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rilTMJl III.. SUNDAY. AUGUST 14. IW.
WAGES AT SHEFFIELD.
"Mr Henry Tuckley's letter in The Dis
FTcn tins morning on the wages of En;j
1in! labor reaches a point with especial
local interest, In, the comparison of wanes
w the steel works of Sheffield with those
o"pred bv the seale of the Carnegie estab-l'si-.mprt
at Homestead. The figures
pn are the strongest possible illustra
tion of the difference between the Amer
ican pad English systems.
Those who are interested in this subject,
wrirh class includes every workingman,
rnd overt man whose income is derived
in id labor's wages, will find it profitable
to ;iud the comparison made in that ar
tice The figures need not be repeated
hpre It is enough to point out the fact
that thp scale resisted as a reduction at
Ilomp'.tPad is on the average nearly twice
t ip tvages which labor is receiving in the
trpat vtppl works at Sheffield. Extend
tlia difference throughout all the branches
of mm and steel manufacture and the col
"terai industries, and the dispute as to
r relation of the tariff to the rate of
gps will be ended.
o better defense of the American sys-
" is needed than such a
reward of laborat home
U'-e fciese aVo worth
oiumes of mere theory.
HOSE APPROPRIATIONS AGAIN.
Elsewhere in this issue will be found
hip interesting expressions of opinion
b Senator Allison on the appropriations
read, by Congress. lie is not inclined to
b'arapthe lately adjourned Fifty-second
( nsres for extravagance, and rather de
fends the size of their appropriations as
r . pessary to the growing expenses of gov
ern 'is a growing country. The Dis
j atc rr has frequently pointed out that
b - parties are to blame in the matter of
n irnioii'! increases in the running ex-ppns-s
of the country. And lias indicated
tha' the Democratic majority of the last
Centres"? was rather at fault for its utter
d"regard of the pledges made to econo-r-'ze
than for the actual total of appropri
a' "-is passed.
TIip fact is that neither party is at
ei inclined to carry on the Govern
ment on a real business-like basis.
Neitl.er cares to seriously resist the terap
tatiors to log-rolling. But the Democrats
before the last election went out of their
wc.j to make a party cry of economy and,
a it were, secured a number of votes on
that plea under false pretenses. Economic
rcfom must come sooner or later for, al
though expenses must Increase in
scne ratio, they need not be
added to the present rate of waste
fulness. The Democratic party and the
Republican party both must learn sooner
or later and the sooner the better that
in the long run national business can only
be carried on successfully and honorably
b a due regard to the natural relationship
between revenue and expenditure. And
ii the meantime both of the dwellers in
glass houses will do well to abstain from
verbal stone throwing, and confine them
selves to a practical demonstration of the
manner in' which expenses can be cur
tailed by reasonable attention to careful
business principles.
GREHA3rS ANNOUNCEMENT.
Judge Gresham's contradiction of the
rumor that he would take the stamp for
the People's party will no doubt carry
some disappointment to such members of
that party as had put faith in it On the
other hand, the majority of Gresham's
friends will be gratified by his announce
ment That the Judge is in sympathy
with some of the desires of the third party
can be understood. And even that he
roaj on the whole prefer to vote for its
candidates to supporting those of
the Isepublican party is quite possible.
I3ut anv public speaking on behalf of so
illogical and contradictory a matter as the
People's party platform as a whole, would
bj no means redound to the credit of a
man of Gresham's hitherto acknowledged
intcgritj and intelligence.
In conjunction witii tne uogus telegrams
alleged to come from Gresham at the time
of the Omaha Convention, this latest
rumor may be consigned to oblivion after
demonstrating that certain of the leaders
in the People's party movement are all too
'one to adopt the mcKs 01 tne worst
ticians in the organizations they so
b terly condemn for unscrupulousness.
Inr-msii journalistic enterprise
The enterprise of the illustrated paper
I is frequently stunning, but sometimes the
btunning effect proves to have a recoil.
The v gor of the American press in semi-
occasionally depicting in detail events
bich have not taken place has been the
fcubject of lofty and indignant reproof by
lour British cousins. Tet it hasaf ten been
a matter of surprise how those standard
institutions, the English Illustrated papers,
are able to give pictures from life of
things which happened hundreds of miles
frcm the artists and engraver-.
Now comes, the London Illustrated Jfews
withluteresting information on that point
This family standby gives to the Euglish
world a thrilling portrayal of the act of
Sir Charles Euan Smith tearing up the
treaty in the presence of the court of
Tangier. The English artists exhibited
more than the usual energy in this case,
for the esteemed Illustrated JSreics got out
its picture just in time to come into col
lision with the statement of Sir Charles
Euan Smith that he never tore up the
treaty or did anything at all.
Possibly this interesting little incident
will give us a temporary vacation from
the horror of our kin across the seas over
the crudeness and sensationalism of the
press.
GLADSTONE'S CABINET.
Time-honored precedent forbids a pub
lication of ilr. Gladstone's Cabinet until
the list (has been submitted to and ap
proved by the Queen to-morrow. This
accounts for the incompleteness of the
make-up of the new Ministry as outlined
in our cablegram. The secrets of Cabinet
appointments are so securely guarded
that, until the new Premier has kissed the
Queen's hand, the whole matter is
problematical and can only ha guessed at
by the public The two positions of
which most definite information is ob
tainable are the Chancellorship of the
Exchequer and the Irish Secretaryship.
These two offices filled by Sir William
Harcourt and John Morley respectively
are likely to prove the weakest
and strongest in the more important ap
pointments of the new Ministry. Harcourt
is a clever debater and an adept at the art
of discomforting inconvenient opponents.
But he has hardly shown a depth of states
manship necessary to the duties of budget
maker. On the other hand, John Morley
is far and away the strongpst man to
handle the affairs of Ireland, until it gets
control of them itself. He lias the confi
dence of the Irish members and a reputa
tion for honesty of purpose, besides men
tal ability second only to that of Gladstone
himself among the statesmen of England.
Besides that, he has the advantage of hav
ing filled this office with success for the
brief term of Gladstone's power after the
election in 1886.
Lord Roseberry is in many respects ad
mirably fitted to become Foreign Secre
tary, but there may be some difficulty in
that appointment owing to the difference
between his opinions and those of his
leader on the Egyptian policy. "With regard
to the remainder of the Cabinet, a great
deal of uncertainty exists. For some
reason the names of Sir Charles Russell,
Mr. Mundella and Sir George Trevelyan
are omitted from our correspondent's
schedule. The two former are almost
sure to receive Government appointments,
though the latter may have refused office
for personal reasons. Sir Charles Rus
sell is more prominent as a law-'
yer and Gladstonian politician than
ever before, and cannot be overlooked.
