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The leaders of the striking organization wve expressed their share in the general ditot nroduced by the act and spirit of . Jch Berkmaun, It is but justice ' to recognize that the assassin is al product of the foreign school chy which would plunge labor and alike into common ruin; and that or organizations in the most exciting their troubles have never consorted th the insane malignants of the foul "iarchist brood. But there is only the more urgent need that in the further progress of affairs at Homestead obedience to every require ment of the law and complete respect for evrj right existing under it be henceforth plainly visible. The Advisory Committee of the men have already issued to the pub lic a solemn pledge against violence or lawlessness in any form. Their conduct now will be expected to correspond to that pledge. Particularly will it be de manded that while they exercise for themselves the right to work or quit a- they please, they must concede without let or hindrance to other men pre '"sely the same right To assume to vent others from working is to come 'o conflict at once with the law and with the powers of the Government, State nd Federal. This becomes practically an attack upon Government in its most vital point, and of course is foredoomed to utter and crushing failure wherever per sisted in. The course of cofiduct, much more than verbal professions, will now determine. ere the labor organization stands in tb'd tier. There has been ample time xor deration. There is no room whatso- i- 1oubt in ar- r as to rpose, duty anu power o the Gov- it to establish the law and protect mployers and employed to the fuil- their legal rights. When this is there will still remain questions for grave public it which have grown out of the stead disturbances. But discussion se will not be seriously attempted there is a perfect acceptance by the 3f every obligation to law which citizenship invites, and which the ers of the Government are expressly en to enforce. CONDITION OF MB. FKICK. Although still in danger, it is encourag ing to learn from the physicians that they 1 aie hopes for the recovery of Mr. H. C. Frclc The courage and fortitude he has shown in bis extremity of danger and suffering, and the manner in which his injuries were received, arrest public at tention and arouse the deepest public sympathy. It w ill be days before he can be expected to be declared safe, and during that time anxious solicitude for his welfare will be felt by everyone who is worthy of the name of iin American citizen. As will be seen by the press comments rpprodueed elsewhere, no event since the aJS4ssifiation of President Garfield by the crank, Gulteau, has produced such uni versal horror and execration as has fol lowed the fiendish assault of the Nihilist wretch upon Mr. Frick. HOW TO BEACH THEM. It has been customary to take the An archists and Nihilists in this country as a subject of levity, to call them "blather skites," and to leave them In peace to hatch such plots against the laws as they may see fit The Haymarket outbreak in Chicago and the executions and imprison ments which followed, afford a solitary example of an exception to the acquies cence referred to. That there are many men of foreign birth afflicted with the mental leprosy of Nihilism in the United States is too patent a fact to be questioned. That these men are permitted to hold public meetings and make inflammatory and inhuman speeches in time of general excitement, when the community is strung up to a high nervous pltch.is equally true. It "Is but a few days since that notorious disturber, Johann Most, sought to publicly incite violation of the laws In this city. At vari ous times during the continuance of the present labor troubles in this district the Anarchists and Socialists have flooded the city and adjacent towns, even the camp of the military itself, with violentJncendiary circulars. Is this protected by that clause of the first amendment of the Constitution of the United States, which prohibits the passage by Congress of laws abridging the freedom of speech? Perhaps; but it cer tainly is within reach of the Seventh Sec tion of the Constitution of Pennsylvania which says, "and every citizen may freely speak, write and print on any subject, be ing responsible for the abuse of that lib erty." It is therefore within the province of the Legislature of Pennsylvania to de fine what that "abuse" shall consist of and how it shall be punished. The coward who attempted to murder Mr. Frick is an admitted disciple of the doctrine of annihilation of any person ob noxious to him or his fellows. He has openly preached this creed. Ho has for years called for the destruction of life and property without feeling the grip of the law and at last he has himself put his dastardly theory into cowardly practice. It is high time such men and such doc trines should be driven from American soil. The knife of the Mafia and the bul let or bomb of the Nihilist must not again find lodgment in American victims. They must be crushed in incipiency. To pert mit them to bud as theories is to permit them to flower as assassinations. ' This is no class question. The hands of labor and of capital will clasp in hearty accord in this demand. , Definite laws, with sweeping penaIties,should stand upon our statute books as quarantine regula tions and protections against these for eign pestilents who prey upon all order and authority. There is-'a blank in our law records, upon which experience has written, "This wav lies anarchy!" MONDAY, 1 JULY 25. 1892. tripled its production. Is there no labor cost in the magnificent-machinery which yields such results? The fact is that all these calculations of labor cost are rendered imperfect by the forgetfulness of one fact Take the dif ference between the value of raw material as it lies in the earth and the price of it most highly finished. All of that differ ence except what is profit or capital is labor cost When our free trade cotem poraries have digested that fact it will be pertinent for them, to propound to them selves the question whether a labor cost ought not to be recognized In capital. HARB1TYS IMPRESSION. The interview with Chairman Harrity, of the National Democratic Committee, published elsewhere, is interesting as giv ing the view of one who is putting on his armor, which as the world knows is a much less favorable time for summing up the results of a fight than when putting it off. Mr. Harrity is "impressed with the prospect of Democratic success." Very good. That is what Democratic Chair men are there far. It has been understood that Chairman Brice's retirement was stimulated by the absence of that impres sion, and, of course, Mr. Harrity is not go ing to do anything so incongruous as to fall to be impressed after being elected for that express purpose. Whether Mr. Harrity can produce the same Impression on the country at large next November is the question. One idea of the Chairman's is at least calculated to raise doubts on that point When a man claims it for the credit of his party to start the campaign in the heats of last week, the American peo ple will hardly find in him a leader to tie to. IMAGINARY GHOSTS. Some of our Republican cotemporaries are Inquiring whether Sir. Harrity will fol low the example of Colonel Tom Carter and resign his office before he begins campaign work. They are unreasonable. Every one knows that the chief function of the Secre tary of the Commonwealth's place was to enable