THE .P1TTSBTJKG DISPATCH, MONDAY, AUGUST 8. 1892. IJje 9$M. ESTABLISHED FEBRUARY 6, 1S46 Vol. 47. So. 183 Entered at Pittsburg Postoflice ovember, 18S7, as second-class matter. Business Office Comer SmitMeld and Diamond Streets. News Rooms and Publishing House 78 and 80 Diamond Street, in New Dispatch Building. fA'HTKN AIWTKTTSnfOOFTirR. ROOM 7. TRIBUNE BUILDING, NEW TORE, where com plete files orTHEDISPATCHean alwavs be lonnd. Foreign advertisers appreciate the convenience. Home advertiser! and friend of THE DISPATCH. bile la New York, are also made welcome. rHK DISPATCH It resvtarli on talent itrtn'ano't. f Cntm tgvare, Jno lor, and v Jm defopera. rent, hwee. vhere anyone who hat been ditap t cinted at a hotel newt ttand can obtain tL TERMS OF THE UISPATCH. rOKTAGE TRIE IIC TDK UNmD BTATSS. -n.T Dispatch. One Year n no IUilt Dispatch. Ter Quarter x 1 00 Dailt Dispatch, One Month 70 Daily Dispatch, including Sunday, lyear.. 10 00 Daily Dispatch, Including Snudav, Jm'ths. ISO Daily Dispatch, Including Sunday. 1 m'th.. 90 Euxday Dispatch. One Vear JM Weekly Dispatch. One Year 1 IS The Daily Dispatch Is delivered by carriers at 3'. cents per week, or, including Sunday Edition, at I' cents per week. riTTsBCKG. MONDAY. ADGUST 8. 1891 THE MONETARY COMMISSIONERS. The selection of Senators Allison, Jones and McCreary, Mr. Henry W. Cannon and General Francis A. Walker as the Com missioners of the United States to the In ternational Monetary Conference to be held In Europe is a notably judicious one. The Commissioners are all men of high standing and ability; they are representa tive respectively of the various interests and sections of the country, and all bring especial and diversified fitness to the study of the important question to be discussed by the conference. It is certain that the United States could not be better represented at a conference of the commercial powers of the world than by these gentlemen. It is to be hoped that they can make the influence of the United States effective in the mone tary policy of the nations; and secure a restoration of silver to monetary use upon a basis which will at once prevent a de preciation of standards and check the present tendency toward the steady rise of the monometallic measure of values. The subject is a vast one, with its diffi culties increased by its magnitude; but there is good hope that such a representa tion of the United States abroad will not be without results. LAKD OFFICE YJEWS. The Land Commissioner's report just made public raises an issue with the predecessor of the present Commissioner and assumes to decide it in a rather sum mary way. The state of the case is that Mr. Sparks, as the result of certain in vestigations, was brought to the belief that the vast bulk of the land claims were fraudulent and refused to issue patents for them. Commissioner Carter adopted the belief that they were all in good faith and issued patents on everything. The optimist view is the pleasanter one; but the public faith in it might have a firmer foundation if it did not have to rest on the assertion of a genial politician who comes from a State where it would be ex tremely ir"K)litic to assert anything else. . Api-1 a- this-questioa of fact the ost salient feature of the Land Com- ssioner's report is its recommendation the adoption of a forestry system. ere is no doubt as to the need of such system. This country has been operat ing tupon the opinion of half a century ago that the timber supply is inexhaustible, and that forests are useless wastes to be eradicated by the speediest means. The idea is effete and almost criminally stupid. It is to be hoped that the Commissioner's recommendation of an intelligent preserva tion of the Government forest lands will receive early attention. ON THE ROOF OF THE WORLD. The possibility of an eruption in the Old World over that long-smoldering Eastern que&tion is suggested by the news of the second appearance of Russian forces in Pamir. It is represented that the warlike band in that remote land is merely a party of surveyors and explorers; but experience has taught that where Kussia surveys and explores she generally gets a sure grip sooner or later. It is a claim of Lord Salisbury's sup porters that Russia, knowing Mr. Glad stone's avowed and inherent dislike for war, always takes advantage of his pacific administration to reach out for new acquisitions; while dur ing the Tory administration, which is ready to fight to the extent of jingoism, the Muscovite hibernates quietly. There is a certain degree of one-sidedness in this view, but there seems to be some corrobora tion in the coincidence that simultane ously with the Liberal success the Russian advance climbs on the Roof of the World and looks down with watering mouth on the wealth of China and India. It is to be hoped in the interest of hu manity that the European powers will not find it necessary to fight over the posses sion of that far-off table land. But if they will insist at last upon flying at each other's throats the United States will be ready to alleviate the disasters of war as far as practicable by selling them pro visions and munitions at good market rates. NOT A YITAI. MATTER. There is a large and unnecessary amount of agitation in the press at present over the question whether Thomas C. Piatt, of New York, is placated or not- One set of news-venders in New York vigorously in sists that Piatt has been sufficiently seen, and that he has been brought into the .fold by what unknown offers of patronage is left to the imagination. The ot,her in sists that Piatt, while conferring with some prominent Republicans, has distinctly held aloof from the representatives of the administration, and that his price has not yet been reached by the friends of the President The Dispatch's special tele grams have fully set forth that he has been in conference with active Re publicans. That he has naturally chosen to meet those with whom there would arise no ghosts of past knife-whetting to slit up the harmony of the occasion may be taken as natural, if not commendable. Apart from the question of fact it is pertinent to remark that Mr. Piatt may very easily ask a bigger price than the administration will feel called upon to pay, and that the enthusiastic news-seeker may easily invest the New York politi cian's negotiation with more importance than it really contains. If Republican success depended exclusively on Thomas C. Piatt the party would be in perilous shape. But on that point it is wise to re flect a little. It is the fact, however, that J . -..., -,. , .. h ' urn fs-mii IrWWIMlP fit iWHnn-TimBMMmtfir.T.fW , ''' ..ffTT Hi ilimii n, iijrih iUm.jiI iL, i n . r'"fl.lV m, 'iVJTtfTI Ta. ii t ..ya '4 FJMWrfaj i llWli .MMMIWiilllilM IMP the periods during which Piatt has swung the power of Federal patronage in New York have not been exactly gilded by glittering Republican victories. We need go no further back than last year for illus tration of the fact and the experience has been duplicated in former years. Mr. Piatt has been assiduous in garnering the spoils of victory, but in the actual fighting to win the campaign he has resembled the camp-follower rather than the soldier in the front ranks. The outcome of the campaign will not depend on the attitude of Piatt. It may even be questioned whether that influence can decide the vote of New York. Piatt has not the power to turn a large vote against the administration, even if he should wish to do so. Such a power might be exerted by Tammany with the patronage of a great city to recompense Its followers for deserting, party lines; but Piatt has no such power of reward or punishment when shorn of the Federal patronage. Above all, the campaign Is one of meas ures and not of men. The politicians may think well of placating Mr. Piatt; but the campaign will be settled on entirely other lines than his satisfactory relations with the fountain of patronage. THE APPROPRIATION TOTALS. The dispute over the relative merits of the two parties in the matter of appropri ations calls for a little examination. The Republicans trumpet abroad the fact that appropriations this year exceed those of the first session of the last Congrpss by $44,322,000, and charge it all on the Demo crats. The Democrats reply that the in crease was due to the continuing appro priations Imposed on them by the billion Congress. Both views are superficial. The Republican statement forgets that the Republican Senate had an equal re sponsibility with the House; and the Democrats dodge the fact that they came in with the avowed purpose and pledge to force a sweeping retrenchment which would offset the appropriations that are counted as permanent. To get a clear view of the subject It Is worth while to give a comparison of the various appropriations of the recent ses sion with those of the first session of the last Congress. They are as follows: 1890. 