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THE PIONEER
IN PETROLEUM.
A remarkable article from the pen of tho late
L. E. STOFIEL
TO-IRKOFS DISPATCH.
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entitled to the honor.
OTHER STRONG FEATURES ARE:
TOLSTOI'S COUXTESS.
Carpenter describes his visit to the
home of the odd old genius.
CAMPAIGN EXPEXSES.
Crawford tells how money is spent
in the national campaigns.
THE KAISER'S 1YIXES.
A peep into the Emperor's cellar
and how an American manages it.
BETTIXG OX HORSES.
Pittsburg Phil and other snccessfnl
sports tell how to win.
TVS FKO.II .11. O.UAD.
A chapter of Bowser's troubles and
other numerous sketches.
AX OmXG IX CAXAIA.
Experience of a party of Pittsburg
ladles in crossing the border.
A SEW PIECE OF MUSIC
Composed by the popular Stephen
Massett; words by Clay M. Groon.
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BK.W Ef THE IIOUSE.
Those Southern consumers of fire, Mr.
Wheeler, of Alabama, and ilr. Watson, of
Georgia, have the excuse of hot weather.
If the temperature had not been exceed
ingly trying we have everv reasou to be
lieve that the row in the House would not
have occurred. If the cool wave strikes
Washington among its other desirable
effects will be that of cooling off the super
heated disputants, and disclosing the fact
that all tliey said was to be taken in a
Pickwickian sense.
Concerning the cause of the dispute,
Sir. Watson's original assertion that mem
bers of the House have been actually seen
under the influence of the jolly god was
unkind and unprecedented. It is an evi
dence of the way things are being revolu
tionized in the South, that such a state
ment should be regarded by a Southern
member as an impeachment of statesman
ship. On the other hand General
Wheeler's impassioned denial is evidently
based on the logic of breaking a quorum
which is present in body but absent in
theory. Thcic is no record of it As the
minutes of the House or the Congressional
Record much as it might enliven that
solemn publication to do so do not state
that the Hon. Wayback addressed the
House under the influence of a three
quarters jag, it is obviously unparlia
mentary to say such things.
But whj Mr. Watson should meet this
question of order on his publication is
something impossible of explanation ex
cept by the heat. Indeed, we will have to
us that charitable excuse to cover a mul
titude of Congressional sins and let it go
at that.
SATIETY OR SPEED.
The City of Paris, soon to become a
part of the American merchant marine
by grace of special privileges, recently
knocked off thirty-one minutes from the
transatlantic record, and holds the broom
once more as the champion flyer of the
seas. The feat is duly noted in all the
papers, and great credit is given to the
steamer for beating the record. But some
o'tlier features of the same policy of
record beating do not gain the same atten
tion. A short time before the City of Paris
lowered the record, the City of Chicago,
though not attempting to beat the record,
in pursuit of the .-ame object of getting
there in the shortest possible time, ran
her nose against Hie rocks of Kinsale
Head, Ireland. If the saving of a few
hours had not been deemed the object of
prime importance, she could have given
that dangerous coast a wide berth, her
captain would not now be under sen
tence of nine months' suspension, her
passengers would not have had the
hazards of a climb up the rocks, and the
vessel and' cargo would not have been a
complete loss.
Another case. Half an hour before tho
City of Paris came into porton herrecord
brcaking trip, the crew of another vessel
arrived. They did not get in on their own
ship, as that had been cut in two by
another ocean steamer running at full
speed through the fog. The crew of the
wrecked vessel were rescued; but if the
Eteamer had encountered a vessel of her
own weight, neither of them could have
resisted the shock.
The juxtaposition of these maritime
events makes it pertinent to inquire
whether it is not time to make the safety
of ocean travel as important a matter in
the public estimation as mere speed.
SENATOR CARLISLE'S ATTEMPT.
The Democratic platform pledges the
party to free trade. But it seldom attempts
to make a show of logical reasoning in de
fense of its disregard for American pros
perity. There is, however, one member
of the party on whoscargumentative abil
ity it prides itself, and he yesterday made
an effort to put forth some special plead
ing m seeking to combat Senator Aldrich's
report conclusively demonstrating the ad
vantages of a protective policy. Senator
CarlislHjsaid little that was new and noth
ing thaiVciirries with it logical force.
He chose two groups of 15 industries
each to suit his own purposes, the one be
ing described as protected industries and
the other as unprotected, and from these
he proceeded to draw such conclusions as
he could wrest by force of twisting figures
to the apparent advantage of his cause.
The composition of the groups themselves
discloses a power of discrimination which
is highly effective in the production of
fallacious arguments.
As for the imposing array of dollars
which the counsel lor the defense states
that the McKinley act has paid direct to
the Welsh manufacturers these sink into
insignificance when it is remembered that,
thanks to the thriving industry estab
lished in this country, the amount of im
portations is so constantly and rapidly de-'
creasing as to cause the wholesale trans
ference of plants from Wales to America.
This being the champion logician of the
Democratic forces, and these the most
meritorious arguments he can set forth,
of a truth there is no wonder that the
Democratic party seldom attempts con
sistency or reasoning on behalf of its
platform.
The more the subject is discussed, the
clearer it becomes that protection is im
pregnable and the more certain is its
successatthe forthcomingeleclion. Take
no groups or individual industries, but
let it be remembered that each trade is
dependent on another and everyone de
pendent on the whole and it becomes evi
dent to what an extent American pros
perity is due to the fostering of American
industries.
A SENATORIAL SKIT.
Our esteemed cotemporary the New
Tork Sun has discovered in the history of
political campaigns an unwritten pre
cedent to the effect that the National
Chairman of a party, Who conducts the
campaign to victory shall be elected to the
next vacancy in the Senate from his State.
In view of the fact that the next Pennsyl
vania Legislature must elect a Senator to
succeed Matthew Stanley Quay, the Sun
perceives, under the important provisos,
that if Mr. Harrity's party wins the
national election, and if enough Republi
cans vote with Democrats in Pennsyl
vania to give them a majority in the next
Legislature William F. Jlarrity will bo
come the man of destiny for a "term in
the United States Senate.
If the sky falls a good many others than
Harrity will be able to catch larks, There
may be those who might turn up the nose
of criticism at Harrity's qualifications,
bnt when we compare his political
characteristics with those of exist
ing Senators, we will see that he has
the qualities so often referred to as prac
tical. He may not have so heavy a barrel
as Brice, but he is as versed in the busi
ness of setting up conventions as Quay,
Gorman, Hill, and others of the sort. He
has the same tenacity in holding on to a
high-salaried office that has given fame to
a Senatorial representative of the Empire
State. Consequently in these days when
breadth of knowledge and ability in ques
tions of public policy are not regarded
as at all necessary for United States Sen
ators, there is no reason so far as the per
sonal question is concerned why Wm. F.
Harrity should not succeed Matthew S.
