MORE RECIPROCITY, Culm and Puerto Rico Will Exchange Commodities AYitli TMs Country. THE TEEATY WITH SPAES" Proclaimed oy President Harrison,.- to Take Effect September . ARTICLES OX THE FEEE -LISTJ The Correspondence of Blaine -With the: Spanish Minister. A REQUEST FOR LOffIR TOBACCO-DUTIES; WASHINGTON, July 31. The Pan-Spanish reciprocity treaty and the diplomatic correspondence in regard to it -were made public to-day. The following is-thePrcsi-idcnt'E proclamation: VViiebeas Pursuant to section 3 of the act of Congress approved. October 1, 1SSO, entitled "An act to reduce the revenues and equalize duties on imports and for other purposes." the Secretary of Ftnto of the United States of America communicated to tho Government of Spain the action of tho Congress of the United States, with a view to secure reciprocal trade, in declaring the, articles enumerated in said seotion 3, to-wit, sugars, molassos, coffee r.nd hides, to lie exempt from duty upon their importation into tho United States of America; and Whereas, The Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Spain at Wash ington has communicated to tho Secretary of State the fact that, in reciprocity and compensation for the admission to the United States of Amciica, free of all duties, or the articles enumeratedin section 3 of said act, the Goverment of tpam will, by due legal enactment, and as a provisional measure, admit from and after September 1, 1-91 into all the established ports of entry of the Spanish islands ot Cuba and Puerto Bico, the articles or merchandise named in the follou ing transitory schedule, on the terms ktated therein, provided that the same bo the product or manufacture of the United Slate- and proceed directly from the ports of said State". TKANSITOKY SCHEDULE. Products or manufactures of the United Stafs to be admitted into Cuba aud Puerto Kico free of duties: Heats in brine, salted or smoked, bacon, Jiani and meats preserved in cans, in laid or by extraction of air, jerked beef excepted. Laid, tallow and other animal grease melted or crude, unmanufactured. Fish and shell Ilsh, live, fresh, dried, in brine, smoked, pickled ovsters and salmon in cans Oats, barley, nee, buckwheat and flour of these cereals. Starch, maizena and other alimentary products of corn, except corn meal Cottonseed oil, and meal of said eed for cattle. Hay straw, for forage and bran Fruits, fresh, dried and preserved, except raisins. Vegetables and garden pro ducts, fresh and dried. Kosin of pine, tar, Bitch and turpentine. Woods of all kinds, in trunks or logs, Joists,, raitcrs, planus, oearas, ooaras, rouna or cylindric masts, planed and tongued and grooved, including flooring. Woods for cooperage, including staves, headings and wooden noops. Wooden boxes, mounted or unmounted, except of cedar. Woods, ordi nary, manufactured into doors, frames, win dows and shuttcrs,w ithout paint or varnish, and wooden houses, unmounted, without paint or varnish. Wagons and carts for ordinary roads and agriculture. Sowing machines. Petroleum, i-.iw or unrefined, according to the classifica tion fixed in the existing order- for the im portation of this article msatf 'ands. Coal, minerals. Ice. TIIE DUTIABLE AKTICLEO. Products of manufactures of the United States to bo admitted into Cuba and Puerto Kico on payment of the duties: Corn or maize 23 cents per 100 kilogrammes. Cornmeal 25 cents per 103 kilogrammes. Wheat, from January 1, 1S92, 30 cents per 100 kilogrammes. Wheat flour, from January, 1, 1S92, $1 per 100 kilogrammes. Products of manufactures of the United States to be admitted into Cuba and Puerto Kieo at a reduction ot 25 per centunii Butter and cheese. Petroleum, refined Boots or shoes in whole or in part of leather or skins, And Whereas, The Envoy Extraordinary nnd Minister Plenipotentiary of Spain in Wash ington has further communicated to tho Secretary of Stato that the Government of Spain will in like manner and as a definitive arrangement admit, from and after July 1, ISM, into all the established ports of entry of the Spanish islands ofCuba and Puerto Rico, the article or merchandise named in the following schedules, A, 1$. C and D, on the terms stated therein, provided tLat the same be the product or manufacture of the United States and proceed directly from the ports of said States: SCHEDULE A. Products or manufactures of the United States to be admitted into Cuba and Puerto Rico freo of dutie: Marble, jasper and alabaster, natural or artificial, in rough or in pieces, dressed, squared and prepared for taking shape. Other stones and earthy matters, including cement, employed in building, tho arts and industries. Waters, mineral or medicinal. Ice. Coal, mineral. Rosin, tar, pitch, turpen tine, asphalt, schist and bitumen. Petroleum, raw or crude, in accordance with tho classification fixed in the tarifl" of said islands. Clay, ordinary, in paving tilc, large nnd small, bricks and roof tiles, unglazcd, for the construction of buildings, ovens and other similar purposes. Gold and silver coin. Iron, cast in pigs, and old Iron and steel. Iron, cast In pipes, beams, rafters and simi lar article, for the construction or build ings Rnd in ordinary manufactures. (See repertory.) Iron, wrought, and steel, in bars, rails and bars of all kinds, plates, beams, rafters and other similar articles for conjunction of buildings. Iron, wrought, and steel, in wiro, nails, screwy nuts and pipes. Iron, wrought, and steel in ordinary manufacture id wit'i cloth, unmanufact ured. (See repertory.) Cotton, raw, with or without seed. Cot tonseed oil and meal cake of same for cattle. Tallow and all other animal greases, melted or crude, unmanufactured. BOOKS AND WOODS. Book" andpamphlcts, printed, bound and unbound. Woods of al' kinds, in trunks or lW,Joist, ratters, planks, beams, boards and round or cylindric masts, althbugh cut, plancd.tonruedandgrcoved, including floor ing. Woodou cooperage, including staves, headings and w ooden hoops. Wooden boxes, noun ted or unmounted, except of cedar. Woods, ordinary, manufactured into doors, lrames, windows ana shulters without paint or varnish, and wooden houses, unmounted without paint or a arnish. Woods, ordinary, manufactured into all kinds of articles, turned or unturned, painted or varnished, except furniture (see rcjiertory). Manures, natural or artificial. Imple ments, utensils and tools foragriculturc, the aits and mechanical trades. Machines and apparatus agricultural, motive, industrial nnd scientific, of all classes ana materials, and loose pieces for the same, including wagons, carts and handcarts, for ordinary roads and agriculture. rou public works. Mateiial and articles for public works, such as railroads, tramway roads, canals for irrigation and navigation, useof water ports, lighthouse aud civil construction of general utility, when introduced by authorization of the Government, or if free, admission is ob tained in accordance with local laws. Material of all classes for thu construc tion, repair iu hole or in part of vessels, subject to specific regulations toavoid abuso in I lie importation. .Meats, in brine, salted and smoked, in eluding l.acrn, hams and meats preserved in cans. In lard or by extraction ot air, jerked beef excepted, jjird and butter. Cheese. Fish, shell lish live, rresh, dried, in brine, iltMl, smoked and pickled; oysters and v salmon in cans. " .. OatH, barley, rye