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PITTSBUKG, SUNDAY, SEPT. 20, ISM.
STATE orriCIALS ON THE STAND.
Xo eomtort can be extracted by the
friends of tlie State officials from tlie in
formation brought out at the session of the
Treasury Investigating Committee yester
day. Auditor General McCamant was put
upon tlie stand, aud endeavored to illu
minate a lengthy and rather paltering cor
respondence with Bardslcy, the Phil
adelphia defaulter, extending over a
year or more, the object of which
seemed to be to mildly induce Bardsley to
pay up pan of his arrears to the State.
Most clearly, putting a charitable aspect
upon this correspondence, the Auditor
General threw grass at Bardsley when he
should have thrown stones. There were
developed in the correspondence a couple
of passages wherein McCamant thanked
Bardsley for "favors." These naturally
aroused Mr. Fow's inquisitiveness. The
Auditor General says tlie "favors" were
"neckties" on one occasion and "old mag
azines" on another. It remains to be said
that it would have been better if tlie
Auditor General had not occasion to mix
his personal thanks to Bardsley with his
dunning for the moneys due the State
not, for tlie present, to put any harsher
construction on these particular expres
sions of obligation.
Setting everv- other question apart, it is
clear that if the Auditor General had been
properly vigilant and vigorous in his offi
cial functions Bardsley would have been
called to time much sooner, and the pub
lic funds would have been saved.
But it is also clear from yesterday's in
quiry that Livsey who has not yet ap
peared before tlie committee, is tlie wit
nets who can throw most light upon the
points at issue. The situation certainly
would have looked better if the late cash
ier of the treasury had been on hand yes
terday. Mr. Fow was bold and direct in
his charge of a conspiracy against the
State so much so indeed that Livsey
cannot longer remain away without giving
strong color to the allegations. The in
vestigation is evidently Hearing a crisis.
1
THAT ENGINE TEST.
The hearings during the week with re
gard to that past event, tho test of tho
Amoskeag fire engines has developed one
interesting phase. It will be remembered
that after the long-looked for test had
taken place, that very earnest and very
persistent fighter on the fire engine ques
tion, Mr. IL E. Safford, claimed that the
testasitwas made was a humbug. His
position was that with tho water fed
directly to the engines from the fire plug,
the engino was very largely aided in its
work by the pressure from the mains, and
that consequently the ability of tlie engine
to pump unaided tho required quantity of
water in a given time was not demon
strated. The experts who conducted the test,
were on the witness-stand before the mas
ter in the case last week, and were forced
by cross-examination into admissions
which go far toward corroberating this as
sertion. It may be premature to regard
this point as decisively settled; but at
.present the f eather seems to roost in Mr.
Safford's cap.
TELEGRAPHIC DEADHEADING.
The fact is quoted from one of tho
oldest telegraphic operators at "Washing
ton, that one-quarter of the telegraphic
business of that city 'is composed of the
franked messages of members of Congress.
The other three-quarters ot course, con
sists mainly of the press dispatches paid
for by the newspapers of the country.
The amount of telegraphic correspondence
originating at Washington apart from
news, politics and Government business,
would be about equal to that of one of
these rural points where one man fills the
joint position of operator and railway
agent
The Telegram declares this to be "not
tlie seed but the matured crop of a hugs
abuse. 1 his is a little hyperbolical: but,
it is easy to see that the purpose of giving
Congressmen a free swing oxer the wires
is to induce a favorable opinion of the
telegraphic corporation. The man who
enjojs deadhead privileges nearly always
takes a very optimistic view of the
business where he has the free sup
ply as witness the Rev. Sam Jones, who J
recently gave it as his Evangelistic dogma
that all this talk about railway abuses is
over dona Mr. Jones lias enjoyed rail
way favore, consequently the railroads
must be all right. This method of rea
soning has influenced much more logical
minds than that of the Rev. Sara.
Nevertheless, It is not the crop, but tlie
seed of the abuse. The crop is matured,
and the harvest garnered when Congress
neglects or refuses the legislation needed
by the public interest, or makes haste to
turaish that required by the telegraphic
WkB
corporation. Doubtless, the dead-heading
is an influence to favorably Impress the
Congressional mind, but it is not always
n decisive one. On some telegraphic meas-
I ures in the past few years Congress has
Union. Whether the telegraphic franks
were so free then as now, we do not know,
but generally it takes more than a free
privilege over the wires to own -a Congress
man in fee simple.
SHERMAN'S SILVER IDEAS.
Senator Sherman's interview with a
correspondent of The Dispatch comes
to the public only a day or two after the
remarkable declaration of the New Tork
Democrats against silver. The New Tork
idea is so widely different from the Ohio
one that it not only declares against free
silver coinage, but attacks the act passed
by the last Congress as certain if con
tinued to bring the country eventually to
a silver basis.
Senator Sherman does not reply directly
to this attack on the rather indefinite Re
publican silver policy; but his utterances
have a decided relation to it. For the
weakness of the last legislation on that
subject, is that no one can say authorita
tively what it means. The question
whether it means the ultimate reduction
of tlie currency to the silver basis or the
maintenance of the present standard de
pends on the construction which maybe
Given to tlie act in its future enforcement
Although Senator Sherman does not defi
nitely recognize this fact, his utterances
bring it out For instance, he says:
"The Government if it became the pur
chaser of all the silver bullion in the coun
try could not maintain that coin at a par
with gold or prevent a silver dollar from
depreciating." Of course it cannot; and
yet the one indisputable feature of the
present silver law, is that the purchases of
silver by the Treasury are gnaged to ab
sorb the entire silver production of the
country.
Naturally Senator Sherman devotes con
siderable attention to the false position
which the Ohio Democrats have taken on
free silver coinage. He has a perfect right
to do this, as the Democratic convention
by one of those pieces of inspired stupid
ity to which Democratic politics are prone
has made tlie issue between the imme
diate reduction of tlie currency to the
silver basis, and tbe settlement of tho
question on sound lines. But the most
significant part of the interview is his in
dication of tlie ultimate settlement on tho
line which TnE Dispatch has always
held to be the only correct one, namely,
the uso of silver at intrinsic value equally
with gold. This is the fundamental mean
ing of his proposition for the issue of cur
rency "upon the deposit of gold or silver
at its market value instead of a fictitious
value as proposed by the free coinage
act"
This is the one way in which the silver
question can be permanently settled with
out disturbing the unit of values. Say
that silver is worth a dollar an ounce.
Under such a provision as this the-Govern-ment
on receipt of 10,000 ounces of silver
could issue certificates for that sum, each
ten dollar certificate stating tho fact that
it represents ten ouuees of silver, and will
be redeemed with that amount of metal
on presentation. Tho ten dollar value of
the certificate will be simply the bullion
value of the metaL Of course such a
policy would necessitate the redemption
of tlie present silver dollar containing 76
cents worth of metal; and would imply
the establishment of a new silver coin
with about one-third more weight But
for the actual coins there would be little
demand, while "the deposit of silver for
certificates would be in exact ratio as tho
needs for currency were more imperative
than the uses of silver in the arts.
