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All double and triple number copies of Tho Dispatch require a 2-ccnt stamp to Insure prompt delivery. PITTSBURG. SUNDAY, AUGUST 23, 1S91 GOOD DOCTRINE WELL PUT. The speech of Major McKinley yester day at Xiles, opening the campaign, was entirely worthy of the occasion. It was a Jong speech, but lucid and directly to tho point He considered and treated at length every question at issue between the Republicans and Democrats of Ohio this fall, and thoy are bound to be "what the nation will vote upon next year when a President is elected. Tie showed why thinking men of all parties should favor an honest dollar, and what the inevitable and calamitous result of free coinage would be. Incidentally Major McKinley scored a clever point bj' borrowing ammu nition from the letters and speeches of ex President Cleveland and other notable Democrats. The simplicity of his illustrations, and the homely but close-knit wording of his arguments upon this much mixed finan cial problem, make this part of his speech especially telling. Xo one who honestly desires to grasp the truth of this matter, and it is the concern of all, should fail to read it Xo Ics masterly is his exposi tion of the falsity of last year's free trade outcry against the tariff. Tho fictions of the free traders will be short-lived in 6uch strong sunshine, the light of truth and ex perience. If there is anything loft of the current arguments against protection after the sledce hammer blows Major McKinley has dealt them, it will take a fine meshed net to collect it By such perspicuous, direct talk tho battle will bo wou in Ohio, and Major McKinley is to be congratulated upon making such a good start upon his ardu ous course. The speech in full will be found in another column. 1MI.MACKA'S ENGLISH AEET. It will be strange indeed if England does not get into trouble with the Chilean Belligerents. The captain of a British man-of-war, it appears, actually aided President Bahnaceda in a raid upon trust funds in the Treasury at Santiago. The English vessel in fact was used to carry a"ivay the stolen treasure. The story is not very clear in its present shape, but if it is true that the English officer was. Bal maceda's accomplice in tho robbery, com plications of a most serious sort must arise. It is not a breach of the neutrality laws, Merely, Mich as the Itata's escape con stituted. Xo excuse can be found for the English officer's acts, and they will be resented by the so-called rebels or Con gressional party as partnership, as well as . criminal conspiracy, against them. The incident once more puts Balmaccda in a queer licht He does not improe upon acquaintance, and the less the United Stales has to do witli bolstering up his cause the better. DISEASE IN TIIE CARS. In these das, it is pleasant to learn that traveling in railway cars is not so dangerous as some phj sicians would have ill miblic believe. Some time ago it was announced that pulmonary diseases were spread by means of the.baccilli from con siimptic passengers, which lodged in the dust of the can. A German phjsician comes to the front now and states that he has experimented with dust gathered in trains, which had carried consumptives from Berlin to Italy As usual, the experiments were made with animals, 110110 of which gave any signs of pulmonary disease. The deduc tion drawn ii that -so faras subjecting one's self to tuberculosis is concerned there is no danger in occupying a seat in a railway car. It is advised, however, that w hen cars have been in service for an extended period thoy should be carefully fumi gated and cleaned frequently to prevent the spread of contagious diseases. Statis tics point to the fact that tho railway car is one of th worst agents for communi cating disease. Tho street car especially should be avoided during an epidemic of any kind. THE MARTINIQUE DISVSTER. The prettv little island of Martinique has been afflicted w it h a liurricane.accompanied by an earthquake, during which at least two hundred and fifty people were killed ,and man hundreds injured. The natives of this sea-bound paradise have long ex pected a disaster of this kind. They have a superstition, which has descended from their ancestors, to the effect that the en- tire island will some time sink beneatli the ocean. Thcvolcanoeswhich rise from the center of this little piece of lapd are seldom without cloudy surroundings and small earthquakes arc frequent Not withstanding the superstitious feeling that eilxi; the population has increased since Coiumbus first tet foot there in 1502 to two hundred thousand, of whom twenty thousand are white and the balance colored. During the War of Independence tho excellent harbor at the principal sea port was an important naval station, and at the present time it is a favorite stop ping place for many of the ships that trade among the "West Indies. Of the 3S1 square miles nearly one-half has been placed in cultivation, the favorite products being sugar cane and coffee. Several factories for indigo and sugar have been in active operation for some years, but they have been destroyed. Such a catas trophe as has occurred cannot h61p but prove disastrous to the trade of the country, and it may be years before the confidence of the natives can be restored even to its original superstitious com placency. UJfCOEN AS HE WAS. Whatever n man's conception of Lincoln may be, it will profit him to read what John Russell Young has set down for our readers in TnE Diepatch to-day. The picture of the great President is not the one commonly shown. It is not the pic ture of n god; it is not framed in fine writing; but it brings before us in a strong, fair light the man, the human, fallible, grand man w ho brought the Union through its fieriest dangers and died a martyr for it in tho hour of triumph. Lincoln cannot suffer by having the truth told about him. We can believe with Mr. Young that Lincoln himself would prefer the pure air of facts to the mists of adulation and hero worship. Such a man can stand tho blast of veracious biography; the wind may blow the fantastic fringe of cloud from the mountain's brow, but tho heaven-kissing rocks stand revealed in grandeur. The service Mr. Young is doing for history, for the nation whose heroes his subjects are, is eminently valuable. There is a sym metry about his work, a scrupulous con sideration for the small but nevertheless important details, the sidelights and rela tions of man to man, that the reader can not but observe. To-day's contribution, dealing not only with Lincoln, but many lesser figures on the canvas of that tem pestuous time, is perhaps the most inter esting of the series so far as they have been printed. UCSTXESS-LIKE UURGEARS. It behooves the citj police to catch some of tho burglars and highwaymen who are displaying such boldness and systematic energy in despoiling the East End. Hardly a day, or, rather, a night, passes but some house is looted or some belated pedestrian assaulted and robbed in that part of town. Not only are the burglars industrious, but seem to be equipped for thorough work, haung carts to remove their plunder, and some convenient central warehouse for its storage. The East Ender who goes to the seashore and leaves his house alone be hind is lucky to find it there when he re turns. As yet the burglars have con tented themsehes with stripping the in terior; but if impunity feeds theiraudacity they may fall to carrying off the roof, brick walls and stone foundations of the houses they isit The police have professional criminals doubtless to deal with in this epidemic of burglary, but they ought to lodge the artists behind the bars before the summer is gone. There is no reason why even business-like burglars should outwit such an efficient police force as ours. THE PARMER'S FORTUNE. The wheat crop of the present