:TEB PITTSBURG ' DISPATCH, SATURDAY, ATJGTJST 15, 1891;
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PITTSBURG, SATURDAY, AUGUST 15, 1SU1
roiNTS ON NIEDHINGHACS.
The interview elsewhere written by Mr.
John X Evans, a well-known Welsh citi
zen practically versed in tin plate work,
on -Mr. Xiedrinfchaus' attitude, is full of
points. First, Mr. Evans points out that
Mr. Xiedringhaus' programme of working;
a tin plate factory with GOO hands, but of
importing only CO, is wholly impracticable.
Perhaps this can be explained by the as
bertious of the free trade journals that
Mr. Xiedriughaus' tin plate factory is to
be a small affair in connection with his
stamped ware factory, in which the ma
jority of the other 040 workingmen will be
employed. But that point we can leave
Mr. Xiedringhaus and the free traders to
fight out among themselves.
Mr. Evans, after asserting what the of
ficials of the Amalgamated Association
have already demonstrated, that abund
ance of tin plate workers can already be
obtained In this country, makes a sharp
hit by pointing out that even If Mr. Xied
ringhans were permitted to import his
foreign laborers they would be of no use.
The Welsh are the worst material in the
world out of which to stock a non-union
mill. Mr. Xiedringhaus may import his
60 or GOO Welshmen, but shortly after they
find out that they are being used to break
down the Amalgamated Association he
will have to import another force, and so
ou ad infinitum.
All of this is very interesting as an illus
tration of the stupidity of the St Louis
manufacturer's attitude. But the most
wanton phae of that stupidity is the lev
erage Mr. Xiedringhaus insists on giving
the free traders. The greatest enemies to
protection are those who support it for
their own enrichment and then violate its
principles for the sake of an additional
enhancement of their profits. Mr. Xied
ringhaus is one of the most extreme, if not
the most eminent, examples of that class.
NO NEED n)R Al'PnUIIIINSION.
The appointment of a receiver for a
plate glass company owned by Pittsburg
capital, together with the failure of the
Echmcrtz firm, are signs which do not
give a pleasant appearance to the business
outlook. Nevertheless, as these unfavor
able events arise fronui single cause, it is
evident that they do not indicate any pre
vailing weakness, nor do they justify any
6crious apprehension.
The Schmertz failure is well known to
have been due to an error of judgment in
expanding too much on the basis of the
schemes for developing Western Pennsyl
vania industries. In a large share of the
enterprises the faitli in the future was
well founded, but the contraction which
has been necessary in the natural gas en
terprises has caused the failure. This
cause is fully a year old. Its effects on
"business interests have been fully esti
mated and discounted. It must be a sub
ject of regret when names that have been
prominent in the developments of "the past
decade are brought down by the weight
which they have had to bear; but, so far as
foreshadowing any general weakness the
facts of the case show the opposite.
Asa whole the business interests of
Pittsburg are on the most solid founda
tion. They rest on the basis of legitimate
Industry, conservative values and abund
ant capital for the proecution of their
traffics. A city in the condition of Pitts
burg cannot be troubled by the fear of
business insolvency.
THE CHILEAN STRUGGLE,
The resume of the Chilean situation in
our news dispatches gives some new points
with regard to that strugcle. The presen
tation of the Balmacedan party in the
function of a sort of Farmers' Alliance
revolt acninst the encroachments of for
eign capital is a novelty; but it hardly al
ters ho main point of the dispute so far as
the attitude of other nations toward the
fight is concerned.
That is the question of the prerogatives
of the different branches of Government.
If the legislative power of Chile had
been exerted for the exclusion of foreign
capital, we might have our opinion of the
policy, but would concede that it was an
exertion of constitutional power. But
when the dispute has been carried on by
such means a- that avowed by Balmaceda,
namely, the assumption of "all the powers
of government" by the Executive, a gov
ernment which stands on the basis of rep
resentative rights should be very careful
about taking .-.ides in favor of an Execu
tive who by all standards of republican
government is nn avowed usurper.
There is no doubt, ju'lingfrom our cor
respondent's statements, that the once
prosperous nation of Chile is worn out and
desolated by civil war; that the military
rule is oppressive, arbitrary and even bar
barbarous; and that the rank and file of
the fighting armies aretired of war. But
that the conflict can be terminated by any
thing short of the complete overthrow of
one or the other of the parties is more than
doubtful.
. THE GERMAN TOOD QUESTION.
The German press is finding difficulty
In making up its mind as to "the exact
meaning of the ukase against the exporta
tion of rye from Bussia. From the re
sume of press utterances cabled yesterday
it will be seen that one German orsran
reuards it as talely the result of the
coming scarcity of rve in Russia and not
as a blow at Germany. Another has ad
vices that the failure of the Russian rye
crop is uot so general as supposed, and
that the ukase is intended to put Germany
to great trouble. A third thinks the move
calls for the repeal of the German duties
on grain, and a fourth declares that it can
make no difference with regard to the
maintenance of those duties. These dif
f ei ences are doubtless due to the political
predispositions of the various organs, but
It is clear that Germany is badly fluttered
by the Russian move.
While the ukase is a typical Illustration
of the methods of absolutism its principal
effect in connection with .Germany is to
call attention to the fact that German
treatment of the international trade in
food products is no less arbitrary and
archaic In fact if the Russian edict
Inflicts a hardship on Germany, there is
much justification for the opinion that the
German Government, as distirict from the
people, deserves it The German policy
has been to impose high duties on food
products and make food costly for the
express enrichment of the land-owning
class. It has directed its policy especially
against American products with an
avowed reliance on Russia as a source of
supply for the German needs. That this
reliance should afford the means for
Russia to strike a blow at Germany Is
hardly more than a just penalty for the
adherence to such a mediaeval policy of
natural trade.
Whether Germany modifies her duties
on grain and provisions or not, the effect
of the Russian edict will be to increase
the demand in Europe for American
products. It is equally plain that what
ever hardships grow out of scarcity and
high prices will bear most severely on the
working masses of Germany. But that is
the fate of the common people in Europe
under the present system.
HENSEIS BOMBSHELL.
Attorney General Hensel yesterday
threw a shot of very heavy weight into
the camp of the Philadelphia newspaper
publishers by a notification that they will
be called upon to refund to the State the
sums of money they alleged were paid to
an agent of the State in connection with
the publication of the mercantile apprais
er's lists. As a method of additionally ven
tilating what was undoubtedly a corrupt
transaction, the Attorney General's hint
of a lawsuit will attract pufelic sympathy.
But as a logical result of the allegations
made in connection with that affair, it is
without very much foundation.
