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Vol. 20.-~No:

THE _MAIL

A PAPER FOR THE PEOPLE.

Notes and Comment.

Council Bluffs recently imitated Terre Haute by having a fox drive without a fox. ________

The inhabitants of the east coast of Afri«a are now known as Zanxibarbarians.

As »o-

Omah* i» having Kir -iety bolliw are to take the ballet parts it vrill ba a big sueee**.

Water lilies are now blooming In the tfoutb Rend city park. Of course South Bend IHa summer resort.

There is still DO solution for tbe Clay County miner*' strike, although strikers are willing to arbitrate.

All tho new States

tbe

The entrance to amain street Rambling house is marked with the sign "dentist." Patron* probably have their wisdom teeth pulled there.

are

8,mih Altbea

making liberal

provision for popular education, an indication of prosperity, both present and future, most gratifying

Hill-Sharon-Terry

woman—failure.

Kx-Mlrilster Strauss, recently returned from Turkey, says that there are 500 American schools in that country. At this rate the Yankee dialect will soon be the Volapuk of tho world.

The collapse of Die Parole, the St. Louis anarchist organ, gives assurance that Bt. liOuls will never experience a Haymarket tragedy. It 1»

nlHO an indi

cation of decay of west. Trusts In salt, sugar, beer, whisky, ballet girls, light literature, iron, leather, grain, pork, oil and newspapers are tad enough In their way but when It comes to a trust raising the price of diamonds our eyos sparkle with- Indignation

anarchism In the

An Italian has discovered that the de cay Incident to old age is caused by a microbe which Is inherited, and he pro- ,«»*, time now to again bring on tho Philosopher's stone, and parallel absurdities.

Tho 'Pilgrim's Progress" has Just boon printed In the Amoy colloquial In Romanised characters, making the eighty-third language in which It has boon '{nailed. John Buuyan could not have anticipated such succIMK in writing the story.

The trust of New York evening newspapers is by no means meeting with Hiu eesM in reducing salaries of employes and Increasing price fl*f subscriptions. The printers successfully fought tho reduction and the newsboys have now compelled the syndicate to return to the old prictM for street sales.

The -vt. James t?a*ettc snyst "We plant America and In tho rullness of tinto she 1 cnr« us Nathaniel Hawthorne and Mr. Bret Hart©. For their fake w© put np with American politics and the A morlcan language." Why not give the \inericao navy a liltlo credit too. It certainlv (Icsprvi"1 to share tho glory with Hawthorne and Bret llarte.

it Is a ninjjular fact that California has Sunday law. There such a law, but was repealed to 1 yet it cannot be said hat there i* uuy observance of Sunday since the repeal of the law. (in the contrary, an investigation show* that Sunday is observed more as a cred day the present year than It was (ho year the law was repealed.

A mw Industry at Trenton, N. J., is tlu u.anufacture of dynamite gunssis of these "eloquent" machine® are now ieing rou*trueted. They aw to he tlfty feet long, and will shoot enough dynamite to annihilate a whole navy it i* comforting to know this, for It mean* that we are able to provide nMS* of protection In ease of uecsmltf

Four limes as many men commit stul* oide as of women and more single than married men. It Is often imagined that a bachelor leads an easy aud liresponai bic sort of life and that the man who has the burden of a large family to bear baa the hardest row to hoe. Nevertheless the possession of a wife, home and children are an Important preventative of the suicidal mania.

The l«omlon season just over was the gayest ever known. On an average there were **iri to be about seven "good parties going night for three toonth*. None of the#e, It Is estiraeted could have cost lw thaw |3W apiece. What wonder. The Oaoiy Kahn teporls from America opened the Itoaim and pun** of English arlstoctsey to Ma honor, the Shah, English isdie* felt called itpou to entertain.

