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_ FRIDAY? AUG IST 9, 1889.
DEMOCRATIC OOI'NTY COMMITTEE
MEETING.
The members ot the Dem vatic county com
mittee are notltted to ni" at Ebcnsburg. on
.Monday, August 13, is • at I o'clock P. :t., ta
Armory Ilall. All morula i. are requested to tu
end. JAMES >l. WALTERS,
Chairman Democratic Co ty committee.
JOHNSTOWN, PA.. July AT, IS -a.
DEMOCRATIC STATE CONVENT! ; N.
The Democratic State Convention will
assemble in the Opera House, in the city
ot Harrisburg, on Wednesday, Scniptem
ber 4, 1889, at 12 o'clock, M., for the pur
pose of nominating a candidate for the
otlico of Statu Treasurer and transacting
such other business as may properly conic
before it.
The rules of the Democratic party of
Pennsylvania provide that "the represen
tation in the State Convention shall con
sist of representative delegates, one for
each 1,000 Democratic votes east at lite
last gubernatorial ele tion, or for a frac
tion of 1,000 such votes amounting to 000
_ or more, In the respective representative
district; provided that cacti represent .-
tive district shall have at least one dele
gate." KM.IOTT P. KISSER,
Chairman Democratic State Committee.
BEN.I. M. NEED. Secretary.
THE Supreme Court of Michigan iias
just confirmed the decision of the lower
courts, that in Michigan women may vote
for school officers.
LET Corporal Tanner be drummed out
of camp thunderingly to the tunc of the
old original tattoo. Bet there be no white
washing Mr. Secretary Noble ?
THE sweet and the sour seem to be
largely mingled in the popular vegetable
the watermelon. A Kansas man planted
twenty acres of watermelons and manu
factured from them 1.000 barrels of vine
gar which sold for £lO it barrel.
MRS. MARY CLEMENT LBAVITT. of Bos
ton, who started upon a tour around t lie
world as a missionary of the IV. C. T I'.,
six years ago, lias arrived in England
from Cape Town, Africa, and was given
a reception in London on duly 22d by the
British Woman's Temperance Associa
tion. She lias organized many temper
ance unions in the far-oIT countries vis
ited by iter, where none existed before,
and has also done much to promote the
White Cross and Social purity movement.
AN UN'SOT.VICI) I'IKIIII.KJI.
There are some problems that are in
soluble, one of which is a question of
pressing importance at this lime—that of
preventing river overfiows. It is not only
of pressing importance at this time, but
■with a certainty of becoming stili more
important year by year. No greater dis
regard is shown for the rights and inter
ests of posterity than Iras been and is still
being waged against the forests. The
world over streams are drying tip ami
sterility threatens many sections of the
earth. Yet this serious matter meets with
uo legislative considerati u.
SPECIAL PROVIDENCE*.
Believers in what is called acts of Spe
cial Providence will find in tin incident of
recent occurrence an illustration that will
confirm their superstitious faith. A matt
by the name of Gallagher—whether the
"'let her go Gallagher " is not stated
thinking someone had stolen out of his
pocket a favorite pipe, became insanely
mad, and gave expression to the horrible
wish that God might paralyze the tnau
who had it. Whereupon iris wife, more
prudent titan Job's historical " worser
half." reproved bim for uttering so im
pious a wish, which caused him to say :
" Well, I don't care," and with his up
lifted hand to Heaven, suid : " I not
only wish but pray that my Creator will
paralyze the man who lias my pipe." Be
fore another word could be said. Galla
gher felt a severe pain in the region of
his heart, which, becoming alarming, a
doctor was hastily summoned, who pro
nounced it a fatal stroke of paralysis. In
twelve hours after, he was a corpse.
But the strangest part of 'lie story re
mains to be told. After his burial the
family, in looking through his clothes,
found the pipe in the lining of one of the
pockets of the coat lie had on when lie
uttered the wisli and prayer, which of
course filled them witli superstitious hor
ror. Were it not that men are stricken
down with paralytic strokes under all
kinds of circumstances—some when
blaspheming, some when drinking intoxi- J
eants, some when reading papers, some '
when reading the Bible, some when j
preaching, some when praying—one I
would almost believe it was a punishment <
for thinking and expressing a wish so re
volting. As it is, it is nothing more nor ;
less than another of the many remarkable I
coincidences that are constantly occurring, i
REPUBLICAN STATE
CONVENTION—IItiNItY BOYBR NOMI
NATED FOR STATE TREASURER.
