(. THE "PITTSBURG- DISPATCH, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26, 1891. jf7,i'V1r"r ' WTsp w frjy.rj t- ""s,;Jic,9' ,"v rT r V' V5v!i"rs ESTABLISHED FEBRUARY & 1546. VoL 48. No. 2no. Frtered t ntlsbnrg Postofflce, November 11, 1S7, as second-class matter. Business Office Corner Smithfield and Diamond Streets. News Rooms and Publishing House 78 and So Diamond Street, in New Dispatch Building. FAVTFHV DVKl.TISIVO OFFICE, BOOM H, TKIBUNK BUILDING. NEW YORK, where com plete nlesofTHEniSPATCIIcanalwaTS be found. Foreign advertisers appreciate the convenienpo. Horae advertisers and friends of THE DISPATCH, while in Xew York, are also made welcome. T1IE DISP.ITCBU resrularlion alf at BTtntann's, I Union Square. .Vw York, and 17 Ave de VUvem, Pan. France tehere amtrmt who has been alsap Xi nted at a hotel netcs stand can obtain it. TERMS OF THE DISPATCH. rOTAOC TREE IN" THE UNITED STATES. Daily Dispatch. One Year S 00 Daily Dispatch. Per Quarter. 2 00 Daily DisPATcn. One Month TO Daily Pis rATCn, Including Sunday, 1 year.. 10 00 Daily Dispatch, IncludingSundar, 3 m'ths. 2 50 Daily Dispatcil Including Sunday, 1 in'th.. 90 Sunday DtsPATcn, One Year 2 50 "Weekly Dispatch, One Year. 1 23 The Daily Dispatch Is delivered by carriers at 35 cents per week, or. Including Sunday Edition, at 23 cents per week. PITTSBURG WEDNESDAY AUGUST2G ISal TOE AMERICA NOT EUROPE. The abuse of the McKinley tariff abroad is a stron!- card for protection here, and Major McKinley is making good use of it A law that governs foreign trade, with a view to fostering and protecting home in dustries, could not well be framed so as to please foreigners. The fact that such & measure is denounced abroad isprimafacie evidence that it is curtailing foreign oppor tunities to make money out of America, and, as we know is the case with the pres ent tariff, at the same time building up our home industries. The tariff issue was well set forth by Mr. C. C. Shayne in his speech at Pomeroy re cently. He put it to his audience in this shape : If acarjltalist -were to come to romeroyto invest a million dollars, and would leave It the citizens of this town whether he would locate here or in West Virginia, how would you vote on that question? Would you not vote to have him invest his capital in Pome roy? You surely would, because you know In- tho investment of that money labor would find employment, and the money w ould remain here. Now if you were called upon to vote whether that same manufact uring establishment were to be located in Ohio or Virginia, how would you vote? You would vcte to have it located in Ohio. Sow when you are called upon to cast your vote whether you desire the capital invested in this country, to build manufacturing estab lishments and give employment to labor, or to send your gold to Europe to buy what tiiey manufacture there, how will you vote? That is the question, and that is all that there is of this whole issue. It is a struggle for commercial supremacy between Europe and America. Which slQe will you assist? The manufacturers, mechanics and laborers of Europe, or the manufacturers, mechanics andlaboiersof your own country? That is thei-sue in this campaign. Surely the more this issue is presented as it really is, the stronger the party of pro tection must become. If the tariff could be taken out of party politics the country would be greatly benefited. THE STKAIGIITOTLT CONTENTION. The Straightout Republican partisans have enlivened what would other-wise bo a dull canvass by their course yesterday in putting a judicial ticket of their own in the field. They thus appeal to their party from the decision of the regular Re publican County Committee, which ap proves the sitting judges. Governor Patterson's nominees. They go further and challenge the composition and motives of the Republican Committee, and raise questions of leadership, custom and party discipline whose discussion will con siderably relieve the tedium of an off year. The question, however, with the people in Xovember will turn not upon the split within the party, nor upon its usages, nor technical objections to the executive committee's action, hut upon the issue, first, whether, public interests demand a strictly partisan judiciary, and second, whether, if sitting judges are otherwise unobjectionable they should lie displaced unless they have the sanc- tton of a delegate convention. A great majority of voters will decide both these points in the negative. If be-iy-een now and voting day the "straight oiits" can show that any of the sitting judges who are up for election are unfit cither as to professional capacity or in re spect to integrity, there would be good prund for voting for one of their own ticket in preference to such delinquent Up to the present, however, no such com plaint has been made. In its absence a mere appeal for a strictly partisan bencli will have weight only with the most ultra partisans, who are not a majority among the voters by long odds. FAIR PL Y IS A JKWEI. Since James W. Miller presented the ex'idence upon which he rests the claim tif his innocence, various newspapers, hoth editorially and locally, have devoted space to the work of picking holes in the defence. In the interest of ordinary fair ness it is just that some analysis ot these efforts should be made. It is asserted by the critics that because "Miller did not prove the alibi at the time of the original trial he shoull forever hold his peace; that his silence then was a cunfe.ision of guilt. An examination of the affidavits in TnEDisPATcnof Monday will show that both Miller and his attorney, Colonel W. D. Moore, were not allowed the privilege of entering the witness box. If the sworn statements to this rffect are untrue, it should be easy to expose them, but it savors of persecution to ignore thrm. The same policy is pur sued concerning the big bills found in Mil ler's possession. The sworn testimony showing he had this moneyprevious to the hond sale is quickly passed over, and an attempt is made to bias public judgment by presenting onty one side. The alleged interviews in support of Hie criticisms are nearly all anonymous, and few of these make any direct contradictions of Mr. Miller's story. It seems to be the idea to bleak down the sworn testimony given by a scoie of persons by a series of inuen Ios instead cf responsible denials. In pursuance of this plan the salient points of Mr.Miller'sdefensearepracticallyignored. These points include Colonel W.D.Moore's statement and the fact that the affidavits of the four witnesses showing the alibi were secured hundreds of miles apart under the eje of a reputable detective. Both these features have been glossed over, while common justice requires that they should be given due consideration. TnE Dispatch is neither defending nor prosecuting Mr. Miller. It preferred to wait for proof instead of giving the gossips Sooting around concerning the case, and which the journals now picking at the flaws published conspicuously and with evident glee. The Dispatch published the voluminous evidence merely as a mat ter of news, believing it to be of such in tense interest as to warrant the space de voted to it The sequel proves the correct ness of this assumption. HAVE WE SUCH DEATH-TRAPS? The conjecture ventured by The Dis patch two days ago, that the Park Place disaster in New York might be due to the old age or faulty construction of the build ings and not to the explosion, turns out to be correct Already it is pretty clearly established that the walls were poorly put together, tho floors insecurely supported, and, in short, that the whole structure was of the Buddensieck or jerry-building order. Later we may expect the responsibility for this to be ascertained, and every city in the land may well watch the investigation with attention, for it is