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THE PITTSBUKG- DISPATCH TUESDAY, JULY 28. 1891
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PITTSBURG. TUESDAY. JULY 2S, 1J)L
THE TOLICE TENSION.
The late of the police pension ordinance
was definitely settled yesterday afternoon.
0::c iirancli of Councils sustained the
Mayor's ve'o; the other practically did the
rarce thine by fpiiing to attend in suffi
ciently large numbers to make a quorum.
Either is Fufiieient to settle the fate of
that meat-ir adveiely.
The general opinion which led to this
result see?a to have been that the defects
in the ordinance were of so vital a char
E.terasto outweigh Its legitimate and
iienefic'al purpose. Certainly, if it be
"roe ;.at its provisions would permit offi
cers m the prime of life and In the enjoy
ment of perfect vigor to retire on half
pay, there was a good deal of foundation
for this judgaieut Details which go as
ar astray of the rropcr purpose of the
pensioning proposition should have been
carefully kept out of the measure if it
was desired that it should be successful
and beneficial.
The Dispatch has Indorsed the prin
ciple that a proper provision for officers
who suiter injury or wear out their lives
in theline of duty would be notonly credit
able to the public, but would raise the
ssprit de corps, and give assurance that if
Ibcv do their duty they will not be for
gotten when disaster overtakes them.
This position we adhere to. If the de
funct ordinance did not properly provide
it, or went beyond the fitting provision,
anotner should be framed to avoid the ob
jections that have been made. As to the
constitutional power, when the Governor
lias taken one view and the Mayor another,
The city can safely leave the matter 0 the
courts fcr a decision which will be authori
tative enough.
It is certain that the city of Pittsburg is
rich enough and oucht to be public
spirited enough to mase a fair provision
for servants who suffer Injury in the dis
charge of publii duties.
QUITE A CONTRAST.
The fst of the new twelve-inch gun at
Sandy Hook tLo other day was interesting
zi a practical manifestation of the latest
and largest product of American manu
facture. But in the trumpeting of the
Eastern press ocr the adair we cannot
but uute that a very different rule seems
to bae prevailed than that which obtained
in testing the cast st:el guns made in this
rity iad at other points.
Tu-j test, we are informed, consisted of
ring a single shot The tegulation charge
for such a gun in battle was not used, but
atut two-thirds of it After the gun had
bucccs'ully hurled a shot live miles it was
given a rest and ec8tacies were indulged
in. This tender treatment of the new gun
stands out :n very marked relief from the
manner ?n which the cast steel guns were
tested. The full charge and something
over was given these unfortunate products
of oar foundries; and not one shot of two
thirds power, but ten shots of full power,
if they did not go to pieces first, was their
ordeal.
L the remarkably gingerly treatment
-vhich the resting officers gave the twelve
inch gun due to the fact that it is of their
pet form of construction and made at the
Government foundry, while cast steel guns
are a new idea and made by private con-tnx-t?
T1IK PHILADELPHIA SCANDAL
The explanations given by the publishers
of Philadelphia with regard to the large
miss given for the mercantile appraiser's
rdvertislug took quite a variety of forms.
One re?nse2,tation is that the 10 per cent
was 1 commKsioi tor securing the adver
ting. Another was that the net sum
leceived after paying this rebate was a
lair price for the work. A third is that
the rcvaymcul was understood to make
up the short? ge in the State campaign
fund. P. it there seems to be a general
comprehension of the fact that the entire
"business leaves no one connected with it
Jh a 'very satisfactory position.
This is certainly the case. "Without
umlprtnking to tcttle the question as to
w!h got the rebate, the statements of our
'rieiids the business managers of the
Piii-jtdelphla papers show that they
vrrv approached with a proposition
iiiai they should bribe some one, hav
ing the disposition of this patronage,
stinl jumped at the offer. "Whether the
jmytnent is most correctly to be ranked as
brtfpn or bluckinail, there is the further
iwi that the money to pay it came out of
ihc public. The newspapers considered
Jhemselves lucky to get the business at the
net payment thry received, but charged
the public an additional sum and gave 40
jer cent of it to the public leeches. Jor
doejv the idea tliat thf money was to go
into a campaign fund at all alleviate the
f,K't that it was taken out of the public
lands by a disguised method of corrup
tion. Of rtwtrsc, this It intensely disgraceful to
the politicians concerned; but not les so
to the nwspfiper p'lbbsLjrs eflpSed in ii.
Or.p oftae newspapers hnpH.r.ted seaits
if it :.-. '"a ijurren on the newspapers,"
lilt it 5s a vilal f-ict that It Is a hurden
Oidy upon thoe newspapers thit were
willing to her- it far the 3ke of Ha proht.
As in aM other clis-ts of b;ioLig, the
Kpp wiring io be bribed wl'l not pro
dato : unWs otherr arc willing to do tho
taiMng. Without the asociatun of some
jhewspTS la the scheme this scandal
wenid have b?en impossible.
T.'jc Prfst of Philadelphia !s quite right
. faying tb.-t this sort of corruption
tiioIa be stopped by giving out all ouicial
ndverrNin.r under competition, the rate
and cialar!on being considered together.
Tiie pross should urge forward this
change. "It ran bt afford to conduct its
rxsiccss on the b??is of honesty, and least
afford to subject itself to tho practices of
bribing and blackmailing exemplified in
this case.
THE ADVISORY IDIOCY.
The talk about the Farmers' Alliance
combination to hold back their wheat from
market continues. Its foundation appears
to bo that some unauthorized persons
thirsting for notoriety have opened a
bureau In the "West where they advertise
themselves as sending out 800,000 circulars
containing this advice.
If tho circulars advise the farmers that
the foreign crop prospects favor a some
what higher range for wheat than usual,
they will simply be repeating what the
press of tho country and the commercial
repoitshave been telling for sometime.
The advice that farmers who can afford to
hold their wheat shall do so until the high
er prices are established may not be alto
gether misplaced.
But if the advice is that the farmers can
by concerted movement produce artificial
scarcity, so as to force up prices "first 25
per cent and then 50 per cent," as
some of tho reports have it, it
is the most pernicious nonsense.
If the project could be carried out it
would be simply handing over the foreign
markets to every wheat grower outside
those concerned in it. The idea that the
farmers of two or three States can corner
a world-wide product is nothing more or
less than unrestrained idiocy.
Any such advice as this will not affect
the wheat market five cents. AVheat may
go up from the natural effect of the for
eign demand. But the wheat-grower
knows his own needs and circumstances,
and will sell his'wheat, as heretofore, as
those needs may dictate.
A PERPLEXnVG PERSONALITY.
The information that Mr. "W. .1. Arkell
is to give a banquet to President Harrison
at Saratoga arouses a deep interest to
learn whether that once important politi
cal factor, but of late under temporary
eclipse, Mr. Russell B. narrison, will be a
partaker of the festivities.
The fact that tho junior Harrison has
not beeiLjheard from lately indicates that
he has been suppressed by a withdrawal
both of the partnership and paternal
favor. Mr. Arkell has gone so far as to
publicly intimate that that formerly re
dundant offspring of the administration
required suppression, and the young man
has persistently kept his father in hot
water by his efforts to run family organs.
