ry WVS&FW. T1P!W,ilF??'Spww' r.-5 THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH, "WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 12. 189L 'WjeB$$rafoTj. ESTABLISHED FEBRUARY 8. 1S46. Vol. 4fi.Xo. lfi. latere at Pittsburg PostoScc, November It, 1SS7, as second-class matter. Business Office Corner SmithfielcW and Diamond Streets. News Rooms and Publishing Housed 78 and 80 Diamond Street, in New Dispatch Building. FASTER ADVERTISING- OFFICE, ROOM 21.1 TMBUNEBUILDIXG, NEW YORK, where com- riete tiles orTiic msr atch can aiwavs ne loiina. Vorcifcn advertisers appreciate the convenience. Home advertisers and friends orTIIE DISPATCH. v while in New York, are also made -welcome. TltB DIsrjTCHis recrularlyon. mXe at Brenlant's, S Union Souin Jfao York, and 17 Ave tie VOrxm. Port, TYance, tohere anyone tcho hat been disap- , potntraazn nocct newt taina canowain tr. TERMS OF TIIE DISPATCH. POSTAGE PREE IS THE UXITED STATES. Dailt Dispatch, One Year 8 CO DAILY DlsrATcn, PerQnarter. 200 D ult Dispatch, One Month 70 Daily DtsP'TCii, Including Sunday, I year.. 10 00 Daily Dispatch, Including Snndav, 3 m'ths. 2 50 Daily Disp tTCH. Including Snnday. 1 m'th.. SO FrDA IWspatch. One Year 2 50 Weekly DiSPATcn. One Year 1 25 The Dailt Disp vtcti is delivered by carriers at 15 cents per week, or. Including Sunday Edition, at SOceutsper week. F1TTSBUEG WEDNESDAY AUGUST 12 lSrl. GKEAT BRITAIN'S LOSS. The complaint of the London Times that tho action of the McKinley act irt de creasing the exports of manufactured articles from Great Britain has acted un fa'rorably to English trade, will not he re ceived in this country as evidence at all unfavorable to the practical effects of that act. To such an indictment of the legis lation in question the people of the United States can reply in Touchstone's phrase that there was no thought of serving British interests when the act was passed. Nevertheless there should be some weight given to the assertion of tho Times that this effectjs possibly larger at present than In the future. As The Dispatch has always said, it is still premature to draw from the statistics exact conclusions as to the effect of the bill The decrease in English exports at present is largely the reaction from the heavy rush of exports sent to this country in advance of the taking effect of the law. Until the sur plus brought into this country under that impetus is consumed the exact readjust ment of trade relations with foreign coun tries cannot bo stated from the figures. The latter half of this year's Imports and exports will be a more reliable guide than the first half; the first six months of next year will be more clearly indicative of the effect of the law than any period of this year. It may be well to await future statistics, therefore, before forming definite state ments of the changes in international trade from this enactment Even then the course of trade in iuture years may show that England will suffer as great losses of trade as a result of Secretary Blaine's establishment of reciprocal trade relations with the South American repub lics as from any alterations in the duties on goods brought from Great Britain to this country. The news that the McKin ley act is doing its duty meantime is cheer ing, to say the least TOO MUCH TO WASTE. If it be true that the last bids received "by the Government Board of Fortifications and Ordnance for furnishing a hundred high power guns for coast defense are at such figures that 52,000,000 can bo saved by making them at tho Watervllet arsenal, the wisdom of establishing that govern ment foundry is demonstrated. The asser tion made to that effect by the press, and especially by the opposition press, point very distinctly to the good results of the policy of maintaining a Government es tablishment as a check upon excessive prices which might be obtained through a combination of private bidders. Of course, if the figures are as alleged, the guns should be made at Watervliet. Other hundreds of thousands, if not a million, might have been saved if the foundry had been located in Pittsburg. But since political and army influences t-ettied it at that distance from the center of steel production, the guns must be made there. If the work is not to be done at the Government establishments when the private bids are excessive, then not only will the $2,000,000 that might be saved be wasted, but also the hundreds of thousands spent in putting the establish ment at Watervliet in condition to do just such work will be utterly thrown away. It is evident that the waste of between two and three million dollars cannot be afforded. The day when the United States can disregard such bagatelles as sums that arc counted by units of millions was ter minated with the adjournment of the Fifty-third Congress. CONSULAR SOCIOLOGY. The United Consul at Bordeaux is a scientific gent, as Truthful James would put it In the last installment of tho in teresting literature known as Consular re ports he leaves the dry and beaten track of statistics about trade and commerce and takes a bold plunge into the sociological problems of the French Republic Mr. Knowle-., the official referred rb, has turned his powerful intellect to "The Depopula tion of France," ?nd exemplifies the friend liness of tiie UnitedStates to the European Republic in having sent France a Consular representative who can tell her what to do about it. Our Consul prepares his ground by stat ing as an assured fact that the population of France is failing. The birthrate is falling off at the per centagc of C per cent in four years; and it requires only a mod erate exertion of the Consular mathematics to demonstrate that this percentage of retrogression will only require eighty years to put France in the unpleasant predicament of having no births at all. To prevent that obviously dis astrous climax Mr. Knowles inquires first into thecauseof thephenomenon. He finds that marriage is a difficult proceed ing in France entirely apart from the ex pensive results which follow that cere mony in nearly all civilized lands. After marriage the people are taxed on life and taxed on death. "There is a tax on ex istence in general," says the consul; and this leads to the profound conclusion that If the poorer people were relieved of taxa tion they could afford to raise more chil dren than they can now provide for. This brings Consul Knowles to the con clusion of indorsing M. Charpentier's plan of graduating taxation in proportion to the number of children in the family of the taxpayer. The father of seven chil dren Is to go free of taxation altogether; the man who can rejoice in hut six olive branches is to pay one-seventh of the tax, and so on down; while the account is to be lialanced by taxing tho bachelors, the persistent old bachelor being obliged to pay all the taxes of tho progenitor of the family of seven. The only thing necessary to complete this scheme.is the consistent proposition that the man who has ten or fifteen children should be endowed with a handsome rebate. This proposition meets-with unqualified consular approval; while"the theory of a rash sciolist of the academy that small-pox and other infantile diseases require public restraint is dismissed as worthy of slight attention. "Let the Governmentiput a premium Instead of a forfeit on births, make the marriage license more readily obtainable, stimulate celibates to matri mony and note the consequences." Thus our consul directs the French legislators as to their proper course in the premises. It will be seen that Mr. Kno-wles is car rying out with a somewhat. liberal con struction tho instructions of our govern ment to send information in the reports which will be useful to the American pub lic The decrease of births in the native classes is also a problem here; and when Counsel Knowles runs our legislaSon tho problem will be summarily disposed of by drawbacks to prolific married coupies, and a swinging tax on