unhappily a fact that greed and ignorance are responsible for similar death-traps in other places besides Xew York. As The Dispatch has said before, the public here is deeply interested in know ing.if Pittsburg has any old rookeries or new monuments of cheapness and cupidi ty. If any such buildings exist they should be condemned at once. Tho build ing inspectors, who have done well already in this direction, have a good excuse for extra activity and watchfulness. To take advantage of the lesson of a great calamity is not only a privilege hut a duty. LEGISLATION FOR FARMERS. The grangers at 'Williams' Grove yester day listened to an able agument on behalf of the farmer by Mr. Rhone. In effect, he favored class legislation, on the principle, that what directly benefits one great branch of industry in the United States, Indirectly benefits others. At the same time, he urged that legislative action be taken to relieve the fanner of unjust and local taxation; to enhance the market price of farm prodnce and to fund the mortgage indebtedness at a lower rate of interest If the sentiments expressed by Mr. Rhone and other speakers are echoes of tho general feeling among the agricul turists, the party which offers protection to them as well as to other branches of in dustrial enterprise will receive their un divided vote. No legislation that would enhance the price of farm products can be expected from the free traders; neither will the removal of all duty from the im portations aid in getting rid of unjust State and local taxation. On the contrary, the reverse of the desired will result should they get into power. If the farmer is seek ing for an increased financial benefit, he must look to the party whose every move in the past has been for the protection and building up of the producers, laborers and manufacturers. OCR DESTINY SOUTHWARD. English newspapers are devoting more attention to American topics than usual, and they have a good deal to say in partic ular about that dreadful McKinley bill and the disturbing policy of reciprocity. Yes terday the Loudon Times thundered to the extent of three columns upon the projected inter-continental railroad, which is de signed to bring South and Central-American republics and the United States into closer commercial relations than havo hitherto existed. The organ of English Toryism and capital contemplates such plans much as an English landed proprietor might a poacherupon his game preserves. It is selfishness and grasping ambition, says the Times, that actuate Mr.Blaine in push ing the Stars and Stripes into South Amer ican waters. Reciprocityis a cold-blooded scheme to pilfer from Great Britain some of those precious trading privileges which she has obtained in South American coun tries at a cost of much money and diplo macy as well as shrewd financiering. Hav ing established this awful indictment to its own satisfaction, tho Times takes a sneer ing tone and makes a pretence at least of believing that nothing will come of re ciprocity treaties and inter-continental railways, because, forsooth, the South American Republics will be unwilling to go back upon their kind friend and pro tector John Bull. But the sneer is not thick enough to veil English apprehension and dismay at tho advance of American commerce in the fields which too long have been relinquished to the traders of the Old World. The inter-continental rail road scheme in its present shape may not go through, but nothing can prevent the United States and the countries to the south of us from being drawn into closer and -closer commercial relations. Here is manifest destiny. Reciprocity is a means, enterprising American capital in railroads, steamships and manufactures, is a means, and the powerful policies of statesmen like James G. Blaine are a means to this end. British jealousy is to be expected. It cloaks fear. But sneers and cheap talk about sentimental barriers to our entry into South American markets will not delay a single ship, abridge a treaty, nor stem the tide of inter-continental trade whose first impulse has aroused our rela tives across the water to tremulous proph ecy and rebuke. NO FRESIDENTAL PLEDGES. There is some talk in the East of Mr. Blaine's inability to become a candidate for President because he has given Mr. Harrison a solemn pledge that he should have a second term. The authority upon which this singular statement is made is very doubtf uL Its source is Democratic It is not credible that Mr. Harrison should have asked for such a pledge from his Sec retary of State, or that the latter should have given it In 18S0 Mr. Blaine assured General Garfield of his loyalty to ths lat ter, and the assurance might be even con sidered a pledge. But that was no prece dent for what is now said to bar Mr. Blaine from entering the race in 1892. President Harrison is under obligations, if anyone is, to the man who has brought about whatever success the administration has had. It would be fitting enough if President Harrison were to privately pledge himself to further the candidacy of the man by whose will he was made President The revelation of Mr. Harri son's character so far does not include the unselfish patriotism which such a pledge would typify. Therefore we may conclude that no pledge to any specified line of action will further or interfere with the nomination of James G. Blaine next year. News of an imbroglio in one of the Cen tral American countries, has reached the United States. The hot climate there'seems to keep tho blood of the inhabitants in a constant state of fermentation. A New Yohk reporter asserts that Mrs. Amclio Rlves-Chanler wore, when she re turned from Europe the other day, "a brown straw hat trimmed with golden pheasant feathers, set off by a white net veil and low cut russet shoes." Tho writer of the "Quick and tho Dead" has a record for doing un usual things, but we hardly expected her to set off her bonnet with low-cut russet shoes. This cannot be considered artistic, yet Mrs. Chanler stated, while she wore this barharie liead-dres, that she didn't intend to write for somo time, but would devote hcrscir en tirely to art. IJy tho way, does this declara tion mean that'Mrs. C. doubts the ortistio quality of her writings? A new profession has been opened up. Since tho Government has shown how rains can bo made, each town can have its own rainmaker. TheKlays of the false prophets are numbered. If Roberts, who is suspected of being the Columbus Grove iBank robber, is not really tho man' be is in, a very bad predicament. Ho is wanted by a mob which would like to bang him withont;ereinony, and it behooves him to prove that ho is not the other fellow as quick as he can. Mobs are sometimes un reasoning and impatient, and it has hap pened that they have executed a man and proved his innocence afterward. This is not encouraging to Roberts, who, no doubt, pre fers to prove his innocence before being hanged. The thermometer announces that sum mer has gome. Tho almanac says that it is still here. In the meantime matters are crowing very frosty for tho Campbellites in Ohio. The New YorkSwn states among other interesting things about tho Italians in this country, that they are beginning to take an interest in American politics, as evidenced by the general pleasure expressed in the Xew York Italian colony at the recent ap pointment of an Italian member of tho Brooklyn BoarrLof Education. This may be bailed as a good sign, provided that the in terest they tako in politics is not entirely sen interest. The Braddock farmer does not figure at tho County Fair to any extent; but the other fanners are a living witness to tho good re sults of proximity to a manufacturing city. The "Whitequadron is still a glittering success upon our Atlantic seaboard. If these superb ships are half as effective in battle as their