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THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH, SATHBDAX SEPTEMBER 12. 189L
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TWELYEPAGES
co i. mini: tataeitirs.
There is a very impressive statement in
a few dry figures published from the office
of the Secretary of Internal Affairs with
regard to the fatalities in the coal mining
industry of the State. The total of 524
coal miners killed in the peaceful vocation
cf producing fuel, within a single year, is
a r-oleiuu evidci'ee of the hazards of that
labor, which. uhen it Is made the subject
of thought, is even more convincing than
the sensation caused by such wholesale
disasters as the Hill Farm or Mammoth
mine explo.sions.
If we are not mistaken this total covers
a year which does not include the two
cases lefened to, in which lives were lout
by .cores; although it does comprise oneor
raoie leus beiisational disasters of the sort
in the anthr? cite field. The lesson of the
figures is theiefoie that the greater loss
of life in coal mining is produced by the
'ontant suecrssion of the everyday
casualties, which are not enough out of the
common ran to secure public notice. The
total telis ua that, with allowance for the
dpyb when work is suspended, the work of
cor.1 mining require'- the average sacrifice
of two hies tor each day that the work
goes on. Of each 150 men employed in
side the mine one must lose his life within
a j ear. This story of constant slaughter
in addition to the arduous labor, scant
wages and frequent periods of enforced
idleness, put the dangers and'hardships of
coal mining in a very strong light.
It is not comfortable to reflect that, with
this statistical proof of the necessity of
the most complete safeguards against loss
of life in the mines, the legislation for that
purpo.e underwent the stereotyped pro
cess of muddling and spoiling in the Inst
Legislature. The figures should make it
cleai that no provisions can be too strin
gent which will effect a reduction in this
total of fatalities and make a year's coal
mining somewhat less costly in the total
of live? lost than a pitched battle between
two large armies.
WANTED, AUDITORS WnO WILL AUDIT
If the taxpaj ers of Pittsburg and Alle
gheny desire to set a limitation upon the
surprises of official bookkeeping they had
better got for eacli city an auditor who
will audit, particularly, minutely and con
tinuously. Already it is admitted that the
millions of dollars expense annually in
both cities is not subjected to the rigid
scrutiny which would be bestowed upon
every item were a business house making
the disbursement
There arc a good many offices already;
and we suspect not a few officeholders too
many in botli cities. But it is absurd, and
the taxpayers merit no sympathy if tliey
do net secure at least one person who will
see that the city collects all which is its
due. and pays out in every transaction no
more than it is entitled to pay.
Judging by recentindications an efficient
auditor to examine minutely into the fiscal
transactions of every branch of city gov
ernment would abundantly earn his sal
ary. The Controller!, of the two cities ad
mit that they cannot and do not pretend
to give such supervision and investigation
of every detail as is needed.
TI1EY DO NOT NEGLECT IT.
As a deduction from the cases of certain
tow us which have been left on one bide by
railroad building with the result of decay
lor them while new towns have sprung up
at the railway stations, the Xew York
Etening Sun thinks it has discovered a
new .source of railway wealth. It thinks
that railway builders can now see that
thTe were millions and millions of wealth
Hint "they have lost through their own in
sufficiency of vision. " Its idea of the way
to make money in tliis connection is given
as follows:
Had they but built their lines past tlio
ton as instead or to tliera, they mlzht them
tclvcs bavo owned the town sites; might
lia e reserved to themselves al tenia to loU;
might now, from dizzy pinnacles of opu
lence, have laughed monarch; to scorn. It
is not yet too lato to repair thir. colossal
blunder. A four-track road from tlio Hay of
i'undy to Pngct Sound, a oiding by not ics
than tw enty miles everj town on the line of
more than twenty thousand people, w ould
turn out the most brilliant operation ever
consummated by human wit
Iii this commentary on the subject as a
lost source of profit for the railway build
ers the esteemed Evening Svn betravs a
shortage of knowledge both on the history
of railroad building and on the ability of
railway promoters to see all chances of
profit In the firstplace its darling scheme
has been tried with a dazzling result of
failure. Over twenty years ago the At
lantic and Great Western railway
was built very nearly on thlt theory.
It started from a point as
near nowhere as it could find on the Erie
load, and ran to a point in Ohio which has
always succeeded in escaping the public
notice. In its route between those points
, it successfully managed to avoid hitting
any towns larger than Mendville in this
State and Akion in Ohio. Before getting
into operation it was forced to absorb one
or two branches to connect it with the
large cities which have done a fair busi-ne.-s;
but the striking location of its main
Jine has registeid the result that it has
never quite earned the interest on its
bonds. The condition of perpetual bank
ruptcy which this enterprise attained has
since acted as a sort of danger signal to
capitalists against putting their money in
railroad enterprises that are too magnifi
cent to go to the places where freight is
produced.
The shining Evening Sim is also in error
in supposing that railroad men have ne
glected thefource of profit arising from
the location of new towns along their
lines. The fact that in opening up a new
country they have the determination of
the points where the towns shall be
located has long been apparent to the
panaxerial eye. It has been specifically
reported from the West that if the now
town boomer does not interest the railroad
manager in his town by a liberal share in
the town lots, he is apt to wake up some
fine morning and find the railroad
station located out of his reach and on
some more complaisant land owner's terri
torry. This is one of the recognized
methods by which the railroad manager
takes care never to come to want, what
ever his corporation may do.
AN ECONOMIC FALSITY.
In noticing the fact that Belgium has
lately been successful in building up a big
trade with Brazil, paying for coffee and
other Brazilian products with the cheap
manufactures of iron for which Belgium
Is noted, the Philadelphia Ledger says:
"Reciprocity should divert some of this
trade to the United States, though we can
not and ought not to even try to compete
with Belgium in the cheapness of some
goods made solely for export."
It is true that we cannot and should not
try to compete with Belgium merely in
the cheapness of her products, but that
affords no reason for not trying to com
pete in the South American trade. It is
getting common to hear it said that com
petition forces the production and sale of
cheap and worthless goods. But in regard
to the competition which this nation must
meet in trying to increase her trade with
South America, and with regard to the
general action of that economic force, it Js
worth while to say that there Is not a
more shallow ana groundless assertion
among all the economic heresies of the
day.
If competition forces the production of
worthless articles, and drives genuine and
valuable goods out of the market, then the
work of this country must have been one
of deterioration. Every expaasion of com
merce, every industrial invention, every
new device in trade has been
stimulated and inspired by com
petition. But instead of the work
of the competitive era having been in the
direction of deterioration in the quality of
its products, it has had exactly the oppo
site result The vast, majority of the in
ventions which have revolutionized in
dustry have proceeded on the plan of
turning out something that costs more
than the article supplanted, but which
was so much better that it was the cheaper
in the end. Columns could be filled with
examples of this principle; but two ex
amples are sufficient to show Its range.
Steel rails when first introduced cost
twice as much as iron rails; and they
never cost as little until they had driven
the iron-rail making industry out of ex
istence by their superior quality. Agri
cultural machinery is an example in an
entirely remote field. It costs a fanner a
thousand dollars or more to buy the har
vesters, mowers, threshing machines,
seeders, cultivators, etc, which have sup
planted the old tools, costing perhaps
twenty-five dollars, but fortunes are made
in manufacturing and selling thes8 things
because they are worth more.
