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PITTSBURG, THURSDAY, SEPT. 3, ISM.
EVASION A POOR POLICY.
Interest in the State democratic Con
Tention to-day turns upon the attitude of
the party on national issues aud the Presl
dental canvas very much more than upon
the personnel of the candidates for State
offices. This is inevitable from the prox
imity of the Digger issues to be decided in
1892. The Democratic managers in Penn
S3rlvania, if we may so call them, by
reason partly of their own blundering,
par 11 j of circumstances, occupy a pe
culiarly difficult and delicate situation in
respect to both of the national questions.
From the day when temptations of Fed
eral office and the desire to stand vrell
with Cleveland's administration at Wash
ington led the party leaders to desert the
sound protective principles which Samuel
J. Handall found entirely compatible with
his Democracy, they have been in conflict
with public sentiment and with the busi
ness interests of this State. This has not
prevented the public from using the Democratic-party
as tho most effective instru
ment to check the audacity and rapacity
of Republican managers who otherwise
would know no limit to their power. It
did not stand in the way of defeating an
undesirable Republican candidate for
Governor last year, and the placing of a
Democrat who could be trusted in his
place.
But the attitude of the Democratic
managers against protection will be much
more seriously considered in the year be
fore a Presidental contest which is to turn
largely on this very question of the tariff.
Manager Harrity, who is credited with
great influence within the party organiza
tion, is shrewd enough to see the rock
ahead. He has already sounded the warn
ing that to-day's convention is to sing low
In its opposition to protection and to the
McKhiley bill, although last j ear the party
managers thought they could afford to be
extremely blatant against both. We sus
pect also the convention will exhibit what
it may think to be a "discreet silence" on
the "short dollar" which the brethren in
Ohio too hastily took up. But what would
be infinitely better than such "discretion"
and what the rank and file of the Demo
cratic party of Pennsylvania have a right
to demand is that ilr. Harrity and his
coadjutors in the party councils cease to
play for the stakes of personal preferment
in the possible event of a Democratic re
turn to power at Washington under Cleve
land or some other anti-protectionist, and,
instead, speak out truly and boldly the
known sentiment in favor of protection
which is held by the great majority of Re
publicans and Democrats alike in this
State. Until this is done the party's status
in Pennsylvania will never be more than
that of an occasional useful instrument for
the correction of Republican excesses in
the State Government
As to the choice for President, it will be
found a delicate task to so endorse Cleve
land as to give the politicians of the party
a claim upon him, and at the same time
boom Pattison. So far as the general
public of this State is concerned the
choice will be one between tweedle-dum
andtweedle-dee if the candidate is to run
on an anti-protection platform. In such
case neither Cleveland nor Pattison will
have the ghost of a show to carry Pennsyl
vania. Any expression therefore at Har
rlsburg to-day in favor of either will not
be meant for home consumption, but for
effect upon the party councils outside of
the State.
HUSTON AND THE PRESIDENT.
If the only objection to be made to
President Harrison were his indifference
to the demands of the spoilsmen and party
workers, as set forth pathetically by ex
Treasurer Huston, the nation would con
sider his claims for renomination with
favor. Indeed, such attacks as 3Ir. Hus
ton's are creditable to the President They
show that he is not in sympathy with those
who think the President's first duty is to
dispense patronage Men like Mr. Huston
would liave the President an office broker,
and it is like his impudence to term a prop
er resistance to such degradation of a high
trust, ingratitude. The nation will like
President Harrison none the less for being
a poor politician in this sense, and they
will not regard Mr. Huston's retirement
from the Treasury as a misfortune, in the
light of his latest remarks, which are re
produced in another column.
NEW JERSEY INJUSTICE,
With a view to making Newark, N. J.,
more moral, enterprising Superintendent
of Police Brown has issued an edict for
bidding girls under 16 to attend theaters,
concerts or other public entertainments at
night unless accompanied by parents or
guardians. This is a singular proceeding,
even in New Jersey. It indicates that
Newark is in a very bad way." This will
surprise many who have considered
Newark, N. J., as a synomym for sleepi
ness and neutral-tinted smugness, if not
respectability. The police must have neg
lected their duty shamefully In letting the
theaters and other amusement places be
come perils to public morality. The
streets must be 'very dangerous, also, for
Superintendent Brown thinks it necessary
I to direct his men to arrest all girls under
16 who behave in a disorderly manner
there. v
It strikes the observer at a distance that
a better way to conserve the morals or
young women and girls would be to make
the theaters and streets safe and fit for re
spectable people. This can be done, and
as a general rule is done in Pittsburg.
The police have power to close a theater
which openly fosters immorality. Indeed
it would have been within the scope of
police"power to have prevented the per
formance of several grossly improper
plays in this city last season. As for the
m
streets the police are especially concerned
in making them safe for women at all sea
sons. The New Jersey idea that all young
girls who go out in the evening, maybe
after a hard day's work In the close con
finement of a store or factoryyare worthy
of arrest is wickedus well as idiotic
OUB RELATIONS WITH. CHILE.
The rcestabllshment of order and civil
governmunt according to constitutlonaH
lines will keep the victorious party in
Chile so busy that foreign relations will be
a secondary .consideration with them for
sometime. Tihe United States therefore
Tiflod iip no TiRPciDitate haste In recalling
.Minister Egan. But it is plain that he
must be recalled as soon as possiDie. a ne
interests of this country in Chile are im
portant enough their promotion being
a strong pomp m secretary
Blaine's policy toward South Ameri
cato demand the services of a
Minister there who shall be on the best of
terms with the Chilean Government and
people. This Mr. Egan unfortunately
cannot be. His sympathy with Balmaceda
was so outspoken, and his partisanship so
patent, that his position must now be as
uncomfortable as his representation of the
United States is profitless. His recall is
Inevitable.
Thare is a hazy idea current in some
quarters that the United States may get
into trouble with the new Chilean Govern
ment over the seizure of the Itata. Such
fears are groundless. The seizure of the
Itata was in accordance with international
law, and under the same law the Itata
will now be surrendered to Chile. The
matter will end here. That the insur
gents are now the Government does not
alter the justice of the seizure of a ship
fitting out In our ports In hostility to a
friendly power with whom tho United
States was at peace. Mistakes have been
made in the treatment of the Chilean
question by the administration, but this Is
not one of them. With ordinary sagacity
kindly relations between this country and
Chile can be easily resumed.
THEY'LL MAKE GOOD CITIZENS.
The Slavs made a brave show in parade
yesterday, but a better feature of it than
fine bands or handsome uniforms was
the prominence given to the Stars and
Stripes. The American flag was every
where in the ranks of the marching men.
Sometimes the Slavs have not shown as
keen a sympathy with American ideas and
Institutions as might be, but the National
Slavonic Society, whose celebration the
city witnessed yesterday, is going the right
way to correct this. It goes further than
the symbolic respect evinced by their
flaes, for in the society's constitution is a
proviso that every member must become a
citizen of the United States within six
years.
The well-built, neat and intelligent
looking men who marched with music
through the streets yesterday are a credit
to any nation, and they cannot do better
than to merge their identity in the freest
and happiest people on earth.
