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S 00 - Dailt Dispatch, One Month 70 Dailt Dispatch, Including Sunday, 1 year.,.10 00 Daily Dispatch, lnclnding Sunday, 3 m'tbs. 2 SO Dailt Dispatch, lnclnding Sunday, 1 m'th.. SO Eotat Dispatch, One Year 2 50 Weekly Dispatch, One Year. 1 25 The Daily Dispatch is delivered by carriers at 35 cents per week, or, lnclnding Sunday Edition, at Slcents per week. PITTSBURG, THURSDAY, JULY 2, 18al. TBACTION CAE COLLISIONS. A danger arising from a multiplication of cable and electric railways, and which requires stringent precautions, was em phasized yesterday by the collision of a cable and electric car in the East End. One or two other collisions have occurred before and there have been several narrow escapes. But this casualty tae first in. which there has been actual Injury to people makes the lesson especially im pressive. In view of the fact that the necessities of cable and electric line3 call for a higher rate of speed than was possible by the old horse cars, the multiplication of crossings establishes no inconsiderable danger. Yet the degree to which this multiplication has been carried will be realized by f ewpeople who have not taken the trouble to count them. In the lower part of the city there are eleven such crossings or intersections, with from two to four different companies using the tracks at each, and three at the major ity of them. "When the Manchester line is finished the total will be increased'to thir teen, without including any of the cross ings by horse car lines. If the outer por tions of the community are included the total will be swelled to over a score. It is worth while to note that many of ese crossings might have been avoided adopting the principle of common acks and belt lines where different com mies come into close proximity. This ould have decreased the danger from the ossings in addition to preserving some of ir avenues for the use of vehicles. But that policy was lost sight of in the rush r new transit lines, the most thorough recautions are required to prevent the ecurrenco of such collisions as that of esterday. Without undertaking to decide thedis ited question of personal responsibility r the collision, it is plain that the safety f the public, and the proper protection if life on the streets, requires the strin :cnt enforcement of all the precautions lecessary to prevent such casualties. 1 IRON" WAGES SETTLED. The satisfactory settlement of the wage question in the iron mills for the ensuing year has been foreshadowed all along, but it is not the less a matter for general con gratulation. There was some of the usual protestation on the part of mill proprietors that they would not assent to certain feat ires of the scale; but the amount of such talk was less than usual and meant less, as the final agreement shows. This ensures steady operations in the mills for the next twelve months, and car ries with it the promise of fair activity In the branches of trade dependent on the Iron industry for their custom. For that gratifying result the spirit of conerva ism and mutual consideration which has arked the negotiations on this Issue for past few years deserves credit. In s respect the iron industry sets a good imple to other Industrial lines. There as some talk of demanding an advance of iges on one side and a decided reduction the other. But such propositions which uld only lead to conflict were rejected, 1 the conference was begun in a spirit ch rendered the agreement a foregone elusion, a result of this conservative spirit in 'g the wage question employment in 1 mills has been steadier, and both id capital more reliably prosperous in any other industry. Other inter might learn a valuable lesson from 'act UNDESIRABLE ACQUISITION. to be regretted that the spirit of an jingoism which breaks out occa y in the direction of the acquisition tory has taken a fresh start, as in 1 by a recent editorial in the New World. That journal takes the .on of a new commercial treaty by Cuba is given better prospects to Jie way to ultimate annexation. st from Spain's jealous guardian f the chief of her colonial posses Cuba is exactly the kind of acquisi that the United States cannot afford ake. If that island were offered us gift its acceptance would present the ltiirnative of adding to our citizenship a true population unfitted for self-govem-ie it or of belying our democratic prin jpjes by keeping that population disfran ;hi)ed. Either horn of the dilemma would e of more damage to us than could be omfiensated by all the sugar and tobacco plantations of that island. If Spain is ever ready to surrender the overeignty of Cuba it would be the part the United States to give the Cubans r friendship and support in setting up 'r own Government But to add to our ulaticm such elements as cither the ans or llaitiens would cost us far t than any gain that could come with acquisition. tlSCREDITABLE TO REPCKLICS. is a singular and by no means fl&tter act that the two great republics of zation, France and the United States, e refused to accede to the Brussels con dition for the suppression of the African slave trade. The influence whfch has, succeeded in preventing favorable action bythe United States Senate is supposed to bgLthe interest whose traffic In liquor with Sirica would be cut off by the Brussels convention; while it is asserted that the 'avc dhows use jSIadlgascar as a conven- lt depot for their nefarious commerce, 1 thus employ the French flag for their tectlon. J. Jtogether the attitude of the republics iXrfanding aloof from the jst of humamy for selfish reasons is far om pleasant tb people who think that -cpublicanisin (should take the lead in movements for the benefit of oppressed and, maltreated humanity. The weak arguments used to justify this attitude are exemplified by the Philadelphia Times, which declares it to be "good American doctrine" to deny the right of search, and recalls the fact that Lewis Cass, when Minister to France, in duced Louta Philippe to reject a similar treaty for the suppression of the slave trade on the same ground the question of the right of search. This Is quite possible; end it is an illustration of the lengths to which pro-slavery power made the dough face element go, that our Minister to Prance had influenced the French King to obstruct the fight against the sum of all villanies on such a pretext To deny the right of search, to protect -free men from being seized by impress ment, or to protect the legal rights of neutral traders, is one thing. Denying the right of search so as to afford pro tection to barbarians and pirates under the flag of a civilized Republio is quite another. The two great republics of the world cannot afford to even indirectly champion the cause of the Arab dealers in humanity for the sake of a few dirty dollars. INTERNATIONAL COPTKIGHT. By proclamation of the President, the 'international copyright went into effect yesterday, with regard to Great Britain, France, Belgium and Switzerland. This will Inaugurate a new era in our national position with regard to the rights of author ship as between different countries. It is hardly to be disputed that the former condition of United States legisla tion, by which the works of material in ventors were thoroughly protected, whether of pur nation or6ome other, while the works of authors were made the material for Indiscriminate looting, was distinctly discreditable. It puts the coun try in a peculiar attitude toward literary 'talent, that the efforts made to place them on an equality with inventors in the ma terial line have been postponed and de feated so long by special interests. That we have at last made an attempt to estab lish international protection to authorship is a gratifying evidence of progress. Of course the success of -the present law is to be settled only by experience. That experience cannot be regarded after the lapse of weeks or months, but only after its effects for years can be reviewed will its exact value'be calculable. The law con tains provisions with regard to the protec tion of certain special