In addition to these drawbacks there is the
probability that if Mr. Russell B. Harrison
were brought, into public notice Jie might
mar the festivities by swelling up and
bursting, like the frog in the fable.
On the other hand, the only known tie
between Mr. Arkeil and the President is
their mutual relation to the partner and
son. In the absence of any reason for in
timacy, outside of their ties to the young
man, and the awful results imminent
upon restoring him to prominence, the
only way to escape from the delicate situa
tion seems to be in the direction of giving
up the feast
PUNCTURING A BUBBLE.
It is an equal surprise and gratification
in a public point of view to find the New
Tork Tribune jumping with both feet on
one of the gigantic abuses of the day. The
surprise to those who have been engaged
in the obnoxious practices will be of the
stunning variety. But all classes will be
equally surprised to find the Tribune terse
ly and forcibly remarking that "capital
ists" of the kind that object to competing
lines are really "capitalizers," and that the
"day has gone by for constructing railroads
at cost and capitallzingthem on the basis
of earnings In other words, selling them
for several hundred per cent advance to
the dullards who in the end are to furnish
the capital."
With the exception that the capitaliza
tion is by no means confined to earnings,
this is a telling statement in the fewest
words possible of one of the great corpor
ate abuses o the day. The special appli
cation of the Tribune's remarks is to
the rapid transit system of New
Tork. But having recognized the
force of the principle that "it can be
done cheaper, thank you," there, our co
temporary will not of course fail to per
ceive the broader and more important ap
plication with regard to the railway trans
portation system of the whole country.
Its words tersely describe what has been
done in erecting a railway capitalization
of over 10,000,000,000 on property which
did not cost 55,000,000,000 in the first in
stance. The statement sufficiently venti
lates the claim that the railways -should be
permitted to form illegal combinations in
order that they may force earnings out of
the people on the fictitious capital
It is interesting to perceive that the
Tribune has received new light on this
corporate abuse. Let us hope it will con
tinue to puncture the bladder of stock in
flation with equally pointed words.
The report that in a fight between some
Pennsylvania lumberman and Italian labor
ers at Glen Hazel, the Italians raised the
llagof Italy, defied arrent and sent notice
to tho Italian Consul "who at once
communicated with the United States
District Attorney at Glen Hazel and
demanded protection for Italy's sub
jects," Indicates, if true, two things
which should be sternly suppressed. Qiie is
a light between races; the other is the rais
ing of a foreign flag and defiance of arrest.
But perhaps the report may need investiga
tion. Where is Glen Hazel, and when did it
become the headquarters of a District At
torney? The explanation that Bardsley entered
np certain names in ills accounts simply
from a malevolent desire to injure innocent
poople may not look as if It would wash
very well; but it seems to be the best that
can bo done.
It has taken only a short time for the ex
amination of the considerations for and
agihnt the Constitutional Convention to
arrive at the almost unanimous conclusion
that the expensivo and dangerous idea of
tinkering with the present excellent funda
mental law is not Koing to carry. The Con
stitution can be amended whenever neces
sary on the sensible plan of submitting each
amendment to bo decided on its merits.
The gentlemen who are to oe elected to the
convention before it is authorized will find
their business alike destitute of profit or
responsibility.
It is about time to conclude that the ele
ments are not in favor of permitting Rose
Coghlan to play "As You Like It" in an al
fresco performance without tho too realistic
accompaniment of a rainstorm as you don't
like it.
Tue message of President Fonscca, of
Brazil, to Congress indicates that ho is very
n ell satisfied with the condition of tbing3
thnre. As President 1'onscca is running
things very much after the style of other
South American Presidents, there does not
seem to be any Yery good reason why he
should not be satisfied. Perhaps the people
who nre tried by military tribunals and find
the liberty of speech andthepress restricted
might not be so-well satisfied.
The report that the prospectors in the
young State of Washington are finding "fab
ulous ledges of gold" may be literally true,
thongh not in the sense intended. Most of
these wonderful ledges of gold are fabulous.
The spectacle of a prosecuting witness
I
fjsjjsf" UllVf ilTim! "jtadSSStl.
who did not want to give testimony against
the defendant was presented in court yester
day, with tho satisfactory result that the
witness was forced to testify. It Is not un
common that prosecuting witnesses are in
duced to withdraw their complaint, and it
is satisfactory to learn that in ono instance'
it has been demonstrated that justice can
not bo fooled In that way.
The feature of the season appears to be
that there are so many Chautauqua assem
blies in various parts of the country that it
is impossible to keep track of them. Imita
tion 1 tho sincerest flattery.
Sheffield and Mobile, Ala., are work
ing np their capacities to build steel ships.
Sheffield wants to make the iron and steel
and Mobile to build the vessels. This is a
very laudable ambition, and wo hope the en
terprising cities will succeed in realizing it.
But for the present Pittsburg will f urish the
stool for tho new ships, and If the ship canal
is built she may build a good many of them
right along the banks ot the Ohio.
If that project to establish a Spiritualist
college is carried out, it contains a hope that
the spirits which send back long communi
cations will put them in good English, if not
in good sense.
The recent speech of ex-President Cleve
land evokes the New York Recorder to use a
great deal of space in pointing out its blund
ers. But if thoy are blunders it ought not to
be necessary for the opposition paper to print
them. lho anxiety of a Republican organ to
prove that Cleveland said tho wrong thing
does not altocether indicate his permanent
retirement from the Presidcntal'fleld.
"Wrrnthe Republican State Convention
only three weeks away the doubt as to who
are tho slated candidates for Treasurer and
Auditor General is becoming distressing.
The announcement that Sara Bernhardt
was born in Rochester, N. Y., and lived there
for ten years, comes from the authoritative
quarter of Portland, Ore. It will be sur
prising news to Sara when she hears of it, and
it is translated into French for hor from her
native tongue, which she has forgotten.
The StPaul Athletic Association mourn
fully reflects that $12,000 is a large sum to pay
for a prize fight that you don't get.
LIFE'S PAV0EED PEW.
Pbesidest Hakkison has the credit of
being the greatest walker the White House
has contained for many a year.
The only woman, with the exception of
Urs. Grimwood, -who has received tbe Royal
Bed Cross, is Florence Nightingale.
The widowed daughter of ex-Secretary
Bayard is to spend the summer in Sweden,
the home of her husband's relatives.
Hon. Johit T. Abbott, United States
Minister to Colombia, now at his home in
Keene, N. H., on leave, will sail for South
America on next Tuesday.
Pkesident Diaz, of Mexico, sets a good
example for rulers of other southern repub
lics who affect the gilt and trappings of
gaudy regimentals by dressing quietly as a
plain citizen.
Young Mrs. Oscar "Wjlde is said to be a
striking contrast to her husband. She is
very quiet, while he is rather loud; she is in
clined to be commonplace, while he is bril
liant in conversation.
The millionaire merchant, Van Donner,
has presented to his native city of Hamburg,
$000,000 to found a woman's hospital, in com
memoration of the saving of his wife's life
by the famous woman physician, Dr. Michel
sen. The young German Emperor's new crown
is somewhat different from those heretofore
in use In the house of Hohenzollern. The
gems in it were selected by His Majesty him
self and the celebrated painter Doepler.
