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THE PITTSBURG JD1SPATCH, WEDISTESDAY. AUGUST 5, 189L'
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PITTSBURG, WEDNESDAY AUGUST 5, ISal.
OPPORTUNITIES FOE PITTSBUKG.
What can be done in the extension of
trade by a single Pittsburg interest by the
union of whaleback steamers, ship canals,
river improvement and reciprocity form
the subject of a very interesting article in
this issue of The Dispatch.
The leading point brought out is that,
even with the present means of transpor
tation, American coal has been able to dis
place British coal in the Havana market
With the improvement of transportation
by the new style of steamers, and by a
feasible system of river improvement,
Pittsburg coal could control nearly the en
tire South American market This in
turn implies the payment in a staple of
universal consumption of the immense
balances of trade produced by our coffee
and sugar purchases in those countries,
and to exactly the extent in which this
reciprocal trade goes on increasing the
national stock of floating capital. The
field for extension in this direction is illim
itable. The same consideration applies with
equal force to trade in the opposite direc
tion which AouId be developed by the
Ohio Uiver and Lake Erie Ship Canal.
That project not only vastly increases the
possibilities of trade with the Northwest,
but by the route opened up by the Me
Dougal ttcamer, or by the more direct
route of a ship canal from the lakes to
Sew York, would enable Pittsburg coal to
reach the North Atlantic, where there is
an almost infinite demand for it. It is not
too much to say that the full development
of the possible water routes from Pitts
burg in both directions would mean an en
hancement of the value of the coal fields
of Western Pennsylvania and West Vir
ginia ten times the cost of the improve
ments. Yet the gain to the coal interests is only
a part of the possible expansion suggestd
by this combination of subjects. Those
who think that Pittsburg coal should
be consumed at home should also,
see that the best way to secure that
is to establish the cheap transportation
which -w III bring ore here and take
away iron and steel products at the lowest
possible cost Compute the economy in
iron and steel manufacture to be gained
by the opening of the canal, and then im
agine the extension of Pittsburg industries
possible in the single business of furnish
ing iron and steel for the construction of
the new style of freight carriers which are
to revolutionize ocean and freight trans
portation. There is enough m that single
direction, if the opportunity is improved,
for a 2T) per cent increase of our iron and
steel manufactures.
These subjects brine out the fact that
there are almost illimitable possibilities for
Pittsburg iii the future, if they are quickly
recognized and urgently improved. Will
Pittsburg make the most of its oppor
tunities, is the question for her citizens to
decide. If so, the first thing to be done is
to push the canal project to an early real
ization. KKDUCTIOX OF APPROPRIATIONS.
A declaration by Mr. Dolman, of In
diana, that the next Congress must cut
down appropriations all along the lines,
with one or two exceptions, and that the.
reduction must be S100,000,000, is ques
tioned by the Chicago Herald, which inti
mates that if such a reduction is made the
appropriation for pensions, which Mr.
Kolnian states as "a debt against the Gov
ernment," must undergo reduction.
There has been a visible tendency in
some sections of the Democracy to make
the road smooth for their large majority
in the next House by claiming that they
cannot laake much reduction from the
billion-dollar standard of appropriations.
IJSt the necessity under which that body
will be to do so, unless it is prepared to
accept the result of a complete fiasco, is
two-fold. Both political and fiscal reasons
will compel a reduction of very nearly the
amount stated. If, after their most effec
tive attack on the Republican party has
been the extravagance of the billion-dollar
Congress, the Democratic majority does
not show a marked reduction from
the total of that extravagance, it will
stultify itself politically. The Democrats
have often made famous exhibitions of
stupidity, but it is not to be expected that
on the eve of a Presidental campaign they
will utterly destroy their most effective
ammunition by falling to show a marked
reduction from the stupendous expendi
tures of the last Congress.
There is even a more cogent compul
sion in the fact that, unless there is such a
reduction as Mr. Holman indicates, the
revenues of the Government will be in
sufficient to meet appropriations. The
McKinley bill met the general demand for
a reduction of revenue. Its $jo,000,000
cut brought the revenues down to about
the level of old expenditures. But the
appropriations of the same Congress that
passed that law increased expenditures
far beyond the limit It will "be necessary
to make a corresponding reduction in
appropriations to save the Treasury from
eonfionting an actual deficiency.
The ability to make such a reduction as
Mr. Holman calls for, of 550,000,000 an
nually, is shown by the fact that, aside
from pensions, the increase of appropria
tions for the general expenses of the Gov
ernment very nearly reached that sum.
The old standard was by no means an
economical one, as it showed an increase
in expenditures in ten years of nearly 40
per cent, while the increase in population
had not been half that ratio. It is impos
sible to reduce pension expenditures more
than by strict watch againRt the grant of
fraudulent pensions; but by reducing ad
ministrative "expenses to the level of 1880,
which is surely ample, the required re
duction can be made.
It will be seen that such a policy would
not permit of large appropriations for In
ternal improvements, such as canals and-
river water-ways. But that does notTiy
any means imply that the improvements
should not be made, and with the Govern
ment's aid. But works whose addition to-
the wealth and prosperity of the country
will be chiefly felt by the coming genera
tion can be made under conditions which
will let the next generation pay for them.
BOUNTIES AND TARIFF.
The following inquiry touches upon a
subject of wide interest, viz: The respec
tive methods of offering a premium on the
development of domestic industries :
To the Editor of Tbc Dispatch:
Has Congress ever discussed tho advisa-.
bllity of offering a premium for tlio produo-.
tion of American tin plate as it has done in
favor of American producers of sugar? If
so, please give tne main arguments against
the adoption of such a premium.
Would not this system fujly protect tho
American manufacturer of tin plate, and at
the same time give tho consumer the ad
vantage of lower pricest
Respectfully yours.
LEOXIDAS UMILTOa.
Johxstowit, Pa.. Aug. 4.
Specifically replying to the first inquiry,,
we are not aware that the proposition was
ever made in Congress for a bounty on tin
plate. There has certainly been no ex
tended discussion as to the respective
merits of the bounty method of encourag
ing industries, and the tariff method but
there is a wide range for thought, which
we will endeavor to summarize.
Merely considered as to the effect in de
veloping home industries the bounty oper
ates practically the same as the tariff. Tho
latter gives the domestic producer a stated
protection against foreign competition by
imposing a tariff on tho foreign products;
the other affords a like protection by pay
ing a premium on home production.
But in the relations of the two methods
to the public revenue there is a radical op
position. Whatever of tariff protection
the consumer pays on that portiouofhis
supplies goes into the public treasury,
while on the other hand by the bounty
system, whatever of protection is given is
drawn directly out of the public treasury.
Our correspondent's suggestion that the
bounty plan would develop the tin plate
industry and at thn same time avoid the
enhancement of cost on the largo amount
of tin plate that has to be imported, until
the domestic industry Is fully developed,
has, therefore, force iu it But at the
same time it must be remembered that
whatever the people pay by reason of the
duty is Government revenue; and premis
ing that the Government revenues are
honestly administered, therefore comes
back to the people. There must be reve
nue to defray the expenses of the Govern
ment. These points of agreement and contrast
lead up to the principle which we would
lay down iu reply to our correspondent's
question, that the bounty system is only
applicable where the Government has rev
enue to spare; and that the tariff plan is
required where it needs revenueT It is the
fact that at the passage of the McKinley
bill there was an agreement that the rev
enue should be reduced. The only reason
why sugar rather than tin plate was
selected for the repeal of the duty and the
payment of bounty, on domestic produc
tion, was that the amount of revenue thus
cutoff was the proper reduction. Had
tin plate been substituted for sugar tho
reduction would have been too slight; had
it been added to sugar it would
have been too great Tho substitution of
bounties for tariff in the case of sugar
reduced the revenue some 560,000,000; and
Tile DisrATCH recalls with satisfaction
that it was one of the earliest advocates of
that very popular measure.
So far as giving tin plate the same treat
ment, as our correspondent suggests, the
protective effect would be tho same. But
even with the situation as it was before
the passage of the McKinley bill, it would
have caused too great a reduction of
revenue. After the large appropriations
of the last Congress, it is clearly im
practicable to make such an additional
hole in the revenues of the Government
A specimen job.
The political abuses of Philadelphia are
getting a shaking up that will have good
results to the extent, at least, of changing
methods and men before the stealing can
begin anew again. The last abuse to bo
aired is the mercantile appraiser's list
Its crookedness was ventilated by City
Treasurer Wright; and it is a significant
commentary on Philadelphia politics that
It required the appointment of a City
Treasurer by Governor Pattison to bring
this swindle, going on for years, into pub
licity. The method of assessing appraisements,
as pointed out by Mr. Wright's letter,
gives 62J cents for each name to the ap
praisers, 51 50 for advertising, and about
54 50 for "costs" in the attempt to collect
from delinquents. Thfc result of- these
premiums upon swelling the lists is the re
sort to most extraordinary methods of pad
ding. The appraiser at a single market
took down names from wheelbarrows,
carts, refrigerators, or anything that had a
name on it One man whose sign appeared
on three fronts of his stall was put
down three times. When these resources
were exhausted invention was resorted to
with the result that there were several
times as many names as people from whom
the assessment could be collected. Of
course, whether names were fictitious or
not, the charges for assessing, advertising
or suing for the collection went on just
the same, with the result pointed out by
City Treasurer Wright, that the cost to the
public from the mercantile appraisement
actually ate up the entire income and left
a deficit to be made up from the public
treasury.
With this exposure following what pre
ceded it, the conditions In Philadelphia
appear especially favorable for a general
turning of political matters upside down.
THE LOTTERY CAMPAIGN.
The campaign against the lottery In
Louisiana has been going for some time.
The lottery supporters entered the field
last week with a public meeting, although
that organization has undoubtedly been
working its still hunt for some time. Their
public arguments are the revenue the lot
tery will yield the State, the fact that Eu
ropean Governments authorize lotteries,to
getlier with an attempt to make capital
out of the too impassioned threats of the
anti-lotterj people that they will raise a
revolution if they cannot get rid of the lot
tery in any other way.
For all purposes of open campaigning
the anti-lottery people are bettor equipped
than the supporters of the great gambling
concern. The clergy of all creeds are
united against It, Catholics and Protest
ants standing side by side in the opposi
tion. The Farmers' Alliance has pro
nounced against the lottery, and some of
the ablest Democratic leaders, with Gov
ernor Xicliolls at their head, are
working for its abolition. Against this
array the lottery has to rely on
the power of money, the appeal
to the ignorant voters, black as well as
white, who are prone to the speculation of
buying lottery tickets,,and also, it is pre
sumable, to the class who are equally
prone to operations in which their own
votes are purchased.
Under most, circumstances there would
be no room for doubt as to the result of a
contest in which the (forces are so divided.
Louisiana is, perhaps, .with one or two ex
ceptions, the State where the free use of
money may succeed in overriding the
moral sense and honest convictions of the
intelligent elbsses. Buti even there we do
not think that any sum of money can de
feat such a combination of social forces as
are arrayed against the lottery. That
public disgrace may secure enough votes
to make a respectable showing; but the
fight has reached a stage which makes its
complete defeat an almost assured result
The breaking of the trotting record con
tinues to be interesting speculation. The
magnificent mile or Maud S in 2:0SJ has re
mained unrivaled for several years, and it
has seemed questionable whether any horse
exists able to beat it. Sunol's tbree-year-old
performance in 2:10 has raised high
hopes when she comes to her prime; and
tho fact that she is to bo driven in California
next-week to heat that record may evoke
expectations that she trill not only lower
her own time, but make a record which shall
establish her rivalry to Maud S. Lovers of
fast trotters will bo glad to hear of a new
queen of 'tho turf, as there is the capacity
for one in'tho California Ally.
The tasks of the Republican organs in the
West and the Democratic organs in tho
South are identical. They are busily en
gaged in urging upon tho farmer that his
most profitable occupation is to hustle in
the harvest field and not to meddle with
politics.
THElntcrnational Floral Exposition to
bo given in Pittsburg in November deserves
the encouragement of every lover of the
beautiful in the city. The proposed exhi
bition will not only please the eye, but it
will give an.opportunity to study the pecu
liarities of scores of varieties of plants
which are very seldom brought to Pitts
burg. While the local florists will take the
lead in tho exhibits, foreign exhibitors will
haven chance to show what they can do in
tho line of decorations, etc. The arrange
ments are on a most elaborate scale and the
exposition promises very successful at least
from an artistic point of view.
The widespread comments of esteemed
cotemporaries abroad on "the Pittsburg
heiress" who has married tho tattooed man
in a circus is another instance of the re
markable things tho alleged Pittsburg heir
esses' do when the news gets away Irom
home.
Touching the renewed announcement of
the anthracite coal combination that tho
production will be restricted, the Philadel
phia Ledger's money article says: "It is all
verv well to make theso restrictions when
they are lived up to." That is just where the
esteemed Ledger is wrong. It is all very well
to make these restrictions whentheyarenot
lived np to; for then they exposo the utter
falsity of tho pretexts on which they are
made. But it is all wrong when they are lived
up to; lor then an illegal extortion is fast
ened on tho consumers of coal.
The report that the cigar stores in Con
necticut have been arbitrarily closed 'will
not arouso much indignation. In viow of the
probability that they sold Connecticut
cigars, the general verdict will bo that it
served them right.
The story published in New York that
agents of tho Chilean Government are en
listing seamen on the Maine coast to servo
in the Chilean navy sounds llBhy. Since the
supply of American seamen is insufficient
for our own navy, we may bo permitted to
doubt that any cotislderable number can be
found to go to Chile' for the sake of being
blown np by torpedoes.
The big crowds under canvas the past
two days demonstrate that Pittsburg can
give metropolitan support to a good thing
in tho show line. She could fill tho benches
for a week during the summer soa:on with
out half nn effort. -'
Mb. Platt declared that he loved Clark
son for the heads he has cut off, and ho has
got a collector in tho Now York Custom
House whom he expects to love for the same
reason. Do the Republicans wish the coun
try to understand that the civil service re
form pledges in tne party platform and the
President's letter of acceptance were only
good till after election?
McKinley regards the Blaine boom
with the same absence of admiration which
one star songster feels for tho fame of
another.
The reports of the failing health of Allen
G. Thurman will bo received with regret
without regard to party lines. The Old
Roman may be no more than a relic, but he
is a relic of which a republican nation may
well be proud, and thorewillbe universal
mourning when all that is left of him will be
a memory.
Is Uncle Jerry Rusk and his weather
bureau trying to make a comer in the flan
nel shirt market?
It is now stated that Senator Fassett takes
the New York collectorship with reluctance.
This may be true: but there is every pros
pect that he will make things even by giv
ing it up with reluctance if ho does not run
the machine to suit the political purposes of
the new firm of Piatt, Foster & Co.
H0N0BED ABOVE OTHERS.
CuiEr Justice Lucas, of West Vir
ginia, is said to be tho smallest man in the
State. He is onl y four feet high.
Gen. Sherman's married daughter.Mrs.
E. S. Thaekara, who is known as a writer, is
said to be engaged on a very ambitious lit
erary work.
POSTMASTEE GENERAL WANAMAKER
will spend his vacation this year at his
country home Just outside Gennantown. He
will take about a month's rest.
Miss Mary Proctor, daughterof thelate
Richard A. Troctor, has appeared in the
newspaper field ns a contributor of scientific
articles, somewhat after the style or the ex
nstronomcr royal.
Robert T. Barker, of New Bedford,
Mass., read the Bible through for the first
time in 1808. Sincothat date he has read it
09 times. It usually takes him two months
to read it from beginning to end.
Inventor Keely is passing the sum
mer very pleasantly with his wife and
daughter at one of the most fashionable
hotels in Atlantic City. His expenses are
defrayed by the wealthy Mrs. Blooiufleld
looro, who seems to retain confidence in
tho inventor's w indy promises.
It is said thnt Mmc. Boulanger and her
daughter have abandoned their recently
cherished purpose of enteringa convent "in,
order to lighten the burden of exile borne
by the General." This is announced in con
nection with a description of the burial of
Mine, de Bonneraaln, Boulanger's friend.
Prof. Barili, of Atlanta, a nephew of
Adelina Patti, confides to his friends in the
South the fact that during his recent visit to
Craig-y-Nos ho learned that the diva had
made a will, in which ho was placed on'tho
same footing as the Nicolini children, which
lie regards as assuring him a large fortune
some day.
The party which Captain William Glazier
takes with him, in the immediate future, to
explore the head waters of the Mississippi
nfresb, includes General E. W. Whlttaker,
Washington, D. C, (late chief of staff to
Custer, Kllpatrick and Sheridan); Pierce
Giles, Camden, N. J.: R. H. Ferguson, Troy,
N. Y.; W. S. Shure, York, Pa.; D. S. Knowl
ton, Boston; F. J. Frost, phofographer,
Toledo, O.: John C, Crane, West Mllbury,
Mas,
THE ASSEMBLY OPENED.
Ten Thousand People Participate in This
Great Eventat Chautauqua Dr. Barrows
on the World of Shakespeare A lecture
by John Fiske.
fSPFCIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH. 1
Chautauqua, Aug. 4. To-night was the
formal opening of the great Chautauqua As
sembly, nnd fully 10,000 were present to par
ticipate in tho exercises. Big excursions
from New York, Brooklyn, Pittsburg and
other points reached here to-day, so that to
night the "Summer City" is fairly swarming
with people. On Saturday last the gate re
ceipts were tho largest of any one day In the
history of Chautauqua. Nearly 10,000 persons
came in on that day, a larger portion of
these to remain here till the Assembly
closes.
Tho exercises in the Amphitheater to
night were exceedingly interesting. The
big building was decorated with the finest
flowers, and the platform resembled a
miniature fairyland. The chimes rang out
sweetly on the air at 7:15 r. M., and then the
big crowd of Chautauquans gathered in the
Amphitheater. There were short speeches
by President Miller, Chancellor Vincent,
Secretary Duncan, John Hahberton, the
novelist; John Flske, the historian, and
others, as well as the finest music, rendered
by a big chorus choir, augmented for tho oc
casion, of some 600 singers, led by Dr. II. R.
Palmor, of New York. Among tho musical
selections were solos by Miss Annie Park, of
Boston, on the cornet; Miss Bertha Waltz
inger, of Now York, the vocalist; Mr. W. II.
Sherwood, the pianist, and the Schumann
Quartet.
The Chautauqua Boll Call.
Then topk place the famous Chautanqua
roll call, which is a request by Chancellor
Vincent for those of tho audience who have
been present during the various years to
stand up. Tho roll to-night showed hun
dreds of old and thousands of new Chau
tauquans. The exercises closed with a
grand display of fireworks on the lake front,
which recalled some of the Coney Island
fivrotechnic displays. The whole grove was
It up with hundreds of Japanese lanterns,
nnd tho scene was most picturesque and
uenuritui.
This tho day's programme: At 9 A. jr., the
fourth woman's missionary conference, sub
ject, "Effective Missionary Organizations."
in the Temple: at 10 a. m., young women's
meeting, led by Mrs. P. J.Barnes, in the
Temple; at 11 A. M., a lecture on "Pre-Columbian
Voyages to America," by Prof. John
Fiske, of Harvard University, in the Amphi
theater; at 2:S0r. M., lecture on "The World
of Shakespeare," by Dr. John Henry Bar
rows, of Chicago, in the Amphitheater; at
4:40 T. M., tho fourth general missionary con
ference, subleot, "The Objection of System
atic Giving," In the Hall of Philosophy; at 5
r. ir.. lecture on "Tho Memory," by Dr. E.
Pick, of London, England, in "the Hall of
Philosophy; at 7:30, a Chautauqua vesper
sen-ice in the Amphitheater; at 8 r. jr., tho
opening exorcises of the eighteenth Assem
bly in the Amphitheater.
A Missionary Institute.
The missionary institute of four days, in
cluded each year in the Chautauqua pro
gramme, is now in progress, including meet
ings and addresses in tho Amphitheater and
woman's conferences, under tho manage
ment of the Woman's Club. This institute
takes in all denominations. Largo numbers
of missionaries are in attendance, and both
foreign fields and work at home is repre
sented. In the conferences interesting re
ports are presented by tho missionaries
themselves, and practical way3 of working
are discussed.
Dr. Barrows, of Chlcaeo, lectured at 2:30 in
tho Amphitheater on "The World of Shakes
peare." His address was indirectly a sharp
criticism oi ingersoirs Dnuiant lecture on
the great English dramatist. Tho agnostic's
claim that Shakespeare was one of his own
kind Dr. Barrows disputed, and showed how
groundless is Ingcrsoll's claim that Shakes
peare regarded erimo as only n mistake of
ignorance. The four great poets of the
world are Homer, Dante, Shakespeare and
Milton. Shakespeare was the greater im
agination and Milton the loftier character
and shows tho wealth of onr English raco,
that both belong to. Dr. Barrows argued
ngaiust the Baconian authorship of tho
works attributed to Shakespeare, from the
Improbability that a mind like Bacon's
could also include the mind of the sovereign
dramatist. Their intellectual workings,
though superficially similar, wero essenti
ally unlike. To Identify Bacon with Shakes
Seare we must lay aside every external evi
ence of authorship and believe in stupend
ous frauds, which overtaxes most men's
credulity: a fraud in which there must have
been several participants who died and
mado no sign.