the Incumbent to pocket a large in come while attending strictly to politics. That was the way in which certain promi nent Republicans used the position. The most noted of them did not reach the Na tional Chairmanship while in that office; but we have yet to hear that he save up the of fice he did hold. It makes a great difference which way the rule works. David B. Hill has been very success ful in holding his tongue since the Chicago Convention, hut there is still an anxiety among New Yorkers that their Senator shall do something to represent the interests of the State. SoaiETHDfQ novel in the way of theolog ical seminaries is that one at Boulder, Col., which advertises Itself as non-sectarian. It is not only-free from' sec tarian control, but its fttcM.y is made up of ten Baptists, two Episcopalians, one each from the Congrega tionalism Disciple, Presbyterian, Unitarian and Universalist sects. It will be interest ing to trait and see whether this instltnte of learning turns ont eclectics in creed, or whether its graduates will adopt the famous German example and select their sects ac cording to the -churches that are vacant. CSELE.SS DELAY. Congress wishes to adjourn,but the anti option bill, the Chicago World's Fair ap propriation and the deficiency bill stand as stumbling-blocks in its way. This is the summary of the Congressional situa tion as outlined in our special dispatches. If there was not a controlling purpose to take political capital on each of these asures, it would be very easy to dis- of them so as to adjourn within the forty-eight hours. But sectional lg, political demagogy and the de o make votes in one place or another the statesmen sweltering in the hot ite of Washington. Aould be wise for Congress to adopt ommon sense and public view of each lese measures get them out of the and adjourn. The record of this m in increasing the extravagant au ctions of the last Congress is so well 11 that any attempt to make capital .j injnor points will be labor lost .SIlGET MEMORIES SEEDED. The illustra'ti6utonce of Tory despera tion and the suggestio"rKof factional mad ness are conveyed in thePtaternc-ritMhat Salisbury's followers hope tofltefeat Glad stone's motion of want of confidence by the aid of the Parnellite wing of the Irish pirtj. It Is not so very long since these same Tories were hounding Parnell and trying to drive him from public life, if not Into prison, by forged letters under the cry of Parnellism and crime." When the lorsenes were made indisputable, It re qujfed the exposure of the Irish leader in a social scandal to make Wm persona grata to the Tory party. Is It on the strength of this harmony of feeling that the few re naming Parnellites are asked to herd with the Tories? Human memory certainly ought to be able to recall the time when no device of public lying or private forgery was too mean for the Tory effort to display Par nell as a traitor, conspirator and accom plice of assassins. Tet that must be for gotten if the Parnellites, who found their BICYCLES IN POLICE WORK. The advance of the bicycle was illus trated in Washington recently by a parade of uniformed policemen mounted on those wheels, which swept through streets and wheeled around corners at a rate of speed unknown to the average municipal guar dian. The police of Washington are well supplied with bicycles, and the report is that they are very well pleased with them. Attempts have been made recently to introduce the bicycle as a military mount, and the reports have taken a decidedly favorable view of its success in that line. The most notable experiment has been that of using it in the bearing of dis patches; and the run for that purpose from Chicago to New Tork was con sidered a demonstration of its high utility. Yet it is evident that the usefulness of the bicycle in war will be in direct ratio with the smoothness of the roads; and unfortunately, war, in this country es pecially, is very apt to locate its opera tions where there are almost no roads at all. A bearer of dispatches by bicycle in the Cnickamauga campaign, the Wilder ness or at Vicksburg would have thrown away his machine after the first mile and proceeded on foot, if he was anxious to make time. But for police purposes the bicycle has a destinal utility. Most city streets are practicable for bicycles and the well-paved ones allow as good or better time to be made as by a mounted officer. The bicy cle requires no feeding, no saddling, and its repairs are hardly as costly as the grooming of a well-kept horse. A police man with a bicycle can cover a beat in perhaps one-quarter the time that he can on foot An officer who has to run at full speed to the point where he is needed ar rives tnere exhausted by his run; but if he could jump on a bicycle he could get there much more promptly and in better condition. The idea has a peculiar applicability to Pittsburg. There are large sections of the city where the police protection Is not all that it should be, simply because the beats cover so large an area that the officers can not cover them properly. These are the sections also where the streets are well fitted for bicycling. If the officers there were provided with wheels, their efficiency would be multiplied by a high factor. The Department of Public Safety should give its careful consideration to the bicycle as an adjunct of the police force. Me. DANA'S evident belief that Spoils man Stevenson is the principal figure on the ticket may he comforting to Tammany; but it is not less true that In case of Demo cratic success Mr. Cleveland will be President. "There ii a great deal in names," says the Philadelphia Becord, speaking of the hair-dividing difference between a combina tion and a trust. "It is like the difference between a private sin mill and a speak easy," continues the Record. "It is very human to give nice names to naughtiness." True enough, and for illustration con sider that esteemod cotemporary's earnest demonstration that the anthracite eoal deal would never, no, never, do anything that a trust does, such as raising prices or restrict ing production. Gladstone may be old and he may have a small majority; but wait and see what he can do. He has not fought the fight these seven years for nothing. Chicago's latest census 'gives her a population of 1,423,313. The difference be tween Chicago and PittsDurg is that Chicago insists on a census every Tear, and sees that it puts the total up to the top figures. Pittsburg accepts a census every ten years and pnts up with a total 10 or 15 per cent less than the reality. The difference in the" results of the two policies is expressed in the difference between the population of the two cities. Just at present the less that each side in the campaign has to say about civil service reform, the fewer boomerangs will be flying through the air., The report that General Adlai Stevenson fell a victim to the same political responsi Dility which twenty years ago physicked B. Gratz Brown with "buttermilk and soft shell crabs " is beside the mark. Shall not the privacy of a man's digestion or indi gestionbe respected? Stobles that David B. Hill may retire from the New York Senatorahlp evince a lack of acquaintance with David B. mil. The fact that Messrs. Carter and Harrity are both members of the same church will not affect the'eampaign at all. 