the persistent-bachelor. THE COMING METAL. The recent reduction of tho price of aluminum to fifty cents a pound is a long step toward a revolution in industrial mat ters more radical than the change wrought in the past twenty years by the cheapening of the cost of steeL The downward course of the cost of manufacturing aluminum has also been even more radical than the steady lessening of -the cost of steel manu facture. Ten years-ago alnminum cost ten dollars per pound. At that price it was too costly for wide industrial use. New processes reduced the cost first to five dol- "lars and then two dollars, at which figure It has remained until recently its price was "brought down to a dollar, anl finally to fifty cents. If the rednction to this level is perma nent it will make a remarkable change in many lines of manufacturing. Its low specific gravity, Its enormous tensile strength, its ductility and non-corrosive-ncssall conspire to make-it one of the most valuable forms of metal that require a combination of lightness and strength. At fifty cents per pound aluminum is as cheap as copper. This price will permit the large employment of aluminum bronzes, and the material improvement of many forms of iron manufacture by the introduction of a percentage of aluminum. It is not, of course, certain that the downward progress of the cost of this metal will cease at CO cents per pound. The presumption is that even if the cost of man ufacture is still susceptible of cheapening It will remain at that figure until the indus trial demand which can use it at that price is fully satisfied. But every downward movement makes an lmmcnso extension of its field. It needs but one or two more such reductions, for example, to make it available for use in steamers, which by means of the lightness and strength of the metal can make a great gain in carrying capacity without any enlargement of draft or dimensions. A similar field will be opened in the manufacture of railway lo comotives and light engines. Iu short if the downward movement in the.cost of the new metal continues there is no telling what departments of the metal industry may not be revolutionized. RAINS AND RAINMAKEBS. The Government rain making party has reached the arid region of Texas where it proposes to conduct its experiments. Be fore proceeding to steer the affrighted atmosphere into the production of rain it sends out a thoughtful warning to the country at large. The public is not to com mit Itself to the prevailing error that it is the explosion which shakes the rain out of the clouds. "The effective cause, " we are Informed, "is the sudden condensation of tho air from the reduction in its tempera ture." Considering that it may be wise to wait until the rain is produced by tho explosion before settling so dogmatically the chem istry of the process, this explanation is a little premature. But it is cast in the shade by the logic of the Baltimore Herald on tha same subject Our cotemporary includes within its view the efforts of the Govern ment experimentalists and the Canton crank. In connection with their efforts it notices for a few days there was rathertoo much rain; and on the convincing logic of the post hoc propter hoe, it leaps to the conclusion that they have brought it With the deductive faculty of an African tribe whose favorite rain doctors have worked their incantations within reason able time before a destructive flood or thunderstorm, Baltimore commentators propose "that the lion. Secretary of Agriculture shall break off 'said cranks close up, so that they can no longer turn. Crops in the Fertile East, in the teeming Mississippi Valley, and In tho regions be yond have been imperiled, presumably in the interests of science, and it is time to bring these unseemly experiments to a close." As a tribute to the power of the rain doctors this beats the warning already re ferred to. Such faith in the power of the rain makers over the clouds and winds is instructive although we should hope, rather uncommon. COMPTROLLER AND EXAMINER. When Bank Examiner Drew, of Philadel phia, was removed, as a result of the Key stone Bank disclosurcs.it was evident he was selected as a scape-goat The evidence is doubly clinched by a letter Mr. Drew has written to the Secretary of tho Treasury concerning the matter. The reason assigned for Mr. Drew's dis missal was that he omitted In a prelimin ary report of the condition of the Key stone to include among its liabilities the issue of a largo amount of Clearing House certificates. Mr. Drew in his letter shows, first, that the Comptroller had information of the issue of these certificates before that report; second, that the exact inform ation was furnished in reports subsequent thereto; and, third, that with tho knowl edge of the unintentional omission, fur nished shortly after, the Comptroller did not until some months after, when the dis closures were becoming uncomfortable, discover it was a reason for Mr. Drew's removal. On the contrary the Examiner was left in charge of the Keystone from January to June, with repeated expres sions of confidence in his integrity and judgment The inference is just as fatal to the Comptroller in this case as in regard to that charge that Mr. Drew ommltted to In form him of the Lucas shortages for some weeks after he discovered them. The Ex aminer claims the information was for warded at once. But in both cases, if the Comptroller's statements are correct, he is convicted of Incompetency or worse. If Drew withheld information of importance he should have been removed as soon as the fact was discovered. But the Comp troller by his own statement left him in charge of the banks for months after the discovery of the ommissions. It is by no means certain that Mr. Drew's statement vindicates him from the charge tbat he acted improperly in the Keystone Bank matter. But it is quite clearly demonstrated that if the Examiner deserved dismissal the Comptroller is de cidedly eligible for the same fate. There is instruction and satisfaction in in the information tbat it has become neces sary for General B, A. Alger to organize an exploring party to hunt for his lost boom. The boom wouldinotbe worth bunting if it were not for tho suspicion that some of his boodle has disappeared -with It. Among the interesting discoveries made in tho lassitude of the dog-days Is that of a wild Western paper which spreads out the nistory of an ancient citizen who has reached the ripe age of 15a This man was born in Loudon county, Ya., in 1713, accord ing to the statement. Ho saw George Wash ington "when they brought back the dead body of Gen. Braddook from his defeat." The fact that Braddock's body was not brought back from his defeat, but was in terred in the Fayette county mountains, presents a slight difficulty; but it is nothing to thewe which follow. The familyBIble.it is said, gives tho date of the aged citizen's birth ns 1732, .but at that time he was driving an ox team in General Braddook's army. Tho fact that he was an army teamster at the tender ago-of ten years, according to the revised dates, is sufficiently remarkable, re inforced as it is by the statement that he has in his possession "a discharge receipt from Braddock's army as driver." But it is further complicated by the fact thnt Brad dock's army was not in existence inl752,tbat General having landed in America in 1753. Our Denver cotemporary's aged citizen is a very remarkable person if he Is half as re markable as his chronology. The declaration at the Chautauqua dress reform meeting that "corsets have filled more graves than whisky" wn9 donbtless correct. But it failed to noto the parallelism between the two agents of destruction In the injury tho victims of both suffer by gettingtoo tight. TnAT reported offer by Balmaceda of 4,000,000 for the Esmeralda leads to a sugges tion by the Philadelphia Ledger that it would be a good.enterpriso for private builders to keep a stock of ready made