The Jalinstown Democrat PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY MORNING, No. 138 FRANKLIN STRKI.T, ■JOHNSO wN, CAMIII!rA CO.. I'A. TERMS—St..so per year, payable In dvanre ; outside tlie county, Ittteeti cents ml.illmnni lor postage. If not paid within three n • s stg will be charged. A paper can be dlacou luued at any lime by paying arrearages, and not otherwise. The failure to direct a discontinuance at. the expiration of the period subscribed fur will tie considered a new engagement. Avw tiubscrlp- UOIM must be accompanied by the CASH. 1.. .. WOODKI'FF, Kdltorund Publisher, FRIDAY NOVEMBER . INSR. CONSPICUOUS for its absence- the Tri bune, coon. How blue wc felt this day a year ago. How different now. OUR poultry set-urn to be none tbe worse on emerging from its long hiding. A CITY. How strange it sounds. It can hardly be realized t hat we have at last accomplished what most of our best people have been yearning for for half their lives. BOMF. of the friend* of consolidation are much more outspoken now than they were before the election. They are the men who always row with the tide. But aren't they in a but way when there is uncertainty as to ine course the tide will take ? ARCHY ROWAN, the ring Republican candidate for District Attorney of Alle gheny county, was snowed under on Tuesday. About t'i tbe Republican news papers had openly urged his defeat. Richard H. Joiinsoii. his Democratic op ponent, had the support of all the better class of people. Rowan's nomination was one of his party's blunders. CAMBHIA COUNTY is safely in the Demo cratic column for years to come. The discipline of an occasional defeat some times operates healthfully. The party is to he congratulated upon its triumph in the county this year, in as much as a special effort was made by the opposite party to elect its candidates. "\Vo are not inclined to thiuk that the Flood Relief played as important a part in the election as some suppose. The county is Demo cratic when she is at herself, and that is what she was this time. The loss of votes by the Hood affected both parties to about the same extent. A 11KIAGIOC8 DKLUSION. People's relizious convictions, whatever they may be, whether orthodox or heter odox, whethertheir views harmonize with the prevailing sentlmens of this or that branch of the church, or whether their notions may be tinctured with agnosticism or any other ism—whatever their con. victions may be they are fully entitled to hold them, under the wise and benevolent laws of our country. And all well dis posed citizens regard the privilege as a saered one—according to others the •iamc rights they themselves exercise in thinking for themselves. But really there are some forms of fauaticism, that one can hardly think about, much less write about with any very great degree of patience. And prominent just now among them is that which dupes some people to take stock in the historic idea of fixing a specific date for the destruction of the world. We say historic idea, because of the innumerable times that have been fixed for this great catas trophe si see the days of some am biguous statements made by some of the writers of the New Testament Scriptures. A literal interpretation of some highly figurative forms of speech, especially such as abouud in the book of Revela tion, have kd some religious enthusiasts to think they have found the key that un locks the mystic weeks of Daniel, so as to determine the precise year, month, week and day of what they call the "Lord's Coming." History shows that every mouth in the year lias been fixed, and that dates have been arranged many a time in every cen tury for the event. Within this century many great preparations have been made for it. It is within the recollection of old 'people that the Millerite de lusion numbered its dupes by not only hundreds but by thousands. In the East, in Pennsylvania, in Ohio, in Illinois and Indiana, and In many of the Southern States, vast assemblages met on the night of expected time. Hundreds of people were clad in what they regarded as ascension robes, and waited, and prayed, and sang, and shouted- and well, sorely tired, soured and disgusted went home sadder, if not wisei by their miserable experince. How mauv dates h vc been fixed since then lor the winding up all mundane affairs, we would not like to say : but in round number- they are many. One would suppose OUT world of man kind would tire of the tolly, but not so : for let any one fix a time and preach, and stug and pray about it he can have followers by the multitude. History teaches that it is so natural