Pittsburg dispatch. (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, August 15, 1892, Image 4

THE .PITTSBURG DISPATCH, MONDAY. - AUGUST 15. 1892,
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LAWLESSNESS AT BUFFALO.
The first day of the switchmen's strike
at Buffj!i was inaugurated by suspicious
ronfl.crations that destroyed valuable
raiir.i i property. Whether these unlaw
1 ji a -rv were the work of the strikers or a
rn kit ss criminal class who believe
t..a? the cause of labor can be
benefited by a resort to violence remains
tn he determined. If the latter, the work
er en earn the sympathy of the public
iv u'd.ns the authorities in arresting and
cr .-tinj the guilty parties.
h ,- useless to discuss the equities of the
j between the men in the corpora-
- v hen such acts of reckless criminal-
i ! if attached to the strike. Men who
; n suindms up in support of their wages
c j rl'er commit acts, or permit them to
b . aimitted, which expose the traveling
ru to danger by the wanton destrac-t-
n nf railwaj, property are not fighting
" -uip of labor. We cannot believe
t i j.t organization of workingmen
v .. a -.j notion sucli acts as those reported
i i ..ivpjtehes fiom Buffalo. But the
dpi) vt l) i commit them and those who
t. .i r to 'hpni are alike enemies of society.
Ti r first thing to be done when law is
lefiVrt and criminal acts are resorted to in
,i lahi r d'spute is to restore the law. All
The ..per of the State must be exerted to
r"3ki n understood that the law is supreme
cud ttat public rights must be respected.
W n hat is done the right and wrong of
tup 3ispure about wages can be discussed
r.rd -rtttiHl on its merits.
INTI'llExTING BUT 13IAGINATIYE.
i' ..nnction with the recent renort
' Jgo Oresham w ould make a speech
f t if the People's Party, the Wash
r t f 'C produces from the anonymous
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-i s o story exceedingly interesting. It
. i( i , t the time Gresham's name was
. ! of for the People's Party nomina
T j T.ipeting of prominent Republicans
t:
ejd in Washington, at which a grand
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vjas resolved upon In cae he
tensed rtUd Should carry c
he should
enough
"p r ral votes to throw the contest into
t''i lipase. If the election goes to the
tlrusp u makes Cleveland's election a
i r -z' ip conclusion. The secret Eepub
'.. zxi decision was therefore to Instruct all
It i ..'ilican electors to throw their votes
let t rpsham, electing him for the sake of
f pat:ng Cleveland.
Th first effect of this story is to evoke a
v.-.f that Gresbam had been nominated.
Lat a the method proposed involves a
f - JL mental question as to the function
rtr pctors. il is worth while to inquire
wt-r'er it is possible. It is evident that
r.rrp is nothing unconstitutional in Re
' i."an electors voting for Gresham.
T? theory of the written Constitution
t:iat each elector shall vote for
v ! -:a be chooses. But custom
h established the law that
tl'p elector must vote for the candidate of
i.: r-rtv. That law is so powerful that no
v t )r has thought of disobeying it for
t!.roc -quarters of a century. That electors
s"..- J be merely the puppets for register
ing the popular will is not an entirely fatal
trr.pcaphmentof their dignity. But when
vie are confronted with a report that
wo-j.d make them merely puppets at the
i nlcr of a secret conclave of m anaging
"3Licians we are led to ask whether the
R-- -j bean managers would have the
( i rs so completely under their thumb
r.s tr br able to deliver the goods as pro
posed. There is another strong reason fordoubt-
ir.s '! posibihi of any such scheme.
Tl.t Hon. Benjamin Harrison is understood
. h i.e a good deal of influence in this
ampaigu; and it is a grave question
fcpier that gentleman would prefer to be
'cceded bj Judge Gresham rather than
Grover Cleveland
ESTM CATIONS FOU BCSEVESS.
Wi.'.e there is still a good deal of de
pression in the iron trade, the improved
tsr.o noted in our last week's repdrts has a
fc relation in the general movements of
c raprcc. The steadj volume of trade
. :onn by the fact that the gross earn
ing ii the railroads of importance in-cra-el
during July 3i per cent on the
t- .f July, 189L For the 6cvenmonths
past the earnings of the same railroads in
creased 7 per cent on the same period of
last ea-
Thrse figures show that the movements
cf traV caused bj the large crops of last
v r extend well into 1892. "While the ac
t.U from that source has not been so
im:r.rd:ale as might have been expected,
it :s probably steadier and more perma
nent than if it had developed the propor-t-cr.--
of a boom. It is likely that
the same force will be telt dur
ing a large portion of the com
..:g crop year. The new crops,
V the latest internment reports, promibe
to bo a'lov? the average, though not up to
t!.e .ir.mensc volume of last year's yield.
"tt teat )rospects arCjfair, corn promises a
lar-o y e!d while th" eoton acreage has
1 " . heavily diminlslied on account of
the prostration of the market
TI:e exports show the same story of a
,Iid condition of things, even though the
t'irporary outlook may be discouraging.
Tor t:ie Hs.cal j ear ended June 30 our ex
perts 'of breadstuff's, cattle, seeds and
cot.cri goods exceeded the previous
jc-j-s bj 5182,200,000, the falling
clT in the value of the exports
cf raw cotton and petroleum reducing the
rut growth of exports to 5143,463,000.
It matters not whether these expbrts are
paid for by the return of gold or he re
turn of United States Becnritie- from
abroad. In either way the fouiKation
for business stability i3 very deep and
firm.
Every indication shows that, while the
effect of recent liquidations may still be
apparent, all the factors tending to con
servative "and sound trade are present
When the election has removed the fear
of political tinkering with business, the
immediate future of active and steady
trade will be beyond peradventure.
WHY GO TO JfEW YORK?
In connection with that visit of certain
Democrats of this city to New Tork
for the reported purpose of secur
ing the approval of the Demo
cratic campaign managers for the
nomination of Messrs. Weihe and O'Don
nell to Congress and the Legislature re
spectively, a pertinent question arises.
When did it become the province of the
Democratic managers of the national cam
paign to dictate Congressional and Legis
lative nominations for this district?
There has generally been an idea in the
past that the Democracy of Pittsburg
could make their own nominations. The
reproach has been heard, directed against
the Republican organization, that in for
mer times its nominations had to be sub
mitted to extraneous authority before a
legislative or congressional candidate
could be considered fairly in the field.
But that time is past as concerns the Re
publican congressional nominations at
least
Have the Democracy of Pittsburg pro
ceeded so far on the road to machine pol
itics that they have to go to the New Tork
headquarters for their nominations? If
the Democrats wish to nominate Messrs.
Weihe and O'Donnell they have the right
to do so; but they ought to be capable of
making up their minds on the subject
without the orders of Messrs. Harrity,
Whitney and the other lights of the na
tional headquarters in Fifth avenue, New
Tork.
It is not important except as an abstract
question, for Pittsburg will send a
.Republican Representative to Con
gress in this Presidental year; but
it would be interesting to learn
whether Messrs. Weihe and O'Donnell
would enter politics on the platform of
free trade as enunciated at Chicago.