Most of them came from the famous gem
collection belonging to the family, which
owns some of the most magnificent pearls
and diamonds in the world. The Emperor
has had the crown made so as to exactly fit
his own head, and it is to be hoped that it
will also fit his successor's.
Heney IiABOUCHEEE, the famous free
lance London editor and member of Parlia
ment, Is a little, fatman whom a correspond
ent who recently saw him describes as sit
ting in a leather chair, twiddling a grizzled
beard. "He is a millionaire, a radical, an in
sufferable wag. He has an exuberant ani
mosity for all governments; he Is the bad
boy of the House of Commons; the fat, li
censed, wicked little jester of the English
press. An oily, pachydermatous little man;
wayward and whimsical; stanch and true to
his friends; a man who gives thousands In
charity."
C DE CnDEncRANC, the new Chief Jus
tice of Samoa, who has held office six
months, has so far done absolutely nothing
except to draw his salary of $309 a month,
which is paid him under the treaty of Berlin.
According to this treaty the United States,
England and Germany each contribute $2,
000 toward the Justice's salary for the first
year, after which the Samoans are expected
to pay this dignitary. The residents of Sa
moa, so it is understood, are thoroughly dis
gusted with this man, who from the very be
ginning of his residence at Apia made him
self unpopular. Ho is regarded as a big,
indolent fellow, who thinks ho is far above
all ordinary beings.
A STOCKYARD CORPORATION
Said to Be tho Remit of Sir. Armour's Visit
to the German Empire.
Jersey City, July 27. The Tolleston Stock
yar;ls Company, which was incorporated in
Hudson county on Saturday, is to have a
capital of $1,000,000, divided into 10,000 shares
of $100 each. Only 20 of these shares will be
issued immediately, and they will be di
vided, four apiece, among tho five incorpo
rators, Albert H. Veeder and Edward J.
Martyn, of Chicago; Robert F. Martin, Jer
sey City; T. Albeus Adams, New York, and
John S. Dawley, Brooklyn. It is designed
to do a regular stockyard business, purchase
lauds, erect the necessary enclosures for
cattle and other live stock.
A dispatoh Horn Chicago says: "The key
to the uddle will be found when the object
of Mr. Armour's visit to Germany becomes
known. That gentleman, who ostensibly
left on his vacation, has, it Is claimed, been
In constant communication with the Ger
man officials relative to the raising of the
embargo on the American hog, and the
company formed at Tolleston Is a result of
his negotiations."
CAST IN SANS H0LD3.
The Largest Perfect Plate Ingot Ever
Rolled in This Country.
fSPXCIAL TELKOBAM TO THE DISPATCn.1
BnADDOCK, July 27. There has just been
cast at the armor plate mill of Carnegie,
Pliipps & Co., at Homestead, an armor ingot
80 inches wide and 23 Inches thick, weighing
22,000 pounds, the largest armor plate ingot
rolled in this country.
The ingot was cast in a sand mold for a
test and the material proved much superior
to that tested in a metal mold. Heretofore
there has been a great deal of trouble in
casting with metal molds owing to the many
flaws, and an ingot cast In the sand mold
was found not to contain a single flaw. It is
more than likely that hereafter sand molds
for turning out armor plate Ingots will be
adopted.
THEATRICAL MECHANICS.
They Elect Officers at Their Annual Con
vention In Chicago.
Chicago, July 27. The con vention of theat
rical mechanics of tho United States and
Canada, in session here this afternoon,
elected the following officers:
Grand President, Moses P. Pickering, Bos
ton; Grand Vico President, John Penrose,
Philadelphia; Grand Secretary, C. E. B.
Tyler. Boston; Grand Treasurer. William E.
Meredith, Toronto; Trustees, William Calla
gban, Boston: E. R, Smiley, Toledo; J. Gels
inger, Newark.
German as She Is Writ.
New York AdrerUser.j
A Berlin journal makes the important an
nouncement that Bjomstjerne BJoruson has
rjotircdf rompj oil tics and hasrjturned to
Ijiteraturu. It is presumed that Mr. Bjorn
stjern's name in plain Southern plantation
English is Jornsln .longing, and the name is
quite common down, that way.
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A SEAS0N0F REFORM
Is Now on at Chautauqua Work of the
Women's Club Study of the Bible An
Important Gathering of Grangers
Pitcher Stngg's Engagement,
rsriCIAL TELEOKAM TO TIIE DISPATCH,
Chautauqua, X. Y., July 27. Tho Chautau
qua ladies aio exceedingly ambitious as
well as aesthetic. They have decided to go
in for reforms, and do it in a methodical
way. Tho enthusiastic meetings of last
week were only a drop in the bucket of
what they propose to accomplish, ana this,
too, in the face of tho stern fact that "man
proposes and God disposes," although the
proverb really does not hit them. The
Women's Club have accordingly arranged
their series of reforms in alphabetical order,
so that none shall escape them, for they
have decided to cover the alpha and omega
of the subject. This is tho list up to date,
which, like Luther, they have nailod up
as theses on Chautauqua's doors, and most
boldly will thoy stand by their proposition:
Art reform, ballot reform, cooking reform,
dress reform, ndlng reform, fashion reform,
girl reform (servants), health reform. This
list covors nearly half the alphabet and will
take up the greater portion of this summer
in the discussion.
The club this morning took as tho subject
for original investigation and instruction,
"The Training of n Citizen." Mrs. Emily
Huntington Miller presided. The Teachers'
Retreat closed on Saturday, but the College
of Liboral Arts and tho School of Theology
are still in full swing. Souio of the teachers
have gnno home, though tho majority will
stay here through the Assembly In August.
A Tavorlte's Lecture.
This was the programme for tho day: At
2:30 p. it. Dr. C. J. Little, of Syracuse Uni
versity, lectured before a larce audienea in
the Hall of Philosophy on the "Jlonk Ber
nard of Clalrvaux." Dr. Little is an old
favorite here.and-hencc Chautauqua turned
out in great numbers to hear him. Atl
o'clock a lecture was given in the Hall of
Philosophy on "How Should I study the
Bible," by Prof. W. R. Harper; at 5 P. 11., a
lecture on "Life in the Homoric Age," by
Prof. Thomas D. Seymour, of Yalo; at 7 r. m.,
a twilight concert by Rogers' Band in the
hotel; at' 8 p. m., an entertainment by Will
iam H. Sherwood, Miss Jessie Dalrymple and
Rogers' Orchestra in the amphitheater.
Miss Dalrymple is a Philadelphia elocu
tionist, and she charmed tho audience with
her clever renditions. Her style ischaracter
ized bv simplicity and expression. Dr. Harp
er made six points in his farewell lecture, as
follows: First, havo a clear, definite purpose
in mind as to what you are trying to accom
plish in study; second, have a sharply out
lined plan, providing for the study of great
epochs, characters, doctrines, and above all,
the great life the life of Christ; third, that
you will think for yourself, use the mind
that God has given you, using aids only
when necessary and wise; 'fourth, study
logically, connectedly, consecutively, ac
cording to the great principles underlying
the workings of the human mind; filth, be
comprencnsive, rememDeryour purpose, ao
not lose yourself in a wilderness of debate;
sixth, is your work producing results? be
able to say at tho end of every one, two,
three or six months that you havemado pro
gress. Books on the Bible.
