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PITTSBURG, MONDAY. AGO. 25, 189a
THE RIVER COAT. TRADE.
L The importance to the Pittsburg coal
trade of making the Monongahela rirer tree
of tolls is shown In a local article brought
out by some remarks of" Colonel Bayne's in
.the House the other day. Three cents a ton
: does not seem to be a very vital burden, but
in competition with other coal districts that
have been aided by Government improve-
i,ments it may carry the difference between
profit and a business in which the margin
above cost of production is absent. On a
total output of 112,000,000 bushels it also
jf reaches t. very important total.
t It is interesting and gratifying to per
f wive from the same article how, notwith-
standing this burden, the strength of the
k Pittsburg coal trade appears in its mag
L mficent volume and its success in meeting
competition. Last year was an extraordi
nary season in the continued facilities
fnrnished by the high water for
frequent runs of coal, and in the low
prices for coal at the lower ports which
were in great measure a result of the large
shipments. But the low prices and small
margins of profit justified themselves by
their success not only in retaining the mar
kets where onr old supremacy was threat
ened; but in reaching out for more extended
markets. By this means Pittsburg shippers
were able to meet and triumph over the
competition of Alabama coal in New Or
leans, and they also reached a large trade in
.the growing towns of Texas, which would
have been inaccessible at high prices.
This large output at low prices may not
have yielded as rich profits per ton as have
JL fieea known in the past; but it is safe to say
1 that the results have been more satisfactory
E .linn If Twi.t l,nd tann ftmal1 n.1..fl M f
up and the down-river markets lost. With
the Monongahela river free of tolls, the mis
sion of the river coal trade will he to supply
the Southwest with fuel, under free compe-
? Uition, at prices which other fields cannot
r. touch.
I SUBSIDY AND SHIP CANALS.
The relation of the subsidy bill to the
interests of vessel 'owners on the great
I- lakes is discussed in a special elsewhere.
The meat of the matter is that it will have
t little to do with tbeir business until the St,
; Lawrence Canal is deepened, when the
profit that the subsidy would permit for
their vessels on ocean voyages will be over
L balanced by the necessity for some snch re-
inforcement against the competition of
rvforeign vessels that will be admitted to the
fr- , lakas. The fact of greatest significance in
the article is that within three years Canada
will have a system of canals admitting
vessels of 14 feet draft to the lakes. With
.' such waterways provided by our northern
neighbors, is it not for the interest of
-United States vessel owners in particular,
i land ot the country at large, that the
United States should give its attention to
the connection and improvement of our
It internal waterways?
MISSISSIPPI'S NEW IDEAS.
The Mississippi Constitutional Convention
certainly ought not to fail in eetting a satis
factory electoral system for lack of all sorts of
new propositions on the subject of suffrage.
If, with the variety of ideas laid before it,
it cannot devise qualifications for voters
which wil raise the character of the elec
torate, it will be either because all the sug
gestions are impracticable or because the real
object of the convention is illegitimate.
The latest addition to the list of educa
tional and property qualifications, the com
bination of them with cumulative votes
for those who possess both, the Australian
ballot system and tbe exclusion of liquor
sellers from the suffrage, is the proposition
that convictions for felony, petty larceny
and selling lottery tickets without a license
shall carry disfranchisement The idea of
working oat a general disfranchisement of
the criminal class is not a bad one taken per
se; but the selection of misdeeds which are
.to have that result is a singular one. Why
'should petty larceny disfranchise a man,
while breach of the peace retains the ballot?
Why should selling lottery tickets be visited
by tb.it penalty, while faro-dealers, and
bookmakers still exercise tbe full rights of
the voter?
The reason why all the Mississippi efforts
,to raise the grade of the voters by excluding
the ignorant and criminal from the ballot
box are likely to be nugatory is that the
Mississippians are affected by that sort of
t color-blindness which, makes them anxious
to shut outhlack ignorance and viciousness,
anil leave huiw igaorauce uiu yuw iu jjvd
"fsession of the ballot.
CAMPAIGN SLANDERS.
Speaking of tbe alleged duty of public
men to meet charges of a criminal character
f'by summoning tbe people making such
3 assertions to establish them in the courts,
f the New Tort Serald concedes it. But it
. introduces a new comparison as follows:
f Ot course we quite understand that in
t Tmodern politics it has bcoome tbe fashion
W when a ccntleman Is nominated for office to
JJ assume that he Is a knave, and search the New-
gate calendar for epithets of denunciation.
v But it Is a despicable business and does no
'"good, not even In the way of political advant-
, age. Grant was a "whisky thief," Garfield a
" "DeGolyer pavement fraud," Tilden a "rail-
,-' road wrecker" who dodged his war taxes, and
' so on. Bat were a doxen votes affected by
these slanders?
It is beyond doubi the case that mud-
throwing on slight provocation is altogether
v (too common in political campaigns. But it
is, for that very reason, the duty of candi-
.jdates, when false charges are made against
$ tbem by responsible parties, to bring the
fjinatter'to a legal test. It is not only for the
clearing of tbeir own good lame, but (or tbe
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paiga slander evil, that public men who
can stand investigation should promptly
take up the challenge of attacks on their
record when it is made by responsible par
ties. When the parties are irresponsible of
course no more answer is required than to
the barking of curs.
In this connection it is necessary to cor
rect the Eerald't political history. No
person of standing ever asserted that Grant
was "a whisky thief.' and the slander was
never used by any ooe in a campaign, for the
reason that the whisky ring exposures came
after Grant's last candidacy. They left little
doubt that Grant's attachment to his friends
resulted in one of his personal subordinates
being mixed up in that corruption, but made
no impeachment of the General's individual
integrity. No responsible authority ever
assumed the charge that Garfield was "a
De Golyer pavement fraud," but, like the
Morey letter forgery, that sort of campaign
trickery was conducted anonymously. The
charge that Tilden dodged hiB income taxes
was hardly of a criminal nature; but such
as it was it was made responsibly, and the
Democratic leader evinced the same disin
clination to have it brought into conrt that
is shown by some of our present political
lights. It is a legitimate conclusion from
the trouble which was taken to squelch the
case that the Sage of Gramercy Park omitted
to return for income tax the big pile that he
made out of the Fort Wayne deal, jnst as a
good many other rich men have dodged
their taxes.
These charges, like the greatbulk of cam
paign slanders, were different in character
from assertions of malfeasance in office spe
cifically made by responsible parties, or,
where they took that character, it was in
cumbent upon the men who could stand in
vestigation to stop the mud throwing by in
viting their accusers into the courts.
DEPEW AND THE CENTRAL STRIKE.
The issue between the New York Central
management and the Knights of Labor has
reached the stage of deadlock, and bids fair
to remain there until some new influence is
introduced to break it. Sir. Powderly and
his followers continue to recite their reasons
for believing that men were discharged for
being active in the Knights of Labor, and
offer to submit that question to arbitration.
The management, under young Mr. Webb's
guidance, declare thit the men were dis
charged for cause; deny that the Knights
were struck at and decline arbitration on
the ground that there is nothing to arbi
trate: This deliverance on the part of the com
pany is taken by a good many Eastern jour
nals as final; bnt it overlooks entirely the
fact that it is possible to arbitrate the ques
tion as to which statement ot the facts is
correct If theNew York Central manage
ment shonld produce evidence before au
impartial tribunal showing that the
discharges were made ""for the good
causes alleged, the Knights of Labor would
be left without ground to stand on. If the
proof should Bhow that the allegations of
the Knights of Labor are correct, the
foundation of Vice President Webb's asser
tions would be cut away. That this issue is
a proper one for arbitration is asserted by an
authority which the New York Central
management certainly cannot impeach. Mr.