and buckwheat, and flour ; these cereals. Starch, maizena, and other jrolimentary products of corn, except pern meal. Frnits, lrcsh, dried and preserved, except raisins. Vegetables and garden ji.cluce, fresh nnd dried. Haj-straw for forago and bran. Trees, plants, shrubs aud E&rdc!: seeds. Tan bark. SCHEDULE H. Products of manufacturers of thc-Unltcd States to be admitted into Cuba nnd Puerto Rico on payment ot tho duties stated: Corn ormaizc, 25 cents per 100 kilogrammes. Cornmeal, 25 cents per 100 kilogrammes. Wheat, 30 cents per 100 kilogrammes. Wheat, flour $1 pur 100 kilogrammes. Carriages, cars and other vehicles for railroads or tram ways; where authorization of the Govern ment for freo admission has not been ob tained, 1 per centum ad valorem, SCHEDULE C. Products of manufactures of -the United States to be admitted into Cuba and Puerto Rico at a reduction of duty of OOper centum. Marble, jasper and alabaster, of all kinds, cut into Hags, slabs or steps, and the same worked or carved in all kinds of articles polished or not. Glass and crystalware, plate and window glass, nnd the samo sil vered, quicksilvered and platinized. Clay in tiles large and small, and mosaic for pave ments, colored tiles, roof tilos glazed and pipes. Stonen are aud fine earthenware and porcelain. Iron, cast, in fine manufactures or those polished with coating of porcelain or part of other metals (see repertory). Iron, wi ought, and steel in axles, tires, springs and wheels for carriages, rivets and washers. Iron, wrought, and steol, In flne manufactures or those polished, with coating of porcelain or part of other metals, not expressly com prised in other numbers of these schedules, and platform scales for weighing (seo reper tory). Needles, pins, knives, table and carving, razors, penknives, scissors, pieces for watches and other similararticles of iron and steeL. Tin plates in sheets or manu factured. OXnEK METALS INCLUDED. Copper, bronze, brass and nickel, rind alloys of same with common metals, in "lumps orbars, and all manufactures of "the same. All other common metals, ana alloys of tbo same, in lumps or bars, and all manu factures of the same, plain, varnished, gilt,, silvered or nickeled. Furniture of all kinds, of wood or metal, including school furniture, blackboards and other materials for schools, and all kinds of articles of flne woods not expressly comprised in other numbers of theso schedules (see repertory). Rushes, esparto, vegetable, hair, broom corn, willow, straw, palm and other similar materials, manu tactured into articles of all kinds. Pastes for soups, rice, flour, bread and, crackers, and alimentary farinas not com prised in other numbers of these schodules. Preserved alimentary substances and canned goods, not comprised in other numbers of these schedules, including sausages, stuffed meats, mustards, sauces, pickles, jams and jellies. Rubber and gutta peicha, and manufactures thereof, alone or mixed with other substances (ex cept silk and oil cloths and tarpaulin. Rice, hulled or unhullod. bCHEDULE D. Products or manufactures of the United States to bo admitted into Cuba and Puerto Rico at a reduction of duty of 23 per centum:- retrolcum, refined, and benzine. Cotton, manufactured, spun or twisted, and in goods of all kinds, woven or knit, and tho same mixed with other vegetable or animal fibers in which cotton is an equal or greater com ponent part, and clothing exclusively of cot ton. Rom. cordage nnd twine of all kinds. Colors, crude and prepared, with or without oil, inks of aiL Kinds, , shoe blacking and var- nisnes. Soap, toilet and perfumery. Modlcincs, proprietary or patent, nnd all others, and drugs. Stearine and tallow manufactured In candles. Paper for printing, for docorat- lng rooms, OI woou ur straw, xor nrupiug and packing, and bags and boxes of same, sandpaper and pasteboard. Leather and skins, tanned, dressed, var nished or Japanned, of all kinds, including sole leather or belting. Boots and shoes, in whole or in part of leather or skins. Trunks, v.ilies. traveling batrs. portfolios and other similar articles in whole or in part of leather. Harness and saddlery of all kinds. Watches and clocks of gold or silver or other metals, with cases of stone, wood or other materials, plain or ornamented. Car riages of two or four wheels and pieces of tho same. It is understood that flour, which, on its exportation rrom the United States, has been favored with drawbacks, shall not share in tho foregoing reduction ol duty. The provisional arrangement as set forth in the transitorv schedule shall como to an end on July 1. 189A and on that date be substi-J tutcd by the definitive arrangement as set lorth in schedules A, B, C aud O. TO PKEVENT FRAUD. And that the Government of Spain has further provided that the laws and regu lations adopted to protect its revenuo and prevent fraud in the declarations and proof that the articles named In tho foregoing schedules are tho products of or manu factures of the United States of America shall place no undue restrictions on tho im porter, nor impose any additional charges or fees therefor on the articles imported, and Whereas, The Secretary of Stato has, by my direction, given assurance to the Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipoten tiary of Spain, at Washington, that this no tion of the Government ot Spain in granting exemption of duties to the products and manulacturcs of the United States of Ameri ca on their importation into Cuba and Puerto Rico is accepted for thoso Islands as a duo reciprocity lor the action of Congress, as set forth Iu section 3 of said acs. Now, therefore, be it known that I, Benja min Harrison, President of tho United St&tcs of America, havo caused tho above stated modification of tho tariff laws of Cuba and Puerto Ric J to be made public for the information of the citizens of tue United States of America. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of tho United States to be affixed. Done at the city of Washington, this thir-tv-first day of July, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one, and of tho inde pendence of the United States of America the one hundred and sixteenth. Pv the President. Besjasiix IIariusos. William F. Whaktos, Acting Secretary of State. . DETAILS OF THE WORK. The correspondence preceding the pro mulgation of the treaty was begun by Secre tary Blaine, who, in a letter bearing date of January 3,1891, transmitted a copy of the existing tariff law to Senor Suarez Guanes, the Spanish Minister, and requested that the attention of his Government be called to it, with a view to the adjustment of cominer-. cial relations between the two countries on a permanent basis of reciprocity, profitable alike to both. In the course of the correspondence fol lowing this letter, which refers to details of the treaty, the Spanish Minister, under spe cial instructions from his Government, submits to the consideration of the Secretary of State the serious injuries which have been occasioned to the tobacco production of the islands of Cuba aud Pueto Bico in conse quence of an increase ot duties imposed on said article by the new tariff law of the United States, and cherishes the hope that while it may not be possible to diminish them at once in the present arrangement, ueuause mt; jrresiueufc ui tuc umuu lias nut the pow er to do so, the latter