sSBflPflBH trrgpms 'W 1B " PiTTSBUKG -; DISPATOH, ' MONDAY- "KEPTEMBER "'28.' l893i Wlje Btgnafth. ESTAIILlslICD rEB-c'JAUY Vo . 47, No 2K Entcrca at Plttsburj Tostoffico 2o crater, 1SS7, as second-class matter. BUSINESS OFFICE, Cor.SmllhGeld and Diamond Streets. JTens Booms and Publishing House, 78 and SO Diamond Street, S'cir Dispatch Building. EASTERN' AIlVFRTlSING OFFICE. ROOM 76. TRinUF. BUILDING. NEW YORK, where complete files of THE DISPATCH can always be fouud. THE DITATCH is on Bale at LEADING noTELS throughout the United States, andat Brentano'a, 5 Uulon Square. New York, and 17 Avenue de 1' Opera, Tarls, France. TEtSJIS OF 1 UK DISPATCH. TOSTAGE FREE IX TI!E UXITED STATES. IUILT Dispatch. One Year. f 8 00 D ult Dispatch. Three Months 2 00 Daily UisrATcit. One Month 70 Daily Hispatch, Including Sundav. I year.. 10 00 Daily D :rATCH. lneludlngSunaay.Sm'ths. 250 Daily Dispatch, including bunday, 1 month 90 Scxday Dirpa en. One Year ISO Vekkly Dispatch, One Year. 1 3 The Daily Dispatch is delivered by carriers at 35 cents per week, or, including Sunday Edition, at 70 cents per week. KEUITTANCES SHOULD ONLY REMADE BY CHECK. MOSEY ORDER, OR REGISTERED LETTER. POSTAGE Snnday issue and all triple number copies, 2c; single and double numler copies, lc WTTfcBURG. MONDAY. SETT. 2fi, 1832. A SIILL-nCST CIBCTJLAB. The New York Democratic organs are well-nisrli in a state of hysterics on ac count of the circular issued by Chairman Ilackett, of the New York Republican State Committee, last week. The circu lar declares itself to be confidential, and asks the Republican to whom it is ad dressed to iurnish the committee with the name of one Democrat among his ac quaintance who can be induced to vote the Republican ticket. Whereupon, the opposition press rises in a chorus of "Blocks of one!" and demand to know: "If this does not mean bribery, why this secrecy?" The question is so easily answered that the outcry is, to say the least, premature. The request as it is put is susceptible of either an innocent or a dishonest inter pretation. A Republican campaigner may desire to induce a voter by perfectly legiti mate appeals and yet wish to keep his plan of operations, or the work in each individual case, away from the knowledge or counteracting work of the enemy. We pre not undertaking to vpuch for the purity of Chairman Ilackett's methods, Isecaube we do not know anything about them. It is quite possible that he has learned from other famous political agen cies of New York the arts of -buying, ter rorizing or excluding votes. It may be that, as he avers, he is pursuing the edu cational campaign on the still-hunt plan. Hther is a possible view; but neither is proved except by some more conclusive agency than the circular. What is evident, however, is that our Democratic friends act with equal preju dice rnd ill-judgment in rejecting the in nocent interpretation and swearing that it means bribery. If they were sure of that and wished to punish the briber, they should have held their peace and re Ejionded to the circular, so as to secure proof of the corruption, if it existed. The only drawback to that course would be that, if there was no bribery, the chance to raise an outcry would have been lost I'OWDEKLrs WBONG CONCLUSION. There is a good deal of inconsistency in tntuue of ilr. Terence V. Powderly in legard to the Presidental electon. We do not refer to that reported collision with the crumble Chauncey F. Black, which by the contradictions are reduced to a nullity. Bat 3Ir. Powderly's own utterances cx labit a decided hiatus between the grounds on which he defines his position and the conclusion as to how he is going to vote. IVnvdcrly's last article in the Journal of United Labor makes a vicorous attack on the Dcrnocutic policy. His denunciation of the failure ot the State administration to suppress the Heading deal is not more radical than his repudiation of the de structive free trade platform of Democ racy and its reactionary movement in the direction of wildcat bank notes. After putting himself on record in this positive inaniicr, Powderly declares that he will Tote fur Weaver and Field. Tins is a verj striking case of false con clusion. Powderly is too intelligent a man not to know that, so far as all practical re sults are concerned, a vote for Weaver and Field is identical with a vote for" Cleveland and Stevenson. The masses might be lorgiven for ignorance on this point; but a leader of .Mr. Powderly's standms cannot ignore the fact that the utmost success that can attend the Weaver movement is to throw the election into the House, where it is a certainty that Cleve land will be elected. So plainly is this character of the People's Party recog nized by the leaders that fusion in the West is based on the plan of swapping empty and unnecessary electoral votes lor Weaver m exchange for votes to en sure the election of a Democratic Vice President The present attitude cf affairs makes the People's Party an unmistaEable ad- Juuct of Democracy. When it trenches upon Democratic territory its candidates are suppressed by that basic element of Democracy whose heart is fired by the bugaboo of force bill and negro domina tion. POLITICAL . CUKIOSITIES. In the line of political arguments of the description which would run an artificial ice machine, two specimens have recently been presented by our cotemporary the New Yoik -Sun. That incisive journal is iont to produce deliverances calculated lo give the Cleveland interest a congestive chill; but it surpassed itself last week. In reply to an inquiry from a Democrat who wished to know if the Democratic platform really declares against any pro tection whatever, and says that if so he and others will vote against the party, the uh admits that the platform declaration is as radical a free trade plank as could be made. "But," our cotemporary avers, "our correspondent need not be troubled by this feature of the Chicago platform. It was repudiated on the spot by the 352 members of the convention who voted against it, while onlyS&l members voted in lavor of it." This is as good as any thing John Phoenix ever conceived. The party is not a free trade party because one-third of the convention voted against the free trade plank, and it was only carried by a two-thirds vote! This vindica tion of the party is reinforced by the assertion that Mr. Cleveland has re nounced it, and Governor Hill has given "a very ingenious protectionist explana tion o'f it." So that the party leaders having found it necessary to repudiate their own platform on the leading issue the party is all right Of course, the Sun does not admit that thetariffis the leading issue, and on Friday it gave an argument to that effect, which s a fit companion pieca to its assertion that the free trade plank is unimportant because it was only carried by a two-thirds vote. In answer to the Chicago Herald, which denies that the force bill is the issuo involved, the Sun proves the contrary, to its own satisfaction, thus: "The States of NewYorMWacnt electorally indispensable for the election of Cloveland and Stevenson, believe in the principle and policy of protection. But while they are against the policy 'Which the Herald seeks to champion in the name of Democracy, they are as certainly with the Democrats In opposition to the force bill." Because the votes of New York, Con necticut and New Jersey are needed, therefore anything which will get their votes is the Issue, platform declarations, legislative contests and campaign discus sion to the contrary notwithstanding. The Sun's logic is of the same impera tive kind as that of the boy who was dig ging out a woodchuck with a fireshovel. The Democracy is out for votes, and the force bill has got to be the issue. A MOUNTAIN WATER SUPPLY. The growing necessity for ultimately seeking a pure water supply from