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PITTSBURG. TUESDAY. AUG. 28, 1S90.
AN ENGINEERING EVENT.
An important era in engineering is
reached by the successful tnnneling of the
St. Clair river, which is reported in our tele
graphic specials. The final junction of the
two tunnels, which have been approaching
each other from the different shores, not only
marks the triumph of engineering skill,
but solves an important and heretofore dif
ficult problem in transportation.
The crossing of navigable rivers by rail
ways has long been a matter which was full
of trouble for both the railway and marine
interests. Railway bridges of a height to
permit the free passage of river-going craft
are practicable but costly; while those
which enable ocean and lake vessels to pass
under them are only exemplified on this
continent by the Brooklyn bridge. .Lower
bridges with draws are the common resort;
but they are full of annoyance to both in
terests; and sometimes have developed
danger. Bo far it has appeared to be a
question whether railway transportation
shall give way to water transportation, or
water transportation be blocked by the rail
ways in the absence of methods of crossing
which are-within the reach of ordinary en
terprises and do not hamper, inconvenience
or endanger one or both interests.
The successful completion of this tunnel
goes far toward solving this problem. A
tunnel which passes the water route that
carries the commerce of three inland seas by
over a mile of actual tunneling and nearly
five miles of approaches, at a cost ot $2,000,
000, will remove most of these difficulties.
It will permit the free passage of railway
trains across navigable waters, at many
places where now tuch a crossing requires
interference with either the railways or
navigation. The cost is not much in excess
of that of adequate bridges, while its supe
rior convenience will make it far prefera
ble wherever there is heavy traffic by both
land and water.
The success of this tnnnel is, therefore, an
event of great importance to transportation,
and opens the era when railways can cross
navigable waters withont blockading them.
EIGHT FOR ALLEGHENY.
The darkness which has fallen upon Alle
gheny City since the introduction of the
Eiffel tower system of electriclighting is more
than inconvenient, it is dangerous. The
escape of the burglars who shot Mr. Petrie
on Sunday morning was made under cover
of this darkness,and Chief of Police Murphy
very properly callsfor an immediate reforma
tion in the city's lighting. Burglars and
footpads will not be slow to take advantage
of conditions that are favorable to nobody
but them. "We heartily endorse, as we have
no doubt Allegbenians will, Chief Murphy's
recommendation that the light towers be
torn down and electric lamps, hung as in
Pittsburg, substituted for them. It may
not be ieasible to carry out Sir. Murphy's
further suggestion that the genius who in
vented the cloud-scraping tower be forced to
swallow them, hut Allegheny Councils
should take steps at once to light the streets
in an adequate manner.
A HOTEL BIONOPOLY.
The complaints which have been made of
the accommodations, or rather the lack
of tbem, furnished by the hotel manage
ment that has been placed in the Yel
lowstone Park by the Government, leave
no doubt that it is inadequate, niggardly
and extortionate, the syndicate given ex
clusive privileges in a pleasure resort nearly
the size of the Stats of Connecticut, does
not only fail to provide adequate accommo
dations in the way of rooms. That might
be excused on the plea of a greater amount
of .travel than was looked for. But when
the professed purveyors of entertainment
and accommodation charge exorbitant prices
for sleeping in tents; furnish inadequate
and sometimes uneatable food, and make
passengers wbo pay to be transported in
stages walk np the mountains, it is plain
that the establishment of privileges under
the fostering care of the Government is
anything but a glittering success.
Yet the people who are complaining of
the extortion and privation to which the
public are subjected there, ought to per
ceive that the evil lies deeper than the man
agement. It is the inevitable result of a
monopoly. Within an area to which the
people of the United States are practically
invited by act ot Congress, to resort for
pleasure, a single syndicate has the sole
right to fnrnish any accommodations to the
public. Jso person can sell another a meal,
or let a horse, except by the order and for
the profit of the syndicate which has been
privileged by the Government. It is plain
that such an exclusive privilege is an in
vitation to extortion. When men know
that the traveling public can seek no relief
by transferring their patronage, the penalty
of exorbitance and bad accommodations is
taken away. It is inevitable under snch
circumstances that people should be
charged eight dollars a day for the privi
lege of sleeping under tents, and that the
stage lines should make invalids walk np
hill to save their horses.
The survival in Government circles of the
medieval idea that when it grants prifi
leges of this sort it must create a monopoly
is the vital point It is not material to de
termine whetherthe adherence to that idea
by the officials who gave this syndicate its
monopoly in a public domain is caused by
stupidity or by corruption. In either case
it is enough that it is entirely in conflict
with the purpose of pnblio accommodation.
"When a monopoly in hotel privileges was
established the Government officials who
did so virtually enacted that exorbitant
prices and mean -accommodations should be
5 fee rule. It would have been just as easy
to have given the privileges to a number of
competitors, but either the intelligence or re
gard for the public convenience was lacking.
H the public, who have been subjected by
the Yellowstone Part syndicate to the
abuses which are reported will lay up the
lesson on the results of monopolies of any
sort, for application in political matters, the
evil of high prices for semi-starvation will
not be without its compensations.
COMPULSORY ARBITRATION.
The strike on the New York Central has
evoked, in various parts of the country, a
call for a compulsory arbitration law. The
logic on which the demand is based is
simple enough. It is virtually that because
we have a strike which hampers travel and
traffic, and throws labor out of employment,
which might have been settled if arbitrated,
therefore the need of compulsory arbitration
is evident.
The exact significance of the proposed
remedy might be clearer if its character
were more" clearly defined. Whether the
advocates of compulsory arbitration mean
that the law shall force the parties in a
wages dispute to submit their case to official
arbitrators, leaving them at liberty to abide
by the decision or not, or that it shall be
compulsory on tbem to submit to arbitration
and do exactly what the arbitrators de
cide, is something that at present
is left to individual ideas on
the subject of compulsory arbitra
tion. If one degree 'of compulsion is
meant, one class of manifest objections arise.
If the fullest stretch of legal compulsion,
compelling men to obey the decision of the
arbitrator is contemplated, the objections
would be of a different class, but still more
manifest.
Supposing the idea to be the simpler one
of enacting that when employers and em
ployed get into a dispute they must submit
to arbitration, the principal objections di
vide themselves into two branches. The
first is the difficulty of making a horse
drink after yon lead him to water; the sec
ond is the utter futility of taking that trouble
without any assurance that the decision
will be binding on any party. Suppose
that one of the parties appears before arbi
tration, makes a merely formal plea and
stops there. He puts himself in the wrong,
it may be, and lets his case go by default;
but not a whit more than by refnsing vol
untary arbitration. If a man is determined
not to arbitrate, the mere enactment of a
law that he has got to appear before an ar
bitration board and put in some plea or
other, cannot in any (material respect
force him to change that position.
And, on the supposition that there is no I
legal enforcement of the turnings of the
arbitration board, of what use would be this
effort to make the parties go through the
motions of pleading ? The value of arbitra
tion is that honor and good faith require the
parties to adhere to the verdict of an arbi
tration. This is usually the case where the
arbitration is voluntary; but not always. It
is only a couple of years ago that the coke
workers of the Connellsville district struck
against the finding of an arbitration, and
carried their point in the works of the larg
est employers. As a rule, however, people
will abide by the result of a voluntary arbi
tration, because the very essence of that pro
ceeding is the free agreement of both parties
that they will do so. But the moment that
arbitration is made compulsory by law, that
basis of free agreement is destroyed, and the
moral obligation to abide by a decision to
which the parties do not consent, is taken
away.
