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POSTAGE AH persons Ttho mail the Snnriay issue or The Dispatch to friends should bear in mind the fact that the post age thereon is Two (2) Cents. AH double nnd triple number copies of The Dispatch require a 2-cent stamp to Insure prompt dellten. PITTsBUEG, feUN DAY, JULYS, 1891. riTTSBURG'S rEEASTTRK-GROUND. Besides the regular and more stereotyped features of the Fourth of July celebration, yesterday's festivities brought out very strongly to the great mass of observers and celebrators the immense addition to the public Jmeans of enjoyment in the ac quisition of Schenley Park. The same fact was shown to a certain degree last year, as noted in The Dispatch at that time. But this year, with improved methods of access, the demonstration of the value of the people's plaj ground was given a more decided emphasis than ever before. Up to the present time the necessity of reaching the park by riding or driving has confined its advantages largely to the wealth'er people. But, the creditable work of Mr. Bigelow's department in completing the bridge permitted all who sought the park by the traction lines to pass directly into the pleasure-ground w ith- out the climb that had heretofore daunted pedestrians The immense crowds that nocked to the park yesterday famished the best evidence of its value. A fair share paid respectful attention to and duly enjojedthe patriotic oratory of the Fourth of July speakers; but, there is no doubt that for the vast majority of the tens of thousands who took their pleasure there, the great enjoyment was in the magnific ent views, the fresh breezes, the romantic roads and shaded ravines of the spot in which they felt themselves to be part pro prietors. Every year gives fresh evidences of the boon, which this noble" acquisition to the city's possessions gives the entire people, in affording a place where the whole pop ulation can be brought closely into com munion with Xature's most charming moods. Mrs. Schenley's gift proves to be a splendid benefaction, and every one con nected with the creation of the park de serves credit and public thanks. rrtoai ttoleiy to staxlcv. The report that Bmin Bey is on his way to explore the Mountains of the Moon dis covered by Stanley during his last journey across Africa causes the Xew York Sun to remark that although "Stanley has tried to identify snow-capped Ruwenzori and the short range of which it is a part -with the 'Lunse Moris' of Ptolemy, there is really no substantial basis on which to found this claim." This is true because there is no substan tial basis, and there never was one on which to predicate the existence of the Mountains of the Moon reported by Ptol emy. That idea of a mountain range somewhere in the interior of Africa was a mixture of tradition and rumor, and the existence of the range as well as its location was' a matter of guess-work, until Stanley dis covered Run euzorl It may still be possi ble to say that Pkrtemy's mountains neer had any real existence. "But it is certainly inteiesting to note that, after the later geographers had wiped off the map the old Mountains of the Moon which were in the geographies of our childhood, Stanley should find a respectable foundation for them within a few degrees of latitude from vi here we used to see them in the maps of the fifties. And from the descrip tions of the actual mountains It is quite possible that the range of theold maps was not much more inflated than a modern railway sjtem or a political rumor in the daily news. All of w hich gives a good deal of basis to the belief that Piotemy's statements concerning Central Africa were not alto gether imagination. They were mixed up with a great deal of fable and exaggera tion no doubt, but some of the statements he gathered seem to have had a degree of foundation in fact AltltANT NONSENSE. "There is a puny sentiment abroad," says the Xew York World, "that the time spent in college in strengthening the muscles might be turned to belter account in impiomg the mind." This -nould be a puny sentiment, if it were to be taken as meaning that no time w ere to be spent in developing the physical men. But as the opposite idea, that ath letic young men should not be expected to receive any mental training at all, is sug gested by the World's dictum that this is arrant nonsense because "there is always a percentage of young men in every col lege who are not and never will be intel lectual," it presents the most unique view of the function of our colleges. It has always been supposed until these latter days that colleges were endowed and maintained for the purpose of intel- lectual development That unfortunate percentage of young men afflicted with buch persistent stupidity as to be incapa ble of intellectual development was sup posed under the -intellectual theory to re- tire from college, when the fact was dem onstrated by their failure to pas3 examina tions. The new theory that they are the chosen class presents a novel view both of college institutions and the mental fibre of the college athletes. A reasonable amount of physical exer cise and recreation Is essential to the" high est mental development. If is "where the college athletic phase is carried to the ex tent of ignoring the intellectual work al together, and making college success de pend on purely animal development, that it injures the true work of the colleges. As to the World's theory that college ath letics constitute a praiseworthy function for the glorification of dunces, who are too -stupid to learn and too ignorant to do pro ductive labor, that Is more arrant nonsense than the idea which it antagonizes as sucIl the chinese troubles. The article by John Russell Young, in another column, on the recent disorders in China brings out two points in a strong light These facts, of course, furnish no Justification for the violent acts of igno rant Chinese mobs; but in view of the en ergetic steps taken by the Chinese Gov ernment to suppress the attacks on for eigners, they put the Chinese question in a light not wholly creditable to what we modestly call civilization. First, in forcing China to open her terri tory to trade with the rest of the world, civilization has assumed the responsibility of debauching that nation with the opium trade. The enormity and disgrace of that act have already been clearlyrecognizedby historians, but the fact is that its evil results, and the not altogether unjust resentment for it among intelligent China. men still remain. Is it strange that tne Chinese find it difficult to believe in the .reality of the Christian religion, when the most prominent manifestations they have experienced of the power of Christian na tions consist of forcing the importation into China of an utterly destroying drug? When this has been accompanied by our meddling in such exclusively Oriental questions as the Corean, to the advantage of Russia and detriment of China, it may be seen that Chinese mobs have at-least as good an excuse for their brutal enmity as American mobs. The other point is that under the late theory of the Department 0$ State, that in guaranteeing protection to persons and property a Government does not become an insurer of foreigners, the liability of the Chfnese Government for any reparation from these acts of the mob is escaped more completely than the United States Gov ernment evaded responsibility in the New Orleans case. "We may be able to form a juster estimate of the creditability of such an evasion when it Is turned against our nation. It is hardly hazardous to predict that the United States will not accept it, if any American interests have suffered by the acts of Chinese mobs. THE IMPERIAL VISIT. The German