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P1TTSBDEG. SUNDAY. AUG. 17, 1S80.
EVADING THE TARIFF.
- The haste of European manufacturers to
send their wares across the Atlantic before
the McKinley bill shall go Into effect, has
been noted in onr news columns. It is, un
fortunately for us, their privilege to do this,
and all we can do to protect ourselves is to
urge upon Congress the necessity for the
passage of the tariff bill at the earliest pos
sible date. There are signs that the Senate,
through Mr. Quay's spectacles, perhaps, is
comprehending its dnty at last
But there are European manufacturers
who, not content with their ligitimate op
portunities, are plotting to evade the new
barriers created by the McKinley bill.
Certain German makers of decorated glass
ware are the offenders. The new glass
schednle will seriously curtail their ability
to compete with American products in
American markets. They propose to avoid
the duty on decorated glassware by sending
over their glass plain and having it deco
rated in America by German workmen
especially imported into this country
for the purpose. Labor of this
kind would be much cheaper than any to be
obtained here, and the German glass fin
ished in this country by under-paid German
workmen could be sold at prices far below
the domestic article. If this project, de
tails of which The Dispatch is able to
give to-day, is carried out the Alien Con
tract Labor law must suddIv the remedv or
the aid of Congress be invoked to protect
An nnma inff rtsriMoa tf wiTf Via (3tnA
yin one line of manufactures may be done in
anotner, ana tne need lor restrictive legisla
tion is apparent
THE SOUTH CAROLIN. DILEMMA.
The success of the Tillman party in South
Carolina produces a complication hardly
second in its relation to party lines to the
spectacle of Quay, Blaine and similar Re
publican leaders, denounced for their inde
pendence. Tillman was successful in se
curing the Democratic nomination, and con
sequently what were alleged to be "the
straightout Democrats" have bolted and
placed themselves outside the pale of party
discipline by a revolt against the regular
nomination.
This is a paradoxical position for the
Democrats, whose distinctive characteristic
a few days ago was their fealty to the regu
lar Democracy. The confusion produced by
such sudden turns ot the political wheel ex
tends to the Ee publican organs of the North.
These exponents of political opinion have
been for some time patting Tillman on the
back, under the impression that he was the
Independent and that his opponents were
the regular Southern Bourbons. But, by
the action of the Sontb Carolina convention,
Tillman becomes the regular and ap
proved Democrat, and his Bourbon op
ponents are the independents. It wiU
therefore be necessary for the Republican
organs to execute a corresponding somer
sault Tillman must now be scored as the
leader of the Sonth Carolina Democrats,
who proposes to squelch opposition by kill
ing it off; and the late Bourbons, whom the
organs were recently holding up as ready to
assassinate Tillman, will now become the
victims of the ravening and bloodthirsty
Tilltnanites.
These are hard times for organs when
they are not only unable to classify their
own leaders as regulars or kickers; bnt
when the men whom they have been prais
ing as Democratic insurgents turn out to be
the regular Democrats, while those who
have been scarified as Bourbons are
hanged into the position of Democratic
bolters. The only class whose position can
be stated at present with any confidence is
that composed of the hated Mugwumps.
PUBLIC OR PRIVATE PURCHASES.
The first purchase of silver bullion under
the new act arouses criticism by the policy
of the Treasury in keeping secret the price
paid for the metal. The announcement made
by the Treasury is that 310,000 ounces out of
offerings of 100,000,000 onnccs v. ere purchased
with a reference to the London quotation as
an indication of the price paid. Guesses as
to the price paid put it in the vicinity of
51 12 per ounce, or about half way between
the quotation before the silver bill affected
the market and a parity with gold.
Tbecriticism of theTreasury policy ismade,
that purchases of such ma?i ltude should be
determined by open bidding, and that the
awards ol tbe Treasury should be public in
every detail The abuses which can spring
un under a system which keeps from the
public the knowledge of the prices paid in
an expenditure of over $3,000,000 monthly,
are so manifest that the gravest reasons
are required, before the general rule can be
set aside. The reason why the Treasury
has adopted the rule of secret prices is
doubtless the fear that, as the Treasury has
undertaken to absorb nearly the entire sil
ver production of the country, it is possible
that open bidding might enable the silver
producers to put up the price still further.
Beyond this, the publication of high prices
paid for silver in this country would be
likely to cause an influx of the surplus sil
ver of foreign lands.
These reasons are suggested as the most
plausible ones for keeping private the price
at which silver is bought; and yet they are
weak. If the silver producers can put up
the price under a system of open awards,
they can do so just as well when the awards
are private They will know what prices
are paid for their silver and will act accord
ingly, if they can. "Wc may be sure, too,
that foreign countries which have silver
to sell, will find out if prices here are
made higher than in Europe by the Treas
ury purchases; and the knowledge that they
will do so should be retained as the best
cbeck against any effort of our silver miners
to put up the price of bullion unduly.
The Treasury should carry out the provis
ions of the silver act, with the utmost pub
licity. That will be the surest way of de
termining most promptly and thoroughly
whether the measure is a salutaryne or
not
SENATORIAL OPTIMISM.
A number of interviews with the repre
sentatives of wealth in the United States
Senate reveals the prevalence of the idea
among the millionaires that the lot of the
laboring man is a rosy one. It has always
been the understanding among the million
aires from the time of Josiah Bounderby,
that the workingmen wanted to be fed with
gold spoons; but it is of no slight interest to
perceive the modern development of the
same class of opinion in the Senate.
Senator Stanford declares that the Ameri
can laborer is better off than any laborer of
the present or past in the history of the
world. Of course the late President of the
Southern Pacific Railway thinks the people
are benefited by combinations of capital,
and declares that "the capitaist has little
advantage in this country as to legislation."
This from a man who has made his millions
from the legislative bounties of the Kation is
very good. Ex-Congressman West does
not think his men "have the right to
dictate what I shall pay any more than I
have to make them work against their will,"
but omits to say whether he has any right to
dictate what wages workingmen shall ac
cept Senator Sawyer says that the laborers
of America "have better chances than those
of any other country in tbe world," and that
"capital cannot get along without labor and
labor cannot succeed without capital."
S:ewart, Stockbridge, Hearst and Congress
man Leiter all think that the condition of
the laboring man is excellent, and that the
growth of great fortunes is nothing serious;
while all of the millionaire Senators would
crush out anarchy and socialism. There is
a relief from this stereotyped class of opin
ion in Senator Teller's summary of the
causes of discontent in "the unequal dis
tribution of wealth, the accumulation of
great fortunes by systems of doubtful hon
esty in some cases, and by, downright dis
honesty in others," and in "tbe disregard of
law by some of the great corporations."
No lair view of tbe case will dispute that
the roseate views of tbe Senatorial million
aires have, when each assertion is considered
purely by itself, a foundation of truth. It
is undoubtedly true that the American
workingman is better paid, and consequently
better clothed and better fed, than the
laborer in any other conntry. It is also
true that at the present time labor, in most
sections of the country has plenty of work
and good wages. But in studying tbe social
situation, to take into consideration only
those pbases, is to loot: at the subject only
from one side which is a very natural
thing for the Senatorial millionaires to do.
