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TO Daily Dispatch, lnrludlnp Sunday. 1 year.. 10 00 Daily DisrATf-n, IncludingSundav, 3 m'tlis. 2 no Daily l!rATCii. Incliidinp Sunday, lni'th.. 90 SrM- Disrvrcit. One Year 2M Weekly DtsPATcn. One Year 1 S3 Tnc Daily DirATui Is delivered by carriers at 15ecnts per week, or. including Sunday Edition, at SO cents per week. riTTSBURG, THURSDAY. JULY SO, ISM. 3rKINLEVS TARIFF TKSTED. Free-traders, or tariffltes-for-re venue only, found little comfort in the summary ami review of the foreign commerce of the United State during the year ending Tune 30, 1831, which the Treasury Depart ment gave in yesterday's Dispatch. Tiiis is the first opportunity to judtic fairly" of the effects of the McKinley tariff. Demo cratic statesmen have had gigantic fun with fancies. They will not have much with the facts. A favorite cigument against the McKin ley bill was that it would be certain to bring about a decrease in imports, but no decrease in taxation. The theory was that the increase of duties would cause a shrinkage of importation, while exacting a greater revenue. The figures and the facts of the official report do not sustain this argument, for while through the ex tension of the free list the importations have increased no less than 531,000,000 in value, the customs revenue has been diminished quite as positively. The report does not contain an exact statement of the customs revenue for the nine months under the McKinlcy tariff, as compared with that under the old tariff, but official figures for seven out of the nine months arc obtain able, and they show that while in 1SS9-00 the customs rovenue amounted to S130.033.3S1 C9, in 1890-01 the same seven months produced but S113,12G,07G 14, or about twenty-three millions less. If the reduction in revenue keeps pace throughout the year, the annual revenua under the McKlnley law will be about forty millions less than it was in the last year under the old tariff. Taking the tariff to be a tax for the nonce, this means a reduction in taxation of forty millions per annum. TheMcKiuley tariff has clearly operated to the advantage of the country in restrict ing the importation of articles which we can produce, in opening the way for such goods as we do not produce for the total of importations is swelled by the great in crease of lree imports and in raising in the least burdensome manner the revenua necessary for the maintenance of the best, though not the most economical gov ernment on earth. These facts are going to have a wider and weightier effect upon the voters' minds than the free-traders' fictions, which, co-operating with natural causes for discontent among the farmers, produced the political convulsion last j car. "We have considered the figures as above merely in the light of the regulation Democratic cry that the tariff is "a tax" and a burden. Taken upon their own ground the opponents of the McKihlcy bill are deprived of their pet grievance by the official figures. THE "TK MGIIT-OUTKISS-" PROTEST. Those "straight-out Republicans" who want an exclusively partisan bench for Common Plwis So. 3 held their meet ing yesterday and ordered a convention for August. As Governor Pattison's nominee', the sitting Judges, already have the formal indorsement of the Democrats, as well as of the Republican County Ex ecutive Committee, and as the first objec tion is yet to be heard to their character or capacity, it requires no great foresight to see how the "jitraight-out" partisan movement will figure at the polls. There is, however, one aspect in which its projectors can justify it, i. e., upon the ground that by party usage they had a right to a convention to name their own candidates. Their position on that score is impregnable. But the choice of Judges is a matter for the public apart from the settlement of questions of party usage and discipline. Tho public are by no means so enthusiastically appreciative of the convention system, its of ten-times cor rupt processes and poor results, as to re quire that otherwise fit Judges must hustle around for annointment by a con vention of ward-workers before being voted for. At present the movement gives promise of being of no more practical weight than a mere protest by partisans' minority against the men whom they elected to the County Committee to run their party ma chinery. The technical ground for that protest is unassailable, but tho election of men to administer justice in tho courts will not turn wholly or mainly upon a dis pute 'within the party as to how the organi zation should bo run. GOOD CHEEK FROM CHAUTAUQUA. Optimism is evidently on top at Chau tauqua. That beautiful scenery and ex hilarating air should breed cheerfulness is to be expected. Twice within the last week have distinguished speakers dusted the Chautauqua stage with the pessimists, and our readers have doubtless observed in the reports of the lectures there all summer a strong current of content and confidence. Last Sunday Bishop Leon ard, of Ohio, preached a remarkable ser mon, in which he affirmed his belief that Christianity is gaining ground on every hand in these times, in spite of the outcry of heretics in the Protest ant churches, and the uproar of the agnostics and the theosophists, with their old superstitions revamped, on the outside. Bishop Leonard maintained that the Christian who has faith Is about to win extraordinary triumphs in this world. We are told that Bishop Leonard's joyful tone found a loud echo iu his audience. Since then Dr. George Thomas Dowiing, of Albany, has smitten the pessimists hip and thigli. In the course of a lecture on "The Good Times," delivered by Dr. Dowiing on Tuesday, he said that he held the only wise philosophy of life to be that this Is tho very best possiblo world createcTby an all-wise God; and that while we ought to attend to the lever and the headlight, the same omniscient Being "who had made the cars," to use" Dr. Dowling's illustra tion, "had ballasted the track." The breeze that blows off Lake Chau tauqua in the morning is not more bracing than these words of good cheer. Not many like them are heard these dap, when even the novelists insist upon dishing up pes simism for our amusement! Is this the sign of a revulsion of feeling? Are we to be allowed to come up from the depths of despair, and observe that all the world and life and mankind arenota dismal failure? There will always be some people, no doubt, who will not be comfortablo unless they are miserable, but most of us really prefer to look at the bright side of life, if our pastors and masters would but allow us. GOOD NEWS FOK CDTICAGO. It augurs well for the World's Fair at Chicago that the British Government has announced its intention to mako a full showing not only of England, but of India and the British colonics. Great Britain has the ability to surpass all the other foreign exhibitors at the Fair, and Vis count Cross' statement that the Indian Government will also do its best is de cidedly good news. It is noteworthy, also, that Sir Pliilip Cunliffe Owen, speaking for the Society of Arts, which has under taken to superintend the British collection of exhibits, recognized fully the promise of the Chicago Exposition to excel all its fererunners wherever held. The world has gained much in liberality and breadth of view since the firstnational exliibitlon was held. When the great Na poleon instituted a national exhibition at Paris, in 1798. his idea was to foster the talents and stimulate the invention of Frenchmen alone, and to that end offered a gold medal to the manufacturer who should show how to inflict the heaviest injury upon English trade. The idea that the manufactures exhibited ought to be domestic exclusively prevailed in France, and indeed in all countries where expositions were held, until the middle of the present century. England's first international exhibition was in 1851, with another by France four years later. No disastrous results followed these comparisons of products, and interchanges of ideas. The benefits were