war vessels on band. Tho conservative Ledger should have said that the business might be profitable under the following contingencies: First, that there shall be a war somewhere in which one of tho combatants is in urgent need of war-vessels; second, that tho needy combatant shall have ready money to pay for the vessel; and, third, that tho neutrality laws shall not forbid the delivery of tho vessel to a combatant. Ab these conditions are difficult of realization, it is probable that naval constructors will adhere to their pres ent practice of building vessels only when they hare contracts for them. THE report tbat a kindling wood com bination is organized in Xew York indicates that the trust spirit bears in mind tho classic motto, and in time of scorching heot prepares to squeeze a long suffering public in cold weather. The difficulty experienced by our es teemed cotemporary. Minister Charles Emory Smith, in beading off the Pennsylva nia Blaine boom, is illustrated by tho fact that his last effort is simply a plea for post ponement. "Don't be in such a hurry," writes Mr. Smith. "Why precipitate an Issue which properly belongs to noxt MayT" Give us time and perhaps in tho next nine months we may produce a Harrison boom from same mysterious quarter. Mr. Smith's effort is earnest, but It is gradually simmer ing down to small proportions. So that Tilden suit is not to be com promised after all. Tho heirs wero willing, but the lawyers saw too much income in the suit to let their vested rights bo encroached upon by a settlement. The Greathead tunnel in London was built as an-experiment, being tho first un derground railway to be operated by elec tricity. The results have been more than successful, and have demonstrated that for local underground transit electricity is the ideal motor. The results of the experiment indicate what will be tho complete solution of the transit problenvin cities of such pop ulation as to make tho surface lines inade quate. The boom of Senator Gorman for Presi dent conjures up the pleasing picture to the spoilsmen of Colonel Eugene Higgins in charge of the Civil Service Commission. The statement from the San Luis Bey region, San Diego county. Cat, that a settlement of Mission Indians, whoso ancestors have cultivated the lands on which they lived for over a century, nre now to be driven from their homos, shows that tho robbery which Helen Hunt told so forcibly in "Ramona" is going on, and will continue so long as tho Indians have any. land which tho white pooplo want. If our pleasant friend, Cool "Wave, would return to the city ho would enjoy the great est boom on record. TnE horror of numerous esteemed cotem poraries over the fact that some of tho Bos ton dross reformers are going to adopt a street costume with short skirts, consorts ill with the recent vigorous demonstrations by tho same class that the stage and bathing costumes with even shorter skirts are en tirely modest and becoming. The Chautauqua ladies are still on their dress reform crusade. When men want to fight a good battle they make a still hunt, but the ladies seem bent on a noisy cam paign, and the result is liablo to be an ex ploded theory. , Tariff Pictures. From tlic N York Press. The "doubler" in the English sheet iron mills, where they make, black sheets for tin plate, receives 81 03 per day. NAMES WHICH OFTEN APPEAB. Dr. Gray, the Afghan Ameer's physi cian.reports that 40 feet of snow fell at Cabul last whiter. Miss Susak M. Duncklee, of Newton, Mass, tho only woman treasurer of a bank In that State, has resigned after 17 years of brilliant success, and not a trip to Canada during the whole period. Sakdou's first comedy was a failure. He was a youth of 23 when ho made his first venture into a field in which ho aftsrward became famous, and was at that timo a teacher of mathematics. TnE Government is going to experiment with an electric log which has been patented. Rear Admiral Walker has been directed to appoint a board of officers and have cithor the Vesuvius or the Cushtng used for tho purpose. It is proposed to honor the memory of the late Joseph Leidy, the naturalist, by es tablishing a chair of anatomy at tho Uni versity of Pennsylvania, where he taught for many years. A fund of $50,000 for a Leidy memorial museum may also be raised. As old Australian, who is in St. Louis, says that the thrilling stories about tho boomerang are the purest fiction. The weapon is merely the native's tomahawk, and it is no more dangerous than a combined club and hatchet would be in any skilled hands. , The weary mass of MS. left by Victor Hugo there were over 3,000 pages of it has been edited and the last volume, "0cean," is now with the printers. Theso late? volumes do not seem to have aroused any enthusiasm anywhere. His correspondence, dating back to 1820, has now to be edited. Clara Barton, so widely known for her labors in extending the Red Cross Society and tho Women's Relief Corps, is said to bo the first person to decorate the soldiers' graves as a patriotic rat'bor than a personal act of homage, and is the only woman who ever sat in the Swiss National Council; no other woman ever received, as she did from the old Kaiser 'William, the Iron cross of Prussia, per day. In Pittsburg; tho donbler gets S3 88 i it Tail i li v -rtftmlKnTMlllmaMmirxWmf't iPr r 'Ti imiiTMiWTiiiMilil I miKmrrmtmMSiXrmX .iiM.fc'JZMSK3k.wK.MiltMnsitaj'iifi THE LATEST BEAR STORY. A Kentucky Woman's Flnek When Pur sued by Bruin She Stripped Herself of Clothing to Amuse tho Brute Escaped After a Two Mile Chase. America, Kt., Ang. It Miss Callle McGee, of this place, bad an experience a few days ago that she will not forget and In which she showed rare courage and presence of mind In the face of tho greatest danger. America is a small hamlet situated in Lee county, in the wilds of Eastern Kentucky, and consists of two dwelling houses, a coun try store and a postofflco. For tbe past month Miss Callie has been teaching school In the "Bear Creek" district, which lies on the waters of Bear creek. In going to and returning from school each week she is obliged to passoverBear Wallow mountain so called by the early sottlers on account of the great number of bears that formerly made it a resting place In their inigra lions from the Chimney mountains to tho Cumberland. For several years past, however, no bears have been seen, and the inhabitants have long ceased to apprehend any danger from these animals. Last Satur day Miss Callle started for her home for the purpose of passing the Sabbath with her mother. She was accompanied by her little niece, who is only 3 years old. Tiie road be tween. Bear Creek Valley and America is lonely even for a mountain road, and from the base of the mountain on the one side to the foot on the other a distance of three miles there are no signs of human habita tion. While slowly climbing the mountain, on the further side from this place, the child crauipieaupon a snarp tuorn, anu, cnuu-UKe, sho screamed in her agony. Rruin Appears on the Scene. While Miss Callie was trying to pacify her sho was suddenly startled by a rustling of tho bushes at one side of the road, and upon looking around discovered a large black bear stepping slowl and cautiously Into the road about 0 yards in her rear. For a moment Miss McGee stood gazing at the bear, too terrified to seek safety. Then, catching up the child In her arms, she fled rapidly np tho steep mountain side. Casting a terrified glanco backward over her shoul der, she was nppalled to seo the bear break into a lumbering gnllopand start in pursuit. Tho child, frightened at the unusual actions ot her aunt, was screaming nt the top of its voice, and tho bear apparently redoubled his efforts to catch them. Panting and gasp ing for breatn, she at length reached the top of the mountain almost exhausted, and upon looking back discovered the bear still in pursuit and rapidly decreasing tho distance between them, being now scarcely 20 