itr:a aBBgsjftfigg lv?i2!SLidbyai yr -FT'3rra?',?'5e 3 5' vp l THE' PITTSBURG DISPATCH, 'MONDAY, JUNE 27 1892. Bigpafcfc ESTABLISHED FEBRUAEY 8; 186 Vol. 47. No. 141 Entered at Flttsburg Postofflce November. lSSJ, as second-class matter. Business Office Corner Smithfield and Diamond Streets. News Rooms and Publishing House 78 and 80 Diamond Street, in New Dispatch Building. FAMTRV AnVTRTTsINO OFFICE, ROOM '78. TRIBUNE nr II.DISG. NEW TORS, where eom Tilete flies of THEDISPATCIIcan alwavt be round. Foreign advertisers appreciate the convenience. Home advertisers and friends ofTHE DIIPATCH, bile In New York, are also made welcome. THEDJSFATCBts reavlarlv 'nsaU at Srentano't. tjmtm Square. Aeie iork, and V Ate dSPOpera. rant, Trance, where anyone who hat been Cisap femted at a hotel newt stand can obtain tt. TERMS Or THE DISPATCH. rOSTAGE ntEE IX THE t.MItl) BTATIS. tiaILT Dispatch. One Year 1 a 00 Dailt Dispatch. Per Quarter SOO Daily Dispatch, One Month TO Daily Dispatch. Including Sunday, 1 rear.. 10 00 Daily" Dispatch, Including Snndav, Jra'tha, 550 Daily- Dispatch. Including Sunday, 1 m'th.. 90 Sodat Dispatch. One Year 160 Weekly DisrATcn. One Year 1 IS The Daily Dispatch Is delivered by carriers at eemspemeek, or, including Sunday Edition, at It cents per cek. PITTSBURG. MONDAY, JUXE 27. tsK. THE TREASURY BALANCES. Our 2few York financial letter elsewhere makes the assertion' that by the most heroic efforts in calling in all collections, and in postponinc or cutting down pay ments, the United States Treasury will be able to show in its July statement for the fiscal year an intact gold reserve and a possible surplus of fifteen or twenty millions. But the writer says that trouble will begin about the middle of July, when the demand for Treasury payments will necessitate either encroaching on the gold reserve or issuing new bonds. 2fo one can blame the United States Treasury for enercy in collecting the funds due it If Secretary Foster has secured more thorough and prompt col lections than heretofore it is a feather in his cap and not a subject for criticism. If the cutting down of payments means that it is done by stopping expenditures, that is also a commendable way of keeping ex penditure within income. But if it means that people to whom money is due are put off merely to make a better showing than the real state of affairs it is both a dishonest and foolish course. It is dishonest because it is practically cooking up figures to conceal a state of affairs that the people have the richt to know; and it is foolish because the truth must come out sooner or later, and when it does come it will have twice as bad an effect for the attempts to cover it up. The allegation is plainly to 'the "latter effect. It it is true tbat the Treasury funds are so depleted that it is necessary to encroach on the reserve it is the legiti mate result of the policy of extravagance which Tiie Dispatch has so often criti cised. Up to the present year that fault was most marked in the Republican party; but the sitting House has taken occasion to show that it is a fault of our politics common to both parties. It should not require the depletion of the Treasury much further to arouse the nation to an emphatic declaration that its funds must be honestly and discreetly administered,even if that has to be secured by a general clearing out of the present breed of politicians. GOOD CKOP TROSPECTS, Notwithstanding the cloomy prophecies from the late and rainy spring, it appears from the crop reports that there is going to be a very good yield this year after alt The hot June was favorable to the irrowth of the crops, however uncomfortable it may ha e been to the people in cities, and the present time sees crops, though not very far advanced, in a good condition for reaching maturity. The promising outlook in the Northwest is supplemented by good reports from the South. Here there is the added advan tage of a more than usually diversified crop. A larae decrease in cotton is ex pected, mainly from a reduction in acre age on account of the uuremunerative price of the last crop.but partly also because the weather has been unfavorable for the development of the cotton plant But this shortage is more than made up by the large area and flourishing condition of wheat, corn and oats in the South. It is reported that improved methods of culti vation enable the Southern planters to produce cereal crops fully 25 psr cent cheaper than formerly. The present prospects all around indi cate another year ot fair abundance for the United States. Such over-abundant yields as those of last year are scarcely to be expected; but there is certainty of lib eral food supplies for this country and a fair surplus to sell to such foreign coun tries as need our food products. AX INVIDIOUS COMPARISON. The prominence and importance of the mob in American politics is often made the topic of disparaging comment by our English cousins, especially those of the Tory stripe. It is indisputable that the exhibitions of noisy popular tendencies sometimes reach a grotesque height in this country. But England now has a political campaign side by side with our own, and it brings out the fact that popular disorder plays a part in politics there not less markedly than here. Two examples of this sort were fur nished in the Parliamentary campaign last week. The victim in one case was no other than Henry 31". Stanley, who, it is reported, under the enthusiastic feminine guidance of bis wife and mother-in-law, lias been led to cherish the ambition of ad ding statesmanship to the fame of a great explorer. Those who have heard Mr. Stanley lecture will readily conjecture that his is not the oratory to catch and hold the attention of a restless mob. But such a speaker in America would be left to his own floundering. In London he was subjected to boots and jeers, even of obscene character, despite the presence of Mrs. Stanley on the stage. The disorder of the North Lambeth electors was too much for the man who could not be daunted by the wilds of Africa, and he was only rescued by Mrs. Stanley's intervention. She appealed to the hooting audience in words which one report represents as hysterical and another as clever and skillful At all events the feminine generalship enabled the explorer to get through his meeting. This was better fortune than attended the effort of the more skilled and veteran speaker, Joseph Chamberlain,-who tried o address a meeting at Coventry on the vne night It was proved there that not jy tb unpractioed tyro in politics la .'b!e to be howled down. Mr. Chamber- i's audience demonstrated that it came e, not o hear his argument, but to 'nt rdmfrom. making them. A cab- bage head thrown at the stage proved more effective than bis oratory, and Cham berlain finally gave It up. This is a stretch of popular license rarely known In this country. As a rale political speakers are given a fair hearing, and if the orator is uninteresting or prolix the audience revenge themselves by quietly leaving the hall The last at tempt to howl down a speaker so promin ent as Chamberlain In this country was more than 25 years ago, when a crowd of Tammany roughs tried it on Ben Butler, but found that they could not silence that veteran campaigner. Yet in England this thing is not un usual It is in line with the election fights, and may be repeated in half a dozen places before the general election is over. On the whole American elections will compare very favorably with the English for decorum and good order. TAMMANY AND THE PULPIT. The remarks of Eev. Thomas Dixon, of New York, with regard to Tammany, given elsewhere, show that the energetio clergyman proposes to keep up his war fare on that political organization even though under criminal indictment for pre vious verbal energy