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Including Sunday, l ln'th.. SO frtrxDAT Dispatch, One Year 50 V eekly DisrATcn. One Year. 1 a The Daily Dispatch la delivered by carrier at ; cents per week, or. Including Sunday Edition, at It cents per week. t PITT-BIHG. MONDAY. JULY 18. 189i HOME RULE'S CHANCES. The latest estimate of the Liberal ma jority in the next House of Commons places it at 45, and it is probable that the revised returns will not vary greatly from that figure. This is considerably better than was deemed probable a week ago, although much less than was expected by the Liberals when the campaign opened. It also affords a slender basis for definite expectations of passing a Home Rule measure. If Mr. Gladstone had a compact and reliable majority of that number there might be reason for hoping that a success ful struggle could be inaugurated with the House of Lords for the passage of ITome Rule. But, to make up that number there must be included in the count the nine rarnellite member", who have for the past few months held more friendly relations with the Conservatives than with the Lib erals. They are so closely pledged to Home Rule that their classification as in fa-or of that measure seems proper on the surface. But it is so easy to pick flaws in any measure of the sort that the liitter personal feeling involved in the division of the Irish members may place the Parnellites in opposition to a Gladstone cabinet. This would reduce 3Ir. Gladstone's majority to 27. Such a margin is very slender for carrjine a measure which wou!d not only be bitterly fought in the Commons, but is very likely to precipitate a struggle for life or death between the Commons and the Peers. This creates the general expectation in England that another election will follow next year. That seems to be certain if new combinations cannot be formed to give ilr. Gladstone a more assured majority. There is a possibility, though far from a probability, that something might be done in that line by re-establishinj? relitions be tween the Liberals and Libeial-Unionlsts. The breach between these wings of the Liberal party, though bitter exhibits some signs of a possible healing, ifost of the latter have become reconciled to some measure of Home Rule. Jlr. Chamberlain lias gone so far as to propose a sclleme of local .self-govp'rimeut which, though much uulovv xreiauu iemafids, indicates U pos sible compromise. The shrinkage of the Liberal-Unionist representation from 73 to H is calculated to convince them of the anomaly of their position and to dispose them to listen to proposals for their restor ation to their old places in the Liberal ranks. It is an interesting question whether a Home Rule measure, as to the details of v.hich Mr. Gladstone has maintained a justifiable reticence, might not be pre pared on which the Nationalists and a majority of the Liberal-Unionists can com promise. If so, the majority for the meas ure could be raised from below thirty to " vicinity of a hundred. The prospects such a combination are exceedingly it; but as between that attempt and a ion of hopeless struggle with a cer ty of having to fight the matter all again, there is the strongest incentive aUe the effort. THE NEW KUKLUXIS3I. he reports from South Carolina that party of Governor Tillman has revived old Kuklux or White League plan of paigu show one decided advance on former system of terrorism. The new thod does not confine its visitations and action of nocturnal punishments to negroes; hut it administers that secret and irresponsible discipline to anti-Tillmanites generally without regard to age, color or previous condition of servitude. AVe cannot but regard this as a legiti mate development of the old plan by which the South was made solid. If it is a good thing to carry political conviction to the mind of the humble negro by tak ing him out of his cabin at midnight and subjecting him to stripes, if not shooting, at the hands of masked men, why should not the same discipline be salutary when extended to the whites? What is sauce for one class should be sauce to the other. If the Southern plan of campaign argu ment extended to new issues results in some of the former whippers becoming the whipped does it not demonstrate the impartial -action of the system not to predicate its natural justice? But the most promising feature of the revived kuklux or white cap campaign is the prospect that some of its victims, be ing of a class that are quick on the trigger, will fill the night-riders full of bullets and thus put a quietus on the domiciliatory method of pursuing a political canvass. TRANSFORMATION Or SPKECK.ELS. Ciaus Spreckels, of German nativity, and by business location of the Sandwich Islands, first, then of San Francisco, sub sequently of Philadelphia, and finally of San Francisco, displays a marked illustra tion.of tbe difference between the frame of mind of the Prince of Darkness in a state of ill health, and restored to infernal vigor. Perhaps the change in Mr. Spreck els might also be ascribed to the difference between the atmosphere of brotherly love with which he was surrounded at Phila delphia, and the opposite.atmosphere of San Francisco; but that involves local jealousies into which 'wo decline to enter. When Mr. Spreckels was running his re finery in Philadelphia he was an unrelent ing foe of monopoly. He unvaryingly de clared it to be his mission to break up the exactions of the Sugar Trust He pursued that mission without ceasing until the Trust bought out his Philadelphia refinery at a long price and re- ,. stored to him his old monopoly of ft .- I. ... tl... TJ .!!.. nnni-t- rPl.A " lue sugar uauc uu tue x .uiui vwat, auu , sad change that camo over Mr. Spreckels I V is marked at this point Instead of maintaining competition to keep down prices, he at once marked up prices at San Francisco to hi cents, or c more than the Trust prices. As this put the price so high as to attract importations, Mr. Spreokels calls upon Congress to pro tect the combination by imposing an ad ditional discriminating duty of 2 cents per pound. The contrast between the Spreckels of 1888 and the Spreckels of 1892 could hardly bo more complete. This expression of the conviction of the sugar monopolists that it is the duty of the Government to levy additional duties, in order to aid them in sustaining exorbitant prices, is more likely to have the effect of securing the abolition of the existing half cent duty on refined sugar. SUNSTOKMS AND THE ATJKOBA. The connection of the beautiful andjm pressive auroral display of Saturday night with storms on the surface of the sun indicated by the sunspots is shown in a letter by Prof. Brashear published else where. The rapid changes taking place on the surface of the sun are also illus trated from the observations made by this careful d thorough astronomer. This class of information concerning the solar and auroral phenomena is less sensa tional and not so calculated to affright the Ignorant and perturb the nervous as the output of charlatans and cranks on the subject It will be remembered that the last auroral display was made the subject of prophecy of disaster, mingled with a claim to have foreseen that manifestation. The Dispatch at the time remarked that those who foresaw the auroral display were guilty of remissness in not foretelling it so that the public might enjoy the beau tiful sight Prof. Brashear brings the re sources of science to that practical result, by showing that sun-storms arc intimately connected with the aurora, and predicting that other electrical phenomena are likely to occur in the near future. A PERMANENT INVESTMENT. The termination of a great scheme, which a short time ago exploited itself in a glowing manner through advertising channels, was emphasized last week by a meeting in New Tork of the