MEAT AND BREAD FOR EUROPE.
American grain is not the only food
product which Europe will buy in larger
quantities than ever from us this fall. It
is almost certain that the unjust and fool
ish "legislation which has shut our meats
out of the greatest European markets will
be repealed, if not wholly, in part Minis
ter Phelps prophesies that American pork
will enter Germany very soon. Minister
Whitelaw Beld has succeeded in persuad
ing the French Cabinet to complete the
laws admitting American pork, and the
Senate Is expected to carry out this policy
as soon as it reassembles. This means an
immense increase in the demand for
American meat
Bad harvests are overthrowing the bar
riers by which Europe repelled the Ameri
can hog. Germany has not grain enough
to feed her people; Russia is on the verge
of a famine, Austria and France are short
in their harvests, and the English farmers,
when last heard from, were in despair. It
Is estimated that we can export an enor
mous quantity of meat as well as grain
without inconveniencing ourselves. Tak
ing the prospect all in all, the United
States has less cause than ever to envy
other lands.
They're saying, Mr. Harrity, that you
have marred a rarity a Pennsylvania party
that hadn't any boss. Republicans show
charity! Repress your loud hilarity, and
remember after nil it is a case of "boss
an' hoss! '
The silence of ex-Senator Ingalls is far
more impressive than the rattle of Fetter's
tongue, but a change in both cases would he
welcome.
While protection is once more under
discussion the wise American will keep his
eyes and his understanding axed on H, E.
hurb er's epitome of his reasons for being
a protectionist, namely: "Because I love
my own country better than I do foreign
countries; because every dollar sent
abroad to purchase goods that we can pro
duce at home makes us a dollar poorer;
because it is better for this country to feed,
clothe nnd house our own labor in this
country than to support foreign labor in
other countries with our money ; because it
Is true, as Peter Cooper well said: 'No
goods purchased abroad are cheap that
take the placo of our own labor and our
own raw material.' "
Twenty-one years ago yesterday Na--poleon
III and the finest army in Prance
surrendered to the Germans. It should be
some solace to the French that they lost an
emperor and gained a Republic on that day.
"All a Mistake" is the name of Eva
Mann's play. The public may he depended
upon to see the mistake without seeing tUe
play.
A Minister Plenipotentiary from Sal
vador, one of tho Central American
countries, is on his way here to negotiate a
reciprocity treaty. One by one the nations
of tho South aro grasping the idea that com
mercial reciprocity with the United States
is just what they want. In the meantime
our trade is increasing and our goods are
supplanting the European in a manner that
makes John Hull weep.
Whenevee the beer business is a little
slack in Now York some slick saloon keeper
starts. a scare about tho impurity of the
Croton water supply. 6ucha boom for beer
is now on there.
If the weather keeps getting hotter the
snow-plow and yacht sensations at local
theaters may become seasonable.
ArTEn doing more than anyone else to ex
ploit the Chautauqua dress reform the New
York Bun sensibly comes to the conclusion
reacned Dy The DisrATcn long ago that "the
masculine dress and also the feminine may
undergo slight modifications from tlmo to
time, but their essential features are pretty
sure to remain as now seen."
With characteristic contrariness the re'
portB from Chile have Balmaceda safely en
route for Europe- with a tidy barrel, and
dead and deserted in the snow of the Andes.
That Balmaceda is dead is not certain.
A dead certainty is not td be found In Chil
ean news.
Calamity Peffek, of Kansas, seems to
have a faculty of drawing the Farmers'
Alliance into trouble. This time he has
!EHE
angered the Methodist ministers, and in re
taliation they aro making war against Fer
rer's constituents. It might bo said that
thero has been a sort of a religious awaken
ing overthe matter.
Gold is beginning to flow back from
Europe. As the gold of our fields is poured
into famished Europe's lap, the gold of the
mines will bo returned to us.
Jokes on oysters are seasonable. But in
this warm weather the oyster is apt to bo no
toke.
Judging from the utterances of the Ger
man papers in connection with the celebra
tion of the Sedan victory In Berlin, war is
I again imminent in Europe. It has beenolose
at hand, so many times that people nowa
days won't believo it is to take place until
after tbo first shot has been fired.
As the natural causes of the farmers dis-
f content disappear in the rosy light of full
harvests the Farmers' Alliance dwmoies
toward the vanishing point.
It is a eood thine the oyster is dumb.
l!o can't retort In kind upon the jokers.
Italy is growing poorer and poorer.
Her export and import trade has decreased
materially lately, and if thero is not a
change for the better soon she will be on
the verge of bankruptcy. Her misfortunes
seem to have increased since she entered
into the Drelbund.
NAMES OF NOTABLE PJ2BS0HAGES.
The Princessof Wales has 13 wigs.
The Queen of Italy has a 57,000 dress.
B. C. Gael and, son of ex-Attorney Gen-
eral Garland, is making a Western tour.
The Empress Frederick is expected to
spend the late autumn with Queen Victoria
in Scotland.
Rev. Sam Small has bought a lot for
$5,000 in English "View, Atlanta, upon which
he proposes to erect a handsome residence
The latest news from Emin Pasha indi
cates that he is rapidly acquiring eminent
domain over the Equatorial Provinces of
Africa.
AMONGthe visitors to Paris the follow
ing are registered from Pittsburg: W. W.
Laurence, J. B. Macfarlano and A. Wat
terson. Habbiet Hosmeb has in her studio at
Rome a plaster cast of the clasped hands or
Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
This cast was -made by Miss nosmer in Komo
in 1853.
Admibal GervIAS, who made the curi
ous mistake at tho Portsmouth banquet of
drinking to his own health, is the youngest
Vice Admiral In the French Navy. .He is 64,
and entered thoservico at 15 as a midship
man. Though poor in the world's goods, Mr.
and Mrs. Rnbenstein, the Russian emtgrartts
who recently arrived at this port with their
25 children, may reflect that, like Cornelia,
they have their Jewels. Tho trouble is they
cannot be pawned.
How many people know that Mt. Vernon
was so named'in honor or Admiral Edward
Vernon, of the British Nny, the conqueror
of Porto Bello, in whose unsuccessful ex
pedition against Cartagena Lawrence Wash
ington, George s elder brother, sailed as a
midshipman?
Lord Salisbury calls the grip "a be
neficent disease," because it kept the talk
ing members of the House of Commons
away from their seats and allowed the
working members to transact some business.
This is true British humor of the type that
jpimcft is so fond of.
Some time ago the Empress Eugenie
promised a -book called, "Some Recollec
tions or My Life." When it is finished it
will be read with great interest, as few
women have seen such stirring scenes as the
narrowing Widow of Napoleon III. and the
bereaved mother of his unfortunate son. 1
Her work should bean important auaivwa
to modern European history.
TOPICAL TKIFLES.
The window glass strike will not pro
duce a pane, at all events.
It's all right for dairy companies to
water their stook,but when they water their
milk they carry the joke too far.
Fixed stars Jefferson, Booth, Irving,
etal.
Uncle Jebbt. Rusk can make it tain,
but Jay Gould can mako it snow whenever,
he chooses.