A remarkable thing «eo«rwd ml Chicago last Sunday. A ptoale w*s going on in one of the lake aide parka when bunch of toy balloms fastened to a t*».y, carried the UtOe one up aad wit over

Lake Michigan. A boat, with a sharpshooter in.lt, set out to the rescue. The rifleman fired several shots into the bunch of balloons and they began to settle toward the water, and as they came gently down the baby was safely landed in the boat. A strange adventure, surely, and one probably without para lied in ancient or modern times.

The foar New York murderers—Patrick Packenham, Jack Lewis (colored,) James

will

go the stage, If she succeeds In eluding the fates. The future has but one prom ise for such a

TT A TTTTT,.

Nolan and Ferdinand Carollu—

were hansr'H fn the yard of tho

prison yfcri'-niay

Toombs

morning. There were

two scaffolds and two men were hanged on each. The week before last *was perhaps the first occasion in the history of the London on which a clergyman appear eu uefore the lurtain in clerical attire to respond to the call for the author. He was the Rev. H. Cresswell, and the piece was called

In Danger/'

The Monad nock block is the name of anew sky-scraper to be be built In Chicago by the Brooks estate. It will be 16 stories high, constructed of wrought steel, brick and stone, and will be furnished with eleven|elevators. By and by when we get to using aluminum for building purposes—a metal as light as wood and far stronger than iron—there is no telling how high up on/structures will go.

John L. Sullivan, who was sentenced to a year's imprisonment by the Mississippi court for prize-fighting, is making arrangements to "star" the country with an athletic show of his own. When not allowed to give sparring exhibitions the big fellow will pose asa piece of statuary. The slugger accomplishes this by appealing his ease to the supreme court, where it will be laid on the shelf for some mouths to come. Meantime John will go a money-making. 5UU5 OIL WELLS.

There have been no developments of unusual nature In the oil well circuit during the last week. Tho companies now drilling are still some distance fwtri the sand, and the search will not be eullvened by either success or failure for a week or two. The Ellsworth gas Indications are as promising as ever/but unprecedented difficulty is being experienced In casing out the water. Yes tartly the cfcslng wws puiletl r^ytft ~?or about the twelfth'llme in order to test a new packing arrangement. At Macks ville progress is very slow. The drills were lost In tho hole Thursday, and the woikmen wero still fishing for them yosterday. Tho Uoore and Thompson "wells are progressing as rapidly as could be ox peeled.

The movement to organize a company for the development of the fleld Is now assured of success. An organisation has been effected and active solicitation of stock subscription is now in progress. Tho association is to lie known as the Cltixens' Consolidated Gas and Oil Company of Terre Haute, and the capital stock $50,000. It is the company's Inteutlon to drill but one well at a time and so distribute the number It is their desire to drill, that the full extent of the Held can be discovered. The directors of the company are Martin N. Diall, Clarence A. Waldo, Robert Taggart, Jos. If, Briggs, Wm. K, MeKeen, Peter J.

Kaufman and James B. Harris. The term of existence Is placed at fifty year?. The Dlall and Phoenix wells overflowed th© tankage facilities on Thursday, and was necessary to allow some of the oil to flow Into the river.

The scheme of building a club house at the fair grounds is likely to be carried out, as enough stfck has been sub scribed to warrant the gentlemen interested In pushing the enterprise. The Intention is to erect a club building of elegant design and so arrange and equip it as to not only provide for the plm*ure of clnb members but the comf

Town Talk.

A HKVIVAL OF PATRIOTISM.

horsemen having stock on the track. The estimated cost of the building Is 911,000, and it is desired to have the sti ture erected before next (». following gentlemen compote tuc and directors of the club for the ftrsr year: W. T. ftNtchatnp, president H. J. Baker, secretary F. C. Me Keen* treas urer, John G. Williams tu. B. Q. Cot, The proposed building w... contain jv tors, reception rooms, dining m, sleeping apartments, billiard parlors, and everything that goes to make op a first-class clnb house.

