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PITTSBURG. WEDNESDAY. AUG. 20, 1890.
THE RULE AND KUIK POLICY.
The last phase of the snarl into which
the Republican leaders have got themselves
is the circulation of a pledge to which forty
nine signatures of members of the House
are alleged to be attached, providing that
the tans' bill shall not be sent to the Presi
dent until the Senate has passed the elections
bill. This looks like the materialization of
Mr. Dalzell's threat, the other day, that the
'Senate would find that it could not rule the
House. If it is, Mr. Dalzell will have
some occupation in explaining to Pittsburg
the theory of representing its interests on
which he will defeat the tariff bill in the
attempt to make the House rule the Senate.
Such a course would not be the "rule or
ruin" policy, bnt it would be the determina
tion to "rule and ruin." The tarifl bill
is a measure which the House leaders
Lave framed and to which they are
pledged. By their own standards of
party fealty they are bound to its
support But in this threat we have the
declaration that they will slaughter their
own offspring, to which the Senate agrees,
because the Senate is not yet ready to pass a
measure ot entirely distinct character. This
is not only the platform of the whole hog or
nothing, but it is a virtual denial of the
right of the co-ordinate branch of Congress
to use its own judgment on each measure
that may come before it
Such au attitude is not only an attack on
the constitutional principles of representa
tive government, but it is a display of dis
regard for decent party policy. Every
sensible and unprejudiced man knows that
it is impossible to pass both the elections
and tariff bills and to finish up the necessary
business of Congress at this session. Host
sensible men are glad that there is such an
impossibility in the path of a reckless and
senseless partisan measure like the former.
Senator Quay has shown no more than an
ability to recognize existing facts in his
proposition to do what can be done and ad
journ. But this reported attitude of the
House Bepublicans is a virtual declaration
that if the Senate does not swallow whatever
the House prescribes, the whole business of
the session shall go to wreck, and that Con
gress shall adjourn with the record of failure
in everything it has undertaken, except the
task of elevating the Speaker to the position
of an autocrat and of unseating Democrats
to swell the Bepublican majority.
If this course should be taken, it wonld
add the finishing touch to the evidence
which has been furnished by the House
leaders, of their utter unfitness and inability
to conduct legislation with any decent
regard either to the public interests or to the
principles of constitutional government.
A NEW OHIO BRIDGE.
One more bridge spans the Ohio. As far
as the most important and difficult part of
. the work is concerned the Ohio river bridge
connecting the Fort Wayne and Panhandle
Railroads was completed yesterday. A
deeply interesting and graphic account of
this wonderful engineering feat will be
found elsewhere The swinging of the
channel span of the bridge from the shore
to the piers, difficult and delicate as the task
was, teems to have been done without even
the smallest hitch. The perfection of the
engineers' provision was demonstrated at
every point This was the more remark
able as the method adopted of carrying the
massive structure to its final resting place
was to a certain extent an experiment The
Keystone Bridge Company is to be congratu
lated upon the structure as a whole, and
more especially upon the skill with which
the great problem was worked out yester
day. The bridge will be ot great value to
Pittsburg, in tnat it will relieve the con
gested traffic of the Pennsylvania Com
pany's system. The building of this con
necting link between the Panhandle and
z?t Wayne railroads reflects infinite credit
upon their able managers.
A PICTURE OF PARTISANSHIP.
The beauties of the regulation partisan
tests ot fealty to party organization are
being set forth in the political declarations
of the Xew York Tribune, at present, in a
way calculated to produce the effect of an
awful warning rather than of encourage
ment to thinking men to give their adhesion
to such political organization. The journal
whose founder and creator changed, his ad
hesion and became the Democratic candi
date for President because his individual
convictions led him to that course, and
whose present editor made a journey through
the wilderness of independence, is now en
gaged in a sit of deliverances calculated to
establish the dogma that individual judg
ment and personal convictions which are at
Tariance in any way with the behests of the
caucus, or even of a certain set of party
leaders, are rank heresy and treason to the
party.
The requirements of the Tribune, in con
nection with the Federal elections bill,
have already been made plain enough. It
demands that Senators shall yield obedience,
not to their own caucus for the majority of
the Senate caucus has already refused to
pledge itself to this measure but to the
behests of the House caucus. And the ex
quisite reason why Quay, Cameron, Plumb,
AVolcott and the others are false to their
party pledges if they do not obey the orders
of'Eeed, McKiriey, Eowell ct al, and prefer
the eltctions to the tariff; bill, is declared by
the Tribune in a burst of indiscreet frank
ness, to be that "the elections bill carries
ith it the assurance of future tariff bills
the hundred I"
f this were to be taken literally, the ex
nceof Congress and the country over a
tariff bill -would be sufficient to make
the nation rise in unanimous protest
against a measure which would inflict
on it the uncertainties and irrita
tions of such measures multiplied by
the hundreds. But, taking it for what
was really intended, it is difficult to find
any other meaning in it than an admission
of what The Dispatch has heretofore
pointed out a the vicious characteristic of
the elections bill, that it is for the purpose of
legislating party supremacy. The Bepub
licans are to be kept in control, not by the
vote ot the people, but by act of Congress.
'After converting the surplus into something
perilously close to a deficiency, and wasting
time in passing rnles "to expedite busi
ness," and in unseating Democrats to in
crease the party majority, it is recognized
that to rely on popular approval is a delu
sive hope, and the Bepublican who does not
stick unfalteringly to the attempt to keep
the party majority by "doing our own count
ing" is false to his political faith.
A harmonious companion picture to this
is found in a recent political special in the
Trtiune, which is devoted to the congenial
task of denouncing Hamilton Fish, Jr., as
a traitor. The act of treason which has par
ticularly aroused the Tribune's wrath con
sisted of an interview in which that recreant
Bepublican actually recognized the possi
bility that the Democrats might make some
gains in the close districts in the elections
for Assemblymen. "No more frank avowal
of treachery could be made," declares the
Tribune, and then proceeds to recall the fact
that Mr. Fish committed "treachery to his
party" by not supporting Thomas B. Piatt's
scheme for converting the New York
World's Fair project into an organization
to be ruled by Bepublican partisans.
The picture which the Tribune thus draws
of the qualities of a faithful partisan is
striding, though far from attractive.. He
must be ready to obey the behests of the
most reckless party leaders, whether to con
trol elections by act of Congress or to turn
an international enterprise into a political
machine. He must never exercise the right
of individual judgment as to what it is best
to do, and must never recognize the possibil
ity of the opposition carrying a close dis
trict. Such an outline of partisan require
ments is enough to convince men who own
their own minds that they want nothing to
do with political organization on such a
basis.
THE AVOIDANCE OF STRIKES.
