THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH, WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 19, 189L
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PITTSBURG WEDNESDAY AUGUST 19 18S1
HARMONY TO-DAY.
Thr RStheriug of the State Convention
at narrisburj; to-day is principally impor
tant as an indication of the future status
of the party. While the positions of State
Treasurer and Auditor General are im
portant enough, the task of filling them
xarel produces much political exclte
Tcer. . If the convention nominates fairly
gojd men, it may be taken for granted
thai they will not experience such stum
"blrac blocks in the road to an'election as
-were met by the Republican candidates
last year.
The real question at issue is the position
in which the convention will leave the
leadership of the State party -with refer
ence to next year's campaign. The tele
prains from HarrisburR, yesterdaj , over
flowed with statements that harmony is to
prevail and that the heretofore rival lead
ers are to bmy their respective scalping
inives. Of course, this vrould be the pub
lic avowal in any case; but it is quite
probable the correct view at present. The
loaders have recognized the necessity of
harmonizing, because the popular prefer
ence in the Republican ranks points out
that necessity. It has gone beyond the
stage of mere conjecture that the great mass
of the Republicans of Pennsylvania are
lieartily and urgently supporters of Blaine
for the Presidency. The leader who does
Tiotwish to be left in the undesirable condi
tion of being without a following must
join that movement. The State positions
at stake in this campaign are not worth
enough to incur the chance of being left
on the frigid outside in national politics;
and the commendable quickness of our
Republiaan leaders to recognize this fact
lias joined them in the support of Blaine.
Under these circumstances, if no un
toward apple of discord is pitched into the
convention, harmony may be expected as
the order of the day. Discretion will
dictate the nomination of candidates who
will be superior in reputation to any con
nection with the recent scandals; and the
Republican organization will line up its
ranks anew for a good fight next year un
der the standard of Blaine.
A BACK' NUMBER PROPOSITION.
It is not to be wondered at that the in
telligent expression of opinion among the
colored people of this country and es
pecially of the South, upon the revival of
the proposition for the general coloniza
tion of the race in Liberia, should forcibly
and indignantly repel the idea. The
colonization sheme might have had its
merits in the dark ages before the war.
To-day it is distinctly mediaeval in its es
sential characteristics.
If any of the colored people of the
United States are inspired with the mis
sionary spirit of building up civilization in
Liberia or any other part of Africa, it will J
be a laudable undertaking. But the idea,
that there should be a general transplan
tation of the negroes of the South to
snother continent, is a remarkable sur
vival of ancient stupidity. The negroes
of the South are its natural and acclimated
laborers. They are necessary to its pro
gress, and its progress is necessary to
them. Beyond that their progress during
the quarter of a century is wonderfully
creditable alike to themselves and this
nation. Notwithstanding the drawbacks
created by ancient predjudice, political
feuds and their own ignorance, the pro
gress of the Southern negroes in education,
industry and the acquisition of property
has been uncqualed by any other emanci
pated race in the same time. There is jnst
the same reason for saying that all citizens
of German dpscent must be sent back to
Germany; that those of Irish descent must
go back to Africa, and those of English
extraction to England, as for saying that
the colored people must go back to Africa.
PERRY COUNTY LOGIC.
The deliverance of the Republican
Convention of Perry county on the
subject of the Constitutional Conven
tion shows a heroic determination to beat
the lecord for originality. There have
been some very decent efforts in the line
. of amazing logic already. The New Tork
World in its efforts to run the politics of
Pennsylvania from Xew Tork has discov
ered that the way to defeat the corpora
tions is to hold a convention which was
especiallj framed by the recognized cor
poration element in the Legislature, so as
to give the opportunity for emasculating
the existing restrictions. The K. of L.
managers with no less surprising logic
rely for ballot reform on a convention de
vised by the very fellows who mutilated
the ballot reform bill in the Legislature.
The Perry county Republicans, how
ever, do not confine themselves to any
such tame and conventional limitations of
the logical non-sequitur. They are "unal
terably opposed" to the Constitutional
Convention, and then proceed to give the
exquisite reason that the language of the
present Constitution "is so doubtful and
confused that both the learned and the
unlearned are confounded and perplexed."
This retails the advice of a Lord Chan
cellor to a Colonial Governor, among
whose duties it was to give decisions of a
judicial nature. "Decide what you think
Is right," said the experienced Judge,
"but never give your reasons." The
Perry Republicans illustrate the force of
the advice in making a correct decision
against the Constitutional Convention, and
then ruining themselves by a reason
which works like a boomerang. They
differ from our friends, the World and Mr.
Powderly, who are wrong for a right rea
son in being right for a wrong reason.
The Perry Republicans proceed to en
force their exquisite logic-by citing the
provision of the corporation that "the
stock and indebtedness of corporations
shalLnatbeincreascd, .except in pursuance
of general law," without the consent of the
stockholders. "Whoever can interpret
this language will become an oracle," de
clares the cxtendedandprofoundresolution
ot the Perrv county platform. We are not,
informed hat among the diversified cor
porate interests of Perry county have been
puzzled by the ambiguity of this language;
but it can nevertheless be asserted that
outside of the wilds of that critical county
there are few intelligent men who cannot
correctly interpret the meaning of this
section.
We cannot but approve the determina-
tion of the Perry county Republicans to
oppose the wholly needless convention;
but it is to be wished that they had dis
creetly refrained from exposing the fact
that the correctness of their decision is In
stinctive rather than logical.
AX OLD TROUBLE.
A recent real estate transaction in the
vicinity of Chicago has a bearing of in
terest to Pittsburg. This is the purchase
of 882 acres of land on the Calumet river
just over the Indiana line, at a cost of
5332,000, which will be occupied by an ex
tensive iron works. It is pertinent for
Pittsburg to inquire how, with the well
known advantages of this locality for iron
manufacture, an enterprise of such mag
nitude should come to spend so much
money for a site near Chicago.
Fifteen or sixteen years ago it was quite
common to hear of Iron establishments lo
catinc awav from Pittsburg. The rail
way discriminations against Pittsburg so
completely neutralized its advantages as a
manufacturing point that industries, em
ploying tens of thousands of men which
should naturally have come here, went to
points where they had railway competi
tion between 1873 and 1879. The opening
of competing railway lines corrected the
wrong, and the period of growth for Pitts
burg thus commenced was prolonged by
the natural gas era. The reappearance of
the location of big works elsewhere should
lead Pittsburg to inquire whether the old
influences are regaining their force.
The fact is that the old trouble is re
vived in a modified form. Other points
which have railway competition alone
have no vital advantage over us, because
while the combination is somewhat closer
here than elsewhere the railways give our
manufacturers the slight advantages of a
recognized competitive point But it is
where water transportation is effective
that the influence is felt which neutral
ises our immense advantages as an indus
trial center. It is Chicago's command of
ihe lakes that permits her to cherish the
hope of rivaling Pittsburg in iron manu
facture and makes us hear of the location
of new works there on a large scale.