There nre books on tho Bible coming to
you one by one. Do you look to the time
when every book will have been in some
sense mastered. Then your work is sys
tematic. Tho students gathered around
Dr. Harper at the close of his talk and bade
him a God speed and goodby.
Prof. Seymour's lecture was very interest
ing. His subject was: "Life in the Homeric
Age." The speaker gavo a rapid survey of
life in the Homeric age in the camp before
Troy and in the Greek home, touching upon
tho beliefs of tho people with regard to the
Gods and n future life, and giving a more de
tailed account of the simple paternal gov
ernment and of the customs of private and
mtlitamr 1 1 frt
In culture the Homeric Greeks were com- J
pared with the cotemporary Hebrews of
Solomon's time. Tho gods, natures and oc
cupations did not differ widely from those
of now. The after existence of tho dead was
a neutral state, not yet differentiated into a
life of happiness for tho good and suffering
for the wicked. No priestly caste existed. A
part of every animal slain for food wasgiven
to the gods as conscientiously as among the
Hebrews. Each man had to assert his own
rights. No written laws and few definite
laws were known. Princes and peasants
were not dividedly separated. The life
which Homer describes could not have been
the life of the masses of tbe people. He tells
us little of the lower strata of the commu
nity, little of the hard-working life of the
ordinary man. He sings of the feasts Of
princes and of the conflicts and adventures
of mighty men of valor. But he certainly
gives an honest, although idealized, picture
ot the Helenic life of his times, rrom which
our own civilization can be traced by an un
broken line of direct descent.
Gathering of Grangers.
Friday will bo Grange Day, a day when
farmers of Chautauqua and adjoining
counties of New York and Pennsylvania are
given tho freedom of the city. That ther
will be here in large numbers, the history
of former Grange days assures. Tho Mis
sionary Institute, one of tho oldest of
Chautauqua's many departments, will begin
on Saturday, and Miss Frances E. Willard
will be one of the speakers. The examina
tions in American constitutional history,
that portion given in Prof. Thorpe's lecture,
came off to-day at 10 o'clock, and quite a
number of students competed for the prize.
Mrs. Ewing, the head of tbe cooking school,
is in receipt of letters from seminaries and
colleges asking about her cheap coffee.
There Is hope that college students will get
something good to drink in the way of
coffee.
President W. R. narper, of Chicago Uni
versity, the big Baptist institution Dacked
by the oil king John D. Rockefeller, left
Chautauqua to-night lor Chicago, and will
sail for Europe Thursday on the French line
of steamers.
It has just leaked out that President
Harper has secured several of Chautauqua's
professors and instructors. One of these is
A. A. Stagg, the great baseball player from
Yale College, familiarly known as the "Pray
ing Pitcher." Stagg has been coming to
Chautauqua during tho summer for years
past and Is here again this season In charge
of the ball teams. He is short and muscular,
with slightly curling dark hair, roguish eyes
and heavy features. His geniai manner wins
him friends among all classes, and as for the
juvenile portion ot Chautauqua population,
they swear by Captain Stagg as their patron
hero. He abandoned his purpose of study
ing for the ministry, and after finishing his
post-graduate course at Yale he entered Mr.
Sioody's tiaining school in Springfield,
Mass.
MRS. SEARLES' ROMANCE.
Her Death Recalls the Story of Her Hus
band's Sudden Death.
New York Press.
Mrs. Mark Hopkins Searls, whose death at
Methuen, Mass., was briefly announced in
the Press yesterday, was the widow of Mark
Hopkins, who died u few years ago, leaving
his widow heir to over $40,000,000.
In her early life Mrs. Searles was obliged
to do her own washing, but finally young
Mark Hopkins married her and started for
California to make his fortune. Tho joung
man opened a little shop in Sacramento in
partnership with Collis P. Huntington,
stocked with hammers and nails. After a
hard year they began to make money, and
eventually the firm went into what is known
as the "Dutch Flat Fraud" railroad scheme
with Leland Stanford and Charles Crocker.
Hopkins retired finally with $10,000,000. In
ban Francisco he built a house which cost
him $1,250,000, and soon after died.
A 'year later a young decorator named
Edgar A. Searles was sent to San Francisco
to decorate the Hopkins palace. From
decorating he turned to love making, and m
18S7 was married to Mrs. Hopkins in Trinity
Chapel, New York. Mrs. Searles has been in
poor nealth ever since and her life at
Methuen has been an exceedingly quiet one.
At her death she was 70 and her loituneof
$70,000,000 will go, It Is said, to her adopted
sou, "Sim" Hogan, and Mr. Searles. Searles
is 45 and a great lover of art. Among his
recent additions to the San Francisco house
is the furnishing of tho halls in Mexican
onyx and tho ceilings with paintings valued
at $10,000 each. A $75,0C0 organ has been
placed in the music room.
COMMISSIONERS BANQUETED.
The Lord Mayor of London Says the World's
Fair WU1 Be a Success.
Londok, July 27. Tho Lord Mayor of Lon
don, Sir Joseph Savory, at the Mansion
House to-day, banqueted the .foreign Com
mitteo of the Columbian Fair Commission.
Lady Savory and Sir Richard Webster, the
Attorney General, and other members of the
Royal Commission appointed to supervise
the exhibits of Great Britain at the fair were
present. , .
Tho Lord Mayor, during the banquet,
made a speech in which he warmly com
mended the Chicago Fair to English people,
saying that he believed it woulu exceed any
exhibition held up to the present time. The
United States Minister, Hon. Robert T. Lin
coln, returned thanks for the United States
visitors.
NEW YORK VS. PENNSYLVANIA.
How the President of the New York Re
publican League Regards New Clubs.
Every effort is being made by President
McAlpin, of the New York State Republican
League, and the Executive Committee, to
increase the number of Republican clubs by
the date of their annual convention, August
5. The idea of the League in Now York State
is to welcome with open arms overy organi
zation formed up to the day of the conven
tion. Tills is in keeping with the constitu
tion and spirit of the National League, as
well as overy other State League composing
tho national body. The position of the Ex
ecutive Committee of the State League of
Pennsylvania is not only wrong, but abso
lutely ridiculous, as the parallel columns
giving the action of the State Leagues of
New York and Pennsvlvanla will show.
New York says. "Build up the League,"
while the Executive Committee of Pennsyl
vania, mostly residents of four counties in
the southeastern portion, say "Keep down
the League, as wo cannot elect Robinson."
NEW YORK KEFUBLICAJf
STATE LEAGUE.
PENNSYLVANIA REPUB
LICAN STATE LEAGUE.
The following resolu
tion was offered by Hon.
The work done by
President McAlpin and
Ills us oclates In the Ex
ecutive Committee of the
State League hag insured
a large aud enthusiastic
contention. Bysomuch
as Its sUc Is increased its
efficiency In promoting
party interests will In
crease, too. It ought to
J. B. Robinson:
"That the President
and Corresponding Sec
retary be dlrcctedlo is
sue a circular letter to
all the Republican clues
regularly on the rolls of
the secretary's list at the
last convention, and in
form the officers of the
araw wgeiQers.UA; aeie
Kates. Jictween now and
August 5 many clubs may
nelormcd If our friends
clubs that no club shall
be permitted to have
representation and a vote
In the country districts.
ai me annual convention
will act upon the sug-'atberanton In September
f;estlons contained in the
etters that have been so
extensively addressed to
next that was not resru
larly upon the rolls of
membership at the last
League Convention of
1880.