Laudatory Speeches and the Muchine
Work* Smoothly—Brief Biography of
Quay's Candidate—The Temporary Or
ganDatiou.
HARKISBPRG, August ?.-• By 10 o'clock
the delegates began to Hock into the
Opera House. First to come wore Seua
tor lloise Penrose, Hon. David 11. Lane
and Representative Brooks, ex-Represen
tative Foster, of Luzerne, and Showalker,
of Bucks ; sat near each other, lion. J.
S. Fruit, with the Mercer delegation, sat
in the parquette. The Philadelphia dele
gation was headed by Revenue Collector
David Martin, Gen. Win. Lilly, of Mauch
Chunk, ambled in, wearing a farmer's
straw hut and big blue badge. Then
came Representative Council, of
Philadelphia, the youthful C.
Harry Stinson, of Montgomery)
Genera! Frank lleeder, of Easton ; genial
Ed. Stuart, who will be Philadelphia's
next mayor ; Sentor Dchimnter, of Craw
ford : Representative Lytic, of Hunting
don : Colonel Bob Dcu li'ii, Philadelphia ;
Ex-Postmasler McCleary, of Pittsburgh ;
Major E A. Montoorh, who was :i sub
stitute delegate from Allegheny, and was
greeted with a round of applause ; Mer
cantile Appraiser Houseman, of Philadel
phia ; United Stale.. District Attorney
Walter Lyon, of Pittsburgh, and tunny
others.
Chairman Andrews w:is greeted with
loud Applause when he walked up on the
stage at 10:30 o'clock and toot; Ids seal
He bowed his thiinks for the courtesy and
then hid behind the big basket of roses.
Meantime the Puxton Bind in the gallery
played a lively tune, and the hall rapidly
filled up. At exactly 10-30 Chairman An
! Drews called the Convention to order in a
j very few words, and Secretary Beech
| read the call for the Convention, and then
called the roll of delegates.
THK TEMPORARY OlidA.XI/ATIoX.
I The following temporary others were
elected : Chairman, Waller Lyon. . f Al
legheny; Secretary, Frank Willing Beech ;
Assistant Secretaries, Henry llnhn, ,1. <)
Euelbhite, John W. Morrison : Bergeant
at-Arins, William Blair,
j Messrs. Brooks, of Philadelphia, and
Weaver, of MeKcan, wete appointed to
escort Mr. Byon to the chair, which
pleasant duty was performed, and Mr.
Lyon was introduced by Chairman An
drews. Mr. Byon, upon taking the
chair, said :
'• 1 can but thank you for the honor
you have conferred upon the County of
Allegheny in selecting one of her dele
gates to preside over this convention.
Since last the Republican party of the
State of Pennsylvania lias assembled in
convention, the gre.-o contest between the
two great pariies of the Nation has been
louglit. and v illi no uncertain sound has
the verdict of the people upon the ques
tions at issue been rendered. The chair
that was occupied by Grover Cleveland
wlten this convention last met is now oe.
copied by a man whoso Honor, integrity,
wisdom aril patriotism ituve etirne I the
confidence ami trust of the people in the
representative soldier, Protietionil Presi
dent, our own Benjamin tiairisoe.
" Wo not only rejoice in the p:irl the
Republican party of Pennsylvania ints
taken in bringing this about, but wo also
rejoice in the fact that to the Republican
party of Pennsylvania is due the credit of
furnishing the great political general uu
der whose leadership the victory was won,
and in the assembling of this, the first
Convention since the victorv of 'tJS. we
can cougrtbii ate oursi Ives on the Inumom
which pii-vi . in nttr part v. DUw n-ions,
discords ah,l taction- are rapidly oistp
pealing, and to-day we arc assembled
stronger than ever in the ItiMory of the
p irt.v in this State. Gentlcinn of the
Convent ion. I hope the business of im-
Convention will lie harmonious. The
ehnir awaits the pleasure of the Conven
tion."
I'be convention reassembled at 12:lfi.