Chauncey M. Depew, President of that
corporation, declared the propriety of ex
actly such an arbitration when the national
arbitration bill was pending in Congress in
1886, as follows:
Suppose a man were discharged and went to
his local labor assembly, complaining that it
was without cause, they would not dare order
a strike when the means of arbitration was
within call. Public sentiment would not sus
tain them. And suppose they complained and
an arbitration was had and it was proven that
the man was discharged for cause? That would
settle his case, for public opinion would not for
a moment tolerate a strike when the strikers
bad been declared and were known to be In the
-wrong. Suppose, on the other band, It were
proven that the man was discharged merely
because he was a member of a trade organiza
tion, as they often claim. No employer is goine
to stand up before the country and say be will
not employ men who are members of trades
unions.
Mr. Depew is still the President
of the New York Central railroad
but it is exactly the sort of arbitration which
he declared to be proper and beneficial in
1886 that his lieutenants are refusing in
1890. Precisely the Issue which he desig
nated in the. words just quoted as the vital
one to be determined by an impartial arbi
tration is at stake between the officials who
are running the road in Mr. Depew's ab
sence, and the striking employes. One side
offers to submit it to arbitration and the
other side refuses; and the BiJe which re
fuses is the corporation whose president
made the utterance in favor or arbitration
which we have just quoted.
It is not to be understood, however, that
Mr. Depew has been induced to recant his
expressions in favor of a liberal policy.
Other cards may still be played in this game
before it is ended. It is not likely that Mr.
Depew's subordinates have undertaken to
reverse his policy and trample his principles
nnder foot, in his absence and without his
consent. That would be a singular example
of corporate discipline, of which we may
acquit the Yanderbilt management. But
the chances offered to Mr. Depew by adopt
ing the course of going away and letting the
energetic Webb try to squelch the Knights
of Labor had a more than ordinary scope.
If the defeat of the Knights could be suc
cesslully accomplished in his ab
sence, it would be a victory for the
corporation without much odinm for Mr.
Depew. If the fight should become too
bitter it left a course open to that ambitious
and astute gentleman which has been here
tofore referred to in these columns, and
which it is not impossible may yet be carried
out. I
Some reports from London intimate that
Mr. Depew journeyed from Hombonrg to
London and quietly sailed for NewYork by
one of Saturday's steamers. It he should
reach this country in time to call together
the labor leaders a week from to-day, settle
the difficulty by accepting the arbitration
and putting in force the principles which he
avowed four years ago, and generally re
establish his good relations with the labor
organizations, it wonld have a decided in
fluence on his ambition, for other than rail
way presidencies. What a boom it would
give to him as the Corporation-Labor-Granger
candidate for President And what a
splendid illustration it Would present of the
neatness with which things may be set up
so that au ambitious corporation magnate
can pluck tbe Tlossom of political success
from the nettle of industrial warfare.
It may ngt be wise to make any rash pre
dictions; but no one need be surprised if Mr.
Depew should turn up in this country about
a week from to-day, and proceed to play his
trnmp card in the game of labor and politics,
The programme of business in Congress
begins to contemplate the reaching of a vote
on tbe tariff bill and the beginning of the end.
The country will not be sorry to see the tariff
mill reach a point wbero It can crodltably sns
pend operations.
The reports that China is unfriendly to
the United states have been supposed to be
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well-founded; bnt a contrary idea is presented
by the statement that too Chinese Government
has forbidden Korea to borrow 51.&3O,000 in this
country! But this protection of American la
vestorsby thellongo) empire will avail little
so long as trust stocks are rampant In this
country.
Senator Hoar, of Massachusetts, and
'Bntler, ot South Carolina, unite in testifying
that members ot the Senate are temperate In
the use of liquors. If they could testify that
they are equally temperate in politics it would.
be gratifying.
The contest between General Bragg and
George W. Peck for the Democratic nomina
tion to the Wisconsin Governorship goes on
apace. Each is endeavoring to convince the
farmers that he is the truo and only Granger.
It remains to be seen whether it is possible
for the Wisconsin grangers to reject Bragg for
a Bad Boy.
One of the interesting results of the set
tlement ot tbe elections' bill is the disappear-'
ance from the Republican organs of those re.
marks about "Republican cowards." The al.
leged cowards have made the other fellows
back water.
The snecess of the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad in improving its terminal facilities at
Chicago, as given in a special dispatch, is of
Interest to Pittsburg. If the B. & O. will make
rates that permit tbe direct shipment of Pitts
burg coal to that city, all its past discrimina
tions In favor of Hocking Valley coal, will be
forgiven.
Mr. Harrison is reported from Cape
May to be quite fatigued. The appearance of
a ticket for 1892, bearing the names of Blaine
and Busk as an Indorsement of tbe administra
tion, is calculated to make the President very
tired.
The intimations that the Chicago World's
Fair is getting irretrievably into a muddle over
the site qnestion 13 Indignantly denounced by
tbe esteemed Chicago News. Our cotemporary
asserts that there is no trnth In such statements
by a long sight, but It is unable to say that any
site is yet in sight.
The radical wing of the Republican
party, which was boasting that it bad Quay
down, Is holding him down In the style of John
Phoenix, "with its nose firmly inserted be
tween his teeth."
Mr. Lodge is said to have objected a
short time ago to having the Federal elections
bill known by any other name than the Lodgo
bill. Since It has been shelved by the Senate,
however, he Is understood to bo content to have
it known as a mere Davenport bill.
While Allegheny is taking steps to
become a city of the second class, why not an
nex Pittsburg and the suburbs and make her
self a city of the first order?
The Nicaragua Canal Company is re
ported to have purchased tbe dredging outfit
of the Panama Canal Company. It it proposes
to do dredging on the same style and scale as at
Panama it will be a warning to tbe world to
keep its money ont of that ditch;
There is beginning to be a floating sus
picion among Republicans that Senator Frye's
slashing speech cnt the life out of the'elections
MIL
PEOPLE IH GEHEEAL,
The Russian Nihilist Stepnlak Is coming to
the United States this fall on a lecturing tour,
Beknaed Ebeelino, of Baltimore, now 91
years of age, fought under Blncher at Water
loo. Joseph Hattou, the novelist, well known
to American readers, will take a vacation ia
New York this fall.
Qenbhal Lew Wallace, tbe author of
"Ben Hur," writes a small and neathand which
is as clear and legible as copper-plate.
Hos. John E. Masset, Virginia's Snperln.
tendent of Public Instruction, is to be married
this fall to iilus Mattle.McCreary, a' charming
Alabama lady.
Mibs A. V Wilson, a sister of Bishop A.
W. Wilson, has left Cbarlestown, W. Va.. for
Chihuahua, Mexico, to become principal ot the
Southern Methodist Institute there.
The Rev. Minot J. Savage, the famous rad
ical Unitarian clergyman of Boston, will 'de
liver the sermon at tbe dedication of the new
Unitarian Church at Houlton, Me., on Septem
ber 10,
The prize of 10,000 francs, offered by M.