Yet the phases which are of vital import
ance as indicating whither we are tending,
rather than the actual state of affairs, are
entirely ignored by our law-making repre
sentatives of wealth, except in Senator Tel
ler's summary of economic evils and Sena
tor Stanford's disingenuous assertion that
"there is no such thing as monopoly in this
conntry in the true sense of the word." This
assertion may perhaps be sustained by a
quibble on the definition of monopoly, but
coming, as it does, from tbe head of the
great transportation monopoly ol the Pacific
coast, it is a striking illustration of the atti
tude of the great capitalists. It is true also
that legitimate combinations of capital
under the action of competition, have bene
ficial results; bnt when the almost universal
effort of capital is to seek combinations which
will hamper competition so as to yield it a
greater share of tbe results of production
than would be awarded by competition, the
need for capital to understand that its inter
ests are identical with labor, is as manifest
a3 for the same knowledge on the part of
labor.
The best statement of the evils of the day
is to be found in the fact that while the early
effect of our institutions was to distribute
capital into the hands of labor, by making it
easy for labor to be small capitalists, the
present tendency is to divide by a sharp and
wide demarkation the two classes of capital
and labor. The influences which tend to
produce that result need not be reviewed
here; but it is enough to arouse the appre
hensions of thinking men who have not the
reasons for roseate opinions held by our
millionaire Senators to notice how far the
process of creating the two classes has gone,
and how universally, in the administration
of the laws, the advantage falls on the side
of the wealthy.
WHO ARE THE FAITnFTJLt
The decimation which is going on among
the ranks of the Republicans by the
desertion of "those who are declared by the
organs to be unfaithful, is something terri
ble. A moment's consideration will show
the fearful falling off that has been going
on.
First, Butterworth was declared a kicker
for expressing his individual opinionson the
tariff bill; and after that E wart was placed
under tbe ban for doing the same thing
concerning the election bill. Immediately
following Blaine became the target for con
fusing the party slate with his reciprocity
idea, and nothing was too severe for the
organs to say abont him. Then came Plumb's
turn, and next "Wolcott and Paddock were
held up cs "Republican cowards." In all
this the solace of the Republican critics
was that their criticisms of the Republican
policy fluttered the organs to such a degree
that the only reply left was to read them
out of the party. But the climax was
reached when Quay, the engineer of the
national machine, became temporarily inde
pendent, -and overset the party slate; while
the finishing touch was given last Wednes
day, when Belden, the censor of the press,
and agent in urging the policy of cloture
became an "obstructionist," and actually
brought to naught the mandates of the
Speaker. v
The painful confusion of this falling off
from the standard of the caucus is increased
Ijy the doubt whether the new class of in-
pendents have not become the party, and
whether their critics who have read them
ont of the party are not now the real kickers.
Blaine's reciprocity policy has been adopted
by the administration; and Quay, Ewart,
Paddock, Wolcott and Plumb have been
"vindicated" in the Senatorial caucus. We
are thus confronted with the confusing para
dox that tbe men who have been stigmatized
as kickers are now the directors of the regu
lar party policy, while those who have been
doing the scoring are really the malcontents.
At this rate it is likely to be the case be
fore long that tbe only faithful ones among
the faithless, to the Republican polioy that
two weeks ago was as changeless as the law
of the Medes and Persians, will be Speaker
Reed himself.
FOR ALL MINERS.
The Hon. W. R. Hysell spoke for human
ity on broad lines at the great meeting of
miners yesterday. The anthracite miners
have a measure of protection under the
existing law, but the bituminous miners are
still at the mercy of unscrupulous em
ployers. It does not need any argu
ment to establish the value of life
to the miner who labors in the east
ern part of Pennsylvania. All miners
should be equally protected, nndMr. Hysell
showed yesterday how this could beaccora
plished. At present the operators can take
unskilled immigrants from Castle Garden
and put them to work in the bituminous
coal mines, to their manifest bodily peril.
This can be and should be stopped by law.
An importer of musical instruments at
New York issues a circular to the trade, stat
ing that under the administrative customs act
"we are compelled to advanco our prices." He
further adds that "this advance is mutually
agreed upon and ratified by the importers of
musical merchandise of the United States."
But if the advanco was "compelled" by tbe ad
ministrative act, why was it necessary to have
the advance mutually agreed upon by the en
tire tradeT Merchants do not generally find it
requisite to agree to make an advance, which
they are compelled to do, although such an
agreement might bo necessary to establish a
frreater advance than tbe law required, and to
lay it all on tbe shoulders of the aet
As Eastern Republican organ speculates
on what will happen "when tbe German people
makeup their minds that taxes must be low
ered." What will happen when tbe American
people make up tbeir minds to tbe same effect,
is not considered pertinent
Two new American songstresses are en
trancing the opera-goers of Europe. Mrs. Sbaw
is whistling to the royalty and nobility, Buffalo
BUI is showing the Wild West to tbe effete
capitals, and Chauncey II. Depew is amusing
the aristocracy with bis stories. Tbe American
invasion of Europe is working tbe reciprocity
Idea In remarkable shape. Tbey send us cheap
laborers in by the thousands, and we furnish
them in return with singers, showmen, whist
lers and story tellers.
The liquidators of the Panama Canal re
port tbe total expenditure so far at $262,000,000,
witb S3.200.000 of assets. This showing seems
to leave no question as to the fact that the
finances of the Panama Canal Company are
badly ditched.
The protest of tbe independent press
against tbe shelving of tbe anti-lottery legisla
tion has been effectual. Tbe Honse of Repre
sentatives passed the anti-lottery bill yester
day, and if honest men throughout the coun
try will keep on reminding Congress of the
need to throttle the Louisiana robbers the Sen
ate will find time to make this bill a law, for
the President's signature is assured.
The warm wave is trying to summon its
energies for a last specimen of tbe heated
term,,but there is solace in the conviction that
the spinal column of its pernicious torridity is
fractured.
The City of Paris people cast the chill
ing shadow of doubt on tbe Teutonic's record.
They cannot very well allege that the track
was short; but they intimate irregularities in
tbe vessel's log. Thus it appears that tbe per
niciously active census padder has been get
ting in his work everywhere but in Pittsburg.
The statement that President Harrison
has no use for newspaper men is notimportant
The newspaper men make that all right by
finding use enougb for the President to answer
for botb sides.
It is reported that there is room for the
burial of just 100 more great men In 'Westmins
ter Abbey. At the present production of great
men that will leave Westminster Abbey to bo
tbe sepulture of greatness for ages to come.
But the custodians of the Abbey should be
careful to not let in any little great men.
The Rivers and Harbors bill passed the
Senate yesterday. One more log rolled away,
and tbe course is nearly clear for Senator Quay
in bis tariff chariot
The Dispatch to-day is a great garden
filled with a wonderful variety of flowers.
Tropical plants and foreign blossoms; both hem
ispheres contribute. But dropping tbe figura
tive, tbe news in our Columns to-day, be It local
or telegraphic, is as fresh and plentiful as the
dew that jewels the lawns at sunrise.
