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TWELVE PAGES
"IHfi CONVENTION BALLOTS.
The decision of Secretary of State Ilar
rily tllat under the law for the clecfon on
the subject of the Constitutional Conven
tion the State is not authorized to furnish
the ticket's for or against it will devolve
that duly on party committees. Xevcr
ihelcss tl-at turn of the matter leaves Ut
ile foundation for the statement thit it
-will result in carrying the election in
favor of the convention.
That story was to the effect that no one
is interested enough in the matter to fur
nish the tickets except those nominated
as delegates They being desirous of
having the convention held will, according
to the story, furnish tickets bearing only
the inscription "FortheConvention,"and,
110 other tickets being furnished, all the
votes will be cast that way.
This exhibits a wonderful faith in the
indolence of voters and their f illingness
to be juggled with. But wholly apart
from that there is little left of it when we
consider the fact that the law prescribes
the form of the tickets, and specifies that
they are to bear the inscriptions "For the
Convention" and "Against the Conven
tion" both. The form of ticket by which
Hie convention is to be juggled into exist
ence would therefore be illegal, and the
result of voting it would be the exact
opposite of what is alleged.
Of course, the party committees will
furnish tickets in such a shape as to give
the people a fair opportunity to vote Im
partially on the subject Xot to do so
would condemn both themselves and the
conventioiL
A X.E-WOX IX LYNCH LAW.
The abandonment of the case against
O'Malley, the Xew Orleaus dctectivs who
"was accused ot bribing the jury that
acquitted the Italians afterwards, lynched
by that famous mob, puts that public
demonstration on a very insecure footing.
"While the popular opinion was freely ex
pressed that the proof of bribery on his
part was undisputed, it now appears that
tho State is without any evidence at all,
and that it has therefore entered a nolle
in the case against him.
But this leaves the famous justification
of the riots in an almost pitiable plight
The whole plea in extenuation of those
famous murders by mob law was that
guilty men had escaped justice as a result
of the bribery which O'Malley was alleged
to have committed. Without evidence of
that briber- the assertion becomes
lKi-eless. and the lynching returns
to its original complexion of the murder
by a lawles-. mob of a half-score of
men whom the agencies of the law had
declared gi 'ltless It is the regular lynch
ing affair dictated by stupid wrath and
visiting its murderous and unreasoning
revenge on the defenseless and weak.
Of courscther1 is the usual refuge in the
assertion that (Vitality's escape from
punishment is due to the corrupt influence
lie is alleged to exert over New Orleans
justice. But this is a weak answer for
two or thr-e reasons. First, the law had
already been aroused against O'Malley,
and the grand jury, having indicted him,
was bound to piesentsuch evidence as it
had. t, if the Xew Orleans courts are
corrupt they are just what the people
make them; and tiie people should reform
their courts instead of breaking out into
mob rule. Finalh.on the supposition of
O'Malley's guilt the f&ct that he escapes
"While the less guilty Italians were lynched,
proves that mob law is moro partial and
anjust than even the injustice of corrupt
rourts which the people of New Orleans
permit to exist.
A POLITICAL ItnsrOXSIBILITY.
With repaid to (lie public responsibility
for bank wrecking in cases where there is
a system of supervision provided by law,
the New York Recorder says:
If tho President of tho United States is
held accountable in any degree for tho fail
ure of the Comptroller of tlio Currency to
detect the Keyslc ne National B.tnk fraud,
why are not Gov.-ncr Hill and Bank Super
intendent Preston at least equally icsponsi
b!o for the wide desolation wrought by mis
laanageuu'tit of the Uister county State in
stitutions? The significant part of this paragraph is
the tacit recognition by an active Repub
lican organ of the responsibility of the Ad
ministration for the failure of the super
vision provided by the national banking
law to discover and check the Keystone
tank wrecking. It is to be feared this is
done solely because it gives an opening
for laving the same responsibility on the
Democratic administration of the Stat";
bu: even for that partisan purpose it leads
up to the right rule that the responsible
Government should be held to account for
the efficiency and rectitude of the banking
supervision entrusted to its hands.
In such a matter as this the public in
terest rises above party considerations.
Where the law does not undertake the
supervision of bank management and de
positors are thus left under notice that
they are to entrust their money to banks
at their own risk, the Administration has
no responsibility. But when the" super
vision of banks is assumed by law, it is the
duly of the Administration to see that the
powers entrusted to it are vigilantly ex
cited. If the appointing power puts the
supervision into ineffecient, careless or
corrupt hands, it is properly held respon
sible before the people for the disasters
which may follow.
There is little doubt that the; National
Administration in the Keystone bank case,
and that of Governor Hill in the Ulster J
comity savings bank case were responsi
ble for the lax examinations which per-
i mitted those institutions to be wrecked.
I Of course, political methods in the selec
. tion of bank examiners were the immediate
j cause; but for the prevalence of those
, methods those who hold the appointing
I power must bear the blame.
OCT OF AMMUNITION".
The anti-protection arguments of Gov
ernor Campbell at the Ada debate were
practically reduced to two positions. First,
that the tariff is an oppressive tax; second,
that under it undue fortunes are accumu
lated by the men who are engaged in
manufacturing in the United States.
Not much need be said as to the fallacy
of the first argument Major McKinley
effectually disposed of that by calling at
tention to the simple fact that the Govern
ment is obliged to have revenues to meet
its expenses. Between levying those rev
enues upon foreign products and raising
them directly off our people, common
sense would dictate the former course. If
taxes have to be levied it is a wise provis
ion to so levy them as to promote Ameri
can industries by the same process.
As for the second contention, that cer
tain industries are unduly protected, there
is a good deal of sheer nonsense in it It
is true that in some of the protected in
dustries men have made large fortunes, as
for instance the often-cited Mr. Carnegie
1 has done in steel-manufacture. But as
many men have made as large fortunes in
industries not directly connected with the
tariff. The railroad magnates, the agri
cultural implement makers, the Chicago
purveyors of meat and breadstuffs, and an
inexhaustible list of importers and jol
bers of foreign goods will be found upon
the roll of millionaires. It is undoubtedly
true that the great prosperity of the coun
try under the tariff has helped to make all
these millionaires, just as it has produced
a greater average of resources among all
classes of our people than exists m any
other land. But the most fatal considera
tion against the claim that the tariff builds
up a favored and exclusive class of
wealthy beneficiaries is that the
protected industries are open to all
comers. They are not monopolies.
It is only by "trusts" and "combinations"
that monopolies can temporarily be made
out of them. These are not in any sense
intrinsically incident to the tariff. The
reader can as readily conceive of "trusts"
and "combinations" among foreign manu
facturers to squeeza the American con
sumers as nmon American manufact
urers. The trick is known on both sides
of the water.
It is not by abolishing the protective
tariff that the serious issue of the "trusts"
aud "combinations" can be met The
remedy for "trusts" which makes mil
lionaires at the expense of the public
must be looked for in legislation against
trusts and such monopoly-making devices,
or else in the slow er operation of natural
laws of enterprise, under which capital
is constantly invited into the "trust"
preserves when the profits become noto
riously great
That Governor Campbell should be
reduced to such arguments against the
tariff is the best proof that its opponents
are firing their last wad. With a victory
for McKinley in November the Demo
cratic party will be compelled to abandon
its anti-protection stand in the next Fresi
dental contest When this happens it will
be a good thing for the party.