yards behind her. Occasionally the bear gave an angry Bnort, as if enraged at being balked of hislntcnded prey, nis hcavy.labored breath ing was now distinctly nudiDie to ner car, and sho realized that her strength was failing, and that it was impossible for her to con tinue her present pace much longer. Clasn ing the ehdd still more closely to herbosom, she made one more desperate effort to out foot her pursuer. While continuing her flight the child's hat, with its gay ribbons and flowers, became accidentally disar ranged and fell to the ground. Aftor run ning 100 yards or more Miss McGee ventured to look back once more, and her relief may bo imagined when she saw the bear biting and tearing at tho hat lying on the road. How She Fooled the Rear. Miss McGee said that at sight of this she instantly recovered presence of mind, and coolly began to calculate on her chances for escape and her best method of procedure. She knew that tho nearest house in which she could seek safety was still nearly 2J miles distant, and the chances of meeting anyone able to assist her on that lonely mountain road were very few. Sho knew that sho could not keep up her present rate of speed much longer, so sho moderated her gait, although she still made good tlmo. She had gained perhaps 200 yards on the bear, when upon looking around sho dis covered him again starting in pursuit, hav ing succeeded in demolishing the hat. Sho now rapidly proceeded to divest the child of its sacquo and threw it down in the road. Upon reaching tho spot in the road where the garment wnslying tho bear again stopped and proceeded to destroy it before continu ing his pursuit. Miss McGee made good uso of the time lost by tho boar, and when he again started In pursuit sho was a good dis tance ahead. As he again ncared her she threw the child's dress down into tho road, and again the attention of tho 'bear was at tracted and a few precious moments gained. She continued this method. Coolly wniting each tlmo until the bear had nearly over taken her, then dropping some artlclo of wearing apparel Into the road, nntil tho child wns entirely divested of clothing, then, she began upon herself. She was already within less than a mile of a dwelling and began to feel confident or her ability to delay tho animal nntil sho reached it. Ended by Shooting tho Brute. Her gloves were first sacrificed, nnd gained a few moments' respite from pursuit. Her hat went next, then basquo, and last of all her dress skirt. The latter succeeded in holding the attention of the bear until she reached tho house of Mr. John Millor and was once more in safety, although almost destitute of clothing. The bear, attracted by the squealing of soma pigs in a pen near the road, made no effort to effect an entrance into the house, but left the road and went to the pen for tho purpose of procuring a pork dinner. Mr. Miller was not at homo, and the bear's chances for securing a young porker seemed to be good, when Miss McGee took down a Winchester that was above the door, and, dcsplto tho entreaties of Mrs. Miller, the plucky teaohcr proceeded to the pen. As the bear saw her approaching ho reared upon his hind legs and stood ready for fight. Miss Callle quickly brought her rifle into po sition and fired, the ball passing through the animal's heart, and he fell dead. Flo provod to be a "whopper," and tipped tho beam at 297 pounds. Miss McGee is naturally somewhat proud of hor achievement, and all hero in the mountains arc proud of hor, and are talking of presenting her with a rifle as a slight token of appreciation of tho coolness and courage she displayed under circum stances which were suthcicnt to shako tho nerves of the boldest of men. MILLIONS OF H0SQTJTT0S. They Advance Upon Long Island and are Devouring People Alive. rSPECIAI. TELEGRAM to toe dispatcti.j New York, Aug. 1L On Long Island tho suffering caused by the hot wnve has been intensified by a veritable plague of mos- qultos. These venomous little pests made their appearanco on Sunday evening. They seem to have been hatched bvtho thousands of millions In the salt marshos which run up along tho Southern coast. Having whetted their appetite upon the holiday makers nt Hockaway, Long Beach, and other places In that direction, they advanced inland nnd descended in clouds upon Flatbush, Jamaica, and tho whole Tegion on the outskirts of Prospcot ParK. -Their descent was as sud den as it was nnoxpectcd. The air in an instant was thick with them and all persons on the streets were driven Indoors. Tho oldest inhabitants declared that they had nover experienced anything of tho kind before nnd wondered what thev had done to be so aflllcted. Tho vanguard of the mosquito army reached the Southern districts ot Brooklyn, but tho main body nppears to be stationary, and everybody outsido of Flatbush is porfectly willing that it should remain there. Flatbush, It mav be added, is a populous place and is able to pro vide succulent pasture for several days. At tho expiration of that poriod Providence may send a north wind to drive the ensan gulnod invnders back to their natlye dens. A similar state of affairs is reported from Staten Island and various parts of New Jersey. WOES ON THE WOBLD'S FAIB. The Four Interested States Reject the Four Leaf Clover Building Plan. CnicAoo, Aug. 11. Work on the World's Fair buildings is being pushed rapidly for ward. The Woman's building will be ready for roofing by September 1. The terraces for the Fisheries building Is completed, and also the dredging of tho lagoon. The canal is practically finished and the central basin Is well under way. The preliminary work on the Naval Exhibit Is also progressing satis factorily, and 5,870 feet of railway track have been laid daring the week. The foundation of tho Electrical Exhibit building is com menced. The Eastern steamship lines are subscrib ing for Exposition stock freely. Some time ago an attempt was made to have the States of Wisconsin, Ohio, Indiana and Michigan consolidate their exhibits under one roof. Architects drew plans for n structure which took the shape ot a four-leafed clover, and each one of the States was to be assumed a leaf. Representatives of the State World's Fair Commissions of the States named met here this morning to consider the matter, but quickly decided against the plan. COMPLAINTS OF THE FAEMEES, Chautauqua Visitors Learn How They May ' Be Done Away With. SPECIAJ, TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH. Ciiautauq,ua, Aug. 11. The "Summer City" was treated to a little of everything to-day. A heavy rain storm changed the tempera ture, and the drowning of Dr. Moffett, of Cleveland, saddened the people. The prin cipal lecture of the day was delivered by Prof. Edward W. Bemts, of Vanderbilt Uni versity. His subject was: "Complaints of the Farmer and Wage Earner." 