will exercise his constitutional powers in order to recom mend to Congress a reduction of duties on the tobacco of said islands. The correspondence closed with a letter from Secretary Blaine, under date of June 1G, 1891, in which he states that the sug gestion contained in the Minister's note re specting tobacco will have the careful con sideration of tl(e President, and that it shall be the subject of a separate note. SPOUTS Fall BallScores,Racins Records and miscellaneous field pastimes in to-morrow big DISPATCH. AWARDED TO CRAMP. The Philadelphia Tirm Will Build tho. Much Talked of Cruiser No. 13. Washington", July 31. Secretary Tracy has finally decided to award the contract for building Cruiser No. 13 to Cramp & Sons, if Philadelphia, although the " Bath Iron AVork-sof Maine, were tho lowest bidders. In explanation of his action the Secretary says that the Bath Company cannot build the engines, but propose to sub-let that part of the work, and that it would be inconven ient to have the hull and engines built at different places. Further that the Bath Company admit they couldnot complete the vesspl within contract time, and finally that it would be too great a risk to give tlie buildiug of one of the most important ships in the navyto a new, inexperienced firm. T BAHK OF AMERICA AFFAIRS. The Failure or the Spring Garden Institu tion Increased Its Liabilities. Philadelphia, July 31. William r. Smith, assignee of the Bank of America, which closed its doors in April, 181K), this afternoon filed his first account, which.shows receipts amounting to 5118,017 and expendi- ttires of 73.431, leaving a balance of S44.61G for distribution among an army of about 4,000 depositors, wHoie claims stand undis puted. The total amount of money on deposit when the bank closed was 5498,000, of which there still remains $104,000, the justice of which is disputed by the assignee. The failure of the Spring Garden Bank, which was a stockholder to the Bank of America to the extent of 200 shares, will cause a loss from that quarter on stock liability of ?20, 000. In the meantime several hundred suits are still in progress against debtors of the bank, out of which it is hoped considerable money will be realized. P0ST0FFICE ROBBERS. A BRACE OF THEM NEATLY TRAl'PED IN THE QUAKER CITX. "TThe Mystery ot Many Sarins Postoffice Robberies In Virginia Solved Stolen Stamps and a Set of Burglar's Tools Found in the Prisoners' Kit. Philadelphia, July 31. Chief of De tectives "Wood has found a key by which he expects to clear up the mystery which has sur rounded a series of daring postoffice robberies recently committed in Virginia. John Cu sick, a horseshoer, living at 913 Buttonwood street, this city, and Tim Burns, who says he is a brakeman on the Beading Bailroad, who made his. home at-169 Spencer street, Falls of Schuylkill, have been locked up to, "await the action of the Virginia authori ties. In possession of the prisoners were found a complete set of tools for opening safes, hundreds of dollar's worth of postage stamps of all de nominations and a box of old coins. The arrests were brought about by a telegram received by Chief "Wood yesterday from John Joe, Jr., Chief of Police of Richmond, Va., asking hirn to exam ine a box which had been shipped from Bichmond to John Cusick, of this city, and which was supposed to contain stolen goods. Detectives were detailed on the case, and when they went to the express nffice they found that the box had been sent toCusick's house. Cusick was placed under arrest and when his room was searched a leather grip was found, which not only contained the kit of tools, but also an official envelope which had been sent from "Washington to the postmaster at Quicksburv, -Va., and which contained what was evidently the whole stock of stamps on hand in .the office at the time of the robbery. STBDIEHS FINED FOR CONSPIRACY. Tho First Case Under the New Illinois Law Decided at Chicago. CniCAGO, July 31. The trial of John Stakeley and Dennis McCurdy, indicted lor conspiracy, resulted to-day in a verdict of guilty. Instead of a penitentiary sentence, which was possible, the men were fined -SlOO each. The defendants are railread conductors who were instrumental in causing a four days' strike in the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Bailroad in November last. They were not members of any recognized rail road order, and it was claimed by the prose cution that this action was not authorized by any organization, but that they con spired together to injure the business of the road. The trial was practically a test case, as it is the first conviction under the con spiracy act, in which no jiersonal violence or willful damage to property was alleged. Counsel for the defense entered a motion for a new trial. SKETCHY A scens in an Atlanta court room Is one ot the hnmorom features for THE DISPATCH to-morrow. CAPTURED AN HEIRESS. A New Jersey Hackman Makes a Bis Hit in the Matrimonial Line. rSPZCIAI. TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCII.1 Plainiteld, IS. J., uly 31. Plainfield has another social sensation in the marriage of Hackman Michael Kennedy to Miss Josie Loring, a very pretty young heiress of Elizabeth, a couple of days ago. The girl is ' but 17 years old. Her father, whose name was Butler, died when she was very young, leaving her a fortune, which is to be hers when she is 21 years old. A few years later her mother married again and. Josie took her stepfather's name ot 1-oring. A few weeks ago she came to Plainfield' on a visit Kennedy drove her from the station in his hack. He is a very hand some, stalwart young fellow, und'it seems to have been a case of love at first sight with both of them. A Methodist minister married them. The eirl's people are verr angry at the marriage. They cannot touchi her money, however, as that is secured to. her. WASHINGTON BIDDING HIGH For the Next Annual National Encampment of tho Grand Army. rrROSI A STAFF COBKESrONDEXr. "Washington-, July 31. The Grand, Army men and the citizens at large are raising heaven and earth and a large sum of money to induce the annual encampment at Detroit to designate this city as the place' for the next encampment. Favorable re sponses have been received from every part ot the country. Chairman Park, of .the Citizens' Commit tee, went over to Philadelphia to-day, and returned this evening with a beautiful sil ver plate, on which is engraved tho invita tion of Washington to the encampment., The Citizens' Committee will start for De- itroit to-morrow evening, with the elegantH IJlVlUlblUU IU lWUCl EUROPE All the Capitals are covered" 'by Special Cable Correspondents of THE. ,DISPATCH. SHOT BY A JILTED SWEETHEART. She Lay-in Wait for Her Victim at a Tillage., Street Corner. Selwood, Pla., July 31. Last night Miss Myra Fancher, a beautiful girl only 16 years old, shot and instantly killed A. C. Jones, connected with the Florida Central 'and Peninsular Bailroad. She lay in wait, for him at a street corner, and when he ap proached blew out his brains with a re volver. For nearly a year past Jones has been .paying devoted attentions to Miss Fancher. carded her and married another girl. She was immediately arrested. Public sympathy, is entirely on her side. A NICKEL STEEL CONTRACT Awarded to Carnegie, Phlpps & Co. by the Secretary of the Havy. WASHINGTON, July 31. In yiew of the exhaustive trials made bythe Ifavy Depart ment with the result of demonstrating the superiority and greater tensile strength of nickel steel as a resistant armor for naval vessels, the Secretary of the Navy has con-, tracted with Carnegie, Phipps & Co. for ten. three-inch protective deck plates, upper layers. The relative cost of these plates as com pared with pure steel will be studied, and if satisfactory terms can be made this kind of armor will be adopted in the construction of the armored cruiser New York and Cruiser No. 12. . THE PUBLIC DEBT. An Increase of 84,500,000 Cash In -tho Treasury for the Month of Jnly. Washington, July 31. It is estimated at the Treasury Department that there has been an increase of 54,500,000 in Treasury cash available for the payment of the publio debt since July 1. Under the old form of debt statement this would be slated as a re duction of the debt. 'THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH, SATURDAY, AUGUST. 1. V1891 LARGEST SUN" KNOWS. What the Astronomers Say About tho Great Star Arctnrus. EQUAL-IN SIZE TO 51,000 SMS. 'What Would Happen if Oar Little Earth Should Fall Into It. TIIE TREMENDOUS BLAZE OP ITS HEAT New York, July 31. Mr. Garrett Ser viss is one of thefewmen qualified to supply us with news about other worlds than this. With a view to getting some plain informa tion on a far away but very interesting sub ject, a good mauy questions were put to Mr. Serviss. "What do you think is the most interest ing thing in astronomy?" was the startling one. "I should say," he answered, "that it was the recent discoveries in regard to tho tre mendous size of some of the other suns in space. Take the star Arctnrus. Dr. Elkin has made a measurement of its distance from the earth, and if he has made no mis take it is no less than 11,500,000 times as far away from us as the sun is. HOW DISTANCES ABE BECKONED. "You. know that the light of a star or of the sun varies invercly as the square of the distance. If the sun were twice as far away as it-now is we should get one-quarter as much light from it. Careful compari sons have shown that Arcturus actually sends to the earth . about one twenty-billionth as much light as the sundtself, hut if the sun were removed 140,000 times as far as it now is, it would shine as a star no brighter than Arcturus. Arcturus is 11,500,000 times as far away as the sun. Dividing that by 110,000 we get the number 82, which may be taken as a measure of the diameter of Arcturus, as compared with the diameter of the sun. The sun's diameter is 860,000, miles, and, therefore, the diameter of Arcturus must be about 71,000,000 miles, and its circumfer ence 224,000.000 miles! In bulk it is 551, 000 times as great as the sunt "Arcturus, having 82 times the diameter of the sun, must shine, if every point on it is as bright as a corresponding point on the sun, 6,724 times as brilliantly as the sun does, because the surface of spheres vary as the squares of their diameter. Such a globe as near to us as our sun is would fill half the sky, but we could never exist in such prox imity to so tremendous a sun as that. A STAETLINO POSSIBILITY. "If the earth could be moved through space toward Arcturus, or if it could fall to Arcturus, as it would probably do but for the protecting arm that is extended by our own sun at close quarters the spectacle that would be presented to its inhabitants as they approached that great star would be of Inde scribable magnificence. "When we had arrived within something less than 8,000,000,000 miles of Arcturus its light and heat would be equal to that.which we get from our sun at a distance of only 93,000.000 miles. When we got as close to it as the distance of Neptune from the snn the gush of its heat would begin to be un bearable; at the distance of Jupiter from the sun it would smite the earth with the re sistless energy of its radiation. The forests would burn, tho oceans would rise from their beds in vapor, the very ground would smoke, and before we could approach as close as the earth is to the sun the whole globe would have been melted, if not dissi pated in vapor. ITS GEEAT ATTRACTIVE FOKCE. "Arcturus is truly king among stars, and our sun, great and brilliant as' it is, if dropped into the blazing photosphere of Arcturus, would be instantly srallowed up and the, only visible evidence of its fate would be a sudden Hash, and then, perhaps, , a quickly vanishing blot on the brilliant surface of the great Etar, where the down rush of the doomed sun had swept in a breath of cooler vapor from above. "But it is worth while stopping a moment to consider the effects of the gigantic at traction ot sucu a Doily as Arcturus. Un the sun tho force ot gravity is 27 times as great as on the surface of the earth, but on Arcturus, supposing the same mean density, it would be 2,200 times as great, so that a man weighing JW) pounds transported to Arcturus would be crushed under his own weight of 440,000 pounds into a flat speck of protoplasmic nonentity almost before the fierce fires of that mighty solar furnace could lick him up and transform him into a sunbeam." "What sort of people "would be found walking around Arcturus? Bather large,, aren't they" "If we suppose that Arctnrus could be an inhabited world, it is natural to speculate on the tremendous size of its inhabitants. "Voltaire, in his 'Micromegas,' tells a story of an inhabitant of a planet belonging to Sirius, or the Dog Star, who was so large that when he visited the earth he was able to wade through its oceans without wetting his ankles, but the astronomers have shown that the probability as to the size of the inhabitants of these great orbs is just the other way, that because they are large their gravitation must be so great that their in habitants, instead of heme proportionately (large, would be exceedingly smalL MEN TEN MILES TALL. "If, however, we suppose that the size of an inhabitant of Arcturus should corre spond with that of the tlobe upon which he dwells, he would be upward of ten miles tall, and if he were, on the other hand, .small in proportion to the size of the globe,, and the general opinion of astronomers is' that he would be small rather than large, then he would be only eight one-thousandths of an inch tall. "But, unless we are to agree withl Herschel, who thought that even the sun might have living inhabitants under the crust of blazing clouds by which it is sur-i rounded, we must assume that it would not be possible for any living being to dwell upon the star Arcturus." "Doesn't Arcturus have a great many .planets to which ours is a very small'' affair?" "Arcturus may have a great family of Slanets proportioned in size to the tremen ous size of the star itself. If that gigantic sun has its planets on the same proportion ate scale as our solar system, then a planet belonging to Arcturus and corresponding in comparative size and place to the earth would be 656,000 miles in diameter and 2,000,000 miles around, or half as large as the sun itself, but its distance from Arcturus would be enormous as compared with the distance from the earth to the sun. "A planet corresponding to Jupiter would be more than 7,000,000 miles in diameter, and over 22,000,000 in circum ference. Think how very small its in habitants would have to be in order to Btand up under the face of its gravitation." SPECULATIONS ON SIZE. "But we would rather