, - THE PITTSBUTIG DISPATCH, WEDNESDAY JULY 15. 1891 igpaftfj. EPTABL1.-1IED FEBBUABY ISiG. Vol. , No. 1S8 Entered at nttstmrg Postofflce, No ember 11, 1SST, as second-class matter. Business Office Corner Smithfield.' and Diamond Streets. News Rooms and Publishing HouseJ 7S and 80 Diamond Street, in New Dispatch Building. KASTTJItN ATtVEKTISISO OFFICE. -HOOM SU TRIBUNE BnLDING. NEW YORK, where com plete flics ol THE DISPATCH can always be round. Foreign advertisers appreciate the convenience. Home advertisers and Mends of THE DISPATCH. t hlle In Sew York, are also made welcome. THT. DISPATCIIiSTtpilarlimFaltat Brenlann's,. t nion Fgvarr. Sho l'vrk, and B Arc de V(hra, Fan. Jrwnef, iclifre anyone who has been disap pointed at a hotel news sUind can otta m it . teems or tite dispatch. rOPTAGE TBKE IX TUX TOOTED STATES. Dhlt DisrATOi. One Year $S CO Dah-v Dispatch, Per Quarter. 2 00 Daily DisrATCH. One Month 70 Daily Dispatch, Including Sunday, 1 rear.. 10 00 Dailt Dispatch, including Sunday, s m'tbs. I CO Daily Dispatch, including Sunday, 1 m'th.. P0 ,1-uxday DisrATCH. One Year 160 Weuua Dispatch, One Year. 1 25 The Daily DisrATcn is delivered by carriers at IScentsperM-eek.or, Including Sunday Edition, at lOcents per week. PITTSBURG, WEDNESDAY. JULY 15, 1S91. THE ELKCTKIC DECISION. The decision of the United States Circuit Court at Xew York granting an Injunc tion in favor of the Edison interests, with regard to the patents for incandescent electric lamps, is an event of more than ordinary importance. The effect of the decision so far as can be gathered from the brief telegraphic abstracts is to place the control of the incandescent electric light ing business in the hands of the Edison in tends. This, if it went at once into effect, would work a decided change in the business of electric lighting, and might not be wjthout a rather severe effect on the local electric interests. But it is hardly probable that the decision can be taken as effecting a prompt suppression of the competitors to Edison. It may be presumed that the case will go to the United States Supreme Court, and that is likely to give a further period of fighting before the case is finally adjudicated. Before the ultimate decis ion is reached, it is more than probable that the contending interests will conclude that the most profitable course for both sides is to adopt the fashionable tactics and combine their interests. It is to be recognized, however, that if such a consolidation is attained, the pres tige which the Edison interests will secure from Judge 'Wallace's ruling and a similar decision in Canada will give it a big aa vantage in the negotiations for union. CAMPBELL IN HIE LEAD. Though Governor Campbell has the re nornination in his hands, there is a pros pect of sharp fighting in the Democratic convention to-day. 2Ir. Neal is evidently not inclined to retire -without a struggle, and perhaps he may obtain support from quartere which have been counted till now for Campbell. The forecast in our news columns to-day, however, indicates tha't Mr. Campbell has a firm hold on enough delegates to elect him, if not on the first ballot, pretty soon after. The only other new phase in the situation is involved in the proposal to push the silver question to the front with a special plank in the platform. But whether the Demo crats of Ohio declare for free coinage or-I not the-main issue must be Protection. A MANDAMUS WANTED. A very interesting suggestion was made public yesterday by those whose indepen dent spirit causes them to imperatively de mand a partisan judiciary. It is to the effect that a bill in equity shall be filed asking for a mandamus on the Republican County Committee to make it issue a call for a judicial convention. The device is certainly attractive for its original application of the theory that a suit in equity is a panacea for all the political ills that flesh is heir to. Only one amendment can be suggested to the prop osition, which we hope the orators will adopt as The Dispatch suggests. Let them file their bill in Common Pleas 2so. 3. The judges of that court are in a position to give prompt attention to ap plications of that sort THE l'lRST OF THE CIRCUIT. Tho trotting season of 1891 opened yes terday at lloinewood Park with an inter esting display of speedy horses and excit ing contests. As will be seen by the re ports in our columns the initial day of the races furnished abundance of amusement and excitement, and promises a more suc cessful meeting than has been known at llomewood for several years. This meeting will be followed by tho contests at Cleveland, Buffalo, Rochester, Snriuglieid. llartford and Philadelphia, at which latter place the circuit season will close on September 4. Large purses and good horstte will make these meetings in teresting; but the probability is that the event of the season will bo more in the line of developing promising trotters in tlie junior classes rather than In record breaking by the champions of the mile circle. Maud S has probably made her last great record; Axtell, the phenomenon of two years ago, will not appear this year; and the only visible hope for lowering the mile record lies In Sunol, the great Cali fornia filly. But whether she will even make the attempt this year Is for the reason's events to determine. Nevertheless, the season may be fruitful of developments in the line of now horses who can bring their records into the charmed circle below the 2:20 or even 2:14. With the possibility of the rise of new rivals to the putative record-breakers already named, the season will have abun dant attraction tor lovers of the trotting Ecience. CAN DO IT MORE CHEAPLY. The report that the expenses of the exec utive department of Connecticut's govern ment under General Bulkcley are paid by an insurance corporation of that Slate moves the New York Evening Suti to some reflections on the power of corporations to run a government It draws a picture of a possible time "when a combination of corporations shall find it to their interest to supply the sinews to an administration re pudiated by the people." We should say that the first thought in connection with such a report should bo that an insurance company taking tho course referral to would be an eminent subject for the avoidance of insurers and investigation on the part of shareholders by criminal process. Not even the broad est theories of insurance management can regard an investment in a State govern ment as a proper one for insurance trust funds, and if the reports referred to are correct the officers of the insurance com pany in question are eligible candidates for the penitentiary. Which fact permits MjeB a decided doubt as to the correctness of the report. As to the possibilities of this plan in the line of future control of the government by corporations, they are hot especially alarming, from the fact that corporations already know a trick worth a half dozen of that They find it much cheaper to own the legislative as well as the executive branch, and to let the people foot the bills. REGISTRATION, OLD AND NEW. Some Interesting information on regis tration under the new assessment law is given In a local article, in connection with which some of our county officials offer an explanation of the phenomenon in Phila delphia of a correct registration with some 12,000 voters less than that by which the election was held last year. The explanation is that under the old law the register-assessors were furnished with a list of the former assessors, and very often did their work simply by copy ing old assessments.. In that view the padding is deemed to be the result simply of laziness on the part of the register-assessors. Under the new law they are re quired to make a house-to-house canvass, and return a list that has been carefully verified by personal Inquiry. The explanation is a very satisfactory one as bearing on the relative virtues of the two laws, but as an explanation of the Philadelphia phenomenon the trouble Is that It does not fit the case. The Phila delphia assessment of June for this year exceeds that returned for June last year by two or three thousand