The Committee on Oiganiza ion sub
mitted iis report and at its suggestion the
temporary Vice Presidents and Secretary
were roulinucit and Senator George W.
Dalameter was elected temporary Chair
! man. Dalnineter's address was a stereo
typed felicitation of the Republican ar
raignment of the Democratic party well
worded and fairly well delivered but ob
taining interest only through the pros
pective guild-national candidacy.
Delamater dwelt at length upon the
tariff issue and the pernicious political
influence of the Solid South. The De
mocracy was severely condemned for lis
.opposition of the admission of the four
new Stales, an I ex-Presidum Cleveland
touched up for his veto of Pension hills.
Personal platitudes were plentifully
sprinkled throughout the Senator's har
angue A reference to the "pi erless
Quay " renewed the applause which Lyon
had called forth. A general send-olf for
the national administration was quietly
received until the brilliant Secretary
Blaine came in for Ins meed of praise.
Then came the report of the Committee
on Resolutions. The platform having
lieen disposed of by an unanimous vote of
approval or at least without verbal dis
sent. nominations for State Treasurer
wen- culled for. Senator Penrose, of
Philadelphia, nominated Henry Kline
Buyer, of the same quiet place. Mr.
Boyer's birtli in Montgomery county, his
Dutch extraction, his experience as a
teacher and a lawyer, his Legislative re
cord, his skillful and impartial manipula
tion of the Speakers' gavel of the House ;
of Rcprceentatives, anil his various other j
recommendations, were feelingly dwelt
upon. There were plenty of seconds for
Mr. Boyer's nomination. Delegate Creigh,
of Chester, got the first word. He made
but a slight impression. Representative
Henry Hall, of Mercer next got the tloor.
Mr. Hall is booked to succeed Boyer in
the legislative chair and this circum
stance may possibly have had something
to do with the fervor of his secondary
eloquence and the positivencss of his pro
diction that the latter would have 50.000
majority in Philadelphia and sweep the
State by at least 80,000 votes. Delamater
looked green with envy when his pros
pective rival, Maj. Montooth. got up to
have his say in Boyer's behalf. The
Major's speech had been prepared on
short notice and was brief, though neat
and polished. lie promised the 11
publican nominee an old-time majority in
Allegheny county. This ended the speech
making, and Maj. Montooth and
W. H. Weaver \\cre appointed a commit
tee to inform Speaker Boyer of his nom
ination. Mr. Boyer having been con
veyed to tlie Convention hall from his
room in the Lochiel hotel, expressed his
thanks to the Convention in a brief speech,
lie modestly expo -sed > fear that lie ha '
not the ability to realize the high expec
tations that had been formed for him, and
bowed himself oil the stage amid thunder
ous applause and a motion to adjourn.
Henry Kline Boyer, of Philadelphia,
was born at Evansburg, Montgomery
county, February 18, 1850. lie obtained
a rudimentary education in the public
schools of his native township, and sub
sequently took a course at Freuland Sem
inary, Montgomery county. But, though
his father was comfortably provided, the
son was unwilling to remain a charge on
him longer than was necessary, ami witii
the laudihlc purpose to earn something
for his own support, lie left school at the
age of sixteen, in.d tor two years (aught in
a district scaool in the ueigliboihood of
his hiruipineo. At liie expiration of that
time he went to Philadelphia and found
employment for oto year a teacher of
English brunches i.. ~ ical academy
in which ' wry nationality was represented
among the pupils. lie next taught in a
clussitled cho I in the Twenty-third ward
of the city 01 Philadelphia in the section
known as i'.y berry, an old Quaker settle
ment.
Mr. Buyer read law in the office of lion.
Benjamin Harris Brewster, and was ed
mined to tin- letr in Philadelphia in 1873.
and is now engaged in that profession,
lie was an < ailmr of the House of Heave
sentatives during the sessions o! ' 1883 to
its,ST inclli-i"-. ana win elected Speak
in ISST and ie elected 111 January, ISS'J.
Tlo- Masonic Itolict final.