Quay.
Nevertheless the honor which the Sun
tenders to the National Chairman is of
that barren character which is even worse
than a Grecian gift. The position of the
Secretary of the Commonwealth is many
times more lucrative than anything that
he can realize out of this tender of the
Senatorship. Pennsylvania is not in the
habit of electing Democratic Legislatures
in Presidental years. Nothing would be
less likely to attract Independent Repub
lican votes than the reward of seeing
Harrity go to the Senate and if the firma
ment should tumble there are other
Democrats who might be deemed more
eligible to the Senate than the able wire
puller of Philadelphia.
No, esteemed Sun. This ray from your
columns will not even dazzle the eyes of
Horrity. He may expect much from
Democratic success. There be well
salaried consulates, and the position held
by Headsmen Stevenson and Clarksonis
supposed to be congenial to the stalwart
politician. But Harrity is too well ac
quainted with Pennsylvania to suppose
that he will get a United States Senator-
ship, .a ot this year or any other year.
TARIFF HISTORY.
In an editorial paragraph the New Tork
World notes the fact that, according to the
report of the Commissioner of Internal
Revenue, between $7,000,000 and $8,000,
000 was expended in sugar bounties last
year. Tiiis moves the World to say:
"The Republican party has a patent on
this method of cheapening sugar."
As usual, when the esteemed World gets
upon the tariff issue, it is shallow, with
the addition in this case of absolute incor
rectness. The Republican party has not
a patent in the sense of having origin
ated the idea on this method of cheapen
ing sugar. Tne same policy has been
used by European governments, notably in
Germany, with great success.
As to the obvious Intimation that "this
method of cheapening sugar" increases
its cost to the public, a few figures are
pertinent. The framers of the tariff law
found sugar paying duties ranging from
1.4c per pound lo 3a The average rate
oh the raw sugar, levied as protection to
the sugar planting intercsis, was about 2c
per pound. As nearly nine-tenths of the
sugar consumed in this country was im
ported, this duty was added to the cost of
the article with the result that
the people paid $60,000,000 annually
on account of the duty. The purpose be
ing to reduce reventre this tax was taken
off, the bounty retained as protection to
the planters, and when the sum paid in
bounties is subtracted the cost of sugar to
the people is cheapened thereby to the net
total of from $53,000,000 to $54,000,000.
In addition it is instructive to compare
this result with the formulated Democratic
policy. There was a certain bill called
the Mills bill; and that deliberate state
ment of what the Democracy would do
proposed to maintain a duty on raw sugar,'
which would have extracted $48,000,000
annually from the people. Comparing
the two measures therefore we find that
the Republican policy leaves the people
$39,000,000 to $40,000,000 better off than if
the Democratic policy had prevailed sim
ply in the matter of raw sugars.
The difference is even greater if the
comparison includes the duties on refined
sugars. Subsequent events have justified
TnE Dispatch's contention at the time
that the yi cent duty on refined sugar
was unnecessary, But it is always
pertinent to remember that this i cent
duty is less than half the margin of pro
tection which the Democratic tariff meas
ure proposed to accord to its friends of
the Sugar Trust.
WATER SHORTAGE IN HOT WEATHER.
The hot weather brings out into addi
tional importance the reports of a failure
of water supply in other cities. A city
without water under a ninety-degree sun
is not an attractive locality, as Pittsburg
may remember fromher experience of ten
years ago. The cities that have been
suffering that way "during the past torrid
week may have a more vivid recollection
of the experience; but the absolute un
desirability of a water shortage in the
dog-days was fully demonstrated long
ago.
Lately Chicago and Philadelphia have
been the sufferers. From Chicago we
hear of whole sections of the city where
during the fierce heats of the past six days
the water supply was an utter failure.
In Philadelphia by such measures of
economy as abstaining from baths and ab
juring the sometimes impertinent,
but always cooling lawn hose
the legal fiction of a water
supply was maintained. Chicago water
by recent accounts may not be very at
tractive, and an unbathed Philadelphlan
in hot weather may still remain an estima
ble individual. Nevertheless, Chicago
water turns out to be far better than no
water at all, while the spectacle of a cltl-
zen of Philadelphia obliged to stint his
ablutions needs no .enlargement to make
it an exponent of the tragedy of water
shortage.
Pittsburg has escaped the plague of
water famine with rare good fortune since
the days ten years past when break-downs
were the common manifestations of the
big pumps at Negley's run. But it is not
well to count too confidently on this happy
immunity being perpetual. At present,
during hot weather, the utmost capacity
of the pumping works is required to keep
up with the consumption. An Increase in
consumption or a break-down in the
pumping capacity may produce among us
the hardships and privations of an insuffi
cient water supply.
This is one of the things that Pittsburg
has got to provide in the near future. It
will not be many years before we must re
adjust demand and supply, either by an
enforced economy among the largo con
sumers or by seeking a new and enlarged
supply.
HANDY IN HOT WEATHER.
During the struggle over the World's
Fair appropriation there has been room
for the wonder why the Irresistible per
suasive powers of Major Moses P. Handy,
of the Bureau of Publicity and Promotion
were left idle. It seemed that that elo
quence, and the art of approaching a man
by captivating his palate, which made
a conquest of Europe, ought to be able to
bring a recalcitrant Congress to terms.
From an editorial paragraph in the
Washington Post we gather that Major
Handy has not been idle the while. But
as all signs fail in dry times, so we are
imnclled to the conclusion that the
Major's powers of captivation wither
up during the hot spell. The Con
gressional appetite may be fickle; the
Congressional digestion even weak and
irritable, and the Congressional faculty of
assimilating the Major's after-dinner wit
probably dull and unappreciative. In the
fierce rays of the sun and the adverse in
fluences of the dogstar we may find an ex
planation of the reason why the obstruc
tionist legislators rebel and refuse to give
up that 5,000,000 to the Major's seductive
eloquence.
The moral of this experience is obvious.
A century from now, when the fifth cen
tenary of Columbus' discovery is cele
brated, Major Handy who will probably
be as lively and irresistible then as now
must be brought to bear and the appropri
ation asked in the winter season when
the Congressional digestion is able to as
similate him and his dinners.
It is reported, and again denied, that
cholera has reached Vera Cruz. This would
bring the matter nearer home than hitherto,
and would he very serious Inasmuch as
the sanitary conditions of Mexico are snch
as to Insure the disease a stronghold If It
once makes entrance, and a land border Is a
Rood deal harder to quarantine than the
seaport entrances to this country.
Cokbett has been invited to attend one
of the churches at Asbury Park, and there Is
likely to be a good collection If he ac
cepts. A JOCKEY betting against his own sac
cess, or a horse owner laying odds against
his own property, Is looked at w 1th some
thing more than suspicion, and the same
thing applies to a Republican Senator who
wagers that the Democrats will carry Mon
tana. .