The statement that the money was paid
to an alleged agent of the State, is un
doubtedly presented as a paraphrase of
certain attempts at explanation .made by
the esteemed cotemporarieswho are mixed
up in this dirty puddle. But, even sup
posing the statement to be correct, it does
not constitute a claim for the money. If
the payee was really an agent for the
Slate, the fact that Philadelphia publish
ers have paid money to him once does not
constitute any reason why they must pay
the same sum over again. If he was not
an agent of the State there is no claim
for the State to the money these news
papers paid from their own funds.
The real character of the transaction
which the Attorney General is endeavor
ing to stir up may be defined either as a case
of blackmail, in which the newspapers were
quite willing to be blackmailed, or as one
of bribery, in which other parties were
very anxious to be bribed. But because
the newspapers have been willingly black
mailed it does not follow that it will be a
remedy for the State to blackmail them
over again.
Of course in ventilating the scandal,
and penetrating if possible to the
bottom of the second transaction, sup
posed to have taken place this year, Mr.
Hensel is acting within his properprovince.
But it does not seem either a proper mode
of procedure or a dignified attitude on the
part of the legal official of the State to
call for a condonation of bribery and
blackmail by the payment of certain sums
to the State. If any action is to be taken
it is clearly a case for the criminal law.
PARTISANSHIP AND THE .TUDICIART.
It is Interesting, though not exactly en
couraging, to observe that the revolt
against a non-partisan judiciary in this
county is reduplicated in Dauphin county
with some variations on the other side of
the house. Some time ago TnE DisrATcn
noted that the Republican convention in
Dauphin, recognizing Judge Siraonton's
eminent abilities, declined to make a nom
ination and called for his re-election with
out regird to party lines. This action was
indors-ed by the leading Democrats prac
ticing before the Court
But the Democrats of Dauphin are so
much in love with the idea of a partisan
judiciary that they could not permit this.
They have therefore put in nomination
another Democrat whose legal qualifica
tions are well spoken of, but who has by
no means the eminence of Judge Simon
ton for ability, integrity and judicial ex
perience. This is a matter in which the
entire Commonwealth is interested, as
some of the most important State cases
are begun in the Dauphin county court;
but, of course, the people of that county
will have to settle it.
The case looks slightly more serious
than the paradoxical outbreak of inde
pendence in favor of partisanship in this
county. It has the advantage of a regu
lar party nomination, while, by the action
of the Republican convention, tiiere was
no regular nomination for Judge Simon
ton. But since the Dauphin Democrats
have determined to bring the judiciary
nito politics purely con amore, and with
out hope of success, the Republicans will
doubtless renair that omission and re-elect
that able jurist with a majority that will
instruct the Democrats in the extent of
their sheer stupidity.
THE SCBSIIHTION QUESTION.
Elsewhere TnE DisrATcn publishes an
editorial from the Chicago Tribune refer
ring to the substitution ot home-made
preparations for the proprietary medicines
and articles asked for by customers in the
smaller drug stores and groceries. This
is a serious and growing cvil, no doubt;
but the remedy is. to a greater extent than
many imagine, in the hands of the owners
of the remedies in question. Half a dozen
proprietory names might be given which,
by wide and judicious advertising, and
by a proper adheience to a high
standard of manufacture have become
synonymous in the minds of the buying
public witii the articles. So it is vir
tually impossible to substitute an inferior
preparation, even if offered at a much lower
price and with a personal guarantee.
Evidence of this is easily obtainable by
any one who cares to interview the trade
who say concerning the products referred
to: "We must havo them even if our
profit in selling is but nominal. They are
so largely and so well advertised that our
customers will not do without them. " To
this point any proprietary article, if meri
torious and so many are can be brought
by the right kind of advertising; that of
course including the use of proper
media. The- Dispatch thinks the rem
edy lies largely with those directly in
terested, who can, if they will, make their
preparations and name "household words. "
BUTING ONLY MODELS.
Another nail has been driven in the
coffin which has been prepared for those
who affect to see only harm in the Mc
Kinley tariff. A cable from Berlin states
that American cloak dealers who formerly
purchased their goods in that market, j
ready to place on their counters, aTe now
buying only the models. The cloaks, are
to bo manufactured in the United States,
which was not possible to any great extent
until the new tariff came into effect
Taking thisibranch' of trade alone, Ihe
McKinley law, besides benefiting the
manufacturers, will give work to 60,000
people. It is estimated that 30,000,000
cloaks are required each year to supply
the trade. To make "these at .least 60,000
people will have to be cmployed,-over and
above those who were already in the few
factories that existed ten months ago. Day
by day the evidence that there was much
of good and nothing of evil in the tariff
is piling up, and, judging from the silence
of Democratic leaders on the point at
issue, its weight has already crushed them
to earth.
Various plans have been heard of from
time to time by which young women agreed
to boycott young men for different social of
fenses, from tho absorption of strong drink
to the mastication of tobacco in female soci
ety. But New York has the most advanced
specimen of tlifs class of boycott.' It Is in
flicted by an organization rather confusedly
referred to by some iPapers as a "Lady
Gotham Association" and by others as a
laundresses' assembly of tho K. of L. But
whether Lady Gothams or laundresses, the
evil they propose to put a stop to is that of
young men dancing all the wb.ilo.witb. the
same girls at balls. In .view of thy charac
ter of the offense, it looks as if the boycott
will so to pieces on the rock of doubt
whether the girls who occupy tho exclusive
attention of the young men will Join the
boycott.
We have always been opposed to any con
templation of a foreign war for the United
States. But when a foreign potentate like
Neidringhaus declares war oh the United
States statutes it maybe well to order on
the naval reserves.
TnE death of Mrs. Polk, yesterday, re
moves a lady whoso national prominence
belongs to an epoch of our national history
entirely distinct from the present one. Halt
a century ago, when the prominent names
of the present era were almost without ex
ception unknown, she was the mistress of
tho White House. Since then she lias lived
in retirement at Nashville, part of the time
in straitened circumstances from the results
of the war. Her dignity in the reception of
nil visitors and her blameless and stately Jifo
won tho admiration of those who came into
contact with her, and especially the esteem
and love of the people of Nashville.
The Charleston has been dispatched to
Chinese n liters. If thore are nny Mongolian
Itatas in that quarter of the world, the
Charleston will catch them, if it has to burn
up more coal than they arc worth to do it.
Ex-Chief Justice Isaac G. Gordon,
ex-State Senator W.'J. McKnight and ex
iTothonotary Scott McClelland comprise
the very creditable list of delegates selected
for the Scrantoh llcpublican League Con
vention by the Brookvillo Republican Club.
Delegates of that character are not; tied up
by instructions; but tho selection of that
stamp of delegates to bodios. which are to
guide the policy of parties is a very good
omen. If tho clubs generally will send the
same material to the convention that body
will not long bo worried by efforts to use it
for the enhancement of personal ambitions.
The apparent agreement on Mr. .Koswell
P. Flower as the Democratic choice for Gov
ernor of New York, indicates that the
Democracy of that State like a barrel candi
date as well as any other party does.
