THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH, MONDAY, AUGUST 81, -1891. f t ESTABLISHED FEBRUARY t. 1944 Vol. 46.No. 205. Jfrtp red at Pltlcbnrg'Poitoaicc Soteinperll. 18ST, MMcond-dus matter. Business Office Corner Smithfield and Diamond Streets. News Rooms and Publishing "House 78 and 80 Diamond Street, in . New Dispatch Building. EATPRV ADYEKTISINO OFFICE. BOOM 21. TRIBUNE Bnil.DIXG, NEW YORK, where com plex files of THE DISPATCH can alwavs be found. Foreign advertisers appreciate Hie convenience. Home advertisers and friends ofTUK DIsrATCH, while in New York, are also made welcome. THE EISPATCHlSTcvularluon sale at Breniana'e. e Cnton BTuare. JCew YorK aut It Arte de POvem, Fori. Franre. where anyone v-Jut a been dwaj gtointed at a hotel new stand can obtain it. TKKMS OF THE DISPATCH. rOSTACK mfcE IN THE DNtTZD STATXS. Dailt Dispatch. One Tear............ f 8 CO Dailt Dispatch. Per Quarter.. 2 00 DAJLTDrsrATcn, One Month TO Dailt DisrATCn. Including handav. 1 year.. 10 00 Daily Dispatch. Including Sunday, zm'tbs. 2 50 Daily Dispatch Including Sunday, 1 m'th.. SO UrDAY Dispatcil, One Tear. 2 SO WrrxLT DiprATcn, One Tear. 1 S3 The Daily Dispatcii Is delivered by carriers at 15 cents per week, or. Including Sunday Edition, at S3 reutE per week. PITTSBURG. MONDAY, AUGUST 31, 1SSI OCK DEBT TO CHII.E. The State Department of the United States cannot recognize the Congressional party in Chile as the government de facto as well as de jure too quickly. The blunder made in not giving the patriotic party official countenance long ago must be rectified nowas far as possible. Secre tary Blaine should act promptly and with good grace. It is a very awkward situa tion, for -nhich the nation has to thank President Harrison more than any man. In addition to the conclusive character of the campaign which has just ended in the capture of Valparaiso and the deposi tion of Balmaceda, the moderation and humanity, doubly remarkable in South America, of the Congressional victors en title them to cordial congratulation. Very seldom in the history of South America has such magnanimity and pure patriotism appeared in the conduct of a party in civil war. Therefore the United States as a nation can afford to shake hands with the conquerors, and ask for a renewal of friendship with the re-established repub lic of Chile. It,is unnecessary to recall -what has al ready been said by The Dispatch on the impropriety and injustice of the adminis tration's attitude toward the Congress ionalists, but it is to be hoped that the organs, which think it their duty to main tain that the President and his advisers cannot err, will adjourn for silent reflec tion and prayer. The Xew York Tribune says: "It was the duty of the United States and of mari time Europe to respect Balmaceda's superior position as the legally-elected executive so long as he remained in undis puted possession of the capital and of the chief port and was supported by the ma jority of the provinces." The unfortu nate flaw in this defense is that Balmac eda was not legally President after he had violated the Constitution grossly, and practically inaugurated a dictatorship. A BOON TO THE WEST EM). The West End can look forward to having rapid transit before very long. The meeting held there lastwekto pro test against the palsied policy of the horse car line had its effect It has been made clear that if the people 'who have the opportunity to turn a back number horse car line into something faster do not move there are men, money and energy enough in the "West End to bring these growing suburbs as close to the city in point of time as Oakland, or even Soho, for example. The populous and picturesque district extending from the south side of the Point bridge to Mansfield and Chartiers has been neglected unfairly, and rapid and comfort able access to the city is especially needed to bring this section to its proper place among the suburbs. Such a plan as Mr. Burns sets forth in our news columns to day has the eminent recommendation of being plainly feasible and probably the speediest way to substitute modern means of locomotion for the antiquated horso cars. "With an electric road bringing the West End within fifteen minutes' ride of the city, and Chartiers only double that, a fair opportunity for development in keep ins with the rest of Pittsburg will cer Jainly be afforded. LAWYERS AND JUSTICE. "When the highest courts of appeal," says a cotenipprary, "begin to suggest the inquiry 'whether attorneys can be come the allies of the criminal classes and - tho foes of organized society, without ex posing themselves to disciplinary powers' it does begin to look as if the country was getting wearied of having the wheels of justice blocked." The judicial utterance quoted was, we understand, with reference to the resort of attorncjs to writs of habeas corpus and btay of execution on the pretense of ap peal in behalf of certain 2few Tork criminals. It is a rather striking illustra tion of tho lengths to which legal practice can go, but its principal distinction from other efforts of the legal profession in the same direction lies in the degradation of the offenders. Indeed, it is more easily reconciled with a reasonably upright theory of law than some courses which have at tracted little or no animadversion. It is the fundamental theory of the practice of criminal law that the duty of the attorney is to see that the client has all his legal rights. The exercise of the right of ap peal, even where it degenerates into a ruse to bring justice to a standstill, is not so violent an infraction of the theory as the practice of advising clients how they may evade tho law and do actual injustice with impunity. It is this latter abuse which will call for tho most active exercise of the discip linary powers referred to, if reform of the legal profession is effected. It was an open secret that certain firms who did bus iness in tills town some years ago, on the basis of swindling, kept legal talent to ad vise them how far they could go in cheat ing other people without getting in the clutches of the criminal law. The busi ness was finally broken up, but we never heard that any of the legal profession suf fered, or ever lost caste, for lending their advice to such a rascally business. Ex amples of the same abuse in principle, namely, advising people how tfiey can do wrong wth impunity, could be drawn from very eminent ranks of the profes sion. A great corporation wishes to vio late the Constitution of the State by which it is chartered. It finds no difficulty In ob taining the best legal advice as to the sub terfuges which it shall employ, or, when those subterfuges have been ruled out by the courts, in employing the same legal advice -in the 'methods of nullifying the decision. A trust wishes to combine for the suppression of competition, and the greatest legal minds are at its service in gaining that end, both before and after its object has been judicially declared to" be illegal. When we consider the extent to which the practice of "the law consists in advis ing and helping clients, not in wlnU they ought to do, but in what they can do, It Is plain that a mere denunciation, even by the courts, will not cure the evil. Of course, there are various degrees of con scientiousness in theprofession; and many lawyers will refuse to do things thafare accounted most respectable of the class referred to. But the trouble is neverthe less fundamental. It consists of the fact that the basis of ;the legal prof eslon as a livelihood will not permit lawyers to adopt tho unswerving policy of telling their clients they must do right If wealthy men wish to form a corporation 'with an 'actual investment-of 500,000, but want to issue $1,500,000 of stock and bonds, the lawyer who tells them that their course would be unconstitutional and they can not do it will lose business, while the law yer who shows them the well-worn methods by which they can evade the pro vision will get the fat fees. So long as the