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FACTS OX TIX CANS.
The utter silliness of the hue and cry
indulged in for the past year on the sub
ject of tin plate and the price of tin cans,
as affected by the tariff, is fully illustrated
ly the facts stated in our local columns.
After all the outcry that has been heaid
on this subject it is a lame and impotent
conclusion to learn that the wholesale
price of tin cans has not advanced more
than was to be expected as the natural re
sult of the large demand caused by the
plentiful crop of articles for canning.
That the advance is wholly due to that
cause and not to the tariff is &hown by the
similar advance in glass jars used for the
same purpose. Beyond that is the crush
ing fact that the advance in the wholesale
price of tin cans is so slight that it cannot
affect the retail price of canned fruits and
i egetables.
This affords conclusive evidence of what
has been plain enough all along: That our
free trade friends have been committing
the vital blunder of shouting over a mare's
nest on the tin can question. They have
really rested their cause on the assertion
that the increase in the duty would impose
a material addition to the cost of canned
fruits. Ilaving preached tl:?t doctrine for
nearly a year.the cry proves to be a boom
erang on the plain appearance of the fact
that no such increase of prices is to take
place. The lesson will teach our friends
the enemy a little discretion in their hue
and cry against the tariff for the future.
AXOTHEK ItESCUB NECESSART.
The most positive achievement of Arctic
expeditions is that of getting into a posi
tion where another expedition is required
to rescue them from starvation. The
Peary expedition which started north this
year has become an early illustration to
the rule. It has hardly got well started
on the work of exploration mapped out
before word is sent back, that unless fresh
supplies are forwarded early next year
the starvation of the entire partyis a prac
tical certainty.
This only adds another to the long list
ot cases which prove that the dangers aDd
loss of life incident to Arctic exploration
far outweigh any gain to the stock of the
world's knowledge that can be secured
by such sacrifices. It has already been
clearly shown that the Polar region is Im
passable and incapable of sustaining life.
The world should be content with that
knowledge, and while recognizing the
sourage of men ready to hazard their lives 1
in further explorations, should discour
age any more such useless and costly at
tempts. Of course, the relief needed for Peary
and his party should be organized and sent
north early next spring. Those who were
responsible for sending out the expedition
with supplies that have so soon demon
strated their insufficiency should recognize
the especial obligation laid upon them to
do all that maj be necessary to rescue the
perry from the slow death that threatens
them. But with this expedition relieved
and brought back to the habitable regions
of the globe, social and scientific organiza
tions should take positive ground against
the sending out of more expeditions which
vill require additional rescues.
THE ROAD QUESTION.
The last Legislature managed to muddle
the movement In favor of good country
mads so that at present nothing partic
ular appears to be left of it. But it is
hardly possible that the agitation of the
subject, the proofs of the need for better
country roads, of their value to the com
munity, and of the practicability of a
general improvement can be wholly lost,
even by legislative stupidity.
A contribution to the stock of public
information on the standard of road
making in Europe is made in the last issue
ofthe Engineering ITagatine. The writer
says:
In France, you may drive from Paris to
Orleans to Bonrges, toXevers, and across
the Jura mountains into Switzerland. You
may Journey through Switzerland, behold
ing all her marvels of scenery, and you may
continue 011 into Germany and follow the
Rhine and is valley of legends until you
reach the shoals of theXorth Sea. You may
vary till" Journey in whatever way your
inclination may urge; you may travel the
loads of Scotland, Italy, Austria, Belgium,
Baden, Spain or Scandinavia, and you will
everywhere find that the publio hand has
been industriously directed to the care and
keeping of the common roads.
In all these countries a special depart
ment of the Government is devoted to the
care and maintenance of roads and bridges,
and the result Is a perfection of highways
such as is unknown in this country. There
may be a certain fidelity to the democratic
theories in the perfection of local self
government which leaves every com
munity free to keep Itself in the mud if it
prefers. But when the result is execrable
roads for nearly all sections, the Inquiry
can profitably be made whether the prac
tice may not be altered without damage to
republican principles.
As to the construction ot European
roads it is Interesting to learn that in
France, where the Tresagnet system is
In vogue, the road builders lay their
foundation as the old Romans did in large
blocks of stone with graduated layers of
broken Etone forming the superstructure.
This system permits the use of other than
limestone for the foundation, and thus re
moves one of the difficulties presented by
the scarcity of stone fdr macadamizing in
certain sections. It even suggests that a
road constructed entirely of free .stone
with a surface of sand or gravel would be
permanent and could be kept in first-class
condition by periodical renewals of the
wearing surface.
Every addition to the stock of public in
formation on good roads is a step toward
the final consummation of highways on
which travel will be easy at all seasons.
The present system which leaves ns with
roads that are impassable for one-third of
the year cannot continue long, consistently
with a claim of a high stage of civilization.
THE PROPOSED 82,000,000 BOND ISSUE.
It is obvious that if the city has to pay
the piper for recent street improvements,
the expense of which rightly should have
been borne by the property benefited,
there is no alternative to the 52,000,000
bond plan, except by special tax levy to
mee,t contractors' judgments as they may
be entered up. Taxes in Pittsburg are al
ready high enough. To almost double
them even for a single year is, of course,
undesirable.
But while the 52,000,000 bond scheme
will probably have to' be accepted and
with as little enthusiasm as ETobson's
choice there is obvious necessity that the
plan of its operation be definitely set out
before the people are asked to vote for it
Councilman Binder was entirely correctin
his position at the Finance Committee
meeting yesterday that the term of years,
rate of interest and other details ought to
be understood by the taxpayers when they
are called upon to vote.
Already objection has been made in
some quarters to the bond issue on the
ground that it prejudges the city's liabil
ity to the contractors, in place of permit
ting that question to be separately settled
in Con rf upon each suit as it might be
brought up. We attach no great import
ance to this as the Supreme Court clearly
indicated the city would have to pay any
how; but if the general taxpayer has to
put his hand in his pocket to the amount
of 52,000,000, he will very surely prefer
knowing in advance how long the bonds
arc to run, the rate of interest that is to
be paid, and the manner in which the pro
ceeds are to be paid out of the City Treas
ury, in place of merely giving an open
order to Councils in the premises. A dis
tinct understanding on these points should
accompany or precede the demand for
power to issue these bonds.
CORN FOR EUROPE.
With the certainty that the scarcity of
wheat and rye In Europe will establish
high prices for the entire surplus of those
products that this country can send
abroad, there is a valuable suggestion in
the proposition that the United States
shall take steps to show European conn
tries the availability 'of corn products as
an article of food. Such a suggestion was
made j ears ago by the -Hon. A- S. Hewitt
to the effect that the United States should
provide for a special exhibit of corn prod
ucts at the Paris Exposition; but, like
marty suggestions, when there is no im
perative Incentive backing them, it was
not followed up. ,
At present, however, the project pre
sents the combination of a benefit to hu
manity and a commercial profit "to this
country, which Is common to all legiti
mate commerce, but is especially prom
inent In this case. If it is properly pros
ecuted it will make available to the people
of Europe, who at best will be burdened
by the scarcity and high prices of food, a
cheap and wholesome staple. At the same
time it will open up a nev market for a
great product of which there is nearly al
ways a surplus in this country, and which
heretofore could not be sent abroad ex
cept in the form of pork. If the project
is properly pushed it will be highly suc
cessful ana will prove beneficial to the
workers on both sides of the ocean.