unfortunate investors in the scheme to determine what they had better do to get back a small per centage of their money. Everyone will remember the invitations to wealth ex tended to the public by the Georgia-Alabama Investment Company. The glow ing list of great manufacturing concerns owned by the company and yielding a princely revenue; the practical ownership by the company of the greater part of the alleged manufacturing center of Northern Georgia; the possession of a putative trunk line of railway; the list of eminent business men on the board of the com pany, and the invitation to the people to purchase shares in all this wealth at one fourth to one-third its asserted value are comparatively fresh to the public mind. One of the striking features of the affair is that any considerable number of people could permit themselves to be hoodwinked by so plain a case of wind. But the sup ply of gulls for the sharper is practically illimitable. The only necessity for catch ing them seems to be a change of the color of the bait lass radical than any intelli gent fisherman would make to seduce the unwary trout It is a stereotyped part of the affaSr that the managers of the scheme should have unloaded before the crash came, and that the ordinary stockholders should find themselves confronted with the question of throwing good money after bad by putting up assessments to relieve what little property the company really owned from the foreclosure of mortgages. These are the invariable features of such methods of transferring the savings of the public to the pockets of the sharp-witted. The new ' aspect of this particular game is that business men of stand ing and even of national repute should permit their names to be identified with it Heretofore it has been considered necessary for men of reputation to care fully veil their personal connection with that species of money-making. But the prevalence of the practice of getting the money of others without giving a fair con sideration for it has removed the neces sity for any secrecy in tie matter. A con siderable number of lawyers, bankers and business men certified to the soundness of the company while such certificates were required, and now rest calmly in the con sciousness that they unloaded before the crash came. Under the prevailing morality of busi ness the fact that they have the money which honestly belongs to the deluded 15, 000 investors is mors a testimony to their financial acuteness than an impeachment of their business integrity. If the Tilimanite kuklux campaign should wipe out the regular Democracy in South Carolina, perhaps some Democratic minds tliat arc in hysterics about a putative force Mil might arrive at the conclusion that It ts merely a question of the kind of force. The new registration of Mississippi under the constitutional provision requir ing an educntional qualification reduces the colored vote to a very small proportion of the total. The total is very much reduced, toeing about 80,000, against a total vote In It8of 115 000. Tbe exclusion of Ignorant voters by an educational qualification is quite justifiable ifimpartially administered. But there is a possible question whether the Ignorant whites are jubjected to the test as rigorously as the Ignorant blacks. "Wnnjf the English Liberals are already beginning to discuss the distribution of cab inet positions and sinecures about the court, we recognize a new illustration of the great truth that politics maybe changed in detail but are really the same all the world over. Again it is iound necessary to call the attention of Pennsylvania manufacturers to tho Impending allotments of space lor ex hibits at tho Chicago Exposition. The first allotments aro to be made this month, and those who wish to obtain space for exhibits should be warned not to delay until the space is exhausted. For the sako of having our resources properly exploited there should be a vigorous effort to make largo and cieditahlo displays from Western Penn sylvania industries. It is now to be seen whether the work of selecting a National Chairman for the Dem ocrats will be increased toy the indisposi tion of William C. Whitnov or our own William Harrity to meet Colonel Tom Car ter, of Montana, in battle array. The Delaware river and New York bay canal bill has passed the Senate, and the Philadelphia press continues to urge its passage through tho House. Yet Western Pennsylvania could not get an appropria tion only two-firths as largo to survey a route about tlirco times as long for a canal which would make more than double saving an a tonnage far more Important. Western Pennsylvania members should Insist on canal plans being taken np in the order of their importance. England's general election passed over in much less time than that of the United Statos; but it lejvcs a heap of politics to be fought about in another campaign. TnE esteemed Washington Post says: "Mr. Reed, of Maine, and Mr. Flanagan, of Texas, shonld endeavor to reach some an- THE demanding' regarding' the mission of. the Republican party before the heavy firing of the campaign begins." But since Mr. Heed, of Maine, partea company with the admin istration on the question of the Portland eollectorship has not ho been in perfect agreement with Mr. Flanagan, of Texas? The Weather Bureau can be pardoned previous slips in view of Its magnificent suc cess in bringing in the present cool wave strictly on schedule time. When ships' doctors bring typhus fever Into the country under certificates that it Is measles, as has been done a second time in New Yoik, it is time lor the authorities to administer effective discipline by shutting out tho ship3 which carry that kind of doc tors. FATOKITES OF FORTUNE. Budyakd Kipling believes in ghosts. Mr. Gladstone first spoke in the House of Commons on Hay 17, 1833, 59 years ago. Mr. Cecil S. Rhodes, Premier of Cape Colony, is one of the richest men in the world. TnE Rev. John Joseph Nouri, who claims to have discovered the remains of Noah's ark on Mount Ararat, is expected home shortly. , The Emperor of Germany has a great horror of betting, and would like to make it illegal, if he dared, among the officers of the Prussian army. Mr. John Morley, strange as it may appear, once contemplated taking holy orders. He was only prevented from doing so by an accident. The Empress of China never travels with out taking with her 3,000 dresses, which are contained in 600 boxes, each taking two or more coolies to carry. William M. Eyaets was once asked if he thought that women were fair judges of women. "Judges, madam!" he exclaimed. ".Executioners, you mean." Ooida. does not believe in women's clubs. She declares that if a woman wants such a thing it is an indication that her home does not give her all that she wants. Mr. Gdnter, the author of "Mr. Barnes of New York," "Mr. Totter of Texas" and va rious other successful trans-Atlantic- novels, is jnst on the rieht side of 40. Ue was for many years a railway clerk before he made hl3 great success. BAPTIST YOUNG PEOPLE. The Prohibition Candidate for the Vice Presidency Speaks to Thsm. Detroit, July 17. The visitors and dele pates to the National Convention or the Baptist Young People's Union of America opened their last day of their stay in this city with an early morning prayer meeting led by C J. Spenceley, of Boston. Most of the pulpits were filled this morning by dis tinguished pastors of the Baptist denomina tion in attendance upon the convention, and tho delegates and visitors divided them selves among the different churches. At 2 o'clock this afternoon n praise meet ing was held, at the conclusion of -which a discussion was had on ''The New Century of Missions." The speakeis and their ad dresses were as follows: "Young People and the Stewardship of Money," Kev. J. B. Gambrell, D. D., Merldien, Miss ; "Young