epidemic at Bethlehem numbers newly SOO victims, Including several well known citizens. Baeney MoGuibe, of Scranton, Imagines that tbe members of bis family are all dead, ana iiu waning annoys tne neighborhood. Labor Day will be observed at Scottdale with a parade and the unveiling of tbe monu ment erected to the memory of the late Secre tary William Mullen. A projected line of electrio railway for WestCnester contemplates a connection with the Wilmington and Northern Railroad at Lenape station, four miles distant Prominent capitalists of West Chester have bought several hundred acres of farm land just south of West Chester, laid out a town plot, and will proceed at once to mac- auamize tne streets. A pabtt of Warren young men started down the river in canoes. When they reached Tidioute they camped out for tho night, and were "hold up" by a gang of tramps and re lieved ot their jewelry and money. "Atjntt" Rump. Chester's oldest citizen and one of the oldest women in Delaware county, died on Sunday night, past 80 years. She was a colored attache of the postoffice, and worked up until the time of her death. Under the impression that opposition to their announced marriage would bo made at the church, an Easton couple slipped away to New Jersey and were married wmie the in vited guests sat waiting In tbe church for their appearance. THE widow of Jesse Lines, of Easton, has filed in the Register's office notice that she de clines to receive the 11,000 per year left her by her busband's will, and Insists upon the one third interest In the $200,000 estate to which the intestate laws entitle her. Nathan Shoemaker, an aged bachelor, died at Allentown a few days aco, leaving two maiden sisters JLOOO in gold In a bag, but when tbe sisters went to the drawer to look for tbe bag ot- gold It conld not be found, notwith- where the brother had left lc ' ' DOINGS AT LAKESIDE. DEVOTEES OF THEOLOGY, MUSIC AND THE COUNTING-ROOM Find la Chautauqua ibe Hnven of Rest 'Mid Happy Surrounding! Outdoor Sparta Not Altogether Tabooed Stacg'a Colli Have a Go Again. rSPZOIALTXLZORAM TO TIT DtSr-ATCH.: Lake Chautauqua, N. Y., July 29.-ln the days when Chautauqua was of a decidedly Methodist sentiment for an Episcopalian to appear upon the platform would have been Considered a direct affront to tbat praise worthy organization. No one thinks or it as Methodist now, for It bas grown broader and better until every denomination now enjoys it as home and is welcome on the grounds. Last bunday Rev. N. 8. Rulinson, a Bishop of the Episcopal Church preached, and again to-day lectnred on "Sight and Insight." Sight among the senses stands like love among tho virtues; first, the man with open eyes need not be in a trance to see great visions. More of nature's wonders are revealed to the sight than to any outer sense. Sight should not only be a source of pleasure but a source of knowledge. e Our education is coming to be largely a thing of object lessons. This superiority ot sight may be applied to religion. Spiritual insight is somewhat rare. It is the highest source of re ligions knowledce and appreciation. Tbe man who has something before bis eye which inter ests the actinic ray of truth will never be wise. Many things which are Invisible are none the less real; hope, fear, love, virtue, and we can not obtain these wttbont spiritual insigbt. There are people who have a great deal of knowledge but very little wisdom. They have not learned the philosophy of knowledge. They have the facts, but they know not what to do with tbem. m m God r Personal Being. pnABLES Kinqsley In a lectuie before the students of Wellington College, says: "Peo ple say tbat knowledge is power," and so it is, bnt the most powerful Knowledge is that gained by observation. In every department of life one must look beyond the rude bare fact to be truly learned. If anyone stops at sight, and bas no Inslsbt. be cannot have any valid claim to real scholarship. Tbe real ab ject of true education is to make true men and women. An open mind which is in the habit of looking at the many sldcdness of truth is what is needed in these days. No permanent danger can come from the knowledge of trutb. There are many scientific men who gaze at tbe sign and form no adequate idea of the thing signified. Scientific men have done a crand work for the world and deserve univer sal praise; those alone are to be censured who study alone the visible and do not look for tbe invisible. Tbe first study of scientific princi ple is: Be sure of your fact. No man denies that he has a personality, ana whoever made me mnst have as great a personality as X. It is contrary to science to say tbat the maker is less than what is made. Follow the great art ist's formula who when asked: "With what do you mix your colors?" said: "With brains." Onr Soclnl Life In Danger. The earth was given to man to be