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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.
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