gKgra rrr$ ' THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH, TUESDAY,. AUGUST 12, 1890; -iw I Ht SifpMj. K8TABLI6HED FEBRUARY 1S49, Vol.45, No. 188. Entered at Pittsburg 1'ostoBce, Jlovember 11, lb87, as second-class matter. Business Office Corner Smitnfield and Diamond Streets. News Booms and Publishing House 75, 77 and 79 Diamond Street. EASTERN ADVERTISING OFFICE, KOOMzl, TKIBUE BUILD1I.G. SEW lOKK, where complete files or THE DISl'ATCH can always be Jound. Foreign aavertlsers appreciate the con venience. Home advertisers and friends of THE DlbPATCH, while In ew York, are also made welcomed THE DISPATCH is regularly on sale a JlreiUano's. S Union Square, Hew York, and 17 Ave. de V Opera, Parts. Prance, where any one who has been disappointed at a hotel news stand can obtain if. TERMS OF TIIE DISPATCH. rosTXOE fjseb in the unhid statzs. J1ATXT IlIsrATCH. One Year. t SOO DAILY DISPATCH, 1'erQuartsr 203 "Daily Dispatch, OneMontfii .. TO Dailt 1'It.PATCII, lncludinfcSunday, lyear. JCM 1aily Dispatch, IneIudlngSunday.Sm'th6. 150 Dailt Dispatch. ".nclndlngSunday.lmonth 90 Bdndat Dispatch, Onelear ISO "Vt EEKLT DISPATCH, One Year 123 The Daily Diepatch is delivered by carriers at l.'eenuner week, or including bunday edition, ttrc cents per week. PITTSBURG. TUESDAY. AUG. 12, 1S90. THE nENATE BLOCKADE. Senator Hoar's cloture resolution did not emerge from the custody of the Committee od Bales yesterday, and the Senate sagged along in the old style. Progress is a word that the Senate has no use for. The Ke pnblican majority seems to be awed into apathy by the bold attitude of the Demo cratic Senators, and the small band of Republican kickers. The latter by the way are not growing weaker as the days roll by. Senator Teller showed his sympathy with the minority yesterday. He said he was willing the Senate should sit till December if necessary rather than curtail the rights of the minority to discuss the tariff bill. Senator Sherman was forced to admit that the Democrats had not a monop oly of the waste of time. The Senator from Ohio also showed signs of restiveness under the threat of gag rule. All things seem to point to the intensifying of the blockade in the Senate. The Hoar resolution, as The Dispatch pointed out yesterday, may be delayed by precisely the same tactics used against the tariff bill. What is the Senate to do? Perhaps the Hon. John James Ingalls can say. He has the ambition to imitate Speaker Reed. Has he the nerve? ENOUGH NEW THEATERS. When the Dnquesne Theater is built, and the work is being pushed upon it, Pittsburg will possess three theaters of the first class, as far as size and attractions go. Mr. Davis proposes to build a fourth theater, the splen dor of which already dazz'es the expectant public A fifth theater is to be built by Mr. Harry "Williams, of whose ability to conduct any amusement enterprise there can be no doubt. Enterprising citizens of Columbus are planning to erect a large theater in Allegheny. There are, therefore, six theaters in sight for this community, taking no account of Harry Williams' Academy, Harris' Theater or the museums. The wonderful growth of Pittsburg justifies a great increase in the opportunities for amusement, and, the population at least, is sufficient to support most of the theaters new and old. The success of a theater, how ever, depends upon more than the popula tion of the city; the management and ma terial attractions of the house count for a great deal. Under the circumstances enough theaters are in existence, or are shortly to be built, to supply Pittsburg's demand. For a little while, at all events, we can get along without new theater projects. A NEW MERCANTILE PLAN. The plan reported in an item published elsewhere, of the Farmers Alliance of Kan sas, in organizing a system within the alli ance for the marketing of the farmers' products, and the purchased their supplies, is a strictly legitimate one. Its merits or demerits as a plan for benefiting the farmers, will depend entirely on its success or failure in cheapening the cost of exchang ing the products of tlie farmer for those of other producers. But it should be recog nized tKA it is within the line of effort that the fa,jers have a perfect right to make, and iS entirely distinct from efforts to secure profits or benefits for one class that are de n'ed other interests. "V It is intimated in the report of the organ ization of the alliance's mercantile depart ment that merchants and dealers complain ofits work in taking away business from them. People who find themselves losing business from new competition generally do complain; but they have no right to. The only right to existence which the middle men as a class have in encocomic morals, is that they can perform the work of exchang ing products more economically than by any other system. If a new system is able to take away business Iromthe ordinary ""Jaerehants nnd dealers, it is a proof that it docs the work of exchange more economically and has therefore the superior right of exist ence. If the mercantile system cannot take the farmer's products to market and return -with their supplies as cheaply as the alli ance can, it is just that the mercantile sys tem should die and the alliance shall take its place. But is that likely to be the result? It may have such an effect temporarily and in some respects. With regard to the market ing of grain, it is doubtful if the alliance can do the work of transporting grain to market and selling it more cheaply than the present system does. That business nnder the competitive system has reduced margins to a minimum, as should be the case v. here staple products are handled in large quantities with the risk of loss reduced to a minimum. On the other hand in the purchase of supplie', it is quite probable that the reign of combination price-lists and other means of obstructing competition Lave raised merchants' margins to an extent that makes their business peculiarly liable to such attacks. The very fact alleged in this report that the alliance method has taken away half the business of merchants is a proof that the merchants' profits were excessive. Probably the best work of the new plan will be in breaking down the practice of merchants in getting farmers in debt to them and csing that lever to ensure low prices for agricultural products and excessive prices for the supplies which the farmers buy. All such crevices are shown to work economic injustice when another system comes in that can do the work of the middleman more cheaply. It is not likely, however, that the new .. plan will prove more than a method of checking excessive mercantile profits. Its . inability to permanently perform the work it undertakes more cheaply than the regular -.system may be predicated on its own nature. iflit .proposed to include under a single or Kanizaiiou uic wor. vi Belling ail judub vt agricultural products from grain to wool and hides, the purchase of all kinds of supplies from drygoods to hardware and agricultural implements. In perma nent competition with a system where each department of this field of commerce falls into the hands of men especially versed in f the market of each staple, the new organi zation is likely to prove jack of all trades and master of none. Special qualities and special knowledge are needed in each branch of trade, and a system which under takes to spread over the whole field of com merce will prove inert and expensive. In addition, the competitive- system of com merce rewards each man who discovers a way to cheapen its operations and punishes each one who is negligent, inefficient or dishonest. The new organization will be at the mercy of the inefficiency or dis honesty of any of its agents, and whenever those Qualities are developed the loss from them will fall on the farmers. There is no doubt that some of the abuses of the present mercantile system willbe redressed by this plan of the alliance, simply because it introduces a new and effective sort of competition. But as a permanent