Cernuscbi, of Pans, for tbe best treatise on
bimetallism, has been won by M. Rochussen,
formerly Minister ot Foreign Affairs in Hol
land. Vibgil G. Curtis, of Winona, Minn., has
accepted the place of Superintendent of the
New Haven schools. Mr. Curtis ba3 held simi
lar offices in Ilion, lit. Carry, Pa., and Still-,
water, Mich.
Temperance advocates are rejoicing over
the fact that Blaine is now a total abstainer. It
is remarked that tho list of public men who
have joined the various temperance organiza
tions of late years is a long one.
Peop. James D. Dana, the geologist the
only man living who assisted In forming the
American Association for the Advancement of
Science. GO years ago, has been in attendance
upon the Indianapolis meeting this week.
SOME PUMPKINS.
A Prettv Tousb Story to Believe. Bat Sena
tor Henrit Will Touch for It.
: tSPKCIAI. TXLXaBAX TO BX SHFATCH.1
Washington, August 24. Mr. Gavin D.
High, press correspondent for "California on
Wheels." now In this city, tells some very
strange stories of California, amofag which is
the following: "As an evidence of the wonder
ful fertility of California soil," said Mr. High,
"mlghfabe mentioned the disaster which lately
befell a certain dairyman in our State. When
he began to gather in his crop of pnmpkins
(raised for cow feed) some of them were so
large that there was on tbe farm no appliances
large enough to get them on tbe wagon. -The
farmer, therefore, conceived the idea of sup
plying the pnmpkins to the cattle without tak
ing them from the fields. He sawed a hole In
each pumpkin large enough for a cow to enter
and eat to her heart's content. But one wet
day when two cows and a calf were In a larcc
pumpkin, which they had hollowed out and
were using for a stable they got to kicking
around and rolled the door to the top, and then
tbe rain came in and drowned them alt"
"So you see there are some disadvantages
about raising big things. Now, they saw np the
largest pnmpkins into cublo yard blocks and
store them away until needed for food. If you
see Senator Hearst yon may ask him to cor
roborate this incident. He may not have seen
those particular pumpkins, but he raises some
nearly that large on one of his own ranches."
HARBISON O0ES TO CHUBCE.
A Laree Coneresation Preaent, Bat the
Frealdrnt Shakes Hnnda With All.
r BFXCIAL TBLEGKaM TO THE DISPATCH.
Cape Mat, August 2t President Harrison,
wife and her niece, Mrs. Dimmock, were this
morning attendants of the Cold Spring Presby
terian Church, which only last fall celebrated
its 173th anniversary, being nearly the oldest
church In New Jersey. The pastor. Rev. John
Landls, v preached an decant sermon from
Hebrews, vi., I, which the President said was
tbe best one to which he has listened this sum
mer. His appearance was unexpected, but a
large crowd gathered before the services were
closed. After tbe services the President
shook bauds with all in the congregation. Mr.
and Mrs. J. U. McKee" dined with Congressman
and Mrs. Keyburn, of Philadelphia, at tbeir
Columbia avenue summer cottage this after
noon. In conversation with your correspondent at
noon Mr. McKee said that the President would
probably go to Washington on Tuesday, if not,
on Wednesday, and that immediately there
after the family would prepare tor their de
parture for Cresson. This means that they
cannot get away from Cape May before Friday.
Knnaaa CnlGsh In Lock.
From the Kansas City limes. 3
Kansas gets an average of aboat 10,000 a
year with which to stock her streams with im
ported fish. The only real good that can be
discerned as a result of the outlay is that tho
catfish are a little fatter than they used to bo
before tbe appropriations commenced,
THE PASSION PLAY.
A SERIES OF WONDERFUL, BUT REVER
ENT LIVING-PICTURES.
Remarkable Scenic Effects add Beautiful
Cost nines An Audience Held SpelU
Bonnd far Nine Hours A Bplrlt of Piety
PerrndlDB the Entire Performance. .
IWBITTElf FOB THE DISPATCH.!
'T'rt'o parsons, in a peasant's house among tbe
backwoods of Bavaria, waked up one Bun
day morning in Jmy to the sound of the pat
tering of rain. Tbe sound was not an un
familiar one. Tho two parsons had heard it
pretty steadily for several weeks past. It had
followed them from Chester to London. It had
pursued them across the North Sea to Antwerp,
It bad kept np the unpleasant chase across
Beldam and Germany. Rain, rain, rain, day
after day; mackintoshes, umbrellas and over
shoes; mist on tbe mountains, mod along the
roads; drizzle, drizzle, keeping time to the tune
which tbe cars sing the two parsons were used
to rain. The patter on the roof was not a
strange sound in their ears. But on thafruly
Sunday it was a particularly unwelcome sound.
For that was the day, long anticipated, when
they were to see the Passion Play. And they
reflected, with some consternation, that they
were assigned to seats without the protection
of a roof.
It was S o'clock In the early dawn when we
waked at Oberammergan to the discordant
music of the drippingraln. Presently the cows
went by to pasture, each with the choery jingle
of a little bell. At 6 we breakfasted. At 7 we
had tramped over the wet road from Unteram
mergan, and were waiting for the doors of the
Passion Theater to open.
Interior of thr Pnailon Theater,
f he theater at Oberammergan is a long
structure capable of holding more than
1,000 people. It is built of wood, with seats in
rising tiers, and is divided into tbree parts; the
covered andltorinm, the uncovered auditorium
and tbe stage. Tbe covered seats are in a
great shed-like building at the end ot the
theater, farthest from the stage. Tbe end ot
this shed which fronts toward the stage is of
course open, and between it and the platform
are the seats which have no roof over them. On
each side Is a high wooden barrier, through
whose doors people get entrance, and over
which you see the great mountains, green with
trees, and touched at the top with snow.
The seats farthest from tbe stage, under
cover, cost 6 marks, then 8, then 10, according
to position. A mark is equal to an English
shilling, that is, about 25 cents of our money.
Then come the S-mark seats; and then, nearest
the stage, the 3 and the 1-mark seats, really the
best ot all, if the weather is good. Under tbe
roof are the foreign visitors. Under the sky
are such of the .foreigners as have not been
fortunate enough to get better seats, and the
peasants.
The stage is unroofed, except a space in the
center toward the back. This roofed space has
a curtain hung 'in front. On either side of is
are alleys runnlnc back, representing streets of
Jerusalem, lined with stage houses. The stage
has a wide space In front. At either side are
porticos with steps leading np to them; that on
the left as von look toward the stage being the
house of Pilate, that on the right the honse of
Annas. Other flights of steps leading 'off the
stage ip into callerles nearer to the front
than the houses of the .High Priest and the
Governor are for the entrances and exits of the
chorus.
A Cosmopolitan Andlence.
'The doors open about 7:30. At 8 every seat
is filled. Two thousand people are out
side wishing they could get In Not a place re
mains. Wo look about us over the ,wide ex
panse of uplifted umbrellas. Somebody is here
from everywhere. The conversations are like
the speech of the builders of the Tower of
Babel. Ihe garments are as varied as the
people. Behind us are tourists with gnide
books and notebooks and opera glasses and
mackintoshes. All about us are peasants.