To du' Editor ij' tin' .h'hioituioii UfiiuxTitt*
My Dkai: Sic: .Much criticism ami
many anatucmas have been heaped upon
the heads of 'he various members of Gen
eral Cumnii :'s Committee, relative to the
tardiness with which they are, ami have
been disbursing tri ed funds in tMr
hands, wiiicli criticism may lie partly
just, but when tlie public learn Unit a
Mas.,nie Fund of forty-one thousand dol
lars has been in ilic hands ol some ' 0111-
mittec in litis city for at least one moutn.
lii.-it was contributed liv Masons ail over
this, and perhaps other lands, m relieve
the necessities of the suffering brothers,
their orpiiaus ami widows, wo do not
wunder thai tec Governor could m-
S"oncr devise away whereby in relieve
the wants of a suffering coiuuiiiiiitv with
the funds that was donated liy generous
and liimi-ill hearts, when we reme her in
I his case HI) n cords were lost and every
| brother, re-idcut or visiting wli. -uilViod
I loss by the flood, could have been known
ten days after.
(.'an we therefore wonder ili.it tie- (in
ernor could not move with greater ra
pidtiy.
Ami now ..nu ll to the surprise of every
one who lias taken upon himself the Ma
sonic obtiuuti'Mi the aGI.Out) in question
fire to bo. i!- i pt" rut", -o:uc iie .i In -
nig more Masonic than others, presuiu
ably hnvi•. . -aken -i ditrerent obligation,
no doubt tiiis is what makes the order
square: or :u other words J having be- n
more successful in business, than my
brother, and by preying • >■■ the necessi
ties of I tie less enlightened a id others.
: amassed a large fortune inii'di of wnieb I
cm yet ci i.do requisition, having the
same faculties remaining strong wi u
wliicll 1 persevcringly acciimubued
wealth. lam therefore entitled lo more
Masonic Heiief money than me miilluoul.
wlio could scarcely lifter paving hi
iiunithly li-iUse rent, pay ins initiation fee
and subsequent dues. Believing; lint tic
f'.imniitiee will await their own SHIKI
will in tHc pc-iniscs we lieg to ask lln.in
for tlios- ot the fraternity who were
lnosers to tin- is lent of everything lliev
possessed, suou'd not the inonei lie .:i~-
iriliuted equ -l , making due alio.vane,
for orphans and widows, regardless of
what real estate n brother happened i-.
possess previous to the disaster ot May
3lst. and befor-- the Hulk of the liiiul is
squandered iu railroad fare, dinners, etc.
Yo US A MASON.
" •tnilit" of Stifltfiv.
There arc* ultojoiliiT too many '•hchiis"
around yet to molest decent people, and
frighten women win- must of necessity in
cut after dark occasionally. It becomes -
monotonous to be lutiled by these fellows
with, ''Say, t'rip. give us a chew." or
" can't you give a feller a dime't"
A short time ago one of these galoots ;
ncciyficd a man after this fashion : •• See (
here, Cap, give me a chew of terbaccer. |
or I'll knock li—l out of you." It was
lucky that he did not tarry long after his '
expression, or else there wouid something
have come out of him.
Judge Bear, of Somerset, lias nine bolls !
and a carbuncle on his neck. More |
power to you Judge.
NEW JERSEY'S BTG FLOOD.
A SUMMING VP THAT SHOWS AWFUL
BJCBULTB.
Til© Lomr vrMl be For Along ! n the WIV.
lloiiH Though There vu no Ios* of
Lift—Hul for JofenfttoM ii i Would
Be u National C'nlmaity-r:::.j " ,u>
row ISti-upen.
Worn it not for the great ov< > 'low
ing influence o the great flood* -h
deluged soverui sections of the country,
at tlie time of iho Johnstown horror, the
MAIN AND TAYLOR STREETS, MtLf.CRN.
recent work of water in New .Jersey and
Xe'.v I'orlc would bo considered a groat
public calamity though there was no lot,s
of life. The loss to property however is
almost beyond computation— far up in
the millions.
If there lie any consolation to the suf
ferers In iho Hooded districts of New
Voile and Now Jersey In the thought that
the whole thing was of home manufac
ture they may cherish it in their brea-,
Tnn clouds which, for forty-eight hours,
had hovered flood-laden above them,
were not wafted in this direction by nil
friendly winds; they wore born and
raised on thospot where the object of
their being xvas realized. The sun drew
up water from New York bay. and a
mild, warm sea breezo swept it over
Manhattan Island and Joi :ey. Put the
sun kepi on c .awing water from tho
bay. and when tho atmosphere refused
to Rsainiilute more, it gathered into
globules and fell to the earth in flood
without warning.
