PP THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH. THURSDAY, JUNE 9. 189E ' Wet ESTABLISHED FEBRUARY 8, 1E46 Vol, 47. No. I"5 Entered at Pittsburg Fostofflce November. 16ST, as second-class matter. Business Office Corner Smithfield and Diamond Streets. News Rooms and Publishing House 7S and 80 Diamond Street, in New Dispatch Building. FATFir ArVnRTIING OFFICE. ROOM 7R. TRIHrNElM'II.niNG. nrVORK, wlierecom- FU te tiles or TI IE DISPATCH can al n avs be tounrt. orelgn advertls-crs appreciate the convenience. Home advertisers and friends of THK DISPATCH, v hlle in New York, are also made welcome. THEDISFATCRis retrularly ansaleat Brentana'. H Vnion Square. Aao JorJfc. and 17 Ave deVOprra. Tang; France, ichere anyone who hat been disap pointed at a hotel newt ttand can obtain it. TEIt.MS OF THE WSPATCH. rOS TAGE TREK IN TOE CXITED STATES. run-v Dispatch. One Tear t R on Dailt DiRPATcn, Per Quarter I no Daily Dispatch. One Month TO Daily Dispatch. Including Sunday, 1 year.. 10 00 Daily Dispatch, Including Sunday, 3m'ths. 2 so Daily Dispatch. Including Sunday, 1 m'th.. 90 EtrxDAY DisPATCn. One Year I SO Weekly Dispatch. One Year 1 25 The Daily DisPATCn Is delivered by carriers at JSccms per week, or. Including Sunday Edition, at rC cents per -reek. rrrrsBuitG. Thursday, juxe 9. ls-e. TWELVE PAGES rATKOSAGE AND THE slrsC.LE Tilt". The spectacle presented at Minneapolis of a force of officeholders representing in the convention and urging upon the party the renomination of the President Tinder the spur of the recollection of past favors and a lively expectation of favors to come, is calculated to inspire deep re flections on the advisability of confining the Presidency to a single term. While President Harrison may be ad mitted to have had-a reasonably successful administration andtohave been personally superior to attack, it is evident beyond dispute that his strength at Minneapolis is made up of placeholders, from Consul Generals down to internal revenue col lectors and postmaster. The contest is the force of patronage against the popular wish; and the power which can be brought to bear by the Presidential patronage against the popular wish is strikingly Illustrated by the fact that up to the present stage of the proceedings the patronage very nearly balances the popu lar demand. The contrast Is all the -more striking when set side by side with the strong declaration of the elder Harrrison against the evils of second term ambition. It is again accentuated when we compare the present use of the offices with the declara tions in favor of civil service reform and the removal of the offices from politics made by General Harrison four years ago. If a man of Harrison's respectability can be induced by the lust for prolonged power to throw aside both family tradi tions and his own pledges in order to bring the full force of patronage to bear for a renomination, what may not be expected in the future if a less scrupulous Presi dent, unhampered either by principles of his own or those of a grandfather, should use the same lever to obtain, not only a second, but a third or fourth term? It will not require many more such ap peals to the appetite of the officebolding element for the creation of a very decided opinion in favor of restricting the Presi dency to a single term. THE CONSERVATIVE COURSE BEST. In our local oolumns to-day the report appears that many of the leaders of the Amalgamated Association are disposed to meet the proposition of the employers by submitting their scale in return and strik ing for it without even a conference. This maybe a response in kind to the belligerent aspect of the manufacturers in submit ting their scale; but it comprises the error of unnecessary antagonism. No side to a wage dispute ever loses any thing by taking all opportunities to bring reason to bear on the situation, and to show its readiness to reach a fair settle ment That reasonable and conservative course requires a conference between em ployers and employed. Beyond that gen eral consideration is there reason to believe that a conference will yield fair results. The manufacturers ask a reduction; and the fact that they make this request in a sweeping and extreme form is not so unusual that tiie association men need make it a subject for especial excitement It is understood that the Amalgamated Associati on is pre pared to recognize th e necessity of a re vision of the scale on the general basis of a ten-per cent reduction. On the other hand, there is reason to believe that the manufacturers 'would accept a considera ble mitigation of what they ask for. If the Amalgamated Association should go to the manufacturers saying: "We cannot consent to this sweeping cut in wages; but we are willing to confer on the plan of a reasonable revision of the scale," there is every reason to think that the question would be amicably settled. If it were not, the Amalgamated men would have lost nothing in the public estimation by such a move. Both for political and business reasons a strike this yar cannot be afforded. The men who take the course calculated to precipitate such a calamity will assume a very heavy responsibility. SILVER MINING METHODS. A very emphatic picture of one way by which money can be made in silvcr.min ing is drawn by the decision in the case of Fox vs. Hayward and others concerned in the management of the Hale & Norcross mine. The court finds that the defendants conspired to defraud the stockholders of the company by'the well-known device of contracts by themselves, or with com panies in which they were cloaked, out of the profits of the mine to the extent of $1,011,835. This, it is to be remembered, was a clear transfer to themselves of that amo'unt of the returns of the mine, en tirely outside of the further proGts to be made by manipulation ot the stock from the inside. It is instructive to find the San Fran cisco Examiner declaring the conspiracy thus disclosed only "followed time-honored rules, and there has hardly been a property on the Comstock lode that has not been in like manner exploited at one time or another for the beneht of some equally unscrupulous." There has been room to suspect something of the sort; but the frank avowal of the fact from a com petent authority may serve to explain the phenomenon which appears In min ing shares, as in other corporate invest ments, that while theoutside public rarely makes anything in mining stocks the man agers are very likely to grow rich while the stockholders get very little. There is another instructive illustration of a peculiar feature of the day in the fact that while the Court declares that a MjeB gigantic fraud has been committed the only result so far is to render a civil judg ment against the men, which will cost them three or four per cent of their wealth. The worship of the Dives Pecuniae would undergo a terrible shock if men worth eight or ten millions were thrown into prison for fraud, even when their fraud has been judicially declared. Only petty thieves, or those whose gigantic plunder has come to wreck, get within the clutches of the criminal law. It "may be that the multi-millionaires will escape criminal prosecution in this case, but if there, is any truth in the al legation of the well-informed Engineering and Mining Journal that the officers of the United States Mint at Carson City were parties to the conspiracy, the public will demand that exposure and punish ment be visited on those unfaithful public servants. THE WAITING GAME. The two days' halt in the progress of the Minneapolis Convention can only be con strued to mean that the politicians on both sides are not half so sure of their votes as they pretend to be. Consequently they