Everything Against It,
The presumptions are against a theory
which would foist tho chief works in the
English languago on ono Who never claimed
them, and who said "English would bank
rupt all our books." After sketching what
Is known of tho poet's career, Dr. Barrows
showed that the best influences which
entered into it came from the outburst of
national life which England enjoyed in tho
golden ago of Elizabeth. It was an age of
Bible translation and publication. None of
our authors show greater familiarity with
the Scriptures than does Shakespeare. It
was a time of hope, of speculation, of en
thusiasm. England was the meeting place
of men from all lands, and it is no wonder
that Shakespeare became the poet of men;
the Columbus of the new world; of the
spirit.
The hingo of tho Shakespeare play, that
upon which all turns, is God's providential
order. It is commanding)' ethical, blazing
forth the truth that the government of this
moral sphere is set against selfishness,
against treachery, against hvpocricy,
against the madness of lust and the unwis
dom of Jealousy. Shakespeare suggested
that what is not Tighte'd here below is to bo
righted in the world beyond, while he
teaches us that wrongdoers in the tempest
discover that transgression comes into con
flict with all spiritual personalities and
powers, and that nothing finally avails ex
cept heartfelt sorrow nnd a clear life ensu
ing. Shakespeare's world is not that of the
atheist and the agnostic. This man was not
in doubt regarding God, His personality,
providence, righteousness and mercy, as Dr.
narrows snowea Dy eiaoorate auotations.
A World of Prayer.
Shakespeare's world is ono of prayer, and
no one else has pictured more truly the work
of Christ's atonement or portrayed more
beautifully the Christian graces of meek
ness and of mercy. Nowhere else, outside
of tho Scripture, are the sins of man re
vealed with more astonishing and terrific
power, as acts committed against the Divine
moral order. Shakespeare is not best
studied in the representation of tho stage.
He is so ethical in his greater dramas that
his Javelins strike deep at nlmost every sin.
We enter into the spirit of the most of Scrip
tural truths when we follow Shakespeare as
he unveils the workings of guilty conscience
in the Danish King, in Clarence.Richard III.,
Lady Macbeth ana her tortured husband.
Shakespeare reflects the Biblical truth, as
he sings of the Instability of earthly happi
ness, beauty and glory, and ventures now
and then to lead our thoughts and hopes
into tho lucid realms of immortal life with
him. The grave is not utter hopelessness,
nothingness and defeat. Through the great
est of all God's works, the human mind, we
know Him as our Maker and ourselves as
children of the Highest. The world Is pass
ing away like the splendors of revel in the
Islo of Enchantments; but faith is victor
over death, and, though our earthly house
be dissolved, we have a building of God,
eternal in the heavens.
Mr. John Fiske delivered a fine lecture
this morning on the early Norsemen dis
coveries of America. This is his flrst visit
to Chautauqua and he is more than do
lighted. At the close of Dr. Leonard's ad
dress last night, the spacious apartments of
the new Chautauqua Presbyterian Associa
tion building were thronged with a merry
companv of Presbyterians, met' to do honor
to Dr. "William Henry Green, who is tho
worthy Moderator of tho General Assembly
of the Presbyterian Church; also, to Mrs.
Green and their daughtor, Mrs. William
Libboy. Mrs. John C. Martin, President of
the Reception Committee, was ably assisted
by the Rev. Dr. J. H. Barrows, J. L. McNalr,
Dr. Clark, Mr. Alden and a number of lead
ing Presbyterian ladies.
Blaine's Ideas Are Practical.
Boston Herald. Z
Reciprocity treaties are as thick as black
berries nowadays, and quite as welcome.
THE SUMMEIt HAMMOCK.
Down, the hammock, loosened, tumbling.
Let ns both fall to the ground.
By a painful parting, dropped us.
With a dull and thudlc sound.
I was angry: she was placid;
Though our plight was most absurd.
She positively wouldn't
Let me say one large D. word,
"Don't you see," she said serenely,
There Is sequence in It a'l.
For the hammock of the summer
Must like summer have its faU."
"Yet I think" she hesitated,
"If I had my choice at all.
In the choosing of the seasons,
I'd not choose an early fall."
JFJ J, Lampton In Detroit Ffee Fretf,
WHY BUCHANAN NEVEB MABBIED.
He Had a Love Affair Once, but It Ended
Abruptly.
Mlnnenpo"' Tribune.!
A Minneapolis lady told me the other day
the true reason why James Buchanan, the
fifteenth President of the United States,
never married. Sho used to live in Lancaster,
Pa., nnd it wasnear this little city that Pros
dent Bnchnnnn lived (when "at home") and
died. I quote her own words:
"When I was a girl nnd a young lady nt
home I used to know Mr. Buchanan quite
well. Fotber was one of his intimate friends
and used to spend a good deal of his time,
nearly nil of his Sunday afternoons, at his
country place, Wheatland, about a mllo
from Lancaster. They had a bond of sym
pathy between them; both wore Democrats.
Why, ho was at my sister's wedding, nnd I
remember the expression on his face and
the twinkle in his eye as he quoted' the old
saying to my oldest sister: 'When a younger
sister is married first, the oldest has to dit
on the fence nnd an ait her turn. -You must
dance in your stocking feet to-night.'
"He was a tall, flue-looking man with sil
very white hair, generally dressed in black
broadcloth, black satin vest and wore tho
old-fashioned high linen collars. Ono great
peculiarity of his was carrying his head on
one side. There was a man in Lancaster
named for him, James Buchanan Froy, and
in order to look like him he carried his head
on the side the same way.
"He told my father about the love affair.
I'vo heard it dozens of times. He was en
gaged to Miss Coleman, of Lancaster, and
there, too, lived Miss Kose Hubley, also very
much in loio with him anil mortally jealous
of Miss Coleman.
"The course of true love was running
smoothly for the lovers until this Miss Hub
ley came between them. Mr. Buchanan had
been out of town on business, returned late
one afternoon to the city and on his way
home passed by where Sliss Hubley lived.
She called him into the house and he was
there some few minutes, then went directly
home to get his supper. As frequently hnj
pens. some gosslov nelehbors either saw it.
or Miss Hubley herself took pains to infoi in
Miss Coleman that Mr. Buchannu had called
at the other lady's home flrst, al
though engaged toher. She icsented It,
and when hewenttocall uponher that even
ing declined to see him. The next day he
wp.Tit 11TI tn Philnrlplnhtn nn fin pnrlv train
and with her father. She went up later in
tho day to go with tho two gentlemen to the
theater in tho evening. She did not appear
as usual, notat all like herself, and 'finally
declined to go to the theater or even see Mr.
Buchanan. When they returned to tho hotel
after the theater sho was a corpse, and was
brought home toLaucaster and burled there.
Heart disease was given as the cause.
"Tne other lady lived to be an old maid
and suffered an awful fate. She was stand
ing before an open grate warming hor bands
behind hor, when her clothing caught fire
nnd she was burned to death. Mr. Buchanan
never forgot Miss Coleman. When he died,
he said that he wanted to be buried in Wood
ward Hill Cemetery, because when she was
living they used to walk out that way to
gether. He was a very modest man. The
Presbyterians had a silver plate put on his
pew with his name on it, and tho President
didn't like it, for he didn't like so much
ostentation."
PATTIS0H A POSSIBILITY.
Chances for the Presidency of Blalno
Cleveland nnd the Governor.