The New York Commercial Bulletin has
been giving its attention to the laudable ef
fort to find a way oi settling labor disputes
without strikes or lockouts. Iu studying
the subject for that praiseworthy purpose, it
reaches the conclusion that the first step is
to secure a better representation of both
sides. It thinks that the labor unions give
too much power to the rash and headstrong,
with the result that "the government of the
unions is too autocratic and not sufficiently
representative." Its remedy, therefore, is to
establish a council in each union "of not
less than a dozen members, selected for their
ability and steadiness ot judgment, to whom
should be intrusted the regulation of all
matters touching the relations between the
union and employers," also a council of
employers possessing like qualifications,
these bodies to meet in cases where differ
ences arise, not so much to fight as to nego
tiate and conciliate, the joint deliberations
of these bodies to be made public The
Bulletin thinks that such conference would
be more dispassionate, moderate and suc
cessful in avoiding conflict than the present
methods of adjusting disputes.
Whether this change is urged as one to be
made spontaneously by employers and em
ployed, or as a method which is to receive
the ranction and support of law, is not quite
clear. In the first case, it simply amounts
to saying what The Dispatch has always
urged as a ruling principle iu labor matters,
that conference and compromise are better
than conflict If any legislation to establish
this end is proposed, it would add nothing
of material importance to the present
methods of settling wage disputes.
The fact is, that stronger inducements than
any legislation can furnish already exist for
both sides in wage disputes to appoint con
servative and fair representative", for the
settlement of the pending question by reason
and not by force. Every thinking working
man knows that an unnecessary strike is a
terrible loss to labor. Every reasonable
employer knows that the idleness of his
machinery and stoppage of bis business is a
dead loss to him. With these existing in
ducements to conservatism and fairness, we
may be snre that the present representation
of both -sides will have those qualities just
as much as they would under any formal
adoption of the new organization. When
wages on one side and profits on the other
depend on a fair settlement of disputes, it
is not likely that any formal or legislative
prescription ot ability and steadiness of
judgment would secure those qualities, in
the representatives to be chosen by the
workingmen, more than at present
The partial view of the subject taken in
this case is disclosed by the assertion that
the government of the' labor unions is not
sufficiently representative. It is the fact
that the union leaders are, as a rule, com
pletely representative. The danger of autoc
racy is most imminent in its exhibition on
the part of the employer toward the men.
It is not necessary that the autocratic dispo
sition should be manifested in overt acts.
When an employer is able to say, "Take
my wages or go without work," the labor
nnions are apt to put considerable power in
the hands of their leaders, as naturally as
the insurgents against military absolutism
would put themselves under the leadership
of a military chief. When the scant wages
or unchecked power of the employers has
brought labor to a Jesperate pass, the power
of the leader who can organize a labor
movement is likely to be correspondingly
though temporarily absolute. The strike of
the cloakmakers in New York developed
some grotesque examples of this absolute
leadership; but both the wretched jay of
these workers and the fact that they secured
something by their strike prove that their
blind adhesion to their autocratic leaders
was not entirely without reason.
Yet the characteristic features of the .Bul
letin's plan, in aiming at reasonable and
representative conference and fair considera
tion of both sides of the subject, is shown
by experience to contain the groundwork for
the reasonable settlement of all labor dis
putes. Wherever employers and employed
have learned enough mutual self-respect
and forebearance to unite in securing con
ferences for that purpose, they have proved
in the majority of cases to be efficaoions in
securing a settlement It is by practically this
plan that the Amalgamated Association and
the iron manufacturers have settled the
wages scales annually without any serious
strike for many years. It has been by aim
ing at the same purpose of fair conference
and mutual consideration that every wages
question in thePittsburg industries has been
settled for the past two years without a
serious strike. The Bulletin is right in
urging that employers and laborers shall
unite in the sincere effort to make a iair
compromise. When they do that uniter
sally, the era of strikes and lockouts will be
ended. " '
MR. EMERY'S INTENTIONS.
Ex-Senator Lewis Emery is a disturbing
element. He is continually jumping up
like a jack-in-the-box where nobody ex
pects him. The Industrial and Commer
cial Association, whatever it may be, nomi
nated Mr. Emery awhile ago for Congress,
and yesterday the Bradford statesman
declined . the nomination. Ho did
more than say no, however. In
fact the negative plays a small
part In Mr. Emery's letter, What readers,
Mr. Delamater among them, of this epistle
will notice is that the Bradford statesman
regards himself as consecrated to the dis
agreeable duty of proving the Bepublican
candidate for Governor to be a bad man.
And wo infer from Mr. Emery's remarks
that he is preparing in a cold-blooded way
to assassinate Mr. Delamater's reputation
in the near future. That's why we say
that Mr. Emery is a disturbing element
THE CAUSES OF IT.
The tendency toward the concentration of
population in the cities has another illustra
tion iu the statement that the growth of
Chicago in the past decade is shown by the
census to be 96 per cent, while that of the rest
of the State of Illinois is but 6 per cent
Take out the growth of the smaller towns
and of the mining and manufacturing com
munities iu the country, and it will proba
bly be found that the farming population of
Illinois has actually diminished between
18S0 and 1890. Such a decline in agricultu
ral population in Illinois is a more striking
indication of the tendency than the same
phenomenon in the older and less fertile
agricultural districts of theEast
The Chicago Tribune iu noticing this
showing of the census, attempts an explana
tion by first laying it down as a universal
tendency "Since Cain quit agriculture and
built him a city." Then it alleges that
the demand for farm products has been for
some years so fully supplied by the use of
improved agricultural machinery that the
demand for labor has been most strong in
the shops and factories. Our cotemporary
next exhibits a lack of faith in the sufficien
cy of its explanation that the tendency
of population has always been toward the
cities, by suggesting that the day may come
when "a more intensive cultivation, calling
for the services of a greater number of men,
will draw labor from, the cities to the coun
try. But until that time comes," it says,
"nothing can prevent the people from
flocking to the towns in obedience-to that
natural law which sends a man where he is
needed the most"
This fails to give a satisfactory explana
tion. Of course it must be recognized that
people flock to the cities because that is
where they can get employment; but it does
not justify the abnormal nature of that fact
except upon the dogma that "whatever is,
is right" It does not show why the foun
dation of all our industries being agricul
ture, there is not something abnormal in the
abandonment of productive territory for other
fields. It does tell us why the industry of
raising food products on farms adjacent to
mills and factories should diminish while
people are rushing for lands on which those
products are to be raised for a transportation
of thousands of miles. Finally it utterly
fails to explain, why, when the wages of the
laborer in the city gives him the pleasures of
life in city courts and tenements, and the
same wages in the country wonld giv- him
a house of his own with land enough for a
garden and even a cow the great mass of
industries now cooped up in the cities
might not be scattered throughout the rural
districts to the great advantage not
only of the operatives", but of the farmers
who raise their supplies.