The House had another turn yesterday at
the personalities of which it is so fond and
of which the nation Is so tired.
Hejtry Watteesok is so able with his
pen that he will not feel his temporary loss
of the powers of speech by tonsilitis as
many men would. Moreover Henry has not
been saying quite so much since the nomina
tion of Cleveland as he did before.
Osce Congress is heated out of Washing
ton there is reason to hope for some relaxa
tion of the solar wrath.
Fun combines an coal trusts do not ex
cite much indignation at this season, bnt
just wait and see what the public has to say
abonf them when It full realizes their
beneficence in the winter.
Cooler evenings cannot be long delayed
now that the minstrels are coming to town.
Pittsburg's ball team has net by any
means made tho best of its opportunities.
There are 12 teams In tho League and it has
only sunk to tenth place as yet.
A day without an oil can tragedy would
be an agreeable variety.
Showers were foreshadowed yesterday
afternoon by the weather bureau, but the
piophecy of a young deluge would have
been more to tho point.
Indian Lind Trespassers Warned.
WA6HiKaT03', 3 ulv'29. Secretary Noble to
day Issued a public notice warning all por
sons now on the Colvllle Indian reservation,
in the State of Washington, without express
authority, to leave the same without delay.
It is said that, anticipating nn early opening
ot tho surplus lands ot Colvllle reservation,
large numbers of trespassers have already
entered the reservation .and others are pre-
enring to do so, and hence this notice. It is
elieved that if lound necessary these tres
passers will be removed by the military.
TnE Kaiser's wine cellar and how an
.American manages It, la THK DISPATCH
to-morrow.
A LOOK AROUND.
It is not'safe jnst now to assume that a
man has been at Atlantlo City or some other
sea sido resort Just because he is browned
by the snn or has the skin peellntT off his
nose. Ordinarily that 'sort of guess will go,
but at this time there are so many men
about who were soldiers in camp at Home
stead last week that there is rooiri- for a mis
take. The officers ot tho Eighteenth talk in
glowing adjectives of the good, soldierly
condnct of their men and of tho ordeily
manner In which they behaved. The Home
stead camp was a severe test on the nerve
and morale of tho men, probably the se
verest the Eighteenth has had, and that it
bore itseirso well is a matter of congratula
tion to the officers and men, and to the com
munity as well.
For an assortment of weather extremes,
the past two months leem to deserve the
medal, and yet the undaunted -Hicks In the
last issue of his paper talks cheerfully of an
aggregation of storm periods all through
August.
There is one thing to be said about An
drew Carnegie's concerns which is at present
germane. He employs more workmon and
pays out mote wasres than probably any man
in the world. It is said that tho total pay
roll of his various works amounts to about
$13,000,000 a year. Krupp, tho gun-maker
of Esson, Is not in It with Carnegie.
No greater argument in favor of sup
pression of blatant Anarchists who talk in
public can be afforded than the'issue of the
Fi elicit in which Johann Most the coward
who hid from the police under a bod not
long ago glories in the attack on Mr. II. C.
Prick, and laments the failure of Berkman
to kill him outright. Hew York, even more
than Pennsylvania, Is endangered by the
existence of'such blots upon the human
race. It is safe to assume that when the
Legislature of Pennsylvania meets next
winter, measures for the suppression or
regulation of Anarchist literature and utter
ances will be introduced. New York shonld
see to It that something is dono in tho same
direction.
The new postoffioe building is a -handv
plnce to run lntc when a rain comes np as
suddenly as did that of yesterday, and being
there it was natural to say to that most
amiable of official, the Postmaster: "How
much business doyou do here In a day!" "I
will get the figures for you," said he. He
pushed a button and the chief of the "Divi
sion of Distribution and Dispatch of Mulls"
did the rest. Said that gentleman: "On week
days we manage to handle 144.440 letters; in
cluding Sunday, when tho mall is light, we
handle 128,990. This in done by twenty-six
men. In addition to this we distribute daily
50,535 pnpors, including Sunday, with eigh
teen clerks. Last year we dlst'-tbuted 47,
083.2S0 letters and made only 3,978 errors, or
one to every 11,836; besides we handled 18,
444 150 papers with Dut 601 errors." These
are big Azures and hard togetthiough one's
head, bnt it means that if PittsDurg has a
population of 20,000 this would give each in
habitant almost fonr letters a week, more
than two papers, and yet it is all done by 41
employes. That is not bad work.
"The new street acts are extremely satis
factory in their workings," remarked City
Solicitor Moreland yesterday. "We have
found viewers anxious to protect the city
and give it Justice. The cost, considering
everything, has not been gieatly enhanced
to the city and theie is a feeling of security
to taxpayers and to the city itself which is
well worth this slight additional expense."
Ernest ACHESOir, of Washington, was
in the city yesterday. He is not at all
alarmed because of the independent Greene
county nomination against him. He is a
splendid organizer and a shrewd general
politician, and the chances in favor of his
election are very bright.
I AM told that there is much more confi
dence felt in Washington among the Eopub
lican leaders as to the probability of elect
ing Harrison than there was some two or
three weeks ago. Differences are being
rapidly settled and unfriendly influences are
being changed to active, friendly ones.
Waltir.
BUILDING BHLP8 OF IBOJr. "
United States Is Now Able to Compete With
Great Britain.
Bath, Me., July 29. Arthur Sewell & Co.
are preparing the plans and specifications
for the first iron sailing vessel ever built in
Maine. She will be a four-masted vessel,
registering about 3,000 tons, 300 reet keel, 45
feet beam and 72 leet hold. Her masts will
be of iron as well as the hull.
The firm are putting their yard in con
dition for building iron vessels as rapidly as
possible, and expect to lay the keel of their
first ship early in the winter. The company
will buy the plates, which will De bent and
molded at their yaid. llaiold Sewell says
it is only a question of time when lion ves
sels can be constructed as cheaply in the
United States as in England, if Congress will
let the navigation laws alone. The price of
Iron and sieel is constantly growing less.
It has cheapened the last year.
The firm will continue their wooden ship
building industry. Their big new ship
Roanoke is to be launched on the high tides,
about Angnst20, and equipped In season to
make her first voyase next winter, being
destined for the CalUornia and foreign
trade. Captain Joseph P. Hamilton will
command he?.
The Result of Protection.
St. Lonis Globe-Democrat.
Despite the scantiness of the gold reserve
in the Treasury, theie will be no scare.
In the country at large there is more gold
now than there ever was before.
The Truth Will Come Oat.
Boston Herald. 3
Mr.Keed is unanimously renominated. The
report that ho was about to letlro Horn poll
tics appears to have gone to Join the rumor
that ducks would stop swimming.
A Thorn In tho Eye.
Cleveland Leader. J
Silent men are usually deep plotters. That
is the reason the Democrats are worrying
so much about David Bennett Hill these
days.
PEOPLE OP PROMKENCE.
