BBr " "-i w1ffT.W ?fJCiAllgEnMIP;U W i. w? , THE PITTSBiniG DISPATCH, MONDAY, AUGUST 24, 189L' flje B $pMj. ESTABLISHED FEBBUAF.Y 1846. Vol. 16. Ko. rs rmcrcd at Pittsburg Postofficc, November 11, lti7, as second-class matter. Business Ofnce Corner Smithfield and Diamond Streets. News Rooms and Publishing House 7S and So Diamond Street, in New Dispatch Building. EATFTtV ADVFlmSINf; OFriCE. ROOM II. TKiiu;KKnciMiv,, ewoiik, wherecom- plcte flea orTHB'HM'ATCll can slwavsba found. Foreign advertisers appreciate the convenience. Home advertisers, anrt friend? of THE DISPATCH, while in New York, are also made "welcome. THE Mis PATCITis re?tlirl on utile it Breniano's, I Chiian .tqia-e. .Vw fori, and J7 .ttv dr fOnera, Ptw. Franrt, icftcre anytrx iclut has beet aigap jwinnl a' a hotA navi stcivt can obtai 1 it. TLKS Or TUE DISPATCH. POSTAGE YTJ1T ISf THE UNITED STATES. 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But it will occur to thoe who haxe any acquaintance with the scene of Saturdaj 's disaster, that the city authorities have been re miss m not condemning many of the elderly and infirm buildings which lmcer 111 the shadow of the palatial and monstrou structures belonging to the new era in Xew York. It is notorious that manj ef the old rookeries which serve for ofhees and licht manufacturing shops within a block or two of City Hall are un safe, and hae been so for jears The building on Park Place which collapsed maj hae been one of the-e tottering old timyrs. The suddenness and completeness of the ruin supports this view. New York City has not a monopoly of structuies that are death-traps in them selves and a menace to their surroundings. This deplorable catastrophe may sene to remind the building inspectors of tins city of the responsibility that rests upon them. Too much caie cannot be taken 111 enforc ing safe plans and good work in new buildirgs; and it is an important part of the building inspectors' duty to see that no structure oiu'n es its security. A ItI7ttAKKAULE STORY. A large portion of the space in to-day's Disrvrcu is gien up to the remarkable array of evidence w Inch James "W. Miller presents to the world as proving his inno cence of the crime for w Inch he w as con i icted and sentenced ten years ago The central point of the defence is an alibi. An aftidax it, corroborated by others, has. been secured from a man accidentally fchot bj Miller on March 23, 1S81, the night of the notorious bond robbery. The sup porting testimony produced is of a very voluminous and circumstantial character. " One of the most interesting features of the narrative is tile swom statement of that well-known Pittsburg attorney, Colonel "H". D. Moore, which lie made upon a sick-bed last Saturday night, and which forms one of the strongest links in the chain. One noticeable tiling in Mil ler's can er is the x igor and energy w Inch he has di-plajed since his release from a prison cell, and the tremendous amount of work evidently necessary to collect the mass of evidence upon which he now asks the judgment of the public MACAF.ONI, TOK EXAMPLE. Most of the good results of the McKinley tariff are conspicuous, and the ben ehts derived from it are felt and recog nized dircctlj by the people at large. Here and there, how ex er, an industry is taking on new life, thanks to adequate protection under the nexv laxv xvithout attracting much attention Take for instance the manufacture of macaroni an industry of far greater propoitions than most people imagine, as !ma .be judged xv hen it is stated that some fifty or sixty million pounds of macaroni are consumed j early in this countrj. To supply this demand until August, 1890, sixty factories xvere kept busj Since then, under the encouraging effect of the McKinley law, the number of factories has increased to seventj-five, sexeral large factories hav ing been recently built AcLordmg to the Economist the output in all the factories has increased, and they are xvorkmg full time. Sexeral haxc added new presses and other machinery to their new plant, increasing their production The factories w ill ax erage 12 barrels of flour daily, making macaroni, xermicelli and farcj or cut paste Sex enty five fac tories using 12 barrels of flour per day consume in one jear 270,000 barrels, pro ducing 54,000,000 pounds of manufactured goods The importation last j ear w as ox er 10,000,000 pounds,the greater part of xv hieh was of low grade. Xow it is less than half what it was, and all of the best quality. It is xvorth. remarking, also, that the price of macaroni has not advanced since the im'to-dtion of the duty, and competi tion among American manufacturers is likely to reduce it. This is only an ex ample of the constructive and protective influence 01 the McKinlej tariff upon our native industries. IS HYDROPHOBIA HUM HUG 7 Few can bear the mere thought of hy drophobia calmh. There is something uncanny as xvell as horrible about the xvord. The cry "Mad dog!" alaims the braxest, and has been scaring thexvorld foi centuries, jes, long before Goldsmith a century ago satirized the panicky lipryousness of his fellow man in the famous xcises xvhich wind up as many an alleged hj drophobia case has since Tin1 m in recov ered from tho bito The dog ! was that Ui"d! It xvill do rverjone good, and nervous inoitals especially to read seme remarks of the famous Dr Shrady upon hj dro phobia, and other lesults of an investiga tion of the subject made in Xew York, winch xv ill lie found in another column of this isup Dr Miradj does not hesitate to nxovx his d.sSehef in hydrophobia. It totnis ali.io-'t Ii'ie sacri'oqe to doubt the existence of this disease, one of the few hohgn'nihis that modern civilization and sdenee has left u. But Dr Mirady saya in vrj plain xvords, as blunt as Uioms of 15-tsv I'r'g when iho confounded Saiicy Gump with tha aswrtlon a to Mrv IlntiK liWt ho Itvlicvctl there was "mo klcli jmihoiiI" Tho doctor does I not admit that hydrophobia is a tangible terror at all. The cure of it, which Pas teur has effected in Pans and Gibier m Xew York, according to common report, can be easily explained if Dr. Shrady is right in his premises. Nothing is easier than to care imaginary complaints. And truth to tell, a very large part of medical practice e en in these days of enlighten ment, and not the least important, is the treatment of diseases that exist only in the imagination. (fit cannot be said fairly that the arguments of Dr. Shrady to this end are conclusive, but they will add to the suspicion which many physicians no doubt entertain, that the hydrophobia scare rests upon very uncertain grounds. The other day The Disiwrcn contained an ac count of how a nervous boy was nearly frightened to death by fool-friends and relations who insisted that he had hydro phobia. This boy's life was saved, but doubtless many have been driven to a frightful death by the same means Yet with all the beating of tomtoms and wild alarms the cold statistics confront us with the fact that in a nation of sixty millions only fifty persons are alleged to have died from hj drophobia last j ear. Taking all these facts into consideration, we may safely conclude that if rabies does eM, not every dog that is called mad is so and the chances are that the dog is mad in another sense, as a man might be angry if he were chased and stoned and shot at by a crazj mob and that a dog bite is not necessarily a passport to excruciating tor ments and sure death. Life has real ter lors enough without drawing upon our im aginations for more. ENGLAND TOR "SELF AND PEACE. , The xisit of the French fleet to Ports mouth has been a success in xvhatexer light it may be xievx ed. If Lord Salisbury intended to offset the impression created bj the extensive hospitalities offered to the German Emperor and the consequent de duction that England had an understand ing at least with the Dreibund