method or exchanging the prod ucts of different industries the old system will stand, because under unhampered com petition it must always seek the most eco nomic methods of making that exchange. N UNIQUE STRIKE PHASE?. One of the remarkable features of the New York Central Railroad strike is the utter remoteness of the reasons for it which are assigned respectively by the railroad employes and the railroad managers. It is generalIy the case in such struggles that there is a slight gulf between the statements of the opposing parties, but it is somewhat novel to find them making statements which have no possible relation to each other. The strikers say that the New York Central managers are undertaking a system of ex pulsion from their employment of all men prominent in the Knights of .Labor. The railroad managers say that in fighting the strike they are defending their right to promote subordinates according to merits and not seniority. The strikers do not say a word about promotion and the railroad officials do not mention discharges. It might be supposed that this hiatus between the statements would call attention to the fact that there must be a misunderstanding and would make a compromise easy in which the managers should concede the .right of the men to belong to the K. of L., and the men should recognize the right of the managers to promote according to merit But as the strike appears to keep on with growing bitterness, the opinion is suggested that neither statement has that full and com plete quality of truth which is desirable In" all matters. Another phase of this trouble is suggest ive. The country is tolerably familiar with that frequently repeated after-dinner speech of the genial Channcey M. Depew, Presi dent of the New York Central, in which he tells how that corporation never has any strikes, because a hearing is always given to the men when they want to state their griev ances, and they are always sent away satisfied. The present situation has a ruinous effect on that familiar and gratifying oratory. The grievances that the men claim have not been redressed; the much-advertised bearing has been denied them, and the silvery-tongued President of the road, who has often told how he keeps on good terms with the men, is safely out of the conflict, spending bis leisure time in the capitals of Europe. So far the situation is not wholly credita ble to the witty Depew. Bat there are great possibilitiei for the situation secreted in the womb of the future. Suppose that the ambitious President of the New York ' Central, with an eye on other presidencies, should take the first ocean greyhound for New York, should call the men before him and by granting their demands establish peace and exhibit himself as the friend of labor, and the mediator between the Van derbilt millions and the working masses? In that case what an aureole would be thrown about the possible candidacy of the champion of labor, the representative of the corporations and the friend of the granger! It is not certain that this will be the out come of the strike, and it is not certain that it will not. Our friend, Dr. Depew, was not born yesterday, and the possibilities of Presidental booms are past finding out. THE NEW READING POLICY. The movement of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad to build an independent line to its own terminals in New York is correctly spoken of by the Philadelphia Record as a legitimate movement. It is certainly that; and it is further significant as an indication that the new management of the Reading has burst the combination bonds that have hampered it for the past few years, and is embarking on a policy of strengthening itself by extending its con nections. An obvious part of such a policy would be the extension of its western connections to Pittsburg. There are more ways of doing this than over the defunct South Penn route; but if the Baer syndicate should turn out to be really working in the interest of the Reading it would occupy a position of peculiar strength and could make the con nection an ensured success. Whatever foundation there is for the belief that the Pennsylvania Railroad has got its grip on the Strang! cdenterprise, that control is too much in conflict with the Constitution and the courts to have good fighting qualities. A struggle in the courts which would bring out the fact that the Pennsylvania Railroad is nullifying the law might cost it a great deal more than is involved in f the effort to choke off an independent line through Pennsylvania. It would be a satisfactory outcome of the reverses, defeats and rumors about the South Pcnn, if the Reading should turn out to have control of the route, and should adopt the policy of finishing it. But disap pointment has so long been the sole function of that enterprise that the public "will not expect anything more of it than can be demonstrated to actual vision. bHAKING HANDS. It is pleasant weather for almost any sort of exercise, and Mr. Delamater, if he comes here, will enjoy shaking hands with his friends we do not doubt Mr. Seymour L. Rau, Secretary of the State Republicau Committee, says Mr. Delamater has shaken hands to good effect in the East, and pro poses to touch as many Pittsburg palms as ho can this week. But it is painful to learn that Mr. Dclamater's handicraft will not include the inditing of an answer do Senator Emery's charges. The demolition ot Blankenburg's epistle was another little treat we had been led to believe this week had in store for us. But the handshaking, it is said, will take up all Mr. Dclamater's time. In such delight fully cool weather, when the political world is so terribly dull, Mr. Delamater might' stretch dignified silence to the splitting point and take his pen in baud. That let- ter of acceptanco might be made more potential than many handshake;. CARDINAL NEWMAN.' One of the great men of the nineteenth century died yesterday. In the fullness of years and honors Cardinal Newman has passed away. There have been few men in the Victorian era who have influenced co temporary thought as John Henry New man has. The Roman Catholio church has the greatest reason of all to mourn the loss ot their mighty prelate, for it was Newman who impelled the tide of human aspiration toward Rome nearly fifty years ago, and the rever beration of the Tractarian thunderclap still echoes through lay and ecclesiastical En gland. We can hardly yet properly esti mate the effect of those wonderful "Tracts of the Times," with which Newman and his ally Pusey prefaced their departure from the Church of England. Newman's influence knew no barriers in ocean or mountain; America throbbed responsively to the eloquence and wisdom of his words. But this was years ago. Of late the world has known little of the workings of that master mind, though now and again its strength unsapped by old age has shown itself fitfully, yet always in a good cause. By his friendships he may best be judged. He loved and was loved of the inspired Keble; through all his eventful life Glad stone, the grandest figure of the century, has been his firm friend; Tennyson, Whately, Manning, the Frondes, and a host of other illustrious Englishmen enjoyed bis confi dence and lovca and venerated him. Bitter and relentless though the warfare waged upon him was at the time of his secession from the English Church, Cardinal New man's latter days have been full of honor and grateful compensation. At the end of a long life of good works a great man has gone to his rest AN IMPORTANT DOCUMENT. The report of the receivers of the Chesa peake and Ohio canal, appointed in the District of Columbia, puts the status of that property in a very different light from that presented by the Maryland peoDle, who are engaged in the work of handing it over to the railroads. The railroad interest in shutting off the outlet to a possible trans Allegheny canal is so manifest that the statements published in yesterday's Dis patch are very significant. These statements are made all