This would involve a decided departure
from the policy of either party on the
silver issue; but it is tho only way in which
the free use of silver as a basis for money
can be secured, without a change from
gold monometallism to silver monometal
lism, and a reduction of the unit of values,
to about three-fourths of the present
standard.
PITTSmJKG'9 EXPOSITION".
The close of the second week of the Ex
position yesterday shows that the success
which that institution has won in former
years is to bo repeated and enlarged this
year. The energy and persistence which
carried that enterprise through the period
ot difficulty and discouragement to its
present prosperity is now finding full scope
in enlarging its field and improving its
character. Each successive fall witnesses
the addition of new and valuable features,
and presents the public with attractions
that justify and enhance its popularity.
The people of Pittsburg should testify
their pride in and approval of this repre
sentative of their industries and energies.
No citizen of Allegheny county who has
the proper pride and interest in its insti
tutions and prosperity will fail to enjoy a
visit to the fine exhibition now; going on,
and to furnish his support to the active
and well-directed efforts of the Exposition
Society in the public interest
THE POWERS AND THE BALKANS.
The events of tlie past week with regard
to the future of European Turkey and the
Danubian provinces has revived the old
suggestion of a Balkan confederation. The
foundation of this suggestion is that while
tho Roumania, Bulgaria, Servia and
Greece are now insignificant and power
less, they might, if their strength were
united and increased by the addition of
Roumelia and Macedonia, attain a respect
able strength, sufficient to main the inde
pendence of the united country alike
against Moslem and imperial agression.
As the union of all these countries under
a centralized government is not possible,
it is proposed that the states mentioned
should form a confederation.
Tlie theory of the suggestion Is unques
tionable; but its abandonment of tlie Idea
of a strong and united government for a
weak confederation held together by
ropes of sand shows its practical weak
ness. That lies in the fact that
the jealous greed of the Great Powers
would tolerate such a confederation only
in proportion to its weakness, while it
could maintain itself only in proportion as
it was strong. The jealousy with which
each of the Great Powers warns away the
others from the Balkans is not due to' any
disinterested desire for the independence
of these provinces, but because each
Power wants them for itself and is deter
mined that its rival shall not get them.
The consolidation of a strong Balkan
State would balk all of these desires and
would therefore bd regarded with equal
disfavor by both Austria and Russia.
Doubtless Alexander of Battenberg and
Bulgaria was inspired by the dream of a
powerful Balkan kingdom, with himself
at its head, after he defeated Servia and
when he annexed Eastern Roumelia. But
the views of the empires, on such a pro
ject were clearly manifested by the way
in which Austria checked him in Servia,
and Russian conspiracy carried him ofr
after the Roumelian enterprise. The
European Powers will not surrender their
hopes of aggrandisement from the Turk
ish possessions for the erection of a new
kingdom. That maybe the honest way of
settling tlie Eastern question; but that'
consideration is of little weight against
imperial desires for territorial gains,
UNSATISFACTORY EXPLANATION.
Auditor General McCamant yesterday
endeavored to justify his extension of
time to Bardsley, the defaulting Philadel
phia official, by saving that-an act passed
in 1811 enabled him to give such exten
sion to "public debtors." McCamant
thought as there was "financial stringency"
In Philadelphia. Bardsley should not bo
pushed to turn over the State money in
his possession. ,
Tho fact was that Bardsley collected
and held the State funds as agent for the
State and was a mere embezzler by his
continuance in withholding them. To
give him the benefit of an act intended to
apply to honest debtors was stretching its
interpretation most strangely.
Also, there was no "financial stringency"
in Philadelphia excepting what was caused
by rotten banking. To permit a default
ing fiscal agent of the State to hold on to
money which should have been in the
State Treasury was bad enough, but to
intimate that this abuse of the public funds
was needful to sustain the banking system
of Philadelphia is adding insult to injury.
The Auditor General so far is not fortu
nate in his explanations.
THE OBVIOUS COURSE.
The charges that large amounts of muni
cipal taxes are due from the passenger
railway corporations of Allegheny to that
city have called forth replies from the cor
porations which it is hardly worth while
to analyze for two reasons. The first is
that there is always a superabundance of
excuse for not paying money, the chief
and most universal of which is the chronic
stringency of money. The other, that
there is one place to determine the accura
cy and validity of these excuses, and that
is not in the public press.
The point which TnE Dispatcii made
the other day Is vital in determining the
relative positions of the city and the cor
porations. The city should force the cor
porations to pay whatever they owe by the
ample powers within its reach. It has ac
counting officers whose duty it is to ascer
tain the amounts due and legal officers
whoso duty it is to compel their payment,
if necessary, by legal process. With such
powers at hand it is puerile to talk about
refusing franchises till these payments are
made. The claims should have been
brought into court long ago. Since that
has not been done before, It should be
done now; and when the cases are in court
the corporations can present their defense
and have its validity authoritatively passed
upon.
If the machinery of a city can not
promptly and thoroughly collect from cor
porations the taxes due it the people will
be apt to inquire how the officials earn
their salaries. At present the attitude of
affairs between the Allegheny City gov
ernment and the street railway corpora
tions is equally discreditable to both sides.
CARTOONISTS' BLUNDERS.
The fact is pointed out by a critic of the
pictorial journalism of the day, that one
of the last cartoons of Puck on the poli
tics of the day represents Major McKinley
in the act of mounting the silver coinage
hobby horse "on the right side, which is
the wrong side." The fact that the artist
does not know which side a horse should
be mounted from, does not in the opinion
of this criticwarrant the representation
of an equal ignorance on the part of Mc
Kinley. Such features of the current pictorial
comment are not uncommon. It is not
many years since a cartoon went the
rounds of the press in which a certain in
terest was represented as milking a public
cow. Every journal which printed the
cartoon represented the milking as going
on from tho side which would Induce
every self-respecting cow to kick both the
milker and milk-pail into tho next pasture;
whereas the point of the cartoon was that
the mi iking was successful. PucA; has au ex
cuse for its slip which will put it in better
shape than the lacteal bull if the connec
tion will permit that Hibernianism. Tho
first thing that Is taught in cavalry instruc
tion is to mount a horse from the left side;
the second thing is to mount from tho
other side, in order that the dismounted
trooper, in emergencies, need not lose
precious seconds In going around to the
other side of his horse. Although Major
McKinley was an infantry officer, Puck
may claim that he is a cavalry man for
the purposes of its illustration.
It is possible, therefore, to reproduce a
famous verdict and find our pictorial co
temporary not guilty in this case, with the
warning that in future when its cartoon
ists trespass on agricultural or equestrian
subjects they should acquaint themselves
with the primary rules that obtain in the
milking of cows and the mounting of
horses.
