ffHE. PITTSBURG DISPATCH. MONDAY, . OCTOBER- 17, 1892. pllje BigpfrJj. STABLIbUEU FEBRUARY 8. liS. ;Vol. 47. Xo 25e-Enterea at Plttsbn-r Postofflce rb.ember, 1SST, 13 second-class matter. BUSINESS OFFICE, Cor. Smlfhfleld and Diamond Streets. Teirs Booms and PabUshlng House, 78 and 80 Diamond Street, New Dispatch Building. :asterx advfrtisixo officf. ROOM 78, TRIBUNE BUILDING. XEW YORK, where complete files of THE DISPATCH can always be found. TTE DISPATCH !s on sale at LEA DING nOTELS tbrongnout the United States, and at Brentsno's, 5 Union Square, New York, and 17 Aenue de 1' Opera, Paris, France. TtlSMb OF me DISPATCH. f rOSTAOE FREE IX THE OTTED STATES. AILT DisrATCn. OneYenr. f 8 00 lATLVDlsrATCH, Three Months 100 AILT DlTATCir. One Month 70 JArLTllISFATCH. including Snnday. lyear.. 10 00 )AiLTDiSPATCn, Including Sunday. Jm'ths. 250 )ailt Dispatch, Including Sunday, 1 month 90 CND AY Dispatch. One Year 550 Vekklt Dispatch. One Year. 1 25 The Daily Dispatch Is delivered by carriers at X cents per week. or. Including Sunday Edition, at Scents per week. tEMITTAXCES SHOULD OXLYHEMADE BY CHECK. MONEY ORDER, OR REGISTERED LETTER. OSTAGE Sunday lsne and all triple number copies. 2c; single anddouble number coplea.;ic.S PITTSBURG. MONDAY. OCT. 17. 181 A BECOBD OF GROWTH. The reeoid of growth in the textile in lustries of the country during the last dec .de, as shown by the census bulletin ummarizd in our telegraphic dispatches, 5 of remarkable and unparalleled charac er. The average in the total of products s 384 per cent The growth in each iranch of textile manufacture is varied, he silk output having more than doubled, :otton manufacture having increased early 40 per cent, and woolen manu acture over 25 per cent. The volume of mtput reverses the order, wool manu facture having gross products of 337,000, 00; cotton 267,000,000, and silk 87,000, O0, making a magnificent attrihute of '693,000,000 against 500,000,000 in 1880. Tet this unparalleled record of growth s distanced by the gain in the total of trages paid in thes-e industries. In woolen nanufactures the increase in gross wages s nearly 62 per cent, in cotton 57 per :ent, and in silk 115 per cent, making an iverage increase of nearly 03 per cent rhe gain is of course largely due to the growth in the volume of the industry, the lain in the average annual wages of each ndividual being 19' per cent in the wool ndustry, 23 8 per cent in cotton, and aearly S2 per cent in silk. Nearly half i million wage earners are employed in this branch of manufacture, and the ex laordinary record of growth is the most convincing proof of the American policy Df fostering home industries. MB. JIUKPHY ASD PITTSBUBG. The high place which Francis Murphy has earned in the public estimation of Pittsburg by his former labors as a tem perance evangelist was abundantly dem onstrated by the warmth of his reception at the Opera House meeting last evening. The house could not accommodate the thousands who assembled there to show their recollection of the eloquent and earnest man whose labors years ago did more to work a temperance revolution than has been known.- of a sJneration. But the warmth of the reception given Vv Pittsburg to Mr. Murphy was not less marked that Mr. Murphy's display of af fection and esteem for Pittsburg It is one of the pleasant things in local history that our community has made Mr. Murphy an honorary citizen of it, and that evan gelist, like Paul, is ready to testify that he is a citizen of no mean city. Never has anyone more eloquently or enthusiastic ally eulogized the industrial greatness and power of Pittsburg than that with which Mr. Murphy replied to the greeting of his friends last night This is outside of Mr. Murphy's especial mission; but it is gratifying as showing the close affection subsisting after the in terval of j ears between the earnest evangelist of Gospel Temperance and the city where his work reached national fame. Mr. Murphy showed last night that he has all of bis vigor; and it may be expected that the series of meetings which he is to hold here next month will be crowned by the same success that attended his former work. 3fO QEXEBAL SIGNIFICANCE. It is possible that the elements which Macaulay so clearly pointed out as work ing against the strength of the party in power may be already making themselves felt against Mr. Gladstone's administra tion; but it is not probable. In the first place it is too early for the usual working of such influences; and, secondly, what ever the case nay be at large a change in a single constituency is not sufficient ground for predicating a change in the entire nation. The Tories, therefore, in making jubila tion over their victory in a single bye election last week, display the state in which the slightest crumb of comfort seems like a feast The fact that some eighty votes out of a poll of 8,500 have changed when the former successful can didate has been removed by death cannot be called significant It is too likely to be due to entirely local causes. A continued recurrence of such a result in numerous districts throughout the nation, such as the Liberals gained in the bye-elections preceding the last general election, had the significance generally attributed to them. But one such election cannot be given that character any more justly than one swallow can be called a summer. Gladstone's administration is still to be judeed by the measures it presents in the course it takes in attempting to carry out its policv. It is useless to ignore the fact that it has a difficult task before it; but it is not probable that it will be condemned by the people of England without a test of its work. " THE GREATER SCANDAi. The fact that ex-Alderman Jaehne, of New York, one of the most famous In the Broadway steal of years ago, has just been released from Sing Sing evokes re collections of that celebrated case. The Nev York Herald refers to it as the "end of the boodle scandal," and says that he is "a living example of what public indigna tion over the prostitution of a public office means." It would be pleasant if we could believe that the Broadway steal scandal ended with the imprisonment of Jaehne, and that the sole significance of the case, is the warning to evil-doers of that stripe. But unfortunately the return of the case -to public notice brings with it some recollec tions of an entirely different tenor. TFs bad enough that a municipaFleg v.'$ should sell its vote for a publioxrei) but the scandal did no't stop there. is a greater scandal In the facptbu .if " tr , ft ,,a campaign, in which the tT)-wsh s fcthe boodle aldermen, aaeh - volved, the district attorney, to whose sup port the Herald itself flopped, did not se cure the-conviction of any more of the public thieves. - This is the great scandal of the case; but it is aggravated by the fact that Jaehne has been compelled to serve out a long sentence while associates fully as guilty as he got off scot free. Even those who made a practical con fession of their guilt by taking -flight to Canada were permitted to return to New York without molesta tion. Jaehne has a good Indictment against the even-handedness of New York justice, in the fact that he alone has been made to suffer a heavy penalty; and the strength of that indictment is In creased by the fact that he alone of the whole malodorous group was the one who made a confession of the evil doing. THE STBEET CAB FATAUTY. The fatal accident on the Wylie avenue cable line Saturday night, when two cars ran into the rear of a marching club, has some important lessons. The questions of relative responsibility for the injury to life and limb will doubtless be determined by the courts, and it is not the province of the press to anticipate that decision. But it would be stolidity to fall to perceive in such an event lessons for future conduct. First among these is the demonstration which it gives of the necessity on transit lines with high grades of some reserve brake power wholly apart from that in everyday use. The brakes on the Wylie avenue line are generally