Senator Quay's earnestness surprises
some people. It is that quality which has
made him a successful leader. He never daw
dles nor dallies.
The charge is made by tbe New York
World thatMcCann, tbejlessee of tbe restau
rant in Central Park, failed to pay bis rent.
Let us hope, that reform has progressed far
enough in New York to Insure tbat tbe restau
rant keeper at Riverside will pay his rent for
that stable ad joining Grant's tomb.
A STRIKE for universal suffrage in Bel
gium has an odd sound. We bave that Inesti
mable boon here, but the round of strikes goes
merrily on.
The Hew York Tribune has an editorial'
article on "What tbe Strike Has Settled.'.
Singularly enough it omits to mention tbo fact
that since the genial Chauncey M. Depew has
been hunted up and forced to declare that be
supports the position of the company, It has
settled bis presidental boom.
THE timekeeper on tbe Tentonio seems to
have beaten tho record even If the White Star
steamer has not
How easy it is to get into jail, and how
difficult It is to get out together with much
matter of interest anent dungeons and prison
fare, are exhibited in an article on our local
page to-day. Not everybody can learn these
facts by experience, and yet tbey are worth
knowing.
Senator Hoar a Humbug.
Prom the New York Enn.l
Tbe old gentleman is a humbug. Not he bnt
Senator Quay represents tho real sentiment of
the Massachusetts Republicans concerning tbe
fores Dill.
ROMANCE AND LIFE.
iwrittin Fon tbb msrATcn.l
There's an old-fashioned hammock that swings
neath the trees,
While tbe eort snmmer winds come and go.
It rocks all the day with the rhythmical breese.
And sways to and fro, to and fro.
It's tattered and torn, and It's faded and gray,
But each shred Is more precious than gold;
Jfor wrapped in that hammock Lovo whispered
me "lea,"
When I plead in tho manner of old.
Now she. In the house, tarns to pies and to caks
The thoughts that were once, all lor ine,
While I-prod the hammock with my long
handled,rake. As I glean 'round the bole of tbe tree.
-PAUL PASTNOB.
THE TOPICAL TALKER.
Go to Schonler Park If Yon Want Good
Driving Culture Has Gono West No
Presents Wanted by tbe President As
Undesirable Excess A Vain Straggle for
Encllsh Mutton Chops." V
Anyone who possesses a horse, or can beg,
borrow or steal one, commits a crime
against himself and tbe city if be does not hie
him to Schenley Park. The roads are simply
perfect Bo long as tbe dry weather lasts they
bid fair to remain so. And one cannot have
any proper Idea of the beautyof tbe land which
Mrs. Schenley has given to Pittsburg, until he
has driven all over it There has been a good
deal ot praise given to the park, but not a word
too much. With its broad -drives winding in
and ont among picturesque hollows, tbe forest
trees and rolling Uwns, Schenley Park goes far
beyond any public property I have seen in this
conntry or the old world.
The work which has already been done in
building, enlarging and leveling the roads has
been done well, and a big undertaking it has
been. But it is strange tbat more Plttsburgers
do not take advantage of these perfect roads.
One evening this week in an hour or two's
drive in the park I did not see half a dozen
carriages. It is not necessary to wait till tbe
park is in apple pie order to enjoy the exquisite
scenery and tho absolute novelty of roads as
smooth as Mr. Delamater's honeyed words.
Pittsburger and a Bostonian struck up
an acquaintance a week or two ago within
sight and sound of the Minnehaha Fall, near
Minneapolis. Tbey were coming back to their
hotel afterward and discussing tho contrasts
between the East and West when the Boston
man remarked that he'd have to get shaved
somewhere. Thoy began to 190k for barber
shops, the Bostonian dilating the while upon
tbe wonderful culture of a certain barber who
scrapes beards in the city of baked beans.
"There isn't much chance of finding bis
equal here," tbe Bostonian wound up.
"I don't know so much about that," replied
the Pittsburger, who bad caught sight of a
barber's pole and sign on the other side of the
street "How's that for high?"
Thoy crossed the street and read this remark
able announcement in gold letters on a tri
colorcd ground:
: Barberlng execute d In all :
: the Ramifications of the art. :
: Hair cutting also. :
The Boston man went no farther afield.
hCire, the marinos are presenting arms,"
said Secretary Tracy to the President as
they were leaving the Baltimore in Boston
harbor.
"Have it stopped at once," said Mr. Harrison,
excitedly; "I allow no man to make presents
to mo."
Cm was an sesthetio young thing. A pale
blue dress tied with a corn-colored sash
set off her dark hair and oval olive face. She
stood In tbe entranco of a Fifth avenue pho
tographer's gallery, one pace back from the
crowded sidewalk. Timidly she drew from a
big yellow envelope a cabinet photograph, and
as she gazed a smile, such as a seraph slightly
stuck on herself might envy, stole over her
lace. A growlne newsboy, whose trousers
seemed to be suffering from sudden fright
looked in at the doorway at this instant At a
glance he took In the situation.
"Pretty aint it?" be said, and was gone. No
oyster alarmed at the approach of a predatory
star fish could approach the speed that dis
covered damsel attained, in an early closing
movement She recovered the picture instan
taneously, but not her equanimity. That with
the seraphic smile bad fled, A hot blush, a
frown and an angry light In her eyes went with
ber into the madding crowd.
T see yon insist on spelling my name Dlxson
Instead of Dickson," a Pittsburger com
plained to a grocer's clerk yesterday.
"It is better to have an excess than too little,"
replied the wicked clerk.
("Vandor isbeautlful anywhere, butlnawatter
it is lovely beyond all words.
In a modest restaurant which the hlch and
mighty and the lowly patronize in about
equal proportions at the hour of noon, two
Pittsburgers sat down yesterday for a lunch.
There was a bill of fare on the table; the usual
printed list of several hundred things a man
doesn't want and couldn't get if he did. A
legend at the top of the menu Informed the
public with all the confidential importance ink
and a stub pen could lend, tbat English mutton
chops were a delicacy on hand for the day. A ,
vision of certain thick, juicy excerpts from a
South Down sheep, enjoyed for the last time In
a stuffy little inn parlor In the sight of the
English channel, arose before one of those who
read the legend. He said to tbe waiter: "Bring
me some English mutton chops!"
"Chops?" repeated the waiter.
"English mutton chops," suggested the
hungry man, licking tbe toothsome words.
"Very well, sir lamb chops!" N
"No English mutton chops."
"Chops?"
"English mntton chops it's on the bill of
fare."
Tbe waiter took np the menu and a look half
pity balf scorn came over bis face.
"You can call 'em What yon like, chops, lamb
chops, English mutton chops it's all the same
you want chops?"
"Yes," said the sinner meekly.
And chops devoid of the slightest Anglican
cut he got some time afterward.
Hepburn Johns.
PEOPLE IN GENERAL.
Ex-GOVERNOE Holliday, of Virginia, has
returned from bis third trip around the world.
