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PlIT-Hll'.G. 31QKDAT. SEPT. 5. 1691.
DON'T BE WEAK!
There is extraordinary weakness in the
policy of the administration in issuing a
26-day quarantine order and then taking
it bock by explanations which practically
reduce it to nothingness. This is what
was done by the statement on Saturday
ihat the circular does not apply to cabin
wssenpers at all, or to steerage passengers
f. citizens of the United ' States and
nrnished with the necessary health cer-
ificates.
There is even more weakness in the ap
parent surrender of the Washington au-
ftonnes to the bumptious declaration of
the Jfew Tork Health Officer that he is
Independent of the United States Govern
ment in the matter of quarantine. He
may be independent; but not to a degree
bat will permit the violation of Federal
filiations as to quarantine. If there
rere any question as to the respective au
lority of the State and Federal govern
lents in this matter it is the State that is
n a doubtful position. Under recent de
cisions as to the relation of the States to
inter-State or foreign commerce a State
quarantine has no constitutional
standing whatever. That is one of
the things that are wiped out by
that remarkablo ruling, which fact
tlie Supreme Court probably did not take
into consideration when it rendered that
ruling. The protection of health by
quarantine and sanitation is no more
clearly a matter of police power than the
protection of morals by regulation or pro-
aiwnon of traffic declared to be injurious
o the public welfare. The one being de
lared to be unconstitutional when it ap
4 lies to traffic coming from outside the
State the other must necessarily fall with
it
It is not necessary to go to this extreme
leng'hto show how the Federal Govern
ment can act In the matter of quarantine.
If the United States authorities should
undertake to say that the State shall not
enforce a quarantine, that would be an en
croachment on the State's power. But
when the State establishes a ten-day
quarantine, for example, it is -s&aply-stupid
to assert tjaj the Uuitejl States
inaynot Wterr trs authority and say that
there shall be a Federal quarantine of 15
orSOdajs. There may be a doubt as to
grant of power by legislation; but it is
bardly conceivable that after a bureau
has been created by law for that especial
purpose Congress should have omitted to
authorize the necessary action in such
emergencies as the present.
The 20-day quarantine order was all too
weak and tardy in its action. Since it is
all that could be extracted from the ad
ministration it should be lived up to
rigidly and -nithout emasculation. There
is no question as to the public support of
any measures necessary to fight back the
ilisease from our borders.
FREE TRADE FRAXK2TESS.
The Democratic programme is thus out
liaed by Mr. Henry Wstterson in his most
flamboyant stjle of Free Trade enthu
siasm: Just as soon as tbe Democrats get the
power they will wipe out the atrocious Re
jmblicau sugar bounty system and restore
the sugar dutis. Instead of payingmillions
ot bounty out of the Treasury to sugar
planters, c will re-establish the revenue
tariff on suar, yielding annually about $30,
086,690 to the Treasury.
This may lie calculated to carry Louis
iana for the Democracy; but the effect on
the people of the North is likely to be ex
actly the opposite. Inasmuch as the
solid South is unable to elect Mr. Cleve
land all b itself, this indiscretion raises
tbe doubt v.hether the Democratic candi
date should rot pray to be delivered from
such supporters as Mr. Watterson and Mr.
Dana.
The whole tariff agitation was started
by Cleveland on the necessity of reducing
the re-enue. It was the condition of too
full a Treasury 'hat confronted us, as he
said in his famous message. The Repub
licans accepted that challenge by practi
cally remov.ng the duty from an article cf
nniversal usf which cheapened the cost
of sugar to even housekeeper by 30 to 40
per cent, and which reduced the revenue
by over 550.003,300 per annum. Having
thus attained the ' purpose with the least
possible disiuroanci of business, it is sur
prising to find Mr. 'Wjtterson going back
on his Pres'dental candidate and declar
ing that the revenue must be put back
where it wns. The Democracy have al
ways exhibited a decided fondness for the
sugar duties, but this is the first open
avowal that they are to be restored if that
party regairs power.
Here we dic vnr that the Democracy is
not in favor of the removal of tbe tariff
when it :s reaby a tax. All who are in
favor ot hishcr prices for sugar must, on
Watterson's authority, vote for Cleveland.
Those Aho prefer cheap sugar will have
to stand by tiie Republican policy.
a PKAisrwoBTnr staxd.
There is ground for iisfaction in the
statement that the Pennsylvania Railroad
basher 'to a quarrel with the Reading
road becu- , vt,uld not join in a further
advance ou anthracite coal rates. The
Pennsylvania'"! position is plainly stated
to be that anthracte coal rates are already
bfeb as compare-J with other freights, and
thnt company will not be a partner .to the
advance of rates to an extortionate figure.
"Whereupon the R a 'ing seeks to punish
-the Pennsylvania Railroad by abolishing
all joint rates for the shipment of coal
from its lines via the Pennsylvania Rail
road. The position of the Pennsylvania is un
doubtedly correct The fact is that
anthracite coal rates were excessive before
the proposed advance. They were nearly
double the rates on bituminous coal,
which yield a good profit While there
may be some color for the claim that
anthracite can bear a heavier rato than
the cheaper fuel, there is no justification
for such a discrepancy as exists.
It is, however, an unusual and praise
worthy evidence of respect for public
policy that is shown when the Pennsyl
vania Railroad declines to accede to any
further advance. That corporation fur
nishes evidence that It is governed by
wiser and more far-sighted counsels than
those which produce the usual attempt to
squeeze the uttermost farthing from the
public.
STRENGTHEN THE SAIEGUAKDS.
The reports from New York of fresh
deaths on board the cholera-infected
steamers show that the epidemic in a per
sistent form is at the borders of the
country, and that the roseate reports that
the disease was stamped out there were
without foundation. The only barrier
against the entrance of the disease into
the country is the quarantine at our ports
and on our borders.
It was with the knowledge that this
state of affairs must come sooner or later
that The Dispatch has urged the en
forcement of the most rigid quarantine
regulations and the stoppage of all immi
gration until the danger was past Had
the latter measure been adopted in time
the shiploads of infected vessels would not
now be lying m New York Bay. As the
situation has arrived it is necessary to
deal with it energetically and thor
oughly. There should bo no more
fooling with half measures. The Issuance
of quarantine regulations and then taking
them hack by exceptions like that ex
empting cabin passengers from the quar
antine should cease. Let all further im
migration be stopped, 'and the importa
tion of such vehicles of the disease as
rsgs be prohibited. By such means alone
can much hope be placed in the efforts to
exclude the disease from this country.
In the meantime every community
should understand that its greatest safe
guard is In producing a thorough sanitary
condition. The uniform testimony of ex
perience is that in cleanly, wholesome
localities the cholera is powerless. It
revels in filth, bad drainage and polluted
water supplies. If Pittsburg carries out
faithfully and energetically its policy of
cleaning up every harboring place of dirt,
every hotbed of disease, it need not fear
the dangers of the epidemic. The cities
that have neglected that constant and im
portant duty will be the ones to pay a
heavy penalty if the cholera succeeds in
spreading beyond our ports.