in the same lines. When Mr. Dixon was first attacked The Dispatch suggested that it might be in discreet to give him the opportunity of proving his assertions. From his further detailed assertions it looks very much as if he were disposed to undertake that task, which may result as unfortunately for the political organization as its pre vious challenge to Dr. Parkhurst It is plain that the attack on Dixon has not had the effect of placing any restraint on his tongue. If his assertions are un founded he deserves the punishment with which he is threatened; out all he needs to do to make himself right is to produce the evidence that his charges are true. It will make no difference whether he has to present that evidence before a Tammany jury or not; for if he should be convicted after making out a decent case he would be put in an attitude of martyrdom, which would eventually have a crushing effect on the political situatiou. Tammany has now succeeded in getting itself into a square fight with the pulpit. From the energy shown by the clerey the political machine is in danger of finding out that the pulpit is not the entirely effete institution it has been imagined to be. FREE TRADE DELIRIUM. The remarkable language of the Dem ocratic platform on the tariff question is hardly more significant of the determina tion of that party to rush to its own de struction by attempting to paralyze the industries of the country than the circum stances under which it was adopted. The latter phase puts in the strongest light the hydrophobia which affects the Dem ocracvat the mention of manufacturing industries and at the same time displays the irresistible tendency of Democracy to condemn itself by its own blunders. The stereotyped declaration of Bourbon Democracy in favor of tariff for revenue only might have passed as a matter of course if it had come before the conven tion in the usual form. But the majority of the committee reported a plank in which a profession, at least of some con cessions to business stability was made by declaring that "the difference between the cost of labor here and labor abroad" might be made a measure of tariff protec tion; that "it is not proposed to injure any domestic industries, but rather to promote their healthy growth," and that changes "must be at every step regardful of the labor and capital thus involved." The paradoxical task of re ducing the tariff on these lines was not what the convention objected to. When the rampant Watt-rson pointed out these phrases In the platform the Democracy In convention rose with a mighty roar and voted down any such un-Democratic pro- ceeding as paying attention to the inter ests of labor and capital The enthusiasm with which Democracy rejected these five promises and substi tuted for them a sweeping declaration that the Government must not "impose and collect a dollar excopt for purposes of revenue only" sets the Democratic pur pose m a bold light It does not propose to maintain the difference between Amer ican and European wages; it is not satis fied with anything less than the injury of the industries it so much hates; and care for the interests of labor and capital is entirely unworthy of any regard in the great Democratic scheme of destroying the tariff in a single campaign. This is the avowed platform under which Democracy seeks the votes of the work men and business interests of the country. Mr. Watterson is reported to have In dulged in an exclamation over the blunders of the convention. But the most fatal blunder of all is that violent declaration of intemperate hatred for in dustrial enterprises, of which Mr. Watter son himself was the leading advocate. THE COUNTRY SUNDAT. The summer Sunday formsthe topic of an interesting local article showing how the people of Pittsburg seek change of air and relaxation by getting out of the city to parks, groves and neighboring towns on Sundays. The use of the day to take fresh air and relaxation in enjoying nature's scenes is not strictly in accord ance with the old fashioned ideas of keep ing Sunday. But when people have been cooped up in city walls' all week no one can blame them for using the day of rest to get the most thorough rest possible. Those who are inclined to religious ways can observe the Sabbath in the country; those who are not would not observe it any better in the town. It is healthy and profitable for the working masses to take the day for quiet enjoyment of nature's beauties. The country Sunday is a good thing for those who take it rationally and its growth in popularity is to be approved. The Marquis de Mores, renowned in this country for shooting cowboys and spending his rich father-in-law's money as long as the old gentleman would give it up, lias scored another sensation by killing a man in a Parisian dnel. It seems that the Marquis disapproved of having Hebrew officers in the French army, and took Captain Bobadil's plan of remedying the matter by meeting the hated race in dnel one at a time. Having killed Captain Mayer for a starter, and having 'got arrested, the Marquis expresses his l egret and oilers to give satisfaction of the same sort to any champion ef the obnoxious de scent who wishes further trouble. How anyone can resist this mollifying ad vance on the Marquis' part does not appear. At the same time the United States can breathe a sigh of relief that the noble Mar quis did not stay in this country to carry a Presidental election by killing off all the opponents of his party. The rise of the French three per cent rentes to par for the first time in their sixty eight years'-life -is -considered a subject of world-wide comment. Yet the relative financial standing of nations is shown by the fact that United States seourlties have ranged above par for three" per cent these ten years past. The suit of Bessie Bell wood, the English music hall singer, against the Duke of Man- Chester, for money spent in supporting his trace when he was Viscount Mander- vtlle. calls renewed attention, to and olds scandal In the English aristocracy. The Duke is evidently of opinion tbat the honor or bavin;; supported the hope of the Bouis or Manchester should be enough for Bessie, lie might assert that "virtue should be its own reward," if It were not for the manifest sarcasm of mentioning virtue in such a -connection. The Chicago hustlers got the Falr-appro-priation Indorsed by both the big party con ventions; but the appropriation bill still sticks in Congress. Perhaps the money will come out more freely now that tie poli ticians have pat It oat of their power-to make it a party issue. The difficulty which election betters find in getting people to talte their bets is pro verbial; but the press seems to be doing its best to remedy the matter. One enthusi astic man has already advertised himself in the Sew York papers as . desiring to bet $20,000 on Cleveland's election. On the fol lowing day Senator Quay announoed In the press that he would bet '910,000 on Hnrrlson's victory. Of course, these statesman will at once seek each other out, put up their money and say no more about it. Eev. TosiDrxox, who is now religiously twisting the tiger's tall, is doing better campaign work from the pulpit than can be hoped for from the most forceful orators booked for the stump next fall by tbosoppo sltion to Tammany. The fact that John L Mitchell, a many times millionaire of Milwaukee, was intro duced to the Chicago Convention as the friend of George W. Peck is referred to by the New York Telegram as an evidence of the genuineness of American Democracy. Perhaps so: but in view of the fact that feck's fame was obtained as an alleged professional humorist it is more noticeable as the only real play of humor ever pro duced by the Peck entourage. Now vye are told that Chauneey M. Depe w has declined