he seems to hax'e succeeded. The tone of the Rus sian as xvell as the Parisian press indi cates that it is no longer feared in Russia or Fn&ce that England has joined the alliance of powers oxer xvhich Em peror William presides. Even in Ger many the propriety of these courtesies to France is admitted. On all hands it is agreed that that very shaky article, the peace of Europe, has been materially strengthened by the mild flirtation of John Bull with La Belle France. It could hardly be interpreted other xvise. The policy of Great Britain under most ministries Beaconsfield's is the only notable exception in modern Vines has been to avoid entangling alliances xuth the continental powers of Europe. It is not possible, xvith her interests in the Mediterranean as a highway to her colonies, for England to isolate herself as the United States can and does. England is boand to have always a deep concern in the balance of power on the continent But xvhile the tendencies of England at this time legitimately bring her more into sympathy with Germany, Austria and Italy, than xvith her historic foes, France and Russia, it is rather from expediency than affection. The consecutive entertainment of the representatives of Germany and France indicates that England, in the event of a lenexval of the struggle of 1870-1, will keep her hands off as carefully and calmly as she did on the previous occasion. There is not a heap of comfort for Emperor "Wil liam or the xvild-ej ed Chauvinists of Paris in this announcement, but for the world at large, and the common people who pay forallxvars ultimately, it is good news' as a guarantee of peace. VICTORIOUS PIRATES. Success is everything in baseball, no matter how it comes, and patrons of our national game hax'e an unsatiable ap petite for xictory as far as their respective home teams are concerned. Unfortu nately, howex er, Pittsburgers "have, so far this season, scarcely had enough of that diet to xvhet their appetites. Fortune, the Goddess of Victory, or xv hatever it may be, has been against our local baseball repre sentatix es, and there has been a consequent depression of spirits among those xvhose enthusiasm only finds xent xvhen their faxontes are victorious. But it is to he hoped for the sake of cx'erjhody concerned that what is termed the luck of the team has turned, and that there are many xictorics in store for the'm in the immediate future. Thre'e straight victories for our home team is such an un usual occurrence that patrons of the team are bound to have thi ir enthusiasm aroused. We trust that xictory xvill continue to be on the side of Pittsburg, not only because ot the local capital inx ested in the base- J ball business, but also for the sake of recreation. A successful baseball team creates local enthusiasm, and tho latter, as a rule, makes life x-ery entertaining for lots of people, if only during the time of a ball game on an af ternoon. Queex Yictoeia is learning new court liness Her diplomacy in giving her French guests even :i waimer welcome than her German nephew is undeniablj astute. Tun weather is unfavorable to spiritual ism. That or something else. 3Irs. 3Iatti son, the Buffalo medium, made a second at tempt jesterdaytopioject her spirit through spate and diagnose the case of an invalid in Pittsburg, and failed, as inaj be observ cd in ouineun columns, with painful complcte nes. The difference between a lame boy uudci opiates, and one iv ith t3 phoid fever is conspicuous. This time the medium hid additional data in ndv a nee, but her failure could bar lly liav e been more jo-itive. "With bated breath the resuscitated ball cranks begin to moot the possibilitj of the Fittsburg team's climbing abov e Brooklj a in the League race. BuinniKos that collapse as if composed of pla ing cards ought not to bo found 111 aivj American cit j whcie life is held to bo more aluible than any man's income. Pcihaps the boiler did explode beneath that ew lork store, but that need not nave in volved foui five-story "-tructures in liilnas awful as .111 earthquake could have caused. Skies like 3 csterda 's remind us sum mer's fij ins 110111 us last; soon will holidays behind us, make us hunger lor the past. The strain was too great. Last Sunday The Dispatch noted with pride that a wao of inoralitv lnd swept over Pittsburg and givcntolier policemen, jailers and magis iratcs a holiday. A week pased and lo! jestordaj speak-ea-ies and other resorts of the wicked were raided and give up two bcoro w retched victims to tho law. Tun sky j estcrdny was gray and glum crongh lor a fast-day in Lout, but not what weevpec t foi a festivul in August. It is not altogether fair that Major Mc Kinlej should have to do nil tho talking in tho Ohio cnniiilgn, but it looks aa if tho Democrats mian to intuit upon his supply. Ing the larger hhare of tho oratory Tills Is genurout, hut hardly good polltlnslwhrn suchn tcmtrknblfl npeukcr as JleKlnlcy Is Involved, Tun dlncnvcry that the Xew Ilampihlra tnunlrinr Almy IsuUonn ramped convict la not particularly Interesting, uicept as showing how unfortunate It is that his first crime did not call for hanging as a penalty. It was not very warm yesterday, except for the um ighteons who were brought for cooling to Central station. The astronomers have discovered snow on tho moon, and hence argue the existence of an atmosphere, Just as surely as the finding of an ice-cream parlor would indicate the proximity of a lunar girl. Am ships are multiplying. So are fools. And tho two are more olten associated than not. NAMES FBEQUENTXY SEEN. Bret Harte's English publishers last yeai paid him $15,000. Charles Emory Smith will sail on the City of New York next w eek for his embassy at St. Petersburg. The wife of a Xcbraska minister has been arrested for purchasing lottery tickets through tho mails. YOTOG James R. Garfield is likely to be the Republican nominee for State Senator from Lake county, O. Justice Field's health is so much im proved that lie is confident he can return to the bench at the conclusion of tho long va cation. The old Duke of Nassau, who at 75 is halo and activ e, has a fortune of $25,000,000, and is consequently set down as the richest Prince in Europe. Mrs. O'SnEA-PAKSXLL is not unknown to the Queen, who at any rate up to a few j en sago was wont tox treat her with much consideration and affection. Mrs. Alice Shaw, the famous whistler, has demonstrated tho fact that whistling even is hereditary. She has four daughters, each one of whom inherits her peculiar talent. The Countess of Radnor has established a ladies' stiing band in London, and as all tho performers are pretty, aristocratic and tal ented, i is no end of a success in tho refined regions of Maj fair. The surdmcr home of Mrs. Cruger (Julien Gordon) on Long Island is sumptuously fur nished, and there she leads a life of idleness broken by periods of hard work. lire. Cru ger is a handsome woman, well-bred, aristo cratic and elegant. The ashes of Mme. Blavatsky are to be pltced iu a magnificent urn of gold and guaided by the British section of the Theo sophical Society. An effort will be made by the Washington thcosophists to have the urn stored in the National capital. Rene Raoul Dux'al, to whom Mrs. James Brown Pottei's sister is engaged to be married, is a nephew of Leon Say, the French statesman. Tho young man's father is at tho head of the gas works ot Naples and Pans. 31. Duval is said to have an annual income of 1,000 000 francs. "Walteu "Wesasts, the American mil lionaire, w hoso deer forest in Scotland has so often formed the theme of parliamentaiy debates, and whose revolver shooting is re markable, has made a w ondorful record with his lavonte weapon. At a distance of 20 3 ards, w ith a disappearing target, he scored 10 points out of a possible 42. THE SPEED OF INSECTS. The FIj Makes GOO Strokes a Second When In a Harry. N-wcastle Times. There