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PITTSBURG, THURSDAY, JULY 10, ISO.
THE OHIO ISSUE.
The Ohio Democratic convention yes
terday took up its position for the cam
paign by doing what The Dispatch has
foreshadowed nominating Governor
Campbell on the first ballot The dissi
dent Democrats exercised their constitu
tional privilege of objection before the
nomination, but the preponderance in
lavor of Campbell was no less marked in
the convention than it had been in the pre
ceding canvass.
The essential point of the convention
and its nominations is that it takes the
field boldly and avowedly on the issue
with the tariff policy represented by Mr.
McKinley. The platform adopts the free
silver isue also, plainly as a tub to the
agricultural whale: but all the signs make
the tariff point the pivotal one of the cam
paign. It is to that issue that the temporary
Chairman, Mr. Allan AT. Thurman. de
voted his speech, so bristling with strong
points as to suggest the paternal author
ship of the Old Roman. The same point
was Governor Campbell's tour de force,
although his speech of acceptance took a
wider range of both State and local issues;
while the platform declaration is the most
uncompromising in favor of a purely
revenue tariff since the convention of 1876.
There is no question of the Ohio Demo
crats abandoning the tariff fight in favor
of any other issue.
This puts the campaign in Ohio upon an
interesting and squarely national basis.
Of course the sympathies of Pittsburg will
be strongly on the side of the leading ad
vocate of Protection in his Gubernatorial
canvass. But the fact tha't the Democrats
have drawn the lines squarely on the
national issue is satisfactory as indicating
that the campaign will be creditable, with
none of the cheap political dodging and
mud-throwing common to State cam
paigns. WESTIKGHOrSE REORGANIZATION.
The final success of the reorganization
of the Westinghouie Electric Company
was formally announced at the meeting
yesterday, and that arduous operation may
now be deemed complete. The work of
securing the reorganization has been full
of delays and difficulty, so much so that at
times it seemed close to failure. But the
energy and persistence of Mr. 'Westing
house has carried the arrangement through
to final success, and the company is placed
definitely and, it is hoped, permanently,
on its feet once more.
Of course, it i a matter of general con
gratulation to Pittsburg that a manufact
uring corporation with such local import
ance as the Westinghouse Electric Com
pany, and in which so large amount of
Pittsburg capital was invested, either by
investment or loans, should be clearly and
finally freed from its recent complica
tions. There is every reason to believe
that with its present debt provided
for under this arrangement, the future
of the enterprise will be one of prosperity
and usefulness. The field of electricity
lias hardly been opened up, and offers
vast scope for active work. Although the
electric light decision may circumscribe
the company's enterprise in one direction,
there are others in which opportunities for
enterprise are practically limitless. With
the finances of the company placed on a
secure basis there is every reason to be
lieve it will be able to utilize all oppor
tunities, and yield rich returns to share
holders. The reorganization which preserves
these opportunities and keeps so impor
tant an industry in active operation is an
auspicious ovent, and will evoke general
congratulation throughout the community.
ItErOIOI I LNT TRANSFERS.
'Die character and success of the Torrens
system of land transfer, as set forth in an
article in the Annali of the American
Academy, form the subject of an editorial
In the "ev York Sun. In addition to the
features of that system heretofore noted
in these columns, this article proves that
the expense of searching titles under the
new method is reduced to S3 or $10 for an
average transfer; while, although registra
tion of land titles under the Torrens sys
tem Is not generally compulsory, it has
been found so advantageous to landhold
ers as to ie generally adopted. In addi
tion the Sun sums up the practical effect
of the system in the following paragraph:
As regards the workings of this system,
there Mierns to be no dispute that it is found
In practice even moro beneficial than its ad
vocates maintained it would be. Wherever
tho system has become known, it is cus
tomary for purchasers to insist upon a Tor
rens title before buying. Another usual
effect of the system is to raise the value of
all land brought under it. Is there an3' valid
ittftson why the Torrens system, or one ap
proximating to it. illicit not be adopted with
advantage in the State of New Yoik?
"With regard to the closing question New
Yorkers should not forget that an im
portant step toward land transfer reform
lias been made there by the partial adop
tion of .Mr. Dvright IL Olmstead's block
indexing system. Mr. Olmstead's rather
tentative introduction of his reform has
seemed to separate it from a policy of
adopting the further features of the Tor
rens system. But New York would
make a mistake if it adopted the Tor
rens system so as to discard Mr. Olm
stead's indexing reform. The two should
le combined, as they can be, so as to re
tain the valuable features of each, and
Xew York, under Mr. Olmstead's guid
ance, might be the State to present the
example ot the best methods of doing it
In the meantime, other States should not
wait for New York to set the example.
T.'ieieis no reason why landed property
, may not be made as negotiable as stock
securities, except tho natural slowness of
legislation to recognize and adopt the
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systems of simplifying land transfers.
CO-OPEUATION AND COMPETITION.
Concerning the co-operative efforts
of tho Farmers' Alliance, which form
one of the praiseworthy features of
that organization, the Philadelphia Ledger
presents an argument against their practi
cability which is decidedly double-edged.
It thinks such efforts can rarely bo sue--cessfuL
because "if a co-operator de-.
velops sufficient business ability to make
the enterprise successful, he can make five
to ten times as much money by going into
business on his own account"
But this argument, if examined a little,
proves as enecuve at we Dreacn as ai me
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muzzle, in going to show the importance
of the co-operation to consumers. If tho
man who handles the goods makes from
five to ten times as much money by the
usual business methods as by co-operation,
it is evident that consumers, in the vast
majority of cases, must pay those en
hanced prices. The only justification for
any method of doing business is that it
performs the stated service for the least
cost, or that for a stated sum gives tne
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best service. If, therefore, as the Ledger
asserts, the co-operative system will re
lease producers or consumers from profits
of middlemen five or ten times there is the
strongest inducement for them to support
co-operative enterprises.
Of course, it would be unfair not to
recognize that business ability often wins
fortune by furnishing goods or products at
the cheapest cost But, as in nine cases
out of ten, this is done by building rip a
large trade, and as, co-operation furnishes
the trade ready-made, the two systems
are about even on that score. This Is the
strong point of co-operation, while the
strength of the competitive system lies in
the fact that It offers the greatest prizes to
the men who, by developing new economic
methods, are enabled to furnish commer
cial or industrial services at the lowest
cost
But, although there is a great effort to
make the public believe the opposite, the
commercial system to-day places such
check and restraints on competition that
there is some foundation for the Ledger's
assertion of profits multiplied five or ten
times. In view of that fact co-operation
has its greatest strength as a new competi
tive influence. In that function the Alli
ance organizations will, if honestly man
aged, show their usefulness by a marked
decrease of the cost of commodities
whether handled by co-operative concerns
or their competitors.
A PICNIC FOR OWNERS.
A recent declaration of racing law by
the great authorities, in the sporting col
umns of the New York papers, lets in a
flood of light on the ethics and purposes
of racing, as she is played. The case was
that of pulling a horse who had
the race won for the purpose of
letting a stable companion win. A
tolerably well defined instance of that
sort last week raised considerable excite
ment But the expounders of racing law
inform the objecting public that this is all
right, the sporting pundit of the New
York Tribune citing abundant precedents
to establish the legitimacy of the pro
ceeding. One precedent is especially valuable as
showing how beautifully the thing works.
