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DAILT DlsrATCK, One Year. f 8 CO Dailt DisrATCH, Per Qnarter. 1 00 DAILT DisrATCH, One Month 70 Dailt Dispatch, Including Sunday, 1 year.. 10 00 Daily Dispatch, Including Sunday. 3 m'ths. i 50 Daily Dispatch, Including Sunday, 1 m'th.. SO Soxda-v Dispatch, One Year. ISO Weekly Dispatch, One Year. 1 3 The Daily Dispatch Is delivered by carriers at IS cents per week, or, including Sunday Edition, at 10 cents per wetV. FITTSBUBG, FBIDAY, JUNE 36, lfflL THE GROWING TOWNS AKOEND US. One of the healthiest signs of the future for Pittsburg is to be noted these days in the number of new towns which are springing up on every side. There are al most a dozen of these, dating within the past few years and In various stages of de velopment, from active, substantial and populous places like Jeannette or "Wilmer ding to enterprises of more recent concep tion, such as Kensington, Zllwood and others not yet fully out of the paper-plan period, but promising, nevertheless, to be come, before the year is over, sites for manufacturing concerns and for communi ties incident thereto. A great part of the resources of Pitts burg's business life is to be found in the towns thickly dotting its outskirts. The census returns have shown that by inclu sion of territory proportioned to that of other pretentious cities, Pittsburg would rank fifth-among those of the United States in population. While our city is nominally shorn of this honor, we have that which is better the close communica tion and daily trade of theseuburban seats of industry. The starting of new towns In and around Pittsburg has been shown by experience to be quite different in results from at tempts which have been made in other lo calities. It is a fact that this is a healthy business climate for new towns. We have seen, at our doors almost, the wonderful growth of McXeesport, Braddock and Homestead; and the development of the hill-boroughs on the Southside, which, with Wilkinsburg, Sharpsburg and Etna, may be regarded practically as extensions of the city proper. The greater part of this cxtention has occurred within the past ten years. There is to be noted also the simultaneous rapid growth of industries and population in the older but not less tribu tary towns, such as.taking a few examples from a long list, Greensburg, TJniontown Connellsville, Washington, Canonsburg, Butler, Xew Castle, Toungstown and East Liverpool. The characteristic ex perience of all legitimate enterprises In We3tem Pennsylvania, Eastern Ohio and West "Virginia has been, in short, growth and prosperity. Hence the new era of town-founding upon which we have re cently seemed to enter may be looked to with confidence as indicative of material additions to Pittsburg's resources in the future. While these evidences of substantial de velopment are presented around us from day to day, we can look with complacency e en upon the somen hat surprising ex hibit which the Southern country has lately been able to make in the production of pig iron. It is easy to see that growth in one section of the country has not, in this case, preXented equally surprising progress in another devoted to kindred in terests. Pittsburg's expansion is gratify ing in the fullest degree but it is nothing as yet to what this generation will see should it be privileged to witness the building of the proposed ship-canal to the lakes. EDUCATION AND BUSINESS. Now that the colleges are turning grad uates loose, there is a lively discussion as to what is to become of young men who have nothing but such education to recom mend them to the business world. A New York paper has interviewed a score or more of well-known business men on the prospects of the c'.lege-bred as compared with men who had not college advantages, but were compelled to work early in life. As usual, the majority preferred the latter. This is an annual "news special" in the East; but, while the novelty was worn off several seasons ago, it shows one good thing: the business men have gotten over the idea that college education is always a handicap. A couple of years ago dozens of good business men who made their own fortunes were wont to declare that a college educa tion spoiled young men for business pur suits, and the claim was set up that the man who never went to college had the advantage and was more liable to become a success, inat argument comes some what lrom the vain glory of a "self-made" man, who believes because he succeeded without the opportunities of college educa tion he had an advantage over the college fellow. The colleges, however.need not fear that those who disparage their advan tages are going to bankrupt them by with drawing their sons from school. Say what they will to the contrary, they send their children to school and hardly to be handicapped. TROUBLES Or THE FARMERS. South Carolinians have difficulty in sell ing their cotton because the market is overstocked, forcing prices to a very low ebb. A discussion in the Charleston 2few and Courier shows that Southern farmers raise cotton and nothing else, preferring to purchase other supplies. Thus they are at the mercy of the West and North for horses, corn, wheat, etc., when if they raised what they needed of these products they would reduce the supply of cotton and increase its price. As it is they get a poor price for cotton and pay freight on other necessities. But this seems to be the trouble with the farmers the country over. In the West one j ear they plant all corn, and the next year, finding the corn market stagnant and wheat bringing a good price, they turn their attention to wheat Thus they overstock that market, and then the cry Is raised that luck is against them and the farmer does not get fair play. A little jjudgment all along the line would avail more than all cries of discontent First a farmer should see that he cultivates i enough produce of all kinds for his own m use, and then raise for market whatever his land is best suited for. By following some such sensible rule there will be less cause for complaint about the inequality of tax burdens and high tariff duties. PENNSYXVANIA. AND ALABAMA. While Alabama has outstripped Penn sylvania in the volume Aif iron ore output, In the vastly more important features, the Keystone State of course will continue to excel. In the finer arts of iron manufac ture Alabama is not yet In the race; and it will take many years for her-to advance to the point where she can be considered a competitor at all ' Our State has the im mense advantage of having more skilled artisans and established industries, and thus, while the Southemslsterls struggling in the Infancy of the art, Pennsylvania will go on and leave her far behind. It is easy to see how Alabama has gained the lead In ore production. While her natural advantages axe great there is an other advantage in having cheap labor, whereas Pennsylvania pays the highest price. Thus Southern pigiron can be pro duced and sold very much cheaper than that of this State, and for rougher work leaves us far behind. But when the finer material is wanted Pennsylvania Is looked upon as the producer. But there is a more Important step in this advancement of Alabama in the com mercial world. It places her alongside Pennsylvania in interests, and thus links the North and South in commercial ties which are stronger than those of State hood. What is Alabama's interest is Pennsylvania's also; and these two States will eventually stand 'together as solidly in peace as did the States of the Southern Confederacy in war. The South Is making rapid strides in manufacture, and Penn sylvania will be the first tocongratulate her new rival PROSPECTIVE YOUNG SOLDIERS. The examination of civilian candidates for appointment to second lieutenancies in the regular army will be held July 13, and much talk has been caused by the fact that six of the nineteen applicants are sons of army officers. Various