People and Systematic Benevolence," Rev. B. D. Thomas, D. D., Toronto; "Young People and Homo Missions," Rev. Lansing Burrows, Augusta, Ga.; "Young People and Foreign Missions," Rev. II. G. Mahfe, D. D., Boston. T. G. Soarez, of Min neapolis, then extend ed greetings to Rev. John E. Clougli, D. D., the veteran mis sionary from India, and other foreign workers pi esent. to which appropriate re sponses were made. The Board of Managers have elected the following officers for the ensuing yean President, Rev. L. L. Henson, Baltimore; Secretary, Rev. M. G. McLeod. Omaha; Gen eral Secretary, Rev. F. L. Wilklns.D. D., Chi cago. The evening session opened with a praise service. Rev. J. B. Cranfltl, or Texas, who is the Vice Presfdeutal candidate on the Na tional Prohibition ticket, making an elo quent appeal for $10,000 for the founding lund of the Baptist Young Peoples' Union of America. Ills talk was interspersed with witty remarks and droll stories, which helped to brin-r in over SZOOOofthn amount asked for, with more to bo heard iroin. Rev. O. C S. Wallace, of Toronto, aroused a sensation by protesting against doing such work on the Lord's day. Reso lutions w ere adopted condemning the liquor traffic for the want, degradation and vice nhicu results from it, declaring that It en ters the domain of the civil government and tBeks to sell even the chief magistracy at auction to whoever will bid the highest sub serviency to its behests. HE SAW A SEA SEEPENT. It Was Over 30 Feet Lone and Lashed the Waters or Lake Erie. Toledo Commercial. On Wednesday of this week, while the schooner Madeline Downine was on her way up Lake Erie to this port, when about 1G miles above the Dummy, Captain Woods saw, about a quarter of a mile forward of his boat, the waters of the lake for a space of about 20 feet toeing lashed Into a foam. His curiosity being aroused, he kept a close watch on the water, and when the Downing ncared It to his utter surprise ho saw an immense snake, which he calculates was from SO to 50 feet long, which was not less than 53 inches In circumference of body. Its head was pro jecting from the water for about four feet, and as it lashed the water it curved fiom head to tail, some of the body showingabove the wnter, while the remainder was be neath it. He says it was a terrible looking object. It had viciously sparkling eyes and a very large head. Finsweie plainly seen, seem ingly sufficiently large to assist the snake in Sropelling itself through the water. Tho ody was dark brown in color, which was uniform all along. From that which he says it would be capable of crushing a yawl boat and its occupants. As the vessel passed on her course, the snake was seen disporting Itself on the lake. Captain Woods lias here tofore considered sea serpent stories huge Jokes, but he is now a firm believer that the sea serpent is not a myth. At the time ho saw it the lake was calm, and there could have been no mistake In recognizing the ob fect. BE MADE $100 EASILY. A Lycoming, County Republican Willing to Live Under Negro Government. Williamsport, Pa., July 17. Henry J. -Lutcher, the millionaire lumber 'man of Orange, Texas, formerly of" this city, and C. W. Scott, member of the Republican Slate Central Committee for this county.came into the Sun oflice this afternoon to settle a dis pute. Mr. Lutcher offered Mr. Scott $100 if he would sign the following card: "1 am willing to live under the rule and Government of the negroes if they are in the majority, and I further agree that this, as well as my photograph, may be pub lished." Mr. Scott signed it and Mr. Lucher gave him his check on the First National Bank for $100. Mr. Lntcher says he will use the card in the Southern States and says It will help turn hundreds of white Republicans in the South to the Democratic ticket. Mr. Scott w as glad to make $100 so easily, so each, after his own fashion, is satisfied. Postmaster Emery, who was present, bald he would sign such a card for nothing. TEE LATEST OCEAN BACE Won 1r the Anranla Over the Alaska From Queenstown to New "York. New Yobk, July 17. The Cunarder An rania beat tho Alaska, of the Gulon line, from Queenstown, 2 hours and 15 minutes. Tho Alaska left Queenstown July 10, 45 min utes ahead of the Aurania, and reached her iter iu this city one hour and a half behind ler opponent. Tho race piovesthe Aurania the better vessel, notwithstanding she is the heavier steamer of the two. A Tempsmnee Convention. Lake City, Minn., July 17. The John G. Wooley Christian Temperance Convention opened at Rest Island this morning with about 2,030 in attendance. After a long service, Bishop Fitzgerald, of the M. E. Church, preached tho opening ser mon from the text: James I., 27: "Pure religion and undefiled is this, to visit the fatherless and the widows and to keep him self nnspotted from the world." His main thought was that God is. best served by serv ing the creatures He has made. Mrs. E. B. Hibbon, of Peoria, I1L, gave a Scripture reading in the afternoon and Mr. Woolley snoke briefly. In the evening Bev. Mr. Chase, or this city, preached. I - - . , , l PITTSBUEGr DISPATCH. CHARACTER OF COLUMBUS. fwnrrriN pob the DisrATCit.l According to an English author, it would have been money in Christobher Co Iambus' pocket if be had never discovered America. No doubt. His fame, also, If he had in that case acquired any, would perhaps have been fairer. It Is a dangerou s thing for any but good looking people to stand in a strong light. Even the saints are apt to suffer a little when honest people write their biographies, while the politicians, when they are ex posed to the 'fierce radiance which beats upon a party platform, fare sadly indeed. Christopher Columbus, if he were alive, might regret tho approachof the anniver sary of his great discovery. For no Presi dental candidate, from Washington to Har rison, has been aBsalled with moro abuse. Nobody has been found as yet, however, to deny that Christopher Columbus discovered America; though there have been no lack of carping people "who declare that America had already been discovered several times before Columbus ever looked in this direc tion. Others say that if the explorer had but waited a year or two, somebody else would have done that great deed Justas well. In the year 1500 a Portuguese fleet, making for the Cape of Good Hope, was driven by con trary winds upon the shores of South America. So we might have got along with out Columbus. Columbus had a hard time of it while be lived. That garniture of iron chains was not the only bitter load he had to carry. And his reputation has been a good deal battered about ever since. Even the land itself was called by another name than his. Columbus Wanted Too Much. One trouble, perhaps the chief trouble, with Columbus was that he wanted the earth, I was about to say, and might have said with literal accuracy. He wanted too much. He nearly lost his chance, even after the royal patrons bad consented to help him, by his extraordinary demands. He must be admiral and viceroy and have a tenth part of all the pickings and stealings. That was a good deal lor a reformed pirate, whom nobody knew, to ask of Ferdinand and Isa bella. They granted him his wish. Happy is it for most of us that a great proportion of ourwishes go unheeded. The most unlucky thing that could happen to us would be to have the fairy's benediction and to get all that we want. Don Christopher's avaricious ambition got him scant money, and meagre glory, but much envy, and hatred, and mal ice and all uncharitableness. On Friday (to the confusion of the super stitious) the 3d of August, 1192, the little ex pedition set sail across the unknown sea. He would toe a brave man who would to-day venture out into the deep with such an equipment. The largest ship was tout Co feet in length and 20 feet in breadth. The Santa