mflKHJWxT IfiHSfEB Vri Itf ypllgpvnf .THE PITTSBURG- DISPATCH, MONDAY JULY 13, 1891 Wfje Bigpfrlj. ! ESTABLISHED FEBBUAKY Vol. i. No. IV! Entered at Pittsburg rostoffice, Jfrnenibei 11, UsK, a second-class uialtcr. S. JS1G. y Business Ofnce Corner Smithfield and Diamond Streets. ICevre Rooms and Publishing House 7S and So Diamond Street, in New Dispatch Building. EATFRX ADVKKTTSING orFICE. 11O0M 3, TMBUNKBUII.DING. NEW YOKK. where com picte flics o! THE DISPATCH can alwajs be found. Torcljm advertiser arnrcMate the conj " IIcaaed erasers and friends ofTIIEIHSl AlCti, w hlie in New York, arc also made w elconie. "THE D!SrATCHtt reaularlym&ileat Srentano's. t L-Mim Srpiart. She liirS, find V Are de I Vprra. ifcrj'. frriwv. trAtrr nnytTie trno has been ltsap cintedata hottliuicssUind ran obtain it. T1HIM& OF THE DISPATCH. FOSTAttE TOET. IX THE TOTTED STATED. DAILY DisrATCH, One Year J S CO Daily Dispatch, Ter Quarter I CO Daily DisrATCH. Ouc Month TO Daily Dispatch. Including Sunday, lyear.. 10 00 Daily DfePATCil, Including Sunday, 3 ni'tlu. 1 60 Daily Ditatch. Including Sunday, 1 m'th.. 60 fcrxA Dispatch, One Yiar IM Wtr.kL Dispatch, One Year. 1 25 The Daily Dispatch U delivered by carriers at JSernti per week, or, mnuding Sunday Edition, at Sect t.ts per neck. PITTSBURG, MONDAY, JULY 13, ISal. IMWIOVKI) RAILWAY FACILITIES. The increase of the importance of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, especially in its relations to Pittsburg, forms the sub ject of an interesting interview in our local columns. The interviewed gentle man brings into prominent notice the draft which this system has made inactive and efficient officials whom it has taken from the Pennsylvania forces; but the vital point to Pittsburg is the large improve ment in transportation facilities which has' gone on concurrently therewith The fact is stated that since the transfer of Mr. King to the B. & O. system fully 810.000,000 has been expended in increasing the facilities of that system. This is a good record and the condition which the road is now in fully justifies the position of The Dispatch, during the financial complica tions of the corporation some three years since, that a corporation with such a prop erty could not be wrecked by temporarily bad financiering. The most important feature of these facts to Pittsburg'is the rise of the Balti more and Ohio to a leading position in the competition for Pittsburg's traffic. It gives its not only an improved Eastern and new "Western line for freight traffic, with competitive rates, but, as promised in the interview, will, when the improvements are finished, furnish another route for passen ger travel to Chicago which will vie with the best in speed and accommodations. Such enlargements of the transportation facilities of our city furnish the best guar antee of growth and prosperity in thed future. THE CONSUMPTION" OF LIVES. The hazards of common, everyday life continue to be impressed on the public mind by the current news in the most trade manner. Two more lives were lost on the Penns3-lvania line yesterday, mak ing the bloody total of seven lives lost on. that line in the last two days, five of them within the city limits. Also there was another narrow escape from a collision be tween two well-filled traction cars at the Court House corner last evening from a misunderstanding of the signals of the cornerman. It is no more than Justice to say that the loss of life on the Pennsyl vania Railroad does not seem in any case to have been the fault of the railroad, the persons Wiled having been on the track, where they had no business to be. But there is a forcible lesson on the uncer tainties of life in the death list, even where no fault has caused a wholesale slaughter. ADVICE TIIAT MAY KEACT. The way in which the example of trusts and monopolies has be-muddled the ideas of a great many people on the subject of commercial tactics is shown by the re newed announcement of the Farmers' Al liance officials that they advise the farm ers of the West to hold back the wheat crop until it can be sold at a price to be fixed by the Alliance officials. The Farmers' Alliance people are ex cusable in supposing that they can apply the trust tactics to the wheat crop, from the fact that attempts have been made by business men to do the same thing where it was equally impossible. Not so ab surdly impossible, perhaps, as in the case of the wheat crop, but equally in the senso of being absolutely impracticable. For the device of permanently raising prices by artificial scarcity can only be operated where the supply is controlled by a mo nopoly. To suppose that seven million producers of wheat in competition, not only with each other, but with other un told millions in the rest of the world, can le induced to hold back their wheat, and burrender the market to their competitors is to presume to an unheard-of degree on the ignorance and gullibility of mankind. The Farmers' Alliance will find that they cannot improve their cause by adopt ing the unjust tactics of their worst ene mies, or by giving the speculators the best chance to ring in temporary corners on the strength of their foolish action. If the Alliance commits itself to a project of this kind it may effect the result of break ing its own neck. HOW TO DIVIDE THE FUNCTIONS. The decision that though Miss Irene Coil, of Norwich, Conn., passed a first class examination for admission to Tale College, she cannot be admitted to that in stitution of learning, evokes a variety of explanations from the Eastern press. One cotemporary says that the reason of it is that the young lady cannot wear the articles of clothing supposed to be re served for the male sex and, metaphoric ally.f or the better-half of a married couple. But as there is no reason why she cannot don the unmentionables except the con ventionalities of fashion, this explanation does not satisfy another cotemporary. It presents the explanation that young women cannot play baseball and row boat races. "Fill up Yale's classes with young- women," it says, "ana what would be come of the University's prestige for ath letic sports? It would be simply nowhere, anil the institution would have to depend for reputation on the old played-out issue of intellectual superiority." This is no argument at all forthe ex clusion of women; but rather the opposite. Since the masculine collegiate element Is to be occupied with the great functions of football and boatinsr, there is all the more room for the young women in the depart ments of the college devoted to intellectual culture. The entire wparation of the present collegiate ambitions from -cholas-tic training would keep the two sexes apart and thus avoid all the imagined evils-which the mollusks of the Eastern universities foretell from co-education.