A man may under competition sell
worthless goods; but competitive forces
inilict a penalty for doing so, which is en
tirely absent when he has a monopoly.
The reputation for manufacturing and
selling articles of first-class quality is of
the highest commercial value. If we can
send to Brazil manufactured articles
which are better worth the money for
Brazilian purposes, wtc need not fear the
competition of the cheap Belgian manu
factures. THE FREE TRADERS SCARECROW.
"Pittsburg manufacturers men who
want even the present tariff increased
that they mav amass wealth are con
tributing to a big "McKinley fund. They
never had a campaign in which boodle
figured so shamelessly," says the Boston
Globe. This is the stock bugaboo of the
free traders, and is subjected to the same
overwork as the Cobden Club's gold on
the outside of the political game. We
hasten to assure the esteemed Globe that
there has been no visible turning of the
balance of exchanges against Pittsburg
on account of the large investments of our
manufacturers in the Ohio campaign. In
short, our business interests voud be Jus
tified in contributing to the legitimate ex
penses of a campaign for the protection of
home industries; but they have not done
all that they ought to.
NOT SO CONCLUSIVE.
The attempts to produce rain by con
cussion of the atmosphere awaken the
criticisms of the non-believers. An illus
tration of the arguments against the suc
cess of the experiment is the following
from the Springfield liepiiblican:
Recently we pointed out the faot that
rain had followed heavy battles beforo the
invention of gunpowder a fact that must
liavo escaped the attention of our Govern
ment rain compellcrs. Prof. II..A. Hazen
now shows in Sciencetha.t tho overwhelming
majority of the engagements gicat and
small in our Civil War were not followed by
showers within twenty-four hours. There
were fought in all about 2,200 battles, but
only 15S of them afford any Justification for
tho dynamite and balloon theory of making
It wet.
At first sight this looks to be so hard a
blow; at the rain-produefng idea that it
seems as if the Government experimenters
might as weli make a pyrotechnic display
of their hydrogen gas and dynamite and
come home. But on more critical exam
ination it is not quite so conclusive. The
correlation of the two facts would be
taken to indicate a theory that, slnco rain
followed battles before the invention of
gunpowder, and did not follow the ma
jority of the battles in our Civil War, the
effect of gunpowder is to abolish rain
storms. But we do not think that our
cotemporary intended to make any effort
to prove too much in that way. Rain has
followed heavy battles before gunpowder,
undoubtedly. It has followcdihe corona
tion of Kings, the inauguration of Presi
dents, and last year in this city the tearing
up of numerous streets to grade them, re
ducing them to a sea of uufathomable
mud.
As to the vital question whether rain
followed heavy battles as frequently be
fore gunpowder was used, as after,-that is
something that cannot be decided because
statistics are entirely lacking on one side
and are very sparse on the other. The at
tempt to supply them from our Civil War,
quoted above, pieces itself under suspi
cion by the figures it gives. It presents a
total of 2,200 conflicts. This, if we make
a fair allowance for the periods between
Bull Bun and Appomatox, when hostili
ties were suspended by winter, calls upon
us to contemplate an average of three and
one-eighteenth- battles per diem. It Is
plain that this total must have included
every skirmish between outposts; and that
the majority of them would have about as
much bearing on the subject as the cross
fire between a couple of Billingsgate fish
wives. Such a statistical effort is calcu
lated to provoke tho inquiry whether 1C3
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battles which were followed by rain did
not include a majority of the battles dur
ing the war in which there was heavy,
artillery firing.
It is not certain, of course, that the ex
plosive theory can always produce precipi
tation even where there is a fair degree of
humidity in the atmosphere. But the the
ory is a plausible one, and it is well worth
while to test it by the experiments which
alone can give a decisive answer as to its
practical value.
THE SUPPRESSION OF THE TOURIST.
Some days ago The Dispatch referred
to the opinion of an eminent millionaire
member of the Senate, who had just re
turned from a European trip, that the
millions spent by American tourists abroad
ought to be kept at home. A very striking
complement to that view comes from
abroad, where a native of the tight little
isle has recently taken high ground, to the
effect that, as the odious tourists of the
Yankee nation are overrunning the water
ing places both of England and the Con
tinent, the atmosphere of those resorts
for relaxation-seeking Englishmen should
be purified by a general decree of banish
ment against the Americans.
These two considerations together seem
to justify radical, if not paternal, action.
The considerations of political economy,
which make this nation desire a favor
able balance of trade, aro important; but
they are cast into the shade by the
sesthetle ideas at stake from tho
exclusive Briton's point It must be
recognized that the dlsitster is one which
the conservative British mind has
long foreseen. In years gone by the mind
of John Bull has been wrought upon by
the contumely of finding Mmself elbowed
at Aix or Baden by his Yankeo cousin, to
indulge in gloomy predictions of the day
when the casting down of that last barrier
of the British Constitution would bo
signalized by the influx of Yankees upon
the sacred shrines of Brighton and Cowes.
How that the cataclysm has come, the
pathos of It is enough to move even the
heart of the despised Americans.
The British tourist is such an eminent ex
ample of all the graces of foreign travel;
he is so quiet in his dress and retiring and
modest in;his demeanor; so careful of the
feelings of all his fellow-travelers, and so
sensitive to anything which can offend the
most fastidious taste, that .it is a subject
which should arouse world-wide sympathy
when the comfort of this modest and sen
sitive being is disturbed by the proximity
of a vulgar, but sovereign citizen of the
United States.
It really ousht not to be allowed. The
interests of both hemispheres and" the,
tendency toward paternal government
ought to permit a general decree that no
American shall go on a foreign tour with
out the joint consent of all the powers.
This will keep American money at home
and preserve the English susceptibilities
from damage.
In view of the comments in these columns
the other day, on the charge of the Hebrew
wage-workers of New York, tliat the Hirsch
fund for the relief of the Russian refugees
was being used to break don n wages, it is
only fair to give currency to the statements
of Lord Rothschild and Mr. Seligman that
nono of the Hirsch fund has been used to
bring Russian Hebrews to this country, and
consequently oould not have been employed
in the way named. .Many of the leading
members of that race have taken up the
work of relieving the destitute who arrive
on this side of the ocean. The idea that the
Hirsch fund is responsible for the glut com
plained of is fully disproved.
Inn Hew York customs authorities are
holding to Mr. Vanderbilt's foreign built
yacht on the ground that it is imported mer
chandise. Mr. Astor's objection to that rul
ing takes exception on the trival ground
that it is not merchandise and is not im
ported. The Democratic call for 31 r. Blaine to go
to Ohio and take part in the campaign is al
ways accompanied by a quiet prayer that
Providence will protect him against his
doing anything that wonld be so disastrous
to them.
Concerning the disappointing perform
ances or tho new Brazilian Congress, the
New York Sun says: "Unless there be an im
provement in the conduct of Congress, we
shall probably hear of tho resignation of
President Da Fouseca." That is not the
consequence to be expected, either from
Da Fonseca's rulershlp or the precedents of
South American politics. It is not likely that
the man who unseated Dom Pedro, and now
wields more power than the old Emperor,
will resign on account of a do-nothing Con
gress. A much more piobable result will be
that Da Fonsuca takes it in hand to.seo that
Congress does tho resigning.