Business ir.ca on lM iiii street setnetimea meet with qw«*r r*qw fr n, wonld-be patrons. F-t .-v-trii-io. tUmiin walked into n'i sporting supply house tho :!»er mm. tog and asked tar

several poond* of

•»®ar,'* Tlie nearest to «k-ar In «Im entire stoa* the ti--«aied,labe*^»di in "f th«- uuer of l»randa of In stances such mistake ar fnai mi»-

QttderMandlnga« tofoc*t a* of h« :-eesrrylng thedesirv 5e of tsnevi i:»d nsing Un1 ridte«Wi-« W"-(n

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tempts were made to organise compab ies and success was for a time predonii nant, but only for a time. But again there were times when enthusiasm in all that pertained to national pride was heaity at»d outspoken. Reunions, camp] ii-es, G. A. R. socials, Fourth of July celebrations, national holidays and an nlversaries were observed with an, in tensity of loyal co-operation most grati fylng. This year there seems to be a revival of patriotism. The schools have celebrated all national days with unusual ardor, the military companies are reorganizing and loyalty is everywhere receiving popular approval. The laying of tbeG. A. R. monument corner stone at Indianapolis on Thursday was a great eveut for Terre Haute as well as tlie,

Terre Hauteans accepted the invitadflu to attend, an3 the G. A. R. turned ou^ 240 strong, a better delegation than has joined in any demonstration for some time* Those who could not gratify a strong desire to atteud, received oonsnlation in the long aud excellent newspaper accounts of the exercises. The indication Is a good one, and speaks for the security of public Institutions. Terre Haute and vicinity are not alone experiencing a revival of loyalty. A wave seems to have gone over the entire state and that the etfeet will be permanent is to be sincerely desired. A little more patriotism over the entire country would have much to do with the killing of anarchism and so -ialism and the solving of social disturbances. ..

Sii I.AIUKS AID SOCIETY FCND. There is decided difference of opinion among members of the Ladles' Aid society as to the jvwf*r of the society to appropriate a portion of the Rose endowment fund for the support of tho Old Ladies Home. The discussion is becom Ing quite interesting and Is attracting much 'ttUimtlon outlde society circles. The society Is about evenly divided on tho question, one half favoring and the other opposing the appropriation of a considerable sum to the endowment of theh 'ine. The society** fund was be qrj.-sthed Mr. Rose with the tunlerSi.iuJiiig that it was to be used for tl a '.ing of the worthy poor of the city, and with the provision that in C.IMI of disbandment the money should ctto an Oriti rr-'s win it old wonnn's houi to br-ci-UiUidhe»l in ViKor.-uuty. cue point of View the niojiejr can'be aj-pfo* priated, from another it cannot. Wh it. result will be rfaeiod cannot be sntielpaUidl, loihoufirh the wf" not

H** -.« to cause u| ilie XB. KOl-'-KV's RABGAUT. it hi often remarked that the salary paid the mayor of th" olty is not In keening or b:iran"o w- flic dlgKlty o* the -. hoc. ly not***'of t«. Uiuse the ...l^ectivu that the tv »VOr fo^jiiently r"ts In Sd«litlon Inforiinatinis that proves vehiaWo in many .i»a. T'.iAt this to trne was evidenced In ^"f^nfngV meetin .c uhtii «t-uia\ or KoU'_ui pnrehaMMl for 99$? the acrtii dty gravel pit for «h two y*-ars ago the council refined

tbr,v-

1 and

Ti-.o of (be pit was most

v\- •'.» iky ---'r, bided on the part of th" a elthongh done

sirn-tly fen a.---.T-i^n.e uitb'Stlrte 1SW. Three ft]-prat.««-»r» Were S|-j" 5»JiSd by the ,1.1c** of th« Circuit e- 'i rttr* p" »s valu*' '-n CM -rij. Tlol ::teH SS]a -d •**,-- f', Wnw-y. !sv*d iltefsea:.} an I H..risn H"| ,-^-?r, aodaf!«:ra«trailed enammasi'-fli into !.» metier ,v Imported to *hf e»mn-jj Ka ll»g tlsai "in it oplr.'-'.r. a fa-r V-IT-JC- of (fa*