- j The idea luggests that the greatest utility can be secured for such an institution by a division of labor between the sexes on the following plan: Let the young women go to Yale and maintain its intellectual character, -while the male collegians continue their ex clusive emulation in the fields of effort known as baseball, rowing, and football Playing. DEFENSE OF A PKINCli. The fact that Mr. Stead appears in print as the defender of the Prince of Wales is interesting and unique; but it is somewhat overshadowed by the remarkable nature of the pleas in that behalf, in connection with the Tranby Croft scandal. The pivotal points of the defense are, first, that Mr. Wilson, the owner of the place, did not object to baccarat playing, but only to playing for high stakes; and, second, that the Prince traveled with counters in his possession as a convenient substitute for gold or bank notes. On the first point it is possible that the morality of England may be a little more squeam ish than the host of Tranby Croft, and object to a purely gambling game under any circumstances. Beyond which the fact seems to be, according to the Prince's own theory of the case, that the play was high enough to induce one of his personal friends to cheat in order to win 525 or 30 at a coup. But this plea is cast into deep shade by the happy thought that His Royal Iligh ness travels with baccarat counters only as a convenient substitute for gold or bank notes. Are we to understand that the system has been carried to such perfection in England that the heir to the throne can buy railroad tickets with a blue counter and tip guards and porters with a white check on his baccarat bank? The method would be a beautiful one in theory, but in practice it seems likely to cause complications when the bank is settled up. Or are we to take it as an adequate de fense that the only use His Royal High ness has for gold or bank note3 on his travels is in those lively games of chance where counters are indeed the most con venient? After this beautiful effort of de fensive logic it is gratifying to meet with a square protestation that the Prince never, no never, breathed a syllable of the dimming scandal to any confidant, male or female. As to Mr. Stead's certificate of the Prince's desire to engage in political work, his virtues as a landlord, and his freedom from debt, they can be accepted with a reasonable degree of belief. It i3 un doubtedly pleasant to know that the Prince, like another royal personage, is not quite so dark hued as the pigments of rumor have made him. AN ERRONEOUS STATEMENT. The letters of Mrs. Fannie B.Ward from Chile, which are being published In The Dispatch, are full of interest as descript ive of life in the South American country. But as a guide to a correct view of the po litical condition of that convulsed country it is necessary to say that the letter pub lished in Sunday's Dispatch shows that they cannot be relied for impartial po litical information. The fact that in their political aspect these letters have fallen to the level of the newspaper organs of the Balmaceda Gov ernment is made evident by one assertion in the letter referred to. At this distance, of course, we cannot undertake to decide on the differences of statement between this correspondent and others with regard to the shootings and arbitrary arrests by the Presidental partisans. But the pivotal assertion with regard to the civil war made by our correspondent, is shown to be incorrect by an indisputable au thority. The assertion is that the war "was instigated by a political faction in Congress who finally entered into armed rebellion against the Constitutional Gov ernment." The incorrectness of this statement may be pardoned to a lady who is surrounded by the Balmacedan influ ences, and whose theories of constitutional government may be rather dim. But in order to have a clear understanding of the dispute it is necessary to repeat that the assertion is shown to be incorrect by an indisputable authority, and that the au thority is no other than that of President Balmaceda himself. In his proclamation giving what he re garded as the justification of his attitude, Balmaceda asserted that the reason why he resorted to the acts he did was that Congress not a faction, but the ma jority of the Congress refused to grant the appropriations and levy the revenues he desired. Everyone with a merely normal knowledge of constitu tional government knows that this is a constitutional right of the representative branch of the Government, lodged there for the express purpose of establishing a check on an arbitrary executive. Thus Balmaceda's own statement shows what he regarded as ground for "assuming all the powers of government" In other words, because the majority in Congress exer cised its constitutional power against him, he undertook to usurp the legislative power. To assert that a President who usurps Illegal and unconstitutional power is the constitutional government is a singu lar travesty of the facts. It is not the business of the United States to interfere in the Chilean dispute; but a nation which is founded on the corner-stone of representative principles ought not to have its sympathies enlisted by erroneous statements against the side which has taken its stand on the funda mental right of representative govern ment It was hard ou l'hoebe Cousins to lose her sult.against the Lady Managers of the World's Fair; but she nas grounds for a claim of error when Judge Blodgett de cided her to be a common cleik. Has she not offered Indisputable evidence that she Is the uncomnioncst kind of a clerk? In answer to the quotation of its indorse ment of Senator-Congressman John B. Koblnson a year ago, the Philadelphia Press "declines to believo that any man who takes an oath to support the Conotltutlon and then breaks it is sound in his Republicanism." The principle is a good one; bnt unfortu nately it does not explain the Press' indorse ment of Mr. Bobinson last year. Years be fore, that time, Mr. Boblnson attracted at tention on the floor of the Legislature by declaring his superiority to the Constitution with reference to the regulation of corpora tions. The esteemed Press lias given a very good reason why it should not have sup ported him in 1S90. The information from Uncle Jerry Rusk that he will spend his vacation "among Grand Army Tost and State agricultural fairs," will render it necessary for the Har rison entourage to call for a fresh supply of "loyalty" from Uncle Jerry. It is noted as a commendable departure that Amesbury, Mass, has stated an indus trial school to teach boys to be carriage maker. The question whether the carriage lioi-! not fumi- most efficacious and 'nomical m r In .1 -1011 In that trade is lost b ,ji why Amesbury should even. . .jo -. turn out a poDUlation of carnagv-uiuker-,? Why -i not TeeiDarrow making or shovel manu- tag - one "of those universal arts without can be As regards Mr. Blaine's health, the most indisputable fact is that the question of the great Secretary's physical strength has a vital importance in determining the life of a largo number of exotio and adventitious booms, It is an interesting indication of inabil-1 ity to recognize facts that is affoTdod by an article, in the Forum urging that all the banks of the country be organized into fifty central banking institutions with branch banks scattered all ovor the country. The wholly grutultioub assumption "that by this consolidated management guarantees would be given of honest methods," is completely answered by the cogent fact that the most thoroughly wrecked group of banks among the Philadelphia failures were built exactly on that plan. Let us hope that when Secretary Rusk goes off on his vacation he will leave his de partment under a management that will see his programme of good Republican weather rigidly carried out. It seems that Melbourne, the Canton rain maker, and DeVoe, the Hackensack prophet, aro neutralizing each other. The rormer was to have produced a big rain on Saturday or Sunday, while DeVoe had scheduled clear and hot weather. The resultant of the con tending influences was moderately warm weather, with the thermometer ranging in the eighties. Wo now wait with interest to H see if the weather sharps can get together so as to produce DeVoe's great cloudburst to morrow. Tub question is assuming national and imperative importance, whether the United States Government has got the Itata, or tho Itata has got the United States Govern ment. It is more than interesting to learn from Democratic authority that the lion. Scott Bay, of Indiana, traveled to New York to learn whether the Hon.David Bennett II111 is a candidate for the Presidency. When this is supplemented by the information that Ray found out that Mr. Hill is a candidate the country breathes more easily. The grasshoppers are doing their best to destroy the Western wheat crops, or tho crop liar is doing it in place of tho grass hoppers. It is interesting to observe that the cap ital of the syndicate which is reported to have obtained control of all tho Utah mines, is placed at only $10,000,000. This unwonted moderation probably illustrates