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There are indubitable evidences that Re publicans throughout the country are again turning to Elaine and this time with a new spirit of conviction as the most capable national leader. After trying The experi ment of General Harrison as President and Mr. Heed as Speaker, with opportunities for them and for others to establish capacity for leadership, it has remained for Blaine to arouse anew something like old time en thusiasm for the quality known as "braini ness" in statesmanship. This he has done by his handling of the tariff and reciprocity business. Just as tbe man who makes, or promises to make, two blades of grass grow where only one grew before, so does Blaine win precedence again in people's minds by planning- not merely for a home market, as all the high tariff men do, but by attempt ing by the same stroke to secure markets abroad. Whether he succeed or not, ex perience will be required to show. But nobody denies that his plan is specious and inviting. If any ambitious politicians in the Re publican party expected Mr. Blaine to drop into obscurity in the Slate Department, or to surpass him in the estimation of the people by keeping themselves ostentatiously in the foreground, they may as well drop the delusion. "Whatever the objections against certain incidents in the earlier career of Blaine, he still remains the man of quickest apprehension and broadest grasp of public affairs iu the Republican party. Age does not stale nor cuttom wither the nimble faculties which have distinguished him through life. Sir. Blaine is now in better physical health than he has been tor several 737. The quick recognition by the press of all shades of opinion of the breadth and ingenuity of his views on the reciprocity mat ter, even by those, as The Dispatch, which differed from the Secretary's conclusions on some important details shows that while a more recent brood of statesmen may have had the continuous advantage of the floor for a long while past, the man from Maine still has the reserve power to come to the front far in the lead of them in fixing pnblic attention whenever he chooses. "Unless politicians of the party are hopelessly given to compromise candidates and dark horses, Blaine will be the party's candidate for President once again in 1892. Between him and any others so far spoken of, there is a disparity of mental range which the public are every day more clearly perceiving. TYPICAL AMERICAS LIFE. A very important and fundamental feat ure iu our social economy is made the sub ject of an article in the Century by Presi dent Eliot, of Harvard University, under the title of "The Torgotten Millions." The idea which this writer brings out, is that the normal condition of American citizen ship is not that which attracts so much at tention in the crowded condition of Ameri can cities, but that which three-fourths of the population enjoys scattered over great, vast areas. "While we cannot ignore the abnormal conditions of the suffering minority, to understand the trne state of the country, we must remember the normal con ditions under which the great masses of the population live. As an example of the typical American political unit, President Eliot takes the town of Mount Desert, in Maine, a small, sell-governing community that has pre served its institutions practically un changed from the first settlement to the present time. It is a community of indus trious freemen, levying and appropriating their own taxes in town meeting, and hav ing their public business administered for them at a very small cost, maintaining their schools, and taking care of their own poor and living quiet, but comfortable and con tented lives on their little freeholds, much as their fathers did before them, and quite untouched by the vagaries of the social re formers. Possibly the fairness of the illustration, as a typical one, might be criticised on the basis of the fact that the thrifty inhabitants of Mt Desert have enjoyed prosperity superior to that of the average agricultural community, through the expenditures of the summer tourists, including the Presi dent of Harvard, who make ML, Desert one of the fashionable resorts for bot weather. Yet the type is nearly representative of the democratic and American local govern ment; and we can accept the principles that with the majority of the people of the "United States, under those conditions, popular institutions rest on the broadest and safest foundations. But the conclusion which seems to be in dicated by the Harvard president's study of the fundamental conditions of American politics is none the less open to criticism, as failing to take in the w"hole subject. It is evidently deduced from the allegation that these healthy political customs rule over the vast majority of Americans, that alarm about the growth of less healthy con ditions in crowded communities is unwar ranted, and legislation against such evils is empirical. Purely alarmist views are alwavs foolish if they do not tend to a remedy; but tho study of tendencies in an unhealthy direction is essential to guard against future evils. If anythingJs brought out clearly by President Eliot's article it is WjeB that the condition! such as he sketches are the normal and healthy ones of the great body of American citizenship; while those of workers in city tenements are abnormal and unhealthy. Bat supposing it to be the case that the economio and social tendency ofthetimeis to increase the abnormal and unhealthy conditions, and to diminish what he calls "the sequestered, wholesome and contented communities" which are "a fair type of the organization of basal American society," does it not afford the most cogent reason for earnest inquiry as to how that unfortunate tendency may be checked? There is little room for doubt that such a ., j. .i-j-- . .i.- ... ' '"'dency is workinglo an alarming extent the census statistics leave no question as to The fact that the great mass of our increase of population is largely in the city popula tions, while, except in the newer States,such communities as that which President Eliot describes are either stagnant or are going backward. "When we recognize that the economic forces of the day are causing the decay of the typical American communities, there can be no higher duty for thinkers and patriots than the investigation of these false tendencies, and the search for the remedies which will preserve the normal conditions under which American democratic char acter obtains its healthiest development. A SUCCESSFUL DEMOVsTRATIOS. The most remarkable feature of the case of Kemmler, who was executed by electricity yesterday morning, as reported in an extra edition of The DisPATCn, was tho effort to prevent his execution by the new method. The usual attempt to rescue a besotted mur derer from his legal fate would have been entirely conventional; but every one knew that the remarkable attempts to save Kemm ler were inspired not by benevolence to him, but by the idea of electrical companies that it would injure them to have that force used in the execution of capital punishment Xet this was of itself a remark able incongruity. The ability of the electrical apparatus to destroy the the lives of honest workingmen and inoffen sive citizens was displayed again and again upon public streets. One might suppose it to be in the nature of a vindication for the electrical current to show that it would send death upon the criminal equally with the innocent. But the electrical interests, while able to contemplate with equanimity the slaughter of the law-abiding as one of necessary incidents of electrical enterprise, were so imbued with the idea that they could not stand it to have criminals killed that way that they not only fought the ex ecution in every place they could reach, from the New York Legislature