! Mje m$Mt ESTABLISHED FEBRUARY 8. 1846. Vol. 4B. No. Ito. vm-rcd at Pittsburg rostofflce, November 14, lSaT, as econi-clas matter. Business Office Corner Smithfield and Diamond Streets. News Rooms and Publishing House 78 and So Diamond Street, in New Dispatch Building. T.ASTFRK ADVERTISING OrFICE, ROOM O. TRIBUNE BUILDING. KEWYOKK. where com plete file of THE DISPATCH analwiTs be found. Foreign advertisers appreciate 'he convenience. Home advcrtlkers and friends orTHF. DIrATCH, while In New York, are aio made m clcome. TIIE DISPA TCHis reivlarig on sale ct Butane's, S Union Square, .Vr Tor. arvtlT-im de POpfm, Pan. Jrantr, viJiere utit,-ane '0M0 has teen aisap pvintfd at a hoi el nexis stand can obtain it. TERMS OF TIIE DISrATCD. TOSTAGE FREE IX THE CMTED STATES. RAtLV Dispatch, One Tear J 8 00 Daily DisrATCH, FerQuartcr. 200 DaIi y Dlf rATcn, One Month Tu Daily Dispatch, lnrtndlug Sunday, 1 year.. 10 00 Daily Dispatch Including Sundav. Sm'ths. 2 SO Daily DisrATCH. Including Sundaj.liuXli.. SO cnda Dispatch. One Year JS' Veekt.y Dispatch, One Year I 25 The I) ULY Di'PATcn is dellrcrrd by carriers at li rents per week, or, Including fcunday Edition, at I-cnts per week. MTTSECKG, SATURDAY, JULY 23, ISStl. THE CAXA1 QUESTION. The letter of J. M. Goodwin, of the Oliio Tliver and Lake Erie Canal Commis sion, published elsewhere in this issue, contains a vast store of technical informa tion with regard to various canal projects for the future. The points with regard to canals In futurity destined to shorten the water route between Chicaco and the sea board are interesting in their bearing on the Western Pennsylvania project. The new point which .Mr. Goodwin brines out in this letter is the value of the canal as a military project. He shows that on the scale planned for the canal, vessels of larger and heavier freight capacity than the Concord and Torktown class could pass from Pittsburg to Lake Eric in thirty hours. If the naval protection of our vast lake-shore interests is of weight in de termining such matters, this argument is conclusive in favor of the canal. At pres ent Great Britain controls all the water routes from the ocean to the Great Lakes, and in the event of war that vast stretch of water would be at her mercy. No other avenue to the lakes is as readily opened within the territory of the United States as this one; and while the opening of other water routes may be indorsed as parts of the gieat general plan of internal naviga tion, it is plain that the Ohio River and Lake Erie Canal is the first in importance for the protection of all the lakes above the Welland Canal. But it is the commercial value of the canal that constitutes its most immediate claim upon the public attention. The magnitude of its effect upon, commerce and industry have already been so fully set forth that it would be repetition to refer to them here. Mr. Goodwin's letter shows the reasons for determining the size and depth of the canal as fixed by the Canal Commission. In discussing this and col lateral points he shows a variety of in formation which evinces the closest and most exhaustive study of the entire sub ject of ship canals. THE roi.ICE TENSION "VETO. Between the two executive stools the police pension f and Is likely to fall to the ground. Governor Pattison on one side, and Mayor Gourley on the other, have used their vetoes on it so fatally, that its hope of resurrection must be left to the future. The executive opinions on this measure indicate a divergence on the Constitutional question. It will be remembered that Governor Pattison vetoed the bill author izing the fund on the ground that, as Councils already have power in the matter, the legislative enactment was unnecessary. But the Mayor's veto now holds that in establishing the fund Councils transcended their power. Where two executive doctors disagree, the courts might safely be left to decide; but the result of this disagreement bids fair to be that nothing is left to submit to the courts, and the police will be left unpensioned. Some of the Mayor's criticisms of the details of the bill may be well taken. But they are minor details. Of the subject as a whole it is pertinent to repeat our belief that the morale of the police force would be much improved by provision for disa bilities in the line of duty. It is still to be hoped that a method will be found for effecting that-desirable purpose. production; and agkee3eent. It is Interesting and not altogether -unsatisfactory to observe in the New York Financial Chronicle an article which, to parody Polonius, is very like a wail over the inability of the anthracite coal combi nation to restrict the total production of that commodity within agreed limits. That journal observes that while the agreements fixed the total production for Juno at 3,-250,000 tons, for May at 2,600,000 tons and for April at 2,000,000 tons, the actual production has been from 500,000 to 800,000 tons in excess of the stipulated figures. And what further strikes the Wall street mind as peculiar the market is taking all the coal that is produced. The last fact makes the excess of the stipulated production all right according to the avowed ethics of this corporate combination. The magnates of this pool have frequently declared that their 'agreement among gentlemen" was sim ply to produce the amount of coal that the demands of the market would require. The peculiarity of a state where it is nec essary to have an agreement in order to produce thesupply of any staple demanded need not be enlarged upon at present tut, as the demand in the market has tuken in the past three months some two million tons in excess of the stipulated figures, it is plain that this increase of pro duction had to be made in order to fulfill the professions of the combination. If the production had been restricted to the agreed figures it is plain that the produc tion would have been 2,000,000 tons less than the demand, and the "gentlemen's agreement" would have been in the ungen tlemanly position of having been false to its professions. Taking the agreement for what it really intended, tho figures are even more satis factory. It happens to be the fact that the purpose of the agreement was to pro duce less than tne normal demand, and by producing an artificial scaicity to force the payment of exorbitant prices. But the laws of trade have proved more pow erful than tho edict of the combined cor porations, and the result has proved that with a production at tho rate of 8,000,000 tons annually above the restricted figures n't by the combination the demand even in the summer season equals the entire pro duction, by reason of the approximation to '.reasonable prices, which accompanies the failure of the agreement. Possibly this demonstration will teach - ftiji iMilftt miniiW-'-' the anthracite coal corporations that more true prosperity is to be secured by a large production at reasonable prices than by a restricted production at exorbitant prices. But it requires considerable faith to hope so. STANFORD'S POLITICAL VIEWS. There is a world of unconscious humor In the views on the present condition of politics and society stated in a recent let ter of Senator Stanford to a Missourian. The perfect good faith with which the Senator asserts that everything is all right which suits the interest of Stanford, and that the only reforms that are necessary are those which Stanford wishes, makes it altogether one of the most delicious politi cal contributions of tho age. The Senator thinks that the People's party makes the mistake of putting too many questions in its platform. The money question, the people might agree upon, but they evidently referring to the Stanford party would entirely differ on the railroad plank. This is for the reason, from the Standford point