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riTTSBCKG, MONDAY, JULY 6, ISal.
A PROHIBITION STRUGGLE.
The situation produced by tho attempt
to suppress the liquor traffic in Alliance,
Ohio, as reviewed in our correspondence
elsewhere, presents 60ine interestinc
phases. At present the peculiar aspect of
the case is that in a professedly prohibi
tion town of 8,000 inhabitants there are
iiinery places for the retailing of liquor in
defiance of law.
At first this would be taken as merely a
case in w hich a law was passed aud'lef t to
enforce itself, as has been the case with so
much preceding liquor legislation. But
on examination it proves to be the history
of the case that urgent efforts are made to
enforce the prohibition which the peoplo
of Alliance have twice voted,
while tho liquor men are keeping their
business coing by an admixture of
secrecy and fighting in the courts.
AVith that statement of the fight it does
not look to be so much a fight between pro
hibition and the use of alcoholic beverages
as a struggle whether laws passed by the
repeated approval of the majority of the
people shall be obeyed.
The contest illustrates the difficulty of
enforcing prohibition legislation; but the
people of Alliance can comfort themselves
with the reflection that they are not alone
in this experience. During the same
period in w hich Alliance has been fighting
this fight Perms 1 vania has been trying the
experiment of high license. While we
have been satisfied with the result as a
whole we have had to recognize that there
have been periods when the speak-easies
or illicit liquor saloons have been abundant
here, with a profusion hardly less marked,
when all things am taken into-considera-tion,
than in Alliance.
The fact is that all attempts to either
regulate or prohibit the liquor traffic stimu
late the law-breaking propensities of a
certain class, who regard such legislation
as an intraction on personal liberty. Ex
perience proves that regulation is gener
ally more successful in conquering this
spirit than prohibition; but that presents
no reason why thoughtful citizens should
not wibh to see the laws obeyed as long as
they are laws.
TAKEN BEYOND POLITICS.
Jt is pleasant to note that one important
judicial nomination was removed entirely
above the plane of politics in the practical
agreement that Judge Simonton, of
Dauphin county, will be re-elected with
out opposition. This is one of the most
important judicial positions in the State
below the Supreme bench, as it is there
that the civil cases to which the Common
wealth is a party receive their original
trial.
Judge Simonton's ability and independ
ence in the President Judgeship of that
district have been famous all over the
State. It is a matter of public congratula
tion that he has consented to accept re
nomination, and it is creditable to the
Twelfth Judicial District that his eminent
abilities are recognized without regard to
party lines so that his re-election will be
practically unanimous. It would be well
if all judicial elections could be so clearly
lifted above the political level.
A MAKE'S NEST VENTILATED.
It is to be hoped that the tempest in a
teapot over the letters and calls of
Itev. W. C. and Rev. W. IL- Roberts to
Lane and Allegheny seminaries, respect- i
lvcly, will he definitely settled by tho
statement of the former gentleman pub
lished elsewhere. The statement is backed
by assertions of others so definite as to en
tirely absolve him of any discreditable ac
tion in the premises.
The facts in the case make a very frail
foundation on which to erect a scandal.
A letter intended for Itev. W. H. Roberts
was delivered by mistake to Rev. W. C.
Roberts, sounding himas to his acceptance
of a possible offer of a professorship in the
Allegheny Seminary. Shortly after, the
latter gentleman received an offer
of a similar position in Lane Sem
inary. To jump to the conclusion,
as some peoplo have done, that the Alle
gheny letter was used to secure the Lane
appointment is to accuse the Lane Trus
tees of governing their action by the most
inadequate reasons. Fortunately,, Dr. W.
C. Roberts is able to show that there is
nothing whatever In the charge, and that
the Allegheny letter had no part in tho
Lane appointment That the Rev. W. IL
Roberts never gat the letter intended for
him is one of the misfortunes attendant on
having a name so similar to that of an
other man in the same profession.
All of which leads to the hope that tlje
marc's nest being duly exploited, the mat
ter will be considered as settled, and the
theological circle? affected may pursue the
even tenor of their way undisturbed by
any further breath of scandal.
THE COMPROMISE VERDICT AGAIN.
Another compromise verdict has been
recorded in the case of the Algerian known
as "Frenchy," on trial for that sensational
murder in New York which was widely
advertised as another "Jack the Ripper"
case. The jury brought in a verdict of
murder in the second degree, and the com
promise so nearly hits the popular opinion
of the case that it is generally received
with tolerant approval. ,
Nevertheless, there was not a particle
of evidence tending to establish the degree
of the murder. The verdict is not so
violently illogical as some of the other
compromise erdicts, notably that of the
Clau-na-Gael case, in Chicago, in which
by no possibility could the verdict be
considered In ..accordance with the
facts. It lias the shadowy foundation
that the prisoner acted excitably on his
trial and tho jury thought, therefore, that
he might have committed the murder un
der excitement But the real foundation
of this verdict, as of all other compromise
verdicts, was that the jury thought the
evidence pointed to gjiUt, but were not
quite sure enough of it to condemn the
man to lose his life.
The fact is that the evidence was of
doubtful nature. It was not only circum
stantial, but it turned on scientific points
concerning which there was the usual dis
pute of experts. The notorious and ab
horent nature, of the crime disposed, the
jury to make an example; but they were
not sufficiently sure that the prisoner com
mitted the crime to send him to death. So
they adopted the Illogical, but comfortable,
course of sending him to prison for life,
with a chance, If there is a mistake, of
having it rectified. S.uch is the nature of
juries.
THE ALLIANCE 3IOVEMENT.
A review of the growth and extent of
the National Farmers' Alliance iri" Penn
sylvania, in another column, gives some
Interesting facts and figures. It shows
that there has been considerable expan
sion in the extent and membership of the
organization; but the total figures indicate
that its political effect, which is the aspect
considered in the letter referred to, will
be that of a disturbing rather than aeon
trolling influence.
The growth of the Alliance in this State
has been retarded by two or three influ
ences. In the first place, the Grange, or
Patrons of Husbandry, in the co-operative
work which is the most important function
of agricultural organizations, had very
nearly filled the field. In the
next place, the Alliance has met
the competition of other Alliance or
ganizations asserted to be spurious,
and the National Alliance has had some
difficulty in convincing the farmers that it
is the only genuine and original-Alliance.
The result of the struggle has been that a
year and a quarter after the first Alliance
was formed the membership Is estimated
at 36,000, a considerable share being
women.
This Is a creditable growth and indicates
a still larger growth. But it does not
promise any such expansion as to portend
a political revolution as its result The
programme outlined, of waiting until 1892
to see if the old parties will accede to the
demands of the new element of which
free silver coinage is the most salient
plank and then throwing its support to
the People's party is hardly of a char
acter to make any especial change in
the attitude of politics in this State, what
ever it may do in tho West
As to the attempt of the Alliance to in
fluence legislation by non-partisan work it
is hard to see how it can do more than the
Grange is already doing. The great weak
ness of the Alliance in this State will be
tho conservatism of the farmers, and the
lack of any real necessity for its exist
ence here.
SAVAGERY EN' CIVILKATION.