'Said the speaker, "the farmer complains chiefly of the fall in price of his products since 1870, which renders It difficult to pay off his mort gages and thinks the remedy would be a large increase of money in the form of free coinage of silver and more paper money. Now if an agreement of international l3i metalism could be effocted between this country. Germany, England and the Latin Union Free Coinage of Silver would be safe and desirable. Undoubtedly the world would be benefited by such an increase ot money irom year to year as wonia Keep gen eral prices from falling as they have during the past 20 years. But for us to increase our money, faster than at present, would first alarm the bank andloan agencies so that for awhile credit would be harder to get than now. The best means of helping the farmer through legislation consist In, first, reform of taxation so as to divide the burden of supporting the Government among all olasses of society according to ability to pay. This would involve progressive Inheritance and income taxes, and to some extent, rent taxes and the removal of almost all tho mortgages and personal property taxes; second, a vast improvement in the country roads: third, taxation of cities more than now, for tho support of a hotter grade of country schools, an expense not bo easily borne by tbe country as by the city, and a profitable expenditure for the city, since it Is fed with energetic population by tho rural districts and therefore is concerned in their elevation: fourth, restriction of tho immigration of cheap competing foreign farmers into this free western land and the refusal of our Government, for a while, to still further lower agricultural prices. IGN0BES HIS SONS-IN-LAW. A Queer Will Which Will Be the Subject of a Battle in Court. CSPECTAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCn. Roukdout, Aug. 11. As was expeoted, tho -will of tho late Millionaire Thomas Cornell has become a serious bone of contention. Mr. Cornell died a little- over a year ago, leaving an estate variously estimated at from $3,000,000 to $5,000,000. Tho phraseology of the will made it one of the most remark able documents of its kind ever recorded in this State, ne left his vast estate to the children of Samuel D. Coy Kendal), the President of tbe Cornell Steamboat Com pany, after providing for his widow, and to tallv ignored his sons-in-law' Robert I). Car penter, of Xew York, and S. I. Coy Kendall, of this city. Edwin Young has Just made an interme diate accounting as trustee of tho estate, covering a period of about a year. The matter has been np before Surrogate Car- fienter for the past two days. The nccount ng shows that $1,400,000 has been received and disbursed bv Trustee Youne dnrintr that .period. Counsellor Cardoza has filed a list of CO objections to the accounting. Mr. Car penter, who is managing his wife's interests, is convinced that the Coy Kendalls are being amply provided for In the management of the estate. Further hearing was set down for next Monday. JEFFEBSON ACADEMY AFFAIBS. The Board of Trustees of a Canonsburg In stitution nobis a Meeting. CSrECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH. Bripgeville, Pa., Aug. 1L The Board of Trustees ot Jefferson Academy, Canons burg, held a meeting here this afternoon at tho Norwood Hotel. There were present Colonel John Espy, Nevln Brown, .1. V. H. Cook, Q. L. Cockins and N. W. Shafer. The letter of acceptance of Rev. Dr. G. T. Turves was received. Tho doctor had been chosen at a previous mocting a member of the board, vice Dr. Martin, resigned. James Witherspoon, son of Rev. Dr. J. S. Wlther spoon, was elected Professor of Latin, Greek and Mathematics. GUHP0WDEE BEINGS BAIN. The Government Experiment in Texas Produces a Copious Shower. CnicAno, Aug. 11. Hon. C. B. Farwell to day received a telegram from Prof. Dyhreu feurth, In charge of tho rain-prodnclng ex periments provided for by the last Congress, now being conducted on the ranch of Nelson Morris, of this city, in Texas. The professor says that the first experi ment was mado yesterday, powder being ex ploded high in the air; that clouds soon after began to gather, and that it rained heavily thero to-day. DEATHS HEBE AND ELSEWHEEE. Henderson E. Dai Is. Henderson E. Davis died Monday at the home of his son-tn-law, Edwin A. Graff, 310 West ern avenue, AUephcny, after a stroke of paralysis. He was In his TCth year, and was born and raised on the Northslde. Judge Hugh Davis, Ills father, wj9 Biirjteas of Allegheny In 1R3 and 1S30, ami was United states Marshal or this district under Presi dent Monroe. Henderson Dark, was the youngest son and tho last survivinz member of the familr. son and tho iast surviving member of the famili blnce the death of his wife several years ago he has made his home with his daughter. He leaves an unmarried daughter, and ills onlrson, Hugh K., Is connected with the Standard Oil Company at Washington City. The deceased was at one time oneof the' cit)'s most wealthy residents, and was always foremost in movement calculated to promote-the city's interests. Mr. Da is was a mem ber of the. McCluro A enue Presbyterian Church. The funeral services will be held this afternoon, and the interment Is private. Charles Welling. Charles "Welling, for forty years the edi tor of the Jamaica Fanner, died In Jamaica Sunday night of heart failure. He was C6 years old and he learned the printing trade in the Pirmer office. He got control of the paper In 1851. In 1831 he was ap pointed Postmaster of Jamaica by Abraham Lin coln. He was removed by President Johnson. President Grant reappointed him Postmaster and he held the office nntil the election of Garfield. He leaves a widow and an adopted daughter. Major W. W. Cnrter. Major "W. "W. Carter, of Brazil, Ind., one of Indiana's politicians and lawyers, is dead, ne had been afflicted with brain trouble for over a vear. beveralmonthsagohegrew worse, and was taken to the asylum at Indianapolis. In 18BS Sir. Carter was a candidate for Congress against D. W. Voorhees and was beaten by a small majority. He was appointed Revenue Collector by President Arthur, which position he held for three years. John Mconcn. John Meenen, the well-known veterinary surgeon, died yesterday at his residence. No. 300 Forbca street. Fourteenth ward, ne was oneof Pittsburg's best and favorably known residents, having lived on Fifth avenue for the past 3) J ears. Mr. Meenen .will lie missed by a host of sincere friends, who will deeply feel his loss. Obituary Notes. Mrs. Sarah Trukblood. a famous English Quaker preacher, died at Indianapolis Monday, aged 74. Major E. II. Cook, one of the oldest and best known auctioneers In the Untied States, died In Richmond Monday. Mme. Dolly-Bilhaxt, a young French actress, who was prominent at the Paris Ambigu In 13S0, oieu in mat city recemij-. HUGH Cousins, aged 20, Secretary of the Young Men's Christian Association of Petersburg, Va., died Sunday or typhoid fever. Lonsdale Burt, one of the oldest members of the Sam Hague Minstrels, died In Liverpool re cently. He had twice visited tills country. Very Rev. Gilbert Elliott, D. D., the well known English churchman, is dead. He was born In 1800 and was appointed Dean of Bristol In 1830 and had held the office ever since. Dr. Robert Gifford died yesterday In Fredo nla, N. H., aged 63 He was a naval surgeon dur ing the late war, and was on board of the monitor Osage when It was blown npbya torpedo lnMo blleoay. William Armstrong, who, it Is claimed, was the oldest living Odd Fellow In the United States, died at his residence in Portland. Ore., jjestcrday morning, aged 89. He was Initiated Into the order at Buffalo In 1834. CircAiN- William II. Kelly, a noted com- 3ander In the whaling service, died recently at eraldsburg. Cal. He made many voyages In the l'aciflc and Arctic oceans, had been shipwrecked four times and had lost three ships. William II. Letchfobd, one of the wealthiest men of New Orleans, died Monday at the age of 73 years. For many years he was one of the largest wholesale drygoods merchants of that city. Three years ago he retired from business. His estate is estimated at ?1, 000,000. Dr. Henry Grant Keeper, a physician ana surgeon of high repute, and President of theloca Board or Pension Examiners, died. Tuesday, at Honesdale, Pa., aged 58 years. At the breaking out of the rebellion he entered the Union army as assistant surgeon, and served till the close of the war. Da. JotiJt J. Dement, of HuntsvlUe, Ala., died Monday morning at Lithla Springs, Ga., of Brlght's disease. In his 62d year. He was one of the most eminent physicians of Alabama. He was President of its assoclatloa'in lrond had been a member of the American Public Health Associa tion; as surgeon in the Confederate army he was Imprisoned In Camp Chase and Johnson's Island. OUR MAIL POUCH. Interesting Facts About Volcanoes. To the Editor of the Dispatch: I was talking with a party of friends re cently about volcanoes. We all thought there were not over SO In the world, and none of us could name more than half a dozen. 