of view, that the railroad question isallright "The cheap est railroading in the world is in the United States." Besides, a system which lias concentrated some two score millions ormore in the hands of one Leland Stan ford cannot be very obnoxious. On the land loan question the Senator thinks that his measure is the great meas ure of the age. Besides the opportunity it would afford for the owners of great land grants to unload upon the Govern ment, the Senator has received numerous very complimentary letters, some of them nominating him forthe Presidency which of course he declares that he will not be a candidate for. Having defined his position on these issues it is interesting to observe that tho Senator dismissed the knotty and vexed question of the tariff vwith a single sen tence: "The old question of the tariff can hardly be called strictly a party question." Having left Hancock's famous local issue in tho shade, the Senator proceeds to the money question, which he ranks as "a live issue" and on which he defines himself to the effect that "if there were no gold silver would answer the same purpose," All of which is immensely in harmony with the spectacle of a corporation multi millionaire posing as the guide, philosopher and friend of a people's anti-monopoly movement Let us hope that Senator Stanford may feel it necessary to repeat his determination not to be a Presidental candidate in a few more letters. The nation has a better hope for getting back the worth of its money that the Central Pacific crowd got in that way than in any other. THE TREASURY DEPOSITS. Democratic organs show a disposition to make capital of the fact that the Treasury is drawing heavily on its deposits with national banks. Of the 30,000,000 de posited in this way some months ago, one half was withdrawn previously to this week, and some 54,000,000 was called in at the beginning of the week. This heavy draft upon Government de posits is fair game for the Democracy as evidence that tho expenditures of the Treasury are calling largely upon its sur plus. But when Democratic papers main tain, as the Philadelphia Record seems dis posed to do, that tho money of the Treas ury ought to be kept in the banks, a rather singular attitude is taken. That journal indorses as wise and conservative the policy of Secretary Fairchild in depositing 47,000,000 in the national banks, and re fers with scorc to the political capital which the Republican leaders tried to make of the fact in the campaign of 1888. In this the Record is plus royalist que It roi, and more faithful to the nation.u banks than the party which founded that system. It was undoubtedly good policy for Sec retary Fairchild to deposit Government funds in national banks, on good security, when he had a surplus he could use in no other way. But the function of banks of deposH is to furnish money on checks of depositors. When the Government has need for the money it would be a very strange view of the relations of banks and depositors if it could not draw on its de posits. It is a very erroneous friendship for the banks to intimate that they cannot meet the drafts their large depositor may make in a reasonable way. Of course the contrast between the time when the Treasury had so much money that it deposited it with the banks to keep it in the channels of trade and the time when it has to draw on those deposits to meet current appropriations is fair am munition for our Democratic friends. But so far as the relation between the Treasury and the commercial finances of the country are concered, it is plain that the mouey will be put in circulation by the Treasury payments. Beyond all that is the obvious rule that when the Govern ment, like any other depositor, needs the money it has on deposit it is the business of the Secretary of the Treasury to draw on the deposits. INSUBORDINATE SOLDIERS. It is possible that the last outbreak of insubordination in the Coldstream Guards is being elevated to undue importance. Soldiers of all nations have been wont at times to indulge in petty outbreaks of re fusal to obey orders which they did not like. Such cases occurred in our Civil War in many instances which never reached the public notice, and the regi ments which may have refused to parade in camp because their rations were inade quate or their clothing insufficient never wavered when the time for real action came. It is not very strange or especially sig nificant tht the soldiers which have for two generations considered themselves tho pets of the English capital should wax fat and kick. The most significant part of the affair is the explanation of the English army authorities that the trouble is due to "quasi-education." The theory that edu cation and the English military system cannot get along together may have some foundation, but its application is especial ly severe on the policy maintained by those offering this explanation. The matter is less significant because England's reliance in times of danger and stress cannot be to any vital degree upon regular soldiery. If the English people as a whole do not support the Government, the loyalty of the Life Guards will not help it If the people are heartily and loyally supporting the Government the in subordination of a few Life Guards will mako little difference. To refer to such an event as the knell of militarism, as has been done in this country, is misplaced, because England is not one of the military powers which relies on its army to enforce popular obedience to absolute rule, but is nearly as dependent upon popular ap proval to maintain its Government as the United States. There is hardly more importance to the row which Tommy Atkins has been kick ing up than to the refusal of his cousin, the British volunteer, to proceed to Wim bledon by the route that was ordered. Both show a spirit of independence; but THE they do not prove that neither will fight for England if fighting becomes necessary. The retirement of Lieutenant John F. Meigs, of the United States Navy, after twenty-nine years of honorablo and useful serv ice, because of a casual discovery that he is color-blind, looks like an equally color-blind devotion to red tape. Lieutenant Meigs' services in the Ordnance Department did not at all require an ability to distinguish colors; but tho rules of the department are construed so rigidly that he has to go on the retired list. It Is hardly- too much to charac terize this as mere stupidity. An intelligent rule would limit tho field of duty In which an officer with that defect in his eyesight should be capable of service; but to say that a valuable officer cnnnot superintend the manufacture and "testing of ordnance be cause he might make a mistake in tho color of signals at sea is red tapeism of the aggra vated variety. Of the 1,000 Chinamen who landed at the port of Vancouver, probably the majority came to the United States. Tho one aspect of the Chineso question that is interesting to tho Canadian Government is tho revenue that it affords the port of Vancouver, and to the steamship lines of the Canadian Pacific Railway. TnE arrival at Liverpool of the steamer which took a cargo of grain from Duluth evokes the remark from the New York Sun that tho grain could havo been transported in less time and at lower rates by way of New York. If that is so, it may be taken as an assured fact that grain will contlnuo to go by way of Ncjv York. But it is more than doubtful whether this will continue tobe the Aise if the New York idea of shutting the Canadian railroads out of tho transportation business is given practical effect. If that sharp journal the XewYork Sun is really in ignorance of what a snickersnee is, it should be informed that it is some thing very nearly in the line of the instrument with which it performs gory