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Including Sunday, l year.. 10 00 Duly Dispatch, Including Sunday, 3 m'ths. a SO D ar DlP VTCH. Including Sunday, l m'th.. 90 Euro vr Dispatch, One Year.. ................ J SO Weekly Dispatch, One Year. 1 25 The Daily Dispatch Is delivered by carriers at 15 cer-ts per week, or. Including Sunday Edition, at 21 cents per week. PITTSBUKG, FKI DAY", JULY 24, 1SSL MEASURES, NOT MRS. Governor Campbell's bold free trade "uttmances during his visit here a9 a guest of the club bearing the name of Pennsyl vania's Democratic champion of protec tion sound strange, to say the least. His frank assertion, that the battle in Ohio must end with a breach in the nation's commercial dyke or a firmer and higher embankment against which the free trade waves can pound harmlessly, plainly puts before the manufacturing States the real dangers involved. Add to this business menace the free silver folly, and the Na tional features of the coming struggle in Ohio assume a magnitude that dwarfs side issues, local questions and personalities. Governor Campbell makes a wry face while culping the free trade medicine ten dered him on a silver spoon, but he swal lows it all without vehement protest The magical word "free" is the sugar that sav ors the bitter dose the bait held out for those gudgeons who foolishly imagine it is a synonym for "prosperity." But it is a delusive little word. Free trade as pre sented bv the platform of the Democracy of Ohio, and as preached by the man who gtaads upon that platform, means com mercial serfdom for the sectionj now clouded by the smoke of Industry and en livened by the clangor incident to pros perity and progress. It means a pulling down of the palisade that has kept out the products of foreign cheap labor, protected ur wares and workers, dotted our hills with homes and our valleys with work shops encouraged invention and pushed development created wealth and dis tributed it. shortened the hours of toil without cutting down the wage of the "toiler. It means the replacing of a demon strated success by a dangerous experi ment a bliadow for a substance. "With these dangers dependent upon the result In Ohio the men must be sunk out of sight by the cause. It is not a battle between Mr. Campbell and Mr. McKinley, liut it is a fieht for what they represent One champions a fact, the other a fancy. One defends the home, the other assails It Hence the choice of sides should not be a difficult matter for the majority of Ohio voters to make. FRUIT AND VEGETABLES rLKNTT. Consumers of vegetables and fruit in Pittsburg certainly have no reason to complain of the present condition of the market As shown in our market reports, nearly all farm products have fallen In price within the past week. Apples at 40 cents a bushel now were a few days ago worth SO cents and $L Potatoes which -one week ago were worth $3 now sell for ?1 75 per barrel. This shows conclusively that the present has been a great growing season. Tho yield of everything has been great, and the consumer gets the benefit However, it is a little hard on producers, as they can hardly get their money out of the prod ucts. In some cases garden stuff shipped to the city has Kld at less than the cost of transportation. This was caused to a cer tain extent by the rush to get in on the erly market when prices were good. Later better prices will rule, but not as high as lat year. Thus producers will gel a fair profit, as their plentiful prod ucts will be easier to market Consumers iviil also haie the advantage of getting better value lor their money, as only tho l)est grow ths w ill be offered. Altogether, this looks like a good year for both pro ducer and consumer. "We have plenty and to spare. VOI.VING THE INDIAN QUESTION. The allotment of land to the Sac and Fox Indians not onlv6hows that they have advanced in civilization, but greatly de creases the ohanoes for future Indian troubles. With these Indians dependent on their own resources and their tribal re lations nltolished they are less liable to grow dis&atisfied, and if they were to do so they would have difficulty in organizing to make trouble for the authorities. They are. of course, better prepared to care for themselves than those tribes on the reserva tions, as they have partially learned the art of agriculture and are prepared to sup port Uiemselves. Thus the great Indian question that has for years taken up the time and been a gnat expense to the Government is hlnwly solving itself. The Indians are gradualh falling into the ways of civiliza tion, and the education of the younger generation is pushing savagry to the back ground. Already several great Indian trioes are governing themselves and edu cating their families, and the Sacs and Foxes are merely the latest additions. Others will follow until at last perhaps not many years hence the question what shall we do with the Indians will be an swered: Jt them take care of themselves. The tendency is In that direction, and justice will hasten the end. THE SCHOOL CENSUS. The Census Bureau bulletin on the sub ject of public schools shows a gratifying increase in the enrollment of pupils over population. The increase in pupils was 27 per cent, while the population increase was only 24.M5. The percentage in the South was by far the greatest In Vir gfaiia it was about six times greater than the percentage of increase in population; Tennessee four times, and in a number of other Southern States three times. This is a most excellent showing all round. It means that the colored people of the South are taking more kindly to the schools. If this ratio continues, the negro quetion will -n time be settled-by the race being lifted out of its dense ignorance. The system of public schools has also greatly improved in the South, and alto gether excellent educational work Is being done in that section. Of course, much of the increase there is to be explained by the great amount of illiteracy formerly prevalent, and the ratio bf increase the next ten years will probably not be so great . In Pennsylvania the increase in enroll ment was only 1.59 per cent, while popu lation increased 22.77. This poor school showing in the face of such a splendid in crease in population would invite criticism were it not for the fact -that a protective policy which holds out great advantages to artisans may be pardoned for overlook ing the brain for the brawn. Pennsyl vania, in addition to being the key stone in the grand arch of protection, is also the birthplace of the founder of our free school system. Its educational ad vantages equal its industrial achievements, and the immigrants flocking to her hills for bread will find schools for their broods in her valleys. The laws of the Commonwealth do not compel attendance at school, and he who was forced to keep his little ones busy helping to add to his meager wage in the home land must be allowed to accustom himself to the advantages accruing from a policy that guarantees prosperity. Before the next census he will have his children at school, and will be in a position to-keep them there. ENGLISH ARTISANS AND PROTECTION. Though all parties in England are com mitted to free trade a large element favors a protective tariff, and the senti ment is gradually gaining ground. This is evidenced by an interview with C. J. Valentine, a British iron master and ex member of Parliament, now traveling in Canada. He says that for the past 10 or 15 years one country after another has increased its import duties on British productions, and in order to compete it has been necessary to cut wages and other wise reduce expenses in England. This has gone on until laboring men object, and they now demand the same protection ac corded artisans in other countries. Should England establish a protective tariff with reciprocal relations between her colonies