The repeated announcement -that Hon.
Eedficld rroctor will be the next Sonator
from Vermont, and that consequently the
President will have a nice vacancy in the
Cabinet to fill, with no duties 'worth men
tioning attached to it, may cause Senators
Quay and Cameron to ponder the question
whether they have not been a little prema
ture; while the triumphant Piatt, of Xoir
York, will recognize that he Is in the center
of the situation at tho exact nick ot time.
If ow that the London Times has appointed
a Harvard graduate to the position of Its
Paris correspondent, w e may look to see all
Europe, including its statuary, painted in the
most startling colors.
The hardship inflicted on the President
of Peru in omitting to set up the drinks for
him when he visited the United States fleet
recalls the stock complaint of the British
diplomatists at Washington during the
Hayes administration, andthousnal growl
of tho ward worker when the campaign
funds are lacking. The man who Is cheated
of whathecoDSidersa prescriptive right to
free drinks is the man with an undying
grievance. '
WnEMER rain-producers are a success
or not the next demand will be for a Weather
regulator.
TnE delegates from Philadelphia to the
Republican convention are reported by the
Ledger to enjoy the unusual liberty of being
"allowed to do as they please." If this is
substantiated it will Indicate .that for once
the managers of Philadelphia politics are
unable to make up the delegates minds for
them, ana so the latter will have to do It for
themselves.
German opinion is decidedly to the
effect that the bloom is not ou the rye for
Germany. .
The Pennington airship has been moved
by rail from Illinois to New Yerk. The
aerial navigators evidently conclude that a
city which has done so much in tliy line of
inflating railroads ought to be able to make
a nieie air-ship .float.
JAPANESE IXIETATIOffS.
The Almond-Eyed Maiden Are Coy, but the
Youths Don't. Mind That.
San Francisco Call. . J
"The Japanose are nothing if not progres
sive," said L.J. Bruce, who has Just re
turned from tho Orient. "American customs
arc coining into vogue .over there, and even
our methods of flirtation, with- some slight
modifications, becoming popular. The Jap
anese maiden is exceedingly ooy, and It is
difficult for a foreigner to gain an entrance
to society: but flirtations are Dy np means
uncommon."
"How? Well, if a young man sees a pretty
Japanese girl on tho street he may lollow
hcr at a respectful distance. Presently he
Mill meet an elderly woman, to whom ho
must impart tlie ininrmation thnthe has lost
his heart and is miserable. The old woman
will ask what has become ot his heart, and
he must point out the girl, at the same time
slipping a quarter in the fonner's-hand. She
will disappear, and in a few moments re
turn witli the information that if he will bo
at a certain fashionable tea house on the fol
lowing day he may recover his heart, Tho
pretty maiden will appear with a chaperon,
and the young man is at liberty to address
her. She willpiobably meet" linn often in
this way, but always'with a protectress,
whoso vigilance is never relaxed. If tho as
piring youth is circumspect, he may even
tually call, and so gradually work his way
into society." ,
SAHGUINELY fcEPUBLICAIl.
A Young Canton Man Pats Major McKin
ley' Majority at 25,000.
F. W. Wagner is a prominent young 'cycler
of Canton, O., and also keeps his eyes open
on interesting political questions. He was
at tho Seventh Avenue y cstoi dny and was
asked his opinion on' the Ohio campaign.
"I will not be surprised if Major McKinloy's
majority should leach 23,000," said he. "That
isprctty big for Ohio Ju"st now, but every
thing points to a sweeping victory. They
talk about the farmers being dissatisfied. I
have talked with a great many of them and
find that they are all right and will support
tho Major. The soldiers nro -especially
friendly to him. ""
"Major McKinley will carry his own dis
trict, though the odds are greatly against
him. If he makes such gains all over the
State as he did against Warwick, there is no
telling where his majority would stop. .But
of course Warwick was not a very popular
candidate and that will make. a blgdiflrer
ence. However, there Is no doubt of his
election by a good round majority."
SNAP SHOTS IN SEASON.
The most fascinating and restful sum
mer sport Is shooting the rapids.
It Is perfectly natural for cltv folk to
sigh for the quiet of the country! But you
of the busy street, thejingle-jangle, rumble
tumble, slap-bang noises of tho town who
sought tho rural rest, did you find Ht Per
haps it came after a while alter the
cricket's chirp, the grasshopper's snap,the
locust's whirr, the frog's croak, the gooso's
hiss, the cock's crow, the hen's cackle, tho
duck's quack, the sheep's bleat, the cow's
bellow, tho ealve's call, the pig's squeal, tho
swallow's chatter and tho dog's bark grew
as familiar to your ears as the whirr of tho
wheels, tho roar of the voices tho monot
onous, discordant songs of the city noise
makers by day and by night. But
quiet was out of the question until
then, and rest came not where the mosquito
merrily sang while seeking sustenance.
Then the dream of the countryside became
a horrible nightmare in which the monsters
of unrest that drive you forth fromthe city
danced to dlabolio rural measure. Each
chirp and oroak sent a chill, each barnyard
disturbance a shiver through your steep
resisting self on the first night in the field
sustained section. But yonr ears gradually
familiarized themselves with the new
noises, which, like the city clangors, soothed
instead of shocked your touchy nerves. Out
of (lie din you caught snatches ot song real
ized that nature's orchestra was not so
badly out of time and tune as you first
imagined. Then you realized that humanity
is so constituted as to accommodate Itself to
circumstances and slip into new surround
ings without effort. The- transition came
unawares. And then you thought
better of the world after the sounds that
Jarred became the songs that jingled, didn't
youT Then, too, you were convinced that,
had you plugged your ears to the discord,
the delights which came when they ceased
to annoy would have been lost, nence you
made up your mind " there and then to tako
life as you find it, knowing well that to bat
tle against tho inevitable meant ceaseless
warfare, and to meet it without murmur
meant victory the triumph of patience over
perversity.
Heated discussions have been common
occurrences during tho week.
It is harder to drive a bargain on a
counter than a ten-penny nail.
If we dressed for comfort instead of
effect the effects of tho weather would not
affect us so effectively.
The divided skirt bids fair to divide the
feminine factions before It is universally
adopted.
The spots have certainly been melted
off the sun ere this.
The harvest moon cannot get any fuller
than tho granaries this season.
Music Had No Charms.
He sat by the silvery sea,
And sighed for sweet rest in its caves,
For in a neat cot by the lea
She was practicing "Silvery Waves."
When the trusty sword becomes a rusty
sword soldiers will have to work.
People who live in glas3 houses have to
spend large sums for draperies.
Men are not all barbers, butonce upon a
time they were all little shavers.
When all the water is squeezed out of
the earth it will go the way of some of the
corporations.
The summer girl puts on frills,
llttlo else at some of the beaches.
but
The campaign orators who have to hunt
for misery to hoodwink voters will havo
mighty few facts on which to build theories
this year.