LODGE'S STATISTICAL TAGART.
It may not have been Intended that way,
but Hon. Henry Cabot .Lodge's article in
the last number of the Century seems
more calculated to afford amusement than
instruction. His plan is that of counting
up the number of men who have been dis
tinguished by notices In encyclopedias of
biography, of also calculating those who
are honored by large or small portraits, as
well as the theory of taking those who
have had towns named after them, or
whose portraits adorn the -newspapers or
the bill boards, and deducing therefrom
statistical data as to the ratios of ability
among different nationalities or different
States. This is au exhibition of the sta
tistical in a light that approaches the
grotesque.
Mr. Lodge acknowledges at the outset
that the foundation for Ins statistics is in
accurate. But he seems to think that the
statistical methods of calculation can be
governed by a rule like those of
algebra, whieh make calculations
with negative values produce posi
tive results, and therefore pro
ceeds upon the assumption that an aver
age of inaccuracies will produce accuracy.
By this method lie proceeds to deduce cer
tain proportions showing that one State
exceeds another in the ratio of its able
men tu the total population, or that one
race falls below the others in the same re
spect It is not worth while referring to
any of the conclusions. They are utterly
worthless, as can be shown by another
statement of their foundation than that
already made.
" What Mr. Lodge assumes to be indices
of ability are really Indices of something
entirely distinct Without taking into
consideration those biographical publica
tions which represent the ability of promi
nent citizens to pay for a leading place in
their pages, or the Inability of the subjects
to resist the wiles of the canvasser, it is
plain that the quality shown by a place in
biographical encyclopeadias is notoriety,
or, to use a term free from an offensive
flavor, of prominence. To assert that
prominence is a measure of ability Is equiva
lent to saying that Mrs. Lydia Pinkham
and Harriet Hubbard Ayer are the expo
nents of ability among American woman
hood. It was a frequent assertion that
the brains of the Cleveland administration
were lodged In the heads of Daniel Mann
ing and Daniel Lamont It is unnecessary
to either support or deny that claim,-the
mere assertion is sufficient to show the
distinction between prominence and
ability.
This difference is the more vital In such
a connection as that treated by Mr. Lodge,
because for his purposes prominence may
be producedbya condition the opposite to
what Mr. Lodge assumes. That gentle-
man undertakes to draw conclusions con
cerning the distribution of ability In vari
ous sections from the number of people
who have -been prominent enough to get
Into the encyclopedias. -Butany such con
clusion Is vltfated by the fact that! n a sec
tion where low attainments are the rule
the man may attain prominence with cult
ure and ability that would only make him
an average citizen in a community of high
popular attainments. In a community
where Illiteracy is universal the few men
who can read, write and cipher will rise to
the rank of leaders; In one where ad
vanced education is general they wonld
-fall below the average of intelligence.
One suggestion Is pertinent to Mr.Lodge
against the next time he is tempted to
draw deep statistical conclusions on this
subject. If he will base his studies on the
prominence afforded by the newspaper ad
vertisements, he will at least have a relia
ble indication of the-distribution of mer
cantile ability.
A RADICAL REFORMER.
Earnest reformers are constantly mak
ing their appearance; but we rarely meet
with a reformer more earnestly convinced
of the necessity of his platform, or more J
radical in the remedy he advocates than a
Brooklyn citizen. This gentleman thinks
the unbridled and licentious press affords
the most crying case for reform in this
country. The esteemed New Tork Post,
which is emphatically of the opinion that
nearly all newspapers except itself are
very obnoxious v articles, affords the
medium for his public arraignment of the
pres3 and his exceedingly drastic remedy
for its reformation in the following form:
"A few newspaper proprietors shot down,
as I have frequently known in the south
west, would have a most wholesome In
fluence." As this Brooklyn critic of the press ob
jects to the English as well as the morals
of the current newspaper, It is fair to take
his proposition on the rule district gram
matical construction. With tha t construc
tion it is necessary to except to his asser
tion that newspaper proprietors when shot
down will exert a wholesome influ
ence. It would take the most
advanced Spiritualist view to believe that
the mental and moral parts of the news
paper proprietors can exert a wholesome
influence In the affairs of .this world, after
they have been divorced from the body by
the rude interposition of the shot-gun.
As to the part of the newspaper pro
prietors which would remain on earth
after they had undergone the reformatory
process of shooting, It is evident that it
would be the reverse of wholesome.
Newspaper proprietors are not composed
of such different flesh and blood from the
rest of mankind that the decay of their
material parts' will have any more whole
some Influence than that of the average
corpse.
But, supposing that this savage news
paper critic fell into the vice he criticises,
of using loose English, and that he
meant that the shooting of a few news
paper proprietors would have a whole
some influence, there is still room for
argument as to the complete virtue of his
very radical specific for the errors of jour
nalism. He states that he has frequently
observed the application of this remedy in
the Southwest; in which case, on his
theory, Southwestern journalism should
present the mirror of newspaper accuracy,
strictly reliable assertions, and abstinence
from anything like personal malice or
inlegant diction. Yet, somehow, there Is
room for doubt whether the adoption of
the Arizona Kicker as the model of
American journalism would rid it of all
the faults of which our critic complains.
The census shows that the native popu
lation of Alaska is decreasing. "Clvila
tionr"as it was called by De Quincoy's old
philosopher, who contendedin his oftps that
a measure of civilization was afforded by
the consumption of spirituous liquors, Is
evidently too ranch for the Alaskans,' with
its supplies of ruin and whisky in exchange
for furs.
The example of what may result from
a lax enforcement of building laws afforded
in Xew York should not be lost in other
towns. Pittsburg may do well to inquire if
there are any buildings within her limits
put up in defiance or evasion of her build
ing requirements.
We regret to hear a report that John G.
War ick, who defeated McKtnley for Con
gress last fall, is making an exposure or
mental deficiency in connection with the
WeBt Point cadetship. ' The statement is
that, having thrown the appointment open
to competitive examination, he refused to
appoint the youth who won in the examina
tion because the boy's father is a Republican
and opposed Warwick's election. This is
not creditable to Warwick. It was open to
him to make the appointment ono of the
spoils, although Intelligent Congressmen
abandoned that practice, even befoi e the
days of civil service reform; but having de
clared that it should be awarded by a com
petitive examination, Mr. Warwick cannot
creditably nullify' that position. He should
make up his mind to be cither a statesman
or a spoilsman and stick to it. Consistency
is a Jewel; and even the fact that Carlyle de
clared it to bo the virtue of fools does not
lessen its importance to Mr. Warwick.