"When -we study the subject for au answer
to thess questions it is not difficult to dis
cover abnormal influences which have in
creased the tendency of population toward
the cities to the point of congestion. The
fact that railroad policy has been to charge
one rate for Eastern agricultural products
and a far lower one for the products of far
Western farms, has inevitably resulted in
transferring agricultural production to the
more distant sections; and the consequent
fact that;the railroads thus force the trans
portation of grain and provisions thousands
of miles, a portion of which , under normal
conditions, could have been raised where it
would nave required the transportation of
hundreds only, necessarily involves wasted
effort For that wasted effort the laborers
In cities and the agricultural producers
must help to pay. Of the same nature is
the railroad policy of emphasizing the ad
vantage of competing points so as to concen
trate manufacturers and commerce in the
great cities, at the cost ot stagnation in the
rnral districts. These are among the causes
which are producing an unnatural growth
of population in the courts and garrets of
the great cities, while farms are being de
serted. It is to be conceded that the natural
growth of cities, such as is required to trans
act the operations of their commerce and of
such manufacturing industries as could not
be performed in the country, is healthy and
desirable. But when we recognize that tho
conditions of life which the wages of the
city laborer might purchase in the country,
where laud is cheap, would be vastly supe
rior to those which he actually gets in the
cities. The question whether there are no
abnormal influences crowding people into
the cities to do work that might be done in
ruraldistrictsbecomesavital one. Inquiry lor
such causes will leave very little doubt as to
the fact that the unnatural influences pre
vailing in our transportation are responsible
for a great share of the over-population of
the cities.
TAIL END OF A CYCLONE.
The somewhat abnormal weather which
we have been having for several days past
culminated yesterday in a rain and wind
storm of great violence. But' Pittsburg
once more suffered very slightly from an
atmospheric disturbance which played
havoc elsewhere. In Wilkesbarre, and
many other towns in the same
region, many lives were lost in
the cyclone, which wrecked houses and
destroyed property to the tune of hundreds
of thousands of dollars. The news from the
eastern part of the State shows that a storm
of unusual fury raged over a wide area.
Hereabout as far as bad been heard at
midnight, the storm has been rather in the
nature of a blessing than otherwise. The
rain was needed, and the intermittent ac
companiment of high winds appears to have
done inconsiderable damage.
The corporate grip on Pennsylvania is
being strengthened just in time to prove to the
people that their only hope is in the election of
public officers who will uphold the principle
that tne corporations must obey the Constitu
tion and the courts.
A VEB7 decided opinion of value to our
furious Republican friends, who are declaring
that tbe country must tako the Federal elec
tions bill oi nothing, comes from District Attor
ney Graham, ot Philadelphia, whose Bepub-
cauism had heretofore been unchallenged.
THE 'PITTSBTJKGT,-DISPA.TaH, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST
After an extended trip throughout tbe Boutb,
he declares that tbe elections bill "is not de
sired by white or black, Republican or Demo
crat to any extent In tbe South," and be adds
that it would "create widespread distrust and
disorder." It uow seems that the organs of the
House leaders can only respond to Mr.
Graham's assertion by reading that gentleman
out of the Republican party.
Though the summer is nearly over, the de
mand for ice is so great that new plants for the
manufacture of artificial ice are being erected
here. The rapacity of tbe iceman, as well as
the summer beat, has brought this about.
The decree of the Sing of Samoa that no
one shall play the English game of oricket Is
not to bo charged to national prejudice. The
vice of tbe Bamoans is well known to be too
much indolence, and their monarch is wisely
attempting to guard them against the aggrava
tion of that evil by playing a game in which
they are all in danger of going to, sleep.
When the alleged protectionists threaten
that they will kill the tariff bill it the elections
bill is not accepted, they indicate the path by
which they may be successful in taking them
selves out of the Republican party.
"The Lodge bill Is a 'force bill' in ex
actly tho way that tbe ten commandments aro
'force bills,' says the NewYorK Tribune, It
has a stronger point of resemblance to the dec
alogue than that, In the discovery by distin
guished Senators that it has no place in prac
tical politics.
It is now high time for the Chicago
World's Fair directory to establish as a requi
site in choosing a site a foundation on dry land.
Bo far the sites selected have been composed
principally of wind and water.
The prorogation of the English Parlia
ment because a quorum cannot be obtained
causes a decided longing that our Congress,
which Is suffering from the same absence of
body of its membership, as well as absence of
mind from its leadership, would follow the ex
ample. The Exposition in this city promises to
be far more successful than it was last year.
There are evidences on all sides of careful
management and intelligent enterprise.
A coeeespondent endeavors in The
Dispatch to-day to correct the erroneous but
popular impression that Englishmen are all
enemies of the letter H. The effort is worthy
of praise, but some fictions are too deeply
rooted to be torn up.
Violent deaths were plentiful yesterday.
The cyclone killed a score or two in Pennsyl
vania, and a railroad wreck in Massachusetts
made away with eleven lives.
PEOPLE WOETH BEADIHG ABOUT.
The Bev. Dr. Cuyler gave a parlor lecture at
Saratoga last week on "Daniel Webster and
Abraham Lincoln."
Now that Mr. Keeley's motor has got Into a
Philadelphia dime museum the pnblio will have
a chance to see bow long the thing will run.
Empbess FbssebIce, while in London,
visited a number of large houses in order to
got some fresh ideas for baths to fit up in her
own home.
The third annual reunion of the Hartranft
family, of Pennsylvania, will take place at De
wart, Northumberland county, on Wednesday
of this week.
Captain Ebenezkr Moboan, of Groton,
Conn,, who died last week, first raised the
American flag in Alaska after that country be
came United States property.
Charles Coombs Tennaut, brother of
Mrs. Henry M. Stanley, of England, wife of
tho well-known African explorer, is visiting at
the Fadden cottage, on Bath road, Newport
Mme. Janausohee: will begin her next
season's tour In Providence, October 2, with an
English translation of Dr. Heinrich Lauber's
"Graf von Essex," acting, of course, the part
of Queen Elizabeth,
De. Geoeqe WiaiEY. a native Korean, has
made application to be registered as a practic
ing physician in Philadelphia. He has a
diploma from a Chinese medical college and
from St. Petersburg, Russia.
Fbtxcb Henby of Battenberg and a com
panion went poaching with ferrets tbe other
day in Hampshire. .The companion was ap
prehended and fined 10 shillings, but the
Queen's son-in-law went free,
Mb. and Mrs. Kendal have purchased for
their next American tour a new one-act piece
which contains a strong part for Mrs. Kendal.
The new piece will not be played in England
before It is seen in the United States.
CURRENT TIMELY TOPICS.
Many sicker calves than the force bill have
been known to recover.
t t t
Pineebton and bis bloodhounds appear to
own a large slice of New York State, and it looks
as though there was no law that they are bonnd to
respect.
t t t
A Philadelphian has lived to the good old
acre or 108 years, and the hew York Commercial
Advertiser Is mean enough to say that he was too
lazy to get ont of breath and die.
t t t
After weighing the returns up to date the
Democratic majority In Alabama shows abont 100, -000.
