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AX ALLEGED GORMAN nOOOL
Our Xevv Tork special correspondence
gives a very interesting conersation be
tween Mr Charles A. Dana and Mr. Scott
Kay, of Indiana, in which the name of
Gorman was brought out as a propectiv e
candidate for the Presidency. It seems
that these two Democrats, inspired by one
common thought, namely, the wish of
finding a man to beat Cleveland, after
mutual deliberation settled on Gorman as
the coming man At the same time it is
intimated that the brilliant and erratic
Watterton is not unfavorably disposed
toward the Man land Senator. On this
rather insecure foundation the Gorman
boom is to be built, provided it docs not
fall to pieces before the first story is
erected.
All of which is 'very interesting as illus
trating the desperate determination of a
certain element in the Democratic
party to stick to the Bourbon and spoils
lines in their nomination. The fear
lest their party may be swelled by
accessions from the reform element, in
vited there by a nomination that rises
above machine politics, is a singular char
acteristic of Democracy; but it hpsmore
than once been the sahation of the Re
publicans. It is evident that if the coun
sels of the Hon Charles A. Dana and the
lion. Scott Ray cau rescue the Democratic
party from the peril of putting up a strong
candidate, thej will do so
If a more offensive candidate than David
Bennett Hill could be cho-en by the Dem
ocrats, Arthur P Gorman is the man.
The first K chieflj characterized by a
fnend-liip for Tammanj , the last is the
rvcognized head of a political machine
even more corrupt and unscrupulous. Hill
has been shift and demagogic in his ut
terances upon public issues, Gorman has
been convicted of absolute untruth, in his
speeches m the Senate on behalf of the
Epoils svstem.
If the Gorman boom should attain any
respectable proportions, which is fortu
nately improbable, it would place a high
premium on the Republican nomination,
and come ier close to offering a guarantee
of Republican succes-
SIM'CI UK DIRIXTORSIIIPS.
The "Wail street theorj of the duties of
directors is presented in the financial cor
respondence from Xi-w York in connec
tion with the wrecking of the American
Loan and Trust Cumpanv It is, bneflv,
toercist' good judgment in the selection
of a President and then to turn over the en
tire inauajjenient to him, with the possible
aid of an adv ison committee.
There is no doubt that this is the Wall
street practice, as it is in the case of too
many corporations outside of "Wall street
But it is not the correct practice, nor is it
the theory on which corporate, organiza
tion is planned. If the President, or any
single executiv c ofticer, is to have uncon
trolled management, without any .checks
or safeguard-, the stockholders can elect
the President and get alon w ithout any
directors The correspondence asserts
that the directors are put on for the pur
pose of humbugging the public But that
xerj assertion admit? that the theory of
corporate organization holds out the prom
ise of stabilitj bv the supervision of the
directors, and where the promise is broken
the duty of the directors is unfulfilled.
Of course, it is out of the question that
the directors shall personally watch every
petty transaction or know of every detail
of the business as soon as it is transacted.
Xo sensible person has ever required that
of them. But it is no less certain that the
sole purpose of their existence is to exer
cise that general supervision upon the bus
iness of the corporation which the stock
holders cannot giv c The utter pen ersity
of life Wall street view is sufficiently
shown bv the idea presented in the cone
spondencc. that the stockholders should
keep themselves informed of the corpora
tion's affairs, while the directors created to
do that work are to do nothing
On the whole, the theory of managing
corporations elucidated by this Wall street
authority is calculated to mairc investors
who are particular about the security of
their investments very shy of that class of
corporations
XI II T "1 HE CAN AT. XVIT.E HKENG.
The successful oyagcof that newvcssel
from Duluth to Liverpool has causedquite
a stii in shipping circles. New York jour
nals claim that the freight could hav c been
(transported bv waj of Xevv York in less
lime and at lower charges. Whether this
is true or not, the cost and time spent in a
pioneer trip does not argue that when the
same method of trpnspoitation is utilized
on a large scale a great economy will not
ie elfecteu.
The e-sential fact is tint a vessel of new
t-v pe, capable of ocean as well as inland
navigation, with a large freight capacity
and of sufficiently light draft to pass
through the Canadian canals, has opened
the water route from the center of the
American Continent to the ocean ports of
tin world. This fact his a peculiar beai
Jrgon the transpoitation policy of West-
-il Pennsylvania. The vesel which made
the voyage 13 tho newest form of
lahc earner. It is espt dally adapted
to the transportation of coal and
ore in large bulk It has passed
through artificial water ways of less depth
ilin he proposed Ohio Itiver and Lake
Eric Canal Its voyage thus demonstrates
that ith that water route opened, Pitts
burg can be placed In communication, not
only with a'l the lake ports, but with the
entire traffic of tlie world over the ocean
iou'es.
The same whalc-btckcd steamer which
passed through the Wei land Canal can
bring cargoes of oie to Pittsburg and tako
thence cargoes of coal, if the proposed
canal is built Not only cau the cost of
iron-manufnotnrp be definitely cheapened
by tins means, but a market for Western
Pennsylvania coal cm be extended all
o er tiie lakes and to the ocean. With the
economy of manufacture thus secured, the
time will also come when Pittsburg iron
and steel will seek foreign markets by the
same route that this steamer has traversed,
if a more direct one is not sooner opened
by tho enlargement of the Erie canal.
The new vessel is an illustration to
Western Pennsylvania of what its trans
portation sj stem will gain by the opening
of the canal The lesson should not be
lost on the business interests of this section.
alR. M'GUTRE'S STATEMENT.
A statement made by Mr. P. J. McGuire,
of the Garpenters' Brotherhood with ref
erence to the recent carpenters' strlko in
this city, appears elsewhero in this issue.
As an explanation of Mr. McGuire's
course, it is interesting; but it is doubtful
whether it will have a jrood effect as prov
ing the wisdom of that course, or as allay
ing the soreness of the recent strikers.
Mr. McGuire's first statement makes the
point which was mooted in the columns of
The Dispatch, that the strike was not in
accordance with the rules of the United
Brotherhood and consequently was not
entitled to aid. Further Mr. McGuire as
seits that tho appeal of Union 230 to tho
General Executive Board was sustained
and the organizations in this city were so
notified. But Mr. McGuire states that the
sympathy felt for the strikers in their gal
lant though unauthorized contest was such
that he gave them the moral support of
his position and financial aid was furn
ished the strikers from time to time to a
total of 513,000.
Right here is where Mr. McGuire's
statement of actions is inconsistent with his
statement of principles. The rules of a
national labor organization, if they have
any value at all, should be maintained,
and those intended to prevent the calam
ity of injudicious or unauthorized strikes
have the same importance as any others.
According to Mr. McGuire's statement the
men w ho directed a strike were violating
the rules of the order. The men who did
not wish to strike were the faithful mem
bers. Under these circumstances upon
what logic Mr. McGuire and the Executive
Board deemed themselves justified in
spending funds for the aid of those who
violated the rules, and in using their
moral influence against those Who were
acting In accordance with the rules in
keeping at work, it is difficult to see.
No doubt Mr. McGuire's sympathy for
the men had a reasonable foundation, as
was the case with that share of the public,
whose sympathies were on that side. But,
if rules for the prevention of injudicious
strikes arc not upheld by the officers of
the organization, of what use are they?