Adjutant General Daniel H. Hast
ings, of Pennsylvania, arrived at the Stock
ton, Cape May, last evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Chamberlain have
gone to visit their relatives at Salem. Tbey
will be in Washington later in the season.
Wn.LiAM B. Irwin, who died at Harrisburg,
Pa., Wednesday, was a delegate to tbe Chicago
Convention which nominated Lincoln in I860.
A reunion of the Harlan family, of which
Mr. Justice Harlan, of the United States Su
premo Court is a member, will be held in Rich
mond, Ind., next Wednesday.
John B. Palmer, late Vice President of the
Atlantic Coast Line, who is now abroad for his
health, writes from the Isle of Wight that bis
condition Is greatly improved.
Ex-Congressman Markham. the Republi
can candidate for Governor of California, went
to California from Milwaukee in 1878. and took
up bis residence in Pasadena,
Hon. B. J. Franklin, ex-Congressman from
Missouri and late United States Consul to Han
kow, China, has returned to Kansas City after
an absence of nearly four years.
Ex-Congressmai? W. L. Ecott sold from
bis farm in Northampton county last year $S5,
000 worth of track. Tbe farm expenses were
$63,000. so a netproflt of 822,000 was made.
EX-SENATOR GEORGE H. WILLIAMS, of
Orezon, who was Grant's Attorney General
from 1871 to 1871, is visiting the National Capi
tal for the first time in a aecade. His whiskers
are now snow white.
Miss Anna Beret, daughter of George
Ehret the owner of one of New York's larjest
breweries, at present In Berlin, is engaged to be
married to Baron Von Zedlltz, an officer In tbe
German artillery. The family of Zedlitz is al
ready allied to America by marriage. Baron
Clemens Zedlitz having married, In 1880, Miss
Cornelia Carnochan Roosevelt, daughter of the
late Charles J.-Rooeevelt.
General Adam E, King, the new Consul
General to Paris, is a resident of Baltimore,
and an enthusiastic Blaine man. 1 all, band
some and distinguished looking, with snow
white hair and black eyes, he will be a striking
figure in tho society circles of the American
colony. He was a good soldier in Hancock's
corps, and his friends are all warmly attached
to him. His wife Is an attractive woman in
many ways. Two of their daughters are in
society, the third being yet a schoolgirl.
The late John Jacob Astor a few years ago
sent a largo sum of money to Walldorf, the
Baden village where the Astors originated, for
the erection of an almshouto and hospital,
whlcb was named for him the Astor House.
After his death, last year, the select men of the
village and the members of tho Astor Honse
administration sent a letter of condolence to
his son. Mr. William Walldorf Astor, In reply
to which they have received tbe additional sum
of 60.000 marks for tbe benefit of the "institu
tion. In grateful recognition the donor, In ad
dition to his diplomatic and literary honors,
has now been made an honorary citizen of
WaUdort
DELAMATEE'S DKHIAL,
Erie Dispatch (Rep.): Delamater's frank
and manly denial of Senator Emery's charges
affecting his honor and integrity thoroughly
refutes a lie that nobody believed except those
who delight in thinking evil of their fellow
men.
Harrisburg Patriot (Dem.):Delamater has
been smoked ont at last and makes a general
denial of tbe charges made by ex-Senator
Emery. Tbe latter, however, Is yet to be heard
from, and tbe campaign promises some lively
episodes.
Harrisburg Call (Ind.): Senator Dela
mater has made a general denial ot the charges
preferred against him by Senator Emery. This
Is all very well as far as It goes, bnt tbe charges
were specific and tbe Gubernatorial candidate
should make his denial specific.
Bradford Star (Standard): Tbe denial is
broad enough to cover everything that bas
been charged or may yet be charged against bis
integrity, but if Senator Delamater wero to say
anything abont these charges it would have
been moro satisfactory if he had taken them
one By one and conclusively proved their
falsity and absurdity.
Orr City Derrick (Standard): Mr. Dela
mater's reason for not having denied the
charges was logical, reasonable and bis courso
was just what any honorable, conscientious
man would bave taken. His denial of Emery's
charges was square aud out and out Here is
the opportunity Emery has boasted that he has
longed for. His charges are denied in toto.
Philadelphia Record (Dem.): Mr. Dela
mater has entered a plea of "not guilty" In re
ply to the charges made against him in April
last in a public speech by ex-Senator Emery.
If tho charges' be untrue, It Is in thepowerof
Mr. Delamater to prove them so. It Is his dnty
to prove them so. Mr. Emery should be bailed
into court, his allegations disproved, and proper
punishment inflicted npon him. Mr. Delamater
not only owes this vindication to himself, but
to the party which, having faith in bis integ
rity, hae named him for the first office in tbe
gift of the Commonwealth.
Philadelphia Times (Ind.): This positive
accusation of falsity burled into tbe face of
Emery by Delamater, clearly shifts tbe issue
from Delamater to Emery, and if Emery shall
hesitate four months, as Delamater did, or if
he shall wait four weeks, or even much over
four days, to respond to this denial, there
wonld be general confidence in Delamater's
self-vindication. Emery has never been ac
cused of hesitation or cowardice, and it is odds
in favor of a prompt and decidedly aggressive
counter-blast from the hills ot McKean county.
Referred to Senator Emery.
Philadelphia Press (Rep.): Mr. Delama
ter wisely and fully met the accusations and
entered a positive, emphatic, and unequovical
denial of each and every charge preferred by
Senator Emery. He conpled this with a like
positive denial of any charge, by whomsoever
made, which assails his honor as a man and bis
ntegrity as a citizen. This is sweeping and
complete. It bas been done in a manly and
sincere way, and burls the accusations back at
those who made them with an energy and vigor
which is characteristic of Senator Delamater's
straightforward and agirressire mothods, and
which will carry conviction with it
Petroleum Exports Falling Offi
From the Philadelphia Recdi-d.
In the last seven months the exports of pe
troleum from the United States have fallen off
in quantity and in value as compared with the
same period of I8S9. The decline in exports of
illuminating oil in this period was from $22,272,
803 to 19,968,833. Russian competition m oil
is making itself felt more keenly year by year
In tho world's markets.
CURRENT ITMELY TOPICS.
Senator Hoar says be is getting poorer
and poorer every year. Still he la crowing fat on
his salary, besides having as much fun as a boy at
a circus.
t t t
Thursday was a great day for the Prohibi
tionists In Kentucky. Thirty tbonsand barrels of
Bourbon whisky went np in fire and smoke, thus
preventing many hundreds of thousands of head
aches. t t t
The New York Tribune is going to read Sen-,
ator Quay ont 01 the Republican party. The same
paper attempted to do the same thing with Gen
eral Grant In 1875. It proved a failure, and to a
boynpa tree It looks as though the present Job
will be a hard thing to accomplish,
t t t
Codfish balls will take a prominent part In
the Massachusetts campaign this fall. The beans
will take a-much-needed rest,
t t t
President Gompers agrees for once with
Grand Master Workman Powderly. They both
oppose the force bill. The official announcement
of the death of the bill should now be placed on
Its tombstone.
t t t
People care but little how many ocean grey
hounds break the record, but many would be
Interested If the record should change things by
smashing one of those fast greyhounds. Are yon
on?
t t t
It Is said that President Harrison has disap
pointed Senator Quay. Our own Stanley Matthew
will not feel very lonesome, as the woods are full
ol disappointed people since the new administra
tion has been grinding out appointments,
t t t
The New York Central strikers say tbey are
not beaten, and the Central officers say they are.