Maria, in which tho leader of the expedition had command, was tho only one of the three ships which had a deck. Tho others were covered only at the prow and stern. There is a skeleton of a boat about tbe size of these in Pilgrim Hall in Plymouth, which made its perilous way over In 1C30. Stout hearts they had, in those days of adventurol The crews of these three little sail boats numbeied 120, as many as were gathered once in an upper room in a famous oriental town upon a memorable occasion. There was some difference in character, however, as may be Judged. by the terms of the call for volunteers. The gracious sovereigns, anticipating the difficulty in getting mari ners for such an uncertain venture, made adveitisementthat "every person belonging to the crews of tbe fleet of said Christopher Columbus" should be exempt "from arrest or detention on account of any offence of crime which may have been committed by them np to tho date of this instant, and dur ing the time they may bo on the voyage, and for two months after xhelr return to their homes." Surely a most extraordinary invi tation! The first emigrants to these shores were of a kind which We are now trying to keep out. They belonged to the Mafia! Who ever will sail with the admiral of the ocean sea may do whatever .ovil thing he will, and we will let him off from punishment. It was an advertisement for criminals. Wanted." Thieves k 'tend cut-throats who know something about salt water! Thus they started out. Bound for India's Golden Shores. They bad an interpreter who could speak Arabic, and a metallurgist who knew gold from pyrites, and a surgeon and a doctor, and no priest. They were bound for the golden shores of India. They were forced to make a stop at the Canary Islands by reason of the unshipped rudder of the Finta; whence they again Sot sail September 6, which fell, also, as it happened, on a Friday. The expedition of the great discovery was a Friday expedition. Not only did Columbus leavo Palos on Friday, and the Canaries on Friday, but it was on Friday that they discovered land, being the 12th of October; and on a Friday also that tho discoverer with his great good news dropped anchor after his marvelous journey in the harbor of Palos. It is not true that the crew, reprobates though many of them must have been, mutined on the journey. Thev did not threaten to throw the Admiral into the At lantic Ocean. They did find thejoumey long, but the sea was placid, and every day some now bird came in sight, or .some strange plant was picked up floating on the sea. They were continually in expectation of land. Once they believed that they be held the shore, and said a thanksgiving; but the land, like our castles in Spain was made of cloud. At last Columbus thought he saw a moving light, bobDing up and down In the dark night, and tho next morning Rodrigo de Triana, of the Plnta, called out at last from his watch aloft that there was land. The wide ocean had been crossed. It is unfortunately true that Columbus cheated this poor sailor out of the reward which was promised to him who should first see the other shore. It is also true that Columbus In this voyage did not find the continent, only the Islands which lie at the entrance of the great gulf. The one on which he landed is now thought to be that called Watling's. A Mission of Destruction. It is sadly true that Columbus kept ask ing anxiously for gold, and that, finding little, he contented himself as best he could toy stealing certain of the gentle Inhabitants for slaves. The white man when he came over here was greeted with a hospitaDle w el come. Tho pagan Indians bad no desire to do him harm. But the Christian white men, with Columbus at their head, came to steal and to Will and to destroy. We must put that down, I suppose, to an imperfect conversion. Theso ruffians were not Christians. They went to mass, and made confessions, and sang Te Deums, and named islands after Christian holidays, and were quick in the midst of a fierce storm to vow a pilgrimage to the shrine of St. Mary of Guadaloupe with a wax taper of five pounds weight; tout, after all, they were only baptised heathen, and savages veneered with a thin film of civilization. But it has taken ns even till now and we have not learnad it yet realize that the only really damnable heresy is tho heresy of Cain, and he only is a Christian who lives like a Christian. Christopher was no bettor than his times. We must make that apology for him. And yet Ihopethatsucha grasping, avaricious, deceitful, hard-hearted, ambitious pirate, wordily pious and in all else a sheer pagan, was not to bo found in many parishes even in 1192. KANDCK MUSICIANS BARBED OUT. The Allen Contract Labor Law Enforced Against Them at Detrolr. Hamilton, Okt., July 17. Manager Robin son, of the Thirteenth Battalion Band, re ceived a telegram to-day from President Campau, of the Blue Ribbon Racing Associ ation of Detroit, canceling the engagement of the band, which was to play in Detroit next week. ' As there was a contract between the band and tbe Detroit people, the alien labor law would hinder tho band from playing in the United States, and President Campan's ac tion Is attributed to the Influence of the Musicians' Protective Association of De troit. i - Washington Has Taken a Back Seat. Boston Herald. - Jnst at present Homestead is a bigger town than Washington, considered as a great new center. MONDAY, JULY 18. A CHTJBCH 8TBIEEB IT BICH. The Wonderful Change Wrought by the OH Boom at McDonald, WAsniKQTow, Pa., July 17. SpeddL Not tho least interesting bit of history connected with tho fast declining McDonald oil field, is that of the rise of the McDonald Presbyterian Church. This church was organized some 11 years ago as a mission organization, and had struggled along as best It could until the oil boom, which came into existence about three years ago. The salary of the pastor was so small the membeers frequently made donations to his household in the shape of apples, potatoes, etc. The church now is a strong, wealthy one. The salary of the pas tor. Rev. W. D. Irons, has been increased to $1,500, and a new building must bo built this year to hold the congregation. All this change is due directly to the strik ing of oil in the vicinity. During the sum mer of 1891 operations in the McDonald field were at their height. Wells were being lo cated on every plot of ground obtainable, net only in the country districts adjacen t to the town, but also within the borough lim its. In July of that year the trustees of tho United Presbyterian Church, were ap proached by a number of operators, and of lers were made for the lease of the church property, in about the center of the place. The matter terminated in tbe leasing of the ground for the snug bonus of $1,500 and a royalty of one-eighth. One well was begnn the first day of the following August and another during January of the present year. Tbe impression tliat oil existed in larzo quantities under the church property was correct, and both wells from the start dis played gushing quantities. Each well pro duced 60 barrels per hour for several months, and at present are pumping 60 barrels a day. From this source the treasury of the church has received a wonderful Increase. The people aro not now compelled to sing the Psalms of David without the use of an instrument, as a grand upright piano has been placed in tho auditorium. The old church is too dingy and small, and a hand some new edifice Is soon to be erected. Th o congregatiou numbers SCO members and is rapidly Increasing. Not only has the chnrch grown itself in wealth, but many of the individual mem bers have amassed thousands of dollars fiom tbe same source. James Mevay is now considered to be worth not less than $1,500,000, while the Elliott heirs have also reaped fortunes from the oil taken out of