adequate. But as appears in this case they may fail on extraordinary occasions to do what is necessary and the failure may be fatal. An independent clutch which can be made by a lever to take hold of the pavement, or a block which would catch the wheels, might easily be devised of such character as to be available in such unusual emer gencies as that of Saturday night On the other hand, the sad event should not be entirely without instruction to those who use the streets in common with the transit lines. Every passenger on the street cars has noted the disposition of some teamsters to keep on the track, to the delay and hindrance of the lines. This affords no justification for running into them; but it does indicate that many ac cidents may be due to contributory negli gence. There is no reason to think that the marching club on Saturday night wil fully kept in the way of the street car. Bat it is pertinent to point out to march ing clubs in the future that they can avoid the peril by marching on the other parts of the street They can march on the pavement outside track, or even on the track where the cars can be seen as they approach. Four-fifths of the roadway will give safety against such accidents. With this warning the other fraction of space ought to be left clear. The streets should bo made safe for pe destrians as well as vehicles. But, where an intelligent recognition of the conditions will add both to the safety and utility of the streets, it should be made a part of the comity of the public highway. THE MINNESOTA BOW, The Minnesota squabble over the official ballot bids fair to outdo the short-lived Pennsylvania muddle, both in the in tensity of the dispute and in the duration of its results. The Democratic Committee, having adopted some of the People's Party candidates for electors, demanded that their names be printed twice on the official ballot. The Republican Secretary of State- refused to have them printed otherwise than as candidates of the Peo ple's Party, and, having sent the ballot to the printer in the form that he ordered, is reported to be absenting himself in order to avoid service of a mandamus from the courts. While there may be room for a dispute whether, when one party accepts the can didate of another, either by a public spirited ignoring of party lines or for purely partisan advantage, the name should be printed more than once on the official ballot, it is certain that there is not enough at stake to make it worth while for either party to fight about it If tne Republican Secretary of State carries his point by dodging the orders of the courts, bis effort to prevent a Demo cratic advantage will defeat itself. The excitement over the case will in duce Democrats everywhere to mark the People's Party candidates with the necessary cross-marks, and th ey will get practically the same vote as if he had not taken all this trouble. On the other hand it Is difficult to see the especial hard ship to Democrats involved in the fact that if they wish to vote for People's Party candidates they must seek out the names on the official ballot and vote them. That is the work imposed on every inde pendent voter; and if the Democrats choose to break party lines to gain a party advantage they are not very severely im posed on if they have to do the same task. 'Nevertheless the greatest error is the Republican officials' reported dodge of the issue. The proper Republican course is to let the Democratic action go before the people as a complete demonstration of the fact that a vote for the People's Party ticket in any of the Western States is to all practical purposes a vote for Demo cratic success. ' New York is paralyzed by the discovery tbnt a bis banquet has been held in that city without Chauncey M. Depew as one of the post-prandial orators. -Soma of the news papers are disposed to make a political issue of it: bat on second thoughts they may con clude to recognize that there was a service to the public in the demonstration that it is possible for a public dinner to be digested without the humorous treatment of Dr. Dcpew. Senator Gormajt evidently tired him self out before the Chicago convention, and must have gone to Philadelphia or some other quiet place to find rest. Air enlightened mob in Monroesvilie, Alabama, banged four negro boys the other day, and after the serious business was con cluded burned their bodies for tne public amusement. This is to be noted as'a distlnot advance over the custom of the mob In Texarkana which burns its negroes alive. There is hope that the Southern mob will be come civilized in the course of several centuries. This is Columbus week and public spirited citizens should not forget that funds are still needed to make Discovery Day a success in Pittsburg. Nearly the last of those "orders" into which the members were to put a little and take out a great deal wound up its affairs In Philadelphia last week by the usual course of making an assignment. It bore the as suring title of "The Universal Order of Security;" but its unfortunate members are prepared to believe that it conld be better described as the Universal Order of In security. Instead of sulking over the defeat of his pets Air. Bonner has nlanned a new sulky with which to and out where Sunol and Maud S. are at. A" New York paper thinks a centnry too vlong to wait for another Columbus celebra tion, mu tytouvs w uuvo fuuuvct sajf ' made an annual holiday. The reports from that city had created an impression, that just about another century was the right length of time to wait for New York to try it again. Our list of annual holldaysU&long enough wlthoot further additions. The shadow ofdeath impending-overftbe White House aromes the sympathy or the whole country without regard to party or politics. While the Kooky Mountain Staten have been petting some severe tastes of the weather nothing could be rarer than the Oc tober weather of this section. But honv long before we must pay for it by the doctrine of compensations? Should- Cleveland succeed in- attracting l- Bui he will be Justly entitled to aliaro-wlth Blaine the title of Magnetic Man. Aftee it was discovered that ther 8tate authorities had no power to prescribe that ridiculous four-feet-and-a-haU ballot, the difficulty about getting tho ballots printed disappeared -without delay. So far figures have played a.greater part in the campaign than figureheads. The streets should be wide enough .for parades and traction companies without danger or blookade to either. Precautions on. both sides can insure safety for all parties. m This is a dull campaign, but fit presents some very sharp contrasts. PERTLNENT PERSONALITIES. .Edward Blake, the eminent Canadian Liberal, who was recently elected a member of Parliament, has been invited to talk on home rule in Boston at any early day. Chief Justice Beters, of Maine, has just completed the 70th year of his age, and reports himself in excellent physical condi tion. He expects to "keep going for some years yet." The pleasure with which astronomers have learned that the Chicago University is to have a 43-lnch telescope the largest by far in the world is largely due to the fact that Prof. George H Hale is the man who is going to use it. t The clay model of tho statue of General George B. McClcllan, which is to bo erected in Philadelphia, has been scrutinized by Vice President Morton and Major McClcllan, brother of "Little Mac," and they regard the likeness excellent. Prince Oscar, who some four years ago renounced all rights to the succession to the throne of Sweden and Norway In order that ho might wed Mile. Munk, and who has since lived at Carlskrona as tho Prince Bernadotte, has returned to Stockholm. The venerable Robert C Wintbrop, of Boston, one of tho three original trustees of the Peabody Educational Fund, has hoped to attend the annual meeting of the trustees in New Tork this week, but the state of his health would not permit him to do so. Frances E. Willakd, President of the World's Woman's Christian Temperance Union, with Anna Gordon, her Secretary, is