appreci ated. Tbe soul of the artist is always greater than bis work. In everything in art or nature, we catch glimpses of 'beauty of the soul of tho artist, human or divine. Wo live days when onr social life is in danger of be coming superficial and Insincere; when a fam ily is trying to be accurate in the performance of social duties the members are frequently unnatural and uncomfortable. It is a great pity that we aro not more social, for humanity Is a better study tban books. It in tbe eyes of man a tremendous outlay of money is neces sary to social enjoyment, he catches a glimpse of the "sign" and utterly fails to see "the thing signified." Society seeks not the sweet ness of friendships, but tbe splendor of show. Give up striving for these external things. Freedom and self-culture are the costliest ob jects ever offered to man. Tne reform must be begun at home. The boys and girls must be taught tbat bric-a-brac and ornaments are not the essential things, that high character is the only thing worth seeking for. Sight without Insight its mean ing is not wisdom. These things are not neces sarily evil, but their value lies in what they can purchase which is better than themselves. Let men get beyond tbe sigbt of these external things to the insight into true character and morality and then will this superficial society cease to exist and man will come to have a true idea of his fellow man and God. Bisbop Rulisou is a polished speaker and a practical and scholarly man. The Origin of Sncred Uusle. iC acred MUSIC" was treated by Mr. H. A. Moore in tbe morning lecture. Sacred music, as it is known to-day, began amOng tbe Hebrews. Tbe conductors In tbe Hebrew or chestras played upon tbe cymbals to Indicate the time. Few think of tbe sentiment and meaning of the words they sing. Mr. Moore then sang with expression and sweetness: "There is a green bill far away." No matter how sublime tbe sentiment of tbe hymn, it can not have a proper effect upon tbe soul it set to trivial music It is not strange that tbe boy who hears the name of Jesus rattled off In tho Bunday school to tunes fit only for tbe ball room, should easily acqnlre the habit of profanity. Ho is not im- Sressed by the music to reverence tbe name. To man has done mure for religious music in the Protestant Church than Luther. Religion representing the relation of harmony between God and man cannot be better represented tban by a succession of grand chords. As an illus tration of holy and sublime munc Mr. Moore sang tbe "Prayer from Wagner's Lohengrin." Sacred music as much as any other depends for its effect upon the manner of its rendition. The time of a hymn Is of the greatest importance too fast it loses its dignity, too slow It loses its vitality. Acboir should have a musical educa tion for the interpretation of sacred music which, more than any other, demands this. When churches are ready to pay fair prices they will find satisfactory cbolrs. Vocal music without words is as satisfactory as a dinner witnout looo. xo pirouette up ana down the scale in singing In church is an insult to religion- Sacred music should be simple enough to be grand. As an example of beauty coupled with simplicity, a hymn "Thy Way Not Mine," arranged Irom "Weber," was sung. Shall tbe church use in its music things written for tbe stago? It depends upon the object and upon the associations. Church music should not be taken from the "Mikado," "Pinafore" or "Iro vatore." Breadth and dignity are to be found in tbe works of tbe great Composers and these are the essentials of sacred music. The speaker closed bv singing "ZIon" by Rodney. Mr. Moore has a flexible and well trained bari tone voice of great compass and interprets the sentiments ot music very effectively. Business Men Like It. ,TyE are charmed with tho placo and shall come here for our convention again next year," said Secretary McCord this evening as be sat with a company of bis fellow-representatives ot the Business Men's Educators' Asso ciation enjoying tne balmy evening air on the veranda of the Hotel Athenium. Their meet ing came to a close to-day and was the most profitable ever held. At the morning session, Mr. George Vincent mads a speech offering the association the use of the grounds for an other year. As a reply it was unanimously de cided to accept the kindly offer of the "Young Chancellor." Resolutions were passed thank ing the Assembly authorities for their recep tion and hospitality, attentions paid them by Mr. and Mrs. C. R, Wells, of tbe Bchool of Penmanship nere, ana the Assembly Herald, New York Tribune and Pittsbcro Dispatch for the reports ot their Convention. Tbe fol lowing officers were elected for tbe ensuing year: President, S. A Gray, Portland, Me.; Vice Presidents, Enos Spencer, Louisville, Ky.; S. 8. Packard, New York; Secretary and Treas urer, W. E. McCord, New York; Chairman