iTwiBvni'?!'''s tFT7$C5' THE PITTSBUKG DISPATCH, MONDAY. SEPTEMBER 19.' 1892. Wl$M$m$fa ESTABLISHED PEBRtJABT VoL 47. Ifo. 2 Entered at Pittsburg Postofflce oven:ber, 1&S7, as second-class matter. nrstNEss OFFICE, Cor. SmlUrfield and Diamond Streets. Kewa Booms and Publishing House, 78 and 80 Diamond Street, New Dispatch liuildlng. EASTERN ADVERTISING OFFICE. BOOM 78. THIBUKE BUILDING. NEW TOKK. where complete files or THE DISPATCH can always bo found. THE DISPATCH is on sale at LEADING HOTELS throughout the United States, andatBrentano's, S Union Square, New York, and 17 Avenue de 1' Opera, Parts, France. TtKlIS OP THIS DISPATCH. POSTAGE TREE ET THE ClOTID STATES. DAnrDiGFATcn. One Year. : f 8 00 Dailt Dispatch, Three Months 2 00 Dailt DliyATCn. One Alonlh TO Daily insrATCH, Including Sunday. 1 year.. 10 00 Dailt Dispatch, Including Sunday, 3 m'ths. 2 80 Dailt Dispatch, including Sunday, 1 month 90 Eocday Dispatch. One Year. ISO Wekklt Dispatch. One Year. 1 a The Dailt Dispatch Is delivered by carriers at J5cents per -Keek, or, including Sunday Edition, at 3) cents per week. EESIITTANCES SHOULD ONLY BE MADE BY CHECKS, MONEY OBDEK. OR BEGISTERED LETTEK. POSTAGE Sunday issue and all triple number copies, ic; single and double number copies, lc itttsbubg. Monday, sept. w. ism. A bUCCESSFUL riGHT. There is much ground for hope in the outlook concerning the fight against cholera. Unless the official reports from 2Cev York are deliberate and Rigantio lies which the frank acknowledgment of last Wednesday forbids us to believe there is good evidence of the possibility by vigorous measures of checking and controlling the disease even after it has reached the land. No secondary cases have been reported, and although it is ten days since the first death from cholera on shore, five days have elapsed without the appearance of a new case. At Quarantine it seems to be well demonstrated that science is triumphing over the epidemic. Among the thousands from the infected ships who have been long at Quarantine the disease is dying out, and the only new cases were from the recently arrived loads of infec tion which the steamship companies per B'st in sending to our shores. We have in these facte good reason for the trust that while there may be scattering cases, the work of prompt isolation and disinfection wherever it appears -nill prevent it from reaching serious proportions. There is even more ground for encour agement in the proof last week of the value of the sanitary work that has been done in Pittsburg. While the cholera was still on the other side of the Caucasus The Dispatch urged that the work of cleaning up should be set about, both be cause preparation could not be too early or too thorough, and because, if the cholera should not cross the ocean, the gain in the lessening of other filth diseases would more than repay the wort It was necessary for the cholera to come nearer than it then was to stimulate the work. But it was commenced soon enough to do great good. Too much stress cannot be placed on the proof of the value of sanitary work in the decrease of the deatti rate of Pittsburg to one-half its average since the city authorities have set about thjjccilof sanitation with A will. This good ftorK should be kept up with out intermission. There are still many spots where vigorous measures are needed to insure complete sanitation. We are not yet past the period of possible peril, although we may be passing the term of probable danger. But above all, entirely independent of the cholera, the work of thorough and vigorous sanitation is worth man' times its cost in the protection from other dangerous though more familiar diseases. THE VETERANS' REUNION. The reunion of the Grand Army this week has some points of especial interest in addition to that which surrounds all the gatherings of the veterans. The assem bling of the men who saved the nation thirty years ago at the capital after it has enjoyed nearly that period of peaceful growth and improvement is a subject not ouly of interesting reminiscenco but of patriotic thought Washington owes all it has to the fact that it is the political center of a nation that was kept intact by the services of the veterans. The seat of the national Gov ernment is broucht once more into social contact -with the men whose marches through and around it formed its prin cipal history from 1SC1 to 1865, and the review of the diminishing organization of vetTans will bring to memory the mag nificent force of troops led by Grant. Sberman aud Sheridan in review through the capital at the close of the war. Washington may well give a warm wel come to the grizz'ed veterans whose patriotic valor turned its peril into its greatness. The honors given by the capitBl represent the nation's esteem and gratitude. A pleasant reunion, and as many of them as the span of human life will permit, is the universal wish of all to the survivors of the Civil War. EOUKBOX1SJI ON BANKS. The remarkable declaration of the Democratic platform in favor of reopen ing the gates to wildcat bank notes by leaving the subject to the mercies of Arkansas and Wyoming legislators pro duces a still more remarkable defense of it from the Philadelphia Times. That journal accuses the opponents of the Democratic idea of discussing the thing from the point of prejudices rather than facts, with a remark about, "ignorant organs" which makes the further asser tions of the Democratic organ very inter esting. The first of these assertions is that "the national banks were given a monopoly of the issue of bank notes in order to induce them to lend money to the United States;" they were m 18G4, but is the Time ignor ant that for nearly twenty years that monopoly has been entirely an imagina tion of Bourbon Democrats? Anyone wuh the necessary capital can go into the banking business who desires to comply with the necessary regulations; any one having done so can issue notes who wishes to buy the United States bonds as a security. There are over four times as many United States bonds outstanding as there are national bank -notes. To describe as a monopoly that which any man can engage in by complying with the regulations necessary to protect the public is an exhibition either of prejudice or ignorance. Xext the Times asserts that the national banking currency had never the impor tant merit of elasticity. That is exactly the opposite of the truth. It had that merit to an exceptional degree. It Is its elasticity which, now that money is cheap and United States bonds are dear, brings down me issue to its present minimum. .... v-v, w iw iuescib minimum, There is no way of more thoroughly pom - bintng the merits of elasticity and sta- billty equal to that of requiring notes to be based on a deposit of securities which can be increased or diminished according to the demands of trade. Beyond that the Times asserts that the national bank circulation on the present basis is prac tically a thing of the past It may be "on its present basis," but that is no reason why new securities surrounded by the safeguards of the national system cannot be substituted if a real effort is made to do so. "No one," says tho Times, "can seri ously pretend that the various forms of paper currency now in use constitute a safe, satisfactory or sensible system." This is stupendous. There is not a paper dollar in circulation that does not circu. late at par throughout the length and breadth of the land. There is not one that has not the credit of the United States be hind it The total bulk of $900,000,000 issues other than national bank notes rests on a reserve of more than 60 per cent, a greater security than any bank can afford. To assert that notes issued under the au thority of forty-four different State Legis latures should take the place of these forms of circulation is either the sublim ity of effrontery or the stupendousness of ignorance. The Times heads its article "Bourbons and Banks." This is eminently appropri ate. Only the most stupid Bourbonism