HOHENWCATOIS
Tlio German Cardinal Has Again
Roused the Ire of 1'opo Leo.
WHAT OAUSED THE TROUBLE
Jlolienlolio Is n llrothor of tlio Chancel
lor of tlio Gorman Umpire nml May
lie a Very Important Factor In
Electing tlio Next Pope.
Rome, Juno 3. Tlio sonsatlon ot tho
hour In Homo Is tlio now rupturo botwoon
Loo XIII anil Cardinal Hohonloho. Tlio
cnrdlnnl, who Is the brothor of tlioGoininn
chancellor, has long onjoyod the reputation
ot bolng tho most occontrlo mombor ot tho
snored oollego. Ho has always nffoctod a
particularly Independent attltudo toward
tho Vatloan. In 1870 Bismarck had In
tondod to appoint his eminence to the post
of Gorman embassador to tho holy soo.
Popo Plus, however, whoso relations with
the cardinal wore strained, absolutely ro
fnsed to havo nny official dealings with
him, Leo XIII Is not much moro favor
ably inclined toward tho cardinal than
was his prcdeoossor. In 1885 his ouilnouce
causod a scandal in tho Catholic world by
publicly and dollantly going to call on
Doolllngor, tho hoad of tho "Old Catho
lios. " A few years lator ho sot out for Gor
mtiny without thinking it necossnry to at
tend to tho formality, exacted by papal otl
quotto, of first asking tho popo to grant
him leave of absence Loo XIII was much
Incensed by this offonso to discipline, and
tor over llvo yoars tho doors of tho popo's
apartmonts at the Vatican woro closed
against tho cardinal.
Tho Cardinal's latest.
Loo XIII has boon exasperated anow.
Some days ago tho cardinal was lndlscroct
enough to attoud an official banquet ton
dored to Slgnor Crisp) by the Italian min
ister of foreign affairs, Baron Blanc At
this banquet ho proposed the hoalth of tho
promlor in most flattering terms.
On hearing what had happonod, tho popo
had a violent fit of anger. Next mornlpg
no sent lor the cardinal una bitterly ro
pronohod him for his conduct, which the
holy father dcolnred to be unworthy of a
prince of tho church.
Tho cardinal did his host to oxonornto
blmsolf, but Loo XIII would not llston to
his dofouso, and his ominonco was ordorod
to leave Homo at once and mako a month's
rotreat at a villa whloh ho owns In Cad
donabbia, near Lako Como. Thoro ho is
now meditating.
The indignation of the popo is quite In
tolllglblo, for, dcsplto the improvement in
tho relations of tho holy soo and Italy, tho
Vatican affects to Ignore tho Qulrlnal olli
cials. Nobody holding office at tho Italian
court is ovor rocolved by his hollnoss. Un
der theso circumstances it was only nat
ural that Cardlnnl Ilohenloho's blundor
ehould mako a hubbub. Nothing of the
kind had ocourrcd sincol870.
llahenloho's IuiiHrtanco.
Exceptional lmportanoo is, of course,
lent to the affair by tho protnlnonco ot tho
erratic cardinal's position. Should Prince
Eohenlobo remain chancellor and ovon if
he should not It is probablo that hls.rod
robod brothor will play a conspicuous part
in tho eloctlon of the noxt popo.
At tho coming conclavo ho will bo tho
spokesman of tho German government and
consequently ot tlio wholo triple alliance.
In fact, it is tolerably suro that ho will try
to act as tho grand elector at that gather
ing. With Cardinal Golimborti and Car
dinal Kopp, who is in high favor in Dor
lln, ho may form a trio which will possl
hly havo great influonco and almost ccr
talnly control tho votes of tho German,
Austrian and other members of tho sacrod
oollogo.
Tho date of tho noxt consistory is btlll
uncertain, nor Is It llkoly that it will bo
hold this month. Should it be delayed be
yond it it will hardly bo hold until Decem
ber. Loo XIII ohangos his mind so sud
denly at times that it is rash to predict
anything about his plans. Tho odds, how
over, are that no now cardinals will bo
created till tho ond of tho year. And It
seems probablo that, oven if ho should bo
notified about his hat boforo that ho will
got it soon or lato is oortaln Mgr. Satolll
will remain at Washington till March.
Satolll to Got the lint.
Loo XIII is much gratlflod at tho suo
coss of Mgr. SatolU's efforts to promoto
concord in tho church in tho United
Statos. It is said that ho sont tho dologata
a letter quite recently oxprosslng his satis
faction. Thoro is reason to bollovo that Mgr. Sa
tolll was tho dignitary whom Loo XIII
nominated cardinal in potto a fow yoars
ago. Tho authority for this is ono of tho
highost prolates at tho Vatican.
A most important discovory has just
been nitulo In tho Vatican arohlvos. A
number of documents of vital lntorost to
the history of tho Cat hollo church have
beon rovealed. Thoso documonts ombrace
a period extending from tho pontlflcato ot
Innocent III (A. D. 1198) to that of Bene
dict XlV (A. D. 1758). They contain
lists of all the bishops appointed through
out tho Catholic world during tho tlmo in
question, over five centuries, togother with
many other details ot rouoh moment. It
is proposed to publish them ero long.