Mrs. Matjd Howe Elliot, of Wash
ington, has g"one abroad to study Salvation
Army methods of work.
Keports received at the Executive Man
sion at Loon Lake, N. T., state that Mrs.
Harrison continues to improve.
It is announced that Miss Amy Green,
daughter of the late William Giecn, of San
Francisco, Cal., is shortly to be married to
Sir James nome-Speiis, Bart, of London.
Henry Watterson, of Louisville, is in
Chicago suffering from an attack of tonsi
litis. The attack is of so severe a nature
that his doctor will not allow him to seo
any ore.
Charles Meissonier, son of the great
painter, naspurohaeed the residence of his
late father, on the Boulevard Malesherbes,
Palis. The house will bo transformed into a
Melssonicr museum.
Senator Colquitt was overcome by
the heat Wednesday while visiting some of
the downtown departments in Washington.
Should he recover sufficiently by tho last of
the week ho will be removed to his home in
Atlanta.
The youthful Emperor of Annam is only
12 years old, and an inveterate cigarette
smoker. He is a studious and serious little
boy, with a lingering fondness for the
childish toys that the French Government
sends him for amusement. '
The Sultan of Jahore, who will soon
honor this country with his regal presence,
Is said to be a handsome mhn, "with an im
mense amount of vanity and a consnming
fondness for bedecking himself in fine
clothes and brilliant Jewels.
The oldest living eX-Sehatorrflhe United
States is James W. Bradbury.jjjio recently
celebrated his 90th birthday auAugusto, Me.
Mr. Bradbary was a classmates Longfellow
and Hawthorne at Bowdoiitgjpoliege, from
whloh he was graduated in,K05 and sat in
tho Senate with Webster;nCiarr Calhoun.
I Benton and Douglas. fi -
AMONG TEE FILLET I8LAHDEBS.
Ic Is Now Proposed to Convert Icebergs
Into a Source of Revenue.
Philadelphia, July 19. The British steam
ship Petunia, Captain Owen, has Just arrived
here from Pilley's Island, Newfoundland,
wlth'a cargo of pyrites ore, altera perilous
voyage, having been imprisoned ,in the ico
in the northern regions of the Bay of Notre
Dame. From the description given by Cap
tain Owen of the Ice bloolcado it may well be
predicted that the relief steamer Kite.which
has gone to the rescue of Lieutenant Peary
and party, will have a rough time working
her way northward through the ice and her
crew may have to endure mnny hardships.
Captain Owen was at his wits end to know
how to get clear of the obstructions, and as
no way presented Itself a gloom was cast
over the entire ship's company. All the
time the bergs seemed to be closing in
nearer and nearer to the steamship and ber
destruction seemed inevitable. The sight,
although beautllul, was weird, and all on
board the Petunia were much frightened.
Captain Owen decided to' renew his efforts
to get out of the bay and after many hours
of trying and tedious work the ship was got
ten out into clear water once more.
Captain Owen's description or Pilley's
Island and the customs of its few inhabi
tants are interesting, and he enjoys talking
about his voyage to that remote spot. The
people or Newfoundland, according to Cap
tain Owen's statements, ate determined
upon rendering practicable the use of ice
bergs to the consumers of ice, and already
at Pilley's Island machinery is being per
fected for the cutting and handling of th s
ice, which Is purer and much harder than
that now in use. While Captain Owen was
in Pilley's Island the first caigo ot this kind
was brought into port in a small steamboat
built for the purpose. Like many others,
Captain Owen held the opinion that the ice
would tasto brackish, but was astonished to
find it as pure as any he had ever used.
This undertaking, if found practicable,
will prove a valuable source of tevenue to
tho :owfonndlaniler-; and all the Petunia's
crew are of the opinion that, with the proper
machinery, hundreds of thousands of tons of
pure ice may bo gotten and shipped South
with little waste.
THE LADIES GET MABBIED.
Femalo Teachers In Idaho Prefer Matri
mony to Schqol Life.
Boise Citt. Idaho, July 29. Keports re
ceived by the Superintendent of Public
Instruction show that the trustees ot nearly
every school district in the State of Idaho
arc having difficulty in retaining lady
school teachers. The lair pedagogues marry
at an alarming rate, and there is a constant
call for new teachers.
Young women flock into Idaho from the
East, particularly Iowa, Illinois and Mis
souri, easily obtain situations as teachers,
and in from three to six months about 50 per
cent of them are married, leaving their
schools for the more congenial surroundings
of homes. There are in Idaho so many more
men than women that a pretty and intelli
gent elrl from anyvhere has no difficulty in
securing more admirers than she knows
what to do with. The school trustees com
plain because in many instances teachers
marry and desert their schools in tho middle
of the term", thus causing much inconven
ience and loss of time.
It is sugzested that only male teachers be
employed in order that this trouble may be
avoided, and although the expense will be
much greater, this may be done. The State
Superintendent has on file letters from over
300 women who are desirous of obtaining
positions In Idaho, and he Is inclined to be
lieve that about flve-sixths of the applicants
having heard of Idaho's fame as a matri
monial Held are more anxious to. come here
in search of a rich husband than to instruct
the haidy youth of the State. If any more
women are employed this year thov will be
compelled to sign an iron-bound contract
not to marry during the school tei ms, and a
gcneious share of their salary will be re
tained as a surety. .
GOLD AMONG THE BEANS.
The Strange Way in Which an Old Miser
Hoarded His Treasure.
Jacksok, Mich., July 29. Noah, D. Keeler,
of Liberty township, this county, whose
death was announced some days ago at the
age of 82, was a very eccentric obaracter
among men.
It now transpires, from the best accounts,
that the old gentlemen left behind a large
sumofmonoy, which can't be found. The
exact amount is placed at $7,000.
One time, several years ago, Uncle Noah,
coming home from the city, a distance of 14
miles, was informed by his first wife that
she had "sold the beans."
"For heaven's sake, Mary," gasped her
spouse, "ye didn't sell the money, tew, did
ye?"
It transpired that he had several hundred
dollars In gold, hidden among the beans, and
that went with the rest. However, the old
man hitched up another horse, pursued the
purchaser to Somerset Center, several miles
away, found his man and got the money
back, which was still among the beans. This
episode would naturally cause almost any
one to abandon the bean barrels for bank or
safety deposit purposes, but it made no dlf
feience with Uncle Noah.
It is believed tho several thousand dol
lars, much of which has lately been paid to
him, and which can't be found, is hidden
somewhere about. No one can buy beans
now unless they are run through a coarse
sieve first.
No Doubt About It.
St. Lonis Globe-Democrat.
The report that Cleveland will repudiate
the tariff plank In the Chicago platform may
or may not be true, bnt it is entirely cer
tainuhat the people will repudiate Cleve
land. The Outlook for November.
