gWKfitf Hi PipSsp DSlSEl8PI ,pe i ESTABLISHED FEBBUABY 8. , 1646. Vol. 4S.No. S07. Vmcred at Pittsburg PostoOce, November H 1867, as second-class matter. "Business Office Corner Smithfield and DiamoricLStreets. News Rooms and Publish'ng House X " 7S and 80 Diamond Street, in New Dispatch Building. riASTr.RN ADVEirnsrKO office,' ROOM a. TRIBUNE BUILDIXG. J.EWYORK, where com p'etc file of THK DISPATCH can alwavs b round. Foreign advertisers appreciate, the convenience. Home advertisers and Mends oTTHE DISPATCH, while in New Tort, are also made welcome. TUE DISPA TCIIl regular; on talt at Brcntano't, 1 8 Unhm Square. eu Tart, and V At. de.rOpem, Jf' Im. trance, where anyone who hat been duap 5g-J pointed at a hotel now etaMt can obtain it, TERMS OF THE DISPATCH. rosTAci ratr w the totted states. DATLTD.SrATCn, One Tear ? 8 00 Dailt Dispatch, Per Quarter. 2 00 Daily DisrATCH, One Month TO Daily DisrATcn, Including Sunday, 1 year.. 10 00 Daily Dispatch. InclndlngSundav. 3 m'tbs. 50 Daily Dispatch, Including Sunday. 1 m'th.. 80 ErvCAVDllPATCn, One Tear. - ISO f f "Weekly Dispatch. One Tear. 115 the Daily Dispatch Is delivered by carriers at 13 cents per week, or, including Sunday Edition, at SO cents per week. P1TTSBUEG, WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 2, ISSl. A UNIQUE INSURANCE CHEME. Insurance schemers are continually seek ing new fields for their operations. The latest unique idea is that of a casualty company which guaranteed to pay all the claims for damages accruing from acci dents, against the Long Island Kailroad Company for a fixed sum each year. This railroad company paid out in 1890 to its victims or their friends and, relatives some $70,000 dollars, besides retaining expensive legal talent. Tho Casualty Company agrees to take ten thousand dollars less and pay all claims. Jnst where the insurance company will derive its profit, it is difilcultto see, unless It hopes to be able to drive better bargains with the injured or their friends than the railroad company has done. The benefit from this arrangement will not extend to the sufferers in any event, but the pre cedent established in this case will most likely be followed by other railroad cor porations. The saving of attorneys fees and the trouble of settling demands are considerations, which will strongly urge them to shoulder the owners duties on someone else if they can do so for reasona ble considerations. THE POSTOFFICE-S FETTERS. Braddock may take some comfort in the fact that it has lots of company in not get ting the postal service its population war rants. Complaints, because the system of free delivery is not extended in accord with the growth of population, come from all corners of the land. It Is not tha Post office Department's fault, but its misfor tune. It hasn't the money; available appropriations are exhausted, and no more money can be had till Congress votes some. Here the rub comes in. Congress is not willing to appropriate sufficient money to meet the inevitable growth of the demand tor postal facilities. The appropriations are kept down to the actual needs of the De partment at the time, and often to a figure fir below this, and the Postmaster General, N honestly desirous of giving all sections - their full rights in the way of postal ser vice finds after a while that the funds to permit him to do this are not on band. as the New York Psays, there Is no rational system about the voting of appro ""prialions to the Postoffice Department , The country is constantly developing, and its business is increasing every year. Yet Congress remains unwilling to make the needed appropriations. So long as these meViods are maintained it is useless to look for any comprehensive extension of the liee delivery system. What is needed is a.i awakening of public sentiment that will bring Congress to a sense of its responsibility. ENGLAND TIKESG OF FKEE TRADE. England is not enamored of free trade to such an extent as she used to be, when . t D 'Israeli called the Cobdenites' enthusiasm "economic frenzy." Just now her greatest economists are decidedly wobbly in their views. There is a perceptible wavering toward fair trade, which Is a convenient name for protection, ei en in the ranks of the Liberal party, which has hitherto fought under the banner of free trade, giving and asking no quarter. The Man chester Courier voices the general feeling thus: There is nothing like tho enthusiasm for free trade that there "n as in Cobdcn's time; It is demonstrated that the Manchester school was wrong in many of its most con fident prognostications, and many an econ omist who professes and calls himiclf a Free Trader is now heard to express an opinion that a grievous error was mado when we refrained from using our oppor tunities to secure more favorable returns from other protective countries. In the London Timet and other leading English journals are found columns of dis cussion, editorial and otherwise, of the economic problem, and especially that phase of it which involves the impending general depression in all English manufac tures. Not every writer blames free - trade, but the general tendency is to blame the bad times upon "mistakes in economic policy. As the Manchester Courier says, the prophetic vision of Cob den and his disciples has not been justified by events. Take for instance the matter of the production of iron and steel, wherein 1'ittsburg has peculiar and satisfactory reasons to be interested. The boast of England used to be that in making Iron and steel she need not fear competition. How has it turned out? In 1882 England made 6,500,000 tons of pig iron, and the United States made about half that ' amount. Last year "England made about 8,000,000 tons of pig iron and the United States 9,202,705 tons! If this does not show the good effect of protection what tain? And as between a policy that is breaking down England and one that is -.building up the United States our Demo Vcratic friends wish us to chooose the jifdrmer. CANADA'S StOW GROWTH. The results of the census just published 'cannotbe entirely satisfactory to Cana- mis. There lias been a fair increase in the urban population of the Eastern and f older provinces, and iu the new settle ments of the Northwest, but considerable decreases are to be noted in the rural pop ulation of Quebec and Ontario, and such increases as there are do not strike the 'American eye as being at all remarkable. Ifthe city of Toronto, with its growth of SWper cent in the past decade, Montreal flth 39 per cent increase, "Winnipeg with eJphenomenal 221 per cent increase, and ilfjiceu- unu uiuu limns ui me more Iheaftny West be excepted, Canada lias not Smallo. ..anything like proper .progress in Snulation. remaps these hsures will jfeeci tho "feeling in Ganada that that B8, t gjfet L5Bii fejjy teraBBBJMBflMMlByHH (- m m?