The situation is a grave one as threaten
ing a great peril if the precautions are in
sufficient, but it can be met and conquered
if the necessary measures are carried out
with energy and fidelity. Absolute quar-,
antine, thorough sanitation and prompt
isolation of the disease if it should reajcb
the land are the means that should beyfen-
iorcea without exception ana at tupr mo
ment the necessity appears.
DEMOCRATIC IXUTTEEtNGS.
The fluttering cf the Demoarats'over
that statistical bombshell of Pack's goes
to the pitiable length of attempting to
impeach his statistics by assertions which
are the -strongest vindication of the Mc
Kinley act One striking example of the
sort is a communication which is pub
lished in New York, jTiumpbantly estab-,
Hihing that the report is false because it
shows only ajtoss increase in wages,
without, shoeing in every case a rise in
th.ffate of wages.
Let us see. An industrial establishment
employs say 1,000 hands payin2lhEJtti 500'
a year each. Now, if in the next year it
employs 1,200 hands and pays out 5600,000
in wattes, or by steadier employment to
the 1,000 hands pays them 100,000 more
wages in the" gross, Is labor benefited or
the contrary? The free trade howlers it
Peck apparently regard such a thing as a
deadlyattack on the rights of labor. Sen
sible workingmen, however, will be apt to
perceive that an increase of 600,000 in the
gross, of wages, means an addition to the
means of labor in the mass.
Moreover, this showing is pertinent as a
reply to Democratic assertions. The par
tisan cry against the McKinley act was
that it hampered industry; and the report
shows that industry has expanded under
the operation of the act Still we cannot
blame the free trade organs, when they
are hit by a thunderbolt from their own
camp, like that of Peck's for forgetting
logic in their flutterings.
BETTER EXPLANATIONS OR BOATS.
In connection with the sinking of that
big steel steamer on Lake Superior the
other day, the explanations offered by Its
builders disclose an extraordinary weak
ness either in the explanations or the
steamer, or both. The builders think the
disaster was caused by the strain of heavy
seas, which threw the steamer first on her
center and then on her ends. This, with
a possible movement of plates cutting oft
the rivets, is the theory of the disaster in
a nutshell. But the testimony is positive
that the weather was not more than ordi
narily rough. Moreover, if modern in
dustry 'cannot build steamers that will
stand any sea on the lakes, and whose
plates will not cut off the nvets, it should
go out of business.
If the promoters of this latest type of
ship building cannot give better explana
tions of like disasters than this they should
try to furnish better steamers by building
less for size and more for safety.
The starting of a railroad in Palestine
has a special interest irom the fact that dur
ing the debate on the inter-Stato commerce
bill, some years ago, all tlio railroad advo
cates took the case of an imaginary railroad
to Jerusalem in order to make tne assertion
that it must in the nature of the case charge
more for the shorter hanl than for the longer
one. The globe will watch with keen inter
est to see if the Palestine railroad will ful
fill the prediction of the corporate prophets
by inflicting on the shippers of Palestine
that famous incongruity of the rate-sheets.
Harrison's letter of acceptance will
have to be full of ginger to divert attention
from the prize fighters and the cholera.
Labor Comsiissioner Peck, of New
Tork, does seem to be a little uncertain in
his mind on the tariff question. But that
does not at all diminish the fact that his
statistics have put all the Democratic or
gans in such a rage that nothing less than
his Head on a charger will appease their
wrath.
The Coney Island bather takes desperate
chances at all times, but was nover in more
danger than at the present timo.
Colonel McCluee's ambition for that
Joint debate is still unsatisfied. But, as the
Colonel has succeeded in getting the single
Democratic district of Philadelphia into a
Congressional fight that is agitating the
organs of two States, ho can lay the unction
to his soul that his labors have not been in
vain.
Up to the present time there are strong
surface indications that Piatt got placated
ahead of Ulll;
Tbxbe is reassurance and good sense in
this terse statement from tho American Drug
gift: "No one need fear the cholera if ho ex
ercises ordinary care In diet, cleanliness
and propersanitary surroundings." -
Hill evidently imagines that a strict
quarantine has been established at Buz
zard's Bay.
The Canadian precautions against cholera
seem to be based on the .presumption
that not even cholera will go to Canada if It
can avoid that country.
If the existing state of affairs continues
the campaign will end before it actually
begins.
The New York quarantine officers deserve
credit for what they have done so far. If
they succeed in keeping out the plague they
will deserve medals.
The continued fair weather is auspicious
to the ubiquitous country fair.
If the rule of boiling everything is
carried out faithfully the cholera germ that
comes over hero will find that it has got into
hot Water.
Funerals cost more
sanitation andfumigatipn.
than vigilance,
Platt has at last admitted that the
majority rules in tbis country, and' that he
is not with the minority by a large majority.
Larceny cannot descend much lower
than the theft of shoes.
H0TES OP NOTABLES.
Secretary Etkins has left 'Washington
for his home in West Virginia to be absent a
few days.
Governor Tillmait has but one eye,
but his friends claim that he sees every
thing that is going on in South Carolina and
never gets left.
SwrxBrRNE says the man who loves
occasional intervals of repose, yet detests
the country, should live six days a week in
Paris and spend Sunaay in London.
The only woman in England who'is pro
prietor, editor and manager ora newspaper
is Mrs. Comyn6 of the Feathered World, the
circulation of which paper is 20,000 weekly.
Pbof. Bernard Moses has been elected
president orthe University of California. Ho
has for several years been in thejChairof his
tory and political economy at the University.
Secretary Charles Foster expects
to go to Xew Tork to-day to meet his wife
and daughter who are expected to arrive
there on the steamer City of New Tork from
Liverpool.
Home Secretary Asqutth is not only
"one of the very youngest Cabinet officers
on record;" be is declared by high authority
to be the most finished of the younger raco
of Parliamentary orators.
Stephen Bonsai,, who achieved fame
in Tangier and London, in spite of the
denials in New Tork, is a handsome, dark
haired, serious-faced young man of twenty-
jseven years, gentle-hearted and mild-man-
inerou.
TABD7 ELECTION BOOTHS.
The Manufacturers Will Have Trouble to
Finish tbe Job on Time.
IlAEnisiJtntG, Sept. 4. There appears to be
some doubt as to the ability of the Marietta
Manufacturing Company to turn out all the
election booths necessary to supply the sev
eral counties of the State for the November
election. Over 10,000 of the 25,000 required
are still to be manufactured, and the man
ager of the company says it will icqulre
steady work with no mishaps to complete
the contract by November J. The State
pays for the booths, annexes and guard
rails, while the extrense of supplying ballot
boxes, polling houses and extra large tables
is borne by the counties.