she would gain much that is now lost in the matter of trade. But it would require years to do this, even If a tariff were settled upon immediately, which is not at all likely. Free trade has a solid foot ing in England, and, though it is plain to be seen that much is being lost by that policy, it will require years to arouse the people to a realization of this fact The Irish question has engrossed the attention of the voters of England to the exclusion of everything else, and the condition of the working class has been little thought of until now, when the workingmen of England are in about as bad a plight as the peasantry of Ireland. Eecent labor disputes and the action of the McKinley bill have awakened British voters to their condition, and a movement is on foot, headed by members of the Im perial Federation League, to bring before the people the desirability of "a change in the tariff system. Mr. Valentine ventures the prediction that in the near future this question of a revision of the tariff laws of Great Britain will become, in spito of Liberals and Conservatives, the leading question of the country. This talk of a protective tariff for Great Britain has a double significance at ' pres ent, inasmuch as it will be urged upon the voters of Ohio that the McKinley bill has increased prices on various articles. This is not in keeping with the statement of I jit. v aiennne, wno aeciares inai every time our tariff was increased wages were decreased in England and expenses other wise reduced in order to compete with American products. It the English manu facturer could continue to pay the same wages and add the tariff duties to tho price of articles sold to consumers there would now be no demand on the part of British artisans for a protective tariff. But since the duty comes off the prlco received J by the manufacturer, he Immediately takes it, or a part of it, from the wages of his men, and this causes tho trouble. There is a general complaint among British workingme on account of the ruinously low wages paid, and because they do not have employment more than half the time they want to know what benefit they derive from breadstuffs com ing into the country free of duty when they have not the money to buy nor the work to earn. This is a very significant question, and one that should be studied by workers here as well as workers there. The size of the mortgage on the farm of Hiram C. Wheeler, Republican candidate for Governor of Iowa, is causing the Domocratlo press considerable uneasiness. They seem to think that his penchant for mortgages will follow him into tho State House and ho will mortgage the State. This is hardly probable, as the Census Bureau shows that the State is mortgaged for $200,000,000, or ubout $6 per acre. A Republican club in Brooklyn is making a fight against civil service reform, declaring it to be a lurce. They size up tho situation rightly. Civil service reform is a farce as it is being handled, but real civil service reform is badly needed. They should study this side of the question. In Boston lawyers .and doctors are dis cussing the question of adopting electrocu tion instead of banging in Massachusetts. A New York genius suggests an injection of prussic acid while the victim is asleep. There are plenty of ways of killing a man, but there is hardly a possibility that any will suit the victim. Tho chief requisite of tho method should be its surety rather than its comfort. TnEltE is yet a chance for the poor maidens of Pennsylvania to riso in life. The favorite wife of the Tuiklsh Sultan is Flora Collin, once a poor girl and the daughter of a French coal miner. She made dresses for the Sultan's mother and in this way cap tured the head of the Empire. Some of the railroad companies are talk ing of putting automatic attachments in their cars, so that if one is derailed the balance of the train will bo brought to an instantaneous standstill. In lieu of an in vention to prevent cars leaving tho track and collisions, this will give the traveling public some assurance that they will reach their destinations in safety. A field for missionaries has been dis covered in the heart of the United States. It is said that in the Western part of North Carolina there are people who have no Idea of morality and have no knowledge of the world outside of their own community. Pebhats it was the poor showing of Ireland in the last census more than any special sympathy for the condition of the peasantry that causes Xngland to turn aionnd and relieve their wants. Ireland de populated would not be of much value to the United Kingdom, and Mr. Balfour evidently sees that it is high time to do something to keep Irishmen at home. In Japan it is slander, punishable by im prisonment of two years at the galleys, to call another man a coward. An angry man is apt to think twice before he taunts an other under such cironmstonces. A new explosive has been invented in Austria. It can be handled, carried and m&nulacturcd without danger of explosion, and it is more powerful than dynamite. It -ra THE trill be a benefit to this country when It ar rives, for no accidents such as occurred recently at "Washington, Ba will give the newspapers opportunities to nse display headlines. The Odd Fellows are to be congratulated on their new home for widows and orphans at Laurel station. The generosity of the donor will make him the-patron saint of the order-in Allegheny oonnty. Some cities have been ruined because the inhabitants in different sections have a sort of "you-feel-one-way-I-feol-tlie-otber" dispo sition. Strangers do not care" to live or locate in such places, and as Pittsburg has little of this sectional feeling a boom in immigration is litely to oocur despite tho increasing smokiness of tho atmosphere. Xowadays the Canadian annexation plan seems to bavetieen consigned to a hack seat. Tho talk is all for independence, hut independence first and annexation later .would not be a had policy. The Bandall Club, which, while he was living, bore the banner as well as the name of a Protectionist Democrat, saw nothing amiss in specially honoring tha free trade executive of a neighboring State. It was all right, hut the incident shows that the club Is receding from the teachings of the man who stood as-a rock for home industries. SOME of those who are crying for a con stitutional convention forget that many laws are sometimes the signs of a sick Com monwealth. THE question of irrigation is greatly worrying our "Western farmers, and statistics show that in Utah $10 55 per ap re has been spent on farm land for digging ditches, eto. No more work of this kind should be done until the Canton rainmaker finishes his ex periments. Artificial rain is cheaper and better than artificial rivers. The idea of a national political race being trotted in heats is unique. It will be done this year,.howover, and tho course is in Ohio. The period of a generation has been lengthened by the scientists. Fifty years ago it was increased from 30 to 34 years, but in the last half century it has reached 43 years. There is no telling to what extent human life may be prolonged, if the present temperate manner of living is kept up. If Uncle Jerry's weather could be run through Kanm's refrigerator ail would be forgiven. Mayob Gleason, of Long Island City, is a rival in a mild way of Hippolyte, the Haitian tyrant. However, he confines his ax to official heads, and does not seem to care to spill blood except from the noses of his enemies. As a slugger he is a success, but as a statesman he is a dismal failure. CLINGING TO THE TJPPEE CETJST. John T. Blair, the New Jersey million aire. Is lying very sick in Kansas City. Colonel Tom Ochiltree will return from Europe in time to attend the races in his home city. The condition of Dom Pedro, ex-Emperor of Brazil, who is at Vichy, suffering from an injury to one