To imagine that the compulsion of law ex
tends to making people obey the arbitration,
is a very different thing; but involves no
less vital objections. Besides the difficulty
presented by the question what the law
would do when 10,000 men refuse to abide
by an arbitration, as they did in the Con
nellsville case, there is the further objection
that it would be the most radical invasion
of individual liberty known since the days
of slavery. The workingman could no
longer accept or reject the wages offered him
as he deemed best: nor could the employer
conduct his business for himself. Upon the
appearance of the slightest dispute each
would be liable to be called before the arbi
tration, cud when the tribunal bad rendered
its decision, the freedom Tf individual con
tract would be gone. Consider the case of
the coke workers if they had been ordered
by the courts two years ago to continue
at work at wages which subsequent
events proved to be inadequate. If the
order is to be binding they could
not leave their work for any pretext, during
its continuance; and in that case any of
them could neither go into other industries
or take a journey or exercise individual
liberty as to work, until the order had ex
pired, and, a fresh dispute arising, a new
arbitration would renew the condition of
legal tutelage.
Arbitration, in its present voluntary form,
is a commendable method of settling labor
disputes, because it must necessarily be pre
ceded by that reasonable attitude on both
sides which agrees to snbmit the case to un
prejudiced adjustment and to abide by the
result. That sensible spirit often enables a
settlement to be made without arbitration,
as in this city for two years past. But the
moment that the compulsion of law is
placed upon either party, that moment the
voluntary value of arbitration is destroyed,
and the Government enters upon a course
which can accomplish nothing short of a
complete destruction of individual freedom
of action.
PLUMB IN THE WAY.
The proposed settlement of the Senate's
complications over the tariff bill struck a
new snag, yesterday, in the person of the
sturdy and recalcitrant Plumb, of Kansas.
Mr. Plumb has attracted considerable at-'
tention by the energy and variety of his dis
position to know the reason why. But he
has surpassed himself by standing in the road
of an arrangement to which both Republi
cans and Democrats have agreed, and
saying that he wants certain things made
plain before the debate is cut short.
There is room for considerable sympathy
with Mr. Plumb's disposition to have a full
ventilation of the relation of the tariff
cbanges to the trusts, of the reeiproclty
question, and of the question whether the
revenues will meet the expenditures. These
are points which must be discussed. But if
Mr. Plumb will take the necessary tronble,
he ought to be able to secure a full discussion
of them between now and September 8. Two
weeks ought to give time for the turning ot
a good deal of light on the question of trusts
and that of reciprocity; while the matter of
a deficiency in revenue is already about as
fully ventilated by Mr. Edmunds' terse re
marks as it- is likely to be by any further
oratory.
We may glory in Mr. Plnmb's spunk in
standing in the breach after both Demo
crats and Bepublicans have deserted it; but
still it is to be hoped that he will agree to
let the tariff agony draw to a close. He has
helped to secure for the tariff bill the de
bate which it did not get in the House; and
between this and September 8 he can have
the prasure of listening to and joining in
a good deal more discussion. It is well to let
the debate go on for two weeks and then get
down to business in the way ot voting.
Probably when the Kansas Senator consid
ers all the points he will take this view and
conclude to let the treaty of peace be rati
fied. We certainly hope that he will do so in the
interest of the sanity of the Republican
managers. After they have got so near the
solution of their difficulties it would be
cruel to have the objection ot a single man
put all the fat in the fire again.
A ROYAL ROBBER.
Ex-King Milan has induced the regents
of Servia to increase his annual allowance
from about $70,000 to $90,000 by promising
to abandon all opposition to the present
government. This is on a par with this
royal scamp's previous proceedings. It re
veals a depravity and insolent disregard for
all decency that the most practical of our
politicians have never yet attained. The
condition of Servian politics must be cor
rupt and vile beyond onr conception. The
bribery of ex-King Milan is a part of the
beautiful arrangement by which the great
power! of Europe are trying to keep out of
a general war, Austria has no desire to see
Servia grow strong under good govern
ment; Russia hopes to find a pretext in Ser
vian misrule for interference in the Balkan
States, and with Turkey a terrible example
of rottenness, Serv'ia's environment renders
her progress in any direction impossible.
The people of Servia are blackmailed by the
King they expelled, and they have no reme
dy. The great powers sanction the black
mailing. It is clear that our rascals in pol
itics are mere beginners in the art of plun
dering the people, compared with the royal
and imperial robbers of the Old World.
Ik an article designed to prove to the
workingmeu that they have everything they
ought to ask for, the New York Tribune states
that ''19 States within two years have enacted
laws or made constitutional provisions against
trusts." This would be very gratifying if the
19 States bad elected officers of the law wbo
would enforce the provisions against the trusts
instead of leaving them a dead letter. In this
connection it is singular that the Tribune omits
to state what the Republican rulers of the
House haye done with the anti-trust bill that
the Senate passed in tbe early months of tho
session.
The appearance of Zola in the role of con
demning Tolstoi's "Kreutzer Bonata" puts the
finishing touch to that unfortunate work. Zola's
disapproval of Tolstoi Is as if a sewer should
turn up its nose at the impurity of the river.
The story which has been circulated that
a civil service examination at Buffalo re
cently required a copyist to answer qnestions
concerning the Elizabethan dramatists and
which parts of New York were most thinly pop
ulated, has been squelched by Commissioner
Roosevelt's declaration: "We never asked any
questions of the kind anywhere." The yarn is
supposed to be an invention ot the spoilsmen
to bring'civil service reform Into contempt; bnt
even in that hypothesis it is somewhat surpris
ing to learn that tbe spoilsmen ever heard of
the Elizabethan dramatists.
Losch's disclosures permit at least the
adaptation of tbe old proverb to the effect that
when members of a certain cUss fall out the
public is likely to get some very interesting in
formation. It is a rather singular complaint that is
being made by the Philadelphia Press against
Pattlson. Onr esteemed cotemporary objects
to him because he is not a good Democrat, The
Inference seems to be that if Pattlson had como
up to, the Press' standard of Democracy it
would have endorsed him with enthusiasm.
Bat the real tronble with Pattlson is that he is
not a political agent ot the corporations.
The dudes who pawned their overcoats
to raise funds for a seaside dash are now shiver
ing and shaking on the sands washed by the
sobbing sea.
Judging from the vigorous manner in
which some of the metropolitan dramatic
critics are criticising the comic opera stars,
whose stock in trade is their anatomy, most of
the old favorites will have to lay aside their
light and airy costumes for toggery of the
bloomer pattern. The awfnl things said about
one or two burlesque favorites are enough to
make their limbs blush.
The principal characteristic of the Ke
publican labor organization is the fact that it
will be labor wasted.
These is no sign of abatement in the
volume of building operations In Pittsburg.
The news of to-day presents ample evidence of
this. A hotel of metropolitan proportions, a
big business block, a fine residence, and other
Important strnctures are among the projects
reported in The Dispatch to-day.
The tunnel between Port Huron and
Sarnia is an international bore.
Senator Edmunds' recent thankful
ness because tbe Senate is a deliberative body
appears to have been modified by his support
of the proposition to limit debates. The Sena
ator evidently wishes the Senate to be delibera
tive; but he also thinks that it should not be
too deliberative.
PEOPLE YOU BEAD ABOUT.
Hesbt M. Stanley's health is still far
from perfect.