and so easy for people, some people, yea a good many people to put faith in any great religious monstrosity. They seem to pride them selves on the vast extent of their faith—a faith that laughs at impossibilities. Seem ingly the more extravagant a religious idea the greater their faith in it; and thus they act on the principle that the more a religious idea antagonizes good common sense, the more worthy of belief it is. Failures in the past, though numbered by the many hundreds, has no effect upon the adventists of our day. At Fredericksburg, Va., quite a large num ber had been iu camp for some time pre setting the 2Sd of last month, the day fixed for the coming of their Lord. At latest date about forty of them arc still I waiting, saying ho will surely come this or next week. The strange part of the matter is that these people are ordinarily rational on all other subjects ; but such is the iufiu- i enoe of the jaartieular form of fanati cism they are alHicletl with, that they hare let farms nd all kinds of business go to the doge, while they have fooled away weeks and months in doing nothing but singing, praying and shouting. W. C T.D. JOTHMOS, The wMkly Wednesday aftsrnoon most tags of the W. C. T. U. are now held In the narlof of the 1. M. C. A. At the laet meeting MissiFostsr, oas of the dslegates to the rssent -Slate Goiiveation of lite W. C. T. U., gave ihsr report of the Conven tion. A large number of dsiegatee ware present, andiths sentiment of the conven tion was more .unanimous than last yaar. Mew officers were oho sen, eaagpt the Trsaeursr, lira Woods, of Huntingdon, who wan retained. The number of .Unions iu the Mtate.U thirteen hundred, and a surplus in the treasury, notwithstanding a large amount of money had been used in advaociug the cause of the Constitu tional Prohibitory Amendment, which we know was not spent in vain, although the amendment'failed to carry. The women of oar Slate are being educated .to the fact that .they can not depend upon politicians to grant prohibition, and as the dominant parties are.controll ed by politicians and rings, and these ate controlled by the liquor interests, the women of our laud must look elsewhare for help iu their efforts to save the torn ing generations, hence, when the " non partisan ntreiidnaeni to the State Consti tution was brought up and presented in a very long and .eloquent speech by Mrs. Lovell, aud responded to by Dr. French in a few words, it was promptly laid upon the table by a large majority. Mrs. French, in her remarks, showed ;that we had always been free, as unions, to work for our cause in whatever way opened up to us, and free we desire to remain. This scheme, for scheme it was, is only a po litical dodge to favor a certain political party, and is the rankest partisanism, although clothed iu the guise of nou partisan. What do we women care which party is in power if the party will ret righteously aud give us good laws, there fore we want to be able to use our influ ence on ail the partios that w can, to in duce them to give us sound legislation. Miss Willurd gave an ad dress the Inst evening of the Convention and received a beautiful boquet with a card attached on which was inscribed "From Your Non-partisan Friends " thus show ing iLu good feeling that prevailed, the reports of papers to the contrary notwith standing. Anothar evidsnee of the in creased unaniminty of sentiment was the adoption of the resolutions as a whole. Miss Foster being on the Resolution Committee, was not able to attend tbe sessions of the Convention all the time, therefore she could not report for the Y's. We will e*pect their report to come from their own delegates, through their own Press Superintendent. Miss Foster is now on her way to the National Convention to which she was ohosen delegate, by the three counties of Somerset, Westmoreland and Cambria. We sincerely hope that oar Unions will not sink into apathy, but will work away with their accustomed energy for the edaeation of the public on the question of temperanee and purity. If we can get the peoplo to investigate and to read the facts on all tbe subjects in which as Unions we are interested we need not fear for the results. We very much de plore the faet of the opening of the saloons again since the flood, and as we have been informed that the Judge of Cambria county placed the responsibility upon the different Rurgesses we call upon those officials to take some action in this matter so that we may not be a hissing and a by-word to the rest ot the nation—begging for assistance to keep up our schools and supporting fifty-one