Executive Committee, H. T. Loom is. Many of the 75 representatives will remain several days and enjoy Chautauqua pleasures. Br No lllonns Henthena. TN the evening Mr. W. E. Curtis spoke In the amplthcater on "Progress ot the Spanish American Republics." Argentine Republic approaches close to-day to the ideal Republic, the United States. Tbe change of the form of government of that country was brought about by depreciation in money and a consequent financial panio which was, as is customary in such cases, attributed directly to the Govern ment. Education is greatly advanced In the Republics of South America, and there are universities which compare in curriculum ana scholarship With Harvard' and Yale. Some prominent men have taken a great interest in the education of women, and by a study of education In our own country and a generous outlay of money, have established female in stitutions of higher learning. The idea of tbe combination ot Church and State bas, owing to tbe progress In education, been largely de stroyed. Tbe religion is In the main catholic, though there are many Protestants, princl- Sally Methodists and Presbyterlaus, and In uenos Ayres a Jewish synagogue, tbe only one in South America. Tho lecturer confines himself very closely to bis manuscript, but shows great research In South American history. He illustrates his lectures with stereoptican views, and tbe late disturbances In tbat section make them very interesting. In Argentine Republio theology it still on.tne- qnl.vlve.. Prof. W. G, Bailantine aroused some little enthusiasm this afternoon by his lecture on "Jeremiah," the weepine prophet. His books were the longest and his writings tbe most mel ancholy. Uo much Is said now abont a pleasant faced relicion that we condemn him without hearing. He was patient, though considered by bis fellow countrymen a traitor. The Pro fessor is a man of peculiar views, and hardly Inclined to be optimistic. Questions after tbe lecture were answered with more satisfaction to the sneaker tban to tbe audience. The Cbautanquans mads another splurge and tried to play ball to-day. It was decided that Stage's colts could outbat the West- neius, a neiKiioonng emu, uj bkuio v w m. Last evening Mrs. N. M. Graham, of Pitts burg, now stopping here, gave a swell dinner party to ber friends at the Greenbnrst. OUR MAIL POUCH. The Proposed Boycott In the South A Far- gotten rase of History. To the Editor of The Dispatch : Is the Atlanta Conttilution controlled by young men, or are Its utterances Inspired by men whose memory does not span the premo nitions of the war for the preservation of tbe Union? If the method the Constitution sug gests as the most practical way in which the people of the South can sicnlfy their aversion to the force bill is tbe invention of a genera tion Ignorant of tbe fires of tbe controversy tbat preceded the war, due allowance shonld be made for their ignorance. If tbe counsel comes from men who participated In the fierce controversies tbat were finally decided by tbe sword, and more especially if these counsellors wielded swords in tbe strife, then it is not a difficult thing to demonstrate that tbe taint of madness is on them. The Constitution seems to have foreotten a page of blstory whereon is recorded the futile attempt of tbe South to dominate tbe North by appealine to tbe sordid side of bnman nature. Before the word "boycott" was heard of: when the passions ot pro-slavery men and abolitionists were at white beat, the Southern press suggested the black-listing of all North ern merchants who had tbe courage to avow their sentiments. Tbe suggestion was Sromptly acted upon. Agents from tbe outh visited merchants In New York, Boston and Philadelphia. Merchants who dared to disagree with Southern men on tbe subject of tbe "peculiar Institu tion" of the South were black-listed. When it was whispered tbat a threat that was deemed mere vaporing on tbe part of pro-slavery men was carried ont, incredulity throughout the North was succeeded by indignation. Bnt when it was learned that manr merchants in Northern miles truckled to the pro-slavery men, anger and resentment took the place of indignation. In every Northern city the press characterized the black-listing of merchants whose sentiments favored free territory in con tra distinction to slave territory as tbe act of fools and madmen. In 'Pittsburg only one paper betrayed cowardice. That por tion of the pres3 not wholly in tbe pay of tbe pro-slavery party performed their duty faithfully. Northern merchants were ad vised to resent the insult. There were many Instances where Northern merchants, without waiting to be prompted by the press, wrote terse letters to their Southern correspondents disclaiming all desire to continne business re lations with tbem upon the terms proposed. Somo of tho letters written by Pittsburg mer