the State Department. The employment of the Vanderbilts gives more power and emolument than the employment of the nation. The fact that the New York Sun and New York Herald assert that Cleveland is not likely to carry New York looks dark for Harrison. But a balance is made by the belier of the London Times tbat Cleveland's chances are best. These esteemed cotem porarles have a talent for getting on the wrong side with their predictions that nearly reaches genius. The Peary relief party will leave to day. When the party for the relief of the relief party will sail Northward is not yot announced. The prompt displacement of the heated term by cool and delightful weather gives a good deal of ground for the belief that the conventions generated an excessive amount or heat while they lasted. On the other hand there is an impartial omen in the sud den way in which the country cooled off as soon as the nominations were completed. Pboiection is a good enough policy for this country, and the hewers of the Demo cratic free trade plank will find this out next fall. Some of our organio cotemporarles show a disposition. to claim that Harrison has the advantage of Federal pationage In the open ing campaign. Tbat will be a very unsafe reliance, since it ignores the fact that in the last (our Presidental and Congressional elec tions the party having tho patronage has come out at flie smaller end ot the horn. Cleveland is reported to be in the best of spirits. This report will not be repeated after the second Tuesday in November. FAVORITES OP FORTUNE. The widows of General Grant and Jeffer son D.ivis are staging at the same hotel at West Point. Austin Cobbin expects to .plant 20,000 hawthorn trees on his beautiful estate in New Himpshire. The Grand Duke George, second son of the Czar of Russia, is under medical treat ment In the Caucasus, where he will remain for two years. Gesxeal A, W. Gbeely, of the Signal Corps, will spend six weeks on his aunt's farm at Kensington, N. H., where he ar rived last Thursday. Senator Jones, of Nevada, whose speech on the tariff amazed the oonntry two years ago, is said to know more about silver than any living American. Outda resents the interest the pnblio feels in her clothes, liefr hnrses.her dogs and her wine. If Mile, de la B&mee's face were handsomer she'd scarcely De so resentful. The Duchess of Edinburgh is an accom plished and lovely woman, and is another instance oi the familiar truth that exalted station does not secure personal happiness. John Habbebton" says there were not 10 canoeists in the country when he began to paddle a canoe SO years ago. Now there are 30,000 of them who write their names "in water" every year. ' Last Ddtferin performs her social duties in Paris with a tact and grace that win admlratlonfbut there is a serious side to her character which seems to cause a lit tle surprise. She preferred staying at home, for instance, to going with her husband to the race for the Grand Prix the other day. HO CHANCE TO WIN. Deacon White's Prophecy of Defeat for the Democrats Next Novembsr. New York Advertiser. J "Deacon" S. V. White, the Wall street banker, predicted yesterday that tbe Repub licans would carry tbe State by 40,003 plu rality. "On what do I base tbe prediction? Tbe facility of the Democratic party for making blunders and mistakes renders it a comparatively easy matter to prophecy. "The refusal of the Cnlcago Convention to put in tbe platform the tariff plank reported by the committee, and its declaration that it is a fundamental principle of the Demo cratic party that the Government has no constitutional right to make tariff dnties except for revenue only, will drive enough voters out of the party to lose all the doubt ful States to them. The workingmen of this country will repudiate the party that de clares that there is no constitutional power to protect them against the jfeupor labor of foreign countries." APOPLEXY INDUCED B Y ELECIEICITY. The Victim Had Been In the Habit of Test ing Currents With His Tengue. New York, June 28. The death of Arthur J. Yeo, an electrician 27 years old, was re ported to the Health Department to-day. The cause of the death was given as nervous apoplexy. It is said that Yeo had been killed by elec tricity. He was In tbe habit of testing cur rents by applying the wire to bis tongue, and tne electricity Injected into his system by this means lesulted in the nervous apoplexy which caused his death. Marvelous Convention Reports. Elizabeth Herald. J The convention reports published by Tee PrrrsBCRO Dispatch concerning the two great political gatherings which bave Jnst been held have been marvelous in their completeness, covering every phase of the doings at these great gatherings and giving everything worth knowing about them. Tex Dispatch is unsparing in its use of money to command tbe most complete news service, and had the very best trained politi cal writers on its special staff for these great occasions. Interesting Subject for Sermons. Cleveland Plain Dealer. Tbe decision of a New York Justice hold ing tbe BevTbomas Dixon In (1,000 bail for trial on tbe charge of libeling an official may bave the effect of making the gospel more attractive to tbls class of ministers as a sub ject for sermons. ' THE PURSUIT OF PLEASURE. (W.1ITTEN roa TBS DISPATCH. ' -I walked, one sunny day last sum mer, from Conoord to Lexington. The road was tbat hlstorlo highway over which Paul Severe spurred his horse on the eve of tbe Revolution, that night when he woke up tbe eager countryside, and made ready a warm and enthuiiastio reoeptlon for tbe British soldiers who cams marching alter him. My pilgrimage began at tbe bridge where tbe forces of King George met their first repulse, and where tbe farmers of Conoord fired "tbe shot heard round the world." Tbe shady road wound round the Old Manse, past the former dwell ing places of Hawtborne and Alcott and Emerson, beside the steep and wooded banks from whose summits of advantage tbe oolonists kept up a rattling fire upon tbe retreating red-coats, and ended by the "green" at Lexington, where the War of Independence had Its beginning. Such a walk is a refreshment to both body and mind. Such a holiday is a holy day. A vacation which contains suoh experience is a vaction indeed. We are busy just now, a good many of ns, in planning for vacation. Most of tbe peo ple who have the least need of a change are meditating Journeys, and anticipating sum mer joys and engaging uncomfortable rooms at crowded hotels. The people who really ought to have a rest, the men who work in the hot mills, tbe women who live in tbe sixth stories of tenement bouses, may have at least this satisfaction: tbat the majority of vacation takers get but a meager enjoy ment out of their vacation. Indirect, Roundabout Pleasure the Best. Pleasttbe is best sought indirectly. It is got at quickest by taking the long way round. It is apt to be coy and shy, and to say "no" to the votary who presses his suit too abruptly. People who set out In avowed pursuit of pleasure are otten as disap pointed in their quest as tbe old knights who sought the holy grail. Sometimes the knights found the grail after they had aban doned their search and leturned home. So, too, with health, which we all pretend to be In pursuit of in these summer pilgrim ages. We add cubits to our stature only when we stop taking thought about our nulse and our temperature. To nave some object which is not health and not pleasure is the best way to get both health and pleas ure. Thus some wise men, like the apostles, go a-flshtng. They have it for their pur pose to catch fish, and on the way, while they are not thinking of it, they catch tbe red of the sun in their cheeks, and rainbows in their souls. I met a Yankee pedler that day between Lexington and Concoid, and be