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PITTSBURG. SUNDAY. JE E 1892.
XOTICE TO AGEXTS.
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for the most exclusive, as well as the most
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tional Convention. Agents who have not
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dented. IU.AIM3 IN THE FIELD.
As was foreshadowed in The Dis
patch's special telegrams a few days ago,
and positively predicted yesterday, Mr.
Blaine has cleared the political situation of
doubt by resigning his position of Secre
tary of State. The correspondence be
tween himself and President Harrison is
terse, and is marked by the absence of the
usual expressions of regret on either side.
"With that short, sharp and decisive ex
change of letters the mist in the atmos
phere at Minneapolis is dispelled.
By this act Mr. Blaine shows that he is
not to be in any way bonnd or hampered
by an official connection with the Presi
dent He gives the convention at Minne
apolis to understand that if it wishes to
confer the nomination on him he has
placed himself in a position to accept it
With this declaration on one hand, and
the constant and uncontrollable popular
demand for his nomination on the other,
there is hardly any room for doubt as to
the nomination. The real force of the
Blaine tidal wave is from the people, and
while office holders and the expectants of
favors from President Harrison will op
pose it to the last, it will prove irre
sistible.
Our special dispatches from Minnea
polisconcerning hich it is simply a state
ment of fact to say that they have so far
surpassed those of any paper in the coun
try and will continue to do so during the
convention show that wire pullers on
both sides are claiming votes enough to
control the nomination. But the knowl
edge of what the people want is a stronger
force than any ante-convention estimates.
That knowledge will be doing its work
with the delegates during every hour from
this time till the convention begins ballot
ing. When the point of balloting is reached
it will not take long for the result to dis
close itself, and the Republican party will
be in the field with the leading living
American as its candidate, on the plat
form of protection, reciprocity and the
alliance of the American nations for their
mutual interests.
FEW "WORDS MCCa MEANING.
In a remarkable letter, a remarkable
official career was closed yesterday by the
most remarkable public officer of his day.
The letter contained eighty words, in
cluding date, heading, address and signa
ture, and in it the Premier of the Cabinet
of the President laid his resignation on
the desk of the Chief Executive.
In a reply, which contains sixty-seven
words, including all formalities, the Presi
dent acknowledges the receipt of the
eighty words from the Secretary of State
and relieves him from all cares of office.
In the history of American politics and
public men there is no parallel for this
event It is a divorce without alimony on
the ground of incompatibilty of merits.
Without regard to the desires of Mr.
Blaine as to a Presidental nomination or
his future purpose in that direction, It has
seemed to the people for some time as
though a separation between these two
notable men was probable for personal
reasons and the seal of accomplishment
has now been placed upon this opinion.
Whatever may happen as an outgrowth
of these stirring occurrences, the fact is
most apparent that a firm hand, clear
foresight and a masterly combination of
sagacity and wisdom is taken from the
management of the foreign affairs of the
United States.
MR. PLATTS EPIGRAM.
Political epigram is generally interest
ing and acoompanied by a good deal of
satisfaction to the utterer; but it is not
always discreet Sometimes an epigram
which is launched with the greatest suc
cess takes an unexpected flight and lands
on the head of the person who sent it out,
after the fashion of the boomerang.
Mr. Thomas 0. PJatt, of New York, is
at present enjoying the satisfactory stage
of feeling over the general success of his
epigram with regard to President Harri
son:' 'It is astonishing how quick and easy
is the process by which a man comes to
look upon the office be holds as bis private
property."
This is generally taken as hitting Mr.
Harrison. It does- so undoubtedly, but It
is likely to hit other people as well, and it
is just possible that it may hit some of
them harder than Harrison. After the
public has got through fitting it to- the
President they may exercise their
memories sufficiently to reflect that Mr.
Piatt is well posted on this point He
became nationally prominent eleven years
ago for the strenuous way in which he
insisted that not only the office he then
held for a short time, but a large number
of other offices were the private property
of himself and Senator Roscoe Conkling.
When a politician is tempted to indulge
in epigrams at the cost of others," it is dis
creet to write the epigram -down, study all
its possible applications and then commit
it to the waste-basket
THE BUILDERS' EXCHANGE KUL1NG.
Judge McClung's ruling in the Builders'
Exchange case yesterday, puts the legal
aspect of the policy generally attributed to
that organization beyond question. That
line of action is placed in exactly the same
legal category, as the boycotts ruled on, in
the case of Brace Bros. vs. Evans, and the
succeeding cases.. It isillegal to "organize
and combine together," and by "menace
of violence or harm interfere with the
legitimate business of the plaintiffs or in
duce or persuade others to -do so." The
Court is also of opinion that the affi
davits in the case disclose acts of this
illegal character. But as" there is no evi
dence submitted that acts of that sort are
about to be committed that can work in
jury to the parties complaining, the tem
porary injunction is refused. The Court
says:
As before intimated some of the acts, com
plained of may be such as to render tbe de
fendants who committed them liable to ac
tion at law for damages or indictment. All
11 e determine here now is, that nothing has
been shown in this case that wouljl Justify 6,
court or equity in interfering in the manner
asked for.
This authoritative declaration that the
combination to interfere with the legiti
mate business of persons who, aotlng
strictly within their own rights, may not
choose to conform to tbe line of action
prescribed by the Builders' Exchange,
should place that organization on its guard,
as to the policy attributed to it The
members of a legitimate industry cannot
afford to place themselves in conflict with
law and public. Nor can they, with a due
regard to ultimate consequences, try
to steer as near to the line of illegality
as possible without getting into the grip
of the courts. The building trades should
be conducted on the platform that every
man has equal rights. Men whose prop
erty and business interests are protected
by the law should be the last to introduce
the rule of the boycott and blacklist, as
superior to individual rights.
ACTUAL ARTISTIQ VALUE.
'A striking example of the factitious
value attached to a name is presented by
a picture in the possession of Prof. Weil,
of Newark. He bought an old painting
for $100, which is presumably what it was
worth on its merits. But he finds on the
canvas some traces which permit him to
think that possibly the painting maybe
by Kubens. If experts find this to he so,
the painting is worth $100,000; if not its
full value remains at the original figure of
$100.
Yet a moment's reflection will convince
anyone that it is exactly the same work of
art whether it bears Rubens' signature or
not. Exactly the same skill in delinea
tion; exactly the same art in coloring; ex
actly the same evidences of having come
down from another age exist irrespective
of the signature. The fact that the signa
ture alone multiplies the value a thousand
fold indicates that neither art in execution,
nor any of the qualities which go to make
up the picture itself avail so very much.