TESAI. VS. BEFOKMATORT.
The criticism of the humanitarian sys
tem of prison discipline in the recent issue
of the Fbrum by Mr. W. P. Andrews,
Clerk o the Criminal Court at. Salem,
Mass., is interesting, not because it
is savage, but because it has a
foundation of truth. 011 which a rather
ornate superstructure or criticism Ls
erected.' Mr. Andrews' attack on the
present system is on the line that "we
seek to discourage brutality and vagabond
age by keeping the lazy brute and vaga
bond in luxurious idleness." lie quotas
from a bill of fare of a Massachusetts
prison to show that prisoners are fed there
as the same class are never fed outside;
which, he omits to point out, is perhaps
owing to the bad success of the law in get
ting the better fed criminals into prison.
He rather weakly asserts that the T. M.
C. A. send to the prisoners "chromo
Christmas cards;" that the Ladies' Home
Mission gives them bouquets at intervals,
and that they are permitted to enjoy fic
tion and other literature. The idea that
the criminal classes get themselves sent to
prison to enjoy chromos, bouquets and lit
erature is noi very impressive; although
Mr. Andrews strengthens the other parts
of his argument by statistics showing that
the proportion of prisoners to our popula
tion has increased under the reformatory,
or what he calls the sentimental system of
prison management
Some of this is sound and some of it is
reactionary sentiment Prison managers
should not lose sight of the fact that
prisons are places of punishment Neither
should they ignore the equally important
function of reformation whenever it can
be subserved. If any prisons keep their
inmat"s in luxurious idleness it is not in
accordance with the principles of the re
formatory system, but contrary to it It
was the old bridewell system that kept its
prisoners in idleness; while it is the re
formatory system that makes them work.
It is not necessary to be brutal in order to
make imprisonment a penalty; and to
deny the prisoner an occasional banquet,
a Christmas card, or the chance to read
when his work is done, would be simply a
reaction to the dark ages of brutality.
As to the fact that under the reforma
tory system the ratio of prisoners to pop
lation has increased, that is a very uncom
fortable sign. But, as it was also shown
to be the case under the rigors of the
penal system, perhaps intelligent inquiry
would look for the causes of it outside of
prisons rather than in them.
T11K STAKDAKD CASK.
The submission this week of the case
against, the Standard Oil Company, of
Ohio, to the Ohio Supreme Court, marks a
turning point in the career of that great
corporation, the outcome of which it is diffi
cult to foretell. Of the legal aspects of
the case there is little room for dispute;
but that legal aspects do not by any means
decide the course of events the public has
fully learned within the past few years.
The case presented to the Ohio court
against the Standard is virtually the samo
as that decided in New York against the
Sugar Trust arid in Illinois against the
Chicago Gas Trust The issue is on the
surrender of the corporate control and
functions into the hands of trustees for
the purpose common to all those organiza
tions. In New York and Illinois the
decisions were radically against the
legality of such surrender of corporate
autonomy, nd held the trust to be illegal.
Following the same logic the Ohio decision
would be the same, and in past times tho
Ohio court has been even more outspoken
against tho combination policy than either
of the other tribunals.
But, before acceptingthe conclusion that
this case is to make anymaterial difference
in the status of the great petroleum com
bination, it is necessary to gie due weight
to two facts. First, that neither has the
New York decision broken up the Sugar
Trust nor the Illinois decision the Gas
Trust The means for evading both de
cisions have been discovered, and it is not
to be supposed that the legal talent of the
Standard will be less fertile in such devices.
The other is that the Standard has for
many years, since the Ohio Supreme Court
gave its.radical anti-combination decision
in the Guthrie case, exercised a powerful
influence in Ohio politics. Whether this
has had any effect on the composition and
views of the present Suprme Conrt of that
State remains to be tested by the decision.
All classes of society in Itussia are re
rolving to forego social entertainments and
costly expenditure this year in order to de
vote their means to the relief of the starv
ing districts. Rightly applied, this self
denial ought to mitigate tho horrors of the
famine: hut it is intimated that while the
contributions for relief are large "tho sys
tem of distribution is very defective." In
most countries this -would mean that the
officials in charge are merely stupid: but in
view of the notorious coriuption of Russian
bureaucracy, tho significance very plainly
is that the charitv of Russia is relieving
the monetary stringency of the poor office
holders. TnE increase or 2o per cent in the fail
ures and liabilities for the first nine months
of the present year docs not look verv pleas
ant, but it is clearing away the dead wood
of commerce. "With tho prosperity sure to
follow the heavy crops, hnslncss will he in
better shape next year for the liquidation.
Amojco the various campaigns it is pleas
ant to note that thewarin Louisiana against
the lottery octopus is still energetically
wa?cd. Tho election will not come off until
next spring: hut the citizens are keeping up
tho agitation like soldiers, who are enlfsled
for the war. A year's campaign on a polit
ical issue is a larger hurden than falls on
most States; but it is worth woilc to rid a
State of a public disgrace like this whole
sale gambling establishment.
Witit the Cobdcn Club unable to pay its
debts and the statement from Ohio that no
outside money is coming into the Repub
lican campaign fund, the prospects for a
boodle campaign this year are satisfactorily
slim.
Edison" has announced that he has per
fected a new system of applying electricity
to street car locomotion which entirely does
away with all the objectionable features of
tho trolly. This is satisfactory: Dut it will
be moro so when Pittsburg enjoys a new and
successful transit" route which keeps in
active operation without the trolly. At
present the trolly is on top, not only of the
car3, but of the system of street transporta
tion. Peffer is determined to make himself
popular in Ohio, at any cost. Ho has Just
announced that he wilt make no more
speeches in that State this fall.
It is pleasant to learn that a verdict of
$7,000 has been ordered against tho Xew
York and Xew Haven Railroad for its viola
tion of the Xow York law against tho use of
car stoves. This intimation that even a cor
poration cannot defy the law without its
costing at least $7,000, is a decided improve
ment on the general indications that in
most cases it docs not cost the nullifying
corporation a red cent.
Financial issuer are cutting a large
figure in the Ohio campaign, but tho "per
sonal finance" issue carries witli it the
clanger of a boomerang.
It is reported that Secretary Noble is
going to try and see if he cannot take off tho
heads of certain clerks in his office who aro
reported to have Indulged in the little
eccentricity of openiDg his letters and com
municating their contents to Commissioner
Rauin. Success to such an endeavor. But
it still remains tor the Secretary to demon
strate that he is a bigger man in the admin
istration than Raum.
Only" about three weeks more of the
political hotwave. After that it will be de
cidedly cold weather for one party or tho
other.
It is satisfactory to learn that there is
one fashionable college in the country
where undergraduate disorder is diminish
ing. Harvard's "cane rush" was omitted
this year, and no statues have been disfig
ured for some months. This permits the
hope that, in the fulness of time, it will be
understood that college youth is subject
to the same rules of decent behavioras com
mon folk.