warfare on obnoxious Democratic candi dates lor the Presidency. It is pathetic to hear the plaint of the Minneapolis Athletic Club that it loses about $12,000 from the stoppage of the prize tight be cause "the light could and should have been prevented 30 to 60 days ago, betore a dollar of expense had been incurred." Inasmuch as the statutes forbidding the fight were in existence long before the time specified, the loss seems a very appropriate penalty for an "athletic club" which proceeds on the as sumption that it can nullify tho law. An Eastern hotel proprietor going the rounds of the hotels in the disguise of a guest, has made the remarkable discovery that hotel clerks are apt to bo toploftical and uncivil. Over his discoveries as to the loftiness of the hotel bills a discreet veil of silence is drawn. That the Liberal element is gaining ground in England is evidenced by the elec tion at Welsbach yesterday, where the Glad stone candidate won against great odds. With defeat staring it in the face, the domi nant party talks of a dissolution of Parlia ment to prevent the Gladstonians gaining control. It has already found it necessary to steal the Liberal thunder to stand right with the people. Peaches are now the crop alleged to be so abundant in Canada that they are fed to hogs. Peach-fed pork sounds very alluring, but swine should be warned against that over-indulgence in the fruit which is liable to produce an epidemic or nog cnoiera morbus. The Ocean Grove sensation comes to the front regularly in the shape of an edict that the femaleform divine must be thoroughly draped in passing from the cottages to the bathing- beach. Tho amount of trouble which that serai-religious resort has in en forcing its construction of tho proprieties indicates a remarkable theory of modesty either on the part of tho bathers or the au thorities. Tut; theory of the English army authori ties that the insubordination in the Guards is due to "quasi-education" indicates that either education or armies must go. If one abolishes the other, perhaps the armies may disappear. A Bellamy colony is to be an interest ing addition to Pittsburg's many pretty suburbs. Under the plans laid down by the promoters there is no reason why such a scheme would not be a success. The ex periment will be watched with interest by thousands who havo dreamed of that happy time when the world will be ruled by right rather than might. Ex-Queen- Xatalie is suing ex-King Milan for 3,000,000 francs. This very large claim in the alimony lino Is calculated to produce the Impression that the ex-King business must be very lucrative. Senator Stanford declares that he will not bo a candidate for President volun tarily. If he is forced to take the position it will be on the platform of Major General Stanley's daughters, who embrace the pirates when the latter declare they are going to carry off the maidens.and exclaim: "Against our wills, papa! Against our wills!" Now Gresham is brought out as a Presi dental possibility again. The boom-nourish-ers are early In the field, evidently with a view to providing plenty of dark horses to fall back upon. In answer to a defense of the income taxes that superfluous wealth rather than universal necessities should bo taxed, the New 'ork Tribune asks: "Is not an income a universaTnecessity?" If an income of tho tort that would be subjected to an income tax is a universal necessity, tho grcatmajor Ity of mankind is destitute of it. NINE OF -THE TJPPEB TEN. Hon. Thomas B. Reed left London yes terday en route home. Justin Huntley McCarthy hasalready written 11 books and seven plays, and he is scarcely 30 years of age. President Harrison and party will ar rive at Mt. McGregor, N. Y., on August 18, for a week's stay as guests of W. J. Arkell. General Frank Marshall, the first Governor Kansas ever had, has become a "promoter" in his old age. He is now 75, and is well known to Now York investors. The Duke of Edinburg is the most penuri ous member of tho royal lamily, and when ho parts with a sovereign there is a reluctance visible in the effort which would make a bill shaver ecp out of sheer sympathy. Premier Mercer was given a grand re ception at Montreal, Thursday cvenins, upon his return home. In a speech he said the day was not far distant when Canada and tho United States will be as one nation under rccipocal trade. Mn. Wanamaker's desk, instead of be ing covered with cloth, has a thick plate of glass for its top, and beneath it is a map of Canada, tho United States and Mexico, show ing counties, principal towns and railways. The Postmaster General can thus facllitato talk with his visitors about new post routes. M. G. Bulkeley, whose retention of the Gubenatorial chair in Connecticut led to the controversy with Governor Hill, is a tall, handsome, elderly gentleman. He is an aristocrat from the crown of his head to tho soles of his FHtcnt leather gaiters, but is rich, liberal, and well liked in Hartford.-except by tho militia people, whom he has offended. Count Holstein-Holsteinboro, Chief Court Marshal of the King of Denmark, whose recent marriage with a singer of a dancing hall created such a sensation in Copenhagen, has been placed under guard ianship. Tho sportivo Count, who was suc cessful in the spirited contest among tho jeu nessedoree of Denmark for the young wo man's hand, enjoys the respectable age of 80 years. "Would Like Reins Blown In. Chicago Times.l Senator Peffer is credited with an ambi tion to run for the Presidency. He has probably concluded that the length of his beard makes him the hair apparent to the White House. PITTSBURG - DISPATCH, 0 ABOUT OUR COUNTRY. How the Population Is Divided Among the Great Regions Possibilities or Increase A Scheme to Beat the Custom Laws More Great Guns. It is possible, in the light of the census of 1890, to gain an idea of tho way In which the population of tho great United States of the future, which is certain to bo tho most pop ulous and powerful nation in tho world, is to be distributed over tho vast area which it includes. The distribution is not yet com plete, but the population of tho country may be said to have laid itself out in a gen eral way. Wo may Judge approximately where the great masees of population are to be, and see what sort of a country, phys ically speaking, the people flock to, says tho Youth' t Companion. The geographers in tho service of the Government have divided the country into 21 different sections ac cording to topographic or surfaco f entnres that is, according to the "lay of tho land," and not at all with regard to State lines, means of communication or other artificial features. The first slice of country which tho geog raphers set off by itself is made up of tho coast swamps of the Atlantic. Almost 2.003,000 people live in this region, but they aro mainly colored people, the country be ing unhealthy for the whito race in general. Its population is increasing at a great rate. Then comes tho great Atlantic plain, with almost 9,000,000 of people, now the most densely populated region, to tho square milo, in tho country; and then the delightful Piedmont or foot-of-the-monntains region, which goes from Maine to Alabama, and is second in density of population. Tho Now Kncland hills tho Adirondacks of New-York being included with tlicui aio a section by thomselvcs. Tho population is an important one, for though it is increasing atn slower rate than that of any other topo graphic division of the country, it lias been a fruitful nursery for many sections more hiehly favored by nature. Passing the long Appalachian Mountain region and the richly lorested and mineral region of the Cnmberland-Allegheny plateau, wo come to a very populous district called the Interior Timbered Itegion, along the. center of which flows tho Ohio river. There are more than 11,000,COO people in this region, and it will always be well settled. The imperial region of all ndjolns this. It Is called simply tho Prairie Region; it sweeps from Western 'Indiana to the Indefinite lino of tho Great Plains, and already has more people than any other topographic division of tho country more than 18,000,000. This section is salubrious, highly produc tive, and has very little waste land; and it must always, it would seem, remain the most populous region of the country. With less than one-third as m&nv neonle to the square mile as the Atlantic Plain pos sesses, the Prairie Region already has one half more people, what the relative im portance of the two sections may be, when the prairies are as well populated as tho Atlantic Plain, would make an interesting computation. The Alluvial Region of the Mississippi, lying below the mouth of tho Ohio, is liko the Atlantic Coast Swamps in two important respects. Its climate is unhealthy for most white people, and by far tho larger propor tion of its inhabitants are of the colored race. Its soil is the richest in the world. The Great Plains, extending along the base of the Rocky Mountains to the Rio Grande, gained in population, between the years 1SS0 and 1890, more rapidly than any other part of the country namely, 232 per cent. Though this section and other dry regions to the westward stillhave a small and sparse population, no one section of them as yet rising to 1,000,000 of inhabitants, the very rapid proportion of increase, due to the irri gation of a rich soil, points to a future dense population. There are, west of the Great Plains, all these geographical divisions: The North Rocky Mountains, the South Rocky Mount ains, the Plateau Region, the Basin Region, the Columbian Mesas, the Sierra Nevada, the Pacific Valley, tho Cascade Range ana the Coast Range. All those districts are as yet sparsely set tled, but capable, with a system of Irriga tion, and in two orthree of the regions with out it, of supporting a great population. Ho Owned International liens. The advantages which people who live exactly on the lino between two countries have in escaping the customs and other regulations of both countries havo often been recounted. Probably the most pic turesque and innocent instance of this kind of evasion comes from the far Western town of Nogales, which lies exactly on the bound ary between Mexico and Arizona. On tho United States side of the line in this town eggs havo been rendered dear by tho new tariff upon eggs, Inasmuch as the hens in that region are chiefly owned on tho Mexican side of the line and fed by the peasants on cheap Mexican grain. Recently, according to tho Tombstone (Arizona) Prospector, a Maine Yankee ar rived in Nogales, with an eyo to business. Ho was convinced that his opportunity lay in tho high price of eggs. Accordingly he put up a long henhouse exactly across the boundary line. At tho American end ho provided nests; and at the other end ho regularly fed his hens with low-priced Mexican grain. Tho fowls ate their grain In Mexico and then walked across the line into the United States to lay their eggs. The transaction was perfectly honest, lor of course the pro prietor of the hennery sniugglod neither grain nor eggs. Rut ho availed himself of nigh prices on one side and low prices on tho other. Three More Great Guns. The third of tho four great 12 inch guns that the Government is making has been "jacketed" in the shops at tho Washington Navy Yard. The process Is a simple one. The steel tube of the gun, measuring 30 feet 8 inches long and weighing 53,000 pounds, is placed in a receptaclo with the breech end up. The jacket, which consists of a massive hoop of steel, weighing as much as the tube itself, but much snorter and thicker, is sub jected to a heat sufficient to expand it eight tenths of an inch. It is then tested by being placed on wliat is called a "fanner." If found to bo all right, it is again raised and lowered with the utmost care over tho steel tube, as the least deflection would ruin tho work. Water is then used to cool the tube, compressed by the jaokct the 15-l,0d0 part of an inch. The object of the JacKet is to strengthen the tube. Further strength is imparted by the adjustment of 30 pow erful steel hoops or rings. When the gun is com pleted its greatcs-t diamcteris 3 feet Winches, and its weight 103,000 pounds. Tho weight of the projectilo used in it is 1,000 pounds, and tho quantity of powder required to charge it is 350 pounds. The rango of one of these guns is estimated at eight miles. Tho cost is $!o,00i). Senator Palmer's Modesty. Out in Detroit they tell a pleasing story of Senator Palmer's modesty. The Senator was coming into town from his neighboring farm on an electric car and became interested In a little woman who sat next him with a big bundle on her lap, says an exchange. At the end of the car's route the Senator raised his hat to the little woman and said: "Ah! madam, permit me." She handed' over the bundle and followed out of the car. The Senator hadn't gone very far before ho ex claimed: "Why, madam, this is a baby, isn't it1:" The woman answered that it was a baby. "Bov or girlJ" "Girl." "Well, madam, when this little girl has grown to an age lien she can comprehend what it all means, you might tell her that when she was very young she was carried in the arms ot President Palmer, of tho World's Fair." Hamilton and Burr forgotten. This is a verbatim report of a conversa tion ona Hudson river boat between a young man and a girl who had just "finished her education" at a well-known New York pri vate school, says the CbmwiercKrf Advertiser; He (as the boat was passing Weenawkon) That is the place where Hamilton was shot and killed by Burr. She Is that so? Why I didn'frcad any thing about It in the papers to-day. Ho (wonderingly and sadlyl I did not suspose you had. It occurred some time ago. She But you will send me the paper with it all in, won't you, JohnJ I do like trage dies. John mumbled something which was taken for a promise. BENEFITED BY BAIN. Showers Keep People Away From Harrison and He Transacts Much Business. rsr-ECIAL, TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.! CArE May, N. J., July 24. The heavy rain of this morning kept all the comers to tho Cape indoors, and at the Presidental cottage affairs were moved along rapidly. A great deal of business was transacted. Tho Presi dent's attention was given up to consider ing pardons and the appointment of some postmasters and army oflicers. Secretary Foster, who has remained at tho SATURDAY JTJLT 26," President's cottage ever since he arrived, concluded his business with the President this afternoon nud left on the afternoon train. Senator Plumb, of Kansas, arrived at 11 o'clock and went immediately to tho President's cottage, where he remained some time, dining with the President and Secretary Foster, ne accompanied Mr. Fos ter to Philadelphia. The Secretary will re turn to the Cnpe very soon and finish his week's visit, which he Intended to pass. A WONDEBFDX CLOCK. The My.tery Is in theForce That Moves the Accurate Timer. Jewelers' Weekly, M. Wollman, the jeweler of Council Bluffs, la., has given tho curious ample opportunity to test their ingenuity In an endeavor to fathom the mystery of a clock which ho has recently completed and placed in one of his show windows. So far the most persistent hnvo failed to discover tho influonce that Impels the unique timepiece so accurately to record tho hour and minutes. A short time ago Mr. Wollman made an electric clock that attracted attention, not only in Council Bluffs, but in expert circles else where. The mysterious clock Is far ahead of the electric apparatus in many respects. In ap pearance it resembles the colored alcohol signs in a drugstore window, being simply two glass globes placed one above the othor. They arc supported bya.delicate pedestal, which is notched to show that it does not conceal mechanism. Tho base is a piece of solid chorry wood turned out eight inches in diameter. From this the slender pedestal rises and supports the first globe, which is about seven inches in diameter. On this globo is a dial marking the minutes. Screwed to the base is a solid metal hand which points to tho minutes as they go by, the globe making one complete revolution in each hour. Above this is the smaller globo, about four Indies in diameter, with a dial around Its equator indicating the hours. A piece of silver plated steel pringbcut in the form of the figure 3 is screwed to the base, forms tho top support for tho two globes and carries the stationary hand that points out tho hours on tho Binaller globe, which revolves once in 12 hours. Tho globes aro of very thin and transparent glass and have no ap parent connection with each other, at the top or at tho base, except by the delicate pivots that penetrate only a small fraction of an inch into tho glass and form tho axes upon which tho globes revolve. Another peculiarity that renders the mystery of the mechanism still more profound is tho fact that either of tho globes can bo revolved backward or forward on their delicate pivots with great rapidity and without injury. When tho motion ceases they resume their functions, losing only the time occupied In spinning them. "- The wliole device is set on a mirror in the showcase and can be picked up and ex amined at will. Tho mystery is the force that moves the globe so accurately and con tinuously, one just 12 times faster than the other, and both in perfect time with tho jeneier'9 regulator, which looks down upon the strange device as much mystified as the mechanical expert who critically examines the novel clock, or the street gamin who gazes upon it through the show window. It has beon intimated that sunlight or heat is the motive power, but Mr. Wollman has dis proved this by placing the timepiece in the shadow. With the exception of the glass globes every part of the mechanism has been made by Mr. Wollman at his bench. It is a strange and remarkable production, and bids fair to remain a puzzle until its maker sees fit to reveal his secret. A EEFEACTOBX FIHGEB. The Ring Finger Proves a Source of Trouble to All Pianists. Boston Herald, Everyone who tried to learn how to play the piano knows what a refractory member the ring finger, or, as the foreign piano An gering designates it, the fourth finger, is. If you are not a piano student, place your hand on a table and see for yourself how im possible it is to raise that finger as high as you do the others. Now, while many are aware of this difficulty, not everybody knows Just what is the cause. Some simply allude to It as the "weak fourth finger" and let it go at that without seeking for the eausoof tho weakness. The trouble is that when man was created, the possibil ty of his wishing at some luturo time to play tho piano was overlooked, and some unneces-" sary tendons were placed in his hands which do not tend to facilitate his efforts in that direction. If the muscles of your hand were laid baro you would find two tcn- uons running to tne nrst nnger ana two to tho little finger, while but one goes to the middle and one to the ring finger; but the one connected with the ring finger sends off two short tendons which connect It with the tendons of the middle and little fingers, and it is these two short tendons which do not seem to be of any special use, which cause Siano students a vast amount of trouble, ot only do they hold down the fourth finger, but they abridge the span of the hand. A way to overcome the difficulty by some other means than by long and as siduous practice has often been sought. Robert Schumann fastened a cord to his fourth finger and passed the cord through a pulley fastened to the ceiling. Ho could ele vate his flncer by this means at will while playing his pieces, and would hold it back lor a long time. His devico was not only unsuccessful in releasing the fourth finger, but caused permanent injury to the hand, to such an extent that ho was torced to give up piano playing. That the difficulty caused by the super fluous tendons may be overcome by per sistent practice there can be no doubt. I.izst, Rubenstcln, Bulow, Tausi" and hun dreds of others attest this truth in their work. As to the policy or having these tendons cut by tho surgeon's knife and thereby escaping much hard work, wo find that It Is a mooted question among mu sicians. Everybody Strictly in It. Boston Herald. Chicago's new city directory contains 600,000 names. If you have chanced to stop over there for a railway sandwich of late, your name will probably be found in it. DEATHS HEBE AND ELSEWHEBE. Rev. Charles Chancer Goss. I?ev. Charles Chaucer Goss died in New York on -Wednesday, aged 70 ears. He was born on December 31, 1K0, at Brldgewater, England. In 1812 he came to this couutry and in 1832 was graduated from the Methodist Biblical Institute, of Concord, N. H. For several years he preached In East Genesee Conference. Soou alter his health failed and he attached himself to the American Sunday School Union, and, traveling through tbo West for live jears, be established a large number or Sunday schools. When the war broke out he Joined the New York Evangelical Alliance and cir culated over a million books and pamphlets among the Union army. He was the author of "History of American 3lethodlem," "The First Century of America," "The Century Group," "Founders of Southern Methodism, " "Bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church," and "Names of God In One Hundred Languages. ' Woodbridgo Spencer. Woodbridge Spencer, a citizen of Smyrna, N. Y., widely known for his intelligence and probity and peculiar opinions, died Monday, aged 76 years. He never married. He started a poor boy, ana by industry ana economy accumulated a fortune. He rejected Christianity entirely, and prided himself on a strict observance of the moral law as epitomized In the golden rule. He was a large mouev lender, but of late years he h.id re fused to accept the full legal rate of Interest, saying that 4 to 5 per cent, according to circumstances, was all that the borrower comd afford to pay, and his conscience would not permit him to exact any thing more. Ills fortune goes to nephews and nieces. Johnson Towers, Actor. Johnson Towers, one of the oldest En glish actors, is dead at the age of SO. He began in the provinces, and made his London debut at the Saddler's Wells under the famous Phelps. In later years lie was the lessee of the London Victoria Theater. Ills reputation as an actor re-ted in his performance of the title role in "Le Vieux Cor poral." Edward Towers, the dramatist. Is a son of the deceased. Obituary Notes. ISacN. Stoddard. President or the Plymouth National Bank, died suddenly, of heart trouble. In Plymouth, Mass., Thursday morning. ABRAHAM Gbeexebaom, the originator of the newspaper delUcry system lu New York City, died at his homo there Thursday. Ho was 76 jcars old. Cecil Ralph Howabd, sixth Earl of Wlcklow, died yesterday In England. He was born lu 1812, and his eldest son. Lord Clonmore, succeeds to the title. Da. John Cuno.-, for years physician at the Eastern Lunatic Asylum, and well known In Ma sonic circles throughout Virginia, died in Will iamsburg, Va., Wednesday night. Chakles Taylor Sullivan, -who died at BrancUville, N. J., Wednesday, was the youngest volunteer who enlisted in New Jersey during the war. He was 16 when he was mastered In. Coloxel William H. Mekeitt died at Cedar Rapids, la., yesterday, aged 71. He was the Dem ocratic candidate for Governor in 1864. and was postmaster at Des Moines under Cleveland. MBS. James D. Rawlins, mother of General John A. Rawlins, died at her home near Galena, 111., Thursday night, aged 88 years. Her husband, to whom she had been married 62 rears, survives her. They were among the earlfest settlers of Illinois. Her husband fought In the Black Hawk War. 1891 OUR MAIL POUCH. An Interesting Statement of the Alms and Status or the Alliances. To the Editor of The Dispatch : You havo recently published several arti cles in regard to the Fanners' Alliance, some of which are, I think, Incorrect. For the benefit of your many readers I would like to give a short history of the Alliance and make a few corrections in your article oftheOthinst. There are two national organizations in tho United States, viz., "Tho National Farm ers' Alliance," organized October H, 1SS0, at Farewell Hall.Chicago, which is the so called Northern or Northwestern alliance, and "The National Farmers' Alliance and Indus trial Union," which organization dates from October 1, 1SS9, and is the so-called Southern organization. It is a consolidation of two orders, one of which was the "National Farmers' Alliance and Co-Operative Union of America," and the other was' the "Na tional Agricultural Wheel." The methods and pei'feonnel of the two, (Northern and Southern) orders aro widely different. The Northorn Allinnco is a strictly anti-monopoly, anti-trust organiza tion, and is working for anti-monopoly legis lation, and by their efforts have passed the, Iowa State Railroad law, conceded to be the best yet in force. During tho Congressional session oriSOO and tbo spring of 1891, the Northern Alliance concentrated all its ef forts on the passage by Congre39 of three bills tho meat inspection bill, tho pure lard bill and tho anti-option bill. They succeeded in having passed the meat inspection bill, but failed on the pure lard bill, simply be cause the Southern Alliance did all they could against it, as it would injure the sale of their cottonseed oil. Nor should it be for gotten that to the Northern Alliance is due the fact that tho head of the Department of Agriculture is a Cabinet officer. The Southorn Alliance, on the other hand, is a highly centralized organization. It is an oligarchy, the few leaders having sole con trol of the organization. Dr. Macune when he was the nominal head of the order, as he still is its real head, declared in one of his annual messages "that the organization was a monarchy." He also declared in his mess age that the Southern Alliance was organ ized for the distinctly avowed purpose of forming ono of the most gigantic combines the world lias ever seen to establish a mo nopoly of the cotton market of the world. While the farmers and farm organizations of the North and West are Irrevocably op posed to monopoly, the man who is styled "the brains" ot the Southern organization, and who now occupies throe of tho most ex alted and influential positions, used his own influence, the Influence of the Alliance organ he controlled and that of the order In which ho is all powerful, to defeat anti-monopoly legislation in Georgia, and try to elect from that State one of Jay Gould's attorneys as United States Senator. Now in The Dispatch of the 6th inst., an article says that tho organizations of tho Northwestern alliance in this State are not as great in number as they were six months ago, -and that they are going over to the Southern Alliance, which is a great mistake. They are stronger now than over before. They have no notion of going over to the Southern organization. The Southern or ganization instead of going Into unoccupied territory is continually trying to induce tho members of the northern branch to come to them, bnt they have reached their limit. One man from Kansas writes to our State President, G. D. Brown, that they have had enough of being ruled by "Rebel brigaders," and wishes to join the Northern organiza tion. Another from Maryland wrote stating that their whole county organization wished to come over to our branch of the Alliance. The arrangements were made and they did come over. Here in this county (Lawrence) we have 15 sub-alliances now organized and more to follow. Those who wish to belong to an order that is work ing for the best interest of the individual farmer should join the Northern branch. Nebraska has the ereatest membership, fol lowed by the following States in the order named: Ohio, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Wis consin, Washington, Pennsylvania, Min nesota, Missouri, etc. Wo are growing. We have a membership that we are not ashamod of. We are in the fight to the finish. All the talk of the South ern Alliance swallowing us up is merely balderdash. Our organization held its eleventh annual meeting at Omaha, Neb., January, 1891, and is in splendid working order. W. W. G. Pulaski, Pa., July 2L Fascinated by the Footlights. To the Editor of the Dispatch. I have a son who desires to become an actor. Would you ac'vise me as to what school or Institution to send him, or what way it would be best to start blm. C. R. Pittsburg, July 21. Schools that fit aspirants with dramatio talent for the stage can be found in New York. The stage itself is the best school. A "super" with talent issuretobeappreciate'd, and the practical knowledge gained by commencing at tho bottom is better than the theoretical training of the dramatic coach ers. An Ont-of-ToTm Assignment. To the Editor of The Dispatch: Will you give me all the information you can about West Superior, Wis., what sort of a city it is, whether hilly or plain, how variable are the points of heat in summer and cold in winter, about what the popula tion is, and what nationalities It is com posed of? Inquirer. Warren, O., July 23. You can get the information you seek by writing to the Mayor of West Superior. Its Board of Trade doubtless has it all in pamphlet form. Referred to the Railroad Managers. To the Editor of The Dispatch: AVould you kindly oblige reader by in forming him If the Grand Army will have a low-priced exenrsion to Detroit? If so. when and at what price? J. C. W. FrrrsBUBo, July 24. Excursions will undoubtedly be ar ranged by the rail and steamboat people. Watch the advertising columns of The Dispatch, and you will probably secure the Information in due time. It Belongs to Burns. To the Editor of The Dispatch: - Please inform a number of readers the name of the author of the following: "Man'9 inhumanity to man makes countless thou sands mourn." It is claimed to be that of Robert Burns, and is contradicted. McKEEsroRT, July 24. Readers. He Is Still in Retirement. TotheEditorofTheDlspatch: I wish to be Informed through The Dis patch whether or not Rov. Father Molllnger, of Troy Hill, is at present receiving patients for treatment. C. J. Altoona, July 21. Convenience Instead of Accuracy. To the Editor of The Dispatch: Is the year 1800 in the Eighteenth or Nine teenth century? W. A. S. Cove Center, July 24. It is usually placed in the Nineteenth, but strictly speaking it i3 in the Eighteenth. They Do. To the Editor of The Dispatch: Please inform me whether the laws of the States of Ohio, Virginia, West Virginia and Maryland require marriage license. Butler, Pa., July 24. B. A HOT N0BTH WIND. The Norther in California Is the Chinook in the Northwest. Chicago Tribune. The "norther" in California i3 the same as the "Chinook" in the Northwest. It is a hot wind that brings certain destruction to all vegetation if it prevails for any length of time, as it dries np leaf, branch and root. Not long ago one prevailed in the valleys of California and wrought heavy losses to the owners of orchards, vineyards and growing crops. Since then there has been a lively discussion as to tho best method of obtain ing protection against tho recurrence of these losses. Of