papers argue against such appointments because they create an unpleasant impression that the appointee is not chosen on" his merits, but on his father's record or influence. Why a man should be relegated-to the rear simply because he has an Illustrious father does not appear. The Constitution of the United States declares every man equal, but In this case a man would be thrown aside simply because he had greater advantages than an opponent An officer's son should have no preference in an appointment, neither should he be given a setback simply because he has a father skilled in the art of war. It is the tendency of unthinking people to throw cold water on the ambitions or pros pects of a son of a great man on the plea that he is trying to railroad through on his father's name. This has doubtless ruined the hopes of many. This idea should not be allowed to crowd itself into examina tions for the army. Get the best soldiers, no matter whether the candidate's father was a warrior or a laborer. THE OHIO SENATORSHIP. The attempts of the Fanners' Alliance to defeat Senator Sherman will doubtless receive a proper quietus when the time comes. No other man in Ohio can fill his place in the Senate, and surely that State does not care to lose its prestige in Con gress. It has been alleged that Ohio Republicans were unwilling to return Mr. Sherman to the Senate, but the leaders are certainly too sensible to retire so able a servant and place In his stead an untried man. Ambitious Republicans in Ohio claim he has spent many years in public life and should retire in favor of some younger man. But there is no reason for such a move. These younger men have many years before them, and in the coming Congress there will be weighty questions to be discussed, and the advice and counsel of Mr. Sherman will be needed. The Farmers' Alliance urges Sherman's coldness as a reason for retirement, and alleges that he is an enemy to agriculture; but his record and public utterances will show that he is the friend of the farmer and mechanic ai welL Mr. Sherman should continue to represent Ohio in the Senate, and the greatest mistake that could be made by Ohio Republicans would be to defeat him. The lawyers of Allegheny county had a R09CI time at their annual picnic yestorday. These festive occasions among the Black stonians make an agreeable break upon the routine duties of courtroom and office. In Amherst College it is shown that men who do not use tobacco increase in their physical measurements 20 per cent more rapidly than those who use it. In Yale the difference is found to bo 30 per cent in height, 25 per cent in weight and 60 per cent in lung capacity. These figures cause a man 5leet in height and weighing 125 pounds, and who never used tobacco at all, to wonder where be would have been if ho had begun using the weed when he was a boy. The New York papers are having a gay time with Senator Peflcr and his long flowing beard. It is because his locks are cut after the style of the starving poets that they pursue him so relentlessly. The ideas on ice cream poisoning offered by Dr. George S. null bring out points that manufacturers of the luxury should study and follow. If it is found that the cans now in use are likely to poison the cream it may be necessary to try enameled ware as a remedy. The large number of cases of poisoning from this cause shows the necessity for reform, and if dealers do not act the law should take a hand and compel the use of appliances that t ill lessen the danger. The fears of another Indian war cause us to wonder what treachery has been practiced on Poor Lo this time. Perhaps it is too much fire water or a want of cool beer and fans. Ohio is having as much trouble with its military as tho English red-coats had over the baccarat scandal, all the officers of a Cincinnati regiment having been requested to resign. It is alleged that baccarat is about the only game the regiment's Colonel could not play, and he was talking of hiring a tutor to learn that, which caused dUsatis laction among the other officers and the climax noted. Parnelts wooing- was decidedly noisy, and it was only proper for his wedding to be quiet and unostentatious. Making it snow has long been a pastime in certain circles, but Uncle Jerry 'Rusk is making it rain successfully through the medium of exploshe balloons and water soaked clouds. If success comes the efforts of tho Agricultural Bureau In the stock of the litigation companies will go begging. The saddest thing in connection with heroism is that it usually robs the" world of a brave heart and true. In preparation for the Allegheny chil dren'sjubileo the old log hut in the park has been labeled "Lost Children." It follows that the children must be real good and get lo'st so nil this labor will not be in' vain. The Governor detected the mote in the motor bill and smote it with his veto pen. The man who issued an execution on Jenness-&Illler'smaga2lneandstoreprobably decided that If there were not enough divided profits to satisfy bis claim he would take the divided skirts. The new apparel at assignee's prices will greatly facilitate Its introduction into general use. THE signs indicate that- something is, about to aropun ine vicinity oi uity uau. It is a burning shame thai the laws of the State are not broad enough to, embrace the underground insurance companies. A EegisHture that perpetuates fraud and ig; nores the wishes of the people should be held up to scorn whenever opportunity offers. ' THE heavy rains, in Kansas may play sad havoc with Mr. Ingalls' potato patch. Since "Old Hutch" dropped a large slice of his fortune he demands that he bo called Mr. Hutchinson. If he lost the balance of his cash he would probably demand aero wn, It is quite a tumble, however, from "Old Ilntch, the Wheat King," to plain Mr. Hutch-, inson. PEOPLE OF BEN0WN. John Moeley is quite ill-with an attack of influenza. Govebnok Fleming, of West Virginia, has boon made an LL. D. by the regents of stho State University. The equestrian statue of Grant for Chi cago, cast in bronze at Chicopee a few days ago, is said to be the largest portrait statue in this country. Me. Wagstafp, the new president of Brooklyn's lofty bridge, might have been measured for the position. He is nearly 6 feet 6 inches in height. John Stuart Blackie, the famous Scotch professor of Greok and philosophy, is a lively old man of 61. He puts in a full work day, just as he used to, and la described as being "as lively as a kitten." Secketaby Foster is both, a fisherman and a story teller, and they say that If you start him talking about his adventures m search of blueflsh at Nantucket he will reel off some interesting narratives. Kx-SenAior Tabor, of Colorado, will build a residence in Denver which is ex pected to cost over $500,000, and. eclipse any thing else of the sort in that city. Active operations will not be begun for months yet. Mr! Blaine's stay at Bar Harbor has already done him a vas.t amount of good. He walks about with firm tread and erect fig ure, and there Is a trace of color In his white face. He is able now to cover about two miles a day without fatigue, and he 'no longer needs 'the helping arm of a friend in his walks. The senior member of the Center party in Germany, Peter Beichenspergor, recently celebrated the eighty-first anniversary of his birth. For many years Beichenspergcr was almost as powerful in the councils of his faction as the late Dr. Windthorsfc. He has been 43 years in parliamentary life. Mrs. Elizabeth Stokes Mead, Presi dent of Mount Holyoke College, came from a family distinguished for intellectual attain- ments. Her mother was a sister of the father of Dr. R. S. Storrs, of Brooklyn. Another sistermarried Prof. B. B. Edwards, who onco occupied the chair of Hebrew at Andover Seminary. Mrs. Mead and her own sister were teachers in Andover for years before, the former married. TEE EISE IN BAw" EUGAB. The'Sngar Trust Says