TIIE speech rtraiArxs.
Mr. John Russell Young registered in
jesterday's Dispatch his recollections of
the first Gettysburg dedication at which
Mr. Lincoln's famous eulogy was deliv
ered. Mr. Young thinks thatshort speech
has been elevated to undue importance,
and states at length his reasons for think
ing so.
These reasons are more weighty in
classifying Mr. Young's judgment than
Mr. Lincoln's oration, no does not re
member any particular applause ; he con
sidered Mr. Lincoln'sdelivery ungraceful;
and he was disappointed, because the
speech was not given to the reporters in
the first place, and because it occupied
only three or four minutes in the next
place. In these allegations there is noth
ing new. The speech was anything hut
one calculated to raise hurrahs; Mr. Lin
coln's personality was never supposed to
be over-abounding with graces, and the
brevitj of the speech has long been recog
nized as adding to its force.
Mr. Young does not question the existing
version of the speech, and that leaves its
standing untouched. The words them
selves remain to show that thej contain an
elevation of patriotic thought that is the
more impressiv e for their simplicity and
terseness
WTTX IT BE ENFORCED?
The circular issued by the Department
of Justice to the United States District
Attorneys with regard to the enforcement
of the anti-trust statute is jeered at by the
Xevv York Times, on account of its phrase
ology. There is more food for sarcasm in
the fact that the sworn officials of the law
hav e to be directed by the Attorney Gen
eral to perform their duties. But, as the
phraseology of the Attorney General's cir
cular asserts that "it is the duty of the law
officers of the Government, as I doubt not
It will be their pleasure, to do everj thing
possible within the law to suppress them,
and to punish the wrong-doers," it ought
to mtet the approbation of every one who
wishes to see the trusts suppressed. Lan
guage convoying such a meaning may be
novel in official circles, butjjys eminently
correct, and w ould be pleasing even if ab
solutely ungrammatical.
If these instructions are carried out in
good faith by the enforcement of the law,
there is no doubt that the end of the great
combinations is close at hand. The law
applies only to combinations to control
inter-State traffic; but a trust which con
fines its operations to a single State will be
of vciv limited power to oppress consum
ers. Under the law every person engaged
in these monopolies is subject to fine and
imprisonment The property of the trusts
can be seized by officers of the govern
ment w hile in transportation from State to
State; andanyperson injured by them can
sue for triple damages. If these provis
ions arc put into force not a single trust or
monoply can continue to do business
within the United States.
But have the law officers of the govern
ment the stamina to put this law into
active operation against the great million
aires, even when they are instructed to by
thi Attorney General? The trust money
kings evidently do not think so: and it re
mains to be proved that they are mistaken.
It is an interesting and satisfactory fact
that tho Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, which
was last j ear marked for confiscation by
the railways, is to hivothc 'water turned
into it to-day, and be re-oponed to traffic.
Poronco tho railway conquest of tho internal
water routes is checked
The need for improved precautions
against mine explosions has been somewhat
forgotten, as tho best pait of a j ear has
clapped -ince any wholesalo disaster from
that cause. Still tho fact that a Frenchman
has invented a small incandescent lamp
suitable for nso in mines ought to bo of in
terest. The lamp is fed from u. small bat
tery to be carried about tho person of tho
miner, and on breaking tho bulb it is in
stantly extinguished. It such a lamp can be
pnt into practical use It seems likely that it
would go far toward doing away with tho
terrible calamities that horrified the coun
try last year.
It is interesting to note that Dudley also
stretches his hand over tho party wall to
lend what aid ho can give to the incipient
Gorman boom.
The Hebrew Alho'ic; of Aincr.ci has
taken a vi ic stand m oppositi ju .- the ron-
centrntlon of tho Russian Hebrew immi
grants in largo cities, and in fnvorof scat
tering tliem throughout the country in In
dustrial colonies like that in New Jersey.
By this course thoy cau be spcedlH lud
in n position to support thomsolv , .mil lie
come a valuable addition to theptnducrlvo
forces nl tho country. If they nro left in tho
cities they will simply furnish an aggrava
tion of the want and overcrowding already
existing there.
The "yellows" have attacked the peaches
in Delaware somewhat too lnte to provent
their present cheapness and abundance; but
forbearance is still shown in the fact that
tho hailstones which are pelting the wheat
in Minnesota have not yet attained tho size
or eggs.
The envious New York Journals, which
point out that the voyago of the whale back
steamer from Duluth to Liverpool lasted
30 days, and that tho cargo could have gone
by way of New York in half the time, omit
to give statistics'as to the actual average
time consumed in the transportation of
grain over the New York routo. The differ
ence between w hat might bo dono if tho
freight is hurried forward to make a record,
and what actually is done, is sometimes
worth mentioning.
The Cape May correspondents claim that
the President does not look well in a bath
ing suit. Tins is by no means derogatory of
the Chief Executive. The exceptional man
who does look well in n bathing suit is
rarely w orth much in any other guise.
Mb. Jay Gould says that he obeyed the
doctor's orders to "drop everything" when
he started West. It has not j ct been learned
that Mr. Gould dropped tho railway proper
ties which ho gobbled bvmeans of his money
squeeze lust fall; so that It is to bo feared
that the medical orders wore not literally
carried out. Howcv er, if tho precedents es
tablished on former occasions when Mr.
Gould left Wall street are adhered to, some
thing may be heard to drop vv hen he comes
back
The name of Charles Fostcr"asa United
States Senator suggests that he w ould be an
appropriate balance to Payne and Brice.
But a cool gentleman by the namo of John
Sherman stands in the way.
ObJfctions are heard to Pension Com
missioner Raum's course in devoting his at
tention to private enterprises, and letting
tho Tension Bureau run itself. But if tho
Commissioner should carry out his avowed
purpose of dumping 350,000 original cases,
the objectors would realize that if ho could
be persuaded to give all his time to private
money-making it -would be much more
money in the pocket of the country.
The German Emperor did not succeed in
catching any whales during his voyage to
the North Sea. But he still may cherish the
consolation that ho landed a bur fish by his
v isit to England.
The alarming news comes from the
Hawaiian Isles that tho Sandwich Is anders
leceived our John L. Sullivan very coldly.
This inert and uncivilized deadness to tho
clnims of "athleticism" as a great moral
agent utterly wrecks any hopes that the
Kanakas may have enteitaincd of annexa
tion to the United States
TnE result of that last bye-election will
probably confirm Ijird Salisbury in his
determination not to appeal to a general
election until the last year of the term of
Parliament.
Govxnv-on Pattison's letter to Senator
George Handy Smith expressed in vory
pl un terms the executive idea that com
mittees of investigation aro intended to in
vestigate. But the Senator has had alto
gether too much legislative experience to
steer his course by any such crude theory as
that.
SINGLED FE0M THE CB0WD.
Rudyaed KiFLixa has begun the use
of the typewriter.
The oldest banker in the world is a lady
Deborah Powers, aged 93, senior partner of
V. Power & Sons, Lauscnberg.
Empress Fredekick is fascinated by
the genius of H. Rider Haggard and by way
of returning the compliment ho has dedi
cated his last book to her.
Rev. Piin.LiPS Brooks is said to be the
fastest speakor in tho world. Verbatim re
porters who timed him found that ho speaks
on an av erage of 212 words a minute. Stam
mering in his youth is accountable for his
remarkable haste in speoch.