Of course, this leads up to a remedy; and
the statement of the case shows what the
remedy is. The enterprise which will
bring lake transportation to Pittsburg
will join uncqualed transportation facili
ties to her other unquestioned advantages.
It needs the Ohio River and Lake Erie
Canal to maintain and expand the indus
trial supremacy of Western Pennsylvania.
THEIR REAL SIGNIFICANCE.
There is a remarkable Ignorance dis
played in some of the felicitations by
organs especially friendly to the corporate
interest over the showing of the totals of
railway mileage and capitalization as pre
sented in Poor's Manual for 1690. In the
first place the fact that there was an in
crease in railway mileage of 3,426 is not
new and does not display an average year
of railway building. A more important
lack of perception is however shown in
the idea -that the increase of the load of
fictitious capitalization i3 an addition to
the prosperity of the country.
There is evidence that in some cases
this ignorance is genuine. The New
Tork Press, for example, makes the state
ment that the cost of the railway system
of the country is $10,122,639,900. That is
the total of stocks and bonds; but it is a
well-known fact that the cost of the prop
erty is not more than half as much. An
other statement is made that the figures
show a decrease in the practice of stock
watering. But the figures as published by
the Press show the exact opposite. That
journal shows the increase in railway
mileage as already stated at 3,426, and the
increase of capitalization at $441,693,651.
This gives us the fact that for every added
mile of track there has been an addition
to capitalization of 128,924. As 530,000
per mile is aliberal estimate of cost for
the average railway, the stock-watering
indicated is at the stupendous rate of
5100,000 per mile. We are inclined to be
lieve that the figures quoted by the Press
are incorrect, as the Cleveland Leader,
which does some very plain speaking in
the matter, puts the increase in stocks and
bonds at only 577,000 per mile. But its
figures call attention to the fact that, as It
pointedly says, "shameful stock water
ing" injected the sum of wholly fictitious
capitalization into the railway system in
1890.
The New Tork Press on the other hand
is correct in sajing that the reports of
gross and net earnings for 1890 show an
increased prosperity for the railroads.
Properly compared to a correct estimate
of their cost these figures show what an
utter fraud the railway claim is that the
corporations must be permitted to sup
press competition in order to save them
selves from self-inflicted ruin.
DAD OUTLOOK FOR BACHELORS.
The able argument of the U. S. Consul
at Bordeaux in favor of the French propo
sition for discriminating taxation to re
lieve the fathers of families and against
old bachelors appears to have borne
fruit in this country, at least as far
as the latter half of the idea is con
cerned. Indeed, Mrs. Ella Wheeler
Wilcox and the Georgia Legislature
appear to have had such premonitions of
the convincing consular logic before it
was published as to have put themselves
in line for the new scheme of taxation.
The poetess of passion proposes that
bachelors of forty or more shall be taxed,
the proceeds of the tax to bo distributed
among unmarried women of not less than
thirty-nine the extra year granted to the
spinsters being a skillful compromise to
get over the obvious difficulty of an ad
mission by the ladies that they have
reached the age of forty. But the Geor
gia Legislature is more radical in its attack
on the bachelors, though less gallant in its
pro-vision for the portion of the softer sex
that languishes in single blessedness. Ac
cording to a bill which has been favorably
reported by the Committee on Hygiene
and Sanitation it is going to cost a Geor
gian 525 per year to continue in the bach
elor business after he is thirty, and 525 is
to be added to the tax every five years
thereafter, so that a man who persists in
resisting the snares of Cupid till the age
of 65 will liave to pay 5200 per annum for
the luxury.
But this proposition raises the question
of how the tax is to be enforced, which
stumps the political economist of our es
teemed cotemporary, the Philadelphia
Press, who has been pondering the prob
lem. Suppose that a Ge6rgia bachelor
who contumaciously remains unmarried
to the age of 45 declares that 5100 is really J
a cheap price for the privilege, but he has
not got the money, what is the State to
do? The rule of enforcement for non
payment of taxes is the sale of the article
taxed. But bachelors are an extremely
unreliable article of proDerty; and the
doubt whether, if oven a choice lot of
bachelors were put up at Sheriff's sale,
they would fetch the amount of the tax,
plus commissions, costs and the advertis
ing bills even if a rebate were given on
the latter of the generous percentage
which the esteemed Press is wont to hand
back to some person or personage un
known in its dealings with the State the
only purchasers who could be relied upon
to bid at such a sale would be single la
dles, and the question whether they would
have money to pay for advertising is a
question well calculated to oppress the.
mind of a Philadelphia newspaper.
Right here is where the Wage workers'
Political Alliance of the District of Co
lumbia comes in. Its genius is exactly
calculated to fill out the uncompleted part
of the bill. It Is plain. that it and only it
could make the needed suggestion that the
unmarried ladies purchasing bachelors at
tax sales, shall have the privilege of pay
ing by their personal drafts on the United
States Treasurer, which drafts on pre
sentation shall be cashed in the "declara
tory, not promissory, full legal tender silk
threaded paper money of the United
States." With this complete removal of
the obstacle the way of every spinster to
buy oj husband wfll be made clear.
TrfE 2J ew York Sun thinks tbat "if the
Chautauqua dress reformers are right In
assorting that the lines or the female figure
should be revealed," in follows that limbs
of the malo figure should have the same
revelation by means of knee breeches and
long stockings. There is-room for discussion
whether the one necessarily calls for the
other. But is-not the second suggestion as a
proposition for a male dress reform some
what weakened by the fact that male suits
for tennis, baseball, and outing generally,
have been of. exactly the character sug
gested, and have proved' in many cases the
reverse of beautiful?
The boom towns have now reached the
stage of regarding the census as a back num
ber. The city directory is the measure by
which they estimate their population, and
the city directory which each city gets up
for itself makes the population boom like a
spring freshet.
The esteemed Rochester Democrat quotes
from two of Balmaceda's proclamations to
establish the undoubted fact that the Chilean
President is a usurper and dictator. That is
exactly the point on which The Dispatch in
sisted when the organs of that administra
tion were insisting that the party opposed
to Balmaceda are "rebels" and insurgents."
It Is satisfactory to observe that the organs,
albeit somewhat tardily, are getting their
eyes open to the fact that The Disr-ATcu is
right.
The sum of 5200,000 is not a very big
price to pay for being sure that the founda
tions of the Chicago Exposition are strong
enough to bear all possible strains; but it is
an exceedingly large price to pay for the
omissionrto make that certaininthe first
place.
It is an interesting story that Gov. David
B. Hill aspires to be chairman of tho Dem
ocratic National Committee. An exchange
objects that David has another aspiration
for a still more prominent position In the
next National campaign; but that makes no
difference to Hill. He has already demon
strated his ability to fill two such positions
as chairman and candidate at tho same
time.
The mutual expressions of high esteem
between Thomas B. Eeed, of Maine, and
Roger Q. Hills, of Texas, indicate that these
distinguished opponents from remote parts
of the country enjoy an interchange of back
scratching as well as any one else.