It Is Simply a Usual Occurrence at This Time of the Tear. New York, June 25. In relation to the advance of Jof a cent a pound in the price of raw sugar, John E. Searles, Jr., Treasurer of the Havemeyer Sugar Refining Company said this morning that the rise was not un expected, as there is always a demand for more sugar at this time of the year than at J any other, Between the months of June and September the output of all refineries Is In creased by at least 25 per cent, and an ad vance has been made regularly at this sea son. A rumor that the Sugar Trust is forcing up the price of sugar because it had secured control of most of the Cuban crop, is abso lutely denied by Mr. Searles. MACHINERY FOB COAL HIKES. Electrical Devices Adopted That Will Do Away With Many Men.. tSPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH. McKeespokt, June 25. O'NcIl & Peterson, who operate large coal works at Bunala, on the McKecsport and Bellovernon Railroad, have decided to put machines in the plant, and the contract has been given to the Michaels Company, of Pittsburg, for the plac ing in the mine at once of eight electrical mining machines. It is expected the plant will be In readiness byAmrust 1. Each of tho engines can be run with one machine man and one Helper, and the total output of the eight machines will be 500 tons daily. STEEL WOBKS SHUT DOWN. Employes of the Pennsylvania Works at Harrlsburg Out of Employment. Harrisbuiio, July 25. Notice has been served on the employes of the merchant mill of the Pennsylvania Steel Works' that the department will close Saturday for an in definite period, and the employes can get their money on that day. It is rumored that other departments will also shut down, but nothing reliable could bo learned. There is a report to-night that tho employes will present the Amalgama tion scale this week, and it is sure to be re jected by tho company. A Wonder He Wasn't Hnng. Philadelphia Bulletin. John Quesada, of San Antonio, Tex., did a stroke of business last week which brought him large return with remarkable quickness. On Tuesday night he walked into tho office of an ice factory and compelled the solitary clerk In charge to yield up his worldly wealth, amounting to $17, nt the point of a pistol. On Saturday he was sentenced to prison for 15 years. The moral seems to be that oft tho railroad of justice, as on 'some other lines, the shortest way to prison is the one that involves tho leastmoney. Tho Light or the World. . Boston Globe. Lyman Abbott, Beecher's successor, thus puts the case in tho Christian Union: "There is a growth going on in men's souls, and the contests, whether in Congregational church or Episcopal church, orPresby tcrian church, orSwedenborgian church, or Friends' meet ing, are the incidents of a great growth out of the past into the future." Local Pastors Made D. D.'s. Eastok, Pa., Juno 25. The 53th annual com mencement of Lafayette College closed to day. Degrees were conferred upon 81 grad uates. Among the honorary degrees con ferred were D.-D.'s for Eov. John Fox, pas tor of the North Presbyterian "Church, of Allegheny, and Itev. Georgo W. Chalfant, Bastor of the Park Avenue Presbyterian hurch, Pittsburg. A White Catfish. tSPECIAL TELEGKAJI TO THP DISPATCH. Lancaster, Juno 25. In the window of Joseph Itoyer there is on exhibition a great curiosity a .perfectly white catfish, nine inches long nmi weighing ovqr a pound. It was caught in the Susquehanna river by B. Frank Campbeir, proprietor of the Railroad Hotel. It looks more like a chicken than a fish. l A Liberal Platform. Atlanta Constitution, A Georgia editor, who says that the weather is too warm to write editorials, places the following at the head of his col umns: Free Schools. Free Ballot. Free Silver. v Free Whisky. The Kaiser's Anti-Slavery Plan. Berlin, June 25. Emperor, William, while presiding at u Ministerial Council to-day, an nounced that he had devised a scheme for a lottery by which he hoped to obtain ,COO,000 marka to be used in. the work of combatting slavery in Africa. CURB AND CORRIDOR. Three Ex-Officeholders Who Have Found PriTste Life Comfortable The Hot Weather Deadness in Humor Some In- N snrance Notes The Talk About Town. The man who has held political office a good long while is usually not happy when retired to private llfo, but J have found three exceptions to the rule within the last day or two. Number one was ex-Controller Spcer, whose sunburnt face and clear eye proclaimed the health that comes from out door.life and lots of exercise. But for his natty dress he might have passed for a farmer, and" I asked him to explain how be came by the callosities on his hands. "Knocking nround on my farm near Eliza beth. It is my father's old placs, and since I went out to live there I've found plenty of work getting it into order. That and a little attention to a brick field give me employ ment onough, and I'm enjoying the fresh air and freedom from anxiety. Politics don't bother me much now, but I am not prepared to say that I've retired from the field per manently." Hurrying along the sunny side of Wood street, with Just as busy an air as ever, came ex-Sheriff McCandless, who has been out of office such a little while that he hardly real izes it yet. Bucolic Joys and the handle of a hoe have no attractions for him, though no body enjoys riding or driving mor6 than Dr. Alexander -ffisoulaplus, and it Is a singu larly cold day when he has not a fast trotter or two in his stable. But he lives a hustling, active life in the city, with half a dozen irons in the fire a few political ones among them, including the Important work or or ganizing Congressman Dalzell's adherents in the State club fight. He said he felt very comfortable out of office, and he looked it. At a slower gait, befitting his larger girth and the heat of the day, ox-Postmaster Lar kin was trudging up Diamond street when I met him. His face has a healthier color than it had in the dim light of the back room in the, postofflce a year or so ago, and Mr. Larkin admitted that the ontdoor exer cise he got in prosecuting bis real estate business was helping him to reoover from the attack of la grippe, which played the mischief with him last winter. "My purse is much fatter, too," ho remarked, while the secietive smile that Democrats know so well nlaved about his eves, "than ever it had a chance to be while I served Uncle Sam I've doubled my income since I got out of office." No wonder he is content. Jokes Scarce in Summer. "At this time of tho year," said George Ori son, a representative of a New York publish ing house, "It must be dreadfully hard to keep the comic papers alive. You can see evidences of the desperate character of the struggle in their pages. All the dear old jokes we buried years and years ago, and many that our grandparents knew in their tender days revisit the earth, and the new Jokes, a small and ghostly band, run the risk of being squeezed to death by the crowd of antiquities. Soon after June begins you may note the resurrection of the world's dead Jocularities, and it continues with more or less monotony till the cool breath of October fans the humorist back to life and awakes the sleeping editor. For a week or two on the cars I have been forced to fall back upon the comlo papers for mental amusement, and I rejoice that I have not felt any decided symptoms of paresis yet. I must confess the shock was trying when I encountered in the second page of .Pucfc last week that venerable story of the man who was puzzled to know how to order a dozen tailors' gooses, and finally wrote, "Please send me one tailor's goose and eleven others.' When n jest becomes an heirloom in a million families and counts as a friend almost every English-speaking man, woman and child in the world, it should be safe from the rude hands of the rapacious space-filler in the comlo Journals. But in every one of the humorous papers the same symptoms of tho summer siesta