the convic tion of the syndicate formers that the one thing into which It Is impossible to inject any more water 13 mining stock. Mr. Samuel Gosipers is taking occasion to express his opinion that it is not going to be much of a shower after all. "The SIcClure-Nicolay controversy has brought to tho surfaco quite a number of persons who don't know anything about tho affair," says the Washington Post. True, but that is not so striking a feature of the affair ns the certainty of tho principal figures in the dispute that they know It all. OUT OF THE COMMON HERD. Charlie Chapin, once a well known variety actor, is now Insane. John Jay is spending the summer read ing novels at Saratoga. Colonel Tom Ochiltree will return from Europe in time to attend tho races in his home city. The poet Whittier has engaged rooms at the Elmwood Inn, Wakefield Corner, N. H., where he will go abont the middle of July. Ex-Secretary of State Bayard is probably the most distinguished person In Saratoga at present. lie and Mrs. Bayard are at the United States Hotel and they are keeping very quiet. Ex-Senator John C. Spooner, of Wisconsin, looks and acts more like a minis ter than a shrewd, calculating politician. He wears a black frock coat, white cravat, shiny silk hat and a sanctimonious look both in winter and summer. The King of Belgium has not succeeded in making his Congo investments pay very well, so badly indeed that thoy have well nigh swallowed np his own fortune, If not also the vast property that he holds in trust for his sister, the ex-Empress Charlotte of Mexico. Colonel John Hay, one of the joint authors of the famous Lincoln biography, 1 has a trim figure, closely cropped gray whiskers and a moustache and an elegant way of handling his glasses which bespeaks the man of leisure. Colonel Hay married a large fortune. Ex-Senator -Warner Miller is push ing his Nicaragua work with great vigor in the hope of trotting away to Europo bofore the summer is over to see his wife and daughter, who have been abroad for a year. They are now in Paris, after having spent some month is in Italy and Germany. Miss Miller, who was seriously ill in Borne, has fully recovered her health. Leander Richardson, the editor of the Dramatic Aeuw, is one of tho most conspicu ous figures on upper Broadway in tho even ing. Ho is 6 feet 3 inches in height and weighs 2t0 pounds. Richardson is one of the few men who never forget or desert a friend in trouble. His hatred of enemies and he has as many as the ordinary strong-minded man is as bitter as his regard for his friends is strong. W E. Curtis, Chief of the Bureau of American Republics at Washington and head of the Latin-American section of the World's Fair, is a short, stocky brunette of amazing push and energy, and with a confi dence in his own resources which has car ried him to the front row of financial suc cesses. He is a prime promoter and has a genius for organization, which Secretary Blaine has put to good use. PEOPLE WHO COME AND 00. J. IL Flagler, of the National Tube Works, was on the limited last evening go ing to Chicago. While the engines were be ing changed, he talked with Manager Crosby, of the Republic Iron Works. Mr. Crosby Eald there was nothing new about the re organization, and that Mr. Flagler was going Wet on private business. To-night Rev. J. H. Milligan leaves for New York, to attend the meeting of the Ex ecutive Committee of the National Prison Association, which assembles there on Tues day. This meeting was called to make ar rangements forthe annual meeting of the association, which will be heldin Philadel phia October 10. J. "W. Lee, of Franklin, registered at the Duquegne last evening. He claimed tho statement made that n certain Russian oil well was produclng0,000 barrels per day was ridiculous. Ho said that no pressure of gas would force that much oil through the pipe in that time. John Hamlin, the owner of Belle Hamlin, F. Lemmerman, of Brooklyn, and Lem Ul man, of New York, are at the St. Charles. They are here to attend the Horcewood races. Lem Ulman provides the pro grammes. A. S. Campbell, District Superintendent of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company, took breakfast at tho Seventh Avenue Hotel yesterday. He was on his way to New York. Francis Rawle, the Philadelphia lawyer, was in the city yesterday. He says Bards ley's confession Is not credited by the best people in the Quaker City. AV. E. McMurray and wife, F. C. Echols and family, Joseph B. Eaton and It. D. Ly ton, all of this city, are at Congress Hall, At lantic City. James A. Chambers and T. D. Graham, of the Speor Plow Works, were among the pas sengers to Atlantic City last evening. Charles Montooth and C. C. Miller, the contractor, left for Philadelphia last even ing on private business. T. D.Craie, of Paris, Tex., and C. J. Rey nolds, of Oil Cltv, uro registered at tlio sv )! Avenue llotul. ... u. x'ond, Ed Sceiu.ui .mil IL II. Hart, three Chattanooga mill at. men, are stop ping at the Dunueane. E. J. McKeown, a Tyrone broker, ii in the city vUitini trienda. which no Amesbury education deemed complete? THINGS IN GENERAL. The Pope anil the Labor Question A Re- ' markablo Letter From Rome on Social Economics A Wholesome Sign of tlio Times Mo Very Plain Remedy to tho Evils Offered. WRITTEN FOU THE DISl'ATCII.J The Pope is, perhaps, the most interesting individual who is at present reigning over any portion of this planet. The working men nro certainly the most interesting body of people to be encountered to-day- among any of the class divisions of the human race. The question of the welfare of -the working men is liko the problem of tho sphinx: we have got to guess it, or meet the calamitous consequences. Whether the workingmen are many of them thinking seriously about the Pope is probably open to question. 1 lit is not likely that any considerable part of the wage workers of the world were properly repre sented by those French brethren of theirs who npproached the holy father, some years 'ago, "with hands and voices uplifted," and addressed to him tho sublime words of the apostles to their Divine Master, "Lord, save us, we perish!" It Is certain, however, that the Pope has been thinking very seriously indeed about the workingmen. He has spent the last two years in a study of their needs and their distrecses. He has heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters, and hns sought to know their sorrows; and he has tried with all earnestness and dili gence to learn the way whioh we are all try ing to And the way out; tho way out of tho Desert of Sin into that good land and large which flows with milk and honey, tho Land of Promise. And now we havo the results of this long study in a. letter; in an encyclical letter. Anybody who spends two years writing one letter deserves to have his letter read. A Remarkable Letter. The first thing to be noted about this en cyclical letter Is that the writer is the Pope of Rome. He is the most eminent clergy man in all Christendom. He is the most in fluential religious teacher alive to-day. Not another can address such an extensive con gregation. I know not whether the Pope has a telephone at tho Vatican, but certain it is that no man can make his voice heard so far, inso many lands andlanguages. They had a oustom at the Reformation which they called "tuning tho pulpits." The authorities in church or State would send out word to all the preachers in the country to preach at a certain time upon a certain subject in a certain way. The result was an immense Impression upon popular opinion. But tho Pope Is the supremo pulpit-tuner of tho world. What ho says is echoed the planet over, in every country, in every diocese, in every newspaper of his communion, and In every parish. Here he is speaking his mind about the welfare of the workingmen, and to-day 1,000 bishops and 100,000 priests are re citing his words after him. The influence of the universal letter which a Pope writes is boyond measuring. The Liberality