of his feet, is slightly improved. The German Emperor is alleged to have requested hlsmother to Bubmit a programme of her movements for his approval when ever she may wish to travel. Sib Henry Pabkes, the leading Aus tralian statesman and to whom is due the fact that Australasia is now virtually a fed eral Republic, began life as a farm laborer in England. Ex-Seceetaey of Statu Bayard is .probably the most distinguished person in Saratoga at present. Ho and Mrs. Bayard are at the United States Hotel and they aro keeping very quiet. Jay Gould arrived in Chicago yesterday afternoon from New York, and left in the evening, on the Bock Island train, for the West. He declined to talk to reporters further than to say he was going West for his health. JOHN "W. Bookwalter, who was the Democratio nominee for Governor of Ohio something like 12 years ago, has spent a great deal of his money in promoting flying ma chino inventions. As ho has several mill ions he can afford to lose. TnE King of Belgium has not succeeded in making his Congo investments pay very well so badly indeed that they have well nigh swallowed up his own fortune, if not also the vast property that ho holds in trust for his sister, the ex-Empress Charlotte, of Mexico. VALUE OF OUB F0HESTS. Tho Production of Lumber Has Greatly In creased in Ten Tears. 1-Chlcago Tritrane.l Some figures recently issued by the De partment of Agriculture show tho great im portance of our woods and forests to the in dustries of tho United States. The total an nual product of all kinds of material is about 25,000,000,000 cubic feet, equal to a solid bulk of a mile square on the base and a little more than one-sixth of a mile high. It is equal to the annual increase of 500,000,000 acres of forest In fair condition. Tho value is about $1,000,000,000, being ten times that of the entire gold and silver output, three times the product of all the coal and other minerals, and nearly three times the farm value of the wheat crop. It exceeds tho gross income of all the railroads and other transportation companies. It would suflico to pay the indebtedness of all the States, ex cept New York and Pennsylvania, including that of all counties, townships, school dis tricts and cities within those States (in 1880), and would more than wipe out the remain ing public debt of the United States. Ten years ago manufactures of all kinds held the first place in importance as meas ured by dollars, agriculture second, and for est products ranked third. It is thought that since then the lumber industry has en larged to such an extent that the forest pro duction now occupies the second place, if not the first. The capital employed in mill ing the product, exclusive of harvesting, is roughly estimated at $650,000,000, and more than 300,000 people are employed in the di rect manufacture of forest and, sawmill products alone, without counting the em ployment afforded by its transportation to points of consumption and remanufacture there. A HOT DAY TABLE. The Ice Tank's Superior Position in the "World in Summer. Yesterday in the office on the corner two of the occupants got into a dispute, or rather it was one-sided. "What do you amount to?" said the Clock to the Ice Cooler. "Men only accept your hospitality when they haven't the price for beer. You'll do well enough in a pinch, but when it comes to down-right pleasure or business, you're not in it. Now, as for me, I tell the time correctly, and if it weren't for me the boys might work a half hour over time without knowing it. I am the true friend of the working mn." Just at this instant one man who had had the price to buy beer ignored the Ice Cooler, staggered past tho window, while the City Hall clock chimed out the hour of S, show ing the boasting Clock to be five minutes behind, having lost that time in blowing. The Cooler never said a word, but smiled audibly as a Newsboy took a drink and said it beat circus lemonade all hollow. Moral Water on the brain may be bad, but as a beverage it meets the wants every place but Cincinnati, where it is said to be practically unknown. AN OCEAN FLYEB. The Big Steamship Teutonic Hakes the Fastest Trip of the Present Season. rsrECIAL TELEGKAM TO TUB DISPATCH. New Yobk, July 23. The White Star steam ship Teutonic finished yesterday tho fastest trip of the season from Queenstown. She covered 2,821 knots in five days, 21 hours and 14 minutes. The Teutonic brought over Mrs. John A. Logan, Miss Harriet Blaine, daughter of the Secretary of State; Colonel Howard Vincent, M. P.; Mrs. and Mrs. F..Yznaga and Nat C. Goodwin. PITTSBURG' DISPATCH, LUCK GOOD AND BAD. AToung Physician Lost Four of Bis First Eight Patients, but the Ninth Brought Prosperity Premonition of Danger Didn't Go In the Balloon. In the last days of his life, Lamartine, the Frenoh poet nnd statesman, lived in the Bois de Boulogne near Paris, in a little house given him. by the nation. Though much tormented by creditors, he lived in comparative oomfort, says the Youth's Com panion, surrounded by five or six grey hounds, to which he was greatly attached, and cultivating roses, cabbages and a little literature. His favorite greyhound was a particularly slender and graceful one named Mademoiselle Flnette. The care of her was the first duty of his servants, who were per mitted to speak of and to her only in the formal third person. One day, during a fearful rain storm, Mademoiselle Flnetto was taken very ill. Lamartine called a maid, who happened to be a "green" young girl, fresh from Ber guudy. "Bun and fetch a veterinary surgeon in stantly," he commanded; "Mademoiselle Flnette is very ill!" The girl started of and began inquiring for the nearest doctor. She was referred to Dr. Ixe, a young physician who had lately established himself in the neighborhood. He had had eight patients, and four of the eight had quickly passed beyond the reach ol medical attendance. "Who wants me such a day as this?" said Doctor Ixe, sharply, as the girl rung his bell. "Oh, it's Monsieur de Lamartine, sir," she said, "and you must come right off; Made moiselle Flnette is very 111." Lamartine! Tho young doctor was in a flurry. In spite of the weather, ho put on bis best frockcoat, his most resplendent necktie and his handsomest pair of gloves, and hastened to Lamartlne-s cottage. What an opportunity! Physician to the family of Lamartine; for he said to himself Made moiselle Flnette is evidently one of the great man's immediate family; a nieoo, perhaps. Bushing up in a cab, the doctor found La martlne's gate open, and the poet himself standing near it, under a big umbrella. "I have been waiting lor you, sir." said the poet, "with cruel impatience. You have come none too soon. Mademoiselle Flnette is very, very ill." "How old is she?" asked tho doctor, fidget ting timidly. 