The counties which have been supplied
with booths and annexes, and the number
furnished each, follows: Delaware, 409;
Allegheny, 2,721: Jllfflln, 110; Franklin, 273;
Pike. 5S: Centre, 234: Fulton, 53; Montgom
ery, 6C7; Bedford, 210; Bucks, 440; Cumber
land, 261; Nortbampton, 460; Wyomlnir, 10S;
Cameiou, 11; Forest, 59; Montour, 66; Clinton,
155; JIcKean, 253; Venango, 253; heaver, 294;
York, 554; Lehigh, 415; Lebanon, 265: Cam
bria, 334; Blair, 369; Armstrong. 215; West
moreland, 510; Adam, 1S3: Chester, 503;
Snyder, 96; Northumberland, 309; Sullivan,
62; Juniata, 95; Lycoming, 391; Union, 99;
Potter, 152; Monroe, 113.
A COLLIDE IN DISPUTE.
Rev. Dr. Brown and Ills Wlfo Claim Their
Lean Is Still in Force.
Cincinnati, Sept. 4. For some time there
has been litigation in the courts hero about
the possession of the Cincinnati Wesleyan
Female College. Rev. Dr. Brown and his
wife. Mis. McClellan Brown, have held it
under lease for several years. The trustees
claim the lease has expired. Rev. Dr. Brown
and his wife say it has not expired. The de
cision of that question is pending in courts.
Acting on the theory that the lease has ex
pired, tne trustees have elected Dr. Rust as
Fr esldent of the college. But the Browns
refuse to vacate it. The attorneys of the
trustees put fonr constables in charge of
the college premises last night, with orders
to let no one in or out. Mrs. Brown was
downtown, and on returning was refused
admittance. She went to the police and
had them eject the four constables. The
Browns to-night hold the college. It ap
pears that the constables had no authoritv
but a note from the attorneys of tho
trustees.
ME, BOEDER DIED FIEST,
In the Opinion of a Fall River Fbyslcian
Who Saw the Bodlrs.
Tauntoit, Mass., Sept. 4. Dr. John N.
Abbott, of Fall River, knew something about
tho condition of the bodies of Mr. and Mrs,
Borden before he went West, but as ho went
away before any suspicion was directed
toward Lizzie, he had expiessed no opinion.
Now ho says he saw the bodies a short time
after they were discovered by the daughter
and viewed by tbe police, and both were
warm.
Tnere was not the slightest indication that
one had been dead over an hour before tho
other. In fact, it is his opinion that Mr.
Borden was killed first, and that Mrs. Borden
was followed upstairs by the murderer and
stricken down as she was running to the
window to call for assistance. It was the
blow in the back, affecting the spine, that
caused death, he thinks, and the heal blows
wore given afterward to make sure.
MOEE AMEEICAN MONEY WANTED.
Tho Anti-rarnclliteg Will Send Delegates
to the United States.
Cork, Sept. 4. Speaking at a public meet
ing held in this city yesterday on. behalf of
the evicted tenants of Ireland, James
O'Connor (anti-Farnelllte), Member of Par
liament, said that in his recent interview
with John Morley, the new Chief Secretary
for Ireland, the latter promised to make
certain concessions which were most grati
fying, coming from a Cabinet officer.
The meeting passed a resolution calling
upon the Irish party to bend delegates to
America and Australia to collect further
funds for the relief of the distressed tenants.
The resolution also condemned the Royal
Commission appointed to inquire Into tne
conditionof the people evicted from their
homes in Ireland, as calculated to cause de
lay in dealing with the matter.
A Wheel Within a Wheel.
Philadelphia, Sept. 4. Fully 200 delegates,
representing all the branches or Iron Hall
in and about the city, met hero to-night and
organized the Iron Hall Protective Associa
tion. A resolution, providing that each
branch should elect a delegate to a meeting
to be held at Indianapolis September 12,
was offered, and though strong objections
were raised by tho opponents of Supreme
Justice Sonierby, the resolution was passed.
Quadruplets and 20 Pounds at a Birth.
Yankton, S. DAK.,Sept- 4. Mrs.TedDineon,
the wife of a young Yankton county farmer,
gave birtn to four girl baoies weighing
nearly five pounds each yesterday morn
ing. The mother is 23 years old and weighs
110 pounds. She and tho daughters are do
ing welL
Will Fight Goliath Grover.
Baltimore American.)
There is a weird rumor afloat In Gotham
that the David of politics is busy on a sfill
hunt for stones to fit his sling.
BEAUTIES OF THE BY-WAYS.
IWRITTEN FOB THS DISPATCH. 1
I have little pity for the Israelites of
the days of Deborah, in whose time the high
ways were unocoupied and all men walked
through by-waye. It was no doubt unpleas
ant to have the thoroughfares patrolled by
' truculent barbarians armed with lances and
arrows, and to play an unwilling game of
hide and seek behind the trees and around
the ledges of the hills. Yet every misrprtune
has Its compensations. And, at least, the
people who walked through by-ways got no
dust in their sandals: they were not jostled
by tho touring crowd; and as for scenery and
the shade of the green trees, and the musio
of the brooks, they had a monopoly ot these
delights and benedictions.
Blessed be the by-ways, and happy the
traveler who has the good fortune to get
into them. He has pleasures which the
armies of General Cook knew not or. The
best memories which one brings back from,
foreign travel are not connected with the
conventional sights. They are not garnered
along the railways nor in the streets of
oities. They come out of the lanes and the
corners, and are associated with adventur
ous Journeys of discovery, with walk3 to
unconventional places, with sights seen
from tho tops of coaches, or from the sum
mits of tbe hills after long climbing.
Exercising ths Lightning,
I remember a little experience which I
had two years ago at Bozen, on the way
from Innsbruck to Verona. The train stop
ped at Bozen and showed no signs of going
on. Everybody got outand began asking
questions, and, after some strusgle with
the German language, we learned that there
was a flood over the track ahead
and .that we would have to wait till morn
ing and take a diligence around tho flooded
part and get another train beyond. So we
found a quaint hotel in the heart of the
quaint lit'o town, where our windows
looked out upon the roof of the old Cathe
dral, a s'op roof with glazed and twisted
tiles wb 6h glistened in the sunlight. And
that ngbt, in he small hours, tho great
Cathedral bell began to ring. AndTit'rang,
and 7&ng, and rang, and rang, as if it meant
to ring on forever, Wns there a Are? No,
I a look out of the windows showed no glow
In the sky. There was a storm outside. It
was raining to an accompaniment of thun
der and lightning. Was it the. flood then,
and was tho bell intended to alarm
the town? Tho thought was not a
comfoitable 'one. But the town slept on,
and there was no movement in the streets.
Finally tho booming ceased. The bell had
been ringing 20 minutes. It seemed like
hours. In the morning we found out what
it meant. They weie ringing the church
bell to keep the lightning from striking the
townl As long as the bell was busy the
devil would not dare to fling any of his hot
thunderbolts into the protected neighbor
hood. Tho Past Found in ths By-Ways.
I have always been grateful for the
sight and sound of Bozen. There was noth
ing in Munich half so interesting. The
Cathedral of Bozen surpassed the Catnedral
of Cologne. And then tho diligence ride tho
next morning over the wet roads, between
the green fields, and through the back
streets of little villages, whore tioops of
housewives were doing their family wash
ing at tbe fountain in tho middle of the
square what a delight to tho eyes, what a
tieasuro for tho memory One thinks of the
wise man who said, "Give me the luxuries
of life and I will dispense with the neces
saries!" Give us the by-ways and tho high
ways may go unoccupied.