income of lawyers depends on the success with which they serve the interests of their clients, irrespective of law or jus tice, just so long will that sort of service be the chief aim of the legal profes sion. If the courts will undertake to reform this false tendency, theyare entitled to the best wishes of the communityin the effort; but they -will have to stir the legal profes sion up by the roots if they do ii. PEACEFUL TET rREPAKED. The growth of the war spirit in this country is bothering our "esteemed and pacific cotemporary tho Chicago News. It has discovered, in the leisure afforded -by the dull season, that the United States, which should naturally be the enemy of militarism, strong In an impregnable posi tion and by constitution disposed toward justice and fraternity, is rapidly becoming a ramping and roaring lion in search of a victim. "This nation,-" says the 2etcs, "boasts that it is now building more war vessels and making more cannon than any other country. It is planning a great system of coast defenses. Without gaining wisdom from the spectacle exhibited by Europe cowering before its own armies, this foolish Republic joins in the movement to substitute threats for justice. If it would throw its influence on the side of peace in stead of upon the blood-red scale where Europe now dangles it mightpluckout the war spirit from civilization and avert the frightful struggle that threatens trje world." This would be very painful and alarm ing if true. But can the provision of a re spectable nucleus for a system of defense, in a small but efficient navy and a still smaller army, be taken as evidence of a bellicose disposition ? The, coast defenses our cotemporary talks about are very largely on paper still many that are needed are not even ihere and when last spring, there was talk of Italy's sending a squadron of her big warships to bombard New York, the inhabitants of that city were not at all sure that the threat could not be carried out Of course, Chicago, in the interior and in no particular danger of invasion by any body more formidable than a half-starved Anarchist, can afford to say that she -does not see the necessity of spending money on ships and forts and guns. That does not eliminate the necessity, and it does not make a proper care for the country's honor, and the safety of her coasts and commerce, a menace to the peace of the world. The United States is for peace decided ly; the weight of her influence is always on that side. But to enjoy peace herself she must be in a position to fight for it if need be. LOOK OUT! B'itEIt SQUIRREL! It 's not good to be a squirrel to-day, or for many days to come. The lively little sylvan acrobat will have to keep moving to avoid the hunter, who from now on has license to slay him. Soon will come peril ous times for quail and pheasants and game in general. If the horn of the hunter .Is not beard on the hill, his gun will be as the fall grows, and from the breaking of the gray dawn till rosy sundown the woods and fields of all the country within a day's travel of this city will be more or.less pep pered with shot from Pittsburg sportsmen's pieces. To the occasional hunter the informa tion which The Dispatch is enabled to give this morning as to the game laws, the prospects afield, and the feeling of farmers and others on the cognate matter of tres pass, will bo interesting, and to the fortu nate few who can take a gun and start out this morning for an Autumn's shooting it will be invaluable. The question of popping at squirrels and other small deer by the way has a politico-humorous aspect, in view of the solemn determination of the Farmers' Al liance to move its awful machinery against the wicked men, and eke unregenerate boys we suppose, who laugh at minatory ; legends on signboards and trespass on Farmer Jones' land. Perhaps the cun ning little squirrels and B'rer Babbit are behind this plank in the Farmers' Alliance platform. It would be better than sub treasuries and unlimited loans at 2 per cent to the cotton-tail and the squirrel, if the farmers' combination against the hunters should be effective. The Chicago Herald, suggests that the political raachinos of the country should be exhibited in the gigantic machinery ball at tho World's Fair. Got them in there and turn tho key on them for a year or two. An English exchange states, that "since the McKlnley tariff weut into operation the orders placed inforeign countries for woolen goods hitherto Imported are, this season, fifty per cent less than in previous years. Before the new tariff $20,000,000 worth of woolen fabrics annually went Into, tho UnitedStatcs. American maunfacturcrsaro investing large sums in this branch of in dustry in order to meet tho wants of con sumers." This is correct, but it is not tho sort of information to publish in England, wben the free traders here are badly pushed for arguments against the tariff. Theee ought to be some way of prevent ing foolhardy aeronauts from courting tho fate of tho poor wretch who was smashed to atoms nt Detroit on Saturday. It is worse than suicide, which is n punishable crime In eomo States. The People's party in Texas at a recent convention declared that they deemed the threats made by Europeans to withdraw their capital from that State an insult to every American, nnd should be resented by every true patriot who had the welfare of posterity at heart. If the People's party is so very anxious uuont the welfare of poster ity, to say nothing of their own, they should stop talking- pestilent nonsense about repu diating debts and contracts. If they don't there will be very little capital loft in Texas and Immunity from "insult" will prove a costly luxury. Is spite of the rosy reports from the rain- makers In Texas, Secretary Rusk -writes: "I do not belters that It has been proved that rain can be Made to toll every day, bat there are certain days when artificial rain can be produced. .There must bo a certain percentage of humidity in the air." That is to say, rain can only be made when it is rainy. Ella "Wheelkb Wrtcox in her latest effusion uses the? refrain: "We -want no Kings." When aces ore not to be had four Kings are not to be sneezed at, nil the same, 110. The New York Ecrald has had the satis faction of "scooping" the newspapers of the world with its Chilean news. The Dispctch can the more cheerfully congratulate the Herald on this grand feat of legitimate Jour nalism because in these columns Pittsburg has on sovcrnl occasions first learned of the momentous events In South America. President White, of Cornell Univer sity, Is being talked of as Republican candi date for Governor of Now York. What an educational campaign he could make? The establishment of a foundling hos pital in thiscity, an account of which may' be found in our local columns to-day, will undoubtedly save manv Innocent llttlo lives, and perform a useful and Christian purpose in the community. There should be no difficulty in raising the funds to es tablish it solidly. y scnrnxLATiONS of fake. Mrs. Will M. Cableton, the poet's wife, went as a missionary to British Bar man when scarcely 20 years old, and re mained there several years. There is a movement on foot to erect a public ball in Boston in memory of the late Wendell Phillips. This, it is said, is duo to the fact that Mrs. Phillips objects to hav ing a statue of her distinguished husband built. . Max Mttllek, the philologist, will visit Anhalt-Dcssan next month, to unveil a co lossal bust of his father which the Greek Government has presented to the duchy, in recognition of Wilhelm Mailer's sympathy with Greece in the days of her fight for in dependence. Ciiakt.es Gaylob, the old New York playwright, has written over GO plays and is still in the harness. He is generally accom panied by his son Frank; who has been n theatrical manager for SO years. Frank was brought up in the business and for a good many years managed his father's com panies. Senator John W. Daniel, "of Vir ginia, is said to be now the finest orator