The case is that of the Two Thousand
sweepstakes at Nashville in 1689, In which
Proctor Knott was tho favorite at 3 to 5
and Come-to-Taw, his stable companion,
was in the field at 4 to L The favorite
had the race to himself until he was
pulled up at the finish to let Come-to-Taw
win, which was done. It will
be seen that this precedent acts
indisputably in giving the owners a dead
certainty on the unsuspecting public
With one horse who can win, and another
in the field at long odds, they can either
pull off the purse and enough of the bets
at short odds to balance all their bets on
the long odds, or, if they get the thing in
proper shape, pull the fast horse and let
the dark equine win, thus scooping in the
shekels of the dear public at from four to
one upward.
.With this precedent recognized, the
great principle of racing to let the own
ers of stables fleece the unsuspecting pub
licis established on an impregnable
foundation.
AN IDEA TOR CHICAGO.
A lively hope has been temporarily cre
ated in the American mind over the chance
of a visit to this country by the original
Emperor of Germany. The foundation
for the hope seems to have been a chance
remark made by the Empress on the voy
age by the steamer Furst Bismarck to
England, that "this wouldbe a splendid ves
sel to go to America in." On that attenu
ated basis the idea of a trip to the United
States by the "War Lord of Germany has
been built
Although the prospect of such a visit is
slim, the idea presents a high ideal for
Chicago enterprise to aim at Philadel
phia had something in the Imperial line at
the Centennial in the person of the ami
able and estimable Dom Pedro. But a
South American Emperor would be nothing
beside a real German Kaiser; and if Chica
go's quality, generally known as "nerve,"
could induce the peripatetic "Wilhelmto
visit her show in 1893, she would cast the
Centennial attractions in that line deep in
the shade. Besides, if the German Em
peror were to come he might bring other
sovereignties in his train, and Chicago
might temporarily enjoy a profusion of
crowned heads equal to that of Major
Generals at Washington during the war.
Nevertheless the matter would be one
requiring careful handling after the-Im-perial
visitors had reached this country.
Dom Pedro enjoyed the United States be
cause he was the most democratic Em
peror that ever lived. But the German
Wilhelm is notoriously outspoken, and is
frank in his dislike of democracies; while
our great American public would proba
bly be equally free to express its belief
that a visiting monarch should make a
show of himself for the popular delecta
tion. When neither AVilhelm nor the
American citizen would forget he was a
sovereign the task of keeping the peace
would turn a Chicago committeeman's
hair gray if he had any in the first place.
The esteemed New York Sim should
guard against doing things by halves. Wlicu
it perceives the full value of its logic on tho
method of capital punishment, it will advo
cate a return to the good, old-fashioned Jef
fcrsonian barbecue st vie of hanging.
"Wmi reference to the fact that the in
creased yield of Texas farmers compels them
to build new wheat bins, a Republican co
temporary of the East remarks: "The Alli
ance should make the most of such distress."
But in view of the precious economic theory
that overproduction is tho source of evil,
and artificial scarcity the cure, docs not this
excessive abundance among the farmers
foreshadow distress? Or will tho organs of
the combination theories confess that this
universal recognition of an abundant crop
as a sign of prosperity is an evidence that
the trust theory of scarcity is a shallow
fraud;
A pkoi'Osition is on foot in New York
to give the right of suQiugo to "all self-sui-
.yMrffn
M;-''CT .S
i . apply tho same qualification to male voters
there would soem to be no reason why this
.provision should not be adopted.
IHE spectacle of Mr. Eussell Sago join
ing in tho movement against Dr. Briggs for
fear the latter -will corrupt the square, old
. fashioned Presbyterian doctrine is an in
structive one. Mr. Sago's determination to
ti maintain tho standards is creditable, if it is
ni t inspired by a fear that Dr. Briggs' her
eto teal ideas might discover some new-fnn-gle
d. theories againstJaylng up treasure on
ear Vh. or squeezing -the money market to
mat Tewvlittle deal.
Mr.v-GrjADSTONE emphatically pats the
quieti ts on .tho report that bo Intended to
retire wtjuiww ,... -.. -u.ci.u. vm .uuil
llnthe conflietuntil death conquers
him or ia conquers the Tories In the next'
general kel action,
"WiTHrth? North Dakota, Missouri and
South Carolina State Alliances cutting out
the sub-Trea sury plank from their platforms,
and other St ates showing a strong party
within the Alliance against In, that re
markable den lonstration of the prevalence
L of the class U "gislation Idea appears to bo
decidedly on the wane. By sticking to
sound ideas tlie Alliances of these States.
Kwill increase thieir strength and usefulness.
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"Whek we learn from South Carolina that
the Farmers Alliance officials have learned
the use of railroad passes, the fact that the
new political force is getting down to the
level of the old parties becomes distress
ingly apparent.
Thk squadron trf evolution- is now busily
engaged in drillintr tho naval militia of Bos
ton and New York to manage-the war-ships
which Undo Sam is building. The progress
of the naval militia idea is a good one for
furnishing a roseire force of the highest
order, if there should ever he need for real
work with the navy. But is not a little
more than a week's Brill -needed to secure
;the best efficiency!
The latest information, is that Mr. Blaine
tchews spruce gum to aid him in thinking.
If Mr. Blaine would ddstributo a little of his
supply of gum among: the Bar Harbor cor
(respondents it wonldi'bo a charitable pro
ceeding. In connection with 4he statement that the
city of Philadelphia, notwithstanding the
Bardsley steal, has a balance on hand of
$7,000,000, the Baltimore American remarks:
"The Republicans belle vo in a surplus." It
certainly requires a considerable exertion of
faith, for which they should receive due
credit, to believe in the United States Treas
ury surplus after the ' last Congross got
through withit.
Mr, Paknelis determination that he
will continue the struggle suggests that he
is disposed to seek the sympathy that at
taches itself to tho under dog In tho fight.
IP Minister Fred Douglass has found
Haiti too warm-for him, under present con
ditions, there would seem to be an opening
for Blair. There is every reason to believe
Blair will tackle any good mission that he
can get hold of, and undertake to quell the
savage Hippolyte with,one of his flve-day
speeches.
Sirxii Uncle Jerry can proudly claim
that he has kept the Weather Bureau up to
the standard and maintained a really first
class article of Republican weather.
Ex-Congeessman Perkins' assertion
that "not a nail is being driven ora shingle
put on" in that State because of the calamity
of the Alliance victory last fall omits tho
important specification that this may be, be
causothe Alliance drove all the nails Into
the coffins of the politicians last fall and
winter.
The independent-partisan judiciary
movement continues to make a 'good deal
of noise. But It roars too loudly iu the
preface.
Mrs. Lease, of Kansas Alliance, -fame,
declares she is afraid that the Kansas Re
publicans will murder her. That would be
very wrong of the Kansas Republicans. It
is not their business to revenge what Mrs.
Iiease has done to the English language.
THE TOPEE TEH.
Pbof. Curtis, the historian j,of Greece,
is to deliver an oration on VonMMoltke at
the Leibnitz anniversary.
Jules Verne in his younger'days was a
devotee of the baccarat table. He was at
that time a handsome young fellow, with
blonde hair and bluo eyes.