Savants will watoli for thorn.
The present prefect ot the archlvos is
Cardinal Gallmbertl. Leo XIII is much
gratified at tho dlsoovory.
Crop lieneflted In Nebraska.
OMAHA, June B. Reports from all parts
ot tho state tell of good rains, which, in
addition to the showers of last week, place
the ground in tho best condition it has
been for several years. A dispatch from
Nelson, Nob., states that tho rain is the
first Nioholls county has experienced in
IS months. This leaves no soction ot the
state without moisture.
Missionary Property llurncd,
SnANOHAi, June 8. Intolllgonoe has
been received hero that between May 20
and May 81 the French Catbollo and Eng
lish nnd American missionary property at
Chlng-Too, capital ot the province ot
Szocbuon, western China, was dostroyod
by rioters. Tbo missionaries aro reported
to be safe in tho officials' yamons.
Oklahoma Uauk Closed,
Oklahoma, O. T., Juno 3. The Okla
homa National bauk wont into voluntary
Insolvency and transferred all Its business
to tho First National bauk. Tho bank
failed In 1SU8. passing Into the hands ot n
receiver and finally reopening, but could
not regain its lost prestige.
Destructive Storm In Texas.
Galvkstqn, June 3. By a severe hall
storm at Point Hook. Chnroh county,
many sheep woro killed and Injured. The
Btorm was short ot duration and covered
only a small area.
DEBS SPEAKS OUT.
lie Issues n l'ronunclnmcnto llcforo lie
glnnlng IIU Imprisonment.
TKItltE IlAUTK, Juno 8. Beforo going
to jail, to servo out tho sontencq lmposod
by Judgo Woods Eugono V. Dobs, prosl
dont ot tho American Railway union, is
s nod a circular to members of tho brdor,
from which tho following Is taken:
"A cruol wrong against our great and
bolovcd order, perpetrated by William A.
Woods, United States olroult Judge, has
boon approved by the Unltod Statos su
premo court. Our ordor Is still tho un
daunted friend of tho tolling mnsso9, and
our batllo cry now as ovor Is tbo emanci
pation of labor from degrading, starving
and enslaving condition)). Wo have not
lost faith in tho ultimate triumph of truth
over perjury, of justlco ovor wrong, how
over exalted may bo tho stations of those
who perpotrato tho outrogos. I need not
remind you, comrades of tho American
Railway union, that our order, in tho pur
suit or tlio rigtit, was confronted with a
storm ot opposition such as novor bo tor o
was visited upon a labor organization. Tho
battle fought In tho interest of starving
men, women and chlldron stands forth In
tho history of labor struggles as tho groat
'full moon strike.' It was a bottlo on tho
part of tho American Railway union
fought for a causo as holy as ovor aroused
tho courago of bravo mon.
V hat has boon your roword for your
splendid courago and manifold sacrifices?
Our onomlos say thoy aro summed up In
ono word, 'defeat.' They point to tho bat-
tloflohl nnd say, 'Horo Is whoro tho host of
tho Amorlcan Railway union wont down
boforo confederated cnomlos of labor.'
Brothors ot tho American Hallway union,.
ovon in dofeat our rowards aro grand ho
yond expression. Truo It is that tho sons
of brutish forco and darkness who have
drenched tho earth with blood chuckle
over tho victory. Thoy point to tho black
listed horoos of tho Amorlcan Railway
union, idlo and poor, nnd count upon
their surrender. Their hope is that our or
der will disband, that prison will do the
work. In this supromo junoturo I onll up
on tho members of tho Amorlcan. Railway
union to stand by tholr ordor. In God's
own good time wo will mako tho despots'
prisons, whore tho innocent mon suffor,
monumental."
To Start Tor Iluzzards liny.
Washinotox, Juno 3. -According to
present arrangements, Mrs. Clovoland and
Mrs. Olncy, with tholr households, will
lonvo Washington for tholr summer homos
on the Massachusetts coast noxt Wednes
day morning. Mr. Olney's summer resi
dence at Falmouth is only 13 miles from
Gray Goblos. Owing to tho press of pub
lic business, riolthor tho president nor the
attorney gonoral will ncoonipany tholr
families , but will join thorn about two
wooks lator;
A Tariff Date Decision.
Washikqton, Juno 8. Chlof Justlco
Fullor handed down tho opinion of the
court In tho caso of tho United Statos ver
sus Burr and Hardwick, Involving tho
dato whon tho prosont tariff law wont Into
effect. Tho decision was that this did not
occur until Aug. 28. 1801, whon tho hill
became a law, notwithstanding tho law
ltsolt flxod tho date as Aug. 1. Tho caso
was regardod by tho govornraont as of
srroat Importance arid was advancod.
Madrid's Captain General Shot.