A CONSERVATIVE BLUNDER,
One feature of the Conservative attack
upon Gladstone's success is so much in
the nature of a boomerang that it should
not pa?s without notice. The Conservative
organs and orators impeach the Liberal
victory because its vote is made up of
units disagreeing on various points of En
glish politics. Gladstone's majority in
cludes Liberals, Nationalists, Welsh dis
senters, Parnellites and Labor men. This
union of votes the Conservatives conceive
to bean eligible raw material for taunting
the Liberals.
Tet any but the Tory mind might after
a moment's reflection perceive that the
taunt is on the other side, if anywhere.
These five classes of political opinion vary
in different degrees on a large number of
topics. It maybe doubtful whether on the
vast majority of political topics the entire
350 could be brought into exact agree
ment; and it is likely that these
divergencies will make the task of Glad
stone's Cabinet a very difficult one. But
these differing shades of opinion, race and
interest all came together in exact agree
ment on one point. They wanted no
more of the Salisbury administration, and
in that union they represented the voice
of the English people.
It is one of the curiosities of political
controversies that the Tory press would
impeach the Liberals because the different
parties which it may be impossible to
unite on any other topic came together
with cohesion and promptness on the
platform that the Conservative Govern
ment and policy will not da
A NAVAL DILK5DIA.
The naval authorities of England are
confronted with a harassing dilemma. The
admiralty maneuvers off- the coast of Ire
land last week were intended to settle the
respective merits of torpedo boats and the
great battle ships. To do this they were
gone through according to the rules of the
game; and after the thing is over England
is confronted by a dispute as to which won.
The battle ship squadron asserts that it
completely annihilated the torpedo fleet
Inasmuch as the torpedo boats are afloat
as lively and chipper as ever, there would
seem to be some mistake about it This
the commander of the torpedo squadron
avers, declaring that his vessels dashed
through the big fleet, hitting right and left,
completely destroying seven big bat
tle ships at one fell swoop. But this state
ment is in turn seriously damaged by the
fact that the big battle ships lumbered
into port after action as stolid and impreg
nable as ever.
This uncertainty about naval matters
will in time tell upon John Bull's nerves.
It is hard to have to spend millions on
ironclads, and tens of thousands more an
nually on naval maneuvers, and then to
find the officers quarreling like bad boys
at baseball over the question who has won
the game. It is nice to hear of vessels
being "destroyed" and yet to keep the
vessels intact; but when the destruction is
disputed in toto it looks as if there will
have to be more than sham fighting to
settle this important question. Great
Britain will have to get up an actual quar
rel with some power that has ironclads
and torpedo boats before it can determine
which can whip. That resort also raises the
question whether the British navy is not
too costly to imperil in any such rash ex
periment In preparing for the uphill Congressional
fight indicated by an adverse majority of
2.4C0, the Democrats of the Eighteenth Ohio
district seem disposed to adopt the good
policy of securing good leadership. We ob
serve that the name of Anthony Jlowells is
prominently mentioned. Mr. llowells is
-well known as a Democratic leader of nish
character, a creditable State Senator -and a
largo employer of labor who has never had
trouble with his employes. If Mr. llowolls
should be nominated the Democracy of that
district would have a very strong candidate.
The same can be said of John McBride, the
well-known leader of the miners' organiza
tion. We do not think there is any fear that
this manulacturlng district will send a re
inforcement to the Democrats in Congress,
but it is no less commendable to see tho
minority party putting forward good candi
dates. Reports that the Hon. Bourke Cockran
is about to take the stump for Cleveland are
evidently premature. Mr. Cockran has a
large amount ot tc vising to do on that
Chicago speech of his, first.
Commenting on the Borden case, in
which so far as public information goes the
suspicions on which a daughter has been
accused of murdering her father ate very
thin, the Boston Globe indignantly protests:
"She is called upon to plead in conrt with
out knowing anything of the case against
Uer." This ingenuous protest against legal
one-sidedness was originally conceived by
the man who was on trial for stealing a
sheep. "Are you guilty or not guilty?" lie
was asked, and replied: "How can I tell,
Your lienor, till I've heard the evidence!"
The Civil Service Commission does its
best to scare off the campaign collector; but
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higher authority than the Commissioners' is
needed to make the job a success.
There are times when too great success
turns the head. The World's Fair managers
are reported to have conclnded that they
can get along without Major Handy and his
gastronomic department. Yet a recent
event indicates the necessity of turning out
Major Handy and his whole force to accom
plish tho arduous work of placating Sir
George Dibbs. of the Antipodes.
Such weather as that of the past three
days justices a suspicion that Uncle Jerry
is getting his "Republican weather" in order
for the campaign.
The Government purchased 100,000
onnces of silver last week at 82.93a an ounce.
This makes, the bullion value of a sliver dol
lar a fraction over G4 cents. It also repre
sents another investment of the Treasury to
the extent of $82,930 in metal which by the
agreement of all authorities is utterly use
less where it is to be stored.
Mr. Hill retains his grip on the lever
of the New York machine, merely as an evi
dence of good or bad faith.
TnE esteemed New York Herald breaks
out in an editorial assertion that warships
should not be nsed as yachts for visits of the
navy to seaside resorts. Has not the navy
been recognized as an adjunct of fashion
able society? Wonldthe Herald deprive it
of all functions of ntility daring times of
peace?
The Exposition promises to furnish more
amusement than instruction ior the public
this year.
Editor Pulitzer has conceived a
scheme to open a subscription for the bene
fit of the Democratic party. Wherever
John Smith or Thomas Brown's names ap
pear it will be safe to conclude that the
snms set opposite are donated by the Cob
den Club.
The Third Party campaign liars rather
overworked the Gresham canard.
He. Gladstone's party voted that it
had no confidence in Her Majesty's Govern
ment. No disrespect to the age and sex of
the titular ruler of England was Intended;
but Intimations are not lacking that Her
Majesty reciprocates the sentiment with
fervor.
PERTINENT PERSONALITIES.
While Mr. Gladstone's stature has de
creased, it is curious that his head has
largely grown even after his middle age.
Sir C Euan-Smith, the British Minis
ter in Morocco, is a crack shot and a skilled
band at pig-sticking. He is plump and
round.
Prince Bismarck's favorite son is said
not to be the elder, Count Herbert, but the
younger, Count William, who is President
of tbe Council of Hanover.
Prop. John Fiske has returned from
his Alaska trip to settle down, at his Cam
bridge home, to the compilation of a new
text book of American history.
TnE Bev. Dr. Osgood, of Cohasset, Mass.,
has been pastor of a church In that city for
50 years. He was called to the chnrch upon
his graduation from the Harvard Divinity
School.
Mrs. Potter Palmer, who is manip
ulating with rare skill tbe women's end of
the Columbian Exhibition, has taken a camp
near Paul Smith's and will spend two
months in the Adlrondacks.
President Patton, of Princeton Uni
versity, was at last advices at Interlaken.
He writes that his health is so nearly re
stored that he expects to resume his duties
in September with renewed vigor.
It is said that Mme. Patti and other wo
men ot high standing on tbe stage preserve
most carefully the boots they wore at their
debut, which they consider lnckv to have
about on the first nights of engagements
forever after. t
Captain Francis Moore, who was pro
moted in rank recently, has commanded the
same troop In the Ninth Cavalry, United
States army, for 20 years. The troops of the
regiment are made up of colored men, who
are excellent soldiers.