year, it is now certain, is the largest this country has ever known. Not j et can it be ascer tained exactly what the total yield will be, but trustworthy statisticians estimate it in tho neighborhood of 600,000,000 bushels. It is sure to be over .WO.OOO.OOO bushels. One authority, by careful calculation, probably strikes a fair figure in 583,000,000 bushels, whioh is 72,000,000 more than the largest previous jield, that of 1884. Of this it is probable that the country will need for home consumption 350,000,000 bushels at the most, and there will be, therefore, something like 250,000,000 bush els left for export The whole world has played into the hands of the American farmer this j-ear. The crops of the Old World aro as poor and scanty as our own have been good and bounteous. Ordinarily the immense wheat harvest would involve a considerable slump in prices as in 1884, for instance, when wheat sold at 65 cents a bushel. But the Old World comes to the American farmer's rescue, and takes his surplus grain at prices which will be fairly re munerative. The only danger is that by speculative corners and combines the price of wheat might be elevated to a point where exporting would become impossi ble. Tills peril is real, and it is tho only serious cloud on the farmer's horizon. If he escapes this he will enjoy this fall not only good crops but good prices and a read market for them. MEDICAL TRAIMJ.G FOR GIRI.3. Tlie suggestion that our girls would be greatly improved bj giving them a short course in a hospital training-school for nurses at the end of tlif ir stay in school or college, has been made by Harper's liazar, and it is worth consideiing. It is not proposed that young women1 should gi p up any large part of the joyous hours of j outh in this study of the great art of nursing the sick; three or sixmonths' stay in a hospital ward would be enough for the purposa ITow great the need of such knowledge she has the average woman is sure to find out, and probably before she says goodby to jouth. As our cotemporary points out, what suffering would be saved to themselves as well as to those they love in that by-and-by if, for instance, they knew enough, at sight of the swift-pulsing jet from a severed artery, to tie the bandage between the heart and cut; if they knew that hot water shuts up the blood vessels, and pre vents congestion and the black-and-blue mark of a bruise where the little toddler has bumped his head; if they knew that the wasting and fatiguing night sweat of consumption could bo lessened, if not hindered, by a sponge bath with salt water just before sleep, or that the dis gusting after flavor of cod liver oil could be turned into the taste of a delicate little Blue Point oj ster bj a quickly drunk glass of water in which a bit of iron has rusted, and if they knew many another little secret that such a stay in a hospital ward as suggested w ould reveal to them. The multiplication of hospitals, and training schools for nurses, puts this plan within the reach of a good many, and it is worth considering. Ix is not at all likely that Mr. Blaine has sent Stephen B. Elkins or nnybody elso to tell tho President about his intentions re garding the Presideut.il nomination. There Is probably an understanding bet een Mr. Blame and tho President, aa far as is need ful, but that will not interfere with tho Ito publican patty's action when the time comes. McKikley does not need much protec tion. A man who can marshal facts and figures as he did 3 cstciday can take care ot himself. But his opponents may well wish he could be excluded from Ohio by a pro hibitive duty. Is Darkest Bussia children are being offered in exchange for food. In some of the cities of tho United States children aro forced to work eleven hours a day, seven days In the week, to Bupport parents who are to lazy to labor. Evidently tho vnluo of children is dccroasIiiB and the law should be inado to take a hand in tho matter. Iji Bolivia the wife is always the older and rules the household, for the support of hlch she contributes tho larger share. In this country tho wlfo Is generally the younger, hut sho rules the household just the same. Italians have demanded representation upon the Brooklyn school board, becauso somo of their children attend school for tho support of which they pay taxes. They seem to thlnt It strange that no atten tion has been paid to their roquost, but tho Brooklynites don' look at the matter In that light. TnE accident in New York yesterday was the most horrible tragedy that hus happened for many years, although at this writing all too little Is known of the cause, tho results, and especially the loss of lire. TnE Clearing House is an institution the workings of which few people other than bankers fully understand, and yet It hears such nn intimate relation to tho welfare or tho city's business that every man commer cially engaged should be learned In every detail of Its internal affairs. TnE People's party has undertaken the largest contract on record. It has decided to attempt a reform in Chicago. Gep.stan chemists have attained a new sulphurous compound with acetone, tho odor of which Is so powerful as to disable them. Its effects upon their system are said to resemble thoso produced by nnti-protec-tionlst speakers in tho present campaign. Some explanations are required of Gov ernor Campbell. He will have to reply to Major McKinley or stay sick. The cable announces that France expects to purchaso a hundred million dollars' worth of wheat this year from America. If orders liko this are received rrom other countries there willbe nome lively times for the grain brokers who aro short on the market. Allegheny, has the organ and the money, but needs an organist and tho right kind or music. A prominent school teacher in Aus tralia has recently been susponded because she prayed for the death of hor husband. Evidently sho did not conduct her devotions with tho strict secrecy that is supposed to be observed upon sucli occasions. NAMES FBEQUENTLY SEEN. The poet Whittier has three pet dogs. Path was born February 18, 1847, says her family Bible. Princess Clementine, daughter of the King of tho Belgians, Is about to become a nun. M. D'Enneey, the French dramatic au thor, has written 200 plaj s. Ho is now a cheerful old man of 0. Justice Ganzhorn, of Kansas City, Bold his w hiskers at auction the other day. Thohiehest bid was $45. Ex-Congkessman ItoswrcLL G. Horb, the Michigan humorist, will stump Iowa this fall in behalf of tho Republican party. One of the Kaiser's arms is so perfectly withered and helpless that ho has tn eat with one hand, using a combination knlfo and fork. A daughter of General Neal Dow, Mrs, Louiso Dow Benton, is so accomplished in volapuk that she translates works into that language for publication. The death of Marie Gordon, tho once beautiful wife of John T. Raymond, recalls the fuot that sho was David Neat's model for his celebrated pictnro of "Mary, Queen of fccots." AT the ripe old ngc of 81 Senator Morrill, of Vermont, plays skittles and, gun in hand, roams tho hills for small gamo. There was no need in tho elder day, evidently, for a professor of physical culturo in the Senate chamber. Fon presents to distribute in England, Emperor VViUiam carried a largo iron safo tilled with snuff boxes, cigarette eases, pins and rings; hut, as largo as his stock was, ho had to buy several thousand pounds' worth in addition in London. Ex-Senator Beagan, of Texas, a hard benrded, practical mjn of the world, got it from nn old dai key that It would brim; him ill fortune to put on his Ictt shoo first, and never once in all the yeats that have sped has ho failed to give the right foot piefor ence. Queen Natalie, of Servia, is said to be a most beautiful and fascinating woman, with brilliant dark cjes, an elegant figure, graceful movements and the gracious dig nity