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P1TTSBCKG. MO DAY, AUGUST 24, ISal
TWELVE PAGES
nuxv yohics lesson.
Of course the destruction of the build
ing iu Xew York, by -which scores of lies
were saenfked m hideous fashion, xvill be
thoroughly investigated Then the cause
of the disaster xvhich is not now clear
may be certainly disco ered, and it xvill bo
time enough then to apportion the blame,
if anxone is blameworthy. 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.
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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.
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