their grounds. FIELD'S ATLANTIC CABLE BELIC3 Given to the Metropolitan lloienm of Arts Shortly Before His Death. New York, July 17. Cyrus W. Field gave his collection of medals and paintings relat ing to the laying of the Atlantic cable to tho Metropolitan Museum of Art several months before his death. No announcement of tho gift was made until to-day. The medals and other tokens have been locked in a safe at the Metropolitan Museum of Art for some time, and several of the paintings have been placed in tho Department of American Antiquities. There is the great medal presented to Mr. Field by Congress in 18C7 after tbe comple tion of the Atlantic cable. It contains gold worth $337, and is a real work of art. There is, also, the certificate containing a vote of thanks from Congress, which was given with the medal. It is of the finest parch ment and Is handsomely engrossed in colors. Thero is the cross of the Order of St. Mauritius, conferred by the King of Italy, and tho certificate awarding the grand prize of the Paris Exposition of 1837. The handsome gold box which was pre sented to Mr. Field by the people of New York will have a prominent place in the collection. One of the most interesting arti cles is a large tankard of silver and oak, whicli was the gift of the men working in Central Park. There are several fragments of the Atlantic cable and numerous relics connected with the establishment of trans oceanic telegraphy. The collection of pic tures consists of six large oil Daintincrs and 46 water colors. Illustrating the laying or the Atlantic cable. The most impressive Salnting of tho series presents the scene on oard tbe vessel Just after tbe broken cable was picked up and a message received through it from the Irish coast. A few days before Mr. Field went to Ards ley, he stood before this painting, and then, turning to a friend, ho said: "That repre sents the crisis of my life." THE PEABY BELIEF PABTT. Some News of It Is Expected to Arrive Njext Week From Disco. Philadelphia, July 17. Prof. Angelo Hell-, prin and his Peary relief party, on board the Kite, aie scheduled to arrive at Disco, on the west coast of Greenland, about Tues day. Disco will be their first stopping place in the icy seas, and news of them is ex pected from that point. The Kite sailed from St. Johns on July 5, and the calcula tions of tbe voyagers were that two weeks' sailing would see them in Disco. "It was very fortunate," said Secretary Nolan, of tho Academy of Natural Sciences yesterday, "that the Kite got away from St. Johns before the recent disastrous fire there, otherwise she would probably have en countered difficulty in getting her supplies aboard and shipping her crew. Out of the crew of 14 that were on the vessel when Lieutenant Peary went North last summer, 12 re-enlisted for the present voyage, all of them being from St. Johns." An interesting point about the Kite's pres ent trip north is that she carries a largo cargo of stout poles, barrel hoops, spear heads, and an assortment of domestic and hunting appliances, which are intended to be distributed among the Esquimaux. These articlos, which aie sent to St. Johns by the steamer Mirandi, are the donations of a number of benevolent Philadelphia people who seized this opportunity of bostowing some of the blessings of civilization upon a race of beings who so rarelv come in contact with civilization itself. The wood will be an especial blessing to the Greenlanders, as wood is a luxury in those patts. Professor Ueilprin was consulted before the cargo was made up, and his expeiicnces among the na tives last summer had taught him what arti cles they most needed. HEADING OFF A BOYCOTT. Rnllding Material Dealers Take Aellon That Precipitates a Strike. New York, July 17. The firms composing tho Building Material Dealers' Association posted a notice in their yards yesterday of the adoption of the following: "Resolved, That on and after July 18, 1892, any person accopting employment with any of the undersigned firms must do so with the agreement and understanding on his part that he will execute all orders received from his employers or their authorized agents, and will not take any orders or re ceive instructions from any other person or persons. "Resolved, That thisaction Is not intended to interfere with the existing rates of wages or hours." The Board or walking Delegates heia a special meeting yesterday and anticipated the notice by ordering a. tie-up in all the yards of all these firms. This will throw out or work about 1,000 men to-morrow, and before the end of the week perhaps 6,003. FIFTEEN CABS DEMOLISHED And Two Locomotives Wrecked In a Penn sylvania Railroad Sinashup. JonusToww, July 17. Special. A big freight wreck occuried at Darnick Point, a mile west of' here, at 8:10 thi3 morning. A train going west was run into by one follow ing, knocking two cars across the east-bound tiack" just as a heavy fast freight was pass ing east. The engineer and fireman had barely time to escape by Jumping before it crashed into tho cars, derailing the engine and totally wiecking 15 cars, most of them loaded with dressed beef. Tho two engine which lan Into the cars Were badly wrecked. The limited and all other trains East, ns well as West, were' detained until Into this afternoon, when a siding was cleared and connected and the trains ran around the wreck. DEATHS HEEE AXD ELSBWHEKE. Franz Yetta, Singer. Franz Vetta, the. well-known singer, died of consumption at Riverside, Cal Saturday. He had been in ill health for some time ant! re moved to the West with the hope that the air there would do him good. Mr. Vetta wai very wen known hi tbe musical world and was for some time a member of Miss Emma Juch's Opera Company, singing principal parts Obituary Note. Da. W. II. Kino, a Monongahela City dentist and O. A. R. man, died Saturday night. Ills brothers, Milton S.. J.6. and Calvin King, are all physicians of PItUbnrg. Robebt A. Wilson, one of the largest land own- i as well as one or the wealthiest men In Pltt- sy Iran I a county. Va.. died Saturday; aredOS. He wak gradaatea In medicine from the Philadelphia t kl ei devoting all hi time to farming. 1892. TO SAVE THE COAST. Efforts to Be Blade to Stay the Ravages of the Tides How Atlantic City's Beach Was Protected by the Building or Jet ties to Turn the Currents. Theton, N. J., July 17. State Geologist Smock has sailed for Europe on a tour of In spection that means considerable to the peo ple of New Jersey, for he goes to study the dikes of Holland and to secure other infor mation that may be utilized in solving the problem as to how to save the New Jersey seashore coast. Prof. Smock has given considerable atten tion to the inroads that are being made by the Atlantic Ooean, and has succeeded in getting the United States Geodetic and Coast Survey to take the matter up at the expense of tbe United States Government. Inroads have been made at Long Branch against which.there is now an organized effort on the part of the property owners. They have become so serious that State and national aid is to be secured to prevent fur ther damage. Prof. Smock is of the opinion that the work of devastation can toe best checked by the use of terraces, the same as used on parts of the Holland coast. His ob ject in going abroad at this time is fully to equip himself with Information, so that when tbe United States Geodetic Survey begins Its work In the fall he will have some definite Information to present to it. In the meanwhile the New Jersey State Geo detic Survey will be on tho lookout for in formation of a local character. The State commission expects to be able to furnish considerable data to the United States authorities. Tho matter Is to receive careful investigation, and the exact cause of the inroads and savage currents is to too ascertained and a remedy provided. Experiments