Emperor landed in England yesterday, not with any intention of cele brating our national birthday By the act, but for the purpose of increasing the har mony between himself andhisroyalEnglish relatives. The big ships of war assembled to do him honor, and the great cannon fired thunderous salutes. The reports that the recently disciplined Prince of Wales would not attend his nephew on landing, because that outspoken young man had said some unpleasant things on the subject of bac carat scandals, did not materialize.nor is it recorded that the German potentate ad 'ministered any moral advice to his uncle on the subject All the outward signs were of harmony and respect among the royalties. After they have indulged in the usual feasting and ceremonies they will separate, and England will continue to gov ern herself while the German war-lord will study some new method of exhibiting novel, if not sensational aspects of his character. OCR OBSOLETE RIFLES. A review of the progress made in Europe in the perfecting of small arms Indicates that we are as much behind the military powers of Europe in arms for in fantry as we were two or three years ago in cruisers and heavy artillery. The con trast is summarized by the New York Herald as follows: Our old 45-calib .-rifles not only put an un necessary weight of ammunition on the men, but they have less range, a smaller danger zone and less penetration. Experi ments in Europe have shown that at point blank ranges the small caliber, high velocity rifles will send a ball through at least two men with sufficient velocity to kill a third and possibly a fourth. They also will kill through the trunks of moderate-sized trees and slight mounds of earth, so that hence forth many of the protections formerly available n 111 be useless. This indicates the necessity of obtaining at least a supply of Improved rifles, and of -establishing factories capable of pro ducing magazine rifles of high power. The United States should preserve its ability to keep up with Europe in the manu facture of small arms as it did in the days when the Colt, Sharpe and Remington works could furnish the world with the most improved rifles. But the case is not one to get alarmed about or to call for large expenditure on the score that the nation is in peril until this lack is reme died. It is an illustration of the best defense which this nation has against military dis aster that while only a few years ago it had no ships worthy of the name, no heavy guns that could contend with the Im proved artillery of Europe, and only rifles for Infantry comparatively as obsolete as the only muskets were in the time of our war, it has been the one great nation of the world that could contemplate the prospect of international quarrels with utter indifference. Our surest defense is to maintain our separation from the broils of Europe and Asia. As long as we treat all foreign governments with scrupu lous fairness we can rely on our safety! without reference to the- fact that they havo arms which are twice as effective as ours. THE POLITICIANS AND THE JUDGES. To say that some of the . Republican workers are experiencing a fearful strain this week in relation to the judgeships of Common Pleas No. 3 would be to describe the situation rather mildly. On the one hand is the overture of Governor Pattison, who consulted Republican sentiment as to tw o of the appointments, not to talk of the volunteer courtesy of the Democrats who endorsed Porter and- McClung, Republi cans, equally with Kennedy, Democrat "Whether to accept the situation, as it thus presents itself, or yield to the partisan in clination to. reach out for all that offers, and make three nominations upon their own account, is the problem now before the Republican County Committee. Recent signs indicate that the drift of feeling among the managers is again re turning, toward the endorsement of the Governor's appointees. If there was any certainty that a contest could be estab lished between Judge Kennedy and ex Judge Fetterman alone, there is little room to doubt the Committee would see its way to three straight nominations re lying on the Republican majority to carry all through. But a great many Republic ans for that matter the public generally are pretty well satisfied with the char acter and capacity of the new Bench; and as extreme partisanship In judicial con tests may not be in favor by November, it is not only no sure thing that Judge Ken nedy would be defeated, , but, on. the contrary, with four candidates In the field for three positions, there would not unlikely ensue such trading, log-rolling and working by the several friends of each candidate for hU own man alone, as might make it very uncertain which the adverse lightning would'strike. It is this complication which will proba bly exert the most powerful pressure on the committee against the nomination of a straight-out ticket and in favor of accept ing the Governor's appointees. There may also enter into the case some degree of delicate consideration from the fact that the nresent judges cannot well be ex pected to ruffle their newly-put-on dignity by getting down now into a hot scramble for delegates among the ward workers. But the chief reason which will Influence against an attempt to beat Judge Ken nedy, the Democrat is apt to be a serious doubt as to whether under the circum stances it is likely he would he beaten. The disclosure that before making his appointment of a new head of the reorgan ized Weather Bureau, Secretary Busk tele graphed to Professor Nipher asking "What are your politics?" and on being informed that the recipient is not a politician, promptly appointed another man, Indicates the determination of the Department of Agriculture to have nothing but Republican weather hereafter. This will enrich the predictions with new political Interest; and if the kind of weather he had for the Fourth keeps up, it will undoubtedly produce a boom for the administration. The motto of Uncle Jerry seems to be: Put none but Re publicans on guard over the weather. Now the Court Minister comes forward and gently dissents from the allegation that he said the old Emperor William would have dismissed Bismarck If he had lived. This renders it incumbent on M- de Blowitz to rise and defend himself from the charge -of having perpetrated a bogus interview. It is interesting when great corporate in terests in New York are declaring that an underground railway would never be suc cessful, to learn from London that the Greathead tunnel, in which an electric rail way has been in operation for six months, has earned remarkable success. The argu ments by which the opponents of a new im provement demonstrate Its impracticability are always numerous.but are not so convinc ing as the evidence of actual practice. This has a future interest for Pittsburg in the fact that when our population reaches a suffi cient magnitude the shortest way to get past our hills will he to tunnel through them. The Navajo Indian scare has been set tled by discreet management. If the same course had been taken In the Sioux trouble the same result could have been reached. The time to suppress -Indian outbreaks Is before they commence. The fact that by a late census bulletin -the population of Nevada Is shown to have decreased to 5,ow snows tne ioiiy ana wrong of making pocket-borough States too hastily. The present state of affairs gives the Idaho roter as much power In the United States Senate as 100 voters In Pennsylvania or New York, while in the House his vote has four times the representation. The Nevada blunder Is an old one, but it has been re peated very recently In the cases of Idaho and Wyoming for no.better reason than the desire to strengthen