interests of such a character that it can hardly be taken as an example of international copyright pure and simple. These provisions will make It necessary to be more deliberate in mak ing a verdict as to the actual results of the enactment But as a definite step in-the way of rec ognizing the property of authorship the new law is gratifying to every cultured American. Whatever changes experience may indicate we may be assured that further steps will not be backward, and that the principle of international copy right has at last a definite footing in our legislation. lTORSE-RACES AND GAMBLING. It Is interesting to observe the energy with which the New York Recorder com pounds the sin it is inclined to by repelling the comparison of gambling at baccarat with gambling at horse-racing. "The in ference is unfair," says the Recorder. "Money is won at the horse track as in steamboat racing and stock breeding or baseball. This, however, is money earned by enthusiasm or emulation. Gambling is money earned by chance." The peculiar phraseology in the predica tion of "earning" money by chance in gambling is not more remarkable than its hazy casuistry. Chance enters to a greater or less extent Into all effort The gold diggers earned their money largely by chance; while as to the otherside of our moral philosopher's definition, we imagine there is as much enthusiasm and emula tion in baccarat or draw poker as in bet ting with bookmakers or in the French pools. Of course, the real touchstone of gamb ling in its moral aspect is the effort to make a gain which shall be another man's loss. Apart from that it is interesting to note how our cotemporary's defense of the racing mania, in repelling" the Idea of chance in connection with horse-race win nings, unconsciously establishes the not unfounded Inference that these events are setup beforehand so as to make them sure things for the insiders. The quicksand which the elevated rail road people in New Yore affirm to form the backbone of Manhattan Island, ana tbns prevent the construction of an underground railroad, would probably be dangerous if the water from the elevated stocks should get into it. The latest feat in connection with the contract labor law is the veto it has put on the effort of a Chicagoan to add a novel feature to the parks of that city. He had fallen in love with the Japanese jinrickisha, and imported two of those vehicles, with two Japaneso to draw them in the parks, where children were to ride in them free of charge. No possible infringement upon the Wnges of American workingmen was intended, and tho project was entirely a work of generosity. But the Treasury De partment construes tho contract labor law correctly enough to shut out the imported Japs, and the Chicago children will not get their free rides. The end of the affair does not seem to leave much room foreomment. Mr. Richard Mansfield wants to know If "it is necessary to be a scoundrel in order to be a successful reporter?" Not at all, Mr. Mansfield. Nor to be a successful actor cither we should say, but perhaps Mr. Mansfield may know ruoro on that point. It is intimated that Lord Randolph Churchill's efforts in tho line of newspaper correspondence on his African trip are not a howling success. Tho New York Advertiser says that it has at least ten reporters "who could go from London to Cape Town on a steamship and write a better two-column account of the trip than Lord Ranny has given us." As the salient feature of the lordly correspondence was a complaint of the steamship accommodations, we may con clude that tho reporters would not fall into that error, unless the steamship's agents had refused the privileges of the press. Great excitement marked the close of the Italian Chamber of Deputies; but that body got safely adjourned on the assurance of Kudlni that tho Triple Alliance is so much determined to preserve the peace of Europe that it is getting ready to fight for it. Sarcastic comment is indulged in over the fact that the "Literary Ladies" who had a dinner in London recently indulged in cigarettes. The inference is quite plain that, the ladies regarded that dissipation as essential evidence of their literary character. Still It is pot wise to be too scornful. Tbe ladles exhibit no more remarkable ideas in this connection than do literary men who think it necessary to prove their literary character by potations of cordials. And the cigarettes are not quite so demoralizing, either. 1 How is this? The Hon. Thomas B. Reed riding on one of the French tallyho coaches and hobnobbing with the Due do Cazcs and other of the effete aristocracy! Is this the way the great American Speaker shows Ms enmity to foreign products? -? It is pleasant to learn from 'the New York Sun that there has been "a marked improve ment" In the demeanor.of the people who go to Coney "Island, and' that last Sunday "there was no trouble In preserving-order." The information that people can go to Coney Island without being bullied by hoodlums or terrorized by the actual outbreak of rowdyism, is gratifying; but to have it presented as "a marked improvement" arouses curious speculation as to the char acter of that alleged pleasure resort in the past. Now we learn that '"the first reports of air. Gladstone's Illness were exaggerated." One of the functions of the day seems to be exaggerating the reports of the illness or statesmen, and then exaggerating the de nials. Speaking of the discovery that the con tracts for cruiser No. 3 have been awarded without any provision for an electrlo light plant, an esteemed cotemporary remarks that "such a thing could not occur in any successful corporation." Why not, when one of the railroads running out of New York has not been able to obey the law suf ficiently to supply its passenger trains with heating apparatus that will not burn up its' passengers in case of a smash-up T It is asserted by Consul General King; that French wines will be higher this year. This indicates that the Consul General has failed to give due attention to the promising reports on the Jersey cider crop. Concerning the efforts of the Agricul tural Department to produce .rain by ex plosions, tfio Washington Star thinks they should be continued 'right here where they have begun the work." This desire to have all the rain making done in the District of Columbia indicates an unwillingness on the part of the esteemed Star to have the rain fall on the just as well as the unjust. THE HIGH AND KIGHTT. Mrs. General Grant is aging rapidly.' mere has been a marked change both in ap-' poaranco and in her manner within two. years. Her hair is silvered and her slow and uneven steps betoken her advanced years. The Presidentisexpected to leave 'Wash ington on Friday or Saturday for Cape May, where he will remain at least one month, unless urgent business demands his return. PrdtcessMay ofTeck is the prettiest marriageable royal girl in Europe. She is the present object of devotion of Prince Edward of Wales, but the match is pre vented by the strong objection of the Queen. Don Pedro, who has gone to "Vichy to take the waters, wQl probably return to England about the middle of next month, when he is to reside for a few weeks at' Bushey Park, which has been placed at his disposal by the Due de Nemours. Emperor "William will visit the naval -exhibition on July 10. At the conclusion of his sojourn be will start for a fortnight's cruise along the Scottish coast, after which his yacht, the Meteor, will compete for the Queen's cup in the royal regatta at Cowes. General Jural A Early has accepted the invitation of the Monument Committee to he the orator on the occasion of tho un veiling of the Jackson monument at Lex ington, V., on July 2L His subject will be tho military achievements and character or General "Stonewall" Jackson. The health of M. de Lesseps has been greatly affected by the criminal proceedings instituted against the officers and directors of the Panama Canal Company by the French Government. M. de Lesseps' family is extremely anxious as to the outcome of the attack of nervous depression from which the veteran