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ME. LINCOLN'S INTELLIGENCE.
Minister Lincoln in an interview, in
rrhich he also refers to the official re
straints on his communicativeness, states
that there is good prospect for a sufficient
change in England's monometallic policy
to enable the coming monetary conference
to effect a decided increase in the use of
silver as a money metaL The manner in
which Mr. Lincoln's statement Is made
give's it especial weight, and permits a dis
tinct hope that the monetary conference
rmy be followed by definite results.
There is good reason for a change in
England'-, policy, if that policy is to be
shaped by the wish for an ample and un
changing snpply of monetary metals. The
' monometallic movement has amply dem
onstrated that the supply of gold is not
large enough for the monetary needs of
the entire world. A nation in Eastern
Europe cannot make the effort to accumu
late a gold reserve without causing the de
mand to be felt in this country. The con
sequence is that the purchasing power of
gold is constantly rising. Instead of the
yardstick being shortened, as is the claim
with regard to silver as a measure of
alues, it is being slowly but steadily
lengthened by the exclusive use of gold.
. International co-operation can effect the
u-eof silver side bys'de with gold and
supplement its functions so as to pro
vide an indefinite enlargement of the
world's supply of money metals. Anew
-itio i probably necessary; and that nec
essity is one of the mam reasons for hold
ing the conference.
NOT ILLIMITABLE YET.
Speaking of tbe contracts given out by
the International Steamship Company un
der the law admitting the steamers City
of New York and City of Paris to United
States registry, on condition of building
an equal tonnage In the shipyards of this
country, the "Washington Pott enthusias
tically remarks that "it will furnish an al
most illimitable field for American Invest
ment, revive theshipbnilding interest, and
many times multiply Amcr'can prestige
upon the seas."
It will do so when the privileges ex
tended by the act to a single corporation
are made open to everjone desiring to use
them upon equal conditions. But tbe
field can hardly be rpgarded as illimitable
so long as the power of entering it Is
limited, as it was by the act of Congress.
Ill's was the weak point of the act as
pointed out by The DisPATCn at the time
of its pasage. There is just as much rea
son for letting other companies or indi
viduals buy fureign-built ships on condi
tion of contracting for an equal tonnage
to built at home as there is for letting the
one to which the operation of the act Is
limited. And as the universal agreement
is that this policy is a good one for the re
vual of American shipping it is clear that
the way to make the policy a great one is
to open its privileges to all on equal terms.
An early step should be made to amend
the law by removing its restrictions.
Business opportunities opened by legisla
tion to a few should be open to all.
THE GREAT GAME OF FOOTBALL.
Football is a very exciting game, and of
all athletic sports, it is best fitted for
winter. That it is taking on immensely
is proved not alone by the enormous in
terest in the annual college matches, but
in (he spread of the sport throughout all
the Northern States.
But spectators cannot fail to observe
that football at all times is a dangerous
game, and that unless where plajed un
der the strictest discipline and sharpest
igiiance of umpires, it is liable to degen
erate into violence that may leave victims
for life. The terrible case at Poughkeep-
eie, Friday, in which a young man re
ceived a concussion, of the brain, from
which death resulted in a few hours, is
but a single illustration of the constant
perils to the players. That fatal
injury occurred from a collision
of runners an incident of "tack
ling" but tho most prolific source
of injuries is in the "rushing" and crowd
ing upon the prostrate body of the player
who holds the ball. Only careful training
and a perfect physical condition can make
players proof against the extraordinary
force and pressure employed In the game
as it is now played
How the risks are to be lessened, and
the public interest as well as the enthusi
asm of the players kept up, is a problem.
It seems to be a fact, that the greater the
danger the greater fascination both for
public and players. The college men
such as the famous teams of Tale, Prince
ton and Harvard manage to get out
of the hottest contests with usually a crop
of superficial or transient injuries, but
seldom with permanent hurt to their mem
bers But the exercise, training and self
control of these crack college teams are
the result of months and often of ears of
previous "coaching" and cooperation.
When every city, and as ., t
baseball, every country to' r .. t
up its various football teafos and the
thorough training of tbe college teams
cannot be bad, the liability of the indi
vidual player to injury will b vastly In
creased. There is something very exciting to
spectators in the struggle on the football
field Assuredly there is no game played
that calls at once for such muscle, pluck,
feet and brains. When Prof. Totten, the
Tale military instructor, likened the qual
ities developed in football and the princi
ples which govern it, to tbose that control
the art of war between armies, he was
perfectly correct It is a game which the
public will littethe more as they under
stand its points. But all tbe same the fact
that the young men who go into it may
come out injured for life by concussions
affecting the spine, the head or other vital
part, is a serious and painful aspect of
the new sport. It is true there are styles
of game as are played in Great Britain and
in Ireland which call for running and
kicking only but these are tame and un
interesting compared with the terrific con
centration of mind and muscle required in
football as it is now played in this coun
try. The prospect, therefore, Is that foot
ball will continue' with us, dangers and
all.
THE CLOSING CANVASS.
Perhaps the most notab'e feature of the
political situation, as shown by the elab
orate and instructive review of the can
vacs published in The Dispatch this
morning, is the increased number of States
necessary, to bo heard from before any
party can be absolutely sure of national
victory. While the points which were
pivotal four and eight years a?o are still
of the first importance, a number of new
battlefields, North and South, have since
developed. On election night the Demo
cratic managers will look anxiously for
the returns from Alabama, west Virginia
and Tennessee to make sure that the sec
tion so long theirs is still solid. Republi
can leaders, while having every reason to
believe that "Wisconsin, Iowa and Kansas
will return to their allegiance, will eagerly
wait for figures to sustain their confidence.
Six new States, which have never previ
ously participated in a Presidental con
test, add to the complications and interest
Tbe manifestations of the past ten days
have been such as to encourage those who
believe that the continued prosperity of
the country will be best assured by the
success of the party which stands une
quivocally for home industries and a
sound monetary svstcm. The brief but
telling speech of Mr. Blaine unquestion
ably had much to do with the present Re
publican vigor and confidence. In New
York, especially, there has been an appar
ent strengthening of ths lines which gives
assurance to the party throughout the
country. The reports of heavy registra
tion, not only in the city, but throughout
the Empire State, indicate that the much-talked-of
apathy is more superficial than
genuine. A full vote has been the Repub
lican desire and the Democratic dread
The indications that the people are
thoroughly aroused to the Importance of
the struggle at all doubtful and decisive
paints afford strong ground for the con
viction that their verdict will be such as
to secure the continued welfare of the
nation uuder a protective policy.
SQUIRMING ON THE WILDCAT ISSUE.
The New York .Post feels very much
aggrieved because a cotemporary declares
its assertion that it has not "heard,from
or heard of anybody" who is in favor of an
unconditional repeal of the tax on the cir
culation of State banks, "an uncommonly
glaring exhibition of inveracity." After
which the Post goes on to specify that cer
tain -public men and journals have sup
ported the proposition with such condi
tions as requiring that the States shall
guarantee the redemption of bank notes
(which would be virtually emitting bills
of credit and a violation of the Constitu
tion); that the securities shall be of the
same kind as those required for national
bank notes and so on.