1892. Agricultural Sl.789.100 $3,232,995 Army , 24,206.471 14.308.499 Diplomatic and consular... 1.710,815 l,G04,O43 District of Columbia. 5,760.511 .33, 414 Fortifications.,. 4,232,935 2.734,576 Indian 7,262,018 7,664,047 Legislative 0,03752 11,899,551 Military academy 435,2)3 43.918 Navy. ..... S4.1S6.035 23,5,3S5 Pensions 13.779,368 I54.4I1.CS: Postoffice 72,1:6.693 80.331.876 Elver and harbor S5.136.S95 21.153,618 bundryclvll 19,738,231 27.837.S2S Deficiencies lS.2S5t54l 8,211,261 1361,770,057 f3S5.837.6O0 Permanent approprlaUons 101,63,453 151,863,880 Total 63,393,510 1507,701,380 The pension appropriation for 1891 in cluded $25,321,907 pension deficiences from the previous yean that for 1892 In cludes $7,674,332 from the previous year. The other deficiency appropriation is ex clusive of pension deficiencies. Compar ing the items It Is to be admitted that con siderable force is given to the Democratic plea that most of the increase is due to the expenditures forced on this Congress by its predecessor. In the regular appro priations the totalis $24,000,000 in round numbers greater, while the single item of the pension appropriations is $31,000,000 greater, showing that outside of pensions there was a saving of about $7,000,000. But it will not do to dismiss the subject that way. The present House" came In with a distinct public pledge to make a sweeping reduction in the extravagant public expenditure, and an examination of the items shows that the pledge was entirely unfulfillei In the cases where, by their own show ing, the Democraticleaders had the power to call for a sharp reduction of expendit ures they made a radical cut in exactly one item, and that the one least justifipd. The provision of defense for the country is an Indisputable need; but the small ap propriation for fortifications was the only one in which the Democratic statesmen could make a heavy cut It is noticeable .that the appropriations in which the states men were personally interested either kept nearly up to the general level of extrava gance or exceeded it The Legislative ap propriation grew $860,000, and the agricul tural appropriation appealed to the rural members by nearly doubling the amount In the bills where no members' shoes would be pinched there were slight cuts, but n owhere was there such a retrenchment as the Democracy had promised. Another point is tobe considered. The Democracy take refuge under the plea that they were forced to make the appro priations by the action of the previous Congress. But that is a theory which re quires examination. It is very much to be doubted if there Is any power In one Congress to bind the appropriating power of its successors. Certain appropriations, such as that forinterest and sinking funds, are classed as permanent, because they Indisputably commend themselves to the honesty and patriotism of each member. But with regard to other matters it is doubtful if any Congress can do more than authorize something for which it de pends on future Congresses to pay. On any other constitutional theory why should not on? Congress make all the appropria tions for the next ten years, and thus save a lot of wind and grabbing in the follow ing bodies? The comparison of appropriations does not redound especially to the credit of either party; but it shows that the Demo cratic House has w of ully failed to fulfill its pledges of retrenchment RATHER PERPLEXING STATEMENTS. A week's study of our nearest planetary neighbor results in a variety of informa tion almost as confusing as the points es tablished during a political campaign or as to the authoritative assertions concern ing the intentions of a putative Preslden tal candidate. While the statements are liable to produce a state of bewilderment, there is the mitigation that everyone is at liberty to select the brand of information that best suits his taste and to rely on it as scientific facts. Thus we have learned that Mars is in habited, and we have also been informed that it Is not; that its moons revolve around it in orderly fashion, and that so indiscreet and erratic as to smash all pre cedents by rising in the West and setting in the East; that the famous canals seen on its surface are surely canals with a possible reservation as to the breed of mules employed for motive power; that they are continents; that they are clouds, and that they are numerous other things, terrestrial or celestial. Finally, after all these .important disclosures we are told that no one really knows what he has seen on Mars, nor is he likely to until we have multiplied the powers of our tele scopes by a very large factor. We might hope from an exact science like astronomy a more consistent accuracy of,jtatement Bat when anyscience suf- 1 ' ...--? -. . -., I A ? ... -k l?i.i asjsllllllliv fers the misfortune of having Wiggins break into it the subsequent confusions are fully acounted for. The conference system in use in Pennsyl vania, hm been credited with producing political controversies year after year, but after all, the conteree only reflect the local feeling; which would make Itself felt in any jolntactlon or several counties compelled to act together. Naturally, so long as the stupid idea prevails that nominations shall be made by sectional localities, with eaoU county having an exactly equal vote But when political organization is intelli gent enough to make every conven tion represent the party of the -whole dis trict, by representation proportional to the vote of each ward or township, the "local feeling" will not produce so maiiy dead locks. The twenty-million-dollar National Wall' Paper Company has declaredthat it was not a trust. No, indeed! Neither would the Reading combination raise the price of coal. It is interesting to learn from New York that Wissig, the Tammany saloonkeeper lawmaker, who earned a temporary no toriety by the indecency of his language in the Assembly, is going to run again this year. Be ronst have s vindication like numerous of bis political predecessors. The political vindication has been hard pushed heretofore, but it will be given its death blow by vindicating Wissig. At the next Columbus Centennial, Chi cago will be wise by experience and ask for $10,000,000 in order to provide a margin for a compromise. The public is taken by surprise with the announcement that a sleeping car company has inaugurated measures for the ventila tion of its cars. Sleeping cars have provided many things; but ventilation was one of the things that did not come within range of the system. The report is another indica tion that the world does move. Poor