The late Mr. W. H. Gladstone had a
marked talent for music. Ho was profoundly
versed in tho theory of the art, and well ac
quainted with the works of its great masters,
his musical taste was critical and exacting,
and he plaj cd admirably on the organ.
There is said to be no truth in the re
port that Mrs. Frances Hogdson Burnett is
to return to America. Sho cannot bear the
t nought of life in her old homo without her
idolized elder son. She is nt present living
a very quiet and secluded life near London.
Wixn Jay Gould sick with the neuralgia,
C. P. Huntington out of sorts with malaria
and rheumatism, and John D. Rockefeller
under treatment for nervous prostration, it
is not to bo marveled at that wall street
men ask, "Are our great financiers breaking
down?"
M. Sarcey, a French journalist, has a
novel way of gaining news. Ho has elegant
apartments, rich cigarettes and choice ab
sinthe. Pans gossips and men of pioml
nence enjoy his hospitality and unburden
secrets and matters of interest These ho
makes snhjects for tho bright comments
over his signature w hich grace the Parisian
press.
Shortly before the New Orleans killing,
Lieutenant Lucien Young, of the Xavv, was
stationed in Washington, and one day he
had business with tho Italian Ministei. Tho
Minister treated him rudely and tho Ken
rncknn, growing indignant, took up the
papers about which ho had gono to the Le
gation and flung them full in the Minister's
face. The Baron complainedjto tho State
Department, but after a full investigation
the Lieutenant was sustained by both Secre
tary Blaine and Secretary Tracy.
CtWIBASTED WOMAN SOCIALISTS.
Eoulse Michel, the Growling Philanthropist,
and Madame Set crlne, tho ISeanty.
New York Tribune. 3
o greater contrast can be conceived than
that presented by the two leading women
Socialists of France Tho ono, Loulso
Michel, devoid of tho slightest trace
either of beauty or of any kind of fem
inino attraction, lives In exile among the
poor in London amid tho most squalid and
wretched surroundings.
The other, Madame Severino, i3 a woman
of considerable beauty, dainty in domestic
tastes, luxnnons in her comforts, and soft
ening by her -n omanlv ciianns the asperities
of Anarchy and Socialism. She writes grace
ful little notes on paper decorated with a
blood red flag surrounded by a crown of
thorn vand soltly purrs doctrines of plunder
and bloodshed, while Louise Michel, on the
other hand, growls forth in surly tones
words of kindness and sj mpathy for every
kind of human suffering.
AMEBICAN OIL IN GEHMANY.
Tlie Standard Sells It Through the Tank
Sjstcm for 3 1-3 Cents a Gallon.
New York Hcrald.l
"Yes, it is Americans at war with Russians
now,' siid an ofllclal of the Standard Oil
Company jesterday. The spokesman was
Mr. It. C. Voir, manager of the shipping de
pal tment, "There nro now 53 big tank
ste liners conv eying oil from the Jersey and
Philadelphia ends of our pipe lines abroad
and coastw ise.
"There have been enormous and economi
cal changes in methods of shipment of late
which have enabled the Standard Oil people
to lay down their product abroud much
lower than all competitors. In fact, tho
German consumer noxv pots his oil for tho
low price of J 53-100 cents per gallon, and
doesn't grumble about monopoly cheapen
ing the product. Formerly oil came to New
1 oi k cm barrel trains. You seldom sec un
oil barrel nowadays. Deliveries are made
togiocirs i ml consumers In tank wagons,
anil ih i all aspects ot the business nae
bcui im.i.enselj simplified." t
THINGS IN GENERAL.
Teople Aii- and Always XY1II T Diffierenr,
and I'nirorinity Is Not .Even to He T)o--Irn:
Tho Church of tho Fntnro Will
Embrace a Uroad Catholic TJortrlno.
rwMTTFVFOIt TOT. DISPATCH.
Anyhow, creation is not a cracker factory.
That is to say, wo wero not all made in tho
same mold or marked with tho same stamp.
A good many people are not absolutely sure
that this is true, but it is. One of the very
truest truths that was ever blundered over
since the world began.
People are different. Every question In
politics or economies finds threo kinds of
answers The radical who wants everything
changed, the reformer who wants somo
thirgs changed, and the conservative who
wants nothing chungod. Every question in
religion finds three sorts of debaters- The
low churenman who looks at things spir
itually, the high chuichman who looks at
things ecclesiastically, and the broad
churchman who looks at thing intellect
ually. And yet tho politicians, the economists
and tho theologians are all tho time trying
to get some act of uniformity passed which
will set up one great, orthodox, universal,
sacrod cracker machine, and make all men
after one pattern There are Just two ways
of doing, as Carlylo says, one Is to cut all
tree into tho shape of Dutch dragons
whatever shapo that Is! the other Is to givo
every treo a good, fair, unhlndored chance
to grow. And tho Dutch dragon, cracker
factory notion still holds Its old position as
the theory of life for somo.
One or the Eternal Truths,
w o arc only beginning to leam that peo
plo aro different, and that they will never
bo all alike through all eternity. The en
deavors of tho high church Presbyterians to
down Dr. Biiggs hav e been followed by tho
similar endeavors of the high church Episco
palians to down Dr. Brooks. The cases are
just the same. Tho spirit is the same spirit.
The high churchmen of both communions
have tho same conception of the church.
What they want is a cracker factory church.
All tho people in the church must think
alike and speak alike. Anybody who gets
away from tho pattern, one side or the
other, must bo lopped off, must bo treated as
tho cook, treats the cracker dough, as old
Procrustes treated the unfortunate people
who didn't fit his bed. In the old days, when
this temper had possession of nearly every
mind, and it was a universal axiom that
"Whoever disagrees with mo is wrong," tho
party In pow er took off tho heads of all the
nonconformists.
Kevertheless, Dr. Brooks is to bo tho
Bishop of Massachusetts. The. election is
notable, not only by reason of Dr. Brooks'
prominence as a preacher, but on account
of tho fact that he is indistinct disagree
ment with several of tho most cherished
theories of a large number of his fellow
churchmen. For tho wholo apostolio suc
cession business ho cares not a solitary row
of pins And this, in the opinion of somo
good people, is absolutely dreadful. And
3 ct he is to be a Bishop. What does that
meant It means that the cracker factory
theory has got a backset. It means that a
considerable number of people in Dr.
Brooks' communion bclievo in a catholio
church, that is (as that abused aajectivo
really means), a great, wide, broad-minded
and inclusive Christian society, with a
genuine understanding of human nature,
nndoftho indcstructiblo differences which
enter essentially into tho make-up of the
human race. The Christian Church ought
to bo big enough to take in an honest
Romanist and an honest Unitarian at tho
same time. Anyhow, it ought not to bo an
i ecclesiastical cracker factory.