Aterdi has purchased apiece of land close
to Milan on which will be erected an asy
lum for aged and Impoverished musicians. .
The building is already begun.
Whex Prince George of "Wales returns
home from the West Indies next month ho
will vacate his command of the Thrush and
nocompany his mother to Denmark.
A woman's book has just been crowned
by the French Academy, and has, morever,
received tho Prix Montyon of $300. This is
Mdlle. Blaze de Bury 'a history of Anne
Boleyn.
Mas. James Brows' Potter and Kyrle
Bellew nre in Singapore this month. Thoy
are traveling withont any supporting com
pany, but organize a company of amateurs
in cities where they conclude to give an en
tertainment. The rumor that Sousa, the famous
leader of the Marine Band, in Washington,
was insane, is vigorously denied by his
friends in Washington, although his health
is not of the best. At present he is travoling
in England with his wife.
Miss Aimer Tourgee, daughter of the
author of "A Fool's Errand," has been
awarded the prize for suporior excellence in
illustration by tho Philadelphia School of
Design for Women. The prize Is given by
Sir. George W. Chllds, and is a finely en
graved gold mcdal'of tho valuo of $50.
A Paris correspondent declares that
Madame Albcrtino Chausscnot, who claims
to be a daughter of the ex-Empress Eugenie,
does not bear tho slightest resemblance to
the Countess of Montijo. The-woman is
said to be animated in advertising her pre
tences, not by mercenary motives, but by a
desiro to learn the truth about her parent
age. Judge "Walter Q. Gresham Is at
Lanesvillo, Harrison county, Ind., vislttng
his aged mother, a filial duty tho distin
guished gentleman performs when he is able
to take a few days from his official cares.
He is in his usual good health, and as genial
as when he was a practicing attorney in Xe w
Albany, years before he attained national
distinction.
GRASSHOPPERS AH INCH SEEP.
The Insect Plague Even Driving Live-Stock
Before. Them In Colorado.
Brush, Col., July 15. The whole country
south of hero is completely infested with
young grasshoppers of the locust species,
tho samo that laid waste Kansas and
Nebraska years ago. They seem to bo in
creasing daily, and are now so numerous as
to drivo sheep and cattle before them, being
an inch deep in some places. At Alfala
unripe grain and gardens aro being com
pletely ruined.
Should a strong northeast wind arise
within 31 hours, sufficient to change their
course, it would turn them out into a less
fertile and less densely populated section.
Some have reached Beaver creek, and
millions are floating on its surface. The
stream will probably hold tho larger body of
them in check a short time until age de
velops their wings.
Enforcing a New Labor Law.
Lattos, July 15. Hon. John McBride,
State Inspector of Shops and Factories, has
directed a number of cigar manufacturers
here to discharge minors in their employ, as
required by the new stringent law.
Argentine Banks Resume.
Buekos Aybes, July 15. The Bank of Italy
and the Bank of Rio de la Plata, which re
cently suspended payment, resumed busi
ness to-day.
I DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES
As Promulgated at the Cleveland Conven
tionThere Was a Difference About the
Silver Flank and Also Over the Tax on
Graduated Income.
r SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DtSrATCH.!
Cleveland, July 15. The following is the
text of the platform adoptodby tho Conven
tion to day:
"The Democracy of Ohio in Convention as
sembled hereby resolve: "That wo most
heartily endorse the honesty and economy
of tho administration of Governor James E.
Campbell, and commend the 'Sixty-ninth
General Assembly for its business qualifica
tions, economy and reform, and especially
for having provided for a secret ballot, by
which every voter in Ohio can cast his ballot
in secret as he desires, and have his vote
counted as cast, and we invite attention to
the fact that the Bepublican party, though
hypocritically professing to favor a 'free
-ballot and fair count," yet opposed and voted
against the bill for providing for a free and
secret ballot, thus demonstrating its pro
fessions to be insincere and for political
effect only, and we oordlally indorse and ap
prove the act of the Legislature regulating
the compensation of county officers by pro
viding for a fixed salary.
"We are opposed to all class legislation
and believe in a tariff levied for the sole
purpose of producing a revenue sufficient to
defray the legitimate expenses of the Gov
ernment, economically administered. We
-accept the issue, tendered to us by the Ito-
publlcan party, on the subject of tariff as
represented by the McKinley tariff act, con
fident that the verdict of the people of Ohio
will be recorded against tho iniquitous
policy of so-called protection championed
by the Bepublicaa party in the interest of a
favored class against the masses. Wo favor
a graduated income tax.
The Silver Plank That Suits.
"We denounce tho demonetization of' sil
ver in 1873 by tho party then in power, as
an iniquitous alteration of tho money stand
ard. In favor of creditors and against debt
ors, tax-payers and producers, nnd which,
by shutting off one of the sources of supply
of primary money, operates continually to
Increase the value of gold, depress prices,
hamper Industry and disparage enterprise;
and we demand the reinstatement of the
constitutional standard of both gold and sil
ver, with the equal right of each to free and
unlimited coinage
"Wo denounce the Bepublican Billion
Dollar Congress,' which by extravagant ex-
Senditure exhausted a surplus in the
ational Treasury, left thero by a Demo
cratic administration, and created a deficit
which substituted despotio rule for freo dis
cussion in the House of Representatives.
We congratulate tho people on the defeat of
the odious force bill demanded by a Repub
lican President, and championedhy the Be
publican party for the purpose of perpetu
ating its rule by perverting the constitu
tional powers of the Government, destroy
ing free elections, and placing the ballot box
in the hands of unscrupulous partisans in
order, as declared by Speaker Keed, to reg
ister the voters, supervise the elections,
count the ballots and declare the result.'
Personal Bights Must Be Unmolested.
"Wo are opposed to the enactment of all
laws which unnecessarily interfere with the
habits and customs of any of our people,
which are not offensive to the moral senti
ments of the civilized world, and we believe
that the personal rights of the individual
should be curtailed only when it is essential
to the maintenance of the peace, good order
and welfare of the community.
"Wo favor the passage of such laws by the
General Assembly as will give us a system
for the government of our municipalities,
uniform throughout the State as the Consti
tution requires, in which tho executive and
legislative power shall be separated, the
former to be lodged in a Mayor, and the lat
ter In a Council, both to bo elected by the
people, thereby realizing the principle of
homo rule, safe from tho dangers and evils
of special legislation.
"Wo favor closer commercial relations
with our Canadian neighbors, and the re
moval of the embarrassing and annoying re
strictions, which only vex our people, with
out yielding any substantial revenue to the
Government.
"We favor liberal and Just pensions to do
serving and disabled soldiers and sailors
who fought for tho maintenance of the Gov
ernment, and like pensions to their widows
and orphan children.
"The persecution of the Hebrew people by
the Russian Government, justly doserves
and receives our unqualified censure. We
extend to them our sincere sympathies, and
believe that this Government, in connection
with the enlightened Governments of Europe
disposed to unite with us, should tako
proper steps to alleviate the wrongs thus in
dicted on this long-suffering and oppressed
people."
This Plank Was Kept Out.