E. F. Scott, one of the wealthiest colored
men in Viiginia, went to Clifton Forge
several years ago withouta dollar. He now
owns 18 bouses and lots, a hotel and a large
amusement ball, and is putting up a large
building on Main street. He also runs a
wood and coal yard.
Kev. Gbaium Taylor, D. D., pastor
of the Fourth Congregational Chnrch, Hart
ford, and professor of practical theology in
the Hartford Theological Seminary, has re
signed both positions to accept tbe call of
the Chicago Theological Seminary to the
chair of "Christian Sociology and Bible
Study."
FALL KIVBE OPEBATOBS HAPPY.
A Very Fine Year for the Manufacture of
Cotton Fabrics.
Faix ErvEit, Mass.. Aug. 14. Published
returns from the mills for the last' quarter
show that they are now enjoying the most
prosperous season ever known in cotton
manufacturing in Fall Elver. Thirty-one
corporations, representing 16 mills, have
paid dividends of $539,880 on a capital of
$106,123,000. Tbe total dividends paid .for
the corresponding quarter of last year
amounted to $233,230.
In addition, the mills haye added as mubh
more to their surplus or reserve funds, and
most of the mills have unburdened them
selves of debts and interest accounts, and
have made extensive alterations and au
ditions. IBISH BENT OK AMSEBTY.
Mnhoney, Redmond and Others Distrust
Gladstone on That Question.
Dublin, Aug. 14. A monster amnesty
meeting was held in Phoenix Park to-day,
the attendance numbering 15,000. Pierco
Mahoney, Parnellite, who was defeated for
Parliament in the North Division of County
Meath, bv Michael Davltt, presided. In his
speech, Mr. Mahoney demanded the release
of all political prisoners, even supposing
them guilty.
Mr. Kedmond and others, who addressed
the meeting, declared that Mr. Gladstone's
replies to questions on this subject were un
satisfactory, and reminded their hearers of
Sir William Vernon Harcourt's opposition
to amnesty.
WEABING CANDID AXES' FACES.
Masks With Frrsldental Portraits
the
Latest Campaign Novelty.
Chicaoo, Aug. 14. C. Boone Vastine, a
young man, has designed a campaign nov
elty in the form of a paper mask representing
the face of a Presidental candidate.
Friends of the Democratic nominee can
buy Grover Cleveland's face done in Durnt
sienna and ochro on a mask molded to the
ex-President's features, and supplied with
an elastic that holds it against the purchas
er's head. Followers of Harrison can for a
few cents procure a cast of his countenance
executed in like manner.
A NEW ISLAND HEATED UP.
Tiffin, O., Startled by a Strange Phenome
non In Its Itivrr.
TtFMjr, Aug. 14. Some time yesterday
morning a curious phenomenon occurred in
tho bod of the Sandusky liver, two miles
below this city. In the middle of the liver,
opposite to Matt Woett's stone quarry, the
bed of solid limestone heaved up into a ridge
300 feet long and three feet high.
The water was observed to be agitated Ton
tho surface, and beyong the cracking of the
rocky bed to fragments and fissures, the dis
turbance was quiet and scarcely noticeable.
No explanation has been offered.
Cheap Bides for II arrest Hands.
St. Paul, Aug. 14.T-The $5 rate for harvest
hands from this city to any point in Min
nesota and Dakotas has been extended, and
the Milwaukee Railroad especially is mak
ing great efforts to supply tbe demand for
help in gathering harvests. Several thou
sand men are still needed. -
One End Crt the Other lown.
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CONTRASTS IN IRELAND.
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Siqiit-seeino is every year made easier.
The other day in Birmingham, in a house
where the graces and benedictions of both
English and1 American hospitality are to be
found tosAher, and in whose library a pic
ture of Pittsburg hangs over the fireplace
draped in the folds of the Star Spangled
Banner, I saw a book which has never been'
published and will never be published, en
titled "The Book or the Chronicles of tbe
Kings of America," and containing the daily
journal of the adventures of a party of tour
ists in the Holy Land. There is much In
these pages about the discomforts of the
way discomforts which the adventurers,
mindful of the wise advice, "Let us bo
revenged upon fate by becoming philoso
phers," were happily able to translate into
entertainment. Nevertheless, discomforts
they were. Sojourning in tents and riding
on tho humps of camels was very well for
Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. They were ac
customed to that kindof rough life. They had
had no experience ot Pullman cars. Bnt for
Tom, Dick and Harry, and still more, for
Thomas, Bichard and Henry, a little of that
sortof touring goes a long way."
The Journey which is chronicled and illus
trated in this unpublished book was made
two years ago. Whoever goes over the same
ground two years hence will find a change.
It is not absolutely certain that there will
be an electric railway between Jerusalem
and Jericho, or that the whistle of the
locomotive will drown the cry of the
Muezzin in the Minaret but it Is
altogether probable. Traveling is being
made so increasingly easy in these days that
much of the romance and nearly all of the
adventure hag gone out of It. The whole
planet is being invaded by the conventional
comforts of civilization. Even the Alps are
now ascended by rail.
Blarney Stone Kissing Made .Easy.
I thought of this the other day at Blar
ney Castle. 1 went out npon the usual pil
grimage to pay my devotions to the Blarney
stone. Formerly the kissing of this magical
piece of rock was done at risk of lire. The
stone is in the lower course of the parapet
around the top of the great tower. The para
pet is about three feet out from the wall of
the tower, this convenient space being left
by the old builders with a view to hurling
stones and arrows and pouring down boil
ing oil upon the heads of unwelcome' visitors.
The stone, being in the lower coarse of
masonry, is not only thus removed three
feet out from the wall on which you stand,
but Is about the same distance below the
too of the wall. So that the old way of get
ting at it was to lie down on the top of the
wall, and get somebody of good weight to
sit on your legs, and so get your bead out
and down to tbe right spot for the payment
of this mystic and painful osculation.
But to-day anybody can kiss the stone of
Blarney. They have set a series of iron bars
between the stono and tbe wall, making a
sort of open floor. You step down on that.
and get down upon your knees, and the
deed is done. Henceforth your tongue
is gifted with a new possibility
of speech, as if yon dined every
day upon honey and butter. It is now im
possible for you to say mean things about
yonr neighbor. You speak hereafter in the
delightful dialect of "blarney" unless the
new ease and comfgrt with which the stone
is kissed have dispelled its ancient benedic
tion! Ireland Marvelonsly Beautiful.
One of the very few criticisms that I have
to make about Pittsburg, is that it is so far
away not only from Blarney Castle but from
all this wonderfully beautiful Irish country.
Ireland is marvelonsly lovely. I went from
Cork by rail to Bantry, and thence on the top
of a coach from Bantry, by the way of Glen
garrlffand Kenmare, toKillazney. The very
names have an aocent cf qualntness and
romance. But to see the places which they
represent, and to Journey from one to an
other over the smooth roads and between
the walls and hedges and beside the green
hills, is to get a glimpse of Eden.