tide over from day to day, spending the interval in negotiations, wire-pulling and all the otter methods calculated to win the position from which they will be ready to join battle. The contrast between the claims of the politicians and their actions applies equally to both sides. Either of them, if their claims were good, could have pushed matters to a conclusion yesterday afternoon. The proceedings yesterday were con fined to installing Governor McKinley as Permanent Chairman and to adjourning for another day and night of wire-working. It is certainly to be expected that the convention will get down to active business to-day. If it should not, it will earn the name of the "Do-nothing Con vention" as completely as any of its ex emplars in the list of Congress. The un certainties which seem to surround the political field at Minneapolis leave but one clear certainty which is the unanimity and enthusiasm of the popular demand for Blaine's leadership. Apart from the deduction from the waiting game, the chief significance of yesterday's proceedings, or rather the ao sence of them, is the looming up of a dark horse in the shape of McKinley as a Pres dental possibility if the matter is not set tled by the early ballots. THE REASONABLE VIEW. In his address to the Diocesan Conven tion of the Protestant Episcopal Church, yesterday, Bishop Whitehead took ground on the Sunday opening of the Chicago Exposition practically the same as that indorsed by The Dispatch a few days ago. The Bishop in the remarks reported elsewhere points out that the question is between letting the thousands of people at Chicago enjoy the elevating influ ence of the exhibits, or shutting them out to go to the saloonst and theaters which will be open in the' city. He proposes that the exhibits which require but little labor and attendance, such as the art and agricultural departments, shall be open, while those which would necessitate the employment of many attendants, as the running of machinery and the sale of goods, shall be closed. This course will, he points out, not only permit the public to enjoy the good in fluences of the Exposition, but will afford the best opportunity to reach the mass of visitors by religious exercises on the grounds during Sunday afternoon and evening. The Bishop also makes the strong point that closing the Exposition on Sunday comprises the establishment of a private view on that day for a favored class, as was the case at the Centennial. The course which Bishop Whitehead suggests is in its essential points the same as that proposed by Director General Da vis and indorsed by The Dispatch about three weeks ago. Mr. Davis' proposition contemplated religious services in the music hall of the Exposition; the opening of the art, agricultural, scientific and other exhibits; the shutting down of all ma chinery, and the prohibition of all sales. The only important point of difference is as to the price of admission on Sunday. The view thus presented by the Director General and the Bishop of this diocese is an eminently reasonable one. The course they outline will result in a better observ ance of the Sabbath by thousands attend ing the Exposition than if its gates were closed and the crowds left to spend Sun day in such ways as Chicago gives them opportunity to do. Governor W. Tillman, of South Caro lina, made a sensational speech, on Tuesday In which ho said, that he "as Governor would heatt a party to lynch any no ro that would assault a white woman." So long as peisons so high in official position rive ex pression to such sympathy with lawless methods for dealing with even the most dastardly criminals, so Ions will contempt for constituted authority remain a blot on the fair fame of this country. One is too apt to forget jnst at this time that there is any such thing as a Democratic party. But it is an organization that would become dangerous if overlooked. The record of the nine Republican Na tional Conventions since and including that of lS56shows that the average number of bal lots required to nominate the party candi date UC 8-9, or practically seven. Every in dication at present is that the number of ballots ncceeary to bring the tenth conven tion to a decision will be a good deal below or above the average. If the choice be not made on the first or second vote, it -will probably necessitate a somewhat lengthy scries. , StJKELT the aristocracy of the once ple beian name of Smith is well established now that eight millionaires In New York are found to be known by it. The exigencies of politics were pretty well illustrated when Thomas B. Reed had to come out lor ltlaine; but that issuruassed when a report is beard that Harrison, if ho cannot be nominated, will throw his strength to Gresbara. A year ago Heed did nothing with so much zest as to bite his thumb at Blaine, and for two years after Harrison was elected nothing was more clear than that Gresham was the hated rival. The snecess at Boston was too good to last, and yesterday brought deleat to the Pittsburg nine at the hands of Brooklyn's Wonders. Republican candidates no doubt dis like the suspense from which they suffer while the decision is held up by the Conven tion. But visitors to Minneapolis seomto be thoroughly enjoying themselves, and the city is getting more time in which to dis pense: Its hospitality than it bad expected. If the Harrison contingent had one more Elliott F. Shepard at Minneapolis, whomever he opposed would be nominated by accla mation. American corn is making such sure and swift prugiess as an article of food in Ger many that our maiket is certain of a great enlargement, and the attitude of this coun try in the event of a European war is a mat ter of increasing importance to people on both sides of the Atlantic. It is not altogether astonishing that there should bo too few wires to go around In Minneapolis when the cHy is full of wire pullers. The property owners at Titusville who refuse to let houses for terms of three or fqur months for the accommodation of the homeless stand out in startling and unen viable contrast to the people who are strain ing every effort to relieve the sufferers. Whenever a dam bursts in this neigh borhood there is tlie consolation that one less invitation to catastrophe remains. A New York paper speaks of Hill as. "a withered rose." This Is an entirely mistaken metaphor, as Hill's Presidental remains al together lack the fragrant and romantio aroma which clings to roses long after derftb. It is still hoped that 'the Minneapolis Convention -will complete its work some time before the end of the month. It is to be hoped that the confirmation of Emin's death will not be made a reason for sacrificing other lives in an African expe dition of enlightenment and bloodshed with the professed purpose of recovering his body. TnEKE Is little honor among thieves when pickpockets ply their trade among politi cians at a National Convention. Dark horses seem to have more of a chance to-day than hitherto, and McKinley might do well to provide himself with blinkers as a protection for his eyes if the light should happen to strike him. Gentlemen in authority at Minneapolis are evidently convinced of the fact that "more haste makes less spoed." It is an unsatisfactory feature of the convention systom that the discovery of rivals in the party's choice occasionally involves the selection of a candidate for whom the people did not call. Allegheny is to have a permanent City Auditor, and from all accounts ho will find constant employment. There are many folk who will consider that the strongest argument yet advanced in favor of the Anti-Option bill consist in the emphatic disapproval of It expressed by Wall street