The Church of the Future
All discussions of church unity ought to
keep this truth in mind. Tho United Church,
which wo will find hero one of these days in
the United States, will havo at tho heart of
it Just that, and that only, w hich all good
Christian people aro able to agree upon as
essential, and in all else there will be only
such uniformity as Is the result of tho
supremacy of the hest ovor the bettor. Give
nil the wajs of doing things a chance, and
the best way w ill win. That Is, In every
matter of litual there will havo to bo a per
mitted alternative. Those who choose may
hav o the Sacrament of tho Lord's Supper in
tho Roman way, or, if they prefer, they may
have it in the Genevan way. People may
bo baptized with a drop of water or with a
wholo river, as they may elect. The parson
may wear a surplico and cassock, or ho may
vest himself In a bob tailed coat. Tho con
gregation may sing in Francis Rouse's way,
or in Moody and SanKey's way, or in Haydn
and Handel's way. The prayer book of tho
United Church will bo resplondent with the
illuminated disjunctive conjunction "or."
And nobody Will bo kept out except those
who obstinately deny tho catholic doctrlno
of tho alternative.
I beliov e there is somo foreign language In
which this word "or" means "gold." That
is a good meaning for It. It represents the
golden mean. It is a recognition of tho
golden tiuth that while one thing helps ono,
tho same may hinder another. People aro
different, and must be treated differently.
Whateverreallv helps anybody is good and
ought to be retained in tho United Church,
and only that ought to be rejected w hich is
actually false, debasing, and in tho way.
This, "or" (if this is not tho host for you)
then that, "or" (if still thero is no help) then
tho other. That is tho rubric of the right
sort of unity. Like the doctor's rubric.
Uniformity Iinposstbln, and Jf ot Wanted.
Imagine tho doctor carrying only ono kind
of medicino, and giving everybody tho same
dose! Imagino a college of doctors passing
n law that all peoplo must hereafter be
treated exactly alike- first, blood lotting,
w ith a lancet, then a certain regimo of diet,
then bine. mass. Put that into a book with
all fit elaboration and ciroumstance, and
make that tho universal doctor book. And
then punish all deviation from it as
therapeutic heresy. Set that soi t of a thing
over into the woild ecclesiastical, and you
have a universal theology book, confession,
prayer book, ritual, laws and canons You
got tho sort of thing that everybody believes
in who insists upon narrow and imperativ o
forms and usages, and wnnt9 to make every
hody else conform, cracker fashion.
The real doctor's book is full of "or's,"
welcomes every expedient, ison the -watch
for even' now way of helping peoplo's
hodies; and tho real parson's book onght to
bojnstasbigand Just as broad, "all things
to all men," having one only purpose to
help people's souls, and different souls in
different ways.
The Ideal church is not a cracker factory.
Teoplo are hopelessly different. We will
never havo uniformity, nor do wo want it.
That is not unity, any more than a mono
tone is a symphony. Different ways for
different people, all things accounted ortho
dox which will really uplift anybody, tho
catholic doctrine of the alternative upheld
in all things non-essontial, and tho essential
things Drought to the smallest minimum
these are the principles upon which the men
will act who will constiuet tho church of
tho future.
OTJE TBITJHPHANT DEM0CBACY.
Latest Facts Concerning Our Production
of Tig Iron and Copper.
New York Tribune.
Mr. Carnegie's revised edition of tho story
of triumphant democracy may contain somo
remarkable additions. Tho United States is
not only the largest producer or pig iron,
but she also puts out more copper than ally
othoi country in the world. Tho census re-
fiort containing this announcement shows
hat Montana has outshipped Michigan,
whllo Arizona is making strides toward hor
position. Tho changes are, of course, in a
measun- explained by tho temporary closing
of some oi tho great Lako Superioi mines;
but the same cause renders the general in
crease ev en more surprising. Uiarly nn im
portant sti-p is noted in tho race for com
iiick III piimacy.
.1.XOTHEE SEASIDE ROMANCE.
XI c Intlicd tojrcther In the surf,"
W - walled upon the sand,
W c sat together on the rocks,
I gently squeezed her hand.
She seemed to favor me, I thought,
More than the other men.
bhe raised my hopes, and then, alas!
slie dashed them down again;
For one day, when I tried vp pop,'
She answered with a frown i
I can't flirt anj more with j on.
Ml husband's coining down."
IxmenilU JaunnU
TBAVELTHo nr NEGLIGE.
The Ludicrous Mishap or One Who Nearly
MUsed a Train.
Dnrlng a very hot night three Austrian
cavalry officers wero on a train which sped
from I'csth to Vienna, according to a story
published in the Sow York Mecorder. As
they had a compartment for themselves
they sought to travel as comfortably as pos
sible. First coats and vests disappeared,
then collars and cuffs and so on until noth
ing remained on their bodies except night
olothing. It was so sultry they remained
awake all night. When the train stopped at
one station ono of the party lcmarked that
it wouia do i gooa idea to havo something
to drink, and he hastily threw an overcoat
ovor his body nnd ran to tho bar of tho
station house. Whether the bartend, r was
too sleepv or the- officer too slow, to the de
spaii of tho lattoraud ills comndesthe tnin
set in motion w hen he w as at tho door of tho
restaurant.
Tho two othor officers had first a hearty
laugh and then pitied him for the condition
he was in. But their comrade was not of tho
anxious kind. As soon as he discovered
that the train was in motion ho ran quickly
after it and was lncky enough to reach tho
steps of tho last car, on w hich he remained
until tho noxt station was reached. When
he made his appearance among his comrades
they were much astonished, and ono of them
said- "Why, when we saw you left behind
v o threw j our gnrments out or tho window
in the hope that you wonld get them"'
Nothing could be done but telegraph to tho
other station to have somo ono pick up tho
garments and forward them hy the next
train.
CHESTNUTS IN C0UBT.
A Manager Sued for P.efnslng to Pay for
a Bundle of Stale Jokes.
The dull decorum wlrlch usually reigns in
English courts was tho other day hroken by
tho amusing case of "Guy Fawkes, M. P,"
says an English paper of recont date. Mr.
Wilton Jones, a dramatic author, had fui
nished a play of that namo to Mr. Arthur
Roberts, tho famous comedian. Mr. Roberta
refused to pay the price he had offered
originally, saying that tho piece contained
too many chestnuts to suit his taste. In
court ho produced n long and imposing
array of witnesses and "comic specialists,"
who testified that no house would stand tho
inordinate amount of chestnuts with which
the piece was replete. All the jokes were
rehearsed in court and found lamentably
wanting.
Several of tho scenes were borrowed from
other plays, nnd a switchback railroad had
been taken bodily from somebody else's
piece and thrust violently into "Guy
Fawkes, M. P." Many actors testified that
they themselees had lone ago acted scenes
out of "Guy Fawkes, M. P.," as boenes from
ontirelydifferent pieces. The British pub
lic, they said, would not havo a heap of
chestnuts palmed on to them as brand new
matter. After a very humorous trial, it
was finally decided that Mr. Roberts should
fay tho amount ho had originally offered,
t was solemnly decreed that chestnuts
must bo paid for at tho same rato as original
matter, it contracted for.
SOME FBEHIST0BIC BONES.
They Aro Discovered Beneath Fifty
Teet
of Gold-Bearing Gravel.
Portland Oregonlnn.
At tho Starling hydraulic mine in Jackson
counts' a tusk of a mastodon was washed
out a few days since from under a depth of
50 feet of gravel. The tusk was four inches
in diameter nnd was porous and crumbling.
Other bones of the samo prehistoric animal
havo been found in this mine at different
depths. Just how 50 feet of gold bearing
gravel came to be deposited atop of tills
tusk is a question for tho geologist to decide.