Some Russian immigrants on arriving in
New York were clubbed -by the police and
cast into dungeon cells. The New York
officials seem determined to preserve the
Russians against home sickness by keeping
up the customs of their dear native land.
The tobacco crop of Pennsylvania is
valued this year at $800,000. Two-thirds of it
is Havnna seed leaf: and 'when it masquer
ades as Havana cigars, the dear pnbllc will
be invited to contribute many times $S00,O0O
for it.
An Ohio gentleman personally chastised
his wife tho other day because she played
croquet on Sunday, although he himself had
no objection to a quiet game of draw poker
on that day. This moralist it seems repre
sents to an unusual degree the not uncom
mon idea that" the wickedness of Sabbath
breaking consists in letting the public know
of It
The colored pickers of the South arc
working their Allinnees to he result of an
organized demand of wages or $1 peflOO
pounds for picking cotton. Who says that
the colored brotheris incapable of assimilat
ing himself to the ways of free labor.
DENJiARlcibllows Germany in opening
her doors to tho American bog, ptovided ho
is fully inspected and certified to be all
right. Tho "something rotten in the State of
Denmark," it is determined, shall not be our
liog. ,
TnE comforting theory that the decline
In the capacity and character of State legis
latures coincides with tho growth of popular
culture nnd material progress. Is elucidated,
by the San Francisco Bulletin. We aro glad
to indorse tho idea. We havo always held
that the State of Pennsylvania was enjoying
a fair share of progress.
The thousands of American readers with
whom Anna Katharine Green is a prime
favorite will be delighted to read another
story from her pen. "The Old Stone House,"
which is commenced in to-day's Dispatch,
gives promise of.dccfdcd interest
The sale of a seat on the New York Stock
Exchange for $22,000 Indicates a belief that
"among other large yields of this plentiful
year, the crop of lambs is larger than for
many seasons.
It is asserted by the Philadelphia Tunes
that Fassett's nomination in New" York
'meaus a solid delegation for Harrison next
year if Piatt and Fassett can furnish it"
Thero is much virtue in the "if." It remains
to bo seen whether those active and some
what mercantile politicians cau deliver the
goods.
"White against Flower in New York
would have been brains against boodlo; but
the political- managers concluded on de
liberate reflection that they dared not raako
such a revolutionary attack on tho prin
ciples of machino politics.
Of course now that the administration
has discovered now light on the Chilean
question, it makes haste to give up the Itntn.
The easiest way to get out of most holes is
to back 'out.
It is announced that Zola is going to write
a play, with the professed Intention to "show
Ibsen howa realistic play ought to bo writ
ten." There is no objection to his showing
Ibsen IT he can guarantee that the demon
stration will not be inflicted on a long suffer
ing public.
NAMES OFTENTIMES HEAHD.
John J. Eaoan, professor of mathe
matics in tho College of the City or New
York, is only 2G years of ago. lie is the son
of Captain Eagan, of tho Are department.
Abkotheu of Lord Brassey is dead,
leaving over X1.000.COD. To his daughters
ho left only 50 000 each in trust Tho bulk
of the estate went to his eldest son, tho rest
to tho othersons.
A London" journal relates that the Per
sian Shah has been in retiracy lately be
cause by mistake he used a rheumatic lotion
instead of hair dressing, and turned his hair
a beautiful myrtle color.
W. E. D. Stokes, who will probably be
elected to the seat in Congress made vacant
by the death of General Spinoln, of New
York, is a cousin of "Ned" Stokes, and was a
classmate of Walker Blaine at Yale College.
Miss Alice C. Fletcher has her hcad
quartorsat Fort Lemhi, Idaho, whero she is
making the allotment of lands to the Ncz
Porcos Indians. Much of her time she is
going over mountains and through canyons,
living in a tent at night.
Mis. Victor Morieh, son of Sir Eob
ert, who has boen serving in the British
South Africa Company, and who played a
prominent part in "the battle of Massa
kessi,"has now returned from Mashonaland.
After a brief stay in London he left on Tues
day for Gormany.
Ciiables de Garmo, President-elect of
Swarthmoro College, Pa. , is a native of Wis
consin, about -10 years of age, and a graduate
of the Illinois State University, class of 1873.
Some years later he graduated from the Ger
man Universities of Jen a and Halle. He at
present holds tho Chair of.Philosophy in the
Illinois University.
M. Chatjchard, .the wealthy Parisian
who owns Millet's famou? picture, the "An
gelusV has insured it for $140,000. In the
same collection is Melssonier's "ISM," which
is insured for $120,000, "While "La Confidence,"
by tho same painter, and the "Taureau," by
Troyon, have been guaranteed similarly to
the extent of $30,000 each.
The Czarina of the late Alexander IL
had a superb set of opals which she always
wore, alio asserted, to prove her contempt
for the old superstition that opals are un
lucky. Probably it wasn't opal luck that
this royal opal wearer was widowed by a
Nihilist bomb. When the eldest daughter
of the proscnt Czar marries she will receive
these opals as a wedding present.
The story of Ignntieff's dismissal is inter
esting, as It illustrates the autocracy of the
Czars. Ignatleff one day presented somo
papers to his imperial master, saying,
"Your Majesty may sign these without read
ing them, as they are not of much impor
tance." The. Czar handed the papers back
With the answer, "Keep these for your suc
cessor. I never sign papers without looking
at them."
The Prince of Wales has gone to Hom
burg for the "cure." Mr. Arthur Wilson, by
the way, has written to tho Review of Reviews
to confirm the statement that he never ob
jected to baccarat, but only to high bacca
rat, and acids', what seems to have been al
most universally forgotten, namely, that so
far from disapproving of the game, he him
self took part In it on both occasions when it
was played at Trauby Croft.
FINS ABT IN WAEFAEE.
The New Weapons Not Only Kill Quickly
but Neatly.
Chicago News.
It seems that the war authorities of En
rope are deeply Impressed by the perform
ance of the Mannlicher rifles in the hands of
tho insurgent Chileans, who, by their aid,
recently induced Dictator Balmaceda to go
elsowhere to do his dictating. The Austrian
soldiers are armed with these handy weap
ons, and the other nations are wondering
whether they wctald not do well to run up a
bill at the gunsmith's for a few million Man
nlichers in order that they too may be ready
to do their killing after the pleasing Chilean
fashion. What is particularly attractive to
connoisseurs in manslaughter about the
guns is that they not only destroy men
rapidly but that they do it neatly. The
wound caused by the bullet shows no jagged
edges, but is round and tidy and bored in a
strictly workmanlike manner. It Is a pleas
ure to kill your enemy easily and with pro
fessional nicety of touch.
Nothing could be more annoying to a per
son of refined feelings than to find that any
little piece of shooting performed by him
had been accomplished in a bungling fash
ion. To puncture your man is, of course,
something, but to puncture him in such a
w ay that he will feel proud of tho mark and
will send you a note expressing his thanks,
provided he survives, is u realy esthetic
triumph. Since the w ar authorities have re
jected the plan ot an ingenins scientist, who
offered to show how an army might be
chloroformed at its guns and taken prisoner
berore it knew what had struck it, perhaps
they could do nothing better than pronouco
in favor of gnns that do their shooting with
great precision and yet pile up their slain
compactly and decently. If the ptojectors
could manage also to pin bouquets on the
bosoms of the coats of those whom they
have "removed" to use the gentle euphe
mism so happily applied by Minister 1'at
Egan to gentlemen suddenly taken else
where by Irish revolutionary methods
there would be nothing moro to bo desiied.