so positive and plain that no nation has returned to the exclusive policy iu its exhibitions since then. There is hardly a country or nation upon earth now that has not in some sort invited the world to a comparative show of powers and products, and the number of exhibitions, national and international, is already in the hundreds, and range from tho Immense performances at Philadelphia, Paris, London and Vienna, to the more modest affairs at Kioto, Japan, at New Orleans or at Ballarat, and tho local exhibitions of which Pittsburg's is a good example. The Society of Arts, which has under taken to collect and order the representa tion of Great Britain and her colonies at Chicago, his been actively ehgaged in work of this kind since its foundation in the last century. The success of the first international London exhibition, in '1851, and of the minor ones that preceded it, as well as those of more recent date, has been largely due to the sustained and well aimed efforts of this society. Chicago may assuredly look for a British exhibit worthy of the great fair and the great empire which makes it STOCKS DULL BUT DIG CROPS. Wall street is depressed but the country's business is not The idle brokers are unhappy, but not so the busy farmers. In fact Wall street is not in sympathy with the country's business interests, and its dull and depressed condition is rather the result of European causes than American. The crops are very large, wheat assuredly so, corn almost beyond a doubt There is enough money to supply all legitimate demands, and money is cheap, at a time when it most needed to move the gigantic harvests. Manufacturers are beginning to feel the first touch of reviving trade, and the prospects for a brisk fall business could hardly be improved. If through complications with which we are not directly concerned in Europe the stock market is at the mercy of the bears, it is worth remembering that the actual situa tion of producers in shop and farm to-day is anything but discouraging. The big harvests, conservative manufacturing and tho good effect of the protective system are the potent factors for a term of prosperity in tins land. Small harvests in Europe make the ability of this country to ex port all the more valuable. There have been dark hours in the past twelve months, but looking ahead all is bright for the United States. Judge Swing's decision as to the right of the Central Traction Company to occupy High street is discouraging t those who think corporations in a loose Und unbridled style do whatever they have a mind to. Of course.it is not safe to say with certainty what may be deduced from this decision Until tho Supreme Court shall have passed upon it, but the indications are that corpor ations will havo to be more careful about the transfer of corporate franchises than they have been in the past. As far as can be seen at present it was an accident pure and simple that brought down tho Oil Well Supply Company's' new build ing yesterday, and resulted In threo deaths and many wounded. Itwat really wonder ful that more lives wero not lost. Archbishop Irulaxd in an interview iu Sew York predicts the marriage of Minne apolis and St. Paul. No one can doubt the advisability of such a move and the union should be effected as soon as possiblo. It re quires a special act of tho Legislature, but that can be obtained as oon as that body meets. Perhaps If Pltthburg and Allegheny seo the experiment prove successful they will follow suit. The Weather Bureau predictions have been charmingly varied lately. Judging by the prophetic visions of th'e weather yester day and the day beJore namely fine weather and rain respectively they should be reversed for use. Spurgeox's immense popularity has led some peoplo in both countries to compare him to Beccher. Tho pastor of London's Tabernacle and Brooklyn's Plymouth Church could hardly be more dissimilar in personal characteristics nnd beliefs. The un bending sternness of Spurgeon's Calvinism and Bcecher's charitable liberality aro sample variations. Notwithstanding their great efforts the Cinclnnatls were unable to dislodge our star baseball team from its position as rear guard. There is one consolation: The team cannot break Its last year's record. It is barely possible that someone has been slandering East End boys In saying that they havo been throwing stonos at a dynamite and -nltro-glyeerlne magazine. 1 f they had said girls it would havo been all right, but the American boy would havo hit a can and had an explosion out of tho first three throws or resigned his poaltion on his baseball nine. The women of Naw York have proven more successful at kocplng the streets clean than the men. Still there aro some who ap- I pear to consider that the broom is not In their sphere Ex-CONGRESSMAN 8NIDER, of Minne apolis, says that his city and St. Paul do not intend to allow their individuality to be lost under any such "tootsoy-wootsey" name as Minnepnulo or PaUloappolls. Snlder's quito right. What would our citizens gay if it wero proposod to call this great cltyFltts henyor Alleburg? iF-the new manager of the Pittsburg ball club does not speedily persuade victory to return to tho Pirate' banners, the man at the gate will hare a sinecure. Tn&resignation of Collector Erhardt at Now York is not an event of national im portance, unless it should prove to be asnro sign, aS'it is alleged to be. that President Harrison is working already for tho ronami nation and has forced Erhardt to retire in order to placate ex-Sonator Piatt. The city dog-catchers have a taking way with them.bnt the net results are expensive to the owners of captured canines. Russia and France are flirting desper ately. Neither of them has anyone else to love. Tho Drolbnnd and its silent allies have succeeded in isolating the Republic nnd the Russian Empire completely. Lovo under such circumstances is not apt to bo sincere. Fixe weather and big crops are the most powerful enemies tho Farmers' Alliance has. Since so many Australians have come to this country and whipped free born Americans wo are glad to soo ono of them rebuked. We are now sure of two champion bruisers in this country, if ono of thorn is colored and only weighs 115 pounds. SOME HAVE ATTAINED 6BEATKES3. Paul Revere, the hero of the famous ride, was tho President of Boston's first Board of Health. It was organized in Faneuil Hall in 1799. Sf.xatOr Colquitt, of Georgia, and his daughters will make an extended trip through tho West and to tho Pacific coast this fall. A collection of paintings of the Lake country, irom the brush of Stephen Cole ridge, son of the English Chief Justice, are now on exhibition in London, and have at tracted much favorable comment. The classmates of the late Lieutenant G. W. Do Long, U. 8 N., who perished in the Arctic, having secured tho necessary funds, aro about having a memorial tablet placed in tho Naval Academy cliapol at Annapolis. Litebaby society in London has been showing marked attention to Mrs. General Custer during her visit therj. She has made a favorable impression on every ono, which is not singular, considering her popularity in America. Ex-Secretary Bayard is growing fleshy as ho advances in years, nnd his flno height is now balanced by a fair breadth of body. His faco has becomo set in severe lines and his hair has whitened rapidly since death robbed him of his wife and his favorite daughter. THE Duchess of Fife is attracting admira tion from all England and Scotland by her conduct as a model mother. Following tho example of Qucon Victoria and the Empress Frederick, sho is nursing her own baby, and may frequently bo seen walking the streets of Brighton with her baby in her arms. Allen G. Thurman is said to be break ing down physically. He takes no oxerclse ntall. Since his retirement from public life he has gotten into the way of shutting him self up in his library, reading nearly all night and then retiring go lato as not to rise before noon. His wife is ill enough to bo confined to her bed, but sho tries earnestly to persuade the "Old Roman" to tako more outdoor air. The Crown Prince of Italy is believed to be making hts visit to England to find ft wife: and his father "will not object, it is thought, if a ProteBtant bo selected. Tho Prince, who is by no means in strong health, was born in November, IM9. Tho next holr to the throno is tho young DukoofAosta, who Is ten months older than his cousin, but his succession would be very unpopular as ho is much under tho influence of tho Jesuits, The Shah of Persia, recently reported ill, has been ono of tho most progrosslvo monarch s that country ever had. During his reign Teheran has changed from & dreary old town or 100,009 inhabitants to a city of thiice that population, nnd been beautified with fine promenades, elegant residences nnd handsomo pnblto edifices. IIo hag In troduced banks, gas, telegraphs and street railways, and modernized his army: and ho Is the first ruler of Persia to form a regular ministry on tho European model and to nom inate ambassadors to foreign courts. NAVIGATION REOPENED On the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal nnd Georgetown Is Rejoicing Again. rrnoii a staff cOHnEsroNDEsr.i Washikotoj.