Though Now York has suffered from the
inconvenience of a heavy downpour •>
ruin, the serious consequences have been
mostly confined to New Jersey.
Two dark clouds gathered above Now
Jersey, and heavy laden with the sun
coaxed waters of the bay they collided in
in id-air. The shock was too great for
their overtaxed powers and they urst,
letting loose upon the earth beneath their
iiccumubiiod moisture In ugrea.. outpour
ing of rain. The result was disastrous.
Streams and lakes already swollen rose
j above their hanks: dams gave way, vil
; Sages were Hooded and for a time die
tlitened people In parts f w Jersey,
mil i i -ularly tho • near d.vgerous water
■ iearrvoire, believed tliey were about to
! experience the iu rrar- of a Johnstown.
V ' T
MAIN B'l'ltEF.T, MIIiBIIBN.
Fort unatelv no body of water, threaten
ing in its escape dovu-tation and death,
! succeeded in luirstlng its conlines, though
many dams which had con lined minor
lakes and ponds wen- carried awry and
j the raging waters, released from irksome
j captivity, rushed down upon the village
j below in disastrous torrents, carrying
i away bridges and houses and Causing
I sei ious damage.
I The Milburn dam gave way on the
western embankment and Hooded semes
of cell ins and frightened hundreds of
, people. Milburn is a drowsy little til
lage that nestles in the Orange moun
tains some seven miles west ol Newark.
A pond nearly half a nine long and from
100 to ",00 feet u ido runs parallel to the
main street of Milburn. It is known as
Mllburn pond, and used to supply power
, to a factory that was burned down years
ago. It is datumed and routined still,
and its waters are used by Henderson's
I paper-mill in the southeastern part of
! the village. At the head of this pond
; and to the northward of it. confined by a
i weak-looking dam, is what is known as
Mr. Campbell's factory pond, it is as
; broad us the Milburn pond. These two
I bodies of water, without any reinforce
i incut from iiidgewood lake, are i|uite
| powerful enough : o sweep away the in
itial,it ants of Milburn and Springfield.
When the great eloudburst eaiue, the
Milburnites feared that the liidgewood
lake ilam might give way and Hood
I them, but it didn't. Grout: volumes of
! rod-brown water poured over tin* •'.am at
i the in. nth of Mrs. ('a. obeli's pond and
ei| in a torrent into the Milbuni pond.
!ho gates of ihis were closed lightly,
and no >dv sot-mod to thin!; f opening
liieiu in rcl.evi' tli-' il'sin. Man- people
j "limbed Ihe null i: a ins to Short Hills and
i \ isi'ed fi i. nds. who housed them over
: rugiii, and - iidreds more stood around
j and waited f i what might happen,
i The -ve.stei ii wall of Milburn pond is a
-•lay ami gravel bank linif a mile long,
hree uud a half feet above 111.' level of
|
' . '.V- l IS?
1 ' . - .SFFJSK r\W
V £
A m.OOMrttLl) STIIKCT.
Main stre.-t, of which it forms >ne side,
; and about eight feet wide. Where Tay
- lor stree abuts on Mam street.
I in the heart of the village, is the
; big butelier shop of I). O. It on no I.
His men have been for many mouths in
I the habit, of driving his vng ir.s and car
riages up the bank to wash them. This
had worn a deep rut in the side of the
day wall and weakened
By 4 o'clock in 'lie nfi. noon Milburn
pond was full. Wafer was pouring ever
the low, broad natural bank a: its north
ern end. The strata was (sit most op
yoslte BormePs butohershop. Presently
a little stream began to trioklo over the
edge of the bank. It cut away the clay
and gravel and hurried It, away to mako
room for deeper cuttings. Within live
minutes the red brown water had carved
out all tho bank for a distance of twenty
feet. Out rushed the flood. It leaped
across Muiu street nt one bound and
ewirled around Bonnei's doors.
The Hood raged down Main street
three feet high and ripped away all the
fences and outhouses and wagons along
its path. Every cellar for half a mile
was Hooded.
