HEAT BEATS CHOLERA In Making the Old World Miserable for More Than a Week 1'ast. MILITARY MANEUVERS STOPPED. Old Sol's Eajs loosens a Glacier and De stroys a Whole Yillajje. THE PLAGUE. IX PERSIA AND RUSSIA VlESlfA, Aug. 22. Hie action of the Emperor in postponing the proposed army maneuvers was due to the reports hat hare been received from Carnieta, where maneuvers have been held, notwithstand ing the extremely hot weather. The Eoldlers were in' heavy marching order, and were compelled to take the field in the broiling sun and march and counter march, charge and recharge with all tbeir accoutrements. The result was that 200 of them were gun struck. These were all plee;d in the care of the physicians in charge of the field hos pital, and it speaks well for their services that only 11 men out of the 200 died. But there is a feeling of indignation that the military authorities should have forced the men to maneuver in such weather, the general civilian opinion being that the operations conld easily have been post poned until cooler weather set in without in anv wav impairing the service. When the Emperor learned of the fatali- J lies auenuiDg me uiaucuvcn m iariucia, he at once countermanded the orders tor the other maneuvers. Heat Loosens Swiss Glaclorx. The ravages of the heat on the Continent are still terrible. The whole of Northern Italy is especially afflicted. The most peculiar result ot the sun's rays was in the Swiss Valley of the "Wisp, where a fall ot ice irom a glacier almost destroyed the village ot Tasch, near "Zermatt, A torrent has destroyed por tions of the Yiege-Zermatt Kail way, and travelers arc now transported by mules. There are various indications of the ex pansion of the upper snow fields by the heat. Since the hot spell set in numerous cases of cholera have occurred in various parts of Germany, and several persons have died of the disease in Hamburg. Cut no cases of Asiatic cholera have been reported. Cholera continues to claim a fearful lv large number of victims in Teheran. Sani tary regulations are almost unknown there, and the fatalistic tendencies of the people make it almost impossible to combat tbe disease. It is not known exactly how many persons have died from cholera since it first made its appearance a short time ago, but its fatal effect can be imagined when it is stated that 800 persons died yesterday. I rdan .Aristocracy Flee the Country. The city is estimated to have a population I t'X? tl i?:n.h"1ih7.i'i e summer that the Shah, his court and the upper classes invariably leave it during that season and encamp on the plains of Sultaneeyah, 150 miles north of Teheran. The poorer classes are compelled to remain within the unhealthy precincts of the city, and the fearful mortality is entirely among them. Several Europeans have also died in the city. The official cholera report issued this morning at St. Petersburg shows an in crease yesterday of 381 new cases and an increase ot 236 deaths, as compared with Saturday's figures. The total number of new cases reported yesterday were 6,891, and the deaths numbered 3,313 The chol era returns for all Russia show that 6,510 new cases and 3,077 deaths have been re ported in tbe last 24 hours. An epidemic of cholera prevails In the town ot Jumet, three miles from Charleroi. Many persons have been attacked since yes terday morning and two have died with the disease. EELTA LOCKWOOD AX BEBHE. An International I'eace Congress Assem bles at the Swiss Capital. Berne, Aug. 22. The International Peace Congress was opened to-day in the hall of the Swiss Parliament. The opening ceremonies were presided over by Dr. Kuchonnet, President of Switzerland, who made a brief address of welcome. If early all the European nations are represented. A number of American delegates are also present. In his opening address, Dr. Kuch onnet said disputes of nations should be settled by courts of arbitration. Mrs. Belva Lockwood, an American dele gate, spoke of the progress the peace idea had made among a large mass of the people in the United States. She dwelt at consid erable length npon the identical aims pur sued by the United States and Switzerland. Dr. Kuchonnet was elected President of the CoLgress, and one Vice President was chosen for each nation. Mr. Trueblood, of Boston, represents America. Sir. Snape, of Liverpool, who addressed the Methodist Conference at Washington in 1891 on "International Arbitration," repre sents England. BAKED ALIVE IN A FUBNACE. The Jlorriblo Fate of a Workman Who Foil Asleep In a Fine. Vienna, Aug. 22. A workman named Packer met with a horrible fate at Wartburg a few days ago. The man had been repair ing a furnace and, it is supposed, had fallen asleep while at work inside a flue. Some fellow workman, not knowing that Packer was inside, bricked up the flue and sooii afterward fire was started in the fur nace. Two days elapsed and the relatives of the missing man began to make inquiries. As he had last been seen at work in the f.irnace it was decided to make a search there. When the flue .was reopened the man's remains were at once found, distorted and charred beyond recognition. Many ot the furnace bricks had been dislodged from their places, showing that the poor fellow had made desperate efforts to escape. MAKING MOBMONS IN ENGLAND. Mlsslonnrleg Hold Open-Air Meetings and Sri d Hundred or Froselytes to Utah. London-, Aug. 22. Considerable anxiety prevails in religious circles because of the work carried on here by Mormon mission aries. They have been especially active in North London, and it is said have gained quite a number of converts to their faith. A petition was recently presented to the London County Council, asking it to stop the Mormon propaganda, which is carried on principally through open-air meetings. These the Council refused to stop. A Baptist minister in the Hornsey district-in denouncing the perversions of his flock, stated that Bngham Young, Jr., who is an European apostle of the Mormon church, sends 500 converts to Utah an liuall v. The greater part of these converts, he added, aro English. nity-flvo Thousand Tailors Ont of Jobs. London-, Ang. 22. For a long time there 1ms been a dispute between the journeymen tailors in England and tbe masters regarding the matter of piece work. Threats of striking were made, and to-day, as a matter of protection, the employers locked- out their men. The number of tailors made idle is 65,000. A Steamer Lost With All on BoarJ. CAFETOvn.