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THE REPRESSION OF DISTURBANCES.
One of the questions growing out of the
Homestead disturbances which may have
a pressing interest for the taxpayer in the
future is how to preserve the peace when
largo communities are affected by labor or
other troubles. The calling out of the
National Guard of the State is an effective
method; but disadvantages of a serious
sort would attach to it If the operation
should have to bo many times repeated.
Particularly would this be true if the
period of service on the field were long
protracted. .The pay of $1 CO per day for
the men represents to most of them a
direct loss In money. This they cheer
fully bear, on account of patriotic feeling,
duringTthe time ordinarily required for
drill and for annual encampments. But
it would bo a serious hardship to many of
the enlisted troops if they had to stay for
long stretches of time on the field. If
such possibilities became frequent, it is
easy to see that either the compensation
of the Guard would have to be greatly in
creased, or the enlistment of the best
material for it would greatly diminish.
So far as expense goes, it must not be
counted at all as against the end of assert
ing whenever and wherever needs be the
:co,"'T aCremacy of the law and of all
the rights guaranteed thereunder. No
matter what the expense, if It were to
take the last penny in the Treasury the
law will always be sustained. But, at the
same time, if disturbances, such as too
frequently have occurred through the
country, are to be looked upon as among
the possibilities, thinking people, includ
ing the taxpayer who has to foot the bills,
will inevitably begin to cast about for
quicker and less costly methods than sum
moning the State militia.
Already this problem, as brought up in
connection with the Homestead situation,
has given rise in various quarters to a
great many suggestions. The most com
mon is the organization of a small special
force for the State or for counties, to be
permanent in its character, and liable to
summons at any time and any place and
for any period needed. The immediate
objection' to this is that no matter how
small the number, it would have the dis
agreeable aspect of a standing army; and
while less costly and quicker perhaps,
than the calling out of the militia, it would
lead the way to militarism and to perma
nent burdens upon the taxpayer.
Any suggestion looking to a steady mili
tary organization, constantly In service
and under pay, will always fall harshly
upon the public ear. In the end, too, we
have no doubt, It would come to be a
heavy charge upon the public purse. But
the worst feature of such an arrangement
the one which should be most repulsive
to the pride of good citizens is that it
would do away with the claim which up
to the present could generally have been
made for all American communities, that
they need no garrisons or standing mili
tary organizations to keep the peace and
enforce the law.
A boast, however, no matter how much
pride it evokes, is nothing unless the facts
support it. The saving influence for our
republican institutions must ever be the
citizen's respect for and fidelity to the law
and to legal rights. With this spirit fully
prevalent, we would not have occasion for
calling out the National Guard or getting
up supplementary military organizations.
This is the spirit not only for the Courts
to enforce, but for good citizens on every
hand to inculcate.
ENTIRE EXONERATION.
History is at times rapidly made, but to
be unbiased and accurate its records must
almost invariably be written at leisure.
Aspersions are easily cast upon an indi
vidual or an organization during a period
of excitement, but a good deal of difficulty
is apt to attend any effort to remove the
stigma at a later date.
During the agitation which Immediately
followed the rioting at Homestead on the
6th instant, it was alleged that the can
non which, in the hands of the workmen,
so suddenly achieved notoriety was the
property of and lent by G. A. R. Post 207.
The allegation was hardly made before it
received credence in several quarters,
drew forth many imprecations and even a
demand for the revocation of Post 207's .
charter. In our G. A. R. department in
this issue the full story of the ownership
of the gun and the responsibility for
its use appears for the first time. There
It is seen that the cannon Is not the prop
erty ot the post, that it was not even in
Its keeping at the time of the outbreak,
but that it was removed from the premises
of Its owner who happened to be a mem
ber of Post 207 and had lent his private
property to that body for parade purposes
on various occasions during his absence
from home.
Thus is the escutcheon of Post 207, and
through it the fair fame of the whole G.
A. R., saved from the bearing of a sinister
blot, and one more example is given of
the necessity for careful research before
the formulation of serious accusations.
THE GLUT OF CAPITAL,
An extended examination into the indi
cations of what is called a glut of capi
tal is made by a recent article in the New
YorkFMt It shows that especially In
Europe, capital is unable to find Invest
ments which are at once largely remuner
ative and certain to continue the returns.
This, with the indicative decline in the
rate of interest, affords a basis for the
prima facie conclusion that the supply of
capital is in excess of the demands of the
world for using it.
Tetthe assertion is like saying that
there is more bread or meat than the
world can eat. There may be more of
each than there Is a demand for at the
given time: but to suppose that there is a
permanent surplusage Is to suppose that
there is a limit to works by which the
productiveness of the earth can bo in
creased. Such an idea, with less than a
third of the world's surface brought un
der the developments of civilization, is
absurd.
Perhaps some light on the alleged glut
may be obtained from recalling former in
stances. After 1873 there wps a plethora
of capital in this country. It was not
that there was a lack of opportunity to
use capital; for the contrary has since
been demonstrated. It was simply that
the forms of Investment within the reach
of the small capitalist had justly brought
themselves under distrust. The same Is
true to-day In great measure. The British
investor has been notably the victim of
the promoter, the stock-waterer, and
the more undisguised but less reputable
Jeremy Diddler. When the forms of in
vestment have become generally tainted
with the vices which make them the
means of transferring the savings of the
people to the pockets of sharp operators,
the situation must eventually work out
its natural result that the small investors
will refuse to be bled further, by letting
all suph investments severely alone.
When properties as a rule are capitalized
at three times their just value, it is small
wonder that the investor gets a low rate
of Interest on his inflated investment, or
that after due experience he develops an
extraordinary affection for the forms
which can guarantee a sure return of
something if only a miserable 2 or 3
per cent
There are still abundant fields for the
legitimate employment of capital in pro
duction. But times indicate the necessity
of providing better guarantees of fidelity
In the management of corporate proper
ties, and less of the prevalent belief that
the successful man of the day Is he who
makes the largest possible share of the
money of others stick to his fingers while
he is handling It,
OLD NAME BUT NEW THING.
The starting of what Is called a tee-to-tum
in New Torkattractsthepubllc atten
tion to a class of establishment which has
proved very beneficial abroad. The name
Is hardly a happy one, since by Its old use
it suggests whirling and spinning at a high
rate of speed, while the real character of
the establishment is that of a house of
resort, of the quiet and sober class, where
no intoxicants arc to be had.
It is noticeable that the origin of these
establishments was purely commercial.
The man who started them simply wished
to popularize a certain brand of tea. He
organized tea clubs, therefore, which, in
addition to selling the tea, furnished whole
some food to the members at low rates,
and provided billiards and other entertain
ments. The tea clubs under the name of
tee-to-tum proved so popular that they
multiplied rapidly and became social cen
ters for the poorer people throughout
London.