- v States. There is evidently disappointment- In Canada at -what the census shows. In the newspapers of the Dominion may be noted a disposition, to dwell upon the difficulties of taking the census in the sparsely-settled Northwestern provinces, rather than upon the evidence of the country's condition that the returns de velop. The 4,300 enumerators, who took the census, certainly had great natural difficulties to contend with. A steamer was required to carry the enumerators who were to number the Inhabitants of the rugged and deeply indented coast of the Pacific as far as Alaska. The inhabitants of the valleys among" the Kocky Moun tains were visited by the enumerators on horseback. Dogs drew the census takers In Saskatchewan. Canoes came in handily in the search for humanity about lake and river in the neighborhood of James' Bay, and in the Nipissing district In Manitoba the enumerators footed It part of the time, and hailed the chance to ride in buckboard or boat with joy, and one census taker, who lost his way, had to save his life by taking his horse's and living on horseflesh rail rescued by the people he was seeking to count And to find after all this trouble that Canada is not keeping pace with her Re publican neighbors aggravates the Ca nucks. ntOFIT IN AMERICAN SHIPS. Charles & Cramp, of Philadelphia's great ship-building firm, has just returned from a visit to England, where he kept his eyes open after the American fashion. His most interesting remark to a reporter who interviewed him is that such steamers as the record-breakers of the Inman and White Star lines could be built as cheaply here as In England. Why should we not build them, then? Now we are paying Great Britain alone 5160,000,000 a year for doing the greater part of our carrying trade; and other foreign nations are get ting many millions more from us in the same business. The law passed by the last Congress for bounties to American ships carrying malls has not had much effect yet But if Mr. Cramp's assertion is correct, that the finest ocean steamers afloat can be duplicated here as cheaply as anywhere, the ship-builders of the United States do not need legislation to help them. It has been urged before that ships could not be built as cheaply here as in Europe until the materials were admitted free of duty. Mr. Cramp does not thus qualify his statement The ships can be built here if American capital Is behind them. That appears to be the difficulty. It would be worth while to encourage capital to venture in this direction as Germany and France have done with good results. Twenty years ago Great Britain built almost all Germany's ships, for war and commerce. Bismarck with subsidies and protection in direct form helped Ger man ship-builders, and to-day Germany builds her own ships, certainly the best of them, at home, and her carrying trade is done under her own flag. France has followed the same policy for a longer period with like results. Why shouldn't we? Pittsburg has deep interest in such a revival of our marine, but it is really a question that concerns every section of the land. The keeping of 5150,000,000 in our own pockets which we- now pay to Eng land, and the employment of thousands and thousands of our workmen, are things worth thinking about even in these pros perous times. A POET ON PET NAMES. A poet in the New York Sun attempts to make us believe that beauty in woman under certain circumstances will not avail to conquer susceptible man. Ho cites in very tolerable verse a case, imaginary, we suppose, of a charming maiden, with eyes of soulful blue, and other charms of a high order, and of another maiden, a raw-boned piece of antiquity, who severally applied for the position of school teacher. He de scribes how the Board of Education were affected by the first of these visions; how their hearts went pit-a-pat till -the little innocent thing said her name was Kittle Brown, of Vassar college, and how they froze up at the mention of the diminutive. Then he describes the triumph of the lean and scrawny candidate, because she scorned ali pet names and signed herself Sarah Ann Miranda Gray. The picture of the rejected Kittie retiring with rosy cheeks all pallid grown, her young life crushed, while her rival, the cross-eyed Sarah Ann Miranda in the schoolroom reigns supreme, is pathetic, of course, but we venture to doubt if a Board of Educa tion, or other body of men exist that would so decide. The fatal legacy of beauty, as the hack neyed untruism has it, is a prodigious power wielded by a young woman. No little drawback, such as a pet diminutive name, can put beauty out of the race. And, moreover, while the heinousness of cutting a name short Is under considera tion it may be inquired, who was it that began the practice? Man, the male biped, certainly. Probably Adam did not start it, for he had hardly any excuse for abbre viating Eve, though for that matter a great many pet diminutives so called are longer than their parent names. But the fashion of calling the fair beloved of his heart by some pet name, not always an abbrevia tionand in Latin the diminutives of af fection are not often less than four sylla bleswas probably popular as soon as lan guage took vocal form. Therefore the disposition in many masculine critics to rally the Sadies and Mamies and Kitties and Susies and Daisies upon their nomen clature is unrighteous as well as unkind. It js certain that a pretty girl by any name is as precious a revelation as man may know. EVIL EFFECTS OF THE STRIKE. The failure of the manufacturers and of the window glass workers to reach an agreement yesterday has resulted in a strike that will extend at least seven week. Ten thousand men will remain in idleness during that period and the moriy that might have been realized from the fruits of their toil will not find its wayhito this country. It will be lost entirely." Es timating that tho average pay of the idle men would have been three dollars each per day, their loss during 'the seven weeks will be In the neighborhood of a million and a quarter of dollars. Looking at the matter simply from a financial point of view, a strike which prevents the ex penditure of so large a sum of money in so short a time is a very serious affair. There is another way of considering the results and it is no more satisfactory than the first The winter. season is fast ap proaching, when living will be more ex pensive, when the workman will need more clothing for his family and when the food should be heartier. Seven weeks from now the season will be" still farther advanced and the idleness of the men in the interim cannot help but jeduco their salngs from last season and however they may try they cannot make up for the country is not enjoying the -same chances for expansion, in the matter of govern ment aid economic policy toward the OldWofldthatare vouchsafed the United t -7- . - .TS "3 " """ loat time. J A strike Is always to be de plored, andit Is especially Injurious for all concerned at this season of the year. Some Canadian and English papers are felicitating England on the cheers which British and French tars exchanged at .Forts month the other day, as an evidence that the international hatred'datlng back five or six centuries is dying away. But cheers do not amount to much as compared with clashing interests and ambitions. If Emperor William should suddenly elect to cut off his beard, now two weeks old; the Parisian piSss would nail It as a sure sign of war. The peace of Europe bangs upon a hair. Scandals on Canadian soil are multiply ing rapidly. The latest is the implication of the Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba In a private inonoy making scheme. The country up there is not very warm in winter, and this is given as the reason why so many of the Canadians are feathering their nests. Indiana politicians persist in declaring that Governor Gray has a chance 4f winning the President.il nomination. If he wins it the Democratic outlook will be Gray indeed. The Commission to select; a site for the location of an asylum for the chronio Insane will Inspect several pieces of land otTered for that purpose at McKeespor to-day. While they are in this vicinity it is suggested that it would be a good idea to inspect loca tions in and about Pittsburg. Managek McGunnigle's Mascots may not be able to win the pennant, but thoy can puncture the chances of several other clubs with deftness and dispatch.' The agnostics in the neighborhood of Bradford appear to have an idea that this world is not good enough for them. Several of them have lately taken short routes to the unknown beyond. Perhaps they will be suited there, and perhaps they will find it warmer than they