1 became deeply interested in the question, and took the first opportunity of looking it np. I was vory muchurprised to find that there are altogether 330 volcanoes in the world. Australia has no known vol canoes, but in North America there nre 20, In Central America 1 in South America 37, in Asia 24, in Africa 10. making a total of 113 on the continents, the remainder being In sular. As a rule, they are not Isolated, but are found in systems. One great chain, composing Vesuvius, .ffitna, Stromboll, Vul cauo and others, is found in the Mediter ranean. Another extends down the West African Coast. The two greatest systems form the Eastern and Western boundaries of the Pacific, tbe former extending along the Western coast or the Americas, tbe lat ter beginning in the peninsula of Kamt- cnatKa, where there are 12 close together, and extending down the coast of Asia and through tho South Pacific Islands to the Antartlo regions. East and west of this great chain extend two branohes, the first through the Navigator, Friendly and Eliza beth Islands, the second through Java, Sumatra, the Nlcobar and Andaman islands. almost to the coast or Bnrmah. The lending volcanic ranee compries not only the Kamtchatka and Japanese vol canoes, but four active vents In New Guinea, n number in New Britain, the Solo mon Islands nnd the New Hebrides, several in New Zealand and Mounts Erebus and Terror in the Antarotle zone. The Amer ican system comprises 31 active vents in the Aleutian Islands, several In Alaska and British Columbia and two or three in the United States. Throughout the Rocky Mountains there nre frequent evidences of volcanic action in comparatively recent times, and in the Andes hundreds of extinct volcanoes are found. The best-known volcanoes are not the highest. Vesuvius is but 3 973 feet abovo the sea: Hecla, 3.970; Strom hroll, 3,000, while Etna is 10,874. In contrast, with these aie Iabama, in Peru, 23,000 feet: Tlullalllac, in Chile, 21,000; Areqnipa, Peru. 20,600; Cayambi, Ecuador, 19.813; Cotopaxi, 19,800; Mount St. Ellas, 17,910: Popocatepetl, 17,884. Twenty four known volcanoes each exceed 10,000 feet In height. The isolated volcanoes, ap parently unconnected with any system, are those of Iceland, a group raid to exist in the heart of Siberia, a group mentioned as be ing located in China, and tho Sandwich Island group. I thought perhaps the above facts would Srove as Interesting to yonr readers as they id to me. F. F. W. PrrrsBcno, Aug. II. Crowns Not All Alike. To the Editor of The Dispatch: What Is the difference in tle State coronets worn by the various grades of the British nobility. P. L, W. Pitts bubo, Aug. 11. Tho crown of the English sovereign has two diadems at right angles, arched over the cap, and surmounted by a ball and cross. The crown of the Prince of Wales has bnt one diadem, while the coronet has a fleur-de-lis and four crosses in its circumference. The coronets of other princes consist of a velvet cap turned up with ermine nnd sur mounted by a gold ball, but having no dia dem. A duke's crown is a velvet cbj, the coronet being a Jeweled golden circle with eight strawberry leaves. The orowng of nobles of lower rank differ In trifling particu lars, chiefly in the number of leaves, pearls or Jewels employed in docorutlon. The Great and Wise Socrates. To the Editor or the Dispatch. Why wns Socrates called tho "wisest and greatest of mankind," and who was the author! Reader. Pittsburg, August 11. These exact words may have been applied to Socrates. The chances are, though, that there is an error either in tbe person or in the quotatatlon. Milton, in "Paradise Re gained," speaks of Socrates as the man Whom well inspired the oracle pronounced wisest of men. It may be that the questioner has the quo tation confounded in his mind with these lines from Pope's "Essay on Man": If parts allure thee think how Bacon shined. The wisest, brightest, meanest of mankind. Socrates has been considered the most powerful intelect among nil the philoso phers of antiquity except Aristotle. Laws on Naturalization. To the Editor ofThc Dispatch : Being desirous of becoming a citizen of tho United States, I would feel obliged If vou would oxplain the naturalization law. 1 have been in this conntry but one year, and am Just turn 20. Please inform mo if uny being under ago will be to my advan tage. Subscriber. Pitt8rurg, August 10. If a youth comes to this country alone when ho is 19 years of age ho can secure hi naturalization papers when ho reaches bis 21st year without waiting five years. If his father comes with him and is naturalized It Is not necessary for tho son to take out pa papers. Information for Possible Elopers. To the Editor of The Dispatch: Flciso inform me through The Dispatch at what ago a woman can secure a license to marrv in Ohio without consent of parents: uiauui U3t irKUim. 2, .iicavelek. Irwin, Pa., August 10. In both States a woman becomes of nge nt 18, and if a resident of tho State can se cure a license without her parents consent. If she goes from Pennsylvania or any other State where the limit Is fixed at 21 years, she must Teach that ago before a Hcenso can be secured. A Letter Will Bo Forwarded. To the Editor of the Dispatch: Pleasp stato through your valuablo paper if a letter addressed to the San Francisco postofflce officials bo mailed in Pittsburg with mi addressed cnvolope inside, will they forward snme to destination? F. Fox. Pittsburg, Ang. 10. The letter will be forwarded unless it be a schemo to send it around tho world, in which case it would be returned, as the pos tal authorities have decided against per mitting tho mails being used for that pur pose. It Is a Legal Tender. To tho Editor of Tho Dispatch: Is tho silver dollar legal tender for all debts, public and private, nnd for all amounts? What is meant by its demone tization in 1873? P. R. b. Braddock, August 10. The silver dollar has a legal tender capac ity unlimited as to amount and sort of debt. Its coinage was discontinued in 1873, but was renewed in 1878. That is, this coin was de monetized at tho earlier date and remone tlzcd at tho latter. When Several Famous Men Died. To the Editor of The Dispatch: What were tho dates of tho deaths of Johnson, Grant,Arthur, Tilden, Sovmour and Hancock? F. P. L. Allegheny, August 11. Johnson died July 31, 1873; Grant, July 23, 18S5; Arthur, November 18, 18SG; Tilden, August 4, 1S8C; Seymour, February 12, 1SSC, and Hancock, February 9, 1880. Tho First Is Correct, To the Editor of The Dispatch: Will you please stato which quotation is correct, "A looker-on in Venice," or "A looker-on in Vienna," us there Is a dispute on tho question. B. F. C. Elm Grove, W. Va., August 1L KNIGHTS OF AMEEICA. The Grand Lodge Finds the Order in a Good Financial Condition. CSPECIAL TELEGRAM TO TBE DISPATCH. Erie, Aug. 1L The Grand Legion of tho Select Knights of America met to-day, every legion in Pennsylvania and Ohio being rep resented. The election nnd installation of officers resnltod as follows: Grand Com mandor, J. M. Todd, Duquesne Legion No. 10; Grand Vice Commander, W. P. Atkinson, of Erie; Grand Lieutenant Commander, C. H. Near, Youngstown; Grand Recordor. Will iam J. Fawcctt, Pittsburg; Grand Treasurer, C. V. Leurs. of the VolkiUatt; G. S. B., G. M. Draher. Allegheny; G. 8. P., John Claple, New Castle: G. J. P., A. W. Drolllnger, Alle gheny: G. G-, W. F. Burdett, Pittsburg; G. M. E., Dr. L. D. Balliett, DuBots; G. Trustee, D. Zugsmith, Pittsburgh ,, The Finance Committee reports the order's financial affairs In excellent condi tion, and is now paying $1,000 beneficiary certificates. MUSIC AND MIRTH. The Firth Free Concert In the Allegheny , Parks, and Other Pleasures. This evening the fifth of the delightful free concerts In the Allegheny parks will bo given. It promises to be even more enjoy able than the former ones. The programme will consist of vocal and instrumental music of a light order. Through the kindness of the Knufmanna, the instrumental music has been provided. They have secured the Grand Army Band for this evening's con cert. The Ladles' Anxllltary Society of the Southside Hospital is making extensive preparations for a lawn letc to be given at tho beautiful residence of Mrs. J. McD. Bryor, on Mt. Oliver, next Tueodav evening. A unique entertainment by school children will be a pleasant feature of the occasion. The hospital is in great need of assistance, and the returns of tho lawn fete will bo added to the funtL, Mrs. Dutton, Past President of Ladles' Aid No. 20, S. of V., and chairlady ot the Grand Army Day Committee, requests the presence of all the members of Aids Noh. 2. 