names. But the September hearing for correction of the lists showed an addition of 15,000 names. When we take the political circumstances at the time this very large increase of the registration was made, in connection with the fact that the subsequent careful can vass fails to verify the genuineness of the expansion, a rather strong prima facie case of padding the lists is made out Apart from this, it is gratifying to know that the new method of registration will insure a carefully prepared and thorough ly verified list If that result is secured, the late Legislature can be credited with at least one piece of good work. The brave woman out West whose hus band -vras attackodby White Caps showed an eminent ability to solvo the White Cap nuisance. While they were preparing for their nocturnal amusement of whipping her husband she took down a Winchester rifle and commenced perforating the whlppers with bullets. Tho conscquenco was that tho White Caps, having started out with tho in tention of convincing her husband that the locality was unhealthy for him, found the conviction reversed. If there were more such women there would bo fewer White Cap bullies. The three great lumber States are now eating up their forests at a rate which will soon kill the gooo that lays the golden eggs. The value of their lumber products last year wo $167,237,816, and at tho present rate of consumption their forests will last about five years longer. When the lumbering in dustry has eaten up tho forests of the South in tho same way, tho country will either have to wait for new trees to grow or find a substitute for lumber. Tub desperate struggle between the Pitts burg and Cincinnati baseball teams for the foot of the list goes on sd evenly that it may not be settled until thoso champions meet each othor. Sechetaey Foster is quoted as declar ing in vindication of Republican financial management "that the proposed extension of $31,000,000 of 4 per cents willbe so favor ably received by the banks that about $35, 000,000 will be added to the circulation in national bank notes." But If the Treasury has $51,000,000 with which to pay the bonds much more than $25,000,000 would be put In circulation and the country would save over $1,000,000 annual Interest. And if it has not the $51,000,000 available for that purpose the Ec pubican control of tho Treasury is scarcely vindicated. It is interesting to lcam that sun spots and chasms havo been unusually prominent in the great luminary for some, days past. Four great groups of spots were visible on Sunday, with an extent that is at least un usual. Bnt the effect of these solar eccen tricities on the earth's atmosphere is ren dered more than doubtful by the fact that the manifestations were accompanied with moderately cool weather on our little globe. It is a matter of current gossip that the Hon. David B. IIU1 will not put any of his money into the pools on the strength of Henry Watterson's Presidential tps. The circumstances which render advisa ble liquidation by the well-known local firm of Niuiick A Co. are regretable, as tho firm is of long standing and the highest repute. It is well topointout in advance that there is nothing in the event which reflects upon the general state of business or upon the condition of Pittsburg's industries. Pigiron accumulated at high prices and carried through a long period of lower prices, to gether with unprofitable oporation of two' furnaces at points removed from tho Pitts burg district and under disadvantageous freight rates, seem to have been tho causes of tho embarrassment. Parliament is scheduled to adjourn on August 6, which will enable the honorable members to get at the grouse on August 12. The great questions of what is to be done for tho people subject to the rale of Parliament may be left unsettled; but the grouse must not be neglected. TJp to the present writing DeVoo's great cloudburst and floods bavo failed to mani fest themselves to tho weather observers. It is given as a matter of statistics that the clergymen of the Congregationalist Chnrch aro enjoying especially long life. The number of deaths among tho ministers of that denomination last year was ninety nine, and their average age was 71 years and four months. In fifteen years also the avcrago age at death has been 68 years. The cynical may suspect these statistics in tho Year Book of that denomination to hold out an inducement to recruits for the clergy; but the figures probably demonstrate tho longevity produced by a peaceful and quiet lilc. The report that Eussio and Prance are going to seize Constantinople is not alarm ing. Russia would have done so years ago except that the rest of Europe would not let her end tho same obstacle still exists. IP the Illinois courts tramp out the barbed wire trust the use of Judicial hob nailed shoes will receive a decided boom. A LITTLE experience in San Francisco shows tho way in which combinations to keep up the price of sugar can be defeated. Tho combination thero having fixed the wholesale price of sugar at 5Je, tho cboco lato manufacturers concluded to import their own sugar, and found themselves able to do it at 4)lJc. The consequence is that the sugar lenning combination is not roost ing to high as formerly, and tho value of the reduction of sugar duties is demonstrated once more. The Constitutional Convention presents itself in the light of something which neither the politicians nor the people want; but which some mysterious po er has decreed we have got to take. After Jhis week the unlicensed dog will do well to He low or the dog-catchers will make him lie low permanently. Many Workmen Overcome by Heat. Braddock, July 14. Thero were many cases of workmen being overcome by heat at the Edgar Thomson Works to-day. Ham mond Hensel was so badly stricken that it Is doubtful if he will over fully xecover. PREMONITION OP DANGER. A New York Drummer Who Escaped the Ravonna Disaster Tells a Story A Illa torlcal United States Flag Some Short Sketches on a Variety of Subjects. "I have been on the road ever sinoe I at tained manhood," said George Bailey, a Sew York traveling man, to a Detroit Free J-ess reporter, "and I am as free from superstition as any ono 1 ever Knew. 1 cover the country pretty thoroughly ovory year, Journey from New York to the Paoiflo coast and from Dilluth to Galveston, without a thought that the train may run off the track or collide with another, and yet for a week' prior to tho recent frightful accident at Ravenna, O., whereby there was such a ter rible loss of life, I was as nervous and full of ague, undefined apprehension as I could be, I was working along tho line of the N. T,'P,4 0. Bailroad down .in Ohio during that time, and several times remarked to my chum, 'Tom, something's going to happen; there's going to bo an accident, and I am booked to bo in it, or just escape It.' "Tom, who Is an unsentimental fellow, would gruffly respond, 'O, pshaw, you're rat tled: go and get a drink.' 