think of the natives of Arcturus' planets as being,Very large." "Well although all the scientific proba bilities are in favor of their being small in proportion as their worlds are large, yet it is impossible for us to say that nature may not have provided in such cases for the ex istence of a people proportioned for the size of the globes on which they dwell. Little microscopic creatures a few hun dredths of an inch in height would scarcely hesuited to the conquest and development of mighty worlds as large as or larger than our sun itself, that's a fact "Let us suppose then, as being more ac cordant with our own ideas of the fitness of. things, that the inhabitants of these big planets bear some proportion to the globes, which are their homes. " "It does not follow that they should walk upon two legs and move about perpendicu larly as the inhabitants of the world do. Nature could readily provide for the intro duction of intelligence, the comprehension of wit and humor among creatures having no legs at all and crawling on the face of their planets as Dr. Whewell imagined that the' inhabitants of the planet Jupiter might do." "Athletic sports must be carried on un der peculiar circumstances up there; doU t you think so?" TITANIC HALL rLAYEKS. "Yes, I should think so. Imagine what a sensation a ten-milc-tall Arcturian, who was for instance, the pitcher of a baseball team, would make if he could drop down upon the earth. The slight force of gravity on the earth would make him feel as if he could jump over the moon,, because ninety-nine one hundredths, to speak within reasonable bounds, of his weight would fall away from him like magic as soou as he placed his foot on our little earth. One of his curves would sweep Father Auson over the center field fence into the infinite bevond before he could shout, 'Play ball!' There would he no limit to the feats of strength that such a fellow would be able to perform when freed from the thraldom of the attrac tion of his own planet." "What sort of atmosphere do you think the Arcturians breathe?' "A variation in tho atmosphere of these planets might lead to a wonderful variety in the workings and forms of animal life upon them. It won't do for us to assume that our atmosphere of oxygen and hydro gen is the only one capable of supporting life. There might be a thousand forms of vegetation more wonderful, more beautiful than anything existing on earth. The pe culiar color of the light of Acturus and of some of the other stars is in Itself an indi cation that there must be a great variety in the forms and conditions of life existing within their rays. THE BROADER VIEW. "That has always been a point of dis agreement between those who haye specu lated on one side or the other upon the question of life in other worlds. Some in sist that there can be no intelligent life ex cept in bodies like those of man, but the' broader view and the one that seems to me far more probable and reasonable is that there can no more be a limit to the forms and constitution of the bodies in which life imiybe contained than there is a limit to the number and variety of the heavenly orbs themselves. "At the same time it is difficult to con ceive any expression of intelligence that would vary very much from the intellectual life of man. "We can readily imagine that the inhab itants of the planets of Arcturus might pos seso a breadtn of intellect, a brilliance of imagination in proportion to their own stature, so that their achievements in many respects might be as far more wonderful than anything we are able to do, as the sun is a more wonderful body than our own de pendent globe." THAT FRANCO-RUSSIAN TREATY. It Will Be All Arranged and Put in Soak Keady for the' Czar to Sign. St. Petersburg, July 31. It is learned from a high authority that, following vari ous "pourparlers" between Baron Monren heim, the Bussian Minister at Paris, and the French Government authorities, Ad miral Gervais brought with him to Russia a draft of conditions of a treaty of alliance between France and Russia for consideration and elaboration. When the negotiations are concluded the document will be signed by the Bussian Ministers and left in embryo until it be comes opportune for the Czar to sign the treaty. Admiral Gervais has spent his mornings in close consultation with M. de Gicrs, General Vannofskv,Ministerof War,, and the Chief of the Admiralty." A PAY -CAR'S CONTENTS MISSING. The Exemplary Cashier of a Itallroad Division at Louisville Absconds. Louisville, July 31. Sylvester Young, cashier at this point for the Southwestern Division of the Chesapeake and Ohio Bail way, is missing, and is alleged to be-a de faulter. Young was to-day preparing theH pay car lor its montniy trip over the road. Shortly after 3 o'clock this afternoon he disappeared. At- 5 o'clock the railway' omclals notinea ponce headquarters that Young bad absconded with a sum estimated at 150,000. The police up to a late hour had been unable to trace him. Young has been regarded as a man of exemplary habits, and has been prominent in Sunday school and church affairs. JUVEIOXE A novel way of catching a coyote is a feature of the chapter of the trip across the continent for TIIE DIS PATCH to-morrow. PRESIDENT WEIHE AT FOTTSVILLE. Ko Conclusion Iteached Daring Ills Call on the President of the Iron Company. Pottsville, July 3L President Will iam Weihe, of the Amalgamated Associa tion of Iron and Steel Workers, arrived here this afternoon. A meeting of the Pottsville branch of the association iras held, at which he made an address. He said to a reporter that the Pottsville strike had been recognized by the General Convention, and that the men intend to hold out for the Eastern scale. He afterward called on Manager Milliken, of the Potts ville Iron and Steel Company. He knew Mr. Milliken well in Pittsburg, and it was a friendly call. They talked over the situa tion, but came to no conclusion. G. A. B. MEN TO DETROIT. 'The Boats -From Cleveland Will Double TJp to Carry the Veterans. F. E. Eandall, general agent of the De troit and Cleveland Navigation Company, is in the city getting things in shape for the) G. A. E. men who are going to Detroit on Monday and 'Tuesday. Mr. Eandall says they have made arrangements to handle 20,000 people with comfort to everybody. Their boats during the excursion Willi douhlemn and make a number of trlna he. itween Cleveland and'Detroit. On Tuesday .four boats will run. It is estimated that fully 1,200 veterans; and their mends will go Irom Pittsburg. CLOSING A SUCCESSFUL SEASON. Valley Camp in a Charming Ilnmor and the Exercises All Enjoyed. Valley Camp.was in a charming humor, yesterday, and was still congratulating itself over the children's success of the day1 before, when the bell rang for evening service. Worldly triumphs were quickly forgotten, and one and all the residents filed into the little auditorium, where, an ex cellent discourse was listened to. To-morrow will be a day of interest, and; the season will close on Monday with com munion observances. A CELESTIAL PUGILIST. Ho Is On nis Way to New York and May Challenge the Great John L. Baltimore, July 31. Lee Bin Nam, a noted Chinese pugilist, reached town to night. He is on his way to New York from San Francisco. Lee is stopping with Yong Moar, the boss Chinese Mason of Balti more, and is being show"n the town by Wong Chin Foo, the New