of tbe Aged. This is a good place to say something about tho duty of intellectual hospitality; by whioh I mean the duty of giving truth a welcome no matter what door she knocks nt. Our fathers were full of distracting prejudices which hindered the exercise of a right Judgment. They refused to have organs In their churches because there were organs in the cathedrals of the Church of England. Even 60 years ago there wore no doubt people still living who would not be lieve a word even of tho everlasting gospel if the Popo preached it. Wo aro wiser than that. It is a matter of thanksgiving in this last quarter of this progressive century that wo are ceasing to confuse the doctrine with the doctor. What we want Is truth, and whoever speaks the truth is the man wo want to hear. It is no longer possible to put many thinking people to confusion by in forming them that a certain proposition or a certain practice is Roman, or pagan, or Presbyterian, or Mohammedan, we care not a penny where it comes from. If it is true, if it is helpful, what matters it though it be more Roman than the Pope himself. If the holy father has any word of help, he need have no apprehensions about getting an attentive hearing. The subject of the encyclical letter is tho "Condition of Labor." If there were noth ing else about the letter but tho subject, if nil the rest were written in an unknown tongue, still the letter would be a notnble one. For the mere fact that the holy father hn onent hrn Years studvlns such a subject as this, and has chosen to set down his Ideas about it at such length no matter what the Ideas are IS a iact 01 immense iinpunauco. It means a most significant advance. There was a Pope at the Vatican even within the accurate memory of men not yet past middle llfo, who spent his time in the consideration of such subjects as the immaculate concep tion of the Virgin Mary, and his own infalli bility. This wo8 like Louis XIV. tinkering watches when he ought to hnvo been gov erning France. The Pope and Labor. But here, at last, is a Pope who is interest ed in the questions which are stirring In tho minds of modern men, and who wants to do his share in helping to solvo tho problems, which press upon m in this generation. After all, the business of religion is to make this world a better place to live in. That is tho sort of religion which tho Master taught. The nearer the Christian church gets back to Him, the mora it will put its emphasis upon sociology, the science of society, and' devote itself to saving the world from Its stns now. And now here is the holy father, one of the last people who would be suspoct ed of being a broad churchman, teaching this great, broad-church and pre-eminently Christian doctrine, and preaching the "gos pel of the secular 1 Ife." The Pope begins with a statement of the necessity of doing something, and that speedily, for the satisfaction of tho question of labor. Think of that single sentiment getting Into the head and heart of every Roman priest and teacherl that the labor question is the question pre-eminent, which he must study as best he can. Two remedies aro proposed, thePope says, for the righting of the ill-condition of wage workers: Ono is socialism, the other is re ligion. The holy father has no laitn in the. socialist solution; or at least In that feature of It upon which he takes pains to comment the abolition of private property. The es sential to the well-being of society, he main tains, iB the Inviolability of private prop erty. And ho looks forward, as to the mtil enium, to the day when every man shall, on n three acres and a cow. The Remedy .Not Clear. "Yes; but how to bring this, about? What the socialists want is distribution. And what the Pope really wants is distribution. Hero is a vast estate which ono man owns for miles: and here is a huge tcnementhou.se where families of human beings live in lay ers, eight tiers of them, one over another, .! not one of them owning an Inch of i i ground beneatn tnem. juia wnat is really needed is some sort of i ust distribution. But for this the holy father proposes no wuy whatever. Henry George is really more helpful here than the Pope is. The truth is that the Popo doesn't know any better than the rest of us. The "inviolability of private property" yes. But at the same time somo such invasion of "the rights" of privato property as shall effect a bettor distribution of it. The socialists have a plan; and Henry George has a plan; but Leo XIII lias no plan. And tho inference Is that tho holy father, who knows unspeakably more about theo logy than we do, is Just on our level about political economy, ne uuesu-t Know, Tint religion, he savs. is the rlehtremedv- And that is a true word. If the employer and the employe would both behave liko absolutely orthodox Christians, there would be an end to trouble. But we knew that be fore. The question is how to apply It, how to set it realized and acted upon. .The Pope proposes a revival of the trade guilds of tho Middle Ages. He wants to convert tho trades unions into religious that is to say, Roman Catholic fraternities. If they could be converted jnto genuinely Christian societies, working upon Christian principles, and having the Sermon on tho Mount for a constitution and the Command ments and the Golden Rule for by-laws, that would, indeed, efloct a revolution. Summing Up the Matter. But, somehow, we have a distrust of that way of going at it. We are afraid that such a confraternity of labor would be found lacking both in learning and loyalty. Tho St. Raphael Society certainly made a great mistake tho other day when they declared that what we want over here is to have emigrants settle down in colonies, and keep their native customs and thfeir language. That is exactly what we do not want. And if wo get very muoh of it there will be a sudden stoppage of Fourth of July orations: becauso thcio will bo nothing to orato about. The new con fraternities would need to be wiser than that. And which would In ally hot first, wo havo to wonder, the v 'Uingman or the Church! Would the m- id bo loyal to tho cause of labor! Tin todies omin ous lessons. And even ip!-tlu of tho good Pope has tho worn urcu" in It a suspicious number of thuu- ulih a capital letter. if, However, here is the enoyolical, commit ting the pope ana nis oauraa to a Betting fox ward of the sooial aspects otChitatkattf. And, faults or no faults, that Is something to bo thankful for. Any way, the holy father, applying himself to the study of this most beriousof allpiesent questions, sets us all a most excellent example. TO EVERY JIAN HIS WORK. Fourteen Thousand Attend the Christian Endeavor Convention. Mijtneapolis, July 12. To-day many of the Christian Endeavor delegates wero In tho Twin City pulpits, both morning and after noon, but full sessions of tho convention wero held, the only recess being to allow tho delegates to go to church in the morning. Before that time 5,000 delegates and others were in their seats luthe auditorium to hear President William R. Harper, of the Chicago University, give an interesting Bible study, with applications, ou "Nlnoven's Fall and the Prophecy of Nahum." The short session closed with a 15-mlnuto prayer by Rev. B. B. Tyler, of New York City. Ono of the finest audiences of tho conven tion gathered in tho Auditorium in tho after noon. Prof. Lludsley led in some grand chorus singing in the absence of President Clark, who was at St. Paul with Drs. Deems, Rondthaler, and others, conducting a special service for tho Endeavorcrs in that city Rev. II. C. Farrar, D. D., pastor of the First M. E. Church of Albany, N. Y., presided. "To Every Man His Work'waB the motto for the session, and the first speaker was Mr. A. A. Stagg, tho famous pitcher of Yale, and at present under engagement as instructor of physical training In the new Chicago Uni versity. As Mr. Stagg came to the platform he re ceived an ovation, the delegates being anx ious to sco this well known Christian. The young