the mountain streams has produced a pro ject the points of which appear in our local columns, for taking it from the watershed of Indian Creek. There is much in the scheme as presented by the engineer of the Western Water Company which meets the requirements that will become imperative in the near future. There are also some features that do not come up to the full standard which must be set when this subject is taken up. The fact that at this early stage a propo sition is presented which goes so far to ward meeting the situation is encouraging. It is well worth while to give the project credit for going so far as it does. The ability to impound a large supply of pure water from mountain streams, at an ele vation which would feed the Highland reservoir by gravity, and the claim that it can be done at a less cost than pumping, go far toward a complete solution of the question. In view of trie fact that within the next two decades it will be necessary for this section to do something in exactly this line, the Indian Creek water supply, like that of similar mount ain streams, is a fact of vital value to a half million people. The points in which the project appears to fall short of the full measure of future needs are those of capacity and organiza tion. When the manufacturing center of Western Pennsylvania goes to the moun tains for its supply it must settle the question for all time. It must have a supply that will meet all future growth of population, and it must have an organiza tion up to the standard of the coming century. Seventy-five million gallons daily, the capacity estimated by the engineer's report, Is about adequate for present population; but it will not he suffi cient for the population of 1910. As the scheme is capable of a double reinforce ment, by pumping water for manufactur ing purposes from the rivers, and by a possible doubling of the mountain supply, this objection is not fatal. But the question of organization is a more serious one. The experience of this section in corporate water service has not been a happy one. It is possible that a corporation might be put on the basis of efficient service and reasonable charges, but observation will be likely to produce a small amount of faith in its probability. Beyond that, the ownership of the water shed whence this supply comes is a vital matter. It may do to rely for the present on the fact that there is no mining or manufacturing and but little agriculture in the district, but it will not do to rely on it for the entire f uture. There must be authority to control the drainage and sani tation of such a section; to keep a large share of it in forest and to prevent the conditions which cherish disease germs. This power can only be left in the hands of the State or of some public ownership. It lias been demonstrated in the se of the Croton watershed to be an essential in the complete solutipn of the water problem. Every such proposition contributes to the store of public knowledge on the sub ject While it may be doubtful if the water supply of Pittsburg-will be entrusted to the Western Water Company, there is no doubt that the project has many points m it worthy of public study. DISCOUNTS ON BANK NOTES. Governor McKinley made a telling hit in his speech at Philadelphia by quoting from Thompson's Bank Note Reporter of 1859, showing the vast quantity of either worthless or depreciated bank notes in circulation at that time. The recapitula tion of this list is too long for repetition here; but the condition presented at that time was not unusual or temporary. The Bank Bote Reporter of those days was a necessity to every person receiving money, and who desired to obtain any protection against being swindled on the money he took. Any issue of that publication in the State bank days would demonstrate the difference between that system and the present The issue of June 11, 1857, showed notes of 450 broken banks in circulation. In addition the discounts on various notes occupied pages. For example, the quota tions on Indiana bank notes showed eight banks whose notes, were at 1 or 2 per cent discount, three whose notes were at 40 to 50 per cent discount, four at 80 per cent discount, six on whose notes brokers would give no quotations whatever, and none at par. Notes on Arkansas, Missis sippi and Iowa banks were declared to be "of only nominal value." Let it not be understood that the asser tion is that there were no sound banks under the old system. The Bank of Pittsburg, for example, preserves as one of its best records tho fact that specie was already in exchange for its notes oven during the war when specie was at a high premium. But even such solidity as that could not protect thecrdinary note-holder. In localities where these banks were little known the note shavers got their dis count. Thus, while the New York banks furnished the model on which the national system was formed, the regular discount on them ranged from 51 25 to 5 per 51,000 of the notes of solvent banks. In the case of national bank notes, their strength consists in the fact that everyone knows that the Government holds the money to redeem them. In the case of State banks that were solvent the knowledge was not so general, and discounts were the rule. The old State bank system was the Democratic one, and perhaps that is the reason why Democrats now wish to go back to it Its vital characteristic is that with the legislation on the subject left to the vagaries of forty-four different legis latures an immense amount of worthless paper is certain to be put into circulation. A party which proposed to throw open such a door to sharks and swindlers is a worse advocate of fiat money than the greenbackers or silverites. The New York World, which has been pitching into Dave Martin with all the In dignation of an organ against the sin of the other fellows, liradsono of its recent attacks with the staring black-letter line: "There-is no room in New York Tor Billot Box Stutt ers, Vote-Buyers or Political Thugs." On tlio surface thi3 convevs a comforting in timation that the esteemed TPbridis going to clean out the Tammany gang. But a moment's consideration shows that sncli a view Is nil ballot box staffer, vote-buyors and political thugs occupy tlio field so completely that there is no room for any opposition. Perhaps General Weaver will conclude, after his experience with Southern mobs which throw rotten eggs at women on tho stand, that It is not worth, while to run a third party for the express benefit of a po litical organization that rests on the corner stone of such besotted intolerance. THE New York Sun draws from reports concerning the condition of robins, rac coons, snipes, blacksnakes, swallows and woodchncks the augury that It is going to bo a mild winter. At the same time it ar gues from the aotivlty of Senator Hill the strong conclusion that It will be a hot autumn politically. Considering the frigidi ty of the Hill argument that the Calhoun plank on the tariff means a tariff for inci dental protection, it is permitted to inrer that, if the autumn temperature Is any gnida to the -winter that will follow, next Decem ber, January and February will be a season of blizzards. Of course if Peck is sent to jail it will warn future statisticians not to publish any thing that does not suit the party need; but we fail to see how it will convince the work lngmen that they must vote for the party which exercjses the censorship.'' i "No man in this country can come nearer than Major McKinley to convincing tho pub lic that It is a pood thing to let some pet of the Government pnt both hands in the worklngman's pockets and take out a trib ute In the shape ora tariff tax" is what the Philadelphia Record found to say the morn ing after McKinley's speech In Pnlludelphhi. When that rank free trade orcnn is forced to give a grudging