expected to arrivo on the steamer Etruria, that loft Liverpool on October 8, en route for the National Convention of the W. C. 1. U. at Denver. ' TEXTILE INDUSTRIES. Wonderful Increase of Outpnt and Wages In Twelve Tears. Washisotow, Oct. 16. The Census Office to-day made public a bulletin giving statis tics of the textile industries for the United States as a whole. It appears from t'ie ta bles presented in this bulletin that the in crease of silk manufactuie since 18S0 has been the most striking, being 112.75 per cent in the value of its product; that of the cot ton manufacture ranking second, being 69.51 per cent, and that of wool manufacture be ing 26 39 per cent. The average increase in the entire textile industry Is 33.51 per cent. The relative rank-in importance of these in dustries, however, is le versed, wool manu facture in all its branches, including all de scriptions of hosiery and knit goods, stand ing first, with gross products valued at $337,763,521; cotton manufacture second, w ith pioducts valued at $267,971,721, and silk manufacture third, with products valued as $37,293,451. The actual Increase In valne of pioducts has been $70,515,611 In wool, $75,891, 614 in cotton, and $46,263 409 in silk. Tho combined industries yielded a nroduct in the present census year worth $G93,04S,70i as compaied with a product in lSEOof $500 370, 063, an increase in ten years ot $102,672,654, which, from an; ootnt ofview.it is stated, is without parallel in any country. It is proper to state in this connection, says the bulletin, that there were 248 establishments engaged in dyeing and finishing textiles separate and nrart from establishments which dye and finish their own products. These establishments had an invested capital of $40,270,579, -employing 20 267 hands and payiug $9,717,011 in wages. The value added to the product of the tex tile factories bv these establishments amounted to $28,900,560, a decrease of $3,396, S60, as compaied with the sum of $32,297,420, added value in 1S80, this decrease being ex plained Dy verv great reduction in the cot of dyeing and finishing by their improved methods equal to fully 25 per cent. The rol lowiug per cent of increases are noted: Number of establishments, .99; capital in vested, 81.151; number of hands employed (not including officers and clerks in cotton industry) , 33.79: amount of wages paid (not including wages paid officers and clerks in cotton Industry), 01.71: cost of materials, 41.27; value of product, 38.51. The increase in the amount of wages paid from the combined textile industiies, says the bulletin, has been even more marked than the increase in the value of prodnots, being 64.71 per cent in the combined indus tries: 61.77 per cent in tne wool lnanufnct me; 57.05 per cent in the cotton and 115.16 per cent in the silk. The total turn of $162, 365,5'JS was piid in the combined industiics as wages to 438,921 employes, being avcifge annual earnings for men, women and chil dren of$349 84 in tho wool manufactuio as compared with $293 33 in lssO, an increase of 19 26 per cent; $301 1,5 in the cotton manu facture as compaied with $243 65 In 1880, an increase of 23.80 per cent and $386 65 in the silk manufacture, as compared with $291 88 in 1S30, an Increase of 32.43 per cent. A MISER'S B0&BD DISCOVERED. He Had Saved Thousands of Dollars While Living in an Old Box Car. Laurel, Del., Oct. 16. Special. Ten days ago John Allen, aged 70, died at Seaford, near here. Mr. Allen was a noted miser. About 30 years ago a freight train was wieckedat Seaford and one of the common box freight cars was but slightly damaged. Mr. Allen purohased the car from the rail road company for a few dollars. In this hovel lie has since resided, and has reared a large family of children. He conducted a small store, tobacco aud cider being his principal trade. After the old man's death a committee to take an inventory or his effects was ap pointed. He was kupposed to have saved a lew hundred dollars. Greatly to the sur prise of the committee bank and railroad stocks amounting to many thousand dollars were found. On preparing to leave tbe place the nttention ot one of the men was attracted by tho oddity of an old box. An examination of the box was made, when it was found to contain nearly $20,000 In gold coin. Allen had thie daughteis who were compelled to live out at service, doing kitchen work. ONE WAY 10 SI0F A 0.UABEEL. The Peacemaker Enforces Quiet by Shoot ing One of the Disputants Dead. Fottsville, Oct. 16. Martin, alias Beddy Zelgler, a notorious character, last night capped tho climax in his character by fatal ly shooting William Kepley Kepley with his wife, his motheMn-law and a brother-in-law named Knecbt, was on bis way home at 12 o'clock last night. When near tbe resi dence of Constable Zeigler he encountered a crowd who were under the. influence of drink. Remarks that Kepley and his brother-in-law did not like lea to a quarrel. A fight was imminent when Zelgler ap peared on the scene, coming Irom his "house In, his stocking feet with a revolver in his hand. , He commanded them to stop .fighting and go on their ay, saying he would shoot the first one who refused to do so. Kenlev was nearest to Zeigler, and when he objected 1 Zcigler caught him by the throat and fired. The boll entered Keplev's bieast and be ex pired in a few seconds. Zelgler, with his usual bravado, said if anyone elBe wan tod the same dose let him say so. He gave him self up to the police. He was ulven a pre liminary nearing mis morning, ana, pieau- lng bot tfuUty. was committed, to JalL; ' PLEA F0R-THE PICTURESQUE. 1WBITTIN VOB THE DISPATCtl.! One night at Knebworth House the conversation after dinner turned upon titles of nobility. The theme suited well with the place. Knebworth House, for now these many centuries, has been tenanted by noble families. Tho great mansion began as ,a castle in the days before the Conquest, and has continued on, now, with an addition, now with a subtraction, by one pulled down, by another built up better than ever, grow ing like a great tree, until it came to be, as it is to-day, one of the most picturesque, beautiful and interesting or all tho great English houses. In the room next to mine Queen Elizabeth slept in the year of the Armada. The samo old tapestry is still upon the walls, and the furniture of carved oak, black with ago, is the same as then. In a plain chamber in the npper story Bulwer Lytton wrote his novels. I do not know whether Owen Meredith wrote "Lucile" here or in Paris. Anyhow, he lived here. The Lyttons for generations have inhabited the house. . We were talking in the dining room, three of us the host, a member of Parliament and a parson. Over our heads hung two long linos of emblazoned banners, presented to the Lyttons by members of the royal fam ilies of England. At the end, where the gallery is, hung tho largest and most con spicuous banner of all, a gift to the Lytton who was, Viceroy of India Dy Her Majesty, the Empress Victoria. And in the gallery was the throne on which Lord Lytton sat when he ruled over that great country. What could be more fitting than that the talk should turn upon the subject of titles of nobility 1 A Ilathcr Startling Conversation. The conversation began, however, not with the suggestion of the place, but with a question which I quite innocently addressed to the member or Parliament. "I under stand," I said, "that such an one" naming a mutual acquaintance "Is to be elevated to the Peerage." "Elevated," he cried, "elevated to the Peerage! I consider thit a descent. The highest position that a man can hold in England is to be a member of the Commons," And thereafter followed such a tirade from this radical M. P. against all the venerable institutions of his native country, as would liavo .delighted tho heart of the most democratic of American citizens. If he could have his will there would bo a quick end to all artificial aristocracy. The House of Lords would bo turned out of doois to-morrow. The Church would be disestab lished the- day after. And on the third