the more authoritative by the fact that they are sup ported with the actual figures. -These figures show the cost of restoring the canal, and are accompanied by a joint letter of the leading coal companies of the Cumberland region, promising coal freights enough to ensure the expenses of operation and the payment of interest on the money necessary to reorganize and restore the canal. In other words the report fully demonstrates that the canal can be restored with a guarantee of paying business. This fully sustains the position of The Dispatch that the canal can be kept in operation and pay its way until the time when it can be made the eastern outlet for a water-way connecting the Ohio river with tide water. It shows that the movement to transfer it to railway control is a surrender of public rights, and is inspired by the corporate desire to strangle beyond hope of revival, the project for a water-way across the Alleghenies. Maryland has "been fully committed to the railway policy; but there is some slight mitigation in the knowledge that representatives of other interests in the canal management are putting the matter in its true light It is to be hoped that this statement of the facts may be a check upon the Mary land sale to the corporations; but that deal has already- developed snch shameless qnalities that it is not probable that any thing will stop it short of an appeal to the United States courts. ELECTRIC CANAL BOATS. The application or electricity to canal boats is suggested by W.L.Adams. He proposes to use an electric trolly to tow the boats. If Mr. Adams' plans are feasible, the problem of getting speed on canals is solved. Labor as well as time will be saved, and the electric current which hauls his boat along at a round rate of speed will cook the captain's meals, warm his feet and light his course over the raging main. Water power for running the electric motors could be obtained in many places, and Mr. Adams estimates that the cost of hauling by electricity would be very moderate. Now that the people are beginning to realize the value of canals improvements in the motive power of canal boats are of the greatest im portance. FOR PURE WATER. The Southside is thoroughly aroused at last on the water question. Under the in trepid leadership of the Hon. A. C. Robert son the lovers of pure water and plenty of it, will now march on to victory. The bugle call ot reform echoed against Dnquesne Heights yesterday. The plan of campaign is definite and sensible; foughtout, it will be decisive beyond a doubt The Hon. John James Ingalls is not say ing as much now as he was in the early part of the session. But it is understood tbat his labors with the Kansas Farmers' Alliance have con vinced him more strongly than ever of his famous principle or rather lack of principle that the Decalogue has no place in politics. JJThe report is repeated that the House leaders aro still fighting Secretary Blaine. If Blaine finds it out he may make tbemlesshand some but wiser. OrjR sincere apologies are due to the New York Journal of Commerce for having said that all the New York papers violated tho law about reports of the Kemmler execution. Tho esteemed Journal of Commerce, which has painstakingly preserved itself from any sus picion of being a newspaper, these many years, simply published this statement: "The sentence of the law in Murderer Kemmler's case has been carried out, and be was electrocuted this morning." The form of the item was a littlo pleonastic, as the first clause renders the second unnecessary. But the esteemed Journal preserved the law, and it is to be hoped tbat its next report of an execution will be reformed of its use of unnecessary verbiage. The disposition of certain Republican organs to hold up Perry county, Kentucky, as an example of tho lawlessness and disorder of the solid South, has received a sudden and tragic check by the discovery that tho county aforesaid cast more than twice as many votes for Harrison as for Cleveland. Short crops are generally indicated in the West The fertility of that section has probably exhausted itself In a big census pro duction. A Me. Wiggins, of Staten Island, comes to tbe front with a proposition for drowning 33 the most humane form of execution. Ho says that he has come near enough drowning him self to know that it is a painless death, and he regards it as highly superior to electricity. Possibly the criminal classes would object to being subjected to the samo treatment as puppies and kittens; but a mora powerful objector will also Jump into the field. The precedent having been set for corporate powers to (object to tho nso of their v elements'' for - rflBDSt s')" .,, "n if-iiHHr- i iTiMBniiHTT if -i 1f - " Trr m' '-"-f -rti"1rHf nfl . JIWISIM riltlfTir iTTMaTfi - -JSi!tM2&umsWa. ,j-. 7uXix -.. - i, ( ,!.. executions, of course Jay Gould will forbid the use of water. Two Pittsbnrg base ball teams were victorious yesterday. In the old days the cranks would have been delirious with joy, hut thoy never blow the trumpet In the new moon now. Senator Vest- will not give in an inch. The Democrats will debate the tariff hill by paragraphs, If it takes till doomsday. The sudden turn which the New York Herald has made In the direction of lampoon ing and cartooning Blaine, and of administer ing whitewash to its late objects of abhorrence, the Pennsylvania politicians. Is suggestive of fine work done by some one In the vicinity of its non-resident foreign proprietor. The Her ald's traditional facility for flopping to the losing side at critical junctures, makes its late change of face an ominous one for those whom it com mends, and an agreeable one for the states man whom it is attacking. Mr. Clarkson has at last resigned. But before the pnblio will believe It the Headsman-in-O rdinary to the administration will have to furnish corroborative affl davits. The Long Parliament was nothing to the Long Senate of to-day. It will.be remembered that a few months ago the Hon. James W. Husted, of New York, declared his intention of retiring from politics and devoting his attention to money-goning. It is sad to observe the declaration of an organ of Husted's that his modest'ambition will not bo gratified. Tho newspaper aforesaid says Husted cannot be spared from the Assembly and he must forego that sweet dream of wealth, except asit can be gratified by engineering cor porate legislation along the routes of legisla tion. 9 Ik spite of the green Monongahela an old lady on the Southside has contrived to put off the crossing of a greater ,rlver for more than a hundred years. Ice famines are out of fashion. It is better to be born lucky than rich. Governor Campbell, of Ohio, was in danger of being ranked with Foraker by that reported threat of calling out the Ohio militia against the Federal election law; but the story has now resolved itself into an Issue of veracity be tween two of his Democratic rivals. These gentlemen are intimating unveracity of each other; while Campbell's withers remain un wrung. PBOMINEirr PEOPLE. Ex-Governor Pattison and ex-Speaker Carlisle are to address a mass meeting at Beth lehem, Pa., on September 5. Sixty-five years ago Emmons Budge was arrested in Hartford, Conn., for selling Ice, as the doctors of tho city had decided that it was unhealthy to use it Dr. Sez.au Merrill, of Andover, Mass., Is giving a series of lectures on Palestmo at Round Lake, N. Y. He was United States Consul at Jerusalem from 1SS2 to 1880. John F. Plummer, of New York, who failed on March lDlast for nearly 31,000,000, is now, it is Baldwin tho employ of a syndicate of capitalists operating railroads in the far Northwest Mr. John H. Starts, of New York, gave his twelfth annual excursion on Friday to the families of the members of the police and fire departments. It was enjoyed by about 8,000 persons. Colonel J. F. Bates, Superintendent of the free delivery system of the Postoffico De partment is in Norfolk for the purpose of pro viding largely Increased facilities for the serv ice of that