It may be that tho gravel was washed there
by somo prehistoric hydraulic miner, who
took out all the big nuggots of gold and left
only tho fine scales for this day and genera
tion. The mammoth did not become ex
tinct so long ago as some other animals, for
carcasses of a number of tho huge beasts
havo been found in a fr07cn condition in
Sibeiiaina very perfect stato of piesorva
tion, and their bones have been found in
Missouri in tho samo stratum with human
hones, and one great hunter and still greater
liar has given out that he has seen living
specimens of tho animal in the wilds of tho
Oil mpio rango.
HOW TO PBESEBVE PISHES.
It Requires Much Care and Eternal Vigil.
ance to Keep a Collection.
Forct and Stream.
Whenever it is possible fishos should be
put into the prcserv mg fluid as soon as they
are taken. After remaining in it a few hour3
it is necessary to take them out, rub off tho
mucus and mako incisions in the bell, and
if tho flsh is large, on tho sides, to allow tho
fluid to penetrato thoroughly. For the first
bath a mixture of eqnal parts of alcohol and
water is suitablo. The second hath, how
evei, must contain a larger per cent of alco
holnot less than 70. In order to insure
perfect preservation the specimens must bo
examined cv cry lew days until tho fluid has
completely saturated them. For flnal preser
vation the writer prefers equal pirts of
alcohol, glycerine and water. lb this mix
ture tho fishes remain floxihlo for study and
retain their colois longer than in any other
fluid known to him. Whenever the preser
vative becomes discolored and organic mat
ter collects in tho bottom of tho J ir or tank,
Iresh liquid must bo substituted for it.
Eternal vigilance is tho prico of a collection
of fishes.
Tho Limit Is in Immigration.
Clilengo Time
ThoColloctoroftho Port of Xow Yoikis
determined to send back to Europe as a
pauper immigrant a boy who presents proofs
of being a residont of Chicago. The inten
tion of Xew York to keep down tho popula
tion of this town knows no limits.
DEATHS HEBE AND ELSEWHERE.
Colonel James R. Crenshaw.
Colonel James It Crenshaw, of Rich
mond, Ti., was stricken with apoplexy fcaturdav,
and died within an hoar. Colonel Crensha was
a Lieutenant Colonel in the Confederate army,
and after a short serv Ice in the field lie was sent hy
the Confederate Government to Nassau, where. In
co-optration with his brother, William G. Cren
shaw, lie rendered valuable service In runnln"
supplies through the lines. Arttr the war he went
tolirazlland spent about six months; thence he
went to New "iork. where he enpiped in the cot
ton commission business and later was President
of the southern Telegraph Company. He w as CI
years of age.
Captain M. M. XValden.
Captain 3J. 3L Walden, of Centcrville,
la., died Saturday at Washington, where lie was
holding a Federal position He was well known in
Iowa political circles, having served In both
branches of the Lcfrlsl itnrc and as Lieutenant Gov
ernor In 1S7U. which position ne resignei:
to enter
CoDgress where he served two terms,
also a member of the last Iowa House.
lie was
Obituary Notes.
KicnABD S. NEWcOMBE,tlie well-known lawyer,
died last cv ening at .N ew York.
WILLIAM N. Weedex, the man who developed
the Watcrbury watch, is dead at New Bedford,
Mass.
George Hoffman, a director of the X'alley Na
tional Bank, at Lebanon. Pa . died Friday, in bis
Slst ) ear. He was very wealthy.
Snt Charles Fobsteu, Bart, membcr-of Parlia
ment for Walsall, died yesterday at London. He
was born In 131V and bad sat for Wallsall since 18-12
In politics he was i Liberal. In favor or home rule.
Mns. J. B. KEPl'I E, sister-in-law of George E.
Kepple. of THE Dispatch writing force, died yes
terday at her home In Sarversvllle, Iiutler county,
aged 3 years. She had been 111 about three
moatlis.
REV; ESEBIUS HERSnEV, of Manhclm, Pa., died
Ma 23 in Llberl i, where he was working as a mis
sionary . Wor I or Ills' dfath reached his home Fri
day Mr. llershey was 67 years old, an I had been
in Africa onli a J car. Ho was tho author of man)
religious tracts.
Curtis B. Wells, an old-tlmo Journalist and
prominent Democratic politician, of siprlnjrfleld,
Mass., dledsudaenlj atDeerfleld Saturday, where
he had rnincln hopes of regaining his health. He
wasaiiT-dltoronthehprlnKfleld Union away lnrk
In the da s- w hen L. II. Ta lor held the position of
editor In chief. Mental trouble over u canrcr
caused his death.
Jons T. Srrv fs, aged 32 years, ono or the best
known teli graph operators In the countrj. and A.
soci itcd Press operator in the hvmxnu Jteporirr
office WoonsoeUet, died suddenly at his home In
that cltv Testerdav or heart failure. During Pn -i-dent
Arthur's administration he was for a time
doorkeeper of the pics gallery of the ationaI
House oi lti pie,intatlve.
Judge Hiram C Clakk, a well-known retired
lawjer and local historian of Jamestown, N. Y.,
died at the Pilgrim House in Provlncetown Satur
day night, aged 75 vears. He was a Judge for
many j cars during the Vigilance Committee's rule
in '43 In ban Francisco. He had practiced hi Vir
ginia Cltv. Toledo, LocKport, Utlca. He was
ashington corrcponflcnt oi uuiiornia papers
vears axo and for six ears London correspunuent
if the "few York Arpre? and Altt CnWurman He
was a son of Lot 0 Clark, oti, lagara brlihf e fame,
and an early New York politician.
TRIBUTE TO CHAUTAUQUA,
Bishop Leonard's Eloquent Words of Praise
for It Largo Gatherings at the Snnday
Services ProT. Harper's Great Spiritual
Influence Touchlngly Recognized.
rSPECIAI. IELEOI1AM TO TnE DIHP.ATCn.1
Chautauqua, N. Y., Jnly 28. The Summer
City was strnck by a cold wave to-day, and
overcoats and capes were in good demand.
The boats nnd trains brought big crowds
yesterday to the dress reform and woman
suffrage meetings, and many of the excur
sionists remained ov er Sunday. Thero was
nothing to mar the Sabbat li stillness of the
day, and tho usual routine of exercises
passed off peacefully and pleasantly. This
was Dr. W. R. Harper's last Sunday nt Chau
tauqua, inasmuch as he sails for Europe this
wetk, and hence nearly everybody shook
hands with him to-day.
Dr. Harper ins opened tho spiritual oyes
of a good many people hero as to tho hidden
bounties of the Bible, and the testimony
that thoy bring him on the eve of his depar
ture Is most touching undeven tender. Even
persons who wero onco infidels are becom
ing good Christians through the original
and scientific spirit in which Dr. Harper in
terprets the scriptures.
The morning exercises began with a Biblo
study in the big amphitheater, conducted by
Prof. George Burroughs,of Amherst, on the
book of Esther. At 11 o'clock the Rev. W.