recognition of Governor McKinley's force and persuasive powers no may be certain that the protective leader Is capturing tue masses. Labor Commissioner Peck's declara tion In Philadelphia that Jie is a "New York Sun Democrat" is not calcnlated to reassure the supporters of Cloveland that his famous statistics were not Intended as a stab under the fifth rib. General Stevenson whose general ship is of tho ox-Assistant Postmaster variety has been telllntr the Southerners that the foi co bill is tho true issue. Simul taneously the South presents an example on the force bill question by howling down and rotten-egging General Weaver, after that candidate had declared himself against Fed eral legislation on elections. It is generally considered unwise to shout before getting out of the woods; but Democratic shouters are evldontly im pressed with the conviction that it is better to shout then than not at all. The remarkable time of Wheelman John son In going a kite-shaped mile in 1:SG 3-5 is worthy of all the sensation it has caused, if the time Is not contracted as much as some corporations are expanded. A match be tween Johnson and Nancy Hanks might set tle which can knock the inflation out of the other. The hot weather at this time of the year contains a strong assuranco that vigorous sanitation and such precautions against epidemic are not misplaced. FAY0EITES OP FAME. Justice Lamar, of the United States Supreme Court, who was stricken with paralysis on Wednesday, is reported to be improving. Dr. Phillips, the Philadelphian who is now occupying the pulpit or the late Dr. Spurgeon, is remembered in the Quaker City for his unusual oharitable deeds. Prof. William Pickering, who has been making interesting observations at Arequipa, Peru, is about 35 years of age and a brother of the Director of Harvard Obser vatory. The veteran member of the next Maine Legislature will be William Dickey, of Fort Kent, now 81 years of ago. He has served 13 terms in the Legislature, having been first elected in 1812. Miss Elizabeth Ney, the Texas sculp tor who is engaged upon the marble statues of the great men of Texas which are to be exhibited at the World's Fair, is said to bo a descendant of Marshal Ney. Frederick A Ober, the Massachusetts naturalist, has lust returned to his home in Beverly alter a 20 months' trip of explora tion in the West Indies in the interest of the World's Fair Commission. Lord and Lady Brave and tboir son, of London, are in New York.diaving started on a trip around the world. Loid Braye's name is Alfred Verney-Cave, and he has been in the House of Lords since 1879, A Maine veteran who marched in the procession at Washington has 18 scars, an empty sleeve and an artificial eye to prove that he was in the late unpleasantness. His name is J. F. Chase, a member of the old Fifth Battery of the Pine Tree State. A TB.&.VD OF A CONSUL FIBED. He Got His Job Under False Representation and Kept It the Same Way. WASHrKQTOJf, Sept. 25. It is stated at the Department of State that Edmund Johnson has been removed from consulate at Kehl, 'Germany, for false representations as to his military service and for fraudulent practices as Consul. The case has been under investi gation by Secretary of State Foster for the past month, and definite action was taken yesterday. Mr. Johnson was first appointed to the consulate in 1872, has at various times undergone investigation, and was once re moved, but soon afterward re-entered the service, and has maintained his position upon the representation that he was re peatedly wounded at various battles during the Civil War and was thereby greatly im paired in health. Recent charges as to his accounts and official conduct led to an Investigation of his military service, which showed that his army record n as bad, that he w as not in the service at the time and did not participate in the battles as alleged, and that the claim made as to his wounds was entirely un founded. He was also found to be guilty of presenting fraudulent accounts as Consul. AHOIHEB WOBLD'S FAIK BUILDING. Educators Clamoring for More Space for Exhibits From the Schools. Chicago, Sept. 23. If another Exposition building is not forthwith erected for the ac commodation of the educational exhibits from this and other countries at the World's Fair, Indignaltonmeetingsmaybe expected. The Executive Committee, which recently decided against a new building, has yielded so far to tho immense pressure brought to bear upon it as to appoint a sub-committea to report upon the subject. . Last evening Albert G. Lane, President of the National Teachers' Association and Superintendent ot the Publio Schools of Chicago, and other proniinont educators pi o tested warmly against the neglect al leged to Have been shown them in the mat ter of space, and there is a strong probabil ity that a separate building will be erectecU THE JESUITS' NEW GENERAL. An Election Held Outside of Borne, but Its Result Is Unknown. Bojie, Sept. 25. It Is rumored here that the Society of Jesus held a meeting yester day and elected a new General of the order. It is said that the name of the member selected for this office will bo announced October 2. The members of the society were required to take an oath that they would not leveal the place wheie the meeting was held, but it is known that it certainly was not held in Eoine. Typhoid KlHlng Off Braddock Men. Braddock, Sept. 23. The number of deaths from typnoia lover in Brauaock during the nast two weeks is vef , large. The prlncl- pal victims are young i Bn between tue ages or 20 ana so years. ONE GLORIOUS PRIVILEGE. .written ron Tint dispatch.! Let ills abuse somebody. Let us exer cise our Anglo-Saxon verbs. Let us throw stones at our neighbors' r glass houses. Everybody has a certain number of break able windows, and ought to expect to got them broken. Thar was a wise Jndgo who acquitted the Irishman whose shillaly frac tured the head of the man with the abnorm ally thin skull. It was discovered at the inquest that the man's skull was extraordi narily thin, and the Judgo ruled that a man with that sort of.a skull had no business to take part in a discussion. He deserved to haveltbioken. The blame always belongs to the man with the thin skull. The dearest privilege of human nature is the liberty of free speech about the faults of our friends. As for the faults of onr ene mies, they are our meat and drink. A great many people would he perfectly miserable if they had no enemies. They would be de prived of one of the most fruitful and inter esting topics of conversation. Indeed, what would most of us talk about If we did not talk about other people? And who would be so unreasonable as to expect ns to talk in compliments forever, using buttered wordsl That would be as-insipid as a perpetual reading of old-lashioned Sunday school books. Human nature absolutely demands some body to abuse! Fortunately, there Is always somebody who needs abusing.. The world has never gone quite straight, and does not even yet show many signs of reformation, and somebody is always responsible. Gladstone a Mark in England. Just at present, in England, it is Mr. Gladstone. It is remarkable to one who Journeys into that country out of this, car rying with him an enthusiastic admiration of Mr. Gladstone, how little sympathy he finds. Of course, there is a majority of Gladstonlans over there somewhere; or else Mr. Gladstone would not be where he is, in the chair of the Prime Minister. But the American traveler wonders where they are. Everyone you meet, with but an exception here and there, is against the administra tion. Especially ir you talk to the vicars, and the deans, and the bishops. Canon Fre- mautle, of Cnutetbury, was tho only church dignitary whom I met who believed in Mr. Gladstone. Question at random any gentle man in n dress coat, you -will find in