expected. One blessing is that whether they believe in it or not all Americans, Democrats as well as Republicans, aro reaping the benefits of protection. General Wolseley is criticising Moltke. This is on the principle, we sup pose, that sometimes holds good in journal istic practice, of sending a religious reporter to describe a prize fight. The very ignorance of the critic is apt to be the most amusing of the results. The winning streak of the local baseball Club is phenomenal. Ten games won out of the last twelve played is something to .brag about. The Democratic Convention will say a whole heap about the other fellows' bosses, but the boss who has made the platform and ordered the proceedings In advance will not be mentioned at Harrisburg. A boss is always the enemy's leader. Chicago is not afraid of being trampled upon by her women. She is going to let them vote this fall In the school elections. The TJtica Herald remaiks that Presi dents with boys that have free access to writing material and printing presses are to be commiserated, and isn't tho nation still more to be pitied under the double innlc tion? In one contest all Ohioans will vote for Campbell. They all hope be will beat malai la and tv in health in short order. The conviction is growing in New York State that David Bennett Hill does not own all the cards in tho Democratic deck. A large statesman secluded In Buzzard's Bay seems to be getting ready to play a strong hand. The question of the hour among the fair sex is, will that new sealskin coat be forth coming if the prices keep climbing. Eugene Field insinuates that Colonel Alexander McClure, of Philadelphia, cannot distlnguteb between greater Alcaic and. asclepiadic Ionic. This is a brutal charge to make against so mild a man. Balmaceda is in hot water, and of course be can't keep Chile. If Democratic gold were employed to close the mercenary mouths of the British piess it might help Campbell. McKinley is drawing his boat arguments from English abuse of his bill. NAMES SEEN IN PBINT. The mattresses used by Queen Victoria are stuffed with wool. Mr. Proctor, who is to succeed Edmunds in the Sonate, is a graduate of Dartmouth and a man 00 years of age. It is rumored that Judge Allen H. Mer rill, of Alabama, is to' succeed General Bragg on tho Interstate Commerce Commis sion. ' The chair of oratory in the University of Honolulu, Sandwich Islands, has been of fered to Miss Norma C. Crawford, of Miners ville. Pa. The memory of Wendell Phillips is to be honored in Boston by the election of a pub lic hall boaring his name. Mrs. Phillips has always objected to tho building of a statue in his honor. Mrs: Fanny Washington Finch, a grand daughter of the first President's half brother, cherishes among her most precious possessions a little silver hatchet mado from a spoon once owned by George Washington. Frank Hamilton Cushing, -the. eminent ethnologist, has recovered from the serious and painful illness which has prostrated him for over two years past, and whioh mado many of his friends despair ofhls recovery. Eudyard Kipling, whose plans of travel seem to be constantly changing, is now likely to sail for New Zealand immediately, and it is among the latest possibilities of his trip that he will pay a flying visit to Mr. Stevenson at Samoa. Frau Bismarck is said to be economical even to tho extent of parsimony. She is afflicted with a mild form of melancholia, and is always imagining that her health is more delicate than it is. She is a white haired woman of more than W years, with prominent cheek bones, a tall flgme and a high-keyed voice. The model for Harriet Hosmer's Queen Isabella is nearly completed in that artist's studio in Borne. The famous patroness ot Columbus is represented in full royal robes, stepping down from her throne, with her jewels in her outstretched hand. The fig ure is said to be full of grace and strength and the robes have been most gracefully draped by the artist, giving a pleaslngout line from every point of lew., THE MAINE NEABING COMPLETION. Her Engines and Boilers Inspected by the Secretary of the Navy. New York, Sept. 1. The engines of the armored cruiser Maine wcio started at the Qulntard Iron Works, East Twelfth street, this morning, and were inspected by Secre tary of the Navy Tracy and many naval en gineers, The hull of the big ship, the largest of the now navy, was launched last November at Brooklyn and lies iu tho navy yaid. The engines will be put aboard her this fall. It will take about three months to do it. The forgincs for; the engines were made at Bethlehem and sent to this city for finishing. The engines were set up complete in every joint and bearing In the Qulntard Works so that they might be seen at work before being sank in the dark hold of the ship. Secretary Tracy and the Engineer in Chief of the Na y, George W. Melville, expressed themselves as well satisfied with them after vesterday's trial. The engines occupied a floor sp.ice or 18x21 feet to-day and were 18 feet high, but thoy will nave to pass througu a hatch 8x12 feet to get to their final restlnc place. There was no nttempt to-day to produce speed. Secretary Tracv and the engineer also inspected tho Maine's boilers, which have been completed and wcro set up in an adjoining building. THE CELESTIAL SCENERY. The. Heavens in September Opposition ot Jupiter The Harvest Moon Disappear ance or Saturn's Iling When to Look for Mercury Fixed Stars TUlble. ' tWRtTTKr fob TUB DISrATCD. J Although there are no extraordinary astronomical events on the calendar for September, there will be many events that will be of considerable interest to the stu dent of astronomy, It not to rhe general reader. The most important events of the mouth will be the opposition of Jupiter on the 5th, the disappearance of Saturn's ring on the 22d and tbe arrival of the sun at the autumnal equinox on the 23d. , Jupiter is now In the constellation Aqua rius the Watcrnian.and is most brilliantana conspicuous of all the planets. On the even ing of the 5th he rises at 6.25 at a point 10 Bouthofeast. His angular diameter is UA" and viewed with a telescope magnifying 40 times would appear as large as the moon does to the unaided eye. Jupiter being on that date at his shortest distance from the earth, shines his brightest, and the presont month will be the most favoiable time for viewing his satellites, which may be seen with an opera glass or small telescope. At 4-52 r. 11. on the 5th, which is the eiacttlme of opnosition, Jupiter's position in right ascension is ih. S9m. ISi. and his declination Is S 1' 50" south. His motion at present Is retrograde or westerly, and will continue to be so until November 3, after which it will be direct or easterly, and in the order of the signs of the zodiac. Jupiter and the moon will bain conjunction on the 17th at 12 27 a. it., the planet being 3 45' north of the tatel lite. Tho Harvest Moon. The phenomenon commonly known as the "harvest moon" will be a prominent feature of September's celestial exhibition. At the time of the full moon which occurs qearest the autumnal equinox, tho. moon is observed to rise but little later each even ing, so that the number of consecutive moonlight evenings is greater than at other seasons of the year. The reason of this is that when the moon is full in the autumn, it is always moving north waid, and Is iu that pait of its orbit which inclines least to the horizon, and When it is full in that part of its orhlt.it rises less than half an hour later each even ing, whereas the average daily rotardatlon is about 52 minutes, 'in tho spring, when the moon is moving southward at its run phase, and its orbit inclines most to the horizon, it rises about an hour and a quarter later each evening, and tho number of consecutive moonlight