city. John m. Steadman, of Brocbport N, Y., who was a graduate of Cornell University two years ago, has accepted an appointment as biologist In the Agricultural Department He is 21 years old. Colonel William H. Love, of Baltimore, recently came across a mound containing In dian hones near Sandy Hill, Dorchester county, Md., and has notified the Smithsonian Insti tution of bis discovery. Miss Stafford, an old lady of Cottage City, Martha's Vineyard, who has in her possession the first flag of Stars and Stripes (given to Paul Jones) ever raised in America, will take tho emblem to Boston, where it will be seen In the Grand Army of the Repnblic parade next Tuesday. The Church Progress, a Catholio weekly published in St. Louis, intimates that a peti tion will shortly be forwarded to the Pope, praying that the red hat of a cardinal be be stowed upon the venerable Archbishop Ken rick, whose golden jubilee will occur Novem ber SO, 189L aNaTMATaONS OF J0BBEBY. The Renion for-Selecting Jackson Park for the World's Fair. rsraciAX, teleoeam to the dispatoti.i Chicago, August H. The directors of the Worlds Fair are practically unanimous in favor of a change from Jackson to Washington Park. A large part of Jackson Park Is unim proved and very swampy, and it was the inten tion to excavate an artificial lake, and use the land thus obtained to fill up the site tor the fair. Tho fair directors find this would be so expecsivo as to be impracticable. The Wash ington Park Commissionersare opposed to the change on account of the injury tothegrounds, as it could not be brought to its condition again for years. Tbey sav legal questions pre vent its use for other tban park purposes. If this change is made it will put an end to tho dual site, as there are no means of com munication between Lake Front Park and Washington Park. Washington Park Is reached only by a cable line. If it should be chosen, the Illinois Central and other com panies would lose a rich harvest. Several real ostate syndicates have banked on the Jackson Park site and have bought acres of real estate there. Wlion the Jackson Park site was first recom mendod tho opinion was expressed tbat the real object was to enable certain holders of Jackson Park real estate to unload. In view of the present change it looks as if that opinion was more nearly correct than might at first appear. BIG BUN OF SALMON. The CanuoilcB Aro Having on Unexpectedly Good Sennon. Ottawa, August U. The Minister of Ma rine and Fisheries lia3 received a telegram from a department officer of British Columbia saying that tho run of salmon this year is of the most extraordinary character, being fully equal to that of last year. Twenty thousand salmon were taken out by tho canneries yester day. This year's run upset all the theories previously held in regard to salmon. Hereto fore one good season has invariably been fol lowed by two poor ones. Last season was the best the salmon canneries ever had, and if the total pack this year is as large, the old rule will not apply. The only reason tbat is assigned for the increased run this year Is that the effects of the good work done during tho past fonr or five years at tho Government fishery ba'chery are now begin ning to manifest themsolves. Tennessee's Experience From the Boston Herald. Tho result of the election in Tennessee seems to show tbat the Australian ballot is a con trivance beyond tho comprehension ot the' average colored voter. It cannot be said, how ever, tbat It discriminates between the races. It bears down heavily bn the ignorant voter whatever his color. The experienco of Tenn essee is quite likely to make a deep impression bn the South just at this time. It Is a Law. A telegram from Washington, published In Saturday's issue of The Dispatch, stated that ttfo President had signed the original package bill, and that tho new law would go into effect within ten days. It transpires that the bill did not contain a clause setting a date for Its enactment and the law thercforo went into effect on Friday last, when the President signed tho bill. DEATHS OF A DAY. " Mnsffarw Rcllly. Matthew Hcllly died at his homo on West Carson street ot 11 o'clock Sunday night aged 61 years. He was the stepfather of Councilman Collins and nncle of Alderman Madden, both or the Thlrty fourth ward. He had been') a resident of the thirty-fourth ward for 40 years, and was known ana respeciea uy every uvuy. v. -- . . -V2. a .. -Ji-SS ji lafvlt fj.. ....'. ' - JGlaESB--tr . . . " . - , OUR SHORT STORIES. NINO AT THE OPERA. Mino was young, 20, and he loved. He was an Italian and he loved music Before he died he was a master. He studied at a school 25 miles from Milan. His dreams in youth were not of fame, but of success in art. Ho did not care to bear applause he longed rather to hear distinctly the great harmonies, which came as yet to him reluctantly in a (half way, that he might give them a re-creation. One day in spring he was told that a famous prima donna was to sing In "Sonnambula" In Milan. "I must hear that," he said. But howT Ho was very poor. He tried to borrow from his relations. They were too poor to furnish him more than enough to purchase a ticket and to pay for his lodging in the city. "Very well." said Nino at last "I have walked 25 miles; I can do It again." On tho particular day he started early. The morning was cool and radiant It was on such a morning that Mendelsohn caught the fancy of his spring song, Nino's first five miles were an exhilara tion. Then the sunshine intensified and he paused to rest. Long before Milan was reached his limbs ached, his throat was parched, his eyes were smarting with the dust and heat He reached Milan at dusk, bathed, ate a hasty meal and went directly to tho theater. The auditorium was cool and dark the audi ence had not arrived. Nino sat In his comfort ablo chair with a double happiness the sweet passive sense of rest and the thrilling, active sense of anticipation. He noticed a piece of gilt molding on which the glint was visible from a light behind the stage. A man was walking regularly somewhere in the foyer thump thump thump thump. Nino leaned back bis head and stretched out his legs, It was an usher who tapped Nino on the shoulder, "Cornel" said the usher, "you'll have to get our." Nino looked up sleepily. "I have a tloket for this seat" "Yes, but it's not good for all night The opera was over 15 minutes ago," A SOB FROM A SONNETEER. " "ynE sky Is gray and golden In the west, Tbo silver river shinesfemong the trees. And winds play softly now In minor keys. As If to lull the sleepy day to rest. The last pale glory clings to yonder crest, A vesper bell comes faintly down the breeze. And slowly, slowly homeward boom the bees; And other things occur-but I'll be blest If spinning sonnets on.a summer day Will bny me paper, pens or even Ink So we'll allow tbe sun to set nnsunz. The sonnet's pretty, but It doesn't pay; And poets must be fed though some men think A poet lucky It be goes unhung. HE HAD THE QUILTS. T ounqing around the front door of a Georgia grocery store were half a dozen men. It was 9 o'clock, and over the low range of hills to the east, tho moon rose in all her semi-tropical splendor. Politics and crops had been the subject of discussion, but the conver sation lagged. "I reckon you beard Bill Madden a runnin' a rlgonme'boutgettln' married," said a lank countryman of tbat class known In various localities as "haw-eaters," "pikes" ft land "tackeys." "Well hit's so," he continued after a pause, during which he pulled vigorously at a small black pipe. "Yes, Pve be'n goinrto Mr. Settle's a heap fur a longtlme.il wanted ter ast 'Iin fur Mary, but I was too skeered. One day I jlst said tor Mm powerful sadden, 'Mr. Settle, I wanter marry Mary.' S'e, 'Willis, you don' wanter marry Mary. Thar's plenty gals 'roun' yere you'd jist as soon have as Mary. Let Mary stay at home with 'or muther'n me.' S'l, 'Mr. Settle, if thar was plenty gals 'roun' yere I'd a' soon had as Mary I'd a done bad 'em.' is'e, 'You'll haf ter