saloons. We have heard.of one man start ing with almost nothing to keep a saloon, and in a short time having eight thousand dollars to put in the bank. Comment is unnecessary. PKKSS SUPERINTENDENT. BROUGHT UP BY THE WATER. The Hotly of a Woman Found Yesterday in the Stonycreek. Lute on Monday evening Sir. P. A. Co baugh saw an object in the Stonycreek river, which he thought to be a body, but owing to the lateness ot the hour he de cided not to investigate the matter till yesterday morning. In the daylight it was easy to see that the object was a body. Word was sent to the morgue, and the bod)' taken thither. It was in a fair state of preservation, and is described as fol lows : No. 4%, female, height live feet three inches, brown calico wrapper with polkadots, pearl buttons, white and black or blue striped collar. Dark striped vel vet basque or overskirt, with ruffled fringe trimmings, black lace tie, red and black striped skirt, stripes one inch wide, gray skirt, white muslin skirt, high heeled button shoes, scolloped vamp, gum rubbers, No. 5j black stockings, plaited gold car-ring with peudent amethyst set. PROBABLY A MUKOEK. A Shooting Affray In Conemawgh Borough YeHtrday Evtuiug. What will probably turn out to be a fatal shooting occurred in Conematigh borough Monday evening about 7:30 o'clock. It took place at the house of a colored man named Roberts, whose wife is a white woman, corner of Church and Main stieeu. The house bears a bad , reputation, and has been a resort for per sons of a bad character for some time. Roberts himself has been accused of serious misdoings, but strangely got along without punishment. As near as could be ascertained two darkeys had some words and what then hapened is best told by the injured man in tae follow ing statement: " I, John Matthews, say that I was shot by Charles Carter, colored, at the house of Mr. Roberts, on corner of Church and Main streets, Conem&ugb borough. 1 did not sire cause for the ahooting. Was not uuder the influence of liquor wheu shot. 1 hare been .here since August 10th. I did not have hard feelings against Carter. Was shot on account of Miss Emma Dunn. J board at J. D. Landis'. Have been .at Roberts' house four or live times." Matthews received two shots in the breast, one glancing off on the rib and lodging just beneath,the skin, the other penetrating the lung. He spit blood freely. The ball was from a.thirty-eight calibre revolver, double action. There are all s irts of stories as to how the quarrel came about. The parties had some dis pute about some stone in Keruville, but when the truth is learned fully it will likely be found out that there is some thing else at the bottom of it. After the shooting the wounded man was led down to tiud a doctor, but before he got far he fell totheground. Another colored man then ran for Dr. H. F. Tomb, who was not just then at his office. Meanwhile Matthews was taken to the Conemaugh borough lock-ups and soon Dr. Tomb and Dr. W. E. Matthews arrived. They were u.-.able to do much to alleviate the wounded man, and lie moaned piteouslv. Arrangements were made and he was taken to the Red Cross Hospital, Hornerstown. At mid night he was still living. Officer Mintccr arrested three females, white, and they were locked up for the night. They were witucsses to the shoot ing. One of them is the Emma Dunn, who is said to be the " lady in the case." Carter fleil, it is believed, toward East Coenmaugh. Telegrams were sent by Bur gess Freidboff to the police of Altoona, Latrobe, and Pittsburgh to be on the look-out for him. He is described as very dark, five feet four and one-half inches, wart on left cheek bone, black derby hat, black pantaloons, light long coat, small light overcoat, common leather boots. Find** HU Son's Hotly. Mr. James M. Cpdegraff, who resided in Wood vale prior to the flood, lost his boy, Bamuel Henry, aged fourteen years, in that disaster. The body was discovered iuQraud View yesterday. It had been removed from the trench, and re-interred. Bam ple'a of clothing were kept by the men in charge, and from these Mr. Updegraff learned of the whereabouts of his son's body. The body has been raised and will to-day be buried in the family lot in Grand View. Funeral from Henderson's Morgue at 10 o'clock this forenoon. Departure of Mr. C. S. Harvey. Mr. C. 8. Harvey, of the Red Cross Hospital, will depart this morning for his borne in Philadelphia. During his stay here, which has been since the flood, he has made many friends, who will al ways have the kindest recollections of him. He has performed good and faith ful work for the