"What an illustration of the human dis
position to do business on wind, is given by
the statement that 11,000,000 bushels of wheat
changed hands in a single half-day's trans
actions on the New Tork Exchange. As all
the wheat in New Tork on that day
amounted to perhaps 10 percent of that
total, the abilities of tho New Yorkers to
bnynnd6ell flat wheat is amply demon
strated. Mrs. James Bnowx Potter's declara
tion that she is wedded to art raises the
doubt whether the other party was not, like
2faJor General Stanley's daughters, forced
into the marriage "against our wills, papa
against our wills."
The description of Mr. "Win. Morton Ful
lcrton, the new Paris correspondent of tho
London Times, by a Boston paragrapher,
which credits him with possessing, among
other fascinating qualities, "a dashing,
champagne-like temperament," creates an
apprehension that a quality of that sort
will produce a pop and a fizz in European
journalism.
Chief Justice Fuller makes the per
tinent remark that any man can be "men
tioned" for tho Presidency, and the men
tioners seem determined that no one shall
have reason to complain of being neglected.
By tho insistence of some of the Repub
lican organs on tho power of the Secretary
of the Treasury to sell new bonds and raise
the money to take up the 4s, they oxhibit
remarkable lack of faith in the Secretary's
declaration that he lias money enough In the
Treasury to pay off the 4 per cents on Sep
tember L
Young Mosby is reported to have apol
ogized for shooting at tho Count MItkiewieez,
but his father, tho old cavalry partisan,
thinks that tho apology due from his off
spring is for the failure to lilt his mark.
An international convention of the
members of the weather service is to be held
In Munich shortly. If it had not been for the
slips of the past few -weeks, Uncle Jerry's
weather sharps could have gone over and
claimed the championship with an exhibit
of l eally flrst-class "Republican weather."
There are intimations that the adminis
tration thinks that It can make Clarkson
serve In place of Quay; but tho mistake will
be evident in the fullness of time.
THE GUAED COMMENDED
By General McClelland and Governor Paul
son in an Order Issned'Yesterday.
rsrKCIAL TELEGRAM TO TIIK DISPATCH.
IlAimisnuna, Pa., Aug. IS. Adjutant Gen
eral McClelland has issued the following
order to the National Guard of Pennsyl
vania, whioh has also been signed by Gov
ernor Pattlson:
The, encampments for 1831 must convince
everyone who has observed them that the
National Guard of Pennsylvania stands at
the head of the militia of the States. The
improved soldiery bearing, proficiency of
drill, stiict discipline and general deport
ment of nil organizations is most marked,
nnd comet from the undoubted patriotism
of the individual guardsman. For this the
Commander in Chief desires to thank each
officer and enlisted man. He also desires to
commend to tho people of the State their
citizen-soldiers as worthy of the generous
consideration and support. .
THE LOSS ON CE0P3.
James Fletcher, of Canada, Says It Will
Reach 10 Per Cent.
Wasuixotok, Aug. 13. The Association of
Economic Entomologists held its flrst meet
ing yesterday and was addressed by the
President, James Fletcher, entomologist
and botanist to the Dominion of Canada.
In referring to tho great loss of crops oc
casioned by the ravages of insects lie said
that the value of agricultural products of
mis country is cstmiatea at aoouc gwu.uixj
000, and of this an average of about 10 per
cent is lost; in short $3S,OOJ,000 is given up
the United states.
SOUTH AMERICAN TRADE.
How It Could Be Stimulated With the As
'tiatance of Reciprocity General Os
born Talks About His Railroad Scheme
Some of the Difficulties. '
special telegram to tub dispatcii.1
Columbus, Aits. 18. I found General
Thomas O. Osborn, ex-United States Minister
to the Argentine Republic, at the Neil
House to-night. He had been to Washing
ton, w:is en route to Chicago, and had
stopped off here to visit the scenes of his
birthplace -and early childnood near this
city. General Osborn was for 18 years lo
cated at Buenos Ayics, ns the representa
tive of this Government. Ho wan appointed
by President Grant, and wns relieved by
President Cleveland. In the long years that
he spent in the South American licpnbllo he
had opportunities to study that country's
o niinercial and industrial interests and its
trade with other nations. The General had
but little timo to-night for an interview, but
what ho did have he gave ficely. Ho Is very
enthusiastic over the project of building a
grand trunk railroad to Buenos Ayres from
this country, and In a ten-minute talk he
said:
"1 loft Buenos Ayres last September and
spent two months traveling In the Andes
Mountains in Bolivia in my search for the
President of that country. They havo two
capitals in that country, as I presume you
know, and I went to the wrong city first.
When I discovered that the President had
left for the other canital I had to take a
jaunt ovor the mountains, with my train of
11 nacK mnics ana 1 inaians. sometimes we
slept in the midst of snow, with which the
mountains are covered. We had little
Freneli folding beds along, which I had
I we packed them on the mules.
South American Hardships.
"Sometimes we had to make 40 miles a day
In order to get to a valley where tho Indians
grew barley for horse feed. Barley is the
only thing that they cultivate for feed for
beasts of burden, and the Indians charge $1
for a bunch of it that can be encircled by a
man's two hands. I finally arrived at the
city whore the President of Bolivia was and
got a hearing, with the result that I got cer
tain concessions for the Grand Trunk Rail
road through that country to the Peruvian
line. My trip to Washington was for the
purpose of making a report to our Govern
ment concerning these concessions. All the
different 6tates in South America through
which the road will pass are interested in
getting the line established and in working
order.and will give it substantial encourage
ment." "How much benefit would the people of
this country got from the operation of an in
ternational railiond?" was asked.
"Well, that's really incalculable. They
would sell millions of dollars' worth of mer
chandise to the Sonth American States.
Why, tho people of those countries use mow
ers and reapers and other machinery made
in this country now, but they get them from
Europe. Bacon, ham and cheese from
tnis country wouia una a Dig marcet mere.
The fact is American bacon is brought to
Buenos Ayres now from Europe and sold as
Irish bacon.
How We Lose Trade.
"Anybody who knows anything about Ire- 1
land knows that it don't produce more bacon
than enough for its own people. England
buys it from the United States, and then
sells it to the Argentine Republic With
cheese it's the same way. I've seen cheese
on the South American markets that wn3
branded 'Cheshire cheese. It was nothing
more than our Western Reserve cheese
taken to England and rebrandod. Now
there's no reason why this country shouldn't
have the credit of this trade, and our com
merce get the additional profit, except that
the facilities for getting into the South
American countries are not good. Railroads
would furnish the facilities.
"There is another benefit that would come.
Tho Spaniards, who make up the bulk of the
population, don't like water transportation.
Theyprefer to travel by railroad or over
land! If there was a railroad from this
country they would come this way when
they go to Europe. They would spend money
in this country. They would come here to
see the sights. Tho wealthy Spaniards of
South America on their annual pleasure
trip spend thousands of doUars. When
asked why they don't come to tho United
States, they reply that they can't got there
without going to Europe first, and they stop
in Europe,
Difference In Ocean Travel.
"If there was a railioad to this country,
they would be but eight or nine days cross
ing the ocean to Europe from New York.