Gold in the, Argentine Bepublic at 374,
makes the dangers of free silver coinage
look like a flea-bite in comparison.
"The registration increase on the first day
in Xew York and Brooklyn is the omen of a
large vote in November," remarks the New
York Press. The omen is accurate no doubt,
but is it not ominous for the wrong party?
A big vote in Xew York and Brooklyn is apt
to leave the Republican candidates outside
the breastworks.
SNAP SHOTS IN SEASON.
The only thing the granger politician
can expect to raise hereafter ls a laugh.
If there was as much honesty as energy
in politics the country would be bettor off.
Widen the supply of fresh meat runs
out on shipboard the captain should bead,
for a chop sea.
Campbell is doing his best to terne tho
tin plate issue into a farce, but the laugh is.
on himself.
The reason why we "she" a ship
Is not hard to explain;
But awful words move tongue and lip
When we can miss a train.
Lay in your coal and carefully cover tho
hole afterward.
It is perfectly proper to call a prison
"the jug," because some are so easy to
break.
The man who settles a slander suit for
cash pockets his wrath.
Self made women are more numerous
than self made men.
Ex-Senator Blair says he is not
burdened with any Federal office. But this
is not 31r. Blair's fuult.
No good comes of tinkering with Bible
and the dollar of our daddies.
The stoop-shouldered man is compelled
to brace up.
It's the romance in life that makes it
novel.
"You are the apple of my eye,"
Said he to roguish Bess:
Who .laughingly made this reply:
"Then be my cider pi ess." '
When Chinamen play billiards they
never chalk their quono.
It is sheer waste of strength to squeeze
a girl who has been lacing herself tightly
since childhood.
It is foolish to ask the man putting up
the stovepipe which way he swears.
Hill could heal a breach by becoming a
godiathcr to Graver's baby-
Miss Bisland Is now in a position to go
around, $he world in a Yotmorc whalebaek.
You cannot judge an egg by its shell,
but you can siao It up accurately by its
smell.
ALABAMA REALLY AHEAD.
Tho Iron Ore Figures- Exclusively Given in
The Dispatch. Months Ago Correct-
Pennsylvania Leads In tho Number of
Mines, and Its Product Is More Valu
able Than That of the South.
Some two months no it was announced
exclusively In The DiarATCu that the forth
coming censns.report would show that Ala
bama had pioduccd moro iron 010 during
the cnsus year than Pennsylvania. This
statement was immediately contradicted,
and even laughed at in man)' quarters. Jlr.
I'ortcr's report is now out, and TnE Pis
rATcn prediction is found to be fully verified.
The following are some quotations from tho
official document:
"During the year ended December 31, 1SS9,
the production of iron oro amounted to
14,518,041 long tons.which wnscontrlbuted by
20 States and two Territories, and this out
put represented a value on cars or carts at
tho mines of $33,351,573, an averago of $2 30
pertcvi. Tho stock of ore on hand at tho
commencement of the census year was 1,
966,824 long tons, while at Its close this
amount was augmented to 2,256 973 tons, an
increase for tho entire countryof 290,119 tons,
or nearly 15 per cent. The stock of iron oro
carried over is equivalent to 15.55 per cent of
tho production for the census year, but tho
increased stock, that is the amount of oro
mined but not consumed, represents but 2
per cent of tho total output for 1SS9. Owing
to tho fact that the census year for mining
aorresponded with tho calendar year 1SS9
the .stocks of iron ore on hand at the com
mencement nnd end of the 3 ear represented
a larger amount than would have been tho
case a few months earlier, the practico of
mine managers whoso products must reach
a maiket by means of water transportation
encouraging a depletion of stock at tho
mines during the shipping season and an
augmentation during the winter monthS,
when navigation is suspended.
Michigan First and Alabama Second.
"Michigan was by far the largest prod
ucer of iron oro in tho census year 1SS9, a total
of 5,856,1CJ long tons having been mined, tho
value of which was $15,800,521 at the mines.
an average of $2 70 per ton. The tonnage
from Michigan therefore represents 40.34 per
cent of tho total, while tho aggregate value
Is 47.33 per cent of that of the entire country.
The credit of holding second rank lies be
tween tho States of Alabama and Pennsyl
vania, tho former, from the figures collected,
having apparently a slightly greater output
than the latter. This uncertainty Is owing
to the fact that the reports obtained from
two of the larger Alabama mines covered
operations commencing May 1, 1S89, and
ending May 1, 1690rand no detailed record of
the amount of 010 produced and labor em
ployed during the three months of 1S9D was
obtainable. The position of Pennsylvania
is also affected by tho refusal of one largo
producer to supplv absolute figures, but it
will be noted that in tho shipments or ap
parent consumption of iron ores Pennsyl
vania takes precedence of Alabama.
"Alabama is therefore placed second as n
producer of iron ore, with 1,570,319 long tons,
valued at $1 511.011, an average of 96 cents
per ton. These figures 'represent 10.82 and
4.53 per cent, respectively, of the total out-
fiutand value. Pennsylvania closely fol
ows Alabama, its output being 1,560,234 long
tons, valued a t $ !,0(i,1,534, an average of $1 96
per ton, and 10.75 and 9.19 per cent, respect
lvelv, of tho tot.il output and value.
"The other Slate which produced over
1,000,000 tons in the present census year was
New York, which is credited with 1,247,537
long tons, valued at $3,10'J,216, an average of
$2 49 per ton. the figures -representing, re
spectivelv, 8.59 and 9.30 per cent of the total
output and value. These four States there
fore produced a total or 10,234,259 long tons,
70.49 per cent of the entire output of the iron
ore mines of tho Unitod States, while tho
vaiue of the ore aggregates $23,475,8S2,or 70.39
per cent of the total valuation."
Pennsylvania's Valuation Shows Vp Well.
It will be seen by these figures that
while Alabama produced more material,
the value of tho Pennsylvania product was
much larger, though Michigan nnd Xew
York are both ahead of the Keystone State
even in this feature. This also corresponds
exictly with the advance announcement in
The Dispatch, which explicitly said that
while the Southern State would show the
largest output, our Commonwealth would
stiit distance it in the quality and desirable
ness of the article. Pennsylvania also
leads in tho number ot" mines, as will ho
seen by tho following extracts from the re
port:
'Placing the States in the order of the
number of producing mines in 1889, the raluk
for the largor producers is as lollows: The
number of active mining operations (189)
rlaces Pennsylvania first, while the State
ranks third in the amount of ore produced.
Michigan, which had by far the largest out
put 01 iron ore for the year 18S9, had for its
product but a comparatively small number
of mines, viz, 73, many ot which, however,
were large operations. Ohio follows next,
with 70 producing mines, but as a producer
it occupied eleventh position. The fourth
place is takon by Alabama, w ith 45 mines,
while the State occupied second position as
to the amount of ore won, the average out
put of the minos being large. Virginia and
Yest Virginia combined, with 3S mines, come
next, and stand seventh as to the amount of
ore won. Now York rnnksslxth in regard to
the number of mines, viz, 35, many of which
are large operations, and contributed to
place the State in fourth place as a producer.