benefit of the sufferers by the flood, and the people of Johnstown should and will gratefully remember him. Mr. Harvey, in addition to his many other acquirements, is a fine musician and very companionable gentleman. We hope he may reach home safely. Funeral of Mitts Frankie Wagoner. As stated in Saturday's DKMOCBAT, a body answering the description of Miss Frankie Wagoner, was raised on Pros pect on Friday, bnt the identification was not positive. Later, however, the friends of the deceased were satisfied that it was her body, and they had it brought to the morgue. The body was in a good state of preservation, it having been em balmed before burial. The funerel will take place this morn ing at 9:30 o'clock. Interment at Grand Yiew. The Carrolltowu flat Well. As previously stated gss has been found in the Carrolltown experimental well at a depth of 2300 feet. The gas was lit on Monday night and burned brilliantly. The whole neighborhood turned out to witness the affair, and to say that there was a big time, is to state the matter mildly. The flow of gas is quite strong, but the well will still he sunk to a greater depth, unless there is too much flow of gas to permit it. linn hi CuinbrlM County. At the experimental gas well on the bank of the Susquehanna river, in Car roll township, about two miles and a half from Carrolltown, a strong flow of gas was struck yesterday morning. The well had reached a depth of 2,300 feet. The company sinking the test well arc resi dents of Carrolltown. The roof is now o the new school house itt Conemaugli borough. JOHNSTOWN'S MINISTKtUNO ANUEL Tie National Capital Doc* Honor to Waro*- II en r ted Clara Barton and the Red Cross. WASHINGTON, D. C., November 4.—The citizens of Washington, Saturday night gave a reception to M iss Clara liartou, President of the Red Croat, in houor of her return from Johusiown. Tut* man agement. of the atfair was undertaken by a committee composed of luc Couituision ers of lue District of Columbia uud a number ot distiuguisued citizens. The reception was given at Wiiiard's Hotel, iroui 7to 9 o'clock It was very largely attended, in spite of the extremely un pleasant weather. Miss Barton was assisted in receiving .her guests by Mrs. John J. McElroy, Mrs. O. D. Conger and Mrs. K D. Mussey. The handsome parlors -of the hotel were tastefully deaoralcd with flowers seut as individual tributes by Miss Barton's admirers aud -friends. At the eouclusioa ot the reception about 150 of Miss Ji.it tou's fricuds remained to a colla tion which was served in the dining hall of the hotel. Among the elaborated floral pieces adorning the table was a ffiinatnre leut of white immortelles with the red •cross outlined on its side. This was the .tribute of the local branch of the Red Cross. Commissioner Douglass presided a, the collation, with Miss Barton on his right. After the coffee, cheese aud cruckers had been dissussed, he called the assemblage to order. and in a brief speech announced the objeot of the gathering. To the words whic.i he uttered, enthusiastically re ceived, Miss Barton only bowed her ac knowledgments. Judge McArtbur was then called upon to extend Hiss Barton a Ailing welcome on behalf of the people of the district. Judge McArthur opened a brief but interesting speech witli the remark that he wished that lie were a great national calamity that Miss Barton might tuke care of him. John J. McEl roy, of the Motional tribune, spoke of Miss Barton's blessed work during s thc civil war. He was followed by W." A. Crofftii, who after paying tribute to the noble character of Miss Bartou read a poem, written at the time of the Kusso- Turkish war, picturing the ministry of the Bister of Mercv on the battlefield. Other speeches and recitations followed. The assemblage broke up at an early hour. FIUK IN THE CINDER UUttl' It CauHvH Much Inconvenience to the Johnstown and Stonyereek Railroad. Much anuoyance has bein caused for some time by the fire under the Johns town & Stonycreek and Baltimore &Ohio Railroads. Trenches were dug, water from a three-inch pump poured upon it steadily, and si ill it does not yield. Trenches filled with clay are now on two sides of the Are. The work bus so inter fered with the Johnstown & Stonycreek Railroad that the authorities have con cluded to change their schedule until the trouble is over. They have been unable to make the schedule time, being obliged to run cautiously past where the opera tions are in progress. Plenty of SiignaturuH, anil a Probability That the Poorer CluH.es Will (let More Money. P. ttie Katun- of tfw Johnstoron Democrat. The Committee