As to the first question at issue it the
Post was not guilty of Inveracity, it made
a remarkable exhibition of ignorance.
There was a certain body called the Na
tional Democratic Convention, which de
clared in favor of the repeal of the tax.
Now when people declare in favor of re
pealing a tax, if they deem conditions "es
sential to that repeal, they ' state the
conditions. Moreover, the question of
what conditions, as to the security of
bank circulation are to be attached to an
act merely repealing a tax, is one of those
little puzzles which are dodged in these
discussions. The Democratic party sim
ply calls for the repeal without conditions,
and the Post is supporting that party In
the present election to the extent of swal
lowing a heroic dose of Tammany.
Finally, if, as the Post Intimates, the
proposition is to permit State banks to
issue bank notes on similar security as the
"national banks, what is the Democratic
proposition but a sop to the Southern
hatred of that production of Republican
legislation? Every State bank now or
hereafter to be created can Issue circula
tion by compljing with the requirements
of the national banking act There is no
purpose in multiplying legislation or di
viding responsibility unless the new kind
of circulation is to be issued on less secur
ity than the national bank notes.
FACING THE MUSIC.
An unaccustomed bit of praise for ex
Governor J. B. Foraker, of -Ohio, is
elicited from the New York Sun. The
reason of the praise Is that Foraker in a
recent speech took occasion to defend the
alleged force bill which the esteemed Sun
is pleased to . regard the sole issue of the
campaign. In its delight at finding an op
ponent to take up tbe other side in its al
leged fight, the Bun designates General
Foraker as "Another man who faces the
music."
There is something especially happy In
this description. The force bill issue If
it can be designated by that term is a
comic opera sort of issue: and the man
who takes up its debate may be truly said
to face the music of a light and facetious
variety. Moreover Governor Foraker's
detractors have been wont to describe him
as a comic opera sort of politician which
makes It more appropriate that he should
do what the Sun praises him for.
What is meant by facing the music so
far as the political issue Is concerned, Is
also of interest Governor Foraker In this
speech declared: "All that we Repub
licans ask is that every man be allowed to
vote, be he white or black, rich or poor,
Democrat or Republican; that he may go
to the polls free and untrammeled, and
that his ballot be counted. Tbe right of
franchise is preservative of all other
rights." Now If this'is, as the Bun says,
candidly meeting the Issue does it not put
the Democratic position of opposipg this
desire of the Republican party in the
light of seeking power by a dishonest and
unrepublican suppression ot the liberty of
tbe franchise?
The Sun is the party -that must face the
music on this definition of its favorite is
sue. That Is more than it has done on the
other issues of tbe campaign. Cartropes
cannot constrain It to facn the'musle on
the tariff issue as laid down bythe plat
form and record of its party.
TREASON IK CANADA.
While the courts of Pennsylvania are
engaged 'with a charge of treason of one
variety, and the Democratic party of 2(ew
York is arraigning one of its own offi
cials of another, Canada Is approximating
to an uproar over a third variety. The
charge there is that the subjects of the
Canadian Government and titnlarlv of
the British Empire who go so far as to
discuss the question of annexation to the
United States in a favorable way are
guilty of treason. This is the assertion of
Mr. Bowell, the Minister of Militia, at
least so far as the advocacy of annexation
by an officer of militia is concerned.
Canada has not gone the length of pros
ecuting any of the annexationists for
treason. The utmost length so far has
consisted of the dismissal of Lieutenant
Hacdonald, the officer of militia, who was
guilty of annexationist views and In hurl
ing that hard word at Elgin Myers, the
annexationist editors and some people
the irate Toronto World darkly designates
as "certain Ontario officials. " The net re
sult of the fuss is therefore to establish
the fact that the existence of annexation
feeling in Canada is not so entirely a
product of tbe Yankee Imagination as the
Canadian Government would heretofore
have had us understand
According to the usual definitions of
treason, the proposal to shift, the allegi
ance of Canada to the United States comes
nearer that offense than anything this con
tinent has known tor some years. But
it is to be questioned whether the world,
or at least the Anglo-Saxon.nalf of it, has
not got past the stage of inflicting tho
pains and penalties of treason for tbe
peaceful discussion Of a proposed change
of government The same definition
would make those who advocate repub
lican governmnt in. England guilty of
treason. But England, even under Tory
rule, has recognized that the day is past
for either prosecuting snch men as traitors
or even refusing them seats in the English
Parliament
In the Canadian case- tbe use of that
bitter word has, it is reported, increased
the annexation sentiment rather than di
minished it It looks as if the feeling will
spread until the majority of that nation
will demand admission to the United
States. If that demand is unmistakably
made, apart from factional feeling incon
sistent with our institutions, we think that
Canada may be admitted to the Union.
ANTE-ELECTION PROPHECIES.
The national campaign committees have
enlivened the campaign by sending out
the usual ante-election predictions of the
result Chairman Carter, Mr. Manley,
Mr. Mosely and others present reports
from New York, Alabama, West Virginia,
Indiana and Wisconsin, on which tbey
base predictions of Republican victory.
Mr. Harrity keens up his end of the
string, by proclaiming his confidence of
Democratic victory.
All of which is more likely to contribute
to the gayety of the campaign than to
afford the public any indication of tbe
probabilities of the election. It is the
regular thing at about this stage ot tbe
campaign for the committees to emit
statements to the effect that careful sur
veys of the ground show that each party
Is certain of victory. Owing to the well
known impossibility of more than one
party carrying the election, the result has
shown exactly fifty per cent of these pre
dictions to be entirely incorrect
Nevertheless it is considered the neces
sary thing for the committees to claim the
certainty of victory during the last two
weeks of the campaign. Why it should be
considered advisable to advertise a ficti
tious certainty of victory is one of the po
litical problems of the day. Its most tan
gible result is to convince the public of the
unreliability of the politicians indulging
these prophecies.