Some are in garb ot the country, tbe men with
abundant decoration of green embroidery; the
women with black head-dresses and scarlet
petticoats. Some are in vestments which wonld
look remarkable In any country. They are pre
pared for a rainy day. They have brought all
the family blankets with them.and the blankets
are of every color and every pattern. The man
who sits next to us is wrapped up from top to
toe In a blankejt strioed with red and yellow,
and looks like a zebra. The woman who sits in
front of us has shielded herself against
the weather with a bountiful supply of coarse
sacking, meal bags sewn together, with tbe
miller's name inscribed thereon. There is so
much of It, and it protrudes so amply from be
neath the seat-back that we can pull part of it
over our knees. As for ourselves, we have bor
rowed from our hostess a great gray shawl,
which we have put about our shoulders and
made to cover both our beads.
At 8 o'clock a cannon sounds. Down go all
the umbrellas. The Passion Play begins.
The Passion Play is divided into 17 represen
tations, and each representation Is in three
parts, a prologue, a tableau, and au act The
act is one of the events in the Way of tbe Cross.
The tableau is a scene from the Old Testament
which has some symbolical reference to the act
rfbich is to follow. 'Tho prologue Is a Bort of
musical sermon. It is sung by the chorus, in
"recitltive, in solo, and in harmony of united
voices, and fa an explanation of the tableau
and of tbe act, and an application of tbe mean
ing of It all to the consciences of the hearers.
Programme of tbe Play.
fnE following Is the programme of the Pas
A sion Play, giving the subjects of the tab
leaux and tbe acts, and showing the order and
arrangement of the whole:
lFIrst Tableau The expulsion from Paradise.
Second Tableau Tbe cross adored by angels
Act: Christ's entry into Jerusalem.
2-Tableau Joseph cast Into the pit by his breth-
reu.
Act: Tbe council of the High Priests.
3 First Tableau Departure or Tobias from his
. home.
9 Second Tableau Tho lamenting bride of the
Canticles.
Actt The parting at Bethany.
4 Tableau Vashtl rejected and Esther chosen.
Act: The way to Jerusalem.
6 First Tableau Tbe manna.
becond Tableau The grapes from Canaan,
Act: The Last Supper,
g Tableau-Joseph sold by bis brethren.
Act: TneRetrayal.
7 First Tableau Adam and Eve laboring.
Second Tableau Murder or Joab by Amasa,
Act: In tbe Garden of Gethscmane.
8 Tableau -Mlcalah smitten beloie Abale.
Act: Jesus before Annas.
9-Flrst Tableau Death of Naboth.
Second Tableau 1 he affliction of Job.
Act: Jesus before Calapbas.
10 lablcau Death of Abel.
Act: Despair of Judas.
11 Tableau Daniel accused before Darius.
Act: Jesus before Pilate.
12 Tableau Samson maklngrtport forthe Phil
istines. Act: Jesus before Herod,
is First Tableau Joseph's brethren bringing the
bloody coat.
Second Tableau The sacrifice or Isaac.
Act; Tbe scourging andcrownlng with thorns.
14 First Tableau-Joseph made Governor.
Second Tableau Tbe fin-offering.
Act: Jesus condemned to death.
15 First Tableau-Isaac bearing the wood lor bis
sacrifice.
Second Tableau The brazen serpent.
Act: The way of the Cross.
IS The chorus sing tbe prologue, robed In black.
Act: The cruclfixlon
17 Tbe chorus sing the prologue robed In beauti
ful garments.
Act: The Resurrection and Ascension.
:
A Wonderful Representation.
'"The play began at 8 in the tmorning and con
tinned till S.S9 in tbe evening, with an In
termission between 1150 and 1 o'clock. All day
tt rained at intervals; not a heavy pour at any
time, but a gray" sky and an uncomfortable
dnzzle and a cold wind. Nine cold wet hours
we watched the Passion Playand gave to the
weather scarcely a thoueht at all. Interest
overbalanced all discomfort. Fonr thousand
people, half of them with no roof but a wet
sky, sat on wooden benches all that cold day
and nobody went out.
The Passion Flay at Oberammergan is the
most wonderlnl, impressive, beautiful and up
lifting thing lever saw. 1 had read a good
deal abont it before 1 went, and had ex
pectations, bat the expectations did not touch
the reality.
In the first place, taken only on the artistic
side, tbe Passion Play is perfectly "set." It is
true it is in a little backwoods village, five
miles from a railroad and 80 miles from a city.
One wonld expect to find a crude and primitive
condition of things. But no theater in Pitts
burg or New fork or London can show Scenery
so harmoniously fitted to the acts, or1 costumes
so appropriate and graceful and beautiful.
Tbe play begins with the entrance of the
chorus. There are U singers, 10 men and 14
women. They come in two companies, de
scending tbe steps' onto the stage at the
right and the left, and form a long line
across the stage. And they look like tbe angels
who sand at Bethlehem. They are crowned
with golden diadems and Bhod with sandals,
and vested in flowing robes ot green an'd
brown and purple and gray and blue, made fair
with embroidery of gold, and with tbe Colors
perfectly blended. The orchestra touches a
minor chord, and the singing begins. It is
never the least bit stagey, never self-conscious,
never elaborate enough to suggest any adven
turing after vocal "effect," always impressive,
solemnizing, perfectly fitting,
A Solemn Greeting.
iiiu halir" the leader sings, "welcome to
those whom love divine hath here assem
bled, who wish to share the sorrows of their
Savior, and to follow Him step by step on the
way of His sufferings to the cross and the
sepulcher." We wonder bow many of us have
really come here in this spirit. Not many, per
haps, we think, looking over the great multi
tude. The chorus takes a great deal for grant
ed when it Includes us all in that plons greet
ing. But as the play goes on the words are
justified. The idlest tourist is touched with
the spirit of devotion. The dullest peasant
recognizes the divine' meaning of these scenes.
Thetbongbtot tbe Lord Ohnst, His sorrows
and His sufferings and the love which is sym
bolized In them, takes possession of us alt
Two tableaux follow. The tableaux are won
derful. One is the expulsion of our first parents
from Paradise, tbe other is a living picture
with the cross Id the center ana adoring angeii
all about it. Some of the angels are very little
children. The garments are like the vestments
of heaven, the pose is perfect, there is not a
trace of motion. Some of tbe tableaux In the
play have more than two hundred figures in
them, every figure perfectly motionless, some
times for several minutes. Sometimes one tab
leau follows another immediately. There will
be a great stage crowded with people, with
elaborate setting of soenery." Down falls the
curtain, the chorus sings, and up goes tbe
-urtam again after a brief space, and here is
; nother tableau; again tbe stage 'is full of
people and set with elaborate scenery. There
is a complete change of everything; done m a
marvelonslysbort time, and without the sound
of tho least noise no moving, about of heavy
pieces, no confusion of hurrying feet, f
Beautiful Beyond Description.
Am beautiful! beautiful beyond descrip
tion. Europe is the land of picture gal
leries. There are so many that the traveler
wearies of them. The finest pictures in the
world are to be seen here. In the National
Gallery in London, and the Pinakothek in
Munich, and the Acadenjy in Venice, and the
Brera in Milan, and the Louvre in Farls.are the
greatest works of the greatest masters. Im
agine the fairest of all the lovely pictures won.
derfully inade alive. Let tbe pictured faces
have the bloom of real breathing life in their
cheeks. Let the saints come down from the
canvasses, and walk about and speak. Tbat
will give yon an idea of what the Passion Play,
In its tableaux and its acts, looks like. The
most beautiful .pictures which I have seen in
Europe were at Oberammergan, alive there on
the stage of the Passion Theater.