That is a good State for a Bepublican to stay
away from.
t t t
THE next House of Representatives will have
as many millionaires as the Senate, bat this does
not prove that mUUonatres make the best law
makers, especially for the laboring classes,
t- t t
THE music on the Boston Common is said to
be too classical and not to the popular taste. It
will be a surprise to most people to hear that any
thing could be too bang up for that aesthetic and
musical city.
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If tbe death rattle of the Standard octopus
could be heard as distinctly as that of the lottery,
the peoplo could breatho much easier,
t t t
A Jersey City girl drank a quart of varnish
in an attempt to kill herself a few days ago. She
Is still stuck on living,
t t I
A NORHISTOWN", Fa., woman lost half her
tongue last week while undergoing an operation
tor cancerKbut she Is still able to talk.
t t t
Yellow jackets that could not stand the
music, broke up a Maryland campmeettng on
Sunday., A kettle of boiling water restored har
mony. t t t
The difference between the two Kansas Sen
ators, says the Boston Herald, Is that Ingalls
parts his hair in the middle, while Plumb bor
rowed a comb to part bis and lost It.
WEDDED AT ATLANTIC CITY.
A Pittsburg Newipaper Man Steals a March
on Hli Friends.
Mr. James A. Israel, of The Dispatch
writing force, was married yesterday afternoon
at tbe Hotel Albion, Atlantio City, N. J., to
Miss May Rnssey, of Independence, Iowa. The
ceremony was 'performed byRev. W. A Sblp
man, in the presence of a number of friends,
among whom were Mrs. K. H. Price, a sister of
the bride; Geo..M. McCainrof the Philadelphia
Press, and his wife, formerly of this city; R. L.
Knox, of tha Pittsburg Press; Captain C. B.
Hamm, and little Margaret McCandless, daugh
ter of Sheriff McCondless.
Mr. and Mrs. Israel will receive the hearty
congratulations of many friends upon their re
turn to Pittsburg, for the young groom is
highly esteemed by all with whom he has come
in contact since fits residence here, where his
bride has also formed a coterie of warm
friends,
Stanley's Palace on Wheels.
Prom the Chicago Herald.
During his lecture tour in the United Btates
Stanley will be carried from city to city in a
splendid palace car now being built for that
express purpose. Flying over the country in
this luxurious way is a somewhat different
mode of traveling from plodding wearily on
foot through tbe dismal jungles and over the
rugged steeps of Central Africa. Btanley will
easily recognize tbe difference and undoubt
edly contrast the comforts and luxuries of
modern railroad travel with his painful jour,
nejrlngs in that dark continent. It Is to tho
latter, however, that ho owes- his worldwide
-fame.
OUR SHORT STORIES. '
BRAGUDA.'
Veabs ago there was in Cheyenne a saloon
of the concert type, called the "Gold
Dust." It had one story architecturally
historically it had many, and this is. one of
them. There was a Spaniard In Cheyenne then.
His name it turned out afterward, was Ramon
Braguda, but those by whom he was sur
rounded, too impatient for foreign pronuncia
tion, called him "Charlie."
Braguda was not sociable, but after ha bad
bcn la Cbeyenno it while it was discovered
that he could dance and ting. There were
plenty who could fling in Highlandish fashion,
and play the clog upon the sawdust floor of the
"Gpld Dust," but the foreign rhythm ot
Bragnda's favorite song and the mysterleus
convolutions of his dance placed him easily the
favorite.
The last time thatBraguda visited the "Gold
Dust" was in December, nearly 15 years ago. It
was about 11 O'clock at night Bradford has
always claimed that Braguda had been drink
ing, but I, who was near the platform when he
danced, am not so sure. The moment that the
pianist noticed him he changed from the "Kiss
Waltz" a mighty popular composition in those
days on the Western plains to Bragnda's
melody. Braguda began singing near the bar,
lifted his wide-brimmed hat from his black
hair, flung it among the crowd and swung him
self; halt dancing, to the dais.
Parajardines Granada,
Para majeres Madrid
Para amores tns ojos,
Cnandome mlran ami.
That was the song. Most of us had learned
the words.
For gardens, Granada,
Tor woman, Madrid;
For love thine eyes
When they look at me.
Over and over again tho last two lines
For love thine eyes
When they look at me.
When they look at me,
For love thine eyes.
And as Bragud danced and sang some tune
ful ruffian in tho audience began humming
with him another Joined and another until
there was a strong, harmonious murmur swell
ing, threatening tumult
The Spaniard's voice rose clearer and richer,
his dance seemed to strengthen it, giving him
breatb, fire, purpose. Stevenson, who stood
near the door, was a small, nervous, excitable
man, who lived a half-intoxicated life, and for
whom music was a mistress.
It was Stevenson who pulled a revolver from
his pocket at this instant and fired through the
window. Nobody thought much of this then;
men were in the habit of shooting to express
their feelings. The report of a revolver was
simply a louder expletive. But it happened
that the crack of Btepbenson's revolver met ex
actly the strong beat " in the Spaniard's song,
and with the flash of thought Braguda drew
his revolver and, still dancing and singing,
marked the second beat with a shot toward the
low roof of tbe saloon and then the third and
the fourth. The storm broke. The murmur of
the audience became a hnndred shouts. Itwas
the fifth ball from Bragnda's revolver which
stopped the dance and the song, and which
changed the delirium of the crowd to wonder
ing horror.
No one ever ascertained why Braguda shot
himself. A friend to whom I told this tale the
other day, said that he could understand it
perfectly It was, he claimed, the onlyartistio
thing that Braguda conld have done.
TAKES TOO MUCH.
'They
say he is a taking man,
But when he is my guest
He takes so much, I really can
But wish he'd take a rest
WHO WAS ABSENT-MINDED?
hTt's your absent-mindedness," ho said, asjhe
sat by tbe open window peeling a yellow
banana.
"I try to do tho best. Harry," replied the
young wife, the hot tears half choking her ut
terance. "You know your salary is "
"You knew what my salary was when you
married me. You said we could live like king
and queen on it, or some such romantic rub
bish." "Harry, I never inquired what your sal
ary "
"Well, you might have. But, as I say. Its
your confounded absent-mindedness; you're
away off."
With that ho hurled the edible portion of the
banana through the window.
Then a look of horror o'erspread his counte
nance, as he beheld only the cold and cheerless
peel In his uncallonsed palm.
BOTH GROWN UP.
MX Mary tikes a llttlo lamb
For dinner, now and then,
But butchers on her lore to palm
Off sheep the wretched men I
NOT LIKELY TO OVERDO IT.
'The police officer danced frantically along
tbe river bank, waving his hands and
shouting to a man in the stream.
"Come out of there!" he vociferated. "Hi,
therel Yout Don't you know it's against tho
law to go in bathing here in the daytime!"