-, Aug. 22. The British steamer Roma, from London for Brisbane, has been wrecked near Algoa Bay. It is expected that everybody on board of her was drowned. Four bodies have already been washed ashore. Three More Faithful Tories Consoled. London, Ang. 22. A pension of ifla yearly has been conferred on Lord George Hamilton, who was First Lord of the Ad miralty in Lord Salisbury's Cabinet. The Queen has elevated to the peerage Sir Lyon Playfalr and Cyril Flower, member of the House of Commons for the Luton division of Bedfordshire. Sir Lvon Playfalr and his wife will Rail for tbe United States Wednesday next. GLADSTONE' AND THE QUEER. The Former Very Cordially Received ty the Xtoyat Family at Osborne Houif, London, Aug. 22. An authority who is thoroughly familiar with everything at court stated, apropos of the many reports in circulation regarding Mr. Gladstone's visit to the Queen at Osborne House, when he accepted office, that there was nothing to show the leader was not thoroughly pertsona grata to the Queen and other members of the royal family present at Osborne House. On the evening of the day of his visit Mr. Gladstone sat ior two hours in conversation on the terrace with the Prince of Wales. His interview with Her Majesty was espec ially cordial, and the Queen in no wav showed the dislike which is commonly at tributed to her. In consequence of a letter from Henry Labonchere, stating that the Queen had op posed his nomination as a mpmber of the new ministry, the Liberal-Kadical Asso ciation of Ifortharapf on, which constituency Mr. Labouchere represents in the House of Commons has issued summonses to the other Radical Associations of the country to join with it in an indignation protest. HEBEEWS COHIHO FBOM 0DE83A, It Is Feared They, Will Urine the Germs f Cholera With Them. Paris, Ang. 22. The newspaper Parit announces that a number of parties of He brews en route to America from Odessa have recently arrived in France. The paper describes these people as dis gustingly filthy and without money; dwells npon the danger of the outbreak of an epidemic from this source, and demands that precautionary measures be taken. AFGHANS DEFEATING AGAIN. So-Called Loyal tribes Itrfase to Fight Their noitlln-'HazHra Brethern. Simla, Aug. 22. Another engagement has occurred between the revolting Hazara tribesmen and a force of Afghan troops un der command ot the Governor of Candahar. The Ameer's army was defeated, and it is said they are now in a critical pos ition and suffering from scarcity of food. The tribal levies made by the Ameer are now proving very successful, the so-called loyal tribesmen objecting to fight against the Hazaras. MUST BE HANDLED WITH CASE. A Lady Tthoie Bones Snap Like Glass A Tcry "Peculiar Case. TA'R'K-RRSTlTrrcfV W- Va Aliw OO Thara is a peculiar case near Barbourville which is attracting the attention of the medical fraternity of this whole sec tion of the country. It is a case of general bone-breaking, without any apparent cause. Mrs. .Kelly, wire of Peter Kelly, a well-known citizen. Is tbe victim of this peculiar disease, which the local surgeons and doctors, for want of a better name, call fragilita-i ossium. Mrs. Kelly, who is a delicate lady, was jnst getting around after a long and serions illness, when a few nights since she got ont of bed and started downstairs to get a drink of water. When but a few steps down one of the bones of her Tight leg broke with a peculiar glass like snap, without having come in contact with anything and from no apparent cause. She called her husband, and he picked her np.and started back toward the bedroom with his wife, when the bones of her ritrht and left arm broke in several places with the same peculiar snap heard and felt by tbe woman when the first fracture occurred. Mrs. Kelly was carried to her bedroom and laid on her bed, when the bones of her left leg broke in the same manner. A surgeon was immediately sent for. He set the broken limbs and bandaged them. Mrs. Kelly said that she felt no pain when any of the fractures occurred, and that the setting and bandaging of her broken limbs occasioned her not tbe slightest discomfort. The disease is a strange one, and the-outcome is awaited with a great deal of curiosity and interest. The physicians say the bone-breaking is caused by a deficiency of animal and a su perabundance of mineral matter in the bones. They say the bones will knit very rapidly, but that the disease is difficult to cure. SIX VR FOBTUH ATES. Katie Johns Is Killed by the Cars Others Are Injured. Katie Johns, an 11-year-old girl, living at 2414 Sydney street, Southside, was killed by a Pittsburg and Lake Erie freight train near the foot of Sonth Twenty-sixth street yesterday afternoon. The girl, accompanied by her mother, was walking down tbe tracks and failed to see the approaching train, although her mother, who had stepped aside to allow it to pass, attempted to warn her. The body, which was badly mangled, was taken to Scmmebrock'a undertaking rooms. The other casualties yesterday were as follows: Scott Fireman Scott, of Engine Company Xo. 5 was kicked on the forehead bv one of the horses last evening. lie was knocked senseless and had to be removed to his home on Webster avenue. Callahan Miss Annie Callahan, of Locust street, whllo walking along Pride street yesterday stepped on a cellargrating. which tilted, and she partly fell Into tne cellar, in juring herself very painfully. Uabsek Michael Uassen. a brakeman on tlio A. V. R. K.. bad his arm crushed be tween bninpers yesterday. lie lives on Forty-fifth street. Snowdeb George R. Snowder, an employe or one or the Lawrencevllle mills, had his leg broken yesterday by having a piece of iron tall on it. Colejiaw While returning from Idlewlld last night Edward Coleman seriously sprained his ankle. lie was taken to