She cut a dash in surf, on shore,
And made her Fa shell out the shekels,
But now she haunts the druggist's store
And seeks for stun" to banish freckles.
Ma, Blaine should remember that
silence gives consent.
Some women are called dolls because
they are unable to dress themselves.
The man living on the fashionable
suburban avenue is contented with his lot,
especially If It is not mortgaged.
Break, break, break on thy sandy shore,
Osea,
The shivering folk now going home broke
"Will evor remember theel
Balmaceda should get some Peruvian
bark to transport him out of sight.
Machinery Hall would be a fit place
to hold the national political conventions
booked for Ctiicago.
Man proposes but, moro's the pity, wo
man disposes.
The corset came to stay, and the dress
reformers should bear tuis in mind.
This year PUtsburg will be spared the
speotacle of sane people golng-craiy over a.
piece of bunting called a League Pennant
The Ohio Democrats will hardly be able
to purchase votes with 80-cent dollars.
Minister Eqan is seemingly content to
stand Pat.
BITS 0? SOCIAL GOSSIP.
Thb marriage of Miss Nettie Cook and Mr.
John Cage will be solemnized this morning
in the Union M. E. Church.
Bteos W. Kiko's school of oratory will
have a formal opening to-night at its new
quarters in the University building.
Miss Elizabeth, daughter of Dr. A. H. Nor
cross was married yesterday at the Arch
street M. E. Church to Wilbur E. Matthews.
The couple will bo at home in Wilkinsburg
after October L
WSddiho bells rang at the Methodist Epis
copal Church of Connellsville yesterday.
Miss Amelia Fee, daughter of Captain T.M.
Fee, of that city, became the bride of Mr. T.
C. Donovan, a business man of Connellsville.
Rev. I. M. Baker performed the ceremony.
Tariff Pictures.
New York Press.
The shearer and assistants in four tin plate
mills in Wales get in the aggregate
810 13
a day. Iu Pittsburg's black sheet mills,
which already do the work of making tin
plate up to immersing the sheet iron in
melted tin, the same men in four mills earn
in the aggregate S32 00.
The, Ax Makers' Strike Still On.
Beaved Falls,' Sept. 2. Special. Charles
Hubbard, Sr., of Pittsburg, President of the
American Ax and Tool Company of thi3
place, was in this city and held a conference
with the employes who are now on a strike.
PTTTSBHRQ BJSPkrpE:
THE SUNDAY QUESTION.
It Is forced Upon the Consideration of the
World's Fair National Commission
Phoebe Couzins Successor Appointed
President Palmer onTSxpensesj-HURe-
tlev.
Chicago, Sept 2. Th National Colum
bian Commission met In the City Council
chamber at noon. The first matter of busi
ness which came before it was the reading
of a communication from tho General Secre
tary of the American Sabbath Union, asking
a hearing for a delegation from that body
on the subject of closing the Exposition on
Sunday.
Commissioner Morcer.of Wyoming, moved
that the communication be laid onthe table.
This called out several protests on the
ground of discourtesy to a delegation of dis
tinguished men. Commissioner Mercer's mo
tion was voted down.
Commissioner Massey, of Delaware, read
from the minutes of the last meeting a reso
lution passed by the commission disposing
of the same question. The resolution said,
in effect, that as the commission's power
was limited to passing upon the work after
it had been laid out by the Local Directory,
it eould take no action in the matter of tho
opening or closing of tne Exposition on
Sunday until tho action of the directory on
that question should come before it for rati
fication. Mr. Massey, however, thought it
duo to the General Sabbath Union to give
them a hearing.
Finally, on motion of Commissioner De
Young, amended by Commissioner Massey,
it was voted to appoint a committee of
three to confer with' the Sabbath Union
delegation and fix an hour during to-morrow's
session at which the commission
would hear the memorial.
A communication irom the Columbian
Sunday Closing Association was read, say
ing that in view of. the action of the com
mission at its last meeting it would defer
the presentation of its memorial until the
matte? should come before It for final de
cision. The Arguments for Sunday Closing.
The memorial to be presented sets forth
that the proper observance of Sunday at the
Fair will "honor the law of God, by whom
the Sabbath was made for man;" that It will
be lu harmony with the letter and spirit of
tne laws of all the States and Territories;
that it will respect the conscientious con
victions of all Christians, who, forming a
large part of the sterling character of the
world, should have their feelings considered;
that it will be in line with the Sabbath ob
servance at tbo Philadelphia Exposition;
that it will follow the example set by the
English-speaking nations at- the Paris Ex
position of 1889, who, with tho official counte
nance of this Govemmeent, refused to un
cover their displays on Sunday; that to open
tho Exposition on Sunday would unjustly
compel the employes of the Fair and the
transportation companies to labor on that
day; that it would lead to excesses by tho
"vicious classes; that Saturday half holidays
and the generosity of employers may be de
pended on to give all employes opportuni
ties to visit the Fair; that this Government
cannot afford to set such an example to the
nations of the world; that all foreigners
should be given an opportunity to see the
"American Sunday" aslt is usually observed;
and, finally, that the event which the Fair
celebrates was the result of the supremo in
spiration of a Christian man, who tooe pos
session of the new world in tho name of the
Son of Man, who is also the Lord of tho Sat
bath. President Palmer's Review.
President Palmer, in his report, said
in part: "I congratulate the commission on
the way it has done its work. No candid
person can look over the proceedings and not
bo impressed with tho work accomplished.
The responses of foreign government's
have been most satisfactory and presage or
tho greatest Exposition of its kind ever at
tempted. Twenty Legislatures have made
approprlations,and SO States and Territories
have made application for space. The ex
penses of these can not fall short of $6,000,
000. Congress, by a meager appropriation,
crippled the work, but it is hoped that at
its next session it will do better.
From estimates prepared, it is evident that
the expenses of the Commission must be
cut down, if the appropriation of $59,500 is to
be sufficient. This question, gentlemen,
you will be asked to seriously consider. , I
recommend that the Commission give the
question of award careful consideration,
loo much care cannot bo exercised to
secure the highest talent to fiirtho position
of judges. The cost of bestowing awards
has been estimated at $700,000, and I am of
the opinion that Congress should be asked
for an appropriation to cover that amount."
The report of Director General Davis cov
ered the work done under his direction, the
facts of which have already been given in
these dispatches.
Phoobe Couzins Successor Chosen.
Tho National Board of Lady Managers
mot this morning and proceeded to the elec
tion of a Secretary. It was supposed that
there would he Something of a struggle to
replace Miss Phcebe Couzins in that position,
but without opposition to speak or, Mrs.
Susan Galo Cooke, who has been occupying
the place since Miss Couzins was deposed,
was duly chosen.
Congressman W. M. Springer, of Illinois,
who introduced the amendment in the
World's Fair bill creating the Board of Lady
Managers, was present and felicitously com
plied with a request from Mm. President
Palmer to address tbo ladles.
Mrs. Palmer then presented her report.
She 'said, in part, "When we adjourned a
year ago we were completely under the di
rection of the National Commission. Now
we are practically an independent body.