Leonard, Bishop of Ohio, preached a magnifi
cent sermon to an audience that crowded
the amphitheater. His subject was "Chris
tian Optimism" and he paid a heautiful
tribute to Chautauqna. The other exercises
wore as follows- At 2.30, primary class by
Miss Newton, in Kellogg noil- Sunday School,
by Mr. W. A. Duncan in the Temple, and As
sembly by President L. Miller in the amphi
theater: at 4 p. m Society of Christian Ethics
in the Temple; at 5 r. -w ,C. L. S. C. vesper ser
vice in tho Hall or Philosophy, and at 730p.
si., song service in tho amphitheater. At the
song service Miss Benzlger, a young miss of
14.' sang a beautiful solo, entitled "Avo
Maria." nnd Prof. Leason's well trained
chorus of 400 voices, with big organ nnd piano
accompaniment, l endered the two anthems
"Who nro Those Arrayed in White Robes,"
byStainor. and "I Will Lay Me Down in
Peace," by Gadshy.
Bishop Leonard's Sermon.
Bishop Leonard preached one of the most
delightful sermons that has been delivered
heie this year. He is much interested In the
Chautauqua movement and is greatly ad
mired hero by Cbautauquans. The Bishop's
text was from Psalms, xlviit , 13-13- "Walk
about Zion and go aroundabout her; tell the
towers thereof. Mark ve woll her bulwarks.
Consider her palaces, that ye may tell it to
the generation following."
"This is a sign of Joy and encouragement,"
said the speaker. "The Levites used it in
their temple service. It must have set the
Key to the oay ana inspired tno people witn
courage and confidence. Whoever com
posed tho psalm voices tho spirit of grati
tude, of appreciation and of hopefulness.
The Israelite is told to walk about the beau
tiful city of Zion and think ot the trials his
forefathers endured in tho wilderness nnd
inEgjpt. Then he is to contrast the dark
past with the might and majesty of her pres
ent condition.
"Let us loqk beyond our circumscribed
horizon, nnd regard our own fair Zion.
Thero is no right reason for ecclesiastical
pessimism, hut on the contrary, the highest
Christian optimism. Christianity Is gaining
ground on every hand. Tho extended ad
vance upon past generations is phenomenal.
Tho development is seen in lofty piles of
stono and masonry, such as institutions for
nil sorts of cure, homes and asylums for in
fants, aged, orphaned, deaf and blind
schools nnd colleges for higher learning."
A Tribute to Chautauqua.
The speaker paid this glowing tribute to
Chautauqua: "We are this day standing in
the very midst of accumulated testimony to
the statements. This great and successful
assembly of teachers and scholars; of trnth
scekers, of specialists, of miners in tho rich
deposits of the ancient past; of bold advent
ureis into the possible futures; of zealous
laborers in manifold arts and sciences;
of devout, jet heroic pioneers in new
fields of discovery; of enthusiastic reformers
in social, domestic and even political meth
ods. This vast gathering of men under this
Christian and religious direction is a near
approval of tho doctrine I would enunciate,
and not at all isolated or local in its scope
and hy no means temporary In its influence.
"Out from this spiritual center has irra
diated a wide spread pow er for good and for
God, nntil in many places these Christian
assemblies are planted nnd this religions
university extension nas maueirseu ieicin
older scats of Christian learning across tho
ocean Significant toevery economist is the
profound exhibition, because it indicates
the supremacy in the world to-day of the
power of religion in human life nnd culture."
Examination in History.
An innovation looking to more thorough
work has been made at Chautauqua this
snmmer, in connection with tho series of
admirable courses of historical lectures on
American history. Written examinations
covering each series have been instituted.
Theso examinations have already been held
on the series bv Prof. Woodburn. whose
subjects rolated to "Early. National His
tory," and on the series by Dr. II. B. Adams,
who discussed "Italian Beginnings of Mod
em History." Prizes weie offered for tho
best papers on both series. A prize exam
ination will bo held on the scries Just closed,
the series by Prof. Thorpe, of the University
of Pcnnsj Ivania, Monday.
The examination already held bronght
many contestants. The results were even
hotter than were anticipated and showed
clearly tho value of such lectures, and the
closeness vv 1th which they are listened to,
and their salient points remembered and
utilized. This course of lectures and the
pri7oexuninations are tho latest develop
ment in the University extension, which 13
rapidlj assuming an important placo in tho
work of the Chautauqua University. As it
is better understood and Its aim nnd scope
becomo more cleat, University extension
promises to become a powerful auxiliary to
the work of the C. L. S. C. Tho object of the
prize examinations is to indnce more thor
ough work and tho icsults already achieved
amply justify them.
THE COAL OIL INDUSTBY.
Its Wonderful Development Shows No Signs
of Diminution.
Philadelphia Ledger.
The development of tho coal oil industry
of this country has been marvelous. Many
peoplo l emember, to their sorrow, the spec
ulativo fevei that sot in immediately after
the discovery of the Pennsylvania oil fields.
That was about 1K19, in which jear the
product was about 2,uoo barrels or 42 gallons
c tell. A census rcpoi t shows that in 18S9, or
SO years later tho product of this country
reached 34,f20,-?08, and of this amount two
thirds came from tho oil fields ot Pennsylva
nia and New York. Tho value of the lssD
product was $2G 554,05.2. But tho exports ot
refined petroleum and similar pioducts
reach a x nine of ov er$S0 000,000 a year. Many
of the original oil fields havo given out, but
others hav e been discovered.and thero is no
sign of diminution in the general supply, tho
Ohio oil fields having increased their output
more than twentyfoid in the last five years.
FIGS AND THISTLES.
Epigrammatic Bits of Moralizing From tho
Barn's Horn.
Death nev or stops for hot weather.
Peoplo nev er become any better than they
want to be.
Ho is not mnch of a man who Isn't a hero
to somebody.
Peoplo who work for the devil never get
any vacation.
No man is ever alone. When God isn't
with him tho devil Is.
The only weak peoplo aro those who aro
not sure that thoy aro right.
Tlie man who is ruled by his feclinzs will
always travel in a zig zug course.
Thero are peoplo j ho get credit for being
good, simply because they havo poor health.
Thero is no sweotor music in heaven than
the song that goes up from a grateful heart.
It is better to kill a snako in an awkward
and clumsy manner than not to kill it at all.
Tho house of n good man may bo torn
down, but the man himself will live on for
ever. Looking for flowers without thorns Is ono
of the best w ays In this w orld of fooling j our
time aw aj.
A great many peoplo who profess to havo
religion do not show it by tho way they treat
their horses.
It ma j bo that sometimes God wants to
show tho world that j ou hav o a light by put
ting you in the dark.
Ev cry man has something to do with mak
ing public sentiment, and public sentiment
is tho power that gives to government its
life.
Whenever the devil want3 to perform a
pieco ot extraordinary meanness ho puts on
his Sunday clothes and assumes a very sol
emn look.
NOT NAMES ENOUGH.
Street Car Horses Now Havo Numbers
Branded on Their Hoots.
New York Adrcrtler.l
A young man who fias jnst written a sue
cessfnl play was leaning on his cano In com
pany with an actor an English importation
watching tho passing show on the Broad
way side of the Morton nonse yesterday,
when, after a silence of several minute3, tho
playwright said:
"Do you see anything peculiar about the
Broadway car horses?"
"Nay, nay! Would'st try to guy me?" said
ttio actor.
"Look at their hoofs and tell me If they aro
not branded."