could propose to turn back a system dem onstrated by thirty years experience to be the best in the world, in order to re sume one shown in tho previous thirty years to be the worst in the world. HANGING OR BURNING? The Democratic campaigners are pursu ing Peck with an acrimony that has gone to the extent of arresting him. This in timation that the statistician who pub lishes statistics not favorable to the Demo cratic cause is a criminal leads to the inquiry whether such a traitor is to be simply and mercifully hanged, or whether his crime requires a punishment with melted lead or boiling oil, or something equally humorous in It While this pursuit of Peck with the terrors of the law is going on that un fortunate party is in its turn pursued by other candidates for the torture. The Democratic statistician of Indiana and the Democratic banking superintendent of New York have each given official in formation corroborating Peck, and now comes the Massachusetts Bureau of Labor with this showing: Prom 1B90 to 1S91 there was a gain of 2.65 per cent in the total amount of wages In 75 industries. The range from the highest to the lowest was from $676 55 to $278 93 in 1690, and. from $687 76 to $287 22 in 1SSL In carpet iiigs the increase was 3 66 per cent; in cotton goods, 4.67; in machinery, 3 S3; in metals and metallic goods, 3.28; in paper and papor goods, 1.70; in woolen goods, 7.15, and In worsted goods, I.SS. The chief decreases were in boots and shoes, 3.75 per cent, and leather, 8.82 per cent. Theso two were In dustries having free raw material and re ceiving practically no assistance from the McKlnley act. We believe that eminent tariff reformer, Gen. F. A Walker, to be responsible for this report Whether the statistics come from a New York Democrat like Peck or a Mugwump like Walker they are equally disastrous to. the calamity campaigners. Yet there is worse and more of it George Ticknor Curtis, the Democratic stand-by or constitutional authority, the intimate and adviser of Tilden, the biographer of Buchanan, and the ex ponent of rock-ribbed and strict construc tion Democracy, comes out in a letter re pudiating the Democratic platform on the tariff. He declares its utterance on the constitutional question to be a repudiation of the principles of the founders of Democracy; "and he is going to commit the further awful crime of writing a more ex tended letter on the constitutionality and benefit of the protective system. If Peck must be arrested for his offense, hanging without benefit of clergy, is too good for George Ticknor Curtis. It will puzzle even Democratic rancor to find penalties which fit the crime of these various and increasing offenders. We venture to suggest that the best that can be done is go back to medieval times and have a grand auto da fe of the whole in order to put an early stop to the heresy of publishing statistics and expressing con stitutional opinions that do not fit in with the Democratic campaign. THE ELEVATOR RING'S REFORMS There are some very singular phases In the unanimous declaration of the elevator men of the Northwest that they will no longer furnish statements of the weights, shipments and stock In store in thoir warehouses. This reversal of the long standing practice of aiding the trade by giving trade statistics the widest publica tion is supported on high patriotic grounds. The publication of statistics, they say, "is an absolute detriment to the agricultural interests of this country," be cause it tells the grain buyers of Europe that we have enough gram for all their wants and that they can hold off from purchasing their supplies accordingly. All this, of course, in the interest of the Amer ican farmer. The most salient feature of this argu ment is its comic side. The self-constituted protectors of the farmers serve notice on the world at large that we have constantly on hand such an excess of grain that it would hurt the market to let them know what it is. Therefore they will never tell them. This is of the same quality as the innocent child who confidentially declares: "I've got something to give you, but I won't tell you whit it is." If it is not the sig nificance of the excuse that the stocks of grain in this country are perpetually ex cessive, it might occur to the elevator pundits that it would be to the interest of the farmer to have the world know when stocks are light Perhaps they will digest that fact sufficiently to publish statistics when stocks are light and to suppress them when they are heaw. That would hdve, with slight change, the same delight- lui quality of keeping the latter condition a profound secret But we fear that this charming inno cence fs only a pretext The fact is that other interests are involved. The buyer from whom the farmer mnst get either good prices or the reverse can conduct operations more successfully if he has the statistics which the elevator men propose to keep to themselves. Tho farmer him self, when intelligent enough, can profit by the information. Perhaps the most sig nificant feature of the move is the fact that tho exclusive intelligence which the elevator men obtain in this way will permit them to manipulate the market They alone are to know when they can squeeze the market by corners or when they can sell short with profit There is much more usufruct in this phase of the matter than in the pretext of concealing from European shippers an alleged excess which the market quotations would be sure to reveal. The idea that any trade, can be mado prosperous by making its statistics the exclusive j property of &. favored few is a exclusive j property 013 mvorea lew is a medleral - . one worthy of?the prevailing j methods of bringing the'pfofits of business into the hands of the great manipulators. But it is exceptionally refreshing to find it based exclusively on the guardianship of the farmers who are to be shut out with thjB rest of the world from the same in formation. All the Democratio organs have been smashing Peok because his figures showed an increase in the aggregate of wages paid, bat not an increase in the rate Of wages to each individual. But now comes the Demo cratic Harrisburg Patriot and destroys him with the assertion that his report shows that in some branches the wages paid per hand have increased, while the aggregate payment of wages has diminished. This is not half so bard on Peck as on the argu ments of the other Democratic organs. The New York Sun, in a forcible edito rial, calls upon the authorities or How York to burn the city garbage instead of defiling the bay with it That is what The Dispatch has been urging in Pittsburg for some time. It is semi-civilization to inflict the injury upon surrounding areas of dumping such stuff into rivers or bays and letting it decay there. Br the way, there is some pertinence in recalling the faot that two weeks ago The Dispatch asserted that the order of the United States Marine Hospital Service re quiring all foreign cargoes of rags and other material to be disinfected nt the port of shipment was entirely inadequate. The date when this arrangement was to go into effect arrives to-morrow. But the cholera has been knocking at our doors so long that this frail barrier has become ancient his tory. The report is current that the infected steamships are to bo sent back to Europe in ballast. What is the matter with keeping them tied up at Quarantine till the steam ship companies are forced to cease shipping us infected immigrants by the thousands? One of the peculiarities of the final ad mission of the Normannia's passengers is prosented by tho numerous and fervent dec larations of the eminent gentlemen who have had a rather hard time on the useless ncss of quarantine. It Is an old and familiar human quality that the person whose foot is pinched does not like it. Nevertheless any effort to keep infection away from sixty million people is likely to be supported by a large majority. Mr. Geoege Tichnor Curtis' demon stration of how little the Democratic