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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?"
"I'm the only man she woa' t flirt with Peacncs
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