Madrid, Juno 3. A sensation has boon
caused hero by tho shooting of tho captain
gcnoral of Madrid, A lieutenant in the
army has for somo tlmo past beon paying
hlsaddross to tho captain genoral's daugh
ter, ant today ho requested hor band In
marriage Tbo captain goncral rofuscd tho
lioutenant's request, and somo hot words
woro oxchangod, resulting In tho lieuten
ant drawing a rovolvor and shooting tho
captain general.
Tho Cordage Trust Receivers.
Boston, Juno 3. In tho Unltod States
olroult court today Judge Colt appolntod
John I. Waterbury of Morristown, N. J.,
and William E. Strong of Strong & Cad-
walader as rocclvcrs of tbo Unltod States
Cordage company on potltlonof E. Rollins
Morso of this oity as representatives of the
creditors. It has boon known for some
tlmo that tho oompany was in financial
difficulties.
A Steamer 1-aunchctl at Batli.
Bath, Mo., Juno 3. Tho steamer Sa
lacla, for tho Maine Coast Navigation com
pany, was lounchod here today from the
Now England yard and was christened by
Miss Eloanor, daughter of Gonoral Hyde
of tbo Bath Iron works, with n bottlo ol
Amorlcan chnmpagno. Tho boat Is n pro
peller, and will run from Portland to
Booth bay.'
Few Operatives Upturned.
Pawtucket, R. I., June 3.-r-Tho gatos
of tho Farwell worsted mills, at Contral
Falls, wore thrown open this morning foi
suoh workmen as desired to return. Be
foro tho shutting down of tho mill 125
weavors wero employed out of a totnl foroe
of 3U0 operatives, Today 15 weavers wont
to work, with a few operatives In othor de
partments. Miss Groglo'g Hotly Found.
Atlantic City. Juno 8. Tho body ol
Jennlo Groolo, the young girl who met
death by drowning yostordoy, was washed
ashore today fully a milo from, tho spot
where tho accident ooctirred. An inquest
will bo held, when it will bo deoldod
whothor hor escort, young Thompson, t
responsible for tho unfortunate girl's
doath.
Turkey's Favorite Hole Promising.
Constantinople, June 3. The Turk
Ish government has promised tho represent
atlve ot the powors that full satisfaction
will be given for the outrageous bohavlot
ot tho Turkish gendarmes at Mush, who
forolbly ontered tho resldenco occupied by
the foreign envoys and committed several
outragos.
Passed n Wreck at Sea.
Boston, Juno 3. Tho British steamer
Salamanca, Captain Hutohtnsoii, arrived
today from Puerto Rico, and reports having
passed a wreok yestorday cast of thoSouth
Short! light. Tho wreok appeared to he
half of a voseoI and was about 76 feet long,
It lies dlreotly In tho path of navigation,
Kiiicllsh Crop Prospects.
London, Juno 8. The Times today
prints a gloomy rovlow of the KngUsh
crop prospects. It says that muoh of the
spring grain Is no further advancod than
Keuernlly in Uio middle of April. The
fruit crop, it appears, has also suffered
tram tho drought in Kent.
A Small Hank In Trouble.
Wabuinoton, Juno 8. Comptroller
Eokols today rocolvod a tologram stating
that tho First National bank of Polla, la
had closed Its doors. Bank 'Hxamiuor
Howard was plaoed in ohttrgo. Tho hank
has a capital ot 160,000. The causo of the
suspension Is L'ot known.
Wasself Entangled In an Ugly Look
ing Web of Circumstances.
HAD BEEN IN THE VICINITY.
Tlio Accused Man Attempts to Prove rtn
Alibi, hut Thoro Aro Jinny Flaws
In IIU Story Identified by a
Coachmnn nnd n Grocer.
NEW York. Juno 8. Tho latest 'sus
pect capturod by tho police In oonnootlon
with tho murder of Fordlnnnd Harris, tho
colored butler ot M, C, D. Bordon, is
Charlos Wassolf, who has boon living for
tho past two months with Aloxandor
Gulnzborg at 435 Wost Twonty-sevonth
stroot.
Ho was arrostcd by Pollcoman Hcymau
of tho Wost Twontloth Street station, nftor
two days' soarch by the pollca
All tho ovidonco the polico havo against
Wassolf is given by Gulnzborg, who told
tho story of his suspicions at polico head
quarters last Thursday. Gulnzberg Is a
lifo insurance agent, and has known Was
solf for n number of years. Both aro Rus
sians. In 1802 Wassolf was convicted of pass
ing a forged ohook for S 10 on Gulnzborg,
and ho was sent to tho Elmlra reforma
tory, whoro ho remolnod till about olght
wooks ago, whon ho was discharged.
Ho camo to Now York, and Gulnzborg,
taking pity on him, gave him hoard and
lodgings in his house until ho could find
work.
On Monday last, the day of tho murdor
of Harris, Wassolf loft tho houso and did
not return until 4 o'elook in the after
noon, whon he camo in dronchod with
rain. His mannor excited Guinzberg's
suspicions. Tho noxt day after bo had
gono out Edward Tannoy of 237 Hudson
strcot camo to Gulnzborg and told him
how Wassolf had trlod to pass a bogus
check for 3S0 upon him. It was signed
with Guinzberg's namn.