nine cases out of ten that he voted for Lord Salis bury. It is qnite safe thon In England to abuse Mr. Gladstone. The aggressive cow which attacked him in the field the other day at Hawarden was simply possessed by the same devil which is working industriously in the hearts of most Englishmen. "Why Is It," said one gentleman to another, "that Gladstone is called the GraneP- Old Man?" "Why, I suppose," he answered, "that it is with him as'it Is with the pianos in my fac tory; when wo have one which is neither Square nor Upright we call it Grand!" What would become of human conversation if we could not lighten it with these gracious amenities? That poor cow could not talk, and had to use her horns and hoofs Instead. What a world of violence we would be in If we were all dumbl Dr. Jenkins' Friends Scarce. In quarantine the proper person to aouso was Dr. Jenkins. We woie not any or us personally acquainted with Dr. Jenkins, and we had none of his relatives on board with us, so we discussed him to our Iieai ts' content. It is always easy to say mean things about peoDlo whom you do not know. Dr. Jenkins, accordingly, was made individually responsible for every moment of our unnecessaiy detention. He was either malicious or he was incompetent. He had a fiendish Joy in holding us back from setting our feet on land, or else he did not know bis business. Either he had no heart or he had no head. We were accurately in formed how long ho stood on the dock doing nothing, while we could have given him plenty of employment. We knew how many cigars he smoked when he ought to have been fumigating our baggage. And all this was a benediction to us. I have no doubt Dut that even on the Normannia the priv ilege of abusing Dr. Jenkins contributed greatly to while away the anxious hours of imprisonment. ' Dr. Jenkins was a scoundrel: he was a thieij he was a murderer; he was "the brother-in-law of the Tammany ring. It Is not likely that anybody thought of suggest ing that he might possibly be a good man with his shoulder under the biggest kind of a burden, doing his best to keep the most dreaded or modern plagues out of the city and the country, and really getting that ac complished. He was simply the sacrifice which lay at that moment upon the altar of the goddess Malediction. What is the uso of navlng a largo and elaborate vocabulary or complaint, if wo are never to bring it in to soi vice? Carnegie a Very Live Topic "We ought to have somebody to abuse in Pittsburg. Ot course, there is always our neighbor. But we have different neighbors. We need some central and common and mu nicipal neighbor upon whom we can all unite. Why not tako Mr. Carnegie? Some of tho labor unions have already made this suggestion. Why is it not a good one? Let us abuse Mr. Carnegie. We are not many of us personally acquainted with him, but we all know who he is. He is the man who gave two millions of dollars to provide books and music and pictuies for people who have not much money for books and music and pictures of their own. Andnow be has been having trouble In one or two of his great steel works. This would be an excellent time to let abuse drive out appreciation. Let us ask Mr. Carnegie to take his money back. It is true that Carnegie could not take his money back if he would. Ithasboen given, part of It spent aud the rest or it involved in contracts. It now belongs no more to Andrew Carnegie than it does to Hugh O'Donnell. The only way in which the Councils could return it would bo to take that sum of money out of the publio treas urythat Is to say, out of all of our pockets and pay the glvor back. The money has been used. We nihrht as well propose to pull down the Allegheny library and ship the urOKOn stone to ciuny castle. It is true also that Mr. Carnegie would not take back the money if lie could. He has more sense. He has lived long enough, and worked hard enough, and seen enough of men in his busy experience to be quite aware of our uni versal londness lor snap Judgments and sharp phrases. Nobody ever did a good thing without some circumstances turning up to lead to his being abused for it. And Mr. Carnogie tins already done so many things which until a little while ago weie pronounced good that he has long since found that out, and is, no doubt, pieparod to make allowance for It, Lef a rioh man spend his riches on blmselr, and all men will speak well of him. But let him remem ber the great public, let him undertake some notable benefaction and try to do some good with his money, and wo will be gin to call him a hypocrite and end by pro nouncing him a scoundrel. That is so true that it has passed into a proverb. The "in gratitud.e or ropublics" means simply the temper of people In general. Examples Worthy of Imitation, Mr. Carnegie and Mr. Phipps and Mrs. Schenley have get an example of publio spirit in this town worthy of all Imitation. Flowers and open spaces, and books and pictuies and music, are essential to our best life. It is a great thing for any community to have men in it with enterprise enough, and brains enough, and patience and strength and persistence and unwearied ap plication enough, to plan industries gtvin occupation to thousands of their fellow cifizens. And if these men began poor, and ventured all they had, and won success not by fortune but by the hardest kind of work. bo much the greater praise to them. To have these men who have succeeded shar ing the benefits of their success, and mak ing life better for the rest of us, is most de sirable, indeed. And yet something is wrong. There is trouble on all hftnds. There is no lack of causes for complaint. Nobody knows yet iust whore the trouble Is, nor how It can be really remedied. Neither the labor unions nor the capitalists see the way out. And in the meantime, human nature being as it Is somebody must be abused. And very likely Andrew Carnegie is as good a man as any. He can stand It. But. seriously, wJH anything evil or nnjust which exists be remedied by denouncing what is solely commendable? And how foolish it U to full foul of the good things Mr. Carnegie has dons simply because he has not done other things which some might wish him to have done. CHIEF ARTHUR'S WORDS OP PEACE. Ho Malces a Very Conservative Speech, to the Locomotive Engineers. Altooxa, Sept. 25. Chief P. M. Arthur was the drawing card at the union meeting of J. C. Burley division No. 287, Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, held to-day. Hun dreds of strangors were present, Including delegations from all surrounding towns, as well -as from Pittsburg and Allegheny. -Shandy Maguire, the famous railroad poet, was also a conspicuous figure. The object of tho meeting was to acquaint the publio with the objects of the order. The speakers all impressed the claim that the Brother hood of Locomotive Engineers was intended to avert, not cause, trouble with employers. Grand Chief Arthur opened his remarks by announcing his firm beliet in organized labor, saylne he felt sure that if tho labor ing men or this or any other country are ever rescued rrom the thraldom of slavery it will be through and by organized efforts. The misfortunes of organized labor of the present day have in most cases boon the selection of leaders. The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers has done much for the good of the" men, their lamilies, the railioad companies and tho communities in which the men dwell. It has given the railroad companies trust worthy, reliable men. It insists on all being sober, honest and faithlul to duty. During its 23 years of existenoe it has had only three strikes, and these could have been prevented had the roads been as fair-minded as the men. The speaker's remedy for labor disputes was that suggested In the Bible "Come, let us reason together," and "Do unto others as you would have others do unto