The story of that Chinese and Indian
feud as it comes from the West, where a
Chinaman 'was recently killed by the
Piutes after being acquitted by the courts,
sounds like a transcript from the records
of some savage country. First, the Indians
kill a Chinaman; and tho Chinese, unable
to secure justice, retaliate by horribly mur
dering several Indians; and so on until
the present situation, when the Indians
hold that they have got to kill several
more of the Chinese to get even. All this
might be attributed to the commingling of
half-civilized races if it were not for the
mixing up of the futile forms of law in the
feud. The savage combatants seem to have
had the idea that it was their duty to give
the law a chance; but if it did not yield
the result they wished, they had the right
to take the law into their own hands. As
this is exactly the ground taken by the
leaders of public opinion in New Orleans,
It leaves the doubt whether civilization in
some spots is more than a name.
"The government that can borrow money
at two per cent is as far from bankruptcy
as the moon is from Kent Island," says tho
Baltimore American. Very true; but tho
government that does borrow money at two
per cent and ut the same time claims that it
does not need tho money is claiming alto
gether too much for its reputation.
One of the featnres of the Fourth of
July celebratio.n in Philadelphia strikes the
impartial observer as better in the breach
than in tho observance. It consisted of
reading tho Declaration of Independence
with sentences from it chanted by a chorus.
Tho Idea does not seem at nil in harmony
with the character of the 'document. The
distinctive nature of the Declaration of
Independence is its sohor, vigorous and
straightforward language To interline
chants of its terso Anglo-Saxon is to reduce
it to the operatic level, which is an Incon
gruity more inexcusable in Americans than
Verdi's location of "Un Ballo in Maschera"
in the Puritan town of Boston.
The Agricultural Department brand of
Republican weather has been very delight
f ul, in most respects; but Secretary Husk will
havo to find some offensive partisan to
hear the responsibility for those littlo
slips by which tho Fourth of Jnly picknick
ers got wet.
That a railroad company would leave its
tracks and bridges several hours without
being visited by a watchman should come
very near the laws on criminal carelessness.
Though railroad usually havo watchmen
for all hours of tho night and day, tho want
of one caused a disastrous wreck and terri
ble loss of life at Chaileston, W. Va., yester
day morning. If the company employs no
watchman, it certainly should, as no bridgo
should bo left hours without an inspection,
especially when hundreds of lives depend
upon its stability.
As Providence has undertaken the work
of irrigating a portion of tho Colorado
desert, we may expect to hear complaints
from the fellr-vs who are anxious to specu
late on irrigation privileges, against this in
terference with the functions of private en
terprise. One of Charles Dickens' skits at our
national bumptiousness was to portray iu
"Martin Chuzzlewit" a star-spangled Amer
ican who referred to tho Queen as living in
tho Tower of London. It is a peculiar and
wonderful Justification of the sarcasm that
a Buffalo paper the other day mado a brill
iant effort by publishing an open letter to
Queen Victoria addressed "Tower, London."
Tho mission of some people nowadays
seems to be to provo by their acts that the
sarcasms of that book nro still not without
foundation.
The appearance of that mysterious lake
in the desert is accounted for by the ex
planation that tho bad examplo or Philadel
phia has spread to tho West, to such a do
grcetbat the banks of tho Colorado are
bursting.
Before the New York courts had got out
"that injunction against tho Sugar Trust div
idend tho sweet sugar men had drawn out
$350,000 of tho dividend. Tho careful way in
which the courts of New York timo their
action so as to make it too lato to bo any
especial trouble to the Sugar Trust deserves
the undying gratitude of tlio saccharine
millionaires. It is only surpassod by tho
Jealous care with which tjio courts do not
interfere with the Standard Oil Trust ntall.
On. the whole, the less that is said by
both sides to that dispute about tho rein
statement of the plate printers in' the Treas-
ury Department the better chance both will
have for appearing in a respectable light.
NOW it is once more announced that Mr.
nenry Villard has returned from Germany
with money enough to set his North" Ameri
can Company on its feet once more. The
gonitis which this unique financier has for
going to Germany at regular intervals and
extracting money from some unknown
source there to rehabilitate his exploded
schemes is something which even greater
money kings can envy.
The announcement that the price of an
thracite coal is to be put up at once shows
that the coal barons have adopted the
ancient maxim and in the time of warm
weather prepare lor cold. v
That Australian who has set up opposition
in the rain-producing business in Canton, O.,
will not ho permitted to carry off the laurels
of Busk and Farwcll. Australia has had
enough glory in giving tho world champion
oarsmen, ballot reform and Improved land
transfers. This country will stick to good
American mado Kepuhlican weather until
Undo. Jerry's plan runs through itself.
When the Hon. Thomas B. Heed returns
to Maine tho ar between tho sash and the
tennis blazer may bo expected to make
Maine politics produce a penlod of high
temperature.
TnB death of Mr. Jacob Wainwrlght, as
noted in our local columns, removes one of
tho old citizens of Fittsburg.and a pioneer in
tho brewing interest, which has of late
years risen to colossal proportions. Mr.
Walnwright has been identified with busi
ness interests of the city for many years, and
his death will he mourned, byawido circle of
friends and acquaintances.
FAME'S FAV0EED 0KF.S.
Mrs. Baeyertz is the name of a Hebrew
lady evangelist whg is conducting a mission
devoted to her faith in Toronto.
Leopold IL, King of the Belgians,
prides himself on being a workingman.
He rises at 6 and does two hours' work be
foro breakfast.
Probably no bank President in New
York receives more social calls in business
hours that does lion. Thomas L. James,
President of the Lincoln National Bank.
This is chiefly duo to the fact that the Lin
coln Bank has a great many depositors who
are personal friends of tho well-known Pres
ident. If the little Kingtof Spain be excepted,
tho Emperor ot China is tho shortest of
male monarchs, standing as he does only 5
feet in he"ght. He must, however, in point
of stature, take second place to Queen Vic
toria, whose stature is 4 feet 10 inches. The
house of Hohenzollern boasts tho greatest
number of men of big stature.
Henby Wattebson to the students of
tho University of Virginia: "Our country
Is not gcttmg worse; it is getting better, and
we are masters of the greatest country on
the globe. Wo have the most perfect sys
tem of government. Wo have nothing from
without to fear, and within we have but two
great dangers the taste for money and tho
dovil of party spirit"
Captain Status, who was one of Stan
ley's favorite oflicers during his last Journey
across Africa, has gone back to Africa in
the service of the Katanga Company, to help
explore the great region of tho Upper Congo
which has recently been ceded to that com
pany by tho Free Stato. It was Captain
Stairs who climbed the remarkable snow
capped mountain, Bowenzori, which Stan
ley discovered between Lake Albert Ny
anza and Muta Nzigo.
Immediately after Chauncey M. De
pew's departuio for Europe this week, car
penters and decorators will invade the
rooms occupied by Cornelius Vahderbilt and
Mr. Depew and completely remodel them.
More rooms are noeded for the use of tho
President and his clerks. Mr. Depew has so
many kinds of visitors that it is necessary
to havo half a dozen ante-rooms in which to
stow them while they await an audience.
Mr. Depew sails Wednesday with his wife,
son, Mrs. Hageman and hor two wards. The
party will remain abroad until the early
part of September.
Speaking of the poem "The Midnight
Visitor," reoently credited to Walt Whit
man, a correspondent says: "Eleven years
ago Walt Whitman read these verses to me
at my own fireside, where the old poet i3
over a welcome guest. I am not likely ever
to forget how my dear old friend, who still
enjoys a gobd dinner and the camaraderie
of his friends, recited theso sad and pathetic
lines by a blazing flro of hickory wood. But
ho never claimed to havo written them him
self. On tho contrary he always assured
me that the poem was a translation from
tho French of nenri Murger."