party knew of constitutional law or Democratio doctrine is interesting. But the party man agers are too busy in having Feck punished to attend to Curtis. Senator McPherson, of New Jersey, has a very bad oninion of quarantine. Sim ultaneously with the expression of this opinion comes a statement of the amount of work he will have to do in rebuilding his fences because he couldn't attend the New Jersey Democratic Convention. But if the Senator had been there fresh Irom the Nor mannta he mieut have found himself de cidedly unpopular among the New Jersey ward workers. Mb, Cleveland's letter seems to re quire a great deal of boiling down. Perhaps his conference with his new friends. Murphy, Sheehan and Croker, necessitated some changes in the points of that rather tardy document. Bemarks the New York Herald: "The present admixture of cholera scares and po litical excitement may serve to remind good citizens that the physical system and tho bodypolitio are equally subject to attacks of insidious foes." If there were no more cholera scare than there has been political excitement up to the present time this coun try would be in a very placid and undis turbed frame of mind. Ignatius Dosnelly declares that the People's partv will carry Minnesota by 30,000 majority. It is clear that Ignatius is making free with the ciphers once more. It might be expected that the Charleston News and Courier would be outlawed as a recreant Democrat but for one thing. That Journal puDlishes statistics showing the business of Charleston to have increased $14,000,000; bnt saves itself by attacking Whittler because he never sung tho woes of the South under the tyranny of the protec tive system. Cool weather and cleanliness draw the teeth from tho cholera scare. PERTINENTLY PERSONAL. Mr. Edwin F. Searles is having built under his personal direction the $49,00 or gan which ho will present to Grace Church, San .Francisco. Da Heinrich Pudor, once director of the Dresdon Conservatory, and a popular writer on musio, thinks his country is be coming de-Germanized. Secretary of War S. B. Elkins denies leports or his illness. He is at his homo in Elkins, on the West Virginia, Cen tral andPittsourg Railroad, and well. Ctrus K. Teed, the evangel of Koresh anity, has secured several well-to-do con verts in Lynn, Mass., who will shortly dis pone of their property and remove to Chi cago to join Teed's "Unity" there. William H. Haile, of Springfield, Mass , at present Lieutenant Governor and Republican nominee for the Governorship, is a native of the Old Granite State, whose Governor, in 1837 and 1S59, was Mr. Halle's father. Captain Almont Barnes, of the Agri cultural Bureau in Washington, lives in Maryland, and in his daily tramps from his home to the railway station has discovered several rare orchids and presented them to his department. The Rev. M. It Deming, pastor of the Tabernacle Baptist Church, . Boston, has tendered his resignation. Ho has four calls tor consideration, one of whloh is to Join Dr. Pierson in the London Tabernacle of the late Mr. Spurgeon. TEE JEFF SATIS H0NUHEHT. It Will Bo located In Richmond, and "Work Will Begin in the Spring. Richmond, Sept. 18. The committeo of Uni ted Confederate Veterans appointed by Gen eral J. B. Gordon is in this city. Resolutions were adopted, selecting Richmond as the place for the location of the Jefferson Davis monument and providing for the appoint ment of committees from each State to or ganize at once for the collection of funds. The work will begin at once, and it is con templated to lay the corner stone of the monument some time during May. CUBA'S RESTLESS SEV0LTJTI0NI8TS, Their Leader Has Gone to San Domingo to Continue the Work of Agitation. New York, Sept. IS. The Times publishes a statement from prominent Cubans here that Senor Marti, leader of the Cuban revo lutionary clubs here, in Philadelphia, Tampa and Key West, has gone to San Domingo to carry on the agitation there and to continue tho work of preparing for another uprising. A new movement is to be undertaken tor the annexation of Cuba to the United States. Buffalo Soldiers to Be Arrested. Botfalo, Sept. IS Superintendent of Po lico Morgenstern has gone to New York with warrants for the arrest of the soldiers of the Twenty-second Regiment who were implicated in tho shooting of Michael Bro derick "during tho switchmen's strike. Ho also has subpoenas which he will serve on the officers or the regiment and on the offl cers who were in charge of the squad which did the shooting, ordering them to appear before the grand jury, which is now in ses sion. Minister Porter Says Bo Has Quit. New York, Sept. 18. A. G. Porter, of In dianapolis, arrived from Europe on tho steamship Fueret Bismarck 'yesterday, and confirmed tho rumor that ho baa resigned 7" mri7aHe said ThLT resignation "took effect last Thursday. u"s unvw nis post as minister to itaiy Detore leaving THROUGH QUARANTINE. IWKITTKN FOB TUB DISrATCn.l Lord Bacon, in his essay on Travel, has a sarcastic remark to make about peo ple who keep Journals on shipboard and leave them blank on land. He -appears to think that life on' the water offers nothing worthy of recording. Lord Bacon was a great and wise man, bnt he would have known more if he bad lived to be 200 years older. By that time he would have made his Journey across the Atlantic; he would have seen his whale and his iceberg; he would have become acquainted with the varied distresses of sea sickness; ho would have attended one or more ship "concerts" and have listened, with more or less strain upon his charity, to the performances pro fessional and amateur which distinguish those events; he would have staked some money, possibly, upon the number of the pilot boat; he might have had experience of delays of quarantine, and he would certainly have been welcomed with the characteristic hospitalities of the land of the free and the home of the brave by the officials of the New York Custom House. Bartholdt ought to have put a search light in the uplifted hand of his fine Liberty, and might properly have extended tho other hand in the atti tude of demanding duty! Then Lord Eicon might have torn up his old essay on Travel and have written another one, sadder and wiser, in which he would have commended those observant people who industriously labor at their diaries even in mid-ocean. A Voyage to Be Remembered. The September tourists have this year found their voyage home anything but monotonous. We ombarkod at Liverpool in the midst of a pelting rain, and thus shlver ingly bade farewell to that fair mother country, whose red roofs and gray towers linger so delightfully in memory. All day the green shotes of Ireland lav along tho skyline, nnd the white gulls flow about the ship. Tho City of Chicago still swung, bat tered aud broken, on the Kinsale rocks, as we passed. Pro9ontly the great circle of water was complete, without an interrup tion anywhere. And then wo steamed into tho midst of a storm. The official state ment, posted up the next noon en the chart in the companion way, described it as a "moderate gale," bnt to us unwonted lands men it seemed as if a dozen cyclones and typhoons were fighting for tho possession of tho ship. The Britannic rolled and pitched and tossed, and did ail the other disagree able things that a ship can do. Up went the prow into the black clouds, and then down and down into the black ocean. The deck s were like the two steep sides of a houso roof;' now you slid oneway and then the other, till the chairs had to bo tied back to keep their occupants from making fatal plunges into the bottomless pit. And it rained! A combination of salt water and fresh is one of the most nauseous concoc tions in tho world; but let it be shaken ud and churned by a good stiff breeze, and the luckless people who have to take it begin to regret the day when they were born. This lasted for S6 hours. During that time tho steamship company saved money on our breakfasts, luncheons and dinners. After that the weather