offered me a wide choice of wares. He was willing to sell me soap or suspenders, or collar buttons or patent medicine, or a plan of Boston or the Plan of Salvation all of which invest ments I declined. There are as many and as various opportunities in the matter of vaca tion. That, however, will be the inoit profi table vacation, in which there is a purpose to do something or see something beyond the blunt pursuit of pleasure. A Good Tear to Study Hiitorle Spots. The people who go to Chautauqua probably have all the batter time because they go to lectures. They improve their bodies all the more for Improving their minds. It is a good plan to make the sum mer holiday an opportunity for seeing some ot the historic and beautiful places In the world. The towns of Massachusetts are full of colonial and revolutionary associations. What a good year this is to go to Salem, where Just two centuries ago this summer they were busy trying witches! What an ex cellent season to make a voyage to the Bahamas, to Sin Salvador and Watling's Island, and thui to tread In tbe footsteps of Columbus! Now is a fine time to take the gi e tt ti Ip overland, and see tbat wonderful new country of which 'nost of us have such dim Ideas, and to visit Alaska before the primitive conditions there have been quite supplanted by modern civilization. Or, lead tbe books of Prancis Parkmau, and explore Canada; fight over again in imagination tbose fierce old frontier battles, and revive the blessed memories of the brave Jesuit missionaries who suffered martyrdom along the banks of the great river. Or, visit the more recent battlefields of tbe Civil War. Two young men from Pittsburg took a de lightful journey on their wheels tho other day, through the Shenandoah valley a trip worth taking. Of course, if one can get pass age on one of the big ferry boats that ply be tween these shores and the lands over the sea, that Is better than anything else But our own country is sufficiently interesting. Any vacation which is intelligently planned to take in .places of real interest, suoh as can readily be reached in but a tew hours by rail, will be a profitable vacation. There will be more health and pleasure in it than foolish people who spend shining houisand shining dollars at fashionable re sorts can ever dream of. lhn Uonu Holiday Not Disappointing. Why not stay here in Pittsburg for va cation? I know some neople who tried that last summer and were so well pleased with the experiment that they are going to try it again. Of course, theie are thousands of our fellow citizens who must by reason of necessity stay in town all summer, whether they like it or not. But these friends or mine might, if they chose, have spent vaca tion at the sources of the Nile. They delib erately preferred to spend it at the sources of the Ohio. Let the people who must be in town all summer congratulate themselves. If they have money enough they can ride out every day in Scbenley Park or Highland Park, or over the ontreachlng roads which run beside the rivers, through shady forests, and amidst some of the most charming scenery on tbe continent. And they can spend the heat of the day under the cool shadows of their own trees, or in the ham mocks on tbeir own wide porches, and eat their good home dinners in the blessed seclu sion of home, and sleep in their own comfor table beds In their own pleasant rooms; and, if they desire to travel, they can buy a book and Journey with the author even into the cold neighborhoods of the pole; and ir they have a longing for society, they can buy a novel, and dwell in marble halls or thatched cottages, with lovers and their .lassies. I believe that a week's vacation in Pittsburg, lived after this serene and restful manner, would do more good to tired people than a month at Atlantio City. Kest Within the Beach or All. Ob it we have not money enough to own either a horse or tree, five cents will buy a horse that will answer all our purposes, a horse and carriage as comfortable us the best, and which will con vey us more rapidlvand more smoothly than any coach or cart in the finest stable in the city; and thus, In tbe "people's carriage," in the cable or electric cars, we may take a ride as interesting and as refiesbing as any tbat tho millionaire can. take. And as for trees, do we not own whole parks full of trees? Do they not actually belong to us, the people? Let ns make tbe most of our advantages. This is not such a bad business, staying in town all tbe summer. Suppose one were to devote himself, in whatever spare time he might have this summer, to the exploration of Pittsburg, tramping over its back streets, looking about among Its avenues of mansions, learn ing somewhat of its industries, seeing what is made here and how they make it, visiting its places of interest from the block house to Braddock's Fields, viewing it at night from tbe heights of lit. Washington would there not be some interest In that! Might not that be a pleasant feature of a stay-at-home vacation? After all, the vacation depends upon tbe vacation-taker. People who know how to make the most of life will have a good vaca tion anywhere. Baccalaureate Sermon at Mandrills. Meadville, -June 28. Special. Dr. D. H. Wheeler to-day preaobed bis ninth bacca laureate sermon to tbe students of Alle gheny College. It was attentively listened to by a large congregation. During his re marks oe said: "Tbe foundations or life are laldjmder ns all. We cannot build them over again. It is left to us to build upon these foundations with good or bad mate rial, wisely or unwisely. This truth is ax iomatic to everyone who thinks. It is a truth growing clearer as science and expe rience accumulate In the world. 1 k. DE M0BES A COOL OHE. How He Wlngsd Two Bad Cowboys Who Guyed Him Oat Wesr, t Nxw York, June SO. "Did you ever bear how the Marquis de Mores 'winged' two bad men In Cheyenne?" atked Jaok Frnzier, of Council Bluffs, yesterdayin the Astor House rotunda. "I was in the osttl business In 1835, and became acquainted with De Mores In Denver in May. He was a very polite man, but rather lnollned to be offish, as we say in the West. About a month after that I met him at Bartow's ancb, about 23 miles from Cheyenne. Ho was mounted on & vicious broncho, and appeared tobave a good deal of trouble to keep bis' seat. Two cowboys, who had been loading up on tangle foot, were whooping and howling in rront of Bartow's shanty when the Marquis rode up. Their ponies were tethered and they were running foot races, and for no reason on earth yelling like Comaches in a war dance. "One of them began to guy the Marquis on his horsemanship. He made no reply, but kept on talking to me. Finding he oould not be nrovoked that wav. the oowbov.niok. named 'Broad Back' Morris, because or his unusually broad shoulders, mounted his pony, and with a dig of the spuis began to show the Frenchman howto ride. His com panion followed his example, and in a couple or minutes they were circling around the Marquis, firing off their Winchesters and uslns the most Insulting langnage. Whether the Mai quis did not understand what they meant I don't know; at all events be rolled a cigarette and lighted it. " 'Drop that, you tenderfoot,' roared Mor ris, pulling up his mustang with a jerk; 'drop that, or I'll clip it out of yer mouth.' At the same moment he lifted his Winches ter. "De Mores turned half way on his saddle, took a deep inspiration and blew out a cloud of smoke. As it cleared away the cowboy took deliberate aim and fired. The cigarette was sent flying in fragments. Be foie I knew what bad happened De Mores had drawn his long-barreleed French re volver from his belt and pulled the trigger. The Winchester dropped out of Morris' hands. He had been shot through both wiists. The howl he let out could be heard a quarter