-, July 29. Tho Chetapcake and Ohio Canal, between Cumberland, Md and Georgeton n, D. C, has at last been rehabil itated. Tho water was turned on yesterday at Cumberland and this cvonlng tho slug gish flood began to mako its appearance at Georgetown. It was turned on very gradu ally, that its course might be watched and all obstructions removed. Tho flood was followed in its courso by tho chief engineer and an assistant, who have supervised the repairs. Tho canalmen, who have occupied somo of tho boats as homes, aro getting ready to rosmne the work whloh was stopped two years ago. A few of them are moving their families out, but a numbor will con tinue to live on the boats, thus keeping their wives and children with them. There have been moro than 50 bouts used as homes by these people since the froshotVnd some of them are rather comfortable. Of course, In many instancos, they are crowded for room, but every portion of a boat is utilized to the very best possible advantage. Two of the neatest ana most comiortuoio looking boat homes have boon anchored for two years Immediately under tho Thirty-second street bridite. A look nt tho dirty green water w liioh surrounds them would"lcad to the be lief that one night's sleep on the boat would mean sure death, but it is seldom that a case of sickness is heard of among them. At the main Office It was ascertained that tho first trip will probably be made on the first day of next month, and by the 15th, at least, 00 boats will be running. This number will bo Increased as rapidly as possible, until a sufficient number is in service. Tho principal tonnage 01 tno canai win ne on coal, grain, hay, llne nnd lumber, and as this Is slow in transportntlon.a very large number of boats will bo required. Many or the old teamsters havo kept their stock and will re turn to the towpath. Two hundred thousand dollars has already been paid out in repairs to this canal and there is still a lurge amount of work to do. Tho peoplo of Georgetown generally aro elated over tho fact they are soon.to havo communication with the out side world through this medium. DESTITUTE, PENNILESS, INSANE. Tho Sad Wreck or the Elfe of a "Welshman With a Family Out West. SPECIAL TELF.GIIAM TO THE DISPATCn. Hahrisburq, July 29. John Parry Jones, who speaks only the Welsh language, Is in jail hero after walking all tho way from Pittsburg, arriving here insane, hnlf nudo and without a cent, having been robbed pf all his money and ticket back to Wales. Jones came to this eountrv in 1857 with hu wife and children and settled in North Da kota. Ills crops were a total failure last year, ana ne went to umcuicu uuu songnt em ployment, where ho bad relatives, but as ho could only speak his native tongue ho could secure no work. A brother in Wales sent him money and tickets to return to his own country. Jones got off tho train at Pittsburg and re members nothing coherently since. His mind is still affected and he imagines he is on nn ocean steamer, and wonders why his voyago is so long. When asked about his family he breaks down and weeps, but will not or cannot answer. Tho Popular Presidental Itouto. Baltimore American. " The revivification of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal will givo.the bar footed boys of Western Maryland ono moro chance to rise to fame and fortune via tho towpatb, LAID TO PRINCETON. The New Jersey College SaldioBelt esponsl ble for Union Seminary's Troubles In gratitude Charged to the Former Dr. Brlggs' Views Are Strictly Orthodox. rEMCJAI. TKLEOKAM TO THE DISPATCH. J New Yomt, July 29. Union Theological Seminary chnrgee that the present trouble in the Presbyterian Church Is duo to Prince ton. Tho rivalry and Jealousy of the New Jersoy institution and not the theological views of Dr. Brlggs aro given as the cause of the opposition of the Church to the New York Seminary. A director of tho Union Seminary, tho Rev. Dr. James M, Ludlow, formerly of this city, and now of East Orange, N. J., has given a complete state ment of the trouble. Dr. Ludlow is a graduato of Princeton Collego and Seminary, and joined tho direc torate of Union but a few years ago. He is a preacher of tho liberal school of Presby- tcnanum anu is a man 01 unusual onergy and ability. He shows that Princeton's present freedom from the dominance of the Church Is duo ontlrcly to tho efforts of Union Seminary, and in return that Union Seminary was made to suffer directly to tho wire-pulling of Princeton. IIo shows also that Union Seminary's endowment Is secure; that largo sums in addition nro coming to the seminary because of its fearless indorse ment of Dr. Brlggs, and that tho classes of tho seminary are to bo greatly Improved in quality and not at nil diminished in numbers because of the controversy. The statement as approved by Dr. Ludlow, is as follows: Statement of Dr. Ludlow. "Union Seminary Is Presbyterian and It will romaln Presbyterian. The endowment cannot bo affected by the Brlggs contro versy. There were no conditions to the gifts that go to make tho endowment, but If there wore conditions such as have been mentioned they would not now operate for the orthodoxy of tho Institution, as such Is not questioned. Individual members of tho faculty may be tried and convicted of her esy, but the Pre?bvtcrlanl8in of the semin ary is fixed and unchangeable. "Dr.Briggs' book 'Whither' in what excited tho old antagonism. It hurt Princeton men and aroused their ire. Princeton men have been shaping this movement against Union. That is singular, too, for Princeton owes so much to Union. Years ago Princeton was groaning under tho yoke of tho General As sembly. Its professors and directors were elected at these annual meetings of the Church. The selection of professors by so large an asemomge woritea. great wrong, notably in the case of a nomineo of Prince ton who was voted down by Assombly and tho vacant professorship given ty vote of Assembly to another man. Union wns Inde pendent nnd elected Us own professors nnd directors. Princeton chafed under tho bur den. Dr. Hodge desired Union to help Princeton In this matter. Dr. Adams, after much hesitation, consented toglve to As sembly the right of veto, for tho sako of eas ing Princeton's burden. With the reunion of tho old nnd new schools of tho Church all the seminaries came into new relations with tho Church. The directors were to choose their own successors, but tho professors were to bo selected subject to tho Ulsapprov al of Assembly. Tho Reward of Union. "In return, behold Union's reward. Tho actlug President of Princoton Seminary, Dr. Greene, was made Moderator of the As sembly, nominated as such by Dr. Charles A. Dickey, a Union director, and himself a candidate for the Moderatorshlp. Ho did this ut the request of Dr. Fatton, tho ruling spirit of Princeton and of this Assembly. Dr. Patton has himself appeared In the Presbyterian Review as an opponent