chants, if photographed to-day, would exactly meet the boycott the Atlanta Constitution pro poses. Tbe tenor of one I recall will enlighten the present generation concerning the condi tion of the public mind in Pittsburg when the South was engaged in the work ot blacklisting Northern merchants: "We regret tbat circumstances" (referring to tbe publication in a Soutbern paper of tbe names of Northern merchants whose political views and whose attitude on the slavery ques tion was offensive to pro-slavery men), "leave ns no choice. Our business relations, hitherto agreeable, must terminate with this letter. If a customer, though his trade were worth ten times tho sum our transactions with you cover, should stand in our door demanding an answer to the questions propounded the merchants in Philadelphia, we would tell him to go to badesl If trouble comes, we are prepared for It. We can stand it if tbe South can; and. when all Is over, we believe the Northern merchants will have as little to regret as Soutbern merchants." More tban one account was closed in Northern ledgers in the spirit tbat pervades this letter. I am not discussing tbe merits of the bill tbat has elicited from Southern papers snch ex pressions as the Constitution selects. I am sim ply referring to the manner in which that paper proposes to meet the case if tbe bill becomes a law. The Constitution is a dangerous coun selor. I have noted its utterances ever since it loomed up a rival to tbe Courier-Journal. Many of its utterances are so sectional that its influence is, in my opinion, evil rather than beneficial to -the section it champions. Two yearrf before Henry Grady became famous in this country by masing a single speech, tbe paper he represented attracted my attention by its captious treatment of tbe North and Northern people. Of all the Southern newspapers tbat I read from 1SS3 to 1837, (and my business compelled me to read many Southern papers), not one sneered as sytematlcally at the North, as the Atlanta Conttilution. At the very time Henry Gradvwas lauded for his catholic utterances, the paper indulged In sneers at the North. If tbe Southern people are so unwise as to attempt to carry out the Idea that 'paper advo cates, it will not require a Northern writer to demonstrate to the Southern people tbat tbe blow aimed at tbe North will tall heaviest on tbe Soutb. When the pro-slavery men shrieked "Cotton is King!" until nine-tenths ot tbe country were in doubt concerning the real extent of King Cotton's dominion, one man, Hinton Rowan Helper, punctured the pro slavery bladder by compiling statistics showing the relative status of King Cotton, and King Hay in tbe North. Home sensible Soutbern man, with the wel fare of tbe South at heart, may render it a ser vice if he will simply show his friends and neighbors tbe market value of the staples and the material progress made in the Soutb in tbe past ten years, crediting the North with the proportion tbat is the direct result of tbe ap plication, of Northern capital and Northern brains. The Constitution wonld display better judg ment if, instead of appealing to the passions of the people of the Soutb, it appealed to the bus iness sense of the people of tbe Uolted States, which is practically with tbe South on this question. L, Ptttsbubo, July 29. Reese C. Fleraon. Jr. To tbe Editor ot The Dispatch : "Reese K,Fleeson, six 'feet bigb, fair com plexion, brown eyes, dark hair, born in Alle gheny county. Pa., 22 years old, by occupation a printer. Enlisted for Company A, Ninth Regiment, P. R. V. C. at Pittsburg, July 11, lS&i by Lieutenant Richards for three years." To this my memorandum opposite his name on the roster of the company is tbe single word. "Dead." I regret my inability to give dates or particulars. Alex. MuRDocn, 508 Smithfield street. Pittsbubo. July 29. It will be observed that Mr. Murdoch's memoranda gives the name Reese E.Fleeson, while the correspondent wbose communication appeared In Monday's Dispatch asked about Reese C. Fleflson, Jr. The persons may or may not be tbe same. J. Y. Sanderson, late of Com pany A, One Hundred and Twenty-third Penn sylvania Volunteers, writes to The Dispatch: "I met Reese C. Fleeson in January, 1S63, in front of Fredencksburg. He was then a cap tain in the regular army. I had known him from childhood and was surprised to see him. He was then In command of a company In the Provost Guard, under Major Hayden. I never saw him atterward." Carbonic Aclif, Not Carbolic. To the Editor of The Dispatch: In The Dispatch of Sunday under head of "Consumption Cured," Dr. W. H. Burt is cred ited with saying 'that 12 pints ot water charged with carbolic acid should be drunk daily by persons troubled with wasting diseases." Such widespread advice nay cost some Innocent persons their lives, as carbolic acid Is very de structive to life, the internal