was celestial. The full moon never shone more beautifully over the Garden of Eden. The ocean was like the sea of glass mingled with lire which St. John saw in his vision. The sun went down In glory indescribable. Bad News From the Pilot. Then came the pilot, who had sailed out in a small boat 300 miles to meet us. And with him came tidings of the pestilence, and we learned how the country was alarmed, and how the Norruannia, tho Moravia and the Rugia lay, floating yellow flags, at Lower Quarantine. And wo began to look into tho future with some apprehension. Everybody had a guess about our destiny. We would be held in durance 20 days; we wonld steam straight into dock; or it would be five days, or two. Then we would discuss what the pilot said, and what the captain thought, and the opinion of the surgeon and the purser. We read tho New York papers till we knew tbem by heart, and weie ready to begin upon the advertisements. Nevertheless, we had tho usual concert, which was shortor than usual, the Rev. Dr. McVlcar, of Philadelphia, presiding, the Chancellor of the Western University and Mr. J. J. Miller contributing to the pleasure of the audience, nnd Miss Rosina Vokes, whose name has a pleasantsound in tho cars of all good theater-goers, doing her share and doing it delightfully. Thus we came to Quarantine and dropped our anohor, our hearts going down with it. At breakfast we passed the plague ships, and tho sight did not increase our appetite. All about us, also at anchor, lay a dozen great ocean steamships, waiting for the verdict of the inspectors. That was early Friday morning, and we lay in quarantine till late in the afternoon of Saturday. Uncertainties of Quarantine. The experience was not a particularly unpleasant one. Everybody on board was well. Both days were fine. Now York har bor, one of the most beautiful in any waters, presented a spectacle of lovollness night and day. The banks were green and the lights in tho dark gleamed across tho water. The passengers were more than usually sociable and congenial. Tho White Star people spared no effort to make us comfort able. The bugle sounded at tho tegular hours and we went down to read our gen erons bills of fare nnd enjoy our meals. The weather was cool, with refreshing breezes. We had no reason to complain, except for the detention and for tho suspense. The detention we accepted as best we could, recognizing the need of it. It was true that our bills of health were clean, nev ertheless the Wyoming, whioh came in about tho same time with us, had an equally clear statement to make, and was even passed by the health officers when the plague appeared in tho Bteerage. We did not blame the men in charge for holding us back. The trouble was that we did not know, even up to the middlo of Saturday afternoon, how long wo would bo held. And of that we felt we had reason to complain. The Brittanlc lay for flvo hours at anchor before she was visited at all by tho health officers. The doctor, as he left, said he would be back tho next morning about 9 o'clock. He did not return till afternoon. We lived in anatmosphern of uncertainty. Every hour a different story about our fate would spread about the ship. All tho timo there was the fearful pos sibility that cholera would appear in our J crowded steerage, and that we would he sent down into the Lower Bay to share the hardships of the Normannia. Still, most peoplo took even the suspense philosophically. We read and talked and sang and looked at land. We packed our trunks at false alarms, and then unpacked them. Wo mado verses, somber and dis pirited, like these: O, let those pack Who do not lack The credulous assurance That we this day Shall not still lay In vile endurance. ' But ai for me. Though plain I see The land so bright and green. I sadly fear We shall lie here Five days In Quarantine. Tho Disinfection a Farce. Fbiday afternoon they sent over a chick of a boy to ask us -questions. We formed in lino, and inquiry was made about our luggage. Whore was it ten days before we sailed! If it was on the Continent, an ominous cross was set against our names. The next day the chick of a boy came back and pretended to disinfect the trunks which had been on tho Continent. The disinfec tion was a farce. The boy had a llttlo bottle in his hand filled with some colorless llnuid. This he sprinkled over the suspected: lug gage, putting about ten drops in a trunk, if you were very good to him and not many were looking ho would put in only two drops. Nobody could find out what tho dis infectant was. It was generally believed among the passengers to he Croton waterl The United States Government, fighting cholera with this beardless David for a champion armed with a little of something In a glass bottle, did not present a particu larly dignified -appearance. At last came the doctor. All the passen gerssteerage and cabin, were passed in- procession, beforo him. He was to judge of our health. By the time .the, helter-skelter promenade was oyer the dootor' kne-w just aboujp our condition as ono wouVl know of the health of Pittsburg who should stand for 15 minutes at the corner of Fifth avenue and Wood street and glance at the people who went by. This farce was worse than the other. However, the dootor seemed satisfied, and we were given per mission to proceed, and that contented us very well. It did not, however, heighten our respect for the quarantine authorities. They appear to have but one preventive, and that is detention. That preventive, in the case of the unfortunate Normannia, they have applied in heroio doses. Our dose was slight. In general, there is a conspicuous lack in New York bay of the qualities of prompt ness and thoroughness. Dr. Jenkins is probably a well-meaning man, and ought not to be personally blamed overmuch for being the brother-in-law of Mr. Richard Croker, but be is not big enough for the situation. BUILDING DP THE SOUTH. What Protection Is Doing for the People Below the Line. New York Advertiser. J Editor Frank A. Heywood, of the Southern Progress, published in Norfolk; Va., told the reporters yesterday what protection had done for the South,- and discussed the politi cal situation. "The Northern Republicans, as well as those who are supposed to represent the Re publican party in the South, seem to fall to take into consideration that until within the last four years there. was no particular reason why the Southerner shopld vote the Republican ticket," said Mr. Heywood. "Un til within the last four years oar Interests were purely agricultural, and we had no manufactories of any kind. If we wanted to buy a coat we naturally wanted to get it at the cheapest place, consequently we were all advocates of free trade. "But slnoe the adoption of the McKlnley law we have erected 6,454 manufactories. We have not any rich manufacturers in that section, for tho Northern manuractuiers, who are making money, have no reason to come to us. Our manufacturers are all men who were unable to stand tho great compe tition in the Northern States, or they were managers, foremen or superintendents, who wished to enter upon enterprises of their own, and came South, where the chances were greatest. These 6,454 manufacturing enterprises have given employment to thou sands of people who never worked before, and these people thoroughly understand that their interests are entirely dependent upon the protective tariff. "For instance, we have 150 mills sawing North Carolina pine. The mills employ 15,000 men. If lumber was put on the free list. North Carolina would lose its New Eng land market, and necessarily these mills would have to close. We have no home market. "In the first six months of this year we opened 182 mines, everv one dependent upon tho protective tarifl. If coal was put on tho free list, Nova Scotia coal would keep us out of our New England trade. This would also destroy the values of the properties of the Norrolk and Western, Virginia and Dan ville, and Central and Pittsburg railroads. Since the