to the United States Supreme Court, but have con tinued to fight after the death of the criminal in special dispatches evidently produced in the interest of one or the other of the companies. In view of these circumstances, it is pertinent to point out that the execution has demonstrated two gratifying things: First, that electricity will kill criminals as well as honest men; and second, that it will kill criminals even when corporate power undertakes to interpose a veto on the execu tion. MORE PERTINENT WARNINGS. The financial tioubles in the Argentine Republic are used by the Chicago Times as a warning for this country, from the fact that "cedulas" orloans by the Oovernmenton landed security were a prominent featnre of the policy of the South American republic. This being an almost exact copy of Senator Stanford's land mortgage scheme, the Times thinks the warning is shown to be very per tinent. But why confipe the- warning to that as pect of the case. The Times itself stales that one of the features of the policy by which the Government credit was strained was a system of railroad expansion which involved the Government to the tune of some $200,000,000. Other accounts leave no doubt that the mere inflation might have been got along with if the Argentine Gov ernment had not been extravagantly admin istered, and if that species of administra tion which made President Celman a ten millionaire in a few years had not been rife. There is a more cogent warning for the United States in these aspects of the Argen tine troubles than in that on which the Times enlarges. Senator Stanford's land mortgage scheme is by no means an immi nent dancer; but extravagance in appropri ations, railroad inflation and great fortunes for the favored few are already upon us. Why intelligent commentators should select the most remote danger as the one which we are to be warned against, by the fruitful ex ample of the Argentine Bepnblic it is diffi culty perceive, unless it is on the principle of those who 'Compound the sins they are Inclined to By damning those they have no mind to." A LAW NEEDED. If the Republican majority in the House of Representatives were not so anxious to perpetuate the hold of the party upon power such a vital need as the restriction or regulation of immigration might stand some chance of legal relief. As itis, the danger and disgraceariting from the inflow of criminal and pauper immi grants, which are depicted in strong colors by Immigrant Inspector Layton in our news colums to-day, are likely to continue without let or hindrance. The recent decision of Judge Lacombe in New York, on top of the conclusion of the Jeannette case, makes )t clear that the alien contract law is not worth the paper whereon it is printed, as a check to the importation of foreign labor under contract But this evil is of small conse quence beside the greater one of unregulated immigration. Europe persists in sending us her surplus criminal and pauper popula tion, and Congress should supply, as it alone can, a remedy for that which is a great peril to the nation. The old lady who used to say that she bad oDserved that when she got past the 1st of March safely she always lived the balance of the year, furnishes the model for the present frame of mind on the weather. Having got through the two bot waves of June and August without perishing, everyone will hope to live In earnest lor the rest of the year. Concerning the incorporation of the Pierce-Alarich reciprocity amendments to the tariff bill, the Minneapolis Tribune says that "they coold easily be incorporated, and their acceptance would In no wise discredit Mr. Heed, while they would, obviously, aid Mr. Blaine's determined policy of greater intimacy in trade and in all things between Western Hemisphere powers." That being the case, the determined opposition to the amendments must be credited to the Intense jealousy of the other fellow, on the part of the objecting Re publican leaders. The Kreutzer Sonata is excluded from the malls, but the seductive notes of the lottery sonata continue to have free circulation through that medium. The Matthew Stanley Quay Club, of Philadelphia, which congratulated tho Repub lican Congressmen ot Philadelphia for voting In favor of tho Federal election bill, ana then in the same resolution concluded: "That the same will always have a tendency to keep alive the results of the war, that the legislation on the Force bill, at this time, is not practical," Is Itself to be felicitated on that large and broad view of matters political which enables it to get down on both sides of the fence at once. Mbs. Frank Leslie states that the Mar quis de Leuvllle sometimes "suffers acutely from spasmodic asthma." This is better than was anticipated. From various Be Leu-vllIe-Leslie performances It was supposed that the Marquis was a sufferer from chronic Idiocy. As the dulcet and pacific declaration of the Czar falls on the ears of the public, to the effect that he must haTe more or an army "to protect the Invaluable blessings of reace,whlch be hopes will be long maintained," it strikes the hearer that they have heard thatsoitof talk before. It is the same kind as that of our imperial lords of commerce who form trusts in order to give the consumer the full benefit of improved processes of production. Me. Blaine is said to have completed the conversion of the President to his reciproc ity policy. If the Secretary of State is allowed to manage affairs for awhile it Is possible that the administration may emerge from the cloud of picayune politics which has enveloped it. In reply to the disputes as to whether Senator Quay has "a corruption fund"' or not, the Philadelphia Press editorially remarks: "One thing we may he sure of, that If he has no money, a good many Democrats who had hoped to sell out will be awfully disappointed." This seems to especially bring out the fact that the Republican Press takes it as a matter of course that if the Senator has money ne will buy votes with it. The United States having gone into the business of buying 551,000,000 of silver each year, there is an advance in the price of silver in the European markets. But did we pass the silver bill in order to male a profitable market for the European sllverf A BRONZE tablet is announced to be con templated for the State Department at Wash ington to commemorate the adoption of arbi tration by the Pan-American Congress. Ac cording to that proportion nothing less than a gold statue will be sufficient t6 honor the mem ory of the South or Central American states man who pnts the plan of arbitration Into ac tual practice. PAEAQEAPHS CONCERNING PEOPLE. Sehatob Pitjib takes 200 newspapers and pays for them. Mi83 Rose Elizabeth Clevelahp's novel has fallen flat. Gekekal Losgstkeet's new war book is looked for with much interest. The Spanish statesman, Castelar, Is writing a life of Christ, and is also busy on a history of Spain. Ladi'Dunlo, who has just defeated her husband's divorce suit, will go on the stage as Venus. Mbs. U. S. Geant is spending her summer months with her son Ulysses in Westchester county, N. Y. Robert Puevis, of Philadelphia, the ven erable colored Abolitionist, celebrated his SOth birthday on Monday. Miss Mollis E. Seawall, a recently suc cessful novelist, who took the S500 prize offered by a Boston periodical, is a niece of President Tyler. Mns. Frederick W. Vanderbilt and other ultra-fashionable people at Newport have developed a Whatsoever Circle of the King's Daughters. Rev. Joseph Parker, of London, now preaches one minute sermons after Jiis more elaborate efforts. He directs these brief dis courses to some particular class. Mrs. Hettt Green's estimated wealth is put at $10,000,000. Three other women have each $30,000,000, and Mrs. Terry's 3-year-old baby Is the happy, or unhappy, possessor of $50,000,000 in its own right. It is reported from the City of Mexico that the famous castle of Cbapultepec, one of the most imposing structures In the world. Is to be sold to Jay Gould for 55,000.000, and will be the winter home of the Goulds. Mrs. Robert T. Lincoln, wife of the American Minister, sails with her two daugh ters next Wednesday on the City of New York. These ladles have the finest suite of rooms on the steamer, for which they will pay the re spectable sum of $730. Among the gnests already assigned to one hotel in Boston for Grand Army week, this month, are Miss Clara Barton. Mrs. Logan, Mrs. Wittenmeyer, General Alger, Secretary Proc tor, Secretary Noble, Secretary Rusk, General Sherman, General Sickles, General Hoyey, General Berdan and ex-Governor Foraker. TOO FAT TO DEO W. Strange Adventure of a Man Who Could Neither sink Nor Swim. New Yoek. August 6. The remarkable ad ventures of Ferdinand Schiffer en route from South Beach to this city last night indicate that if ever there was a person correctly named It is this unusual navieato- of the waters. Schiffer weighs SOS pounds, and when ltis as hot as it was yesterday exudes moisture and readily becomes somnolent. He went to South Beach yesterday, as usual, to get cooled off. He started for borne from there on the steam er Thomas Morgan at 8 SO o'clock last night, ana as be could not very well sit on a camp stool he spread himself out on the guard-rail aft, where he fanned himself with his hat. until there was a sudden lnrch of the vessel, and away he went over the side into the briny deep. No one saw him go over apparently, for the Morgan did not stop. Finding himself alone In the water, Mr. Schiffer prepared to die. as he could not swim, and he saw not the slightest chance of snecor abont him. Much to his astonishment he did not sink. He bad often beard that a drowning man goes down and come to the surface of the water three times before he goes to the bottom for good. He counted the time when he fell off the boat and went under the waves as once, but be did not go under a second time. Then it be gan to dawn .on bim that the fat which had beretore neen the bane nt bis existence was now acting as a life- saver for him, and he could not sink. Finally the steamer Hanco, Captain Post came along, and the Captain had a block and tackle rteged by means of which Schiffer was swnng on board. Then he fainted, after ueing nearly an oour ana a nan in me water. Restoratives were anplled and he was all right by the time the city was reached. CTJEEENT TIMELY TOPICS, "A bolt of lightning from a clear sky" will hereafter lose Its potency as a dlrnlsed aphorism slnco science has been able to accomplish a like result when considered necessary for the peace and welfare of a community. The New Orleans Picayune heads Itslesdlng editorial "The Garbage of Literature." Of course, the head has no connection with the article that follows. The Democrats of the Senate have begun to look on Plumb as their own pudding. A cabloab of new wheat from South Da kota has been sold la Minneapolis at 95 cents a bushel, a most encouraging reoort from the Kernels of the South Dakota fields. Bat a tinge or sadness Is added by the information that the crop has been cat short by the drouth. Dowtt in Nashville they had two regular tickets to be voted for; one .was headed the White Man's Ticket, Straight Democratic, and the other "Coon" ticket. The latter contained the names of seven white and three colored men. The moral of tale Is In the application on' t." Anyone admires the man who is frank enonjh to acknowledge a favor, but base lngratl tudo Is not easily forgiven. A Southern editor has, therefore, set hlmsetr right with bis con science and the world In general by this neat and appreciative paragraph: "Wereturn thanks to our esteemed friend, the green goods man, foe a confidential circular; alio for the many confi dences reposed In us when he says We have been recommended to him as a safe man topush'hls goods. We consider tl.COO lor250a pretty good offer these hard limes." Physician, Heal Thyself. From the Boston Herald. The clearest case of Satan rebuking sin that we have come across lately is the performance of Senator Blair in calling for some method of cutting-off debate in the United States Senate. Mr. Blair is on record as having bored his col leagues with longer speeches than have been made by any Senator since the 'fouudatlm Af the aovetnment. physician, beat thyself. THE TOPICAL TALKER, The Curative Qualities of Electricity An Experlmont With tho New Force A Bonanza for Newsboys Trying, Tt has been well said that the world Is only just beginning to scrape acquaintance with electricity. The mysterious element which no man has yet been able to define Is dally enter, lng into new uses. In the art of healing elec tricity has been long employed, but only very lately has it been regarded with favor by the best physicians. A doctor of this city, who combines conservatism with a readiness to ac cept the truth whenever and wherever he finds it, said to me yesterday: "You cannot get Edi son to tell ou what electricity Is; neither be nor any other scientist can answer that ones. tion. So tt is with physicians who are adopting electrioity m their practice. We see its effects, but we do not know yet what the particular and peculiar action of electricity is. The results of its use show it to be a powerful ally to the physician and surgeon." "Can you give me an example of its curative power!" I asked. "Yes a case in my own practice. A man was thrown from a wagon and fell with his whole weight upon one band. When he reached my office the contused hand bad swollen to twice or thrice Its natural size. With his con sent instead of the usual treatment I applied ciBsinuiiy. aa nana pained him terribly before the application: ho would hardly allow me to touch it. I applied a moderate current intermittently, and the effect was magical. After a few minutes of the electric treatment the pain went, and he could bend his Sneers without the least Inconvenience. The swelling also visibly diminished rapidly. That evening., nis nana was so lully recovered that he curried three horses. I bad warned him not to use the band, which swelled again and gave him con. slderable pain. He came to me again and I re-' peated the application of electricity. The result was a permanent cure. Ordinarily I snouia nave uandaged the wounded member, set it in splints and enjoined entire rest for a week at least Electricity effected a cure in less than a day." pROJithis and other Important experiments with electricity In his practice the doctor quoted above has arrived at a general compre hension of its chief effects. "The current of electricity," he said, "seems to have a disposition to disintegrate and dispel any abnormal matter it encounters In the human system. That is all that can be said for certain of the new force applied curatlvely. It acts with nature np to a certain point. I have a profound belief iu the value of electricity as a curative agent, and I believe that we hardly have a glimmering of its tremendons potency as yet." "pnE newsboys who cried tho evening papers yesterday had a double-barreled slogan that was very faithfully descriptive. One boy, whose voice sailed like a syren's song high above the roar of Bmitbfleld street traffic phrased it thus: "All about tho ball games awful execution." As the Pittsburc clubs both suffered defeat the allusion to Kemmler's taking off applied equally well to them. TRTIXGl "Thatcolor's very trying," Her cavalier said 1o Mary Anna, erelng Her dress of flery red. To which the maid replying Said: '-Sir, yonr slave agrees. Mr dress, there's no denylnjr, Is 'trying' hard to please I" a j. SHEEMAN BEIGADE REUNION To be Held nt the Fair Graands, SlansOeld, O., Angus! 10. 20, 31 and 22. rSrlCIAL TELEQttill TO TBE DISPATCH. Mansfield, O.. August 6. The twenty-first annual reunion of the Sherman Brigade, the Sixty-fourth and Sixty-fifth Ohio Veteran Volunteer Infantry, McLaughlin's Squadron of Cavalry and the Sixth Ohio Veteran Volun teer Battery will take place at Mansfield, O., August 19. 20, 21 and 22. The camp will be pitched on the County Fair grounds, only a few steps from old Camp Buckingham, where the brigade was organized in 1861 by the Hon. John Sherman. The orators will be General W. T. Sherman, Hon. John Sherman, Captain A. P. Bildwjn, Major General Thomas J. Wood, General R. Brinkerlioff, Hon. . F. Blunders, Hon, S. P. Snyder, B. F. Morris, Colonel Alexander Cassell and General W. H. Gibson. Thursday. August 21, will be set apart as Grand Army Day, and a cordial invitation is extended to all old soldiers to the Grand Army of the Republic and all organizations auxiliary thereto. On that day the old war horse. General William II. Gibson, will deliver an ad dress, in which he will recall to the minds of the boys the many trials and hardships they endured during the period of 'SI to '65. AS OFTEN AS THE OLDEST SOLDIER. Scott morgan Reported Dead No Less Tlinn Four Times, bat Still Alive. Chester. August 6. On Monday, July 21, a body was found in the Delaware at Lombard street wharf. Philadelphia, which Newton Morgan identified as the remains of his brother, Wlnfleld Scott Morgan, and the body was buried by the Coroner. The Morgans for merly resided In Chester, and were engaged in the rag gathering business and were well known. They were especially troublesome to the police, because of their domestic diffi culties and Intemperate bahits. The news of Scott's death by drowning, therefore, aroused some little attention here, and it can readily be imagined with what sur prise evidence of bis resurrection was received last night, when the supposed drowned man ap peared in the flesh. His absence from the earth seems to have had no beneficial effect upon bim, as he was full of liquor, and the South Chester police placed bim In the borough lockup to sleep off his potations. Scott was re leased thi3 morning and is anxious to know who the man is that was buried by the Phila delphia Coroner under his name. This makes at least four times In as many years that Scott has been reported dead and como to life again. NATIONAL BAB ASSOCIATION. Thirteen Stntea Represented In the Indian npolls Gathering of Legal Lights, Indianapolis. August 6. Tho National Bar Association met to-day with delegates present from IS States. After listening to an address of welcome by Hon. A. C. Harris, ot this city and a response by President Doyle, the reports of the becretarv and Treasurer were read. The Committee on Nominations reported the following, who were chosen unanimously; Presldeur, Charles Marshall, Maryland; Vice Presidents, First Judicial Circuit, George W. Chapman, New Hampshire Third. H. M. North. Pennsylvania; Fourth, Robert White, West Virginia: Fifth. Edwin T. Taliaferro, Alabama: Sixth, T. M. Hinkle. of Ohio; Sev enth, A. C Harris. Indianapolis; Eight. W. A. Johnston, Kansas; Ninth, James R. Flnlavson, California: Secretary", Wm. Reynolds, Mary land; Treasurer, Judge Pike, Ohio. The afternoon was spent in discussing pro posed changes In the by-laws. The association is being entertained at tho Columbia Club rooms to-night by the local bar association. WILL MAKE A NEW ONE. Board of Trndo Representatives Action on tbe Uniform BUI. Toko Chicago, August ft An important meeting of representatives ot Boards of Trade was held in the Board of Trade building to-day to con sider the question ot the uniform bill of lading recently agreed upon by the railroads of the country. Representatives were present from Dulutb, Minneapolis, Milwaukee, Detroit, Indianapolis, Cincinnati, Louisville. Peoria! Boston, Kansas City, St. Louis and Chicago. After an extended discnsslon. In which the new bill of lading came In for much animadver sion, a committee was appointed to formulate a bill of lading In accordance with the views of the shippers. This will be presented for ap proval to-morrow. Leaves it Good Record. JTrom the Philadelphia Pahllc Lcdger.l Frederick Fox, of Reading, who died on Sunday, aged 81 years, was engaged in business until tbe war broke out, wheu he closed his manufactory and all his employes, except one or two who wero too old, enlisted in tbe army. Mr. Fox was a good citizen in peace, also. It is related that in 63 years he nerer failed to vote at an election. No matter what his poll, tics may be, that is tbe kind of rocord every American citizen should make for himself, DEATHS OF A DAY. 3Irs. Lnnrn Uergct NIchol. The death or Mrs. Laura Herget NIchol, wl'eof Key. W. M NIchol and daughter of Mrs. Johanna Herget, of Allegheny, occurred at Mansourah Mission, Egypt, on tbe I7th or last month. The deceased was In her 2ftth Tear, md i... .- . uSDBw-d laAUheay,towhomtr A CHTJECH LAWN FETE. Olnnr Attractions Prepared for a Wllklns barg Social Event. This evening and to-morrow will take place the annnal lawn feto of St. James' R. C. Church. Wiiklnsburg. It is always a special occasion In the borough, both on account of the novelty and amusing character of the exercises and because everybody makes a point of going. Among tbo attractions promised are music by St. Thomas' Band, or Braddock, In their new $1,000 uniforms, cake walks, mandolin music, fine military display by Hibernian Rifles under command of Major Coyne, II laminations, unique decoratlous and grand balloon ascen sions. Following are the officers In charee of the affair: President, Mrs. V". McCook; Vice Presi dents, Mrs. J. Lambing, Mrs. Weaver, Mrs. Knoor, Mrs. Hodge, Mrs. Voele. Mrs. T. J. Moore, Mrs. Becker, Mrs, McAfee, Mrs. V. Ward. Miss Hynes. Flower and eanrtv tmntli. pnlnr nlnlr MriL Vf. McCook, Mrs. T. J. Moore: aids. Miss Brennan, Mlas Aegle Lamblne and Miss Katie Brennan. Fine French candles on sale at this booth are made expressly for this occasion. .nemonaue oootn: color, yellow airs. u. Mc Afee; aids. Misses McGrath and Schroder. Ice cream tables; color, pale blue Mrs. J. Lambing; aids. Miss Clifford and Miss Jennie Lambing. Color, heliotrope Mrs. Weaver; aids. Miss Weaver and Miss Brownlee. Color, red, white and blue Mrs. Knoor; aids. Misses Knoor and Miss Jennie Corkey. Color, pale green Mrs. Hodge; aids, Miss Teresa Sherry and Miss Hodire. Color, salmon Mrs. Vogle; aids. Miss Ella Sherry and Miss Celia Gcarv. Color, dark red Mrs. Becker; aids. Miss M. E. Madden and Miss M. Madden. Color, cream Mrs. W. Ward; aids, Miss Whalen and Miss McSherry. Lunch table; color, dark blue Miss Hynes; aids, Misses Corkey, Huge and SlvUle. MARKTFD BY TEE SEA. Wedding of a Woll-KnoTrn Scwickleyan to a Philadelphia Belle. rSrECTAL TEI.EQBO.il TO THB DISPATCB.I CAPE MAT, N. J., August 6. Miss Bertha Carpenter Howell, of Philadelphia, was mar ried to Robert Dudley Osborn, of Sewickley, Pa., at 12.30 by Rev. William Augustus White, of Tacony, Pa., at the summer residence of the bride's parents. The wedding was quiet, but a society event. The bride was given away by Judge Magrnder, of the Chicago Supreme Bench of Illinois. The best man was Harry Osbnrn.'a brother of the groom, and Miss Ger trude Howell, sister ot the bride, maid of honor. Miss Mary Osborn, sister of the groom, -was brldemaid, and Robbin Miller, of Pitts burg, groomsman. A wedding breakfast and a dinner was served at which about 15 Invited gnests were present. Many costly presents were received. The happy couple left on an afternoon train for an extended trip South. "WEDDED AN OHIO tvet.t.t:. Ufllr. David Woods, of Allegheny, Goes to Alllnnce for a Bride, Mr. David Woods or Allegheny, and Miss Rita Osterstock, of Alliance, O.. ere wedded at the latter place Tuesday evening, and took up their residence on the North Side yesterday. Miss Osterstock was known as one of the belles of Eastern Ohio, and has a number of friends and acquaintances in this city. THE TEBBOB OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. A Wild Beast orGenerons Dimensions Far suing Perfestrlnns. Ravenna, August 6. The citizens of New ton Falls are greatly excited over a strange animal of huge proportions that has been ter rifying them for the past two weeks by its noc turnal prowlings. It Is described by those who have seen It as being 5 feet in length and 8 in height, having a sleek, slim body covered with brown hair. Many people have been terribly frightened by Its sudden appearances from the roadside bushes, One man was so badly scared at meeting the formidable looking creature that his screams were heard nearly a mile away. It followed him to his door in spite of his efforts to scare it away, and he was so ap prehensive of his safety, that he called to his wife to loose a big bulldog which he kept cuaineu in me yara. j nis aog nas tne reputa tion of doing up everything he ever came in contact with, but ho beat a verv hastv retreat on seeing his strange adversary, and no amount of coaxing or whipping could get him from his kennel. Many other well-known people have seen it, aud all agree as to its appearance, at certain times, anu are also agreed as to its looks.. Lately an organized hunt was made up, and over 60 guns were shouldered with the deter mination to lay itlow. Five glimpses of It and fire shots fired wera futile. Last night a party of four went after tho animal from this place, but they were equally unsuccessful. They dis covered unmistakable signs of some large ani mal, whose bngo tracks made along the side of the road were sufficient to convince the most skeptic Many sheep and poultry have mys teriously disappeared, and there is another grand bunt being organized. FEW PrnSBUBGEBS THESE. Hlgb Railroad Rates Kept Local Odd Fel lows From Going to Chicago. rsraciAi. teleqiiam to tub dispatch, l Chicago, August fi. There seems to bo no Plttsbnrg Odd Fellows here at all. The local press reports make no mention of Pittsburg cantons. They do not appear as taking any part in the contests and parades. An Alle gheny Odd Fellow, when asked what this meant, said that there were only 1? mem bers of the order here from Pittsburg and vicinity. Special arrangements had been made with the railways, and the Gas City was about to pour a large contingent into Chicago, which would have swelled the ranks and made every resident Western Penn- sylvanlan proud of his State, when all at once, and without warning or expectation, the rail roads refused to grant the special excursion rates which had been bargained for, and the order was compelled cither to pay full rates or stay away. Almost to a man they chose the latter alternative, and thoso who are here are here through the special enterprise of one of their number, who, b) means of some device, obtained special rates for them as a theatrical party. The Odd Fellow who related the above story felt very indignant because his State bad been placed in such a humiliating position before tho representatives of other cities, but ho took a certain amount of grim satisfaction in the fact that the railroads had certainly lost more than they had gained by the operation. TO E00M HIMSELF. Sonnlor-Elect Brlce Boys tbe In'dlunnpolls Sentinel. Baltimore, August 6. It is stated upon ex cellent authority that Calvin S. Brlce, United States Senator elect from Ohio, has bought tbe Indianapolis Sentinel, and that it will be re moved into the new Occidental Hotel block, which Mr. Bnco is to construct at tho corner ot Washington aud Illinois streets. The sale of the Sentinel was made about two weeks ago, he securing tbo controlling interest from the estate of the late William Fleming, ex-State Auditor. . In New York it Is stated tnat the purchase of the Sentinel means a boom for Mr. Brlce for the .rresmentai nomination in lBltt. There is Standard Oil money In the nurchase but tho advocacy of Standard Oil interests is to be a secondary duty ot that well-known Demo cratic organ. Its primary object is to bring about tbe nomination of Ohio's new Senator for the Presidency. This movo is certainly in direct conflict with the ambitions of Mr. Cleve land, who is not admired by Mr. Brlce. The general policy of tbe paper is to remain as in the past, except Mr. Cleveland will likely slip out of tbe mind of tbe editor. Mr. Brlce's ob ject In investing largely in Indianapolis real estate is regarded in New York as a shrewd more to capture the delegation In 1892. Tt Reals With the Poople. From the Washington Post. Frederick D. Grant, United States Minister to Austria, under date of Vienna, December 11, 18S9, writes to a friend in this city as follows concerning the reinterment of General Grant's remains at Washington: "You speak of the general feeling in America as to tbe removal of my father's remains from Riverside to the vicinity of Washington. That is a matter which rests with the people of the United States, not with General Grant's family. As to my father's monument, that also belongs to the people. His family will bo grateful for what ever is done." Ingalls Looks on and Smiles, rrom the Kansas City Journal. A lot of old Kansas politicians started in a few months ago with tbe declaration that the office should seek tbe man, but nearly all of them are getting tired sitting around and wait ing for it to come, aud will soon put on their campaign paint and go out after It, An Exceptional Case. From the Detroit Free 1'ress.l An Iowa man recently went insane on his wedding day. Many married people look back at tbe day when they became engaged as the one when they were non compos mentis. ARISTOCRACY OF WEALTH. THE SUBJECT OF AN ABLE, WITTY TALK BY T. W. HIGGINSON. Tho Worship of tho Almighty Dollar Mil lionaires Have Nothing lo Boast Of Stage Scenes at Chaatanqaa Tableaux From Ben Hoi Extension of the Uni versity System. ISrEClALTELIOHAU TO TUX DISPATCH JAke Chautauqua, August ft A stage at Chautauqua! Now you pious ones do not be shocked. You jolly ones do not imagine that the great assembly has been turned into a variety show, for there Is no cause for either. All day long the carpenters and managers of the Chautauqua Dramatic Company, Limited, have been busy preparing a mammoth stage in the pit of the amphitheater, with all tbe para phernalia of the modern theater, for tbo three entertainments to be given by a company of 42 persons taken from local talent. To add to its nicety it is called a tableaux, and is taken from the scenes of General Wallace's "Ben Hnr." Prof. R. Cumnackread pts from the great re ligious novel as tbevpassed from one scene to another. The following scenes were shown: The Three Wise Men," "Palace of Herod," 'Ben Hnr and Massala in the Garden." "Ben Hur's Mother, Tirzah, and Amora," "The Ar rest of tbe Hurs." The great "praying pitcher" of Yale. Mr. A. A. Stagg, acted as the courageous Men Eur. The whole tableaux is under tbe management of Mr. O. W. Cox, who Is given the exclusive right of producing It by Harper Brothers and General Wallace. Hlgglnson on Arlstocrncy. Tai writings of Thomas Wontworth Hlg glnson have made him famous, and his ap pearance this morning brought a large audi ence. It was the lecture of the day, and was chaste, scholarly, rational. "Having just ar rived from the wilds of New Hamshire, after a long and fatiguing journey," be Eald, "and not understanding the acoustic properties of this bnilding, I shall have to asg you to follow the notice that appears in a certain Montana church, which says: 'Please do not shoot your revolvers at tbo organist, for he fs probably doing bis duty tbe best be knows.' "There are threa kinds of arlntoftraev that of birth, that of wealth and that of virtue. The last is unquestionably tbe right one. We are passing from the aristocracy of the grand father to the aristocracy of wealth. There is only one aristocratic governingpower left the House of Lords In England, and that is only a convenience. The House ot Commons makes the laws and the Upper House occasionally ventures so give an opinion. The Cabinet, at any time it wishes, may change its temper by ' wicmiuu ox new peerages ana cnange a quorum with a facility that would surprise Speaker Reed. There is only one thing In which they claim their power: A man cannot marry his deceased wife's sister. The Arlstocrncy or Wealth. , A TTE3IPT3 have been made to establish a hereditary aristocracy in this country, but have failed. It has given way to the aristocracy of the dollar, which is often more rude, more Ignorant and less pleasing. But it has been an aristocracy of peace and not of hostility. It has given us factories,steamboats and railroads and great industries and has In no way de stroyed. People may admire this aristocracy and look upon It with curiosity, bat we are not ruled by it. No one here turns up his trousers at tho ankles if he thinks it is raining in Lon don. We know this aristocracy of tbe dollar. We went to school with It. and we knew it as It soli tape behind tbe counter of a country store. Sometimes It returns to the village and endows institutions of learning and builds public buildings. All over the land we find these magnificent buildtngs, these gifts, the result of the aristocracy of tbe dollar. "But with all these great benefits there are dangers and perils. One of them Is the rapidity with which It has come upon us. Why, in my boyhood days all of New England won dered If Mr. Cushlng, of Boston, was a million aire. Was It possible that a man conld, would or should be worth a million dollars? Now we do not have to stretch our Imagination to think of a man being worth that much money. Why, all America sympathized with Mr. Vander bilt's daughters when It was found that he bad left them only the small pittance of 10,000,000 apiece, anu ine people it ere almost reaay to take np collections In our Sunday schools for mem. Wealth and Family Crests. uTb Higoinson gave the story of "Jim" Fisk when he told his friend that, wblle taking bis morning bath he bad left his conscience in the bathtub, and of those remarkable financial maneuvers which followed, making him a rich man. In the cabin of bis steamer on tbe Fall River line he had placed bis own and bis part ner's pictures, and a vacant panel between them. He tok Mr. Travers, a New York wit, into fee the splendid ship. Travers looked steadily at the vacant panel for a moment and then stuttered forth. "But where is Christ? The two thieves were there." "Go to Newport; go to Fifth avenue, and look at the family crests on the doors and car riages, and on not a single one do we find a no tice of the humble occupation which started the owners on tbe road to wealth. No; they go to some great engraver and get bim to drag out a dragon or a unicorn which never did a thing to add to their wealth. If a Croesus started at the shoebencb, it would have been much better to have made bis crest a bullock. I remember once of going into tbo finest private library in tbe city of Boston. Tbe owner o that library was Theodore Parker. 'What book do you think,' he said, 'of all the books in tbe library is to me the most valuable?' He took down from tbe shelf an old, worn board covered Latin lexicon. 'It Is this, and the money to purchase it I earned in my youth picking huckleber ries.' " Rich, bat Unhappy. 'The lady with the wealth of Croesus who rides in her elegant carnage, often carries a tired and worried face. She does not enjoy it half as much as tho poor clerk, who lies awake nights to think where will be the cheap est livery stable to get a horse that is to take him and his sweetheart for a bi-monthly ride. There Is no danger in our great Republic We are too great and too strong. These 10,000 owners of onr wealth will, in the f uture.change to 10,000,000 of capitalists until the idea of mo nopoly Is no more. The afternoon entertainment was a rich one. Eight thousand people heard it, and 3,000 more would have liked to find seats, but could not. The Shubert Quartet, and Mrs. Nella Brown Pond, tbe reader, gave a splendid entertain ment. The quartet dings with excellent har mony and tone, and Mrs. Pond is a reader of power and versatility. Gossip of the Assembly Ground. A housing meeting was held at 4 o'clock in the Interest of university extension. Dr. Harper, who is the spirit of everything educa tional that takes place here, made a speech In which he said it was proposed to put university extension courses in 60 cities and towns In the United States during the coming year. "We want men of talent, bright, intelligent men from college to come out and lecture to tbe people. Profs. Starr and Ely also spoke. At 5 o'clock the regular C. L S. C. Round Table was held. Dr. Hurlbut, President of the C L S. C, who has visited some half a dozen Chautauquan Assemblies during tbe summer, presided, and asked for talks from all who bad attended meetings held at other places, which were cheerfully given. THE OLD F4SHIONED GARDEN. How dear to my heart Is the old fashioned yard, Where laylocks and hollyhocks grew; . Where, along by the path that led to the door, Were flowers of many a bne. Just down by the gate a syrlnga tree waved Its feathery blossoms or white; On the opposite side, like a grand flaming bush, Stood a scarlet hued salvia bright. There tall tiger lilies. In oran gs and black. Looked down on the harebell so blue; There wero English primroses and fragrant clove pinks. Sweet Williams and candytuft, too. There old damask roses were scattered about, And daffy-down-dlllles were seen; There were pint rsgged-roblns and cockscombs sored, And delicate ribbon grass green. There were bachelor's buttons and Johnny-Jump-ups. With tulips and peonies gay. And plain marigolds, and tbe dear mignonette That's found in our gardens to-day. x There were asters, and phlox and feverfew white. With bright portulaca around, Nasturtiums, lantanas and pretty larkspurs. And low creeping myrtles were found. A honeysuckle vine ran oyer the porch, And some dainty sweet peas grew quit nigh. While down in the grass, In a cool, shady nook, Were violets blue as the sky. There wera sweet smelling shrubs of various kinds. So dear to our grandmother's heart; Southernwood, lavender and rosemary sprigs In cv'ry nosegay had a part. The old fashioned garden 1 1 see it again, With the scenes or ay childhood's dear home. Though now, la tbe land or the orange and pine, Afar from its pleasures I roam. yioVi Magasins. OUR MAIL POUCH. How Kentacky Solved the Road Problem and Secured a System of Turnpikes. To the Editor or Tbe Dispatch: As The Dispatch has devoted so much attention to the Improvement of country roads, it may prove not uninteresting to present its readers a few items about Kentucky highways. Every road of any importance in tho State is macadamized. This much desired end has been brought about in most Instances by the Joint action or State, counties, towns and indi vidual subscriptions. At first the State under took to solve the great macadam sphinx prob lem alone, bnt in time found the task too herculenean. Next private corporations took hold of the work, and to-day the writer Is in formed the corporations practically own all tbe public roads in tbe State. Turnpike companies multiply and flourish on every hand. P At present the usual method of starting a company is to first bargain for a bonus of so much per mile from some city to which-the pro posed road leads.br to get help from tbe county in the way of a bonus. In case this plan fails the promoters are content to accept from the city, town or county a regular subscription for their stock of sojnucb per mile, and Issue, therefore, stock In the new comnany, thus turnpike stock becomes a leading feature In tbe Kentucky Stock Exchange. Tolls are collected by the mile, toll gates being pliced from five to seven miles apart. Under old charters as high as 6 cents per mile Is charged for toll, while later chartered companies cannot charge over 2 cents a mile for a single horse and buggy. The roads I have had tbe pleasure of riding over out iqto the blue grass region extending south from Maysvllle. were as level as a a 11 oor and as smooth and hard as asphalt when you remove the coating of lime dust seldom mora than a quarter of an Inch In thickness. -The next nolnt to bA rnn1rtfrfri wn thn nnea- tlon of the "proper maintenance and repair ot ' tblfl tlflf WTrtfL nf mASllAm narln T AIaa .-. ODtain correct Information on the subject, the writer called on a leading attorney, who stated there was two modes of procedure against a turnpike company to compel the proper repair of a road one by anv individual using tbe road making a Complaint before a magistrate. After viewing the road, if it is badly in need of repair, the tollgites are thrown open on order of tbe magistrate, and no fares al'.owod to be collected until the repairs are made. Another course of proceaure consists in a regular ac tion through tbe Court, which Includes severe penalties for neglecting to keep a pike In re pair. Efforts are now directed to abolish high way tolls altogether, and maintain the magnifi cent roads system of Kentnrkv by levying a county tax for the purpose. Will It succeed? P. V. NlCOLS. MATSTTLLE, KT., August 5. Selling Orlglnnl Packages. To the Editor of the Dispatch: Are original packages sold in Allegheny county? Has not a citizen of this connty the same right to sell them that a citizen of Wash ington or Beaver county has? J. E. C. M cKeespokt, August 6. Onglnal packages are sold in every county where liquor is sold at all. An original pack age is an unbroken package a keg, vessel or bottle of beer or liquor unopened and bear ing a Government stamp. Washington and Beaver county citizens have no monpoly ot tbe business, though some citizens In those connties have been so bold as to open "original package" houses and sell without going through the formality of getting a license. They rely on the celebrated decision of the Supreme'Court to protect them in tbe traffic. Whether it will do so is a qnestlon as yet not fully determined, by Pennsylvania courts. Certainly selling liquor without a license Is a violation of the Brooks law, and risky busi ness. Advlco to oulhern Colored Men. To tbe Editor of The Dispatch: , My advice to colored people in the South is this: Let national politics alone. Turn your attention to State and municipal affairs. There is generally more than one candidate. Sup port and elect the one who wonld be beaten without your assistance. He and his white friends will see that your ballots are counted, or If not. they will know why. This will throw tbe bnrden of trouble upon the whites. If there is any gunning they will be tbe victims. Do this and by degrees yon wilt be allowed to vote without interruption. Justice. FlTTSBUBO, August 6. Troy Lnnndrles. To the Editor of The Dispatch: Why do nearly all the city laundries bear tbe name of Troy? Pfease answer and oblige, Pittsburg, August ft Dait. Because tbe Troy laundries, have a reputa tion for good work, probably. A FAMILY OF 23 CHTLDEEN. Tbe Camp Family an Important Factor In the Southern Census. DALTON,GA.,Augu3te. "Are you descended from one of tbe 23?" is tbe first question asked when you introduce Mr. Camp to Mr. Camp, which is explained as follows: Thomas Camp of Rutherford county, N. C, bad ten sons and one daughter by his first wife. He married again, as his second wife. Miss Margaret Car ney of North Carolina, and bad by ber ten sons and two daughters. Then he died. The 23 children of Thomas Camp were, as might have been expected, a prolific and stalwart race. Only one of them, a daughter, ap proached the father's record, however. She had 22 children. At a renion a few years ago in Douglas connty. Ga,, fully 3,000 descendants were pres ent. Yesterday, at the residence of the late Major William A. Camp, near Dalton, Ga., as sembled all of his seven sons and their de scendants in a family reunion, the occasion being their mother's 70th birthday. Mr. W. A. Camp, of Augusta, Ga., Is compiling a record of tbe descendants of his great grandfather, Thomas Camp, of North Carolina, and wishes all tbe Camps to write bim a history of their branch of the tree. STBONGLY AGAINST THE I0TTEBY. The Louisiana Farmers' Alliance Opposes tho New Orleans Concern. Batos Rouge, August ft The Farmers Alliance are sitting with closed doors. Re portersxmly get anch matter as is given them by tbe Secretary. In bis annual address, re ferring to tbe attitude of the alliance toward the Louisiana State Lottery Company, Presi dent Adams cites the fact that the alliance was tbe first secular organization to announce its opposition to tbe re-chartering of the Louisiana Btate Lottery, or to chartering any lottery. Tbis opposition stands as a pledge on the part of the order, which must be kept inviolate. Members of the convention express tbe belief that adjournment will not be bad before Satur day. N o action has been taken regarding Con gressman. A DBY BITE DESIBED. Mr. Bulterwonh Wants the World's Fair Buildings an Washington Park. Chicago, August ft Secretary Benjamin Butter ortb, or the World's Fair directory, in an interview this evening advocated the sub stitution of Washington Park for Jackson Park as a part site for the Fair. Washington Park Is near Jackson Park, equally as large, and has the advantage of being on high, dry land a fact wbicb would enable tbe directors to turn to other purposes the great fnnd pro posed to be expended for draining Jackson Park. ABOUT 100,000 M0BE CLAIMED. Chicago's School Census Much Greater 'Than That Taken by Porter's Man. Chicago, August ft The annual census of Chicago, taken by the local sohool board, was completed to-day for the year 1890. The total population Is recorded as 1.203,669. This is about 100,000 mora people than tbe federal census credits to Chicago. School Superintendent Frankland attributes the discrepancy to errors by tbe National enumerators whom he declares were compar atively Inexperienced, careless and hurried. Compliments the Ladles. From the New York Sun. The Sun has received a very beautifnllly type-written document from Colonel Oliver Sumner Teal!, manager of the summer season of the People's Municipal Reform League. It speaks well for the ability of the 40 accom plished ladies who are assisting Colonel Xeall. Evnrts Ha a Rival. From the Washington Post. Mr, Gladstone has jnst turned out a sentence containing 214 word. It must make Senator Evarts feel rather nervous to have anyone come in hailing distance of him in this unex pected manner. Tbe Cottnce Verdict.. From the Wllliamsport (l'a.) San. Mrs. Harrison accepted tbe cottage as a gilt, and thin Benjamin paid 110,000 for it. The I verdict Is not guilty, but the defendant will I please return the bam. CUEIOUS C0NDENSAT105S. A fir tree recently cut down in Sno homish county. Oregon, was 300 feet long and 12 feet in diameter. A faithful. dog in Hamilton, O., didn't abandon its attempt to arouse its. drunken, owner, who bad fallen asleeD on the railroad track, until an engine cut oS Its leg. The man escaped injury., J. W. E. Haley, of Carnesville, Ga., is the champion fisherman of that section. He caught an eel from W. C- Hall's carp pond that was 3 feet 9 Inches long, 9 Inches in circumfer ence and weighed 6 pounds. Wilson Zackery (colored), of Snmner. bad a leg badly burned when a child, but it gave bim no trouble until ho severely injured it two years ago. The sore refused to heal, and a day or two ago it bad to be amputated. A tree in Nashville caught fire from an electric wire. One limn was burned entirely