York man who is visiting Yong Moar. In an interview Lee Bin Nam says that he will in. all probability challenge John L. Sullivan to fight. PROTECTING THE WOP.KINGMEN. The United States to Be Represented in an International Congress. Beelin, July 31. Tho International 'Congress, which will consider the means of lessening the danger of accidents to work men, will meet in this citr September 21. All countries of Europe will be represented Carroll D. Wright, Commissioner of the" Department of Labor at Washington, will represent the United States. iVERY COSTLY TAXES. Moi Money Expended on Their Collection Than Is Taken In. TEEASUItER'WRIGHT'S STATEMENT Accordin;r to-Himthe Mercantile Tax Is a Hank Delusion. M'CAJTAKT AKD THE MISSING BOOKS fSPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISrATCH. Philadelphia, July 31. In a long let ter to Auditor General- Camant, ostensibly asking for information and instructions be-, fore 'bringing suits for delinquent mercantile taxes, City Treasurer Wright shows up in a. startling manner the mercantile tax system. In the course of his letter Treasurer Wright says: An examination of the list of names com prised in the mercantile-appraisement for 1891 and a comparison of the same with the list of 1890 has satisfied me that the Common wealth is unnecessarily subjected to enor mous expenses annually for advertising and for the costs of suits brought before tho magistrates, which it is praoticable to avoid, and about which I feel it to bo my official dutr to fullv inform vou. to the end that 'we may in some measure prevent the waste oi puoiic moneys, xn rouna numuers me mercantile appraisers annually include in per PUT TO GREAT COST. Nevertheless the Commonwealth. not only fails to secure the payment of tax from more .than about one-third of the whole number, but it is subjected to enormous cost for the classification by the appraisers, for advertis ing and for the costs attendant upon suits .brought for the recovery of moneys aeainst persons from whom it is entirely practicable to ascertain before the bringing of suits that no recovery can be had. An examination of the mercantile ap praisers' lists of 1890 shows that there were returned by the appraisers, served with notices, and advertised at the cost of the Commonwealth, 28,534 names. Nevertheless, not more than 11,430 of this number paid at the rate at which they wore assessed. For 1,313 there was a reduction in the tax made; 382 were stricken from the list; ,10,307 were exempted, gome for reasons that' could have been ascertained by dillgenco on the part of tno appraisers ocioro tncy were put on ine list, some for mercenary reasons and others for reasons of a .political character; and against 6,559 delinquents suits were brought. SMALL RETURNS FOR SUITS. Out of 6,559 delinquents sued, the judg ments secured were paid in but 249 cases, realizing for the Commonwealth $2,750 50; while tho costs paid to these magistrates by the Commonwealth for these suits amounted to $31,194 20. According to which it appears that tho State Tvould have been the gainer by $23,437 20 if no attempt what ever had been made to collect these taxes, and if they had never been put into the hands of the magistrates at all; whereas if neither these delinquents nor the exempts had been pnt on the appraisers' lists a't all another saving of about $C6,0C0 to the Com monwealth could have been effected. A dispatch from Harrisburg says: In re sponse to Treasurer Wright's request for books and papers in his possession belonging to former Philadelphia City Treasurers, Au ditor General McCamant this afternoon for warded the following letter to Mr. Wright:- I am in receipt of your favor of tho 29th inst. desiring to know whether certain rec ords and documents from 1875 to 1879, which you claim are missing from the City Treas urer's offloe. in Philadelphia, are inthocus-- tody of this department. You describe tho 4 said documents as follows: THE MISSING DOCUMENTS. First, journal of tho State Clerk's desk for the years previous to 1889; second, dailr re turns made by tho State Clerk for tho period before Mr. Bardsley's resignation; third, letter-copying books containing copies of r official letters of the City Treasurer and State Clerk. In reply thereto, I beg to say that the in surance lodged in this department, the Treasurer's returns, Appraiser's list, delin quent lists and vouchers necessary to prove the accounts and enaolo the department to make settlement with the Treasurer of the city and county of Philadelphia for collec tion and disbursement in behalf of the Gov ernment, do not discover from an examina tion made by me that wo have now or ever did have, in the Auditor General's office, tho Journal, daily returns and letter-copying books you refer to. TnoirAS McCaxaxt, Auditor General. HORSEWHIPPED BY' A WOMAN. She"Was Angry With Her Taster for Not Itctnmlng Her Affection. Okange, N. J., i July 31. Eev. William C. Jagon, pastor of St. John's Methodist Episcopal' Church here, was assailed yester day by Miss Adelaide Brown, a member of his church, who waB armed with a horse whip. Mr. Jason . is a graduate of Drew Seminary, and has been in. charge of the church for about a year. It is claimed that Miss Brown showed him a good deal of at tention and sent him presents ana love tokens. He wrote her a letter saying that he was not in love with her, and she then asked to have her name taken from the church roll. While Mr. Jason was in his study yester day morning Miss Brown entered the room. She immediately drew a cowhide and struck the minister a number of stinging blows. He wrenched the whip from her hand and put her out of the room, and then went to the police station and swore out a warrant for her arrest. She was found by the officer in the house of Mr. Bliss, East Orange, where she is employed as a domestic She refused to give bail, saying that she wanted to go to jail. She was thereupon committed to the county jail. The young woman is thought to be out of her head. EEBELLION Consul J. O. Kerbey writes from Para, describing a humorous little rebellion in that city. See to-morrow's big issue of THE DISPATCH. QUEER DOINGS IN 'CANADA. j A Itallroad's Testimonial to Sir Hector Langevin is a Princely Sum. Ottawa, July 31. Before the Commit tee on Public Accounts to-day it was de veloped that four years ago a so-called "tes timonial" to Sir HectorLangevin amounted to 22,731. Contractors, politicians and railroad men contributed, among them be ing Sir Joseph Hickson $250 and L. A. Senecal ?1,000. Before tie Committee on Elections and Privileges to-day, an examiner asked H. F. "Perley, the suspended Chief 'Engineer of public worKs, wny ne rejected a uia on public work which'was 5100,000 less than Larkin & O'Connelly's thus enabling the latter firm to get the work. He said the rejection was owing to an estimate by a subordinate, and when asked why he had not personally attended to the matter, he fainted and tne hearing went over. MORE DELINQUENTS THAN USUAL. Those IVho Owo Personal Taxes Bather Careless About Paying Them. 