you." The speaker then explained the system of settling grievances. There is no one-man power. When peoDle say "Arthur ordered a stiiko" they aro mistaken. Aithur ordeis no strikes. The men decide those questions themselves. Referring to tho recent Read ing trouble, he said that no matter what President McLeod had done to other people the speaker found him a very fair-minded man. All differences were settled within 30 minutes after tho committee met McLeod. The insurance system of the Brotherhood has rosulted in the paymen t of over $3,000,000 in benefits. Strikes are never ordered ex cept in extreme cases wheie all other re sources have tailed to bring about an ad justment of the grievances. Chief Arthur departs lor Cleveland, his home, early to monow morning. HIBSCH COLONISTS EEV0LT. Forty-Two Leave the Woodbine Village Be cause of a Gloomy Outlook. New York, Sept. 23. A Hebrew colony was started about a year ago by the agents of Baron Hirsch down in Capo May county, N. J. A full description of the plan aud its scope appeared in The Dispatch not long since. Forty-two families in all were sent there. Arthur Beicbow waB made the manager Of the colony, and visited it frequently. His of fice is at No. 378 Grand street, and on his door is the sign: "Woodbine Land and Improvement Co." The colony scorned to bo getting on swimmingly until about two weeks ago. Then there began to be some crumblinir among the colonists. Some one was evi dently breeding discontent. On Wednesday matters reached a crisis whon all of the forty-two heads of lamilies came to New York, declaring they would not rotuin to their homes till their tioubles, real or imaginary, were settled. Somo or the men had to borrow money fiom the others to pay their lailwayfaie. They called on Manager Relcho-v in a body, and many of them on Manager Frank, of the United Hebrew Charities. The point they were particularly anxious to determine was as to who was responsible for the fulfill ment of their contracts and who would eventually guarantee their title to the land they occupied. They have good Jiomes nnd plenty to eat," he said, "and they have documents to guai antee them their rights in all business transactions with the company. Wo shall know moro when.Mr. Uelchow returns." A HDHAN FIN CU3HI0N. An Illinois Woman Who Swallowed a Mouthful Is Suffering Severely. LEwiSTowif, III., Sept.' 25. Mrs.- Anna Jack, or Farmington, Is again suffering ex cruciating pain from tile presenoe of pins In her stomach, and her physician thinks an other pin will soon work Its way out through the flesh. It is a peculiar case. Nearly a year ago Mrs. Jack attended Her husband almost constantly. He suffered from dropsy and finally died. Mrs. Jack sat up at night renewing tho bandages on his limbs and placed the pins from the bandages in her mouth. Uncon. sclously she swallowed manv of them. A few months later she became ill and coughed up a quantity of pins. Since that time, at intervals, 11 pins have worked their way out ot her stomach through the flesh. She suffers terribly at times and is critically ill now. It is leave a there are other pins in her system. Some of the pins have come out in pieces. SOMETHING WEONGWITHTHE ALASKA. The Guion Line Steamer Alaska 36 Hours Overdue at Liverpool. Loxdox, Sept. 2G. The Guion Line steamer Alaska, which sailed from New York Sep tember 17 for Liverpool, is at this writing (1:30 a. 51.) 38 hours overdue. The Captain or the Cunard Line steamer Aurania, which left New Yoik on the same day as the Alaska and arrived at Liverpool to-day, reports that he passed the Guion Line boat outside of New York. The Alaska was proceeding at only a slow rate of speed, and apparently something had happened on board or the vessel which impeded her progress. It is supposed that her engines got out of oider. Mingo Nailers at Work Again. Steubkhville, Sept. 25. Special. The dif ference between the null plate men at the Mingo Junction mill and the company has been settled, and the mill will resum'e next week. PresiUentGarlandand Vloe President Hocking were piesent at the conference yesterday, and both sides conceded A little before a conclusion was leached. The nailers have been idle lor over 12 weeks. Eelndeer for the World's Fair. Dattoij, Sept. 25. A herd of leindeor ar rived here last night from Norway for ex hibition at the World's Fair. They will be wintered here. DEATHS 1IERE AND ELSEWHERE. ' James Cartwrlght, Manufacturer. James Cartwright, a prominent iron manufacturer, of Youngstowo, passed stray yesterday ntorning, aged Gt years. Death was caused from a cancerous growth of the throat. Mr. Cartwrlght erected the second roiliug mill in that city, engaging in the iron business during tlio early years o j the war, and for years onerated the extensive plant of Cartwrlght. McCurdy Jfc Co. Several years ago he disposed of his interests in the concern, and for a time operated the rolling mill at Olitauna, near Steuuenvlue, and later superin tended the erection or a mill at Tcoma. Mr. cart wrlght was formerly a member of the City Council and a member of the Oinclal Board or Trinity Church, He leaves a wire, son and two daughters. General James W. Hustcd. General James William Husted, the New York State Republican politician, died at Pougn lieepsie last night. He was born in Jlcdrord, N. Y., In 1833. After graduating at Yale he wa ad mitted to the bar.. He filled the offices or County School Commissioner. Deputy Superintendent of State Insurauce, Harbor Master of New York and State Commissioner of Emigration. He has been tor many years a member and also Speaker of the State Assembly. In 1873 he was appointed Major General of the National Guard of the Slate or Xew York. He was President of the New York State Military Association and was popularly known as the "Bald Eagle of Westchester." Obituary Notes. Captain Henry Phatt, Treasnrar or the Mich igan Central Railroad, died at his home in New York City Wednesday night. Mas, Sophia E; DENNr-WlLKXNS, wife of At torney H. Brady Wilklns, died yesterday morning at the family residence, 157 Grant avenue, Alle gheny. William G? Winner, the oldest male resident of Easum. died there Saturday morning. Yester day woula have been his 92d birthday. He lived in Northampton county all his life. George Hom-mas; a much respected young man of McEccsDort, died suddenly of cramps yes terday morning. Ho was a well-known German, a member of the McKeisport Turn society. Odd Fel lows aud Knight, of Pythias. Charles A. Conrad, a well-known lawyer, died Friday evening at his residence In New Or leans. He was the son or Charles M. Conrad, who was a -united Slates Senator. Secretary or War under President Fillmore, and alterward Confed erate State Seuator lor Louisiana, I THE LONDON MONEY MARKET. IBPECTAL TELEORAU TO THE DtSFATCTt.1 New York, Sept. 25. The subject of Matthew Marshall's article for to-morrow's iStm is "The London Money Market." It la as follows: Themoney lenders of Lombard street, who have been suffering from dull times ever since tn'e Baring collapse, nearly two years ago, seem at present to be In a worse plight than ever. The Bank of England rate of discount remains nominally at it per cent per annum, but In the onon market good short bills are taken at 1 per cent and a triflo less", while loans on call can be had at so small a fraction of 1 per cent that the In terest over night on 10,000. or f50,000, amounts to only about 60 cents. For perma nent Investment the borrowing demand is also light. Lenders are glad to get 3 per cent per annum on good security, and are buying consols, first-class railroad deben tures, and municipal loans at prices whloli yield a shade under that rate. Our sympathy with this distress of British capitalists is, of course, very much miti gated by tho consideration that it happens opportunely to counteract some of the evil