'We have the word of the late Hon. J. J. Ingalls that even so simple a creed as the Decalogue has no place in politics. iwmnll FOR THE DISPATCH.! Mb. H. CI Buhnek has recently written In the comic weeklies a ghost story with a moral. The hero of the ghost Btory, coming in late one night, discovered a spook waiting for him, sitting patiently upon a post of the bed. "I am a Spook!" says the spook. Very well," answers the imperturbable hero, "Spook when yon are spoken tol I go to sleep." But this brave front in no wise dismays the spook. He stands across the path to slumber. His mission Is to recite in the unwilling ears of the hero, who now figures more as victim than as hero, all the platitudes, all the conventionalities, all the idiotio and imbecile things that he has said during the day. There is a vexatious and exasperating spirit known to most of us by long acquaint ance, and called the Spirit of the Staircase, which whispers to us as we go up the stairs to get our Coat and hat after the evening is over, all the brilliant things that we might have said, if we only had wit enoush and sense enough to think of them at the proper moment. But the spook of Mr. Banner's the spook of jhe bedpost retails all the inane things that were actually spoken. The Differences Between Ghosts. UxriiEASANT as it would be to have a nightly visitation from a ghost of such a critical and unkind disposition, there might conceivably be some profit in the exoerl ence. Just here, it seems, is tbo difference between real ghosts and the ghosts of the literary imagination. Real ghosts, so far as their acquaintance has been made by mortals, appear to have no sense. There are no people in all these western regions who know so much about ghosts as the Society for Psychical Research. However, much may have been found out about the "undiscovered country" in the land of esoteric Buddhism, of theosophy, of mabatmas and astral J ourneyings, few there are who know. The theo3ophists say that the great minus of the East have forages given themselves to the study of spirit, as the great minds or the West have followed the study of matter, and that all our material discoveries and inventions, all our railroads, and telegraphs, and telephone', and phonographs, work no greater conquest over time and space than the oriental sa?es have won iii the domains of the invisible. They know as much over there about ghosts as we know over here about dynamos. They Have No Manners. Howevee, what we do know In any systematic way about the mysteries of tho unseen universe around us is summed up for the most part in tho recoids or the Society for Psychical Research. And this society asserts in the fourth article of its last report on ghosts that "Thoieisa total absence of any appaient object or intelli gent action on the part or ghosts." All the ghosts with which the members of this society have been able to come in contact have appeared to be quite destitute, not only of their manners, but of all coherency of action. Some of the spirits of the Illustrious de parted who condescend to put themselves at thebeckand call of spiritualistic mediums have certainly parted with all their knowl edge of English grammar. Plainly enough they have not learned anything fn the other life. No frutb, before unknown, has, I be lieve, been added to the sum of human knowledge through the mediation of any of these messengers from the spirit world. Some of the spiritualist ghosts add to the 1 terror of death by showing a strong interest In buying and selling, in stocks and bonds, and real estate. These things bother most of us sufficiently down here. It would be lamentable to believe that we shall concern ourselves with them up above. Some of Them Tell Lies. Myfriend, Mr. Joseph Hartmann, of this city, who knows enough about ghosts to have written a considerable volume re lating his peculiar experiences, believes that some ghosts lie. The medium may be honest enough, but the spirit lies. Ghosts, accord ing to the witness of their best friends, are no good. I had tho pleasure one night of hearing the Rev. Dr. George Williamson Smith, Presi dent ot Trinity College, tell his famous ghost story. We had the lights turned down fill they turned blue, and listened to the creepy story in sepulchral darkness. This is a real ghost story. It was one winter night, after a hard and wearisome day, that Dr. Smith was return ing from his dinner to his study. This room was in a detached building, which stood back a good way from the street, and was reached by a long path. There was snow on the ground, banked up ou either side of the walk. The gas lamps in the streets cast the long shadows of tho trees over the white snow. Suddenly the doctor felt that there was somebody behind him. As he turned to look, his attention was attracted by a strange black shadow on the snow. It was not the shadow of a tree, for it fell at a dif ferent angle. And it was a moving shadow. As he went back the shadow retreated, as he came on it advanced. AGAIBST BIO. CONCLAVES. The Knights Temp ar May Make ths Den ver Aggregation Their Last Larce One. Dxuvib, July 24. Preparations for the twenty-fifth Triennial Conelave of Knights Templar are rapidly coming to a focus, and by the time the conclave opens the city will have on Its' best dress. It is estimated that the conclave will bring 100,000 people to the citv. . The probability is that this conclave will be the last consolidated meeting of the Templars in America, for a quarter of a centurv the Bentlment against such a large gathering has been gaining strength, and it is the general impression that the Denver encampment will conclude the series which for 75 years have -witnessed a growth un paralleled In modern times. The question will be presented and discussed at the coming meeting, and It Is claimed that here after the conclaves will be held with the same regularity as in the past, but each con elave will represent only a certain portion of the country. The advocates of the new plan claim that the Interest of the order will be still further advanced by a division of the territory, and the meeting will be as large as should be desired. TEE SWELTERING CITIES. Chicago Reports 25 Sunstrokes, and Cin cinnati the Hottest Day In Five Tears. Ciirciwif ati, Jnly 24. The heat here to-day was sweltering. It has been the hottest day known in Cincinnati for five years, accord ing to the statement of the Sargeant of the Government Weather Bureau here, and within a few degrees or the hot test temperature in 15 years. Tho minimum temperature wai 75; the mean, 87.5, and the maximum, which was reached towaid 3 r.H., was 98, while in the city it ranged from 101 to 101. In spite of the intense heat, only one case of prostra tion has been reported to the police, that of Mr. Biecker, who died of sun stroke. The hot wave still hangs over Chicago. To-day was more oppressively hot than yes terday, when severAl prostrations and one death occurred. Twenty-five sunstrokes and two deaths Is the official record of tho past 12 hours, and there is no prospect that the heated term will come to an end for a day or two yet. THE PRESS OF ONE OPINION. . 