New Jersey follows with 24 mines, while its
1889 output gave it ninth rank. Minnesota
reports but four active mines, and occupies
a low rank In this respect. It however, was
fifth in the amount of ore produced, indi
cating large mines. Colorado produced but
a small amount of oro during tho year 1889,
holding thirteenth position m this respect,
and had 18 active iron ore mines, showing
but a small average from each. Wisconsin,
which held a high rank as a producer, had
but 16 mines, most of which were large opera
tions. Produce Four Kinds of Ore,
"New York and Pennsylvania are the
only States reported as producing the four
kinds of ore. Colorado, Michigan and Vir
ginia produced three kinds of oro. Compar
ing the relative rank of the States as pro
ducers of the various characters of ore with
their positions a decade before, it is found
that Michigan, with a laigely increased out
put, still heads the list of red hematite pi o
ducers. Alabama has risen from sixth place
in 18t0 to second place in 1SE9. Pennsylvania
and New Ycik, which occupied third and
fourth places, respectively, in the tenth
census, have fallen to eighth nnd seventh
places, respectively, while Minnesota, wh ch
did not produce ore in 18S0, has taken third
place, and Wisconsin fourth place in 18t9 as
producers of led hematite iron ore.
"In tho brown hematite class Pennsylva
nia still occupies first place. Viiginia and
West Viiginia combined have risen from
fourth place in I860 to second place In 1SS9;
Alabama, which was fifth In 1SS0, takes third
place, and Michigun lias fallen Irom second
tofouith place. The relative rank of the
first lour States pioducing magnetite in tho
year 1889 remains the same, with tho excep
tion that Pennsylvania and New Jeisey
have changed places, tho former now faking
pieccdcnce of the latter, New York heading
and Michigun closing the list. Ohio still con-
tubutes more than one-half of the output of
caruouuie uru:, outranKing otner states in
this particular. It is follow ed by New York,
which is reported as not producing any car
bonate'ores in 183D. Kentucky and Pennsyl
vania, which held, respectively, fifth and
second places in 1889, take third andtourth
places in 13S9.
"While the total amount of iron ore pro
duced in 18S9, 14,518,041 long tons, is more
than double (an increase of 103.89 percent)
that given in the census of 1880, viz, 7,120,362
long tons, the increase has been most marked
In the amount of red hematite, the nroduct
of which in 1889 was 9 056,288 long tons, or
over four times that of 1880, when the output
amounted to 2,243,493 long tons. The amount
of magnetite increased from 2,134,276 long
tons in 1880 to 2,506.415 long tons in ltS9 (17.44
percent), and the brown hematito class as
augmented in production nearly one-third
(31.47 per cent), from 1,919,122 long tons in
1S80 to 2,523,087 long tons in 18S9. The produc
tion of carbon ore, however-showed a de
cline of about one-half (47.51 per cent) tho
production of thn Tenth Census, viz, 823,471
long tons, to 432,251 long tons.
Comparisons With tho Tenth Census.
"Comparing the figures for the census
year ended December 31 1889,-witli the census-
year lbsu, it is Iountl that a total of 7,120,362
long tons of 010 were mined In 1880. valued
at $23,153,957, while the production of the-
censusyear l!S3showsa total output of 14,
518,011 long tons, valued at $33,351,978, an in
crease of 7,397,679 long tons, or 103.89 per cent
over the production or 1880, and an uug."
incuted value of $10,195,021, or 44.01 percent.
"The averago valuo per ton of iron ore at
tho mines has been reduced from $.S2oper
long ton in 1880 to $2 30 per ton in 1SS9. Tills
is due to the consideration of a number of
mines which have been grouped under one
management, reducing tho cost of superin
tendence, office lorce, administra
tion, etc. encouraging the use
of- improved machinery and 'permitting
systetiiaticand advanced methodsof mining,
greatly increasing the. output or tho mines.
The reduced freight rates, due to Improved
facilities, shipping and receiving (docks,
special vessels and cars having been built
for ore handling and transportation, render
the competition between the mines much,
keener than in 1880. The low cost of mining
ore in the Southern States has also con
tributed to this diminution of value at tho
mine.
"Iron ore was obtained from 23 States in
18:0, and all or these States, with tho excep
tion of Indiana and Vermont, wero pro
ducers, as reported to tho eleventh census.
In addition to tho States which mined ore as
reported to tho tenth census, there aro
added Colorado, Idaho, Minnesota, Montana,
New Mexico, Utah and Washington as new
producers for the eleventh census. Of
these, Colorado and Minnesota were tho
only States which contributed largely to tho
output.ot'lSS9."
PEOPLE OF- PROMINENCE.
Dean HorFMAN is the richest clergy
man in the world..
Theodore Thomas says that his mis
sion Is to educate Chicago musically. Bather
a huge undertaking. 9
Lord Lytton is so seriously ill that he
has about made up his mind to resign the
post of Minister to France.
Martha J. Lamb, the writer and editor,
is a member of26 learned societies, some of
which have never before admitted a
woman.
Major von HIOMKEbas given to the
Hohenzollern Museum tho writing table at
which tho Field Marshal worked from tho
time of his marriage till his death.
Dk. Granville has brought a storm
around bis head in England by propounding
tho theory that the spread of teetolalism
has done incalculable harm to the average
human organism.
Secretary Proctor has given 51,000 to
Dciby Academy at Orange, Vt., where he was
formerly a student. It is said that Mr. Proc
tor has giveu over $50,000 for charitable ob
jects in tho last few years.
Mrs. Annie Meyer, the author of an
extremely interesting book on tho work of
women in the United States, is a beautiful
young woman of 24, with a finely marked
face, from which her dark brown hair is
rolled back in graceful coils.
Bishop Spaulding, a Roman Catholic
ecclesiastic of Peoria, 111., Kiys that tho
World's Fair shojjld bo opened Sundays for
the benefit of the toilers. Tho Bishop thinks
that Sunday Is a day for repose ana enjoy
ment, as well as one for worship.
General Alexander S. Webd, who
for more than 20 years has been the popular
and efficient president of tho College of tho
City of New York, has received from the
War Departmeut a medal of honor for "dis
tinguished personal gallantry at tho battle
of Gettysburg."
The biggest Banish hound now living is
thought to belong to the Czar. It was pre
sented to the Czarina a few years ago by her
father, the King of Denmark. The dog is
generally found In the hall leading to the
Czar's private apartments, and the Emperor
places great confidence in the moral effect
of his presence.
The ex-Empress Eugenie has always wor
shiped the memory of her son. She has pre
served copies of all her son's letters, his
essays on historical subjects, and his views
regarding political matters. In tho near
future, it is said, she will publish them in
order to throw a brighter light upon the
pure and lofty character of tho Prince Im
perial. PAELIAMENTART PAY.
The Proposed Change Necessary if the Peo
ple Are to Be IVoprcscnted.
Colorado Sun.
Some of the members of the great Liberal
Congress now in session nt Newcastle, Eng
land, favor the plan of paying the members
of tho House of Commons for their services.
Tney think it would secure a moro adequate
representation of tho working class in Par
liament. But they do not propose to pay
princely salaries. They do not think any
member ought to have over $1,503 a year.