are to he soen, and we must bear it without grins." Recent Insurance Lessons. "The lesson of the disclosures in New York insurance business ought not to bo lost upon the public," said ono of the ablest insurance agents in Pittsburg yesterday. "The three enormous insurance companies which alone do business in South America, . and apparently care not where they insure lives so long as they swell the amount of in surance written, cannot regard the exposi tion of the riskiness and uncertainty of their foreign transactions with any comfort. The fact is that it is not safe, and never can be safe, for an American insurance company to guarantee what is practically a for eign company's business In another country, under entirely different conditions, climatic, racial and financial, The foreign departments are practically separate com panies whose liabilities the parent company assumes withoutufflctent security, as the scandal now being investigated bv the in surance commissioners in New York has plainly shown. The magnitude of an in surance company's business beyond a cer tain point is not necessarily a factor of strength, and when policies written in South America, Egypt, Africa and heavens knows what unhealthy regions, from which mortu ary tables and other vital statistics essential to the safe conduct of insurance business aie not obtainable, are used to swell the returns of business, the picture of monumental sol idity is decidedly misleading. After a com pany has written insurance upon 1,000 lives fairly distributed throughout a country of which the conditions ot life are thoroughly understood, it is as strong financially as it will be when it has 10,000 lives insured under like conditions." WOBKING OUT SALVATION. One Way in Which Suburban" Roads May Yet He Improved. Chartiers township is havinglts hands full of tho road question theso times nnd may possibly evolve something out of the chaos before it is through. The people who live ,in the Panhandle villages are not at all satisfied with tho payment of road taxes which aro spent in the primitivd style of how not to do it, and this is the reason of the move to make a borough of Crafton. It was expected that the matter would come before the grand Jury at the present term of the Quarter Sessions Court, but that body adjourned before the petitioners got the matter in shape. Some of the taxpayers have been having a row with George Evans, one of the road supervisors, insisting that he should give a larger bond for ecurity to fulfill the duties of Ills office. Mr. Evans lefused to do so and tendered his resignation of the office Judge Slagle appointed Mr. Evans' suocessor and now the appointment docs not suit some oi me unartiers townsuip people. They have no pitch hot, however, and cdnldn't use it effectively if thev had, as there is no way of getting around a Court appointment except for cause shown. The subject of road repair is growing in the minds of ruralists. Stowe township in creased its road-tax levy this season, and there has been more dono on the old Middle town road this season than in several com bined previously, though it is still of the temporary character to a great extent the patching system that puts new cloth upon old garments. One improvement is noted with satisfaction. An effort is being made to round the roadbed and get the gutters to the side instead of in the middle of the road. Would He a First Bate Artist. Boston Herald. The Emperor William is tho kind of a man to put on a picture-hanging committee. A female artist lately painted a portrait of Moltkeand sent it to the art exhibition in Beilin, where itnas promptly rejected by the jury. William liked the picture, how ever, and so, as loon us the decision of the committee was announced, ho bought tho picture and sent it back to the exhibition with a brief intimation that he wanted It hung In a plaoe of honor in the principal gallery. There it Hangs: A Good Cause for War. Portland Oregonlan. The young men in Mountain Valley amused themselves a few days ago, says the Pendleton Mist Oregonian, by lassoing an In dian womam drugging her from her horse' and otherwise maltreating her. The result reached tho ears of" two other Indians, who are now scouring the valley In a scarchfor the 'offendors, Whom they Intend having arrested if identified. It is such little pleasantries as the foregoing that occasionally cause Indian outbreaks. ' But Walt Till It Flies. New York Commercial Advertiser. The chief difference between the ancient balloon and the modern flying machino seems to be that the one does ascend and the other does not. However, the balloon man ages to kill off its quota in evdry country every year, while, so far, nobody appears to have been hurt by a fall from the aeroplane that is always going up in Chicago and never does. On the hole, the new machine Is an improvement on the balloon; it is aaioj at all i events. ICE TJBEAM POISONING. An Interesting Article on the Subject by Dr. George 8. Hull. There is much food for reflection in the suggestion made by Dr, George 8. Hull in the Medical Neut of June 27 that the modern ice cream freefcer, when filled with cream, is in reality a galvanic cell or battery. The cream, especially If saline, 'or if mixed with fruits, eggs, etc., becomes the corrosive elec trolyte, and the zinc and tin, zinc and cop per, or any other two metals of the paddles and freezer, become the positive and nega tive elements of the battery. The Ingenious suggestion is made by the editor that of two persons eating cream from the same freezer one may be killed by the poison in the cream and the other unharmed, by reason of the fact that the stiff nnd'pasty cream would not Sennit thorough mixture and dissemination f the poison throughout tne whole mass, except oy prolonged stirring and mixing. The conclusions of Dr. Hull's study are thus summarized: l"Flst, if we desire the smallest quantity of metallic poison in our ice cream and still keep In use our modern freezer, we should see that the ingredients are pure, that the mixture is frozen quickly and the paddle at once removed. Second, the quantity of poisonous salts is Increased bv acid mixtures, esneciallv bv the addition i of eggs, cornstarch, etc. The addition of salt lor navoring purposes, as mauo Dysome manufacturers, becomes criminal, and it Is grossly careless to allow any ot the salt water from the outside to get into the can. If, as a result 'of fermentation, ice cream should contain tyrotoxicon, then it must be acid, and, on this account, will dissolve still more zinc or copper." GE0VE CITY'S COMMENCEMENT. Seven Honorary and 27 Graduating Degrees Bestowed by the College. rSPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH. Grove Citt, June 25. Commencement week at Grove City College opened with the baccalaureate sermon by the President, Rev. Dr. 1. 