course, there is no means of preventing the invasion of a "norther," but it has been discovered that when the barometer at Winnemucca indicates 30.05 or more the wind is certain to make a visit. By watching the signal service reports closely the fruit grower could tell when his property was threatened. Armed with this knowledge he could, it is believed, prevent much damage by spraying his trees and vines. As another means of protection, it is suggested that companies to insure against "northers" be organized. The plan is re garded as feasible as the organization of companies to insure against cyclones. The Wise Men of Germany. Chicago Inter-Ocean. I Prince Bismarck as long ago as 18S2 said: "It is my deliberate-Judgment that the pros perity of America is mainly due to its system of protective laws." The bulk of intelligent German-Americans believe and vote the tame sentiments. EVENTS Iff SOCIETY. Twenty-FHth Anniversary of an Odd Fel lows' Lodge Some Gossip. The celebration of the twenty-fifth anni versary of James B. Nicholson Lodge No. 5S3 of Odd Fellows took place at Silver Lake Grove yesterday. One of the largest crowds of the season assembled there to enjoy the musical programme and the danc ing beneath the trees. Myriads of Japanese lanterns were suspended from tho trees and other arpropriate decorations were numerous. Adelaide Nicholson Lodge No 1SS, D. of It., tookchargo of this part or tho arrangements, and the lady members aro to bo praised for their artistic taste. Last evening addresses were delivered by Grand Master Ed Marsh, of Corry: Grand Secretary James B. Nicholson, of Philadel phia, and others. Among those in attend ance were: Grnnd Patriarch Richard II. Gra ham, of Philadelphia; Grand High Priest . T. Vanartsdalen, of Philadelphia: Grand Marshal S. W. Jefferis, Pittsburg: John A. Myler, President of the Home at Laurel, Pa.; Colonel S. W. Jefferis, of the First Regiment of Pennsylvania; Captain A. Ackcrman, of Canton Pittsburg, No. 3S; Captain a E. Means, of Canton Allegheny, and other Pa triarch oflicers. Social Chatter. PniLnARMONic Societt members will leave for camp Monday morning. Another plensant select dance was given at Windsor Park, Bellevue, Thursday even ing. A ncNio will be given by the II. J. Heinz Company to their employes to-day at Ross' Grove. ""The U. P. Sunday school ofBolvidere pic nic took place at Rock Point yesterday and was well attended. Miss Lizzie Kennedy gave a luncheon yes terday afternoon at Bellevue In honor othor friend. Miss Dora Hooper. The Young Men's Christian Association, of Wilkinsburg, is making arrangements to establish a gymnasium in connection with the association. The third concert of the Great Western Band took place last evening on the lawn of tho Twentieth ward school, Ellsworth ave nue. An excellent programme was rendered. An elocutionary entertainment was given at Grace Episcopal Church last evening. After the programme had been rendered ice cream and other refreshments wero served. PEASANT AND SAGE. A Modern Fable Whoso 3Ior.il Is Learned by Trying It Once. M. Quad In Chicago Tribune. Once npona time a peasant went to a sage who was celebrated for his wisdom and said: "Oh, Sage, I have an enemy who con stantly speaks ill of me and disturbs my peace of mind. He has even threatened to do me personal injury." "Have you ever Injured him?" "Never." "Has your wife ever criticised his wife's plush sacque?" "Never.'J "Has your dog run his cat over the fence?" "My dog is old and blind." "Do you play tho accordion in the back yard of an evening. "I have none." "But havo yon never suggested to your enemy to run for Alderman in your ward on the Reform ticket? Havo yon never asked him to come over and give an opinion on a sick horse? Have you never had the wit to see that ho was invited to deliver the Fourth of July oration or draw up a petition to the Legislature?" "Alas! no!" Then go hence! You have only sand in your head!" Moral Try it once. DEATH BY ASPHYXIATION Suggested by a Nevada Man as a Scheme for Killing Criminals. I would suggest asphyxiation by Jgas as a painless and quick means of executing criminals, writes Sam Davis, of Carson, Nev., to the New York World. In the past 20 years over a dozen men have been killed by gas in the Comstock mines. The gas was produced by combustion of old timbers. In several cases it came 011 the miners unawares, and In every instance the victim died without a tremor. One miner was opening a bulkhead, and as he smashed in ono of the planks the gas escaped through the opening. He was laughing and talking at tho time, and the instant he inhaled the gas his body sank to the ground, a word half spoken died upon his lips, and his com rades a tew yards away were enabled to es cape uninjured. When his bodv was taken out his face still wore a laughing expres sion. Evidence could be produced ad infini tum that asphyxiation with certain gases is instantaneous and painless. Place the condemned man in an air-tight chamber with glass sides, turn on the gas and in two seconds he would die a painless death, with no burning of flesh by electricity or tho neck breaking by the hangman's rope. PEOPLE COaUNG AND G0INO. W. F. Eeed. of Denver, a brother of Judge Reed and a former reporter on The Dispatch, arrived In the city last evening. He is on his way homo from a business trip to New York. Since leaving Pittsburg, he has made a fortune in the elcctrci supply business In tho Colorado capital, in addi tion ho is now building street railroads, and is on the highway to greater success. Ho advises young men to go West. Col. T. J. Hemphill, of Arizona, was at the Union depot yesterday going to Blair county. He says the Apache Indians aro a lotof murderers, and in the last year they have killed SO white people. The settlers are indignant, but complaints to the Indian Agent have done no good. W. P. Logan, one of the owners of the big oil well at McDonald, went to Philadel phia last evening. The well is now doing 180 barrels per hour. He was highly elated over tho strike, and said he was going to the Quaker City to get some one to help him spend the money. He lives there' Among those who went to Philadelphia and the seashore last evening were F. II. Tristram, or the Wabash; C. A. Egley, of the Queen and Crescent; Mr. Mathews, of tho Burlington road; Win Colville, finance clerk iff the postoflice, and Dr. George Shidle. Warden Charles P. Durston, of the Auburn Prison, the man who executed Kemmler by electricity, was a visitor in Pittsburg on Thursday. He stopped at tho Anderson. Wharton McKnight, the foundryman, left for Gettysburg last evening to visit his family, who are spending the summer on the famous battlefield. James Cox and family, of London, passed through the city last evening on the limited going West. They are English tourists "doing the States." P. K. Sheldon and wife, of Marion, Ind., are stopping at the Monongahcla House. Mr. Sheldon is a glass manufacturer. M. A. 