Now when they sail from Buenos Ayres to
Liverpool they are on the water for 30 days,
and it is a tiresome journey. I have made
the trip several times myself, and know how
it is.
"I think it would have some effeot on
European travel from this country," con
tinued General Osborn. "People who go to
Europe for the purpose of viewing scenery
could find finer scenery in South America.
To show you how England has complete
control of commerce in the Argentine Re
public. I need only say that n ship carrying
the American colors is never seen at Buenos
Ayres, while every day steamers flying the
English flag come into port.
"The mineral resources of the country ore
vast. I talked with the superintendent of
an ore mine and learned irom him that
while the present ontput is 6,000,000 tons a
year, tho mine, if properly worked, with
ample shipping facilities at hand, would
yield 50,000,030 tons per annum."
General Osborn expects to leave for South.
America in October. The General is an'
uncle of A. C. Osborn, late editor of the
Sunday World, who was shot down and
killed on the streets of Columbus by W. J.
Elliott last February.
NAMES FREQUENTLY SEEN.
The King of Sweden is a great swimmer
and wears gants de suede in swimming to
keep his hands from tanning.
King Alexander of Servia and his
father, dx-Kine Milan, are guests of Presi
dent Carnot, at Fontainobleau.
The Ilev. Robert Barbour, a Scotch cler
gyman who died lately at Aix-les-Bains, left
an estate valued at over $800,000.
The widow of Richard Proctor, the
great astronomer, is to be curator of the
Proctor memorial observatory at Sail Diego,
Cal.
Alfred Goldthwaite, of New Or
leans, State Senator of Louisiana and dis
tinguished as counsel in tho celebrated
Gaines case, was stricken with paralysis in
the left side last night while at Point Clear,
a summer resort on tho eastern shore of Mo
bile Bay. His condition is serious.
Fully $600,000 has been spent on the
Empress of Austria's new palace at Corfu.
The wood carving alone in one suite of
rooms cost $15,000. A villa built for the Em
press near Vienna a few years ago at an ex
penditure of $400,000 has never been occupied
by her, because she took a dislike to the.
place after it was finished.
IiYslan C. Draper has suffered a stroke of
paralysis which leaves him entirely help
less and is likely to prove fatal. He has long
been regarded as an oracle on Western top
ics among historical specialists, and was for
about 30 years head of tho Wisconsin His
torical Society. He is tho author of many
historical works.
"William Morris, the English poet,
artist and Socialist, affects a singularly
shabby and unplcturesque attire. He may
bo seen on OxfoTd street, in London, wear
ing an old black slouch hat, an ancient sack
coat, baggy trousers and a blue flannel shirt
The necktie is usually missing and some
times he wears no collar. But his flowing
white hair and beard make him an object of
interest to every passerby.
Agnes Kankin. a young Kentucky girl.
has been playing some amusing pranks on
the other girls in Crockett county. Putting
on malo attire, she secured work as a hired
man on a farm, and began at once to court
nil the attractive young women of the neigh
borhood, escorting them to church and to
places of amusement and acquiring a local
reputation ns a beau. When her sex was
discovered it was found that she had bc
como engaged to marry three farmers'
daughters.
All France is very much interested just
now in the future of a young widow, the
Princess Lctltla, ivho is tho only marriagea
ble Princess of tho Bonaparte family, Tho
Princess is a woman of somewhat imposing
beauty. She has a rather large figure, in
clined to embonpoint, a florid face, and
thick, black, hair. Her lips are full, almost
to the point of sensuality. Of her shouldoru
and arms it has been said that they might
furnish models for ft sculptor, for they are
superbly developed. In manner the Princess
Is most vivacious, but she has an unpleasant
way of making cutting and sarcastic re
marks. Sho has expressed a desire to marry
again, and Paris Is curious to know whom ,
sho will select for a husband.
KEPT HIS STOKE CLEAN.
A. T. Stowart Had a Successful Way In Sell-
Inc Stale Goods.
New York Sun.
I remember walking one morning, years
ago, into Mr. A. T. Stewart's retail drygoods
establishment on Broadway while the old
gentleman was making his usual round of
the various counters. In the course of tc he
came up to tho place whore I was standing,
and after hurriedly saluting roe he began
catechizing the salesman In attendance.
Taking up one articlo ho said: "How much
nro you selling these fort" "Forty cents,
Mr. Stewart." "Do they go well?" "Not
very well, sir." "Put thorn down to 25 cents I
How much are these?" taking up another
article. "Seventv-five cents, sir." "Aro
they going well?" "Slowlv, sir." "Make
them 30 cents. And these?" "Sixty "cents,
sir." How do they sell at that?" "Very
well, sir." "Let them stav thore."
And so ho went through the entire stook
displayed on the counter. Observing my
amusod and interested look, ho good huinor
edlv turned to me and said: "It is no use to
keep goods up so high, that customers will
not buy them, and the worst of all mistakes
in a mercuant, alter no nas maue tne mis
take of buying things whioh areslow of sale,
is to hold them for a market. The best way
19 to clear them out at any sacrifice and lay
in a better selected stock." Mr. Stewart
knew human nature, whatever he may have
lacked in knowledge of architecture and
pictures, and he was tho prince of shopr
keepers. He did pot often miss suiting the
taste of the public in drygoods, but when he
did he got out of the scrape by appealing to
its avarice. Men, and more so women,
dearly love bargains and will buy things
bocause they are cheap, when they will not
buy thorn because they are pretty and suita
ble. Moreover, Mr. Stewart had learned the
useful lesson that a little loss at the begin
ning is preferable to a great one at the end,
and made his losses as he did his profits,
small and quickly.
GRAND MUSICAL FESTIVAL
Given at Chautauqua In Which Marie Deccs
Scores a Triumph.
SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.
Chautauqua, Aug. 18. Tho "Summer
City" had another great musical festival to
day, and Marie Decca again covered herself
with glory. It was an extra concert and
given by the Chautauqua management in
deferenco to the popular clamor to hear
Miss Decca sing again. Tho programme
opened up with an excellent rendition of
"The Dream," by Costa, by a full chorus of
500 voices. The Melophola Quartet, of Now
York, and Miss Thomas, of Meadville as
sisted in the solo parts. Marie Decca sang
for her first number the cavntina from "The
Barber of Seville," and her marvelous range
of voice was displayed in the variations and
cadenzas. The enthusiasm was so great
that recall followed recall, and, even after
the singer had responded to an encore and
gave the quaint old ballad "Robin Adair,"
the audience were loth to havo her leave
the stage. The great concert closed with a
splendid rendition of Gounod's Redemption
chorus, "Unfold Ye Portals Everlasting."
The otner exercises 01 tne uay wore as joi
lows: At 9 A. M., Woman's Club, paper on
"The Temperance Reform as Related in
Philanthropies," by Mrs. C. B. Bnell.of St.
Louis. At ll A. M., a lecture on "ChriRtophor
Columbus, His Life and Its Results," by Dr.