The minority report, presented after the
above had been read, was as follows:
"We, the undersigned members of the
Committee on Besolutions, recommend the
adoption of the following resolution as a
substitute for the plank In tho platform on
tho free and unlimited coinage of silver:
"We believe in honest money, the coinage
of gold and silver and circulating medium
convertible into such money without loss.
and we oppose all legislation which tends to
drive either gold or silver out of circulation;
and we believe in maintaining the coinage
of both metals on a parity.
'We also recommend that tho resolution
declaring for a graduated tax on incomes
be stricken from the platform."
This was signed by James D. Ermston,
First district; F. M. Gorman, Second dis
trict; Michael Donnelly, Sixth district; F. O.
Farrell, Seventh district; Manus O'Donnell,
Ninth district: S. A. A. Harter, Sixteenth
district: O. N. Scbmtck, Eighteenth district;
D. C. Coolman, NineentU district; James
Lawrence, Twentieth district.
FBIENDS OF TEMPEBANCE MEET.
The Convention at Saratoga Seems to Be
Unanimous Against License.
Saratoga, July 15. The tenth National
Temperance Convention assembled this
morning. About 20 organizations, including
tho Sons of Temperance, Good Templars,
Bechabites, Sons and Daughters of Temper
ance, Royal Templars, and. both branches of
the Women's Christian Temperance Union,
wore represented by about 200 delegates
from nearly every section of the United
States. An address of welcome was deliv
ered by Bev. D. Webster Gates, tho pastor of
tho church, and a speech in response was
made by Rev. Dr. Cuylor. The forenoon
session was taken up in completing tho or
ganization by the choice of Eugcno H.
Clapp, of Boston, ns temporary and then
permanent Chairman.
At tho afternoon session a number of es
says were read and discussed. All were full
of prohibition sentiments as opposed to
high license. Not a voice was raised in
favor of license, even Mrs. J. Ellen Foster
uttering the most ultra-prohlbltlon senti
ments. This evening tho church was filled
nt a mass meeting, at which Dr. Cuyler pre
sided, and addresses were made by Rev.
Joseph Cook and Mrs. J. Ellen Foster. Ex
Governor Goodell is Chairman of the Com
mltteo on Resolutions.
THE BOLLIiro HILLS TO CONTINUE.
HoUldaysbnrg's Big Iron Plant Sold to At
torneys for Bondholders.
f SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH. 1
Hollidatsbueq, July 15. The oxtensive
rolling mills, nail factories and furnaces of
the Hollldaysburg and Gap Iron Works
here, with valuable iron ore franchises,
which were recently operated by McLana
han. Smith & Co., limited, were sold to-day
by the Receiver, Hon. Joseph Fichtner, to
Martin Bell and M. F. Leason, attorneys for
the second mortgage bondholders, for $30,
525. The bondholders will either operate
the works themselves or sell to outside cap
italists, who aro anxious to get tho works.
SWALLOWS HAHG A LITTLE BUBGLAB.
The Latest Find of a Curio Collector in Lit
Uo Washington.
rSPECIAL TELEOKAM TO THE DISPATCn.l
Washikotos, Pa., July 15. Shan Marge
rum, the well-known local tratherer of curios,
.has a new addition to his collection. Ho re
ceived from a friend an English sparrow
that hadmet its death in a peculiar way. It
was found hanging under a rafter in a bam
near a swallow's nest, which it had triod to
despoil.
The marauder had beon cleverly hung by
a horsehair, and it is thought tho swallows
thus punished the intruder. Margorurn is
mounting tho sparrow as it was when fouud.
The Plrst Man Is Sure of His Laugh.
New York Advertiser. J
Mr. Blaine laughs at the silly reports re
garding his health. Mr. Harrison solemnly
casts his bait into the sea and, until his
thoughts are diverted by a nibble, rumi-
natos that the person who laughs last
laughs best.
6EVEEAL NEW IAWS.
Ordinances Signed for the Manchester Loop
and tho Dnquesno Way Sidewalk.
Maoor Gourley yesterday morning signed
the ordlnanoe granting tho Pittshurg, Alle
gheny and Manchester Street Railway Com
pany the right to construct a single-track
branch to its line along Duquesne way and
Fifth street from the Sixth strest brldgo
nnd along Liberty street from Fifth street to
tho present terminus of the road on Liberty
street. The ordinance provides that the
track shall be laid parallel with and along
side of the tracks of tho West End and tho
Union Passenger Railway Company's lines,
and will form the loop for the new electric
lino.
Another important paper signed was the
Joint resolution authorizing the construc
tion of a footway or sidewalk along the
north side of Duquesne way from the Sixth
street bridge to the Exposition buildings.
The work is to be constructed by Chief
Bigelow and will be 12 feet wide with cross
ings for teams to the wharf at
regular intervals. It is probable
that a paved way will he constructed from
each of these crossings to the river, and
after the Government survey is completed
the city may construct a water log or dike
along the river front for the convenience of
boats, similar to that on tho Monongahela
wharf.
The supplementary ordinance) granting
the Greenfield Avenue Railway Company
the right to lay tracks on Sylvan avenue,
and ono granting tho Swissvaleand Wilkins
burg Street Railway Company tho right to
lay tracks on Forward avenue, both recoived
the official signature that makes them laws.
Both lines are to be laid on unpaved streets,
and the ordinances require that when thoso
streets aro paved the companies will pave
between their tracks and one foot on each
side with the same material used in tho
street paving. Otherwise the companies
will be subject to the genoral street railway
ordinance.
OBJECT TO THE CLAIM.
Trouble Over Some Property at the En
trance of Schenlej- Park.
A bill in equity was filed yesterday bv Ed
ward Kelly, Jr., and W. C. Moreland against
Dr. W. H. Daly for George Schwan and wife.
The suit is brought to restrain Dr. Daly from
laying any claim to three acres of land in
the Twenty-second ward, near Schenley
Park, owned by the plaintiffs. Tho land was
owned by the Schwans, who sold it to tho
plaintiffs in November, 1889. In June, 1883,
Dr. Daly, it is charged, obtained an option
on the land from the Schwans and agreed
to buy at $2,000 per acre. Ho afterward re
corded a conveyance.
The agreement, however, was repudiated
by the Schwans, who charged that Dr. Daly
had deceived them and fraudulently misled
them about the opening of Schenley Park,
which has since enhanced the value of the
place. Though the argument was repu
diated, Daly has since been claiming an ad
verso right to the land. The Court is now
asked to declare the record of conveyance,
etc., void, and restrain Daly from laying
any claim to tho land.
A GBEAT BAFT OF LUMBER.
The Largest Which Ever Attempted an
Ocean Voyage Lands in New York.
rSPECIAIi TELEGRAM TO TILE DISPATCH.
New York, July 15. After an eventful voy
age of 16 days thebigLeary raft, which left
St. John on Juuo 23 in tow of tho tug Ocean
King, was safely landed in Leary's basin
last evening without the loss of a single
stick.
This is the largest timber raft whichever
attempted an ocean voyage. It contains
timber enough to build a small village. It
was built in sections, each section about
60 feet long, 40 feet wide and 19 icet deep.
There were 18 sections in all, and they were
linked together with great iron chains. The
raft contained about 23,000 feet of timber, or
3,600,000 feet of lumber. It would have loaded
35 schoonors. When stretched out on tho
ocean the tow was 4,000 feet long.