1 A Menace to Publlo Security. Mew Tork Presi.l It Is with a feeling or general relief that the publlo learns that the man who yester day attempted to assassinate Mr. H. (J. Frick is not a Homesfead striker or even an American workingman. Tbvgood name of American labor cannot be stained by the deed of a frantic foreign Anarchist. Every thing indicates that Mr. Frlok's assailant is a professed and malignant enemy of gov ernment and social order. He Is evidently one of a small, but dangerous class of indi viduals whose combined lgndrance, victous ness and fanaticism make them a menace to public security. Nothing could be more un American than the teachings and practices of these savage pests from abroad. The theories they advocate are squarely op posed to the welfare and real Independence of American labon and the worklugmen of the United States very generally demon strate their recognition ot this fact by their resolute condemnation of anarchism, whether in word or deed. Justice and the interests ot society demand that the would be assassin of yesterday shall be punished promptly and with the extreme rigor of the A DAHGEROUS FISE AT FRANKLIN. Lightning Strikes and ignite a Tank Con taining 9,000 Barrels of Oil. Franklih', July 24. Special About 6:30 this evening, during a heavy thunder storm tank No. 187, at tho Eclipse OU Works, con taining 9,000 barrels of refined, 150 first test petroleum, was struck by lightning and caught fire. The tank is situated In a group of 12 or mora tanks filled with benzine, naptha and other oils. The fight to save n large portion of tho works began. The oil in the tank was be ing pumped out as fast as possible, and it is thought that a large portion will be saved. It is feared that the tank will overflow or burst, and In case it should the loss will reach hundreds of thousands of dollars. The loss at present is placed at $-25,000. The-fire is still rasing, ana a hard fight is being made to keep it where it originated. CEESP0 NEAR CARACAS. The Venezuela Capital goon to Be Besieged by the Rebel General. Caracoa. West Indies, July 24. Informa tion is just received from Venezuela that new? of General Crespo's triumphant entry into the capital may be expected at any time, with an army of 20.600 men. The revo lutionary chief is now at Los Teques, only two days' march from Caracas, and is pre paring lor on early advance upon the city. Within n short time Caiacas will bo com pletely invested by the armies of the revo lutionary Generals. Although the troops are badly armed and have insufficient am munition they will be powerful enough, should resistance to their occupation of the capital be made, to prevent communication to the outside world and await surrender without shedains more blood. THEY SAW A LAKE SERPENT. A Married Couple Has an Exciting .Ex perience With the Monster. Ki:QST03f, OJfT. Jnly 24. G. Parks and wife, orBrakoy's Bay, Wolfe's Island, were out sailing on Sunday evening. They heard a noise as if something was rushing through, the water at a great rate. They looked for the cause of the disturb ance and saw a serpent of huge size making for their beat. Its. eyes looked like balls or fire. Mr. Parks rose In the boat and waited for tho enemy. When it got within striking dis tance Mrs. Parks soreamed at the top of her voice for help, while her husband pounded the serpent with a fish-pole. The reptile dodged about the boat for a long time, and then disappeared, making a noise like a buzz-saw. THE COST OF PRODUCTION. That old question of labor cost In a finished product is taken up by the New Tork Timet with a repetition of the same error as that committed by the World the other day, referred to in this column. The Times exercises its intelligence a little further than the World did which claimed that the entire cost of labor in a ton of wire rods was 51 95 but it .still makes the same error in a less degree. Thus it quotes the summary of Mr. Carroll D. Wright to show that the total labor cost of a tonN of steel rails Is 511 59. It happens to be the 'case that Mr. Wright's language pointed out that 'the cost was "direct labor cost," which we take to mean the labor cost in volved in the industries in the direct line of iron production. Thus Mr. Wright's averages give the cost of ore. in a ton of pig iron at $7 53,in which there is a large labor cost; but will anyone who thinks a moment fail to see that there Is a similar labor cost in the 50c worth of limestone, and $3 69 worth of coal or coke required to make a ton of pig iron; or that there is an equal labor cost in the cost of transporting all the materials to the works? Mr. Wright's statistics bring out the fact that one of the great factors in pig iron production has been the Improvement of blast furnaces by which the average furnace has more than FAV0E1TES OP FORTUNE. Queejt Lxltookaxani, of the Sandwich Islands, is an earnest patron of temperance reform. Peof. Babuji, the onlyParee in this country, has gone to Boston to enter the Harvard medical school. Mb. Cleveland will be the guest of Frank Jones at his Sorrento residence, near Portsmouth, N. H., during the first week In August Ex-Congressman Boswell G. Hour is making campaign speeches to the farmers out in Nebraska, and his meetings are large and enthusiastic. Eose Tebet Cooke, with all her power and reputation as a writer, was not able, it is said, to make much more than mere pin money out of her literary labors. Miss Frances E. Willaed, who .has been active in platform work for 20 years. Is prevented from engaging therein at present by her devotion to a helpless mother. Mb. Balfotjb will be 45 to-day, but he will be too much occupied in thinking about the 45 majority which Mr. Gladstone Is figuring upon to have much fun on the occa sion. Genebal Sir John Bisset, K. C. B., for years the British commander at Gib raltar, entertained General Sherman at that point when the latter was visiting Spain. President Baker, of the World's Fair directory, sails for Europe next Wednesday to be gone until September 10. He contra dicts the recent rumor that he Intends to resign. The Bev. F. B. Meter, preacher, author and philanthropist, of Regent's Park Chapel, London, will sail for America next weak to take part in the great Christian conference at Northfield in August. Sunday at ML Gretna, Mt. Gretka", Pa., July 24. Special. Rev. Charles L. Fry, pastor of the Lancaster Trinity Lutheran Church, preached at the Pennsylvania Chautauqua this morning to a large audience. At 7:30 in the morning ves pers were held. The gates were all closed and no trains were run to and from the grounds during the day,, usual on.Sundays. A Beat uhost Story. He thought that this was a somewhat strange phenomenon, and in this opinion his little dog shared emphatically. This lit tle dog, a short-legged and wide eared creat ure, which looked like the dogs of the Ger man spook stories, showed signs of evident alarm. However, the professor went on to -his study leaving the mystery unsolved. As ho approached the door the little dog ran on ahead. The door led into a narrow hall into which the door of the study opened. When tho dog entered the hall ho ran at once to the study door and began sniffing under it at the threshold as if detecting some one's foot prints? So the door was opened. There was a dull fire burning in the grate, making a somber glow in the small room. Opposite the door ngainst tho wall was a sofa. Oa this sofa somebody was sitting. Man or woman, was not evident, The figure sat muffled in a black robe, leaqing its shadowy head upon its shadowy hand. The tracery of a square of lace, hung on the back of the sofa, and was clearly visible through the form of the strange guest. The spook made no remarks.; the professor did not venture into conversation; as for the little dog, he retreated beneath the nearest chair, and had a fit. The gas being lighted, the visitor van ished. The professor, whose cool head is one of the most remarkable parts of this true story, sat down in his chair before a table in the middle of the room, and began to study. At such a time what should one study? Mr. Stead's "Real