Mr. Koinem, with

•.'•m TACIT

the otp -.jtoalty o{{

in having his

TNT).. SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST 24,1889.

|«V{&>ved

Why is it that in a community so oiirrrktindinK i^'UereKl it wen worm v. ... avowedly loyal as Vigo and doU«rs. Two years ago Mr. counties there should

8UC* p®

tions of patriotism? There have pefusetrtpossibly because the occasions, celebrations of eventful days thought bkwould realise a little in the nation's history and the like, when one naturally anticipated outbursts of enthusiasm, but failures only a reward of efforts to move pub-

came as lie -entiment. have been entirely lost. As an illustra^ tion, recall the miserable observance of* Washington's birthday in 1886. It will be remembered that not the least no* tice of the anniversary was taken in this city. Flags, which previously had floated from nearly all flag staffs, were not to be seen anywhere. Indeed If T. T. rightly remembers there was no display of loyalty even at the post-office, until half the day bad passed, when it suddenly occurred to, the government officials that It might be appropriate to to raise the flsg. In the city schools where United States history wa^ being analyzed and studied with great care, not even.so much as a patriotic »oug was sung. Then bow many July Fourths? have passed with no other than a Are cracker observance. How many G. A. R. reunions have been only partial suc^ cesses for the reason that It was difficult to secure hearty co-operation of citizens And in the matter of state r&ilitla the community seemed at times to be utter? without ambition. Occasioflly atiy

by the council. The whole proing was glaringly absent minded. \«ry next day I. Fechhemer ex* openly" a willingness to have $2,0$) fpr the property. ss eon" idered it well worth f0 a foot, or in all

ftkAtett wanted t^buy the tract for $2,000

|»3S! the wpeculation. VNow when the city treasury is swtirapml ^pd It become! necessary to raise money, in desperation

a a holes, and th® opportunity is accepted to sacrifice, hit" and at the same

ti mgive^t-ho ex mayor a little present, property Is locked on Seventh street te Collett park, and contains at ten good building lots. Why was iufiot advertft^Jbr sale and bids for its a»e j-eceiv^A# if the city it to have alsankrupt «ale the patrol wagon m^ld flag staf^on the city building should

Oil me»n«fe|» ^sp086*1 of- And while '"sje is on th*! council chamber furHouf be disposed of to the city's nts^e.

THK FKRRT RATBS.

,,-feishef to add a word in this disPetite ferry 'fates Imposed by tulty commissioners. The fall isjWbpenlng, audIt Is very likethe high rates decided on will rial]|r affect the volume of business tithe city. this is true the idners should not hesitate an either establishing a free ferry deducing the rates that there can l^oin for complaint. As it now is &)inel! pays |2 license fee, and may fee at an expense of 200 in es§ing tils ferry line. The question

IV will he faro in tho deal? .Last afternoon the MAII. was dlscomplimentary, at the bridge 600 papers were put out. At Ec^fe estimate 800 wagons crossed bridgo going westward. As tho repairs are to continue four k, the number of teams Grossing iyer on Saturdays aloue would be less than

tl,m

AMUSEMENTS.

WKMAKt STIWOOKl'.

This evening Thearle and Cooper's "Michael Strogoff" company will sp pear at Naylor's opera house presenting this popular melodrama in an attractive manner with new and special scenery, a well trained ballot, new specialties, etc. A complete ladies band and orchestra and a display of fueworks this evening will be sure to attiutt a large crowd. Regular prices of admission.

KENNKK AND PhA"Sm.

On Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday evenings of fair week with Saturday matinee, the Fenner & Crane All-Star Comedy Company will hold the boards at Naylor's presenting c. round of delightful come Vies at redn^d prices. Tbia organisation, which is one of the largest and «t popular priced companii on the road, Includes the services of Mi-^os Amelia Melville, Clara Iblng StetM U, Ida Vallance, lizzie Cmily, T.iuie Percival, Me*"rs. Geo. Hann h. M. Crane, Wm. Sanders, Roht. Ferguson, Burt Klunk, Lloyd Melville, Wm. Molten, F. Vincent, Harry Han.nut, Curtis Writflit mid S.wi Cotter, "nly U.r- l-rst r!awt of dratr. -. and comedy is culed, their repertoire beiwg COm'^ys, bli-

.^t Of l-.riuht and sparkling several being entiroly new to tbe of this city. Th-y e»rrv n-mr, spe-j»l

-ieCT!(

for piSV «id

on .roj.yri^Kcd Pot

bouk stow, ttif

It mmt »ot L«c- ui.d-.-tood v«r any rf—-*-m? lane* to the typ. "wild mid woo!V-*err-tern. dnin*. Tli- Vb-.! 2 thnndir rOem-nt f* The pitc« "-cu 11 ry hlghh o\ those who saw I --ist s®sson» It v« I ttf doebt a timet g'*** Tsocessto opens Wednssdsy w»rnto* Ang. 28, st Botlo«% st regular prices.

Geraldine Letter.!

MY DKAK RUTH:—What in the world is the matter with you? I know you are given to shouldering the troubles of the whole world, but I never knew you to be in quite such a state. Have you gone crazy or turned anarchist, which would be much the same. Yes, I am dimly conscious that the Fiench revolution took place jnst one hundred years ago, but I have not lost any sleep pondering over" it, an«J I am quite certain it has never entered my head that perhaps we are drl 'ting to a similar one in this country. Indeed I am moie%xercised Just tiow over how 1 shall have my fall clothes made than speculating on possible revolutions. Hut I really

At tho rate of 60

per round trip Mr. Gosnell will on thrt Saturdays* business, exeluof week day tralflo over 30d. ing at the question lit a fair light [sfeBts that a rate pf 5 cenfe eacb way ild-bis amply suflicient, and If Mr. ^Hl^mi^have tnow. why 'la hflfe a The best plan, however, woald be for the county to hire Mr. Gosnell to run a free ferry. At any rate the toll must be loweredv 'ini-

IVene Worrell, upon another of my holy bing, Adelaide tireet. tmi w!th the romark: «re hiokintr t»o b&UJy, what is the matter?

Art

Their fngagenKttlt next week will no douot be a highly so is Ml one. opening on Monday ev«n..^

Wl-'1

"Pique." Tuesd'v frrl nnd inter^U^ piece "Sea of Ice" will bt put "'i with spc' ial scenery sod effects, T1»e prices of admission dun nc thls engages.cat will be 10, cents. Seats s.jcared at I!

r,/.i

and tuoii«!

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WRA'.' HTF.

This interesting «nd pirtuwiutpiay by DeWltt Young, will be piesented on I'ridsy evening of next week, Aug. the Fenner A Crane gi ng wm~ evening.) Hh comjsui preset k| a sftpshle one. The story of the I» of axtreme Interest snd is t*ld in ««uch a manner ss to command die atten: i-n of the ^u lience. Tbe sc-'» Is .resiern tbe al-J

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tslk

the

yours. People who are always

looking on the dark side of life and for ever foreseeing some great calamity, make me tired. The discontent amon the lower classes in France In 1789, arose from real and serious grievances. There may be sentiments now current just as anarchical as those of 17S9-92, but there is no such miserable population as France had, to be moved by the sesentlmeuts to destructive action. Some men are discontented because other men are rich and they are not, others because some cherished ideal or pet soherne of theirs has no chance of becoming actual. Some are poor and discouraged and attribute their poverty to society. The discontent is one part genuine and two parts envy. It is not deep enough in quality or numerous enough to be a danger to the oommon weal. There was a state of things in France whiqh has never existed in America. Social {soj is a disease, with -w^ich, in my humble opinion, the American people can never be inoculated