Ax unusually praiseworthy feature of
New York politics is the tendency reported
to keep the judiciary out of politics. This
is so satisfactory that we are glad to notice
the assertion of tho New York papors that
tho indorsement ot the Democratic Judge
Pratt by the Republicans of Kings county is
a case in point, But Jhe recollection that
Judge Pratt is the member of the Judiciary
whoso accommodating action permitted the
Sugar Trust to reorganize in violation of tho
ruling of the New York Court of Appeals is
a fly in the ointment of this gladness. Is his
support by the Republicans a testimony to
the J udicial non-partisanship or to the power
of tho trust combination in Brooklyn poli
tics t
The ability of the latest locomotives to
move a railway train 5'JO miles in less than
500 minutes has just been demonstrated by
the New York Central. But a carping critio
suggests that before that line sets out to do
this as a regular thing it should give its at
tention to getting its 20-mile-an-hour accom
modation trains to tho terminus within an
hour of schedule time. Some people never
will bo satisfied.
The New York Democratic platform on
tho tarifl" question consists of an indorse
ment of the last year's birds' nests that is
to say, the platforms of 1SS4-S-90. What those
platforms said no one ,knows which just
suits tho New, Yprk' Democrats.
One of the dynamite rain compellers,
Prof. Mitchell by name, now asserts that he
can harness the frisky snowstorm and in
duce it to cover the plains as easily as ho
can bring down the gentle rain from heaven.
In the form stated the assertion is slightly
equivocal, but wo presume that ho means all
light. If it is so, the services of the expert
who can make it snow Judiciously, so as to
meet the conflicting views of wheat raisers,
ice companies, railway corporations and
street cleaners, will command an unlimited
revenue, llut tho snow-maker who putteth
on his armor should not boast himself like
him who putteth it off.
The Buffalo Express is engaged in de
manding an investigation of the Jail of that
county because thero havo been two suicides
and nnother attempt at suicide re
cently. As this indicates an inability to
get out of that Jail it raises a question
whether it is not superior to the Allegheny
county .Jail from which notorious criminals
walk forth at will.
.Uncle Jekkv Rusk may claim that this
Is great Republican weather for tho corn
crop; hut his opponents have the objection
left that there is no need of keeping the
temperature rully flfty degrees away from
the frost line.
Tlin New York campaign already pre
sents one very good illustration of the re
spect paid to public opinion when votes are
sought. The day after Fnssett was nom
inated he sent in his resignation as Collector
of New York, nnd with equal promptness
after his nomination, Mr. Flower resigned
his position as member of Congress. As
both candidates might legally have held
their 'places until it was decided which of
them is to be elected, their early action in
dicates that the Hill method of hanging on
to two offloos as long as possible does not
commend itself to men' who are after votes.
Now we hear from Buenos Ayres' that
Balmareda has arrived at the Argentine
frontier after crossing the Andes. The
ability of Biilmaceda to be in tho Argentine
provinces on one side of the Andes, and on
the United States flagship on the Pacific
Ocean at the same time marks him as a
worthyrtval of Fitzshnmons and Tascott.
It is earnestly to be hoped that Mr.
"William Waldorf Astor will find in London
that haven where the great question of who
is the "Mrs. Astor" will ceaso from troubling
and the weary can tako a rest.
Mr. Ignatius Donnelly, President of
the Minnesota Farmers' Alliance, says ho
has nothing to do with that preposterous
circular advising the farmers to hold their
wheat for'"$l 50 per bushel." Ho should have
something to do with it. If he should de
vote his well-known talents to its study, ho
might discover betwoen its lines a cipher
showing its truo authorship to bo the specu
lators who have a stock of wheat of their
own, which they wish to unload at good
prices before tho now crop comes in to ease
tho market. Donnolly should find ciphers
where they will do the most good.
Mr. CirAUNCEY M. Depew went slum
ming In Wbitecuapel nnd declares himself
shocked at the poverty there. It is there
fore to be presumed that Mr. Dopew.as a
leader of the millionaire clement of New
York, has taken measures to nssuro himself
that there is no similar poverty in Xow
York.
It is reassuring to observe once more that
both candidates are satisfied with thcOhio
campaign. Tho era of satisfaction bids fair
to continue unbroken until the election ro-
turns como in.
An indiscreet method of booming Flower
is adopted by the Now York Telegram as fol
lows: "Preferred stock of the Chicago and
Eastern Illinois Railway Company gained
two and one-half points directly aftor tho
unanimous nomination of Director Roswell
P, Flower for Governor. This an indorse
ment that the Democratic candidate will
appreciate." The intimation that tho cor
poration in question expects to gain some
advantage from the political prominence of
its director is one that a wiser organ-would
have kept under tho roso.
These is reason to suspect that a large
number of Democratic leaders in New York
have joined Warner Miller in falling outside
the breastworks. Jonos, Chapin, McLaugh
lin and Smith M. Weed aro definitely lo
cated outside of the mil rifle-pits, and the
full roll of the missing is not yetmade up.
Tim very earnest attention given to the
Dardanelles and tho Danube shows that both
England and Russia are determined to take
water if they havo to fight for it.
The New York World, which a compara
tively short time ago recognized R. P.
Flower as a representative of tho corporate
interests in politics is now devoting its
columns to whacking away at the dis
sentient New York Democrats. Such deli
cate little assertions as that "there never
was a more preposterous and grotesque bolt
than Jones' " indicates tho earnestness
with which tho World has abjured its old
standing as an Independent Democratic
paper, and become a more organ.
PE0PLS OFTEN MENTIONED.
Queen Victoria puts in her spare time
plying tbe crotchet needle.
O abdinaij Manning is strongly opposed
to lotteries and raffles for church or charit
ablo purposes.
Anton Rubinstein is said to be engaged
on two Important works. One is an oratorio
on the subject of "Moses" and the latter an
opera on a Russian theme.
William H. Shock, Engineer in Chief,
United States Navy, retired, who has been
for some time traveling abroad, is now at
Morley's Hotel, Trafalgar Squaro, London.
Kaiser Wilhelm is the only One of the
three Emperors who reads the newspapers
for himself. The Czar and the Emperor of
Austria have a private journal of cuttings
set up for them dally.
An Italian duchess, the Duchess Bolog
nini, who has recently lost her husband and
son has 80I4 her Jewels for $100,000 and given
the proceeds to the children's department
of tho Milan Hospital "in memory of her
son.
Colonel W.-S. Olcoit, President of the
Theosophical Society, sailed from New York
Wednesday for Liverpool. Ho is on his way
to Japan to perfect tho union of the North
ern and Southern branches of the Buddhist'
Church.
Mrs. Grant, widow of General Grant Is
aging rapidly. Thero has been a marked
change both in appearance and in her man
ner within two years. Her hair is silvered.
and her slow and uneven step betokens her
advanced years.
Sin William MacGbegob, Governor of
British New Guinea, recently ascended Mt.