Toledo Blade. J
Groversays defeat in the present cam
paign means "the annihilation of the Demo
cratic party," and Grover is right. The free
trade Demociacy will be annihilated.
DEATHS HERE AND ELSEWHERE.
Ex-Congressman Francis B. Brewer.
Hon. Francis B. Brewer died at his resi
dence in Westtield, N. Tf., yesterday morning,
after an Illness of less than two weeks.
He was 72 years uld, a native of Keene. N.
If., and the son of the late Ebenczer Brewer,
of Pittsburg. Dr. lJrener Is well known In
Western Pennsylvania, from his former residence
In Tltusvlllc and Plltsburr, and from his business
interests in those places and In Erie, where be was
President bf the Erie Dispatch Publishing Com
pany, lie removed to Westtield 31 years ago from
TttnsvUle. He was for many years a member of
the Sew York Legislature, and a Representative
in the Fortv-elihth Congress. Dr. Brewer will be
buried at Pittsburg.
J. M. Crowe.
J. M. Crowe, of this city, died very sud
denly at Glenralls, N. Y., Thursday evening at
5M0 of hemorrhage of the brain, caused by sun
stroke. Mr. Crowe was traveling salesman for the
East Liverpool Sewer Pipe Company, and had been
in the employ of this Arm for about nine years. He
was 33 years of age and nnmarrltd. He was a
brother of Rev. N. M. Crowe, of De Haven, Pa.
He will be burled from his mother's residence.
North Highland avenue, Sunday afternoon at 2
o'clock. '
Thomas W. Lanotrotb, Inventor.
Thomas W. Langstroth, a lock manu
facturer and brassfounder of Newark, N. J died
Thursday afternoon at his home In Bloomfieid, N. J.,
of paralysis. The deceased was born in New Hope,
Pa.. In 183. He was the first patentee of night
latches, and for many years Bad the exclusive
monopoly in this country orstale prison locks. He
served two years In the Legislature.
Obituary Notes.
A. O. P. GCFfey. a leading citizen of West
Newton, Is dead. He was a cousin of James M.
(iuffey, of Pittsburg.
The Most Rev. Louis Dolphls Adolphe Marechal,
Vicar General of Quebec, Is dead. He was 63 years
of age.
Elizabeth Maiiy Davidge. widow of Actor
William Davldgc. died M'cdnebday at her home in
Brooklyn, in her 74th year. Death was due to old
age.
Dr. William LOFrBAUT, a prominent German
physician or Dubuque, la., died Thursday morn
ing from the heat. He was over 80 years old, and
for many years was noted as a political speaker.
Jouy Lantzeb, a prominent farmer northwest
ofMasslUon. was burled yesterday. Death resulted
from paralysis. He celebrated his golden wedding
seven years ago, and had resided on the farm where
he died for 77 years.
Hos. Joseph Tubket. an aged citizen of Cleve
land, died yesterday. He was prominent as a
baaker and RcpubUcan leader in the city and
county, lie served two terms as State Treasurer
-from 1380 to 1881. Ills age was 70 years.
Henkt A. Schroedeb, of Mobile, died suddenly
at Narragansctt Pier on Monday last. He was 82
years old. For some years he was edgaged In the
cotton trade at Mobile and was President of the
Southern Bank. He was active in church and
charitable work. ,
J. J. ADAMS, an aged citizen of Canton, died at
his home yesterday from a complication of dis
eases. The deceased was 63 years of age, and bas
lived in Canton for many years. He was for sev
eral terms a member of the city Council, bat re
peatedly declined other offlces. He was acoatrao
lor and builder.
ALOATING EXISTENCE.
Tonne College Lads Choose a Novel Sum
mer Ontlng A Pittsburg Man Prevents
a Domestic Separation An Absent
Wife's Bathing Dress a Source of Per
plexity. ' '
Probablt one of the most delightful, as
it 1s one of the most novel trips, is that being
e,nJoyed now by a party of four young men
who sailed' away fiom Pittsburg via the
Ohio river last Monday evening. The crew
and passengers, which are one and the same,
consisting of Mr. Walter Witherspoon, Mr.
A. R. Hnmllton, Mr. W. a Gill and Mr. Mc
Klrdy, at that time boarded a flatboat, to
which was attached a skiff lor emergency
sake. The intention is to lot the flatboat
follow its. own sweet will down the river,
landings to be made wherever the country
proves attractive, and which will be im
pressed on the memory by a camera taking
capital snap shots. Dry land is to be tried
when the water becomes monotonous, and
the young gentlemen have taken with them
the necessaries to carry out such an inten
tion. Leaving the Ohio iIvprthR nartv will
follow the Green river through Kentucky as
far as navigable, and then anchor and cross
country to the Mammoth Cave. The younz
fellows are all Western University boys and
typical young Americans, seeing ana ap
preciating all things.
"Camp Hilarity," a yearly summer ex
perience with a number of delightful peo
ple en rapport with each other and nature,
has opened again this year, with headquar
ters half a mile from Glenmorc House, on
tho Cheat river. The Pittsburgers are:
Mr. E. E. Baker, Mr. John Foster, Mr. Sidney
Lorenz and Mr. Tennant. The party is
chaperoned by Mr. and Mrs. Shisler and will
remain in camp for three weeks. Among the
young ladies are: Miss Carrie. Beed and Miss
Irene Myers, or Wheeling; Miss Anna Foster
and Miss Alice Altman, of New York; Miss
Dora Louise Dorsey, or Pittsburg; Miss
Gertie Hays, Miss Mary Gregg, Miss Blanche
Anderson, Miss Lucy Johnston, of Morgan
town, Mr. Charles Hays, Mr. Samuol Picker
ing, Mr. J. M. Reed; Dr. S. S. Wade, Mr.
Jackson, ot Kenwood, Mr. Joseph Mc
Dermott, of Mount Morris: Dr. Courtney,
Mr. S. G. Postner and Mr. Thomas Ander
son. There is no roughing it In this vory
delightml outdoor existence, even a colored
cook not being forgotten, nor anything that
win retain the elegancies of home among
all the rural lovelinesses of the celebrated
and romantic Cheat. '
A most interesting foreign correspondent,
of whom unfortunately the public hears lit
tle, is Miss Annie Davis, the daughter of R.
S. Davis, Esq., of Pittsburg, and a resident
Presbyterian missionary In Japan. Miss
Davis is the "special writer" for her family
in this city, and scarcely a foreign mall goes
by without bringing a bulky letter contain
ing little etchings in the rough, about ex
periences in that far-away country, witty
comments on the wing concerning acquaint
ances, and quick touches of sentiment
which give sex to the correspondence in the
elevation of its thought. In ono of her re
cent letters Miss Davis rather humorously
confesses to rubbing up against a bit of her
own human nature, thus: '.'I can't remem
ber what are the shortcomings with which
I charged Japan in my last letter, but since
then I have bpen struggling with a bottle of
modlolne, and probably by the time I see it
emptied you will hear of a Japan all sun
shine, healthfulness and happiness. Tell
my friend she will surely liko this country."