results of our own hazardous financial pol icy. The bad harvests In Europe last year helped us out amazingly in meeting the demands of our foreign creditors. This year, when we have not suoh intervention of Provldenceln our behalf, we will, with equal good fortune, have not the same need of it. Specie Shipments Suspended for Awhile. In spile of the desire of European finan cial Institutions to strengthen their gold re serves, and of the special effort making by Austria-Hungary to acquire the means of resuming specie payments on a gold basis, the shipments of the metal from this country have ceased for the present, not to be' re sumed, probably, for some months to oome. This is partly owing to the cheek-given to importations by the precautions against the cholera, but more difficulty of employing money abroad profitably, indicated by the low rates of interest-there. " The shrinkage in the volume of trade In Great Britain, which began with the Argen tine collapse, has been assisted by the finan cial troubles of Brazil, following closely upon those of Argentine, by the bad bar vests of last year, and, finally, though not to the extent often assorted, bv the opera tion of the McKinley tariff. The bank ruptcy of the larite area of South America coveied by Argentine and Brazil has natur ally diminished the ability of a numerous population to buy and pay for British goods. The partial lallure of the crops at home has had the same effect upon home con sumption. In special branches of manu facture, such as the tlnplate and other arti cles of metal, the exports of Great Britain to this country were for a time unfavorably affected by our new tariff, though they are now lesumlng their former proportions. A Great Ecductlon in Exports. The general result of these causes has been to reduce the total amount of British exports of home manufactures during the first eight months of this year to about 150, 000,000, against 165,000,000 during the corre sponding period of 1891. On the other band, the British imports of food for these last eight months have been 7,000,000 greater than they wore for the first eisht months of 1891, and those or cotton and other-raw ma terials about 4,000,000 less, showing a net in crease in imports of 3,000,000 and more. Ac companying this shrinkage in the imports of raw materials and the exports of manu factured goods an unwillingness has been shown to embark in new enterprises, which has reduced the amount of fresh capital in vested in them since January 1, 1821, to 170, 000,000 against 3JO,000,000 lor the two years pievious to that date. The depression in the British shipbuilding Industry also reflects in a marked manner the depression in the general trade of the country. At the annual meeting of the Associated British Chambers of Commerce. held Tuesday, its President declated that "shipbuilding wus little more than a remem brance." Tue effect in preventing its re vival which the cholera panic is likely to have, I need nat point out. Qnite a Deficiency In Grain. What makes this decline in the foreign demand for Its manufactures and of em ployment for its shipping the more serious to Great Britain 13 its dependence upon the ptoflts of the manufacturers and of-lts carry ing trade for the means of feeding its peo ple. Its not imports of articles of food and drink in 1S91 came to over 150,000,000, and for tbe first eight months of this year their value has been nearly 100,000,000. Notwith standing a high cultivation, which makes the average yield of wheat 27 bushels to the acre, wheieas on our new, fertile land the average is but about 11 bushels, tbe total harvest of wheat in Great Britain and Ire land for the present comparatively favor able year is estimated at only 62,150,000 bush els, while tbe requirements for seed and for consumption as food are put at 250,052,000 bushels, leaving a deficiency of 187,995,000 bushels to be supplied by importatlou. In addition, the country consumes annually, beyond its own production, about 10,000,000 bushels of barley, 15,000,000 bushels of oats and 8,000,000 busuels oi beans. It also Im ports some 60,000.000 bushels of our Indian coin, whicli takes the place of other bread stuff, and an immense quantity of beef, pork and other animal lood, the value of which, with that of butter, cheese, eggs aud similar articles, is nearly 60,000,000 annually. England's Great Investments Abroad. Nearly a' century ago the famous Thomas Malthus, in his essay on the rate of increase of population, predicted this deficiency in tho British food supply and was violently denounced for doing it. The fulfillment of his prediction has indeed been aided by causes of whioh he took no account, yet his principle has proved to be sound. I would not be understood as asserting that the peo ple of Great Britaiu have no other means of paving for the food-and drink they import than their manufactures and their ship ping. On the contrary, they have an enor mous income, derived from their Invest ments all over tbe world and especially in this country. That many hundreds of mill ions of dollars worth or our rail road securities belong to British capitalists Is a matter of noto riety, and It is well understood, besides, that they aro interested in numbers of our mines, manutactures, gas aud water works, land companies,breweries, and other enterprises, which yield them a huge rev enue. How muoli of our banking and Insur ance capital is furnished by them it is im possible to say, but the amount cannot tall to be important. What they have done here they have done on almost as large a'scale on the continent of Euiopo, In Asia and Africa and, to their sorrow, in South America. The lesult is, that for many yeais in succession the imports into Great Britain have- exceed ed its exports by 100,000,000, or 6,50-0,000,000 a year. The End Impossible to Foretell. The causes ot the prevalent depression in the London market being such as they are, it is Impossible to predict when it will come to an erid. So far as I can judge, the state of things in Great Britain is very similar to that which we have experienced hero after the great crashes of 1837, 1857 and ls73. People mu3t have time ' to "recover fiom their losses and to pick up'courage for afiesh start. Thi3 will come in the coutsa of time, but until it does come the present stagnation will continue. It is fortunate for us that it exists just at tilts Junctute, when our currency is at so dangerous a point or expansion, and we ought to be very thank ful for it. ill! FACTIOff-IOBN VENEZUELA. The New Dictator and the Governor of La Guayra ltullug With a High Hand. Paitaua, Sept. 25. News from Caracas states that Villegas Pulldo had not, up to September 13, been lecognized by the for eign Ministeis as legally President of the Republic. All the troops havo left the city for the front. Kenjirro Palaco, Governor of La Guayra, It is claimed, opens all the for eign malls and is exercising a virtual dicta torship in local affairs. He has grossly in sulted the American Consul and threatened to revoke his oxequator. In the waste about the Custom House, which was being re moved, theie were found 4,000 letters to local mei chants which have been rifled, it is thought, by Meudoza and BenJIfro. Minister Scruggs made a vigorous protest against the seizure of the passengers on the steamer Caracas at Puerto Cabello. He de manded that they,be returned to the deck of the steamer, to salute tho flag and to give porsonal damages. The foreign Minister made an evasive reply, and to Mr. acrugs second demand made no answer. Since then no has had no relations with the Gov ernment, It is unknown in Caracas where the prisoners are. Might Have Gone to Extremes. Boston Traveller. nld Mr rinvnlmiil'i nromise to "write no more letters" include even a letter of no- ceptance? It now looks like tluit. Ought to Catch the