Who ever heard of Hitchon and its ancient
monastery church? Hitchen is in Hertford
shire, half-a-dozen miles from Knebworth.
The road leads out between the hedges and
tho walls of brick and stono which fence in
the gret estates; and through the groups of
houses in quaint villages, all oCbriek, close
to the stieet with a gray church in the
midst, and a full complement of ale
houses with old-fashioned signs. Tho
meadows are green, as only English mead
ows can be, and tho tiees beside the (way
and in the fields 'stand out against the sky,
not massed together, as our are, but apart,
each with an individuality of its own. And
so we come to Hitchen, and to its great old
churob, of which the guide books are quite
unaware, .and no "personally conducted"
tourist ever saw, but over whose ancient
walls the ivy clambers, and on tho dial of
tne square tower the sun still marks the
hours as it has marked them since the days
when white-cowlod monks looked up to see
the time. Inside are cnrlous old stone
effigies by the windows, figures of knights
and ladies of the centuries of chivalry, re
cumbent with hands clasped in prayer.
Over a tomb in the transept hang a helmet
andabteastplate and a pair of stout steel
gauntlets, for which the former owner has
now these many years had no further use.
In a curious old painting on the wall the
Holy Mother is depicted, attired in what
looks quite like modern evening dress.
A Picturesque English Parish.
The little church at Knebworth is
equally picturesque and inteiesting. Theie
are old brasses in the chancel floor which
have survived tho days of fanaticism and
plunder. Thoro are marble monuments of
departed Lyttons in tho little chapel by tbe
choir, wonderful studies in tho elaborate
costumes of a century and a half ago. There
is a great square pew for tho lord of tho
manor and his family at tho entrance to tho
choir, railed in by a partition of good
height from the gaze of the peasant congre
gation, and provided with prayer books
which are as tall as small children. The
row of trees around the church was planted
by a fprmcr Lady Lytton, who had a quarrel
with the parson. After she had appointed
him to the living according to the per
nicious custom of the country she met an
other clergyman whom she liked much
better. So she coolly invited the rector
to resign. And when she found
thst he had no intention of consenting to
her wishes, she planted this row of tiees
about thochuich to hide it from the win
dows of her house and from tho sight, per
haps, of her own conscience, and foibade
tho congregation to attend. So that for
tbree years the good man said the service
with the parish clerk alono. Then ho gave
up and resigned.
Queer Oat-of-the-Way Services.
I heard a parish clerk pronounce the
amens the other day at Amesbnry. Ames
bury is a few miles out of Salisbury, midway
between Old Sarum, where there are exten
sive and impressive remains of a fortress
which was held by the Romans, and Stone
henge, where that mysterious group of
Druid stones stands in the midst of Salis
bury Plain. We looked into the little church
as the vicar was saying the litany. There
were half a dozen good womenin the con
giegation and. tho parish clerk. The parish
clerk magnified his office. His voice was as
loud as the parson's.
Another queer, little, out-of-the-way serv
ice which I will always remember with
pleasure was at St. Cross Hospital in Win
chester. St. Cross was founded a good many
centuries ago in the Middle Ages for the
poor people of Winchester as an almshouse
for tho aged, and the good man who gave
most of the money provided that at the St.
Cross gate a dole of bread and a horn of
ale should be given free to every wayfarer.
That charity as I can personally testify
has continued into this present. Out of the
Middle Ages, through the changes of the
Reformation, and in spite of all the irrever
ences and innovations of this modern time,
in the face ot all the admonitions or
scientific economies, there is still bread
for the hungry and drink for the thirsty at
tho old gateway of St. Cioss. In the ven
eraole church, with its round Norman pil
lars, the gray beards of the almshouse
dressed in tho black gowns of the Knights
Hospitallers or old time, and each weiring
over his heart the square silver cross of the
defender of the Holy Sepalcher, knelt at
their prayers.
It is in these by-places, in these hidden
corners which the busy broom of change
has not reached, that the past survives.
And the meditative traveler lejoices in the
past. Ho goes abroad to see what he eannot
seo at home. And if ho can not only get
out of America into Europe, but out of the
nineteenth century into the Middle Ages, so
much the happier is he.
Must Look Out for Yoursaif.
Chicago Mail. 3
If a man does not content himself in this
world, nobody else is going to content him. '
DISINFECTANTS AND BEMEDIES.
Hamburg Defended The Use o Acids
Steam Batht Drink Bot Potations.
New York, Sept. 4. The BeraWt Munich
cable has an interview with Prof. Sohwen
ninger, one of the most celebrated doctors
in Berlin and Physiolan in Ordinary- to
Prince Bismarck, upon the subject of ohol
era, in which he says: "The plagne this
year follows the mat oh of the great epidem
ics. It attacks Europe by the north and not
by tbe south. It was bound, then, to reach
Hamburg, since the authoiitles of Russia in
Europe took no steps to stop It. The English
officials in India took proper precautionary
measuies. There ought to be an Interna
tional Hygenio Commission established.
That is the way to kill cholera. It must be
stamped out on tbe spot. Other measures
are useless. '
"I don't understand complaints made
against the authorities at Hamburg. No
body knows exactly when the disease be
comes epidemio in certain European capi
tals. Although for some months tnere have
been daily cases of cholera, yet the doctors
did not say it was epidemic. Why, then,
should the physicians of Hambnrg have
cried 'All is lost" when they had only ten
cases? Almost all the measures taken at
the moment when the epidemic broke out
were illusory.
"When yon are disinfecting a room with
sulphuric acid throw it only in the place
where the invalid is. It is not likely that
the bacilli will bo propagated after the dis
infection. One of the first things is to make
a city thoroughly wholesome. People ought
to be made more careful in a city like Ham
burg, where all kinds of refuse and filth are
thrown Into the water ana where sewerage
does not exist. About 30,000 persons dwell
in cellars and live on fish. An epidemio in
such cases is inevitable, and it is almost Im
possible to prevent it running right throngh
Germany. It is only in healthy places.clean
towns and amonz the well nourished that
the malady will amount to little. In that
case thero may be ten or onlv one cholera
case, according to the size o'f the popula
tion, but not thousands, as in Hamburg.
"If you become ill, diink as hot as ever
you can grog, camomile tea, no matter
what, provided it is hot. Then, if your
limbs grow cold, plunge into a steaming hot
bath. Should these produce no effect, then
put yourself in the hands of God, for those
are the only remedies known to be efficacious.
The doctors can do nothing. But don't be
afraid of choleia. Those only are afraid
who live in dirty towns and who have not
tried to ameliorato tho condition of the
poor. Having neglected to do what they
ought to have done, they have prepared the
way for epidemics."
A MONK'S PE0PHECY.
Why Emperor 'William Anxlomlr Awaits an
Important Family Event.
BY CABLE TO THE DISPATCII.l
Berlin, Sept. 4. Copyrighted. Heavy ar
tillery firing on Thursday led the people
of the city to think tbat the accouchmcnt of
the Empress had occurred. Later it was
learned that the firing merely accompanied
a sham fight on the outskirts of the city.
