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Ter Quarter. 2 00 Dau 1 Ditattii, One Month TO IIaili lMsrATdi, Including Sunder, 1 vear .10 00 DAU.T IUsevrcn, lacludingSiindav, Ura'ths. 2 50 J :n.Y Dfsr atcii. Inrluding !uuda) , 1 m'th.. 90 5trlAY Wisr vtcu. Onolear i SO "iYEiKLY Dlsp ktch. One Year 1 S3 7 lis D ULT Disp atch Is delivered by carriers at 15 oaL-ir week, or, ineluding fcuuday Edition, at 20 cento 7r week. riTTsr.UKG, MOXDAY, AUGUST 10, 1S11. Till: rilteT COLTJ3IU IRITJM. The growth of the cremation idea is strikingly illustrated bj the fact set forth, in detail elsewhere that a columbarium or structure tor the reception of ashes from tin crematories, is to be erecti in the AHeg'icuv ccmeterj of this city, and is ex pected to be readv for use bj the close of the j ear. This is the first modern struc tureof the kmd m the known vv orld. Tho i a--t that a structure of the sort is needed in this city shows a remarkable increase in tho use t.f ciemation for the disposition of tin bodies of the dead. It is iutcrestmg to note tho lead that has leen taken m this matter by this section. The rvmatory built bj Dr. LeMoyne at Washington, fitteeu jears ago, was the fii t of its kind in the world, and the re-fu-ni introduced by that sturdy and per s s"nt old radical, met with the strenuous o'posit.ou of prejudice and conservatism. The objectors tocieraationdidnot pause to consider that the issue was solely between the rapid and harmless consumption of tl' bodies by fire and their slow otui possibly harmful consumption bv the natural process of decay. But the lc'k of logic in the opposition has been fli. in the rapid adoption of cremation both m the United States and abroad. Tl leadership of Western Penns3lvania in ..ablishin the first crematory is re pa i d b tiie establishment of the colnm b i- urn for the reception of cremated re i "is m the principal cemetery of this 01 1 ' possibilities suggested in the new d rtuie are almost infinite; but the pi i -) - ts are that, as in the case of crema 1 far, whatever changes are made v I! made so gradual that the revolu t hi wl' never be felt. But the prospect i f iure j'uerations will se structures oi "-initeor ma.ble taking the place of iu tones and their monuments, is one t' is replete with interesting specula t Tlir ORE TRADE AM) IROX CENTER. A lncago special, with reference to the o .solidation of iron mining interests, re n ted from Duluth recently, shows that n tl'o consolidation took place, it was i ottiing more than a stock operation. The i n senility of swallowing up, m a single "ubmation, the Gogebic, Menominee and M rqu tte districts, makes it clear that the lr ntliibtrj is entirelj free from any ap i ' iwon of the ore supply falling under l d immation of a gigantic trust i v i important and satisfactory ad c mi is quoted by our correspondent 1 i i i iw of the leading authorities on ir me in Chicago, to the effect that as a c i of iron and steel production, Chicago 1 1 not hold a candle to the Lake Erie -r - ' which is tin gateway b which supplies reach the Western Penn- i a and Eastern Ohio fur- - and mills This is true to-day, as it i n for ears The concentration of I fuel supplies is made here on the f a orable terms, so far as the reduc- i i Lake Superior ores is concerned. ure nal of this section, if it cx- i w here, is m the Southern district. i icgard to all rivals the supremacy itsburg field is to b permanentlj i 5 j the construction of a water- uit will enable ore to reach Pitts- "s dieaplj as it does Chicago and return cargoes of coal at an econ- ii "o cents per ton. AVhen that pro- 1 1 ahzed Pittsburg w ill be the center i .-ad steel production, not only of .iirn but of the entire world. i II. TRENCH REENGE. (icrman Emperor has reason to ii of the rieuch piess for pubhsh- orable reports of his conduct on ' i i.t oj"ages, Bismarck has a similar i .a Tit to make. Indeed it looks as if u'-irt Parisian journalists must be to satisfj the national appetite for .li he" bv representing both the j. ' ir and the e-Chaucellor in the unfavorable light possible. The ippears in the Parisian reports to i in; approximating a drunken ri M uc l.ittir is made to present m iV liirht of an old man m his . villi kt)i on insisting that no one n thing ngl't'v fi (opt himself -r represf iitatmu must be sufficiently r tmg ti'.ie vit t.m t f it, but of tho a m.m of the mtntal caliber of nk supposing him to Imo retained .the laoit annov mg thing possible to be jiortraj ed as writing that . ttributed to him bj Figaro. .ue tnre-e things that caused v lcome of tho French fleet at -.ladt Bismaick is alleged to vntten to a friend the visit of 1-upress Frederick to Paris, the i of the Tnpl" Alliance, and tho i the Emperor to Loudon. "They wrong," sighs Bismarck, accord- tins storj "Thej would not have i me if I had been Chancellor. Xo j!. do anj thing right exeept mjself." s iiard to believe the Iron Chancellor, i opposition, to be guilt of such i s this The v isit of the Empress- lirtoPans certainly gav e no offense T t! ! r r I b I 1 1 1 t T . I f I CI ir . I t i e :ii c im but the lrieconeilables among the Ff eh The Triple Alliance was B'is- let y ' n i pr- .i own creation and its renewal was is neeessarj to Germany as its ortgi- ta'ilislnnent The visit of the Em- v X" London was the second that lie i inoe his accession, and had no Tensi m it than his visits to the i n Empeior But if this account is imcjited, Bismarck thinlvft that it is i. alike to trv to conciliate ordis- r-'raical susceptibilities so long as s ii Irs hand un the lever. tlv ilier the once clear-sighted man of blood and iron is hi his dotage, or he has good ground for actj on for rnalic-i ious libel against the Paris Figaro. 1MTORTS AXD THE TAKTFF ACT. The effect of tiieilTcKinley bill on the foreign commerce of rtho country has been the subject of much discussion, some of which has been characterized, byiajfjlemti--ful lack of judgment Tho Jievr York Mail and Express recently matte a great spread of the factvthat the statistics show - a large increase of imports, bOi?i of the dutiable and non-dutiaMe cUss, and claimed the showiug to bea vindication of the McKinley act As the purpose of the protective policy is to guard domestic in dustry against an, influx of foreign Wticles. en which duties are levied, the clvilm is harmonious only -with that journal's! phe nomenal characteristics. The fact isi that the figures which it quoted on du Sable imports are chiefly increased by the large importations madeofthe articles on Which the duties were raised, in anicipatiott-of the taking effect of the'law. Mr. Thomas Dolan, of Philadelphiania a recent letter to the-Nerw York Herald makes a much more discriminating analy sis of the statistics of importations, a,ud their relation to the tariff changes. Ee starts out by saying, what The .Dispatch pointed out at the time the act went into effect, that tho full effect of tbc-tariff changes could not he judged ironi actual figures, with, the short exDerienceof it that is now possessed. Two years after Its passage a full judgment can be made up; but an intelligent review of the -insS-cations shows favorable results. Mr. Dolan points out that the statistics; of imports since the act went into effect show an increase of imports in the article on which the duties were lowered: no pre-. ccptible change on those which were left without material change; and a decrease pf importations on those which were raised. This rule runs throughout the en tire schedule with one or two exceptions which strengthen rather than weaken the rule. Thus the increase of duties on woolen and worsted fabrics caused a-de-creasc of importations during the first five montlisof the year of nearly one-half. There has been an increase in. the impor tations or raw wool, notwithstanding the raise in that duty, because American man ufactures have been more actively em ploj ed and required more of that