"That all new clubs
formed this vear, 1891.
duly organized according
to the League rules,
which shall pay the reg
ular annual aues for ad
mission to the State
League on or before Jan
uary 1, 189?, shall be
placed on the rolls, which
payment shall entltis
these clubs to fell regis
try in the League and
reDrescntation at the
mem oy otonei .nc
Alpln. Sac l'ork Tri
bune. convention in 189 2.
ru.ua. Prist Jicpvn ax.
Com. Meeting.
MT. UNION GRADUATION.
The Musical Class Give a Programme and
Receive Their Diplomas.
SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO TIIE DISPATCII.1
Alliance, July 27. The sermon of Bishop
Joyce, before the Christian Association ot
Mt. Union College last evening, was a master
piece of oratory and thought. There wore
over 2,000 people gathered, including tho
alumni and students of the college. Tho
Bishop's line of thought was that the object
of God in sending Jesus Christ Into the world
was that Ho should draw unto Him all men,
and be such a power nnto them as would
culminate in a development of mind and
heart, as would make man a creature after
God's own fashioning. He said that a great
need of the human race was sympathy
and a closer knitting together of the
affections, and that such a condition of
affairs could be brought about by the human
will becoming subjected to the divine. The
humanity, the mission and the influence of
Christ weie treated in a most profound and
instructive manner.
To-night the graduating class in instru
mental music, ten in number, gave a per
formance in the hall before an Immense
crowd, after which they received their
diplomas. To-night the Alpha chapter of
the A. T. O. fraternity also gave Its eleventh
annual banquet at the Russell House. This
event In the series attending the graduating
exercises was a charming affair and partici
pated in by 35 couples, among them beins
sevoral Pittsburgcrs; that city being well
represented both among the students and
visitors here. To-morrow oral examinations
will be continued, and In the evening the
graduating exercises of the preparatory de
partment will tako place; also the sixth
annual banquet of tho Sigma chapter of the
S. A. E. fraternity. The city Is rapidly fill
ing up to night with alumni and their
mends, and by to-morrow the greatest
crowd in the history of the city will be gath
ered to witness the exorcises.
A D0Q LOST ITS BARK.
It Was Somewhere Between n Load of Pills
and Kui Vomica. .
'Plainfield, July 27. Robert Dlngee, who
lives on Eust Fifth street, has a full-sized
healthy Now Foundland dog which has no
bark. This extremely desirable oondition
was brought about by Mr. Dlngee quite un
intentionally. Last spring tho dog had the distemper, and
there being no dog doctor within calling
distance, Mr. Dlngee decided to treat it. He
began with the rudiments of medical knowl
edge and gavo the dog medicine for a cold.
First he administered two anti-bilious
cathartic rills and six two-grain quinlno
pills, which he concealed In a piece of meat.
The effect of this dose was so depressing
that a big drink of whisky and milk was
given to cheer it up. The next morning a
lew drops of nux vomica were put in Its
meat to tone up its system. Then the dog
got well.
Somewhere between the cathartic and the
nux vomica the dog lost Its voice. When
the dog wags its tail and opens its mouth
you know It would bark if it could.
The dog is no longer a terror to tramps
and cats and has developed great popularity
with the neighbors, who are recommending
this course of treatment to their friends
who take more or less Interest in dog flesh.
FRESIDENTAL CALLERS.
Mr. Tracy and Warner Miller Havo a
Private Chat With Harrison.
fSPKCIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCII.1
CArE May, 'N. J., July 27. This morning
the President considered a few pardon cases
and received Cardinal Gibbons and Arch
bishop Ireland, of St. Paul, who called to bid
him good-bye. The President and Secretary
Ilalford and Mrs. Dlmmlck went bathing
again this morning. Postmaster General
Wauamaker left for Washington this morn
ing. Among the prominent arrivals this even
ing were ex-Senator Warner Miller, of Now
York, and Secretary of tho Navy Tracy, who
drove immediately to tbe Fresldontal cot
tage, whore they remained with the Presi
dent. Senator Miller came to see the Presi
dent bolore leaving for Europe, for which
place he sails from New York on Wednes
day. A GREAT BUZZARD STORY.
The Bird, Released in Berks County, W ent
to South America.
Reaping, July 27. A good buzzard story
comes from Morgantown, this county,
narry, Walter and Benjamin Talbot, sons of
Morgan Talbot, of Talbotsville, a year ago
caught a large turkey buzzard In a steel
trap. They tqok the bird home and after
keeping it a few days, by means ot fine wire
attached a small sleigh bell to one of its legs
and set it at liberty.
They never heard of tho bird until a tew
days ugo when they read in one of the news
papers of tho capture of a buzzaid with a
bell fastened to its leg In Bolivia, South
America. From the description of the bell,
and the manner of fastening, they have no
doubt but that it is the identical buzzard
that was liberated by them a year before.
DWELLING IN UNITY.
Three Emsworth Churches of Different
Denominations Picnicking Together.
Tho Psalmist was in raptures when he saw
brethren dwell together in unity, so his
spirit is supposed to note approvingly the
action of the churches of Emsworth who
picnic at Rock Point to-day.
There are three denominations there,
Presbyterian, United Presbyterian and
Methodist, and heretofore thoy flocked sepa
rately on such occasions, or each associated
with churches of other places. This year
they have sunk their sectarian differences
and all go together, and a pleasant time is
expected when the Calvinistic lion and the
American lamb He down together today.
DEATHS HERE AND ELSEWHERE,
J. J. East.
J. J. East, the well-known wall paper
dealer or Allegheny (at 109 Federal street),
died yesterday morning at 12:30 o'clock,
aeed 65 years. Mr. East was born in Birmingham,
Enelaud. He bad been In business In the same
pure In Allegheny for the last 40 years, and Uvea
in Bellcvne lor & years, where the funeral will
take place to-morrow at 10:30 A. II.
Obituary Notes.
EX-GOVERNOR PAUL Dillingham, of Ver
mont, died yesterday morning.. Ho would havo
been 82 years old In August. He was a member ot
CongrtAS In 1W and Governor of Vermont la 18W'
andlSS7
OUR MAIL POUCH.
The Population of Scotland.
To the Editor of The Dispatch:
Will you please state the population of
Scotland, as shown by the census of 1831T
FrrrsBCM, July 27. B. H.
The Scotch census returns, issued recent
ly, show that the total population of the
country, including tbe shipping in Scotch
waters, was 4,033,103 persons, of whom 1,931,
451 aro males and 2,081,612 females. These
numbers, when compared with the year 1831,
show an Increase of 297,530, the male increase
being 13L9S6 and the female 145,544. The per
centage of increase of the population of
Scotland during the decade has been 7.93,
that of the male sex alone 8.45, and of the
female 7.52. Tho population of Glasgow is
given at 565,714, as compared with 511,415 in
1881. The population of Edinburgh is given
at 261,261, as compared with 234,402 ten years
ago.
Shirley Dare Is a Lady.