There is a good deal of the same quality
in all the extravagant prices paid for
uniques, whether tulips, peachblow vases
or old books. The demand which fixes
value not on the merit of the worlc itself,
but on an entirely extrinsic evidence of its
origin, irrespective of its merits, can hard
ly be said to have much appreciation or
any Independent judgment of tbe real
beauties of any art
DISCOTERY OF THE ROOF GARDEN.
The opening of a roof garden in con
nection with another theater in New York
has produced an outburst of enthusiasm
from our esteemed New York cotempora
ries in favor of that feature. It would
seem to be an indisputable proposition
that a roof garden is a very pleasant
variation for the crowded cities during hot
summer evenings, but when we find the
spirit of the movement going the length of
presenting the roof garden as a complete
substitute for the summer in the country
and the abolition of peaked roofs every
where as a relic ot barbarism, there seems
to be a possibility of overdoing the thing.
It can be laid down as a general proposi
tion that a roof garden in the summer
would be a very good tliinpJJloFjthose who
have no way of enjoying 'the genuine
article. As a substitute for paved streets
or stuffy rooms in a hot city the better
circulation and cooler air will be a boon to
many an overheated soul But to tell one
who is accustomed to the dewy freshness
of a genuine country garden or the breezy
coolness of hilltops or spashore, that he
can get any substitute for them from a
hanging garden of the city where the re
fraction from brick walls and metal roofs
lasts past midnight, and where the pre
siding odor is stale beer, is something
worse than offering a stone in plaee of
bread.
New Yorkers or any other city dwellers
who cannot reach cool, windswept hill
tops, or something genuine In the line of
gardens, should invito their souls in the
roof gardens, to the best of their oppor
tunities. But the outburst over the dis
covery of that substitute, as a boon to un
born mankind, contains a strong sugges--tion
that the greatest benefactor will be
he who solves the social problem of trans
planting a large share of the congested
city population to the country, where they
can enjoy something genuine in the shape
of air and verdure.
THE BURDEN OF EUROPE.
A striking picture of the waste of human
life in war is drawn by Camllle Flam
marion, the French writer, In a special
article appearing in this issue of The Dis
patch. The grim statistics of tbe total of
dead bodies, dismembered limbs and
wasted blood, which the European wars
of the century have produced, should be
sufficient to inspire in the next century a
determination to beat swords to plow
shares, and to melt down Krupp guns for
pacific machinery.
Yet the enumeration of the loss of life
and limb by war, although tbe most horri
ble, does not give the whole of its burden
upon humanity. The men who are slaugh
tered in the wars of ambition and policy
are at least emancipated from further
suffering. But the waste of money in war
wrung from the taxation of the masses
represents a vast sum of human toil and
suffering without any gain. Every-dollar
of taxation in Europe represents a
day's labor for the average toiler,
and the hundreds of millions In,
taxation spent by the European
powers for the purposes of war represents
the labor of tens of thousands of. lives,
wholly apart from the lives devoted to
actual service in the armies. Labor which
improves the condition of the workman it
again, but labor which is swallowed up
by public burdens is a loss of life, much
slower "but just as sure as the loss of
life in battle. Considering that the ex
penditure for the purposes of war goes on
In Europe whether there is war or not, It
is a matter of demonstration that the waste
of human life in the labor necessary to
sustain the burden of war is even greater
than the actual destruction of life and
limb in battle. '
The cruel part of all this is that theVwars
of the century have been in great measure
unnecessary. The loss of blood and treas
ure in a war to maintain a great principle,
or to defend tbe people against the in
cursions of savage foes, earns its own just
ification. But when we are confronted
with the fact that nineteen-twentietbs ot
the loss in war and the burden of warlike
expenditures are in wars caused by .ambi
tion or monarchical policy, the conclusion
places the age but a step or two above
feudal barbarism.
It would be natural to suppose that the
nineteenth century could before its close
have percaived the great boon to the
masses of removing this terrible burden
by establishing pacific and reasonable
means of settling International disputes.
But as that step toward true civilization
would do away with the pretext on which
the military establishments of Europe are
maintained, we shall have to look to the
next century for the emancipation of the
people from the grinding load of war and
warlike policy.
PLAYGROUNDS IN THK PARK.
While Schenley Park is young and un
formed it is well to consider how it can be
used in part for the public benefit In
this connection The Dispatch suggests
that it would be well for the city authori
ties to devote- a small portion of park
acreage to a public playground. This is a
purelv practical suggestion, for the plan
is in successful operation in nearly all the
cities where the nature"bf "the parks will
permit
For many years the people of Brooklyn
have used beautiful nooks in Prospect
Park for lawn- tennis, archery and other
outdoor pastimes which do not require
much space. In other portions of the
park are baseball, football and cricket
grounds which can be had on application
to the park authorities. These grounds
are used by the young, people at will for
ordinary exercise, and if a formal
match game of some sort is on, the park
police keep the peace, protect the umpire
and help the canoe along generally. The
same applies to Druid Hill Park in Balti
more, Fairmount Park in Philadelphia, the
Common in Boston, Central Park in New
York and to several of the parks in Lon
don and Pans.
It has been the experience of those in
charge of the parks that the outsidepublic
is, a great admirer of out-of-door pastimes
and does not obtrude itself In a disagree
able manner. There can readily be ar
rangements made in Schenley Park for
the preparation of a tract for use. There
can be tennis courts and other quieter
games by themselves and at some distance
from the noisier and more public sports.
If Chief JBigelow will talk to some of
those who take an active interest in our
amateur organizations he can get practical
suggestions which at a trifling cost can be
put into practice even this year. Some
kind of inexpensive pavilion can be erected
in which are lockers and dressing rooms
for rental and which will serve as head
quarters for those who take part in the
games.
There is a very large portion of the com
munity which has no lawns nor play
grounds of its own and it is the duty of
the city's officers to try paternal govern
ment in a mildform.
Under the significant circumstances the
form of Mr. Blaine's signature to his letter
resigning the office of trust to which he was
appointed Dy President Harrison, that "I
have the honor to be. very respectfully, your
obedient servant," serves to strikingly bring
to mind the observation of Sir Edmund
Burke, the great English statesman, tbat
'I have seen very assuming letters signed,
Tour most obedient, humble servant.'"
As a sweet leaven in the daily bread next
week will come the girl in white muslin wno
talks of Greece and Borne and things.
Harbison's chagrin at the palpable
meaning of Blaine's summary resignation
should be soothingly palliated by the fact
that tbe vacant Secretaryship will make a
luscious plum for oneorotheroftho remark
able diplomatists whose return to home and
country coincided so curiously with the
approach of the struggle to retain office.
Loudness in ladies is always to be
deprecated, but the summer girl must
always be accompanied by a iacket.
The man who in all ingenuousness strives
to make the reports of rival correspondents
at Minneapolis tally with one another, un
dertakes n Job tbat will drive him to either
a lunatic asylum or an early grave. He
might Just as well attempt to square any cir
cle other than those political ones designed
expressly for being squared. .
"Uneasy lies the head that wears a
crown," and grandfather's hat is incom
patible with poaceful slumber.
Blaine and Cleveland as strong favor
ites, with long odds against tho dark horses
of the field, Is about tbe summary of the
present feeling on tbe chances of the Presi
dental racers. Tne man who is not certain
that he knows the winner is hardly to be
found outside tbe wiseacres of the lunatic
asjlums. "
Coal is much more likely to be piped as
manufactured fuel gas than as a powdered
and watered semi-liquid.
Beat, romantic robbers wear1 masks to
conceal their Identity, 'and there'' seem to be
moio than enough of them around Just now.
Ladies with any pretension, to style wear
veils to keep their faces warm ana enhance
their charms, and they are at present even
more numerous than the masked robbers.
Habbison wants a second term, but it
now seems probable that he will have to'put
up with a life sentence.
There are cases in which Pittsburg can
show examples of squalid wretchedness
which compete successiully for the supreme
degree of miserly inhumanity witu the
worst of London's tenement dens. This Is
matter in whieh decency and common sense
both call loudly for reform.
Philadelphia must feel dizzy, she
now leads Pittsburg in the baseball per
centages. .
Genebal Miles is experimenting on
the use of bicycles for military purposes,
but it takes the enterprise of two Sharps
butg boy?, tliirteen and fourteen years old
respectively, to establish a private system
of mall delivery and collection between two
wheels.
There is no name like Blaine for enthns-
nation and mating campaign
Ip all national business were transacted
with the terseness of expiession and the
promptness of execution which character
ized Blaine's resignation and its acceptance,
affairs would progress more rapidly anu
with less expense (ban they generally do.
Ant one desiring exercise has ample
opportunity for it in political parades now.
Most of the estimates of the voting sup
port of .various aspirants sent out from
Minneapolis are arrived at by a system or
mental calculation in which desire over
rides the ordinary rules of arithmetic.
What Chicago grain operators seem to
need is a harmless and sore corn care.
Boston gave our ball players beans yes
terday. Bat anyone pan afford to be beaten
by superb and unrivaled Boston in anything
from a knowledge of psychology to the noble
art of self-defense.
The chief
acenter.
weather man it the storm
The "garrison leaders have said, their
chief is sinp of nomination "because Mr.
Blaine will not accept." Now they say
Harrison will -Win because Blaine will ac
cept "
Blaine's resigned. So am L B. M.
If the weather to-day be aa warm as that
of yesterday, worship will be more popular
nnder the blue dome of heaven than under
the roofs erected by man.
PERSONAL NOTES.
Secbetaey Tract left Washington yes
terday for New York to be gone a few days.
Colonel John E. Tagoabt, proprietor
of Taggan's Times, Philadelphia, is danger
ously ill at his home at Grubb's Landing-,
Del.
Mrs; Habbison continues to improve in
health. Dr. Gardner, her pbyslolan, said
yesterday that Frjday was the best day she
bad spent In three weeksl
Colonel W. B. Kejiey, Judge Advo
cate General of tbe Navy, was placed on the
re tiled list yesterday with the rank of
Colonel in the Marine Corps.
Archbishop Ireland, of St Paul, is
facetiously referred to as tbe "consecrated
bllzzara." This is because of his faculty of
getting there ana freezing to the point.
Peof. John B, McMastek will retain
the Chair of American History at the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania, having declined
the offer of the Presidency of the Universi
ty of Illinois.
Mrs. James Brown Potter and Kyrle
Bellew, who opened at the Shaftesbury
Theater in London, Wednesday night, in
"Hero and Leander," have met with un
favorable criticism.
At a meeting of the trustees of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania, held In Philadel
phia yesterday, it was decided to remove
Prof. Robert Ellis Thompson from tbe John
Welsh Chair or History.
Hermann Koedeb, who died a few days
ago in Lisbon, was formerly the tutor of
Queen Maria II. Boeder was born in Saxony,
but went to Portugal in 1650 as professor of
German in one of the colleges.
Hon. George I". Hoar, Mrs. Hoar and
W. W. Rice, of Massachusetts; ex-Congressman
Patrick Collin and Leopold Morse, of
Boston; John M. Francis, of Troy, N- Y., and
Colonel Dumont, of Washington, 'are now
in London.
Secretary Blaine, prior to resigning
his office, was at the State Department sev
eral hours yesterday In conference with the
Canadian Commission on the subject of tbe
trade relations between the United States
and Canada. J
The Empress of Japan only appear in
public, clothed in the garments of her native
country, about onoo a year. On other occa
sions she wears tbe sweetest things tbat
Parisian artists can bnild for her, and looks
well in them.
AKATEUE THEATBI0AL8 BOASTED,
Other Features of Modern life Denounced
by the Beformed Presbyterians,
MAXsrnxn, 0 June 4. Special. The
General BafornicdPresbytorian Synod being
held in this city, has been devoid of any
thing of general inteiest nntll to-day, when
the report on the woman's right question
was read. This report drew out a discus
sion which showed a vast difference of opin
ion. Other reports were read declaring
against secret societies and deoiding against
any memhers entering tbe World's Fair
f rounds if the gates are to he opened on
nnday, or if intoxicating liquors a;e to be
sold on the grounds.
The report on Sabbath schools showed an
excellent condition of work, and recom
mended that increased efforts be made to
have the childien orgainize mission schools.
Tia report depiecated tbe growing tendenoy
to amateur theatricals, and condemned their
introduction among children, eaying tnat
the giving of undne prominence to so-called
festivals of Christmas and Easter is merely
the revival of a dead formalism.
WHAT HABBISOH BEAD.
The Note of Blaine Conveyed a Double
Meaning to the President,
President Harrison acted very quickly
on the lesignation of Secretary Blaine. Per
haps he read in it what the capitalized let
ters in the following copy convey:
' Depabthext ot Statx, I
Wabhiitotot, June 1, 1832. (
To the President.
I respectfully beg le A.ve to subAOCtt my
resignation of THE offips of Secretary
of otAte of the Ujvited States to which I
was appointexj by you on the fifth Tay
of MVrch. 1SS9. Tbe condiTion of public
businXSss in the Department Of State
justifies me in requesting THat my
resignation may be accepted Imme
diately. Iliavstbe lionoR To be
Yer"V respectfully,
YOUr oBJSdienT servant,
JAMES G. BLAINE,
Or to be brief, this was the contents as
Harrison read it:
I am the candidate of the party, yon betl
James G. Blaise.
A Doll Visit for the Juvenile Queen.
Boston Herald.
Poor little Queen Wilhelmlna, of the
Netherlands, aged 11, is having a hard time
of it reviewing the German troops at Pots
dam. However, as she is graciously per
mitted to romp on tbe lawn between whiles
with the German crown prince, aged 10, per
haps her dimlnuitive highness may manage
to pull through without getting cross.
Score One for the Heiress.
New York Commercial Advertiser.
' Score one for the Cincinnati heiress who
has smiled upon an American physician and
relected a Count all the way from Europe.
What will our Four Hundred say!
POK SECOND PLACE.
Texas Bepnblicans want Harrison and
Fassett. Kansas Cily Times. '.
The ticket will be Blaine and Alger if it be
Blaine at all. Chicago Herald.
I Morton refuses to pay the freight for
the Harrison dynasty, why not nominate
Wanamakert St, -touts Republic.
It would be well to pnt either Bnsk or
Dodge on the Republican National ticket
with Mr. Blaine or Mr. Harrison. Louisville
Courier-Journal.
Soke or the Blaine men say that "Blaine
and Sherman" would make a good ticket.
"Sherman and Blaine," however, would be
fully as good. SL Louis Onite-DtmocraL
Busk Is enjoying another little Vice Presi
dental boom. Some of tne Blaine shonters
think tbe Secretary would make a capital
running mate in harness for their favorite
BottonOlobe.
BT the time that Minister Lincoln reaches
upper quarantine be may find himself allied
with James G. Blalnek on the Presidental
ticket of his party, 'plajne and Lincoln"
would be an lrreslstlblaoomblnatjon. jr. T.
Qopimerciol-ldftrtittrt
ing the
rhymes.
A PITTSBURG SHEAF.
Short Stories Harvested In Town The Bine
Cloud Over the Bleachers Dr.HolIand's
Sprnmer Work and ?lay This City as a
Diamond Market.
On any fairly calm day if you look over
the ball field from the boxes above the
grand stand at Exposition Park, you will see
a cloud of blue smoke hanging oyer the
bleach.er At first, especially V the Plug
burg team is playing a yellow game, yon
may be inclined to believe that profanity
has made the air; blue above the bleachers,
but a closer examination will reveal tne fact
that the smoke proceeds from a forest of
tobies and cigars. It is true tbat when the
gamp is going against our home heroes the
cloud becomes denser. Yon know how
furiously most smokers puff when per
turbed in mind.
There is another thing about the bleachers
which cannot be, so easily explained. On
ordinary days, as' any tegular attendant at
the ball games must have noticed, the right
field bjechers,and also the right-hand Wing
Of the grand stand, are preferred. On holi
days, for some unsorutable reason, the left-'
field bleachers fill un first. This was. no
ticeable at the morning game on Decoration
Day. At both games on that day it was also
noticeable that nobody seemed to care about
going into the triangular pen in center field.
Having paid SOpents they apparently pre
ferred standing upon the field to sitting in
the seats of the lowly 25 centers, whieh were
therefore given up to a few small boys with
less pride.
Why Be Prefers Coal to Gas.
A Pittsburg manufacturer who has had
for soma yearsampro or less regular sup
ply of natural gas at his mills, from his own
wells, said to me yesterday: "I am not ore
paied exactly to say that I have lost money
by using gas, but when I think of the
anxiety as well as tbe costliness of drilling
wells I'm not sorry that clroumstances are
compelling me to return to coal. Granting
the conyenience, and divers advantages, of
a gas supply drawn from yprr own wells, I
really think tliat it isn't worth the bother of
netting, ir it were only the money, though
$3,000 or $4,000 is quite a sum, that one lost In
a diy hole, H would he bad enough, but
there's time and peace of mind as well.
Now I order my coal. It comes In carloads
in my works, and I know what my fuel is
going to cose me for a year ahead with
something like certainty. The manufact
urer who goes into the gas producing busi
ness becomes a gambler, and for this reason
if for no other fbe leturn of Pittsburgh in
dustries to a oaal basis will be a blessing.
Ir. Holland's Well-Earned Holiday.
The work which Dr. Holland has done
since he became President of the Western
University no one outside can properly ap
preciate. In the University itself the results
of that work are very plainly apparent, and
1 hoar on all sides, from professors as well
as young menwboate. being licked into
shape "there, nothing but praise for Dr.
Holland. It is no easy-task to carry out the
programme which Dr. Holland has under
taken, and it is teeing upon him. This
summer he wisely proposes to try an entire
change of scene, but he will not cease
work he cooldn't but will merely vary it.
Meeting blip the other night in the lobby or
the Duquesno Theater for Dr. Holland was
one of tbe many clergymen I noticed in tho
audience which saw the Tuesday Night
Club give a capital performance of "Diplo
macy" he told me that this summer he in
tended crossing over to London in order
that he might spend some time at the Ken
sington Museum. 1
"1 wish to comparo ray collection of Afri
can butterflies with the one in the Kensing
ton Museum." said Dr. Holland, "and to re
vise my classification of the little known
lepidoptera or the Dark Continent, by the
light of tbe latest discoveries."
The advantage of a sea voyage to a busy
man, even when it is no longer than tbe
trans-Atlantic steamers' now make the trip
from New York to Liverpool, is that
on board ship it is next to impossible for the
mind to boss the body. The poker players
Jn the smoke room may be said to keep their
mentality uppermost, but the majority of
passengers find that the stomach rules if
they are seasick by means tbat need not be
dwelt upon, if they are good sailors by keep
ing them on thp qui vIt for the gong which
sounds the tocsin for rrAiis.
Diamond-Studded Labor.
"Pittsburg is the best market for dia
monds at retail in the United States," said a
man who Is a broker.?, pre'clous stones to
me yesterday, "It has .been for some time.
The reason for this is the large number of
people of the middle class I mean the mid
dle class in regard to wealth who are locat
ed here. So many men get big wages in tbe
mills and manufactories, and it is to them
that I sell most of my diamonds. They buy
diamonds inpieference toother things of
large value, I take it, because they know
they can easijy get their money back for
them. Diamonds do not fluctuate, and they
sell for what they are worth. They cannot
get soiled or worn, and if yon buy a good
diamond to-day for t200, for instance, yon
have a reasonable assurance that you can
sell it again fivo years hence for as much as
you gave for it. Yon hear of men in my
trade selling diamonds on the condition that
if ever the pui chaser wants his money back
he can get it by paying only 8 per cent in
terest per annum to the man from whom he
bought them."
By chance tbe other day I encountered a
diamond salesman lor a wholesale houe,
and was shown his method of carrying
stock. First bt all, the salesman unbuttoned
bis vest and dtew from it a large pocket
book, something like the satchel used by
bank messengers. In thi? receptacle were
the gems, each wrapped securely in its en
velope of solt tissue paper. There were
Jewels worth $230,000 there. At night if he
stopped at a hotel the pocketbook, securely
wrapped and sealed, went into the safe.
"You do not often hear of diamond rob
beries, that is, from tiavellng men," he
said, "because, in the fiist place, the men
ohosen for this work are exceptionally te
llable and steady in their habits; and, sec
ondly, because they never take out their
goods from their strong vault inside the
vest, and, thirdly, because It is generally
known that they carry revolvers and know
how to use them."
Literature and Liquor.
"It is curious," said a wholesale liqnor
dealer on tbe Soutbslde, "what a variety or
wrappers come around the bottles, Jogs and
demijohns that customers bring to be filled
at our store. There aie newspapers in nil
Ianguase3 and from almost all civilized
countries; French, German, .English, Iilsh
and Polish as well as American. Now and
then we get an Anarchist sheet, and by way
of contrast a page or f o of a Presbyterian
weekly. Tho. other day I was astonished to
lecoznize the Declaration of Independence
as I unrolled a quart bottle which was to be
filled with good old Monongahela. The
prcciouB document had evidently been torn
from a roller, upon which it had hung as an
ornament to some patriot's parlor. I was
sorry to see it, too." Hirnmts Johhs.
ON A FLOATING ISLAND.
Captain Torrey's Remarkable Experience
in the Pacific OCBin.
Seattle, Wash., June 4. Captain George
W. Torrey, of the fishing schooner "Alice,"
reports that his boat was almost run down
by a floating island in the Paciflo Ocean, off
Cape Flattery. The Captain and crew went
on it and made a partial exploration. There
were a hut and a small farm on tbe island
and other signs of habitation, although
there were no sUns of life.
"My vessel got cauaht," said Captain
Torrey. "I was prepaied to find several fat
hogs and water. All the islands in the Straits
have very abrupt shores, but I was electri
fied to find the lino playing out fathom after
fantbom and still had no bottom. At last I
held the line In my hand, and, although
there were SO lathomsof it over the side,
the lead was not.restlng on the bottom. We
broke loose as soon as we could and suc
ceeded in getting away without losing any
men, although two had narrow escapes from
drowning."
NEIGHBOES PINO THEY'RE BB0THEK3.
A. Bomaneo rf 60 Years Finds Its
De-
nourment la the Indian Territory.
Gctsbie, Okxa., J.me 4. A strange story of
the reunion of two brothers alter a separa
tion of 69 years' comes ft om the sparsely
settled Indian country east of here. George
Soott left his home in Tennessoe 69 years ago,
and owing to some trouble changed his name
to George Mitchell. After wandering about
for some time he settled in the Indian terrl.
tory, where he has since lived, married and
1 eared a family.
ooveral years ago his brother moved to the
territory and settled on a farm three miles
distant. All this time, un til a lew days ago.
the brothers who were acquainted as neigh
bors, did not know of 'their -relationship to
eaoh other, which was discovered ry talking
over old times in their former homo.
CONVENTION NEWS.
The
Plspatch Wfll, a TJsiia', Have
the
Best and Brightest Reports.
The DisrATCH.whlch was the first upon the
field of Presidental action at Minneapolis,
will continue to furnish the most elaborate,
diversified and non-partisan reports of the
work and gossip prior to and during the Be
publcan National Convention.
Besides assigning the best reporters on
onr staff to look after the local end of the
proceedings. The Dispatch has secured Mr.
George atbed Towhsesd f"Galh") to
sketch tbe features of each day's doings un
til tbe close of the convention. In
addition, The Dispatch will be served
by a special staff composed of tbe
best writers on the 'leading Jour
nals of the conntry. By 'this co-operative
arrangement Tax Dispatch will secure all
the inside and outside information, which
will be carried quickly over its leased wires
and given to the publio at the earliest hour
every morning.
Tbe Dispatch also has at its command the
elaborate lenorts of the Associated Press,
which has made extensive preparations for
covering the routine work of tbe great gath
ering. Patrons of Tbe Dispatch will get every
thing from all sides and in good shape.
A NEW TIN-PLATE MACHINE.
Invention of at Philadelphia Which Tarns
It Oat in a Continuous Bo)!. ,
Prom Hardware.
Amachine for the manufacture of tin-plate
has Just been put into successful operation
by the American Tin-Plate Machine and
Manufacturing Company, of Philadelphia,
the Invention of Samuel Y. Bnckman, of tbat
city. A feature of this machine is that it
turns ont the plate in a long roll, making a
perfect loock or tbe sheets.
The machine is SO feet lqng and four feet
wide. Black steel sheets, 10 feet long and 20
inches wide, are taken from a pickle which
lemoves all rust, and fed into one end of tbe
maobine, passing through the different pro
cesses of cleaning, dipping and soldering
together, coming out finally at the other
end a continuous roll, of plate. The sheets
are obtained from Pittsburg, being made
specially for this machine. American sheets
have to be used, on account of the unusual
length necessary. After being fed into the
machine, the sheets are carried along by
rolls passing first nnder two brushes, which
by the use of sand scour the topof the sheet.
Further, on two more brushes scour the
nnder side of tho sheets. They then pass
between sprays of water, whioh give a final
cleaning. Tlnee steam, or felt rolls, sur
rounded by steam Jackets, next come In con
tact with the plates, bringing them to any
degree of moisture desired, and preparing
tnem for coating.
Before passing into thq flux, the ends of
sheets come under the action of an ungeni
ons device which makes compact seams,
from this point the sheet becomes contin
uous, passing, by means of a series of rolls,
through a flex box containing oil flux, and
then tbrougn the metal in the pot, which is
covered with palm oil. The seams are
soldered by the metal, the two operations
being performed at once. After leaving the
pot the plates pass between rolls which are
adjustible, partly regulating the thickness
ui wo cuuiing. At present tne continuous
sheet of metal passes from the pots to tbe
second story, hetwe-n a final set of rolls
which fix the seams firmly, and a shear that
cuts it Into desirable lengths No boxes
will be used, the intention being to sell tho
tin in rolls of suitable length. Two men are
required to handle the machine p'roper, and
tlie complement Is six men, one of them a
skilled mechanic. The minimum capacity
of the machine Is stated to be 100 boxes a
day of ten hours, the product of five stacks
operated bv the old method, when the sepa
rate plates have to be dipped successively
into the wash, flux and metal bath.
It is claimed that this machine can turn
out tho highest grade of plate, as well as tbe
lowest, and, by changing the temperature in
the metal pot and regulating the rolls
through whieh the plates pass after leaving
tbe pot, tbe thickness of the metal 'desired
can be put on. The seams are far better
than can be made by hand, and the strips
aro as straight as it is possible to make
them. It is their purpose to use in this ma
chine only American black Sheet iron, and
they are now waiting upon Pittsburg for
sheet iron, when the maobine will be put to
work, and, in all' probability, a new era in
fbe tin business
will be opened.
MANY ICEBEBGS AT SEA
Steamships Arriving at New Yorlt Report
the Atlantic Fall or Them.
New York, June 4. The reports of incom
ing steameis during the past week show an
unusually large number of Icebergs drifting
about tbe Atlantic These icy monsters are
becoming a great menace to tbe trans
atlantic liners, for they are directly in the
path usually followed by the big liners at
cms season 01 tne year, as a consequence
of this prevalence of Ice tbe cautious navi
gators are making unusually long trips, for
they steer a very southerly course to avoid
bumping into one of the derelicts from the
Polar regions.
The log or the Inman liner, City of Berlin,
which arrived yesteiday evening, shows
how dangerously close to the transatlantic
path the icebergs are hovering just at
piesent. On tbe afternoon of May 31, ahont
5 45 O'clock, the Berlin was in latitude 60.20,
longitude 42 15. it was a clear and pleasant
evening. Mostly all the passengers were on
deck. About S o'clock the ar became very
chilly and tbe temperature of the water was
very low. Captain Land at once scented
icebergs and steered a more southerly
course in the hODe of avoiding them. About
6 o'clock, only a few miles to the north, a
towering double-pinnacled berg was sighted.
Tbe rays of the sinking sun gllsteued upon
it, and iu the distance the peaks looked like
.cathedral spires. The berg was fully 200
feet high and about 600 feet long. The sun
lit monster was within full view of the
passing ship, and was looked at with ad
miring eyes by the Berlin's passengers.
Twenty minutes later another berg was
sighted on a direct line with the first. Be
tween 8 and 8.30 o'clock four bergs were
sighted. None of them wasless than 100 feet
high and 300 feet long. All were in a good
state of preservation and looked as though
tbey would be able to drift about ior some
time All of these bergs were dlreotly in
the westward track of steamers.
The Rayitan Dixon, from Jgysund, a Swed
ish port, also encountered some bergs. She
snv. two on May 23 in latitude U, longitude
48. lhey, too, were of Immense size. The
Werlsendam, from Kntterdam, sighted on
May 80, in latitude 43.83, longitude 47 50. a
berg measnring 200 feet high and .600 feet
long. The same day tie Werlsendam paused
through a lot of broken ice, and also sighted
a piece about SO feet high.
Congressmen' Becord Beaten.
New York Recorder.
All but 19 memheis of Parliament went to
the Derby. Tbat beats the record 'of tbe
House of Representatives. v
DEATHS HJiKE. AND ELSEWHERE.
James Morgan, Mechanical Engineer.
James Morgan, formerly of the Southside,
died yesterday at his residence in Sbasrslde after
a lingering illness. Mr. Mo rg&ii was well known
on the Soutbslde, bavlng been superintendent at
Jones & Laughllns' Iron and steelworks formally
years and ex-Conncllman for the Tnenty-flfth
ward. He was a man of considerable Inventive
powers, having orlgnated several labor-saving ma
chines. He was a member of the American Instl
tuteof Mechanical Ennlneers, American Institute of
Mining Fnglneers, Society of Meclianlcal infcln
ecrs of Western Pennsylvania, and the Iron and
Steel Institute ofGreat Britain. He was also con
nected with the Staionlc fraternity, being a mem
ber ofMUnor Lodge. Commander? No. 1. Knights
Tempi tr. Scpttlsli Rites and Mystic Shrine. Me
was also a charter member of Zeno Lodge,
I. ). O. F., and Knights of Prthlas.
Hewas a representative welshmanaudastanch
Republican, and one of the promoters of St.Davld's
Society in Pittsburg.
Mrs. William C, Coffin.
Jane M., wife of William C, Coffin, one of
Allegheny's oldest citizens, died on Krldarmorn-
r Ink at 1:30, afti-r a continuing and painful Illness of
1-1 iiiuubiis. one was Dorn in wescmaieiana couiuv
October 7, 1S27. ahe Imd been lor life a member of
the First U. P. Church of Allegheny, ami a most
devoted and patient Christian. Besides her hus
band, she leaves to mourn her three duhters and
one son in Allegheny and a son in San Francisco.
Three brothers alio survive her, Joslah and Sam
uel Osborne, of tola cltv, and Albert Osborne, of
Dallas, rex.
John W. Hreker.
John W. fereker died Friday afternoon at his
home on Liberty strtet, Allegheny. He was the
first President or the Concordia Brotherhood, and
swell-known man In Allegheny, lilt lnurnient
will take place to-morrow morning in St. Mary's
Cemetery, alter the celebration of high mass at St.
Mary's Churchy
i Andrew It. Kerr.
Supervisor Andrew B. Kerr, of the Alle
gheny Valley Koad, died Frldar night at bis homo
at Johnston Station, aged 87 years. ,JIe was the
oldest employe in the service of the company,
connectlug himself with the road in 135L His
funeral services take place to-morrow.
TALK OP THE TIME.
At the sale of the Borghese art treas
ures tbe other day they found a Bubens
Which had been stolen from tbe publio
gallery of one of the Italian cities, 1 do not
'recall which. About the same time the
papers had a story of the purchase of a
platnre from a New York barber by a New
Jersey connoisseur, which bears the "P. P.
E.'! signature, and which is. said to show
marks of being genuine.
This recalls the fact that in one of the
pldest residences in Pittsburg there are two
pictures, portraits; if my memory is not at
fault, which have been declared to be the
work of Peter Paul Rubens by such a
critic as Sjtanley Belnhart. The owners of
the pictnres are themselves well informed
on matters of art, and they are firmly of the
opinion that Bnbens painted them. I am
told tbat tbe pictures are really wonderful
examples of color and detail and are good
enougn in themselves to be cared tor on
their own merits without regard to the
artlsf. Like a good many other art treas
ures which are stowed away in this city, few
know of them and there is no desire on the
part of their owners to give them to the pub
lic for examination.
Nationality in Footwear.
An English acquaintance of mine said
to me the other day: "When you Americans
take np a fad you run it to death. Now take
the brown boot craze as an example. En
glishmen have been wearing what they call
boots and-you call shoes, made of brown
Russia leather, for years for outing wear.
The real thing made by a good London boot
maker cos.ts a good deal of money as such
tningsgo iromiio toijsa ptir. iney are
always of tho same color although they may
vary in shape and style. They are worn as
dust shoes, at tbe races or for out of door
events in dry weather and when tbe grass is
not wet with dew. The least touch of water
spots real Bussla leather boots ajid makes
them of a mongrel, dingy, dark color. Over
here the brown shoe is made of all sorts of
leathers and shades, from light brown
to dark purple, and they are worn on
all daylight occasions and in all sorts
of weather. Our wet weather or seaside
shoes are of canvas or chamois skin, whit
ened with pipe clay, and can be soaked In
water without losing either color or shape.
You can have your shoes "pipe-clayed" just
as you have other kinds polished and they
aie always neat and tidy to look at. The
distinctive difference between the dress of
tbe two nations is tbat the English bave
more things to wear, but in the end tbey
cost less because they are only worn on suit
able occasions."
Pittsburg Has Plenty of money.
They say there is little doing in the
Staple lines of trade this spring, but from
tbe talk money seems plentiful for tbe sum
mer outing. I hear of mora people from,
and about Pittsburg who are going to Europe
than any year before. Besides those who
cross the ocean, tbe home vacation bids fair
this year to outdo recent summers. If
seems to be in the air earlier than usual and
it is hard to find a family tbat is not figuring
on what is called a "rest," but is in reality
a hustle.
Ard then another indication of plenty of
cash is the way tho people ore dressing. I
have never seen Pittsburg crowds as well
dressed and as apparently prosperous as
they are now.
Origin or Political Slang.
The Hon. "William Flinn, ot the rather
well-known Arm of Booth & Flinn, and who
occasionally has a word to say on local
political affairs, is, among other things, a
coiner of, phrases. One of bis happiest
efforts in tbat direction was minted last
summer, when, in alluding to a local politi
cian who had once been friendly to the
Senator, Jmt had forsworn his allegiance on
obtaining an office, he said the man in ques
tion had "gone north." ThU has passed into
local currency, and is frequently beard. It
is almost needless to add that it signifies a
Jonrneyto the chilly polar regions, where
they say tbe memory ot man is impaired by
tbe low temperature.
In passing, it may be said that Senator
William has had occasion to use tbe phrase
with more or less frequency since it was
originated.
Utilizing Oar Throe Hirers.
I do not believe there is a city in the
world that gets as little amusement out of
its adjacent waterways as does Pittsburg.
Within ten years local aquatics from' a
sporting point of view bave dried up and
collapsed, and in their stead there has arisen
no pleasure seeking on citner of our three
rivers. The country along the Allegheny
and Monongahela is about as little known; to
the average Plttsburger except such as can
be canght on tbe wing from tbe window of a
railroad car as the banks of the Oxus. Both
rivers are wonderfully supplied withnatural
beauties, and either would make the fortune
or a small European state or tbe English
connties through which it ran.
Instead of swarming with pleasure craft
the rivers are given over to Sunday excur
sions to nowhere in particular and bathing
honses. Why don't tbe athletic associations
turn their attention to boating, as tbe Phila
delphia's do? P. L. W.
LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONING.
An Understanding Between the Bell Com
pany and Western Union.
New Tonx, June 4. The American Bell
Telephone Company, by an arrangement
with tbe Western Union Telegraph Com
pany, made in November, 1679, was not to be
interfered with In tbe running of longdis
tance and other telephones, and in return
was to pay over to the Western Union Tele
graph Company a certain proportion of the
enormous profit secured by the exorbitant
telephone rentals charged the public. The
telephone people districted out their right
to many local companies, taking big blooks
of stock in these subsidiary concerns. The
telegranh company asked for a share of
these slocks as profits, but the telephone
company classed them aa investments and
refused to-ray over the ?5,0a0,000 to $19,000,000
worth of stock demanded, and a lawsuit was
therefore opened in the United States Court.
Testesday came the surprising bit of news
tbat tho Western Union had asked and ob
tained a ruling from United States Judge
Colt for the dismissal of tbe suit without
prejudice on payment of oosts. Attorney
Fearons, of the Western Onion, said yester
day that this step did not change tbe status.
He declined to ay why the step was taken,
except that it was not because the Western
Union didn't think it was entitled to the
money. Whether there wonld be a renowal
of tho suit in some other form rested with
the board or directors ofthe Western Union.
It the Boll Telephone Company should ap-
Seal from Judge Colt's ruling, the Western
nion Company might be compelled to go
on and take the decision on tho prcsont
case. It Is genorally thought in Wall street
that the Western Union and the Dell Tele
phono people have got together In soma
plan for continuing tholr monopoly of wire
communication in-thls country.
THE EEF03MAT0EY EXONERATES.
Governor Pnttlson deceives the Keport of
the Board or Charities.
Habrisburq, June 4. The report of tho.
Board of Charities on the investigation intq
tbe charges against the Huntingdon Re
formatory, preterrea by Senator Osborne,
has been received by Governor Paulson,
The report, which is signed by James B.
Scott, George W. Ryan and George W. Starr,
states that the management of the institu
tion has been well maintained, and is honest
and competent.
Criticism is made of the fact that when
improper punishment has been inflicted no
records liavobeoo kept of the circumstances.
Deputy Superintendent Smith fs found to bo
competent and well tltted for tbe position he
occupies. Tho Hoard recommends enlarged
facilities for providing education for the
lnu ates or the Reformatory; modification of
the solitary punishment "s'. stem, and the
abolishing of the ball and chain method. It
is also recommended tbat the monitor sys
tem be changed.
A NEW KINK IR HAZING.
The Tlctlra'a Fc?s DeeorJted-Wlth Nitrate
ofSl.ver at a Iioosler Collegr.
GREENCA3TLS, Iso., June 4 There was a
senentlon in college circles yesterday, wnen
a dozen or more studeritsnppeared at chapel
with the marks or n new system of hazing
upon their hair and laces.
They had been taken to the woods during
the night and their faces marked with
nitrate of silver so tbat their nearest friends
would scarcely rccognizo them. There is
great indignation among tho friends of tho
victims.
Mr. Blaine Is Now Forgotten.
Chicago Mall.
In the excitement attending the march to
Minneapolis delegates seem to have over
looked the presence in a far-off New Eng
land town of the Hon. Hank Blair, the man
without an "Instructed."
CDRIOUS CONDENSATIONS.
Wars during the Isst 33 years have eost
2,500,000 men and $3,090,000,000.
PhiladelDhia is the greatest carpet
manufacturing cepter in the world.
A historic collection of raijroad ticket
wmheoaeoft)ie exhibits a tho World's
Ont of the 3,000,000 that Inhabit New
York and Brooklyn only 13,000 own their own
homes.
About 300 organ-grinders arrive In
London every June from Italy, andfeavo
a'ain in October.
The Buffalo directory credits that city
with a resident named Peterje Bmnobziz.
konskekowIowskL
-rAn ancient copper mine, which was
first worked 1,183 years ago, is about to Do
reopenedtn Musashi, Japan.
At Quito, the only city in tbe world on
the line of the equator, the sun rises and sets
at 6 o'clock tbe year round.
An absent-minded Philadelphia barber
tucked a newspaper under bis patron's chin
and gave bim a towel to read.
Of the 328,000 divorces granted in the
United States during the last 30 years, 310,000
werefcranted at the request of wives.
Five wotaen decorators have been en
gaged to design interiors- for new toudoir
cars at Wilmington, Women excel In that
kind of labor.
A. Bangor somnambulist while walking
in his sleep hooked a five-pound black bass
in Lake Chemo and awoke to find himself
struggling in the water.
An old soldier at "Wichita, Kan., re
cently received from the Government S
cents which had been due him without his
knowledge for more than 30 years.
One-third of a tree in Simon Mntchler"i
orchard, near York, Pa., is pink with peaeh
blossoms, a third Is bearing apple blossoms
and the remainder grows good pears.
It is said that negroes in the Sooth ara
making fresh preparations for an exodus on
a large scale to Oklahoma, and it is estimated
tbat before the middle of thia month 13,000
negroes will be on the way.
Umbrellas are rarely used in Aden,
Arabia. Bain has fallen there onlyNtwica In
29 years. Previous to the last rain, which
occurred in 18S3, there was a period of dry
weather which lasted 26 years.
few are aware that the human body
falls asleep by degrees. A French physiolo
gist conceives that the sense of sight sleeps
first, then the sense of taste, next tbe sense
of smell, next tbat of hearing and lastly that
of touch.
A German living at Pottstown, Pa., ate
one dozen angle worms on a wager recently.
He says be learned to eat them when a lad,
and that they are as palatable as raw oysters,
especially when eaten with vinegar, popper,
and salt.
A. recently returned traveler says ha
saw these odd signs displayed in London:
"Thunder & Co ," "J. B. Blaze." "Holrlana.
Floor Heale," "Baldwillle. Treer iCo.,"
"Peace Plenty," "a Heavens" and many
others equally as odd.
Fishing parties in Portland harbor are
meeting with remarkable success. The other
day a conple of anglers hooked what they
supposed to be a lobster pot. and were
greatly surprised to pnll up a bag contain
ing 60 full pints of whisky.
The oldest seaworthy craft in the world
is the Wasp, which was built at Cohoes-on-
the-Hudson in 1312. Once when lying in tbe
North river, her crew mutinied and mur
dered their captain. Tbe murderers were
hanzed. The vessel is now employed in the
granite trade.
-.People who like frequent changes ih
governmhnt may find variety in Mexico.
During the past 62 years that country has
had 54 Presidents, one rezency, and one Em
perorthe unfortunate Maximilian. Nearly
every change of government has been ef
fected by violence.
An enterprising colored man has set np
a summer resort for dogs in New Jersey,
where tbe board is $6 a month for big dogs
and less for little ones. The keeper of tbe
resort has a family of boys whose dntyand
pleasure it is to take the canine hoarders
swimming every day.
Tha the world was inhabited long be
fore authentic history began is now one of
the generally accepted facts. There are
said to be mare than 3,000 prehistoric build
ings in Sardinia-. Tbey are almost all in, the
fertile districts 'and are built in groups
which are separated from one another by
wide and generally barren places.
"What is believed to be tbe largest aero
lite ever known to have fallen from tho
clouds Is lying in the Caspian Sea, near tbe
Peninsnla of Asbemn. In falling it made a
terrific noise and illuminated the conntry
and sea for miles. It projects 13 feet above
water, so enormous is itssize. Scientists are
deeply Interested in the phenomenon.
The largest band sawing machine in the
world has recently been completed in Eng
land and sent to Tasmania. The maobine
can saw through a maximum depth of 79
inches, and the carriage will accommodate
logs 50 feet long and weighing about 60 tons.
It is asserted that this saw cuts even faster
than a circular saw, while wasting 75 per
cent less wood.
The Provident Surgical Society of Lao
don dlstribnted last year 6,223 artificial
arms, legs, teeth and noses. One of the
noses was brought back to be exchanged.
It whs n pronounced Roman nose that had
caused tbe voun? woman to whose face it
had been attached to be unmercifully
chaffed. Sbe was given in place of it a
Eretty little nez retrousse, which seonred
eran offeror marriage.
The origin of the term "White Cap was
not due to tbe peculiar head-dress worn by
this fraternity In Indiana, but to a family in
Ireland who encased in this kind of reform
100 i ears ago, when Ireland was mors popu
lous than now and wben tbe people were not
so harrassad by British mlrnle. The White
caps (not White Caps, two words, as written
in thli country) were a terror to evil-doers,
thrashing them with cat-o'-nine-talls.
There is a frnit grower in Kentucky
who noticed that in three out of five years
his best apples and peaches wenrcilled by
March frost. After trying various experi
ments he hit upon Che idea of digzinga cir
cular trenoh around the roots or eaoh tree,
filling it with pounded snow and loo and
then covering np with n thick strtum of
day. The budding was thus prolonged
until April when all danger of frost was
past.
The onstom of adoption is universal In
Japan, where it is practised to keep a fam
ily name from becoming extinct. Indeed,
there is scarcely a family in which it has
not at some time or other been praotioed.
A person who has no male issue adopts
son, and. If be has a daughter, often gives
her to him in marriage. A y ontb. or even a
child, who may be the head of tbe family,
often adopts, on the point or dying, a son
sometimes older than himself to succeed
him.
TDTIXIC HUMOKEaOTJESL
She I never loved anyone until I met
yon.
Re And I never kissed a girl before in my Ufa,
Alie little Johnnie, who bad been behind the
portiere, tripped softly away whistling, -T am
something of altar mTself." Aio lork Herald.
Upon bis face, erst bright and gay.
The sljrns ofgrlefhave lelt their traces;
He met an old friend yesterday
And got a sure Up on the races.
tew Tor Pret
"Busy now,"said tbe telephone girl wh.
Gabriel blew the last trump. "Ring off. please,
and I'll call you up." Chicago Scu Record.
"You are an ardent Bible student, I be
lieve?" "I study the book a good deal."
'l)o you find It hard to understand""
"Well, I confess there Is one thing in it that pns
zlesme." What Is that?"
"How the writer of tbe Book of Genesis man
aged to find out Sarah's age." Sew Tort Prttt.
The man who comes home after whipping
the stream
All day without getting a bite
Is apt to find out that it's useless to scheme.
And the market Is closed for tbe night.
ffeta lor Evening Sun,
Mabel Isn't it bard to keep a diary?
Amy Yes, Indeed; harder than to keep a secret.
Detroit Free Press.
She laid her head upon his rest,
And next day be was seen
Inquiring for some liquids rare
To take off bandoline.
Sew Tort Herald.
Mr. Snapp How youthful Mrs. Century
looks. She carries her rears so well.
Mrs. SnappHumpbi No wonder, the load is
light. She drops several each blrthday.-CAMOv
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