tariff has been adopted and coal has borne 75 per cent of tho en the tonnage, it has increased irom 11,000 tons to 831.000. The Elk Garden district is mining 12.000 tons dally. Coketon has four mines, and the nut put is 1,600 tons dally. At Douglass, 50,000 tons were taken out fast year, and It is esti mated that there are 50,000 000 tons con cealed undoubtedly in the Roaring Creek region. These figures are being presented to the people in our district in a manner which admits no quostlon. "Four knitting mills have been erected in Norfolk since the McKlnley bill was adopted. They employ 800 people whenever had work before. Every one who knows anything about the knitting business knows that there would be no knitting mill in the South or anywhere else but for the McKlnley tariff. There are a hundred knitting mills in the ten Southern States. They give em ployment to 200,000 people, and you may depend upon it that these 200,000 people are vei-y much impressed with the value of the McKlnley tariff law. "The Republican subsidy bill gave New port News a shipyard which employs 2,000 men. There would be no shipyard lu New port News but for the subsidy bill. "It has been asked If we expect to carry any of the Southern States lor Harrison. Thut is a subject about which there may be some question, but we certainly will have more Kenubllcans in the Fifty-third Con gress than we have sent in the entire 23 years since the war." . IHE STOPPAGE OF IMMIGBATI0CT. A Correspondent Sees a Snake in the Clause Exempting American Citizens. To the Editor of The Dispatch! In a telegram published Sunday morning discussing the feasibility of wholly stopping immigration from cholera infected ports of Europe, exemption as to American citizens is spoken of as advisable. a I rise to ask how long after a legulatinn exempting American citizens (steerage pas sengers) was adopted, would it be before the Chinese mothods of impersonation would be in full operation, and each new immigrant would be traveling under an as sumed name, with full documentary evi dence that he (the bearer) was an American? Then how long would it be before pho tography and other aids could be brought to bear to help the authorities in detecting the fraud thus practiced? How much extra would the European mall-cnrrving vessels be earning by reason of the extra burden of enrrying to Europe the naturalization papers of "citizens" anxious to help in digent friends and relations to this our El Dorado? Make the prohibition universal. Let no person traveling steerage in! American citizens unable to pay at least second cabin seldom or never visit Europe. If the plague continues there, and "citizens" are exempt by the terms of the contemplated piotubl tory law from its operation, tho tide of im migration will scaicely be diminished, much less suppressed, and the plague will bo with us to stay or to run its emirse. Pittsburg, September 17. L. R. EAST OHIO U. B. PASI0BS. List of Appointments for the North, East and West Districts. Massillon, Sept. 18. Special. Tho East Ohio Conference of the United Brethren Church closed its session hero last evening. Bishop Weaver announced tho following ap pointments: North District W. O. Slffort, Presiding Elder. Akion, J. F. Sheperd; Ashland, J. W. Sheperd; Cleveland, J. S. Kendall; Canaan, J. G. Baldwin; Chippewa Lake, L. D, Dear; Cedar Valloy, D. K. Lee; Lake Fork, J. F. Davidson; Mlfllin, D. Sprinkle; Rich field, V. L. Frv; Sheffield, G. N. Barnes; Sterling, W. Grubbs; Troy, C. W. Bonner; West Bazette, H. T. Dibble. East District R. 8. Watson. Presiding Bl der. Alliance, O. W. Slusser; Bloomfleld, J. S. Barnes; Canton, William Williamson; Connoton, W. S. Moody; Centennary, M. L, Oliver; Fairfield, C. F. Thompson: Louis ville, M. M. Phillips; Mt. Olive, William Clark; New Burnley, D. G. Davidson; New Mllford, J. Getty; New Philadelphia. H. D. Bainhonse: Vltterbein, W. S. Coder; Pales tine, F. A. Frey. West District W. A. Aithart, Presiding Elder. Bethel, J. 11. Miller; Beach Grove, J. W. Patton; Burborton, H. A. Dowling; Clin ton, JIattie Mumma; Crooked Rati, J. S. Joues: Central Ohio. E. V. Cole; Euston, S. A. Core; Massillon, W. B. Leggott; Marietta, C. G. Murphy: Navarre, I. II. Moody; New man's Creek, Ellen Kunkle Noble. Missionary section B. F. Booth, agent of Oberlin University; C. Whitney. HO DEMAND FOB PASSP0BIS. The Cholera Scare and tho World's Fair Affect the Travel Abroad. Washiugton, Sept. 18. Special. Tho pass port business at the State Department is quite played out, and the gentlemon who conduct that unique and inteiostlng office might almost as well shut up shop. Usually the demand for passports is quite brisk this time of the year, but now there is hardly one application a day. Nobody seems to care to go to Europe until tho cholera scare is over, and possibly the desire of nearly everybody to be in tho,? country next year for the World's Exposition plays some part in the decrease ot the demand for identi fying papers. DEATHS HERE AND ELSEWHERE. William Dunphy, Cattle King. William Dunphy, the pioneer cattle king of California, died at bis home In San Francisco Saturday night, aged to years. Dunphy was one of the richest men in the State and made his money In cattle. Me was born In Ireland and came to this country when lie was 0 years old. He worked on Henry Clay's farm, and when older went to Texas and Joined Colonel Jack Hays' famous rangers. He drifted to California in 1M9 and started in the cattle business. At the time of his death he owned 200,000 acres of land in Nevada, stocked with cat tle, a big ranch near boledad and other large hold ings In the State. The value, or his estate Is not Known, but It Is one or the greatest In the State. Obituary Notes. - Budolpii IaiaiNO. tho dlttlniratahea German inilsconiult, died yesterday in Berlin, J.S li. .' Mffr -. . - .... . . .... .. , ..., ; ...i.-j. J-gi.'-iTTtJit.-MlM-Tl-'iin liMHTMMlTliWriM CAMPAIGN NEWS AND COMMENT. JlrKAT HAtSTEAD has .made himself temporarily popular among anxious Demo crats by conceding that the South is likely to" remain solid this year, but Mr. Halstead's reputation as a political prophet is not of the best. There are indications of a de termined attempt to at least create a diver sion below Mason and Dixon's line. The action of the convention of disgruntled Democrats and Third party adherents in Alabama last week was peculiar and per haps significant. An electoral ticket was placed in the field, pledged to no particular candidate for President, but hostile to Cleveland. For whom will these electors vote if successful at the polls? Weaver's friends took part in the convention, and he would probably be the first choice of the electors. But skillful and authorized representatives of the Repub lican National Committee were also on hand, taking a quiet but none the less active part in tho proceedings. A portion of their work Is to induce Alabama Republicans to vote for the ticket nominated last week. For the successful electors to favor Weaver would do Harrison no good. They might possibly help Reld by throwing the elec tion or Vice-President into the Sen ate, but the Republican National Com mittee wonld hardlv interest itelf in such a remote contingency. Is It not possible that there is an understanding that these elec toral candidates are to cast their votes for the Republican national ticket in case thev are needed? Such a combination apparent ly has a fair chance of success in Alabama. The Kolb Democrats alone came within 10,000 votes of victory at the recent State election, and claim they were counted out then. With the Republican vote added the fusion would anpear very powerful unless the kicking Democrats get into line for the na tional ticket. The Alliance, has raised up brother against brother in South Carolina. George Tillman, who has served eight terms in Congress, has been defeated for renomlna tion by a narrow margin. His brother. Gov ernor Tinman, tne Alliance leaner, is saiu ,to have secretly aided his opponent. South