engineer is suffering. Mr. Herbert Gladstone says that in fluenza first attacked his father's throat, and on his recovery from that attack, ex posure during an oration brought on a bronchial affection. Ho says his father is now improving rapidly and there is no cause for alarm. The Queen and Prince of Wales have sent telegrams inquiring as to Mr. Gladstone's health. ' Prince Ferdinand finds that the course of true love runs no more smoothly for royal lovers than it does for more humble folk. After stormy interviews with King Charles he has just left to pay a visit to Prince Leopold, of Hohenzollern. It is re ported that the King insisted upon his giv ing up MllcHelenoBacarescu in the interest of tho Bulgarian Monarchy, on the ground that tho proposed mesalliance would compel him to abandon his right to the succession. In the meantime the lady has been com pelled to leave the service of the Queen. She proposes to take up her residence in Itussia, having been handsomely pensioned. A SUGAB TBUST Df JUHCTI0N. The Court Decision Comes Too Late, as the Dividend Is Already Paid. New York, July 1. Judge Barnard, sitting in the Supreme Court has granted an injunc tion restricting the payment of dividend on the stock of the Sugar Refineries Company. The plaintiff in the case is said to be James A. Taylor. The injunction in this case is similar to the action of the man who locked bis stable doorafter his horse had been taken away. It is said that anyone passing by tho of fices of tho Sugar Company Into lost night would have seen that the offices were all lit. A busy force of clerks were at work drawing checks for the dividend, and the checks were nil mailed to the stockholders last night. This done, the trustees silently stole away and to-day it was said at the of fices of the company that they had all gone fishing. None of the officers were at their desks. This is the first dividend paid by the company since its reorganization. The stockholders of the company who received their checks this morning were in some thing of a quandary. Those who had not cashed their checks wcio somewhat dis turbed in mind as to their right to do so. GUESTS OF MBS. HABBISON. There Are Several of Them Now at the Presldental Cottage at Cape Slay. SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH. Cafe Mat, N. J., July L Mrs. Dimmlck and Mrs. Lieutenant Barker, wife of the military attache at Vienna, came on from Washing ton toKlay and are now the guests of Mrs. President Harrison. They will probably stay a month at the cottage. They wcro accom panied by George W. Boyd, of Philadelphia, and were met at tho depot by Mrs. Har rison, Mrs. General Williams and Miss War field. The President will arrive at 4:30 Friday afternoon, and is expected to bring with him Attorney General Mlllor. THE STBIEE AFFECTS MABBIAGES. ' June Falls to Keep Up Its Proportion of Increase. - The strike has had a depreciating' effect in tho number of marriage licenses issued dur ing the last month. The total number was 647, and, although it is a slight 'increase over the nnmber of June of last year, it is not up to the proportion or increase that tho other months have enjoyed. During all of last year there were only 3,503 licenses issued, while for the six months of this year just ended the total is 2,769. The total for this year is expected to be about 5,000. SOCIAL CHATTER. Mb. J. P. McNallt, the handsome Western gentleman who is in the city.securod yester- uay neuvy uana weauing ring tnot on JUiy 7, with the proper rod tape, will bo placed on the band of Miss Keene, of Allegheny. Miss Lizzie MoMahok, the efficient young superintendent of the Fourth Avenue Bap tist Church Industrial School, and the pas tor's assistant, departs to-day for a two months' stay in Chicago. "Columbia," "Ameica1,' "Star-Spangled Banner" and "Bed, White and Blue" were the songs rehearsed at Old City 'Hall last evening by Carl Better's chorus for the Fourth of July. Miss Kate Pattow will forget business cares and delight the hearts of home friends at Cochran ton next week. The Frohsinn Singing Society enjoyed a boat excursion yesterday afternoon and last evening. Mrs. Edward Clark will shortly sail for Europe, where she will spend somo time. Several weddings will bo solemnized to-, day.' TALK OF THE TOWN. The Jewelry Business Quiet Why Jewels Are' in Demand in July The Diamond Getting Dearer Lemonade and Those "Who Drink it "No, I cannot say that the jewelry busi ness is as lively as I should like it to be," said one of Pittsburg's leading Jewelers, and a" brainy, observing man, yesterday. "I sup pose we must lay it to the door of the strikes and labor disturbances, but however caused it is a fact that the demand for precious stones and Jewelry of all kinds, for watches, clocks and plate, is not what it ought to be nor anything like what we usually expect at this time of the year. To be sure the sum- I mer is not our harvest time, but there is usu ally a brisk spnrt of business before peoplo begin to take their summer holidays. Per haps Julymayredeemtblngssomewhat. This month, though you may not think- it, is one of the best of the year for the jewelers for the sale ot diamonds and purely ornamental jewelrv, such as rings, bracelets, brooches, 1 pins and the like. Women are onr best cus- 'tomers, of course, in this line, and tho philos ophy of their wanting diamonds, etc.in J my is that they desire to decorate themselves for the dress parade which takes place at the -seashore and the inland pleasure and bealtk resorts. A wifo will say to her husband this week: 'George, dear, you know you've prom ised to give me those diamond earrings next Christmas now don't you think it would be nloe to let me nave them now so that I could wear tbem when we go to tho shore!' and if George is not a hard-hearted wretch, who can see that abominable Mrs. Blank next door dazzle all eyes in the hotel dining-room at Cape May next week while his own wife goes un-Jewoled andun-sung, he will buy her tho diamonds without a word. Anyhow so many women buy decorative Jewelry for special use in tno fashionable circles now to be found at so many places by sea and mount ain In the hot weather that July has come to be the best month in the year, next to the months immediately preceding Christmas. It remains to be seen whether July main tains her reputation in this regard, and the big harvests nowassured and the consequent prosperity for this city promise to revive business in the fall." Diamonds Save No Rivals. "Diawosds still distance all competitors for popular favor," continued the Jeweler,, "and it is wonderful how many people buy them a.i compared with the old days. The price of diamonds has gone up during the last six months, owing to a syndicate hav ing obtained the control of the supply to a great extent, but diamonds aro still a good deal lower than they were a few years ago, and I consider them still decidedly cheap. The syndicate which has obtained posses sion of the principal mines intends, I be-J lievo. to raise the Drice steadily by curtau- 'ing the supply, they arguing that the man who wants a diamond will be as wimng to pay $100 as $60, or $50 as $30. "Latterly the ruby has increased in favor but it can never approach the diamond in popularity. Rubles of good color and any size are comparatively rare, far more so than diamonds of equal quality. Then, too, the fancy for colored stones seems to be an ac quired taste, while the white stone satisfies almost everyone. Customers are wont to find fault with tho shade of a ruby's color, this man saying it is too light, and that woman it is too dark. It is so withaUcol ored stones; their beauties are not so ap-' parent to the uneducated eye as the dia monds." "Are many imitation diamonds worn in Pittsburg!" "No. I think not. The fact that a woman cannot wear diamonds to advantage unless she is dressed up to them, keeps a great many peoplo from using paste dla monds, although they are now made so cleverly that only an expert could detect the pretense. I have found that some of the Jewels supposed to be shams were genuine, the meanness of the