'oble, of Toledo, and J. E. Wal cott, of Cleveland, are registered at the Seventh Avenue Hotel. George Miller,superintendentof the Wag ner Sleeping Car Company, was in the city on business yesterday. Joseph Seip, the Standard oil man from Tltusville, and W. P. Tyler, of Washington, are at the Duque3ne. James F. Crisp, of Trenton, and W. E. Hall, of Altoona, are among the guests at the Anderson. E. A. Worth, -general manager "of the Jareckl Manufacturing Company, is in Erie. James Allen, of Larimer avenue, has re turned from a six months' visit to Europe. Senator Plinn went to Columbus on pri vate business last evening. J. J. Pierce, the Sharpsville furnace man, is at tho Duquesne. W. DewecsWood and wife left for Chi cago on tho limited. Superintendent Pitcairn has gone to Har risburg. DOWN BY THE SEA. Down by the sea I sit and dream Of the days long gone, and' the moments seem Like the opal stones of that mystic hue. Which fades or shines o'er the false or true; And I think, though I know 'tis quite In vain. It might be better could I live them again. Down by the sea I sit and weep O'er thoughts that will never, never sleep. And the sweet, sad music of the sounding sea. With its minor cadences, comforts me. Though the wrecks of ships and the drift float in From the far-off shore of the might-have-been. Down by the sea I sit and dream. As the lights on the land send their twinkling gleam Far out on the waves of that boundless sea. To return no more, forever. Ah me, Tls the thought of such thoughts that stabs and kills, Down by the sea, I pay my bills And I don't like It a little bit. Detroit Free Prut J ,. - VH CURIOUS CONDENSATION The'Chinese do not permit their v to bo photographed. The German emigrants outnumb Irish two to one every year. In some languages, notably the J ese, there is no word for kiss. A London lady who had lost the 1 a valuable casket arosejnnd found it sleep. A Circassian mother's first care E remote the growth of her children ishes. The two finest streets in Britai Princes' street, Edinburgh, and Sac street, Dublin. Seven thousand persons can find room to repose under the shade of a mature banyan tree. Christiania, Norway, has the 1 shipyard. Forty ships load at Its do one time. The lumber yard runs a mil Madame de Stael was most proud fact that she had acquired 17 trades, 1 one or which she could make a livellht The whole body of the vulture is 1 dred times as large as tho swallow, T wings are only 15 times larger than tl the latter. For stings or bites from any kind sect, apply dampened 'salt, bound t over tho spot. It will relieve, and u cure very quickly. Salt as a tooth powder is bette almost any other dentifrice. Itkcej teeth very white, the gums hard an and the breath fresh. It has been estimated that the a of gold in coin or ornament in the wc about 613 cubic yards, and that it wo in a room 21 feet each way if in a solic The crackling sound of freshly i; wood or coal is caused by the air or contained in the pores expanding bj and bursting the covering in which it fined. To enable the public to promptly nize a doctor's vehicle, and summon his services are required, the physic Berlin have agreed to deck. their coai with white hats. A sycamore tree near Newton, Co said to be 85 feet high and 21 feet in t ter.while its branches shade an area e IngSO feet from the trunk. It produce! and abundant white blossoms. Butter made from cocoanuts is r. taking the place of the ordinary but Germany and Switzerland. ItWsaic healthful, easily digested, as palatt butter made from the milk of co much cheaper. Sarah Davis, a negress, has just Indianapolis, aged 115, though the c retnrnsheragcaslSj, and is positiv he is right. If so, then Sarah was out teens before the Declaration of Ind ence was declared. M.Diebler, the French execution accnmnlated a fortune of 500.0CO frai his skill in working the guillotine, j cent execution in Paris he had his lit with him, evidently to give him instj in the revolting business. The depth at which some of the E coal mines are worked is something ) ions. In a pit at Flenu the work 1 done at 3,700 feet; in a pit at Frcmc 2,800 feet; and in the St. Andre pit, a tigny-sur-Sambre, at 3,000 feet. There has been a gain of 1,613 papers In the United States during tl year, and the last returns give the n in the United States and Canada a A single day turns out more n J present than did half a century in in's day. It is announced that the member T.eprosy Commission, who are now pu their researches In Simla, have maf important discovery that the leprosy luscan be isolated andcnltivatedarti'j A rabbit was inoculated and killec some days, and distinct leprous n were found in the body. It is state the bacillus has never before grown 1 the human body. One of the deepest coal mines world is at St. Andre du Polrier, Frani yearly produces some 300,000 tons o This mine is worked with two shafts, which is a little short of 3.000 feet dee the other nearly 3,100 feet, the intent ing to deepen the latter shaft to 4,000 1 remarkable feature in this mino Is th parativo low temperature, which seld ceeds 75 degrees. Paris is laughing over a joke at American Inventor who is said U patented an electric corset that is t about the reign of morality at once, of these articles is pressed by a lover' it at once emits a shriek like the wit a railway engine and the inventor that he has already married three daughters, owing to the publicity thus npon a backward lover. A little boy of Yahoola district, Z kin county, Ga., was out picking bei few days ago and a bird sitting on a near the ground attracted his atte He threw some rocks at it but it refui move. He concluded to go up to capture it In his hat. Just at tha when he made his pass at the bird, covereda large rattler on the groun under where the bird was sitting dropped his hat ami the monster str it and coilqd himself in the hat. He tl rock and crippled the snake and we assistance, and It was killed. It was 3 long and as large in proportion. The antics of two young wome duced a considerable commotion in way car that was just entering Boston girls managed to calm themselves clently to tell the conductor in confi that they believed It was a rat. Tl doctor grasped the animal through s thicknesses of summer fabrics, and uncovered it proved to be a playful 1 It subsequently got away from him, s bled over the bald head of a sleeping g man from Cambridge, and tried tc Itself in the glass globe of a train lantern. An enormeus cavern has been d ered in Josephine county, Ore., nea California line, and about 40 miles frc coast. It is in a limestone region, whl tends for miles. Many of the pa: within the cave are described as of beauty, containing semi-transparent ( tites, giant milk-white pillars and poo streams of pure, clear n ator. A creek from tne main opening to the cave eral miles from the entrante is a smal and a waterfall 30 feet in height. Thee appears to be fully as large as the Man Cave in Kentucky. PHUNNT PnELLOWS PHANCTI Count De Queer How ees zees, m selle? Miss Money What, Count? Count De Queer What I see ees a spectae And what I see him with ees spectacles. Jfe Weekly. Judge (severely) Don't you know when you placed a wedding ring on this wc finger you assumed the duty of supporting hi N. Peck Your Honor, that ring was m the United States and is not a dutiable an Jeiceters' Weekly. Said P.at, "These are days when 'tis hi receive The faith or the doctrine that anyone teach One preaches a thing that he doesn't believe. Another one doesn't belteve what he prea. Sew lork P Thirsty Acquaintance What! An glass? You drink like-like aleaky ship. Thirsty Physician No, sir. I drink like Doc. Chicago Tribune. "Are yon willing to work for you: ing?" she asked of the two tramps who were Ing on the porch. 1 "Ye'm, wear," replied one of 'em ean an' you kin bet we does it digestin' the thli w!mmlnalong.thls route gives us ter eat-" ington Star. , "You ought to try and win her, G she's a beautiful brunette." "How's her income?" That's fair." Well, that's a very good mixture of cor ions. I guess I'll go in for her." Detrol Press. Politicus Do you think he will ge Speakership? Crisp has done well. Wlttlcus Crisp Is well done, you mean Aet Telegram. "Don't you think the new tin plat dnstry we hear so nueh about is going tojfi workfor a large number of the unemployed?; "Most assuredly. The tramps, for lni Something rignt In their line, you see." I "How so-" f "Oh! polishing the plates. "Washington Uow Piuebus nearer to the earth H's flaming car doth whirl That he may get a nearer view Of our iweet summer girl. " -HwXorVBa n
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