of a mile. "The other cowboy was then on De Mores' flank. As soon as be saw him pull his gun he grabbed Ills rifle, but had not time to raie it before tbe Marquis fired a seoond shot. Just as his broncho cave a lunge. Tbe bad mau tumbled off with a bullet in his shoulder. It might have been meant for his head, for all I know. "What did De Mores do thent He rolled another cigarette, lighted it and continued the conversation." rOTE CHTJECHES A CENTURY OLD. They Are AH Within a Few Miles or the Village of West Newton. West Newtox, June 26. Special. The centennial of tbe Salem Baptist Church, on tbe Bobbstown and Wllllamsport pike, two miles from this place, will take place Thurs day. Great preparations bave been made by the congregation to celebrate the event, and many visitors are expeosed, for whom provisions have been made. The leading ministers of the Pittsburg Baptist Associa tion, to which the chuicb belongs, will con duct the services, and people from all points in this district are expected to crowd tbe little town on tbat day. In 1792 the Salem Baptist Church was first organized, and a little log building was erected in which they held services. The congregation was necessarily slow in grow ing those davs, and it was not until 1S40 that the little old log churcli was pulled down and a brick structure erected in its place. Three churches in this district have the honor or being even older than tho Salem church. They are the Peters Creek Baptist, and the Round Hill and Long Bun Presby terian Churches. These celebrated their respective centennials some years ago. The Peters Creek Is the oldest in the Pittsburg Baptist Association, and the Salem is next in honor in point of years. A SIAMESE PEIUCE Iff GOTHAM. He Is on a Short Visit to the Metropolis and Will Go No Farther West. New York June 26 Special. A very merry, round-faced little Siamese prince, Mom Rajawongse Pheen.arrivedat Hoboken to-day from Christiansand, tn the Danish steamship iiekla. He is a nephew of His Prismatlo Majesty, King Chualongkorn, nf Slam. The little pi lnce is 22 years old and has spent ten years acquiring the experience necessary to make him the ruler of the Siamese navy. He has spent nine years in the Danish navy and one year on the Ord nance Department of the French navy at Havre. He Is a First Lieutenant in the Danish navy. Ho cqmes here as. fourth officer on the Hekla, but with many more privileges than are allowed to the ordinary fourth officer. He will stay only a week or so in New York and will return to Copenhagen on the Hekla. He will be tho guest of Mr. Isaac Smith, of the Union League Club, who rep resents Slam In this country. He will go to Niagara Falls to-morrow night. The prince speaKS English, Danish, Italian, French, Spanish and German. A TBEE OF CON IB AMOTIONS. Some of Its Branches Bear Early and Others Very Late Fruit. Bellaire, June 20. Special. F. G. Cun ningham, near South Olive, Noble connty, has a cherry tree that is a curiosity. It is about 20 years old, is a foot through and has three folks. Twool these forks bear early oherries, the other fork bears very late ones. Wben tbe early ones are ripe and gone tbe late ones are not half grown. On the forks of the tree limbs pnt out that grow early cherries, nnd on the forks that grow early ones limbs put out that grow late ones. Standing off and looking at the foliage, a distinct difference is noted in tbe shape and color or the leaves. The story is a bigone, but the proof to the non-believer is to go and see it. Thousands have came for miles to see this strange tree and it has never been grafted. DEATHS HERE AND ELSEWHERE. Gertrude Dawes, Actress. Gertrude Dawes (Mrs. Campbell), an actress of the old time, died at her home. New York, Wednesday. Her maiden name was Brlaut, and she was born In Savannah, Ga.. In 1335. Many old-time theater-goers will remember her as a dancer. She made her debut at the National Theater, Philadelphia, under Wemyjj' manage ment, as one of the fairies In the "King of the Mist." She first appeared as an actress In 1S52. Her first character part was Catherine Eloper In "Lola Montez. " Her last appearance was In 1854. In the latter part of that year she married Cor nelius W. Campbell, who bad justcome home from California with 120,1X10. Herhnsband took her off the stage, and she never returned to It. Perclval I Drayton. Society people in New York and Tuxedo were shocked Saturday to learn of the death of Perclval L. Drayton, a cousin of J. Coleman Drayton, and one of the handsomest and most popular men In exclusive circles In New York City. He died late Friday evening at the house of Samnel S. Howland, in Washington. Mr. Dray ton took the bl-cliloriJo of gold cure. Althontrn not a drunkard he wished to break himself of a taste for spirituous liquors. Bi-cliloride of gold is now alleged as the orislnal cau.e of Percy Dray ton's death, although it Is believed to have been some months since he ceased the treatment. D. D. Bell, Louisville. -D. D. Bell, who was stricken with paraly sis a few days ago, died yesterday at Louisville. He was one.of the wealthiest men In this section, and well known In turf circles. He gave thousands annually to charltv. Most of his fortnne Is in Jew York and at. Ijouis. His latner was at one time a partner of A. T. Stewart In St. Louis. Mr. Bell was 42 years of age and leaves a wife and one child. He was a son-in-law of the well known banker, E. D. Sayres. e Tranlc Hill, Hotel Man. Frank Hill, proprietor of the St. James Hotel, Corry, died Saturday morning from the effects of a sunstroke which he received tbe week before while attending the races at Warren, Fa. He has suffered Intensely since the stroke, but was supposed to be Improving. He was formerly pro prietor of ihe Mansion Honsc Tltusvlll.. but went to Corry st November, bought the Plictnlx Hotel and leasea the St. James for a term of years. f Obituary Notes. Edward H-ERBST, the Austrian statesman, died Saturday. Ahedxe Erxst Babthelmt Mocchez, the well-known French naval offlcer, scientist and writer, is dead In Pans, aged 71 years. Mb. Sheldon, the European manager of the Jarvis-Conklln Mortgage Company, died yesterday at his residence In Hampton, England. The cause of death was heart failure. "BOBEBT Bitsios Cbosbt. the last surviving son of tbe late William Bedlow Crosby, and brother of the late Dr. Howard Crosoy, died sud denly Saturday at Blverdale-on-the-Uudson of pneumonia. W. B. CuxBEBSON.the Albany. Ind.. millionaire. died Saturday night from the effects of the grr.i contracted last winter, at the aire of 78. He was President of tbe First National Bank, and was for many years a merchant. He was a native of Car lisle, Pa. THE TWO CONVENTIONS. As a matter of course there were vital differences between tbe proceedings of the two conventions which met at Minneapolis and Chicago, but at the same time there were many features of striking similarity. Perhaps the most notable of these was in the tactics adopted by tbe opposition to the leading and successful candidates at both places. The beaten managers In each case deolded tbat tbelr best prospect of success lay In Inducing as many favorite sons as possible to enter the field, or allow their names to be used, hoping thereby to pre vent a nomination on the first ballot, when they fondly imagined they could turn the tide to the candidate of their choice. The main reason for this policy was found In tbe belief that Harrison and Cleveland respectively bad a number of instructed or pledged delegates who would consider their orders or promises satisfied by a single bal lot, and who would thereafter vote accord ing to tbeir individual ideas and convictions. Tbe candidates were radically different in that the leaders of the' Democratic oppo sition had only to bold together one third of their convention, while to .carry out their plans the anti-administration managers at Minneapolis had to secure half of that gath ering. Had it taken GOOodd votes to nomi nate in tbe Republican assembly the ballot ing might have still been in progress beside the falls of St. Anthony. Position of Two Noted Buckeye. To carry the parallel still further it was npon a favorite son of Oblo that the chief hopes weie levied at each convention, one a Governor and the otheran ex-Governor,who bad Just been pitted against each other in one of the most interesting of political con tests. UcKlnley was an avowed supporter of Harrison and Campbell an open adherent of Cleveland. Neither of them, though, would have carried their devotion to the ex tent of refusing an offered Presidental nomination, wbicli would come to tbem free of any taint of treach ery and wire-pulling on tbeir part. McKinley was the first to face the crisis, and, while he deprecated, he did not forbid tbe use of his name. His own sup port he gave as he had pledged, but he made no strenuous efforts ter curtail the desires and operations of his frionds. Ho could could well be pardoned for thinking that, in view of the temporarily bitter recrimina tions and apparently muddled situation, a new mttn would bo for the best interests of all concerned, and each element admitted that if a third candidate were to win the prize none was so likely to do so as tho Buckeye Executive. It is not strange then that, while holding himself personally aloof from all schemes and combinations, it was not until after Harrison was practically nominated that MoKinlev cbalfenired tbe light of the delegates from his State to cast their votes for him. The fact that a large portion of the votes given to MoMInley, though, were thrown so simply in an effort to prevent a nomination was clearly anparent, add wben Campbell came to confront the same situation two weeks later he had the advantage of tbe ex perience of his late opponent. Until tbe arrival of tbe ex-Governor In Chicago Sen ator Brice had been assuming an impartial and unconcerned attitude. Under the surface, however, he was in a combination working to defeat the success of Cleveland, and the part of the task assigned to him was to see that the ex-President got no votes in Ohio. It was precisely the same labor al loted to Foraker at Minneapolis, in which he was more successful than the Wall street Senator. Half, at least, of the Bnckeye Democratic delegation belonged to a faction opposed to Campbell, but acting under instructions from Brice they were prepared to seemingly support the ex-Governor In order to draw his irlends Horn Grovor. But Campbell noted In a more radical manner than Mc Kinley. He publicly announced tbat he was not a candidate, and more than that de nounced tbe favorite son plan. Beyond tha t he caused It to be known that if bis name was presented to tbe convention he would denounce the scheme as a fraud upon the floor, and warn bis friends not to be de ceived by it. He made it plain that wf lie he would be erate'ul for an honest support for the highest office In tbe land, he was not to be used as a catspaw. A Most Important Announcement. This warning from Campbell so discom posed and angered Brice tbat in his con fusion he exposed his real position, and dropped his cloak of Impartiality and un concern. From that moment tbe favorite son scheme, whioh had been formulated with much labor, punctured at one place, commenced to lall to pieces. Senators Palmer and Gorman followed tbe examples of Senators Cullom and Allison at Minne apolis, and declined to encourage their re spective booms. Gorman, to be sure, gets very little credit for his self-abrogation, for he remained on the fence until it became evident that Cleveland was likely to win witbout him, when he abandoned the con test. At both conventions the National Com mittee was against the successful candi date. At the Bepubllcan gathering this feature was the more marked, as the committee rooms were tbe headquarters of tbe opposition, and from there even tbe waving plumes for anti administration demonstrations were Issued. ' The roll was made up and the Temporary Chairman appointed in the interest of one element. The Democratic Committee bad nothing to do with tbe roll, but it turned down the Chairman suggested by tne Cleveland managers and named the one selected by Henry Watterson, one of the most pronounced disbelieve s in Grower's availability. In both cases threats were made of antagonizing these selections as Temporary Chairmen oh the floor of the convention, but in neither were thev car ried out, ana in neither case was the tem porary presiding officer able to do anything lor advantage ot the side whlcn bad placed him in the chair. At Minneapolis a majority of the New York delegates and at Chicago all of tbem told their respective conventions that the choice of a particular candidate would en danger the Empire State, and yet v, ben tbat candidate was named In each case, after the temporary expressions of disippolntment, the men who gave the warnings expressed hope and confidence of carrying the State. The Oratory and tbe Applause. It was shown that success is not the chief Inspiration of applause. On the banks of the Mississippi and by the shores of Lake Michigan the most remark able demonstrations were in behalf of candidates who -were beaten, and came from those who knew in their hearts that defeat had already been practically re corded. In each instance the applause was made Intense and prolonged, not only out of enthusiasm and affection for a avorite, but because of a desire to gain time from a vague hope that something might happen to tuin the tide, and from a desire by frenzied and continuous shouts to make an Impres sion on uncertain and wavering delegates. Probably two-thirds of tho 11,000 people who filled the convention hall at Minneapolis were for Blalne.and that g.ive them an advan age in numbers which early euablod them to surpass any of tbe demonstrations made by their opponents. Bat it was noticeable, too, tbat each individual Blaine man made more noise than a number on the other side, and tbat this was characteristic of the fi lends of a defeated champion was clearly proven at Chicago. Among the 20.0J0 people in the big wig wam not more than one-fourtn, at the out side, were for Hill, and yet the demonstra tion made when Governor Abbett pio nounced the name of the New York Senator exceeded in intensity and force any or. tho orations accorded to Cleveland's name. There were not nearly hs many people on their feet nnd the noise did not last quite as long, but it was clearly more vigorous and each person engaged was much more vehe ment. Tbe oratorical effort of the Minneapolis Convention whs that of Wolcott, eulogizing Blaine and attacking the administration and giving implied warnings of disaster if Harrison was nominated. The featuie of the Chicago speeches was that of Burke Cookran, defending and championing Hill, criticising Cleveland and urging wltha force which almost equalled a threat tbat he was not an available candidate. Each of these eloquent addresses was made in behalf of men who were beaten be! ore the speaker ascended the platform, and neither of them apparently changed a single vote. Victory by Narrow Margin. There are many other minor features of the two conventions upon whicn a parallel could be drawn. Even the votes which deefded the contests are really very similar. Tbe actual test of strength between Blame and Harrison came on tbe report of i the Committee on Credentials, when the administration foroes cast 13 more than half tbe votes of the convention. A change of a few more than a dozen delegates on that roll call would bave reversed the entire situation. Tbe men who got on tbe Harri son band-wagon the next