wearer's dress mislead ing the observers." Thirst and Imagination. "Cool Lemonade Five Cents a GlassI" The sign hangs over a stand on one of tbe principal down-town streets, and gallons of the compound are sold every hour. All that tho proprietor prays for 13 hot weather. The sun is his best advertising agent. The variety of customers. who drink at this tem perance bar is astonishing. Yesterday at one time a Baptist minister, a hack-driver, a newsboy and a banker were pouring the cool sour stuff down their parched throats at the same moment' "All sorts of people, as you. see," said the lemonade man, "drink here and they drink "lemonade for all sorts of reasons. Most of them, of course, drink it to quench tueir thirst and, by the way, a couple of doctors come here every day and drink unsweetened lemonade, and it's the best way to stay thirst but some drink it to stave off bilious ness, and one man told me the other day that he believed lemonade was an excellent thing for the hair. I don't know how ho figured it out, and it's not my business any how. It is usually believed that acids are bad for rheumatics, yet a man who drinks a good many glasses ot lemonade every v. eek says that it helps his rheumatism. Good deal of imagination, I guess, in it all. "Just aftei the Johnstown flood, when everybody was a little squeamish about drinking the river water, I remember an old man camo here and after he'd asked for a glass of lemonade, ho stayed my hand sud denly and asEecu 'Where ao you get tne water from?' ' 'All spring water, of course,' said I. " 'That's allright, then,' said he, and he drank the lemonade with a relish. He camo the next day and brought a friend. He told me then that he lived 'way out Center ave nue and hadn't drunk a drop of hydrant water for three days since the flood, and he remarked to his friend that my stall was the only place In the city where you could get pure spring water. I hadn't the heart to confess that the t ater I mixed with sugar and lemon-juice came from the hydrant, out that was the fact, and It did him no harm." Lemonade Statistics. "This summer has been favorable so far to the business," continued the lemonade man, "Just hot enough right along to keep people thirsty. When trade is at its best I sell a box of lemons, a day; there are 300 lemons in a box, so that means COO glasses of lemonade. You go into a saloon, and as a rule the bar tender will turnup his nose at you when you call for lemonade, and he'll charge you ten cents or perhaps fifteen. I can afford to sell a glass of lomonade at five cents, throw a smile in and still make monby. The le duction in the price of sugar helps me, since the duty was cut down, for you seo I use a barrel a week, that is 360 pounds. Tbe choice 01 good lemons Is a somewhat difficult mat ter, but they average pretty well. FUNDS OF THE STATE. A Detailed Statement of Deposits by Treos ' urer Boyer for June. HAKEiBBURQ.July L State Treasurer Boyer to-day made publio the detailed deposits of the sinking fund for the month of June: Tho amount in the sinking fund at the close of Duslncss June 30 was $3,000,925 25, divided among tho following banks: Farm ers and Mechanics' National Bank, Philadel nhia. sl.65t.711 43: Alleeheny National Bank. -Pittsburg, $170,000; Mechanics' Bank, Harris- Durg, sjiss.uuu; Hirst .national .nanic, iiarris burg. $50 000; People's Bank, Philadelphia, $100,000; Commonwealth Guarantee Trust and Safe Deposit Company, $185,173 60; Johnston n Bank, Lebanon county, $5, 000, Beaver Deposit Bank, Beaver, $10,000; Lancaster Trust Company, Lancaster, $23,000; First National Bank, Chester, $10,000; Fanners' Bank, Hummelstown, $10, 000; Cochran, Payne & McCormlck, Wllllamsport, $21,t00; First National Bank, Huntingdon, $10,000; First Na tional Bank, Bangor, $10,000; Central National Bank, Columbia, $5,000: First National Bank. Mauch Chunk, $20,000; Fourth Street National Bank, Philadelphia, $200,000; Second National Bank, Mauch Chunk, $20,000; People's Na tional Bank, Lancaster, $15,000; Farmers' Na tional Bank; West Chester, $10,043 06: Enter prise Savings Bank, Allegheny, $31,195 10; Chestnut Street Nutionni Bank, Phila delphia, $200,000; National Bank of Oxiord. $5,000; Spartansburg Bank, $3,000; First National Bank, Lebanon, $15,000; First National Bank, Millersburg, $10,000; Corn Fxchango National Bank, Philadel-' phln, $20,000; Tirst National Bank, Bellefonte, $40 000; National Bank, Schwenksvillc, $15,000; Citizens' National Bank, Towanda, $10000. - ' There havo also been deposited in various banks by Treasurer Boycr's securities to indemnity the State against loss by Jamison and Delainater failures, $123,C09 09.- At the close of business June 30 there was in the general fund $2,972,709. 15 about $500,000 more than at tho previous month, and the largest amount that has been in the general fund at any time since tho war. An Enterprising Chick. ( SFECIAI, TELEGRAM TO THI DISPATCn.J Scottdale, July L An egg is on exhibition hero in the store windows, the produot of a hen not a year old The chicken 1s the property of Donald, Wilkins, of Kverson, and the other day created a great ado over an egg weighing six ounces, and larger than two goose eggs. - - . - ' L FANCIES IN TOMBSTONES. One Woman Who Visits Hers Three Times a Week. "Pittsburgers are very particular abont the stones that mark their resting places and those of their friends," said Mr. Alex ander Beggs the other day as he seated him self on a long slab of Unemidan marble, a late importation from Africa. "Dreadfully particular I might say, so much so that in some instances thoy not only give the order for their monument before they die, but have it executed as well, with the inscrip tion name and all upon it, leaving of course the space for the death date." "That monument there," continued the speaker, pointing to a medium sized marble stone somewhat yellow with age, "was ordered about ten years ago and the woman it is intended for isn't dead yet. She ordered it herself, and we have to keep it in that conspicuous place because, she comes in about three times a week to look at it. She isn't a bit melancholy over it, in fact seems to have a sort of an affection for the stone. You see by the inscription she's a maiden 'lady and that partially accounts for her anxiety to possess and her. friendship for the monument. It may take tbe place of a husband instead of tea and cats for all I know. She's a mighty nice woman though, ana nas considerable weaitn." "Yes, fashions change in monumental work," he continued, "Just as they do in everything else, and there are lots of people in the city who keep abreast of the changes. Just at the present time granite has almost entirely superseded marble as for as mate rial is concerned. Its more durable, more f expensive and seems better adapted in every way to the cemetery demands, The designs are plainer and more elegant than in former years, and very little novelty or fancy work is called for. ,. "There is a great desire, though, on the part of fashionable people to excel their neighbors, even in tho city of the dead, and everyone wants something distinctively original and new to this section .of the coun try. One massive monument usually an swers for the family, wjth separate grave markers for each individual." "Our customers crenerallv have more trouble in selecting the inscription for the' stone tnan in selecting tne stone; tuoy fre quently change their minds several times after giving the order. "But when tbe lettering is, commenced the Inscription has to go. There have been great changes in the method of stone-cutting, within the last few years. The work now is almost all done with machinery by com pressed air, like that for Instance," said Mr. Beggs, as he "turnsd to a very large stone with a very little man who was controlling an exaggerated drill similar in shape and performance to those used by a dentist. "Under the persistency of that drill, skill fully controlled, an inscription is perfected, and with another instrument the polishing also, in much less time than formerly," con tinued the speaker, "but we have