Ghost Stories" is the only particularly appropriate book I can think of, unless it was a treatise upon the Personality of the DevlL Nothing Happened From This -Visit. The Professor studied, and as he read, the fire uurned lower and lower, and the room grew colder and colder. The gas flick ering above him began to burn dim, and blue and green. Then there was a conscious ness of a presence at the professor's back. Somehow, he knew without needing to look that the spectral Intruder stood bohlnd him. He grasped a heavy ruler that lay npon the table, and. struck with all his strength straight at the head of the grisley shadow. There was a sound like the cracking of tis sue paper. There was a sensation as of In tense cold. And the President of Trinity College closed his books, turned out the gas, locke d the study door, and, accompanied by the dog with .the short legs, walked quickly home. And did anything happen? No; nothing happened. Nobody died, nor lost any money. " And what did tho professor say about it? I asked him all the questions I could think of. He said that the name of his spook was Nerves. He had been work ing hard and was tired. His nerve? were out of order. What are nerves? The truth Is that the greatest mystery In the world Is not a ghost but a man. When we know a good deal more than we do to-day about the Intellectual make-up of men we will also know a good deal mors than we do about the subjeot of ghosts. ) One Trial Was Enough. New Tork Commercial-Ad vef User. Slnee his bitter experiences In traveling to Baizard's Bay Adlai h come to the con clusion that It will never (do to go round the country incognito. FItUburgrri In New Tork. New York, July 24. Special. Tho follow ing Pittsburgers are registered at New York hotels: E. F. Baldlnger, Astor; Baseball Club, Sturtevant; N. J. Bastar, Astor; C. C. Brane, St. Denis: A. M. Brown, Imperial; T. M. Brown, Imperial; P. A. Constans, St. James; R. P. Crum,Metropole; M. Forst, Mor ton: J. Goetz, Grand Union; Mrs. W. Halpin, St. Denis; E. Hutchman, Gilsev; J. B. Lang lay, Coleman; S. Landsay, Jr., Sturtevant; H. M. Lumpkins and wlte,' Sturtevant; W. Lumpkins and wife, Sturtevant: A. S. More land, Sturtevant; C. E. Nicholson, Conti nental; S. Schoyer, Jr., Holland. He Won't Go to the Isle of Man, Chicago Times. George Jacob Schweinfnrth is about to move his heaven to Texas. Judging from his proclivity to evangelizing among the fair sex alone he would better go to No Man's Land. DEATHS HERE AND ELSEWHERE. Mrs. Mary G. Michel, Actress. In the death of Mrs. Mary G. Michel on Friday last at the Edwin Forest Home for retired actors, Phllalelphla, there passed away a once familiarly figure to playgoers of the olden time. Mrs. Michel was an Englishwoman and, although never particularly fortunate in her en gagements, she nevertheless played with a certain degree or deserved success. Before her lnarnafre to her husband Ivan C. Michel, she was a Sirs. Tlrrlll. Mrs. Michel entered the For rest Home five years ago, and at her death had reached the venerable age or 80 years. She was In such excellent health at the time of taking up her abode there that shortly after abc played the role of Amllla in an act from Othello, which was given at one of the Shakespeare birth day entertainments at the Home. Mrs. Rachel Canter, who Is two years her senior, and who Is still living, playing Detaemona. For the asitwoor inree vears airs. jHicnei nas neen con ned to her room far her rjtr mental faculties remaining unaffected uutll very Dasttwo or three rei 1 Dy her physical infirmities, her recently. Daring her yonnger years Mrs. Michel called forth a good deal of admiration from John uoivara rayne, wno wrote verses ana anonymous letters to her embodying an ardent affection which, however, never ripened into anything more seri ous. - Mrs. Margaret A. McMasters. Mrs. Margaret A. McMasters, widow of the late Captain Thomas McMasters. of Turtle Creek, and daughter of General C. P. Markle, de ceased, of Westmoreland county, died yesterday at at the age of 57 years. She is survived by her only daughter, Mrs. Mortimer C. Miller. The funeral notice will be published hereafter. John Downes, SteubenvIIle. John Downes, one of Steubenville's fore most citizens, died at 5 o'clock yesterday after noon, aged 73. He was born In England; was a silk weaver by trade, and ran the first knitting machine ever brought to bteubenvlllc. Of late years he has been a salesman for woolen goods, and has been a contributor to newspapers and magazines Tor years as a free thinker. Obituary Note. MAirrrcBRAXPT, a prominent citizen of Indian apolis, ex-Auditor and ex-Treasurer of the county, died at Huntington Saturday, aged M. MICHAEL HennbkSST, commercial editor of ths New York Hmu.alei at his Brooklyn home Satur day nliht. His death resulted from a street car ac cident last Monday. T. C. ORKAIt. the oldest citizen of Lexington, Ky., died at his residence Saturday. lie was the first live stock auctioneer to do business In Lexlng ton. He was 97 years old. Ex-MatobD. A. Cony, of Augusta, Me,, died Saturday morning of heart diseate, aged 55 years. He was President of the First National Bank aud a prominent grain merchant. He was a son of Maine's war Governor. ANNA E. Gill, the widow of Captain Gill, Com mandant of the Philadelphia Arsenal, and one .of the foremost Democrats of Union county, N. J., died Saturday at the Morris Plains Lunatic Asy lum, where she was taken for treatment several months ago. John P. Bjlyxxss, one or the few survivors of the Black Hawk War. and one of the earliest set tlers of Litchfield. Ills., has Just died there at the age of 84 years and 8 months. He came to this county in ISM, and led an active business Ufe until he reached the age of 80 years. 'SAXtrxL Seifxbt, one of Mechinlcsburg's oldest and most respected citizens, died Friday evening, aged 83 years. He was a life-long Whig and Be publlcan,hvlnr voted and worked .for General WlUlam Henry Harrison In 1844. and for hit grand- vu AHysuuu 4&Mf uuu, lu moo. Lawlessness Lead to Assassination. Philadelphia Times. Lawlessness the violent interference with the rights of others, in liberty, in prop erty, in me nas had Its natural outcome In assassination. The labor leaders at Home stead and Pittsburg will eagerly denounce the shooting of Mr. Prick, and it Is not doubted that they sincerely regret, at this moment, the mad act of an Irresponsible follower; nevertheless they will be unable to separate it, in the public mind, from tho anarchistic doctrines they have been pro claiming and the riotous revolt against law and safety that they have encouraged or de fended. It was not an American who did this thing. It was an alien to our whole system of liberty and order. And it is quite timo for all Anfericans to take pause and consider to what this foreign system of so cialistic madness, of armed revolt and of government by committees inevitably leads. It leads to muider and anarchy. Compared With Gnltean's Crime. New York Times. As the crime of Gulteau was produced by the political excitement engendered at the time by causes with which he had no direct connection, so in this case the attempted assassination was cansed by the excitement of the labor contest into which lawless vio lence bad already entered. It may he said that the strikers were no more responsible for such a result than Sir. Frlek himself or the Pinkerton agency, hut it is those who have actually resorted to lawless violence, rather than those who may be said to have provoked it, who will be most likely to be held to account. It will not be just to hold the workingmon responsible for the act or a crack-brained "crank," but "bloody instruc tions" are dangerous to those who impart them. Sympathy of tho Whole Country. New York Tribune. The murderous assault upon Mr. Frick, of the Carnegie Company, was the work of a man who is a fool and a fiend. It may, of course, bo said that every criminal act is in trinsically foolish, but in this Instance the folly is so stupendous and glaring as to seize the first place in every mind and sug gest the first comment. This was the deed of an individual, not inspired or even con ceived or, we hope, by any other. But it was done by an individual whoso lawless passion was in some measure sbaied by many, who thus contributed, without delib eration, and yet appreciably, to the act. It is a horrible demonstration of the conse quences which may flow from wilful defiance or the law. Whut the ultimate effect or this assault may be upon the questions involved at Homestead it is too soon to estimate. 