In this country the enterprise is philan
thropic. Some New Tofkers are trying it,
first confining it to the sale of cheap and
wholesome food. Eventually billiards,
coal clubs nndsavings funds will be added,
if the project turns out favorably. But it
remains to be seen whether the American
will take as kindly to the idea as the Lon
doner, and also whether the change from
the commercial to the semi-charitable
basis leaves it on as substantiate footing.
There is certainly a field for something
in the form of a club which sells cheap and
wholesome food at low prices. But if the
idea should prove to meet a want in this
country, it ought to stand on its commer
cial merits. The man who is to enjoy the
benefits of such an establishment will
make the best use of them when he feels
that what he pays for he has bought with
out the intervention of any charitable do
nation in the first instance.
LABOR IN LONDON.
The statement of the wages paid to the
laborers about the London docks, brought
out by Mr. Henry Tuckley in the letter
published elsewhere, furnishes a striking
exhibit of the poorly paid common labor
of England. It is to be remembered that
these are wages established in a locality
where the demand for labor Is constant
and Imperative. On the other hand, the
number of workmen is so large that
wages are brought down to the level
stated.
With due allowance for that fact, it is
startling to learn of weekly wages of about
?2 50, while 55 00 per week Is a high
average for steadily emplo3red workmen,
with 7 50 regarded as a princely income.
These rates of wages are all that thou
sands of workingmen in London can com
mand for the support of their families. Of
course, workmen so paid cannot buy the
best articles of food or supplies. The
classes that they do buy are sold at higher
rates than the better paid workingmen of
Pittsburg pay for the same grades" with
the single exception of tea. The London
laborers get lower rents by living in gar
rets and renting part of their rooms to
others.
Such an exhibit of the condition of labor
is enough to show that all grades of labor
are better paid, better housed and better
fed In this country than In England.
THE SEXES IN BANK BOBBERY.
The robbery of a bank In Reno, Okla
homa, which boasted a female cashier, is
regarded by an Eastern cotemporary as
an evidence that the female bank cashier
is a failure. When the Dalton gang got
into the bank and presented pistols at the
feminine handler of the cash, the lady
promptly fainted and the robber made off
with about $10,000. Hence argues the
New Tork Evening World, bank officers
of the faulting sex will not do.
The deduction fails to take in the whole
case. Perhaps our cotemporary means to
intimate that the masculine cashier would
have foiled 'the robbers by clearing out
the bank safe before their arrival. Out
side of that exceptional and unsatisfactory
safeguard against bank robbery, this case
was not due to the exceptionally feminine
proceedings. It has not been the rule for
male cashiers under such circumstances, to
demonstrate their bullet-proof capacities.
The usual practice of the masculine bank
official has been when confronted by a
bank robber's revolver, to hold up his
bandsWlth promptness and energy. Even
a bank cashier's life Is worth more to him
than the bank's cash reserve. The faint
ing of the cashier in this instance was a
feminine variation which made no differ
ence in the main result
If there Is any application to the spheres
of the sexes, in this affair, it does not
leave the masculine halt in a favorable
light The enforcement of the laws and
the suppression ot crime have hitherto
been left to the men. The fact that the
men permit a gang of desperadoes to rob
trains and banks with impunity, is the
most damaging one to the administrative
energies of either sex.
A GOOD APPOINTMENT.
The nomination by the President of
Mr. A. B. Hepburn for Comptroller of the
Currency is one that deserves praise. It
is directly in the line of practical civil
service reform. Mr. Hepburn is without
political prominence, but earns his -pro-
.motion by his work as a national bank ex
aminer, in which he has shown efficiency
and thoroughness. The rule of promoting
to higher position subordinates who have
proved their ability and fidelity Is the best
one for a reformed civil service; and it is
especially applicable in the case of this
bureau, having under its supervision the
national banking interests of the country.
There has been room for criticism in the
recent conduct of the Comptroller's office,
with strong ground for suspecting politic
al influence. Whether the administra
tion has recognized the magnitude of the
danger involved in a lax or partial dis
charge of its supervisory functions or
not, there is every reason to hope that an
appointment like that of Mr. Hepburn
will correct all tendencies in that direc
tion. THE BEGINNINGS OF PETROLEUM.
Facts in the early history of petroleum
which have borne the character of tradi
tion are fully set forth and authenticated
in a special article by the late L. E. Stofiel
published in this issue. It is. interesting
to find the beginning of a trade which
ranks third among the products in the ac
cidental product of the Tarentum salt
wells, at first thrown away as a useless
and damaging ingredient of the salt water.
The first use of the lllumlnant which now
lights the houses of both hemispheres by
the miners in its crude form is a strik
ing illustration of the small beginning for
a vast growth; .wnlle the first mercantile
use of petroleum as a medicinal prepara
tion is another curious fact which seems
to come from another age. But the fact
that this small beginning of the petroleum
business was but 33 years ago gives us
another lesson on the rapidity of commer.
cial transactions m this fast age.
Heredity should soon displace schools
as a necessary educative adjunct in Idaho,
since lady school teachers marry off so
quickly there that they will henceforth be
required by the trustees to promise to re
main celibate until the end of the school
term engaged for, and to consent to the re
tention of a substantial part of their salaries
as surety.
Russia la now trying to stifle the cholera
epidemic by the press censorship, which is
the Government's universal panacea.
One newspaper refers to that member of
the N. G. P., raised to national fame by the
exuberance of his tongue, as "Private
Jams." Possibly our cotemporary im
agines that his first name is James, which,
rendered colloquially, might afford an ex
planation for the whole trouble.
What a woman calls a perfect dream of
a dress is generally a stern teallty to the
husband who has to pay for it.
Henceforth physicians will no doubt
feel It their duty to witness all the prize
fights within reach. Three of them were
successful In saving the lire of one of the
principals of a disgraceful exhibition at
Lima, O., on Friday night by means of
hypodermic Injections.
After a time Congress may tire itself, as
it has already wearied the nation, of ad
journing Its adjournment.
When McKeesport police officers allow
a common cow thief to evade thoir grasp
fonr times they have no excuse for vaunting
themselves, but should be characterized by
a most humble modesty.
Romance notwithstanding, it is impossi
ble to put any bnt a literal Interpretation on
the wild waves' sayings.
No Pennsylvanian can make his debts an
exense for suicide, since a literal Interpre
tation of the law mates enlistment In the
National Guard a permanent protection
from all civil process.
A good many bathing costumes resemble
summer vacatlons'in that thoy Degln too
late and end too soon.
From the encouragement that Mayor
Kennedy's improvement propositions have
received It really begins to look as though
Allegheny City will have a riglit to be proud
of Itself after awhile.
Gladstone's health is just now the ob
ject of mora solicitude than Ireland's de
mand for home rule.
Harrity's executive commltte is won
derfully representative of the many varie
ties of opinions whose owuersaro pleased to
be known as Democrats.