at Atlantic City. The ocean drive on the bluff, whioh has been for years the pride of Long Branoh, is each year becoming narrower, and ini a short time will be Impassable. There are currents at work that have cutaway, within 100 years, at least three-quarters of a mile of fringing beach and upland. The old tide line was at least that distance from the present tido line. The State Geologist bas the testimony of old residents of Long Branch, who state that they farmed on land which is now a halt mile out In the water, showing a tremendous eating away of the beach in half a centurv. Tbe disposition of the tide is to cnt away that shoulder of the coast which is made by the indentation of the'Raritan Bay and Sandy Hook. The bluff at Long Branch has a layer of gravel and upper crust of good clay. The sea simply cuts out the gravel and the road gives way. From the pier to the West End this work of destruction has ;been going on persistently for ten years. The State has looked into the matter, and nnless some Eermanent change of the tide is secured, ong Branch Village will sooner or later crumble awav. Atlantic. City had an experience of the same kind 15 years ago. The Absecom Lighthouse was in danger, and the Govern ment, to save its property, hit upon the idea of extendlngjettles out Into the ocean lor the purpose of changing the tide, whioh was strong and treacherous at that point, being near the inlet. The waves then dashed about the bottom of the lighthouse, but now the tidal wave is nearly half a mile distant. The current was changed at this point, but it began its destructive work a few miles further down the beach and no remedy has yet been found. The records of the State Geologist's office show that the changes in the upper coast from Sandy Hook to Asbury Park nave been numerous during the past century. In 1764 the Sandy Hook Lighthouse stood near the end of the point, while now it is nearly a mile distant in a northwesterly direction. This changing current has been the subject of much study on the part of tbe United States Coast Survey. Watching the Work or the Tides. They are again going to take up the work or marking an exact coast line, so that It can be, iu future years, compared with the tidal line, so as to see just where tbe change along the beach is made. No matter what is done, it must be considered only tempo rary for ten or more years, because the his tory of the coast shows that the operation of the tide changes about every decade. It is probable that by the time this work is completed the work of destruction will be gin elsewhere, probably above or below the proposed bulkhead. The traveler along the Jersey coast who carefully observes the tide changes, andasks the meaning or many strange things, can give an answer to his own query by this modification, that tbe wild wave says: "Move In." That the tide is-coming In can not be denied. There is much evidence to sustain tbe general statement. The appear ance of trees in the mud, with their roots embedded in hard bottom, many feet below high water mark, is frequently noted. The occurrence of Indian shell beds on this bot tom, wholly submerged in the meadows to some depth, and, better still, the finding of old bridges and crossings of poles or cordu roy roads several feet below the surface, show conclusively that the tide has been coming in and that there Is a rise of the water level. Along the Jersey coast there are some re maikable evidences of this change. In Deal Lake stumps have been found at the depth of 10 to 20 feet in digging for peat. On the north shore of the Metedeconk river old meadow sod has been found at the depth of 8 to 10 leet below tbe surface. In the famous Mosquito Cove, near Iiarnomc, dead logs have been found on the upland border. At the distance of thiee feet under the mud huckleberry brush has been found. Forked liver, near the village, is full of stumps, which are found at the depth of three feet. The old inhabitants say that the cedar swamp which surrounds the river grow nearly a mile further east than it does now, and has since been submerged. There is some remarkable evidence of this encroachment of the tide near Tuckertowu, in the maish bordering Great Bay. Here are many knolls and islands of upland, which weie once wooded and are now level with the surface of the meadows. Tho Origin of the Sand Beaches. The timber has died off and the stumps are now in the marsh. Samuel Ueadley, of Tuckertown, is authority for the statement that stamps have been found near Ballen ger's creek, 18 inchos below the surface. Captain Joseph Gelder, of Beesley's Point, states that the water level in some parts or Cape May county Is over six inches higher than it was 25 years ago. The origin ot almost every beach is a sand bar of considerable magnitude, which lias been formed at a greater or less depth by currents depositing sediment under favor able conditions, subsequently brought above water by the wavea. The formation once above the water, the wind blowing on the shore catches up the dry sand and curries it inland until, meeting some obstacles, it is dropped out of the reach of the tide. This process is repeated for years until the sand hills and dunes are formed. The changes about Sandy Hook have been numerous. The monarch of the sea has kept himself entertained in that locality, Near the head of the Horseshoe the shore is wear ing away rapidly. Captain J. W. Edwards makes the statement that tbe eastern shore of the Spermaceti Cove Life Saving Station has crone out 300 feet durlnz the last SO vears. being a greater gain a mile southward and a less gain northward. The changes of the inlet have been many too many, in fact, to enumerate. In the vicinity of the Seabrlght Lite Saving Station No. 3 the shore has worn aw-y upward of 300 feet in 20 years, and Sea brigtlt's bhore is still being encroached upon. At Monmouth Station the wear is nut so much, not being over 10 feet a year. Kussell White thinks that the wear imme diately north of Deal Lake has beenabout 1,000 feet in 20 years. FroniElberon to Deal Beach the banks down to the level of tho strand are covered with beach glass. There has been very little change at Asbury Park or Ocean Grove. From Shark river to Spring Lake some trifling changes have been no ticed. Wearing awuy is noticed at Spring Lake. The wear at Sea Girt is mostly In winter, and during tho summer the beach regains all it previous ly Inst. BELAYED HIS WILL TOO LONG. Death Surprises Pror. T. W. Dwight In the Very Middle or Bis Signature. New Yohk, July 17. The trite saying that lawyers urge clients to lose no time in pre paring wills, yet always leave their own un til the last moment, was oxempllfiod in tho case of Pi of. Theodore W. Dwight, who died at his summer homo in Clinton, N. Y., June 29. Pror. Dwight left his will unsigned a little too long, tor he dropped dead when ho had gotten us far In his signature as "Theodore W. Dwi ." Two witnesses stood near to add their names the moment he should fin ish his name, but death stepped in and tue document in the eyes of the lawis valuoless. Democratic Soldering la Bad. Toledo Blade. The trouble about fusion arrangements, such us are making between the People's party and the Democrats in Kansas and Minnesota, is that tho voters refuse to go into them. Pefler'a Last Occnltatlon. Chicago Tribune. Thursday, July 14, was the date of the last occnltatlon of Peirer. BUNKOED B7 HIS OWN WIFE: A New Yorker Say III Smarter Half Has Bobbed BIm or Ills Possessions. New Yoiur, July 17. "My wife holds all my property, worth over $250,000, and she says I have no right in it. She was a Ger man tavern-keeper's daughter, without dower or trousseau when I married her, and she has never earned nor Inherited a cent in her life." This is the complaint mado by Andrew Kopkein the Supreme Court yesterday in