on the Democratic side of the United States Senate. Major Daniel is an orator of the old school. His language Is affluent, his gestures are carefully studied and he modu lates his voice according to the accepted rules of elocution. Form thousand of the 7,000 volumes comprising the library of tho late Charles Bradlaugh were sold Saturday. There was a spirited competition for the testament which it is said Bradlaugh carried with him throughout the memorable contest in Par liament as to his right to take his seat with out subscribing to the oath. Prof. W. S. Chaplin, Professor of Engi neering in Harvard since 1883, bis been elected Chancellorof Washington University of St. Louis. Previous to his Harvard Pro fessorship, Prof. Chaplin held many import ant positions, chief among which was the Professorship of Civil Engineering in the Imperial University of Japan at Toklo. George J. Gould, who is about 30 years old, did not receive a collegiate education, but as soon as he came of age was taken into his father's office and into a partnership with the firm of brokers of which Jay Gould was at that time a member. Very quickly ho was made a director in this company and that, until soon bo sat at tho council board of pretty nearly all the corporations in which his father held n large interest. William J. Coombs, the newly-elected Democratic member of Congress from tho Third district, Now York, since 1S57 has been successfully engaged in exporting American manufactured goods to foreign markets, no has been competing with for eign manufacturers for 31 years, and has, by a close attention to business, built up the substantial firm of Coombs, Crosby & Eddy. Ho has never held a public office. PBEPABING FOE WASHINGTON. The Fresldental Housekeeping Will Bo Broken Up on September 10. (SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIKPATCUl Cape Mat, Aug. 30. The Presldental fam ily contemplates breaking- up seaside house Keeping on September 10. Secretary Hal ford will attempt to get the immense amount of correspondence answered and be ready to go to Washington on Wednesday or Thursday, where the executive office will be reopened. Tho President will bo very busy the next two days in getting tho correspondenoooutof the way. There will be little official business after Mr. Halford goes to Washington. The President and General Sewell, who is expected Wednes day from Europe, contemplate enjoying a few days of fishing in the sounds and gun ning In tho meadows between Town Bank ana Fishing Creek. Mrs. Harrison and ladles go to New York Tuesday to welcome Mrs. Russell Harrison and Mrs. McKee, who will arrive from Europe on the White Star steamer Majestic. The President was thinking of going, but because of the heavy correspondence, has decided to attend to that. To-day was a dis mal one and the family all remained indoors. Mr. and Mrs. Boyd dined with them to-night. Mr.and Mrs.Howard Ccle.wlll leave their cot tage to-morrow morning for their Indianapo lis home. Bussell Harrison, who arrivedlast night, left for New York an a late train to night and will join the ladles at Jersey City Tuesday. FAEMING IN MEXICO. Not a Tory Serious Rival of This Country in the Way of Agriculture, American Agriculturist. While Mexico is generally reputed to be one of the richest, it is in reality one of the poorest agricultural countries on the Amer ican continent. It produces barely enongh corn and beans to keep an impoverished population alive. With tropical belts on the Gulf and Pacific coasts' pre-eminently adapted for the cultivation of sugar and cotton it has no surplus of either crop for export. There are no flnercoffee lands in the world tbnn the mountain slopes of Vera Cruz, Mlchoacan, Jalisco, Guerrero and Oajaca; but the product Is inconsiderable In com parison with that of Brazil. With tho ex ception of hides nnd raw fiber, Mexico has only a small surplus of agricultural produce to send to the American market, which re ceives the bulk of the exports of South America nnd the West Indies. This inertia of its working population combined with a deficient water supply and anunprogrosslve agrarian system neutralizes tho advantages ot vast extent of territory, variety of natural products and range of climate. A Study in Natural History. Detroit Free Press.; Ho was poor and not noticeably industri ous, but he managed sonohow to be quite a butterfly or fashion and a favorite in so ciety. Then be married a girl in no way his su perior in energy or finances, andforthe past five years he hns been barely able to feed his following. A friend met him the other day on Jeffer son avenue, walking along very thought fully. Hello," he said, "why so solemn?" r "Oh, I was Just thinking," he replied vaguely. "That doesn't cost anything, at least," suggested the friend, "but what were you thinking about?" - "Well, mostly about how things go by con traries. Wben I was in school I was taught that the grub came first and then tho but terfly." "Yes?" prompted the'friond qucstlonlngly as the other paused a moment. "Now I discover," he wont on, "that the butterfly is after the grub, and it is pretty, rough on the butterfly, stoo." Proved Their Belligerency. New York World. The Chilean insurgents seem to have rec ognized their own belligerency and demon strated it. ' THINGS IN GENERAL. A Summer Vacation Visit to Historic New England The Town of Duxbury, Once Known to the Whple Commercial World A Stolen Bell. Across the narrow waters of Duxbury Bay I can see, as I'wrtte, a brown house set pleasantly amidst the trees upon the other bank, wherein dwelt for twenty, thirty, some say forty years, two women, sisters, in a silence as austere and unsociableas Is kept in a Trappist monastery, nursing an unend ing quarrel. Nobody knows now Just what tho quarrel was about. One tradition says that lovo was at the bottom of this grim contradiction of love; another tradition finds tho root of the matter in that most fruitful source of all manner of detestabil- itics, the desire of money. Anyhow, there they lived together, actually getting their breakfasts, dinners, and suppers at the same stovo, and sleeping in thesamo room, and receiving visitors in tho samo parlor, but never speaking, holding absolutely no coml municatlon one with the other. Every house in an old town has a store of tragedy and' comedy In its annals. And Duxbury is one of the oldest of the old towns on this side of the water. Miles Standish, and J ohn Alden, and Eldor Brewster, passen gers in the Mayflower, settled be-e soon after the beginning of things at Plymouth. The first house must have been erected here in slxtcon-twenty-and-something. ' A Historic Residence. The house which the second Governor Winslow built in this neighborhood is still standing. There is a groat tree beside the door which grew, they say, Out or a twig which theGovernor used once for a riding whip in a famous race. He thrust it down into tho earth to mark the fact of his arrival, and it spread out below and above into roots and branches. And here now is this great overarching tree. The Governor's bouse is plain enough for the strictest Puritan taste, not at all a man sion, a big, stout, gray-toned, rambling structure, shingled roof and sides, after tho Duxbury fashion, down to the ground. The later Duxbury fashion, still to be seen somowhore along every road, was to shingle the front nnd to make the sides of briok. Faint and paper have spoiled the 'interior. Tho generous old fireplaces have been bricked up. The dignity of the Governor's day has altogether departed. But the stout old houso is as strong as ever. The big beams run across the low ceilings, low as In tho room where Shakespeare first saw the light in Stratford. The old narrow stairway, its steps-worn by many feet, still climbs out of the front entry. And upstairs, besido a fireplace, is a secret closet,' a real secret closet, with a hidden entrance through a panel in the wainsooat. You look into its black depths and the hostess tells you how it was made for a hiding place