Then we did hot know where the money for
our work was to come from. Now we have
received appropriations. We have been
given complete control of the Woman's
Building and those affairs which naturally
come within the Woman's Department."
After adjourning the ladies went to Jack
son Park and saw tho work in progress
thore, paying special attention to tho
Woman's Building, which is further ad
vanced than any other.
A BAE0N BEFORE THE MAST.
He Came to America on the Woodland as a
Common Sailor.
New York Tribune.
Tho length to which a sporting man will
sometimes go was illustrated by a story
which was made publio yesterday. A man
who calls hlruBelf Baton Paul de Sede and
says he is a member of the French Zoologi
cal Society, the Boyal Forth Yacth Club
and many other well known Europe
an clubs and organizations, crossed the
Atlantic as a common sailor on the Red
Star Line Steamship Noordland, which ar
rived in Jersey City on Wednesday after
noon. The Baron's story is that he had
taken a bet that he bad sufficient "nervo" to
cross the Atlantic as a common seaman. He
has not only won a big wager, he assorts,
but he has also earned about 3) francs, which
ho can get by calling at the company's office
in Antwerp. It was at Antwerp that Baion
do Sede shipped as a common sailor.
He applied to First Officer Doxrud for the
placo, passed the physical examination and
registered as Paul Cloment. It appears
that tho young Baron behaved woll and was
popular with the ship's officers and the
crew. Two days before New York was
reached the Baron revealed his identity.
He told the first officer that he was a yachts
man, and said that his work on the Noord
land agreed with him.
Arriving in Jersey City the Baron secured
a leave of absence, during which he found a
substitute to taUu his place on board the
Noordland on the return trip to Antwerp.
Baton do Sede says he will return :is a pas
senger on tne Noordland next month. Sinco
Wednesday the Baron nas spont most ofbis
time on snore, wearing nu suuor suit, lie
returns at night, however, to the Noordland.
JIo threatens already to write a book, in
which he proposes to recount his experi
ences as Paul Clement berore the mast. Tho
'Baron's haunts during the day cannot be
ascertained. He says nothintt that will indi
cate how ho is amusing himself. ThoNoord
land's quartermaster nnd first officer are
proud or their "nobleman sailor," as they
call him.
CHALLENGES ABE NECESSABY.
Unchallenged Votes Dnder the Australian
Law Can't Be Questioned.
Bostot, Sept. 2. Judge Lathrop, of the
Supreme Court, has sent down a decision in
an important point of law applicable to the
Australian ballot act, In the case before the
oourt an effort was mado by citizens of Be
vere to oust a member of tho Board of Se
lectmen, their most important being an
allegation that several persons who had no
right to vote, voted for tho candidate.
The defendant's counsel contended that
under tho Australian ballot act it could not
bo objected after an election that persons
voted illegally, where it did not appear that
the votes of such persons were challenged
in the manner provided by the act. Judge
Lathrop sustained the defendant's de-mnrrnr.
THUKSDAY, 'SEPTEMBER
WET HUSTON WAS DISGUSTED.
The Ex-Treasurer Talks About President
Harrison, His Former Political Idol.
The Chicago Herald has interviewed
ex-United States Treasurer Huston, who,
among other raoy remarks, delivered him
self of tho following:
"lean never be tho enemy of General
Harrison. It would be an impossibility,
loving and admiring him as I did for' ten
years, ever to become either openly .or
Becretly hostile to him. When I think of
him at all It is with the feelings of a man
whose idol has been shattered, ft has been
the source of great sorrow to me that I ever
discovered the President's true eharaoter.
I have no personal pique againBt him. Ton
know that I am not a time-server nor a
hanger-on of any man. I wanted nothing
from Harrison for myself, but I de
sire that some of my co-workers and
friends who gave their money nnd their
energies to mako Harrison what he Is
should be' rewarded. I want to say this: If
President Harrison could appreciate what
has been done for him by hundreds of In
diana Renublicnns he couldnot he a humane
I being and act the part or the ingrate that he
has shown himself to be. Now when I say
that I want it to be understood that I do not
charge the President with being an unjust
man. So lar as he can appreciate the value
of services rendered he is trilling to return
favor for favor. But he knows nothing about
politics. His part in life has been to sit on a
rjedeatal and rnvlew nrncesslans. He has
never had a whiff of the atmosphere that
surrounds the 'boys' who do the successful
work In politics, lie believes very sincerely
that his securing the Presidency was ex
clusively the work of the Lord, but 1 have
personal knowledge that the Lord had many
aiders and abettors m this earth in ac
complishing that work."
"Yon think, then, that the President re
gards himself as an instrument in the hands
of fatet" "
"Yes; he is a Presbyterian, you know, and
believes in pro lestinatlon, foreordination
and all that. He probably realizes to some
extent that other men have made great sac
rifices to contribute to his success, but he is
so constituted thit he believes these very
men, in the making of such sacrifices, have
only been acting In obedience to the law s of
destiny. It is extremely painful to mo to
discover that a man whom I have looked up
to as a great man, a blg-bralned and large
hearted man, is narrow-minded and pig
headed. Why, look at the man Miller, who
is Harrison's Attorney General I Was thero
ever such a mistake made by any other
President that could equal Harrison's mis-
tace in tne selection oi jumen iyuhu m.
learned that Miller .was going into the Cabi
net I went to the President and said: 'Gen
eral Harrison,' you can make up your official
family to suit yourself, but if it had been
known before the election that you would
honor Mr. Miller with tne Attorney Gen
eral's portfolio, or any other important
office, you would have lost the State of Indi
ana by 50,000 votes.' He insisted on making
thu appointment anil I left his presence in
disgust. My disgust was so great that I de
termined to leave Washington before the
inauguration, and I wont into a railroad
office to Secure transportation. Murat Ilal
stead and others, seeing me go into the rail
road office, divinea my intention, and, drag
ging me to a hotel, ordered a council of war
and passed resolutions forbidding rtfv de
parture from the city under penalty of being
made Minister Plenipotentiary to the Canni
bal Islands. 1 1 emained, but I was disgnstod
awfully, horribly disgusted."
A SWISS EXPERIMENT.
A Philanthropist Who Wants No Traffic on
Sundays..
Economist Francalse.3 '
An innovation in railway traveling, so far
as tho Continent is concerned, is about to
be tried in Switzerland. In the Jura there
Is a largo village, or small town, of 6,000 in
habitants ealled Ste. Croix, which Is situ
ated at an altitude of about 2,300 feet above
the plain. Ste. Croix, which offers aii im
portant trade in clocks and musical boxes,
has for some time been anxious to have a
line of railway which would connoct it with
the Jnra-Slmplon system at Yverdon, situ
ated on the plain.
Several plans were prepared, but before
anything definite had been settled a wealthy
philanthropist named William Barbey
offered to make the line at his own expense
and without any subsidy, upon the one con
dition that, for-a period of 25 years traflio
should be entirely suspended on Sundays
that is to say, between midnight Saturday
and midnight Sunday. The proposal was
accepted, and W. Barbey, though a few
friends have joined him In tho enterprise
is furnishing the capital required, this being
estimated at 92,000, or about 6,130 per
mile, the length of the line being not quite
15 miles. The railway will, it is anticipated,
be open for traffic the year after next.