"I deed not know eet," apologized the
offender, making for tho shore. "I do not leef
in zees coontree. I am here on a veesit"
"What Is your name?" demanded the officer
sternly, taking ont bis note book.
"My name ees Kmile Zola."
"The feller that writes them French novels?'
'Ze same."
Tbe policeman regarded him In silence a
moment, and then put his note book back in his
pocket
"3o backln the water," he said, "and finish
your bath. The Lord knows you need more
washln' than other people,"
LIFE'S LOTTERY IS SQUARE.
'THOUGH life a lottery may be,
'Tis not by any means
By rascals run dispones tly,
Like that of New Orleans.
HE GOT LICKED ONCE.
Tt was In the city editor's room. One of the
reporters stammered so that he had to write
out an order for a beer when ho wanted one. A
stammerer came in, walked over to this man's
desk and began talking to him. Stammerer
No. 1 said nothing, but nodded, shook his head,
sbruggedhis shoulders and gesticulated until
No. 2 turned away and got his information
from someone else. When ho left one of the
reporters said:
"Jim, what in thunder is tbe matter with
you, sitting thero like a dummy when a man
comes in to ask about something?"
I I go-got ll-ll-lll-licked fe-for taw-awking
ter-to a stc-ster-ammcring me-me-mum-man
once."
THE SOUL'S TURN.
TJis holidays were one long spree; ,
rl He stuck to dissipation,
Until-r'twas for eternity
His soul took a vacation.
A WOBJI THAT EATS STEEL.
Carious Investigation Undertaken by the
German Government.
From the American Manufacturer.
A worm that feeds on common steel was first
brought into general notice by an article In
tbe Cologne Gazette in June, 1887. For some
time preceding the publication of the account
mentioned, the greatest consternation existed
among the engineers employed on the railway
at Hagen, by accidents, which always occurred
at the same place, indicating that some terri
ble defect mast exist either In the material or
tbe construction of the rails. The Government
became Interested, and sent a commission to
tbe spot for the purpose of maintaining a con
stant watch at the spot where the accidents
one ot them attended by loss of life bad oc
curred. Itwas not, however, until after six
months had elapsed that the surface appeared
to be corroded, as if by acid, to the extent of
over 100 yards.
The rail was taken up and broken, whereupon
it was found to be literally, honeycombed by
thin, thread-like gray worms. The worm is said
to be two centimeters in length and about the
bigness of a common knitting needle. It is of
a light gray color, and on the head it carries
two little sacs or glands filled with a most pow
erful, corrosive secretion, which Is ejected
every ten minutes when the little demon is ly
ing undisturbed. The liquid when squirted
upon iron renders that metal soft and spongy,
and tho color of rnsr, when it is easily and
C?eedUy devoured by the little insect "There
Is no Exaggeration," lays the official report "In
the assertion that the creature is one oi the
mist voracious, for lt..has devoured 86 kilo
grammes of rails In a fortnight
20,
1890.
TELEPHONIO IHBArnTT.
A Qaoer Cn'se Developed by a Too Frequent
Use of the Inurnment.
From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
"Can 1 use your telephone?"
This question was asked of Mr. Valentlner
byayonng man who entered bis drugstore, at
the corner of Clinton and John streets, yester
day afternoon.
"Certainly," said Mr. Valentlner, pointing to
the instrument; "Go ahead."
"Bnt I haven't any money."
"That's all right; I'll charge It to your
brother," said Mr. Valentlner.
Something iu the man's appearance attracted
tbe attention of an Enquirer reporter, who
happened to be in tbe store at tbe time. The
yonngman clutched the 'phone with trembling
hand and giving a quick, sudden ring, shouted
hoarsely Into the microphone:
''Give me 43,0001 No; that ain't the number.
What's Stella's number? I know It's in heaven,
hnt what's the, number?
By this time the reporter's astonishment was
almost uncontrollable, but, strange to say, Mr.
Valentlner did not seem to share it he simply
whispered:
"Waitl"
Again the young man gave a spasmodic ring.
"I've been waiting long enough," l-o shouted
again. "I tell you, give me Stella. No, I can't
find the number. No. I won't wait I won't
wait I won't. I won't"
And in a frenzy he dashed the 'phone against
the wall and rushed from the store.
"There is one ot tbe strangest cases of in
sanity on record," said Mr. Valentlner. when
the writer had somewhat recovered from his
surprise. "That young man was as sano as you
or I five years ago. His name is John Ric&er
hof. and he lives here in tbe West End. Five
years ago he was shipping clerk for a New
York exporting house. He had become so
worried, being of an excessively nervous tem
perament, by tbe constant-ringing of tbe
telephone all day in his ears that, though sans
on all other subjects, he is crazy on this, and
runs into drugstores and uses telephones in a
nervous, nnstrung manner, calling the name of
a former sweetheart long since dead." His
case is a curious psychological study."
SI0LEB BHYME8.
the sobt ot bait.
"If you were going flitting now
To catch a beauteous mate.
What would you use for bait O Sage,
What would yon use for bait?
"Would you put honor on the book.
Or manliness estate?
Tell to me just what you would do;
Wbat would you use for bait?"
"Ah, foolish youth, you've llttlo wit J
It's long you'd have to wait
To get a bite with such device;
That's not tbe sort of bait
"Which nowadays leads easily
To fix a wedding date.
Troll with a gold or silver spoon;
That Is the kind of bait"
-Merchant Traveler.
WOMEN.
Fairer than all the fantasies that dart
Adown the dreams of onr most favored sleep.
Thy perfect rorm, since Eden's day, doth keep
Thy constant pattern of a perfect artl
Yet more must we admire thy better part
The spirit strong: to smile wben others weep
And well know we who sail life's ocean deep
There is no haven like a woman's heart.
Thus, often weary ere tbe strife Is won.
Tired of my task, mr bead I fain would lay
In some good lady's lap, as did "tbe Dane,"
And watch the action of the world go on,
Knowing 'tis but a play within a play, -The
fleeting portion of an endless plan.
Charlet H, CrandaU, in August Llppincott'l,
THE SIMPLE IN HEB CHEEK.
She really isn't handsome, for her hair's an
ugly shade;
Her eyes are like a pale-blue glass of clrcns
lemonade; -Her
nose Is short, her chin is lone;, her voice has
got a squeak:
But, ahl you'd be delighted with the dimple in
her cheek.
I'm often sorely constrained her looks to criti
cise; I'm sorry that I can't adore her hair, her nose,
her eyes;
But of tbese unattractive things I'm powerless
to speak
Whenever I may gaze upon the dimple In her
cheek.
Of all the many pretty girls my heart has ever
known,
'Tisane ofall the lot that I would gladly call my
own.
For while in many ways her claim to beauty's
very weak
I'd simply like to own for life the dimple in her
cheek. - Chicago Pott,
Tbe Only Thing Left for Mr. Emery.