The flood In the Elizabeth river did
great damage. At least one hundred
. -Ulngs wore flooded by the rush of
water from tho Elizabeth reservoir,
caused by the opening of the flood gates.
The breaking of Faitoute's dam, in Union
township, caused a big volume of water
to rush down on tho reservoir and the
v 'chmaii there, losing presence of
mind, suddenly pulled open the gates in
• -rdor, it- he says, to save the structure.
Tli'e ii eult was a mighty wave poured
through the city, raising tho already
swollen river five feet higher and swam -
lug all tho dwellings in Price, Mulbeny,
Washington, Harrison and Crane street's,
and forcing the inhabitants to the upper
stories.
The Newark street commissioner bad
a hard time of it as bursting sewers and
choked-up streets demanding instant at
tention were reported from all ibe out
lying districts of thu city. The corners
of soverul streets were impassable and
the mud was over a foot deem Along
New Jersey Railroad avenue the facto
ries v re all flooded ami in some of them
work had to lie suspended. Many of the
factory girle thought a second Johnstown
hood had d> -cended on Newark and be
came greatly excited. Several inches of
muddy water barred their progress from
the tones, and nt last, becoming Ues
pi*rate, scores of them took oil their
shoes and slockings and, raising iheir
dresses high above their ankles, waded
along in groups until they came to dry
ground.
tc". J . 5
rr; .. ■ Eg ...yt
——: --J !§ifrA * --*
GLKNWOOI) AVENUE, BLOOM FIELD.
At Bloom.iehl the havoc tho rushing
waters made was • normous. and it is
doubtful ii $35,000 will cover the loss. The
Oranges, Elizabeth, Irviugtou, Bellville,
; Passaic, Princeton and many other cities
j and towns in New Jersey were partially
inundated.
The sanio storm did mueh damage, at.
| New York city, on Long Island, Staten
I Island and at many Hudson river
I points. Scores of narrow escapes are
Reported by individuals at variou
places.
goi- Ihe Benefit (.I'Japanese Women,
| Miss Lassie Tel So no is a Japancsi
| woman, now attending tho Deaconesses'
j Training School in Chicago, who is
studying the condition of women in tiii-
I favot il country liiat she may beneiit her
j sex in licr native land. Belonging to the
l etter class, lior father a physician and
j herself a daigen (lawyer), a rare p eition
lor a woman to hold in Japan, -he be
came impressed with the helplessnoa
and degradation of the women and chil
dren, especially of the lower classes ami
d terniined to devote herself to their -
vat ion. She landed in Sau Francis o
about four years ago, and, in omnia ' ion
with the Japanese mission there, bcea.-uo
an inmate of an American home, learned
the language, was graduated from a
young in dies' classical school, nailed
with lie Japanese Methodist i'pi-cona!
Church and engaged in the Women's
Christian Temperance Union work.
Another <lrl Kill tor.
It is hard to estimate what the girls
are coming to. If they keep on a few
years they may banish mon from earth
- and proceed to
JjTt ' organize a truly
AW.-- ; Adamless Eden.
Ay <■ "AffaL Lle wOll a 11.
' s Clou gh, wli o
Vuljra&Tdi would be pretty
®'/ bed she a name
with fewer I's in
Ima il 'i ls tho on! ' ,r "
ps ip > prising genius
tliat ha- tukeu
I 7 charge of t ti
"Paragraph" of
Oakland, Cal.
tf'/w Her conteiupor
' Jg&'P uries of that re
gion say her pen
is facile and lier
-hears as sharp as herpeneils. They also
say sin is making a success of her paper
mid has the faculty of being as hamiv at
business as in safely steering the edi
torial destinies of the "Paragraph."
The Klid of I lie Great Eastern.
The end of the Great Eastern is oomo
at last. Unlucky the monster ship was
lioni the beginning. She began her
career with a fatal boiler explosion, and
during the time she was alloat was pe
culiarly unfortunate in encountering
heavy sens, gales and hurricane*. As a
pecuniary speculation she hi ought noth
ing but disaster to owner after owner,
and at last, after a long period of inglor
ious inaction, she is being broken up by a
liriu in the Mersey.—Exchange.