THE PANHANDLE'S NEW MOVE.
The Pennsylvanla'Company 3Iay Construct
a New Road South of the Ohio.
East Liverpool, Sept. 2. Special.--The
engineering corps or the Panhandle Com
pany are surveying a route from New Cum
berland up the river, and it is said tho objec
tive point is Rock Springs, a summer resort
opposite this city, although ultimately tho
Panhandle will extend its lino nil along the
south side of the Ohio river to Pittsburg.
This is considered a smart move on the
part of the Pennsylvania Company to shut
out the Baltimore aud Ohio nnd tne Wheel
ing and Lake Erie Railroads, which have
that side of the Ohio in view. The section
from New Cumberland to East Liverpool is
a continuous succession of sewer pipe and
paving brick factoiles, together with largo
Fruit farms. Hock Springs summer resort is
One of the finest plcnio resorts west of the
Allcghonles.
HEBEEW BEFUQEE3 IN CHICAGO.
They Tell the Usual Tales of Persecution
and Loss of Wealth.
Chicago, Sept. 2. About 20 Russian He
brew refugees have arrived in this city ana
are being cared for by the members of theiry
racohcie. Many moro nre expected to rol
low them.
They tell pitiful stories of abuso in the
land from which they were driven. Most of
them are without means, though some of
them were we.ilthy before the edict of ex
pulsion was issued. They expect many
more to follow them. "'
Making Plate Glass at Irwin.
iRwnr, Sent. 2. Special. Tho first fin
ished plato glass was turned out at the
Pennsylvania Plate Glass Works here to-day.
The Immense buildings orthiscompany now
cover over five acres, and altogether em
ploy 600 men. The management say that
they can turn out finished plate glass equal
to any of the best imported French or Bel'
gian goods.
DEATHS HEBE AND ELSEWHEBE.
Benjamin Noyes.
Benjamin Noyes died at the New Haven
nospltal Monday night. He-rfag about 75 years of
age. Few men were o weU known in Connecticut,
lie had been la tho hospital since April last, suffer
ing from ikldney troubles, and on Sunday he was
ttrlcLen with paralfl'- The patriotism of Benja
min Noyes was ardent and In tho War of the Re
bellion Ms aid to the State In raisin and enuin-
plng troops was Invaluable. He wan at dlfflercnt
times a bank commissioner, insurance commis
sioner and was engaged lu the newspaper busi
ness in 1873. He was at one time Lieutenant Colonel
of the Second negiment. xue circumstances of Mr.
Noyes' death were in marked contrast with those
of his earlier career. lie as at one time the fore
most man In New Haven business circles. He died
penniless and almost friendless. He left a 'Sub
stantial monument to-his activity and enterprise in
the Insurance Building hi New Haven, which he
built at a cost of tmooo. Thirty years ago he
saved the late Governor Vi inchester from financial
disaster. T
Rev. J. IJ. Soule.
Bev. J. B. Soule, D. D., Ph. D., died in
Chicago Tuesday. Ho was the latt or four brothers,
allot whom have been eminent as authors and edu
cators, among them being Gideon LSonle, LL.D.,
for nearly 60 years principal of Phillips Exeter
Academy. J. a. Soule had been an educator,
editor and preacher in Indiana and Illinois since
1S.
Obituary Notes.
BobebtD. BowiLAXdled at Washington, Pa
Tuesday afternoon. He was a well-known oil man
In the Washington field.
MBS. W. F. BTEYBUSOjr, wife of Baltimore and
Ohio Baggagemaster Stevenson, of Mt. Pleasant,
did'1 yesterday afternoon at the home or her uncle
at Buena Vista. Mrs. Stevenson has suffered ter
ribly for several mouths past, and many eminent
physicians were summoned.
MAJOR Joitn J. Satxlt died at Lodl, lud.,
Tuesday afternoon, surrounded bv relatives and
friends. Major Bafely was prominently known In
mining and political circles, and was the promoter
of many enterprises. He teryed during the war on
the stair of Ueueral Belknap.
CXtttSD "STATES COJIlIISSIOXEE A. W, BllAZEE
died Tuesday evening in Denver, aged 63 years,
lie went to Colorado in 1874 with a commission
from President Grant as one of the Judges of the
Supreme Court of tne Territory. Vor many years
he has been an acknowledged leader in the Prohi
bition party.
3, i 18&L
, OUE MAIL POUCH. '
Blame It on the Moveable Types.
To the Editor of The Dlapatoh:
My letter In Ths Disfatck of this day has
boen subjected to a most unwarrantable
and misleading alteration. When I referred
to the anoient Scandinavian ante-Colnmblan
settlements in America as Vlnland (original
ly Winsland) Idld.asamatter of course, not
mean Finland. I am not yet "Dutch"
enough to mix my F's and Vs. You have
also enriobed the anoient Norse language
with one new word, "scalavag" I wrote
"Skrallnif," the ancient Norse for Indian.
Fcr further Information see Washington Ir
ving' "Columbus;" Eben Norton Horsford's
"The Defenses of Norumbeza:" "Historia
Tinlandlae Ahttqnaa," the latter a transla
tion of the old Ioelandlc "Eddas and Sagas"
by Torfeus of Copenhagen, to.
Axel C. haixbzcx.
AiiEanKmr, Septembers.
Pronunciation Conundrums.
To the Editor of The Dispatch:
Please Inform me as to the correct pro
nunciation of "tomato," also "either" and
"neither." D. H.
St. Makv's, September 2.
"Tomato" is pronounced with the long
sonnd of the vowels, that is tho "o" is
soundedasin "note" and the "a" as in "fate."
Either" is pronounced with either the long
sonnd of "e" or "1," but the former is given
tne preference. The "ei" should therefore
be pronounoed as "e" in "mo." The same
remarks apply to "neither."
Philadelphia's Postofflce.
To the Fditor of The DIsDattii:
Will you define the location of the post
office building in Philadelphia and also of
the Record building. Y. P.
MgKeesfort, Septembers.
The postofflce building is on tho corner of
Ninth nnd Chestnut and runs through the
block. Tho Record building is In the rear of
the postofflce, on Chestnut street.
The National Pike.
To the Editor of The Dispatch:
Will you Inform me where the National
PikS that crosses Southwestern Pennsyl
vania starts, and what direction does It take
after it leaves Penns) lvanla, and where does
it terminate; .E. S.
BELLtVznsojf, September 2.
It runs from Uniontown over the mount
ains through Cumberland to Washington.
Cost of the Court House.
To the Editor of The Dispatch:
Can you tell me how much the Court
House of Pittsburg cost, and how long it
took to build it? E. E. L.
JonssTows, September 2.
It cost $2,000,000, and It was four years In
bting built.
The Longest Day.
To the Editor of the Dispatch.
Will you state which is the longest day of
the yeart Coitbtamt Reader.
Allegheny, September 2.
The 21st of June.
NEW COKE BEOI0NS.
They Will Come in Contact With the Trade
of Connellsville.