are many insects which one would littlo suspect to bo furnished with apparatus suited to switt and more or less continuous flight. House flj s frequent tho inside of our windows, buzzing sluggishly 111 and out of the room. But what different creatures aie they whmi they accompany you on a hot summer's day. A swaim of these little pests keep pertinaciously on wing about your cars; quicken your pace, and still the are with you, let a gust of w ind arise and carry them backwaid and behind, the breeze hav -lng dropped, their speed is redoubled, and they return to their post of annoyance. But tins example gives only a partial proof of the fl 's power of flight, as tfie follow Incr will show: The writer was traveling ono day in autumn by rail, at about 23 miles an houi, when a company of flies put in an ap pe irance at the carriage window. They never settled, but easily kept pace w ith the train; so much so, indeed, that their flight seemed to be almost mechanical, and a thought struck the w liter that they hid probablj been drawn into a sort ot vortex, whereby they weie carried onward with but little eieition on the part of themselv es. But this was soon disproved Thej' sallied loi that right angles fiom the'tram, flew to a distance of SO or 40 feet, still keep ing pace, nnd then returned with nicieascd speed and bnojancv to the window. To account lor this look at the wings of a flv. Each is composed of an uppei and lower membrane, between which the bloodvessels ana respiratory organs ramify so as to loira a delicate network lor the extended wmg9 These aro used with great quickness, and piobably 600 strokes are made per second. This would carry tho lly about 23 feet, but a sevenfold velocity can easily be attained, m iking 125 feet nei second, so that under ccituin circumstances it can outstrip a race horse. Sacrificed to Yanily. A malicious maid, who had to leave the service of the Princess Fiederick Charles of Prussia against her w III, has been tolling in the most plausible way in the Irish Times the means which her Roynl Highness adopts to maintain a slim w aist despite her advanc ing yeais. According to this authority the process is as follows: XYhen her Royal Highness has almost finished her toilet the seivicesof two stuidy maids withiemark ably long hands aro requisitioned. Theso servitors press the sides and front of the corset w hile the mistress of the robes pulls the lace with all her might, and is not al lowed to relax her efforts until the Princess, by a little gap, indicates that the pressure has become almost unbearable. CANADA'S B00DLEBS. The Canadian boodlers are coming to the United States. Is this reciprocity? Daytor. Times. UacLE Thomas McGrcevy regards the Ottawa atmosphere as decidedly too warm for him. London Adiertwer. Cakada turns up. with the exposure of another first class boodler. She can't como into the Union. A". K Recorder. The discovery of widespread boodling among Can ldlnn public men taidily ex plains the uuw lllingness of Canada to nego tiate an extradition treaty with the United States that will coier" offenses of that class. Chicigo Times. Mb, Mlrcieb may have been an apt pupil, but he was not the chief otlender, nor is ho the father of the system. Tho methods by which Sir John Macdonald ruled for tho last period of his long official careei were utterly base and corrupt. Toronto Gtob. The Meicier Government was a perfect nest of corruption, and the money of the people was being stolen right and left to provide pi iv ate means forgrit ministers of the crown, and to help pay the election ex penses of the Dominion opposition. Toronto i)i;tr. !The revelations at Ottawa will have one good effect. They will take the Government contracting out of 'the hands of contractors w ho hav e shown that they do not seruplo to conupt men when they have found that it would be to their advantage to do so To ronto S'ews. rrmtiui MEnciEU Is in danger of dismissal, it is said, by Lieutenant Gov ernor Angors, of Quebec. That is mild punishment. Ho should bo in Imminent danger of going to the penitential. The acceptance of "testi monials" is nothing el-u but tho acceptanco of n bribe JJi'icaukec Aim. Iiie Infamy of our public men Is now tho talk of two continents. Tho Infamy of tho politicians will become that of the pcoplo unless they rino urt mid assert their vlrtno. Until they punish tho guilty the revelations ut Ottaw a nnd Qucbeo 111 bo tho country's shame, Woodstock Sentinel. Moramti and politic liavo been so sun derod In public life that it bns been taken forgrnntod that tho one has nothing to do with tho other. Hut tho oiitgtuh of venality that l overflowing tho country with nil tho ftitro rf a volcanic, eruption hn at Inst nroiiKed the public, mid a loud cry l going upon hII ulilrit I6r ttio iiuml thorough purg. lug of our political lllc TorvnUi J'e nram. THINGS IN GENERAL. Another Prophetic Guesser Tells of tho Millennium That Is Coming There TY1U Be No Critics Then A New Rival to Reliant Heard From, rwKlTTEV FOR THE DlSrATCnO These are the dax s when our young men are dreaming dreams and our old men are seeing visions. XVhether it is a keener sense than we used to have of the inequali ties of life, or whether it is only the ap pioaoh of a new century that has roused up the prophetic instinct in us, we are uncom monly interested Just now in looking for ward. They say that when the year 1000 came upon the pages of history and into the dates of letters.it found a univeisal consternation and despair prevalent in Christendom. Everybody thought that at the ear 1000 the world was coming to an end. Consequently, they had left off building new churches and castles, and were not careful to keep tho old ones in repali. And all projects terminated at that expected day of judgment. But the sun got up veiy serenely on New Tear's Day of the year 1000, and nothing un usual happened, and everybody drew a long breath and took up life again with a new heart. For even the saints are not enthusi astically desirous of the Day of Judgment. They would prefer its postponement for a space. An Interesting Look Backward. It is interesting to see how the ten centuries which make up tho epoch 01 tho Middle Ages, from 500 to 1500, fiom the cap ture of Rome bv tho Goths to tho disoovery of Ameilca by the Spaniai ds ho w these ten centuries tail into two divisions, the first fivo imiked by a descending, and tho last five by an ascending line. The couise of civilization went down, down and down, evciy yearworso than tho year before, till the deepest depth was touched at the year 1030 The whole XYestein world was in the attitude of swinging chlldien who, with slow er and slow er swings, are "letting the old cat die." Then, onco they got past that bad place in the road, al! things began to prosoer, the path began to ascend, and hasn't got to tho top yet. "We get into the clouds sometimes, and it seems as if wo had touched the place where the mountain strikes the sky, but there is always a higher height beyond. Be tween 900 nnd 1900, what a difference! XVe look ahead into the twentieth century with wander, with hope, with unbounded antici pation. It seems as if nobody conld make too big a guess at the beatitude of the twentieth century millennium. The Latest Prophetic Guesser. The latest guesser, the last prophet, is Mr. William Morris. Mr. Morris is a Socialist and a dealer in wall paper. Ho is also, as all good readeis know, a poet. 