The actor sized tho animals up. and a re
porter, who was standing near enough to
near tho conversation, did the same, and
discovered No. J69 on tho forward left
foot on one of the horses. Tho figures were
abont half an inch long, and hadevidontly
been Jnst burned Into the hoof.
Superintendent Newetl, of tho Broadway
lino, who was seen nt his office in the barns
at i iftieth street and Soventh avenue later
in the day, said in relation to tho reporter's
question concerning the branding of tbo
hoots of the horses "Yes, we havo been do
ing this for somo time now. Tho idea oc
curred to me several years ago, and we find
it very satisfactory."
"What was your object in branding them?"
"Simply to keep track of what each horso
was doing. We keep the accounts of each
horse now the same as we do of any man in
our employ. It benefits us in a thousand
ways. We know Just how many days a horso
works, how many days it has been sick, and,
tn short, everything it does. It enables us
to keep such a minute knowledge of their
work that we knowjustwhatcondition they
are in, and if they are not all right we keep
them in tho barn."
"Couldn't you do that if you gave them
names instead of numbers?"
"We hav e 2,000 horses in our employ," was
the reply, "and there is a limit to names, un
less you go back into ancient history."
SUCCESS OF THE BATNMAKEB.
The Clouds Gather and Showers Come at
Ills Machine's Will.
Canto-t, July 23 Rainmaker Melbourne Is
in an exultant moqd to-night. This is the
day set for his eighth experiment, and it
was a wet and unqualified success. Ho now
claims to his credit seven successes, as
against one failure, and that is set down to a
broken machine, as he calls his mysterious
rain producer. The last rain in this section
fell Thursday, and the cool vgeather that fol
lowed and continued to-day made his suc
cess more than doubtful, and the scoffers
wero preparing another roast for him when
their fun was quenched by showers.
This morning dawned clear and almost
cold, and outside of Melbourne himself no
one believed it would rain. Uncle Silas, the
oldest inhabitant, cracked bis rheumatic
toe joint, and gave it as bis opinion that tho
fame of tho rainmaker was about to decline.
At 11 o'clock scattered olouds appeared in
all directions, seeming to center over tbo
city, but as there was a cool north wind,
rain appeared as far off as ever. The clouds
increased, however, and at 2.30 a series of
nice showers fell, and to-night lowering
clouds In every direction rjortend a down
pour of rain. Melbourne has been invisible
all day, not even appearing to-night to cele
brate nis victory over tho unbelieving.
COMMENCEMENT EXEBCISES.
A Successful Year at lit Union College Has
Jnst Been Closed.
Alliance, July 26 The commencement of
'91 nt Mr. Union Cnllego gives evidence of
being tho most memorable in tho history of
the institution. The year Just closing lias
been one of unusual prosperity and ad
vancement. The commencement exercises
proper began with President Marsh's bac
calaureato sermon this forenoon, in College
balls, beforo an audience that completely
packed them. It was a finished and schol
arly effort, tho text being taken from I. Tim
othy, iv.t 14: "Neglect not the' gift that is In
thee."
The programme for to-morrow will em
brace written and oral examinations, and
to-morrow night tho commencement of the
musical department will take place. The
next important event of the commencement
will be the dedication of tho new cymna
slum, one of tho best of its kind in the
United States. The dedication exercises
will tako placo Thursday forenoon. Tho
filling of tho alumni chair, toward which
the students and graduates of the college
have raised an endowment of $25,000, will
also bo an important feature The alumni
will name the chair and select a man to fill
It on Wednesday morning.
CHAEMEB B7 A TB0MB0NE.
A Blacksnake Hunts a Performer Who Tf as-
Amusing an Audience.
Bedford, Jnly 20 A member of an orches
tra, which Is staying at the Springs hotel for
the season, had a rather unwelcome auditor
to a snmmer night concert the other even
ing. The gentleman is the leading trombon
ist, and had retired back on the hill from the
hotel to give one of his favorite selections
for tho benefit of the hotel guests.
While performing ho was somewhat dis-
turueu to see a uibck ooject sieauuy mailing
its way toward him fiom tho bush. This ob
ject, which proved to bo an enormous black
snake, crawled to within a few feet of tho
musician, then stopped, and rearing its head
waved it to and fro in enjoyment of tho
music. Tho performer hastily decamped,
being too highly flattered, however, by tho
attentions of tbo melody loving snako to at
tempt to kill it.
CHBISTIAN CHUBCH DEDICATED.
Interesting Services at Braddock With
Many Gifted Speakers.
Braddock, July 2G Tho beautiful edifice
on Braddock avenue, of the First Christian
congregation, was dedicated at 3 SO o'clock
this afternoon. Tho services were well at
tended, and the clergymen of tho different
congregations of tho city lent their assist
ance. Rev. Dr. Richardson, of East Liberty, de
livered the dedicatory address, and remarks
wore mado by Rev. Dr. T. N. Boyle, pastor of
the Methodist Episcopal Church; Rev. H. F.
fahupe, of the United Brethren Church; Rev.
W. M. Harvard, of tho Disciple Church, of
Greensburg; Rev. Trappe, of the Baptist
congregation: Rev. Dr. Long, of the Re
formed, and Rev. J. B. Dickey, of tho First
Presbyterian Church.
Electrical Flying Machine.
Thero are jnst now a great number of fly
ing machines in tho air, or to speak moro no '
enrately, in the brain of the sanguine in
ventors. One of theso is the invention of
Mr. Ader, tlie inv entor of tho telephone
bearing his name. This machine is oper
ated electrically, and is ald to have made a
buccessful flight at a height or GO feet for a
distance or 30J to 400 yards.
Teaching a Smile Tor a Cent,
New York Times.
"Madam, givo mo a cent and I'll teach you
a new smile," said a little girl in rags, aged
10 or less, toadernnro joung woman at the
foot of tho stairs to tho elevated station at
West Ono Hundred and Thirty fifth street.
Amused, the yonng w oman gave tho cent.
The smtlo was a dimpled pout, and pretty.
PEOPLE WHO COME AND GO.
Wemyss Henderson left for New York
last night. He w as pleased at the reception
given the inaugural performance of tho
ecriesof summer opera at tho Duquesno. Ho
thinks that in view of the lack of amuse
ment at this time of the year, the enterprise
of the Dnquesne management w ill be apprc
cuitcd. Henry Aiken, the well-known mechanical
engineeV, left for the Last last night. Mr.
Aiken snid that tho plant ho is constructing
for the Pennsylvania Steel Company at
Sparrow Point, Md., will ho in operation
next month.
.Tames Thompson, the popular chef of
tho Anderson, left on a vacation last night.
He will make a round of the Eastern cities,
taking in New York, Saratoga and Long
uruueu.
John A. Logan, of Youngstown, son of
tho late General Logan, and u -on in lxw of
Channcey Andrews, arrived with a party
last night.
Peter C. Hughes, of the Philadelphia
Time, and Mrs. Hughes, aro at the Seventh
Avonuo Hotel. They will return this
morning.
Robert T. Eainey, Assistant Auditor of
Carnegie, Phipps & Co., loft on a trip west
ward last night.
James S. Henry, the well-known news
paper man, Is in town visiting friends.
Prof. Addison Ballard, of Lafayette Col
lege, is a guest at tho Duquesno.
Captain W. W. O'Neill lea for south
western points last night.
J. P. Withcrow went to New York last
i. night.
CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS.