Mrs. James Bbows Pottee has started for
Calcutta, where she will play "Romeo ana
Juliet."
Secretary Tea cy has returned to Wash
ington after a long cruise on the United States
steamer Dispatch.
Segbetaby Window has got back to Wash
ington after relieving the stringency in the
New York money market.
Colonel De Saucy has been appointed by
H. de Freycinet as a member of the general
staff of the French Minister of War.
Mis3 Rose Elizabeth Cleveland, sister
of ex-President G rover Cleveland, sailed for
Bremun Saturday on tbe steamer Ems.
Commodore James H. Gillis, in command
of the South Atlantic Stations, has been re
lieved from duty and placed on waiting orders.
Governor Brackett, of Massachusetts, it
is conceded, will have a renomication this year,
it being the unwritten law in the Old Bay State
to give a Governor three terms.
"Fathkb" Benson, who Is well known In
this country and England as tbe bead of the
Anglican community, the Cowley Fathers, has
resigned the headship, and has been succeeded
by Father Page.
Frank. A. Hosmeb, ot Great Barrlngton,
Mass, has been elected President of Oabn Col
lege, Honolulu. He is an Amherst graduate,
and lately has done editorial work for Tbe
Berkshlro Courier.
Vicomte Aoki, the Japanese Minister for
Foreign Affairs, has received a valuable
double-barreled ana from tbe German Em
peror, In return for a Japanese knife with
which he presented the Emperor when out
deer stalking.
Royalty Is always dear in England. An
ebony walking slick which once belonged to
Georgius Tertins was lately sold at auction in
London for 90. The gold top was engraved'
with "G. R." and crown, and contained tbe
hair of Princesses Augusta Elizabeth, Mary
Sopbla and Amelia, and was inscribed as the
gift of Princess Mary.
Senator Hawley possesses. In handsome
binding, George Washington's own copy of the
statutes of tbe first Congress, which met in
New York In 1789. The book is printed by
Francis Cbilds and John Swalne, ot Philadel
phia, printers to the United States, It has a
large, handsome page, but tbe paper has
changed color with curious Irregularity in the
hundred vears of Its existence.
OUR SHORT STORIES.
DIDN'T KNOW WHERE IT WAS HITTING.
Touring a plcnio held by the colored Order ot
Odd Fellows lightning struck a tree under
which tbe festivities were conducted. The fol
lowing Sunday old Dan Hightower, a colored
preacher of great renown, arose and said:
-Brudders an' elsterers, we'se jest had er aw
ful 'lustration o1 whut de Lawd thinks o' de
wickedness o' dis yero worl' I While Qem fol
lerers o' Satan wnz er danctn' an' er skylarktn'
under dat tree an' w'en da oughter been er
prayin' ur raisin' money f ur ter git this yere
church outed debt, yere come de lightnin' o' de
Lawd an' struck do tree. Ob, whut er warnln'
wuz dot, sinner man. Sinner pusson, jes stop
fer er minlt an' think what er warnln' come
downondat'caslon. De sinners got up money
fun dat picnic, but w'en I axes 'em fur money
ter he'p save their souls, w'y da glnter grunt an'
'plain o' bard times. Neber mine; de lightnin'
gwine come wus den dat de naixt time de sin
ners an' de folks dat 'tend like da is Christians
gits np one o' deni picnics. W'y, brndders, er
picnic ain't nuthln but old Satan er snnnln'.
htsse'f. Brudder Mallory, put down dat win
der, ef you pleases, sab. Dar's er rain comin'
up. De sinners is er buckin' right er gin de
church w'en da goes off da ter"
There came a terrifSo peal of thunder and a
vivid flash of light. One corner of the church
fell, and tbe rain came pouring in. The house
had been struck by lightning.
The old preacher did not lose his presence of
mind, for when, after the fright was over, a
"sinner man" asked what he tbonght of light
ning striking a church as well as a tree under
which the picnic was held he said:
"It's disser way, de lightnin' has got so uster
strikln' at deze sinners dat it kaln't keep still,
an' yon'se got it so mad it doan know whar it's
hittin'."
SHORTY.
Tnr Dtocan's familiars called him "Shorty,"
J and he deserved tbe nickname on two ac
counts: He was short of statnro and was also
short of cash In a general way. His people
were 'well-to-do," and kept him decently
dressed, and as he was a jolly good fellow, with
a fair edncation and a keen wit, he had many
friends, as well as numerous hearty enemies.
Tbe humor in his wit amused those who were
not its butts, it angered those who were,
Jim conld never bo kept at work in tbe lines,
which those who were interested ip him, pro
vided. He was, brought up in a large village
of one of tbe Middle States, and at various
times attempts were made to make of him a
drygoods merchant, hotel keeper or lawyer, by
tbe usual processes, clerking in a store, taking
the night watch behind a tavern counter,
reading elementary law books in a lawyer's
musty den, etc. But all failed; Jim neglected
bis duties for the more genial pursuits of fish
ing, rabbit hunting, swimming and ball play
ing. Bnt he displayed great fondness and apt
itude for mechanism, so far as it conld be
learned in a horsesboer's shop, and he fre
quently assisted a friendly blacksmith by
"striking" for him with a big sledge hammer,
when tbe blacksmith's regular helper was ab
sent or otherwise engaged.
Jim always held, however, that bis dislike to
the small details of a small business arose from
the fact that he was calculated to "bore with
a big auger." At any rate, he wore thread
bare tbe patience of all who attempted to make
a merchant, hotel keeper or lawyer of him,
and eventually became proverbial as a ne'er-do-weU.
'
Jim grew up in the village with a girl who
was very fond of him, as he was of her. She
was the youngest daughter of tho richest man
in tbe place; a man wbo bad sold drygoods at
retail in that village, boy and man, for 50 years,
and beside his drygoods store and numerous
holding in the villago bank, he owned an ex
cellent farm nearby, and was President of the
village bank. Of conrse he was violently op
posed to Jim's attentions to bis pretty daughter
Sue, and the young lady's old maid sisters and
prim mamma were in a chronic state of agita
tion, superinduced by the same cause. Jim
took Sue behind him on his saddle horse one
evening, and they rode away unknown to all
others in the village, and were married by a
'Squire in a neighboring village, who bad per
formed this excellent office for so many other
fugitive couples that his village had become
famous, in four adjoining States, as a sort of
Gretna Green.
When Jim and Sue returned to their home
and Jim complacently toldwnat they bad done,
consterna'tlon prevailed extensively in both
families, while outsiders cbnckled and meta
phorically patted "tho high contracting
parties" on the back. Sue's father was irrecon
cilable In the premises, and the polar coolness
with which Sue was, received by Jim's people
fortunately aroused Jim's indignation. He de
cided to go West and do something, if it was
nothing more tban to grow up with tbe coun
try. He negotiated a small loan and Jim and
Sue were sbortly in a carbonate camp.
It is not necessary to this history to tell how
Jim quickly developed his ability to "bore
with a big auger." . Fortune favored him in
obtaining the opportunity, and in an incredibly
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short space of time he wa3 an important factor
in a great silver mining syndicate. The news
of his success reached his native village, first
as a rumor, finally as a settled fact, and pro-
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shape, letters from the two families, which be
gan to go to Jim and Sue upon the first in
formation concerning his success, grew in
warmth as tbe information increased in relia- A
bility. The rich old merchant-banker-farmer
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for Jim and Sue to return and receive tbe best
and freshest; blessings in tbe home market.