party majorities. The Ohio Democrats announce that they intend to make a short campaign this year. All right; but our Democratic friends had better get out an insurance policy against experiencing the result of a short campaign in a short vote. The announcement is made in the Turf, Field and Farm that the reported feat of Sunol In trotting a quarter or a mile in 29J seconds is confirmed. Yet the feat is not by any means a singular one. Fully seventeen years ago the Eame,"br even faster time, was made in private trial by a horse which never made a fairly decent showing In publio trials on the race track. Your fast quarter mile horse may very often get left in the 224 class. The completion of the bridge in time losaj the SchenlevPark celebration was a piecer! of successful hustling which confers decided credit on the Department of Publio Works. "The farmer who gets taken in by the swindler Is unusually numerous this year," says the Philadelphia Inquirer. Perhaps so; but If the reports of esteemed cotemporaries that Kansas farmers are getting their farms mortgaged to full value, and then abandon ing them, are to be believed, there Is com pensation out West in the numerous In stances In which the operation is -the other way. ' Although the prediction of "slighfly warmer weather" did not materialize, the Weather Bureau can be forgiven after such a day as yesterday. "Don't paint Xew York City black be cause the census says so. TJhe paint Is bad," says the New York Recorder. Is It possible that the now Republican organ is going to start its caieer by the party crime of dis crediting the Porterean census? The .Re corder will get Itself denounced as a hated Mugwump if it does not take care. . If we would give bonds to Germany that we will keep our cyclones away, that power might be glad to make an arrangement for letting in our hogs. It is satisfactory to observe that the Abury Park National Bank was closed on July 1, and on July 2 the announcement was made that the Comptroller of the Cur rency had decided to put it in the hands of a receiver. It is pleasant to have evidence ! the Comptrolleohas learned wisdom by ex perience. THE WORLD'S NOTABLES. D. A. McKinley, who represents Hawaii as consul at San Francisco, Is a brother of Major McKlnley. The house which Iiord Revelstoke was building previous to tho Baring failure is now Bai on Ulrsch's. "Iax O'Reli, will once more confront the lecture-going people of America. He Will start -vvcstw aid October 1. M. Zola assures the publio of the pro priety of his forthcoming novel, "La Guerre," by saying that it has no women in it. LIEUTENANT ConONEI, "Wir-LIAIT Hewitt is one of the four surviving officers who took part in the battle of Waterloo. He was but 20 years' old at the time, and served as Junior captain of the Fourteenth British Regiment. IiimtARiAN Spofford, of the Congres sional Library, says that to tba, oft-repeated question: "Do you read all these books?" he replies: "Do you read all of your dictionary? A great library Is the scholar's dictionary." IToreigx papers announce that an en gagement has been arranged between the young King of Servla and Princess Xenia, the daughter of the Prince of Montenegro. The young lady is only 11 years of age. It has long been known that the Crar favored such a match. The Queen Regent' of the Netherlands and her daughter declined the offer of a public reception during their recent visit to Amsterdam. They requested the city of ilclals to use the money collected for the reception in feeding the poor. Consequently more than 30,000 poverty-stricken creatures, received presents of food and money, and 5 000 school children were provided with a breakfast. Kach child also received a pho . tograph of the young Queen. A TBUE USE STOEY Which Comes From Maine "Where There Is No Whisky Sold. Lewlston Jonrnal. This isaflsh story, . Unlike a good many others It Is true. Being true we give the names of the gentlemen whs will back it up and they are Messrs. T. II. Packard and Charles H. Davis, both of Lewlston. They have been at Moosehead, up by the wild lands of the Northwest Carry", at the Seboo mook House, and Saturday, June IS, at sup per the proprietor said, " We'll have chowder to-morrow." Now chowder means ,cusk, up that way, and cusk swim at the bottom of the deep, deep inland sea and to lure them into the soup you must set the pole and bait the hook and let it stay over night. The next morning was Sunday, of course, and the pro prietor of the Seboomook went out to pull his cusk. He never pulled him. The cusk was gone; the pole was gone; the chowder was gone. He never saw any of them again. You know Tom Dana, the Indian guide. If you have ever been at Kineo, you know him fat, friendly, patronizing with a laugh hnng on three springs all back action but a wonderful fisherman withal. Dana was out Wednesday, June 17, at noon with a party of New York or Boston fishermen over by North East Carry, six miles from the Seboo mook. They were paddling the placid lake when Dana's two black eyes saw something bobbing in the lake. A pole or stick flop ping up and down. He went for it and reached it and passing the pole over to one or the gentlemen they drew In the cusk of the proprietor of the Seboomook House? Not exactly for tho cusk was a tront, the latter weighing over seven pounds, and still lively after his four days' tussle with a rod and line. The latter was taken to Kineo and shipped to New "Stork. Tom Dana knew that over at the Seboomook they set poles for cusk, and he inquired, and the pole was identified. The remarkable thing about it Is that a fish should tow a heavy pole six miles across the lake, and live four days on the end of a hook, and still be quite vigor ous. Up that way this Is accounted as strange a true story as the annals of the toque can tell. THOUGHT IT CHEAP. jFlve Cents From Stop to Stop Did Not Startle One -Man. Ssn Francisco Call. "Funny people we run across in the course of our lives," remarked a Market street grip man yesterday as he tugged savagely at the lever and tried to drive his car into a couple of young men who were crossing the street in a hurry. "The queerest old bloke I've seen for a long time boarded the dummy at Main street-ond began to ask questions. I could tell by his general appearance that he was from one of the way-back counties, and it didn't take him long to tell me that he was from Inyo and hadn't been in San Francisco since '62. He had been working for all those years In the mines, and when it came to be ing onto what was going on he wasn't in It. Seemed kind of funny, Dut he had never seen a street car before in his life, and you'd have died laughing just to see him sizing things up. Pretty soon the conductor came along, and when he asked for fares the old fellow shelled out at-blt piece, and nearly fell off the car with surprise when he was handed 45 cents in change. " 'Made a mistake, didn't he?' turnlng-to me. " No, that's right.' " 'Oh! I see; just collects I reckon from one station to another.' "I nodded my head, and when the con ductor came oat again I put him on. "Well, sir, that old chap rode out to the end and back downtown, putting up his nickel whenever the car stopped, and when he got downtown his ride had cost him just " 'Pretty cheap ridln', he said with a smile, as he stepped to the ground and disappeared In the darkness." THE IDLE OX. A Fable In-Whlch a Brass Band Played - a Strong Part. Detroit Free Press. J A brass band of 21 Pieces, which had been marching about the streets playing p'nlse quickenlng music, stopped for a moment be fore a market place, and an Ox, which had been following on behind, found himself for the nonce beside a team of, other oxen, who stood yoked to a heavy