'TIs a poet who was sent For a bad world'' punishmeat Bv compelling us to ee Golden glimpses of lo Be." "News fiom Nowhere" is the Pnradise" in pioe. "Earthly The sub title of "Now3 from Nowhere" is "An Epoch of Best." Thatmaiks out one of the points of em ph sis of tho book. The twentieth century has arrived, and all the bustle and hustle of this busy century in which our misfortunate lot is cast aie long put to silence. Nobody is in a hurry. Competition that sharp spur which prods us out of bod at 6 o'clock in the morning, and keeps us on a sw ift run until 12 o'clock at night, has altogether gone out. People in the twentieth century havo to look at tho dictionary to And out what competition means. As for dollais and shillings, which aro to this great gum game of competition what counters are to baccarat, they have alto gether gone out of disuse. They are to bo found only in antiquanan museums. The Promised Millennium. Everybody works, but nobody works, because he must. Everybody wants to woik. One man prefers one sort of work, anothor likes ease of idleness w ell , here aro tho woi ds of tho book: "It is said that in the early days of our epoch thcie were a good man people who w ere heredit arily allHcted with a disease called idleness. because they were the direct descendants of those who in the bad times used to foice other people to work for them the people, you know, who aro called slaveholders or emplOeisof labor in tho history books. How ever, I'm happy to say that all is gone by now : the disease is either exiinct orox ists in such a mild form that a shoit course of aperient medicine carries it off." There is no buying and selling. Weights and measures aie unknown. Theie nrono more factories, no more mills, no more smoke nor nolso, no more concentration of inclustly into hideous buildings. Labor is a pleasant occupation which people carry on, by distribution of power, in their own homes. "Manufacturing centres" are van ished off the face of the earth. TSfanchester, for example, (of couise, tho scene is Eng land), has quite ceased to exist. It is as obsolete as old Babv ion. Pnnday Clothes All the Week. All life has become leisurely,beautiful, delightml and decorative. AH the peoplo in the stieets have happy faces. Theio are no prisons and schoolhouses. Everybody w ears Sunday clothes all tho week through. The first twentieth century man whom the nineteenth century visitor chancrs to meet is a waterman on the Thames, not, at the present day, a particularly picturesqne and companionable individual. "His dress was not like any modern work a-day clothes I had seen, but w ould have served very weir as a costume for a picture of fourteenth century life; it w as of dark blue cloth, sim ple enough, but of fine web, and without a stain on it. He had a brow n leather belt aiound his waist, and I noticed that its clasp was of damascened steel beautifully wrought." Presently they meet a weaver from Yorkshire, who has "rather overdone himself between his weaving and his mathe matics," and has come down to London for a change and some out-door work. "His dress also was of the same cut as the first man's, though somewhat gayer, tho surcoat being bright green with a golden spray om broidered on the breast, and his bolt being filigree silver work." Bj and by "comes a splendid figure slowly sauntering o ei the pav ement: a man whose surcoat w as embroidered most copiousl as w ell as elegantly, so that the sun flashed back from as if ho had been clad in golden armor. The man himself was tall, dark haired, and exceedingly handsome, and though his face was no less kindly in ex pression than that of tho others, ho moved with that somewhat haughty mien which gieat beauty is apt to give to both men and women." This man is tho dustman the Golden Dustman the cultured and aristo cratic remover of the gaibage. No Longer Any Cities. London, as we knew it, has quite dis appeaied. There are no mora ctowdod streets, no blocks of buildings, no tonement houses. London 14 a chaunlng cluster of tho most delightful villages. Piccadilly, which Mr. Andrew Lang has done his best for in the August Scribuer, is quite another Piccadilly. The Strand has become a very Foiest ot Arden. Tho Thames runs under graceful bridges, clear water, thick with salmon, as it did the day XVestmuibter Ab bey was consecrated by tho Apostle Peter. Indeed, in the civilized world, theie arc no longer any cities. Tho w orld has gone back into the sw eet country. Of course nil this lair paradlso had to be fought-for, had to be entered along the road of revolntlon, had to bo won by sacrifice. A massacre of the unemplo ed in Trafalgar Square began it. After that there was a i?rtat reaction. Tlio nartv of brotheihnori took tno neau aim mauu sum is out 01 all ; the ninctocntii century survivors. No crowded citlcs.no bustlo and hustle, no smoke, nor dirt, nor shops, nor money, smiles on nil face-, all pcoplo busy at pleas ant and xolunturj woik, no povoit, no tenement houses, no pollco nown, helpful, nossand courtesy and tho golden rnlobei 01110 practical nnd universal qualities! "ou couldn't fix a dnte, Mlstert" Mr. Strnd's "anxious nnd hard proved cltlzon" wants to know, u tho u out liiuslctan fluUhoK tho flint verso of "There's a Good Tlmo Coin ing!" Cun't Answer Ills Argument, St. LoutiGlotH-Dcmocrtl.) Major McKinley propones to mako one speech pcf day up to II. a tluiool tho flection and nil hi" nrgmiienls will no unmunmod, lircnuio tho Dcimicinn havo 110 mini who I capable of uiiaftoilnil lliviu. THE LOST CABIN CLAIM DISCOVERED. Tho Gold for Which the Miners Lost Their Lives WnsNotThere, However. Portland Oregonlan. Ever body on this coast who has had any thing to do with mines or miners has heard of the Lost Cabin mine. Five men worked there for over a year, so tho story goes, and had accumulated a large amount of gold. As they were preparing to leave the cabin with their treasure which had been exhuried fiom its hiding place they w ere attacked by Indians. Three of the party who w eie tak ing tho tools out of the cut they had made were shot, unt the other two who were out hunting tho mules to pack out the treasuro escaped. One named nurlburt was ne er heard of and is supposed to have perished in the mountains. Tho other, Tracy Dy name, escaped to Jacksonville, where he told tho story of the massacre and the abandoned treasure, and where he finally died without having been able to guide a party to the claim, although he tried several times, but on account of w eakness was forced to turn back. During Ills sickness be was nursed by a Mrs. Croxton, to whom he imparted a de tailed description of the appearance of the claim and its surroundings. Hundreds of people hao searched foi tho Lost Cabin claim since the massacre of the original owners on November 5, IS06, but it has never been found till a few days asro. Mr. W. L. Long, who resides on Jefferson street, near Eighteenth, and who left here last Apt 11 to prospect for mines in Southern Oregon, returned home last Saturday. He says that in company w ith Agent Matthews, of the Klamath Indian Kesorvation, W. Nickorson, his secretary, and XV. S. Parrott, artist, he lound tho Lost Cabin one day last week, rhev had obtained a descriptioii of the place Horn Mrs Croxton, and a man named Barnoberg show ed them tho cut ox cav.ited so long ago and now grown up with chapparel. lie ns that thev left the agcuc on the 5th instant, and attempted to cross Klamath Like to Ball's Bay in two c moes lashed together, but encountered a heavy storm of wllid, ram and snow, and w eie dnv en back, and then started out with a team and went round the lake to Ball's Bay, and about a half mile from theio, in a kind of "draw" in tho mountains, they found the long lost Lost Cabin. They fonnd the excavation madcS5caisago, and a lost cabin on each side of it. They also found the holes fiom which thetreisure was ex humed ready foi removal, and the juniper tree under which the sacks were placed, which may be considered lemarkable after so many years. They did not find the gold, xv Inch is not so remai kable. When the party returned to tho agency an old Indian, find ing out wheie they had been, said he was a witness to the massacre, which was com mitted by Kogue rrveror Molalla Indians and he knew just where these Indians had buried