'But the heart of the whole country will go out in sympathy to Mr. Frick and in utter abhor rence of the dastardly attempt to kill him. A Pnbllo Calamity. Cincinnati Enqnlrer.J The attempted assassination or Mr. Frick happily unsuccessful, as our latest advices run is an event which attains to the pro portions of a public calamity. Its effects must Inevitably be wide-reaching; and there is demanded of the whole country the coolest Judgment and the most careful dis crimination, lest those effects shall tend'to irreparable mischief. Our laborers are not Anarchists, and are not Nihilists, and this would-be assassin seems to have been both. His Individual passion bad been aroused at the quarrel, and he had acted for himself. These are events inexpressibly shocking, but snoh as all lands have to meet. It is well to meet them coolly, Intelligently, and with the most careful consideration. Not an American Workingman. New York Recorder. The American workingman does not re sort to the methods of the coward and the assassin to redress his wrongs, however grievous they may appear to him. He knows that he is a citizen of the Republic, and as such is the equal, under the Consti tution, or every other citizen. That is the lesson in which he is cradled; that Is the proudest boast or his manhood. It is his birthright to fight for his own, but he fights openly and fairly. Moreover, nothing could more seriously-injure the cause 'of the Homestead strikers than the tragedy or yes terday. The deed is so abhorrent to the people or this country that it must cost those In whose inteiest it was intended some sympathy, no matter how innocent they themselves may be or the crime. The very fact that the incentive for the at tempted assassination grew out of the Homestead troubles, and that the victim of the assassin was the acknowledged head or the. opposition to tho Homestead strikers, will tell against the latter and in favor or tho former. The leaders or the Homestead workmen knew all this before the shooting occuned, and they would have been sheer imbeciles to have encouraged or even coun tenanced the action of the would-be mur derer. There is no line of reason consistent with self-interest, to say nothing of Amer ican manhood, whereby the Homestead strikers can be conuected directly with this affair. Society's Duty Is Plain. New York Advertiser. The vile wretch with the distorted brain, who attempted to right the grievances of honest workingmen by resort to assassina tion, did not know, perhaps, that the death of Mr. Frick could not in any way settle the everlasting' contest between Capital and Labor. He did not care to enter in to the logio of the case. He had been taught to re gard a rich man as his enemy and the enemy ot all who toll. The duty of organized so ciety is plain. It must he prepared for ready defense against the miserable, ill-begotten, hare-brained alien creatures who have found an abiding place hereand who have declared war upon existing conditions. The man of the Berkman class must be treated as hostls humanl generis. Ho has no relation to hon est labor nor decent social conditions. More Than Resolutions Needed. Cincinnati Commercial Gazette. The bitterness of feeling that has been growing for some time has led np to this sad result, and the first step on the part of the Amalgamated 'Association in the vindi cation or their own character should he their withdrawal from the vicinity of the Homestead works and the lefusal to inter fere in any way with the so-called non-union men who may enter that establishment. If this shall not ho done, it is hard to foresee the lesult. but one thine mav be certain. and that is that the Government of this country, whether State, municipal or na tional, will be forced to uphold tne majesty of the law and see that the rights of prop erty whether these rights belong to capital, to organized labor, or to individual labor ersshall be upheld. The American people will he quick to read the lessons resulting from this disaster, and they will require moie than leolutions or explanations to satisfy them that tho time hits not come when these disturbances, resulting irom secret societies or otherwise, shall bo suppressed. made or desire manifested to do him bodily harm on that account.. Even during the. ex citement and bitterness aroused by the Homestead conflict he walked the streets of Plttsbn ; and was accessible in his offlae without being guarded In any way, or, as far as is known, without being armed. This shows that he, who was thoroughly familiar with the character of the men arrayed against him, had no reason to fear any personal danger from that source. As to-the policy Ot the course adopted by Mr. Friok In the controversy with the employes of the Car negie Company publie sentiment has dif fered. Bat there is and can be no difference of opinion as to the fiendish attack upon him yesterday. This will be condemned by every labor organization in the country as emphatically as by every other law abiding class in the community. CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS. Every Citizen Interested. x Cleveland Leader. H. C. Fries: or any other man Is nothing, comparatively speaking, but the privilege of enjoying tho ordinary rights of an Ameri can citizen without being murdered is worth much to every man and to the country. ALL EYES ON MARS. The Principal Event of Artronomlcal Inter est Near at Hand. On the night of the 0th of the coming month of August the attention of the astro nomical world will be turned toward the planet Mars, which will be in opposition On that date, and as this also occurs during the perihelion of that member of the solar sys tem, the distance between it and'our own astronomical observers will be reduced to 33,500.000 miles. It is bnt once in 15 years that this phenomenon happens, the planet's distance ranging from 234,400,000 miles at its superior conjunction to an average dis tance of 43,6:0,000 miles at its opposition, but onee in that period these last figures are re duced by about 13,000,000 miles owing to the eccentricity or the orbit or the ruddy planet, and it will thus be upon the 5th or August next that the earth and Mars will approach so closely. This is what gives the event its profound significance, and explains why it is that the expectations ot astronomers throughout the woild arc raised to so exalted a pitch. At the last opposition of Mars the largest in strument.dii ected toward its surface was the then new 26-lnoh equatorial at Washington, and