'Three years." "Only 8 years! Do you think it is the croup, Monsieur de Lamartine?" "The croup? Oh, I think not; but here we are." Lamartine tiptoed into a darkened cham ber, the young doctor following him, im pressed and solemn, toward a curtained bed. "Here is our little sufferer," said the great roan, with a deep, poetic sigh. "You shall see If I had not ample cause to call you in haste." He lifted the silk curtain, and there, curled up and shivering on a satin coverlet, lay the greyhound. "What!" exclaimed the doctor, "it's a dog! Is Mademoiselle Flnette a greyhound, sir?" "Certainly," said Lamartine, "but what's the matter with you, sir?" "I I'm not a veterinary surgeon!" said Dr. Ixe. "What are you, then?" "I am a physician. Monsieur de Lamar tine." Tho poet was in fresh alarm, though he could not quite help laughing at the blun der. However, Dr. Ixe volunteered to do what ho could for Mademoiselle Finette, and his services were accepted. He treated the dog faithfully and she recovered. From that time the young doctor had a powerrui menu, tie met people oi attrac tion at the poet's house; and whenever any one was ill, Lamartine exclaimed: "Why don't they try Dr. Ixe? He cured Finette." He Saved a Man's Life. "There is something in premonitions," said Mr. Harry Winne, of Detroit, to a Free Press reporter, nnd he recounted an inci dentwhich hadjus occurred to him. "I went down the Detroit river recently intending to spend Sunday in a tent on the shoro. My companion, however, wanted to return to the city on Sunday as there was a good breeze for our sailboat. I agreed, but all the timo something seemed to say no! no! no! and urged me to stay. I got the boat ready and then backed squarely down. I could not go. The next day there was no wind and my friend tried to show me how foolish I had been, but the came influence made me think I was right. After awhile a breczo sprang up And we tacked over to the Canada shore and ran into a lonely part of the channel. As I did so I noticed a small boat with a man in it crulBlng near us, and, as we sailed on, I heard a cry and saw his boat upset. We turned about and had hard work to save the fellow, and ho was pretty well used up when we got him into our boat. "Now I believe that thnt feeling I had meant something. There was no one else near, and the roan must have drowned if we had not come along as we did. You may call it what you like, but thero is some thing in a foreboding of that kind. I never throw myself against fate." The Unlucky Proved Lucky. "I am going up in a balloon," said a young reporter last Saturday to a Chicago JVi&une friend. The old reporter looked pensive. "I heard a man say that at the time of the Donaldson ascension in 1876. He was on the Chicago IiWftune and his name was James Maitland. He is still living, I believe, and in Chicago, though in quieter literary paths than that of tho press. I remember how sanguine he was that day. but he found a competitor. The other reporter who wanted to go up was Grlmwood of tho Journal. The aeronaut couldn't take both, yet both insisted, it was decided that they should pull straws, and Maitland got the one to stay on the earth. You never saw a more disappointed man than he for missing the ride to Elijah. He told me then, and once of late years when I mot him, that he believed he had been iug gled out of that ride to death. What man knows his luck? Away sailed the bal loon with its two occupants; then came tho days of terrible suspense; the wreck of the canvas; the wave-beaten corps of one poor fellow on the shores of one of our lakes hut you look pale." ".Not at all, dear boy only in a hurry. By the way, give me a breezy paragraph if I go the way of the Journal man." And the old reporter promised, but heard afew hours later with disgust at the anti climax that the bag at Filty-second street and Cottage Grove avenue had not been filled with gas. Storms Bring Her Luck. "I always win on stormy days," said a stout female as she sat down in the grand stand at Morris Park on Saturday, in the presence of a Commercial Advertiser reporter. Then she drew a long breath and a $3 bill and sent the money into the ring to back .Correction to win, which Correction aid not do. Another long bieath and another $5, which went on Hell Gate to win. Hell Gate failed. "Eon can't win with such a weight in the mud," said the child of showery fortune, "so I'll play San Juan." Tho five stayed in the ring. HI luck made her reckless, and she spite fullv declared that she "guessod she could play favorite as well as anybody." King maker was tho favorite and one more $5 bill was gathered in by tho ring. Frantic with the loss of her $20, she looked at her card. Xizette caught her eye. "My namo'.s Elizabeth," said she, "and I'm going to nut S10 on Lizette. I always was luckv on stormy days." So she was, for Lizette I won and her $10 came back to her with $150 more. .N et value or tucir, iav. More Hard Luck Tlian Anybody. "Hard luck? Well, honest Iniun, I don't believe there's a man In the party who has ever had the slightest opportunity of ap preciating hard luck as compared with that man I just pointed out to you," said a Chi cago storv teller the other day. "Here's a sample: He came to me one day and pleaded so hard for something to do and acted so earnest that I finally concluded to give him a Job. He said he hadn't nad a bite to cat for three days and thnt unless he was soon able to make an honest living he would either commit suicide or become a thief. I put him to work driving a sprinkling cart by the day. I then had the contract for sprinkling the city. The first day he went at his work with a light heart and a full stomach, for I gave him a hearty breakfast. He did his work well and I feltl hadajenel. Tho next day It rained and it rained every day for seven weeks. I never saw him again until the other day as he was passing the Tnbune office. His luck has changed, or he wouldn't he alive." Gerrymandered in, Not Fleeted. Boston Globe. It is pleasant to recall just now that in 1890 tho State of Ohio elected 14 Democrats to Congress and only seven Hepublicans. Such figures make one believe that Camp hell is coming again in the Buckeye State for sure. "FRIDAY ; VJTJLY 24; ' 1891 COMMEBCE WITH BBAZTL. England Ahead, but With Reciprocity tho United States WIU "Win. Brooklyn Eagle. The present, condition of the trade which England and "the United States do In that quarter reveals the fact that wf start, under the new terms of competition, a long way behind our great rival. Our principal arti cles of export to Brazil aro wheat, flour, re fined mineral oils, manufactures ot iron and steel, cotton manufactures, lard, breadstuffs and manufactures of wood. Those of Great Britain are cottons, wrought and unwrought iron, machinery, coal, woolens, leather, hardware and cutlery. In 1835 our total ex ports of such articles amounted to $7,253,035. Four years later they had Increased to $9, 278,511. During the year 1SS5 England en tered at Brazilian ports merchandise of the character stated to the value of 828,030,149, or nearly four times as much as the value of the American entries. By the year 1859 she had increased this total to $39,329,566. In round numbers, therefore, while the value of our exports of articles above enumerated during the interval mentioned represented an increase of $2,000,000 the value of British exports enumeratcdrepresented an increase of $4,000,000. There was a slight change of the ratio In our favor, but it was not enough to afford any ground for the belief that we were decidedly gaining on our competitor, for England sends In addition other articles that raise her total to nearly $50,000,000. The branch of trade in which it most con cerns us to eclipse England Is that of cotton manufactures. In 1SS9 the Brazilians pur chased of the cotton fabrics of Great Britain some $12,167,5S3 worth. They received from us only about $516,000 worth. Our principal staple of export was flour, amounting to $3,369,074, or nearly one-half the value of the total exports. We ought to have the great bulk of the cotton trade. Instead of England, on general principles. She buys annually from Brazil about $5,000000 and sells her $47,000,000. France buys about $13,000,000 and sells her about $17,000,000. Germany huvs about $10,000,000 and sells her about $8,000,000, while the United States buys from $55 000,000 to $60,000,000 worth of her raw materials an nually and sells heronly about$8,000,000worth of Its own products. That is to say, Brazil finds in the United States a market for nearly one-half of her total exports of coffee, sugar, rubber, hides, etc., while the re mainder Is divided botween England, Ger many and other European countries. A HERMIT FOB MANY YEABS. His Home Burns Down and He Appears Among Civilized People. rSFECIAL TELEGRAM TO TUB DISPATCH. Port Jeryis, July 23. The little, Isolated dwelling, high among the Sullivan county mountains, a