see 'er ma, Willis, an' seewhutshe says 'bout it' I went inter the honse an' thar set tho ol' woman befo' the fire a knittln'. She ast me to take a cheer. I done so, then I said, s'l, 'Miss Settle, I wanter marry Mary.' Hit kinder upset 'er, S' she, 'Willis, Mary ain't ready ter marry. I always done said no gal aughten ter marry toll she has to' quilts an' Mary hain't but twb. I 'lowed ter make 'er piece t' others this last gone winter, but she hain't had time.' "S'l, 'Miss Settle, I don' care et Mary hain't got nary a quilt. I got plenty quilts and bed clothln', an' I wan' ter marry Mary right now.' She kinder drapped 'er knittln', leaned baok In 'er cheer an' looked inter tho fire. She set thater way for a mlnit, an' then turned 'roun' an' looked at me with the great big tears drap pin' outen 'er eyes, an' said kinder slow and pitiful like.Js'she, 'Willis, 1 reckon I'll haf ter let you take 'er, but my heart Ml be mighty nigh aoustin' open when she marries.' " Willis knocked tbe ashes out of his pipe, which had gone ont during his story, rose from his chair, looked dreamily at the moon, and said: "We're ter be married at Ebeneezer meetln' house termorrer week, an' I want you ter be thar." A DIFFERENCE IN SIZE. Mow, Edward thonght her very fair; x ' He idolized her eyes And twisted poems from her hair. And doated on her sighs. 'Twas sad, for Edward had to note Her head was In the skies, For he was small she didn't doat Upon her lover's size! UNOSTENTATIOUS. Qne of the most unostentatlons men of whom there Is any record, written or unwritten, died lately. He was on hl3 death-bed, sur rounded by sorrowing friends and relatives. In a voice weakened by disease, yet fraught with deep earnestness be said: "I know you are all quite fond of me and sorry to see me go, which is very satisfactory at this time. When I am stowed away for good and all, you will probably place a tombstone or monument to mark the spot where I am burled. Don't let it be gaudy or expensive; just some thing plain. Above all don't allow anything fulsome chiseled on the stone. In short let there be no flighty literature. , Jnst put on it my name and the letters S. Y. L. 'See you rater.'" Having received satisfactory promises, that bis wishes should he obeyed to the letter even the three letters this unostentatious man turned his face to the wall and modestly died. THEAFRICftN MASSACRE. B OUND In Morocco the tale should be or prisoners slaughtered from over the sea. TO CUT OUT mDDLEMElT. Kansas Farmers to Handle Tbelr Own Grain and Live fetoclc. Topeka, August 1L The Farmers Alliance of Kansas, which now numbers over 145,000 members, has organized a mercantile depart ment and propose to handle their own grain and Hvo stock. They have appointed agents who will handlo their shipments In the markets of Kansas City, Chicago and St. Louis, by which transaction the farmer will save the com mission which he usually pays the middleman. The scheme Is organized on the most thorough business principles and promises to revolution ize tho grain and live stack business In this State. If the undertaking is successful mora than one-half of tbe corn, wheat oata and cattle which is shipped out of Kansas will be taken out of tbe hands of the commission men and local buyers throughout the State and sold by the farmers themselves In the Eastern mar kets. The new organization Is known as the Kansas Alliance Exchange. It will not only sell the products of the farm, but it will buy direct from the manufacturer everything that the farmer needs, for which cash will invariably be paid. Although tho Exchange has been In operation less than three months it is already doing a very extensive business, tbo sales last month amounting to more than 4200,000. It Is claimed that by buying direct from the manu facturer they aro saving the farmers from 6 to 50 per cent It has already seriously injured tho business of some of the retail dealers in counties where th,e Alliance has a strong mem bership. Dealers who are doing business in agricultural communities and who depend almost altogether on the farmer, find since the Alliance has commenced buying and selling for its members, that their trade has decreased nearly 50 per cent and a number have been obliged to go out of business. Some Pretty Now Music. Mr. S. W. Mossman, the New York operator of The Dispatch's special wire, and a musi cal composer of note, has just published two bright, pretty (little works, "The New York Galop1' and 'La Reverie Waltz." the latter ol which he dedicates to the New York Telegraph Club. As to the originality of Alr.ilossman's compositions there Is no doubt They are very creditable inaeeo, anu miu u.uum icrjr popu- i-vv .1 iar. - ..vyus' ii A SUNDAY TJT HTTSBTOG. Storr of Enforcing tho Sunday Law as Recalled br n Commercial Traveler. From the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette. "I have been In a good many towqs where the Snnday closing law is In vogue that Is, where It Is supposed to be In force but I have not rnn across a place yet where it is so strictly observed as in Pittsburg. I was there about a year ago, and struck the city on Saturday afternoon. I had been traveling for two days and was pretty tired, and as soon as I reached the hotel I threw myself on my bed and slept soundly. When I awoke a bright Sunday sun was beaming its brilliant rays throucb the lat tice of the windows. I arose and peeped through the crevices, and was surprised to find the air as clear as a bell. Yon know I always bad an idea that Pittsburg was the dirtiest city in the country, but I had forgotten about tbe natural gas having been Introduced some time previous. , "After breakfast I sauntered out toward Penn avenue and stopped at a cigar store to satisfy my early morning craving for a good Havana. I turned tbe knob, but found tbe combination did not work. I was not thinking of tbe law at the time, and supposed tbe pro prietor had gone to church and locked tbe store before going, A few more attempts at different places were as successfnl as the first, and then 1 all at once remembered the Sunday ordinance. But I was not in the least daunted, as I thought to myself that it would be a funny thing if anybody or law conld prevent me from enjoying my every-day diet of cigars, so I commenced to look aronnd for side doors. But there were very few of them, and tho ones I did see were closed tight. "I then went back to the hotel and gave the clerk the wink, and asked him to 'show me where.' But be told me 'no place, and was surprised tbat I did not have a supply in my pocket to last me over Sunday. I grew very desperate at this, and told him I must have a couple if thev would cost me a dollar apiece. He calmly answered that it was useless; that be did not know of one place in tbo whole bnrg where I could buy them at any( price. He sympathized with me considerably, and then went down in his pocket and drew out a long, lanky, green weed which he called a toby,' and offered It to me with his regards. I lit the toby, and while puffing It learned that there were numberless detectives going about all the time, appearing as ordinary citizens, on tbe search for those selling anything but drugs. If caught, the penalty Is very heavy, including a t6rmintho penitentiary and and an exclusion from business for a period of several years. The people are verp utious. and if attempt ing to sell, are most liable to be caught by the first customer, who is more likoly to be a de tective than any other personage "I stayed in the town another week and did not learn of one place which mada ahnbitof , selling on the sly on Sunday. For this reason me city is as quiet as a mouse on tne aaonatn, and the churches are better attended. A pretty sight from the Pittsburg and Allegheny bridge Is the forking of the three rivers, where the Allegheny and Monongahela meet to form the Ohio, 'taken all in ail Pittsburg is a mighty good town, and since the natural gas has come in use is as clean as most places. Should you go there to stay over Sunday don't forget to satisfy your persuasion by laying in a supply of whatever it might be the day be fore." A gentleman calling himself a common everyday drummer, and requesting that his name be withhold, gave tbe foregoing valuable advice to a reporter. THE MEANEST MAN. He la an Unworthy Member of tho Honora ble Guild. From the Kansas City Star. The medal for the meanest man no longer be longs to the individual who turned brick In his sidewalk to save laying new ones. At one of the Kansas City hotels tho other day a pretty little flaxen-haired, blue-eyed baby girl was playing with a big Newfoundland dog about the office, when she 'was induced to quit her romping and sit on the lap of a fat commercial traveler. The traveler amused tbe baby for awhile by showing her his watch, key ring, and various trinkets; then, seeing that the little one was restless and wanted to "det down," he promised to let her go if she kissed him first. His was not an attractive mouth and tbe child strongly objected. As a'flnal inducement, after much coaxing,-"tbe drummer went down in his pocket and pulled out a big shining silver dollar and held It before the baby with the re mark: "If you give me a kiss you may have this." Such a glittering offer as this proved too much, so up went the little mouth, with lips puckered as though about to receive a dose of medicine, and "smackf" and all was ovor. "Now'oo dlvmethe money," said the baby, holding out both of her chubby little hands to receive It The man put tbe dollar back in his pocket, and instead fished out a copper cent and gave it to the child with the remark: "Now go and play with doggy." TBAVEL WITH Y0UB Wli'K OthervrisoYoti Cannot Recover for Lost Fe mnlr Apparel nnd Jewelry. From the San Francisco Call.J Some time ago a man named Metz bought a ticket at Kansas City for California, and after checking bis trunk there boarded the train. Upon his arrival at Caton, CaL, he discovered that his trunk had gone astray. .He waited a reasonable time for the railroad company to produce the trunk, and failing to do so he put In a claim for S350 damages. Over 200 of this amount was for jewelry for female wear, and the railroad claimed it was not bound to pay for it inasmuch as it was not his personal baggage. Metz bronght suit in the Los Angeles County Court and recovered judgment for the full amount and the railroad company appealed. The Supreme Court In deciding the case yes terday, said the railroad company is obliged to pay only for the luggage of tbe claimant, and luggage meant in law only such things as tbe claimant needed for personal use on his travels. Had Metz been traveling with his wife there wonldbe no question as to the railroad com pany's liability. . But Metz was a single man, and traveling alone. The articles of female jewelry in his trunk could not, therefore, be regarded as lug gage, and the, railroad company need not pay for them. Tbe Court ordered the judgment reduced by the amount of the jewelry. MBS. LIVEBMOBE'S BELIEF That Hercnftpr Resurrections From tbe Dead Will Become Wore Freqaenr. Weibs, N. H., August 1L Mrs. Mary A. Livermore gave utterance to these strange words at a Universalist gathering on the camp meeting grounds yesterday: "We believe that Jesus Christ rose from the dead. We believe that since then men bave risen from the dead, and that hereafter resur rections will come more frequently. In our belief, the time will come when It will be a Common thing for a person to say tbat he has seen such a one who has been doad perhaps 0 years. In that time the earth will see visions not now dreamed of, when the veil that separ ates us from the spiritual world will be from time to time removed and allow us glimpses of spiritual things. Nature gives us no function without an opportunity to use it. We bave the strong inspiration after another life that func tion which refuses to believe that death Is tbe end. Now, there must be logically something behind tbe grave to meet tbe craving inspira tion of tbe sonl. Tbe prophecy which God has placed in our souls will by-and-by be met with complete fulfilment." ALL THB0UOH THE STATE. THE "Heavenly Recruits," a new denomina tion, aro holding nightly services at Reading. A lady of Lehighton swallowed one of the bones ol her nose which had become loosened. John Geohge, of West Chester, bas tbe first sewing machine ever brought into this country. Cobbt claims to bave a valuable mineral springs property. A water-cure establishment Is to be erected. A Chester lady dresses her children in their bathing suits and turns the hoso on them on her front lawn. A Renovo child was amusing Itself with a rattlesnake. Its mother rescued tho infant as tbe reptile was about to spring. It is said tbat Colonel Dan Rice and a former partner, Patrick Rayon, bave organized a cir cus, which wlirtravel through tbe South. The tenth annual reunion of the Soldiers' Orphans' Sixteeners of Pennsylvania will be held at Willlamsport on August 18, 20 and 2L The Salvation Army and a drum andfife corps occupy parts of tbe same building at Al lentown, and when both are In operation at once the result is indescribable. At Centerville, Dauphin county, lives a'mule 47 years of age, which did service in both tbe Mexican War and tbe Rebellion, and served in both Confederate and Union ranks. Peter M. Emeet, the oldest member of tbe Patriotic Order of Sons of America, and who for years has taken care of the historic grounds at Valley Forge, died recently. Thomas M Phillips; who for many years has bad tbe position of Division Superintendent of the Leblgn and WUkesbarre Coal Company, havine absolute charge of 27 colleries in thaLu- 'zerne and Carbon region, has resigned. v( A1 BASKET 0FQUER1ES TO WHICH DR. BUCKLEY RETURNS BRIEF COMPREHENSIVE ANSWERS. A Variety of Topic Treated In an Knter tn'lnlng Style Colnmbus Viewed la a New Light Tbo Guardian Angels ol the Great DlieoTrcr Church and State. rsFECIAL TELBORA1C TO TBE BI8PATCH.I T ake Chautauqua, August 1L What a multitude of people and what a multitude of meetings. To and from hall and amphi theater, through tbe Holy Land, along the Roman way. everywhere you see the busy bodies hustling about. They stop only at meal time and when the echoing chimes lull them to sleep in the evening. The meetings are so numerous and complex tbat It makes the head of the unsophisticated fairly swim to contem plate, much more to attempt to attend them. It might seem tbat many of the enthusiastic persons would be on tbe verge of insanity, overcome by tbls glittering and diverse array of topics and talent. But no: the sweet Chau tauqua girl is sensible. She takes In just what she wants and "hat is suitable to her Intel lectual capacity. Sbe plays tennis so much in the sun it Is difficult to tell whether she cares for anything or anybody else, except her favorite diversion. The big share of the crowd found their way to the Amphitheater, impelled by curiosity and admiration, to hear Dr. J. M. Buckley, of New York, answrr the questions sent in on written slips at the morning session. George Vincent came on the platform bearing a small basket containing the questions. He gave them a cheery shaking up and Dr. Buckley dived his bands in the depths, mixed them about some more, and then they were ready. The old saw tbat "a fool can ask a question which no wise man cduld answer," was fully vindicated by ibis basket of queries. Personal and pertinent, Irrelevant and abstract, simple apd absurd, sensible and foolish Inquiries were fired at him broadside, longside, underhand and every which way, but the doctor was not embarrassed, and the felicity and ease with which tbe editor of the Christian Advocate answered them would have surprised any one who did not know him to be one of the brightest and readi est men on tbe American platform. He knew about most of them, and those be, did not he very cleverly eluded with a well put bit of sophistry. Queries Tersely Answered. ij All not here to answer denominational questions," he said when he began, "for this Is not a