of the Assembly's Interierence with seminaries. With this knowledge, and recognizing Dr. Patton's influence over Dr. Greene, Dr. Dickey readily agreed to make the nomina tion and urged tho election of Dr. Greene. Why should he not hope, having done so, for some consideration from Prlnoeton In the Brunts case? "Dr. Patton Is mado chairman of tho very committee that Is to consider this case, and tho hope of Dr. Dickey Is strengthened. Dr. Ersklne N. White and Dr. Dickey request of Dr. Patton to bo permitted to appear before the committee and, explatu Union's position as to the transfer. Dr. Patton assures them that the committee will lisffcn to Dr. White. Dr. Patton astonishes everybody by unex pectedly rending tho report, while Dr.Whito is still waiting for tho case to appear before the committee. Atterwurd Dr. Patton ex plains that the committee could not have heard Dr. White without 'calling In a repre sentative of 'tho other side.' Work of the Kitchen Cabinet. "At tho opening of the Assembly tho same spirit was manifest. In making up the 'Kitchen Cablnot' to assist in forming tho standing committee, no provision was mado for u representative of Union. There is some talk now of Dr. Dickey's having been nsked to Join this cabinet, but If this is so, the invitation did not reach him. The cabi net went ahead with Its important business, and it was In this body that the now famous Patton Committee, that brought about the Briggs veto, was formed. The action of tho Assombly was based on the "now or never" idea. The committee represented that unless notion was takon on Dr. Brlggs' elec tion In thatassomhlytherightofvetopnised away forever. Dr. White was ready to fur nish more tangible evidence that the directors would respect such sus pension of action, but ho was not given an opportunity. The action of the Union directors on Juno 5 in voting to adhere to the transfer of Dr. Briggs, notwithstanding tho veto of the General Assombly, has been criticised ns hasty and ns antagonistic. It was neither. The meeting was called for preliminary no tion concerning a successor to Dr. Van Dyke, whose death and burial had marced the week boforo. That being disposed of, It was necessary to consider tho Important subject of Dr. Briggs' future relations to the sominary. After prolonged deliberation In one of tho largest meetings tho directorate has ever hold, it seemed advisable to retain Dr. Brlggs. and a resolution to that effect was adopted by a. vote of 20 to 2. Asa mat ter of fact tho Assembly had no Jurisdiction in the oate of Dr. Brlggs. His wns a transfer, not an election, and hence wns not subject to veto. "This claim of tho directors has been criticised ns a subterfuge, but it was not. Thirty days' notice in advance is required for a meeting to elect a professor. No such notice was given in this case. When Dr. Butler nnnonnced his gift of $100,009 to create and endow the Edward Itoblnson Chair of Biblical Theology many wore surprised. It was suggested that it would bo proper under tho circumstances for Dr. Butler to express his wish as to the incumbent of the new chnlr, and he replied that his wishes would be fully gratified In tho appointment of Dr. Brlggs. He stated also that this had been the wish of Dr. Hitchcock ns well. Ho urged tho directors to act Independently, however, nnd thnnked them for the courtesy In nnklnir foran uxnrcsalon of his wish. Tin assured the board that tho gift was without conditions. The Transfer of Brlggs. "Mf. Day offered tho resolution trans ferring Dr. Briggs to the new chair, and It was at once unanimously adopted. As 11 matter Of fact, Dr. Brlggs, whtlo known as tho professor of Hebrew, had for years been teaching Biblical theology, Hebrew being taught by Prof. Franois Brown. The trans fer brought no change whatever In his duties. The change was made so as to havo Dr. Briggs' salary drawn from this fund do nated by Dr. Butler. It seemed proper then to mark the establishment of this Important caair uy puuiio excrcnea, mm January 20 was fixed as the date. It was suggested to Pi esldent Butler that solemnity would be added to tho occasion byadmlnlsterlng to Dr. Briggs tho subscription to the Westminster Conlesslou, as is requliedby now profoss6rs. As his orthodoxy had been quoitlonod by certain persons, tho public acknowledg ment by Dr. Brlggs ot his faith in tho stand ards would be an answer to these criticisms. Theio was no requirement under the consti tution of such subscription from Dr. Brlggs at this time, but President Butler agreed that as this was to be an ucademlo occasion such a ceremony would add dignity and solemnity to tho inauguration. Then the subject 01 tho address came up Dr. Briggs was considering two subjects! Tho 'Geography of tho Bible and tho 'Au thority 01 tho Bible.' President Butler felt that tho tltno and occasion wore well suited lor an announcement 01 nis views, and he so advised Dr. Briggs. Dr. Brings' first cholcohad been the lormer subject, but umm deliberation he changed and nroparod his address upon tne 'Authority of the Holy scriptures. The Position of Brlggs. "Thon came tho criticisms and tho charges before the -Presbytery. These rest entirely upon differences or understanding as to tho meaning of words. Understanding this, the directors prepared the categorical questions clearing up tho differences of meaning, nnd obtained from Dr. Brlggs answers of yes or no. These answers, as was expected, placed him squarely and unmistakably on tho Westminster Confession of Faith, and n res olution of confldonco in rir. Biiggg wng passed unanimously by tho Directors of Union Seminar'- -The trial of Dr. Brlggs hnd been ordered and It fras proper to await its ond. A Rtronsr sentiment is now manifest.' tn rfmn I tho case when it comes up in Presbytery In LQctobor. In the interests of peace and har mony hb 10 ue argneu mat nis answers to tho categorical questions prepared by tho seminary directors aro satisfactory ovl donceof his orthodoxy. The differences between Dr. Briggs and his critics aro, in tho main, differences of defini tion and rhetoric, not of doctrine, for Dr. Brlggs, has affirmed his fnlth in tho Westminster standards, and ho would do so on trial. He is orthodox and bis trial would develop that fact. In the seminary, too, his lnflneneo is orthodox. His method of teaching the Higher Criticism is constructive, helpful, nnd strengthening to faith, and not destructive. His classes havo been closely watched for years by the faculty. Many of them "have been ques tioned as to the effect of Dr. Briggs' instruc tion 011 their faith. They have been found stronger and more firmly attached to the Bible for its teaching. The Presbyteries in licensing ministers question applicants closely nnd If doubts were engendered they would be discovered. Bat since Dr. Briggs has been teaching Biblical Theology no graduato of Union has been refuted a license by tho Presbytery of New York City or of Westchester. In the same it is told two licenses lm-c been refused because of unsound faith, ono by each Presbytery, but in each caso tho applicant wag u Princeton graduate. Bright Prospects of Union. "As to tho prospects of Union, they are excpllent. The endowmonts are perfectly secure. As to the attendance, I am glad to see the directors disposod to conslderquallry more than numbers. But even the numbers will probably be up to tho average next fall, and the quality I have reason to be lieve still further improved. I have had tho usual number of applicants for ndmlsaion. We require applicants who desire aid to bring certificates from tholr college fitenlty that their standing has been above 75 per cent. When this rule Is made know n some or the applicants drop out ana go to Prince ton and elsewhere. "One applicant comes from San Fmnclsco. IIo writes that he has read Dr. Brlggs' ad dress and that he desired to place himself under the Influence of sucu a teacher. Others who had already decided to enter purpose to change and come to Unions This, they say, Is In view of the probable reten tion of Dr. Brlggs. "I wish to say