dav because he had shown a majority, though small, would have stampeded to Blaine even more readily if his friends could bave secured on that initial test a lead, even if it was only two or three. There was no public trial between the Cleveland forces and those of the opposi tion unm me uauot lor tne nomination, wben Grover came to tbe front with a dozen more than the necessary two-thirds, as Harrison had obtained a dozen more than tbe necessary half. After the nomination for the Presidency at Minneapolis tbe outsiders took it far granted that Morton would get the place, as at Chicago almost everybodv thought tbat uray wonia oe namea lor vice jrresiaent. But Held secured the niche on the ticket with Harrison practically without opposi tion, while Stevenson was nominated as Cleveland's running mate by a stampede at the end of tbe first ballot. And, to continue tbe comparison beyond the. convention, there is an apparently large element which holds tbat neither of them will add much strength to their respective tiokets. L.D.B. TTJETLES IK BATTLE ABBA7. A Large Drove of Them Pat a Boy to Flight and Frighten a Team. Beavee Falls, June 26. Special. George Golden, a farmer near Darlington, whose farm lies on tbe Little Beaver liver, was in town yesterday and told a singular story. As is well known by those familiar with the habits of the turtle, this Is the season when they lay their eggs, and while doing so leave the streams and ponds and wander off to secluded places to make their nests. While In this migratory state they are very vicious, and their bite is said to be poisonous. Yesterday morning, Mr. Golden says, as he was driving along the road near his farm he encountered a large drove of turtles. After his first astonishment at the sight, he counted M of tbem, although many were hidden in the grass on each side of the road. They were all big fellows, and many of tbem would weigh fnlly 30 pounds each. They ap peared to an oe oi tne regular "snapper' variety, and were getting away from the Little Beaver as fast as tbeir little short legs wouiu carry mem. Mr. Golden's son, 14 years old, leaped from, tbe wagon and attacked tbe reptiles with a whip. They turned npon him, .and, with hisses like those of geese, and with out stretched necks and open mouths, made the boy beat a hasty retreat. The lad scrambled onto the wagon, and tbe unwonted sight of a drove of turtles approaching in warlike array so frightened Mr. Golden's horses that they wheeled and almost upset the wagon and dashed -off In an opposite direction. They Tan half a mile before he could stop them, and when he got backnot a turtle was insight. CHICAGO DHIHKIHG SEWAGE, The Flood Drives the Polluted Streams Into the Water TnnneL Chicago, June 26. Much apprehension is felt by the city health officers for the wel fare of Chicagoans, owing to the thousands of gallons of sewage now pouring into the lake and polluting Chicago's water supply. Elver sewage is pouring lake ward at the rate of 600,000 cubic feet per minnte. The polluted area has reached tbe two-mile tunnel ports, and disease-laden water is being pumped through tbe mains. Tbe water department officials are unable to check the outflow, ex cept to advise users of city water to boil every drop. Samples of water taken in and about the two-mile crib confirm tbe fears of the de partment. Chemical analyses bave not been made, ror evidences of pollution arc tangi ble. The specimen taken from the crib will show a greenish tinge, indicating ammonia. The flood has reached a higher point and lasted longer than the May freshet. During that period City Engineer Chirk maintained that thesewage did not reach two-mile crib, Until Friday night he wonld not give up hope that the city would escape this time Yesterday morning, however, be felt differ ently. THE TICKET'S TAIL Will Mr. Stevenson come East for a few, days and be introduced! New York Herald. Hooeat for Cleveland and what's-bis-namet Three cheers and a Tammany tiger! Now all together. Minneapo'u Tribune. Wht, oh, why, didn't Mr. Stevenson's re spected parents think of an easier and more euphonious name than of AdlaiT Boston Herald. AitD still the chorus swells in melancholy cadence throughout the Democratic camp: "Who is Adlal Stevenson, anyway?" SUPaul Pioneer Press. ' Tammahy has bad its revenge. It has fixed the Democratic ticket so that the back end will null down the front end. St. Louis Globe Democrat Adlai is a decidedly awkward and un American name. Suppose we compromise by calling him Adelaide, Amelia or Amanda? A'ew York Advsrttsir. Ketttblicait Chairkait Clabksox seems to think that Stevenson is the more available man of tbe two Democrats on the Presi dental ticket. Still tbat is not exuberant praise. Philadelphia Inquirer. Mb. Steveitsow, the Democratic nominee for Vice President, is a gentleman well known and highly respected by bis neigh bors and friends down in Bloomington, but there are not enough voters in Bloomington to elect him Chicago Tribune. Is nominating Stevenson for Vice Presi dent the Demot ratio party confers honor and distinction npon tbe hungriest and most defiant spoilsman who figured in the public service under tbe Cleveland administration. That's the kind of civil service reform party the Democracy is. New York Press. SOUGHT 70S A LIVING BlSEWHZBZ. General O.'arkson Relates His Experience as an Offlce-Holder. Boston Herald. 1 Congiessman Otis, of Kansas, who belongs to the Alliance party, has introduced a bill in Congress limiting the compensation of all Government officials to $5,000 per annum. Apropos of tbls ex-Assistant Postmaster General Clarkson tells a story or his exper ience as an office holder in Washington which ought to enlighten tbe member from Kansas. Mr. Clarkson's salary was $1,500 and tbe rent of his honso was (4,400. Mr. Clarkson, appreciating tbat there was a bal ance to the good, asked his wife what he had better do with the other $100. "Well," said she, "you might as well put in a telephone." Instead of which Headsman Clarkson up and resigned his office to get a living else where. THE FLAG IS HEPDBLICAN. Hence Georgia Democrats Are Loath to Dis play the Stars and Stripes. Atlakta, June 26. Georgia society is at odds as to the propriety of hoisting the Stars and Stripes July 4. The head of the Na tional Order.of Daughters of tbe Bovolution lias sent out the suggestion that all mem bers of the order should display the flag upon tbeir homes on the nation's birthday. The members of tbe branch recently organ ized hero, with few exceptions, will heed the suggestion, bnt It will not be heeded in some outer towns. Those opposed to tbe proposition are pro file in the word "loyalty to the Union em blem; but.as one of tbem said, "Some way or other. Republicanism waves with the Na tional flag." MATTA'S JDNEBAL HOOTED. A Ealmacedlst Insult Almost Besults In a Blot at Valparaiso. Valparaiso, Jane 28. The funeral cere monies over the dead ex-Minis ter of Foreign Affairs, Scnor Manuel Antonio Mntta, were of the most imposing character. While the cortege was on its way to the hall where, the body of the dead statesman lay In state, a number of ex-officers of Balmaceda's army, who were in a restaurant, began to shoot, "Down with Matta," and other opprobrious epithets. The people were aroused to a frenzy by this action, and threats were made to sack the restaurant in which the Balmacedlsts were, and also the office of La RepuUica, and the police had much difficulty inrestralning them. A Whitlier Poem for the Fair. Axssburt, Mass., Jnne 26. It Is now a settled (act that tbe poet Whittler will write the opeuing ode for the World's Fain When tbe matter was first broached to the poet, he was unable to give a definite answer; but improved health will permit blm so to da The title is still a secret to everyone except Mr. Whittler. 1 CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS. The wealth of the negro population o" Alabama is estimatedat $20,000,000. It is said that one in every ten of the world's workingwomen support tbeir'hus bands. The river approaches to Lake Nicar agua abound with tho only species of fresh water shark known to scientists. India rubber trees grow wild all over Lee county, Florida. At Fort Myers theT are tbe chief shade and ornamental trees. The Chinese have their tombs built in a semi-oircular form, like a horseshoe, and the Moors use the same form in their archi tecture. When the Falkland Islands were first visited by man, the wild dogs found there approached him without either fear or aversion. TheCzarofBussiais the largest indi vidual landowner in the world. Tbe area of his possessions is far greater than that of the entire Bepubllo of France. In America, as in France, the average size of families has been steadily decreasing for tbe last half century. The average la now 4.94, where In 1S30 it was 9.S0. Horticulturists tell us that the orange was originally a pear-shaped fruit about tbe size of tbe common wild cherry. Its evolution is due to 1,200 years of cultiva tion. In Michigan a double cedar knot is car ried in tbe pocket to cure rheumatism, and in New Hampshire men carried a gall from tbe stems of the golden rod for the same dis ease. On tbe eastern shore of Maryland bil iousness Is cured by boring three boles In a carefully selected tree and walking three times around it, saying, "Go away, bil ious." -Tbe average length of life is greater in Norway than in any other country on the globe. This is attributed to the fact that tbe temperature is cool and uniform throughout tbe year. The paragraph mark "7" is a Greek "p," the initial of tbe word paragraph. The early printers employed a dagger (f) to sbow tbat a word or sentence was objectionable and should be cut out. Four different peaks in the mountains of Idaho are from 13 to 23 feet lower by actual measurement than they were 15 years ago. Geologists do not attempt to explain the "why" of their settling. The greatest day's run of an ocean . steamship was about 515 miles. The steamer in question was 562 feet long and had previ ously been known to make 500 miles per day for three days in succession. In an area of about 15 miles square be low Trout Creek thero is estimated to be a band ofat least TOO wild horses, which are not only eating off the ranges, but be coming a more direct source of loss to stock owners. A heavy plate-glass shade, ornamented with gold and securely locked to three staples set in tbe marble top of a pulpit in a church in Brussels, is said to cover one of tbe tboras which formed a part or tbe fcavior's crown. Eeally beautiful turquoises are very rare. The Maharajah of Ulep Sing, former .King of Lahore, owns one ot tbe most famous, and a son of Abd-el-Kader has in his possession tbe fetish turquoise on which are engraved tho legends dictated by Moham med. Caterpillars from six inches to a foot long are common in tho vicinity of the Darling river, Australia. Tbe natives twist them together and boil tbem in kangaroo grease. Travelers who have tasted this delicacy say tbat it is not altogether un palatable. The first day of the Chinese New Tear's feasts is called "Bird's Day" (Kay Yat), and is supposed to jring to mind the utility of the feathered tribes as food. On this day the orthodox Chinese abstain from eating flesh, and they sometimes observe it as a day of fasting. There is only one factory in Russia for the manufacture of playing cards. It has a monopoly of tbe business and belongs to tbe Foundling Hospital. It is figured tbat there are 30.000 000 neonle in ltuia who Dlar cards. and to suoply the demand, this factory puts out 6.000,000 packs of cards annually. The Chinese, notwithstanding the fact that tbey eat tbe flesh of the dog and esteem it a great delicacy, honor their dogs mora highly and take better care of them than any other race of people. In every large Chinese city there ii a workman whose sole trade is that of making coffins for departed canines. The Eiffel Tower is now the highest clock tower In the world. A gigantic clock has been placed on its second platform, and scientists daily and hourly take observa tions on the motion of the pendulum, it being their Idoa tbat the revolution of the earth on Its axis may be visibly demon strated by the experiment. A curious practice of the Bulgarian ma sons which survives to this day testifies to tbe vitality of the legend. To insure the solidity of tbe houses they build they meas ure with a reed the shadow of tbe first per son wbo passes after the digging of the foundation has been comoleted. W hen the foundation is commenced thL-t reed is bnned under tbe first rock, usually tbe corner stone. An African, with the additional nerve force imparted by the kola nut, can endure from ten to 100 hours' fatigue, tbe half of which would kill the laborer foolhardy enough to attempt it without using the in vigorating little nut. Where It takes eight Brazilian negroes to carry a load with diffi culty, four African porters carry it cheer fully along, singing "as if each muscular ex ertion was exhilarating Joy." The body of a man weighing 158 pounds exactly has been lound to contain 23.3 ponnds of carbon, 2.2 pounds of lime. 2X3 ounces of phosphorus and 1 ounce each of sodium (salt), iron, potassinm, magnesium and sillicon. Besides the abovo "-olids" the analyst obtained from the iame subfect 5,595 cubic feet or oxygen and 105.9-.0 enhio feet of hjdrogen, this latter weinin 15 pounds 4 ounces, and 5Z cubic feet of nitrogen. Anaxagoras, the Athenian philosopher, who flourished in the fifth century before Christ, taught bis scholars tbat wind was air set in motion by rarefaction: that the moon owed her Iight.giving properties to tbe sun; tbat the rainbow wa3 the resulting phenomena of reflection; that comets were wandering stars, and that the fixed start were at an immeasurable distance beyond tbe sun, besides giving tbem many other ideas thought to belong to moro modern times. IDYLLIC HU3IOKESQUES. Fair Amateur Yes, I painted that. "What scnool of pilntlng would you call It? Artist (gentlv) Boarding school. Somtntt Hews. The fellow that's up with the times, And sees with a glance all thing;. Gets awfully left In the lurrh By the circus that has three rings. Chicago Inter-Ocean. Marjorie Do you know why that young' man who threatened to blow oat bis brains on your account didn't do It? Madge Poor Chollf J He must have come to the conclusion that be hida't any. AewIurK Evening Aun. The delegate comes home again; His soul Is tilled with care: He has a wealth of hope and cheers. But not a cent to spare. Washington Star. "Do you think Smidgley has made a good match?" Bulkly I gness It's Jnst the same old sulphur variety. He has already applied for a divorce. Berkeley Register. Although a glorious day, no doubt, It's rather out or tune To have the kid begin about Tbe middle week of Jupe. Pomona Express. 'Wife (shaking him) John, wakenpt It's nearlv noon. Chicago Kdltor (rubbing his eves) Ehf Wh-what hoar did it adjourn to. bors? CAtcayo Tribune. Husband (sniffing) Seems to me I smell kerosene. Wife Yes; by the way. my dear, you must go to the Intelligence office and get a new girl. You caa ride down with tbe undertaker Aeie York Weekly. Miss Prim, let none deride her, Xow she is on the shelf; She has nobue beside her, to she's beside herself. yew York Evening Sun. Winebiddle I see that a quantity of whale oil calmed a very heavy sea the other dty. Glldersleeve Wben I was a boy at school I re member tbat the. same thing calmed many an un ruly boy.-Detroit tret frets. &$ -i-AJ&iiju t-.kii. aggjftfek!
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