0. Ketter, Sunday evening, on "The In spiration of tho Bible." The class day exer cises took place Wednesday. The alumni hold a business meeting the same day. The annual reunion and banquet were held to day, and the Speedwell Literary Society gave its closing entertainment to-night. The year jnst closed was the most success ful in the history of the college. Degrees were conferred upon 27 graduates, including four of the musical department. Honorary degrees were conferred upon the following Sersons: D. D., Key. J. V. Stockton. Mercer: ev. W. J. McConkey, Grove City: Bev. O, J. Thatcher, Allegheny, and Bev. w. P. John ston, Beaver Falls. A. M., Prof. H. J. Rose, Sewlckley; Lemuel Eckles, Fredonia, and Prof. Lord, Franklin. TEE HEB0ES OF APIA. i Nineteen Victims of the Samoa Disaster to Be Burled in One Grave. Vallejo, Cal., June 25. The funeral of 19 of the drowned seamen who lost their lives in the Samoa disaster, March 16, 1889, and whose oodles arrived at the Navy Yard Tuesday from Apia, will take place Satur day afternoon next. Farragut Post G. A. B., of this city, will be invited to participate with the naval authorities In tho cere monies. The remains will be buried in the naval cemetery on Mare Island. They will be laid side by side in one row, and one stone will mark the last resting places. Of the 19 bodies ten are unknown. Settled at Last. Fblladelplila News. "Baccaraw" is the way Mr. Chauncey De pew pronounces the name of the game that has given Tranby Croft immortality. As our Chauncey has dined with the Prince of Baccarat he may fairly claim to be an au thority on this momentous question. DEATHS HEBE AND ELSEWHERE, Admiral Montaignac. The death is announced in Paris of Louis Raymond de Chauvance, Marquis of Moutaignac, Admiral of the nary of France and Life Senator. He was born In Paris March 14, 1311. In 1SW he was a lieutenant and commanded the dispatch boat Napoleon, wherein the helix as a propeller was used, under his direction, for the first time In France. He was captain of a frigate in 1S43, captain of a vessel In 1855, and commanded the floating battery Devastation, which played the declsh e part in the taking of Klnburn. In 1805 he was Vice Admiral and Major General of the navy at Cherbourg; in 1869, a member of the Advisory Board at the Ecole Polytechnlqne. When the uennans mvaaea rans ne was in command or the seventh sector, and he ably defended the forts of Issy, Vanves and Montrouge. In 1S71 he was elected to the National Assembly. In 1872 he was appointed Inspector of the fleet and ports of the Channel, and the following year was placed on the retired list. In 1874 he was Minister of the Marine In the CIssey Cabinet, and In 1875 he was elected a Life Senator. Pror. Wllhelm E. Weber. A cable dispatch from Berlin announces the death ofDr. Wllhelm Ednard Weber, Professor of Physics at Gottlngcn, and one of the most em inent German ph) slclsts of the time. He was a brother of the late Prof. Ernst Helnrlch Weber, the dlntlngutshed anatomist, and of the late Eduard Freldrlch Weber. Professor of Medicine at Lelnsle. He was born at Wittenberg, October 24,1804, studied natural science at Halle, and aided his elder brother In some of his earlier physiological researches and publications. He became Proiessor of Physics at Gottlngen In 1831, but was dismissed In 1837, along with live other professors, forpolltlcal reasons. He accepted a chair of physics at Lepslc In 1S43, but re turned to Gottlngen In 18W and spent the rest of his life there. lie was associated with the celebrated Fcchner In the discovery of the Important mathe matical taw ox me rano Deiween impulse ana sen sation, variously known as ''Fechner's" oi ''"'Tr1''1.!!: of,wyclTlsomucl,U8? h"8 been wpnpm jaw ." orwnicn nnmn made by Hartman, G. H. Lewes and other recent physlco-psychologists. Lillian Conway. Keports from England announce the death there of Lillian Conway, the actress. Miss Con way was born In Brooklyn about 23 ) ears ago, and in that'clty she made her first appearance. Her marriage to Banker Gamblos, and their separation after a few years of wedded life, are of too recent occurrence to have been forgotten by the public. After the separation Miss Conway started out at the head of the Lillian Conway Opera Company, but she was attacked with inflammatory rheuma tism and forced to leave the stage. Since that time she has lived in Englund with ncr sister, Minnie, who Is the wife of Osmond Tearle, Colonel Thomas Fitzgerald. Colonel Thomas Fitzgerald, of the Phila delphia Item, who has been traveling in Europe, died very suddenly In London Thursday morn ing from an attack of the grip, His son. Writer, was with hlm,-and every effort was made to save his life, but without effect. Colonel Fltigcrald founded the Item In 1847, and It Is now one of the most prosperous newspaper properties In Phlladel- Shla. He was the oldest newspaper man In Plilla elphla, being 72 years of age. t Obituary "Notes. Auouste Bosse, Vice Admiral of the navy or France and Marine Prefect of Brest, is dead in Paris. Dr. JosEpnW. Alsop, the Democratic candi date for Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut In the last campaign. Is dead at New Haven. Captain George W. Hale, a retired sea cap tain of Newbnryport, and an officer of the Marine Society, died sudeenly at the age of o7. EUGENE D'AURIAC, a writer of the "Capltole," the "Rcnommce" and the "Slecle, " and author of several works of greatmerlt. Is dead lu Paris. TnoMAS Gregory WiLnMAir, one of the first settlers of Denver, and a former Journalist of note, died at his home in Danbury, Conn., Wednesday night, aged 54) ears. Captain Lewis Pierce, a wealthy retired banker and merchant, formerly in business In Mars vllle. Ky., and at Cincinnati, died yesterday in Covington, Ky., ofparalysls. MRS. JANE DUFtf, the oldest Inhabitant of Law rence county,.dled Sunday night aged 09. She was born In Beaver county in 1792, and resided all her long life wltbln 30 miles of New Castle. Dr. G. Talmaoe, brother of the noted Brooklyn divine. Is dead at Somervllle. N. J. Deceased was one of four brothers who entered the mlulstry. Only two are now living the Brooklyn pastor and Dr. John V. Talmage. Alexander McEwen, of Nottingham Lodge. Eltham. Kent, England, a once prominent and wealthy speculator on the London markets and In American ttocks, died at the Brevoort House, New York, Wednesday, of heart failure. T. Carroll Jenkins, a well-known business man of Baltimore, died at the home of his father, litar Mt. Washington, Md., Tuesday night. He was 2) j ears old, a member Ar the firm or D.J. Foley fi Co., and also a member of the Elk Ridge Hunting Club. Rollin Manville, Superintendent of the Penn sylvania Division of the Dclawaro'and Hudson Canal Company, died Wednesday morning at his summer cottage at Falrvlew, Pa. Mr. Manville was one of thbest known railroad managers in the Eastern and Middle States. Count Nicola Gabrielll, the Italian musleal composer. Is dead In Paris. He was born In Na ples February 31, 1814, and was a pupil of Zlnga relllandofContl. He led for 14 years the dance music at San Carlo. In that period he produced 11 operas and about 40 ballets. Afterward he pro duced a number of operas. Jerome Morrison, one of, the most promising young men in Erie, was found dead In his bed yes terday, having died from heart disease. The de ceased was a native of Chautauqua couuty, N. Y., and was a member of one of the large number of wealthy families which came to Erie In the slxtlia. .He was a brother-in-law of Hon. C. M, Seed and was oioenvise srommenuy connected. CHARITY AND SOCIETY. Any Number of Sweet Jnne Brides Some Brilliant Weddings Yesterday The Episcopal Fair a Great Success Event to Come Social Chatter of a Day. All good Episcopal Church members and their friends were out at the Chnrch Home fair yesterday afternoon and last evenine. The festivities began abont 4 o'clock and continued until near midnight. The day was perfect as could be desired, and the ar rangements for tho garden fete could not be Improved upon. Tho chapel was devoted to the fanoy tables of the various churches, the dining hall to the supper tables, the recep tlon'room to Ice cream and cake. Upstairs a doll loan exhibition and a fish pond attracted the visitors. On the lawn were erected booths for popcorn, flowers, candy and lemonade, and also a tea booth. A merry-go-round was kept In motion farther out; Bands of music were stationed at different places in the grounds and the whole in the evening was brilliantly illuminated. The ladles presiding over the supper tables were the officers ana directors of the Home, including Mrs. L. M. Harding, .rresiuent; jurs. jteuoen Miller, vice iresi dent, and Mrs. James H. Childs, Calvary Church; Mrs. Boss Johnston, St. Peter's; Mrs. Algernon Sydney M. Morgan, Trinity; Mrs. Gorman, St. Andrew's; Miss Martha Bakewell, St. Andrew's; Mrs. W. H. House, St. Peter's; Miss Louise Speer, Church of the Ascension; Mrs. D.G. Stewart, Church of the Ascension: Miss Dorman, Mrs. Smith, Em manuel