further that the attitude of Union in the Briggs matter has crOHtcd a great deal of enthusiasm among friends of the institution and wo havo reason to expect surprisingly large increases in our endow ment therefor." DAUGHTERS OF TETEBA5S. rive States and Over 1,000 members Repre sented at the Second Encampment. SPECIAL TELEQnAM TO THE DISPATCn. Massillox. July 29. When tho National Council of Daughters of Veterans convened this morning there were 24 delegates pres ent, representing Ohio, Massachusetts, Ne braska, Indiana and Illinois. The President briefly reviewed the work of the year, from the date of the first National Council at Qulncy, 111., last year, when there wero bnt 103 members in the order, to tho present tlmo, when over 1,000 names are on the roll. To-night a large crowd gathered in Music Hall to listen to the rendering of tho pro gramme prepared by tho members of the or dor. Miss Mioma Brown, of this city, made tho address of welcome, which was pleas antly responded to by Mfas Mollle Robert son, of Keokuk, la., ono of tho delegates. DEATHS HEBE AND ELSEWHSBE. Captain Saunders, of the Wetmore. Captain Saunders, commander of the new American wlialeback steamer Charles W. Wet more, recently arrived at Liverpool from Duluth, died some time Tuesday night. It was no ticed that the captain did not leave his room as usual yesterday, and upon Investigation it was found that he had died In his berth some lime dur ing the night. Coueequentrr the steamer will be detained until a new captain Is selected for her. She was to have started on her return yorage yes terday. An Investigation lias revealed that Cap tain Saunders was a sufferer from heart disease and had been under medical treatment for some time past. At noon Tuesday a man who was about the dock at which the Wetmore was lying fell into the water, and was rescued from drowning by Captain Saunders. The exertion taus entailed caused the captain to become greatly excited, and last erenlng he showed the effects of his successful attempt to save a human life. Mr. Soley, the agent of the Wetmore, visited the ship and spent Tuesday even ing with the captain. lie left the vessel at mid night, nnd at that time Captain Saunders com plained that ho was suffering from pains in the heart. Mr. Soley did lint apprehend that tho cap tain was In any immediate' danger. At 3:90 yesterday morning Mr. boley returned on board the steamer. Intending? to rouse the captain and make the last preparations for the departuro of the whalebaclc from this port. To the agent's dismay, upon en tering the captain's cabin and shaking him by the shoulder. Captain Saunders did not move, and a liastv examination of his face convinced Mr. Soley that the Wetinont's commander was dead. Under Mr. Soley's directions the body of the captain will be embalmed and forwarded to Xicoma, Wash., where his family resides. John Roland Reed, Actor. John Koland Reed, the father of the comedian, Koland Reed, and a man who saw more continuous service in the theatrical profession than anybody now before the public, is dead. Old age was the principal cause of death. "Old Pop, "as he was called, ucrcrdld anythtngthat was remark able, but he had an acquaintanceship among the profesonals who have toured tills country during the past GO years that any mnn might boast of de servedly, lie died In the city of his birth, Phila delphia. '"Old Pop" was the ton of John Adam Heed, who emigrated from Germany and settled in the City of Brotherly Love In 1807. That same J ear Mr. Heed marrlid Charlotte Blackenburg. of Lancaster, and the first of their four children was John Itoland. After finishing a pay school educa tion the young: man was apprenticed to a brass founder, but at the. age of 16 ho experienced a strong desire to becomp an actor. He entered the Walnut Street Theater In 1824 aud remained there until 1880, with a record of ZB consecutive years of service. -He knew every actor of note In the coun try, and he could tell the most Interesting remluls censes of the elder Booth, Kean, John Drew, Har ney Williams. K. L. Dacnp3rt, Charlotte Cnsh mun, Edwin Adams, Joseph Proctor, Edwin For rest and a bust of others. Ulajor Thomas R. Cowell. Major Thomas R. Cowell, of the Sixteenth itegiment, N. O. P., died at Oil City yesterday evening. He had been sick for two years with con sumption, and had laid at death's door for the past two days. Major Crowell was one of the best known citizens 01 mis piace. 110 was oorn in Dublin S3 years ago, and came here when quite ouiur. He had been connected with tho National Guard for several rears, most of the time as an officer. He was a Mason of high rank, and was connected with several other prominent societies, and was Past Commander of the G. A. R., navlng Bervcdfour month in a Now York regiment dur ing the war. For the past few years lie had been Conducting a tailoring establishment In Oil City, aud had amassed considerable wealth. David Stecn. David Steen, the woll-known coal oper ator, died at his home in Mansfield Tuesday night. He was 77 years old and leaves three sons who are aUo In the coal business. Hlsdauehters arc Mrs. A. D. Walker and Mrs. James Iilackmorc. Frank Reed. Frank Heed died yesterday morning at his residence on Crawfonl street. On Tuesday he was best man at an East End wedding and became delirious while the ceremony was being performed. Martha Howard Frick. Jfartha Howard Frick, daughter of H. C. Frlck, died yesterday at Cresson. aged 6 years. Two eari ago she swallowed n pin, which caused an abscess to form on her side. , Obituary Notes. Nicholas Heltebieur, the richest farmer la Erie county. Pa., died Monday in his "lrt year. Ho was tnc owner 01 m lanns 111 i.rie county. , (itoiir.K V. Mubdocu, once an active Demo cratic politician in Maryland, died In Annapolis Tucfday. For 33 years he had held a place at the State House. MnS. ANN Milxer Woods, at the age of OS yiars, died Tuesday at Cynthlaua, Ky. She was one of the original followers of Alexander Camp bell in loundlng the Church of the Disciples. William E. Sims, of Virginia, United states Consul at Colon, on the Isthmus of Panama, died recently at his post. Mr. Sims graduatid from Yole University In WSl. He was boiniuMlMlsplpx)! in 1812. DAXIEL P. KlDDEn, D. D., L. L. D., or Evan ston. 111., and for many years Professor of Theol ogy in the Garrett Biblical Institute, died at his home yesterday mornlugln the 76th 3 ear or his age. He hail been In feeble health for some weeks. Rev. Du. John L. Chapman, father of the Rev. Chalmers D. Chapman, rector of Grace Church. Greenville, A. J., died at his home In Irvlngton, near Newark, Monday night of remit tent lever. He was a frequent associate in the work.of Dr. Talmage. W. K. Haulky. a native of WasWagton county, Va., one of the earliest settlers of Arkansas, died at his home In Dallas county Monday. He was 83 years old. 11c was an Indian A gent for the West ern tribes for Tonr years under President Buchan an, aud had many thrilling experiences. Rev. W. II. Covso.v, a Methodist minister, .while preaching at acampmcetlng In Picisantvllle, N. J., Tuesday, was stricken with paralvsls and died In a few minutes. The deceased was a mem ber of the Grand Army anil sen cd as chaplain during the war In the One Hundred and Seventy sixth rcgimmt. New York Volunteers. Mns. Maiua jr. Clabk, or Winnipeg. Man., died on Sunday at tho home or her sister, Dr. Charlotte L. Merrick, at Utlca, N. Y., aged 50 years. She was the widow or the lately deceased Attorney General II. J. Clark, of Manitoba, and a state? of Henry Jlrriirk and Albert Merrick, or Toronto, Canada. She leaves two sous. STUDY OF THE BIBLE. A Systematic Coarse of It Opened Up at Chautauqua Dr. Little on the Influence of Dante Lecture on Washington Irv ing Prew Club Reception. fSPECIAI. TILEORAK TO TOC niSPATCIt.l Chautauqua, N. Y., July 29 The feature of to-day's exercises here was the meeting held this afternoon at tho Hall of Philosophy, in tho interest of the study or the BIblo In schools and colleges. This move at Chau tauqua is most significant