cart. "Hard at it, I see," said the unburdened Ox, pleasantly. "Yes," replied one of the Team. "What J ob are you in no w?" "I am not doing anything at present," re- glied the other, picking up a straw and hold ig it carelessly between his lips. "You're looking well," said the Off Ox In the Yoke. "Y,hes; gained 150 pounds In three weeks. That's pretty good, ain't it?" "I sh'd say so. Where are you going now?" "Just walking arouna listening to the music. They're tuning up now. Ta, ta!" and the snare drum rattled, the cornets hurst forth and the Ox marched away to the Oom pum 'mm of the big bass Horn. "And we stay behind and tug this Blame Cart," said tne Nigh Ox. "What kind of a avf ' on his reDlied the Off Ox. "What did it say?" "Barbecue at Sohmitt's Park to-morrow." Moral If your Friend wants to have a lit tle Fun, let him." A FABLE. Its Moral Is Poetical and Has to Do With Bural Simplicity. New York San. An aspen of delicate figure attracted the attention of an accomplished zephyr idling about the country, who presently made up to her and set a-woolng with practiced ex pressions of admiration. The aspen straight way fell into a great quiver, rustling" her leaves with every appearance of rustle agi tation. This sylvan simplicity and sensi bility surprised Master Zephyr into a dec laration, which was accepted in the same breath. On offering later to resume his wandering habits, he was more surprised to find that ho could never draw another breath without throwing his partner into an agitation that scandalized the whole grove. Who, thoughtless, feels Ills bosom bum The rural virgin's heart to assail, The fable mark, its moral learn That maidenly confusion's veil Is oue Simplicity oft spreads O'er desperately level heads. A BEW OCCUPATION. A Lady Stenographer Who Became an Office Nurse for a Physician. New York Eecorder.3 A young woman who had held a good po sition as stenographer for some time became very ill, so 111 that an operation was her only chance of life. She lived through it, and during her convalescence considered what she must do. She dreaded going back to the old work under different circumstances, and besides, she was far too much of an invalid still to work as hard as she had before. She talked It over with the doctor, and through him and his friends she has established her self as a sort of office nurse. She read up and attended a few lectures in order to familiarize herself with the medical terms- She is present during the office hours of the different physicians, does what steno graphic work they wish done and makes herself generally useful. She has all the morning tolierself and often makes as much as S2S n week. This is. an interesting ex ample of a clever girl's enterprise. Keep Yonr Eye on Him. New York Advertiser. 3 The cable news that Mr. Gladstone already is strong enough to walk out Indicates that he soon may be ahle to walk into somebody, as Is his habit when he feels just like it. j . , tETTTNG DOWN THE BABS. Fair Jane stands near the woodland where The uarn lane Joins the field; The cows are coming at her call, Their treasure white to yield. The sun is sinking through the trees To give place to the stars. And to the task the maiden bends Of letting down the bars. Young neighbor John, of manly mold. But timid as a quail. Climbs o'er the fence and gains her side And helps her move the rail. Her warm blush tells a a tale; but fear From speech his tongue debars Till eyes meet eyes, then of bis love Her glance lets down the bars. O woodland's breath and meadow's breeze. And soft-eyed klne and birds I . Know ye the rapture in yonr midst That cannot flow in words? Nor wish for wealth, nor thought of fame. Nor aught the moment mars; These guileless souls And all their world While letting down the bars. A. W. IF., in the Mao York Advertiser. MURRAY'S MUSINGS. The Hard Work Involved In Seeking Pleasure Sleep of Night Workers apd Stock Exchange Men Cnpid's Hot Weather Ketreats Gotham Stories. rrnox a statf cobbesfoxskxt. New York, July 3. The popular idea of enjoyment and keeping cool is to do some thins. Justus loner as that something is not associated with the regular daily routine of business life it comes under.the general head of pleasure. With the mercury up among the nineties this Idea of keeping cool and enjoyment not infrequently results In about the hottest and hardest day's work that could be cut out for an able-bodied man. That is' probably why abundant leis ure breaks people down in early life. There are thousands tens of thousands of people, male and female, In a big city bustling around these hot days and swelteringntghts, hunting for what they call cool enjoyment. A sensible man was strolling down Broad way in the early dusk thinking "what fools these mortals be." Arrayed In a flannel shirt and the lightest possible coat and the widest possible straw hat and russet shoes, he was a picture of summer comfort, an ex ponent of common horse sense. He spoke to numerous perspiring acquaintances on the Blalto and eently but firmly repelled all in vitations to beer. "The man who exerts himself with beer In hot weatherls an idiot," ho soliloquized. In this philosophical mood he was accosted by two pretty girls of. his acquaintance one a vivacious typewriter, the other a chorus girl. The former had been pounding a machine all day, the other the rehearsal boards, and now, arrayed In the bewitching style of summer costume,the modestly seductive art of which is known only to pretty typewriters and ladies of the chorus, they were sauntering forth in the cool of the evening. "To Tony Pastor's," they said." "You'll roast." said he, walking along. Poor things! They called that enjoyment. He discoursed with much eloquence on the subjeot of quietness in hot weather as they neared Fourteenth street. And the pretty blue-eyed chorus girl looked up In his face and said dear me, isn't he fazyl No, he wouldn't go in not for a $5 note. But he would give them a glass of beer before they entered the theater. . So they went around the corner to a nice place; but they found It was Billy McGlory's and they fled in a panic. After they had calmed down on a couple of beers in a large German hall, the girls, with manva dear me and eood gracious, con cluded their philosopher and friend was right It was too warm to go to a theater. t "Let's get on an open Third avenue car," said the chorus girl. 'It's too hot under a roof." "I know a nice cool garden with fountain andmuslo on West, Forty-seventh street," said the typewriter. "We will connect the Third avenue scheme with the Forty-seventh street scheme," said the philosopher. They did. They boarded one of those Peculiar open cars in which passengers sit ack to back and, bracing their feet against the wire netting, removed their hats and en joyed the delicious evening breeze, and said what a sensible suggestion this was. They got off at Forty-seventh and walked over to the West Side, crossing the railroad by an immense bridge, and arrived at the "nice, cooi garaen," in a anpping or perspiration. There they'fonnd the beer not to their taste, the singing execrable and the air sultry from glaring gas. The place was crowded. "The coolest place these summer nights," declared the pretty typewriter, "Is in Har lem. They have such lovely air." "Then I wish we were in Harlem," re torted the philosopher, "for this is suffo cating." "It would be cool on the train, anyhow," "suggested the chorus girl. "Let us put the train and Harlem together." So they ambled up the stairs at Fiftieth street andstarted for the "coolest place," the philosopher himself being heated up. Something was the matter on the "L" and it took Just one hour to get to One Hundred and Fifty-fifth street. It was