man, Mr. Stagg declared, is an object of interest, and a most important factor in the development of our land. The Lord Jesus Christ came as a young man and his example as a worker should constantly be before us. Young men have been prominent in history for their efforts In all departments of useful activity. The speaker closed with nn earnest appeal to all young men In tho audience to join in glorious opportunities for Christian usefulness, which open on every hand. "By and By" was once more sung with fine effect by Mr. Sankey, with chorus. The next speaker was Miss Jiargaret W. Leitch, from tho Jaffna Mission, Ceylon, India, who spoke upon "Tho Young Woman at Work." She introduced her theme by describing the con dition of woman in heathen lands, and showed how small were the contributions of the church to mhisions when compared with the giving of the converted heathen for the same purpose. She gave instances of benefit from missions. She appealed strongly ior more mission workers, ueiiov lng 20,000 missionaries wore needed within five years if the heathen of this generation were to hear tho gospel, and asking for 16,000 from the Christian Endeavor to be sent through their various church mission boards. Rev. A. A. Fulton, of Canton, China, pro posed to send President Clark on a trip around the world to organize Endeavor missions, and it was voted to take a nickel collection from the convention to-night to cover tlio oxpense of such trip. However, a little later. Dr. Wayland Hoyt culled atten tion to the society's rule that there should be no paid officers of the organization, and suggested that instead of the proposed action they each one decide to give 5 cents more to their different missions, and it was so decided. Previous to an address on "Tho Child at Work'by Mrs. Alice May Scuddcr, of Jersey City, X. J., the front seats wero vacated by the adults and between 300 and 100 Junior Endeavorers marched in and took the soatd while singing "Onward, Christian Soldiers." Mrs. Scuddcr thought the difflcultv with the young was misdirected energy. The Junior Endeavor societies wore to develop Chris tian workers, and they were doing so. Thoy were not to be substitutes, hut rather addi tional workers, and tho outlook was favor able to great development of this part of the work. She dwelt on the various phases of tho child-Christian development work. After a song by tho audience John Q. Woolley, of Boston, delivered an address on "Gospel Temperance." By Instances in his own experience he experienced what ho meant by tho term. Ho said he believed in the gospel temper ance, Li the ballot box, and as he said this an Iowa delegate stepped to the front wav ing a banner, one side of which read: "Des Moines, the Largest City in the World With out a Saloon," and the other: "Iowa's Glory, a Schoolhouso on Every Hilltop, and No Saloon In the Valley." While from floor to gallery a storm of applause swept over the immense gathering, continuing for a couple minutes. He closed by saying ho believed in no temperance except gospel temperance. It was stated from the platform that the at tendance of delegates was 14,000, and the ses sion ciosea Dy singing tne aoxoiogy. Michigan In Seasonable Costume. Bay City Times-Press. Northern Michigan has on its blazer, its blue pants', its straw hat, its sash and its moniclo. The girls are arrayed in outing flannels, yellow shoes, gorgeous silk stock ings and a smile. The boarding house keeper has onened un. the summer boarder has nut in an appearance, the three card monto man is on deck. The Mackinaw flsh boats have been scrubbed out and everything is-ready for the tourist, even the black flies and mos quitoes upon the inland lakes are retiring. reiver's Task One Point Lighter. Detrott Free Press. Senator Peffer has announced that ho will visit every State in the Union before next winter, but since they have had a very de structive cyclone In Mississippi he will proDably doom it unnecessary for him to go there. It Doesn't Work Both Ways. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. If electrocution is such an easy and pain less form of death euthanasia, in fact why can't the murderers be induced to use it on their victims as a substitute for tho knife, the pistol, tho ax and the bludgeon'! Chicago Can't Have the Earth. SomervlUe Journal. It Is not true that they are going to bring over tho largest pyramid and set it up in Chlcagobcfore the opening'of the World's Columbian Exposition. Sweetness Donbly Distilled. Chicago Inter-Ocean. They are talking of using molasses as fuel In Louisiana. It would be appropriate for the parlor fire Sunday evenings. The Windy City's Latest Taunt. Chicago News. Miss Phoebe Couzlns hns not yet tasted the dregs of defeat. She has not yet re turned to, St. Louis. DEATHS HEBE AND ELSEWHERE. Sirs, nolle Patterson. The only surviving granddaughter of the late ex-presldent Andrew Johnson died Saturday In Colorado, where she has been staring for some montli9 hoping to recover ber health. During the Johnson administration she was "Little Belle ratterson," and scarcely less beloved by the Presi dent than was her mother, his eldest daughter. The White House was full of little folks during Preoldent Johnson's administration, but tills craccful little girl was his idol. Alter lie returned to Greenville Mrs. Patterson lived with her parents, aifd his Interest in his granddaughter Intensified Itself until his death. Several years asro con sumption seized Miss Pattenon, and after her marrlaee, three years ago. It made rapid progress. She leaves a daughter not yet 2 years old. Presl dent Johnson's children are all dead save Mrs. Patterson, and she and her husband, ei-Senator Patterson, live alono at the old family homestead In Greenville. The remains or ber daughter will be taken to East Tennessee and be burled In the cemetery there next Sunday. Mack Brlnsoo, Centenarian. The oldest man in Bibb county, if not in the State of Georgia, died at Roff Home recently. His name was Mack Brlnson, and he was a negro, claiming to be 111 years old. Ho became totally blind but his mental faculties remained clear until the last. Old Mack was brought to the home from Rutland district about a year ago. Tho old man has supported himself for nearly 90 years, but the loss ofslght made hlra an object of charity. Brln son often declared that he remembered many In cidents of the Revolutionary War, and that he bad once carried water for General George Washing ton's horses. He was certainly a very old negro, and nobody ever took the trouble to contradict his statements. Daniel Bnshnell. Daniel Bushnell died yesterday at his home on Craig street at the advane'ea age of S3. He was the father-in-law of George W. Biggs, th leweler. He was the omest member of the Third Presbyterian Church and amone the flrst members of the First Church. DurlnS his long life MrBushnell always took an active Interest In religious affairs. For many Tears he was connected with the Standard Oil CoiiDanv. Ho left considerable property and was reckoned as a well-flxrd. If not wealthy man. Obituary Notes. James Lloyd Fuller, brother of the famous Margaret Fuller, Countess Ossoll, died iu the In sane ass lum at Worcester, Mass., aged 65. He was tbe last of the sons of that noted family. E. S. DUBBAN, a veteran Journalist, for many years editor of the New Castle Cuurant, and at one. .. . a.i in nwannnir wnrfc here, tiled Fri a.y of neirt disease lu a PUUadelplU hospital. TUWiiM wen vr uwwiw FOR IDLE MOMENTS. Choice Short Stories Culled From Our Ex changes The Dream of Astronomers A Gotham Romancer's Maiden Effort An Odd Park Scene In Detroit. A Paris cablegram says a French nun has bequeathed 100,000 francs to the Academy of Science, to be given as a prize to anyone who shall discover any means of communi cating with another world, planet or star. The planet Mars was suggested in the will as the most convenient heavenly body on which to make tho experiment. "This proposition may seem