evenings is less than the average. It will be readily undei stood that the nearer the moon's orbit is to being parallel to the horizon, the less is its descent in moving a given distance, and the less the interval between its ilslngs on successive days. So, conversely, the nearer its orbit is to being peipendieular to the horizon, the greaterls the descent in mov ing a given distance, so that under such cir cumstances the Interval between the succes sive risings of the moon would be greater than usual. In high latitudes the phenome non of harvest moon is far more notloeable than in Pittsburg, while at the equator it is entirely absent. The Autumnal Equinox. On the 23rd of the month, at 2:45 A.M., Pittsburg time, tho sun reaches the hair way point between the solstices. At that time, if welgnoiotho effect of atmosphaiio refraction, day and night are equal through out the inhabited world. The effect of re fraction is to raise the sun about JJ' from its true place when in the horizon, thus In creasing the length of the day, or period of sunlight, in a greater or less degree, accord ing to the latitude. In tho latitude of Pitts burg it makes a differenco of but a few min utes, but in latitude bG the length of the day, when the sun's declination is zero, is 13 11. 8 m., if we consider the day to include tho whoie time during whioh any ptrt of the sun's disk is abovo the horizon, so that the length of tne day is increased more than an hour by refraction. Practically, however, theie is constant day in that latitude at the time mentioned, as the sun descends but 4 below the .hori zon, so that theie is a strong twilight all night. In north and south latitude 9u,or ex actly at the poles, where tner& is a perfectly parallel sphere, the sun at the time of the equinoxes circles clear around the horizon, touching successively every point of the compass. Thesun wnenat either equinox, would rise due castand set due west except within a few degi ees of the poles, were it not for the effect of refraction befoie men tioned. As it is, such is really the case only in the equatorial regions, but in moderate latitutes it is approximately correct to sav that it does so, while in very high latitudes such an assertion would be altogether wrong. Thus iu north latitude 68 the set ting amplitude of the Sun's upper limb, cor lected for refraction, on tho Sind of Septem ber is 12 fiom the west point towaia the noitli. The reason of this is that in very high latitudes the apparent diurnal motion is neatly parallel to the horizon, and the sun or other heavenly body moves northward in its diurnal couise a considerable distance, w hile descending the 85' which refraction elevates it, so that the point at which tho refracted image disappears is several de grees north of where the real object sets. Saturn's King to Disappear. An event of considerable interest marks the 22nd of September, and that is tho disap pearance from view of the rings of Sftturn At that time the plane of the rings, if conj tinned, would pass through the center of the earth, so it will be seen that onlv the edge of the nuterrlnir i nresontccl to view, which through the most powerful telescope ap pears as an oxceodlngly fine thread or light oxtendlng for a short distance on each side of tho planet. When only the edge of tho rings am turned toward the earth, Saturn is considerably less brilliant than when the rings are opened so as to expose the fiat side to view. Saturn will, however, be entirely invisible to the naked eye, till nearly the close of the month, on account of its prox imity to the sun. being in conjunction with tho sun on the 13th. This is ccitainly not a good month for vlon lng the planets, as only two of them aro visiblo the majority of tho time. In tho oarlv pai t of the month Jupiter has tho field to himself us the only visible planet. Later on Mars becomes discernible in the morning sky, rising hollacally on the 15th. It is so taintnstobe very unattractive, its appai ont di imeter being only 3."9 Mercury will be visiblo during the last week of the month, but as it is then a morn ing star, it will probably have few observers. It Is at its greatest elongation lrom tho sun on the 23th at I r. v., and is then 17 5J' dis tant from the central luminary. On the morning of the 23th it rises at 4 23. which is exactly an hour and a half before suniise the same morning. Its angular diameter at that timo is 7".0 and half of its disk is illumi nated. It will at the time of visibility be in the constellation Leo and will appear fully as bright as an average star of the first mag nitude. As there are two brhrht stars close together, visible from the 23th to the end of the month, it may be necessary to state that the brighter of the two und tho one the high er up Is Mercury, the other onobeing Saturn, which rises hellacally, or first becomes visi ble on the 29th. - About 5 separates them on the morning of the 28th, but they appear closer together eaoh day and on the 30th are only 3 apart. The Fixed Stars. The fixed stars of the first magnitude visible in this latitude at the present time are Vega, Aroturus, Antares, Altan and Fomalhant, all of which may be seen any clear evening. Those visible in the morning are Capella Betelgonso, Itlgel, Aldebarnn, Pollux, SIrius andTrocyon. Of those visible in the early evening, Aictuius is the most brilliant, and it shines with a ruddy glow in the w estei n sky. On the evening of the 15th it sets at 9 46 at a distance of 2BJJJ0 north of the wet point. It belongs to tho constella tion of Bootes tho Ueidsman. Veu ranks as the second brightest star visible, in the evening, but it has a close rival in Capella, whiou is yot so low down early in the evening as to be somewhat ob scured in the mists of the horizon. When at a high elevation Capella slightly outshines Vcgs. At presont the former is best seen in the morning. Vega is a white star with a bluish tinge, and is almost directly over head when on the meridian. On the 15th tho time ol its meridian transit is 6.54 r. . It is in the constellation Lyia the Hurp. Its diurnal ato is 18 hours and its rising and set ting nmiiluude is 66 uoitn of the east und west points. Aui-ties, in the heart of tho Scorpion, is a fleiy red star similar in appearance to the planet Mars. It is seen in the south bt a rather low altitude soon arter sundown. It Is one of a group of stars forming a figure much resembling a, scythe. It is situated close to the ecliptic in right ascension 16 h. 22 m. 45s.,auu declination 26J 11' s. The time of its meridian passago is 4.44 p. M. Some Convenient Orbs. Altairand Fomalhaut are Important chiefly because they are "nautical" stars, or stars whose distances from the moon are given In tho "Nautical Almanac" lor fre quent Intervals of time, and are thus con veniently employed at sea i.i determining the lohgltude of ships. Neither of them are very brilliant, but both are commonly classed as stars of the first magnitude. The former is probably about as bright as an average star of the first magnitude, but the latter, from the circumstance that it is never Seen in a high altitude In Northern regions, appears to us scarcely brighter than a Btar of the Second magnitude Altai r may De recognized by its position midway between two smaller stars. It Is on the meridian at 8 06 r. m. on the 13th Inst. It is In the con stellation ot the Eagle. Fomalhant may be very easily recognized from the circumstance that it crosses the meridian almost simultaneously with Jupiter. Tho time of its meridian passage on the 15th Inst la 11:12 r. v., and at that mo ment Jupiter will be seen within a degree of the meridian at an altitude 22 higher than Fomalhaut, whioh is only 19 above the hor izon when on the meridian. Fomalhaut be longs to the