From the Boston Herald.
The Pennsylvania Bepublican who charged
the Republican candidate for Governor of that
State with forgery, brinery and nnmerous
otberslns, now proposes to produce his proofs.
Mr. Delamater having pleaded not guilty to
the charges against him, this Is abont the only
thing left for bis accuser to do. From some re
marks let fall by the accuset In the case, we
infer that he will have no difficulty in produc
ing the documents to prove his case.
TO CASE FOB UNCLE SAM'S EXHIBIT.
Harrison Appoints the Government' Repre
sentatives to tho World's Fair.
Washington, August 19. In accordance
with tbe provisions of tbe act providing tor the
World's Columbian Exhibition at Chicago, the
President to-day approved the designation of
the following named persons as members of
the Board of Control and Management of the
Government exhibit at the exhibition:
Bevellon A. Brown, Chief Clerk of the De
partment of State, to represent that depart
ment: A. B. Nettleton, Assistant Secretary of
the Treasury, to reoresent the Treasury De
partment; Major Clifton Comly, U. S. A, to
represent the war Department; Captain R. W.
Meade, U. S. N., to represent tbe Navy Depart
ment; A D. Hazen.Third Assistant Postmastor
General, to represent tho Postoffice Depart
ment; H. A. Taylor, Commissioner of Kali
roads, to represent tbe Department of the In
terior; E. C. Foster, General Agent of the De
partment of Justice, to represent that depart
ment; Edwin Willlts. Assistant Secretary of
Agriculture, to represent the Department of
Agriculture; Prof. G. B. Goode. Assistant Sec
retary of (no Smithsonian Institution, to repre
sent tbat institution and tbe National Museum;
J. W. Collins, Assistant in charge of the Divi
sion of Fisheries, to represent the United States
Fish Commission.
Assistant Secretary Willets is designated as
Chairman of the board.
She SInst be Pretty.
From the Minneapolis Times.
A Kansas schoolma'am has introduced a new
feature in her school. When one of the girls
misses a word the boy who spells it gets per
mission to kiss her. As a result the girls are
becoming very poor spellers, while the boys are
Improving.
A QUIET WEDDING.
Joha P. Getmnn Married Lnst Evening to
Donle ST. Daffy.
In the lecture room of the Third Presbyterian
Church, last evening. Rev. E. R. Donehoo pro
nounced tbe solemn bonds tbat made John P.
Getman, of the firm of William A Herron 4
Son, and .Louie M. Duffy man and wife. Owing
to a recent death in tbe family the wedding
was a qniet one, but there were quite a num
ber of friend3 present to congratulate the
happy couple and show their regard by a large
number of valuable presents.
Tho bride looked as pretty as a bride should
. attired in a neat traveling dress. Imme
diately after the ceremony there was a hurried
departure for the East, where the honeymoon
will be passed.
DEATHS0FA DAY,
Eliza M. DIcFaden,
Eliza M. MeFaden, widow of John McFadeu, of
the old-time Arm or McFaden & Davis, who con
ducted the BeUasco ljne, over the Allegheny
Mountains, on what is known as the Portage Sec
tional Boat Line, and la whose service Ifellx It
Brunot and William Thaw gained their early
business experience. Mrs. AiePaden was tbe
daughter of John Davis, who located a Govern
ment claim near Meadvllle In the year 17S6. She
bad many reminiscences of the early history of
Western Pennsylvania, ana often related her ex-
Serlences In trips made from Meadvllle to Pltts
urg, on horseback, through the wilderness.
She also recollected attending the first
Episcopal service held In Plttibnr, which
was held in tbe parlor of her grand
father, David .McOnnnlgle. She was the oldest
member of the ,'IrlnltT Episcopal Church, and
attended serrlcemthe old Hound Church, her
late husband, John McFaden, being Tesiryman
and Treasurer of Trinity Episcopal Church for
many years.
f David Uardy, Sr.
David Hardy, Br., aged S3 years, and a promi
nent ice dealer at HcKecsporr, died at the West
Penn Hospital yesterdy,where -he baa been for
sometime. . ,
QUITE DEMOCRATIC.
EVERYBODY AT CHAUTAUQUA STANDS
ON AN EQUAL FOOTING.
How ifas Scholarly Student Walter Dl
penses Liquid Coarse of Menu In Latin
Charming Chambermaids Matriculate In
the Domestic Dulles.
ISriCliA TJELZOBAlt TO TUJI SISrATCE.1
Chautauqua, August 19. Chautauqua 13
democratic No other institution In
America so well represents our Idea of popular
government It is American in every respect
from tbe pier building to.the baseball grounds
and outermost gate; from the small boy who
climbs upon the platform railing or swings by
an electric wire from the ceiling to see
Iceland Powers in his characterizations to
tbe grey-bearded professor who comes
with his camp chair and sits in the' aisle.
There are no cushioned or reserved seats, but
the millionaire or statesman has to take up with
tbe same hard democratio board seats and then
has to rush to secure tnem. Everybody who is
fair and able has representation upon its plat
form ana thus It is that whether it be a deacon
ess' society, a farmers' alliance, a national
leagne for tbe protection of American institu
tions or the woman's club, they all have a
chance and Ch&ntauquans digest and believe
whatever of this enigmatical matter they
please.
This afternoon Mrs. 'Helen Campbell, a lady
writer ol some note, continued her lectures on
"Women and Social Economics." The subju
gation of the weak by the strong has been In
vogue since tbe world began. Before slavery
was known woman was subject to be looked
upon as a slave by man. A thousand years be
fore Christ among the Greeks, the problem of
work and wages was considered. A Greek ma
tron was ranked no higher than her slaves,. but
she was considered subject to her sons. Aris
totle dilates upon the harmony and love be
tween husband and wife. If man, favoredby
fortune, won great fame upon the battle field,
woman's lot wonld change little her real con
dition. t
What Constitutes Real Chivalry.
A BiSTOTLB says that the science of the mas
ter lies in knowing best how to make use of
his slave. He considered the man the head ot
the family, and tbat his government over his
wife was much the same as over tbe slave. A
curse rested upon all labor for the first century
after the founding of Rome; tbe Roman woman
bad no rights whatever. Under the Empire
woman acquired the right to hold property,
bnt only as a minor, being placed under the
care of a guardian. Among the Germans tbe
head of the patriarchal family was the lord of
the community. Tbe Carpenter of Nazareth
gave tbe noblest of labor, and this marks the
real beglnuing of the emancipation of woman.
In the first three centuries of the Christian era
the position of woman was that of doorkeeper
or messenger.
Paul bad set his seal upon the subjugation of
woman and Peter followed salt Sir Henry
Main deplores a lack of liberty for women. A
condition of affairs peculiar to an imperfect
civilization. The reformation advocated tbe
right ot marriage as opposed to the terrible
condition of licentiousness then existing. We
look upon the days of chivalry as tbe days of
proper recognition of the rights of women.