denominational body. 1 am not here to answer conundrums or impertinent queries." Then he commenced drawing them from the basket. "Is it the proper thing to write a church letter on a postal card I" "Any man that will do it has decided porcine quali ties." "Does prayer influence the Creator?" "If it does not, it is the grandest farce in the universe. Those who believe In objective prayer never petition for anything." "What indications are there that the church will be nnited all under one head T" "If the external church is meant 1 have never seen any indica tions. Tnere is a good deal of foolish talk about church union. Tbe only one that is Indi cated at present is that of brotherly kindness." "What is life T" "Life Is the opposite of death; that Is all I know about It." "Do you think there Is any ground for a third or prohibition "party?" "That Is for the citizen to answer In his own conscience; I vote as I think." "Do yon think yon are advancing the canse of Christ by voting with liquor men?" "If 1 agreed on a matter of politics with tbe worst man in America, I would vote with him. The time may come when the Protestants will have to vote with the infidels against the Roman Catholics. Then you may count me in with the Infidels." "Do you think the time will ever come when we can combine chemical properties and make food without the aid of nature?" "If tbe time ever comes when I cannot get one of my mother's old-fashioned pies, you may count me out You cannot get ahead of nature. I don't want any chemical properties In mine." "What are we going to do with tramps?" "Say to them what a newspaper editor said to Daniel Pratt, who went into his office and introduced himself thus: 'Don't you know me? I am Daniel Pratt, the great American traveler.' 'Well, then, travel.' " "What do you think of the progress of the black race?" "I think that their improvement has been remarkable." "What is your method of preparing a lecturer' "1 did not take mnch breakfast this morning and received force. Usually the process Is that of Involution and then ot evolution." "How about tbe exclusion of the Chinese?" "Theoretically I am opposed to It With such a law in onr country ltfsamusingfor us to send a petition to the Czar of Russia concerning bis treatment of the Hebrews." "Do you think tbat Christian science is opposed to Christian ity?" "It is worse than Ingersolllsm. Tbere Is no reliance In it whatever. I have spent much money and time in studying it under the best leaders and teachers." "Is there anything in tbe fact that criminals bave abnormally devel oped heads?" "No; some of tbe greatist forgers ever known have heads that wonld do honor to tbe portrait of a United States sena jor. I sat for an hour and a half in the cell of Charles J. Gulteau, and he looked no more like a criminal than lots of Methodist ministers. John Wilkes Booth was a handsome man, and if he was to appear here to-day, and you did not know who he was, you would be pleasantly surprised." Dr. Buckley's answers were frequently Inter rupted with applanse, for each time they were generally to the point. ColnmboB In a New Light. rev. Russell Connell of Philadelphia, spoke on "Columbus" in the afternoon. Dr. Connell generally deduces something new from whatever subject he handles. "It is not my purpose this afternoon to discuss tbe life' and character of Columbus, but to consider him in a new light and on a new Bide. I will try and correct my failure m making too much fun, as my friends say, and get down to tbe Chau tauqua idea of a regular historical lecture. We are lectured on the fact tbat we know more about tbe New Testament characters tnan tbose who lived SO years after, and more about tbe life of Columbus tban those who existed in the same century. I bold np my two bands, five fingers of tbe one and two of the other repre senting tbe seven guardian angels of Columbus. Columbus was seven times discovered. His mother was a woman-of aristocratic birtb. and, like many American women, married below her station, wedding a foreign count, and like them in another respect she was obliged to support biro. When a child Columbus lived and slept by the stories of Marco Polo, tbe Italian voy ager. He always felt that God bad special work for him to do. an idea inspired by bis mother, bis first guardian angel. Columbus was a lonesome man and lived far away from tbose around him. Women always like tbe lonesome best, and so be grew up In high rev erence of them. But, nevertheless, be grew up to be an old bachelor. He kept upon the sea for the nurpose of keeping away from the women. When thrown upon tbe shore of Portu gal from tbe wrecked ship he met Pbillipa, his subsequent wife. She taught him three things tho arc of printing, the use of tbe quadrant, and an improvement of the clumsy compass of tbat time. The third angel you may wonder at it but she was a mother-in-law. Not only did sbe love him and treat nim nicely, but she gave him his board for nothing. She petted and coaxed him, and be did not need to work unless bo chose (and he did not choose). Sbe awakened in him the de sire for tbe sea. The fourth guardian angel was bis sister-in-law. bhe deserves a very large place in history, for sbe aided him in his en thusiasm, and told him of things found on the sbore, wbicn indicated inhabited islands in tbe west, no met anotner woman, and sne sent him to Queen Isabella of .-pain. When in Snain be met a woman who showed him the wav to the royal palace the woman wbom be after ward married, Beatica, his fifth guardian angel Isabella was his sixth. Bhe called a council of ber men from tbe Kingdom of Castile all the shrowdest and wisest of the nation who con sidered the whole idea an absnrdity. Finally, Isabella gave up ber jewels tbat he might go to tne we-vioapiace wnerenotningis, tne drop-ping-off place of everything,' as her wise men said. It was the .woman who bore tbe torch whose light Columbus saw tbe night before his discovery of land, that became his seventh guardian angel." The Chnrch nnd tbe State. T)R. Richard T.ELTtof Johns HopkIns,UnI verslty, the well-known writer on political and social topics, began a course of lectures on "Church and State." "It is the intention," he said, "tbat these lectures be only semi-popular. It is very appropriate tbat they shall be deliverod in the Hall of Philosophy. It may be tbat we Protestants bave gone too far in our criticism of the Catholio Church. We speak disparagingly of the laws of celibacy in the priesthood of the churcb, but for many reasons theretmust be men who must not De married. I believe there is truly a call for a single life. It is npt because I hold a pessimistic view, but ratber.because I exalt marriage tbat I sav this. Great states have existed without the aid of tbe Christian Church. You may go in a state less region where anarchy lives and christian ize that i place, and an organized State will inevitably result The State is not coex tensive with all other forms of prog ress, bpt progress cannot be everywhere without IL Do you think that tho State bas notbliygto da with tbe family. Look at our divordp statistics. Why do we bave a Mormon community, while Germany and England bave none? These European countries will not per mit it. Tbe large fortunes of our capitalists ,m riTin to the laws olnrooerty. Without Snch 'laws tbere could be nq Gould or Vanderbilt. A state ol society is a state oi nature, ana is tbe only: state of nature. The condition of, tbo .mint tha heart of Africa is the natnrai I state, which natural state is only found where men are perfect" Tfiiritfifr''-8" TTJalirafSffti I Migaat3aaa. , -.. iSBBBfcafon.irilaT J? - CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS. The electric spark has been photo graphed by means of a special camera. In whichShe sensitive plate rotated 2,500 times a minute. The Canard Steamship Company em ploys not less tban 10,000 men, and during the past U years has lost neither a vessel nor a life through accident Forty-one years ago C. Longfellow, a druggist at Machlas, issued