day measures would be sot on foot looking to the discouragement of millionaires. It was extremly inteiesting, in Lord Lytton's din ing room, in the midst of all the associa tions of the place, beneath the lines of royal banners, to hear this socialistic statesman prophecy the Golden Age. I wished that Lord Lytton could have been there to hear the answer. And, still more, that Lady Lytton might have been present the elder Lady Lytton of the violent temper. She would, no doubt, have hurried her radical guest into the outer darkness of the night. The Talk Recalled by a-Gown. I TnouoHT of my friend, the member of Parliament, the other day, at Washing ton, at the induction of Mr. Justice Shiras. I imagined the comments which he would have made upon Mr. Shiras' handsomo gown. For my part, I looked upon tho gown with approbation. It was the hand somest gown which was to bo seen that day upon the Supremo Court bench. And it was eminently fitting that the best looking man should have the best looking gown. The Pittsburg contingent in the court room wero proud of their representative. In tho opinion, however, of a well known newspaper correspondent with whom I talked as we waited for the hour of 12, the wearing of any kind of a gown, good, bad or indifferent, was foolishness and non sense and medievalism. Why not wear a wig as. wellt That is what the member from Suth erland would have said. 1'orthe member for Sutheiland, being tho holder of several honorable local offices in that district, gave them up In disgnst when tho Mayor and Conncilmen of his town resolved to dig nify themselves by donning these official robes. He hated the gown as the Puritan hated tbe Burplice. To himit was a Tory badge. It meant an aping of the worst ex amples of the pernicious in the national life. Difference of Opinion a Good Thing. This will be a stale, fiat and unbeauti ful world, I fear, if some people ever come to have their way. Nothing will Da allowed to exist which cannot give a good, plain, practical reason for being. There will be an end to all literature which cannot answer the question which the Senior Wrangler asked about "Paradise Lost." He wanted to know what it proved. There will boa general expulsion of the decorative ele ments of social life. We will dine off stout dishes, which the cook cannot easily break, and without adornment upon them, and all of the same shape. What is the sense of having a flower painted on a plate. that is meant to hold meat and potatoes T Flowers themselves. will probably he discouraged as being really of no practical use, and tbe sun will be required, by act of Congress to go down quietly into the -night without any of his present useless display of gorgeous color. The world will be given over to monotony. This is what it logically comes to. If it is foolish for a Judge to wear a gown because there is no practical gain by it, It is also foolish for him or for anybody else to wear a dress coat. Why shall the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court be restrained, the weather being warm, from administer ing judgment in his shirtsleeves? And why this stately building in which he sits? What is the use of the Court House tower at Pittsburg, or tho domo of the Capitol at Washington? The Plcturcsquo Worth Cultivating. We need to appreciate the decorative side of life. We need more realization of tho vaiue of statellness, of dignity, of courtly manners, of the picturesque. Por liaps there is more oven of practical use in tliis'tlian we commonly imagine. For peo ple are affected by drees and circumstance. Everybody knows how a good coat makes a difference in the bebavior of its wearer. It may not, of course, insure absolute justice in the Judge to attire him in a black gown, but nobody will deny, I think, that dignity helps justice, and a black gown helps to ward dignity. Anyhow, a gown upon the shoulders of a Judge is a contribution to tbe picturesque. And that is not to be despised. I watched an imposing procession of Bishops the other day at Baltimore at tho opening service of tbe Episcopal General Convention, and it pleased me to observe that most of the bishops wore their bright red or purple hoods. It made a pleasant and interesting variation from the monotony ot black and wbito. The wisdom of a Bishop is not in creased by advertising his doctor's degree upon his back, but the artistic sense of tho congregation is better satisfied. And that, I contend, is worth taking into account. For human beings are made with more or less Appreciation of tbo picturesque. It is recog nized in literature, it is the reason for, the being of art, it is not forgotten In society, and it has itB value and ought to have Its place in law and in religion. A Lancaster German Cremated. , Lancaster, Oct. 16. Aloysins Blettel, a German, was found to-day in his' room burned to a crisp. The fragments of an ex- Bloded lamp told the story or the tragedy, o lived alone, and not having been seen about for several days, tbe police were noti fied, resulting in the discovery. DEATHS liEEE AND I,SWHERE. John A NiccoUs, Unlontown, John A. Kiccolb, one of TJniontown'g wealthiest citizens, died yesterday morning of pneumonia, after a few daTS' illness. He was born in Bellevernon In 18M. He was engaged in tbe mercantile business for 25 years, and was a trained, able and thoroughly capable and competent mer chant. His success was such that three years ago be retired with a large fortune. Ho bought and sold extensively real estate and ConnellsvlIIe eok.- lng coaL His present holdings of coal land are Tamed at about $250,000. He leaves daughter and a wife, the daughter of the late Hon. 1, o lasper 11. xoompson. I Obituary Notes. TaoiiAS Stewart, gunner. United States Navy, retired, one of. the oldest warrant officer. In the navy, died at Washington jrnaay evening from In- Juries received in tbt "rrice. GAKZA A CDBAN PATRIOT- NOW. A Strange History Itevealed'by the Capture of Bis Brother at Key West. ' Galveston, Oct. 16. Captain Joe Shelly, of San Antonlo,arrtved in Galveston yesterday from Key West, with Encarnaclon Garzn, a brother of Catarina Garza, the Mexican revolutionist. Encarnaclon has been the confidant and companion of Catarina Garza since the Inception of the latter's move ments last fall to the abandonment last De cember. Dispatches from Key West last May stated that Catarina Garza was there under protection of Spanish sympathizers. This was doubted at the time, but it now proves to be true. The head of .the Mexican revo lution was in Key West at the time stated, and at a meeting of several hundred Span iards proclaimed himself by his real name. Encarnaclon Garza was arrested at Key West last Tuesday by Captain Shelly.special Unltod States officer or San Antonio. Cap tain Uaiza kept track of Garza thiough ail his wnnderings, but did not engage inactive hunt until a few weeks ago, when the shoot ing of Captain W. V. Shelly, Sheriff of Starr county and a brother of Joe. in an attempt to arrest a band of Garza's followers aroused him, and he declared he would hunt the levolutionary leader down. By District Attorney Evans' consent he set out from San Antonio October 4, and ' on tho 10th of tho same month landed at Key West iu time to see one of the men he was after, matching at the head of a band of Cuban patriots, arrayed in a brilliant uniform and , with a tall plume nodding pioudly above his head. From Captain Shelly tho following particulars wero learned of the movements of Catarina and Encarnaclon Garza, who abandoned .the Mexican i evolution in De cember and began to look tor safer qnarters. Thevrjroceedodoverland from Rio Grande. They went from the Klo Grande border to Corpus Cnristi, Tex., thence to Cuero, wheio they parted, Catarina continuing in n pri vate conveyance and Encarnaclon taking the lallroad. The two metatUouston, Tex., a few days later. Thence they proceeded In disguise, via the Southern Pacific to New Orleans, and on this trip rode in company with James B. Wells, a prominent lawyer of Southwost Texas, who knew both well. But they weio