Some ono gives the following as the nick
names of certain authors: Emerson Tho
Sphinx. .Schiller The Kepuhlican Poet.
Goethe The Poet of Pantheism. Shelley
The Eternal Child. Keats Tho Resurrec
tionized Greek. Byron The Poet of Pas
sion. Moore The Butterfly. Jeremy Tay
lor Tho Shakespeare of Divines. Coleridge
Tho Insulated Son of Reverie. Bunyan
Sponsor of tho People. Shakespeare Tho
Myriad-minded. Bon Jonson Tho Divine
Bully of the Old English Parnassus. Spen
serThe Poets' Poet. Chaucer The Well of
English Undented, or the Morning Star of
English Poetry. Caedmon The Milton of
the Forefathers.
F00B E0SE EYTINGE.
She Testifies That She Owns Nothing, Not
Even a Grave.
Nnw Yoke, July 5. A month ago Eoso
Eytinge obtained a judgement for $3,481
against Kate Claxton. J. Charles Flammer
has brought supplementary proceedings to
compel Kate Claxton to pay to tho executors
of the Timothy Townsend estate $S40 before
she satisfies tho Judgment obtained by Miss
Eytingo. The $S10 is for rent which Miss
Eytinge aid'nt pay while she lived at 227
West Forty-seventh street.
The first hearing of tho case took place
Friday in the City Court before Judge Mc
Gowan. Miss Eytingo testified that she had
assigned all her interest in the judgment
to Edwin J. Fisher, an artfst,about two years
ago. She wasn't sure about the timo be
cause her memory was poor. She owed Mr.
Fisher, she said, at that timo between $2,500
and $3,000 for borrowed money, living ex
penses and other things.
"Iownnorcalcstato," said Mis Eytinge,
"not even a grave. I own no stocks or bonds.
I have no money In any savings bank; not a
cent. I owe a month's rent, and I do not
know where to get tho money to pay it. Alt
my pupils have gone out of town. I teach
elocution."
Another hearing will bo had to-morrow
morning.
THE GE1P 8TILL EAGING.
Unhappy Newfoundland Still Suffering From
the Malady.
Halifax, N. S., July 5. Advices from New
foundland to-night say la grippe continues
to sweep over tho island in epidemic form.
It has fallen with all the virulence of a
plague on the various settlements around
the head pf Trinity bay. In Dildo, New Har
bor, Chapel and tho neighboring places tho
bulk of tho people are stricken with tho epi
demic in its severest form. The fishermen
are completely disabled, fishing has ceased
entirely, and for weeks hardly a man has
been able to fish or haul a cod trap.
Manj- have died, and tho weak and sick
have to bury tho dead. Tho strongest men,
when la grippe seizes them, become as weak
as children. Almost the entiro population
of Ferry Land is down with tho disease, the
sick being forced to attend upon the sick,
nnd in Fortune, in the district of Burin,
there aro hundreds of cases. Appeals for
Government assistance in tho Bhope of doc
tors and medicine are pouring in from all
portions of the coast.
WJ.TH THE LOSS OF AN EAR.
How a Syracuse Man Escaped From
tho
Perils of the Fourth.
Syracuse, July 5. Unlted.Statos Ganger J.
D. Ackcrman, of this city, "was frightfully
arrd perhaps fatally injured by tho explo
sion of a ginnt' firecracker about midnight
last night.
The lighted fuse liad apparently gone out,
and Mr. Ackerman picked it up, when it ex
ploded, tearing the flesh from his face, blow
ing one car olr and rendering him insensi
ble, ne was taken to liis home, where ho re
ceived medical attendance.
THINGS IN GENERAL.
The Churches and the Wrongs and Bights
of Labor The Pope's Encyclical on the
Subject Should Be Bead A Remark
From Professor Ely.
. WRITTKU FOB THE DISPATCH.
, "And, lifting their eyes yet higher t8 that
bright snmmtt from which all truth, all
civilization, hove flowed, they lift their
hands and voices to you, Holy Fnther, in
whom they see the Vicegerent of the au
thority and fatherhood of God, repeating
that sublime cry of tho Apostles to their
Divino Master: Lord, save us, we perish!"
That was in October, 18S9, in the Hall of
Canonisation at Home. A company of
French workingmen had come on pilgrimage
to "see Home," to say their prayers at the
sacred shrines, and to make a petition to tho
Pope. There were four matters, especially,
in which they desired the Popo's assistance.
They wanted (1) a better limitation of tho
years and conditions of children's labor, (2)
a deliverance of women fron unwomanly
occupations, (3) a Christian working week
and (1) shorter hours. They implored tho
holy father to stir up the consciences of all
decent people that those reasonable ends
might bo attained.
ReUgion the Only Solace.
The Popqread them a sympathetic answer.
He said nothing directly about the pro
gramme which they had suggested to him,
but ho told them that they hod done well In
coming to him. Only in religion which he
spelled with a capttalletter could they find
consolation an their weariness and misery.
Beligion alone could hotter their condition.
This ho said over and over in various com
monplace but gracious ways. He took occa
sion to warn them against the pernicious
error of those who desired the abolition of
private property, declaring that they were
trying to lay low that which is the very
essence of civil and political life.
And He advised a reorganization of the
medieval fraternities as a help toward the
improvement of Industrial conditions.
"What wo demand," he said, "is tho rovival
in nil their essentials, in their various prac
tical virtues, and in whatever forms the
times allow, of those industrial guilds
which, of old, steeped in Christian thought
nnd inspired by tho maternal solitude of
tne cnurch, provided for the religious and
material needs of tho workmen, eased their
toil, guarded their savings, defended their
rights, and insisted, in righteous measure,
upon their legitimate complaints." After
whioh tho holy father dismissed them with
his apostolic benediction.
After Two Tears' Preparation.
That was nearly two years ago; and we are
told that the Pope has been at work for the
last two years preparing his letter on the
labor question. Perhaps tho Frenohmen
started it. Perhaps the encyclical is an an
Bwerto that "Lord, save us, we perish!"
which they cried In his ears in tho Hall of
Canonisation. Anyhow, it is tho endeavor
pf tho holy father to answer Just that sort of J
cry which for now theso many years and in
unnumbered places has been trying to get
the ear and the heart of all the good and
wise men In tho world. And the Pope's
speech then and tho Pope's letter now aru
singularly alike. Tho encyclical is littlo
more than tho address written out at large.
The subject is the "Condition of Labor."
"The momentous seriousness of the prosent
state of things just now fills every mind,"
tho Pope says, "with painful apprehension;
wiso men discuss it; praotical men propose
schemes; popular meetings, Legislatures
and sovereign princes all are ocoupied with
it, and there is nothing which has a deeper
hold on public attention." "All agree," ho
says again, "and there can be no question
whatever, that some remedy must be found
and quickly found, for tho misery and
wretchedness which press so heavily at this
moment on tho largo majority of the very
poor.