tbe west Pcnn Hospital. Pittsbnrg Astonishes a Westerner. Jacob S. Marriner, of Auburn, Cala., one of tbe County Commissioners of Placer county, has been visiting friends in this State for several days and incidentally inspecting Court Houses and other public buildings. Placer county is about to erect a Court House at a cost of $150,000, and Mr. Marriner's object is to se cure a general idea of what it should be. The Allegheny county building he declared the finest he had seen, but thought Beaver county's the best suited for Placer county. The gentleman was astonished beyond ex- firession at the beauty and business he saw u Pittsburg. Lett Excursion to Atlantic City Via the B. & O. Railroad, Thursday, August 25, at the popular rate or $10 the round trip tickets good for 12 days, and good to stop at Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington re turning. Trains leave Pittsburg at 8 A. k. and 3:20 p. M. light Bolts Are Doomed. Fashion's edict has gone forth. Black fa tne coming color. Your light summer suit will die that color. Telephone to Pfelfer. 443 Smlthfleld street, 100 Federal street, Alle gheny. He will dye that color ana keep your suit until you need it. Tel. 1284-S4S& TT8U Wbxk going to Canton, O., stop at the Barnett House; strictly first-class: -refitted and refurnished throughout. Elegant sample rooms. Kates, $200 and $2 0. I PutrxoT action and perfect health result from the use of De W ltt's Little Early Risers -A perfect little pllL Very small; very sure Doit'T forget the place and date of Am helm sale, Thursday, August X, at 10 o'clock CANADA STIRRED DP. Rather Undecided Abont racking Down, bnt Sow Determined 40 RUSH W0KK ON HER S00 CANAL. The Dominion Press Advise the Country to . Grin and tear It, and LITE WITHOUT THE UNITED STATES Ottawa, Ont., Aug. 22. Hon. John Haggett, Minister of Railways and Canals, informed an Associated Press representa tive to-day that he had issued orders to the contractors of the canal of the Canadian "Soo" to rush the work through to com pletion without a moment's delay. An in creased number of men will be engaged and the work maintained summer and winter until the job is finished. The members of the Government in town continue to decline to discuss the canal tolls dispute. Thus far no Cabinet meeting has been called, but intelligence is hourly expected from Premier Abbott Theim pression.prevails that the Government will not recede from its position, but will con tinue the rebate system until the end of the season. Another dispatch says: The general im pression here is that tbe Government will call an emergenoy meeting of tbe Cabinet and abolish the rebate system altogether. What Lawyer Say of the Treaty. The Ottawa Empire (Government organ) says: . The general feeling among the citizens Is that tills is simply the culmination of a ser ies of unnelghborly acti on the part of the United States toward Canada during tbe past six years, and that the Dominion Gov ernment ought without delay to give the re quisite two years' notice for the abrogation of Article 27 or the Treitv of Washington. Some lawyers, however, affirm that the Can adian Government could forthwith impose heavy tolls on Amerloan vessels passing through theWelland and StXawrence Canals disregarding the treaty entirely. Inasmuch as there was no direct pledge that the citi zens of the United States should have the privilege of using our canals On the samo terms as Canadian citizens. By Article 27, the Government Of Her Brltannlo Majesty encaged to urge npon the Government of the Dominion to secure to citizens or the United States tho uso of the St, Lawrence and other canals in the Do minion on terms of equality with tbe inhab itants of the Dominion. Supposing that Canada was to double or quadruple the present canal tolls to American vessels, representations would be made by tbe United States Government to Great Britain, and the home authorities would do the "urg ing" which the treaty speaks of; but if Canada still adhered to tne higher tolls on American vessels, the matter would end there, just aBit did when the attention of the United States Government was called to tbe fact that its "urging" or the different State Governments to secure to Canadians the use or the Erie, Whitehall and other canals on the same terms enjoyed by our neighbors bad been of no avail. fho Agrermnt should Be Abrogated. The Ottawa Citizen (Government organ) says: If Canadian interests are to be made the periodical sport of tho political parties in the United States, It Is now time that we re solved to sapply tbe means for their main tenance such as our neighbors cannot fall to appreciate. So long as the United States Government is amenable to arguments of diplomaoy, let us treat with it in a manner that diplomatlo usage dictates; but if the only reply to our overtures for the settle ment ot an International question Is to be another turn of the screw, let us as plainly assert our determination to do with our own as best suits our Interests. Tbe Washington treaty has been pretty well denuded of every vestige of advantage to this country. It stands simply as a skeleton which our neighbors aie equally ready to trot out In the hope of terrorizing ns, or to consider as dead and burled for good. The clearly best thing to do would be to take steps at once for its formal abiogation and so to have done with it. In limiting his retaliation to the deizree to which it is claimed oursystem discriminates against tho United State's Interests, Presi dent Uanison has undoubtedly made far better use, from a diplomatic point of view, of tbe power conferred on him by Congress than it he had exercised that power to its full extent; and it may be that, having shot the little gun whioh the Democratic House loaded for him, the Republican candidate for the Presidency will think ne has sufficiently for the present vindicated his counter-claim to the antl-Brltish vote, and will ultimately consent to consider our pro posals in a morn business-like way. Bat it will not do tor Canada to act upon that pre sumption Jnst now. Rather let us accept the proclamation as deliberately done, and prepare