The Taylor University Presidency.
fSPECIAL TELEGRAil TO THE DISPATCH.
Zanesville, July 15. Rev. T. C. Rcado,
pastor of the Second Street M. E. Church,haa
accepted the presidency of the Taylor Uni
versity at Ft. Wayne, which is the protego
of the National Association of Local Metho
dist preachers.
Gantemala Bednces Grain Daties.
Panama, July 15. The Assembly of Guate
mala has decreed the suppression of duty
on cattle, flour and other provision, im
ported from abroad. The press praises
unanimously this measure, as ft undoubtedly
saves the poorer classes from actual famine.
Not the Boston Brand ol Mint. v
Boston Herald.
Colonel McClure has been appointed a
member of a commission to select a site for
a mint. The best place for it is in the J ulep.
SEMHS HEEE AND ELSEWHEBE.
Hon. Phineas M. Augur.
Phineas M. Augur, who was Prohibition
candidate for Governor of Connecticut last Novem
ber, recelvlug 3,413 votes, was found dead in his
bed at his home In MiddleBeld Tuesday morning.
His death resulted from heart disease. He was 65
years old and a native of Mlddlefleld, where he con
ducted a large flower nursery under the firm name
of P. M. Augur & Son. He was prominently con
nected with agricultural affairs, prepared Connect
icut's larre agricultural exhibit at the Centen
nial Exhibition, and was a State polmologist for
many years. Uc acted with the Republicans until
1S3J, woen he went over to the Prohibitionists, and
had since been a prominent party worker. He waa
identified with educatlonall matters In his town,
and represented it in the Legislature in 1569.
Pro John C. Nasli.
Prof. John C. Nash fell dead in his chair
t his home in Parkersburg Monday night. He
was 75 years of age, and was one of the most
prominent educators of the State, being engaged In
ecboolwork long before the public school system
was established In AVest Virginia. After he was 70
years of age he took up the subject of French and
German, and became pronclent in each language.
He had as his pupils some of the most prominent
men of the State. Including ex-Congressmen Jack
son and Smith, and L. T. Neal, of Ohio. Concern
ing his funeral he directed that no crape be on the
door, no funeral services held, that no one attend
the funeral except certain persons mentioned, and
that his sons bun-him. Ho was born atLowville,
Lewis county, N . Y.
William F. Lewis.
"William F. Lewis died yesterday. He
was a brother-in-law of Attorney Thomas H.
Davis and a well-known citizen of the Southslde,
who by a life of rectitude and uniform kindness
and courtesy succeeded la gaining and retaining
hosts of friends. He was a soldier in the late war,
and in one of the battles of the Peninsula was
taken prisoner and confided In Llbby prison, where
lie was detained until his health was shattered by
disease and inhuman trertment, a condition which
contributed largely to his subsequent indifferent
Iiealtn. lie was sick lor a long time preceeuing nis
death. He was a nailer by occupation ana bus
worked In most of the principal factories of this
vicinity. He leaves a wife and two children.
Itev. Samnel BIsseL
Eev. Samuel Bissel, a missionary in In
dia, who died about a month ago, had many friends
nnd acquaintances in Northern Ohio. He was at
one time the principal or the old academy at Milan.
Mr. Illbsel wa3 a graduate of Adclbert College, of
the Western Kctervc University, and one or the
honored alumni. For years he and his wife hive
been laborlug among the poor natives of India.
Obituary Notes.
MRS. HOVORA HlCKEV died at Holbrook,
Mass., on Monday, aged 103. She was bora in
Ireland.
James 'Wilso:?, a wealthy citizen of York,
died Monday in his 54th year. He made his money
in the wholesale drug business in Philadelphia. He
never married.
William B. Matthews, a veteran of the
late war In the One Hundred and Elglitv-clghtli
Pennsylvania Infantry, died Wednesday after a
long Illness, aged 02.
Captain Charles Dougherty, of Cressona,
Ta., died suddenly Monday In nls 53th year. He
was n veteran of the Ninety-sixth regiment, and
was Grand Marshal of the G. A. B. lor Pennsyl
vania. BEKJAM1X ESTABHO0K, senior member of
the firm of Estabrook & Eaton, Boston cigar
dealers died Tuesday at Hlngliam from the effects
of a surgical operation performed on Sunday as a
last resort to sa e his life.
Gus. Klemmert, a well-known citizen of Al
toona, and proprietor of the Eaglo Brewery, died
yesterday morning of Brlght's disease, aged 50
vears He was prominent in secret society circles,
and has been for several years Chief of tho Altoona
Fire Department.
Harvey Rice, who operated tho first loco
motive on the Concord i (N. II.) Railroad, died
Monday night, aged 79. Ho was master mecbanlo
of the Concord Railroad, and subsequently super.
lnteudeiitoI'theOgdensburg and Lake Champlaln
Railroad. He was a prominent Mason.
Captain J. M. OILMAN died In Portland,
Ore Sunday. He came to aan D'rancisco in law nn
the'shlD which brought the material for the first I
steamboat on the Sacramento river. He put the I
machinery in this boat, and was licr engineer for
some time. He went to i-onwna in io, ana was
associated with Captain Alnsworth and others In
organizing the Oregon Steam Navigation Com-pauy.
TALK AT CHAUTAUQUA.
Bicycling for the Beauties The Importance
of tho Salad Described by a Great Cook
How to Enlarge the Horizon ol Narrow
Blind.
rsrECiAL telegram to the dispatch.
Chautauqua, July 15. To-day opened
beautiful here, but later tho temperature
dropped and showers fell. The several
schools continue to flourish, despite the
absence of the teachers in Toronto. Tho
most interesting ono is the bicycle school
under the immediate direction of "W". S.
Maltby, the well-known wheelman. Mr.
Haltby gave an exhibition of his remarkable
skill on a bicycle last Saturday night, and
also rode around in the Amphitheater on
top of an ordinary wagon wbeeL It
looked too easy for anything, at least
so thought a number of very pretty
Chautauqua girls, and accordingly
they resolved to take lessons. The fun be
gan yesterday, and continued to-day. It is
a sight for the gods to -watch the young
ladles In their frantic attempts to keep
their balance on the top of the bicycle. One
auburn-haired maiden from New York has
broken all previous records in the number of
times she has fallen. When the procession
fiassed a given point she was not "in it," but
he way she pluckily stuck to tho wheel won
her the good wishes of all the spectators.
After she finished to-day the inventory
looked something like this on the "trial
balance:" Two thumps on the body; three
humps on the head; one bruised finger, and
a partially skinned knuckle. She vows she
-will learn to ride, If it takes all summer,
and the young menbicyclists ulso vow If sho
is successful thoy will give her a banquet,
and make her an honorary member of tho
Sons and Daughters of the Revolution, a
new bicycle club just formed.
Another Fair Lecturer.
Prominent people aro arriving by every
boat and train. Ono of these was Miss Maud
J. Welch, who dropped in from Buffalo.
She has made quite a reputation as a lectu
rer, and has engagements for public lectures
In Chicago, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Indianap
olis and other Western places. Prof. R. W.