After the tableaux, follow one after another,
tbe events of the last week of onr ord's life.
He enters Jerusalem, a great host of people,
with palm branches and alleienlas, preceding
Him. Tbe Sanbedrins meet and plot His
death. Judas agrees to betray Him. The Last
Supper is partaken of. . The agony in Getbse
mane follows. And then the arrest, the unjnst
trial, the accusation before Pilate and Herod,
the mocking, the scourging, the bearing ot the
cross, and finally the crucifixion. The resur
rection and ascension follow. Joseph Malr
who has twice before taken the part ot
Cbristus. takes it again this year a man of
strong, dignified bearing and saintly face, look
ing like the' pictures, with long hair and parted
beard. Mary, the Virgin Mother, is as fair as
the Madonnas. Judas, with yellow robe and un
gainly figure and tumbled hair, is the Ideal
Judas. Peter and John, the one young, tbe oth
er old, look their parts admirably The play
goes on like life. It is all real. The walls of the
theater fade away; the centuries recede; tbe
hills of Bavaria are the hills of Syria; over our
heads is tbe sky of Palestine; we are in Jeru
salem at the time of the Passover, and it is all
happening over again as it happened then.
Impressions of the Piny.
'The acting Is absolutely free from trace of
self-consciousness. These people went to
mass this morning at the parish churcb,and be
fore the play began they met in prayer behind
the scenes. It Is Bunday to-day, and this is A
service of religion. You are lmoressed by that
all tbe way through. A good many people go to
the Passion Play with some misgivings, but
they forget the misgivings. It is all
so devout, so reverent, that-the thought of pos
sible irreverence does not enter the mind, . Of
course, it is an undertaking of the impossible
but no more than the pictures of the great
masters are, no more than the descriptions
given in the four gospels. The Passion Play Is
simply the last chapters of the gospels in liv
ing pictures, acted out rather than read.
With the devont accompaniment of the preach
ing chorns, and tbe precedinc and preparing
tableaux, tbat great, pathetic, tragic, divine
story is told at Oberammergan so tbat the dull
est most understand it, so that the most
thoughtless must be touched by It. Tako the
most impressive three-hour service which yon
ever beard on Good Friday and multiply It by
ten and you have the Passion Play.
There were more thin 4,000 people In Lthe
audience, but at times the stillness was almost
painful. Everybody seemed to -have stopped
breathing. Again, everybody wonld be crying,
the men as much as the women, more than at
any funeral I ever attended.
Tbe most Impressive sermon which will this
year be tittered anywhere in Christendom is
preached at Oberammergan. G. H.
ANXIOUS TO PUT ON CITY AIES,
Several Gentlemen Who Are Aspirants for
tho Mayoralty of McKeesport.
ISMCtAL TILEORAM TO THB DISPATCH.!
McKeesport, August 24. This place Is rap
Idly moving toward tbe adoption of city cloth
ing. Eight wards have been demanded, and
the day is now nearing when the city charter
will be voted for.
In the meantime the following gentlemen are
aspirants for the position of its first Mayor:
Thomas Tillbrook, the present Burgess, and a
Republican; S. E. Carothers, ex-postmaster,
and a Republican; W. German, a Republican,
and J. B. Shale, ex-postmaster, and a Demo
crat. They are already putting up.their fences
In tbe best possible shape.
The Belgium Glass Workers.
From tbe Philadelphia North American.
The arrival is announced at Millville, N. J.,
of a number of window glass-blowers who have
come direct from Belgium for tbe purpose of
working in one of tho glass-making establish
ments at tbat place. Ic has not been shown
that these men came over under contract, but
there is a strong presumption that tbey did,
and how the Custom House authorities at New
York, who are so particular abont ministers
and college professors and musicians, came to
let them in needs explanation.
PIGS AND THISTLES.
Tub man whose praying is aU done on his
'knees don't pray much.
The strongest man on earth is the one who
can best control himself.
THE more love a man has in his heart the
more he needs brains in bis head.
It is a thousand times harder to be happy
with riohes tban it Is without them.
The man who has the courage to admit tbat
he has been in tne wrong is not a coward.
God don't want his sheep to live on dry fod
der, but a good many or His shepherds do.
THE best way to eetxid of your own troubles,
is to get interested in those of other people.
The devil's sandals are so constructed that
those who wear them can only walk down hill.
The man whoso neighbors think he is honest
has days occasionally when h almost doubts it
himself.
Ir you can't find a bot iron to strike, strike
bard enough and of ted enough to make the
iron hot.
Whatever-God does Ho does perfectly.
A lion la no more complete in organio structure
tban a gnat.
If you can't get along well with your neigh
bors, don't buy a dog and filQ his teeth, Get
more religion.
OUR SHORT -STORIES.
OLD JENNY.
t Trow long do mules livet" repeated the Ma
jor,as he placed his feet on the railing
of the hotel veranda and blew into the air,
slowly and reflectively, a vast clond of fra
grant tobacco smoke. "Well. I don't know; I
never saw amnio die and I never saw a dead
mnle. but, for all that, I'm hardly prepared to
say that they live forever,"
"Tell us about Colonel Waterman's mule,"
broke in tbe doctor, extnetinz a beautiful
meerschaum from its case. "I think none of
the others have ever heard that story, and I
assure, you, gentlemen, it is as good as a fish
story."
"Yos, tell ua about It," sang the rest of the
fisbW party in chorus.
"Well," said the Major, tilting his chair
back'until his cervical vertebras rested com
fortably against tho side of the hotel, while bis
feet still hung over the railing of the narrow
veranda, "it's not much of a story and it's
true. At tho beginning of the war Colonel
Waterman, wholived on one of tbe finest plan'
rations in Virginia, bad an old mule by tbe
name of Jenny. As the Colonel had an oppor
tunity to sell the animal 'at "a good figure he
did so. To be sure, Jenny had been in his
family so many years that she seemed like a
member of it, but 530 is not to be sneezed at
for an old mule, so the Colonel put all senti
mental feelings aside and let ber go for $30."
'That was jnst before the warf 'queried the
landlord, standing in the door.
''Yes, Just before the war," continued the
Major. "In the exciting times which followed,
of codrse old Jenny was entirely forgotten.
Abont ten years after the war was all over thd
'Colonel conclnded be would like a young; lively
mule. After a great deal of experimenting he
bought one that just suited him. Among other
good qualities it looked just as old Jenny did
when she was young. The Colonel's son Frank
happen ed to come home on a visit a day or two
after tbe purchase. The morning after his ar
rival he wandered out to the stable to see the
new mnle. In about ten mlnntes he returned,
and asked: "'Father, what did you pay for that
muleT"
"Seventy-five dollars,' replied the Colonel..
Frank burst out langbing and exclaimed,
"That's just 45 more than you sold ber fori"
And-ure enough, the Colonel's young mule
was none other than old Jenny."
"I never thought to ask yod," said the doctor,
relighting his pipe, "whether Jenny is still
alive or not?" . x
'She was a year ago," replied, the Major
promptly, "but was beginning to look a little
weary. There's no way," he added, moral
izlngly "of telling the age of either a mule or
a nigger."
THE GREAT TARIFF QUESTION;
T TELlyou, the affairs of this country will
never be run right until women take a
hand in 'em," said a newly married citizen.
