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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
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" 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
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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.
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