few miles from this village, where for several years Colonel John F. Lord has lived the life of a recluse, was burned to the ground a few days ago, and tho veteran hermit has been seen for the first time in years among scenes of civiliza tion. Thirty-five years ago Colonel Lord was a power in the polltlos of Pennsylvania and almost supreme In the management of the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company, of which his brother, B ussellF. Lord, waif then tho managerial bead. He was a leader in the Pennsylvania mill tin, and a member of Governor W. F. Packer's staff. His family was among the prominent ones of Northeastern Pennsylva nia. His wifo, a highly accomplished lady, was a cousin of tho present mistress of the White House, and he is an uncle by blood of Mrs. Dlmmick, of the president's household, and the wife of Lieutenant Parkerboth also nieces of tho President. Lord, after years of living by odd Jobs around tho lumber mills and tanneries, some years ago suddenly disappeared from all his former haunts, and it was not known what had become of him until his hermitage was accidentally discovered one day by some hunters. Ho is now 80 years old, and says he will return to his life ot a recluse as soon as he can replace his burned cabin. THE B0YAL ABCH MASONS. The Triennial Convocation Fleets Officers and Will Meet NeltlnTopcka. Minneapolis, July 23. The General Grand Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, this morning elected Joseph H. Horner, of New Orleans, General High Priest for the ensuing trien nial period. This afternoon the visitors were shown over Minneapolis. The convo cation will probably not adjourn before Saturday. Last night the General Grand Chapter adopted a ritual, the first complete one it has ever had. Three hundred dele gates are present. It was decided to hold tho next convoca tion in Topeka.in July, 1894. The General Grand Council It. & S. U. will alsq be held there at the same time Additional officers were elected as follows: Deputy High Priest, George L. MeCaban, Baltimore; King, K. C. Lemroon, Toledo; Scribe, James W. Taylor, Lutherville, Ga.; Treasurer, Daniel Strikor. Hastings. Mich.: Becorder, C. G. Fox, Buffalo; Captain, A. G. Pollard, Lowell, Mass.; Principal Sojourner, F. E. Dyas, Paris. 111.; Eoyal Arch Captain, William C. Swayne, Milwaukee. IT WAS A P0SEB. nay Is Good for a Horse but Ilartlly for a Man. New York Ledger. Father Mathew warned a friend against the use of inconcluslvo arguments argu ments wnlch, to use a strictly temperance metaphor, will not hold water. He said he was once addressing an audience of Irish cardrivers, and told them they might learn a lesson from the brute creation. "If," said he, "I were to set before one of your horses a bucket of water and a bucket of whisky you know which the wise boast would take." Whereupon one of these quick-witted car men replied: "Well, father, if I were to place before my horse a truss of hay and a sirloin of beef, you know which the wiso beast would choose. But does it follow that the hay is best for me?" DEATHS HEBE AND ELSEWHEBE. Mrs. Clarissa C. Armstrong. Mrs. Clarissa C. Armstrong died "Wednes day In San Francisco. She had an eventful life, closely Identified with pioneer missionary work In the Pacific Islands. She was a sister of the late Chief Justice Chapman, of Massachusetts. She was born In Hampton 86 years ago. In 1833 she married Rev. Dr. Armstrong. Her wedding trip was on board a whaler bound for the Marquesas Islands, where a year was spent In trying to con vert the cannibals. Erom there she and her hus band went to Hawaii, and for 60 years Mrs. Arm strong labored among tho Kanaka women. In 1831 she returned to California, where she lived unUl her death. One of her sons. General Armstrong, i3 now In Honolulu, and the other. William N. Armstrong, who was a member of thelato King Kalakaua's Cabinet, and who accompanied hlra on his tour around the world, Is a resident of 'Frisco. Her three daughters are in Oalifomla. At the time of her death Mrs. Armstrong was actively engaged In mission work, fehe had tne dlstincUon of being the oldest active member of tha American Board of Foreign Missions. Antolno Dupuy. The death is announced in Paris of An tolno Dupuy, the historian. He was born at Dus slere in 1835. He waa appointed Professor of His tory at the Lycecof Brest a month after he was graduated from the Normal School in Paris. He pubUshed in 1873 his celebrated thesis. "DeGnecls Homanorura Amicls aut Prxceptorlbus a Secundo Bello Punico ad Augustum;" In 1881. "Histolrede la Reunion de la Bretagne a la France" in two volumes, for which the academy awarded to him tho first Gobert prize; in 1832, "Regime Pcnlten tlalrc en Bretaene auXTIIIe Steele;" In 1883, "Lea Tribulations del' Abbe Kerretde Keravel." .He wastheoldest memberofthe faculty of Letters of Rennes, and was regarded as infallible In aU his re ports and observations on the history of Brittany, John Walthonr. John "Walthour, tho museum man of 31c Keesport. died at his home there yesterday morn ing after a short Illness with typhoid fever. Walthour was known aU over Western Pennsylva nia, having been the proprietor of a traveling museum which has been on exhibition in aU or the smaller towns. Obituary Notes. LiEUTEifjgrr Colonel E. J. Tocbtellotte, formerly General Sherman's Chief of Staff, died at his home In La Crosse Wednesday night. Meyer Goldsmith, one of the oldest real estate and insurance men of St. Louis, and a wealthy property owner, died of apoplexy Wednesday. Rev. 1'ibmax Bobbins, one of the oldest and most widely-known ministers In the New Jersey nrA,T.nHiet : Pnnferencc died at his home in Bridge. ton Wednesday, after an illness of one week. His age was 68 years. Jesse Cabpexteb, who died at Wllkesbarre. Tuesday, was the founder of the Wllkesbarre Blcvcle Club, and one of the best-known wheelmen in Pennsylvania. He died of paralysis, though only 30 years old. D. T. Beedeb, the oil operator who was burned by the explosion at his well on the Miller farm Tuesday, died early yesterday morning at Callery Junction. His famllv was with him when he ex pired. The body was taken to his late home at Butler. MAJOR D. V. DEBicxsoir, a prominent and widely-known citizen of Meadvllle, died in that city Tuesday, aged 74 years. Major Derlckson commanded at ono time during the War of the Re bellion the company guarding the Executive 3Ian aion. Washington, and was frequently commended by President Lincoln for his soldierly iiualliles. Deceased was a member of the Legislature in 1881-2, and has served hf many public capacities. " SOCIETY AND CHARITY. Dedication of the Odd Fellows Orphans' Home at Laurel Station Postponement Of the Hotel Kenmawr Theatricals A Neat Summer "Wedding Social Gossip. The Odd Fellows' Widows and Orphans' Home at Laurel, was dedicated yesterday. Every train for that station yesterday was crowded with members of that order from all the cities and towns within 100 miles of Pittsburg. Besides the dedicatory services it was a day of fraternal reunion and all kinds of sports were enjoyed. The arrange ments were complete and the success of the affair was duo to the management of Dr. G. A. Mueller, John W. Honey, C. C. Cricks, S. S. Hagar and T. B. Cook. An ode by the McGarvey Quartette opened the exercises. The addess of welcome was delivered by Hon. John A. Myler, P. G. Mas ter. It was one of Mr. Myler's characteristic speeches and much enj oyed by the audience Following a selection by the quartette Mayor Gourley made an address. Mayor Wyman made a short speech. The other ex ercises consisted of an address by 11. H. Graham, Grand Patriarch; solo by Miss Mcr Garvey: formal dedicatory exercises by the ofilcers of the Grand Lodge and Encamp ment of Pennsylvania; musio by the Daugh ters of Kebecca, of Beaver county; address by W. Ed. Marsh, Grand