his application before Justice Lawrence to have certain property, now claimed by his wire, Sophie, declared to be held in trust for him. Kopke is 72 years of age and a cripple. He came to this country from Germany in IS43 and engaged it the butcher business until 1848, where he sold out and went to Cali fornia, when be remained until 1857. When he returned to thi3 city he brought with him, he says, $20,000 in cash six pounds of cold bullion and six crepe shawls worth $1,000 each. He then went to visit his parents in Neu haus, Germany, where he met his wife. With him it was a case of love at first sight, and he says the German tavern keeper's daughter was dazzled by his wealth. He married tbe girl and In the fall of 1857 the couple returned to this city. He started in the butcher business again on West Broadway and also on Pearl street. In 1861 and 1862 Kopke says he bought some property on West Broad way, one houso at Fifty-second street and Second avenue and one at Fifty-third street and Third avenue. He also bought a house In Jersey City, which he gave to his son, Andrew. In 1886 Kopke gave his business over to his son. Soon after he took from his bans: account $4,000 and started on a tonr to Cali fornia, British America, the Sandwich Islands and Alaska. When he returned home he found his son had also retired from busi ness, and his wire informed him that he had no right nor interest in any of the property, all of which he had transferred to her be fore starting on his journey, lest any acci dent should befall him. He found that his wife had purchased a house at Fourth avenue and Ninety-second street for $31,000 with his money- He now claims that the money and property are his, and that his wife never earned any of the money, and yesterday Lawyer O. Curtis Hoffman flied Kopke's praj er to the court that the property should be declared to be held in trust for him. BOHEMIA SUFFEBS INOBATirODE. The Czech Kingdom That Saved Austria From Subjection Is III Treated. Prague, July 17. This Is the twenty-sixth anniversary of the battle of Sadowo, the day when old Austria, holding under her rule the kingdoms of Hungary and Bohemia and hereditary dukedoms of the Hapsburgs, was forced to relax her grasp of absolutims. In dependent Hungary and united Germany rose from the battlefield, and the leading statesmen of tooth theso empires managed things so well that even what was left of the old Austria has been made subservient to the political and economical interest of their countries. As yet it was only the resistance of tbe Czech nation that prevented Austria from becoming a mere dependency of Prussia, In tbe same sense as Bavaria and other Ger man countries have been made provinces of the Empire, and nothing but the political revival or the old United Kingdom of Bohemia, within the boundaries of Austria, can avert similar danger in time to come. Some years aso the Emperor felt that, promising the Diet of Bohemia to confirm and renew all the powerss.right and titles of the Kingdom by allowing himself to be crowned in Prague in the same manner as he has been crowned In Pesth. Such prom ises, although duly forgotten in Vienna, re mained deeply rooted In the mind of the Czech nation, and on bis late visit to Moravia the Emperor was reminded of them by a simple peasant, who, having been addressed by the monarch, manfully spoke out his mind, saying: "Sire, we shall be happy under your rule If vou will become our crowned king." The Emperor turned away without a word. Here, too. In the capital of Moravia, and under the very eyes of the Emperor, the royal colors and emblems of the King dom of Bohemia have been torn down by the police. Strange to say, even this insult they bore silently in high quarters, tboueh it was a direct attack upon the rightful title of the king himself, a title by which laws are still promulgated, treaties made, money coined, eto. But to hurt the feelings of mill ions of faithful subjects is counted less than to provoke a frown in Berlin. SUNDAY AT HIT. GEEINA. The Sanctity or tho bay Observed by the Pennsylvania Chantauquans. Mt. Gretna, July 17. Special. Sunday at Pennsylvania Chautauqua passed away quietly and was sacredly observed by all. Many visitors arrived Saturday night and passed the day in the cool shade of the grove. Hammocks were called into use, benches and rustic retreats were visited by many and some sat about the large nlry halls reading. This article is contained in tbe constitution of tbe Pennsylvania Chau tauqua: "The Sabbath shall be strictly observed. On this day there shall be no admission to the grounds, neither shall any trains stop at or near them." In accordance with this article tho gates were closed and the students were pre vented paying their daily visit to Camp Mc Clelland. This was regretted somewhat by the yonng ladles or the Chautauqua, who aie creat admirers of the First Kegiment. There was a service at 6:30 r. jr., which was largely attended, presided over by Profs. Hall andBaltzell. Devotional exercises were held both morning ana evening, presided over by Rev. Max Hark, D. D., Chancellor, and Kev. George B. Stewart, President ot the Chautauqua. The failure of General Dech ert to piovidoa committee of escort for tho Chautauqua officers Friday night, when they were invited to view the parade from head quarters, has created some little unpleasant ness which will probably quickly disappear in the face of the Iict that the proximity of the First Brigade has made the Chautauqua more lively and a source of enjoyment to many of tho students. The drills and band concerts are a pleasure to all. The Original Model or St. Peter. Chicago, July 17. M. Spiridon, a wealthy Frenchman, has offered to lend to the World's Fair, to be exhibited in the depart ment of fine arts, the original model of St. Peter in Kome. The model will como with an authenticated history, showing it to be the one designed by the architect, San Gallo, In 1540. Ought to Meet at the Capital. Chicago Times. Tbe next convention of the Christian En deavorers ought to be held in Washington tliat the humble strJrers after righteous ness may have a cbance to study the holy ways of the United States Senate. CHAIRMAN CARTER. The General has been chosen. All that now remains is to close up the ranks and march forward to certain victory in Novem ber. A'. Y. ReCTTder. Is choosing Mr. Carteras its Chairman the Bepublican National Committee selected a leader of whose competency and fitness there can be no doubt. iV. Y. Tribune. The Executive Committee of the Repub lican National organization has made no mistake in tho selection of Mr. Carter as the National Chairman. Philadelphia Inquirer. The Republican National Executive Com mittee in its selection of Hon. Thomas H. Carter, of Montana, for the Republican Chairman in the national contest ba de served the approval of the party. A'. Y. Prtu. The selection of non. Thomas H. Carter, of Montana, as Chairman of the Republican National Committee, is an assurance that President Harrison's campaign forre-olec-tion will be conducted in an able manner Cleveland leader. While he ,has less national reputation than some others who have been named, and has his spurs yet to win, the qualities he has shown are such as to create confi dence in him and to justify his selection. Philadelphia Preu. The Republican party will be marshaled In the present campaign by Thomas H. Car ter, of Montana. Ho is a man of energy and great organizing capacity, nis selection as Chairman of the National Republican Com mittee is regarded as a most excellent one. A'. Y. Advertiser. It was not a reflection on Mr. Clarkson'g strength asun organizer that tbe President made him stand aside; nor is it a reflection upon Mr. Carter's that he Is made to appear in the position of taking what no one else would have, because he is really the man