When opposing parties are so well satisfied, It is
Just as well, perhaps, for outsiders to keep still on
the subject.
t t t
The new President of the Argentine Repub
lic was once a newsp aper man. The profession
will hear of his downfall with profonnd sorrow,
A Cbanco for Artists.
A prize of 250 is offered by the Bacheller
Newspaper Syndicate, V. O. box 2545, New York
City, for the best pictorial story with as little
verbal assistance as possible. Mr. W. Lewis
Fraser, art manager of the Century, will be
the judge.
RELIGIOUS NOTES.
The Swiss conduct an industrial mission in
India. Christian artisans teach tbe natives
various employments and the truths of the
gospel at the same time.
The snrest way to produce moral blindness
is to neglect moral conviction. One who pur
sues this course will soon admire bis own
errors, credit bis own IIe, and take pleasnre in
his own wickedness. Christian Statesman.
The forthcoming "Congregational Year
Book" will give 4,610 ministers, an increase of
252. Of these 839 are installed-pastors. a loss of
20; 2,039 pastors by invitation of the church
only, an increase of 161, ana L675 without
charge.
Covetousness of things Is always bad;
covetousno'S of qualities Is always good. If
you see a man bas something, do not want it
unless you have earned it But if you see a
man his a quality that is good, covet It as'much
as you like, and try to get t,t Christian Union.
Africa, bas now within her borders 10
American, 12 British and 13 Continental mis
sionary societies. There are mora than 7C0 or
dained missionaries, and more than 7,000 native
preachers. It is estimated that there are. both
white and native, abont 175,000 communicants,
and 800.000 adherents.-WorfAu'ejfern Christian
Adiocale. "
What is the use of aspirations If they are
not strong enongh to incorporate themselves
into character and project themselves in right
eous living? Tbat kind of piety which knows
and approves stho better course, but consist
ently and steadily follows the worse, will not
stand tbe test of the Master's judgment
Jfashville Christian Advocate.
The Presbyterian Woman's Mission Society
received for last year $337,842. Tbe society was
aDle to support tbe following missions: Indians,
83 schools, 164 teachers, 2,264 pupils; Mormons,
37 schools, 99 teachers, 2,374 pupils; Mexicans,
82 schools, 67 teachers, 1,627 pupils; South, 16
schools, 48 teachers, 1.213 pupils; total, 118
schools, 361 teachers, 7,478 pupils, The Mid
Continent. Dr. W. B. Wntklns.
Bev. Dr. William B. "Wat tins died of heart
failure at 2 o'clock yesterday morning, in the
Kldgerlew Campmeetlng grounds, near Derry.
lie was mstor of the Methodist Episcopal Church
at New Brighton, and used to .hold tbe pulpit of
tbe Sralthfield street au r- i'nurci; also or
churches at McKeesport Beaver and Washing
ton. Pa. Deceased was born In Bridgeport. O.,
on Mar 2, ISM. He first studied law, but after
ward entered the ministry. His great pre
diction was the study of languages. He was
much liked and successful In pastoral work. Dr.
Watklns was married three, times. His first wife
was .a JHIjs Shallcross, of Belmont county, 0..
near Wheeling. His 6econd wife was a Miss
Lacy, or Uacyvllle, Harrison county. O. His
thlid wire, a daughter of the late James Wills, a
local preacher, and grocer of Diamond Square.
Pittsburg, Is still living, as are all of deceased's
children, among whom Is one daughter,
MURRAY'S MUSINGS,
The Ladles of Gotham Will Have n. Pool
Room of Their Own Stranded by tbe
Strike A Hero In the Surf Imnulnntlon
and Thermometer. (
I FROM a staff CORHESFONDENT.1
"pHE sporting and bucket shop world will
shortly be electrified by an innovation. It
is no less than a pool room for ladies con
ducted by women for women aud women ex
clusively. Ample capital bas been seenred and
rooms with the most luxurious appointments
are being now fitted up, a snug second floor In
a side street above Twenty-third, and conven
ient to Broadway, having been leased. Of
course It will not be called a pool room, be
cause there is a law against pool rooms. This
law has beearecently enforced with considera
ble severity. It will open as a ladies' select
club. Tne "club" covers a multitude of gam
bling places in New York, but It has hitherto
protected only males. Why not women?
This mental query disturbed a very smart
young lady who Is employed as a typewriter in
an uptown theatrical exchange. She Is fond of
horseflesh, and bas long experienced tbe incon
venience of sending out somewbero by some
body her surplus cash to Invest in those paste
board evidences of man's inhumanity to man
at least they make "countless thousands
mourn." She cogitated, consulted, figured, re
solved, acted. Being a woman who knows what
she Is about she bad no difficulty in securing
financial backing for the enterprise. She
readily showed that there were thousands of
women in New York who were, to use her own
forcible if not elegint expression, -stuck on
races," that they could not go ont among the
pool rooms or down among the bookmakers on
the quarter-stretch, but bad to trust their
money to all sorts of messengers withoutknow
Ing from actual observation how the horses
stand In the betting. Tbey ought to have some
place where they could go, and where tbey
could place tbelr money understanding. So
the club idea is to be carried out.
"It is to be for women exclusively, though
an experienced and responsible man will act
as manager under tbe direction of a com
mittee. Beyond this man and tbe blackboard
boy there will be none of tbe objectionable
sex allowed in tbe place. There was a sharp
"kick" at this, some of tbe ladies desiring tbe
moral and mentil support of a male escort
And there will yet be an effort to so modify tbe
rules. If they do then "good-bye, ladies;" you
will ba scooped. The rooms will be elegantly
carpeted, and lunch room, retiring rooms,
offices, etc., will comnlete tbe outfit Tickers
are in, and the Saratoga wire is alreadv said to
be in operation. The woman originating this
scheme for the elevation of her uown-trodden
sisters is one nf tbe best judges of horseflesh in
New York. She knows the pedigree and record
of everv racer on tbe American turf. She
earns $23 a week as an expert typewriter on
manuscript plays and players' parts, but often
manages to turn a hundred on tbe flyers. "And
the bookies just overlastlng rob us women,
too," she says.
An Incident of tbe Strike.
t WAS one of a New Yprk Central trainload of
baratoga people who were deposited in a
sand bank balf a mile or so above Harlem 9
o'clock at night the first day of the strike. It
was the maddest crowd of tired pleasure folks
you ever saw. We had received no New York
evening papers, and consequently knew noth
ing of tbe difficulty. It was fully half an hour
before a switch engine came out and its crew
gave us information tbat we may as well walk
home, as the train must stop there indefinitely.