Now that I have expressed t5y opinion in weighty matters, I will descend to every-day talk and tell you of ^dttHght-

^'Joitgul-

ful progressive ouch re p^rty, Isif day night, at Col. Thompson's. irTwiis given in honor of Misses Jennie and Mate Thompson apd Mr. Will Thompson, of Rockvllle. The Thompsons always entertain delightfully and this proved no exception. The rises «t re carried off iyv^s Ma#|tnd fg* Will lliompsofi. ^'&* bcauUIJa|. Sf^er bou-boh receiver ana «nivrWwrht

wot*v!s

weie

Misses Mamie Gray, Belle Allon, Anna Paddock, I^ouise Haberly, ssie l'erdue, Cirrie at.d Ida Duncan, Ji»slc Watson, Lucia Brokaw, Daisy Johns aid Emma itrowti, Messrs James Richard -on, Alex Crawford, Kd I'ugli, l'red Brown, Adolph Gagg, Rob Johnsou, Will McKeen aud Earnest Rounsaville. ilow I wish there were more people In the world like my friend Mrs. Marjorle Honeysuckle. What a pleasure it is to be with her. I was out making call this week and went to see her. How peasant it all was. She takes the greatest interest in young girls, In their pursuits and their pleasures. She said so many nice things in her sweet, grariou* way. She approved of my tollei, made me feel that she was Interested in lue personally, and as the duor closed upon me I felt si) complacent, so at peace with myself and all the world, and down in my heart I felt a risi UK wish that 1 Wi^ht s.im') dfiv makf just such a womuu as sneet Ikiid. Marjorle. AbM I had not gone far when I felt myself losing some of this sunshine. The next call was fried-, who

ill Now I nt ver felt better In

my life than on that day, and thought I was looking so well. She is a gt woman, this frb of n.!ne. Mlie d»u f!*t intend Trtnke me"fei une.rjj.'ortaliie, site hiinj'iy has not a particle Of tact.' There is an iiidiscrible something In her manner, in her voice, in the waj Hbe ih of lo'.k you r-ver frr.nt h(a-: to foot, tfci^t fairiy one's le(tb oi. cdL'f, I b•!"- Lfei pre-tenc" strangnlyottt of rts. Now, yoo, with that calm, superior, philosophical way you have, woald never have bc-n rti rn* In ?.':r 1, .viby sneh an ocrurrf IV«, 1 uu.

Ve von. must r..j: ?«•-.* 1 am IWh to littio annoyances, and most girHSW. I WOttld ratio-r have plr a«Stlt things said to n»e «ven If He are stikuy tr.te. W v. ii 1 If

a rfcwr'ni wr-.-'u I iv ouid go hboul

'be trnii! to everybody N-'ab«»tit

tliei looks, tliciir in..nnets, their dro^, th"ir faults, etc., c-tc. We should a'! Come W blow* after a "-hi!* can pJesesa»»* th*i*i|» and ytt ftot be wr». Kvf-rybody

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•..] in wi,,- way. If yw mtniitwj t,f- fin® Sermon why not tell Irm -f WEIIL „Lsn tbei rial, why) late bint.!

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Twentieth Yeai

almost gone? The leaves on the woodbine are turning red, tho traes show signs that their youth Is past, the days grow short, and the nights are chill with

health of autumn. Your own* if.'i' GEJRAl.niNE*

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PERSON A AND PECULIAR.

A Chicago dime museum manager fs trying to get hold of Gerontrao and Sitting Bull.

A word lug to a recent directory census the population of St. Paul* Minn., Is 247." This is again of 81,s 0 sluce 1885.

The

feel

uHeavenly

called

upon to ntter my feeble protest against any .?noh statement as that, ai^l I won dpHiow you could have ever allowed it ]o1§ement in that usuiflly sensible brain

Foot Moiety" has

been started in China by the women, In rebellion against the venerated fashion that compresses their feet.

Whenever a friend of W. D. HowellR marries the novelist always sends a» a wedding present, a copy of "Their Wedding Journey," bound in white velvet.