constellation of the southern Fis! u. H. 0. THE HOME 07 THE WHALSBACK. ' Superior Denies the Claim ot Dulatn to That Distinction. New York Sun. 3 Much publlo Interest In Europe and America has been excited by the successful voyage of tho new whaleback steamer Charles "VV. Wetmoro from the head of lake Superior to Liverpool and from Liverpool back to this city. It is believed that this trip has demonstrated tho practicability of sending grain direct from the head of lake navigation to the great European markets more cheaply and speedily than by any of the old routes; and many persons inteiested in the grain trade confidently predict great changes which will be of immense advantage to the laee region in consequence of the in troduction of tho new whalobacks. These steamers have been described and pictured in many journals, and in a very large number of the published aoeounts they hie snoken of as coming fiom Duluth. The fact Is that Superior is their domicile or origin, and the people of Superior are not altogether pleased to see their greatest achievement attributed to a rival town. ;As we understand the facts an effort was mado in Duluth to establish tho ship building Industry there on a large scale, but the enterprise did not prove successful. It is true a few whalebacks were unlit in that city, but at the present time Superior Is the headquarters for tho construction of these vessels. The Charles W. Wetmore was built at Superior, and the extensive plant neces sary for building whalebacks on a large Scale is at Superior and not nt Duluth. It may not be generally known to Eastern readers that there is a rivalry between Du luth and Superior as intense as that which has existed for so many years been St. Paul and Minneapolis. In view of this fact, it is only fair that each should enjoy in the out side world the credit which it deserves, and not appropriate honors which belong to its rival. The title of Superior to be consid ered the home of the whaleback seems clearly stronger than the claim of the Zenith City of the Unsalted Seas. A DUTEBENCE OF OPINION. Learned Boston Gentlemen Discuss the Government's Bain-Making Experiments. BosTOir, Sept. L Prof. Pickering, of Har vard University, does not put much faith In the government's rain-making experiment. He says: "I have talked with some of the leading meteorologists of the country, and I know that they are not in sympathy with the movement, and that no benefits will result from the experiments. I admit that there is a popular belief that great bat tles and other atiflcial atmospherio disturb ances have produced rain, but I think that scientific reseat ch has failed to establish the fact. I am,however,open to conviction, and shall be glad if definite results ate ob tained." Surgeant J. M. Smith, tho United States signal officer here, says: "I bellve that un der given conditions rain can he produced, but I do not think that this can oe put to practical use as a general thing for this reason: When rain is most needed the atmospheric pressure is high, that is, the air 13 dry. Now, if there is no mots tin e in the air you can thunder away all you waut and no rain will fall. On tue other hand, I think uhdt ubtedly that under cei tain atmospherio condltlos rain Can be mado to full. !or lnstance.in Florida, where the air is impregnated with water, a blight fall in pressure will bring rain, while out West the pressure may fall tremendously and the atmosphere remain perfectly dry. HOBS BONDS CONTINUED. Secretary Foster Says Between 830,000,000 and 535,000,000 Will Be Presented. WASHUfOtoir, Sept. 1 The amount of 4 percent bonds continued at 2 per cent to day was $481,850, making a total to date of $23,221,650. This leayes about 27,000,000 i per cents outstanding. It is impossible ac present, however, to make any definite esti mate as to.the amount of these that will be presented for redemption, especially as the time within which tboy may be continued at 2 per cent is to bo extended beyond Sep tember 2 for a period not yet fixed. Secietary Foster Bald this afternoon that ho thought between $20,000,000 and $25,000,000 4K per cents will be presented for redemp tion. This will bo entirely satisfactory to the department, the Sccrotary said, as it would lorce that much money into circula tion at a time when there is great need of it in moving the crops. The dlsbTirscmont of this sum of money.tne Secretary said, will not embarrass the Treasury Department, as there is $106,000,000 available, including dla bnrsinfc oJflceis' balances and exclusive Of the $100,000,000 gold reserve. GAS FOB WESTM0BEIANO. A 400-Ponnd Koarer Struck and More Wells to Be Drilled. Gbxessbuho, Sept. 1. Special. News was received here to-night that an immense gas well has just beenbrought in in Washington township, Just north of here. Tho well be longs to the Pittsburg Plate Glass Company, and was drilling in an entirely now field. The well came in with a pressuio of 400 pounds, and is reported increasing hourly. Several new weils will bo located at once. The gas will either bo piped to the works or used oy private consumers in the district. Tho Buffalo Fly at Susquehanna. Scsqueuaxha, Sept. 1. The farmers in Jackson and other sections of tho county repoit the presonco of a new pest, the buf falo fly, which annoys cows and horses by boring in their heads through the eare, making ulcerous soros. Cows aro becoming dry in consequence. Tho farmers are using tar as a preventive. Conquering as of Old. New York Recorder. McKinley Is marching through in the old conquering fashion in which Sherman did the act through Georgia. TOPICAL TRIFLES. The Fall girl will be in it next summer Indian summer. The clever actor is the man of good parts. Balmaceda may make a flying visit to the United States. The nation's roll of honoris the pension roll. Silver i3 heavier than Iron, and will surely sink the Ohio Democracy. Grave diggers not Infrequently fill honored graves. Saratooa chips are made of ivory as well as potatoes. Our Presidents would be better off If their boys wero girls. Lioht orders are always satisfactory to window glass men. Wax figures frequently lie. t The actresses who cover themselves with glory in the modern drama usually for get to cover themselves with clothes. Ego Harbor probably has a shelving beach. We have enough freedom in this great country without adding free trade to the free list. Chickens come home to roost, and the knowing ones roost high. . If we dug our own graves. cKoice spots in the cemeteries would fetch higher prices. The tin plate liar is merely trying to soft solder the honest voteri .QUE MAIL ?0UCH ' Catholicism In Ancient America. To the Editor of The Dlsoatcht A few days ago I learned from a Distatcb editorial that researches are going to be made in the library or the Vatican for docu mentary evidence of the good work of the early Boman Catholic priests in America. As I have reason to believe that the informa tions forthcoming regarding the work of the Boman Church in the prosperous colo nies of the Scandinavians sottlad in various parts of North America several centuries be fore the arrival of Columbus, will, perhaps, be confined within a limited sphere. It may not prove wholly uninteresting for the read ers of The Dispatch to have pointed out to them a part of ancient history, authentic, but not universally known. It is not neces sary to cross the creek for a drink. The American settlements of the sea roving Northmen of the viking age and the visit of Columbus, in the year 1177, to the vikings of Iceland, where be derived all his nautical knowledge guiding him to the Western Continent, are too well known facts to bear repetition. Fourhundred years before the birth of the Spanish adventurer Boman Catholic missionaries were spread ing the