Chivalry was for the few, not for the many. At
abont this time In various parts of Europe
women were admitted to the trades and busi
ness pursuits. The 80 years' war depopulated
Germany and lessened the possibilities of mar
riage for many.
i i
Power of the Printing Prtss.
TN the latter part of the seventeenth century
apprenticeships for male and female became
firmly established in England. Woman's duties
at this period were very arduous. Her educa
tion was regarded as of no Importance, she
doing all the weaving, spinning, and
tbe hardest of labor, her only recre
ation being attendance at church, on
Sunday. Although progress, when taken
altogether, is apparent, taken year by
year it is almost unseen. The discovery and
exploration of the New World was followed by
the invention of the printing press and other
educators which gave a great Impetus to
Progress and with progress the rights of woman
ecame acknowledged and preserved. Franca
was foremost In this feature and berewe find
woman first recognized in the business occupa
tions. The example was followed In other
countries, but the process of development
everywhere was slow until the opening of the
nineteenth century, which brought about tha
myriad changes which we will discuss in our
next lecture.
This morning that chaste scholar and philos
opher, Mr. A M. Fairburn, continued bis lect
ures on "The Leaders of Religious Thought in
the Nineteenth Century," considering "Strauss
and the Tubingen school." His lectures have
made him very popular with the more classic;
and thoughtful. Leland'Powers. tho dramatic
reader, recited "David Copperfleld" this after
noon to the satisfaction of an audience that
filled all available sitting and standing room.
Fairburn Versus Powers.
H1
IS rendering, which was given in four parts.
ot the emotional characters of Dickens'
great novel was excellent When in the mora
common characters, as David Copperfleld or
Steinforth, his is a repetition, and is rather un
natural; but the parts of the old Fisherman and
Peggoty.a regular baby In the form of a sea por
cupine, and his spontaneous and bombastic
WIlklnsMicawber he carried with remarkable
vigor, nature and adaptation. Mr. Powers took
tbe place of Edward Bellamy's address on
Nationalism." which was down for to-day.
The non-appearance of the author of "Look
ing Backward" was due to tbe serious sickness
of bis daughter, and was a great disappoint-
jnentto all upon the grounds.
AU masically-inclined gathered In the temple
at i o'clock to hear tbe last piano recital of
their favorite genius and artist Mr. W. H.
Sherwood. It was a programme tbat well
served to bring out the wonderful teebnicque,
the full, rich tone, the brilliant interpretation
and versatility of this great musician. No
entertainer who leaves at the close
of the season will leave behind him
more admirers than America's greatest pianist
We admire Sherwood because he is an Ameri
can in every sense of tbe word, and has climbed
to tbe highest round of the ladder as such.
Literary Chautauqua, yon should again be
called to acconnt To-day you gave Mr. A M.
Fairborn, wbo poses as one of the greatest
thinkers in subjects grave and abstract a beg
gardly audience of 600 or 600 people, and then
three bours later, went enmasse and listened
for f nil 90 minutes to a dramatic reading given
by a clever reciter.
'
ColUae-Bred Cbnmbermalds.
WB
b no not blame you. You are just like all
human nature. You would much rather
receive a few practical object lessons brilliant
ly rendered than deep and wise logic emanat
ing from tbe brain ot so-ne distinguished
philosopher wbo bad burned tbe midnight oil
and spent many hours of review and study In
order to so form his sentences that
no living person could gather their Intent or
meaning. It has rained all day and
umbrellas have been one of the necessary ac
companiments of the nomadic Chautanquan.
To-morrow is "recognition day" and belongs to
the class of 'SO, whose members to the number
of 6 000 are to be given their diplomas certify
ing that they have pursued the regular four
years' courso of reading. This evening the
waiters at the Hotel Athenamm gave their an
nual entertainment in the dining room.
The service here is white and Cultured, con
sisting of college students who come here for
the summer vacation to earn an honest penny
by cheating the black man out of tbe profes
sion of bis natural aptitude. Not only aro the
waiters college people, but the chambermaids
are college girls. They make a very good
service, except when some new and un
fortunate fellow in a fit of absent
mladedness or while In tha consideration
of some problem ot trigonometery spills a plate
of warm soap down the back of an unoffend
ing professor, or quotes a passage of Latin in
taking your order, for which he expects the
customary "tips;" tho entertainment was a sort
of a song-and-recitation affair, and was en
joyed by those present A feast of lanterns
make brilliant the lake shore la honor of tha
eve of "Recognition Day."
BTDOEVIKW CAMPMEETING.
The Interest Increasing With the Extent
of the Session.
With tbe advancing days of its session the
meetings at Ridgeviow is Increasing in interest
A Ladies' Aid Society has been organized, and
the ladles will look after the improvement ot
tbe public buildings and the formation of
fountains and rookeries, and ornamenting the
ground in general. Friday will be tbe great
day of tho feast. It h children's day, and efforts
have been made to make it a grand occasion.
Tbe exercises will consist of recitations and
singing by the children, and tney will be aided
by an excellent choir and a good band. Tbe
grounds will be handsomely decorated on that
day.
Next Sanday Drs. A H. Norcross, C. V.
Wilson, and Rev. W. C. Weaver and Rer. C.
L. E. Cartwright will preach.
A Philanthropic Postmaster.
From the Savannah News.
The Postmaster at Glrardsvllle, Pa., has of
feredaprizeofS7din gold to the woman who
can tell tho biggest lie and: attend to other peo
ple's business better than her own. As the con
test is confined to the women of Glrardsrille
alone, it Is fair to presume that the ladles of
that place have been taking some Interest In,
the management of the postoffice there.
CURIOUS C0NDEHSATI0NS.
Many of the best English jockeys earn
over SoOO a week.
A race to be run at night under the
electric light la a feature talked of by tho man
agers of the Cumberland County Fair.
A Japanese paper has been suspended
and its two editors sentenced to four years' im
prisonment for "menacing the peace of tbe
country."
Barnnm's tattooed woman came down
from her perch and pounded a Flint man's face
blner than her own because he said things un
called for.
Fred Babner, of Beading, suddenly ex
perienced a loss of welghtfroml&8to86ponnds,
and a few days ago found the cause of it to be
five lizards tbat had been living in his stom
ach. A huge catfish was found alive im
bedded In a hollow log in a mill dam at Martin
dale. It swam in a small hole when a little fish
and was unable to find its way out and grew in
the log.
A new hotel is now being erected at
Fortress Monroe which will be second only In
cost and style to Mr. Flagler's hotel at St
Augustine, Fla, The new hotel will have II
elevators,
It is not often men enter suit for holes,
but three Taunton, Me., citizens bare managed
to collect $L2X) by that process from atelephone
company that put eight postholes without per
mission on their land.
Snow still remains on the ground in the
Yosemite region. Many mountains in the
Sierras are still covered 20 feet deep, and tbe
result is that tbe melting snow keeps the
streams full, and the waterfalls are superb.
Henry J?rozer, of Caernarvon, Pa., a
tobacco grower, encountered a large copper
head snake, which was killed. The reptile was
cut open, wben 85 young snakes made their
debut, which were also speedily dispatched.
Robert Webster is 67 years old and
lives in South Haven. A short time ago he mar
ried, but be lived with his wife only 24 hours.
August 4 he secured a divorce, and in less than
24 hours bad taken out a license to marry an
other woman.
The late Jefferson Davis, while Secre
tary of War under the United States Govern
ment, recommended the introduction of camels
for nse on the great plains. Tbe suggestion
was carried ont and there are still some half
wild camels in Nevada.
In the days of Columbus learned men
boldly asserted that if a ship should reach India
she wonld never get back again, because the
rotundity of tbe globe would present a kind of
mountain, up which it would be impossible to
sail even with tha most favorable wind.
A jam of logs on the Dungecess river,
Washington, has backed up a body of water
eight miles long by two miles wide. Tbe peoplo
living miles below the dam are in great danger
of being swept away and their property ruined.
Wben the break does come they say it will bo
another Johnstown affair.
It is not generally known that a single
mouse turned loose in a grocery window will
catch more files In a single evening than fly
paper catches all day. And, beside, he eats
them and don't leave them lying around loose.
Don't grudge tbe mouse his little mlschief.be
Is a good fly and roach exterminator.
One of the attractions of New Tork is
the monkey market, where hundreds of sailors
repair every week to dispose of monkeys and
parrots which they have brought from tropical
countries. Tbe Italians are among tbe princi
pal buyers. Five dollars will buy a parrot that
can talk In half a dozen different languages.
It is notoiten tbat grain is found to
grow In a man's boots, but such a case is re
ported. A farmer brought a pair ot boots to a
Guelph, Ont, cobbler to be repaired. When
the shoemaker commenced operations on
them, he found grain growing to the length of
several inches. Such is certainly a curiosity.
The body of Myrtle Owen was found
floating at Carrollton, in the Saginaw river,
Sunday. Miss Owen was one of tbe passengers
on the Handy Boy 18 weeks ago, when it
crashed into a railroad bridge at Saginaw. It
Is a strange coincidence that tbe same steamer
on which Miss Owen was earned to her death
brought her remains to Saginaw.
The Japanese ladies are in a worry.
Some years ago European dress began to coma
into vogue in Japan, but a reaction has set in.
Tbe Japanese women are not satisfied with tbe
ordinary dress styles of civilization, but they
are unwilling to return to their old dress, and
hence they arenow considering "rational dress"
advocated by the various feminine dress re
formers. P. Thompson, of Fine Canyon, Cal., cut
a bee tree last week. In taking out the honey
he found several hawk's eggs incorporated in
different layers of comb. The comb had been
built aronnd tbe eggs In such a manner as to
leave them in the center. Evidently there had
been a contest as to the right ot possession be
tween bird and insect, and the latter had set
tled the case without recourse to the courts.
The Shah of Persia has eight daughters.
His eldest daughter is called the Glory ot tha
Kings, the second the Light otthe Empire,
No. 3 is the Pride of the Empire and No. 4 the
Purity of the Empire. All these daughters
have married rich husbands, and tbe Shah has
promptly seized the possessions of his sons-in-law,
with one exception. This son-in-law is
chief priest of tbe Teheran, and he holds bis
avaricious father-in-law In check through re
ligious influences.
The following incident, which occurred
in Cincinnati, shows tbat Cincinnati women
have more ready money than ready wits: A
Mrs. NIcland, living on Jane street was victim
zed In an original manner Saturday afternoon.
A stranger knocked at the door about 12 o'clock;
and told Mrs. Nieland that her Son had been
arrested and that S23 was immediately neces
sary as bail money for him. Without thinking;
of the uncertainty of tbe man's identity Mrs.
Nieland gave blm the money. A 4 o'clock too
son, who was supposed to have been arrested.
came home, and it was found that there was
nothing whatever In the story, except &5 for
the sharper.
A peculiar looking reptile was captured
at Cordele, Fix It was about three feet long,
of a yellow striped color, but had scales all
over its body like a fish. Its eyes were exceed
ingly small, and an Investigation of its month
showed an entire absence of fangs, but, Instead,
small, fish-like teeth. When placed on dry
land it squirmed and twisted about but conld
not crawl like a snake. The conclusion of all ,
wbo saw itwas that it was a hybrid half snake
and half fish. Nothing like it has ever oeen
seen before in this county, and the oldest In
habitants never knew that the waters of Gum
creek contained such a specimen of the reptile
creation.
FCNNY MEN'S FANCIES.
"VTell, if that isn't cheeky," remarked
the summer maiden as her seaside acquaintance
suddenly klesed her on the velvety Jaw. PMUt
dttpMa Timet.
Manager "What is your name?
Appllcant-Mulllgatawney.
Manager Ton aro engaged. We need all the
experienced supes wo can get. New Xork Herald.
Judge In what respect did your husband
treat you In a brutal manner?
Platntlff-We were quarreling and he darted
out before 1 could get the last word. Xew Tor
HeraUr
. To Ease the Tradesman's Mind. Mrs.
Blobson There's another bill from Kengott lata
afraid he is getting nueasy.
Mr. Blqbson That's so. I must step la to-morrow
and order some more goods. HwrltagUm I'm
Prut.
Wonderful thing happened in our neigh
borhood last evening. A policeman killed a mad
dog at the first fire. "
Xou don't say so."
th.nTnhonIdexi)laIn that the policeman
was shooting at a peddler.''-Trr Maute Ex
prets.
"I don't think," said smith, "that Oeorga
Washington, great a man as ne was, would erer
have succeeded In the business of soap manu
facturer. If he had engaged In it"
"Why notJ" asked Jones.
necinse." answered Smith, "he could not tell
a ye.ii;oito Conrisr.
"Please, will you give me a piece of lea
for my father? he's sick," said a little girl to the
driver oi an ice cart me otner aay.
"What's your father sick of. sissy?" asked the
driver, as he broke a chunk from a cake with his
pick and gave it to tho girl.
Please, sir, he's sick of the heat" she replied,
as she walked away. Boston Couritr,
CB.UEI.PA.
"I've bought a bonnet, papa, dear;
My beau declares 'Us trimmed wlta skill;
I have no funds, and I've come here
To see lfyoa will foot the bill."
"Your bean! and what my be his name?"
The father roughly questioned her:
She hung her head, with, cheeks aflame.
She softly answered, "William, sir."
His eyes shone with a dangerous light
"Hum! So he says 'tis trimmed with stUU
Weil bring Mm to the house to-night, l
. And I will gladly foot yourBin-'J --"-Boiton
Couritr.
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