1 Insisted that the prcscribtion would do me no good, and the day of the accident Tom and I started for tho ill-fated train that bore so many poor mortals to their fate at Ravenna. At tho station a telegram was handed me request ing that I go to Cleveland and there meet a member of the firm I represent. I said goodby to Tom, turned back and in two hours later was on my way to Cleveland. The next morning I, of course, read the foil particulars of the accident at Ravenna, and until late in the afternoon supposed thatmy chum was among tho killed. Luckily, he escaped without injury, and when he next saw mo two or three days later, the first words he uttered were: 'If you ever have another presentiment or foreboding of ap proaching disater,George, I'll listen to you, and anchor myself in some hotel until tho storm blows over. I laughed at you tho othor day, but wished I hadn't the minute I realized tho predicament wo were" In at Ravenna." It Is a Banner With a History. When tho National Editorial Association meets In St. Paul thore will be a flag above the President's chair, a flag with an interest ing history, says the Chicago Tribune. It was presented to the association by Colonel D. It. Elliott, General Land Commissioner of the Plant system, whoso headquarters are at Sanford, Fla. It was a handsome flag made of tho best bunting, and was first unfolded during tho course of the ricdraont Exposi tion in Atlanta, Ga., in the fall of 1857. Presi dent Cleveland was among tho visitors to the fair, and he made an address undor the flag, and he and Mrs. Cleveland shook hands with several thousand enthusiastic Southern admirers with this piece of bunting between them and tho great glass roof. Henry W. Grady was a ruling spirit in tho exposition, and he presented tho flag to Colonel Elliott as a mark of appreciation for the fine dis play made by the Plant system. When Colonel Elliott went to Paris In the spring of 13S9 he took the flag along, and July 1, with the special permission of M. Eillel, ho carried the flag to tho topmost landing of tho great Eiffel tower and un furled it to tho breeze. No other flag except tho flair of Franco was allowed on the tower that day, and it was a special compliment on the part of the great engineer allowing the Star and Stripes to float above the tricolor. After Colonel Elliott's return to the United States he had the flag mounted on a new stick surmounted by the Eiffel tower in miniature and presented it to the National Editorial Association. Ho has been an- pointed special custodian of the flag and keeps it in his pos-osslon between the meet ings ol tho association. A French Postman's Adventure. Very strange is the adventure through which a postman named Boudon has Just passed at Nimes, in France, chronicled in a British exchange. He had taken a regis tered letter to one Faure, a shoemakor, and was about to leave the house when the man closed tho door, pulled a revolver out of his pocket, and, rushing on Boudon, threw him down and bound him securely. Ho then in formed the terrified postman of his inten tion to retain him as a hostage'untll ho had received divers letters written to him by the President of the Republic and the Min ister of Justice In reply to his application for tho restoration of 30,000 francs lost in a law suit. Faure sent u note to the head of the Postal Department, explaining how mat ters stood, and, while awaiting an answer, barricaded his apartment. When the police arrived he called out that he had provision b for a week, two revolvers and plenty of am munition, and that If they attempted toforoe the door ho would kill his prisoner. Tho situation was extremely awkward. The affair had become known in the neighbor hood, and the adjacent streets were soon thronged with at least 5,000 of tho towns people.. A last attempt to parley with the infuri ated shoemaker having proved abortive, the Soliee and gendarmes broke into the piaco, red a few snots to frighten Faure, and suc ceeded in securely taking him into custody ere he had time to carry out his threat. They had great difficulty in conduoting him to prison, as tho crowd wanted to "lynch" him. Fnure is described as a monomaniac, and it appears that when M. Carnot visited Nimes somn time ago he made some curious preparations in order to attract his atten tion, which, however, were but lost labor, as the President passed down another street. Grafting Horns on a Rooster. Hon. T. J. Younger, of Osceola, Mo., once a prominent member of the Missouri Legisla ture, and who is best known by his full name, Thomas Jefferson Younger, tells this story in the St. Louis Republic: "Some months ago I saw a statement in a St. Louis newspaper about a rooster with 11 spur on his head that seemed to be attracting con siderable attention. This apparent freak of nature can" be accomplished by a simple surgical operation. Take a young rooster. When his spur is only a bud, make an in cision around the spun then, with the point of the knife, lift the spur off, taking with it tl'.o cartilaginous formation: next make an incision on tho head, or any othor placo where tho bono can be reached, place the spur therein, close up tightly tho outlclt around tho spur with a few stitches and keep the chicken enclosed until the graft or spur has healed and adhesion has taken place. The spur will then be as solid as though nature had caused it to grow there and ft will continue its normal growth. Tho young spnr. or the germ of a spur, can be ? rafted either on the head or on the foot by he same process, which is similar to the grafting of budding peaches. 'Squiro Berry, of near Johnson City, St. Clair county, is an expert at that business, and while scientific men may experiment in that direction, if they doslre. wo stand ready-to demonstrate it as a fact." The Cause of Old Maids. A professor at Ann Arbor, Mich., was dis cussing the process of fertilizing plants by means of insects oarrying the pollen from one plant to another, says an exchange, and to amuse them told how old maids wero the ultimate cause of it all. The bumblebees carry tho pollen, the field mice eat the bumble bees, therefore the more field mice the fewer bumble bees and tho less pollen and variation of plants. But cats devour field mice and old maids protect cats. There fore the moro old maids the more cats,-, the fewer field mice the more bees. Hence old maids are tho cause of variety in plants. Thereupon a sophomore with a single eye glass, an English umbrella, tbox coat, with his trousers rolled up at tho bottom, arose and asked: "I s-a-ay, professah, what is the cause ah of old maids, don't you know?" "Perhaps Miss Jones can tell you," sug gested the professor. "Dudes!" said Miss Jones sharply, and without a moment's hesitation. H0UE3 OF BELGIAN W0BKINGMEN. Results of the Official Inquiry Into Their Condition Not Flattering, Chicago Times. The results of the official inquiry into tho condition of tho dwellings of the working classes of Belgium havo just been published. According to the return thero were in Brus sels on December 31, 1890, 49,619 families, of which 19.2S4 were the families of workmen. The number of houses in the city was 1B.591, inhabited by lbS,lG8 persons. There are 4,600 houses inhabited by the working classes, 105 common lodging houses, and 3 436 places of business. The rent of a room for a workman averages llf.6Sc. a month. The average daily wages of a workingman is 3f. 14c Of the 19,284 working class families in Brus sels 10,462 have occasional recourse to publio charity. Of working class families 491 oc cupy an entire house, LS71 occupy three rooms, . 8,058 have but two rooms and 6,978 have to be content with only one; 2,185 fam ilies lodge in garrets, 1,200 in cellars. In L511 cases a family of five persons live in a single room. In 406 families the boys and girls Bleep in the same bed. Bound to Have the Vindication. Boston Herald. Phoebe Couzlas Is crointr to await the laDse of time for the vindication which the oonrtsJ have faded to give hot That is right, fhcebe. Siiue heals all wonnda. THE SEAL AS A BISD. Why Uncle Jerry Appointed an Ornl.holo- gist on tho Commission. New York Advertiser. It i ovident that tho Bering Sea difficulty will not be definitely settled until it is officially declared what a seal really is. It scientifically asserted, and generally ac cepted, that the seal is "an aquatio car nivorous mammal;" but so is a yachtsman 'for that matter, and during the seaside season even tho lovoly "summer girl" would come withln'the definition. But Unole Jerry Rusk, advanced from an agriculturist to be a meteorologist, now assumos to bo an ornithologist, and makes public his belief that the seal is a bird. Tho assumption that ho does so verily believe is based upon his securing the appointment of Prof. C. Hart Merriam, the young but able ornithologist of the Agricultural Depart ment, to be one of tho two American com missioners to examine into the condition of the seal fisheries in tho Bering Sea. Prof. Merriam is now somowhero in the region of the great Colorado Desert, where, if ne oncounters some of the recent ro mancers in that region, the official orni thologist will seo some very Queer birds, and Uncle Jerry has been endeavoring to roach him by telegraph, bv mail and by messengers to notify him that he must turn his orni thological studies