Gospel in the Scandinavian colonies of Finland, Massachusetts, Newfoundland and Greenland. So far the straggling par ishes and missionary stations or these re mote pai ts y, ere without a central ecclesi astic government. -But in the year 1063 Jon, the first Boman Catholic prelate In America, was sent on a mission or organiza tion to what is now known as New England. After four years of labor the Bishop was killed, pi obably by the Indians or "scala wags" who constantly worried the infant settlements. The See of Finland remained now vacantduriag53long years, artor which Interregnum Bishop Eiiok Gnupsson was ordained in the Id cathedral of Lund, Swe den, to succeed Bishop Jon, and arrived in Finland in 1121. Bishop GnupBSOn was pre viously the head of the Koman Catholic Church of Greenland. His successors in Greenland and tue West were: Arnold, 1124 A. D.: Jonas L, 1150 A. D.: Jonas II., 118S A. D.; Helgo, 1112 A. D.; Nlkolaus, 1234 A. D.J Olas, 1246, A. D., Thord (or as he called hitn Belf, Theodorus), 12S8, A.D., Arno, 1314, A. D., Jonas CalvuS, ls43, A. D , Alpho Berthold, Gregorins, Andreas and Henrlk, the last of whom lived 1386, A. D. In the year 1406 the Archbishop of ThrondhJ em In Norway con secrated a certain priest, named Andreas, as bishop of the Scandinavian colonies in the West and sent him thither, but no informa tion whatever exists of his voyage. The ois-Atlantlc settlements of the Scandi navians sufferea greatly from never-Ceasing attacks by the Indians, but when tho plague ("digeidoden") which 532 years ago ravaged Europe was carried across tne sea by migrat ing vikings, the already weakened colonies were doomed. We are reminded of these sad occurrences by the Pope Nikalau V., who in the year 1448 proclaimed a bull,addressedto the bisnopsof Skatholt and Hoslum in Ice land, charging these prelates with the care of tue western churches after the almost general destruction. The records covering the entire history ol the colonization of Fin land and the Christianlzatton or its ancient inhabitants, sons and daughters of the "lofty North," are undcubtedly to be found in the library of tho Vatican. But the persistent zeal Of the authorities in preserving the genuineness andsanctity of Columbus seems an impenetrable rock for th9 delving his torian who works to bring full light upon this interesting question. AXEL C. HALLBECZ. AttxoHEifV, September!. The Perfect Number. To the Editor of the Dispatch. In your "Mail Pouch" lately you state, in Writing of "the perfect number" seven, that "no number occuis in scripture so often, and as it cannot have an abstract virtue or significance its constant use here carries in it somo important allusion." Now. as no number recurs so often as seven in the name of Christopher Columbus, when wo reckon number and name by the numeral alphabet, A, B, C as 1, 2, 3, etc., does this fact carry in it some important allusion? Docs this fact hint now that some particu seven, a spell of two syllables, hinted one day to C, the two-Sided character of the earth, its old and new worlds? That seven does recur again and again in C's name a little ciphering shows. The seventh letter "O" n letter, cipher by tho way, and symbol of the earth, gives it thus: r'P," alphabetically, is 15 and fifteen (15) spells 65 and 65 sub-spells the name Seven. The 13 original letters in C's name, B, C, E, H, I, L, M, O, P, K, S, T and U, by their total letter value of 161 give two origi nal figures, 6 and J, and these sum 7. 161 their letter value shows 7 another way thus: 161 sums 18 and 1 or 8. Eight spells 49, this sums 4 and 9 or 13, this sums 1 and 3 or 4. Four spells 60, this sums 6 and 0 or 8. Sit spells 52 and 52 sums 5 and 2 or 7. M, the heart letter of the 13 and the 7th in regular order, by" its figures I, V and 1 In union, gives a Koman spell Of 7 (VII). The spell "US" gives 21 and 19, and this sums 2, 1, 1 and 9 or 13 and 13 as shown before sums up 7. The sub-spell of "Christopher Columbus Cipher" gives alphabetically 804 and this by a sub-spell of 3, 0 and 4 sums 7. The name Christopher Columbus sums up 2 4 5, and this sums 11, and this i. Two spoils 53, this 68 sums 9 and 8 or 13, and 13 as In the spell "U. S." sums up 7. If all these different seven spcll3 running now in C'S namo do bint for a fact that iu C's day 1492, some one particular seven by its dual syllables, hinted to him the duality of the earth what is more natural to think than that C got the said particular seven by Ciphering the year spell HBK This spell suras a 7 thus: 1-4-92 sums 1, 4, 9 and 2 or 16 and 16 sums 6 and 1 or a 7. C. was of a mathematical turn of mind. PrrrsBBo, September 1. CirHEHO. Suggestion for a Library Site. To the Editor of The Dispatch: In your real estate column to-day it i3 stated that tho Christ M. E. Church property and the M. E. College property, in rear of same, making 100 feet on Fenn avenue, ex tending back on Eighth street 203 feet, is in he market. Now, Is there- not some way that this location cannot be secured for tho Carnegie Muslo and Library Hall? There is no location in the city more central and de sirable for a library for the massesJust such as Mr. Carnegie desires to leach, and there is surely mouey enough in tho hands of others who would join in securing this location for not only the present, but com ing generations. Whose names, n ith that of Mr. Carneglc'wonld bo inscribed in a monu ment that would stand as long as Pittsburg. Pittsburg, September L 8. W. S. The Armstrong Monument. To the Editor of The Dispatch. Please inform, mo when the Arm strong monument in Allegheny I'aik was unveiled. J. A. K. East Esd, September L It was unveiled on November 23; 1389. "Where Aro You, Simon? To tho Editor of The Dispatch: What 13 the permanent address of A. H. Simon, owner of "The Patrol?" H. A. B. Katlor, Pa., September 1. A letter addressed care of New York Dramatic Mirror wonld reach him. The Universal Platform. Albany Journal. The silver law of Julv 14, 1S93, and the tariff law of Octobers, 1890, are the platform not only of Major McKInloy and the Ohio Republicans but also of the Republican party throughout every State of the Union. DEATHS HEBE AND ELSEWHXBE. Charles P. Geissenhalner. Charles P. Geissenhainer, one of the oldest residents of the Eighth ward, died yesterday at his residence, 83 Lopan street. Mr. Geissen halner came to this city from Chester comity over CO j cars ago and enpagfri in pattern making on Loean street. He was wpll known among the old residents. Among Ills children are John F. Geis senhainer, or the Recorder's office, and Harry E. Geissenhalner. Obltnarr Notes. K. A. Shaw, a prominent citizen of Chicago, died there Sanday of apoplexy. THOMAS M. Platt, M. D., Chevalier of the Le- glon of Honor, and an American, died in London atnrdav. Director or tux Poor Charles R. Kane died at Pottsvtlle Sunday. He was tho only Repub ican elected on last year's ticket. Frederick G. tucker, for 20 years manager and proprietor of the Lake Honse. at Lake Georgn, N. Y., was found dead in bed Sanday. He was 70 years old, REV. rnATOX H. WISSER, of Hokendaaqaa, Pa., died Sunday in his 45th year. He was pastor of the St. Joseph Lutheran Church at AUentown for many years. JAMES E. Reh.lt, for 20 years connected with the dally newspapers of Easton, died Monday morning. He was one of the best known Journal ists la the Lehigh VaUcy. James Elliott, a prominent merchant of Phil adelphia, died of heart.dlseaso yesterday laornlnjr at the Chamoers Street Hospital. Now York. Mr. Elliot was taken suddeuly lUMonday night and was taken to the hospital. Hewlett T. McCocx is dead, aged 63 years. He was a son of Chancellor McCouo, Chairman of the first Republican State Convention of New York, which nominated John A. King for (J overnor. Mr. McCoun died at his home is Glen Head, L, I. ' SIXVEE KEN AGAINST BHESXAN, -But There Is no Combination "With the Democrats to Beat McKinley. Bab Harbor, Sept. 1. Mr. Francis H-New.