and put to its protective uses in the War of the Revolu tion. WInslow's houso Is on the way to Web ster's at Marshfield. The house that Web ster lived in was burned to tho ground, but the old place is still to be seen with its big trees and its marshy ponds, and the spring whose cool water Webster tasted. And along tho road, in tho little graveyard on the hill, you can read the namo of Daniel Webster on a plain "marble stone. Commerce in the Early Days. The house in which I write stands on ground which was onco the property of KingCrosar! King Ciesar's name was Wes ton. Ho got his title from his autocratio manner. Weston in his day, early in tho century, was the wealthiest shipowner in New England. The old wharf which still runs out into the bay before the house was crowded with merohandiso and shipping. Tho name of Duxbury was known in ovory commercial harbor of tho world. The place is great enough now. Mr.Knapp has a bo-'.' school here in term time, and summer boarders take tho boys' places in tho long vacation. Nothing bigger than the most modest eorfof sailboat is ever at anchor beside the wharf. The grass grows where tho busy feet hurried to and fro lad inir the old ships. Every day, when the tide goes out, a long reach of bare fiats extends out into tho bay, as if tho sea wore trans formed Into a muddy meadow. There is no hotel in Duxbury. There are few passen gers on or off the Old Colony train at the little station. The "barges" which convey people to and from tho railroad are never crowded. The old life and stir in the air has altogether gone. There is nothing to do in Duxbury oxcept to rest. The history of Duxbury is all in the past. So there is interest in Duxbury In addition to its opportunities ns a summer lounging place. You can not only get out of the world hero, but you can actually get away back out of the contury, The bis square houses, set beside the rambling roads, painted in colonial yellow or in gray and brown out of nature's paint pot, recall the old days when tho masts stood about the bay like trees and people of distinction in the commercial world of the time looked outof tho windows. Tho grocery stores bear a sign over the door whiDh dates back to the era of the old ships. 'English and West India Goods" are to be had, the sign says, within. Direct importa tions once. Straight from England and the Indies came the linen and sugar of that day into this port of Duxbury. A Stolen Monastery Bell. The boys at Mr. Knapp's school and the vacation hoarders are called to dinner by a bpll which in some good old time called some company of monks to prayers. The bell swings in a little wooden turret, sur mounted by across. Somebody in priest's dress, with head tonsured and lips accus tomed to the Latin speech, spoke a prayer of benediction onco over this little bell. Just what monastery in the South it came from, nnd Just who it was whether King Caesar, or some other that stole it I know not. But certain it is that one day some ship from the West Indies brought to this old wharf, with other cargo of sugar and molasses, this stolen monastery bell. And here it swings ami sounds to-day. We got better meals here than the old monks had, I ventnre. And though we may not pray somapy times a day as they did, and though there are a good many more novels than breviaries In our possession, still, we got more wholesome pleasure outof life. And that is worth while, anyhow. I can commend Duxbury to the rest-hunter. The salt water washes np close to the grass of the wide lawn. Tho big trees grow in groves and groups, and their shade almost meets the water. It is a rare and most de lightful combination of shade and salt. To lie In a hammock In the shadow of tho green trees and look out over the sea is worth a Journey even over that dustiest of nil mod ern railways, the Old Colony. StUI and Surf Bathing. The bathing here is in still water. A few miles away, accesslblcPby rowboat or carriage is Duxbury Beach, where tho surf rolls in, a long,- wide, handsome stretch of firm sand, nine miles of it, from Brant Hock to Garret Lights. Bowing, sailing and driv ing are to be had In perfection. Children thrive here wonderfully, under tho trees and in the shallow water, and on rainy days beneath the roofs of the big barns. The little company of guests go out, in sailing parties, play tennis, organlzo great subscrip tion balls in the gymnasium (where tho Virginia Keel and Old Dan Tucker ore the favorite numbers, and which- cost tho twenty subscribers no less than 35 cents nplece), and regalo themselves with clam bakes. Mr. Harlow, of the firm of Longfel low, Alden & Harlow, well known in FIttf burg architecture, is one of tho vacation household here. Spang and Blssell repre sent Pittsburg on the list of Mr. Knapp's boy pupils, I am at the end of my space without hav ing dealt at all with Pilgrim Dnxbury. Bo hind vacation Duxbury and colonial Dux bury He the days of tho men of the May flower. Mtles Standish stands in stone on the top ot a high column erected on the summit of a bill in the midst of his old farm. And John Alden's great-great-grandson still lives in the houso In whloh John Alden nnd Prisoilla died. Across tho bay the lights of jriymoum gutuer in a long procession night. There is enough Tiere for a i everv second letter. Bad Weather for the -Alliance. New Orleans Picayune. Tho weather is spfsndid for gathering crops, and some of the Alliance men have been almost tempted io work on their farms and abandon political gatherings. HOUSEKEEPING IN LONDON. It Is Qnlte Different From That in This Country. Ladles Home Journal. An American taking a hpnse in London will learn at the outside that she will have to keep more servants in the old country than in the new. These servants are trained, ana one w ho is willing to engage to do many things is usually willing to take such a posi tion becauso she is Incompetent in every thing. A small family there would keep a cook, a chambermaid and a waitress. The washing would be put out and u charwoman would be called In onco a week to help with a general cleaning and clearing up. A very good cook can bo had for $100 a year, a cham bermaid for $60, and a smart waitress for $S0. The Churwomin will be paid two shillings, or BO cents, a day, nnd given her beer and food. Tho washing for such' a family will cost from three to four dollars a week. In America such a family would have two women one a cook, who would also wash andiron, and another as chambermaid and waitress. The servants wo have hero do more, but they do it more roughly and aro totally deficient in that silent subservience which mnkes the trained English domestio perform the usual household duties with automatic celerity. Generally, you havo to have a greater number of servants there than here, but wages are less and the feed ing costs less. There the servants do not expect to eat Just what is provided for the family. Not at all. When the marketing Is done, special things are bought ror the serv ants, and they have a table of their own, the meals being served at a different hour, nna tho quulity of food very much less in cost. They eat very little meat, most of it salt; the cheapest kind of fish, and then they have potatoes and greens and puddings with treacle. And they are piovfded with beer, unless in engaging servants it is stipulated that the engagement is "without beer." putting ok peessube. The Effects or Increasing tho Length of the American Vacation. Now York Post. J The American "season" is steadily under going lengthening or shortening, according as one regards it from the point of view of the country or the city. Country bouses that used to be leased for three or four months at tho outside, are now seldom taken for less than 'Six. In fact, it, is getting to be qnlte "tho thing" to make the summer in the conntry run over the Christmas holi days; and in the spring-, also,. the date for leaving the city has been pushed back from June to May, and even April. The effect of this shortening of the part of tho yenr devoted to life in the city is grow ing more and more marked in several im portant directions. It cuts offa fall quarter of the efficient activity of churches, for ex ample, and makes their efforts within tho limited time tonser and almost spasmodic. School and college, too. are affected, and the gradual lengthening of college vacations. onservaDie now lor some years in tne lopping off a week in the spring and another in tho fall is undoubtedly due In good part to this cbange in social custom. In like manner the theatrical nnd musical year In tho city has hnd to be curtailed. The total result is to put life at a higher strain for the shorter period. Whether this greater strain is what is bringing on the longer summering, or whether the prolonged sum merina has led to the more intense life, mightbe a curious question. . ' AMERICANS ABE QUEEB. What an Observant Scotchman Saw in and Out of a Restaurant, Brooklyn Standard-Union. 