to tho species vulgarly known as seals, and must turn his steps toward Alaska. The belief ot Uncle Jeremiah that the seal is a bird, is undoubtedly based upon an in spection of the great seal of the United States, which certainly does display upon its face a torrifflo specimen of ornithology in the shape of a spread eaglo. glaring at the sun and bearing in his clutched talons tho emblems of war as well as poace. But this noble bird, whiQh is a seal, will remain in the State Department and will not be trans ferred to the Keeping of agricultural, metero logical and ornithological Uncle Jeremiah. VEBY ENCOURAGING BEP0BTS Bead at the Monthly Meeting of the Alio-, gneny W. C. T. U. Yesterday. The monthly meeting of the Allegheny County W. C. T. U. was hold yesterday after noon in tho Stnithficld Street Church. Tho attendanco was small. Mrs. J. S. Porter presided and Mrs. Rhodes conducted tho de votional oxercises. Mrs. Porter offered prayer in behalf of a man whom sho had in duced to sign the pledge, and whom she be lieved was earnest In his efforts to reform. Miss Martha McConnoll, Treasurer, roportod a balance of $60 15 in the treasury. Twenty six dollars and twenty-eight cents had been oxpendod during the last month. Tho sum of $3 02 had thus far been received in support of tho World's W. C. T. U. By resolution the tieasurcr was informed to hold this amount for a month more so that it might possibly be increased. Mrs. Porter stated that theie were sir new unions organized since tho meeting in last September. One of these had been recently Instituted at Sharpsburg. hav ing U members. Mrs. E. S. Law is its Presi dent. Mrs. Rhodes mado an address appealing to the meeting to take some action with refer ence to tho protection.of young girls who are liable to temptation from conditions of pov erty or orphanage. Action on this appeal will probably bo taken at tho next meeting. A petition was read from the union at Bellevuc, asking that tho W. C. T. U. place itself on record as opposed to tho opening of the World's Fair on Sunday, and that a committee bo appointed to visit the different churches of the city and county and have them denounce the opening of tho fair on Sunday. The meeting had already pronounced itself in regard to tho first part of the petition, but in conformity to the lat ter part a committee consisting of Mrs, Atchison, Mrs. Irwin and Mrs. David Mc Allister were appointed. Reports from sev eral unions were read, showing tho unions to be working successfully. A CITY TJNDEB GB0UND. Itaro Antiquarian Discoveries -Blade In Far Away Bokhara. In the right' bank of the river Amoo-Daria near the town of Karki In Bokhara, grottos have been found among tho hills leading to a subterranean city, the evidence of which dates back into antiquity, according to re cent Russian advices. Silver coins and in scriptions of tho time of Gapora I, (tho first Persian King of the Gassanldean dynasty, who lived abont 200 years B. C.) were found in the place. Tho subterranean town stretches over a distance of more than three versts (about a half mile) with streets, lanes, squares, and hanging fountains. In some places the ground on the top has v caved in; Dut the lnrgest part of the city can be passed through without the least diffi culty. By the light of the miners' lamp, tho place presents a quaint, fantastic appear ance. There are houses in perfect construction one or two stories high, with a pretence of 'architectural elegance, and filled with furniture and various domestic utensils. Tho ceilings or upper covering of the.streets are constructed of blocks of alaoaster gran ites. Tho natives of Bokhara knew of the placo long ago and carried away many silver and gold coins, ornaments and uton slls of great intrinsic value and of still greater archaeological importance. The Russian authorities of Bokhara have made arrangements to take care of the antiquities of the place, and sent notices of its discov ery to tho Archroological Sooiety of Moscow. The society has sent a commission of ex perts to mako explorations during tho summer. THE EPABB0WS AIL BIGHT. A Man Who Says They Kill tho Worms and Bugs. Chicago Globe.1 II. A. Whitfield, of the Barge office, gives much of his spare time to the study of birds and tholr habits. Ho celebrated tho Fourth in Central Park, paying special attontion to the habits of the English sparrow. In con versation Mr. Whitfield said that he had come to the conclusion that tho English sparrow was quite a benefactor. "Why," said lie, "I can remombor 20 or SO years ago when a person could not sit under the elms In the park Ave minutes without being literally covered with caterpillars and bugs of every description. Now theso are the exception, and you can lay it all to tho sparrows." A Very Lenient Parent. Chicago Inter-Ocean, A Democratic cotemporary growls, "there is too much patriotism in this country." For all that Uucle Sam will continue to use a shingle in a way that it will do tho most good. It is to bo hoped ho will never again havo to use any more formidable instrument npon-his American boys. IK THE 400 AND OUT. Mrs. William "Waldorf Astor is one of the finest mandolin players in New York'B 400. Miss Gwendoline Caldweli, S about to purchase tho Newport home of the late George Bancroft. Ex-Governor Biggs, of Delaware, and his two sons expect to sell 00,000 baskets of peaches this year. Tennyson was once asked to supply a dozen birthday poems of eight linos eaoh for 1,000 guineas. The poet refused. Henry Hilton has a fine collection ot fancy and colored diamonds, numbering nearly 100 stones, in brown, yellow ana pilik. Mrs. Thomas A. Edison's oldest daughter is a brilliant performer on tho piano. She is now in Germany under raro musical tuition. General ANSON G, COOK, Secretary of ', the Unltod States Senate, is a strongly-built man, about 50 yoars of age, and has dark hair, mustacho and eyes. He is one of the most agreeable and popular men in Wash ington. The property left by the late Sir Eiohard Sutton, owner of tho Genesta, is estimated at over X7.000.000. The heir to the estate is a posthumous child only just born, and by the time he becomes of ago the fortune will bo among the reTy greatest. Yodng James G. Blaine is getting the reputation of being one of the best dressed men in Washington. Ho displays a London wardrobe of Irreproachable taste, and espe cially affects neat morning suits of gray. In his button-hole he wears a bunch of sweet peas. MrsiSTEB Fred Douglass has a hand some home in Anacostla, a pretty suburb of Washington, and he says he would much rather, live there than in Haiti. Thomas P. Fortune, tho colored newspaper writer, is Bald to be anxious to try big fortune ia Haiti. CHAUTAUQUA CHATTER. The Students by tho Lake Treated to Lect ures on AH Sorts of Subjects From American History to Soup Pleasure Mixed "With Learning. rSrlCIAL TILEOBAM TO TBI DISPATCn.J CnAnTAUQOA, July 14. A genuine thunder storm, staccatocd with forked lightning, en tertained Chautauquans to-day and cooled the atmosphere considerably. Tho weather for several days past had been decidedly warm and sultry and tho shower this after noon was tho most wolcome arrival to-day. There was quite an exodns of school teach ers this morning for Toronto, where the Na tional Teachers' Convention meets. Fully 300 of the normal class took advantago of the three days vacation in the teachers' re treat here to attend the convention, but as if to compensate for the absence of the teachers the Business Education Association of the United States arrived hero this morn ing and representatives of Amorican busi ness colleges are arriving by every boat. j.uo association neia tneir convention nere last year and wero so much delighted with tho placo that they decided to come again. A Southern delegation of school teachers has Just put in an nppcaranco, too. They have among their number somo very pretty maidens, wliose rare Southern beauty has caused hearts here to palpitate very per ceptibly. College Men Numerous. There is an unusually large number of college men on the grounds. Representa tives are hero from nearly overy leading university and collcgejii the land. In tho Greek department Prof. Dooge, of the Uni versity of Michigan, tells me the students aie doing the best kind of work, and that many of them are professors and teachers from othor institutions. Hard, earnest study is done here by both men and women, who have to earn their dally bread by teach ing. One of the delightful features of Chau tauqua life was the journalists' reception, the first of the season, which was given last night at tho "Aldine?' It was A Gay Assemblage. The Apollo Quartef, of Boston, rendered some pretty selections. Mrs. Jennie Hall ade, of Brooklyn, sang most sweetly. Miss Maud Murray, the elocutionist, of Boston, recited a selection, and several solo num bers wero given by tho moinbera of the Apollo Quartet. Among the persons in attendanco wero Profs. Flagler, Deen and Wheeler, and of the journalists, Messrs. Doming, Stono, Chrisinan, Barrett, Silsman and Miss Farrington, together with a num ber of others. Tho next reception comes off Monday night at the Hotel Athenaeum. Mrs. Susie Birch Jennings, of the "Aidine," kindly entertained the club last night. Mrs. Hall Wade, the soprano soloist of Brooklyn, was complimented highly in pnblic at the publio concert last niuht bvBialion Vincent. who requested that , she bo given the salute as a testimonial of appreciation. A sea of white kerohiefs greeted tho littlo lady, who blushed and gracefully bowed her thanks. She leaves to-day. Miss Murray, of Boston, the elocutionist, also reoeiveda waim re ception for her artistic work last night. There is tho liveliost kind of interest in the study of American history, and every In ducement is hold out to Chautauquans to study largely and widely the history of their own country. Studying American History. Indeed, Chancellor .Vincent is so im pressed with fact that Americans know more about the history of every other coun try in the world than their own that he has determined to require Chautauquans to study American history in order to properly celebrate the Columbian quadrl-centennial in 1892. With the World's Fair only a year away ho recognizes the importance of quick iAuu cucvhvd wuiii. oo luo unuutauquahs hero are treated to no less than ten different coursos of locturcs on Americnn history. In fact, 1891 heie is called the first American year on the Chautauqua programme, and Chancellor Vincent believes that they can study Amerioan history in as largo doses in 1892 and 1893. So it happened to-day tnat two lecturers addressed very large audicnoes on American history in the hall of philosophy. Theso wero Prof. John Bach McMaster, of tho University of Pennsyl vania, and Prof. Frederick Starr, of the American Museum of Natural History. Prof. Starr lectured at 2:30 on tho course of primitive America, and took for his subject the "Mound Builders." Ho told his audience about this wonderful and Indnstrtnus Tirlm. itive people, in a most entertaining; manner, and referred to the big monuments of earth they had loft in various quarters of tho United States, He is qnito a popular man hero and always draws a big audience. Other Suhjects Pursued. f Tho course in modern history under Prof. Herbert Adams, of Johns Hopkins, is pro gressing finely. A competitive examination for a money prize was heldijfisstorday among tho students who tako -"Us course, and a number of fine paporrf -pro handed In. The winner is a Southernojr,'Mj)i Samuol T. Wil son, of Maryvillo, Tenn. Jl Among those who receio special mention are Mrs. Agnes Willoy, of Auroru, 111.; Miss Mary Parsons, of Mt. Morris, N. Y.; Miss Mary McClunahan, of Cedar Rapids, la., and Dr. II. B. Waterman, of Chicago. The third tourists' conference, conducted by Mr. George Vincont, was hold at 5 p. jr., and the subjeots covered were "Oxford and Cam bridge Universities." In tho evening Dr. Charles Stuart Wells, a New York physician, delivered an illustrated lecture on "A Tour or tho Nlles in a Dahaboih." Prof. L V. Flagler's recital this morning in the Amphitheater was quite enjoyable, and was listened to by a very critical and musical audience. Prof. Flagler played among other things tho concert piece ho playod in Chick erlng Hall before tho Manuscript Society last wintor, also the celebrated fugue from the pastoral sonata by Pheinbergtr. Tho Virtues of Good Sonp. Mrs. Emma Ewing delighted the Chau tauqua ladies at 9.30 to-day by a very bright and suggestive talk on "Soupmaking." In fact, she was literally "in tho soup" thia morning, but it tasted splendidly and was fit for a King. She said thero were five kinds of soup, namely: Clear, vegetable, plain, white and mixed, and all other soups wero variations of these. A few teaspoonsful of good broth will do more to make a hungry mail, be he a business man, doctor, or even a newspaper editor, happy and good naturcd when he Is tired and irritable, than any othor thing in the world. It is not at all a bad thing to be "In tho soup." It all de pends on the soup, and Mrs. Ewlng urged her big andlonco of women to make a soup that had flavor and substance to it, for more good soup and less poor sermons would con vert the world to happiness and homo com fort. Her parting injunction was, Solomon revised: "In all thy making, make good soup." NO KOBE AGITATION. Fenians Mcvt and Advise Organization Upon a Military Basis. rer-EciAT. telegram to the dispatch, 1 New Yore, July 14. A meeting of tho old Fenian Brotherhood was held in this city to day, representatives being present from Boston, Philadelphia, Paterson and soveral other cities. An official report from Iroland was among the documents read and consid ered. The following i an extract: "As to the intention of Irish-Americans with regard to Ireland, we entirely dissent from the views expressed in your last letter, viz: that tho Irish people at home should dictate tho policy. The Irish in Ireland must not be left to follow their own views or rather the views of a band of self-seeking agitatators called 'leaders.' American gold has corrupted them and made them nearly all Constitutionalists, whether Parnellitcs or anti-Famellltes; and now on the Irish Americans rests the responsibility of directing a more manly and national policy in the strnegle for Irish inde pendence. The only organization that should now bo considered is ono with a military basis no more vigorous agi mtinn which is always corruntine. and I brings a low, worthless, self-seeking class of men to tho front. The Parnellltes are no better than the Whigs and West Britains of the McCarthy party?' DESIBED A EECEPTI0N. A Coming Guest Who Was Anxious to Have a Hotel Sleet Illm. A peculiar message was received last night by Clerk Casselman, of the MonongahcJa House. It read: "Leavo heie to-nigt, 90; meet me in the morning." It was not ex plicit as to whether the sender desired the hotel moved to the depot to meet him, or if he Just wanted a few clerks or porters to assemble to greet him. Ono thing sure is -that he will have to in quiro his way to tho hotel on hisurrlvul, this morning, as thore will bo no special guide there to pilot him. Might Send Presidental Candidates. New Y'ork Advertiser.! Minister Fred Douglass has resigned, and if Mr. Harrison knows of a particularly pes-Hfot-niis nfficeseeker Id whose future welfare libels not Interested, he can send him to Halt. IT WAS A SURE SIGN. A Learned Astronomer Gets a Tew Points From a Countryman. Harper's' Young People. A very learned professor of astronomy ono who was skilled in the signs of tho skies and tho winds and the clouds was onco traveling. Whiloonkis journey he lost his way, and, wandering about, came across a simplolooking countryman, who was sitting under a tree tonding a flock of sheep. "Friend," said the professor, "can you in forjnmo of the direction and distance of the nearest adjacent town?" Now tho countryman perceived that the professorwas very wise, from the long words he used; bnt he presently managed to under stand him and replied: "Yes, sir; it is all of five miles; but," ho added, "you will get a good wetting before you get there." This surprised the professor, ne could not discover any signs of a storm, and ho was so sure of his own knowledgo in such matters that ho laughed at tho countryman, and started his horse on the road pointed out to him. But before ho had gono two-thirds of the distance a sudden blnck cloud covered the sky, the rain poured in torrents, and the Wiseman reached his inn soaked and dis gusted. The next morning, before he had proceed ed on his Journey, he determined to ride back, and if possible, find out by what hid den signs of which he, n great professor, was ignorant this foolish countryman had foretold the storm. So ho rode back, and, aftor spending a day in the search, Jbund the countryman, and explained what he wanted to know. "I will not tell you my sign," said the coun tryman, "without a good sum of money." They struck a bargain. The professor was bo nnxious to hear this valuablo secret that ho willingly paid tho large amount de manded. "Do you seo, sir," asked the countryman, "that black sheep with a white face over' there the only black sheop in my flock?" Tho professor said ho did. "Well, sir," said the countryman, "whon it is the fairest day in June, and when there Is not a cloud in the sky, I surely know it is going to rain if I chance to seo that old sheep caper around, with her tail hold straight up in the airl" HOT TJP TO THE STAHDABD. A Dade at a Recent New York Fire Re ceives a Reprimand. New York Advertiser. J Among tho crowd watching the firemen at work on the burning Sixth avenue car stablcs"last Wednesday stood a young swell. "Why are those firemen taking it easy upon the roof instead of going to work?" he, growled. As his remark seemed to be addressed to no one in particular, a little boy with bare feet and a very dirty faco, volunteered the information that the flromen referred to were not "taking it easy," but had crawled out of tho smoko for a breath of fresh air. "Doy couldn't live, boss, if doy stayed In dero right 'long," he said. "Wait until you are spoken to," said the dandified young man, at the same time tap ping the boy on the shins with a cane he carried. Tho little fellow knew his brown fist was no match for the heavy headed walking stick and said nothing, but the light in his bright young eyes spoke volnmes. In a brief space of time the young man had forgotten all about the occurrence and again spoke aloud, this timo addressing his remark to a pretty girl who stood at his side: "I'm glad I'm not a fireman. I couldn't bo one, don't you know; I really couldn't." Immediately the thin voice of tho small boy replied: "Naw, yer couldn't. They only has bravo fellers in the fire depart ment, an' a feller of yer size as would hit a little un like me ain't no good, see?" At this outburst the pretty young lady turned a rosy red, and her escort evidently wished her many miles away as he fondled his cane nnd glared at tho grinning face of the retreat ing boy. Seem to Prefer Mixed Drinks. Chicago Times. The Western Avenue Literary Club, of Minneapolis, has taken out a license for the sale of liquor. Rocogntzlng that a littlo learning Is a dangerous thing, tho members propose neither to taste nor to drink deep of the Pierian spring, bnt to confine their po tations to drinks of the Milwaukee school. DEATHS HEBE AND ELSEWHERE. Thomas H. Lee, Thomas H. Lee, of Bed Oak, la., Secre tary of the Democratic State Central Committee, died of heart trouble after a brief Illness. Mr. Lee was born at Cadiz in 1343. In IS63, when 19 years of age, young Lee enlisted In Company B, One Hundred and Forty-fourth New York Volun teers, and carried a mnsket for three years. In 1S37-8 lie served as Deputy Internal Revenue Col lector under Collector Kuhlemler. Mr. Lee for several years was prominent In tho councils of the Grand Army or the Iteputmc. was a delegate to the National Encampment of 1889, and a member oftbe committee appointed by the Department of Iowa to wait upon the Twenty-third General Assembly and request the setting apart of proper rooms in the btate lapitoi ior mp preservation 01 me lowa oai tle flags. Mr. Lee was Secretary of the State Com mittee through last year's campaign, and was re elected this year without opposition. C. "W. McCord. A sad telegram announcing the death of Attorney C. W. McCord, of Paeblo. Col,, at Gal Teston, Tex., arrived yesterday evening. He went to Colorado 12 years ago on account of disease of his lungs and practiced law in the city of Denver, Col., with the effect of grasping the Criminal Court of the State, and was one of the most prominent criminal lawyers in the West. He was a brother of Drs. J. P. and George T. McCord, and one of the prominent lawyers 01 the Pittsburg Bar up until 1830. He started home to PltUbiirg, but death caught him on the way at Galveston. His body willbe forwarded to Pueblo aud possibly to Pitts burg. He has many friends In this cltv and vicin ity. Dclng a son-in-law of R. T. Graham, of Etna, and brother-in-law of Dr. N. B. Graham, of Sharpsburg. Rev. J. C. Ogle. Eev. J. C. Ogle, formerly of East Liver pool, died at Owagonna, Iowa, last Sunday, While he was delivering his sermon in the Methodist church of that city he suddenly sank into a chair, and, summoning all his strength, stated that be was nnable to conclude his sermon, giving out the closlng!hymn at 'the same time. He was giveu all the assfstnnce possible, but soon sank into Insensi ismuce pussiuie, uuh suuu su and died from heart failure, bility, and died rrom neart failure. Deeease Identified with the early history of East Live: Deceased was 1st I.ivernoof and married Anna C. Mast, of that place. He Is well remembered, also, as at one time the nrinclnal of the public schools. He removed to Iowa some yars ago. John Buerly. John Buerly, a well-known eccentric character of Greenville, Orange county, N. Y., eJed last week at the age of about 43 years, ne was a bachelor and lived alone In a little cottage, earning enough for his moderate wants by occa sionally working for a neighboring farmer. He was a great Bible fitudcnt,.and had a mania for collecting copies of the sacred book. About 50 Bibles were found In his cottage In as many differ ent editions, from the cheaper to the more costly. Alexander G. Hopkins. Alexander G. Hopkins, member of an old and dUtlngutshed family died at the residence of his niece, wife of Dr. D. M. Anderson, of Ander son station, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, yester day morning. He was a brother of the late Colonel Hopkins, of Washington. Pa., and uncle or Joshua Wright, of the same place, and of Hon. James H. H6pKlns, of Pittsburg. He was remarkable for the acuteness of his Intellect, as well ashlslntcg rltv or character. At the time of his death he was in his 82d year. General Thomas Harrison. A dispatch from "Waco, Tex., announces the death there of General Thomas Harrison. He was born in Alabama In 1823: removed to Missis sippi in his early youth, where he was reared and educated: servca uirouKnout me .uexicin ar and the war of the Rebellion, participating in the capture of Murfreesboro and the campalKn against Kuoxvllle, and had taken a prominent prt in politics In the State of Texas up to lsTi since which time he had devoted himself to law practice. Hev. B. W. F. Corley. "While the funeral sermon of his wife was being preached In the Methodist Church of Tower hill, a village near Shelby vllle, HI., Sunday, Rev. jj. W. B. Corley suddenly fell from hU seat and died in a few moments. The funeral exercises wei e postponed and yesterday the bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Corley were hurled together. The min ister was a pioneer settler of this county, widely known and honored, , Obituary Notes. John M. Ditsniso, one of Rochester's (N. Y.) best known attorneys, died Monday. He was 53 years old. JOHX KtJNYOif, ex-Alderman and President of the Mutual Insurance Company, of New Bruns wick, N. J., died Monday at the age of 67 of cancer In the stomach, after au illness of some months. Be was a retired shipbuilder. John Man a Wat, aged 76 years, died at Union town yesterday evening. He was one of the most prominent colored men In that part of the State, and for years was owner and manager of the Spott sylvanla House in Unlontown. . Dr. J. H. Gbat died at his home in Meadvlllo Monday from a stroke of paralysis, ne was 68 J tars of age and waa a member of the Pennsylvania egUlature In 1&71. For many years he was a strung factor lu the polltluLmovemenu in his seo ttoa of the State. S - MUSIC AND SOCIETY. Thousands Attend the Initial Concert In Allegheny Yesterday's Pleasures. Not since tho Semi-Centcnnial celebration has there been such a crowd in Allegheny Parks as there was last night. Almost 15,000 peoplo'crowded around tho music stand to hear tho initial free concert of the season. It was given by tho iVew. Thero wore ten policemen on the ground, but great as tho throng was there was no disorder. At first an attempt was mado to keep the crowds off tho grass, but when the people poured in so rapidly even the lawns had to be utilized to rind standing room. As for the muslo the Grand Army Band did Itself proud. The opening number was "Gilmore's Triumphal March," which was followed by "Let Me Like a Soldier Fall," from "Mari tana." Then followed a rich solectinn which closed with the "Dance of tho Gob lins" and "The Night Alarm." Extexsive preparations aro in progress for tho lawn fcto to be givon undor tho auspices or tho Wilkinsburg Comanacry, 133, R. C. U., Knights of St. John. It is to take placo on the 29tb, 30th and 31st, and promises to be one of tho most brilliant affairs of tho kind held in Wilkinsburg this season. Tho feto will be given on the spacious grounds of St. James' Church. The ladies who have charge of the arrangements are very busy with preparations. It is unnecessary to say that all who attend aro sure to have a pleasant time. Social Chatter. Tnit Fourth Avenue Baptist -Church pic nicked at Idlewlla yesterday. The George C. Jenks excursion last even ing was worthy its predecessor. Tue Fifth U. P. Chnrch Sunday school, of Webster avenue, picnicked at Aliquippa Grove yesterday. Miss Margaret Caufbell, the charming sister of Dr. Campbell, returned yesterday from a year's sojourn In Donver. Miss Dora Dorset departed yesterday for Morgantown. where she will spend four weeks with friends in camp on the Cheat river. Mrs. nBKRT Kalbfell, of High street, Al legheny, nnd Miss Bosio Kalbfell, of Meyran avenue, Oakland, left yesterday for Par nassus, where they will spend a few weeks' vacation. CONSUMPTION KILLED IT. A Theatrical Manager Tells "Why His Piece Was Not a Saccegg. Chicago Tribune. "I understand your company busted up," he said to the theatrical manager Just in from "the road." "Yes, it's dead," was the reply. "What was the matter?" "Consumption." ' "Consumption 1" "Yes; plain, evory day consumption. It killed tho piece." "How in thunder could consumption kill it?" "Got a girl out West to play tho living statue, and she never said a word about it." "About what?" "Consumption. Tho first thing I knew, right in the middle of the most impressivo tableau in the piece, this statue had a fit of coughing that like to have ripped the top Of its head off. It died right there. A con sumptive statue was more than even a Jay audience could stand." AN H0N0E C0H TESTED. California Claims to Have First Produced As You Like It In Arcadia. New York Telegram. Various Items in the English papers claim ing for Lady Colin Campbell the credit of giving an out of door performance of "As You Like It" for tho first time has caused considerable comment in this city among actors and managers. It Is alleged that the first performance was givon in 1884. Yester day Al Hayman, the San Francisco theat rical manager, said: "The English papers are all wrong. The people on the Pacific coast claim tho honor of originating that idea. It was in 1882 when the Bohemian Club gave Its first out of door performance. "As You Like It" was tho piece, and Joseph R. Grismer, the actor, had cnarge 01 it. J. no piece was given on tne Russian river, and was one of the most suc cessful things of its kind over seen. Tho English papers copied a description of the performance, and I imagine it was in that way that Lady Colin Campbell heard of it." A Dad Place for Undertakers. Philadelphia Record.! The visit of the local undertaker to Secre tary Blaine's cottage at Bar Harbor on Fri day was at onoo accepted as evidence that Mr. Blaine was dead. It never occurred to the people who came to this conclusion that even an undertaker is not always burying men and women. It now appears that Bar Harbor is such a healthy place that the un dertaker cannot make a living, and his mis sion was to try to secure an office. The story is a reminder of the young doctor who con cluded that his patient had eaten a horse because there was a saddle and bridle under the bed. PEOPLE WHO COKE AND GO. A party of Standard Oil officials and friends are at the Monongahcla from Phila delphia and New 1 ork. It comprises W. G. Warden and wife. Miss EdlthtWarden, Miss Eleanor Davis, Messrs. Herbert W., Henry and Nelson Warden, Henry L. Davis, Jr., Josoph Bushncll, Jr., of Philadelphia, and John and Frank Bushnell, of New York. John Murphy, of Spohn & Murphy, the Southside druggists, Is enjoying a two weeks' vocation with the Big Four Fishing Club at Moravia. Ills stock of fish stories that has become depleted of late will be im proved on during his present outing, and his friends nre looking forward to a few evenings' entertainment on his return. A cablegram received at Max Scnambert; & Co.'s agency yesterday announces the safe arrival at Southampton of the Steamer Havel, having as passengers from this city Morris Kuuffman and Miss Ethel Baker. Misses Mary, Louise and Millie Slagle, daughters of Judge Slagle, and their grand mother, Mrs. It. D. Thompson, were passen gers on the fast line last evening. They go to Long Island for the summer. J. M. Shoemaker, E. B. Gorxnans and T. A. Gould, of Elmira, N. Y., are at the Du qnesne. They are hero to inspeot the vari ous systems ui rupiu. uuusii. ueu in xnis elty. Prof. H. M. Kohe, of Curry University, went to Chautauqua last night. He will de liver a lecture beforo the Business Edu cator)' Association in session there. Sergeant Aiken, of the United States Army, passed through the city yesterday, in charge of a party of recruits for Jefferson Barracks, St. Louis. X. F. Barger, of TouDgstown, and D. D. Moriarity, of Frankford Springs, two well known Standard Oil men, are at the Ander son. Ex-Superintendent of the Bailway Mail Ser.vlco Thompson passed through the city yesterday lor Cincinnati, via tne rannanuie. II. E. Waddle, of "Wheeling, and Mr. and Mrs. Edward Louis and Miss Emma Louis, of Bridgeport, O., aro at the Anderson. J. E. Madden, of Lexington, Jly., owner of Wyandotte, one of the winners In yester day's races, is at the Monongahela. B. M. Gardner, L. "W. Prior and C. F. Emery, all of Cleveland, are at the Ander son. They are here for the races. F. A. Hall and G. "W. Sill, of "Warren, and H. E. Dickey, of New Castle, were regis tered at the Schlosser yesterday. L. A. Hoves, of Butler; D. L. Corbett, of DuBois, and B. L. Lindsay, of Stcubenville, are at the Seventh Avenue. It. F. Myers, of Dayton, O., the well known stock raiser. Is at the Anderson, no is horc attending tho races. E. B. Youmans. of Elmira, IT. X., ex Secretary of tho United States Treasury, Is at the Duquesne. Major Samuel Hazlett left last night for Troy, N. Y via the Allegheny Valley, on a business trip. M. Strauss, the well-known glass man of Louisvillo, Ky., Is a guest of the tho Monongahela.- J. W. Richard, a prominent iron manu facturer of Bethlehem, is at the Duquesne. F. A. Bell, a prominent manufacturer of Buffalo, N. Y., i3 a guest at the Duquesne. Ex-Solicitor General George A. Jenks, of Brookville, Is at the Seventh Avenue Herbert Dupuy and family went East on the last line last evening. "W. H. Remington, of Salt Lake City, is registered at the Anderson. Major Brown went to Baltimore last evening on business. The Brooklyn baseball team Is quartered at the Monongahela. Major E. A. Montooth returned from the East yesterday. CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS. A fast stallion who has taken to hating his driver and won't trot for him any more, ia a York county, Me., curiosity. The old-fashioned game of scven-up is gaining a footing at swell Bar Harbor! They say Senator Hale introdnced it. At Deposit, If, X.,a few days ngo a dog owned by O. D. Wakemnn found a pocket book containing $400 in bank notes. That is quito a valuable dog. A Texas cattleman savs the outlook at present is that tho supply of rnttle from that State will fall short 1,000,0:0 head as compared with tho number last year. A Lawrence, Kan., drug store window is ornamented witli two native leeches, whioh measure a foot each in length, and have, combined, a blood capacity of one gal lon. There is an absolute potato famine in some parts of Maine, and the people have eaten no potatoes for several weeks, the old crop having been exhausted and no new ones imported. A member of Parliament proposes that the Scotch deer forcstsshould bo bought and converted into popular farms and pleasure grounds. The present rental of these ureas is about jCSO.COO a year. "With the idea of preserving the Gnelio languago the Duke of Athol's daughter it preparing for the instruction of the Gaels of Perthshire in reading, writing and speak ing their native tongue. A remarkable exhibition was opened at Berlin tne other day. The exhibitors aro the undertakers of Berlin, 32 of whom aro repre sented, and the exhibits are confined to cof fins and funeral furniture. It is a curious little fact, and one worth remembering, that on the same day, April 23, 1816, that William Shakespeare died in England, Miguel Cervantes, the celebrated Spanish author of "Don Quixote," died in Spain. Lightning from a clear sky struck a Helena, Mont., woman the other day, and traced on her an almost perfect representa tion of a small branch of a tree. The figures of the leaves wore nearly perfect. She waa not hurt in the least. A German biologist eava that the two sides of the face are never alike. In two persons out of five the eyes are out of line; one eye is stronger than the other in seven persons out of ten, and the right car is gen erally higher thon tho left. They break up jams of logs in the Androscoggin with dynamite Tho charge is lashed to a long pole nnd forced throngh the boiling water. The Jam leaves at once. Formerly men went out on the Jam, but it was very dangerous work. Sometimes eight cartridges are exploded at once. At Augusta, Go., a negro aged 73 was bantered to butt down the door of a saloon for a drink. With two or three lunges ho drove his head against the door like a steel hammer and the panels were splint ered, ne then took his drink and walked off as unconcernedly as if nothing had hap pened. On the farm of Colonel "W. B. "Worshara, at Henrietta, Tex., thero is a romarkoblo well. It usually contains about eight feet of water, but whon the wind blows from tho north the well goes dry, and remains so until a change of wind, when the water attain flows in and resumes its normal height. This strange phenomenon has been observed for several months. The Egyptians had a very remarkable ordinance to prevent persons from borrow ing imprudently. An Egyptian wns not per mitted to borrow without giving to his cred itor in pledge the body of his father. It was deemed both an impiety nnd an infamy not to redeem so sacred a pledge. A person who died without discharging that duty was de- S rived of the customary honors paid to tho cad. A "Western cattle rancher says it is be coming an every-day occurrence to seo women out West dealing In cattle and horses. The loneliness and hardships of the great prairies do not seem to deter ener getic women from the purpose of conduct ing a profitable business. A few days ago a cattle queen from Idaho sold two carloads of fine horses at Omaha at a much better figure than any man conld have obtained. Charlie Conner, of Beaver Falls, has on exhibition a monstrosity in tho shape of a chicken formed with two beaks, four legs, four wings and three backs. It is fully de veloped in every respect and lived for quito awhile after being hatohed out. The egg from which the Chicken was hatched was one of 11 placed under a hen. She brought out-ten chicks and then left tho nest, taking her ten chickens with her and abandoning the eleventh egg. The egg was put under an old goose that was setting, but as soon a it was hatohed out and the goose saw the man ner of bird it waa, she kicked it out of tho nest and it died. A small family, consisting or man, wlfo and baby, Is living In a big drygoods box in an open field near i orcester, Mass. Tho woman is 21 years of age and her babe 7 weeks. Sho says about a year and a half ago she married a farm laborer at Grecndalc. The baby was born in a boarding house, and she and her husband havo been living to- fethor with the infant in tho drygoods box or two or three weeks. He hires the land nnd tho woman says he intends to put up a better shelter. She has a brick flropiace outside the box where she does cooking. The hnsband is a cripple and walks with two canes. The woman is reported as say ing that she is perfectly satisfied with her lot. There are now blooming at St. Augus tine, Fla., 18 plants of tho agave Victoria regina species, or what is commonly called the century plant. A towering column rises out of the center of the plant to the height of 60 feet, but it is often relegated to the rubbish heap as worthless, for the reason that, as a thing of beauty, it has no further charms for the eye. Yet many thousands of the shaving people of the Old World utilize this shaft of tho plant. They make use of it as a razor strop. W. A. Chambers, auditor of the East Coast Hallway Lino, has had one in use for many years, and it shows not tho slightest delect from wear and tear. Tho strop is made by taking the shaft of the agave and cutting it into lengths of 12 Inches; these aro split into four, or as many "quarters" as possible, allowing to each piece a sufficiency of the pulp or heart of the stalk to present n suriace not less than one inch, on which to strop a razor. Tho heart hardens in tlmo and presents a fine, soft and naturally lubricated surface for stropping a razor. LAUGHING "WATEB. "What do you suppose Thompson did when the fiat he lives in caught a-flre the other day?" Sent In an alarm?" "No; he became wildly excited, apparently, and threw his wife's pug out of the third-story window. Hilled the brute, of coarse; and now she Is wonder ing If Thompson didn't know just whit he was doing all the time." IndianapolU Journal. As he sailed across the tide Foolishly he tied the sail To the railing at the side. And was sidled o'er the ralL When he landed In the sea. Where, though he conld see the land. He was stranded 'mong the fishes Till they fished him from the strand. Sew York JleraZJ. "Weldon "You a church member? You. surprise me! I've know you for a dozen years, and I never should have suspected it." Karedon "My friend, you don't expect a man to bring his religion with him when he comes here on 'Change, do your Chicago Tribune. "Have you "Watts on the Mind?' asked a South gecond street girl oftbe intelligent clerk. 'No, miss," replied the Intelligent clerk, "but I have warts on the knuckles, if you'd lite to see some. ' Brooklyn Eagle. "Gertrude refused Tom four times before she married him," said a girl to her friend at the seaside." Ah, Isee. It was a case of well shaken before taken." Washington Pott. Harry came in from his play roaring like a little bull of Bashan. He cries so often and so easily that little anxiety lsfdt when he Is heard screeching his hardest. On this occasion his mother said; "Well, wen, Harry, what now?" "Oh, I have skint my knee." "Skint H. Harry?" "Oh, yes, yea I I was walking along and I fell down, and when I got up my knee was all skua up! Just see how It is sklnded." Tbledo Blade. Peace fills the man who richly reaps And with a plenty Is content. And likewise, too. the tramp who sleeps And doesn't care to earn a cent. Chicago Herald. Kind-hearted employer Mr. Grubber, wouldn't yon like to go and spend a vacation of a week or two at some summer hotel In the country? Overworked employe Mr. Pnshem, this comes ao unexpectedly that that couldn't you tend one of the other boy? Chicago Tribune. ---"- fcjMiUigfc ,
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