Jim was very bnsy, but be took time to write
a very expressive, though prior, and not al
together elegant, letter. It read:
Kespected parents, on Doth sides, and all Olivers
whom It may concern:
I have neither time nor lncllnatl on'for epfsto
lary elaboration, uot me earth in a sling, roars,
Buob;
COULDN'T STAND TEMPTATION,
TTe was clad in a faded linen duster sqveral
sizes too large for bis shaky anatomy.
His bat was full of ventilators, through Arhlch
stray bits ol curly hair covering a sbapfcly but
aching bead, protruded. His eyes were! red as
a girl's after a lover's quarrel. His shots kept
the sun off the upper portion ot bis feet, bnt
allowed mother earth to come in contact with
their soles. His nose was ot a brlckfllke hue,
and was scaly, rough and slightly deformed.
On bis left arm be bore a splint basket which
some market woman had discarded It was
full of bottles beer bottles, sarsaparillii bottles,
whisky bottles, bitters bottles, a job lotgatbered
at random. When be entered the ciy editor's
den tbatwortby looked up in astonishment. He
gazed upon the wreck. A week or so previous he
bad assigned this man to cover art Important
.event in which society was interested. Tbe
field ot operations lay at a mountaiii resort and
centered around a hotel which sheltered a
splendid oar. When tbe man toold tbe assign
ment he was clan like a gentleman and set out
feeling like a lord. He bad never been beard
from from tbat day until this broken shadow
of his former self cast a queer reflection upon
the floor ot the city editor's room. ,
The wreck advanced wltb a theatrical stride,
his right arm extended and bis left t le burden
of his woes. He baited before tbe master's
desk and deposited his load. Then in alcoholic
soaked tones he shouted: V
"Sir, distinctly understand me. As) a jour
nalist I'm a d d failurel" .
TheD the shadow of the manly man departed,
leaving the empty spiritual reminder of his
fall bebind him,
WHATNEXT? j
("laudlne Hello, Chauncey, old boy, 'epose
your going to the Duke's reception art the
Aesthetic Club to-night? J
Chauncey (demurely)r-Can't go.
Claudine Can't go? Ton must have Impor
tant engagements then. Come, less up bid
fellow. Who Is she?
Chauncey (dlsgustfully) Who are they, yd
mean. Well, you see it's like this, my dres:
shirts are all at the laundry but three, am
Mabel, Bell and Agnes have gone promenad
ing.
Claudine Great Caesarl What next?
Poor Fence Rcpnlrers.
From the Frovidence Telegram.1
It is reported tbat there are serious gaps In
tbe political fences of Hon. Thomas B. Reed
down in tbe First Maine district. If this is
true, Mr. Reed bas not acted wisely in sending
such poor fence-repairers as Lodge and
Greenhalge of Massachusetts, to put tbem in
order.
A Nucleus for a New Party.
From tbe St. Paul Pioneer JPress.
"Vlth Blaine, Quay, Plumb, Ingalls and But
terworth "read out ot the. party' there would
be quite" a pronusing"nucleus for a new party.'
THE TWO MASKS.
Tragedy nnd Comedy at tbe Opera Home
i and Bijoa TUenter Vaudeville Stars at
the Academy Other Amusement.
With all the charity that we feel at the bo
ginning of the season it is impossible to say
very much about "The Banker," in which Mr.
George Edgar aud his company appeared last
night at the Grand Opera House. The play
has some strong situations and Mr. Edgar is
undeniably impressive in tbe title role.but taken
as a whole, "Tbe Banker" is amateurish, badly
constructed, and tedious to a degree. Tbe
second act, in particular, is tiresome. Two
thirds of tbe act could be dispensed with; it is
Irrelevant to tbe story of tbe play, and in Itself
devoid of Interest. Another cut that might
well be made wonld remove Tilley Ellit. an
Impossible girl masquerading as a newsboy,
entirely from tbe play. What she has to do
with the plot it would be Interesting to know.
Mr. James Schonberg, who constructed "Tho
Banker." borrowed all that is really powerful
in the play from a noreljof Mrs.;Braddons'. It Is
the story of an innocent man who has served a
term in prison for a crime committed by an
other, wbo in personal appearance was his
counterpart, and thus able to throw the crime
on his shoulders. After leaving the prison, on
hearing of the real criminal's return from
South America, be goes to see him to seenre
his aid in obtaining a position. Meeting with
scorn and ridicule, in the beat ot passion, he
kills his opponent, and as tho man is a stranger,
even to his daughter, who has not
seen him for 12 years, heichanges places
and clothes with the dead man, allow
ing bis own daughter to believe be has been
murdered. But bis daughter, who in the first
act bas been told the story of bis early life by
himself, throws herself beartand soul into tbe
task of hunting evidence to convict her father's
murderer. By a woman's cunning she forces
herself into the apartments of fas she sup
poses) the murderer, only to recognize her
fatber, who tells her the whole story of the
meeting of tbe two men. The daughter, by the
aid of ber lover, is able to prevent tbe arrest ot
her fatber as tbe murderer, and as be Is serious
ly ill when found, the excitement of the meet
ings between his daughter and a vagabond wbo
has been bleeaing bis pockets by tbe knowledge
of his secret is too much for him, and he dies
as a finale to the last act.
The discovery with which the third act closes
is the dramatic climax of tbe play, and tbe In
terest flags after it. Mr. Edgar was able to
make Walter Stanley Intelligible at times only.
The character is verv poorly drawn. In the
Intense passages whfch have been noted above
Mr. Edgar rose to the occasion with all
bis old-time fire, and the audience enjoyed tbe
luxury of emotion. Bnt In such an unnatnral
and prolix story no actor could sblne for long,
and the company one and all seemed weary of
tbe struggle wltb tons of needless dialogue.
Mr. Harry Eytlnge as a very customary sort of
scamp was amusing, and the brief efferves
cence of Miss Jessie West as a farce comedy
soubrette, with an old but amusing little song,
was gratefully received. Tbe audience en
dured tbe performance patiently and Kindly;
they could do no more. The Grand Opera
House looks very bright and clean, and the
chairs have been made comfortable enough.
aHnrry Wllllnmt' Academy.
The so-called legitimate bas been drawing
heavily upon the vaudeville for its shining
stars of late, and it is but natural to Buppose
that the stock should be exhausted. Bntthe
supply seems equal to the demand. Where the
vaudevilllsts come from is not in it here, suffice
it to say they come and bring with them new
specialties to entertain, amuse and freqnently
instruct. Shaffer and Biakely, whose names
bead the combination at tbe Academy of
Music this week, have evidently selected tbelr
companv with an an eye to diversity and refine
ment. From opening to close it was a series of
surprises for the old habitues of Manager Will
iams' cozy house. It is unnecessary to -Individualize,
as each "turn" called forth hearty
applause and encores. Singing; dancing, mu
sical oddities, clever sketched in black and
white, single and double 'team comedians,
slack wiro and trapeze kept all In good
humor. One act tbat of Freodle, billed as a
''musical prodigy" deserves notice. Freddie
is a bright little fellow, d linguist, with a child's
musical voice and an adult's musical feet. He
did a song and dance, led the orchestra, talked
and sang in four tongues and executed a clog
in adult, finished style. Sheffer & Blakely's
is a strong, dead, well-selected company of
vaudevilllsts. IX is hardly necessary to say
tbat Manager Williams had to close tbe box
office and put "Standing Room Only" before
the curtain went up. A big week is assured,
The BIJon Theater.