Chicago, Sept. 2. The Burlington and
Quincy Railroad intends to extend its Hues
to Helena and Butte City, Mont., and the
matter which has brought this determina
tion about is coke. The smelters at Omaha,
Denver, Pneblo, Argentine and Deadwood
use vast quantities of coke, which has come
from Connellsville. Pa., or Glenwood Springs,
Col. A year ago a branch was built to Mer
ino, and at Cambria on this lino a coke in
dustry has been started.
The coal from which this coke is made is
of an extraordinary quality compared with
other coal heretofore found west or Penn
sylvania, and is by many experts considered
to be superior to the same class of Pennsyl
vania coal. Coke made from this coal was
submlttod to the Deadwood smelter to test,
and tho managers of that institution have
announced that it works even better than
the Connellsville product. It will be used in
Deadwood from now on.
With un assured monopoly of the coke
trado to Montana tho Burlington figures tbat
tho new line will pay from the start. The
coke going West would control the bulk of
tne ore proaucc coming xasu
FINANCIAL TB0TJBLE3 OF THE EAIB.
Congress Will Probably Be Asked In Some
Way for Another Appropriation.
Chicago, Sept. 2. The National Board of
Commissioners of the World's Fuir and the
National Board of Lady Managers will meet
iu this City to-morrow. One of the matters
to come before the Commission will be tho
question of how to avoid a deficit in its ap
propriation for the year of about $2.1,000. It
1b probable that this will be accomplished
by cutting down salaries. President Palmer
has already agreed to give up hla $5,000 sal
ary, and Director General Davis submits
voluntarily to a cut of 3,000 in his,and $12,000
is to be saved by dispensing with the April
meeting.
The Finance Committee has considered
with favor a proposition to ask Congress to
make the Fair management a loan of $3,000,
000, taking a mortgage on the receipts for its
repayment, but It has not been decided
upon. In ahy event, as the Government
lias provided for the giving of medals and a
jury of award, it is understood that Con
gress will be asked to appropriate enough
money to pay for the medals and the ex
penses of the juries of award between $300,
000 and (700,000.
GBASSH0PFEBS SOUTHWEST.
Attacking and Devouring Grain and Fruits
in Two Counties.
WASHraoTOS, Pa., Sept. 2. 6iat The
crops of Washington and Greeno Counties
are suffering terribly from the ravages of
grasshoppers. Not only are field crops in
jured, but fruit is also suffering.
Near Jefferson. Greeno county, it is re
ported the grasshoppers aro devouring the
peaches, leaving the stones hanging on the
trees. Near Lone Plne.Washington county,
they have in many fields eaten the silk off
the corn, and have commenced to nttack
the grain itself. Marly turnip patches of
that neighborhood are completely eaten up.
Garden otnff Is not escaping their ravages,
and it is likely that there will be a falling off
In Washington county's usually .large celery
crop.
THEATBICAL NEWS.
Tnx English Comedy Company appeared
last night in the comedietta "Which?" and.
'Married Life," Buckstone.s comedy. The
former piece is very light and tame anyhow,
and it cannot be said that anybody but Mr.
Clarke put much life into it. Miss Lackey
and Miss Ford looked charming, that was
nil. In the comedy things were better all
'round. Mr. Clarke as the weak-mindod
footman with the strong-minded wife was
broadly funny. Mr. McCIannin was delight
ful as the asthmatic old man with a con
stant dread of draughts. Miss Adella Saw
yer as Jri.Cbddfe wasa vivacious and absurd
foil to Mr. McCIannin. The other couples
Illustrating tUo Joys of wedded life wore
well mated for farcical effects. 'Hiss Ford
seemed more at ease In the role of ATrx. Lynx
than any she has attempted, and played the
jealous wife with a good deal of earnestness.
Miss Lackey, who Is a debutante and a
remarkably pretty girl, with charming
manners, mado all that conld well be made
of a small part. Mr. Halo was easy and
debonair enough as Mr. Lynx. The aadi
enoe, owing doubtless to the Exposition
opening, numbered but a score or two, and
this had a chilling effeot npon tho players.
II ttxsx and Hart in their reconstructed
"Later On," which is to be brought forward
at the Bijou next Monday night, will intro
duce several? musical novelties. Among
them is a gavotte arranged for six girls, the
special charm of which will be intensified
by the fact that their movements will be
directed by an equal number of singing
birds. These birds aro not feathered beau
ties of the forest, but their counterfeits
mechanically devised by an inventive
Frenchman. They are made to sing at will
by the dancer, so that for- the nonce the
usual orchestral acoompaniment will be dis
pensed with. The sale of seats begins to
day. At the Dnquesne Theater next peek Jos
eph Haworth and his admirable, company
will play "St. Maro," and a double bill, "Fra
Dlano" and "Buy Bias." The sale of Seats
opens to-day.
Haslos's Fantasma, the spectacle children
loye so well, is the next attraction at the
Grand Opera House. The sale of seats be
gins to-day.
WHEBE DEO THS WINS 00 1
Singular Result ot an Experiment With a
Bottle ol Champagne.
Seattle Telegraph.
Ensign E. A. Anderson-, oi tbo steamer
Albatross, bos a world of marvelous stories
to tell about the investigations of the
steamer and her work down in the depths of
the ocean, where the imagination of Jules
Verne sent his daringNautilus. A Telegraph
man had another talk with him yesterday
morning before the steamer' left for Port
Townsend. He gave the scribe the strong
est fish story that has ever been given out
on the ship to date, as far as the best obtain
able records show.
It was when the Albatross was down
South last year with Prof. Agasslz, Jr., that
the Incident occurred. The supply of Pom
mery Seo was unusually good and to observe
the effect a, bottle was attached to a line and
weight and sent down into the deep. When
the Indicator registered 1,000 fathoms the
bottle was pulled up. It was in good condi
tion, the cork was solid and even tho toll
label was not marred, but when the cbrk
was pulled the bottle was found to contain
nothing bnt pure salt water. The cham
pagne was gone. Why, when, n here, no
uody seemed to know. "Of courn," said
the ensign, "we dirt not try the experiment
often. It would be too expensive. The en
trance of the salt w nteris reu suitable enough,
for the glHssttrts poms, but what was the
proces of forcing the champagne nutt The
reporter was going to suggest thnt some of
the fish were bon vlvantu with prize tastes
for Pommery, but the officer looked to be
toomu bin earnest. Anyhow, the lieuten
ant should get some kind nf a climax into
the yarn to add to its effectiveness.
MUCH LUIQATION IN PB0SEECT.
Valuable Property In the Heart of Altoona
to Be Sold for Taxes.'
HotLiDAYSBcno, Sept. 2. SpecfoL On
October H the Blair County Commissioners
w ill hold the first sate in 45 years tbat they
have had of properties bought by them in
that period at the Connty Treasuries' sale of
tho United States for taxes. These sales
will affect some of the most valuable pron
erties in the heart of the city or Altoona,
which were bought and improved without
first discharging the Hen of the tax sales.
The sales by the Connty Commissioners
will be prolific of bitter and continued liti
gation, and will entail the loss of thousands
of dollars of valuable property to the piem
en t owners.