not recognized. They remained in New Orleans until Maich 10, when they went hy steamer to Key West. Thence Cat lina went to Havana. This time he passed under the name or Erasuro Burton count, and Encarnaclon was known as Martin Rod riguez. From Havana Catarina went to Nas sau and New.Providence, and then returned to Key West May J. Encarnaclon remained in Key West and soon became President, or the Donata' Marinal Revolutionary Club, formed to invade Cuba. It was at this time dispatches stated that Garza was in Key West, but officers regarded It as a hoax. GIBBONS' TBIBUIE TO LEO. A Remarkable Letter From the American Cardinal to Europeans. New York, Oct. 16. The following sketch of the present Pontiff will appear in the forthcoming edition of "Le on Devant ses Contemporains." It is written by Cardinal Gibbons and is in the form of a letter to the author of that work: "Since he ascended the pontifical throne the eyes of the whole world have been fixed upon Leo XIII., and all ears have been strained to catch even his least important words; therefore, It is not necessary to draw attention to his history. Posterity alone, it appears, will Do able to undertake the task of measuring his real greatness, and to re count In detail the results of bis reign will ue tne uuty oi tne nistorian. it is not at tne foot of mountains that one obtains the best view of them. One must go afar off and look nt them from a dlstanoe in order to grasp all their majestic beauty. "In this respect, we are, perhaps. In a bet ter position heie than you are in Europe to grasp in its entirety this powerful person ality. Many details of this fruitful life escape us, but its grand lines are only seen by us the inoro cleaily. Wo admiie that wisdom to which tlio potentates of the cen tury, as well as the humblo ones, render homage; wo admire that great and penetrat ing watchfulness which covers all narts of the world and tho great problems which agi tate the world. Wo admire this clear and sinceie image of truth, prominent as it is in the midst of trouble, and of tho universal confusion of thought; and, finally, we ad mire this IndcfattgaDlo energy in a body so frail, and this indomitable activity which the years seem powerless to weaken. "But what especially pleases our young and progressive nation, is the sympathy which the Pontiff manifests for the spirit and the institutions of our oountrv. The Republic and Democracy do not cause him any fear. Ir there Is a past to which he, as the head of Christianity, is- inviolably attached, there is, Also, Tor tbe child of the Gospel a fnture to whloli he has faith in and desires. He is the father of all, but be loves with a special love the feeble, the destitute and all those, whose labor sustains the world and ca'ises it to make fitting progress. Hence, in no part of the world will Leo XIIL hold a higher place in public thoueht than in this great and free country, tbe United States." WAITING FOK THEIE MASTEB. Seven Carrier Pigeons Hovering About the Scene of the Shrevo Wreck. Woosteu. O . Oct. 16. fi'Deeiai-l Prom Shievo, in this county, near which village 11 persons wore killed and cremated as the result of a collision on the iTort Wayne Rail road, September 21, comes the following story: When the villagers gathered at the sebne of the collision a number of common pigeons, as they weie taken to be, were seen flying around tho wreck. Several of tho birds weio captured, and.lt was then discovered they were carrier pigeons. Those notcaptuied disappeared for a dayortwo, but finally returned. Two of those secured vieie injured, and after recoveiing fiom their injuries were released. Strange to say these two returncMto the scene of the wreck and, with the others, seven in all, continued to hover over the scene of the disaster. The birds were evidently on the ill-rated passenger train on the night or the collision and through the shock lost their hearings and nro waiting- for their master. They only leave tho spot lor an hour or two at a time in search of food, when they return and again lesume their lonely vigil. Two farmeis, who live near by, have made efforts to get the birds by feeding them, but have not been Buccessrnl. They are quito tame and seem to know that the feed is plaoed thore for them: but as soon as they have satisfied their hunger, fly back to their roosting place, a great oaK tree that was burned and blackened by the flames on tbe morning of tho ae cident. MR. BLAINE'S SPEECH. As for Blaine, thore's more power in his bugle blast than in all the free trade horns. Philadelphia Inquwfr. Mr- Blaihx's little speech ba's blighted a feeble, Democratic hope. His heart and his voice are In the cause of the Repnbllean party, as they have always been. New York Advertiser. Mb. Blaise's speech, short? Well, it was long enough to cook the Cleveland goose. Mr. Blaine can say more in five minutes than hair the campaign orators in five years. Aew York Recorder. i James G. Blaise has spoken, and his woids havo the same old mmltlarring orun swerviug loyalty to the Republican cause. Mr. Blaine even In bis retirement is a giaut among groat men. Chicago Mail. Mil-Blaise addressed himself to tho West as well as to tbe East, and pointed out the fallacies of Democratic claims. His words will baye a far-reaching effect. They em phasize the unity and solidity of the Re. publican ranks. Philadelphia Press. Blaise has spoken, and he urges all Re publicans to vote for the re-election of Benjamin Harrison. Nobody had any reason to doubt the loyalty or the Maine states man to the cause of Republicanism, whioh it has always been his chief aim to promote. Gteueland Leader. Tns remarks of Mr. Blaine, though brlof and simple, will have their Influence in other countries, because they will Influence the decision of Americans. No man living could speak with greater certainty that every American wonld hear and would con sider. New York Tribune. , The Coming Presbyterian Synod, WASHisaTOS', Pa., Oct. 16. Special. Tho announcement of the progranimo for the Presbyterian Synod, which moot hero next week, has just been made. Tho Synod em bracei allor Pennsylvania and nearly all of West Virginia. The opening meeting will bo called to order at 11 o'clock Thuisday morn lng, and the sessions will extend luto the following week. Thirty Cars Totally Wrecked. Aubcbs, ind., Oct.16. A disastrous head, end collision occurred near bore .to-day on the Baltimore and .Ohio Railroad. Thirty cars were totally Wteoked, and a brukeman named Charles Hen thorn,, of Oblsco, lnd nnd Jack Lanuing.i.a flreman.f of Garrett, lad,, are dying from tjiejr Injuries, THE FINANCIAL QUIET. IFPECTAL TIXKOKAU TO-THl! DISPATCH.l New YoRK.Oet.ia. Matthew MarjhallV article for to-morrow's Sun Is entitled "The Reign of Financial Quiet" and is as fol- lows: Perhaps It is becausj I have drifted ashore, as it wero, out- of the moving current of business, but certainly it seems to me that a remarkable quiet at present pervades the .financial world. The operators on the Stock Exchange do their best, from time to time, 'to- create little ripples of excitement in special securities, but they do not make them last long nor spread far. Like the calm, bright autumn weather which we have so long been enjoying, and ror which I trust the millions of people who participated in the Columbus celobratio wero duly thank ful, financial affairs go on, just now, tran quilly, from day to day.'