Some boarding house owners are evi
dently of opinion that too many enickens
spoil the broth. '
Old Sol is certainly in style, as he's
sporting a blazer.
Tou will never be accused of mashing
if you only follow np an advantage.
Misery loves company, and that's prob
ably the reason why excursions are so
well patronized.
The beggar is the only man who can
strike a woman with impunity.
The real tired folk are those seeking
rest at the crowded resorts.
If less time were consumed agitating
the question of smoko consumers more
smoke might be consumed by the consumers
of coal.
It Is hard even to endure the arms of
Morpheus these hot nights.
Her Vacation's Nearly O'er.
At present she's strolling where waves
wash tho strand,
Or lolling on hilltop so cool;
But soon she'll no longer be doing the
grand,
And Instead will be running a school.
That which is not worth an effort is not
worth having.
Girls, if you use too much powder you
run tho risk of blasting your matrimonial
hopes.
The wanted criminal is always afraid
of his "shadow."
The busy man seldom poses in oil, as he
never has time to sit for hu portrait.
The nickel dropped in the slot purchas
oth happiness for the owner of tho machine
as well as gum for tho summer girl.
DoN't despise little things. Even the
pin in the hand of the small boy will turn
and torment its traducer.
Happiness that can be purchased leaves
painful reminders.
Women who use bloom of youth are
firm believers in the old adage that love is
blind.
The wife who can dress a fowl stands a
good chanco of escaping a matrimonial mis
fit. Life is merely a span to some lovers of
horseflesh.
The Same Old Song.
Comrades, comrades, comrades when we
were free,
Vowing our love for each other was deep as
the dark blue sea,
But In an hour of folly to wed seemed the
proper course;
When lat I heard, my darling, old comrade
wanted a quick divorce.
Bright children are naturally jolished.
If there were more slips between the
cup and the lip tho pavements would not
seem so slippery.
It's all right to have color in the face,
girls, but not on.it.
The dove hovering over the Democratic
camp has a silver bar in its bill instead of an
olive branoh, hence It cannot find a peaceful
perch. The uninitiated must wonder how the
headache gotmlxcd in with the other stuff
in thenilnt'Julop.
. The fellow who takes tho bulLby tho
horns sometimes wishes he had laid hold on
the tail of the beast.
Middlemen are probably so called be
cause they divide the profits.
Loud costumes are not allowed at Chau
tauqua for fear they might interrnpt the en
tertainments'in the Amphitheater.
Physical wrecks are being thrown np
on the beaches every day in the week now.
The fellow who goes on a tear thinks he
has a ripping good time, but he merely outs
a sorry figure.
Don't judge a man's wine cellar by tho
hue of his nose. Perhaps ho has erysipelas.
The little brown jug leads to the little
stonejug.
When the wires are buried Jay Gould
will be chief mourner. Willie Winkle.
NEIGHBORS ALSO. TS DEATH.
The Remains of James Hussoll Lowell Re
pose Near Longfellow's Grave.
Bosroy, Aug. 14. Simplo but Impressive
services over the remains of the late James
Russell Lowell were held in Appleton
Chapel, Cambridge, at noon to-day. Tho
chapel was crowded to overflowing. Shortly
after 12 o'clqck the funeral procession into
the church was led by the officiating clergy,
followed by the pallbearers, then by tho
body and behind all tho relatives and the
family. Bishop-elect Phillips Brooks and
Kev. Wm. Lawrence, peau of the Episcopal
Theological School ,pf Cambridge, met the
remains in the vestibule. The honorary
pallbearers were: Dr. Oliver Wendell
Holme?, Christopher P. Cranch, John
Holmes, brother of Dr. Holmes; Prof.
Charles Eliot Norton, Prof. Child, C. F.
Choate. George William Curtis, William
Dean Howells, Prof. John Bartlott and Pres
idont C. W. Eliot, of Harvard University.
Tho floral tributes were very simple, as
were the services In. tho church. The body
was not exposed to the view of any ono anil
was taken to Mount Auburn immediately
after the services at the chapel, lollowed by
about 15 curiages. Therowere no services
at the grave. The spot which has been se
lected for the poet's grnve, and which it is
understood was of his own choosing, is ro
mantically situated under two largo horn
beam trees, one of which is directly at tho
foot of the grave and the other on tho right
of its head. These trees are never trimmed
and their chief charm is their natural and
weird growth. The lot is in a valley in the
rear of the cemetery and directlv in the
shadow of the Longfellow lot. Thus, the
two poets, who were neighbors in life may
be said to occupy the same relation in
death.
THE H00SIEBS ABE HAPPY.
Timely Rains and Bonntlfnl Crops
All
Around Gladden Their Hearts.
Evaxsville, Ikd., Aug. 14. There have
been during the summer copious and timely
rains In this section.
In Indiana, Illinois and Kentucky the
growing corn looks very promising, and can
not fall to make a crop equal to tho very
large wheat crop lately harvested. Potatoes
will also yield largely. Melons and fruits
were never better or more plentiful. To
bacco also promises well.
The People Are Learning Rapidly.
Chicago Inter Ocean. 3
Tho people have had ten months "of "Mc
Kinley prices" which were going "to work
the rnin of poor men." But have they? The
people themselves ought to know.
PEOPLE WHO TRAVEL.
Ex-United States Senator Henry E.
Davios, of West Virginia, breakfasted at the
Monongahela House yesterdav mornine. He
was on his way to Deer Park, Md. He be
lieves the West Virginia Democracy is "wide
awake and staring," and "is not to be caught
napping, sir," as Major Bugstock would re
mark. The ox-Senator is ono of tho largest
land owners in his State, and, with his son-in-law,
Stephen Elklns, about owns tho
West Virginia Central Kailroad.
Captain John A. Rcid and Mrs. Reid left
for Saratoga last night. Captain Reld said ho
was going on his honeymoon. He was mar
ried in April Inst, hut was so busy he could
not get away. He asserts that tho Ohio cam
paign will be fonght out on tho tariff issue,
despite what others may say to the con
trary, and that McKinley will win by 6,000
majority.
Adjutant General McClelland returned to
narnsburg last night on the Fast Line. Ho
spent tho day at Camp Kensington. Ho said
that the troops seemed to him to improvo
with every dnj. He said there was much
sympathy expressed at Harrisburg for the
late Cliarles S. Wolfo. He would not say
who would bo appointed in his stead.
Miss Marie Burress, the brilliant young
Allegheny actress, will leave for Boston this
evening. She is to be leading lady at tho
Boston Muscum.this season. Shcwas to have
played Jiosalind in "As You Like It,"at Lake
wood, but, owing to the entertainment beine
postponed to next Friday, was unablo to All
the engagement.