Gath, In Cincinnati Enquirer. J
The most constant topics of conversation
at this resort are Blaine, Wanamaker and
Governor Pattison. A good many Pennsyl
vania Democrats are of tho belief that if
Blaine were to bo nominated for President
next summer lie would be elected upon the
score that party lines are very weak and the
people in want of a new quantity, which
shall rather trim between the parties.
Blaine's recent viows upholding protection
upon the ono side, but qualifying it by com
merce and reciprocal treaties on tho other,
seem to have put him in the middle ground.
I do not hear much about Mr. Cleveland said
by the Pennsy Iranians.
Tholr idea is that If tho Pennsylvania
elections should go Democratic this fall
Pattison will supplant Cleveland as the
great Middle State candidate. Tho princi
pal lieutenants in Pennsylvania of Cleveland
are now Pattison men. Since- ho has been
made Governor, Pattison has not lost
ground. In tho late vote for Governor of
Pennsylvania he received a very large Ke-
Eubllcan vote, and every one of these votes
as a tendency to adhere to him, at least for
a while. Ho is not always successful in his
choice of men, and is accused of abandon
ing one set of men to take up with a new
set, which he thinks will serve his am
bition hotter. But ho presents such a con
trast to Mr. Quay in his triumphs of small
good habits ovor reckless habits that tho
moral class is liable, until they see a great
change In tho Bopublican leaders, to sup
port Pattison for almost anything. If ho
should ever become the Presidental candi
date, Pennsylvania pride might carry the
State for him, which is not liable to go for
any other Democrat who can bo mentioned.
CAMPBELL'S AMBITI0K.
He Has Always Had His Eyo on -the Presi
dency. Washington Post.
Among the rising statesmen of the day
none is more talked of than Governor James
E. Campbell, of Ohio. He is regarded as a
Presidental possibility, and he should bo
re-elected this fall be will become a possi
bility with an upper-case P. Of course, tho
"if" is there In all its power and significance.
But the Governor himself is destitute of
doubt on the subject. A well-known lawyer
of this city, a firm friend of Campbell, said
yesterday:
"In one respect at least, Campbell resem
bles Clay. He is consumed with the desire
to be and possessed with the firm belief that
he will bo President ot tho United States.
You cannot shako him in this belief. Shortly
before ho was nominated for Governor two
years ago, Campbell was in this city on a
matter of business. In conversation with
mo he said, I am going to bo nominated for
Governor.' I inquired, 'But isn't that an
empty honor?' 'Empty? I should say not'
was his emphatic reply. 'I will be nomi
nated,' he continued, 'and elected as sure as
the sun rises and sets, and, mark you, I will bo
re-elected in 1891.'
"Naturally, though somewhat cynically, I
asked: 'And what next?'
" 'I will go for bigger game the next year,'
was his cool reply.
AT CAPE MAY POINT.
An Election There That Will Make Most of
tho Citizens Officeholders.
fSPECIAL TELEUBAM TO THE DI6FATCDM
Cape May, Aug. i. The President did lit
tle official business to-day. The only caller
at the cottage was tho Hev. Dr. Smith, of
Baltimore, who paid his respects to tho
President. Colonol A. Louden Snonden,
Minister to Greece, arrived at the Stockton
to-night and will confer with the President.
Attorney General Miller will probably ar
rive in the latter part of the week.
The voters of Cape May Point, the Presi
dent's home, held a lively election to-aay to
decide the question whether it should be re
incorporated as a borough. They will on
Tuesday, two weeks Irom to-day, hold an
election formunicipal oflicers.of which there
are 17 to be elected. There were 23 votes
polled, 20 for and 8 against the incorpora
tion. There are six election officers ap
Sointed, who cannot hold any of the 17 of
ces, and after the next election there will
be 23 officers and 5 citizens. Congressman
Compton, of Maryland, arrived at the Stock
ton to-night.
DEATHS HEBE AMD ELSEWHEBE.
William Coyan,
William Coyan, of MoKeesport, died yes
terday. Deceased was In the 66th year of his age,
and has been a deacon hi the First Baptist Church
since 1841. William Coyan was born in Florence,
Washington county, October, -1S05, and was of
Irish parentage. For n number of years he was
engaged in business In "West Elizabeth, and In 1S32
rcnioeel to McKeesport. He was also for some
time Captain of the steamer Klalto. between Pitts
burg and Clucinnatl. He was a strong Republican
all his Ule ana neiu many irusiworcuy oniees.
anionK others being the tirst Burgess of West
Elizabeth. He Joined the Baptist Church In 1S4I,
and the ensuing car was elected deacon, which he
held until old age compelled him to give up the
duties. His children now liiiugare Charles W.
Coiaoandllrs. Florence Smith, or this city, and
Mrs. Albert Guffy, of Irwin; Milton b. Coyan, of
Ohio, and E. T. Coyan, ori'tttsburg. The mneral
will take place Thursday.
James Hughes.
James Hughes, a well-known newspaper
writerof ritUburg, died yesterday morning, atNo.
2214 Center avenue. He had been HI for a long
time from consumption, but with remarkable forti
tude and cheerfulness, remained at his desk on the
Press until his strength gave way and a few days
ago he was compelled to take to his bed. He was
born on March 12, 1802. He leaves a grandmother
In Greene countv and brother in California. He
was a member of the Press Club and or Mllnor
Lodge of Masons. The latter will bury him. Mr.
Hugnes has been engaged for J ears In newspaper
work in FIttsbnrg. He was the flrst man to go to
work on the Press, and at the time of his death was
news editor of that piper. His funeral win take
p.ace on Tiiursuay.
OUR MAIL POUCH.
Two Great Questions Discussed.
Tothe Editor of The Dispatch:
The Dispatch of July 30, 1891, made men
tion.of Bev. J. W. Carter, a leading colored
minister of Georgia, who is an enthusiast on
the rucequestlon, and thanks God that hehas
at last reached a solution of that difficult
problem. Well, maybe be has solved the
problem, but I do not think so. The fnct
that we thank God and call upon Him to ap
prove our conduct or sanction nur action is
no evidence that we are right. The Pharisee
thanked God that he wasnotlike a man who
proved to be bettor than he. Our conclu
sions are only right nccordlngus tho point
from which reason is right.
With all due respect to the reverend gen
tleman I am compelled to differ Irom him
on the State purchase plan for more thun
ono reason: First, it is class legislation,
and second, when we consider it philosoph
ically, there is no freedom in it. That coun
try is best which piotects its citizens most.
This is our homo and here we expect to stay
and "fight it out along that line-' if it takes
all of the year.
Bev. Mr. Carter speaks of the negro want
ing to rule; that is natural and entirely con
sistent with the idea of citizenship. The
right to vote carries with It the right to bo.
voted for; the question with the honest
voter is not color but fitness. The gentle
man thinks that connected with the stay of
tho negro and the white race together he
sees somo danger ahead. Educate them mor
ally, intellectually and religiously and the
danger is past. "Then pen is mightier than
the sword." I say to the reverend gentle
man and nil who are bothered about the
race question, educate the negro in all that
pertains to education, and the religion of
the Lord Jesus Christ, and he will (as he Is
doing every day) solve his own problem.
The question" that we must prepare to
meet and the one that will come because it
Is right, is the ex-slave pension question
mentioned by the Hon. W. B. Vaughn, of
Omaha. Like all other good questions it
has had to take the back seat until God
would lit a martyr for tho occasion. He is
not a crank, but will win no matter what
may be the political complexion of the Con
gress, because he is right.
Samuel Euhasks.
Johsstowh, Pa., August 4.
Average Life of To-Day.
To the Editor of The Dispatch:
What is the average life of the human raco
of the present day and how does it compare
with pastagos7 How does the population
of thu cities of the United States compare
with that of tho country outside, nnd New
York City's population with that of the rest
of the State? P.N. W.
Bbaddock, August 4.
Tho average longevity for the entire
world is not known, as many countries have
furnished no figures on this point. Undoubt
edly it is greater, however, than it was in
the past, unless the Old Testament ages be'
excepted, and it is not certain that an ex
ception will have to be made in this case.
The population of 1S90 of the cities of tho
United States having 8,003 Inhabitants or
over was 18,235,070, as compared with 44,3"6,5S0
for the rest of tho country. In 1890 there
were 1,613.301 inhabitants In New York City
and 4,432,572 in the remainder of tho State
The Key to tho Hostile.
To the Editor of The Dispatch:
What has become of the key of the Bastilo,
which is said to have been brought to this
country in 1789?
ALLEonEXT, August 4. IsquiRER.
After the storming of the Bastile in 17S9 a
large key, said to bo that of ono of tho pris
on tiers, was given by some of the partici
pants in tho fray to tho Marquis do la Fay
ette, who sent it, as a pioclous relic, to his
personal friend, George Washington. The
latter kept the key In his home at Mount
Vernon, using it as a paper weight. After
his death It was hung in the hall of tho
Mount Vernon residence, where it still re
mains. Dnquesno Fares Drop.
Riding out on Duqucsne car No. 151 on
Monday, I was astounded to see the fare
register suddenly jump from its place and
crash to tho floor, narrowly missing tho
heads of some people beneath. As the city
authorities have succeeded in preventing
collisions at crossings, they will now have to
turn their attention to registers and devise
some plan to compel them to give a reasona
ble notice when they Intend to descend
irom tneir exattea position, jnayoe it was
only a token of the other "drop in fares" ru
mored concerning the Duqnesno.
I Pittsbubo, August 4. Viator.
Another Name for a Pacer.
To the Editor of tho Dispatch:
I sometimes hear a horse called a
"weaver." What is the meaning of tho
term?
McKeesport, -August 4. IIobdt.
A "weaver" is a pacor. This term is ap
plied because, horses of this sort make a
motion of the head and neck while on the
move, which is suggestive of that of weavers
at work.
The Ohio Candidates.
To the Editor of The Dispatch:
Will yon please inform mo through your
paper of what parentage Major McKinley is,
also of Governor Campbell?
Tabehtum, August 4. J. J.S.
Mr. McKinley is of Scotch-Irish stock and
Mr. Campbell of Scotch stock.
Two and a Half Years.
To the Editor of The Dispatch:
To settle a dispute, please state how long a
term a man can be given in the workhouse.
Marion, Ind., August 4. J. A. McC.
No Such Law Passed.
To the Editor of The Dispatch:
Please inform me through your paper if
the "two weeks' pay law" baa passed yet. If
so, when does it go into effect? Labor.
Taremtum, August 4.
Must Have a Guardian Appointed.
To the Editor of The Dispatch:
If a young man is an orphan and has no
guardian can ho be married before ho be
comes oi agoi
Pittseuro, August 4.
R. A. D.
STJPEBSTITIOTJS WOMEN.
Some of the Charms They Wear and the
Reasons They Give.
Chicago Tribune. 1
Dorothy Maddox, Vriting from Bar Har
bor," says that if you want to find out your
dearest friend's extravagances nnd super
stitious fancies at one and the same time
just catch her as the soft white combing
jacket is slipping away from the snowy
shoulders.
Corset hooks of silver and gold, with here
and there a Jewel, gleam beneath a perfect
cascado of delicate laces, and if she is up to
the latest thing in charms she is sure to
have tucked away in one corner of the sweet
bodico a tiny silk bag which holds a sachet
made of the balms and flowers of China.
This is suspended by a ribbon from the
throat, and about the subtle perfume there
is supposed to linger an influence which is
said to waid off ill-luck of all kinds.
And this pretty little fiction brings to
mind nn experience of mine as strange as it
was startling. Not a week ago I met with a
charming young woman, a friend of mutual
friends, who in a moment of confidence gave
me the history of a small trifle which she
wore concealed beneath her bodice.
"This," said sho, "I always carry in case
of an emergency," and she handed me a tiny
vial.
"In it," she continued, "is a poison swift,
sure and deadly. I wear it about my person
in fear of an uccldont. and should I at any
time be In a position where help is impossi
ble and death by torture my fate, I bhall bo
prepared to end my sufferings in a twink-
A ell, thought I, here is something new
under the sun, and in spito of its eruesomc
ncss in its way decidedly sensible. How
many poor victims to accident by land and
sea would again and again have given a for
tuno lor such a swift lelief from a horrible
death.
THE GBAVE WITHOUT TEBB0BS.
A Device That Prevents the Possibility of
Uurying People Alive.
Brookl) n Citizen.!
The very latest and probably tho most
novel application of electricity is a device
called a "grave annunciator," which will be
hailed with satisfaction by all those people
who are In mortal terror of being buried
alive. ,
Connected with tho enskot of the person
buried is a tube contatnlug a circuit closer,
which.by means of a cord, is connected with
tho finger of the deceased. A wire runs
from the grave to an electrical bell placed at
any desired point, and in case of the dead
coming to lifo again the cord is pulled, tho
circuit closed and the bell is rung. A valve
in the tube prevents the escape of noxious
gases in case death has boen sure.
SOCIETY IN SUMMER TIME;
A PittsbnrgerClaIms.il Bride In the Snbnrb
of Steubenvllle.
The marriage of James A Love, of tho
Panhandle office, this city, and Miss Dora E.
Blackburn, daughtor of Dr. Blackburn, was
celebrated yesterday nftcrnoon at 3 o'clock
nt the First M. E. Church, Steubcnville, tho
pastor. Rev. Dr. Oliver,' officiating. Bert
Long, Latimer Grimes, Frank Prentiss and
John Kendall acted ns ushers. The brother
of the bride, Charles"Blackbnrn, was best
mnn, and the'bride was given nwny by her
father. The witnesses were many friends of
the bride and groom. Before and during the
ceremouy, Miss Priest, the chnrch organist,
Blayod a most beantlful wedding march,
hdor a shower of rice and slippers, Mr.
and Mrs. Love were driven to tho C. & P.
station where thev took a train for Cleve
land. Miss MarourItj: Wilson, of No. 5 Alder
street. East End, gave a musicalo to a few of
her friends last evening. Thoso participat
ing in tho programme were Prof. Ad. M.
Foerster, Dr. nnd Mrs. Faton, Dr. Ward and
Miss Wilson. The music as given was of a
high class and was rendered to a very ap-
fireciative company. After the programnio
nnch was served. Among those present
were Mrs. Foerster, Mr9. Eaton, the Misses
Holmes, Miss Nelllo Hoyt, Miss Wood, Dr.
Dravo, Mr. Arthur Daivs, Mr. Hal Harrlmer
and Mr. Albert Stuart.
James McKee and Miss Clara Stonbgen, of
this city, went to Youngstown yesterday
afternoon, secured a license, and were mar
ried by Justice Hellawell. The groom is a.
young Sonthside curpenter, and said he and
his bride hafl decided to see Youngstown
and be married at the same time.
Social Chatter.
A course of entertainments Is to be given
in the Wllkinsburg public schools, com
mencing on the 7th of September. The pro
ceeds are to be devoted to a new library for
the schools. The programme arranged is as
follows: First entertainment, reading. Prof.
R. L. Cumnock; second, Swedish Concert
Company; third, "Saul of Tarsus," Hon.
George K. Wendllng: fourth. "The Light
house," Prof. S. B. DeMotte; fifth, "Uses of
Ugliness," John DeWitt Miller: sixth, "Sun
shine," Dr. Willitts; seventh. "Oriental Man
ners and Cnstoms." Mamreov; eighth, "Tho
Labor Problem," Hon. R. G. Horr.
The new Odd Fellows Hall in Wilklnsbnrg
is to be dedicated on the 21st of September.
Tho hall is owned by W. II. Dovore Lodge,
No. 67o. The regular meeting night of the
lodge is on the 22d of September, so it Is
possible that tho dedicatory ceremonies will
take place on tho morningof that day, fol
lowed by nn entertainment in the evening.
The hall will seat between COO and TOO peo
ple. A merry party of yonng Wilkinsburgers
are going up the Monongahela river as far
as Elizabeth to-morrow evening. They will
pass the timo on the river in dancing and
other social amusements.
About 3,600 persons took part in tho plcnio
of St. Michael's Parochial School, Soutbslde,
atAliquippa, yesterday. It required three
special trains, of 12 coaches each, to take
them to the grounds.
There will be a free concert in the Alle
gheny parks to-night under the auspices of
the First Regiment U. A. M. The regimental
band will furnish the music.
Miss Mamie Burress and a dozen couples
of young Allegheny society people attended
the George C. Jcnks river excursion last
evening.
A. M. Murdoch lias gono to New York on
a business trip. He will spend a day with
his wife at Wildwood Springs before ho re
turns. Hox. Jonw Dalzell is to be given a re
ception in Braddock, at an early date that
has not yet been determined on.
The Argonaut FishingClnb left forMoc
klnao, yesterday. The club will spend two
weeks among the lakes.
A laws fete Is to be held at Crafton to
night under tho auspices of the ladies of St.
Philip's Church.
Johw 8. Patterson, of the Fifth National
Bank, is in Seattle, Wash.
A VEBY OLD TICKET.
An Old Gentleman Takes a Ride Paid for
Thirty-Four Years Ago.
Rochester Post-Dispatch.
A. R. King, passenger conductor on the
Falls branch of the Central road, was treated
to a surprise tho other day while in the dis
cbarge ot his duties. Tho train was coming
to this city, and had just left Spencerport.
In going through the train' to take up
tickets the conductor was' handed by a pas
senger a "stop-over pass" that was entirely
different from those in present nse or any
he had over before seen. Upon examination,
lie found it to be nearly 34 years old, ante
dating Mr. King's birth by several years, be
ing countersigned and dated March 20, 1837.
At first Mr. King demurred to accepting it,
but the pussonger insisted that his fare was
paid through to Rochester, and that the
stop-over check was evidence of that fact,
ana that the company was bound to honor
It. Tho argument seemea to De sound and
the conductor took tho "relic" nnd the pas
senger settled back in his seat to enjoy tho
ride that had been due him more than a
generation.
It will be noted that this ticket was issued
before the consolidation of the Central and
Hudson River Railroads, and only about two
years subsequent to the opening of the Falls
branch. George Wait, whose name appears
on tho ticket, is well remembered as an old
Central conductor, and a cotemporary of
Hon. Fred Cook, Captain Dan Bromley, Nat
Tambllngson and other popular conductors,
some of whom are long since dead, while
others have achieved wealth and political
honors and are still in nctivo business. The
passenger proved to be Jonathan Osman,
aged 93 years, an old and highly respected
resident of Ogden Center, in this county.
The ticket was well preserved, being as
bright and fresh ns if Just from the press.
Mr. Osman hns the satisfaction of having
traveled on probably the oldest ticket in tho
United States, and the Central in having
discharged an obligation of 34 years' stand
ing. PEOPLE WHO COME AND GO.
TMiss Millie Johnston, stenographer of the
Department of Public Works, left on a two
weeks' vacation to Atlantic City, yesterday.
She was accompanied by her sister, who is
stenqgraphor at tho Hotel Duquesne.
H. C. Longwell and wife and child, of
Chicago, are among me late arrivals
at the Duquesne. Mr. Longwell Is a promi
nent lawver and a particular friend of the
World's Fair.
William H. Harper has been appointed
to succeed Archie Pillow in the office of the
Standard Cab Company jit East Liberty.
Mr. Pillow takes a place at tho Union
station.
A. G. Stotterweck, of Wheeling: J. J.
Beck, of Youngstown; William W. Picking,
of Somerset, and J. A. Barbour, of Oil City,
aro near-town arrivals at the Monongahela.
George A. Dean and wife nnd daughter,
Miss Bertie, and Misses Laura and Lulie
Frazier, of Mingo, O., are among the guests
at the Monongahela House.
Congressman Steadman, of Kentucky,
was a New York pnssenger yesterday, stop
ping long enough to talk entertainingly on
Blue Grass politics.
A. B. Carpenter, auditor for the Armour
beef syndidate, of Chicago, arrived In town
last evening, and is quartered at the Du
quesue. Chief Bigelow and wife leave to-day for
the East on a summer vacation which will
probably continue for three or fonr weeks.
Mr. W. A. List, of the prominent nail
men of that name, of Wheeling, with Charles
Lamb, Is a guest at the Monongahela.
A. G. Studer has accepted the charge of
the Y. M. C. A. gymnasium nt Detroit and
will leave Pittsburg this week.
General Wagner was a passenger on the
Ft. Wayno yesterday, heading for the G. A.
R. Encampment at Detroit.
J. B. Griggs, of the Young Men's Chris
tian Association office, left yesterday for a
summer outing.
H. Mansfield "and four ladies" came in
from Beaver last evening, and are registered
at the Anderson.
Charles C. Jeffries, of the First" National
Bank, left yesterday for Chautauqua for
two weeks.
J. J. Sweeney, of Alderman McKenna's
office, has returned from a two weeks' trip
to the East.
Joseph Ulenberg'er is one of the first
Allegheny arrivals from the surf at Atlantic
City.
Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Fahnestock have
gone to tho seashore for a month's vacation.
Walter Lyon, TJ. S. District Attorney,
returned from Philadelphia yesterday.
J. J. Spearman and wife, of Sharon, are
among the arrivals at the Anderson.
H. G. Baldwin,, of Salem, O., is in the
city, a guest at the Anderson.
K. M. Richards, of New Castle, is an
arrival nt the Monongahela.
John F. Lynch, a prominent Cantonian,
is at the Anderson.
CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS.
Earls are dying off at the rate of 20 per
annum.
A resident of Parker's Ford, Pa., is
said to have a ring dove which is 21 years
old nnd b,as been in one cage all his life.
James Clark, of NewMoorefield, 0.,has
a cat which has adopted an infant polecat,
and Is as attached to It as to her ownklttens.