The American Social Science Association
in session at Saratoga this week has arrived,
after full discussion, at the deliberate con
clusion that the experience of the world
proves the Malthusian doctrine to bo incor
rect. It is gratifying to learn that this pro
found body has found out what every well
informed person know a generation ago.-
The American eagles .are flying home
ward in the fall. A flock of $1,000,000 are en
route and are regarded as the precursors of
more of those who left earlier in the year.
Europe cannot keep all of our gold, much as
she would like.
Bv an announcement in our musical
columns it will be seen that Pittsburg is soon
to be in fall enjoyment of a large auditorium
for the use or conventions, music festivals
and other gatherings for v, hicli the ordinary
halls are inadequate. The Central Bink,
remodeled and refitted, will, furnish the
locality. As it is expected t'o have the. audi
torium ready for use in October and one or
two attractions are already engaged for It
it will bo seen that the project makes an im
portant addition to Pittsburg's places of
amusement.
While there may be room for dispute
about the other charges against Mr. Patrick
Kgan, there is unfortunately no question
that he was left three days'behind time on
the war news. Forn American citizen of
Hibernian descent who has also been a
newspaper man this is absolutely fatal.
The most impressive feature of the season
when the sere and yellow leaf is Impending
is the funereal and somber tone which pro
vails over the efforts of the professional
humorists.
The certificate of character given to
Balmaceda by Mr. Thomas II. Xolgon, as an
"Ideal of honesty," would be flattering if it
did not como into severe collision with that
attempt to get off with some hundreds of
thousands of Chilean pnblio fnndsv In the
light of .that transaction the conclusion Is
imperative that Mr. Xelson's ideals of hon
esty must have been formed on a peculiarly
unfortunate experience.
The assertion, that Robert Lincoln's
daughter, recently married at London, has
a decided resemblance to her illustrious
grandfather is a delicate but nncompltmene
tarywayof conveying the information that
the happy bridegroom married. her for hot
Virtues rather tban.her beauty.
WKB3TftB ITLAKAGAX now sitt in the
Collector's chair at .El Paso and proudly re
flects on,tho fact that after mauy years he
knows what he is there for.
BAKK robbings is goingiottt of fashion In
Missouri. The desperndowho last tried the
enterprise of holding up a bank made the
mistake of Ills life in striking 'a town where
the people caught him, strung him up to a
tree and filled himfull of holes. This sum
mary treatment if generally adopted will
speedily put the bank robbing business la
tholight of an industry where the. hazards
exceed the profits.
Mr. Huston's declaration that President
Harrison is not acquainted with the Indiana
politicians is Intended as a criticism. But
with Mr. 'Huston's representation of the
hunger of those politicians for spoils, the
rest of the country may regard the charge as
a vindication of the President.
Br the way, what scrt of a place it to be
reserved for Chile at the World's Fair, since
the new deal has brought the bottom cards
to the top?
Although David B. Hill carefully
straddled the fence oh the political question,
hs newspaper organ at Albany has come
out flntfooted for free silver coinage. This
was the Inevitable loglo of Hill's situation.
Cleveland being the acknowledged leader oi
the anti-silver Democrats, it is a political
necessity for Hill to pick up what votes he
can by getting? down on the other side of the
fence.
X-
NAMES FBEQTJENTLY HBABD.
M. Hebmkl Dufik has been appointed
United States Consul at Xantes.
Seia Bey at present Turkish ambassador
at Vienna, has been appointed Minister of
Foreign Affairs in the new Turkish Cabinet.
Bishop Huntixotox has gone to farm
ing on the old homestead near Hadley, Mass.
He is dow 78 years old and is enthusiastic
over his outdoor work.
Sir Hexry Wood, representing Great
Britain, starts for Chicago Saturday to sur
voy the field with a view to hfs country's
exhibit at the World's Fair.
The Czar gave) an audience to Arnold
White on the Baron Hirsch scheme Friday.
It is reported that the interview was satis
factory. Mr. White expects another inter
view soon.
Coloxeii William. IV Switzleb, the
Missouri statistician, who held office under
Cleveland's administration, is about to
marry a Washington lady. The Colonel is
77 years of age. ,
Senator Quay has rented a cottage on
Indiana avenue, Atlantio City, and will
move into it to-morrow. His family will
Join him Monday and they will remain there
for a couple of m6nths.
A gentleman who has recently returned
from Asbevllle says that words cannot por
tray the. magnificence of the chateau George
Vanderbilt is building there. Tho tennis
court alone is to cost $50,000.
Miss Charlotte Hioorxs, who carried
off tho honors of entrance into the Univer
sity of London over 1,600 male students, is a
little Scotch girl, SO years old, and to judge
from her picture, a very youthful looking
person.
Julia Marlowe, the actress, is said to
have a wonderful memory. As a test not
long ago she committed to memory and re
cited the entire letter, of Baron Fava to Sec
retary Blaine after it had been read but
twioo in her presence.
Thb Foreign Committee of Columbian
Fair Commission, accompanied by Sir
Henry Wood, Secretary of the Royal Com
mission, and Mr. James Dredge, editor of
Engineering, sailed for Xew York from
Southampton yesterday.
It is announced that Mr. and Mrs.
Blaine and Battle and James G- Blaine, Jr.,
will leave Bar Harbor about the 15th Inst,
and go to Augusta to occupy their residence
on State street for three weeks, returning to
Washington early in October.
Mes. Pieree Lobillabo, Mrs. Tell,
Mrs. Allexander Van Rennsaolaer and
daughters, Mrs. Chew, wife of the United
States Secretary of Legation in Vienna, and
Mrs. Murphy, wife of tho former Consul
General at Frankfort, are the belles at pres
ent at nomburg, where they have intro
duced the American valse known as the
"Boston."
The Princess Sophia, the wife of the
Crown Prince of Greece, is the granddaugh
ter of Quren Victoria and sister of the Em
peror of Germany. On her marriage to the
Crown Prince Ehe had to adopt his faith.
Xow, as the Tagliche Runashau, of Athens,
reports, she will have to go through tho cer
emony of baptism according to Greek rites
a secend time.
A XEW MIKING CAMP.
It Has Already Eight Hundred People, and
More Are Going There.
Salt Lake Sentinel.
La Plata City is anewmining camp located
near Ogdcn, Utah. Discoveries were recent
ly made In the moun tains nearthere,nndthe
camp now has a population of about 800 peo
,ple neaily all living in tents. The entire
country within a circuit of five miles has
been taken up with mining claims, ondevery
man is a prospective millionaire. The town
is situated ill a narrow gulch, and on both
sides of it the mountains rise in steep slopes.