.the world over, and give no Indication of an impending storm. What surprises the money magnates of Wall street may have In store for us, I do pot know, for although I am on speaking terms with most of them, they do not take me into thoir confidence. The crisis in the maintenance of gold pay ments, which was recently threatened by the foreign demand for tho inctal.and by the constant increase of onr paper money un der the act of July, 1890, has been'post poned. Austria has nil tne gold she is likely to draw from us lor the present, and will supply herself hereafter from European stocks, while the crop movement is absorb ing our surplus currency and thus tempor arily avortlng danger from that source. The free sliver agitation has been pretty effect ually killed, and whether Mr. Cleveland is elected President, or Mr. Harrison, it bas no chance or resurrection, since' both or these gentlemen nre pledged to veto any bill that may uo passca Dy uongress in its oenail. The Country Safe' In Any Event. That our citizens are generally impressed with the belief that tho result of the Presi dental election, whatever It may be, will have no bad effect upon finance and trade, is evident from the tameness of the cam paign. - Among all my acquaintance I do not know of one who expresses solicitude about the result of It, and even tbe betting men are Idle, from the want of any indica tion or the drift of public opinion in either direction. The Republicans concede that Mr. Cleveland Is an honest man and will faithfully administer tbe duties of his sec ond term of office as he did those of his first. Tho Democrats, in turn, conoede that Mr. Harrison is able and upright, and will not let his party do any mischief if It should re turn to power. What intrigues and secret negotiations may be lurking beneath this smooth surface of things I do not know, ot course, and elec tion day may astonish us all by Its revela tions. New York State ought naturally to go Democratic, and if it does, Mr. Cleveland will be elooted; but free trade talk and tbe pertinacity with which writers and speakers insist on making him the cham pion of State bank currency may turn tho scales against him. The careless remark of a preacher about "Rum, Komanlsmand Re bellion" lost the State to Mr. Blaine In 1881, when the disaffected Democrats, under John Kelly's leadership, bad surely given it to him, and this talk of reviving wildcat monej may serve Mr. Cleveland the same bad turn by diverting from him just the few votes that would otherwise elect him. Business Fairly Good All Around. The condition o business throughout the country may, I think, fairly be called good. As usual there are many dissatisfied grum blers, and it cannot be denied that the ram pant speculation which prevailed just before tbe Baring" collapse has died away, leaving numerous schemers with unsuccessful pro jects on their hands and obligations which thev are unable to meet. But that, In this part of tbe country at least, people are pros perous, tbe experience of tbe past week, right here in this city, abundantly demon strates. The bare fact that so many hun dreds of thousands of both residents and visitors conld afford tbe time and the money they devoted to the enjoyment of the amusements attending the Columbus cele bration, shows that they at least are not suf- lering irom wane The prices tjiid for seats to view the pa rades alone prove that those who paid them bad' more money than they required for their absolute necessities. I saw, moreover, numbers of plainly dressed men and women giving 23 cents apiece for boxes and barrels to stand upon, and I am tola that the busi ness was a thriving one at every point where tbe processions passed. Take It altogether, tbe expenditures upon onr, celebration for decorations, Illuminations,. parades, plat forms, ti asportation and Telreshments are an overwhelming refutation of the charges .often made by.demagcgues that onr people are sinking steadily into degtedatlon and poverty, and that the most herolo measures are necessary to prevent them from going completely to ruin. Evidences of Plenty Everywhere. I admit that I have no right to judge of the condition of tbe entire nation by what I see around me here in New lork. It may be, possibly, that this city is prosperous when other parts or the country suffer. Just as the deepest part of a pond, alter a long drought, is full of water, while the shallower portions are dry. Against this I have only to urge the glowing descriptions, illustrated with pictures, which I find In newspapers and periodicals, of the prosperity of this, that and the other Western and Southern town or city, of which, even the name is a novelty to me, and the enterprises which come into Wall street for capital, backed with details of the wealth that lies awaiting the bold investor in tho schemes offered him. Even the strikes of the past 12 months prove, by their very costliness, tbe comfort able condition of the men engaged in them. If these men were, as some assert, goaded to frenzy b insufficient wages, they could not, w ithout any wages at all, long hold out. The people who 1 fancy are suffering the most in tho present condition of finance and trade, and with whom I sincerely sympa thize, aie those who ran in debt for farms and other property during the era of high prices, and who are now struggling to pay for thorn under the reign of low prices. I or. I think it cannot be successfully disputed that the prices of agricultural productions, metals (except gold), and staple goods are generally lower than they were ten years ago, and, certainly they are lower In this country than they were before tbe resump tion of specie payments in 1879. Nor is i( to be denied that the maintenance of gold standaid Is the chief cause of the lull in prices since tbe resumption, and that the addition of a silver standard would raise prices, aud thus ligaten the buidens of debtors. One Man's Poison Is Another's Bread. Bat the misfortune of one set of citizens in this respect is to the benefit of another. The earners of wages and the holders of money obligations, ooth large and small, 'profit by the greater quantity or commodi ties which tbe dollar buys as much as the sellers lose. It must be remembered, too, that only a few of what are called the credi tor class are people of large means. A news paper ot this city recently compiled with great care a list of men throughout tbe country worth a million of dollars and more a piece, and they only numbered about 4,000 aliogetliei. This, In a population of 60,000, 000, is but one in 15,000, or If we count none but the 10 000,000 voters ot tbe country, one in 2,000. Of these 4,000, besides, many are doing business with borrowed mone), and are therefore not creditors, but debtors; so that It is a great mistake to fcav tbat the gold standard redounds to the profit of the very rich alone. Debtors must also remember tbat they ran In debt or their own freo will, and if they have been disappointed In the result or tho operation they have no right to call upon the rest of their fellow citizens to pay the cost of helping them out of the scrape. In many cases the property they bought oh eredlt has risen In value in spite of the de pletion of prices of commodities, aud where It has not done this, or even has fallen, it Is a chance they took when they enteied into the transaction. It looks now, too, as if bottom had been touched, and tbat prices In general weie not going any lower than they have been at times during tne past five years. At all events everything indicates that the dis puto over the 'standard of value has been bottled by the triumph of gold, and is no longer a disturbing element In business. Manufactories to Find Their Own Gas. Steubehviixe, Oct. 16. Special. Tho Jef ferson mills hero bavs begun prospecting in some likely territory of their own to get a supply of gas for their plant tbat will render them entirely independent of tbe alleged extortions aud the irregular supply of the local gas company. Other manufactories here are now following the example of the big mill. It is alleged that the gas company Is using its supply In markets where higher rate are obtainable. A Florida Man's Disappearance. New Yoke, Oct. 16. Otis Greye, a wealthy lesldent of. Florida, disappeared from Ills stateroom on the steamboat Pilgrim a week ago yesterday. Snloide,' his friends declare, Is out of the question. Greye was a sleep walker, bat tne steamboat detectives say that he could nbthav walked unobserved' from n stateroom to we nui rail. - DEATH OF TnOHAS FOSTER. One of -the Oldest Police Officers In the City Quietly Passes Away. Thomas Foster, one of the oldest mem- L hers of the Pittsburg police force, died