to meet the attack upon the United States as a people with national as well as commercial interests at stake. The Government May Fay the Losses. The Toronto Empire (Government organ) says: Tbe spirit In which tbo present action is taken is certainly an unfriendly one, and will not tend to inorease cordiality of feel ing between the two coun tiles. We doubt whether public opinion in Canada will ap prove of any further concession in this mat ter in order to secure an amicable arrange ment with a country which seems to have as little regard for International comity as lor solemn tteaty engagements. There will be a tendency to think that the Govern, ment ought In a dignified manner to hold on to the course they have announced, even if they have for the remainder of the season to make some arrangement to reim burse the Canadian slilnpera who have en tered into contracts which this "retaliation" will disarrange, rather than yield to the suggestion now made. Tbe Toronto Globe (Liberal) says: An attempt to strike this blow at Can adian commerce Is warranted neither by the present attitude of our Ministers nor by the whole course of International dealing with reference to canals and waterways. Canada's expenditure under this head has been vastly greater than that of her neigh bor. She has borne far more than her fair share of the cost of completing the noble system of navigation from the Northwest to the Atlantic, with the single exception of the rebate, 11 that be an exception. She has thrown her canals open to Americans and Canadians npon equal terms, while her ship pers have enjoyed no benefit whatever from the American state cabals. It wonld be folly to deny that the step which is to be taken will hurt an Important Canadian in terest; but to make any further concession in the face or this threat would be too great a sacrifice of our dignity and self-respect. One Opinion Not so Hostile. The Toronto Mail (Independent) says: Xo doubt an intimation from the Ottawa Government that next year the rebate would surely go determined the President not to resort to an extremo policy. As it is the United States simply meets our toll with a like toll. As tbe American toll is low and does not come into operation until the first ot next month it will not be a very serious matter: and as it will go off altogether wnen our rebate ceases, as cease it will at the end of this Reason, It need not trouble us much. The difficulty in tho shape it has assumed is happily not going to lead to reprisals and to ill feeling. The Toronto World (Conservative) says: The President of the United States has, at the order of Congress, closed the 'Sault Ste. Marie Canal to Canadian vessels. Our ships must pay a toll of 20 cents a ton. We accept mac penalty, wnue we nave to nay it we will. Wo accept this hostile leslslatlon as the warmest tribute our neighbor rivals, can pay us. It is their testimony that Canada Is a nation on this North American continent. It is tho beginning of our history as a great people. Thank God, Canada can live with out the United States. Thank God, webave proved that more than once, and can prove it again. Thank God, national, honor is a term still to be found in the Canadian dic tionary. This canal question will settle itself in time, as other questions have been settled! but one lasting effeot of it will be that It played Its share in teaching the Canadians that they could live without the United States. That lesson learned, we are the equals of any nation on the American continent. Two Different Opinions From Montroai. The Montreal Gazette (Conservative) says: The effeot will be to put grain for export via. Canadian ports at a disadvantage as compared with that consigned to or for shipment via the United States lake and river lines. Not even Canadian grown grain shipped by water from Lake Superior, and a large part or the Manitoba ontput usually comes via that route, can be exported via Canada without paying an Impost tbat will tend to. If It does not absolutely, make the joutes through tho United States tho most advantageous. The position Is a serious one. Canadian ve-sels regularly trading betweou Superior and loner lsko ports will have their earnings largely lessened, if they aro not forced ont or the business 'altogether. Until the Canadian frault Canal Is completed tbe United States has the upper hand in the contest which It had prepared for and forced upon us. The Montreal Herald (Liberal) says: Undoubtedly, retaliation will result In a serious loss and annoyance to tbe shipping interests or the Upper Lakes. Those who suffer from this retaliation can thnnk the aggregation that assembles in Council at 'tiawa and rules this land. Thev made our international relations subserve local, per sonal and political ends. Bare-laced dis crimination between Kingston and Ogdens bnrg, as transhipping points for Montreal, was the germ of the piesent imbroglio, and that discrimination was dictated by the meanest and pettiest of reasons. Altogether, the canal question may be regarded as Bet tied ior this year. Thon-tu the result reflects no credit on tho Government and entails considerable hardships on many Canadians, next season there should be no trouble whatever, for tho Canadian canals should then be free. A dispatch from Washington says: Act ing Secretary Spaulding, of the Treasury Department,' hai issued a circular, letter of instructions to Collectors of Customs under the act relating to tolls on Canadian vessels at the St. Mary's Falls Canal, which pro vides that the money shall be collected un der regulations to' be established by the Secretary of the Treasury. The directions aro those contained in the President'); proclamation, already published. SHE IS A STAGS DRIVER. A Nervous Little Woman Who Is n Master at Handling the Horses. San Francisco Examiner, A peculiarly nervons little woman, with dark auburn hair and flashing black eyes, is often registered at the Grand Hotel in this city. She is Mrs. H- J. Lnngdon, of Lassen county, the woman stage driver of the Sierras; but she is more than a driver of stages; she is an .owner. Her stage lines ex tend for Beveral hundred