Everybody knows that thanks to the
good St. Patrick there are, aasnakes in this
Eden. But somehow the cnnnlng devil has
nevertheless managed to get in. Indeed in
England, if one may judge from the politi
cal editorials in the newspapers, Ireland is
uuiiBiuernu iu uo win puifcivumr uuuub, imb
favorite residence, of the Prince of Perdi
tion. The Irish say that he lives in the cas
tle at Dubliu, and sits upon the gilded throne
which I saw there the other day in the state
apartment of the Lord Lieutenant beneath
the inscription, "Dieu et mon droit." Any
how, there seems to be a concensns of opin
ion that this most fair country is dedicated,
like a shop I saw one day in Paris, to the
"Bon Dlable."
'Where Beggars Are Numerous.
The plainest testimony on this point is
afforded by the beggars. Ireland is notori
ous for beggars. But people who have not
visited Ireland, especially those who have
not made at least a part of their Journey on
the top of a coach, do not know what beg
ging means. The coach is accompanied for
mile3 by swarms of begging children, mostly
little girls attired in the raggedest of dresses.
They hover about'the passengers as the flies
flock about the heads of tbe horses. They
run on and on, persistently and untiringly,
holding out their hands and crying in mon
otone in a most doleful minor chant, "Please
give me a penny, sir!" "Please give me a
penny, sir!" They start up from behind the
hedgerows, and from the slopes of the
hilli, and from the corners of the
road. You look ahead where the highway
makes a bend and there is a new relay
hurrying out of the houses, scampering over
the peat bogs, making ready to besiege the
coach. It is most pitiful. And the benevo
lent tourist, unaccustomed to the sight and
sound, speedily gets rid of all his copper
coin. But the more you give the longer the
mendicants pursue you, until at last we all
have hard hearts and deaf ears and confine
oncselves strictly to the beauties of nature,
trying to forget these blots on the picture,
where everything is cheering and "only man
is vile."
The difference between great wealth and
great poverty obtrudes itself in Ireland.
The poor people live in the most picturesque
but dismally uncomfortable houses. The
walls are of stone, the roofs are of thatch and
the little houses fit into the landscape as if
they were as much a part of It as
the rocks and the trees. But these houses,
in most cases, have no floor but the bare
ground. When they have more than one
room tbe other room is for tbe pig. Other
wise the pig lives with the rest of the family
in tbe parlor. The compost heap is invaria
bly beside the door. The smoke of the peat
fire rolls out of the chimney, and in equal
volume out. of the window. The inhabi
tants of these hovels, these lairs, these pens
fitter Tor pigs than for people, are raeged to
a degree almost inconceivable by one who
has not seen them. Joseph never dreamed
ot having so many colors in his most varie
gated coat as tbe Irish peasant boasts in his
array of patches and tatters.
One of the Striking Contrast.
And beside these hovels you come now
and then along the road upon a stately
gateway set in a great hedgerow with a
pretty lodge beside it, and you look along a
carriage way which winds among the trees
probably for a mile or more to the hand
some mansion of Lord This or the Earl of
That, who owns all this part.of the country.
You ride for hours through tbe domains of
one of these noblemen. There is his shoot
ine lodge, yonder lives his game keeper. He
is monarch of all he surveys. He owns these
heather-sprinkled hills, and these streams
of flashing water.ana these gteen meadows,
and these acres of potatoes, and these great
hedges Of fuchsia, and all these miles of
road.
The tourist may not speculate very much
upon the spectacle of a country without
any middle class In it, 'populated only by
the very rich and the very poor; he may
not set dbwn any comments even in his own
mind; bnt be cannot fall to be impressed by
the striking contrast. Something is wrong.
Even the most superficial tourist sees that.
The most lovely country under heaven is the
most depressing, the most pathetic. There
is need of some new St. Patrick to set things
to rights.
When Bill Will Be Beard From.
Detroit Journal
It is now announced that 8onator Hill will
bo heard from 'later." Xater for instance
than the second Tuesday.ln November,
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HABBIS0K AND EE1D LETTEEB
Read at the Dedication of a New Wigwam
in a Jersey Town.
WESTTiELDi N. J., Aug. 14. The Bepubli
cans of this section opened their new wig
wam last night with a monster ratification
meeting. The principal speaker of the even
ing was Colonel Bobert E. Frazer, of Mich
igan. After he had concluded Chairman
Codding read letters from President Harri
son and Hon. W hi tola w Beid. President
Harrison's letter was as follows:
Exictrrrvit Mansiox. I
Washington, July 25. f
Charles N. Codding:
Dear SIB I haye your letter calling tny attention
to the fact that the Repuollcans of Westfield are
about completing a large "wlgiram" to be devoted
to campaign purposes, and that the first meeting
is soon to be field for the dedication of this struc
ture. I congratulate you and your Republican fel-low-cltlzens
upon this earlr expression of interest
In the campaign. The Republicans of New Jersey
have much to discourage them, but with a derotlon
to principle and a faith in the right which is most
commendable, have steadfastly renewed tbe fight.
The recent exposure of election frauds in your
State, and the conviction of the offenders, must
have a wholesome Influence in the direction of hon
est elections, and will give our friends Increased
courage and hope.
Tbe utterances or EuroDean newspapers and
boards of trade very strongly testlfr to the fact
that our commercial rivals appreciate the great
strides which have recently been taken in the
development of American trade and American
Iirestlge. I cannot but believe that these acts of
eglslatlon and or administration which have at
tracted the observation and envious criticism uf
our rivals wiu De approved by the American peo
ple. Very respectfully yours.
BZNJAMIK HABBISOK.
Mr. Beid's letter was as follows:
Oram Faem, Westchzsteb county,
Nxw York, July 23. f
C. N. Codding, Westfleld. N. J.:
Dear Sib I congratulate too on the promptness
and spirit In which you are opening the campaign
In Kew Jersey. If yonr enthusiasm and readiness
to work could be spread throuKhont tbe State our
opponents would not count upon New Jersey with
the same confidence which thev feel as to Georgia,
and New Jersey'' herself would not be so lonely
among her neighboring sister States as she has
been apt to be in national contests. Relying
greatly upon the valned work of your organization
for good remits In Westfleld. I am, with best
thanks, yours truly, Whitblaw Biid,
8HBINEBS AT OMAHA OASIS.
Camels Borrowed From a Circus to Lend?
Realism lo the Farad.
Omaha, Aug. 14. Thousands of Shriners
are In Omaha ready for the opening of the
Imperial Council of the Anolent Arabia
Order of the Mystio Shrine, which convenes
here this week. The official festivities do
not open until to-morrow, bnt the visiting
Nobles are being cared for and made wel
come by the Arabs of the Omaha Oasis. As
soon as the Shriners set foot inside the
headquarters at the Paxton Hotel a local
Shriner 1umi)3 at them. There is a wild
Jumping up and down, a Comanche Indian
dance is executed, and the new arrivals are
led up to headquarters and allowed to wash
the Denver dust out of their throats with
prime claret punch.