"Workingmen have been given over,
isolated and defenceless, to the callousness
of employers and. the greed of unrestrained
'competition. The evil has boen increased
by rapacious usury, which, although more
than once condemned bv the Church, is,
nevertheless under a different form, but
with tho same guilt, still practiced . by
a variolous and grasping men. Ana to this
must be added the custom of working by
contraot, and the concentration of so many
branches of trade in tho hands of a fow In
dividuals, so that a small number of very
rich men have been able to lay upon tho
masses of the poor a yoke little better than
slavery itself."
A Bemedy In a Dozen Pages.
Now,for all this the most eminent Christian
minister in the Christian world proposes, a
lemedy, and here it is in the dozen pages of
this notable dooument. And who has read
it? How many people in Pittsburg havo
read the Pope's encyclical?
I have Just been studying Prof. Ely's book
on the "Social Aspects of Christianity." Ho
has a good deal to say in it about Christian
lndifferenco. He acouses us of knowing tho
existenco of theso miserablo conditions at
which tho Popo hints, and of not caring.
The well-to-do simply don't love the poor.
v ery lew ciergvmen are nme to give an in
telligent statement of tho position of labor
in its controversy with capital. There is
euough said and preached about the rights
of property, but hardly anything about its
duties. The attitude of the average Chris
tian gentleman toward all propositions
looking to the uplifting of the lower classes
is one of critiolsm and negation. We aro all
eager, Prof. Ely says, "to find flaws In tho
proposals of reform. We are more pleased
at the discovery of error than of truth in tho
plansof Henry George. We are against all
upllfters. Wo aro susplolous of all advocates
ol the cause of labor. '
I was talking to a friend the other day
about the organization of a branch of the
Christian Social Union, and the possibility
of getting somo prominent employers of
lator into it to study the economio pioblem
from the moral point of view; and he said:
"You can't do it; to Mr. A. it will mean the
management of his mill by a committee, and
Mr. B. will expect to have his house burned
down."
An Idea From Professor Ely.
Professor Ely remarks that when tho
clergy of one denomination in Pittsburg
learned that a gentleman had given money
for public conservatories on condition that
they should bo kept open on Sunday, they
denounced tho man, nnd passed formal reso
lutions against tho acceptance of the gilt.
And he naturally wonders what effect such
action must produce upon the workingmen
of Pittsburg who have never received aid
from theso clergymen in attempts to abolish
Sunday work.
Tho point is that we aro not really inter
ested in tho uplifting ot labor. Our only in
terest even in a strike is duo to tho Incon
venience to which it puts us personally. Wo
nro perfectly willing that the workingmen
should loso even tho most just demand if
wo can thereby get our work done quicker.
At least, it seems so. And here, to empha
size the statement, is tho Pope's encyclical,
passing by with hardly a word of comment,
attracting nobody's attention.
The Weekly llegister, a Roman Catholio
paper published in London, which njy friend
Father Lambing has kindly sent me, attrib
ute this lack of interest to an unfortunate
.coincidence. The Pope had tho bad luck to
try to get tho world's ear on the very week
when wo were all crowding into the Police
Court to catch the latest scandal about (he
Prince of Wales. We missed the encyclical
because wo w ere all inte nt upon a gamo of
baccarat. SlrWilliam Gordon-Cummin",
caught cheating at cards, hid tho spare form
ofLcoXIIL offering a remedy for the mis
eries of tho poor. The vices of nobility ob
scured the wants of laoor. They used to
have open-air sermons somo years ago down
by tho gate of the Allegheny Cemetery, and
it was noted that the mildest dog fight on
tho other side of the street was sufficient to
leave the preacher -without a congregation.
A Sermon Worth Beading
However, here is the encyclical. The
preacher waits. Even now, the dog fight
being over, we can come back and hear tho
sermon. And the sermon is worth hearing.
Leo XIII. is a good preacher, with tho in
menso advantage, iu tho vu-escnt instance,
of knowing a little about the earth as well as
a good deal about heaven. Ho spent somo
years in Belgium once and bronthed freo nir
and looked the century plain in tho face)
and neither Perugia nor Borne has been nblo
altogether to spoil the beneficial lesson.
Anyway, modern or medieval, bond or
free, one-eyed or two-eyed, the author of
this pamphlet on the labor question is -tha
Popo of Rome, And the canopy of the Pope's
chair, as somebody savs, is tho finest sound
ing board in Christendom. Millions or peo
ple, in all lands and languages, are hearing
thig voice. Thousands of priests and pre
lates are teaching their peoplo the lessons of
their master in Rome", rublie opinion within
that vast communion is being molded con
cerning this supreme question of tho day
along the lines indicated in this notable cir
cular. It Is well that we outsiders should
know what is going on, and what it is that
all these multitudes jof the faithful are being
taught.
Just what it Is, the Professor of Things in
General will try to tell next Monday.
INCBEASE IN BEES DRINKING.
Comparative Figures for the Two Tears
Ending with April 30.
New York Sun.
The following statement shows the quan
tities of beer sold in the United States by
States and Territories for tho years ending
April 30, 1890, and April 30, 1691. The total
for tho latter year was 30,021,079 barrels,
against 20,820,953 for the year ended April SO,
1890, an increase of 3,200,128 barrels. New
York leads in tho sales for 1390-91, with a
total of 9',OS8,109 barrels, which Is nearly three
times tho quantity sold in any other Stato,
Pennsylvania being second, with 3,118,218
barrels, and then follow in order: Ohio,
2,636,668 barrels; Illinois, 2,608,916 barrels;
Wisconsin, 2,03,G10 bairels; Missouri, 2,038,383
barrels, and New Jersey, IGTO.SK) barrels.
Theso aro the only States in each of which
moio than l,00O,OC0 ban-els were sold, and tho
total in these seven represents more than
thrce-fourth of tho entiro aggregate. Michi
gan stands tenth on the lit, the sales in this
State amounting to 6C4 537 barrels. There'
are only six States m which no sales areio-
Sorted. These are Arkansas, Florida;
alne, Mississippi, North Carolina nnd Ver
mont. The figures indicate tho extent of
the browing industries in the respective
States and territories, but do not show tho
consumption of beer in each. Tho aggregate,
however, shows that on an average through
out the United States nearly half a barrel of
beer per capita is consumed.
ONE GOOD INDIAN.
A Dusky Worthy in Iteal Life Who Equals
Any of Cooper's Heroes.
Fairfield (Me.) Journal.
For many years John Sabattus, tho last of
tho Norrldgewock tribe of Indians, lived
at Vassalboro. Here he spent tho latter
portion of his days, and acquired tho high
esteem of tho white men far and wide. Ho
was n tall man, over six foet in height, and
possessed of great strength and power of en
durance. When General Arnold marched
his army on his celebrated oxpedition north,
ward through the woods of Maine, John Sa
battus was his guide. The services he thus
rendered are by no means slight.
When this expedition was over he made
Vassalboro his home, and here is his grave.
No stone marks his restingplace and it is only
a few of the oldest people around that can
identify the spot. Had somo James Feni
moro Cooper written of him as Cooper did of
tho "Last of tho Mohicans." doubtless an im.
posing monument wouldhave towered above
nts remains.
STATES MUTUALLY HELPED.
Pennsylvania and New York Benefited by
Their Proximity.
Gsth in Cincinnati Enquirer.
Pennsylvania is a powerful Stato In ma
terial resources, and no wonder that her
people give themselves almost wholly up to
material increase. And yet, after riding
through Central Pennsylvania up tho Vallev
of the Susqnelianna, one sees that the equil
ibrium between the Keystone and the Em
pire States has been very well maintained.