Master; oration by J. B. Nicholson, P. G. Sire: benediction by Bev. M. D. Lichiltor. The business of the home will be con ducted by a board of 27 managers selected from members of the corporation in July of t;ach year. Those elected in July. 1891, are: J. A. Myler, H. C. Mindel, A. H. Book ing, G. A. Mueller, S. S. Hager, Thomas B. Cook, C C. Criks, W. A. Irwin, E. E. Ander son, W. N. Patterson, D. W. Shaffer, W. M. McLaln, John H. Morrow, W. H. Stewart, Mrs. Mollle M. Cricks, Mrs. A. S. Bassett, Miss M. Clark, Mrs. Abbie Lynch, Mrs. J. D. Wi ey, Mrs. B. J . Campbell, Mrs. Alice Jamie son, Mrs. L. Watts, Mrs. T. Gill, Mrs. S. Op pennon. Mrs. K. Gaub, Mrs. E. Hulme, Mrs. L. L. Brown. The officers of the association are John A. Myler, President: Henry C. Men del, Secretary, and Dr. G. A. Mueller, Treas urer. A dinner was served from 12 o'clock to 3 by the Daughters of Bobecca. A charming lunch was also served in tho evening. As You Like It," on the lawn of the Hotel Kenmawr, has been necessarily postponed till this evening. With a glorious afternoon, turning into cloudy, threatening weather, thero was a general feeling that rain might come and spoil the programme, and sure enough, at about 6:30 o'clock there was a thunder shower that converted the Forest of Arden into a swamp and precluded the possibility of Orlando wooing Mosalind for at least 24 hours. Manager Jenks, who hod been at the hotel for several hours, saw that a postponement was Inevitable, and lost no time in telephoning the fact to the city, where it was bulletined outside Tub Dispatch office and elsewhere. Miss Bose Coghlan, Miss Burress, Mr. Mul doon, Mr. Joseph Haworth and other mem bers of tho cast sat on the great stone porch of the Kenmawr Hotel last evening after the rain, and were introduced to those who came to see whether "As You Like It" was to be done In spite of the rain. They were a merry party, and although there was some dlsanrjointment over tho postponement. .there was consolation in the knowledge that ..it would be only till this evening, when tho inaic&tions are lor lair weaiuer. every thing is ready, and there is no doubt about a delightful entertain ment being given to-night, unless the weather should again prove unpropitions.Mr. Jenks announces that, as nearly all the seats for the first performance of "As You Like It" are sold, It will be repeated to-morrow night, with Miss Coghlan, Mr. Haworth, Mr. Muldoon and the same cast throughout, and In the same manner as the first. Tickets for both performances will be on sale to-day. Reserved seats for both performances now on sale at Hamilton's Music Store. A musical concert by tho Major E. A. Mon tooth Band was the programme of enter tainment for the new Central Park, on Bed ford avenue, last evening. A largo crowd was present, but the rain pud an end to the ?ilcasure of the evening. But a few seleo lons had been played when it commenced to rain hard, and as there was no Bheltor. the musicians had to leave. They proceeded down town and upon arriving at Berry's Hotel, 817 Liborty street, were served with an excellent supper. The entertainment for the band was furnished by Coroner Mc Dowell and Mr. Berry, who were present with a number of friends, and a pleasant evening was spent. The "Fall of Pompeii" will be glvon at Recreation Park to-morrow night unless the weather should interfere. Manager Barn helsel says he has everything ready now, and believes he will bo able to offer Pitts burgers thebest representation of "Pompeii" that has ever been seen in this country. Be sides the $1,000 worth of fireworks that are discharged at overy performance, thero will be chariot races participated In by both men and womon, and other extraordinary features. Judging by the large advance salo of tickets there will bo at least 10,000 people at the opening performance An event of much importance to the so ciety people of Wilkinsburg i3 the lawn foto to bo given next Wednesday, Thursday and Friday evenings on the grounds of St. James' R. CChurch. It will be under the auspices of the Knights of St. John of that church, bnt the ladies of tho congregation are also taking an active interest in the management ofthe function, so it is unnec essary to say that the fete is suro to be very pretty ob well as successful. A vebt pretty wedding took place last evening, when Miss Annie McNally became the bride of Mr. C. L. Gilde'rsleeve. A few friends only witnessed tho coremony, which was performed at the home of the brido on Manor street, at 8 o'clock. Rev. C. E. Locke was the officiating clergyman. A supper was 'served, after which the young couple do parted for their wedding trip. They will ro sido on Dinwiddle street. Social Chatter. Tire H. J. Heinz Company has issued invi tations to its employes for a basket picnic at Boss' grove to-morrow. Campmeetihg at Yalley Camp will open this evening with a sormon by Bcv. C. E. Locke. The cottages aro alt filled. William P. McCobmick, ofthe well-known steamship agency, was married last evening to Eliznbeth C. Carnahan. The future homo of the couple will be at Ingram. A LAwif fete will be held on tho Hampton place grounds, Wilkinsburg. August 7. It will be given by tho Y. P. S. C. E. of the Presbyterian Church and promises to be a very enioj'able affair. The proceeds will be devoted to church purposes. A mtioir bush meeting will be held at Homewood grove next Sunday afternoon. It will be undor tho auspicos of Siloam Bap tist Church. The services will bo conducted by eminent clergymen of the two cities. The object of tho mooting is to raise funds for repairing the church. The Pittsburg High Sohool class of '92 was given a reception last evening by Miss Lydia Murdoch, of Forbes street, who is a member ofthe coming graduating class. Eighteen young people in all werejpresent, and from 7 till 11 o'clock mirth and music reigned supreme. Each young miss was the recip ient of a handsome corsage bouquet and each gentleman a houtonniere of white roses. The house was very prettily dec orated. A -WOMAN'S EEASONING. Summer Jewelry Runs to Silver Hearts In Spito of AH Else. Detroit Free Press. Why summerjewelry should run to hearts, is something beyond my ken, but it is true that the sweetest, coolest, cutest little silver hearts are shown at the Jewelers' lor this season's wear. The snmmer girl has had the good tasto to adopt this pretty fleeting fashion, and she wears the tiny silver heart with her Initial or monogram on side, at tached ton slender chain which just claps tho circumference of her dainty neck, and outlines the classic proportions. Some of tho buds wear tho little heart strung on a narrow band of velvet, but the chain to match Is prottier. Others fasten it on the bodice with u classpin, or wear it on a bangle. Tho largest of these hearts Is as big as a silver dollar, and one side open3 to show a picture inside. And here inoxorablo Damo Fashion insists that the portrait face must be that of some member of the family not lover or friend. The girl graduates are very happy In the possession of tneso new silver sweethearts. Respectfully Dedicated to the Hon. M. S. Q. Conventions now are out of dale And caucuses are waning Tho while against the fall campaign The candidates are training; The summer breezes softly blow And sport the gentle zephyr Athwart J. Simpson's eocklcss (bins And hirsute growth of Peffer Stray "Sliver" threads among the gold So sore her actions trararaell, Ohio still may strain at gnats And oil to swallow Campbell. Meantime, far wisest of his kind. The wily politician. Who drops the whole confounded "biz" And sensibly goes flhin Washing ton Post. "?wFtf XATJGHS AT A LOCKED TA"W. John Cook, of Coney Island, "Works and Eats Under Difficulties, New York Ad rertlser. J There is at present living in Sheepshead Bay a man who is a prospective victim of tho deadly lockedjaw. His case has been pro nounced