3 A young Scotchman remarked the other day: "You Americans are curious people." "And pray in what way do you flndns ourious?" I ventured to ask. "Why," he explained, "I was in a restau rant in New York the other day, and two young men came in, sat down near me, and without removing tholr hats demolished their noonday lunch in exactly six minutes and then rushed out. Fifteen minutes later, aftor I had finished mine, I started np the street; three doors above the restaurant stood tho two young men watching a fight between two newsboys. Yes, I think you Americans aro incomprehensible." DEATHS HERE AND EL8EWHEBE. Judge G. W. Scofield. Judge G. W. Scofield died at 3 o'clock vestcrdar mornlnir at his home In Warren. Pa. He f had been In impaired health for some time past. and for the past monta was closely confined to the house, since which time he has failed from day to day. A partial paralytic stroke Thursday affected his speech and right arm. Ills powerful mind was clear and actlre to the last. Judge Scofield was born at DewittvlIIe. N. Y., March 11, 1817. He learned printing when 14 years of age and worked at the trade about three years. At the age of 17 he eutered Hamilton College, New York. lie taught school for two years, and was admitted to the bar In 1&42. He practiced law in Warren and was appointed District Attorney in 1848 by Governor Shunk. In 1849 and 1850 he was a member of the Legislature. He was a Democrat till 1856. When tbc RepubUean party was formed he Joined that party, and the same year was elected to the State Senate. He was President Judge or Mercer. Venango, Clarion and Jefferson Counties; a member or the Thirty-eighth, Thirty-ninth, Fortieth, Fortv-flrat, Forty-second and Forty-third- Congresses, serving on important committees, and was Beelster of the Treasury under President Hayes. He was appointed Judge nf Court of Claims by President Garfield, serving 10 years, when lie resigned In July last. Many messages of condolence are pour ing In from the National capital and all parts of the country. John H. Chandler, Missionary. The funeral of John Hassett Chandler took place at Alfton, Wis., recently. In 18U he was appointed lay missionary to Burmah by tho American Baptist Missionary Union. He was transferred to SUm In 1843 and In 1859 was ap pointed United States Consul at Bangkok. He was prominently Identified In Introducing modern Im provements In that country. He Introduced ma chinery, assisted In establishing machine shops and In building the first steamboat ever used In that country. He was also Instructor of the sons of the nobility and tntor of the present King of Slam. Through his instrumentality religious liberty was secured to the nath e Christians. After 3) years or labor, he was obliged to leave his work on account of the ill heiltl. oHils wife. The year following he went to Camden, N. J., where he spent the remain der of his lire. In 1834, when an embassy was sent to this country from Slam, he was appointed by the King as Interpreter. Jonathan Oldham, Abolitionist. Jonathan Oldham, for many years con nected with the sheriff's office in Boston, and pre vious to that a member or the btate constabulary, died Friday In Island Creek, Mass. He was 63 years of age, and had been active In politics all his life. He was a strong Abolitionist, and later a stanch Republican. He went to Kansas with the early settlers In 18S3, and was a warm friend of John Brown. When the war broke out he was ap pointed scout for the Western division, and re mained In that capacity until the close of the rebel lion. When Lee surrendered became East with his family, and was Interested la politics up to the time of his death. Old Father Kemp. A picturesque figure in American amuse ments died Friday at North Scitnate Beach, Mass., In the person of "Old Father" Kemp, the origin ator of the "OldeFolkes' Concerts," which were popular some 30 or S3 years ago. Mr. Kemp lived in Boston. He was between 70 and 75 years old. With a son and daughter-in-law he was spending the summer atMitchel's Hotel. North Scituate. and waslust about starttngfor borne when he fell dead. Mr.Kemp was a fine baryton singer and took pan himself In his concerts, get "dly made up as a Satrlarch, with flowing wui j . -ard, spectacles and eavy cane. Morgan McElfatrlck, A-rhltect. Morgan McElfatrick, who died in St. Louis Friday, was regarded as one of the best the atrical architects In this country. His la'st piece of work was the designing of plans for the new Havlln Theater, which Is to built on the site of the old Walnut Street House, Cincinnati. Obituary Note. MAniE Taoliosi, once famo'ts as a danseusc, la dead In Vienna. BlV. Jacob Doebksen, a prominent United Brethren divine of Baltimore, died Friday night from the effects of a sunstroke received June 22. Bros. William Henbt Peck, wife of Prof. Peck, the Florida noellst, died or apoplexy in Atlanta, Saturday morning. She was 52 years old. ' Aoht Emily Ward Is dead at Detroit. For two generations Emily Ward has been a leading figure among Michigan's best known private bene factors. Domzniccs WeTJmax, President of the Foreign Fruit Exchange and of the Prult Buyers' Union, New York, died at Pine HIU. Ulster county, N.Y.. Friday evening. J. M. Kklley, Superintendent of Blaine's Car Works, and formerly Master Car Builder of tho Alabama Great Southern Railroad at Chattanooga, died Friday night In Olcn Cove Springs, Fla, CAPTAIX W. C. CB0SSLBTk builder of a New Haven fleet of coasting schooners and proprietor of the Madison Shipyards, died at his home. In' Madison, Conn., baturday or rheumatism ror. the heart. Major J. B. Caupbell, of tha Second Artillery, U. S. A., died suddenly at the Windsor Hotel, Montreal, Friday afternoon. Major Campliell had nnlv ripntlv twfn nrnmnted. and was ubout to join nis commanu ui xun atuuiuum, wuu. took an active part In the ClrllWar. He STARS OF SEPTEMBER. - Autumn Begins on the 23d of the Month The Moon and the Planets to Exchange Courtesies Morning and Evening Stars In the Constellation. The sun hastens off toward the equator very rapidly throughout September, and on the '23d at 3.CC in the morning, to be exact- astronomical autumn begins. The sun rises at 537 September 1, whereas it rose at 4:33 on the corresponding day of August. Its hour of setting is 6 33 on September 1, as against 7:35 on the same day of August. Cooler airs will be In order henceforth. The frozen north will relapse into a long six months of darkness, and the summer boarder will be driven relentlessly baok to the tedium of bis city affairs. Summer is almost over. A pleasant fnterchango of courtesies be tween the lost Quarter of August's moon and the plane begins on the first night of the new month, when Mars approaches very close to his more luminons sister. The pair may be seen to best advantage about mid night. Venus, queen of the heavens, passes even closer to the moon, as we view it, than docs Mars, and tho date of her proximity to the brightest planet is only one night later than that of her rival. Early in tho ovou ing Scntember 3 a lovely celestial spectacle