The claim from which .the town Is named Is
in the bottom of the canon, and even the
sand of the stream contains mineral, and is
uemg sacaea lor snipmeni.
liusiness 01 au tinas in toe way or sup
plies and provisions is rushing, and hack
lines are doing aland offlco business carry
ing speculators and minors into the camp. A
newspaper is being talked or. The signifi
cant sign "Chinamen, Take h Sneak," Is post
ed conspicuously on the outskirts of the
town, and thni far has been obeyed to the
letter. A survoy Of the country is now in
progicss to determine lines and boundaries.
Oguen and Loiran are courting tho new town
in every possible way to catch Its trade, but
up to date honors are evenly divided.
HASKISON'B 700B LUCK.
Bain Drives the President Back Home
From His Hunting Excursion. ,
Cape May, Sept. E. Speefat Tho Presi
dent did not havC excellent luok to-day on
his gunning excursion. When the tlmo for
departure-came at 5 o'clock this morning
there was a heavy rain and the threatening
look of the weather caused the party to watt
until 10 o'clock, when the clouds had disap
peared. They left; Schellcnger's landing in
Congressman Reybuhi'a steam launch
Neosho, and on board were President Harri-
ent. HonMd TO Ttivrl T.tftiii' pn n ft .Triti. tir
f Parker, Cliarles Coffin, of Baltimore, and
congressman iieyuurn.
They steamed off to the beaches with their
guns already Jor action. The clouds again
gathered and the rain caused the party to
put back for the landing at Sewell's Point,
where the President and Lieutenant Parker
left for the cottage. Home was reached at
2-30, and the President bad but five Jersey
birds, locally called 'yellow legs. Messrs.
Bovd and Keybum then went out to Cold
Spring inlet on a fishing cruise.
FACTS ABOUT CINCINNATI.
The Immense Amount of Travel Upon Some
of Its Streets.
Chicago Clay Journal.
The present area of Cincinnati is 24
squaro miles. Seven city parks occupy an
area of 539 acres. Up to January 1, 1S90, 287J
miles of streets and 21Smile8 of alleys were
paved. The total cost of completed and pro
jected stroef improvements during 1839
amounted to $1,613,82.".. In 1889 tho oity paid
out for, street gas lighting, $217,591. The
llnoal measurement of tha gas mains, up to
January L, 18J0, was 291 miles. Sidewalk ex-penditure-dnrlng
1689 was $93,170.
A very interesting "census or travel" was
taken at 20 different points on as many
different streets, with the result of proving
that during the two days' observations, be
tween the hours of 6 a. it. and 10 r. 11., Ii3 337
horses and 83,960 vehicles passed the points
of observation, an approximate weight of
161,239 tons, including tho estimated weight
of the horses.
ENGLAND AND PROTECTION.
' -
A Member of the British Parliament Thinks
.an Import Doty Is Xecessary.
Toronto Globe. 4
In an Interview to-aay C. J. Valentine, a
member of the British Parliament, salds
"I have not tha least hesitation in saying
that there is a very strong feeling in Eng
land. to-day In favor of the colonies as com
pared with foreign trade connections. It
has arisen in this way: For the last 10 or 19
years one foreign country after another
has increased its import duties upon the
industrial productions of Great Britain, and
to meet tho stringency consequent upon
these Increases In foreign tariffs the prices
of English manufactured products have
been reduced from time to time. Well, then,
it has not Infrequently happened that
wages also have necessarily been reduced
In order to enable the manufacturers to
sell at lower prices. Xo sooner have thesa
reductions in prices 'been brought about,
and entry Into foreign countries for our
manufactured products thereby obtained,
than the foreign tariffs have been Increased
again. So the state of things has not been
betteredkbut made worse. These facts aro
widely known in England to tho artisan
class, and they are beginning to say to each
otherand to their political leaders what is
quite true of what use to them Is the pres
ent system of free imports of bread and
cheese so long as they do not get" wages suf
ficient to pay the price for them. There is
the case in a nutshell. There are many ar
tisans In England as elsewhere who are only
part of their time employed, not because the
price of their labor is too dear, and not be
cause the price of what they produce is too
high, but because the foreign markets are
Sartially or entirely closed against them,
ntu rally among the artisan class, then, the
onlnion is fast s-ainine irronnd that it would
be better to Impose certain moderate duties
upon the prodnots of high tariff foreign
countries, even if in England they have to
give a somewhat higher price than they do
at present for certain classes of nocessary
articles."
"And the effect of this would be?"
"Whv, in that way at least some foreign
ceuntrieB would be compelled to change
their present systems. For lnstanoe, it is
believed In England by many who have
studied the question that the imposition of
a comparatively small duty on American
wheat would show the citiiens of the United
States that the trade game is not entirely lit
their hands, and it would cause the farmers
of the United States to consider twico or
thrice before supporting the present almost
prohibitory tariff."
"How far has this belief spread in Eng
land?" "It is not so much at present n question
with political parties in England, because
for many years past both political parties
have been committed to the policy of free
trade. It is a question with the people, who
are beginning to sea that the present system
does not give free trade at all, but only free
imports, and for manv industries the result
of this one-sided system Is unfair, and is be
coming very seriously felt."
E50LAHD FEAES EECIPK00ITY.
Sho Has Nothing to Offer .pnd-Has There
fore Become Its Deadly Foe.
Frank Leslie's Weekly.!
Great Britain feirs American reciprocity
more than it does the American protective
policy. It proposes to fight aS hard as it
can against any extension of our trade that
threatens to Jeopardize British interests.
The reciprocity agreement effected under
the operations of the McKinlcy bill between
the United States and the Spanish Govern
ment gives us a great advantage in selling
agricultural products, lumber, coal, and
many other commodities in Cuba and Porto
lUcot 1 his wo gain in return for the privi
lege extended to these Spanish possessions
of finding a free market for their raw sugar
and coffee in the United States. The British
Government now makes the claim that the
Spanish Government has no right to dis
criminate in favor of the United States, be
cause its treaty guarantees that it will givo
equal privileges to Great Britain that aro
offered by its treaties with "the most
favored nations."
But we are in a position to offer Spain what
Great Britain cannot offer, namely, the re
moval of restrictions on Importod sugar.
Great Brftaln, a free trade country, has
nothing to offer in return for reciprocity
with Spain. It is. therefore, not on an equal
footiug-with the United States. Our Barrier
of protection gives the United States a
special opportunity to secure reciprocal
trade advantages in return for n removal,
in part or in whole, of the tariff upon pro
tected commodities. Tho splendid ad
Vantage to us of this compensating commer
cial system, as tho facts are comprehended,
will be fully appreciated by the American
people: and when Great Britain comes to
understand them it will see that its "most
favored nation" treaty clause is of no ad
vantage in this controversy. For the first
time in a commercial controversy Great
Britain has met her master.
GOLD COMING 0UH WAY.
The Shipments Are a Surprise and a Sign of
Good Times.