This is certainly not enough to make seats
in Parliament the objects of grasping,
rapacious cupidity. Heretofore member
ship in tho British Parliament ,has been a
thing entirely of honor orpolitical lnflnence
or ambition. No direct or recognized pecu
niary emoluments have attached to it.
Hence, only men of independent means,
of assured incomes, have been nble to afford
the luxury of sitting in Parliament. And
the proposed change is plainly necessary to
secure tho presence In that body of those
who depend upon thoir own labor, mental
or physical, for their support. And prob
ably those w ho would limit the salary to the
munificent sum of $1,500 think that is all the
average man without rank or fortune is
worth. And the estimate is not bad lor an
English one, though the sum seems small
compared to the annual salaries of mem
bers of the royal family, who do nothing
and who never have done anything except
to consent to be born.
Helped by the Dounty.
Cincinnati Commercial Oazette.
Beet raising for sugar-making purposes is
bound to be a great industry in the West.
The bounty which the Government offers
under the McKinley law will give it good
encouragement and start it on a prosperous
course. Half the sugar of the world is made
from beets. The people of the United States
spend $100,000,000 annually for sugar. "Would
it not be bettor to keep the money at home
to pay high prices for labor than to send it
abroad to support cheap labor there? Beet
raising requires no greater skill than the
raising of wheat or corn or other common
agricultural products. Wo expect to see
great strides in this industry in tho next
few years, and to witness the erection of
sugar mills in all parts of the country.
DEATHS HEBE AND ELSEWHEBE.
Dr. William Carroll Emerson.
Dr. William Carroll Emerson, assistant
instructor In chemistry at the Harvard Medlca
School, died In Boston Thursday morning. He was
born In Boston October 1. 1853, and was graduated
at Harvard College In 1S75 and at the medical col
lege In 1SSS. He practiced as a physician at his
home, and was widely known In Boston aud was
exceedingly popular. He had made a special study
as a physician of diabetes and Brlght's disease,
and, singularly enough, the former disease was the
cause of his death. He was a prominent member
of the Boston Commanderv Knights Templar.
Aleppo Temple of the Mvstic Shrine, the Massa
chusetts Consistory of Scottish Kite Masons. St.
Andrew's Chapter and Mount Lebanon Locgc of
Masons.
General Frederick K. Camp.
General Frederick E. Camp died Thurs
day at Mkldletown, Conn., aged CO years. He was
Paymaster General of the State under Governor
Bijrelow and was Adjutant General In 1837 and 1883
bv appointment from Governor Lounsbury. ifle
served in the Twenty-fourth and Twenty-seventh
Connecticut Regiments, and after the War was
commissioned In the regular army and served In
the Fourteenth Infantry, mostly at poits In the far
West. He resigned In 1875, and located at Ids old
home In MIddletown. Death resulted from con
sumption. He was a bachelor.
t
Alvin K. Dunton, Penman.
Alvin K. Dunton, professor of penman
ship, died at his residence iu Camden, Me.. Thurs
day morning, aged 79 years.4 Mr. Dunton was the
author of the Dunton syntem of penmanship, and
has been a professor of penmanship since his early
manhood. He was champion of the world at
middle age and had few equals with the pen even at
an advanced age. He hail taught penmanship In
nearly every State In the Uniou.
Obituary Notes.
Haxnaii J. Coons, wife or Presiding Elder Al
fred Coons of the Kingston (N. Y.) District of the
Methodist Eplscopil Church, died Wednesday after
noon alter a long Illness.
II. T. COFFtx, Treasurer or the Ohio Loan apd
Trust Company orphlladelphla, dropped dead on
Wall street, near Broadway, New York, yesterday !
morning. Heart disease Is the supposed cause.
Kev. William Socthwoktu, an eminent
preacher or the Free Methodist Church, died of
apoplexy at Pharsalla, Chenango county. New
York, Sundav. aged 75 years. He had-served con
tinuously for 52 ears.
John Sextox. one of the oldest engineers on the
Pennsylvania Railroad system, died suddenly
Wednesday at his home in South Amboj',"N, J. He
entered the employ of the old Camden aud Amboy
Railroad in 1841
M. P. Kimball, President of the Pennsboro and
Harrlsvllle Rallroad.dled athls residence at Penns
boro, W. Va rlato yesterday afternoon, of
Brlght's disease. He was 48 years of age and very
well known among the prominent railroad men of
the country. . '
George Mcjjroe, for many years one of the
most prominent of the members of the lobby on
Beacon H11L died Thursday In Boston, agfd 7J. Mr.
llunroo was a prominent figure In city polities
about 30 years ago. For the past 10 or 12 sears he
had beca a constant attendant at the State House.
PAVEMENT PALAVER.
Courtesy In Ohio rolltlcs A Catilah. Out of
Place Rapid Transit Between the
Cities Mr. Carleton's Good Nature
, Dinner and Then Deserts.
"I notice that The Dispatcti felici
tates Ohio upon having n political campaign
that deals with tho real issue and.permits
rival candidates to address the samo, meet
ing wltnout fear of bloodshed," said Mr.
George' McCnllough, or Washington, yester
day, "and' I think the congratulation is
timely. For the past two or three weeks I
have hcon In Ohio, andlnavo listened to
both JIcKinley and Campbell with a good
deal of pleasure. The political meetings in
Ohio aro apt to strike a Pennsylvanlan per
haps moro than a natlvo of the former State,
as In many respects unllko nln-lcnths of
such affalr3 in other States. I know that in
many cases the audience which McKinley
and Campbell addressed contained a very
large proportion of tho opposing party, and
yet there was no trouble demonstrated; Re
publicans nnd Democrats follpwed. atten
tively either speaker, or course applauding
most vigorously tho arguments or points
tbatplensed them. I have mingled in poll
tics in mv own State, in New lork, and in
several Western States, and I can honestly
say that such phenomenal courtesy to polit
ical foes as one could have seen at dozens
ofothea places besides Ada is something I
have never encountered elsewhere."
A Ziegnl Question of Weight.
"A certain young attorney at this bar,"
said George Elphlnstone, Esq., "whom, for
the sake of his otherwise stainless character
I will not name, has been puilty of robbing
a fairly good stoiy of its point. Tho story
Is the somewhat familiar one of the fisher
man who booked an immene fish, which
bioke away, and the weight or which ho was
nevertheless able to state exactly as 141
pounds. Asked how he could possibly tell
tho weight or a fish that he had npt brought
to shore, he replied: By the scales, of
course.'
"Now the young attorney aforesaid has np
propiiated the storv, located it nnewasono
of the incidents nf a fishing excursion this
Summer on the Klskimlnetas, and has ie
lated It a dozen times to his friends. They
would never have protested if he hadn't pnt
on the color a Httlo too thick in one spot.
He insists that it was a catflh. Now the cat
fish is about the only fish that has no
scales."
Tho Sixth Street Bridge's Strenzth.