and means a good deal more than 11 tempest in a teapot be tween a Union Collego or Andovor Seminary. Not only U the study of the Bible insisted upon, bnt in an Inductive scientific way, rather than dcdnctlvo work in a slouchy and scrappy manner, for Bible study is "In tho air." Young nnd old are eager for It. Pastors are recommending it: seminaries and colleges are requiring it and yonng peo ple's societies are demanding it. There Is no question, really, that Bible, study is needed, the only question is, how can we most wisely go at It, that It shall minister to our np-bulldlng and our usefulness? What shall be Its character, its method, its re sults? Such was the trend of the discussion to day, nnd one conclusion reached was that the Bible should bo studied in the universi ties' and colleges as Greek and i'oiuiin his tory aro studied nnd form a part of the cur riculum. The programmo to-day was as In teresting as ever and was as follows: At f-S.0 A. jr., tho Women's Club meeting, subject, ' Christian Endeavor." led by Sirs. Emily II. Miller in tho Temple; at 2:30 P. M.. lecture on "Danto." by Prof. C. J. Little, of Syracuse, In tho Hall of Philosophy: nt 4 p. M., a lecture on "Washington Irving," by Mr. Leon II. lucent; at 3 p.m., conference on "The Study or the Bible in College and Somlnnry,'r led by Profs. Burroughs and Burnham; nt 7 r. m., vespers In the Amphi theater; at 8 p. it., readings by Mr. A. P. Bur bank, the New York elocutionist, assisted in the musical numbers bv Roger's Cornet Jiand: at 9:15 p. jr., reception of the Chautau qua Press Club in tho Arcade. The Influence of Dante. Dr. Little's lecture attracted a big crowd this afternoon. IIo reviowed tho life and times ol Dante in n very clever manner, and said that the story of the great poet was soon told, but that his soul was measureless. He cannot be likened to the peaceful or tur bulent Mediterranean, which washed his shores.nor to the Appenlnes.tbat rise In sub limity, nor to the magnificent palaces or cathedrals, noted for their grandeur. Ho stands distinct, apart, himself In his marvel ons work or God and man. As Chopin startled his listeners with his development or tho piano, and Paganninl the violin, so Dante developed the rhymeand possibilities of the beautiful Italian language, to which he added his wonderful knowledge and vision. Speech may not tell what can be said of thfs great man, but this much should be rememborod, that the poorest man may gather from the great poet's writings strength for his earthly trials. Mr. Leon Vincent in his lecture on Irving gnyo a brief account of the great author's life. Illustrated his humor from the Knicker bocker Hlstory.and made another defense ot American llteratnre,showlng that it was not sufficient to describe It as "the literature or England, that has been produced In America." This point will be discussed by Mr. Vincent at greater length In his lecture on Oliver Wendell Holmes to-morrow. Study of the Bible. At the meeting at which the study of the Bible in colleges was under discussion, there were a number ol speakers, the most prom inent ones being ProL Burnham, or Hamil ton, N. T.; Prof. Burroughs, of Amherst, Mass.: Rev. Osborn, of Albion, N. Y., and Rev. Mr. Phillips, editor or the Canadian Quarterly Review. Tho speakers insisted that it was necessary to a rounded education that the Bible be studied carefully, scientifically and reverently. 1110 pian aavocatea was substantially na follows: Inductive 1 Bible study, as empha- sized by several introductory lectures, after which practice woric is assigned eacn student, in the doing of which he Is most carotully watched and searchingly criti cized. He then begins to apply what has been loarnod to a single book, characterized by unity and limited in scope. The revised version is tho single text book, the student being encouraged in his work to make con stant comparison with the original Greek. The special book selected is studied by para graphed. The contents of a given para graph are concisely stated In writing, occa sionally its condensed sense is written out Thus by generalization tho scope of tho book as a whole Is determined. This work is duly submitted to tho Instructor. Meanwhile questions of Importance are, as thoy occur to the student, briefly noted and classified. Next an inductive story, pre pnred by the teacher, is put in the hands of the student. It consists entirely of ques tions, standing in close connection with one another, and intended to bring out the lead ing thoughts and toplos of the book, thus preparing the student to appreciate its marked Individuality. While this study is being worked through and the results are boing submitted to the teacher, the tlmo In the classroom is occupied with a brief sur vey of the book, paragraph by paragraph, following after, but never preceding, the in ductive study, and consideration is given to tho most important questions, which have been raised by the students individually. The Goal of the Work. After the Inductive study has been com pleted, a list of topics suggested by it is sub mitted to the class, a given one is assigned to each student for personal investigation, a thesis upon which, short and concise, is tho goal or his work upon that individual book. Interviews are had with each student pri vately regarding his topic, suggestions aro mado and inquiries answered while these nre in preparation, the biblography boaring on the topics as a whole is treated, and the supplementary lectures, which liave been described, proceed. Upon these matters written recitations are had at least once in two weeks, and in these the student is en couraged to present freely his own vlowt and any difficulties which have occurred to him along tho line of his personal research. Mr. Burbank'g entertainment this evening in the Amphitheater was before a crowded audience, lie read, among other things, Bret Harte's "Idiot or the Red Gulch," und scored a great success. Tho feature of the evening was his rendition of Rndyard Kip ling's poem, "A Ballad or East and Wen." Mr. Burbank has Just returned from Europe, and will "star" this winter with Bill Nye, the humorist. The Press Club took an "out ing" last night around the lako with their ladles. Later in tho evening the party Btopped at Point Chautauqua, where they dropped their weary pens and used their fantastic toes. Secretary Duncan kindly furnished the yacht Cornell for the boys. A DEMAND FOB $181,000. An Effort to Hold West Virginia, the Claim ant, for Virginia's Debts. "FROM A STAPT COKnESrOXDEXT.1 Washington, July 29. Attorney General Miller and Solicitor General Tart heard ar guments to-day by Attorney General Cald well and ex-Governor Wilson, of West Vir ginia, in the matter of the demand or the State or West Virginia for the payment of $181,000, claimed to be due under tho direct tax refunding act. The accounting officers of the Treasury have asked the Attorney General foran opinion as to whether the claim ought not to constitute a setoff against n portion of tho bonds of Virginia held by tho United States in trust for certain Indian tribes, on the ground that West Virginia Is responsible for a portion of the Virginia debt contracted prior to the war. The rep resentatives of West Virginia contended that a Just and equitable settlement of ac counts Dctweon Virginia and West Virginia would show that instead or West Virginia being liable for any of Virginia's debt a bal ance would bo found on the other side of tho account. Aside from this, It was contended that the United States could not set off this claim against Virginia bonds, ns one claim cnnld only legally bo set off against another when the amount or both claims had been judici ally determined. Tho absurdity of suing the State of West Virginia on a bond of Vir ginia was pointed out und the authority or uny executivo Uepartment to determine a question essentially Judicial was denied. The arguments were particularly interest ing, as the covered the whole ground oi the liability or West Virginia ror any portion of the debt of