5, 21 and Star, to make final arrangements for serving the refreshments to the veterans and their friends on Tuesday, the 18tb,at Rocs Polut. Early In September the Epworth League of McKeosport District, Pittsburg Confer ence, M. E. Cbnrch, will meet in annual ses sion at West Newton. Preparations are be ing made to entertain nearly 100 guest by the people of West Newton. Social Chatter. THEFalrangh Social, of Allegheny, will hold a picnic at Windsor P.irk ou Saturday. The wedding of Miss Lena Reeg and Mr. Gnstave Lndwlg, of Allegheny, is to tnko place to-morrow evening. Allegheny Council No. 23, Daughters of Liberty, held Its third annual picnic at Windsor Park yesterday. The third annaal lawn fete of West Belle vue Council Jr. O. U. A. M. will take place at Windsor Park Thn sday, August 27. The first annual reception of the Violet Social Club is scheduled for Monday, Sep tembers;, at Masonic Hall, Allegheny. JOINED THE CH0ETJS. A Yonng Married Woman Leaves Her Home and Husband for the Stage. (FROM A STAFP CORRESPONUENT.J Washington, Aug. 11. In front of the chorns In tne opern of 'iAmorita," produced at the Grand Opera House this evening hy the Carletnn Opera Company, was a beauti ful blondo woman, a little stout, but charm ing and graceful, who appeared somewhat ill at ease in her scant bodice and pink trunks. To the old habituo of the front row she was plainly a tyro, and hor lack of pro fessional swing, ns well as hor evident nat ural arace and well-bred air, aroused much curiosity. After mnch inquiry the identity of tbe lady was discoveied, though her pres ence with the opera, company Is still a mys tery. Immediately previous to the depart tire of the compnny from Buffalo Inst week a lady drove up to thestage entrance of the theater in a carriage and asked to see 3Ian ager Strakosch. When admitted, she hastily explained thnt for good reasons she wanted to leave her home and launch her fortunes on the uncertain operatic ea. As sho was very attractive tho manager did not object if the lady could be utilized. Could she sing? Oh, ye-, very nicely. But when the trial came the voice was a trifle weak, and HerrStrako'ch wns forced to in form the n"pirant that if sho ueio given a place at all it must be in the chorns. Very well, sho would sing In the ctioru". Sho came on with the company nnd appeared to night. Of course hor nuuie was not on the bills. Just what name she will choose when She graduates from the chorus is not yet de cided. At preent, therefore, her only cog nomen is Mrs. John Cronln, wife of Dr. John Cronln, Jr., of Buffalo, whoo father, Dr. John Cronln, Sr., has been for long years one of the leading medical medical practi tioners and influential Catholic laymen In Western New York. Tho young doctor has been very successful in his practice and Mrs. Cronln has always apparently had all she conld wish for. What her reasons are for leaving home and husband to plav tho role of chorus girl is not known, but there nre signs that sho already regrets tho step and that sho may return home-very soon if her home is open to her. MAIL DELIVEBY IN THE COTJNIBY. now a North Carolina Family Experi mented With a Free Mall Route. Washington, Ang. 1. An interesting letter has been received by tho Postmaster Gen eral, describing certain free delivery ar rangements especially adapted to farming communities. They illustrate tbe practical value of recent efforts to extend this branch of tho postal servico, nnd show the increas ing demand for universal free delivery. A Northern family, which had always lived in sight of the postofficc, moved to North Caro lina about 15 years ago, and settled 6 miles from a railroad and three miles from a post offlce. Having obtained consent of the post master and mail carrier on that particular route to 13 miles, tins family and others who desired to enter into the arrangement erected posts for the reception and protec tion of mall mall bags, suitable for both collection nnd deliver-, and thus at a cost of $2 to each family, a dally delivery was estab lished, and nil mall, except registered let ters, promptly delivered. Each family had its own mail bag, prop erly inscribed, and enjoyed tho placing therein money for the procuring of stumps, money orders, postal cards, etc. Such was tho success of the system tbat families living on tho mall road sought to enjoy its advan tages by sharing the expense with their nearest post-route neighbors. As a natural result, moro newspapers, especially dallies, are taken on this route than all the other local routes in that part of tho State, nnd cltv shops that issued catalogues for circu lation iu the mails have had a largely in creased trade in that particular region. PEOPLE COMING AND GOING. Professor Sjogren, of Sweden, is at the Duquesne. Tho professor caino to America to attend tho International Congress of Geologists, which meets every five yenrs. The last meeting was held in London, when the French language was spoken. This year the English wili prevail. Most of the mem bers are teachers in technical schools. Chaplin McCabc was at the Union depot yesterday, bound for Scfo, O. Ho says tho government should protect American mis sionaries In China. The Methodist Church intends to raise $1,200,0:0 for missionary work this year. Mrs. AVilliam Fcrree. Mrs. Ilarrv Ferree. Mrs. R. F. Conkle and Mrs. A. T. Bycrs, of Coraonolis are at the seashore, the first two at Ocean Grove and tbe la,st two at Atlantic City. Ed Bartels, Assistant Night Baggage Agent at the Union depot, his sister and mother havo returned Irom Atlantic City. They report having a good time. G. Brinton IJoberts, a son of President Roberts of tho Pennsylvania Road, took din ner at the Duquesne yesterday. The young man is an engineer on tho road. J. C. Rossiter, of the Southside, leaves to-dny for L'non Valley, to Join his wifo and family whoaro spending a few weeks there. Assistant Coates, of the fire department, 'Squire Lindsey, J. B. Schlosser and other PlttsbnrgcrS have gone to Mt. Clements. Cadet G. G. Hciner, of "West Point Mili tary Academy, is tho guest of his aunt, Mrs. Kev. Core, oi wilKlnsunrg. J. M. Arters, of Parker, and E. F. Bnrn slde, of Bellofonte, are registered at tho Sev enth Avenue Hotel. "W. D. Rossiter returns to-day from the St. Lawrence river nnd other Northern points. J. C. Baker, of Oak Ridge, and R. "W. Patter, of Erie, are registered at the Ander son. T. R. Morgan, Sr., and his son, the Al liance iron men, wero at tho Duquesne yes day. "W. P. Logan, the oil man, left for his home in Philadelphia last evening. Miss Meta Swift, of Fifth avenue, left yes terday morning for Atlantic City. "W. S. Witsoff, an ex-League umpire, went to Now York last evening. State Senator II. A. Hall, of St. Mary's, Is In the city on legal business. R. H. Childs, of Warren, is among the guests at the Schlosser. Dr. Joseph N. Dickson went east on a fishing trip last evening. Assistant Postmaster Edwards is home from Atlantic City. B. F. Harris has gone to Ashland, Ky., to spend a week. George Oliver left for New York last evening. . . Colonel Shcafer has gone East on a busi ness trip. CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS. There are 1,500,000 gypsies in Europe. The highest altitude ever reached by a balloon was seven miles. The total number of