-land, vice chairman of the National silver committee, was interviewed to-day regard ing the charges made by the Hon. John Sher man In his speech in Ohio, that he "believed there was a bargain betweeh what Is called the National silver committee; composed of Republicans of the great silver mining corporations and the leaders of the Democratic party, to defeat the .Republican party, -and especially to down Sherman on the free silver Issue. "Mr. Sherman may dismiss his fear," said Mr. Newland, "with reference to the action of the silver mine owners. They have not his pluck nor staying qualities. The people of the mining States are in earnest but the mine owners, the people who derive the profits from mining, are apathetic and are not contributing as they should." "Has the Silver Committee maaeany bar gain with the Democrats of Ohio?" "No, decidedly not, and no money has been put into this work by the silver mine owners or by others. I am a Republican and a bi-metallist. The money question Is one of patriotism and humanitarianlsm, not otpartlsanpoiltics. As between Campbell and McKinley, I am for McKinley: but as be tween John Sherman and any other man, I am for the other man." W0BK OK THE NICABAGUA CANAL. The Force of Workmen Reduced, but Prog ress Still Being Made. Grettowtt, Nicaragua, Sept. L The force of men employed on the Nicaragua Canal has been somewhat reduced, but satis factory progress has been made in the work of construction. The pier at this port has been extended to the length of 1,030 feet, and the dredging of the channels has been continued. Great progress has also been mado in the construction of telegraph, and railroad lines and buildings. The excavation has been carried to a depth of 17 feet for a distance of half a mile, but the right of way has been cleared fully ten miles. IMAGINES HIMSELF A DEITY. A Buckeye Lunatic Who Considers It a Grietious Sin to Talk. Lima, Sept. 1. A peculiar case of Insanity wao developed heie to-day, when Abe Nehr found himself before a Probate Jiiclge. Nehr is a resident of Monroe township, and imagines himself the alvine being. Ho considers it a sin to speak, and would only answer the Judge's questions by a nod, either iu the affirmative or negative. He also refused to be seated during the examina tion. He was sent to tho Toledo asylum. GEOLOGICAL SUBVEY CHABTS Exhibited and Explained by Major Powell at the International Congress. Washixotos-, Sept. 1. At the meeting of the International Congress of Geologists to-day the grapblo system used in geograph ical work was discussed. Major Powell, with the aid of a number of colored charts, gave a concise description of the colors and methods of using them in vogue in the Geographical Survey for pur poses of representing different formations. Either "Will Prove Fatal. St. Lonls Globe-Democrat. Which issue, the tariff or Bllver, made Governor Campbell slok? Each of them has untold terrors for the Ohio Democrat. PEOPLE WHO COM2 AND GO. Congressman-elect Stewart, of Ohio Pyle, Came, to the city last evening with his daughter, Miss Bessie, who left later fflr a visit with friends in Warren, Pa. Colonel Stewart will leave for Washington City this evening. Major W. W. Greenland, of Clarion, the popular Quartermaster General ot the Sec ond Brigade, Pennsylvania National Guard, is a guest at the Seventh Avenue Hotel. Among the Atlantic City arrivals yester day were Superintendent Muth and As sistant Superintendent Glenn, of the Alle gheny police department. W. C. Clarke, Pacific agent for the West lnghouse Electric Company, arrived in the city from the West yesterday and is regis tered at the Dnquesne. George Westinghouse, who came home to attend the meeting of the Air Brake Com pany, returned to New York last night in nis private car. A. 5l Byers, of A. Z. Byers & Co., re turned yosterday from a vacation of three weeks spent in looking over points of inter est in the West. Bishop Foster and Kev Dr. Wylie, en route to the Methodist Conference to be held at Urbana, O., passed through Pitts burg yesterday. C. T). Law, superintendent of the West ern division of the Pittsbnrg, Ft. Wayne and Chicago Railway, is registered at the Anderson. Mrs. Grace MqConnell and daughter. Miss Jennie, of Sowickly, have returned home after a visit of two weeks in the Blue Ridge mountains. Garret Hendershot, of Parkersburg, who has been a guest at the Monongahela for the past 10 days, returned to West Virginia last evening. Grant Miller returned home from his an nual vacation at the seashore yesterday, and resumed his duties at the coroner's office. Mrs. E.F. Stone and Misses G. A.Stone, of Boston, and E. D. McNnlly and L.W. Fosker, of New York, are guests at tho Central. Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Bair and Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Lane, of Grecnsburg, were guests at tbe Seventh Avenue last evening. John L. Vansont, a prominent manufact uring J civolcr, and wife and child, arrived at tho Duquesne yesterday attcrnoon. William F. Tyler, the tube manufacturer, and wife, of Washington, Pa., arrived at the Monongahola Housn last ovening. C. A. Egl y, traveling transportation agent of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy rail road, is a guest nt the Dnquesne. James B. Tonngson and wife and daugh ter, Ella, and C. S. Youngson, airived home from Ocean Grove last evening. T. A. Harvey, an extensive lumber dealer, of Saginaw, Mich., is among the late arrivals at the Dnquesne. J, B. Schlosser, who has been taking a summer outing at Mt. Clemens, returnedto the city last evening. Mrs. E. B. Oliver and children, who have been spending a few days in the East, have returned home. J. E. Putnam, a lumber dealer, and daughter, of Osceola, Fla., are registered at the St. James. J. C. Grogan, the jeweler, who has been in New York for several days, returned homo yesterday. E. Payton Trumbull, the pump manu facturer of Philadelphia, is stopping at the Duquesne. James Martin and wife and daughter, Joslo, have returned from their seashore vacation. Ex-Senator G. M. Saltzbaer, of Van Wert, O., is among the arrivals at the An derson. Clifton Wharton, Jr., a prominent STew York steal man, is a guest at the Duauesne. James Wilson, the soap manufacturer, re turned home from an Eastern trip yesterday. John Koehler,of the Wrought Iron Bridge Company, Canton, O., is in the city. S. Baldwin, a prominent grain merchant of Baltimore, is stopping at the Duquesne. Alderman Handel, who has been in the East for several days, returned ) esterday. L G. Campbell, of A. 8. Campbell, & Sons, left last evening for an eastern trip.' Max Imsen, advance man for Joe Haworth, arrived in the city yesterday. M. M- McElwain, an Indianapolis hard ware manufacturer, is at the Dnquesne. Judge P. C. Young and wife, of New Lis bon, O., were in the city last evening. Alderman W. K. Smith and daughter, of Altoona, are at the Seventh avonue. W. Hv Darrah, a Memphis banker, is among the arrivals at the Duquesne. Colonel Edward Powell returned from an extended Eastern trip yesterday. C. Lv Snowdon, the Brownsville boat builder, is at the Monongahela. Charles Callahan left for New York last evening on n business trip. Dr. A. Fleming has returned home after a vacation of several weeks. W. L. 