E. W. Hale, of Boston. At 1 r. m., a lecture
on "Reminiscences of Longfellow," by Mis.
J. H. Ward, of Boston. At 8 p. M., C. L. S. C.
round table In the Hall of Philosophy. At 7
r. m., a meeting of the young people, ad
dressed lv Dr. E. E. Hale, on the work of the
"King's Daughters." At ,7:30 p. M., a prom
enade conoert and feast of lanterns.together
with an open-air stereoptlcon exhibition on
the hotel lawn.
WONDEES OP PEESSUEE.
How Mountains Aro Supported by Small
Sticks of Timber.
St. Paul Dispatch.
The enormous depth of tho great Com
stock mines in Nevada and the glgantl o and
incomprehensible weight of tho mas3 of
stones and earth resting upon the timbers
(which actually hold up the mountains that
have literally been honey-combed by the
miners), have wrought wonders which puz
zle the deepest thinkers. For instance,
queer polished sticks, as smooth as dressed
mohogony and not thicker than your wrist,
are often taken out of deserted portions of
the mines. They are as hard and as heavy
as iron, and a knife of tho best material will
not make a scratch on them. Do you have
any idea what they are? Drill cores, you
think, but they are not. Originally thev
were solid oak timbers 12x12 inches
square. But why are they no thicker than a
walking stick upon removal after having
seen years of service? The weight of the
mountains bearing upon them from all
directions, perpendicularly as well as
laterally (for it is only in this way that
mines of enormous depth can be safely
timbered) has wrought the wondors seen in
tho polished stick. Sometimes these trans
formed timbers are found in small sections,
sometimes In long pieces, and are taken out
whore cave-ins have ocourred and displaced
the workings.
It is a well known fact that paper can bo
compressed until it will be so hard that a
diamond will hardly touch it, but no known
mechanism of the present or tho past has
such power to compress and work marvels
with wood.
'NEW CUSTOMS BULK
Imported Goods Will Hereafter Be Sub
jected to but One Examination.
Washington, Aug. 18. The Bureau of
American Republics is informed that a very
Important change has been made in Ameri
can Custom House regulations. Under the
old system goods imported were subject to
two examinations, one at the port of entry
and another in the custom honse where the
goods were delivered. By a rule just
adopted the lust inspection is now dispensed
with.
Goods aro thoroughly examined upon
the entrance into the country, sent to their
destination with due precautions, and de
livered to consignees upon presentation of
the proper documents. The chango saves
vexations delays, does away with expenso
of repacking.
DEATHS HEBE AND ELSEWHERE.
William T. Miller.
William T. Miller, of Parkersburg died
Monday. Ue was much Interested In arclixologl
cal research and had collected a number of One
specimens. He had written a number of articles
On inc riCunesH Ul nl vjikiuih icinwiv m Lnese
specimens.
He was a member of the west Vlr-
glnia lllitc
New York,
nia Historical Society and of a similar one in
Obituary Notes.
Jean Joseph Tuoxisscx, the Belgian econo
mist. Is dead at the age of 74 years.
McBOAHXEY, a Waterloo veteran, has died at
Belfast. aRCd 93 yearb. He also fought In the war
of the Canadian rebellion.
ART1IUBD. Cor, sou of D. P. Coy, the well
known Middlesex countv (Mass.) historian, died
suddenly at his home at Maiden Monday.
Frederick Polmyer, business manager og the
German Correspondent, of Baltimore, Md., aud a
nephew of Colonel F. Ralnc. the proprietor, died
bunday night of consumption.
Da. Julius Gcxthep., one of the best-known
phslcl3iis of Qnlucy, 111., died Monday at the age
of 62. He was one of the city physicians of New
Orleans during the yellow fever scourge of 1878.
Rev. Fatiieb Anthony Free, a. J., one of
the best known priests in New Orleans, died Mon
day morning. Father Free was born In Hungary,
NoTemberlD, 1SC3, and became a Jesuit in 184U.
Paor. Albert Tolman, aged 07, died Monday
In Plttsneld, Mass.. after a short illness. He
founded the famous Taconlc School for bojs at
Lanesboro, which fitted mauy celebrated men for
colleges.
Aldricii Knight, an actor or Juvenile parts,
died Monday afternoon at his home In New York.
He was 1 years old, and his last engagements were
with "The Ivy Lear' and Prince and Pauper"
comnanles.
Hiiiam Collins, a prominent Grand Army
man, died Monday morning In Mount Pleasant,
la.. Insane Asjlum. He was bitten by an alleged
mad dog In June. The doctors say his death was
caused uy fright.
MBS. 31 ARY STANLEY, living near Youngstown,
died recently, and her will was offered for probate
Monday. Among the bequests is one for 51, (XX) to
the Salvatlou Army. It is probable the legacy will
be paid to General Booth.
Oliver P. Mason, one of the f remost members
of the Lincoln bar, and ex-Judgu of the Supreme
Court, died In Lincoln yesterdaj. aged 6r. He was
leadlug counsel for uovernor Tl a ;er In .he recent
proceeding in onster of James E. iloyd.
Very Rev. Dean Van Lauwe, pastor of St.
Stephen's Catholic church, or Port Huron, died
suddenly from a stroke of apoplexy shortly before
noon Monday. Deceased was a prominent member
or the priesthood. He w as ordained In Belgium In
1882.
Virginia Morrison Faois died In Richmond,
O., at 7 o'clock p. JI, Monday, August 17. Funeral
services from the residence of the parents. Rev.
and Mrs. S. C. Faris, at 2:80 o'clock. Deceased
was formerly amoslc teacher In Pittsburg and re
Elded In tbe
I March, when she left for home
cast ,na lor lour years, .up tg taafc
ON HISTORIC GROUND.
President Harrison at liennlngton, Ready to
Unveil the Great Dattlo Monument There
Incidents of His Trip Through Now
YorV State His Newburg Speech.
BES5ISOT03, Aug. IS. President Harrison
has arrived here after a Journey through'
New Jersey and -New York, and will partici
pate in the anniversary celebration of the
Battle of Bennington, and unveil the monu
ment commemorativo of that memorablo
event. Ho arrived at the Pennsylvania
Railroad depot in Jersey City at 12:35 to-day,
and left over tho West Shore Railroad for
Albany at 1 o'clock.
The President traveled in a special car of
the West Shore Railroad. The President was
accompanied from Cape May by his Private
Secretary; Georgo AT. Boyd, General Passen
ger Agent of tho Pennsylvania Railroad;
Howard Cole, formerly a law clork in the
.rresiaont's oince at Indianapolis, nnd a
number of newspaper correspondents. At
jersey city ho was joined by his son, Rus
sell Harrison, and John A. Slelcher.
When tho train pulled into the big iron
shod in Jersey City the President stepped out
on tho rear platform of his car,and;Mr. Boyd
pointed out to him the wonderful feats of
engineering accomplished in constructing
the immense Iron span.
Tho President In Robnst Health.
The President was dressed In a black
Prince Albert coat, light colored trousers,
and wore a white traveling hat. He ap
peared to be in perfect health, and his
cheeks showed slight traces of sunburn.