Suspicion Aroused.
When Wassolf did not roturn, it was de
oldod to report tho matter to tho polico,
and It was then that Gulnzberg, who had
road tho storios of tho Harris murdor in
tho newspapers, first began to suspect Was
solf might bo ono of tho mon who visltod
Mr. Borden's houso on the day of tho mur
der. Ho corresponded almost oxaotly to tho
description clvon of tho shorter of tho two
mon. Ho told tho polico his suspicions,
nnd aftor Wassolf 'sarrost ho was ldontlfiod
by two mon at tho Twentloth Street polico
station.
Ono of theso was Albert Yolkort, a
grocor of 8908 Third nvonuo, who, It
seems, was passing tho Borden houso last
Monday afternoon just nftor tho shooting
and saw tho mon ooinoont of the baso
mont and go up tho stroot Ho plotted out
Wasself at onco among 14 men who wore
placod In lino by Aotlng Captain Lynch.
Tho othor man who ldontlfiod Wassolf
was Charlos Smith, tho coachman of Shop
pard Kuapp, who, although bo hosltatcd
at first, Anally doclarod that tho prlsonor
strikingly rosomblod ono of tbo mon ho
saw leaving tho Bordon house.
Joseph Tupo, tho colored man who also
saw tho mon In Wost Fifty-sixth stroot
just aftor tho shooting, was thoro, but ho
could not identify Wassolf.
It Is said that Katie Murphy, tho kitch
en maid, who is now with tbo Bordon
family at Oceanic, N. J., will bo brought
to tho city for tho purposo of identifying
Wassolf.
Gulnzborg says his susplolons woro first
aroused whon Wasself camo homo on Mon
day afternoon by his evldont attempt to
conceal somothing in his right trousors
pocket, which bulgod out, and every time
ho moved he would mako a clinking sound.
Ho kopt his hand ovor his pookot all the
tlmo, just as tho man did who was seen
running away from the Bordon houso.
WnssclTs Faulty Alibi.
When Wassolf loft tho houso Tuesday he
woro ono of Guinzberg's coats, a bluo
sorgo, Instead ot his own, whloh was a
shabby black chovlot. After that ho was
not soon until his arrest yosterdny.
Volkcrt s story Is that ho followed tho
two men from Fifty-sixth street on Mon
day afternoon last to a saloon at Fifty-first
stroot and Park nvonuo. Whilo thoro ho
says he ovorhoard tho smallor man say
somothing In a low tono to his companion
about "killing a nigger" up tho stroot. Ho
know nothing at that tlmo about tho
Bhootlng of Harris.
Wassolf has told tho polico that on tho
day of tho murder ho wont to Williams
burg to look for work and did not roturn
until noon. Ho stopped in a book storo in
Sooond avonuo and then wont to Gulnz-
borg's houso. Ho admits that ho wont
away oarly tho noxt morning, fearing ar
rest for passing tho forged chook upon
Tannoy,
'Uio polico say that thoro are fatal Haws
in Wassolf 's attempt to prova an alibi, for
ho cannot romombor tho name or address
of the bookseller whoso store ho said ho
visltod.
Wassolf also says that he first heard ot
tho shooting ot Harris about 3 o'elook in
the afternoon from n man ho met in tho
street No ono outside of the polico and n
fow reporters knew anything about tho
murder until nftor 5 o'clock that evening.
Shortly beforo 11 o'olook M. C. D. Bordon,
in whose houso Ferdinand Harris was
murdered, had a conference with Chlof
Conlln.
The Selby Seizure.
ViOToniA, B. 0., June 3. Admiral
Stephenson has dooldod that It will boneo-
essary for prosecution In admiralty to bo
brought against tho soalor Selby, arrested
by tho cutter Cor win, in ordor to formally
vindicate tho schooner, boc&use ot Groat
Britain's refusal to ronow tho agroomont
for tho soallng of arms during tho closod
season.
Mill Hands Iteturn to Work.
Providence, Juno 8. About ono-half
ot the help at tbo Rlvorsldo mills returnod
to work today, seventeen weavers wons
baok to work at tho Mauton mills. The
Dsual number wont to work In all depart
monts nt the Saxon mills. A few roturn
od at tho Dolaln mill. About (10 polico
men wero on duty near the factories.
Champion Dlriiberer Plans.
Buffalo. Juno 8. Miko Dlrnbcrgor
has arrived In Buffalo, and later he left
for Svrnouso. whoro tho team's olroult
camnalan will bo laid out. It ho doos not
enter at Albany Wednesday, his first ap
pearancoin tho olroult will bo at Roohoste?
June 11.
Well Known Vocal Teacher Dead.
Detroit. Juno 3. Mma Jennlo Con
ttantln Centlomorl, ono ot the oldest and
best known vocal teachers in this country,
la dead, aged 73.
INFINITY 01? SPACE.
MATTERS BEYOND THE POWERS OF
THE HUMAN MIND.
Still There ITns Ileen Muck Light Thrown
Upon tho Snbjeot Slnco tho Astronomers
of tho Seventeenth Century Declared That
There Were Only One Thousand Stars.
Thoro can bo no subject moro calculated
to Impress a man's mind with his own In
significance, compared with tho over
whelming power nnd glory of his Creator,
than tho study and contemplation of tho
firmament in nil its boundless infinity. It
is not to bo wondored at that from tho
earliest ages tho subject has novcr failed
to exercise n fascination ovor mon, nnd
that thoso who, by tholr genius and learn
ing, havo most noarly succeodod In solv
ing its mysteries hnvo always beon rever
enced nnd estoomod to bo among tho wis
est men of their day, Moro has been dono
within tho last 60 years than in all the
rest of the world's history toward tho
piercing of the veil which shuts off from
our eyes tho beauties and mysteries of far
off realms, and doubtless, by moans of tho
spectroscope and increased slzo in tho
lonses of our telescopes, wo shall bo ena
bled beforo long to unravel still moro so
crots of tho unlvorso, and further add to
our slock of information regarding tho
construction and conditions of other
worlds bosldos our own.
Tho question as to whether spaco is finite
or infinite can novor bo satisfactorily ar
gued out or indeed ovon thought of, for
tho human mind is iucapablo ot grasping
tho oxlstonco of a limit to spaco, oven in
its most nbstrnct form, but the question
of tho infinity of worlds nnd their distri
bution In tho infinity of space lies moro
closely within tho scopo of human intel
lect, for wo hnvo many material facts and
calculations to go upon in discovering tho
probablo answer to this most fascinating
question.
Only as far back as tho sovonteenth cen
tury astronomers placed tho numbor of
stars in tho universe as a llttlo over 1,000,
but this was absurd, as tho real numbor
vlslblo to tho naked oyo is about 7,000,
and perhaps treblo that number can bo
seen by persons with exceptionally good
oyoslght. Whon tho henvons, however, aro
examined through a telescope, tho numbor
of vlslblo stars aro enormously Increased.
In taut, it has been calculated that tho
great Lick teloscopo, tho mostpoworful yet
made, reveals as many ns 100,000,0001
Yet what is that vast number compared
with infinity? It cannot ovon bo likened
to n grain of sand on tho soashoro, and
yot It wo think the matter out carefully
wo shall sco that tho numbor of visible
stars cannot really bo lnflui'to, for if thoy
wero tho hcavcua would bo a complete
blazo of light. This, of course, wo know,
far from being tho caso, and indeed
thero cannot bo nny doubt that, in cortnin
parts of tho heavens at least, tho numbor
of vlslblo stars is already known, for oven
with tho very strongest telescopes thero
are blank spaces which nro absolutely do
void of stars below n certain magnitude
or ovon tho voricst trace of nebulous light.
Theso spaces aro known to astronomers
by tho nomo of "coal sacks." They con
tain no stars fainter than tho twelfth mag
nitude, and, in fact, appear to mnrk thoso
parts of tho unlvorso which are compara
tively thin. On tho other hand, in othor
parts of tho henvons wo havo not by any
means reached tho limit of telescopic re
solvability. It is curious, though, that
theso intensely dark "holos" in the bright
empyrean nro mostly to bo found in thoso
parts of tho heavens whero most stars
nbound, notably in tho Milky Way. Theso
remarkable blank spots havo been a Invor
ito theme ot discussion and argument
nmong.nll nstronomers, for, whatever tho
real shapo or distribution ot that unlverso
may bo, they point to tho almost certain
inferonco that in n particular direction nt
least thero is nn actual limit to tho num
ber of sturs, and if thoro Is n limit in ono
direction wo havo evory right to supposo
that suoh Is tho caso In othors, nntl that
wo havo only to wait for tolescopes strong
enough to rosolvo thoso parts which aro
still unrcsolvablo to discover that a point
can bo readied whon all tho stars of tho
unlvorso aro unfolded to our gazo, and
that, no matter how keou tho powor of
onr mechanical vision, wo can find no
moro.
If, now, wo admit that tho number of
vlslblo stars Is limited, tho next question
to bo asked is, What is tho order or shapo
of tholr distribution? Various nstrono-
m ors havo had various thoorles about this
matter. Herschol was inclined to think
that tho vlslblo unlverso was in tho Bhnpo
of a disk, though his viows in this direc
tion wero considerably modified during tho
later part of his life. Struvo considered
that tho unlvorso was in tho shapo of a
disk of limited thickness, but infinite
length a theory which Is hard to support,
as, unless tho ultimate extinction of light
in space is beliovod in, that part of the
heavens which lay towurd tho piano of tho
disk would necessarily shlno with tho
brightness of tho sun. Tho lato Mr. Proc
tor, though finding it impossible to deflno
any partloular shapo for tho visible unl-
verso, ns n wholo, was of tho opinion that
tho brightest part of it namely, tho Milky
Way was in tho form of n spiral. This
latter theory, howovor. has many objoo
tlons to contend with. Othcrnstronomors
havo had different theorlos on this ques
tlon, but all, or noarly all, appear to ad
mit an ultimate limit to tho slzo of tbo
vlslblo universe, or, in othor words, bo
llovo that tho galaxy of worlds which sur
round us form, in fact, but nn lslot in tho
vast infinity of spaco.