Grand Rapids Telegram-Herald
Gold is on the way from England to the
United States. First, the surplus grain of
this country is going to Europe at the rate
of 1,000,000 bushels per day. Second, wo have
a .reserve of corn amonntlng to 100,000,000
bushels, and if people abroad get hungry
and know what Is good, they will want a
vast amount df thisexcellent and practically
exhaustless food supply. Third, the credit
of the United States stands high in every le
spect. Wall street standlngnilrain of $30,000,
0C0 in gold has been a wonder to the other
money centers. The way the American se
curities sent Over when times were panicky
in London were taken and paid for gavo
tb em a golden reputation.
There Is not an English capitalist who has
not got this in mind, and there are heavy
orders for our stocks. Tho President said.
in terms as plain as he could make them
consistent with politeness and the proprie
ties, that he wonld veto the free coinage of
silver bill If suoh a measure came before
him. That puts aside the silver standard
peremptorily for more than two jears, and
the fair presumption is forever. The crops
nro too much for the Ku Klux of Kansas.
The Democratic hew-gag has a mournful
tone, and the tom-tom of the calamity sales
men is sounded softly. Thei e is not as great
sorrow as there was In the circles of the
Democratic reformers about the passage of
the surplus. .Several people show up who
have not been driven to bankruptcy and
despair by the McKlnley tariff law. The
coming of gold Is a sign, and indeed the as
surance, of good times. We expeoted it, but
not so early in the season.
BRANDING OWNEBLESS ISLAND!
A British Fleet1 Htniting rietr Territory in
the Pacific Ocean.
New York Times. -
It is reported that Great Britain sha3 a
naval expedition in the Pacific for the pur
pose of "discovering; and annexing, islands
that belong to noooay in particular except
the inhabitants. The officers of tho expe
dition have recently hoisted tho British
flog over the lovely island, of Lahrcton,
lying near the Philltplnes. It is said that
this yeaf they have added at least half a
dozen islands to her Uritannic Majesty's
dominion, though they have failed to keep
the rest of the world informed of their
progress. Tho Gorman explorer? wdio have
been trying to rival tho British have met
with less success.
They have set up a protectorate over some
of the islands of the Gilbert group, hoping
for as much success as they had
previously gained in he Marshall
group; hut tho native chiefs there
object to German protection, and have
recently shown their readiness to fight
against it, and especially to prevent the
seizure of Japltonwaiah. It Is probable that
the German Kaior has not yet given his
wbolo mind to the consideration of the
questions that aie under debate at Jubult
and thereabouts.
DEATHS HEBE AND ELSEWHERE.
Miss Maboaret CiMEKOK, a Scotch woman,
who organized the Columbian Spun Silk Company
ofFaterson, X. J., some yeari ago, and managed
its affairs very successfully, building up a large and
pajingbasliies. died Friday.
Mn. T. 3. Widow died In "Durham, X. II., on
Thursdar.agcd 80. He represented the town In the
Legislature when Franklin Pierce was hpeaker of
tho bud. He was captain of thomllltta which
escorted General Lafayct e through the town In
IBM.
FBAXCIS IUBTyX, a wealthv resident of Phila
delphia, died Friday night of paralrslt at Ills sum
mer home In East Red Bank; N. J., aged 6S years.
He was an uncle of Mrs. John Jacoo Astor, of
iew York CBtv. and leaves a daughter, Jlrj. Pen
uleton.'of White Sulphur Springs, ,
, MURRAY'S MUSINGS.
Making Money by Postponing Projected
Enterprises A Girl's Pretty Hands
Millionaires Who Are Ignorant False
Teeth for Flghtlnz Dogs Odds and
Ends.
rrsou a nkrr coaaEsronMsro
The case of Count Mltkiewlcz and his
Chinese concessions, which gets 'a pretty
thorough overhauling In the newspaper
press occasionally, illustrates a queer phase
of metropolitan life. There Is considerable
money in many un undeveloped scheme that,
once developed and put to the test, would
prove a financial failure. To bring things
to a roous is to kill the goose that lays the
golden eggs. Take suoh mysterious attrac
tions' as the Keely motor by the by, what
has become or Mr. Keely and his motor?
the alleged Chinese concessions, the Isthmian
canals, the recovery of Kidd's treasures, tho
search for the forgotten mines any scheme,
In fact, that is mysterious and not readily
demonstrable to the ordinary mind, and
plenty of money can be found to fill the
pockets of Its proprietors and managers.
The art of getting this money as long as
possible Is In cleverly balancing success and
failure. One Is played against the other.
This can be done so 'hat a man whohas put
in 110,000 to "develop" the scheme' can be
called upon successfully again and again.
Bather than lose what he has already ln
vetedhewill submit to more or less addi
tional extortion. In this way the nnde-,
veioped scheme is made to pay a handsome
profit to its managers. Xew York is full of
such schemes and schemers. Though they
have often been exposed by the newspapers
vuo.v unu new oeuevers ana resn capital c
ftvurv llAftrl If fa
not an easy thing to de
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termino the legitimate from the illegitimate
when it come to business speculation. Ono
often fades imperceptibly into the other as
truth mav fflliA Intl fnianlirinrl l.Rlr1T', no
telltale line or demarcation.
Children Are to Be Seen.
The other day some literary friends
sat down to lunch. There were two chil
dren, boys of 7 and 4, about whom some dis
cussion ensued. The mother of the little
1-year-old said proudly that he was of such
gentle disposition that she was never
ashamed tohavo him at the table with grown
people. The conversation naturally as
sumed a literary tinge, and the t-y ear-old
wisely oonfined himself to his peaches and
Cream. When thewATAflntaliAti hnirPVUF.
he saw an opening finally, and turning his
blue eyes full upon his nearest neighbor, a
U1U
brii
neat woman 01 letters, he irraveiv saia:
"Are you reading 'Peter Ibbetson?' "
There VM a. armnii Anllnnan of f lilt Anttrn
party; but the little fellow explained his
position immediately afterward with the
naive remark: "That's what mamma al
ways asks people."
A Phase of Superstition.
Those who are superstitious stop and
glance wonderingly at a new tailoring estab
lishment on upper Broadway. Before the
sign was fairly up you oould hear, "I wonder
who's going in there," "Well, well," "Some
body's got nerve," "I'll give him three
months," "Xobody but a tailor could ever
buck successfully against fate." All this
because or this new shop in a well-known
place. The popular uptown opinion, being
of rather a sporting and theatrical turn, Is
to the effect that bad luok attaches to this
particular building. And from the results
that have Invariably followed its occupancy
by other tenants there would seem to be
some ground for the superstition.
It is a narrow, insignificant building, fin.
ished, asa'l of these places are along nere.in
the most expensive stylelnside, wainscoting,
counters, shelving and celling. Perhaps S5
tenanta have occupied this one room within
the last few years. The commercial careers
of half a dozen tailors strew the shore, half a
dozensaloons and restaurants, picturedeal
ors.statloners and all sorts of shops have been
washed np here and floated away again on
the next tide. From a month to three
months settled most of them. Not less than
$200,000 have been sunk there In these small
business ventures within half a dozen years.