the white men and seven bags of 3 cl low stuff, weighing about 100 pounds each, with them. Agent Matthews was to take the Indian, who is a policeman and a very truth ful and trustworthy man, and go out and dig up the gold, while Mr. Long returned homo, and is now living in momentary ex pectation of receiving a dispatch announc ing the arrival of tho treasure at the Klamath agency. A MOUNTAIN OF NEARLY PURE IRON. It Is of tho Best Quality and PracticaUy In exhaustible. Sat Francisco, Aug. 23. By building 13 miles of track in Nevada the railroad men, who havo controlled that State only to squeeze every dollar out of it and choke its resources to the last gasp, could furnish to all the iron furnaces in the United States all theiion they could use at the mere cost of transportation and 25 cents a ton for mining. Thirteen miles from the Central Pacific line thoro is a mountain of ore that is OS per cent pure iron, and it can be run into pig iron in any ordinary furnace. Some of the oro has been smelted in tho railroad shops at Sacramento and found to be ot the best quality of iron, ccoiding to the Winucinuora Siher Stale, the quantit- is so great that the assessment work necessary to hold the number of claims that might be Iocatod on the mountain would produce enough iron to build half a dozen railways fiom San Francisco to Now York. But noth ing is being done to develop mines on the mountain, nnd there are no indications that thciailioad peoplo will do anything to in-cj-ease the business or value of that part of their line which luns through Nevada, and upon which the Government holds claims that are pa able out of the net earnings. A Dog That Was Not Phased. Chicago Herald, A funny incident ocenrred whllo some blasting operations were in progress lately at Hull, Quebec. An unusually heavy charge was about to bo fired, and ever body had been wnrned away. A little dog imme diately jogged over to the edge of the pit whore the explosion was about to take placo. The canine stood wagging its tail, tho on lookers at a distance, of course, thinking it was indulging in a final baik. With a loud lopoit tho lock below was rent asunder, the men ran over, and to their astonishment found the littlo dog uninjured and barking with all Its might at tho noiso in the middle of a cloud of smoke. Lion Tamers and Their Work. London Times. Lion tameis are said to have great fascina tion foi their woik. A Frenchman named Bidel, whowas nearly killed by a Hon four years ago, declared that he would peiform no moie, but the leeent arrival at Nemlly of a lion of extraordinary size and ferocity prov ed too much for his resolution. A large and fashionable audience assembled to seo him bcaid this biute in his den. He not onlv euteied the cage, but threw away his whlD and foik, thieatemng tho lion with his bare hands. Ho succeeded in effecting ins rotre it in safety, amid the applause of the multitude, and is now descubed us a hero instead of a colossal fool. DEATHS HERE AND ELSEWHERE. The Buke of Cleveland. Harry George Powlett, K. G., D. C. L., the fourth Duke of Clev eland, who has justdledin England, was born April 19, 1803, and was educated at Oxford He w attached to the Embassy at Paris In 1S21, and was Secretary of Legation at btockliolm In lt3. He was a Liberal member of the Iloue of Commons from 1811 to 1861. la the latter year he succeeded to the dukedom, and lie then assumed the name and arms of Powlett in lieu of his his patronymic, Xrane. lie was directly descended from the famous Sir Harry Xrane,vvho was beheaded for treason in 1G02 He was married in lftl to the widow ot Lord Dalmeny and mother ol the prcbent Lord Roseberry. The Duke of Clev e land was p ttron 01 22 livings of the Church of Eng land. His beats were Kaby Castle. Durham and Battle Abbev, hussex. He left no heir, and the ducal line is now extinct. The Baron 01 Barnard survives, however. KOingto Sir Ilenrv Morgan, a member of a collateral branch of the X ane famllv. The Duke's death leaves vacant a Dlace ia the famous Order of the Garter. Manager Israel Ulclschman. Israel Fleischmau, lessee and manager of the XValnut Street Theater and owner of the Park TheaUr, died athis residence lu Philadelphia Sat iirdaj morning from Bright's disease of the kid nevs. XIr i lclschman had been sick fortlicpist jear, but it was onlj within the last month thit hU illness took a serious tarn, lie wis the lessee of the XValnut Street Theater for the pist nine years. Two) ears ago he erected the Park Thea ter. He was born in Biltltnore in 1812, and had been identllled with the btage for many years. Hon. EUas II- Williams. Judge Ellas H. "Williams, one of the most prominent men in Cla ton county, la., died S itur d ty at lib home at Grand Mcviow township, near Postville, at the age of 72 years. Mr. X illlacis settled lu Clayton count) In 18-8, and wa3 for sev- cialyears Dlstuct judge ana lorasnort nine su preme Judge. He spent many )cars In the con struction of railroad, but of late years had been managing his 2.000-tcre farm. He was born in Coniuctieut and was a graduate of X'ale College, lib wile Is a sister of ex-Uov ernor X ilUam Larra bee. Dr. George Iliuckley Lyman. Dr. George Hinckley Lyman, for many Tears a prominent physician of Boston, died In Loudon on the l'Jth Inst, Dr Lyman was born in 2orthamptonT2 years ago. Al the outbreak of the war he was appointed ouc of the medical commis sion appointed b) the Governor to pass upon tho quallncatlons of those seeking places as ureon, and later bccaire. Medical Inspector of the United States Array, with the rank 01 Lieutenant Colonel. Obituary Notes. Hov. P. M. AlJAMS, President pro tem. of the Ohio Senate, died at TlCln Saturday night, ajfed 11 ) 1 ar. Itnv. Dems O'Kave, or St. Thomas' Catholic. Church, Charles count). Mil., nrt lonnecled with the SiK-lityof Jisus, died there Friday night, aged C3)ar. II F. lllsnilAM, a well-known lawyer or Port land, Ore., while ashing on u clllforrocksat tho lM-orh Friday. Ml Into thn wall r, wu carried out to , h) a hiiHh ware, and drowned. Jons K. Hoiks, ouoof the most prominent lle ptlhliejin politicians In MIclilKin, died last nljtlit at lliulsoii, that Male, or nrrroui prostration. Ha wntn brother or tliitrrnor Holes, of low. KliWAliliF. JrtKIS, ntamllm well-known tmitnrts man of Ilalllinurc, Md and a member of tha Arm of KtKurd Jenkins A Han, Ulrd al hit hnma In Long (IririilMlunUr innrtiliiR fiom a compile . thin or dbrtsmi, Hn was Tl Iran ir age, Mr, JriiWIm rrllrrd rroin limine l"'Cil an vrm i, Il leavra a wlf ami nn rtnuctlliT, Mrs. Ilarrr .Ullt t Aitaint tuunljf, i'. OUR MAIL POOCH. How Steamers Are Timed. lo the Editor orThe Dispatch: Can you give me the manner in which the ocean steamers are timed. Majestic. PiTTsnuno, August 23. The British Government has a man sta tioned at Koche'sPoint,whoispaid to record in a book the exact time these steamers pass his signal station, both inwnrd and outward bound. Since the acute rivalry between the fleet ships of the XYhltoStarandlnman lines has sprung up this man has been even more than ordinarily careful in carrying out his instructions. In passing Eoche's Point Ihe vessels go through a channel hardly three miles wide, and as a general thing they pass within an easy mile of tho Government sig nal station. Since tho fast ships began to reckon their speed so carefully this signal officer has timed them from the moment they were exactly abeam of his station. The outward bound vessels usually go past him at full speed. What becomes of them after that is of no concern to the signal man. He immediately telegraphs his record to the steamship agents in Qneenstown, whence it is forwarded to the main office in Liverpool. Both tho Inman and the XVhite Star lines have a man of their own on Eoche's Point to make observations and figures. Sometimes they differ. But if by any possible chance the question of a ves sel's actual time camo up in a British court of law, the Government signal man's flgnres would stand. Iu a similar way the official time on the other side is taken the moment the vessel is abeam of Sandy nook. Tho line is set by the compass, and the telescope does the rest. Tho moment of ciossmg Is almost as clearly defined as in the case of the running horse on the track. Passengers on the transatlantic ste imeis date the time of their passage either from Land's End or from the time the vessel starts until she comes to anchor. The steamship companies do not take this into account at all in their official records. They know the time, of course that a vessel leaves Liverpool, and of her arrival at Queenstown. But this 13 not considered in tho record of her pass ige. Tho subsidized mall boats the XVhite Star and Cunaid usually anchor at Queenstown, a mile or two further inside Boche's Point than do the lnman boats and other Atlantic liners which are not obliged to await the ar rival of the Irish mail at Qupenstown, ex cept for a stray passenger or two. The mall boats are usually the last to get aw ay from the harbor. The actual voyage begins, so far as the official record is concerned, when tho outgoing vessel circumstances to be adopted in practice. Some Loan Societies Are Safe. To the Editor of The Dispatch: Allow me a few lines in answer to your editorial on national building and loan as sociations in 'our paper of last Thursday. Whiloit treats in a very able manner their general usefulness, and also recognizes "some good points," it conveys to the reader the impression that no national asso ciation is under any legislative or other safeguard. This is an error. XVhile the sys tem is only five years old, and comparatively littlo understood, legislative enactments, except in a prohibitionary way, hao not been introduced or adoptedin many States a et. I only wish to point out that the State of Minnesota is nn 'exception, and under its law such a swindle as was unearthed in Chicago would be an utter impossi bility. Tho main features are (1) the public bank examiner examines them whenever he chooses, and must do so once a year. (2) All moneys are loaned out only on flrst moitgage and not to exceed SO per cont of the total value of the property, and this mortgage is deposited with tho State Treasurer. These mortgages cannot be withdrawn except on the order of the Kegt-ter of Deeds, that tho same has been satisfied, or for the purpose of foreclosure. (3) All officers of the association are under bonds approved by the State officois. Tho law has also done away with lapses and for feitures, leaving the capital intact in case of withdrawal. Under this law It of the largest associations in the country are doing a large and, I might say, stupendous business, mak ing about 10 per cent for their investors an nually. In the absence of legislative pro tection it would perhaps be wise for pros pective investors to have nothing to do with associations located in States which do not exercise, needed supervision or offer any protection to investors. In Jnstlcetothe Minnesota association, I offer this: They are doing millions of dollars' worth of busi ness in this State, but some unreflecting people might be unnecessarily frightened by comments like the one in subject unless some discrimination is made. S. Pittsburg, August 22. Tho Time for Seabaths. To the Editor of The Dispatch: What is the best time of the day for sea bathing? Seaside. XVuEttiso, August 23. Two or three hours after eating, and pre ferably, If the tide suits, in the forenoon, la the best time of the day for bathing. The first bath of the season should be a very brief one, and even afterwards it is nev er expe dient to remain very long in the water, or any benefit may be lost. On a fine day 20 minutes is ample time, whiloif the day be cool, half that time is quite as much as should be indulged in if the bathing is to be bene ficial. Tho Koyal Humane Society of En gland made several recommendations of great value, and which should not be trans gressed by bathers, namely: "Avoid bathing when exhausted from any cause. Avoid bathing when the body is cooling after per spiration. Avoid bathing if, after having been a short time in the water, there is a sense of chilliness, with numbness of the hands and feet. Avoid chilling the body by sitting or standing undiessed on the shore or In boats after having been in the water. Leave tho water immediately there is the slightest sign of chilliness." Bathing in the open sea should, if possible, take placo when it is high tide, or within a short time before or after, as at other times there are apt to be dangers difficult to anyone unncquaintcd with the coast to avoid or surmount. Many lives have been lost by unknown currents carrying a bather out of his depths, even In cases where the bather has been a good swimmer. An Unnecessary Quest. To the Editor of The Dispatch: In an editorial in Friday's Dispatch, yon refer to polar expeditions as "an unnecssary quest." You then assume to speak for the public, and declare that they had Just reached tho conclusion "that foolhardy men, anxious to risk their lives in an undertak ing, the benefit of which is questionable, weieall creatmesof the past." This is very far from stating the fact. In the ranks of tho great public are many persons who de sire a wider knowledge of torrcstrinl phj-s-ics, and who are more interested in such knowledge tnan in the disreputable camo known as modern machine politics. XVhile It is true that Arctic exploration has hitherto been attended with lather barren results, and while it may be a fact that tho plan of Prof. Fridtjot Nansen, is not wolf conceived: It still remains that per plexing scientific problems can bo solved if we can succeed in surveying that mysterious region known as the North Pole. This ex ploration has alw ays been prosecuted in too diminutive a wav, and here lies abundant ground for criticism; but surely no one can successfully maintain that any contubutiou of knowledge that tends to a better under standing of tho physics of our globe is ques tionable. This seems pretty much the same kind of missicls hurled at Columbus, and while we may not contend that the revelations of the Polar explorer mav equal those of the daring Genoese, there Is, in the solution of popular problems, a w 01 thy field for the loftiest ambition. N. Wampum, Pa., August 22. The Delivery or Letters. To the Editor of the Dispatch. Suppose a letter arrived at a postofllco ad dressed to a man or his wife, with a request todeltvcrit to no ono else, and the post master dellv ered said letter thoughtlessly to a member of the lamll- who has been in the habit of getting her, father and mother's mall, would the postmaster be liable for damage? It seems to me that tho parties would have to provo that thoy hivo boon d imaged befoie thoy can recover fiom the postmaster. It. II. PiTrsnuno, August 23. I'ostniasters tuny bo llabloto persons who suffer injury orloso through tho thought, lessucss or negligence on the pott of tho postmaster In tho discharge of his official duties and damages may bo collected Inn clral suit, but tho nggriuved mutt provo that ho was damaged by tho neglect. Judlolal notion wnsglvon (nacaio whore a clerk ro colvod a loiter ronuflnlng mouoy with or dors from the mallnr lo roqlatar It. tt was aililirsood tonnoDloa at whloli tho rrtllalry tyalom was not In operation, but both tho omler nnd Ilia rlnrk supposed It could ho rrgUiered, Tlionlurk on dUroiarliur that It could not bo nt a a rrglitortU ixtckauo, sent it by direction of the postmaster a3 an ordinary unregistered letter. The letter was lost and the postmaster and clerk were both held liable. The burden of proof, how ever, was placed with the injnred. Conversation by Whistling. To the Editor ofThe Dispatch: Is there a placo where conversation