It Is, however, to be credited to the Re
publican predicters that they- show a de
sire to recognize some proportion of the
existing facts by admitting that the fight
will be close. This 13 an improvement on
the Democratic method of claiming every
thing in sight Meanwhile if tbe voter
wishes to get at tbe facts about as they
are, and then judge for himself, he will
find material in the full review of the
situation in The Dispatce thismorning
carefully prepared and entirely impartial
DESTBUCTTV E TO CALAMITY POLITICS
Much as the Democrats may rage and
the free traders imagine vain things, they
have not yet been able to break the show
ing or take away the force of the follow
ing little collection of statistical totals:
Net increase of wages, New Tork
State, in 1891, as report ed by Com
missioner Peck (DcmO $ 0,377,925
Net Increase of production, New
York State, in 1891, as reported by
Commissioner Feck (Dem.) 31,315,130
Net Increase or savings bank de
posits, New York State, in 1891, as
reported by Superintendent Pres
ton (Dem.) 13,755,3
Amount invested In building and
loan associations,NewYorkState,
in 1891, as reported by Superin
tendent Preston (Dem.) 13,789,720
Increase in valuation of real and
personal property. New Tork
State, in 1891, as repotted by
Democratic Board of Equaliza
tion 152,3(7,753
These are corroborating evidences,
gathered from separate sources by Demo
cratic officials, of the prosperity of the
most populous State of tbe Union. The
only answer which Democracy has found
is to frantically impeach the official of
their own party whose labors have fur
nished two of the five items as a traitor
to jJemocracy. But, as the' charge of
treason has not yet extended to other
Democratic proofs of prosperity which
corroborate Commissioner Peck's figures,
the Democratic calamity campaign Is left
in a demoralized condition. . ,
The Democratic idea of founding Its
hopes on industrial adversity was an un
fortunate one in the first place. But its
illadvisedness to made cumulative when
the reports of Democratic authorities
knock the adversity theory into small
fragments.
Apropos of his abhorrence for a cam
paign of office seekers General Sickles will
no doubt remember that there is a certain
political organization In New York with
which he is on terms of intimacy at present
that is somewhat celebrated for its spoils
hunting proclivities. When the 'kettles
take to keeping themselves clean maybe the
pots will lollow their example. Meanwhile
tbe nation would do well to awake to the
advantages of getting rid of the blaokness
on political utensils, and set to work in an.
earnest effort to secure a cleanly brightness
by a vigorous proeess of scrubbing and bur
nishing, aided by the selection of .auob. ma
terial for future use as is polUhed and nn
tarnlshable. Aeqentinia has a revolution new. But
It is a small one even for a South American
affair.
After yall the variegated blap-trap,
oouehed in vague but lurid language against
protection and partienlarlr atcalnst the Mo-
Kluleybil!, the intelligent citizen cannot
foil to notice that none'' of' the Democratic
candidates or orators undertake today down
in figures any tariff schedule as a substi
tute for the one the party denounces and
'proposes to destroy. The nnti-nroteotloa
prospectus is of the vaguest bore Slnoe the
candidates turned the cold shoulder on the
Chicago platform, nobody knows what
measures of tariff reform they want how
much or how little.
There is some slight increase in the pet
lltlcal temperature as the end of tbe -campaign
draws near, but the popular onthusl-
,asm Is still remarkably Laodtcian when the
Importance or the issues is considered.
Very few men lose their tetes' by bet
ting on elections, but Just as many lose
money as win. it. And, of course, most of
the citizens who leave their local, State or
National Government in the bands of those
who take a rigorous interest therein for
reasons of personal advancement alone,
prize their money more highly than their
votes. So that, aside from the fact that ac
cording to statute a man loses his vote by
betting on an" election, he will be wise to
save his money by abstaining from gam
bling.
A politician can hardly be profitable
to bis party without becoming a prophet at
this time. But rainbow-chasing is not so
oondnclve to it reputation for acanraey as to
be entirely attractive to everyone.
Secretary Charles Foster, of the
Treasury Department, knows a good deal ot
tbe inside or polities. His statements,
therefore, as to the uses to which money is
customarily put during a campaign may be
regarded as authoritative They are com
plimentary neither to the professional poli
ticians nor to the people who permit them
selves to be governed by patrlots-for-reve-nue-only.
It rests with the people to sup
press the evil.
There appears to be only one cry npon
which the Demooratto party atthls time Is
consistently united. And that Is In the bit
ter cry for some of tho perquisites of office.
Spain grudgingly supplied Columbus
with the means to sot out on his exploratory
voyage, after be had appealed in vain for
aid from the English court. ' Englandmissed
a mighty opportunity then, and now Amer
ica far outshines England. And the result
is that the British press to-day indulges a
petty insnlar spleen in referring to the cele
brations of tbe United States to-day whloh
is as ludicrous as it is contemptible and
piteous.
What time Mr. Cleveland can spare
from explaining away the Chicago platform
be devotes to concealing his substitute for
the policy of protection.
The brutality of the Chicago police in
handling the crowds during the recent
parades, as described by the Herald of that,
city. Is a striking contrast to the behavior
of the New York officers anting the Eastern
celebrations. Efficiency nnd brutality never
go together in a poliee force, and there will
have to be great reforms if the visiting pub
lie is to be properly protected during the
progress of tbe World's Fair.
A party whose platform is too unsound
for its own candidate to stand on is not a
party to be placed in power with impunity.
Between those Democratic leaders who
declare that .Protection is unconstitutional
and those that say that a little of the un
constitutional policy is all rlght,tt is not qnite
clear upon what grounds the party is ap
pealing to the nation. A man or a party
afraid or unable to define his or its princi
ples is not the man or the party to be
entrusted with the administration of a
great nation. "'
To avoid ambiguity, General Sickles
should always illustrate bis remarks by a
diagram at the tlme'of making them.
The conviction dawning npon the Ameri
can, British and German governments
that the Samoa Convention was a great mis
take is an indication that a superfluity of
culinary artists is still apt to be detrimental
to tho quality of tbe consomme.
Next to the discovery of America there
is nothing like a sensational murder to at
tract popnlar notice. '
, CFLEBRITIES IN CL0TER.
The Queen of Slam has the smallest feet
yet seen on a titled woman. She wears one
and a half in boots. '
Lady Tennyson, widow of the late
Lord Tennyson, has cone from Haslemere to
Lymington for a change Of scene. She Is
very much prostrated with grief. .
Mrs. Pyne is the first woman compositor
who has been admitted into the London
Typesetters' Union, and will receive tbe
same rate per thousand as is paid to tbe
men.
M. Pasteur attains tbe age of 70 years
two days after next Christmas; and a Dan
ish socloty, that of Physical and Cbemteal
Sciences, will offer him a medal on that oc
casion. The marriage of Edwin Gould, seeond
son of Jay Gould, and Miss Sarah C. Sbrady
adopted daughter of Dr. and Mrs. George F.
Shrady, will take place next Wednesday
evening.
W. M. Conway, a daring English mount
aineer, has sneceeded in climbing to the top
of one of the peaks of the Hindu Kush
range, on tho borders of Kashmir, to the
height of 23,000 feet.
Secretary Foster is the thirty-first
Secretary or State, and six of his 30 prede
cessors became President Jeflerson, bad!
son, Monroe, John Qnincy Adams, Tan
Baren and Buchanan.
A boom for a female laureate has started
up in England among women who believe
that a woman Sovereign would appoint a
woman to succeed Tennyson. Miss Ingelow.
is mentioned in this connection.
Mb. Walter Besant has been settling
as clearly as possible a much vexed ques
tionthat the proper pronunciation of his
name by stating that he prefers to have it
uttered with tbe stress on the lost syllable.