to pay the stone cutters. They commandfrom $3 to $3 50 a day. Our busiest time in the cemotery is from the first of April up to the last of May. Everyone prepares for Decoration Day." SLEPT SIX DATS AND NOT AWAKE. A Linesville Young Lady Lying in Protracted Cataleptio Fit. LnrasvrixE, July 1. Several days ago Miss Cora Irons, of this city, wont to Conneaut Lake for an extended visit. She was very well and in good spirits, hut to-night news comes from that place that she has been lying in a cataleptlo state for six-days and all efforts to waken her are vain. Thursday evening, June 25, the young lady started to her room to dress, and not return ing, ber friends became alarmed and went after her. She was found lying peacefully on the bed, with her eyes wide open, but evi dently in deep sleep. The young lady's eyes soon closed, and she has over since been in a deep sleep. Her pulse and temperature are normal, and it is said by her physicians that she probably hears every word spoken by her anxious friends. It is said the young lady had a similar visitation several years OgU OUU VUU4V UiUUUU iMV VO kUU peculiar influences that brought about her conaiuon iiau ueen removea, DEATHS HEBE AND ELSEWHERE. George A. Norris, V. 8. N. Lieutenant Commander George A Norris, of the United States steamer Omaha, died in San Francisco Tuesday, of pneumonia. He was a native of Maine and graduated from the Naval Academy In 1866. His first service was la the South Atlantic station on the Pawnee. He was promoted to be lieutenant In 1870 and was em ployed in the Darlen surveying expedition and, a little later. In sarreylne wort In the Paclfle. After a brief term In the Hydrographlc Office he was ap nolntedJ In 1879 to tbe nautical schoolable St. ilary's. on which he served three years. In 1886 he was m'ade Lieutenant Commander and assigned to special dnty In New York. He Joined theDmaha some months ago. jib was nuuuii w cars uiu. Mrs. W1U Poor. "Word has just been received in this city of the death at Denver of Mrs. Will Poor. The canse was a cancerous malady with which she had lJeen afflicted for some years. She went to Europe once for treatment, bnt not receiving any substan tial relief returned to her home In this city, at tended by a young American physician. Dr. Frank Nodlne, of Cleveland, who treated her In Pans and tnouRhthc could eradicate the poison rrom ner sys tem. X strange coincident Is that this young doc tor died himself on shipboard last rammer when re turning to this country. Mrs. Poor, who, as SIlss Mary Graff and then as Mrs. John M. Klrkpatrlck, was once known as the most beautiful woman in tbe society or this city, leaves a large esiaie, ner Jewels were the envy of all who ever beheld them. John Little. John Little, special officer of the Court House, 31 years old, died yesterday as his home. No. 1 Clay alley. He was a warm friend of the late District Attorney Johnston and County Commis sioner Boyle, and was one of the organizers of tbe County Democracy. Death was caused by a com plication or diseases. Mr. Little leaves a wife and child. His funeral will take place to-morrow morn ing at the house and will be attended by a large number of friends. Mrs. Andrew, Black. Mrs. Andrew Black died, in the 80th year of her life, at No. 4229 Oakland Terrace, on Tues day evening. During her life she was an active worker In the cause of temperance, and 15 years ago carried her crusade Into the saloons of the city. She was the widow of Rov. Andrew Black, at one time a leading minister here, and Ieai es three children and a host of friends. The funeral will taVe place this afternoon. Joseph V. Hose. Joseph U. Rose, the senior member of the Hart,Rose Belting Co., died yesterday at hisresl7 dence on Neville street. Mr. Eose was a well known and greatly respected citizen. Notice of the arrangements for the funeral will be made publio to-day. A. Parker Robinson. Mr. A. Parker Bobinson died yestefdayat I.atrobe. ne was grandson of the late General Wm. Robinson and a brother of Congressman John B. Robinson, of Chester county, and of the late Eccles Robinson, of Allegheny. Obituary Notes. "Aunt" Millie Blackburn; (colored) died Tuesday, near Ellston, Montgomery county, Va., aged 102. W. D. nKNSnAW, the Assistant General Mana ger of the Royal Insurance Company, of Llver EooU died Monday night at Brooklyn from acute ldlgcstlon. Alderman John MANNIXO, of the Twelfth ward of Buffalo, died of droDsy Tuesday. He was 40 years old and had served several terms as Super visor and Alderman. REV. DR. ALBERT GALLATIN PALMER, a Baptist minister of note and the father or Manager A. M. Palmer, of the Madison Square Theater, died Tues day at his home in Stonlugton, Conn., the city of his birth. Ignaz Letbacii, a once popular and very.pro llflc composer of pianoforte pieces, is dead at Tou louse France, aged 74. He was a native of Alsace. Ills compositions Include more than 200 pianoforte studies, etc. CAPTAIN Richard Hamor, Sr one of the pro nrletors of the Grand Central Hotel at Bar Harbor. died suddenlv on Monday at tho age of 78. He was a native of that place, and abont 1858 opened the (Irand Central. It was the second public house in Bar Harbor. Lew Miltos, a well-known negro minstrel, is dead at his home In St. Louis. He was bornjn Nashville, Teun., in 1857, and made his debut on the stare In 1870. fclnce then he had traveled with most of" the big minstrel troupes, and since 1882 he had been stage manager at one of the St. Louis theaters. "Rev. Father J. Hubert Heidenricii died at St. Peter's College, Jersey City, Wednesday night, after a short illness. He attended the college com mencement last Friday night and the banquet that followed. Heart failure is given as the cause of death. He was professor of German and treasurer of the college. Mas. Margaret Snodorass, who died recently of old age at the residence of James Fleming, near Brown' station, O., was tho oldest resident In Jef ferson countv. She and her husband settled there some 75 years ago, soon after they were married, on the farm now owned by Mr. i lemlng, and on which she died. Count Nicolas Gabrielli, an Italian com poser who enjoyed some celebrity 30 years ago, and was up to the last a well-kuown figure In Parisian society, died 111 Paris- recently, aged 76. He was for 14 ears director of music at the Naples ban Carlo, and produced many splendid ballets. 'He w-o alsA V,j iitlinc nf A fill A JlCt Dlni hfitlffA-i "Gregorio, " produced st the Paris Salle Favart, J NEW COPYRIGHT IAW; " The President Officially Starts It on 'its Legal Way With a Proclamation Text of the Measure Protection for Authors Now an. Actuality. Washihotoi, July I. The President to day issued a proclamation providing for the granting of copyright privileges in the United States to the citizens or subjects of Belgium, Prance, Great Britain and Switzer land, in accordance with the provision of the act, which went into effect to-day. Tbe first section of the new law provides that the author, inventor, designer or pro prietor of any book, map, chart, dramatlo or musical composition, engraving, cut, print, or photographic negative thereof, or of a painting, drawing, chromo, statuary, and of models or designs intended to be perfected as works of fine arts, and tho executors, ad- "minlstrators or assigns of such persons snail, upon complying with tbe provisions of this chapter, have tho sole liberty of printing, re-printing, publishing, complet ing, copying, executing, finishing and vary ing the same, and in the case of dramatic composition, of publicly performing or rep resenting it, or causing it to be performed or represented by others, and authors or their assigns shall have exclusive right to dramat ize uu translate any 01 tneir worics xor wnicn cppyrighashall have been obtained under the laws of the United States. Continuation of Copyright, . It is farther provided that the author, in-i ventor or designer, if he he still living, or his widow or children if be be dead, shall have the same exclusive right continued for the further term of 14 years, upon recording the title of the work or description