The accouchmcnt of the Empress has been
expected daily for the last two weeks and
may take place at any moment. Both
parents are eager that tbe cnild shall be a
girl. The Emperor is especially anxious, as
the peculiar prophecy on the subject by a
Catholic monk was biought recently to his
attention. Tho record of the prophecy wns
found in the Einssian archives. It was
made centuries ago, and runs substantially
as follows:
"After receiving a mortal blow from a
conqueror who shall come from the West
(supposed to oe Aapoieon i), tne Herman
Empire shall be erocted again two genera
tions later by a monarch of a new dynasty
(Emperor William I), who will live to a
great aao, rule long, and, owing to the wis
dom of his government, be beloved by all
his subjects. Ho will bo followed bv a mon
arch who will have but a Bhort reign (Em-.
peror Fiederiek), and the latter will be fol
lowed by a third monarch who will have
seven sons, nono of whom will ascend the
throne."
This prophecy is said to have taken a
peculiar hold upon the Emperor's vivid
imagination, and he fears tbat by becoming
the father of the seventh son he will fulfill
its conditions.
The renort has been circulated indus
triously throughout Germany that the Em
pi ess Frederick, now in Hamburg, bas in
vited Pilnoess Bismarck and tho Count and
Countess William to dine with her. In view
of Bismarck's recent attacks upon the Gov
ernment, this report has seomed incredible,
yet careful inquiry in high official circles
elicited only assurances that it was correct.
NEWFOUNDLAND'S OCCUPATION Q0NE.
Cod, Herring and Lobster Fisheries Almost
Complete Failures.
nAHP ax, N. S.. Sept. 4. Reports from the
cod fisheries along tbe North Labrador
coast are by no means encouraging. Many
of tho vessels, when last heard from, had
done little or nothing. The herring fishery
up to the date of the steamer Halla sailing
had been a complete failure, both at New
foundland and Labrador. Many of the peo
ple in the vicinity of Currant Island will re
quire assistance to keep them through the
winter. A petition signed by about 40 of the
residents of tho vicinity, requesting assist
ance, was entrusted to Captain Farquhar to
deliver to tho Mayor of Halifax.
The lobster fishery has beon a failure, and
many packers had closed up disgusted with
the season's work under the modus Vivendi
which came into torce in 1890. No new fac
tories are allowed to work on the French
shore, and several bave been closed by the
British warships. The residents thine thev
are thus prevented from following thefr
only occupation, and their living is taken
away from them. They feel very strongly
over tho matter.
NEW KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS LAWS.
Important Results of tbe Biennial Conven
tion at K'insis City.
Kansas City, Sept. 4. The Supreme Lodge
Knights of Pythias closed its labors yester
day after a session of two weeks. The
adoption of nn entirely new ritual for the
Older was one of the things accomplished.
The "six dollar" olause in the constitntion
was abolished, relieving the order from the
imputation of being a "cheap John" institu
tion. Another important question wns the right
of two Giand offices being bold by one
person, and it was decided adversely. This
was strenuously ouposed by George Hawkes,
ot Pennsylvania, but he was dofoatedand
now he will have to choose between holding
the office of Giand Keeper of Records and
tho office of Supreme Representative.
Henceforth the ritual of tho older will be in
the English language only. The Supreme
Lodge adopted stringent provisions against
outside insurance organizations ulng the
namo of the order. The question of exclud
ing from membership of the order all
saloon keepers and bar tenders was referred
to the Grand Lodges of the various States,
and the question of providing a 'home for
aged members and orphans of members was
postponed until tho next biennial session of
the Supreme Lodge.
DBATnS HERE 4ND ELSEWHERE.
Then Barnam, Centenarian.
Eben Barnum, a centenarian and near
relative of the famous showman, Phlneas T. Bar
num, died Thursday night at Port Crane. Broome
county, N. Y. He was born in Fairfield, Conn.,
July 29, 1791. and had consequently entered on his
102 1 year. His boyhood days were passed in Ohio,
but lie had lived at or near Port Crane for 75 years
past. He was a farmer. His health was Invariably
good, and he retained his faculties remarkably
until he had passed the century mark.
Lymnn R. Fretts.
Lyman K. Fretts, a Democratic candi
date for Assembly, died at his home in East Hunt
ington township, Westmoreland county, yester
day morning. A special meeting of the Demo
cratic County Commitiee will be held In a few
days to select a candidate to all the vacancy.
Obituary Notes. s
Colonel E. P. C. Lewis, a millionaire and ex
Unltcd States Minister to Portugal, died suddenly
Saturday morning at his home In Hoboken, N.J,
Hev. M. W. Staples died at his residence in
Catsklll Saturday, aged 05 years. He was Managing
Secretary of the Virginia Bible Society at Rich
mond during the years 1870. to 1381.
Colonel William C. Fpkbey died on Friday
at Connersvllle, Ind., aged 61. He was Ma j-or of
that city lor several years and a special land agent
In Kansas under President Cleveland.
Captain Jams It. MiLlee, of Little Bock,
died at Saratoga Springs (Saturday. Ho was the
present lessee of the Arkansas State penitentiary
and one of the wealthiest men of the Southwest.
Lyman B. Fretts. Democratic candidate for
Assembly from Westmoreland county, and a
brother of the Bev. Joseph lVetts. died yesterday
morning of typnoia tever. uv was an active mem'
berot the M. K. Church.
Babney HroiiES, commeifclal agent of the
Memphis and Charleston Ballroad, died, at his
home in Memphis Saturday wight of obstruction
of the bowels. He had been connected wltli the
road since 1S6S, and was well known in Southern
rauroaa circus.
CAMPAIGN NEWS AND COMMENT.
Whatever may be the other results of
this1 year's elections there is very little pros
peot that the control of the National Senate
will be affeoted. The present membership
is 47 BoDUblloans, S3 Domoorata and two
Farmers' Alliance. If the opposition should
unite they would still havo to gain three
members and the Republicans lose three 'to
effeot a tie, in which case the Vice President
would have the deolding vote. Of the 30 odd
Senators whose terms expire March 4 next,
several have already been re-elected, In
cluding Sherman, of Ohio, and Aldrich,
of Rhode Island. In New England
successors are still to be chosen to
Dawes, of Massachusets; Hale, of Maine;
Proctor,of Vermont, and Hawley, of Con
necticut. The three former will certainly
be Republicansand Connecticut's Legisla
ture is almost sure to bo that way, no matter
how the vote on President stands, as tho
districts are arranged to tbe advantage of
the Republicans. New York is dangerous
ground, and if the gerrymander which is
now being tested in the courts stands there
is a strong possibility that Hiscock's suc
cessor will be a Democrat, presumably of
the Hill stripe. The status 7f the Senatorial
canvass in Pennsylvania is well known.