''In thegood old days when the horses and
mules of the Troy Hill and the Manchester
street car lines competed to seo how slowly
they could move," said a Fourth avenue
man yesterday, "the notice on tho Sixth
street bridge, stating that any person driv
ing at a faster gait than a foot pace would
be fined, never attracted much attention,
because the aforesaid cars, sloepily toddling
over the bridge, governed all traffic. But
hurrying for a train noiy and then tho slow
progress of the car across tho bridge used to
make mo furious. Ono day I sat beside a
gentleman who is deeply interested in tho
Sixth street bridge, as this exasperating de
lay occurred in crossing, and he gravely in
formed me that it would be dangerens to
drive a street car over the bridge at a trot. I
accepted the explanation, and merely
prayed for a new bridge of less delicate sus
ceptibility. "What was my surprise this morning when
tho Allegheny and Manchester electric car
in which I was seated went bounding ovor
the bridge at the rate of at least seven or
eight miles an hour. The bridge I bcllevo is
still standing. I have noticed other cars of
the new pattern mako the passage as swiftly.
Now what I want to know is whether I havo
missed innumerable trains, and whether the
traffic has been delayed between Allegheny
and Pittsburg with or witnout cause? If it
was dangerous lor an old-fashioned car to
cross tho bridge at speed, whyis it not moro
so,for the new electric cars, weighing three
times as much, to do so? The new Sixth
street bridge when completed is to be a
trotting bridge, I believe, so that I suppose
the explanation, ir there is any to be made,
will bo somewhat too late for any practical
benefit."
Dramatist Carleton's Good-Natnre.
"Henry Guy Carleton has a consider
able impediment in. his speech, but he does
not allow it to embarrass him a bit," said
Mr. Frederick Wardo yesterday, "now lit
tle he cares about his stuttering may be
Judged from tile fact that one day he said to
Bill Nye; 'I want to have five minutes' con
versation with you, can you sparo me liair
an hour?"
Dined But Didn't Care to "Pay.
"Country customers are just as wel
come as city ones," said tho proprietor of a
Fifth avenue restaurant last night, "but
some of tho former that drift in here after a
visit to the Exposition are a trifle trying.
Now, for example to-day, two men came in
and ordered, after a long surveyor the bill
of fare, two steaks, coffee, potatoes, etc.
When the waiter presentedthe bill it was
for$l 20 they simply howled.
"'Pay that for a steak?' they exclaimed,
'Why, it's downright lobbery! We won't
pay!' and so they went on till the waiter
fetched me. I heard what they had to say,
examined the bill, found It correct, and ex
plained politely the items in it. Still thev
protested they would not pay; they consid
ered that 25 cents was about the right figure.
They were somewhat under tho influenco of
liquor, so after I had exhausted my per
suasive powers, I ture to the waiter and
said: 'Very well, fetch a policeman ir these
gentlemen prefer to pay ten dollars each for
a dinner, I can't prevent it.'
"They paid tho bill without another word.
But I do not like such scenes and try all I
can -to avoid them."
Ice-Cream Cost Him a Coat.
"Some country cousins of mine called
at my office tho other afternoon, and there
was nothing for it but that I must accom
pany them to the Exposition and entertain
them generally," said a somewhat bald, but
still beautiful, father of a family tome a day
or two ago. "I candidly admit that I was
rather glad of an exenso to drop business,
and I went through tho Exposition, ate pdp
corn, and carried out tho programme to the
limit. But in a moment of weakness, in the
evening, after we had dined and revisited
the Exposition, I mentioned ice-cieam.
The whole party jumped like ono man,
or rather as ono girl, for tho fair sex
predominated, and we sought an ice-cream
saloon. It was one of those cold raw even
ings, of which we had several lately, and
the mero idea of ico-cream after I had pi o
posed it mado me shiver. I was chilled to
the bono when I hadeutena fewspoonsiul.
Not so mv dear young friends irom the
country. They were veritable Esquimaux,
at getting warmth out of Ice. Only tho
head of the family, paterfamilias, seemed
affected as I was. He was very lielitlv clad.
and after tho ice-cream I noticed his com
plexion took 011 blue tints. I was touched
and my conscience struck me. I had on 3
new fall overcoat. My friend and cousin
had none, I had betrayed him into ice
cream; and I felt it my duty to make it up to
me. I gave him my overcoat. That's why
I have none on to-day. It is coming back,
but 1 haven't it yet."
THE PACIFIC CABLE,
A Route to Be Surveyed to See Whether It
Is Practicable. "
New York Tlmes.l .
The steamer Albatro3S is now about to un
dertake the task of surveying a route Tor a
submarine cable between ban Francisco and
Honolulu. It was at first feared that the
kind of wire needed for making the sound
ings could not be procured in this country;
but.that obstacle has been overcome and an
undertaking that has already been delayed
several months will now be carried out.
The last Congress appropriated $25,000 for
the purpose, and tne Thetis was assigned to
the task. It was then hoped to begin it soon
after July 1, when tho appropriation became
available; and had this been done, it would
doubtless have been substantially completed
by the present time.
But the Thetis was needed In Bering Sea,
and other vessels in the Pacific were also
occupied with urgent duties, no that tho
survey was postponed, and will not be com
pleted before mid winter. Still this prelimi
nary work is not a part of any special
scheme, nor doesit commit the Government
in any way to the enterprise of actually lay
ing the cable. This latter is. under consider
ation both iri this country and the British
colonies, and tho Government perforins a
valuable work for whoover muv underuko
it by showing whether it is feasible, and by
indicating favorable and unfavorable routes.
Made to Suit the Locality.
Akron Beacon. 1
Democracy stands for one set of principles
in Ohio and for ' another In NewYork. Its
platforms areconstructed to suit the locality 1
nnd the occasion, ana not to conform to any
determined ideas of right ana justice. It
was ever so, and It ever will be.
THE SUCIAL WORLD.
Entertainments and Other Events of Inter
est, Past and to Come.
Post 236, G. A. K., held a special open
meeting In the Soutn Street M. E. Church,
last evening. The occasion was the pre
sentation of n memorial record book from
Judges Ewing, Mageeand Kepnedy. There
was a large attendance, and a very interest
ing musical and literary entertainment, in
connection with tho main business of the
gathering. Tho book was presented for tho
Judges by F. I. Gossor, and accepted, on he
half or the PrSt by John S. Lambie. Those
who furnished the musical part of tho pro
gramme were Mises Hattio and Jennie
Barrett, Ella Ott, Sadie Burnett, Mrs. Wal
ter Earseman. and Messrs. Howells, Glick
ler, Davles, Palmer, nnd Walker B-irgesser.
The George Smith Company also partici
pated. Mrs. J. 1:. Glicklor was .the accom
panist. The Bazaar of Days, given last evening
under the auspices of the Ewing Mission
Band, S.txth U. P. Church, East End, was a
complete success". Luncheon was served to
a large number of guests, and there is every
indication that tho pecuniary returns are
satisfactory. Another similar entertain
ment is to bo given very soon.
Social Chatter.
Mb. Sax Harpee, or the Wcstlnghouso
Electric Company, and Miss ignatia Mar
land, daughter of Hon. Alfred Marlnnd, will
be married on the evening of October 29, in
Grnco Episcopal Chnrch. 3It. Washington.