New York has no coal, but tho coal of Penn
sylvania Is more available to her, without
any intermediate tariff, than to a large
portion of Pennsylvania itsolf.
New York has a political compensation in
the greater breadth of its agricultural land,
for, taking out the lap of Pennsylvania and
tho great Cumberland Valley, which com
prise together about one-third of the State
or less, the rest of Pennsylvania is made up
of little mountain valleys, and a great deal
of the land is waste.
THE FISHEEMAN'S HEAVEN.
His
Conception of It Shows His Sublime
Devotion to the Sport.
Lewlston (Me.) Journal.
Here's a fish story with.a classic turn, and
wo quote from the lips of a well-known local
raconteur who reads Shakespeare after he
has angled successfully, and who quote3
Izaak Walton, not ostentatiously, but be
cause ho lovotlThim. "I have got to know
the name of tho man who told this story,"
said he, "for it was not told in this country,
in the first instance, but eomes from a Lou
don clubroom where an ansler was en
deavoring to detail to Interested friends his
admiration ior tne generous sport wliero
mind vies with matter at 'the end of an
eight-ounce rod. I tell it simply to indicate
how sublime is the angler's devotion to his
sport.
" 'Why,' said the fisherman, if when I die
I am fortunate enough to be admitted
through the beautiful gates to a home in tho
better land, I will fish in tho river of life
with a fly made from the feather of an
angel's wing, nnd if obliged to go to tho
other placo I will angle in the Styx with the
worm that dieth not.' "
DEATHS HEBE AND ELSEWHEEE.
Samuel J. Wainwrlght.
Samuel J. "Wainwright died at his resi
dence on Sooth Highland avenue a few minutes
before 6 o'clock jeslerday evening, in his
ezdyear. The deceased was the senior member of
the brewing firm of Z. Wainwrlght
& Co., and the ion of Z. Wain
wrlght, who founded the business. He leaves
two sons. Samuel J., who was at one time In
Select Councils, and K. Z., who Is a member of the
Central Board of Education. The deceased served
in Councils and was prominent In politics repre
senting this district In the Legislature in 1871-.
He was a BeDubllcan of an lndenenrhmt t,ni
Ills last tenure of public office was In 1881, when
he resigned the Presidency of the Board
ui uuaruiausui uie xoor. -ur. ainwnarnt was i
member of the Independent Company of theDu
Mr. Walnwritrht was a
il uomiunvnr thuiiit.
quesne Greys, Company A, which was afterward
merjred Into the Eighteenth Regiment. A company
raised In Lawrence llle about 1875 was called the
"Wainwrlght Greys." In. his honor, and Is now
known as Company D, Eighteenth. Regiment The
deceased gentleman was very popular, highly re
spected and well known for his largeness of
heart and kindly qualities. He was Presi
dent of the Pittsburg Gas Company and a
director In many business enterprises, nota
bly In the Arsenal Bank, Forty-third and sixth
street bridges, the Citizens' Traction Cbmpany and
other companies. Mr. Wainwrlght ws born anil
married In Lawrences llle. Ills birthplace was lna
house that was located on South street near Thlrty
sei cnth street, and he succeeded his father, who
built the Wlnterton Brewery In 1818. His death
wasdueto dropsy. He hadbeen ailing for months
but It was hoped the end was still far.
Louis Haynald.
Louis Haynald, the distinguished Hun
garian prelate, scientist and statesman, died Satur
day in tho 75th year of his age. He was born at
Soecsen October 3. 1816, and pursued hiitudics at
Grau and Vienna. From 1812 to 1840 he taught
theology In the 'emluary at Grau, at the same time
earn lag on his own studies of the natural selenecs.
In l&l he was appointed assistant to the Bishop of
Kurlsbourg, Transjlvanla, and succeeded to the
position ot Bishop the following year. While In
this position he managed the outlay of-coo.OOO
francs for different scientific establishments and
endowments. He relinquished his diocese in 1883
.mi wnt to Rome, where he was nnnnlnrnri ai.
bishop tif Carthage In partibus, and did not return
to Hungary until. In 18(11, he went as Archbishop or
Kolacza. Mgr. Haynald engaged In frequent
scientific expeditions In association with the chler
botanists of Europe, He collected n botanical
nhrarv accounted among the richest of Eum it..
assisted many young men. without distinction as- to
their religious faith, tn beginning their scientific
careors, and founded at the capital or his diocese a
gvmnasium and an observatory In 1877. March 1"
1879, he was raised to the rank of Cardinal. As
memberof the Chamber of Deputies In Hungary he
was elected unanimously December 6, lspi. Presi
dent of the Hungarian aelegatlou on Imperial
Affairs.
Hon. John H. Faxon.
Hon. John H. Faxon, for 51 vears a
resident of Elyrla. aud a widely known. citizen,
died in that city Saturday morning at the age or
76 years. He held many offices of truit. among
which are sheriff of the county, justice of the peace
for twenty-one consecutive years, county sur
veyor and city civil engineer. He was a member
of the blxtv-llrst and blxty-second General As
semblies of Ohio, serving from 1874 to 1878. In
1850 ho was elected sergcant-at-arms of the Ohio
benate, and during his" legislative sendee becamo
widely known throughout the State.
Mrs. Adam Hein.
Sirs. Adam Hein, aged 30 years, died of
consumption, jesterday, at her home. 34 Spring
alley Allegheny, hhe was the wile or Foreman
Hein, of patrol wagon No. 3.
Obituary Notes.
Fbank OlABVAT. a well-known theatrical man
ager, was burled several days ago from his home In
Peoria, 111. Ho -was 42 years old, and was formerly
a circus agent. Latterly he had directed the tours
of the Swedish actress, Ulllc Axentrom.
SUNDAY AT CHAUTAUQUA.
A Sermon on Christ's Lire by Dr. BIcMllIan,
or Allegheny-Beautiful and Impressive
Beligious Services In tho Forest Many
Bible Students Enrolled.
SrxCIAI. TtLEOllAM TO THE DISPATCH.!
CHAUTAuquA, N. Y., July 5. This was the
first Sunday in the grove and tho exercises
wero most appropriate. The Sabbath is lit
erally a day of rest here, and everybody
goes to church in the amphitheater. Ono
day in tho week nt least tho religious train
ing at Chautauqua 1b emphasized, nnd there
ft something beautiful in a religious sorvice
In tho forest primeval, among murmuring
maples and hemlocks, and within sight and
sound of the whitecaps of the lake, as they
chase each other in fantastic glee. It -was
docldedly cool to-day and wraps nnd cloaks
wore in great demand.
Dr. Wldner, of the Rock Island Theologi
cal Seminary, opened the day at 9 o'clock by
taking a large class through the epistle to
tho Epheslans. At 11 o'clock tho regular
Sunday morning service was held in tho big
amphitheater, which -was nearly filled with
people, so great has been tho number of
arrivals here during the past week. Chan
cellor Vincent presided, and after the open
ing exorcises intioduced the Rov. W, H. Mo.
Millan, D. D., of tlie United Presbyterian
Church, Allegheny, who preached from the
text in Matthew ix,2J: "Aocording to your -faith
be it unto you." 4
c Dr. McMillan's Sermon,
"The story of Christ's life thrills us with in
terest at every point. He went about preach
ing and teaching, and his whole mission was
ingoing about doing good. In the present
'won we una his day's work to have bean
raising from the dead the ruler's child; heal
ing the woman who had touched the hem of
his garment, and making the two blind men
to see. .