Blodgett will be succeeded by a Democrat in
New Jersey, and Turple has the call in In
diana. In two Southern States, W6st Vir
ginia and Delaware, the Republicans have a
fighting chance of securing Legislatures of
their faith, Delaware having one Re
pnbllcan Senator now, who was
chosen in 1S88. In the farther
South and In the West any changes
tbat occur will likely result fiom the
granger movement. In Kansas a big fight
will be made for the seat made vacant by
the death of Plumb, and temporarily held
by Perkins. Republicans confidently ex
pect to redeem Michigan's Legislature, and
ohoose the successor of Stockbndgo. Wis
consin and Montana are the only other
Western States in doubt. In tho former the
Democrats havo the advantage of a gerry
mander, and a great deal will depend on tbe
German vote. On the Pacific Coast Cali
fornia is practically certain to select a Re
publican lor Feltou's place.
Vebmont's election to-morrow will be
useful as a politloal barometer. A majority
of 20,000 or more will indicate that the Re
publican forces generally are in first-class
righting trim.
The district plan of choosing electors in
Michigan causes more attention than usual
to be devoted to tbat Stato this year. Since
this method bas been declared constitu
tional by the State Supreme Court both
parties having been figuring on the number
of electors which they will secure, and the
claims are very conflicting. Congressman
Julius C. Burrows, while at National Re
publican Headquarters In New York, said:
"Tne Democrats gerrymandered our State
so as to carry seven of the 14 electoral
votes, but they will got, possibly, four. We
don't mean to let them do better than three
if wo can help it." Alluding to the Demo
cratic plans for conscripting funds in the
East with which to deluge tho Western Be-
Jiublican States, in hope of carrying them,
Ir. Burrows spoke in thorough consonance
with other Western and Northwestern
visitors who have pieceded him. "I don't
think they will succeed," he said, "because
Republicans in our country aie not for sale.
The Democrats will need all the money
they can raise to keep their own forces in
lino. But thero are some Democrats who
can't be bought for free trade."
It will require a good deal of sticking
plaster to keep the South solid tlrls year.
That hustling Hoosier, Ehody Shiel,
who so distinguished himself in Harrison's
behalf at Minneapolis, has been in consulta
tion with Chairman Carter. Of tho condi
tion of the canvass in Indiana he said: "We
havo an important local issue in the tax
question. The Democrats havo practically
held control or the Legislature for the past
20 years, all that time having had control of
one branch or the other. They have in
creased the debt from three to nine millions
in tho last ten years. The Legislature of 1391
passed a tax bill authorizing a new appraise
ment of all real and personal property, and
in many cases raised the taxes 100 and 200
per cent, and a general increase of
about CO per cent, in . the State, and
the levy for State purposes, hereto
fore 12 cents, was laised to 13, which
will bring in an amount sufllcientTto pay the
debt in four years." Of the gerrymander in
Indiana Mr. Shiel said: "Under the Dresent
gerrymander the Republicans mnst carry
the State by 20,000 to get the House or
Representatives, and by from 50,000 to 40,000
to control the Senate. The Democratic
counties have double the representation of
Republican counties." Accounting for the
lack of activity in politics. Mr. Shiel said
that everybody was wrapped up in business.
People are satisfied with existing conditions
and their time is occupied. It seems to be
the impression that there is no need of
spending too much time in doing what can
ho done in a week. There will, however, bo
a very lively campaign in the last few weeks
before election, aecordlng to the Indiana
political expei t.
No new question concerning the meaning
of the Baker ballot law has arisen during
the past 21 hoius.
For some inscrutable reason it Is an
nounced that the Democratic managers
propose to send a number of their heavy
weight oi a tors into Pennsylvania this year.
The list announced includes suqh well
known apostles of free trade as the follow
ing: non. John G. Carlisle, Kentucky; Gov
ernor Horace G. Boles, Iowa; Hon. William
M. Springer, Illinois: Governor Lyman Ab
bott, New Jersey; Hon. Bourko Cockran,
Now York; Hon. Charles F. Crisp and Hon.
William S. Holman, "the great objector," or
Indiana. Keystone State Republicans will
await the coming of these distinguished
gentlemen with considerable equanimity.
Tne speakers are far more likely to imbibo
the protection sentiment that pervades the
air in Pennsylvania than they are to make
converts to their own visionary ideas. If
tho visitors will only use their eyes carefully
their trip cannot fall to be of value to them
selves. Allan B. JIobse, recently nominated
by the Democrats for Governorol Michlgun,
has resigned the offico of Chief Justice of
tho State Supreme Court. And now some
Republicans aie unkind enough to call State
and National Chairman and Secretary of the
Common wo.ilth Harrity's attention to this1
shining example.
All of the rainbows visible only to
Democratic eyes this year are not located in
the Western sky. Encouraged by the re
peated success of Governor Russell tho
Massachusetts admirers of Cleveland are
making some sanguine estimates. Frederick
C. Prince, of Boston, visited Na
tional Demociatlo headquarters the
other day a'id thei faithful theio
had their drooping spirits somewhat
revived by his call. "Wo are going to sur
prise the party by the vote In Massa
chusetts," said Mr. Prince. "For tho fiist
time we aie relieved of the necessity of
paying a poll tax ns a qualification for vot
ing. Although this tax is a .small one, still
with many of the rank and file of tho De
mocracy in our State it is often inconvenient
to pay. I expect the Democratic vote in the
State will bo greatly augmented in Novem
ber because ot this relief fiom tho poll tax.
It is leasonably certain that we shall again
elect Governor Russoll. nis record has
gieatly incieased his popularity." Mr.
Prince has apparently overlooked tue lesson
or the returns of the spring election of this
year in the noighboiing and similaily situ
ated State of Rhode Island.
TnE latter part, at least, of tho title of
"stuffed prophet" should no longer be ap
plied to tho lono fisherman of Buzzatd's
Bay. No free trade prophet would havo ap
pointed Mr. Peck Labor Commissioner of
New York in 1883 in tho lhjht or the loport
which tbat statistician has made in 1892.
FIEED F0JI A STEAMSHIP.
A Family Who Disputed Over
Extra
Charge Put Off in a Doat.
New York, Sept. 4. The tugboat Joseph
Stickney this morning picked up Emil Page
and family, who had been placed aboard the
pilot station boat off Sandy Hook from the
outgoing La Touraine. Page had taken pas
sago for himsolf, wife and throe children
and had tickets for himself and lamlly.
After La Touraine started, ho said ho had
some dispute with the officers as to some
extra charges, the nature of which bo said
he could not understand, and the officers
-dumped him and his family on the pilot sta
tion, boat.
CHOLERA PRECAUTIONS.
Lactic Acid Recommended for Treatment
In First Stages.
European edition N. Y. Herald. ,
Although it is not always possible to find
the direct cause of an epidemio of cholera,
we are none tho less quite certain about the
influence of drinking water as an agent ot
Its propagation, ana we know that, when
defiled, either directly, by tho ref
use coming from patients suffer
ing from contagious diseases, or. in
directly, by tho washing of linen that
bas been made use of by tbe latter, it may
carry the germs of disease to a great dis
tance. The list of epidemics of dysentery,
typhoid fever or cholera produced in this
way is endless, and too great care, there
fore, cannot be taken to use only the pnrest
water that it is possible to get for drinking
purposes. This is a precaution that ought
to be taken at any time, but particularly so.
of course, when there is an epidemio going
on, and my readers will, I think, do me the
Justice to grant tbat in many of these arti
cles I have dwelt at length on the need of
pure water for table purposes, and even of
water that has been boiled.
It is always well, no doubt, to preserve
ourselves from outward infection, but, since
two precautions are better than one, every
effort should be made as well to prevent the
development of any cholera germs that may
succeed in gaining access to the interior of
our organism. MM. Winter andLesage have
shown tbat tho cholera poison in man is gen
eiatod in the intestine, and is rendered solu
ble by the alkaline reaction of that medium.
The inference from this is that the chief in
dication should be to acidify the contents of
the digestive tract eo that they should be
unfit for the proliferation of the bacilli. No
substance is superior to lactic acid fur tho
attainment of this purpose.
I have already spouen of lactic acid both
a a preservative from cholera and as a form
of treatment lor tne complaint at Its first
period. Ten or fifteen grammes of lactic
acid to be taken during the 21 hours can be
dissolved in a litre of distilled water and
sweetened or aiomatized either with rasp
berry, mint, lemon or orange sirup.
Some persons, in view of tho distaste felt
by many for pharmaceutical preparations
of any kind, have conceived the Idea of man
ufacturing siphons of seltzer water acidified
with five or six grammes of lactic acid,
or else siphons oi lemonade acidified
to the same degree. In tills way lactic acid
would be brought within tho reach of
everybody and used in the place of ordinary
seltzer water or of the various spark
ling table waters. This drink taken in small
quantities could not do any harm. It would
seem that the use of this artificial water
would give very practical results in all
cases wheie a large number of persons have
to live together, as in barricks, lycoums and
prisons. It is customary in these establish
ments, in times of great heat or of epi
demic, to distribute fresh hygienic drinks,
so that it would bo rational to try there a
form of drink which not only might be
made agreeable to tho taste by various
means, but which possesses in addition real
therapeutical and prophylactic properties.
It would also be posslblo in an establish
ment where the distribution of drinks is
watched to vary the dose of lactlo acid ac
cording to circumstances. No more suitable
time could be found than the piesentto
make this experiment, which would cer
tainly render service to the pnblic health.
A QUIET LAE0B DAY.
The Celebration Will Bo Modest
and
SohnoTg "Will Open.
The observance of Labor Day will not be
so general to-day ns in previous years.
Being a national holiday It will be duly
celebrated in tho local government insti
tutions by the absence- of employes for the
major portion of tbe day. In the Federal
building business will be suspended
altogether, except in the postofflce, whero
certain branches of the department will be
open for a short time.
The main legistry office and money order
office will romain open till noon. General
delivery windows at main office will he open
all day and night, and at stations from 7
o'clock a. M. to 12.30 r. M. and fiom 7 o'clock
to 9 o'clock r. m. Special delivery of letters
will be as on other days and tho carriers'
windows will be open until 5 o'clock p. M.
All the public schools will open this morn
ing, but will adjourn lor tho day immedi
ately after the pupil3 have been registered.
There will be no street parades or ether
usual Labor Dav celobrations, with one ex
ception. The " Caledonian societies will
spend the day at the Allegheny Athletic
Association Park, where they will hold their
annual athletic meeting and Clan McFiier-
son will parade in the forenoon in Highland
costume and regalia.
The Bijou Theater and Grand Opera House
will both havo matinees. "The Limited
Mail" will open at the former playhouse.
Died in Allegheny Last Week.
The Allegheny mortuary report for the
past week shows a total of 43 deaths, an in
crease of eight over the previous week. Of
the deaths 18 were males and 23 females; 42
were white and 1 colored; 7 were caused by
cholera infantum, 5 by diphtheria, 2 pneu
monia, 7 marasmus; the others were from
different causes. The number of deaths
from all diarrhcoal diseases wore 15; 13 were
under 1 year and 2 between 80 and 90 years.
German Press Club's Concert.
A summer festival and concert will bo
given by the German Press Club, Saturday,
September 10, at Caecilia Maennerchor Hall,
15 North Canal street, Allegheny. In the
afternoon there will bo a reception, and tho
concert cemmonces at 8 o'clock in the even
ing. The Mayors of both cities and a lance
number of prominent citizens havo oeen
invited to attend. The festivities will begin
at 2 r. ir. and continue until midnight.
Fpltcwork C.ius" a Bank Run.
City op Mexico, Sept. 4 A merchant of
this city, to spito the Banco Londres, of
Mexico, recently put up a sign in his office
that he would refuse to receive the con
cern's bank bills. The result was a run on
the bank, which, however, was promptly
met. Confidence was restored yesterday.
Is n Great Calamity Howler.
Chicago Tribune.!
WhatthoPopuIistcandidate lacks in "pop
uli" he generally mako3 up in "vox."
Stirs Up the Democrats.
Washington Tost.
What a red flag is to a Spanish bull, Amor
can tin plato is to the Democracy.
C0RTIS' CLASSIC CHARACTER.
No American of this generation has more
fully Justified the name of gentleman than
George William Curtis. Boston Herald.
George William Curti3 was a man of
many parts. He was a traveler, an author,
a lecturer, a Journalist, a reformer and a pol
itician. In every occupation ho was a leader.
Buffalo Express.
.Amonq American men of letters no man of
this generation has so completely filled as
Mr. Curtis did the ideal of clear intellect,
pure taste, moral purpose, chivalry of feel
ing and personal refinement and grace.
yew York Tribune.
Tuis noble American, though never hold
ing and never seeking, and often declining
public place, will Bo ranked as one of the
very best exemplars of American citizen,
ship which takes active, intelligent and
unselfish interest in the affairs of the Repub
lic Chicago Times.
In the death of George William Curtis
American politics, oratory, letters, society
in its best and truest sense, all, in fact, that
represents American civilization, suffered
an irreparable loss. It is simple truth to Say
of Mr. Curtis that his life was a national ben
efaction. New York Post.
His death is a loss which cannot be re
paired. It vacates a place that will not bo
filled. It involves an affliction that wonld
be without consolation but for the heritage
of noblo memotles which surviv6 the
passage of George William Curtis to the
tomb. Brooklyn Eagle.
The death of George William Curtis is a
shock to tho public. Eminent as an author,
magazino editor and newspaper man, and
distinguished in every branch of his work
for talent and fidelity, his loss will bo felt in
letters and Journalism wherever the English
language is spoken. Washington Star.
The death of Mr. Curtis will make n va
cancy in ourn:o3t honest, most admirable,
most instructive literature that no matnre
writer of the present day canflll;andwo
see no signs of his equal in his special line,
being developed fiom among theyouuger
men In the literary profession. Chattanooga
Times.
Seen a man's death is an unspeakable
national calamity. Thore are many other
able and uprigut men who are ready to do
battle for tho right ns he did; but thero was
only one George William Curtis, and his
death leaves a wide gap in the ranks of
American greatness that must long remain
.unfilled. Philadelphia Time.
CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS. V .
Pekin boasts of 80,000 beggars.
Photograph plates are now coated by
machinery.
There are nearly 3,000 stitches in a pair
of band-sewed boots.
The entire Salt river valley is said to be) -honeycombed
with caves.
J9 Parrots cost but 10 cents each to tho
dealers in Central America.
A chicken with a hawk-shaped head
and beak is one of Missouri's curiosities.
Chinese women are not taught to writ
or read. They are not considered of enough
importance.
California has a little girl who has nine
Angers on one hand and eight toes on the
opposite foot.
There are said to be 1,142 patent remi
dies for cholera in the list at the United
States Patent Office.
Out of 701 candidates examined at the
Cambridge higher local examinations
recently 783 were women.
A "talking clock" has been invented
by a watchmaker in that busy center of
horological art the city of Geneva.
The hardest known wood is said to be
cocus wood. It turns tbe edge of any ax,
however well tempered, so it is claimed.
There is a certain noted place of the
earth where the snn and moon may both
happen to rise at the same instant and upon
the same point of the compass.
There is a remarkable place of the
earth, of a southern latitude, from whose
meridian the sun removeth not for several
days at a certain timo of the year.
A fisherman caught an immense tront
in the Austrian province of Istria a short
time ago. The fish is said to be over a
yard in length and half a yard inclrcum
lerence.
There is a very remarkable place of the
terraqueous globe where all the planets, not- , ..
withstanding their different motions, do al
ways bear upon one and tho same point of
the compass.
The workers alone in London hospitals
amount to 6,000 persons, of whom some 1,300
are honorary medical officers who devote
their time to the treatment of disease with
out fee of any kind.
There is a vast country in Ethiopia
Superior to whose inhabitants the body of
the moon doth always appear to be most en
lightened when she is least enlightened, and
to be least when most.
There is a certain place of the earth, in
northern latitude, where, though the days
and nights (even when shortest) consist of
several hours, yet In that place It Is midday
or noon every quarter or an hour.
The highest place in the world regu?
larly inhabited is the Buddhi3t of Maine, in
Thibet, which is 16,000 feet abovo sea-level.
Tho highest inhabited nlace in tho Americas
is at Galera, Peru, 15,635 feet above the sea
level. Tbe Central Pacific Railroad has'soma
monster engines in use on the western end
of its route those made at the Sacramento
shops in 1SS3. Each of these gizantic loco
motives weighs, exclusive of tender, 123,000
pounds.
An English physician who has made a
stndy of bronchial diseases says that women
teachers are subject to a peculiar throat af-
fectlon. He recommends tbat they bo
taught in training schols how to manage
the voice.
The task of photographing the heavens
and observations with the spectroscopa are
the two things which (apart from official
work) will chiefly occupy tho astronomers
at the Royal Observatory for the next half
dozen years to come.
According to the foreign papers there
are now 3,538 Journals and magazines printed
in Germany. In 1S91 there were 3 443; in 1890,
3,204; in 18(59, 2,982, and in 1388.2,729. Thero
lias been an increase since last year, there
lore, of 95. and since 1SS8 of 809.
In connection with the 'Egyptian na
tions, the Gnostics, as well as somooftho
early Christian fathers, speak of Christ as
the scarab;eux and symbolize Him as a man
with a beetle's he id. The Egyptians always
embalmed this sacred insect.
The latest triumph of Yankee inventive
genius is an India rubber fish worm. It is
said to boa. remarkably good lmitaHofi of
the common earth worm, is indestructible,
and in actual nto proves as alluring to tho
fishes as the cennine article.
Peeresses of Great Britain, Scotland or
Ireland, by birth, marriage or creation, are
free from arrest or imprisonment in civil
process; and in the event of a peeress being
charged with a criminal offense she would
be tried by the House of Lords.
The deepest soundings ever taken in
the Pacific Ocean, or, in fact, any place on
tbe globe, were made in the vicinity of tho
Ladrone Islands, in north latitude 12 4'
east, longitude 143 16', where tbe depth was
found to. be 26,850 feet (4,475 fathoms), or
about five mites.
A statistical item of interest to women
is tbat women to-day are two inches taller)
on an average, than they were 25 yoars ago.
The cause is found in tho exchange of the
embroidery needle for tho tennis racket,
oar and the gymnastic apparatus of the
school and college.
Both tbe Kurds and tbe Cossacks be
lieve tbat Ararat is guarded by an unearthly
being and that no man can ascend tbe peak
and live. They have a somewhat contrary
opinion, however, as to what kind of spirits
aie on guard, the former claiming tbat the
devil is guard supreme, the latter that angels
are on watch.
About 230,000 canary birds are raised
every year in Germany, and, besides the
100,000 birds that aro sent to this conntry,the
English market takes about 50,000 and the
next best customers are Brazil, China, the
Argentine Republic and Austria, to which
country salesmen are sent with largo num
bers of birds every year.
Twenty millions of acres of land in the
State of Washington are covered with a
growth of wood which will cut an average
of 25,000 feet of merchantable lumber per
aero. Much of it in tho vicinity of.Pors
Crescent will cut an average of 100,000 feet
and more to the acre, while single trees are
common that will cut 3,000 feet.
It has been found that horseflies, bees,
bumblebees and other insects of that ilk
can be held by the legs and made to prodnce
tho humming or buzzing noises so charac
teristic of the two-winsed insect family,
even though their wings be entirely re
moved; and that a partial (say the clipping
of a half or two-thirds of each wing) removal
of the organs of flight only serves to increase
the shrillness of the noise.
EARLY ACTDMN FANCIES.
Hughes Don't you want something for
your cough?
Bines Ureal Cttsnr. 1 should say not. I'd give U
away If I could, I'Afcayo inter Ocean.
'Tis autuirn; we have left the sea;
The town I now prefer.
All summer she has laughed at me.
But now I laugh at her.
teio Yrk Evening Sun.
Danchter Mr. Sillery asked me last
night to marr him. mamma. Would you advise
me to accept him?
Mamma-Certainly. my child: the season Is too
nearly over to be squeamish. Detroit five Presa.
In most romantic place my love I met
She sat. her eyes fixed on the stile;
Lonjt years hare flown, but yet, me seems,
Tho-e eyes still fixed upon the style.
Harvard Courant.
"Jest one kiss before we part. You will
not fu me."
Just one?"
ye?."
Very well, but don't take too many." .Veto
Tirft Press.
In search of fortune for my love
I started off to roam ;
U e're married now, and bless our lot
I got a girl abroad, she got
The clerk I left at home.
few York Herald,
Gaston I wonder why Sadfly didn't try
to rescue that lady when he is such an expert
swimmer?
Peterson Well, yon sec he thought right at
that it was nis wife. Pomona a tmu.
"Behold the child by Nature's kindly
law
Pleased with the rattle, tickled with a
straw?"
And unto adults straws can pleasure
lend
"WWle lemonade Is at the other end.
-Put,
"I'm in debt. Yon can't imagine ho
worries me."
That's nothing. Think of the worrylns-:
l creditors are doing." Chicago Aow.
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