may bo seen. Then It is that the moon be gins the month In nil its newness, while shining close to It in a slightly southerly direction glows the soft golden light of Sat urn, now waning and nearing tho end of her allotted time as an evening star. Jupiter tne Evening Star. Jupiter remains brilliant as an evening star throughout tho month. His brightest time of the year will occur on the evening of the fifth, when he is in opposition to the sun. Later hi tho month, and later In the night, he approaches very nea'r tS the moon, and as the moon is Just then approaching its fullness, September IT, the spectacle will be a glorious one, In wblob Uranus nnd Nep tune will bo Seen in bright array, with Sat urn glowing faintly. At midnight of Sep tember 12 Mercury arrives at an inferior conj unction witn tne sun. so tnat lor a time this small planetary gom is lost to night. Until October 27 Mercury belongs to tho morning stars, and be may be seen to the best advantage Just before the first October sun rises. Saturn also passes over into the. morning stars September 13, and those who are fond of watching this dainty gem in the evening hours must bid hergoodby until the bright nights of the Christmas period. The rings which encircle this planet disappear August 22. The following day the sun en ters the constellation of Libra, and then summer Is over. September finds the Great Bear strain ap proaching tho north, low down, whilo the Little Bear descends on the left or west side of.the pole. The two foremost stars of the Big Dipper may be seen about 9 o'clock, low and slightly toward the east. There is some thing wonderfully attractive in this group of stars forming the Dipper, especially when one pauses to think that each of them, though but a point ot light in a great ex panse, is really an enormous zlobe hundreds of thousands of times larger than this earth. Nobody can tell how far off they are, but It is known that if our sun were removed and E laced beside them it would not shine as rilllantly as the smallest of tho whole Dlp Eer family. Yet the sun, it must be remem ered, is 1,050,000 times larger than the earth Two Brilliant Galaxies. In the southern sky, two ecliptical con stellations shine resplendent Sagittarius and Caprlcornus. The former is commonly represented on the stnr maps as a centaur, though as far as imagination goes he might as well be a crab or a bird, for it is no easy matter to delineate the figure of a centaur In that constellation. In early days Sagittar ius was fignred as a satyr, which suited the purpose quite as well as the centaur. Capricorn ns formed tho basis of uninter esting superstition which was held by tho old astrologers. They maintained that whenever all the planets came together in Caprlcornus there was a deluge, while, In versely, when the conjunction occurred In Cancer, there was a conflagration. This be lief arose from the fact that whon the sun was in Cancer his rays were warmest, and when In Capricorn they wore feeblest. The astrologers reasoned that if such effects fol lowed when one planet (the sun being a planet of the astrological system) was in these constellations, very much worse things might be expected when all the planets were together In Capricorn or Canoer. High in the September heavens may be seen the bright constellation, Aqnila, with that- smaller constellation, the Dolphin, close at hand, while nil around andabont gleam tho bright parts of tho Milky Way. The stars for September furnish no brighter and lovolier scene than this. With a small telescope its glories are revealod in a two fold sense. One must not look for any thing resembling a dolphin in tho constellation bearing that name, for no snch resemblance exists. Possibly there once was suoh a re semblance, but, as the constellation has changed somewhat in brightness and in relative position since the group was named, the identity has been lost. All the stars In reality are rushinz thronirh snace at a tre mendous rate, and it is easy to understand why the smaller constellations should show the effects of their celestial system of rapid transit, nowever fast they travel, the re sults of their changed positions are barely perceptible since the time, 4,000 years ago, when they were mapped. The Herdsman of the Heavens. Bootes, the Herdsman, may be seen in tho Western sky throughout tho September nights, chasing the Great Bear off toward tho North. This is the way the old astrolo gers imagined him, and it seems to be a very and snggostive conception. Bootes stands upright now and may bo seen to the best ad vantage, in April no was co cmontiy situ ated for observation, but none so well as now. Bootes is down on the star maps as a man with uplifted arms. One hand holds a club, the other the ens,hor tho hunting doss. The tiny star just above Aquila is Sjgltta, the smallest of tho ancient constellations, and very near it is the constellation of Vul pccula, or "the fox and the goose." With the aia of a very powerful telescope there may be soen In Vutpecula a remarkable star cloud. "It was formerly thought," says Prof. Proctor, "to consist entirely of small stars, so remote that they could not be seDarately discerned; but it has lately been discovered that the greater part of this nebula's light comes from glowing gai. The vastness of the space occupied by this cloud of luminous gas will bo understood though no mind can possibly conceive it when I mention that at tha distance of the -nearest of the fixed stars the wholo of our solar sys tem would appear but as a mere point, even in a Dowerful telescope." t This nebula occupies a region of space many times larger than that through which the planets of our solar system pursue their paths a statement that may be better com prehended when It is remembered that the oarth's path around the snn is fully 184,000, 000 miles, while Neptune, the remotest planet of the whole Bolar system, has an orbit of more than 5,000,000,000 miles. This patch of gas in Vulpecuhi Is, therefore, larger than the spneo Included within Neptuno's orbit. FUEL OH IN PEBTJ. An Industry Carried on by British Capital. lata at Callao. Light. Heat and Power. A British petroleum company, which has works in Northern Peru and a depot at the port of Callao, has made arrangements at the latter for the reception of tho refined lubricating oil, benzinr, otc, qf their manu facture from petroleum, nndhasalsoerccted large tanks for the storage of the refuse. This refnso is the only fuol used on the steamers chartered by tho-company, and It is also supplied to tho Central Peruvian Railway Company for use on their locomo tives, with reported good results. Some factories in Callao are also making arrange ments to burn it Instead of coal, as it is said to cost much loss, while the outlay required for altering the furnaces for its use Is Incon siderable. KATYDID. In tho cool, crisp nights of autumn. When the woods are dark and still. Loud abovo the lisping crickets Bings in accents clear and 6hrill That never-ending wrangle of tho green-winged katydid: natydldl Katy didn't! Yes she did I From twilight until rosy dawn steals softly o'er the . bills. These disputations insects, who Inherit stubborn wills. t Are nagzlng one another with voices rasping rndc: Who was it broke the bottle? And at once the restless brood: Katy did I Katydldn'tl Yes she did 1 When frosty nights Bave chilled the fierceness of their rows. And only faint, weak stragglers still cling among the boughs. 