'Though county taxpayers have put in an appearance in droves during the past week, yet there will be a large amount, of taxes go into the hands of delinquent collectors, much larger than usual. The delinquents are largely those who pay only personal taxes. It doesn't appear that the cause is lack of money so much as carelessness, for many of the delinquents arc thosewho owe State tax on money at interest, and of course they cannot complain of lack of funds, un less it be that they have been careless about collecting their interest. It is strange that they would pay the 15 per cent penalty when they can only have the use of the money for a few weeks at most. KOBE DOG DROWNINGS. Sixty-Three Unlicensed Canine Go Under v the Water at the Pound. There were 63 executions at the do; Sound. Forty of these had been brought in y the wagon, the remaining 23 being carried to the pound by owners desirous of getting rid of them. The cage descended int6 the water three times, the first time with a load of 27 canines, 24 the second trip and 12 the third. All kinds of curs were represented, Chief Executioner Given was assisted by Dog Catchers Washington and Benning, and no mishap marked the drownings. The death chamber was improved by the addition of an electric light. Yesterday the wagon picked up 42 dogs, among which were several valuable ones. They will be held for a time. THE LOCUSTS IN ALGIERS. Children Make Playthings of Them and Older People Eat Them. The following letter, dated June 12, from a correspondent iu Algiers, has been received: At last the locusts have arrived. For some time past they have more or less been ravaging the Province of Algiers. One fiiic morning on rising we found them in our midst. I cannot better compare the sight than to a fall of snow; the snowflakes were locusts buzzing about in the bright sunlight. I will not repeat the old exag geration that the sun was darkened. They were, however, disagreeably numerous, in vading your rooms if the windows happened to be open, and flicking you in the face and dropping down your neck while ont walk ing. The children amuse themselves with catching them, attaching a string to their legs, and are very delighted with these playthings; others weave them into long garlands. The Arabs are more practical. Taking off the head, legs, and wings, they boil them with salt, and then regale themselves to their hearts content. Up to tte present, moment they have not committed any seri ous harm; the vines and the vegetables have suffered a little, but that is 1L Coming out 40 days after the eggs are laid, they grow with amozmg rapidity, and devour every green thing that comes in their path. This happens in the "hopping" stage,before they develop their wings. It maybe inter esting to state that each female locust lays 90 eggs. The eggs are searched for and gathered wherever possible, the Govern ment paying a certain sum for every sack. When the young locusts are hatched a gen eral struggle ensues for their destruction. A Cypriote apparatus, which is simply a hedge of cloth two to three feet high, is stretched across the infected district, before which a ditch is dug. The young locusts are then stirred up by beaters Arabs as a rule who are furnished with sticks and brushes. The insects hop and hop till they come to the cloth barriers, against which they strike and then rebound into the ditch, and are there destroyed. When the loensts have reached the wing stage they are driven off from the places where they happen to alight by the beating of tom-toms, the dis charge of guns, and fire and smoke. Many are driven by the wind into the sea. The mail steamers coming from France have had their decks covered inches thick as far out at sea as 40 miles. A VETERAN OF 1812. Pennsylvania Has Only One Left, but He Expects to Live a Century. The hand of death has been busy of late years among the ranks of surviving veterans of the War of 1812. So busy, in fact, thatd there is but one of the patriots drawing a pension in the State of Pennsylvania. His name is Michael Fritz, and he is living in apparent good health at Frieden3burgl(l Schuylkill county, although the greati burden of 91 years does not rest lightly on the old man's shoulders. vAt a dinner given in Philadelphia tent years ago there were present six veterans of the War ol 1812. These were Zalina Lud dington, Thomas Darrah, John Stillman, Henry Eanck, Jacob Frick and Peter Hay. A cordial invitation was also sent to Michael Fritz, but the old man declined on the grounds of poor health, and in a long letter stated that he did not expect to survive the rigors of another winter. At the dinner Peter Hay said that he had hoped to see together all the surviving Pennsylvaniasn who had battled against British oppression in the War of 1812, but as his old comrade and personal friend, Michael Fritz, had arrived almost at the brink of the grave, it would be fitting" that his health be drunk in the old-fashioned way. At this the halt dozen old soldiers, with heads uncovered, rose and silently drank to him. Of the six who clinked glasses sorrowfully for a departing comrade not one is alive, says the Baltimore Herald. Michael Fritz lived to send letters of sym pathy to the descendants of his old com rades, and in an interview recently said he expected to round out the full century of his existence. It is quite possible that the Society of Cincinnati will take some action to fittingly show honor to the veteran of 1812. Accord ing, to authority in Friedensburg a move--ment is now on foot to establish a monument fund. The object is to procure a costly monument and set it up in the graveyard while Mr. Fritz is still alive. DIGGING FOR A CROWN. The Soil Near the Village of Trlel Searched for James II's Headjrear. London Times. A romantic story comes from the pretty village of Triel. There, it is said James H baned;his crown and the valuable relics of' his family, and for more than 40 years all over the neighborhood, from time to time, people have dug for the buried treasure. Nearly half a century ago a mysterious woman appeared at Triel. She bought a house and large estates, and went up and down the village, having no dealings with the inhabitants, and arousing great curiosity; but after a lime some neighbors made her acquaintance, and learned that she was in, search of the crown of James II. Legend aud romance soon took root in the soil upturned by this odd woman's myster- f lous diggings on her estate", and rumor finally said that the lady, Mdme. Deville, was a daughter of George IV and Queen Caroline, and in proof thereof the Fleur det Lis, as everybody knew, was on her shoulder. Moreover in her bedroom was an ancient bed adorned with crowns on escutcheons. Lord Palmerston was said to have visited her. Finally she died, but the legend did not die with her. The land was sold to a person who had received her confidence, and who continued the quest. This-successor is a Parisian shopkeeper. The diecins still continues, and still the crown with its price-y less stones remains undiscovered. THE LOTTERIES AT ROME. After the Powder Explosion the rirst Thing Thought of Was Gambling. New York Tribune. One of the most curious things in con nection with the terrible powder explosion "which took place at Borne a few weeks ago, was to see the people, as soon as they had recovered from the first shock, rush off" to the lotto offices the Government lotteries to pnt their money on numbers connected with the catastrophe. Each word has its corresponding number. Thus, 8(J stands for explosion, and it was in 86, that there was the greatest ruin. The Government lotto is played every Saturday by all kinds aud conditions of peo ple, ranging