officers havo been in flirta tion with the summer girls on tho shore, they will be a sure defense to the United States. The failure of natural gas is alarming In dianapolis, where a return to coal cannot be accomplished as easily and cheaply as it can here. The County Fair at Tarentum began yes terday with a boom. The exhibition of farm products and stock is beyond all an ticipations, and it will undoubtedly benefit agriculture generally in this neighborhood. The pumpkin and tho portly pig, the cow with patient air, tho rooster with his rakish rig, shine at Tarentum's fair. The "summer girl," "seashore" and "ocean side" Jokes that have been rendered useless by the cold wavo will now bo care fully laid aside, to bo given to tho long sufiering public as fresh news next season. KAMES FREQUENTLY SEEN. TnE Empress of Germany is an expert swimmer. Edwabd Bellamy is a descendant of six generations of clergymen. Princess Clementine, daughter of the King of the Belgians, is about to become a nun. The Saalc Zeitung says that Prime Minis ter Bismarck is afflicted with drowsiness, and is losing his memory. Age is rapidly telling on the Ex-Cbanccllor. The wife of Lieutenant H. D. Borup, of the United States Legation, in Paris, is ono of the very few ladies who can claim to have made the ascent of Mount Blanc. Oscar "Wilde has a weakness for white kid gloves and Turkish cigarettes. Ho is re ported to be at work on a book that will deal with the "study of Christianity from tho out side." Ex-Sexatoe James Haelan, of Iowa, who was taken ill with a severe chill Mon. day, was very muoh improved yesterday, and his condition is not considered at all serious. Sir Charles Dilee is a broad-shouldered, square-built man with clear gray eyes and full grizzled beard. His manner is serious and dignified and direct almost to abruptness. The Duke of Edinburg is a fine fiddler. He is also considered tho handsomest roan in London, being over six feet in height, muscular in build, ruddy complexion and regular features. John E. "Williamson, a colored editor, of Raleigh, X. C, annonnccs himself as a candidate for Congress, on a platform which demands tho appropriation by Congress of $300 for every negro held in slavery since I860, the ex-slaves and their former masters to divide the money. A xew prima donna is spoken of in the person of the Begum Ahmadce, a Hindoo princess of the highest caste, who is not only as pretty as a peri, but has a mezzo-soprano voice of exquisite quality and a knowledge of how to use it toadvantago which an old singer might envy. Johx "W. Doane, of Chicago, is at his country seat, "Tho Ledges," at Thompson, Conn., where ho is entertaining Judge AY. Q. Grcsham, of Indiana, and Major General John II. Schofield, United States Army. "Tho Ledges" is one of tho most elaborate country seats in Connecticut. The Prince of "Wales was asked why he did not commission somo ono to deny the re ports derogatory to his character, which w ere being sent across to tho American pa rsers. "Why should I take the" trouble?" was the roply. "I notice that tho Xew York jonrnals always commence a now story by contradicting the old ono." Haxniral Hamlin, when a lad 10 years old, broke his arm, and when, upon remov ing tho splints and bandages, it was found that the bone had slipped oat of place before knitting, a surgeon was summoned again. Without giving tho boy a hint of what was comiug, ho broke the bono again, so as to set itproDerly. Thereupon, with no warning whatever, his youthful patient, who still had ono sound arm, drew off and struck tho doc tor in the face, a performance which was ex cused, but with tho remark: "When I oper ate on you again, young man, I'll havo you strapped down!" A HEW TOWN IN BIGHT. It Is Believed That Prospective Great Iron Works Wilt Give Birth to It, TSPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH. Washixqto-, Pa., Aug. 25. For a year past Messrs. Jonoj and Laughlln havo been buy ing coal lands on the Monongahela river, in the fourth pool. The bulk of their purchases is in Allen township, Washington county, and up to this date tho number of acres secured aggregate 3,000. This includes the old American coal works, located about three-quarters of a mile below Woods' Run. They have been operating these works for eoino months, giving employment to auout 200 men, and it was announced some timo ago that new mines would be opened before the closo of the present season. It has been supposed all along that these heavy purchases had been made simply to insure a steady supply for their great Pitts, burg iron plants tromapoint w lthln a rea sonable distance by water. To-day, however, the Allen township people wero surprised to learn that the firm had taken an option on the farm of J. II. Crow, which is on the river bottom. Just below the American coal works. It is a splendid manufacturing site, and of no use to the firm unless thev utilize its sur face for a plant, and tho general beliofis that an extensive iron plant will be located thero. It is within live miles of the great Pike Run gas field, and in the very center of a great field of magnificent bituminous coal, on which the firm has options. THE SONS OF AMERICA. Mayor Stuart, or Philadelphia, Welcome! tho Order to That City. x Philadelphia, Aug. 25. The National Camp PaTiotic Order of Sons of America opened hori this morning. An address of welcome to tho delegates was mado by Mayor Stuart, which was responded to by George Smith, or Chicago, Xatlonal Presi dent of tho Order. Addresses wero also made bv State Presi dent Frank B. Spieso and Dr. K. P. Murdock, of Chicago, Lieutenant General of tho Mill taro branch of the Order. Tho business of the camp to-day was mainly In the line of organization. i AT THE GATE 0FTHE YELLOWSTONE "Livingstone," said the colored por ter, as ho took onr valiso and assisted us from tho Pullman to the platform, A num ber of tracks, n multitude of cars, some brick blocks, many wooden buildings, tho whole shut in by a broad sweep of mount ain walls, whose gulches are fringed with pines which, in the distance, soem like lichenupon a rock such is Livingstone. It is flourishing, they say. Some of the town lots soiling at twice what they brought last year. And who in all tho West is not inter ested in tho price of town lots? Town lots and gold mines, real estate, placer digging, quartz crushing that Is all tho talk out here. How poor, how infinitely poor, The DisrATcu man feels with no other source of revenue than that of his little steel pen. The soil of the Yellowstone Valley Is rich, but it needs water. Tho greatquestion now is irrigation. Wherever tho ditches are digged the grain grows. Tho Yellowstone at this point is swift, and by means of Jetties and dams may be easily turned from its channel. For milling or manufacturing pur poses it would furnish fine water power. Winters here are long; summers aro short. Small fruits grow luxuriously; larger fruits do not grow so well. Owing to tho clear, dry atmosphere intense cold may bo borne with no greater suffering than that produced by the milder climate of the East. But our train is waiting, the National Park is before us, we are hero to wonder not to speculate; so wo say goodby to Living stone with its prospects. Fifty-one miles of railway brings the tourist to Cinnabar. At Cinnabar carriages are in waiting to trans port him to the park. There was tho rumble of wheels, the crack of a whip, and six horses came trotting up, drawing one of those huge Western stages, with its four seats upon the top to say nothing of seats within, and each seat made to accommodate threo travelers. There was a boot in tho rear for baggage, and how much they stowed away your correspondent will never be able to tell, for he was busy at the timo securing a precarious place on the roof, just back of the driver. Seven miles in two hours that was about the timo. Wo wound and toiled and stopped and rested. Wo watered our horses twice. "A merciful man is merciful to his beast." But all tho timo wo wore rising. Tho clear green waters of the Gardiner river boiled and foamed at our side. Tho canon with mighty nails narrowed before us. What is that npon an inaccessible pinnacle of rock overhead! It Is a mother eagle perched above her nest. The brood rear their necks and flutter their wings. They are secure, for no hunter dare molest them in this protected spot. At length a turn in the road reveals tho fort, the officer's now quarters, the little postofflce and tho mammoth Hot Springs Hotel. This whole terrace upon which tho buildings stand is an ancient formation of calcareous deposit. There aro several yawn ing craters near at hand which tell the story of former activity. After a .hearty lunch at tho hotel table, we sot out at once to begin our explorations. And just hero by way of introduction I should like to place the fol lowing series of exclamations and points Oh! Oh! Ah! Wonderful! Marvelous! ! !! !!! Tho truth is, It is difficult to describe in adequate language these hot springs. They rise terrace above terrace, basin above basin. The water boils and sputters, hisses and steams into clear pools of varied hues, which themselves overflow into tho other pools. Each overflow, leaving its mineral doposit forms In subtle art its rim of stone, with fringing festoons and supporting columns. Some of these basins aro yellow, cream," salmon, brown. Some aro pure white. Of tho latter the "Cleopatra" is the most beau tiful. It seems to bo a frozen cascade. Glistening in the sun like tho purest snow, it falls in solid streams and Icicles with all the grace and beauty of Danio Xature's matchless hand. I have seen glaciers of ico in tho corses of tho Alps, but hero are glaciers of stono in the canons of the Rockies. Soul-stirred and alone, I clambered up ward. A deep black bank of clouds gath ered over the mountains. Thoro came flashes of lurid lightning, accompanied by low, rumbling peals of thunder. Tho pines and cedars wailed in tho wind. From the sputtering pools roso sulphurous odors. Tho air scorned heavy.wlth the horror of invisi ble powers. A red fox, cowering before the storm, stole stealthily into his den. Oh, for the old Greek poetic nature, and I should have seen Jove in tho clouds, and every spring would havo had its rude satyr; that yellow crest would have been the golden hair of Venus in tho stream, those pink dyes would have been the warm bare flesh of her maidens. I should havo heard their rippling laughter, dryads would havo whispered from tho trees. Have we lost anything in tho prose age in which wo live? Who is this barbarian that approaches to tell mo how springs and geysers ore formed, and to talk learnedly of chemistry and geology? Professor of the nineteenth century, leave mo, I wish to lay my head on nature's bosom, as men used to do, and dream. Goodby! PlTTSBUItQER. AN INDIAN EPISCOPAL MEETING. The Slour and tho Lower Brules Will Dis cuss Their Differences. Pierive, S. D., Aug. 24. Thero will bo held at Rosebud Agency, beginning August 29 and lasting tbrco days, the Episcopal Con vocation of the Sioux Nation. Delegates and otners with their lamilles will be pres sont from tho several tribes. Tho attend ance may reach several thousand. Tho Rosebud and tho Lower Brule Indians will hold a business convention nt the former place August 20 to 27, to settle tho question of tho encroachment of the Brulos upon the reservation lands of tho Rosebud. Xo trouble is apprehended. The General Government will tako a hand in this settle ment. A MIXED BUT HAPPY FAMILY. Llltlo Turtles Hatched and Adopted by a Beaver County Hen. rSPECIAL TELEGRAM TO TnE DISPATCH. Beaver Falls, Aug. 25. Somo weeks ago Willie Partington, of Fottermantown, a sub urb of this place, was out in the woods and found a nest containing six turtle eggs. Ho took them and quietly slipped them under a hen his mother had set that day. Time passed, and a fow days ago tho old hen walked proudly out of tho stable with seven littlo chicks and four turtles, each about tho size of a quarter. The chicks and the turtles play together, eat about tho same food, and in times ot danger tho strangely mixed family huddles together under the protecting w ings of tho old hen. THANKING MBS HABBIS0N. Handsomely Engrossed Resolutions Sent Her From tho Patriotic Sons. tSrECIAL TELECRAM TO THE DISPATCH. Cate May, X. J., Aug. 25. Mrs. Harrison has received from the order of Patriotic Sons of America of Bellevuc, Ky., a hand somely engrossed set of resolutions, thank ing her highly for her determination to huvo nothing bought for a place in the White House which is not of domestic production. She has acknowledged tho receipt of the resolutions. Hours Were Longer Then. Xew York World.! Fifty years ago hours of work wero longer and ages were less, but work was f reo and certain; Industry meant sure success. To day work is uncertain; success is a per adventure: anxiety is on the brow of tho rich and poor alike. In this struggle simply to hold one's own the poor lose all strength for noblor thought: each child is taught to live above all else for tho dollar. A change of the system is needed to save civilization from utter destruction. Ho Was the Governor. Kansas City Times. A little story is being told of an incident of the encampment. Governor Francis and a number of officers of the National guard took supper one evening at ono of tho lake hotels. A waiticss was anxious to know who was the Governor, and approaching tho Governor, who was tho only ono c f the party not in uniform, asked him to tell which was his excellency. "I am the man," and to assure her ho added, "but I've lost my uniform." THE GOLD BESEBVE SAFE. There Will Bo No Need or Touching It In Redeeming 4 1-2 Per Cent Bonds. Washington, Aug. 25. Tho amount of 4J per cent bonds continued at 2 per cent to date is $21,338,100, and Secretary Foster said this afternoon it was his impression that the amonnt would run oror $30,OCO,000 before tho transaction closes. If his expectations are realized there will be less than $20,000,0.00 of the percent loans subject to redemp tion after September 2, the limit within which it must bo presented for continuance. Secretary Foster said to-day that there will bo no difficulty whatever in meeting this payment or a larger ono if necessary, with out recourso to the $100,000,COO gold reserve and the $17,000,000 on deposit with National banks. The Secretary said that Including the , $49,000,000 representing disbursing offi cers' balances, outstanding checks, tho Na tional Bank redemption fund, etc., there is an available balance of $106,000,000 exclusive of the cold reserve of S1CO.000.000. and re garded that as ample to meet all current ob ligations of tho Government. The bonds, he added, are of course re deemable in gold, if demanded, and there is over $29,000,000 of that coin in tho Treasury, in addition to tbo gold reserve, an amount in itself more than sufficient to redeem all tho 1 per cents that will be outstanding September 2. Tho Secretary said nlso that he regarded tho amount of public funds in tho hands of disbursing officers as greatly in excess of the needs of the service and that he was considering a plan whereby it may be greatly reduced. Thero is now, he said, a balance of $33,000,000 in tho hands of these officers, for a considerable portion of which there is no immediate need, and it is his opinion that this amount could be reduced to about $20,000,000 and maintained at that figure without embarrassment to public bus iness. JAPAN ANNEXING ISLANDS. ShoWill Increase Hor Navy to About the Size of the Chinese Fleet. Sait Francisco, Aug. 25. It is announced that the Emperor of Japan is about to issue a proclamation annexing threo volcanic isl ands in the Pacific ocean four degrees south of tho Loo Choo islnuds. They aro said to bo well adapted for tho Japanese colonies. A large increase of tno Japanese fleet, to mako it as strong as the Chineso navy. Is be ing urged in some quarters. A letter was received at the Chinese Consulate in Kobo last month, threatening the life of Admiral Ting, of tho Chinese fleet, which was then in Japanese waters. A body guard of the Japanese polico was appointed and attended the Admiral during his stay at Kobe. A SOITTHEBN IB0N FEAT. Tho Manfaucturo of Good Bessemer Steel From White Pig Metal, CnATTAxoooA, Aug. 25. A new era in tho iron and steel industry of the South was marked yesterday. The Southern Iron Com pany mado Bessemer basic steel from tho ordinary cheap Southern white pig iron with no mixture, tho test case being a perfect success It has always been claimed and believed that tho steel in question could be made by using a certain portion of Scotch pig, yes terday's experiment and result aro alto gether without precedent. The pig was melted in a furnace made especially for the work. A WOBLD'S FAIB CAMP. General UlcCIellnnd Gets a Notice of tho Proposition of General Miles. nAnniBBCRG, Aug. 25. Adjutant General McClelland has been notified of a meeting of tho committee on ceremonies, which has charge of tho dodicatory exercises of tho World's Fair, to consider General Miles' proposition to have tho citizen soldiery of tho country represented at that event. It Is proposed that representatives of tho military organizations of every State and territory shall parade at the dedication, and that when tho Jalr is opened a camp shall be established within a few miles of Chicago, where the full strength of tho militia of the country, about 100,000 men, will bo under command. Kats Are Very Selfish. New York Weekly. Rats aro very selfish. A Brooklyn lady has discovered this fact, and, acting upon it, placed apiece of looking glass in tho side of a trap opposite the entrance. Tho rat, see ing the reflection of an animal of its kind about to enter, hastens its movements, and of courso gets in first. Tho lady who thought of this trick has been quite successful in catching rats, and in tho very trap which before they had studiously shunned. DEATHS HEBE AND ELSEWHERE. Jacob Steel, Centenarian. Jacob Steel, the oldest man in Pennsyl vania., haviDg completed his centenary nearly eight years ago. died Monday evening from the effects of a fall from a porch last Saturday. Mr. Steel was born October 9, 1783, In SprlnfihlH township, Fay ette county, and he had lived near Maiontown nearly all his life. He had alwa) 9 been a Democrat, casting his first ballot for Jefferson a nl Ills last for Robert E. Pattlson. Mr. Steel has alwayslieea a churchgoer, and for more than 70 ) ears hod been a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. His habKs were simple and he was careful as to his eat ing. He never used tobacco, but used whisky In a moderate degree. He was an early riser. Ills long life was not due to any system for the preservation of health and life, lie ate and drank whatever he liked, worked in the sunshnj and rain, aud was bald to have been the most e eu tempered of men. On the day of Washington's second elecMon, la 17112, Steel could remember that lie was g. t lerlng hlckorv nuts. When Thomas Jefferson reslgmd from Washington's Cabinet In 1793, to lead the new Democratic pirty against the forces of Federalism under Hamilton, Jacob was a boy of 10 years, and afollonerof the great louudcrof Democracy, for whom he cat bis tote for President InHOi. lie lived only a few wiles from the place which Albert Gallatin bought In 178ft and made his beautiful home of Friendship Hill, on the Monongahela river, by the village which lie named New Geneva. He as II years old when Gallatin was elected to Congress in 1794, and was past the middle of life (4!) when General Lafayette visited Mr. Gallatin's Friendship Hill home In 18:5. Mrs. Kmory Tyler, a Recluse. Mrs. Emory Tyler, a most eccentric widow, died Monday at Newark, O. Mrs. Tyler had lived the life of a recluse for over a quarter of a century. She was bom of wealthy parents In Boston, and her marriage there was a moat un happy one. From choice she shut herself from tho v, orld and refused always to have any communica tion with those of her own eex. She had reached the great ogc of 90 years, and though she had a great deal of property, preferred to Inhabit a small hut In the rear of the Catholic Cemetery. The cabin hart only a cot, table and rocking chair as furniture, and In the chair Mrs. Tyler passed her davs and nights, and Anally died there. She. would sleep nowhere bnt in the chair, and many times tell from it while asleep, her face being badlv bruised from tho falls on more than one occasion. One of her queer freaks was to contract with a farmer named C. II. Pltzer to keep her roof re- E aired to keep out the rain, to pav her taxes and to eep her cupboard full of eatables. This he did faitntullv, and as the woman had no one else she cared for. she left him her property, valued at S50.000. PItrcr built her a cottage and comfortable bed, and seemed to have an affection for the queer oldladr, who was very Intelligent, bhe refused to live In tho cottage, however, and would not sleep In the bed. For .10 years Mrs. Tyler had refused to leave her little place, anil In all that time had nut been In the to n, but half a mile away, and kuew nothing nor cared for Its recent remarkable gronth. Tbeold story told of Mrs. Tjler, and be lieved here to be true. Is that her love for her hus band as so great that his unfaithfulness and in gratitude, CO 5 ears ago, caused her to vow to live alone until her death. General W. B. Curtis. General "V. B. Curtis died at his home at Wct Liberty, near Wheeling, yesterday, aged 70 years. He was born atfaharpsburg. Md.t April 13, 1W1, and has lived sluec 1SJ2. He was n member of the comentlon whlrh reorganized the Slate of Virginia In 18 il, and was elecied Captain of Com puivl). Twelfth West Virginia, in lwi2. In June, 1653," he was made a major, and January ai, 1-At, colonel. In October, fctM. ho obtained a brigade command made up of the Twelfth West Virginia, FUtj-iourth Pennsylvania and Tnenty-thlru Illi nois. Ills command captured Fort Gregg, near Petersburg, April 2, 18fia, for which exploit the TwcIIth West Virginia was given a bronze eagle. General Curtis was a mcmb;r of the Legislature, and cry prominent in politics :indU..A. It. circles. Obituary Notes. John Gass, the first Mayor of Attica, Ind died, there Monday, aged 82 years. John" E. Scanlo:", editor of the Conn'ticut Cath olic, "lied at his icslitence In Hartford Monday morning at the age of :W J ears. Hit AAitOK P. linowx, a brother of El-Unlted Mates Senator Joseph E.Brown, died at his home inSiii)rna, Ga., Sunday night of debility. Mas. Mary Woodruff Clark died near Vine land, N. J., on Sunday, aged S3. She was a sister of the Inventor of the Woodrnft" Palace Car. Hoy. A. H, BoyxTov, at one time a prominent politician, died at his homo in Elmlra, N. Y., Mon dav, aged 71 Tears. He was a brother-in-law of the late Postmaster General John A.J. Cresswell. Eli Ki.ndio, the best known hor.-edealer In York countv, filed Sunday In his 69th car. He was the originator of the York County Agricultural So cletv. of which he continued a member until Ills death. Hon. Johx Pack, State Treasurer of Vermont hi 1853, and from 1866 to 1832, died in Mnntpellcr Sim ilar. He has been Treasurer of the Vermont Bible Society lor 33 years and President of the First NaUoualllaufcpf MoatpelicrforJS jears. OUR MAIL PODCH. Admission to West Point. To the Editor of Thepispatch: Please Inform mo in what branches a per son is examined to gain admission to West Point or tho Naval acadomy of the United States at Annapolis. Who holds tho exami nations, and bow can I succeed in taking one of theso examination? Pittsburg, August 25. A. Allkx. Each member of Congress has the right of naming one cadet to West Point from his district and 10 are appointed by the Presi dent. Tho member of Congress may hold a competitive examination or he may appoint direct ns be pleases. Tbo only way for you to proceed is to consult tho Congressman from your district. Cblcora. To the Editor of The Dispatch: What wrong bas the founders and citizens orMillerstown ever done that they should bo insulted by an attempt to change the name of their postofflce to the name of the infamous rebel gunboat ChicoraT The ex periment of perpetuating the nnmo of a Con fedora to engine of destruction should be first tried by calling the postofflce ut Smithfield some such disloyal name. When the narno of Smithfield postofflce is so changed it will then be a proper place to mall copies of the cigarette bill to the surviving mem bers of tho late Confederacy. Brow's speech opposing the bill can bo mailed to voters of the Twenty-fifth Congressional district well enough and safely enough from Barnhnrt's Mills postofflce. K. C. K. Barnhart's Mills, August 25. Tho Rod Ant Pest, To the Editor of The Dispatch: Will you kindly inform mo if you know any way to get rid of tiny red ants, with which wo are overrun at present. Havo tried ammonia, borax and cajenno pepper with out avail, and would be greatly obliged for a "sure enre." Haciiael Atjdsrsox. Veroua, Pa., August 25. An insect powder called Dnhach has been tried with success. It is sometimes called Persian insect powder, and should be scat tered in tho cracks and crevices frequented by tho ants. Saloons in Chicago. To the Editor of The Dispatch: Please inform mo the cbargo for saloon license in Chicago, also if the charge is the samo over tho State of Illinois. 2nd. The qualifications to get them in that slate, and if difficult to obtain. Pittsbdro, August 25. R. C. Information as to tho cost of licenses in Chicago can be obtained by addressing the Chiof of Police there. Judging from tho number of saloons both in Chicago and over Illinois, licenses arc not difficult to obtain. Sara Flayed in America. To the Editor of The Dispatch: Please answer in tho columns of your paper whether Sara Bernhardt played in America last season, and if so did she play in Detroit. Did Henry Irving piny in Now York last season and at what theater. Pittsburg, Aug. 25. J. O. B. Sara playod in America last season, but did not favor Detroit with her presence. Irving did not -play in Now York last season. A Child's Nationality. To the Editor of The Dispatch: To what nationality docs a. child belong that is born on a. German steamer under the German flag, but in American waters. Constant Rhader. Pittsburg, August 25. If the steamer is a man-oMvar or Govern ment vessel, tho child belongs to Germany, but it is American born under other circum stances. , Nobody Wins tho Bet. To the Editor of The Dispatch. A bets B that a certain club will win a game of ball. The game was played, and nt tho end ofriine innings tho score was 5 to 5, rain preventing tho finishing of tho game. Who wins? T. H. Haesom. EnEXSBURG, August 25. Neither wins. A misleading Rumor. To the Editor of Tho Dispatch: I have beard that a new hospital is about to be opened at Sewickley. Will you kindly tell me if tbey mako a specialty of enncer. It. E. W. Pittsburg, August 25. So far as known there'is no intention to build a now hospital at Sowickloy. Authority for Dropping tho "h." To the Editor of The DlspaTchi Whnt is tho authority for spelling Pitts burg without the "h?" Alma. Hamji. PiTTsnuKO, August 25. Tho United States Board on Geographic Names. Elected by tho People, To the Editor of The Dispatch: Is the Mayor of Cincinnati elected by tho pcoplo or Is ho appointed by somo power. Pittsburg, Aug. 25. James Saulters. He is elocted by tho people. Hoir Pittsburg Is Spelled. To the Editor of the Dispatch, Which is the proper way to spell Pittsburg with or without tho ht" II. P. Hoag. Pittsburo, August 25. It is spelled without tho "h." WOBNOUT, WEABY WOMEN Will Be Sent Away to tho Country for Two Weeks' Best. The Society for tho Improvement of tho Poor yesterday inaugurated a now branch to their already large field of charitable work. Tho now department is the sending of tired and wornout women to the country whero they can rest two weeks. The work was started yesterday morning by Bonding four poor women to Holiday's Cove, W. Va. Two more will bo sent to morrow. M'KINLEY AND HIS CAMPAIGN. McKikley has opened his end of tho cam paign in Ohio, but Governor Campbell has gono to bed. Oiicago Inter-Ocean. The McKinley train is sweeping through Ohio like a limited vestibule. Tho Demo cratic wreckers should "loook out for tho cars." Ohio Stale Jotirnal. Campbell is not feeling right well, bnt Mc Kinley is in robust health. Tho parties for which they are standard bearers respect ively are in much tho same condition. Toledo Commercial. Major McKikley has opened the campaign so wide on all sides as to let light and ven tilation into overy nook and corner. Gov ernor Campboll, howover, having tho 'malaria," will keep out of the draft for tho presont. Cincinnati Times-Star. The "McKinley prices" in Ohio, by which the people of that State save about $4,000,000 a year on their sugar alone, will dostioy the potency of tho big corruption fund which the impot tors and the Democrats aro to uo against McKinley. St. Louis Globc-Dcmocrat. The McKinley law 13 not populnr in Ger many. Well, in the language or the Repub lican national platform of 18SS, "we will sup port the interests or America." Tho Fifty first Congress was not legislating for Ger many or any other foreign nation when it passed tho McKinloy bill. Albany Journal. The McKinloy law has saved tho peoplo of tho United States fifty-five millions of dol lars in the first nine months ono half of it by taking off the tax on sugar. Any house keeper will tell you that pricos are no higher now than they were a year ago. The talk of Democratic politicians abouthe evil effects of the McKinley bill was all wind. Louisville Journal. I.v tho.lightof the undeniable facts, what patriotic American can withhold his sup port from the policy that works out such magnificent resnlts? The McKinley bill Is fulfilling tho predictions of its author and of the party whoso policy it rcprose-its. To say that the people of Ohio will repudlato it is to question the intelligence or their own self-interet. Springfield Republic The total free imports for the first nino months under tho McKinley bill amottntul to$295,0i5 6K3; during the corresponding nino mouths of the previous year the amount of free imports was $203,9i!,873. Tho reader may lnlor from this fact how littlo reliance may be placed upon tho assertions offrco traders who charge that tho McKinley bill is a Chinese wall designed to keep out foreign goods. San Jftxmcisco CJironicle.q EDUCATION AND SOCIETY. Continuation of the Teachers Institute So cial Chatter of a Day. Tho second day's session of the Allegheny County Teachers' Institute was even more interesting than the first. Every seat in the large music hall was taken, while many were compelled to stand. The morning's proceedings were opened at 9-.30 by Bev. Dr. Haslett offerina; prayer and Prof. Russell leading the singing. Dr. I. T. Hall followed with a lecture on tho proper method of teaching language in the public schools. Ho gave the toachers some very valuable hints on the snbjcct which -will bo useful to them in future. Prof. Russell resumed bis lectures on music, and his instructions were very clear and well received. Mrs. Mary Hunt gave another of her interesting talks on temperance, and Dr. T. B. Noss, principal of tho State Normal School at California, Pa., followed with an address In which wero somo agreeable remarks to country teach ers. At the afternoon session Profs. Noss, Hall, Rnssell and Mrs. Hunt again lectured In their respective departments. A pleasant addition to the lecturers was George J. Luckey, who was met with loud and eon tinned applause from the teachers. Mr. Luckov thanked them with a profound bow, and said he always preferred applause to como in at tho end. His talk was on manual training in tne puDlic schools. He said that for the last year he has been something of an enthusiast on the subject, and that the time Is not far distant when the plans he has in hand will be realized. The following committee on teachers' per manent certificates was nominated and will be elected to-morrow: C. B. Cook. Chartlers; J. D. Anderson, Wilkinsbnrg: F. W. Squibbs, MoKeesport; C. D. Coney, itraddock: J. Q. A. Irwn, Etna; Superintendent A. Phillip, Crafton; Prof. Brooks, McKeesport; Prof. Uuinell, Tarentum. Social Chatter. Elaborate preparations are in progress for a lawn fe to to be given to-morrow, Fri day and Saturday evenings by tho flro de partment of Wilkinsburg. It will be as sisted by the ladles of the various churches of that place, and promises to be one of the grandest affairs of the kind ever held in the pretty borough. The Columbus Literary Association, of tho Southside, will give a lawn feto Wednesday, September 2, at Bellevue, Pittsburg, Fort Wayno and Chicago Railway. The fete will be held from 3 to 11 o'clock p. x. To-xianT tho last of the series of free con certs at Allegheny Parks will take place. A good programme bas been arranged, and everything points to one of tho most enjoya ble concerts of the scries. Ax enjoyable evening was spent by all who attended the lawn leto given under the auspices of tho Watson Place Presbyterian Mission last evening. The fete was held at the Watson homestead. The tnirteenth anniversay of Heptasoph Day will bo celebrated Friday by a select ex cursion on the steamer Mayflower. The boat will Ieavo tho foot of Market street at 1:30 o'clock p. it. Miss Asqeline Lrwis. of West Elizabeth, and W. H. Amand. or the West End, will be married during tho latter part of next month at West Elizabeth. Cards are out announcing the marriage of Miss Sadie Alexander, of Dallas, and John W. Grieves, of Brushton. Tho wedding will take place October 23. Ikyitatiohs have been Issued by tho Alumni Association of the Allegheny High School to its annual basket picnic, to oe held at Idlewild, Thursday. Arrakgemests aro being made by tho Pittsburg Commercial Travelers to hold a basket picnic and reunion at Ross Park, Saturday. TnE first annnal picnic of Pittsbunr Coun cil, .no. 2G3, Jr. o. u. A. M., will bo neld at Silver Lake Grove Saturday, Soptomber 8. The musio by the FrohmanSingingSooiety was a pleasant featnre of George C. Jenks' select river excursion last evening. A LAWS feto was given by tho Woman's Relief Corps, of Mt. Washington, last even ing at Llnden'Grove. THE VIEWS OF POWDEELT. Tie Talks at Length on the Constitutional Convention Question. fSPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH, Scrahtox, Pa., Aug. 25. General Master Workman Towderly talked very freely with a reporter to-day concerning the proposed constitutional convention, signifying his in tention of accepting tho Republican nomi nation for one of the delegates-at-large. He was" asked: "In your opinion is the cost of such a con vention justified by the effort to abolish the ballot-numbering clause of the present con stitution?" "I believe it is. If tho Commonwealth of Pennsylvania can afford to spend $300 000 of the people's money to mako a show of her self at the Columbian Exposition in 1803, the cost of holding a convention to guarantee to the people the right to vote without intimi dation should not be complained of. Every year we are knocking at the door of the Leg islature for appropriations for hospitals and other charitable institutions, in which work ingmen, who have been maimed at their daily toil, maybe cared for. It is not charity wo require so much as an opportunity to vote for ourselves, and when we can do that the cost of tho convention, no matter what it may be, is small as compared with tho price less boon or liberty." "What do you think or the prospects of the convention?" "They aro very good. Its opponents make a huge mistake when they assert that the people aro taking 110 interest in it, and they ignore the fact that Inside of two weeks on a call issued to the Knights of Labor alono, petitions bearing 200,000 names were pre sented to tho last Legislature, calling for a Constitutional Convention. It is easy for a great journal not to print the news and to ig nore the people's wishes, but its silence can not prevent them from thinking and acting when the timo comes." "To what do yon attribute tho opposition of leading nenspnpers, Democratic; and Re publican, to tho convention?" "To a natural desire to keep tho peoplo slaves to party, for they know that with a freo and untrammeled ballot tho popular will must be expressed on election day, and not the will of the bosses and machine or gans or tho party." FE0STS EVEN IN TEXAS. Most Extraordinary Weather for a Sub- Tropical Region In August. Denisox, Tex., Aug. 25. A most extraor dinary change in tho wcatfcor has taken placo during tho past 24 hours, ns a slight frost is being reported in tho river bottom territory. Fresh Air for Sale. St. Louis Republic A rnthor unique franchise has just been obtained by a company organized in Kansas City, said to bo composed of somo of tho wealthiest men thoro. They propose to lay mains throughout the city for tho purpose of supplying houses with air cold air In tho summer and warm air in the winter, and wnrranted to bo charged with a suitable supply of oxygen. PEOPLE WHO COME AND GO. E. F. Douds returned from his vacation last night, looking well and hearty atter his trip, and displaying a large amount or sun burn, which was captured principally on tho coast or Maine. An excursion of 125 persons left for Niagara Falls via the Allegheny Valley yes tcrdav. They wcio in charge or James P. Andcnon, general ticket agent or that line. President Burkett, of the Chicago, Bur lington and Quincy Railroad, parsed through tho city last night tor Chicago in his privato car. A party of friends accompanied kirn. C. Ij. Maqee and wife went to Xew York on the fnt line last night forn two weeks' trip to the -'.thousand Islands and other points. ' Mr. and Mrx. George B. Orladv, of Hunt ingdon, W. Va., and Adolph Clui's, ot Wash ington, D. C, aro at the Monongahela. Captain E. Y. Brcck went to Lake Chan tauqu.i via tho Allegheny Valley last night forn ten days' vncution. O. E. Eschel, assistant ticket agent at the Union depot, returned yesterday from his wedding tour. Mrs. Harry "White and daughter, of In diana, aro registered attho Seventh Avenue. K. T. Mead and wife returned vetcrday from Chantaiiquu and Northern points. Alderman C. E. Succop returned yester day from a tour of the Eastern cities." John P. Borland, of Monongahela City, is a guest nt tho So cntli Avenue. Judge Ewin and .Mrs. Ewing returned from the East last night. Senator John X. Xceb returned from Philadelphia yesterday. County recorder von Bonnhorst went to New York lust night. B. P. yVintcrnitz, of Xew Castle, Is at the puquesne. CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS. A cattle range in "Washington is over 300 miles long and 200 miles wide. Two alligators fought for an hour on a Florida riverbankone day last week. South Dakota has now the largest arte sian well in the world. It shoots water 140 feet from tho surface. "Shares of Paradise" are alleged to be sold by the Salvation Army throughout France at a largo profit. A papier mache trunk is one of the latest ideas. It is a terror to the baggage master, who finds it practically indestructible. The freight movement in the United States may bo simply expresod by saying it is cqnal to 200.000,00) tons hauled ono mlla each day of the year. Australia delights in a fighting kangaroo, which boxes, wrestle', knocks out and gen erally disports itself after the manner or a professional prize fighter. Near Buchanan, Ga., a day or two ago, W. A. Keith round a solid flint rock near the center of tho heart or a pino tree. How the rock got there is a mystery. A piece of crown land in Pall Mall, Lon don, has Jnst been leased ror a term of eight years at an annnal rent of 1.325, which amounts to f s 6d per foot of the area, and is nearly equivalent toa selling price of oC0,C09 per ncre. The Vicksbnrg papers report a curions accident on the Ynzoo Valley Railway, a branch of the Illinois Central. As tha train was passing through a field a frightened qnail flew In throngh a window and struck an aged lady In the face with such force as to destroy one of her eyes. Tho bird was in- ' stantly killed. -fear Lamar, Col., a little girl of 4 years wandered to the platform of an ex press train nnd wns blown off while tho train wns running at tho rate of 30 miles an hour. A locomotive was sent back, and the searchers round the child at midnight sit ting unhurt in a clump or weeds, and keep ing very still fof fear tho Indians would get her. Two thonsanfl pair of woolen socks are knitted at the prison at Jackson. Mich., each year. Tho man who bosses the tailoring department says: -'If a convict sees somo other convict havo a new pair or socks he will not rest nntil he gets a pair, or know whvho doesn.t. They tear the too or heel, and then they try to make me think it Is a legitimate wear-out. Master Joseph Latham, aged 12 years, ot South Pasadena, has picked 1200 pounds of blackberries this season. Joe vi an ambi ious lad and means to raise the figure to 2C00 pounds before the season closes. If tho above figures are correct, ago and size con sidered, Joe is probably the champion berry picker of the countrv. What schoolboy can Bhow a better record? A Congo native who has been tanght to read and write, has Just sent a letter, his first, to the archbishop or Canterbury. It reads as follows: "Great and good chief of the tribe of Christ, greeting: The humblest of your servants kisses the .hem of yonr gar ments and begs you to send to his fellow servants more gospel and less rum. In tho bonds of Christ, Ugalia." The Milan Museum has recently coma Into tho possession of a remarkable clock. This unique timepiece is mado entirely of bread crumbs. A poor Italian workman mnde it. Every day he set apart aportion of his modest meal in order to carry out his enrious project. The bread crumbs saved by him he hardened by tho addition of salt, and at last his tedlons task is completed. There is on exhibition in Detroit a peb ble, one side of which is a minitnre likeness or a face bearing the imprints or sorrow. This little stone, which is about an inch long nnd three quarters or an inch wide, was round on a roadway leading to the cross on the summit or Kofelspitze. a monntaln over hanging the village or Oberammergau and held in reveernce "by the simple villagers, who consider it their guardian spirit. There is on exhibition in a show win dow in Butte, Mont., a very largo moose horn grafted into the base of a tree. It has been in that position for years, as the treo has grown around it so as to get such a grip on it tliat cutting tho wood awav is tho onlv means of separating the two. It is evident that at some remote period the monarch of tho woods was caught in a tree, nnd In try ing to extricate himself the horn was broken An old man named Nichols, 'a resident of Battle Creek, wno buys peacock feathers and ships thom to Chicago for tho feather duster industry, met two young men on tho railroad track Thusday. Ono of the chaps beldoutatin box on the end or a stick. Nichols attempted to tako it when it ex ploded, shattering his thnmb and knocking him senseless. Hobecamoconscioussevernl hoars later onlv to find his feathera and money, amounting to about $3, gone with the strangers. Mademba, King of Segon, Africa, who was elevated to his present position by Colonel Archinard, was formerly in tho French telegraph service in Africa. Ma demba is a nativo of the country over which heat presont rules, but mi formerly Con troller of telegraphs at Senegal. Before accepting hli regal state bo made it a con dition that his namo should continue to be inscribed on the list of telegraph servitors, and that his situation of King shonldbo considered as subservient to that or his original employment; A Georgia man, who was not aware of tbo fact that he was addicted to walking In his sleep, began to mis hi clothes on awak ening in the morning. Four suits disap peared mysteriously, when he was con strained to offer a reward or $23 ror the de tection or the thief. This prompted his son to investigate. Ho eaw his sire arise nnd dress himselt nnd proceed to a mill pond. Hero the old gentleman would disrobe, stntT his cloths in a hollow log ns far as thoy would go and then go in bathing. When ha would emerge he would search vainly for his clothes, finally going homo without them. The young detective fished rrom tho hollow log everv suit that had been lost and duly received tho promised reward. The length of the carriageway on tha Brooklyn Bridge is 5.9S8 reet. The nnmbcr of carriages and other vehicles crossing1 amounts in a day to 4,000. From 8 in the evening nntil 6 o'clock next morning about ZOO carriages or wagons crossi. Then tho number increases to 100 between 6 nnd 7, and 200 between 7 and 8, and to 500 in each hour between 8 in the morning and 4 in the after noon. From 4 to 6 and from 5 to C the crush is greatest, and reaches 400 an hour. Be tween 6 and 7 it falls to 200. and between! and 8 to 100, after which business again be comes dull. These are, or course, average figures, as the traffic varies according to tho weather and tho season, but is nlways great est between 4 and S in tho afternoon and least in night hours. RITYNKLED RHTMLETS: Variety is spicy, but it doesn't seem quite right For a man to be suntrnck Wednesday and frost bitten Friday nljcht. 3IinneajolU Tribune. She wore cnrl papers when I called. I thought an aiMfd charm they lent Until I saw that thcr were made Of IovlDg verses I had sent. -3rio York tieralit. Sympathetic Lady Guest Don't be un happy about the rain, dear Mrs. Bounderson. It will soon be over, and your garden will be loreller than ever! Little Mrs. GolJmore Bounderson (who Is giv ing her first garocn party) Yes; but I'm afraid It will keep my most desirable guests from coming! "Punch. He will talk of gore and killing In a mot unpleasant way; Of the bucketfulls of spllllnir That was done to win the day. If man can scare you, he can Till your blood will halt and thicken But you ought to see him woken When he tries to kill a chicken. Washinnton Post "Now, gentlemen," said the Chairman of the committee, "before we make any report on this ordinance let us examine It affatn carefully, section by section. There Is much in It that wo cannot afford to consider hastily. "How much Is therein It?" Inquired the Alder man from the 'bteenth Ward, absently. Chicago Tribune. "They tell me," said Jinks, to a manager bright, "Your company played As Yon Like It,' last night." "You're signally failed," quoth the other, "to strike It. Their playing was not In the least as I like It." tlostrm Conritr. "Could you not, if you tried, grant me a place In that ley heart of yours? 1 Jlyhcartinay bsoflcc. asyousay. Mr. Soph- , lelgli. But. all tlio same, I am Dot in the cold, j itoragtttrtijluejs.'' Sndtar.-jjiAt4 Drliane. - V , ' .'....... A l-.L.Zsl. ''M ---"---
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