One of the songs which Mr. Charles A. Gard
ner sang at the Bijou Theater last night Is
about a 'bunch of lilacs. If is a pretty little
song, with a very small melody, and words to
match. iThe song is the keynote of "Father
land;" IBs virtues are those of the play. In a
word, Mir. Gardner Is a pleasant, good-looking
actor. Who follows closely in the footsteps of
Fritz Emmett, and sings simple, little
songs in a tenor voice, with a large
reserve of falsetto and a German accent. His
play, "Fatherland," Is abont what Mr. Emmett
bas made us acquainted with as tbe back
ground of bis sinking and dancing. It bas
precious little in it, but it is mildly entertaining
andoften pictnresque,as,for instance, wben the
spinning bee is in progress.
Mr. Gardner sings well, and he has a mag
netic quality about him which had Its effect
upon tne overnowing auaience at me Dijon
last night. His songs were all received with
loud approval. Among his supporters several
rtaod -roices are to be found, and thus "Father-
pf . ,.. . .... .. .
lama ' musically is pretty airuii. nut jur.
mdnr should not follow tho examnle of
Fritz Emmett in one respect: a little acting
never hurts a play, even if it be as light and
piouess as jcamerianu."
!t mbbbp.
Harris' Theater.
Tbe most meritorious performance tbat bas
r been given at this bouse for a long while is
tbat of "Fablo Uomani," by Aiden Benedict's
company, this week. Large audiences wit
nessed both representations yesterday, and
went away deligbted. The play itself is a very
good one, and the company fully able to render
a pleasing version of it. Walter Lawrence in
the double role of Fabio Uomani and Conte
Casare Oliva, has a manly presence and pow
erful voice, which is well modulated. He is an
excellent hero, while Miss Frances Field's Nina
is the weak, faithless woman the author in
tended. John Fay Palmer as the false friend.
Outdo Ferrari, leaves an unpleasant impres
sion on one's mind, be is so true to nature, and
Slays tbe insidious and illegal lover so well
'he rest of the company is well chosen, and
the scenic and mechanical apparatus very pre
tentious and well worth seeing.
Theatrical Note.
It has become a regular thing now for tbe
World's Museum to draw crowds, and yester
day was no exception to the rule. Tbe new at
tractions in the curio hall and on the stage
were highly appreciated.
The front of Harry Davis' new Casino
Museum is nearly finished, and it promises to
be a very bandsome addition to the architecture
of Fifth avenue.
The new Clipper Theater will be opened next
Monday. It will be an attractive place by all
accounts.
DEATHS0F A DAY.
James C. Wilson.
James C. Wilson, son of tbe late Alexander Wil
son, tbe noted builder, died night before last at
bis home on Dlthrldge street. East End, of heart
disease. He was but 33 years of age, bnt had lived
long enoug n to win an honorable place In society.
He was a Knight Templar, .Odd Fellow and be
longed to sereral other orders. He leaves a widow
and three children.
Samnel DnfT.
At the ripe old age of Si Samuel JJnff, a former
resident of this city, was gathered by the reaper
on Saturday, at (he home of his daughter, Mrs.
George Ohlenhauser. in gteubenvllle. Jlr. DufTi
wife and eight children suiYire him. Three of the
sous, S. 1'.. F. K. and L. B. linn, reside in this
city. The remains will be burled here.
Leonldas Kelly.
-The members of Company M, One Hundred and
Second Regiment, will attend tbe luneral of
Leonldas Jelly. of Allegheny, a popular O. A. It,
man, wbo died at bis residence, in Allegheny City,
yesterday morning. Hews 45 years ot age and
(eaves a wife and several children,
Mrs. Ann Blair Lancaster.
WASHINGTON, August 25. Mrs. Ann Blair Lan
caster died yesterday at the residence of her son-in-law,
General Vincent. She was of the notable
Blair family, first cousin or the late Francis Pres
ton Blair, and related to the late Archbishop
Epaldlng, of Baltimore.
John A. Hanter.
John A. Hunter died on Sunday at Faribault,
Minn., where he had been staying for some time
in hope to let better health. He will he burled in
ik tnnii whfrn he has been ln.lincrn..- Ha-
'ceased was a son of the late Jamer Hanter, of
center avenue.
Dnnlol Connolly.
riW VOBK, Angnst B.-Danlel Connolly, a
well-known newspaper m-.n oi mis city, is dead.
He was 64 years old, and was born In Ireland.
' Dnvld A. Scott. .
NEwfBn
IDEO, N. T Angnst 23. -David A. Scott,
a promtbent lawyer and Mason, died la the Adi
rondack yetteraay.
A SUCCESSFUL SEASON
THE CHAUTAUQUA ASSEMBLY
BROUGHT TO A CLOSE.
OF
A Brief Programme, Which Included a
Eulogy on Grady Promises for Next
Tear General SatUfactioa Over Work
Accomplished.
rSrXCIAI. TEL SOB AM TO THE DISFATCB.l
T ake Chautauqua, August 25. The great
Chautauqua Assembly is at a close.
A. simple and appropriate vesper ser
vice, with Divine thanks by Dr. Hurl
but for tbe successes of tbe year, a
tew cheerful words by President Miller an
nouncing that it had been tbe largest and most
profitable of all tho 17 assemblies, and the even
ing cbimes lulling to sleep those wbo still re
mained upon the ground, rang ont a fitting close
of seven weeks of a brilliant and versatile pro
gramme of instruction and entertainment tbat
have not another eqnal in all the land. There
are other Cbautauqnas, and other assemblies
but none of them can eclipse the original, the
mother of them all. To-morrow tbe officers
and policemen will take a census ot the
grounds, carefully watching that no one shall
escape paying tbe assembly its annual tariff fee
of 85, when the gates will be tbrown open to
the public and the majority of the people will
depart, for when the programme is over they
leave with a rush though a few stay until the
middle of September.
All tbe buildings where the crowds have
gathered will be securely boarded np, save a
single apartment of tbe temple, where tbe
200 good souls wbo constitute tbe sleepy vil
lage by the lakeside in the winter time gather
each Sunday for divine worship until another
season arrives, wben they will awake from
their lethargy, again to become active boarding
housekeepers.
A Enlogr on Gradr.
Jn the afternoon a few stragglers scattered
themselves abont the seats of the Am
phitheater, in a way that bad every indication
of the forlorn and lonesome, to hear a very'
laudatory address on "Henry W. Grady and
tbe New South," that proved its author. Dr.
Henry W. Lee, of Atlanta, to be a hero wor
shiper of the deepest stamp. He made the
lamented editor of the Constitution the saver
and redeemer of all humanity situated South
of Mason and Dixon's line. "Henry W.Grady."
he said, "had genius for any form of art. He
became interested in what permitted him to
touch most people the newspaper. It was
through the newspaper that he reached people.
Through it he would be able to embody every
grand principle which he wished to teach the
South. Mr. Grady was an Idealist. Was be
less practical because of this? He was more.
Was be any farther from tbe sorrow and suffer
ing ot tho world? He was nearer. He called
attention to rich mineral resources and
started tbe coal and mining industry. He not
only saw the raw material but be saw the uses
to which It could De applied. His editorials on
farming were prose poems, and carried comfort
and enterprise to farm. Twenty years ago be
saw the South weak and dispirited; be saw the
power that was asleep in her bosom, and it was
his dnty as editor to awaken tbat power. As
an orator Mr. Grady .sought to express that
which bullded up his editorials.
"As an orator be was fervid, and in word
and gesture was grace itself. By three remark
able addresses on three notable occasions,
which well express the man. be made bis repu,
tatlon. His first speech, over three years ago
was delivered before a New England society in
New York. While to address that assembly
was great honor it was a grave responsibility,
considering the feeling between the North and
South. By that verv speech he brought
the two sections nearer together. Tbe sec
ond great speech was in favor of problbition
In his own city. Tbe third effort was the ad
dress on the 'Race Problem' at the Boston Mer
chants' dinner. He left the scene ot bis tri
umph to go home to die, and when he was dead
there was not a person in all Atlanta who did
not mourn him. In private life be was most
simple. He drank neitner tea nor coffee nor In
toxicating drinks; nothing but pnre water ever
passed his lips, and be never touched tobacco.
He always loved his home, and just
before he died he went up to
Athens to see his mother and said
to her, 'Mother, I want to be a
boy again.' He alwavs had a great respect for
the magnificent. Wben a boy at college he
went with some companions to the home of
Jefferson, and near bis tomb a dancing frolic
was in progress, and bis friends invited him to
join, but be refused, saying tbat be thought
that such frivolity seemed Irreverent near the
grave of the 'Sage of Monticello.' "
A Successful Season Closed.
TS the evening "New York City and Coney
Island" were shown up in splendid style by
the light of the stereopticon with descriptions
by Mr. Alexander Black.
Great things are promise d by the Assembly
Association for the next year. These promises
shonld certainly be fulfilled with such pros
perity as they have enjoyed the present season.
The receipts at the gates have been enormous,
and every department has yielded a
great increase. The department of piano
teacher, under the management of W. H. Sher
wood, has of itself received 2,200 in the
seven weeks of bis stay a magnificent tribute
tu the Dopulanty both of music and Mr. Sher
wood at Cbautanqna. Next popular of the
classes have been those of the Delsarte, which
has been obliged to turn away pupils, and of
athletics, under charge of Messrs. Anderson,
of New York City. If Secretary Dnncan
wishes to keep up tbe reputation of. Chautau
qua as a philanthropic, instead of a money
making institution, it will be well to Improve
tbe grounds, for they are in great need of it,
and make more ample provision for crowds
tbat are snre to come in lsyl.
There was a look of relief on the face of all,
assembly officials this afternoon. The Sphinx
like countenance of George Vincent smiled as
he got things together in bis little office
in the rear of the Amphitheater. "I
won't bave to announce any more tele
grams or C. L. S. C. meetings this
year," said the Vice Chancellor. President
Miller looked five years younger after be had
declared tbe season of '90 at a close. Secretary
Duncan was tbe very pictnre of contentment
and peace as be warned a policeman to look
Vut for stragglers, and turning to your corre
spondent declared it has been a glorious season,
but it is relief to know it Is over.
PATTISON'S PROSPECTS.
Ex-Postmaster Harrlty Interviewed at
Harrlabure on tbe Ontlook.
Harrliburg Special to Philadelphia Ledger.!
Ex-Postmaster Harrlty was asked what tbe
outlook was for the success of the Pattlson
ticket. "The present stage of tbe canvass," La
answered, "leaves but little to be desired. Tbe
bright promises of the wees following the con
vention are being realized. We are confronted
by no discouragements. The State Committee
is actively at work nnder the able leadership of
Congressman Kerr, my successor, and, while'I
do not keep pace with tbe details, 1 am fa
miliar wltb the generalities. From Philadel
phia to Erie we only receive tidings of tbe most
encouraging nature. I will repeat what I said
last July, that changes occur during a cam
paign which are least to be expected, bnt tbe
good side has thus far been constantly pre
sented and Pattison's election seems probable.
"The best antboritles in political affairs
throughout the State, regardless of party, feel
as I do. I conld quote opinions of Republican
experts to tbis effect, but I would perhaps vio
late confidences, or cause the gentlemen em
barrassment. If I was to mention several Re
publican leaders who regard Delamaterasa
beaten candidate you would be surprised. I do
not refer to mugwumps or to personal enemies
of Delamater, but to leaders who place tbe
party first and foremost. I confess I am sur
prised over tbe outlook to-day, but we can't
tell what may happen during the next CO days.
If 1 can see as much tbat is encouraging on the
1st of October 1 will be delighted. We will
wait."
Fan at Fern Hollow.
St. Stephen's Sunday School, of Wilklns
burg, will open September 7, after tbe summer
vacation. The usual annnal picnic will be held
at Fern Hollow on Thursday, September i.
The children of the school, and those of more
mature years, always look forward to tbis an
nual outing as a red-letter day and tbe delight
of sharing their pleasure wltb all who join
them. With favorable weather this year's
picnic promises to excel all previous ones.
An Act of Barbarity.
From the Chicago News.
The announcement that the cutter Corwin
bas been dispatched to BebringSeato take
the papers and tbe skins of all found poaching
on seal waters claimed by the United States
almost passes belief. If the Government actu
ally permits Its agents to skin these men It will
be guilty of an act of barbarity equal to the
perpetration of a Baby McKee joke,
i
GlTr the Hon; a Chance.
From the Kansas City btar.
If France Insists on keeping up tbe embargo
against the American hog, the United States
will be compelled to retaliate by importing its
champagne from California aud New Jersey.
A CHEROKEE B0HAHCE.-
ffow a Wealthy Pennsylvania Girl Won an
Indian Chief.
TAHLEQUAn, L T., August 25. On a promi
nent eminence In tbe prairie overlooking the
townofTahlequahbas been a solitary grave
for IS years. It contained the remains ot Mary
Downing, tbe wife of a full-blood Cherokee
Chlef.vLowis Downing. At tbe time of ber
death tbe place was ber borne. Her maiden
name was Mary Ayer. She was bom in Beth
lehem, Pa., was highly educated and accom
Plished and a woman of wealth.
In 1863 Chief Lewis Downing was sent to
Washington. V. v.. on Dusinesa.ior tne unero
kees. Though a full-blood, be spoke English
quite well. While af Washington be bad occa
sion to visit Bethlehem, and accidentally met
Miss Ayer, wbo fell desperately in love with
him. Tbe chief lingered longer in Bethlehem
tban he had intended, not being able to tear
himself away from tbe charms of so fair a lady,
and ere his departure had won ber consent to
be his bride and share a place in his wigwam.
It was agreed between tbe two that she would
follow bim to tbe Territory, and be married at
tbe capital. She required six months to dis
pose of her property and convert ber valuables
Into cash. Chief Downing returned to bis
nation, and with bim It proved "out of sight
out of mind." The ardor of his love for Miss
Ayer soon cAoled, ana be wrote ber withdraw
ing his engagement.
She, alter reading his letter, remarked that
it took two to make a contract and two to
break it," and so wrote him. Before this letter
reached the chief he bad married a dusky
maiden of bis own tribe. Miss Ayer having
gotten everything in readiness started for the
Territory. According to contract she arrived
atlablequab. and on hearing of bis marriage
made np her mind to make her borne among
his people, devoting her life to their advance
ment. Years elapsed and the chiefs wife
died. Miss Ayer being still single, he renewed
his broken vows and was again accepted. They
were married and went to the home she bad
built. Tbe life she had long dreamed of was
realized, but not long was she permitted to fill
bis house with light and love ere death claimed
her. On ber deathbed she told the chief that
on tbe third evening alter her burial sbe would
return to him at her home. But he, inheriting
tbe superstition of his race, closed the bouse
after tbe funeral and returned to his borne,
about SO miles distant, on Grand river. It is
said that on tho third night- after her burial
lights were seen moving from window to win
dow, and tbe Indians firmly believe to this day
that she reappeared on that night.