Virginia. Tno Attorney General will give representatives of tho Virginia bondholders an opportunity to be heard be fore giving his opinion. A Record to Be Proud Or. Pawtuckct Times. This is tho way the McKlnley bill is "strangling" foreign commerce. During the 11 months ending with Jlay, 1800, we im ported $G9,t9S,18J worth of dutiable merchan dise; during tho II months ending with Jftiy, 1S91, wo Imported $114,112,233 or dntlablo goods; showing that tho market fbr$2S,7K,933 had been turned over to American produc ers. But, although during tho same months of 1889-00 we imported 1213,977,281 worth of merchandise frco of duty, during the 11 months or 1800-01 we imported $327,312,719 of such goods. OUR MAIL POUCH. They Are Americans. To the Editor of The Dlspatchs If a man and his wifo come to this country to live and a child la born before the father becomes naturalized will , it be a citizen of the United States evenJf the father never becomes naturalized! E. 8. PrrTSBmo, July 29. The Constitution of the United States plainly gayg that all persons Dorn ornat nfollzcd'in the United States aro citizens of the United States. Governor Beaver's ZJentenant. To the Editor ofXhe Dispatch: Who was on the ticket with General Deavor in 1S83 as . candidate-for Lieutenant Governor? Who was candidate for Congress man at Large? W. H. II. PiTTsnuKO, Jnly 29. Hon. Willi imT.Dirvles was tho candidate for Lieutenant Governor and Hon. Marrlot Broslns for Congress. Most Fish for a 'Salary. To the Editor of The Dispatch: Do the Fish Commissioners of tho State re coive any salary? IsqcntKn. PiTTsnuEa, July 29. They do not receive a fixed salary, but arc paid for reasonable and necessary ex penses. GBEAT ENGINE OF PEOSFEBITT. J. P. Wltherow Talks About Manufactur ing andUheUIcKlnlcy DHL New York Press. Mr. James P. Witlierow, of Pittsburg, who Is a leading iron and steel manufacturer, is In Now York for a couple or days, and the view he takes of the future of American manufacturing it remarkable fortes sturdy Americanism and protectionism. Mr.lWitho row is one or the mowing spirits in a Ken tucky iron town enterprise for which ho has enlisted English capital, so that he speaks from experience, no says: "Within tho next quarter of a century the unem ployed capital of Europe must all come to this country, for the reason 'that this is the only place It can find profitable employ ment. In tho direction of manufacturing wo havo made such strides by inventions andiunder protection that thowhole world will eventually be compelled to acknowl edge our supremacy. Oar homo markots andNi'no markets of South and Central America, Mexico and the Antilles will furnish. us a constant sale for everything we produce, except cotton, wheat aaid petro leum. These Europe must have and must buy from us, whether we trade in her mar ket h or not. "The greatest engine of prosperity this country has ever known Is the JIcKlnley bill, because it assures to Americans the American home market, and shuts out ruinous foreign competition. Tho working man's wages in any country are the unit of value from which all values are determined, and when wages are kept up, under the pro tective system, the welfare of tho iworRing men assures the welfare of the country. That is why the McKlnley bill Is our bar-. n.. .... .tan . ...... .. .S a1 A tinnl.. tf'. Europaand a sure means of prosperity." CAPTAIN ABHE3 FBEE. The Man Who Polled Ex-Governor Weav er's Nose Finally Set nt'Llberty. fSrECTAI. TEUtOBAM TO TUElDISPATCH. Cape Mat, N. J., July 29. The President to-day pardoned Captain George J, Armcs, the retired army officer who pulled Gover nor Beaver's noscat the Biggs-House, Wash ington, the day after the inauguration of President Harrison, and who wonld have a year yet to serve li ho had served out his bentence, which was to the effect that he was to remain within a radius of 80 miles 0f tue cuy of Washington. At the time he was court martlaled and ordered dismissed from the army, but the President set aside the ruling. James W. Hogan was appointed postmas ter at Grafton, W. Va., vice Andrew J Nuzen, resigned. STEEL SHELLS FOB UNCLE'S AH. The First Car Load Shipped From Findlay by Ben.'Butterrvorth. fgPZCIAI. TILEOKAJf TO TOT DISPAtCBO FrxntAV, July 29. The 'Hrst shipment.of a. carload of steel carrldg shells tot 'the? United States Government was sent out from here to-day by the Kellogg Seamless Tube Works. A large force will soon be employed by this firm in the making of those Shells, heavy contracts having been obtained from the Government by the Hon. Benjamin Butte rworth. Mr. Bntterworth is a leading stockholder in the concern, and proposes to have them do great work in a new line for exhibition at the World's Fair. PROMINENT KEN AT RLUOEVIEW. The Chautauqua Assembly There Will Begin It Sessions To-Day. fSFXCTAX. TELEGRAM TO THE DISrATCS. GltEENSBCBG, July 29. The BldgevIeVt Chautauqua Assembly will open at Rldge- vlew Park to-morrow. This pretty park 13 located about ten miles east of Latrobe, and) this being the first year or the assembly, there, a splendid programmo has been! made up. Among the prominent men to be here dur ing tue assembly will be Major McKinley, Governor Pattlson. Thomas M. Marshall, of Pittsburg; Hon. Harry White, General D. H.J Hastings ana senator tvauace. Hog Cholera Epidemic in Iowa. Waterloo, Ia., July 29. Hogs are dying in great numbers from cholera In the south part of this county. The same locality suf fered severely from the disease last spring. PEOPLE COKING AND GOING. John E. Lvnch, Fourth .Auditor of tha Treasury, nnd the noted Mississippi colored, statesman, passed through the city yester-. day solng to St. Joseph, Mich., to deliver an address. He says Fred Douglass wrote to him that the acconnt or his treatment by Hlppolyte was grossly exaggerated. Miss Jennie and 3flss Xellie O'Brien, of Burlington, la., whohave been visiting their sister, Jlrs. P. W. Siebert, of Main street, Lawrcnccvllle, for the past three weeks, have returned home. AV. M. Clark, commercial, agent for the Missouri Pacific road, went to Brooklyn last evening to visit his family. He says tho freight business is very dulL M. .1. Becker, chief engineer of the Penn sylvania Company, nnd Rev. Mr. Koehne were among the Chicago passengers on the limited last evening. E. T. Affleck, division freight agent of the Baltimore aud Ohio road, was in the city yesterday conferring witn tne omciais nere. H. C. Huston, wife and daughter and "W. E. Taylor, of Youngstown, are among the guests at the Mononganela House. Thomas Alexander, of Butler, and Charles W. Bowman, or Brownsville, aro registered at the Seventh Avenue Hotel. John C. Jackson, Superintendent of the Railway jrall Service, was at the depot yesterday going to St. Louis. Daniel O'Dav, the Standard oil magnate from Buffalo, took breakfast at the Monon gahela House yesterday. Prof. Paul Jtohrbacker, of the "Western University, has returned from Mt. Clemens with his wife. Gcorire T. Bishop, commercial agent of the Clover Leaf line, is registered at the Dnquesne. V. L, Ran ford, of Saginaw, the buyer for a Western syndicate, Is stopping at the Dnquesne. Charles A. Chipley, assistant general freight agent of the Pennsylvania road, is in the city. W. 3T. Sproull, freight agent for the Cambria Iron Company, was iu the city yes terday. Herman J. Berghoff, the Ft. "Wayne brewer, Is at the Seventh Avenue Hotel. H. D.. Gamble, clerk of the United States Court, returned feo:n Erie yesterday. Kev. Dr. Satchell left for Asbury Park yesterday to spend his vacation. John Leitch and wife, of Allegheny, are home from a tour of the lakes. A son and daughter of A. M. Byers left for New York yesterday. James Kav, of Kay Brothers, went to Philadelphia last night. Fred "W-.Eggers, of Allegheny, has gone to Somerset for a rest. Simon Berger, a Paris drummer, is stop ping at tho Anderson. Ex-Sheriff Kyle, of -Somerset county, is in the city. CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS. A barber of Ionia, Mich., has broken the recork by shaving a man in 26 seconds