Yule, or Kovio, as he prefers to call it. The
Kovio range is volcanic and isolated from
the main chain, of whioli Mt. Owen Stanley
is the culmination. The Kovio range is
under 11,000 feet high, and is wooded to tho
very summit.
When in Berlin, the Emperor William
has in his study a private telephone which
communicates with tho Empress' apart
ments, and is only used for family inter
course. It is said that if tho Emperor bo in
one of his fits of high spirits he often sum
mons hs children to the instrument and
jokes with them per wire.
Prof. Leslie A. Lee, who headed the
expedition to Labrador which discovered
the Grand Fulls, takes a party of Bowdoin
students every summer on some notablo ex
cursion. His idea is that it is a fine thing
for tho students and gives the college repu
tation. His Labrador trip was rather ex
pensive, but tho collego alumni looted most
of the bills. Prof. Leo is a ruddy, wide
awake man of science, about 40 years old.
Ho was chief of the scientific staff of the
Fish Commission steamer Albatross when
she made her first cruiso in Pacific waters
two years ago.
THE AFTER TIME.
There cometh a time for laughter.
And Joy for the days and years;
But ever there cometh after
A time and a place for tears.
Weary of revel and riot.
Sick of the worldly strife,
Cometh the peace the quiet -
That qulckea the founts of life.
And the spirit Is disenchanted
With Joys that are bltte'r sweet.
And the oul which for rest had panted
Palls down at the Master's feet;
The world and its waj s seem lonely
And love at the best seenib loss
What help is there then'but only
To cling to the crimson cross?
To cling to the cross that blossoms
With blood for tbe erring shed;
On the tendcrest of tender bosoms
To pillow the weary head;
To feci the love that is glowing
From the heart that Is quick to beat
With even the harsh nails going
In the beautiful scarred white feet.
O bird, by the storm winds driven.
Where never a sweet bird sings.
From the wild and angry heaven
Ply homeward with weary wings ;
And ye that are worn and weary.
Who faint by the way and fal'.
Ply fast from the darkness dreary
To the Rock that was cleft for all.
Atlanta Constitution.
DISPOSAL OF AE1D LANDS.
They Should Be Ceded to the States and
Territories to Give Ont.
Chicago Tribune.
The Irrigation Congress is now in session
at Salt Lake City. One of the qnestions for
discussion submitted by the committee on
resolutions is: "Is It advisable that the
Federal Government should retain the pub
lic domain and Itself cuter upon the work of
reclamation of the arid land and then trans
fer to actual settlors?" Itesolutions provid
ing for the issue of bonds to the amount of
$150 000 000, to be expended in irrigation,
said bonds to be redeemable in treasury
notes Issued against them, have been intro
duced. All such schemes of tapping the
pockets of tho farmers and other citizens of
States which havo no arid lands w lthin their
limits should be rejected by the Irrigation
Congress, becauso they ard impracticable,
The farmers east of tho ninety-ninth meri
dian will not consent to bo taxed for tho
purpose of irrigating lands whoso produce
will enter into competition with what they
raise. To make them pay taxes for such a
purpose w ould bo rank injustice and favor
itism. Tho true course for tho Government to
tako is to cede tlie hundreds of millions of
acres of arid lands to the States and Terri
tories within whose limits they are, on con
dition that the recipients will comply with
the rules and regulations pi escribed by
Congress, specifying the disposition which
thoy will be allowed to make of these lands.
It would have to be provided that a Mate
should use the receipts from those lands in
part for educational purposes, and that it
should keep in its own hands the work of
irrigating them, proceeding with the task
slowly and systematically, and not alien
ating them in large blocks to private cor
porations or individuals on their promise
that they would attend to the matter.
DISGBA0ING CIVILIZATIOh '
Tlie Ill-Treatment of the Hebrews by the
People in Russia.
Chicago Herald.
The persecution and expulsion of tho He
brews from Russia has been ono of tho dis
graces of modern civilization. That there
i-could bo found a government, no matter how
uesponc, wnich in the closing years of the
nineteenth century could exnatriate larcro
inumbcrs of people from the soil on which
tney were born, and from the pursuits in
which tlioy wore bred, and drive them forth
into a practically unknown world, was some
thing that seemed incredible. Antecedently
no person would have believed that such a
stliing was possible. And yet wo havo seen
it, ana tne whole world has been horrified at
tho sight.
If this were all wo might be compelled to
stand as idlo and impotent spectators of a
course of events wo were powerless to pre.
vent. But as Americans we have been
doubly shocked. While tho hands of other
nations have been "raised in protest against
a tyranny so oppressive, it would ap
pear, from tho facts stated by tho Herald's
correspondent, Harold Frederic, that the
officials who now represent the United States
at St. Petersburg and at Odessa our consuls
and our secretary of legation go out of their
way, and transcend their appointed duties,
by acting as superserviocnble witnesses
against a distressed and harassed peoDle.
Instead of ranging themselves on the sido of
freedom, they have openly expressed their
sentiments on tho side of oppression.
MErfCENABY PBANCE.
Tho Only Reason Why She Desires tho Pos
session of Europe.
"Tho only reason France has for taking
possession of Egypt is a mercenary one,"
said William Hopwood, an ex-member of
the British Parliament and at present a can
didate on the Libeial ticket for re-election
from tho district of Whiteside, to the Chi
cago Tribune. "Franco wants to obtain a
foothold in Egypt so its agents can secure
valuablo contracts from the Khedive," con
tinued the Englishman. "Tho French
haven't the interest of tho country in view.
The only thing thoy caro for is tho amount
of money they can make. Tho Liberal
party of England has always been in favor
of giving up Egypt to the Khedive and such
a step will no doubt be takon before long.
"But since the English troops have been
in Egypt the wretched condition of the
peasants, who wore so heavily taxed by tho
pashas and other petty rulers, has been re
lieved, and a prosperous condition now ex
ists. England has never realized a half
penny, however, from the possession of
Egypt, and it is the advice of tho Liberal
party to withdraw the troops and permit
the Khcdivo to tako care of his own coun
try. Tewflk, tho present Khedive, is a pro
gressive man and would no doubt make a
good ruler. His father, Ishmacl Pasha, who
is a prisonorat Constantinople, I expect,
will havo his head cut off before long. It
would not tako much to induce the Sultnn to
behead him."
CHINA'S EVA8IVE POLICY.
A Pirm Policy Needed to Secure the Safety
of Foreigners.
San Francisco Chronicle.
T.he news from Peking shows that the
remonstrances of the foreign ministers have
had some weight, but the reply or Li Hnng
Chang to the British Minister proves that
China clings to her old evasive policy when
any positive demand is made for the punish
ment of those guilty of outrages on mis
sionaries. All that is needed to secure
ample reparation and some substantial
guarantees for the future safety of for
eigners is a Ann policy.