Dinner had been prepared before the car
reached Jersey City and was served in the
dining room of the President's private car.
The West Shore private car in which tho
President is traveling Is a nalace on wheels.
and has been specially arranged for his com
fort and convenience on this trip.
The train arrived at Newburg, N. Y., at 3
p. m. nnd stopped for ten minutes. There
were 3,000 people at the station, who cheered.
The President appeared on the rear plat
form. He said:
"My dear friends, you can well imagine
what a great pleasure it is to run out ot tho
rain and mist that has hovered about our
train for about an hour or two into the sun
shine and gladness of this welcome which
you have extended. You are situated here
In a region full of historio Interest. Every
child must hear the story of sacrifice and
courage of those who laid the foundation of
the Government, which has grown so much
beyond the conception even of the wisest of
our fathers. I am sure that under these
influences you must all find inspiration for
good citizenship, and it is pleasant to know
that what you rejoice in here has left its im
press upon the hearts of oar people."
A Feeling or Patriotism Everywhere.
Far away on the Sacramento, as well as
upon the beautiful Hudson, men love (ho
flag of Washington. Applause. I am glad
to be with you a moment to-day In passing
to the observances in "Vermont of one of
those great events which led to the Inde
pendence of our country. We havo great
common interest ns a people: and while wo
divide in the methods by which wo form the
national prosperity, I am sure we are all de
voted in heart to the country that has ob
tained s,o much for us the country for whioh
bravo men have died, and for which brave
men will yet dlo if occasion should call lor
that sacrifice.
"In the interest of good government we
are one. Wo are divided sometimes in the
method by which it is obtained. We are
consecrated In tho one purpose that this
shall be so administered that all tho people
shall share in its benefits, and that no fa
vored class shall usurp its benefits, which are
for everybody, equally, spreading sunshine
in all homos and upon all law-abiding peo-
Ie. Again expressing my pleasure at meet
lg you, I say farewell."
A railroad n jumped on the bumper of
the car wbilo the train was going at consid
erable speed. He attracted the President's
attention Dy tonching him on tho arm, and
then held out his hand. Mr. Harrison shook
it heartily and then went Inside.
Greeted by Governor H11L
Enthusiastic receptions marked tho whole
line of the Journey, but the crowning one
was at Albany. Here the Prcsidental party
alighted and proceeded to the City Hall,
where they were met by Mayor Manning,
Governor Hill and the State officers. The
Governor spoke as follows:
"The limited time at your disposal here
renders it appropriate that I Should express
the sentiments of the people of the State in
the fewest words .possible. The citizens of
the Empire State receive you with profound
respect, and greet you with, the greatest
pleasure on this occasion; not only because
you are the honored Chief Magistrate of the
nation, but because of their appreciation of
your high character and eminent public
service. They are delighted that yon have
seenflt to honor us with your presence to
day. They recall with interest your many
patriotic speeches during your recent mem
orable trip in the South and West, and their
desire to see and listen to you has been in
tensified. I tenderyou a cordial and sincere
welcome."
President Harrison replied In the same
spirit.
A Plea for an Honest Dollar.
The President, in'his response, had this to
say on the silver question: "1 am one of
those that believe that these men from your
shops, these farmers remote from money
centers.havo thelargest interest of all people
in the world in having a dollar that Is worth
100 cents every day in the year and only
Buoh. Applause. Ifbyanycbanooweshould
fall into a condition where one dollar is not
as good as another, I venture the assertion
that that poorer dollar will do its first
errand in paying some poor laborer for hi3
work. Therefore, in the conduct of our
public affairs, I feel pledged, for one, that
all the Influences of the Government should
be on tho side of giving the people only
good money, and Just as much of that kind
as we can get. Applause
"Now, my fellow citizens, we have this
vear a most abundant yes, extraordinary
grain crop. This is our opportunity, and I
cannot see how it can be possible but that
theso exports of grain, now reaching the
limit of tho capacity of our railroads and of
our ships, shall soon bring back to us the
lost gold we sent to Europe, and more that
we didn't lose." (Applanse.)
BUSSIAN BYE.
It's an ill wind to Germany, Austria
Hungnry and our English cousins, but It
blows good to the American farmer. Hart
ford Courant.
In consequence of Russia's shutting up her
grain supply from the European market it's
about timo for America to get her rye on It.
Philadelphia Times.
What do we care for that little nkase of
the Czar keeping Russian rye nt home? Wo
are the people, and wo don't hear that the
Kentucky corn crop has failed. jVew York
Advertiser.
Russia has scored a point against Germany
and England. Tho Bear delivered a stun
ning body blow yesterday when a ukase was
Issued forbidding the export from Russia of
rye and rye meal of every kind. iVeio Vork
Mali.
The rye maricct throughout the world has
been disturbed by tho unexpected ukase of
the Czar of Russia, prohibiting tho export of
rye or rye meal, and the effect has been felt
even in tho Chicago markets. Albany
Argtts., ,
Tub Russian ukase against the exporta
tion of rye is not a war measnre, but the ac
tion of a paternal government to protect its
own people against the speculators who
were ready to make a fortune at the people's
expense on the short crop. Brooklyn Citizen.
1st taking his extraordinary measures to
keep bread from going out of tho country
the Russian Czar well knows what ho is
about. Should the great mass of stupid
boors in his realm get hungry his life would
not, be worth 2-4 hours' purchase Boston
Glebe.
It affords the strongest proof of the short
crops In Europe creating a deficit whioh can
not be supplied except by tho farmers of
his country. There Is a serene and solid
satisfaction In knowing that this country
will bo able to supply the deficiency at good
prices. Baltimore American.'
The manner in which Russia is sticking
Germany shows that the Russians have a
pleasure in punishing the Germans for the
Initiation of the famous defensive alliance
with Austria and Italy which blocked Rus
sia's way to the Balkan provinces and Con
stantinople. Milwaukee Wisconsin.
The real difficulty is not that breadstuff's
are wanting In Europe, but that the masses
have no money with -which to purchase.
Business Is not active, and production is
limited because wages are so low that pro
ducers cannot be consumers to the extent
they'are in this country. Peoria JOranscrtpt.
OUR MAIL POUCH.
Objectionable Compliment.
To the Editor of The Dispatch :
Is it not about time that the terms "gal
lant," "brave," "dashing" and like compli
mentary qualifying oxprossions as applied
to individuals in the war for the Union be
used less Indiscriminately? At best, very
frequently, courage in war means, when ana
lyzed, that the person had not activity of
brain sufficiently to comprehend danger.
But this aside, what I refer to more espe
cially aro the allusions to Mobr, inciden al
to the "Shoebox" Miller episode. His war
service is (n has been the case in every
reference I have seen to him in years) de
scribed with superabundance of superla
tives, while in fact he avoided
a fight whenever possible, and
"Mosby's mare" was a synonym
in the Potomac army for speed In getting
away from an enemy. 1 wns down in tho
1 eginn that he had charge of for sometime
in ISOt and can recall only onco that ho was
brought to a square fight (by reason of the
fact thut ho could not get away without it)
and ho was whipped from beginning to end.