ridiculous, but it Is not any more so than tho Idea of James Lick, tho founder of tho Lick Ob servatory," said a man well versed In starry lore to a reporter of the Chicago Tribune. "The Lick bequest to build the great tele scope was intended to establish the fact whether or not the moon is inhabited. Now let us consider the difficulties In the way of this project. The distance of the earth from the moon may be stated In round numbers as 210,000 miles. It is a fact recognized In military science that a man can be falrly distingnlshed by the eyeat a mile's distance. In making calculations regarding vision It is the general rule to estimate that to be seen a mile away an object must be half a yard wide. The best telescope has n mag nifying power of 2,000 diameters. Half the distance to the moon is liO.OOO miles. Divide this by 2,000, the magnifying power of the glass, and you get 60 vards as the minimum size of an object In the moon discernible by the aid of tho telescope from the earth. So an object must be ltfO feet wide or thick to be more than nn appreciable dot. I have made the most liberal allowances in this computation. The atmospheric conditions must be perfect and 2,000 is an unusually high power to be used by a working astron omer. "If an object must be 180 feet thick to be seen from the earth on the moon, it would behest to make it 200 feet. To give tho in habitants of tbe moon an idea that there are Intelligent beings onearthit would be neces sary to place, say, three objects in viowof the moon's people let them remain for a. time arranged at the angles of a triangle. Then they might be changed so as to be in a straight line. The man fii the moon seeing these phenomena might conclude that there wero intelligent beings on earth nnd arrange for some corresponding signal to the inhabi tants of earth. But, while this seems possi ble, it shows how preposterous would be the attempt to determine with the most power ful telescope now In use whether tho moon is inhabited." . His Last Despairing Cry. Tho New York Bun has a budding novelist on its editorial force. The following is, doubtless, a chapter from his forthcoming Great American Romance: The man sat on the park bench, with one of his legs crossed over the other. He was dressed in a sum mer suit of stylish cut. He wore a wide brimmed straw hat with a bine band. His russet-leathor shoes wero small and well shaped. He was young. Some women would have called him handsome. Menwouldhave said that he was pretty. He had been sitting there for over an hour. Between his lingers he held a partlally-coit-sumed clgaretto, from which arose a thin stream of smoke that wavered sluggishly in the hreezeless air. The stream momentarily grev thinner. The man sat looking straight before htm. There was a deep, far-away look in his eyes. His chin quivered at times and he gnawed the ends of his small mustache nervously. As the man sat there on the bench the sun shine fell around him, flooding the asphalt path with gold and making queer reflections upon the polished surface of the miniathro pond a few feet away. A groat English set ter trotted into view around the corner of the path. As the dog saw the man it stopped, and then walked toward him, wag ging its tail. The man took no notice of it. Finally tho dog trotted away. A fat gray squirrel hopped across the lawn to the rear of tho bench, chattering gayly. The man did not stir. An impudent cottontail ran under the bench and stopped a short distance away, where It sat upon its haunches, looking in quisitively at him. A little child, dressed in ono of the absurd, pretty costumes or the day, approached him and spoke to him. Still the man did not move. He was await ing his doom, waiting for fate to make known her stern degree. Suddenly, above the cbatterof the squirrel and the songs of the birds, sounding as if It came from afar off, came a cry, a shrill, piercing cry, like tho agonized scream of the hunted roebuck or tho despairing wail of the bereaved widow and orphan. As the cry reached the ears of the man he stirred uneasily and cast an appealing glance skyward. Then he thrust his hands into his pockets and sat thore In dogged silence waiting waiting for his doom. Nearor and neaier came the shrill cry, rending the air and stilling the multifold songs of nature that had a row moments be fore resounded through the little park. The cry was one monotonous word, repeated over and over ngaln with tireless malignity. It hud a foreign sound, and It was more like A ax tree!" than anything else. As the sound came nearer the man be came more and more excited. His breath came in short, quick gasps, his eyes dilated, his pulses throbbed. Then the hurrying figure of a boy appeared around the turn in the path. He bore a heavy burden under one arm, which ho seemed to be offering for bale. Tho man sprang to bis feet with a wild cry, " v uats tue score i- He Wished to Retire. The pleasant weather yestorday turned people out of doors, and Detroit's parks con tained tho usual number of visitors. Grand Circus Park had its benches comfortably filled with men, women and children, says the Journal, of that city. There were prob ably 50 men and women in all. It was about 3 o'clock. On one of the benches wero two men.oneof 25, the other of probably 40. The latter, under ordinary cir cumstances, would have attracted attention for his manly, fine presence, graceful bear lug and generally attractive. Intelligent ap pearance. As it was, however, his younger friend made the better and more respectable appearance. Both were well dressed, and the older man wore a handsome Prince Al bert and a tall, light colored felt hat of tbe latest stylo. He presented tho sad spectacle of a man who was getting ovor a night's excessive drinking. Ho was "sleepy." His partner was watching the water at one of the foun tains while he was trying to take a nap. Pretty soon he stood up andtook off his hat. Then he took off his coat. Then came his vest. Ho carefully took out his watch and wound up the handsome gold timepiece. All this was done deliberately. His clothes were carefully placed over the back of his seat, nis friend was looking the other way and did not notice him till he unloosoned his suspenders and proceeded to take off his shoes and stockings. Just as this portion of tho programme was getting under way, his friend turned around ana asked him what he was trying to do. No answer came till Mr. Blank was thoroughly shaken np. He finally realized that he was not at home and in his best room, and that he must not dis robe and go to bed in a publio park. The spectators were considerably relieved when Mr. Blank donned his clothes again. How Far Parental Influence Goes. General Louis Fitzgerald, President of the New York Mercantile Trust Company, tells a pietty good story of fatherly care, fishing, children nnd Sunday to tho readers of the Commercial Advertiser. "I am no prude or puritan," said tho Gen eral yeatcrday, "but as fond as I am of fish ing I don't angle on Sunday because I don't want to let a bad example to my children. Last Sunday a party of gentlemen wero fish ing near my place at Seabright. I was sitting on my dock smoking and thinking, when the gentlemen balled mo and invitedmeto come out on their yacht and take a part in the "I declined, saying I would not flsh on Sun day because I did not want to set a bad cx ninple to my children. They all began to laugh at me, but I firmly stood my ground. The more I talked of good examples, etc., the more heartily thoy laughed. The con versation ceased, and in three minutes I heard my little girl crying out to her brother: Pull him up, Louis; pull him up. You've got a bite.' "Bless me', the whole four of my children wero Industriously fishing beneath the dock, and I then appreciated why my friends laughed so heartily. Imagine my mortifica tion at tho shouts of laughter on tho yacht as I ran my llttlo tribe to the house, where a wholesale spanking followed." A Thoroughly Military Family. A