Nebraska! It also has a People's party. Pretty soon there will not be a good place to emigrate to if this thing keeps up. The salutary effect of a little plain talk by the courts is exemplified by the fact that the Michigan legislature met in special ses sion and promptly passed an apportionment bill that is satisfactory to all parties. It is easy enough to make an honest apportion ment when the politicians realize that it has got to be done. Judging from the low prices at the first sale of American frozen fruit, London must have had chilly weather all season. Chicago sees the two and a half million stake and threatens to raise it another two and a half in December. This Jackpot isn't large enough by half for the Windy City. They consider it as only an ante on the first round, and are drawing a full hand for the next session of Congress. All things come to him who waits, and Congressman Watson has now found out what a tired and jagged feeling is. Crop experts estimate the wheat yield of the two Dakotas at 125,000,000 bushels. This gives little standing ground fort ho calamity howlers, and at the same time suggests a doubt whether the Westorn crop liar has not got on an unusual side of the market. ADVICE to persons about to visit a sum mer resort: Don't forget to buy a return ticket before starting. Will not some wise friend advise Mr. Cleveland that the writing of letters to peo ple like the author of "Moonlight and Six Feet of Romance" is a public infliction and that the popular patience has its natural limitations. Hill was recently near Gray Gables, but if he haa a conference with Grover no one has heard of it. One of the features of the sketch of the Cooley gang is the promptness with which the Fayette county Jail let any one of the Outlaws out of It who concluded that it was time for him to go back to the mountains. Cojistock has suppressed Truth in Kew Tork, yet it will rise again this week. There is some consolation In the fact that the killing of a condemned murderer while resisting arrest will not confirm the opinion of toughs that the law can be defied with impunity. Even the filibuster has taken a summer vacation. If the inhabitants of Mars find out the kind of names our astronomers are giving to their seas and continents they may justify tbenameof their planet by declaring war on the earth. In these days everything goes even Congress. FAT0E1TES OP FORTUNE James Pain says the bludgeon rough ness gives a deadlier wound than the rapier satire. Mr. Nichols, the husband of Charlotte Bronte, is said to be still living in a remote part of Ireland. Mr. Blaine may be seen hunting mush rooms in the early morning, says a Bar Har bor correspondent. Eobert Todd Lincoln Is said in London to be "better educated than nine-tenths of Americans who bold public office." The King of Ronmania wears a black high hat and a mottled beard, much like those of the well-known pugilist Jere Dunn. Alphonse Daudet savs that "at 45 a man no longer lives physically upon bis in come, but begins to draw upon his capital of days and of health. The Rev. Dr. Joseph Stockbridge, who is at the head of the list of chaplains In the United States Navy, is said. to be the only one who has the rank .of commodore. He lives now in Philadelphia. Among the oldest practicing lawyers in the country is said to be Robert H. Folger, a native of Pennsylvania, now living at llas sllion, O. Mr. Folger was born in 1812 and was admitted to the bar in 1812. Edward C. Spofford, who gave a li brary of 650 volumes to the West Point mess and another of 600 volumes to the cruiser New York? is a New Yorker of about 37 years of age, interested In the shipping trade. Careers are very prettily mixed in Mr. J. C Macdona, the new Conservative M. P. from Rotherhithe, who is officially described thus: "Was a clergyman of the Church of England, is a barrister; President of the Kennel Club." REGULAR KANSAS GRASSHOPPERS Playing Havoc With the Oats Crop In the Whole Beaver Valley. New' Castle, Aug. 7. Special Reports from various parts of Lawrence county, and particularly that portion lying on the Bea ver river,, indicate that grasshoppers are playing sad havoo with the oats crop. In the vicinity of Rock Point and along the Beaver valley extending Into Beaver coun ty, whole fields of oats have been destroyed. Never In the recollection or the oldest in habitant have the grasshoppers been so numerous as now. The fields are literally covered with tbem, and their numbers ap pear to be increasing daily. They are of the regular Kansas breed and will eat almost anything they come across, but at present they are giving their attention to new oats. Not In the Ring. Chicago News. So far as New Tork politics is concerned ex-Mayor Grace seems to be alarmingly de trop. The Opposition That Bother Cleveland. 8t. Louis Glote-DemoeraU j It is the opposition of Tammany and not tuat oi juui toat Dotnert utvtuna., ONLY ONE FIRST TIME. I WRITTEW OB THE DISPATCH. Toe second time Is never like the first. The book of experience 'has no duplicated pages. The mnse of history never uses the hektograpb. The second time may be an improvement upon the first. It may have more in it than the first had. But it will lack some of the sensations which accom panied the first seeing of the light, or the first day of tno deed. The novelty, at least, has passed away. We no longer look into the absolutely unknown. I thought of this the other day at sea. The great ocean, it is true, is forever changing and never ceases to be new. The last even, ing of the Journey, as we drew near to Queenstown after more tlan a week's ac quaintance with the great deep, the restless water was as interesting and as fascinating as it was the first night Ieversawit. It is in little things that one finds the difference between the first .voyage and the second. One is no longor particularly attracted by porpoises. Even a whale or two is of little moment. The routine of life on shipboard, the telling of the tfme by the bells, the movements of the sailors, the appearance of staterpom and saloon, are now matters of course. He who starts out on a second journey over the ocean feels, as the sopho more does, the advantage of familiailty, and is inclined to account himself better than the freshman, especially if he has been exposed to that uncomfortable disease, the mal de mer, and bas not taken it, and is therefore reasonably sure thatheisjiot go ing to be sick. You will find him saying in the presence of novices who are not by any means so sure of their own exemption, that he hopes there will be n big blow; this smooth sea he professes to find very monot onous. No Need of Introductions. Happy is the traveler who has pleasant company) It is true that one easily makes friends on shipboard. There are plenty of nice people, and in a few days everybody knows everybody else. There is no need of introduction. The passengers belong to ono blgiamily. Yet homo friends are the best. People from one's own town, whom wo have known before, or with whom we have friends in common, are better than all the other new people. Especially when they come from Pittsburg! I am told that 2,500 Plttsburgers have bought tickets this sum mer for lands beyond the sea. Seven mem bers of this great retinue of fortunate tourists were on the City of Berlin. Who else is on board? There are three Roman Catholic Sisters, in their uncomfort able garments; women past middle life, with motherly faces, good Bailors, now on their seventh Journey doing errands for their order. There is a monsignor, domestic pre late to His Holiness the Pope, having a par ish in Massachusetts in a diocese in which Just at present they have no Bishop. If the appointing powors have the right kind of good sense monsignor will wear a mitre. There