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PITTSBURG. FRIDAY, AUGUST 21, 1SS1
TIIE REAR CAR THEIR TIT PEACE.
The curions reason now alleged why the
overwhelming opinion of Pennsylvania
Ttcpublicans that Blaine should lead the
hosts in the Presidental canvass was not
made the sentiment of the narrisburp;
Convention, is that the feeling for Blaine
was too general and spontaneous. This is
volunteered by the Philadelphia Press,
3finister Smith's organ. The particular
application of this extraordinary proposi
tion by the Press consists in its statement
that everybody knows all Pennsylvania
Republicans are for Blaine, but a good
many, the Press included, objected to
letting Matthew Stanley Quay voice the
prevailing opinion. As our Philadelphia
cotemporary puts it, the opponents of
Quay's leadership thought that the Sena
tor would figure to better advantage in
the rear car of the Blaine train, in place of
trying to run the locomotive. Xo "doubt
the personal antagonism among the Penn
sylvania politicians had much to do with
stifling an expression by the convention of
-what it knew perfectly well to be the
earnest opinion of nine among every ten
Republicans, but the desire of the federal
office-holders to secure a chance to work
up a second term feeling if possible for
President Harrison was also a factor.
This includes, of course, a second term for
themselves, and that touches the sensitive
nerve, the bread andbutter nerve, of their
politics all the time.
There was still a third consideration, no
doubt, ir that, if the convention.following
the popular impulse, had declared at ouco
and boldly for Blaine, there would be no
chance for any of the politicians to claim
tlie credit of delivering the State or their
"deestricks" to him next year and to
demand a quid pro quo. In this sense the
idea of the feeling for Blaine being too
spontaneous to suit for immediate expres
sion at Harrisburgis perhaps well founded.
Remembering that Pennsylvania Repub
licans have always been enthusiastic for
Blaine for President, and that somehow
the full and frank expression of the public
opinion has always been stilled, perverted,
or in some manner or other pettifogged,
tlie suggestion of a ride in the rear car in
the Blaine train need not be confined to
Qnay, but may well take in a numerous
contingent beside of the other Pennsylva
nia politicians.
CALIFORNIA IS IX LINE.
The effects of the McKiniey bill have
lcen favorably felt on the Pacific coast
The San Francisco Chronicle in a recent
issue piinted interviews with leading
merchants, and the universal opinion was
tliat there had been an actual lowering of
prices and an increased demand for goods
of home manufacture. The employes of
the factories had been benefited by an
increase of wages, and the demand for
food products had been stimulated.
The most desperate efforts had been
made by the free trade and Mugwump
press of the coast to show that prices had
generally appreciated, and that the con
sumer was being robbed for the benefit of
the manufacturer. When it came to
proving the statements there was a total
failure to produce figures or statistics.
The statements of the merchants them
selves were so clear that the coast anti
McKinleyites have been left without a
foundation to base a single plausible
argument
THE PAY OF SCHOOL TEACHERS.
There is a certain class working for
their bread at lower rates of pay than Is
given almost every other trade or profes
sion, and yet they labor unceasingly, never
striking for more. It is not that they are
satisfied; but their labor is of the brain,
and it is a singular fact that those men
tally employed have never been known to
take this, means of Increasing incomes.
It is a pity the wages of the public
school teacher are not commensurate with
the work performed, but for some reason
they arc not Compared withsalaries and
wages paid in other callings, school teach
ers receive less by at least a third than
should be given to plaee them on an equal
footing. It is urged that a teacher is em
ployed fewer hours each day and less
days each week than other working people,
and therefore their pay should be smaller.
Rut is this so? It is true that in some
States the teacher is in the classroom but
six hours each day, while in others seven
liours 16 required. If teaching were all
that is demanded of thein there might be
some excuse for the charge that teachers
aro only employed a part of the day; but
teaching is only a part of their work.
There are examination papers to puzzle
over, reports to make, and other duties
that frequently consume as many as four
iiours a day. Saturdays, when they are
supposed by the public to be taking a
rest, are, nine times out of ton, employed
in school work that could not be done
during tne week, or in attending meetings
required by boards of education. For
these reasons the number of hours they
are required to teach should not be taken
as the limit of their labor, and, if actual
time is computed, it will be found that
their average is more than the regulation
eight hours for six days iu the week.
Again, teachers are forced to take vaca
tions of from two to three months each
year, durius which they receive no salary.
Jr'erhaps they need the recuperation, but
as a general thing they need the money
more. To tide over this period of enforced
idleness they are compelled to save and
skimp, until their very souls are taken up
with problems as to how to make both
ends meet As a consequence they can
not enter into their labor with the eager
ness and earnestness born of contentment
and plenty.
The instruction of the youth is recog
nized as one of the foundation stones
MjeB
upon which the Government is built, and
the greatest care should be taken in pro
viding that it is done in the best manner.
It is exported that a teacher shall have a
higher mental power than persons in some
other callings. Why, then, is it not reason
able to pay them more? If by increasing
salaries, better work can be secured it
should be done. Make school teaching a
profession that will pay to properly pre
pare for, then see that the teaching is cor
rectly done, and the end aimed at in estab
lishing free schools will more nearly be
obtained.
A JUG-HANDLED POLICY.
. Every breath which has come from the
Democratic party of late has .been laden
with denunciations of the class of duty
imposed for protection by the McKInley
law. They have declared for nothing less
than the total abolition of duties on the
products of the farmers. To that policy
they are pledged, and they can easily
carry it out If they get into power. And
if they succeed, what is the result? They
will go to the fanner, for whom they pro
fess so much solicitude, and will say: "We
do not like these duties on your products,
therefore, according to our policy, and ac
cording to our convictions, we immediately
take away the duty on wheat; and wo say
to you who raise wheat in the West, to
j-ou who raise wheat on tiic Pacific Slope,
that the Canadian, or the Russian, or the
Australian can bring his surplus wheat
Into this country free of duty." That is
their policy. They desire the good will of
the fanners themselves. This is their
commendation.
Then they will go to the coal producer
and say to him. "Toil on and move on,
and when you have raised your coal to the
surface, we will put English and Austra
lian coal alongside of it free of duty."
They will go to the manufacturer and say
to him: "Work on; expend your time and
your energies in manufacturing those
things for which there is a home demand,
and when you have done we will place
German or English goods, manufactured
by cheap labor at a nominal cost, along
side yours."
This policy is not even a jug-handled
policy. It is a policy that is all handle
and no jug. How, in the name of common
sense, can enlightened Democrats think
for an instant that it will be acceptable to
the people? In contradistinction to their
indefinite policy the Republican side offers
to the country one which is based upon
the development of our resources, upon
the creation of home industries and of
home markets, and upon the gradual
widening and broadening of foreign trade.
That is what is offered against the shift
ing, indefinite thing on the other side.
Here is something which the people have
tried, and which they have before them in
entity and substance a policy which has
grown up the form and embodiment of
great and almost unparalleled progress
among themselves.
TnE METRIC SYSTEM BOOMED.