Special Agent for the Internal Eevenuo
Depnrtment'CuIbertson left for the East last
night; W. P. De Armit went to Philadelphia,
and Dr. J. O. Flower, of Penn avenue, left for
New York to see his son off to Jamaica. Andy
Robertson, with his wife and daughter, left
last night lor Atlantic City.
It. C. Ballcnger, of Philadelphia, is at the
Seventh Avenue. His firm has the contract
for the new Alvin Theater. He says that the
work Is as well executed as it is possible to
be and Mr. Davis will have as fine a building,
in every respect, as any in the country.
Arthur Dc La Croix, the Itussian engi
neer, who has been here lor somo time, left
for Chicago and the West last night. Ho
was accompanied by his who. Mr. De La
Croix Is visiting this country to inquire into
tne ranroaa ana elevator systems.
Congressman Pickler, of South Dakota,
passed through the city yesterdav. He said
the Dakota hills were being prospected for
tin, nnd that some was being lound. He
thought President Harrison had the call
over Blaine for '92.
David Day, of the United States Geolog
ical Service, is stopping at the Anderson.
Ho spent yesterday evening with Prof.
Keiley at the Allegheny Observatory.
G. T. Kimball, a Chicago banker, is at
the Duqucsne, and William Ileid, tho Detroit
glassjobber, is at the same hotel.
William II. Hearne, of Wheeling, W. Va.,
with his wife, child and maid, are guests at
the Anderson.
Miss Mamie E. Lee and Miss Anna
Hezlip, ot Louisvillo, havo returned from
Atlantic City.
Ecv. Morgan M. Sheedy, H. jr. Curry
and II, C. Frick arrived on the limited last
evening.
H. Sellers McKee and Mrs. McKce were
passengers Westward on the limited last
night.
James D. Hailman left last night for
Glenficld Springs to visit his mother.
Alexander Murdock and his wife have re
turned from a trip to the West.
Simeon Bissell and familv have returned
from Atlantic City.
George Elphinstone was a passenger East
waid last night.
K. 1". Sopor, of Ottawa, Canada, is at tho
Duqnesue.
DEATHS HEBE AND ILSEWHEBE.
Congressman John R. Gnmble.
Hon. John E. Gamble died at his home in
Ynnkton, S. D., yesterday morulDR of paraljsisof
the heart. He complained ora feeling of lassitude
the day before and grew worse. Thursday nlpht
phvslcian were summoned and remained with Mr.
Gamble all night. The dead man was about -13
car&oface. He wag born 111 Alabama. Ge.icsec
county, N. Y.. and came to Dakota Territory 18
years ago to practice law. He has been active ln
politics and was elected Congressman from South
Dakota List fill. He Was preparing to gn to Wash
ington to occupy his scat when death re aioved him.
His death will canw political chaos. Mr. Oamlile
was a leudlnpr lEepubllcan, and there are liuny
aspiring candidates fur his position. A special
election and a party convention will be necessary
to all the vacancy.
Obituary Motes.
Mrs. Elizabeth Paten, colored, died in Wil
mington, Del., Thursday, aged Hu.
Harry German, of McKeesport, arrived
homo yesterday from school at Ebcnsburg
on n two-weeks' vacation.
Tuomas PnATT, who, It is believed, was the old
est Free Mason ln New Jersey, died at his home
ncarBelrldcre, N J., Thursday, In his 91st year.
He was a hale old man until a few months ago.
when he was ttken sick. He was made a Free
Mason In ISJi, la somerset. Pa. .
Ada Zeleika. who had acquired note as a snake
charmer, "Circassian Queen," etc., died In Savan
nah recently, aged -' She was a native of Cleve
land, and her right name was Kogan. She began
her career as a trapcjelit. About lod she married
C. Vf. Mack, circus manager. Her death was the
result of an accident.
PERRY'S BATTLE SHIP.
The Niagara Rests Upon the Bottom of
Lake.Erie It Will Be Raised and Sent
to the Columbian Exposition With Its
Old Armament.
If the spirit ot old Commodore Oliver
Perry could materlalizo and spend the-next
few months at Erie, Pa., it would oe a very
popular spook. The memory of tho noble
old hero is soon to be revived there and in a
manner that is Interesting to every patriotic
American.
For the past 78 years the wreck-of an old
vessel has been partly visible in Misery Bay
about IX miles from the harbor at Er ,,,
theBunulo p . e, says
of the old br7Crer- " ls a11 that reml"ns
tant a oK?. which played so Inl
?J-'Kt,K..,rt
fv,ht bnt v ln tne great marine uainc
1 tf navi Ween tl,e American and British
in
inajinniii
Tne 'hulk
now i" about! IS fPBt.nf ncl.r nnrl ix said
,ilJ?e f i eood st!,te of preservation. But
llttlo o t now remains above water as it has
been carried away by piecemeal by relic
hunters for tho last half century.
What has recently brought it Into notice Is
the plan of Captain D. P. Dobbins, of the
Lire-Saving Servico of this city, to raise tho
, ,JSnk nnu "ave it placedon exhibition at
the World's Fair Tiloiig the new gun boat
Chicago in the naval exhibition of Jackson
,r, , CaP'aIn Dobbins owns the hulk and
will begin the work of raising It as soon as
he returns from a trip to California. Tho
guns which were used on the old brig are
still in exlstcnco, and will be in position on
er decks when she is placed on exhibition.
Those who are familiar with the history of
the battle will remember that the Niagara
and the Lawrence were the principal Amer
ican vessels. Both of them sunk soon alter
the battle. The Lawrence was ralsod in 1875
and taken to the Centennial Exposition at
1 hiladelphia and put on exhibition the year
following.
It Is Still in Good Repair.
Tho hulk of the old gunboat was in such a
good state of preservation that many were
disposed to regard it as a fraud. They could
not believe that so crude a vessel ever with
stood the terrible fire from Captain Bar
clay's ships for so long a time. After tho
Centennial was over the hulk of tho Law
rence was sold at Sheriff's sale where it
stood, and was cut up into canes and relics
tnd carried by peacemeal to all parts of the
world.
Accordlng'to history tho Niagara played
the more important part in the engagement.
The terrible fight had been going on for sev
eral hours. Commodore Perry was still on
board the Lawrence, but the terrible broad
sides from the Detroit and Queen Charlotte,
commanded by Captain Barclay, had ren
dered her almost defenseless. Much of her
rigging had been torn away, several of her
guns were dismantled, and her decks wero
led with blood and strewn with the bodies
of tho dead and dying. Only 17 men who
had escaped death or severe wounds were
left on board. It was a terrible moment for
the brave commander. Above hliu still
floated the flag having in blue and white let
ters the dying .words of Commodore Law
rence "Don't give up the ship." But it was
only a matter of another hour when the
sturdy old ship must be given np and tho
life or at least the libertv of the soldiers on
"board.