Tbe foreign ministers will be fully justi
fied in demanding as ono of the conditions
of settlement that Hunan be opened to com
merce. This province hasbeen for years tho
hotbed of anti-foreign sentiment. How bit
ter tho native prejudice is there may be
seen from tho fact that two parties sent out
to build a telegraph lino through Hunan
were mobbed and driven out of theprovinco
and the telegraph poles burned. The great
weakness ot the Chinese Government is its
inability to enforce its laws in the provinces,
and these anti-missionary riots have re
vealed this weakness in the most striking,
nay.
DEATHS HEBE AND ELSEWHEEE.
Colonel Frederick Augustus Conkling.
Colonel Frederick Augustus Conkling,
elder brother of Roscoe Conkling. and for many
years a prominent business man In that city, died
at his home, 27 East Tenth street. New York, Fri
day afternoon from cancer of the stomach. Colonel
Conkling was In his 76th year. For about two
years he has been under the doctor's care. He
spent this past summer with his son Howard In Lu
zerne. He failed In health steadily, and two
weeks ago it was thought best to resort to sur
gical operation. After the operation he returned
on W'ednesday to his home In New York. Ills
family believed that he would live six months or
vear longer, for he was a man of good constitution
and had aU his life been physically vlgorons. There
was so little fear of an immediate change In his
condition that his son; Alfred R. Conkling, left
New York vestcrdar at noon for Lenox. Colonel
Conkling died at 4 o'clock. The only member of
his family who was at his bedside was hts daughter
Laura. lie was conscious to the last and his end
was painless.
Leon Ilynclnthe Marais.
Leon Hyacinthe Marais, tho French actor,
died In Paris Friday. He was born in Marseilles
April 29, 18M. ttnd 'WM "10 son of a naval officer.
He studied for a commercial career at tho Ecolo
Turgot in Parln, and then engaged In commerce.
During tho Franco-German war in 1370 he enUsted
in the army as a volunteer.
Ill 1872 he applied at the Conservatoire, but was
rejected. Then he studied under Talbot for admis
sion. IulS75hewon second prize for tragedy and
comedy, and made his debut at the Odeon. In the
role of Vladimir, in The Danlcheffi, " and In that
of Sienko. In; The Herman," Marais showed great
talent. Ho was equally successful In his classic
repertory. The characters In which he appeared
to the best advantage were Bernard.ln "JIaupraV
(iiloert, in "Jobcph Balsamo." and fkimuel Bwhl
In the play of Messrs. Mellhae and Cherbullez. In
October, 1877, he married Miss Helen Petit, an'
actress at the Odeon. who distinguished herself as
Gervalse. lu lAssommolr."
Mrs. Osho G. English.
Yesterday morning Mrs. Osho G. English,
wlfeof II- D. W. English, General Manager of the
Berkshire Life Insurance Company, of this city.
died In New York. Her deatli was caused hy blood
Solsonlng, brought on by inflammation of a tooth,
be was lsitlog at the homo of George English in
New York when she was taken ill. she was 27
years old, and a daughter orDr, C. B. Gillespie, of
Frecport.
Obituary Notes.
Cuaiii.es H. Oilman, a prominent business man
ofYoungstown, O., senior member of tlie furnlturo
firm of Gllman Wilson, died last night of Bright's
disease. He leaves a wife and one son.
MB. n. LAWTIKNCK SCOTT, one of tho best
known clUiens of Northern Pennsylvania, died at
his home at Towanda, Friday, of Bright's disease.
zcd 67 jears. He was an active and influential
Republican and held a number of important public
offices.
Coloxel T. J. Fbezmax, dean of the law
faculty of the University of Tennesee and ex
memlicr of the Supreme Bench of that State, died
at Dallas, Tes:, Frldav morning, at tho residence
of his sou, aged years.
MUEGAY'S MOSIXGS.
Ho Real Eatato Sharks' nave Prospered
on the Coast A Satisfactory Street Car
Scene Protection for Green Goods Men
Competition in Advertising.
FROM A STAFF CORnESPOSDEXT.l
"The days of the Forty-niners in Cali
fornia never witnessed a more remarkable
scramble for wealth than has been seen in
the great Northwest during the last few
years." The speaker was ox-Congressman
Calkins, fornietly from Indiana; once a ifc
pnhlican candidate for Governor of that
State. Mr. Calkins was a leader in the Honse
of Bepresentatives in his time, being Chair
man of the Committee on Elections. He re
tired from public life a poor man and began
his legal practice again at the bottom. Go
ing out to Washington Territory on a tonr
of recreation he was so strnck with the cli
mnto and possibilities of tho country that
ho sent for his wife and family and did not
even return to Indianapolis to closo up his
business. Ho was afterward appointed As
sociate Justice of the Supreme Court or tho
Territory, and wlion Congress made it a
Stato came very nearly being elected to tho
United States Senate. In tho meantime he
had made $100,000 in two years in real estate
at Tacoma and is now on the road to mllllon
aireclom. "The fortunes mado in California," con
tinned.Jndge Calkins, "in "49 out of gold
would not compare with what has been
made out of real estate in our State in the
same space of tfmo. I know of a case where
a single pieco of property changed hands 19
times in a day, and every trunster stw a
good sound profit. There were numerous
instances of from $1U,CC0 to $50,000 being
cleared in a day, often without a dollar bo
ing put up on the original purchase. I say
were, because that time has gone by now.
Buying and selling real estate or mar ins in
that country has practically ceased. At
that time, however, a man could go into the
market and buy and sell on a 10 per cent
margin, the same ns you can buv s-tocks in
New York. There was young Wallace, you
know, who married a daughter of Chief
Justice Fuller last winter lie and a clerk
named Baker bought a tract of land near
town, platted it out and put it on the mar
ket at once. They paid $ZM an acre for it
they got $2,000 an acre. Both men aro now
rich men. The syndicate of which I was a
member purchased a suitable pieco of land
on tho Sound and laid offa town. We built
a splendid wharf for steamers the first
thing. We sold all the town lots in less
than no time. Thero wasn't a house theio
two years ago now theie is 11 thrivine town
I of over 2,000 inhabitants. Tlie city of
r Tarinmo la canllif nf Imt- ulim olv haimi
Aituuuiu u itirtlJ J Ul uuii nuiUte OlA vvtlia
growth, and it has now some 51,000 inhabit
ants. And, mind you, the city is not of tho
sort of a growth such a phenomenal place
would havo been CO years ago, but a city of
modern architecture, substantial, elegant.
The Fidelity Trust Company has a magnifi
cent building, 100x120 feet, of vitrified brick
there, tho only really fireproof building on
earth. A million dollar hotel, is being
erected that would be a credit to New York.
"Where did all the money come from?