prominent officer in tho National Guard, and one who is a G. A. R. mombor, is married and lives In Brooklyn, and has a very inter esting family of four children. In a conver sation with him one day, he invited me over to his house, saying that he would order an inspection, says a writer in the Connecticut Guardsman. We arrived on time, 'and had a nice chat with the Colonel and his wife. The Colonel announced inspection by a call, in whistling at the foot of the stairs. The Colonel then got his staff together, consist ing of nil wife (Colonel Tex) and the two guests. Tho first room w' were met oy two bright-looking boys, aged II and 12, Edward and George, who stood at nttention, and, niter saiuting extended their nanas iot in spection, turning about for the clothes and the shoes, which, being found correct, we commenced to look over the room. On the bed a camp was laid out, miniature tents, streets, parade ground, nil arranged cor rectly as to dlstanco and order: soldiers on guard nnd other troops, together with a bat tery, all correctly in position. The shades on the windows, rugs, writing desk, with papers even, pencils and pens, all arranged in the neatest order. The toys, such as boys have, all spread out In their proper order. After comphmenttng tho lads, we passed to the next room occupied by Beckct, the eld est son, ISypars, who was at attention, and nfter saluting, went through the same ex amination of hands, etc. We pbsed on to Mks Carrie's room, the only daughter, ucnrl is who stood at atten tion; she saluted the Colonel and Colonel., xex. witn a kiss: we stepped np for our sani tation, bnt the Colonel said the regulations did not require that; we took an exception. 3Ilss Carrie about faced, and in coming back to an attention, wo conld see what a very charming young lady she was brieht and pretty, and, of cour90. her dress and shoes were in the best condition. She had arranged her dolls with the hands In position of salut ing, and all other things in her room, towels and brushes in military precision, which de lighted ns. These Inspections take place once a month, and prizes are offered by the Colonel for the best inspection, in fact, his system covers everything that one could wish In good instruction, and the prizes are to stimulate each, and aro in cash, so thnt creates a means of obtaining pocket money THE STAB SPAffGIED BANrTEB, It Was First Sung by a Boy on the Streets of Baltimore. In Lossing's "Pictorial Field Book of the War of 1812" It Is recorded that the "Star Spangled Banner" was first sung In a res taurant in Baltimore, next door to the Holi day Street Theater, by Charles Darang to an assemblage of the patriotic defenders of the city, and after that, nightly at the theater. This statement is slightly inaccurate, and though it is one of no great historical im portance it involves a matter of sufficient interest to Justify a correction, says a writer in Kate Field's Washington. The first person to sing that spirited song which, thongh given a foreign air and commemorating a single episode in our country's his tory, has filled millions of American hearts with patriotic emotion was a lad 12 years of ago, the scene ofhls childish effort belng neither a restaurant nor a theater, but the open street In front or Captain Ben jamin Edes's printing office in Baltimore, on the second day after the bombardment of Fort Mcllenry. It is worthy of record, too, that the person who flrst "set up" the song, S Tinted it and distributed it to the citizens of altlmore, was also a boy an apprentice of Captain Edes the whole thing being done while tho gallant captain was still out of the city with his regiment, the Twenty-seventh Maryland Infantry, which three days before had acted with conspicuous bravery at tho battle of North Point. The name of the apprentice boy, then 17 or 18 years old, was Samuel Sands. He lived, a much-respected citizen of Baltimore, to a very old age. This little singer was James Lawrenson, who afterward, for nearly 70 years, was connected with the Postofflce De partment, and was also employed for prob ably half that time as a writer for the Ra tional InteUigencer, tho Philadelphia Ledger and the Baltimore Sun. He died last rear, nearly 90 years old, at his home in Balti more, universally loved and honored. SONGS OF THE SEA. We hear of the angry waves of the sea. But there's cause for their vexed emotion; For look at the summer tourist crowds Who aro continually crossing the ocean. Down by the coast flock tho harbor buoys, In that gay life's merry whirl: But they cannot All the aching void Of the numerous seaside girl. No summer fruits grow In tho bleak sea sands. The naturalist declares: Yet a seed grows there that produces crops In plenty of bridal pairs. Baltimore American. CHICAGO'S GEAND MISTAKE. It Missed Its Opportunity In Not Securing George Francis Train. Chicago Herald George Francis Train, who hopped off the cars here for a few minutes Thursday even ing and then hopped on again, stopped, long enough to express his disapproval or the people who had been selected as World's Fair emissaries to Europe. He thinks a great mistake was made in not sending out George Francis Train as Promoter Extraor dinary and General Foreign Whirligig. Per haps 3rr. Train is right. By sheer force of natural garrulity ho speaks any language, whether he has ever heard it before or not; ho is almost omnipresent, and he is inde fatigable. Besides, many foreigners have an idea that Mr. Train is the typical American. If given the commission ho would rage through Europe like a maddened bull and would .talk World's Fair till the whole continent would become obscured In a fog of volubil ity. He would make of himself a ubiquitous, unescapable, Irrepressible advertisement. Mr. Train has remarkable faculties; why not make some use of them? Ono Woman's Sphere. Versailles (Ky.) Clarion. In our recent trip to the mountains we found one of the most refined and accom plished women In tho State, the sister of a Congressman. She Is a United States mail contractor, has 800 mall routes under her ex. elusive control, and made 20,000 on her Texas routes alone last year; yet this woman is a model wife and mother and one of the most valuable womon in her community. Honest John Bardsley. Washington Post. John 'Bardsley says be Intends to be an honest man in the future. When it is con sidered that John has a termof 15 years to serve it will be seen that during that period he will havo every facility for living an hon orable llfo. Pattison Bears Watching. Cincinnati Commercial Gazette. It is remarked incidentally that Governor Pattison, of Pennsylvania, is another young fellow that Mr. Cleveland would do well to watch in connection with Presidental candi dacy possibilities. Their Name Is Legion. New York Tribune. I The numbers of Mr. Lincoln's "confidential advisers" is apparently equalled only by the number of George Washington's nurses. WHEN MART CLIMBED THE TREE. (APASTOEAL.) On every bough ripe cherries hung, A t every breeze they swayed and swung And - Ma- Ry Climbed The Tree. The feeding robins new away As Mary climbed that summer day And Jack He Stopped To See. Watching the feat with open eyes. Watching her feet In wild surprise While Ma By Climbed The Tree. And then he drew beneath the shade Or the cherry tree and chaffed the mild. Who Cried In Mls- Er- Y. "Go 'way.' she said, and held her gownf But he said, "I'll stay till you come down; I'll Nev- Er Leave, You Bet." Sing hey, for the yokel who laughed In glee At the weeping maid In the cherry tree She's Blt Tlng Uo There Tet. Sao Ibrt Sim. CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS. Female spotters ride on Bay City street cars, t A baccarat club has been organized at Mexico, Mo. Toronto proposes to have a regiment uniformed in Scotch kilts. The Italian Government will revive the medioval Venetian custom by wedding all Its future warships with the Adriatic. The Mayor of AVaterville, 3Ie., lias for bidden religions