Cabolina politics are replete with curious features just now. The Demo cratic party is in undisputed control, but tho Farmors' Alliance is in control of the Democratic party. At the Democratic Con vention in the Soring Cleveland was de nounced as a representative of Wall street, and the delegates to Cnicago instructed to oppose him to the last, which they did. The same element, led by Governor Tillman and Senator Irbystlll dominates. There is no Third party in South Carolina, for the reason that the peo ple who compose that organization in the other Southern States are in possession of the regular maohinery in the Palmetto Com monwealth. Tho State convention, which meets during the latter part of this month to nominate State officers and Presidental electors, consists of 313 delegates, of whom JESS only are conservative Demoorats, and by conservative Democrats is meant men who are in accord with the National Democratic platform. Their voice in the convention will be utterly unheeded: thsy will not havo the slightest influence in shaping its deliber ations, tbey are regarded by the dominant element as worse than the hated Republi cans. It makes no difference what kind of men are selected by the Tillman leaders as Presidental electors, the men will bo nom inated and will vote in the electoral college for whoever the Tillmanltes desire. These leaders are professing loyalty to the na tional ticket, and it looks ns though the old line Democrats will he forced to rely upon the professions in lieu of any better gaaian tee. The situation is very clearly defined by the Alliance organ, the Columbia Register, which openly discourages the Third party movement on the ground that "we (the Alliance) are the people, that we control tne State Democratic machine, and can do as we please." De. Chanfixi,, the Prohibition nomi nee for Vice President, combines religion and politics. During his present Southern tour ho divides his time between stump speeches and sermons from Baptist pulpits. The Democrats are working the force bill issue for all it is worth, and perhaps a little more lu tho Southern and' border States. Colonel William J. Stone, the Demo cratic candidate for Governor of Missouri, who is having snoh a bard struggle to de feat Major Warner, of G. A. It. fame, said in a recent speeoh: "If a force bill should be passed, and I were your Governor, I would spit upon the Federal statute; would nso all of the power of the State to prevent its en forcement; and if Federal officers, possibly from Chicago, should come into our State nosing about the judges' tables, we would take them by the heels and throw them into the Mississippi river for food for the fishes." This is vigorous lan guage, hut it is probably intended more for home consumption in the present campaign than as the announcement of a second revolt against. Federal authority. The sectional issue is being directed not only at tho Republican ticket, but even more particularly against General Weaver, who is asked by Southern naners how he daie come into that section hunting for votes after having been one of an Invad ing army. Charges or cruelty and plunder ing duiing the late unpleasantness are freely entered against the People's party Pi eiidental candidate, and every effort made to prevent eS-Conloderates supporting him. The Charleston Hews and Courier says he "has too much or a Sherman and Sucrldan flavor." At the recent North Carolina Kepublican Convention Uncle John Schenoh, a noted colored character, was temporary chairman. His work had all been laid out, and when a delegate moved that the roll be called for tho committee on credentials so that one from each district might be appointed, Uncle John promptly decided that such procedure would be revolutionary, as he hud the committee already selected in his vest pocket as it had been made up and handed to him. The most lively canvass now iu progress in the South is that of Georgia. This is largely because of the State election on October 4. In the last contest the r'nrmers' Allianco and tho Democracy wero united, but now there Is a sharp dlvidlng-Uno, the grangers havlne gone into the Third party. Speaker Crisp is leading the Demo cratic campaign and Is making a vigorous assault upon Popullte candidates and thieves. Tho other day ho said: "In the third party platform the railroad plank pro viding for tho Government ownership of railroads is absurd. It would cost the Gov erment $9,000,000,000 to buy them. Where is that money to come from? There is not enough money In the country. It is mora than the money of all nations. But suppose that we had them. It would take 1600,003 people to operate them. We have now 100, 000 officeholders. If we had 1,500,000 of Fed eral officeholders when would tho people nommateanvbodyagaln?" The Democrats claim that as a result of their stalwart cam paign methods they will practically wipe out the third party in Georgia and record a majority of 50,000, which they expect to have an effect on the November result through out the entire South. But the Populltes are not behind in making claims, and loudly as sert that they will get almost everything in sight. Baebecues are the most prominent features of tho canvass in Kentucky. A crowd can be secured in that way, which might not be so numerous if free trade nnd the force bill comprised the entlro bill of lare. Louisiana occasionally thinks of some thing except pugilism and lotteries, and even the planters of the interior aio becom ing aroused to the material interest they have in politics. A meeting was called by S. K, Guy, of the Third Congressional dis trict, nt which the following sentiments were expressed: "The demands of legis lative opponents to the protection policy are a constant menace to the sugar, rico and lumber interests of the Third Congressional district, and it is an indisputable and self evident fact that these interests need the fostering care of an average protection. Admittance to nnd counseling with Con gressional protective committees is an in dispensable necessity to successful effort on bolialt of these interests, and Democratic Representatives, although believing in pro tective policies, are at a serious disad vantage In being debarred entrance to and caucus with Republican protective com mittees; therefore, we, sugar, rice and lumber representatives, and other business delegates, in conferenco this day here asoerabled, Join in an earnest appeal to the voters of the Third Congressional district, irrespective of party, to vote for and sup port in their lull power the candidate here to-day by ns selected, and we recommend that the people of the Third district shall Toto lor Benjamin Harruton ,Xor -President and Whitelaw Held for Vice President." Louisiana Republicans are milking no claims as to the State at large, but tope to make a gain in the Congressional districts. The Solid South may not be broken this year, but there is every prospect that the entering wedge, at If ast, will be driven. PARTI MACHINES DEPEECATED. Carl Schurz Write a Letter Because He's Tro 111 to Speak. New York, S-jpt. 18. non. Carl Schurz has written a lengthy letter addressed to the Cleveland and Stevenson clubs of Kings county, and Alexandor E. Orr and other citizens of Brooklyn, giving his views on the present national political situation. Mr. Schurz was invited by the clubs and citizens to e;:press his opinions in an nd dress, but 111-1 caltli prevented him from so doing. Aftei a brief introduction Mr. Schurz says: "We are toll that the tariff is the chief issue of this campaign. I certainly do not underestimate te Importance of any of its aspects, but I regard it only as a part of a far more comprehensive question, which is not merely economic, but political In nature, and concerns the general working, in fact, the moral vitality of our democratic system of government. There is a school of pessimists growing up among us, who, whenever anything goes wrong, are ready to declaro democratio government a failuro and to despair