dose being only one or two drops largely diluted. A mistake In tbe name was probably made, as the doctor no doubt said carbonic acid (a gas under ordinary conditions). H. C. W. H EW UBIQBTON, J Uly ). It. I Right. To tbe Editor of The Dispatch! Will you kindly decide tbe following and oblige a number of your readers. A. argues that it is proper for a firm to lower tbe flag to half mast on tbt death of one of the firm. B. argnes that it should only be lowered bv order of tbe President. u indicate tbat the United States Government is in mourning for tbe President or some Cabinet or other high official of the American Government. Who is right? PITTSBUBO, J Uiy zn. Mtn.un. DAILY ELOPEMENT BIIXLETIH. Tbe Weather Delightfully Cool When Youitgstown Gets Left. ISrSCIAL TU.XOKA3C TO TBS DlSrATCH.1 YOUSaSTOWN. July 29. Milton C. Teasdale and Miss Alice L. Lacy, a young couple resid ing in Pittsburg, came here this afternoon and, seeming a marriage license, were quietly mar ried. Teasdale gave his residence as Cleveland, but neglected to carry out tbe deception, as prior to bis marriage he rjglsured at the lod House as "M. J. xeasaaie, z-ituDuxg.- CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS. Many New York people who have a taste tor icecream are trying tbe fad of eating Boston brown bread with their cream. A luminous buoy has been invented, the light for which is produced by phospbnret of calcium, and is visible two and a ball miles away. Electrically deposited copper is so ductile that it can be drawn down until It resembles the finest bair, and this, too, without annealing Washington Hotel, at Vicksburg, Miss., will employ white waiter girls when the weather becomes cooler, tho first hotel in the South to employ white female help. A Cairo bachelor, who, tbo ad. said, was "87 years old, but rich," bas received 230 applications from ladles willing to be his wife and risk his dying pretty soon. A young man in Findlay, O., whose affianced" died about a year ago has now set all tho gossips there talking by eloping with tho girl's mother a woman almost 50 years old. A photographer in Klausenberg. Tran sylvania, named Veresc, bas succeeded in pbotographing the shades of color between deep red and orange, bnt not yet to fix them permanently. There appeared last week in the obituary columns of tbe .Pu&Jic Ledger notices ot tbe deaths of 21 persons. 16 men and S women, :who had lived to or beyond the ad vanced age of eO years. Some sheep raisers tried to pasture a large flock on the Fort Ellis Reservation in Montana recently, bnt tbe grass was doctored with saltpetre one night, and 400 dead sheep were found the next morning. The Oxford County Advertiser's Bethel correspondent recently saw several leading citi zens of that town flying kites on tbe common, among them being a prominent physician and a Justice of tbe Supreme Bench. A young Englishwoman has just died from an excess of tennis. She worked so bard to prepare for a tournament, playinc often in the hot sun. that she brought on brain fever and died. She raved about the game In her last hours. It is an instructive fact that during tha last month tbe United States Imported S3,3J5. 636 of gold in excess of imports, and imported IS.74,475 of silver in excess of exports. This is making a good start toward exchanging our gold for silver. A huge lobster was caught by Mr. Henry Dunbar in tbe bay, off the town of Penobscot. It was 34 inches long and weighed 21 pounds. The guests at the Penobscot House bad the pleasure ot discussing tbe lobster, which was served soon after the catch. A man was brought to tbe hospital at Eastburn. London, who had driven four nails into his skill three or four inches deep. Ha suffered from severe headache, and took tbat means to enre it. The nails were extracted with difficulty. "Ring the bell when you want the post master," Is the motto In an Oxford county postoffice. Having lots of other business to at tend to, tbe postmaster has placed a button at tached to an electric bell by the side of the de livery window. The amount of water tbe sun raises from, tbe earth is estimated at tbe enormous weight of 37.000,000,000 tons a minute; tbe quantity of coal required to produce a heat In any way equivalent to the sun is calculated to be 12,000, 000,000,000,000 tons. Lawyer B. F. Hamilton, of Biddeford, one day this week made a remarkably long writ. It contained an account annexed tbat covered 12 sheets of long will paper. It took; one of the parties just a week to transcribe this bill from bis books. An eagle and a ram had a desperate light near PortJervls, N. Y., a few days ago. The eagle attempted to carry off a lamb.when the ram went to the rescue. The bird was severely injured by ablow from the ram's bead, and it was killed by the farmer, who was at tracted to tbe spot. A planter in Alpharetta, Ga., has an acre of cotton, every