Clipped from Rose Brier's writings in a
Boston paper: "An amusing, but what I
thought at one moment might bo a serious
accident occurred at the departure of the
4:30 train for Worcester from the Boston and
Albany depotFridny evening. A family,
consisting of father, mother and two chil
dren, were about to take the train, when the
cars started to move. The mother suc
ceeded in getting on all right. The
husband got thoroughly rattled and.
Jumped on alter her, leaving the
two little children to take cafe of them
selves. A young man who also was about to
take the train grasped one of the children
in his arms, followed the movlngtrnln, and
placed the little one in the father's arms.
Then, running back, he caught up the other,
and Just as the train was leaving the sta
tion the whole family were united.
The young man was Charles. Farrell, third
fieldsman ot the Plttstrare Baseball Club. or.
as he is known at home, the Dnke of Marl
boro. The look and words of gratitude
which he received probably repaid his vio
lent exercise.
Let me relate of a man's perplexity and
a woman's helpfulness. A friend of mine had
a wife without a bathing aress at a water
ing place where there were no shops for its
sale, while he was in Pittsburg where such
toggery is plentiful, but there was no wife,
Yesterday he threw himself on the mercy of
a young saleswoman in town. The dilemma
was hesitatingly explained and understood,
and at the same time Just the color of humor
in it appreciated. "Tell me all about your
wife," said the young lady: "is she as tall as
I am?" The customer would have preferred
to remain blushing, but since duty
.called him he tried to compare the
proportions of the saucily demure young
woman oefore him with those or his absent
spouse. The reality and the memory didn't
match, and so he timidly suggested, adding
further that Jiis wile was scarcely of so
classical a height.
"Here's somebody," she rotorted, "'not
quite my height; will she do, do you think?
This blushing model was found not to an
swer either, and then the two of them went
among the u nconscions shop girls, sorting
out mentally one to fit the occasion. At last
tho pioper variety in size was discovered
and a bathing dress bought according to her
dimensions. The man got his package, and
Erobably some time to-d.iy his wife will be
uthing in her new dress or folding it caro
fully away when she learns from The Dis
patch what tribulations her husband passed
through in its purchase.
The engagement is announced of Miss
Bailey, sister-in-law of Mnrray Verner. Esq.,
and Mr. Henry P. Wyatt, of the Eat"End.
A marriage has been arranged between
Miss Nellie G. Spcer, daughter of W. F.
Sneer, Esq., ot Oakland, and Mr. P. B. Har
ris, of Allegheny.
Miss Carrie Corwix, of Shadyside,
and Mr. H. E. Wilson have announced their
engagement.
Society, so far as heard from, seems to
'be resting on its oar. The cottage people at
Cresson and elsewhere are devoting them
selves to the quiet pleasures of country life.
The "Sunday husbands" are still hard at
work in town and will not generally take
their vacation until August is fairly here.
So a luncheon appears to be the most im
portant matter on the tapis at present, for
dinner parties without men are like cham
pagne standing 2t hours In the sun and tho
coric urawn, positively nauseating.
Social Chatter.
An odd place to select for honeymooning
is Pittsburg! though Mr. and Mrs. J. Barton
Townsend under these circumstances seem
to be perfectly satisfied with the conditions
of the Hotel DuqUesne. His own country to
a prophet probaoly has no merit, and while
we are wondering at Philadelphia brides
and grooms for coming here, Philadelphia
may be in an equal state of bewilderment as
to what sends our cooing couples there.
Mb, William Khanz, a young Canadian
student at Cornell College, will spend the
month of August in Pittsburg as thouuest
of young Mr. Qulncy Scott, ot North High
land avenue. Tho young fellows are good
chums, broucht by a similarity in tr.clr
tastes lor athletics, Mr. Kranz being stroke
of the frenchman crew. Mr. Scott will
entefon his Junior year in September.
Dr. Wiooixs, of McKeesport, will nlso"oin
the large p.rty of people going to Denver on
the occasion of the Tancred Cominnndry
trip, but will augment that delightful out
ing to the Pacific coast. After visiting Cali
fornia Drf Wiggins will journey into Oregon
for the purpose of meeting and escorting
Eat his two relatives, Mrs. Henuerson, of
the East End, and Mrs. James Shannon.
The Pittsburgers to sail on the City of
Paris, which will leave New York August 3,
besides the party composed or Judge
and Mrs. Reed, Miss Mageo and Miss Gra
ham are: Mr. and Mrs. E. JL BIgclow,
Samuel Hazlett, or Washington, Pa., and
Miss Kuntz, of Allegheny.
The Elkins house in the East End is shut
up tor the summer, Mr. and Mrs. George
Elkins and the young ladies spending the
warm season at Atlantic City in company
with Mr. and Mrs. Knable and their family.
Amoq the visitors bound for Denver un
der the chaperonage of Tancred Com
mandry are Mrs. George Brown, of the East
End, and Mr: and Mrs. Mex Holmes, of the
Hotel Kenmawr.
Miss Florence MoConaoret, of Johns
town, who has been the uuest of Mrs. Brown
and her father, Mr. Fruzler, of RIppey
street. East End, returned to Johnstown on
Wednesday.
Mb. WrtLiAK Flixx will leaVe for an
Eastern sojourn on Monday evening, alter
nating bis vacation between the attractions
of New York and those of Atlantlo City.
Mr. aid Mrs. Craft, of Crafton, Miss
Craft, Miss Alice Craft and her friend, Mios
Alice Barnett, or Bedford avenue, will
sojourn tor the snmmerat Chautauqua,
Mrs. Hioh. who will graduate this year
from the Chautauqua Circle, leaves in )i few
days with her daughter. Miss Anna Pearl
High, for the Assembly grounds.
Mb. abd Mrs. C. H. Brace and Miss Beth
Brace le.'t early in the week for Magnolia
Beach, Mass , where they will remain until
September 15.
Captaix and Mrs. Charles Batchelor, of
North Highland avenue, arrived in the city
yesterday morning from a sojourn at St.
Clair's Flats.
Mr. Globoe B. AKDErsos started from
Pittsburg yesieiday to drive to Bedford,
where his latnily are sojourning.
CnAUTAcg.UA will have among its visitors
after Monday Mr. James Powell, of the First
National Btnkof Allegheny.
Mr. W. N. liuMEiiiLL, Mrs. and Miss Dum
brlll, of the Hotel Kenmawr, are summering
at Somerset county.
The friends or Prof. John A. Brashear will
learn with regret or his llliiess.whlch is con
fining him to bed.
Mrs. Wyatt, of Allegheny, will chaperone
a party of oang ladies to Chautauqua in a
few days.
A cottage at Lakewood will in a short
time be occupied by Miss Gormley and some
friends.