from prelates and statesmen down to the humblest peasant. Each per son who wishes to play chooses three or four numbers, on whicli they slake any sum from a few centimes upward. Every Satur day at the public lotto offices in every town in "the Kingdom the numbers are drawn for the week, a child taking the numbers out of an urn in the presence of the public, so that no cheating may be practiced. The winning numbers are then placed upon the doors of' the offices. Occasionally large sums are won, but many thousands of persons are ruined by this official form of gambling which brings in enormous profits every year to the Italian Government. COIMBUS AT HOME: Genoa, His Birthplace, 'Will .Honor Him by a Show Xext Year. A MOGEAMME OP BIG FEATURES. Monuments, Fine Arts and a Maritime Ex position Among Them, FRANCHETTI IS WKITING AN OPERA Washington, July 31. The fourth centenary of the discovery of America is to he celebrated at Genoa, the birthplace of Columbus, with many festivities. Letters just received by the Latin-American De partment of the World's Fair describe the attractions proposed and confirm the infor mation that there will be held in Genoa in 1802 an Italian-American Exposition to which the King of Italy has consented to give his patronage, and for which he allows the use of his name as Honorary President. The programme announced includes the fol lowing features: First Anew opera, "Columbus," willba presented during the continuance of the ex position in the Carlo Felice Theater, the third largest-theater in Italy. The opera is now being written by the composer, Baron, Franchetti, who receives 540,000-for tha work. A.MONDJIENT FOB -GAEIDALDI. Second Monuments -will be erected and unveiled during the year in memory of Garibaldi and of the late Duke of Galliera, the nobleman who planned for the fine new harbor of Genoa, and who gave the sum of 54,000,000 toward the construction of the new breakwater which -protects the port. Third A Columbian Museum will ba established in the old house near Porto San Andrew, which the father of Columbus bought in 1457, and in-which thegreatnavi gator is supposed to have passed his early youth. Fourth An Archaeological and Fine Art Museum will be established as the fruit of the generous bequest of the late Duchess of Galliera, who died in Paris in 1888. By her will the city of Genoa fell heir to a val uable collection of paintings and gtatnary, including works by Eubens and "Van Dyke, and also to a structure known as TIIE WHITE PALACE, whichstands besido the Grand Municipal Palace where the relics of Columbus are de posited. Directly opposite is the Bed Palace, also presented: by the Duchess of Galliera, and these three structures will be connected witn an arch and gallery'for" tha reception of relics and works of art. A maritime exposition will be held on tho plan of the Liverpool expositions of 1886 and those of Havre in 1887 and of Cadiz and Glasgow in 1888. A historical, geographical and maritime congress will he held, at which will be present noted scholars from all nations. The Italian-American Exposition will bo limited to samples, as the limited tract of land devoted to the purpose precludes a general display of products. The land was secured by the Fronti Bass Bamparts on the outskirts of the city, covering between 60 and 80 acres. The special object of the Ex position is "to give utmost possible devel opment to the traffic between Italy and the two Americas, and thus increase the friendly and business 'relations between tha two-populations." THE PLAN"OF THE .EXPOSITION. The Exposition will be divided into two "sections Italian and American and all American governments that agree to tase part in the enterprise will be allowed a portion of land on which to erect kiosks, pavilions, galleries or other structures. In case any of the American Governments do not care to erect special buildings, they can occupy a space in certain pavilions measuring about 300 square metres, to be erected for such pur poses, each exhibitor or countryto have a separate front and access. American exporters belonging to those States who do not provide specialjbuildings or ask for the concession of special space, will be allowed for their exhibits, uponap plication, space upon the same conditions as those imposed upon Italian exhibitors S2 for every ten feet. The committee binds itself to obtain formally the temporary in troduction of the products of American ex hibitors free of Government and municipal -duty. BESOItTS The stay-at-homes will find elaborate reports from all the summer re sorts in THE DISPATCH to-morrow. Lon i lists of personals from each. CONVERSATIONAL ABILITY. The Secret lies in Drawing Ont the In formation a Person Has. lScw York Times.! A young woman unconsciously struck tha keynote of conversational ability in her comment the other day upon a friend: "I like to talk to him," she said emphatically, "he makes me think of something to say." The ability to draw out one's companion in conversation is far greater and rarer than , the possession of fluency in expressing one's own opinions. A persistent talker, even if brilliant, be comes tiresome altera little. Said a clever hostess, planning a dinner which she wished specially successful: "I can't ask Mrs. S., -though on some accounts I should like to; she talks so unceasingly that she soon de presses the company." A man expanded tha same idea a little more when he said he en joyed encountering a person slow to awaken to the spirit of a conversation. "There is no game," he says, "in these brilliant people, who meet yon alert, many-sided, responding instantly to every subject sug gested. All you can do is to go down before them; while the other sort is a pleasure and subtle flattery to one's skill to rouse and develop." CAPTURED BY A CIRCUS FREAK. A-Plttsbnrg Girl Marries Forepaugh's Elec trie Tatooed 9Ian. Sedalia, Mo., July 31. Miss Lillian Shaffer, of Pittsburg, was married to-day to George K. Grant, of Forepaugn's show. Grant is better known as Karalvagu, "The Electric Tattooed Man," who is one of the .sideshow attractions. Miss Shaffer had . 'been living with a wealthy aunt who had adopted her. . A New Pittsburg Company. rSFECIAL TELICBAM TO THE DISPATCIM HareisbtKG, July 31. Charters were issued to-day to the Fitzgerald Plaster Com rpanv of Western Pennsylvania, located at Pittsburg, with a capital of ?250,000. The Shenango Steel Company, New Castle, 300,000, and the Thompson Coal Company, New Castle, capital 510,000. Senses in the Snake World. The sense of sight in snakes is very keen for motion, but very dull for form and color. For instance, snakes in the woods pass within a few inches of their prey with out seeing it as long as it remains motion less. The moment it moves they resume the chase. They have the sense of smell, but it's dull, as are all their senses. A Slice of Kentucky Sold. Middlesbobo, Ky., July 31. A syndi-- i catc of English and American capitalists " , haj just purchased 160,000 acres of land in Southeastern Kentucky. The land contains valuable coking coal, iron and other minerals. The price paid is 511 per acre. Got Smashed Again. The record was broken again at the Edgar Thomson Steel Works, Thursday, when 933 tons of raw Bessemer steel were turned out. ' I The previous record was 937 tons. - ?.iti . H-.
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