grade of stock than for years past The same action is traced by Mr. Dolan in the chemical, agricultural, tobacco, leather, earthenware, glassware and iron and steel schedules, with the same result of diminished imports where the protect ive duty was raised, and increased imports where the duty was taken off or lowered. As Mr Dolan says: "These facts prove that the inflow of foreign fabrics to this country is directly and quickly affected by tariff legislation, and they demonstrate that the increases made by the McKinley tariff have at once operated to transfer to American workers the task of supplying a domestic demand which was but one ear ago largely supplied by foreigners." THE POOR OF CITIES. The problem of the congestion of the col ored population in 'Washington forms the subject of a letter to be found elswhere.by the special Washington correspondent of theDisrATCir. While the danger is painted in rather alarmist colors, there is no doubt that it represents with much perti nence an evil which is of no slight weight and which if neglected may grow to the magnitude of a serious threat to our social integrity. The masses of ignorance, poverty and vice to be found in any large city repre sent one of the problems of the time. It is hardly to be deemed that color makes any vital difference in this problem. The destitute and vicious classes of New York City furnish exactly the same prob lem as those of Washington. The fact that the members of one class are white and the other black is simply an accident of locality. What are the causes of the evil and how they are to be remedied, is one of the great questions of the time, W hich is not j et fully answ ered. The suggestion of our correspondent that a large portion of this idle labor could be transplanted to advantage to unoccu pied and tillable land within easy reach of Washington contains the germ of a valu-J able policy. There is no doubt that an intelligent administration of public funds for the relief of the poor should make it a leading featuie of its policy, that all ap plicants for relief who are able to do farm work should be transferred to the field of atoicultural pioduction. This is the real strength of the plan of General Booth, of the Salvation Armj, for dealing with the similar problem in London. But that it is possible to force those, who make no application for public relief, to transplant themselves to rural life, is a much moie doubtful assertion. To carry out the principle that people who choose to live in poverty in cities and are satis fied to accept the privations that come from their chosen mode of life, without seeking public aid, must be deported by lesal force, would imply a despotism as absolute as any that exists in the Old World. QUAY ST1EL IX TIIE TIEED. Some time ago The Dispatch suggest ed that it would not be wise to take the retirement of Senator Quay from the chairmanship of the National Republican Committee as in any sense implying his retirement from Pennsylvania politics, but very much the contrary. Like the oracles of Captain Jack Btinsby, the meaning of this remark lay in the application of it; and the latter may be perceived in the report which appeared in Philadelphia last w cek that the successor of Andrews as Chairman of the State Committee has alreadj been fixed upon, and that his name is none other than the already famous one of Matthew Stanley Quay. This oouvcjs the intimation thit the Senator's resignation of his National posi tion was for the purpose of giving his un divided attention to the repair of political 1 enr.es and other property In the Common w ealth of Penns lv ania. There ha e been Intimations that the step was taken to permit the Senator to push the Blaine boom. But if Mr, Q jay w as actuated only by the desire to run the machine so as to secure th6 nomination of Blaine, he could do so just as effectually, If not more so, as National Chairman. The probability is that in his utterances in favor of Blaine.our keen-sighted Junior Senator has been actuated more by a de sire to advance the fortunes of Matthew Stanley Quay than those of James G. Blaine. The latter are to be strengthened by skillful work within tho State, and the effort can be greatly aided by using the un doubted tide of popular favor for the Sec retary of State. Nevertheless It must be recognized that the task w hich the Junior Senator has un dertaken, if this report be true, will pre sent some pepuliar complications. The Republican rev erse of last fall was due to 'the dissatisfaction of the independent ele ment with the character of the Quay regime; and the revolt of the Republican wing not generally rated as independent against the control of the oflices by his following. It is clear that a personal assumption of the work of running the machine bySeijalor Quay will not remove these causes of dissatisfaction. Clever work may withdraw their following; but 'it is not clear how the field will be more open for-such workithan it was last fall Jt majTbe-taken for granted, however, that-Senator Quay? does not Intend to sm renderthe party-control in thisStatewithr out a vigorous fiRht, and that he ha? reachedie point "where ho does not rer gard-tho-Federalpatronago-as so impor tantaleswr to accomplish hisipurposes as the predisposition of the Republican unasses-iju-favor-ofr-SecretarysBIalne, T-nErjroghetof-acnol trove who-cau fur- tnish a yerificsrtion of Jus prediction is tho marttforrwiiorn Uiis comitryi looking, TiTE-reports by. cable that 14,000 unm. ployed laborers Jiavo been driven oat of 'Borne (nto tho country district wlienpe thoy oTljrfnally came indicates a marked difference between t)io powers of Govern ment in Italy and thisicoun try; y. bile it ajso "bears a strong; resemblance to the sugges tion of a correspondent elsewhere -with ro jrard to t)ie disposition of the negroes in Washington. The sunniary treatment or tirivins them oat of Itomo, however, con tains n suggestion tha it may eventually turn out that a considerable share of them wero Uri-eeivto this country, Everv dog has lus-day and the watering place hotel-keepers toe getting; tljelrg. It lias been a long time coming! but they will try to make up for the-delay by compressing the profits of a season into the charges of thonext three-weeks. A.J?BiorcE book on the United States by Has Leclerc exhibits a contrast to the Lepel Giiffin and Hamilton Aide style of literature. The uuthoi auuis-up his observa tions with -tho remarS that "the most pro lound impression" received fjom friendly observation "is that of a people happy, Tigorous and healthy, breathing hope and ' faith in tho lnture." This is complimentary and at the sanxejt ime w ell deserved. Never theless, the erasing sentence provokes a vonderaa to where M. Leolero foimed the valued acqcpiintance of the sanguine "Thomas'V. Cocajr. Both Major McKinley and Governor 'Campbell Ueclarvhtheniselves satisfied with tho prospects of -the Ohio campaign. That lielnsr tho case, the rest of us surelyhava no .grounds for compJaint. The Hew York Jank statementishows the very fair surplus .reserve abate legal ro qrtroments of $18,420,000. This is not as large- as it has been in some previous yeirs, butrit is considerably- above the figures for a yearago this date. Jt shows that the banks havoi betn strengthen ing themselves against the Avli drain of money, and indicatos that there Trill bo no senoas trouble this fall. A danger foreseen is a. duaigergu&rdcdgainst. Deak TJsclb Jekby Tiis slipiin your improved brand of Republican weather may prove very costly in the neajr future. Come back and give thoflVcathor -tBureaua fresh start. THE tough -lot- ot runningia magazine for the purpose of furnisb,ing circulation to free trade literature is illustrated by the &n nounceinent th&t Bdforti's Magazine is again being edited by the sheriff. It is quite pos sible that the sueriff will makea better jph of editing than bisipredecessoni have done, and thus restore'-tho publication to pros perity. Mk. CHAHLESEMORy Ssirprhad better take observations of the lay of $ho4and and discover that the Blaine boom in Pennsyl v an a, has got too big a start oflnmito head it off. The editor of thcColumbia (S. C.,) Stqtc was challenged to light a duet but ipstead of doing so he got out bis rawhide and whaled his antagonist, This iconoclastic dis regard of tho pe superstitions of his Ejection leads the. South Carolina people to look- coldly on the vigorous editor and tosuspect him of being a hated Mugwump. Mr, Ikoalls starts for Europe at the close of the month; but the country can solace itself with the reflection that it has Thomas B. Roed backMn full force. The assertion that the men-will favor the Chautauo.ua dress reform movement be cause it is cheaper, made by a esr York co temporary, is in. derogation or the. gallantry of the man. The men will favor changes m women's dress that will make the women lovelier and healthier, and will be glad to pay for the improvement. Ik columbaria and prematorra West ern Pennsylvania leads the world. It is to be wished that she may keep up the record by adding canals to the category. If the "King of Trampj'' had advised tho Treasmy authoiitu-tt of a scheme to raid the strong box of tho United States Just be fore the meeting of the Fifty flrt Congress, he mirht have claimed a verification of his prophecy that would have beaten anything in the Wiggins or Vennor line. CLINGING TO THE TJPPEB CBTJST. The Pkikce of Wales is to take a trip to the Continent this month. Hexbv Labouchebe will visit this country during the coming Indian summer. The Rrv. Bobebt HAnBQUB, a Scotch clergyman who died lately at Aix-les Bains, left ,n estate valued at over $800,000. Mbs. Ameme Rives Ciiajileb received no bequest from her uncle, the late Francis K. Rives, although be left a foitune of $3, 000,000. Miss Florence E. Soulf, a recent graduate of Welloslcy College, has received the appointment of teaoher ot Greek in the High School and supervisor of music in tho common schools of fankato, Minn. Arthur Brand, the Liberal, who was recently elected to Parliament from Wis bech, was materially assisted in his cam paign by bis wife. She la an accomplished musician, and captivated the voteis at poli tical meetings by singing songs during the intermission between speeches. "Whittier's bodily infirmities have reached a point wheie lie feels obliged to ab.udou his daily walks except about Ids on n grftunds. He cannot enire the fatigue of driving, and his hearing lias so tar failed that i( is with difficulty he, cap eonveiao. It also prevents his attending church any inoie. Geveral AnsKu. Dquplkpav, who aimed the flistumi filed In defense of Tort Suraptcr in ISO I, has been ill foi weeks at Jlendliam, Morris count j, X.J. Recently tho fourth of a seiles of abscet-son has. been opened, and he is much cxhuuxted, by the at tendant fever, though signs of improv emunt are discernible His continue illness, how ever, causes his fuemlsin Washington much anxiety. As jet ho is too fceblo to lead, write or leavo hfs bed. ME. HARBISON'S CHAHCES. An Indianapolis Slap Who Sajs He Will Not Succeed Himjclf. New York Telegram. "President Harrison will never succeed himself," said William H. Hethripgtou, of Indianapolis, at tho Fifth Avpnue Hotel, ' ov en if Blaine is sick unto death. I can name half a dozen men who will far ahead of lum iij thp race. He is absolutely weaker to-day than when ho was inaugu rated. He, lias made enemies by the score, and last of all be is a small man. I have known ljijn for years, and ho hasnlwqjs; been the tamo 'Little Bennie,' and aln ays w ill be. Blaine is undoubtedly the man of nil pthers who is preferred by the Repub lican party, and I believe if he is nominated he will be elected His reciprocity business" is soniptbiUK new, while it is a good thing, it has caught tho pub!a fancy. He is the brainiest map in tno party to-day," THINGS IN GENERAL. Everybody is JnterefUig "When We Coma to Know Them. Well One Good Feature ofriction Tie Surest Thing in Human Ute. rwiuTTiN j-oa tiie ntsp.Tcn.i Somebody says that Emerson would some times rise up in the middle of 41 nigbt and get a candle and a match, and a bit of paper and a pen, and proceed to note down some happy thought. The thought had ventured into his mind, and ho had caught it before it bad time to fly out again, and tbqre it was Imprisoned, like a beetle on a, pin. Then be went back to satisfied slumber. Somobody else says that if anybody would note down all the bright ideas n hich get into anybody's mind in a month's time, tlie re sult would be a book worth reading. Cer tainly, one of tho charms of such a book as Mm 10 Bashkirtscff s autobiography is in the delightful naturalness which comes put of that sort of mental record' She get down whatever came jnto her mind, and here it is. Aud o know Harie Bashkirtsoff better than if we had been of her acquaintance. The truth is that everybody is interesting when we oome to know them well. Theielsno picture like the ptcturp pf a soul anybody's j soul, an prist's, or n peasant 5, or a. young maiden's, or a plumber's, or a politician's. Autobiography is almost always readable, and rarely lacks for readers. And the auto biography which is In a measure uncon scious and unlntendod, sueh for example, as w e get in a Journal or a bundle of letters, is especially interesting, Wq liko to know w hat people have to say for themselves. Talloyrandifor Instance: What opinion bad he of Talleyrand? Snrt to Its Remembered, Benyenuto Cellini wll bo lemembcrodas an artist as long as his fine Perseus holds out Medusa's head In front of the Ducal Palace at Florence. But that statue will got bat tered one of these days. Aud then Cellini will stay on in memory as the writer of pne of the frankest and most refreshing no counts whicb oyer a nutii gaye of bis labors, his aspirations and Ills escapades, I have been reading a dellghtlnl little French novel which Marie Bashkirtsejf her self might -have written. The adjective "French" is sometimes a suspicious qualifi cation of the. substantive "novel"; but in this case it means only that piquancy, brightness, of tone, and lightness of touch which make the Frpnch the gayest ana gal Jantest of people. "The Story of Eelne" Is by Jean do la Brete. It is a love story, pure and simple. One remembers "The Abbe Constantin" and "A Marriage for Love." It is as real as life, and a great detl more de lightful. Alter all, that Is wbDt one. wants in a noyel. Lot It bpain os tho writer will, but end wel it must. The wise reader always reads the last chapter before be buys a novel, and if the hero and heroine get satisfactorily mar ried and live happily ever after, he buvs the book. If there is a funeral at the end, like the old Sunday school books, that is enough. There is a sufficiency of funerals in real life. Jfecessary In a Novel. Let us have some retreat where wo can get away from all the ills and bills, from a,U the discomfortsfind inconveniences, from all tho w oes and worries, into a place of sweet aun shino. The title pogo of a novel pugjit to be a window Into tho millennium, Yes, I would haye some shade and some dashes of sadness. Oppdoenot care for a perpetual brpad sunshine, pr for a dinner of Ice cream and candy. But tho bitter should be put in only to emphasize the sweet. The misfortunes of tho heroes will help us to ap preciate the good fortunes, The cpurse of true Iqye Is not harmed by running a little rpughly at the start. But all this novel writing for the purpose of nnaljzing char acter, testing love with acids, and dissecting hearts with scalpels; all tin; business pf writing nov els for the purpose of teachina history, or of teaching political economy, or of teaching theology, or of teaching any thingthe Trofpssor of Things in General desires to be recotded us disapproving of it. The puiposo of the novpl is to jiniuse. AVhat that verb "amuse" means is plain enough. The fnltal letter, as everybody knows, is the Groek negative. To amuse is tp prevent musing. We are amused whan we stop thinking. Stop thinking, that Is, about responsibilities, and grocers' orders, and engagements, and letters, and duties . and anxieties Literature is bpcpmlRg tqQ instructive. Rv en poetry and music, which have loni; beeq used tp teach politics, are getting into service now as instructors in cooking and sweeping. And the title ''novel'' no lpngpr defines the contents of a book. The laws of Justinian, being, I believe, a new digest of Roman Jurisprudence, were, for their nov elty, called "novel1?," the "nqvels pf Just inian." Some of our modem novels might be put on the same shelf. A Ilather Curious Question, But not tho "Story of Retne." That is a noyol of the right sort. Why can't people always be as agreeablo Jn reality as tbey aro in fiction; That, I suppose, is impossible. You might as well evpect Rosalind to go Shopping in the beautiful dresses which sho wears on the stage. But really, thero is an unfortunato difference between some fiction and some realltj . And if the novels shall teach tho value of swept speech, and the delightfulness of gracious manners, and so bring the leal closer up to thp ideal, even the Professor of Things In General will not olject to that speoies of instruction. Tlipre was. a man in tlie Long Failioinent, John Lilburn by name, who was so par ticulaily disputatious that they used to say that if John Lilburn were to be stranded on a dcseit island he would at once cut himself Into two pieces, so that tbe John might quaiTcl with t)io Lilbuin, and the Lilburn With the John. It is Sir Arthur Helps who says that if somopeoplo were set op pillars, lke old Simeon sylites, and fpd with bread by the bjrds of heaven, they would each one con trive to savo out a part pf the daily In eail that they might compact it into haid balls tp pelt each other, A Good Feature of Fictipn. In all good fiction tno intolerably unpleas ant people go to their "own plape," soonor orlatei, and get what they desorvo. I suppoe though that very disagreeable people manage to get a good deal of pleasure out of life. John Ltlhurn, no doubt, enjujed himaelf abundantly. The 'Country Parson'' wrote an esjay "Concern ing the Advantages pf Bo(ug a Cant,nkor pps Fool,'' And, really, considering the difficulty of tbe subject, he madoagood deal out Of H- The Cantankerous Fopl is the person who nlwaja makes himself pgreg( ously and obstruslvely unpleasant When, things don't absolutely suit him. And the ponsoquonoo. is that everybody takes pains to provide all things as suitable m possible. The Cantankerous Fpol alwajsbas the best chair, mid the softest cushions, and the tendprest moat. and the biggest nd sweetest plums. He gof a iimclt more goneiou share of attention and of the otjiergond things of life than the meek pad iuunblc do than, foi Inhce, v,o do. Of course, wo all detest the Cantanker ous Fool, and nukp remarks about lpm, behind his buck, and he hasn't any ery genuine fiiends. And hP gets pa(d off some how. And it Is haidly ivqrtll while to aspire to thp position ir wu are not born that way of being a Cantankerous Fool. Probably the anient thing In human lfo is wages. Uverybpdv gets paid off, sooner or later. Some "In kind," Homo m casli, spmo in curses, somo in dev otlon and beatitude, Only we don't see Justice done In leal lfe as plainly as we do in novels, But f all humau beings fpllpvved Emerson's plan a.nd Marje BashkirtseiTs, and set dpwn all their thoughts on psppr, and sot cawu also all their stings of conscience and. their self re provings, and mde us their confidantes, and confessors, w o should leam a good many things. We should learn, among otfter things if wo don't know it alreadj wbat it is that really makes happiness, what sort of sepd to sow to get a harvest of content ment. Whoever knpvs that doesn't need to pspapo out of real llfo into fiction. Not a Grpat Iniquity, Klther. Pawturket Times. The sav tng pf 2K cents per pound i,n the price of sugar since thp McKinley bill went into; effect means, on the 3,000,000,000 pounds impprtPd la the last fiscal year, $75 0.0,000 m thp pockets, of tho great Amert pan people. AniJ all by Jfasgn, tjf tlie 'la ifjutlous McKln'ey bill." ACHIEVEMENTS OP BECIPBfJOITY. Opinion of n. Leading German Newspaper on Sir. IHalno's Policy, Petersburg Index-App-aUDem.).! One of the moat Interesting comments fromJpurnas fn Emppe tjit have jepently come to our notice is the following extract from a lengthy article jn thp Berlin Export, which is the official Journal of tjie Central verein for German interests abroad; Mr. Blaine's diplomatic dexterity has made Brazil a real domain of the North, European wishes and remonstrances. ooqd not get a hearing iu Rfo de Janeiro, TI)ib exporting countries of Europe haye lpit vast, well paying market territories. Several months ago American diplomats tried tp convince Spain Pf the necessity of signing a treaty with the United States by which Cuba and Porto Roo would be proteqted against thq workings of the JIoKlnley law. The Span ish Government put up many obstacles, but the Yankee was sure of his victory in the. end, and Bpain, being afraid that Cuba may free herself fiom the European yqke,yieded. According to the reoiprpcity treaty, sugnr, boney, pocao, hlijes pnd coffee frpni Cuba and Poito Bioo, may enter frpp intq the United States, while tobagcq andiron pro havp to pay tlie duty laid down in the MpKiniey law, This shpws that the United States et in free only such articles as it cannPp prPfluce, pr at least npt in suffi cient quantitv, Everything if doespiodnoo itself is protected carefully. Thq Yankeos bold a weighty weapon in their hands by wjiicli thev will commercially conquer all Spanish America. A gloomy piospeot for the exporting industry of Europe. It will not be easy for tho oiporting countries to prevent the influence of the United States in Spanish America, and they will have to stand stdl with the crossed arms and free the exports of Europe diminishing y par by year. It will be diffeient with the Lmopean mer chants who live in the yest Indies and South America, pmraged In the importing business. They will fake up catalogues n4 samples from factories in Rhode Inland, Now Jersey, etc , and send their orders tp New York. It will certainly not be lonit befqro, in Rio, Caracas and Havana, the agents of European arms will hava to near the steroo tjped answer; "I am sorry, lour articles wpuld not pay tyqy more. We gqt them from New Yoik." lhus a newspaper which scans with a keen, experienced eye the commercial poli cies of tlje wprld, while It deplores the effect of the American polioy pf protection upon the commerce of its own and other Euro pean countries, readily concedes the shrewd ness and the wisdom of that policy ip its ap plication to the industrial interests of the United States, TEE ZIQN CPNFEBEJJCE CLOSED. w ghnrch Edifices Proposed find Dele gates Selectad to the Annual Meeting. SFECUl. TILKOUAM TO THE DlgPATcn.l Fbakkhn, Aug. 9. The closinjj exercises of the African Methodist Episcopal Zlpn Conference of tbe Allegheny district were held to-day. Tbe sessions last night were consumed in hearing the reports pf dele gates and the selection of delegates to the annual conference to be held in Johnstown September 6. Following nre the delegates chpsen: J. F, Moore, Pittsburg: Mrs. S. D. Williams, Franklin, and H. P. Derrett, Johnstown. A resolution indorsing Howard Jones, of Allegheny City, for a scholarship in Liyjpgstpn College, Salisbury, jf. C , was unanimously adopted, us was a resolution dividing the Conference into two districts, andpiovldingfoi two presiding elders. The pastors of the seyerql churches piade reports as tp the financial condition of their several congregations and the amount of collectipns for the past par as follows: Mission CUnrph, Allegheny City, $2,200; John Wesley Church, Pittsburg, $3,200; Third CUniCll, Pittsburg, Rev. J. F, Writt, of Pittsburg, reported that plans aio pn foot for the property on l'enn avenue and Thirty-first nreet, at a cost oi $3,000. Snow den's Chapel of Fi anklln reported that 1,200 had been laisea and the membership increased 32 during the past year, Otliel c)m olios nmde excellent re. ports showing their congregations to be in excellent condition, with incieasing mem bership. It was shown that new parsonages had been built n Pittsburg and Franklin, the foiinpr costing $3,000 ana the latter $ J,500. Npw CastlQ reported having a new church ip readiness foi dedication, while Johnstpwn has raised $1,000 fpi the erection of a qevy church edifice Revs. Jehu HolUday, G. Vf. Clinton and Delegate B. F. Tyler were ap pointed pn a committee to wpfcotno tjie del egates from all States and countries at tlq General Conference wiieh meets in Pitts burg in May, 18UJ. SABBATH 0BSEBVANCE. A Ilig Meeting at Cjmutauijua Jn fhe Inter est of tho National Union. rf FECIAL TELEOBAM TO THE PJSPATCII.I GHAtrrAUQDA, N. 1, Aug. 9. This was by far the hottest day Chautauqua has bad jet. The only copifp! table people were tho dress reform ladles, w)io, with only fpur pieces pf apparel, their sole stock in drpss, managed to keep very cool. The new moyonient by t(ie way has attracted the w idpst attention, and several of the leading magazines have sent representatives here to examine into it. Mrs. Fnvnk Stuart Parker, the lejidei, len eg heie early to-monow morning for Canadian soil, and sjie hopes tabling about leclprocity in dress, if not ip trade. It is more than llkply that the Chaut "mqua management will erect a new amphitheater, or extend the old oneby next jear in order to accommodate tle multitudes that come here. Over $73,(100 woith of new buildings weie put up last jear, and the indication are that thp com ing jepr will witness still mpro activity in bupdlng operations. At T,S0 v. m, , mooting was hold in tbe In terest of the Ameiicap Sqbbltl) Union, with addresses by Dr. J. H. Know las and Dr. Tay lor, of Now Y'mk. Tim Union is thu only national association in this country foi the preservation ot the American Sabbath, or Lojd's Day, as a daj (it lest and worship. The New Yoik office alone has received fdr transmission to the Woild's Columbian Com mission over SOU petitions and memorials against opening the World's Fair on Sun days. The sermon to-day was prcaohed by tho Rev. Dr. McArthqr before a large audi ence, The giejt ehojr, under J)r. H. R. Palmei, lendeicd some very fine anthems. HEB0 OF TWO -WARS An 85-years-Old-Te ern tyjio Wants to " Live a Century, Detroit Free Presi.f Thu hero pf two w rs, a man who has plai ed his full part In making history, a vet eran who has lived bis 8j ears and is still well preserved, lis General Jtclteynplds. of Grand Rapids, no was a prpmlnont onng lawyer and politician pf Detroit in the days, of General Cass. It was ip this city that he raised his, company of dragoons for the Mpx ean war, and be wa called by the Picsldent to the command of the first Lincoln Cav aliy.wbipli was raised in New York. Hound tho late General Phil Kearney ware both wounded at the battle o.f Gheiubusoo, and General Mclteynplds has among h(s war relics at hpme tho eight-ounce ball which stiitplchlm. No one can tell moie graphic ally than ho of how Urnci-al Keailioy, who had lost Ills arm m Mexico, filially lost his ljlo in the V at of tho Rebellion He had charged closet to the rebel llpp tlijin he h,jd ipeaut to go, and wheuoideied to sin lender whiiled his horse to escape, but was shot lrom his saddle. General McKovnolds held an informal ie- ceptionat the Russell House vostmdaj, and be couldn't tell stones enough tp plcuse the boys. "rm85 jears old," he said, "and ox ppot toliveatlf,iStl5venrs. more. My hope Is to help inaugurate giov pand and to take a hand in whipping England, if jt becomes necessary to do so ,r 'the Gcnpral still con ducts bulnvv business, argups casts befoie thehuprome Court and thoroughly cpjpys tliooldagoof aljte welpeiit, r r A HACnELpil' KKTRPSPEOT, A Killed CPld PI tll fountiln. stood, And from his arrow's tip Jct anil spray Fell tinkling, all Hie dreamy summer day, Close by Hio dragon with the throat oflilooi), It chanced that Evelyn apd I lal come, Aur a devious walk beneath the trees. To the cool liaslu, rippled bj tlie breeze. There we est down, aud for a while wep dum.b. At length fa(r Evelrn stretched forth her hand, Like istful child, and bared her snow y arm, And caught the dropj among her lingers warm, Pleased with the sparkling upray and coiilncsj. bland. Then, suddenly, with, laughter p htr eyes, She turned and shpwered me with s Uny mist, Th it some !nr-sl)PHtltg rai of sunlight kjt Into a, little bow uf puradhe. Dpwn dropped tlie Uhes ou ler Ipvely cluck, And In a moment I h4 uttered al bjle wimple-wimple went tlie water's ti And emed to glvfl me silver uprds. tn speak. P Cupid ! blest (lilne arrow and thnt d, Tl(e rlMlmiv mht, 1 ETOlvn's. malilaf sweet The drugop. wHh, bit elawed and pointed, feet Bat, most pf all, the Hltle murmured Nay I ' Paul Partner, in Puck. THE CAPITAL'S DANGER. Negroes, Believing It to Ue the Headquar ters of Freedom, Are Slaking "it ashlng tona Bondezvpus A Growing Popula tion In idleness 4. Heincdy. FROM A STAFF COHBESPOIDEVr.J Washiuoto-, Aug. a ir Washington Is to be the model city pf thp country and ot tue world to which all Americans and all re publicans will point with prldo the govern ing powots wilj at no distant day be forced tp wrestle with a problem which every year assumes aspects more difficult and sinister. I have not tho exact figures at hand, but I knqw the last census shows that tho colpicd pepplo pf tho District number in theneigh bprhood of 70,000, or fully one-third of the population of the District. The proportion of the black element is enlarging every year. Their death ratio is far abpve that of the whites, but the ratio pf births is equally larger, and the mass is constantly boing re crqjtpd from the millions of the adjacont Squth who nrp naturally fpnd pf immigrat ing to new scenes and whose condition only in rare instnnces is so fortunate ps to make it net quite possible that any change wpuld be for the worso. Morpoypr, t(io negroes have a cpnvictlpn that the headquarters pf their freedom and independence are in Washington, the placo from which emanated the proclamation of Lincoln, whom they almcst worship nsa God. They believe that the Government mpst in some way take care of them, if they cap but penetrate tq the seatof government, and so the influx pf blppks is ponstantly larger in proportion than tbs accession of wblfei. With tbe growth of the city this tendency will have an increasing impetus, nnd the country may look forward to the spectacle pf a quarter or a half a century hence, when thp population of thq national capital, then approapping half a million, will present a majprlty composed pf persons of the negro race. Some of the Dangers. In the main they are a yery undesirable population, as the ignorant and depraved of any race must be. They are clannish, and therefore tbe more dangeious. In any con test that affected their well being they would stick together at the behest uf the worst of demagogues, and no kindness npr ptiength and clearness nf reasoning en the part pf the hites could convinoe them that thp latter are not their bitter and eternal foes, In such circumstances to present the district with that mucb-cruved boon, self government and general suffrage wonld be to surrender the control of affairs to a Vicious mob, whiph wpuld have its white political contingent no better ip moral at tributes tlnin itself. The best that can lie said pf them is that they are making some progress. There are more skilled workmen among them than formerly, and there are more "professional" men, after some sort: hut in so far as I have been able to acquaint myself vv itli them tho doctors and the lawyers and the expounders of tbe "gospel" are about as fit for their positions qs though tbey had been but novy Imposed from the wilds pf Guinea. Barbers, pf course, they, are many, and from these tho scale descends rapidly through the gamut of house servants, waiters, coachmen, ostlers, hod carriers, with very few in the trades, to the great mass, which is made up of common laborers, washwomen and the thousands who Hvp by "chorlpg round," without anything that can be called legnlar emnlovment from end to end of the vear. Ninety'Ulne of every hundred are constantly uncertain of their livelihood. Enforced idle peps makes Idleness almpst a noimal con dttloa, a thing to be desired, nnd a oouse- auencq is a growing laziness that becomes a lsease, anq a determination not to work nntil compelled to do so by starvation. Petty thieving becomes a general practice, and court sentences that seem to bo out. nigepuB have but little effect to deter tho thjeyes. Idleness and Ignorance. Virtue Is a term without a meaning to the mass of them. The Jail and the workhouse are constantly crowded, andhundieds who ought to be there roam the streets partly because thev succeed in keeping out of the law. and partly because there is no place for them. Ont ip tq suburbs at any time, and in the open spaces of the wilderness of the Flats, hundreds pf voung men may be seen playing at ball qr shooting cian; growing up in idleness and utter Ignorance, candidates foi the erimiual dock, who are ceitaiu to get there. Being supei lor in numbers, thev make the game which attracts not only their own color, but numerous boys of the low class of whites, who mingle with them, and together thqy fpnn nn attraction for the boys of the better classes of both colors, who look: on theiv reckless freedom as a thing to he sought for and imitated; and so immeasurable harm Is done to the generation which follows and should be an improvement of the elders of the present, but which bids fair to show nn increase instead Pf a reduction pf the bulk of prime. The worst of the whole muttqr s that no one seems to bo alarmed about it or interested in it. Which is the worst criminal, the ignorant pne who Is depraved by reason of his Igno rance and the common war made upon him by tbe ' respectable class," or the educated one. livlnir in comfort, exnloitinc his if no- rant lellow for his own profit, and never in quiring what may be done to save society? Surrounded by this degradation and de pravity, streets and allejs reeking With fonl poisons generated by the pnolean lives of the inhabitants, vulgarity and vice of every kind rampant, our so-called statesmen come bee every year, and economists, social philosophers and philanthropists are with qs always, and apparently thev all like It and seem to think It ordained of God, for not a word is ever heard to su?gest tho least concern in the question of lidding tho at mospheie of this pest of myriads of tbe Iph;. Fpsy to Remedy the Evil, It would seem reasonable that where the best statesmanship of the country concen trates, and wheie it has absolute control of a small area for the trial of a moral and social experiment, soqie Intimation of a desire to do so should mnmfcst itself: but not p whisper Is beard oq the subject. If the conditions nie condemned Jt is without any feeling that the statesmanship and the moral sense of thecountiy aro responsible. The solution is so easy in so far as the District is concerned that It is astounding soma attempt is npt made toward the rem edy. In Viiginia and Maryland, adjpeent to the city, thousunds ofuc.es of land now nn cultivatcd.but capable of a vast production, can bo bought foi almost nothing. A few thousand aeies acquii ed by the Gnyei nnient Would be sufficient foi the maintenance of the mass of blacks and the lesser number of whites who aie. In their present condition, n buidento themselves nnd a blight on the community. Wore these transplanted hy suggestion or foieo to till tho soli, under piopei ctmtiol tmd direction, they would soon be transformed into a happy and com lei table people. Living in a pure atmos phere, with an pssurancp of the comforts of llfpandietuin for a fair amount of viork, and under firm and intelligent guidance, they would, by mere foi ce of envfionment, jcurn to despise the filth and ugliness of IJicir formei llv es. Factories could he built in time, and the community made alittlo vvoild by itself, scarpcly dependent fur any- tningou vuu wuim imisiuu. IV it th the new ideals in regard to society, new- experiments will be trici) veiy soon, apdt would s.ecm that thero is nq place so lavoiable for u beginning as heienf the na tional capital, and wiore thero js In pioccs ot rai'io grow th n vicious element alieadj- of tremendous power, a burden and blight in tha piesent and n menace to the futuie. E. W. L. A BQ0D TEST, The Result pf a Ten Months.' Trial pr JIc- Knley Pr'Pes, New York Press, The McKinley tariff law w ent into offeot ten months ago August 0. Thero weie pic dictions at the time by free trade and 3Iug- vyuiiip papois that stagnation pf business and trade would follow. The conspiracy against prosperity was begnu tu keep uffim- j prqvemont in huslnoM. In largo lines of . Vnnds m ir-t'fl welO raised W itlintlt l piismi tlm gpods piicisweioiiiistqwitliQUtietison, tho pxcusebeingglventlmttheincreasewasduo to tlp McKinley hill. It w.ns declared that no now industries wqpld snilugupju this count v and the old industries would not bo -..A..-., n,i.. .. ., , . biimuiiHju. " "" '"" "ave Plapocd since these predictions wero made jiavc utterly disproved eieh and qipiyrnp pf them. Trade ,ind commci ce hn e follow cd tlm even tenor oi men-courses. Thocouii try is gpiiepill prosperous. The commodi ties, oil winch puces wore raised fpriuilitic.il effect can npuiiy nil bu purchased at lovvrr -prices tha,t belom the MpKmlev bil wont Into force. New industries are being es tablished, Old iitdiibtiU' nie flourishing. Tho only place where stagnation Is to bp found is H the. snePHlntivq circles of YU1 Street- Actual prices, po " jJcKJnlpy prices" gotten up for tho moment, pre demonstrating pi tho people that tho MclCmley liiil Un good piepo of nation ii legislation. Prices, of com modities on the w hple linvn declined, and taction. nnd tlieamtifvinif lea turn of it nil is 1 me pcopio i.n" m luison. his iuu to pro- thattne iieuuiciaHu pre.-., n,utn-r PjiSPllpd tiiiittliotoiceanigiiprucsof la?tiall weroMc- jwiliey nrivui. mwuui u w .1111 consistency dfny f lt tho present Jpw pitecs arpnlsa M,fi' kImIoi- uHftftk. inunnt tiim-wiih r,,,nuittai,.u njipey prices. A SENSATION PBQMISED. Boston Ladies Who Are o TfW Short Skirts In October, Bostoy, Aug. 9 A strpng Press Reform Club has been quietly launched in this Pity. Secrecy fqr the present was tbe word, but a the organization is made up exclusively pf wpmen, this part of tbe prograinmu w as, of pqurso, a failure. A reporter has learned that it is seri ously proposed by a number of Boston ladles to appear on thestreets the first rainy Satur day in October in a short skirt made np of waterproof cloth in dark pplors, reselling but an Inch or two below tbq knee, with heavy boots and long gaiters made from mnokintpsli cloth. If gaiters are not used, tnen mousquetaire or ordinary riding ooots wjllbeworn. The skirt will he kilted and hang beivy go as nof t be disarranged by tbe wind. A leefer Jacket orlong cloak will cover the upper part of the bodv. and under this a fancy silk skirt or ordinary dress waist will be worn. An ordinary fiat, or, better still, a tarpaulin sailor hat, will com plete what wlllcertoinly be a very novel costume. It has been decided to have no complete uniformity about the dress. In the matter of material the members of the club have been instructed to exercise their individual taste, making the toilet as attractiv e and be coming as possible. The menuiqrshlp of this dress reform club nas already leached'iW, and Includes school teachers, phjsicians, actresses, and mem bers of other prolessious. Discussions aro held as to tlje best means to bring about the muoh-needed change. All the members have pledged themselves to appear on the streets and in the stores of liostou in fact, wherc ever they are likely to attract attention In a dress which may become popular with WQmen In stormy w eathpr- AB0UT OLD 8H0ES. In France Children's Foot Wear Is Made Frpin Old Boots. Youth's Companion. 3 Few persons know what becomes of old shoes or the method in which they are utilized. A few of the more respectable eust-otf shoes are sometimes repaired and sold again for a nominal price to some per son who is not fastidious: but as a general rule they are put to other uses. In Franco children's shoes are cut from the larger pieces which are obtained bv ripping up old boots; but in this country as wqllnciibioad, tha practice now is to con vert the scraps into a leatner putp, which may be so treated as to produce a substitute for the real article, aheap and comparatively worthless, of cpuise. Of late the manufacture of an artificial leather wall covering, selling under a bigh sounding name, makes a market for all the worn out boots and shoes of the American people, so that in Its revised form the dis carded foot wear of the most wretched of earth's children may look down for years upon thp scenes of splendor sueh as the for lorn wearer saw not even in dreams. Thero are qther uses as well, including thq manufacture of buttons, combs, knife bundles nnd other articles which are jnter eiting, but pf which tbe public knnw little. Girrlngo makers, bpekblnders nnd picture frame makers consume this artificial leather to a certain extent for their ebeaper grades of wprk. PAH-BEPUBLIC C0J1OBESS. Frpposed Meeting or Delegates From Free Governments In Chicago in 1803, New Yoek, Aug. 9, It has occurred to many citizens nf this Republic that the Co lumbian jear, ISPS, would be a fitting pqca slon for the holding in tho United States pf a Pan-Ropublle Congress, to be oomposed qf delegates from the free governments of tha world, tiomthe peoples who are in syn pafhy with free goyemmept, and from such booial organizations among the various peo ples as have philanthropic and patriotic principles as the bottom motive of their or ganixatlon, to consider the Interest or frqe institutions and the best means of prpmot ing the same among the nations. Moved by this sentiment a committee of 300 American citizens has been organized for the purpose of instituting such a Fan Republic Congress, apd to take spqh pica, tires ps shall seem mQst likely to ingnietbs suocess of the eqterpi isc. The committee in an address Just issued, says: "We invite yon to participate in the festiv ities and Joy pf our Columbian year. We call to you from afar to visit ns by your rep resentatives duly appointed to ourFan-Re-publio Congress. We assure you that from Whateyei'clline and condition yourdelegates may come, they will be received by us as friends apd equals. We urge yon to hear and tp accept pur friendly call, to the end that society in the Old World and the Now may be lifted to a higher plane." t NOT A PABALLEL CASE. Cuba's Frotection Was Not Like tho Real American Article, New York Tribune.? The fiee trade press is striving to make the point (bat if Cuba be relieved from the buidens pf the protective system to the great advantage pf its people, the United States would be benefited in the same way, No, neighbors, that is flat. Xo comparison call be made between the United States and Cuba, for tho simple reason that the island has never been protected by the eqonomip system. Spain was protected, but not Cuba. The system was uuiociyrocal so far as the Island was concerned. Suppose, for example that the United States owned Hawaii and Samoa, nnd pi otected itself at the expense of the islands Suppose, moreover, that those Islands could sell their produce in Australia alone, and that by our system we compelled them to buy thousands of miles from the market where they sold, anl thnt the pur chasing power of their staple was dimin ished one-hair. That would be n parallel case. We would not be protecting, but squeezing and ruining the islands pud that has been the fute of Cuba. The island has been a dairy conducted in thq interest pf Spain. The milk Jw been sold in the United States, but fie feed ban bcon bought In Spain at double the cost, and the dairy business has not been protected in anyway. THE PEDDLEB'S ACBE. It Is Said to Have Been Bequeathed by a Trnieler, Spare Moments. This well known piece of ground nt Lam. belli, near Westminster Bridge the corner near the mill w as traditionally anid to have been bequeathed to the parish by a peddler upon tho condition til t his picture with that of his dog should he perpetually pre served in glass in one of the windows of the church, and in the south window of the middle ;iise of Lambeth Church such a. picture exists. It has, howev er, bepp sug gested, and with some piobabiity, that this portrait was intended ps a rebus on the name nf the benefvetor named Chapman. At Swatihama similar tradition exists, and in that cbqrch is a portrait of John Chapnmn, a benefactor, who is represented as a ped dler with Ins puck. Peddler's Acre, Lam beth, though mi called for hundreds of years, of in the old books as thu Church Hppe, or Hopjs. Rent wus received for theground fiom the vear 1504, and this rent gradually increased until it reached 1,SC0 a year. Under a i eoent decision or tho Hign Court of Justice the piotecds now p in aid pf the pool rates pf (he parish of Lambeth, EVANGELISTS ENCAMPED. Largo Crowds Flock to lljndmnn Whore Jtany Tents Have Been Flnced. rfil'ECI VI, TELXf.U VM TO THE DSP VTCII.J HvrDMA, Apg. 0 Thq fourteonth nnnnal Campmectuig pf the Evangelical Associa tion is now in progress. Excursion trains wile run to-da from all points on the Baltt moiciuul Oluoiiud Pennsylvania railroads within n udii or 50 miles, The borough of Hyndinan is crowded with strunaers to-day, Thr excursionists aie etin.ateu at about 6,0 0. .ni-r ucioin in me msuiry oi tne associa- turn has there been such a large attendance nnu ""Ch t1 piosperouseeison (n themau.ngu l"'l- " l" Hic-uuss ntircciions on Ulc, t groundx is the lecturer, Mrs. Di. Kiccber. recently from Japan, who has taken that c-uuutrv ,11 her text. JIucli nftlie , dlsoidcr mill drunkuiiiioss thnt pttendod iner absent llUMIl-l OMiM, IJ- -AUmsUli:S III 11119 II)ICU Il MuV. xiiecnm! muiiiing will con- thiuo for one week. Rev, T. Ilacu presiding elder m tills diftj let, preached this morning. DEATHS. HEBE AND ELSEWHEBE, James C. L-ipsley. James 0. Iip3ley, nf Uraddock, died yes tenhi) Et lib limne. lie waa a hmtber uf VV. I.. Lap-hr, pMHter of the hdzurThouumi wrork". He washiim Ip ItHdr'sliend Tn. law. H-tmsu-pirintciulctof rail mill at St. Louis and lis" at .inhu'tmvn. About Joje-irs ,ig he was gtrnck in the ij e nj a iiiei; n lncpu ( iir lypiind iiiuuiaieiy i -ui'ci! total blludntss. ail invalid. Of latu rears he has been Obitnary 'titca, C. I", J.. "UTt'lin. one ofthe hailing tonUfJ and finjurlcrs or Cohimbm, died ipstcrihr, Jli9, juwas born in Clinton, X,Y and nas in bus! n,atrtlea, i ew York City and lluffilo, jjolnfi to Hlr, Vr.. Ooiuiihu In IM1. lie bad been Identlnrd Hh the leading business cnlerprUos uf tb c((y and "lUiu weaitn). CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS. A railroad in the Argentine Bepublio has one stretch of Jll miles without a curve or bridge. On the Missouri Pacific road, 2M miles west of St. Louis, is Waterloo, and in the im mediate vicinity are Napoleon and Welling ton. , It Is related as a curious fact that Paris, wth a population of nearly 2,500,000 souls, bas less than 100 negroes within its limits. Statisticians say that the whole of Franca cannot muster a negro population exceed ing yo. In the museum of the Dead Letter Office at Washington, D. C,. there i a piece of parchment upon which is penned a copy of the Lord's prayer, written in 51 different languages. It is known that wasps' nests often take fire, supposed to be exusedby the chemical action of the wax upon the paper material of the nest itself. May this not account for many mvsterious fires in barns and out buildings? A house still standing at Cieopee,Was,f is reported to be 225 years old, and is proba bly tbe oldest building in tbe common wealth. It Is in a good state of preserva tion and its present owner has occupied it 67 years conUnupaaly. Australia, it would appear, has soma gigantic caterpillars. Mr. A. S. OrlJff. of 8Idney, mentions one moth larva, abundant during the summer mason, which is from 1 to 18 Inches lonir. Species are numerous which vary frpm 6 to 8 inches in length. Vergennes, Vt., is the third oldest eity in the United States, having been chartered In 1783. Ifartford and New Haven, Conn., wero chartered In 1781. Vergennes is proba bly the smallest and piost quiet city in the country, having a population of 1,773 and covprlng only 1,200 acres. -Jn big trees the new State of "Washing ton is quite rich, A Seattle paper mentions a fir in Snmaa which is 8 feet in diameter. Near Stan wood there is a cedar 17 feet in diameter 33 feet from the roots nnd 11 feet in diameter 11.! feet lrom the roots. Nooksack reports a fir 2 feqt in diameter. Ten species of North American birds arp put down by tho ornithologists as "miss ing." Of these, two the great auk and the Labradorduek are believed to have become extinct witbin tha nipmorv of living men. Perhaps representatives of the other eight wfl yet bo found. Most of them are very diminutive. A curious fish has been caught at At lantic City, N. J., struggling in the surf close to the sborp. It is about five feet long with bis fins, mpro like flippers, fore and aft, and an immense month armed w iti four rows of teeth. The body is flat, alter the order of the flonnder, and Its skin is brown and ns coarse as sand paper. It weighs 150 pounds. The most unhappy period of marriage, accrding tp French divorce statistics, is for the period extending from the fifth to thq tenth year. After that tho figures drop rap idly. Only 43 per cent of couples seek dlyorce between tho tenth and tweptleth, years of nnions, Only one pair in 100 seeks to cut the knot after the period of over SO and under 10 years. All Esquimaux are superstitious about death, and, although they hold festivities in memory of departed friends, they will usually carry a dying person to some aban doned nut, there to drag out his remaining days without food, medicine, water or at tendance After the death of a husband or a Wife, the survivor cuts the front hair short and fasts for 25 days. Miss Uattie J, Ghipps, who lives near Budd's Lake, N, J., has fashioned portions of hair from the bead of over 2 000 indlvidu sis Into a large wreath of over 1,000 flowers and leaves. This unique oddity is composed of hair of every shade and color known to the anthropologist. The young artist spent over a year in collecting the locks of hair before aqmmencing work on the wreath. The dog-catchers succeeded in getting a vholo fire engine company after, them in DeKaib avenue, Brooklyn, the other dny. Tbey managed to secure two fine dpgs which belong to Fire Company No. 1", and are kept in training to run to fires. A boy eaw tha act and gave the alarm, and the fire com pany turned out in full force in a ohnse Which ended in the rescnp of tho dogs from the wogon. A queer-looking animal, that might possibly be a young sea serpent, has been seen on the banks of a stream near Shields- vllle, Minn. It wus seen by only one man, and he got but an unsatisfactory look at it, luouununi uienujjvniiuj, nruei, lies EDI, clO-Q to it. He describes tbe "what is it" as being tha shape of a oigar, brown in color ana about 25 orSO feet long. It is alleged that a beast that answers this description was seen In the same neighborhood about three years ago. It has been claimed that the seeds taken from pneient Egyptian tombs are capable of growth, but proof of the claim is lacking. if lias peen uemonsiruteu, however, that aeeds of a very great age are capable of de velopment. Raspberries have been raised from seed taken from the stomach of a man who died during the time of the Emperor Hadrian, who reigned In the second eentury of pur era. Think pf it, a seed springing into new life arter lying dormant 18 cen turies! The average weight ot the brain of man bears a. definite relation to the climate In which he Hvos, a heavier brain weight being found in cold than in warm countries. In proportion to their stature the Lapps have tho largest heads in Europe, the Norwegians nOTt, thPP como the Swedes. Germans, Frenob npd Jtuliaps. In the Arab the head la found to be B'npllor than any of the above, wbllo In the Far North there c-tlsts a people eilled Chugatshes, whoso heads are remark ably largo, A curious and interesting calculation has been made by Prof. Rogers, of Washing ton, P, C, on the djnamic power of coal. According to thq professor, a single pound of good steam coal has within it dynamia power equivalent to the work of one man for one day. Tljreo tons of the same coil represent a man's labor for a period of 20 years, and one square mile of a seam of coal, having a depth of four feet only, represents as much work as one million (1,000,000) men can purfprm In 20 j ears. A, very pathetic story is attached to the death of 7-vepr-old Auiiio Kcefe, of Port Chester, N. T. She was ploying "follow the. leader," her pet dog being with her, and in sealing a picket fence she full forward on the pavement, her eurjy head striking the curb stone. A playmate ran to plak the little girl pp, when she opened her eyes. Seeing her pet dog beside her, slip raised herself np, and, puttlpg bar arms around Jits neck, said: 'On, JMok; goodby Dick; goodby old fel low." Then the little arms unclasped and tbe child fall back dead. Her skull had'been fractured. SIFTED mOM SIFTLNGS. Professor About this time John Hqss was bprned at Constance. Btudept Did he belong to a cremation society, rrofessor" Conductor (to two Israelites) What do you mean by giving one nickel for two fares? Israelite Don't sblljren pay half price, and don't ve va sbildrens uf Israel? Indignant Guest This fish smells. Poetls Walter b does tho rose. Miss Fanny That hideous nld Mr. Jones had the Impudence to propose to rao. 3Is Jennie Yon gave him te mitten Iss yanny No, I did not, Jqst to punlh him I accepted his offer, He la worth half a million, "Talroage is not doing much with his new church In Prooklyn." What niaKes yon think so? I heard he wu doing splendidly. Gqess not, I rend in the paper the other day that he sold his pews. Most be pretty hard up, I reckon- Gus Pe Smith Yon have yery large ears. Gllhooly Yes, my ears are large, AH I lack now to nn a perfect ass is your brain. A young lady watching a baseball game asked her escort: "Why does he call those halls Tonl?" "I don't know," he replied, pnles it Is because, they are flying oer the fence," Colonel Yergcr Sq you are hack from Saratoga aJrpadyT Judye Pettrby YcT ami whit do you suppose found the day after I got there? Yerger A pocketbook full of money. l'eterhr I found out that It cost a mint of money to stay tlie-e, o I came home on the next train, A poor man in the pursuit of Wealth espied a nimble Penny and a ploir Willllng by the roadside. The i'enay got aivay. hut hv spat on the glilUlni for Liir k aiih put 1 In his 1'octet. Moral Twelr pepnlcs are better than "' ' ' " Jfrg. Yeyger Johnny, what became of the herrlea Mrs. Peterby giteyoa for me yeiter pnrl pohnny-Ofqusef fhoy wepi ton soar roj yon, ma, 9 1 pot sugar on them and ate them myself. f t
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