a big, local storm. The rain had been pouring down and the parks and gardens were empty and drenched. When the trio reached the nearest grand pavilion there were three men, a band of music, a bedraggled singer and a waiter. The waiter was worked for beer and sandwiches. This was too stupid for anything. But tba air was fresh and bracing, and the philosopher with his two pretty girls climbed down the elevated pavil ion and climbed upon another a good deal higher a short distance away. He sat down In a wet chair on the deserted balcony, ordered three "steins" and vowed It was lorious. It was the first moment he had een physically comfortable Since he had met his jolly companions. The suggestion, therefore, that It was time to go home broke coldly on his ear. It was midnight. "Look here I have to work to-morrow," said the pretty typewriter. "I donit," replied the philosopher. "I'm sleepy," said the chorus girl. "I'm not," chimed the philosopher. And he lighted a fresh cigar. "This Is enjoyment with a big 'E,'" he said. "We have been hunting for It all the evening and have as last iouna it, ana now you want 10 go nomei Preposterous!" It took just half an hour and the united efforts of the two pretty women to get him away from the spot. And it nas half-past one in the morning when the latchkeys had worked and three again superheated, tired, disgusted Idiots sought their respective couches. They are. but conscious samples of the summer enjoyment hunting lot. Even Seamen Get Seasick. "Seafaring men often suffer from seasick ness," said a retired navy officer. "I used to have a touch of it every voyage. Not the long-continued and sometimes deathly ill ness of the landsmen, hut decidedly uncom fortable, nevertheless. It usually lastesl a day with me sometimes only a few hours. It would repeat Itself as soon as we left next port. The only tijne I ever missed it was when we were chasing a Confederate block ade runner. I got so excited that I forgot all about it. Curiously enough, when the excitement was all over I felt a tinge of it as usual. ' "It is the bilious temperament. I've been so hnmUiated over it that I could shed tears. No, I wouldn't dare go off the coast fishing, because I know I'd be sick. There Is really no sure remedy for seasickness, though the best precaution against a vio lent attack Is to go without eating or drink ing on the day you sail. Most people invite seasickness by overloading the stomach wltn their friends Just before sailing." Not Csed to Big Buildings. The big office buildings down town are aulte frequently the scene of humorous episodes. The other day a citizen of West ern Pennsylvania stopped into the main entrance of Aldrlch court and asked a man in uniform for the "proprietor." "W-h-at?" inquired the sub-assistant janitor. "I want to see the proprietor," said the stalwart Pennsylvanian. "The proprietor of what?" "The place this buUdlng the man who occupies It. This is 45 Broadway ?" "There are BOO men who occupy this build ing." said the young man in uniform. "Well, I I want to see here It is," pulling a slip of newspaper from his pocketbook, "I want to see the man who put this piece la' the paper." It was tho advertisement of a tenant on tho ninth floor. The man was promptly sent up. Cupid on the Bridges. The front stoop offers the customary facil ities for courtship and among the young people of Brooklyn the front stoop Is a pop ular snmmer institution. The Brooklyn Bridge is a bridge-of sighs. It la the high bridges over the Central tracks in upper New York, however, that are most ardently worked for this purpose, and Chauncey .Depew possesses the entire sympathy of the young 'people of that neighborhood. An evening stroll that takes tho observer over one of these bridges wUl show dozens of couples leaning against tne rails and appar- 'cntiy Investigating the myriad tracks and colored signal lights and passing trains be low. Amaniy aiiu win uc wiviiuiuwn irom a slender waist as you pass, to be stealthily slipped back again within the moment. The skirmish of hearts is going- on there while yon are asleep orat the theater. It is the engagement ground of the poor and low ly, who live in tenements and have no front gate and no doorsteps. For them the bridge these warm nights is. a ish of ice cream with two spoons in it. - He Had a New Boarding House. "The other day Colonel Nat McKay re ferred me to a very nice boarding house on Madison Square," said a newspaper friend, "and I went over, secured the rooms and sent my trunks up. That was" on Saturday. I had a late assignment and didn't go home Saturday night. Got wot on Sunday, and finally turfied up about 9 .o'clock Sunday evening, looking, I confess,somewhat soiled and bedraggled. I had a friend with me, to whom I haibeen bragging about ray now h night key I rang the bell. " W ell, now, wuut uu uu wuuw- was-me greeting of the maid who opened the door. "My friend laoghed.but retreated down one step. I was too much taken back to reply promptly. The girl had the floor. ." "Go 'long, away with you,' she snapped, and slammed the door In my face. 'Heie was a dilemma. My friend sug gested that perhaps I had mistaken the number, but 1 was certain I had not. The girl had not seen me before.. But tot be mis taken for a tramp -was funny1. So -we. sat nn the stens and lauehed In unison". Then I I went up and yanked the door bell some T more. " 'I tell you you can't get nothln' here. Go 'way, you lazy good-for-nothln' or 111 call here's an officer now!' " "It was the pnlycasel ever knew where a policeman was on the spot. He must have been under the stoop. But there hd was, and I said with all my reportorlal diplomacy, I live here.' " 'He don't!' exclaimed the excited girl. " 'Come, come now, you fellers; move on, move on.' said the bluecoat. movine threat- enlnzlv up the steps. " 'Will you be good enough to send for the landlady?' I Inquired, laughing in spite of myself. 'I moved in my trunks yesterday; the girl don't know me.' "All at once a gleam of intelligence came into the girl's face. 'Oh! is this Mr. 1 Why, goodness gracious! Why didn't you 'say so?' said she, throwing open tho door. Now, what do you think of that for a recep tion?" Arms for Chile's Insurgents. A bcbly, gray-haired, heavily mustaohed1 man from Philadelphia, who called himself a real estate broker, sat at one of the little tables in the Sturtevantbar the other day. "I could have furnished the Congressional forces of Chile 250,000 stand of arms," said he, "and run no risk of violating our inter national law. I had the option on those arms from a foreign government that is Just now changing to a new magazine rifle. But the crowd that unloaded the arms on the Chileans on the California' coast got inside my offer by $3 a gun for an inferior article. They had 15,000 stand in that deal, 10,000 of which were put ashore all right, and .5,000 of which were surrendered to the United -State with the Itata. I should have shipped from "a foreign port and made a safe deliv ery. Of course, there's money in a thing like this, and there is always somebody who makes it." Disease From Paper Money. The other day a clever New York writer alluded to English "one-pound notes" in the vital portion of a local story, repeating it again and again. This Is nothing, however, to the gentleman at the Hoffman House, who declared that the American $25-blll was good enough for him, and that if he had his way there should be nothing smaller In the way otpaper currency. En passant, it strikes me these people who are afraid of disease lurking In small bills would get more sym pathy if they were not so orazy to accumu late them. The scientific theory of disease germs, bacilli, contagion, eta, in a $2-blll never bothers