Democrats. Washington Post." "A Democrat stlH'' ought to catoh tho hip pockec vote la the state of Kentucky. GOSSIP 0? THE SCHOOLS. Pittsburg Pupils Will Make a Magnificent Effort for the Fair. John M. Woodward, the Assistant Execu tive Commissioner of the State World's Fair Board, wishes to arrange a meeting of Dr. Brooks and other educational lights relative to Pennsylvania's educational exhibit. Superintendent Luckey, when asked about Mr. Woodward's visit during the week, said: "All Pittsburg wants to know la how much spaoe our city can have and our schooU will attend to the exhibit. This Mr. Woodward is unable to tell us." As Pittsburg has taken premiums at both the Philadelphia Centen nial and Paris Exposition, the Columbian exhibit will be unusually fine. Miss Lizzie Edwards, or the Peebles School, whose Illness has caused her friends much anxiety. Is slightly improved. She is at the home of her brother in Braddock. Chler BUelowhas formally assigned a plot of ten acres of ground for Columbus Grove in Schenley Park. Superintendent Luckey will immediately prepare a circular of in formation lor the school principals as a guide lor tho Columbus Day exercises, Octo ber 2L From an educational standpoint Pittsburg suffered from tbe oholera scare. The teacher of the Sloyd school, Miss Elln Esselins, was detained at Quarantine and the opening of the school was delayed three weeks. It will resume operations to-morrow, however. Miss Esselins speaks highly of the treatment the Ituzia's passengers re ceived after their transfer to tbe steamer New Hampshire, and smilingly states that ail the passengers concluded that they should continue their pleasant associations formed while prisoners on the New Hamp shire by traveling next summer on the same steamer, providing there is no cholera. One or the teachers of the publio schools had occasion last week to open a notebook of one of the pupils. She read there this prayer: "Plese Lord, help me to get my geography and please forgive me for not say ing my prayertbis morning. I will try and do Dotter to-morrow. SOCIALISTS KNOW HO NATION. No Biver of Blood Separates German and French Worklngmen. MARSEiLLES,Sept. 25. At the meeting of the Worklngmen's Congress to-day, Herr Lieb knecbt, representing the Socialists of Ger many, delivered an addre3s. In which he said: "For Socialists the question of Nationalism does not exist. We know but two nations the nation in possession and a nation of prol etarians formed of worklngmen of all countries. Between Freno'imen and Ger mans there is a broad river of blood, for the flowing of which we are innocent and our enemies aro responsible. But it does not lorm a frontier of ha tred between Socialists. We protested against the fratricidal war of 1S7Q. The Socialists constitute a great army, or whicli the worklngmen of France, Germany and elsewhere form the different army corps. We have beaten Bismarck after a struggle lasting 25 years, and wo are ready to shed our last drop of blood for socialism." Herr Liebknecht concluded his stirring address bv shouting. "Lons live the Inter national Bevoiutionary Democracy." His utterances were greeted with enthusiastic applause. M. Ferront, a member of the Chamber ot Deputies, who is one of the prominent delegates to the congress, warmly thanked Herr Liebknecht for hi3 address, and called lor cheers lor the worklngmen of Germany. LAST H0N0BS TO GEN. POPE. After Lying in State In Sandusky His Re mains Are Taken to St. Louis. SAirnusxT, O., Sept. 25. Tbe remains of General John Pope, while lying In state in the hall of the Administration building at the Ohio Soldiers' Home, between 10 and 11 o'clock to-day, were viewed by many peo ple. The body was under guard of four veterans or the Home, and tbe first to view for tho last time the remains of tbe dis tinguished General were tbe Inmates of tbe Home, who passed In regular order by call of cottagers. Then came the citizens, and finally the members of Company B, Six teenth Regiment, Ohio National Guard, after which the casket was closed. Prior to the viewing of the remains, pri vate family services were held in the Ad ministration building. At 11:30 a procession was formed, and under escort or Company B, moved to the Lake Shore depot. As the cortege moved an ay 13 rounds were fired, the last sounding as soon as the grounds were cleared. At tho depot the military company opened ranks and the funeral car passed between nnd deposited the casket containing the body upon the platform. Tho remains wore accompanied to St. Louis by General Manning F. Force, Commandant of the Home; -John Pope, of Chicago, and Horton Pope, of St. Louis, the latter being sons of the deceased. DANIEL O'DAY HAEEIED. The Standard Oil Millionaire Treats His Friends to a Surprise. Buffalo. Sepr., 23. The many Buffalo friends of Mr. Daniel O'Day, of tho Standard Oil Company, formerly of this city, will be pleased to hear the announcement of his marriage In August last to Miss Grey, of Halifax, Nova Scotia. Mr. O'Day was a former Buffalo millionaire and it was with deep regret that his lellow-townsnien received the announcement during tbe past winter tnat ne was aonuc to lase up nis per manent residence in New York City. The wedding was a great surprise, but Mr. O'Day is already the recipient of many con gratulations irom a host of friends in this city. The wedding, which whs celebrated in tho Halifax Cathedral, was a very quiet affair. Alter the ceremonv Mr. and Mrs. O'Day went to Shelter Island, where he owns a magnificent estate, but they will oc cupy their Now Yoik home during the win ter. BTJSSIA SHOWING HEB TEETH. She Looks Upon the Roberts Mission as a British Move to Absorb Afghanistan, St. Petersburg, Sept. 25. The Aovostt pub lishes an article in regard to the mission headed by General sir .Frederick Kouerts, who was dispatched last month by the In dian Government to meet the Ameer of Afghanistan. Tbe papers says that tbe mission is cal cnlated to lead to the absorption of Afghan istan by Great Britain, which country will then cut Russia off from the route to the Indian ocean, and that it is creating a much greater motive for an Anglo-Kussianwar than did the Pamirs matter. THE LETTER THAI'S C0HIXG. Clevelasp's failure to write that letter shows that he is pretty sure he can't be elected. SL Louis Globe Dimocrat. We arejiegirming to fear that Mr. Cleve land's lead pencil has got tangled up with another phrase like "innocuous desuetude." Chicago Kewt. At last accounts Mr. Cleveland was flip ping coppers with himself to see whether ho should Indorse, straddlo or repudiate that Tree trado plank. Minneapolis Tribune. If Cloveland postpones his letter of ac ceptance much longer there won't be any thing for htm to accept but the melancholy fact that his defeat is inevitable. Sfctr Jose Times. Even before Mr. Cleveland has had time to write blslettorof acceptance, the Demo cratic party Is attempting to crawfish from the tariff plonk or the Chicago platform. Co orado &vn. Oslv six weeks until tho Presidental election and Cleveland's letter or accept ance has notyet seen the light. Is he wait ing for the November returns before he sends It int Ohio State Journal. Geover Cleveland, It has been suggested, needs it blue pencil, and needs it badly. But there 13 no evidence as yet that ho has got through using his black one. Don't hurry the statesman please. Let things follow in natural sequence. Cliicago Mail. A Late September Sunstroke. St. Paul, Sept. 25 Yesterday witnessed an event for which the "oldest Inhabitant" cannot recall a parallel. A man sustained sunstroke in St. Paul on September U. Isaac Hannah fell down -in his place of business under the oppressive heat. The physicians think be will survive. Has a Cause for It. Minneapolis Tribune. The average woman of to-day Is two inches taller than tho average woman of 25' years ago. And she feels a mighty sight bigger, too, bless her. Weaver Loses His Heart. New York Commercial Advertiser. 1 Weaver probably wishes he had never been born, or, at nny rate, that he had not Decerns the leader of the Populists,' CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS. The enrollment of girl students in tha Harvard Annex this year Is over300. The catapult was invented in Syracuse) 106 B. C, In tho reign of Dionysins the Elder. The sword of Henry the Pious, Duke of Silesia, was sir feet lonx and weighed 30 pounds. Military maces, clubs with iron heads, came into Western Europe in the seventh century. The ancient Mexicans used wooden swords in war that they might not kiU their enemies. There are but 190 colored voters In North Dakota. There are 15,000 In the city of Baltimore. The legion was formed by Eomulus, B. C 720. It originally consisted of 3,000 foot and 300 horse. Egyptian bronza swords made B. CL 3.200, were from two to three feet long, with double edge. Between 1880 and 1890 the eligible vot lng population In tho United States In creased 32 per cent. The armor of horse and rider in the fourteenth century frequently weighed as much as 100 pounds. The Federal census of 1890 returned the adult white male population of the United States at 16.910.S1L The youngest member of the British Honse of Commons is 22 vears of age; Its oldest 1b on tbe shady side of SO. A French photographer has succeeded in taking a flyintr insect, the time of expos ure being only 1-2500 of a second. A well-known Parisian physician ii authority for the statement that 10 people are annualy prepared for burial while stm aiive. In China the candle used in the taking of the "yellow oath" is made from the fat of criminals who have undergone the death penal tyi The deepest bore-hole in the world is at Schladebaob, near Kethan, Germany. It is 5,735 feet in depth, and is for geological re search only. There are 15,000,000 adult male in habitants of tbe United States, and 2,000,000 colored, Chinese ana Indian Inhabitants above the age of 2L Upward of 100,000 pounds of snails are eaten every day by the residents of the gay French capital, the snail market being tho busiest Industrial mart in Paris. The center of population in this conn try, which at the close or Jefferson's term was 10 miles northwest of Wahington, Is now 12 miles east of Columbus, Iud. The white horse has been taken out of the German cavalry, it having been proven that it can be seen at such a distance as to make it a special mark for an enemy. At New Orleans there is a colored woman who was a grandmother nt the nga of 25, and a French woman who was a great grandmother three months before her 36th Keyless watches, now so popular, have long been known, bnt have not been in gen eral usemore than a dozen years. Napoleon I. was the owner ora wonderful specimen of this species of keyless timepieces. Experiments made at the gas plant at International bridge, Ontario, gave a tem perature of 80 Delow zero this with theue of gas and water alone no chemicals of any kind having been added to the solutio.i. A child born at Waucoma, la., on tha 13th Inst., has a smooth, round hole in its back, near where tbe points or tbe shoulder blades como together, tlirotiirn which the action of the lungs can be plainly observed. The needle is one of the most ancient implements or instruments of which we have any record. The old-time needles were unlike tbe modern luxury, they navlng been made of wood, bvonze, bone, etc., and without eyes. A snbmarine eruption was recently witnessed in the Mediterranean by Captain Sibery, of the Clan Macgregor. The occur rence took placo between .Malta and Pore Said, resulting in violent rolls and a boiling appearance of the sea. A shark recently washed ashore at Midlan, British Columbia, had two distinct tails, three perfect eyes, and what appeared to be therndiment of a fin or flipper hang ing to the underiaw. It will be mounted and sent to tbe World's Fair. Tne London police are giving up their old bufl's eye lanterns, which, up to the present, have been their only means of flashing tbe light of Intelligence upon the dark spots where criminalitv festers. They are now supplied with little" electric lamps. Snails are used as an article of food in Austria, Spain and Italy as well as In Egypt and the other countries on the Mediterra nean's southern shore. Hygienists claim that they are very nutritive, containing not less than 17 per cent of nitrogenous matter. The latest thing in the way of clocks is a European invention warranted to keep correct time for ten years withont regula tion or winding. One placed in the railway station nt Brussels by the Belgian Govern ment, and sealed with tbe Government seal, has kept perfect time since 1SS6. One of tbe most remarkable productions of the Isles of Chileo is the celebrated "bar ometer tree," which grow in great pro lusion in all of the salt marshes. In dry weather the bark of this natnral barometer is as smooth and white as that or a syca more, but with tho near approach of storms these characteristics vanish like magle and the bark turns black. But one species ot venomous bird is known to tbe student of ornithological oddi ties the Bplr N'Doob, or "Bird of Death," a feathered paradox of New Guinea. Persons bitten by the creature are seizedby madden ing pains, which rapidly extend to every part of the body. Loss of sight, convulsions and lockjaw are the other symptoms which follow in rapid succession. Two natural objects seem to have fur nished the model for the spoon to primitive man, tbe river or sea shell and the leaf ot plants. In Southern China shell spoons are still used that are closely reproduced in the familiar porcelain spoon of that country, while metal spoons aro found in India on which are reproduced even the veins of the leaves from which they were copied. It is a remarkable fact that the specifio gravity of hardened steel is less than that of the unhardened, another singular point being that steel, of course, expands with heat, and when it is allowed to cool slowly regains it3 original size; but if it be cooled suddenly the only way in which it can be hardened, although It contracts very much it does not quite reach the small size of tbe unhardened state. BHYNKLETS AND KHXMELETS. "So," said her father, "yon desire my consent to my danehter's engagement to yon?' , "So." replied Algernon, who spent the summer at the seashore, "we don't want to be engaged We want to get married." Washington Star. Ah, girls are not like apples Nor any fruit between The earth and sky, because they Are sweetest when they're green. Detroit Free Press. Waiter Er it's customary here forth guests to remember the waiters, sir. Irate patron, who has been poorly served Well, I should think it would be. Chicago Sacs. "Wives of poor men oft remind ns Women's comeliness depends Notso much upon her features As tbe sum for dress she spends. Detroit Tribune. Delia Can't you go down shopping with me this afternoon? I want to get my husband a birthday gift. Esther Yes; what are you going to get him? Delia Well. I have been thinking about It for some time, and I think I need table linen and ruga more than anything. Chicago Inter Ocean. This life is like a game of cards, And most of ns are chumps: For when we think we're going to win. The other man holds the tramps. Urooklim Eagle. Cholly What was It, Miss Clara, that Talleyrand said? Language is for the purpose of conceiting thoughts? Then bow prodigal it was of nature not to make you dumbl" Buffalo Express. He whispered into her willing ear, He called her bis love, his pet, his dear. To his heart In ecstasy he caught her Well, why not? 'Twas his own little daughter. Cliicago Tribune. . "What makes you think Miss Hennings loves yon?" 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