Church; Mrs. Kimberlaln, Christ' Episcopal Church: Miss Hancock, St. John's, and Mrs. Oliver Phillips- The other ladies In charge were: Calrary Church Fancy table: Mrs. Agnew, Mrs. George Heard, Mrs. Harry Sellers, Mrs. George Taylor, Mrs. Harry McCombs, Mrs. Crelgbton, Mrs. Garner, Mrs. wolf and Miss Sellers. St. Andrew's Church Fancy table: Mrs. Crosby and Mrs. Campbell. , - Emmanuel Church Fancy table: Miss Mary Guth rie and Miss Christian Ihmsen. Doll loan. Calvary church Sisterhood Mrs. Tay lor, Mrs. John Dllworth. Mm. J. M. Wilkinson, Miss Florence Holmes, Mrs. Eaton, Mrs. Morton, ,Mrs. John Woodwell, Miss Ward and 3Irs. Curry. Fishingpond, Miss Bessie Barns, Miss Grace Tay lor ana Miss Lucy Rowand. Christ Church Lemonade, candv, flowers: Miss Mary McCandless, Miss Mary Hamilton; aids, Lucy Miller, Estelle Thomas, Fannie and Clara Moose. Trinity Church Tea room: Miss Harding, Miss Hegeman, Miss Morgan. St. Andrew's Church Ice cream: Lydla Mc Knteht, Kuth Bailer. Annie Rhodes, Fannie Hay, Jeanette Walker, NeUle Metcalf. Carrie Haves, the Misses BakewelL MIsa Fhllllns. Dora Price. Emma Price, Nora Oliver, Mardle glebeneck. Mary Gnthrle. Anna Rohtnson. Iter sle Stevenson. Christ Church Fancy table: Mrs. McBrlde and Miss Wood. St. Peter's Church-Fancy table: Mrt.W. H. House. Mrs. W. J. McMasters and Mrs. utterson. St. Peter's Altar Society Fancv table: Mrs. Ross Johnson, Miss Thompson, Miss Tlndle, Miss Patterson and Miss Slack. Church of the Ascension Fancy table: Mrs. Joseph Dllworth and Miss Mary Speer; aids, Miss McCallam, Mrs. Charles L. Clapp. Trinity Church-Fancy table: Mrs. A. E. W. Painter. Miss Margaret Darlington, Mrs. WiUlam Ross Proctor, Miss Marguerite Singer. . Iw tho chapel of the First Presbyterian Church last evening an entertainment fnll of interest was given. It was tho first an nual entertainment of the Western Pennsyl vania Institution for the Blind, which has only been in existence eight months. It was opened, according to a statement made by Superintendent Jacobs, on October 15, with an enrollment of six punils. It now claims 21, and 18 wore present last evening, among them Tommy Little, the prodigy who states correotly the day of the week upon which any future date will fall of this year or any year to come. The students, ranging in ages from 5 to IS, were seated on the platform, and by their united and individual efforts presented a very doligbtful programme. The "Saluta tory" was a poem recited by Jean Cowan and written bv Mrs. H. B. Jacobs. Those who took part in the programme were Jean Cow an, Frank C. Gaston, Charles Irving, Miss Benson, Tommy Little, Joseph C. Frelton, S. Wilbur Anderson, Charles Arnd. Will H. Long, Grace Marker, Blanche D. Bay, Maud Hays, John H. Jennings, Emma H. Crevan .and Maggie Stivanson. Tho performance throughout was really quite wonderful considering the short time the pupils were in training. A brilliant wedding, and one prominent socially, was solemnized last evening in the Third Presbyterian Church, Allegheny, when Miss Mary Moorhead Riddle, , with Bev. Herman Page, assumed the matri monial vows. The time for the ceremony was 7:10 and long before that the sanctuary was filled with a representative gathering. To the strains of the wedding march tho bridal procession entered, the ushers, Messrs. John Page, the groom's brother, John Clark, Thomas Ewing, Harley Mc Knlght, Martin Coster and Charles Davis, leading the way, and followed by the bride maids Misses Sue Kiddie, Louise Patrick, Jennie Boss, Jennie Blssell, MayCBwing and Miss Mary Olive Emmons, of Boston, the groom's cousin. The bride, on the arm of her brother, Mr. Walter Riddle, came last, and at the altar met tho groom and his best man, Mr. Foster McCleary, of Boston. A trio of clergymen awaited them, and the ceremony was performed by Bev. Dr. Riddle, tho bride's father, assisted by Drs. White and Cowan. A reception followed at the Biddleihome, on Ridge avenue, which was of elegance and beauty befitting tho important event. Bev. Dr. Page and his bride will remain some few days in Allegheny before departing for Idaho, their future home. Pittsburg will be deprived of one of its charming East End maidens by a wedding which was celebrated last evening. Mr. John Kuhns a prominent young gentleman of Greensburg must plead guilty to having wco d and won andoarried away Mfcs Catherine Young Black, a daughter of Mr. Thomas J. Black, and sister of Mr. John II. Black. The ceremony took place in the spacious parlors of the Black residence on favflnwnr Atrppt.Fn.st Knrt.In thftnnqpnnft nf n limited nnmber of the personal friends of the voune neoDle and the relatives of the two families. Bev. William F. Braden officia ted, assisted by Bev. W. A. Stanton, D.D. Miss Minnie Morgan Black as brldemaid, at tended her Bister to the altar and Mr. W. 11. Noll, of Greensburg, performed a similar service for the groom In the role of grooms man. A wedding supper, servedby Kuhn, and an informal reception preceded the de parture for Eastern icities where the honey moon will be spent. A oraceecl bride was Miss Anna Mar guerite Hasbach, on Mt. Washington, last evening, and a handsome groom was Mr. Oliver Halpin Stinson. They were married in Grace Episcopal Church uy the impres sive church ceremony. A number of guests witnessed the service and in an informal way tendered congratulations to tho young couple at the close. The bride is a very Sopular young lady at Mt. Washington, the aughter of Mrs. Elizabeth Husbaclu Mr. and Sirs. Stinson will reside with the bride's mother on Bailey avenue, and have issued cards for a reception Thursday evening, July 16, after they return from their wed ding trip. At 11 o'clock to-day services of the first an niversary of the Ladies of the Grand Army Homo for the mothers, wives, widows, sis ters and daughters of tlm soldiers, sailors and marines of the rebellion will begin with prayer. Speeches and music. The president of the Home, Mrs. Charles W. Gorwig, with her able assistants, has left nothing uncom pleted to make the day one long to be re membered by those who visit there to-day. Dinner and tea will be served in the open air, and refreshment tables for those who prefer. Mr. John Boberts Barker's wedding was announced for last evening, the bride being Miss Atta Stratton. Mr. Barker is the son of a well-known business man, who has been connected with tho firm of E. P. Boberts & Co. for some years, and the young gentle man himself occupies a responsible position with J. Bernd & Co . with which house he has been identified since he was 12 years of ago. jiiss oiraiwraB miner owns one or tne largest stock farms in the State, on Lake conneaut. r The scholars of the Grant school gave an old-fashioned school exhibition yesterday afternoon, in which nearly all the scholars, from the youngest to the eldest, partici pated to the gratification of their friends and parents, who were present in force. This Is probably the only school In tho city which adheres to the olu-timo style of exhi bition. To-day the school will have a picnic at Schenley Park, where tho Soho school will also spend the day. PMiss Elin Esseliss, tho teacher of tho in dustrial classes to commence in tho Forbes school building, is superintending tho fit ting up of the room and arranging the course of study. Tho Central Board will spend about $250 in lurnishlng the room and the teacher's salary will be $000. If the ex periment is a success the system will bo in troduced into all thd schools of the city. So successful was the Highland Park con cert of Wednesday evening that tho Du quesno Traction Company has decided to give a series of concerts during the summer season. The Great Western Band has been engaged, 'and will give two concerts next Satuiday afternoon and evening respective ly. The first one will commence nt 3 o'clock and the other at 8 promptly.' THwmPmbprft of the BetA Thpta PI Alumni .Association of Pitftsburg dined last evening (.at the Hotel Duquesne,. the occasion being the regular quarterly meeting of the asso ciation. The following were presentr Bev. W. A. Stanton, D. D., Bar. J. Hi Piugh, 1. 