The recent session of the International
Geographical Congress in Switzerland
made one recommendation that should
receive attention. It was that the metric
system for weights, measurei and meas
urement bo universally adopted. At pres
ent the use of varied systems by countries
closely connected commercially frequently
proves awkward, to say nothing of the
waste of time in reducing from one sys
tem to anothor. The most striking in
stance of this is in the quotations of grain,
published daily by the newspapers. Prices
in London are always given by the quarter
of a ton; those in Xew Tork are by the
bushel, and in San Francisco by tho cen
tal. Here are three systems, and to make
a comparison the merchant or farmer is
forced to reduce all to a common figure.
With tho metric system universally
adopted a glance at the figures would only
be required. n
Xot only is there a variance in the
weight systems, but measurements of
land, of liquids and other things differ
widely. The difficulty in establishing a
universal system lies iu the breaking of
habits which have descended from one
generation to another; but it could be
accomplished if determined effort were
made. Were merchants to adopt the
metric system and adhere to it in all their
dealings, others would soon become ac
customed to the innovation. At tho same
time all other systems should bo dropped
from the school course, and the rransfor
matiou could be considered accomplished
in an exceedingly short time.
AX UNNECESSARY QUEST.
It is some years since an attempt has
been made to find the North Pole. The
public had just come to the conclusion
that foolhardy men anxious to risk their
lives in an undertaking, the benefit of
which is questionable, were all creatures of
thepast, when another pining for fame
comes to the fore. This time Prof.
Fridtjof Nanscn, the explorer of Green
land, is the victim of his theories, and
announces he will start in February next
Tho Professor states he is led to believe
that a current crosses the Pole from the
fact that articles from the Jeannette wero
found on the southwest coast of Green
land three years after that vessel was lost
If he can strike this current after passing
through Bering Strait he thinks he will be
earned with it until he reaches the Mecca
for which so many have striven in vain.
He is building a 200-ton vessel so shaped
that, instead of crushing, she will be
lifted and- carried along on the ice. In
case of her loss he intends to camp on a
floe and dritt with that in the expectation
of reaching open water near Spitzbergen
or Greenland.
It is just probable the Professor may ac
complish his aim after experiencing four
or five years of hardship in latitude 81,
and may come back and report that he
floated over'the place where the Pole
ought to be. But, In tho interest of
science, what good will his journey ac
complish? General Greely throws cold
water on the scheme, and calls it illogical
with a certainty of self-destruction. Rut
it will not only be his own destruction.
Twelve others whom he expects to ac
company him will perish if he does. To
sacrifice twelve lives to an idea is a good
deal even in these degenerate times.
A WOMAN'S PARADISE.
Recent writers claim that Eastern
nations, Japan for instance, are a paradise
for women who are greatly outnumbered
by the other sex. It Is well known that in
every community in Japan there is a re
markable scarcity of young girls, and they
are seldom seen while single. This is due
to the habit of educating them in seclusion.
As soon as they reach a marriageable age
they are snapped up and become wives.
The consequence is that the places usually
occupied by young girls are filled by
married women, who receive -all the at
tention that otherwise would fall to the
share of their unmarried sisters.
The question arises as to whether this
custom may not be dangerous to the peace
of families. In every community there
are some married women who usurp the
privileges of their single sisters and de
mand from men more consideration than
is their due. But tho American and En
glish people do not permit too much of
this sort of thing, while in Japan it is the
custom and no one complains. The con
ditions of life and society there give to
married women a freedom and liberty not
dreamed of here. It is to the credit of the
Japanese that it rarely degenerates into
license. Even flirtations between bachelors
and married women are rare and cases of
genuine scandal few and far between.
Women appreciate the unusual liberty
granted them, and rarely abuse it
NATURAL FUEL A LUXURY.
The Philadelphia Gas Company has
given notice that after September the rate
for natural gas will be twenty-five cents
per thousand cubic feet, less a discount of
five cents for cash. This is just one hun
dred per cent more than was charged for
gas a year ago, cash prices being increased
from ten cents per thousand to fifteen
cents in April last and now from fifteen to
twenty cents. Natural fuel is now re
Lgarded as a luxury and the company
which virtually enjoys the monopoly of
the article for domestic purposes is taking
advantage of the shortage scares and
squeezing consumers to the limit The
gas that is ,used for manufacturing pur
poses is mainly in the hands of the manu
facturers themselves, so that the monopo
listic screw cannot be turned upon them.
The increase in price of fuel gas will
have a tendency to cause the consumption
of a larger amount of coal and to fill the
city with smoke, from which it has been
until recently comparatively free. This is
to be regretted, for it will render neces
sary the additional expense of smoke con
sumers. If tho city is to be kept in an
attractive condition; if it is to be made
habitable, then the 6moke consumer will
be a necessity, and when changes in the
economic systems of households are made
and the gas pipes are removed, the con
sumer that is best suited for ridding the
city of what will become its greatest nui
sance should be adopted.
TnE adventures of Dick Tnrpin were
very tame compared with some recent ac
counts of his descendants In trado. There
are In this country a few, yet uncaptured,
whose exploits cast all previous tales In the
shade. Among theso are tho Ohio bank
robber who killed one man, wounded an
other and escaped with his plunder; tho De
troit Kidnapers, who drovo away with a
wealthy manufacturer and kept him con
fined until lie wrote them numerous checks
which were never cashed, and tho Memphis
sharpers who decoyed a banker to a room
and forced him at tho point of a pistol to
writo a chock for $5C0and then chloroformed
him while they escaped. Matters have como
to a pretty state when these things can bo
done in daylight and tho guilty parties get
away.
CniCAGO is a wonderful city, and every
thing that comes out of it has a glamour
that somehow attracts attention. Its latest
freak is a crank who proposes to issue un
limited legal tender and run a treasury de
partment of his own. Ho will establish a
enrrency which shall be as current as bread
or lunch tickets.
Frank C. Awnr, the murderer of Chris
tian Warden at Hanover, X. H., was cap
tured yesterday In a barn on tho Warden
place, where he had evidently boon con
cealed ever since tho commission of tho
crime. A large crowd allowed him to bo
taken to jail, upon the promise that the
courts would deal promptly with his cso.
In other communities peoplo have not tho
good opinion of the courtB that picvails in
Xew Hampshire, and In cases like that of
Almy they too frequently take tho adminis
tration of the law into their own hands. Tho
Hanoverians behaved sensibly and set a
good example that might be followed with
propriety by other localities.
The Workingmcn's Congress in Brus
sels, in-whose announcements wero prom
isesof benefits to the laboring classes, bids
fair to result in nothing but wind. So far a
few personal Ideas of delegates have been
aired; and that Is all that can be oxpected,
unless tbeCongrcss gets down to business on
a different basis.
The Government rainmakers have been
successful in thoir Texan experiments. 15y
means of an octo-bydrogen balloon, exploded
a mile and quarter above tho ground, and
a quantity of dynamite, a six hours' rain,
which extended over an area of a thousand
miles, was produced in a dry territory.
When the process of stoppingan unwelcome
rain has been discovered, tho el omenta-will
bo practically within tho control of man.