Mr. Mundella is aged somewhat, and has
shown no great enthusiasm on Gladstone's
Irish policy, but his good work on behalf
of popular education, and the sterling re
spect he commands from the masses as a
man who lias made his way from their
ranks by his own efforts and ability, make
it improbable that he has not at least re
ceived an offer of office. Gladstone has
not thebest of material at hand for the
construction of his government, and he is
sure to have some frictions to overcome,
choose he never so wisely.
A COMPENSATING DISCRIMINATION.
A new feature of the presence of women
in public service has arisen in New York
City. A matron in one of the police sta
tion houses has developed the possession of
a liquor habit to an extent which called
for her resignation and she had to go.
The indulgence in liquor by a woman is
happily unusual, but that is not the
especial novelty of the case. The really
singular feature of it Is pointed out by the
New" York Advertiser, which is unable to
recall any case of a male official-in New
York who has been retired from office on
account of his devotion to liquor. If the
rule enforced in the case of the police
matron's habit were applied to both sexes
it would work a decided official mortality
in New York. The esteemed Advertiser
therefore regards the case as one of rank
discrimination against sex.
a This is true on the surface; yet the dis
crimination against sex is one to be en
couraged in the interest of the sex. It
may not be so intended, but such a rule is
the most powerful influence in favor of
enlarging the number of women in
public position. After a time the long
suffering public will grasp the idea that
women are not allowed to indulge in the
masculine devotion to cups, while poli
ticians with pulls cannot be denied that
privilege. Then it will be only a step to
the obvious conclusion that we must have
the women in all offices in order to enjoy
the pleasure of sobriety there.
Let the discrimination against sex go on.
If stuck to long enough it will give us an
exclusively female government and rele
gate politicians to their legitimate func
tions Of earning an honest living.
ANARCHISTS AND THE 1VAW.
The following inquiries present a sub
ject which is attaining much prominence
in the public mind, and suggests a policy
toward which a large share of public
opinion is drifting:
First Is It not possible for the United
States Government to pass a law prohibiting
the landing or Anarchists In AmerloaT
Second Also to expel those who are al
ready in America?
Third ir so, do you not think it high time
that such a law was passed!
We know of no constitutional obstacle
to a law forbidding the admission of any
class that is defined as obnoxious to public
policy, or to expel the same class under
due process of law. But the first ques
tions that would arise with regard to
such a law are, first, how the class is to be
defined; and second, how it is to be identi
fied? Are we to exclude people who be
lieve, for instance, in overthrowing such a
Government as that of Russia by force; Or
simply those who employ dynamite or
assassination to further their ideas? Shall
we make it an offense simply to huld the
communist opinions of Anarchists, or will
it be necessary to base the prohibition on
overt acts of assassination or arson in
foreign countries?
When those questions are settled the
further question how the law is to be en
forced will follow. Are the Anarchists
to be asked to declare themselves on land
ing, or are men to be excluded on sus
picion? The first method would be farci
cal; the second, if it was any more effi
cient, might work injustice to many more
innocent immigrants than Anarchists.
Even if it were possible to make such a
law effective at the ports of entry, the ab
sence of any means to identify Anarchists,
as we. can Chinamen, would make it an
easy matter for them to cross over thou
sands of miles of Northern or Southern
frontier if bent on giving us the advantage
of their presence in the country.
Such a measure as out correspondent
proposes would haTO the defects, first, of
useiessness,as set forth above; and, second,
of departure from the spirit of our institu
tions. We already have a law excluding
criminals, and such Anarchists as come
within its provisions can be excluded by it
as well as by further legislation. Beyond
that there is good policy in the traditional
rule that men are not to suffer for their
opinions so long as they yield obedienco
to the law. To punish men for opinions
even of the mildest character would be to
make martyrs of them, and Anarchists
might prove more dangerous when given
the position of a persecuted sect than when
only punished for overt acts.
Wo believe that there is only one way to
meet this danger. That is to make
the laws so vigorous that every overt
act of anarchy will be promptly and
adequately punished, and at the same
time to make our system so equable and
just to the masses that there will bo no
fertile ground for tho despicible teach
ings of that sect The doctrines of an
archy are so repulsive that there would be
little disposition to give them the protec
tion of the laws they attack if there were
any way of making laws against them
efficient But as It is practically certain
that an exclusion act would keep no An
archists out, it is wisest to adhere to the
old policy of the country, which makes no
discrimination against the political crimi
nals of the Old World, so long as they be
have themselves while In this country.
WEST POINT MANNERS.
The experience of a cadet whose resig
nation at West Point was forced by the
ill-treatment received during his first year,
affords an interesting illustration of the
survival of barbarity and stupid prescrip
tions in the Nineteenth century.
No classes are more thoroughly bound
by conventionalities than children and
savages. The similarity goes further in
that both classes are prone to acts of
greater or less cruelty by their inability to
think how they would feel the suffering
they inflict on their victims. It is singu
lar that these qualities of a half-developed
order of humanity should appear so
prominently in institutions of learning;
but it is a fact that is placed beyond dis
pute by the struggle it has taken to pre
vent hazing. The hazing of freshmen and
the tyrannies inflicted on the "plebes,"
in civil and military schools, are sim
ply an exhibition of the savage streak in
human nature, and the stupidity
which establishes a traditional privilege to
'give that savagery bent
Nevertheless it is an evidence of progress
that the experience related in the article
elsewhere does not come up to the old
style of hazing, while It shows the preva
lence of petty tyranny and the half-civilized
pleasure in abusing a stranger, it con
tains no case of the actual physical tor
ture, which was formerly so prevalent
The world appears to move even at West
Point There is room for the hope that the
day will come when the officers educated
by the nation at West Point shall learn as
a first lesson that the way to teach others
to be gallant gentlemen Is to set them the
example of courtesy and kindliness to
ward those who are unable to defend
themselves.
THE SLATE TRADERS' OUTBREAK.
The news of the outbreak on the Upper
Kongo by the Arab slave hunters proves
what The Dispatch has always predicted,
that the slave trade there is to be abol
ished and the supremacy of civilization
maintained only'by vigorous use of force.
It is to be hoped that the administrators
of the Kongo Free State, now that the fact
has been made evident, will employ the
resources of civilized warfare in establish
ing civilization along the entire length of
the Kongo. The Arabs held power In the
Interior of Africa only for purposes of
kidnaping and rapine. They laid whole
districts waste for the profit of carrying
off a percentage of the survivors as slaves.
When this operation was interfered with
it was to be expected that they would
fight. The posts on the Kongo should
have been fortified to resist them and
armed steamers should have been in readi
ness to suppress any outbreaks.