6. Van Voorhis, Esq., Thomas 8. Brown, Esq., F. H. EdsaU, M. D., T. L. Hazzard. M. D;, B. C. Bankln, Esq., Charles W.Addy, W.E. Stevenson, James D. Jack, Esq., Thomas D. Wood, E. P. Douglass, Esq., Major B. E. Stewart, Dr. B. H. Grube, James Clark, Esq., Hon. B.P. Nevln, H. W. Mitchell. Alex. A. Patterson, M. W. Stewart' G. G. Burns and A. B. Harrison, all of Pittsburg, and B. L. Warner, of Portland, Ore. Letters of regret and congratulation were received from Betas in all parts of the Union. Social Chatter. The Botanical Society has not entered npon its summer vacation yet; it held a regu lar meeting last evening at the Academy building. Dr. A. E. Zlegler read an Interest ing paper on "Weeds." . At the residence of the bride's .parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Kress, of Greenville, last evening, the words were spoken that united Miss Alberta Kress and James Q. Waters, son of Bev. J. Q. Waters, of Char tiers. A lawx party and open air concert will bo given this evening at Hallman's lawn, Shady avenue, adjoining Hotel Kenmawr grounds, under the auspices of the young people of Shady Avenue Church. Mrs W. J. nAraoxi, of Bellevue, gave an "at homo" yesterday afternoon in honor of her daughter-in-law, Mrs. James Hammond. Mrs. Charles B. Seaman, the bride's mother, assisted In receiving. The engagement is announced of Miss May D, Halliday, daughter of W. H. Halliday, of South Boston, and Mr. C. A. Anderson, of Boston, son of S. B. Anderson, of this city. A musical was given yesterday afternoon by the pupils or Prof. Otto Thorbabn at the South school, commencing at 1:30 o'clock. The closing exercises of St. Agnes' schools were given In the Bono public school haU last evening. A second delegation of about 100 Children will depart this morning for the Oakmont home. Miss Nas P. Bhoeocs: and Mr. J. D. Curran were married in this City last evening. Chtldbes's jubilee to-day In. Allegheny parks. IK THE NATIONAL COLOESt Bodges for the Fourth of July Celebration to Be Bed, White and Bine. The Fourth of July Committee yesterday selected badges for the day. The general managers wl 1 wear red, the Grand Stand Committee will wear blue, and the Press Committee white. A neat bow, appropri ately printed, will be used for the occasion. The Mayor will name the various commit tees in a few days. The grand stand Is being built to accommodate BOO or 600 peo ple, and the tlokots will be supplied to those entitled to them. The 'May Festival chorus will require 300 seats on the stand, the Great Western Band 30, and the balance will be reserved for the honorary committees, the speakers, the press and the guests from other cities. Contributions came in yesterday as fol lows: Magistrate Leslie, $10: ff. B. Ford, J20; John P. Berlin, $5. Total, $35. TEE WAYNESBtraa COMMENCEMENT. An Allusion to Blaine In an Oration Calls Out a Storm of Applause. SPECIAL TELEOBAU TO THE DISPATCH.! Wattjesbueg, June 25. The commence ment exercises of Wayneshurg College were held in Alumni Hall this morning. There were 11 membersrof the graduating class. The degree of Ph. D. was conferred upon A. J. Meek, and that of B. A. npon the other members of the class. The degree of A. SI. was conferred npon Miss Virginia Kerr, of Pittsburg, and three others. . One D. D. degree was conferred. Mr. Horton, a member of the graduating class, In his oration, the subject of which was ''The Power of Mind Over Mind," paid a glowing tribute to James G. Blaine, which brought a storm of applause from an au dience of over 1,000 people. A STBANGELY C0L0BED COLT. It Has WhlteTeet, Mane and Tail, With a Jet Black Body. SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH. Youngbtown, June 25 George Myers, of South New Mlddletown, this county, is the owner of a colt that is a decided freak. The colt is a yearling, has four glossy white feet, , white mane and tail, while the rest of it is a Jet black. Both sire and dam are Jefblack. Mr. Myers has received several lucrative offers from parties who desire to purchase the animal for exhibition. STONEWALL JACKSON'S EEMAIN3. They Will Be Exhumed To-Day and Placed in the New Vault. Lexington, Va., June 25. A press corre spondent has learned from the keeper of the cemetery this evening, that at 4 o'clock to morrowmorning thebody of Stonewall Jack son will be quietly removed from the grave in which it has lain since its burial, and placed In the new vault built for the pur pose and over which will be erected the monument subscribed for by the entire Southern people,, which will be unveiled July 21. If It Was Only to Be Longer. Cleveland Plaln-Dcaler.l After a few more one-year terms in prison Hcrr Johann Most, the Anarchist, may con clude that a person holding his peculiar views and practicing his peculiar beliefs has as great freedom in bis native land as here. Though he maybe missed, his temporary absence will not be mourned. A Good Time Coming. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Europe has not become Bepnblican or Cos sack yet, despite Bonaparte's prediction long ago that it would within SO years from his time, but the Prince of Wales, the Kaiser and a few other sprigs of royalty are giving a big boom to republicanism these days. PEOPLE COMING AND GOING. f. telegram received at Max Schamberg & Co.'s Steamship Agency says that the steamer Fulda passed Scllly Islands at 7 o'clock last evening with the following Pitts burgers on board: "Mrs. Helen Hirsch, Mrs. Margaret Hirscb, Joseph Einstein, James Spandau, Andrew Bohal, Luke Jasur and John Mayer. The sweet girl graduate was very prom inent at the Union depot last evening. She arrived and departed on every through train, and her unconventional demeanor and air of newly found freedom made some of the firm-visaged old station hands smile again in sympathy. S. E." Noble, President of the Anniston Pipe Works, and J. Keith, both or Anniston, Ala., are guests at the Duquesne. Mr. No ble's visit here Is to interest local capitalists in his business. He predicts a brilliant fu ture xor tne aoutn. Eev. Fathers "Wall, of St. Peter's, Alle ghenv, and O. P. Gallagher, of St. John's, Southside, left for New York yesterday morning and will sail for Ireland to-morron . A number of clergymen and friends saw them off. Prof. W. S. Wall, Mr. Frederick and Mrs. Wall, of New York City, and a large party occupied a private Pennsylvania coaoh last evening on the Eastern express. They were returning from an extended trip through the v esc. General Passenger Agent E. A. Ford, of the Pennsylvania lines, was at the Union Depot last night for a few minutes. He re marked that the business of the road in all departments was picking up. F. C. White, professor of theology at the University of West Virginia; John Dick, the Meadville, lawyer, and General George Owens, of Mobile, Ala., are sojourning attho Monongagcla. Vice President James McCrea, of the Pennsylvania Company, returned yesterday with Mrs. McCrea from Columbus, where thoy attended the wedding of Mr. E. B. Wall. Commodore Joseph "Walton went to Louis ville last night to keep an eve on his boats through the canal. Captain I. N. Bnnton was at the depot to see the veteran coal man off. C. J. Garvey, the well-known oil opera tor, returned last night on the limited from a trip to New York. He said the ontlook for trade in the metropolis was pretty rosy. E. B. Pace and wife, of Boston, are at the Anderson Hotel. They are hero to attend tho wedding festivities of friends in Alle gheny. Bishop Phelan and Father Cosgrave were at Lutrobe yesterday attending the com mencement exercises at St. Xavler's Acad emy. Southern Hotel, St. Louis, is at the Da- jquesne. CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS. There are five prosperous colonies ot Mormons In Mexico. The College of Hew