of the republic If their dismal state of mind only led them to more sharply criticise, it would do no harm. But when every attempt at improve ment is discouraged as useless, it becomes harmful. Bv the same methods every kind of government would fall and anarchy would remain. It must be a government of Imblio opinion, expressed in the form of aws. Such a government will have mistakes, but as long as the growth of public opinion in the body politic is free the good sense or tho people maybe trusted to bring about the conection of existing evils." Referring to party machines Mr. Schurz says: "Public spirited citizens form a party because they have substantially the same objects of public Interest in view. They form committee-i, clubs and whatever else effective organization require. This is a healthy legitimate party organization. What is a machine? An organization within a party, composed of office holders and office seekers, who ostensibly serve a public cause for the purpose of having that cause serve them; politicians clubbed together for mutual benefit an d support; well disciplined, under shrewd and energetic leaders, seek ing in the first place to rule the party to which thev belong so as to mako its victory their spoil. This is tho machine. Nor is that spirit very different when the office-holding force of a national Government Is called into political servlco to promote personal ends. On the whole the development of party organization has of late years been largely In the direction of machine methods. What will the effect be on our political life? Money wrongfully used in elections corrupts public opinion. It serves to raise up a race of unprincipled, selfish, mercenary politicians, and to repel from public life men with patriotic ambition who wish to serve the public welfare ac cording to their honest convictions." In conclusion, Mr. Schurz spoko highly of Grover Glevoland, and said that he looked upon his nomination, in spite of the efforts of the machine, as a good sign. He did not think highly of President Harrison's administration. CLEVELAND EXPLAINS HIMSELP. He Tells Why He Wrote a Letter or Sym pathy to Clay King's Niece. Memphis, Sept. 18. Afterthe commutation by Governor Buchanan of the sentence of Colonel H. Clay King, condemned to death for the murder of David H. Poston, the brother of King's victiin.FrankP. Poston.ad dressed a letter to Grover Cleveland strongly deprecating the letter he had written to King's niece, Mrs, E. K. White. Mr. Poston, courteous throughout bis letter, was plain and to the point. He said that Mr. Cleve land's action was "unwarranted and a blow at good government," and would in all prob ability cost him some votes in Tennessee: It certainly would among the Poston family and its connections. To this Mr. Cleveland replied as follows: Gray Gables, Buzzabd's Bat, Mass., Aug. 17. j Frank P. Poston, Esq.: SIT DEAB-Srn In reDlv to vonr letter of the 13th Inst.. I beg you to believe that I am In no wise wanting In sympathy lor you or the family and friends of your brother, nor do I forget that in the situation there Is a oerfect excuse for conclusions arrived at without absolutely cool Judgment, but I address you in the hope that, notwithstanding al this, you may be able to take a more reasonable view of my conduct. I have been amazed berond expression at the misinterpretation which has been F laced upon my letter written to Mrs. E. K. hlte. cannot conceive what there Is In the minds of the people of your locality which leads them to give It a meaning so entirely forehca to my intention, and so entirely beyond Its Just Interpretation. E: This Is the first reply which I have thought fit to make to tne frequent criticism of my actlun In this matter. After some hesitation 1 have determined to say to yon, on account of the sincerity and courtesy of your letter and your relations to the tragedy, that 1 am still utterly unable to account for the feelings which my letter has occasioned. Have you and others who are Inclined to criticise my action for a moment re flected upon the fact that my letter was written In response to the pitiable plea of an apDarently heart-Droken woman, setting forth In a manner most Impressive the reasons why the life of her uncle should be spared? Have you and my critics overlooked the fact that I absolutely declined to Interfere with the Governor In behalf of this man? Have you and they forgotten the cour tesy and consideration which gentlemen in the North as well as In the Soutu consider due to the appeal of a woman? His It entirely escaped atten tion that the letter was dictated simply and solely by the sympathy which every true man ougut to feel for a woman In distress? I do not overlook the fact that In the closing paragraph of the letter I did say I felt there might be extenuating circumstances. This was written In connection with the plain statement of my letter absolutely forcing the meaning In any one's mind who 6aw It that my Idea con cerning extenuation was derived from the letter to which I responded. I slionld not be frank with you If I did not add that, so fAr as my meaning and Intent were concerned. I do not In the least regret my action. In response to your sug gestion that this act of mine may result In the loss or Democratic votes in the pending campaign, you wlU pardon me. 1 hope, if I say that when political expediency forces me to be discourteous to a dis tressed woman I am prepared to retire from politics. Very truly yours, Gbovzr Cleveland-. A GOOD CHANCE 70S FAME. An Excellent Opportunity for a Wealthy Man Who Is Fond of Science. Bostox, Sept. 18. Special. Prof. Picker ing, of the Harvard Obsorvatory, thinks it Is of tho greatest importance to astronomical research that a mammoth telescope should bo erected south of 35 north latitude, and be urges the donation of monoy therefor in an interesting circular, in which he says, among other things: "The wide interest In astronomical research is welt illustrated by tho frequent gifts of largo telescopes to as tronomical observatories Dy wealthy donors who are not themselves professional stu dents of astronomy. A station has been es tablished by Harvard Obsorvatory, near Arqu!pa,in Peru, at an altitude of more than 8,000 feet. If the sum of $200,000 could be pro vided it would permit the construction of a telescope, its erection in Peru, and tho means of keeping it at work for several years; subsequently the other funds would securo Its permanent employment, "An opportunity is thus offered to a donor to havo his namo permanently attached to a refractory telescope which, besldo being tho largest in the world, would bo more favor ably situated than almost any other, and would havo a field of work comparatively now." WHACKI.NG AT PECK". Peck has been under suspicion for some time, and now he is under bonds. New York World. The folly of Peck is only exceeded by the folly of thoso who regarded his ridiculous report worth uotlco at all. Philadelphia Tim's. Mn. Peck says bo was brought up "not to snoop into other people's business." Ho may not be a Pecksuoop, but there's an un allayed suspicion that be Is a Pecksniff. Philadelphia Record. The burning of the documents on which Commissioner Peck based his tariff report is a confession that the report was a lie. Men do not burn public paper which can do them no harm. . JLouis Post-Dispatch. Tun attacks made by Mr. Peck's enemies upon the manner in which be oDtained his facts are supremely foolish. He has simply followed out tho established methods of statisticians in making Investigation of this sort. New York Press. The tronblo with "Peok" is one of the en livening features of an otherwise dull can vass. The superior persons are entitled to public gratitude tor stirring it up. But it must not be forgotten that it is a purely do mestic afialr a family quarrel. New York Tribune. Ir Peck is to be dostroyed by tho Cleve land gang for telling the truth about labor, the samo treatment must he awarded the Labor Commissioners of Indiana and Massa chusetts. They have both testified that business Is steadily improving under the new tariff la.vr.