I.o*( lor Twenty-nine Vears,
From Kilkenny a remarkable find is
repotted. A boy named Martin was
si--a ring eel in the River Nore and uis
pia.-ed a stone lying at the bottom. Un
derneath ho saw a sparkling object
which, on being lished up proved to be a
valuable gold ring. This ring lias been
identified as one belonging lo • he la o Mr.
Carter, the county surveyo--. who dropped
it into tlie river twenty-nine years ago
•.(lien mooring his pleasure boat.—Ex
change.
All Agel ('onfcdciutd V;ea<ler.
Gen. Joseph E. Johnston is one of the
best preserved of Washington's octoge
narians. He has a tine,straight figure and
holds himself erect, sitting or standing,
riding or walking. He dresses in the i
latest fashion and with scrupulous neat- -
news. He is a great walker, and tramps
ait over the cap.tal, riding very seldom,
except in rainy weather. Gen. Johnston
was graduated from West Point, No. 13
In the class of 1820, in whioh Gen. Kob
ert E. Lee stood No. 2.
Herman y ami tliu lloheitEoltrti*.
Germany is not a rich country; but it
knows better than to bo stingy toward
the Hohenzollorns. Tho dowry of the
Princess Sophie of Prussia, who Is to be
married in the autumn to the crown
prince of Greece, is ilxod at 300,000
marks—half of itfiom the state and half
from the einpuror. Also 2,000,000 marks
will be placed in trust for the princess,
the lncomu from whioh, at 3 per cent,
will be 116,000 a year—say $17,500 a year
La ail.—Exchange.
A ZOVDZK CAZJL. '
•Helrcvcrt flock," the parson KUlD,.thelLpfltUe<f'4Bfl!!
wiped his eyta:
"As pastor and AS people wo must aever TAFLDER*
tics;
I've a call to go to Blanktowu to be tbeir chosen
pastor;
A call so loud, to dlaobey. I fear, would griove tha
Master."
Replied tho spokesman of the flock: "Though
loud tho call may be.
We'll call you louder to remain; AU X for every ▼
These Blanktnwn peoplo offer you we'll glvo to
keep you here.
We trust you'll hear a voice divine, our call 'a so
loud and clear."
With sobbing \ dee the parson said: "My duty'■
dourer now;
1 11 stay with you. beloved ones; to Heaven's will
I bow.
So let us sing 'Bleat Be the Tie/ and sing it clear
and strong;
To leave you when you cull so loud would be ex
ceeding wrong!"
Then iu his study sat he down, a letter to indite
L'nto the church ut blank town. Thus did the par
sou write:
"I've wrestled o'er jour call with prayer; the Lord
bids me to stay,
M;d, consecrated to His work, 1 dare not disobey."
—Richmond Telegram.
Flaniso with a rifle.
f&xcitlug Sport May be Had Shooting
tho Sea Otter in the Pacific.
Surf shooting is practised in Oregon
and Washington territory, but chiefly in
tho vicinity of and to the north <>.' (tray s
Harbor, formerly all the shooting was
iouti from tho beach or from tho bluli's,
bu as tho otter became scarcer, increa s
ingly wary, and so more diliicult to ou-
LHIU, other methods had to be adopted.
The sea otter shooters of this coast
devised tho plan of building s uffolds in
the water out beyond tho surf from whicn
to shoot. At the lowest tide- 1 in tho
-priug they plant firmly in the sund
three or four long poles so that they
-hall form the angles of a triangle or of
a square. These are brae d by means
i slats nailed from one to the other,
which also form a ladder by which to
i . end, and at the top of the poles a
, inform is built with sides and a rout,
lorming a suiliciehtly comfortable house,
. feet above the water's surface.
these shooting scaffolds, or as they
a: e called locally, "derricks," give tni
utter shooter great advantage. In iiis
lunco ho gains 400 to 500 feet, while the
elevation above the water greatly ex
•uds both his range of view and that of
rifle. In fair weather the shooter
u his "derrick" before daylight iu
morning and returns at night tot!