"The other aftei noon a f elloyv got me Into a dis
cussion over the McKlnley bill, and I went
home to supper feeling hot. In the conrse ot
the evening my wife remarked, very sweeUy
and Insinuatingly '
" 'John, dear,' she said, 'I saw an only too
lovely piece of goods to-day, and I Intend to
order a dress off of it to-morrow.'
"I knew that meant a fifty at least, but I said
nJthfng for some time. I had an idea though,
and finally I decided to risk it.
" 'I wish that chap wonld quit bothering me
with that KcElnley bill,' I said, 'ho worries tho
life out of me with It.'
" 'Ob, pay it, John, dear, pay Itr said my wife.
'Don't let it worry you any longer! I'll wait till
nextrmonth for my dress, Fay it, won't you,
dear?'
I promised to pay it tbe very next day, and I
tell you right here tbat unless we have a wom
an at the helm pretty soon, the ship of state
is bonnd for the rocksT'
A L08INQ CONTRACT.
Joe W is a big, jovial German-American,
witty, always ready to give a joke and take
one without losing his good temper. Wherever
Joe goes be takes his appetite with him. He
has solved the quail-eating problem, and when
tbe last bird disappeared from his plate at the
close of bis eating engagement he was ready
for a dozen-course dinner, considering it a
fitting climax to his victory over the stomach,
trying test. A few weeks after Joe won his
wager, he dropped Into a milk depot in the
lower end of the city and gulped down a fresh,
cool glass of buttermilk without taking breath.
Tbe proprietor is a f rlena of Joe's, and, in
offering him another glass, asked: "Joe, do
you like buttermilk T' ,
"Ob, lean drink a glass or two when I'm
Milrt HI1W."
"Tell yon what Til do, Joe: PU give you all?
the buttermilk you can drink in four weeks for
80 cents. If it's a go you can aottle each quar
ter." "All right," said Joe; "I'll drop in and see
you occasionally when Pm dry. Good day,
Billy."
Next day Joe dropped In. He called for
buttermilk and Billy, the proprietor, served
htm. Before the echo Of the last gurgle died
in Joe's throat be called far another glass. He
got it. Thn another and another, until Joe
had swallowed 20 glasses. Billy's eyes fairly
bulged with astonishment, and he realized he
had entered into a losing contract. Twenty
glasses ot buttermilk at 5 cents a glass equaled
Jl, and it was not hard to calculate what would
g? to the profit and loss acconnt at tbe same
daily average.
"That will do for to-day, Billy," quietly re
marked Joe; 'Til see you later."
"Oh, no you won't," said the milkman,
"Here, take this five-dollar noto and we'll call
the contract off."
Joe pocketed the V, smiled all over his good
natured visage and departed full of laughter
and buttermilk.
A MEXICAN SNAKE. STORY.
Tns old traveler was In the story-telling mood
and spun this yarn.
"Lying in a deep ravine in the mountains of
Santa Clara connty. Cat, Is the little village of
New Almaden. So narrow is theguldh that
only one street is possible, and down the length
of this ripples a stream of limpid water, fresh
from mountain snows. Flowers throng along-
tbe roadsides, and the roses fling themselves
over the sides of the adobe houses.
"High up on the mountain is the entrance to
tbe quicksilver mines, from which the village
takes its name. Up the keen slope, in the sul
try mornings, the miners take their way in
heavy-footed bands, and plunge Into the bowels
of the earth. Besides the quicksilver there are
other products Mexican children and rattle
snakes. Ills necessary to set sharp-pointed
stones on the threshold of each house to k eep
out the serpents,
"One day a Mexican mother sat her little
dusky daughter on the floor and went ont to
bake ber bread in the brick oven, which sev-J
eral of the neighbors used in common. She
was gone some time, and when she came back
she found her baby surrounded with the beauti
ful reptiles beautiful and hideous things,
which filled tbe room. Paralyzed with terror
she could not speak nor move. And the little
one was in ecstacy. It gave vent to little
rapturous cries. Its black eyes danced with
happiness. She played with the glittering
things and let them enwrap her, Not one of
them tried to harm ber. They treated her with
something like reverence.
"At last, with a scream of desperation, the
mother snatched up her protesting baby and
called for help. Tbe bic miner women drove
out the intruders amid the lamentations of the
baby. And afterward, from childhood to
maidenhood, this girl could wander at will
through tbe canyon, without fear of molestation
for anv reptile;Nand the miners crossed them
selves when they saw her, and said that she
bore a charmed lite."
PROTECTION FOE AMERICAN BBA15&
WnshloBtonlans Appealing for Ihe Pasfags
of tbe International Copyright BUI.
SPECIAL TELEdBAH TO TUB DI8FATCtt.t
Washington, August 24. A number ot
well-known residents of Washington have
united In a petitibn to tho Honse of Represent
atives urging tbe passage of the international
copyright bill, which, it Is said to be tbe inten
tion of the Committee on Patents to call up
Tuesday next. The enactment of snch a law.
the petitioners assert, would Rive a stimulus to J
American auiaors. 411 lue avseuve p aucu a
law, American authors are declared to be sub
ject to an unfair competition with foreign lit
erature. Among the signers are Dr. Welling, of Co
lutabian llriiveriity.IJbrarlan SpofTord, Bishop
Keane, of the Catholic University, Admiral
rOTWir, zeuiV ACUUU, mu. iiobwmw'
Langley, Goodo and Alendenhall, General-I
Ureeiy, ur. iticnaras, 01 uwrcnom univer
sity, General Boynton, Simon Wolf, Prof.
Alex. M. Belle, Garrlck Henry, Dr. Swan B.
Burnet and Dr.ti.B. Lincoln.
.' ODK MAIL gOPOBV
An Old T mer'rf Retnlslseeaera.
T the Edltoof The Dispatch i
Your correspondent was one of the readers'
(of The Dispatch on the day of it first a
pearance. I as well acquainted, with J. Heron
Foster, editor and proprietor at that time: also
Reese C. Fleeson. later. Having left Pittsburg
as a borne in 1863, 1 have only occasionally hid
the pleasure of looking over tbe mammoth
page's of your paper, which require mora time
tban at oldwhen 10 or 15 minutes was all the
time necessary for its perusal. A few days
ago your 1840-1890 Allegheny City Semi-Centennial
souvenir ,by chance fell into my hands,
and a perusal of it brought plainly to my recol
lection many familiar faces and old landmarks
remembered by only a few men now living.
Your history of the great campaign of 1840 was
most interesting, and your are correct in call
ing It the greatest that ever took place before
or since. I recollect, as if yesterday, I was qne
of the bo j8 of the Fifth ward, Pittsburg, and
was one ot the tbonsands that composed the
crowd at tbe base of Hogback Hill when John
Tyler exclaimed "I am what I am."
I remember well with what scorn he raised
his eyes aloft to pierce tbe man who had tbe
audacity to question blm on the tariff question,
,Jnlch was the all-absorbing theme of the day.
Then, as at the present time, great minds were
battling to establish and perpetuate tbat pro
tective policy which Is the only bulwark of
America's prosperity.