is a theatrical agent, who is on bis way to interview the Pope, that he may gain his approval of a great exhibition whioh he proposes to give at Chicago in connection with the World's Fair nothing less than the Passion Play of Oberammergau. Plans for the Passion Ploy, I had several talks with Mr. Rosenthal, who has this matter in hand. He told me that the people whom he represents are willing to spend $800,000 in this ventuie, that they have the refusal of the old University grounds upon which they intend to electa theater exactly like the one In the Tyrol, that the costumes are to be the same as were used before that is, the same in design and color. The Intention is to reproduce the play as nearly n possible as it was played in 1890, except that the representation is to last only four hours Instead of eight, and new music is to be brought in better than the old, Mr. Rosenthal says. He told me that Joseph Meyer, who took the chief part, and Rosa Lang, who acted the character of the Holy Mother, and 235 of the Oberammergau people who were in the play, have promised to come to America. They are to live, dur ing the six months they are In Chicago, iu a house by themselves, on the grounds by the theater, and are never to be seen except on the stage. This is to keep them from being contaminated by ChlcagoT and to save them from being gazed at by the curious. Finally, as a feature calculated to win for the Chi cago play the approbation of all church goers, the play Is never to be performed on Sunday! "Have the Oberammergau people really agreed to come?" I asked Mr. Rosenthal. "Yes," he said, "they have." "And you are suie that you will have the playT" "Yes, if public sentiment does not inter fere; if the parsons will leave us alone." "What argument did you use with Meyer and the others to get tbem to consent? Was it the good they could do or the money they could make?" "Money; but not for themselves, for their town." A Firm Belief in Oberammergau. "That disappointed me a good deal, for I have always insist ed that'the Oberammergau people did not play for money but for the perfoimance of their vow and for the good of the great congregations. Nevertheless, I still believe in Oberammer gau. I am inclined to think that the tb eatrical agent is too sanguine, and that the consent of the original actors has not really been given. As for the production of the play at Chicago, it would be a scandal and a blasphemy. I was going to say that it would be like hiring a man to describe his mother's deathbed as a part of the pro gramme of a variety show. Indeed, that is but a fair characterization. In the midst of the most mercenary city on the face of the earth, as a side snow by the door of a circus, for the sole purpose of making money to fill the pockets of irreligious speculators, it is proposed to enact a representation of the death of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. The thing is an insult to religion. I ap prove, indeed, of taking religion into all the dark corners, and of bringing it iu contaot with people in every way, andlregaid the Passion Flay as the best sermon that I ever heard preached. If the clergy and good people of Chicago desired it for the good that it might do, I would not say a word. But under the proposed conditions, as a show which, Mr. Rosenthal assures me, shall not be performed on Sunday the very day on which it ought to be played, if ever it is like using the Bible for wrapping paper, or interlining the hymn book with advertisements of pills, or having prayers mixed up with minstrelsy. Mr. Rosenthal may say what he will to the holy father at Rome, that good man, I am sure, will never approve of such aprotanation. And whether he approves or not, the good Christian sen timent of the people in general will make the thing impossible. A Burial and a Wreck. Two sad sights I saw on this ocean Jour ney. One was a burial at sea, the other was a wreck. A steerage passenger, a young man with a wife in the new world and a mother In the old, fell sick in mldocean and died stopped in his journey over the troubled waters ana took hl3 way into that other country where, St. John said, there U no sea. And we buried his body in the deep, the prayer boojC service was reao at noon, the engines or the steamer ceasing their mo tion, and the coffin was cast into the sea. The last "day of the journey we sighted the City of Chicago on the rocks at the Old Head of Klnsale. In the dense fog the great vessel, missing the gleam -or the lighthouse at the bead of the peninsula, made straight along as if no arm of land reached out there into the sea, and thus Tan full upon the rocks. .She was broken in two when we saw her, all the middle part lying under water, apparently a hopeless wreck. .That made us still more thankful for the smooth seas and clear skies between which we had sailed, and for our safe arrival at our desiied haven. - The Largest Icehouse In the World. Axtoona, Aug. 7. DSectaL Armour & Co., the Chicago meat firm, bave broken ground in Aitoona for the erection of the largest lceing station In the world. The struoture will store at least 12,000 tons of ice, and 20 cars can be given two tons in less than two hours. The atation'at Wilkinsburg will be abandoned. . - Settled by the House Committee. Cleveland Leader. Cobb was not "corned.' The House Com mittee Mad 19, and that ought to settle it. . &. Tra- It- V0BSTABY CONFEBETfCB MEMBERS . For the United States Announced by the President at East. WAflBUtGTON, Aug. 7. The following gen tlemen have, been announced as the Com missioners of the United States to take part in the International monetary conference, soontobe beldin one of the capitals or Eu rope, the place not yet having been fixed: Hon. William B. Allison, ot. Iowa; Hon. John P. Jones, of Nevada; Hon. James B. McCreary, of Kentucky; Hon. Henry W.Cannon, of New York; Hon. Fran cis A. Walker, of Massachusetts Mr. Allison has been for many years a leading Senator of the United States, and has been for a long time Chairman of the Committee on Appro priations and as a member of the Committee on Finance Is well Informed on financial mat ters. Senator Jones is also a leading member of the FInanoe Committee of the Senate, and bas given special study to the silver ques tion. Re has been noted for bis speeches on financial 1-sues. Mr. McCreary Is a member of the House of Representatives, formerly Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs. He Intro duced in the House the bill providing for the present international monetary con ference, and has taken special interest in the subject. Mr, Cannon has for years taken a leaning part in financial operations In New Yoik; was formerly Comptroller or the Currency, and is now President of the Chase National Bank of New York city. Mr. Walker is a well-known witter on eco nomic questions. He has been Superintend ent ot the Census, and wad a member of the International Monetary Confeience held at Paris in 1878. He is President orthe Massachu setts Institute of Technology, President of the American Statistical Society and Hon orary Fellow ot the Royal Statistical So ciety of London. LOADED WITH ELECTRICITY. Senator Hansbrough Has a Lively Experi ence in a Thunder Storm. WASHiKOT0SLAug. 7. Last night this city was visited by one of the heaviest electrical storms that have been felt this season. It had a peculiar effect on some people. The liveliest experience, probably, was that of Senator Hansbrough, of North Dakota. In talking about the storm to-day the Senator said: "About 6 o'clock yesterday evening I be came aware of the fact that the air was highly charged with electricity. It seemed to me that my fingers clutched two invisible poles of a battery, and in spite or every ef fort 1 could not loosen my grasp. As the evening wore on the charging of my system was conducted in a more vlgoious fashion until at length I wrs in what may be termed electrical paroxsms. "My muscles were contracted Jnst as they would be under the influence of a most pow erful battery and my best efforts to counter act the feeling were or no avail. These strange sensations were at times extremely painful, the center of disturbance being In the region of the spleen. Once or twice, after the storm broke, there was temporary relief, but it was not until the thunder had died awav in the distance that I found my self free from the power of the current. "Then I was as weak as I would have been had I contended for three or four hours with half a dozen professional wrestlers." AMEBICA'8 CHRISTENING DAY.- A Commissioner Suggests That the World's Fair Be Opened May 5. ALBAinr.Aug, 7. John Boyd Ybacber.Com mlssioner from New York State to the World's Fair, said to-night that he thought a tribute might be appropriately paid to the memory of Americus Vespuctus by opening the Exposition on the 5th day of May, 1893. On the 5th day of May, in the year 1507, there was printed a little book in St. Die, Lorraine, which first suggested that the newly discovered quarta pars oibis should be given the n.ime of America, and there upon deliberately and foimally baptized the fourth part of the world "America," after the Florentine discoverer, Americus Yespucius. This book was printed on the 7th day of the Calends of May, 1507 (April 25), which is equivalent to the 5th day of May, as corrected by the Gregorian cal endar. This day, the 5th of May, is the christen ing or baptismal day of America. The 6th day of May also falls on Friday, which is another singular concidence, as it was on Friday that Columbus set sail from Palos; on Friday that be saw the land or the Now World: on Friday that he first reacbod Palos on his return, and the fourth hun dredth anniversary of the discovery falls on Friday. BREATHING THROUGH A TUBE. A. Horse In New Vork Which Had Trach eotomy Performed on It. New York,' Aug. 7. For half an hour yes terday afternoon a crowd surrounded a truck which had halted in. front of the Exchange Place door of the Mills building. Attached to the truck was a horse, and there was a peculiarity in the animal's appearance which bad caused the crowd to gather. The horse was doing its breathing not through its nostrils, but through a tube in. sorted in Its neck. The contilv'ance looked verv much like an old-fashioned candlestick with the Dase and an inch or two of the shank showing. In the -tube was a sort of filter to catch the impurities in the air which passed through it, and the arrangement ap peared to work very satisfactorily. The driver explained that tracheotomy had been resorted to to save the life of the horse, which had suffered lrom asthma. The tube had been used for several months, and the horse appeared to be as well as ever. It was certainly able to do Its full share of work. Every two or three days the tube was taken out and cleaned, but the horse had it in its neck the rest of the time. NO DELAY IN WASHINGTON. Treasury Officials Ready to Oat Ont the World's Fair Coins. Washington, Aug. 7. The Treasury De partment will take prompt measures for the execution of the provisions or the act ap propriating $2,500,000 for the World's Colum bian Exposition, and expects to have the souvenir half dollars coined, the bronze medais and the vellum impressions for diplomas piepared in about six weeks. The designs of the souvenir coin have al ready been selected. The reverse will show the main building of the Exposition and the obveise the head of Columbus. The plaster cast or the head of Columbus was made from a portrait of Columbus which is recognized by experts as being as nearly authentic as any that exists. DEATHS HERE AND ELSEWHERE. Captain C. 17. M. Spottswood. Captain Charles Penton Mercer Spotts wood, formerly of the United States and Confed erate navies, died Saturday at his home in Nor folk, Va. He had reached his 80th year. Captain Spottswood entered the United States Navy away back In the twenties, and while serving in the Mediterranean bea married a Spanish lady Miss Aaulmbau-at Port station Island, off Minorca. He was stationed ac the Gosport flavyyardat the breaking out of the Civil War, and was also on duty there after he entered the Confederate Navy, having been ordered to lake command of the station by the Governor of Virginia when Commodore SlcCawler abandoned ana biirned the yard. Ha was on duty daring the war for a considerable time In connection with the Confederate ordnance work at Charlotte, N. C. Rev. Benjamin risk Barrett. Key. Benjamin Fisk Barrett, perhaps the most noted Swedenborglan in the United States, died Saturday afternoon at his home in German town, near Philadelphia, aged S4 years. lie was a minister for 30 years and was a voluminous writtr, his works being especially on theology. lie was a graduate of Boudoln College and Harvard Uni versity. He has had charges In Boston, Orange, Cincinnati. Chicago, and latterly preached In the Swedenoorglan Church on Broad street, Philadel phia, fceven years ago he established the Sweden borglan Public i tlon Society of Philadelphia, and was lis President up to the time of his death. Obituary Notes. Sir Daniel Wilson, President of the loronto University, died yesterday. Mas. MartB. Will abo, mother of Frances E. WHIard, dledlnEvauston, near Chicago, shortly arter Saturday midnight. She was 88 years old, William WntTK, aged 78 years. Grand Secretary of the Independent Order ofOid Fellows, died Jesterday morning of heart disease at his home la lOulsvllle. Joshua Walcott, aged 67 years, died Saturday at Tucson. Ariz. He was born in Massachusetts, and was engineer of the first passenger train run on the New York Central. He was also the first engineer on the Panama Railroad. Letas M. Meteb, aged 18 years, of Chatta nooga, vice president and general manager of the Chattanooga Transportation Company, died of typhoid fever, followed by heart failure. Saturday evening, at the home of bis father-in-law, ex-Representative Herman Buohholz, In Springfield. Mass. Genebal John Tillson. who was colonel of the Tenth Illinois and commander of a brigade in Sher man's march to the sea, and later editor of the 1 wvooa eavgxus wiy aunuuvn v mmhmmv jv w , " " - I ti m DANGER IN DEADLOCKS, No Allowance In the Baker Ballot Law for Prolonged Nominating Contests One Idea ot the Best Feature of the New Methods Current Political Points. Such deadlocks over nominations as now exist in the Twentv-flrst Congressional dis trict, the Indiana-Jefferson Senatorial dis trict and in other electoral divisions of tne State, cannot be continued for a much greater length of time without the most serious consequences. The practice of post poning the settlement of such disputes until the latest possible moment sometimes even the day befoie the election is no longer possible. An eleventh hour compromise or repentance on the part of a stubborn ele ment, is now more than difficult. In fact nnder the exact wording of the Baker ballot law, it is out of the question. According to the mangled Australian sys tem, which went Into effect in Pennsyl vania on Maroh 1, certificates of regular party nominations for State officers, elec tors, legislators. Congressmen and Judges must be filed with the. Secretary of the Com monwealth at Harrishurc 5S.days before the date of the election. Independent nomina tion papers may be filed one week later, but as they have to be numerously signed by voters, the additional time Is not more than sufficient for that purpose. Besides, it is an expedient which would only be resorted to by old party organizations in caso of great emergency. Candidates Not Even Allowed to Withdraw. The general election occurs this year upon the latest possible date, November 8, Tues day being the first day in the month. This gives a little more time than will be the rule for the filing of nomination certificates. Yet the last day for the filing this earis September 13. obly a month away, and muoh earlier than a considerable percentage ot the Congressional and Legislative nomina tions are usually made. " The Baker law makes no allowance for stubborn conferees who insist upon taking all summer and fall to agree upon a candidate, and makes no provisions for the dark horse who has occa sionally entered the field a week before eleotlon day with the intention of sweeping the district. The only arrangement for the substitution of a new namo on the official ticket is in the case of the death or withdrawal of the regn larly nominated candidate. And a candi date is not even allowed to withdraw as late as the day before election. The final date for the withdrawal of any aspirant whose nomination lias been filed with the Secre tary of the Commonwealth is 15 days before the time for voting. Any oitizen, or course, can write in the name of bis choice for any office, whether he has been nominated too late or has not been nominated at all. But in a district whero there was any opposition the candi date who had to depend upon his friends nslng the pencil in every case, would have very little chance against the one whose name was duly printed on tha official ballot. It is to be piesuraed that the politicians, delegates and conferees are keeping these facts in mind, but they have not much time to spate. For instance the majority of the Democratic nominations in. Allegheny county have already been postponed to Sep tember 6, only a week before the last day for filing certificates. That Is plenty of time where everything is peaceful and reason ably harmonious, Dut does not give much opportunity for the prolonged dead-lock which lms been so popular in Pennsylvania of late years. A Politician Finds a Good Feature. In discussing the Baker law the Other day a politician who has devoted some time to its study said: "While the modified Austra lian system adopted in this State is by no means perfect It is not such a terrible affair as has been pictured in some quarters. It is almost sure to be altered in some features as may be dictated by experience, and for that reason it is unfortunate that the law should bave its first trial in a Presldental year. I do not look, though, for the changed method to have any remarkablo effect upon the election returns. The re straints and mistakes are likely to operate equally on all parties. "To my mind," he continued, "the most commendable feature of the system is tho fact that it absolves candidates from the necessity of providing tickets and seeing that the voters get them. This was not only an expensive feature In Itself, but furnished an excuse for the collection of large cam paign funds which might be diverted to other uses. Under the new plan every can didate, no matter how poor and without necessaiily subscribing a cent, can rest as sured that if be has been regularly nomi nated every voter in the district will have the official ballot with his name on it. The excuse of no money nor organization for the distinction of tickets will be a lost one. That one fact to my mind atones for much of the inconvenience and enmbersomeness attached to the system which is so soon to be thoroughly tested." State Elections Before November. Since Ohio bas gone out of the list of States holding State elections earlier than the day for choosing the electors, general interest in such contests in Presldental years has- flagged. There are four such elections, two in Northern Republican States and two in Southern Democratic States, before November 8. In the South Arkansas will lead off on the first Monday of September, and Georgia will follow on the first Wednesday in October. These elections will bo mainly important as indicating the growth and extent of the People's party and Farmers' Alliance movementln that section. In Georgia, particularly, this element has been aggressive and made such a show of strength as to cause much apprehension among the Democratic leaders. Vermont is the first Northern State to sneak. Bradley B. Smaller, who is united with Don Dickinson in the management of the rainbow chasing national campaign committee, is the Democratic candidate for Governor of the Green Mountain Common wealth, the election occurring September 6. There is no question as to the result. Har rison received nearly three times as many votes as Cleveland in 1888, the totals being 45,192 and 16,788 respectively. Vermont's vote, though while never in doubt, has always been taken as auindlcatorof prevail ing political conditions. When the Repub lican majorities dropped below 20,000 in 1882 and to 11,000 In 1890 in each case tills Septem ber result was followed by a Democratic tidal wave in November. More intei est will be taken in tho Maine contest than any other before the general verdict. This will be largely because both Blaine and Beed are expected to be on the stump with the intention of giving the Re publican cause a good send off in the Fine Tree State. The Republican plurality in Maine in the September election or 1883 was 18,048, which was considerably increased in November. L. D. B. THE C0DKTRT EELIEYED. Late last night the first session of the Llld Congress came to an end, and now peace will reign in Washington until December. Chicago Newt. The adjornment of Congress will prove a big relief to the country, andmore especially to its business interests, threatened as it has been by so much unwise legislation. Ibfecfci Commercial. Somewhat unexpectedly, perhaps at last precipitately, certainly not an hour too soon, Congress adjourns and a long-suffering people are at rest for a time. Louisville Courier-Journal. On the whole the Fifty-second Congress has acted fairly well In its flrjt session, al though it has done some things it had better not bave done and has left undone some things that it ought to have done, New York Evening World. Patriots have reason to rejoice that tho first session of the FUty-second Congress has come to an end. For sevoral months the country will be spared the speotacle dally presented to it of a reckless, un principled and irresponsible mass meet ing. New York Commerctal-AdvertUer. Oun late but pot lamented Congress in creased its general appropriations $44,000, 000 over those of the first session of the Fifty-first Congress. This Is a lesson which voters should take to heart when they are talked to about the beauties of "reform in the public expenditures." New York Ad veriUer, aALTIMBANQDE. London World. Pead n the caravan she lies. The ghastly chalk yet on her face. The rouge-red o'er her closed eyes. Her faded bouquet In Its place. Two emptied bottles at ber feet Hold candles, dimly flickering low; 'The crone who sews the winding-sheet Dreams of the debut long ago. Quite still she waits the prompter's call, The cry across the gangway rails; She moves not, lor the three knocks fall. With echoing aoimd oa eoffta nalli. ACROSS THE CONTINENT. Afteb reaching the Pacific Coast the route of the expedition of which I was one was to terminate on the very top of tbe Cas cade Mountains. This range comes down frgm British Columbia, and is the dividing line. between Northwestern and Southeastern Washington: This took our party out of a beaten track, past year old hamlets, thronzh dense, heavily-tim bered, moss-festooned forests, beside blue green, swift-running, snow-fed, ice-cold rivers, over rntty, rooty, rocky roads, along Indian trails, up and down narrow, danger ous, tortuous pathways, worn by raocca sined feet into the side of precipices up and on to the pure, deep, coarse snow, and tho bluo-caverned, bear-tracked, awe-inspiring glacier. Part of the Journey was by rail, a few miles by band car through lumber camps and clearings, a long stretch by char tered stago coach, across deep rivers on primitive' ferries, the remainder right np to a wall of rock over which ropes dangled-on tbe backs of sure-footed little broncos, or "coynses," as they are called there. The diversified plcturesqueness of such a Journey most of it through virgin, unsurveyed, uninhabited timber land left impressions that will last longer than fast-colored scene on finest can vass. This perilous but enchanting journey was booked to end at a deposit of precions mineral. It was In fact an expedition of exploration. At its bead was Mr. John B. Parish, of Denver, the well-known mining engineer and expert, who had been engaged to pasi npon the proposition. The others of the carty were ex-Sheriff McCandless and Mr. J. P. Brown, of Pittsburg: William Halns worth, Jr., late of Pittsburg, now of Seat tle; a gentlemen representing a New York mining syndicate; the expert's assistant, packers and myself. At Marble Mount a log saloon and a supply store on one side of the swift river, a ferry leading to a pioneer's home and a sleeping shack for a dozen people our mounts and pack horses were to be taken for the mountains. Just as the stars came out over the huge trees this resting snot was sighted. Here the Cascade river tum bles into the Skagit, rising and falling with the strength of the sun on the snow that gives it birth up in the granite walled, ice-crowned hills. Here tbe real work of the Journey commenced. Here we turned oar backs on scraps of civilization, and with tho dawn be-an to penetrate the solitude. Only the chirp of the wild birds, the swash or the waters, the sighing of the winds through the trees, the neigh of the horses, the back flung warning from the leader who knew the pitfalls and the dangers of the trail, the exclamations of wonder at the majesty of the trees, the thickness and tbe richness of tbe parti-colored mosses that carpeted the deep, rich soil and clothed huge standing and prostrate trunks with a fern-oovered, velvety blanEet only these made discord in this cool and shady road way. No idle Jest, no senseless song, no thoughtless banter then and there. Naught but contemplation of wonder-working na ture at Its very be3t. Thus on we pushed. First over a well defined trail that led through a level-stretch of forest, then up gradual land lifts that led to rocky promontories, then down to little valleys in whose soggy soli the ponies sank knee deep, then across a bonldered ford whose soap-suday blue waters made a Niagara-like noise, then into mountain- climbing In real earnest. At numerous places the trail was a mere foothold on the heavy-timbered, loose-rocked sides of the foot hills. Roots of giant trees made treach erous hoof-holds for the four-footed climb ers. A misstep meant a fall of hundreds of feet over rocks and against timbers broken bones, doubtless death. At one side of the precipitous, tortuous, tiresome way the deep-dyed, scentless flowers could be plucked from the saddle; on tbe other an abyss up from whose hollows came the song of the swift stream. Over across and seem ingly high as the very sky black bare cralgs shot far above the timber, snow-covered and sublime. Ax midday a shack-like commodious struc ture was xeaobed. Here a red-nosed, jolly, year-carrying man acted as cook, house keeper and chambermaid. Here we ate beans, spuds and bacon that had been in creased in price through freight rates levied by the pack train proprietor. Here, too, were the first real signs showing that the trail led to a mineralized region speci mens, speculations, surmises. A relished meal by man and beast and in the saddle for the night station a log cabin and a tented supply store just at the foot of the mineral ized mountain. A portion of this end of the Journey was throngh veritable forests of ferns in the sombre green valleys traversed by the zig-zag, np and down trail. Here the beautifully formed and fragile maiden-hair grew at the feet of others of its family whoso bearded leaves shut out all view of the rider ahead and switched tbe faces of thoso who rode erect through the green labyrinth. Higher and bolder grew the granite mountains, noisier the tumbling waters, deeper the soli tude, heavier the snows lost in the rain laden clouds, more dangerous the footway. It was ride carefully and walk 'in bad spots slowly to the end that afternoon. You who sit m saddle for a spin over broad streets and park roadways, you who gallop and cavort on town-bred steed in reckless fashion you, well, perhaps you would bave walked all the way. But without mishap worth mentioning, tired of limb, wet with the raindrops showered from the low branches of the thick standing trees and tall, broad-leaved, pro fuse ferns and variegated vegetation, we reached our night station just as the camp fire had been lighted by a trio of prospec tors who were there ahead of us. On tbe ground beside the cabin were the hoof and hide of a slaughtered something. We scented a relief from beans and bacon. "How are you, boys? My name's Whisk ers. There's my dog. He's Whiskers, too." And the canine wagged his tail in prompt acknowledgment. Over the fire sizzled a smoke-blackea tin paiL The contents bub bled with such vigor as to almost force the lid off. I eyed it suspiciously, scenting like unto a bound. "Don't turn up your nose at that," said Whiskers. "It's horn soup, and will be done to-morrow." I was glad to learn It didn't have to be sampled that night. After a stand-np meal of beans, bacon and spuds we wrapped ourselves in tbe blankets and soundly slept on the ground floor of the little cabin under the shadow of the moun tains within an air belt cooled by both ice and snow. Geo. A. Madden. IN A 7ECULIAB POSITION Are American Steamship Companies Tnat Have to Hire Only American Citizen. Washington, Aug. 7. An interesting ques tion has been presented to the Treasury De partment,in regard to the steamshipsClty of New York and City of Paris, the owners of which are preparing to have them docu mented as American vessels, in accordance with tho provisions of a special act of Congress granting them that privilege, under certain conditions. The steamship company is anxious to retain tbe present complement of officers of those ves sels, most of whom, however, are of foreign nationality, and In order to bring them within the law reqnlring vessels or the United States to be officered exclusively by citizens of tbe United States, the company took steps to secure their speedy naturaliza tion. This, however, is a very slow process. The officers in question have already taken ont their first papers, but bave to serve out the full probationary period before they become full-fledged ottizens. Leaving out the question of their financial ability to remain Idle during that period, the company itself is unwilling to sacrifice them for the untried men of American citi zenship. Accordingly, as a test case, ap plfcatlon was made to the Treasury Depart ment for the detention or Captain Watklns as master of tho City of Paris during bis arohational period of naturalization. The ommissloner of Navigation, to whom the matter was referred, has replied that the law is obligatory to the citizenship of mas ters of United States vessels, and that such citizenship, in the case of an alien, is not established until he shall bave fulfilled all the requirements of the naturalization laws. Unless this deoislon is reversed the steam ship company will bave to seoure a new see of officers for tho two steamships, or else de lay tho documenting of tbe vessels nnder United State law until tho present officers can legally serve. CDRI0DS CONDENSATIONS. Paris has 6,100 policemen. Wooden sleepers on railways last about 15 years. Omnibuses were first introduced in New York in 1830. The first saw-maker's anvil was taken to America In 1819. 4 Percussion caps were first used In the United States Army in"l830. A nailless horseshoe that is fastened to tno hoof with a clasp is coming into use in Paris. Pupils in the schools of Japan arc taken out rabbit hunting one day in every autumn. Pour-fifths of the engines now working in the'world have been constructed during the last 25 years. The first type-Betting machine was pat ented in England by Dr. William Church, of Connecticut, in ixri. The fire brigade of London is called oat more frequently on Saturday than on any other day of tbe week. It is seriously proposed to purify the Thames by importing a sobool of crocodile to act as river scavengers. A number of prehistoric skeletons wera recently unearthed in Rome. They were of males and females, and averaged seven feet in length. The Banish Government has Issued a decree forbidding the importation of dogs from any foreign country except Sweden and Norway. There are about 11,000,000 women m Italy, and some 2,000,000 are engaged in in dustrial occupations, while more than 3,000, 000 labor in the fields. Rubber heels, to facilitate marching-, are to be attached to the shoes worn by French soldiers. Experiments with them havo given decided satisfaction. A Parisian meteorologist has written s book of 300 pages to prove that the elec-; tricity of thunderstorms is caused by the friction of rain-drops on hailstones. Out of 60,000 guesses on aiiig cake of soap on exhibition in Berlin only two were correct Tho cake was a soapmaker's ad vertisement, and it weighed 1,123 pounds. Suspension bridges which were built la the time of the nan dynasty (30i B. C. to 233 A. D.) are still standing in China, striking examples of early Oriental engineering skill. If the dead of London were each al lowed a grave 2 by 6 feet, with a very thin wall of earth between, each year her 80,000 corpses would fill a cemetery of about 23 acres. The total number of gold pieces struck at tbe English Mint last year was 87,688,317, as against 70.891,445 in 1890. This was by far the largest eyer executed in one year. Their value was 3,325 303 9s 4d. The "well of frozen air" is near Day ton, Ga. The drill passed through a five foot stratum of frozen gravel into a series of cavities from which gusts of freezing air come with perfect regularity. At one time ladies were allowed to wander all over tbe House of Commons, ex cept in tbe actual chamber itself, but nowa days the libraries and tearooms aro closed to them while the Speaker is in the chair. Rubbish boxes are distributed about the lawns and paths of London's parks and open space3 to induce the visitors to place therein paper and refuse, which otherwise might be thrown recklessly on the ground. Tbe heaviest salmon which has been taken from a Scotch river this year wa9 from the Tay, near Newburgh. It weighed 61 pounds. A few days previously a salmon of 49 pounds was caught at the same place. When Jumbo was dissected a pint and a half of gold, silver, copper and bronze coins were found in his stomach. In the lot there were coins of three kingdoms, two re publics, five dukedoms, two principalities ana one dependency. The earliest known lens is one of rock crystal unearthed by Layard at Nineveh. This lens, tbe age of which is measured by thousands of years, now lies in the Britisu Museum, as bright and as clear as it was the day it left the maker's hands. Princess Louise two years ago had a papier macho model of ber figure executed' by a well-known firm of bust modelers. She has jnst had movable arms added to exactly imitate nature, and thus avoids all trouble of fitting and trying on dresses. Mr. Gladstone is the owner of the largest lead pencil in tho world. It is the gift of a pencil maker at Keswick, and is 33 inches in length. In placo of the customary rubber cap it has a gold cap. Its distin guished owner nses it for a walking stick. A wealthy Scotch gentleman who had intended to give each of his daughters a' legacy of her weight in XI bank note3 had an official of the Bank of Scotland to figure on the matter for him. It was found that the larger would get as ber share 55,344; the slimmer 51,200. Several observant ladies have discov ered that vegetarians have clear complex ions, and have either renounced tho use of meat entirely, or partake of it sparingly. Lady Paget, wife of the British Ambassador to the Austrian Court, is one of the recent converts to vegetarianism. There has been recently a unique ladies strike in Germany in one of tho garrison towns. The conduct of the men.who neglect ed the unmarried ladies in order to dance with the wives of their friends and ac quaintances,displeased tbe slighted maidens and their mothers, and at the last regi mental ball not an unmarried girl was present. The United States, Great Britain and Germany send the greatest number of let ters through tho mails. The Universal Postal Union Bureau's report of the annual receipt is: German Empire, 317.4jS.5C8 francs: United States 313,l,'.B4 francs, and Great Britain, 246,276.950 francs. The United States sells more postage stamps and makes more profit on them than any other nation. At Hirniskretchen, in Bohemia, from the unequal working In nature in the de struction of rook3. has resulted a most co lossal and ruggedly beautlfnl nrcb, the sum mit of which is upward or 1,400 feet above the sea leveL The sides and top together appear at a distance like the framo of an immense picture, the latter being repre sented by tho wildly romantio scenery which is visible through the opening of the arch. STOLEN SMILES. "Do you suppose," asked the Sunday schoolteacher, "that the prodigal son greeted his father loudly and loyfujlr?" I reckon not." said the bright boy. "Illsvolce must 'a' be'n kinder husky." Smith, Gruy Co.'i MontMu. Her face yon should have seen it there; It once had beauty's glow But not JLst then: the bather fair Had chanced to stub her toe. Wathington Star. Miss "Wabash (from Chicago) "What nonsense these Jokes about crabs catchlne people's toes are! I've never had a crab catch my toes when I was In bathing. Miss Gotham But there Is a limit to a crab's grasping power. Xeu York Herald. Druggist (to applicant) Yes, I need a man for the soda fountain but I see you wear eye glasses. Is your sight defective? Appllcant-A little, sir. but my hearing Is superb, I can hear a man wink. Chicago Tribune. The summer festival is ripe And the maiden heart Is glad; For In the name of Charity She'U sport the season' s fad. She'll smile Into a manly face. Then selre him by the collar, Whlie on bis coat shc'U pin a rose And charge him Just il. Brooklyn Easts. "Clara, I'm engaged to be married al ready, and I've only been here two days." J "You sweet thing! Who Is the happy man?" 'Dear me. how unfortunate I lie forgot to grrs) me his card."-CAto?o eu:. "Why did you leave your country board-ing-hoase?" asked Smlthkins. "I couldn't stand the air." returned Blddlemao. Couldn't stand the alrtV "Yes; the air from the landlady's daughter' piano. Baltimore Setct. Anent la mode, the humorist Doth search from Maine to Dallas To And that most elusive thing The word that rhymes with "gallus," Detroit Free Prett. Nursemaid Jamie is ont playing with those wicked boys that live in the alley. Mamma That don't matter, Mary; he went with Ms father fishing three times last week." CA- cago Inter Ocean. fcl x mmmtmmmmmssmm - -ggr'WTM-nMMirw
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