Canada is rapldlv approaching an atti
tude of contrition In which to promise never
to do it again.
Tom BrntNS, the ball player, is enjoying
a temporary notoriety that puts into the
shade the fame or the poet of that ilk, whose
first name was Robert.
Any prosecution of BIsmarok is ex
tremely likely to prove a bodmerang to tuo
prosecutor.
Thunder storms are refreshing enough,
but where the lightning strikes the prostra
tion is usually more complete than that due
to mere heat.
July leaves us and to-morrow will be an.
August occasion.
Giacomo Inandi is a youthful Italian,
who has a great head for mental arithmetic
It goes without saying that his brain works
inaudtbly.
ROUGE is unnecessary and powder in de
mand. AH0THEB GEEAT SEBPEHT HOUND.
The Latest Archas.iloglcsl Sensation on the
Little Miami River.
'Lbbawow, O., July 30. A most Important
arcbreologicul discovery, or rather Identifi
cation, has just been made by Profs. Metz
and Putnam, of the Peabody Museum, in a
district rich'in soil structures, seven miles
from ft. Anolent, on the Little Miami river.
What lias hitherto been regarded as a sep
arate work is now shown to be another "ser
pent" mound, similar to- the famous one in
Adams county, only much larger. The total
length Is 1,000 feet. Accurate surveys and
drawings are beintr made for the arclitcologi
cl tcotlon of the World's Fair.
To Bava a Good Tlinp.
Toledo Blade.
The probabilities are that the republicans
will get considerable fun out of Adlal during
the campaign.
A LOOK AROUND.
TnE seeds of the tragedy were sown
without .the knowledge of anyone except
tho big brown and white mastiff and myself.
The mastiff lay on a rng in the vestibule,
the heroine stood by the gate the baby
slept in the carriage, and the nurse was
doubled up in the shade of a treo, deep In a
blue covered novel bearing the general ap
pearance of having been published in Chi
cago. Enter unto theso from a covered
wagon the grocer's boy with twt baskets.
One basket was for next door and was put
down at the gate while the other was in
transit to the kitchen. Fatal error. My
heroine approached the 'basket, and it was
half full of small green apples, abstracted
several and ate two at once. The mastiff
looked at the nurse and so did L She was in
a state of coma over the woes of tho villain.
Then the mastiff looked at me and said,
"Well, I'm i" and walked Into the house.
I tcok bis advice and boarded an electric
car. The dog may testify at the Inquest
but I shall not.
Did you ever feel as though you would
like to go to Europe and give it up with a
sl;U because you felt you could not afford
Jet Oh, you have! And yet you went to
Atlantic City last summer and admit you
spent about $250 in a couple of weeks. The
year before you did the same thing, only
you managed to get rid of three weeks and
$300. This year jou feel poor. You have
four weeks' vacation nnd do not, intend to
spond more than $200, or say $250. This will
go in the same old way for the same old
things; tho sailing trips, jaolc pots, merry-
go-rounds, things in tumblers and all that
sort of nonsense.
Now suppose you had energy enough in
you to look up this European trip and seo
what you could do it for. You would find ic
rather surprising. You would learn, for ex
ample, that there is such a thing as a "win
ter late." Take, for example, the Red Star
line. For a flrst-class cabin passage, which
would cost you $175 one way between April
21 and July 31, you would find it cost but $140
for the round trip between August 1 and
April 20. But you need not fly so high. You
can so first-class from New York or Phila
delphia to Antwerp on tho Red Star line
and return on the Inman line from Liver
pool to New York for $103 tho round trip.
For your trip you need a satchel, a soft hat
nnd tennis shoes in addition to your usual
clothing. If you are willing to go second
class on any of the big boats of these lines
you can do it tor $S0 to $90, and be well fed
and comfortably lodged for from soven to
ten days each way.
Let us suppose yon decidn to go comfort
ably at $108. You have a delightful voyage,
get a glimpse of the South of England coast
as you go up tho channel; see the Isle of
Wight, Brighton, the French coast and the
Flemish country as you pass up the Scheld.
You arrive early in the morning at Ant
werp, spend $1 for sight-seeing, food and
lodging that day and night. Eaily next
morning you leave for Paris; fare $G. You
stop ijtng enoutrh in Brussels toget a glimpse
of the city, or you remain until next morn
ing in'lhat notoriously cheap place. Then
you go on through the fertile Belgian plains
Into France with historic towns and cities
all along the road. It is but six hours and a
half run from Antwerp to Paris.
In the latter city you can get a good,
clean room for $1 a day. Your meals will
cost from 20 cents to $20 each according to
tne location of the restaurant and the name
of the man over the door. You remain four
days, spend say $10 which includes mora
eights of interest and good things to eat
than you hnvo ever before packed into four
months. Then you are on: to London via
Calais and Dover, fare seoond-class, (which
is quite good enougU) about $9. You can get
a fair idea of French life and farming at ex
press speed fiom the windows of the car
riage If you travel by day. That night early
yon are In London. You have decided to
spend $230 on the trip. You have so fnr
spent $16S, say $170. You can live ana live
well in London for $3 a day. You spend $20
for odds and ends for presents and $20 more
for sightseeing, excursions and cabs. You
leave London in three days, having say $30
left. Your rare to Liverpool is nbout $8. The
remainder will take you home readily after
paying fees.
You have had a month of delightful nov
elty, your mind is broadened, you have
picked up data lor lies for ten years,
and you vow you will do It again next year.
If you want to do all this on a cheaper basis,
you can cover the same ground for $200
easily. I have put tho figures at a fair esti
mate, Including comfort and reasonable
amount of knocking about. You can't bny
the Louvre or take chambers In Piccadilly
on these terms, 'but you can do it well
enough for a modest young man with a mod
est salary.
The place would sell for about (290 a
front foot, but that does not affect the ardor
or the boys. With poles and white mulln
they have rigged up a booth, a fair imita
tion of those you see outside race courses
or at a country fair. Beside the booth
stands a marquee, tent .captured from tho
lawn. Here sundry bright-eyed merchants,
aged from (i to 8, dispense lemonade and
watermelon to a hungry and thirsty public
It is fun for the boys, and the elegant houses
that look down on Firth avenue from' the
hillside seem to take It good naturedly.
There are folios of complaint uttered, if
not published, about the trouble of getting
good telephone service between the East
End and the downtown districts. In the
East End Itself it is easy to get on speaking
terms with the person you wnnt, but when
you call up Pittsburg proper, your worri
ment begins. There seems to be a con
spiracy on tho part of all your friends to
either be busy or out when you sook to raise
them, irsome agent of the company would
try the service hero and there without giv
ing warning bcfoiehand It would result in
satisfactory changes no doubt. That the
company can overcome great difficulties is
shown by the manner In which they have
almost obviated the electric car inuuctlon
nuisance.