C05GEESSMAK WATS0HDEAD.
He Dies Suddenly Wbllo on His Way to
tbe Capitol.
Wa srrct otos, Angnst 2a. Congressman
Lewis F. Watson, of the Twenty-seventh dis
trict of Pennsylvania, died this morning at the
Shoreham Hotel. Mr. Watson, accompanied
by bis private Secretary, were about to enter a
carriage to be driven to the Capitol. On the
way ont of the lobby of the hotel Mr. Watson
complained of a dizziness in bis bead and sick
ness of the stomach. He fell unconscious and
was taken to the parlor, where stimulants were
administered, and he soon revived. A physi
cian was immediately sent for. but before bis
arrival Mr. Watson again became unconscious,
from which ho never recovered, and died in a
few minutes. Mr. Watson was 71 years old,
and was considered the richest man in the
Pennsylvania delegation.
Mr. Watson was born in Crawford county.
Pa.; received an academic education; engaged
in mercantile pursuits, and for the past 20 years
bas been an extensive operator in lumber and
in the production of petroleum; in 1861 or
ganized me conewango v alley Railroad com
pany, now known as the Dunkirk, Allegheny
Valley and Pittsburg, and was elected its first
President; was elected President of the War
ren Savings Bank at its organization, was
elected to tbe Forty-fifth and Forty-seventh
Congresses, and was elected to tbe Fifty-first
Congress as a Republican, receiving 13,582 votes,
against 9,370 votes lor William A. Rankin,
Democrat, 1.670 votes for Charles Miller, Pro
hibitionist, and 919 votes for J. Whiteley. Mr.
Watson was renominated at the recent prima
ries. The funeral will take place at Warren on
Wednesday. Tbe gentlemen appointed bv
Congress to attend the funeral are Senators
Cameron. Cnllom and Faulkner, and Repre
sentatives Cnlbertson, of Pennsylvania; Mc
Adoo. Craig, Townsend. of Pennsylvania;
Maish, Wallace, of New York, and Kerr, of
Pennsylvania.
Upon receiving news of tbe death of Con
gressman Watson, both Houses adjourned as a
mark of respect.
BUSINESS AUD PIEASTOE.
The President Considers Appointments and
Take Ocenn Dip
rSPXCZAZiTXLXORAif TCTHKmftPATCTX.V
Cafe May" Ponrr, Angnst 25. The cold
weather to-day caused the Presldental family
to still keep the fire burning In tbe grate in the
big hallway. This morning General E. Burd
Grnbb, of New -Jersey, met the President at
the cottage by appointment and talked over the
Epanlsh mission, to which General Grubb de
sires to be appointed. At noon time tbe Presi
dent, Mrs. McKee. Mr. and Mrs. Russell Har
rison en joyed a dip in tbe ocean. Bankerand
Mrs. B. K. Jamison and Congressman and Mrs.
John Edgar Reyburn. of Philadelphia, dined
with tbe President and family.
Tbe President leaves for Washington
Wednesday morning, and the family leave for
Cresson eitber on Thursday or Friday morning.
Preparations are already being made to leave.
Many carpets bave been taken up and other
necessary arrangements are being made. The
cottage will be boarded up for tbe season and
entrusted to the hands of a local watchman.
VETERANS' EONS' ENCAMPMENT.
St. Joseph Filled With Officers of the Order
From All Over tbe Union.
St. Joseph, Mo., August 25. Tbe annual en
campment of the Sons of Veterans opened
here to-day. Tbe city presents a beautiful ap
pearance. Major P. Davis, of Flttsburg-.iather
of the order, accompanied by Mrs. Davis, ar
rived at noon yesterday anil tbey were escorted
to tbe Pacific Hotel by Colonel Kline and staff.
Colonel George B. Stadden and staff.of Illinois,
arrived Saturday evening. Colonel Gulley and'
staff, of Arkansas,' and delegates from Ken
tucky, Wyoming, Washington and Colorado,
arrived this afternoon. A special train of 11
coaches, from Boston, arrived at 7Q this morn
ing. It is estimated that one-half tbe expected
attendance at tbe encampment arrived in the
city this morning, 'ihe' hotels aro already
filled, and tbe officers of tbe order are prepar
ing for tbe work of tbe week. Commander in
Chief Griffin arrived early tbis morning on a
special train bearing tbe Indiana, Ohio and
Virginia delegations. Other members of tbe
Council in Chief arrived within the same hour,
and the party were driven in carriages to their
quarters escorted by local camps of the order.
Ex-Governor Foraker, of Ohio; ex-Governor
Oglesby, of Illinois; John M. Bnrson. of Omaha;
Governer Humphrey, of Kansas, and other
notables will arrive to-morrow morning.
Tbis afternoon was taken up by tbe Execu
tive Committee of the order in tbe transaction
of routine business, while tbe rank and file are
Informal caucuses; presenting the claims of
the several candidal cs for the office of Com
mander in Chief. The four candidates prom
inently mentioned in tbis convention are Mar
vin F. Hall, of Michigan: William E. Bundy, of
Cincinnati; Leland J. Webb, of Topeka, and
M. P. O'Brien, of Omaha. There Is a probabil
ity tbat Commander Griffin will be renoml-
natea. as ae is very popmar. The parade, reg
ular business session and campfire will be held
to-morrow.
STATE BREVITIES.
BUCKS connty pays $48,443 State tax
A Harkisbueo horse sports a mustache.
AReadino giant threw an objectionable
visitor bodily through a window sash.
The factories visited by the State Inspectors
np to date represent 194,421 employes.
Candidates Pattlson and Black will beat
the Williams Grove picnic next Wednesday.
A Reading fisherman caught a German
carp, and, wrapping it up in a wet newspaper,
carried It home alive.
A Lancaster man has a couple of young
foxes running around bis tobacco field. He
says thev eat the worms.
With a record for opening 100 clams In 6
minutes, Charles Bercaw, of Reading, claims to
be cbamplon of the State.
A freight car collided with a railroad ten
der atHarrlsburg, and the boiler Iron was rip
ped open as if by a knife.
Fifty Graqd Army posts from as many
different places will observe Grand Army Day
at Mahanoy City, Thursday, August 23, by a
parade In which 3,500 men will be in line.
These is a rise of four feet in the west branch
of tbe Susquehanna as a result of tbe rains.
About 20,000,000 feet of logs, stranded between
Willlamsporc and Lock Haven, have been
floated, and the greater portion of them will
reach the booms.
Tbe condition of Mrs. Adam Wuchter, tbe
fasting woman of White Hall, Is no worse than
it was a week ago. Her face presents a pltlf nl
appearance. Her breathing bas increased con
siderably during the week, until now sbe in
hales and exhales about 40 times a minute. This
is the 148th day since" she partook of food, and
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CUEI0DS CONDENSATIONS.
There are 4,600 female printers in En
gland. Of every million people In the world
800 are blind.
Berlin horse cars carry annually nearly
100,000,000 passengers.
There are 14,465 women commercial
travelers in the United State.
Turin is the first Italian city which can
boast of a library intended exclusively for
women.
It is estimated that in England one man
in 00 gets a college education, and in America
one in every 200.
It is known tnat the Chinese, as early
as 869 A. D., fastened rockets to their arrows,
tbat the latter might be thrown to a greater
distance.