Then the old fat dowagers in diamonds, the
Saratoga bookmakers, the swells, the tottering
napas and simpering misses, one after another
filed out of tbe palace cars, crips, canes um
brellas and other unchecked luggage in hand,
and, piloted by a conductor with a lantern,
wended tbeir way across the fields toward tbe
city, swearing alternately at the strikers and
railroad company at every misstep. The car
riages of some of " these people were waiting at
the Grand Central station.
Here, for once, everyone, rich and poor, old
and young.plodded along on foot on democratic
equality. When we struck the pavements at
One Hundred and Forty-ninth street one old
lady drew a long breath, turned and silently
shook ber diamond-bedecked fist at tbe dark
ness she had left behind, then renewed ber en
forced pilgrimage. The gloomy crowd that
climbed into tbe surface car at tbe Madison
avenue stable filled tbe conductor and driver
with illy-smothered hilarity. 1 should have
laughed myself if I hadn't been a victim. An
old man with a gold-headed cane was the only
one who spoke for a mile. He said be would
sue the New York Central Railroad Company
nnless it repaid bim the nickel he was thus
compelled to yield up for carfare.
A Small Large Business.
'"THERE are three able-bodied men, two of
whom, 1 am told; have families, who earn
a living on tbe corner beneath my office. They
get a good one, too. Yet they pay $30 a month
rent for the fruit stand and boot-black cbatr,
which constitutes their source of wealth. To
the casual observer It would seem impossible to
get enough out of the business for rent. They
not only do that, bnt make $100 clear. Tbe
boss, who has this bnsiness, hires the other
fellows, and himself lonnges shirt-sleeved in
tbe shade of tho elevated stairs. He is said to
be rich. Of course they are Italians.
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Exclualveness of Flat Life.
Tt is a pleasing and yet sometimes terrible
feature of metropolitan life tbat a man or
a family can live in a flat almost anywhere
unknown and undisturbed, even by the nearest
neighbors. There may be from five to ten
other families using tbe same front door and
be total strangers to each other. So far from
breeding tbat familiarity dreaded by those who
bave always occupied tbelr own individual
homes, flat life tends toward exclusiveness.
That is my experience. The very fact that you
are domiciled with all sorts of people estab
lishes a barrier to social Intercourse almost un
known to those In private residences. You are
situated as yon would be In a hotel, and neither
know nor care who occupies tbe room
across tbe balC or above or below you.
Nothing short of conspicuous viciousness, or
a little crape floating from some bell handle In
the vestibule, stirs up any human interest in
neighborhood affairs. I bave been occupying
a ground floor flat in a large doublo flat house
ot ten families for two years. During that time
every flat in the building has changed occu
pants once to five times. I have known but
three or four persons In all this time, and these
merely to speak to when an accidental meeting
on tbe steps or In the lower ball seemed to
exact tho courtesy on both sides. Our social
relations never went further. Of tbe children
I have known Maggie and Besslo and Floy and
Charley and Rhody and Daisy and so on, of tbe
whole blook, and they all know me. Of their
fathers, mothers, what tbey do, where they go
and whence they came I know nothing; nor can
I call their full names. I bave every reason to
believe this exclustve don't-careatlveness pre
vails generally. Mv own experience is tbe flat
life is quite as sacred from intrusive neighbors
as any other sort of life. If It were otherwise
it would be unbearable.
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A Bit of Crape.
'THERE are some features of this flat life that
are painful. The other day a bunch of
crape drooped gloomily from one of these little
brass bell-handles In tbe vestibule. A crowd of
children and a lew grown people gathered on
tbe sidewalk, and after awhile blocked up the
street They were very quiet for such a num
ber of little children. A subdued whisper ran
around and tbe little awe-stricken faces were
turned alternately up the street and upward
toward the many other faces at the windows in
the block. I bad never seen so many children,
so many very quiet and orderly children In tbe
neighborhood before. Pretty soon an under
taker's wagon arrived, and in it was a modest
coffin, which was quickly borne into tbe house.
Every hat and bonnet big and little, was re
moved as tbe solemn act was done. And there
were tears in many innocent eyes and running
down many chubby cheeks. Because the body
in tbat modest coffin was tbe body of a yourg
hero. 10 was a young ineoiogicai stuaent and
an only adored son of aged parents.
Ho went down to the beach bnt yesterday in
tho best of health. While bathing a cry went
up that a little girl was drowning. He beard
her muffled skriek as tbe tide pulled ber down
Into tbe sea with remorseless grasp. Plunging
alter ber without hesitation, be dived again
and again, fighting the roaring surf with his
athletic arms, while the excited crowd of
bathers and people on the sands breathlessly
watched him and prayed for his success. And
be did succeed and finally dragged up tbe little
one when all hope seemed gone, and held ber
by ber tangled golden hair high above the
frothing waves as he struck ont for the shore.
But the tide was going ont and tbe deadlv
undertow tugged at his limbs and momentarily
threatened tho life of man and child. Ho
cou'd have saved himself easily by abandoning
bis apparently lifeless burden, but be would
not It was a desperate fight He was bound
to win it or die. Ho did win, and he died, too.
For tho little child was saved and restored to
consciousness and life, while be well, this was
bis body just borne into tbe bouse.
What Imaglnnllon Can Do.
t t has been tbe fashion this summer for Broad
way merchants to expose thermometers in
front of their stores, evidently to remind a
man bow hot it Is. If he is feeling ordinarily
comfortable on a warm day all tbat is reqnired
to render bim miserable is this confounded
thermometer with its 908 staring him in
the face. Nothing in the world so beats a man
up as this thing 'of worrying about tbe heat
The imagination is responsible for a good many
His. I remember once while out West a man
rushed into a country botel crying out at every
jump. "I'm shotl I'm kllledl I'm a dead manf
He finally fell into an office chair and fainted.
He wore a woolen shirt and this was marked
by a small ballet bole Just above the heart and
was stained with blood. Laying bare his breast
a doctor of our party examined the wound and
discovered that the small ballet hd struck a
rib. and, glancing, passed along under the skin
to a point about four Inches from tbe spot
struck, where It could be distinctly seen and
felt through the epidermis. The result raised
a laugh amid which the man returned to con
sclousness. When be was shown how inslgnlfl
canttbe wound was he Jumped up and wentaway
as mad as a hornet He wouldn't evenbave the
bullet cut out saying he could do It himself.
The imagination excited by this promiscuous
display of thermometers is doubtless responsi
ble for a good many sunstrokes.
People Oat of Town.
'The Manhattan Elevated runs one car less on
its trains dnrlng tho summer. When com
plaints were made In the newspapers who bas
not complained at some time through the news
papers about something? the Superintendent
replied tbat the road carried 500,000 da'Jy, on an
average, but that during tha, three summer
mouths ICO.000 people less per day than at other
seasons of tbe year. He says there are over
100,000 people out of the city during this time,
so tbat Instead of five-car trains four-car tains
only are necessary. A difference of 100,000
passengers a day on a single system seems a
deal, but If there Is a falling off of tbat many
persons using tbe elevated roads there must be
quite as many less who usually nse only the
surface roads. A couple of hundred thousand
out of almost any other city of the Union
would make a big bole in tbe population, but
In Nftw York, save in certain fashionable cir
cles. It is scarcely felt. CHAS. T. MURRAY.