of all others who was entitled to the honor, JT. T. Herald. CDRIODS CONDENSATIONS. Wax candles were .first used In th twelfth century. The donkey is the longest lived among our domestic animals. Physicians' carriages have the right of way in the streets of Berlin. Among the members of the German Parliament are six clgarmakers. The palace at Versailles, France, which Louis XIV. built cost .40,000,000. Eighteen of the London theaters ars occupied for divine service on Sunday even ings. One of the London theaters admits free to the performances all soldiers and sailors who come in uniform. The Navajo Indians shtra a habitation where a death has occurred. In its territory are numerous abandoned huts. The imperial diamond owned by the Prince of Wales is valued at 17.000,000 francs and weighs abont 1S2 carats. Glass, as far as research has been able to determine, was in use 2,000 years before tha birth of Christ, and wa3 even then not in Its Infancy. Glass beads pass as money in parts of Africa. In Massa!? five blue beads will buy a woman, but ten of them are necessary to buy a cow. There are now, it is computed, over 250, 000 words In the English language, or about 70,000 more than in the German, French, and Italian languages combined. Flower farming for the manufacture of perfume is attracting much attention in Australia. An experimental flower farm has been started at Dnnolly, Victoria, and promises to be highly successful. liaising an umbrella indoors is said to toe very nnl ncky, and more than one man who bas tried it in a pool room, for in stance, has had his umbrella torn to pieces. In some parts of Ceylon the natives ara accustomed to dig in the mud during the hot season for fishes, which are found buried In the soft clay at a depth of two feet or more. 'While.according to European andAmer. lean returns, the number of women always exceeds that of tho men, the reverse is the case in Japan, where for every 100 men, there are only 07.92 women. A heavy plate glass shade, ornamented with gold and securely locked to three staples set in the marble top of a pulpit in a church in Brussels, Is said to cover one of. the thorns which formed a part of the Savior's crown. Among the smallest products of man's constructive talent must now be numbered a tea kettle which bas been hammered by an Ingenious foreign metal worker ont of a small copper coin a little larger than an English fartbing. A German biologist says that the two sides of a face are never alike; in two cases out of five the eyes are out of line; one eye is stronger than the other in seven persons out of ten; and the right ear is generally higher than the left. A Glasgow paper states that an en gineer resident there has, after 19 years' labor and experimentation, devised an ar rangement in an engine by which he retnrns all the Bteani back to the boiler after doing its work in the cylinder. The condition of the public teachers in Spain is not to bo envied. The payment of their salaries is almost always far in ar rears, and a caso came up tho other day of a man who had received not a farthing from the Government for 17 years. The Belgian Minister of Pnblio In struction otters a prize of 25,000 franca for the best memoir on the meteorological, hy drolozical and geological conditions ot tho countries of equatorial Arrica, regarded from the sanitary point of view. The Maoris believed in the immortality of the soul long before the arrival of the missionaries: but the spirit land to which they imagined all men journeyed after death was as grossly material as the "happy hunt ing grounds" of tho North American In dians. Asphalt is often found combined with limestone a very curious mixture of th vegetable and the mineral. It Is believed that this ho been brought about by hat va- -pors from decomposing vegetable beds pass ing through the porous rock and leaving tha bitumen behind. Supposed to be associated with deity, snakes are, in some part3 of India, well cared for, and even worshipped. The low caste natives therefore, who will alone undertnke the work of extermination, receive but scant assistance from the com munity at large. A watch for the blind is among the newest Inventions. A small peg is set in the middle of eacli figure. When the hour band reaches a given hour the peg for that hour drops. The sightless owner, when be wants to know tbe time, finds which peg ir down, and then counts back to 12. Castle Gardens, New York, well known as a depot of immigration, is to be trans formed into an aquarium, at a cost of 3130, 000. There will be 150 tanks for smaller flsh, and a special feature In the shape ot large pools or ponds for sharks and other large, dangerous fish. It is expected that the aquarium will be ready in the fall. The fossil skeleton of a monkey has been discovered in quarternary strata on the north side or the Pyrenees that is to sav. In Fiance. The discovery is surprising, because it Is known that the Pyrenean glaciers had then attained a great develop ment. The monkey Is of the same kind as that living on the Gibraltar territory. In the German artillery they have tried a trap or three-legged ladder of steel tubing, for enabling the captain of a battery to sur vey the enemy and direct the firing. The trap ts erected In the body of a wagon and the officer climbs to the top with bis field glasses to reconnoitre. The tubes are point ed, and the trap can be dismounted and packed in half a minute. Another new india rubber substitute is described. It consists of Manila gum tem pered with benzine, to which an addition of 2 per cent of Auvergne bitumen, also mixed with benzine, is added. These are thor oughly blended, and after 5 per cent of rosin oil has oeen aaueu, a prouuet 19 uuuiiuou having. It Is said, the suppleness, elasticity. solidity anu auraDUlty 01 mn ueai. ruuuors. A barrel of wine, beer or cider contains 31 gallons, the Cincinnati lamp oil barrel bas 43 gallons, the Kentucky whisky barrel from 40 to 45 gallons. In several States in the East a barrel, as a measure of articles other than liquids, Is a legal fixed quantity. In a half dozen of the Eastern States a bar rel or grain Is five bushels: or rice, 220 pounds; of flour, 190 pounds, andof lime, 320 pounds. BHYNKLETS AND BHYMELETS. "Will you love me when I'm old," sim pered (cay Miss Oldgirl to her youthful Intended. "Why, my darling I do," responded he In mud surprls. Baltimore Jieics. No matter what the players say, It's still the lover's sport: For even though they go to play. They still must go to court. .V. r. Evening Sm. "There!" she said, standing on her tip toes, "I am about your size." "On the contrary." said the disconsolate lover, "my sighs are about -jonVJoliet Hews. "So you married Smith's widow? Did ho leave anything?" . ' "Nothing but her, and I wish he hadn't." X. T. Press. The woman in the seat ahead Turned round, and to the man she saldt "Will yon please raise this winder!" With cheerfulness did he comply; He raised It up. and In his eye He got great big cinder. Chicago Tribune. "Pardon mc, but I think I've met you , somewhere before." began the masher. Perhaps," replied the yonng lady. Idly, "but you'd better go back to tbe place and make sure." Atlanta Constitution. Attalie The West is a great placs for ui womeo? Amelle-In what way? Atlalle Because It is the easiest place for 'one to get a husband and the easiest place to get rid of one.y. 1". Utrald. "Where are you going, my pretty maid?" "Going a-mllklng, sir," siie said; "Hay I go with you. my pretty maid!" There's a calf there now, kind sir." she said. Detroit tree Press. "The style of writing that you do must be very hard work." Herbert-Well. It Is: bat what made you think of It? Gladys Why, It makes me tired to read to. Chicago Inter-Ocean, gr--v3 ' JW. .fK4 7? i V A . -T .,-. rV . 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