Mrs. James Jones, Of Prentiss county, Mississippi, died recently at tho age of sH years. She has been the mother of twenty-four children—twenty boys and four girls.

A Bombay newspaper announces two marriages, In one case the bride being aged 1 year-and In the other 15 months, while the bridegroom was 80. This is tho system which Auudita Ramabal is struggling against.

The electric ohalr jind dynamo for the execution of murdohars at Sing Sing, N. Y., has arrive?). The machine Is still boxed up and will'remain- In that condition until it Is opened by Mr. Brown, the state electrician.

The late Thomas U. Blythe,' of- San Fr«nclsco, did not,,'l^ad a blythe and merry iffe, friendless and alone. Now that he Is dead his 127 heirs have rallied to recognize his virtues and wrestle for tho 4,000,000 that he left.

The Harrisons have been Weighed with the following results: Mrs. Harrison tipped the beam at 157 pounds, Mrs# McKee weighed 126, Baby McKee pulled, down tbe scales Co 80 pounds, while little Mary registered only 19.

The steamer Iowa, from Ltvorpttfl, reports on July 19, In latitude 48.49, longitude 46.05, passed throe large icebergs, one of them 1,000 feet high and 400 feet long The steamer "Venetian alsopassed ono Icoberg on the same day. 'Newport!* Ui CleVeiami. «. *faoi?e August 1st

and will be a guest of ex-Commissioner C. C. Baldwin, of Now York, at his Bellevuo avenuo villa for a week. Ho will not be accompan'ed by Mrs. Cleveland.-

One of the flourishing trades of San Franelsoo is shark lins. The Chinese residents pay ton conts a pound for these delicacies, and It Is said among *'llrst~ chop" Celestials "shark lln soup" ranks as high as that made from "edible birds' nests."

Geronlmo, the Apache-who has boon a prisoner of tho government for some time, has grown so fat that he looks very little like an ideal chleftan. Ho was not well at Fort Augustine, but at Mount Vernon Barracks, Alabama, ho has iucreased in weight rapidly.

Connecticut expends 1,000 yearly In hatching shad, but It is beginning to be suspected that the investment is not a paying one. Last year 8,000,000 young sbf'd were hafchod, but the Fish CominiM»ioners, who have justheld a meeting in New Haven, report that tbe supply Is decreasing.

Some experiments lately made at the Royal Polytechnic School at Munich show that tbe strength of camel-hair, belting reaches 0,316 pounds per square Inch, while that of ordinary belting ranges between and r,m pounds per square inob Tho camel-hair belt Is unaffected by acids.

Tbe monument of Miles Standlsh, atDux bury, Mass., is nearly completed. It is to be 116 feet high and stsnds on a»t eminence 300 feet abovo the leyel of the sea. Navigators will notice ss tbe first prominent object as they enter the Ma-*-•i'-hnjmttM Bay. It can be distinctly nn*tt iiiu,an miles outside of Cspe Cod.

Jar-* L. Doty, United Btstes Cousnf at Tahiti is now In Ihin «0ntry. He that the Solllvan-KUraln ftght created a great deal of Interest In the society Island* and bets on tbe result er-- rmmrr-u*, ivtll I van was a great

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!.. -,nn:' iu Boston on Oct. 15 uni!" t,,' i-i of the Press Clnb. Mr. Kennan is spending the summer at Cape Ereiion Island, Novs Scotia, where he f,a.« nee,,-iv pt.rb—ed sixty seres of iattd .onltSiiy -4^. p,t,oi»«, tut Inventor of the of -t.ori-hiind writing that beam hi* name, is a «'"-i example of vigumoai and IwtiiHtriou* Old sge. He Is p«st70 year* of -A -rTr- dsllf in inomintr uut?! w» ever.-.'4. »I^ 'A..ifr 'ill in '!M» moin:ag ut»| til io»t»I«bt,b«tnow ssys thst he I*

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