New York, August 18.
BB0LLED SNAKE.
A Connecticut Woman Adopts a Unlaue Way
to Kill a Reptile.
From the Ansonla (Conn.) Sentinel.!
Mrs. Smtth Carpenter.of Great Hill, Wednes
day heard a commotion among her chickens,
and, colng out to see what was the trouble,
found tbat a large red adder was anxious for a
meal of chicken. A stone thrown at the snake
only served to put him on bis guard, and he
ran Into a bill of cucumbers, curled himself up
and then proceeded to hiss at Mrs. Carpenter.
She was equal to the occasion, and called to
her daughter to bring a dipper of boiling water,
and, watching her opportunity, she poured it
over tbe snake, who at once discovered he had
all be could attend to. He wts so badly scalded
thrt he could not crawl away, and with tbe aid
of a whip Mrs. Carpenter killed bim. The
snake measured nearly four feet in length, and
was large In proportion. Bnt few women care
to attack such a reptile.
A Depopulated Place
From the OH City Derrick.
The last Inhabitant of Pithole now that his
solitary neighbor has been sold ont by the
sheriff, must feel like that much speculated on
individual, tbe last human being on the earth.
Though the history of Pithole has been paral
leled by Western mining towns, it bas no equal
short of the Rockies. From a wilderness to a
city of thousands and then again to a ponula
tlon of two, and one of those banging on tbe
edge of bankruptcy took less than a quarter of
a century to effect Pithole's is one of the
many romantic stories of the Oil country.
Betting by Foreign Women.
From the Jeweler's Weekly,
When ladles bet here, as I am assured they
do sometimes, it is never for dozens of gloves.
Their wazers are settled in hard cash. In Italy
when tbey win they are paid in trinkets. King
Humbert bad a bet the other day with Madame
Frizerlo, which he lost and before 24 hours
he bad sent his fair credltress a beautiful
bracelet In diamonds.
FIGS AND THISTLES.
If money could buy salvation, gold wonld be
at a mishty big premium.
If people had to live to please each other no
body would ever get to heaven.
If the devil ever hits you it will be because
your back is turned toward bim.
The first thing Satan did in Eden was to pro
pose a festival, and he still keeps at it
One of the saddest sights angels bave to
look at Is a bub who Is mean in money matters.
Faith in God will move mountains. All
money can do is to make a tnnnel through
them.
The moment we begin to help somebody God
lighten our labor by causing our hearts to help
our hands.
It takes more religion to hold a man level In
a horse trade than It does to make him shout
at camp meeting.
If money could be borrowed as easily as
trouble the world would be full of round
shouldered people.
Some people have an Idea that abont all ra
Ugion Is for is to help them to have a good time
and be respectable.
The greatest calamity that can happen to a
man is to have power to follow the promptings
of his own mind abont everything.
"Being temperate in all things" means to
hold your tongue when you ought to, as well as
to have nothing to do with whisky.
When we are willing to do we shall
be surprised at how much we can do. A child
can hold a candle for a strong man to work by.
Indianapolis Mam's Horn.
Americans In Paris.
fBY DUNLAP'S CABLE C01OMNT.1
Paris, August 16. Among the Americans
registered in Pans this week are D. E.A.
Bagne, Dr. L. Danfurth and wife. Captain
Griffith and family. Colonel Long. Mr. A. H.
McKee Oppenheim, of New York; Dr. Connor,
of Toronto; General Draper and wife. Miss
Hope Dale and Miss E. Keitb, of Chicago; Mr.
A, H. Littleton and Prot Rogers, of Philadel
phia. A Gnllnnt Soldier and Learned Jurist.
From tbe Boston Globe.
The Grand Army has made a good selection
in choosing Judge Veazey, of Vermont to be
Commander Jn Chief. A gallant soldier, a
learned jurist, a wide-minded man of affairs, a
genial gentleman, be unites all the qualities
needed in that position. General Alger has a
worthy successor.
The Probnble Rotation.
From the Baltimore American.
The seal controversy bids fair, apparently, to
settle Itself to the dissatisfaction of everybody
concerned by the extermination of the seals.
NOVELTIES IN JEWELRY.
A pretty silver match stand is formed by
two shells standing upright In a shell of larger
size.
A cigarette box of plain silver, having an
anchor, with a rope coiled to form the word
"Ciearettes." is a seasonable novelty.
Several beautiful pink pearls mounted on
the cover of an elaborately chased Roman gold
bonbon box produce a splendid effect
A SCARF pin, formed by a gold rope artisti
cally coiled around a silver sounding plummet
is an anpropriate gift to a yachtsman.
CUFF links, each bar representing a coiled
snake witb a diamond set in tbe head, are sure
to inspire admiration whenever shown.
A bracelet that has recently been revived
Is a close cold chain band which can be fast
ened with a buckle at any point of its lengtb.
Three diamond owls, diminishing In size and
cleverly represented as sleeping on a gold
bough, make a lace pin of attractive appear
ance. A beautiful heart-shaped opal, apparently
pierced by a sbaft of diamonds and rubles, is a
lace pin recently produced by a New York
jeweler.
A gold mosquito, with emerald eyes and hav
ing its proboscis thrust through a fine white
peart is a scarf pin quite suggestive to the
summer boarder.
Light blue enameled fleurs-de-lis. lnsertedln
the center of ah oval white enameled disk, en
circled witb small brilliants, mounted in
Roman gold, for cuff links, bave met with con
siderable favor.
Artistic workmanship and originality of de
sign are shown in a silver jewel box, with the
cover etched to represent a pearl diveraboutto
make a plunge after the gem. The sides of
the case contain marine pictures. In keeping
with the ornamentation of the cover. Jewel
er's Weekly.
A Sagacious Senator.
From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
Senator Evans will Insist tbat the Blair I
rule shall not be so formed as to bring on the f
previous question In the middle of a ststsnea.
CURIOUS CONDEKSATIOSS.
A 49-pound bass was caught off New
Bedford, Monday.
Ingham county, Mich., has paid $2,
261 40 for sparrows since the fool law was
passed.
J. A. Gunning and wife drove 400 miles
from Portsmouth. O., to Muskegon In 14
days. Their carriage was drawn by a single
horse.
Mm. Huldah Arnold, of Mendon, Mass.,
who celebrated ber 99th birthday anniversary a
few days ago, said that "she felt as well as
when 18."
J. Van, of Macon, offers a big prize of
$2,000 to the homeliest woman In Georgia to ride
on his float during the trades display parade at
the State fair.
Old Mr. Hoffman was found dead in a
spring near Moline. He had fallen into shal
low water and was drowned with the back of
bis bead out of it
Another youngest soldier has been
found and his name is Wallace Riley, ot Bu
chanan. He enlisted in a New York regiment
when only 12 years old.
George Sheridan, son of General George
Sheridan, orator, soldier and man of tbe world.