The camels which have been loaned for
the grand parade Monday evening by the
Taylor & Singling Bros,' circus came in
yesterday. Tbe Shriners that met them at
the depot wanted to give them champagne
to drink, but after seeing one of them swal
low a whole barrel of rain water, a Shriner
remarked: "Good land I What would not
they do with champagne?" The project
was abandoned. To-morrow afternoon the
ladles' reception will be beid at the Paxton
parlors. The grand parade will occur in
the evening, beginning at 7 o'clock, under
the command of Noble James S. France.
TWO SCAEES EN BOTJTE
Experienced by the Guardians of tbe Fa
mous 820,000,000 Gold Train.
Chicago, Aug. 14. Superintendent Troy,
of the Bailway Mall Service, who had charge'
of the train which carried $20,000,000 In gold
across the continent, arrived here to-day.
He says be has no desire to repeat the ex
perience of the trip, and he is of the opinion
that the Government will not try it again.
Tbe publication of the fact that the train
had started increased the danger that rob
bers might attack or attempt to wreck the
train, and necessitated increased vigilance.
The result was the loss of many hour's sleep.
The guards were in the front car, so situ
ated that they could see without being seen,
and at tbe same time cover and protect the
engineer and fireman with tbelr Winches
ters. The party had two or three bad scares
on the trio. At one point in the mountains
the railway employe who placed a torpedo
on the track warping that there was a train
in front, came near losing his life as a train
wrecker when it exploded. At another
point, also in the mountains, a lot of tramps
who were biding behind rocks where the
train stopped, made a dash to board it as it
started, but beat a pi eclpitate retreat when
confronted by the glistening barrels of a
score of rifles.
DABED DEATH FOB $25.
A Yonng Man Blown Up With Dynamite
to Test a Life-Saving Device.
Anniston, Ala., Aug. 14. Captain L. D.
Blondell, who has been giving exhibitions
at Oxford Lake for several days, offered $25
last night to anyone who would get into a
boat and allow himself to be blown up with
dynamite in order that Blondell might show
his method of saving life in such emergen
cies. Bichard Neely, a young man, accepted
tho offer and was blown forty or fifty feet
into the air and fell back on some of the
wreckage. His lelt leg was broken and he
was otherwise seveiely injured, but he may
recover.
DEATHS I1ERE AND ELSEWHERE.
Mrs. Harriet G. Zimmerman.
Mrs. Harriet G. Zimmerman, wife of
Paul Zimmerman, the well-known glass manu
facturer, died at the Hotel Kenmawr, on Shady
arenue, yesterday afternoon shortly after 2 o'clocc.
Mrs. Zimmerman has been lying seriously ill at the
Kenmawr for some months, and although It was
known for several days past. that draih was ap
proaching, her friends were greatly shocked by the
sad news. Mrs. Zimmerman before her marriage
was Harriet O. Dlthrldge, a daughter of one of the
founders of the Fort Pitt Glass Works at Jean
nette. Her family Is one of the oldest In this sec
tion of the State Mrs. Zimmerman has always
been prominent in society, and was beloved by all
her friends and acquaintances.
Marlin N. Stauffer.
Councilman K. H. Stauffer, of the Fourth
ward, Allegheny, last night received a telegram
announcing the death or his father, Martin N.
Stauffer, at Mount Pleasant. He was 62 years of
age and for 26 consecutive years has been
Justice of the Peace at Mount Pleas
ant. Two' years ago a blood vessel In
his brain was hnrsted, causing the loss of hearing.
From that time he has not been well, and his death
was sudden. He leaves a wire and several chil
dren. They are N. H. Stauffer, Allegheny: Aaron
Stauffer. Colorado: Dr. a. M. dtaufler, Kalama
zoo, Mich.; John A. Stauffer. of the Allegheny
Water Department, and Harry Stauffer, cleri at
the Boyer Hotel.
Joseph K. Pearson, New Castle.
Joseph K. Pearson died very snddenly at
his home In New Castle yesterday aRernoon. He
was attending to his business as usual Saturday
night, took III with heart disease at 10 o'clock y es
terdayaud died at 3 o'clock In the afternoon. He
was one of the wealthiest men In Lawrence
county: was partner In the Pearson Brothers
clothing store and owned extensile limestone
Suarrles east of New Castle. He was a prominent
epubUcan and wa s 53 years of age.
Captain James B. Murdock.
Captain James H. Murdock, of the firm
of Murdock A Co.. Iron brokers, died yesterday.
aged sz years, uaniain junraock lived at Sewlckley,
where he was prominent In social circles. He leaves
a widow and several children. The funeral services
will be held this evening at his late residence, and
the Interment will take place at WehsTille, O.,
to-morrow morning.
Dr. Charles H. Hepburn, Eduoitor.
Dr. Charles H. Hepburn, President of
the Carlisle School Board and Chler Clerk and one
of thefonnders or the Carlisle Indian School, fell
dead Saturday evening while sitting In bis office.
He was 55 years of age and apparently In good
health. His death was due to heart disease. He
was the ton of ex-Judge Hepburn.
Obituary Notes.
Daniel P. Baxter, one of the best known of
the old brokers on the Chicago Board of Trade,
died suddenly Saturday nlgut.
IliNRY P. Bocock, a prominent lawyer of
Lynchburg. Va., and brother of tb'e late Thomas
S. Bocock, Speaker of the Confederate Congress,
died very suddenly Saturuay.
John T. Cable, a wealthy farmer of Shenango
township, Lawrence county, was found dead In
his front yard yesterday morning. Heart disease
was tle cause of his death He was 75 vears of age
and well known m Western Pennsylvania.
Captain E. A. Yobke died at Mosslde Planta
tion, In East Baton Rouge, La., Friday. He was
n rears old. He served In the United States navy
In his younger days, and left It to enter the Ught
house service, lie. built most ot the lighthouses on
the GuhTand Florida coast.
Andrew Cbawvord, of the well-kuown ship
ping firm of A. Crawrord A Co., died in fan Fran
cisco Saturday from heart failure. He was a na
tive of Olenarm, Ireland, S3 years of age. He came
u tne united suites in law ana to caurornl three
years later, engsklnr in the ship chandlery bail-
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ACROSS THE CONTINENT.
The Puritan Sabbath is not observed in
the West or pn the' Paoifio Slope. Neither
is tho Continental Sunday, although in some
communities the difference is not very
marked. But the church congregatlons'are
as large and the edifices erected by the wor
shipers are as Imposing as those of the
older and more pretentiously pious .East.
Tbe main idea out there is that Sunday is a
day of rest and mild recreation. In some
cities the olink of the beer glass interrupts
the music; In some intoxicants are banished
from the pleasure resorts on week days as
well as on the seventh. In Seattle the Sal
vation Army has a commodious barracks,
where on Sunday mornings a well drilled
band accompanies the singing of the male
and female warriors. This praise service
attracts saints as well as sinners. Perbaps
it amuses a few, but It also leaves an im
pression which lifts the thoughts of the
many up to and beyond the stars. The Sal
vationists believe in much musio and short
sermons, and perhaps that accounts for the
growth of the army there and elsewhere.
I used to regard Denver as a wicked
city. But it isn't. Its churches are magnifi
cent architecturally and many cathedral
like in proportions. Its pnbllo schools are,
at least from a structural point of view,
handsomer than onr own. Its residences
are palatial and modern. Each wealthy cat
tleman, mine owner, merchant, smelter mil
lionaire, all, have been and are now.striving
to eclipse the other in the home-nest line.