Prof. C E. Monroe, who has resigned
the post of chemist at the Newport Torpedo
station in ordor to accept a chair in the
Columbian University, at Washington, once
received a fright In the laboratory which
suddenly turned bis hair white, although be
says he -cannot now recall the particulars.
The Only Paper Without Columbus.
Chicago Mall.
The man who wants a paper without Co
lumbian matter in it nowadays should lose
no time in subscribing for a good sample of
sandpaper.
Mrs. Emmons Blaine's Memorial.
AuotrsTA, Me., Oot. 22. Mrs. Emmons
Blaine has given $1,000 for a new public
library here. The gift is in memory cf her
husband.
THAT XS SO.
It is said tbat truth Is gold
That li to I
That It yield! a hundred fold)
That Its champions win the prise
Which endures and never dies
That Is sol
It Is said that Sin brings pain
That is sol
That its work is loss, not gaint
That It kills the soul and brings
ever balm bat many stings
That It sol
It is said that Goodness thrives
-That is sol
Tbat It blesses human lives I
That at last, when earth has flowa,
' It shall gain a starry crown
That Is sol
Life Is transient at tho best
That Is tot
Bnt, with Goodness for ear i
Truth shall gnlde nt to the pria
That ensures ana never ales
That Is sot
' rVatoDvfn inlku 1st LUgm,
THE G08SIP F POLITICS.
traoK x statt conBSsroirnrjrr.i
The most strenuous' efforts are being
made at both headquarters to "catch the
Irish 'vote," whatever that may be. Th
"Irish vote" seems to be somewhat different
from any other vote, in tliat it must be
"caught." Itl8 customary to consider the
"Irish vote" something in thejlght of a flea
in agility and elusiveness, and as something
to be scrambled alter, saempon and held'
down nntll after the election, A good many
speeches are being made Just now, with
that-particular end In view. ' -
'Abo various processes by which the politi
cal managers essay to catch the Irish vote
tauitbe amusing to Irishmen. The profes
sional Irishman is dropping into tbe back
ground of American prilltiqs, and a good
deal of the old-time conventional blarney
and clap-trap has happily gone with him. It
may be because the Irish, are losing clan-"
nlsbness, or (setting "up to snuff." It may
be because tbe professional Irishmen is
pretty well provided for a$ the public crib,
and has to be brought home from foreign
sorvlce at great expense, or the home arti
cle comes too high. Anyhow, the prpfes
slonal Irishman in politics is rapidly falling
to the rear along with the professional sol
dier. And it will be a pleasant day for free
government when tbo professional Irishman
and tho professional soldier shall have both
lain down to permanent rest. Tho real,
unpretentious articles are all right.
But. to return to the amnsing political pas
time of "catching tho Irish vote." Every
body knows that tho way to the head of an
Irishman Is through bis heart, and the way
to tlieheaitof an Irishman is through old
Ireland. - '
"Give 'em plenty of Ireland," were the
Instructions of a campaign manager to a
campaign speaker as the latter was golug
forth to "catch the Irish vote." "Never
mind the issues of the day give 'em plenty
or Ireland."
'And you bet I did," remarked the orator
on his return. "They whooped and yelled
at every twist of tne lion's tall."
The popular method of "catching tbe
Irish vote," you will see, is by twisting the
.British lion's tail. Mr. Blaine himself is
something of a tall twister, and bis little
speeoh at Opbtr Farm showed that be was
still nlmblo of touch wheu it comes to the
Irishvote.
While the process of "catching the Irish
vote" Is chiefly one of blarney and air
heavily impregnated with old Ireland, there
are valuable accessories suoh as tearing
downthe British flag and trampling It under
foot and dratglng it in tbe dust and spitting
on it and ajl that sort of thing. The recent
occurrences of the flog racket indicate the
probability of its being pverwoiked. If It
should grow on us wo may possibly see the
scheme introduced on the platfolm. A red
rag to a bull Is a buckwheat blossom to a
boney bee by the side of the British flag to
an Irish-American. To introduce the British
flag at it uublia meeting and at the proper
moment have it torn down, ripped up the
back, spat upon in several languages, and
tho fragments trailed In the mud wonld
please the most conservative Irishman and
cause tne roaring nome luiers oi tne uniteo.
States to tear up the ground with excessive
enthusiasm. I don't suppose the British
Government would eare; but if the lion
growled a little it would bs all the better
for "catching the Irian vote."
A Joke at Cabby's Expense.
The other day Mr. Magrame Coxe, a
Democratic swell of the Manhattan Club, a
man abouttown and all 'round good fellow,
got a cab early in the day. Mr. Coxe hadn't
been up at tbat early hour in the day since
he was a toy and the world looked strange
to him. Nobody knew him and ho knewno
body. Bnt he was chairman or something
of a committee or something or other and
had a busy day ahead, and he hired a cab so
be conld think. The cabman drove him
around everywheie and in every direction,
apparently for a couple of hours, then
landed him at No. 139. Mr. Coxe was closeted
a long time with the committee and the cab
man began to grow arxious about his fare.
Jnst then Colonel Smalleycamo down the
steps and started up town. The cabman
stopped him and asked if his tare was in
side. "I don't know," replied the Colonel, "bnt
you'd better keep a sharp lookout on the
house."
"Tbat bloomln rascal has had me drtvin'
him all 'round town for two hours," growled
the cabman an' like as not he's a trvln' to
give me the hdodoo. What bouse is that:
"Democratic headquarters."
"The deuce it is. Then I'm gone, sura"
'The man will be out directly," said
Colonel Smaller, going back to the steps to
see the effect of hla dastai dly funny busi
ness. "Ue'll probably say he s a clubman
and a big politician or something, but he's a
fraud."
Pretty soon Coxe came out, and ambling
down the steps was walklns; away.
"Bold on, there!" shouted the now excited
cabman, dashing up to the curb and hastily
comipg off bis perch. .
"Remain there I'm going 'round the cor
ner a minute." saia uoxe.
"Come, now, that won't work, old man.
You can't work no sich games on me. I'm
dead onto yer racket betcber life!"
The cabman grabbed tbe astonished club
man, by the shoulder and demanded bis pay
right then and there.. The appearance of
Colonel Smallev with that merrv face of his
gave the victim a clew to tho situation.
A hasty explanation, an abject apology
from the cabman, a lauirh all round, and
Colonel Sinalley entered tbe cab wltb the
clnbman and the whole outfit stopped in
front of tbe first cafe in the neighborhood.
The cab alone remained outside. But I
presume the cabman was now watching
both fares.
Foeinen That Love Each Other.
It is from the inside that Colonel Tom
Carter telephones his best respects to Demo
cratic headquarters immediately after
breakfast, and Mr. Frank Harrity returns
the compliment immedlately,altbongh there
is apparently no roason wby he shouldn't
keep It. It is not within, my power to record
the exact conversation, but I presume it la
something like this:
Colonel Carter I say, old man, how's
your bead this morning?