an advertisement of hi-i business In tbe first issue of the local paper.. It has appeared in every issue since, and Longfellow has been pro-perous. Edward Treuscb, aged GO years, who sold pocketbooks at a little stand In Chicago, dropped dead yesterday of heart disease. Sown np in bis underclothing were found (4,000 and a deed for tbe house In which be lived. Lightning struck the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Boston recently, detaching three large granite blocks, one of which weighed SOO pounds, and which fell 125 feet to the sidewalk below. Fortunately no one was injured. Some of the farmers in Greenbush are using oxen In the place of horses to do their baying with. A few days ago one was seen in a horse rake, and last week a man had a yoke of oxen bitched to a mowing machine and was mowing witb'them.; -An event has happened in Kensington, N. H., which has set the inhabitants wild with excitement. The first honse to be bnllt In the) place lor 30 years is approaching completion, and a grand celebration Is expected when the inmates take possession. Delbert Reynolds, a pretty young girl of San Rafael, CaL, who has worn men's clothes and driven a sprinkling cart and ex press wagon, was married at Olema, Cat., to Sberbrook Hartman. Sbe wore men's clothes in order to earn money to support ber mother. It is not generally known that the orig inal No Man's Land lies along tbe boundary line between D elaware and Maryland, and bas been attached to Pennsylvania for judicial pur poses. It is a triangular strip for which there was no provision made in the surveys of Mason and Dixon. General Booth has taken steps to stop smoking In the Salvation Army. He has issued an edict announcing that no member who smokes shall receive a promotion, and tbat sergeants, bandsmen, sergeants-major, secre taries and treasurers must resign office or give up smoking. An English scientific person has dis covered that sitting dowc Is an acquired habit. The majority of mankind do not sit, but simply squat, or. as it Is sometimes said, sit on their heels. This position, the scientific person think', is the natural one, while sitting on a chair is an artificial one. A Uw miles from the eastern shore of FJorida, nearly opposite Matanzas. a large spring of fresh water boils up in great abund ance. So large is this spring tbat Lieutenant Maury took his little coast survey steamer on top of "tbe boll" and It was quickly swept to one side by the boiling spring, The ways of auctioneers in different parts of tbe world vary greatly. In England and America The seller bears the expense of the sale, but In France the purchaser bears the cost 5 per cent being added to bis purchase. In Holland it is still worse, the buyer being required to pay 10 per cent additional for the expenses of the sale. Fifteen Indians sold a lot of huckle berries at Saginaw the other day, blew In nearly all the money they received for fire water, and then entertained the passengers at the Michigan Central depot with a veritable war dance. The Improvident braves had barely enough money left to buy railroad tickets to their up-country homes. A peculiar freak of nature was discov ered at Palmyra a few days ago. A farmer's wife brought In from the poultry yard a large ben's egg. On examination it was found to contain a well-developed yolk and white to gether with a well-formed egg of smaller di mensions, the size of a guinea's egg, with a shell as solid as tne outer one. Josiah Wardell, an Ohio farmer, has the champion egg-laying duck. She began operations some time in February, and by strict attention to business she has made a record that entitle her to a red card. Up to last week she had laid 111 eggs. Jusc now she is enjoying a well-earned vacation, but there I no telling how soon she will get tired of loafing and settle down to work again. While prospecting for borax reeentlv in Salt Well Valley, Cal., Dr. W oodln found some petrified bones of an extinct animal. The ball part of the hip joint is nearly as large as tbe crown of a derby hat The corresponding bone of an ox is about the size of a ben's egg. The s ze of the extinct animal may be Inferred from this comparison. Other parts of the skeleton of tbe same animal were found. Among tbe examination papers recently submitted by candidates In San Bernardino county were tbe following answers: "Seattle is on the west coast of Af rlear" "Seattle Is In the southern part of France;" "The towns of San Bernardino comity are: San Francisco. Oak land. San Jose. San Rafael and Sacramento " Another gem: -The Gulf Stream is a cooL moist breeze that helps to cool tbe air." Among the exhibits in the Edinburgh International Exhibition are some beautiful spoils of tbe sea. One of these, a specimen or sponge, is particularly Interesting. It was dredged from 1,300 fathoms In tbe Indian Ocean, and consists of the root or anchor by which the sponge fastened itself to the bed of the ocean. It Is 23 Inches long, and It is be lieved to be the longest specimen hitherto se cured. An Augusta, Me., gentleman is tha owner of a dog that Is very cute. He ha a rival in that of a mate. Though larger and able to monopolize the most toothsome bone, is withal possessed of a very excitable temper for game. When be finds and proceeds to munch bis bone to the exclusion of all others, the former canine goes a short distance, barks furiously up a tree or by a bolo in the ground. Wben his monopolistic friend finally becomes so excited as to leave his bone and join tbo hunt for supposed game the former rushes back, seizes the bone thus left, and sknrrles away with It. Two young electricians were disputing as they rode on an Albany, N. Y.. motor car the other day as to whether they were In an electric field or not The Argus says tbat ono strennously Insisted that no electric current passed through tho car, and urged that all tbe fluid went underneath tbe floor. "I will prove it otherwise," replied the other, as he drew a bunch of keys from his pocket. Tossing bis keys on the floor be nodded to his friend to pick them np. He did so, but found a per ceptible resistance. Anothor part of the floor was tried, and it was clearly shown that a strong electric current was passing throngh tbe floor. "Well." be remarked as he banded tbe keys back to his friend and removed his watch to bis upper pocket and bnttoned his coat "I believe It now." STOLEN WITTICISMS. "Will you love me when I'm old?" sang maiden of uncertain age. "Will I?" murinnred a crusty old bachelor. "Do 1?" you mean. Washington Star. "Mamma, you haven't given me any dimes and nickels," complained Jimmy Shattuck, after the physician bad gone. "What do you mean, Jimmy?" asked Mrs. x Sbattnck, In surprise. "Why, "the doctor said I needed a little change." Chicago Inttr Ocean. Friend I suppose you grieve very much over the death of your husband? ii rs. Sn ooks-lndecd I do. U I had utilized be fore he died the tears I've shed since he died, I'd bave a dozen more dresses than I've got now. Sif tings. A. Yon should marry. Woman exerts a refining inflnence on man. What you need Is a wife. B. Are you married? "O, yes: I've been married 20 years." "Wbybaven't yon and yourwife been living to gether all these -JZMiV-SIJUngs. Judge Peterby Where is vour son now? Colonel Yerger-He lswlth SlWerstone. "Isn't that the merchant who has failed several tines and been burn t oat a time or so?' "Yes, that's the man. 1 want my son to get a practical business education." Siftingt, Husband I see that tbe manager of tha American iews Company in Mew York has bees arrested for selling harmful books WUe-0! course you will bring copies withyoa when yoa come home to-night SomervtUe Jour nal. "I assure you, Judge, that my physician Is responsible for my being a thief." "1)0 you mean to say be hypnotized yoa and compelled you to commit a crime?" "I won't say tnat,but 1 do know that he ordered me to take something before going to bed." A'ew Zork Herald. OH, PArNrUL THOUGHT. 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