"The record of one day is the record of all
days. 'He went about doing good. Miracles
are only a type of the gieatcr work Christ
works on the souls of men. Aio you weary
of sinning? Have you a heart-hunger for
higher and holier living? Have you wasted
your years, like tho prodigal child, in
rhitious living? My reply to you is: 'Ac
cording to your faith be it unto you.' Tho
condition of your coming to the cross is faith
in the nll-ntoning power of God nnd his re
demption work. If wo get large blessings it
will be because of large faith, and not be
cause of beauty, genius, wealth or power."
The speaker dosed with an earnest ap
peal to his hearers tn AXArntaA nlnrfr rtofrren
of faith in God, for such a course gave
promise of the life which now is, as well as
that which is to come.
Some Pine Choir Singing.
A feature of tho service was the fine sing
ing of tho large chorus choir under tho di
rectlon of Professor Leason, of New York.
Although the choir had only been mustered,
together within the last two days, they did
some very good and effective work.
At 2:30 p. st. Miss Newton, of Kansas, con
ductetrh primary class in tho new Kellogg
building, and it was intensely interesting to
watch the little tots sing and learning the
Biblo stories. At the same hour Dr. Duncan
led the Sunday school in tho tcmplo in the
studv of the international lessons, while
President Miller took charge of the Assem
bly Bible class in tho amphitheater. At 4
o'clock Professor Frederick Sturr, of the
American Musoum of Natural History, de
livered an address in the temple before tho
Society of Christian Ethics.
Vespers and Service of Song.
At 5 p. it. the Chautauqua Literary and
Social Circle held their first vesper service
in the Hall of Philosophy, and In the evening
the wholo grove Jolnod in a servioe oi song
In tne amphitheater. The chorus choir again
sang some pretty anthems, and Jennie Hall
Wade, of Brooklyn, acted as the soloist, and
this ended the first Sabbath at Chautaunna.
a day of full religious services -and given to
hieher thinking.
The reception last night at the Hotel
Athenamm was a " great social success.
Hundreds of students filled the parlors of
the big hotel and were formally introduced
for the first time to Chancellor Vincent and
his corps of instructors. Miss Benzingerand
Mrs. Wade sang solos nnd Prof. Cumnock,
the Chicago elocutionist, recited several
selections.
The enrollment of students is unprece
dented this year and is one-third larger than
at this time last year. It is expected that
fully 1,000 young men and young ladies will
enter upon a regular college course during
tho Assembly term.
A Large Class of Blblo Students.
But what is most significant is the fact
that fully one-third of these will bo Bible
students. Prof. Harper, of Yale, is at the
head of tho college, and says that ho prefers
to call his classes Bible students rather than
theological students. It cannot be gainsaid
that Chautauqua is doing a great work in
putting tho study of Hebrew language, law,
httorv and llterature.on the same level with
that of Greece and Rome.
Chancellor incent's statement that
Chautauqua has a positive creed and that
tho best thinkers in the realm of religion
and science are agreed on the Christian es
sentials, would seem to indicate that pro
gressive as well as practical Christianity is
getting a foot-hold nere, which argues well
for tho future. There is broad thinking in
other' places than Andover Seminary or
Union College, and Chautauqua is in it too.
D0GGEEEL OF THE DAY.
Rivers of blood in ancient days
Maintained our honor clear,
,. To celebrate it now tho streams .
Are flllod with lager beer,
Chicago Globe.
The orator begins to shout,
The band begins to play,
The eagle knows what he's about,
He spreads his willing pinions out.
And wisely soars nway.
Detroit Free Press.
This Is the day wo celebrate,
Commemorate,
And jubilate;
Of noise there, is no dearth,
Our boys their fingers decimate.
Ana lacerate, ,
And amputate
To honor freedom's birth. -To-night
we may felicitate.
Congratulate,
Intoxicate
Ourselves If they're on earth.
Chicago Times.
The glorious Fourth now has gone, and its
Joy
Has departed with all of its fun;
As we look in the face of the reckless small
boy
Vfe notice some spots on the son.
Some lads have lost fingers, an arm or a leg,
A few will be minus their thumbs;
They will touoh no more punk to a full pow
der keg.
Nor monkey with Japanese bombs.
New York Journal.
SIGNS OF THE PAST.
Legends by Which Ono May Discern an Old
Establishcd Shop.
New York Sun.
In a great many barber shops all over tho
city one sees a sign: "Mustaches Dyed,"
Wherever that sign is to bo seen.you may bo
reasonably sure of ono thing, that the stand
as the barbers say is an old ono. For that
sign commemorates a fashion that struck
this countryjust after tho war a fashion
that set all the men to dyeing their mus
taches dark, no matter what the color of
their hair might be. Just as a well-groomed
man of to-day curls tho tips of his mustache,
so tho gallants of 25 years ago used to dye
theirs.- Thoy havo given it over now, and
forgotten it in tho laughter and protest thoy
have raised ngainst tho women who hail
dyed or bleached their hair.
But in tho older barber shops the littlo
signs remain to tell or past and particular
vanities; and as botwixt dyeing tho mus
tache and dyeing the hair, what real distinc
tion is there?
'BTLO LAND.
WniTTEX FOR THElHSPATCn.
When out of the West long shadows creep
And the stars peep out, a shining band.
Our biby, weary of fun and play.
Goes out thro' the gates to Bylo Land.
Oh, which Is the road to Bylo Land?
By the way of Grandpa's easy chair.
Or, better, by mother's loving arms,
AVith kisses pressed on the shining hair.
She nestles down with a weary sigh.
While the lashes touch the rounded cheek.
With her arms clasped close 'round mother's neck,
Who kisses the love she cannot speak.
O, n wonderful spot Is Bylo Land,
To Judge by tin- smile on baby's face;
The augeU must surely weave her dreams,
Aud lend to her of their winsome grace.
O, baby, wufcnvy thy sunny lot,
For we that are older seldom see
The flowery path to, Bylo Land,
Or meet the angels that talk with thee.
N Florence a. Jones.
Hampton, Ii., Julys.
OUR MAIL POUGH.
Referred to theD. P. S.
To the Editor of The Dispatch!
I would like to ask why citizens and tax-,
payers of the Twenty-second ward are not
allowed police protection? If there is a
ward in tho city that needs such protection,
It Is certainly tho Twenty-second. Since
Sohenley Park has become a resort for loaf
ers and thieves the ward is overrun with
this class, and people living near the park.
suvuiu certainly De proiecteu. as hicjt
pay for such protection, I cannot see why
they should not ask that somo of the "subs,"
who stand on corners to see the Fifth ave
nue cable and Duquesne Traction cars run
into each othor, be taken off and placed
wnere mey are oi some use. ii you cnn
answer this question, you will confer a great
favor on many citizens of tho Twenty
second ward. Taxpayer.
Pittsbero, July 4.
A Patient for Father Molllngcr.
To the Editor ot The Dispatch t
Has Father Molllnger, the "Priest-Physician,"
returned home yet? How would I
have to address a letter to reach him?
Would ho treat private patients for ail
ments such as nervous debility? A Readier.
Pittsbcrg, July 4.