It would appear at first eight that nny
attempt to solve tho question ot tbo exist
ence of oxternal galaxies ami tholr tils-
tnnoo was absolutely futile, yet such Is not
tho caso. Tho result ot calculation is that
tho nearest oxternal unlvorso is so far ills
tant that light from it traveling at tho
speed of 180,000 in lira a second would tako
noarly 00,000,000 years to roaoh us
Chambers' Journal.
Horns.
Professor Cyrus Adler, assistant curator
of orlontnl antiques in tho United states
National musoum, describes an endless va
rloty of horns made of divers material
used for rollglous purposes. The Borbers
have an instrument mnde of two rams'
horns, joined at tho ends with a metal
mouthpiece. An ox's horn or a cow's
horn was sounded In India in honor of
tho Hindoo god Siva. In Africa tho tusk
of tho elephant is used, Tho Etruscans
had a brouzo horn, a spoclmen of which is
in the British mqseum. Tho kurna sound
ed by tho Brahmans was sacred and not to
bo blown by any ono of low caste. Tho
Jewish chofnr, mudo of n ram's horn, la
tho survival of tho most ancient worship.
Professor Adler writes, "It is not only
tho solitary musical Instrument actually
prosorvod in tho Mosaio ritual, but tho old
est form ot wind instrument known to bo
rotalned in use In the world. "Now York
Times.
HEREDITARY.
Your strictures nro unmerited J
Our follies ore Inherited!
Directly from our graro'pas they all camo.
Our defects havo been transmitted,
And we should bo acquitted
Of all responsibility ahd blame.
Wo are not depraved beginners,
Dut hereditary sinners,
For our fathers never acted as they ehould.
TIs the folly of our gram'pas
That continually hampers
What a pity that our gram'pas wcm'tgoodl
Yes, we'd all he rovorend senators,
If our depraved progenitors
Bod all been prudent, studious and wise;
But thoy wero quiet terrestrial,
Or wo would bo celestial
Yes, we'd all bo proper tenants for tho skies)
If wo'ro not ell blameless eages,
And beacons to the ages,
And fit for principalities nnd powers;
If wo do not guide and man it,
And engineer tho planet,
'TIs the folly of our forefathers not ours
Mildred Lancaster In Homo and Country.
DE LESSEPS AND HIS INLAND SEA.
The Great Promoter's Scheme to Restore
Fertility to Northern Africa,
Tho lato Count do Losseps Was at ono
tlmo ongagod In a daring and attractlvo
engineering schemo with which tho pub
lic is not generally familiar. Its object
was tocronto a now son and thereby rcstoro
to fertility and civilization a largo part ot
northern Africa.
Mr. Mux do Forrest, now of Nutloy, N.
J., a former officer in tho Fronoh army,
mot his famous countryman at this tlmo.
"I met Count do Lessops," ho said, "In
1881, at Cabos, in southorn Tunis, whoro
I knd beon ordered with a squadron of
cavalry. Shortly aftor my arrival ho camo
with a surveying party to mako soundings
for tho proposod Interior sea. I had orders
to plaoo at his disposal both mon and
horses, and tho discharge of this duty
brought mo into almost dally communica
tion with him until his departure
"Tho interior sea at that tlmo aroused
all his enthusiasm. Ho brought to boar
tho samo pcrsuaslvo powers that ho used
whon promoting tho Suez and tho Panama
canals and enterprises. To skeptics ho al
ways ropllcd, 'It can bo dono, and it will
bo dono, if tho government will givo me
the monoy to do it with.'
"Its proposed area embraced the ontlro
plain lying to the southward of tho bound
ary lino drawn from Cabes via Gafsa to
Tnmcrza. Tho practicability of tho schemo
was supported by many facts. It was
proved that an inland sea had covered in
ancient times tho area which it was In
tended to flood. Tho lovol of tho land was
generally below that of tho gulf of Cabes.
Innumerable underground streams' of
fresh and salt wator aro found in the
southorn part of Algeria and Tunis.
"Tho water was to bo supplied to tho
inland sea from tho gulf of Cabos. Tho
tides would havo a minimum depth suffi
cient to allow of the passogo in all direc
tions of light boats. But tho most valua
blo result of tho scheme, it was hold,
would bo to rostoro tho ancient fertility ot
tho country and to oppose a barrier to tbo
sirocco, tho deadly burning wind which
plies up tho desert sand about tbo oasos
anil finally burios thorn.
"M. do Lessops dwelt on these benoflts
with boundless onthuslosm and imagina
tion. Burlod cities would bo unearthed
and tho Coliseum of El Jemm, now a
crumbling ruin, but onco approaching
that of Homo In slzo, would bo acccsslblo
to admiring toUristB.
:'M. do Losseps left tho' work in tho
hands of tho general staff of tho French
army, by whom it is now supposed to bo
carried on. Whethorany progress is being
made I do not know." Now York World.
Why a lobster Tnrns lied.
Persons living at a remote distance from
the nutural homo ot tho lobster think that
red is tho original color of that speclos ot
crustacean. Tho natural huo, however, Is
green, tho beautiful bright brlok color
being tho rosult of boiling, to whloh such
creatures aro subjectod. Two explanations
for this chnngo in color aro glvon, cither
of which appoars to bo tenablo: Their
shells contain a large percent of iron, and
the boiling procoss oxidizes that mineral,
tho change being almost exactly tho same
as that brought about in burning a brick.
Suoh a change in tho color of a lobster's
shell can be brought about by tho sun's
action, but novor whilo thd lobster is liv
ing. As a rule, howover, tho sun's bleach
ing influence consumes tho oxldo almost
as fast as it is formed, leaving the shell
puro white.
Tho second oxplanatlon is that the orig
inal grocn color is duo to tho bluo and red
pigments, the blue being soluble and tho
rod lnsolublo in boiling wator. Whon tho
lobster Is boiled, the bluo pigment is ills
solved, leaving tho red to color tho crea
turo'f shell. St. Louls-Ropubllo.
An "Ex."
It is somewhat hard to bollovo this story
of a Boston child of 8 years, but It is re
lated on good authority. Tho child, who
is a llttlo girl named Dorothy, had been
behaving very badly, as oven Boston ohll
dren havo beon known to do, and her
mother sold to her ohldlngly:
"Dorothy, really I cannot bo yourmnm
ma any mora!"
Tho child made no reply, but gavo her
mother a quick and very arch look. By
and by, after a half hour ot silent and
well behaved play, she camo with her hat
in hor hand to her mother and said sober
ly:
"My doar ex-mamma, do you think I've
been good enough so I could go out now?"
Youth's Companion,
She Was No Politician.
"Did you seo all thoso dreadful chargos
tbo papers mako against you?" said tho
politician's wife.
"I did,1' wnsthoreply. "What am I go
ing to do about it?"
"Why," sho answered, almost sobbing,
I I'd mako that horrid editor prqvo 6V'
ery word of them, so I would,"
"Provo 'cml Great gunsl That's ex
actly what I'm anxious to keep him from
doing if I oanl" Washington Star.
Trouble About Dead Folks.
Massachusetts is inclined to claim Dan
lol Webster ovon if ho was born in New
Hampshire. Just hero arises tho troublo
that by tho samo rule Massachusetts will
havo to give up Benjamin "Franklin to
Pennsylvania. St. Louis Globe-Dem
ocrat.
According to tho accounts found in tho
library of Ncbucbadnozzar, wheat cost
about 10 cents ot our money a bushol and
wine 11 cents a "cupful," about two
quarts.
An examination ot tho earthen vases
found at Troy and elsowhero shows that
thoy must havo beon turned nn a potter's
tvueol, just as aro thoso nowadays.
Hell Gato was called by tho Indians
uonantonuk ("Place of Bad water").
SHOPPING IN EUROPE.
Women the SI onagers of Most of the No
tion and Specialty Stores.
Outsldo of tho lnrao Europoon shons of
national famo a stranger hardly knows
whoro to nsk for his or hor wants. Tho
small shops lncludo ovorythtng, but what
things in what shops Is tho puzzlo. In a
small German town, when mosquito Dot
ting was asked for at a general dry goods
storo, tho inquirer was directed to a small
notion, or what tho English term a "thread
and ncodlo," shop for it. Whon found, ib
was wrapped In a newspaper, and a largo
pin sorved in tho placo of twlno. This
sounds primitive, but no ono would think
of complaining of tho parcel's appearance,
except "thoso particular Amorlcans," one
of whom did protest most energetically
against it. -
Tho glovesbops aro very small, but also
well fitted up with ono or two counters,
comfortablo scats, a decorated window and
mirrors. Why is it that so many shops
show mirrors dlreotly opposite a customer,
when sho does not require tho old ot one
in hor purchase, unless tho idea is to
koep hor in a good, humorf In London
ono of tbo best glovers sells hosiery down
stairs and gloves and fans abovo. They
also show glovo boxes, stretohorsand pow
der shakers in tho samo caso3 with gloves.
Men sell tho gloves hero and only try
them on whon requested to. Only war
ranted gloves aro exchanged if they rip or
tear when first putting thorn on, nnd only
tho best qualities nro warranted.
In Paris much of tho samo custom pre
vails, though tho chlof shops aro largor,
ono on tho Boulevard dos Italions having
two windows. No better gloves can be
found than art sold at tho Bon March
nnd Louvre, whoro tho glovo trado Is lm
monso, but tho small shops havo also art
oxcollcnt trado. Many of tho costumo.
houses sell gloves to match each dress,
Which takes trado that may bo called high
class and higher priced. Whilo tho sales
people do not offer to try on gloves, thoy
will do It when requested to, nnd nil first
class gloves aro exchangeable under tho
conditions prevailing herd.
Berlin abounds in glovesbops, also Vi
enna, Hamburg, Dresdon, and Munich has
at loast two neat ones, selling a promi
nent mako manufactured in tho outskirts
of that city. Women aro tho clerks hero
and nro very promlnont in tho mercantile
circles of Europe, especially in France,
whero they seom born with a business tact
nnd faculty unknown to othor nations. In
Berlin tho display of dark red plquo glove
In n pretty window was marked "New
York stylo. " Europo did not tako kindly
at first to large buttons, but now thoy aro
pronouneod vory ohio. Tho fashion of
keeping gloves of nil sizes looso In a largo
paokago that was noticed in several Gor
man shops does not favorably impress an
American accustomed to tho neatly wrap
ped and boxed gloves shown in this coun
try. What wo call notions needles, thread,,
dress stays, pins, bindings, etc. aro con
sidered small wares, and haberdashery in
Europo, tho latter term boing common la
London. Tbroadncodlo stroot in London,
probably received its nanio from the small
wares or "thread and noodle" shops that
woro thero in bygono days. Such shops ure
univorsally carried on by women, and of
ten tho owner does dressmaking or plain
sowing. Dry Goods Economist.
Soldering Aluminium.
One of tho drawbacks to tho general use
of aluminium has boon tho difficulty oC
soldering It. Many persons havo entirely
failed in their attempts to unite alumin
ium and othor metals or to join two
pieces of aluminium. A film of oxldo
fonnod upon tho surface of tho motal
seams to bo tho causa of tbononndhcrencor
and this all ordinary methods hnvo here
tofore failed to remove. Recent experi
ments have brought out now mothods,
and a compound of 50 parts of tin, 35
of aluminium and 25 of silver makes a
solder that has thus far worked admira
bly. It is necessary to keep a clean metal.
surface, and this can bo dono by heating.
tho aluminium to bo united until tho sol
der can bo kept In a soft state for an in
stant after contact with tho plates or sec
tions. This causes a coating of tho solder
to ndhoro to tho surface of tho metal, and
no further troublo is oxperionccd. It has
boon suggested that tho outsldo of alumin
ium articles that aro to bo put together
should hnvo a coating of this solder ap
piled to their edges. It thU wero dono,
tho difficulty would bo removed, as tho
coating, already firmly fixed, would need
no further preparation. Now York Led
ger. Coins of Enormous Size.
Whon tho area and square inches of sur-
faco aro token into consideration, tho lar
gest coins over issued by any government
on the globe woro thoso put into circula
tion hy.bwoden during tho sixteenth cen
tury. Thoso mammoth pieces nro neither
round,.squuro, oval nor octagonal In shapo,
but aro great irregular slabs of copper de
scribed as "resembling pieces of a boiler
after an explosion." Tho smallest ploco
lssuod under the law which authorized.
this glgantio -coinage was an irregular rco
tangular slab of about 13 square Inches of
surface nnd about half an inoh thick. It
was worth 30 cents. Tho largest of tho
samo series was about a foot squaro and
had a faco valuo of $1. Kooh ot these-
copper Blabs is stamped in sovcral places,
on the faco, tho various inscriptions giv
ing tho 'dato, denomination, etc Tho $1
plecu mentioned last abovo is nearly art
inch m thickness and weighs four pounds,
lacking a fraction. St. Louis Republic
Aro Sailors Safer Tlian Ijiudamen?
Judging from tho number of people"
who aro annually killed in tho streets of
London, tho Altontio ocean is far safer
than tho bustling Strand or Cheapsido.
Thoro aro ovor 100 people killed every year
from nccltlonts in tho streets of Loudon,
to say nothing of tho numbor who aro kill
ed in tho streets of othor large towns,
Over 6,000 persons aro annually injured
In London in connection with the traffic
of tbo streets. Tho lato Mr. Thomas Gray
of tho board of trado marine department!
stated somo time ago that a man is safer
at sea in a fairly good ship than any
whero elso. "Thero aro moro lives lost,"
bo, said, "among miners from ncoldent
than among sailors and many moro among
railway employees." London Tit-Bits.
A Schemo For Comfort.
Friend Why nro you so enthusiastic on
tho subject of women's suffrage?
Mr. Nojoy Tho olootions always como
in tho spring and fall, don't they?
"Certainly."
"Well, cot 'em Interested in tho cam
paigns, and thoy'll forget about house
cleaning. 'Now York Weekly.
Much of thoprotendodolivooll imported
into this country is mado up in laree parts
of peanut oil pressed from African and Li
dian peanuts. Peanut oil Is not only vory
good to cat m n ealnd oil, but is an excel
lent base for fine soups and valuablo for
illuminating purposos.