Gns" Heckler, a well known sporting gen
tleman, ran tho place he called "Bohemia"
tbero the longest. "Bohemia" had such a
bad reputation that after a long time of
comparative immunity from the law the po
lice were compelled to break it up. It broke
Gns at the same time. Since then there has
been a rapidly changing procession of occu
pants. The failure of the last restaurant
left the place vacant ana the plato glass
windows served only for show bills, until
this tailor came along. The curious part ot
it Is there Is no apparent-season for this bad
luck. It is a splendid location and there is
no 13 in the number. Yet a queer foeling
comes over me every tlmo I pass the spot.
Didn't Know They Were Pretty.
She sat at one of the small tables on
the roof of the Casino. She was dot handsome,
nor distingue, nor loud, nor specially at
tractive, and yet more people looked at her
than at any one else in tho vicinity. She
had a pretty hand an exquisitely molded
hand. It was small, delicate, aristocratic
with the loveliest taper fingers, the pinkest
nails a lovely hand indeed to look upon.
Sho didn't know this. Innocently she ad
justed her blonde bangs. Her wine glass
permitted her to play with it. The immense
black handle of her parasol was a splendid
foil the pretty Angers would scarcely meet
around it. It was impossible to look in her
direction without seeing that hand those
hands she had two of them. The bangs
bothered her, and when tho bangs didn't
DOtner ncric was ino uig nanuie, ine wine
glaBS, or fan, or something. Sweet young
innocent! If she only knew what pretty
hands she has how satisfactory the knowl
edge would bel
Fate Pursued the Tweed Blng.
"See that straight little fellow with a
sort of mottled face, close mustache and
small, twinkling gray eyesT That is Mr.
John Devlin," remarked a man about-town.
"He's an Inspector or boss or something for
contractor John D. Crimmlns wboisreirav
ing"T5roadway and laying the cable road.
Devlin's father, Charley Do lin, was as big a
contractor In his time. He was worth his
millions. Ho was a bondsman for Boss
Tweed for $600,000. He finally died not worth
a cent. The son, who was also well to do in
his own right at one time is now scratching
lor n living wim cue rcsc 01 mem. curious,
but scarcely one of the old crowd that fat
tened off the city in Tweed's time is now in
oven moderately comfortable circumstances.
Bad luck overtook them one by one sooner
or later."
Millions and Illiteracy.
It may appear a little singular to some
people, but there are millionaires In Xew
York who con scarcely write their own
names. There are plenty of very rich men
here also, not quite millionaires, who cannot
readorwritoat all. These men have fort
unes as contractors, real ostate speculators,
etc.und are men not only respected because
of their wealth, but because of their natural
ability and personal good qualities. They
wero common laborers once and earned
their money too late in life to romedv the
defects of Illiteracy. Thoy have children
around them who amply supply the de
ficiency who read tho papers for them,
write their letters and keep their accounts
and sign their checks. To a man of letters,
however, it scorns pretty hard lines to have
a million and not be able to read or write.
Yet the most influential man in Xew York
utlatis to-day can scarcely do more.
False Teeth and Feathers.
There is a little old-fashioned hotel np
near One Hundred and Thirty-fourth street
where a few old sports congregate and
where cock fights and growlers go hand In
hand. Among these was a rollicking Hi
bernian the other evening who nas retail
ing his experience in the pit.
"He was a lovely bird, that wan, ony he
hadn't no tail. So I tuck an' sewed u toll
on Mm, an' he wlnt In an' laid out the other
wan. He wiped up the earth wid "im!"
One of theuystandcrs remarked that any
body who wojild sewa tail on a bird in order
to fight him would put false teeth in a dog
for a like purpose.
"I did that tame, too," interrupted Pat,
"an' didn't I fix steel fangs in onld Mccar
ty's dog 'Slug,' an" didn't ho lust everlast
ingly lick Tim's dog 'Tan?' Well, r slionld
soy! There's sclenco in dog fighttn'as well
as cock fightln', on' don'.t ye f urgit Itl"
Ocean Voyages or Funerals.
"The best thing nine cases out often
for debilitated persons," remarked a prom
inciitAioctor tho other day, "Is an ocean
voyage. Of course, if a person is too far
gone with some disease llko consumption
sending him off to sea or the mountains of
Colorado, or some place llko that is merely
killing him off at once. When I refer to de
bilitated persons now I mean thoso having
no orgamo disease, who are simply woiu
down by business or dissipation, or are re
eovorinir from temnornrvllllicss. An ocean
voyngo, on n, long trip vessel, brings about 1
tne necessary ounnge ui met, oi air, oiasso
ciatl nsuud breaks connection with busi
ness or other worries. In many cases the
ocean trip is the only effective and certain
remody. I often prescribe it, though," the
doctor added laughingly, "it is generally
tin owing away paying cases. There me
many people who nave, ample means who
arc beginning to find the efficacy of tho
ocean remedy. ItlsoheapefcthanadoetcaM
bill, and by Jar cheaper than a funeral."
There Are Servants and Servants.
The example of the late rteward of
the Marlborough Hotel, who began as a dish
carrier at Delmonico's and ended as one of
the most expert and popular buyers and
private dinner managers jn the oity. Is a
lesson worthy of the study of every young
man who finds himself cast in the role of a
servitor. The lesson is. there are servants
and servants. There are bumble carriers of
hotel dishes at four or five dollars a week
and head waiters ho manage "hundreds of
men-ind stewards who handle hundreds of
thousands of dollars at from two to five
thousand dollars a year. There ore cooks
overpaid nt $12 a month and cooks who earn
$10,000 a year. There are lackeys at $0 a week
and lackeys at $100 a week. There are maids
extravagantly remunerated at $3 a week
nnd maids treasured at $35. There
are personal clerks at $13 per week
and private 'secretaries at S10.0CO a year.
Tho lowest lades by degrees into the hlgli
est. It Is all service. They are all servants.
The difference Is of grade, of brains, of
faithfulness and ambition, of Intelligent ap
plication and continuous hard work. It Is
customary in this country to regard all per
sonal service or degrading and all servants
Os menials beneath respectable considera
tion. Just why the mau who brines your
food and arrange your table is any more a
servant than the man who measures out
your tea and sugar or cuts your silk and
calico is too nice a point for argument. The
pay is mostly about tho same, and both are
equally subject to the whims and Insolence
of customers and employers. Nevertheless,
there is a distinction In the public mind, and
this distinction has always existed.
Kewards of Personal Service.