Uarrity All right, Colonel, I'm Used to
little things like that. We'll put a bead on
you to-day. How's the ice wagont
Carter Loaded for Dear!
Harrity Polar Dear, ehf
Carter We'll unload It on you in the even.
,ing papers: I don't know nhetberyou ran
Dear it or not.
Harilty What's the nature of this fiesh
attack? -
Carter I'll send you over the proof sheets
you can then have 'your denial (affidavits
ready for the moraini; papers. . ..
tlarritv Thanks, 'old oiiap.. Had break
fast yet? ".
Carter Oh. ves: you? '
Harrity Yes. How does the thing look to
you this morning?
Carter I'm Inclined to think you've got
ns this time. Harrison is almost too heavy
a load for any party to carry--Harrity
Oh, you're all, riicht. Yonr man
has a 'walkover. I wish you only bad our
"old puddln'" on baud. J'm afraid we're a
goner.
Carter Well, goodby old man; must go to
work
"You more than sheep I love."
" Harrity 'Y6u I more than turkey love."
Carter "When they softly bleat bo."
Harrity When they softly gobble"
Both-"Balba!ba!"
"Gobble, robblel"
Tbe familiar Terrain sighs along the wires
for a few seconds with tho exquisite tender
ness of two harmoniously blended souls.
Then all is silent, and you can hoar tho tele
graph poles drop and can smell the odor of
sizzling insulation and burned out switch
boards. '
A Campaign Novelette.
He was $ member ot the Yosktg Men's
Republican Club. He was young. He was
beautilul as male beauty goes in his part
of town. He wore good clothos as good
clothes go in East Broadway. Ho was senti
mental. He was in love. He wore an image
in his heart as he went his dally rounds at
labor tbe image of one,wbom ho called
"her." He had carried this image around
for two years and was now on his last lap.
For be intended to bring things to a point
this very night.
The object of his affection was a plain,
common sense young girl of sweet 17, who
was-born to the affluence of hard work and
bied to call the fluted supports of a grand
piano "legs" and to toll in a box factory at
$S a week. She wore plain clothes anopsia
for them, and was not ashamed of them or,
of herself.
She had plain brown hair worn short.
Her nose was a plains every-day nose
neither snub, roman, .aquiline, retrousse, or
Indeed any peculiar style but was clean
and quite suitable lordlier own private
affairs. She wore .her -plain ears without
elf-consciousnessrjustosshe wore her hat
whn oh wltnt tl thj. atrml' TTai AVAR VKrn
neither large'and liquid, nor little "round
blue bullets that embarrass and make ion
afraid. k'Diey were simply plain seven-days-ln-thetweek
eyes that saw tutrigs as they are
and never took a 20-cent piece tor a quarter.
Her name was Mary Jane a good, -plain,
old-lashloned name that suggests square
meals and plenty of children.
The evening passed very pleasantly, la
a,nch,alKoVhuhVawo;V,n6Uhta
Tbev were both somewhat lHtTntrh(L
Neither of thom would know what that
means, but that Is What they were. He1
probably (thought her pining, or meian-,
choly, or poetical: she thonght be was off bis
zeou.
As the evening grew apace he began to
feel warm nnder hs shirt collar, while she
only regarded him more philosophically
and waited for what she now knew was
coming, though coming like an old snag
being polled with bullet molds. At last be
foil at her feet.
"Mary," he said, "I love you I"
"Laws! John, I know that! Give me some
thing newl" ,
"I'm coming to that, Mary if yon don't
break me up I have loved yon long and
ardently. I have been keeping company
with yon now nearly a year. And I may
ay with the poet tbat I have known you in
season and out of season"
"Mostly out of season" said Mary Jane,
wittfa wicked lanirh.
"Yes, I know yonr father told me about
the last coal bill. But now I lay my heart
at your tent, dear Mary. Will you be mine
mine for aye?"
"For what?" aavs Marc ltlv. .ol.
look slashing around over her plain, every
day face. '
"Forever! Oh, Mary: I"
"Look here,' John vet npl You want to
marry me, I suppose?"
"Certainly? That' it."
"Well, then, cay so."
"I do, Mary I do! And yon will"
"Hold on, John, I have one question to
axk you before I answer. On your reply to
that question depends our future whether
it is to be hand in hand down llie's pathway,
or whether it Is to be widely apart, every
feller for himself."
The young girl rose npon her plain, every
day feet, and looked him steadily and
earnestly In the eve. I forget which eye.
He felt a sensation as If several coek
roachos with cold feet were racing lor a it-year-old
sweepstakes down bis spinal col
umn. "Give it to me straight, John!"
"I, will," said ho with a sickening feeling
of Impending disaster.
Have you registered?" she sternly asked.
"I have thank God!" he exclaimed.
"Then I am your," said she.
CHARLES THXODOBC MCEBAT.
Nxw Yobk, October 32.
PEEPING INTO THE FUTURE.
What Aluminum Steamships of the Next
Century May Be.
St. James Budget.
The pleasure "steamship of the- future" is
a vast structure built of a metal combining
almost unlimited strength with undreamt of
lightness. Her dimensions will approxi
mately be three times greater than" the
steamship Campania namely, 1,800 feet by
190 feet, and she will be so constructed that,
like the well-known polype Hydra of our
ponds, should she by any possibility be dam
aged by collision or stranding, each part of
her wonld live and maintain a separate ex
istence the outcome of tbe "cellular" sys
tem or wnicu we now see but the initial ap
plication. Save for tonr towering, but slender poles,
doing duty for signalling and effect, the
Aluminia will be mastleas; but her glgantio
oval-shaped "smokestacks" will break tbe
tnonotrfly of an ontline which otherwise
will roughly resemble the Crystal Palace at
Sydenham, as It was originally bnilt, minus
ltstransoptsand water towers. Steam and
electricity combined will be utilized to drive
this mighty mass at great speed through the
waters: three, if not six, propellers being
called Into requisition for tbe purpose. A
perfect system of ventilation, sanitation,
water supply, lighting, beating and cooking
will reign throughout tbe 'noble vessel;
lllnminatlpn and the preparing of food being
effected entirely by tbe aid of the goddess
"JSlectra."
An hotel like the Metropole will be the
model npon which tbe doniestlo arrange
ments ot this singular steamship will be
based. There will be public dining and
drawing rooms, accommodations for private
parties, ladles' boudoirs, snuggeries for
smoking, billiard room' (practlcable,ln fine
weather), a library affiliated with Mudle's, a
duly licensed plaoe of worship, a concert
room and theater, a tennis court, a rifle gal
lery, a gymnasium and every possible and
Imaginable facility for athletic exercise and
recreation. But the main feature will be the
general division of this floating palaee Into
tenements or flats complete in themselves,
and consisting of, say.twogood sized sitting-
rooms and four or Ave bed rooms, with do
mestic oiuces atiacneu, x
These will be taken by the year, leased or
sold In perpetuity to lamilles deslrons of tbe
advantages but not possessing the means of
keeping up a yacht, but wno will readily
pay a large rental for the privilege of bav
lng a borne for all the year round whloh
they can Join at any port, sublet if they
choose, and where they can always enjoy
congenial society amid varied scenes in a
genial climate. Tbe route or the Alnminla
will be determined by ballot; the general
service will be as at any large hotel ashore.
A round of amusements will be provided,
and lamilles be able to preserve strict
privacy or Join the general throng, as. they
desire.
The one thing strictly prohibited on board
will be private pianos and the Introduction
of domestic pets, such as cats and dogsl No
postman or telegraph boy will ever Interrupt
the repose of these marine domiciles. Sea
sickness will practically be banished, and
those who hereafter "go down to the sea In
ships" and "do business in great waters"
will, in passing the "steamship or the
future," salute with mingled astonishment
and reverence the Ideal of Thomas Moore's
"Utopia" riding in silent and resistless maj
esty over the conquered waves of tbe once
intractable ocean.
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS.
Columbus would h ave been a successful
politician. He made a landing, the greatest
on earth. She Orleans Picgyrme,
It was a ten-strike in the real estate lino
that Mr. Columbus made, and he deserves
credit for It. Wheeling Register.
Columbus is entitled to all the honors dne
to him who leads the way, though others may
press close on his heels. Cleveland Plain
Dealer. '
' CBBiSTornxn CoLtmacs came nearer find
ing tbe earth than any other- person among
the millions who have wanted it. Detroit
Fi ee Stress.
No adverse criticism of his character as a
man can detract from the boldness or
grandeur of his unique undertaking. Jot
tonTravtlttr. The came qualities made him great tbat
made Socrates and Washington great. He
bad convictions and he labored steadfastly
to show tbe truth be knew Indtannpolis
Sentinel.
Columbus was, perba p, not a perfect man
but be was! a slnoere man. ardent In the pur
suit of hla purposes and unwearied in the
discharge of any dnty devolved npon him.
iiarrisbura Star. .
He was a navigator and his claims to dis
tinction are altogether apart from any other
estimate of thomin, as are tbose of Shake
speare, Dante, Goethe, Byron and many
others wham the world calls groat. Balti
more Herald.
His was a lofty soul which nothing not
even medieval incredulity 6f science could
fetter. The better part of the land he dis
covered, considering America as a whole,
manifests in Its career this soul ofColum-
bus. Washington Star.
Deaths here axd elsewhere.
Emil Drryer, Danish Consul.
Emil treyer, Danish Consul to Chicago,
who was a passenger on the steamship Hecla, from
Copenhagen, died suddenly on board the vessel as
she was anchored off Liberty Island. Be was In
good health during the voyage and was on deck
Thursday as the vessel came np to Quarantine. He
was chatting on deck with his wife and daughter,
wno accompanied him, and expressed his pleasure
at once more getting lnt) port. Suddenly he fell
back Into nls steamer chair, and when hi wife
hastened to his side he was dead. It Is supposed
his death was caused by heart failure. Mr. ureycr
Had been Danish Consul at Chicago for more than
X years, and was returning from a visit to his na
tive land.
Mrs, Cecelia P. Johnson.
Mrs. Cecelia P. Johnioa died suddenly
yesterday afternoon at her home on Shakespeare
street. East Xod. of heart disease. Mrs. Johnson
was a sister of G. W. Jessop, of Mt, Washlncton.
and an aunt of James Jetton, assistant pressman
or Tne Dispatch. Tbe body will be taken to Bal
timore for Interment.
Obituary Notes.
Bey. Fbakcis Spelnoib, better known as Chap
lain springer, a Lutheran minister and weU known
In all Grand Army circles, died Friday night,
aged si.
Mart E. Ward, wire of Thomas D. Hodklnson.
or the Pittsburg Nut Coal and Slack Company,
died late FrlJaynlght; at the family residence,
Brcckenrldge avenue.
Charlis L. Harris, the well-known actor,
recently of A. M, Palmer's Company, died at Bt.
Luke's Hospital in Chicago yesterday. He had
bun 111 since September W.
STATE DEDICATIONS.
Chicago, Oct. 22. The great military pa
' ta bavin , ..n. .t,........ i..
rade bavlng been finally abandoned last
night, the exercises to-day, in the way of
World's Fair matters, were exceedingly
simple, consisting of the dedication of sev
eral State buildings. Massachusetts and
Iowa dedicated their buildings this morn'
Ing, and this afternoon Rhode Island, New
York and Ohio held similar exercises.
Tbe Pennsylvania state buildings will
not be completed berore next April, so tbelr
dedication had to be postponed until tbat
time. Governor Pattison and staff, accom
panied by Messrs. P.Folevand Clandennimr.
of the Pittsburg division of the World's
Fair Commission, -this morning; pnid their
respects to Vice President Morton and Gov
ernor Boles of Iowa. The party left for
home on a special train at 5 o'clock this
evening, and will arrive in Pittsburg Sun
day'morning. The Empire State Building First.
The first State building dedicated to-day
was that of New York. After music and
prayer tbe exercises besan with the formal
assignment of the building to Exposition
nses by Cbanncey M. Depew as President of
the Board of Managers of the exhibit of tbe
State of New York. Then came the accept
ance of the building by Director General
Davis and next addresses by Governor
Flower and Archbishop Corrlgan. The lat
ter said, in part:
-a no sciennst appears in tnis tnat m the
domain or nature and positive fact Columbus
took nothing for granted. The persistent
opposition of the most erudite professors of
the day did not disconcert him. While he
bowed reverently to tbe teachings of faith,
no urusneu away as couweus certain inter
pretations of Scripture, more fanciful than
real, and calmly maintained that the word
of God cannot be in conflict with sclestlfio
truths. As a scientist, azain, be was con
scious of the grandest nntold promise of his
discovery.
The dedication poem by William H. McEl
roy and music by bousa's Marine Band, suc
cessfully brought the dedication to a close.
A Big Buckeye Celebration.
The Ohio contingent started out for the
grounds in state, having a parade with over
2,000 State troops in line. Amid enthusiasm
second in volume to the dedication of tne
preceding day, the Ohio building was form
ally dedicated. Three of Ohio's favorite
sons and almost all those in Cbicago who
claim the Buckeye State for their birthplace,
were present.
An hour before noon Governor McElnlev
and his staff'were waited npon at tbe Audi
torium by the Cleveland Grays. With Gov
ernor McElnley were John Sherman and
Calvin S. Brlce, who occupied places of
uvuuc iu wio prucessiun tu carnages wuicii
immediately lormed and under the escort of
the soldiers proceeded toward tbe World's
Fair grounds.
At tbe building tbe visitors were regaled
with a lnnch and a serenade by the Mexican
Band, after which they were conducted to
the platform on the east front of tbe build
ing, about which had congregated a great
crowd of spectators, and irom which the ad
dresses were made. After prayer 31r. Pea
body presented to tbe State of Ohio tbe
handsome Dulldlng. It was accepted by
Governor McKlnley, who responded as fol
lows: "I receive the State building, the keys of
which yon have just handed me in behalf of
the State and for the uses of its people. I
believe all will agree tbat your work has
been well and faithfully performed, and
tbat the Ohio Home that you have provided
will be both cheerful and comfortable, as it
is centrally and conveniently located."
The Other Buildings Dedicated. -
Tbe State bnildings of Massacbusetts,
Rhode Island, Iowa 'and Kansas followed.
For the Bay State, Governor Russell and
Commissioner Hovey officiated. In a short
and pointed speech Mr. Hovey handed over
to the Governor the building in tbe name or
ibe Commission of tbe State. Tbe Governor
made a brief response, and in the name of
the Commonwealth of Massachusetts re
turned the building to Mr. Hovey as tbe Ex
ecutive Commissioner.
In conclusion he presented the keys of the
Rhode Island building to the Executive
Commissioner, John C Wyman, who re
sponded, commenting largely upon the man
ufacturing Interests of the State, and urging
this as reason why Rhode Island should be
creditably represented at the World's Fair.
A delightful entertainment was given this
afternoon at the country bouse of Hon.
Thomas B. Bryan in honor of Cardinal Gib
bons, Archbishop Sitolli, the Papal dele
gate, and other distinguished prelates. A
srjecial car conveyed the uartv under tbe
guidance of Colonel Bryan. The guests were
received by Mrs. Bryan. Monday afternoon
Mrs. Potter Palmer will give a large recep
tion to the Cardinal and Papal delegate,
and Monday niuht the Columbus Club have
a like honor In store for them. Tuesday
morning the Cardinal returns to Baltimore
and Archbishop Satolll proceeds to St. Paul
with Archbishop Ireland.
CONTEACIOBS Iff A.8HA1L.
Pittsburg Men Who Paved Streets in Butler,
Paw, in Trouble. '
Butlxb, Oct. 22. Special Two years ago
Long ft Doyle, contractors, 93 Fifth avenue,
Pittsbnrg, secured contracts for paving some
of Butler's streets. Before effecting-a settle
ment for their work the Arm dissolved part
nership,'' Long retiring. Tbe contracts bad
been assigned to tbe Greensburg National
Bank to secure a note given by tho firm for
$2,600. The City Council here refused to rec
ognizo.tbe assignment, and when tbe note
matured tho bank called on Mr. Long to
make it good. On several occasions since toe
dissolution of the firm in question tbe Butler
Council, according to the official record of
their proceedings, has ordered warrants
drawn In favor of the old firm, and on tbe
18th of this month a resolution was passed
authorizing a final settlement of the ac
count, and a wan-ant was drawn and given
to Mr. Dovle for tbe amount due, less $600,
payable 60days from date.
Now Doyle'a former partner, Long, noti
fies tbe Butler City Treasurer not to pay the
warrant: has retained counsel and will bring
suit for the whole amount of the claim. As
the, Butler Savings Bank has discounted the
warrant for Mr.' Doyle, there is a pretty mess
of it and the prospect of a complicated case
in the courts.
MUSICIANS ADO MUSCLZ.
A Man and Woman in New York to Com
pete for Fully 15 Hours.
' New YoRK,tOct. 22. A novel musical, con
tost began at 9 o'clock this morning at a
local museum. It will be a test of skill and
endurance in piano playing between a
woman and a man. Tbe names of the con
testants are Ada Melville, an operatic singer
of some repntatlon, and J. M. Waterbnry, a
robust young fellow who has already shown
his aDlllty to play npon the piano for 12 con
secutive hours without Intermission. Tbe
exhibition takes place in the main annex
hall, where there is plenty of room for tbe
sound to dlssinate Itself.
Tbe pianos aro placed In opposite corners
of the room, ?o as to keep them as far apart
as possible. The programme consists oi se
lections ranging irom grave to gay and from
pumorons to suomne. unuer tne conditions
ot the match tbe players may perform one
selection a thousand times 1: be or she
cbooses, but each time the music must be
carefully accentuated and a distinct melody
rendered- The player may sit or stand.
Tbev will be furnished food and drink by
attendants. Tbe contest eloses at midnight,
and tbe prize, consisting or $.00 in money
and a diamond medal, will be presented to
the winner by Monroe U. Bosenfcld, tho
compose who has been choen as relcree.
A"' rlBST-CLASS BOG ST0BT.
The 'Fagaclty of a Canine Tbat Is Tanght
to Steal Umbrellas.
nr CABtx to thi msrATcn.t
LoRDOir, Oct. 22. One of the best dog
stories on record came out in the Kensing
ton police court th is week. A lady was walk
ing along Kensington Park road when a
,good-8ized dog ran np beside her, snatched
her umbrella from her hand and bounded
off with it- The animal followed a swift
cart, in which were a man and woman. A
gentleman In a carnage saw tbe Incident
and pursued the cart. Tho occupants, when
overtaken, declared that they knew nothing
about the dbg, which still kept beyond
reach.
Later in the day the gentleman saw tbo
same cart and dog in Walworth road. Tbe
man and woman had been arrested for as
saulting a policeman. The cart was exam
ined and found to contain six ladles' um
brellas. The only case pressed against the
risoners was tbe one for assault. Tbe dog
i Incorrigible. Tbe umbrellas await own
ers. No Danger of an Indian War.
WAsmKQTo, Oct. 22. A letter bas been
received by the Commissioner of Indian Af
fairs from Captain Brown, Indian Agent at
Pine Bldge, denying that any trouble is
brewing on the reservation, or that the
gbostdance is talked or by tbe Indians. It is
said at the Indian office that George Bart
lett, who prophesies tbe trouble, was for
merly United states Marshal at Tine Itldge,
but was put off the reservation by Secretary
Noble, on tbe ground that he wae an un
suitable person to remain.
CUBIOrS CONDENSATIONS.
Louis XTV. had 732 wlga,
Eoman soldiers wore a hooded cloak
over their armor.
Death and Clutch Is the name of a
Franklin, O., firm.
Four million people have already
grasped Corbett's hand.
Linen was used for wrapping mummies
probably about 3000 B. C.
Le Ydeur (the thief), is the name of a
new popular paper started in Paris.
Only one 510,000 legal tender not
out of an Issue of 4,000 is now extant.
Several Chinamen have proved them
selves successful farmers in Montana.
Breton, France, has full-grown sheep
tbat are about only tbe size of.rabbits.
Married couples in Norway are privi
leged to ride on railroads at a fare and a
half.
More than 1,800 varieties of roses
worthy of cultivation have been produced
daring this century.
Some of the houses in Berlin are num
bered with luminous figures, which are
easily visible at night.
At the battle of Bannoekburn, '1314,
Robert Bruce clove an Englishman to tba
waist with a battle ax.
In the tweltth century a hook was at
tached to tbe footman's spear to enable him
to drag a knight from tbe saddle.
The first ship canal on the line of the
present Suez Canal was projected by Neobo
an Egyptian King, abont COO B. C Tbe two
seas were actually united 270 B. C.
France has a population of 38,218,903,
comprising about 10,000,000 families, and of
these 2,000,000 couples have no children,
while 2,000,000 have only one child each.
The first orthodox Hebrew to be mada
a peer of England was Sir Nathaniel Meyer
de Rothschild, who was created Baron
Rothschild of Trlng by Mr. Gladstone on
July 9, 18S3.
The highest temperature on the globe is
at Death Valley, Inyo county, CaL Its sur
face is 159 feet below sea level, and in sum
mer the thermometer bas occasionally
marked 122.
In 1871 we produced 31,15 tons of steel
rails; in 1S90, L871.336 tons. Our Imports of
rails were 531,537 tons In 1371; in 18JO onlv 131
tons. In the latter year we exported 15,831
buus ui raus.
It has been fonnd that bicyclists who
ride to excess aro afflicted with a catarrhal
laryngitis. Month breathing and the rapid
ity and pressure with which large quantities
or air are forced Into the larynx are said to
.be the cause.
The average annual per capita con
sumption of textile fabrics by the inhab
itants of Europe In 183 was valued at $5 91s
tbat of the people of the United States at
$11 40 per capita.
The Egyptians had operas and enjoyed
them. Tbe first nse of the term, "opera In
mnsien," which subsequently gave place to
"opera," was In 1656, tbe first opera per
formed being tbe "Orpheus of Peri."
A near tree which was set by Governor
John Endlcott in 1630 is still standing near
Danversport, Mass. It blossoms freely, ol
though 262 years old, but the fruit, like most
of the pears of that date, is of poor quality.
In 1680 the Duchess de Fontanges had
tbe misfortune to have her bat blown off at
a buntlngparty tnd tied her bair with one
or ner riDDon garters. Hair dressing with
ribbons remained a fashion for seven years.
In some of the ancient temples oi Egypt,
known to be more than 4,000 years old, the
stones were doweled together with hour
glass shaped ties of tbe Timarish or Shittlm
wood, the'dowel sinks being only about one
inch deep.
The first smoke-consuming railroad
locomotive ever built was turned ont of the
Cbicago and Alton car shops at Blooming
ton, III., in October, 1891- Its inventor, A. It.
Cavner, says it not only consumes its smoke
but economizes fuel.
The early Christians, to manifest their
dislike of pagan vanity, in the effemi
nacy of long and curling hair and carefully
cultivated beards, shaved their faces and
kept tbelr hair cropped close. In the time
of Tertulllan this was a mark of the
Christian.
One of the uses of skimmed milk is in
tho manufacture or an artificial ivory whicb,
in every respect, resembles tbe original
The milk is mixed wltb borax, and subjected
to a high pressure. The product is well
suited for combs, billiard Calls and pipe
mouth pieces.
The ruby, the sapphire, the oriental
emerald, the oriental topaz, the oriental
amethyst, the oriental aqua marine, the ori
ental ohrysoilte, the hyacinth and other
precious stones are all allumina, tbe varie
ties of color being caused by inappreciable
quantities or metallic oxides.
The most marvelous of clocks has been
built by a Black Forest maker and sold for
$4,000. Besides doing everything that most
clocks do in tbe matter of time and calendar,
It shows tbe time in Berlin. St. Petersbnr?.
Madeira, Shanghai, Calcutta, Montreal, San
Francisco, Melbourne and Greenwich.
There is a little lana in Fairmonnt
Park, on tbe Schuylkill, that is pointed one
as a favorite haunt of Tom Mooro, tho poet,
during bis sojourn In Philadelphia nearly 90
years ago. Here he wrote the poem about
the Schuylkill's verdant banks, ana here, it
is said, he carved the name ofaQuakermlss,
who had captured his fancy, on the bark of
a tree, and his own name beside It
A novel plan for training trotting horses
Is being tried at San Teencho, Col. Instead
of trotting them, round a track, they are
made to swim round a course In a tank 90
feet long, 20 feet wide and 8 feet deep. The
water is tepid and strongly impregnated
wltb salt, to prevent the horse from taking
cold. Four times round the course gives the
horse as much exercise as a mile of trotting.
At the opening of the Jaffa-Jerusalem
Railway a curious Moslem rite was ob
served. Three sheep were slaughtered and
their blood besprinkled on the rails before
the first train was allowed to proceed upon
Its journey. This superstitious ceremony
bad for its object tbe scaring away of evil
genii, who would otherwise bave oxertetl a
anetul Influence npon passengers using tbq
line.
MISCELLANEOUS MERRIMENT.
"That wall paper has a very cold look,"
aid a customer to a dealer.
"Well, yon see. It Is Intended for a frieze," was
tbe dealer's reply. Smith, Gray 4Cb.' Monthly.
"How's that new party that yon organ
ized flourishing. Quranke?"
Flrstrate. I have been nominated for Presi
dent, and as soon as another man joins he will be
nominstedforVicePresldent. Then we win begin
a lively campaign." BuffaU Express.
A daughter was she of Terpsichore,
Her feet like a fairy's were fllckery.
But, as one of a few.
Her manager knew.
That her temper was frightfully biekery.
Washington Star.
Ton seem to be trying to make your
life a perpetual picnic?"
ton hare hit It. lint time. When I was a
youngster my father was always recommending
me to 'Go to the ant, thou sluggard.' and If the
ant is not to be found at a picnic, where shall I
find herf" Indianapolis Journal.
ANOTHER COLUMBIAN OSS,
In -fourteen hundred and ninety-two
I'filnmbuj. with his Spanish crew.
Embarked on a trip 'cross the ocean bias
To dlscorer the land of Kalamazoo.
Had Cbleago existed In days of yore
He wouldn't have reached San Salvador;
That windy town wonW bare blown him off shore
And left ns uncnown for four centuries more.
fine lark Herald.
Hashback Mary.
Waitress Yes. sir.
Hashback Take back this cup and bring tne
something else.
Mary What will you have, coffee or tea?
Hashback Oh.I am not rartlcular.lf this Is coffee
give tne tea, and If It's tea give me coffee. Brook'
ly. Eagle.
They say that love is blind, they do.
The figure 1 not carried
A bit too far, when once we think
Of people whom we orten meet whom otherfolks
have married.
Detroit Fni Press.
"What has become of the candidate who
defeated you for Sheriff?"
"Dropped dead the day he went Into offlee. and I
was elected Coroner on the spot" Atlanta Con
stitution, Dulcet If yon truly love me why do you
want to throw me over for Dasher?
Mabel On. you stupid, don't you know taat I
am trying to break the rseordon engactmeataf
Chitrngo Inter Oeetm.