The Kongo Free State has the power to
put vessels on the Kongo which will be
irresistible as against the Arabs. The
smallest of steamers armed with the least
of Krupp guns can make the banks of that
stream untenable to any of the robbers
who uphold the right to ravage that sec
tion for slaves. This should be done thor
oughly and promptly at whatever cost.
The operation may be slow and difficult
But when It is done so as to teach the
lesson of civilized law a magnificent path
to commerce will be opened into Central
Africa, and the deathblow will be given
to the slave, trade.
MR. HOLMANS ECONOMY.
Mr. Holman's defense of the Congress
just closed is unique in two points. In
the first place the Indiana statesman com
pares the expenditures of this Congress
with the second session of the billion-dollar
body, and finds thereby a reduction in
appropriations of $33,829,291. This, Mr.
Holihan asserts, is a saving of $100,000 for
each Congressman; which way of putting
it is likely to make many Congressmen
wonder how they let that $100,000 each
escape them
Mr. Holman's comparison with the
second session of the last Congress will be
proper when this Congress has held its
second session and not sooner. Experi
ence has taught, us that the outcome of
appropriations in second sessions is past
prevision. If jvhen this Congress has
completed its second session a reduction of
$33,000,000 is shown on each session Mr.
Holman can claim credit for it But it, is
not wise to anticipate results, especially in
the matter of appropriations.
Mr. Holman's other point is even more
unique. The last session of the Fifty-first
Congress made no river and harbor ap
propriations. This session appropriated
$21,153,618 for that purpose, including an
appropriation for Mr. Holman's own
town. Therefore, claims that economist,
this Congress should be credited with a
real reduction of $54,682,900. In other
words, because the Fifty-second Congress
made a $21,000,000 appropriation it is to be
credited as if it had not made It This
brand of economy i original with Mr.
Holman. It is a pitythat the economists
of the previous Congress did not get that
idea sooner, or they
aight have claimed
that as their appro;
than ever before, du
lations were larger
i credit for that fact
would show an ac
lal reduction In ex-
penditures.
This style of economical figuring gives
an additional jar to faith in what the next
session will da What is' to prevent It
from passing some new kind of appropri
ation to tho tune) of fifty or a hundred
millions, and Mr. Holman from figuring
out by the same method that It has saved
that sum?
One would have j thought that with
plastic, pestilence and famine on its hands
Rnssia would steer Clour or otllcr troubles.
Bat the Czar's emissaries are none the less
busily engaged in stirring np.dijoord on the
frontier of Afghanistan, though it 1b e, diffi
cult task for the imagination to suggest bow
the ecxhkustod Russian treasury could pos
sibly bo made to satisfy the demands of war.
EVJEmJGS on the streets of Pittsburg in
dicate that a large pronortlon of the popula
tion not at tho seashore is to be found on
porches-or wheels.
Adlai Stevenson speaking in Ken
tucky the- other day referred to his birth in
that State. Nor he is asked to "visit North
Caiolina as his native State. Cleveland's
ox-heads man seems to be trading too much
on the little that is known of him, when he
claims at least-two States as the scene of his
nativity.
With an occasional cool wave mankind
hereabouts realizes that there may once
more be a ue for -winter clothing.
Anyone who does not properly under
stand tbeie thlngi -would have thought that
the Standard Oil Cosnpany had more capital
already than was good for its health. Now
that It is reported to have the financial back
ing of the Rothschilds there is no knowing
to what extremes it miy resort.
Yesterday the spell was broken and the
Pittsburg team felt more at homo by playing
a bad game of ball and losing it.
That deadlock in the KepuWican Con
gresslonal Conference, far the nomination
of a candidate In the Twenty-first district,
is not to be wondered at wiion several of the
conferees are there to do all they can for a
Huff.
A United States judge looks better on
the bench than tbo stump nuall times, Pres
ldental years not excepted.
Cleveland's epistolary efforts appear to
indicate a dcslro for the votes-of pen, paper
and ink manufacturers, with an incidental
wish that postoffice employes shall handle
an amount of mall snfllcient to, justify their
salaries.
Hars had more sense than some poli
ticiansit did not -wait for the polls to put an
end to Its opposition.
Washington is so destitute of heads of
departments just now tnat sub-officials have
a glorious opportunity to demonstrate their
ability to run the machine of State, or
have a real good time.
PiTTSnrEO evidently intends to lead the
rest of the country in a patriotic celebra
tion on Columbus Day.
That Chinese exclusion bill is giving so
much extra work to some of the Internal
Revenue Collectors that it appears almost
as much of a hardship to them as to the
Celestials.
Those Cooleys are still at large, and it Is
about time they were made to feel their real
smallness.
Anarchist Beekman is in a fair way
to prove by experience that an incarcera
tion without funds is the next best thing to
a hanging as a euro for tne cigarette name
England progresses, for a Pittsburg
divine preaches in Canterbury Cathedral to
day. A teansatlantic steamer that fails to
break a record or something else in tbe at
tempt nt every voyage will soon belong to
an obsolete species.
No one has suggested yet that the ruddy
appearance of Mars may be due to sunburn.
Lace and neglige garments are so con
spicuous at this time as to make it evident
that laitstz aire Is the fashionable style for
summer costumes.
COSMOPOLITAN CULLIJtGS.
GeokgiaCayvan and party have reached
San Francisco on their return from their
Japanese tour.
Among Miss Ellen Terry's most valuable
treasures is a diamond bracelet bearing this
inscription, "Ellen Terry, from Alexandra,
Princess of Wales."
Governor McKINLet has appointed
Mr. Edward C. Weaver, of Washington, to
be Commissioner of the State of Ohio within
the District of Columbia.
Richahd Haeding Davis, whose
"Gallegher" is in its twenty-second thou
sand, was educated at Lehigh and Johns
Hopkins universities, lie is 28 years old.
Dr. BlYDEN, the Liberian Minister to
England, Is six feet high, of coal-black com
plexion and an intelligent appearance. He
became Minister for tho black republic in
1893.
Eugene Kelly, the New York banker
to whom the Pope has given the honorary
appointment of "Guardian of the Cope and
Sword," landed from Ireland with $3. Ten
million is now about his sire. He is 79.
United States Minister Snowden
has passed through Berlin en route to
Roumania and Greece to present his letters
of recall. Mrs. Snowden has gone to
Kissingcn with her son, who is just recover
ing from an illness.
"Ouida" never writes at a table, but
simply sits in a low chair with an inkstand
beside her and a blotter on her knee, with
sheets of manuscript strewn about the floor,
each page containing very few words, so
extraordinarily large is herhandwiltlng.
CharmeagNe Kohler, an actor and
teacher of elocution and aramatio art, has
docided to become a monk. He was several
seasons with Booth, and achieved success in
prominent role. He loft Cincinnati yester
day to enter tbe Dominican Order of Black
Friars at Louisville, Ky.
Chester Dolph, a son of United States
Senator Dolph. of Ogden, passed tlnough
Tacoma yesterday with Miss Armstrong, of
Seattle, en route to Portland, where the
couple will be married. The parents or the
young lady objectod to the marriage on ac
count of the youthfulness of both parties.
Me. Thomas J. Wise, the Hon.' Secre
tary of the International Shelley Society,
to whom collectors are already indebted for
several privately printed volumes, is now
preparing a volume of Mr. Buskin's unpub
lished letters. The volume will bo for
strictly private circulation, and not more
than 33 copies will be printed.
TtVather Chiefs) to Meet This Week.
W-shikqton Aug. 13. Prof. Mark W. Har
rington, Chief of the Weather Bureau, has
called a convention of the directors of the
c-n. HBiriif ftArvioe. TenrAsentfmr nil
States and Territories or the Union, to meet
. bA.l,.,f.f V V AnffUflt ISnnd IH. tn 1m.
mediately precede the annual meeting of
the American Association for the Advance
ment of Scienoe, which latter meeting will
cover the period from August 16 to 21.
' Tutting Finn Stand.
New York Recorder. J
Canada' may as well understand that we
shall insist on the observance of the treaty
stipulations England has made for her.
President Harrison will Stand no nonsense.
Where Is HI11T
Chicago Mall.l
In speaking of Mr. Hill, Mr. Cleveland Is
fnlly justified in qnotingthe immortal words
of tho gentleman from Alabama, substitut
ing "he" for "L"
Good Reason for Doubt.
Washington Pott.
The Chicago people doubt Orator Breokin
ridge's ability to talk for the Fair when he
couldn't vote for the appropriation.
An Ominous Silence.
St. Louts Glote-Dcmocrat.1
Tho Democrats who said Cleveland could
rior carry New York are not taking back
anything.
It Means the Sams Thing.
Boston Herald.
Minister Tsui Kwo Tin Is shortly to be
Tsui Kwo Oat. That is to say, he has been
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recouea. . -- jj.l, .&. r
A LOOK AROUND.
There is need of vigilance on the part oi
the Board of Health as a matter of general
wisdom just now, with cholera across the
straits in Kussia and yellow Jack at the
Florida Kevs. And yet a case of at least
gross carelessness came under my notice the
other day. A sewer had been built in an
alley ofi! of Penn avenue out in Lawrence
vilte! A number of houses were not con
nected with the sewer and permitted their
dralnaze to gather in deep, greenish pools
on the alley's surface. Besides this, piles of
decaying I r nits and vegetables lay within
fifty feet of tho doors of a tow of dwellings.
What made the matter look worse was the
fact that an inspector of tho Board of
Health lived in one of the houses which
backed up on this disease-breeding accumu
lation. He at least knew that it was a dan
gerous place and he should have attended to
it. but for some reason'he did not, although
it was called to his attention. Tho in
spector's name is McKelvy. ,
Harry W. Oliver says the Kepublican
ticket will Bweep the country this fall and
he does not believe that any sort of nomina
tion the Democrats can make in this district
will disturb the return of John DaUell to
Congress.
"Not much more than 10 per cent of our
sales nowadays are of patent medicines and
fancy goods," remarked a druggist yester
day whose trade is a good criterion of the
average. "It is with us much as it was with
tho china and glass dealers when the tea
bouses gave away ware. Big general traders
like Home or Danzlger or Fleishman or
Gusky sell us out. They get patent medi
cines or fancy goods at prices we cannot
reach and they can sell them ont as they
ploase. The old druggists' agreement not to
cut is supposed to rnle, but it does not."
"How is the city's health?" said I to an
East End doctor. "Considerable fover,
much summer trouble, not a particularly
healthy summer; weather too hot; too much
rain early" was his reply. "Great deal of
sickness among children, largely due to bad
fruit," replied a Lawrcnceville doctor to the
same question, while a medical man from
Allegheny said it was a bad summer all
around, and he fancied there was a predispo
sition to cholera or choleratic complaints.
How the owners of real estate do differ in
their ideas of valuesl Last week I ran across
a man who wanted $1,500 a front foot for
property on Penn avenue in East Liberty.
His neighbor, who wasjust as well located,
wanted $1,000. Another man near him talked
$S00 a foot, and the real estate agents think
$700 is enough.
A semi-official pamphlet of instruc
tions to registry assessors, election assessors
and electlou.boards has been put out by the
Remibllcan Committee through W. P. Ben
nett's publishing house, with a view to keep
ing things straight at the coming election.
It contains about all there is to say on the
law and the duties of all those in any way
concerned with an election. All the officials
of the county are to be supplied with these
guides.
When it comes to the knowledge of
those armed with authority, that there is a
laxity somewhere In the service of a big
corporation in its relations with the public,
it is usually corrected. I am delighted to
find Adams Express quick to admit the jus
tice of a fair criticism and equally quiok to
correct tbo fault. I took occasion not long
since to call attention to tbe bad service in
the East End In the way of delivery and
sending things away by this company. My
complaint was duly sent to somebody in
charge, a polite and inquisitive official called
upon me for a bill or particulars, which he
got and now there is an efficient free deliv
ery of packages within a radius of a mile of
tbe Frankstown avenue office and by tele
phone, notice can be served to call ror pack
ages outward bonnd. May all our public
corporations be as prompt to make correc
tions. "It was, amusing to read the stories
about Hugh. O'Donnell's 'movements while
he was away," remarked General A. L.
Pearson. ''He went to Canada on the same
train we did, and told Archie Rowaud that
he was tired out and would remain for ten
days at a place five miles from Toronto."
Waltt SB.
BLOCK ISLAND GETS IIS 3HAB3
Of Plttsbnrgers Who Are Just Now Enjoy
ing Plenty of Good Flihln.
Block Islaxd, Aug. 13. Special. Pitts
burgeis still continue to come, and a large
proportion of tho guests at the Ocean View
are from that city. They come In parties
and groups and thoroughly, enjoy every mo
ment of their stay.
Among tho late arrivals are W. A. Stanton
and wife, W. J. Morris and Bon, H. Y. Wilde,
V. P. Townsend and Mrs. A. B. Walker.
A full dress ball very interesting to the
large number of Pittsburgers present at
Block Island, was given at the Ocean View
Hotel the past week. The floor was crowded
with dancers and some very pretty gowns
were worn. Among these were the following:
Mrs. George W. Dean, a very handsome
gown or light green faille with flounce
draperies onace,caught with pink rose buds
and diamond ornaments.
Mrs. S. Rose Black corded silk en train,
black lnce and diamonds.
Mis. George W. Keed Lilac silk with satin
stripes and white lace diaporles.
Miss Campbell Daffodil yellow silk, with
blaoki polku dots and blaok chiffon trim
mings. Mrs. N. McKleod Trained gown of black
pcan de sole, with passementerie; diamonds.
Miss Matthews White pauze draped over
yellow silk and yellow llbbon drapeiles.
Thursday evening there whs a Pittsburg
euchre paitv held in the private pallor of
the hotel. They aro alt very fond of euchre
and nlay it exceedingly well. In tbe public
parties they are very successful prlzo win
ners, their only formidable opponents bolnff
St. Louis people. Mr. Bcrger won the gentle
men's first piizeandMr. Lloyd tbe ladies'.
Their success in fishing is likewiso
proverbial, Mr. Roso carrying off tno honors
so far for largest haul. Mr. and Mrs. George
W. Dean left the Island on Monday after a
three weeks' sojourn.
Mr. James Steeu, who has been a favorite
guest at the Manlsses for several seasons
past, has not let its quarantine disturb him
and so came to the island for his annual
Visit this week.
doctobs and teachers wanted.
The Indian Service in Need of, Five of the
Former and Mors of the Latter.
Washington, Aug. 13. The Civil Service
Commission has requisitions for five phy
giolans lor the Indian service, and it is in
need of ellgibles to fill the vacancies. There
are no female physiclansnow on the register
of ellgibles. There is also a' scarcity of
eligible teachers for the Indian service.
The regular fall examinations are being
held in different parts of the country, at
which applicants can be examined, and it
may be roun d necessary to hold some special
examinations to replenish the registers.
Those wishing to be examined should write
to the Civil Service Commission, Washing
ton, D. G, for application blanks and infor
mation. DEATHS HERE AND ELSEWHERE.
Dr. WiixUM A. Torn, the distinguished medi
cal authority ami once professor in the Dunn
Medical College of Chicago, died Friday night In
Valparaiso, lnd.
Dakixl M. ZtiiMEEMAjr, for many years Secre
tary and Treasurer of tbe Camden and Atlantic
Railroad Company, is dead at Pontreslna, Switzer
land, lie i as G) years old.
Mns. Mabt Wallace, wife of Ueorpe W. Lam
orce, of New Castle, and daughter of the late Dr.
James Wallace, died Friday evening after a lin
gering Illness at the age or 27.
William PETTIT Tbowbbidoe, Professor of
Mining Engineering; ki Columbia College, N. Y.,
died at his liomn In New Haren Friday. Prof,
Trowbridge was born in Michigan in 183. He has
ben Frolessor of Mathematics In tbe University of
Michigan and w Adjutant General of Connecticut
trom 1878 until 1878.
Thomas E. Hows, ex-County Treasurer of Cam
bria county and a leading Democratic politician,
was found dead In his room at Johnstown Thurs
day night after he lalddo-n to rest. lie was a
prominent memberjur the Iroquois Club of that
city, and ;is the aril member of that club to dla
since It; u organized three years ago,
Michazl Hawkins, one of the Fenian conspir
ators of Manchester. England, who served a long
year ago by the British Government on the pica
that ha was arlnK of consumption, which disease
soauycauseuius raw.
THE IMMIOBATIOH 8EBV1C-
Absorbs the Entire Attention of Assistant
Secretary Spauldlng While Ahmad.
Washisotos, Aug. 13. Assistant Secretary
Spauldinir, who has just returned from a
visit to Europe, resumed his duties at the
Treasury Department yesterday. He said
be had visited London, Liverpool, Antwerp,
Rotterdam, Hamburg and Bremen, and bad
obtained much valuable Information in re
gard to the immigration service. He was
much pleased, with the system of inspection
of immigrants at tbe ports named, and
especially with the precautions taken
against the spread of contagious
or infections diseases. The principal
transatlantic steamship companies, he says,
put all their steerage passenireis through a
thorough.cleanslng process before allowing
them on the vesels. Not only are the immi
grants compelled to take a bath provided
for tho purpose, but they aro also compelled
to submit their clothing and effects to a
thorough disinfection. General Spauldlng
said he was satisfied that the steamship
companies are co-operating effectively with
the local immigrant authorities in their ef
forts to keop out all classes of undesirable
immigrants, and that they are especially
vigilant at the present time to prevent the
shipment of persons or goods from all
cholera-infected districts.
In General Span I ding's opinion, the prin
cipal obstacle to enforcement of immigration
laws is tho peripatetic tramp steamer, and it
would bo his constant endeavor, he says, to
bring this class of vessels nnder the same
system of Inspection at the foreign ports as
that specified by the Tegular passenger
steamer. He thought that existing laws
were sufficient for the purpose, and he pro
poses to prepare regulations at once, with a
view to remedying existing evils so far as
possible. General SDanldins said be had
dovotcd his entire time to the study of tbe
Immigration question, and had had no time
for the consideration of the other matters he
had originally Intended to investigate.
STEEL ABM0E MU3T 30.
A Canadian Discovers the ost Egyptian
Art of Hardening Copper.
Quebec, Aug. 13. Local scientists say
that one of the most wonderful discov
eries of recent years is that made by a poor
blacksmith of this city, Ferdinand Allard.
It Is the long lost art knbwn to the pyramid
builders or Egypt, of hardening copper.
Axes and other edged tools made of hard
ened copper have been exhibited by him,
which in edge and temper rival tho best
steel of tho present day. Allard prepared a
sheet of his hardened copper 1 ot a tine in
thickness and had It tested at the Govern
ment rifle range here. At tho first shot fired
from 10 yard's distance, the bullet was
shivered into a thousand fragments; on tbe
second, tbe mlssilo.strikini: the copper moro
fairly, was completely flattened, but re
mained embedded in the plate, whioh It
mere dented lightly without cracking it in
anv way.
This is claimed by experts to be vastly
superior to anything tho best steel could do
under like circumstances, and the matter is
to be brought under tbe Immediate notice
or the British Lords or the Admiralty. The
leading military authorities hero express
the conviction that if on further trials in
the English dock yards the discovery main
tains the same superiority, most important
results must follow and the existing sys
tems be completely revolutionized. '
BEBEXS TAKE ANOTHER CITY.
Almost 1,000 Men Slaughtered on Both
Sides in a Venezuela Battle.
Trinidad, Aug. 13. News has reached here
that tbe city of Bolivar has fallen into the
hands of Legalists after a desperate and
bloody battle. The Legalists, some ,000
men strong, were under command of Gener
als Hernandez and GIL They appeared be
fore the city early this morning and de
manded of the commander of the Govern
ment forces that ho surrender. The reply
was prompt refusal.
Hernandez and Gil, at the bead of their
forces, advanced on the position of the Gov
ernment troops and attacked in the face of
a murderous Are. The attack was made
with desperato courage and was resisted
with equal Vigor. For a time the decision
was in the balance, but numbers told at last
and the Governmentals gave back Blowly.
Itwns not until Generals Carrero,Acosca
and Laudalta had been killed at tbe head of
their troops that the Governmentals broke
and fled trom tbe field, leaving nearly SCO
men dead. The Legalists, while they lost
no general officers, suffered fully as much as
the Governmentals, losing almost 500 men.
DIVIDING BIO GBANDE WATEB.
A Queer Dlspnte Between Mexicans and
Texans About to Be) Settled.
Austin, Tex., Aug. 18. Governor Hogg was
yeBterday advised or a rather odd dispute
going on between citizens of the United
States and of Mexico along tbe Upper Rio
Grande. It regards the equitable rights of
each to the water from tho river forpur-
Soses of Irrigation. The Amoricans say the
lexican dams have Caught all the flow and
caused a creat loss to farmers on this side.
The Governor of Chihuahua is now at El
Paso to confer with United States officers.
He said the whole bnslness would be ar
ransed satisfactorily: Mexico would show
her liberality and divide the water with her
American neighbor fairly and equally.
CHRISTENING THE CRUISER.
AitoTir great American cruiser, theMar
blehead, was yesterday launched Into the
waters she will help to rnle. Wo are not
getting there. We aro there. A'eto York Re
corder. Ukcle Sam has defied all sailor supersti
tion by allowing a new cruiser to do chris
tened by a married woman. Now let the
Marblehead look out for squalls. Buffalo
Express.
Akother splendid cruiser was added to
the new navy yesterday. No mishap oc
curred at the launching of the Marbloheaa,
which, when she is equipped, will be one of
our best fighting ships. Baltimore Ifcws.
EcKorEAN lespect for -the American navy
is keeping pace with that navy's own re
markable development. And it Is such re
spect that sometimes serves admirably as
a preserver of peaceful relations. New York
World.
Ahotheh battle armored cruiser, the Mar
blehead, has been launched from tbe ways
of a Boston shipyard. Tho work of rehabili
tating the American navy thus goes merrily
on during a Republican administration.
Ohio Slate Journal.
Ix time or war the Marblehead will be of
value as a commerce destroyer, as a soout
and lor operations in comparatively shoal
water. She carries a good armament, and
compares favorably with foreign vessels of
her cltus. Boston Herald.
Bostos has her own share of pride and
honor at tbe launching of the gallant Marble
head, for Boston men have made her what
Bhe is a atronsr, well-protected, swift-sailing
cruiser which is sure to prove a most valu
able accession to tne new American navy.
Boston Globe.
Bbs is not a vessol of any extraordinary
fighting qualities; but she has the requisites
of a strong, last cruiser, capablo of keeping
an enemy's shipping on the run, and with
her main battery or two six-inch and eight
five inch gnns would be a powerful oppo
nent of any vessel other type afloat. Phila
delphia Bulletin.
Better Leave It Alone.
Baltimore American.
Since tbe Democratic House of Represent
atives refused to touch the McKinley bill,
tho party orators are having hard lines.
What can they do about itt
AETiSIt THE BATTLE,
Bcrlbner's Magazine.
Where the tawny User-lilies In tbe atshy mea
dow bloom
And the tanzled rushes wither by the red and
slnggtsh till.
There is silence all unbrozent there are secrets all
unspoken
That the trembling grass is hiding from the MIL
Where the mystic firs In cluster on the rocky hill
side stand, '
Where the vines empurpled masses in the sun
set's passion glow,
Loltboblrd-notesare a-dylng and the troubled
wind is sighing
For the secret that the meadow must i.ot
know.
Over meadow, over mountain, in a city by the
sea.
There are wives and mothers waiting; there are
sweet hopes growing cold;
There are eres that watch In anguish, there are
loving hearts that languish '
' Fer the secret that sliaU nevermore be told.
' 'Edgar Mautum Baicn,
.'
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THE SIGHTS AT CONEY.
One of the most charming sights at
Coney is tha frolla of the little ones under
tbe iron. pier. An hundred mamma and
nurses and happy children, and a sprinkling
of amused unmarried male and femalo
visitors, are lying in tho sand In, the pro
tecting shadow of the pier on the hot after
noons or August. Children from 3 yeara old
to little misses of 10 are wading la tha
ocean's rippling margin bare-legged and
skipping gleefully up and down the sands,
and digging wells or building mounds with
little spades and buckets. Little sisters,
their skirts tucked np about the hips, lead
smaller brothers, denuded of knicker
bockers and skirts, into the shallow waters
and scamper ont again laughing and shout
ing upon every approaching wavelet, A
stockily built 4-year-old, with a wealth o(
sunny hair, walks bravely in until his
chubby whie feet are Just covered with
receding salt water and turns his sparkling
eyes upon his mamma standing out Qf reach
as if to Invite her admiration of his
bravery.
"Loot here, mamma! I ain't afraid! Des
loot at met I'm"
But a cooling wave ro,jg two or three
Inches high catches him n the sentence.
His childish brag dies on his lips and he
rushes frantically for the protecting arms
with as much terror as if the wavelet were
a breaker five feet high. Then rhamma
laughs and nnrse laughs and everybody else
smiles amusedly. This Is repeated by a
dozen little ones with ever varying emo
tions and amid a constant clatter of tongues
and childish screams.
A cluster of mammas form casual acquaint
anceship there and exchange sage views
upon the weather and the management or
children. In the midst of this a wavelet a
little stronger and a little more far reaching
than the rest comes swiftly in until It runs
over their feet, catches tbe unwary nurses
where they sit gossiping and spreads dismay
in every direction. Those who see it com
ing step slowly back at first, then retreat
more rapidly, railing over those sitting in
their immediate rear, until a small panic
reigns. Such shouts, and yells, and ringing
lamrhterl And out there in the water is
grandpa in his chair with his feet drawn up
philosophically waiting the decadence of
salt water; while the bare-lezged children
are fairly wild with pleasureable excite
ment. This occurs time and again, now, for
the tide is coming in and no number of such
mishaps to other people acts as sufficient
warning to the venturesome.
After awhile one or the mothers, 'the one
who has established herself as an authority
on management of children, calls to the
pretty little 4-ycar-oId:
"Come out, now, Johnny we're going
home."
"Johnny don't want to go home," and to
make this more emphatic the little chap
moves out a trifle further from shore.
"Come, Jphnny mamma wants you come
on now, that's a good boyl"
There is a world of pleading in the voice
and a deep appeal In the outstretched arms
for the other mothers are sitting and
standing around looking at the woman who
knows all about managing children, and a
dozen nurses are on a broad, unreeling grin.
Tbe little fellow stands mute bnt defiant.
Even the increasing influx or salt water
that drives mamma further in shore falls to
move him. A sickly smile rests upon tbe
mother's face.
"Johnny, come right out now. Ton have
been in long enough. Tho boat's coming."
Johnny's blue eyes sweep tbe horizon to
ward the Narrows, and he decides that thU
is what the newspapers call "a fake." He
follows this observation by a flat contradic
tion of his mother. People begin to gather
along the water and offer suggestions, and
poor, humiliated mamma explains that he
has never acted that way boiore. And pos
sibly he hadn't, for the best trained children
kick over the traces unexpectedly. Then
possibly Johnny never felt so safe in defying
parental authority.
"Shall I bring him out, ma'amT" asks a
timid 10-year-old girl with legs like pipe
stems. "If you please," says tbe mother, grate
fully. Johnny hears this bargain and he be
gins to kick and splash and yell for all he is
worth. The timid girl stands oft" for a
moment to avoid a wetting and then makes
a dash for the recalcitrant Johnny. She
seizes him and lifts him bodily ont of the
water and bears him. kicking; and struggling
and bowling to the shore. The woman who
knows all about managing children yanks
Johnny off where his shoes and stockings are,
and he gets such a shaking np during the
process of rehabilitation tbat hi yells sonnd
like a series of ki-yls from a kennel. But let
us draw the veil.
Washing a Chicago Belle.
I took a young lady from Chicago in at
Couey and washed her. She bad never
swelled up the ocean before, and the situa
tion was novel to both of us. Did you ever
wash sheep? I forgot people in the city
keep goats. But sheep washing to a country
boy is an annual picnic to be long thereafter
remembered. At sheep-shearing time tbe
flock Is driven to the neighboring creek and
the sheep ift-o taken into the water one by
one and soused and scrubbed nntil all re
semble Mary's little lamb with fleece as
white as snow. A sheep must be taken out
beyond its depth to be washed, otherwise
you could'nt hold it still long enough. Even
then it will kick the bark off or a fellow's
shins unless he has on good thick trousers
and a stiff pair of boots.
All this experience is handy, if not neces
sary, when yon take a Chicago girl in lor
her first ocean wash at Coney, she is a
kicker all the way through. She begins to
kick because the bathing suit doesn't fit
her as If a public bathing suit ever fit any
body! Then she kicked because I said that
she ought to be thankful It didn't fit her, as
nobody would think of taking a snap shot at
her for Venus rising from the sea. She
kicked because the ocean was not as warm
at tills season of the year as Lake Michigan,
but I told her tbey'd have warmed ic up U
they bad Known sbo was coming. She kept
on kicking when I got her In. I never baud
led an old Boll wetuer who did more plung
ing and kioking and swallowing water and
raisins a muss than this vigorous cirl from
Chicago. She came very n-ar drowning me
In three feet of water. Her Chicago feet
evinced an uncontrollable destro to be on
top. I had entertained the fond idea tbat
they would hold us down when we struck
a roller, out tney didn't, sue was one
of these sheep I mean girls that
yon can't hold still unless you
grabbed hor right around the waist
and chucked her in bead first and then you
couldn't. I tried it. She wanted to learn to
swim in one lesson. I had promised and
found I conldn't catch her low enough to
balance her feet and head properly. I tried
it and swallowed enough salt water to float
tho White Squadron. There wasn't room,
enough for us In tho ocean. She was always
knocking me over the rope3 or kicklngsome
other bather on the legs, or putting her feet
in somebody's ribs, or something. I finally
persuaded her that it was unhealthy to re
main in the water too long the first time, and
got her out. I felt like lying down some
where and never getting Up again. But she
said she had had a splendid time and hinted
that she would like to have me bring her
down again. Then we went over to the
pavilion and ate $1 worth. I promised to
bring her down to Coney again next year.
Getting Mer Money' Worth.
The girl who wears spectacles and goes
down to Coney to Ho in the sand in the
shade of the pier and read a novel till boat
time is a sensible girl. If there are two of
her together they, bring a lunch basket with
pickles and snnwicbes and milk. They have
come down to rest on a Saturday half-holiday
after poundlnir a typewriter all the week.
They pay vory little attention to the throng
except to exchange sarcostio remarks, but
steadily pursued the vlllian and hero of the
novel and lie there in the sand all the pre
cious a! tornoon. Ton may tread on her
the children kick sand over her but it
makes no difference. She is there for her
Idea of recreation and she gets It, at tbe low
price of DO cents, and goes home in tbe cool
of the evening to her boarding .houso, or
room in somebody else's flat the only per
son not tired to death with the day at
Coney.
The Man Who Mover Is Warm.
Perhaps the most irritating specimen
pf humanity daring the dog days is tho man
who goes calmly around, the mercury 90 in
the shade, in a high, close-flttlng collar,
black clotbes and a silk hat and never
Bweats a drop. He can be seen on Broadway
everyday. He is to be found at Coney.
Such a man must have the blood of a turtle.
He is a sortot human icicle. Not exactly
either an icicle melts. This man never
melts. He never betrays a sign of a higher
temperature. He keeps away from ther
mometers. The nnfortanate Deople who go
about in the gauzicst kind ofnegllge, with
sweat drops and fans are to him incompre
hensible. He wonders how they get 80
warm and thinks it Is by fretting. He never
frets. Whv he goes down to tbe sea is a
mystery. It may be to air his new light
overcoat, to look tbe young women over, to
pliiy the races. Certain It is, he Is not thore
lor the cooling breezes, for bathing bo
never batues that attenuated form In pub
lic or for the pleasures of the West End. I
meet him everywhere, however: and when I
meet him on n very hot dav I feel as though
I should like to see John X. S nil Ivan warm
liim up. Cuabxt-B Tbeodouc Murray.
J4SW xoax, August
CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS.
Cholera was discovered in 183L
Natural gas has been struck in Ten
nessee. A man in Florda reports a stalk of
sugar cane B eet 40 Jngjies bfcrjj.
The town of Cumberland, E. L, boasts
of a meeting house that was built in CIO.
A 5-cent nickel of 1877 is worth 51 and
a nickel 5-cent piece ot 1873 about 15 cents.
A coin collector at South Bend, lnd,,
is said to have a German coin minted In
1527.
Threshing machines were first invented
bv a Scotchman named Menzies in the year
1732.
The heat from the sup is said to have
lately hatched five chickens near Munice,
lnd.
Jule3 Verne was 35 before he turned his
attention to scientific Action in "Five Weeks
in a Balloon."
According to the Jfttest Chicago direc
tory the Johnsons outnumber-the'Smiths by
700 in that city.
A blackbass in Sunset lake, 2f. J.,
choked itself to death recently in trying to
s olio w a sunfisb.
The name Michigan came from Indian
words of Algonquin" and Chippewa origin,
Mltcba," c-eat, and "gan," lake-
The usual Presidental year hen has put
in an appearance. She resides In Bath, Me.,
and the initials B. H. are marked on tbo
Dunngservicejn aWestminstertConn.,
church, a steer dasfiraBalnsVtnegxeea
balze door and ran up the aisle with the door
on his horns.
A recent novelty is a composite metal
wheel made up of a skeleton of wire for tbo
spokes, hub and rim, the whole being im
bedded In cost Iron.
A man while fishing in Xapwai creek,
Idaho, is reported to have hooked a rattle
snake three and one-half feet long, that was
swimming across the creek.
Out of 50,000 guesses on a big cake of
soap on exhibition in Berlin only two were
correct. Tho cake was A Soanmafcer's ad
vertisement, and it weighed 1,123 pounds.
The title of prince is almost as common
in Russia as that or colonel in America. A
Prince Solbykoff is a market house porter in
Moscow, and a Princess Galitzin Is art eques
trienne in a cheap circus.
Aluminum is found combined with 195
other minerals, and, therefore, constitutes a
large part of the crust of the earth, but un
til recently has been very expensive becauso
of the difficulty of separating it.
In a recent appropriation of nearly
$3,000,000 for an Indian trihe.attorneys. claim
agents, etc., get $700,000. In an appropria
tion or s0,00u to pay another tribe, attor
neys, claim agents, eta, get SC7.C00.
Among some yonng salmon fry hatched
In the hatchery on the River Deveron there
were found two fishes joined together at the
back fln, from which there is only one body
to the tail. Both heads aro perfect.
There is a "well of frozen air" near
Dayton, Go. The drill passed through a
flve-root stratum of frozen gravel Into a
series of cavities from which gusts of freez
ing air come with perfect regularity.
African travelers tell us that the white
rhinoceros frequently dies from eating pois
onous plants wblch have no effect on the
black one, probably because tho fine scent
of tbe latter tells him it is dangerous.
The total number of gold pieces struck
at the English mint last year was 87,656,317,
as against 70,894,415 in 1890. This was by far
the lareest number ever executed in ono
year. Their value was 8,325,303 9s, d.
Three hundred thousand people in Eu
rope suffer from blindness. Spain appears
to be the greatest safferer tn this respect.
An oculist says that scarcely one In twenty
of watchmakers suffers from weak eyes.
Captain John W. Hull, 80 years old, of
Mobile, Ala., has applied for a pension as a
veteran of the Indian Black Hawk wars. He
Is claimed to be the first to make an appli
cation under the late net passed by Congress.
Like some of the rings of to-day, the
signets worn by the Israelltea bore inscrip
tions. Tho breastplates of the high priests
wore set with 12 precious stones, each ono
representing a tribe of the Children of
Israel.
The famous Khajah tunnel of India
pierces the Khwaja Amran mountains about
CO miles north or Inetta at an elevation ol
6,400 feet. It is 12,800 feet ions and was con
stmotedbroad enough to carry a double line
of rails.
A man at Macon, 6a., has a $10 note of
the State of North Carolina, printed in 1779.
On one side is the inscription, "Persecution
the Ruin of Empires," while on tho other
side appears the words, "Death to Counter
feiters." The ancient 'Egyptians believed that
Iron was the bone of Typhon, the enemy of
Osiris, and for this reason it was considered
impure. No one could moke use of it even
for tbe most ordinary requirements of life
without polluting his soul.
A German naturalist enumerates the
following birds and mammals as aeserving
of protection: Shrews, bats, owls, cuckoos,
swallows, swifts, nightjars, tree-creepers,
woodpeckers, wrens, robins, whitethroats,
water wagtails and titmice.
Ol King Mithridates of Pontns his
torians say that he spoke 22 languages, and
knew by name each one of his 80,000 soldiers.
Cyrus, the Persian King, and Julius Ccesar
were also familiar with the name of every
soldier in their vast armies.
A new material for paving is now being
introdnced in London, It is composed of
granulated cork and bitumen pressed into
blocks, which are lain line DricKs or wood
paving. The special advantage of the ma
terial lies In its electricity. When used for
pavement it gives a soft tread which is ex
ceedingly pleasant, recalling the feeling of a
carpet.
A Canadian has invented a simple and
Ingenious device to be attached to all bottles
containing poisons. It consists of a mechan
ism fastened to the bottom of the bottle,
and so arranged tbat every time the bottle
is lifted ormoves it rings a little bell. With
a death's head for tbe eye, and a kind of
death rattle for the ear, it seems as it acci
dents ought to bo entirely avoided.
FLIGHTS INTO FUNXTDOM.
Travers I've just got a letter from my
mother, and she wants me to come up to my native
Ua and pay her a visit, but (sadly) I don't see
how I can.
Dashaway Can't yon get awayf
Travers Ob, yes. .But tho village tailor once
made me a suit of clothes. Detroit Dree Press.
The boarders rose in terror
Bnt she rlasped her poodle tight.
And said, as she wiped her streaming eyes,
"It is only tbe horseradish bite."
Chicago Inter Ocean.
The waiter was a little nervous, and
dropped the guest's steak upon the floor. Then he
grabbed It, gave It a wipe with his apron, and
placed It on the plate.
"Do you expect me to eat this," asked the
victim.
"Oh! Excuse me. I forgot. Too see." condo
ned the servitor, "I used to be a cook." Button'
apolts JimrnaU
ode to jrLTuairr,
It isn't the deed we've recorded of yora
That furnishes minds with a text;
The main spring of interest now, as before.
Is wondering what they'll do next.
Neither Gladstone, nor Dana, nor Baby MeKeS,
Nor Hill, nor Piatt leave us perplexed. f
O'er things of the past; all the trouble you see.
Is wondering what they'U do next.
What Peffer and Holman have lately achieved
Are matters o'er hlch we're not vexed,
But the minds of tho world would be greatly re
lieved If we only knew what they'll do next.
Washington Star.
He was telling about his extensive trav
els. Thenatlves of that eountry," he said, X
practice polygamy."
Thatls singular," said a young woman.
"No " heanswered. "Ibeg your pardon, but
it is excessively plural "-Baltimore Sites.
Life to some, these days, is dreary;
Wort and vacation make them weary;
But the happiest man In town to-day
Is the hot corn man, with his awfnl bray.
Sew lork Prut,
Editor Have we any babies' pictures?
Assistant None bnt that old cut of Baby Ms-
Editor Well, run it In In the middle of (hat
Clevelan d Interview and label it "Miss Ituth at th v ,S
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