brokers. Harrowing stories came from the West ern flooded areas, but plowing was out of the question. Ptrr not off till to-morrow what can be done to-day, and contribute to the relief of the Oil Creek sufferers while contributions are most needed, can do most good and are most highly valued. Pennsylvania's delegates at Minneapo lis appear to be most decidedly a sine Quay non. That Secretaryship of State is still va cant, and it will probably remain so until the Convention now sitting has definitely decided the direction of the Republican wind. PEOPliE OP NOTE. The trouble with his eyesight from which Senator Hoar is suffering is now leported to be more serious than was believed at first. YOUNG Edwin Gould is in supreme charge of the Gould affairs in the absence of his father, Jay Gould, and his elder brother, George J. Gould. The late Cardinal Manning was fond of "tipsy cake" a sweet biscuit soaked In sherry. He never indulged In intoxicants except in this form. TnE late President Balmaceda, of Chile, was educated for the priesthood, but, fortu nately for the Church, ho renounced his in tention and became a lawyer and wound up asa pollticalshyster. President Harrison has three ways of amusing himself to wit, playing bil liards, driving and shooting. He does not countenance horse-racing and takes a very languid interest in baseball. Premier Loubet M. Bibot, M. de Freycinet and Mr. Cooltdge, tne new Ameri can Minister, were among the guests at a dinner given to diplomats in Paris Tuesday evening by Lord Duffciln at the British Em bassy. Mr. Schnadhorst is perhaps the only English counterpart to the American politi cal boss. He has never been in Parliament. He has never held office. Tet he has great influence with his party and has a lot of patronage to dispose 01. Ho is a Liberal. TnE youthful King of Spain, Alfonso XIII.. who was born on May 17, 186, has completed his sixth year. His Majesty is said to be uncommonly intelligent for his age, but continues to be very obstinate. He has a great desire to be a man, and above all is anxious to have a moustache. A rumor is current in dramatic circles in Boston that Mr. Booth Intends to make a short tour next year, finishing his career in Chicago, in accordance w ith a long-cherished "purpose; but the story is received with doubt by those who have grave misgivings about his health, Mr. TRUXTON BeALE, American Minis ter to Persia, who is now. home on leave of, absence', lias secured for the State Depart ment several plaster casts of the cuneiform inscriptions atPersepolis, and it is expected that they will reach this country before similar ones are received in England, al though British scientists have been eagerly seeking them. COUUEHCEUENT AT VAS8AB. Honors Awarded Many Students Who Have Completed Their Studies. Pouohkeepsib, June a Special' The commencement exercises of to-day were qnlte as interesting as those ot class day. This morning Miss W. Millard, '95, mar shaled into the chapel the President, trus tees, faculty, teachers, alumni and grad uates. Misses Alice M. Ronhins, Cornelia Goby, Amy Louise Reed, Edith C Bnnfield, Kathnrino B. Davis and Edith A. Stearns were the speaker"), and the piogramrao was varied by music by Professor Bowman, Miss Anna M. Palmer and Anna Perkins. The candidates for baccalameaie degree are M. Of these students ten are awarded honoisou the basis of their standing. Candidates for the second degree in arts were two. Seven students received the diplomas of the school ofpainting. The class supper this evening was the lat class gathering of the week. Miss M. B. Sargent was toastinastcr, and the following toasts filled the programme: "'92." H. G. Mnoiehead: "Our Piesident,'' A. L. Reed; "The College," A L. Porklns;"The Faculty," E. Flaherty; "Class Colors,'; A. C. Ulrlck; "Class Grandmother," K. B. Davis; "Class Baby," A M. Palmer; "The Last of the Frcp," S. B. Tunnicliffo: "The Ladder," A L. Reed; "Class Prophecy," M. Morton. EUROPE'S PEACE ASSURED. The Meeting or the Two Emperors Will Prove Their Pacific Intentions. St. Petersburg, June 8. The Noiostt to day, commenting upon the meeting of the Czar and Emperor William at Kiel and upon the European situation generally, says it hopes that the meeting of the two Emperors will inipo-o silence upon the war party in Germany by proving the pacific intentions of the two Euiopean combinations the triple alliance and the verbal understand ing between Russia and France, the forces of which nre o eveuly balanced. Tho visit of the Grand Duke Constantino, cousin of the Czar, to President Carnot upon the occasion or the Nancy fetes will, the Novosii adds, reassure France that the meet ing of the Czar and Emperor William was merely one or courtesy. Undo Saul Not Responsible. Washhtotoit, June 8. Axeportfrom Paris that Samana Bay, Santo Domingo, has been ceded to the United States is officially de nied at the State Department. It was added that whatever excitement !or nneasiness prevails in San Domingo is in no wise due to any action on the part of the United Statss. Vienna in Danger of n Flood. Tieki-a, June.8-Thefloods in the Valley of the Danube are increasing alarmingly. The inhabitants of Vienna have been officially notified that there is danger ot an inunda tion. - GATfl'S PEN PICTURE. He Sixes Up the Notables In the Convention How They Looked and Acted What He Pumped Oat of the ProphetsyWho Are Backing-Candidates. CFItOM A STAFr CORRESPONDENT. Convention Hall, i Minneapolis, June 8. The galleries were filled at 1L News from everywhere that the unprecedented was strong-like In tho proceedings. Bishop Whipple in hi3 purple cap gave a Richelieu guise to the stage. Horace Porter, hero of the Grant Monument, appeared in a black suit. Half- the audience rose in prayer. Clarkson coming up the aisle resembled Henry W. Davis of old. A thin young man with a thin voice presented a quarter of an hour long speech, punctated by yells of loudor. Fled Douslass' head on the stage looked like a snowball. Cogswell, In a gray suit, asked for time. Spooner found him pugnacious when lie wanted promptness. Gogswell grimly smiled. It looked as if Blaine men were sparring for time. Tom Reed was still with Mrs. Hitt and a sort of a pretty woman, at once the Pickwickand the Winkle of the convention. Suddenly Mc Kinloy's namo was presented for Chairman and the galleries shouted their regard. McKinley Pale and Oldish. The strange Gallic-looking Mahone, neat little, Spooner and Sam Fessenden found McKinley pale and oldish, liko one who had been harangued over night by an angel. He came forward looking like a Southerner of the tlmebeloro the war, of the ultra re SDectablc historical sort. He received threo cheers from the floor. His hair was smoothly brushed. Incipient wrinkles were across his nose nervous wrinkles. His mouth was firm, his shoulders were set square like a recuit from military childhood, his voice was clear, but thrbatish, his gesture was right hand warningly raised, a little eaglish Washlsnose, fine and clean, a lull, noble forehead and brainfnl head completed a pleasing picture. Full or the faith of Islam in the tariff, he gave a preaching. Soon rais ing both hands as he proceeded, he strained his voice. An attempt to get np a special ovation for him by some enthusiastic dele gates crying, "Up! up!" was only partially successful. Ficd Douglass was now demanded, and went like a century African to the front, re ceived the ovation with curiosity and went back to bis seat. Piatt, Quiy, Depew, New and the hustlers wero all about numbering noses. General Harry Bingham, King of the Camerons, read the rules. What extraordinary silence was over the vast audience! Not a murmur seemed to ascend. No anxiety was to be