of the article so secured a second time and com plying with all other regulations in regard to original copyright within six months be fore the expiration of the first term, and such persons shall within two months from the date of said renewal cause a copy of the record thereof to be published in one or more newspapers printed in the United States for the space of four weeks. No rjerson flhull lift miHtlnil tn a nrtTttrritr'ht. .unless he shall, on or before the day of pub- f""1"" i ""3 or any loreign country, ae llverat tho office of the Librarian of Con gress, or deposit in the mail within the United States, addressed to the Linrarian of Congress at Washington, District of Colum bia, a printed copy of the title of the book, man. Chart, drnmntln ni- TnTiQlrtnl rrrninnfll- tion, engraving, out, print, photograph or ;uruLuu, or a aescriptioieox tne painting, drawing, statue, statuary or a model or de sign for a work of the flne arts, for which he desires a copyright. Importations That Are Barred. During the existence of such copyright, the importation into tbe United States of any book, ohromo, lithograph orphotograph so copyrighted, or any edition or editions thereof, or any plates of the same not made from type aet, negatives or drawings on stone made within the limits of the United States, shall be prohibited, except in the cases specified in paragraphs Nos. 512 to 518 inclusive, in section 2 of the act entitled "An act to rednce the revenue and equalize tbe duty on imports, and for other Tim-nose." approved October 1, 1890; and except In the for sale who import subject to tho duty thereon not more than two copies of such book at anyone time: and except in the case of newspapers and magazines not con-i tabling in whole or in part matter copy righted under the provisions of this act, un authorized by the author, which are ex empted from prohibition of importation. x,vcry pursoa wno snail print or puollsn any manuscript whatever, without the con sent of the author or proprietor first ob tained, shall bo liable to the author or pro erietor for all damages occasioned by such 'jury. Penalties for Evading the Law. If any person after the recording of the .title of any map, chart, dramatlo or musical' composition, print, cut, engraving or photo graph, or chromo, or of the description of any painting, drawing, statue, statuary, or 'model or design intended to be perfected ana exeontea as a work of tbe flne arts as provided by this act shall, within the term limited, and without the consent of tho pro prietor of the copyright first obtained In writing, signed in presence of two or more witnesses, engrave, etch, work, copy, print, publish, dramatize, translate or import, w...-v. - ., Mw.w w- ""l "J .WAJ.MeUlO main dosign with intent to evade the law, orknowim? thesamn to be RnnHnM nnn-' lislied, dramatized translated or imported, shall sell or expose to sale any copy of such map or other article as aforesaid, Tie shall foneittotbe proprietor all the plates on which the same shall be copied, and every sheet thereon either copied or printed, and shall farther forfeit $1 for every sheet of the same fdund in his possession. in case of a painting, statue or statuary he shall forfeit $10 for every copy of the same in his possession or by him sold or ex posed for sale; one-half thereof to the pioprietoraud the other half Co the United States. Beneficiaries of the Act. The act shall only apply to a citizen or subject of a foreign state or nation when such foreign state or nation permits to citi zens of tbe United States of America the benefit of copyright on substantially the sumo basis as its own citizens, or when such foreign state or nation is a party to an inter national agreement which provides for reciprocity In the granting of copyright, by the terms of which agreement the united States of America may at its pleasure be come a party to such an agreement. The existence of either of the conditions aforesaid shall be determined by the Presi dent of the United States by proclamation made from time to time as the purposes of this act may require. TSOTOLE OVER A NEW LAW. A Number of Mines in Southern Illinois Close Down Because of It. St. Louis, July L The Consolidated coal mines in the Collinsvillo coal district in Illinois closed down to-day, and between 300 and 400 miners are thrown out of employ ment. The shutdown is caused by the weekly payment law, passed by the last Legislature of Illinois going into effect to day. The Consolidated Company tried to force its employes to sign a year's contract which would result in the evasion of the weekly pay ment law, but they re fnsed to sign. General Manager Simpson denies that tho company" intends to fight the new law, and says tho men are out only for a day until a now con tract can be signed; but a discrepancy exists between tho statements of the company and of its employes. PEOPLE COMING AND GOING. P. C. Knox and family, S. A. Dickey and family, James Fulton and family, ex-Mayor Fulton with his mother and sister, Richard Shaw and family, Mrs.N. P. Beed and child, Mrs. J. P. Reed and family, Mr. II. Imhoff and family, Ed Jack-man and James W. Broen are among the Pittsburg arrivals at Atlantic uity. Gustavc Lindenthal went to New York last evening. He remarked that the less said about the Hudson Klver Terminal Rail road for New" York the better it.woald be for the projectors, as they will have to buy con siderable property and the owners may put up the price. John Stevenson, Jr., of New Castle, and George E. Mitchell, of Boston, are at tho Monongahela House. The latter paralyzed the bellboys by his display of diamonds. His fingers and shirt front were covered, while a big one glistened from the end of his watch chain. J. M. Eoberts left for San Francisco last evening. Mr. Roberts represents a big house engaged in the manufacture of Angostura Bitters and is long and favorably known to tbe trade here asu brisk and pushing busi ness man and n genial companion to boot. "W. "W. Picking, traveling passenger agent of the Baltimore and Ohio road at Somerset, was in the city yesterday to report to his chief, E. D. Smith. Hois kept busy during the summer niloting picnic nartlcs to the numerous pretty groves along the road. Ex-Coneressmaii A. J. "Warner, of Mari etta, a prominent advocate of free silver, is a frequent visitor to Pittsburg since ho threw up the sponge In Congress. He was at the Seventh Avenue Hotel yesterday. James A. Chambers left for Chicago last evening. Ho said the, window glass wage committee had not reported to tho associa tion, and ho could not say what would be done. Some trouble is expected. "W". P. Kellv, of Oil City, and Dr. H. TJ. Duncan, of Mt. Pleasant, are registered at the Seventh Avenuo Hotel. jr. H. Crumrine, of Akron, and C. G. Magee, of Fostoria, are among the gnests ut the Duquesno. J. T. Leary, of Ft, Wayne, and C. W. Brady, ol Washington, are stopping at the Anderson. J. K. McGinley and H. Sellers McKee lef t.for New York last evening. Lincoln A. Smith, of Washington, is at the Schloshcr. W, B. Eodgers returned from New York last evening. CHAUTAUQUA'S SCH00E. Formal Opening of the Fam4 Assembly for the Summer Season of 1891. (SrXCIAZ. TXLCOBAX TO TBI DISPATCH. (jBAUTAUQirA, Jnly L The eighteenth an nual session of the Chautauqua Assembly opened formally to-day in the presenceof a large nnmber of cottagers and visitors. The amphitheater was comfortably filled with Chautauquans, new and old, when Chan cellor Vincent called the Assembly to order this afternoon. The Chancellor's address was particularly felicitous. He said the Chautauqua of 1874 contained the gems of the marvelous developments of the 17 years past. While the externals have materially changed, tbe spirit of Chautauqua remains the same a spirit of large humanity and of profound reverence. We believe in prog ress and in a futuro, optimistic ana not pessimistic, for humanity. President Miller telegraphed from Akron, Ohio, his congratulations, and said that he pressed the button and formally declared the summer meetings opened. Bishop Vin cent congratulated the