To the Editor of The Dispatch:
I have always enjoyed the writings of
"Sharley Dare," and would like very much
to know whether the writer Is e lady or gen
tleman. Some of my friends say it is the
latter. Emma H.
Allegheny, July 27.
Shirley Dare resides a part of the year
in New York and the rest of the time in a
pretty country place near that city. A
friend describes her as a slender woman, in
rather delicate health, who moves about so
quietly that it is hardly possible ever to cor
ner her. She Is a blonde and has been ex
tremely pretty. But the delicate health to
which she has been a victim of late years
has caused tbe prettlness in her features to
fade into a sweetness, which, though sad
when one contemplates the cause, is scarce
ly less pretty to behold.
Ohio Not the Banner State.
To the Editor of The Dispatch :
Not ono in a hundred knows what per cap
ita tax means, yet tbe explanation is simple.
I have been commander of my Post for yeare
and know. I can state It in few words so
that every soldier will see through It at a
glance. In Ohio, as shown in the census, we
have living 107,000 soldiers. About 50.000 only
of these everjoined the G. A. R. Not half of
these have their dues paid. That is one dol
lar a year each. If not paid they must be
dropped. In my Post, one of the largest In
Ohio, we have on our rolls 150 men, and were
fools enough to pay twenty cents a year on
this number, or per capita tax, to headquar
ters, to pay our officers' railroad fares, hotel
bills, etc. It has made us tired, so we drop
ped all but 01 and soon will drop 50 more,
and so are all tbe Posts in Ohio doing. We
have not 20,000 in Ohio. Private Dalzell.
Caldwell, O.. July 27.
The Speeches at Gettysburg.
To the Editor of The Dispatch:
Apropos of your comments on J. Russell
Young's estimate of Mr. Lincoln's Gettys
burg, address, I was Indulging in some
reminiscences with a friend recently. The
subject of the Gettysburg dedication was
gone over. My friend said: "When I left
the stand it was with the feeling that Mr.
Lincoln had not measured up to the occa
sion, the charm of Mr. Everett's oratory
being upon me."
"Well," said I, "now after all these years,
what can you remember of Mr. Everett's
oration?"
"That he pronounced revenues re-venues."
"And you are charmed with what Mr.
Lincoln said every time you dwell on it."
'Yes.t' D.
Something About Venezuela.
To the Editor of The Dispatch:
What Is the population of Venezuela, and
of what importance is her trado?
Venezeula has a population of about
2,500,000, and a total foreign trade of exports
and Imports together of about $33,000,000, of
which more than one-half is with the United
States. She sent to this country in the last
fiscal year, 1890, $10,960,770 of merchandise, of
which nearly all, or $9,962,207, was coffee. Of
the remainder, four-fifths, or $812,347, was
hides and skins, and the next largest item
was $103,509 for chemicals.
Glad to Set It Right.
To the Editor of The Dispatch:
You have been wrongfully informed about
tho young man who was killed at Cone
mfttigh. nis name was Martin Hughes and
he was a well-known brass finisher, of Wil
mording. He was going home to Baltimore,
but he got off at Johnstown to visit some
friends. I was in his company about an hour
before he was killed. I nope that you will
he kind enough to publish this in your val
uable paper for tbe benefit of his friends in
Wilmerding, and oblige. G. W. G.
Pittsburg, July 27.
Must Be a Citizen.
To the Editor of The Dispatch:
Can a man vote for President of the
United States when ho declares his Inten
tion of becoming a citizen.
Constant Reader.
Brasdock, July 27.
In some States a man can vote on local
matters under thoso conditions, but not for
President.
Pittsburg and Allegheny Taxes.
To the Editor of The Dispatch:
Please state tho amount of city tax on
$1,C00. Is there any difference in Pittsburg
or Allegheny? F. H.
Zanesville, O., July 27.
The city tax in Pittsburg is 15 mills and
in Allegheny 12 mills. Added to this is the
school tax, county, tax, etc.
Premium on a Coin.
To the Editor of The Dispatch:
Is there a premium on a silver half dollar
of 1828, and ir so how can I obtain It?
Hall.
Allegheny, July 27.
There Is a premium on the coin and it can
be secured from any numismatist.
The Normal Majority Is About 1,800.
To the Editor of The Dispatch:
Please let me know through your valuable
paper how much Democratic majority Mc
Kinley had to overcome to defeat Warwick
for Congress at the last election and
oblige A. B. C.
Allegheny, July 27.
Watch Onr Advertising; Columns.
To the Editor of The Dispatch:
Please inform me where I can find a pri
vato school of bookkeeping and shorthand.
Constant Reader.
The Government Supports the Schools.
To the Editor of The Dispatch:
Does the Elkens Sealing Company support
the schools of Alaska? J. S.
Leechburo, Pa., July 27.
WARNED TO LEAVE TOWN.
Locked-Out Miners Say That an Anti-Labor
Agitator Must Go.
Duquoin, III., July 27. Five hundred coal
miners hero this morning marched in a body
to tho TIngley House and served notice on
Bobert Cummings, an anti-labor agitator, to
leave town.
Cummings is a coal miner, but is against
tho locked-out miners' attitude here in not
resuming work. Sheriff Clark is on tho
scene to prevent nny trouble. Cummings
says ho won't go. Tho miners say he will.
THE CHILD IN THE CHURCHYARD.
A mother and her little child
Went hand-ln-haud the churchyard through.
The woman's heart with grief was wild;
The maid knew nanght her years were few.
With eyes unvexed the wee one cried.
"How happily the green grass waves!"
The mother smiled, and then she sighed,
"You do not know it grows on graved I"
The little maid then stooped to smell
Some violets starting from the ground.
Sweet Innocent, how could she tell
'They blossomed on a new-made nioand?
Against a,shaft of marble white.
Where graveyard ivy crept aud clung.
Leaning a mass of ringlets bright,
A merry, childish Hit she sung.
Catching her mother by the gown,
"What is thU pretty place?" she said.
The woman answered, looking down:
The silent city of the dead !' '
She knew the words as yet would be
Unmeaning to the qnesUoner's ears.
Nor would she understand why she
Was answered with a ttormof tears.
Unite JL. Bat, in the Chicago BeraU.
PECULIAR GEORGIA B0YC0TT.
Girls Who Break Engagements to Be Laid
on the Shelt
Atlanta, Jnly 27. A peculiar boycott Is
on in the town of Tennllle, which would be
laughable were it not that the young men
are In dead earnest. An enthnslastlc and
well-attended meeting was held by some of
Tennillc's best young men last night for the
purpose of declaring a. boycott against the
young ladies. The boycott applies to no
particular young lady, but is on generally.
The position of the, members will be seen by
a careful perusal of the following resolu
tions: 1. Kcsolvcd. That we organize a boycott. .
2. That this boycott applies to the yonng ladles
in the town of Tennllle who persist In going with
small bovs.
3. That this boycott does not apply to any one
young lady In particular, but to those who persist
In going wlt' small boys.
4. That the boycott does not apply to any lady
under 1 ) ears of jjjp.
5. That Information having reachci' our C3fs
that certain oung ladles In the town of Tennllle
are In thehabltof breaking engagements, resolved,
that we condemn this habit In ttifc strongest terms
po.-slble and that wc boycott the young ladles in
ihc future who are guilty of this.
of age who allow boys under 16 years of age to call
upon or accompany ner to any place of worship or
amusement.
7. That wc boycott any young ladies who make
two engagements for the same night.
8. That we solemnly pledge ourselves to carry
out the above resolutions.
After these resolutions were adopted the
boycotters adjourned subject to a call.
o. Altai r uuj coii any yuDnjtuuy utvrMjcais
A DOCTOR AND A FUNERAL,
An Interesting Ride Taken by a Well
Known Maine Physician.
Lewiston Journal.
On Wednesday, a Lewiston physician was
walking toward Lisbon street from Hotel
Atwood, where, during the absence of his
family at the shore, he is taking his meals.
Just before reaching tho little bridge over
the canal on Main street he turned quickly
to see R. S. Bradbury driving in his carriage
in the same direction. He stopped and spoke
to Mr. Bradbury and asked him how his
lame bono was, the ono injured In the run
away accident of several weeks ago.
Whether Mr. Bradbury asked him to step
into the carriage or whether not, tho phy
sician did so and they were talking interest
edly of the injury and its recovery.
Reaching the bead of Lisbon street, the
physician said. Interrogatively: "You are
not going down Lisbon street then?"
"No," said Jlr. Bradbury, looking back re
flectively upon a long line of carriages fol
lowing them, "I am sorrv. Doctor, but if I
wasn't leading this funeral procession up to
Riverside Cemetery I'd be mighty glad to
drive you down."
"Mr. Bradbury," said the doctor, "will you
kindly let me out? This Is no partnership."
As the carriage stopped and the doctor
alighted, a quiet smile befitting the solem
nity of tho occasion shone upon the face of
tho doctor of medicine and he salt never a
word.
We get tho story from him.
A WATERED SILK.
She Couldn't Wear Wine Color Because of
Prohibition Tendencies.
New York Recorder.
They were shopping.
"What shall I get for a new dress, Clara?"
"I am sure I don't know; I've almost
thought myself Into the grave getting np
my own wardrobe. Ask the clerk to show
you some stylish goods."
Tho clerk proceeded to unroll packages of
silk. At last ono took her eye and she asked
to seo it nearer the light.
"Will that do?" inquired the clerk, as they
drew toward the window.
"Oh, no," said she; "that Is wine colored,
and my husband 13 a strong prohibitionist."
"Well, madame," continued the clerk, "we
have some green watered silk; would you
like to see that?"
"Yes," said sho.
The silk was unfolded. She liked it, pur
chased it, and walked away happy.
She never saw the point. It was just as
well, perhaps.
A NEW RACE OF PEOPLE.
It Has Been Discovered on a Mountain In
the Philippines.
St. Paul, Minn., July 27. The first install
ment of the Philippine Island specimens for
warded by the Menage Exploring Expedi
tion reached St. Paul yesterday. A letter
recoivedfrom the explorerr tells of the dls
covery of a new raco of people.
Making the ascent of the highest mountain
In the Philippines, at a height of 1,200 feet, It
was discovered that the mountain was in
habited, and by people entirely different
from any ever seen In the lowlands.
After several attempts to photograph a
group, the feat was accomplished. It took a
good deal of maneuvering, as tho natives im
agined that the camera was n deadly weapon.
As they all escaped with their lives, they
now regard Messrs. Worcesterand Bournes,
the explorers, with veneration. Several
suits of the clothing worn by these people
were secured.
In climbing tho mountain it was discov
ered that no birds existed on the mountain
at a height of 1,209 feet.
AFRAID OF MALARIA.
Why a Gentleman Refused to Buy a Cheap
Cemetery Lot,
New York Press.
In the office of a leading cemetery on
Twenty-third street two gentlemen were
overheard discussing the purchase of a lot
in that burial place. They had just returned
from the cemetery, where they had been
shown two lots on either side of the same
walk, one of which was valued at $150 and
the other at $50. The only difference in the
lots was that the cheaper one was in slightly
marshy land, eight or ten feet lower than
the other, but could be Improved by drain
age, which is soon to be put in.
The gentleman who wanted tbe lot con
cluded to take the higher priced one, bnt
his companion put in objections on the
score of cost, and insisted that the lower
priced lot was Justus good as the other.
"That maybe true," was tho gentleman's
rejoinder, "but think of the malaria." He
took the higher-priced lot.
PEOPLE WHO COME AND GO.
Among the passengers for New York last
evening were v. u. iiavis, ueorce Mccieane,
the iron manufacturer; Rev. Mr. Mackay, of
St. Peter's unurcn, ana jiiss juarkell, a
daughter of Major Markell.
E. F. Acheson, of the Washington Ob
server, was in the city on business yesterday.
He said affairs were qnietin his bailiwick,
and he had no political tips to throw to the
winds.
Simeon Bissell and family left but even
ing for Atlantic City, whore they wlH spend
a season of three weeks' rest, after which
they will make a flying trip to New York.
Ex-Congressman Casey, of Tennessee,
passed through the city yesterday on his
way home from New York. He says his
State needs a better militia.
A telegram received yesterday announced
the arrivnl of -Mrs. Margaret Fredder and
her son, and George Preuss and lamlly at
Southampton.
C. "W. "Whistler, of Punxsutawney, and
C. A. Egley, commercial agent for the Queen
and Crescent at Cincinnati, are stopping at
the Duquesne.
J. T. Gorsuch, of Zanesville, President of
the Flint Glass Association, arrived In the
city last evening. A meeting will be held
to-day.
J. V. Sigworth, of the United States
Army, and J. II. Young, of Indiana, aro
among the guests at the Seventh Avenue
HoteC
Henry Cowles, Secretary of the Balti
more Board of Education, was a passenger
on the limited last eveninggoing to Chicago.
Judge James Iughram, of "Waynesburg,
and A. S. Sprowls, ot Washington, are stop
ping at the Monongahela House.
Superintendent David McCargo, of the
Allegheny Valley road, and his wife have
gone to the White Mountains.
Lieutenant A. T. Easton, of Company F,
Fourteenth Regiment, cot back home yes
terday flora Saugortown.
Division Passenger Agent E. D. Smith,
of the B. & O., left lor Atlantic City with his
lamily yesterday.
George Topping, of the Philadelphia
yews, was visiting friends in Pittsburg yes
terday. A daughter of Chief Justice Fuller was
on the limited yesterday going East.
Prof. Addison Ballard, of -Lafayette Col
lege, Is at the Duquesne.
Alderman Flack, of the Sonthside, has
returned from the East.
Levi DeWolf left for New "York last
evening.
Dr. Woodbura left for Chautauqua' last
evening.
CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS.
An aged traveling scissors grinder has '
died In Michigan City, Ind., leaving an estate
valued at $21,000.
A seamless steal boat made from one
piece of metal by hydraulic presinre prom
ises to bo very desirable. It will last a great
while and cannot leak.
The earth is gradually growing larger
from tbe fall of meteoric matter. An as
tronomer estimates that the globe is annu
ally being pelted with 146,000,000 projectiles.
A wren built a nest on a machine in the
shops of the Dawson, Ga., Manufacturing
Company that made about 5,000 revolutions
a minute, and raised four birds. The young
birds left tho nest last week.