The rewards of personal service are
not to be despised. , Thousands of men in
Xew York who are porsonal servants make
more niohey than the average tradesman
and tens of thousands who wear white
aprons and caps are doing better financially
than tne average farmers and land owners
of the country. There are hundreds of
meiely upper servants, such as housekeep
ers, butlers, head waiters, stewards, valets,
private secretaries, etc, who are betterpaid
than the majority of bank tellers, cashiers,
etc.. and actually make more money per an
num than tho average country bankers. The
average personal servant of a rich man,
whether that servant be valet, courier,
steward or private Beoretary, is usually a
man of brains, education, personal probity,
varied experience, sound Judgment, and de
voted heart and soul to his employer. There
are amplo evidences everywhere in this
great city that ail of these qualities moke
valuable servants and are as necessary to
thoso who would reach the highest rewards
in that line ns they are 'to successful inde
pendence. About all personal service in the
metropolis Is In the bands of foreigners. And
we, well "They also serve who only stand
and wait."
He Created a Sensation.
An Englishman with a. sandy beard a
big-boned, brawny-looking fellow created &
diversion on Broadway one sultry day last
week by appearing in a slouched hat with a
white towel round it, the red striped ends or
the towel floating behind over bis neck.
That Is to say, it looked like a towel; but- it
was the right sort of thing, don't-you-know,
for India. On Broadway It created more ex
citement than anv article of male attire has
for many yeare. ven the passe and blase
Broadway car horses stopped to look at it
with astonishment.
Chakles Theodore Mciuiat.
New York, September 5.
INDIAN HCNNEH3.
They Are Employed in Mexico to Carry Mail
Over the Mountains.
Ban Francisco Call. 1
The' Indian runners are familiar figures in
Mexico. They are employed by the Govern
ment to carry the malls among the Sierra
Nevada Mountains, and make better time
than any animal that oould be employed.
A runner will carry from SO to 30 pounds of
mail and nover be delayed by washouts or
swollen streams. He is always on an easy
run, thatmust carry him along six or seven
miles an hour at least. Ho 1b nearly always
dressed in white cotton cloth, which makes
him a conspicuous figure against the somber
green and black tints of the high mountain
levels, and which, late In the evening.causes
him to look like a ghost or specter flitting
among the pines and flrs and moss-covered
muiTOiwuu.s ""!''"
fi ... . ..i...... ii
The trails, on the steep places, winjtbaok-,
'Ward and forward in stretches from 50.to 73
yards in length, in order to find a. grade up
which a heavily laden pack mule can make
his way. But the athletic carrier does not
run the whole length of these windings in
descending a hill. He cuts off the corners at
each bend bv niacins his hand on the edze
of the trull and vaulting to the lower level,
whenever tne two levels are not moretunn
six or seven feet apart. AH this time he
never gives up the little dog trot that is car
rying him forward so rapidly and surely.
The carrier will in half an hour go down a
mountain side that would take the best mule
in a bullion train or tho fleetest one ridden
bv the little Mexican cab.tllero, tho best
rfder in the world, half a day to accomplish.
In ascending, too, the carrier has methods
of taking shorter cnts'up steeper inclines,
so as to gain time and distance at every
turn.'
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A Two-Edged Silver Sword.
Columbus Dispatch.
The O'hio Democrats might as well ac
knowledge that they have pnt themselves in
a bad plight by giving this weapon to their
opponents. Sinco that meeting at Xlles they
Have found out bow skillfully McKlnley can
use the two-edged silver Bword that they
have put into his hands, and they may rea
sonably foar that the closing, days of the
campaign will still see that weapon uplifted.
We are mistaken in our estimate of Gover
nor Campbell's shrowdness if he is not al
ready scoring his "party in no uncertain
terms for the mistake that has been made.
The Democratic Delay Is Cnrious.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The delay of the Ohio Democrats in tbo
mattee of the opening oftheir campaign is
curious and suggestive. They have no time
to lose If they expect to make a creditable
fight; and it must be that they have no hope
of success, or they would be more eager to
enter the fray.
RUSSIA SQUEEZED TURKEY.
There Is an impression that Bus3la may
repeat the Crimean war rather than permit
England to hold Egypt without compensat
ing the Czar. Syracuse Herald.
It is unlikely that the other parties in the
treaty of Berlin England in particular
will permit tho concession granted to tha
Czar to stand unchallenged. Chicago Times.
The acquiescence of Turkey in privileges
to Russia not accorded by treaty to other
powers is so serious a matter that already a
commotion has arisen, and there is liable to
bo trouble. Oshkosh Northwesterner.
The Sultan of Turkey has dismissed hisold
ministers and appointed a new sot. This, In
connection with the Dardanelles inoident,
tends to confirm the belief that he Is adopt
ing a more friendly attitude toward Russia.
Buffalo Expreis.
It was for Turkey's interests to concede
the Russian demand, and as It is not likely
it wonld have done so without consulting
the treaty powers its action can hardly be
taken as likely to precipitato trouble. Chi
cago Tribune.
Of courso, France will not protest against
tbo act-of the Snltan. E ngland has Ios.t her
Disraeli and much of her old time bravado.
if not plnck, and she is not likely to do any
thing more serious than to let her lion
growl. He will remain couchant. X. Y.
Mail.
Tub. ever-menacing attitude of Russia
compels Great Britain and some of the other
European powors to stand by Turkey, nnd
that easily accounts for the defiant attitude
or Turkey in resisting the Servian-Russian
demand for war indemnity or territory
mado upon Bulgaria. Brooklyn Citizen.
The remarkable feature of this business is
the quietness with which England submits
to it. Fifteen years ago such a step on the
part of Russia would have been followed by
a declaration of war from Great Britain.
Xow Lord Salisbury lazily turns to Ger
many and asks: "How far will you allow
Austria to go in compensating herself for
this ontrnget" KexoXork Sun.
While tho other powers have been Indulg
ing in magnificent masquerades on land and
water Russia has squeezed Turkey with the
threat of taking territory in liquidation of
tho war indemnity still unpaid since the
struggle in tbo Balkan peninsula, and Tur-
keyr rather than lose a foot of subject soil,
has left the Triple Alliance and England to
wonder what she is going to do next. CW-r
eago Herald.
(JURI0US CONDENSATIONS.
China" is'to have flour'mills.
Our railroads employ 3,000,000.
Uncle Sam is worth 562,500,000,000.
Georgia. hasa woman train dispatcher.
South Africa is shipping orange to
London.
Sharks are bothering the fishermen la
Long Island Sound.
The town of Argonia, Kan., is officered
and run entirely by women.
London omnibus drivers gained $90,000
a year by winning their strike.
A velocity as high as 2,887 feet per leo
ond has been attained by a projectile from &
rapid Arc gun.
A company to insure tobacco planters ,
against loss by hail Is one of the latest
schemes in Connecticut.
Glasscock county claims the youngest
groom In Georgia. He is 13 years old, whilo
Is wife is 33 and has grown children.
The glut of potatoes in Southern Cali
fornia continue". In one section they aro
being offered at & cents a sack In the ground.
According to a Japanese belief the
Mikado is descended from the gods, being
one hundred and twenty-first in direct line
of descent.