off. A policeman threw water on tbe burning limb with a hoe, and when tbe water struct tbe fire be experienced a severe electric shock. Tbe only attendants at the funeral of Jermlah Miller, of North Mountain, Cumber land connty. who attempted to kill bis wife and then killed himself, were the reporters who acted as pastor, pallbearers and grave dig gers. Captain Walter W. Lenoir died last Saturday in Watauga county. N. C. Captain Lenoir lot a leg in tho Confederate service, and since the war, though a man of means, had never worn anything manufactured north of the Mason and Dixon line. Richard Tevithick built the first locomo tive in 1804, but the first locomotive after the modern idea was built by George Stephenson in 1829; the Idea of the construction of a loco motive was given to the world bv James Watt in 1769, and patented by him in 1784. Six years ago Fred McConnell, aged 15, of Washington, Pa., saw a circus performer eat glass, and It so pleased him he determined to learn to do It. The first attempt made him sick, but since then he has experienced no ill effect, though he is no taller than a boy of 8 or 10 years. Mrs. John Qarred. of Leoni. bled to death in her sleep the other night. Her condi tion was not known by her husband until he was awakened bv the blood which was flowing from her leg. The veins had brokn by tbe force of tho life current, and she was dead in lo minutes. It is not generally known that the orig inal No Man's Land lies along tbeboundary line between Delaware and Maryland and has been attached to Pennsylvania for judicial purposes. It is a triangular strip for which there was no rovision made in tbe surveys of Mason and ixon. Pennsylvania didn't want thn strin but it was crowded upon ber. At Americus, Ga., as the workmen commenced their labors on tbe root of the furniture factory, which is three stories high, a huge rattlesnake was discovered colled on the highest point of tbe building. The snake was soon killed. Jnst how he got into his ele vated position Is not easily understood, but it is possible that ha may have been concealed in one of the roles ot roof tin. B. Sean, of Jonesboro, Ga., has a block from a garden gate post that was hewn out and placed in the ground In 1804. He made a visit to bis sister in Baldwin county, and it was at her home that he secured tbe block from tbe aged yet serviceable post. The post was hewn out of a light wood tree, and Js perfectly sound to-day. Mr. Dean says it is good for another 88 years and perhaps much longer. A clever swindler has been doing Florida. Ho guarantees to rid cotton fields of caterpillars, and on receiving his fee usually $5 he goes from stalk to stalk hunting for the "king caterpillar." Presently finding a big fat fellow, be hangs him by a string to a tree. He then tells tbe credulous farmer that tbe strung-np Insect will die at Buuset and that then all tbo other caterpillars will learo the place. A woman in Flainfield, K. J., who died this week, had long been in the habit of drinking, it is estimated, from three to four gallons of milk fresh from the cow every day. and itis suppossd that this over-indulgence caused her death. She grew stout and seemed to be in perfect health up to a few days ago, then she complained of pains around ber heart. She finally suffered so mnch that she was forced to her bed, and died a few bonrs later. Tbe post mortem showed the presence of a fatly formation around the heart that bad im paired Its action. Sarah Gregg, of Matherion, Ga., had a. husband In prison. She thought that was as good as a divorce and after, a lengthy wooing took to her bosom JessG nernsey as husband. But when she sat down and quietly thought over the matter, the complexity of ber wedded relations became apparent. She then went to the circuit judge, had the Guernsey husband declared Illegal, secured a divorce from the Gregg husband, bought a license and was re married to Jess all in the same day. Thus she has had three bnsbands in as many months and Mr. Guernsey two brides and honeymoons, Chicken thieves raided the hen-roost of a farmer near Belleville, N. Y., early the other morning. Just after the thieves got to work a heavy log in front of the coops dropped and exploded a big torpedo. The farmer was np and after the two thieves in a few seconds. He chased them to the Second river. They jumped in and started to swim across, and he followed. In tbe mindle ot tbe stream be caught one of the men. The other swam back and hit him In the face. Stnnned for a momenr, he released his man and sank. When be came to tbe surface he had recovered from the blow, but the fugitives were hnmnrt reach. A farmer of Joanna, near Reading, in digging an excavation tbe other day. unearthed a large iron plate three feet square, bearing date April 4, 1570. Two Indians are represented on one side of the plate, and a pair of anchors on the reverse side. The plate also bears this inscription in German: "Ob, hope yet for a better time, as all troubles will cease. Hope to see that blessed beam of peace, when hatred, war and strife shall cease." Farmer Moore's barn was built on property secured from the original proprietaries. Thomas and Richard Penn, sons of old William Penn, then Gover nor in chief of Pennsylvania. The old Quaker settlers In tbe county lived side by side with re ligious refugees from Holland and Germany, and had intimate business dealings together, and it is believed, therefore, that tbe iron plate just found was part ot a stove made in Ger many or Holland 3"-10 years ago. WISDOM OP THE WAGS. "What kind of trimmings will you have on tbe casket?" asked the undertaker, addressing the widow. "None whatever. A plain casket. It was trim mings that killed him." What!" 'ies,,slr. Delirium tremens. "Boston Courier. Bronson (to bis next door neighbor) I wish I had your voice, bquawker. bquawcer (flattered) Do you? Bronson Yes. I do. If I had it, It wouldn't annoy the neighbors. "Look here," said the hungry guet at a summer resort hotel. "I wanted that steak and coffee some time to-day not next week." "yob, didn' say that when yohglvede ohdab sab, " re plied the waiter In tones of great deference. Washington Post. "The letter that never came," is one that was expected to bring a remittance from a man who had borrowed 5 to play the races with. Stio Orleans Picayune. Traveler (to-Kansas farmer) Can you please tell me tbe next town on tbU road? Kansas farmer-Wall, no: I halnt been up that road since last et.-Llght. There is a rattlesnake up on Lake Cham Alain that can play "Sweet Violets" on his rattle in a way thatfllU theylophone with an envy that will not die. -Puck. "Are you as old as your wife?" they asked, And the answejbe gave was, "Rather? TVewereof the same age when married, but now She passes me off as her father-" -Philadelphia Timet, A man who has labored ana toiled, Wore a negligee snin tnat waa soiled; When asked why it was, lie said 'twas because His wife wore the shirt that was boiled. Chicago Post. Wee Wife Love you? Of course I do. Yon dear, blessed old peach crop. Big Husbana (loving but Iackless)-Ureat Scott! Why this new title? Wee Wlfe-Because you are such a perpetual failure, Unowinfs Hews, , Wife O, John, I don't think you will live very much longer. Frugal Husband (a sick man) Has the doctor told you anything about my condition? Wife-No; but he handed me his bill to-day. Life. Judge Well, officer who is this prisoner? Officer O'Hooley Plaze, Yer Honor, I captured tho mon, but his name eschaped me. "When we are wed we will be ope," Said Urlgglni to his blithesome bne "Your estimate is hardly trne, " She said, while twinkled eyes of blue, "We will be three, so figures run. Tor I'll be won, ana you'll be. too." ' Tanker's GasstH. J ' j i I !,-,. WMMiMelttL.. - '''''''''"'''''irffP' .jAorsttPssssWssssBsssMssWasB
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