But a glorious moment of deliverance was
at hand. A short distance away Commodore
Perry saw the Niagara uninjured, and de
cided to leave the Lawrence and take the
old flag to tho other 6hip. It was a perilous
undertaking, but with tho inspiration, "If a
victory Is to be gained I'll gain it,"he carried
the old nag safely to the Niagara, and turn
ing his guns upon the British vessels soon
had them entangled and so badly riddled
that a few broadsides forced Captain Bar
clay to surrender. It was then that the
proud Perry sent out the message: "We have
met the enemy and they are ours." It is
said that when Perry lelt the Lawrence to
go to the Niagara, even the oars in the row
boat were torn to splinters by musket balls
flred from tho British ships. But Perry even
stood erect in the boat most of the time,
and with the glorious old flag wrapped
about him made a target for the British
soldiers.
He Remembers the Battle.
There ls yet nn old gentleman in Erie who
will be one .of the most famous men at the
World's Fair lfhoisonly able to be there.
His name Is Osborn, and he distinctly re
members the day of the terrible battle. A
few years since the writer visited him in the
interest of a Chicago paper, and at that time
ho talked of the big fight as though it was
only a matter of a week ago.
'I remember well," said he, "how wo all
stood along the lake shore that day and
listened to the terrible thunder of the can
nons away out on the water and watched
for the little clouds of smoke that we could
somotimes see afteraheavv broadside. I
remember wondering why I couldn't hear
the men cry if they were hurt and why somo
of them didn't come in with small boats. At
length when the firing ceased for a timo
our hearts all sank for we feared Die scnjD
ing knife and tomahawk if the British car
ried the day. In fact, all the settlors had
made arrangements to fly to Pittsburg as
rapidly as possible if the Americans were
defeated.
"But what a happy time it was when our
own victorious soldiers began to como
ashore after the battle was over. I can re
member how 1 clung to their legs and cried
with joy. For years I dreamed of that awful
battle and great victory."
So groat was the old gentleman's ardor
that he composed a "boys poem" on the
event soon after, which he preserves among
tho most choice of his relics. The opening
of the poem is as follows:
On September 10 Perry's fleet
Met Barclay on Lake Erie's deep;
And with the Brig Niagara alone.
Made Britain for her -wrongs atone.
He w kh'the ftrlg Niagara broke
The British lines and galling yoke.
And ln one quarter of an hour
Took all their lleet and naval power.
Up Goes Hard Coal.
New Yokk, Aug. 14. Tho agents of tho
anthracite producing companies met to-day
and ordered an advance 01 15 cents a ton fo
take effect September L
NAMES FBEQUENTLY SEEK.
Mayor A. C. CiiAPiy, of Brooklyn, N.
Y., Is seriously ill with remittent fever.
"Carmen Sylva" loves high colors and
writes her poems in red ink.
Prince Bismarck pockets 51,000 a
week as the profits of his little poultry bus
iness. Patti is a little short of cash and she is
going to make another farewell tour in tho
United States.
Colonel Olcott and Mrs. Annie Besant
have assumed tho leadership of the theo
sophlcal societies of Europe.
Major McKinley is a most devoted
husband. Every minute that he can spare
from his political duties ho passes by the
side of his invalid wife.
P.f.v. Mr. SruRGEON is reported to be
gradually sinking. It was thought that ho
was ou tho road to recovery, but his illness
has taken a turn for the worse.
Young King Alexander of Servia is in
love with the Czar's daughter Xenia. None
of the Austrian princesses seem to bo able
to effaco her beauty from his mind.
THE Duke of Edcnbnrg has been seeing
tho sights of Jamestown and Portsmouth,
where he has been received by all the offi
cers connected with tho naval station.
It is always a pleasure to know that a
King is of some practical use. King Hum
bert is a cook of no mean order, and can boil
a potato or broil a steak in a way that would
make a dyspeptic icel hungry.
The Queen of the Sandwich Islands, in
her passion for music, has organized a baud
of trumpeters. There are a few street bands
nnd piano organs in this section of tho
world that she is welcome to If sho wants
them.
The Emperor William in his youth was
very white-skinned, with pale flaxen hnlr.
Years of military outdoor life have burned
his faco to a tawny brown. His hair has
darkened, but his mustache is of a light yel
low color. .
The young sons of Senor Don Miguel
Suarcz Guancs, Spanish' Minister to tho
United States, have kodaks, of which they
make free use during their present s:ay at
Cape May. It is said that they have taken
more than ono sly sllot at the President.
IT is related that when Mr. Balfour went
over to Dublin a fewycars ago to be sworn
in as Chief Secretary, he dined with Lord
Morris, then Chief Justice, who gave him the
following caution: "Take the advice of an
old hand. Do not let the devil himself
tempt you to touch Irish education."
Vice President Morton is reported to
be deslrous'of succeeding himself, and to
this end has been conducting a qniotbut
effective canvass. It is a curious fact that,
with one'cxceptlon, no Vico President has
received a renominatlon sinee the mothod
of naming candidate in convention was
adopted. Tho exception was Richard M.
Johnson, who was elected Vico President on
tho Van Buren ticket in 1838, and ran with
Van Buren again ln 1S40.
OUR MAIL POUCH.
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Antlquo Beer.
To the Editor of The Dispatch:
When was ,beer first used as a beverage
and by whom? Seaside.
Ecosojiv, August 14.
The oldest records preserved show that
there was a drink brewed by the ancient
tribes of Africa and Spam 700 years before
the Christian era. Virgil, In his song, tells
of the barley drink of Northern nations, im
bibed like wine. Xenophon tells of the
Armenians who drank the barley brewings
from mugs filled to tho brim with its kernels,
by means of little straws. It is said that
beer was tho popular drink dnring tho first
century or the Christian ora ln xrance,
Belgium and England, and tho Teutonio
tribes brewed a boer so excellent that It was
highly spoken of by Caisnr, Tacitus and Dl
odorus. Beer became so patronised through
out tho world that it was known by its
Saxon name, "Bior." But beer In those days
was made without hops. It appears that
about 750 years before Christ, during the
migratory period of nations, the cultivation
of hops was undertaken. The mvthologists
laud Osiris, the ancient god of Egypt, for
having given to them the art of beermaking.
History declare" that this art, which origi
nated in Egypt, was taught to the Greeks,
and b3' them in turn to the Romans. Of the
good that followed tho conquest, it Is
claimed that the knowledge given the world
by tho Romans, of the art of beermaking
was of itself no small compensation. Tho
first real beer, as to-day known, was brewed
by a Monk, under the sanction of tho
church.
Lowell's Youthful Admirer.