seen anywhere. Tho delegates looked as if they wore spec tators. Bingham was for Blaine in '76, was turned down by the Camerons for it, and in 1881 he made a spcoeh for Arthur. Tho Camerons have since grown np to his size, but Blatno has grown old. One Chipper possibility. Candidate Cullotn now shoved up to make some queries about the rules, and we saw that he was chlDper and lllinols-llke. Har rison McComas, of Hagerstown, black-haired and pretty, received a second-class ovation as he stood, but nothing like Bully Poi nter's, who was received with soldier yells. Foraker's hair is a little gray. He is said to prefer Sherman to McKinley. Clarkson got loudapplanse ns Iowa put him on the Na tional Committee. Manley, or Maine, got also an ovation, and Sam Fessenden knocked out Filley in Missouri. Depew and Foraker hold loving conference. Now seemed to be in full favor and looked happy as a patri arch. At 12:45 adjourned for 22 hours. To-nioriow the contest ovor credentials and the long-nominating speech. As I stood in an alcove of the long bridge my name was called, and Judge Roberts, one of New York, reached out his hand. "You are in a queer situation. Judge." "Oh, yes, I admire Mr. Blaine better than any man in this country, but he told us that he would not want us this year; that he would not run, and of couisewe gave our fealty to another man. That makes it awk waid." . rf In a few minutes I came upon .Mr. Hecke, i generally regarded General Alger's man ager, who was qulto curious to know if I had nny figures. He called the gentleman who does the figuring for Alger, and he said "431 votes is all that Harrison has got. I have given the Harrison man the benefit of all doubts." Mr. Hecke added: "I do not be lieve there will be any result on the first ballot." A Good rignrer for Harrison. As I turned away I thought to myself: "If they admit431votesthatleavesbiit"l9 for Harrison to get." I called the flsurerback and said to him: "How many votes havo you put in the unknown column?" Ho an swered that it was nearer 90 than SO. Upon this I thought: "If thore are as many doubt lul votes, will not Harrison secure 19 of them, especially when in every convention there are scores of second-rate men dying to havo it said that they settled a nomination?" Going high up in West Hotel 1 met Frank Hiscock and said: "Tell me how many votes has Harrison got?" "We have parsed tho point of boasting," said Hiscock. "Wo count General Harrison 520 votes, and that gives every one of these contested delega tions to the other side." "When do you think the convention will getaway?" "Not before Friday night. The policy of the leaders against General Harrison is to tire folks out. They cannot do it; The op ponents of General Harrison, in their news paper accounts last night, conceded him 4(0 votes, leaving him only ten votes o get, but wo believe that our estimates are more cor Vect than that, and that wo havo 70 vot6s to spare. Depend upon it, he will be the nomi nee of this convention." "How is the New York delegation, Mr. Hiscock?" "It has 29 votes for General Harrison, in any event. There are six scattering votes for McKinley, Alger and others. The rest are for Blaine." HnrrUon Hit Own Campaigner. I said to an Indiana journalist: "Who is tho best manager of Harrison's campaign here?" "Harrison." "But Harrison is not here?" "Oh, yes, he i3: tho President always has a wiro to the convention; the telegraph com pany gives it to him. He can talk right into tho room of those who do his bidding here. Harrison is an export in conventions, and his management is much better tban'his personal intercourse. More than anybody around the. convention, he knows the espe cial tie which attaches this or that man, or how ho Is attached to him, and can Jog the memory of Smith or Jones about a favor some time rncelved or still due. "Blaine," said my informant, "has lostfthe son who understood politics and his father perfectly Walker Blaine. Harrison has kept his own son from here, whioh was good play, but he is on the ground in person in tho'fleld marshal of his. fight." Gath. A HABQTJIS WIXE A KIBBIOH. He Is Studying the Methods of the Political "Workers of America. New York, June 8. There is a young En glishman in New York these daj-s to whom the Presidental electioneering and cam paigning of the next five mouths will have a special interest. In faut he has made his first visit to Amoriea more to watch these proceedings than to acquaint himself with the people and the country. He is Melville Henry Douglas Bruce Marquis De Buvlgny nud Itaineval, whose estate is Castlo Morris, in Ballybegain, County Kerry, Ireland, and he intends to try for a seat in Parliament from West Kerry at the next eleotlons. If he is successful he will work with might and main foi the recognition of tho Legiti mist Lea-rue. which Is a revival of.lnenhlt- H-im. The League, which was organized In OctoDeriasc, now lias ,wu avowed members and a number of sympathizers, and has a representative in the House of Lords. Hts aim is to restore the House ot Stuart, the de scendants of the ill-fated Charles I., and get rid of the present House of Hanover with its Battenberg and other impediments for whose living expenses and sponding money British subjects are. taxed. The Jacobites of to-day nre not so excitable as their an cestors. They want no blood shed and are quite-willing to wait till Queen Victoria dtts before putting Princess Louise of Bavaria, the Jacobite Queen, upon th throne. THE CKY FOE HELP. A Stirring Appeal for Eastern Aid for the OH Creek Sufferers. New York World. " ' Mayor Grant recognized, even beforothe dlieot call for help was received, tho neces sity of assistance to the sufferers of Oil Creek Valley, and announced bis readiness to receive subscriptions. The appeal will meet a prompt and gener ous response from the compassion of New York. The suffering, present and to come, is terrible; the need is sure to be great. Tho valley is a busy hive of industry, thronged with a population dependent upon present earnings lor present support. It has been suddenly devastated. Flood and fire have combined to destioy life, to sweep away property, to paralyze indnstryp to re duce the very means of bread-winning work to nothingness. It is estimated that 350 human beings have perished there, but evcrj suoh loss does not measure the extent of the calamity. Fathers, husbands, brothers and other breadwinners have been done to death, leaving helpless women and chtldten with out support. But in still larger numbers the people of the valley havo been bereft of their means of Hvlibood by the destruction of the industries in which they worked and of the prosperity that employed them. The destitution is widespread and the suf fering is sure to bo great. Both will grow worse before they can grow better. How much will you spare from your abun dance to relievo this want? How much of compassion havo you for the suffering of these, your sorely stricken fellow-creatures? Sond your answer to Mayor Grant, either in a check or m greenbacks. COLORED CITIZENS IN ARMS. Ther Advise Active Measures to Frevent Promiscuous Lynching. Boston, June 8 The colored citizens of Boston held a mass meeting in Tremont Temple last night, heard stirring addiesses and adopted strong resolutions denuciatory of the outrages upon members of their race in the South and in New York, and de manded tho punishment of tho perpetrators. Thoy also demand that the word "white" be eliminated from the Chinese exclusion bill. Among tho speakers were Bishop Grant, of Texas, and George W. Bryant, of St. Louis. Mr. Bryant said in part: "We have met here, not to condone wrong or shield over acts committed by members of our race against the btatos or municipalities where thovlivc. We are here for the purpose of protesting against this promiscuous lynch ing, burning, etc., whether it takes place in tho South or in New York State. If the Re publican party cannot take this mighty giant of coercion by thetliroatand throttloit to death now. the negro had better leavo that patty. The praying time is over and the reaping time is near at hand. The result may be the annihilation of the negro race, but there will be found a new Garrison, Sumner and Lincoln, and if we cannot find that class up this way to lead us, then there will be found a black John Brown In the South." Mr. Edwin G. Walker said: "The time for fighting has come. You will never save our people from being murdered in the South unless you get up off your knees and kill tho men that did it. UNEASINESS IN HAITI. Excitement Caused by lbs Report That a Tort Is Given to the United States. Pahis, Juno 8. A dispatch received in this city from Kingston, Jamaica, states that great excitcinont has been caused in San Domingo by the announcement that the re port that Samana IUy, In the western part of tho terminus or the Sanchez Lavega Railway, Dominican Republic, had been ceded to the, United States had been con firmed. The Haitian Minister, the dispatch acids, has become alarmed, owing to the fact that Mr. John S. Durham, the American Minister to Haiti and Charge d'Affaires to San Do min?o. has taken a residence in tho citv of San Domingo. The German Consul at Port an Prlnco, the dispatch further says, has re ceived instructions Irom his Government to come to an understanding with tho repre sentatives of France and Em-laud regarding tho steps nocessarv to be taken to safeguard the autonomy of San Dominso. The news has caused great uneasiness in Haiti. CONTENTION TALK OP TIIE PRESS. The outlook at Minneapolis is still uncer tain. No man can toll tho outcome. Aew 1'orJ; II oriel. McKinlev seems to bo the favorite dark horse, but speculation on that point is use less until in some way a test vote is reached Philadelphia Inquirer, OrtEof the biggest men in Minneapolis is Tom Reed. Ho is ready to be struck by Presidental lightning, and the fluid seems at times to be playing around his glistening pate. New York Advertiser. At present tho outlook appears to be more favorable to Mr. Blaine. Ho has a palpable advantage over Mr. Harrison in the zeal of his supporters and in the probability of gaining converts. New York He aid. Ex-GovErtNOit Fokakeb'b masterly speech of welcome to the Young Men'3 Blaine Club, of Cincinnati, on their arrival at Minneap olis, rang truo as steel in its devotion to the best interests of the Republican party. New York Press. Whatever advantago there was in organi zation has fallen to the friends of Mr.Blalno, and thepiospcctsaro bright that the Re publican party will go Into the battle of l&fi under the leadership of the greatest of living Atucricane. Buffalo Express. It was a rare compliment that was paid to ex-Speaker Reed when the Republican Con vention with a unanimous voice called him down from the spectators' seats Mr. Reed is not a delegate and insisted upon a speech. This episode was tho high-water mark in the onthusiasm of the opening ses sion. New York Tribune, Mb. Fassett's speech was in admirable taste. Temperate in language and imbued with the spirit of unselfish Republicanism it must have had a marked effect in restor ing the g ood temper of party leaders whose zeal has not always been tempered with discretion and the cheers with which it was greeted knew no factional divisions. Roch ester Democrat. STEEKED BY ELECTEICITY. Successful Experiments on Board the Sea Going Monitor Mlantonomah. Norfolk, Va., Juno 8. SpeciaLl The double turretted, sea-going monitor Mianto nomah was steered by electricity during her voyage hero, making the first run ever made by an Americati ship so steered. ' This being the first attempt at anything of the sort, many changes and improvements have suggested thorn selves and the improved machinery will undoubtedly be eminently satisfactory. As, of all ships, a monitor is the most difficult to steer, and the task of steering has been successfullyaccomplished, it would be easy to apply the device to other ships. ' BBIBEBY IN THE HOUSE. Two Members Offered Money for Their Ac tion on Certain Bills. Bosto-t, June 8. In the House this fore noon Representative Bennett, of Everett, stated that two members of tho Legislature had informed him that they had been of fered SIOO each to vote for tho Capo Cod Canal bill, nnd $50 to refer the Endowment Order's bill to thenext Legislatme. He offered an order for an Investigating Committee to roport next Wednesday. The order was unanimously adopted. COLONEL FOLK DYING. The President of the Farmers' Alliance J Beyond Human Aid. WAsniKOTOir, June 8. Colonel L. L. Polk, of North Carolina, President of the National Farmeis' Alliance, is dying at his residence in this city. Mr. Polk has been ill for about ten days suffering from hemorrhage of the bladder, caused probably1 by a tumor. This has caused blood poisoning, and there is no hope for his recovery. His son-in-law, Mr. Denmark, is with him, and Mrs. Polk has been telegraphed for. Be Winked the Other Eye. New York Advertiser.! The raving Shepard telegraphs from Min neapolis that the Blalnltes "made the Sab bath hideous." Nothing said as to the Har risonites; but we are left to infer that they remained all day at prayers. MAKES THE NOISE. Queer Songs ot the Shooters for Factional Favorites at Minneapolis. MrairEAroLis, Miuif., June 8. Every man of the 50.000 here is ready to sing at tho drop of the hat. Look at a man fiercely and he begins to sing, or smlleat him in a reassur ing way and he opens his mouthy and war bles, and the worst of it all is a thousand others stand ready to Join him. They don't cai e much for time and here and there they sacrifice grammar to rhyme in what they sing, as: Then shall the country be content. When to the White House Blaine has went. Some of the songs turned out by the glee clubs are so well done they rise above tho deafening noise of the corridor nnd force a fow minutes' silence and attention. Tlio Blaine Glee Club, of Cincinnati, with its 18 trained voices, has as sreit a repor toire as Patti. One of the catchiest times of the lot is that which sings the prosaic virtues of the most unromantlc of things tin. Here's how the words go: Hurrah, hurrah. Republicans, Protection's sure to win. Sure to win. Home markets for, Americans, free sugar and our tin. And our tin. Chorus: Tin. Tin. Tin, Protection's sore to win. Free Trade is too tbln to take the Yankee In, Too thin. Tin, Tin. Protection's sore to wla. Free Trade Is too thin to take the Yankee In, Too thla. Hurrah, hnrrah for victory. McKinley Is our man; He'll down Free Trade and Muj-wuinpery, And rule the Free Trade clan. Hurrah! hurrah! Protection to the product or our soil. Of our soil. Free Trade Is a deception, the foe or honest toll. For pure popularity and ability to sliovo all other business aside fortho moment, tho ever fresh "Ta Ka Ra Boom De Ay" leads. There are half a score of political rhymes set to the air. The old Moody and Sankey melodies and other hymn tunes have a representation fuller even than the popular tunes of the day. Everybodv can sin s ' There's a Laud That Is Fairer Than Day," or thinks he can, which Is much tho same thing. So when a voice, aided by a muscular band, begins on this sort of thing, all within a block or two nre pretty sure to Join in and help swell the volume of praise. The words or this Blaine hymn run somewhat after this fashion: There's a name that i stronger than all. And we're shouting it o'er and o'er. He Is the man of the people this fall. He'll be named on the Mississippi shore. Cnoncs: And hts name Is Jim Blaine. It rings from the East to the West, He's our Jim. we are for him The strongest, the bravest the best. Missouri will spring Into place. Colorado will march br her side, Nevada will keep up the pace. With New York in her grandeur and pride. Then hurrah for onr Knight of the Plume, Whose banner In triumph shall wave Proudly over the Free Trailer's Tomb, And over "Calamity's" grave. They have invented a new shout for Har rison in opposition to tho cry of "Blaine. Blaine. James G. Blaine." It Is a kind of chant sung away"down in tho boots orevery ono and then is Ions drawn out like this, separating the syllables of Harrison's name so: Har-rl-son, Indiana's son. Dandy son. Tnen at the end of it usually comes a kind of doxology after the fashion of these words: Reciprocity. Protection. Soldier's Pensions and New states. Sliver melted Into money, so our party legislates. Progress Is our end and aim. Forward Elmut In loud acclaim. Upward to the heights or Tame. Bear our country's blessed name. EECEIVED BY A BISHOP. Delegates to the Protestant Episcopal Con vention Hospitably Entertained. Bishop Whitehead entertained the dele gates to the annual convention of the Pitts burg or Western Pennsylvania diocese at his handsome Ellsworth avenue borne last evening from 9 until 11 o'clock. Notwith standing the unpleasant weather nearly all the 60 or 70 ministerial delegates, as many lay delegates and many of them accompa nied bv their wives, nccepted tho hospitality offered. The house was simplv but prettily decorated with flowers. The Bishop's charming wife received the guests and was assisted in entertaining them by several lady friends in the neighborhood. Tho re ception was formal in character and the luncheon served was simple and the more enjoyable on account of the Informality. Soma Pleasant Happenings. Ho-f. Z. T. SWBE5EV, ex-Consul General to the Ottoman Empire, lectured last night at the First Christian Chnrch. at Arch street nnd Montgomery avenue, Alle gheny, about "Going Up to Jerusalem." There was a fnir attendance, chiefly of church workers, who listened with interest to many new points in relation to the pres ent day people and their customs in the Holy Land. 9 at the residence of Mrs. Ben Shaw, at Mm ray Uill, on Juno 11, from 3 to 10 r. x., there will be a lawn fete, which is given under the misoices or the ladies of the Shndysldo Presbyterian Church with a view to furnishing the Sabbath school chapel now Hearing completion. The Ladies' Aid Society of the North Ave nue M. E. Church have a strawberry festival at the church this evening, and with It a musical and llterarv entertainment in which Profs. Foineynnd Woeden and Misses Angel and Graham will participate. NOVEL HATCH MAKING. Bow the Packing Girls in an Akron Factory Find Lovors. STEtJBE-5vn.Lr, O., June 8. rspecto". Pretty Jennie Myrtle Vermillion is detained in the Mayor's office until word could be re ceived fiom her widowed mother in Akron 'what to do with the wavward miss of IS. She came heie to meet Leonard Carter, a scrapping farmer boy fiom Brooks county, W. Va., with whom she has been corre sponding for six monthspast. She adopted a novel way to secure a lover. About six months ago she placed a note in a box of matches, telling the person into whose hands it fell to write to her. She g.tvo her name and address. At tho time she was working in the packing department of the Diamond Match Factory at Akron. The noto fell Into Carter's hands, and. In order to have some fun, he wrote her. After corre sponding for awhile she became serious, and last Thursday ran nway and camo to this city expecting to inoet Carter. Ho does not live in this city, although the family get their mail at Stenbenvllle. The girl will be sent home, but declares that she will come back again to see "her Leonard." She says that all the girls who work in the match fac tory have correspondents all over the United States secured through the medium of the match box. GB0CEE3 AND THE SUQAB TBTJST. The Wholesale Dealers Appoint a Commit ter to Formulate Their Demands. New Yoke, June 8. The wholesale grocers nre endeavoring to come to arrangements with the Sugar Trust whereby reasonable and uniform prices of sugar may bo estab lished. This afternoon 130 delegates, representing most or the States or the Union, met here and discussed the matter. Several plans werej proposed, but nono seemed to meet the unanimous approval of the delegates, anil tho matter will again be the subject of discussion to-morrow. It was announced that the Sugar Trust had promised to accept whatever arrangements were made providing 93 per cent of the dele gates approved the plan. This action on tho part of the wholesale merchants has been the outcome, as stated in a paper which was in circulation at the meeting, of a practice indulged on by "somo reckless dealers, of selling sugars below the avorago cost of doing business, to entice customers." The plan upon which the As sociation is working is a rebate from tho Sugar Trust, and a committee was appointed to formulate a plan and teport at a meeting to be held at noon to-morrow. J. W. Laugh lln is the'Pcnnsylvanla member of the com mittee. ANTI-OPTION IN THE SENATE. Some Uncertainty as to What Committee It Should Bs Referred. Washisotox, Juno 8. The Senate Jnst now is confronted with the question as to which committee the anti-option bill, which came over from the House to-day, should be re ferred to. The bill relates to agriculture, finances and inter-State commerce, audit remains to bo decided by the Senate which one of those subjects is to govern in tbe reference of the bill. The Washburn bill, which is nlmost iden tical with the anti-option bill as it passed the House, is now in the Judiciary Commit tee of tbe Senate; and as the committee con ducted the hearings on' the measure during the winter, it is probable it will claim the House measure as Its property. As Senator Washburn, the author of the Senate bill, is absent at Minneapolis, reference of the bill will be defered until bis return. The House bill was considered and reported by the Committee of Agriculture. WHAT LAZY W0BK IK C0NGSE33. A tons List of Legislation Proposed for Benefitting th- Farmers. WABHraoToif, June 8. Thore were Jnst 25 Senators present during the morning hour, two-thirds of them being on the Democratic side. Vice President Morton was in the chair. Senator Sherman was tho only one of the Presidental possibilities present on the Republican side and he did not nppoar to bo worry ing over his chances, but to be, on the contrary, in rather pleasant humor. Mr. Call gave notice of his intontion to atf dress the Senate next Wednesday on his resolution foran investigation ns!o whether railroad companies interfere with tho elec tion of United States Senator. The pension deficiency bill was laid before the Senate and referred to tho Committed on Appropri ations. The Sonato at 1:13 adjourned till to morrow. The members of the House were in a v-ry listless humor and a majority of the few who were in attendance lolled back in their seats appaiently lacking energy to write, read,or talk. The House went Into a committee of tho whole to consider the agricultural ap propriation bill. On a verbal amendment a diversion ais occasioned by Jir. J. D. Tay lor, of Ohio, who made a protection speech with a vigor for which ho is characteristic and was answered In a still more vigorous man ner by Mr. Simpson, of Kansas. Mr. Tnvlor denied that ree trade, free coinage of silver or the sub-treasury scheme would benefit tne farmers and proposed the following legislation as the great needs of agriculture. A merchant marine. Internal waterways, connecting the rivers of the South with the lakes of the North; the prohibition of camming in larm products; tne tree delivery of mails in the rural districts; the protection of farm products and the creation of a larger homo market: the pensioning of nil the soldier3 in the North and the education of the illiterates ot the South; more banking facilities on the national banking system and the abolition or tho tremendous waste of the liquor traffic. The committee then reported, and the bill was passed and the House adjourned. ATTACKING ECONOMY'S TBEASUBY. A Little Matter of 8175,000 Wanted ISadly by a WiThdrawln? Member. Beaver Falls, June 8. Specia: From all acconnts the trouble between Henry Feicht, of the Harmony Society, and that organiza tion, are not ended by any means. As is well known, Feicht was dismissed from the Board of Elders some time ago, but such ob jections were made by tho elder memuers or the Boaid that the dismissal was recon sidered, and Mr. Feicht was reinstated in authority. All seemed to be lovely, but it seems that Henry Feicht and his brother, the doctor, are not sati-fied bv nnv means. Thero Is a little matter or S25.000 with in terest they nre now after, and their claim promises to lead to no end of trouble. In 1S0G the patents of Henrv and Dr. Feicht in herited the sum of $25,000 from their grand parents. This sum was then willed intact with interest to Henry and his brother, but by the peculiar conditions of the will they were not allowed to turn it over absolutely to tho Harmony Society, ns they did their other possessions when becoming members. They were allowed, however, to turn it into tno treasury of the society, whero it has re mained ever sinccj, thev receiving no bene fits whatever from the money. It is this sum, with interest for EC years, they now demand. The case will come up for consid eration some time this week befoie the Board of Elders of tho society. Should it not bo returned to thorn peacefully suit will be brought in court. The original sum, with interest for so manv years, will reach in the neighborhood of $175,C00, and the cash pay ment of this will make quite a hole in the Economy treasury. HAED ON THE EAILR0AD3. A Clause In the Appropriation IJII1 Which Will Drive Thlr Business Away. Washisoto-t, D. C, June 3. Tho following statement was prepared at the Treasury De partment: "In the legislative, executive and Judicial appropriation bill as passed by the House of Uepreseiitatlvos Monday, there is a clause which requires manifests giving detailed information, including value-", to be presented before cars containing mer chandise passing in transit through this country will be allowed to go forward. This requirement was necossary in order to fur nish statistical information concerning ex- L ports. "ft Is difficult to understand In whnt nun- !r goods simply passing throii'lt the country are to be regarded as exports, and tne practical euect ot me ciauso in question, if it should be enacted into a law, will be to discriminate against American railroads In favor of foreign lines, as shippers will not consent to submit to the annoyance and ex posure of their business w hich w ould result from the filing or such manifests. A regula tion similar to that referred to was incurred some years ago by order of the Treasury De partment nnd revoked upon vigorous com plaints being made by American railroads. The Treasury Department protested against the action which has been taken in tnls matter by the Hone before tne Dill was acted upon by that body." BEELINEBS ABE EXCITED. Connt Von SchouvalofT Delivers n Mysteri ous Noto to tho Emp-ror. Berli-j, June8. During n military festival in Potsdam yesterday a sensation was caused by tho uniooked-for appearance of Count Von Schouvaloff, the Russian Ambas sador to Germany. The Count suddenly pushed Ills way through a crowd of holiday makers and joined Chancellor Von Caprivi, who was taking part in the festival. The two engaged in a long and earnpst conversation and General Canrivi at length referred tho Ambassador to Emperor Will iam, who had not yet left the city for Kiel. Count Von Schouvaloff sought out the Emporor and after tho exchange of some re marks presented him with a letter. Tho occasion for the Count's visit to Potsdam or tho contents of the missive which he Doro have not been learnod. and there is much speculation In reference to the matter. The public regard the visit of Grand Duke Con stantino to President Carnnc at the moment of the Kiel interview between the two Emperors as showinggrcat want of tact. STETTBENVILLE GIBL GBABUATES. Two Young Ladles Launched Forth in tha World of 3Iuslc Steubeuville, O., Juno 8. Ppecial. Tho closing exercises and sixty-fourth annual commencement at tho Steubenvllle Female College were held here to-day. This time honored institution was started bv Dr. C. C. Beatty, who gavo in tne neighborhood of $100,000 to Washington and Jefferson College and Allegheny Theological Seminary. Later it was conducted lorSSycnrsby Dr. A. M. Rcid until one year ago, when the lat ter retired and thr Messrs. Hall, of New York, took charge. Tho annual concert was given Monday evening, tno art reception Tuesday evening and the commencement exercises this morning. Thcr were no graduates in the classical department. Misses McClure and Spencer, of this city, graduated in music. IB0UBLE IN S?AIN. Serloas Conflict Between Police and Strikers In Slnnnractnrln Cities. Mapkid, June 8. Riots resulting from a strike-occurred to-day in Catalonia. Serious conflicts took place between tho rioters and the police and several persons were badly wounded. During tho disorders a number of woikmen of San Martin attacked a mill Eroprletor with stones and seriously injured im. DEATHS HERE AND ELSEWHERE. William II. Harrison, Centenarian. Among the burial permits issued at Washington. D. C yesterday, was one for Will lam Henry Hirrlsou. who died Jlondav. He was IM years. 7 months and 29 days old. He claimed to have enjoyed an acquaint inci' with Ucorge Wa'h logton, the grandfather of President ilarrfson and other distinguished citizens of Virginia. Obltoary Notes. STErncr Latham, an early settler at Tlffln. and for many years Mavor of Republic, died Tuesday night at'tlte age of 70. JUDGE Frask L. GILSOy. of the Superior Court of Wisconsin, expired alone while sitting In an easy chair lu Ills Horary, Tuesday, at Milwaukee. Orange S. Wisaxs. a bosom friend of Boss Tweed, while the two were la the New York State Senate, died Tuesday In Chicago. He was In the employ of the Wabash Railroad. Geokre F. Greene, tfie Inventor, died at Kala mazoo. Mich., aged 60 years. He invented the first self binder, first electric car, and pneumatic shut ter for photographers. He was working on an electric car to take the place of trolley wires, and constant thought un the device probibly acceler ated his death. CHALES Ltoxs. a veteran of three wars, died at his home in Trenton yesterday. He was 90 years of age and fought in the Mexican. Florida and Civil wars. He accompanied Commodore Perry to Japan when he made the treaty with that nation for a port of entry for the United Strtej. Paraly sis was the cause of hts death. CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS. The census returns show that in th entire Stato of Virginia the surplus of women is only 39. An English mathematician estimates tbe limit of ideas entertained by any mind during a lifetime at 3,635.700,000. A young St Louis girl is said to have made a prollt of sl.300 last year in furnishing bread for the Woman's Exchange. At "Washington C. H., O., the other day, a slnglo elephant pushed out of the min: a wagon which tbo combined strength. of 11 horses had failed to move. It Is said that the emeralds of Mexico and the Andes region of South America are or better color nnd often superior in size to those louud In tbosouth of Asia. A. London journal estimates that a dentist who is busy six bonis a day can make W.OOO a year by extracting teeth at 25 cents each and filling them for $i each. A Chicago physician says that the human nose is frequently not In the exact center or the face, and it is a well-known fact that the two sides of the face arc rarely symmetrical. The General Manager of the W fcconsin Central Railroad is reported to have said re cently: "I think we shall run trains on the Wisconsin Central by electric power before the Columbian Exposition ts over." Electrical headlights on steam locomo tives are now used extensively. The Phila delphia and Rending engines are being fitted ii d with these and it is reported that dozens or more Western roads havo recently placed larj,o orders. There is an immense garden in China that embraces an area of 50,000 square miles. It is all meadow land and is filled with lakes ponds and canals. Altogether it is as large as the States of New York and Penn sylvania combined. The United States. Great Britain and Germany send the grentest number of let ters through the mails. United States nnnnal receipts from postnge stamps are 293,713, 503 francs; German Empire. 23,320,6U francs, and Great Britain, 235,033,95) Irancs. That nothing is more easily forgotten than an umbrella or cane is proved by a re cent sale of unclaimed property by a rail road company. The lot comprised nearly two thousand umbrellas, mure than a thous and walking sticks and 300 parasols. Holding pillows in her teeth while she drew on pillow-slips caused a chambor maid in a New York hotel to lose all hor lower teeth. She had tochanse 40or50beds a day, and this performance, for a period of 11 years, so loosened her lower teeth that they dropped out. The Fans are the only people in equa torial Africa who have a currency, and they are strong monometallists. The money is of iron, wrought into pieces resembling rusty hairpins with flat heads. They aro put up in bundles of ten, and 100 bundles is the market price of a wife. This is one of those simple things which few people know of: If you are In a Pull man car get a pillow from tbe porter, put It on your lap and place vour writing material on It. Tne elasticity or the pillow will in sure smoothness. Where a pillow cannot b obtained use your coat. A certain Harvard professor, anthor of many books, used to delight to catch mice with his Angers a practice for which he had an nlmost cat-like expertness. And there was n notorious Roman Emperor who took the keenest pleasure in catching flies and impaling them on a stylus. Darwin states in his "Voyage of a Naturalist" that unless the huanacoes or wild llamas of Patagonia, drink salt water. In many localities they must drink none at nil. The large and interesting group of sloths are nliko in never drinking. A parrot is said to have lived in the Zoological gar dens. Regent Park, for 51 years without a drop of water. Pythagoras thought ths heavenly bodies to be separated by intervals corresponding to the harmonic lengths of strings, where fore he and his followers held that tho movement of tho spheres gavo rise to a pleasing sound called tne harmony of tho spheres. He taught this, and also that tho first sounds perceived by the human car wero tbe music of tho spheres. The bell in the yard of the marble Col legiate Church, at Fifth avenue andTwonty niuth street, New York, was cast in Amster dam in 1695. It was taken down during the Revolutionary War to prevent it falling Into tho hands of tbe enemy. It was kept at Car lisle, Pa., for many years. It was rung at fires 40 years ago. In 1373 the bell was re moved to its present resting place. A French doctor asserts that an unfail ing test of death may be made by producing a blister on tho band or fnot by holding tho flames of a candle to the same until the blis ter is formed. If the blister contains any fluid it Is evidence of life; if. on tho con trary, the blister contains only steam, it may be asserted that Iito is extinct. Any one may try it; there is no error possible. One of the most remarkable examples of a man's power or triumphing over natural disabilities is the perseverance of William M. Davenport, a'blind man of Teyden, Mass. Instead or becoming a beggar or sitting down for others to support, ho set out to make a living, lirst asa wood-sawer. then as a thresher. Ho now owns a larm or 700 acres and is reported to be worth $75,000. For years he lias been looked upon as one of the best judges of live stock in tho country. It is safe to say that we owe all the forces at our service to the sun. The wind blows because some portions of tbe atmos phere are more rarefied by heat than others; rivers How because water raised by evapor ation falls jack to earth at rain: and ani mals posess strength because the chemistry or digestion anu aDsorptum sets irccauu re stores the energy, derived by the plants and other animals on which they feed, from tho air and the soil by the aid ot the sun. The ownership of an amputated arm was disputed at law. The son of a man in England, named Housley, had his arm amputated inSan infirmary, and after the. operation Housley asked for the arm and the surgeon refused to give it to him. Soon afterward he brought a box to tho infirmary and asked asain for the arm. Then the boy died, and the father askeu for the arm a third time unsuccessfully. Then Hou-Jey sued. Thejudgo gave judgment forthede fendant. George Harzer, of Kiowa, Kan., is the father of a six-year-old boy who is an elec trical wonder. Tho little fellow's body seems to be surcharged of electricity at all times and he takes great delight in shocking 'those who come near him. He can greatly increase the force of tho shock by ruobing his feet on the carpet, and after dark tho electrical dl-charce is so strong that sparks are emitted when he slides across tbo floor and touches a piece of metal. H amuses himself by touching all the dogs and cats about the place, and the result is that they all flee at his approach. JirH'S BltlGHT SIDE. Cobwiggcr I think of spending the sum mer at Speed's farmhouse. He mentioned yoa among Ms references. Mlllman He's all right. I supply hhn witi milk and butter. -Veto lurk Evening Sun. "I love you I" 'I don't care lfyon do. j ,. Gladys, but I love you." I don't care If you do.' Chicago Seics Secord. Laura all "a-trimhle" Lost her bathing gear; Found It lu her thimble Well! I do declare:" Atlanta Constitution. "Is Mary a good servant?" "In a misdirected sort of way. She dusts the cobwebs off the wine bottles and leaves 'em even where else." Life. Old Vet (boastlngly) At the battle of Dumplln Heights now you Justortera seed tfc enemy run tliarl Johnny Bellows But he couldn't ketch JA could be.' Sew York Herald. Last Sunday morning Deacon Smith In service slept awhile. And Deacon Jones sat watching him With grim and malicious smile. Which broadened when the preacher cried, My Wends, the Lord doth call." And Deacon Smith, but half awake. Said. "One small pair, that's all." -Life. "You heard the last witness, did you?" asked the lawyer of Spatts. "Yes, sir." "What do you know of his reputation for truth and veracity!'' "Welt, sir. he makes his living writing poetical epitaphs for tombstones." Frank Leslie's Cetklg. Hostess Jir. Trotter will take you in to dinner. He Is a charming man, but a coflrmed dyspeptic. . Chicago Girl Oh. how nice I He caa do all of ths talking while I eat. Sew York Herald. i 1 wmfau mwfcmfa$iim stXigg mrf!&j&s&ia
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