The Pittsburg School of Design for Women
will open about September 15.
PRE-EMPTED IN GOOD TIME,
The Democratic nrai'qnarters Never In the
Flold for lh Opposition.
New York, July 29. The new headqnar
tsrs of the Democratic National Committee
is being rapidly made fit for the reception of
its future tenants. The fact that the De
mocracy, being last in tho field,' should
be so fortunate in securing a
building s"o centrally and so admirably
fitted lor the committee's needs, while the
Republicans, apparently overlooking the
place, have had to go o far up town, has
been a matter of wonder to the uninformed.
The fact is that the qnarters or the Deino
cratK has not been In the mnrket to rent to
the Republican manager. For six months
past John Crimmins, as agent for the prop
erty, bas held it in reserve for the Demo
cratic Committee, with the knowledge and
consent of the owners.
The house is a part of the estate of the late
Mrs. Mariana Coleman, mother or James W.
Coleman, or California, and one of tho lead
ing Democrats in the State. He is promi
nently mentioned as the next Democratic
candidate for Governor of California. The
son-in-law of Mri. Coleman is'M. F. Tarpy,
member of the Democratic National Com
mittee from California. The rooms will be
ready for occupancy in a day or two.
GOOD AT MAP-MAKIHG.
Little Chile Prais-d Highly by a Speaker at'
the Cbantauqna Assembly.
Chautauqua, N. Y., July 29. Special.
The most interesting letter or the day wa
that or William McElroy Curtis on "The Ex
isting Cpndition or South Arnerican Repub
lics." Mr. Cnrtls very kindly patted Uncle
Sam's late antagonist, little Chile, on the
back by saying it is the coming nation or
South America. Chile, he says. Is as good at
map-making as ever Prince Bismarck was in
his palmiest days. She if stretching out and
moving rapidly ud the ladder, and alter sbo
gets over her little family brawls she will
take to thumping other people's families.
Chile seems to be working nn the ancient
idea that war strengthens nations. Mr. Cur
tis paid his respects to saveral of the riling
rcpuDllcs, but his prime favorite seems to be
the pugnacious Chileans.
Leon H. Vincent's lecture on "Six Remark
able Books" was entertaining and unique.
He quoted prices paid for six books by Bib
liomaniacs. Mr. Vincent sav a. real aristo
cratic old book-worm won't touch modern
paper, which is too cheap.
0HI0AN8 10 BE CASED FOB.
The Buckeye CInb Organized In Denver in
View of the Conclave.
Denver, July 29. The following was issued
from the Buckeye Club to-d.iy:
"The Ohio people now residing In Denver
have organized The Buckeye CInb of Den
ver' to assist in the entertaining of Ohio peo
ple attending the Triennial Conclave or the
Knights Templar. The club has established
headquarters in the Commercial Club build
ing. All persons from Ohio, whether con
nected with Masonic bodies, or not, are in
vited to make this place their headquarters
during the conclave and immediately upon
their arrival to register. They will find a
directory or residents of Denver and flies of
leading Ohio papers and other zencral in
formation and direction. The headquarters
will be open Auguit 5 till August 15, and let
ters mav be directed in care of the Buckeye
Club of Denver."
Indorsement of Jndre Stowo.
Philadelphia Press.
Judge Edwin H. Stowe, of the Allegheny
Common Pleas Court, who had been re
nominated by the Republicans, received the
nnanimous indorsement of the Democratic
Convention on Tuesday. He will be re
elected, therefore, without opposition.
Judge Stowe has been on tho bench nearly
30 years, and his in dorsemen t by both parties
is In accordance with the rapidly growing
practice of retaining in service; regardless
of party politics, competent and experienced
Judge. Judge Stowe would have been re
elected any way, hut that does not necesar
llv deprive the Democrats of Allesrhenv of
the credit for good sense which is due them
for the position they have taken regarding
him.
A Miniature Galveston at the Fair.
Chicaoo, July 29. The Texas World's Fair
Exhibitors' Association has applied for 1,025
square feet of space in the transportation
building in which to exhibit a miniature
model of the harbor and city or Galveston,
showing its advantages and facilities as a
shipping point and port of entry, Its docks,
parks and buildings.
The Same Bill or Fare.
Toledo Blade.
The Minnesota man who has slept for 20
years conld go to a Democratic meeting to
day and hear the same old speeches of
1872.
BREAKING TnE RECORD.
The City of Paris always did have the repu
tation of being fast Botfon Globe.
It is shown very clearly that the transfer
of the City of Pnris and her sister ship, the
City or New York, to tho American register,
is a notable addition to the naval resources
of the United States in time or war. Clere
land Leader.
Since the City or Paris is onco more queen
or tho transatlantic fleet, it must be an addi
tional soured ot satisfaction that she and her
sister ship, the City of New York, are to bo
admitted to Amorican registration. Phila
delphia Ledger.
It is a matter for patriotic congratulation
that, though our laws have prevented our
ship-builders from entering the competition
in which Great Britain, Franco and Germany
are engaged, the championship should have
been regained by a vessel which is shortly
to fly the American flag. JYew York Time.
If the same progress is maintained during
the next five years a five days' passage
across the Atlantic will be realized. The
best of it all Is that with this increased speed
no inci eased losi of life has come. In real
ity the factor of safety seems to have in
creased in equal ratio to that of speed.
Philadelphia Press.
Rimuvenated by her naturalization, tho
City of P.iris name loved of all good Ameri
cans is again the qneon of the ncas and, bo
assured, she will spare no effort to hold her
pre-eminence nihil it shall bo wrested from
her perchance by one of her own sisters of
the same line yet to be born on Amorican
docks. Xiiu York Wtrld.
Bbeakino the transatlantic record has be
come so frequent n pastime with our modern
greyhounds that the usual fresh achieve
ment lacks scn-atlnual interest, but the per
formance of the City or Paris yesterday was
so superb as to call for general admiration,
especially in view oi the fact that she is now
an American ship, although not yet flying
the Amorican flag. Ualtimore Amer.can.
It Is a happy omen of our future supre
macy on the ocean that the City of Pnris
was cutting hor conquering way through
what we may call American waters, while
the greatest war cruiser bull t by any nation
was being launched in thfl Delaware. What
two peerless ships they are! The City or
Paris rules the waters in peace. The Colum
bia will rale them in war. New York Recorder.
CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS.
Harrison has a gold-mounted gun.
Helena has a gold brick worth 8150,000.
Three times as many herrings are con
sumed as any other fish.
Only one couple in 11,500 live to cele
bra to theirgolden wedding.
Philadelphia is the greatest carpet maa
ufneturing center in the world.
Sixteen of the30 heroines of Sir "Walter
Scott were under 20 years of age.
The new British coinage will bear th
Queen's head without the crown.
A single swallow, according to aa an
thority, can devour 6.0OD flies in a day.