To the Editor of The Dispatch:
Had the immortal spirit of James Russell
Lowell been in Qnr midst a few days ago I
fear a blush would have mounted his brow to
notlco the recognition he received from The
Dispatch. In my estlm.ttion.I do not caro for
nny paper as much as The Dispatch. Imag
ine my surprise at not seeing some tribute
fiaid to our poet: he has done so much for the
iteratnre of our day. Even in our common
schools, what sbolarhas not been taught to
revero this name? Ho has succeeded Long
fellow at Harvard, and, If I mistake not, has
surpassed him in some things. Among all
the tasks I have had in my class
room no study Is so dear to me as
literature. It is not too late now to give a
short sketch of his career. If not this it
would be well to givo a few notes relating
to the burial services. Not long ago The
DisrATcn gave an account of Bancroft, our
great historian. It is true he may have
created a great deal of patriotism among
our boys and girls, but what has our poeti
cal friend not done? In reading his poems,
how proud we feel that among the great
men of our loved United States this genius
is marked out. Should I give up reading
this paper it would be wlthmuchreluctance.
Dear editor, vou will not censure me for
noting tbis slight error.
Ere closing. I must tell vou that I have
taken a deep interest In "Our Mail Pouch."
This ls where I would like this piece.
A School Girl.
If "School Girl" examines The Dispatch of
Thursday she will find a full sketch of the
dead poet, together with remarks upon his
career.
A Curious Expression.
To the Editor of The Dispatch:
Whence iB the common expression, "To
this complexion we must come at last."
P1TT8BDRO, August 14. K, A. P.
This curious expression, long since be
come proverbial, is believed to have origi
nated in the misquotation of a passage in
the grave-digger's scene in Hamlet, "To this
favor she must come." A book of literary,
artistic and musical anecdotes assigns the
first use of this mistake to Sir J. Thomhill,
an eminent English painter, born 1676, died
1732. It is related of him that on one occa
sion, when passing through a gallery of
paintings, he was greatly Impressed with a
picturo of the corpse of a beautiful young
girl. Again and again he returned to the
painting, commenting on tho character of
the work, and. Anally, following ont the
train of reflection excited by the picture, ho
wroto on the frame, "To this complexion
she and all others must come. Shakes
peare." Some one doubtfcd tho accuracy of
tho quotation, and he defended it by saying
that complexion and favor had tho same
signification. This i3 tho earliest mention
of the expression, so far as its history can be
traced.
Where Liquorice Grows.
To the Editor of The Dispatch:
Where does liquorice grow most plenti
fully? , , Dnco.
PiTTSBCim, August It.
The liquorice plant is found in many
places, but Its home is on the banks of tho
Tigris and Enphrates, where Its root Is
found In flat, treeless prairies ot uncultivat
ed and nearly uninhabited land. The
liquorice plant is a small shrub, with light
foliage, growing to about thrco feet high,
where its root can reach the water. It grows
without any cultivation. No lands aro leased
for the purpose, and no objection is made to
its being cultivated. It is found in abund
ance from Ctesiphon.ten miles from Bagdad,
down to Kut-ul-Anara, half way between
Bussqrati and Bagdad. It grows on red
earth soil, and also on light, almost sandy.
soil, where the wood is best, provided it has
plenty of water, and the ground is not more
than 50 ynrds from the actual river or
stream.
Missouri's Age.
To the Editor of The Dispatch:
When was Missouri admitted into the
Union? What rank does she hold among
the States? S. K. A.
New Caetle, August 14.
Missouri is 70 years old. The State was
admitted into the Union August 10, 1821, by
proclamation of the President, Her popu
lation then was. 6G,5SG. In 1830 she had ad
vanced to 21st place, in 1S40 to 16th, in 1850 to
13th, in 1860 to 8th and in 1370 to 5th, which
rank she now holds. The last census gives
her a population of 2,679,184.
POLITICAL P0INTEES.
TnE complaints of tho foreign press
against the McKinley tariff are some of its
finest indorsements. Grand liaptds Herald.
If Governor Campbell continues to kick
his party platform to pieces, very soon there
will not be enough of it left for him to get
ashore on. Indianapolis Journal.
If Mr. Blaine permits his name to be put
forward for tho Presidency nono other that
may bo submitted, it seems probable, will
prove nearly so potential in the convention.
Toronto Mail.
If this weather continues tho Blaine fever
will soon bo epidemic all over the West. A
largo majority of the Republican party aro
down with tho trouble now. but no fatali
ties have been rep rted. Lincoln UVA.) Call.
Democratic papers seem to tako pleasure
in characterising the meeting of tho State
Republican League as "a Blaine conven
tion." The gathering could not bo given a
more honorable distinction. Rochester Dem
ocrat. A Blaise boom In this country is a spon
taneous thing. It requires no start and no
manipulation. It comes out of the great
heart of tho people; it leeds on the enthusi
asm of American patriotism and spreads be
causo of Blaine's honestly earned fame.
Omaha Bee.
Ix charging that the McKinley bill was
aimed at British manufacturers, the London
Times and the St. James Gazette are pleading
the baby act. The object of the bill was the
protection of the American markets, with
out any sentimental consideration for
foreign interests. Cincinnati Commercial
Gazette.. TnE next Republican nomination for the
Presidency is within the easy reach of Sec
retary Blaine. He can have it if he wants it.
There will bo no fight against him in caso ho
shall decide to be a candidate. Ho Is the
flrst choice of a large majority of tho party.
Thosontlm nt in his favor is stronger, ap
parently, than it has ever been before. It
ls for him to say the word, and nil the other
names will be withdrawn. SI. Louis Globe
Democrat. TunnE ls a very strong current of Repub
lican opinion that while any candidate tho
noxt National Convention might namo
could be elected, the ono man certain of suc
cess, If he should take the nomination,
would be Mr. Blaine; and there is a feeling
that he could net transfer unbroken his ex
ceptional strength to any one. not even to
the President, whose rapid growth in the
respect and confidence and high estimation
of the people has been remarked with
pleasure and hopefulness. Brooklyn Standard I
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CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS.
-The Chinese do not permit their women
to be photographed.
The ffiatican contains 20S staircases and
1,100 different rooms.
New -York. City consumes daily about
50,000 bunches of asparagus.
The cost of burying the late Grand
Duke Nicholas of Russia was $200,000.
A silver casket from the Queen is said
to be ono of the most treasured household
gods of Mr. Spurgeon.
A deed conveying a piece of land front
Klsh-Ka-Nuck-Kuck to Sho-Me-No-Po was re
corded the other day at Atchison.
A Portsmouth, X. H., woman recently
found a 1-cent piece in an egg which one of
her hens had laid, nnd later on the same hen
laid an egg with a 10-cent piece in It.
Thomas Morris, a colored man of Stuartt
Va., claims to be 110 years old. He is the
father of 43 children and has been married
five times, but all his wives are dead.
On the snmmit of Ben Lomond may bs
seen the smallest tree that grows in Great
Britain. It is known as the dwarf willow,
and is, when mature, only about two inches
in height.
lit. Tisserand has said that there are in
France 6,913,500 cultivators, who are divided
into 3,463,000 proprietors, farmers and metav
ers, and 3,152,300 ordinary laborers, bailiffs'
and farm servants.