Buddhists in the world is estimated to be 73,003,000. It is said that nearly 40,000 men desert from the German army every year. In 20 years there has been no counter felting of American postage stamps. The 124J miles between Newcastle and Edinburgh, which is done without a stop, is at present the longest run in Britain. The national debt of Germany, which is much smaller than that of any other great country in the world, is, in round flgnre-t jE39,nou.Goo. Medici and Henry IT. collars, after dwindling in size until they lost all charac ter, have been set aside, at least for this summer, in Paris. In France a little more than 100 years ago it was Impossible for anybody to work unless he Joined the union of his particular trade nnd submitted to its rules. The social magnificence of a State hall at St. Petersburg is such thnt on one occa sion the gnests numbered 3,000, yet there was no crowding and every arrangement was perfect. A provincial British postmaster is in trouble. Through a hole in the roof of his offlco the rain pnnred in one night nnd stuck together 2n0 worth of postage) stamps. Sixty years ago only one public bank ing company.existcd in London, and nt the Bank of England private accounts were at that time open edrn rely and with thegTeatesc difficulty. The gross aggregate income of the Church of England amounts to i5,753,j.)7. of which jE5,4G9,171 is derived fromancipnt nn dowmehtaand X2f4,38t5 from private benefi ciaries since 1703. Scotland contains 30 towns of more thm 10,000 inhabitants. Seven of these number more than 30 0COin'inbitnnts, nine have be tween 20,000 ami 30 00). nnd tho rr-u.iiining 14 havo from 10,(00 to 20,000. A woman fell overboard in Japanese waters and wns eaten by a shark. For three years her husband has done nothing but hnnt shark's, and np todnte has landed about 300 of them and is still fishing. Ahont 1840, when ships at Middles brough were loaded at thn smiths in thn Teo, a ship's bont-xail win frequently used on n coal wagon when tho wind was favor able, nnd by lt aid ran up to Stockton. The principal relic belonging to the Chnrch of Sainte Gndule, in BrussPls, con sists of n thorn which is snid to hnv formed, a part of the Saviour's crown. It wasbronght. to the Netherlands in the time of the Cru sades. Turkish soldiers are said to be very poor marksmen. Recent target contests in tho Tnrkish army "demonstrated" thnt not 1 soldier In 20 could .lit a man at 20 paces. A tareet nbont four feet in diameter, placed .T rods.iwnv. was hlton an averago only once out of CO shots. Further discoveries have been made in the excavations under Mesr. Dimdalp. Fowlor ft Co."" bank In Cornhlll, resnlting in a skull nnd two Roman medals being found. Everything toncis to give antborltv to tbe claim oft. Peter's. Cornhlll, thnt it inmK nn tbe site of tho oldest Christian church in England. A handsome Burmese lell from Manda lay has been placed upon tho North Ter race In the vicinity of the Winchester Tower, nt WiniNor Castle. There are native characters upon the upper part of the tro phy, which is supported by three cannon shot, nnd mounted upon a stone pedestal. Tbe latter hears the the inscription, "Man dalay. l-87." The ancient Finns believed tbat a mystic bird laid an egj on the lap of Valmalnou, who hatched it in his bosom. He let It fall Into the water and It broke, the lower portion of the shell forming the earth, the upper the sky; the liquid white became the sun and the votk the moon, while tho little fragments of broken shejl were trans formed into stars. The Dnke of Cambridge, since the aee of 19, has been in tho Queen's employment. The following are the rough estimates of tuo nmonnt of money ho hn received: Grant oi X12.000 for 39 vcars, X4W.O0O; nrmv emolu ments from 1837 to ISfii. X1CC00: Colonel of Grenadier Guard". 1861 to 1."). .43,000: Com mander in Ciller. I"fr2 to 1?S9, 6123,000; Kanger ship or Parks, . 17,000; total, 1671,000. There is at present discharging the hnmble duties of assistant baker at tho pen itentiary of L'Ho Non, New Caledonia, a. polish convict named Borezowsky. This man wns tried before the Court of Assizes of tho Soine, in 16C7, for an attempt to assas sinate tho Czar Alexander II., who had come to Paris to enjoy the magnificent hos pitality of the Emperor Napoleon III. While Mr. Irving wns in Essex last year he had nn opportunity of performing one of those unostentatious acts of genero sity with which'hlsname is so of ten coupled. To the village in which he was staying en mo n band of strolling players with a booth. Doing badly, and hearing thnt tho "head of tho profession" was in the neighborhood, they sent a deputation to him to beg tho loan of S.T, which thev promised to repay as soon ns their luck changed. Mr. Irving in- ? I aired into the clrcumstunces of the ca-o, ound that the sorrowful tale of his peti tioners was true, and sent them .10 ns a gift. It is estimated that the treasnre lying idle In India in tho shape of hoards or orna ments amonnls to X330,000,COO. A competent authority calculates that "in AmritarCity alone thero are Jewels to tho value of X2 000,000 sterling." As regards somo other di tricts tho figures that have been furnished are not less astonishing. The miserable waste of Montgomery is estimated to pos sess about 50 lakhs in ornaments. The hill sides and valleys of Knlu are put at Z lakhs. In Jhelum two-fifths of the wealth" of tho district is said to bo vested in prop erty of this nature, nnd in Kolint, "probably one of tho poorest districts of the province in this respect, tho estimate is taken nt S0O rupees for each Hindoo family nnd 10 rupees for each Musselmnn family, and a lkh in aggregate for tbe Nawnb and other Raises, making a total for the district of 73 lakhs." A lakh is worth about X7.C0D. RHYMES AND KIIYNKLES. The slugger who slugs and adorns fellow PK. Till their features with ruby do (rnh. Deservetb that part In the langnage of art Which dubs him a knight of the "brash." -"Boston Courier. Brobson What two kinds of men meet in the early morning honrs? Cralk I'm sure I don't know. Brobson Why, the hardy sons of toil and tha tardy sons of Hoyle. or cour. Sew York Herald. On winning a prize the runner is bent Who speeds down the rural lane? No, he's a suburban resident And Is running to catch his train. Xew Tork Pros. "Smithkins is a fine fellow. When I waa visiting him yesterday at New Utrecht he Invited me to go to the theater, on the spot." He was safe enough. There is no theater on tha spot. Brooklyn Eagle. There are many better singers In this big round world of ours. But few who can excel her In their provoke-al powers. Wa hlttaton Poet. Sunday School Teacher Pharaoh prom ised Joseph's brethren they should have the fat of the land. What Is It to possess the fat of the hmd t New Boy (from Ohio) To be a member of tha Standard Oil Company, I reckon. Chicago Trib une. The Greeks and the Romans, tho' they wera Famed In the arts of war and peace. Scarce knew of butter. 'TIs ne'er met In all tbe works or ancient Greece. Philadelphia Timet, "Doesn't it fire yonr soul and fill yonr heart with enthusiasm to be on the old Virginia soil?" said the man who brims over with enthusi asm. "Well, yes," replied the old settler, "I dunno but It docs, although Virginia soil is pretty much like any other. It all depends on where ycr farm is located. Detroit Free Prete. "Yes, courtship's a pretty expensive thing," He said, with a feeble attempt at laughter. Though it Isn't the cost of the engagement ring. But the treats and the things that follow after. New Tork Prut. "What is that organist playing ?"askel De Klcqne. a be went Into church. It' a selection from Handel." "Humph; they ought to put a sign on the organ." , "What kind of a sign " 'Handel with care.' " Washington Store tfa""- Vi3a Ir-ilT l8?j.JfcMBtiMfliLlL.MiLlMllLlLlLlLlLlLJMMWLMMB " ' - ' a caaMria tuii 1 1 umimi wj aajir" -a-miua i .... -V .
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers