The Jalinstown Democrat
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No. 138 FRANKLIN STRKI.T,
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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.