'Tls sad to hear their faltering song. Thin echo of the past. Still keeping up the family fend, though life be slipping fast: Katy did I . Katy didn't! Yes she did! ' Ibrett and Stream. OUR MAIL POUCH. Our Teachers' Institute Criticized. To the Edltorof The Dlsnatchi The annual session of the Allegheny County Teachers" Institute for thbj year closed Friday. Many of the lecturers Jacked volnme of voice to fill the long hall Carne gie, in Allegheny and the audience in the rear only heard a Tar off explosion at inter vals. What was said was entertaining and interesting to those who heard, but, for the roost part, wo not practical, was not what the teachers needed for use in their schools. Tho County Superintendent is an earnest worker, but he failed in the output of this institnte, which cost over7,000, cost a whole work's patient listening by 700 teachers, be sides their boarding and fare money, who expected to bo better equipped by it for their schoolroom duties. Excepting in the drills on mnslo there were but few practical suggestions thrown out. By a very wordy route one speader succeeded in hiding his ideas, if he had any, but capped Ms climax with the proclamation: "Train np a child in the wny be should go, and when he is old he wilt not depart from It." He did not suggest any method of training: he gave no example of any cast of child mind, nor how to train that mind, but sim ply directed the teachers to do what he was expected to show how to do. Possibly ho was throwing out a bait to urge teachers Into his normal school for the methods. There was a dearth of the practical through out tho scssioiix. and hence I consider the institute a failure. Why spend so much valuable time and so much money for to little good for that which cannot be used. Does this boost the Sunerlntendent nnd his allies, does it redound to the glory and popularity of a few gentlemen who take this wny of advertising themselves?, I know not, bat I do know that the expected, the necessaty goods, were not delivered. I would nsk the Superintendent why not hold these institutes in the public ward schoofe houses? If one building bo not enough take as many as may bo needed. Ther you could have every facility, blackboards, cravons, maps, g oues, scif-ntine implements," etc The trainers conld nnss from room to room. and.whon needed the teachers could do the same thing. There the tenchors would be In more immediate contact with the in structor, could ask questions and receive .answers at least In ono sense satisfactory, could be heard. There the instructor would be compelled to know mora than his listeners or step down and givo room for some one qualified to instruct. There methods could bo ex plained fully, classes could bo drilled and tho work of the city nnd country schoolroom developed and exemplified. These are to a great extent Impracticable in Carnegie Hall, Allegheny. By conducting the institute thus the superintendent's conscience would be clear no remorse; the teacher would feel that his time was well spent, and the schools would receive that benefit which tho law contemplates. Teacher. Pittsburg, August 29. A Plea for Chlcora. To the Editor of The Dispatch: In reply to "K. C. K.'s" remarks in your Mall Pouch column of a recent date I would say the name Chlcora did not originate from a famous Rebel gunboat, but from an excur sion boat plying on Canadian waters. But allowing It did come from the B'cbel gun boat, does it hurt the town any? Our cities have names which originated from some thing more notorious than any gunboat; but it has not affected them. Then I might ask my worthy scribe whalj is In a name, and the same reply would greet me, "Nothing." Would this famous gunboat, have appeared to K. C. K. If the Postoffice had been named Chlcora Barnhart? I should say not. It is not the namo Chlcora which has affected him, nor the famous Rebel gunboat. It Is the idea of it not being called Bamhartvllle, Barnhart Hollow, West Barnhart, or any thing under heaven with the name of Barn hart. Again, what has the Cigarette BUI, or Brow's bill opposing the same, to do with the name Chlcora! No doubt Hon. Brow would have refrained from using it in his arguments if it had been coupled with a notorious gunboat. Tho postoffice, tolegraph and railroad sta tion will soon be called Chlcora and, I am sure, the Postmaster General would never have allowed suoh a ohange if he had thought the name "Chlcora" would hurt the present standing of the town. "Nine-tenths" of the citizens do not feel insulted, as K. C. K. has stated, becauso ofthename. Barnhart Mills has been tried and found wanting. Let the poor old rebel gunboat named Chlcora reign and you will find tbo standard of this beautiful town not lowered but raised to a higher standard than It has ever yet at tained. K. B. H. CuiCORA, Pa., August 29. The Chilean Cities. To the Editor of The Dispatch: Which is tho capital and which the me tropolis of Chile? Whnt is the relative im portance of Valparaiso? Quibt. Bkaveb Falls, August 23. Santiago, with a population of 235,000, is both the capital and the largest city. It is but a comparatively short distance inland, and on the direct ronte from Valparaiso, which Is the chief seaport of tbo country. Valparaiso has 95,000 inhabitants. Who Can Answer Tills? To the Editor of The Dispatch: ' now many Mnjor-Generals who fought on the Union side in the late war aro still liv ing? X. Y. Z. GnEEXsr.uno, August SO. NEW PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS To Take the Place of Those Destroyed by Johnstown's Flood Dedicated. tSPECIAL TKLKOKAU TO THE DISPATCn. JonMSTOWif, Aug. 30. The new parochial schools of St. John's Catholic Church, which were erected to take the place of those de stroyed by the flood, were dedicated to day with imposing ceremonies. All tho Catholic societies in the city tntned ont in uniform with tho seven bands. RevFather Bush and Father Smith, of Altoona, were met at the afternoon train and escorted to the school building, where Father JJash per formed tho ceTemony of blessing to the school, and Father Smith delivered the dedicatory sermon to an audience of 10,000 people. The schools will open to-morrow with eight teachers. St. John's is the largest and strongest Cathollo congregation in this part of the State, and the pastor. Father Bovle, who succeeded Father Tahrney, is building it up rapidly. Lawrence a Weak BascnL New York Sun. Cashier Lawrence of tho Keystone Bank's story of falsifying books at tho Instance of his suuerlor officers with the object of con cealing their stealings, has all tho earmarks of truthfulness. Cashier Lawrence, one per--oetves, feared to lose his situation and mis judged the results of retaining it. Had he split at the outset he would not have been believed; his only course was to retire, for which ho lacked nerve. The subordinate is wrecked who fails to distinguish between tho'' crooked manager who keops to tho windy side of tho law, nnd the one who is fool enough to bring himself within it. Tho odds are long that tho last sort is a doomed dog. He lacks ca pacity, and tho kind of his crookedness is final proof of his defect. The odds amount to a cinoh that the subordinate him self will hocomo a scapegoat. This sporting combination Is the ono tiling that that class of folks will probaDly never learn. SOME PEOPLE WHO TRAVEL. O. A. Williams, of THE Dlspatch com posing room, leaves this morning for Indian apolis to assumo bis duties as a member of the Reorganization Committee of the Inter national Typographical Union. Mr. Will iams was appointed on tho committee as n successor to T. B. luown, of Topeka. He was a delegate to the last meotlng of the I. T. V., nnd is peculiarly fitted for the duties of bis new assignment. The conductor of the Limited 'last night said that Archbishop Ireland, of Minnesota, had alighted here in company with two Sis ters. The Sisters were seen, but no trace or the dignitary could bo found, ne was not expected by Bishop Phelan or tho local clergy. Lieutenant Kimmell, of Battery B; Cap tains Coon and Awl, of the Eighteenth Regi ment, and a number of officers and men of the Second Brigade, left for the Stato shoot at Mt. Gretna last night. Coroner's Clerk Grant Miller returned vesterday from a two weeks' vacation at Atlantic City, looking much improved from the rest. Dr. Wiley, of Penn avenue, left last night for New York and .Albany. Ho will return on Tuesday. W. II. Brill, of Philadelphia, is regis tered at the Schlosser. .W. H. Fox, of Kew York, is a Dnquesne guest. nTmrnTtrt nAifnvn I mrntTn "r -uuiuuua