M. Marey the French scientist, by ar
ranging his own apparatus, has succeeded
in photographing the flight of insects, the
exposure of the plato being necessarily noe
over I-25,000th part of a second.
The hours of the cabinet-making trade
In England have, since 1850, fallen from 60
and 70 a week to 56. In London the hours in
the tobacco factories were, in 1850, from 54 to
50 a week; they are now from 43 to 54.
A book has been written purporting to
trace the descendants of Pocahontas down
to this day, and President Harrison is in tho
list. He, according to this book, is her great-great-grcat-great-great
- great great - great
grandson. While six years ago there wasn't an
electric launch on the Thames, 15 were
counted at the Henley regatta this vear, and
there aro nine stations between Kingston
and Oxford at which the storage batteries
can be replenished.
There is a post at the corner of the
public square in Fairmont, Mo., which gets
a bolt of lightning from nearly every
thunder storm that comes along. Three
men. five horses and 20 or 30 sheep have been
electrocuted at the spot.
A drill sergeant in the British army was
recently ordered to ascertain the religions
views of some recruits, and this is how he
did ;lt: "Fall in! Church of England men
on the right; Roman Catholics on the left
all fancy religions to the rear:"
In the early elections of Oklahoma the
rival candidates stood in wagons placed
some distance apart and their adherents
gathered around them nnd were counted.
The elected man took office at once, and his
edicts were as implicitly obeyed as an
act of Congress.
The recent discussion abroad on tobacco
and alcohol following Tolstoi's merciless
screed against their use. has revealed a man
who smoked for 70 years without interrup
tion, consuming between 8,000 and 9 0U)
pounds of tobacco, and yet retaining perfect
physical and moral health.
The other day an old buck belonging to
a flock of sheep which wero bolng driven
down street at St. Joseph, Mo., happened to
catch sight of his reflected image in a plats
glass window and charged upon it, shiver
ing the glass and scattering a display of
gold, silver and bronze goods in all direc
tions. Two little children recently went to
church alone in Westfleld, Conn. They be
came tired daring the long sermon, nnd the
elder one, supposing that school rules held
good in church, led his sister up In front of
the preacher and said: "Please, sir, may we
go home?" He said "yes" and they soberly
walked out.
A salmon 3 feet 2 inches long, and
weighing 16 pounds, was found by some of
the New York operatives at aco, Me., on
Friday last, dead on the rocks below tho
dam. There were several bruises on his
body, and It is thought that his death was
caused by falling back while attempting to
go over the dam.
The Springfield Republican records
notable horse trade made in that vicinity:
"A well-known Jockey secured a showy oolt
and hied himself to tbe dale to see the boys.
When he came back ho was driving t line
black horse, leading a good bay, while theta
followed behind a pair of oxen, a cow, an
old sow and eight pigs."
In 1861 the London General Omnibut
Company carried 42,000,003 passengers; tho
Metropolitan Railway soon afterward car
ried 11,000,000. In 1889 the Omnibus Company
carried 104,000.003, and the Metropolitan
82,000,000, the District Railway 34,000 000, the
tramwa vs 1M) 000,000, and the Road Car Com
pany 15,000,000, making in all about 457,000,
000. The latest fashion in Parisian society is
to give "entertainments for youhgmSth
ers," to which .only young married couples
are Invited. The dance becomes of secondary
consideration, ana only square dances aro
tolerated. Instead of the customary fvon
in the cotillon, children's toys are distrib
uted, which the young mothers take home.
The following day the participants of such
entertainments call with their children on a
"vlslto de reconnaissance."
A clergyman at a summer resort tho
other Sunday preached an eloqent sermon
which pleased everybody but one lady, who
openly declared that she had heard the sanio
sermon preached 10 years ago by a visiting
clergyman In her own church. Things
looked a little bad tor the clergyman until
he proved that he was the visiting clergy
man In question. In the interval he bad
grown stout and raised a heavy full beard,
so that she did not recognize him.
To make something that looks like gold:
Take 100 parts (by weight) of pure copper,
11 parts zinc or tin, 6 parts magnesia, W parts
sal ammoniac, 18 parts quicklime, 9 parts
cream of tartar. Melt the copper and add
gradually the magnesia, saf ammoniac,
quickllmn and cream of tartar,eacn by Itself,
in the form of powder. Stir the whole for
half an hour, add the zino or tin in small
pieces, and stir again until tbe whole i
melted. Cover the crucible ana keep tbo
mixture in a molten condition for 3o min
utes. Remove the dross and pour the metal
into moulds. It has a line grain, is malleable
and does not easily tarnish.
Dr. Bumbaugh says, in his "Gleanings
for the Curious:" "Dictionary English Is
something very different, not only from
common colloquial English, but even from
that of ordinary written composition. In
stead of about 40,030 words, there is prob
ably no single anthor in tho language from
whose works, however voluminous, so many
as 10 000 words could be collected. Of the
40,000 words there are certainly many more
than one-nan tnai are onjj- empioyea. it
they are employed at all, on the raiest occa
sions. We should be surprised to find, if w
counted them, with how small a number or
words we manage to express all that we
have to say, either with our lips or pen.
Our common literary English probably
hardly amounts to ten thousand wovdsrour
common spoken English hardly to 5,000."
THE BAZAR'S BARGAIN COUNTER.
"Men are not bom free in this country,"
said WllUe. There ain't no worse bulldozed
slave in creation than my baby brother."
White Is that new dog of Brown's a
beagle?"
Oreen I don't know. I'm sure; Judging from IU
midnight execution I should say It was a bugle."
"Did you tell that man I'd gone to San
Francisco, as I told you to James?"
"Yes, sir. I told him you started this morn
ing." TT- " :
"That's a good boy. And what did he say?"
"He wanted to know when you'd be back, and I
told him 'after lunch. sir."
"I like this dress very much," said Ethel.
"It is Just too delightfully tight. Bnt where are
the pockets?"
"Here they are, "said the dressmaker, handing
her two smaU silken bags. "You'll have to carry
them in your hands. There' not room in the dress
for them."
"How do you like my new suit, Slaria?
All wool and a yard wide, eh?" said old BInks.
"Yes, that's the trouble," returned Mrs. B.
'It's a yard wide, and you ain't more than 24
Inches acrost."
"They say Prof. Barkling address before
the Dorcas Society was not well received."
"Well, why should It have been? The Idea of
his addressing a lot of old maids as 'My venerable
friends!"'
"Papa," said Willie, as they sailed down
to Statea Island, "do sea-horses come from the
sea?"
"Ycsiny son."
"Anddo the bay horses all come from the bay?"
"She waved her umbrella and caught his
eye, said Hawkins.
"Did it put the eye out?" asked Smithers, who
bad seen women waving umbrellas before.
Mrs. Bloobumper (Indicating a passer-by)
That man Is dressed to kill.
Bloobumper (admiringly) What discernment
yon have, my dear! That is Dr. Paresis, out
making piofessloual calls.
"How many brothers have you, Willie?"
"Two, sir, countln' me."
"You'H drive me into my grave with
your demands for money." said old Sleek.
"Then you'll have to give me (ISO more," said
Mrs. Sleek, "because mourning goods are very
expensive."
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