miles throughout the mountains, and she owns scores of horses and vehicles, and carries the United States mails, as' well as hundreds of pas sengers. Her husband died a few years ago, and she took hold and managed and extetfded the business aforesaid. Mrs. Langdon has taken many mail contracts from the Gov ernment, and is well known at Washington, D. C, which city she often has occasion to visit in connection with her mail contract. Becently she had some correspondence with Postmaster General Wanamaker in regard to his method of awarding contracts, in which she expressed herself in a manner to attract the attention ot the entire country. Mrs. Langdon is reported to be a? good a judge of stock as any man in the stage business. She knows also the opportune moment when to grease a wagon, oil harness, aud generally to keep in touch with the stage business so as to make it suc cessful. Her stage lines extend over some of the ruggedest routes in the Sierras and again across plains, like those about Susanville. Plumas county has several ot Mrs. Lang don's lines. She delivers mails and passen gers promptly, and by reason of her skill in taking contracts aud her ability in exe cuting them has beoome noted for herpluck and enterprise. She is sold to be an excel lent whip and to be able to manipulate the lines of four or more horses about "as easily as the famous Hank Monk used to do on the old Geiger grade. TWO GREAT OCEAN CURRENTS. Hue to Their Direction, Thry I nflaenco the Climate of Amerlci. "All the superficial parts of the Western Atlantic, except the portion of its area next the coast of America,are pervaded by a slow movement which sets the water toward the Poles. This current Is due to the Gulf Stream, which, emerging from the tropics as a deep, narrow, swift-moving tide,skirts the southern coast of the United States, gradu ally widens like an opened fan, diminishing in depth and losing its velocity as it comes toward the Arctic Circle, says Prof. Shaler in dcrlbncr'i Magazine. "Setting out into the Atlantis from'Davit strait, there is, however, a btrong stream of Arctic water, whlch'in part slips under the Gulf Stream tide, and in part flows on the surface of the sea next the Labrador coast In this southward-jetting current the floe ice drifts with a speed of about a mile an hour down the American shore until it attains the mouth of the St Lawrence. The Labrador current, as this southward-moving water is called, would, but for certain ac cidents of geography, send this floe-ice much farther to the southward than it now does. "If Newfoundland and If ova Scotia should disappear, so tbat there could be a nearly straight shore from Greenland to Massachu setts Bay, it is likely that these floes.would in large quantities attain to the coast of New England, and give to the shore lands of that part of the continent the sub-Arctio and inhospitable climate of the islands of the Eastern St. Lawrence. This shore cur rent bears few true icebergs with the floe ice for the reason that these greater ice islands are formed altogether on the Green land shores, and, pressed to the eastward by the prevailing winds, do not come into that superficial, shore-skirting Labrador cur rent" POOS THAT WILL BEAUIIFr. Indulging in Too Rich Sweets May Spoil a TVoman's Complexion. "It cannot be doubted that what one eats will make or mar the skin," writes Mrs. Mallon in the Augnst Ladiet' Bom; Journal. "The famous French writer on food, Brillat Savarin, says, 'Uich food makes beautiful women.' But this was badly translated; he meant by it, not rich as indicating greasy, or oily, or heavy food, but he meant good food, that which is properly cooked and which is fresh. The pale, pasty complexion of many, of our women is attributed, with out any extra thought, to too much pastry, too many sweets, over-done meat and an in sufficient quantity of fresh vegetables. The green salad in any shape, from the long curling lettuce leaf to the crisp little water cress, is a constant beautifier, and more than this, regularly eaten, it quiets your nerves and gives vou a pleasant sleep. But if you flood it with vinegar and powder it with sngar you have simply made for your self a dish that will have no effect upon you whatever, unless it should be by the force of the vinegar to break the enamel of your teeth. "The right way for you to eat this most beautifying of dishes is to have upon it a good French dressing, that is, one formed of pepper, salt, a small portion of vinegar, and a large portion of good sweet olive oil; if you do not care for this then eat your salad as did the hermits of old, dipping a leaf in some salt and having with it a piece of bread and butter. All fresh vegetables, especi ally asparagus, tend to improve the skin. I do not say give up all sweets, but I do say eat them in their proper place; that is, after you have had your dinner and when you will not require a great quantity. Pastry, if eaten at all, must be so light that it is above reproach; then it will not have any apparent eflect on the skin, but it will tend to fatten you." FELL DOWN A SHAFT. A Woman Suffering (severely Found at on Early Hoar This Morning. At 12:30 o'clock this morning, a police officer in passing the Sice of the Pennsyl vania Salt Company, at 95 Water street, heard a moaning and entered the'door, which was open,to investigate. He found Mrs. Mary Miller, a woman of 50, lvlng in the cellar at the bottom of the elevator shalt, about halt conscious and bleeding-from a very bad cut on her head. She, cleans offices there and had fallen down the shaft at 9:30 last night from the second floor. She was very severely hurt "and was .removed to the Homeopathic Hospital. Her home is at 28 Strawberry alley, where ibe Hvh alour The business world. Transcontinental Lines Troubled Over the Canadian Pacific BACKING THE PALISADE TDNNEL. Detroit Is the Scene of Litigation Against tbe Iron IfalL FIRE?, FAILURES AND RAILWAY NEWS New York, Aug. 22. Tho prospect of having the Canadian Pacific Railway as a direot competitor for transcontinental busi ness, is one which is now exciting many of the big trunk lines coming to this port The problem, moreover, is fraught with international elements that raise it above ordinary railway quarrels and introduce political questions of importance, while many of the conditions of the .foreign com pany are such as to put the American lines at a disadvantage. It is believed that the new tnnnel now being dug under the Palisades is ultimately to be (he terminus of the Canadian Pacific, which will find an entry into New York City by a new ferry line across the river. The company building the tunnel through the Palisades maintains the greatest mys tery about its work and aims. It is an obscure concern, and the whole length of the proposed lino is only three miles. One mile of this' will be tunnel. The ffork, it is believed, cannot be done for less than ?2,C00,000. None of the per sons whose names appear upon the articles of incorporation filed a few months ago have this much money or is in any way identified with railway undertakings. Sev eral of them are mere dummies, who have no'ideaas to who is putting up the money or I carrying on the work as part ot a great sys- I tern. The manasers of the American trunk lines, whose interests are threatened, have, however, a closer knowledge of the work in hand, and do not hesitate to sav among themselves that it is for' the Canadian Pa cific. Arrangements, it is believed, are also being made to acquire or construct railroad connections three miles west of the Palisades, where the tunnel company's tracks come to an end. The tunnel is'being built opposite West Ninety-sixth street Tbe work is now being prosecuted from both ends through the mile of solid rock. TWO H0EE IH0N HALL SUITS. Detroit Branches Ask the Ttetnrn of Fundi and the Appointment oTa Retinlver. Detboit, Aujr.22 The fight against the existence of the Order of the Iron Hall has extended to this city. It consists of two suits against the order, both ot which have been carefully suppressed. These suits have been brought by former members re spectively of branches No. 1 and No. 813. The allegations in both bills are identical in the main. It is asserted that the supreme sitting of the order has placed in a Philadelphia bank which is now insolvent 720.000, and that this amount is liable to be lost to the or ganization. Branch 1, it is declared, has $12,000 and $13,000 in cash and securities deposited in Detroit banks, while branch 815 has $1,659. The complainants say that it is desired by the members generally that these funds -be returned to them iii just proportions. Each bill asks the Court to appoint a receiver for the branch concerned. Judsre Breroort has issued on injunction to restrain the disbursements of any funds and the transfer of securities until after a hear ing can be had. WHEAT IN THE NOHTHWEST. Stocks In Iho Elevators or Minneapolis, Dn nth and Country Market Towns. Minneapolis, Aug. 22. The North witern Jfil'er reports the stock of wheat in private elevators of Minneapolis at 900,000 bushels, a decrease of 24,000 bushels as against last Monday. The total stock at Minneapolis and Duluth is 7,104,894 bushels, a shrinkage for tho week of 750, 172 bushels. The Market Record gives the stock in country elevators of Minnesota and the two Dakotas at C94.100 bushels, a decrease of 51,000 bushels. The aggregate stock of the Northwest is thus made 7,798,994 bushels, or 801,700 bushels less than last Monday. A year ago the stock was 4,764,000 bushels. BUSINESS BREVITIES. Robert Little, stono contractor at Union town, has failed on executions ainonnting to $1,050 f 0. ; This Tuxedo Silk Manufacturing Company, ofPateison, N. J., has failed with liabilities or $23,000. The assets will not cover tbe lia bilities. A thousand sawmill employes at Eau Claire, Wis., are on a strike for 10 hoars work and 11 horns' pay. Their aomand may be granted. John L. Smith & Co., wholes ale drngglsts of Wheeling, havo assigned. Liabilities about $8,000: assets, $3,000. The Arm has been in business for many years. AVESTFALt, Norton & Laset, or Burnett, Tox., have sold the Granite Mountain quar ries, ton miles south of Burnett, to the Texas Capital Granite Company. Considera tion, $250,000. Fonn-riFTHS of the striklns miners Irt the Upper Monongahela region, near Falrmount W. Va., have returned to work. President Moran, of the United Mine Workers of West Virginia, is under arrest lor conspiincy and intimidation. The committee or the Melbourne share holders of the Mercantile Bank of Australia reports that tho bank has been Insolvent since 18S9. Sir Matthew Davies, Chairman of the Directorate, made advances to various companies he promoted, losing $2,1500,000 in such outlays. It is probable that the ahaie-bold-rs will havo to meet a deficit oc $2 -375.000. BAIL-WAY INTERESTS. The Southern rate war has been ended by the reorganization of tiie Memphis Passen ger Association and tho signing of an Iron clad agreoment. First VicEPREsiDEHTTnovFSON says tliero is no foundation for the rumor that there is to bo a change in tho presidency of the Pennsylvania ItatlroaU. The Southern Passenger Association has declared a boycott against the Marietta and North Georgia Railroad because tbat road has given low excursion rates on several re cent occasions. Penk's Gbove, X. J. Tho steamboat Chris tiana, plying between Wilmington, Del., Penn's Grove and Pennsvllle, was burned at her wharf here early Monday morning. Loss, $10,000. Origin unknown. As Increase is shown in tho volume of east-bound shipments of frelgnt, notwith standing tho switchmen's strike at ButTlo. Tho total movemont at Culcaso by all tho loads was 53,033 tons, against 47,3GC ror the pieccdlng week, an increase of 5,272 tons, and against 43.&0 for the corresponding week last year, ou increase of 6,783 tons. THE FIRE RECORD. Sontrfl, Germany One hundred and forty buildings, Including many of tbe principal business houses. St. Louis Tbe auction commission house of Alexander A. Selkirk. Adjoining prop erty was damaged. Aggregate loss, $33,000. Brookfleld, O Tho shart of the Buhl Coal Company, with the large stable, live hones and 40 tons of hay. Loss, $10,000; Insured. Soniervllle, Mass. Georgo B. Einorsnn's pickle and preserve luctorv. Lois, $45 003; partly Insured. An adjoining two-xtory wooden dwelling was almost completely de stroyed. Believed to be of incendiary origin. Sptthead The British steamer Caradoc, from Oran for Newoaitle. has nut into the roadstead with lies otuso burning. AU. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. GOLDEN GIFTS Are not more acceptable to the people of moderate means than are onr terms of small flrsf payments and subsequent easy Installments on tho purchase of FURNITURE, CARPETS AND HOUSEHOLD EFFECTS. MUftPHYBROS.CO. MODEL HOME FURNISHERS, 27 SEVENTH STREET, Near Perm Ave., Pittsburg, Pa. We're secd-plnnttng now but tho harvest Is coming. Thousands have vlilted onr new store. Jinny were enrious siaht-scers; some were InvetIgators of our methods and hun dreds were buyer. All reillzcd that nnr system Is a cood system fair nlike to buyer and seller and that a FULL OOLLAU'S WOIiTII IS GI YES ror every dollar expended, t onfl dencols what wo're alter. That onco established between us and tho public, htiilness re lations aro assured. To that end we court the fullest investigation. A twenty years' record for stability and fair dcnlin? in Hnltimoro, Md., and tVllmlnston, Del., Is our best indorsement The same principles that have built up our enormous trade In those cities will be applied here in rittsburg. WE ARE SERVANTS TO THE PEOPLE. Tho rich man's dollar and tho poor man's dime meet with equal conrceous considera tion. Whether you live In a cottage or dwelj in a mansion wo are prepared to serve you, and a dollar will purchase a dollar's worth iio matter from what source it comes. An established ONE-PRICE RULE GOVERNS All our transaction". Nomisrepresontatlon.no imposition. All goods are guaranteed to be what they aro sola for, and we pledge ourselves to satisfy any Just complaint . AtLAKliC AND VAI1IED STO'JK, calculated to meet overv condition and taste, ti ready for Inspection, from the simple and substantial styles to the olaboratelr carved and richly upholstered pattern') In Parlor, Dining l".oom, Hall. Library nnd Chamber Furniture. CAKPETS AND MATTINGS, etc., as low or lower than any casli house in town. SJ5 TO 200 WORTH SOLD OX INSTALLMENTS. Inspection of stock, prices and terms Invited. All transactions confldentI.il. Murphy Bros. Co. 27 SEVENTH STREET, XEAK PENNA. VENUE. efforts to extinguish the tire have proved nnavaillne.and It Is probable that tho vnssel will have to be scuttled. She is a steamer of 8bl tons register and Is owned in North Shields. Sue Is 20 years old. Lancaster, Pa. Snarks from a passlnz Reading and Columbia train iet Are to the eueddln of a coal vara at Uothsvillo ves terday. owned by August Shoher, or I.ltltz. The flumrs spread to tlm railroad station and afterward communicated to ShoberV ham, and the residence of Horace JIushon", Gcorae Mutcher" Abraham licnder and Lphraim Bender, and a small tobacco warehouse belonKlnr to KphrLitn licnder. All of the buiidimra were totally destroyed except the last mcntionel residence, which was badly damaged. Tho loss cannot be ascertained. NATIONAL SONG FOR AMEBIC A. The Richest Country nn Eartli Without a Slmnln Tnnf of lis Own. 'One of the commonest of proverbial ex pressions assumes that a song u tiie cheap est'of all things; yet the richest country on earth is without a national song. Thirty years ago it odered $600 for one; but the song was not forthcoming, though the con dition of affairs in our country seemed cal culated to call forth all tiie lyric energy that any poet possessed," fays Eossiter John son in St. A'icholan. "We have the 'Star-Spangled Banner,' and sometimes we sing it and make our selves think we are enthusiastic: but the least critical ot us feci that it is too clumsy to be a good song or a good poem; and I suspect it-has a fault even more radical than its uncouth rhythm. It is not good art to make a picture of a picture or to sym bolize a symbol. Though the American flag is to our eyes the most beauti ful of ail one can find a forest of shipping in any great seaport, and though it represents the finest country and the most progressive people ou earth, and though your heart sometimes comes to your throat when you think what has been achieved nnder it, still, it is only a picture and a svroboL No star-spangled rhymes, or allegorical representation ot Freedom tear ing the sky into strips of bunting, will ever make an effective aud enduring national sonir. When the song arrives, we shall find that it somehow deals directly with the national power and destiny, not with any conventions! symbol or picture ot it " 'Yankee Doodle' has its uses as a tune; but no words tbat are not doggerel ever have been set to it, and it is doubtful if any can be. Samuel Francis Smith wrote a re spectable hymn beginning 'My Country, 't Is of Thee.' But its candidacy for the place of national song is killed at the out set by the fact that is set to the tune of an other nation's hymn. Then, too, how should we ask some millions of our citizens to sing 'Land Where My Fathers Died," when they left their fathers' bones in various parts of Europe? or how expect much accent on 'Land of the Pilgrim's Pride' from the throats of those who take no pride in the Pilgrims?" THE HOME OF BENAN. Bnrled Among Books and Papers the Savant Lives a Quiet Lire. "College de France, staircase A, second floor, to the left, is a green baize door, which is opened by a neat maidservant. You pass through three or four rooms of bare, provincial and priestly aspect, scantily and austerely furnished; along the walls are open shelves laden with books in the living and dead laugnages of the East and West, and here and there a drawing by Ary Sclieffer, or an antiquated engraving in a clumsy old-fashioned frame," says Theodore Child in Jlarper'e Magazine "The last room is M. Ernest Benan's study. It is furnished with bookcases and arm-chairs upholstered in red velvet; on the mantel-piece, between two candelabra of the time of the First Empire, is a bust of the erudite Victor le Clerc; on one wall a portrait of Madame Kenan when she was a girl. At a table facing the window, with his fur cap, his magnify-ing-glass, his cuneiform inscription's, and his books and papers spread out before him, M. Kenan sits, rotund and episcopal, his bands crossed over his shapeless body,' from which the large head emerges, rosy and silvery, the iace broad, with big feat ures, a great nose, enormous cheeks heavily modeled in abundant flesh, a delicate and mobile mouth, and gray Celtic eyes alter nately full of dreams and of smiles. This is the habitual attitude during a few mo ments' pause for meditation, and, as if by a sort ot physical reminiscence of his priest ly education, the crossing of the hands is accompanied by a muttering and susurra tion of the lips. "In his study, in the lecture room, in so ciety, and in his writings, M. Kenan seems to be always gay and always ironical. His smile is one of the most fascinating enigmas of literary Paris, and its exnlanation, if we can discover it, will throw light on several tendencies of cotemporary France." A SHAKE IN HEB ABU. Strange Frealc nf Nature Iinb-ddrd In an Old Woman's Flesh. "There lives, or did quite recently, near Columbia, S. C, a woman afflicted in a manner that makes one's flesh creep to think of it," says a writer in the Philadelphia "For more than the third of a century she has carried a live snake under the skin of one of her arms. How the reptile first found lodgment in its queer situation is as much of a puzzle to the old lady as it is to the hundreds who have visited her for the purpose of viewing the long welt where the unwelcome creature lies encysted. , "When the lady first noticed the bow shaped ridge on her arm it was abont tbe diameter of a pin, and less than two inches in length. During the many years that it hai salely nestle 1 in her flesh, it has grown from a mere thread to a snake a foot long, and as large as a lead pencil. The eyes of the creature are plainly visible through the skin, and the scales cau be felt by rubbing the finger along the welt formed by the body. "Physicians pronounce it a most remark able freak, and have endeavored, without suooess, to prevail upon tha old lady to hava it remoTcd." 27 inl-II-TTS TO TIE PUT. The Yankee who had been lvlng at tha point ot death, and who whittled -it off and recovered, evidently saw the point. We have whittled summer prices to a point, and if you are as shrewd as the Yankee you will see the point end re-cover yourself iix a suit bouzht of the MISFIT PAItLORS, 51G Stnitlifield st. Wc niiko a point of covering people neater and better than any body, ana we make the further point of giving values bzyond cimpetitloi. This we do at all season". Just now we are scaling prices on many things 'way below the cost line. Merchant Tailor-Made Suits at $10, $12, $15, $18 and $20. Jnst i thi original made to order prices. OPPOSITE CITY HALL. nu-."3-TT8U IHE HAPPY HUNTING GBOTJNDS. Traditions of tho Choct-iw.s as to the Ufa Key. mil Tills World. Pearson's Wectly.J From their earliest traditions the Choc taws have been taught to believe in a life after they leave this world. They believe that the spirit, the moment that it leaves the body, is compelled to travel a long dis tance to the west until it arrives at an im mense chasm, at the bottom of which flows a very rapid, rocky and dangerous stream. This terrible gorge the soul has to cross on a "long and slippery pine log, with the bark peeled of," the only passage to the "happy hunting grounds," which lie be yond the dangerous bridge. On the bank of the stream, just on tbe other end of the log, there always Jtand six Eeraons, who have reached the "happy unting grounds," and who throw sharp rocks at whoever attempts to cross the treacherous log the moment the middle of it is reached. Those who have lived properly have no trouble in crossing the log; the stones fall harmlessly from them, and they reach the "happy hunting grounds," where there is perpetual day, without difficulty. There the trees are ever green, the sky cloudless, and the breeze always gently blowing; there, too, a continuous feast and dance are going on; the people never grow old, but live tor ever, and revel in perpetual youth. The nicked, when they attempt to cross tlie dangerous bridge, can see the stones which are thrown at them, and in trying to avoid tJiem will fall from the giddyheight into the awful gorge thousands of feel below the slippery log, where a rushing, boiling stream is turning overthegreat sharp rock, filled with dead fish and animals which are continually brought to the same place by the eddies and whirlpools. There all the trees are dead, thewatere in fested by poisonous snakes, toads and other repulsive-looking reptiles; the dead are ever hungry, but have nothinz io eat; are always ill. but never die. There is no sun, and the wicked are constontly "climbing up by thousands on the side of a high rock, from which they can overlook the beautiful coun try of the good huntinz grounds, the abode ot the happy, but can never reach it." A Parisian Underground Ilnllmy. An underground tubular electric railway from the Bois de Boulogne to the Bois de Vincennes has been sanctioned by tbe Municipal Council of Paris. The tnbuUr tramway will be constructed of metal. As tbe tunnel is driven ahead cast iron plates will be bolted together, forming a solid and durable wall. To cneck oxidation on the outside surface of the metal tube, each plate is provided with a hole in the center, through which mortar will be forced by hydraulic pressure, so as to fill up every nook and crevice. The motive power will be generated at a central station. Needs Assistance. So do you if you ire sufferim; from loss of appetite, bad digestion, weakness, or if you are con valescent. Take Johann Hoffs Malt Extract. It will build up any weak ened constitution and aid digestion and nutrition. Be sure to get the genuine. You would not take coun terfeit money? Don't take any imi tation of Johann Hoff's MaltjExtract. The "genuine" must have the signa ture of "Johann Hoff" on the neck of every bottle. Eisner & Mendelson Co., Agents and importers of mineral waters, 6 Barclay street, New York. T litllfM I'-'ilfff in ,-'
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