'Mellon was an eastern passenger on the fast line last night. " A. C. Deibert, the Johnstown oil man, is at the St. Charles. Cni0US-C05DE5SATiqKS. . ,. There are M,8TL acres planted to grapes In Fresno county-. Londoners write 57,511 letters a day, re quiring 30 gallons of ink; Twenty acres of orange orchard sold at; Riverside last week for $33,000. There are 300 newspapers published in Fleet street, London, 11 of which are dallies. fJalera, ft village in Peru, it the highest Inhabited place In the world. It is 15,635 feet above the sea, A doll that writes letters on a slate is a recent invention of a machinist in Nurem burg, Germany. The peach was originally a very pois onous fruit, but by cultivation the poison has disappeared. Aboct 4,500 species of wild bees are known, and of wasps 1,100, of which 170 and 16 respectively live in Britain. The average wealth of every family of five in Massachusetts is $4,810, but It 13 by no means distributed in that way. Mexico has a rock that serves as a weather prophet oy changing color with every approaching change fa tue weather. People who live along the Nisqually river, Ore., are compelled to pay 50 cents ferriage for crossing a stream no wider than a street. The Italian Government has taken steps to restrict emigration by refusing to allow minors to leave the country except under certain conditions. Out of 68 leading cities in the United States only threahave a larger death rate than New York, they being Charleston, Ho boken and New Orleans. The biggest orange tree in America is claimed to be in Terrebone, La. It is 15 feet in circumference and 40 feet high. Tbe yield this year is expected to reach 10,003 oranges. The lowest body of water on (.the globe is the Caspian Sea; the level has been grad ually lowering for centuries, and now it is 83 feet below the level or its neighbor, the Black Sea. According to report the amount of smuggling in the neighborhood of Sumas, Wash., on the Canadian boundary line, is stupendous, and smuggling is a leading in dustry there. In London.recently the happy father of 11 cherubs was putting them to bed, and had them all undressed and nicely tucked in when his wile discovered that one or them was a neighbor's child. The historical gray coat of Napoleon I., which was stolen from a museum, was found recently by the police in the Quartier du Temple in Paris. An old clothes dealer had given the thief 3 shillings for it. The shell of an oyster in its native habitat is always a little open, and micros copic, waving hairs set up currents which carry the food plants to its mouth, where they are engulfed and afterward digested. An investigator of the effect of perfumes on animals in tne Zoological garden, dis covered that most of the lions and leopards were very fond of lavender. They took a biece of cotton saturated with it und held is between their paws with great delight. Hereafter every soldier on active serv ice in the British army will have a card at tached to his clothing bearing his name, rank and regiment. This plan is to facilitate identification in case of death on the battle field. It has long been in vogue in the Ger man army. A Mussulman having served his terra in prison la regarded almostasasaint.no matter as to tbe crime for which he has been condemned. For a Mohamedan to say he has been confined in orison is to make a claim upon the respect and admiration of his fellow believers. A unique carpet is being made for the Church of LeCceurde Jesus, Montmartre, in Paris, by some Parisian ladles. It will Cost 4,000, and the names of the workers are to be embroidered around the border. The center represents Montmartre, while above are to be the arms of the city of Paris. The palaces of the rulers of the Old World are built without regard to expenses. The Empress of Austria's new palace at Corfu has cost jE12fi,000. The bill for the wood carvings in the Pompeiian suite of seven rooms, whioh U the great feature of the house, amounted to .3,000. In the Antarctic Ocean the icebergs that have been noticed from time to time rose 400, 580, 700 and even 1,000 feet above the, water, and were from three to five miles long. Their enormous bulk may be in ferred from the fact that the part under water is about seven times as large as that above. The Fresno Expositor thinks the Lower California earthquake story is "one of Colonel Allen's best," and that it will "go ringing down the ages with the pterodactyls, the Arizona wild man, the Banning glacier, San Diego's lake Of ink, the suicide's ice cavern, and lose itself in tbe Oregon mam moth cave." According to the official records of the Boyal Academy 254 pictures have been sold for 18,000 this season. Of course, this does include the numerous pictures which were sold before they were sent to Burlington House. Of these 234, 33 sold for upward of 100. 25 for between 50 and 100, and the remainder went for 50 and under. By order of the German Emperor, the Prussian Minister of the Interior has for bidden parents to baptize their children with political names of a certain character or color. Young Germans may be christened with names from the Bible of princes, or of "loyal" statesmen, generals und patriots. This measure Is intended to prevent So cialists from commemorating in their own families prominent revolutionists. "Robes pierre" ha long been a very favorite same for Socialist babies. About 34 years ago a vessel ealled the Sally, while coming up tho Solwny, was wrecked opposite Carsethorn. Curiously enough, -nithintne last few days tho mast of the vessel has appeared above the sand, and now there is a considerable portion of the hull in sight. The reason assigned for this is that the channel has shifted, as it fre quently does in the Solway, and has caused the vessel to slit up through the sand. It will, of course, be a great danger to ship ping in tho district. When Shetland was annexed to the Scottish Crown the islands contained abont 2,000 Udallers, all independent landowners, who held their lands, they believed, from "God and heaven only;" were free of any tax or duty whatever on the lands they in closed; were, besides. Independent rulers and legislators, who met anil acted with the Jarl or Governor at tbe great annual Fonda Court on equal terms, and acknowledged no authority except that of the King, and even to him they every now and then reluctantly submitted. BHYNKLED EHYMELETS. Evergreen I wonder why Lieutenant Mars pays so much attention to Miss Waltztelfb.; Brightly I suppose because be likes a good re volver. Philadelphia Pras, "Laugh and the world laughs with you" Is a maxim that doesn't apply When a dismal bore tells a story old; Then he laughs, while his hearers sigh. ChleagaTlmte. Mrs. Bingo You know we ladies aro anxious to do all we can toward trolldln the new church, so each one of us has agreed to deny our selves the privilege of a new gown. Mrs. Kingley How self-sacrificing! Hare you subscribed? Mrs. BIns;o Oh. yes, I got the money from my husband the first day. Cluthitr amtrurnUher. Dimmick I have fallen away to half of my former weight. Kickshaw-Why doesn't Mrs. Dimmick put 03 half mourning. Smith, Gray ACoSt Htmthlu. "What bar is this?" the pilot said, As, 'stead of morln? on her course The vessel seemed to Krate across Some hidden barrier Instead. Thm answered lilm a Jolly tar Rcmeinberlns'a creature weird " Who late so strauecly disappeared Ternaps, old man. It's DlssDe Bar!" x Bottim Coicrter. "I Ilka that young Hicks," said Ethel's father, "ne's the kind of man that doesn't know more than I do." . . .. . "u " returned Ethel's mother. "Bat do you think a yonng man who knows as little as that will get on in th worWf"-flUrjKr' Baiar. DaggAt This comb has a history. It is an heirloom In our family. My grandfather found It on the Door of the Emperor Napoleon' baroueh " after Waterloo. iAnV Cnttluu-Jore! How interesting: I suppose yoajtSt 4 would hate to rrt with it? -?'? .. X .. -. vll 1 am -vartr nrAsllr! trVntflLrr. rf AtlECi '' iu --j j,. .-- -"-r suclithlDjcs. Ipartwitti it erery day.-sVtfsKfi Ttkgmi - i ,v
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