The four Maids of Honor to the Queen,
among whom tbe late Lord Sackville lef t his
Jiroperty, bave given np all claim to their
egacy In favor of tbe late baron's brothers.
Quite a brisk demand for metal furni
ture has sprung up In Australia, because it can
not be eaten by White ants, which appear to
devonr all kinds of wood with great avidity.
The Fiji Islands Mission has 27,097
church members, and 101,150 attendants m
public worship. Fifty years ago there was not
a Christian on the islands; now there is not a
heathen.
There is a young man in Belfast, Me.,
but 35 years of age who Is the fatber of three
daughters all by a different mother from legiti
mate marriage. One is seven years of age,
another three years and the last three months
old.
To the list of poisons may be added, as
a source. of occasional danger, the fragrant nut
meg. At least one fatal case has occurred,
where a boy of 8, having eaten two nutmegs,
fell into a comatose condition and died within
13 hours.
The lower falls of the Genesee river at
Rochester, N. Y., are utilized for the produc
tion of electricity, and more tban 00 motors
are in use. Power is furnished to run sewing
machines In 108 tailor shops, the charge being
SIS a year for one-eighth horse power.
Fully three-fourths of the babies of the
world go naked until they get to be 5 or 6 years
old. The Canadian Indians keep their babies
naked np to a certain point, and as for tbe lit
tle Coreans, tbey wear nothing but a short
skirt until they are as old as our schoolboys.
A young Wisconsin man, A. P. Han
son by name, who is now a resident ot Copen
hagen, bas made an invention that is likely to
Inaugurate an era in printing. He calls it a
colorgraob. By it two or three or even mora
colors can be printed on the same paper at one
Impression.
A retired English army officer of mean a
is on a tonr through the Western States of
America. Wben he sat down to dinner a day
or two ago he met with quite a surprise. The
waiter who took his order was his son. who bad
run away from home to scalp Indians some
seven years ago.
A-curious industry in the shape of the
manufacture of gun-flints still survives at
Brandon. On an average 100,000 of these, rang
ing from the double-edged musket to the
pocket pistol, are turned out each week, and
are sent to tbe West Coast of Africa, where
they find a ready sale among the tribes of the
interior.
A Kentuckiau in Buffalo hag discov
ered there tbe firm of Irish & English. What
is considered especially remarkable about this
firm is, that Mr. English is an Irishman and
Mr. Irish is an Englishman. Tbe gentleman
from Kentucky has so far been unable to ob
tain the views of Mr. Irish and Mr. English as
to what should be done for Ireland.
One of the letter carriers in Franklin,
Fx, says tbat the idea of having tbelr mail de
livered is snch a novelty to some of tbe people
along his route tbat althongh they probably do
not get a letter in a month in actual corre
spondence tbey answer newspaoer advertise
ments and devise various other plans for the
purpose of receiving something at every de
livery. A man 60 years old was married re
cently in a small German town to a woman 10
years bis senior. The bride insisted upon hav
ing a great wedding, with the addition of a
"special" marriage sermon from ber pastor.
His feelings can be imagined more easily tban
described when the pastor began his sermon
with tbe text. "Father forgive them for they
know not what they do."
A laborer around the grounds of Henry
Miller, at ChappaqnajN. Y., is reported to have
found, on Tuesday, beneath a large stone, a
considerable amount of money in gold coin,
which evidently was hidden long ago, as many
of the coins bear dates over 100 years old. Tbe
coin is mostly in British gold, sovereigns and
half-sovereigns. Tbe valne of tbe find is vari
ously estimated at from S1C0 to '300.
Some year3 ago John Boyle O'Reilly
took into his employ as secretary an orphan
who was without relatives in tbis part of the
country. This young man became afflicted
with consumption, and through the efforts of
Mr. O'Reilly was given a bed at the City Hos
pital. Wben he heard of bis benefactor's
death be mournfully exclaimed: "Then I haye
nothing to live tor," and on Tnesday he died.
One of the people at Exeter, Me., who
doesn'tknow much about poultry off the din
ner table, greatly admired a duck tbat he saw
paddling In the Squamscot river. He bargained
with bis neighbor for it, and an exchange was
soon effected. When tbe duck's crop was
opened after the slaughter tbe astonished ad
mirer of fat fowl poured out 43 lath nails.
Angle worms bave been scarce along the
Squamscot tbis Bummer,
A Belfast, Me., lawyer does consider
able marrying and was heard to say to a young
couple whom be bad just married: "Married
life in the best regulated families bas its
troubles, and shonld eitber of yon come to the
conclusion that you bave made a mistake,
don't forget to call on me and I'll get you a di
vorce cheaper than any other lawyer in town.
Tbat balance of 75 cent3 you owe me for mar
rying you, you can hand in any time."
Here is a good way for distinguishing a
mnskmelon from a cantelope. It bas usually
nine ridges and these are separated by narrow
strips of smooth skin. Look at the latter. If
tbey are green tbe melon is unripe. If they are
greenish yellow and the rough skin on the
ed;es is brownish gray tbe melon is all right.
11 it is quite ripe all over it Is over-ripe. Hit
has no odor it Is fit for cattle and you don't
want it. The stronger tbe musk odor the better.
It should be smelled at the "tar end" or on tbe
end opposite tbe sulk. In watermelons, a good
one wben pressed near tbe center should yield
and the indention should disappear wben tbe
finger is removed. If no indent can be made
the melon Is green. If It remains. It is over
ripe. BREAKFAST TABLE LACGHS.
Mrs. Blobson There's another bill from
Kengott. I am afraid he Is getting uneasy.
Mr. Blobson That's so. I must step in to
morrow and order some more goods. JSurltngton
frtt Frets.
"Say, look here, waiter! Do customers
have to wait a year In this restaurant before they
can get sometMng to eat?"
"I really can't tell yon, sir; you see I've only
Btenhcre -ireek."-I'liUadtlpMaTimc.
Architect Have you any suggestions for
the study. Mr. Qulctrlch?
Qulckrlch-Only that It mast be brown. Grett
thinkers. 1 understand, are generally found In a
brown study. -Veto JTor Sun.
"The melancholy days have come; the
saddest of the year. It's a little too warm ror
whUky and a little too cool for beer." The only
thing a man can do, irtbis Is what be thinks. Is to
effect a compromise by mixing or his drinks.
Dttnit frtt era:
"It is hard to ask for bread and be given
a stone," said a raefnl tramp at tbe door of the
newly-married firmer whose Welleslcy wife had
lust responded to bis appeal with three of ber own
home-made bUcults. SamenlUe Journal.
"You never can tell what children are
golnr to say next." remarked an experienced
married man.
"So. but you may tie sure tbey are coins; to say
something that is either uninteresting or disa
greeable," asserted a sour and discontented
bachelor. Somtrville Journal.
"I've lost the key to the cedar closet," re
marked Mrs. Ilojack.
We'll bave to send all tbe way to Florida for
another." replied ber husband.
How's that?"
'Florida is the only State where you can find
Cedar Keys." CMeago Inter-Ocean.
THE SAME, YET DTTrERXirr.
When this lovely dame was young,
Bay, sixteen, simpering and shy,
I turned tbe music as sbe sunt,
And beard ber softly whisper "I
J ust like a man 1"
1 tell this Incident because
To marry me she little dreamt: .
And now, whene'er from any cause
Xmake& break, says with contempt, ;,4'-'
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