■more, but sometimes, when the tide ;
high and a heavy surf is rolling, it may
>e impossible for him to get to It for r
week at a time, or ho may be uuable to
each the beach for the same period,
i'h-' skill attained by these men in rifle
noting is something almost, beyond be
et. It will be readily understood that
io head of the sea otter—tho only part
•hat is seen above tho water—is a very
mull mark, certainly not more than
,tee or foti'' inches in diameter, and yet
..-said the- shooters not infrequent.lv
.ill at a distance of a thousand yards.
iost of their shots are made at ilOUyai
nd over. They use heavy Sharp's Yi.Vs
• led with telescopl' sights, and shoot
.1 ways from a rest.
When the sea otter is killed it sinks a'
sure, and it may be several days or a
week before >'t rises to the surface
itd is bro . it by wind and current into
istore. c i,inters employ Indians ;>
putrid tti • bench ami secure the a.u
Minimis, and in occasional iuetamnv
wiine tlie otter does not sink dogs are
iiitiioyed to bring it to tun i. Owing 'u
.t - exclusively marine habits and I -
treat wariness, we may assume (hat
•vi 11 l>e many years before the last • a
a shall have been killed, but it mur..
owavs lie a very rare animal.—Forest
and Stream.
San Kiaio ixu Product*.
A trnv er just returned from Pi:
Francisco, after a considerable stay
hat city, Luiis that wi. ..apressed hu..
most was the girls and tho Ileus. Bolt
ire large in size and plentiful in nunc
"The women are the finest looking
j eciineus you ever saw," says the young
a. i "They are well developed, healthy
ind handsome. Of course I was duly
impressed. But next to them I tliinic
the ileus take up the largest share of.
• ention. They have no mo- piitoe-, in
San Francisco, but the fleas—.iicimamr
is legion, iu Louisville you frequency
see - lough on Hats' advertised tor sale,
lint in 'mi I'm' usco it is 'llough on
Fleas. You see the sign everywhere, i
is a ittvonie poison for <l..- •.msolate s- -
vani. girls to commit suicide with. ,
i.ou't wonder tiiut dcspetatomeaen.es
ro taken to get iid of thean Fruur <
nca. He is everywhere—in your elo- h
in your liods, in tlio carpet, in the fu i: •
line. He is not a pleasant objre <
talk about, but in Situ Francisco i: • ,
too prominent u feature to be ign- r -..
l ire ilea is one of the principal objections
i o the glorious climate of California.
Louisville post.
The Fly as a Disease Carrier.
It lias long been known that the house
lly ami various other Hies have been the
cause of malig uit pustule by currying
tic contagion of anthrax from disca-vd
annuals or animal substances to man.
Luring the past year Dr. Alcssi has been
"cperimenting with Hies to determine
lualr liability to spread the infection oi
tuberculosis. The bacillus of this dis
e i-e was found in tie in e-tines and the
Ce rement of Hies v. Mice nail feasted on
me culous sputa ; ami tiieir dried fu-ce ..
wan li, with tlio aid of the microscope,
lucillus was known to exist, voi
ced for inoculating rabbits, and the
animals became tuberculous.
According to 'in' "Annuls d'Hygbme
nblique," it I ecu found iu the Nile
country that •• granular op'luil uiu of
that reigion can be spread by means of
House Hies pa dug from the eye. of
ill.:so who are infected with the disease
to other persons.—Exchange,
\ |so|ooo Fefttlivrt
At the apex of the Prince of Wales'
crown is a very curious featner, or rather
a tuft of feathers, each tip of which is
adorned with a gold iussel. This featner
is the only one of the kind iu the world,
and is worth about i! to,out), says London
"Till Hits." ittook ' weuty years to ~ei
it. and - alists 1 the death of more than a
a., eu hunters.
I lie bird from whose tail the feathers
plucked is called tite feriwah—a sort
creature of the bird of Paradise epe
t e's. but the rarest kind To obtain t.ue
1.i.l leather in its beaut} it is nocossary
' o pluck it out of the lirtng birtl, as in
stantly after death the plumage becomes
liisterießS. What makes the pursuit of
the feriwah so dangerous is that the bird
always inhabits the haunts of tigers, and
seems to have some strange altinity to
theee terrible brutes.
KttruiM'H Oldest Journalist.
The senior European Journalist la 3lt
Yd word Baines, of Leeds. He is over 90
rears of age, and he representtM hie
father's paper at the Peterloo massacre
in 1819, and is probuuly the only sur
vivor of I hat trugedy.—Exchange.