Mr. Harper is a son of the late Major Samuel
Harper, Department Commander of the G.
A. R. ot Pennsylvania.
Tile pupils of Prof. Doyle's Highland
Piano School will give a recital at Armory
Hall next Thursday evening. An excellent
programme of rccitntions and instrumental
selections will be rendered by the bright
yonng people who are studying under Prof.
DoyIo.r
The first nnnual reception of the Kcvstone
Assembly No. 3, Pythian Sisterhood, will be
held at Luwrenco Turner Hall, Thursday,
October 22. The Committeo of Arrangements
are Mrs. A. F. Roberts. Mrs. J. O. Arthur,
Mrs. J. Cunningham ana Mrs. J. Asbury.
Mrs3 AifSA McriiERsox, of 408 Penn avenue,
is to be married to 3Ir. Edward Mullen, of
Allegheny, next AVedncsday evening. Both
are prominent members of the Second Pres
byterian Churoh.
Pr.op. Burs will give a lecture on canning
Irults and vegetables on the 17th of Novem
ber. It will be a little late in the season, but
the principles be inculcates may be useful
for next summer.
The marriage of Miss Emma V. Harper
daughter of Captain Thomas Harper, of
Washington nvenne, Allegheny, and Charles
Stratton, of Toronto, O., is announced for
October 2S.
The wedding of Miss Florence Lambett
Rees and George Sherman Scully is an
nounced to take place on the21stinst., atthe
Shadj'slde Presbyterian Church.
The Ladies' Hospital Association will elect
officers at a meeting Mondiy afternoon in
the Dispensary building, Sixth avenue.
Tub members of the Yonng Ladies' Ath
letic Club, or the East End, met last evening
for the purpose of reorganization.
Miss Louise Uaslaou has issued pretty in
vitations to a party, to be given at her
home next Thursday evening.
The annual Stato Convention of the W. C
T. A. meets at West Chester on tne 13-16
inst., inclusive.
THE JOINT DEBATE.
PnrtADELrniA Inquirer: Tho little village
of Ada, which was selected as the scene of
the McKinley-Campbell Joint debate, doesn't
'seem to have been very well adapted for
tho purpose. It could not furnish adequate
accommodations for the crowd of visitors.
FniLAPEEFBiA Record: Tho joint debate
at Ada, O., yesterday between Candidates
McKinley and Campbell was a reenrronce to
the practico of earlier and bettor days in
the Republic. An intellectual contest of
this sort Is worth tons of campaign litera
ture. FniLADELriHA Press; The joint debate in
Ohio yesterday between Governov Campbell
and' Major McKinley, the opposing candi
dates, was a pleasing deviation from ordi
nary campaign methods. Of course, both
sides will claim that their respective cham
pions came out best.
Xew York Trilune: The Joint debate be
tween Major McKinley and Go emor Camp
bell occurred in a small and out-of-the-way
place. .Nevertheless, a crowd of soraeAOOO
people collected to hear them. Decorum
characterized the proceedings throughout.
Governor Campbell had the advantage of
the first and last word, but Major McKinley
had decidedly tho better of the argument.
PiiiLADELrniA Times: It is a great pity that
the example or Candidates McKinley and
Campbell does not become tho rulo instead
or the oxception in American politics. Tho
bane of our politics is hide-bound partisan
ship. A system of joint discussions, in
which all the voters would hear both sides,
would have a valuable educational Influence
wotUd, in point of fact, train intelligent
citizenship.
Ohio State Journal: While there will be
more or less partisan bias in connection
with the merits of the respective contestants
at Ada, yet it will certainly be admitted by
nil who heard the joint debate and all who
havo carefully read the account of the same,
that Major McKinley was the master of the
situation. He may be less apt in repartee,
but he is a heavy w eight in the statement of
facts and in argument.
A PEEMANENT CENSUS BUREAU.
Some of the Results That Would Occur
From Its Establishment.
New York PreM.
The Superintendent of the census has sent
acircnlar to the leading commercial bodies
the country over, asking them to express by
formal action an opinion on the proposition
to establish a permanent census bureau.
This idea his been discussed for a good
many years and has found favor almost
universally with men of experience in cen
sus taking, as weil as among those generally
interested in statistical matters. They havo
always claimed that the organization of a
bureau every ton years for the purpose of
taking the census was in reality a serious
drawback to good and prompt work.
It would then be possible to collect each
year the returns on most special matters,
Including the leading industries, and thus to
have the matter relating to them ready for
compilation as soon as tho records of popu
lation had been collected. The census of
1SS0 by far the most elabornto ever issued
by the Government was seriously delayed
because of the fact that all of these special
matters had to be collected at the same time
that thestatistics of population were being
compiled. In some cases it was seven or
eight vcars before these special reports were
ready' for publication. Witilo under the pro
posed system it would have been practicable
to have made them complete and to issne
tham within two years after the enumera
tion of the population bad been made.
SOME PEOPLE WHO TEAVEL.
Herman Holmes, traveling paerfjrcr
agent of the Louisville and Nashville rail
road, nnd M. L. Foots, general passenger
agent of the Erie Railway, went to Cleveland
jestcrday. Superintendent Georgo Miller,
of the Wagner Palace Car Company, arrived
from Cleveland yesterday.
Kev. J. A. Dowie, of Melbourne, Aus
tralia, is at the Monongahela with Mrs.
Dowie. Mr. Dowie Is the apostle of healing
by supernatural means, and proposes to
hold 11 series of meetings in the Liberty
Street M. E. Church, beginning to-morrow.
Mrs. Grant, widow of the late President,
and Jc-se Grant passed through the city
yestcrday, returning irom assisting at the
unveiling of the Grant monument at Chi
cago. Mavor J. C. Moore, James A. Manning
and W. L. Rice, members of the Cnum-il nf
Ashtabula, wero in town yesterday looking
Judee "William Allen McPlmil and Miss
I McPhail, of Wheeling, and Harry L. Dotey,
iiiu oieuuenviue lawyer, were Duqucsno
guests yesterday.
It. A. Parker, a lumber dealer, of Cleve
land. O., spent yesterday with friends in
Pittsburg.
Mrs. C. L. Dawson and maid arrived at
the Duquesno yesterday from West Virginia.
Mrs. Knnnie McKee-Graham was a guest
at the Duqucane yesterday.
i.James I. Bennett returned to town ves-
,tcrday.
Mrs. Charles E, McKenna went East yesterday.
CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS.
Esquimaux have women tailors.
'Watches in use number 156,973,873.
'Votes sell for 18 cents each in Guate
mala. Americans are great for coaching, but
as a rule they use the Dlcycle.
Anthracite coal has been discovered in.
the District or Alberta, Canada.
California has 246 banks of all kinds,
with a capital surplus,of $81,743,284.
Baltimore has a donkey only 30 inches
high; but it seems to have the strength of an
ox.
The schoolboys of Maiden, Mass., will
hereafter be taught to sew during school
hours. ,
A If ew York clergyman has married
12,000 couples and received over $60,000 wed
ding fees.
One hundred million bushels of grain
were received in Buffalo this year np to Sep
tember 30.
There are 527 members of the British.