Chautauquans on the brilliant prospect ahead and the rapid and wide increase of the nniversitv exten sion methods, as well as the general educa tional methods, 'reaching not only tho masses, but also the classes. Higher Education In Schools. Colonel Francis W. Parker, of Quincy method fame, and now principal of the Cook County Normal School, Illinois, made an admirable address on the higher work and needs of the publio schools. He said that they largely determined what tbe fata' of ourgreat American Republic would be. Dr. T. L. Flood, editor of the Chavtauquan, spoke of the advanced work that Chautau quans were doing and said that it was really remarkable how much general information on all subjeots was being diffused. At t ofclook, in the temple, Prof. J. A. Woodburn, of Indiana State University, be gan a course of lectures on "Tbe Causes of the American Be volution." Chautauqua be lieves that every American should have a thorough knowledge of the history of his own country and hence the Inauguration of this course of university extension lectures in American history. Lectures on American History. After vesper services to-night, Prof. J: L. Willis ton, of Chicago, gave the first of a very unique series of lectures, known as "Colum- blan" lectures, which treat of early Ameri can history. Some 60 stereopticon views were used. The first day closed most auspiciously and the indications are that tho influx Of visitors this year will be larger than ever before. Students and teachers are arriving on every train. Fifty thousand dollars have been expended in buildinzs and other imnrove- 'ments at the "Summer City" during tbe past season, ana it win tnereiore De reaauy seen that the Chautauqua of 1891 is far ahead of the Chautauqua of 1SD0. The hoarding house keeoers are nearlv all here and readv for business and the arrivals of guests, are larger' vuao at tne same time last year. Some Handsome New Buildings. The building which attracts the most at tention is the new Arcade, on Summerfleld avenue, facing the dock. Thi? handsome and substantial structure has been built at a cost of $10,000. under plans made by Archi tect E. G. Hall, of Jamestown. It is one of' the handsomest buildings on the ground. and is a credit alike to the place and tho Duuacr. -xne new fresoytenan Duiiaing, on Palestine avenue, is another tasteful struc ture, completed this spring, at a cost of $1,000. It adds much to the beauty of the grounds. College Hall, on Wythe avenne, is Just fin ished, at a cost of $2,500, and the United Presbyterian headquarters, on Vincent ave nue, costing $12000, completes tbe list of public buildings for the season of 1891. North avenue has been built up to a considerable extent the past winter. Dr. T. L. Flood has a $4,000 cottage: Mrs. Howard Loomls. of Cleveland; Mrs. Tracey, of Portsmouth, 0.,. anatueitev. air. ivgnai, oi juinuoipa, eacn have a $2,000 cottage. There are also some 20 more new cottages completed. HIGH SCHOOL CANDIDATES. Nearly One Hundred of Them Fell Below, the Mark in Allegheny. The result of the examination of pupils for admission to the Allegheny High School was. announced last night. Only the numbers were given out, Superintendent Morrow re fusing to give the names. There were 236 applicants, of whom 153 passed without con ditions, 28 failed and 20 were only partly ex amined, not going through with the examin ation. Thirty-seven are entitled to reexam ination 13 of them in two studies and 21 in but one! study. There was a close race fort first place, Mollie A. Kornblum. of the Fifth ward school winning by one-ninth of 1 per cent. Her average was 89 and 1-9 of lDer cent, while Maggie M. Allen, of the Sixth -I ward school had an average of 89. I The following are the numbers and their -I degree oi success: Passed Nos. 1,15,4,17,9, 10, M, IS, 19, SO. H. K23. SI. 25, a, 30. 31, 32, iH. 37, 38. 3B.41, 43, 44, , 48. 54, S5.'M, 57, 88, 69. 60. 81, 62, 63, 64. 65. 88. 69, 70, 71. 72. 73. 74. 75, 77, 78, 79. 80. 81. 82, 83, 85, 87. 88, 89, 90, W. 03, 97, US. 1)9, 105, 106, 107.' 108, 110, 112., 113. 113, 117, 119. 120. VO, 122. 123. 121. 127, 123, 130, 131, 134. 135, 137. 138, 139, 142, 143, 141, 145, 148. 147. 148. 151, 154. 157, 158, 159. 161, 182. 163, 165, 186, 163, 109, 171. 172. 173. 174, 176. 177, 178, 179. 180. 183. 186. 187. 192. 193, 196. 197. 198, 199, 201, 202, 203, 208, 207, 208. 209, 2U, S12. 215, 216. 217. 218, 219, 220, 221. 222, 223, 225. 228. ZS, 229, 231. 232, 233. Falled-Nos. 33. 35, 50, 52, 63. 86, 96, 100, 111. 114, 118, 12S. 126, 133, 136, 149, 158, 182, 184, 185, 191, 210, 214, 224. 227. 234. Only partially examined Nos. 8, 27, 28. 40, 42, M, 84. 94, 95, 103, 109, 129, 132, 141, 155. 170, 173, 189, 233, 238. Entitled to re-examlnatlon Orthography Nos. 12. 76. 116. ISO. 134. 167, 193. 230. Language Nos. 6, 17. 49, 92, 101, 116, 190, 213. Geography Nos. IS, 29, 67. 104. History Nos. 78, 164, 194. Arithmetlc-Xos. 14, 36. 46, 51. 140. 150, 167, 181, 188, 194, 200, 204. Menial Arithmetic Nos. 12. 13. 17, 48. 51, 76, 92. 101, 132, 160. 181, 197, 200, 204. 213. Physlology-iJos. 13, 29, 67, 104. THE NATION'S HOLIDAY. Nearly AH the Plans for the Fourth of July Now Completed. Expenses for the Fourth of July celebra- tion at Schenley Park are puing up rapidly,, but the committee has over $5,400 on hand, which is expected to fully cover them. A big grand stand has been erected on the west slope of the park facing the knoll in which the flagstaff stands. It will seat 000 people, and in tbe evening will command a goott view of tho fireworks display. Befresh ments will be plentiful at the parks. There will be at least 200 lunch stands. Prof. Carl Better last night hold tho final rehearsal of the May Festival chorus preparatory for the Fourth of July exercises, and he says ho ex pects to have between SOO and 400 trained voices to render tho patriotic songs for the occasion. The sports for the day have all been ar ranged. Thejunlorsports willbennder tho charge of Prof. George Fisher. Gusky, the elephant, and 290 swings will furnish amuse ment for the children. Flans for the opening of Central Park on the ovenlng of the Fourth have been com pleted, ana tbo affair promises to be an en tertaining ono fov the people of the H1U. J0HNSTOWB" PAYIlrtr ITS DEBT. An Appeal From Flood-Stricken Cherokee Meets a Generous Besponse. Johnstown, July L An appeal has been received here lrom the Mayor of Cherokee for assistance for the flood sufferers there. Tho appeal is peculiarly interesting to the people here, in tbe light of our own past calamity. This latest appeal touched the people here at once.andsubscriptlonsbavebeen opened. Several prominent man have already started the ball rolling with a good round sum, and others are falling in. Indian Students Going Home. SPECIAL TZLEGRAU TO THE DISPATCH. Carlisle, July L Sixty Indian boys and girls leftthe training school in this city this afternoon for their homes in Wisconsin, Kansas, Dakota, Montana and the Indian Territory. Some were graduates and others bad completed a three-year course. These pupils consisted mainly of Sioux, Osage, Pawnee md Wlnnobazo Indians. NearlvHll or thorn" have learned trades during their stay at the school. It Don't Beat Drowning. New York Commercial Advertiser. The season of tbe public baths has opened; likewise tho sewers, which empty into and through the publio baths. Perhaps it im proves publio health to have boys wallow ing about In the city sewage, and perhaps not. At nil events tho bathers are cooled, and somo of them feel better after immer sionprovided they are not troubled with typhus. McCandless After Big Game. United States Attorney Lyon yesterday entered suits in the United States Circuit Court against the A. Garrison Foundry Com- pany, tno xnomas cvans mass company, Oliver Iron and Steel Company, Jones & Laughlln, Lira., the Oliver Eoberts Wire Company, Lim., and the city of Pittsburg. The xults are to restrain the defendants from dumping dirt, et&, into the river. CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS. Births exceed the deaths by three every minute. Cherra Poonjee, in the Assam