NOW MBS. CHABLES & ISHAM.
Minister Lincoln Gives Away His Daughter
Mary lb Marriage.
Lotdok, Sept. 2. Tho marriage of Miss
Mary Lincoln, daughter of United States
Minister Lincoln, to Charles B. Isbam, of Chi
cago, took place nt 2 o'clock this afternoon
at the Bronipton Parish Church.
.v numuer oi rasmonaoie .English people
and Americans, mostly intimate friends of
the Lincoln family, filled the cbnrch. After
too marriage ceremony tne most, intimate
friends of the two families imrtook of u wed
ding breakfast at fie United States Minis-
tor's residence in Cromwell Gardens.
NOBLE VISITORS IN NEW YOBK.
The Countess of Aberdeen Preparing an
Exhibit or Irish Industries.
New York, Sept. 2. Among the passengers
on the Majestic, which arrived hero to-day,
were the Earl and Countess of Aberdeen and
their little daughter. Lady Marjorte.
While hero Lady Aberdeen will mike ar
rangements for an exhibit of Irish home in
dustries, in the form of lace manufacturing
'and homespnn clothing, together with the
famous Irish linen. Lady Abeuleen pro
pose to place this ethibft in the woman's
section Of the World's Fair.
MAKING UP WITH UNCLE SAM.
Salvador Willing to Make Amends and
Negotiate for Reciprocity.
Salvador, Sept. 2. Thefeellnggrowing out
of the City of Panama incident is dying ont.
Everything consistent with honor to satisfy
tho United States will be done.
Senor Galinde. the new Minister to the
United States, who is one of the ablest Salvn
dorian diplomats, is expeoted to arrange a
reciprocity treaty and bring about an era of
good feeling.
COMING TO PITTSBTOQ IN A BODY.
The Irlqnois Club of Johnstown Will At
tend the Democratic Club Meeting.
Johisstowit, Sept. 2 Special.- A ft. a meet
ing of the Iriquois Club of this city, it was
doclded that the members of that club at
tend the State Convention of Democratic
Clubs in Pittsburg in a body.
Each member will wear a high silk hat
and light overcoat, and they will be thor
oughly drilled before leaving.
PEOPLE WHO COME AND 00.'
James B. Stephenson, Mrs. Stephenson
and tier son are guests at the Seventh Ave
nue. Mr. StepbenBon is identified with coal
and railroad interests nt East Brady. Sam
Wallace.a well-known merchant of the same
place, Is also at the Seventh AUenue. The
party joined and saw the Exposition opened
last night.
John Gillespie, of Greenville. Pa., left
for Harrisburg yesterday. Mr. Gillespie is a
brother of Congressman-elect Gillespie, of
theTwenty-flftu dlstilct, and an alternate
to the Democratic State convention. A
number of Democrats left during the day
including County Chairman Brenncn.
Dr. AV. C. Shurlock, of Fnrgo, X. D.,
was nt the Seventh Avenne yesterday. Tho
doctor was Speaker of the House of Repre
sentatives IS years ago, but has been located
in Dakota now for some time. He was in
Harrlsbnrg on business nnd stopped off hei e
to see friends.
B. K. Jacobs has returned from Europe
where he has been spending the snmmer.
Ho much enjoyed the time spent in the capi
tals of the Olo World ana bus been greatly
benefited in health.
Hobart Brook and Mrs. Brook, B. E.
King, II. W. Thompson, Mlsa Thompson nnd
Miss Lawrence form a party from Washing
ton which registered at the Duqnesne last
evening.
George B. Biddle, K. A. Biddlc and Miss
Mary A. Biddle, who have been spending
the summer with George D. Biddle, ot North
avenne, Allegheny, left yesterday for Den
ver, Col.
Joseph A. Hoeveller was nt the Anderson
yesterday. He had just returned from a ten
day's trip to Atlantic City, Capo May and
other resorts and felt the be tter for the vaca
tion.
J. L. Blackwell, of Baltimore, is at the
Anderson. It was Mr. Blackwell who built
the Troy Hill line, being then connected
with Bentley, Knight & Co.
Thomas Armstrong and his son are stay
ing at the Dnquesne. Mr. Armstrong is a
Pliiladelphian and is President of the salt
company at Natrona.
Miss Carrie Curry, the daughter of ex
Councilman Curry, of Allegheny, has been
visiting Mayor Wyman'a daughter for the
past few weeks.
"W. J. Murphy, of Indianapolis, arrived
in town yesterday in companv with his
brother Edward. He is stopping at the
Dnquesne.
Geonre Miller was called bacE suddenly
from Philadelphia by the death of his sister,
Mrs. Severance, or Allegheny.
Lewis P. Kclsey, of Salt Lake City, is at
the Hotel Duquesne. He is interested in
Nevada mining property.
General Manager Woods, of the Pennsvl
vanfa Railroad, returned yesterday with his
family from Marblebead.
Miss Marie Saville, of Penn avenne, is
confined to the house with a severe affection
of the throat. .
Colonel Bobert B. Beath, President of the
Niagara Insurance Company, is. at the
Duquesne.
B. W. Boon, Pmident of the First Na
tional Bank of Marietta, Ga., is at the An
derson. James B. lioss and George H. Ahrens, of
Jamestown, N. Y., are Duqnesne guests.
A. B. Churchman, a prominent merchant
of Philadelphia, is on Anderson guest.
Mrs. Gusky has returned to town. She
has been absent all the summer.
A. O. Bradley, a glass broker of Chicago,
Is a Dnquesne guest.
Juflge H. W. Weir, of Boise City, Idaho,
is at the St. Caarles.
John D. Higman, af St. Muster, Eng., is
at the Mosongahela.
J. H. Bicketson returned on the limited
last night.
J. T. Leary, of Fort Wayne, is an Ander
son guest.
CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS. '
Uncle Sam has' 1,000,000 French Cana
dians. Only one man in 203 ii over six feet in
height.
Cable lines will supplant 4,000 horses in
New York.
There is s newspaper in London which
is printed in scented ink;
Ice cream wa3 first made and sold.in
Philadelphia 91 years ago.
There is a doctor by the name of Miller
in nearly every town in Missouri.
San Francisco's coble system is greater
by 60 miles than that of any other city.
It has been estimated recently by a
ShnA Tnnn flint ttto- .wv1a rt a TTnfa
TStates spend ji'X) Ooo.COOannually for shoes.
The magnitude of the Chautauqua
movement is illustrated by the fact that ths
entering class, which is to pursue a throe
years' course, contains tho names of 13,003
students.
The other night, at Breckenridge, CoL,
some person put dynamite in the Methodist
Episcopal Church bell, and the bell and
belfry were blown to atoms, endangering
the lives or more than 100 people.
A. R. King, a New York Central con
ductor, recently t6ok up a stop-over pasa
dated March 0, 1837. Tho passenger was
Jonathan Osman. 93 years old, and be had
been saving that ticket just 31 years.
The medical adviser of a friendly soci-ety-in
Bath advertises that he will under
take the medical treatment of all and sun
dry at the economic rate of 2 cents weekly
foradnlts and hair price for children.