the results then were so surprising and unanticipated mac tne astronomers were completely bewildered. On this occasion thegie.it Lick telescope will be turned to ward the planet. It is one of the "irandorers" on which the Chaldalc astronomers gazed, and its blood red color caused it to be named after the god of war. Its position in the heavens and its varying brilliancy enhanced tne mystery with which it had ever been associated in the minds of the ancient wise men, and the signs and portents drawn from its changing position or appearance have been the oc casion of vast and direful consequences to whole nations and people. Is tho rianet Inhabited? With the advent of the telescope xthe in terest in the martial planet in no way de creased. The mythical properties ascribed to the planet, of course, disappeared and the causes of its eccentric motions were ex plained, but it has ever been considered one of tho most interesting celestial objects, and has been the subject of profound observa tion and calculation by the greatest of all astronomers. or the heavenly bodies, therefore, and only excepting our own satellite, the planet Mars is better known than any other. Its mean distance from the snn is 141,500,000 miles. Its light and heat, derived Irom the sun, is about one-half that received by the earth. Its year lasts through 656 93-100 or our days, while its day comprises 24 hours 37 minutes 22.7 seconds or our time. Its diame ter is a little less than 4,300 miles. But tnese facts have been determined for scores of years and are no longer an essential part or parcel of the mystery associated with it and which it is hoped to partially, if not com pletely, solve at the coming opposition in August. "Is Mars inhabited?" has been the supreme auestion asked about the planet ever since investigation has discovered some new and stupendous facts which analogously indi cate a condition which seems to fit it for human habitation equally with our earth. The determination of that vital question opens up such a field for conjecture that the mind shrinks from even an approach to the subject. It is a question too great for con templation, ana yet tnere are many reasons that are perfectly plausible and reasonable that make the habitation of pur sister planet on almost possible certainty. Unexpected Discoveries May Do Made. The solution of this question, it is hoped, may be demonstrated by the great instru ment at the Lick Observatoryat the near approach or Mars in August, as it will be only 35,500,000 miles from the earth at that time. Is it unreasonable, therefore, to assume that some great and momentous discovery may be expected from an instrument so far exceeding any that ever turned its aperture upon a telescopic object be fore. If these an ticipations are realized the Lick telescope will confer an imperishable famo upon Itself and the hopes of the founder will be fully Justified., It will be remembered that upon the last opposition, which occurred in 1S77, the lens ot the new Washington equa tonal with an aperture of only 26 Inches, was tnrned upon Mars, with a result that astonished astrono mers throughout the world. It was upon the ntn or August ot tuac year wuen -roi. Hall turned the great telescope upon the filanct hnd observed for the first time one Ittle satellite and on four nights afterward another. One of these strangers was only (seven miles in diameter and the other bnt five miles, and they revolve at 'distances from the main planet or 14,600 and 5,850 miles respectively. The discovery of tlieso twin satellites of Mais created the greatest ex citement among astionomers. Prof. Hall received the gold medal awarded to the greatest astronomical discovery of the cen tury, and the Washington Observatory ac quired an imperishable renown. The con sequences of the discovery or these almost Imperceptible satellites was amazing among astronomers. Other Things to Be Accounted For. The rnddy appearance ot Mars is still unaccounted for. By some astronomers it is explained by a theory of profound and dense atmosphere heavily laden with molst uie, which gives the same effect as wo ob serve during a brilliant sunset, but this 14 disputed by othera who ask to have ex plained the differing tints which Mars pre sents when viewed telescoplcally. Parts of the surface then appear to bo of a light greenish tint corresponding with the color of the sea, whllo the land surlaco is of a brilliant muddy hue, indicating that a veg etation on that planet may be of that color in place of green, as with ns. Flammarlon, Proctor and other popular writers on astronomical subjects embrace the tneory 01 me nauicauon 01 Mars witu enthusiaim, if not without qualification. They recite tho analogy existing in almost every condition for the support of animal life upon the two planets and argue that nature, which abhors waste, would hardly create and support a planet apparently well fitted for the abode of animated beings without supplying that want. These writers dwell with rapture upon tho idea-of ani mated worlds and relect as improbable that tho myriads of worlds which even nnaldod vision can deteot were created only for the gratification of those earthly eyes ho occupy one of the smallest of the terres trial creations. Thee are some of tho qnestions which the great Llok telescope may assist in answer ing. It is not too much to hope that soma discovery may be announced that will con fer upon that enormous instrument some of theienown which the one at Washington acquired by its remarkable discovery 15 years ago. CLEVELAND B0HBABDED. No Difference in Views Possible. New Tork Herald. Unqualified condemnation must and will he the verdict of all classes throughout the country on the fiendish attempt to assassi nate Mr. H. C. Frick in his office at Pittsburg yesterday. Naturally, the first impression in many mluds when thestartling announce ment is seen will be that the dastardly work was a consequence or the conflict at Home stead. But tliis'impression must vanish as soon as the iaotk, are known. If any evi dence were needed' that Mr. Frick is In no sense the victim of labor animosity his own experience would afford It. For years he has been one of the ablest, most -open and. most uncomprcmisu organizations. Hehai rougnsnaro. xeino Canada has about doubled Its railway mileage in ten years. A child just bom ha less chanc f living a year than an octogenarian. The blossom of the wild grape has been adopted as the State flower of Oregon. An alloy of 78 per cent of gold and 22 I per cent of aluminum. Is tho most brilliant Known. The Kew Tork morgue reeeived 9,654 bodies last year. Of these 107 were never Identified. One child in every five In the northern hair of the United States dies before It ha lived a year. Pythons are abundant in the Philip pines, the species being identical with that lound In Borneo. Three factories in this country that make the albumen paper used In photog raphy use over 3,000,000 eggs every year. The most important Japanese holiday 1 the Feast or the Lanterns from July IS to 16. It is the Japanese Decoration Day. It is said to be a act that there are in Paris 200,000 well-to-do persons who habitually obtain free admission to tho theaters. There is a man in Montezuma, Ga., who has had his arm dislocated at the shoulder 38 times and his leg dislocated at the hip eight times. There is a sign on the entrance to ft cemetry at North Wales, Montgomery county. Fa., which reads: "No admittance except on business." Labrador, country which we always as sociate with