hills, has a rainfall of over 500 inches per annum. Including the native troops, the English establishment In India is about 220,000 men. Indian elephants cannot live in Central Africa, the home of a larger and more hardy species. The yield of gold in Victoria for 1890 was 583,770 ounces, which is the lowest yield for ten years. The total anfount of life insurance in Great Britain Is nearly identical with tho total national debt. In propoption to population, Buenos Ayres has the largest number of dally papers of any city in the world, viz., 23. At a recent English marriage ceremony the bride was exactly twice the ago and twice the weight of the groom. An artificial icerink has been prepared for the amusement of the Emperor Will iam's sons in the garden attached to Schloss Bellevue, in the Thlergarten. The yonnjj Crown Prince and Prince Fritz are good skaters. , A Burlington woman, refused to con tribute to the fund for the support of her pastor because he sometimes practices law wnue engaged In the ministry. She holds that no man can be a good Christian and practloe law. The Congregationallsts are the longest pedigreed people in Kansas. They all trace x to the Mayflower. Deacon Bradford, who used to keep a music store in Atchison, is) chief. He traces to old Governor Bradford, of Plymouth colony. "With the issues of silver coin during 1890 the entire amount of the silver coinage of the new designs delivered by the English Mint has been raised to 5.Tt6 OCO, and of this .3,382,000. or more than half, has been taken by the bant of England. Alfred Tennyson has been England's Poet Laureate since 1850,a longerperiod than the honor was held by any of bis predeces sors. Colley Clbber enjoyed the distinction from 1730 to 1757, and Robert Southev from 1813 to lS43;aIl the others, from Edmund Spenser down, lor much shorter terms. A return has been issued at the instanca of Mr. Herbert Gladstone of the nnmber or Her Majesty's ships which have been lost otherwise than in action since 1S40. It l shown that 70 vessels have been wrecked in that time, beginning with the Speyin l&ll and ending with the Serpent last November. A novel instance of spontaneous com bustion was a short time ago reported from Irvine, N. B. It appears that a wagon of limestone, having been exposed to rain in the night, took Are and was qnlte burnt. It Is supposed that the slacking of the lime was sufficient to set Are to the woodwork of the wagon. . Americans use an alloy of one-tenth copper in making coins to harden them. The English use less one-twelfth. Soma time ago the English Government filled two snlnnlne cylinders, one with EnsrHoh 'min ,and one with American, and set them both revolving, xne ionner wore nway much morerundor the shaking than the American . did. The supply of human hair sent from China to Europe amounted to .80,000 during' 1S90. It was exported from Canton, and if Consul Alabaster may be credited, most of it; came from the beads of "beggnrs, criminals and dead persons." The hair used in London chiefly comes, it is said, from South Germany and the Pyrenees. .Little is produced by London hospitals. A sergeant, a lance-corporal and a pri- Tate of tbe balloon detachment of a Berlin Regiment had a very dangerous journey lately. They went up at noon, intending to ?;otonamburg;butataheizhtof 7,000 feet hey got into a terriflo hurricane at a tem perature of 11 below zero (Centigrade), and were driven to Thnringlo, where they landed at about 4 o'clock. A pneumatic chisel has been intro duced into a stone-cutting establishment in Germany. It resembles in appearances a syringe, which the operator holds with both hands, and as he lets it slide over the sur face of the stone or metal the chisel chips off splinters and particles. Compressed air. acting on a piston, imparts a rotation of xrotn iu,uuu to vz,wu revolutions per minute. The salary on appointment to the second 'division of the civil service in England is 70, ana It rises by annual increment to X10O. On advancement to tbe next grade the salary rises by annual increments of 7 10s to X190. On a further advancement the. salary rises bv Increments of X10 to 250, and there in still a higher grade in the sec ond division, In which the salary rises from 250 to 350. The most prolific novelist the world has ever seen was Lope de Vega (1562-1633). It is calculated that 21,300,000 of his lines were actually printed, and no less than 1,800 plays of his composition were acted upon the stage. Montalvan records the fact of his havinir written 15 acts in 15 davs. maVlno- Ave plays in a fortnight. If not remembered for quality of work, Vega holds a high place In literary annals for quantity. It is stated that in India soap is regard ed almost in the light of a natural curiosity, for it is rarely if ever to be obtained of a shopkeeper there. Of course, it is sold in the larger towns; but the amount used by the natives must be very small, seeing that tbe total consumption of soap in India last year was only 8,000 tons. This means that the amount used by each person for the year was considerably less than one ounce. A hit of post mortem humor was brought to light recently, when the will of a well-known doctor was read. In this docu ment tbe doctor leaves his entire estate to his two sisters, and concludes with a clause containing this extraordinary language: "To my wife, as a recompense for deserting mo and leaving me in peace, I expect my ei3ter Elizabeth to make her a gift of 10 shillings to buy a handkerchief in which she may weep after my decease." A small collection of walking-sticks, formerly the property of George III. and George IV., brought astonishing prices at a recent sale An ebony walking-stick wllh fold top, engraved "G. B." and crown, enn alnlng tbe hair of the Princess Augnsta Elizabeth. Mary Sophia and Amelia, and In scribed "The gift of the Princess Mary, 1S01." sold for 18; an ivory walking stick, with engraved top, 11; a Malacca cane, with gold top, 8; a bamboo cane, with bloodstone top, inlaid with gold, and a bazol walking stick, with gold top, 13 10s; a tortol-shell stick, with amber top, and a cane with am ber crutch, 29. LIFE'S FONNT SIDE. "You cry, pet, because I'am leaving you to become Lady Oldacres? "No, I don't. It's because all the titles win be bought before I grow up!" Primus Jenkins, the lawyer, is very happy In addressing a Jury. Why lsn' t he better as an after dinner speaker? Secundos Because in the latter case his dinner doesn't depend upon his speech. Bingham Carson, you must excuse my tardiness jnst as soon as Igethold of that hundred you borrowed I can pay yon that fifty I owe you. Carson Tut I Tut! Don't mention It. Sharpe Say, Steele, we can settle the case of Smith vs. Thompson for 1130. That's J73 for you and ITS for me. Stecle-But how aDout our client? Where does he come in? Sharpe (Impatiently) Ob, give him 10. (Sud denly) No, promise to give him J10. The lady Jack, why don't you write a book, or paint a picture, or do som ethlng clever? The senUeman Because I selected a millionaire for a father, and I think that was clever enough to last a life time. Customer Those cracKers you sold me the other day were the best I ever saw. Clerk They worked all rliht. did they? Customer You bet they did. My boy flred off ten packs this morning at 4 o'clock, and not one of tbem made a sound. , She I want to get something to amuse ' my little boy with on the Fourth. Clerk Tea. jnadam. What do you think of this pretty toy pistol? She (anxiously) Am I perfectly safe In gsW ting It? Clerk Perfectly so, madam. It win kill only the . boy. The lightning had ripped all the buttons, off his vest, split bis right shoe and taken a piece t out of the end of his ear. When he "came to he ob served: " "Wa'al talk about yer personal magnetism! Thet's too darned personall" "That horsey "3Iiss Wilkins is a mon- strously clever girl." "Is she?" - J '"its. Indeed. She's Invented a new kind. of blinders." . fc For carriage horses?" "No; for caiperones." t I 4 it tfc i t -.".' 'Btr'lltj&i: M. M ".uSttj&asliiistiiiHH
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