In view of the type of man who made the
attack ou Mr. Frlck and of the character of
those who are thought to have inspired
Bcrkman and assisted Dim, It is more than a
singular coincidence that Andrew Carnegie
himself should brve once been so much sus
pected of being an extreme Socialist that he
was put under surveillance. Not only Is
this true, but in addition nil of Mr. Car
negie's interviews and published utter
ances in any form were collected and his
career in this country and nbroad was thor
oughly sifted to learn how far he united
preaching with practice. It was somewhere
in.1884-85 that this occurred. It was given
out by the German Socialists that Mr. Car
negie had contributed a large sum of money
to the campaign flmd or Itadloal candidates
for the Reiohstaz. This led the German
Chancellor, ho who now battles through tho
press with bis former master, to open up an
inquiry through the German Embassy at
Washington. About the same time Mr. Car
negie violently attacked the Biltish royal
family and monarchy generally through
Interviews in American newspapers. This
caused an inquiry on the part of the British
Foreign Office.
Agents of both the cabinets of Berlin and
London were in Pittsburg at tho same time
and much curious information bearing on
causes and effects was said to have been col
lected by them. It is also hinted that these
Inquiries had much to do with social lines
being drawn against the "Star-Spangled
Scotchman" in a number of European coun
tries, notably in England and Scotland.
A friend of mine who intends going to
Europe shortly showed me the passage cir
cular yesterday of a loading steamship com
pany. It announced that a charge of $10
would be made for monkeys, cats and dogs
and $4 ror birds, and odds: "Dogs, cats and
monkeys must be caged before being
brought on tho steamer, and will then bo
placed In charge of the butcher." This is
certainly suggestive.
What have become of those glowing
promises of that amiable compound of Dana
and Dickens who represents Western Penn
sylvania on the State Fish Commission,
anent the stocking of tho Ohio, Allegheny
and Monongahela? When he went into
office he announced that brook trout would
leap contlnuouily from Pittsburg water
pipes into Pittsbprg frying pans, that black
bass would Impede navigation between Davis
Island and the West Virginia looks, that
grayling, and shad, and salmon would chase
each other through the streets whenever
there was a shower and tuat aevnea craDS
could be caught with a straw hat from the
various bridges as they floated down stream.
I Insist upon an investigation of this delin
quency and suggest that even the market
price of salt mackerel has not been affected.
Let htm boat the pen with which he stayed
the dragon into a fish hook and be con
demned to catch a fish every day in either
of our impoverished streams. Walter,
FB0K OCEAN TO 002AK.
Zoo Gayton Is Now Trying to Break Her
Own Walklnc Record.
PHiLAnnLPHiA, July 10. fXhe only woman
who has ever walked from ocean to ocean,
Miss Zoe Gayton, passed through Philadel
phia oh her way to Chester last night. She
has made a record 3,395 miles in 167 days, be
tween San Francisco and New York, and is
now walking against that record, to beat
which she mnst walk from New York to the
Pacific via New Orleans, n distance or 3,860
miles, in 167 days. If she succeeds she will
win $20,000: ir ".lie falls she nets her expenses
and loses $2,000. She says: "I will win or die
on my feec"
She is a splendidly proportioned Spanish
woman, 37 years of age, who has spent the
last years of her 'lire in this country. 81)6
has three traveling companions, "Beauty,"
her dog, a cocker spaniel, which is worth
$5C0; Josoph Price, whose chief duty Is to
keep her in a good humor and incidentally
to "brace" farmers for accommodations,
and William J. Marshall, her manager.
WITH FORTUNE AND FAME.
Pour living ex-Governors of Massa
chusetts were born in 1818 Boutwell, Claflin,
llice and Butler.
Samuel Sloane, the millionaire rail
road president, has a dislike for typewriters,
human and mechanical, and writes all his
letters in autogianh.
Secretary Charles Foster took a
party of lrlcnds down the Potomao yester
day on the lighthouse tender. Jessamine,
expecting to return Monday evening.
The Shah of Persia has left Teheran for
his annual sojourn at his summer palace,
accompanied by a retinuo of 300 wives and
regiments ofinfantry, cavalry and artillery.
Emperor William yesterday morning
started for Encland, where he will remain a
weotas the guest of the Queen. One of the
objects of his visit is to attend the Cowes
regatta. '
Ernest Gdireatjd, the French com
poser, according to Aurellen Bclioll, his
eulogist, added several years to his life by
persistently declining to open letters ad
dtessed to him.
Ex-President Hayes, who just now
happens to be in Brat'tleboro, where he
makes a visit every summer, is a believer in
the negligee shirt, oven at a city hotel, ir the
weather requires it.
A. Barton Hepburn, who has just
been appoin ted by the President Comptroller
of the Currency, to succeed E. S. Lacey, re
signed, is the present Examiner of National
Banks in New York City.
Henry Watterson is still confined to
his bed at the Richelieu. lie is improving,
however, at such a rapid pacothat hispliysi
clan feels justified in saying that he will be
able to leave his room to-day.
TnojiAS Sexton, M. P., was the son of
n membor of tho Irish Constabulary, who
dying while his son was young, lert him to
be brought up by his mother, who sold
apples upon the streets of Waterlord. Mr.
Sexton is a self-educated man.
Hon. Huon McCulloch enjoys the
distinction of being the only man who has
twice held tho office of Secretary of the
Treasury. His first appointment was in
March, 1865, by President Lincoln; the sec
ond in 1SJ5, by President Arthur. Mr. Mc
Culloch Is in his 81th year.
Variation on the Sea Serpent
Mohtreax, July 30. A hurricane was ex
perienced off the southeast coast of Africa
by the ship Theodore A- Rand, which has
Inst arrived here with a cargo of sugar from
lollo. The decks were swept and two boats
were washed awny. A water snake seven
reet In length was washed on board by a
wave and viciously made for a. seaman.
After some trouble tho captain managed to
kill the reptile with an ax. The snake was
venomous.
DEATHS HERE AND ELSEWHERE.
Ex-Governor Chnrles H. Ilardln.
Ex-Governor C. H. Hardin, of Missouri,
died Friday morning at his home in Mexico. In that
State. Charles H. Hardin was elected Governor of
Mlsiourl in 1874 aud cerred two years, which at
that time was the full term. Ho was born In 1820 In
Kentucky, and while an Infant was brought to Mis
souri br Ills parents. His mother was a sister of
Dr. William Jewell, the founder of William Jewell
College. Governor Hardin was reared at Colum
bia, where he attended the State University. He
subsequently entered MUml University, In Ohio,
and graduated there. After leaving college he
studied law and began practice at Fulton. Jlo., in
1843. In 131s he was elected Circuit Attorney of
the Third Judicial Circuit, and In 1S.2 member of
the Legislature from Callaway county, serving
two terms. He was appointed member of a com
mission to revise the laws of the State In 1853. In
1833 he was again elected to the Legislature, and In
18G0 lie was sent to the State Senate. Governor
Hardin took up his residence In Audrian county la
18C1. and In 1871 he was elected to the State Senate
from that district. He had retired from practice
and was about to retire from active public life
when called upon to accept the Democratic nomin
ation for Governor. He alwavs took a deep Inter
est In educational affairs, and founded Hardin Col
lege, which he endowed with 37,000 In money and
lauds.