appoiuted by the disat isfled flood suffcreis, to present the ease of the poorer class of people to the Flood Commission will meet at the office of Mr. Strayer. room No. 7 Alma Hall, to-day at 1 o'clock, and prepare their report which will be at once forwarded to the members of the Commission. A large number of persons have signed the petition and the Committee state that it will not be neces sary for any others to sign. It is the opinion that the Flood Commission will make an investigation and if matters are as represented, there will likely be an chor award made to the more needy classes. X One Pare to Baltimore via Pennsylvania Kali road. A large number of people will be at tracted to Baltimore by the meeting of the Catholic Congress and the ceremonies incident thereto, and, in order that they may make the trip a9 conveniently and as cheaply possible, the Penn sylvania Railroad Company will sell excursion tickets, November 7th to 12th, valid for return until November 16th, from all principal sta tions on its lines, at a single fare for the round-trip. During the same period, in order that the visitors to Baltimore may also extend their trip to Washington, ex cursion tickets will be sold between the two cities at $1.20, valid for return until November 16th. Fell Into the llMadii of au Iloncsit Man. Altoona Times. Mr. John B. Kearney, of 1610 Fifth avenue, dropped into the Times office last night and showed us a check he hail re ceived from the Johustown Flood Com mission for $425, and signed in due form. The usual letter formula adopted by the Commission accompanied it. Unfortu nataly, the enclousre was intended for another man. Mr. Kearney has no claim on the Johnstown Fund, aud some other John Kearney is somewhere anxiously awaiting the arrival of that same check. Our fellow townsman will, this morning, turn the check over to the postmaster, and it will doubtless reach the proper party in due time. A Safe Foilllit. Workmen in charge of Mr. W. O. Nightingale were engaged yesterday in searching for the safe of Contractor J. |J. Slrayer, which waa lost in the llood. The workmen were yesterday at work in the cellar of Emanuel James, Centre street, Concmaugh borough. They caine upon a medium sized safe, about 4 o'clock in the afternoon, but it was not Mr. Strayer's. It was scarred much, anu the name, if there ever was one on it, was obliterated. It was taken to Burgess Friodhoff's. Vice President Staekhonse 111. Mr. Powell Stackhouse, Vice Presi dent of the Cambria Iron Company, is seriously ill at bis home at Wallingford, near Philadelphia, nis physieians have positively ordered that he shall attend to no business, not so much as even read a letter. AVIIkUi: WOMKN CAM.it VItUM- Carious Mjths Concerning the Oi-.|;lit of Man's Helpmate. From the London Tablet. Woman's first appearance has been a fruitful subject for the legend monger*. The Phoenician myth of creation is i,.u ,1 in the story of Pygmalion ai d Dilates There the first woman wits carved by the first man out of ivory and then end.-wed with life by Aphrodite. The ' reek theory of the creation of woman aeconting to Ueslod. was that Zeus, us a ciui I jest • r derad Vulcan to make w oman out of c'-.iy, and then induced the various g'-ds and goddesses to invest the clay dolt with all their worst qualities, l tic result be ing a lovely thlug, with a witchery of mcin, refined, ciuft, eager passion, love of dress, Ireaoin rous man ners, and shameless mum. The Scuuili navians say that as Odin, Vill aud Ve. the three sons of Bur, were walking along the sea beach they found two sticks of wood, one of ash aud one of elm. Sitt'ng down the gods shaped man and woman out of these sticks, whittling the woman from the elm and calling her Em in. One of the strangest of stories touching the origin of woman is told bv the Mud agascurcHcs. In so far as the crealiou of man goes, the 1< gt nd is not tinlike that related by Motes. only that the fall came before Eve an ved. After the niau had eaten the forbidden fruit lie became afflicted with a boil ou the leg, out of which,when it bursi,-:ame a beautiful girl. Tbe man's first thought was to throw her to the pigs, but he waa commanded by a voice from Heaven to lot her play among the diggings until -tie wus ol marriage able age, then to tu.ikc her his wife. He did so, called iter Bahoura, and she be came the mother of .ill races of men. The American Indian mvtus relative to Adam and Eve are numerous and eutertsing. Some truditions trace back our first parents to white and red maize ; another is that man, searching for a wife, was given the daughter of the king of uiuskruts, who, being dipped into the waters of a neigh boring lake, became a woman. SKNTKNGKO TO DKATII Niu Indian Territory Murderers to Hang in January. FORT SMITH, ARK., Novembers.