hopeless by physicians; but, with wonderful determination, the afflicted man has continued to live and perform his dally labor while his jaws remain in that vice-like grip. Death by starvation is actually star ing mm in the face; Dut oonnuooK caimiy contemplates his impending fate and goes about hi3 duties as cheerfully as If he was sure of living over again the throescoieyears which he has already spent on earth. No other physical symptoms atanyltlme accompanied the development of this re markable case of lookjaw. Physicians rarely encounter a case of this sort, where the nerv ous and muscular systems in parts of tho body remote from the place of contraction are not affected in some manner. John Cook is a man ot perfect health outside ofthe troubles affecting his inferlormaxillary, and has a robust constitntion and a healthy ap petite. In view of the absence of these other disorders physicians regard bis case as sim ply one of a locked Jaw, and due, no doubt, to the absence of sufficient natural lubricant at the hlngo joints. When the physicians first examined Cook they concluded that the case had its origin in an injury of some sort whioh he had re ceived. It was not until the physicians had departed that John remembered that his jaw was injured about six years ago, and that since then the lower jaw has become gradually locked, nntll it is now immovable. The injury to the Jaw was received while he was wrestling with Jim King in tho bar room of Mrs. Mahon's Atlantic Hotel, Sheeps head Bay. The men had Just returned from an election in the Town Hall, and were drinking at the bar of the hotel when King proposed a wrestling bout. The men were evenly matched, and "Tommy" Smith, who has tended bar in the hotel lor the post 19 years, acted as referee. John was thrown fairly, but in falling his left Jaw came in con tact with the end of the bar rail. The in! ury was superficial, but during the next few days the jaw began to lose Its freedom of motion. It took some years before the Jaw was fairly locked as it is now. It has been locked tightly for a year, and John Cook would have been starved to death before now had he not foreseen the result and taken tho precaution to have two teeth filed down in front and another drawn out. This left an aperture, through which he now pushes the necessary food into his mouth. Of course, ho cannot chew his food. Ho feeds prin cipally on soft material milk and bread and soaked crackers and fish. When ho wants to enjoy roast beef it must be cut up in shreds for him. When, by dint of hard Eushing, he forces some food into his mouth, e rolls It around with his tongue, tossing it from side to side until it Is ready for swat lowing. On account of the slowness with which he Is compelled to eat, he occupies his chair at the table somotimes two hoars at a stretch. For 50 years Cook has lived at Sheepshead Bay, following his calling snmmer and win ter as a fisherman. He Is of African blood, nnd was born In slavery. His mother, an old lady SO years old, is still alive, and Is as spry as a woman of 40. There is no one better known on Coney Island than John Cook, not even John Y. McKane. A number of Cook's friends have offered to pay for the services of a surgeon if he will permit an operation, but John is adverse to an opera tion. A PBESIDENTAL DIP. Harrison Takes Another Ocean Hath After a Talk With Foster. CSFECTAL TELEGRAM TO TUB DISPATCH Cape May, N. J., July 23. The President's official acts which were to be transaoted to day were laid over nntil to-morrow, owing to the number of callers at the Presidentai cottage to-day. Tho mail was exceedingly heavy a.rain to-day, and after the morning' visit at the cottage, Secretary Halford was busy uuti 5 o'clock this afternoon in catch ing up to It. The President received at the- oottago tals morning, S. V. White, of Brook lyn, and Silas B. Dntoher, of New York, who were closeted with the President for over an hour this morning. They left this after noon. Secretary of the Treasury Charles Foster arrived this morning, and after registering at Congress Hall went to the President's cottage, where ho passed all the afternoon, taking dinner and supper at the cottage. The object of Mr. Foster's visit, which will last a week, is for business and vacation combined. Secretary Foster was serenaded at Con gress Hall this evening hi- Simon Hassler's Orchestra. The President, Mrs. Dimmlck, nnd tho two grand children bathed again this morning. Mrs. Harrison called on Mrs. John W. Kitchen, of Indianapolis, at the Windsor Hotel this afternoon. Brigadier General L. W. L. Williamson, of El Paso, Tex., arrived to-day and will call upon the President to-morrow to arrango some mat ters concerning affairs near the Mexican boundary. 'THBEE GE0BGIA LAWYEBS Now Suffering Badly at the Hands of ths Quitman Jokers. Tho Quitman, Ga., Fiee Press has heard two good jokes on two lawyers this week. One is on Judge Jim Guerry, of Dawson. A short time ago an old negro was up before tho Judgo charged with some trivial offense. "Haven't you a lawyer, oldman?",inqulred the Judge. "No, sah." "Can't you get one?" "No, sah." "Don't vou want me to appoint one to de fend you?" "No, snh, IJesttho'tl'd leab the case to the ignnnce of do co't." Tho other is on the legal fraternity in gen-, eral. An old farmer was on his deathbed. He requested that two lawvers from a neigh boring town he sent for. When they came he motioned them to take scats, one on each side of the bed. Ho looked from ono to the other for a few moments, and then with hl last breath exclaimed: "I die content, like my Savior, between two thieves!" A DEFEAT FOR EDISON. The Suit Against tho United States Company Will Be Appealed. New Yobk, July 23. In the United States Circuit Court this morning. Judge Wallace allowed the appeal of the United States Electric Lighting Company in the Edison lamp case, and entered the order suspend ing the injunction, so as to loave the United States Company free to manufacture and sell lamps to its customers. The United Stntes Company is toflle a bond of $50,000 within ten days. The Judge gave as his reasons for the de cision the magnitudo of the Interests In volved and the delay in bringing suit. The appeal will probably he argued this fall be.) fore the new Circuit Court of Appeals. A STBEET PEDDLES. Ho Had Plenty of Fish, but No Mercy for a Poor Brute. San Francisco Call. A disappointed flsh peddler was trying by the use of a bludgeon to get "a move on" an old and decidedly dilapidated animal yester day afternoon, shouting between strokes, "Fish, flna flsh; fresha flshey." A tender hearted lady pokedherhead out of a Tehama street window, and, seeing the act of cruelty to tho horse, called out sternly to the human biuter "Have you no mercy, sir?" "Nota mncha mercy, mum," answered the peddler, "but I gota plenty nloa flsh; how mucha you want?" PEOPLE COMING AND GOING. Mrs. S. C. McCandless and daughter; 3T. Ohlman and'family, of Mendville; J. L. Mohn, T. D. Hunter, of McKeesport, nnd Louis Kalb were among the Atlantic City excursionists yesterday. D. "W. Higgins and Miss Higgins, of Toronto, Canada, aro at tho Monongahela. Mr. Higgins has lately been through British Columbia and speaks highly or the resources of that country. Emil Swenson. superintendent .of the draughting department of the Keystone Bridge Company, left for the seaside last evening. Colonel John Staples and Charles "W. Vance, of North Carolina, who have been here for a day or two, left for New York last night. J. A. McCormick, trainmaster of the New York Central at Bffalo, left for homo yester day after a brief visit here. A. L. Suesman, general "Western manager of .the United Press, was a passenger east ward last night. The Hon. W. B. Meredth, of Kittanning, was at the Seventh Avenue yesterday for a few hours. August Schmidt, of the Bartholomay Brewing Company, is at