uuKJjjiaaaiiufla. ;?.. Southern Pacific locomotives will soon use for fuel bricks made of cool dust and asphaltum. j A vegetable cartridge shell, which is entirely consumed in firing, is now coining Into general use in tne French army. There are now 27 royal families "In Europe,whlcb have about I'm male members." ' Of these 27 families, no less than IS are Ger--, man. y In S'cily pigs are nsedas the scavengers of the towns. Thoycat tho filthiest of street refuse, ovor which a little brad has been prend. A man at Shelton, Conn., has acquired " an appetite for live ballfrogs,whicb be swal lows easily, if not too larye. and with evU. , dent relish. f, A sugar 15 times sweeter than cane' sugar and 20 times sweeter than beet sugar'.' hns been extracted from cottonseed meal hy'i a German chemist. A man In. Concord, Mich., makes his . living by raising English sparrows. When., the birds feather out he cuts off their beads and gets the per cent on them. The man-faced crab of Japan has a body ' hardly an Inch in length, yet the head Is fitted with a face which Is the perfect coun terpart of that of a Chinese coolie. Eskimo women are boot and shoemakers, -as well as tailors and mantuamakers. Boots , are made of sealskin throughout, or, else) f the legs of sealskin and the soles of walrus Hkin. Subterranean Florida fo honeycombed by underground streams. Whon these are obstructed from nny canse they work their way to tno sunace, maKing tno zreic swnmps which are characteristic of tha State. Prof. Lavr has experimented with sev- ' eral different forms which were capable, of doubling their number every honr. Wben in the best condition a single bacterium will give 16,777,200 individuals in the short space of 24 hours. Stone forests are found in variiras parts of the world In mnny cases they aro hard ened by some peculiarity of tho atmosphere, and are found standing just as they were . when clothed with green foliago thousands of years ago. The provincial cities of France are being entertained by a remarkable artist. With plates of various colored sand before her, she takes the sand in her right band nnd causes it to fall in beautiful designs upon a tabic. A herd of half-bred bison exists in England. The animals are descended from American bison imported several years ago by Viscount Combermere and crossed on British cowh. The half-bison beef has al ways sold at the highest prices. On the road leading from Atglen to Cochranville, Chester county, Pa., two good sized streams meet at right angles on al most level gronnd, each having a heavy fall in reaching the point. The streams -.cross each other and continue on their way in separate beds. The revenue of the Brooklyn bridge amounts to $L500,000 a year, derived almost excluslvel v from fares. The other items of revenue, last year, were $82,000 from rentals and $13 000 from telegraph and telephone companies. The lightest month in the year for business on the bridge is July. At Gnilford, Conn., there is a Shanghai rooster endowed with an ear for music and a sweet voice. It is owned by the pastor of the Congregational Church.and as It has had frequent opportunities to hear the doxology it has learned the tnne. and sings It, too, much to tbo amusement of thecongregatlon. The street railways of Paris are under the Government control and the rules for their guidance are very strict. Only four passengers are allowed to stand on the back platform, and Uiey must pay tho same fare as the flrst-class passengers inside, viz., S cents, while those on the roof ot the car ride at half rates. Indian Agent Cole has completed his work of enrolling the Cmur d'Alene Indians entitled to a share in the distribution of $500,000 paid by tho Government for lands recently ceded. It is found that 428 Indians are entitled to a share of the money, nnd that each will receive si.iuu. some oi tnem are already well-to-do. Eskimo women are nearly nil expert Jugglers. They make all sorts of figures with a string reindeer, bcara, geese, musk oxen, dogs and the like and there i3 one thing they can do to perfection a woman will change her coat right in front of your eyes, nnd there will not bo the slightest sug gestion of indelicacy in the act. Both in Vienna and Berlin organ grinders are obliged to pay heavily for a license and ore restricted under severe penalties to . playing in court yards or cafes or liquor stores. Plaving in the streets is absolutely forbidden. In Paris the license is equally costly, nnd the "artist" is only allowed to play within authorized hours, at the places ., specially mentioned in his license. ' A Los Angeles man suffered so intense ly from an obstruction in bis intestines that an operation was found necessary to save his life. At switch of woman's hair, half of i black and.half of it blonde.was fonnd lodged tnerc. The man had during his life two wives, one a brunette nnd the other a blonde. After the victim had recovered from tho operation ho denied having ever swallowed tho switch. , The sword carried by Ethan Allen at the battle of Tlconderoga io now In Jack son. Mich. It has an old-fashioned blade 27 inches long, nicked and venerable: the handle, which is of bone, is seven inches long, the mounting is oi silver wasneu wiin gold- on one of tho bands of the scabbard the .name "Ethan Allen" is engraved. A dog's head of silver forms the end of the handle, nnd from this to the guard is a silver chain. A farmer living near Sulphur Springs, O., was at a cranberry 'marsh at work when he fonnd six pretty round eggs, nnd so rently pleased was he at their appenranco that ho picked them up and put them in his nooket to take home to the children. The warmth of his pocket spoiled the eggs as playthings for the children, for wben he reached home the farmer found he had five little blacksnakes in his pocket, one of the eggs failing to hatoh. A party from the Portland Oregonian office lately ascended Mount Hood. On the summit they saw n very lively mouso.whieh had made its nest In the copper box left by tho Alplno Club. It had gnawed one corner off the book nnd cut np a newspaper to make a nest. Some of the boys threw stones at the mouse, but soon desisted wben they thought what a straggle for existence the little beast must have. What thomcTuseor the foxes live on Is difficult to imagine. Tho party left somo food for the mouse, and probably everyone who ascends the Mount ain leaves some crusts or crumbs there, but sucn stray fodder must furnish n very pre carious exlstenco even for a mouse and his mate. . . . JESTS FBOM the JOUENAL3. PBEsarntE-all bound. He pressed his suit persistently With vigor, go and snap; She pressed his suit three times a week. By sitting on his lap. Smith, Grau& Co.' Monthly. Maudie Good gracious! I think there is" man following close behind ns! - Jennie Well, don't walk so fist. dear. He never can catch up with us. Sea YorkTeJeoram. A Specialist. "Why don't yon work?! said a charitable lady to a tramp. ". "I would If I had tools, mum, " saM the tramp.- ' "What sort of tools do you require? "A knife and fork lryou please, m:inj." DmH't Magazine. What is your name, my pretty maid?" 'Tls Nomination, sir, she said. WJere are you going, my pretty maid? Hanged if I know, kind sir, she said. Detroit Free Prat. He (on the straw ride) Don't you .think , youhadbetterbewrappeduplnmycoat? e , she Yes. Bat hadn't yoa better pat it On first?, ? Clothier and Famlilxr. 3 Waiter What kind of soup will you! have? Beenthere jostpiau. t,n Waiter What do you mean by that? m Beenthere Without any thumb In It, Bolton rirmrlfr. Mamma (examining the proof ofheiv'. small daughter's photographj-Grace, why didn't yon smile? "fL Grace (aged S years, with an injured air) TdW mamma,but the man didn't put It down.v-W' Bazar. Eastern Sights. Kansas Mu. What's that? Eastern Villager That's a pbotograr" K. M.-That thing on wheels ?, v &? E.V. Yes. It'aa portable rgaDer yon think It was? -. 'W K. M.-I thought, mebby.lf - h drivln to a new county seattf - .-PK
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