The venerable father can be reached by
addressing a letter to Mt. Troy, Allegheny
City, Pa. He was o ertaxed by recent work,
and is now in retirement. He has treated
private patients heretofore.
Where They Fish for Whales.
vTo the Editor of The Dispatch:
Please let mo know where whales are
found. Aro they caught in tho Atlantic or
the Pacific Ocean? A. L. V.
Grkessdcbo, Pa., July 4.
Tho whaling fleets are distributed in the
North and South Atlantic, North and South
Pacific and the Indian Ocean. Theso are the
most prolific waters at present.)
A Deserter Can Be Taken Any Time.
To tha Editor of The Dispatch :
Will you kindly inform me through Tins
Dispatch if a desciterfrom the regular army
atter an elapse of 21 years can be arrested
and punished-by court-martial? A. P. K.
Pittsbobo, July 4.
A GBEAT BIG BOCK.
It Proved to Be Granitoid and the Senator's
Friends Drank.
St. Louis Republic
Senator John C. Peirsol, of Munroo county,
one of the best men who ever occupied a
chair in tho Missouri Senate, was
walklnt: along High street in Jefferson City
ono day last winter, accompanied by a num
ber of his fellow members. When in front
of the Federal building the Senator stopped
suddenly, glanced up and down tho pave
ment, nnd then solemnly began to "step off"
a long strotch of granitoid walk whichjliad
Just boen laid by the Government.
Peirsol," said Senator Anderson, "what
on earth are you doing?"
Tho Senator pursued his measurement of
tho granitoid and finally answered:
"Tliut beats anything I ever saw."
"What does?"
"Why, this rock. Where do you suppose
they got it? Bygonny, it's 100 foot long."
Tgo Senators, porccfvlng his earnestness
and innocence.lauclied lonsr and heartilv.
and then explained and details of making
granitoid pavement. Senator Peirsol Joined
in tho Joke and it was duly, washed down at
the pearost corner.
That evening, as the Senator sat by his
comfortable fire, ho began chuckling to him
self. "John." said his eood wife, "what's the
matter with you now?"
"Oh, just a joke, dear. One of the big fool
Senators actually had tho nerve to measure
off that piece of granitoid pavement In front
of tho postofllco and to ay it was the big
gest rock ho ever saw. Funny, i asn't it?"
The Senator leaned back In his easv chair
and laughed until the tears rolled down his
cheeks. Mrs. Peirsol did notnot even smile,
but, looking sadly and wearily at her liego
lord, said:
'.John, that was you. There is no other
man in the Senate quite so green."
The Senator put on his hat, went down
town and told this as the best part of tho
joke on himself. c
CHINESE NO FOOLS.
Their Adroitness in Smuggling Themselves
Across the Canadian Line.
Interview In Detroit Journal.
"These Chinamen who attempt to cross
the border are, in great part, comparatively
well to do. They have some system of
credits or exchanges -I Upn't know what
by which they can raise money when they
need it. If a Chinaman comes across the
river and has spent nil his money be can
soon raise more. They frequently get
'busted' by having to give upall their money
to he ferried across, but In a day or two they
aro 'flush' again. There are lots of fellows
in Windsor who aro on the lookout for
Chinamen who wish to cross, and as soon as
a straugo Mongolian appears on the streets
ho is followed by from one to a dozen smug
glers. J. ne smugglers row mem across,
land them on tho dAck, gut their money
sometimes as high us il00 and row aw ay,
leaving tho poor Mongolians to tako their
chances on being run In. The Chinamen aro
beginning to 'tumble,' nnd now Insist on
better arrangements. One smuggler took a
Chinaman out in a boat, rowed him around
in tho dark for 11 couple of hours and landed
him in Canada again, about two miles below
the starting point. The next morning the
Chinee spotted his man in WIndsorandgot
back enough money to pay his fare to To
ronto, where he had Iriends.
"Nearly all the Chinese aro well posted on
all tho points of tho exclusion law, and use
all sorts of means to evade it. My experil
enco has been that they are a great dea
smarter than they appear to be."
How to Catch Aiiclomaniacs.
I CatsklllMall.I
A young man of Anglomaniac tendencies
boastfully called attention to his (C derby
the other day, anl proclaimed it a London
hat of far superior quality than tho American
derby. A knowing friend took the hat, and
disregarding tho Hon and unicorn brand of
the lining, turned up tho sweat band. Hid
den away underneath and securely gummed
to the felt was a bit of paper bearing the
legend, "United Hat Workers tof America."
Notwithstanding the Handicap.
Boston Globe.
A pair of Parseo travolers are studying
American manners and customs. They are
styled Rustomjee Kalkliusroo and BomaDji
Dlnshawji Petit. In spite of their name,
however, theso Farsees are sold to bo very
wide-aHako and progressive gentlemen.
PEOPLE COMING AND GOING.
Patrick Foley, George In. Eilcy and
Fred Hoffman left for Chicago last even
ing on the limited. Mr. Foley said their
business was private, aud had nothing to do
with the World's Fair.
Mrs. Thomas H. C. IS eely, of Sycamore
street, Mt. Washington, with her son. How
ard A., has gone to Bellalre to spend a few
days with Mrs. James Works, lormerlyof
Mt. Washington.
William Noll, who has charge of the hell
bovs at the Monongahela House, will leave
to-'day to accept a similar position at the
Kent House, Lakewood. He is a popular
colored boy.
Mrs. W. .T. JlcCrecry, of Yonngstown, is
in the city visiting her brother, W. B.
Bishop, night clerk at tho Monongahela
House.
"W. H. Walker and family, of Colnmbui,
and James B.' Stephenson, of East Brady,
arc stopping at the Sai cnth Avenue Hotel.
John Fullcrton, of Glasgow, and It. Hud
son, of Kittanning, an old navy captain,
registered at tho Anderson yesterday.
President J. I). Moffat, of Washington
and Jefferson College, took breaklast at the
Monongahela IIotue yesterday.
J. W. Hoffman, of JJoblctown, and Les
lie Thompson, of Butler, aro stopping at the
Monougnhela House.
Louis A. Smith, a well-known Columbus
hotel man, was nt the Union depot 4ast even
ing going East.
John B. Smithman, of Oil City, and T.
C. Frew, a Cincinnati freight agent, are at
the Duquesne.
F. J. Sprague, the inventor of the Sprague
system for electric roads, will ho in the city
to-day.
Herman Cerf and wife and I. Kaufman
nnd family left for Long Branch last night.
Collector Warmcastle went to New York
yesterday to see a relative off for Europe.
Morris P. Kaufman nnd wife, of Jean
netto, starteu for Europe lust o cuing.
Captain Harry Brown and wife came
homo from Cincinnati Inst evening.
Harry Darlington arrived from New York
last evening.
, H. C. Frick returned from Cresson last
evening. ,
CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS.
A "Drummers' Home" has been estab
lished at Sparta, Ga.
A Wellington, Kan., man sold two
prairie dogs last week to a New York mart
for $70.
A tooth weighing 8 ounces and sup-
Sosed to belong to an ancient mastodon
as been unearthed near 3Ioscow, Wash.
The most expensive street car in tha
world is owned by the Troy Electric Rail,
way Car Company, of Cleveland. It cost "
$10000.
The Emperor of Germany has given
4,200 for tho. celebrated yacht Thistle, and
His Majesty intends to enter her for compe-
season.