is carried on by w histllng? E- J. Se-vicki-ey, Aug. 23. All the Inhabitants, with the exception of a few of the best families, of the Island of Gomera, one of the Canary group, arc able to carry on a simple conversation by the aid of whistling, and over distances at which spoken words could not be heard. The whistled language does not consist of pre concerted signs and sounds, but every sin gle fcyllable has its own peculiar note. The whistling is formed by tho lips and tongue, or, as in the country, with the help of one or two fingers. AGerman officer, Lieutenant Uuendenfeldt,who has been long in tha island, attributes this practice to the peculiar configuration of the island, which is broken up into deep chasms, so that near neighbors have to go miles out of their way to visit each other to have a talk together; this, he says, drove them to adopt whistling as a mode of conveying their thoughts. The practice is confined to this one island, being quite unknown in the other island3 of tho archipelago. Invention of the Typewriter. To the Editor of The Dispatch. When was the typewriter invented? rrrTSBuno, August 23. B. It was in cntcd as long ago as 1711 bv one Henry Mills, who In that year obtained a patent in this country for a device that "would write printed characters one at a time, or one after the other." There Is no description of this device to bo had now, but there is no doubt that Mills' invention was the parent of the present typewriters. In 1833 a Fronch patent was granted to Monsieur Progrin (Xavicr), of Marseilles, for a type writer, which he called a typographic ma chine. The account of the machine is some what obsenre, but enough is given to show that it was an operative one, by which type writing could be fairly well executed. M. Foncalt sent to the Paris Exhibition in 1S55 a writing machine for the blind, and several typewriters were invented by Wheatstone. After successive improvements, Messrs. Komington, in America, in 1S73, contracted to construct 23,000. A Mortar Board. To the Editor of The Dispatch: XVhy are collego caps called "mortar boards?" Opie. 3IcIeespob.t, August 23. The source from which the term "mortar board" is derived originated in this way: The French word mortler was the name of a cap w hlch, in former days, was worn by the Kings of France, and in later times by the Chief Jnstico of that country. As the cap3 worn by collegians and many schoolboys has a square board affixed to the top of it, mortier and board becamo "mortier board," and this namo in its turn became corrupted into the "mortarboard," by which appella tion the cap is now generally known. There is a popular idea that the term is derived from the resemblanceof tho square board to the board used by masons to hold mortar for plastering. Grant's Majority Over Greeley. To the Editor of The Dispatch: Was Grant's majority over Greeley in Pennsylvania more than 125,000 in 1872. PlTTSBUBO, August 22. QUEEY. Grant received 319,69 votes and Greeley 211,861; therefore Grant had a majority of 137,728 votes. STERILIZED MILE. A Nevr Process Used by a Diet Dispensary to Slake It Pore. Brooklyn Eagle. The Brooklyn diet dispensary has formu lated a new process by which the sickness of children is expected to be diminished during the summer months. Milk is the staple articlo of food during the hot period and the attention of the management has been directed to this. By a process known as sterilization every imperfection is re moved from the liquid and it is served in its purest form to the littlo ones at a nominal charge only. In order to secure tho state of purity the milk is put through an extensive operation. Tho fluid of tho best quality obtainable is recolved early in tho morning, surrounded by Ice, and immediately trans ferred from the large cans to small bottles holding about as much as an ordinary nurs ing bottle. These bottl es and their stoppers have been previously baked in a hot air oven tor half an hour, thus destrovmg any organisms or impurities that might cling to their walls. The bottles of milk are set in trays of wire cloth, loosely stoppered with rubber stop pers, and placed In double walled steam chests, tnrough which live steam is con- ..nn.l.. flm. fn.. TT.r. llin tyiIIIt TATnnlna frtT 45 minutes at the constant temperature of 212 degrees Farenheit. The effect of this heat is to forevejr destroy every little organ ism, be it germ, bacteria or microbe, that would by its presence on a warm dav, set up those obangc3 kilown as putrefaction, fer mentation or souring. This milk cannot now undergo fermentation, because there is no ferment. To keep out any little wander ers that are so numerous in the air about this time, the bottles are next stoppered air tight and, as an extra precaution, given fif teen minutes more steam bath. THE FIRST IR0 N BRIDGE. It Was Erected a Hundred Years Ago In "Worcester, England. Baltimore Sun.l At the present day, when we are accus tomed to look upon iron as the chief con structive material with which civil engi neers and architects all over the world deal, the flrst Iron bridge that was ever built is a curious sight. This bridge, tho arches of which were made of iron, was called "Iron bridge," and it was erected in 1778. It spans a littlo river in the county of Salop, on the railroad line fi om Shrewsbury to XVorcester, In England. At the nresent dav the struc ture is surrounded by A thriving little vil lage, w hieh took its name from the bridge. Several iron foundries, have been estab lished in the neighborhood. The structure was a timid attempt at what has since dev el oped into an extensive industry. There are three supports; two of them are very small and cross a narrow country road, whllo the third and largest one spans tne dco oi tno river. It is about OG feet long and weighs 373 tons. Tho braces wore cast at Coalbrookdale, every bar being composed of two segments. Stepnenson. tho great civ ll enginoer, wrote aslollows on the construction of this flrst iron bridge: "When we bear in mind that the manipulation of cast iron was at the time of its erection in its infancy, we can not help but feel convinced that unblushing audacity alone could conceive of such nn enterprise, and tho intelligence with which the details w ere outlined and executed is equal to the boldness of the conception." The bridge is constantly used and is in ex cellent condition, a fact which disprovos all the ominous clamorings of cranks that thepernicions influences of rust will sooner or later bring danger to the iron bridge of to-day. PEOPLE WHO COME AND GO. D. F. Keenan, the Philadelphia railroad contractor, was at the St. Charles Hotel yes terday. He said the Penns lvania Kailroad Company was a little shy of building the branch roads demanded by residents in various localities until it cle irly saw Its wav to making an adequate return for the outlay. Stewart Hamilton, the turnkey at the w III bo accompanied by his wife and two children, and will be absent several weeks. Hcrr "Werbke, of Buskar, '. R&din, was on tho limited lust night en routo to Mil waukee to visit brewer Pab-t. Smithin C. Shortlidgc, President of the Media Academy, was at tho Mouongahctn to-day. Ph. AV. Herzoge, wile and sister, of Min neapolis nre ut tho Monongnheln Honso. A. L- Gardner, of North Adams, Mass., is stopping at thuSuvcntli Avonno. Attorney Ls 11. Shrcv es, of Wuynesburg, Is n guest ut tho bcbloMcr. ". M. Cooke, of Xew Haven, Conn., is a guest ut tho DtiqueiiiP. John W. O'Neal, of Elizabeth, li at the MonotiKnholn. J. (1. Towniend, of "YVathlngton, D. (1, ti at tho Central. 