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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,
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