The five-pound and two-pound pieces
struck in the Jnbilee year have evidently
not taken the public fancy, as no application
was received for them daring the whole of
last year.
Arf Atlantic City hotel keeper has s
"fake" thermometer on the front of his
hodse that makes his patrons believe his
porch is the coolest place on the island. Tha
deception works like a charm.
A vase, which it has taken four years to
complete, has Just been sent to London from
tho Minton China Manufactory. It was
niade by M. Tolon, is valued at 1,500, and
is considered the handsomest thing of the
kind that has ever been made. Venus, Bac
chus, and a group of cuplds are represented
in tho design.
It has been estimated that one ton of
coal gives enough ammonia to furnish about
39 pounds of crude sulphate, the present
value pf which is about JEI2 per ton, and
there being 10.COO.ojo tons or coal annually
distilled for gas, no less thau IT! Itt I tons of
uijjuic,ui me money value ot .51X07,113. ura
produced.
A little humming bird is said to b
making himself unaccountably familiar at
the home of Dick Smith, near Thomson,
Ga. Regularly evrfrj- sttnday, when the fam
ily go to the. dining room lor dinner, tha
bird flies into the family room nnd brings
up before the family mirror, wheiu ho bows
to himself aud flutters and capers around
extonsivcly.
Jerry White, of Archard's Mill, Tenn.,
was dowi on Gum swamp one day last week,
and saw a snake. Tho monster looked so
large he was afraid to get near to kill him.
Ho threw a sharp stick at the snake, stuck
it in tho back of his neck, and tho snake bel
lowed like a cow meanwhile opened his
mouth nnd made fight for Jerry. Jerry ran
or course.
A strange metamorphosis in the heaven?
was visible at Wassamoneta, O., the other
evening. An immense cylinder cldud, over
looking from west to eastand traveling with
great rapidity, passed over tho town tn the
same direction. It was black and gray in
color, and as it revolved its color changed.
N hat It was no ono seems to know; but it
attracted hundreds into the streets and
housetops, who watched it until it disap
peared in tho western heuvens.
In January, 1885, Daniel Gould, of
Chicago, then nearly 80 years old, was on a
bed of sickness from which the doctors per
suaded him ho would never rise. He mado
out deeds transferring his property to dif
ferent members of his family. The papers
were recorded, but 3Ir. Gould did not die.
io-uay ne is it naie ana nearty old man, with
changed ideas about tho disposition of hia
bolongings. So he filed a bill asking tha
Superior Court to clear his title.
About the year 1783, a Bristol plumber
namod Watts dreamed that he was out in a
shower of molten lend. He observed
that tho metal came down in spherical
drops, and afterward, to find whether it
would bo so, ho went to the top of a church
and poured melted metal into a vessel of
water below. To his great delight he found
that the lead had gathered Into beautifully
formed globular balls and heat once took
out a patent.
The new servant girl tried two kinds of
furniture polish on the rosewood dining
table. She declared that American furniture
polish was "no good at all, at all." She got
half a pound of white beeswax, two cukes of
castilesoap and a pint of turpentine. She
boiled the sorfp and wnx together that is,
she melted them until they ran together.
Then she poured in tho turpentine. All tha
hard wood in tho house shinos liko mirror
glass now. "'Tis the wav they make tha
ars shine in Dublin," said she.
On a farm in East Hartford, Conn., one
of the cows had a calf in a pasture, and tho
farm hands wero unable to find it tho next
day. A search of the lot proved a failure
until some ono suggested a novel scheme. It
was to bring a dog into the lot, when. In all
probability, the cow would return to her
calf to defend it. The dog was brought, and,
surely enough, the cow started for a clump
of bushes, and among them the calf was
found covered up by leaves.
One "demand" of the tlnrd party, re
cently organized nt Cincinnati, is that tho
Government shall own the railroads of tha
country. In order to own this property tho
Government would have to raise abont
$10,000,000,000, which is the amount of the
capital nnd bonded indebtedness of the rail
road corporations. To raise this money the
Government would have to tax the people of
the country, and the scheme would impose a
per capita indebtedness of $175 upon every
man, woman and child in the United States.
Our national indebtedness is now $11 f3 per
capita.
William Derringer and wife reside near
Watson, Ind. Two months ago Mrs. Der
ringer gave birth to twin babies, which wero
probably the smallest specimens of human
ity to be found in the Slate. One of them
died soon after birth. The other Is alive
and well, ami nt birth-was easily placed in a
quart cup. It has grown some since, nnd
now weighs two pounds. Its head measures
10J inches In circumference, its arms are 3
inches in lenzth. its fingers 3i of an Inch
long, and It is abont 11 inches high now. It
nppcars to bo as healthy as anyregnlar,
natural-sized baby.
Pigs are not supposed to have much
sense, but G. II. Currier, of Abbott, Me., has
one that knows a thing or two. Tho Infant
porcine is fond of taking a bath in the river,
to which his owner objects, and every tltna
he got out of his pen Mr. Currier would
board it up higher. That did not stop piggy,
however, nnd Mr. Currier watched to see
how he got out. It appeared that the boards
were nailed on two or three inches apart,
and the pig would climb to tho top by
putting his toes in the track, and there be
ing a ropo suspended over the outside ha
would catch it in his mouth and lower him
self to the ground.
One of the' African envoys of Kinj;
Gungunhama, in London, the other day, wa
nearly frightened to death by a phonograph.
He talked into the instrument, and when it
repeated his words to him he fell on the floor
iu a swoon. It was some time before he
rained courage to ask questions, as be
thought a witch doctor was in the phono
graph. Ho proposed to silence tho witch by
stuffing a dried frog's leg into tho instru
ment, along with sopie other charms ho had
with him. Having been dissuaded from this,
and the matter explained, he said it was no
use for him to tell lies all his words wero re
corded. JINGLES AND JESTS.
WHAT DO YOU TUI5K?
Love may be blind, but Love can sea
That there's plenty of room for two
On one small chair If they sit with care
And stick just as close as glue.
English -Paper.
Is the Cherokee Strip decollete territory?
Washington btar.
Floor Manager The press is always, wel
come: but. medeali fellah, hawven't you got an
other coat?
Reporter for the Morning Hooter Yes, I've rot
another coat.
All, why didn't yoij put iron?"
"Because It Isn't as good as the one I've got on."
Texas Sifting.
llevivnlist Young lady, which road will
you elect, this night, to follow?
Young Lady (blushing) I-I'd rather prefer the
bridal path. Sao Hark Herald.
Tommy (aged four) Ga'ma, I tan't see
froo your specs.
Grandma Why, Tommy?
Tommy It makes my looker feel wlggtey.
Jeweler' Weekly.
She Darling, go and get that beautiful
bit of sea-weed for me. won't you?
He My dearest, I'd get my reet wet.
blie And yet before marriage you said you'd
gn through fire for me.
He Hut I honestly leave It to you. Did I ever
say anything about water? Philadelphia Titnes.
"Why, Cpusin Jenny," said Captain
.links, "what a beautiful complexion you hare!
You are the belle of the dance to-night."
"Yes, Tom, I agreed, to furnish the powder. If
papawoald provide tha ball. My partners.mast
furnish the arms.1' -
"O, I see, and you expect to bring on an engag
jnent."-ZWrott Free Prut.
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