-New York Advertiser. CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS. Dancinij is taught in many of the publio schools In Scotland. Guinea pigs allowed to roam freely in a ben-house will keep away rats. Eight ounces of cork are sufficient to support a man or ordinary size in water. About 37,000 women are employed at telegraph operators in the United States. An adult laboring man wastes five) ounces of muscle in the course of his daily labor. The Sultan of Turkey possesses some of the most luxuriant and costly baths In the world. When bees do not go out as usual, but keep in or about their hives, rain may be ex- peoceu. In the Bank of England at least 60 folia volumes or ledgers are filled with writing daily in keeping the accounts. It was Queen Anne--Bichard TX' Queen Anne who introduced trailing gowns into England nearly 500 years ago. Before the year 1775 only two stumps were used in cricket Instead of three, to which number they were Increased in that year. The German and Austrian Alpine So ciety has erected 119 taverns in the mount ains where students can board at reduced rates. The mortality among cattle at sea, re sulting from cruejty, want of water, &c, wa formerly stated at 16 per cent., while at the present time it is 1 per cent. There are 15 national banks in New Tork City which have deposits exceeding $15,000,000 each, the largest amount being $33,000,000, In the National Park. At Liege about 40,000 persons are em ployed In the manufacture of arms. Daring recent years It Is said that the productions of Liege have diminished in prestige. Young ladies of Germany have a super stition that If they bury a drop of their blood under a rosebush it will ever after In sure the experimenter a pair of rosy cheeks. A rapidly revolving brush which geti its motive power through a flexible tube at tached to a small electrio motor has been found to operate practically in the grooming of horses. The Fiji Islanders believe that if a man dies unmarried his soul is doomed to wander about through the endless ages of eternity In an intermediate region between heaven and hades. Crematory experts say that it is impossi ble to cremate a set of false teeth. Four thousand desrrees of heat have been turned onto the artificial grinde-s without affecting them in the least. la the Oriental department of tho British Museum, a tablet has been de ciphered as containing an offer of marriage made bv a Pharaoh to a daughter of tho King of Babylon about 1530 B. C. Without including the recently estab lished training colleges, there are now In England and Wales 41 Institutions at which, candidates for the elementary-school pro fession are trained and boarded. Chemical analyses of the soil of differ ent localities show that they all have a slight trace of alcohol in their constituent parts, due, perhaps, to cases of spontaneous fermentation of vegetable matter. The largest masonry dam in the world has lately been completed In India, in con nection with the new water works for tho city of Bombay. It i3 about two miles In length; 118 feet high and.100 feet thick at its) greatest depth. The Dismal Swamp in Virginia, one of the largest of the swampy tracts In Amer ica, is one of the most promising areas for reclamation. It contains fully 1.50O square miles, and 13 at present of little value, ex cept for a supply of timber. The first lighthouse built on the Amer ican continent was at St. Augustine, FLa. Its chief nse was as a lookout, whence the Spanish people ot the town could see vessels approaching from Spain or get notice of the coming of foes In time to run away. No devout Russian will ever neglect the religious service on Sundays and holy days; the attendance in the churches, there fore, is always good. There are no organs In the churches, but a well trained chorus, tho voices of which are most impressive. Ordinarily a travel of 100 feet per min ute is considered a fair speed for pistons of pumps. For feeding boilers it should not exceed 50 feet per minute. In fire pumps, where the largest quantity of water is re quired, the speed exceeds 200-feet per minute. Hokkien girls are taken to the Straits Settlements and sold as domestic servants, while Japanese and Annomese females are imported by the Chinese at the Settlements. After being utilized in household duties for a certain time they are sold for "what they will fetch." At the Kennington Oval on August 1 and 2 over 60,000 people paid admission money at the many turnstiles to witness tho cricket match between Notts and Surrey. These figures aro far in advance of any previously recorded in connection with a cricket match. For practical purposes the Mediter ranean may be accepted as being what It is popularly snpposed to be, a tidoless sea, but it is not so in reality. In many places there is a distinct rise and fall, though this is more frequently due to winds and curxent3 than to lunar attraction. a There is a man in Java who makes a good living as a prophet. Ho has been paid XSO a year for tho last 15 years "for not pre dicting a tidal wave which will sweep clear over the island." The credulous natives be lieve that he has the power to attract a wave that will overwhelm the country. In the days of Queen Elizabeth it was customary to strew green rushes on tho un carpeted floor of the actors' retiring-room In theaters henco the term green-room. Sub sequently it was usual to decorate the walls with gTeen paper, and sometimes the rushes gave way to a carpet of green baize. Fossil remains of the huge animals that inhabited the plains of Eastern Oreaon hun dreds of years ago ar3 found in tho placer mines above Prairie Citv, A huge tooth several Inches across the crown was picked up a few days ago, while curly in the sum mer the immonso sknll of some ancJt'A" species of animal was found near thqSamo place. J " A novel way of choosing 'partners at a ball has become the rage in somo of the Western towns of the United States. At a, party a sheet is stretched across tho room, the ladies stand behind it and advance their feet a few Inches boyond tho sheet. Each gentleman picks out a pair of shoes, and tho lady who stands In them is the one ha takes down to supper. IDYLLIC HUMOBXSQUES. Priscilla Do you think Edwin and An gelina really love each other? Prunella I know they do. They sat together for two hours yesterday and said nothing but "Oh. Edwin I" and "Ob, Angelina!" Ano Tort II troll. He started to find the cold North-Pole, It was his brightest dream. Because he thought the girls up there -Would never want ice cream. Chicago Inter Ocean. Beach These seaside hotels are mera boxes. Sands Tes. Boxes of matches. Puck. "Here's a meal for you, poor man," said the Kind-hearted woman. And the tramp looked at her for a moment and then said haughtily: "'Scuseme, ma'am, but I alters dines a la carte." Washington Star. The sky was gray, the sun obscure, When Phlllis turned from me her eyes; While since 1 know her love secure, I see but radiant sun and skies! Bcfractlonl Badiatlont No. 'TIs love that tints the vault above. That gives the sun his crimson glow. But what can science know of love? -Lift. First Comp. I'm out of commas. What gentleman will accommodate me? Second Comp. What's tho matter with a hand ful of cholera bacilli? Chicago Globe. Judge What is your name? Tramp Allow me to exchange cards with yonr Honor. Texas Sfftingt. This life to her is a heaven below, As happy is she aa the birds In Mar, Because she's a telephone girl, yon know. And has nothing to do but to talk all day. Hao Tork Press. Witherby How do you manage to keep your sidewalk to nice and fresh? Planktngton My wife put on her tauor-mad i gown, and every morning she walk up and daws' '' in front of the house. Cloak Sesieu. '.-: set J r ?L MXWrt'l M 1 r Ym mAA, I .,, A 4KJkOtiSt&&& aftwiiifewitoat tmtniimPimmu i4m-mwMm'vmmwwmmmKmanmKr
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