OUT -WITH HIS QUIT.
The President Bags Sixteen Birds, Five
Watermelons and a Basket of Peacbet.
Cape'Mat, Sept. 11. Special. The Presi
dent this morning appointed several post
masters, among-whom were William H. N.
Leig,-vice Christian Hess, removed, Steelton,
Pa., and Reuben J. Mott, vice Waterman J.
Davis, removed, Port Allegany, Pa. One
Kansas pardon case was considered. At
14:27 p. M. the President, George W.Boyd,
General Lewis T. Mlchtncr, of Indiana, and
Congressman John E. Royburn, of Phila
delphia, left in the Pullman car "Newport"
for Mauricetown on the Maurice River
branch of tho West Jersey Railroad, where
they gunned in the meadows opposite that
toy, n for'rail and reed birds, from 1:30 until
0.30.
The party was accompanied as far as Man
umuskln bv Major William Warner, ex-Congressman
from Kansas City, who was here
to see the President on business connected
with tho old) border State, and on the way up
and down tho dinner and supper wero
sorved. Tho party debarked at tho little
town and. wero rowed across tho riverVhero
they killed 43 birds, or which the President
killed 16. Lieutenant Parker was so unfortu
nate as to fall overboard and get a severe
ducking in mud and wuter. When the Presi
dentreturned from gunning a crowd assem
bled, gave three cheers for the President,
who in turn shook hands with them. They
put five watermelons and a basket of
Eeachcs on the car, which the Piesident
rouglit home. This will probably be the
last gunning excursion this season.
THE SEA BREEZE AND THE SCARF.
Hung on the casement that looked o'er the main.
Fluttered a scarf of blue;
And a gar, bold breeze paused to flutter and tease
This trifle or dcucate nue.
"'You aro lovelier far than the proud skies are
He said with a voice that sighed;
'You are fairer to me than tho beautiful sea,
Oh, why do jou star here and hide?
"You are wasting your life In that dull, dark
room
(And he fondled her silken folds).
O'er the cascraeut lean but a little, my Queen,
And see what the great world holds.
How the wonderful blue of your matchless hue.
Cheapens both sea and sky
You are far too bright to be hidden from sight.
Come, fly with mc, darling fly."
Tender his whisper and sweet his caress.
Flattered and pleased was she.
The arms of her lover Ulted her over
The ciscment out to sea.
Close to his breast she was fondly pressed.
Kissed once by his laughing mouth;
TlieiTdropped to her grave In the cruel wave,
M'hile tbewlnd weuf whlstllngteoutli.
'-Ella metier Wilcox.
IN TOWN AND OUT.
The Ring Was All Right but the Price
Wasn't Amateur Actors Woking Up
A Couple of True .Stories From tho
Nursery Music In Sowickley Cliu-ches.
A Fifth avenue jeweler said to me yes
terday: "A good many country peoplo who
como to tho Exposition drift into my store
these days. They do nqt buy a great deal,
but they persuade us that wo are very busy.
Two or three days ago a party of four, an
oldgontlcman nnd his wife and daughters,
came in, and I happened to wait tipon them.
Paterfamilias was evidently a well-to-do
farmer, a good way bnck from the railroad,
I should say, and perhaps from Butler
county. He said, with a good deal
of importance, that he wanted a
rinz for his daughter, pointing to one
of the girls. 'You see, it's her
birthday,' he said, 'and I've promised her a
ring.' A lie said this his eyes fell upon
some rings in tbo show case, and he added:
Somethtng llko them.' I took out tho rings
nnd he chose one, an opal and two diamonds,
and said he guessed that wonld do. I was
preparing to put the ring in a proper caso
when the old man inquired how much it
was worth. 'Three hundred and fllty dol
lars,' I replied.
" 'Gee-Whittakersl ho exclaimed, with a
Jump, 'are ail them,worth that much?' 'As
jmiuii or more, i answered. A ciouu leu
upon his faee and ho drew mo off to one side
and whispered: 'Haven't von got something
about GO cents?' And do "you know I was
really sorry to havo to tell him I had not
Amateur Actors Moving.
The annual election of officers in the
Sewickley Valley Club this week marks in a
manner the opening of the amateur theatri
cal season. It is understood that a circular
will be sent soon to the members of the club
asking them to signify their desire as to tho
giving of ploys thts-wlnter. The Valley Club
19 not organized exclusively for theatrical
purposes, but Inasmuch as the club has
spent a good deal of money nndjuore hard
labor In the fitting up of Choral Hnll as n
theater of which the club still holds the
lease if for no qther reason it
would seem a pity to drop the
dramatic feature. Last season was dis
couraging in more ways than one. A
chapter of accidents, in which la irrinne
"played a prominent pnrt, prevented the clnb
jium giving me usual numDer ot poriorm-
auces. .many oi tne most prominent
members of tho club have grown tired
of shouldering all the burdens ot acting and
managing, and this, with the unavoidable
shortcomings in the fruits of last year, has
clouded the prospect, but the new board of
officers, whicn includes such energetic spir
its as Mr. John Chaplin, Jr., Mrs. Rose, nee
Miss Carrie Whiting; Mr. Harry Richaidson
and Miss Anderson, may dissipate nil doubts
after all.
The Tuesday Night Club has not held any
meeting yet, and tjiey, too, have not a re
markably encouraging retrospect as far as
the last season is concerned. There is talk
of a new club to be formed in Allegheny, un
der somen hat novel conditions. The nu
cleus of this clnb, if it is formed, will be the
clever young actors who gave "The Rivals"
so acceptably at Mr. Haworth's last seasop.
In this case the Intention is to have none
but playing members in the club; and they
win nut unuertase more tnan two piays in a
senson, hoping thus to nttain that artistic
finish which only careful preparation can
produce.
Too Full lot Utterance.
A little Edgeworth girl a rosebud of
4 years pave a new definition of indigestion
tho other day. It was at bedtime, and her
mother, noticing that Marion showed un
mistakcable syptoms of having supped not
wisely but two well, said: "Marlon, what's
the matter with yon?"
Marion, looking very solemn, replied: "I
dess I must have eaten my dinner on top of
my breafi"
And the family physician savs that
Marion's description of a dyspeptic's pangs
is more tersely graphic than any the med
ical works contain.
A Cute Little Penitent
Little Jessie, sweeter at 7 than most
girls are at 17, has been wont ever since she
learned to lisp the Lord's Prayer at her
mother's knee, to present an itemized ac
count of her peccadilloes to her mother at
bedtime Tho other uight her mother was
not nt home to give absolution to her little
penitent, but the latter could not close her
eyes till she had written out a summary of
her sins for the day in letters as big as tho
misdeeds they described wero small. One
of the crimes enumerated Had figured fre
quently In the catalogue before It consisted
in eating unripe sickle pears, or staying out-of-doors
attersundown or some such heinous
offense and after stating it Jessie added,
"You must think this is a chestnut, mam
ma!" When the mother confessor found this
pinned on her pincushion that night, it is to
be feared that she laughed far more than
such an august dignitary should.
Music in Sewlckley's Churches.
There has been a good deal of improve
ment in church music here of late: better or
gans, and possibly better. organists, better
choirs and better judgment in the choice of
music may bo round in almost all; the
churches than prevailed a few years ago.