I would have supposed tbat some of tbe old
citizens would have thought of the old log
cabin, erected during the campaign of 1840, by
the hard cider boys, and where the latch siring
was always out. It stood a little east of Fed
eral street, fronting the south common, on
what we used to call the Second Bank, where
boys and girls sang "Hurrah, Hurrah, for
Harrison and Tyler." What stimng times
those were SO years ago. when the whole coun
try only counted 17,00O,0UO an told.
Omaha, Neb., August 22. W. B, A
The Mediterranean.
To the Editor of The Dispatch:
Please Inform us whether the word Mediter
ranean (apart from the Mediterranean Sea) is
used In the English language: also how that sea
received that name. Ernest and Thomas.
Dubois, August 23.
Derived from medlus, middle, and terra,
land. The word is now applied exclusively o
this particular sea. but formerly Its application
was quite general in tbe sense of 'inland." A
place inland, reinote from ocean or sea, can
be termed "mediterraneous." I
, As to Bernard Bellly,
To the Editor of The Dispatch:
Having seen something about some letters of
Inquiry for one Bernard Reilly, 1 wish to state
tbat my father's name was Bernard Reilly.
He lived in Rockland township, and died in
1KS6. I never knew mnch of my father's fam
ily, so could not say anything about it, where he
lived and where he came from.
Mas. H. C. Mats.
Kocbxah d, Venango county, Angust 23.
To Bonrd a War Ship.
To 'the Editor of The Dispatch:
A young man wants to know to whom he will
apply to get on board a United States man-of-war
or cruiser. Iqkobaxtjs.
PlTTSBUBQ, August 22.
An order from tbe Secretary of the Navy or
from the commander ot the vessel would give
you access. If you want to enlist apply. at any
naval recruiting station.
Legal Holidays In Pennsylvania.
To the .Editor or The Dispatch: "
Will you. tell ns through your paper. what are
the legal holidays? We ask for Information.
School GtBia.
Prrrsxrtraa, August 23.
In Pennsylvania the legal holidays are: New
Year, Washington's Birthday. Decoration Day,
Fourth of Julyt Good Friday, Labor Day,
Thanksgiving Day, Christmas.
Parnell's Parliamentary Career.
To the Editor ot The Dispatch:
To decide a wager, please state the date of
Parnell's first entry into Parliament, B.
Pittsbubg, August 22.
He was elected for Meath in 1875. and repre
sented that constituency until 1880, when he
chose Cork, representing which he still sits In
the Honse of Commons.
Tho Evenlnir Star.
To the Editor of The? Dispatch 1
Will you please inform me what star it Is
that shines so brightly In the west until about
8 o'clock In the evening. H. S.
Cokkeatjt, O., Angust 23.
Mercury is the brightest ot the evening stars
at present
A FIGHT -WITH A CATAMOUNT, '
A Pennsylvania Farmer's Hand-to-Hand
Encounter With the Enraged Beast.
Scbahtox, August 24. A yearling heifer
belonging to Alofizo H. Tipple, of Lehigh
township, strayed away last week, and Tipple
went in search of ber along the wilds of Choke
creek. He cut a hickory' gad on the way, and
about half a mile below the bead of the stream
and, several rods to the east of the creek be
heard an animal moaning in a rank growth of
goldenrod, which covers hnndreds of acres of
tbe ridge between tbe Lehigh River and Bear
creek. Hastening to the spot Tipple found a
large catamount tearing away at the throat of
bisbeifer, that lay on her side In tbe last ag
onies of deatb, and, without giving a thought
to the risk he was taking, he rushed at tbe
beast and began to whip it over the head with
his gad.
With a cry of rage the catamount sprang at
Tipple. He avoided the beast's claws by
jumping behind a hemlock stub, from which
the catamount had evidently pounced upon tbe
heifer, giving It a cut with the gad as it flew
past him. Tbe screaming animal turned, and
Tipple moved to tho opposite side of the stub,
and was ready to beat it over tbe head again,
bnt he didn't get a chance, for the catamount
climbed to the top ot tbe stub, beyond tbe
reach of bis whip, where it crouched and
glared at him. Thinking that the catamount
wonld snrely pounce upon him if he moved far
enough from the stub for it to make a spring.
Tipple hngged the tree and tried to think of
some way to kill the beast -
Tl n had no weanon excent a iackknlf e. but
he spied a stone abont as big as bis two fists
lying within easy reach. He picked it np
slowly, and with all the force be could put into
his arm hurled it at tbe catamount's head, 20
feet above him. It struck the animal square
on tho nose, and the catamount fell stunned In
a mass of goldenrod, four or five yards from
the stub. Before it bad a cbance to come to,
Tipple cut its throat with his pocketknife.
The catamount weighed S3 pounds.
A GROWING VILLAGE.
Tbe First Cborcb at Wsxhnm, Near Johns
town, Dedlcmed Yesterday.
rSFECIAL TXLKGBAK TO TDS DISPATCH.!
JoHKBTOWir, August 2i That section of
Johnstown know as Moxham Is separated from
the main part of the city by nearly one mile of
territory, which is hot built up. The extension
of the Johnson works at that place, and its im
munity from high water, has made It a growing
village, which has more than trebled its popu.
latlon within the past year. In consequence,
improvements are rapidly being made there,
ana to-day the first church In tbe place was
dedicated with proper ceremonle. It was
built by tbe Episcopalians, and tbe exercises
were conducted by tbe minister of the First
Episcopal Church.
H0VE1TIES-IN JEWELRY.
Admibees of the unique are now able to
wear a key ring of silver, representing a carved
horseshoo nalh
An exceedingly pretty pendant for a queen
chain is a smiling moonstone baby's face, en'
circled by small diamonds.
To meet the prevailing taste for simplicity,
cufiT buttons of white enamel, with small, light
blue anchors and red stars intermingled, have
been produced.
Some people like to have their initials on their
bossesstons. To gratify this class, gold glova
bnitonors.witb. initials in gold wire forming the
pendant are b.eing produced.
Two diamond doves with outstretched wings,
holding suspended between tbeir beaks a beau
tiful sapphire In an invisible setting, make an
elaborate and very valuable lace pin.
A YEBY pretty and attractive match box has
the front etched with the figure ot a siren
seated on a rock and singing to the accompani
ment of a lyre, while the sea rolls abont her
feet.
Young lovers, after having a dime split la
half, each 'take a portion and get their Jeweler
to mount it in any peculiar manner thai appeals
to their fancy. Many curious scarf pins and
bracelet bangles are tbe Jesuit
Good fortune should .cVtaloly follow the
presentation of a lace pin representing a horse
shoe and a wlshboueinfertwined. The orna
ment is of Roman gold, andiferget-me nots of
enamel are artistically. arranged about the;
pieces. Jiweteri1 Weekly.
1 CUEIOUS C0RDE5SATI0H3.
The cost of the Parnell Commission to
tbe London Timet is now pnt down at 150.008.
Liverpool has a population of 720,000
Methodism has a membership of 7JS00 in tba
city. -
There were 86,981 paupers in London in
ihe third week in July 4,215 Indoor and 82.7W
outdoor.
Old Battersea bridge, tha solitary sur
viving pile bridge on the' Lower Thames, Is to
be pulled down. """
During the three months ending with
June there were 2,834 deaths from measles In
England and Wales.
James Carbaagh, a collier, living in
the mountains near Mont Alto, Md., killed SI
copperhead snakes a few days ago.
Charts have been prepared showing that
the eye has 729 distinct expressions, conveying
as many different shades of meaning.