services at the poor farm on the gronnd that it excites the paupers. A swarm of bees got loose in a Michigan Central smoking car. near Saginuw, the other day. and the profanity of the occu pants or the car is said to have killed vege tation in that vicinity. Little "Willie Hawkins, while in swim ming in the millpond near his home at Bnr rowtown, Pa., canght four minnows in his mouth and swam ashore without swallowing or otherwise losing the flsh. A Xew York City parrot has had over 20 owners, and has scared each out of his w its by screaming "Fire!" at an early hour in the morning, and never desisting until the whole house was arou-ed. Cincinnati has the tallest policeman in America. The man who enjoys the unique distinction Is John Hanlon, who was re cently appointed as sub-patrol. Mr. Hanlon Is iS years or age, Is Greet Clinches tall, and weighs 203 pounds. A small boy entered a Buffalo black smith shop with a small pony, which he wished shod- Tho blacksmith could not get down conveniently, so ho picked the pony up and put him on an old box, where ho conld pick np hl3 corners more readily. An Arizona boy who lias a tame harm less snake tied his little brother's rattle to its tail the other day, and when two tramps tried to break into the .kitchen they were frightened nearly to death, supposing that Henderson which is the snake's name wad a rattlesnake. A queer suit in equity hasbeen brought against a Philadelphia dentist. He has on bis premises nn electric plant, with which he pulls teeth. The engine, dynamo and machlnerv make too much noise for the neighbors, nnd they have petitioned tho court to have tbe nuisance abated. The location of tumors on the brain can now be detected by instantaneous pho tography. A tnmor on the brain caused violent spasms bv pressing on a nervo center, and while the patient is in the midst of a spasmodic attack he is photographed, the nerves affected determined by the con tortions shown on the picture and the tumor located. The popularity of the new naval vessels is attested by the number and variety of the photographs of them which are displayed in many shop windows. These seem to in crease rather than decrease. The Boston, the Chicago, Newark. Atlanta, Baltimore, Philadelphia and Yorktnwn havo been pho tographed in many styles, and the people purchase these pictures eagerly. A Lehigh Valley car cleaner at Potts ville found a package containing $10,000 In bank notes. The money had been sent from Mahanoy City in the custody of a clerk, who, in order to divert suspicion from his im portant mission, carried the package in a pocket of his coat. In the ear it worked out or his pocket and became fastened underthe edge or the seat. Schu restored tbe package unbroken to tbe clerk. Paris is preparing to be the best lighted city In the world. The municipality has its own central plant for illuminating public buildings, and has divided its territory into seven sections. Each of these have been placed in charge or privato corporations who represent the various American elec tric systems. The city reserves tho right to extend its mains into any or all of the sec tions. In order to regulate prices by compe tition. Two twins of Orion, Mich, recently frightened a harbor out of a week's growth. One was a resident of the town, tho other visiting him. The visitor went to the barber and was shaved and walked away. A few minutes afterward the brother came in and claimed that his beard had not been proper lyshaven off. With a startled, frigntened look In his face, tho barber w as about to swear off, when tho brother appeared and everything: was explained. Two Cleveland burglars who attempted to saw their way out or jail used rats as sen tinels. At night, when they were ready to begin operations, they sprinkled bread crumbs in front of their cells and collected a drove of rats. Whenever a turnkey ap proached their section of the jail the rodenrs scampered away, thus giving the alarm. For several nights they worked that way, anil though the turnkey heard the sawing and went about on tlptoo, he never could locato the noise. An officer of Somerset county, Me., while driving along a highway ran over a bear's cub. Its mother, attracted by his cubshlp's howls, sprang from the bushes by the side of the road. She didn't stop to con sider ordinary difficulties, but tried to climb into the officer's carnage. He didn't caro for ber company, and, lashing his horse, put out for civilization. The bear pursued, nor was the race abandoned until the man reached a house. Between 60,000,000,000 and 100,000,000, 000 codfishes are taken from the sea around the shores of Newfoundland every year. A single cod yields something like 3,500,000 eggs each year, and over 8,000,000,000 have beeu found in the roe of a single cod. A herring of six or seven ounces In weight Is provided with 30,C00,0C0 ova. After making all reason able allowances for the destruction of eggs and or the young, it has been calculated that in three vears a single pair or herrings will produce "131,000,000. A rugged old man is passing his declin ing years in retirement near (Juincy, III.. practically rorgotten by tho political world in which he was so prominent a figure a generation ago. This i3 General James A. Singleton, long a member of Congress, and an Intimate friend of Dougla3, Lincoln and Browning. In the early days of Illinois he was a pioneer railroad builder, and his knowledge of fast horseflesh made his nama famous on the turf when horse racing In America was young. He Is now bent with age, and rarely appears in puunc, out wnen he Is sought out he bubbles over with inter esting reminiscences or tho great political leaders or the early war times. A 'direct observation of hail in the pro cess of formation is recorded by Prof. TosettI, who, in the afternoon of a squally day, looking eastward through the window of a house in Northern Italy, which, with two others, inclosed the court, saw the rain, which streamed down from the roof to the right caught by a very cold wind from tho north, nnd driven back and up In thick drops. Suddenly a south wind blew, and the drops, tossed about in all directions, were transformed into Iceballs. When the south wind ceased, this transformation also ceased, but whenever the south wind recurred tho phenomenon was reproduced, and this was observed three or four times in ten minutes. MONDAY'S MTRTH. BASEBALL FOISTS. The Parenthesis said to the Comma: "Yonr luck as a short stop ne'er swerves; I'm afraid I'm not In it much longer. For the Dash has got on to my curves." Baltimore American. Miss Prentice What do all those signs I see In the cars mean? How do you "Get a Home on the Installment Flan?" Tom Dewltt-Flrst you get a house, then yon get a wife, and then the installments complete the home. Puck., Say anything to a woman in scorn of tha high-shouldered gown craze and she Is up in arms against you In a minute. Philadelphia Times. "Don't you think bye-bye is rather a silly sort or expression for sedate folks like us to use when we part?" she asked as she stood In the door ofhls office preparatory to her shopping tour. "It depends, my dear," her husband replied, "on bow you spefi It. I mean b-u-y, b-u-y.'" Washington Post. Teacher Tommy, man has been called the "laughing animal." Can tou mention somo other attribute that raises hlra above the mere brute? Tommy Flgg Yes'm. He he knows how to spit. Indianapolis Journal. A. 3o you have sworn off from using to bacco. B. Yes, I suffered a good deal during the flrt week, but after that I felt all right. I "Whatjdld you take to allay the craving for to bacco?" "I took to smoking again. That allayed the craving right off." Texas Slftlnas. St Peter "Who are you? Appllcant-A New Yorker, who has always, worked on a small salary. St. Peter Here Is your golden harp; anytMnf elsa I can do for you? (, Applicant No; er unless yon direct me to pwubroker, ,n Jurt Ueralt. ,, S ittfMfr-fTt-irif -ajf'
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