Harper, formerly of Yale University, got
back from the West last night, and now reg
isters from Chicago. He had been to Pork
opolis to consult the trustees of the Cnicago
University, of which he is President, about
some plans they have in mind. Prof. Har
per says the university will bo open in the
tall of 1692, and he expects to have a fair
number of students to enter the classes. Ho
is a great favorite here, and they tell many
a good Joke about his absent-mindedness.
To-day's programme was decidedly inter
esting. Prof7 F. Starr, nf New York, con-
tinned his lectures on the "Mound Builders"
at 2:30 p. jr. Prof. John Bach McMaster, of
the University of Pennsylvania, lectured at
4:30, in the Hall of Philosophy, before a
large audience on a "Hoop for the Barrel,
or the Struggle for a Government." It was
nn introduction to three lectures in the
course on the commercial independence of
the United States. At 6 o'clock was held the
C. L. S. C. "round table," which was qulto
interesting and very largely attended.
At 7 occurred the beautiful vesper service,
and at 8 o'clock Miss Maud Murray, of Bos
ton, the popular elocutionist, gave to a large
audience in the Amphitheater a very re
markable rendering of Elizabeth Stuart
Pliolps' artistic and dramatic temperance
story, "Jack, the Fisherman." Miss Murray
won frequent applause by the clever man
ner in wnicn sue Drougnt out tne exquisite
pathos and tragic force of the story.
Salads Landed to the Skies.
Mrs. Emma Ewing's lecture to the ladles
to-day was on salads, and it was very inter
esting, even to the men present. She said
salads were the most essential things in the
whole range of cooking, and should occupy
a place on the dinner table every day. They
can be made from all manner of fruits, veg
etables, fish, poultry, game, and, in fact,
nearly everything that is edible. Curiously
enough, Mrs. Ewing suggested that salads,
like oil paintings, had two laws: first, the
law of harmony, and, second, the law of
contrast. For example, in chicken salad
there Is harmony of flavor between the
chicken and the olive oil, spices being used
to relieve the quiet flavors of the other
things, and, secondly, the contrast Is be
tween the celery and chicken, ono being raw
and tho other cooked. Mis.Ewlng laid down a
rule about garnishing the salads that few
people praotice. Nothirc must be used in
garnishing a salad that is not fit to be used
with It. Mrs. Ewing sent a big dish of their
salad, made in the classroom, to Dr. Flood,
editor of the Chautauquan, and he is the hap
piest man on tne grounos to-nignc. xne
thirteenth annual meeting of the Business
Educators' Association or America organ
ized hore to-day. Prof. L. A. Gray, of Port
land, Me., presided. Representatives from
nearly 100 of the leading colleges of the land
are in attendance, and several hundred
more are expected after the National Teach
ers' meeting at Toronto adjourns. The
papers presented to-day wore as follows:
"First Lessons in Penmanship," G. W. Han
nun, of Hartford, Conn.; "Iniatory Work In
Bookkeeping," S. Bogardus, Springfield, 111.;
"Commercial Work in Normal Schools," C.
E. Chase, Indiana, Pa. This afternoon
Chancellor Vincent delivered the address of
welcome, which was feelingly responded to
by President Gray, Dr. Mayo, of Detroit, and
Secretary W. E. McCord, of New York.
Among those in attendance aro Hon. Iru
Mayhew, Detroit: L. A. Gray, Portland, Me.;
President W. E. McCord, New York; Secre
tary and Treasurer H. T. Loomis, Cleveland,
O.; G. W. Brown, Jacksonville, HI.; Enos
Spencer, Louisville, Ky.
Enlarging Narrow Blinds.
Chancellor Vincent, in his address of wel
come, spoke as follows: "The work in which
you are engaged is a work in which wo are
very much in sympathy. Your work may
bo, although it ought not to bo more narrow
than ours. You aim at a specific work In
behalf of a particular class of people. Our
doctrino is that the more widely a class is
educated tho better work that class will do
in its chosen line, I remember a good many
years ago meeting a young lady with a roll
of music under her arm, bound for a village
to attend music lessons. She said in tho
course of a conversation: I am a member of
the Chautauqua Library and Scientific Cir
cle becauso I am a musician. I thought
tho other day there was danger of my
becoming narrow as a musician in giving
attention all the time to one particular
thing, and I thought I would make a better,
broader, more thoroughly Inspired and In
spiring musician if I lived in a larger world
and had a vaster horizon.' Hooked at her
with astonishment because it was an ex
ceedingly wise rpmark for a girl devoted to
music to make. The C. L. S. C. aims to
broaden tho horizon of all who are com
pelled to do hard work. Lawyers, for ex
ample, and physicians and ministers, many
of whom are the narrowest men on the
planet. A professor in college may become
narrow, and may devote himself to his
specialty and forgot that thero is anything
else in this world. It puts me in mind of a
story of a Frenoh artist who one day re
marked to a friend the fact that thero were
only three great artists in the world. 'Only
three! And who are thoy?' said the gentle
man. " 'Who are zayT Zay are, in ze first place
myself, and I forget zo names of ze other
two.' "
PATBIOnC ALSATIANS.
Though of German Blood They Call Them
selves Americans.
SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.
Wheeling, July 15. Last night tho Alsa
tians held a meeting in Beethoven Hall, this
elty, as a preliminary toward organization,
about 40 members being present. Speeches
were made.and another meeting will be held
next week.
After some business had been transacted,
the remainder of the evening was spent in a
social way, French patriotic songs being
sung. It is strange to ceo these men of the
German race singing French national airs,
but they say they aro French-American citi
zens. SACRIFICED THEIB JEWELS.
The Good Example of a Wealthy Young
Woman Proves Contagious.
TFFECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.
Round Lake, N. Y., July 15. At tho Chris
tian Alliance meeting yestorday 3tiss V.
Louise Shopard, of No. 230 West Forty-fourth
street, New York, a wealthy young lady,
said that sho had given nil hsr jewels to tho
Lord, and proposed to glvo $2W to pay for a
missionary to the heathen. Sho asked if any
one would help her.
At once a number of the congregation,
men and women, offered theirrings, watch
chains, earrings, watcbos and money until
the little altar looked like a Jewelry case.
A C0KHG MUSICAL FESTIVAL.
BIcKeesport Will Enjoy It, and Pittsburg
Talent Will Be Represented.
fSrECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.
McKxisrORT, July 15. Arrangements are
belnz made for tho holding of a musical
festival in this city in October, for the bene-
fit of the McKeosport Hospital. Prof. K.
Murphy, assisted by tho lending talent or
Pittsbnrsr and thl.-. citv. will bo at tho head
of it. It will be made the grandest evant of
the kind over held in McKeesport.
BLAT5I BETUBHS EI EEPTEJQEB.
The Statement That the Secretary Is Almost
Well Again Confirmed.
Boston, Julr 15-A reporter secured an
Interview with Mr. Blaine at Bar Harbor
yesterday, and hi3 report bears out previous
statements to the effect that tho Secretary
of State has simply been suffering from
overwork and nervous trouble, and that ho
is rapidly recovering. His face shows no
traces .of disease, hut bears the pleasant,
sunny expression of a man in the vigor of
good health. His eye was clear and blight
and his grip cordial and without tremor.
There was no evidence on which to hong a
suspicion that Mr. Blaine had any organic
disease, and the statesman Is looking much
better than he has appearod-in Boston for
several years.