becoming a sovereign, fcho is particu larly conrteous to women and seems fond of their society. THE DOG AND THE CHUBN. A Canine Who Was Sharp, but He Had to Perform His Task. Forest and Stream. "Chufn-dog" stories aro always in order. A city man w ho used to live on a farm, as so many city men did w hen they w ore boys sends us this: "At home on tho farm we had a num ber of con s, so many that churning w as too heavy a taak tor c cu the men folks, so Mr. L. rigged up a dog churn, an inclined wheel, a sort of canine treadmill. It became the duty of Ponto, a large w hite mastiff, to tread mat monotonous cjcie, ana notwuiistanu ingtho tootnsome bit of ment that was last cued on a lath within four inches of his nose, he was not at all proud of his position and responsibility. He made several attempts to shirk his task, and twice succeeded. Ho got to know when churning day came around as w ell as any 0110 in the house. On tho morning of that dav ho would loiter about the kitchen door until he was fed, and as soon ae he heard the note of preparation the bringing of the cream jtig, preparing tlie chum, etc. ho would put tor the woods and would not be seen again until night. Tho day of churning w as changed, and next moiniug a more crestfallen and astonished dog was never teen when hewus collared and narncssed to the beam w hich set the dash in motion; he looked positively foolish. He did his work, but with low ered head, and in cogitation evidently. On another occa sion he tried another dodge. When thoy were about to puthiui op tho wheel lie ran tip to his mistress, holding up ono paw, nt fectingto be lame. She thought much of the dog, and was inclined to let him oil that dav. The next instant he was teen charging over a high fence after a neigliDor's tat. well," s lid the old lady, 'it he can go after a cat liko that he is able to churn.' And ho did, and nevei tried to shirk his work again. P0BG0T THEIB OWN BULES, Desplalnes DUiiieo Highly Amused by the Antics of a Dancing Hear. Chicago Globe The divines at Desplaines who mado tho rules about hammocks, lawn tennis, fishing, swimming and othor amusements forgot themselves recently. Two Italians with a cinnamon bear came along, and belug at tracted by the large crowd, thought it would be a golden opportunity to replenish their pocketbooks. They accordingly stopped, put their bear in a conspicuous place and commenced operations. A crowd of small boy6, men, women, preachers and doctors weie soon assembled, eagerly watching the bear go through his antics. Like a flash it dawned upon some of the ministeis that they had lost their dignity, and they quietly Informed a policeman that they did not think the bear's purpose there was one of religious w orshlp. The police man did not fail when duty called him, and the bear was ejected. The tno Italians, as they marched off, looked as If they thought It was queer that they couldn't get justice, even at a religious. meeting. Gatta Percha in Surgery. It has been found that gutta percha, soft ened in hot water, or in hot water and glyce rine, may be made to absorb almost any desired styptic and antl scptio substance. The muss can then be drawn out or molded into any required shape, and, ns a surgical dressing, will serve the purpose both of plaster and splint. STTMHEB BLEEPING ANIMALS. Several Which Reverse tho Supposed Usual Order of Habits. New York Staats-Zeltung. Everyono knows that a large number of animals sleep in protected places during tho cold season of tho year and wake in tho summer. A similar phenomenon is tho sum mer sleep of different reptile principally serpents and crocodiles whioh thus pass the time of great 0.9 1 heat in tropical regions. But that reptiles and amphibious animals, native to tho temperate zones, frequently spend tho hot days in a "summer sleep" is not so well known. Dr. Franz Wornor has recently had this disoussod in the Zoological-Botanical Society or Vienna, and fur nishes tho folldwing particulars: During tho months of July and August it will be ob served by those who pay any attention to out-door animal life that reptiles and amphibians are noticeably fewer in num ber than during tho spring months; but if they begin to hunt under large, smooth stones, in holes in the ground, on the edges of marshes and ponds, under brushwood and heaps of dead leaves, thoy will not seldom find theso animals, cither alone or in great groups, in a condition very similar to sleep; not, indeed, so sound as tho "v, inter sleep," but the eyes are fully cloed nnd the breath ing a little slon or. The frogs sit huddled togothcr and make no attempt to flco, only burrowing somewhat deeper into tho earth. Lizards nnd salamanders lie almost motion less with the tutlsovortholr heads, and even tho latter leel almost dry. .snakes are rolled up like spirals and, as a rule, with the head concealed. They are, however, the most quickly aroused. Tho reason of this summer sleep is differ ent, accordlngas the animal lives on land or in tho water. Thoso 011 land sleep daring the greatest heat; those in the water only w hen tholr usual dwelling place is dried up, which generally, though not necessarily. occurs during the high temperature. The water salamanders aro always in a partial summei-slcep; those which live In the water during tho whole year do not sleep in sum mer, such as tho water-frog, which lives in ponds and marshes well supplied with water. It Is generally supposed that our reptiles enjoy tho heat of summer, so that, as this in creases, they improve in health. But this is not always the case; rather has it been found that many of our reptiles are killed by a prolonged exposure to the heat or the sun, and ir we observe ll7ards ip the open all , we may ho sure that they donot stay out very long under the beams of the sun, but go back from time to time to their dwellings. Only turtles can remain exposed to a glow ing sun any length of time without some shade. Lizards and snakes often succumb in half an hour. The summer sloep of these animals is a regular habit, wherever tho warmth of the sun annually reaches Its height; that is to say, from every noon until about 8 o'clock, and increases where tho rainful is light and infrequent. In places where intense heat is of rare occurrence a similar phenomenon is observed in these years only. In captivity theso animals have neither a winter nor a summer sleep, because tho temperature of tho cages is kept warmer in winter and cooler in summer than in the open air. CHINESE P0ST0FFICES. They Have a Complete System Independ ent of the Government. Cornhlll Magazine. It is not to be imagined that a veritable nation of shopkeepers like the Chinese, would remain, owing to the refusal or their government to convoy their correspond ence, destitute of a postal service Thoy huve, indeed, a very complete systom of their own entirely independent of tho State. In o very town of any size may bo seen ten or a dozen shops with tho sign, "Hsin Chii," letter offices, or postal establishment, sus pended outside. Their business is to carry not letters only, but small parcels, packets or sll or and the like, usually to other towns in tho same pi ovlnce, but also on occasion toother piovinces. They are, in fact, gen eral carriers; or, perhaps it would he fairer to say, they occupy much tho same position in China now ns did tho "agents"at Ilni w ich or Dover of the Postmaster General at tho beginning of tho eighteenth century so miscellaneous aro tho packages commit ted to their charge. They have no fixed tariff varying accord ing to weight, and there appears to bo no limit, within reason, to the sizo of letteis or parcels they will carry. The charge for let ters is fairly constant, but In estimating the cost of convoyanco ot parcels the sUo and shape alone seem to bo taken into account. A rough calculation is then made, which tho sender is at liberty if ho can to abate. In fact tho transmission of parcels is regarded ns being quite as much a matter of bargain ing as the purchaso of a pig. As"thore Is no monoply, uioh postofllce tries to undorbidlts rivals, and competition sometimes verges on the ludiorous. Since tho institution of female postolllce clerks in England, how many coin plaints (doubtless quite groundless) have there not been from would be purchasers of stamps who have been kept waiting at tho counter while the postmistress and her assistant compared notes on last Smidaj's fashions? In China this dcploiable state of tilings is rovcrseu. xnero eacn postolllce has its touts, who go lonnds at very short intei vnls to each place ot business to beg for the nrivilege of forwarding their letteis. The bankers are the Dost customers, and as post time draws neat, (post time is fixed at the open ports by tho doprtuio of tho local steamer), you will see a tout enter a bank, and interrupt the clerks with an entreaty to be allowed to convey tho letteis thev have not yet copied. He Is dismissed for half an hour, and meanwhile two or three rivals will appear with the same request. The lucky man is he w ho happens to come 111 as the letters are scaled. WHITE HOUSE EMBELLISHMENTS. Some of the Heautlful "Work That Is Being Done This Season. Boston Transcript. The ground floors in the building aro be ing beautifully done up. The East Room is always very much in tho condition that poor Charles Lamb declared himself to be he never could afford a w holo new outfit at the same time. Ho would buy himself a new coat and hat, and meanwhile ho would have to continue wearing his seedy trousers and when new trousers were attainable tho hat and coat had lost their pristine freshness. So it Is with the East Room. One year like tho last, for example it gets a new carpet. As it is 80 feet long by 30 broad it will bo seen that it Is no triflo to carpet it with tho superb carpets, that are really the cheapest in the end in the White House. Then tho nevt year the chairs nnd sofas get a new covering nnd tho year after the windows get treated to a now set of curtains. This j ear It is tho turn of tho chairs and sofas, and they are being covered w Ith a delicate golden brown s.itln, flowered in white. The state dining room, which ahvaj 3 was a common place room, entirely lacking 111 true elegance, is 10 uo completely changed. Over tho old-f ishloned windows are plaood scieens of Moorish fretwoik, w hicli will wonderfully impi ove them. Tho traditions which mako the oval room in the middle the blue room, w ith tho red room on one side nnd the green room on the other, prescribe that these colors shall bo follow ed in the furnishings. Hut tho delicate, artUtlc t.ntsin greens undbluesandredsw hich now prevail, aiea tremendous improvement on those ot the fathers Tho picture of Mr. Cleveland by Mt. Eastman Johnson has been hung in tho grand Curndor along with tho other Piosidental portraits. He was sorsiblo, and had only a half length painted. President Arthur, who was a tall and re markably elegant looking man, had a full length. When Mr. Harrison goes out, he too, will have u half length that is if tho sound good sense which I16 possesses con tinues to govern him. CALAMITY SHEIEEEES. This IsaFoorYear for Them In tho Great Northwest. Amiriran Fxonomlst. The Northwest is this year a poor field for calmanlty shriekeis. Farmers are blessed with good 'crops, good weather and good prices. These coming together ulways beget a sentiment favorablo to piotection among the people. Roverse conditions are those under which free trade sentiment grows. Protection and piosperity, poverty and fiee trade, is tho way the pairs are mado up. Particularly this year does the advent of good times strengthen tho cause or protec tion. Thoy como in tho wnko or tho McKin ley tariff, in thefneoof tho confident asser tions of its enemies that it would oppress tho farmer by lowering his prices and nar rowing his niarkot. Instead the farmer Is receiving excollent prices, nnd tho world's markets were never so eagerly waiting for his abundant crops. American agriculture has got rid of tho overproduction which op pressed it for a few years back, which op pression the free traders said was due to protection. Under increased protection tho adverse conditions vanish, farmers got good prices lor what they soil, and buy their sup plies cheaper than ever before. What in genious theory will tho "reformer" invent to account for theso phenomena, directly contradictory of all liis fervid utterances in recent yearsf MURRAY'S MUSINGS. Peculiarity of New York Business Men Slumming In the Bowery A Hole In a Black Mocking Fish Stories From tho North. TFBOM A STAFF COItRESPO-lDENT. The other day I met a gentleman on Cedar street I had not seen for il years. Ho is secretary of a biz insuranoe company, a strikingly handsome fellow, and we recog nized each othor nt some distance. While chatting we were joined Dy a mutual friend wo had not met for a dozen years. "I've passed up and down this street every day except Sunday for six years," said the latter. "And I've been doing business in this street for eight years," said tho insurance man, ns they exchanged cards. That Is a suggestion of Now York business life. Thpse tiion live in the country one on tho Hudson, tho other on tho Sound. They rush for a train immediately after break fast, they rush for a train at the close of business. They are both office men and nre rarely on the street. Thoy told me that they never came above Fourteenth street three times a year. And now, after our singular meeting they talkod of nothing bnt "commutation," or "boats" and "trains" and "accommodations" and "time table," etc. These men aro typical. New York Is full of them. Thoy llv e from two to four hours a day on boats nnd trains. They aro known comprehensively as "commuters." They are New Yorkers who don't know half as much about New York as their office hojs. Thev belong to a train club. Do yon know what u train olnb IsT It is nn association or commuters who hire a special car by the year a club house on wheels. Theyflt it np moro or less luxuriously, w ith electric lights, cnid tables, eaRvclialrs,sideboard and every convenience. This car Is attachod to a reg ular train and cantos the members of tho club onlv. with their Invited quests. And these commuters call this city llfo. Tho Hnlr and the Beard. "It is a curious thing," said a remote "next " in a barber Bhop, "that men with very long nnd heavy beards are usually baldheaded. If you could get a straight bet on it you'd make big money, taking men as they come." "A man who prefers his hair on his chin," put in the nearest haircutter as ho rubbed in a patent tonio, Is sure to bo accommo dated by nature. There is a better reason for baldness in men, however, and that is in the head covering. You never saw a bold headed Indian, or native African, or China man, or anybody else who goes bareheaded habitually. The aboriginals are never bald headed and never run to whiskers. Few women are baldheaded, as few w omen have whiskers. Women go head uncovered nnd at all times are more exposed to tho air than men. It may be merely a coincidence, but I think the growth or a beard detracts so much from the giowth of a head of hair." "Thank you," said the man who had Just had a hair cut, "you may shave me the next time." Making the Job Cost. The great gang of men and boys at work on the Broadway cable discount any gang or colored field hands that ever raised hoes in a Southern plantation. They arc a nover ending source or amusement and com ment. This because the work is being dono by a contractor for 10 per cent of the cost. Manifestly, tho moro tho thing costs the more contractor will make out or it. Tho apparently united effort of hundreds of day laborers to plea9e their employers is a touch ing and unusual sight. It used to bo said in slavery days that a Louisiana negro would leave his hoc In tho air upon the sound of the dinner horn rather than take the trouble of bringing It down. The horn blower would have to be pretty smuit If he could catch one of these Bioadway follows with his tool in tho air anywhere near tho dinner hour. A Hole In the Stocking. "One of the latest things out," said nn observant Bioadway policeman, "Is the woman with a hole in tho heel other stock ing. I mean thoy mako 'em there, you know, so as to show off. I've been on this corner foryeatsandl never saw so many women with holes in their stockings. Of course it ain't exactly square to look, but a blind man couldn't help but see a patch of white skin in a black stocking. They put 'cm there to attract attention, see? It is always In a blaok stocking and always on a pretty ankle. It's lashionablo, just like black patches on tho face used to bo, but it ain't light, no sir, it ain't right. It gets men 11m over by tho caisand things It ain't right. Spr, look at that! There's going to be more accidents on account of this thing tho insurance com panies ought to look into it yes, sir. Half the men who are getting run over and feai ted off to the hospitals man airitmlanco are crippled that way. Drivers can't look out for such people w hen they have so much to detract their attention. A prettv woman w ho goefc along Broadn ay with such a thing as that is really a walking menace to Hie and limb and ought to be arrested, feeet Yes, sir, sho ought to bo locked up for breach of the peace, or a dlsoiderly, or something. Thoy think they're smart, I suppose. 1 wonder what they'll be giv in us next." An Interview 'With Hoar. There is a delicious smack of humor in certain features of advanced journalism. Here is nn "Inttrv lew" taktn from the now s columns of the World that Is enough to bring' ttais to tho eyes of an Lngllshman. Those w ho know Senator Hoar.the Intci view cd.vvill put It away in setup booku. It should not be permitted to die: "Yourcorrespondcnt drove no to the noar mansion and was graciously 1 eccived by tho Senator. " 'What do you think of the stories circu lated by Hairison's friends about Mr. Blaine breaking dovv n?' asked tho correspondent. " 'I retuse to expicss any opinion on the mutter,' answ ered the Senator. " 'Is there a conspiracy to kill Blaine off for '927' " 'Now that is a delicate question which I absolutely refuse to answ er.' "Iho old man nroso and quit the room, leaving the correspondeut alone with tho family pet dog. Mr. Hoar appeared to be deeply interested in tho xnhject." Mark the exquisite naiveto unconcealed among those particular. Tho old man didn't order him out or kick "yonrcoiie spondent," or et tho dog on him, or order asorvnnt to thtow him out, because in that cate the correspondent would havo tele graphed all about it. He simply arose and left the room. Somebody hud to leave, nnd, as the correspondent wouldn't. Senator Hoar had to do it. There Is subtle flattery In hav ing been left alone with tho dog, and we are delicately led np to the inference that the aged Senator unhesitatingly trusted in the honestv of tho corresponaent, though he de clined to be robbed ot his inmost tnoughts by him. Perhaps Mr. Hoar was somowhat excited, and for the moment forgot the dog. One must regret not having moro precise in lormation as to that dog. Did tho dog like boing loft alone with "your correspond ent?" Did he reeeivo him "graciously," or did tno dog run aw ay and also Icav o the now&papei mln? Or, did tho dog and the newspaper man leave together? Was the dog "deeply interested?" The Bar Haibor correspondent ought to bo moropaiticulur to theso important details. Tho Stage Blacklist. Those actors and actresses who are now-on the blacklist of the Dramatic Agents' Protective Association aie hustling around to square up accounts and get in out of the wet. It is asserted that soma 300 profes sionals have been blacklisted this summer for neglecting or refusing to pay tlioiom niisslons charged by the agents who engi neered engagements for the delinquents ut one time or another. Tho blacklisting means 'that the sentenced- individual will not bo enznged so far as tho agents can prevent. In this the concorted action of tho agents, w ho aro practically all in the combination, exert 11 good dcnl of influence. There aie many flrt-rate people w ho nre independent of tho agents, but foi the moJt ptit tho pro fession aro at their mercv. There is usually u liberal assortment of very stiong language in the upper Broadway atmosphere when ever this subject Is brought up. Pleasure in Mndholcs. "Comparatively few people 'do' tho old Bowery these days," a hnckman tolls me. "It Is nothing liko what it used to bo. Peo pie who do go around the region between midnight and daylight are usually disap pointed. They don't sec what they expect to see and givo up tho search and the hack at onco. In tho old Flvo Points days there used to be lots of tun going 011 and lots of money was to bo made showing people around A man's lucky now to limkehoisc teed. The worst or it is theso slun.meis blame tho hackuian if ho can't steer thoni up against all tho doviltry In tow n in 0110 night. They expect to see something pretty tough and lively and they get mad if thoy don't see lots of it. "Curious how people wont to go around and seo things of this kind. I've takon nice women In tow, too,.and it beats all how fas cinated some real nice womon will be with riding nround in a cab ut 3 a. si. and seeing things any w oman ough t not to seo. I never understood it. I'm only a haokman, but I've got a w ifo and a glow n daughter who would just as llof bo locked up for vagrancy as to think of riding around Mott street in a night-liner nnd looking at a lot of bums aud thiovos nnd listening to foul language. A woman has no call to know such things. Bureau's my business to take people where thoy want to go when they pay lor it. But I would nover think of looking for my pleas ure In mudholes." What Women Need to Know. "There is one thing a woman never learns," said a Broadway conductor as he ynnked the boll cord, "and that Is togeton or off n car with a swing toward tho horses. Shestepsonor off backward that is, with her faco the other way. If the car Is mov ing the least bit sho Is liable to trip and fall down. Then she looks daggers at mo, as ir I did the whole thing purposely. A 5-year-old boy knows better. Talk about dress re form,'' he murmured contemptuously "what a woman wants to leform Is in get ting some senso about horso oars. Sho ought to take lessons from her brother. People have no Idea how much anxiety women cost conductors and drivers. I'm that worried about womon getting on and off my oar that it is with a sense of relief from great responsibility that I turn in my last trip every day feeling that no woman has had her neok broken or fallen down from my platform. We hav o narrow escapes from that every hour in the day." The Original Gridiron Club. "The Gridiron Club, of "Washington, D. C, Is not the original Gridiron Club," said Mr. George Pride, electrician of the Equita ble building. "We had a Gridiron Club here a number or years ago, and a small silver gridiron was our badge. Tlio Washington men wear gold ones, but silver wns good enough lor us In our day. I know a lot of our old members about town. We never had our constitution printed. I've got tho mnnu- sciipt copy now, una my oiu silver gridiron pin, too. We used to cook our on 11 chops and hnd lots of fun, but the club finally went to pieces." Florence Has a Rival. '"You've read the fishing stories of Comedian Billy Florence up In the north western part of Canada," said Mr. Welles.of the Western Electric Company. "Well, I've Just come from np there, whore we've been laying some cubles. I wont fishing up near Winnipeg one day. Never knew w hat fish ing was before. With a hand line over tho sido of tho boat I caught 60 perch In CO min utes by the watch. The water was so clear in the lake that I could see thousands of fish. There were so many I couldn't lot my lino down. It was Just monotonous to pull thorn In. Wo trolled for pickorel one day and caught them weighing from 5 to 25 pounds. When I got a flve-pounder the boatman looked at it contemptuously and asked: 'Shall we throw him in?' meaning that he was too small toklll. We throw him back into the wator to grow." Billy Florence as a fisherman is nowhere. Horses on the JTourth Floor. Next thing to the New York City boy on the roof to fly his kite is the Now York City horso that lives on tho fourth floor. The stalls of tho big car company stables are all up stairs and the car horse when ho retires to rest at night goes np to his Ded on a level with the telegraph wires and dreams, perchance, of thohatcvon dajs when he was a colt and kicked up his youthful heels in some quiet meadow or browsed the daisies upon the banks or somo rlppllne stream. Toor old faithful, patient creature! I won der if ho really thinks llfo worth living. Lights and Shadows. About as interesting a sight as any thing to a stranger in New York Is the mis cellaneous crowd of night sitters in the downtow n parks. Scores of boisterous boys while away tho hours these evenings play ing their games on the asphaltum walks. Ev ory scat Is occupied by worn-out tollers, tramps and vagabonds. Duringthe forepart of the night many are reading m the glare of the electric lights. You will seo readers there far into the night. In Union and Madison Squares the young man and his girl are everywhere. They sit very close togothcr on the benches In the shade and hold each other's hands. The miserable, homeless outcast lounges alone horo and thoro with these living pictures of youth and love on every hand to remind him of n hat ho once was and enn never again be. These are some or tho lights and shadows or a great city. CnARLEs Theodore iunitAY. Xiw 1 ouk, August 22. VETEBANS AT CHAUTAUQUA. The G. A. R. Day There Brings Ont a Large Assemblage of Old Soldiers. fBPECI AL TELEGRAM TO TnE DISFATCn. Chautauqua, Aug. 22. This wus G. A. R. Day at Chautauqua, and the veterans were here by the thousands from all parts of tho country. A 20-pound cannon wakod tho cchos from early morn till noon, nnd martial rauslo filled the air all day. The cottages were trimmed with flags and flowers and tho Star Spangled Banner was unfurled from many a window. Once a year, at least, Chautauqua is eminently patriotic, and on that occasion the old soldiers mako this their rendezvous and bring their wives and children here. The bivouac really began last night, when the enrapflres were lighted in the Amphitheater 'and sentinels paced to audfio between the tents on the platform. Patriotic speeches were mado Bv the Rev. Gilbert Do La Mutyr, of Akron, 0.; the Rev. Jlr. T.T. Edwards, Mrs. Ella ju. Putnam, of Buftalo, President of the Woman's Relief Corps; it. II. Brown, of Mcndville, l'n., and Judge Albion W. Tourgee, orNew York. The exercises to-day weie very interest ing, and tho big Amphitheater was packed with people. The principal addrc$s of the day was delivered 03- Bishop John P. New man, of Omaha, w ho said some very spicy as well as some very patriotic things. MADE THE ELDEBS LAUGH. now the Solemnity of a Maine Cainpmeet ing AVns Broken. Chicago Hcrsldl The solemnity of a Maine, campmeeting came near being broken up by a festive mos quito the other day. A devout attendant be came convinced that he had been singled out by a particularly persistent and vicious iusect. As he bon ed his head in the attitude of prnjei the little piping poison bottle perched on his neck, and a senso of proper decoinm was nil that restrained a blow. Tho inseot was gently dislodged with the loft hand, bnt immediately took refuge on the light car of the sorely tempted wot shipper. Up went the right hand, and the hug took his depaiturc, to reappear on tho other car. It was no use, the restraint of a lifetime was thrown off. and with a mlghtv thrust out went tho right hand and snatched at the little otlonder, when to the consternation of two people and tho iriepresslblo amusement of a score or less devout worshippers, the gentleman found in his hand the feather of a lady's hat and the ladyfelt her hat violent ly w renched fiom her bowed head. DEATHS HEBE AHD ELSEWHEBE. Hon. Walter L. Bragg. Hon. Walter L. Bragg, of the Infer-State Commerce Commission, whoie death was briefly chronicled In The Dispatch jestcnlaj, wasboru in Al ibjm.i In 1&8. HI parents moved to Arkansas In 1344, and Ills boyhood home was thenceforth at Onlclilta, In that State. He was graduated from Harv .inllliilvcrsit r In 1S, and soon after tugan tin p-jitlceof liw at Cundcn, Ark. During tlie wui he ft rcl on the Conftut rateable, mostly with tliuArni of the Tennessee, anil came out with the rankofeaptaln. After thenar liesittltil In Ali binia. ana hi 1871 made Ms lionic In Vlunfguiuprr. For lliree veart, from 171, liewjsc'lialrm-iii oftiic Democratic hxecutliecouuulttee of that Matc,und In 1870 wns sent as a delegate to the St. Louis Convention, where lie was made a member of tlie Democratic National Committee for Alabsma. lie was an elector on Hie llancock-rnglioii ticket for tlie State at large In 1890. In IsSt lie was appointed President of the Alabama Hatlroad Commission, and reap pointed two years latir. President Clev el ind ap pointed him jn Inter-Stite Commerce Commis sioner In 187, and re ipnoliitcd him In 1S. Dennis O'Brien. Dennis O'Brien, supervisor of the Ban Handle Hallway, dinl of heart failure jesterday afternoon at 1 o'clock at his late residence hi Mmsfield Valley. Mr. O'Brien was almost 3s years old. having been born December 19. 13J, in Wyoming county, N. Y. Whenalout 3) ears old hlr parents mo ed to Bloomtlcld, where as a wate r hor h stfirted to wO"k on the Pan llindlt. and lor tlie pist S ycirs has held various responsible po-d-ttuns, hav lug been supervisor of the Hrst division oltlicl'., C. C .1 St. I.. Railway for the past IV vcirs. Ilebldcs a wile and flie c'llldrcn, Mr. O'llrlen h aves t hott of trlendi,. He wns a man of upright character, and In clnrlty liberal toalault, as many dest rvlng poor persons can attest. Obituary Notes. Adam LirPKRT, aged 58 years, and prominent cltixeii of Canton, died there yesterday afternoon. GEORGE Mct'AY, a native of1 Dublin, one of the oldest engr we rs In the country, died at tho Trench Hospital, Ne York, "Friday niorniDg, aged 83 J ears. Wimmial D. IKuvrruonTii, the famous battle field guide, ex-dlrector of the dcttvsborg Battle Held Memorial Association and superintendent of the Soldiers National Cemetery, died Friday rrom paralysis at GettJ sburg. IlF-VnT WORTHIM1TON BECK WITH, United Statcs'Consul at Bermuda, died Thursday evening at bis home at Highlands, near Chicago. Deceased was tlio son of the late Judite Corydon Beckwlth, and stood high In the social and business circles of Chicago, IAWN TENNIS TEACHZBS. More Practice Needed by Amateurs to Make Them Good Player. Harper's Young People. It Is a great pity that there are not a few professional tennis teachcrsln America; men who are thorouEhlr familiar with the game. , nnd who could instruct ambitious beginners. A few Judicious lessons, at the commence ment might obviate many faulty strokes which may afterwards bo very difficult to cure when onco thoy nre firmly fixed. By asking criticism from better players, and re ceiving it in good part, and with an intelligent application or non-application 0f It, as tho case maybe, an improved game will surely re sult. Of course, steady practice on good courts and with good balls must bo had; bat there Is such a thing as too much practice, tho effect of which Is to cause your game to lose its snap and vim or to become what is commouly known as "stale." Two or three brisk, hard-fought sets against a plujer bet tor than yourself are ot vastly more ad vantage to you than six sets lazily played against a weak opponent. Play ugalnst the best man you can. Never mind it yon are beaten; trim next day, and see if you cannot win more games rrom him than j on did the day previous. At the end of a few weeks j ou will be snrprisod to see how much your game has Improved. For general Improvement the single game is to be preferred to the double, as vou nave more chances to try j our strokes. Foi prao tlco in judgment the double game is the better, and in watching the play of a well drilled pair you will seldom see both players attempt to return the same ball. Each tells instantly and almost by instinct which ball is in his province, and which In his part ner's, ahd It Is a very closely placed shot lor which neither will try. It sometimes hap pens that ono oi the p-iir is, by reason or his position in tho court, better ublo to Judge or the direction of a hall than Is tho other, whose business it is to either return it or let It go out, and now and then vou will hear su h advice as "Let it out," "Wutch it," or "Let it strike." In general, however, the less said between partners the better, and one should never call to the other when that othor is making the stroke, unless to warn him that the ball Is liable to strike ont. Above all, never find fault with your part ner: he Is doing the best he can, and usually I els w orse over his bad stroke than you do. I have seen several matches lost through mutual recrimination during the progress of the contest, the result being that both men lost their tempera; and when a player losos his temper, tho sooner ho retires from tho sccno the bettor. BOOKS BETDBN UNSOLD. A Tecnliar Crisis Which Is Now Startling French Dealers. Pall Mall Budget. Paris is experiencing just now n curious crisis in the book trade. These arise from time to time, for the publishing trade is no more freo from over production or'VIut" than any other branch of commerce. There aro about a dozen authors who command the French market, and some four or five whose popularity seems inexhaustible. But tho number of novelists Is to be counted not by dorens, but by hundreds. And still tho publishers go on Issuing. A few days ngo the publisher of one or these popular authors had 45,090 copies or his last venture returned to him. They were tho volumes that had been sent to tho different railway stations; theio had been scared- any sale; they all camo back. And yet this" author was very popular. The explanation Is the prevalent plan of sending work first through tho press as feullletons. The novel had lost its fresh ness, it was discounted before it was issued. The system is found to tell on the more ex pensive v olumes. Lately an art publication, and edition de luxe, magnificently brought out. illustrated with original engravings, liberally announced and generously criti cised, came back to the publisher with only one copy sold; a second venture, published at a guinea, obtained a sale of six examples, and then the edition was sold out at one and a half francs a copy. At present It Is under stood thatthcroaro3,003,000 volumesof nov els on the hands or Paris publishers which can not be got rid of. And this nnmbor grows from day to day. It was even proposed that these unsaleable volumes should be distri buted at country fairs as prizes lor ohildren instead of gingerbread or sweets, but that tho Teifoot of Police lnterferrod and stopped the practice. TAT0OING BUBHESE. Fvery Man In the Kingdom Is Adorned In Tills Manner. Baltimore Sun. Of all Burmese customs, ono of the most singular Is that of tatooing tho person, from the waist to below the knees, with figures in black ink. Every man in the whole of Bur mah is thus adorned; nnd, unless his scin bo unusually dark, he looks at a little distance ns if ho were clothed In a tight-fitting pair of kneo breeches. This "mark or manhood," which is usually conferred when tho subject is between 12 and H years of ago, is a very painful ono, and the agony, which must necessarily be of tho most intense, is often prolonged from three dnj s to a week. The subject, stupefied with opium, lies in sensible to the pam, while one figure after another gradually nppcirs on his skin. Tho instrument used by the tatooer In doing this dainty work is a brass rod nearly two feet in length nnd ono half inch in diameter, vi eighted nt the top with n little ornamental figure nnd provided at the other end with a hollow point, divided into fonr very sharp nnlntq liv rrn.Hs Milts. Deen as the noints nt this stylus sink Into the flesh they seldom draw blood, but the limbs and bodj soon sw ell in a manner that w ould alarm any one who did not know what tho final result would be. ALL BIGHT AGAIN. Snnol, tho Famous Trotting rilly. Once More In Good Form. New York, Aug. 22 Mr. Robert Bonner hns received a telegram fiom 31arvin, tho trainer of Sunol, stating that the filly is go ing sound and all right ngain and has sent :i.structions to Marvin, so that it is expected tl.it Sunol will gradually bo worked Into reeoid-breaking form. "Sunol," said Mr. A. A. Bonner, ot the New Yoik Icdaer yesterday, "ought to beat Muud S's record if she is as game a marc us Maud. Sho ins the speed, 11s is shown by tho fact thut sho trotted in 2-15 as a two-year-old and in 2 HlJi as n threc-veai old." Horsemen havo been partiouhirly hopeful of hearing good things of hnnol this simi nier, and are ciger to learn from gooel 1111 thoiitv what may he expected of her. This opinion from "Mr. A. A. Bonner is significant, he beln.r the only nnfiteur driver who has driv en two horses to sulky trials better than 2 11 having driv en Itarus a mile In 2 13,cj anil Edwin Forrest in 2:13-! on his, father's private three-quarter exercising course nt Tarry ton 11. A NATUEAL BAZOB 8TB0P. TheNutlves ofriorida Don't navntoPnr chaso the Leathern Article. J ickonvllle Times-Union. There are now blooming in St. Augustino (! plants of tho agtve Victoria regma spe cies, or w hat Is commonly called the century plant. A towering column uses out of tho center plant to the height of CO feet, but it Is often relegated to the rubbish heap ns worthless, for the reason that, as a thing or beauty. It has no further charms for the eye. Yet manv thousands of the shaving people of the old world utilio this Shalt of tho plant. They make use ont as a razor strop. Mr. W. Chambers, Auditor of the East Coast Railway Line, Iris had ono in use for many 3 ears, and it shows not the slightest detect lrom Use. The strop is mado by taking tho shaft of the agavn and cutting it into lengths of 12 Inches: these nro split into four or as many "quaitcrs" ns possible, allowing to each piece a sufficiency of the pulp or heart of the stalk to present a surface of not less than one Inch on which to strop a razor. Tho heart Iiaidens in time and presents a fine, soft nnd naturally lubricated surface for Btiopplng a razor. CONSCIENCE STRICKEN. An Investor In Louisiana Lottery Tickets Sends Them to Washington. United States Mail.J A unique "conscience" contribution was recently received at the dead letter office of the department, in the shape of J8$l Louisi ana lottery tickets. The moral aspect of the case is somewhat mixed, from the fact that the tickets had all matured, but not In cash. Ev Idences of an indorsement of tho nntl-lottery policy of tho department are shown in the .following note which accom panied the contribution: Dead Letter Office: Here aie 33 tickets. Thoy cost $3S, nnd I nover got a cent. It is all humbug. They send out some small prizes, hut tno large ones stay at home. It is a good thing Uncle Sa 11 has bothered tbem- There is thousands that got bit." CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS. In the reign of Henry VLT. apples were worth from Is to 2s each. In Bulgaria only 7J4 per cent of tha population can read and write. The dancing bears which are so plenti ful in Kansas do not seem to affect the price of wheat. The one part of the world in which no native pipes nnd no native smokers have been found Is Australia. Soap is not much in favor in India. It is said that last year the amount per capita used there was only one ounce. Tlie delinquent tax lists now running in the Kansas papers are smaller than they have been for a couple of years. Makers of porcelain in Limoges, France, sond their most artistic products to tha United States. American taste, they say. Is the finest. An expert electrician asserts that an electric train, making 125 miles an hour, would require 7,003 feet in which to come to a standstill. There are 13 Mexican dollars in ths San Diego treasury that were taken in at par over 12 years ago, and the treasurer has nover been able to pass them out at par. The same land in California often pro duces two or three crops a year. In soma localities farmers have paid for their farms from the sale of small fruits grown between oicbard trees. The Hawaiian race has been steadily dwindling In numbers during the present century, and the latest century gives It a. population ot but 10,000, or a decrease of one half within half a century. A La Cygne woman has a sheet 90 years old which was the property of her grand mother in Ohio, nnd was mndo from flax woven nt tho beginning of tho century. Sho will send it to the World's Fair. In London the omnibus fare from Char ing Cross to the end of the line has been re duced to a halfpenny. Tills was rendered, possible by reason of the receipts for adver tisements on the back of the tickets. The detonation of a new heavy caliber gun at Ingolstadt, recently, smashed all tho windows of a railway train that was passing the military range at tho time. Fortunately none of the passengers wece Injured. The custom house agent in Duisbnrg assessed a collection of butterflies as "poul try," for the reason that they had wings, and it required much tiino and patience to get the collection passed free as an object of science and art. In days gone by it was the privilege of the Sultan to indulge in the luxury of taking coffee, there being such a small quantity grown. Times, however, have changed, and now coffee Is used In every household throughout tho world. In Corea every unmarried man is consid ered a boy, though he should live to be a hundred. No matter what his agejio follows in position tho youngest of the married men, despite the fact perhapsor ha vingllved year enough to bo their lather. Kissing comes high in Atlanta, Ga. A storekeeper there who "stole a sly one" from, a female clerk had to answ er at court for his audacity, and was fined $100 He paid the fine withont hesitation, though he protested that he did not kiss tho girl, but only touched her on the shoulder. A young girl of 14 has died at Duscl dorf from excessive Joy. Sho had been promised one of the most delightful of Rhine excursions, and the prospect filled her with such overpowering joy ns to pro duce u strain upon the heart's action, and she fell to the floor and died. There are three curious families living near Milan, Tenn. One family Is composed of four persons, whose average height is 6 feet 6 inches The second family consists of fnther, mother nnd daughter, who together weigh 00 pounds, whllo the third has ten members, with a weight of only S13 pounds. A curious memorial stone has recently been placed in nn old cemetery at Kingston, Mass. It Is a rough block of granite, five feet high, into which is sunken a large slate tablet bearing a genealogical inscription of the Drew familv, the founder of which, it Is said, wns knighted by Queen Elizabeth in J5S9. Lightning does some queer things, but nothing like the following perhaps has ever beforo been attributed to It: "A streak of Grand Rapids, Mich., lightning followed an .electric light wire intre the children' de partment or St. Mark's Hospital, cooly turned on the pas, lighted it and left for parts unknown." A Los Angeles paper says there are CO slaves In that city whose owners hold bills of sale of their bodies and deal in them ns horses nml cattle are bought and sold. The slaves are Chlnco women, wno dare not at tempt to escane, ns such an attempt would mean de-ith. They range in price anywhere from $ J 0 to f3,003, according to their age and beautj . A house at Bichmond, Intl., appears to be surcharged with electricity. The brass headed tacks m tho carpet, the stove and the poker are heavily charged, and if one shuffles nls feet across the carpet and then touches the stove it is at the risk of being knocked down. It is even possible to light the gas by pointing the linger nt it. Experts who have been called in cannot explain tho phenomenon. 3Iiss Conant, a shut-in cripple of San Diego, has made a pictnro out of postage stamps which show Coronado beach. Point Loma, the Coronado Hotel, and the sen be yond with the sun setting, and in the fore ground the G. A. R. encampment. A senti nel in full uniform and a G. A. R. budge aro among the embellishments. The work is an ingenious one and will be sold at the en campment for Miss Conant's benefit. An English bridegroom has been fined for disorderly conduct during the marriage ceremony. Ho wa v ory shy and nervous, and to "giv e him courago" quietly toek out a flask while the clergyman was reading tho exhortation, nnd indnigcel in a nip. Tho church was pretty dark, and ho thought no one aw him, but in this he was mistaken, for the clergyman knew the sorvieo by heart, and instead of looking at the book was looking at him. He was fined $5 and costs. Mrs. "William Astor has a wonderful snake ring which literally writhes In con stant motion on herfinger. Itlsconstructed or flexible gold wire, each scale being repre sente d by u loop or wire in which a rnby, an omcnildor nn amethyst is firmly set. The lightest movement ot thq fingers sots the w ires quivering, and the riug scintillates and seems to go round the finger with a ser pentine movement that has something eery in it. It was made in Egypt. RnYNKLED RHYMELETS. Doctor The poor woman has a sunstroke. Norse Sunstroke! Why the sun has been under a cloud all day. Doctor I know, but her husband beanied on her with his sunny temper. Bajftila Express. There was joy in the tunnel for Mamie ami me. Bnt, alasl live all pleiurc. It could not remain. Too soon we'd pass through, when, slgblni;, said she, "Now, aln'tlt too bad this is a; through train!" i'eio York Herald. Miss Emersonia Bussell (from Boston) 1 have read that Venus de Mllo will be at the Chi cago Colnmbltn Exposition. Won't that be charm lngf Miss Calumetla Porcine (rrom 1 lilcago) Very Iovclv! But I have never heard the voung woman 'sing -Jeicellers' Circular. "When Talmage doffed his "fire-escapes," Folks thought he'd taken to cups: And brokers think thit Russell Sago Is mad enough to be put In a cage. For shaving off his "scuds." Brooklyn Eagle. "What are yon marying her for, Jack?" "Her Intrinsic worth nothing else, I assure you." "What Is that?" "O, about a hair a million or so." Kansas City Times. "What an original fellow yonr brother is, Miss, Amy. Yon should have heard his remarks this morning when the big conductor stepped on his corn." "What did he svy, Mr. Sample?" "O, Mlsald, they were original; so I can't quote them. S'troit Free Press. Alas, that the npple an innocent thing The sins of earth should hare tied to man. As a little Innocent piece of string The poodle inflicts with the oyster can. Chicago Berald. "Longblow, where did that oldest boy of yours learn to He so, like all possessed ?" "Oh, lie got to reading a book called 'Anecdote and Incidents of the War, by an Eye Witness.' " PMladtlphta Press. 4 . - . 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