A Chatlotte, Mich., boy, 13 years old,
weighs 270 pounds.
Japan has 2,000 newspapers. Not a
single Journal existed there 23 years ago.
There are more ducks in the Chinese
Empire than In all tho world outsido of it.
Hail storms do not occur in well
wooded districts, according to tho observa
tions of a noted Swiss forester.
The largest reservoir or artificial lake
in tho world Is tho great tank of Dhebar,
which covers an area of 21 square miles.
A queer old man in San Francisco, al
though he has the whole of a rickety tene
ment to himself, habitually sleeps in an old
Saratoga trunk four feet long.
Two Frenchmen, the brothers Forre,
have li-vented a now kind of harp, made en
tirely of wood. Instead of strings tho in
v mors use xtrips of American fir.
Doniphan, Kan , is said to bs the only
town in the world that had a river and two
mil toads and lost them all at a swoop. The
shifting of the Missouri river channel did it.
The Shan Chinese, a people living be
tween Burmah and China, show their love
for 'heir parents by killing them and eating
tin m to save them from the misery of old
age.
The coasters of the Fiji Islands will not
eat until they can sit flat upon the ground,
directly over n trianicle made of three small
fish bones; then they handle the food with
the left hand.
At Munich there is a hospital which is
entirely supported by tho sale of old steel
pen-nibs. 'collected from all parts of Ger
many. They are made Into watch springs,
knives and razors.
A hotel has been built in Hamburg en
tirely of compressed wood as hard as iron,
and rendered absolutely proof against both
fire nnd the attacks of insects by subjection
to chemical processes.
The cannibal tribes near the Niger
delta, in Angola, and in the Kongo Basin,
are probably tho only natives of Africa who
habitually eat human flesh. They, however,
aro numbered by millions.
Women are excluded from the galleries
of tho Japanese Parliament because, as a
Japanese newspaper says, "they might bo
moved by the debates there to further polit
ical agitation in the Empire."
Canada only lacks 237,000 square miles
to be as large as the whole Continent of Eu
rope: it is nearly 30 times as large as Great
Britain and Ireland, and is 500,000 sqnaro
miles larger than the United States.
Stoves are compelled to do double
service in Russia, to warm two rooms at
the same time. They are built in the walls,
between two rooms, and thus the apart
ments on each side are warmed by the same
stove.
Two Grand Tiapids fishermen have dis
covered a cave 75 feet long and 40 feet wide
in a hillside. Silver beads, a copper hatchet
and a copper kettle were found; and settlers
say there are traditions of treasure being
buried thero.
A man in Muskegon, Mich., has gona
to making cuspidors of his own invention,
which can be sold two for 5 cents, or
30 cents a dozen so cheap that people
will throw them away, instead of cleaning
them, after use.
Six partridge eggs found in a cornfield
near Lexington, Mo, were placed under a
hen nnd hatched. A motherly little bantam
hen has taken the birds under her wing,
and, from tho fuss and noise she makes over
them, seems to take delight in her downy
charges.
Young men in Mexico, when paying at
tentions to the young ladies, can do so at
very little expense. They are quite eager to
Invite them to theaters, parties, etc. And
no wonder; for it is tho custom in that conn
try for the ladv 's father to pay for the tick
ets, and furnish the carriage, etc.
In the Japanese capital there is a
gigantic image of a woman, made of wood
and plaster, and dedicated to Hachiman, the
god of war. In height it measures 54 feet;
tho head alone, which is reached by a wind
ing stairway in the interior of the figure,
being large enough to comfortably hold 20
persons,
The word "news was not derived from
"new," but from tho initials of the points of
tho compass. Early newspapers carried the
initials at tho polntsof a cross at tho head of
a column, signifying thnt tho matter con
tained therein was from the four quarters of
the globe.
A German rhymster has produced a
rhymed version of the discovery and explo
ration of tho Kongo Basin, which has re
ceived much favorable notice, both for its
fair merit as a literary composition and for
tho considerable degreo of accuracy of the
facts narrated-
The jumping and pole-vaulting feats of
our cotemporary athletes seem but tho work
of babies and pjgmies when compared with
tho extraordinary doings of the old timo
acrobats. If history is to bo believed,
1'hayllus of Crotona could stand and mako a
root jnmp on tno aeau level.
Tn person and attire the scrupulous
cleanliness of the Malay woman Is proverbial
throughout the Orient- Twlco daily she
bathes, changes her garments, and washes
and rinses her luxuriant black hair, whoso
glossy lengths, frequently touching the
ground, render this no light undertaking.
A brave young lady of Abilene, Kan.,
saw a team walking away with a wagon the
other day. stepping into the street she
soized the reins and brought tho team to a
stop. What was her surpriso to see an able
bodied young man arise from tho box of the
wagon and thank her for her kindness, say
ing that he had been driving all night arid
as taking a nap, trusting to the team to go
all right.
Ivanljvovltch Tiikhmntoff arrived June
28 in Moscow from Vladivostok, having trav
eled all tho way on foot. The distance is 11,
000 vcrsts, and it took him one year and 13
dnys to mako it. He had to pass through
the wilds of Siberia, and at one time he
spent 40 days in succession in the prairies in
rain and storms. He wore out 19 pairs of
shoes on his long walk, and fed mostly on
crackers, getting a piece of meat very sel
dom, only when lie came to a largo city.
The most interesting African explora
tion now in progress Is that of tho French
and German expeditions, which are on tho
way to tho Central Soudan, to visit the pop
ulous Mohammedan empires in the region
of Lake Tchad. This region is ono of tho
mo"t inaccessible parts of the world: and wo
have had scarcely any information from tho
Central Soudan for some years. The great
significance of the present expeditions is that
thoy will endeavor to open up direct com
munication between the Soudanese States
and the outside world. It is probable that a
year or so will elapse before wo know what
success they will attain.
NONSENSE IN RHYME.
"HEROICS."
Hail to the chief who in triumph advances!
List to the cheers down the length of our line!
Long may his brow wear the crown or the victor
bmithers, the pitcher on onr basebaU nine!
Otttini.
At dawn the fisherman goes away
That a batch or ash may be caught;
He wanders home at the end or day
With a catch offish he has bought.
Uarprr's Bazar.
He leaned his basket against a log
And sighed: "'Tlshard, I say.
To have to work like any dog
Throughout the livelong day."
The pup. In comfort sprawled nearby.
Was seen, his neighbors think.
To Sop his ear and close his eye
In an expressive wink.
Washington Star.
She shed a tear npon his vest;
The effort made him wince;
The vest was made or flannel, and
He hasn't seen it since.
CMMer and Furnisher.
"I want to be an angel,"
The dear girl sang. All eyes
Turned on the worldly wretch who said:
Then why not advertise'"
Mtrat'xt Journal.
Would you travel and be happy?
Here, then. Is a little tip:
Just make quarter rhyme with porter
And you'll have a pleasant trip.
SameriilU Journal.
On the subject of Lord Tennyson's dairy
J. Ashby-Sterry h is written the following:
I'm gricvW to hear to bear 't is hard
It puts mc in a flutter, man
Lord Tennyson, our matchless bard.
Has just become a butter-man!
No longer he's content to glide
Along poetic, silky war:
Uut turns his Pcirasns aside.
To gallop in the milky way!
America.
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