The result Is a picturesque diversity of de
sign, a modern-built residence seotlon, an
architecture that is imposing, striking and
not at all monotonous. This, too, within a
fe w years. I saw whei e the last house stood
only ten years ago on the outskirts of its aris
tocratic section. Now it is not very far
from the center of population. The
rapid growth is shown by the fact that the
building operations in 1883 footed $709,980
and in 1390 they reached nearly $13,000,000.
Metropolitan blocks and many beautiful
residences have been erected within the
past two years. Denver is not hampered by
Blue Laws, but no liquor is sold on Snnday
there. Over the Kiver Platte, in public gar
dens laid out by private enterprise, summer
theaters are well patronized seven days in
the week. In one the zoological collec
tion, walks, nooks and amusements are in
structive and restful. In the other boating,
fishing, music and an opera entertain goodly
throngs made up of young and old. No,
Denver is not as wicked as' we of the East
imagine. Its churches, schools, libraries,
hospitals, etc., prove this.
You readily realize that you are in the
vicinity of mines and minerals in that
mountain-surrounded, level-lying, balmy
aired metropolis. It is the greatest smelt
ing point in the world. Its three principal
smelters turn out about $25,000,000 worth of
bullion yearly. The Omaha and Grant is
doubling its capacity, and has almost com
pleted the erection of a stack which will be
the highest in this country, and only four
feet under the highest In the world. Around
the big base of this new works will be
erected. The superintendent told me this
wonld give them a capacity that would
guarantee a product of about $24,000,000 per
annum. Last year's footed up in round
numbers $12,000,000. I spent half a day in
tbis vast plant, whose cinder heaps, the ac
cumulation of only 10 years, are larger
than those of many of Pittsburg's far older
coal-consuming mills. I saw there vast
banks of ore that were carefully built up
from the products of many mines. From
their strata-defined sides workers filled bar
rows, weighed their loads on automatic
scales and dnmped tbem at the mouths of
fiery furnaces. All had previously been
tested to a nicety, so as each car lot of pre
cious metal wonld average up rightly and
mix properly with the whole. The process
to the uninitiated is very like plgmetal
maklng. But the mind wanders to the rugged
rich hills and the looker-on mentally calcu
lates the wealth in the ore heaps and in tho
molten streams of gold, silver, copper and
lead, and builds air castles and perhaps
envies.
" "There's a check for'$l,100 for you out
in tbat red box," said the superintendent to
the gentleman who had piloted our party
through the .works. "Well, I won't hasten
the malls, and I guess it'll keep," replied the
mining man. The check represented the net
proceeds of his last car of ore. "If silver
wasn't so low tbat oheck would be larger,
wouldn't it?" smilingly quizzed the superin
tendent. And then tho talk drifted to the
sliver bill, and I heard some hard kicking.
"Still, I'm satisfied," said the miner. "I've
made my property pay as it goes. I have pnt
a good deal in development, but It all came
out of the mine, and some handsome profits
beside. I'm going to put in a hoisting engine
and erect some ore houses, so as to work all
next winter. Tou see I look ahead and pre
pare for emergencies. All will be paid for
from the ore. Why, sir, nearly all the
mining failures are due to lack of foresight
and bad management. I can show
you where expensive machinery has been
put on top of ground before a dollar was
placed beneath it. Tbat is, they mistook a
prospect for a mine and got tho worst of it.
Develop first and buy the machinery as it's
needed and you'll get ttieio every tlm'e,
providing of course the mineral is good. I
know mining, especially silver mining, has a
bad name East. And I don't wonder when I
look over the list of non-dividend and assessment-calling
locations failures In the main
due to bad management and the idea of the
tenderleet that mineral can be picked up
easily from the surface." The superintend
ent said amen to the miner's enthusiastic
oration.
Before sunset I went to the dome of the
Mining Exchange and my eyes were directed
to cle:t3 in the high hills miles away where
small towns and mining camps were
located. Tho nearness of the moun
tains recalled the story of tho
irrigating ditch, and it seemed not so
hard to believe. There I learned that
Long's Peak is higher than historio Pike's;
tbat Denver is a pretty city to look down
upon; tbat the sulphur fumes from the smel
ters are oppressive; that the smoke will
soon be a nuisance: that slight uplifts on a
plain look like goodly hills; that a lew of
the high office buildings aro tenantless ; that
the new town sharply contrasted with the
old. Then I shook hands with some kind
and hospitable ones and a few hours af
terward sweltered in a coach where the
thermometer registered 102.
"I wish I was at North Cape, Alaska,"
said a Chicago tourist as be mopped his
browned but perspiring face. "There it's
cool and nlghtless now- I could only desig
nate noon from midnight by the meals they
served on the steamer warm by day, cold
by night, you know, for the cooks must rest.
I tell you that's the place for brain-fagged,
insomnia-aflllcted mortals. When you can't
sleep why you can get up and always And
company. It's llko taking a daylight nap
when you feel like It." And I, too, longed for
tlielco.and the snow, the trees and tho
shade the cool, refreshing, balsam-scented
solitude under the mountains of anorthland.
Instead we were breathing the hot, dust
laden air stlried up by the wheels on the
low banks of the Platte river in Nebraska.
After a sojourn in high altitudes a sudden
plunge into sun-burned lower latitudes is
enervating in the extreme. Tins portion of
the Journey homeward was devoid of Interest
or information, but the blame was put upon
tbe thermometer instead of the surround
ings. Geo. A. Madosn.
DEATH ENDS 11 HOURS OP AGONY.
The Pasteur Institute Declines to' Treat a
Boy Suflorlng From Rabies,
Chicago, Aug. -14. Leroy Bell, 6 years of
age, died of hydrophobia last night after 11
hours of agony, The boy was, attacked July
11, by a largo dog which threw him to the
ground and bit his face and throat in a sav
ago manner. The wounds, however, healed
rapidly nnd nothing more was thought of the
matter until three days ago, when tbe boy
complained of feeling ill.
He grew rapidly worse suffering from con
vulsions so, violent, that it required the
strength or several men to hold him in his
bed. The Pasteur Institute had declined" to
treat the bovlmless it was proven that the
dog was mad, buCaa tHe dog could not be
found nothing beyond cauterization was
used to prevent hydrophobia.' " -
OUR HAIL POUCH.
A Plea for the National Banks.
To tbe Editor of the Dispatch:
I was pleased to see The Dispatch so pro
nounced in its opposition to the Democratic
platform on the hanking business of our
country. Their plans would soon wipe out
our national banking system and establish
State banks similar to what afflicted the
country previous to the war. We wonld
soon have 40 to SO different banking systems
instead of one. It is known to some of onr
business men tbat under the old system
it was difficult to know what bank bills to
receive and what to reject when receiving a
payment, and when they took their deposits
to bank they would divide their bank bills
into three or four piles of different values
and would then have to wait the scrutiny of
tbe cashier with tbe aid of a detector before
they knew the amount of actual cash they
would get credit for on each day's deposit.