Now York, mostly. Men on Wall street
bought and sold property they, never saw,
and thoy did the business by wire. But bo
hind it all was tho strength of the Northern
Pacific road. Then tho climate Is lovely,
tho mercury never rising above 63 in sum
mer nor falling lower than 20 above zero in
winter. Ice formed but onco last winter, and
then no thicker than a window pane. The
country is rich and -fertile beyond concep
tion. "Politics? No politics out there. I never
saw so little iuteies manifested in political
matters. It's been all money, money, money.
When I first went out there and for a year
or two tho prices for everything corre
sponded to the prices in tho old California
days. Twenty-five cents lor a newspaper or
for blacking your shoes, etc. Tho nickel is
still the smallest change in circulation. Of
course the stories of thefortunesbeingmade
brought thousands out there, many of whom
were soon penniless and objpets of charity.
The boom is over, at least for tho time."
Gave the Conductor a Lesson.
Hundreds of amusing incidents occur
evory day in this city that never reach the
general public. Tho, other day a quiet,
plain-looking gentleman took a Broadway
car downtown and as it wound painfully
around through the back streets to avoid
the cable construction corps it gathered the
usual variety of representative humanity.
Among the rest a couple of beefy-looking
men under thelnfluence of llquorgot on and
by conversation and antics annoyed the de
cent passengers very much. The 'ladles
huddled up to the front end of the car and
some were so frightened they began to get
off. Finally, a passenger indignantly de
manded of the conductor that the men be
put off. The conductor saw the whole
thing, but said he had no power to put them
off. In tho meantime, tho quiet-looking
gentleman sat there and heard this. He
calmly arose and pulled tho bell rope. Tne
car stopped.
"Do I understand you to say, conductor,
that you decline to put these loafers off, or
that you can't do it?"
"I said I can't do it," was the whimpering
reply. "I would if I could. Do I look like a
man who can handlo two fellows like them?"
"Well, I can do it," said the quiet gentle
man, folding his evening paper and placing
it in his pocket. And ho turned to the
brace of rowdies and said, "Now you get out
of here I" He didn't wait to see whether
thoy wore going so tako the hint or not, but
banged ono of them a right-hander on the
nose and let go bis left on the other fellow's
Jugular with a snap that took the breath
nnd everv ounco of flzht out of tho recipi
ent. In the same instant he grabbed tne
other man by the collar and Jerked him
headlong out of his seat and out upon the
platform, planting three or four sounding
Eunches in the eyo, on tlie ear and Jaw of
is victim as he went and finally touched
him off into the mud with a vigorous foot in
the small of the back. Tbe man who got it
in the neck had partially recovered by this
time and made for tho exit on his own ac
cord. Ho arrived just in time to get a stiff
right-hander between the ears that sent him
sprawling across tho other car track.
All this didn't take 45 seconds. When it
was over the quiet gentleman without a
word shook out his cuffs, pulled the stmp,
took out his evening paper and resumed his
seat and his reading. He seemed to regard
the whole affair as a very ordinary occur
rence. The broad smile of satisfaction that
lighted up the faces of tho male passongers
made no impression on him because he
didn't even look on them. And the ladies
who had become jammed Into a frightened
knot forward well one pretty miss said In
a stage whisper to her companion as they
fluttered to a seat: "I could just -hug that
manl"
What's In a Name.
There is a family uptown by the name
ofKatf. Mr. Katz has a llttlo boy who has
been going to ward schools until quite re
cently. Ho doesn't go now and his pa and
the school teachers and the school trustees
and the school commissioners and every
body connected with the schools, from tho
janitor up, are enjoying Strained relations.
It is an old story, but a new thing to this
Mr. Katz. You see, he had a relative to
honor and taking no thought of the possible
future complications, he named this boy
after him Thomas. Surviving this appella
tion along witn me measies, wnoopmg cougn.
u d croton water, the bov reached tho school
age and was sent to school. Inthemean-i
time ins companions ucgan 10 cucer me'S
weary way by mysterious allusions to and
imitations of the feline family. Whon
Tommy entered the schoolroom a shrill cry
came from under a distant bench.
"Mea-ow!"
"Ssplt!"
"Mea-ow-ow-ow!"
The teacher rapped sharply and beheld
Tommy's hang-dog face of self-consciousness.
"Thomas Katz!" sho ejaculated.
"Mea-ow! Put 'cm out! Spit! Scat!"
came instantly from all narts ot the room.
and the teacher saw the application and
laugneu witu tne rest, sno couiun't neip it,
though sho tried to rap it down. Everybody
laughed but Tommy. There was no sense of
humor in Tommy. He cried. Then the
little Thomas Katz went homo that evening
and told his father that the whole school,
teacher and all, made fun of him. Thon old
Katz got mad and. raised a row about it.
The teacher tried to prevent a recurrence of
tbe indignity, but tbe hoys made Tommy's
school life miserable Things got so bad
that the teacher requested the withdrawal
of tbe younger Katz on the ground that his
attendance was liable to breakup the wholo
school. Then old Katz scratched around
and got up a complaint aeainst the teacher,
and the teacher is having it out with her
superiors. The llttlo Thomas Katz is on a
vacation pending the difficulty on the back
fence, so to speak.
An Insult to the Public.
As I predicted would be the case when
tho scheme was first announced, the Evn
Maun theatrical speculation was over
whelmed by public disapproval. What a
queer idea soino theatrical managers havo
of tho public! No wonder so many theatri
cal ventures result disastrously. Hundreds
of thousands are lost every year through tho
stupidity of persons who placo entirely too
low an estimate upon the intelligence and
sense of decency of the masses of the people.
No amount of exprrlence will teacn suoli
persous anything, because thoy attribute
milure to uny other cause than their own
lack of common sense. Tlie road is annually
strewn with the wrecks of shows that aro
launched with themanngerial understanding
that half of the amusement going public are
fools and the other half vicious, and that
the loss of the patronage of decent and cul
tured people will be more than offset-by the
favor of the two prevailing elements. The
rotten plays and worse players that are
sent out of yew York every year under this
Impression and the reception they almost
Invariably get tell the story.
Another conspicuous evidence of mana
gerial stupidity is the sending of such plays
among countrr tnwns and villages, as if a
rural population were naturally more
vicious and morally callous than the slums
of a great city. It was the honest coal-begrimed
miners of Pennsylvania who hissed
the convict adverturess off the stage.
The Market for Dogs.
"I sell about COO dogs a year," said the
well-known do man who makes Broadway,
between the Fifth Avenue and Hoffman, his
field of operations. "Sometimes-I don't sell
one for days, then five or six or a dozen right
along. There is nlways a pretty fair market
here for thoroughbreds. I keep no other
kind. Japanese pugs and King Charles aro
tho favorites, but they are too high priced
for most people to reach. Bull terriers nnd
hunting dogs always sell. Tho principal
customers are sports and actresses. Women
are great on dogs. In nine cases out of ten
when a maa buys a dog it ts to give it to a
woman. Actresses love dogs. You send
your soubrette one of these, oung man, and
you've got her dead to rights. Tne 'other
fellow' is nowhere. Yon stand here a few
minutes and see the wistful eyes the women
cast nt these beauties and you'll under
stand." Hustling for Advertising.
The sharpness of competition for ad
vertising patronage encourages some very
clever schemes on the part of the metropoli
tan newspapers or their agents. The Herald
made the discovery a short timq ago that
every new advertiser hi that paper received
a printed circular from other concerns ask
ing for the same "ad" and giving terms for
its insertion. There is nothing new or par
ticularly New York about this. Some time
ago I had occasion to Insert a business no
tice In the leading papers of the principal
cltiv. The malls brought me any number
of these circulars, each having the "ad"
pasted on it nnd giving the advantages of
that particular paper over its rivals as a
moans of reaching tho public. The big ad
vertising agencies in New York are sawing
at each other's throats all the time, but
there Is a country weekly nir about a great
journal that runs a thousand miles after a
three-line "ad" that happens to bo printed
in tho columns of a local rival.
Why Danko Men Flourish.
"Not one case of 'bunko' or 'green
goods' out of 20 cases is ever punished or
made public," said a detective the other
day. He then went on to say, In substance,
that the principal reasons why are, first, tbe
dlsclinatlon of the plundered people to ac
knowledge their stupidity and next tho
weakness of the law. Owing to these reasons
it is very difficult to secure a conviction.
Unless everything is favorable, therefore,
no arrests are made. Nobody understands
his advantages better than the. bunko man.
He trades upon a notable human weakness.
He knows that a man who is willing to liny
counterieit money to shovo npon the pnblio
is really a greater rascal than ho is who
takes the victim's good money in return
for sawdust and brown paper. There is no
sympathy for the individual who get3 swin
dled in the attempt to rob other peoplo and
commit felony. The authorities interfere
only as an officer interferes to prevent
breaches of the peace. When express com
panies can lie established and sustained
chiefly by the "green goods" traffic an idea
can be formed of its magnitude. Tho
profits on handling an Illegal business are
vastly greater than upon an ordinary legiti
mate one. For this reason the reputable ex
Sress companies and telegraph companies
o not look too closely into the character of
any single transaction. There isn't a telo
graph operator or an express delivery
wagon driver but knows all about this.
There Isn't a letter carrier about town who
isn't familiar with every illegitimate busi
ness on his route and who in most cases
doesn't profit by the knowledge. There
isn't a man who lets out private letter boxes
in his place of business, but is
fully aware that Bnch boxes are
largely used for criminal purposes.
Every officer on the force also knows these
things, and knows that these other people
know them. Tho great thing lacking is a
distinct complaint and a reliable complain
ant. An Open Postal Abuse.
It would really seem that the United
States postal authorities have amplo power
and are derelict in this matter of private
letter boxes. When an enterprising firm
some years ago started a post office and let
ter delivery system in this city in opposi
tion to Uncle Sam, that old gentleman
promptly stepped In and squelched the con
cern. Being a private enterprlse.it was a good
deal better than that run by the Government
and promised serious opposition. So it was
sat upon. Since then the most danger
ous infringement upon tna Postal Depart
ment's rights is tho private letter box sys
tem. This is as clearly illegal as wduld be
the regular postofflce and private delivery.
Technically no person has a legal right to
convey a sealed note to anotherperson with
out such note has a legal postage stamp on
it. but that formality is generously over
looked where the regularmalls are not used;
but the private letter box is not only illegal
but is used almost exclusively for illegal
purposes. They aro boldly set up in tho
most disreputable neighborhoods and a
sign "Private Letter Boxes" is generally
displayed on tno winaow or aoor. a post
offlce inspector will have no difficulty in
finding them. And it would be equally as
easy to show that a private letter box does
not constitute a legal residence or a legal
place of business. The private letter box is
not onlv illegal, but the retnge of thieves,
felons, bunko sharps, "green goods" dealers,
libertines and the dishonest and vicious
generally, and ought to bo vigorously sup
pressed by tho postal authorities.
Charles Theodore M curat.
New Yoke, September 19.
THE CANADIAN CENSUS.
Its Basalt Will Give the Annexation Ques
tion Additional Interest.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The result of the Canadian census will-undoubtedly
give the annexation question an
intnpoat tr, thn rflsidf-nts (if the Dominion
which t has not heretofore commanded.
They will see mat soineiuuig is wruug Him
the conditions under which they live, and
that satisfactory or reasonable improve
ment is not possible under such circum
stances. In the past decade, as they learn
from the census figures recently made pub
lic, Canada's growth in population was less
than 500,000, a ratio of gain or only 11J per
cent, when at least 25 per cent was expected.
The growth In the previous ten years was IT
per cent.
More than 850,000 foreigners landed in
Canada in this time, but apparently nearly
half of these must have moved into the
United States or some other country ulti
mately Sho did not hold her own even on
a basis "of natural increase, forher aggregate
gam 111 iniiauiui" ;" "- "-"""
from excess or births over deaths. The
United states, a far more thickly settled
country, and a country which is endeavor
in" todiscouraze instead of encourage immi
gration, grew in a ratio mnctt more than
double as great as Canada in the past ten
vears The entire Dominion has not so
many inhabitants as either New York or
Pennsylvania. Each of these States added
twice is many to its inhabitants in tho past
decade as Canada has done.
A Marked Contrast.
Cleveland Leader.
Malor McKinley grows more popular with
the peoplo every day. While Governor
Campbell was enjoying the salt air of Wall
street, and listening to what the sad sea
waves were saying on Broadway. 3Iajor Mc
Kinley was mixing with the people. Quito a
contrast between tho candidates
Breaking tho Alliance Backbone.
Philadelphia Press.3
Major McKinley said in a lato speech in
a rural Ohio community: "Why, gentlemen,
it's the first real farmer's tariff you ever
had"; and when the shouts of approval rent
the air he knew that the process of breaking
the backbone of the Alliance was going on
very satiiactorily.
Coming Out of tho Woods.
Boston Journal.
Lots of timid souls who were frightened by
the McKinley tarifflast year are now begin
ning to come out of tho woods and protest
that they always knew that the law was a
good one. v
Cleveland Speaking for the Republicans.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Cleveland is not saying a word lately, but
his letter against free coinage is speaking
loudly for tho Republican party.
CURIOUS COjbENSATIONS.
Tlie royal standard of Persia is a black
smith's apron. j
A South Jackson,! Mich., cat eats ice
cream with a relish. 1
In Sweden you can get a competent
servant girl for X3 a yeW.
A fCOO,0OO sale of whisky recently took
place at Lexington, Ky. the largest on
record.
The damage to the cereal crop in
Canada by insects 'has been estimated at
$3S,C0O,00O.
In Bali,-an island in the Indian Archi
pelago east of Java, tho burning of widow
still goes on.
Among Ontonagon's, Mich., 2,000 in
habitants there ts not a family named Smith,
Brown or Jones.