It was one of those very odd coincidences in
which the combatant" were squarely match
ed as to numbers, there having been a few
over 100 guerillas and the same number of
the Eigth Illinois Cavalry. Tho result was
that 22 of Mosby's men brought in prisoners.
Mosby's fast mare saved his personal bacon.
FrrrsBUito, Aug. 18.
ANTI-HUMBUG.
Tonsnrlng In Necessary.
To the Editor of The Dispatch:
A has a wager with B that it is necessary,
to be ordained to the priesthood, that a per
son must bo tonsured before he has author
ity to officiate as a priest. Is he right?
Pittsburg, August 18. J. W. R.
In the Roman Catholic creed the first
ceremony for devoting a person to tho ser
vice of God and the church, the flrst degree
of the elericate given by a bishop is the cut
ting off of the candidate's hair -with prayers
nnd benedictions. Candidates for the rite
must have been confirmed, be adequately
instructed In the elements or the Christian
faith, and be able to read and write.
The Perfect Number.
To the Editor of The Dispatch 1
Please inform me through yonr paper as
to the derivation of the word Shabah.
' East Exd, August 18. H. E. B.
The Hebrew-Shabah, from which comes
the German sicben and the English seven.
Is derived from a root signifying to be full,
complete, made up entirely: seven therefore
Is often called the perfect number. No
number recurs in Scripture so often, and as
it cannot have an abstract virtue or signif
icance, its constant use hero carries in it
some important allusion.
Lucky Windfalls.
To the Editor of The Dispatch:
Where did the-word "windfall" obtain the
meaning "good luck?" luot.
Pittsburg, August IS.
The origin of "windfall," in the sense of
"good luck," dates from the time of William
the Conqueror; It wns then a criminal
offense to cut timber in the forests. Only
such could bo gathered as the wind had
blown down, hence a heavy wind storm was
hailed bythe peasants as so much pood luck,
and from this comes the modern application
of the cxpres jion.
New York or New Jersoy.
To the Editor of The Dispatch:
Which is the nearest State to Pittsmirg
where persons can be married without a
license, providing thev are not of age.
Pittsbuhg, August 18. F. A. R.
No license is necessary in New York State
and the laws 01 New Jersey are not very
strict, but minors are not permitted to
marry in either of these States without the
consent of their parents.
The Age of Guardsmen.
To the Editor of The Dispatch:
Please inform me ns to the required age
for members of the National Guard.
Pittsburg, August 18. Jack.
The applicant for membership in the Na
tional Guard must be between the ages of 13
and 45 years, but if the applicant is under 21
he must have the written consent of his par
ents or guardians.
MINGLED POLITICS AND BELI0I0N.
Grangers and Soldiers Both Having
Dig
Times at Scottdale.
Scottdale, Aug. 18. This was a great day
for the people of this district, over 4,000 peo
ple of Westmoreland and Fayette county
attending the proceedings in Ellsworth
Park, held there in honor of Grange Day.
Rev. Dr. Funk, of this place, delivered the
address of welcome. This afternoon the
principal speaking occurred, addresses
being made by Senator G. C. Brown, of
York ; State Secretary Hilman, District
Attorney Gregg, nnd J. E. McCurdy, of
Greensburg.
But little was said of politics by the speak
ers, with the exception of Senator Brown,
who launched out into the sea of a great
political future for the Grange. Not a man
left the grounds but was undecided as to
whether he had attended a Democratic, a
Republican or a Greenback political meet
ing, or a religious cainpmeeting, the chances
being in favor of the last opinion.
At tho G. A. R. encampment to-night,
Colonel Danks addressed the veterans on
war reminiscences. The day was full of
events and tho crowd one of the largest that
ever gathered here.
Hennepin Canal Committee.
WABHiifGTOX, Aug 18. The following are
tho members of the Board of Army Engi
neers -who are to take under consideration
and report upon a site for the western ter
minus of the Illinois and Mississippi River
(Hennepin) Canal: General O. M. Poe,Cbair
man; Major Alex. Mackenzie and Captain
Marshall.
SOME PEOPLE WHO TBAVEL.
Robert C. Ould, of Richmond, Vo., has
been in tho city for the past few days. He is
interested in mineral lands in Alabama, and
came here to interest Pittsburgers in the
erection of a steel plant in that section. He
would not say what success he mot with.
Rev. and Mrs. S. W. McCorkle. of the
First Congregational Church, Alleghenv, re
turned yesterday from Youngstown, War
ren and other points in the Western Re
serve, where they have been spending their
vacation.
Assistant General Passenger Agent Boyd
left for Philadelphia last night; General
Manager Wood went to New Hampshire to
join his family there.
H. M. Graham, Mrs. McKee Graham and
Miss Graham, registered at the Mononga
liela yesterday on return from summering
at Lakewood.
George Oliver went to Kew York last
night, and Judge Snccop and Warden Burt,
of the workhouse, wont to Harrisburg.
Judge Harry White, of Indiana, was at
tho Seventh Avenue yesterday. Ho will
leave this morning for Johnstown.
John G. A. Leishman, Vice Chairman ot
Carnegie Bros. & Co., went East last night.
B. H. Ruby, of McClure & Co., returned
from a Western trip last evening.
James P. "Withcrow and J. H. Ricketson
arrived on the limited last night.
J. F. Maeder and family returned yester
day from Atlantic City.
General "Warner, of Marietta, O., left for
New York last night.
A. G. Fillchey, of Columbus, is at the
Duquesne.
"W. A. Magee left for Harrisburg last
evening.
FANCY.
Taney Is a heaTenly sprite.
Starr -footed as the night.
Slie bears visions In her train
That can turn the staidest brain.
She can give a begga r gold
liaise the dead abo e the mold.
She can warm a lover's kiss
Add to every human bliss.
She has qualities divine
Mortals worship at her shrine.
She builds castles In the air.
With which nothing can compare.
She can cheer ns and bewitch.
Make us happy healthy rich.
I would never dare to tell
AU the splendors of her spell.
How she winds me lu a net.
Till my footsteps are beset.
Fancy Is a heavenly sprite.
Starry-footed as the night.
Laura Sotamond White'in Cleveland-Leader-
CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS.
A Philadelphia Chinaman has 30 gods.
A Charlotte, Mich., boy, 13 years old,
weighs 270 pounds.
Henry Johnson, a Chicago baseball
amateur, weighs 317 pounds.
It is said that of 10,737 farms in Utah
0,721 aro made fertile by irrigation.
In 20 years there has been no counter
feiting of tne American postage stamps.
Eton, or the collection of schools which
constitutes what is popularly known as Eton,
has 1,000 scholars.
Hailstorms do not occur In well-wooded
districts, according to the observations of a
noted Swiss forester.
Japanese lace is coming into market.
It is a new manufacture, and hitherto has
been mainly consumed at home.