How many business men want to go through
the same experience now?
Secretary Foster did well in his speech at
Vermillion, O., when he sounded the danger
tbat would result in case the contemplated
changes were made, and it is to be hoped
many others will follow It up with a thor
ough ventilation of tbe losses tbe country
and all the people sustained in comparison
to onr present banking system. Why should
we not hear more of it in the coming "cam
paign of education" than we have
heard of measures of not one-tenth the
Importance to every voter in the land?
Secretary Foster suggests that the present
bonded indebtedness, say $550,000,000, be ex
tended SO years at 2 per cent to be a basis for
a permanent banking business. The inter
est wouldamountto $11,100,000 annually. The
present generation has paid its share of
the war debt, and why not repeal the sink-
1nr fimrt nnnrnnHtttfnn and nrovida for
funding the debt as suggested by the Secre
tary oi tne xreasuryr rne lnteres-; on ine
bonds would not be one-half the loss the
people would sustain by adontlng the State
banking system In place of he national sys
tem. Our national banking law, while not per
fect, is considered the best we have ever
had, 'and some say it is the best in the world!
Whatever defeots are In the law can and
should be corrected by amendments to the
present law with tbe view of having the
safest and most perfect banking institutions,
for banks of issue as well as banks of deposit.
tnauc is possioie ior nonest men to aovise.
Some of our business men can remember
when they received nine-tenths of their
collections in what passed as money and
one-tenth in checks: but now that is re
versed, and the same parties receive nine
tenths of their payments iu checks, drafts
and exchanges' and only one-tenth in the
currency of the day. All of which demon
strates tbe importance of having all oui
banking institutions where money or its
equivalent is received on deposit as ascurely
guarded, and their whole assets and liabili
ties made public, and all tbelr doings as
carefully examined into by authority of
statute law as b inks of issue.
At present nearly all shipments of farm
products are paid for at destination on pre
sentation of draft with bill of lading at
tached. Tbat enables the buyer to continue
on buying and paying the farmers on deliv
ery with a comparatively small capital,
and as tbe collections are mado
through the medium of national
banks thev seldom meet anv loss.
Bat if our present system is superseded by
State banks, as in former days, tbose who
collect by dralts mav consider themselves
fortunate if they do not lose more than one
tedth of their collections through irrespon
sible wildcat banking institutions. Tet,
strange to say, the Farmers' Alliance Is
striving to break down the national'
banks, when, in fact, they would
suffer greater losses and inconveniences
than any otber branch of business.
They might find It necessary to collect
through express companies or come along
with every shipment and take the proceeds
home in tbelr pockets. The same evils and
losses would affect all branches of business
in making collections outside their own lo
cality. It is strange that any intelligent man who
had the experience of former days would
cast a vote for the change. In facttbey
should agitate and oppose it at every oppor
tunity. Sate Baxkino.
PiTTSBtnto, August 13.
TWO ADVENTUHOUS BICYCLISTS
On Their Way Around the World Take an
Out-of-the-Way Course.
St. Louis, Aug. 14. Special 1 Nearly a year
ago Thomas G. Allen, Jr., and William L.
Sachleben left here for a trip around tbe
world on bicycles. A letter has just been re
ceived from tbe town of Tierny, Bussia-ln-reporting
their arrival In tbat out-of-the-Asia
way place. They had Intended going to
Pekln by way of Irkutsk, but a Russian offi
cer Induced them to continue directly east,
enter China Knldja, the extreme western
point, and ride the entire length of the em
pire via Soo Chow a more dangerous jand
difficult, but more interesting route. This
advice they are now following, and by this
time they are in the heart of China, in the
vicinity of the Great Wall.
They made some fast time across tbe Rus
sian Turkestan steppes, going from Vierny
to Knldja, 305 miles, In 5) days. They were
Just 38 hours on the road, making an average
of 8 miles an hour.
GONE WITH A GIPSY MAIDEN.
A Camp of Tawny Borse Traders Exer
cised Over a Probable Elopement.
STEtTBENvrLLE, Aug. 14. Special. There is
great consternation at the small horse-trading
gipsy camp north of this city over the
disappearance of a black-eyed, pretty gipsy,
the idol of the camp. Harry Small is an
English glpsv, who has been trading horses
in Eastern Ohio for a year. He has the nat
ural sharpness of his race, and has
"skinned" a number of farmers.
For over a year Irene Boswell, who was
attracted to their outdoor life, has been
camping in their tents, and It was this
woman who enticed Dilley Small away from
the camp last Saturday. Her tawny father,
her sweetheart and the other male members
of this band are hunting everywhere for
her. It is hinted that Dilley, who is aged 16
and very attractive, has eloped with a far
mer boy, who is also missing.
TELEPHONING BY CABLE,
A Beport That New Tork May Soon Talk
Under the Ocean With Paris.
New York, Aug. 14. A message cabled
from Paris yesterday announced that M.
OIDot, Inspector of telegraphs in tho French
capital, had succeeded in overcoming
the difficult v heretofore experienced
in telephoning long distances under
water. His apparatus, it was Bald, would
render it possible to converse between New
Yorkand Paris. The system will be work
ing before the end of September, adds the
report.
Inquiries of the chief operator at the
French cable office In Broad street failed to
confirm the story. Nothing was known
there of M. OHIot's invention. No experi
ments had yet been made between this city
and France, and they knew of none to be
made.
A French Government Bondler.
Paris, Ang. 14. M. Mayer, an accountant
occupying an important Government post,
has been arrested for dealing in forged
stamps which were used on army material.
Salisbury Asks lilmseir a Question.
Chicago News.
Lord Salisbury Is another of the famous
men who would like to know just where ho
Is at-
GRAY GABLES' MESSAGES.
A bio watermelon sent to Gray Gables now
ought to be good for an able letter. New
York Auvtrluer.
Some gentle Mugwump ought to give Gro
ver a hint to let his pen fall Into a state of
blissful and innocuous desuetude. New York
Commercial Advertiser.
Cleveland writes plenty of letters, but he
doesn't send any $10,000 checks to the Treas
urer of the Democratic National Committee.
it. Louis Globe Democrat .
We cannot agree with the Democratic
opinion that there is nothing the matter
with Mr. Cleveland. Tet we must admit
that bo's all write. Somen'et Netct.
At this distance from Europe, and without
the aid of a telescope, one can only faintly
conjecture Mr. Daniel Lamont's disgust over
the Gray Gables letters. Chicago Journal.
The fact that Cleveland has not written a
letter fdr several days Indicates that he has
received one from the Democratic National
Committee imploring him to bo less epis
tolary. Peoria Newt.
Amp now they say President Harrison's
letter of acceptance will not be ready for
another week at least. He isn't so handy a
letter writer as is bis 'adversary of Gray
Gables. Boston Herald.
It you are in doubt as to what a patriot
should do to be Baved, drop a postal to Gro
ver Cleveland and he will do tbe rest. The
sign over the door at .Gray Gables reads:
"Great' Questions Answered While Ton
Wait."-JVUF York Pre
CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS.
The Japanese have excelled all other
peoples in tbe manipulation of iron.
King George IL, of England, was the
sponsor for the Southern State of Georgia.
