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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,
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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. '.-:
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