Jersey has received, as gifts during the past year more than $100, 000. The sale of fami machinery In Kansas this season is about double what it was last year. The coast line of Alaska Is longer by 3.020 miles than that of all the rest of the United States. There is a caraiverous cow in liandolph county, Ma, which devours young chickens and goslings. The product of goldln the United States the last 18 yea rhas aggregated the enormous output Of 572,800,000. The hailstones which recently fell at Arkansas City were about the shape of a common soda biscuit and nearly as big. Mrs. John Singleton, living Z miles northeast of Avalon, Mo., while eating sup per last Sunday evening swallowed her falsa teeth. A negro, while plowing in the field oa Mr. W. L. McElmurray's farm, about six miles from Waynesboro, Ga., turned up an, old Indian tomahawk. Emperor William has given out orders that no person shall ride free on the rail roads unless they are actually engaged in service of the Government. Mr. Millard Boyett, of the Grover neighborhood, in Suwannee county, Fla., has tho brag little girl in the State. She is 4 years old and weighs 63 pounds. Time thins down the number. The re turns of the pensioned veterans who fought nnder the great Napoleon, who now receive 50 a year, put their number at Hi instead of 180. as in 1888. The United States lead? the world ia the number aud extent of its libraries. Tha publio libraries of all Europe put together contain about 21,000,000 volumes; those of this) country contain abont 60,000,000. A Camden, Me., lady who pledged her self to earn a dollar in some nnusual way for church carpets, carried ont her contract by digging worm for her brother-in-law to usa for bait on his fishing expeditions. The women of England are not afraid to pick up the trade of men. A London womaa announces that she is about to open a barber shop where all the barbers shall be women, and the newspapers speak favorably of the scheme. Joseph Patton, who lives near Clifton Hill in Kandolph county. Mo., still has tho pony he rode in the Confederate army. It is now 38 years old and is as fat as a mole, not having been used any, or very little, for some years. A lady in the waiting-room on tha steamboat wharf in Kichmond, Me., was pet-, ting Long's goat, when the creature snatched a veil off her face and swallowed it without winking. It was the coolest performance of the season. A society has been organized in Califor nia "to purchase song birds in Europe." Ia the autumn the society will commission a practical dealer to select and purchase as many song birds in Europe as the money at its command will permit. There was a man on the jury last week in Osborne county, Kan., who had formerly been in the insane asylum, and the strain of being compelled to sit on the Jnry again un balanced his mind and he went home and tried to murder his family. Foolscap is derived from a corruption of the Italian "foliocapo," which is a folio sheet, sizo generally 17 inches by It. From the thirteenth century till the seventeenth the water-mark of that sized paper was a fool's head, with cap and bells. A gargle of vinegar will dissolve small bones quickly. Where a large bone happens to lie across the windpipe or throat, a dex terous use of the finger will dislodge it when other means are lacking, provided both tha operator and patient keep calm. A Horthport, Me., man received notice a few days ago that he had won a diamond ring in a great rebus solving contest adver tised by a certain paper, but as he was re quired to send 11 cents to cover postage, ha "concluded it would not be worth while." History says the ancient Greeks used olive leaves for ballots, and the Australian voting system is a revival of the practice in .Home 2,000 years ago. History repeats itself. Modem Improvements are often only the revival of an ancient vogue of soma sort. The majority of people die sooner than they should. George E. Waring. Jr., sayss "Disease is not a consequence of life; it is due to unnatural conditions of living to neglect -rinse and want." And Dr. Stephen Smith .". j: "Man is born to health and longevity; disease is abnormal and death, except from old age. Is accidental, and both are preventable by human agencies." On a tombstone in the cemetery at Attica, Kan., the following peculiar inscrip tion is found: "Through this incription I enter my dying protest again st what is called tho Democratic narty. I have watched it closely since the days of Jackson and know that all the misortunes of our nation havo come to it through this so-called party. Therefore, beware of this party of treason." A Portland, Me., gentleman is the for tunate recipient from the poet of the desk: on which John G. Whittler wrote his earli est verses. It Is a very old piece of furni ture, being an heirloom in the Whitticr family andT having seen, possibly, 200 years of service. Of course, the fact that the ear liest poems of one of America's greatest poets were written on this desk gives it a value that antiquity could not confer. For perhaps 40 years past the old desk has been out of service, a newer piece of furniture taking its placo in the "garden room" at Amesbury. A Portland artisan hns reno vated the ancient desk without changing' any of lis characteristic features. Talk about a 590 gown as a wonder oa graduation day in the city ! What will you think when you are told that n lady np in Oxford county, Me., protects her house plants while out of doors from frost with a $300 coat. Early in the month during tho frosty nights a woman residing in a beauti ful village in Oxford county took her hus bands old coats to cover up her plants. Sev eral days later he Inquired for his coat and when told the purpose for which it had been used, and that probably it was left in tho flower garden.sald he guessed it had better be brought inas there was a $300 roll of bilU in the inside pocket, which he had carried there) for some time. WEiri'EN TOE FOX Mephisto Bring me a fan. Imp Yes, sir. Mephisto I have been up doing some work In av New York tenement house, and I almost go roasted. Seta Tork Herald. "What would you do, John, if I got up In the middle of the night, as some enthusiasm do, to play the violin " "1 would get up ana play the nose." Fuck, Tom It always strikes me that your fiancee Is a Terr cold girl. Jack My dear fellow. If you paid for the lea cream she eats, you'd thlnL she bad every reason to be cold. Puck. With money plenty, and no care, He apends a life thtt's heedless; And in two senses we declare He is a man who's needless. Puck. "I don't know what Smith does with .his money?" "No?" "No, I don't. Yesterday he was short and he is ' short again to-day." "Did he want to borrowTrom yon f" "No, hang It, I wanted to borrow from aim." &w Tork Press. , Miss Phcebe Couzins I repeat it, fellow cltlrent one moment, please! It Is not going to bo much ofa shower-I repeat it, I war abused, in tuited, trampled upon by the Indolent manage ment of that World's Columbian Exposition, and I'm going to carry this case The Anitcl Gabriel-Toot! Toot! Too-o-o-ootS Chicago Tribune. Wile (timidly) Charlie dear, won't you let me look at your paper a moment? Husband (lrrltablyjCertalnly. Walt tillwegeS under the tunnel, can't you? Sea Tork lilegram. "And you say you would die for me?" I'm afraid yon are not as brave as that." 'Am I not? Why, I show my fearlessness ot death every Ume I come into jour presence." "How U that?" "Because you always look so killing." That settled the business. .Veta Tork Press. "I hear they are talking of putting up a monument to Johnson, the advertising; agent." "What's it to be brass, like Johnson?" "No; a plain want column." Seio Tork Herald. Attorney for prosecution (to prisoner) What object did you have in view when you com mitted the brutal murder of your mother-in-law? Prisoner (stolidly) An ax; Sew Tork Telegram, Si ", 4 ij Xti
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