There are more women in British India.
(124,000,000) than there are men, women and
children in Groat Britain, France and Ger
many pnt together, with the population of
several minor European states cast in as
well.
The weight of each anchor plate on tha
Brooklyn bridge Is 23 tons, the height of the
towers above the roadway Is 159 feet. Just
six years after the first wire was strung
across the East river for the bridge the first
passenger crossed.
An artesian well near Albert Lea.
Minn., which spouts both oil and water,
often changes the programme and sends out
a stream of small minnows, which aro
wholly unlike any known species of fish
found in that vicinity.
A nectarine was found growing on a
peach tree at Ventura, the other day, on the
same stem with a small, fuzzy peach. Tha
.nectarine was the only one found on the
tree "all the others," as tho Ventura Ob
terver naively remarks, "being peaches."
The celebrated Treadwell mine on Doug
las Island, Alaska, keeps 240 stamps going.
The mine Is an immense quarry of pay ore,
enough being in sight to keep the mill, Bald
to be the largest in the world, at work focoO
years. It is four miles from Juneau, a town
of L200 inhabitants.
-The canal which Is to connect Manches-
-ter, England, with the sea is one of the
greatest undertakings of modern times. Its
total length will be 3S miles. It will be 2S
feet deep, 120 feet wide at the bottom ana
230 feet at the top. It Is about three-fourths
completed, and will cost about $45,000,000.
An Italian fruit vendor in New York
has a fancy for wasps, and on almost any
day nearly 100 of these insects can be seen
flying around or sucking the fruits and
candles on the stand. They are not all so
harmlessly engaged, however, as many set
tle on his hands and face, and sting him.
His face and hands bear witness to his bad
treatment by his nets, but he takes no no
tice of the bites. He says be has to sacrifice)
something for his little friends, so he does
not mind.
At a glassworks in "White Mills, Wayne
county, there is on. exhibition that is re
garded as the finest set of cut glass ever
turned out in this country. It consists of 520
separate pieces and has been ordered by the
United States 'Government far the White
House. On each piece of the set, from the
mammoth center piece and punch bowl to
the tin v salt ccUer, Is engraved tne coat of
arms of the United States. This work alone
has occupied months of time. The total Cost
will be in the neighborhood of$8,000.
An Englishman who recently passed
through Xew York on his way home from
Australia, whither he went to give advice
upon the subject of the rabbit pest, de
scribes that particular curse as something
bevond tho imagination of those who have
not seen it. When rabbits descend upon a
Slantatlon in swarms, as 'they frequently
o, they leave whole acres bare of vegeta
tion, .wie returning traveler is nowmanu-
I f.r.fnrtno.5rnmlorIr rritW .- rt.r
I roriwff as renefng against the incursions of
AUOblQIJaU 1UUUI19. "V
In the matter of mere distance covered
the records of the world's famous travelers
do not make much ofa show beside those of
some railroad men. An old railroadman
named Layton, now a sleeping car superin
tendent at Indiananoli?, has kept a record of
hi Joumevlngs since 1S3, and the total is
2,338,246 jrnlles. Conductor S. G. Boone, late
of the Reading, has covered 2,847,05) miles,
and another Beading conductor has ridden
something over 1697.800 miles. Even these
figures would probably be far surpassed bv
the records of some of the old Captains df
the ocean steamships.
A Judge in Hungary was petitioned re
cently by members of the Xazarene sect in
the town of Gyoma for permission to cru
cify one of their number, "who was a Mes
siah, and had been called by heaven to save
men." The Judge, for a m oment , was dam
founded. "Frionds," he replied, after re
covering his senses, "I do not wish to inter
icre with your re'iffions practices. Ir your
Messiah wishes to be crucified let him pre
pare himself for death. Bemcmber, how
ever, if he does not rise in three days I shall
cause every one of yon to be hanged." The .
Xaearenes, it is almost needless to say, al
lowed their chief to live.
A saddler near Stratford, England,
named Ryan, has discovered on an old oaken
cupboard an Inscription to the purport that
the article of furniture was made by Shakes
peare's own band. The cupboard has been
in the possession of the family for mora
than 100 years, but the inscription was
covered until recently, when it appeared in
the process of cleaning. It is said that the
cupboard originally eam from an old
honse.now demolished.whioh had been occu
pied by Shakespeare's family. The Inscrip
tion is in copper nails driven into the wood,
and runs thns: ':I bought it. I sawed it, I
nailed it and I carved it.
"WltUAJt SHAKISrBABr,"
BHYKKXKD KHTSTELETB.
Doctor So yon are suffering from dn
somnla. are you?
Pat liattlgan (the patient) Thot's not It, sarr.
Sure the only thing tbot troubles me is ol can't
shlape the nolght. Harper's JJasnr.
Porter That Kentucky gentleman re
fuses to crenpy room 44.
Hotel Clerk Wliat'i wrongT
"There's a picture ot some fruit hanging on the
wall, and he says it makes his month water."
Detroit free Press. ,
.Two women met in Paradise
Where they had recently arrived:
And each one of the other asked
How In the bright abode she thrived.
Then straightway each one made reply,
"TIAvery beautiful and bright:
There's everything to please the ear.
And everything to feast the sight.'1
Then each exhaled a long,.deep sljrh:
And said ' I've searcned la every nook
But nowhere can I find a glass
To see how these hew garments look."
Boston Courier.
Gns Snobberly, a New Tork Fifth avenue
dude, paid iC young lady a great dcalof attcntiom t
at a social gathering, but she snubbed htm un
mercifully. At hut Qua, who hid been talcing too
much winer said:
"I really believe. Miss Blank, yr-i think that I
am. a fool.'
"O, no. Mr. Snobberly." aha rplie: with
aw?et smile, "I never Judge a per Mbytbsway ,
he loois." Texas Siftinas.
r I wisfi I was a boy again
To roll and tumble In the dirt, "
Wltn bruised, bare feet and nothing on
But ragged trousers and a tblrt,
. Xeur Tork Herald.
"1 believe a woman may sometimes re-'v
form a man." ' i
"You think sof" . , -t,
"Yes: we have no record oi Cain ever doing any
more harm after he got a wife." . ",
Son TorkPrtt.u-Pour-vear-old
Charlotte had been hariaz
some trouble wltn ber English, but sha has entirely'
passed bAdifflcultWs on ono point. -
"I see how It Is now, nremroa," she said tha other
day. Hens set and Uy." ""
"Yes." v
"And people sit ana lie, aon-i mey, mamma;" -
-JrortiwtonSfeJr.
on this Dlan would cost TOO about 11.500" '
Millionaire (disgusted) That might do for a dog
kennel" -5
Architect (wlttVrare presencs of mad showing
another plan) Yet, sir: that ww'my Idea." It
wouldde for the dog kennel. Now t ere Is tha pfcro
for thecotug lutif, which can be oulivl tfilak.
for about $100, 00.
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