The spirit of progress has attacked the con
gregations of Sewickley, and radical changes
for the better have been made in the mu
sical parts of divine worship in 'several
churches. Since the year began ,St. Ste
phen's Episcopal Church hart mode frreat
strides in tins uircction. a new pipe organ
of reallv admirable quality was put in be
fore Easter, and thut speedily brought
about changes In the choir. During
tho summer many of the principal singers,
in Sewickley have given their services freely
in turn, nnd now a permanent choir has
been formed which promises to be highly
satisfactory. It Includes Mrs. Tener. nee
Miss Birdie Lucas, soprano; Mrs. John Roe,
contralto, who has long been a valued singer
in the Sewickley M. E. Church; Robert J.
Cunningham, tenor, one of tho best singers
in the valley, a member of.the Christ Church
(Allegheny) choir for years and later of the
Sewioklev" Presbyterian Church choir; and
W. W. Whitesell, the well-known basso
Next Sunday Prof. Albrecht will officiate as
organist.
The Leetsdale Presbyterian Church is pre
paring to make the musical portion of the
tervlce verv attractive. At present the
back wall ofthe church is being torn down
to make room lor the new pipe organ, to
purchase which a largo fund has been raised.
A pastor's study is also to be built. It is
proposed to engage a strong pald.choir as
soon as the new organ arrives. In the other
churches which already pay considerable
attention to the mnsic considerable addi
tions and improvements may be looked for
this winter.
A SIGNIFICANT ADMISSION.
Gladstone's Hour of Triumph Is Said to Be
Near at Hand.
Boston Traveller. 3
Mr. Edward Dicey, one of the best known
of the English Liberal Unionists, who, since
tbo home rule policy was adopted by the
English Liberals, under the lead of Mr.
Gladstone, has warmly supported tho Salis
bury Government, makes a significant ad
mission in tho current number of the
"Nineteenth Century," when ho declares
that nothing except Mr. Gladstone's retire
ment from, public life con prevent his Te
tnrn to powc-, unless the Conservatives do
certain things, which Mr. Dicey is confi
dent thev will nevor consent to do. Mr.
Dlcev finds little In tho achievements of the
Salisbury Government to enlist popular
sympathy in its support. Even the free
education act does not seem to have elicited
enthusiasm. Mr. Balfour's proposed scheme
for the: local government of Inland prom
ises nothing in the way of satisfying Ilonie
rule sentiment, and if the Conservatives
hope to retain power they must make vastly
stronger bids than they have heretofore
done lor popular support.
The bids which Mr. Dicey snggdsts, how
ever, would transform the Conservatives
Into the most radical of Radicals. Ho would
have the House of Lords purged and recon
structed by expelling all the dlsieputable
and bankrupt peers and substituting life for
hereditary peerages. He would have the
Conservatives adopt as a party cry, "Ono
man, one vote." utterly repudiating tho
theory that property should have rep
resentation In Parliament, and ho
would also havo the Conservnttves
appeal to the British workingmen for sup
port by introducing nt onco tho eight-hour
bill, for which the Socialists havo so long
clamored. Such bids, he thinks, might
bring the Sallsbnry Government success;
but that the Salisbury Government will over
make them borders on tho impossible and
the inconceivable. Mr. Dicey is doubtless
right. Tho hour of the triumph of the Glad
stonians is near at hand.
The Cambria Works to Be Enlarged.
Jousstown, Sept 11. Special Tho Cam
bria Iron Works havo been running steadily
for tome time, but it has been found that tho
'present capacity of the great works is not
large enougu tor tue orders coming in for
steel, and work has boen commenced on a
largo addition to the plant. The new addi
tion will have a prodnclng capacity of 1,100
tons of steel every 24 hours, which is the ca
pacity of the present works.
I SOCIETY AND ART.
Another Audience Pleased by the Beauties
of the Fairies' Carnival John W.Beatty
Exhibits His Latest Paintings General
Gossip of the Social World.
The weather was so much better last
night than on the previous two evenings
that tho "Fairies' Carnival" was given be
fore a very gocd audience. The play ran so
smoothly that It reflected the greatest credit
upon tho performers as well as Mr. Owens,
the director. The various points wore well
.bronght out, and there was little suggestion
of amateurishness in the whole entertain
ment Most of the principals, In fact, had
the self-possession nnd gr.ico of profos
sionals. Little Alice Kober, in particular, is
a prodigy, sho would be equal to the lead
ing part in any professional performance.
She lias evidently been carefully trained in
stage business, and her Tiick is a perform
ance that will long bo remembered for its
intelligence and chic.
The fairies; march conld hnrdly be im
pioved. It was done as neatly on tho first
night as any time since. It is perhaps a
little too long, but even that is not certain,
for the audience in general did not seem to
think it tedious, and it was so well done
that one could forgive the fact of its occu
pying IS or 20 minntes. A. word should bo
said for the excellence oJT the wood scene
that forms the background of the stage. It
is from the brush of tho well-known Pitts
burg scenic nrtist, Mr. John Johnson.
It is not known how much has been netted
for the Homeopathic Hospital by tho per
formances, but it is hoped that tho sum will
be of goodly size. The price of ndmisslon
was lowered to 60 cents last evening, and
there wero a large -number of little people
present.
The delightful studio at Wilklnsburg of
John W. Beatty, Pittsburg's well-known
nrtist, was yesterday afternoon the scene of
a pleasant gathering of Mr. Beatty'S friends
to take a view of three of his most recent
works before their delivery to the pur
chasers. Tliey were entitled "At the Water
ing Trough," "A Scene on Block Island" and
"Throwing a ."hoe." These, the latest
products of Mr. Beatty's brush, aro beautiful
In themselves, and exhibit a high order of
style which give still more abundant prom
ise for the future. "At the Wateiing
Trough" shows a country road, with a horse
drinking in the foreground, and in the dis
tnncc beautiful bright skies and woodlands.
"The Block Island" picture is different in
subject nnd style; yet, in it way, no less at
tractive. Mr. Beattv paints few pictures,
but into each he purs his best effort, and the
result is a distinct advnnoe .each year in
artistic estifnatlon. The visitors to the
studio vesterday were greatly pleased, and
the time passed pleasantly in conversation,
criticism and refreshments.
Three portraits that have attracted con
siderableattcution are in a Wood street pict
ure store window. They are oil paintings, by
William Altkcn, of Monongahcla City. The
subjects are Lawrence Barrett, Mary Ander
son and Bobbie Burns. The work Is well
done, especially the picture of the Scotch
poot Maty Anderson Is represented in the
character of Pnrlhenia, and is as beautiful in
the picture as she Is in reality. ,
Social Chatter.
Rev. II. C. McBbide, the. well-known evan
gelist of tbo Now York M. E. Conference,
conducted the services at the Union Holi
ness meeting nt tbo Liberty Street M. E.
Church last evening.
Tun young people of the new Westminster
Church on Bucna Vista street, Allegheny,
are arranging for a concert, which will be
given Friday evening, September 18.
The Eighty-fifth Pennsylvania Regimental
Association will hold its nineteenth annual
reunion October L
Tire Friendship Club of the West End will
hold its annual picnic to-day at McKec's
Rocks.
EUBOPEAHS WON'T EAT C0BN.