America is a big country. It contains
land enough to give every person in it a farm
oi 100 acres.
A clock 25 feet square and 40 feet high
will be one of the Australian exhibits at the
World's Tair.
The Carlton Club, of Xondon, which
has 4,000 members, is unquestionably the
richest in the world.
It is seriously proposed to purify the
Thames by importing a school of crocodiles
to act as river scavengers.
An ice yacht has traveled a mile in
1:10, a running horse in 1:35 a torpedo boat
In 1:50, a steam yacht in 2J2.
The Sault Ste Marie (Mich.) canal did
business for 1,900 boats in July, more than
any otber canal in the world.
At 'the poles, where all meridians con
verge, there can be no natural standard
time, for it 13 every hour of the day at once.
Illinois is derived from the Delaware
Indian word Illln or "Leni," meaning
"real men," and the soft French termination
"ois."
The biggest university in the world is
at Cairo,Egypt a country which is not men
tioned at all In tho statistics and it has 11,
000 students.
Some tinsmiths use leaden-headed nails
for roofing purposes. Tbe hist strokes fiat
ten tbe head over the hole made in tbe tin,
ana leasing 13 tuns prevented.
At five years of age a horse has 40
teeth 24 molar or jaw teeth, 12 incisor or
front teeth, and four tusks or canine teeth
between tbe molars and incisors.
The Governor General of Bnssian
Turkestan is to be empowered to expel all
foreigners whose presence be may consider
likely to injure the interests of Russia.
The Gulf Stream flows at an average
speed of three miles an hour. At some
places, notably In tbe Straits of Bemini. the
currrent attains a velocity of 54 miles an
hour.
At the end of 1891 the total length of
railways in operation in France was 34,425
kilometres (1890. 33,604): the total receipts In
tho vear were 1,163,093,965 francs (1890, 1.12T.
497,964 francs.)
Cross-eyed men and women are the
special aversion of gamblers. Negro touts
at race tracks always spit In their hats when
they see a man whose eyes squint. They say
it kills tbe hoodoo.
From the South comes a curious remedy
for chills and fever. Take the skin from the
Inside of an eggshell, go to a young persim
mon tree three days in succession, and tie a
knot in the skin each day.
Tbe smallest churchyard in England is
to be found la the Scotch town of Galashiels.
It lies between Bridge street and High
street, and measures only 22xl4) feet. It
has been unused for many years.
As long ago as 1888 Japan adopted for
its standard time that of the ninth hour in
terval from Greenwich (135 east), so that
tbe clocks which regulate the movements of
the Japanese are set nine hours in advance
of ours.
India furnishes a market-for large num
bers of white diamonds, as well as foryellow
or colored diamonds, or stones with flaws or
specks in them. The natives invest their
savings in them and other precious gems, as
we do in stocks and shares.
Professor Black tells of a singular
superstition existing in England, which
insists that if tho younzest daughter of a
family marries first her sisters must dance
at the wedding without shoes, so as to insure
husbands for themselves.
According to Dr. Lauder Brunton, cold
wateris a valuable stimulant to many, if not
all people. Its action on the heart is more
stimulating than brandy. His own experi
ence is that sipping half a wineglass of cold
water will raise his pulse from 76 to over 100.
The reported invention of Carl Hering,
the electrician, of a device to prevent cater
pillars from oravrling up trees is timely.
The scheme is simply to run alternate
wires of copper and zinc around the trunk:
of the tree at a distance of about half an
Inch.
It is stated that a long first joint of the
thumb shows will power; along second Joint
indicates strong logical or reasoning power;
a thick, wide thumb indicates a person of
marked individuality, while a broad knob
at the end or the thumb 13 a sure indication
of obstinacy.
An original method of inducing the
residents of Alsace-Lorraine to become
Germans has been discovered by the Yolk,
the organ of Herr Stoeckpr. This Journal
proposes that the State shall give a dowrv
to every native of Alsace-Lorraine who
marries a German,
Mail carriers in Morroco are said to
avoid the risk of losing their places by over
sleeping by tying a string to one foot and
setting the end of it on fire before goingto
sleep, rne serine, tney jenow irom experi
ence, will burn so long, and when the fire
reaches tbelr foot it Is time for them to get
up.
"Woman's paradise is in the interior of
Su matra. A law exists under which a m.n'9
property cannot be inherited by his chil
dren, but must eo to his parents, while that
belnngimr to his wife descends to the ott"
sprln. Of course, the men evade that law
bv putting all tbe wealth into tbe hands of
the women.
In many parts of England, in Germany"
and in the North of Europe there are numer
ous superstitions concerning the cuckoo, all
of which, however, unite in ascribing to it
oracnlarpowers. In the Maritime Highlands
and Hebrides, if the cuckoo is first beard by
one wno nas not nroKen mi iasc. some mis
fortune, it is believed, may be expected.
The longest cataleptic sleep known to
medical science ha been attracting at
tention in Germany. The latest report states
tbat tha man a miner at Silesia has brert
unconscious for four nnd a half months
with no unnatural appearance except abo
lnte rigidity of tbe limbs. During this time
the patients hair has grown, but his beard
has remained stationary.
There has been in England an interest
ing discussion as to the moral superiority
of spinsters over matrons, from which it is
shown tbat women who have achieved real
greatness In history and shown greatest
valor 'have been as a rule unmarried, the
most illustrious examples given being Queen
Elizabeth. Charlotte Corday, Joan of Arc,
Florence Nightingale and Sister Rose Ger
trude. IDYLLIC nrjMOKESQDEi
Eivers I hear Cholly Lightpate is not
going to Europe after all. Has he changed his
mind?
Banks Hlsmlnd? Great Scott! His mind? No.
He simply Isn't going on account of a total lack of
change. Cktcago Tribune.
"When I proposed to her I was rejected,
Bat 'twas not quite as bad as I expected;
She sympathized with me, whereat I kissed her;
I lost a sweetheart, bat I gained a sister.
Denver Journal.
"This is leap year," said Miss Elynp, re
flectively. "Yes. bat look before you leap," replied Miss
Fosdlek. Detroit Free Press.
She tilted her nose in the air
He thought she objected to smoke:
But he fonnd In the paper she dropped
A horrid old cooking school Joke.
Chicago Inter Ocean,
Bingo I would like to ask you down to
ray cottage by the sea, old man, hut we have only
two bedrooms.
Elnkley-Ohl that's all right, who sleeps in tha
other one.
Bingo No one, bnt my wife has to bare that one
to hang np her clothes in.
Cloak Bedew,
A marvel 'tis of loveliness,
Her trailing gown of white.
Bat, bless your heart, her bathing dress
Jl simply out of sight.
Sew York Press.
Miss "Wallace Don't you think Mr.
Sissy a very engaging yonng fellow?
Miss Jonhes (who has had experience) De
cidedly I Too mnch engaging.
Chicago Sacs.
He ventured in a frail canoe;
He'd neTer been out before, r
So everything he thoarht he knew
His age was Si.
Sew TorkSvening Sun.
Witherby I saw you onythe train tha
otber day coming from Boston. ..'How did it hap
pen that you were not in a parlyr ear?
BIsk-o Mv wife-was with tnaV '
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