stalk of which Is of a deep red color, leaf, boll and bloom. This novel eroa is the product of seed derived three years ago from two stalks of red cotton found In a cotton field. There is a fortune In this new variety It it can be perpetuated. The largest pair of. shoes ever seen in Dawson were received the other day by L. C. Durham for a negro boy by tbe name of Aleck: White. Tbe shoes were No. 15 and weighed pounds and 5 ounces. White can never And any shoes In stock that will fit him, and always, has to put In a special order for tbem. . By saturating bullets with vaseline they may be easily seen in their course from the rifle to tbe target. Tbelr trajectory course is marked by a beautiful ring of smoke, caused by the vaseline being limited on leaving the muzzle of tbe gun, the smoke being suspended tor some time in the air if not too windy. Pbilo Penfield, of Shelby, when be went Into the war a beardless boy, senthis best girl a picture of himself, but it was lost. He recently saw his name in a list of letters accumulated in the dead letter office during the war. He sent lor tbe parce1, and to tbe now old man tba yonng picture brings a flood of memories of other days. Recent investigations in Indian prisons have revealed a carious physiological condition induced by tbleves for tbe purpose of secreting valuables. They allow a heavy lead bullet to slide down the throat, and keep it in position for half an hour at a time. In about a year a pouch is formed, into which anything small may be thrust, without interfering with speech or breath. At present there are In Calcutta jail 20 prisoners with these throat-pouches. It may be news to some men who smoke perfectos and Manuel Garclas at 20 cents apiece to learn that the list price of the better brands of Cuban stock runs up to JS00 a thou sand. This means tbat they are SO cents apiece at wholesale. Now, with the duties paia and tbe profits expected on an article of this kind, they could not be sold for 52 straight, or about $2,000 a box. These ciga" are bought by tha royal families of Europe. There's not muelt market in America for cigars costing J3 each. AMONG THE HUMOBISTS. "Does tbe Prince of Wales speak En glish?" -Certainly. Why?" "I only wondered. It is rather singular that so many of the dudes fall to follow his example." Marper's JSasar. "Now, Harry," said the new governess to a Boston infant, "let me bear you say yonr alpha bet. I'll begin it. A, B, C " "That is not right, " said the little fellow confi dentially. "It should be a bee sees,' or 'a bee saw, 'as the case might oe."'atMngton Post. "I'm onto you," said the mosquito. "Come off." said the Jerseyman. slapping him. "bad I He's made a mash on my wife, "cried the mosquito's husband as be flew away, and. lighting on an Asbory Tark man's nose, drank himself to dcatb.-Aw York Herald. Miss Clara Now, Bobby, when Mr. Bag ley comes to-night I want you to be very (filer, or I shall have to put yon out of the room. Bobby Well, if he's going to propose. I'll be) quiet. You know I've been in the room every time you have had a proposal so far. and I ain't going to break the record now.-ifarjxr's Basar. John Patience has ceased to be a virtuo with me now: I refer to my neighbor Crusty's conduct. ...... . Jack-He Isn't a very neighborly sort of person, Jobn-HIs conduct has become Intolerable. He built a ten-foot fence between his house and mine. I was willing to overlook that; bat nowhs has Increased the height of the fence to IS feet, aad that I can't overlook. Harper's Baiar. "What's that?" asked the Fourth street belle, as be purloined a kiss from her. that's rree iraao. " no repueo. And what's this?" the Inquired, as she kissed him In return. "Reciprocity, 1 suppose." Well," she gargled, "I guess wo seed re ciprocity, don't we?" "That's what the nation wants," be said. mUiamsport Sun. "Would you mind holding my baby a moment?" Inquired the yonng natron sweetly, while I go Into tbe next car to get a drink for Tido!" The elderly but well-preserved traveler shook his head suspiciously. "Please excuse me, ma'am," he said politely, "I can't do that, but 1 will er take oleasure la holding Vldo while yoa go and get the baby a drink." Chicago Tribune. 'TWAS A CHESENUT. The funny man came with a brand new joke To tell to his grandfather, gray and old; Not a smile through the old man's wrinkle' broke. Although the story was cleverly told. But tbe dim old eyes grew dimmer with tears, And, Instead or a laugh, a sigh was heard. As tbe rollicking yarn poured Into bis ears. With Incentive to laughter In every word. "Alas!" ha cried, when the tale was done, ' 'For the years tbat are fled since I was younr, When the story yoa tell as new, my son. Was the best tbat X- bad at the end of mj tOBgnel" EtB lorl Htrald, C' ' - T . , . , .' ., - s, , Y.
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