Rudolph H. Bartllnck, Journalist.
Eudolph H. Bartlinck, editor of the Ger
man Daily Express, Toledo, died suddenly at bis
desk Just after noon yesterday from an attack of
apoplexy. His age was 46 yeurs. He leaves a
wife ana two children In Milwaukee. He was one
of the most forcible writers on the German press In
the Unit-d States, and had been employed on the
New York UtaaU Ztilung, Milwaukee Herald,
Chicago Stoats Zeitunj and other leading German
papers.
Charles Harrison, Jnurnalis-.
Charles Harrison, a well-known editor
and newspaper writer, formerly of Pittsburg, died
at the Good Samaritan Hospital In Cincinnati yes
terday afternoon, of BrlghOs disease, complicated
Willi Btomacli troubles. At the time or his death
he was editor In chief of tho Toledo Commercial.
His age as 43 years.
Obituary Notes.
Pierre Edmosd Teissereno pe Bobt, the
French statesman, died yesterday.
William C. thayeb, 43 years old, a speculator
of Chicago, died in New York yesterday.
I EL80N Cook, a well-known artist, poet and
portrait painter, died at his home In Syracuse Fri
day morning, aged 75.
Avpuew APHRIA, the oldest man In Southern
Indiana, died Friday In Madlscn. He lacked Ave
mouths of being 100 years old.
Hox. J. 8. Tujiney. one of the most prominent
men of Cleveland, died Friday. He was twice
elected County Treasurer, and was also honored
with many municipal offices.
l'ltor. CnAHi.ES Kiddlemeter. Ph. D.. one of
the foremost educators of German universities 25
years ago, has just died at tho Insane hospital at
Kankakee. 111. He was 65 years old.
William OsCAn CAnrEKTEB, a noted newspa
per man, died at hit home In Troy, N. Y Friday
evening. He was a contributor to New York, Bos
ton and Chicago newipapers. and excelled as a
dramatic critic. Ills age was C years.
Rev. Jonw B. KtjElljr, rector of St. Mary!
Church, of Marietta, O., died at his home yester
day from a complication of diseases, aged62years.
He look charge of tills church 18 years ago, at a
time when It was badly involved financially.
EDOAnBXOWDEN.rormany.years an editor of the
Alexandria Oaittte, and a grandson of the founder
ofthat ancient paper, died at the residence of his
son in Washington, Friday. Mr. Snowden had
beea In falling health for more than two years.
GOEOE RODGERS Perbt, a grcat-grandnrphcw
of Commodore Perry of Lake Erie fame, died In
the Seney Hospital, In Brooklyn, Thursday of the
effects of a surgical operation. He was 11 years
old. He had bven undergoing treatment in the
hospital for three dajs previous to his death.
REV. Patkick CoKsoi.lt. pastor of the Church
of the Holy Rosary, Elliabethport, N. J., died
suddenly Friday night of apoplexy, brought on by
heat prostration. He had just returned from a
sick call. Death came ao suddenly that Father
Kruie had barely time to administer 'the last riles
of the Church. -
JIBS. bUSANHIOE. who died at Oak Hill, Conn..
Thursday, was the widow of Captain William
Rice, one of General Harrison's aides de camp in
tho Indian wars in Florida. Her thrco sons en
listed In the Fifth Connecticut Volunteers during
the late war. and were alt killed in service. Sho
was 97 years of age.
' J.T. JOOR'orNewOrlcansProresstirorBotany
at Tulane University, and Cuiator or the Tnlauo
Museum, died at CovIhgton.'Xa.. three days ago.
He was a native tf Baton- Rouge and 4.1 years old.
He graduated at the Sew Orleans bchool or Meal
cine, and was forsome time In charge of the United
States' qaarantlne station at Ship Island.
YARNS OF THE VETERANS.
K rWBITTEN FOR THE DISPATCH.!
It is more than 27 years ago since the war
closed, and it is odd to see how the men who
went to the front then and rose to command
have stayed at the front since and occupied
the first positions.
A member of the G. A. E who has taken
tho trouble to mako the curious calculation,
tolls me that of Governors elected since
Appomattox no less than 227 were old,
soldiers. A large majority of the members
or the present Congress were in the army
during the strained relations which may be
said to have existed between the various
extremities of our common countrv. and
this description includes every man from
tho South in both houses who was born
prior to 1813. Of theso veterans fromtlie
North and South 10 were Malor Gonerals
and 12 were Brigadier Generals, and field
officers are numbered by the score.
The history of theso men is tho history or
the war. Wouldn't a history of the war by
living Major Generals, each one contributing
ten pages, bo a marketable book I
We Can't All Think Alike.
I was the other day told a story about a
member of tho present Congress.whom I will
call James Smith, by one of his colleagues,
whom, also I cannot identify. They are
from one of the border States and live near
the line.
"Enlistments," says the member, "wero
secretly going on in onr neighborhood for
both armies. Jim was an orator rather than
a soldier. Ho never tired of addressing
public meetings. But ho was excitable and
apt to be with tho crowd at the moment.'
One day he veiled for the old flag and the
undivided Union and the next day he helped
hang John Brown and Abe Lincoln in er
flg.v. '"One morning when Jim was In town he
was called on to haranzue a hundred or two
men who were assembled In front of the
corner grocery listening to the latest news.
He climbed into a wagon, threw off his coat
nnd sailed in. 'Ihuvebntone message for
you,' ho shouted, 'go to the front! Many of
your neighbors are on the line or battle and
all calling unto you! Why stand ye here
idle I Freedom, which shrieked whon
Klzlosko fell, is in peril as never before.
Fly to her rescue! Men mny cry peace,
peace, but there is no peace! Freedom's
battle, once begun, bequeathed from bleed
ing sire to son, though baffied oft is ever
won. Bally and organize a company right
heie this day, this hour!'
"'Well, stranger,' broke in about the only
man present who didn't know him, 'which
army shall we Jlnet Nawtb ur South?'
"'Either! either!' shouted Jim, 'can't all
thiivk alike!'
"It made some fun at the time," said Mr.
M. C, who was in the Confederate army
afterwards, "bnt I'll be hanired ir I wasn't
talking to Jim about it the other day, and
he insists that he wasjust'rightl"
Gibson and Bawley Are DoBbles.
At least two of the present Senators who
were Major Generals enlisted in the army as
private soldiers Gibson, or Louisiana, and
Uawley, of Connecticut. These men, both
fine looking, have a curious resemblance
and are sometimes mistaken for each other.
Both, too, as their rapid promotion indi
cates, had a romantic service. Han ley, nil
old abolitionist, was tho first man to enlist
in his State and was in 'tho army all the time
to Appomattox. Gibson lost his fortune
during the war, but recovered it afterward.
From Colonel Down to Private.
General H. S. Greenleaf, an able officer,
and one of the most efficient of the present
New York delegation in Congress, tells a
good story:
"In the fall of 1862, when Lincoln called
for 300, 000 more, we were in Franklin county.
Massachusetts, buckled in to raise aregi-J
ment, I had been an officer of the militia
there and happened to be the first person
In Sherburne Falls to sign the enlist
ment roll. When several companies were
nearly full, Governor Andrew acceded in
our request that we might select all of our
own officers not only those of the line, but,
through them, the field officers also. We
organized war meetings and stumped two
northern counties and soon the regiment
was full to the minimum. Then we line
officers assembled to choose our leader. I
had had In mind for Colonel one Decker,
under whom I had served when he was
Colonel or the militia, and who had slnco
been a year at the front as Lieutenant
Colonel. Iliad aeon him and-he agreed to
accept and had resigned his Lieutenant
Colonelcy to do so. He was nn admirable
man tho most accomplished military offloer
I ever saw. When we met he was tue only
one spoken of for the place. I was chosen
to pi eside; . but Just before taking the
chair a dispatch was banded me
from Major Winn, one of our citizens
then in Boston, saying 'Governor Andrew
will not commission Decker under any cir
onuistances on account of white feather
shown at front under McClellan. You must
nominate somebody else lor Colonel.') This
was a bad situation. I read the dispatch
and all was instant confusion. I folt that it
was orue'.ly unjiftt anu said so. But we had
to act, and we took a ballot. I was astound
ed when every ballot save mine iras cast for
me for Colonel. I had no practical experi
ence and urged the choice ot somebody elso,
but they persisted, and I finally agreed to
take it till we could inquire into the Decker
trouble. We sent to Boston. Andrew wnn
immovable, and then the men who had
fiven the information were still at the front
saw Decker. He complained bitterly of
the injustice; said that a lever drove him to
the hospital; but he added, 'I'll go and
show them! Make me your Quarter
master and I will co with vnu.
Colonel l' I accepted, wiote to the
Govornor in his vindication, and nominated
him as my Quartermaster. The Governor
was still dominated by his first notion and
refused to commission him. I was greatly
grieved and surprised. Decker acted like a
man about it, lie held the dispatch in His
handa minute and then said, 'Colonel, I'm
going with yon. I'll go as a private. Give
me the muster roll!' and he enlisted as a
private soldier.
"I was much moved. This was the man
who had been mv Colonel when I was 3.
Lieutenant,and who had been nt the front for
more than a year in alternate command or. a
regiment when 1 had never heard a gun
fired in anger. Only one thing was lert to
do to vindicate Dooker. I went to one of
our principal lawyers, told him tho story,
and got hlui to go to tho. Army of tne Poto
mac at my expence and get tho affida
vits of officers or the field, staff and
line as to Decker's conduct. They came at
List, and wore unanimous in his f.ivor. Then
tho Govornor tardily commissioned him us
myaujutant, 'lor that pluco will test his
courage,' he said. It did test it severely, and
it never tailed or wavered. Decker was, I
believe, the hoit adjutant in the whole
army. He was an encyclopedia of knowl
edge; a niiraclo of activity and industry.
He was indispensable; an adinirable drill
officer, a fine disciplinarian nnd vigilant in
tho service of tho regiment. Although he
had often commanded me, heneveronce for
got our changed relations. He treated me
like a brother, and I shall nover cease to be
grateful to him."
Trlbates to the Mlnlo Ball.
The testimony of people who have been
shot differs widely as to how It feels. I have
heard more than a dozen members of the
present Congress talk on tho subject dni
have got as many opinions. Tho woi st shot
man now in public life is probably General
Oates, who was here recently looking up tho
Homestead case. He lost his right arm in
front of Richmond in his twenty-seventh
battle, having previously been shot through
the right arm, then in the right leg, then ia
the left hip, then through the right thigh,
then in the head, as premonitory symptoms
of what was coming.
"When 11 niiniebr.il strikes you," he said,
"it stuns you us if you had been hit at shoi t
rango with a club or a brickbat. Then tho
devilish intruder gradually becomes hotter
and hotter, asiryou had turned into a fur
nace of live coals. Then perhaps you mer
cifully drop into unconseiousnes-."
"It felt when I v. as hit," said Colonel Hcr
bett, of Alabama, speaking of tho matter to
a comrade, '-as ir my shoulder was seared
with cautlc; in fact, I never 'conld get over
the impression that the Yanks were flung
red hot balls." He experimented with four
of them during his service, and has reason
to know 1nst how thoy feel.
The two one-leggnu men in Congress who
manage thumselvos best in walking are, by
general consent. Senator Daniel, of Ir
ginhi, and Representative David D. nender
son, of Iowa. They wore both veryyonng
when they met with the loss of a leg, and,
as Amos Cu minings says, "they probably
hadn't got attached to it," A strangor
would scarcoly suspect either man of using
a wooden member.
"When I was lilt in the head," says Colonel
Henderson, "it didn't hurt much, ror I be
came unconscious; but when my foot inter
cepted the spiral flight or tho rifle bullot it
seemed as If I had experienced an unequal
collision with Jupiter, or, at least, one of the
wildest and most dissolute comets. I never
was so astonished in my life. Then came
collapse."
Wnllalng With a Cork Lag.
Joe Cannon "next member from the Fif
teenth district or Illinois," as be would prob-
ably sign his name to-day If he were less
modest, tells a good story of Henderson.
"I had seen Dave Henderson around on
crntcnes and I was sorry for him, and urged
him to come and see us dance at one of our
little affairs at the National. Well, do you
know, he came without a crutch. Yes. And
he enme tripping and bowing In a 'r u8
never had even a corn nnd he waltzed his
corkleg with a patent leather boot on it up
to one of my favorite partners and bore her
off in the ciddv labvrlnths of the German,
Just as if he bad Haifa dozen legs. Yes, sir,
as iiveiy as ir lie was a centlpeue."
And those who saw It say that the prize
waltzer of Danville leaned against the piano
paralyzed, superseded as beau of the nail
by the moro or lesi disjointed but very vi
vacious David.
Getting Shot Near the Spine.
"How much it hurts to he shot," said Sen
ator Mandorson, who got several memento?
of that sort during tho war, and he likes
to exchange views with veterans, "depends
on where and how you aro hit. If it is in an
extremity, or in thick flesh, the wound is
not generally very painful at once, and men
have often been so struck, and even maimed,
without knowing it. But get hit along that
vital center, the spine, and you feel as if a
red-hot spear a mile long Had been thrust
through you."
I asked Colonel Stone, the Kentucky sol
dier, who is generally seen on crnthes: "I
didn't know at first that I was wounded,"
he said. "I just felt a slight twitch at my
troasorlcgas If a brier find canght it, or a
playrul kitten hail touched it with her claw,
but pretty soon I fell in the grass and lay
there all day and all night while Morgan
and tho rest of the boys marched away into
Ohio."
A Ball Cat Off His Whiskers.
Senator Cockrell was drawn out by bis
brother soldiers in the cloakroom one day.
"I was shot through the loft leg without
knowing it," he said. "I didn't even sus
pect it. Tho boys discovered it when they
wore carrying mo off, for I was hurt thiee
other times In that same battle. The worst
hurt wan made by a bullet that didn't hit
1110 at all. It p.issed under my chin with a
satnnio whlsn nnd a slash 'like a saber
stroke. It seemed as if the Federals were
firing butcher knives. It stung me hotly and
I thought my throat was cut, but when I
felt of it a lot of my whiskers camooff in my
hand. There was no blood, and the suffer
ing was only momentary; but It hnrt worse
than the clips that hit my arm orleg.
W. A. CitoTinT.
DISPUTED JOHNSON ISLAND.
Kecords Seem to Shqjv Conclusively It Is
Under American Protection.
Saw Fbancisco, July 3a Considerable
prominence has been given here to tne
statement from Honolulu, that the British
cruiser Champion has left that port with the
Intention, it was understood, of annexing
Johnson Island to the British possessions.
The records at Washington show tnat the
island is under the protection of tho Ameri
can flag, having been taken possession of in
3852 by Captain Parker, of the brig Reindeer,
who found there large guano deposits.
Messrs. Roberts and Mayers, who claim to
be the American owner of Johnson Island,
not only claim it through a title from Parker,
but also own stock in the Pacific Guano
Company, which Parker formed. They will
now prosecute their claim to the title of the
island.
Dnring the year 1856 Congress passed an
act authorizing tho President to issue a
proclamation and letters of protection to
any person who might discover an island,
covered with guano deposits and farther to
extend the do mfnlon or the United States
over such places, and give the discoverers
full and valad titles to such islands, pro
vided that when tho title to snch islands
was issued tho work of obtaining guano
should be dlltgentlv prosecuted.
In accordance with this act Parker in 1S57
filed a declaration with the Secretary of
State at Washington, and took In several
others with him, forming tho Pacific Guano
Company. In January, 1S53, the schooner
Palestine, under command of Captain Her
man, was sent to visit the Island and bring
back specimens of guano. Parker accom
panied the expedition, and landings were
effected on Johnson Island and on one of
the smaller ones known as Agnes Island.
On each island a flagstaff and cross were
erected, the latter being inscribed with the
fact that Captain Herman had taken posses
sion in behalf of the owners and charterers
of the Palestine and In the name of the
United States. When the schooner returned
to San Francisco, the Pacific Guano Com
pany was incorporated and the articles of
incorporation wore filed with tho Secretary
orstate, at Sacramento, cat.
0 TEMP0RA, 0 MORES!
JosEpn Medill, editor of the Tribune, will
fight the Marquis do Mores, who has chal
lenged him, in the ring under Qaoensberry
rules. Chicago Globe.
Ir the Marqis de Mores means to fight all
the, American editors who have said bad
things about him he bad better begin to
raise an army right away. Boston Globe.
If Colonel Medill, of the Chicago Tribune,
wants to kill De Mores, let tho fight take
place in a Chicago alley. The odor will wipe
out the Frenchman in one round. Toledo
Blade.
The Marqnis do Mores will probably re
gret that be challenged Editor Medill, of the
Chicago Tribune, to a duel. It gives the
editor the choice of weapons, and he will
probably stab the Marquis with a para
graph. !?cw York Press.
Tue prompt acceptance of the Marquis de
Mores' challenge to a duel by the Chicago
Tribune proves that tho American journalist
is no coward, even if he does choose eight
ounce gloves and a 21-root ring in preference
to pistols at 20 paces. Cleveland Leader.
The Marquis de Mores wants to fight Ed
itor Medill, of the Chicago Tribune, because
of his editorial comment on the recent duel
in France, in which the Marquis killed ht3
man. The Marquis should have a care.
Editor Medill i an Ohio man and has never
yet tailed to get anything he goes after.
0i(o Stale Journal.
Haviho involved himself in a war with
Germany by offending Herr Heslng, Mr.
Medill is about to blunder into a strife with
France by acceptinga challenge to polish off
the Marquis de Mores in a 24-foot ring. His
only salvation is to make Bismarck and
Peter Jackson assoclato editors of the 3X6
unc Chicago Times.
THATlittle fire eater, the Marquis de Mores,
has challenged Editor Joseph Medill, or the
Chicago Tribune, and with the characteristic
promptness of an American newspaper man
Mr. Medill has accepted the challenge. If
he doesn't do anything else he will make the
Marquis ridiculous before ho is done with
the matter. Phila'd-lphut Call.
NEGROES EUSHIHG TO 0KX4H0JI4.
Some or Them Sell Their Crops for a Song
Berorn They Go.
Mexfsib, July 30. The Oklahoma craze
has broken out alresh nmong tho negroes in
the western part of the State, and hnndreds
of them have emigrated from this section
within the past few days to tho alleged
promised-land.
The farmers in Shelby and Tiptou coun
ties, being unable to secure laborer-, at any
price to harvest their crops, they be
come alarmed over the prospects of their
wheat, corn and cotton rotting in the fields.
In a number of cases negro tenants have
Jumped their own crops and sold them in the
fields lor a song to obtain money to pay their
railroad fare to Oklahoma.
Their Wish Shall Be Gratified.
St. I.ouis GIobe-Democrat.3
The silver States wish the country to un
derstand that their majority for tho Repub
lican ticket will be as large' this year as It
ever was in the past.
A NEXT LOVE SONG.
The Century.
O Canada, sweet Canada,
Thou maiden of the frost.
From Flattery Cape to Sable Cape
With love for thee we're crossed.
We could not love the less nor more.
We love thee clear to LaDrador;
Why should we longer thus be vexed!
Consent, coy one, to be annexed, t
O, Canada, sweet, Canade,
Our heart was always true;
You know we never really cared
For anyone but you.
Your veins are of the purest gold
(We've mined tbcm some, the truth he told)
True wheat arc you, spite chaff and scorn.
And O, your dainty ears (of corn).
O Canada, sweet Canada,
John Bull la mucb too old
For such a winsome lass as you,
Leave nlm to fuss and scold;
Tell him a sister you will be.
He loves you not so much as we;
Fair maiden, stand not thus perplexed.
Come, sweetheart, coma and be annexed.
Charles Henry Phelps.
CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS.
There Is a moth insurance company.
The first telescope was used in England
In 1608.
Switzerland is now erecting its first
sugar factory.
Alabama negroes are estimated. to be;
worth about $20,000,000.
A couple were married one day last,
week at Winston, N. C, after a courtship of
27 years.
Electricity in its various forms of ar,
plication is said to give employment to 5,1X0
COO persons.
It has often been observed that the;
nall actually grow on the stumps ot ampnj
tated fingers.
A rattlesnake 15 inches in circumfeib
ence is said to be in the possession of a mam
in Kentucky.
The daguerreotype was invented 07
Daguerre, nnd the first miniatures were pio
duced in 1833.
Church bells were made bvPanlinnjj
n n Italian bishop, to drive away demons,
abont 400 A. D.
St. Louis is organizing what is claimed!
to be tho first Italian regiment ever formed!
in this country.
Playing cards were invented for the)
amusement of the crazy Kins, Charles VLj
of France, in 1380.
The small photographic portrait was;
first made bv Fovier, in 1357. and was at firs
used on visiting cards.
The number of certificated schoolmasv
ters employed in Ensland last year was 19y
199, and mistresses, 23,621.
The Emperor of China chooses his own,'
successor, whether the person chosen is t
member of the royal family or not.
Breech-loading guns were invented by
Thornton Hall, 1811. Breech-loaded cany
lions were used by the Turks in 1253.
Airgnns were first made by Guhrin
Germany in 165G, and tho invention is also
credited to Shaw, of America, in 1845.
The great anxsth etic, chloroform, wa
discovered by Gutnrie, Till, and was flrsf
employed in surgical operations in 181&.
The private in the German Army i
paid $8 per month, out of which there 1
dally deducted 5 cents for mess expenses.
In Sweden they always take a coll
lunch, accompanied by rather strong spirits,
before each meal. It is said to be an appe
tlzer.
Seven counties in Western Texas have
refused to issue a marriage certificate to t
boy 15 years of age and a widow 40 years old.
with 13 children.
There is a sign on the entrance to a
cemetery at Xorth Wales, Montgomery
county. Pa., which reads; "So admittance
except on business."
Labrador, a country which we always
associate with Arctic snowdrifts, icebergs,
etc., has BOO species of flowering plants, 59
terns and over 250 species of mosses and
lichens.
Harvest hands must be scarce in Or
land, Cal., when women have to work at
having. Therb wero two women dressed in
men's clothing hauling hay into that towa
last week.
The laughing jackass, when warning
his feathered mates that daybreak is as
hand, utters a cry resembling a group o
boys shouting, whooping and laughing In a
wild chorus.
A resident of Indiana canght a young
crane in the woods near Hall's oreok on
Monday. The crane was prevented frora
flying by a live mussel shell, which was fas
toned to its foot.
Heads of thin iron are now sold in the
fancy shops in London. The heads are saht
to be well cast, and when enameled and
finished by a handsome head of hair ara
very good looking,
Blaudyte is the name given to the new
material made of Trinidad asphalt and
waste rubber. It resists the heat of hlgH,
pressure steam and lasts well in the prea
ence of oil and grease.
Masks are of very ancient origin. In s
tomb 3.0S0 years old at Mycenm Dr. Schlie
mann found two bodies with faces covered?
by masks of gold. One of the masks repre
scnted tho head of a lion.
Dozens of carefully tabulated tests
show that the blood of roan mates a com
plete circulation once every 15 to 25 seconds-!
aocordlng to the physical conditions of thai
subject experimented upon.
Some prominent German engineer
maintain that the application of test loads(;
to bridges has never yet led to the detection,
of defects which could not have been found,'
by calculation and inspection.
The natural configuration of many
mountains suggests the human face, and,
sucn physiognomies cat out of the rocks on.
a gigantic scalo aro commonly regarded by1
savages as objects of worship.
A German cotemporary says that
Berlin has lately been suffering from s
plaguo of rats. Tuey came in droves into)
the seven wholesale warehouses of the clty
and wore of extraordinary size-
' A disease peculiar to Japan is known
as kake, which is thought to be tbe result of
a rice diet. The disease is a slow degenerat
tion or tho nervous system and steadily in
creasing weakness of the patient.
Charles Goolidge. of Tacoma, "Wash.,
could not get n marriage license a few days
aco, because he forgot the name of his bride.
He knew her first name was Kittle, but
could not remember hor lust name.
A curious spot has been noticed as the)
selection of a pair of wagtails for the propa
gation of their species. This is on the rail
way near Stanton, England, wbero a nest is)
to he found in the hollow of a sleeper on tho
main track, over which something like a
dozen or more trains pass in a day.
The famous story of the word "sirloin,"
or, moro properly, "surloin," is of recenfl
creation. A king of England the "merry
monarch," most likely coming in hungry
one day from tho chase, had served up to
him a favory loin of beef. So delighted was
the famished king at tbe sight of his favorite
dish that he knighted it on the spot, and is
it not known as "Sir loin" even to this dayr,
The manner in which trials are con
ducted in Chinese courts would be a start
ling surprise to all who have not personally
attended a court scene. Torture is always
resorted to in order to compel the accused
to declare himself guilty of the charge
against him, and to such an extent is it car
Tied that it often results in either causing
the death of the deceased or elso maiming,
him lor life.
JOLLY JULY JOTTINGS.
Urs. Driffles (to her husband as he return
from downtown) Why, Tom, you're all fagged
out. What 1 it, the heat?
Mr. Driffles (feebly)-No. I worked right In tb
hot sun all day and frit first rate. Then I rods)
home on a 6 o'clock cable car and He falatsj-
Chicago Xncs Record.
In winter, by the parlor grate.
They used to line to spoon:
Bnt now they choose the (tardea gate
Beneath tbe summer moon.
teui York Evening Sun,
First Eeporter Hello, old manl Just
back from Homestead? Covered yourself with
glory, eh?
Second Heporter-Hnmph: Don't know. I
seems more like dirt. Baltimore A'ctcs.
at the biach.
The poet with ambition fired,
The Journalistic Mck,
The statesman and the man who's hired
The caucuses to pack.
The humorist with sunny brow,
The editor austere.
Sit on hotel piazzas now
And drink their lager beer.
And as they gate npon the sea
In deep and calm content
They tell exactly who will be
Elected President.
Kew Tor Prtss
Gladdy Giddy (on grandstand at Easter
Park) Bow queer of that St. Louis manager to M
carrying hit garden gate arouud ia front of hlmalf.
the lime.
Her ecort Keep quiet, miss. That's the ap
proved watch charm of the baseball magnate-
Brooklyn Eagle.
Alas, it bnrts the heart to see
Chicago bothered so.
While New York staada and grins with glee.
And says: "I told you so!"
Waihinaton Star
Mr. Dolley Will you let me steal a kiss?
Miss Gasket-If you will steal yoa must do it an
aided. I do not Intend to be an accessory befot
the "fact. Detroit Free Press,
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