A philological statistician calculate
that In the year 2000 there will be l,700,000,0l
people who speak English, and that the
other Eurdpean languages will be spoken by
only 500,000,000 people.
The artificial incubation of eggs orig
inated in Egypt, where U is still carried on.
According to a consular report no fewer
than 75,000.000 eggs are hatched ln this way
every year on the banks of tho Nile.
The largest grapevine in the world ia
that growing at Oys, Portugal, which has
been bearing since 1S02. Its maximum yield,
was in 1884, in which year it' produced a suf
ficient qnantity of grapes to make 165 gal
lons of wine.
Divers in the clear waters of the trop
ical seas find that fish of different colors
when frightened do not all dart in the same
direction, but that each different kind takes
shelter in that portion of the submarine,
growth nearest in color to that of the flsh.
The biggest doctor's fee of t"he age is the
2,C00,C00 marks paid by Her von Donner, a,
Hamburg merchant, forDr.Mlcbelsen's cure
of his wife. Tbe money wasn't given to the
famous Wiesbaden practitioner, however,
but, at his wish, to found a hospital in Ham
burg. Vergennes, Vt, is the third oldest city
in the United States, having been chartered,
ln 1788. Hartford and New Haven,. Conn.,
were ohartered ln 1784. Vergennes is proba
bly tho smallest and most quiet city in tho
country, having a population of 1,773 and.
covering only 1,200 acres.
In big trees the new State of "Washing
ton is quite rich. A Seattle paper mentions
a fir in Somas which is 8 feet in diameter.
NearStanwood there is a cedar 17 feet la
diameter 33 feet from the roots and 12 feet ia
diameter 112 feet from the roots. Nooksaclc
reports aflrl2 feet In diameter.
Wild horses are sociable in character
and protect themselves against carnivorous
beasts by herding together in large num
bers. In faco of any great danger, such as
storms and fires, they unite in still larger
bodies, perhaps from a sentiment akin to
the human one at similar crises.
The ancient Egyptians were not partic
ular about the wraps in which to shroud.
their dead. Old napkins, old skirts and.
other cast-off clothing were so utilized. It
ls said that an nnpaid dentist bill was found
on the person of a lately exhumed mummy,
whose teeth were in extra fine condition.
The hide of the former Cincinnati ele
phant. Old Chief, which was shot last Feb
ruary, has been stuffed, and with tha
mounted skeleton of tho brute, will be
housed ln a special building at the Cincin
nati Zoological Garden. The hide weighs
1,100 pounds, and it has been stuffed with,
oakum.
A new Swedish glass is claimed to 'havo
important advantage for microscope and,
other fine lenses, giving greatly increased,
power. The chief improvement over other
fine glass consists in tho addition of phos
phate and chlorine, which impart absolute,
transparency, great hardness andtsusceptt
bility of the finest polish.
All Esquimaux are superstitions about
dedth, and, although they hold festivities In,
memory or departed friends, they will usu
ally carry a dying person to some abandoned,
hut. there to drag out his remaining days
without food, medicine, water or attend
ance. After the death of a husband or a.
wife the survivor cuts the front hair short
and fasts for25 days.
The most unhappy periodof "marriage,
according to French divorce statistics, is for
the period extending from the fifth to tha
tenth year. After that the figures drop rap
idly. Only 23 per cent of conples seek di
vorce between the tenth and twentieth,
years of unions- Only one pair in a hundred
seeks to cut theknot after the period of over
30 and under 40 years.
The splendid Mozart Centenary Festi
val at Salzburg recalls to the memory how
the great composer died In December, 179L
He finished his days in the top flat of a honso
ln one of the poorest streets of the city. Ha
left 60(1 in money, and the sale of his effects
realized 20(1, or about 35s. Ho was laid in a
pauper's grave, marked by a plain wooden,
cross, and nobody knows now where' that
gravels.
The largest sum ever paid for a single?
novel is said to have been $200,000 toAl
phonse Daudet, for "Sappho," published ia
1884. Eighty thousand dollars was received,
was Victor Hugo for "Les Misorables" (1862),
published in ten languages. Lord Beacons
field received $60,000 each for "Endymlon"
and "Lothair."- George Eliot received $40,000
for "Middlemarch." and Charles Dickens
$37,500 for "Edwin Drood."
A novel plan for extinguishing a
church debt has been hit upon in Melbourne.
Tho church committee or vestry, as the
case may be divide the total debt among
themselves and each man insures his life for
the amount that falls to his share. The pol
icies are transferred to the church, and the
annual payments on them are made out of
the collections. Then, of course, as the
members of the committee "drop off," the
sums insnred on their lives drop in, and
later, w hen the last committeeman is dead,
the last installment of (ho church debt is
paid. The plan has the merit If merit it be
of throwing the whole of the responsibility
for tho continuance of tho indebtedness
upon Providence.
RHYMES AND KHYNKLES.
"Jack, what did you do when I refused
yon last year?"
"I became desperate. Why, Nellie, darling. I
actually smoked .1 whole cigarette."
"Oh. Jack: And to think I drove you to It."
Detroit Frt' Press.
"Where are you going, my dear old maid?"
"I'm looking fora man," she said.
Will you take me, mydearoldmaldr
"Yes; anybody. Lord:" she said. Chicago Globe.
"What sort of a newspaper plant have
yon?" asked the Eastern sua of the wild Western
editor.
"1 have been aslng a Colt's 44." replied theedl
tor, modestly, "but considering the difficulties
arising oat of the last campaign. 1 have about con
cluded to get a Winchester, Colorado Sun.
De chickens arc roostin' higher,
En de white folks see me pass;
But rank the Lord dat de melon
Is mightily ln the grass I
Atlinta Cbnttitutkm.
Evangelist All who wish to go to heaven,
stand up. What I You. young man there, don't
you want to go to heaven?
Young Man Aw. I s-a-ay, why should I? I live
ln New York, don't yon know.
Colorado Sun.
"Full many a flower is born to blush unseen,
And waste It's sweetness on the desert air;"
Full many a summer girl with cheeks of tan.
I s pining, waiting for the coming (?) man.
Brooklyn Eagle.
"1 suppose," he said, "that you have read
Shakespeare."
"No." Miss Dalsytuft replied, "but my mother
has.Washingtunlstar.
"Is there any game around here?" asked
the new arrival, who ls fond of sport.
"Ilumplit" ejaculated the patriotic youth,
"what's de matter with de baseball park?" BiuA
ington Pott.
Break, break, break,
01 thy cold gray stones, O seal
But the "rocks" I had. when I came down here,
Will never come back to me.
Broke, broke, broke I
My brain is ln a whirl,
O, why did r "blow ln" my hard earned "dart"
On that jilt of a summer girl?
Brooklyn Easts,
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