1L J. Krnuhaw, of Washington, It at the MunniiRalirla. IaiiiU White, of Wht.llug, It at tb An do nun. ft CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS. Astor's daily income is ?23,000. The interior of Labrador 13 said to ba the largest unexplored area on the conti nent. The manufacture of false teeth for horses i3 a new industry Just started in Paris. It has been estimated that the perma nent tramp population of the United States numbers 60,&jO. A painter locked up in the jail at Da buqne. Iown, Is decorating the walls with landscape pictures. A turtle four feet across the back is said to have frequented Current river, in Mis souri for the past 50 years. The tobacco crop in California promises to be a great success, nnd tho industry will probably become a profitable one. Pure rock salt has been discovered in Kansas ata depth of 500 feet, and the supply is said to be practically inexhaustable. A lad of 9 years bound for Oregon, ar rived at New York on Monday after travel ing unattended all the way from England. On the Missouri Pacific road, 230 miles west of St. Louis, is XVaterloo, and m the im mediate vicinity are Napoleon and WeUing ton. The only foreign cadet at "West Point, it is stated, is a 20-year-old son of Gen. 1st dore Urtecho, commander-in-chief of tho Nicaraguan army. "Women in Kansas at any rate seem to be availing themselves of the privilege of voting. At the last election in Cawker City 13 more women than men voted. A new antiseptic, called miprocidina has been discovered- It is a powder, formed of naphthol "and soda. It is almost harmless and is neither poisonons nor irritant. Experiments at the McGill University, Montreal, show that a signal may be flashed through the round circuit of 8,000 miles of ocean cable in the average time of only 1 05 seconds. Winter forcing of tomatoes is very profitable, especial ly near large cities. A, high temperature, plenty of sunlight, and great care in the growing are all that is re quired to produce good results. The great seal of the United States ia affixed to nothing but treaties, proclama tions, commissions, pardons and passports. The Government has h id but two seals in the 100 years since its foundation. The largest gun ever made by Krupp is the property of tho Russian government. Ie is made of cast steel, and has a barrel 40 feet long, with a bore of 13J inches. It costs $1, 300 to Are a single shot from the gun. A bed of pnre rock salt that has been discovered in tne Colorado desert has been, found to contain tho fossil remains of mill ions of grasshoppers and giant centipedes thit fell into the salt when it was in a liquid state. The catacomb? of Rome contain the re mains of about 6,000,000 human beings, and those or Paris about S.5,000,000. The lattor were formerly stone qu irries. Many of tho victims of the revolution of 1792-4 are buried there. Since Brazil became a republic it has vastly increased in favor ns a Held for Ger man immigrants, of whom 7,127 have gone there during the first six months of the. present year, as compared witn 2,192 during: the whole of last year, while in 1S3S there were only 223. A drowning perron usually but not al ways rises to the surface once or twice be fore sinking, partly because the air in tho lungs, when he first fell in, is not all instant ly expelled and replaced by water: partly becanso of reaction and partly as a result of his struggles. The new force may yet be useful in horticulture and floriculture. Electric light has been employed advantageously on board of aXVcst India steamer crossing tha ocean to keep allvo and flourishing certain plants which were being transported for acclimatization. Anew steel cuirass, covering the breast only, will shortly be introduced into the Austrian army. It is said tobe impenetrable to the bullets of any rifle yet invented. IB can be folded up and packed in an ordinary knapsack. The armies of tho Triple Alli ance will he provided with It. By a novel device heavy guns can now beaimedand fired with the greatest accu racy, without exposing the gunners, anj. without their even seeing the object to bei fired at. The principle used is that of so training the gun a3 to caue the object to be reflected upon a screen at the rear of tha gun. The amount of phosphorus consumed per annum isabout 2.0CO tons, and is chiefly used in match making. Hitherto chemicals were used in its manufacture.butby a recenS improvement the raw material and coke aro, placed in a specially ..prepared furnace and, electric heat is applied. The vapor arising Is condensed, and marketable phosphorus Is produced. And there were giants in those days. There i3 a tract in Levy county, Fla-, In. which three holes have been dug 30 feet apart, and each excavation has laid bam parts of the skeletons of a huge animal. Tha diggers take It for granted that the bones all belonged to the same creature, and are won dering what sort of a beast it was whose re mains underlie the county. Pawnee Rock, on the old Santa Fa trail, is an Immense pile of historic sand stone in Barton county, where the Pawnee) Indians used to gather, and rumor says that in its shadow they made their last stand ia a bloody battle against Caucasian encroach ment. But greed of gain has been the ruina tion of an interesting landmark, and it is be ing quarried and sold at $1 50 a load. The deepest mine in the world it at St Andre de Poirer, France, and yearly pro duces COO.OOO ton3 of coaL The mine U worked with two shafts, one 2,052 feet deep and the other 3.0&. The latter shaft is now being deepened and will soon touch tha 4,000-foot level. A remarkable feature Is tha comparatively low temperature experienced, which seldom rises above 75 Farenheit. The stock of paid notes in the Bank of England for five years is about 77,745,000 ia number, and they will fill 13,400 bdxes, which, if placed side by side, would reach. 2J4 miles. If the notes were placed in a pilo they would reach to a height of 5 miles, or if joined end to end would form a ribbon 12,455 miles long. Tho superficial extent i rather less than that of Ilvde Park. Their original value was over .1750,626 000, and their weight oVer 90?! tons. It is said that the ingenious Mr. Kaye mura Sakusaboro, the Japanese druggist, has made excellent success of his expert" ment of converting wild hemp into a textile impossible to distinguish from silk. Many trials were made at first of the hempen thread at various silk-weaving manufactor ies in Kioto and elsewhere, and the reports were that "the web had a luster. beauty, and softness, nnd more than the durability of silk, while the plant as it grows is much, cheaper than the slow and expensive prod uct of the silk worm." JOKELUTS ri'.OM JUDGE. Mrs. de Grampcey Where did you gat your divorce Mrs. Downey In Chicago? Mrs. Dowhey No; In South Dakota. 3Irs. de Grampcey Is that so I must trySonta Dakota next time. One gets wedded so easily b Chicago in sach matters. She is Itosie, the miller's daughter; She is pretty but cruel still; And the sighs of her score or lovers Turn the sails or her rijhcr's mill. Dr. Pringlc The trouble with yon, Mr, BInbberton. Is that you don't take enough exer cise. Blubberton Ah. doctah. that's vewy absurd. y know. Me valet walks live miles evewy day of mo lire. She loved him, but her love was vain, She felt her heart was spliced: But she will think It well again As soon as she is spliced. Sam How's your brother Tom gttting along now? The doctor tells me he has consump tion. 1 Dick He's getting along fairly well, bat yon know that Tom'iijrot tu tike them lungs or ola'a with htm everywhere he gut, "Henry," sobbed his fiancee, "I heard tint you nlrtrd In the mountains with some other Klrl.." That's all rluht."ho answered. '1nr won't know ine when they come hark t" town." "I wa kicked by a horse when I wa Utile, ami knoektd sensrlrss," aaM fliappl. "How sixm do )uu expect lo rrcoTf rf" ake4 tha cynical Maude. Hho (hesitatingly) This l very sudden, Mr.-er-rr-riinllh, Is It nol We only BIUI nlfht, and He-Hut reflect. I'e oilra week today bens and llwre are W other fills at the betel untakovt W0 BUB. I - . I ' ?f .
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