That Is the Reason Why It Cannot
Be
Shipped Instead of Wheat
New York Herald. 1
The high price or .breadstuff's abroad Is
suggesting throughout the Western States
the question often asked before why corn,
the cheapest and most nutritions of the
grains, should not be sent largely to the
European markets. The answer is oasy to
give. The poorer classes of Europe won't
eat corn In any form. They do not like
cornmeal in porridge or bread, and they
detest hominy. Immigrants to this country
do not take kindly to It. The qnantitysold
in this city, wljere there are more than half
a million poo" people of foreign birth or de
scent, is trifling compared with that of
wheat flonr
Why? Well, one reason is that very few
people, oyen in the United States, know how
to mnkeforn bread that tastes good. Corn
bread dcas not "keep" well. It ought to be
eaten w.'iile hot from tht oven, which means
three V.akings a day. Besides, the poorer
classes of Europe are creatures of habit re
garding food to an extent which wo do not
dieam of. Their diet has varied but little in
centuries. It seems a matter of heredity
witH millions of them to eat rye bread, even
when they can get wheat, justtas it is an in
born habit here tor tho poorest inhabitant
of the Eastern States to buy wheat flour
when good cornmeal can be had for about
half the price.
COLOBADO'S SILVEB oniPTr.
It Will Exceed Last Year's Total by Ten
Million Dollars.
Trinidad Advertiser.
Reports from all of tho mining districts
are rite with new and richer strikes in silver
than were ever before known in the history
of the State, and it Is estimated that tho
silver output for 1891 will amount to $10,000,
000, or an excess of $10,000,000 over the pre
vious year. Prospecting lias been carried
on more vigorously than befoie, and the
greater depth obtained in older mines has
brought to light immense deposits of valu
able ore.
The mining districts are enjoying an un
exampled senson of prosperity, which would
be largely increased if the miners wero not
deliberately robbed by act of Congress of a
large portion or their legitimate earnings.
The fact that Colorado produces such a
large amount of silver does not make tho
latter any the less a precious metal, and tho
Centennial State is a unit, without regard to
politics or political affiliation, for the free
coinage of silver.
DEATHS HEBE AND ELSEWHEBE,
Rev. Dr. WlUlam Barrows.
P.evDr. "William Barrows, prominent as
an author and clergyman In the Congregational de
nomination, died in Boston Thursday, aged 78 years.
In 1S4-5 he was ordained and Installed in Norton.
In 1S50 he was Installed over the church lnGraut
ille, near Wellesley Hills. Thence he moved in
1830 to become pastor of the old South Church,
Reading. I11I8OD he was made Secretary of the
Congregational Sunday School Publishing Society,
and filled this office until 1673, when he was elected
to the Secretary ship of the Home Missionary So
nlttr utirVr. H.irmw irare nn this wort In
) ttfto. he demoted himself maiitlrto the educational
ana religious warns oi me unueu amies irouiier,
having made 11 long tours on the bonier. He was
a lecturer ou prehistoric America and on the colo
nial and pioneer history of the United States, and
he wrote much on these subjects for periodical'.
In I86! he published "Twelve Nights in a Hunters'
Camp:" In 187, "The Church ami Ilcrt'liildieii;
In 181, "Purgatory Doctriunlly. Practically and
Historically opened:" lu 1S8-I, "Oregon, the
frtrugKle for Possession:" and in IS37, "The In
dians" Side or the Indian (Jnrstlon." and "Ilia
United Mates of Yesterday and of To-morrow."
He was a founder and for seven years an editor of
the Congregational Jlevlew.
Dr. David Humphreys Storer.
Dr. David Humphreys Storer, one of the
oldest physicians In Boston and the oldestlivlng
graduate of the Harvard Medical School, died
Thursday at the age of S7. Dr. Storer was born lu
Portland, Me., and was a son of Judge Woodbury
Storer and a descendant of the Longfellows, Dud-
levs and other New England families. He was
graduated In 18J2 at Bowdoin College, from which,
in 1S76. lie received ths deKree of LL. D., and in
1S25 was given an honorary degree of M.D. liy Har-
ard. lie had been Prebldeiit of tiie American
Medical roclcty, was lor 22 years dean of Han ard
Medical School and professor or Obstetrics and
Medical Jurisprudence, a member of the American
Philosophical society and a Teltow of the American
Academy of Arts. Among his writings Is a vi ork
on the flahcrlcs of M.ifisachusetts.wh!ch Is regarded
as the standard. Dr. Horatio K. Storer, ot New
port, and Prof. F. H, Storer, of the Busscy Insti
tute, are his sons.
Obituary Notes.
MRP. Piiebe Axx Mickli?, who lacked less
than two months of being 100 years old, died at
Guilford, N. Y.. Monday.
Majou Jessk F. Axgell, a veteran of the Mex
ican War. and also Major of the Tenth New Hamp
shire In the Civil War, died Thursday at Northamp
ton, Mass.
Mrs. Betsy E. Hutchixsox died Thursday
morning nt Plymonth, Mass., aged 92. She was
the oldest person In rivmouth except one, and one
of two pensioners of tho War of 1S12 In town.
Auel Fisiier Is dead at his home In Iola, Kan.,
aged 80 years. The deceased was one of the
pioneers or New Castle, and for at least 60 years
lived within four rallts of that city. He built and
operated the East Brook Flouring Mill for a num
ber of years, and was a brother of Mrs. Captain
H. H. Stoles, of New Castle. "
OUR MAIL POUCH.
' Cause of the Sepoy Mutiny.
To the Editor of The Dispatch:
Can you inform mo as to what was the
cause of the Senov mutiny in India?
McKetsport, September 10. S. A.
The cause of the Sepoy mutiny of 1S37 was
the restivencss of the native population
under the rule of a foreign commercial cor
poration. The occasion of the outbreak in
18S7 was an incident which occurred in Jan
uary of thnt year. A man employed in
making cartridges for the Enfield rifles, just
given out to the native army, asked a Sepoy
of a Grenadier rogiment for a sip of water
from his canteen. Tho soldier was a high
caste Hindoo, and at once angrily refused,
sinco had tho artisan touched his lips to the
canteen thnt article would become forever
unclean nnd must have been thrown away.
Tho workman sneeringly rejoined that tho
soldier need not be so particular, as tho new
cartridges were gieased with bullocks' fat
and every Sepoy had already defiled
himself by biting off the paper. The
story was a falsehood, as the cart
ridge paper was lnbricated witn vegetable
oil, the East India Company having scrup
nlonslv respected the religious principles of
the Hindoos; but being believed by the
Sepoy, it spread from mouth to mouth with
wonderful ruDidlty. It was caucrht no by
agitators and repeated with variations. Tho
Hindoos were assured that the cartridges
were greased with the fat of the sacred cows;
tho 3fohammedan soldiers were told that the
fat of pigs, nn animal abhorrent to tho fol
lowers of Mohammed, had been employed,
while other tales declared the lubricant to
be drawn from the bodies of natlvo children.
The issne of the obnoxious cartridges was
nt onco discontinued, but the mischief had
been done, and before June the larger part
of the native army was in open mutiny.
The rebellion was virtually suppressed by
tho end of thnt year, the mutineers being
everywhere dcteatcd in the open field,
though military operations against the rebels
did not cease until 3fay, 1S09.