the Duquesne. Colonel. Elkins returned from the East last night. CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS.' Berlin women have formed a league to wage war on the corset. Thirteen thousand mules are sold at Marshall, Mo., every year. A hoveltv in men's hats is a fac simile of the "stove pipe" made of straw. About twice as much power is required to stop an express train as to start one. Bival squires are marrying eloping couples free of charge at Jeffersonvllle, Ind. The mayor of Philadelphia receives $12,000 a year, the mayor of New York re ceives siu,uuu. A sensible dog a Auburn, 3Ie., regu larly disappears in the country on July 3, and doesn't come back till the racket is over. George Schweich, a merchant of Rich mond, Mo., owns the table upon which tha Book of Mormons was written. He values it at $5,000. George C. Curry has arrived at Van couver from Alaska in a dugout canoe. It is said be is the only white man who ever made that Journey in such a croft. A club of whistling girls has been or ganized in Brewer, Me., and it is rumored that a concert will soon be given, at which the club will make its first appearance. At Butte, Mont., E. J. Thomas and his wife, while in bed, were struck by lightning and instantly killed, their infant, which was sleeping between them, escaping injury. In Douglas, "Wyo., two servant girls sued a woman who keeps a hotel for their unpaid wages. The case was tried by women lawyers befor a J ury of 12 women. The life insurance carried by John Wanamakor amounts to $1,000,000, which is distributed in 29 different companies. Tha Sremiums on these policies amount to $U0, X) a year. Sheriff "West, of Camden, 2f. J., ha3 seized a cemetery lot owned by Jacob Stanger, on execution issued at the suit of J. J. Knight, who secured a ludgment against him for $&. A woman living near Grass Lake, Miob., lately traded her horse to a tinware peddler for 16 milk pans, two dippers and a bucket, and her neighbors declare that sba got the best of the bargain. The JSew York girl who lost her en gagement ring in a wash basin only to find it two years later in the gutter, where it had been washed from an open sewer, had mean time been married and widowed. Chicago, located upon the shores of Lake Michigan, Is Just now so much in need of pure water that capitalists are preparing to invest $1,000,000 In piping water from a Wisconsin spring to be sold in that city. Sir "William Siemen's method of apply ing electrio light to grow flowers and fruit by night or on cloudy days has been employed with good success on board a West India steamer to-keeD alive exotic vines and other .plants. One of the prettiest shows in Marshall- pville, Ga., is a peach orchard of 6,000 trees planted by the compass in squares, well tilled, beautifully trimmed and each limb gracefully bending under the preoious bur den of fruit. "While an Auburn, Ind., barber was shaving a customer a boy threw a lighted firecracker under the chair. The explosion startled the barber, the razor glanced Into the customer's throat, and a surgeon had to be called to sew the wound. A man walked into a Lowell, Mass., barroom last week, bought 25 cents' worth of cigars, and offered a $1,000 bill In payment. He was somewhat taken aback when tho saloonkeeper pocketed the bill and counted out for change $999 75 in silver. A Battle Creek, Mich., man has patented a typewriter for musical compo sers. The copy whioh it makes can bo pho tographed ana a plate reproduced for print ing which is said to be much better than plates made in the ordinary way. Artificial grindstones, made of a mix ture of pulverized quartz, powdered flint, powdered emery or corundum, and rubDer dissolved by a suitable solvent, are now made for sharpening tools which outwear by years any a atrial stone known. A marble slab has been placed on the house in which Poganini died in Nice. Tho inscription concludes with: "The powerful bow that drew forth magio sound3 now lied inert, but its supreme sweetness still sur vives in the scented breezes of Nice." ' A horse at Irvington, CaL, that was an noyed while taking his daily meal from a bucket by a flock of hens, especially by one big black hen, one day turned his bucket over on his tormentor and left her impris oned under it, where she remained till the next morning. The method of purifying water invented by Dr. William Anderson, and no w employed at Antwerp with success, consists in pasting the water through a slowly revolving cylin der containing metallic iron in tho mrm of scraps or filings. The estimated cost of puri fying 1,000,000 gallons in this way is abotft $150. A horse in Macomb, Mich., has been used to go to church every Sunday with his owner for years. Last Sunday, for reasons best known to himself, he left the horse at home, and after services went out and there stood the faithful animal in his accustomed place, by the church, waiting ior him. Out without the carriage. According to the "Annual of the French Army for 1S91," the standing army will con tain next year 570,603 men, and will show an increase over this year of 32 officers, 7,10 men, and 1,013 horses. The an nual gives tho total number of officers, doctors and other officials of officers rank as 75,000. The esti mated expenditures for tho army next year is $131,000,000, An old brindle cow belonging to an Indiana man broke into another's field, and in court the owner of tho field proved that the cow destroyed the following mentioned property, to-wlt: Two 1-year-old cherry trees, 7 apple-.trees, 5 pear trees, 1 plum tree, 100 head of cabbage, 12 rows of beans 5 rods long, 1 row of beets 1J rods long, 50 to 150 sweet potato plants, 1 bed of onions, 3 grape vines nnd 11 blackberry bushes. Kev. Dr. Cuyler, of Brooklyn, says that Harace Greeley ouco told him that he be lioved that at tho time of his young man hood in Now Hampshire he was the only tee totaler in tho State. Dr. Cuyler further says, upon the authority of Dr. Lyman Beecher, that in those times, when the Con gregational Ministers' Association of Con necticut hel d a dinner, the place whore they dined had so much whisky in it that it 'smelled like a barroom. PICKINGS FROM PUCK. Florist "What was that man kicking about, you sold the roses to? Boy He Wanted to know If they were fast colors; said the last he got were faded. Sawyer The proof of the pudding is in the eating. De Spep No, It Isn't. It is In the digesting. ''U Visitor Good morning, Lhmanl How Is your sore foot? Lehman (whispering) Coming out aU right, thanks; but speak softly. It's it's asleep, now. Disappointed Bard (in newspaper office) What's the trouble about my work? Office Boy 'T ain't no trouble at all. Mister. The boss Just looks atyonr signature, an' then chucks the stuff over for me to keep. "It is a beastly bore having those ocean steamers start after six P.M.," said Howell Gib bon. "Such a nuisance of having to start for Europe In a dress suit!" "Ijwas bred in Ohio," said the Mission ary. "Huh! You be pie in my country," returned the cannibal; and later developments showed that the cannibal was right. "Did you enjoy your tete-a-tete with Miss Mumm?" "No." "You're very ungallant." "I'd rather be ungallant than have people think I love to hear myself talk." Policeman (poking tramp over baker's grating) Here you. move on! What areyedoln' here? Tramp Dat's inhuman. Mister! I'seJust Inhal ing my breakfast! "Joekins and Quipley, the funny men, had a queer bet hut night." "What was it?" "Joekins bet Qnipley that Depew's speeches had more of his Jokes In 'em than they bad of Quipley'a. Quipley won, though. The score was 400 to 33S." "Where are you going this summer? "'To the mountains." "What Is your reason for going to the mount ains? "Mahomet's; the mountains will not come t me," j -.si-ijris, :-,i Wli rWjj vrt TBU-flfflMiWTTniMI .b.
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