Snakes are so abundant and trouble
some in the country about Talcott moun
tain. Conn., that the fanners in the vicinity
hnvo clubbed together to hire a man to kill
the reptiles. He is pniil 5 cents a bead and
manages to make from 3 to $3 a day.
A gold chain was found in a lump of
coal that Mrs. S. W. Culp, of Morrisonville.
111., was nbout to put on her grate fire. Tho
chain weighed eight pennyweights and wa
only half embedded in. the coal, one end
hanging loose.
Cremation is very economically con
ducted In Japan, and in consequence is very
popularjln Toklo there are six crematories,
in which one-third of the dead are burned.
The highest price forbnrning abodyisJEl.
and the lowest 5 shillings.
A desperate battle occurred recently
between a blacksnako and a gnrtersnake ae
Gainesville, Ga. For 30 minutes it was an
undecided question as to which would gain
the victory, bnt at the expiration of that
time the bl.ick3nake succeeded in devourins
his antagonist.
At his new place in the Catskills George
Gonld expects to have a herd of about 100
deer arid elk. He has already a small pre
servo on the shore or the lake which contains
eight Colorado elk and eight Virginia and
fonr black-tailed deer Mr. finnii lma in
cluding the lake, KO acres.
The "green goods" men are harvesting
a crop of Oregon suckers who send money ""
to 53 Liberty street. New York, to get boxes
of sawdust in return. People who bite at
Buch a bait should remember that nothing
is free on earth except salvation, and there
is some donbt about that. ,
County Treasurer GreeD, of Saginaw
codhty has received from Southern Michi
gan $1 60 of public money from some woman
who came into possession of it unlawful! v.
11 years ago and whose hibernating con
science ht,s now aroused sufficiently to make
It uncomfortable to retain it, bnt not enough
to force her to pay interest on it.
Antelope Valley, says the Los Angeles
Times, reports this year 65,000 acres of wheat
as fine as any in California, which will av
erage eight and a half sacks (about L10O
pounds to the acre). Four or five years ago
this vast territory was in effect a desert.
Now its grain cror n lone will bring to tho
producers over tl.000 000.
Captain Kron, of Lexington, Mass., a
Union veteran, survived 20 battles of ths
Civil War, including Cold Harbor, where ho
lost an arm, to die last week at the age of 84
through having his foot trod on in a
street car. Tho pressure on a bunion caused
inflammation, gangrene set in and tho poor
man died after a week's illness.
The South Metropolitan Gas Company
of Salisbury is conceded to have the largest
gas holder ever constructed, and the com
pany is planning tobnddone even larger.
Tne one now in use is abont 2 feet in diam
eter, by 185 feet high, and will contain over
8,000,000 cnbic feet of gas. The capacity of
tho new holder will bo about 12,000,100 cubio
leet.
Marshall is a great place for donkeys
and their kindred. Besides selling 13,000
mules every year they have raised a mule in
that connty which is 8 years old and 20
hands high. A mule six feet eight inches
high is such a cnrioslty that they are taking
it around to all the connty fairs and
exhibiting it as a sort of side show, and the
gato money in a single day sometimes
amounts to $100.
Annie Conant, a San Diego invalid who
has been endeavoring during the past year
to collect L0C0,000 cenceled postage stamps,
has succeeded in accumulating the enormous
number of 070,000, This probably represents
an expenditure by the people who used those
stamps of between $13,0 JO and $20,000, and it
is not likely that this enthusiastic collector
secured more than an inllniteslmnt fraction
of the stamps used by the people of the na
tion last year.
The Beno Gcaette says: About 200 In
dians took possession of some empty box
cars of a freight train this morning without
being provided with transportation, intend
ing to go to Sacramento to pick hops. Tho
conductor conld not put them off, and tho
train pulled out with them. The Indians,
w hen questioned, &ald: "Maybe so, hop man
on ranch at Sacramento pay fare all right."
The Indians uro tho only people that can
beat n railroad, and they can do it with tho
bbldncs? of buccaneer.
The practicability of telegraphing with
out vlro has recently been demonstrated
by the success of sovcral experiments. Not
long ago Mr. Prcece, the head electrician of
tho postal telegraph svstem in England,
Bnccccded in establishing communication
ncros3 the t-olent to the isle of Wight, and
telegraphed also aero-s the River Severn
without wires, merely using earth plates at
a sufficient distance apart. It is now pro
posed to make practical use of this system
in communicating with lightships.
A plantation of india rubber was
stnrted by the Government of Assam, in
1873, in n forest at the foot of the Himalayas.
Seedlings were planted in tho forks of trees,
and by 18S5 they had reached tho ground.
The trees w ere subsequently placed in beds,
40 feet wide, protected by the-surrounding
forest. In IS 00 the plantation extended over
1,100 acres, and contained VSfiH healthy
, . , .l.t.. Ul fVA . .....t!l..a 11.... .. r
pianiS U091UC3 Ct,VUU CCl-UUllgO. Auut,Apuri-
ment will not begin to be profitable until
after several years more.
The four cables of the Brooklyn bridge
are 16 Inches in diameter each and consist of
about 20,000 single wires. One difficulty with
whlcn the engineers of tho Brooklyn bridge
had to contend was the the fact tbat the
outside or oxposed wires were expanded by
the heat or the sun, while tne inner or pro
tected ones were not so affected. The pres
sure or tne winu, too, being or varying
velocity, required such adjustment of tha
wires as to prevent displacement, even in a
hurricane, It took 16 months' continual
work to string the wires of the bridge.
Jokelets From Jnifge.
Mrs. Trotter Will it be proper to send
your crd with mine to Mrs. Toste .
Mr. Trotter-Give it up. ' Why d j 1't you consult
Hoylef
St. Peter (at the gate) Name, please.
Newly arrived aptrlt-DavId DuiLats.
St. Peter (after an inspection of the books) Ton
were a bank cashier on earth.
Spirit Yc.
St. Peter-Yon may be aU right, but you will
have to be identified, lr.
In token of the deeds of shame,
That Wot thy record. Wall street.
I've often wonacrea wny iny name ft
Ha not been changed to i au street. j4j&
lr TT.l.-f. "r Tnmrlilr is thn trnrik -i-
.lurs. ioj at.. .'" .i5
bargain hunter I know. -f t
Hojack A regular pugilist, en? i ;
Mrs. Hojacs mjsur- it.B.u.
Holack Yes; price fighter, you know.
"Is there anything you want, 'Willie?il
asked grandma. . ii u C5i
"YeSJl TuaH wnTTPKimejfliauuMj urcau. j - jt'
whnMVeTonDreaar'- -' ; ?'
"Nooneyet. I thought perhaps you might, y ,,y f
She receives the homage of all men,, i 1 '
Afwhtch the others are enraged. r j
She's Door, not beautiful, bat then . .'
She's safe for she's engaged.
Chollie (exacting) But this
coat, is .
crooked as tne very aence, anip. "-.- ,jhj
v.S
Suln (in despair) I might hive known taatyou-
jf anted a straight Jacket.
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