Tlio Lanrpateshlp.
To the Editor of The DiMiatch:
How did the Laureatcshlp of
originate?
England
Poet.
Whkelixo, September 11.
It is believed that the institution of a
laureate originated in the practice of the
early English Kings selecting a young man
who had been crowned at one of the uni
versities for skill In making Latin verse to
accompany the army and celebrate its vic
tories. Edward II. was accompanied to
Scotland in J3U by two, or some say three
such bards, who were captured by Bruce at
Bannockbnrn, and forced to sing the praises
of the Scottish conqneror. The list of early
laureates is incomplete, but we know that
Chaucer was styled or styled himself a
laureate, wlflle in the time of Edward IV.
one John Kay filled that office while An
drew Barnard was lnnreate to Henry VII.,
and John Skelton to Henrv VIII. So far as
complete, however, the list comprises the
names In succession of Edmund Spencer,
Samuel Daniel, Ben Jonson, Sir William
Davenant, John Dryden, Thomas Shadwell,
Xahum Tate, Nicholas Howe, Laurence Ens
den, Colley Clbber, William Whitehead,
Thomas Warton, Henry James Pye, William
Wordsworth, and the present incumbent,
Alfred Tennyson. The honor was declined
by Gray, Mason and Scott.
What Will Mrs. Grundy Say?
To the Editor ofTlic Dlapiicli:
What is the origin of tho expression "What
will Mrs. Grundy say?" J. B.
PiTTSBcno, Sept. 11.
This is an expression covering the fever
ish desirO to know what other people may
think or say about us, especially in connec
tion with the proprieties of life. Thero are
some who suppose that such a dame as Mrs.
Grundy really existed, whereas she was a
mere myth like Dominie Sampson, Pickwick,
Mica wber and Becky Sharp. The expression
occurs In Morton's comedy of "Speed the
Plough," written In 1798. In the play Farmer
Ashflcld suddenly tnrns upon his good
dame, after beingvexed atherfreqnent allu
sions to Mrs. Grundy, with the exclamation:
"Be qniet, wool ve? Always 'ding-donging
Dame Grundy into my ears. What will Mrs.
Grundy say? What will Mrs. Grundv think?
Canst thee be quict.let us alone, and behave
thysor, pratty." The constant repetition of
the one odd phrase caught the ear of the
public, and has held it over since.
Tlio Children's Crnsade.
To the Editor of The Dispatch:
When and where was the children's cru
sade? Evas.
McKeesport, September IL
Tho crusade of the children against the
Saracens was preached in France in 1212 by
a peasant youth named Stephen, and at tho
same time In Germany by a ty)y named
Nicholas. Nearly 100,000 children left their
homes in Central nnd Western Europe to
rescue the Holy Land from the Mohamme
dans, and, as miracles were-then devoutly
bolieved in, several civilized governments
put vessels at the disposal of the children to
convey them to the East. The French
started from Marseilles. Some were shlp
wrecked: most were captured by Moorish and
Saracen vessels and sold into slavery in
Africa. The Germans started from Genoa,
and met with similar misfortunes. A large
body marched overland through the Aus
trian territory, and were kidnaped by local
potentates who needed servants. Tho fnror
lasted onlya few months, and ended by the
dispersion of tho "child armies."
A Mexican Seaport
To the Editor of The Dispatch:
AYhatis the most soatberly State of Mex
ico, and what is its chief seaport? Do steam
ers stop there, and what line? W. J.
ALLEonEXT, September II. ,
The most southerly State 19 Chiapas. Its
chief seaport is San Benito. The Pacific
Mail steamships from San Francisco to Pan
ama stop there twico a month going each
way.
West Virginia's Capital.
To the Editor of the Dispatch:
Will yon kindlvtell me what the present
capital of West Virginia is? D. C.
Chartiers, September 11.
Charleston.
F.cv. Father Molllnger.
To the Editor of The Dispatch:
Is Rev. Father Molllnger in the city, and Is
he able to attend to his patients? A. D.
Tif usyille, September IL
Ho is.
SOME PEOPLE WHO TBAVEL.
"William H. Pool, of Sistersville, "W. Va.,
was a guest at the St Charles yesterday.
Mr. Pool Is an old resident of Philadelphia,
where he first saw the light of day 91 years
ago. ne drove a team of six horses and as
many bells from Philadelphia to this city in
1820, and took a week to do it in. Ho had
keen memories of tho duck pond near Pcnn
nvenneand Sixth street, and remembered
tho creek which ran along tho north side of
Smithfield street. Ho said that ilnring his
last trip here a JlcClintock was Mayor, and
ho subsequently married the daughter of a
hollows mender named Oliver, who had a
shanty below Ferry street At that time
thero wore no homes above Ferry street.
Mr. Pool was the sprightllest man of his age
soen around hero in many moons. His step
is as brisk as that of a young man and his
senses ns keen.
B. F. Willis, an architect from York,
Va., was at tho Schlosser last night lie
came here to look over tho ground for the
location of the Carnegie library. He said ho
thought the Mte was good, and that a very
handsome Dnilding should be erected for
tlte amount specified. $700,030. He proposed
to enter plan- in competition for the work.
Mr. Willis thinks the general character of
the buildings in the city much improved
in recent years
Ii. C. "Weir, General Agent of the Adams
Express Company at Cincinnati, passed
through the city last night, in a special car,
nccompnniedbylils family, on return flora
snminoring at Cresson.
Kev.S. "W. McCorkle, of the First Cou
Erepatlonalist Church, Allegheny and Mrs.
McCorkle have rctnrned from attending at
St. Louis the funeral.of the reverend gentle
man's father.
P. E. JlcCray and A. P. Henlern. respect
tively Secretary and attorney for the Pitts
burg, Shcuango and Lake Frio road, wero at
tho Monongaucla yesternay.
Joseph P. Mathai, of the extensive tin
waio mannmcturing firm of Mathai, Ingram
& Co., ofBaltlmore, was at tho Monongahcla
l'bt:iu.ij.
Judge Okey Johnson, of Charleston, "W.
Va., and W. S. McDonald, of tho Wheeling
Register, were guests at the Monongahela
yesterday.
Congressman Stoae and Mrs. Stone and
ex-Recorder Graham arrived in town yes
terday on return from a trip abroad.
S. C. Shortlidge, of Media College, was at
the Monongahcla yesterday.
Dugald MacMnrchy, of Portland, Ore., is
at the Andcrsou.
W. P. De-Armit went East yesterday.
CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS.
"In the city of , Pefcin is establishes a
society of venerable agriculturists. When
the Emperor visits them in tho spring ho
ploughs a small field with his own band.
Archie Falknor, a well-known cowman
of Wyoming, whilo driving a. lot of cattle
north recently, poisoned his eyes by
wiping the sweat from his face with gloves
that had been saturated with the alkali
water of the plains, and is now in the hospi
tal at Sheridan, totally blind.
For many years Robert James, aged 70,
of Blue Lick, Clark county, Ind., has been
blind and had givon up all hopes of ever re
gaining his sight. Several days ago his wife
was taken dangerously ill, and In his dis
tress be prayed and wept Incessantly. Sud
denly his signt came buck to him, and Ua
now sees as well as he ever did.
The news comes from Berlin that Dr.