A woman in Atlanta is ihe mother of 21
children, all living and unmarried. Tha
v oungest two are twins, and have just been
born. I
The "city article" of the London Tinvs
Informs its readers that Chicago is destined
to become one of the greatest grain-growing
States in the Union.
The little Kansas town of Quindaro,
that once sporncd Kansas City as a rival, is
now a ruin, with moss and ivy covering its
once handsome buildings.
A colored man is in jail at Oskaloosa,
Iowa, charged with stealing a church at
Evans. He was ono of the trustees and ne-
fotlated a loan by forging the names of
be other trustees.
Considerable British indignation has
been aroused by a fancy dress ball in India,
in which officers dressed as fiends with '
horns and tails danced a quadrille with
eight ladles costumed as "reluctant angels."
There has been seven marriages among
the female clerks of a New York weekly
paper In seven years, and they each occu
pied tho same detk, which has become a
greatly prized One among the remaining
clerks.
At the Naval Exposition in London
there Is a colossal" electric lamp, constructed
by the admiralty. It gives a light equal to
that of 5,000,000 candles, and is placed In a
model lighthouse, 55 meters above the
ground.
There is an immense garden in China
that embraces an area of 50.C0O square miles
it is all meadow land and Is filled with lakes,
ponds and canals. Altogether it is as large
us the States of Now York and Pennsylvania,
combined.
There is a post at the corner of the
public square at Fairmont, Mo., which gets
a bolt of lightning from nearly every thun
der storm that comes along. Three men, 5
horses and 20 or SO sheep have been electro
cuted at the spot.
Railway statistics show that the Ameri
can takes takes 27 railway trips a year, tho
Englishman 19, the Belgian 11, the French
man, the German, Swede, Norwegian and
the Spaniard. 5 each, while tho Turk, the
Swiss and Italian take but 1 each.
Australia, it would appear, has some
gigantic caterpillars. Mr. A.S. Orliff, of Syd
ney, mentions one moth larva, abundant
during the summer season, which Is from 7
to 12 inches long. Species are numerous
which vary from 6 to 8 Inches in length.
The biggest doctpr's fee of the age is
the 2,000,000 marks paid by Heir von Donner,
a Hamburg merchant, for Dr. MlcheUon's
cure of his wife. The money wasn't given
to tho famous Wiesbaden practitioner, how
ever, but, at bis wish, to fonnd a hospital in
Hamburg.
Dr. M. A. Holmes, of Waterville, aged
73, has a grandfather still living in England
at the great age of 114 years. The latter is a
surgoon by profession, and Dr. Holmes re
members that when aboy, over 60 years ago,
he assisted his venerable ancestor in the
amputation of a soldier's leg.
The old Pusey House on Race street,
Upland, is occasionally visited by people
who have a love for historical relics and
buildings. It la the oldest house in Pennsyl
vania and Its historic interest is enhanced
by the fact tnat William Penn was at one or
more times the guest of the Puseys. Tbe
dwelling is now ocenpied bya colored fam-
iy.
A little humming bird is said to be
making himself unaccountably familiar at
the home of Dick Smith, .near Thomson, Ga.
Regularly every Sunday, when the family
goes to the dining room for dinner, tbe bird
files into the family room nnd brings up be
fore the family mirror, where he bows to
himself and flutters and capers around ex
tensively. A fall of about thirty feet between Lake
Superiorjand Lake Huron at Sault Set. Mario
gives probably ono of the greatest water
powers in tbe word. It Is to be utilized on
the Canadian side by a race and on the
American side by a canal LOOOeet wide, and
giving 236,000 horse power. Around this will
inevitably grow a grent manufacturing city
whenever the country around is sufficiently
settled to sustain it.
According to the Scientific American tha
earliest Connectlcnt patent found on record
was granted in October, 1717, to Edwnnl
J Hinman, of Stratford, for the exclusive
right and liberty of making molasses from
tbe stalks of Indian corn, in Fairfield
county, for ten years, which grant ended
with the words: "Always provided the said
Hinman make aa good molasses, and make
it as cheap, as comes from the West Indies."
A negro boy living in Georgia met hii
death In a curious manner last week. The
boy was subject to fits, and, hearing that a
rope used in hanging a person would cure
them, the father came to town and got a
piece of the rope Sam Snelllng was hanged
with, and. returning home, tied it around his
boy's neck. Tho boy bad a fit shortly after
ward and it is supposed tbe convulsions
caused tho neck to swell, and the boy was
chocked to death before the cause of tha
trouble was discovered.
A farmer named Shutt, living near Sul
phur Springs, was up at the cranberry
marsh at work, says the Cincinnati Enquirer,
when he found six pretty round eggs, and so
greatly pleased was he at their appearance
that ho picked them up and put them in his
pocket to take horn to his children. The
warmth of his pocket spoiled the eggs ns
playthings for tbe children, for when he
reached homo Mr. Shutt fonnd that he had
five little blacksnakes in his pocket, one ot
the eggs failing to hatch.
A Cincinnati woman the other day
wanted a warrant for the arrest of a man for
theft on the ground that the spirits had in
formed her that he was the guilty person.
"Oh, we can't issue a warrant on such evi
dence as that," exclaimed the clerk. "Not
when Bright Star, the la to chief of the Chip
pewas, told me himself?" exclaimed tbe wo
man in astonishment. "I'm afraid not," was
the reply. "This Is an outrage," she ex
claimed. "Bright Star seen him when he
done it. And if that ain't evidence I'd Ilka
to know what is. But it's gitrin so there
ain't nojustlce In this country, anyhow. I'll
tell Bright Star 'bout this, see if I don't.
And he'll paralyze the hnll blamed court,
that's what ho'U do." And she walked out
like an offended Juno.
RHYMES AND BHYNKLES.
"Papa," said a little "West End boy, as
he followed his father to the bath-room.
"Well, my son?"
'Do you wash your eyes out every morning?"
'Why, certainly."
"Well, papa?"
"Yes."
"How do yon get 'em in again?"
'On, go 'way: go way and don't bother mf,"
St. Louts licfubhe.
"With mighty rhythmic motion
That ceases nevermore.
The rolling swells of ocean
Go breaking on tbe shore.
And sometimes, I've a notion,
bo high hotel bills soar,
Tbe howling swells of ocean
Go broke upon the shore.
-Life.
"1 can't help being rather suspicious of
speculation, " said the man who had come to see
property In a new mining town. "I must say I
feel as if there was somemoonshlne about it."
Tbe mountaineer at hla 'We looked at him admir
ingly and exclaimed: "Great Scott, miner, what
a smeller youmust have I" Washington Star.
Sing a song o' trouting,
"Three-pound fish. I vnml '
Biggest fish In that ere brook
Tnat ever swallowed wum."
When the "whale" was hefted
He didn't weigh a pound.
Wasn't that a pretty lie
To be a traveling round!
Rmstand Stream.
To earn a vacation, for years at his desk
And lte books day by day had he tolled like
Turk;
He got It at last, but he got it too late.
For he died of an acblag to get back to work.
" Sao Xork Herald.
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