Arctlo snowdrifts, icebergs, etc., has 900 species of flowering plants, 69 ferns and over 250 species of mosses and lichens. Harvest hands must he scarce in Orland, Cal., when women have to work at haying. There were two women dressed m men's clothing hauling hay Into that town last week. , It is reported that the first Chinaman to die in Sing Sing Prison during the entire 40 years of that Institution's history died there on Saturday. The deceased was named Wing Lee. The laughing jackass, when warning hi? feathered mates that daybreak is at hand, utters a cry resembling a groan of boys shouting, whooping and laughing In wild chorus. Heads of thin iron are now sold in ths fancy shops In London. The heads are said to be well cast, and when enameled and fin ished by a handsome head or hair are very good looking. If all the Democrats and all the Alli ance men, on the basis of the vote of 1800, should cast their votes this fall for ths fusion ticket in Kansas it would have a plurality or 63,204. Dozens of carefully tabulated tests show that the blood or man makes a complete cir culation once every 15 to 25 seconds, accord ing to the physical conditions or the subject experimented upon. A German cotemporary says that Ber lin has lately been suffering from a plagns of rats- They came In droves Into the seven wholesale warehouses of the city, and were of extraordinary size. JIasks are of very ancient origin. In a tomb 3,000 years old at Mycenae Dr. Schlie mann found two bodies with faces covered by masks of sold. One of the ina3ks repte sented the head of a lion. The natural configuration of many mountains suggests the human face, and such physiognomies cut out of the rocks on a gigantic scale are commonly regarded by savages as objects of worship. Fritz Snitzler, a well-known citizen of Wichita, Kan., described in a local paper as "famous," claims to be Emln Pasha's cousin. He says he and Emln went through the uni versity together in the oid country. 51is3 Louisa F.eichter, a German girl of Wilkesbarre, Pa., has shocked her friends' by marrying a colored coachman. The bride's explanation Is that the "man suited her ir he didn' t suit her relatives." Aluminum is found combined with 193 other minerals, and, therefore, consti tutes a large part or the crust of tbcearth. but until recently has been very expensive becanse of the difficulty of separating it. The famous Khojoh' tnnnel of India. ' pierces the Khw'aja Amran mountains about CO miles north of Inettaat an elevation of 6,400 feet. It is 12.800 feet long, and wai con structed broad enough to carry a double line of rails. Miss Nina Cromwell, of Detroit, who claims to be a lineal descendant of the great Oliver Cromwell, owns a venerable Bible, which Is thought to be tbo Identical volume which, the Protector used. It was printed in 1591, by John Wolfe. India furnishes a market for largo numbers of white diamonds, as well as for yellow or colored diamonds, or stones with flaws or snecks in them. The natives invest their savings in them and other precious gems, as we do in stocks and shares. John J. Taylor, of Streater, 111., once wrote 4,100 words on the blank side of a postal card, without artificial aid. The words on that single card, if printed in reg ular newsunper type, would fill two and three-quarter columns of any of the great metropolitan dallies. TVhen Qneen Victoria's dogs die they are laid to rest beneath the turf where they gam Dolled as puppies and were exercised when they crew up. Each little grave is marked by a stone tablet about a foot long and eight inches across, whereupon a few words are engraved, giving tho name and date of death. Application will soon be made to the Government to protect a herd of wild cameU that roams over tho desolate coun try in Arizona between Yuma and Ehren bere and Wickenberg and tho Colorado river. The original wild camels were brought to the Far West during the Civil War to transport supplies across tbo desert. The average ministerial salary in ths United States is $700, ranging from $60 to 25 000. Dr. Morgan Dlx. of Trinity, gets $20,000; Dr. Talmago gets $12,000, supplemented by literary endeavors to about $20,000; Dr. Tay lor, of the Tabernacle. sret $16,000: Dr. Pax- ton $12,000, raise I from $8,000; Dr. Wilton Mer rill Smith received $7,000 His first year. Jnst before a thunuer shower at Hills boro. Ore., one night last week millions of largo insects gathered about the electrla lights, completely surrounding the one at the corner or Main and Second streets and putting ont the light. Pedestrians were struck in the face by the frantic insects, ana the entire brick building on the corner was covered with them. Where they came from and where they went to Is a mystery. SU3IMRR TIME TANCIES. g fighters of labor 1 rougnt nsra ana been tterspt bu svsr been The Most Terrific Tlmndor nnil Kiln Storm of the Season Last Night. Cleveland, July 21. The most terrific thunder storm of the season struck Cleve land about 7 o'clock this evening. The day had been very hot, the temperature reach ing 95 in tho afternoon. Between 6 and 7 o'clock there was a brier rain storm. It was followed a half honr laterpy a second storm. Clouds as black as ink came up in the West and passed half way over the city before the storm broke. Then the rain fell in torrents, swept along by a high wind. It was impossible to see across the downtown streets, except when the blinding flashes or lightning came. The bolts seemed to bo striking all around. Horse and electric street cars were stopped, and the passengers huddled together in alarm. The rain (nil must have been nearly throe inches, and the streets were flooded with water. The lightning played havoc with telephone nnd telegraph wires. Tim limy aftho senators. New York Tribune. If thcro is a time when Senators of the United States are Under special obligation to dismiss from their minds all personal preference and partisan bins it is when they are considering an appointment to the Supreme Court bench. Eastern Lady (at Chicago hotel) "Waiter, my little boy here Is asking ror watermelon. Have you any? Walter We have, mum. Eastern Lady (with emphasis) Then please brlnz hlin a slice from one that has been boUed. Chicago lYibune. It is good, as one starts ont to take his va cation, That the spirit of poor man is gay: For the house that is live minutes' walk from ths station' Is always a few miles away. Seio Tork Evening Sun, "Wool When I go to a summer resort I leave all the money I have in the hotel late. Van Pelt-On arriving or departlng?-Ainoror Herald. Doctor How is it you're not in the coun try when I advised you to go? Patient Because the money I saved up to go with you took for giving the advice. Denver Sews. Hushed is the former voice of glee And many eyes are dim: Another man has gone to see How far out be could swim. Waihinglon Star. .Employer Yon onght to he married, Henry. Henry (a clerk, seeking lavor) Thanks, no; I'm opposed to unions of aU kinds. Detroit Free Frees. Farmer (repairing fence) I reckon I ain't ranch of a hand at a fancy Job. City Guest-Hardly. You see your board I M plain, Pomona Timet. He was witty, learned and wise; sue had good looks and nothing more; So when they married, to their surprise, Each found the other one a bore. v Chicago Setet. Kose How strange, Edith, my engage ment ring Just nts yon. Edith-Dear ola Herbert had It made fori a month ago. Chicago Inter Ocean, engage-raulse -4 -1 I smim Wtmi&mmtiB -i,. in tmmmljp222SEBB'!ammmmlm
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