Engels has discovered in Africa a remedy
for blood poisoning caused by tho bites of
snakes and rabid dogs. This remedy is tho
"wild growing black noblo palm." It is
stated that I0J negroes bitten by poisonous
snakes wero treated with the extract of the
palm and 487 were cured id five days.
When an aeronaut left "Vienna recently
with his balloon for Russia, the society for
rearing carrier pigeons sent a number of
birds with htm. Tho aeronaut, after somo
days' sojourn in Russia, let them fly, and
telegraphed to Vienna that birds of prey
had pursued the ni-rcons ns far ns he could
see them. Two days later one of the pigeons
returned to its cot in Vienna.
'"Granny" Gresham, who died in Ma
rietta, Ga., recently, is alleged to have boon
11G j-ears old. An ex-slave who lives near
Marlanna, in Florida, and who has been
bronght to notice bv the Savannah Xews,
has a birth certificate showing that he was
born in 1765. lie has applied for a pension
upon the ground that he drovea commissary
wagon during the war of 18J2.
A singular business announcement over
a certain photograph gallery is: "Misfit pho
tographs for sale." This, we are told, brings
many "customers. Mothers, for instance,
who'have little children, often buy pictures
of children with long hair when the hair of
their loved ones lias not grown, and send
them ronnd to friends at a distance. Brides'
photographs nre also said to sell very wcil.
A young man Monday afternoon rode
across the railroad bridge in Now Bruns
wick, N. J., on a bicycle on a single plank.
The bridge 19 50 feet high and 900 feet long,
and hnd a train come on the bridge the man
would almost certainly havo been killed.
The foolhardy youth refused to give his
name, though tho watchman detained him
for an hour, hoping an ollicer would appear.
In Sheriff J. D. "Winn Lexington has a
veritable little giant Though small in stat
ure, few men can be found witli equal mns
cular strength. In fact, heisreallydeformed
as to mnxcles, having a double set, one set
standing out all over his body like swollen
flesh. He hn been known to raise 1,500
pounds two inches from the ground, and on
ono occasion, upon a wager, lifted one end
of a six-horso power engine on whoels, which
had 80 gallons of water in its boiler and two
men astride it
A new scientific instrument has been
gotten up by Prof. BIgelow, which is called
the anrora-lnclinometer. By extensive re
searches he has found that thesamolaw
which underlies th working of electricity
and magnetism is opcmting'on the snn, and
that sunlight is a magnetic field in which
the magnetized earth rotates as docs the
armature of a dynamo. Theinstrument n ill
be sent to Alaska, where It will be used in
the study of the aurora, as it is there seen
in the best conditions.
A Goochland county lady missed a very
valuable and highly-prized watch and chain
from her jewelry case. Convinced that one
of tho lemnle servants about the house had
purloined it she made no ado about the mat
ter, but confidently informed the suspected '
culprit that she wonld go to Richmond and
consult a lortuno teller, wno coma easily
tell her Just where the watch was. The
next day the stolen articles were found in
thei.- usnal place of abode. Superstition bad
done good detective work.
Jacob Frank, of Ligonier, has in his
possession a horseshoe which Is decidedly a.
curiosity. It is made of ordinary iron, with
out toepicce or corks, and instead of solid
iron the bottom is. constructed with an open
ing, which runs around tho entiro bottom of
the shoe, leaving nothing but a thin iron
rim. In this opening is forced what looks
like oiled rope, but has become as hard as
stone, beingpetrifled by lying in the ground.
The shoe was intended to be a noiseless one.
On either side are three holes for nails, on
the front "F 3," "Pattoned 1778."
A Parisian sharper has developed a
new game. He stops at a hotel and regis
ters his name, which strangely happens to
be the same as that of tho proprietor of tho
house. This is so remarkable that the guest
and the host have a friendly chat about it.
The guest reqnests him to pay special atten
tion to his mall, which is daily handed to
the guest's "valet" Two or three packages
come, and the "valet" takes them ulso. Then
a small package, neat-looking and evidently
vaiuame, is passea over tne connter. n nen
the "valet" gets this he and his master ars
seen no more. The next meeting is between
the hdtel proprietor and a jeweler, who pre
sents his bill for Jewelry furnished to the
value of, say, 20,000 francs.
It will not, perhaps, be remembered,
says the Taper Hakcr (London), that in the
great exhibition of ISjI, a specimen of iron
paper was exhibited. Immediately a lively
competition ensued among ironmasters as to
the thinness to which cold iron could be
rolled. Ono ironmaker rolled sheets the
average thickness of which was the l-l,J00th,
part of an inch. In other words, 1.S00 sheets
of this Iron, piled one upon the other, would
onlymennre one inch in thickness. The
wonderful fineness of this work may be
more readily understood when it is remem
bered that 1,200 sheets of thinnest tissue pa
per measure a fraction over an inch. These
wonderful Iron sheets were perfectly smooth,
and easy to write upon, notwithstanding tho
fact that they were porous when held up in
a strong light
Almost all the "marbles" with which
boys amuse themselves in season and out of
season, on pavements and in shady spots,
are made at Oberstein, Germany. There are
many large agate quarries and mills in that
neighborhood, and the refuse lstnrnedto
good account in providing lho small stone
balls for experts to "knuckle down" with.
The stone is broken into small cubes by
blows of a light hammer. These small
blocks of stono are thrown by the shovelful
into the hopper of a small mill, formed of a
bedstone having its surface grooved with
concentric furrows; above this is the "run
ner," which is of hard wood, having a level
face on its lower surface. The upper block
is made to revolve rapidly, water being de
livered upon the grooves of the bedstone
where tho marbles are being rounded. It
takes about 15 minutes to finish a bushel of
good-marbles ready for the boys knuckles.
One mill will turn out 1CO.O0O per week.
KHYMELETS AND EHYNKLES.
Hownow What haife you been doing?
You look a trifle light headed.
Jagley S" think inlht; Just been where thero
was greatest lot of corks you ever saw. Boston
Voiirler-Journnl.
If the years were a3 long as they are to a
gin
'TwWt thirty and twenty-nine.
A man of sixty would be as old
As all of Methuselah's line.
Philadelphia Times.
He (on the back porch) There's a mosl
qulto on your other arm. Shall I remove It?
She I couldn't allow yon to put your arm around
my waist i'cw Tork Herald.
The girl who hasn't yet "come out."
Her bathing suit begins to trim.
And though she's young without a doubt,
She'll soon be in the swim.
ieio Tori Press.
Thin passenger (after half an hour!
tortnrel-I think It would be only fair If people,
were charged by weight.
Stout passenger You may be thankful It isn't so,
as no conductor would think it worth his while to
pick you up. Cincinnati Times-Star.
Mrs. Brown What make3 that baby cry
so. Benjamin?
Mr. Brown (who is doing the perambulating act)
I'm pinching him.
"Why, what In the world are you doing that
for?"
"I can't keep awake long enough to get bun to
sleep nnless lie cries." Binghampton Leader.
The fellow who goes summering;
Has reason now, and cause.
To And the application of
Some very ancient "saws."
For when mine host's encountered,
And they've had a greeting drop, t
He tlnds, there's not a' room below
But "plenty at the top." .V. T. Herald.
Young man So Miss Ella is your oldest
sister. Whocomes after her.
Small brother Nobody alnt come as yet, but pa "
says the first fellow that comes can hare her. Da.
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