House of Lords, nnd 670 members of the
House of Commons.
At Paderborn, in "Westphalia, every
topical song has to be sent to the Chief of
Police before it can be sung.
Rainfa'Js have been exceedingly fre
quently In the mountains or Southern Cali
fornia since tbe formation of Salton Lake.
A nugget of gold weighing 202 ounces,
and valned at abont $3,500, was fonnd in the)
Rnby mine at Forest City tho other day.
Forty refractory convicts in Connecti
cut's State prison arc in solitary confinement
for refusing to eat baked beans, the delicacy
of Boston's Four Hundred.
There is a railroad in Kansas so dilapi
dated that but ono train a day can be ran
over it at the rate of 11 miles an hour. This
i the Kansas Central, & branch of the Union.
Pacific.
South Jackson, Mich , is having a lively
timo dodging yellow jackets, with which the
town ls swarming. Many of the towns
people are getting a move on them that sur
prises the oldest inhabitant.
In the towns and cities of Chile all the
shopping of any consequence is done in tho
evening. In Santiago the stores are open,
till midnight, and during the hot afternoon,
when everybody takes a siesta, they aro
locked up.
A Swiss doctor is reported to have suc
ceeded in getting photographs of painted
windows in their original colors. They wero
sent to Dnsseldorf. and the photographic
Journals speak favorably of them. They
were taken by the midday sun.
The Russian nobility are in compara
tively as wretched circumstances as the peas
antry. In October there will be nearly 900
estates belonging to nobles sold by auction
at the instance of the State Bank that has
loaned them money on mortgages.
One of the relies preserved at Inde
pendence nail, in Philadelphia, is the yoke
nnd frame of the old Liberty Bell. The cus
todian recently counted the names and
monograms cnt In the old wooden relic
bv visitors, and found that they numbered
15,416.
Some cattlemen in South Dakota, in
regions whore rain has always been as scarce
as pious cowboys, want to pay the rain,
sharp, Melbourne, $100 a shower until he
creates a flood and fills np all the ponds and
hollow places and makes the place famous
for its lakes.
The San Diego Union says it is rumored
that Carlos Paches will soon sail for Guada
lonpe Island with a party of Frenchmen
who have secured permission irom the Mex
ican Government to sheot goats on the
island. There are said to be some 40,000
goats on tho island and the animals are mul
tiplying rapidly.
Delaware still retains the old Anglo
Saxon term "hundred" to designate town
ships, nnd the names of her hundreds aro
ancient and often plcturesqne. Somo aro
called ror streams, as Murderkill, Mispilllon,
Appoqninimink, Indian River, Whlteclay
Creek. Others are named for old taverns, as
Red Lion and Black Bird.
It is easy to trace wheat back for nearly
4.000 years, or indefinitely earlier still, for
It was known in the neolithic period when
men lived in dwellings built on platforms
supported by piles driven Into tho lakes of
Switzerland. Near the remains of these
dwellings wheat has hcen found, together
with mealinc stones, hearth .stonts and
sickles, tho wheat almost identical In char
acter with that or the later Eevptlan or
even with that which has gladdened tho
fields of Dikota or Minnesota during" tho
season of 1S9L
The Gaelic chieftain's oath before going
into battlo has been discovered in an Irish
text of the second century and deciphered
as follows: "The heavens are above us, tho
land below ns, the ocean around us every
thing in a circle abont us. If tho heavens
do not fail, casting from their high fortresses
the stars like rain on the face of the earth.
If shocks from within do not shatter tho
land itself, if the ocean from its blue soli
tudes does not rise np over the brows of all
living things. I. by victory in war, by com
bats and battles, will bring hack to tho
stable and the fold the cattle and to the
house and to theirdwelllngs the women that
have been stolen by the enemy.
Some of the oddest human beings on
this continent inhabit the islands of tho
Chesapeake. Sposutia Island, nsually pro
nounced Spesobtha, is far up tho bay, and,
serves chiefly as a landing place for gun
nors. Further down are Wye and Kent
islands, long settled and highly cultivated,
theTormeronce the home of the Pnca fnm
ilv. the snhject of many romantic traditions.
Still further south is the archipelago called
Tangier Sound. Hereabouts tho coast is
lined with a multitude of small Islands in
habited by a hrdv race of amphibians
whose lives aro given up to the bnslness and
pleasure of fishing. These islands are the
scenes of the famons oyster wars, and tho
Islanders have much the same attitude to
ward the ovster laws that mountain moon
shiners have toward excise legislation.
Here is the method employed by the
hunters of British Columbia who poach upon
the sealing grounds: When the schooner
sights a seal the little boats are lowered.
A hunter armed with two shotguns and a.
rifle and two sailors to pnll the boat take
their places and the hunt begins. The seal
may be swimming at the surface, or per
chance he is sleeping. The boat is pulled
quietlv toward the animal. Iu nine cases
out of tn the seal takes alarm and dives
out of sight before the boat is brought closo
enough to use tho guns with effect, and in,
no case does the hnntershootnnIess.he feels
sure of his quarry. The seal when shot at
once commences to sink, and the boat has
tone pnlled rapidly un to it. when tho
body is "gaffed ' nnd hauled aboard. This
Is repeated as long as seal can be seen. In
manv cases only one or two will be killed
during a two davs' hunt, while at other
times as many as 20 will be tiken.
r.HYXKLED KHYMELETS.
Millicent's Sister "Why do yon look so
down in the month, tills morning. Mil?
Millicent's Little fli-otlicr-Yon'rt I00K that way,
too, Mabel, iryon'd spent a half an hour seeing
Mr. Cutely to the door, like Mil did last night.
Anil Ihe depths of Millicent's coffee cup seemed
to have an Irresistible attraction Just then-roo.
lyn Elate.
Two men, whose livers were not plnmb,
Were almost rliofced wlthp!een:
One cursed his luck, the other wrote
A poem for .1 magazine. Puck.
"It is a queer world," said the deacon.
"What lends you to make the observation?'
asked the eld t.
Why, since I hare got a fast horse my neigh
bors criticise me; when I had only a slow one they
laughed at me. "OJunutt Snn.
Primu Is the breach irreconcilable?
Does the father cast off the sou for marrying a,
tyiiewriter?
becunilus Yc; H was the father's typewriter,
you see. Jiule.
"Wife Do you remember, Henry, what
the sermon was about this morning?
Huibanil I should say so. It was about forty
minutes tint long. Boston Courier.
Cold, cold is ice, but strange as it may seem,
That quality may kindly warmth Impart,
For If yo feed a maiden on Ice cream
In summer's glowing hours 'twill melt her heart.
Sao Torlc Press.
Mrs. Blew Whe-e is Robert?
MJor Green He went into the dark room with
Ethel to develop a negaUve.
Mn. Illcw By the time they've been gone, I
fancy they are developing an aHlrmatlve. Puct.
Major Mnrgatroyd My dear boy, pray
repress your spirits. Remember this Is a very
select ball. Yon must not swear, laugh boister
ously or drink too mnch champagne.
Ponsouby But. Major, if I behave myself like a.
gentleman, people will take me for a waiter,
Smith. Gray Cb.' Monthly.
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