He eats everything he desires, barring
pastry; weighs 183, his normal weight; takes
a great deal of exercise, and transacts the
routine affairs of state, dictating an d sign
ing letters. He takes absolutely no medi
cine. So firmly convinced are Mr. Blaino
and the family of his recovery that Septem
ber 21 or 25 has been set as the date when ho
will return to Washington to assume the
full and active duties of his department
again.
POSTAL CLEBES OBGAKTZE.
The First Day's Session of Their Conven
tion at Cincinnati.
Cincinnati, July 15. A National conven
tion of the railway postal clerks of the
United States met in this city this afternoon.
Harry E. First, of this city, was elected
Chairman. While committees were prepar
ing to report, the convention was addressed
by Congressman Caldwell, of this city. Fo'
lowing him, remarks were mado by several
others.
A permanent organization was effected
with the following officers: President, C.
A. Guthrie, Chicago; Vice President, W. R.
Fry, St. Paul; Secretary, M. H. Bunn, At
lanta. ONE VAN OK A 8TRTKTT,
And He Succeeds In Paralyzing a Great
Ballroad System for a Night.
rgPZCIAL TELEGRAM TO -THE DISPATCH.
Findlay, July 15. A novel railroad strike, ,
Involving but one man, occurred here last
night. M. C. Tyler, engineer of the Big Four
train running between this city and Carey,
refused to take bis engine out, and as a re
sult the train that should have left here at 8
o'clock in the evening remained here all
night, greatly to the annoyance of-a number
of passengers.
Mr. Tyler was recently transferred from
the main line to tho branch, and this action
was the causo of his peculiar and partially
successful strike.
KANSAS GBASSH0PPEBS.
They Are Not of tho Variety So Destructive-
Seventeen Years Ago.
rSPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.
Topexa, Kan., July 15. Chancellor Snow,
of the State University, passed through
Topeka yesterday en route to Eastern
Colorado, where the grasshoppers are re
ported. He has examined a number of the hoppers
sent him and says they are not the destruc
tive Rocky Mountain locusts which did so
much damage in 1871. He will continue his
investigations until thoroughly convinced
of tho character of the pests.
SESAT0B QUAY'S PLANS.
A Candidate for Ee-EIectlon as Senator but
Not for Committee Chairman.
rSPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.
Cape Mat, July 15. Hon. Richard R. Quay,
who is here on a fishing excursion, son of
Hon. Matthew S. Quay, stated to a reporter
to-night that his father would not accept a
re-election as Chairman of the Republican
National Committee, but was a candidate
for re-election to tho United States Senate,
and confident of success.
Three Days Hore for Dogs.
Owners of dogs havo three more days to
secure the safety of their animals by taking
out licenses. Monday morning the dog
catchers will begin operations bright and
early, and before the day is over there will
doubtless be numerous Inhabitants at the
Ruch's hill pound. Central police station
was orowdett with applicants yesterday, and
over 200 licenses were issued.
Pnblio Works Receipts.
The receipts of tho Department of Pnblio
Works for June, as shown by Chief B ige
low's report to the Controller yesterday,
were $7,752 89, of this amount $5,643 65 came
from market rents, $760 47 from wharves and
landings. $166 92 from citv scales. 201 85 from
the Bureau of Wator Assessments. $903 from
the switch licenses and $75 from scale
licenses.
Pittsburg's Cheap Government
Controller Morrow is pleased over somo
figures in Superintendent of Census Porter's
report. They show that Cleveland is tho
only city in the country where the govern
ment is cheaper than in FittsDurg. The per
capita tax in Cleveland is $7 52, and in Pitts
burg $8 86. In St. Paul and several other
cities it runs as high as $27.
neat Drives Men From Work.
rSPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DtSPATCS.1
McKeesport, July 15. Tho greater part of
the men who work where the heat is tho
most severe in the National and the W. Dfr
wees Companies mills were idle to-day and
also last night on account of the intense
heat.
SaltonLake Still Growing.
Los Angeles, July 13. Sal ton Lake In the
desert continues rising, until now the over--
now reaches auw square mues.
PEOPLE WHO C0HE AND GO.
A. C. Dibert, of Johnstown, is at the An
derson. George Sinderman and wife went to At
lantic City last night.
J. E. Hoggeshall, an electrical expert of
Now York, is at the Anderson.
F. A. Kingsley and Mrs. Kingsley, of
tho East End, left for Ocean Grove last even
ing. G. Frielinghaus, a tourist from Dort
mund, Germany, was at tho Anderson yes
terday. The family of B. J. McKnight, of the
Pittsburg Insuranco Company, are at Chau
tauqua. J. S. L'Amoreaux, of Ballston Spa, K.
Y., the attorney to tao New York Central
road, is at the Anderson.
Louis Preewalt and Jfrs. Freewolt, of
Alleghony, will leave this morning for San
Francisco over the Union Pacific road.
Mrs. W. J. Kountz, Miss Luella Kountz
and William J. Kountz left yesterday for
Minnotonka, where Mrs. Fitch will Join
them.
Oliver Miliam, of Catasaqua, and K. M.
Gummere, of South Bethlehem, Interested
in tho iron trade, breakfasted at the Ander
son yesterday.
Drs. George T. and J. P. McCord left for
Denver last night to attend the obsequies of
their brother, the late Charles W. McCord,
who died whilst on his way home. .
Chairman James Andrews, of the Bepub
lican State Committee, passed through from
Philadelphia to Titusville. He said he
would not resign from the Chairmanship.
John F. Hillman, of Philadelphia, is at
the Anderson. Mr. Hillman is a partner in
the firm of John Wnnamaker, and Vice Pres
ident and Treasuier of Wanamakor &
Brown.
Max Schamberg & Co. announce the ar
rival at Queenstown yesterday morning of
tho steamer Wyoming, having on board Mrs.
Annio Morris and Miss Mildred Morris, of
ur.iauocK.
Frank P. Sneathen, Esq., President of
the KeyBtono Bicycle Club and 37 members
loft in a special car on the Lake Erie Rail
road, yesterday, for Detroit, to attend the
annual meet of tho League of American
Wheelmen.
Henry Heck, proprietor of Heck Hotel,
Diamond, will leavo this evening, with his
wife and two boys, for his usual month's
summer sojourn at Atlantic Citv. Tho
Hecks will spend a week or two in Philadel
phia among friends.
John E. H. Kelley, so long connected
with the management of the Monongahela,
and now managing the New House at Lake
Chautauqua, dropped into town yesterday
for a chat with old friends. He says there is
Suite a bustling time at the lake. Dr. Tyn
ull and family, the family of Sellers H.
McKee, Mr. Graham and family, and Miss
Magee are visiting at the New House.
CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS.
A Boston man owns a four-legged
chicken, which was hatched on July L
Art Lecturer "V. Lewis Fraser says the
first printing press in this country was set
up in Harvard in 1633.
An inventor in Germany-, has made a
clock that he warrants will go to the year
9U99 without winding.
The statistics fo 1890 for the Pasteur
Institute show that 1,546 patients wera
treated. The record for the past five years
shows only .06 per cent of deaths.
A "sunrise house" has been built oa
topof one of the Cat skill peaks, where peo
ple can go and remain overnight to see tho
"trrrrtrmna wnrnfnff unacfnila "
A newspaper in the Gipsy jargon, the
Romany tongue, is soon to be publishe.d ia
England, with the expectation of making it
the organ of the wandering people.
A very extensive domestic industry in
Russia consists of the manufacture of wooden
spoons, which are made to the amount of
30.000,000 annually. They are nearly all mado
of birch.
Pure chloroform, something hitherto
unattainable, will nowbo made by M-Pictet,
a chemist of Geneva. The majority of
deaths from chloroform are said to bo trace
able to impurities.
Des Moines, Ia, is proclaimed tha
greatest city in the world without a saloon.
It may be of interest to note in this connec
tion that Des Moines has 50,000 inhabitants
according to the last census.
The Custom House agent in Duisburg
assessed a collection of butterflies as "poul
try," for the reason that they had wings; and
it required much time and patience to get
the collection passed free as an object of
science and art.
One of the largest nuggets of virgin gold
ever found in America is in the possession
of Mr. Alfred Berke, of St. Louis. It camo
from an Arizona mine, and weighs a trifla
more than 37 ounces. There is very little
alloy in the nugget, and it is valued at $000.
A Searsport (Me.) man has furnished a
new illustration of thrift. He walked from
his town to Belfast, a distance of six miles,
to take an excursion steamer to Bangor, be
cause the fare was the same from both
S laces and he would thus get more sail for
is money.
The various forms of leave-taking havo
a more special-significance than is generally
awarded to them. "Adieu" signifies "To God
I commend you." "Goodby" is a contraction
of "God be with you," whilo "Farewell"
means "Be happy," or more literally, "Mjy
you Journey well."
There is a tract in Levy county, Fla.,
in which three hole s have been dug 30 feet
apart, and each excavation has laid bare
ports of the skeletons of a'huge animal. Tha
diggers take it for granted that the bones all
belong to the same creature, and are won
dering what sort of a beast it was whose re
mains underlie the county.
In "Windsor Locks, Conn., the other
night a Jewelry sharp first gave away rings
and Jewelry, and then sold some and re
turned the money, until the crowd was ripe. ,
Ho then sold watches at $1 each and kept all
tbo money, nnd suddenly drove awav with
the advice to those who bad bought watches
"that if anybody asked tbem the time of
day to tell them they did not know."
Last week Richard and Fred Powell, of
Prinevllle, Ore., while moving their sheep to
Green Mountain, saw what they took to be a
deer lying at the foot of a tree. Thereupon
they shot and hit it, and the object proved
to be a large cougar. It was undouhtedlv
hit hard, for it attempted to climb a tree and.
could not, and they found blood and tracked
it to its den. where they found many de
nuded bones of Its victims.
A very pretty idea is carried out in
London which alms to bring about a love of
plants and flowers among the poorer classes.
A fund is raised out of which prizes aro
paid for the best display of window garden
ing or potted plants, and the scheme hat be
come so very popular that thousands of cot
tage homes are now beautified by floral ef
fects, and it is no nncommon thing to see a
window set out with plants growing in old
teapots, cans or cigar boxes marked as a
prize winner.
A young lady went into a drugstore at
Belfast, Me., the other evening and pur
chased a bottle of very high-priced perfume
She had scarcely left the store when sho
dropped the bottle on the sidewalk, break
ing it in many pieces. The mute look of
distress which her face assumed assured tho
spectators of the state of her feeling. Kick
ing tho pieces of tho bottle In all directions
she took her handkerchief and mopped up
as much of the perfumo as possible and
walked off smelling as sweetly as a flower
garden.
One. of the African convoys of Kin
Gungunhama, in London, the other day, was
nearly frightened to death by a phonograph.
He talked into tho Instrument, and when It
repeated his words to him he fell on tha
floor in a swoon. It was some time before
he gained courage to ask questions, as he
thought a witch doctor was in the phono
graph. He proposed to silence the witch by
stuflinga dried frog's leg Into the Instrument,
along with some other charms he had with
him. Having been dissuaded from this, and
the matter explained, he said it was no nso
for him to tell lies, all his words were re
corded. An old farmer in Massachusetts was
about to enter a hack at the funeral of his
wife, when his eyes rested for a moment on
tho horses a pair of grays. "Not by a long
slghtl" he yelled. "I won't ride after a hearso
behind no white horses." The undertaker
and the other members of tho party endesiv
ored to induce tho man to enter tha vehicle,
but he absolutely refused, saying: "I'll ba
the next of tho family to die if I do, and I
ain't taking any chances." Finally another
pair of horses were sent for, and the farmer
clambered in and the procession started.
John Furlong presents a fresh illustra
tion of how much the human frame can en
dure. He is 90 years old, has outlived every
one on whom he had any claim, and was re
cently found on the pavement in New York
City, where ho had lain all night, literally
dying of hunger. It takes so very little to
keep him alive that, according to tho testi
mony produced, he had lived for years on
something less than the daily equivalent of
an average schoolboy's lunch. Yet be had
lived, and at last accounts bade fair to live
some years longer.
The "Bulletin de Statistiques et de
Legislation Comparee" of the French Minis
try of Finance contains an interesting ac
count of the postage exponses in the large
fovernments of the world, excepting China,
rom the account It appears that civilized
humanity spends 1,500,000,000 (one milliard
and a half) irancs every year on postage.
Of this amount the United States of America
comes in for the largest share, 323,000,000
francs postage, withont telegraph communi
cation. Next comes Germany, spending on
postage and telegraph communication 2fi2,
000,000 francs. Great Britain spends 137,000,
000 on postage alone. France spends 143,
000,000 on postage and telegranhs. Russia
spends 97,000,000 and Austria-Hungary 86
000,000 francs on postage and telegraph. Tho
smaller governments spend from 40,000,000
downward.
LIFE'S FUNNY SIDE.
Summer Hotel Proprietor My dear, I'vs
got a piece of good news.
Ills Wife Do tell me, quick.
Proprietor Your dressmaker has engaged board
with me for a month.
The Missus You oughtn't to leave the
floorinsach a condition. Why don't you take
your chips with yon?
Carpenter Who do you take me for; the Fnneu
ofWaleif
Primus (scholar and traveler) Greek is
not yet a dead language, and the Greek nation,
air, la not at all senile. It has undergone a reju
venation. Bccunduj Yes; I hear it Is crying Tor its marbles
again.
Mr. C. Archibald Sharpe Xewpop's lit
tle boy Is dead.
Mrs. S. I didn't know he had a boy.
"He hasn't. I tell you the boy U dead."
"I mean I didn't know he had the boy before he
died."
"Who in thunder said he was dead? It was tha
boy that died, stupldl"
She So she reached Paris yesterdayl
How wonderful It Is that tha news on be sent so
safely over the ocean cable through so many miles
of salt water.
He Yes ! And be so fresh.
Boy (who has lost his way) I say, mister,
how far is it to Camptown Creek?
Man (snrlHj)-Flnd out. I ain't, no city direc
tory t
Boy (with acute emphasis) No, you aln't;youra
a wulumc on good manners, you are!
Penelopes What would you suggest as
favors for our next german, Dolly?
Dorothy (unhesitatingly) Husband.
Burke Bo you think your uncle will
did? .
Smlrke I'm afraid so. It's the poor one.