A large deer ran through the principal
streets of Bangor, Me., one day last week.
It was pursued by a crowd of men and boyi
and captured.
There is a man in Winsted. Conn., who
belongs to 24 secret societies, four volunteer
fire organizations, nine military companies
and three churches.
A Parisian electrician has succeeded in
forcing violets by the aid of his battery, and
recently sen t a bun ch of these fledglings only
four hours old to the Empress Eugene.
In the 331 towns and cities of Massa
chusetts 243 now have free public libraries,
nnd the State has lately provided aid for tho
103 small towns and villages which have no
libraries.
Three California lions were recently
killed by a hunter in Fresno county. One of
them measured fullv eight feet from tip to
tip. and Is being stuffld. The other two were
nearly as large.
The tea trade of Japan is constantly in
creasing while that of China is diminishing.
The increase is at the rate of more than 8,
KO.OOO pounds yearly. Most of the Japanese
tea is consumed in the United States and
Canada.
A Sedalia, Mo., china store exhibits as
a sign 575 plates, 18 pitchers, 8 Jars, 2 wash
bowls and a 15-gallon Jug. The plates have a
hole In the center and are screwed on boards
and frame work extending to the top of a
three-story building.
Meissonier was proud of bis shapely and
delicate hands. He said that his fingers wero
so sensitive that ho conld with his eyes shut
lay on the exact amount of color that he
wanted on a given spot if somebody placed
the point of the brush upon it.
Boston is the only city in the world
which preserves an exact record of the pro
ceedings of its Common Council. Every
motion, argument and remark, no matter
how unimportant, is stenographically taken
down. The members are, therefore, very
careful of their utterances.
One great trust is abont to go out of ex
istence, having completed its work. It bad
charge of tho sale of 350,000 acres of land be
longing to five railroads now forming tho
Omaha Railroad Company. In 12 yenrs the
trust sold 350,000 acres of land and brought
200,000 people into Minnesota.
Tho Mad King of Bavaria sometimes
smokes as many as 100 cigarettes a day. For
each cigarette ho uses an entire box of
matches, touching off the others to see them
burn after he has nsed ono to secure a light.
He has two new suits of black broadcloth
made for him twice every week.
Mrs. Leavitt, who has been upon a tern-.
peranco crusade around the globe, tells tho
women of Chicago that tho Ualljfc routine in
India is: A soda with a dash of wnisky atter
arising; a like drink before and after each
meal, and whisky with soda before retiring.
This system is known as "pegging away."
Two rival department stores in Chicago
had a war over business the other day. Ono
store began by offering to sell a dozen ban
anas for a cent. The other offered three
dozen for a cent, and the rivalry waxed hot
ter until for an hour nice bananas were sold
at ten dozen for 1 cent. Many fruit venders
bought.
Crickets are bought and sold in various
parts of Africa. People capture tbem, feed
them and sell them, as the natives are very
fond of their music, thinking that it in
duces sleep. Superstitions regarding the
cricket's chirp are varied; some believe that
it is ominous of sorrow and evil, while others
consider it a harbinger of joy.
One Zimmerman, an inmate of tho
Soldiers' Home at Grand Rapids, Mich., was
sweeping the floor of a saloon near that in
stitution the other day when word was
brought to him that ho had fallen heir to a
fortune of $68,000, left by a relative in Ger
many. Ho threw down tho broom, leaving
the dirt in the middlo of the floor, and has
quit work awaiting the arrival of the
wealth.
A novel plan Tor extinguishing a
churoh debt hns'been hit upon in Melbourne. '
The church committee or vestry, as the
case may be divide the total debt among
themselves and each man insures his life for
the amount that falls to his share. The poli
cies are transferred to the church, and. the
annnal payments on tbem are made ont of
the collections. Then, of course, as the
members of the committee "drop off," the
sums insured on their lives drop in, and
later, when the last committeeman is dead,
the last installment of the church debt will
be paid. The plan has the merit if merit it
be of throwing tho whole of the responsi
bility for the continuance of the indebted
ness upon Providence.
A remarkable freak of nature is found
among tho hills of Delaware county, N. Y
in a sunken lake covering abont three acres
of surface, which lies between two parallel
ridges not far from the New York, Ontario
and Western Railroad. The whole surface
of the lake is covered with a thick growth of
moss whose stems extend to an unknown
depth, but certainly further than the arm
can reach. Each tuft of the moss is of a dif
ferent color from its neighbor, so that tha
surface looks liko that of a beautiful colored
carpet. In walking over thevelvety surface
the foot sinks down a few inches without
encountering the water, which is at least
two feet below the surface. Near the shore,
in a few places, the water comes to the top.
The buried pond is a wonderful curiosity.
One of the most copious springs in
Great Britian is the famed St. Winifred's
Well, near the town of Holywell, In Flint
shire. The well is an oolong square, about
twelve feet by seven, and its water, say the
people of the district, bos never been known
to freeze. This latter assertion may be
true, as besides containing a fair percentoga
of mineral matters that lower its freezintf
point, the well is inside a beantlfnl chapel,
which was erected over it by Queen Mar
garet, the mother of Henry VII. Tho water
thrown up is not less than eighty-four hogs
heads every minute, and tho qunntity ap
pears to vary very little either in drought
or after tho heaviest rain, showing doubt
less that its primitive sources are nnmerous
and widely distributed. St. Winifred's has
been the object of many pilgrimages.
BHYMES AND KHYMPLES.
There was an old man of Calcutter,
Who wouldn't eat bread with his butter.
Till a stealthy marine
Put In margarine.
Then they bore him away on a shutter.
Brooklgn Eagle.
A cotemporary uses the following head
line over Its report otitic electrocution:
"All the details carried out without a hitch."
Perhaps It was not necessary to state that this was
not intended as any reflection on the old-fashioned
method. Washington Pott.
He came from somewhere inland,
From Pittsburg, I surmise.
And down along the Jersey coast
He strayed, with bulging eyes;
He saw the dainty maidens
Among the wavelets slosh.
And when at last he oped his mouth
He simply said. "Begoshl"
Sew York Herald.
Brine Have you read Smartellick'i near
novel?
Jones No; what's it about?
Brine Well, It's mostly about CS pages long, u
far as I cau Judge. Detroit Free Press.
"Thestyleofher dresses is quiet,"
They say of Miss Dasher, the flirt;
But I'm rather disposed to deny it.
For she wears an accordion skirt.
Sao York Press.
"Can't I sell you a nice umbrella?"
"Wht do I want with an umbrella such bright,
dry weather as this?"
"Well, only yon can buy them now a good deal
cheaper. Umbrellas, you know, go np very much
in wet weather." Philadelphia Times.
To leave his lost address he goes,
And with a tag is cambered:
To have his days prolonged he knows
That he must be well numbered.
Washington Star.
Mrs. Chugwater (reading the paper to her
husband) Here's an account of a new engine
that runs by ammonia
Mr. Chugwater Skip that, Samanth. Bet (4
It's a pufTof somebody's baking powder. Chicago.
Tribune.
The largest fish he ever hooked,
He said to me;
Full five and twenty pounds he Iookel
To him to be.
He wonldn'thave weighed less than ten.
That's how heapoke; ,
He had him almost landed when . ,
His tackle broke!
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