There is a cat in Belfast, Me., which,
dnring the green corn season, eats each day
half a dozen rooked ears.
in Corea sheets of paperpass for money;
one sheet brings one quart of rice, or 29
sheets a piece or hemp cloth.
There are still 14 different places on
this globe where cannibalism is practiced,
but the custom is gradually dying out.
Of the 370,220 children of school age in
Louisiana only . 85,000 attend the pnblio
schools, and many of those go for but one
month.
The exports of coal from Germany in
the first sixmonths of this year amounted to
4,451,505 tons, as compared with 4 264,760 tons
in the corresponding period of 1890.
A woman who fell into a swollen creek,
nearLawtonville, Ga., was rescued, and the
first thing sho said to her preservers was;
"Do you know where I can hire a cook?"
There is a valuable floating wreck looso
on the Atlantic. It has a cargo of mahogany
lumber and as abandoned March 3L Since
then it has drifted 10.000 miles and was last
seen Augusts.
A strange disease is carrying off cattle
around Huntingdon and Trumbull, in Con
necticut. "The victims are taken down very
suddenly and swell up, but the flesh does
not change color."
Ths Cheyenne Sim says the electrio
storm which accompnnled Melbourne's
showers killed two cows for C P. Organ and
one for A. H. Hord. As Mr. Organ was ono
of the chief promoters of tho game he con
templates suing himself for damazes. while
Mr. Hord i laying for the rain doctor with
a bill for $35.
Since the discussion among the doctors
upon the value of music as an agent for con
valescence, a guild of, St. Cecilia has been
established In London, with the aim of
training musicians to soothe a patient's
nerves with music, under thft direction of
tbe physicians. Every member must pos
sess a sweet, gentle voice and delicate exe
cution. Miss Florence Nightingale is among
the subscribers.
A enrions piece of earthenware was
fished up Saturday near Townsend's Inlet,
In Cape May county, N. J. It is not known
what it is, but a Mexican traveler has ven
tured the opinion that it is a Mexican water
jug. It weighs about 50 pounds and is 2 feet
10 Inches in height. Nothinglike it hns ever
been seen around where it was found, and
several scientists who havo examined it be
lieve that it Is conturies old.
A pnmpkin party was given by an en
terprising society woman at Manhattan,
Kan., the other evening. The rooms were
lighted by large lanterns made of pumpkins
and prizes were given to the guests who
madn the closest estimate of the number of
seeds in a certain pnmpkin. The onlv thing
lacking to make the entertainment a com
plete success was pumpkin pie, which was
tabooed under the mistaken Impression that
pastrv was not a proper edible for an even
ing gathering.
American naval officers are men of
many clothes, and the official etiquette of
dress aboard ship is appalling to a landsman.
Every officer must have four or fl vo styles
of hats nnd caps, at least as many different
kinds ot coats, and even prescribed styles of
neckties in considerable variety. The Cap
tain ordinarily prescribes tho uniform of
the day. hut when a flagship is within sig
naling distance of another man-of-war the
Admiral is tho authority on clothes as on
other things.
About three years ago a Michigan man
dlsappeared,and, soon afterwards, the body
of a'man who had been murdered -was found
and identified as that of the missing man.
His family buried it. Some time ago they
received a letter from an Indiana hospital
for the Insane, saying that the missing man
had been admitted to the institution. Ha
soon recovered his reason, andlast week re
turned to his people. His mind is a blank
regarding his life up to the time he was
taken to tho hospital.
According to the St- Louis Globe-Democrat,
the Indians of the Colorado desert have
a wonderful way of foretelling the weather.
They not only prognosticate for a few days,
but for six months and sometimes a year.
Last fall they told everybody that we should
have a cool summer and thatthe fruttwould
be late. Thoy were right. The fruit was
very late this summer. They declare that
next year will be an early summer and that
the fruit will ripen early. What they basa
their predictions upon is unknown.
It is well known that about 25,000 peo
plo are killed every year in India by wild
beasts and reptiles the larger number fall
ing victims to poisonous snakes. It was re
cently discovered that tho Injection of per
manganate of potash was a specific cure for
cobra poisoning. The Government discussed
the project of furnishing tho natives with
hypodermic syringes and a quantity of per
manganate of potash, but the scheme had
to be rejected because It was found that it
would entail an expense of 120,000,000.
The largest check ever given in this
country was that given oy Jay Gonld to
Thomas Allen for the Iron Mountain Rail
road. Ho paid $2,000,000 for it and handed
Allen a check for that amount upon his ac
ceptance of the offer. Allen looked at the
paper that represented this vast amount and
said: "Isn't this a good deal of money for
one man to havo in one hank?" "1 don't
know," replied Gould. "Perhaps it is. Let
me have the check." Allen then handed tho
check back to Gonld, and he handed it over
to bis office boy, saying: "Hero boy; take
this check to the bank and have the cashier
certify to it." And the boy went out and
did it.
EHTNKLED RHTMTXETS.
"I don't know what to do with this old
furniture. I don't wantit, and yet I can't throw
it away."
"Get a cheap truckman to move you. Hell bust
It all to pieces. Harper's Baiar.
"Where are yon going, my pretty maid?"
"I'm going to sneeze, kind sir." she said.
'At whom will you sneeie, my pretty maid?"
"Atchool atchool kind sir." she said.
Boston Jowrnat,
Miss'Palisade Did yon notice how dread
fully Mr. Boblnson's trousers bagged last night
5I1h Summit Yes. What was the reason?
Miss Palisade He proposed to Miss Lofty ths
night before and she always makes them kneel for
an hour. Brooklyn Lift.
Mary had a little hat,
Its crown was very low,
And everywhere that Mary went
That hat was sure to go.
She wore it to the play one night,
And furnished fun for all.
For how those girls did langh and shoot
To see a hat so small.
Cloa Rniexo.
Mr. Sixaweek Now that's a particularly
fresh piece of work.
Mrs. Sklnnum Why. whatr
Mr. Sixaweek Somebody s put salt In my coffee.
Boston Courier.
Jasper All the world's a stage, they gay.
' Jumpnppe Yes. and men are more ambitious to
be the managers than to be the 'actors. Seio Tork
Herald.
Madge Vera and Bob had quite a falling
out last evening.
Mabel Indeed I How did It happen?
Madge Tliey were sitting in the hammock and
the rope broke. Xne Tork Advertiser.
She'll darn her husband's socks all right
With never ceasing care.
But when her stockings show a hole
'She bnys another pair. .
ClAt Xerteio.
3Iiss Smilax There comes that Mr.
-Wooden again: he torments me almost to death
with his attentions.
Bulnneh I know ; he never had any sense. Den
rrs A'an.
"What do you call that?" asked the
woman of the house of the new milkman, looking
at the sky blue llnld.
"I don't know what yon'd talllt, althouxh it was
christened or 1 ather baptized before I came oat this
morning.' 'PnUadelphta Times,
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