—ln the Federal Court to-day Judge Parker pass ed sentence of (tenth upon nine Indian territory murderers, fixing the date of *x •cuiion on Thursday, January 10, 1890. Before proceeding with his disagreeable task, the Judge said : " There is something remarkable about these men who have been found guilty of the awful crime of murder, which shows that crime committed in the Indian terri tory, and within the jurisdiction of this court, is punished as speedi'y as in ai y court in the world. Of these nine men 10 be sentenced every one of them, with the sole exception of 11. Austin, have com mitted these murders within n year past, and have been arrested, tried and found guilty in that time. The oue furthest oil was a year ngo to-day. while others oc curred in March, April aud May. Another thing; usually in so many crimes there is some doubt of the wickedness of the murderer, aud the intent to commit mur der, but in these nine cases the evidence has failed to bring to light one siDgle mitigating circumstance. They are all cold-blooded murderers, and some of them the worst ever brought to the notice of this court. If you were to search the world over you could not find niDe crimes so black as these, and yet seven of these men are Indians, which is also an unusual thing." At tne conclusion of his remarks the judge proceeded to pass the dread sentence upon the culprits, one at a time, commencing with George Tobler, a negro, who murdered Irvin Richardson at a dance in the Choctaw nation last fall. His victim was playing the fiddle, and Tobler shot him through a crack in the house. Charles Bullard, a young mu latto, murdered Walker Rean, near Gib son station, Cherokee nation, in March last. 11. Austin, a full-blood Chickasaw, killed Thomas Elliott, a white man, at Tishomingo, May 12, 1884, shooting him down in cold blood. S. Billy, Thomas Willis aud Malison James murdered a white man named B. Blair, in the Chock taw nation, April, 1889, for the purpose of robbing him. Sam Gains and Jimmon Burris are also Choctaws. They mnr dered a young Texan named Houston Joyce in November, 1888. JofTerson Jones, Choctaw, murdered Henry Wills, sixty--fivo years of age, on the 13th of March last. He acknowledged the crime and told kow ho shot the old man, robbing him of his gun and $5, but begged for mercy, asking the court to give him a new trial and another chance for his life -11. Austin, also asked for a new trial and a new lawyer. This is the largest num ber ever sentenced here at one time, and in all probability all of them will be hung on the above mentioned date, making it the largest execution by three that ever tcok place here. MA MONK'S WRATH KXfITIH. 1 1 * Is Arrested Charged Willi Firing tut a Crowil. As stated in yesterday morning's paper Mahonc shot a man. A crowd had as sembled in front of his house in .Peters burg, and were exulting over his defeat, putting off fireworks and making much noise. The Brigadier appeared with a shotgun, Tito mob dared bim to slioot. When the noise abated it was found that 11. S. Harrison had been shot in the leg. Malione was arrested and is now out on bail. 110 claims that bo did not fire the shot, although lie admits having been very much excited. PERSONAL GOSSIP. The late John Gilbert, the actor, left an estate worth ft 1,000. Lord Salisbury is one of tho best amateur tennis players in fashionable London society. It is said that Henry Irving has grown so stout that he has been obliged to resort to boating. Wagner is to have astatne in Munich, built by funds obtained from ladies throughout all Germany. Baniuni Is counling upon tho skeleton and . hide of Jumbo as one of his chief attractions in England. Paolo Tosti, the famous song composer, has lately taken unto himself a wife, lime. Baldi, an opera singer. Emile Zola is opposed to the guillotine, be cause when be was a boy he witnessed its operation and it sickened him. A monument has been erected at Gosch enen to the memory of Isiuis Favro, who planned the St. Gothard tunnel. Dan Lamont is at the head of a syndicate " in New York which is gathering in the street railroads with a view of organizing a trust. ~ * The Protestant Episcopal bishop of North Dakota is having a car raadh for bis official traveling. It will be both chapel and hoteL Professor Engliach, the famous champion, lately played thirty gauiea of chess simulta neously, and aLI were won within Qve hours. Mr. Kendal, the famous English actor, carries a typical English bathtub with him on his travels It is rubber, and is strapped to bis trunk while en route. Professor Todd, of Amherst, before sailing for Africa to observe the solar ecli|m, was thoroughly "coached" on the general subject of Africa by his accomplished wifa The Hon. 1. C. Lewis, of Meriden, Conn., has given u line new block of buildings iu that city, valued at )7o.