The first postofllce opened its doors ia
lift!; in England in 1581, and in America in
1710.
After gathering in their crops in Utah,
500 Mormon families will move to Mexico ia
the autumn.
The great cathedral in theCity of Mexico
is the largest in America and cost to build
nearly $2,000,000.
A recent invention Is a shoe with a
hingedole for the purpose of facilitating
putting it on or off.
Copper-plate engraving was first dona
in 151L wood engraving in 1799, etching on
metal with acid in 1512.
Watches were first made in Nuremberg
in 1177 and were called by the natives "Xur,
emberg animated eggs."
The public park, in San Francisco re
cently received a cocoanut treo weighing
six tons from Honolulu.
Cannon were invented in 1330, were
used by the Turks at Adrianopleln 1153, were
made in England in 1547.
The harvester was invented by Cyrus
McCormlcfc in 1S3L and has been improved
by many subsequent inventors.
Glass mirrors were known in A. D. 23,
bnt the art of making them was lost and no;
rediscovered until 1300, in Venice.
The first electric telegraph line was
laid ift Switzerland by Lesaga in 1782; thu
Morse transmitter was invented in 1S37.
A French artist, 3r. Marey, has suc
ceeded in photographing a flying insect.
The time of exposure was only l-2500th or a,
second.
The great cantilever bridge -at Xiagara
Falls 13 entirely composed or steel. It is 810
feet in length, weighs 3,000 tons and cos:
$300,000.
The new-imncrial crown of Qneen Vic
toria ha3 its entiro surface completely cov-)
ered with Jewels, several of which are fa
mous in history.
A marine biological laboratory -is about
to be established on the island of Jamaica
in honor of the fourth centenary of the dis
covery of America.
Banks and banking were known in
Greece 385 years berore Christ, in Rome 333
B. C, and in Venice 1157 A. D. The Bank of
England originated in 1695.
In using what is known as the Canadian
method oi boring oil wells, a well 1,090 feet
was bored in 2"i8 hours, or an average of 4.71
feet per nour of actual work.
The Czar of Russia has recently found
time to become interested in the game cf
cricket, and has organized two elevens
among the yonng men of his court.
According to Dr. Hansen the red in
flowers is n single pigment soluble in water'
ana decolorized by alcohol, but capable o'
being restored by the addition of acids.
Becent improvements in photographic
plates have been so great as to make it pos
sible to take accurate photographs of a rifle
ball traveling at the rate of 3,000 feet a sec
ond. On August 5 Mars will arrive at a point
directly opposite the earth, which it reaches
bnt once In every 15 years.when the distance
will be reduced from 111,000,000 to 35,000,000
miles.
The cartridges of Germany, Austriaand
Belgium have a groove at the end Instead of
an enlargement at the base, the advantage
of which is that the cartridge is packedmora
easily. . (
A match cutting machine is an anto-.
matic cariosity. It cnts 10,000,000 sticks a.,
day, and then arranges them over a vat
where the heads are put on at a surprising;
rate of speed.
A fragment of the "Holy Cross," which
Marie Stnart wore during her imprisonment t
and on her way to the scaffold, has recently '
been presented t6 the Treasury of the Cathe-,
dral of Mayence.
A silver dime of 1804 is worth 54, of
1797,1500 and 1602 S3, and of 1793 $2 50. Silver.
hair dimes or 1802 will fetch $30 each, and a
value or from $1 to S3 attaches to these coina
ofthelS3ues of 1704, 1796, 1797, 1S0L 1805 and.
ISIS.
Princeton has two trees which wera
planted previous to the Declaration of In
dependence. Tne sycamores in the dean'3
yard were planted in 1767, by order of the
trustees, to commemorate the resistance of
the Stamp act.
Five hunters, desiring to rest, laid
their guns on a flat rock, five miles from
Ironton, Mo. Instantly their guns moved
from the rock, and leaned toward a hugo
boulder some lew feet distant. The boulder
proved to be magnetic iron ore.
A Japanese soldier has invented a gun
which enables the possessor to send "a cloud
of blinding dust" into the eyes of a foe at a.
distance of twelve feet. It is said that tha
poor foe is thereby absolutely deprived of
sight, and therefore, or course, at tho mercy
of his assailant.
All of the "Washington coins, both of
silver and copper, were minted in England
as patterns for the American coinage, but
the designs were not accepted, because it
was considered contrary to tho principles of
our Government to stamp tho head of tho
President upon our coins.
The hair-spring in a watch is a strip of
the finest steel abont 9 inches long, 1-lOOth
inch wldo and 27-10,000 inch thick. It is
coiled np in spiral form and finely tempered.
The procoss of tempering these springs was
long held as a secret by the few fortunate
ones possessing it, and even now i3 not gen
erally known.
JOCOSITY IN JULY.
3Irs. Sapmind "Well, I do declar I Then
Western fokes Is growln' crazy.
Mrs. Lisner Why. what's the matter now ?
Mrs. Sapmind Matter enough. Here's an article
In this paper abont 'Xynchlng bees out West,"
When fokes harea't got notldn' better to do 'an go
around lynchln bees. I've got my opinion of 'em,
Boston Courier.
'The busy bee so blithe and braw
Goes forth to shame the dreamer.
And violates the Sunday law
Without a blusn or tremor.
Washington Star.
Judge (to prisoner) Tfou are charged
with having seriously Injured your -wife by In
closing her In a folding bed. What have yoa to
say for yourself?
Prisoner Your Honor. I wished to see If it wa
possible to shut her up. Detroit Free Press.
BEVE.NQE.
It was a tall thermometer
That stood there in the street
And gaily stopped the panting throngs
And told tnem of the heat.
It wore a sort orfiendish leer
And a general air ofp!te.
While bragging that the atmosphere
Was so much Fahrcnlielt.
But wlille that lein and loathsome thing
Gave gazers nervous nts.
A sufferer drew a trusty club
And smashed It into bits
Chicago Sacs Stcord.
Tired Stranger (registering hi3 name at
hotel at Billarat, Anstralla)-I want a room.
Clerk (lnoUitg at register)-Ah! From Chicago,
are you, Mr. Jones? How are the World's Fair
buildings getting along?
Tired Stranger (taking his valise again) My
friend. I have traveled 15.CO0 miles trying to g-it
away from that question. When does the next
steamer leave for the Antarctic Continent? C'Ahxj
to Tribune.
Though the country may have charms t
please.
It gives not a chance to spoon;
For the only man she ever sees
is the poor old man In the moon.
.Vo York Evening Sun.
"I suppose if you were to lose your
money thtt you would go Into chicken raising, or j
something or that son, eh?'
"No."' said the wealthy young woman. "I
should not. I would be sure to make a failure of It.
I am too big Ton know those women In the news
paper stories evbo make such wonderful success
never weigh more than 90 pounds. "IadianapoU
Journal.
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