By tbe agency of the London Children's
ConntrV Holidays Fund, 20,000 children last
year enjoyed a short holiday in the country.
A peach grower of Stone Creek tow'n
shlp, N. J., going over his orchard the other
day found but half a dozen peaches on 1,700
trees.
A single sentence of Mr. Gladstone's
speech at the National Liberal Club tbe other
day occupied 24 lines of news type and con
tained 214 words.
By the late cyclone in Finland, almost
unprecedented in so northerly a region, some
120 000 trees have been blown down between
Vlborg and Vllmanustrand.
It may interest some of our readers to
I know that more than one supposed authority
aeciares that tbe leaves of tbe tomato plant are
more medicinal than the fruit
Over 110,000-to be exact 111,589
emigrants embarked during tbe last quarter
from the various porta of the British Isles.
These Include 35,168 foreigners.
A prisoner in jail at Freehold, N. J.,
was on the verge of escaping this week, when,
as ha has since explained, his conscience
smote him and he concluded to stay where ha
was.
The Japanese take their baths at a very
high temperature about 110 Fahrenheit and
come out of them as red as lobsters; but tbero
appears to be no fear whatever of catching
cold,
r-Frant S, Burger, confectioner at No.
1120 said that, as he had only been on the street
for two months he could hadlybe expected to
say much abont Its qualifications as a trade
center.
Clarence Graham, the 8-year-old Sagi
naw boy who was shot and supposed to ba
fatally injured July 4, has lived since then by
breathing and eating through a silver tube.
The doctors now hope to save his life.
The Japanese suffer from many special
diseases, due to a too exclusive diet on fish and
rice, and to the want of exercise especially
from indigestion; but tney escape a great many
by their exquisite personal cleanliness.
Every fairly large house in Tokio has
its own bathroom; but besides this, there are
no less tban 800 baths in the city of Tokio,
where 800,000 persons bathe daily at a cost per
head of 1 sen 8 rin, or about a half-penny.
Jl dentist and a butcher who are on a
trip to the British provinces from Massachu
setts are reported to have blossomed out as
evangelists. The rumor says tbe batcher r
preaches and the dentist leads tha singing.
According to statements made by tha
Roman Catholic Bishop of Dutch Guiana.
leprosy prevails to a more serious extent in that
colony tban is generally supposed. Three of the
Redemptorist Fathers bare been attacked by
the disease.
A Plymouth, Mass., man, who died re
cently at the age of 89 years, left a- request
tbat his cat, which had been his companion for
many years, be killed and buried In the same
grave with him, and his wishes were carried
out to tbe letter.
"Taking the year round business is fair,
and it is as good as on any other street wa9
tbe opinion expressed at J. Ritchie's wholesale
and candy kitchen at No. 1118. The present
place was only opened about eight months ago,
having been previously for a year at No. 1032.
More or less successful attempts hava
been mads to graft nearly all the different tis
sues of the body, Including skin, bone, teeth,
muscle, nerves, glands, eyes, mucous mem
brane, etc. Dr. W. q. Thompson now reports
a successful experiment in brain grafting; a
small piece of tne brain of a cat being made to
grow on tha brain of a dog.
An ingenious New Yorker with a wife
Who insisted upon wicker rockers with dainty
bead rests, and small tables with blue china,
and who frequently had to get up nights for
tbe paregoric, went ont one morning after a
nlght'sgroping for the match box and brought
home a pot of phosphorescent paint, which be
daubed on all corners, ooints and edges of
those darling little rockers and sweet tables,
decorating the match box, tke bed posts, the
gas bracket and door knobs, determined upon
avoiding tbe shoals and wreckages of the mid
night crnise. And now at night the room looks
like the ghost scenes from "The Flying Dutch
man." The phosphorescence gathers light all
day and lets it loose at night
A game hen died on B. "W. Gamble's
place, at Cuthbert, Ga,, a few days ago. This
hen had reached tbe age of 14 years, lacking
only a few weeks. She continued to lay eggs
until a year before she died. For several
months she had been totally blind, but was fed
and watered regularly by Miss Mary Gamble.
In 1880, when Mr. Gamble moved to Macon,
this hen was carried there, and brongbt back
when he returned to Cuthbert In tbe sprlna:
of 1832. when the cyclone struck Mr. Gamble's
place and tore things up, this old hen was set
ting in a box on tho kitchen hearth. Tna
kitchen was blown away, the chimney was
missing, bnt the hearth remained, and there
sat the old hen in her box; as composed u
though nothing had happened.
A family reunion was held at Lancas
ter, Mass., on the 16th Instant which was some
what remarkable. Mr. and Mrs. John W.
Barnes were married there in May, 1835, and
have been blessed with eight childred, four
girls and four boys. The entire family were
gathered nnder the parental roof on the abova
date for the first time in 18 years. Instances
of fa THirs of married life, without a break la
so large a number of children, are certainly
very rare, and the Barnes family of Lancaster
ougbt to be desirable risks for life insurance
eauipanies. Tbe average age of tbe whola
family was found to be 60.8 years, ranging from,
85 to 83, and the average weight 167.3 Bounds,
ranging from 223f nounds (the weight of tba
baby), to 120 pounds, the weight of the oldest
child.
MORE PUN THAN INFORMATION.
yjfe Why, Thomas, you said yon would
be home at 9 o'clocr, and here It Is after 3.
Thomas Easy 'nonzh 'splalned, my dear. I
rode up on (hlc) 'lectrlc car, an' (hie) 'IecUlclty
stopped my watch! Xtftingt.
'"Don't you know, Emily, that it is not
proper for you to turn round ana look after a gen
tleman?" "Bat, mamma. I was only looking to see If he
was looking" to see if I was looking." Chatter.
"I suppose you think yourself very
plcy." sneered the lamp of sugar addressing tba
nutmeg.
Yes I do," was the answer, "but what pleases I
me most there's not a nutmea; greater about"
The Jitter
Sunday Bchool Teacher Miss Fanny,
what are we to learn from the parable of the wlsa
and foolish virgins?
Miss Fanny (aged 10 years) That we are always
to be on tbe lookout lor the coming of the brlde
groom. (Mff. f
Young Mr. Lummlx I am sorry yon ara
not as happy as you were. Miss Bansom. mm I
iliss Kansom-Wby, 1 Just now said I was as
happy as the day is long.
That's what I alluded to. The days are grow
ing shorter, you koow." Chicago Inter Ocean,
A TUAGEDT.
There lived in tbe city ot Worcester
i. mvt who eonld erow like a rooceiter.
But as he grew old.
He often caught cold,
And then couldn't crow as be urcester.
Laurence American,
"General Raum should have come to ma
to borrow thatt,C00," said sdlsUngaihed Jour
nalist In tbe House press gallery. a
"Kats," rejoined another. "He wouldn't hav
got If." ' .?
Of course not" was the confident reply; "and
there Wouldn't nave been any need of an Investi
gation either." Washington Star.
K Take the hair of a Hindoo
The nose of a Ureek,
Tbe mouth of the English,
Tbe complexion of a German,
The height of a Norwegian.
The feet of a Chinese woman, ,
The teeth of an African, ' --
The arm or a Belgian, "?
" Tbe leg of an Italian girl, -
The eye of a Spaniard, Lri
Tbe grace of a French woman, 3t
,. And yon will have an American beauty .f.j
i , VOHt,