(XX), to the local City Mis sion society. Thus be celebrated bis T7tb birthday anniversary. Geu. Stewart Van Vliet is the oldest gen eral on the retired list in the army. He is 74 years old, und has lieen in the service fifty two years. He served in the Florida and the Mexicun wars and during the late rebellion. Sir Julian Pauncefote reads every day ac counts of bnsebuli guinea He has not had an opportunity yet to learn the game by ob servation, hut tie takes u warm interest in the spirt and is anxious to become an expert as a baseball crunk. Dr. Avuliug, the socialist, who visited the United States not long ago and made lavish expenditures of cash at florists', livery stables, etc., to the scaudai of some of the weaker brethren, bos lateij been brought to book in court by a London type writer, to whom he owed S3O for copying. A. M. Bisliee, who arrived iu Washington recently as a delegate from China to the in ternational maritime congress, is a transplant ed Yankee from Cape Cod. He now holds the rank of coast inspector in the imperial in&ritiiw) customs service of China. There are only two oflicers in the service who out rank him. Mr. Petrie, the Egyptian explorer, is de scribed us of a good height and rather slender build. His hair and coloring generally are dark—so dark that ho is mistaken for a for eigner, wbieh impression is aided by his sin gularly eastern oust of features. But he is English and of Scotch descent. The mode of life ho prefers is life in a tent with the sand for carpet. AGE OF ANIMALS. A bear rarely exceeds 'JO years. A lion has been knowu to live to the age of 70 years. A tortoise has been known to live to the age of 107 A dog lives JO years; a wolf SO; a fox 14 or 16 years. A squirrel or hare lives 7 or 8 years, rab bits 7 years. Camels sometimes live to the age of 100. Stags are long lived. Elephants have been known to live to the great age of 400 years A swan has attained the age of 300 years Pelicans are long lived. Sheep seldom exceed the age of 10, and cows live about 15 years Cuvier considers it probable that whales sometimes live 1,000 years Pigs have been known to live to the age of 80 years; the rhinoceros to 30. A horse has been known to live to the age of 63, but averages from 30 to 30. Insects, as a general rule, are short lived, though there are a good many exceptions to the rule.—Mail and Express. HOBBfES OF GREAT MEN. Grover Cleveland yearns for hard work. Henry Villard is an authority on comio opera. Russell Sage prefers chess to the stock market. The historian, Bancroft, Is an expert in rose culture. President Harrison collects bric-a-brac and ancient coins. Charles A. Dana delights in chrysanthe mum culture. John Wanamaker's Sunday school is the apple of his eye. Joe Jefferson, the artist, encroaches on the time of Jefferson, the actor. Mr. Gladstone chops down trees, while Bis marck prefers seltzer water. John D. Rockefeller makes a hobby of churches, especially the Baptist. Jay Gould is passionately fond of Sowers; while his son George prefers postage stamp collections. George W. Childs Is fond of collecting au thors' manuscripts and the letters of great men.—Philadelphia Republic. ROYAL FLUSHES, The queen of Italy has been growing stout er and stouter, much to her annoyance. Emperor William of Germany recently discharged an attendant who had been read ing a French novel King Humbert of Italy has given SB,OOO to the sufferers by the recent storm in the prov ince of Ctfgliart, Sardinia. Speaking of Queen Victoria's literary tastes a recent writer says: "She still finds pleasure in Trollope's novels. Tennyson is her living idol." The shut. <A Persia was so delighted with the performance of "Excelsior," which**he witnessed ut the Paris Eden theatre, that he determined on liaving a representation given in his palace at Teheran. i The emperor of Russia lias ordered the J well known Russian artist, Professor Bogyii • boff, to paint a picture after the style of* j Salznuinti, representing the entrance of Em" i peror William into tho harbor of KronstadL, j jt will be presented to tho German emperot" I when linished.
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