most or us, who don't hang on to a $l-note long enough to catch the smallpox no, even though the bill had scabs on it. Sleeping in the Daytime. Wohdeb if many people think of the sunny- side or a night watchman's life! An em ploye of the Broadway cable road was over heard discussing it as follows: "It isn't so unpleasant loafing around here In the street these nice evenings. It's trying to sleep during the hot days that makes a fellow thin. Itisn'thalfsohardona man to have to work all day in the hot sun as it is to have to sleep during the same hot day, or get no sleep at all. The night watchman Is always a poor man, living in small space and often with several children. My youngsters begin to find their legs and voices just about time I want to go to sleep. You can't keep them still. They are In and out and whooping It up and down until I'm nearly crazy. .Some times I get but two, three, four or Ave hours sleep if I can catch six hours once in a while I'm in luck. But a man must live and to live he must work or steal." Insomnia and the Stock Exchange. "Now, I suppose that fellow thinks he is one of the few who lead a dog's life," said a sleek looking stock broker, to whom 1 re lated the watchman's story. We had been talking about the hot weather and insomnia. "It is a well-known fact," he continued, mopping -his iron-gijay head, "that we don't live as long as day laborers. Many of us with plenty; of money don't get any more out of life than a steady, hard-working mechanic with a family. Most of us on the floor work harder and longer than the same proportion of mechanics and day laborers. I know people who work wlth'thelr hands don't generally recognize any other form of labor as labor but you writers, at least, know bettor. "And talk about sleep, and rest! Night after night have I found sleep impossible. An exciting day on 'Change leaves no snch thing as sound, healthy sleep in its wake. Those who go off and get drunk may rest after a fashion; but few men can stand this burning the candle at both ends long." Charles Theodobe Mubkat. E0W A FEUD WAS STABTEJJ. Two Words Effect tho Estrangement ofi Neighbors and Old Friends. Chicago Tribune. J It is a small matter for neighbors to quar-. .rel over, but they quarreled. They had walked home together, and as the evening was warm tbey had "stopped in" several times to refresh themselves. It was at the last stopping place that Filklns "declined with thanks" "Better have one more," urged Billings. ."Not a drop," returned Fllkins firmly. "Last place," persisted Billings. "I know it," replied Filklns, "but a fool ought to know when he has had enough." ,sHe ought," admitted Billings. "Well, I've had enough." "He does!" There was thOjring of conviction In Bil lings' voice, and it wasjust because of that that they quarreled. Those two words ex plained why Mrs. Filklns no longer calls on Mrs. Billings and why the Filklns chil dren are not allowed to play "tag" with the Billings children. It marked the be ginning of" a feud that may last for genera tions. A New Submarine Sentry. In a paper on sounding machlnesiecently read in England, Professor Lambert showed that of the shipwrecks in 1888-89, 60 per cent, (333 out of 601) were ascribed to stranding, the total amount lost or jeopardized by such accidents being $125,000,000, and the tonnage 1.209,994, 2,153 vessels having grounded. After giving a short account of the various types of sounding machines, which have been in vented with the object of Indicating to a captain the approach of shallow wnter. Pro fessor Lambert described an entirely novel departure in this direction,, namely, the "submarine sentry." It consists of an In verted wooden kite, which can be trailed from the stern of a vessel at any required depth to 15 fathoms.- Daring towing tho vi bration of the wire onuses a continuous rat tle In a sounding box, and the cessation of this noise gives an additional indication when the "sentry" has struok bottom. A DEATHS HEBE AND ELSEWHEBE. lieutenant J. G. McWhorter., First Iiieutenant Jacob Grey McWhorter, United States Marine Corps, who died at the Ma rine Hospital, Chelsea, Mass., on June 27, was born in Augusta, Ga., June 17, 1861. He was grad uated from the Naval Academy at Annapolis with high honors In 1892, and after a two years' cruise in the United States steamer Lancaster with the European squadron he returned home and was transferred to the Marine Corps and ordered to the Mare Island Navy Yard, Cal. From there he went on a three years' cruise in tne United States steamer Adams. He was at tho Sandwich Islands during the revolution there and at Samoa when MaUefoa was deposed tnd Tamascsc setup as King. He returned to Ban Vranclscoln 1889 and wa3 sta tioned at Norfolk, Philadelphia, and finally Boston. ' Maggie J. Grant. Miss Maggie J. Grant, daughter of Mrs. Margaret and the late John Grant, died at the fam ily residence. No. 6204 Penn avenue. Twentieth ward, last Friday at 8:50 P. M. Requiem mass wlU be observed at the Sacred Heart (K. C.) Church, Center avenue, East End. to-morrow at 9 A. 11. Oscar S. Houts. Oscar S. Houtz, Manager of the Pennsyl vania l'nbusning uompany, was found detd In his office at narrisburg yesterday morning. He was a prominent business man of that uy. H! u UDom w year 111 agp. ills ue hare resulted from heart failure, about 60 rears of age. His death Is supposed to Obituary Notes. ' Db. W. L. Heddeus, one of the most prominent physicians of Western Missouri, died at bt. Joseph Friday, aged 64 years. Gwilysi GWest, atred 88, of Wllkesbarre, an eminent Welsh composer, died suddenly at Ply mouth yesterday morning from the effects of a ruptured blood vessel. Kev. FeaskE. Nortos; D.D., well-known Episcopal clergyman, died in Forest Hills, Mass., Friday, aged Hi years. He had occupied pnlplts in Washington, Hlddletown, Conn.; Albany and Lynu, Mass. " John P. CASSinr, a pioneer bascBall player, died Friday at Brooklyn, in his 334 year. He was a member of the old Brooklyn Baseball Club, and wasJioted both as a ticliler and a heavy batter. He originally belonjred to the Providence team, and was one of the organizers of the Lone Island Ath letic League. Joilv Pauikb Wymax, a descendant of English colonial and Revolutionary stock, died In Arlington, Mass., Wednesday. His firs) ancestor of the name was Lieutenant John Wvmaa, of the British armr, who settled in Woburn. Mass., in 1640, and his line of descent included fbintaln sth Wvmau. who. after LoveU's death, commanded in the historic "Lovell's flf lit" against the Indians. ABOUT GOLD S0IXABS. They Are Very Scarce Because They Are No Longer Coined. Philadelphia CaU. J The act of Congress abolishing the coinage of gold dollars was approved September 28, 1890. The reason urged for its passage was the inconvenience of handling the coin be xause of their small size, the danger of loss for the same reason, and the fact that silver dollars and paper currency would answer every purpose for small transactions. Con gress saw the force of all this and promptly passed the bill. In anticipation of yuch ac tion, and to prevent as far as possible specu lation In the coin, none were struck off last year the at Philadelphia Mint, and all paid into the Treasury were recolned into larger denominations. With the abolition of the gold dollar, 3-dollar gold piece and nickel 3-cent piece also passed Into obscurity, their coin age becoming illegal by the passage of the same aot. During the 40 years that the gold dollar was In circulation, lrom TB49 to 1K9, 19,499,337 were issued, of which 18,223.138 were coined i w mini, in mis city, -ine Jew uneans Mint, which was engaged in their coinage only from 1319 to 1855, a period of six years, issued 1,001,000. The facilities of this mint are now devoted almost exclusively to silver dollars. The Son Francisco Mint coined but 90 232, beginning in the year 18M and continu ing at spasmodic intervals until 1870, when they ceased entirely. The Dahlonega, Ga., and Charlotte, N. C., mints, both of which suspended operations in 1861, at the begin ning of the war, coined respectively 17629 ana $109,138 worth of these minute coins. From these figures It will be seen that the great majority of the gold dollars were coined in this city, the amount during the fiscal year 1898 being upward of $30,000. Despite the efforts of the Government to prevent speculation In the coin and to gather alrof them in, many are held by op erators and dealers in rare coin, and com mand a premium. Those of earlier date are much more valuable, however, as shown at a recent sale of coins, when a gold dollar of the date of 136 sold for $19 73. This date is very rare, apd the coin was exceptionally perfect. On the same occasion one of the year 1863 was purchased for $12. and another" 01 1010 was regaraea as aheap at ?i w. OBEYING 0EJJEES. President Lincoln Always Bowed to the Man Who Held Command. Youth's Companion. Mr. Chittenden tells an anecdote in his "Recollections of President Lincoln," which illustrates how ready the President was to obey orders. Mr. Chittenden had gone out to Fort Stevens, anticipating an attack on Washington from the Confederate forces under General Early. As he entered the fort he was surprised to find there President Lincoln and Secretary S'dnton. A young colonel of artillery, the officer of the day, was In great distress because the President would expose himself. He had warned Mr. Lincoln that the Confederate sharpshooters had recognized him and were firing at him, and a soldier near him had Just fallen with a broken thigh. The officer asked Mr. Chittenden's advice, saying that the President was in great danger. a "What wouldyon do with me under similar circumstances?" asked Mr. Chittenden. "I would civilly ask you to take a position where you were not exposed." "And! if I refused to obey?" "I would send a sergeant and a file of men,, and make you obey." "Then treat the President Just as you would me or any civilian." "I dare not. He is my superior officer; I have taken an oath to obey his orders." "He has given you no orders. Follow my advice and you will not regret It." "I will," said the officer. "I may as well die for one thing as another. If he were shot I should hold myself responsible." He walked to where the President stood. "Mr. President," he said, "you are standing within range of 500 rifles. Please come down to a safer place. If yotdo not, It will be my duty to call a file of men and make yon." "And you would do right, my boy," said the President, coming down at once. "Too, are in command of this fort. I should be the last man to set an example of dis obedience." The President was conducted to a place where the view was less extended, but where there was almost no exposure. SOKE LONDON JEWELS. Black Pearls Worn by the Cnnntesi Tolstoi the Most Valuable. Spare Moments. The best-known pearlnecklace In London Is Pat oI the Countess TolstoL The stones are not only large and perfect in shape, but nearly black In color, a peculiarity which. though some will think it does not add to beauty, is, by reason of its rarity, excep tionally valuable. The Baroness Henry de Worms, wife of the Under-Secretary for the Colonies, also has a notable necklace of diamonds. There will presently be in the field a new competitor, the contest being the more interesting since tbd new-comer is a connection by marriage of the Baroness de Worms. The necklace is not new, though it has not been seen in London drawing rooms for some years. It was the property of the late Countess of Orkney, and was a S resent to her from her first husband, Baron e Samueh a peer of Portugal. Thehecklace is in three rows, and con tains in all 190 pearls, many of large size. The Countess left the necklace to her son, Mr. Arthur De Vahl, and Mrs. De Yahl will. In the coming season, be the envied wearer of the priceless "ropes." IT WAS AH EXPEEUIENT. Though It Didn't Work Well, It Was Worth AU It Cost. ' M. Quad In New York World. J On the left hand of the New York entrance of the bridge are seven benches, and these benches are invariably occupied by from 30 to 35 men. It is a cool place in there, and while they rest some smoke and doze. Yes day at a certain hour in the afternoon It hap pened that all were awake, and a gentleman was seen to advance to the man having a seat on.the corner and whisper to him and pass him a dime. The man nodded, looked around, nnd then raised his arms and stretched and yawned. It was catching. Every other man on the seven benches fol lowed suit. A ;minute later the man at the end stood up, kicked down his trouser-legs and remarked: "Well, I gueS3 I'll go out and look for a Job." There was no imitation this time. They hitched along to take up the room he had vacated, and 32 voices replied in chorus: "Well, I guess I won't!" As an experiment it was a failure, but it was richly worth 10 cents. VIOLETS AND SILVER. How a Bonbonniere Suggested About a Dozen Other Little Trinkets. New York Becorder.l A Brooklyn girl received a silver bonbon niere as a birthday present. 'A wo wagera brought her a silver memoranda and a glove bnttoner. A silver pencil belonging to her younger brother was quietly appropriated. Then she paid $S for a little silver purse that will hold 50 cents tn dimes, and seems likely to hold them forever, as It is well nigh impossible to get them out. After that it was absolutely necessary to have a silver chatelaine on which to hang all these valu able possessions, and to add to them a two inch affair of glass and silver filled with lavender salts, because its owner prefers violet perfume. The silver and lavender combination naturally suggested the purohase of a heliotrope India gown, and now this young woman's friends are waiting to hear that she will have her boudoir done over in tints that suggest violets and summer. Don't Want to Get Mixed. Boston Herald. The Mayor of Brooklyn has ordered a de sign for a Mayor's flag. Across the bridge In New York, they put up two lamp posts in front of the rosidenco of their Mayor. Up to date Boston has no distinctive badge for her Mayor. Decoratively, he is Just as good as the next man, and no better. A Knock-Oat Blow. Chicago Tribune.l "When! come back" from Australia," said John L. Sullivan, as he sailed from San Fran-, cluco, "I intend tof take a hand in politics, and may stump several States for tho Demo cratic party." We hopo John will carry ottt thef threat. The Democratic party de serves it. w He 'Knows AH About It. Boston Herald.l Inasmuch as Prince George came across the continent to New York, none of the New York interviewers have seen fit to ask him how he likes America. 'They put. that ques tion only to visiting foreigners as they come Lup the harbor. CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS. .-. s The youngest traveling salesman in Illinois is in the employ of a drug house ad Qulnoy, He is 13. ' Nowhere ,in England can be found go extended a line of perpendicularly broken rock as at Cheddar. A woman at Babinsviiie, Pa,, counted the stitches as she knitted, a quilt. There were nearly 900,000. A new mineral, named sarguinite, dis covered In South America, has recently ex cited much interest; The present rate of consumption of coal in London is 9,709,000 tons per annum, which corresponds to 28,600 tons per diem. Soho, W. Ta., has a unique railroad station. It is built around a giant elm tree, and the roof is shaped like an umbrella. One of the peculiar customs of the East: Indian coolies called Lascars is the putting of a ring on their great toe when they marry. Bichard Boyle, third JSarl of Burlington and fourth- Earl of Cork, reconstructed Bur lington House, Piccadilly, after his own ideaa. The actual strength of the British troops in India is rather over 71,000 men, the total population of the dependency being 2S6 000,00. During the pat year there were over 5,000,000 pieces of matter withdrawn from the malls because of Incorrect or Insufficient addresses. Inveterate carelessness in money mat. ters was a salient characteristic of the lead ing Actional writers of France from 40 to 50 years ago. The Italian Government has taken steps to restrict emigration byjrefusing to allow minors to leave the country except under certain conditions. The Duke of Beaufort upon one occa sion picked up a brace of grouse which had, canonedand killed each other in midair, this colliding is not an Infrequent occur rence. . Lightning played a queer freak in a New Hampshire town recently. It took off the tail feathers of each of 20 hens sitting on a roost, and affected a rooster so tlut he haa not been able to crow since. Experiment has shown that when coal h burnt in an open grate from 1 to 3 per cent of the coalescapes'in the form of unburn t solid, particles, or "soot," and about 10 per cent is lost in the form of volatile compounds of carbon. The President of the Pontifical Academy of Archaeology, at a meeting of that institu tion recently, announced the discovery of a basilica in the Church of Saint Sylvestre, containing the tombs of six Popes, including that of Pope Sylvestre I., who occupied the Capal chair from the year31i to the year 326, when he was succeeded by Pope Marcus. On the ICth of April E, S. Stoddard, of Monroe City, Mo., sowed four acres In alfalfa, clover to give it a test and see whether ic could be raised there. Sunday he walked one to it to see if it had come up. and was great ly surprised to find that it was not only up, but that he already had a big crop of hay on, his ground. He pulled up a bunch of it thac measured 31 inches in length. One of the longest and most costly rail way bridges in the country is now being' erected in the newest portion of the United. States, almost at its extreme western bound ary; the great steel bridge which the Union Paoiflc Is building acrow the Columbia riVer at Vancouver, Wash. The length from tho Washington to the Oregon shore wUl be 6,000 feet, and the draw pier will be over 4C0 feefr long. The cost of the structure wfll be over $,,0C. Adevice has recently been brought out for preventing the overloading of freight: cars. It consists of a vertical bolt attached, to the truck holster in such a manner as to permit of adjustment. As the springs settle with the loading of the car. the bolt oper ates an indicator on the end of the spring; Jilank, the index of which arrives at the oaded mark when the capacity of the car is reached. A seal prevents anyone from tam pering with the adjustment. William Dawsey, an old colored em- ploye of Culpepper Grocery Company, at Jacksonville, Fla., says he was born In Soutti Carolina, on the great Pee Dee river, on March 10, 1811: came to Jacksonville in 185r been married twice, father of 17 children and has 22 grandchildren. "Uncle Billy," as he is generally called, fought In the Indian, war for two years and six months. 'fBllly" says he Is the best man in Ducal county, and can 'outrun and outjump any man in tha State. A negro boy living in Georgia met his death in a curious manner last week. Tha boy was subject to fits, and hearing that a rope used in hanging a person would cure them, the father came to town and got a piece of the rope Sam SneUing was hanged with, and returning home, tied it aronnd his boy's neck. The boy had a fit shortly after ward, and it Is supposed the convulsions caused the neck to swell, and the hoy was choked to death before the cause of tho , trouble was discovered. Richard Hoops, colored, who claims to have been born in 1770, is still living in a dilapidated little shanty on the Cole county. Mo., side of the Osage River railroad bridge. He has occupied the same uninviting quar ters for a number of years. To all outward, appearances he Is Just the same that he was 20 years, ago. Occasionally he does small jobs of work, but for the most time he hunts and fishes, and is very proficient in both, tho latter callings. Some people think that crows are not good to eat, but Uncle Dick differs with them. He considers crow meat only second to a good fat 'possum. A hoy, 7 years old, who died at Ste. Adele, County of Terrebonne, England, a few days ago from diphtheria, displayed a most marvelous courage in the face of death. Sitting on a chair near the stove, he warned his parents that his end was fast approach ing, and then proceeded to dispose of tha small articles which belonged to him. To one of his little brothers he gave his pen lmlfn. tn another his nocket-book and his new boots, and to his sister a case for pens nnd pencils. The poor little fellow bad scarcely disposed of all his- worldly goods when he fell on hisliack In his chair and ex pired, t At Conyers Will Hogan, colored, burned a hole through the top of the jail and made his escape. He was locked up 'some time ago forbreakingin Elliott's store.. No trace could be found or him Wednesday morning with the exception of a letter ad dressed to the "dear people of Conyers, in which he stated most emphatically that ha had made his departure, and that, according to his desire in the matter, he would remain out of town if they would agree not to bother him. He confessed stealing tho watches, etc, and said that some one else was- with him. Among other things in. his letter, he stated that the Lord helped him to get out of jail, and sot any of his friends. THE FOURTH AND OTHER JOKES. "Didn't git no pwize climbin' de greased pole, did y"eEphJ" "No; bntljrot'boutapoun' o' tol'abla lard.' Barper'1 Bazar. "Jimpson is very deliberate in his move ments." "Yes. It takes him an boor to get a ten-minute walk." Harper's Bazar. He singed his eyebrows and his nose, This hero of my rhyme. Blew off a finger and two toes, ' A slsser spoiled his brand-new clothes. The punk destroyed his striped hose. And yet. in spite of ail his woes, , He had a bully time. . Harper's Bamr. George ILT. (on the receipt of the Dec laration of Independence) What, would we better do about this? . Prime Minister Well. I suggest we keep the doc ument. The autographs wiU be wdrth a mint some 'day. Barper's Bazar. Jimmie Going to havel fireworks npai yonr house?" . Tommy (blue as indigo) Oh, sorterl Pop'skindcr . mean this year. Says I can hare 5 to celebrate with, but I'tc got ta buy my own-arnica oat of it." Barper's Bazar. Hostetter McGinnis I assure you, "Sliss' Esmeralda, that the moonlight In South America is so bright that I have frequently goueont hunting at night and shot rabbits. Esmeralda Do the poultry and game markets keep open all nlght?-Jfcnj Sifting. ' airs. Bombazine 3Ir. Gtlhooly, you have been engaged', to my daughter Jane for more than two years. Why do you not marry her? Gilhooly My dear,madame, that would never do. It would not be aneasy matter to find another such nice sweetheart as Jane. Texas Siftlnas. Sister Fanny Brother John, did father have good luck to-day down on Wall street Brother John Why do .you want to, know, Fannyf ' "Because If the street has given him a bad turn I'll put off teUing him that I am engaged to young Slhnpurse." , "1 think, Fanny.-youhad better postpone exas perating theold man until stocks have goneupt otherwise he might be shocked." Texas btfHngi. V 7 ?L rj f -eKsssssWHlMsflKWhfyBifsWiB
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