Is a printer on the Americns Recorder. His
sister is an actress, who is just now all the rage
In Boston, Mass.
One of the largest forests In the world
stands on Ice. It is situated between the TJral aud
the Okhotsk Sea. A well was recently dug in
this region, when it was fonnd that at a depth
of 116 meters tbe ground was still frozen.
The police made a raid on a rendezvous
for tramps in New Haven, arresting a number
of outcasts. On one of them, named Dunn,
were found three bank books, sbowingdeposits
aggregating $4,330 99. It Is thought Dunn Is
Insane.
Several newly-hatched chickens (so the
story goes) were recently fonnd in a bale of hay
at Belfast, Me. The owner of tbe bale thinks
tbat tbe ezgswere probably pressed Into the
hay when it was green, and were hatched by
tbe heat generated.
A big pile of money goes through the
bands ot the Controller of tbe city of New
York. For the quarter ended June 30 he re
ceived over $17,000,000 (including a balance of
$1,000,000 from the previous quarter), and spent
It all bnt about $3,000,000.
One of the features of an electrical ex
hibition at Frankfort is to be the transmission
of power (500 horse) a distance of 14 miles. It
is not pretended tbat this can be done econ
omically, but tbe mere doing ol it will be one
of the wonders of the exhibition.
Even great metropolitan journals slip
sometimes. A writer In the London Daily
News alluded to "tbe best things" Cardinal
Newman "had said about Charles Kingsley."
After the sentence had journeyed ovur tho
cable and tbrough tbe New York Herald's
composing and proofreading rooms it came ont
"the best things be had said about Charles
King's lee."
A novel use of the electric light is made
on the St. Lawrence river, near the Thousand
Island resorts. One of tbe lights has been
placed at tbe end of a yardarm on tbe steamer
St Lawrence, which has a dynamo aboard.
Tbe light stands in front of a powerful re
flector, and as the boat steams about at night
among tbe islands the searcb-lleht is cast upon
them, revealing, with startling distinctness,
their beauty, and the beanty of the landscape.
Miss Elizabeth Pittman, daughter of
Alfred Pittman, of Chetnole, Dorset EngUnd,
arrived on the Tentonlc at New York, and
went immediately with Mr. Francis Sparks
Olivier, an agent of the Equitable Life Insur
ance Company, to Calvary Kp.scopal Church,
wnere they were married. Tbey had not teen
one another from tbe time they were in their
teens, since when Mr. Sparks has been ail over
the world. They kept np a correspondence and
became engaged by letter.
A shepherd dog fell into a dry well in
Oglethorpe county, Ga. A young man went to
the canine's rescue, and as soon as the animal
heard bis voice, went into raptures of delight
The man procured a rope long enough to reach
tbe bottom of tbe well, and lowering jt was sur
prised to see the dog grasp the end firm In bis
mouth and hold on until be was drawn to the
top. The dog had received no serious injuries,
and, being given a hearty meal, was as frisky as
ever.
Mount Sir Donald, in the Canadian
Rookies, haa atlaat ham ngrff-T-Tr'T. TI19 suc
cessful climbers were Messrs. Huber and Sul
zer. botb Swiss, and members of an Alpine
club. They accomplished their climb in seven
hours from their camp, half way up tbe mount
ain side. Both state that the Government's
estimate ol this peak's height Is too small by 60
feet. A fall report together with photocraphB,
will be made for Surveyor General Deville.
They report the ascent to the top of Sir Donald
as more difficult than any tbey bave ever made
at home, not excepting tbe Juugfran.
An Episcopal clergymanof Indiana tells
this as a true story: Recently one of the promi
nent members of his parish died. After the
funeral the widow found great comfort in tell
ing her neighbors about the many virtues of
ber late husband, even mentioning that he
took tbe greatest delight in playing cards as
an Innocent pastime. She must have been
thinking of him as be appeared in bis "cus
tomary attitude," for she said: "Jacob looked
so well when they opened tbe coffin at the
church. He had not changed one particle.
There was, O. such a heavenly expression on
his face. He looked just as though he held
four kings."
FTNNY BIEK'S FANCIED.
rWBITTXN TOn THE DISPATCD.1
The Queen's Taste. "England's Queen
is said to be rather economical. "
"Yes: she Is of pennyroyal blood, Iiuppoje."
Polk Sicaips.
The Backward Movement 'These apples
are very backward."
They are crab-applet they come that way."
Alex. JS. Sueet.
Extinguishing a Elame. Stern Parent
Ifl catch you again trying to make a mash on
a girl. I'll take a stick and lay It on you.
Young Hopeful It's no use. Pa, trying to pat
out a fire by laying sticks on It Alex. K. Sietet.
This is English. It is eminently proper
that Insomuch as Brlttanla rules the seas, her
heir apparent should be tbe Prince of bates.
Ctialmontielii llareourt.
Getting Explanations Out of Papa,
"Papa, what's toast?"
Grilled bread."
"Well, how can people drink toast?"
They can't drink that kind of toast"
"Well, what kind of toast do they drlnk-mllk
toast?"
A New Application. "There isn't ranch
money to be made out of yacht racing."
"So I've heard. Quick sails, small profits. Is aa
old-time maxim." '1 had HucKalew.
A Soldier ol Fortune. Young Mr. Faint
away Ya-as, Miss Bertha, I have learned some
thing about the nns and downs of life.
Miss Bertha Yes I Did you learn it trying to
trot your horse English fashion?. A. Jfacon.
The Editorial "We. "Who is that very
little man over there?"
He is the editor."
"Or. yes. He calls himself Wee. "
Very True. "Buffalo Bill cannot fail as
long as he has one Indian with him,"
Why not?"
"Aman Isn't wholly basted till he has nary a
red left. "-Henry U. Uarlmess.
A Useful Official. "Your Chief "Warden
Is a scandal to tbe church."
"Oh. come, now; that Is sweeping."
"Well, he la. He Is a regular gambler."
Yon do not understand. He Is of great assist
ance to tbe cburch. Me plays, ltNls true, but
plate and cashes 'em." Carlyle Smtth.
In the Divorce Belts. He It is hopeless,
Eugenie. I cannot ever support you as 1 ought
W'e mutt give up all Idea ot wedding.
bhe Not so, my only love, not o! I have ali
mony enough lor both Carlylt Smith.
Both Had Backbone. "Jackson and '
Johnson remind me 01 that great range of moun
tains." Which?"
The Andys." Alex. B. Sic tit.
An Exception. Cinnamon is said to be
fatal to the typhoid germ. In this Instance cinna
mon, and not variety. Is the spice of life.
New York's Climate. A correspondent at
Austin, Tex., asks If the climate ot New York It
aa changeable as tbat of Texas. It Is more so.
New York Is the only American city In which a
man can acquire simultaneously chilblains and
congestion or the brain from sunstroke. It Is a
common thing In New York for a man with ear
muffs and a fur cap to quench bis thirst with leed.
drinks while he reduces the temperature witn a
palm leaf fan lined with red flanaeU Alex. X,
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