Numerous desertions from the army are alarming the Italian government. The causesare arrears in pay and poor food. , Somebody who has kept a notebook Fays that. !,0S4 women have been murdered by drunken husbands since January 1, 1S89. E. A. Howard, of Belfast, Me., has a clock still keeping time that was a weddin" present to his grandfather in the fall of 17o Dr. C. F. IJand, of "Washington, pos sesses a enr'ous relic of the rebellion. It is a piece or "hard tack" that formed a part of one or the doctor's rations Just 30 years ago. Three telegraph poles, two 50 feet and one CO feet, were cut from the same tree at Harlan, Mich., a few days aao. Tho tree forked about the stump, which was four fees in diameter. A French mechanic committed suicide because ho had lost the power to drink. He left a letter saying: "One small gIasor liquor makes me ill now. Aa I cannot live without drinking I am killing myself." Eev. A. K. Bates has resigned ths pastorate of the First Presbyterian Church or Cadiz, O.. and will hereafter serve soma congregation that cannot afford to support a pastor. He recently inherited a large for tune. A jeweler at Akron, O., is offering a gold watch for sale on a novel plan. The watch is offered at $20, and the price is re duced $1 each day nntil the timepiece is pur chased. II not sold at the expiration of 20 day, the watch is to be given to the first per son entering the store on tho morning of tho 21st day. t A curious example of natural "inarch ing" or trees exists in Lawrence county, HI. The trunks ol two elm trees, standing about 20 feet apart, have met at quito a dlstanco above the ground, where they blend into a symmetrical trunk of lnrge dimensions. Tha trunk Is nearly 100 reet high and well de veloped, and wagons can easily ho driven through the great triangle which forms the base. A curious old character known as "Walking Davis" is regarded as the fastest pedestrian in Florida. When in his prime he could walk faster than any river steam boat could go, and frequently he would throw the tow line of a steamer from ono landing and be on band at the next stopping place to take the line np. Amonur the darkles Davis has long been credited with possessing powers of witchcraft. The belief lately discussed that grea battles are followed by great rains Is very old. After describing the battle in which Marius defeated the barbarians at Aquas Sextiaj Plutarch says: "It Is observed, in deed, that extraordinary rains generally fall after great battles; whether it be that some deity chooses to wash and purify the earth with water from above, or whether the blood and corruption, by the moist and heavy vapors they emit, thicken the air, which is liable to be altered by tho smallest cause." A farmer in Hamilton county, O., found a tnrtle and discovered the initials on the reptile's back, "D. R." and immediately under them those of'M. W." On the re verse or under shell was "1817." After con sulting the old people for several days they arrived at tho conclusion that the initials stood lor "Dana Kossl" and "Matthew Well over." Those gentlemen were pioneers who resided in that township about that time, and took this method or erecting to them selves a living monument. When Inventor Edison was an unknown telegraph operator in Boston one or his pastimes in leisure moments was the slaughter or cockroaches by electrity. He rigged a little arrangement on the wall of the office, which was infested with these vermin, made of two squares of tinfoil from tobacco packages. These squares were pasted on the wall very near together and between them was daubed some molasses. Each piece of tinfoil was connected with an electric current by a fine copper wire. The cockroaches, attracted by the molasses, wonld march in procession up the wall, and as the bugs reached the sweet stuff they would connect a circuit between the piece of tinfoil, tho demise being swift and sudden. Mrs. E. V. Bellows, of St. Louis, says: To anyone who has studied botany 'and kindred sciences there Is nothing either miraculous or extraordinary in the finding of a diamond ring In a watermelon, which created such a sensation in Union Market circles the other day. As to how the dia mond ring got in the watermelon patch no botanist knows or cares; but, supposing that some one dropped it or bid it, the ring could make its way into the melon very easily, or rather, the melon could easily make its way around the ring. Even a stone is often found in fruit, nnd as evidence of the forco of vegetable growth In this matter may De quoted me action 01 a tree wnicn pierces n fence through a mere knothole when young.but eventually expands until as much as a square foot is hidden. Amen Basi, a handsome Christian As syrian, who is now lecturing in this coun try, says that men in his country live on 8 cents a day. Women are sold as slaves to work with oxen at the plow. In Damascus, he says, there aro 150.000 Christians, 130,000 Mohammedans and 3,000 Jews. There is in it a building haunted by John the Baptist's gnosr. a ne uoor 01 tne room in wmcu ne is said to have been beheaded is never opened. The Mohammedans fray that once long ago some one opened it and the Baptist's blood Sowed out over the city to the depth of five inches. It was the custom of worshipers to leave their shoes outside the temple. There wore sometimes 300 or 400 pairs stand ing in a row, and the poor people hurried through tholr prayers first and then care fully selected tho finest footwear in the row, thereby Illustrating the great clever ness of the Assyrian. A two horse van was standing on Broadway, near the comer of Thirty-fifth street, New York, about 6 o'clock Wednes day evening, with only a little black dog, a woodcock spaniel, on the driver's seat. They were a quiet team, but something started the off horse. The lines fell on his back, and he knew, as all horses do under such circumstances, that ao was free. So he startled to incito his mate in harness to bolt. The little black dog did not bark,al though he was terribly excited. He scrambled off tho high seat to the street, rushed into the cor ner store, and then barked his hardest. The team started down Thirty-fifth street, but soon a policeman had rushed to the head of the scared off horse, and the driver, coming out or the corner store, caught the bridle of his mate. Before they were thoroughly pacified the little black dog was back on the driver's seat. MrarS BRIGHT SIDE. Every dog has his day, but it is a mean cor that will bark at night, A boat, A man; AglrL A squall. No boat. No man. No girL That's aU. -C. B. P. The bed of the river should be covered with winding-sheets. Mrs. Heyday (to orchestra leader at sum mer hotel)--What was that long, dreary thing yoa just played? Leader: Dot vas vrom Votrner. Mrs. Heyday: It was not beautiful at all. Leader: Id vas not lndended to ! Abby (who is thirty:) How long will we have to wait for dinner? Hiram (who lacks decision:) About 2D minutes. I guess. Then I'll have a bottle of plain soda, and have it opened here. She: I should like to hear some thing pop. If It's only a cork ! The delicate dude Did you Jbet at the waces. deah boy? The devilish dude Of kawse I did. W bet Nellie Nesselrode a pair of gloves that she couldn't name the wlnnah out of a bunch of 11 two-year-olds; and, by Jove! do you know, I won? Client Your fee is exorbitant. It didn't take you a day to do the Work. Lawyer It Is my regular fee. I am not charging you for t me, bat for the cost or mr legal educa tion. Client Well, give me a receipt ror the cost or your education, so the next fellow won't have to pay for it too. Slie The price of the berries is as high as the bottom or the box. Vender (earnestly) 'Deed they ain't, lady, 'deed they ain't. Long I know an artist who painted a runaway horse. It was so natural that tne be holders Jumped out or the way. Downing Humph! My frier d MrGllp painted a portrait of a lady that waif so natural that he bad to sue her for his bill. 'te . 'SfcWSks !Pc38B BEES! MhO
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