Then there will bo no fear of floods or
droughts, and the rain prophets will have to
seek some other occupation.
The tintinnabulating voices of the anti
protcctionlsts, so musical a short time ago,
are giving out a dolorous sound now it has
been proven there is plenty of tin in tho
Blnck Hills and on the Pacific Coast, and
that mills aro preparing to manufacture
plate.
There has been an unusually large crop
of balloon fatalities this season. Hardly a
week has passed since tho Fourth of July
but one or more persons have boon killod.
It is suggested that those who delight in
soaring in tho air should wait until aerial
navigation has been mastered. There is no
novelty in perishing by means of an ordin
ary balloon ascensionbut by waiting a short
time mauy more sensational opportunities
for reaching tho unknown beyoiid will be
furnished.
The Campbell boom in Ohio is a great
deal like a freight train. It is very hard to
start and It can be very readily switched off
in nil directions and brought to a standstill,
while the JlcKlnley express dashes on to tho
front.
Colonel Mosby says he has an objection
to being informed that some one else is a
gentleman. Ills opinion is that a self-assorting
gentleman is a humbug. Xo doubt he is
right; but many persons prefer to give them
selves their own rank In life. If they allow
others to perform this office for them it will
not be so satisfactory. The number of peo
ple who speak well of others appears to be
gradually growing smaller, and It is not safe
to leave a reputation even in tho hands of
friends.
TnB dream book is authority for many of
tho utterances of Democratic stump speak
ers nowadays. About next fall a good many
of them will wake up and wish the campaign
were but a dream.
Really something should be done witli
tho snakes. They appear to be crowing
bolder every year, or else human imagina
tion is enlarging. The latest freak is that of
ablacksnake seven lect two inches long
discovered in tho act 'of swallowing a baby
6 months old. The Bnako paid the penalty
of his rashness with his life. But he may
have brothers and sisters, and tho commu
nity Is unsafe with such cannibalistic crea
tures crawling around.
In California the fruit growers are in con
stant fear of the scalo bug imported from
Florida. Their common greeting this time
pf the year is "Brethren, let us spray."
Skix grafting has suddenly come into
prominence. Within the last two weeks an
average of one caso a day, each from a differ
ent locality.has been reported. If this remedy
spreads much farther tho individuality of
Americans will bo destroyed. Everybody
will bo a part of somebody else, and it will
be difficult to distinguish friends from
enemies.
The Democratic platform in Ohio this
year is called the "Cactus platform," proba
bly because lta framers are afraid of its
points. t
BOTH PRAISE AND BLAME
Meted Out to the State Convention Because
or the Platform and Ticket The Blaine
Resolution Should Have Been Adopted
as Written.
Dubois Courier, Eep!,J
Wednesday's Republican State Convention
at Harrisbnrg was productive of good work.
The two grand divisions of tho State, the
East and the West, were given fair dealing
In tho nomination of Gregg, of Berks, and
Morrison, of Allegheny. Tho choice did not
agree with tho personal preferences of a
?;reat many Republicans, but the unanimity
s as near perfect as it ever need be expected
and the disappointments aro or thekind that
count fornothingin politics. When once the
ticket was made it was recognized as one to
be supported by a thoroughly united party,
and so it will be. For some reason deemed
sufficient by tho convention the Blaino reso
lution failed to go through. If the Courier
had had a voice in tho convention there
wonld have been one uncompromising pro
test against turning it down.
Stale Promise.
Harrfsburg Patriot, Dem.
Quay's convention passed Quay's platform
with a trifling deviation In the Blaine line
mado by order ofboss Magee. The series of
resolutions was called by a somewhat en
thusiastic delegate a "declaration of princi
ples" but that was merely a figure of speech.
Everybody who heard tho platform read or
who will read it to-day fully understands it
to bo the same bait for voters too freqnently
displayed by the same party. The indorse
ment of Mr. Harrison was proper and fit.
There have been many better presidents
and a few worse. But he is a Republican,
sufficiently partisan to plpase the bitterest.
To compliment John Wanamaker was a
natural piece of flattery, but to say that he
"has advanced the postal operations to a
plane previously obtained" is to manufact
ure an ugly falsehood.
Didnt Meet the Requirements.
Erie Dispatch, Hep.
Tho Dispatch is only sorry that yesterday's
convention failed to come up to tho require
ments of tho situation or to avail itself of
the great opportunities before It. Gregg
and Morrison will bo elected, without a
doubt, but not by tho sweeping majorities
that Pennsylvania ought to roll np as a pre
lude to the greater battle of next year.
Of tho platform adopted by the convention
little need bo said. It is comprehensive In
scope, judicious in matter, happy in expres
sion a model document of its kind. In it
tho Republicans of Pennsylvania renew
their devotion to nil the grand principles of
the part j- and again pledcre their votes and in
fluence in its support. Lieutenant Governor
Watres will prove himself an able, efficient
and popular State Chairman.
Blaine Ought to Be Nominated.
New Brighton News, Rcp.j
Tho Republican State Convention has com
pleted its work, and placed in nomination
General David McM. Gregg for Auditor Gen
eral, and Captain J. W. Morrison, of tho
"Roundheads," for Stato Treasurer. It is a
good ticket and will be heartily supported
by Republicans. The Blaine resolution is a
good one, and perhaps better than if it had
recommended him for President. The Stato
is for him without tho action of the State
Convention, and as it stands Blaine will not
be hurt by premature declarations in his fa
vor, and President Harrison will not be an
tagonized. Blaine is the one man abovo all
others iu this country that ought to be Pres
ident, and wo hope to seo him nominated
and elected next year, no is the ideal
American, and his great statesmanship lins
given him u prominent place among the
great men of the wholo world, while his
magnetism and trno Americanism havo
mado him the idol of his countrymen.
Prond of the Ticket.
Oil City Derrick (Rep.)
Tho ticket nominated at Harrisbnrg yes
terday is one of which tho Keystono Stato
can be proud, and wilh which it can march
proudly back Into the Republican ranks this
fall. It is a ticket that guarantees success
this year and next year; it is a ticket that is
irreproachable Wo would have liked to see
Speaker Thompson nominated for Stato
Treasurer. He would havo been a strong
candidate. He made a strong showing in the
convention, and now the Northwest will
turn in and work for his successful rival.
There is no ono but can have good words for
the ticket, no Republican but can work and
vote for it.
Independent Protests Ineffective.
Altoona Times, Dem.
Tho Republican State Convention at nar
rlsburg yesterday accomplished nothing in
tho way of reform, and it is evident that it
is still unflor the old domination. The pro
tests of the Philadelphia Independents have
provod to be completely ineffective, and if
tho peoplo want to free tho Commonwealth
from the corruption which has fallen udoii
the administration of Government it must
turn out the Republican party.
He Is the Choice.
McKeesport Times, Rep.
One of the most enthusiastic and harmoni
ous conventions ever hold in this State met
yesterday, at Harrisburg, and nominated a
State ticket, composed of General D. M.
Gregg, of Berks county, for Stato Auditor,
and Captain John W. Morrison, of this
county, for State Treasurer both receiving
their nominations on tho first ballot. A
resolution indorsing Hon. James G. Blaine
for President of the United States was voted
down, though it was plainly manifested that
he is the choice of Pennsylvania Republi
cans for the highest office in the nation, and
every mention of his namo brought forth
rounds of applause.
Tho Most Powerful Force.
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette, Rep,
It was plainly apparent that "Hon. James
G. Blaine, of Pennsylvania and Maine," had
the overwhelming sentiment of tho conven
tion in his support, and had it been a con
vention to nominate a President, he wonld
havo been chosen unanimously in a whirl
windof applause. But there were members
present who, in a conservative and cautious
view of things, believed tho time had not
yet come to name a Presidental candidate,
und in deference to them, although the res
olution of indorsement had already been de
clared adopted by a storm of ayes, it was
withdrawn. This action was in acknowl
edgement of the propriety and policy, at the
beginning of the campaign, of perfect har
mony in the party in Pennsylvania. Yot tho
proceedings in the convention yesterday
afforded another proof that Blaino, of
Maine, the brilliant and patrlotio statesman
and diplomat, has tho hearts of tho Key
stone Stato Republicans, and is a most pow
erful living force in the party there, whore
the mere mention of his name is an inspira
tion. AVe cannot say but that in this demon
stration an important lesson may bo read.
Minister Smith's Victory.
Cincinnati Enquirer. Dcm.
Our Pennsylvania dispatches tell the story
of yesterday's convention. The body was
overwhelmingly a Blaino one, but it re
quired a vast deal of influenco to keep tho
ardent friends of that gentleman from mak
ing grave political mistakes. It wa3 tho de
liberate intention to insult tho President by
ignoring him, and to boisterously uplift the
Blaino banner. This, as Mr. Charles Emery
Smith, lato Minister to Russia, said in tne
iSvpiirtrof yosteiday, would have mado it
unpleasant for tho Maine statesman to
longer renlaln in the Cabinet. So cooler
counsel prevailed, and narrison was ap
proved, while Blaino was simply worshiped.
Presidental preferences wore not placed in
the platform; but, none the less, the world
is made aware of tho Pennsylvania feeling.
Not Tory Well Satisfied.
Philadelphia Ledger, Ind. Rep.
'The proceedings of the convention aro be
fore the public this morning, and the peoplo
will bo ablo to seo how far they did and how
far they did not meet the duty of the occa
sion. The first six of the resolves of the
convention are on Presidential and personal
and national politics just tho kind of thing
that can hardly fail "to place the party In an
awkward position hereafter," which was the
very thing that some of the most sagacious
men of tne party wished to keep tuelr or
ganization' from doing. Who can tell what
there may be in the matter of Harrison oY
Blaine between August, 1891, and June, 13927
And having adopted the Harrison resolution,
which is tho very first and ono of the two
best of tho series, the convention has com
mitted Itself on the plainest public grounds
to the proposition that President Harrison,
by the terms of that resolve. Is the man who
ought to be nominated In 1894, There is no
way to escape from the Inevitable logic by
which that resolvo leads to that conclusion.
WILL SUPPLANT DYNAMITE.
Experiments With Ammonite Show That It
Can Be Handled Safely.
New York Railroad Gazette.
Additional experiments and observations
upon ammonite seom to confirm the first
opinions regarding Us safety and its power.
Direct application of heat or concussion fall
to explode it. Atmospheric changes exert
no Influenco upon it whatever. It has been
.tried in a largo number or the most danger
ous coal mines in England without igniting
the gases whioh were known to be present
at the time. A mixture of coal gas and coal
dust was not exploded by it, even when no
more than two inches of tamping was used.
The safety tests havo been so thorough and
satisfactory that the railroads of the United
Kingdom accept ammonite as freight with
out the usual restrictions placed upon ex
plosives, and It even meets the requirements
of Sir George Elliot for perfect security,
which is saying a great deal. Ammonite
consists of an intimato mixture of'81 per
cent of ammonium nitrate and 81 per cent
of mononltro-naDhthalene. The manufact
ure is extremely simple tnd practically un
attended with danger. Being free from
chlorates it is not liable to decomposition
or spontaneous combustion. Having no
picric acid or chlorinated derivatives of
hydro-carbons in lta constitution it yields
no injurious or corrosive fumes among its
products of combustion.
Tests made in England on July 9, showed
that It has great stiength, a projectile of 29
pounds weight being thrown trom a mortar
elevated 45 degreos, to a distance of. ".20 feet
from the muzzle by a flve-grammo charge,
as against 289 feet by a similar charge of Xo.
1 dynamite, and 136 feet by an equal weiirht
ofgunpowder, Notwithstanding this, am
monite has been proved of value in compar
atively soft material. Experiments aro in
progress, however, to secure if possible a
high efficiency with this explosive In-hard
rock work. While tho seourlty claimed for
ammonite is highly encouraging, it should
be remembered that it is commonly "the
unexpected that happens." It would seem
that ammonite possessed n special virtue in
the absolute safety of its separate ingre
dients, and in the great ease of its manuiac
ture, which would enable it to be made upon
the spot where it was needed by anyone
having even a meager knowledge of chem
istry, and with a very inexpensive plant.
"WATTEESON'S VOICE HEABD.
The Kentucky Cdltor Enlightens Chautau
quans on Money and Morals.
SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO TIIE DISPATCn.
Chautauqua, Aug. 20. Henry Watterson,
tho Kentucky editor and orator, was the lion
of Chautauqua to-day, and big excursions
came from all sections to hear him. Ho is
en route to New York City, whero ho ex
pects to spend tho next two or three weeks.
He talked about money and morals to a very
largo audience in tho Amphitheater this
afternoon and was frequently applauded.
The speaker went on to describe the United
States with a Niagara for its "crown of
diamonds" and which "faded into a vision
of paradlso undpr the Southern cross in tho
solitude of eternal summer." "Is there any
thing to mar tho prospect, or darken tho
scene?" he asked, and promptly answered
the question by Baying that Canada is an
easy retreat for gentlemen who have more
money than they are legally entitled to, and
that Moxioo is the flowery home or men who
have no morals. "These two countries,"
said the speaker, "are destined one of theso
days to ak admission into our sisterhood of
States. Money is only relativo nowadays.
The man who has merely a measly million
is regarded as a pauper. Money is tho pivot
about which other facts revolve and the
piston-rod that drives them.
"I was never happier in my life," said tho
Colonel, "than when, to avoid the humilia
tion of borrowing monoy from an undo
of whoso politics 1 did not approve, 1 went
with my watch to an uuelo who had no
politics at all and got $50 for it. George D.
Prentiss once told mo that if Henry Clay
had been elected Presidont he would have
proved tho biggest liar living, for ho had
plastered the public service three times
over with promises that ho could never ful
fill." NAMES FREQUENTLY SEEN.
Jerome It. Jerome was only 19 when he
wrote "On tho Stage and Off."
Tnu Itev. Dr. Moore proposes to find the
volcano iu tho Everglades of Florida and
write It up.
Govf.bnoe Buckner, of Kentucky, will
make an extensive tour abroad when his
term expires this fall.
Dr. TauIj Thorndyke, who is engaged
to marry Miss Rachel Sherman, graduated
from Harvard ten years ago.
The same day that Mrs. ex-President
Polk died a letter was recoivod at tho White
House, of which she was mistress so many
years ago, directed to her, "care of the
White House."
Ix the year 1819 there were born in this
country James Russell Lowell, Charles A.
Dana, Walt Whitman, Dr. Holland and Julia
Ward Howe. That is the birthyear of
Queen Victoria also.
The grave of Nathaniel Hawthorne, at
Concord, has been so mutilated by relic
liunters that it has been found to bo abso
lutely necessary to encircle it with a high
and impervious fonce.
Obviously the Houk family is a popular
one down in Tennessoo, whero young Houk
has Just been elected to Congress by a ma
jority of 9,000 votes, to succeed his father,
tho lato Leonidas Co)3ar Houk.
Miss Helen Cloak, a full-blooded In
dian of the Blackfoot tribe, has been ap
pointed by Secretary Noble special allotting
agent, and has begun her work in allotting
lands to the Tonkawas, on the Noz Perces
reservation.
Mit Rudyard KirLiNG, whose plans of
travel seem to bo constantly changing, is
now likely to sail for New Zealand immedi
ately, and it is among tho latent possibilities
of his trip that he will pay a flying visit to
Mr. Stevenson at Samoa.
DEATHS HEBE AND ELSEWHERE.
Mrs. Eliza J. Reed.
Eliza J. Iiecd, of Canonsburg, died yes
terday. Mrs. Retfl, np until one week ago, though
suffering considerably, had been able to be about
among her frlcndb, of whom there Rre a host, both
in this county, Washington and Philadelphia. She
leaves a husband, Mr. W. A. Reed, and six daugh
ters, Mrs. Dr. Andrew Easton, Mrs. A. S. Miller,
Mrs. A. L. Klaus. Mrs. A. X. Dean, Miss Lillian
U. Heed and Miss Blanche Reed. She was the
daughter of the late Hon. Thomas Uillcsple, of
Washington county. For more than four years
Sirs. Reed has been in delicate health, a weakness
of the heart action producing a complication of
diseases, but so quick were the inroads of the dis
ease that It was not until within a few mouths that
her condition was regarded as serious. Even of
late she rallied wonderfully at times, and many of
her friends hoped that she might be uhlc to be fully
restored to her wonted health, strength and vigor,
but a hemorrhage set In a week ago yesterday, and,
aftcrextrcme buffering duringthat time, quietly
passed away at 11 o'clock yesterday morning.
Louis Paulsen, Chess Player.
Louis Paulsen, whose death was briefly men
tioned in TIIE Dispatch yesterday morning, was
one of the greatest chess players or the age. He
was horn In Germany in 1533, and came to America
at the age of 21. He acquired such a reputation as
a chess player that he was seat as a delegate to the
Chess Congress in New York in 1857, which dis
covered the genius Morphy, and he therein easily
defeated all antagonists except that extraordinary
vouth, to that while Morphy won tho first prize he
won the second. He then went to England, where
lie carried off the honors In the Bristol tournament
of Mil. It the succeeding year, however, ho came
out second best to Andersen. After that, although
he as known for sonic years In chess circles in
London, he fell out or public sight, and for a de
cade or two has not been heard of at all. At one
time he was notable as a blindfold player, but he
was excelled iu that respect by Morphy and others.
Major J. Henry Sleeper.
Major J. Henry Sleeper, the commander of the
old Tenth Battery, of Massachusetts, died In Mar
blehcad, Mass,, Wednesday. He served gallantly
throughout the war. Kor bravery at the battle of
Reams' Station and during the campaign before
Richmond he was given the title or Urevet Major
December 2, 1864. It was at Reams' station that he
was shot in the arm. So serious was the wound he
was obliged to retire.
Obltnary X'otes.
Signob Dejionio, the "fire king," a circus
and museum performer, is dead at Colorado
Springs.
.George P. Miller, a well-known amusement
manager of Denver, died recenUy, aged 43. He
was burled at Washington.
Mrs. Mabt Brown, widow of William Brown,
and one of the oldest and best known residents of
Etna, Pa., died Tuesday, aged 90.
MicUael J. Walbh, a well-known citizen of
Canton, dropped dead on the Fair grounds thero
while attending the races, raralyslsof the heart
is supposed to be the cause of bis death.
THOMAS Joukstox, postmaster at Milwaukee,
Pa., died Sunday, at the age of 64 yean. He was
born In Scotland, and cainc to this country In 1850.
He built the first steam grist mill In Scranton. lie
leaves a wife and seven children.
OUR MAIL POUCH.
The Test Failed.
To the Editor of The Dispatch:
The result of the test made in the case of
Mrs. Matteson, tho Buffalo trance medium,
mention of which was mado In TnEDisrATcn
of the 17th inst., gave me no surprise what
ever, as I am nblo'to record a similar test,
with like results, made something over four
years ago, only under slightly different cir
cumstances, which I now simply refer to to
more fully substantiate the accuracy of the
recent roport made through the agency of
The Dispatch. After having suffered a
severe and aggravated illness for a long
time, from which I wasmaklng slow progress
toward recovery, I began receiving numer
ous messages from relatives and friends liv
ing in Buffalo, Jamestown, Warren, Pa., and
adjacent towns, wheie, it was claimed, Mrs.
Matteson had effected some miraculous
cures, urging me to consult the noted me
dium in my case, bnt, believing I was beiug
skillfully treated by the eminent physicians
of Pittsburg, who had my case In charge,
I declined the advice of one
and all. Finding I was not to be
moved In the matter, a deeply interested
male relative mado it a point to visit Buffalo
without my knowledge and consult Mrs.
Matteson, in my behalf, on his own account.
The information given as a starting
point In presenting my case was con
fined to tho following: "Residence,
nttsburg, No. 14 Second avenue.
Homeopathic Hospital, Room 20, second
floor, front." Mrs. Matteson then proceeded
to pass through tho transitory stage prepar
atory to locating tho patient, after which
she begun dictating tho result of hor find
ings, which was taken down and at onco for
warded to mo. together with tho exact time
of consultation. I was described as lying
on my back in led, sound asleep, with head
at a stated point of compass, which in every
instance was wholly Incorrect, as at that
precise hour and forborne time previous.and
also later on, was sitting in a wheeling
chair out on Second avenue near the side
entrance to No. 2 engine house, engaged in a
pleasant chat with members of the com
pany. Her diagnosis of my case also indi
cated that she had evon more widely
missed the mark. A4 in the case montioned
by The DisrATcii, not a single symp
tom named in the whole cateeorj' of
Mrs. Matteson's statement was at any time
developed during my illness. Neither was
there n single affection properly located, as
time has since most fully attested. I have
withheld giving all the minor details, as
they would only tend to eonflrm the ntter
failure of Mrs. 'Matteson's diagnosis In my
case. A. A. Atkihs.
Lkechbut.0, August 20.
Snb Rosa Defined.
To the Editor of The Dispatch.
Can you inform me what the term "sub
rosa" means t" PniL.
PniiLiPsnuao, August 20.
In Greek mythology the roso was tho syn
onym of silence, as it was said that Cupid,
tho son of Venus, gave the God of Silence a
golden bribe to conceal the amours of tho
Goddess of Love. It was, therefore, sculp
tured on the ceilings of the banqueting halls
and placed as a sign above tho doors of ques
tionable resorts. Guests at feasts were
crowned with roses, to Intimate that their
conversation while in their enps was not to
be repeated elsewhere. The phrasoobtaincd
currency in Greece after Pansanlus, the Ad
miral of the Greek fleet, plotted with Xerxes
to betray the cause of the Greeks by sur
rendering the ships, the negotiations being
conducted in a small banqueting hall, tho
roof or which was, as usual, covered with
sculptured roses. The plot, however, was
discovered, and orders given for the arrest
of the traitor. Pausanias endeavored to make
Ills escape, but finding that impossible, took
rofugo in the temple, which possessed the
rignt of asylum. Unwilling to violate the
sanctity of the place by forcibly removing
him, and still moro unwilling to allow him
to escape, his fellow citizens walled np every
entrance, and, by one account, left him to"
die of starvation; by another, killed him by
unroofing the building and throwing down
tho tiors on his head.
Directories of Cities.
To the Editor orThe Dispatch:
Under the above caption you Inform an in
quirer in issue of 18th inst. that he can ob
tain "the business address of a person In an
other city by consultlnga business directory
ot other oities at the publlo library." Gaz
etteers of sundry States or United States
business gazetteers are to be found in tho
reading rooms or leading hotels,bnt they are
loaded like a shot gun and tho contents aro
not, as a rule, very fresh, definite or reliable.
Though tho publishers aim to be true to tho
mark they try to comprehend too much, and
there Is too much of the old wadding left in
from last time. In cities where a local direc
tory is published annually thepublishers
thereof usually have in their office a direc
tory of each othor leading city. The writer
has consulted in the directory publication
office of several other cities a copy of the
Pittsburg City Directory. In oitlos of such
class can also bo found in the business de
partment of the postoffice a city directory ot
each other prominent city where Louis
James et al specially interested will bo ac
commodated bv tne assistant postmaster or
suuerinteuueut oi mans.
Pittsburg, August 20.
Fobsytii.
Spooks and Pencils.
To the Editor orThe Dispatch:
In your issuo of the 10th inst. appears an
article from your Lily Dale correspondent
headed "Spooks and Pencils." After a care
ful reading, I give the writer credit for an
impartial statement, save In ono instance.
In referring to the test given to Allen Camp
bell, he says, "Some people think him truth
ful, others do not." Docs he, by this asser
tion, desire to weaken the value of the most
remarkable test given upon the platform
this scasou, or to detract from the reputa
tion for honesty of the gentleman named.
Be that as it may, I desire to say that Mr.
Campbell, who acknowledged tho message
given him by Miss Ganlo to bo strictly cor
rect, is a person of more than ordinary cult
ure, and what is more to our purpose, of un
impeachable integrity and sincerity of pur
pose, exemplifying iu his every day life tho
principles of tho spiritual philosophy in
culcated by the speaker on our platform.
Justicia.
Lily Dale, August 20.
A Long Journey.
To the Editor of The Dispatch:
Please givo me the distance from New
York City to San Francisco by water.
Fittsbuug, August 20. Stake Holder.
In direct lines the distance around Capo
Horn from Now York to San Francisco is in
tho neighborhood or 20,839 statuto miles. In
making the journey sailing vessels travel
over a much longer distance.
How to Obtain Patents.
To the Editor ofTlie Dispatch:
Dear Sir Please inform mo how to pro
ceod to socure a patent; nlso what the ncces
sarv charges are" B. A. Thomas.
Wheeliso, August 20.
By writing to the Patent Offlco at AVash
ington a printed list of the requirements and
charges for obtaining patents can be ob
tained free of charge.
THE KAISEBVS HEALTH.
If Emperor William is not now mad ho
will bo when he glances his eagle eye over
the press reports of his condition. Kansas
City Times.
Captain A"6ou and tho Emperor of Ger
many are both to some oxtent iu hard luck.
An exchango of mascots might help them
both, Chicago Tribune.
Most of the sensational reports concern
ing the health of tho German Emperor come
from Paris, which appears to be the Bar
Harbor of Europa. Ahnmu City Star.
From the conflicting accounts of the Ger
man Emperor's health ono would almost
think him a candidate for tho Republican
nomination in 1892. Detroit Free lYest
One of the peculiar advantages of faking
woird stories about Emperor AVllholm is tho
fact that Wilhelm is some distanco away
and cannot get back at tho fakir. Chicago
Aetra.
In Europe the gossips are arranging the
details for tho succession to the throne of
tho German empire, In confident assurance
that Kaiser William is soon to end his career
ton earth. Anaconda Standard.
The account of Emperor William's crazed
condition on board his .vessel, at tho time
he broke his knee cap, indicates that he
must have been given something' very
strong to drink while in England. Columbus
Dispatch.
First the public was informed that Em
peror William injured his knee by slipping
on a wet deck; then he was drunk; now wo
are assured that he was crazy, took posses
sion of the ship, struck an officer and raised
Cain generally. It is only necessary now
lor the Kaiser to get a divorce to be abund
antly eligible to come to America and star
la a "tank drama. Chicago Globe.
SUMMER PLEASURES.
i
An Enjoyable Reunion and a Number of
Other Social Events.
Fully 200 people from all parts of the coun
try met yesterday at Mr. and Mrs. Jacob II.
Walter's hands.jme residence at Sprlngdale.
Every year the house is filled to overflowing
with the Walters kinsmen and kinswomen
to celebrate the fact of their being members
of the sturdy old Enwer-EIIiott family. Away
back in 1772 John and Samuel Euwer settled
at Pine Creek. Since then the family has
spread all over tho State.
Dinner was served to the guests :it 12:30
out In the orchard where a dozen long tnbles
scarcely accommodated the people present.
Aierumner tlie older people usteneu at
tentively to tho history of the family as read
by several of their number. Among the
grandchildren present ut yesterday', tho
fifteenth annual reunion, were Mr. Jacob
II. Walter, Mrs. R, S. P. McCall, Mrs. Eliza
McLean, MUs Eliza Moore. Mrs. Nancy Ken
nedy and Mrs. Samuel Euwer. Also con
nected with tho family are L. E. Stoffel and
familv, J. O. Crown and family, H, A. Ken
nedy and family, W. H. Ellis and family, It.
S. P. McCall and family, Jacob Kennedy and
family, the Mises Etta and Madge Moore,
Dr- Goetz and family and Mrs. J. II. Wake
field and family.
The first rehearsal of the Fairies' Carnival
took place at tho Old City Hall, yesterday.
Sir. Leon Vincent, who was in charge, man
aged chorus and marches, and distributed
membership cards and song books. Many
families out of town have notified tho man
agers that thoy will return this week In
order to allow their children to take part in
the entertainment. A rehearsal with music
will be held at 10 o'clock this morning.
Daily rehearsnls will be held next week,
music and marching drills alternating.
Social Chatter.
Thirty children were given an outing nt
Hulton yesterday bv the Hebrew Associa
tion for the Benefit o'r Poor School Children.
The residence of Mr. Howard Sutton, on
tho Brighton road, was lust evening taken
Sossessron of by tho ladies of the Riverside
I. E. Church, and the members of that con
gregation entertained with a delightful
lawn social.
Next Monday morning the school teachers
of Allecheny county will assemble at Car
negie Hall for annual County Institute in
struction. A number of eloquent and in
structive speakers have been secured by
Superintendent Hamilton.
Yesterday afternoon and evening tho
Pennsylvania Railroad department Y. M. C.
A.'s cosy rooms at Twenty-eight street were
thrown open to friends. Visitors were
agreeably entertained with a choice musical
and literary programme, to say nothing of a
sumptuous banquet served to all who de
sired to partake.
SCIENCE OF KEEPING COOL.
Worry, Anxiety and Other Things Should
Be Avoided In Hot Weather.
Springfield Republican. 2
'Thero Is a science In keeping cool," says
Frank R. Packhara, representative of the
Superior Drill Company. "If the weather is
unusually warm a man should never allow
himself to continually harbor the thought
that it is warm. Should anyone approach
him and refer to the weather as being warm
he need only corroborate tho statement and
then drop the idea right there, taking up
some other theme more profitable and inter
esting. By thus occupying the mind with
some important subject or work, he loses
sight of the fact that the mercury is creeD
Ing up to the top of tho thermometer.
It's the easiest thing in tho world for a man
to work himself up to the boiling point and
suffer much from heat, even If tho mercury
is plaving below tho nineties. And when a
man is heated to the point whore he be
comes uncomfortable, he is unfitted for
good work. In view of this fact, all worry,
anxiety and excitement should be avoided.
Some may regard this as a small matter not
worthy of ranch attention, but if comfort Is
to be regarded as n matter deserving of con
sideration, and if the accomplishing of the
best results cut any figure, the art or keep
ing cool should be diligently studied."
A BLEEPING BEAUTY.
Tlie lC-Vear-OId Daughter of n Farmer
Takes at Long Nap.
Grand Rapids Telegram.I
Mnnlth has a genuine sleoplng beauty in
the person of Miss May White, the 15-year-old
daughter of Thomas White, a prosperous
farmer. Miss May, until her recent afflic
tion, has always been considered unusually
bright, having been a close student and an
accomplished musician. About six months
ago her eyes began troubling her, and
though treated with homo remedies thoy
seemed to grow no bettor.
Then her hours for sleep began to grow
longer and longer, until she slept all the
time. June 21 she dropped off to sleop and
has slept continuously since, with an occa
sional moment of consciousness. She ap
pears strong and healthy and has not lost
flesh perceptibly. Liquid food lias been ad
ministered by forcing her lips apart. Fri
day she was kept awake fully Ave minutes,
bnt was unable to talk and took no notice of
her surroundings. Dr. Robinson, her physi
cian, thinks this indicates the breaking np
of the sleep period and has strong hopes of
her entire recovery.
THE OLD SHEBMAN BRIGADE.
Lakcvillo and Mansfield People Enter
tained by the Great Financier.
SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.
SlANStfiELD, O., Aug. 20. Tho Sherman
brigade went to Lakeville, a summer resort
23 miles East of here, for a ono day's camp.
They wero accompanied by several hundred
citizens of this place, the most prominent
being Hon. John Sherman, who was one of
the boys himself. On the arrival of the
brigade at Lakeville the great financier was
introduced to tho people of the place by
William Moore, a leading Starke county Re
publican. The cntiro party then marched to tho
grove, where lunch baskets were opened,
and a circle was formed around Sherman,
who entertained the crowd with an old
lashioned talk.
PEOPLE WHO COME AND 00.
Jlaj'or Frank Patterson came in from
Philadelphia on the limited last night. He
said he had been through the Cumberland
valley, anu iounu me cuuicts ui me Harris
burg convention everywhere well received.
He said that even the old straight-out Re
publicans were satisfied.
George A. Smith, Secretary of the Uni
versal Refrigerating Company, returned to
Philadelphia last night. He said the ma
chinery and appliances for the manufacture
of the salt used in this process would be con
tracted for very shortly.
Hon. Charlev Kobinson, Frank Murray
and Mr. Bert wero among the travelers to
the sea shore last night. Mr. Robinson said
the Harrisbnrg slate was a good ono nnd can
not fail to meet with general approbation.
,"W. Irving "Walker, a paper manufacturer
of Baltimore, J. Frank Stevens, a Maine fur
niture manufacturer, and George E. Porter,
of the English Mines. Fla., were guests at
the Duquesne yesterday.
X. Tenbroeck,geucral eastern agent of the
Union Pacific, was In town yesterday. Ho
reported business in freight and passenger
traffic us being good.
F. K. Moore, the Cleveland coal man, and
Colonel Willis J.Hulings, of Oil City, are at
the Monongahela.
J. E. Katcliffe, of the Eiverside Glass
Works, Wellsboro, was at tho Monongahela
yesterday.
P. J. Mavcr, Mrs. Mayer and Mrs. Mc
Laughlin left for Atlantic City last night.
G. F. Scott and C. J. Long, ot the army,
were at the Monongahela yesterday.
Hon. A. P. Scott, of Wheeling, was in
tho city yesterday for a few hours.
Mr. and Mrs. Louis E. Hirscb retained
from the seashore yesterday.
James E. TJmbstaetter, Jr., went to
Atlantic City last night.
Dr. Frank McDonald has returned from
an Eastern trip.
James Hemphill left on the Buffalo ex
press last night.
W". P. Logan, the oil man, arrived on the
limited-last night.
H. JSellers McKee went to Philadelphia
last night.
Samuel C. "Weishoff went to "Washington
last night.
C. C. Noel left for a trip to the Lakes yes
terday. T. J. Lindsey went East last night.
Judge Porter went East last night.
J. C. Brown went East last night.
CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS.
Chicago has 6,000 sa'oons.
A Baltimore mulatto is turning pink,
Brooklyn has; the distinction of having
tho shortest cable road in the world. It Is
but 2.550 feet long.
A cow with seven- legs is owned iu
Athens, Gn. Tho extra limbs grow from the
top of her shoulders.
Africa is a land of many tongues. The
Bible has now been translated into (S3 of its
languages and dialects.
A formerwell-to-do Kansas farmer, who
Is over six feet high and weighs nearly 200
pound, Is stranded in Oklahoma, and is sell
ing Bouquets ot wild flowers lor a living.
A public school law recently passed in
New Mexico has caused a great demand for
school teachers. The applicants so far have
not been above one-third the number re
quire d.
In the mnseum of the Dead-Letter
Office at Wjishlngton, D. C, there Is a piece
of pnrchmpnt upon which is penned a copy
of the Lord's Prayer written iu it different
languages.
At Munich there is an hospital which
Is entirely supported by the sale of old steel
pennihs, collected from all parts of Germany.
They are made into watch springs, knives
and razors.
Dr. Flers, President of Ecuador, wish
ing to celebrate his birthday by some act of
charitv, grantod a pardon to 87 prisoners.
Forty-tlx of the87 were behind thebars again
within n week.
Colonel Bill Zevely, of Jefferson City,
while at Lake Pulaska, Minn., last week
caught a new kind of fish, the Indian name
of which he says is the "Razzle-dazzle whlp-per-whopper."
-Herr A. ST oil, of Beringer, in the Black
Forest, has Invented a clock warranted to
go without winding until A. D. 99"P9. It it
understood that Pension Agent Lemon, who
is now abroad, may buy it.
A portable telephone for nse on the
battlefield has been invented by a French
man named Roulez. Fnrragntat -"! main
top with his trumpet may yet be succeeded
by an admiral with a telephone.
Apples are as profitable a crop in Cali
fornia as oranges. A grower who-e ranche
is up 4,000 feet In the S.erra Novadas figures
out a retnrn of $2,106 per acre gross at tho
rate of Cj cents per pound, which ho re
ceived. A Banning (Cal.) constable arrested
two vagrants, who were tried and given $5
or five days each. They had no money, but
they could both play theban -o, so the Judge
suggested that they get up a dance, which
was done and enough money was raised to
pay both fines.
A TJkiah, Cal., man, the owner of a
three-story hop house, recently conceived
the idea of turning the building into a mam
moth incubator forthenatchingof chickens.
He has given evidence of bis faith in tha
Eracticabilitv of the scheme by setting a
atchof24,0t0eggs.
A cubic toot of aluminium weighs 157
pounds. A cubic foot of copper weighs 533
pounds. A sheet of aluminum 12 inches
square and 1 inch thick weighs 14 pounds. A
bar of aluminum 1 inch square and 12 inches
thick will weigh 1.17younds. A cubic inch,
or cast aluminum weighs 0.092.
Probably the most remarkable railroad
in tho world is that running from Glogglntz
to Lounering, near Vienna. It is only 2
miles in length, but cost $9,000,000. it begins
at an elevation of 1,400 feet and has its
terminus at 13.C00 feet. It lias 15 double
viaducts, 17 tunnels and crosses itself nine
times.
The recent hot wave in Southern Cali
fornia cost one rancher there over $500 in
ono day. Ho had a bee ranch at Newhall
which in the forenoon was worth $600. About
1 o'clock a hot wind came up, which in two
or three hours had melted the honey.smoth
orod the bees, and cleared out the wholo
thing.
Voting day in Japan presents some curi
ous sights. The voters have to don their
best garments and proceed to the voting
counter, there to ballot without any parley
ing as soon after 8 o'clock as possible. After
casting their ballots they make a bow to the
assemblage present, in which their heads
nearly strike the floor, and retire as silently
as they came.
A Pennsylvania barber has just com
pleted a novel fishing line which occupied
five years in making, and is made entirely
of human hair of every color and shade,
nicely woven together. Every time ho
operated on the glossy locks of a female cus
tomer he begged a few silken threads. The
line, which Is over 100 feet long, is an unusu
ally strong one.
The fees incidental to the obtaining of
the title of Baron in Germany aro said to
figure np about $5,000, that of Count $20,000,
Duke $30,000 and a Princo $70,000. They say
ono or the reasons why Bismarck didn't
accept the title of Duke of Lnuenbnrg wa
on account of tbo expense involved,
though it is doubtful if lie would have
taken it if it had been brought to him on a
silver tray.
A big leopard seal came up in the
midst of slot of bathers at Santa Barbara,
Cal., causing a good deal of alarm at first, as
some thought 1 he creature a shark or sea
sernent. Some of the boys barked like a
seal and the visitor seemed for a time to
think it was among frionds of its own kind
and kept coming closer, until Anally, taking
in' the situation, it turned tail and fled out
to sea again.
A countryman from a considerable dis
tance back entered an Atlanta restaurant
and proceeded to make himself at home by
hanginghiscoaton tho electric motor that
whirled the fans. This stopped the motor
and threw off the belt. Tho countryman
had washed bis face at tho water cooler and
was preparing to wipe it on the dangling
belt when tho proprietor camo along and
took him in charge.
Telegraphy without wires is said to
have been accomplished In England. Mr.
Prceco, the head electrician of the postal
system, succeeded in establishing communi
cation across tho Solent to the Isle of Wight
and telegraphed across the River Severn
without wires, merelv using earth plates at
a sufficient distance apart. It is now pro
posed to make a practical nse of this system
in communicating with lightships.
According to the Scientific American, tho
earliest Connecticut patent on record was
granted in October, 1717, to Edward Hinman,
of Stratford, for tho exclusive right and lib
erty of making molasses from the stalks of
Indian corn, in Fairfield county, for ten
years, which grant ended with the words,
"Alwavs provided the said Hinman can
make as good molasses, and make it as
cheap, as comes from the West Indies."
A curious case of gross superstition was
recently brought before the Criminal Ses
sions Court in Samara, in Russia. Six per
sons were tried ana sentenced to imprison
ment for terms of various duration up to
four months for deliberately disinterring
the body of a woman who had died of Intox
ication, and floating it down the Volga as a
means of causing rain. It seems to be quite
a fixed belief among the Russian peasantry,
says a correspondent, that throwing tho
dead body of a drunkard into the river la a
sure cure for want of rain.
TICKINGS FROM PUCK.
Sinnlck So you are determined to marry
Mrs. Weeds. Do you bUeve (be ca res for yoa
or Your money?
Vanderganld-Cares for me? Shi: swearj aha
loves me with all her might!
Slnnlck-H'm-the widow's mite!
Mistah Johnsing Say, you wnffless
white trash, dlk yon frow dat brick at my head?
Snodgrass No, sir; I merely propelled It In the
direction of yonr cranium.
Mistah Jobnslng (mollified) O, flat's all right,
sab.
Her winters are spent in Florida,
Her summers at Newport gay;
And thus la belle Americalne
Is a f ummer-glrl alway.
Editor Humph! Poetry is a drug in tho
market!
Aspiring Wit Glad to hear to. I hope you pay
drag-store prices for It.
Poet What do you think of these verses?
IJustwrotethemoffon the inspiration of tho mo
ment. Cynic If you can get some editor to accept them
on the inspiration of the moment you will be doing
very well. Indeed.
Kitty I wonder why Clara hurries to her
roomwh never she gets a letter?
Maud She wishes to give the impression that it's
from a man.
Judge Coonby Well, prisonah, what nab
yo' to say?
Hen Coop Sah, yoah Honan, l'se 'cased ot
stealln'. l'se 'titled to ajnryobmah peers. Now,
sah, doyo' mean to tell me dat all dem 12 fellers
obex dar am t'leres?
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