at nis Dome on xnsmarcc way, xoirtcentii ward, yesterday morning, of peritonitis. The disease attacked him only three Or four days ago while he was on duty s driver of tbe patrol wagon No. 8 police station. At first he Was taken to' the Homeonathlc Hospital, but later at his own request was removed to his homo. The disease was un derstood by his physicians, who desired to perform an operation, but bo declined to al low it, thinking his rugged constitution would pnll him through. Tom Foster, as he wa familiarly known, first went on the police force in 1867, and re mained a member until his death. He was a native of Ireland, and had only been In this country a few years when he became a po licemen. Under Mayor Fulton's administra tion he received the first recognition for his long faithful service by an appointment as lieutenant in the downtown district. Faith ful attention to duty retained him this posi tion nntil about two years ago, when at his own request he was placed on No. 3 patrol wagon, rheumatism having, made tne con tinual patrol of bis district Impossible. No man on the working force had more friends than Foster. His bright wit and happy disposition made him welcome every where. In bis time he arrested many noto rious thieves and murderers and was never known to flinch in tbe face or danger. At the breaking out of tbe railroad riots or 1877 Foster vt as on a beat along Liberty street. In those days the force was small, there were no day police and each man had to light the streetlamps on his beat. Foster was lighting bis lamps tbe Friday night be fore tbe riot when be was called upon to ar rest McCall and Davis, the first of the rioters taken up. During the riot he dis tinguished himself In the arrest of a num ber of men, and his life was threatened a number or times. On the Sunday night of the riot he, with others, ran down to the Point just in time to beat back a mob which was endeavoring to burn the Pennsylvania freight depot. Foster was 71 years of age, though few would havo guessed he was within 20 years of that. A pet joke of his was that he was still a young fellow and was working stead-" lly so he would have something to live on when be grew old. He seldom missed a day on duty, and out of his bard-earned income saved enough to buy n cosy home. His wife and several children survive him. The 'funeral arrangements havo not been com pleted, out' the entire police force of tbe city will attend in full uniform to do honor to the old officer. The Orangemen will also turn out, Foster having been a prominent member of that order. MR. BONHEE'3 STJHPSISE. He Has a New Snlky That Is Ahead or All Others-How It Is Made. New Yoirar, Oct. 16. Brief mention was made a few days ao of a new sulky in course of construction, which was designed for tbe use of Sunol In her 'coming attempt to recapture the trotting record for the Bonner stable. Mr. Bonner was at that writing absent from the city, but upon his leturn the writer received a pleasant note from him confirming the reported pew con struction, and referring him for further in formation to the Bid well Cjole Company, who were making the sulky. The inventor requested that no extended description of specific devious be given at this time for tbe reason that it might Interfere with the progress of the patent which is nor pend ing. This much, however, can be safely said: The present bicycle sulky is pronounced by those best calculated to know "a make shift," which combines the wooden thills or old-time sulkies with the steel wheels and pneumatic tires of the bicycle. The wheels are so low that only an excessive curvature of the thills compensates for an "uptilll" pull. True, a sulky could be ordered to fit a 11 or a 16-hand horse; but it would not be a perfect vehicle (or all sized animals. Mr. Bonner's new sulky presents the first com plete bicycle sulky. It is oonstrncted en tirely of tubular steel of the finest qual ity and temper. Tbe thills are lighter than the present wooden ones, and possess far greater strength. It Is designed to rjlace on the axles, 42-inch wheels with ball bear ings, pneumatic tires and all the Improve ments found In the most perfect bicycle. The novelty of these wheels and their con nection to the axle is that they are adjust able. A simple acting device enables the operator to raise or lower the frame work of the snlky corresponding to the height or horse, thus giving him at all times a direct line or draught. It will therefore be seen that Mr. Bonner will have a sulky which he can use for all of his horses and tbat will be perfect In respect to size. Probably the most important feature is an arrangement by which the driver may shilt bis weight at will. The seat is adjustable, sliding backward and forward as deired, and is controlled by a lever which passes up between the driver's legs, and is operated by his knee. The advantage or this is obvi ous. When tbe animal needs steadying the weight may be applied, but when he is going lull and free, reaching out for the record, as Sunol will do shortly, tbo driver may so balance his weight that tbe horse will feel almost free, as far as any pressure on his back Is concerned. This is briefly Mr. Bon ner's surprise, and the writer regrets that the circumstances prevent his going farther Into detail. EXHIBITION OF AMERICAN ABT. The Pittsburg Art Society's Invitation to the General Public The Art Society's exhibition of oil paint ings during tbe past week 'has attracted so many visitors to the Academy of Science and Art building on Fifth street, that the society has arranged to keep the pictures there for a few days longer than at first-Intended. Among the two dozen paintings are a nnmbor possessing unusual attractiveness as well for the general paDllo as for the art connoisseur. These are examples of the work of George Inness, the recognized lead er of Americnn landscape artists, and of A. H. Wyantand Cbas. H. Davis, who closely contest tbe first place with Mr. Inness. R. Swain Gifford, U. W. Ranger, J. Francis Murphy and others of the best American artist are also represented by good specimens which the Art Society has secured before they have been shown in New Tork or any where else. Tbe throngs of visitors in that part of town during tho last week ot the Ex position will doubtless accept the Art So ciety's public invitation in numbers at least as gieat this week as last. John Brown's Arsenal In Chicago. Chicago, Oct. 16. The old arsenal In which John Brown made bis last fight at Harper's Ferry in 1859 has been transplanted to Chi cago and was thrown open to visitors to night for the first time. Captain Donovan, who was with Brown during his raid, was present and delivered a short leoture. It Is the intention to fill the place with relics of the Civil War. Two Who Won't Get Together. milrjiffo Inter Ocean. 1 Tbey have succeeded in New York In g3t.t . .. . . ... .. v ting almost evoryDoay eise "togeiner" ex cept one Grover Cleveland and David Ben nett niu. Wliat Some Orators Need. Washington Star.! , There Is a crying-need for the invention ot a missile-proof armor for campaign orators PEOPLE COMIRG ASD GOING. Miss Janet Sundberg, the Chicago prima donna, nrrlved at tbe Central Hotel yester day. She will Join a theatrical company here and travel on tbe road for the season. Miss Sundberg made qnite a reputation In tbe Lake City as a cburoh aud concert singer. J. H. Seaman, of "Washington, and F. W. Herrmann and wife, of Cumberland are at the Central Hotel. J. It Shelly, of Grand Rapids, and J. F. Wright, of Greengbnrg, put up at the An derson yesterday. H. A. Kewkirk, the Chicago agent ot the Chambers Glass Company, is registered at the Duquesne. H. S. Mertz, of Canton, and D. "W. Bech tel, of Wooster, are registered. at tbe Schlosser. J. M. Harvey, of Bltirsville, and J. H. MoKean, of Greensburg, are at the Seventh Avenue. M. J. Kennedy, of Scottdale, is at the Monongahela House. PltUbnrgers In New York. New York, Oct. 16. Special The fol lowing Pittsburgers are registered at hotels here : T. M. Jones, Jr., Mr. T. M. Jones, Jr.; J. B. Speer, B. F. Jonn, Mrs- A. M. Speer. Misses Dalzell, J. W. Dalzell, J. K. Browne, Fifth Avenue Hotel; Mrs. B. Burns, A.E. Connors, Continental Hotel; Mr. Colvllle, A J. Edwards, St James Hotel ; H. L. Goehr ing. E. L. Maxwell, Misses Maxwell, Bruns wick Hotel ;T. Kalmever, J. B. Xord. Mor ton House; C. H. McKee, Gilsey House; H. YT. n uses, wrieatsu uoiei. CUHI0US CONDENSATIONS. It is "Allegheny" in Pennsylvania, "Alleghany" in Virginia and "Allegany" in New York. If you had as many lenses in each eye as the common dragon fly has, each of your organs of sight would be as .big as a box car. A prisoner in a Bohemian reformatory has finished a perfect running-straw watch which is said to bo "no larger than a shire button." Crawfordsville, Ga., has a "shaking rock" similar to that mentioned in this de partment a few weeks ago as being located in Kentucky. Among the relics in the rooms pf the New York Historical Society is the tall of George IIL's horse, which was taken at Bowling Green. The tulip was first made known to botanists by descriptionsuind figures made by the Swi's naturalist, Conrad Gessner, in the year 1529. If we could penetrate' the earth's sur face to a distance of two miles, we would And tbe place where water could not exist except in the state or steam. Enos Kerr, a man well known atKnox ville, la., found a perfect miniature ear of corn with trains no larger than mustard seeds, growing on a stalk of foxtail. The pyrometer measures heat in de grees and fractions and will give accurate figures even though the beat runs up to the unthinkable Intensity of 7,000 degrees. The very finest specimen of engraved gem now in existence Is a head of Nero, carved on a first-water diamond by the brothers Castanzi in the year 1790 A. D. It would take three and one-fourth thousands (3,250) of the little vegetable par asites which grow on tbe human hair to cover the white center of a nonpareil "o." A Meriden (Conn.) cutlery factory has Just finished a wonderful toy a perfect pocketknlfe with 30 blades, pinchers, shears, awls, etc, which weighs but one-eighth of an ounce. A piec of frog's skin not larger in di ameter than the lubber tip on "your"lead pencil has more pores in it than there are meshes in the mosquito netting on your screen door. It can be proven by a simple calcula tion that the number of people which have existed on the globe during the past 6,000 Sears approximates tbe grand total of 66, 10,000,000,000,000. The glow-worm lays eggs which are themselves luminous; however, tbe young hatched from! them are not possessed of those peculiar properties nntil after the first transformation. It is now known that precious and semi precious stones were engraved -vith all the delicacv of modem filagree work as long ago as the time of Horace.centnries before emery powder, wheel and lathe were known. The British Museum proudly boasts the Dossession of a small square of yellow jasper bearing tbe figure of a horse and the name anu titles oi Ameuopnis 11., ueueveu, to date back to about tho year 1110 B. C. One and a half million men work in the coal mines of tho world. Of theie England has 535,000; United States. 300,000; Germany. 285,000; Belgium, 100,000; Russia, 44 000. Tho world'smlners of metal number 4,000,000. A London (England) woman has patented a machine for making watch screws that is provided with a thread cutter so delicate as to be almost Invisible. It will cut perfect threads on tho finest human hair. There is a point near the famous Stony Cave, in the Catskilt Mountains, where ice may be found on ony day in the year. This locality la locally known as the Notch, and Is walled in on all sides bv steep monntaln', lome of which are moie than 3,000 feet high. At Burnt Cove, Seer Isle, 3Ie., an aged woman, who owns a good farm, spends most of her time in summer sittings in the barn and making quilts for the poor. It was .through her energy and benevolence that the only church around Burnt Cove wa3 built. According to a letter written by a mis sionary in Palestine to a friend in this coun try, Jerusalem has been enjoying a boom since the completion of the railroad that connects H with Jaffa. Over 300 houses, hotels, stores, and residences have been erected. There are many curious trades in the world, hut the most strange must surely Da tbe "artificial manufacture of wild men." Yet a well known English doctor in China has Just certified from his own personal experience that this art is regularly prac ticed in the Flowery Kingdom. In many countries the rainbow is spoken of as being a great bent pump or siphon tube, drawing water from the earth by mechanical moans. In parts of Russia, in the Don country, and nl3o in Moscow and vicinity, It Is known by a name which is equivalent to "the bent water pipe." The law of Denmark now gives to every Danish subject, man dr woman, the right to a pension at 69 years of age, except in cases, of convicted criminals, of those who have fraudulently made over their property to relatives, and of those who have brdught themselves to distress by extravagance. Death Valley, California, notwith standing it3 suggestive name.is the abode of more curious and wonderful specimens of animal creation than any place of its size within the limits or the United States. The oddest of these creatures, perhaps, is a species of rodent called the "kangaroo lat." A two-years' study at Gizeh has con vinced Mr. Flinders Petrie that the Egyptian stonoworkers of 4,000 years ago had a sur prising acquaintance with what bad been considered modern tools. Among the many tools nsed by the pyramid-builders wero both solid and tubular drills and straight and circular saws. Mrs. Mary Green, of Scarboro, Ma, who is 84 years old, has during the last six months spun 36 skeins of yarn, knitted five pairs of 'stockings, picked three bustiels or blueberries, and tended large flocks of chickens and ducks, besides doing much general honse work. She has six grandchil dren and eight great-grandchildren. Angnstin Daly has one of the most re markable of bibles. Long having been an art collector, he has gathered material tbat has extended a rare copy of the Dona Bible to the 42-folio volumes. It Is a collection that comprises a history of scriptural ort. All the masterpieces are there; all the Ma donnas, for instance, of every age and every school of art. " The native newspapers of Japan are la- menting the decay of good manners among the newly educated Japanese girls. They - -i -.mini- ro-fltimi of edncAtfnn Sassert that under systems or education brought from ioreign rnnus ra usages ui female life have, one by one, been aban doned, and tho modern girl, in her attempts to Imitate foreign manners, has almost transformed herself into a man.. IDYLLIC HTJMORESGUES. She, of .Boston Have you ever read Homer's Iliad? She, of Chicago (uncedded) Homer? Homer? I)oe he write for the magazines or is it In book fonn?-Dfroii Free Prts: They're gone those shoes that he must wear Upon his dally track 1 At last he finds them glided, fair. Among the bric-a-brac. Denver Sun. Miss Antique I am so timid, I really am afraid of my own shadow. Plalnspeech Weil. I don't blame you for that. Chicago Inter Ocean. I'm anxious to marry the charming NeU, I proposed last night and she answered, nay, Bnt she Is a woman and all Is well: She'll change her mind and say "yes" to-day. Sew Tork Press. -Prank But what advantage is there in wearing a mo noclef Adolphas Good gad, man. how conld I see with both eves covered? Boston Transcript. "They tell me yon are the leading mem ber or the college football team. What position da you an?" "I pat on the bandages." Chicago Sews. ' Unto the 'Westerner the said, This girl demurely wise and sweet; ' "I wonder If the plural should B tenderfoots' or tenderreet.' " Washington Star. 1 Mrs. Chiggert (after the quarrel) Abel, you're a fool I Mr. Chlggers Well, didn't you know It before we were married? "No yes." Then what did yoa marry me for?" 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Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers